Wodzeck

Wodzeck (1984)

Drama

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".

Director: Oliver Herbrich

Casts

	Detlev Kügow as Franz Wodzeck
	Ariane Erdelt as Maleen
	Johannes Habla as Andres
	Franz A. Huber as Hallenabschnittsleiter
	Hans Beerhenke as Penner
	Leo Bardischewski as Professor
	Georg Greiwe as Bauleiter
	Charles Brauer as Werksarzt
	Regula Siegfried as Arbeitskollegin

Crew