Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur
Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of footage was shot that covered the whole fest and the film hardly presents us a twentieth of that. A native walking into the film in between may well fail to immediately realize that it is his country that is being shown and these are figures from the mythology of various sections of his nation. The bulk of the film consists of footage of an elaborate theatrical performance for the Maharana Arvind Singh Mewar at the City Palace of Udaipur, Rajasthan staged by André Heller.
Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991)
Werner Herzog
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Countries
Austria, Germany
Ratings
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6.4/10
7 votes
Rating consensus
64/100 blend
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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~64/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
André Heller
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Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991)
Werner Herzog
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