Handicapped Future

Handicapped Future
Directed by Werner Herzog
Produced by Werner Herzog
Narrated by Rolf Illig
Cinematography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Edited by Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Release date
1971
Running time
43 minutes
Language German
English

Handicapped Future (German: Behinderte Zukunft) is a 1971 documentary film by Werner Herzog about physically disabled children in Munich.

The film was made at the request of a disabled friend of Herzog's, specifically in order to raise awareness for the cause of the disabled in West Germany.[1] Herzog compares the film to his earlier The Flying Doctors of East Africa in that it has very little stylization, and is, he says, "dangerously conventional."[1] During production of Handicapped Future, Herzog met Fini Straubringer, and this meeting led directly to Herzog's more well-known film Land of Silence and Darkness.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-20708-1.
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