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Fitzcarraldo (1982)

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Dare to dream the impossible.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Werner Herzog
  • Profile picture of Klaus Kinski
    Fitzcarraldo Klaus Kinski
  • Profile picture of Claudia Cardinale
    Molly Claudia Cardinale
  • Profile picture of José Lewgoy
    Don Aquilino José Lewgoy
  • Profile picture of Miguel Ángel Fuentes
    Cholo Miguel Ángel Fuentes
  • Profile picture of Paul Hittscher
    Orinoco Paul Paul Hittscher
  • Profile picture of Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
    Huerequeque Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
  • Profile picture of Grande Otelo
    Station Master Grande Otelo
  • Profile picture of Peter Berling
    Opera Manager Peter Berling

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Keywords

  • peru
  • plantation
  • ambition
  • amazon rainforest
  • steamboat
  • south america
  • opera house
  • riverboat
  • 19th century
  • imperialism
  • iquitos, peru
  • amazon river
  • rubber
  • white water rafting
  • willpower
  • manaos, brazil
  • transporting boat
  • amazonie