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
Director, Writer
Werner Herzog
Self
Reinhold Messner
Self
Lotte Eisner
Self
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Jason Robards
Self (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski
Self (archive footage)
Paul Hittscher
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Mauch
Self (archive footage)
Beat Presser
Self (archive footage)
Being James Bond77%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Maria by Callas73%
Spielberg75%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
Love, Antosha74%
The Walking Dead: The Return74%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
Extremis69%
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch70%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me85%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Joker: Put on a Happy Face80%
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey77%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Cameraperson67%
