Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
Unfortunately the movie Lessons of Darkness is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Werner Herzog | Director |
| Camera | Rainer Klausmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rainer Standke | Editor |
| Camera | Paul Berriff | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Werner Herzog | Writer |
| Production | Paul Berriff | Producer |
| Sound | Nainita Desai | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Pearson | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Steve Brooke Smith | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Simon Werry | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Additional Soundtrack |
| Production | Paul Cotton | Associate Producer |
| Production | Werner Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucki Stipetić | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Manfred Arbter | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Claudius Kelterborn | Assistant Camera |
