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Woyzeck (1979)

Directed by Werner Herzog · Cinematography by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

82 min56 frames

Drama

Shame, vengeance, terror... love.

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Woyzeck (1979) movie still: fullbody — A stone arcade with vaulted ceilings runs alongside a European building. A man hangs from a horizontal pole…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A crowded market square features historic architecture with arched walkways and a carousel tent. A diverse…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: wide — A group of men in turn-of-the-century attire stand in a grassy meadow. Beside a river, they attend to a black…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with an open window showing a town plaza. Two women stand at the window with a toddler…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: wide — A stone courtyard features an arched facade with a man watching from a window. A group of men stands together in…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a woman at a table by a bright window. Through the window, a town square and stone…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: wide — A quiet cobblestone area sits between weathered buildings with peeling plaster and arched doorways. A young girl…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A man stands indoors against a wall featuring a painted circular emblem of a beer stein. The subject faces the…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with simple wood furniture and a rustic, lived-in aesthetic. A young woman sits at a table…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A medical or academic study features wooden shelves filled with glass jars and books. A bald man wearing a…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit indoor space with plain walls serves as the backdrop. Three men in period clothing gather…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A group of three people look out from a square window set into a wall. The two women and a small child smile…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: fullbody — A wooden platform set up outdoors with canvas backdrops and a painted sign above. A trainer in uniform leads…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A European town square with a row of pastel-colored historic buildings with arched ground-level walkways. A…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — Two men sit opposite each other at a wooden desk in a sparsely furnished room. One man holds the other's wrist…Woyzeck (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit indoor corridor with stone walls and arched doorways in the background. A man in formal…
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Woyzeck — official trailer

What is Woyzeck about?

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.

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What does the cinematography of Woyzeck look like?

Sampled across 56 frames, the coverage of Woyzeck leans on medium shots (61% of the sample) and wide compositions (20%). Cinematographer Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein keeps 79% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 77% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Woyzeck?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Woyzeck (1979) are #372f28, #555046, #d1cab6, #918873, #776857, #d5d1c6 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #372f28
  • #555046
  • #d1cab6
  • #918873
  • #776857
  • #d5d1c6

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