Werner Herzog
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born
September 05, 1942
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male
place of birth
Munich, Germany
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Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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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.
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Herzog on Herzog by Werner Herzog, Paul Cronin avg rating 4.61 — 237 ratings — published 2003 |
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Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice: Munich - Paris 23 November - 14 Decenber 1974 by Werner Herzog avg rating 4.25 — 95 ratings — published 1978 10 editions |
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Conquest of the Useless by Werner Herzog avg rating 4.22 — 64 ratings — published 2009 |
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Fitzcarraldo: The Original Story by Werner Herzog avg rating 4.08 — 12 ratings — published 1982 3 editions |
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Screenplays by Werner Herzog avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published 1980 |
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Werner Herzog by Werner Herzog avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published 2003 |
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Burden of Dreams by Werner Herzog, James Bogan, Les Blank avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1984 |
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Eroberung des Nutzlosen by Werner Herzog avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Sur le chemin des glaces [Munich - Paris du 23.11 au 14.12.1974] Traduit par Anne Dutter by Werner Herzog avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog, Lena Herzog avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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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
— Werner Herzog
"Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world."
— Werner Herzog
— 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
— Werner Herzog
