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Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun

  • Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun
© Werner Herzog Film
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title : Wodaabe - Hirten der Sonne
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1989
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

A fascinating portrait of the Wodaabe tribe of the Sahara, who consider themselves the world's most beautiful people.

German, English
52 minutes, 16 mm, colour
1989

Additional Information:
This film is available on DVD #6 as part of our DVD BOX Set Short- and Documentary films by Werner Herzog. You may purchase this DVD #6 seperately or included in the 6 DVD Box Set.

CREW
Director: Werner Herzog
Production Manager: Walter Saxer
Director of Photography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Editor: Maximiliane Mainka
Sound Engineer: Walter Saxer


DISTRIBUTION
Germany SDR, Stuttgart
World Werner Herzog Film - World Sales
Available Formats: 35/16mm, Video


GENERAL
Original Title: WODAABE - HIRTEN DER SONNE
Original Screenplay: Werner Herzog
Year of production: 1989
Duration: 52 min.

Length 570 m
Format: 16 mm
Original language version: German
Additional language versions (links to dialogue/subtitle-lists) French/English
Colour: - b/w colour

Location: Sahara

Music Gounod: Ave Maria, Sänger: A. Moreschi Mozart: Don Giovanni, Sänger: L. Lehmann Händel: Xerxes, Sänger: Emmi Leisner Verdi: Requiem, Sänger: Ria Ginster Händel: Julius Caesar, Sänger: Emmi Leisner

Production: Company Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Co-Producers: SDR, Stuttgart / Arion Productions

Productions Budget: 135.000 DM

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Partners

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  • Mambo magazine
  • Zanzibar International Film Festival
  • Arterial network Tanzania chapter
  • Maisha Music

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