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6.6/10 • 187

1979-05-251h 22m

Drama

Shame, vengeance, terror... love.

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.

Directors
Werner Herzog
Editors
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Klaus Kinski

    Klaus Kinski

    Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

  2. Eva Mattes

    Eva Mattes

    Marie

  3. Wolfgang Reichmann

    Wolfgang Reichmann

    Captain

  4. Willy Semmelrogge

    Willy Semmelrogge

    Doctor

  5. Josef Bierbichler

    Josef Bierbichler

    Drum Major

  6. Paul Burian

    Paul Burian

    Andres

  7. Volker Prechtel

    Volker Prechtel

    Handwerksbursche

  8. Dieter Augustin

    Dieter Augustin

    Marktschreier

  9. Irm Hermann

    Irm Hermann

    Margret

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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