Editing Lessons of Darkness (section)

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{{Infobox film 
| name = Lessons of Darkness 
| image = Werner Herzog - Lektionen In Finsternis - Lessons Of Darkness 1992 003023898.jpg
| caption = "Has life without fire become unbearable for them?"
| director = [[Werner Herzog]]
| producer = [[Paul Berriff]] <br />Werner Herzog <br />[[Lucki Stipetić]]
| writer = Werner Herzog
| narrator = Werner Herzog
| music =
| cinematography = [[Simon Werry]] <br /> Paul Berriff <br />[[Rainer Klausmann]]
| editing = [[Rainer Standke]]
| studio = [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] <br />[[Première (TV channel)|Première]] <br />[[Werner Herzog Filmproduktion]]
| distributor = [[Werner Herzog Filmproduktion]]
| released = {{Film date|1992}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = Germany <br />France <br />United Kingdom
| language = German <br />English <br />Arabic
| budget =
}}
'''''Lessons of Darkness''''' ({{langx|de|link=no|Lektionen in Finsternis}}) is a 1992 [[Documentary film|documentary]] film directed by [[Werner Herzog]]. The film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-[[Gulf War]] Kuwait, portrayed in a manner that accentuates the catastrophic and surreal nature of the landscape.<ref name=maslin/> An effective companion to Herzog's earlier film ''[[Fata Morgana (1972 film)|Fata Morgana]]'', the film again perceives the desert as a landscape with its voice.<ref name=landscape/>

A co-production with Paul Berriff, the film was financed by the television studios [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] and [[Première (TV channel)|Première]].<ref name=hillman/>