Aguirre, the Wrath of God 4K Blu-ray
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Posted August 5, 2025 05:14 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided final details for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God(1972), starring Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, and Peter Berling. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on August 25.
Description: A visceral, ambitious exploration of megalomania and savage beauty, with Klaus Kinski in one of his greatest and most acclaimed roles, Aguirre, The Wrath of God – now newly restored in 4K – remains one of Werner Herzog's most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema's totemic masterpieces.
Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle near Machu Picchu, the film stars the legendarily volatile Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) as Don Lope de Aguirre, a power-crazed 16th-century explorer who leads a troupe of conquistadors on a doomed expedition in search of El Dorado, the fabled City of Gold.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: A visceral, ambitious exploration of megalomania and savage beauty, with Klaus Kinski in one of his greatest and most acclaimed roles, Aguirre, The Wrath of God – now newly restored in 4K – remains one of Werner Herzog's most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema's totemic masterpieces.
Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle near Machu Picchu, the film stars the legendarily volatile Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) as Don Lope de Aguirre, a power-crazed 16th-century explorer who leads a troupe of conquistadors on a doomed expedition in search of El Dorado, the fabled City of Gold.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary with Werner Herzog on Aguirre, The Wrath of God and with Herzog and actor and filmmaker Crispin Glover on Fata Morgana
- Mark Kermode introduces Aguirre, The Wrath of God (2024, 3 mins): the critic provides his personal introduction to Herzog's film
- A Raft of Troubles: Herzog, Kinski and the Art of Darkness (2025, 19 mins): film historian Nic Wassell considers truth, fiction, myth, spectacle and the palpable sense of danger exuded by Aguirre
- The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967, 16 mins): symbolic drama in which four young men prepare to face an imagined enemy
- Last Words (1968, 13 mins): a film about the last man to leave a former leper colony
- Precautions Against Fanatics (1969, 11 mins): satire about horse-racing enthusiasts
- Fata Morgana (1971, 77 mins): hallucinatory film exploring mirages and the Mayan creation myth
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Original mono audio (German and English)
- Alternative 5.1 surround audio (German)
- First Pressing Only: Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Geoff Andrew, together with archival essays by Laurie Johnson, Kim Heaney, and Richard Combs, notes on the special features and credits
