Presented in two formats – an 8-disc Blu-ray box set and a 10-disc DVD box set – The Werner Herzog Collection will be released by the BFI on 28th July 2014 at the RRP of £59.99 for the DVD set and £79.99 for the Blu-ray. Containing 18 films by the visionary German filmmaking legend, the collection includes such classics of world cinema as Nosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, as well as a number of Herzog's acclaimed, but rarely seen short films.

Extensive extras include Jack Bond's long-unseen South Bank Show portrait of Herzog (1982), Les Blank's classics Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980) and Burden of Dreams (1982), feature-length director commentaries, original trailers, stills galleries and an extensive contextualising booklet.

The films included are:

• The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)

• Last Words (1968)

• Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)

• Handicapped Future (1970)

• Fata Morgana (1971)

• Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)

• Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)

• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

• The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1975)

• Heart of Glass (1976)

• How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)

• Stroszek (1977)

• Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)

• Woyzeck (1979)

• Huie's Sermon (1980)

• God's Angry Man (1980)

• Fitzcarraldo (1982)

• Cobre Verde (1987)

Featuring optional 5.1 German and English audio on selected titles and and newly created English subtitles for all films, the set will have the following extras:

• Alternative German and English versions of Nosteratu, the Vampyre

• Full-length audio commentaries with Werner Herzog on selected titles

• Nosferatu on-set documentary (1979, 13 mins)

• Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980, 21 mins)

• Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982, 95 mins)

• Guardian Lecture with Werner Herzog (1988, 83 mins)

• South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond, 1982, 56 mins)

• Original trailers on selected titles

• Stills galleries on selected titles

• Illustrated booklet with extensive essay by Laurie Johnson; full film credits