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In recent years, Werner Herzog has become best known as a documentarian due to the success of work such as Grizzly Man (2005) and Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010). His distinctive voice and persona has led, somewhat bizarrely, to a firmly established place in pop culture, and unlikely appearances on The Simpsons and in the Star Wars universe. However, as a prolific filmmaker with over 70 directorial credits to his name, this success has had something of an adverse effect on recognition of his achievements in the early decades of his career, particularly his extraordinary work as a pioneer of the New German Cinema movement of the 1970s.

During this period, highlighted in this selection, Herzog was known for favouring methods that might charitably be characterised as extreme, as best exemplified by a series of notorious collaborations with actor Klaus Kinski, that nonetheless resulted in a remarkable body of work.

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The Trials and Tribulations of Werner Herzog

Fata Morgana
1h 17m Drama 1971
Land of Silence and Darkness
1h 25m Documentary 1971
Aguirre, Wrath of God
1h 35m Drama 1972
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser
1h 50m Drama 1974
Heart of Glass
1h 34m Drama 1976
Stroszek
1h 43m Drama, Comedy 1977
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1h 47m Horror, Drama 1979
Woyzeck
1h 22m Drama 1979
Fitzcarraldo
2h 37m Drama, Adventure 1982
Cobra Verde
1h 51m Adventure, Drama 1987

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