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Woyzeck is a film of genre Drama directed by Werner Herzog released in USA on 25 august 1979 with Klaus Kinski
Woyzeck (1979)
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Add to a movie listWoyzeck is a 1979 German drama film written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes. It is an adaptation of the unfinished play Woyzeck by German dramatist Georg Büchner.
Synopsis
Franz Woyzeck, a lowly soldier stationed in a provincial German town, is the father of an illegitimate child by his mistress Marie. Woyzeck earns extra money for his family by performing menial jobs for the Captain and agreeing to take part in medical experiments conducted by the Doctor. As one of these experiments, the Doctor tells Woyzeck he must eat nothing but peas. It is obvious that Woyzeck's mental health is breaking down and he begins to experience a series of apocalyptic visions. Meanwhile, Marie grows tired of Woyzeck and turns her attentions to a handsome drum major, who in an ambiguous scene taking place in Marie's bedroom, arguably rapes her.Actors
Klaus Kinski
(Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck)
Eva Mattes
(Marie)
Wolfgang Reichmann
(Captain)
Willy Semmelrogge
(Doctor)
Josef Bierbichler
(Drum Major)
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