The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
370 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernst ReijsegerOriginal Music Composer
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Judith ThurmanScreenplay
Cast
- Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)
- Dominique BaffierSelf
- Jean ClottesSelf
- Jean-Michel GenesteSelf
- Michel PhilippeSelf
- Gilles ToselloSelf
- Carole FritzSelf
- Maria MalinaSelf
- Nicholas ConardSelf
- Valerie FeruglioSelf
- Wulf HeinSelf
- Maurice MaurinSelf
Stills
Themes
southern francecavecave paintingprehistoryscientist