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Where the Green Ants Dream

Year:

1985

Duration:

Germany:100 min | USA:100 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Werner Herzog

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: West Germany

Release Date: 1985-02-08

Filming Locations: Breakaways Reserve, South Australia, Australia

Earnings

Gross: ITL 178,348,000 (Italy) ( 1987)

Cast

Actor

Character

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Bruce Spence

Lance Hackett

Wandjuk Marika

Miliritbi

Roy Marika

Dayipu

Ray Barrett

Cole

Norman Kaye

Baldwin Ferguson

Ralph Cotterill

Fletcher

Nick Lathouris

Arnold

Basil Clarke

Judge Blackburn

Ray Marshall

Solicitor General Coulthard

Dhungala I. Makika

Gary Williams

Watson

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Fitzsimmons

Robert Brissenden

Michael Edols

Young attorney

Bob Ellis

Supermarket manager

Susan Graeves

Marraru Wunungmurra

Max Fairchild

Noel Lyon

Trevor Orford

Andrew Mack

Paul Cox

Photographer

Ricky

Ronnie

Michael Mandalis

James Ricketson

Philip Adams

Michael Glynn

Colleen Clifford

Miss Strehlow

Paul Donazzan

RAAF Pilot

Christopher Cain

Lawyers' Assistant (uncredited)

Werner Herzog

Lawyer (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Two names used for characters ("Baldwin Ferguson" and "Miss Strehlow") provide links with anthropologists noted for their work on Australian aborigines. Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929) was a British-Australian anthropologist who did pioneering studies on aborigines. Theodor George Henry Strehlow (1908-1978) was noted for his studies on the Arunta/ Arende people of Central Australia.

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The whole story of the green ants was made up by Werner Herzog, it's not a part of genuine Aboriginal folklore. However the courtroom incident where a secret artifact is revealed, to the bemusement of the judge, is based on a real incident.

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Werner Herzog: the lawyer that shakes Hackett's hand outside of the court room when the trial is over.

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Quotes

Lance Hackett: The situation, your Honor, is this man is the the sacred custodian to the secrets of this tribe. And his tribe has died out. He is the sole and final survivor of his people, his clan. They call him the mute, because there is nobody left on this earth for him to speak with.

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Miliritbi: You white men are lost. You don't understand the land. Too many silly questions. Your presence on this earth will come to an end. You have no sense. No purpose. No direction.

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