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Portrait: Werner Herzog


Movie


Geners : Documentary

Rate : imdb 7.2/10

Status : Released

Language : English Deutsch de

Country : Germany

Release :1986-03-27

RunTime :28 mins

Story :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.

Cast

posterWerner HerzogSelf
posterReinhold MessnerSelf
posterLotte EisnerSelf
posterMick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
posterJason RobardsSelf (archive footage)
posterKlaus KinskiSelf (archive footage)
posterPaul HittscherSelf (archive footage)
posterThomas MauchSelf (archive footage)
posterBeat PresserSelf (archive footage)
posterWalter SaxerSelf (archive footage)
posterFranz Josef StraußSelf - Oktoberfest