Mein liebster Feind

FRG/UK, 1999, directed by Werner Herzog

95 minutes / DCP / OV w/ sub

In the oublic mind, Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog remain closely linked to this day. In 1999, eight years after Kinski’s death, Herzog shot a documentary about his hot-tempered star. Rejected by ZDF for fear it would end up as an exercise in “unbearable navel-gazing”, the film turned out to be a hit with audiences. ‘Mein liebster Feind’ shows Kinski in diametrically opposed extremes: as someone bubbling over with rage, whose uncontrolled outbursts could also tip into violence, and as a sensitive and tender man plagued by an inner restlessness.

The screening is part of the film series “Werner Herzog”.

→ Kino Arsenal – Potsdamer Straße 2 – 10785 Berlin | Admission: € 8,50