Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
Directed by Werner Herzog
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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
Dieter Augustin
Marktschreier
Irm Hermann
Margret
Wolfgang Bächler
Jew
Rosemarie Heinikel
Herbert Fux
Unteroffizier
Thomas Mettke
Maria Mettke
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