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Woyzeck

1979 • 1h22m Drama

Rating

6.6/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Werner Herzog

Screenplay

Werner Herzog

Cast

Klaus Kinski

Eva Mattes

Wolfgang Reichmann

Release date

5/25/1979

Status

Released

Origin country

DE

Vote count

193