Peter Zeitlinger

“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.”

Under threat of eviction, an old man hides himself inside his flat, ready for anything - except the cruel twist of fate that will force him to reassess his whole life.

Uma história de amor em que memórias fragmentadas são trazidas de volta à mente por uma música.

Esta jornada notável em nosso planeta e universo explora como meteoritos, estrelas cadentes e impactos profundos despertaram nossa admiração sobre outros reinos - e nos fazem repensar nossos destinos.

When an unexpected outbreak of peace leads to a ceasefire between Russian forces and Georgian rebels, arrogant rock star Harry Hope fears for the success of his heavily hyped Piece of Peace global charity concert. Desperate, he dispatches his PR consultant, Kate, and her naïve intern, Peggy, to create a fake war story – until the concert, at least.

O herói cujo nome dá título ao trabalho mais recente de Abel Ferrara, interpretado impecavelmente por Willem Dafoe, sente-se em casa em Roma e até se diverte aprendendo italiano. Mas ele também vê mudanças de perspectiva em sua jovem esposa Nikki, com quem tem uma garotinha, Dee Dee, sua menina dos olhos. A existência cotidiana do artista americano, pairando entre a realidade e, muitas vezes, a precária fantasia, é pontuada por encontros gratificantes e frustrantes que Tommaso tem com os “proprietários” de vários destinos e consigo mesmo.

O herói cujo nome dá título ao trabalho mais recente de Abel Ferrara, interpretado impecavelmente por Willem Dafoe, sente-se em casa em Roma e até se diverte aprendendo italiano. Mas ele também vê mudanças de perspectiva em sua jovem esposa Nikki, com quem tem uma garotinha, Dee Dee, sua menina dos olhos. A existência cotidiana do artista americano, pairando entre a realidade e, muitas vezes, a precária fantasia, é pontuada por encontros gratificantes e frustrantes que Tommaso tem com os “proprietários” de vários destinos e consigo mesmo.

Em um mundo pós-apocalíptico atormentado pelo calor, devastado pela doença e mutilado pela guerra crônica, um jovem de origem nobre embarca em uma viagem através do deserto, a fim de encontrar remédio para a sua mãe moribunda. Armado com seu fiel guarda-costas e apenas uma tênue esperança de que este medicamento realmente exista, ele deve forjar com coragem e enfrentar todos os perigos.

Documentário sobre o processo e os bastidores da realização de "My Son, My Son, What Have You Done", a aclamada longa-metragem de 2009 do diretor Werner Herzog, um dos pioneiros do Novo Cinema Alemão. "My Son, My Son, What Have You Done" foi inspirado na história real de um ator que cometeu o crime que deveria representar no palco: matricídio.

Uma cientista culpa o chefe de uma grande empresa por causar um desastre ecológico na América do Sul. Mas quando um vulcão, dado como inativo, começa a apresentar sinais de erupção, eles devem unir forças para evitar um enorme desastre e salvar o mundo, apesar de suas diferenças ideológicas.

Uma cientista culpa o chefe de uma grande empresa por causar um desastre ecológico na América do Sul. Mas quando um vulcão, dado como inativo, começa a apresentar sinais de erupção, eles devem unir forças para evitar um enorme desastre e salvar o mundo, apesar de suas diferenças ideológicas.

Werner Herzog e o vulcanólogo Clive Oppenheimer embarcam em uma jornada global para explorar alguns dos vulcões mais míticos do mundo na Indonésia, Etiópia, Islândia e Coreia do Norte. Falando com os cientistas e os povos indígenas, eles buscam entender a relação complexa e profundamente enraizada entre a humanidade e uma das maiores maravilhas da natureza. O documentário combina reportagem, história e filosofia em uma experiência cinematográfica fascinante.

A sociedade depende da Internet para quase tudo, mas raramente paramos para reconhecer suas complexidades infinitas e onipotência perturbadora. Em colaboração com a NETSCOUT, líder em segurança cibernética, Werner Herzog explora nossas vidas online cada vez mais conectadas.

Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman) nasceu na Inglaterra, mas fez fama devido ao seu trabalho no Oriente Médio. Escritora, arqueóloga, cartógrafa e exploradora, ela passa também a trabalhar para o governo britânico como seu representante na região. Logo faz amizade com T.E. Lawrence (Robert Pattinson), mais conhecido como Lawrence da Arábia, que também tem presença marcante no local. Com o tempo, Gertrude acaba participando da criação dos estados da Jordânia e do Iraque.

Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman) nasceu na Inglaterra, mas fez fama devido ao seu trabalho no Oriente Médio. Escritora, arqueóloga, cartógrafa e exploradora, ela passa também a trabalhar para o governo britânico como seu representante na região. Logo faz amizade com T.E. Lawrence (Robert Pattinson), mais conhecido como Lawrence da Arábia, que também tem presença marcante no local. Com o tempo, Gertrude acaba participando da criação dos estados da Jordânia e do Iraque.

Quando Theo (Theo Ikummaq), um esquimó, tem uma visão sobre o fim do mundo, ele resolve viajar do Ártico para Nova York a fim de avisar os líderes mundiais sobre o impacto catastrófico do aquecimento global do planeta. Ao chegar lá, ele conhece Chloe (Dakota Johnson), uma garota sem-teto meio delirante e completamente obcecada por Bruce Lee; Sr. Sweet (André De Shields), um senhor bastante conversador que joga xadrez nos parques da cidade; Tyler (Ashley Springer), um rapaz tímido e desajeitado que se interessa pelo assunto; alguns gangsters locais, e Monica (Mira Sorvino), uma empresária que poderia falar em seu favor. Juntos, eles vão tentar salvar o mundo.

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.

The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.

Photographer and journalist Verena has a well-paid job that she enjoys and a loving partner. When she meets the Arab Khalid, she falls in love with the charming man who fascinates her greatly. The two meet again in Dubai

Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll are what a young underground punk band are striving for, but once they get a taste of it, they are forced to decide how far they're willing to go for fame and fortune and who they're willing to leave behind to get there.

The vet Markus received the offer of taking over an animal centre in Africa. There he mets Arianne, a woman who is going through a troubled marriage.

A new collaboration between director Sigi Rothemund (Siggi Götz) and writer Erich Tomek.

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

Survivor turns into Lord of the Flies, as the contestants of a competitive reality show quickly turn on each other when they find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island.

O célebre diretor Werner Herzog nos leva em uma aventura incrível, indo aos limites de um lugar extraordinário. Superando desafios consideráveis, Herzog registra a impressionante imponência da caverna de Chauvet, no sul da França, onde foram descobertas as mais antigas pinturas rupestres do mundo. Herzog revela um mundo subterrâneo de tirar o fôlego, incluindo obras de arte com 32 mil anos de idade com seu estilo inigualável. Com sua narração bem-humorada e envolvente, Herzog reflete sobre o nosso desejo primordial em se comunicar e representar o mundo à nossa volta, a evolução e o nosso lugar nela, e, em última instância, o que significa ser humano. Werner Herzog, de 68 anos, realizou um sonho de infância. Ainda menino, arranjou trabalho só para comprar um livro sobre pinturas rupestres, e o seu sonho virou realidade quando ele teve acesso à caverna de Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, descoberta na década de 90, com mais de 400 pinturas rupestres.

Os detetives Hank (Willem Dafoe) e Vargas (Michael Pena) foram atender um chamado da Central. O motivo era o assassinato de uma senhora e o principal suspeito, Brad (Michael Shannon) era o próprio filho dela. Mas ele fez dois reféns em sua casa e o desafio para Hanks agora não é mais sabem quem matou ou com o que, mas porquê ele fez isso, já que Brad se diz influenciado por estranhas forças.

Um pequeno ato de heroísmo, após a passagem do furacão Katrina, resulta em uma promoção para o policial Terrence McDonagh, mas também em uma lesão nas costas que causa dores constantes. Os medicamentos não funcionam e ele começa a usar narcóticos, mergulhando no mundo da corrupção.

Frieda , a therapist, is cheated by her husband Daniel. He makes love with Dorothea. Dorothea is wedded to Philip. Philip has an affair with his scholar Maggie. Maggie is in love to the florist Michael. Michael is married with Barbara. Barbara has a lover, her boss Marko. Marko is engaged with Simone Stern, a singer. Simone loves Leon. All of these secret liaisons could be undiscovered, if Simone Stern wouldn't be anxious to suffer from Aids. Without waiting for the test results, she informs her fiancé Marco about her apprehension of being Positive. Within a few hours the fear of being infected by the disease circulates in this group of people. Lies get transparent, secrets are uncovered, relations break up, Philip even has to pay his flam on his wife with his live.

Frieda , a therapist, is cheated by her husband Daniel. He makes love with Dorothea. Dorothea is wedded to Philip. Philip has an affair with his scholar Maggie. Maggie is in love to the florist Michael. Michael is married with Barbara. Barbara has a lover, her boss Marko. Marko is engaged with Simone Stern, a singer. Simone loves Leon. All of these secret liaisons could be undiscovered, if Simone Stern wouldn't be anxious to suffer from Aids. Without waiting for the test results, she informs her fiancé Marco about her apprehension of being Positive. Within a few hours the fear of being infected by the disease circulates in this group of people. Lies get transparent, secrets are uncovered, relations break up, Philip even has to pay his flam on his wife with his live.

Neste documentário sobre a Antártida, o cineasta Werner Herzog foge do tema sobre pinguins e entrevista homens e mulheres que arriscam suas vidas em nome da Ciência para estudar a vida selvagem do continente e suas maravilhosas paisagens naturais.

Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) é um piloto alemão que integra a marinha americana durante a Guerra do Vietnã. Em uma de suas missões seu avião cai no Laos, o que o torna um prisioneiro de guerra. Brutalmente torturado, Dengler tenta planejar com outros prisioneiros, americanos e vietnamitas, um plano de fuga.

Digital / 2006 / 41 minutes.

Digital / 2006 / 41 minutes.

A vida e a morte de Timothy Treadwell, ecologista e especialista em ursos. Por 13 verões consecutivos Treadwell foi para o Alasca viver desarmado entre esses animais. Nas últimas 5 vezes ele documentou sua viagem com uma câmera. Em outubro de 2003 os restos mortais de Treadwell e de sua namorada Amie Huguenard foram encontrados pelo piloto que deveria trazê-los de volta. O casal fora devorado por um urso, o primeiro caso registrado de ataque naquele campo. Herzog utiliza as filmagens de Treadwell para explorar sua personalidade e levantar questões sobre a difícil relação entre homem e natureza.

Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.

The Munich business lawyer Marc is not happy: Instead of going to New York as planned, he has to travel to the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at short notice to represent his sick grandfather as a pub owner for four weeks. The lawyer juggles millions of dollars every day - it should be easy for him to get grandpa's ailing tavern going with Western know-how. But the down-to-earth Ossis are not in the mood for tapas and Thai food. Marc only realizes this when he gets to know and love the young, single parent Carmen. When Marc's fiancée Lisa shows up, decisions are pending.

A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.

Two humiliated wives decide to kill their husbands - each other's. But despite an ingenious plan, they fail to implement it. Now they decide to turn the tables: they want to appear as if they were the victims of assassination attempts by their husbands. The murderous castling really does go as planned, but then the men suddenly change their plan.

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.

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.

Filme sobre a tempestuosa e também lendária relação de trabalho entre dois mitos do cinema, Werner Herzog e Klaus Kinski, e seus planos independentes e simultâneos de um matar ao outro. Um relacionamento de amor e ódio, que é um complicado quebra-cabeças para quem está de fora, mas ao mesmo tempo revela a profunda confiança entre um diretor e um ator. Uma rede de coincidências levou Herzog, então um estudante de 13 anos, a encontrar Kinski no mesmo apartamento em Munique. Em um ataque de raiva, Kinski destruiu todos os móveis do lugar. Era apenas um de seus acessos de fúria. Assim, Herzog sabia o que o esperava quando, alguns anos mais tardes, chamou Kinski para trabalhar em Aguirre, A Cólera dos Deuses. Herzog e Kinski trabalharam juntos em cinco filmes.

In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

Main character of this movie is Rene Rupnik, a former math teacher. He is forty years old and lives together with his mother in a desolate block of flats. Ever since his early youth women with big breasts have fascinated him, because they symbolise a kind of earth mother to him. He has never had an especially close relationship with his own mother; she was too 'bony' for him. Object of Rene's fantasy is the actress Senta Berger, to him everything a woman should be. Standing by the blackboard and explaining the mathematical laws of sine and cosine ('sinus' is bosom in Latin), Rene sings the praises of the female curves and those of Santa Berger in particular. Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl let the former teacher speak freely about his obsessions and desires, intercutting his monologues with scenes from the protagonist's day-to-day life.

In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role, man has become lonely. Disappointed by his fellow human beings, he turns to animals. Dogs and other domestic animals serve him as companions, life partners, cuddly objects and bedfellows.

