Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
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7.3/10
- Woyzeck has an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.3/10 based on 14 reviews. In an episode of Sneak Previews both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel recommended the film.
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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.
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
Because of its theatrical origins Woyzeck is perhaps the one Herzog film in which the narrative takes precedence over the look of the thing. On the one hand, this is a good thing because it is much more focused and doesn't digress as his pictures tend to.
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.
Woyzeck is, if possible, ever more mysterious by the time we reach the end than it is at the beginning. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2005. Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph...
Woyzeck: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge. Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Mar 18, 2016 · 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.
