# Recommend a Werner Herzog Movie For Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547 "2005-08-11T03:00:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/1 "2005-08-11T03:00:04Z")
Herzog. One of those directors I’ve known about but have never seeked out. Browsing around at IMDB, the following films caught my eye: **My Best Fiend Woyzeck Stroszek The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser Aguirre: the Wrath of God** Any suggestions? _Danke._ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/2 "2005-08-11T03:18:09Z")
Of the above, I’ve only seen **Aguirre** , but the one I’d highly recommend **Nosferatu, the Vampire**. Wonderfully atmospheric, and Isabelle Adjani is…well, _I’d_ bite her. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/3 "2005-08-11T03:23:34Z")
In order of my personal preference, all very different from each other, and all very powerful in their own ways: Lessons of Darkness Cobra Verde The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/4 "2005-08-11T03:30:14Z")
Agree with **Biffy**. **aguirre** is a interesting flick, and worth the watching. (Didn’t e do **Fitzcarraldo** as well, also with Kinski? What _is_ it about these guys rying to get things over the Andes?) The remake of \*\*Nosferatu[/B is interesting, but overall I prefer the original. The suggestion of the vampire aqs plague is stronger in this one, though. I understand they filmed this one twice – in English and in German. Apparently they never released the English version because it was laughed off he screen by test audiences. Now _there’s_ a film I’d love to see! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/5 "2005-08-11T03:37:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I understand they filmed this one twice – in English and in German. Apparently they never released the English version because it was laughed off he screen by test audiences. Now _there’s_ a film I’d love to see! Both versions are on the DVD I have. Do I prefer Herzog’s, or Murnau’s? Hard to say. They each have their good points. That’s why I have both! 😉 I also like _Fitzcarraldo_. IIRC, the steamship Herzog used was larger than the one Fitzgerald (‘Fitzcarraldo’) actually moved over the mountain. Good movie. I felt sorry for the poor schlub. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/6 "2005-08-11T03:51:31Z")
Fitzcarraldo. And even better the unbelievable documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo - [Burden of Dreams.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083702/) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/7 "2005-08-11T07:22:00Z")
I’ve seen **Aguirre** , **Nosferatu** and **Even Dwarfs Started Small**. I highly recommend them all, but Nosferatu is probably easiest to get into, and **Dwarfs** is an absurdist mindfuck. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/8 "2005-08-11T12:15:42Z")
All the films of his I’ve seen are well worth seeking out, though I’d rate them in the order: Cobra Verde Fitzcarraldo Aguirre Woyzeck Kasper Hauser Nosferatu There’s an obvious division here, in that the first three are big, exotic epics, while the other three are smaller and European. You might also find Kinski’s “autobiography”, _Kinski Uncut_, an amusing parallel read. Wholly unreliable and largely pornographic. As if that’s a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/9 "2005-08-11T13:57:45Z")
Though he didn’t direct it, Klaus plays a major role in _Incident at Loch Ness_, an amusing mockumentary. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/10 "2005-08-11T14:11:53Z")
He made [Grizzly Man](http://movies.about.com/od/grizzlyman/a/grizzly071105.htm) about Timothy Treadwell. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/11 "2005-08-11T14:47:45Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Klaus You mean Werner. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/12 "2005-08-11T20:10:48Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/13 "2005-08-12T05:35:35Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > Fitzcarraldo. And even better the unbelievable documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo - [Burden of Dreams.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083702/) Second these 2 as Herzog films worth watching. I own 'em both. **Burden** is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-werner-herzog-movie-for-me/316547/14 "2005-08-12T09:56:29Z")
Another vote for Nosferatu here (the only Herzon I’ve ever seen btw). Has anyone seen his documentary about Dr. Gene Scott GOD’S ANGRY MAN?