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Lessons of Darkness( 1992)

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Overview

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

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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    Written by rodrigl on Sun Oct 30 2016
    Can destruction be beautiful? Yes....

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    Videos 1Backdrops 10Posters 9

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • gulf war
    • fire
    • kuwait
    • oil field