Lessons of Darkness

Storyline

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.

• Released

  1992

• Runtime

  54min

• Director

  Werner Herzog

Genre

WarDocumentary

• Status

  Released

• Language

  German

• Production

  Canal+, Première