The Werner Herzog Collection (Blu-ray Box Set)

The Werner Herzog Collection – an extensive 8-disc Blu-ray box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director.

The set features digitally remastered presentations of classics such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog’s hugely acclaimed short films.

Extras include Jack Bond’s long-unseen South Bank Show episode on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams.

Films:

• The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)
• Last Words (1968) 
• Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) 
• Handicapped Future (1970)
• Fata Morgana (1971)
• Land Of Silence and Darkness (1971) 
• Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
• The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1975) 
• Heart of Glass (1976) 
• How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) 
• Stroszek (1977)
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) 
• Woyzeck (1979) 
• Huie's Sermon (1980) 
• God's Angry Man (1980) 
• Fitzcarraldo (1982) 
• Cobra Verde (1987) 

• All films remastered to High Definition
• Alternative German and English versions of selected titles
• Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles
• Optional 5,1 German and English audio on selected titles
• Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)
• Werner Herzog Eats His shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 21 mins)
• Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 95 mins)
• Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins, audio only)
• The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 56 mins)
• Original trailer on selected titles
• Stills Galleries on selected titles
• Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits