Lessons of Darkness
1992 ‧ Documentary/War ‧ 54 mins
8/10 · IMDb
100% · Rotten Tomatoes
Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on...
Release date: October 25, 1995 (New York)
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog and Documentario
Cinematography: Paul Berriff, Rainer Klausmann, and Simon Werry
Music composed by: Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Giuseppe Verdi, and more