Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Name: Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Released: 1988-04-30
Duration: 21 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Tom Luddy, Michael Goodwin, Chris Strachwitz

1988·Documentary·21m

7.2

★

Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven.

Directed by Les Blank

eating

shoe

betting

short film

Trailer

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Cast

Werner Herzog

Self

Errol Morris

Self

Tom Luddy

Master of Ceremonies

Alice Waters

Assistant Cook

Crew

Les Blank

Director

Werner Herzog

Writer

Maureen Gosling

Editor

Les Blank

Producer

Les Blank

Cinematography

Harrod Blank

Assistant Camera

Michael Goodwin

Driver

Tom Luddy

Associate Producer

Michael Goodwin

Gaffer

Maureen Gosling

Sound Recordist

Popular Reviews

69 reviews

Zkaramazov

What a guy

MaxRako

8.0★ · 06/18/26

I mean, come on.

Vannin

8.0★ · 06/06/26

Real art

Kapsalon Groot

8.0★ · 05/11/26

To me, Herzog always felt like the prime example of “they don’t make films like this anymore”, this doesn’t mean I think new films are bad or uninteresting, but how many other directors will you see eating a shoe because they made a promise to someone?

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