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Iconic director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) once again takes us on an incredible adventure, going behind the frontier of an extraordinary place. Overcoming considerable challenges, Herzog captures the stunning majesty of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, where the world's oldest cave paintings have been discovered. Herzog reveals a breath-taking subterranean world including the 32,000-year-old artworks in his own inimitable style. With humorous and engaging narration Herzog reflects on our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what it means to be human.

2011 · 1h 30m
Director Werner Herzog

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

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Iconic director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) once again takes us on an incredible adventure, going behind the frontier of an extraordinary place. Overcoming considerable challenges, Herzog captures the stunning majesty of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, where the world's oldest cave paintings have been discovered. Herzog reveals a breath-taking subterranean world including the 32,000-year-old artworks in his own inimitable style. With humorous and engaging narration Herzog reflects on our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what it means to be human.

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Average 7.9
Reviews 136
Fresh 131
Rotten 5

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Studio
Arte France, Creative Differences, History Films, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, More4, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 30 min
Rated
G
Regions of Origin
Canada, United States, France, Germany
© 2010 2010 Creative Differences Productions, INC.

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, English (Canada)
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Russian (Russia) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)