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Director:
Werner Herzog
Writers:
Werner Herzog (writer)
Achim von Arnim (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
December 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
On Crete, a wounded German paratrooper named Stroszek is sent to the quiet city of Kos with his wife Nora... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Signs of Life is pure cinema more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Peter Brogle ... Stroszek
Wolfgang Reichmann ... Meinhard
Athina Zacharopoulou ... Nora
Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg ... Becker
Wolfgang Stumpf ... Captain
Henry van Lyck ... Lieutenant
Julio Pinheiro ... Gypsy
Florian Fricke ... Pianist
Heinz Usener ... Doctor
Achmed Hafiz ... Greek resident
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jannakis Frasakis
Eleni Katerinaki
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Feuerzeichen (West Germany) (working title)
Signs of Life
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Runtime:
USA:91 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German | Greek
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13 | West Germany:6 (bw)

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Trivia:
The screenplay is based on a story by (Ludwig) Achim von Arnim, which he wrote in 1818 and is called "Der tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau" (The Mad Invalid at Fort Rattoneau). Until 1997 it was the only story written by Arnim that was previously translated into English. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Portrait Werner Herzog (1986) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Signs of Life is pure cinema, 24 August 1999
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Author: buscemi-11 from Los Angeles

Signs of Life is one of the purest cinematic experiences in the history of film. For those unused to slow moving, simple stories the movie will probably seem painfully dull. The first time I saw it I was nearly driven crazy by the pace. It was my first Herzog movie and I was unused to movies that operated outside the Hollywood formula. But that feeling of going crazy is exactly what Herzog is trying to bring you to understand. He gets inside the boredom of his principal characters so that you viscerally understand what they are going through. When one of them finally snaps -- you understand. The visual poetry of this film will live with me forever. Herzog more than any director alive understands that a picture is worth a thousand words.

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