| Querelle | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Screenplay by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder Burkhard Driest |
| Based on | Querelle of Brest by Jean Genet |
| Produced by | Michael McLernon Dieter Schidor Sam Waynberg |
| Starring | Brad Davis Franco Nero Jeanne Moreau Laurent Malet Hanno Pöschl |
| Cinematography | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| Edited by | Juliane Lorenz |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Scotia (West Germany) Gaumont (France) |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Countries | West Germany France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | DEM4 million |
Querelle is a 1982 English-language arthouse film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Brad Davis and was adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest. The plot centers on the Belgian sailor Georges Querelle, who is both a thief and murderer. It was Fassbinder's last film, released shortly after his death at the age of 37.
- ^ "Querelle (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 July 1983. Retrieved 29 May 2013.