The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Original title: The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
2022 · 1 h 24 min
Cast
Harry Glicken 
Werner Herzog 
Katia Krafft 
Maurice Krafft
Credits
Written by: Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Henning Brümmer
Music: Ernst Reijseger
Produced by: Julien Dumont Mandy Leith Peter Lown Cedric Magnin
Plot
Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the extraordinary footage of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who died in a 1991 eruption.
Sinekatalog’s take
Werner Herzog's documentary is awe-struck and elegiac, a tribute assembled almost entirely from the Kraffts' own film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (3,115 votes)
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