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Filmography
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Known For
Fitzcarraldo Director (1982) -
Aguirre, the Wrath of God Director (1972) -
Jack Reacher The Zec (2012) -
Known For
Grizzly Man Director (2005) -
Director
Meeting Gorbachev (2018) -
Into the Inferno (2016) -
Salt and Fire (2016) -
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Queen of the Desert (2015) -
On Death Row (2012-2013) -
From One Second to the Next (2013) -
The Killers: Unstaged (2012) -
Into the Abyss (2011) -
Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011) -
![Happy People: A Year in the Taiga]( "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga")
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![Cave of Forgotten Dreams]( "Cave of Forgotten Dreams")
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) -
![My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done]( "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done")
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![La Bohème]( "La Bohème")
La Bohème (2009) -
![Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]( "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans")
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![Encounters at the End of the World]( "Encounters at the End of the World")
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![Rescue Dawn]( "Rescue Dawn")
Rescue Dawn (2006) -
![The Wild Blue Yonder]( "The Wild Blue Yonder")
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) -
![Grizzly Man]( "Grizzly Man")
Grizzly Man (2005) -
![The White Diamond]( "The White Diamond")
The White Diamond (2004) -
![Wheel of Time]( "Wheel of Time")
Wheel of Time (2003) -
![Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet]( "Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet")
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![Pilgrimage]( "Pilgrimage")
Pilgrimage (2001) -
![Invincible]( "Invincible")
Invincible (2001) -
![Wings of Hope]( "Wings of Hope")
Wings of Hope (2000) -
![2000 Years of Christianity]( "2000 Years of Christianity")
2000 Years of Christianity (1999) -
![My Best Fiend]( "My Best Fiend")
My Best Fiend (1999) -
Hell Ride (1998)
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![Little Dieter Needs to Fly]( "Little Dieter Needs to Fly")
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) -
![The Transformation of the World Into Music]( "The Transformation of the World Into Music")
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![Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices]( "Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices")
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![Bells from the Deep]( "Bells from the Deep")
Bells from the Deep (1993) -
![Lessons of Darkness]( "Lessons of Darkness")
Lessons of Darkness (1992) -
Filmstunde (1991-1992)
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![Jag Mandir]( "Jag Mandir")
Jag Mandir (1991) -
![Scream of Stone]( "Scream of Stone")
Scream of Stone (1991) -
![Echoes From a Somber Empire]( "Echoes From a Somber Empire")
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990) -
![Joan of Arc]( "Joan of Arc")
Joan of Arc (1989) -
![Herdsmen of the Sun]( "Herdsmen of the Sun")
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) -
![The French as Seen by...]( "The French as Seen by...")
The French as Seen by... (1988) -
![Cobra Verde]( "Cobra Verde")
Cobra Verde (1987) -
![Portrait Werner Herzog]( "Portrait Werner Herzog")
Portrait Werner Herzog (1986) -
![The Dark Glow of the Mountains]( "The Dark Glow of the Mountains")
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![Ballad of the Little Soldier]( "Ballad of the Little Soldier")
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) -
![Where the Green Ants Dream]( "Where the Green Ants Dream")
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) -
![Fitzcarraldo]( "Fitzcarraldo")
Fitzcarraldo (1982) -
![Huie's Sermon]( "Huie's Sermon")
Huie's Sermon (1981) -
![God's Angry Man]( "God's Angry Man")
God's Angry Man (1981) -
![Woyzeck]( "Woyzeck")
Woyzeck (1979) -
![Nosferatu the Vampyre]( "Nosferatu the Vampyre")
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) -
![La Soufrière]( "La Soufrière")
La Soufrière (1977) -
![Stroszek]( "Stroszek")
Stroszek (1977) -
No One Will Play with Me (1976)
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![Heart of Glass]( "Heart of Glass")
Heart of Glass (1976) -
![How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...]( "How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...")
