Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

Dare to dream the impossible.

1982•2h 37m•7.6/10

DramaAdventure

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(855)

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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Production

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

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Fitzcarraldo

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Molly

José Lewgoy

José Lewgoy

Don Aquilino

Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Cholo

Paul Hittscher

Paul Hittscher

Orinoco Paul

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

Huerequeque

Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Station Master

Peter Berling

Peter Berling

Opera Manager

David Pérez Espinosa

David Pérez Espinosa

Campa Chief

Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

Opera House Blackman

Ruy Polanah

Ruy Polanah

Rubber Baron

Salvador Godínez

Old Missionary

Dieter Milz

Young Missionary

William Rose

Notary

Leoncio Bueno

Veriano Luchetti

Veriano Luchetti

Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)

Costante Moret

Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani

Dimiter Petkov

Opera 'Ernani' - Silva

Mietta Sighele

Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)

Lourdes Magalhães

Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer

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