Film · 2004

The White Diamond

Name: The White Diamond
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-11-13

90 min · Directed by Werner Herzog

Documentary

6.982
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This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.

Cast

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

G

Graham Dorrington

Self

A

Annette Scheurich

Self

M

Marc Anthony Yhap

Self

D

Dieter Plage

Self (archive footage)

A

Adrian de Schryver

Self (archive footage)

M

Michael Wilk

Self

A

Anthony Melville

Self

J

Jan-Peter Meewes

Self

J

Jason Gibson

Self

Crew

Director: Werner Herzog
Producer: Rudolph Herzog, Annette Scheurich
Writer: Rudolph Herzog, Marion Pöllmann, Werner Herzog, Annette Scheurich, Rainer Bergomaz
Editor: Joe Bini
Cinematography: Henning Brümmer, Klaus Scheurich
Composer: Eric Spitzer, Ernst Reijseger

Details

Studios: Marco Polo Film AG, NDR Naturfilm, BBC Storyville
Countries: Afghanistan, Germany, Japan
Languages: German, English
Release: November 13, 2004

Themes

hot air balloonwaterfallaviationairshipjungleguyanaswift (bird)

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