Fitzcarraldo
Dare to dream the impossible.
7.6
914 votes
1982
2h 37m
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.
Directed by 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
Dieter Milz
Young Missionary
William Rose
Notary
Leoncio Bueno
Veriano Luchetti
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)C
Costante Moret
Opera 'Ernani' - ErnaniD
Dimiter Petkov
Opera 'Ernani' - SilvaM
Mietta Sighele
Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)L
Lourdes Magalhães
Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit SingerDetails
Status
Released
Release date
March 2, 1982
Budget
$7.4M
Revenue
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Language
English, German, Italian, Spanish
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