Woyzeck
1979 · directed by Werner Herzog
- Rating
- 75/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Woyzeck (1979), directed by Werner Herzog, rates 75/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Klaus Kinski
- Eva Mattes
- Wolfgang Reichmann
- Willy Semmelrogge
- Josef Bierbichler
- Paul Burian
- Volker Prechtel
- Dieter Augustin
- Irm Hermann
- Wolfgang Bächler
Crew
- Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein — Director of Photography
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus — Editor
- Werner Herzog — Screenplay
More from Werner Herzog
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — 98/100 · hit
- Lessons of Darkness (1992) — 88/100 · TV film, not counted
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — 84/100 · hit
- Stroszek (1977) — 83/100 · hit
- Grizzly Man (2005) — 82/100 · hit
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — 81/100 · hit
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