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Fata Morgana 

(c) Werner Herzog Film
(Fata Morgana)
(c) Werner Herzog Film 


Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 79 mins
Germany 1971

“Fata Morgana” is one of Werner Herzog’s early feature films, shot in the deserts of North Africa, is a mystical rumination on land and religion, set to readings from the Mayan creation myth and the music of Leonard Cohen. The result is a strange, haunting essay about life, death and mirages in the Sahara.

Category Feature
Language German, Engl. subtitles
Director Werner Herzog 
Screenplay Werner Herzog 
Cast Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill 
Production Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 
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