Canada / USA / Germany / France / UK,
2010, 90 min
Directed by:
Werner HerzogScreenplay:
Werner HerzogCinematography:
Peter ZeitlingerComposer:
Ernst ReijsegerCast:
Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, Wulf Hein, Jean-Michel Geneste, Michel Philippe, Gilles Tosello, Carole Fritz, Dominique Baffier (more)Plots(1)
Join the master adventurer and iconic director Werner Herzog in this extraordinary 3D documentary, as he ventures on a new epic journey. Overcoming considerable challenges, Herzog captures the stunning majesty of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, where the world's oldest cave paintings have been discovered. Herzog reveals a breathtaking subterranean world including the 32,000-year-old artworks. With his humorous and engaging narration Herzog refelcts on our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what it means to be human. (Revolver Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Critics Choice Awards
- 2012 - Best Documentary Feature
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2011 - Werner Herzog (Best Documentary/Non Fiction Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2011 - Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)