biography
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Herzog, Werner
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originally Werner Stipetic
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pronunciation:
[hertzog]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1942– )
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| biography:
| Film director, screenwriter, and producer, born in Sachrang, SE Germany. He made numerous shorts in the 1960s, and became recognized as a leading member of the New Cinema in Germany with his features Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1973, Aguirre, Wrath of God) and the story of Kaspar Hauser (1975). His treatment of Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979) reflected the German silent film Expressionists of the 1920s, but his general themes are metaphysical in character, often with remoteness in time or location, as in Where the Green Ants Dream (1984). Later films include Scream of Stone (1991) and My Best Fiend (1999). |
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