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Films Directed By Werner Herzog

   
   
AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD (PG)
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But wil...
   
FITZCARRALDO FITZCARRALDO (PG)
Kinski plays the title role of an obsessed opera lover who wants to build an opera in the jungle. To accomplish this he first has to make a fortune in the rubber business, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local indians.
   
GRIZZLY MAN GRIZZLY MAN (15)
Documentary about amateur grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were mauled to death by a hungry bear in 2003 whilst living amongst grizzlies in Alaska. Directed by Werner Herzog. “It is poignant, it is beautiful, and it is absolutely hilarious” – The Guardian.
   
HEART OF GLASS HEART OF GLASS (PG)
Perhaps most notable for the fact that all but one of the cast perform quite literally under the hypnotic spell of the director himself, 'HEart Of Glass' is one of Werner Herzog's most stylised, challenging and visionary films. A stunning piece of work, in 1977 the film was awarded the German Gold F...
   
LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (15)
Award-winning documentary directed by Werner Herzog, about Dieter Dengler… who as a young German boy, witnessed allied bombings over Germany and who after moving to the U.S. after the war became enlisted in the Navy to fight in Vietnam. He was shot down, taken prisoner and tortured and escaped on fo...
   
NOSFERATU NOSFERATU (15)
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoule living of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Virna, bringing with him death and plague... An unus...
   
RESCUE DAWN RESCUE DAWN (12)
Werner Herzog's tale of a US Fighter pilot's epic struggle for survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. Based on the fictional reworking of a documentary about Dieter Dengler. Starring Christian Bale, Jeremy Davies, Steve Zahn. Directed by Werner Herzog.
   
WHEEL OF TIME WHEEL OF TIME (U)
Documentary about a Buddhist ritual promoting peace and tolerance, held by His Holiness the Dali Lama. This film includes exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama, access to secret rituals for the first time on film as well as footage of a pilgrimage to the Holy Mount Kailash in Tibet. Directed by W...
   
WILD BLUE YONDER WILD BLUE YONDER (12)
Visually imaginative and entertaining fake documentary written and directed by German film-maker Werner Herzog. Using footage from Nasa missions and Arctic deep-sea exploration, Herzog constructs an alternate history of American space travel, imagining a scramble to find a new world after the Earth ...
   
WOYZECK WOYZECK (15)
In Werner Herzog's brilliant adaption of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck, Klaus Kinski delivers a wild and stunning performance in a role only he could play. Franz Woyzeck (Kinski) is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. Abused an...
   
   

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