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THE FIRE WITHIN: A REQUIEM FOR KATIA AND MAURICE KRAFFT

Directed by Werner Herzog
France, United Kingdom, 2022
Documentary
  • 8484 minutes

Synopsis

Husband-and-wife volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft were killed during an eruption of Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991. Paying tribute to these pioneering scientists and their impact on a dangerous field, director Werner Herzog ruminates on the groundbreaking, close-range footage they left behind.

Synopsis

Husband-and-wife volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft were killed during an eruption of Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991. Paying tribute to these pioneering scientists and their impact on a dangerous field, director Werner Herzog ruminates on the groundbreaking, close-range footage they left behind.