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Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Drama Adventure

Dare to dream the impossible.

Release Date: 1982, March 2
Directors: Werner Herzog
Countries: Germany, Peru
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren, Filmverlag der Autoren
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Peter Berling, Klaus Kinski, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Ruy Polanah, José Lewgoy, Milton Nascimento, Grande Otelo, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez, Veriano Luchetti

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.

Keywords:

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