Drama ·Adventure · Germany · 1982 · 2h 37m

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo poster
Director
Werner Herzog
Cast
Klaus Kinski as Fitzcarraldo Claudia Cardinale as Molly José Lewgoy as Don Aquilino Miguel Ángel Fuentes as Cholo Paul Hittscher as Orinoco Paul Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez as Huerequeque
Crew
Thomas Mauch — Director of Photography Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus — Editor Popol Vuh — Original Music Composer Werner Herzog — Screenplay Werner Herzog — Producer Lucki Stipetić — Producer
Tagline

Dare to dream the impossible.

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.

Trailer Fitzcarraldo — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
peruplantationambitionamazon rainforeststeamboatsouth americaopera houseriverboat19th centuryimperialismiquitos, peruamazon river
Key Collaborators
Werner Herzog Director Thomas Mauch Director of Photography Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor Popol Vuh Original Music Composer Werner Herzog Screenplay Werner Herzog Producer Lucki Stipetić Producer Ulrich Bergfelder Production Design Henning von Gierke Production Design
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