Lessons of Darkness
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.
Top Billed Cast
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Featured Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Nainita Desai
Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Brooke Smith
Assistant Camera
Simon Werry
Aerial Camera
John Pearson
Sound Recordist
Paul Berriff
Producer
Werner Herzog
Writer
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
Rainer Standke
Editor
Paul Berriff
Director of Photography
Arvo Pärt
Additional Soundtrack
Paul Cotton
Associate Producer
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