Directors: Werner Herzog
A maverick director of fiery narratives and boldly stylized documentaries, Werner Herzog is a seemingly unstoppable force whose filmmaking career began when he stole a camera from school in 1961, came into its own in the New German Cinema movement of the 1970s and '80s, and has been going strong ever since.
Into the Inferno
What we worship can destroy us.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada • 2016
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Sri Sumarti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog is given exclusive access to the Chauvet Caves in Southern France where he films the oldest pictorial creations of humankind in history.
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- Canada, United States, France • 2010
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes, Jean-Michel Geneste
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Pluto TV
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
During the Vietnam War, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and escaped against the odds.
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- Germany, United Kingdom, France • 1997
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandor, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Fitzcarraldo
A developer attempts to build an opera house in the Amazon rainforest, entailing a series of increasingly ambitious efforts.
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- West Germany, Peru • 1982
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht)
A real estate agent seeks to buy property from Count Dracula, whose true interests lie in the agent's wife.
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- West Germany, France • 1979
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Martje Grohmann
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
La Soufrière
(La Soufrière: Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe)
A volcano soon to erupt causes most of the island to evacuate, except for a few who will stay and face death.
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- West Germany • 1977
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Werner Herzog, Edward Lachman, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Stroszek
After being released from prison, Bruno joins a sex worker and an elderly eccentric in moving from Germany to Wisconsin.
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- West Germany • 1977
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest, Clayton Szalpinski
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Heart of Glass
(Herz aus Glas)
With the death of the foreman who holds the secret of a town's legendary glass-blowing works, the town slides into depression.
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- West Germany • 1976
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba, Volker Prechtel, Brunhilde Klöckner
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)
After being chained in a cellar for the first 17 years of life, Kaspar is freed and abandoned, left to wander.
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- West Germany • 1974
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Kidlat Tahimik
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
(Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness.
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- West Germany, Mexico • 1972
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
- Genre Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, History Vault, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Land of Silence and Darkness
(Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit)
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- West Germany • 1971
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, M. Baaske, Resi Mittermeier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Signs of Life
(Lebenszeichen)
Three German soldiers in WWII are assigned to a quiet coastal community on a small Greek island that tests their sanity.
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- West Germany • 1968
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Wolfgang Stumpf, Henry van Lyck
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel