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Last Words
Directed byWerner Herzog
Written byWerner Herzog
Produced byWerner Herzog
CinematographyThomas Mauch
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Release date

  • 1968 (1968)

Running time

13 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGreek

Last Words (German: Letzte Worte) is a 1968 short filmbyWerner Herzog shot in Crete and on the island of Spinalonga. The film was shot in two days during the filming of Herzog's feature Signs of Life, and edited in one day.[1]

Premise[edit]

The film tells the story of the last man to leave the abandoned island of Spinalonga, which had been used as a leper colony. The man refused to leave, and so was forcibly removed. He now lives in Crete, where he plays the Cretan lyra at nights in a bar, and refuses to speak. The film's narrative style is very unconventional, with most characters speaking their lines several times repeatedly in long takes. The man from the island has the most spoken lines of any character, as he repeatedly explains that he refuses to speak, even a single word.

Cast (uncredited)[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-20708-4.

External links[edit]


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