KUMU DOC : PÖFF

Heracles

Local title
Herakles
Title in Russian
Herakles
Director
Werner Herzog
Year
1962
Programme
Kumu Documentary

"Herakles" is a 1962 short film and the first film by the German director Werner Herzog, then 20 years old. The film relates to six of the twelve labors of Heracles. The film starts with shots of young male bodybuilders working out in a gym, posing on a stage and flexing their muscles. Each of the labors are then announced by on-screen text in the form of a question, followed by related scenes of modern challenges inter-cut with the bodybuilders.

Director
Werner Herzog
Runtime