Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 54 min
- Language
- German
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Germany
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- gulf war
- fire
- kuwait
- oil field
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Directed
- Werner Herzog
- Written
- Werner Herzog
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 161 ratings
- Studio
- Canal+, Première, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
