Lucki Stipetić

“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.”

This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other realms—and make us rethink our destinies.

Знаменитый кинематографист расспрашивает последнего Генсекретаря ЦК КПСС и единственного президента СССР о его самых важных, по мнению интервьюера, достижениях: прекращении холодной войны, прекращении контроля Советским Союзом Восточной Европы и объединение Германии.

When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years later, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by Chatwin’s passion for the nomadic life, uncovering stories of lost tribes, wanderers and dreamers.

With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.

Две отдельные судьбы. Два разных вектора. Ольга, медсестра с Украины, бросает свою семью, чтобы искать лучшую жизнь на Западе и в итоге работает уборщицей в доме престарелых в Австрии. Пауль, безработный охранник из Вены, ищет причину вставать по утрам, отправляется вместе с отчимом на Восток и в итоге оказывается на Украине. Двое молодых людей, жаждущие начать новую жизнь, столкнулись с суровой реальностью. Две истории о поисках счастья и материальной выгоды, о темных сторонах сексуальности и смерти и о том, как трудно чистить зубы чучелу лисы.

20 years after the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe was first contacted in the Amazonian jungle, Werner Herzog visits them to see how their lives have changed since.

Accompanied only by music the film alternates between shots of pilgrims near the tomb of Saint Sergei in Sergiyev Posad, Russia and pilgrims at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico.

A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

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?

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.

A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the city of Kitesh. According to the legend, God saved the city from the Mongolian prince Batyi's soldiers by letting it sink to the bottom of the lake. If you listen carefully you can hear the bells of the Kitesh cathedral toll deep down.

В фильме описана катастрофа на кувейтском нефтяном месторождении. В отличие от других документальных фильмов подобного рода, здесь не комментируется происходящее — во всём фильме содержится лишь несколько диалогов.

Авантюрист Франсиску Мануэл да Силва, работающий на оловянных приисках в Бразилии в начале XIX века, убив обидчика, становится бандитом Кобра Верде. Скрываясь от наказания, он попадает в Байию, где, будучи надсмотрщиком на плантациях дона Октавиу Коутинью, соблазняет его дочерей. Разъяренный хозяин отправляет Зеленую Кобру в Дагомею, в Западной Африке, на верную смерть, поскольку безумный вождь Дагомеи убивает всех белых. Но предприимчивому Франсиску удается не только наладить торговлю рабами, но и победить войско вождя.

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.

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some of the most difficult peaks to be conquered, and they'll do it without the use of oxygen tanks. Herzog also takes some time to hear about their past experiences with other mountains, their personal tragedies and the reasons why they are so involved with such activity.

Меломан Брайан Фицджеральд, которого индейцы называют Фиццкарральдо, одержим идеей построить в родном городке Икитосе настоящий оперный театр. Для этого он затевает безумную авантюру, причем на последние деньги, — отправляется на поиски каучуковой плантации в джунглях Амазонки.

После завоевания и разграбления испанцами государства Инков возникла легенда о сказочно богатой стране Эльдорадо, которая затерялась в бесчисленных болотах бассейна Амазонки.

После завоевания и разграбления испанцами государства Инков возникла легенда о сказочно богатой стране Эльдорадо, которая затерялась в бесчисленных болотах бассейна Амазонки.