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Woyzeck

1979 · 82 min

A slow, oppressive descent into madness, performed with raw intensity and a cold, unblinking gaze.

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann

Tagline: Shame, vengeance, terror... love.
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
obsession
betrayal
politics
violence
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge, Josef Bierbichler, Paul Burian, Volker Prechtel, Dieter Augustin
Cinematography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Runtime: 82 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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