Lessons of Darkness
| Lessons of Darkness | |
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"Has life without fire become unbearable for them?" | |
| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Written by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by | Paul Berriff Werner Herzog Lucki Stipetić |
| Narrated by | Werner Herzog |
| Cinematography | Simon Werry Paul Berriff Rainer Klausmann |
| Edited by | Rainer Standke |
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| Distributed by | Werner Herzog Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Countries | Germany France United Kingdom |
| Languages | German English Arabic |
Lessons of Darkness (German: Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. The film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait, portrayed in a manner that accentuates the catastrophic and surreal nature of the landscape. An effective companion to Herzog's earlier film Fata Morgana, the film again perceives the desert as a landscape with its voice.
A co-production with Paul Berriff, the film was financed by the television studios Canal+ and Première.