WERNER HERZOG COLLECTION - DVD

WERNER HERZOG COLLECTION (10-DISC DVD BOX SET)

The Werner Herzog Collection an extensive DVD box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director. Features digitally remastered High Definition presentations of classics such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog's hugely acclaimed short films. Extras include Jack Bond's long-unseen South Bank Show on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank's Burden of Dreams.

Contents

1. The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)
2. Last Words (1968)
3. Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)
4. Handicapped Future (1970)
5. Fata Morgana (1971)
6. Land Of Silence and Darkness (1971)
7. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
8. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
9. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1975)
10. Heart of Glass (1976)
11. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
12. Stroszek (1977)
13. Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)
14. Woyzeck (1979)
15. Huie's Sermon (1980)
16. God's Angry Man (1980)
17. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
18. Cobre Verde (1987)

Special features

• All films remastered to High Definition
• Alternative German and English versions of selected titles
• Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles
• Optional 5.1 German and English audio on selected titles
• Nosfertau on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)
• Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 20 mins)
• Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 91 mins)
• Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins, audio only)
• The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 54 mins)
• Original trailers on selected films
• Stills galleries on selected films
• Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits

Germany, France, Peru, Ghana | 1967-1987 | black & white, and colour | German language, with optional English subtitles | English language | 1341 minutes (+ extras) | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1, 1.66:1 and 1.85:1 | DVD9 x 10 | PAL | Dolby Digital mono and stereo audio (320kbps), Dolby Digital 5.1 audio (320kbps) | Region 2 PAL