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WERNER HERZOG FILMS SET FOR EXCLUSIVE SVOD DEBUT ON FANDOR

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SAN FRANCISCO (April 3, 2014) – Fandor announced today that the company has secured exclusive SVOD distribution rights to a collection of Werner Herzog films from Shout! Factory. The films are set to bow on the curated service beginning April 10th with a new film launching each week through July 2014.

Herzog is considered one of the greatest figures of New German Cinema and his films have screened for audiences worldwide. The sixteen films included in this deal span three decades, incorporating both fiction and documentary and  ranging from widely recognized titles (Fitzcarraldo,  My Best Fiend) to the earliest works (Even Dwarfs Started Small) from the master director, giving both new and existing fans the opportunity to diversify and enhance their awareness of Herzog’s extraordinary films.

“Fandor is actively acquiring great filmmakers’ libraries, from shorts to docs to features, providing significant curation and deep context for their audiences while mobilizing all into an active community,” said Ted Hope, CEO of Fandor.  “The addition of Werner Herzog’s films furthers our mission to preserve and advance film culture by making important and oftentimes rare films accessible to wider audiences.”

Herzog’s films will be available alongside collections by noted filmmakers such as Hal Hartley, Albert Maysles, Luis Bunuel, Agnès Varda, and Andrei Tarkovsky, among others.

“Werner Herzog is one of the most lauded and influential filmmakers of the last forty-five years,” said Fandor Chief Content Officer Jonathan Marlow.  “His remarkable work have given us an insight into many of the most fascinating individuals and incredible stories in the world.”

The films making their debut on Fandor are:

 

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Starring:  Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Peter Berling

Spanish conquistadores disappear into the jungle without a trace while searching for the legendary El Dorado.

 

Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)

Directed by Werner Herzog and Denis Reichle

A documentary film about child soldiers tragically caught up in the Miskito Indian resistance of Nicaragua.

 

Cobra Verde (1987)

Starring: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Peter Berling

Based on the best-selling novel “The Viceroy of Ouidah” by Bruce Chatwin, Cobra Verde tells the fascinating story of Francisco Manoel da Silva.

 

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)

Starring:  Helmut Döring, Gerd Gickel, Erna Gschwendtner

Werner Herzog’s bleak vision of rebellion and the resulting mayhem in an institution.

 

Fata Morgana (1970)

Fata Morgana (“Mirage”) is a science-fiction elegy of dead or demented colonialism in the Sahara.

 

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Starring:  Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Peter Berling

An opera aficionado’s determination to build an opera house in Peru leads to an ambitious effort to pull a boat over a mountain.

 

The Enigma of Kasper Hauser (1974)

Starring:  Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira

A mysterious foundling emerges from a dark cellar where he has spent his youth and, as if he had arrived from another planet, he has no concept of this world.  Based on a true story.

 

Heart of Glass (1976)

Starring:  Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Volker Prechtel

A figure has apocalyptic visions and foresees destruction and collective madness.

 

Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)

Featuring:  Fini Straubinger

The heroine of this documentary is a blind and deaf woman whose job is to help others similarly afflicted.

 

Lessons of Darkness (1992)

An apocalyptic vision of the oil well fires in Kuwait after the Gulf War as a whole world burst into flames.

 

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

A documentary about the extraordinary capture and escape of the German/U.S. pilot Dieter Dengler in Laos.

 

My Best Fiend (1999)

A film about the love/hate relationship between Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski.

 

Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1978)

Starring:  Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani

An homage to F.W. Murnau’s silent classic, this richly-drawn version of the Dracula tale is one of Herzog’s most beautiful and haunting films.

 

Stroszek (1976)

Starring:  Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Burkhard Driest, Prinz von Homburg

The story of a man for whom there is no place in society and his attempts to find freedom and fortune in America.

 

Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

Starring:  Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Keye

In a desolate stretch of earth somewhere in the heart of Australia, a group of tribal Aborigines struggle to defend a sacred site against the bulldozers of a mining company.

 

Woyzeck (1979)

Starring:  Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes

The powerful story of the poor soldier, Woyzeck, who is driven to madness and murder by the social conditions in which he lives.  Based on the stage play by Georg Büchner.

 

Aguirre, The Wrath Of God, will be the first to be offered on April 10, 2014 and the films will continue to roll-out on the service once a week into July 2014.
The deal for Werner Herzog’s films was negotiated by Fandor’s Ted Hope and Jonathan Marlow with Meyer Schwarzstein of Brainstorm Media on behalf of Shout! Factory.

 

 

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About Fandor

Fandor is where the film community comes together, where filmmakers and enthusiasts are advancing film culture, and where audiences are connecting with films across genres and decades. Fandor offers a broad library of independent and international cinema specially curated to make discovering new and classic favorites easy and accessible.   Fandor’s member-based service allows audiences to watch unlimited movies wherever they are:  on TVs, computers and mobile devices. Fandor showcases and supports the world’s best filmmakers and returns half its revenue to them. For more information, visit www.Fandor.com.

 

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