My Best Fiend
May 17, 1999 | IMDB 7.3
95 min Watch NowDocumentary
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
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