Woyzeck

– Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes od..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 20 Minutes
Release Year:
1979
Woyzeck (1979)

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.

Release Date:

24 Aug 1979

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Werner Herzog

Writer:

Georg Büchner (play), Werner Herzog

Main Actors:

Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge

Plot:

Everything in town appears calm, placid, lovely. But Woyzeck, a rifleman assigned as an orderly, hears voices -- the times are out of joint, at least in his cosmos. To his captain, Woyzeck is a comic marvel: ignorant but courageous, full of energy to little purpose. To a local doctor, Woyzeck is a curiosity, the object of cruel study. Woyzeck, 40, has a young wife, Marie, and a small child. He dotes on them, but Marie, even though she has periods of guilt and remorse, carries on affairs and flirtations. When the captain lets drop broad hints of Woyzeck's being a cuckold, his inner demons and the voices of the spheres take over. Will madness bring action? Of what sort?

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Gaumont

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%