BFI Werner Herzog Collection
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The Werner Herzog Collection - an extensive Blu-ray box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director. Features digitally remastered presentations of classics such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog's hugely acclaimed short films. Extras include Jack Bond's long-unseen South Bank Show on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank's Burden of Dreams.Contents:The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)Last Words (1968)Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)Fata Morgana (1971)Handicapped Future (1971)Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)Land Of Silence and Darkness (1971)Stroszek (1977)The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)Heart of Glass (1976)How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1978)Woyzeck (1979)Nosferatu (1979)Fitzcarraldo (1982)Huie's Sermon (1983)God's Angry Man (1983)Cobre Verde (1987)Special Features:All Films Digitally Remastered to High DefinitionAlternative German and English version of Nosferatu, the VampyreNosferatu - On set documentary (1979, 13 mins)Burden of Dreams (1982, 93 mins)South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 50 mins)Illustrated Booklet with Extensive Essay by Laurie Johnson; Full Film CreditsCast and Crew: Directed by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn, Encounters at the End of the World).Starring Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo).
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The Werner Herzog Collection - an extensive Blu-ray box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director. Features digitally remastered presentations of classics such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog's hugely acclaimed short films. Extras include Jack Bond's long-unseen South Bank Show on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank's Burden of Dreams.Contents:The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)Last Words (1968)Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)Fata Morgana (1971)Handicapped Future (1971)Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)Land Of Silence and Darkness (1971)Stroszek (1977)The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)Heart of Glass (1976)How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1978)Woyzeck (1979)Nosferatu (1979)Fitzcarraldo (1982)Huie's Sermon (1983)God's Angry Man (1983)Cobre Verde (1987)Special Features:All Films Digitally Remastered to High DefinitionAlternative German and English version of Nosferatu, the VampyreNosferatu - On set documentary (1979, 13 mins)Burden of Dreams (1982, 93 mins)South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 50 mins)Illustrated Booklet with Extensive Essay by Laurie Johnson; Full Film CreditsCast and Crew: Directed by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn, Encounters at the End of the World).Starring Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo).
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