.png "Library Home Page")
Werner Herzog
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Werner Herzog, one of the most revered filmmakers of all time, in his first book in many years, tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before. Werner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon Germany would be defeated and a new world would have to be made out the rubble and horrors of the war. Fleeing the Allied bombing...
5) Grizzly man
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, who lived unarmed among grizzlies for 13 summers.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any previous discovery.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Growing up in post-WWII Germany, all Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about was becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Viet Cong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Werner Herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about the people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter...
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill, and why a state kills. As he's so often done before, Herzog's investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Gasherbrum, der leuchtende Berg = The dark glow of the mountains (1984): Portrait of mountain climber Reinhold Messner. (dubbed in English)
Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten = Ballad of the little soldier (1984): Portrait of Nicaragua's Miskito Indian tribe who were persecuted by the Somoza regime and then fought the Sandinistas with guerrilla units composed largely of children. (English narration by Herzog)
Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker = Precautions against...
16) Fitzcarraldo
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
17) Burden of dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 287
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
A documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's film "Fitzcarraldo."
19) Wheel of time
Publisher
Wellspring
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Documents one of the largest Buddhist ceremonies taking place in Bodh Gaya, India, focussing on the Kālacakra Mandala, the intricate sand painting meant to help the faithful visualize the interior plane.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak, read, and write by townspeople, but is then mysteriously murdered.