Film Screening
Wozzeck
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First film adaptation of Georg Büchner’s play, "Woyzeck"
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Intro and Q&A: Jason Doerre (in person)
While an anatomy seminar prepares to examine the cadaver of Franz Wozzeck in the name of scientific progress, medical student Büchner excoriates humanity for having allowed Wozzeck’s fate. The tragic story unfolds in flashbacks, as Büchner narrates.
This film is endowed with exceptional visual power—both sharply realistic and uncannily visionary. Georg C. Klaren used expressionist elements to explore German predispositions to militarism and fascism. Although officials praised this first postwar literary adaptation, it disappeared from public view following the formalism debate in the 1950s.
Director: Georg. C. Klaren
Germany 1947
101 min.
German with English subtitles
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Details
Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Language: German with English Subtitles
Price: Admission free, $5 donation welcome
Karin.Oehlenschlaeger@goethe.de
Part of series Happy Birthday! The DEFA Film Library Turns 30