The Werner Herzog Collection – an extensive 8-disc Blu-ray box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director.

The set features digitally remastered presentations of classics such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog’s hugely acclaimed short films.

Extras include Jack Bond’s long-unseen South Bank Show episode on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams.

Films:

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz 1967 | 1.33:1 | black and white

Last Words 1968 

Precautions Against Fanatics 1969 

Handicapped Future 1970 

Fata Morgana 1971

Land Of Silence and Darkness 1971 

Aguirre, Wrath of God 1972

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner 1975 

Heart of Glass 1976 

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck 1976 

Stroszek 1977

Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 

Woyzeck 1979 

Huie's Sermon 1980 

God's Angry Man 1980 

Fitzcarraldo 1982 

Cobra Verde 1987 

Extras:

All films remastered to High Definition

Alternative German and English versions of selected titles

Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles

Optional 5,1 German and English audio on selected titles

Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)

Werner Herzog Eats His shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 21 mins)

Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 95 mins)

Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins, audio only)

The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 56 mins)

Original trailer on selected titles

Stills Galleries on selected titles

Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits