“You just have to sit back and enjoy the dream and the dreamer for the wild ride they bring you on. Fans will appreciate the retrospective, while the uninitiated will be taken by the subject’s eccentricity.”
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
by Thomas von Steinaecker • 2022 • 90’ • USA / Germany
Credits
Director:
Thomas von Steinaecker
Producers:
André Singer
Bernhard von Hülsen
Maria Willer
WERNER HERZOG: RADICAL DREAMER presents a comprehensive portrait of one of cinemas most enigmatic characters. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators — including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.
Festivals
Telluride Film Festival 2022
Cologne Film Festival 2022
Viennale 2022
DocsMX 2022
Cork Film Festival 2022
IDFA 2022
Festival dei Popoli 2022
DocPoint Tallinn 2023
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023
CPH:DOX 2023
Docville 2023
ZagrebDox 2023
Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2023
Shanghai International Film Festival 2023
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2023
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2023
Gimli International Film Festival 2023
Dokufest 2023
Alpin Film Festival 2023
Camerimage Cinema 2023
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2023
Athens International Film Festival 2023
Haifa International Film Festival 2023
Festival do Rio 2023
ATAFF 2023
Bergen International Film Festival 2023
Filmmaker’s Biography
Thomas von Steinaecker, born in 1977, lives in Augsburg, Germany. He has received numerous awards for his novels, comic books, documentaries and radio plays. A large part of his body of work consists of documentaries in which he focuses mainly on the music of the 20th century, including that of the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, Richard Strauss and Leonard Bernstein.