Film

Fitzcarraldo

1982 · 2h 37m · Drama · Adventure

Dare to dream the impossible.

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

77%

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.

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)

• Werner HerzogDirector · Producer · Screenplay
• Lucki StipetićProducer
• Walter SaxerExecutive Producer
• Thomas MauchDirector of Photography
• Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
• Beate Mainka-JellinghausEditor

Trailer

Release date

March 2, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

PG

Budget

$7,362,000

Genres

Drama, Adventure

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