Rudolph Herzog | director

Films + Projects


THE AGENT	A film on the Stasi's top nuclear spy and double agent...	(+)
A SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY	A book on bizarre "mishaps" with nuclear technology...	(+)
AMUNDSEN - LOST IN THE ARCTIC	A film on the mysterious disappearance of the man who beat Scott to the South Pole...	(+)
DEAD FUNNY	A book about humour in the "Third Reich"...	(+)
VE HAVE VAYS OF MAKING YOU LAUGH	Jokes about Hitler could get you killed...	(+)
THE HEIST	Real criminal masterminds attempt the perfect crime...	(+)
LOST ON THE ATLANTIC	11 daredevils cross the Atlantic on a Stone Age raft...	(+)
THE WHITE DIAMOND	Hazardous voyage of a jungle airship...	(+)
GALILEO MYSTERY	The world's greatest mysteries investigated...	(+)
THE BALL IS A SCUMBAG	Portrait of an eccentric soccer coach...	(+)
NEXT YEAR’S ROSE	A philosophical film on death...	(+)
BALANCE: PHILIPPE PETIT	"Man on Wire" Philippe Petit visits ground zero...	(+)

Press quotes

THE HEIST

This show has a flavour of such movies as „The Lavender Hill Mob“, laced with contemporary excitement of „Mission Impossible“.
As hidden cameras followed the attempted theft, we can only hold our breath.
- THE OBSERVER

A SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY

"In spite of the daunting subject, this makes compelling and, ultimately, entertaining reading"
DER FALTER (VIENNA)

LOST ON THE ATLANTIC

"Filmaker Rudolph Herzog succeeds in putting across the full drama of this daring adventure [...] In the stillness of one's sitting-room, one is nothing short of amazed - and how often is one truly astonished in front of the television?"
BERLINER ZEITUNG

THE HEIST

Critic‘s Choice * * * * *
- DAILY EXPRESS

DEAD FUNNY

"a concise, compelling book"
-THE INDEPENDENT

THE AGENT

"The story of Werner Stiller, which film director Rudolph Herzog wants to tell as a 'study of mores' has every ingredient a juicy spy thriller needs."
-TAGESSPIEGEL

LOST ON THE ATLANTIC

"Spectacular."
TV SPIELFILM

DEAD FUNNY

"A thrilling book"
—DER SPIEGEL

THE WHITE DIAMOND

a symphony of pristine images
Film of the Year.
-TIME

THE HEIST

TV Choice of the Day
- THE TIMES

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