MOVIE
Lessons of Darkness
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Lessons of Darkness in its release era
Released in 1992, Lessons of Darkness sits inside the 1990s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1992-02-21
- TMDB score
- 7.9/10
- Original language
- DE
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France, United Kingdom, Germany
- Studio
- Canal+, Première, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
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Topicsgulf warfirekuwaitoil field