The Tragedy of a Simple Man

Overview

Woyzeck takes psychotropic drugs and punishes himself physically. He has no choice. It's his living. With what he earns selling his body and by working in a restaurant and in subway tunnels, he just about makes ends meet. Coming home to his wife Marie and his infant child, he’s an impotent wreck -- and definitely unable to afford the earrings he sees Marie wearing one day. She’s frustrated and the jewelry is a gift from the local pimp. Woyzeck wasn't supposed to find out. But he has. Plagued by voices, he loses his already weak grip on reality. He retreats into the tunnels with Marie and the baby. There Woyzeck is the master of life and death.

Cast

Tom Schilling

Woyzeck

Nora Waldstätten

Marie

Simon Kirsch

Tambourmajor

Julischka Eichel

Margreth

Christoph Franken

Andres

Markus Tomczyk

Louis

Gunnar Teuber

Doktor

Georgios Tsivanoglou

Hauptmann