Werner Herzog on defining the truth, fake news and meeting Gorbachev - a podcast by Channel 4 News

Werner Herzog is a world-renowned German film director, screenwriter, author, actor and opera director.

 

He has produced, written and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films and published more than a dozen books.

 

His latest film, Family Romance LLC, is a tragiccomedy shot like a documentary, which tells the story of a Tokyo company that offers stand-ins for absent family and admirers.

 

Herzog talks to Krishnan about drawing the lines between fact and fiction, history repeating itself and why he doesn't watch many films. 

 

Producer: Rachel Evans