Werner Herzog
Birthday: 1942-09-05
Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Biography: Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Transformation of the World Into Music
This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It de...
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The Lonely
A documentary portrait of the filmmaker Harmony Korine during the production of his third feature fi...
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The White Diamond
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...
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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...
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My Best Fiend
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep tr...
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The Arc of Oblivion
"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans...
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Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
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The Grand
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. ...
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50 Films to See Before You Die
Celebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of th...
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Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn
"Rescue Dawn: The Making of a True Story" is a documentary film that provides a behind-the-scenes lo...
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Strawberryland
A reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen fil...
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Heart of Glass
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of t...
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Mister Lonely
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invite...
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Hard to Be a God
Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history...
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Close Up
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferenc...
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Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone started to produce documentary films and moved from...
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The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self-taught magician, transformist at the Grande Eugène cabaret, man of theater, television and cine...
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Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire
From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic...
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The 100 Greatest Films
A countdown of the 100 greatest films, as voted by the British public via the Channel 4 website....
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Plastic Bag
A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way...
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Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 ...
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La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the is...
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Incident at Loch Ness
When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of ...
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Jack Reacher
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidenc...
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Tokyo-Ga
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Oz...
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All In This Tea
During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California...
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing ...
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Into the Abyss
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue w...
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Orion and the Dark
A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with ...
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A Brief History of Errol Morris
This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent...
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How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Liv...
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Last Exit: Space
Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond....
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Scream of Stone
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, an...
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Dinotasia
Computer-generated animation about the daily lives of dinosaurs, narrated by Werner Herzog....
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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river ...
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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise...
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Ballad of the Little Soldier
A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas...
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Man of Flowers
An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: coll...
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Tegoyo
In 1968 legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog shot in the island of Lanzarote his film Even Dwarfs Start...
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life an...
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Dribble
Winner of the Tromadance/Kodak Independent Soul Award, Giuseppe Andrews’ Dribble is a short film set...
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The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition in...
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The Unbelievers
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and...
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Location Africa
Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's deat...
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Dangerous Game
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions ...
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Walking to Werner
Linas Phillips pays tribute to Werner Herzog in his pledge to walk from Seattle, Washington to Herzo...
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The Boxing Prince
The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name ...
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To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further
A documentation about Werner Herzog's motif to do movies....
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Life Itself
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (194...
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Bride of the Orient
After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a fam...
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-de...
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Penguins of Madagascar
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop ...
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The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry....
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The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft t...
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SnowwhiteRosered
Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebel...
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Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines....
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Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son
The Making of 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'....
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Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space
Legendary film director Werner Herzog brings together five shepherds and singers from the island of ...
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Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog
Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog....
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Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of th...
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Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Betw...
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Lemonade War
In an idyllic suburban neighborhood, Jerry runs his big business lemonade stand and has the market c...
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outst...
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Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog
Director Jösta Hagelbäck speaks on the importance of Werner Herzog....
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Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful ...
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In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
A strongly visual look at the life, work and obsessions od the writer Bruce Chatwin, who died of AID...
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Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient....
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Shards of Cinema and Philosophy
Inspired by the "The wind of cinema" festival which every year deals with issues relating to the rel...
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40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
A history of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection....
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Champions: A Comic Tale
A comic tale. The issue of film education has been a Gordian link for many years in Greece. Starting...
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On Borrowed Time
Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life s...
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I, I, I José Lewgoy
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors ...
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Mistaken for Strangers
Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead sin...
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Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning...
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An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog talking about his appreciation for Les Blank....
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Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'
Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012)....
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Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director
Werner Herzog talks about making 'On Death Row' and life as a director....
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Jihad in Hollywood
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent h...
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Jihad in Hollywood
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent h...
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Die Erben von Papas Kino
Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema....
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Tales of the Dumpster Kid
The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. But ...
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In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
With Herzog's direction, Richard Thompson leads a small group of musicians into creating Grizzly Man...
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Back to Room 666
What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer th...
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Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless by Mahmoud Behraznia is a documentary with a different perspective on S...
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Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...
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Into the Inferno
With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes a...
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Salt and Fire
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when...
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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, ...
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Celebrating the Rice Media Center
Through the Fondren Fellows program, the Rice Media Center Archive Project has spent the past few mo...
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Signs of Life
During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is ...
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Lessons of Darkness
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of...
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Burning Heart
Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler, fro...
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Freaks of Nature
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apo...
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What Dreams May Come
Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. Ther...
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Capturing Reality
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol M...
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The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Behind the scenes documentary for Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Features...
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Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Scha...
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Wings of Hope
Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was th...
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Room 666
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at...
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The Valley
The story will reportedly follow an invertebrate deep-sea fish who believes he’s suffering from spin...
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the ...
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I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977....
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BLAST!
With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story...
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Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world....
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Neuer Deutscher Film Report
Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966....
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Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given...
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Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures....
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Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th cen...
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The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3
In this third volume of the Best of Tromadance, viewers can sample fifteen of the best films from th...
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The Ball Is a Scumbag
"Sometimes the ball is bewitched," says legendary soccer coach Rudi Gutendorf. He's the one who woul...
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10 Questions for Werner Herzog
Interview with Werner Herzog during his visit to the Indiana University Cinema....
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Julien Donkey-Boy
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger...
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The Great Buster: A Celebration
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers ...
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Manaslu: Mountain of Souls
The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountainee...
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Where the Green Ants Dream
The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants ...
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Encounters at the End of the World
Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...
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Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and ...
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift...
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Meeting Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to d...
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, p...
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Tattoo Uprising
An examination of the artistic and historical roots of today's tattoo explosion....
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Paradox Bullets
A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCr...
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Lost in the Garden of the World
Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of...
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Bells from the Deep
A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the city of...
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When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadl...
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God's Angry Man
The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, ...
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: ...
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The Killers: Unstaged
Following the band The Killers on road to and on stage in the Bronx, New York, in a series of Americ...
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Wheel of Time
Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, Indi...
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Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifes...
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wende...
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Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
In 1974 Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris, an act of faith to prevent the death of his ment...
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The Andinist
An old painter recounts the story of when he met a strange mountain climber, or perhaps, an explorer...
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Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesse...
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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of bo...
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Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques...
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I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on Wer...
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One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner ...
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About a Hero
After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog tr...
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Kinski
Documentary film about the turbulent life and career of actor Klaus Kinski, a man whose genius was o...
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Atari: Game Over
The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of...
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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VH...
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Ghost Elephants
In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to re...
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Black Baby
A black baby attempts to escape a labyrinth whilst being pursued by a gaggle of giant humanoids...
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