My Best Fiend

• Werner Herzog
• Klaus Kinski
• Thomas Mauch
• Claudia Cardinale
• Eva Mattes
• Beat Presser

My Best Fiend is getting on in cinemas 1999 documentary film by Werner Herzog about the difficult director - actor - relationship between him and Klaus Kinski.

Action

Shown are scenes from all five films together: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo (also unreleased recordings with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger ) and Cobra Verde.

Duke also shows several outbursts Kinski taken during the shoot, as well as excerpts from Kinski Jesus Christ Saviour tour in the early 1970s. We hear from, among others, Claudia Cardinale and Eva Mattes as former Rotary partners Kinski.

Reviews

" Werner Herzog's documentary about Klaus Kinski, the deceased protagonist of several of his films. Duke reported by Kinski's tantrums and catastrophic shooting, shows evidence for Out -takes and traveled specially to the former locations in South America. The filmmaker is at the same time clearly even in the scene, so this was not just a film about an extraordinary actor and humanitarian, but also a overshadowed by power struggles and vanities male friendship. As a document of the deceased German auteur film of high value "

Awards

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

European Film Awards