Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

1942-09-05 Munich, Bavaria, Germany 261 Credits

Biography

Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situ...

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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2025

as Self

Acting

THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

Reeling

Reeling

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

A man mutters to himself, checks his to-do list, introduces himself to old friends, and grasps for a memory that always slips away. A pig slowly roast...

The End

The End

2024

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they ...

About a Hero

About a Hero

2024

Acting

After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perpl...

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2024

as Narrator (voice)

7.8
Acting

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2024

Director, Writer

7.8
Directing Writing

Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.

Celebrating the Rice Media Center

Celebrating the Rice Media Center

2024

as Self (archival footage)

Acting

Through the Fondren Fellows program, the Rice Media Center Archive Project has spent the past few months sifting through material stored at the now-de...

Kinski

Kinski

2024

as Self (Archive Footage)

7.0
Acting

Documentary film about the turbulent life and career of actor Klaus Kinski, a man whose genius was often overshadowed by his erratic behavior and inte...

Orion and the Dark

Orion and the Dark

2024

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Da...

The Arc of Oblivion

The Arc of Oblivion

2023

as Narrator (voice)

2.0
Acting

"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the ...

The Arc of Oblivion

The Arc of Oblivion

2023

Executive Producer

2.0
Producing

"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the ...

Notes from a Dromedary

Notes from a Dromedary

2022

Creative Consultant

An adolescent on a remote place narrates his story marked by a past in the Sahara being a camel, Pringles fries, the desire for fat women’s bodies, st...

Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer

Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer

2022

as Self

7.6
Acting

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – inc...

Tegoyo

Tegoyo

2022

as Self (Voice)

6.0
Acting

In 1968 legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog shot in the island of Lanzarote his film Even Dwarfs Started Small. Fifty years later a rather peculiar scie...

Theater of Thought

Theater of Thought

2022

Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay

Directing Producing Writing

Werner Herzog sets his sights on yet another mysterious landscape — the human brain — for clues as to why a hunk of tissue can produce profound though...

Flores del precipicio

Flores del precipicio

2022

Producer

5.0
Producing

Lucia has returned to the island where all the houses are white. Fifteen years have passed since the day she was taken away. Her father is waiting for...

Last Exit: Space

Last Exit: Space

2022

as Narrator (voice)

5.7
Acting

Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.

Last Exit: Space

Last Exit: Space

2022

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

Nosferatu: A Film Like a Vampire

2022

as Self (archive footage)

4.8
Acting

From Murnau to Herzog, and until modern incarnations, a mischievous exploration of a cinematographic legendary character, with Nosferatu himself as a ...

El Poso

El Poso

2022

Producer

Producing

After a failed suicide attempt, a woman wakes up on a strange beach with the ability to talk to rocks.

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Self-taught magician, transformist at the Grande Eugène cabaret, man of theater, television and cinema, Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus has been dragging his i...

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

2021

as Self

8.5
Acting

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together wit...

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

2021

as Self

Acting

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless by Mahmoud Behraznia is a documentary with a different perspective on Sohrab Shahid Saless, a leading Iranian filmmaker. ...

The Andinist

The Andinist

2020

as The Painter (Narrator)

Acting

An old painter recounts the story of when he met a strange mountain climber, or perhaps, an explorer from another world.

Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

2020

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

In 1974 Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris, an act of faith to prevent the 
death of his mentor Lotte Eisner. In 2020, a young filmmaker walks ...

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other re...

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other re...

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020

as Self

7.7
Acting

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German...

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

2020

as Self

Acting

Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the mo...

Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

2019

Writer, Director, Director of Photography

6.3
Writing Directing

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come ...

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

as Self

Acting

Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Musi...

Tattoo Uprising

Tattoo Uprising

2019

as Self

Acting

An examination of the artistic and historical roots of today's tattoo explosion.

Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev

2019

as Self

6.6
Acting

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the t...

Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev

2019

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the t...

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

2019

as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years lat...

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

2019

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years lat...

Jihad in Hollywood

Jihad in Hollywood

2019

as Self

Acting

Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.

