Woyzeck (1979)
Director/Screenplay: Werner Herzog – Scenario: Woyzeck (Georg Büchner, 1837) – Director of photography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein – Film editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus – Costume: Gisela Storch – Sound: Harald Maury – Music: Fiedelquartett Tele, Rudolf Obruca, Benedetto Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi - Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion – Country: Germania – Running time: 81’
The film:
“In Woyzeck, from the very beginning, the protagonist appears oppressed by the reality that cannot be seen, by the elements of the wood, the wind and the air.[…] The images evoked by his mind are so deep-rooted in the reality of his world that he never perceive them as abstract or unreal visions. It’s not madness, but the ability to see and look inside the chinks of the reality that Herzog has always searched for.”
[Grazia Paganelli (curated by), Signs of Life. Tribute to Werner Herzog, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino; Il Castoro, Milano 2008, p. 34]
The film restoration:
The preservation of Woyzeck was conducted by Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino and it was based on the original 35 mm negatives conserved by Werner Herzog Film Archive.
The preservation of the film is part of a project to valorize the works by Werner Herzog, including the homage Signs of life. Tribute to Werner Herzog organized by Museo Nazionale del Cinema in 2008.
The event showed the complete retrospective, the photography exhibition, a concert and a workshop and it was realized together with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, the Scuola Holden, the Teatro Regio of Torino, the Werner Herzog Film and the German Film.
The preservation was carried out in 2007 at the laboratories ARRI and Geyer.
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