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Portrait: Werner Herzog

7.2 28 mins Documentary   1986
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion  
Director(s): Werner Herzog

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.

Casts of Portrait: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

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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