Last Words (film)

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Last Words
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Directed by Werner Herzog
Produced by Werner Herzog
Written by Werner Herzog
Cinematography Thomas Mauch
Edited by Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Release dates
1968
Running time
13 min.
Country West Germany
Language Greek

Last Words (German: Letzte Worte) is a 1968 short film by Werner Herzog shot in Crete and on the island of Spinalonga. The film was shot in two days during the filming of Herzog's feature Signs of Life, and edited in one day.[1]

The film tells a story of the last man to leave the abandoned island of Spinalonga, which had been used as a leper colony. The man refused to leave, and so was forcibly removed. He now lives in Crete, where he plays the lyre at nights in a bar, and refuses to speak. The film's narrative style is very unconventional, with most characters speaking their lines several times repeatedly in long takes. The man from the island has the most spoken lines of any character, as he repeatedly explains that he refuses to speak, even a single word.

Cast (uncredited)

References

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