Werner Herzog: Filmemacher
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Retrato de Herzog
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Portrait Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog. Director de cine
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Werner Herzog – Filmemacher
director:
Werner Herzog
playwright:
Werner Herzog
actor:
Werner Herzog
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Reinhold Messner
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Lotte Eisner
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Mick Jagger
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Jason Robards
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genre:
Documentary
region:
Germany
language:
German
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English
length: 28m
release date: 1986-03-27
IMDb: tt0796829
Werner Herzog: Filmemacher
overview
An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.