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Woyzeck

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Woyzeck
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NR,1hr 22min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
August 24, 1979
Director:
Werner Herzog
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann  ...more
Synopsis: Controversial German director Werner Herzog helmed this cinematization of Woyzeck, playwright Georg Büchner's anti-military tale of depersonalization run amok. Utilizing the more grotesque elements of German expressionism, combined with his own sense of the outrageous, Herzog plunges us directly into the middle of his story of a soldier (Klaus Kinski) who is conditioned to be an unthinking killing machine through lab experimentation. His one vestige of humanity is his love for the beautiful Marie ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
The least known of the five collaborations between director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski is consistent with their other works (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde) in dramatizing the extreme acts of a desperate man. Here, however, Kinski's character is neither an ambitious conquistador, a hungry vampire, nor a visionary businessman, but a soldier who, ... Full Review
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