Directed by:
Werner HerzogCinematography:
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinCast:
Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Josef Bierbichler, Herbert Fux, Irm Hermann, Willy Semmelrogge, Volker Prechtel, Dieter Augustin, Wolfgang Reichmann, Paul BurianPlots(1)
In a mid-nineteenth century provincial German town everything appears calm, placid, lovely. But Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski), a rifleman assigned as an orderly, hears voices – the times are out of joint, at least in his cosmos. To his captain, Woyzeck is a comic marvel: ignorant but courageous, full of energy to little purpose. To a local doctor, Woyzeck is a curiosity, the object of cruel study. Woyzeck, 40, has a young wife, Marie, and a small child. He dotes on them, but Marie, even though she has periods of guilt and remorse, carries on affairs and flirtations. When the captain lets drop broad hints of Woyzeck's being a cuckold, his inner demons and the voices of the spheres take over. Will madness bring action? Of what sort? (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
![Klaus Kinski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/483/164483894_d98e98.jpg)
Klaus Kinski
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
![Eva Mattes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/750/159750211_c2bb03.jpg)
Eva Mattes
West Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Jail Bait (1973) (TV movie)
Stroszek (1977)
![Josef Bierbichler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/639/158639263_1123e9.jpg)
Josef Bierbichler
West Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Winter Sleepers (1997)
Heart of Glass (1976)
![Herbert Fux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946670_78899b.jpg)
Herbert Fux
Austria
Best movies:
View from the Loft (1974)
Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
![Irm Hermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909705_7f761b.jpg)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Willy Semmelrogge
German Empire
Best movies:
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Woyzeck (1979)
Mordnacht in Manhattan (1965)
![Volker Prechtel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/494/160494018_1ccc08.jpg)
Volker Prechtel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Starke Zeiten (1988)
![Dieter Augustin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/853/161853667_b9a9ab.jpg)
Dieter Augustin
German Empire
Best movies:
Carnapping (1980)
Woyzeck (1979)
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Wolfgang Reichmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
The Trial (1962)
The Nun (1966)
Paul Burian
Best movies:
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Woyzeck (1979)