Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

97 mins | Documentary | Oct. 1, 1982

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

Burden of Dreams

97 mins | Documentary | Oct. 1, 1982

Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Flower Films, José Koechlin von Stein
Original title Burden of Dreams
Directors Maureen Gosling, Les Blank
Writers Michael Goodwin

Cast

Candace Laughlin

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Werner Herzog

as Self - Filmmaker

Klaus Kinski

as Self - Actor

Claudia Cardinale

as Self - Actress

Ángela Reina

as Self

Carmen Correa

as Self

David Pérez Espinosa

as Self - Actor

Miguel Ángel Fuentes

as Self - Actor

Mariano Gagnon

as Self - Missionary

Paul Hittscher

as Self - Actor

José Lewgoy

as Self - Actor

Laplace Martins

as Self - Civil Engineer

Thomas Mauch

as Self - DOP

Walter Saxer

as Self - Producer

Jorge Vignati

as Self

Pacho Lane

as Self - Interviewer

Michael Goodwin

as Self - Interviewer

Jason Robards

as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

as Wilbur (archive footage)