Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Trailer: Echoes from a Sombre Empire
Year: 1990
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Sera Filmproduktions, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Films sans frontières
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Michael Goldsmith, Werner Herzog, Augustine Assemat, David Dacko, Francis Szpiner, François Gibault
Crew: Werner Herzog (Director), Martin Manz (Cinematography), Rainer Standke (Editor), Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein (Cinematography), Werner Herzog (Producer), Thomas Balkenhol (Editor)

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