My Best Fiend
7.878%92%7.3
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
- cultfilmlikerJune 7, 2026The stories of Kinski being a madman on set of Aguirre were fucked. Dude’s talking about how Klaus shot three bullets into a crowded tent causing an extra’s fingertip to get cut off, and Werner’s just emphatically nodding and smiling smfh lolol Also Werner just chugging rum on the set of Fitzcarraldo 😂 Incredible doc. Incredible subjects.
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My Best Fiend was released on October 7, 1999.
My Best Fiend was directed by Werner Herzog.
My Best Fiend has a runtime of 1h 38m.
My Best Fiend was produced by Sabine Rollberg, Lucki Stipetić.
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The key characters in My Best Fiend are Self (Werner Herzog), Self (archive footage) (Klaus Kinski), Self (Claudia Cardinale).
My Best Fiend is rated Not Rated.
My Best Fiend is a Documentary, Biography film.
My Best Fiend has an audience rating of 9.2 out of 10.
My Best Fiend has made $95,612 at the box office.