Myth, environment, and ideology in the German jungle of Aguirre, the wrath of God
- Document author(s):
- Jacques de Williers
- Document source:
- Senses of cinema
- Publication date:
- July 2012
- Document language:
- English
- Document type:
- article
- Number of pages:
- 8
- Document name subject:
- Werner Herzog, Adolf Hitler, Richard Wagner, Klaus Kinski, Les Blank, and Leni Riefenstahl
- Document contains:
- production co
- Related films:
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- Triumph des willens (Triumph of the will) — Riefenstahl, Leni — Germany — 1935
- Fata Morgana — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1971
- Aguirre, der zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the wrath of God) — Herzog, Werner — Germany — 1972
- Apocalypse now — Coppola, Francis Ford — United States — 1979
- Burden of dreams — Blank, Les — United States — 1982
- Fitzcarraldo — Herzog, Werner — Germany; Peru — 1982
- Wo die grünen ameisen träumen (Where the green ants dream) — Herzog, Werner — Germany; Australia — 1984
- Film country(ies):
- Australia, Germany, Peru, and United States
- Film language(s):
- English and German
- Film production company:
- American Zoetrope, Filmverlag der Autoren, Flower Films, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Tayrona Entertainment Group, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Wildlife Films Peru, and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Film genre(s):
- Adaptation, Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Feature, Historical, Nature, and War
- Film subject(s):
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South Australia -- Drama
- Adventure and adventurers -- Peru -- Biography -- Drama
- Aguirre, Lope de, d.1561 -- Drama
- Amazon River -- Discovery and exploration -- Drama
- Businessmen -- Peru -- Biography -- Drama
- Compulsive behavior -- Drama
- Conquerors -- Peru -- History -- 1560 -- Drama
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness -- Film and video adaptations
- Ecuador -- Native races
- El Dorado -- Drama
- Europeans -- Peru -- Drama
- Fitzcarraldo (Motion picture)
- Fitzgerald, Brian Sweeney -- Drama
- Geologists -- Australia -- South Australia -- Drama
- Herzog, Werner, 1942-
- Indians of South America -- Peru -- Drama
- Indigenous peoples -- Ecuador
- Indigenous peoples -- Peru
- Inspiration -- Drama
- Iquitos (Peru) -- Drama
- Kinski, Klaus
- Mirages
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Mutiny -- Peru -- History -- 1560 -- Drama
- Opera -- Peru -- Iquitos -- Drama
- Peru -- Native races
- Popul vuh
- Rubber industry and trade -- Peru -- Drama
- Sahara
- South Australia -- Drama
- Theaters -- Peru -- Iquitos -- Drama
- United States. Navy -- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1945 -- Drama
- Uranium mines and mining -- Australia -- South Australia -- Drama
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Cambodia -- Drama
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama
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