The relationship between director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski was one of love and hate. It was a relationship between two obsessed men who jointly produced five films. In this film, Herzog looks back on their work together, his view mellowed with time, and draws a portrait of a man who was an outstanding actor and always an exalted presenter of himself. Kinski’s unique nature is highlighted by excerpts from their films, as well as by pictures which were never used.
MY BEST FIEND
MEIN LIEBSTER FEIND
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- Direction: Werner Herzog
- Script: Werner Herzog
- Cinematography: Peter Zeitlinger
- Editing: Joe Bini
- Music: Popol Vuh
- Production: Werner Herzog & Café Productions & Zephir 7 WDR & arte & BR & YLE.
- Producers: Werner Herzog
- Format: 35mm
- Color: Colour
- Production Country: Germany
- Production Year: 1999
- Duration: 95'
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, whose real name is Werner H. Stipetic, was born on September 5, 1942 in Munich. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria, where there was no telephone, no cinema and no television. He started travelling on foot at the age of 14. He made his first phone-call at the age of 17. While attending high school, he also worked the nightshift as a welder in a steel factory in order to raise enough money to make films. He made his first film in 1961, at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written and directed more than forty films, published more than a dozen books of prose and directed as many operas.
