Director: Werner Herzog
Photography: Peter Zeitlinger
Editor: Joe Bini Sound: Eric Spitzer
Music: Popol Vuh
With: Eva Mattes, Claudia Cardinale, Beat Presser, Guillermo Rios, Andr‚s Vicente, Justo Gonzalez, Benino Moreno Pl cido, Baron v.d. Recke
Narrator: Werner Herzog
Producer: Lucki Stipetic
Executive Producers: Andr‚ Singer, Christine Ruppert
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion/Café Productions/ Zephir Film in collaboration with WDR, Arte, BR, YLE Finland with the participation of The Independent Film Channel New York supported by Filmstiftung NRW for BBC.
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Festival International du Film Cannes 1999
Selected Filmography - Werner Herzog: Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht, 1978; Woyzeck, 1978; Fitzcarraldo, 1981; Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen, 1983; Cobra Verde, 1987; Schrei aus Stein, 1991; Glocken aus der Tiefe, 1993; Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik - Bayreuth, 1994; Tod für fünf Stimmen, 1995; Little Dieter needs to Fly, 1997; Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel, 1998.
“One can hardly define the notion of sheer genius – for it is above all a romantic idea and, as such, must be handled with care.“ (Werner Herzog) "Mein liebster Feind" is a film about the love-hate relationship – utterly puzzling to outsiders – between director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski, about the deep trust between an actor and a director, and about their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another. The film was just screened out of competition in Cannes.