Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Release date: 1988-04-30
Votes: 65
Genres: Documentary, Comedy
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven.
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