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IFC Films | Release Date: April 29, 2011
Summary: 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 handful of specialists have stepped foot in the 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. (IFC Films)
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Runtime: 89 min
Rating: Not Rated
Production: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
Genres: History, Documentary
Countries: USA, Germany, UK, France, Canada
Languages: English, German
Home Release Date: Nov 29, 2011
Director Credit
Werner Herzog Director
Writer Credit
Judith Thurman Article "First Impressions"
Werner Herzog Writer
Cast Credit
Carole Fritz Herself
Charles Fathy Interpreter
Dominique Baffier Herself
Gilles Tosello Himself
Jean Clottes Himself
Jean-Michel Geneste Himself
Julien Monney Himself
Maria Malina Herself
Maurice Maurin Himself
Michel Philippe Himself
Nicholas Conard Himself
Werner Herzog Himself
Wulf Hein Himself
Producer Credit
Amy Briamonte Co-Producer
Andrea Anderson Associate Producer
Dave Harding Executive Producer
David McKillop Executive Producer
Erik Nelson Producer
Judith Thurman Co-Producer
Julian Hobbs Executive Producer
Molly Thompson Executive Producer
Phil Fairclough Co-Producer
Tabitha Jackson Executive Producer