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Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie (Eva Mattes), feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski) takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them.
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- Klaus Kinski
- Werner Herzog
- Drama
Suspecting his wife of infidelity and abused both physically and mentally by his superiors, his problems come to a head in a shocking final act. Kinski is brilliant here as the disturbed soldier, as is Eva Mattes as his wife. There are a few scenes here that aren't brilliant, but this is a very good Herzog film. 7/10.
Woyzeck isn't demonstrative of Herzog's usual style as a filmmaker; it uses long cuts and scenes seem like acts. He's criticized for this decision, but I find the choice appropriate. It highlights what makes this film great, the performance of Klaus Kinski as the soldier Woyzeck.
Sep 10, 2012 · An anarchist's morality play; the tale of an army private tormented in private by visions of apocalypse, in public by the unbearable weight of social and sexual oppression; he flips.
Right up to the murder sequence, Woyzeck is arguably the most ‘classical’ of Herzog’s films, with long takes of two-three minutes filmed in frontal mid-shot, the camera moving with characters or their vantage point, soon returning to relative visual stability.
TOP CRITIC. What Herzog does is to make his own contrary film inside the original, elevating Jonathan Harker from functionary to dual protagonist. Full Review | Mar 17, 2020. José Ramon Pérez Ornia...
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Woyzeck has an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.3/10 based on 14 reviews. [3] In an episode of Sneak Previews both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel recommended the film. [4]