Portrait: Werner Herzog
|Werner Herzog: Filmemacher
Status: Released
Runtime: 28
Release Date: 27/03/1986
Origin Language: de
Origin Country: DE
Languages: EnglishGerman
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Countries: Germany
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
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.
