Woyzeck

Woyzeck
by Werner Herzog

Woyzeck
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Actor: Eva Mattes, Josef Bierbichler, Klaus Kinski, Willy Semmelrogge, Wolfgang Reichmann
Director: Werner Herzog
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.66:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-08-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay

Movie Reviews of Woyzeck

Movie Review: obscure cruelty, humiliation, betrayal, insanity, then murder
Summary: 3 Stars

This is a serious art film, exploring extremes of anguish and torment in an unattractive, doomed character, who will destroy everything in his small world. If you want to experience these emotions, which the film is effective in evoking, then this is your film.

Woyzeck is the lowest of the low: an abused private in the army, he plays up to a sadistic physician who humiliates him with specious experiments, furtively visits a woman he is losing bit by bit, and has no one who can care for him. It is frightening as he loses his grip on reality, quite believable. Kinski delivers, as usual, in these extremes.

The film has a static feel to it, like a series of cameo scenes thrown together around the anguished way that Woyzeck is forced to walk. That makes it hard to follow emotionally, limiting the realism so that philosophical statements can be made, often meaningless but giving a sense of Woyzeck's universe. It is jerky, feels unrealistic, and curiously nihilistic. I think that if it weren't by Herzog, more people would have given it harder reviews.

This is a film for collectors. I doubt I will watch it again and wish I had rented it, but am glad I've seen it.

Summary of Woyzeck

The films of Werner Herzog are often marked by physically punishing circumstances that test the endurance of the characters. In Woyzeck, based on the classic German expressionist play by Georg Buchner, all the punishment is within. Klaus Kinski stars as Woyzeck, a disturbed soldier subjected to dubious scientific experiments and maltreatment from his superiors. His only solace is his lover, Marie (Eva Mattes)--so when he begins to suspect her of infidelity, his jealousy swiftly turns murderous. The movie is shot with unusual simplicity, often in long sustained shots that demand focused, disciplined performances. Both of the main actors rose to the task; Mattes was awarded Best Supporting Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and Kinski creates a harrowing portrait of fragile desperation. It's a reminder that, though best known for his volcanic frenzies, Kinski could vividly portray all sides of the human condition. --Bret Fetzer

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