Wozzeck

1947
1h 38m

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Bruno Mondi, Max Eckard, Paul Henckels, Richard Häussler, Georg C. Klaren, Kurt Meisel, Arno Paulsen, Herbert Trantow, and Helga Zülch in Wozzeck (1947)

The body of Franz Wozzeck lies on a table in an anatomy lecture of a small German university. Whereas the doctor in charge of dissecting the cadaver can only see the murdered corpse lying on... Read allThe body of Franz Wozzeck lies on a table in an anatomy lecture of a small German university. Whereas the doctor in charge of dissecting the cadaver can only see the murdered corpse lying on the table, Buechner, a medical student, sees the corpse of a "human being." "A human bein... Read allThe body of Franz Wozzeck lies on a table in an anatomy lecture of a small German university. Whereas the doctor in charge of dissecting the cadaver can only see the murdered corpse lying on the table, Buechner, a medical student, sees the corpse of a "human being." "A human being" he adds, "that we have murdered." Buechner then proceeds to tell the story of Franz Woz... Read all

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- Georg C. Klaren
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- Georg Büchner
- Georg C. Klaren
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7.4/10

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- Georg C. Klaren
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- Georg Büchner
- Georg C. Klaren
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Final film of Rotraut Richter.

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6/10

Heavy handed adaptation of a great play

This is the first of apparently many movie adaptations of Georg Buchner's classic play Woyzeck, which is about a poor soldier who is driven insane by the people around him. Made in East Germany shortly after World War II, the movie seems heavily infused with the Communist party line. In this movie, it is more society's obsession with money than anything that causes Wozzeck to lose his sanity. And in case there was anyone who didn't get the point, the movie added the author Buchner as a character in his own story to hammer away at this theme during various times during the movie. There are a few evocative scenes (particularly the ones at a fair and by a swampy lake) but many of the scenes are dull and overlong and the movie rarely matches the deliriousness of the play.