Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

62 mins | Documentary | Aug. 1, 2017

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.

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

62 mins | Documentary | Aug. 1, 2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
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.
Producers Redlog Pictures
Original title Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Directors Herbert Golder
Writers Herbert Golder

Cast

Werner Herzog

as Himself

Michael Shannon

as Himself

Chloë Sevigny

as Herself

Herbert Golder

as Himself

Udo Kier

as Himself

Michael Peña

as Himself

Willem Dafoe

as Himself

Grace Zabriskie

as Self

Brad Dourif

as Self

Ernst Reijseger

as Self

Candice Coke

as Self

James C. Burns

as Self

Brian Sounalath

as Self