Jan 01, 1982
157 min
Full-HD

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

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.

Category

Drama Adventure

Country

Germany Peru

Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Pro-ject Filmproduktion ZDF Wildlife Films Peru Filmverlag der Autoren

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

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