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![The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser]( "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser")
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) -
![The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner]( "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner")
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![Aguirre, the Wrath of God]( "Aguirre, the Wrath of God")
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) -
![Handicapped Future]( "Handicapped Future")
Handicapped Future (1971) -
![Land of Silence and Darkness]( "Land of Silence and Darkness")
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) -
![Fata Morgana]( "Fata Morgana")
Fata Morgana (1971) -
![Even Dwarfs Started Small]( "Even Dwarfs Started Small")
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) -
![The Flying Doctors of East Africa]( "The Flying Doctors of East Africa")
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![Precautions Against Fanatics]( "Precautions Against Fanatics")
Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) -
![Signs of Life]( "Signs of Life")
Signs of Life (1968) -
![Last Words]( "Last Words")
Last Words (1968) -
![The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz]( "The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz")
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Game in the Sand (1964)
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Director
![Herakles]( "Herakles")
Herakles (1962) -
Writer
![Into the Inferno]( "Into the Inferno")
Into the Inferno (2016) -
![Salt and Fire]( "Salt and Fire")
Salt and Fire (2016) -
![Queen of the Desert]( "Queen of the Desert")
Queen of the Desert (2015) -
![On Death Row]( "On Death Row")
On Death Row (2012) -
![Into the Abyss]( "Into the Abyss")
Into the Abyss (2011) -
![Happy People: A Year in the Taiga]( "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga")
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![Cave of Forgotten Dreams]( "Cave of Forgotten Dreams")
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) -
![My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done]( "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done")
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![Mr.Werner Herzog! My Best Friends! Meet at Tamsui!]( "Mr.Werner Herzog! My Best Friends! Meet at Tamsui!")
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![Encounters at the End of the World]( "Encounters at the End of the World")
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![Rescue Dawn]( "Rescue Dawn")
Rescue Dawn (2006) -
![The Wild Blue Yonder]( "The Wild Blue Yonder")
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) -
![Grizzly Man]( "Grizzly Man")
Grizzly Man (2005) -
![The White Diamond]( "The White Diamond")
The White Diamond (2004) -
![Wheel of Time]( "Wheel of Time")
Wheel of Time (2003) -
![El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo]( "El hambre en el mundo explicada a mi hijo")
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![Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet]( "Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet")
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![Invincible]( "Invincible")
Invincible (2001) -
![Wings of Hope]( "Wings of Hope")
Wings of Hope (2000) -
![2000 Years of Christianity]( "2000 Years of Christianity")
2000 Years of Christianity (1999) -
Hell Ride (1998)
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![Little Dieter Needs to Fly]( "Little Dieter Needs to Fly")
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) -
![The Transformation of the World Into Music]( "The Transformation of the World Into Music")
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![Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices]( "Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices")
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![Bells from the Deep]( "Bells from the Deep")
Bells from the Deep (1993) -
![Lessons of Darkness]( "Lessons of Darkness")
Lessons of Darkness (1992) -
![Jag Mandir]( "Jag Mandir")
Jag Mandir (1991) -
![Echoes From a Somber Empire]( "Echoes From a Somber Empire")
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990) -
![Herdsmen of the Sun]( "Herdsmen of the Sun")
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) -
![Cobra Verde]( "Cobra Verde")
Cobra Verde (1987) -
![Portrait Werner Herzog]( "Portrait Werner Herzog")
Portrait Werner Herzog (1986) -
![The Dark Glow of the Mountains]( "The Dark Glow of the Mountains")
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![Ballad of the Little Soldier]( "Ballad of the Little Soldier")
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) -
![Where the Green Ants Dream]( "Where the Green Ants Dream")
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) -
![Fitzcarraldo]( "Fitzcarraldo")
Fitzcarraldo (1982) -
![God's Angry Man]( "God's Angry Man")
God's Angry Man (1981) -
![Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe]( "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe")
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980) -
![Woyzeck]( "Woyzeck")
Woyzeck (1979) -
![Nosferatu the Vampyre]( "Nosferatu the Vampyre")
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) -
![Stroszek]( "Stroszek")
Stroszek (1977) -
![Heart of Glass]( "Heart of Glass")
Heart of Glass (1976) -
![The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser]( "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser")
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) -
![The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner]( "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner")
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![Aguirre, the Wrath of God]( "Aguirre, the Wrath of God")
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) -
![Handicapped Future]( "Handicapped Future")
Handicapped Future (1971) -
![Land of Silence and Darkness]( "Land of Silence and Darkness")
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) -
![Fata Morgana]( "Fata Morgana")
Fata Morgana (1971) -
![Even Dwarfs Started Small]( "Even Dwarfs Started Small")
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) -
![The Flying Doctors of East Africa]( "The Flying Doctors of East Africa")
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![Precautions Against Fanatics]( "Precautions Against Fanatics")
Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) -
![Signs of Life]( "Signs of Life")
Signs of Life (1968) -
![Last Words]( "Last Words")
Last Words (1968) -
![The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz]( "The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz")
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Game in the Sand (1964)
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Writer
![Herakles]( "Herakles")
Herakles (1962) -
Producer
![A Gray State]( "A Gray State")
A Gray State (2017) -
![P.O.V.]( "P.O.V.")
