Signs of life = Lebenszeichen

Author

Werner Herzog

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In German, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Werner Herzog.

Publication Information

New York : New Yorker Video, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (87 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

During World War II, Stroszek, a wounded German soldier, is sent to recuperate on the remote Greek island of Kos where he meets and marries a Greek nurse. Along with two other soldiers recovering from minor wounds, Stroszek is billeted in a decaying fortress where there's very little to do other than guard a munitions depot. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment and Stroszek eventually goes mad, drives the others from the fortress, and threatens the city with blowing up the depot.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.

Inspired by the short story "Der tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau" by Achim von Arnim.

Special features: Audio commentary by Werner Herzog and Norman Hill ; theatrical trailer.