Bibliograph

Wozzeck, opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes, a co-production of ORF/ZDF/RM Arts and Channel Four in association with the Vienna State Opera & Teletheater ; [music] by Alban Berg after Georg Büchner [librettist] ; producer, Adolf Dresen ; television producer, Ernst Neuspiel ; television director, Brian Large

Type

Label

Wozzeck, opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes, a co-production of ORF/ZDF/RM Arts and Channel Four in association with the Vienna State Opera & Teletheater ; [music] by Alban Berg after Georg Büchner [librettist] ; producer, Adolf Dresen ; television producer, Ernst Neuspiel ; television director, Brian Large

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Wozzeck

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

48039533

Responsibility statement

a co-production of ORF/ZDF/RM Arts and Channel Four in association with the Vienna State Opera & Teletheater ; [music] by Alban Berg after Georg Büchner [librettist] ; producer, Adolf Dresen ; television producer, Ernst Neuspiel ; television director, Brian Large

Runtime

Sub title

opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes

Summary

The story encompasses the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expresionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when he tries to wash the blood from his hands

Technique

live action