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Release Date:
February 21, 1992
Original Title:
Lektionen in Finsternis
Alternate Titles:
Lições da Escuridão
問いかける焦土
Genres:
Documentary | War
Production Companies:
Canal+
ITEL
Première
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Spain | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 54
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
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Additional Soundtrack:
Arvo Pärt
Aerial Camera:
Simon Werry
Assistant Camera:
Steve Brooke Smith
Claudius Kelterborn
Assistant Sound Editor:
Nainita Desai
Associate Producer:
Paul Cotton
Lucki Stipetić
Director:
Werner Herzog
Director of Photography:
Paul Berriff
Rainer Klausmann
Editor:
Rainer Standke
Executive Producer:
Werner Herzog
Producer:
Paul Berriff
Sound Mixer:
Manfred Arbter
Sound Recordist:
John Pearson
Writer:
Werner Herzog
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