Last Words (1968 film)

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]

Last Words
Directed byWerner Herzog
Produced byWerner Herzog
Written byWerner Herzog
CinematographyThomas Mauch
Edited byBeate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGreek

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)
gollark: Yes, that does tend to be necessary.
gollark: It cannot, in fact, speak HTTPS.
gollark: Nope.
gollark: Does the binary say anything? Did you try with curl?
gollark: The page for dwm literally states it as an advantage of it.

References
  1. Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-20708-4.
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