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Cast

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Director

Nainita Desai

Nainita Desai

Assistant Sound Editor

Steve Brooke Smith

Steve Brooke Smith

Assistant Camera

Simon Werry

Simon Werry

Aerial Camera

John Pearson

John Pearson

Sound Recordist

Paul Berriff

Paul Berriff

Producer

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Writer

Rainer Klausmann

Rainer Klausmann

Director of Photography

Rainer Standke

Rainer Standke

Editor

Paul Berriff

Paul Berriff

Director of Photography

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

Additional Soundtrack

Paul Cotton

Paul Cotton

Associate Producer

Claudius Kelterborn

Claudius Kelterborn

Assistant Camera

Manfred Arbter

Manfred Arbter

Sound Mixer

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Executive Producer

Lucki Stipetić

Lucki Stipetić

Associate Producer

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Lessons of Darkness

19927.8 / 1054 min
War, Documentary

Overview

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.