Because he and his sweetheart, Marie, have an illegitimate child, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck works odd jobs around his little town to supplement their income. One of them agrees to participate in trials undertaken by a local doctor, who subjects Woyzeck to a peasant diet. This drives him insane, and the revelation that Marie is having an affair with the local drum major just adds to the problem. Woyzeck becomes violent when pushed too far.
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Because he and his sweetheart, Marie, have an illegitimate child, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck works odd jobs around his little town to supplement their income. One of them agrees to participate in trials undertaken by a local doctor, who subjects Woyzeck to a peasant diet. This drives him insane, and the revelation that Marie is having an affair with the local drum major just adds to the problem. Woyzeck becomes violent when pushed too far.
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