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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,298 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 37m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
917 audience votes
Key crew
- Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
Cast
- Klaus KinskiFitzcarraldo
- Claudia CardinaleMolly
- José LewgoyDon Aquilino
- Miguel Ángel FuentesCholo
- Paul HittscherOrinoco Paul
- Huerequeque Enrique BohórquezHuerequeque
- Grande OteloStation Master
- Peter BerlingOpera Manager
- David Pérez EspinosaCampa Chief
- Milton NascimentoOpera House Blackman
- Ruy PolanahRubber Baron
- Salvador GodínezOld Missionary
Stills
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Themes
peruplantationambitionamazon rainforeststeamboatsouth americaopera houseriverboatquest19th centuryimperialismiquitos, peru
The Best Movies of 1982
Fitzcarraldo is #15 of 60
