Wodzek 1984
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".
- Released: 1984-10-25
- Runtime: 82 minutes
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- Stars: Detlef Kügow, Ariane Erdelt, Johannes Habla, Franz A. Huber, Hans Beerhenke
- Director: Oliver Herbrich, Oliver Herbrich, Ludolph Weyer, Jan Betke, Petra Vonhausen