Self
“Nothing is typical for Werner, only the atypical is typical for him.” This is just one of many attempts to characterize Werner Herzog. Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to actors, directors, directors of photography and producers who have worked with Herzog over his long career—including directors Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer and Wim Wenders, singer Patti Smith and actors Nicole Kidman, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson. We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary anecdotes about film locations and shoots, his admiration for Lotte Eisner, and his eternal search for beauty. The interviews are carefully punctuated by archive footage of Herzog never seen before, iconic excerpts from his feature films and documentaries, and his cameos in cartoon series such as The Simpsons. Together they create a kaleidoscopic image of a radical visionary and dreamer, and of his very own “Werner World.”
Self
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together with Henri Langlois, she founded the Cinémathèque Française with the goal of saving from destruction films, costumes, sets, posters, and other treasures of the 7th Art. A Jew exiled in Paris, she became a pillar of the capital's cultural scene, where she promoted German cinema.
Writer
Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?
Mina
Adaptación de la mítica novela de Bram Stoker que toma como punto de referencia la insuperable adaptación de Murnau. Jonathan Harker viaja desde Wismar a Transilvania, al castillo del legendario conde Drácula, con el fin de venderle una mansión en su ciudad. Atraído por una fotografía de Lucy, la mujer de Harker, Nosferatu parte inmediatamente hacia Wismar, llevando con él muerte y el horror.
Production Assistant
En 1560, poco después de la destrucción del imperio inca, una expedición española parte de las montañas de Perú rumbo a las selvas del Amazonas, en busca de la legendaria tierra de El Dorado. A través del diario del fraile Diego Gaspar de Carvajal iremos conociendo detalles y circunstancias de aquella peligrosa aventura...
Assistant Director
Un paracaidista alemán herido de nombre Stroszek, es enviado a Kos, una tranquila ciudad de Creta, junto a su mujer Nora, una enfermera griega y otros dos soldados con heridas menores. Quedan recluidos en un polvorín de una vieja fortaleza y hay muy poco que hacer. Becker se dedica a traducir y transcribir inscripciones, Meinhart se divierte poniendo trampas para cucarachas y Nora ayuda a Stroszek a hacer fuegos artificiales usando la pólvora de las granadas que hay en el polvorín. Lentamente y debido al calor y al tedio, Stroszek comienza a volverse loco y querrá arrastrar a sus compañeros a una misión descabellada. Basada en un relato escrito por Ludwig Achim Von Arnim (1818).
