4 Things to Know About Popol Vuh and Werner Herzog's Film Partnership
- Popol Vuh’s score for Aguirre, the Wrath of God launched a decades-long collaboration with director Werner Herzog.
- The partnership continued through three more Herzog films: Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, and Cobra Verde.
- Popol Vuh’s music became a defining element of Herzog’s most celebrated works.
- The collaboration ended only with the band’s dissolution in the early 2000s.