LA SOUFRIÈRE
/ 1977 / 30 min / Colour
A volcanic eruption threatens Guadalupe, in the French Antilles. The 75,000 inhabitants of the island are evacuated, but a farmer refuses to leave his home. Herzog and his crew depart to document the event, defying the primordial power of the volcano, La Gran Soufrière. A desolate scene awaits them on the island: in the houses, signs of sudden escape, and in the streets, animals that descended from the mountain in search of food. The crew climbs up the valley to meet the farmer who, napping amongst his animals, tells them not to fear what God has planned for him, and finally he sings a song. Meanwhile, the forecasts of the volcanologists are disproved; the volcano does not erupt and the people can return to their homes.
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (1942) is a director, screenwriter, producer and documentary maker, considered one of the most important exponents of the new German cinema. Growing up in a small Bavarian village, he spent his childhood without ever seeing a film. After making his debut as a director at the age of nineteen, he made more than fifty films and documentaries, which earned him international fame and numerous awards, such as The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Fitzcarraldo (1982), awarded at Cannes, and Signs of Life (1968), winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin. The FFDL has already presented many of his works, including Kalachakra, Wheel of Time, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The Wild Blue Yonder and La Sufrière.
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Language German Subject Werner HerzogScreenplay Werner HerzogCinematography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, Edward LachmanEditing Beate Mainka-JellinghausMusic Rachmaninov, Brahms, Mendelssohn, WagnerProducer Werner Herzog FilmproduktionProduction company Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
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