Film

My Best Fiend

1999 · 1h 39m · Documentary

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

78%

Metacritic

70

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.

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)

Benino Moreno Placido

Self (also archive footage)

Paul Hittscher

Self (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

Self (archive footage)

Tom Luddy

Self (archive footage)

• Werner HerzogWriter · Director
• Sabine RollbergProducer
• Lucki StipetićProducer
• Christine RuppertExecutive Producer
• André SingerExecutive Producer
• James MitchellExecutive Producer
• Peter ZeitlingerDirector of Photography
• Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
• Joe BiniEditor

MY BEST FIEND - Trailer

Release date

May 17, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

18A

Revenue

$95,612

Genres

Documentary

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