Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
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.
- Released
- 1986-03-27
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Werner Herzog
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Werner Herzog as Self
- Reinhold Messner as Self
- Lotte Eisner as Self
- Mick Jagger as Self (archive footage)
- Jason Robards as Self (archive footage)
- Klaus Kinski as Self (archive footage)
- Paul Hittscher as Self (archive footage)
- Thomas Mauch as Self (archive footage)
- Beat Presser as Self (archive footage)
- Walter Saxer as Self (archive footage)
- Franz Josef Strauß as Self - Oktoberfest
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