Signs of Life (1968)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 30min
- Drama
- 09 Dec 1981 (USA)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
| Peter Brogle | ... |
Stroszek
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| Wolfgang Reichmann | ... |
Meinhard
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Athina Zacharopoulou | ... |
Nora
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Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg | ... |
Becker
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| Wolfgang Stumpf | ... |
Captain
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| Henry van Lyck | ... |
Lieutenant
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| Julio Pinheiro | ... |
Gypsy
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Florian Fricke | ... |
Pianist
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Heinz Usener | ... |
Doctor
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Achmed Hafiz | ... |
Greek resident
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Jannakis Frasakis |
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Eleni Katerinaki |
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| Werner Herzog | ... |
Soldat (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Werner Herzog | ||
Written by
| Werner Herzog | ... | (screenplay) |
| Achim von Arnim | ... | (inspired by the short story 'Der tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau') |
Produced by
| Werner Herzog | ... | producer |
Music by
| Stavros Xarhakos | ||
Cinematography by
| Thomas Mauch | ||
Editing by
| Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | ||
Editorial Department
| Maximiliane Mainka | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
| Nikos Triantafyllidis | ... | production manager (as Nicholas Triandafyllidis) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Martje Grohmann | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Herbert Prasch | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Dietrich Lohmann | ... | assistant camera |
| Bettina von Waldthausen | ... | still photographer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Ina Fritsche | ... | continuity |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (Germany) (DVD)
- New Yorker Films (1981) (United States) (subtitled)
- New Yorker Video (United States) (VHS)
- Raro Video (2009) (Italy) (DVD)
- Ripley's Film (2003) (Italy)
- Ripley's Home Video (2009) (Italy) (DVD)
- VIGGO (2020) (Italy)
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Storyline
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A wounded German paratrooper named Stroszek is sent to the quiet island of Kos with his wife Nora, a Greek nurse, and two other soldiers recovering from minor wounds. Billeted in a decaying fortress, they guard a munitions depot. There's little to do: Becker, a classicist, translates inscriptions on ancient tablets found in the fortress, Meinhart devises traps for cockroaches, Nora helps Stroszek make fireworks using gunpowder from grenades in the depot. Slowly, in the heat and torpor, Stroszek goes mad, drives the others from the fortress, and threatens the city with blowing up the depot. With care, the German command must figure out how to get him down.
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| Budget | DEM25,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Werner Herzog's first feature film. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in I Am My Films (1978). See more » |
| Quotes |
Young Child:
Now that I can talk, what shall I say? See more » |