Thomas Mauch
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Camera
Place of Birth: Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: April 04, 1937
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Male
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A Hero's Death
Overview: It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-08-08
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My Best Fiend
Overview: A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-05-17
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I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Overview: Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-04-18
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Overview: With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-10-27
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Portrait: Werner Herzog
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-03-27
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Location Africa
Overview: Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the behind the scenes moments of "Cobra Verde", the last project that united director Werner Herzog to actor Klaus Kinski. The notorious and infamous relation between the two filled Cinema theatres with masterpieces, but also filled pages of Cinema History with mutual declarations of both love and hate.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-28
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Burden of Dreams
Overview: The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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