What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women, more and more Austrians search for happiness in a marriage with women from Thailand and the Philippines. Asked about the positive properties of their Asian spouses, the answer of the Austrian husbands quite often is, "They don't talk back." Protagonist of the film is Karl S., a teacher in Vienna in his forties. Following his failed marriage he is now seeking a durable partnership and is on the lookout for a wife who doesn't question her traditional role. His solution: a wife from the Far East. Karl S. rounds up experiences and visits several mixed couples to get a clearer picture and to have his idea proven right. The film accompanies him on his search for the ideal woman and gives an insight into the imagination of these "last real men" who at the beginning seem to have hit the jackpot with their decisions

Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women, more and more Austrians search for happiness in a marriage with women from Thailand and the Philippines. Asked about the positive properties of their Asian spouses, the answer of the Austrian husbands quite often is, "They don't talk back." Protagonist of the film is Karl S., a teacher in Vienna in his forties. Following his failed marriage he is now seeking a durable partnership and is on the lookout for a wife who doesn't question her traditional role. His solution: a wife from the Far East. Karl S. rounds up experiences and visits several mixed couples to get a clearer picture and to have his idea proven right. The film accompanies him on his search for the ideal woman and gives an insight into the imagination of these "last real men" who at the beginning seem to have hit the jackpot with their decisions

Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.

In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never returned from searching for this symbol of perfect love. In the 20th century, the student Barbara tries to pursue this legend of her home town.

In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never returned from searching for this symbol of perfect love. In the 20th century, the student Barbara tries to pursue this legend of her home town.

THE ELECTION CAMPAIGNERS tries to analyse the phenomenon of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). The party’s great success is generally regarded as a result of its leader’s demonic charisma. But this film doesn’t focus on Jörg Haider. Instead it gives a face to the people who make Haider’s election victories possible, taking a clear stance, yet refraining from commentary or judgement. It is up to the viewers to draw their own conclusions.

The motorbike gang, four sullen, hard-baked lads, kill anyone who enters upon their territory, an abandoned factory site. One day, two friendly, quaintly-dressed old gentlemen turn up, bringing with them a door...

Herbert and Rosa Felsen meet at their lawyer's office to take possession of an inheritance. Herbert is expecting to receive the lion's share, but after greetings are sent from beyond the grave, Rosa receives the key to a safe...

Situado num antigo subúrbio de Viena atravessada pela linha ferroviária local e cheio de casas delapidadas. Neste bairro, vive um homem velho e quando a sua vizinha morre e novos inquilinos se mudam para lá, a sua existência transforma-se.

Looks at two communities on either side of the Czech-Austrian border. There's an elderly man in Austria looking for a new wife, and he meets a lone single woman on the Czech side of the border.

A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria Hofstätter.

1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border. Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .

1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border. Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .

Shadows in the Spotlight: Stand-ins and bit players. Human material rented out for about 400 schillings a day. Live background, human scenery.

This documentary, Ulrich Seidl's full-length film debut, examines the lives of the street newspaper sellers in Vienna, a mixture of men from Turkey, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Eastern Europe, standing out in all weathers, peddling the trivial Viennese tabloids. We see their lives on the street, their cramped living quarters, their minders, the 'training' days, and the inhumane process which keeps them working endless hour for little reward.

Two women in two different countries leading different lives. One lives in Austria, one in Yugoslavia, yet their lives become strangely entangled for a moment in time. What if you wake up in somebody else's head and the city around you isn't the one you used to know?

Witty, literary and intellectual Kammerspiel film which presents the day after the end of the world as an allegory.

A milieu drama which boldly and thoroughly examines the social and psychological causes of a severely disturbed father-daughter relationship.

Two apartments are joined together, the demolition of a wall transfers two small flats into a big one. Seven young people move in and share the living quarters. They all have definite ideas about life and living together and want to make them come true. But they don´t really know what they want. Everyday life causes problems and when a merry-go-round of changing relationships among the young people begins to run quicker and quicker, the constant moving from one room to the other ands before the eyes of the astonished house superintendent with the setting up again of the wall which separated the two walls.

The day to day life of a boy and a farm hand working a farm in the middle of nowhere.

Line animation of a birthday.

Stop motion experiments in a garden.

Stop motion experiments in a garden.

Stop motion experiments in a garden.

Stop motion experiments in a garden.

Stop motion experiments in a garden.

Hommage to “Lost Honor of Katherina Blum” is about people dragged in the mud by the newspapers and finally destroyed…

Hommage to “Lost Honor of Katherina Blum” is about people dragged in the mud by the newspapers and finally destroyed…

Hommage to “Lost Honor of Katherina Blum” is about people dragged in the mud by the newspapers and finally destroyed…

Hommage to “Lost Honor of Katherina Blum” is about people dragged in the mud by the newspapers and finally destroyed…

Hommage to “Lost Honor of Katherina Blum” is about people dragged in the mud by the newspapers and finally destroyed…