Nov 03, 2010
90 min
Full-HD

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

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Documentary

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creative differences History films Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ARTE

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Dominique Baffier

Self

Jean Clottes

Self

Jean-Michel Geneste

Self

Michel Philippe

Self

Gilles Tosello

Self

Carole Fritz

Self

Maria Malina

Self

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