My Best Fiend
1999 · Movie · Not Rated · 99 min · ★ 7.3 · 74% critics
This documentary examines the love-hate partnership between a director and a volatile actor, exploring how their bond of trust coexisted with nonstop clashes. It looks at their separately developing plans to turn on each other, alongside stories from behind the scenes.
Also known as My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski
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Details
- Original title
- Mein liebster Feind
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-05-17
- Language
- German
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (215 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like director-actor collaborations like those explored in Into the Inferno and Lessons of Darkness, and want a personal, wry look at a famously explosive relationship; Not for you if you prefer a balanced, objective portrait or dislike heavy behind-the-scenes conflict.
Pros: entertaining partnership stories; wry humor; personal Herzog perspective | Cons: intense dysfunction focus; some repetitive material; subjective viewpoint
Themes
- central and south america
- complex relationship
- film director
- student mentor relationship
- famous actor
- employee boss relationship
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Documentary · 1999 · nominated
Cast & crew
Werner Herzog
as Self
Klaus Kinski
as Self (archive footage)
Claude Cardinale
as Self
Eva Mattes
as Self
- BR
Baron van der Recke
as Self
- JS
José Koechlin von Stein
as Self
- BP
Bill Pence
as Self
- BR
Baronin van der Recke
as Self
- BP
Beat Presser
as Self (archive footage)
Guillermo Ríos
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Werner Herzog