Love Birds

2019

Consulting Producer

Producing

An American woman travels deep into to the Amazon jungle discouraged with her marriage & on a quest for adventure, nature and a new sense of belonging...

The Last Scene

The Last Scene

2019

Executive Producer

Producing

The story of an indigenous Ese’eja child facing the death of his grandfather. During the two days that separate the two traditional funerals the child...

Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

2018

as Self

8.3
Acting

The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.

Paradox Bullets

Paradox Bullets

2018

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard Overshoe

The Great Buster: A Celebration

The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018

as Self

7.2
Acting

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style a...

I'm a Soldier

I'm a Soldier

2018

as Self

Acting

Werner Herzog visited Beijing.

The Empty Goal

The Empty Goal

2018

Thanks

10.0

A man recounts the story of a local legend as he travels to the jungle to make peace with his life.

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

2018

as Self

5.5
Acting

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 explo...

The whole world is country

2018

Consulting Producer

Producing

The Rai fiction on Lucano and the Riace model that will never see the light.

The Golden Gate

2018

Executive Producer

Producing

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

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

2017

as Self

Acting

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.

A Gray State

A Gray State

2017

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray S...

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

as Self

2.0
Acting

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 hi...

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting
Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

as Man with One Story (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they ...

Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

Writer, Producer, Director

4.9
Writing Producing Directing

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they ...

Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno

2016

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno

2016

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

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

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016

as Self

6.6
Acting

Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016

Director, Producer, Writer

6.6
Directing Producing Writing

Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

The Blimp-Maker

The Blimp-Maker

2016

Thanks

For the past forty years, Igor Pasternak has pursued a lighter-than-air vision: to build gigantic airships that haul cargo to otherwise inaccessible p...

Jihad in Hollywood

Jihad in Hollywood

2016

as Self

Acting

Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.

Freaks of Nature

Freaks of Nature

2015

as Perfect Being (voice)

6.1
Acting

In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, on...

Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert

2015

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the da...

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)

6.5
Acting

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying ...

Atari: Game Over

Atari: Game Over

2014

as Self (archival)

6.6
Acting

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed ...

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

2014

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

Lemonade War

2014

as Neighborhood Hero

5.0
Acting

In an idyllic suburban neighborhood, Jerry runs his big business lemonade stand and has the market cornered, until ten-year-old Addie opens her own st...

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone starts to produce documentary films and moves from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.

Red Army

Red Army

2014

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's...

Werner Herzog: On Death Row and Life as a Director

2014

as Self

Acting

Werner Herzog talks about making 'On Death Row' and life as a director.

Life Itself

Life Itself

2014

as Self - Filmmaker

7.5
Acting

The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor...

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.

Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'

2013

as Self

Acting

Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).

An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog

An Appreciation of Les Blank by Werner Herzog

2013

as Self

Acting

Werner Herzog talking about his appreciation for Les Blank.

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

2013

as Alexander von Humboldt

7.9
Acting

Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatina...

Mistaken for Strangers

Mistaken for Strangers

2013

as Self (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy m...

From One Second to the Next

From One Second to the Next

2013

Director

7.0
Directing

Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

2013

as Self

7.9
Acting

Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's blessing, additional character qualit...

The Last Shepherd

The Last Shepherd

2013

Thanks

9.4

A journey through the incredible story of Renato Zucchelli, the last travelling shepherd living in a metropolis, who conquered the city with only his ...

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

2012

as Zec Chelovek

6.6
Acting

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military snipe...

Strawberryland

Strawberryland

2012

as Turnlehrer

Acting

A reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen film. Florian Pochlatko explores the agonies of adole...

The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing

2012

Executive Producer

7.7
Producing

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various f...

Close Up

Close Up

2012

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and ...

10 Questions for Werner Herzog

10 Questions for Werner Herzog

2012

as Self

9.5
Acting

Interview with Werner Herzog during his visit to the Indiana University Cinema.

The Killers: Unstaged

The Killers: Unstaged

2012

as Self

3.0
Acting

Following the band The Killers on road to and on stage in the Bronx, New York, in a series of American Express sponsored music documentaries.

The Killers: Unstaged

The Killers: Unstaged

2012

Director

3.0
Directing

Following the band The Killers on road to and on stage in the Bronx, New York, in a series of American Express sponsored music documentaries.

