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Oct 30, 2016
Can destruction be beautiful?
Yes.
Lessons of Darkness
Visit website7.8/10 • 138
1992-02-21 • 0h 54m
WarDocumentary
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.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Writters
- Werner Herzog
- Editors
- Werner Herzog, Rainer Standke
WarDocumentary
Lessons of Darkness
Visit website1992-02-21 • 0h 54m
7.8/10 • 138
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.
- Directors
- Werner Herzog
- Writters
- Werner Herzog
- Editors
- Werner Herzog, Rainer Standke
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Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
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- Keywords
- gulf warfirekuwaitoil field