Lessons of Darkness

Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness
	"Has life without fire become unbearable for them?"
Directed by	Werner Herzog
Written by	Werner Herzog
Produced by	Paul Berriff ; Werner Herzog ; Lucki Stipetić
Narrated by	Werner Herzog
Cinematography	Simon Werry ; Paul Berriff ; Rainer Klausmann
Edited by	Rainer Standke
Production; companies	Canal+ ; Première ; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Release date	1992;
Running time	50 minutes
Countries	Germany ; France ; United Kingdom
Languages	German ; English ; Arabic

Lessons of Darkness (German: Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. The film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait, portrayed in a manner that accentuates the catastrophic and surreal nature of the landscape.^[1] An effective companion to Herzog's earlier film Fata Morgana, the film again perceives the desert as a landscape with its voice.^[2]

A co-production with Paul Berriff, the film was financed by the television studios Canal+ and Première.^[3]

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