Cast
Documentary
Credits
Written by: 
Werner Herzog
Music: Blind Faith Leonard Cohen François Couperin
Produced by: Werner Herzog
Plot
A film of images of the Sahara.
Sinekatalog’s take
Werner Herzog's Sahara film lingers on mirages, wrecks and plane crashes while creation-myth texts and Leonard Cohen play. Dreamy, hypnotic and strange, it is a haunting, poetic early documentary-fantasy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (4,507 votes)
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