Werner Herzog is a renowned German director who has filmed on all six continents. He is also a traveler, diary author, poet, and a vivid independent thinker. His biography could fill the lives of seven people. In his memoir, he shares his early inspirations, adventures around the world, the taming of the tempestuous Klaus Kinski, ecstatic truth, and the challenging journey to creative autonomy.

Herzog has descended into caves, filmed under Antarctic ice, and ventured into deserts and high-altitude glaciers. "Every Man for Himself and God Against All" is a book where the author travels through time from his post-war childhood to the present day, exploring both prehistoric times and the distant future.