Fitzcarraldo (1982)

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Released:
1982-03-02

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.

Director:
Werner Herzog

Runtime:
2h 37min

Genre:
Drama, Adventure

  • Cast:
  • Klaus Kinski
    as
    Fitzcarraldo
  • Claudia Cardinale
    as
    Molly
  • José Lewgoy
    as
    Don Aquilino
  • Miguel Ángel Fuentes
    as
    Cholo
  • Paul Hittscher
    as
    Orinoco Paul