- Handicapped Future
Infobox_Film
name = Handicapped Future
caption =
director =Werner Herzog
producer =Werner Herzog
narrator =Rolf Illig
cinematography =Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
editing =Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
starring =
music =
released =1971
runtime = 43 minutes
language = German
English
imdb_id = 0066820"Handicapped Future" ( _de. Behinderte Zukunft) is a 1971
documentary film byWerner Herzog about physically disabled children inMunich .The film was made at the request of a disabled friend of Herzog's, specifically in order to raise awareness for the cause of the disabled in
West Germany .cite book
last = Herzog
first = Werner
title = Herzog on Herzog
publisher =Faber and Faber
date = 2001
isbn = 0-571-20708-1 ] Herzog compares the film to his earlier "The Flying Doctors of East Africa " in that it has very little stylization, and is, he says, "dangerously conventional." During production of "Handicapped Future", Herzog metFini Straubringer , and this meeting led directly to Herzog's more well-known film "Land of Silence and Darkness ".References
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