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Werner Herzog

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 1Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 1 (Herakles; Last Words; The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreutz; Huie's Sermon; The Flying Doctors of East Africa; Wings of Hope; Precautions Against Fanatics) (1962-1999) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. Herakles (1962) Last Words (1967) The…
Werner Herzog CollectionWerner Herzog Collection (Signs of Life, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek, Heart of Glass, Where the Green Ants Dream) (1968-1982)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Comprehensive box–set containing six early films from renowned German director Werner Herzog.
Signs of LifeSigns of Life (Lebenszeichen) (1968)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Peter Brogle
An early descent into madness for dir. Werner Herzog, in which a soldier charged with guarding a remote island fortress must overcome the boredom of…
Even Dwarfs Started SmallEven Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer
A group of dwarfs run riot and take over their penal colony on a bleak volcanic island. Bizarre and unsettling parable will leave an indelible mark…
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Short - Part 2Werner Herzog Documentaries and Short - Part 2 (Land of Silence and Darkness; Handicapped Future; Fata Morgana) (1970-1971)
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. Land of Silence and Darkness…
Aguirre, Wrath of GodAguirre, Wrath of God (1972) Aro Favourite
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
Stunningly shot on location in the Amazon, this spellbinding adventure details the decline and fall of a conquistador (Klaus Kinski) in his maniacal…
Herzog Kinski CollectionHerzog Kinski Collection (Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu, Cobra Verde, Woyzeck, My Best Fiend) (1972-1999)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
Fabulous box–set containing six collaborations between the visionary dir. Werner Herzog and his most manic collaborator: Klaus Kinski.
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 5Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 5 (The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner; The Dark Glow of the Mountains; No One Will Play With Me; Ballad of the Little Soldier) (1973-1984)
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner…
Enigma of Kaspar HauserEnigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira
The title refers to the only case of a man who was 'born' as an adult. He has lived in a dark cellar all his life and has never seen another human…
StroszekStroszek (1976)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruno S., Eva Mattes
Powerful tragi–comedy follows a simple–minded Bruno S to America with a prostitute trying to escape her unsavoury past. The film's…
WoyzeckWoyzeck (1976)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
A version of Georg Buchner's play, matching Herzog to another gloomy Germanic visionary, with Klaus Kinski as the soldier tormented by visions and…
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 3Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 3 (God's Angry Man; Echoes From a Sombre Evening; How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck) (1976-1990)
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. God's Angry Man (1980) Echoes From a…
Heart of GlassHeart of Glass (1976)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Clemens Scheitz
Werner Herzog committed his cast to six months of hypnosis, before embarking on a spellbinding tale of an 18th Century Bavarian glassblower whose…
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 4Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 4 (La Soufriere; I Am My Films; Jag Mandir) (1977-1991)
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. La Soufriere (1977) I Am My Films…
NosferatuNosferatu (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani
Werner Herzog's remake is a surreal and truly sinister experience, embellished with a haunting soundtrack and a terrific Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu.
FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo (1982) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale
Colonialist visionary Klaus Kinski attempts to haul a huge riverboat over a hill in 19th century S. America with the help of Indian…
Burden of DreamsBurden of Dreams (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Les Blank
Feat. Werner Herzog
Les Blank's most famous film sticks with Werner Herzog through the thick and thin of the Amazon jungle during the notoriously troubled shooting of…
Where the Green Ants DreamWhere the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruce Spence, Ray Barrett
Dir. Herzog’s usually compelling obsessions – myths, nature, primitive experience – come a cropper in this uneven depiction of a land rights…
Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 6Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 6 (Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun; Lessons of Darkness; Bells From the Deep; Portrait Werner Herzog) (1986-1993)
Dir. Werner Herzog
The complete short documentaries and fictional works of the legendary German director, over six discs. Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun…
Cobra VerdeCobra Verde (1988)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski stars for the last time for Herzog as another doomed outcast in an alien environment. West Africa is portrayed as a cruel, highly…
Scream of StoneScream of Stone (Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein) (1991)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Mathilda May, Brad Dourif
