Ballad of the Little Soldier
Directed by Werner Herzog
Death For Five Voices
Directed by Werner Herzog
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Directed by Werner Herzog
1971 -- 96min
(4)
Even viewers who've seen Freaks won't be completely prepared for Werner Herzog's bizarre Even Dwarfs Started Small. The film is set in a dismal mental institution, wherein dwell several midgets, dwarfs and other "oddities." Sick of being tormented and exploited by the so-called normal people of the world, the inmates stage a coup, taking over the asylum and utterly reversing the status quo (Herzog's apparent attempt to draw parallels between the events on screen and such real-life upheavals as Vietnam). As in his other films, the director imbues his misshapen characters with a sort of regal grandeur, as if to purge the German wartime atrocities against "underdesirables." Herzog also produced, wrote and provided the musical arrangements for Even Dwarfs Started Small.
Flying Doctors of East Africa
Directed by Werner Herzog
1969 -- 45 min
(2.5-3)
God's Angry Man
Directed by Werner Herzog
1990 -- 46 min
(1)
Herzog's documentary on Dr. Gene Scott, a cable access televangelist with an anger management problem. Please note, the quality of this video is pretty poor. It is for DIE HARD Herzog fans only. You can hear the projector's motor in the background when people on screen are not talking. It is still watchable, but the quality is poor
Great Ecstacy of Woodcarver Steiner
Directed by Werner Herzog
1974 -- 45 min
(2.5-3)
In this documentary, the dramatic ski-jumping exploits of Walter Steiner are explored, along with his life-story and the philosophy which motivates him. Steiner is a Swiss woodcarver who experiences something resembling bliss in the confrontation with fear which is a feature of ski-jumping. One highlight of the film is its slow-motion footage of jumping.
Heart of Glass
Directed by Werner Herzog
1976 - 93min
(5)
Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas) is a mesmeric production by Werner Herzog about the power and importance of art. Director Herzog was known to put his actors through the wringer to get the results he wanted. In this film, Herzog decided that the best way to get his people to dance to the crack of his whip was to actually put them under hypnosis! The dazed, zombie-like performances certainly fit the subject matter. This is the story of an 18th-century Bavarian glassblower who by virtue of his delicate work virtually casts a spell over his neighbors. When the glassblower dies, the townsfolk discover that he failed to leave behind the secret for his special ruby glassware. The word usually used to describe Heart of Glass is "haunting"; some viewers have gone beyond haunted and into "possessed." Watch carefully and spot director Herzog in a bit as a glass carrier
Herakles
Directed by Werner Herzog
How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?
Directed by Werner Herzog
1976 -- 44 min.
(2.5-3)
Herzog examines the world championships for cattle auctioneers, his fascination with a language created by an economic system, and compares it to the lifestyle of the Amish, who live nearby.
La Soufriere
Directed by Werner Herzog
1977 -- 44 min
(2.5-3)
Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadaloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leaves. Herzog catches the eeriness of an abandoned city, with stop lights cycling over an empty intersection.
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Directed by Les Blank
1980 -- 22 min
(3)
A film exactly described by its title. German film director Herzog had made a bet with fledgling director Errol Morris that, if Morris made a film, Herzog would eat his shoe. Morris went on to film 'Gates of Heaven', so Herzog kept his promise. While eating the boiled shoe, Herzog carries on a dialogue with the film premier audience on film, art, and life.