Portrait: Werner Herzog
Overview
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.
Release date
27/03/1986
Votes
12
Popularity
0.7
Werner Herzog
Self
Reinhold Messner
Self
Lotte Eisner
Self
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Jason Robards
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski
Self (archive footage)
Paul Hittscher
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Mauch
Self (archive footage)
Beat Presser
Self (archive footage)
Walter Saxer
Self (archive footage)
Franz Josef Strauß
Self - Oktoberfest
Original Soundtrack
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Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
Prayers to the Gods of Guerrilla Filmmaking
Coogan's Runner
Laci's Great Escape
Manila... A Filipino Film
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Srećan Put
John Ford Goes to War
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee, N. J.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
On the Trail of Ed Wood
Ensayos y errores
The Prince of Nothingwood
Not Quite Hollywood
Sexo en el plató
Dinosaur Movies
Heckler
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'