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Fitzcarraldo

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.

2h 37m1982PGTMDb 7.6

DramaAdventure

German

Crew and Cast

Werner HerzogWerner HerzogDirectorKlaus KinskiKlaus KinskiFitzcarraldoClaudia CardinaleClaudia CardinaleMollyJosé LewgoyJosé LewgoyDon AquilinoMiguel Ángel FuentesMiguel Ángel FuentesCholoPaul HittscherPaul HittscherOrinoco PaulHuerequeque Enrique BohórquezHuerequeque Enrique BohórquezHuerequequeGrande OteloGrande OteloStation MasterPeter BerlingPeter BerlingOpera ManagerDavid Pérez EspinosaDavid Pérez EspinosaCampa ChiefMilton NascimentoMilton NascimentoOpera House BlackmanRuy PolanahRuy PolanahRubber BaronSalvador GodínezSalvador GodínezOld MissionaryDieter MilzDieter MilzYoung MissionaryWilliam RoseWilliam RoseNotaryLeoncio BuenoLeoncio BuenoVeriano LuchettiVeriano LuchettiOpera 'Ernani' · Ernani (voice)
Costante MoretOpera 'Ernani' · Ernani
Dimiter PetkovOpera 'Ernani' · Silva
Mietta SigheleOpera 'Ernani' · Elvira (voice)
Lourdes MagalhãesOpera 'Ernani' · Orchestra Pit SingerJean-Claude DreyfusJean-Claude DreyfusOpera 'Ernani' · Sarah Bernhardt
Isabel Jiménez de CisnerosOpera 'I puritani' · Doña Elvira
Liborio SimonellaOpera 'I puritani' · Arturo
Jesus GoiriOpera 'I puritani' · Giorgio
Christian MantillaOpera 'I puritani' · Walton

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
2 March 1982
Runtime
2h 37m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
7.6 / 10 (933 votes)

Production

Director
Werner Herzog
Writers
Werner Herzog
Studios
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF
Countries
Germany, Peru

Box Office

Budget
$7.4M

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
English, German, Italian, Spanish