Herzog and his heroes

Document author(s):

Ian Buruma

Document source:

New York Review of Books

Publication date:

2007 Jul 19

Document language:

English

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

3

Source pagination:

24-26

Document name subject:

Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Bruce Chatwin, and Richard Wagner

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Land des schweigens und der dunkelheit (Land of silence and darkness) — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1971
• Aguirre, der zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the wrath of God) — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1972
• Die große ekstase des bildschnitzers Steiner (The great ecstasy of the sculptor Steiner) — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1974
• Fitzcarraldo — Herzog, Werner — Germany; Peru — 1982
• Cobra Verde — Herzog, Werner — Germany; Ghana — 1987
• Lektionen in finsternis (Lessons of darkness) — Herzog, Werner — Germany; France; Great Britain — 1992
• Glocken aus der tiefe - glaube und aberglaube in Rußland (Bells from the deep: faith and superstition in Russia) — Herzog, Werner — Germany; United States — 1995
• Tod für fünf stimmen (Death for five voices) — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1995
• Little Dieter needs to fly — Herzog, Werner — Great Britain; France; Germany — 1997
• Julianes Sturz in den dschungel (Wings of hope) — Herzog, Werner — No country known — 2000
• Grizzly man — Herzog, Werner — United States — 2005

Film country(ies):

France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Peru, and United States

Film language(s):

Arabic, English, and German

Film production company:

Arte TV, British Broadcasting Corporation Films, Canal Plus, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Discovery Docs, Filmverlag der Autoren, Ghana Film Industry Corporation, Media Ventures, Inc., Momentous Events, Première, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Real Big Production, Referat für Filmgeschichte, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Tayrona Entertainment Group, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Wildlife Films Peru, ZDF Enterprises, and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Adventure, Biographical, Biographical (Nonfiction), Documentary, Drama, Ethnographic, Feature, Historical, Nature, Science fiction, Sports, and War

Film subject(s):

• Adventure and adventurers -- Peru -- Biography -- Drama
• Africa, West -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Aguirre, Lope de, d.1561 -- Drama
• Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- Drama
• Bear attacks -- Alaska
• Bear watching -- Alaska
• Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Brazil -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
• Businessmen -- Peru -- Biography -- Drama
• Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989. Viceroy of Ouidah -- Film and video adaptations
• Composers -- Italy -- Biography
• Compulsive behavior -- Drama
• Conquerors -- Peru -- History -- 1560 -- Drama
• Deafblind people
• Deafblind women -- Biography
• Dengler, Dieter -- Biography
• El Dorado -- Drama
• Europeans -- Peru -- Drama
• Fire extinction -- Kuwait
• Fitzgerald, Brian Sweeney -- Drama
• Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, ca. 1560-1613. Biography
• Grizzly bear -- Alaska
• Human-animal relationships
• Indians of South America -- Peru -- Drama
• Inspiration -- Drama
• Iquitos (Peru) -- Drama
• Murderers -- Italy -- Biography
• Mutiny -- Peru -- History -- 1560 -- Drama
• Oil wells -- Fires and fire prevention -- Kuwait
• Opera -- Peru -- Iquitos -- Drama
• Ouidah (Benin) -- History -- Drama
• Outlaws -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Destruction and pillage -- Kuwait
• Plantations -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Prisoners of war -- Laos -- Biography
• Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
• Rubber industry and trade -- Peru -- Drama
• Russia (Federation) -- Religious life and customs
• Ski jumping
• Slave traders -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Slavery -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Steiner, Walter
• Straubinger, Fini
• Superstition -- Russia (Federation)
• Theaters -- Peru -- Iquitos -- Drama
• Treadwell, Timothy, 1957-2003
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, Laotian
• Wood-carvers -- Switzerland

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