Aguirre Wrath Of God (Blu-ray)

Aguirre Wrath Of God (Blu-ray)This early masterpiece from legendary German director Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Nosferatu the Vampyre) is available in a newly restored version. Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle, Aguirre stars the volatile German star, and Herzog's regular, Klaus Kinski as a power crazed explorer in sixteenth century South America who leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El

This early masterpiece from legendary German director Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Nosferatu the Vampyre) is available in a newly restored version.

Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle, Aguirre stars the volatile German star, and Herzog's regular, Klaus Kinski as a power-crazed explorer in sixteenth-century South America who leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. An ambitious exploration of doomed adventure and savage beauty, Aguirre remains one of Herzog's most extraordinary and brilliant achievements.

This Special Edition Blu-ray also includes extensive extras, including four additional Herzog films and two feature-length commentaries

Region B Blu-ray (Australian compatible)

Special Features

• Newly restored 4K restoration in high definition
• Mark Kermode introduces Aguirre, The Wrath of God (2024, 3 mins)
• Feature-length audio commentary with Werner Herzog for both Aguirre, The Wrath of God and Fata Morgana
• A Raft of Troubles: Herzog, Kinski and the Art of Darkness (2025, 19 mins): newly recorded video essay by Nic Wassell on the relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
• The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967, 16 mins): symbolic drama about four young men hiding from an imagined enemy
• Last Words (1968, 13 mins): short film about the last man to leave a former leper colony
• Precautions Against Fanatics (1969, 11 mins): short satire about horse-racing enthusiasts
• Fata Morgana (1971, 77 mins): hallucinatory film exploring mirages and the Mayan creation myth
• Original theatrical trailer
• Stills gallery
• Original mono audio (German and English)
• Alternative 5.1 Surround audio (German)