Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.
Director: Herbert Golder
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Werner Herzog as Self |
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Michael Shannon as Self |
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Chloë Sevigny as Self |
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Herbert Golder as Self |
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Udo Kier as Self |
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Michael Peña as Self |
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Willem Dafoe as Self |
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Peter Zeitlinger as Self |
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Grace Zabriskie as Self |
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Brad Dourif as Self |
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Ernst Reijseger as Self |
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Candice Coke as Self |
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James C. Burns as Self |
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Brian Sounalath as Self |
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Gabriel Pimentel as Self |
| Production | Herbert Golder | Producer |
| Sound | Ernst Reijseger | Music |
| Camera | Herbert Golder | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Herbert Golder | Writer |
| Directing | Herbert Golder | Director |