Woyzeck (1979)

Woyzeck (1979)

Shame, vengeance, terror... love. 1979-05-25 Germany 82 Min. PG-13
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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 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.

Cast

Klaus Kinski is Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Eva Mattes is Marie
Josef Bierbichler is Drum Major
Paul Burian is Andres
Volker Prechtel is Handwerksbursche
Handwerksbursche
Dieter Augustin is Marktschreier
Marktschreier
Irm Hermann is Margret
Herbert Fux is Unteroffizier
Unteroffizier