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Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)

28m

Running Time

Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)

Name: Portrait: Werner Herzog
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-03-27

28m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Werner Herzog

Self / Director / Writer

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)

Walter Saxer

Self (archive footage)

Franz Josef Strauß

Self - Oktoberfest

Lucki Stipetić

Producer

Popol Vuh

Original Music Composer

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Cinematography

Maximiliane Mainka

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 27, 1986

Original Name
Werner Herzog: Filmemacher

Status
Released

Running Time
28m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-01-25

This Movie Is About.

autobiography

filmmaking

Wiki.

Portrait Werner Herzog (German: Werner Herzog - Filmemacher) is 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, La Soufrière, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams.

The film is notable for footage of a conversation between Herzog and Lotte Eisner, a film historian whom Herzog admired. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, during which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.