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66% Critic Match
Woyzeck
“Shame, vengeance, terror... love.”
6.6 / 10• 1979• 1h 22m•NR• German
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Klaus Kinski
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Lead
Eva Mattes
Marie
Wolfgang Reichmann
Captain
Willy Semmelrogge
Doctor
Josef Bierbichler
Drum Major
Paul Burian
Andres
Volker Prechtel
Handwerksbursche
DA
Dieter Augustin
Marktschreier
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Werner Herzog's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Woyzeck is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
