Portrait Werner Herzog (1986)

Original title

Werner Herzog: Filmemacher

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

28 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Werner Herzog speaks about his life and career, using clips from his earlier films as starting points for stories. He also shares conversations with film historian Lotte Eisner and mountaineer Reinhold Messner.

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What happens

Portrait Werner Herzog (German: Werner Herzog - Filmemacher) is 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, La Soufrière, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. The film is notable for footage of a conversation between Herzog and Lotte Eisner, a film historian whom Herzog admired. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, during which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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