Werner Herzog Movies

For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has...

A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms,...

"Sometimes the ball is bewitched," says legendary soccer coach Rudi Gutendorf. He's the one who would know, after having coached 6 first division...

A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.

"Rescue Dawn: The Making of a True Story" is a documentary film that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the movie "Rescue Dawn"...

Legendary film director Werner Herzog brings together five shepherds and singers from the island of Sardinia in a Paris studio with a Senegalese...

Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.

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

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows...

Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebelled against middle class society as if they gave...

A journey through history

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for...

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and...

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

Every five seconds a child under the age of ten dies of hunger. Every four minutes a person loses their sight due to a lack of vitamin A. According...

Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.

A young charming mayor of a small South American port town proudly introducing his ambitious project that doesn't match the reality.

Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except...

A strongly visual look at the life, work and obsessions od the writer Bruce Chatwin, who died of AIDS in 1989. Chatwin was hailed as the greatest...