Solid and steady climbing adventure set around an attempt on the incredibly difficult Patagonian peak of Cerro Torre. Despite some absolutely…
Lessons of Darkness / Fata MorganaLessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana (1992/1969) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Two of dir. Herzog’s impressionistic documentaries on a double DVD. LESSONS OF DARKNESS investigates the aftermath of the Gulf War, with…
Gesualdo - Death for Five VoicesGesualdo - Death for Five Voices (1995)
Dir. Werner Herzog
A sharp, sometimes unflattering profile of 16th century composer Don Carol Gesualdo, with dir. Herzog dividing his time between the artist's sexual…
Transformation of the World Into MusicTransformation of the World Into Music (1996)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, indulging in a love of opera, turns his documentary eye on the Richard Wagner Festival, capturing the pulse of the annual event, and…
Little Dieter Needs to FlyLittle Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Another quirky yet significant doco from Werner Herzog, whose remarkable subject here is expatriot German Dieter Dengler, who returns to the Vietnam…
My Best FiendMy Best Fiend (Mein Liebster Feind) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog’s personal portrait of his friend and famous ‘alter ego’, the late Klaus Kinski, threads together just some of the bizarre…
Julien Donkey-BoyJulien Donkey-Boy (1999)
Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Ewen Bremner, Chloe Sevigny, Werner Herzog
Experimental melodrama from notorious indie film–maker Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following a man with schizophrenia and his dysfunctional family.…
InvincibleInvincible (2002)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Tim Roth, Udo Kier
An interesting treatment of the lives of the (secretly) Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart and nightclub impressario Erik Jan Hanussen (Roth), who…
Wheel of TimeWheel of Time (2003) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Completing Werner Herzog's recent documentary trinity (together with THE WHITE DIAMOND and GRIZZLY MAN), the German iconoclast lucidly absorbs the…
Incident At Loch NessIncident At Loch Ness (2004)
Dir. Zak Penn
Feat. Werner Herzog
Droll and rather odd filmbiz comedy follows the efforts of German auteur Werner Herzog (GRIZZLY MAN) and an inept Hollywood producer, Zak Penn, to…
White Diamond, TheWhite Diamond, The (2004) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog finds another slightly insane alter–ego for himself in Dr Graham Dorrington, here documenting the engineer's wild ambition to…
Grizzly ManGrizzly Man (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Werner Herzog
One of dir. Herzog's (AGUIRRE) true classics, this is a devastating glimpse into the life of a self–styled naturalist, whose obsession with…
Wild Blue Yonder, TheWild Blue Yonder, The (2005)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Brad Dourif
Moody 'science fiction fantasy' depicting an alternate reality where an alien species try to colonise a now inhospitable Earth. Dir. Herzog…
Rescue DawnRescue Dawn (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
In dramatizing the unforgettable true story of Dieter Dengler – heroic subject matter of doco LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY – Werner Herzog…
Encounters at the End of the WorldEncounters at the End of the World (2007) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog ventures forth to Antarctica, hounding a team of scientists based at McMurdo Station in this stunning, eccentric nature…
Mister LonelyMister Lonely (2008)
Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog
Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
Werner Herzog's spin on the 1992 bad–boy classic delights in seeing a pasty, middle–aged Nicolas Cage cracking up (in all three meanings…
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny
Dir. Werner Herzog and David Lynch as producer team up for this bizarre tale of an actor driven to murder his mother in sunny, suburban San Diego…
Cave of Forgotten DreamsCave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Although intended to be viewed in 3–D, this extraordinary trip inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France – home to the oldest known…
Into the AbyssInto the Abyss (Death Row Portraits) (2011) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog sits down with the perpetrators of a triple homicide in this darkly lucid investigation into the paradoxes of human nature. Probing…
Jack ReacherJack Reacher (2012)
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins
Tom Cruise assumes the coveted role of Lee Child's best–selling anti–hero in this violent, no–nonsense action vehicle.
Queen of the DesertQueen of the Desert (2015)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson
Werner Herzog directs this worthy biopic of British explorer and adventurer Gertrude Bell focusing on her time in the Middle East.
Salt and FireSalt and Fire (2016)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Michael Shannon, Veronica Ferres, Gael Garcia Bernal
Two ecologists posted in the remote Bolivian wilderness are kidnapped by a local businessman with mysterious intentions, but find they must unite…
Lo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldLo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Acclaimed Documentarian Werner Herzog approaches the internet as a curious outsider on an exotic vacation. Meeting the digital natives, getting…
Meeting GorbachevMeeting Gorbachev (2018) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog, André Singer
Werner Herzog directs this candid documentary based on three interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. With…

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