Herakles
Dir: Werner Herzog
1962
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Will he clean the Augean stables? (Garbage dump)
Will he kill the Lernaean Hydra? (Endless lines of cars)
Will he tame the Mares of Diomedes? (Racing cars crashing, spectators killed)
Will he defeat the Amazons? (Women marching in uniform)
Will he conquer the giants? (City reduced to rubble)
Will he resist the Stymphalian birds? (U.S. Air Force jets dropping bombs)?

Herzog compares the challenges of Herakles in the antique period (mythological) with the challenges today (1962). Herakles is Reinhard Lichtenberg who was Mr. Germany at the time. Considering Herzog claims to have never even watched TV before making this film, it's pretty impressive.