My Best Fiend (1999) UK
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Director:Herzog, Werner
Studio:Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Producer:Sabine Rollberg, Lucki Stipetic
Writer:Werner Herzog
Rating:7.9 (4,714 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
Awards:1 win & 2 nominations
Genre:German films
IMDb:0200849
Duration:95
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Dolby SR
Languages:German
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300007542
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Herzog, Werner  ...  (Director)
Werner Herzog  ...  (Writer)
 
Werner Herzog  ...  Himself - Narrator
Claudia Cardinale  ...  Herself
Justo González  ...  Himself
Mick Jagger  ...  Himself - Wilbur
Klaus Kinski  ...  Himself
Eva Mattes  ...  Herself
Thomas Mauch  ...  Himself
Benino Moreno Placido  ...  Himself
Beat Presser  ...  Himself
Jason Robards  ...  Fitzcarraldo
Guillermo Ríos  ...  Himself
Walter Saxer  ...  Himself
Baron van der Recke  ...  Himself
Baronin van der Recke  ...  Herself
Andrés Vicente  ...  Himself
Popol Vuh  ...  Original Music Composer
Peter Zeitlinger  ...  Director of Photography
Christine Ruppert  ...  Executive Producer
André Singer  ...  Executive Producer
James Mitchell  ...  Executive Producer
Comments: DGE 171

Summary: In the 1950s, a teenage Werner Herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young Klaus Kinski. Years later, they would share an apartment where, in an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski completely destroyed the bathroom. From this chaos, a violent, love-hate, profoundly creative partnership was born. In 1972, Herzog cast Kinski in Aguirre, Wrath of God. Four more films would follow. In this personal documentary, Herzog traces the often violent ups and downs of their relationship, revisiting the various locations of their films and talking to the people they worked with.