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Werner Herzog - Film Director

Stephen Sackur talks to film maker Werner Herzog. After five decades making movies is his love of film as intense as ever?

HARDtalk celebrates its 20th anniversary with a repeat of one of its classic interviews from 2015.

Draw up a list of the greatest living film makers and Werner Herzog would surely occupy a prominent place. He is reponsible for some of the most wildly beautiful images captured on film. If you've seen Fitzcarraldo you won't have forgotten the steamship being hauled over a mountain. He's seen as the film industry's obsessive genius; the director who once threatened to shoot his lead actor to prevent him quitting. After five decades making movies is Werner Herzog's love of film as intense as ever?

30 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Werner Herzog

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