Aguirre, Wrath of God [Blu-ray] Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski

Low-budget, yes, but an astonishingly crafted and hypnotic look at hubris and ambition. The style of the film is very like a documentary, matter-of-fact in its depiction of a small band of Spanish conquerors whose reach exceeds their grasp. The obsessed Aguirre, played by Klaus Kinski, is an extraordinary anti-hero, a mixture of Richard III and Alexander the Great.

After ordering this blu-ray I received an email informing me that the cover and certain labelling etc. would not be in English, but that the film would be.This is true, the film itself has the English soundtrack available by choice.But......the extras on the disc, such as Herzog's voice over commentary and the 90 minute documentary about Klaus Kinsky: "Mein Liebster Feind" do not have any English subtitles available, so unless you speak German, you won't be able to understand them.The film itself looks glorious, vibrant, clean and clear and its stunning moments are extraordinary, so it is worth the price just to see "Aguirre..." so refreshingly new.But it should be made much clearer on the product description that much of the extra material on the disc has no English at all. This was a great disappointment.

Exactly as described and delivered only 2 days after I ordered it from abroad.

The copy I received is clearly not genuine. It is a very poor quality copy spoken in German over the original English, and with English subtitles. I was looking forward to watching this with my family and after a few minutes we realised we'd been sold a pirated copy.

I liked

Not a true story. So just fiction. If you take this on board, it is quite absorbing.

Fantastic film, fantastic music, impressive images, a must see

very odd