Woyzeck
Woyzeck

Movie·1979·1h 22m

Woyzeck

Shame, vengeance, terror... love.

Country

Germany

Language

German

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The Story

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.

Producer

Joschi Arpa

Cinematography

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Editor

Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Themes

becoming an adultchild herochildhood traumaleipzig, germanyrevengemurderkids

Production House

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
ZDF

Audience Score

66%

200 votes

Skip11%
Timepass26%
Go for it38%
Perfection25%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

Marie

Wolfgang Reichmann

Wolfgang Reichmann

Captain

Willy Semmelrogge

Willy Semmelrogge

Doctor

Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

Drum Major

Paul Burian

Paul Burian

Andres

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Handwerksbursche

Dieter Augustin

Marktschreier

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Margret

Wolfgang Bächler

Wolfgang Bächler

Jew

Rosemarie Heinikel

Rosemarie Heinikel

Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux

Unteroffizier

Thomas Mettke

Maria Mettke

// crew

Crew

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Director, Screenplay

Joschi Arpa

Producer

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Director of Photography

Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Editor

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