Werner Herzog





Werner Herzog

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September 05, 1942 in Munich, Germany

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Werner Herzog (born Werner Stipetić) is a German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.

He is often associated with the German New Wave movement (also called New German Cinema), along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders and others. His films often feature heroes with impossible dreams or people with unique talents in obscure fields.


Average rating: 4.32 · 1,115 ratings · 209 reviews · 23 distinct works
Herzog on Herzog
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Conquest of the Useless: Re...
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Of Walking in Ice: Munich -...
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Fitzcarraldo
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Screenplays
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Burden of Dreams
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Cal...
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Incontri Alla Fine Del Mond...
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Jäinen matka : jalan Münche...
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Le pays où rêvent les fourm...
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“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.”
Werner Herzog

“Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.”
Werner Herzog

“Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.”
Werner Herzog



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