P.O.V. (2014-2016) -
![Salt and Fire]( "Salt and Fire")
Salt and Fire (2016) -
![Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World]( "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World")
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![The Look of Silence]( "The Look of Silence")
The Look of Silence (2014) -
![Red Army]( "Red Army")
Red Army (2014) -
![The Act of Killing]( "The Act of Killing")
The Act of Killing (2012) -
![Into the Abyss]( "Into the Abyss")
Into the Abyss (2011) -
![Happy People: A Year in the Taiga]( "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga")
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![Incident at Loch Ness]( "Incident at Loch Ness")
Incident at Loch Ness (2004) -
![Wheel of Time]( "Wheel of Time")
Wheel of Time (2003) -
![Invincible]( "Invincible")
Invincible (2001) -
![Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices]( "Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices")
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![Lessons of Darkness]( "Lessons of Darkness")
Lessons of Darkness (1992) -
![Echoes From a Somber Empire]( "Echoes From a Somber Empire")
Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990) -
![Herdsmen of the Sun]( "Herdsmen of the Sun")
Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) -
![Location Africa]( "Location Africa")
Location Africa (1987) -
![The Dark Glow of the Mountains]( "The Dark Glow of the Mountains")
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![Ballad of the Little Soldier]( "Ballad of the Little Soldier")
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) -
![Where the Green Ants Dream]( "Where the Green Ants Dream")
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) -
![Fitzcarraldo]( "Fitzcarraldo")
Fitzcarraldo (1982) -
![Nosferatu the Vampyre]( "Nosferatu the Vampyre")
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) -
![La Soufrière]( "La Soufrière")
La Soufrière (1977) -
![Heart of Glass]( "Heart of Glass")
Heart of Glass (1976) -
![The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser]( "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser")
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) -
![Aguirre, the Wrath of God]( "Aguirre, the Wrath of God")
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) -
![Handicapped Future]( "Handicapped Future")
Handicapped Future (1971) -
![Land of Silence and Darkness]( "Land of Silence and Darkness")
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) -
![Even Dwarfs Started Small]( "Even Dwarfs Started Small")
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) -
![Signs of Life]( "Signs of Life")
Signs of Life (1968) -
![Last Words]( "Last Words")
Last Words (1968) -
Producer
![Herakles]( "Herakles")
Herakles (1962) -
Actor
![Salt and Fire]( "Salt and Fire")
Salt and Fire Man with One Story (2016) -
![Freaks of Nature]( "Freaks of Nature")
Freaks of Nature Perfect Being (2015) -
![Rick and Morty]( "Rick and Morty")
Rick and Morty Shrimply Pibbles (2015) -
![Parks and Recreation]( "Parks and Recreation")
Parks and Recreation Keg Jeggings (2015) -
![Penguins of Madagascar]( "Penguins of Madagascar")
Penguins of Madagascar Documentary Filmmaker (2014) -
Lemonade War Neighborhood Hero (2014)
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![Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision]( "Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision")
Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Alexander von Humboldt (2013) -
![The Wind Rises]( "The Wind Rises")
The Wind Rises Castorp (2013) -
![Jack Reacher]( "Jack Reacher")
Jack Reacher The Zec (2012) -
![Erdbeerland]( "Erdbeerland")
Erdbeerland Turnlehrer (2012) -
![Metalocalypse]( "Metalocalypse")
Metalocalypse Ishnifus Meaddle (2012) -
![The Simpsons]( "The Simpsons")
The Simpsons Walter Hottenhoffer (2011) -
![Ebert Presents: At the Movies]( "Ebert Presents: At the Movies")
Ebert Presents: At the Movies Voice substitute: Roger Ebert (2011) -
![The Boondocks]( "The Boondocks")
The Boondocks Werner Herzog (2010) -
![Plastic Bag]( "Plastic Bag")
Plastic Bag Plastic Bag (2009) -
![The Grand]( "The Grand")
The Grand The German (2007) -
![Mister Lonely]( "Mister Lonely")
Mister Lonely Father Umbrillo (2007) -
![Invincible]( "Invincible")
Invincible Curtain Puller / Spectator (2001) -
![2000 Years of Christianity]( "2000 Years of Christianity")
2000 Years of Christianity Narrator (1999) -
![Julien Donkey-Boy]( "Julien Donkey-Boy")
Julien Donkey-Boy Father (1999) -
