Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Straub, akaberekerwa muMetz, akasangana naHuillet akaberekerwa muParis semudzidzi 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 vakazotamira kuGermany kuitira kuti Straub arege kupinda muchiuto kuAlgeria
. Straub akapedza makore ake okutanga mashoma achitsvakurudza Bach. Huillet pakutanga akanga aronga kugadzira mafirimu evanhu asi pakupedzisira akabatsira Straub muzvirongwa zvake. 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.