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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes). Werner Herzog, 1972.
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Edition screened: Included in Shout! Factory Blu-ray box set Herzog: The Collection, released 2014. German language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 94 minutes.

Summary: Rough handling of a monkey.

Details:
1) A pig is carried around very roughly then held down on the ground. Two men plan to slaughter it with a knife, an act fortunately not shown, 50:22-50:36.
2) A horse is violently frightened by a screaming Klaus Kinski and falls down, 53:36-53:46.
3) A horse that already is having trouble standing on the raft, is further freighted and stressed by a bunch of men,shouting and pushing it around. The horse falls several times and finally is being pushed off the raft and must try to swim to land. (1:07:54-1:09:03)
4) Mild fishing violence of bringing in one fish and a late stage of prep, 1:05:53-1:06:36, with other action simultaneous.
2) Klaus Kinski grabs a squirrel monkey roughly, lectures at it, then tosses it aside, 1:32:00-1:32:15.