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Humanity's Lost Masterpiece... in 3D - Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Title: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Release Date: 3 Nov 2010

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Documentary

Director: creative differences, History films, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ARTE

Production Companies: creative differences, History films, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ARTE

Overview: Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

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Average Vote: 7.1 (332 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator (voice): Werner Herzog
  • Self: Dominique Baffier
  • Self: Jean Clottes
  • Self: Jean-Michel Geneste
  • Self: Michel Philippe
  • Self: Gilles Tosello
  • Self: Carole Fritz
  • Self: Maria Malina
  • Self: Nicholas Conard
  • Self: Valerie Feruglio
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