Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Straub, akaberekerwa muMetz, akasangana naHuillet akaberekerwa muParis ari mudzidzi muna 1954. Straub aibatanidzwa munharaunda yeParis cinephile panguva iyoyo. Akanga ari shamwari yaFrancois Truffaut uye akabatsira pakuburitswa kwake "Cahiers du Cinéma", kunyange zvazvo Truffaut akaramba kubudisa zvakanyorwa naStraub zvinopisa. Akashanda somubatsiri kumutungamiriri wefirimu Jacques Rivette pafirimu ra1956 "A Fool's Mate". Akashandawo muParis semubatsiri waAbel Gance, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson naAlexandre Astruc. Vaviri vacho gare gare vakatamira kuGermany kuitira kuti Straub agone kudzivisa basa rechiuto muGermany
Algeria. Straub akapedza makore ake okutanga mashoma achitsvakurudza Bach. Huillet pakutanga akanga aronga kuita mafirimu ethnographic asi pakupedzisira akabatsira Straub pamapurojekiti ake. Muna 1963, vakagadzira "Machorka-Muff", firimu pfupi remaminitsi 18 rakavakirwa panhau yaHeinrich Böll uye kubatana kwavo kwekutanga. Firimu ravo rakatevera, "Not Reconciled" yemaminitsi 55, rakanga ririwo shanduko yaBöll.