---
title: 'My Best Fiend (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Werner Herzog'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-best-fiend-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200849/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Best Fiend (1999)

1999 · 95 min · Documentary, History · Germany

Original title: Mein liebster Feind

## Synopsis

My Best Fiend is a 1999 German documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, about his tumultuous yet productive relationship with German actor Klaus Kinski. It was released on DVD in 2000 by Anchor Bay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog)
- **Screenplay:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Popol Vuh](https://cinepixo.com/people/popol-vuh)
- **Producer:** [Lucki Stipetić](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucki-stipetic)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Zeitlinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-zeitlinger)
- **Editor:** [Joe Bini](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bini)

## Cast

- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- [Claudia Cardinale](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-cardinale)
- [Mick Jagger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mick-jagger)
- [Thomas Mauch](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-mauch)
- [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog)
- [Isabelle Adjani](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-adjani)
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards)
- [Eva Mattes](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-mattes)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)

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