Here we've displayed a list of the best Werner Herzog films : Little Dieter Needs to Fly(1997), Burden of Dreams(1982), Encounters at the End of the World(2007), Cave of Forgotten Dreams(2010), Into the Abyss(2011), Wheel of Time(2003), Incident at Loch Ness(2004) ... ...
Documentary
Germany|UK|France
1997
80 Minutes
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German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
Documentary
USA
1982
95 Minutes
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A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Documentary
USA
2007
99 Minutes
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Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Documentary
Canada|USA|France|Germany|UK
2010
90 Minutes
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Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Germany
2011
107 Minutes
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Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
Documentary
Germany|Austria|Italy
2003
80 Minutes
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Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2004
93 Minutes
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A documentary exploring the myth of the Loch Ness monster.