Herzog & Kinski DVD box set:

Six films by the unsurpassed duo Herzog and Kinski

A magnificent six film set containing the inimitable fruits of one of cinema's most volatile but productive collaborations - the director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski.

Aguirre, The Wrath of God: Widely considered to be Herzog's finest film, Aguirre is the tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru.

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht: Stark, symbolic cinematography and intensely stylised performances relating the age-old tale of Count Dracula. Klaus Kinski portrays the Dracula character with a silent intensity, tingeing the vampire's inhuman monstrosity with a deep sense of pathos and longing.

Woyzeck: Based on Georg Buchner's unfinished play, the film is a dark study of a lowly German flunky (Klaus Kinski) who, to earn much-needed extra money, volunteers for a local doctor's strange experiments, which push him to murderous insanity.

Fitzcarraldo: Klaus Kinski gives a terrifying and determined portrayal of mad genius Fitzcarraldo, whose twin goals of making a fortune from the Amazon rubber trade and bringing an opera house to the jungle are a metaphor for the impact of civilization on the natural world.

Cobra Verde: Filmed in Ghana, Brazil, and Colombia, Cobra Verde is a visually astonishing true-life tale about a Brazilian bandit known as Cobra Verde who is exiled to West Africa to rejuvenate the slave trade.

Also includes My Best Friend, a documentary film exploring the relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.

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