CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

By Werner HERZOG

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Documentary - Completed 2010

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. He puts 3D technology to a profound use, taking us back in time over 30,000 years.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2011
Competition
Festival de Cannes 2012
Doc Corner
    • Year of production
    • 2010
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Werner HERZOG
    • Writer(s)
    • Werner HERZOG
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/F842-C255-9347-D986-295F-A
    • Producer(s)
    • Erik NELSON, Adrienne CIUFFO
    • Synopsis
    • For over 20,000 years, Chauvet Cave has been completely sealed off by a fallen rock face, its crystal-encrusted interior as large as a football field and strewn with the petrified remains of giant ice age mammals. In 1994, scientists discovered the caverns, and found hundreds of pristine paintings within, spectacular artwork dating back over 30,000 years (almost twice as old as any previous finds) to a time when Neanderthals still roamed the earth and cave bears, mammoths, and ice age lions were the dominant populations of Europe. Since then, only a few people have been allowed access into Chauvet Cave, and the true scope of its contents had largely gone unfelt—until Werner Herzog managed to gain access. Filming in 3D, Herzog captures the wonder and beauty of one of the most awe-inspiring sites on earth, all the while musing in his inimitable fashion about its original inhabitants, the birth of art, and the curious people surrounding the caves today.