My Best Fiend
Documentarycentral and south americacomplex relationshipfilm directorstudent mentor relationshipfamous actoremployee boss relationship
A darkly comic documentary portrait of an intense, paradoxical creative partnership built on mutual obsession, resentment, and inexplicable loyalty between two volatile artists.
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
Essence
Ensemble
Werner Herzog
Self
Klaus Kinski
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale
Self
Eva Mattes
Self
Baron van der Recke
Self
José Koechlin von Stein
Self
Bill Pence
Self
Baronin van der Recke
Self
Beat Presser
Self (archive footage)
Guillermo Ríos
Self (archive footage)
Andrés Vicente
Self (archive footage)
Justo González
Self (also archive footage)
Closest match
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Same mood
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