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

2012

as Self

Acting

Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was in...

Dinotasia

Dinotasia

2012

as Narrator (voice)

5.5
Acting

Computer-generated animation about the daily lives of dinosaurs, narrated by Werner Herzog.

No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon

No Mr. Werner Herzog, this isn't your Cinématon

2012

as Self

Acting

A fake "Cinematon".

I, I, I José Lewgoy

I, I, I José Lewgoy

2011

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.

Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

2011

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
Acting

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 a...

Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

2011

Writer, Director, Producer

6.9
Writing Directing Producing

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 a...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

2011

as Self

5.3
Acting

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

Ode to the Dawn of Man

Ode to the Dawn of Man

2011

Director, Cinematography, Sound

7.5
Directing

In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, celebrated German film director Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film the 32,000 year old Chauvet caves, which co...

Champions: A Comic Tale

Champions: A Comic Tale

2011

as Self

6.0
Acting

A comic tale. The issue of film education has been a Gordian link for many years in Greece. Starting from the time of Stavrakos in 1950, the documenta...

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

2011

as Self

1.0
Acting

Documentary about Hans Zimmer.

Werner Herzog Defends Dade

2010

as Self

Acting

Werner Herzog shares his thoughts on Miami.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

as Narrator (voice)

7.1
Acting

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind ...

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

Screenplay, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind ...

Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

2010

as Self

Acting

When Herzog Rescued Phoenix

2010

as Narrator (voice)

5.0
Acting

Famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette.

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

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 ...

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010

Executive Producer, Writer, Director

7.3
Producing Writing Directing

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 ...

Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son

2010

as Self

Acting

The Making of 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'.

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

Screenplay, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta...

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

2010

as Self

Acting

Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on Werner Herzog "I am my films" (1976-78) covered Herzo...

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2010

as Himself

10.0
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary for Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Features interviews and on-set footage.

A Night Out

2010

Thanks, Technical Advisor

A weekly church bingo game in Greenpoint, Brooklyn provides a treasured night out for many of the neighborhood's liveliest elderly ladies.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

Director

6.2
Directing

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

Plastic Bag

Plastic Bag

2009

as Plastic Bag (voice)

7.5
Acting

A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way discovers the world.

La Bohème

La Bohème

2009

Director

4.9
Directing

Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with i...

The Lonely

2009

Acting

A documentary portrait of the filmmaker Harmony Korine during the production of his third feature film, Mister Lonely (2007). Shot on location in Scot...

Capturing Reality

Capturing Reality

2008

as Self

6.1
Acting

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the worl...

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

2008

as Self

Acting

A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.

BLAST!

BLAST!

2008

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists ...

Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

2008

Stage Director

Directing

Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin staged in 1987 by Werner Herzog in Bayreuth.

Bierbichler

Bierbichler

2008

as Self

Acting

Documentary about actor Josef Bierbichler.

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008

as Self

6.7
Acting
Mister Lonely

Mister Lonely

2008

as Father Umbrillo

6.6
Acting

In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives ...

Back to Room 666

2008

as Self (archive footage)

5.5
Acting

What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question. 26 years later, the question remains,...

Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

2007

as Self

8.0
Acting

"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" (2...

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

2007

as Self

4.0
Acting

A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.

Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique ...

Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

Director, Writer, Sound

7.4
Directing Writing

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique ...

Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

2007

as Self

Acting

A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of the people who make up the film festival.

Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

2007

Director, Author

7.0
Directing

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

The Grand

The Grand

2007

as The German

5.9
Acting

The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

All In This Tea

All In This Tea

2007

7.0
Acting

During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years...

The Devil's Muse

The Devil's Muse

2007

Creative Consultant

2.0

A stark look at one of Hollywood's darkest mysteries, The Black Dalia (Elizabeth Short) Murder.

50 Films to See Before You Die

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

Celebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of the fop 50 films to see before you die, as compiled ...

Walking to Werner

2006

as Self (voice)

Acting

Linas Phillips pays tribute to Werner Herzog in his pledge to walk from Seattle, Washington to Herzog's Los Angeles home.

