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Bruno S. was spotted by director Werner Herzog in the documentary Bruno der Schwarze - Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn (1970). Herzog promptly cast Bruno — an improvisational street musician with no experience of acting — as his lead actor in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(1974). Perhaps only Herzog could have seen the untapped potential of Bruno S. — the unwanted, uneducated son of a prostitute who had previously spent most of his life in mental institutions or jail.

Bruno also starred in Stroszek
(1977), which Herzog wrote in a few days especially for him — apparently to compensate for having cast Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck at the last minute instead of Bruno. Stroszek has a number of biographical details from Bruno's life, including the use of his own flat as the home of Bruno Stroszek — he also plays his own instruments. Herzog has claimed that Bruno was deeply suspicious of the director, and nervous of performing in front of the cameras — so had to be "listened to" for several hours on set in order to build his self-esteem. Bruno S. remains somewhat enigmatic and has not acted since.

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