Fitzcarraldo
1982 · Movie · 2h 37m · PG
DramaAdventure
"Dare to dream the impossible."
Overview
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
TMDB
7.6/10
Key crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
Cast
- Klaus KinskiFitzcarraldo
- Claude 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 houseriverboat19th centuryimperialismiquitos, peruamazon river