Woyzeck (1979)

  • NR
  • 08/25/1979 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 22m

Shame, vengeance, terror... love.

Overview

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 of them 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.

Werner Herzog

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Klaus Kinski's headshot

Klaus Kinski

Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Eva Mattes's headshot

Eva Mattes

Marie
Wolfgang Reichmann's headshot

Wolfgang Reichmann

Captain
Willy Semmelrogge's headshot

Willy Semmelrogge

Doctor
Josef Bierbichler's headshot

Josef Bierbichler

Drum Major
Paul Burian's headshot

Paul Burian

Andres
Volker Prechtel's headshot

Volker Prechtel

Handwerksbursche
Dieter Augustin's headshot

Dieter Augustin

Marktschreier

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