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- Werner Herzog's adaptation of Georg Büchner's classic play was filmed an d cut in 18 days, and the quick-shot production does show in the minimalist settings, but Klaus Kinski's intense, over-heated performance remains quite memorable.
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Woyzeck [ˈvɔʏtsɛk] is a 1979 German drama film written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes. It is an adaptation of the unfinished play Woyzeck by German dramatist Georg Büchner.
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.
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.
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
The film is rather low key compared to most of the rest of the illustrious director's filmography. Apparently filmed mere days after the completion of Nosferatu (and with most of the same cast and crew) Woyzeck is another film revolving around Herzog's favourite subjects of madness and despair.
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- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
- Werner Herzog
In Theaters: Aug 24, 1979. Streaming: Feb 26, 2016. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review? Woyzeck Reviews. All Critics....
That Wacky Klaus Kinski. Franz Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski) is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control. Filming for "Woyzeck" in Telč, Czechoslovakia, began just five days after work on Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" had ended.
