UK / 2019/ 89’
DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog
SCREENPLAY: Werner Herzog
CAST: Werner Herzog, Nicholas Shakespeare, Elisabeth Chatwin
PRODUCERS: Lucki Stipetić, Steve O’Hagan
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS: Official Selection – 2019 Sheffield Doc Fest, Spotlight Documentary – 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Official Selection – 2019 Telluride Film Festival.
When legendary writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, he summoned his friend and collaborator Werner Herzog, asking to see his recent film about tribesman of the Sahara. In exchange, as a parting gift, Chatwin gave Herzog the rucksack he’d carried on his travels around the world. Thirty years later, carrying the rucksack, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by their shared passion for the nomadic life. Along the way, Herzog uncovers stories of lost tribes, wanderers and dreamers. Full of memorable characters and encounters, the film explores the creative and personal vision Herzog shared with Chatwin: a passion for the power of storytelling and desire to find insights into human experience.
Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director. He was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals who are in conflict with nature. Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.