Lessons of Darkness

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Overview

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.

Cast

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Other films by Werner Herzog

Ghost Elephants

2026

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

2024

Theater of Thought

2024

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

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