WERNER HERZOG: RADICAL DREAMER

GERMANY, UK | 2022 | COLOR | DCP | 90’ | ENGLISH, GERMAN

A fire burns inside Werner Herzog. Not just one of a natural talent - after all this was never enough. The fire of an explosive restlessness, an undefeated inclination to present images never before documented. The great directors define reality by directing it, or are present when life shares the big truths, the unforgettable spectacles. Herzog, especially in our era lacking the former (contemporaries direct the virtual instead of the real) is a true German gentleman, a genuine madman with youth in his words and fire in his eyes. And in this worthy reflection of his colossal journey, Volker Schlöndorff, Patti Smith, Chloe Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer and -partly equal- Wim Wenders come along to pay their respects. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Thomas von Steinaecker
SCREENWRITER: Thomas von Steinaecker
DoP: Henning Brümmer
MUSIC: Philip Stegers
EDITOR: Volker Schaner

THOMAS VON STEINAECKAER
Bavarian writer, journalist and documentarist, born in 1977. He studied Literature in Munich and Cincinnati. Prolific and active, he has received many distinctions for his work promoting culture. He has directed a series of documentaries mainly about quality music and personalities that left their mark in the last two centuries.

FILMOGRAPHY
2022 Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2014 Richard Strauss und seine Heldinnen