Wozzeck (film)

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Wozzeck is a 1947 German drama film directed by Georg C. Klaren. It stars Kurt Meisel, Max Eckard, and Helga Zülch and is based on the play Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. The play was first performed in 1913 and was originally billed as Wozzeck due to a misreading of Büchner’s handwriting.

The film’s sets were designed by Bruno Mondi and Hermann Warm. It was shot at Babelsberg and the Althoff Studios in Potsdam. The story follows Woyzeck, a rifleman who works as an orderly, who begins to hear voices while the town around him seems calm. To his captain, Woyzeck appears as a strange but brave and energetic man.

Wozzeck was produced by DEFAD and distributed by Sovexport. It was released on 17 December 1947 and has a running time of 98 minutes. The language is German.