Signs of Life

1968 · directed by Werner Herzog

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.

Signs of Life (1968), directed by Werner Herzog, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Peter Brogle
• Wolfgang Reichmann
• Athina Zacharopoulou
• Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
• Wolfgang Stumpf
• Henry van Lyck
• Julio Pinheiro
• Florian Fricke
• Heinz Usener
• Achmed Hafiz

Crew

• Thomas Mauch — Director of Photography
• Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus — Editor
• Stavros Xarhakos — Original Music Composer
• Achim von Arnim — Writer
• Werner Herzog — Writer

More from Werner Herzog

1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — 98/100 · hit
2. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — 88/100 · TV film, not counted
3. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — 84/100 · hit
4. Stroszek (1977) — 83/100 · hit
5. Grizzly Man (2005) — 82/100 · hit
6. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — 81/100 · hit

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