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.

Bruno lives at a home for the elderly and is in love with a co-resident named Dusa. Their love story is fragmented, as they tend to constantly forget each other. Thus, they can always meet for the first time.

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.

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.

Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an increasingly impaired grasp on reality as he prepares for his next film.

Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an increasingly impaired grasp on reality as he prepares for his next film.

Молодой человек в условиях постапокалиптического мира отправляется на поиски лекарства для больной матери.

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.

Ученый обвиняет главу крупной компании в экологической катастрофе в Южной Америке. Но внезапно им приходится объединиться, чтобы спастись от извержения вулкана.

Ученый обвиняет главу крупной компании в экологической катастрофе в Южной Америке. Но внезапно им приходится объединиться, чтобы спастись от извержения вулкана.

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

В своей новой документальной картине, Вернер Херцог погружается в прошлое, настоящее и будущее виртуального мира. С немецкой дотошностью и романтичностью он рассказывает историю интернета, от его пионеров из Калифорнийского университета до современных визионеров вроде Илона Маска. Однако Херцога интересует не только научно-технические достижения или, напротив, апокалиптические прогнозы, связанные с развитием мировой паутины, но прежде всего, как и почему интернет настолько кардинально изменил и продолжает менять нашу жизнь, что даже подсмотренные Херцогом буддистские монахи, едва прервав медитацию, тут же утыкаются в твиттер. Херцог исследует цифровой пейзаж с той же страстью и самоотверженностью, с которыми он раньше пересекал дикие ландшафты Амазонии, Сахары или Антарктиды, и рассказывает о взаимном влиянии двух миров: сетевого и реального, который теперь, после появления интернета, никогда уже не будет прежним.

Фильм рассказывает об английской писательнице и разведчице, исследовательнице Востока Гертруде Белл.

Фильм рассказывает об английской писательнице и разведчице, исследовательнице Востока Гертруде Белл.

Эскимос Тео, из Арктики, едет в Нью-Йорк, чтобы предупредить мировых лидеров о катастрофическом влиянии глобального потепления на планете. По прибытии он встречает бездомную девушку по имени Хлоя, которая решила ему в этом помочь. Вместе они изменят мир.

Фильм о Советском Союзе и самой успешной в истории спорта команде - хоккеистах сборной СССР. Рассказ о превращении из национального героя в политического врага ведётся с точки зрения Вячеслава Фетисова. Это повествование о том, как в спорте отразились социальные и культурные изменения в стране, о взлёте и падении национальной сборной по хоккею.

Франция XVII века. Юную красавицу Анжелику выдают замуж за графа де Пейрака, обладающего огромным состоянием и слывущего «колдуном». Поначалу Анжелика ненавидит мужа, но постепенно начинает понимать, что за суровой внешностью скрывается обаятельным, добрый, чуткий и справедливый мужчина. Между супругами вспыхивает настоящая любовь, но идиллия оказывается недолгой. Короля Людовика XIV, проездом посетившего замок Де Пейрака, начинает терзать зависть к семейному счастью и богатству своего подданного. Де Пейрак заточен в Бастилию и ждет казни. Но Анжелика готова биться за свою любовь до последнего вздоха. Но помощь энергичной и независимой красавице приходит давно влюбленный в нее Николя — предводитель парижских разбойников.

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.

Пещера Шове на юге Франции закрыта для доступа общественности, поскольку более 300 рисунков с изображениями животных в ней являются древнейшими образцами пещерного искусства в мире и любое заметное изменение влажности воздуха в пещере может привести к их повреждению. Право доступа, лишь на несколько часов и с соблюдением ограничений, есть у немногих археологов. И только четыре члена съёмочной группы получили специальное разрешение от министра культуры Франции для съёмок этого фильма.

История об актере, который сошел с ума и перепутал сцену с жизнью. Он убил свою мать, повторив греческую трагедию в пригороде Сан-Диего, и теперь детектив пытается понять, что же привело актера к безумию. Другой важный вопрос — как выманить его из дома, где он сидит с заложниками и кричит что-то непонятное про бога и пиццу.

Терренс МакДонах — потомственный полицейский, живущий в Новом Орлеане. Его уважает начальство и коллеги. Но у Терренса есть и «другое лицо». Он замешан в воровстве и торговле наркотиками, да и сам является наркоманом. Пристрастия этого «плохого полицейского» — секс и азартные игры. Начальство поручает МакДонаху новое сложное дело — расследовать зверское убийство сенегальских эмигрантов. Сможет ли лейтенант совладать со своей «темной, порочной» стороной и выполнить задание?

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.

Вооруженный коллекцией многих причудливых вопросов и обещанием не снимать «другое кино о пингвинах», режиссер Вернер Херцог едет в Антарктиду, с намерением снять фильм о том, что он найдёт подо льдом. Он начинает свою историю на военном самолете, который доставит его на станцию McMurdo, американскому Антарктическому исследовательскому центру. Станция расположена на южной стороне Острова Росса, на берегу McMurdo Sound, и может поддерживать жизнь и работу приблизительно 1200 человек. Вернер Херцог берет интервью у философов, банкиров, и даже других кинопроизводителей, у всех тех, кто сбежал от своей обычной городской жизни для того, чтобы жить и работать на McMurdo. Он также берёт интервью у некоторых учёных и преподавателей школы выживания.

Фильм поставлен по реальным событиям и рассказывает о жизни немца Дитера Денглера, который мечтал стать летчиком. Начало войны во Вьетнаме, группа американских бомбардировщиков отправляется на секретную миссию. Самолет Дитера Денглера сбивают, Дитер оказывается в плену в небольшом лагере, затерянном где-то в джунглях Лаоса. Однако Дитер не собирается сидеть на месте и ждать у моря погоды, он решает организовать побег.

Digital / 2006 / 41 minutes.

Digital / 2006 / 41 minutes.

Фильм рассказывает о печальной судьбе исследователя-любителя Тимоти Тредвелла, посвятившего себя изучению повадок самого свирепого медведя на планете — гризли. Жизнь Тредвелла оборвалась в октябре 2003 года на Аляске. Огромный медведь разорвал исследователя и его подругу во время очередного путешествия. На протяжении картины друзья и коллеги Тимоти пытаются понять причины его необыкновенного увлечения и ответить, что заставляет современного человека отказаться от благ цивилизации в пользу дружбы с гигантским медведем.

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.

В 1932 году немецкое агентство по поиску талантов отыскало в Польше человека невероятной физической силы - молодого еврейского кузнеца Цише Брайтбарта. Его приглашают выступать в шоу, которое возглавляет знаменитый иллюзионист Хануссен, мечтающий учредить всемогущее Министерство оккультных наук. Он изображал истинного арийца Зигфрида, по совместительству самого сильного человека на земле. Так, Брайтбарт чуть было не стал орудием нацисткой пропаганды, но зов крови одержал верх...

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.

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?

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...

Фильм об одиноком старике, который влюбляется в молодую женщину живущую по соседству, но к сожалению для него, она живёт со своим бойфрендом, а по совместительству сутенёром. Старику не остаётся ничего другого кроме, как принять решительные меры…

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…