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Woyzeck (1979)

Woyzeck (1979)

Drama

Shame, vengeance, terror... love.

Release Date: 1979, May 25
Directors: Werner Herzog
Countries: Germany
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Cast: Eva Mattes, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Fux, Volker Prechtel, Irm Hermann, Josef Bierbichler, Paul Burian, Dieter Augustin, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge, Wolfgang Bächler

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

murder revenge child hero kids childhood trauma becoming an adult leipzig, germany