Georg Buechner''s world-renowned play of oppression and dehumanization and has been magnificently captured in this stark update by Hungarian director Janos Szasz. Set in modern-day Budapest, the story follows the wretched Woyzeck as he ekes out a meager existence as a lowly worker in a railyard. In a striking performance by Lajos Kovacs (Wings of Desire), Woyzeck is an unkempt outcast who earns extra money by running errands for a bullying army captain and acting as a guinea pig for a local doctor. When his wife begins an affair with a policeman, Woyzeck experiences one humiliation too many and snaps. Using genuine black and white film stock, cinematographer Tibor Mathe exploits the rich blacks and graded grays for maximum atmosphere turning a dark, bleak tale into visual poetry

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