Herakles
documentary, 1962, 10’
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Jaime Pacheco
Sound: Werner Herzog
Music: Uwe Brandner
Cast: Mr. Germany 1962
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion (Werner Herzog)
Contact: office@wernerherzog.com
Muscle mass and disasters, an ironic montage that questions man's thirst for power, his fascination with images of strength and his infinite capacity to destroy the world.
Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz / Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreuz
fiction, 1966, 15’
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Jaime Pacheco
Sound: Uwe Brandner
Cast: Peter Brumm, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Georg Eska, Karl-Heinz Steffel
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion (Werner Herzog)
Contact: office@wernerherzog.com
A satire on the state of war and peace and the absurdities it inspires.
Precautions Against Fanatics / Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker
fiction, 1969, 12’
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Cinematography: Dietrich Lohmann, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Sound: Werner Herzog
Cast: Petar Radenković, Mario Adorf, Peter Schamoni
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion (Werner Herzog)
Contact: office@wernerherzog.com
An ironic research about tolerance and repression through a very odd character – an outraged old man who declares himself the protector of horses at the Munich race track and who argues with the trainers, determined to justify his behaviour before the cameras.
Last Words / Letzte Worte
fiction, 1968, 13’
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Cinematography: Thomas Mauch
Sound: Herbert Prasch
Cast: Lefteris Daskalakis, Antonis Papadakis
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion (Werner Herzog)
Contact: office@wernerherzog.com
The location is north-eastern Crete. The police are said to have forcibly removed a man from the small, uninhabited island of Spinalonga, situated just off the Cretan coast. The man himself, a lyre-player, denies every claim made about him. Others speculate about his life.
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner / Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner
documentary, 1974, 46’
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Cinematography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Sound: Benedikt Kuby
Music: Florian Fricke
Cast: Walter Steiner
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion (Werner Herzog)
Contact: office@wernerherzog.com
A study of the psychology of a champion ski jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.