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Werner Herzog
portrait Date of Birth: Sep 05, 1942
Nationality: German
Biography: A prolific director who made his name in the German New Wave Cinema of the 70s. Born in rural Bavaria, Herzog never saw any film or television as a child -- a fact that didn't prevent him from becoming one of his country's best-known and most well-respected filmmakers. [Edit Biography]
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Summary: A rogue detective is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs - while playing fast and loose with the law.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Summary: Inspired by a true crime, a man begins to experience mystifying events that lead him to slay his mother with a sword.
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Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher (2008)
Summary: The filmmakers of the New German Cinema, like Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders and others represent the young, rebellious cinema of the post-Adenauer period. The documentary Reverse Shot – Rebellion of the Filmmakers, illustrates the story about the gravitational center of the movement: the legendary Filmverlag der Autoren (The Authors' Film Publishing Company). (german-films.de)
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Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
Summary: Originally released in 2007, filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film.
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Mister Lonely (2007)
Summary: In Paris, a young American (Luna) who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe (Morton), who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin (Lavant) and her daughter, Shirley Temple. (imdb)
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Grand, The (2007)
Summary: An improvisational comedy using a handful of actors playing characters competing in an actual poker tournament. (imdb)
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Rescue Dawn (2006)
Summary: This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler, to be played by Bale, organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin (Zahn). (imdb)
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Grizzly Man (2005)
Summary: In his mesmerizing new film, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. (Lions Gate Films)
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In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session (2005)
Summary: With Herzog's direction, Richard Thompson leads a small group of musicians into creating Grizzly Man's evocative soundtrack.
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Wild Blue Yonder, The (2005)
Summary: The film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return, as our planet has become uninhabitable. The cause of this remains open - all-out war, outbreak of a new disease beyond control, radiation after the complete disappearance of the ozone layer, or whatever. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases a probe from their cargo bay, Galileo. But Galileo - after sending back very disquieting data - has to be sent on a suicide mission. (Warner Herzog Filmproduktion)
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Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
Summary: This mock documentary chronicles the story of the making (and unmaking) of Werner Herzog's film about Scotland's infamous Loch Ness monster, as well as the aftermath of that fateful effort. Shocking, controversial and strangely humorous, the film raises many questions about where reality ends and fiction begins. (Fox)
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White Diamond, The (2004)
Summary: THE WHITE DIAMOND is a film about the daring adventure of exploring rainforest canopy with a novel flying device-the Jungle Airship. Airship engineer Dr.Graham Dorrington embarks on a trip to the giant Kaieteur Falls in the heart of Guyana, hoping to fly his helium-filled invention above the tree-tops... (imdb)
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Wheel of Time (2003)
Summary: Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.
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Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Summary: Seven internationally respected filmmakers offer different perspectives on time and fate -- some witty, some somber -- in this omnibus film, with the stories linked by performances from jazz great Hugh Masekela.
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Pilgrimage (2001)
Summary: A film about the pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe, to the tomb of Saint Sergei in Zagorsk/Russia and other places around the world, but mainly a film (and music) about the deep spirituality, religious fervor and profound human suffering of pilgrims. (wernerherzog.com)
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Invincible (2001)
Summary: The true story of a simple man who is transported from his humble village roots to the giddy excesses of the 1930s Berlin and finds himself becoming the new Samson to protect the Jewish people. (Fine Line Features)
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Christ and Demons in New Spain (2000)
Summary: A film about the conquest of Latin America by the Catholic Church and the consequences of it for today´s religious life in that region. (wernerherzog.com)
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Wings of Hope (2000)
Summary: Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1972... (imdb)
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Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
Summary: A visionary portrait of love and madness, which follows a compassionate young teacher who finds redemption through his interactions with the eccentric students in a comically surreal school for the blind. (Independent Pictures)
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My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski (1999)
Summary: In the 1950s, when Werner Herzog was 13, he was sharing an apartment with Klaus Kinski, an ego-maniacal live-wire. In an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski destroyed every piece of furniture in sight. From this chaos, a beautiful albeit volatile partnership was born. In 1972, Herzog cast Kinski in Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Four more films would follow. In this personal documentary, Herzog traces the often violent up and downs of their relationship, revisiting Munich apartment where they first met - and thrashed, and the various locations of their films. (imdb)
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Summary: This documentary film from the great film-maker Werner Herzog, tells the story of Dieter Dengler, who grew up in Germany with a passion for flight. Emigrating to the US he joins the Army in order to become a pilot, during the Vietnam War. (IMDB Comments)
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Verwandlung der Welt in Musik, Die (1996)
Summary: This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes maneuverings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth. (imdb)
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Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia (1995)
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Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
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Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Summary: This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames. In contrast to the common documentary film there are no comments and few interviews (imdb)
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Scream of Stone (1991)
Summary: A meeting of two world famous climbers, one is an experienced mountaineer the other a free climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the free climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is the world's best free climber. (imdb)
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Jag Mandir: Das excentrische Privattheater des Maharadscha von Udaipur (1991)
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Echoes from a Somber Empire (1990)
Summary: Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites. (imdb)
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Wodaabe - Die Hirten der Sonne. Nomaden am Südrand der Sahara (1989)
