My Best Fiend(Movie, 1999)

Name: My Best Fiend
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999
Duration: T01:35:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Mein liebster Feind" (German/DE)

1h 35min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 80 votes)

My Best Fiend (German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Foe - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 German documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, about his tumultuous yet productive relationship with German actor Klaus Kinski. It was released on DVD in 2000 by Anchor Bay. ()

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Awards & Nominations for My Best Fiend

nominated for: European Film Award for Best Documentary

About My Best Fiend

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, Finland, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Main subject: Klaus Kinski (Person)

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Arte, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, WDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Yleisradio (YLE), Independent Film Channel, Cafe Productions, Zephir Film, Little Bird Films

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 12 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/17/1999

Cast: Werner Herzog, Isabelle Adjani, Claudia Cardinale, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Thomas Mauch

Director: Werner Herzog

Producer: Lucki Stipetić

Screenwriter: Werner Herzog

Film Editor: Joe Bini

Director of Photography: Peter Zeitlinger

Composer: Popol Vuh

Sound Designer: Eric Spitzer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Meu melhor inimigo"

"Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski"

"My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski"

"キンスキー、我が最愛の敵"

"Min bäste ovän - Klaus Kinski"

Keywords: central and south america

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My Best Fiend(Movie, 1999)

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