History Theatre / Woyzeck

* KickTheDog: The morning after Wozzeck stabs Marie to death and then drowns himself in the lake, the neighborhood children cruelly tell their now-orphaned son that his mother is dead. The little boy doesn't understand and, after playing a bit on his hobby horse, follows the other children as they run to look out the body.

* KickTheDog: The morning after Wozzeck stabs Marie to death and then drowns himself in the lake, the neighborhood children cruelly tell their now-orphaned son that his mother is dead. The little boy doesn't understand and, after playing a bit on his rocking horse, follows the other children as they run to look out the body.

* KickTheDog: The morning after Wozzeck stabs Marie to death and then drowns himself in the lake, the local children cruelly tell their now-orphaned son that his mother's corpse has been found. The little boy, who was paying and didn't pay attention to them, follows the other children as they run to look out the body, not understanding.

* OutDamnedSpot: [[spoiler:A fatal variety, as Woyzeck, after killing Marie, throws the knife into the pond, goes into the pond to wash away the blood on his hands, and drowns.]]

%%* FracturedFairyTale: The "fairy tale" the grandmother tells the children. You can listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RQkTMDqW8 here]] as part of a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, narrated by Music/TomWaits.

In 1979, Creator/WernerHerzog had just finished filming a [[TheRemake remake]] of ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}''. After almost spending a week without making a movie, he got to work on ''Woyzeck'' with Creator/KlausKinski. It became one of his most beloved films.

* KnifeNut: [[spoiler: Woyzeck uses a knife to kill Marie]]. You see, he can't afford a pistol.

Music/TomWaits and Robert Wilson have written a RockOpera based on the play, the songs from which were featured on Waits's album ''Music/BloodMoney''. Waits' song "Children's Story" from ''Music/OrphansBrawlersBawlersAndBastards'' was also lifted from "Woyzeck". Alban Berg also composed an {{opera}}, titled ''Wozzeck''.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The organ grinder's mechanical monkey, which sings "Misery is the River of the World" from ''Music/BloodMoney''. Facially, it's a character of Music/TomWaits, and was voiced by a recording of him.

Franz Woyzeck is a soldier with a child out of wedlock. To help make his living, he does odd jobs for his commanding officer and participate in "medical" experiments. He's gone completely crazy - seeing apocalyptic visions everywhere - but no one seems interested in that. When his wife, out of a mixture of boredom and hopelessness, begins seeing a Drum Major, Woyzeck lashes out.

A play (actually just a [[AuthorExistenceFailure fragment]]) by [[UsefulNotes/DichterAndDenker Georg Büchner]], who died in 1837 while working on it. Revolutionary for its time because up until that period, {{tragedy}} as a genre was reserved for stories about the upper classes. Its companion piece is Büchner's play ''Leonce and Lena'', which conversely is a scathing comedy about the upper classes -- a concept that was just as taboo.

%%* AdaptationExpansion: Actually ''expected'' in adaptations of ''Woyzeck'', since the play was unfinished due to AuthorExistenceFailure.

Music/TomWaits and Robert Wilson have written a RockOpera based on the play. Waits' song "Children's Story" from ''Music/OrphansBrawlersBawlersAndBastards'' was also lifted from "Woyzeck". Alban Berg also composed an {{opera}}, titled ''Wozzeck''.

%%* MadDoctor: Woyzeck is going crazy partly because he volunteers for some very unusual medical experiments.

* HumansAreBastards / AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Throughout this grim tragedy, every person Woyzeck encounters only give him a hard time.

%%* AxCrazy: Woyzeck himself in the end.

%%* HumansAreTheRealMonsters

%%* KnifeNut: Woyzeck can't afford a pistol, you see.

%%* OutDamnedSpot: [[spoiler:A fatal variety.]]