Summary: Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and 'beauty pageants', where eligible young men strive to outshine each other and attract mates by means of lavish makeup, posturing and facial movements. (imdb)
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Gauloises, Les (1988)
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Cobra Verde (1987)
Summary: The feared bandit Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is hired by a plantation owner to supervise his slaves... (imdb)
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Portrait Werner Herzog (1986)
Summary: A self portrait documentary by Werner Herzog. (imdb)
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Tokyo-Ga (1985)
Summary: Moved by the work of director Yasujiro Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in his films. (imdb)
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Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg (1985)
Summary: "The Dark Glow of the Mountains" features the genuinely legendary free-style mountaineer, Reinhold Messner who, along with Hans Kammerlander scaled Gasherbrum I & II - two of the world's most difficult peaks back to back. Reinhold Messner is undoubtedly the greatest mountain climber of all time. He was the first person to climb all 14 of the 8000+ meter peaks (between 1970-1986). (IMDB comments)
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Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Summary: The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert... (imdb)
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Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (1984)
Summary: Those who remember Sandinistas and Ollie North should see Herzog's brutal interviews with 11-13 year old indigenous Nicaraguan Contras. Watching these children squirm when asked a question that the pat phrases that had been drilled into their heads will not suffice, is poignant. (IMDB comments)
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Burden of Dreams (1982)
Summary: A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic 'Fitzcarraldo' , showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director (imdb)
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Room 666 (1982)
Summary: During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of film directors from around the world to get, each one at a time, into a hotel room, turn on the camera and sound recorder, and, in solitude, answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?". (imdb)
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Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Summary: The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. (imdb)
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God's Angry Man (1980)
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Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980)
Summary: A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.' (imdb)
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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
Summary: A film exactly described by its title. German film director Herzog had made a bet with fledgling director Errol Morris that, if Morris made a film, Herzog would eat his shoe. Morris went on to film 'Gates of Heaven', so Herzog kept his promise. While eating the boiled shoe, Herzog carries on a dialogue with the film premier audience on film, art, and life. (imdb)
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Huies Predigt (1980)
Summary: Reverend Huie is the real life Cleophus James (played by James Brown in 'The Blues Brothers'. This short lasts for the entire length of the reverend's sermon, filmed in front of a live congregation in the reverends hometown of Brooklyn. (IMDB comments)
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Glaube und Währung (1980)
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Summary: Jonathan and Lucy live in Wismar and the Count wants a house there. Varna is a port on the Black Sea, close to Dracula's castle. (imdb)
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Was ich bin, sind meine Filme (1979)
Summary: A portrait of Werner Herzog.
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Woyzeck (1979)
Summary: Franz Woyzeck (Kinski) is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. (imdb)
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Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe, La (1977)
Summary: Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadaloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt... (imdb)
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Stroszek (1977)
Summary: In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin. (imdb)
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Mit mir will keiner spielen (1976)
Summary: It tells the story of a young boy who is excluded from the rest of his classmates, the underlying reason for which is not made clear to start. He spends his time having to play in the corner of the classroom on his own, excluded from the group. The boy eventually befriends a girl in the class and invites her home to meet his talking pet raven. (IMDB comments)
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Heart of Glass (1976)
Summary: The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass". (imdb)
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How much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
Summary: Herzog examines the world championships for cattle auctioneers, his fascination with a language created by an economic system... (imdb)
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Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (1974)
Summary: Herzog's film is based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828... (imdb)
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Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The (1974)
Summary: A study of the psychology of a champion ski-jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry. (imdb)
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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Summary: In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. (imdb)
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Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Summary: Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people... (imdb)
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Behinderte Zukunft? (1971)
Summary: Early documentary from Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA. (IMDB Comments)
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Fata Morgana (1971)
Summary: Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen. (imdb)
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Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Summary: The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. (imdb)
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Flying Doctors of East Africa, The (1969)
Summary: Here Herzog sets out to document a small group of British physicians who provide medical supplies and aid to the vast undeveloped interior of tribal eastern Africa. (IMDB Comments)
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Maßnahmen gegen Fanatiker (1969)
Summary: A kind of fake documentation, containing some loose scenes where people on a horse-racing circuit talk about the way they prevent the horses of fanatics (IMDB Comments)
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Signs of Life (1968)
Summary: On Crete, a wounded German paratrooper named Stroszek is sent to the quiet city of Kos with his wife Nora... (imdb)
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Letzte Worte (1968)
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Beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreuz, Die (1967)
Summary: A sarcastic war tale, which attacks the uselessness of the idealistic pride of soldiers. (Mitternachts Kino)
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Herakles (1962)
Summary: In twelve minutes, Herzog connects black-and-white archival footage of the Le Mans racing accident, in which dozens of people died when a race car went off the track, with images of German bodybuilders. Their exercises and poses are a striking comment on the human penchant for challenge and glory. (IDFA)
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