The Werner Herzog Collection – an extensive 8-disc Blu-ray box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director.
The set features digitally remastered 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 episode on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams.
Films:
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz 1967 | 1.33:1 | black and white
Last Words 1968
Precautions Against Fanatics 1969
Handicapped Future 1970
Fata Morgana 1971
Land Of Silence and Darkness 1971
Aguirre, Wrath of God 1972
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner 1975
Heart of Glass 1976
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck 1976
Stroszek 1977
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979
Woyzeck 1979
Huie's Sermon 1980
God's Angry Man 1980
Fitzcarraldo 1982
Cobra Verde 1987
Extras:
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
Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)
Werner Herzog Eats His shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 21 mins)
Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 95 mins)
Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins, audio only)
The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 56 mins)
Original trailer on selected titles
Stills Galleries on selected titles
Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits