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Lessons of Darkness

Lessons of Darkness

1992854 min
DocumentaryKrigTV film
Udgivet
21. feb. 1992
Lande
France, United Kingdom, Germany
Produktioner
Canal+PremièreWerner Herzog Filmproduktion
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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