Grizzly Man

Herzog’s respectful but bemused documentary about an environmentalist who chose to live among Alaskan grizzly bears.

  • Director

    Werner Herzog

  • USA 2005. 104min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

For years, failed-actor-turned-environmentalist Timothy Treadwell spent his summers in Alaska, filming his encounters with the grizzly bears he claimed were his friends. Then one of them killed and devoured him and his girlfriend. Pondering Treadwell’s videos, interviewing experts and commentators, Herzog constructs a respectful but bemused essay that contemplates both the motivations and personalities of the couple, and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

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