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Lessons of Darkness

7.8/ 10199254m

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Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.

Directed by Werner Herzog

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The cast

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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)