Fitzcarraldo
Dare to dream the impossible.
Drama
Adventure
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1982-03-02
Runtime:
2h 37m
Director:
Werner Herzog
Writer:
Werner Herzog
Top 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
Official Videos
Mark Kermode reviews Fitzcarraldo (1981) | BFI Player
Trailer
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