Signs of Life

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.

• Release date
• July 5, 1968
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama, War
• Director
• Werner Herzog

Cast

Peter Brogle Stroszek Wolfgang Reichmann Meinhard

A

Athina Zacharopoulou Nora

W

Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg Becker Wolfgang Stumpf Captain Henry van Lyck Lieutenant

J

Julio Pinheiro Gypsy Florian Fricke Pianist