Portrait: Werner Herzog
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.
Genre: Documentary, Short
Actor: Werner Herzog, Reinhold Messner, Lotte Eisner, Mick Jagger, Jason Robards, Klaus Kinski, Paul Hittscher, Thomas Mauch, Beat Presser, Walter Saxer
Director: Werner Herzog
Country: Germany
Produced By: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Runtime: 28
Release: 1986
Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Language: English, Deutsch, German, English,
Views: 287
Content Rating:N/A
Quality: DVD
Also known as:
Keywords:Autobiography
Filmmaking
Self Portrait
Germany
Post War
New German Cinema
Bavaria
Travelogue
Mother
Film Business
Home Town
Achim Von Arnim
Romanticism
Caspar David Friedrich
Klaus Kinski
Oktoberfest
World War Two
Childhood
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