Herzog, Werner 1942-

Grizzly man by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
43 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,047 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filmmaker Werner Herzog investigates the death of preservationist and former television actor Timothy Treadwell, who was killed in the Alaskan wilderness, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, by the bears he lived among and dedicated his life to protecting

Jack Reacher by Christopher McQuarrie ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep

Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
170 editions published between 1980 and 2012 in 9 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De Ierse avonturier Fitzgeraldo, bewonderaar van Caruso, heeft het in zijn hoofd gezet om in Peru een operahuis te bouwen. Om het geld voor deze spectaculaire plannen bij elkaar te krijgen, koopt hij van de Peruaanse staat in het Amazonegebied een rubberplantage. Omdat de jungle geen andere mogelijkheden tot transport biedt, moet het schip waarmee men de Amazone afvaart over land naar een onbereikbare zijrivier gebracht worden. Een uiterst riskante onderneming die gedoemd is te mislukken

Cave of forgotten dreams ( Visual )
25 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,677 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Overcoming considerable technical challenges, iconic director Werner Herzog takes viewers into the interior of Chauvet Cave in southern France where the world's oldest cave paintings--hundreds in number--were discovered in 1994. These 32,000-year-old artworks--pristine and astonishingly realistic drawings of horses, cattle, and lions--come alive in the torchlight, as Herzog muses on this extraordinary place, the nature and purpose of Paleolithic art, and its creators. For Herzog, these paintings present perhaps the earliest manifestation of our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, which leads him to wider metaphysical contemplations on evolution and our place within it, and ultimately on what it means to be human

Rescue dawn by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
28 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story

Encounters at the end of the world ( Visual )
18 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 1,294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This film, like many from director Werner Herzog, is a poem of oddness and beauty. Investigating the lives of the "professional dreamers" who conduct research at the bottom of the world in Antarctica, he finds a happily cynical lot, who regard climate change and the potential extinction of Homo sapiens in rather a different light than most people. They study penguins, seals, volcanoes, miniscule underwater creatures, and the shifting ice patterns. In this harsh yet beautiful place, where compasses are useless, and the climate is negative 70 degrees Fahrenheit, Herzog finds the scenery splendid, and McMurdo Station research center repellent. For viewers who have wondered why anyone would go to Antarctica, Herzog's film provides some interesting answers, and many scenes capturing the natural beauty of the ice continent

Aguirre, the wrath of God by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
100 editions published between 1972 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Aguirre, self-styled "Wrath of God," go up the Amazon in search of gold, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip

The bad lieutenant port of call New Orleans by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
22 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sgt. Terence McDonagh of the New Orleans PD has been promoted to lieutenant, thanks to an act of bravery just after Hurricane Katrina. He jumped into the murky, rising waters of a flooded jail to save a prisoner, injured his back in the process, and now he's addicted to painkillers. That's OK, though, because McDonagh is also addicted to every drug on the planet, and helps himself by raiding the evidence room after drug busts. The slaughter of a Senegalese family--parents, grandmother, and two young children--lands in his lap. The prime suspect is drug dealer Big Fate, who causes Big Fear in the locals, so it's going to be almost impossible to find anyone to connect him to the crime. What with his constant search for drugs, his high-maintenance call girl girlfriend, and a father who's drinking himself to death, is it any wonder the Lieutenant's gone bad?

Woyzeck by Georg Büchner ( Visual )
72 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. Abused and tortured, both physically and psychologically by commanding officers, doctors and his unfaithful wife, Marie, Woyzeck struggles to hold on to his humanity and his fragile sanity. In the film's shattering climax, he is finally driven over the brink into madness and murder

Stroszek by Werner Herzog ( Visual )
52 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 780 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This tragicomedy features remarkable cast and one of the most bizarre, memorable endings in film history