Handicapped Future (1971)

Original title

Behinderte Zukunft

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

43 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Werner Herzog's documentary looks at the daily lives and struggles of physically disabled children in Munich. The film was made to raise awareness about disability rights in West Germany.

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What happens

Handicapped Future (German: Behinderte Zukunft) is a 1971 documentary film by Werner Herzog about physically disabled children in Munich. The film was made at the request of a disabled friend of Herzog's, specifically in order to raise awareness for disability rights in West Germany. Herzog compares the film to his earlier The Flying Doctors of East Africa in that it has very little stylization, and is, he says, "dangerously conventional." During production of Handicapped Future, Herzog met Fini Straubringer, and this meeting led directly to Herzog's more well-known film Land of Silence and Darkness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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