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
00:00:31 Thousands of Languages. Ln every province...
00:01:05 and who raise these snakes Like their chiLdren.
00:01:33 and aLL ofthe cuLturaL shades had disappeared.
00:02:18 with my European friends and we
00:02:48 brutaL fooLs, who think, or many of us are brutaL fooLs
00:03:20 eating, how to work a fieLd and at the same time:
00:03:56 He knows how to sharpen knives, and he knows
00:04:21 suddenLy someone who dug a hoLe and said:
00:04:52 And the procession aLone took many hours.
00:05:20 And it took 14 days
00:05:45 and every spectator at the festivaL put a dab of it on their forehead
00:06:22 and without our terribLe -
00:06:50 and the scuLpture disappears in the water
00:07:34 A FLLM BY WERNER HERZOG
00:08:16 He is a man offabuLous weaLth.
00:08:57 Over what kingdom wiLL the son someday ruLe?
00:10:25 He shouLd arrange to have a presentation
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.
00:30:36 Priests conduct a ceremony to bLess the impending presentation
00:34:17 To mingLe music with dance
02:00:00 this festivaL, in this event.

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 line02:00:00

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes243