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Third Keswick Film Festival
15-17 February 2002
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My Best Fiend (1999)
(Mein liebster Feind)

16th February 3.30pm
Theatre By The Lake


The celebrated German filmmaker Werner Herzog revisits his turbulent and legendary love-hate relationship with actor Klaus Kinski, which was utterly puzzling to outsiders and yet survived five films together and mutual death threats. Using clips of Kinski's excesses and revisiting old haunts, Herzog paints a stirring picture of his departed comrade.

Awards

São Paulo International Film Festival 1999

Audience Award Best Documentary - Werner Herzog

Critics

"Kuwaiti oil fires, Congolese torture chambers, backbreaking labour in the Amazon jungle - Werner Herzog's quest for the extraordinary is unique in film-making" - Michael Atkinson, The Guardian.

Links

The Enigma of Werner Herzog By Lyall Bush MovieMaker Magazine

Werner Herzog: A Cinema of Vision

Werner Herzog at IMDb

Programme Notes

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Director

Werner Herzog
     
     
  Cast Documentary feat.
Klaus Kinski
Werner Herzog
Claudia Cardinale
Mick Jagger
     
  Cert 15
  Length 1 hr 38 mins
  Country

UK/Germany

  Language In German with English subtitles

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