Fitzcarraldo · 1982

Fitzcarraldo

«Dare to dream the impossible.»

Werner Herzog · 157 min · Germany

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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Budget

US$7,362,000

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 4 nominations total

Production companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru

Locations

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• Approximate: the city or region
• Filming
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Filming

Perú

Setting

Ucayali Río Pachitea Brasil Perú

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Cast

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  Klaus Kinski

  Fitzcarraldo

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  Claudia Cardinale

  Molly

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  José Lewgoy

  Don Aquilino

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  Miguel Ángel Fuentes

  Cholo

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  Paul Hittscher

  Orinoco Paul

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  Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

  Huerequeque

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  Grande Otelo

  Station Master

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  Peter Berling

  Opera Manager