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Wernor Herzog a treize ans lorsque, par le plus grand des hasards, il se retrouve a Munich pendant quelques mois dans le même appartement que Klaus Kinski . Il se rend compte de la folie de Kinski lorsque celui-ci saccage l'appartement et sait donc à quoi s'en tenir lorsque, quelques années plus tard, il l'engage pour Aguirre, la colère de Dieu. Ennemis intimes retrace la relation passionnelle d'amour et de haine entre un réalisateur et son acteur fétiche.

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.

Making-of documentary that covers "Cobra Verde," Herzog's last film with Kinski before Kinski's death. This is the documentary that registers the behind the scenes moments of "Cobra Verde", the last project that united director Werner Herzog to actor Klaus Kinski. The notorious and infamous relation between the two filled Cinema theatres with masterpieces, but also filled pages of Cinema History with mutual declarations of both love and hate.