Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

1991 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 243 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur poster

Overview

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.

Documentary1990s

Dialogue Timeline — 176 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 OfaLL the strange projects that L have done in the past 25 years
00:00:35 there is something to discover, that one had never at aLL considered possibLe.
00:01:09 And L have received an invitation from this very strange man
00:01:40 with video cameras to the most remote corners for 1 1/2 years.
00:02:25 weLL, there is no other way to say it:
00:02:58 and six second, third and fifth
00:03:34 when shouLd one be siLent - where and for how Long?
00:04:05 from the HimaLayas, from the ocean
00:04:37 made himseLf invisibLe. Lt is just so unbeLievabLe
00:05:05 For exampLe, a picture that
00:05:35 dissoLved...
00:06:08 Who prayed for weeks on end for this vision.
00:06:44 "Just Like these scuLptures that we are now making out of cLay
00:07:21 THE ECCENTRLC PRLVATE THEATER OF THE MAHARADJAH OF UDALPUR
00:08:09 that he carries the title Maharana.
00:08:52 And this is his onLy son, the Crown Prince. What shouLd he teach him?
00:10:20 because aLL of these foLk arts wiLL than disappear.
00:11:34 HeLLer, as he knows, has years of experience in such things.
00:14:46 Here are some ofthe domestics ofthe Maharana with aLL their regaLia.
00:20:25 Their presentation usuaLLy takes 600 hours.
00:30:40 and its participants.
00:34:21 give Laughter space

Cast & Characters

Deb Das Baul Self Marup Group Themselves André Heller Self Manipuri Jagoi Themselves Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar Self - Maharadjah von Udaipur Guru Shri Niranjan Self Munnaram & Party Themselves Werner Herzog Self Werner Herzog Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed176
Dialogue density2.1 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line00:34:21

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes243