The White Diamond (2004)
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
- Date of release
- 2004-11-13
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (87)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Werner Herzog
Casting
- Werner Herzog — Narrator (voice)
- Graham Dorrington — Self
- Annette Scheurich — Self
- Marc Anthony Yhap — Self
- Dieter Plage — Self (archive footage)
- Adrian de Schryver — Self (archive footage)
- Michael Wilk — Self
- Anthony Melville — Self
- Jan-Peter Meewes — Self
- Jason Gibson — Self
Interesting facts
The White Diamond is a 2004 documentary film by Werner Herzog. It illustrates the history of aviation and depicts the struggles and triumphs of Graham Dorrington, an aeronautical engineer, who has designed and built a teardrop-shaped airship which he plans to fly over the forest canopies of Guyana. It features music composed by Ernst Reijseger, which was re-used in Herzog's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder.
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