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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

  • Documentary

August 1, 2017 (US)

1h 2m

All men dream, but not equally...

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was su...

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