A report about an inevitable catastrophe that did not take place...

German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
31 minutes, 16 mm, colour, 1977


CAST
Participants: Inhabitants of the Isle of Guadeloupe



CREW

Director: Werner Herzog
Production Manager: Walter Saxer
Director of Photography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Sound Engineer: Werner Herzog
Assistant Camera: Ed Lachman


GENERAL

Original Title: LA SOUFRIÈRE
Original Screenplay: Werner Herzog

Year of production: 1977
Duration: 31 min.
Length: 338 m
Format: 16 mm

Original language: version German
Additional language versions (links to dialogue/subtitle-lists): Engl/French/Span/Ital

Colour: - b/w colour

Location: Gouadeloupe

Music
Rachmaninoff: 2. Konzert für Klavier u. Orchester e-moll op. 18, aus d. 2. Satz (adagio sostenuto)
Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte Nr. 1
Brahms: Wiegenlied meiner Schmerzen, Intermezzo op. 117 Nr. 1
Wagner: Götterdämmerung/Trauermarsch

Production Company: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Co-Producer: SDR, Stuttgart
Laboratory: Geyer, Berlin
Sound Studio: Geyer, Berlin
Budget 70.000 DM
Rating: 6 years

Awards
Bundesfilmpreis 1978 Filmband Silber


DISTRIBUTION
Germany: SDR, Stuttgart
World: Werner Herzog Film - World Sales
Available Formats: 35/16mm, Video