Werner Herzog had long been fascinated by Georg Büchner’s 19th-century play about a soldier pushed to the point of madness and he finally got his chance to film it mere days after wrapping NOSFERATU.
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DIRECTOR : Werner Herzog
CAST : Wolfgang Reichmann, Klaus Kinski, Willy Semmelrogge, Volker Prechtel, Dieter Augustin, Irm Hermann, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Bächler, Josef Bierbichler, Paul Burian
- Winner - Cannes Film Festival 1979 - Best Supporting Actress: Eva Mattes
- Nominee - Cannes Film Festival 1979 - Palme d'Or: Werner Herzog
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