![What Dreams May Come]( "What Dreams May Come")
What Dreams May Come Face (1998) -
![Brennendes Herz]( "Brennendes Herz")
Brennendes Herz (1996) -
![Scream of Stone]( "Scream of Stone")
Scream of Stone TV-Regisseur (1991) -
![Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein]( "Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein")
Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein Mita / Richard (1989) -
Bride of the Orient Gemeindeschreiber Businger (1989)
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![Where the Green Ants Dream]( "Where the Green Ants Dream")
Where the Green Ants Dream Lawyer (1984) -
![Man of Flowers]( "Man of Flowers")
Man of Flowers The Father (1983) -
![Nosferatu the Vampyre]( "Nosferatu the Vampyre")
Nosferatu the Vampyre Hand and Feet in Box with Rats (1979) -
![Heart of Glass]( "Heart of Glass")
Heart of Glass Glass Transporter (1976) -
![Geschichten vom Kübelkind]( "Geschichten vom Kübelkind")
Geschichten vom Kübelkind Hurenmörder (1971) -
Actor
![Signs of Life]( "Signs of Life")
Signs of Life Soldat (1968) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![The Most Unknown]( "The Most Unknown")
The Most Unknown (2018) -
A Night Out (2010)
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![The Devil's Muse]( "The Devil's Muse")
The Devil's Muse (2007) -
![Wheel of Time]( "Wheel of Time")
Wheel of Time (2003) -
Tannhäuser (2000)
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![Bells from the Deep]( "Bells from the Deep")
Bells from the Deep (1993) -
![La donna del lago]( "La donna del lago")
La donna del lago (1992) -
Lohengrin (1991)
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![Joan of Arc]( "Joan of Arc")
Joan of Arc (1989) -
![The Dark Glow of the Mountains]( "The Dark Glow of the Mountains")
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Miscellaneous Crew
![Ballad of the Little Soldier]( "Ballad of the Little Soldier")
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) -
![Handicapped Future]( "Handicapped Future")
Handicapped Future (1971) -
Archive footage
![Mythos Geschichte]( "Mythos Geschichte")
Mythos Geschichte (2016) -
![Le Fossoyeur de Films]( "Le Fossoyeur de Films")
Le Fossoyeur de Films (2016) -
![Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso]( "Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso")
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![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2013) -
![Back to Room 666]( "Back to Room 666")
Back to Room 666 (2008) -
![Mr.Werner Herzog! My Best Friends! Meet at Tamsui!]( "Mr.Werner Herzog! My Best Friends! Meet at Tamsui!")
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Archive footageMiradas 2 (2006)
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![Dangerous Game]( "Dangerous Game")
Dangerous Game (1993) -
Sound Department
![Ode to the Dawn of Man]( "Ode to the Dawn of Man")
Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011) -
![Encounters at the End of the World]( "Encounters at the End of the World")
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![Handicapped Future]( "Handicapped Future")
Handicapped Future (1971) -
![The Flying Doctors of East Africa]( "The Flying Doctors of East Africa")
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Sound Department
![Precautions Against Fanatics]( "Precautions Against Fanatics")
Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) -
![Herakles]( "Herakles")
Herakles (1962) -
Editor
![The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz]( "The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz")
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Game in the Sand (1964)
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Editor
![Herakles]( "Herakles")
Herakles (1962) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]( "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans")
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Camera and Electrical Department
![Wheel of Time]( "Wheel of Time")
Wheel of Time (2003) -
Cinematographer
![Ode to the Dawn of Man]( "Ode to the Dawn of Man")
Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Never uses storyboards.
Quotes
There is never an excuse not to finish a film.
Trademark
Driven protagonists who often seem to be on the brink of madness
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Werner H. Stipetic
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Height:
6' (1.83 m)User Polls
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