Woyzeck

★★★★★

“Shame, vengeance, terror... love.”

1979 · 1 h 22 min

Directed by Werner Herzog · Germany · New German Cinema

Drama

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Cast

Klaus Kinski

Credits

Written by: Georg Büchner

Plot

A soldier is driven to murder.

Sinekatalog’s take

Werner Herzog's quick-shot adaptation of Büchner's play has Klaus Kinski as a tormented soldier. Short, stark and intense, it was made in days after Nosferatu and is a bleak, concentrated tragedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (11,658 votes)
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