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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.
Theatrical
Oct 10, 1982
Budget
$7.4M
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →K
Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo
C
Claudia Cardinale
Molly
J
José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
M
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
P
Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul
H
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque
G
Grande Otelo
Station Master
P
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
M
Milton Nascimento
Opera House Blackman
R
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
S
Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
W
William Rose
Notary
V
Veriano Luchetti
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)
D
Dimiter Petkov
Opera 'Ernani' - Silva
J
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt
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