Fata Morgana (1970)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

6

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 86 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows mirages in the Sahara and Sahel deserts. Werner Herzog accompanies the images with narration based on the Mayan creation myth.

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What happens

Fata Morgana is a 1971 film by Werner Herzog, shot in 1968 and 1969, which captures mirages in the Sahara and Sahel deserts. Herzog also wrote the narration by Lotte H. Eisner, which recounts the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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