1982 • PG • 2h 37m
7.6/10
(746 users) 
Overview
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, 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.
7.6/10
(746 users) Cast / Crew 
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 
Ruy Polanah Rubber Baron 
Salvador Godínez Old Missionary Dieter Milz Young Missionary William L. Rose Notary Leoncio Bueno Walter Saxer Executive Producer Lucki Stipetić Producer 
Werner Herzog Director Popol Vuh Original Music Composer Werner Herzog Producer Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor Thomas Mauch Director of Photography Beat Presser Still Photographer 
Renzo Rossellini Associate Producer Ulrich Bergfelder Production Design Juarez Dagoberto Costa Sound Zezé d'Alice Sound Henning von Gierke Production Design Gloria Fava Makeup Designer Claire André Production Secretary
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 Ruy Polanah Rubber Baron Salvador Godínez Old Missionary Dieter Milz Young Missionary William L. Rose Notary Leoncio Bueno Walter Saxer Executive Producer Lucki Stipetić Producer Werner Herzog Director Popol Vuh Original Music Composer Werner Herzog Producer Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor Thomas Mauch Director of Photography Beat Presser Still Photographer Renzo Rossellini Associate Producer Ulrich Bergfelder Production Design Juarez Dagoberto Costa Sound Zezé d'Alice Sound Henning von Gierke Production Design Gloria Fava Makeup Designer Claire André Production Secretary 
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