Towards the end of the Second World War, Stroszek, a German soldier, is wounded when partisans on the island of Crete launch an attack. After he has spent quite a while in a military hospital, he is detailed to the peaceful island of Kos in the Dodekanes…

Legendary German auteur Werner Herzog broke onto the international film scene at the age of 26 with his debut feature, Signs of Life. Winning the Silver Bear at Berlin, this story of a soldier going mad in battle laid the foundation for the curiosity and absurdism that would occupy his career.