Feb 21, 1992
54 min
Full-HD

Lessons of Darkness (1992)

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.

Category

War Documentary

Country

France United Kingdom Germany

Companies

Canal+ Première Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

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