Wodzeck

Wodzeck — Plot

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".

• Release date
• October 25, 1984
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Oliver Herbrich

Wodzeck — Cast

D

Detlev Kügow Franz Wodzeck Ariane Erdelt Maleen Johannes Habla Andres

F

Franz A. Huber Hallenabschnittsleiter Hans Beerhenke Penner

L

Leo Bardischewski Professor

G

Georg Greiwe Bauleiter Charles Brauer Werksarzt