Lessons of Darkness
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.
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Werner Herzog Director · Rainer Klausmann Cinematographer Paul Berriff Cinematographer
First release February 21, 1992 · Produced in France, United Kingdom, Germany, Kuwait · Languages Arabic, English, German
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Première
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Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Production
StudioCanal
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France · United Kingdom · Germany · Kuwait
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Original title
Lektionen in Finsternis
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · German
Release dates
Germany · February 21, 1992
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 27, 1992 · TV
Italy
April 16, 1992 · TV
Japan
September 8, 1992 · TV
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