Woyzeck

Synopsis

Werner Herzog ventured into the dark depths of madness once again with this adaptation of the unfinished stage play by Georg Buchner, the story of a real-life nineteenth-century barber turned soldier who was executed after mysteriously killing the woman he loved. The film follows the path of Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski) as he endures military experiments in a lab that ultimately turn him into a killing machine. In Herzog’s hands, Buchner’s parable becomes a masterpiece of human emotion and psychological struggle.