Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

1h 2m
Documentary
2

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.

Cast

Werner Herzog
Self
Michael Shannon
Self
Chloë Sevigny
Self
Herbert Golder
Self
Udo Kier
Self
Michael Peña
Self
Willem Dafoe
Self
Peter Zeitlinger
Self
Grace Zabriskie
Self
Brad Dourif
Self
Ernst Reijseger
Self
Candice Coke
Self
James C. Burns
Self
Brian Sounalath
Self
Gabriel Pimentel
Self

Crew

Herbert Golder
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Ernst Reijseger
Music

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