Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

157 mins | Drama, Adventure | March 2, 1982

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.

Fitzcarraldo

157 mins | Drama, Adventure | March 2, 1982

Fitzcarraldo
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren
Original title Fitzcarraldo
Directors Jorge Vignati, Werner Herzog
Writers Werner Herzog

Cast

Klaus Kinski

as Fitzcarraldo

José Lewgoy

as Don Aquilino

Paul Hittscher

as Orinoco Paul

Grande Otelo

as Station Master

Peter Berling

as Opera Manager

David Pérez Espinosa

as Campa Chief

Milton Nascimento

as Opera House Blackman

Ruy Polanah

as Rubber Baron

Salvador Godínez

as Old Missionary

Dieter Milz

as Young Missionary

William L. Rose

as Notary

Veriano Luchetti

as Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)

Costante Moret

as Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani

Dimiter Petkov

as Opera 'Ernani' - Silva

Mietta Sighele

as Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)

Lourdes Magalhães

as Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

as Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt

Isabel Jiménez de Cisneros

as Opera 'I puritani' - Doña Elvira

Liborio Simonella

as Opera 'I puritani' - Arturo

Jesus Goiri

as Opera 'I puritani' - Giorgio

Christian Mantilla

as Opera 'I puritani' - Walton