Wodzeck

Wodzeck (1984)

08 Feb 1985 • Drama • 1h 22m
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Franz Woyzeck, the protagonist of Georg Büchner's unfinished drama is incorporated in this adaption of a classic. The contemporary Franz Wodzeck lives in Germany's Ruhr industrial region. Wodzeck meanders back and forth between the monotony of working each day in a car factory and returning each evening to the cheerless desolation of the factory dormitory. Once his girlfriend, Maleen, snubs him for his boss, Wodzeck's personal and social frustrations escalate into a vista of emotions: he runs amok and bloodily stubs Maleen to death. After he has killed his one sole love Wodzeck resigns himself to his fate. A hollow shell of a man is admitted to a psychiatric asylum. He feels no more anxiety, no more desire. He simply exists. FBW Prädikat: "wertvoll".

Oliver Herbrich
Director
Oliver Herbrich
Writer
Detlev Kügow, Ariane Erdelt, Johannes Habla
Starring

Language: German
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Country: West Germany
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