1992
- Documentary
- War
Lessons of Darkness
Lektionen in Finsternis
Runtime
0h 54m
Countries
- FR
- France
- DE
- Germany
- KW
- Kuwait
- GB
- United Kingdom
Languages
- ar
- en
- de
Shot in documentary style from the perspective of an almost alien observer, the film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait. An effective companion to his earlier film Fata Morgana, Herzog again perceives the desert as a landscape with its own voice, as he glides over seas of oil, geyser-like infernos, monstrous smoke plumes and ashen roadways. With musical accompaniment by Wagner, Prokofiev and Pärt to boot, he observes the soot-covered creatures allured by the blaze.
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StatusReleased
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Release dateFeb. 21, 1992
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Original LanguageGerman
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Production Companies
- Canal+
- Première
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion