Burden of Dreams
1982•1h 37m•7.6•Released
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Director
Les Blank
Writer
Michael Goodwin
Languages
English, German, Portuguese
Studio
Flower Films
Cast
Candace Laughlin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
Alfredo de Río Tambo
Self
Ángela Reina
Self
Carmen Correa
Self
Elia de Río Ene
Self
David Pérez Espinosa
Self - Actor
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Self - Actor
Mariano Gagnon
Self - Missionary
Paul Hittscher
Self - Actor
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Self - Actor
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan
Self
José Lewgoy
Self - Actor
Production
Company
Flower Films
Producer
Les Blank
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