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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
September 5, 1942 (81 years old)
G.-B. 2022. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Portrait of a French couple who have dedicated their lives to the study of volcanic eruptions.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 2022. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Exploration of the brain, to understand how tissue and gray matter can generate creative thoughts and ideas.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 2019. Documentary by Werner Herzog.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 2019. Documentary by Werner Herzog, André Singer. At 88 years old, Mikhail Gorbachev confides his impressions on the state of the world today and looks back on the highlights of his six years at the head of the former USSR.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 2016. Documentary by Werner Herzog. A look at the Internet, from its origins in 1969 to its future applications, through its excesses, its dangers, and the importance it has taken in our daily lives.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 2016. Thriller by Werner Herzog with Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Lawrence Krauss. In South America, a UN emissary is kidnapped by the director of a company, who makes her undergo a strange experiment.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 2015. Biography by Werner Herzog with Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson. Portrait of Gertrude Bell, daughter of an English industrialist, who documented the life of the Bedouins in the desert at the beginning of the 20th century.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 2014. Animation by Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith. Four penguins who think that they are secret agents fight an octopus that wants to turn them into horrible mutants.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 2012. Documentary by Werner Herzog.
U.S. 2012. Crime drama by Christopher McQuarrie with Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Jai Courtney. A former military police major investigates the motives behind the killing of five people by an unhinged gunman.
Runtime: 131 min.
U.S. 2011. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Werner Herzog uses a tragic Texas news story to question the existence of capital punishment in the United States.
Runtime: 107 min.
Can. 2010. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Visit the Chauvet cave, whose walls are decorated with the oldest drawings made by a human being.
Runtime: 90 min.
All. 2010. Documentary by Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog.
U.S. 2009. Crime drama by Werner Herzog with Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer. In New Orleans, a corrupt police lieutenant
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 2009. Drama by Werner Herzog with Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny. Called to a murder scene, a police inspector tries to reason with a theater actor who, obsessed with the Greek tragedy ""Orestes,"" has just killed his mother and locked himself in his home with two hostages.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 2007. Documentary by Werner Herzog. German director Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to meet scientists and learn about their research.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 2006. War drama by Werner Herzog with Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies. During the Vietnam War, an American pilot tries to escape from a prison camp in Laos.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 2005. Documentary by Werner Herzog. In October 2003, a couple of American activists, who were living among the Alaskan grizzlies to study them, were killed and eaten by one of these beasts.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2004. Dramatic comedy by Zak Penn with Zak Penn, Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker. Various incidents will interrupt the shooting of a documentary by Werner Herzog on the Loch Ness monster.

Wheel of Time

V.O.: Rad der Zeit
All. 2003. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travel to Bhod Gaya in India to listen to the teachings of the Dalai Lama.

L'Invincible

V.O.: Invincible
All. 2001. Drama by Werner Herzog with Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari. In Berlin, in 1932, a Jewish strongman performs in a cabaret show run by a hypnotist who is a Hitler fanatic.

My Best Friend

V.O.: Mein Liebster Feind
All. 1999. Documentary by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski. The filmmaker Werner Herzog recounts his sometimes difficult, sometimes harmonious relationship with the famous actor Klaus Kinski.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1999. Mores drama by Harmony Korine with Ewen Bremner, Werner Herzog, Chloe Sevigny. A young schizophrenic who suffers because of his tyrannical father finds comfort in his pregnant sister.

Le Petit Dieter a la tête dans les nuages

V.O.: Little Dieter Needs to Fly
All. 1997. Documentary by Werner Herzog with Dieter Dengler. After World War II, a German immigrates to the United States where he realizes his dream of becoming a pilot just as the Vietnam War breaks out.

Scream of Stone

V.O.: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
All. 1991. Sports drama by Werner Herzog with Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Stefan Glowacz, Donald Sutherland. Two rival mountaineers climbing a perilous peak while being filmed for television engage in an unreasonable competition.
Runtime: 106 min.
All. 1987. Adventures by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy.
Runtime: 111 min.

Where the Green Ants Dream

V.O.: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
All. 1984. Social drama by Werner Herzog with Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika. In Australia, Aboriginal people oppose mining exploration in lands they consider sacred.
Runtime: 101 min.
All. 1981. Adventures by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jose Lewgoy.
Runtime: 157 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

Nosferatu, the Vampyre

V.O.: Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht
All. 1978. Fantasy by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz.
Runtime: 107 min.
All. 1977. Mores drama by Werner Herzog with Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz. A poor man and a prostitute join an old man to try their luck in America.
Runtime: 108 min.

Heart of Glass

V.O.: Herz aus Glas
All. 1976. Mores drama by Werner Herzog with Sepp Bierbickler, Clemens Scheitz, Stefan Guettler. The young owner of a glass factory in a Bavarian village searches desperately for the lost secret of ruby glass.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

V.O.: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
All. 1974. Psychological drama by Werner Herzog with Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira. In 1838, a teacher takes in a maladjusted teenager whose origins are unknown.
Runtime: 110 min.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

V.O.: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
All. 1972. History by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinski, Cecilia Rivera, Ruy Guerra. After crossing the Peruvian Andes, a Spanish expedition finds itself blocked by the jungle.
Runtime: 94 min.
All. 1971. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Collection of images on the theme of the creation of the world.
Runtime: 76 min.

Land of Silence and Darkness

V.O.: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
All. 1971. Documentary by Werner Herzog. Portrait of a woman who has been deaf and mute since she was a teenager, and who works to help others with the same disability.
Runtime: 85 min.

Even Dwarfs Started Small

V.O.: Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
All. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Werner Herzog with Helmut Doering, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer.
Runtime: 96 min.

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