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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Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Dominique Baffier
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Jean Clottes
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Jean-Michel Geneste
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Michel Philippe
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Gilles Tosello
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Carole Fritz
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Maria Malina
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Nicholas Conard
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Valerie Feruglio
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Director
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Werner Herzog
Tagline
"Humanity's Lost Masterpiece... in 3D"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$6,467,348
Production
creative differences, History films, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ARTE
Matt Golden
July 21, 2013
There is little preamble to Cave of Forgotten Dreams. No attempt to graft a larger narrative (indeed, a narrative at all) on the picture, no lengthy introductions of the cast of scientists, archaeologists, and filmmakers with whom you'll spend the next hour and a half. The credits are quick and unadorned, and over them, the unique and unmistakable voice of director Werner Herzog intones, in his in...
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