In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

2005

as Self

Acting

With Herzog's direction, Richard Thompson leads a small group of musicians into creating Grizzly Man's evocative soundtrack.

Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog

2005

as Self

Acting

Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog.

Perpetuum Mobile: Voices in the Blue Space

2005

as Self

Acting

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

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

2005

Screenplay, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in spa...

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

2005

as Self / Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one...

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

2005

Director

7.5
Directing

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one...

Dreams and Burdens

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

A retrospective interview with director Werner Herzog.

What Is It?

What Is It?

2005

Thanks

5.6

A young man journeys through a bizarre land inhabited by mentally impaired people, demons, and snails.

Incident at Loch Ness

Incident at Loch Ness

2004

as Self

5.8
Acting

When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much mo...

Incident at Loch Ness

Incident at Loch Ness

2004

Producer

5.8
Producing

When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much mo...

The White Diamond

The White Diamond

2004

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden fli...

The White Diamond

The White Diamond

2004

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden fli...

The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3

The Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 3

2004

as Self (voice) ("Dribble" short)

Acting

In this third volume of the Best of Tromadance, viewers can sample fifteen of the best films from the 2003 and 2004 Film Festivals totally over three ...

Dribble

2004

as Self (voice)

5.7
Acting

Winner of the Tromadance/Kodak Independent Soul Award, Giuseppe Andrews’ Dribble is a short film set in the director's trailer park.

Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time

2003

as Narrator (voice)

6.4
Acting

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

Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time

2003

Producer, Director, Writer

6.4
Producing Directing Writing

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

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002

Writer, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by ...

The Boxing Prince

The Boxing Prince

2002

as Self

5.8
Acting

The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of Homburg.

Invincible

Invincible

2001

Writer, Director, Producer

6.1
Writing Directing Producing

A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.

The 100 Greatest Films

The 100 Greatest Films

2001

as Self

5.5
Acting

A countdown of the 100 greatest films, as voted by the British public via the Channel 4 website.

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

2001

Director

4.6
Directing

Accompanied only by music the film alternates between shots of pilgrims near the tomb of Saint Sergei in Sergiyev Posad, Russia and pilgrims at the Ba...

The Last Documentary

2000

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

Tannhäuser

Tannhäuser

2000

Stage Director

Directing

A romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner, performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo. The original title, T...

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

2000

as Self

Acting

Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind them. Kinski lived his par...

The Ball Is a Scumbag

The Ball Is a Scumbag

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Wings of Hope

Wings of Hope

1999

as Self

6.9
Acting

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. Th...

Wings of Hope

Wings of Hope

1999

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

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. Th...

Julien Donkey-Boy

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999

as Father

7.0
Acting

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, anorexic would-be wrestler brother ...

A Brief History of Errol Morris

1999

as Self

6.8
Acting

This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema history....

My Best Fiend

My Best Fiend

1999

as Self

7.3
Acting

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 ...

My Best Fiend

My Best Fiend

1999

Writer, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

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 ...

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

1999

as Self

Acting

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 nove...

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

as Face

7.2
Acting

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, h...

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early...

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997

Director, Writer

7.5
Directing Writing

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early...

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

1996

as Self

Acting

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with th...

The Transformation of the World Into Music

The Transformation of the World Into Music

1996

as Self

8.5
Acting

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in prepar...

The Transformation of the World Into Music

The Transformation of the World Into Music

1996

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

8.5
Directing Writing Producing

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in prepar...

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

1995

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

1995

Director, Writer, Producer

6.8
Directing Writing Producing

Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.

Burning Heart

Burning Heart

1995

Acting

Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler, from his birth in 1898, in the Saar, through the two ...

Dangerous Game

Dangerous Game

1993

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he beg...

Bells from the Deep

Bells from the Deep

1993

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
Acting

A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the city of Kitesh. According to the legend, God saved the ci...

Bells from the Deep

Bells from the Deep

1993

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

A group of pilgrims lie down on the thin ice of the lake Svetloyar and begin to look for the city of Kitesh. According to the legend, God saved the ci...

