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".
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Cast
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Detlev Kügow
Franz Wodzeck
Also in
A Step
Scene of the Crime
Ariane Erdelt
Maleen
Also in
Die Küken kommen
XY gelöst
Oliver Herbrich
Johannes Habla
Andres
Also in
The Cloud
Allein unter Männern
Franz A. Huber
Hallenabschnittsleiter
Hans Beerhenke
Penner
Also in
Rosa Luxemburg
Chicken for Cairo
Leo Bardischewski
Professor
Also in
Céleste
Das kleine Gespenst
Georg Greiwe
Bauleiter
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Charles Brauer
Werksarzt
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Rosa Luxemburg
Regula Siegfried
Arbeitskollegin
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Mike Fluhme
Leichenwäscher
Uwe Franke
Betrunkener
Oliver Herbrich Director · Andreas Hofner Composer Ludolph Weyer Cinematographer
First release October 25, 1984
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 25, 1984
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
July 1, 1985 · Moscow Film Festival
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