Portrait: Werner Herzog backdrop
Portrait: Werner Herzog poster
Trailer
Portrait: Werner Herzog
7.2
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0h 28m
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1986
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Released
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.

Cast
Werner Herzog poster
Werner Herzog
Self
Reinhold Messner poster
Reinhold Messner
Self
Lotte Eisner poster
Lotte Eisner
Self
Mick Jagger poster
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Jason Robards poster
Jason Robards
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski poster
Klaus Kinski
Self (archive footage)
Paul Hittscher poster
Paul Hittscher
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Mauch poster
Thomas Mauch
Self (archive footage)
Beat Presser poster
Beat Presser
Self (archive footage)
Walter Saxer poster
Walter Saxer
Self (archive footage)
Franz Josef Strauß poster
Franz Josef Strauß
Self - Oktoberfest

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