Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Werner Herzog

Self

Age : 82 | Popularity : 80%

Michael Shannon

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 89%

Chloë Sevigny

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Herbert Golder

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Udo Kier

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Michael Peña

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Willem Dafoe

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Peter Zeitlinger

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Herbert Golder
Writing	Writer	Herbert Golder
Sound	Music	Ernst Reijseger
Production	Producer	Herbert Golder
Camera	Director of Photography	Herbert Golder
Department	Role	Name

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