Synopsis
When legendary writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin was dying, he summoned his friend and collaborator Werner Herzog, asking to see his recent film about tribesmen of the Sahara. In exchange, as a parting gift, Chatwin gave Herzog the rucksack he’d carried on his travels around the world. Thirty years later, carrying the rucksack, Herzog sets out on his own epic journey, inspired by their shared passion for the nomadic life. Along the way, Herzog discovers stories of dinosaurs, lost tribes, Aboriginal traditions, wanderers and dreamers. From Patagonia, to the Black Mountains of Wales, to the Australian outback, Nomad offers a fitting and thought-provoking tribute to a man whose work explores human restlessness and wandering, borders and exile, and art and objects. A unique portrait of one of the 20th Century’s most charismatic writers, the film is also a revealing insight into the imagination and obsessions of one of the world’s most visionary directors.
Filmmaker
Werner Herzog
He has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films. He has also published more than a dozen books of prose and directed as many operas.
Filmography: Ghost Elephants (2025, D'A 2026), The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022), Theater of Thought (2022), Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (co-directed, 2020), Family Romance, LLC (2019), Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019, D'A 2020), Meeting Gorbachev (co-directed, 2018), Into the Inferno (2016), Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016), Salt and Fire (2016), Queen of the Desert (2015), Into the Abyss (2011, D'A 2012), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (co-directed, 2010), Bad Lieutenant (2009), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2007), Encounters at the End of The World (2007), Rescue Dawn (2006), Grizzly Man (2005), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005), The White Diamond (2004), Wheel of Time (2003), Invincible (2001), Pilgrimage (2001), My Best Friend (1999), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), Bells From the Deep (1993), Scream of Stone (1991), Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (1990), Cobra Verde (1987), Where the Green Ants Dream (1984), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Stroszek (1977), Heart of Glass (1976), The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (mid-length, 1974), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972), Fata Morgana (1971), Land of Silence and Darkness (1971), Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970), Signs of Life (1968)
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