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Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (1942 - present) is a German film director/producer/writer/actor and now a teacher of his own 'rogue' film school; he is also a director of Opera in several European Opera houses as well as a writer of: several Essays (such as 'Pilgrimage' - which is included with his wife's photography collection of the same title), Poetry collections and memoirs, such as 'Of Walking in Ice' and 'Conquest of the Useless' detailing his time on the set of his epic film 'Fitzcarraldo' and the relationship with Klaus Kinski.
Herzog is commonly recognised by international critics as one of the great cinematic auteur's, Francois Truffaut hailed him 'as the most important alive'. Throughout his career he has maintained a traditional 'pure cinema' filming style, making what he wants independently and on shoe string budgets with minimalist crew; and is the only film director to have made a feature film in every continent of the world.
Many critics have connected the Bavarian born film-maker with German Romanticism, however Herzog denies this as he feels his work has been inspired by his unique limited experiences of cinema - watching an average of 3-4 films a year, and mixture of eclectic cultural studies, varying from Virgil's epic poems to Monteverdi's music - among many others.
Herzog's personal life and the lifestyle of film making surrounding his reputation is a mixture of misinterpretations and speculation, Herzog like his once leading man - Klaus Kinski- has been the subject of much controversial rumour (sometimes true and others entirely false), such as the death threat on Kinski to saving Joaquin Phoenix from a car crash.
Herzog remains one of the most prolific film makers of our time, constantly continuing to work regardless of his audience's reception or producers thoughts - forever demanding the final cut.
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Herzog to step in front of the camera to play Cruise villain -
4 October 2011
-Acclaimed moviemaker Werner Herzog has signed on to play the villain in Tom Cruise's new action thriller One Shot.-The Rescue Dawn director, who has only made cameos in 16 films, has joined Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike and Robert Duvall among Cruise's co-stars in th
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Herzog: The Explorer -
6 September 2010
-Filmmakers’ reputations ebb and flow with the years, but few could have predicted the extraordinary twists and turns in Werner Herzog’s career, or the astonishing productivity that would coincide with his sixth decade.-
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WIN! A My Son, My Son Poster Signed by Werner Herzog -
6 September 2010
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-If you’ve ever wondered what a David Lynch and Werner Herzog collaboration would turn out like, then wonder no more. These two heavyweights have teamed up for the exciting new release of My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done?, out now.-
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Werner Herzog - what members say
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richard the third and the heart of darkness 1 April 2009
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Herzog stages a documentary in his own unique style 15 October 2009
Werner Herzog - filmography
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Into the Abyss
(2011)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Intimate interviews and life stories of several people involved in the life of an inmate condemned to death in a Texas prison.
 
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Into the Abyss - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Intimate interviews and life stories of several people involved in the life of an inmate condemned to death in a Texas prison.
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Charles Fathy, Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
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Happy People - A Year in Taiga
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog
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In the centre of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living ..read more »
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Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call New Orleans
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
Director: Werner Herzog
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Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a ..read more »
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Encounters at the End of the World
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with "Encounters at the End of the World." In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to 1,100 people ..read more »
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Michael Shannon, Loretta Devine, Chloe Sevigny
Director: Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders
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The first collaboration between legendary filmmakers David Lynch and Werner Herzog, MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE is loosely based on the true story of a San Diego man whose mystifying experiences lead him to commit a shocking act of matricide. Michael Shannon, Chloe Sevigny, and Willem Dafoe ..read more »
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Encounters In The Natural World
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Encounters in the Natural World brings together five stunning films from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Featuring previously unseen, breathtaking scenery and wildlife, these films span the globe, from desert to jungle to tropical to frozen. They detail the rich tapestry of life on our planet ..read more »
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Encounters At The End Of The World - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog returns to the non-fiction world once again with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, his latest exploration into the dangerous beauty that exists in nature. This time, Herzog travels to Antarctica in order to deliver a funny, visually arresting, dreamlike glimpse into Earth's most ..read more »
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The Grand
(2007)
Starring: Julie Claire, David Cross, Shannon Elizabeth
Director: Zak Penn
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Set around an international poker tournament. A middle-aged guy goes all-in to save his dead grandfather's hotel-casino from a real estate developer. His master plan is to win the world's most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
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Mister Lonely
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant
Director: Harmony Korine, Harmony Korine
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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.
