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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017, English. Directed by Herbert Golder.

All men dream, but not equally...

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.

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English
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NR

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Released
1 August 2017
Country
United States of America
Written by
Herbert Golder
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017) was directed by Herbert Golder and stars Werner Herzog, Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny.

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