Fitzcarraldo (1982)
"Dare to dream the impossible."

Title: Fitzcarraldo
Original Title: Fitzcarraldo
Release Date: 1982-03-02
Status: Released
Rating: 7.636/10 (from 779 votes)
Language: DE
Genres: Drama, Adventure
Production Companies: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren
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.
Cast

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