Digitally remastered presentations of such classics as Aguirre, Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre and Fitzcarraldo are complemented by a number of Herzog’s rare and acclaimed short films, Jack Bond’s long-unseen South Bank Show portrait of Herzog, Les Blank’s classics Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe and Burden of Dreams, feature-length director commentaries, original trailers, stills galleries and an extensive contextualising booklet.
This collection includes:
- The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)
- Last Words (1968)
- Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)
- Handicapped Future (1970)
- Fata Morgana (1971)
- Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
- Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
- The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1975)
- Heart of Glass (1976)
- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
- Stroszek (1977)
- Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)
- Woyzeck (1979)
- Huie’s Sermon (1980)
- God’s Angry Man (1980
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- Cobra Verde (1987)
Special features
- Alternative German and English versions of Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles
- Alternative German and English language audio options on selected titles
- Optional 5.1 German and English audio on selected titles
- Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)
- Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 20 mins)
- Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 91 mins)
- Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins)
- The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 54 mins)
- Original trailers on selected titles
- Stills galleries on selected titles
- Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits
Product information
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Certificate
15
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Colour
Colour and Black/white
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Sound
Sound
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Running time
1341mins
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Languages
German language, English language
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Subtitles
Optional English subtitles
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Original aspect ratio
Original aspect ratios 1.33:1, 1.66:1 and 1.85:1
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DVD region
2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
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Catalogue number
BFIV2005
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