My Best Fiend

Directed by Werner Herzog
Not Rated
1999    1h 38mDocumentary, Biography
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.
  • Werner HerzogSelf / Director / Writer
  • Klaus KinskiSelf (archive footage)
  • Claude CardinaleSelf
  • Eva MattesSelf
  • Baron van der ReckeSelf
  • José Koechlin von SteinSelf
  • Bill PenceSelf
  • Baronin van der ReckeSelf
  • Beat PresserSelf (archive footage)
  • Guillermo RíosSelf (archive footage)
  • Andrés VicenteSelf (archive footage)
  • Justo GonzálezSelf (also archive footage)
  • Benino Moreno PlacidoSelf (also archive footage)
  • Paul HittscherSelf (archive footage)
  • Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage)
  • Tom LuddySelf (archive footage)
  • Thomas MauchSelf (archive footage)
  • Jason RobardsSelf (archive footage)
  • Walter SaxerSelf (archive footage)
  • Lucki StipetićSelf (archive footage) / Producer
  • SamApril 18, 2026
    kinski is your problematic fave's problematic fave

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