Handicapped Future
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Directed byWerner Herzog
Produced byWerner Herzog
Narrated byRolf Illig
CinematographyJörg Schmidt-Reitwein
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by | Werner Herzog |
| Narrated by | Rolf Illig |
| Cinematography | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein |
| Edited by | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
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Running time | 43 minutes |
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Handicapped Future (German: Behinderte Zukunft) is a 1971 documentary film by Werner Herzog about physically disabled children in Munich.
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.[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."[1] During production of Handicapped Future, Herzog met Fini Straubringer, and this meeting led directly to Herzog's more well-known film Land of Silence and Darkness.[1]
