8.3 Score

1982 • 2h 37min • PG • Adventure, Drama

Fitzcarraldo

"Dare to dream the impossible."

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 8.0

RT 77%

Director

Werner Herzog

Composer

Popol Vuh

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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

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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

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Veriano Luchetti Opera 'Ernani' - Ern...

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