Herakles

Jan 1, 1962

0h 10m

★ 5.9

Overview

Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body-builders flexing their biceps and triceps. Other images seen here are not macho in the literal sense, but are indirectly related to testosterone or cojones on some level: we see military aircraft making bombing raids, and footage of car crashes.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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Cast

Reinhard Lichtenberg

Franco Columbu

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10.0

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7.0

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6.7

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6.9

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5.4

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5.3

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8.2

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6.0

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6.5

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8.1

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6.0

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6.6

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7.5

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6.0

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0.0

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6.4

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5.0

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7.6

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