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Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness
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Lessons of Darkness
1992
0h 54m
7.8(138 votes)
War
Documentary

Overview

Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.

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Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog

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