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Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness
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3,006 Ratings

LESSONS OF DARKNESS

Lektionen in Finsternis

Directed by Werner Herzog
Germany, 1992
Documentary, War, Sci-Fi, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Our take

One of Werner Herzog’s most daring, unforgettable documentaries. Few words. Few interviews. Just sound and vision, emerging from the Gulf War’s wreckage with a look at hell-on-earth too unreal to exist—but it did.