The film starts when a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, and our narrator, Werner Herzog, travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death. But Herzog, is not who he seems, and the film is not what we expect. The documentary merges fiction and reality through an AI-generated film script combined with real interviews to investigate impact artificial intelligence on art and humanity.
The fictional narrative is based on a script written by Kaspar, an AI trained on the body of work by Werner Herzog, while the documentary aspect reflects on this controversial practice. In Herzog's own words, "a computer will not make a film as good as mine in 4,500 years."
The fictional narrative is based on a script written by Kaspar, an AI trained on the body of work by Werner Herzog, while the documentary aspect reflects on this controversial practice. In Herzog's own words, "a computer will not make a film as good as mine in 4,500 years."
| Original title | About a Hero |
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| Danish title | About a Hero |
| Director | Piotr Winiewicz |
| Producer | Rikke Tambo Andersen, Mads Damsbo |
| Director of Photography | Emil Aagaard |
| Editor | Julius Krebs Damsbo, Michael Aaglund |
| Sound | Peter Storm Wich |
| Composer | Lasse Aagaard |
| Production designer | Emilia Bongilaj |
| Production country | Denmark |
| International sales | Film Constellation |
| Comment | The film is a hybrid feature made up of a fictional narrative and a documentary narrative. The fictional narrative is an adaptation of a script written by Kaspar, an AI trained on the body of work by Werner Herzog, while the documentary narrative reflects on this controversial practice. |
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| Production company | Tambo Film, Kaspar ApS |
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| Direction | Piotr Winiewicz |
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| Producer | Rikke Tambo Andersen |
| Producer | Mads Damsbo |
| Executive producer | Peter Hyldahl |
| Executive producer | Sam Pressman |
| Executive producer | Paula Paizes |
| Executive producer | Trey Terpeluk |
| Executive producer | Doug Scott |
| Consulting producer | Matt Tierney |
| Consulting producer | Hicham Oudghiri |
| Co-executive producer | Marc Iserlis |
| Co-executive producer | Max Loeb |
| Associate producer | Asbjørn Høgstad Kelstrup |
| Producer consultant | Jakob Kirstein Høgel |
| Post-production supervisor | Edoardo Rebecchi |
| Post-producton coordinator | Inés Europa Crespo |
| Junior producer | Sofie Falther |
| Production manager | Alexander Kiehn |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Emil Aagaard |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Julius Krebs Damsbo |
| Editor | Michael Aaglund |
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| Composer | Lasse Aagaard |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Emilia Bongilaj |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Peter Storm Wich |
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Visual effects |
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| VFX supervisor | Virgil Kastrup |
| Colourist | Edoardo Rebecchi |
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