Released:
1979-05-25

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.

Director:
Werner Herzog

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Klaus Kinski
  as
  Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
• 
  Eva Mattes
  as
  Marie
• 
  Wolfgang Reichmann
  as
  Captain
• 
  Willy Semmelrogge
  as
  Doctor
• 
  Josef Bierbichler
  as
  Drum Major