Portrait: Werner Herzog
Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog

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1986•28 min•Documentary
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Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Self
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner
Self
Lotte Eisner
Lotte Eisner
Self
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Self (archive footage)
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.
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