Werner Herzog
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In a way, yes. But of course, in this village, there were also Nazis.
In a way, yes. But of course, in this village, there were also Nazis.
Yes, there were also Nazis. Well, much later, it took some time. I thought, I didn't even know what Germany was. It was the valley where we grew up in this remote place and the waterfall in the gorge behind the house. That was our world. And of course, the daily struggle. We had no running water. You had to go to the well with a bucket.
Yes, there were also Nazis. Well, much later, it took some time. I thought, I didn't even know what Germany was. It was the valley where we grew up in this remote place and the waterfall in the gorge behind the house. That was our world. And of course, the daily struggle. We had no running water. You had to go to the well with a bucket.
Yes, there were also Nazis. Well, much later, it took some time. I thought, I didn't even know what Germany was. It was the valley where we grew up in this remote place and the waterfall in the gorge behind the house. That was our world. And of course, the daily struggle. We had no running water. You had to go to the well with a bucket.
We didn't have any running water in the house, so my shower was the ice-cold water of the waterfall deep in the gorge, and hardly any electricity. I didn't know of the existence of cinema until I was 11. I think the first time I noticed that there was something like Germany, I must have been seven or eight years old. For me, the world was around me and that was it.
We didn't have any running water in the house, so my shower was the ice-cold water of the waterfall deep in the gorge, and hardly any electricity. I didn't know of the existence of cinema until I was 11. I think the first time I noticed that there was something like Germany, I must have been seven or eight years old. For me, the world was around me and that was it.
We didn't have any running water in the house, so my shower was the ice-cold water of the waterfall deep in the gorge, and hardly any electricity. I didn't know of the existence of cinema until I was 11. I think the first time I noticed that there was something like Germany, I must have been seven or eight years old. For me, the world was around me and that was it.
And of course, I started to question and I started to understand how does chaos and barbarism invade a fairly organized country. And that's why I wanted to go to the chaos of Eastern Congo after its independence, which I never reached and I probably wouldn't have survived it.
And of course, I started to question and I started to understand how does chaos and barbarism invade a fairly organized country. And that's why I wanted to go to the chaos of Eastern Congo after its independence, which I never reached and I probably wouldn't have survived it.
And of course, I started to question and I started to understand how does chaos and barbarism invade a fairly organized country. And that's why I wanted to go to the chaos of Eastern Congo after its independence, which I never reached and I probably wouldn't have survived it.
My mother and my father was always outside of my life. I hardly knew him.
My mother and my father was always outside of my life. I hardly knew him.
My mother and my father was always outside of my life. I hardly knew him.
Yes, but not very much. It was fairly laconic and she said, look at me, that's me now. And I did a very, very severe mistake in my life. And my character had to readjust. I'm a different person. I think differently now. And so I accepted it. And, for example, she was never a racist, never deep into Nazi ideology at all.
Yes, but not very much. It was fairly laconic and she said, look at me, that's me now. And I did a very, very severe mistake in my life. And my character had to readjust. I'm a different person. I think differently now. And so I accepted it. And, for example, she was never a racist, never deep into Nazi ideology at all.
Yes, but not very much. It was fairly laconic and she said, look at me, that's me now. And I did a very, very severe mistake in my life. And my character had to readjust. I'm a different person. I think differently now. And so I accepted it. And, for example, she was never a racist, never deep into Nazi ideology at all.