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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010G1h 30m7.1 / 10
Humanity's Lost Masterpiece... in 3D
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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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Cast
Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)
Dominique BaffierSelf
Jean ClottesSelf
Jean-Michel GenesteSelfMichel PhilippeSelf
Gilles ToselloSelf
Carole FritzSelf
Maria MalinaSelf
Credits
- Directed by
- Werner Herzog
- Written by
- Werner Herzog, Judith Thurman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $6.5M
Production
- creative differences
- History films
Werner Herzog FilmproduktionGermany
ARTEFrance
Themes
cavecave paintingprehistoryscientistsouthern france
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