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7.9
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428 Ratings

WINGS OF HOPE

Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel

Directed by Werner Herzog
Germany, 1998
Documentary, TV Movie
  • 6666 minutes

Synopsis

An incantational film about the impulse to survive despite all odds, Herzog meets Juliane 26 years after her first inhuman yet miraculous ordeal. She agrees to re-live her adventure step by step for him…

Synopsis

An incantational film about the impulse to survive despite all odds, Herzog meets Juliane 26 years after her first inhuman yet miraculous ordeal. She agrees to re-live her adventure step by step for him…

Our take

Profiling the sole survivor from a 1971 plane crash (one Herzog, location scouting for Aguirre, Wrath of God, narrowly avoided himself), this exceptional companion piece to Little Dieter Needs to Fly cathartically revisits the crash site and retraces its subject’s incredible escape.