Portrait: Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog — Plot

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.

• Release date
• March 27, 1986
• Runtime
• 28 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Werner Herzog

Portrait: Werner Herzog — Cast

Werner Herzog Self Reinhold Messner Self

L

Lotte Eisner Self Mick Jagger Self (archive footage) Jason Robards Self (archive footage) Klaus Kinski Self (archive footage) Paul Hittscher Self (archive footage)

T

Thomas Mauch Self (archive footage)