Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

62 min

2.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Herbert Golder

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Werner Herzog

Michael Shannon

Chloë Sevigny

Herbert Golder

Udo Kier

Michael Peña

Willem Dafoe

Peter Zeitlinger

Grace Zabriskie

Brad Dourif

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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

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.

  • Werner Herzog

  • Michael Shannon

  • Chloë Sevigny

  • Herbert Golder

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