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Wodzeck
Wodzeck
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Wodzeck

1984
1h 22m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1984

Runtime

1h 22m

Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Oct 25, 1984
Languages
German
Director
Oliver Herbrich

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

Detlev Kügow

Franz Wodzeck

Ariane Erdelt

Ariane Erdelt

Maleen

Johannes Habla

Johannes Habla

Andres

Franz A. Huber

Hallenabschnittsleiter

Hans Beerhenke

Hans Beerhenke

Penner

Leo Bardischewski

Professor

Georg Greiwe

Bauleiter

Charles Brauer

Charles Brauer

Werksarzt

Regula Siegfried

Arbeitskollegin

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