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24 August 1979 (USA)
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Franz Woyzeck (Kinski) is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins
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(3 articles)
Werner Herzog: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 17 November 2009, 10:22 PM, PST)
The 11 Commandments of Werner Herzog's Anti-Film School
(From Movieline. 22 September 2009, 2:20 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 17 November 2009, 10:22 PM, PST)
The 11 Commandments of Werner Herzog's Anti-Film School
(From Movieline. 22 September 2009, 2:20 PM, PDT)
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Intense, Powerful, Disturbing
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Klaus Kinski | ... | Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck | |
| Eva Mattes | ... | Marie | |
| Wolfgang Reichmann | ... | Captain | |
| Willy Semmelrogge | ... | Doctor | |
| Josef Bierbichler | ... | Drum Major | |
| Paul Burian | ... | Andres | |
| Volker Prechtel | ... | Handwerksbursche (as Volker Prechtl) | |
| Dieter Augustin | ... | Marktschreier | |
| Irm Hermann | ... | Margret | |
| Wolfgang Bächler | ... | Jew | |
| Rosemarie Heinikel | (as Rosy-Rosy Heinikel) | ||
| Herbert Fux | ... | Unteroffizier | |
| Thomas Mettke | |||
| Maria Mettke |
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Werner Herzog's Woyzeck
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Colombia:74 min | Hong Kong:81 min | USA:82 min
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Klaus Kinski began filming this after having only a week-long break after the completion of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979), also directed by Werner Herzog. Kinski exploited his exhaustion for his character in this film.
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Continuity: As a barber, Woyzeck smears some foam on the Captain's forehead, but when the camera changes, the foam's gone.
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One of Werner Herzog's most unrecognized films, Woyzeck is utterly brilliant.
Few films succeed at portraying frustration and madness as much as this. Among them are Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" and Lodge Kerrigan's "Clean Shaven"
Klaus Kinski's performance is so good that just watching him is tiring, and the viewer is left anticipating when he will finally snap. Few films stick with me as much as this one and the sped up opening sequence is one of the most memorable opening scenes of any film I've seen.