La Donna del Lago

La Donna del Lago

1992

Director

Directing

Based on a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott and set against the backdrop of feudal Scotland, "La Donna del Lago" is one of Gioacchini Rossini's fine...

Lessons of Darkness

Lessons of Darkness

1992

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.8
Acting

Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed ...

Lessons of Darkness

Lessons of Darkness

1992

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

7.8
Directing Writing Producing

Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed ...

Film Hour

Film Hour

1991

as Self

5.5
Acting

Werner Herzog interviews guests on the art of filmmaking.

Film Hour

Film Hour

1991

Director

5.5
Directing

Werner Herzog interviews guests on the art of filmmaking.

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

1991

as Narrator (voice)

5.8
Acting

Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of footage was shot that covered the whole f...

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

1991

Screenplay, Director, Producer

5.8
Writing Directing Producing

Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of footage was shot that covered the whole f...

SnowwhiteRosered

1991

as Self

5.7
Acting

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 v...

Scream of Stone

Scream of Stone

1991

as TV-Regisseur

6.3
Acting

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of...

Scream of Stone

Scream of Stone

1991

Director

6.3
Directing

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of...

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

1990

as Self

7.1
Acting

Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

1990

Director, Writer, Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.

Hard to Be a God

Hard to Be a God

1990

as Mita / Richard

6.0
Acting

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble d...

Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"

1990

as Self

Acting
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

1989

as Narrator (voice)

7.1
Acting

Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and ...

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

1989

Director, Writer, Co-Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and ...

Bride of the Orient

Bride of the Orient

1989

as Businger

7.7
Acting

After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride fro...

The Heart and the Legs

1989

as Self

Acting

The heart of the legs.

To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further

To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further

1989

as Self

8.5
Acting

A documentation about Werner Herzog's motif to do movies.

Giovanna d'Arco

Giovanna d'Arco

1989

Director

5.0
Directing

Director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly to effect ...

The French as Seen by…

The French as Seen by…

1988

Director

6.9
Directing

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been ...

The Gauls

1988

Director

8.0
Directing

Two segments make up this short film. The first portion called “The French” has two men taste testing some delicious wine, and the other, titled “The ...

Cobra Verde

Cobra Verde

1987

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing...

Location Africa

Location Africa

1987

as Self

Acting

Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the beh...

Location Africa

Location Africa

1987

Producer

Producing

Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the beh...

Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986

as Self

7.1
Acting

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

Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog

1986

Director, Writer

7.1
Directing Writing

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

Tokyo-Ga

Tokyo-Ga

1985

as Self

7.0
Acting

German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

1985

as Self (voice)

7.6
Acting

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has so...

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

1985

Director, Producer, Writer

7.6
Directing Producing Writing

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has so...

Ballad of the Little Soldier

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984

as Self (voice)

6.4
Acting

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Ballad of the Little Soldier

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984

Writer, Director, Producer

6.4
Writing Directing Producing

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Where the Green Ants Dream

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984

as Lawyer (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbe...

Where the Green Ants Dream

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984

Director, Producer, Writer

6.9
Directing Producing Writing

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbe...

Man of Flowers

Man of Flowers

1983

as The Father

5.0
Acting

An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching prett...

Huie's Sermon

Huie's Sermon

1983

Director

5.0
Directing

Reverend Huie Rogers is a preacher at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. He is the topic of this short film, during which laun...

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

1982

as Self - Filmmaker

7.6
Acting

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems relat...

Room 666

Room 666

1982

as Self

6.5
Acting

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera a...

The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog

The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog

1982

as Self

6.0
Acting

Made around the time of Fitzcarraldo's release, this documentary follows Werner Herzog on a journey across France and Germany and sees the director ta...

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982

Director, Producer, Screenplay

7.6
Directing Producing Writing

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an ...

God's Angry Man

God's Angry Man

1981

as Narrator (voice)

5.4
Acting

The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970...

God's Angry Man

God's Angry Man

1981

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970...

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1980

as Self

7.0
Acting

Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever c...

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

1980

Writer

7.0
Writing

Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever c...

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1980

as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

7.5
Acting

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative pow...

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

1979

as Self

6.3
Acting

Werner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

1979

Screenplay, Director

6.6
Writing Directing

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra...

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog

1979

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

1979

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Miou-Miou, who wer...

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

Director, Producer, Writer

7.3
Directing Producing Writing

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a prope...

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

1977

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

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 ...

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

1977

Director, Sound Engineer, Producer

7.3
Directing Producing

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 ...

Stroszek

Stroszek

1977

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.4
Directing Writing Producing

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he...

Journey Through History

Journey Through History

1977

as Self

Acting

A journey through history

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

1976

as Self

Acting

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass

1976

as Glass Transporter

6.5
Acting

A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secre...

Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass

1976

Writer, Director, Producer

6.5
Writing Directing Producing

A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secre...

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

1976

as Self

6.3
Acting

A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

1976

Director, Producer, Sound

6.3
Directing Producing

A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.

No One Will Play with Me

No One Will Play with Me

1976

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has become interested ...

Lost in the Garden of the World

Lost in the Garden of the World

1975

as Self

Acting

Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of the deal. In 1975, a group of expat Kiwis managed...

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974

Producer, Director, Screenplay

7.3
Producing Directing Writing

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy hi...

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

1974

as Self

7.1
Acting

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

1974

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972

Producer, Director, Writer

7.5
Producing Directing Writing

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down th...

Land of Silence and Darkness

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971

Screenplay, Director, Producer

7.4
Writing Directing Producing

Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this ...

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

1971

Director, Screenplay, Sound

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing fo...

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

1971

as Hurenmörder

3.6
Acting

The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. But she, fully grown from the moment of her birth, unq...

Handicapped Future

Handicapped Future

1971

Director, Sound Recordist, Producer

6.8
Directing Producing Writing

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

Even Dwarfs Started Small

Even Dwarfs Started Small

1970

Producer, Screenplay, Director

6.4
Producing Writing Directing

A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

The Flying Doctors of East Africa

1970

Director, Writer, Sound Recordist

7.2
Directing Writing

The Flying Doctors of East Africa (German: Die Fliegenden Ärzte von Ostafrika) is a 1969 documentary film by Werner Herzog about the "flying doctors" ...

Precautions Against Fanatics

Precautions Against Fanatics

1969

Director, Producer, Writer

5.6
Directing Producing Writing

The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older man...

Signs of Life

Signs of Life

1968

as Soldier (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal comm...

Signs of Life

Signs of Life

1968

Writer, Director, Producer

6.7
Writing Directing Producing

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal comm...

Die Erben von Papas Kino

Die Erben von Papas Kino

1968

Acting

Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.

Last Words

Last Words

1968

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.3
Directing Writing Producing

Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

1967

Director, Editor, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

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, w...

Neuer Deutscher Film Report

Neuer Deutscher Film Report

1967

Acting

Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.

Herakles

Herakles

1962

Director, Editor, Sound

5.9
Directing Writing Producing

Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body...

Jösta Hagelbäck & Werner Herzog

N/A

as Self

Acting

Director Jösta Hagelbäck speaks on the importance of Werner Herzog.

Tales from the Opera

N/A

as Director

Acting

Tales of opera.

Shards of Cinema and Philosophy

N/A

as Self

Acting

Inspired by the "The wind of cinema" festival which every year deals with issues relating to the relationship between cinema and philosophy, it shows ...

The Valley

The Valley

N/A

Acting

The story will reportedly follow an invertebrate deep-sea fish who believes he’s suffering from spinal disk herniation.

The hunger in the world explained to my son

The hunger in the world explained to my son

N/A

Writer

Writing

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 to...

The Twilight World

The Twilight World

N/A

Director, Novel

Directing

An adaptation on the novel that tells the story of the Japanese soldier Hiro Onoda who, after the end of World War II, hid in the jungles for 30 years...

Bucking Fastard

Bucking Fastard

N/A

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

The story of two inseparable twin sisters, “Joan” and “Jean”, who live on the fringes of society. The film is inspired by the British identical twins ...

The Ghost Elephants

N/A

Director

Directing

Follows a mysterious herd of ghost elephants in the jungles of Angola.