Buuxi weedha soo socota: Straub, oo ku dhashay Metz, wuxuu la kulmay Paris-ku dhashay Huillet isagoo arday ah 1954. Straub wuxuu ku lug lahaa bulshada Parisian cinephile waqtigaas. Wuxuu saaxiibo la ahaa Francois Truffaut wuxuuna gacan ka geystay daabacaaddiisa "Cahiers du Cinéma", in kasta oo Truffaut uu diiday inuu daabaco qoraallada Straub ee kicinta badan. Wuxuu caawiye u ahaa agaasimaha filimka Jacques Rivette filimkii 1956 ee "A Fool's Mate". Wuxuu sidoo kale ka soo shaqeeyay Paris isagoo kaaliye u ahaa Abel Gance, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson iyo Alexandre Astruc. Labaduba waxay markii danbe u haajireen Jarmalka si uu Straub uga fogaado adeegga militariga ee
Aljeeriya. Straub wuxuu ku qaatay sanadihiisii ugu horeeyay baaritaanka Bach. Huillet wuxuu markii hore qorsheynayay inuu sameeyo filimada qowmiyadeed laakiin ugu dambeyntii wuxuu ka caawiyay Straub mashaariicdiisa. Sanadkii 1963, waxay sameeyeen "Machorka-Muff", oo ah 18-daqiiqo oo gaaban oo ku saleysan sheeko uu qoray Heinrich Böll iyo wada shaqeynkoodii ugu horreeyay. Filimkoodii xigay, 55-daqiiqo "Ma ahan mid la heshiiyey", sidoo kale wuxuu ahaa wax ka beddelka Böll.