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Rescue Dawn - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Steve Zahn, Zach Grenier, Jeremy Davies
Director: Werner Herzog
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Incomparable director Werner Herzog takes another strange turn in his eclectic career with RESCUE DAWN--a major studio picture starring Christian Bale (BATMAN BEGINS). The film is an adaptation of Herzog's 1997 documentary LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY, which focused on Dieter Dengler, a pilot who was ..read more »
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Rescue Dawn
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
Director: Werner Herzog
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Incomparable director Werner Herzog takes another strange turn in his eclectic career with RESCUE DAWN--a major studio picture starring Christian Bale (BATMAN BEGINS). The film is an adaptation of Herzog's 1997 documentary LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY, which focused on Dieter Dengler, a pilot who was ..read more »
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Grizzly Man - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Timothy Treadwell
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed kind warrior Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13 years, ..read more »
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The Wild Blue Yonder
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Brad Dourif, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker
Director: Werner Herzog
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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 is a mystery. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases ..read more »
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Wheel Of Time
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Dalai Lama
Director: Werner Herzog
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Wheel of Time is acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog's (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo) gorgeously photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India. Herzog magically captures the lengthy pilgrimage (which for some, is over 3,000 miles), the monk's creation of ..read more »
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Grizzly Man
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Timothy Treadwell
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed kind warrior Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13 years, ..read more »
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The White Diamond
on DVD
(2004)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog once again turns his eye on the beautiful and dangerous wilds of the Amazon in this documentary. Dr. Graham Dorrington is a scientist who specializes in designing experimental aircraft, and in 1992 he invented a unique man-powered airship intended to travel into the Amazon canopy of ..read more »
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The White Diamond - Blu-ray
(2004)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog once again turns his eye to the beautiful and dangerous wilds of the Amazon in this documentary. Dr Graham Dorrington is a scientist who specialises in designing experimental aircraft, and in 1992 he invented a unique man-powered airship intended to travel into the Amazon canopy of ..read more »
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Invincible
(2001)
Starring: Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari
Director: Werner Herzog
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The film is based on the true story of Zishe Breitbart, a Jewish blacksmith's son from Poland who becomes a sensation in Weimar, Berlin as a mythical strongman. His employer Hanussen dreams of establishing an all-powerful Ministry of the Occult in Hitler's government. Yet as Hitler's hold on power ..read more »
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Wings of Hope
(2000)
Starring: Werner Herzog, Juliane Koepcke, Juan Zaplana Ramirez
Director: Werner Herzog
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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 1971. They find the remains of the plane and recreate her journey out of the jungle.
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Julien Donkey Boy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Ewen Bremner, Joyce Korine
Director: Harmony Korine, Harmony Korine
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Flashing a mouthful of fake gold teeth, Julien (Ewen Bremner) wanders the streets of New York City, mumbling nonsensical syllables to himself. He tries to avoid the abuse of his sadistic drunken gas-mask-wearing father (German director Werner Herzog). He cracks a young boy's head open with a rock. ..read more »
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Dieter Dengler
Director: Werner Herzog
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"Little Dieter Needs to Fly" is a documentary about Dieter Dengler, a German who grew up with a passion for flight and emigrated to the U.S. to join the navy and become a pilot during the Vietnam War. Dieter was shot down, captured and tortured before becoming one of the few American prisoners to ..read more »
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Lessons of Darkness
(1992)
Starring: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.
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Scream Of Stone
(1991)
Starring: Brad Dourif, Donald Sutherland, Mathilda May
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog's cinema of obsession (Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo) has always owed some of its emotional expressionism to the post-World War I genre of German mountain films (The Blue Light, The White Hell of Pitz-Palu), in which German mountain climbers are compelled to scale the ..read more »
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Tokyo-Ga
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Werner Herzog, Yuuharu Atsuta
Director: Wim Wenders
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Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
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Where the Green Ants Dream
(1984)
Starring: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika
Director: Werner Herzog
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"Where the Green Ants Dream" is the incredible story of an Aboriginal tribe's struggle to save their sacred grounds from encroaching civilization. They believe that man's so-called reality is no more than the dream of a strange insect indigenous to the Australian continent.
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Room 666
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maroun Bagdadi
Director: Wim Wenders
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During the Cannes Film Festival of 1982 Wenders persuades a number of film directors to lock themselves in a hotel room, switch on the camera and ponder on the question "What is the future of cinema?".
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Heart Of Glass
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Stefan Guttler, Sepp Muller, Josef Bierbichler
Director: Werner Herzog
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In director Werner Herzog's most conceptual and perhaps most challenging film, HEART OF GLASS, a small Bavarian town is plunged into a mysterious and haunted despair when the owner of the town's preindustrial glass factory dies, failing to pass on the secret formula for its special ruby-colored ..read more »
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Stroszek
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Director: Werner Herzog
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Can anything be bleaker than the shabby slums of Berlin? Yes, argues director Werner Herzog in Stroszek: try Wisconsin sometime. Bruno S.. stars as an ex-mental patient who dreams of the so-called promised land of America. He aligns himself with like-minded prostitute Eva Mattes and elderly, near-..read more »
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Land of Silence and Darkness
(1971)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog trains his camera on documentary subject Fini Straubinger in this exploratory look at her life as a kind hearted woman who is both deaf and blind. Straubinger has dedicated a large portion of her life caring for those who are similarly afflicted, and Herzog explicitly details both her ..read more »
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Fata Morgana
on DVD
(1969)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog takes his cameras out to the Sahara in search of a mirage...
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Signs of Life
(1968)
Starring: Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou
Director: Werner Herzog
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On Crete, a wounded German paratrooper named Stroszek is sent to the quiet city of Kos with his wife Nora, a Greek nurse, and two other soldiers recovering from minor wounds. Billeted in a decaying fortress, they guard a munitions depot. There's little to do: Becker, a classicist, translates ..read more »
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Werner Herzog Box Set 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Eva Mattes
Director: Werner Herzog
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A boxset containing all the collaborations between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.AGUIRRE, THE MAN OF GOD: Widely considered to be Herzog's finest film, is the tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT: Stark,..read more »
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Encounters In The Natural World - Blu-ray
(3 discs)
Director: Werner Herzog
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Encounters in the Natural World brings together five stunning films from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Featuring previously unseen, breathtaking scenery and wildlife, these films span the globe, from desert to jungle to tropical to frozen. They detail the rich tapestry of life on our planet ..read more »
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Werner Herzog Box Set 2
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer
Director: Werner Herzog
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A box set collecting together five key works by the great Werner Herzog: Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970), Fata Morgana (1971), The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart Of Glass (1976) and Stroszek (1977).
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Werner Herzog facts
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...ountain it's weirdly gripping, and reminds you why you'd never want to work for Werner Herzog. ...
