Signs of Life

1h 31m
DramaWar
6.5

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.

Cast

Peter Brogle
Stroszek
Wolfgang Reichmann
Meinhard
Athina Zacharopoulou
Nora
Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
Becker
Wolfgang Stumpf
Captain
Henry van Lyck
Lieutenant
Julio Pinheiro
Gypsy
Florian Fricke
Pianist
Heinz Usener
Doctor
Achmed Hafiz
Greek resident
Jannakis Frasakis
Unknown
Eleni Katerinaki
Unknown
Werner Herzog
Soldier (uncredited)

Crew

Werner Herzog
Director, Writer, Producer
Achim von Arnim
Writer
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography
Martje Grohmann
Assistant Director
Herbert Prasch
Sound
Stavros Xarhakos
Original Music Composer
Nicholas Triandafyllidis
Production Manager

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