Overview
Plot
Franz Woyzeck, a feckless soldier with an illegitimate child by his lover Marie, takes odd jobs for extra money. A doctor's pea-diet experiment pushes him toward madness, and Marie's affair with the drum major drives him to violence.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Cast
- Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge, Josef Bierbichler, Paul Burian, Volker Prechtel, Dieter Augustin, Irm Hermann, Wolfgang Bächler, Rosemarie Heinikel, Herbert Fux, Thomas Mettke, Maria Mettke
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1979-05-25
- Studios
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Woyzeck Plot and Cast
Burdened by an illegitimate child with his lover Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck scrapes together extra money through odd jobs around town. He volunteers for a local doctor's experiments, which put him on a diet of peas and bring him close to madness. When he learns Marie is involved with the drum major, the strain deepens, and Woyzeck resorts to violence.
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