Portrait: Werner Herzog

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.

• Werner HerzogDirector
• Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
• Werner HerzogWriter

• Werner HerzogSelf
• Reinhold MessnerSelf
• Lotte EisnerSelf
• Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
• Jason RobardsSelf (archive footage)
• Klaus KinskiSelf (archive footage)
• Paul HittscherSelf (archive footage)
• Thomas MauchSelf (archive footage)
• Beat PresserSelf (archive footage)
• Walter SaxerSelf (archive footage)
• Franz Josef StraußSelf - Oktoberfest