Lessons of Darkness main backdrop
Lessons of Darkness main poster

Lessons of Darkness

Visit website

7.8/10 • 133

1992-02-210h 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

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Werner Herzog

    Werner Herzog

    Narrator (voice)

Reviews1

View Reviews
rodrigl Avatar

rodrigl

Oct 30, 2016

Can destruction be beautiful? Yes.

Media

  • Lessons of Darkness poster
  • Lessons of Darkness poster
  • Lessons of Darkness poster

Recommendations

  • Barbara main backdrop

    Barbara

    7.2

  • Decalogue V main backdrop

    Decalogue V

    7.9

  • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe main backdrop

    La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    7.3

  • Fata Morgana main backdrop

    Fata Morgana

    6.6

  • The Dark Glow of the Mountain main backdrop

    The Dark Glow of the Mountain

    7.5

  • Never Gonna Snow Again main backdrop

    Never Gonna Snow Again

    6.3

  • The Body Stealers main backdrop

    The Body Stealers

    4.9

  • Diamonds of the Night main backdrop

    Diamonds of the Night

    7.1

  • Bells from the Deep main backdrop

    Bells from the Deep

    7.0

  • No Backdrop

    Karagoez catalogo 9,5

    3.0

  • Black Dynamite main backdrop

    Black Dynamite

    7.1

  • Russian Ark main backdrop

    Russian Ark

    7.3

  • The Yellow Sea main backdrop

    The Yellow Sea

    7.3

  • An Inconvenient Truth main backdrop

    An Inconvenient Truth

    7.0

  • Fitzcarraldo main backdrop

    Fitzcarraldo

    7.6

  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley main backdrop

    The Wind That Shakes the Barley

    7.4

  • A Most Violent Year main backdrop

    A Most Violent Year

    6.6

  • Mandy main backdrop

    Mandy

    6.2

  • Gods of Egypt main backdrop

    Gods of Egypt

    5.7

  • Hell or High Water main backdrop

    Hell or High Water

    7.3

Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
gulf warfirekuwaitoil field