Of Walking in Ice: Munich-Paris, 23 November-14 December 1974

by Werner Herzog

Book Overview

In late November 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog received a phone call from Paris delivering some terrible news. German film historian, mentor, and close friend Lotte Eisner was seriously ill and dying. Herzog was determined to prevent this and believed that an act of walking would keep Eisner from death. He took a jacket, a compass, and a duffel bag of the barest essentials, and wearing a pair of new boots, set off on a three-week pilgrimage from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816697329
• ISBN13: 9780816697328
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.9"