Fitzcarraldo
“Dare to dream the impossible.”
1982•PG•2h 37m•7.6•Released
DramaAdventure
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Director
Werner Herzog
Writer
Werner Herzog
Budget
$7M
Languages
English, German, Italian
Studio
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Cast
Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo
Claudia Cardinale
Molly
José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque
Grande Otelo
Station Master
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa
Campa Chief
Milton Nascimento
Opera House Blackman
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Dieter Milz
Young Missionary
William Rose
Notary
Leoncio Bueno
Production
Company
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Company
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Company
ZDF
Company
Wildlife Films Peru
Company
Filmverlag der Autoren
Producer
Werner Herzog
Producer
Lucki Stipetić
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