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Fitzcarraldo (1982)

"Dare to dream the impossible."

7.6/10 2h 37m Mar 02, 1982
Drama Adventure

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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Movie Details

Original Title Fitzcarraldo
Original Language DE
Budget $7,362,000
Status Released
Popularity 1.6

Cast

Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo
Popularity: 3.0
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Molly
Popularity: 1.9
José Lewgoy
José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
Popularity: 1.1
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Popularity: 0.3
Paul Hittscher
Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul
Popularity: 0.3
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque
Popularity: 0.1
Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo
Station Master
Popularity: 0.4
Peter Berling
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
Popularity: 0.3
David Pérez Espinosa
David Pérez Espinosa
Campa Chief
Popularity: 1.2
Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento
Opera House Blackman
Popularity: 1.0
Ruy Polanah
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Popularity: 0.2
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Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Executive Producer Walter Saxer
Director Werner Herzog
Producer Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetić
Editor Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Screenplay Werner Herzog

Production

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

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Fitzcarraldo (1982) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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Mark Kermode reviews Fitzcarraldo (1981) | BFI Player
Mark Kermode reviews Fitzcarraldo (1981) | BFI Player
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Keywords

peru plantation ambition amazon rainforest steamboat south america opera house riverboat 19th century imperialism iquitos, peru amazon river rubber white water rafting willpower manaos, brazil transporting boat amazonie

Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 8/10
Sep 13, 2020

_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand Opera to the jungle city in the Amazon Basin. It’s the early 1900s and there’s a rubber boom. To fund his dream he decides to exploit ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jan 26, 2024

Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to be shared with his mid-jungle community. He realises that to do that, he must have cash - and that's only to be found if he can manage to tap into the rubber trees ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 2, 1982
Runtime 2h 37m
Budget $7,362,000
Language DE
Status Released
Popularity 1.6
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