Directed by:
Werner HerzogCinematography:
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinCast:
Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Josef Bierbichler, Herbert Fux, Irm Hermann, Willy Semmelrogge, Volker Prechtel, Dieter Augustin, Wolfgang Reichmann, Paul BurianVOD (1)
Plots(1)
In a 19th century village in Germany lives a soldier named Franz Woyzeck. He is a naïve fellow, a poor man with deep sentiments. Haunted by strange voices, ordered about by commanding officers, and experimented on by the town doctor, he begins to suspect his lover of grave infidelity. (MUBI)
Reviews (1)
Adapting Georg Büchner's tragic fragment into a film is a difficult task, especially because it is still unknown how the scenes and events follow each other, but Werner Herzog did a pretty good job. I've rated the film three stars, mainly because of the uninteresting plot, which was already awkward and inconsistent in the source material (which again refers to problems with its structure). The performance of Klaus Kinski, Herzog's court actor, must be singled out for praise, as he took very well to the role of the deranged Woyzeck slowly sinking into madness. In short, a film that is undermined by its source material, but was nevertheless filmed quite solidly.
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