Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Aug 1, 2017

1h 2m

★ 2.0

All men dream, but not equally...

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Redlog Pictures

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Cast

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Werner Herzog

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Michael Shannon

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Chloë Sevigny

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Herbert Golder

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Udo Kier

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Michael Peña

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Willem Dafoe

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Peter Zeitlinger

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Grace Zabriskie

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Brad Dourif

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Ernst Reijseger

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Candice Coke

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