A chain of coincidences brings the 13-year-old schoolboy Werner Herzog together with Klaus Kinski to the same apartment in Munich. In an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski immediately proceeds to lay waste to all the furniture, only one of such fits to come. Herzog therefore knows what awaits him when, some years later, he engages Kinski to work with him on AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD, their first film together. Four more films would follow. MY BEST FIEND is a film about the love-hate relationship between director Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski - utterly puzzling to others. It reveals the deep trust between two exceptional artists and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

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My Best Fiend (1999)

Unrated

Documentary · 1h 40m · 10/7/1999

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A chain of coincidences brings the 13-year-old schoolboy Werner Herzog together with Klaus Kinski to the same apartment in Munich. In an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski immediately proceeds to lay waste to all the furniture, only one of such fits to come. Herzog therefore knows what awaits him when, some years later, he engages Kinski to work with him on AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD, their first film together. Four more films would follow. MY BEST FIEND is a film about the love-hate relationship between director Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski - utterly puzzling to others. It reveals the deep trust between two exceptional artists and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

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Status

Released

Languages

German, English, Spanish

Countries

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Production Company

Zephir Film

Revenue

$95,612
Source
Cast
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Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator / Interviewer
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Claudia Cardinale

Self
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Eva Mattes

Self
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Beat Presser

Self
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Guillermo Ríos

Self (archive footage)
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Andrés Vicente

Self (archive footage)
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Justo González

Self
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Benino Moreno Placido

Self
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Baron van der Recke

Self
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José Koechlin von Stein

Self
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Bill Pence

Self
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Paul Hittscher

Self (archive footage)
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Mick Jagger

Self - Wilbur (archive footage)
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Klaus Kinski

Self (archive footage)
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Tom Luddy

Self (archive footage)
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Thomas Mauch

Self (archive footage)
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Jason Robards

Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
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Walter Saxer

Self (archive footage)
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Lucki Stipetic

Self (archive footage)
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Baronin van der Recke

Self
Crew
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Werner Herzog

Director
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Werner Herzog

Writer
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Lucki Stipetic

Producer
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Sabine Rollberg

Producer
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Peter Zeitlinger

Cinematograpy
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Joe Bini

Editor
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Popol Vuh

Music
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Disc Releases
Disc Title Front Cover

My Best Fiend

(Blu-ray, Digibook)

7/30/2014

Disc Title Front Cover

My Best Fiend

(DVD)

8/15/2000

Disc Title Front Cover

My Best Fiend

(DVD)

7/9/2002

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