Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.
1) Fitzcarraldo
Series
Language
German
Description
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
German
Description
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
3) Woyzeck
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
German
Description
"Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. Abused and tortured, both physically and psychologically by commanding officers, doctors and his unfaithful wife, Marie, Woyzeck struggles to hold on to his humanity and his fragile sanity. In the film's shattering climax, he is finally driven over the brink into madness and murder."--Container.
5) Cobra Verde
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
German
Description
Francisco Manoel da Silva, 19th century, gun-toting Brazilian bandit known as the Cobra Verde, is unknowingly hired by the owner of a sugar plantation to keep his slaves in check, but instead, the Cobra manages to sleep with the landowner's daughters and impregnate them. In revenge, the owner sends the Cobra on a dangerous mission to sail to the West coast of Africa and reopen the slave trade, and the Cobra wages war with a local tribal king.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
German
Description
"The inmates have taken over an institution in a bleak and savage world in which everyone's a dwarf. As one of the institution's directors holds a rebel hostage while issuing orders for calm, the other inmates run amok, smashing equipment, setting fires, fighting for power and tormenting two blind prisoners. In this land of reversed proportions, these revolutionary outcasts not only destroy the symbols of civilization-- cars, typewriters and dinner...
Publisher
Infinity Media Holdings Ltd
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Lance Hackett is a sympathetic geologist working in Australia for an uranium mining company who must confront the passive resistance of the aborigine tribes. The spot where the deposits are the richest is considered sacred ground. For the aborigine people, the place where the deposits lay is considered the place "where the green ants dream", for them this place is considered the origin of all life. In the clash between white imperialism and a more...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
German
Description
Set in the pre-industrial past, the story tells of a German village that loses the secret of making its unique Ruby glass. The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey the atmosphere of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary.
14) Invincible
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, an extraordinary tale of a simple Jewish man who rises from a life of obscurity to defend his heritage. With Hitler on the brink of power and the world on the road to war. A journey from a humble village in Poland to the giddy excesses of 1930's Berlin and the risks he took to fight for his people.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Growing up in post-WWII Germany, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, Dieter Dengler dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
German
Description
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
As a young boy in Germany, Dieter Dengler survived Allied bombings during World War II. At age 18, he moved to the United States, determined to become a pilot. Enlisting in the Navy, he is sent to Vietnam and is shot down over Laos and imprisoned. Despite torture and starvation, Dieter manages to escape into the jungle and eventually is rescued.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c 2001
Language
German
Description
Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak, read, and write by the townspeople, but is then mysteriously murdered.
19) Herzog, Kinski
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
German
Description
They were friends bound by fate and enemies driven by madness. Together, they changed movies forever. These six visionary collaborations between director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski are the legacy of the most fascinating and controversial relationship in modern cinema history. This collection presents all five films featuring the collaboration of Herzog and Kinski, plus the documentary My best fiend.
Publisher
[Distributed by] MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog ... probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills. Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.' Herzog's inquiries...