My Best Fiend (Mein liebster Feind) 25 years old

My Best Fiend

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.

Credits

My Best Fiend Cast

Name Character
Claudia Cardinale She was 61, now 86 years old as Herself
Jason Robards He was 76, 78 years old when he died as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Klaus Kinski He was 72, 65 years old when he died as Himself
Werner Herzog He was 56, now 82 years old as Himself
Eva Mattes She was 44, now 70 years old as Herself
Thomas Mauch He was 62, now 87 years old as Himself
Mick Jagger He was 55, now 81 years old as Himself - Wilbur (archive footage)
Beat Presser He was 46, now 72 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Baronin van der Recke as Herself
Guillermo Ríos He was 83, now 108 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Benino Moreno Placido as Himself (also archive footage)
Baron van der Recke as Himself
Walter Saxer He was 51, now 77 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Andrés Vicente He was 42, now 68 years old as Himself (archive footage)
Justo González as Himself (also archive footage)

My Best Fiend Crew

Name Department
Joe Bini as Editor. He was 36 (now 61) years old Editing
Popol Vuh as Original Music Composer. Sound
Lucki Stipetić as Producer. Production
Christine Ruppert as Executive Producer. Production
Hubertus Rath as Sound Mixer. Sound
Andre Singer as Executive Producer. He was 54 (now 79) years old Production
Sabine Rollberg as Producer. She was 45 (now 71) years old Production
James Mitchell as Executive Producer. He was 79 (89) years old when He died Production
Ulrich Bergfelder as Production Design. Art
Ulrich Bergfelder as Production Manager. Production
Eric Spitzer as Sound Designer. Sound
My Best Fiend poster
My Best Fiend (25 years)

  • Release day: Monday, May 17, 1999
  • Runtime: 95 minutes