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The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (German: Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner) is a 1974 documentary film by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is about Walter Steiner, a celebrated ski jumper of his era who worked as a carpenter for his full-time occupation.
Nov 26, 1976 · The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Walter Steiner, Werner Herzog. A study of the psychology of a champion ski-jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.
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Feb 19, 2018 · The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner shows we don’t need soft-focus portraits of athletes to capture the Olympic spirit.
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For Steiner, the flight of the ski jumper, seen in this documentary in slow motion, is simultaneously a source of ecstasy and a way to face death. Director Werner Herzog
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“The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner” is Werner Herzog´s documentary about Walter Steiner, a celebrated and immensely talented Swiss ski jumper/flyer. It´s also one of Herzog´s earliest documentaries, in which he appears himself in front of the camera, and it´s interesting to see him before he fully developed his trademark persona.
Mar 13, 2002 · In The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Herzog plays the naive, awestruck reporter, humbled by the supremacy of the ski-flier. But Herzog is also an intelligent, intuitive filmmaker. By 1974 ski-flying was reaching its limits, a fact acknowledged by Steiner in the film.
