Fitzcarraldo
Dare to dream the impossible.
Rating: 7.6 out of 10TMDB(934 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1983)
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Box office
Made on a $7.36M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Peru
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Setting
Set in Brazil, Pachitea River, Peru and Ucayali River
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Music
Music by Florian Fricke
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Thomas Mauch
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 2, 1982
- Original language
- German
- Budget
- $7.4M
- Countries
- Germany, Peru
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Cast
Klaus KinskiFitzcarraldo
Claudia CardinaleMolly
José LewgoyDon Aquilino
Miguel Ángel FuentesCholo
Paul HittscherOrinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique BohórquezHuerequeque
Grande OteloStation Master
Peter BerlingOpera Manager
David Pérez EspinosaCampa Chief
Milton NascimentoOpera House Blackman
Ruy PolanahRubber Baron
Salvador GodínezOld Missionary
Dieter MilzYoung Missionary
William RoseNotary
Leoncio Bueno
Veriano LuchettiOpera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)- Costante MoretOpera 'Ernani' - Ernani
- Dimiter PetkovOpera 'Ernani' - Silva
- Mietta SigheleOpera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)
- Lourdes MagalhãesOpera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer
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