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Fitzcarraldo

"Dare to dream the impossible."

1982-03-02 Drama 2hr 37m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    1982-03-02
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    $7,362,000
  • Runtime
    2hr 37m
  • Genre
    Drama, Adventure
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Deutsch, Italiano, Español
  • imdb-logo
    8
  • Production
    Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren

Crew

Werner Herzog
Director
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Lucki Stipetić
Producer
Keywords:
peru plantation ambition amazon rainforest steamboat south america opera house riverboat 19th century imperialism iquitos, peru amazon river rubber white water rafting willpower manaos, brazil transporting boat amazonie

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Cast

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo
Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale
Molly
José Lewgoy

José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Paul Hittscher

Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque
Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo
Station Master
Peter Berling

Peter Berling
Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa

David Pérez Espinosa
Campa Chief
Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento
Opera House Blackman
Ruy Polanah

Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez

Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Dieter Milz

Dieter Milz
Young Missionary
William L. Rose

William L. Rose
Notary
Leoncio Bueno

Leoncio Bueno
Veriano Luchetti

Veriano Luchetti
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)
Costante Moret

Costante Moret
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani
Dimiter Petkov

Dimiter Petkov
Opera 'Ernani' - Silva
Mietta Sighele

Mietta Sighele
Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)
Lourdes Magalhães

Lourdes Magalhães
Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer
Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt
Isabel Jiménez de Cisneros

Isabel Jiménez de Cisneros
Opera 'I puritani' - Doña Elvira
Liborio Simonella

Liborio Simonella
Opera 'I puritani' - Arturo
Jesus Goiri

Jesus Goiri
Opera 'I puritani' - Giorgio
Christian Mantilla

Christian Mantilla
Opera 'I puritani' - Walton

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A Review by Wuchak 8

Written by Wuchak on 2020-09-13

_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dre... read more

_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand Opera to the jungle city in the Amazon Basin. It’s the early 1900s and there’s a rubber boom. To fund his dream he decides to exploit a considerable area of rubber trees growing beyond the impassable Ucayali Falls. To get to this remote area he incredibly has his steamboat lifted over a hill from another branch of the Amazon with the assistance of notorious headhunters. Claudia Cardinale plays his girlfriend, a successful brothel owner. Werner Herzog’s “Fitzcarraldo” (1982) is superior to his “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972), which was shot in the same general area, the Amazon basin east of the Andes Mountains. It’s longer by just over an hour, but it has a more compelling story. “Aguirre” influenced Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” (1979) but “Apocalypse Now” likely influenced “Fitzcarraldo.” The difference is that “Apocalypse Now” took advantage of its infamous setting, the Vietnam War, whereas few people know of the rubber boom of the early 20th century in the Iquitos area. There’s also less thrills in “Fitzcarraldo.” It’s more impenetrable and all-around curious, a cinematic oddity. Yet it has its highlights, including the core cast, e.g. the burly captain, the impressively hulking indigenous engineer and the drunkard cook. What’s it all about? The beauty of art, great dreams, indomitable will, mysterious cultures, devastating failure and… winning anyway. The film runs 2 hours, 37 minutes, and was shot in the Iquitos area, Peru, and Amazonas, Brazil, including a couple Tribal Regions. GRADE: B+/A-

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-26

Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to be s... read more

Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to be shared with his mid-jungle community. He realises that to do that, he must have cash - and that's only to be found if he can manage to tap into the rubber trees deep into the Amazon. To that end, he and local hostess "Molly" (the sparingly featured Claudia Cardinale) manage to scrape together enough cash to buy a dilapidated old steamer from local grandee "Don Aquilino" (José Lewgoy) and he sets off into uncharted waters with a skeleton collection of untrustworthies into the realm of rapids, insects and hostiles. There's a snag to his cunning plan, though. The area he wishes to exploit is all but inaccessible and he is going to have to figure out some considerable engineering legerdemain if he is to achieve his goal. Fortunately, along the way, they encounter some locals who have a legend that a yellow-haired man would come from their gods and - well anyway, he fits that bill and they agree to help him get the boat uphill - literally - from one river to another. Can they keep their superstitious new allies and their fairly fickle crew on side long enough to succeed and then make it back to what passes for civilisation? Now it does have to be said that some of the continuity here puts John Wayne's watch to shame, but given it was filmed in Peru and on the Amazon itself, this is an astonishingly accomplished piece of film making that really does immerse us in not just the struggle itself but in the character of a man who treads the paths between lucidly, ingenuity and insanity adeptly. It is a little too long, there are too many scenes that add little to the pace of the film, but Kinski and Herzog thrive in this hot and humid climate to deliver an entertaining and exciting travelogue the likes of which you'll never see anywhere else!

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A Review by Wuchak

_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand Opera to the jungle city in the Amazon Basin. It’s the early 1900s and there’s...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Wuchak 8

Written by Wuchak on 2020-09-13

_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand Opera to the jungle city in the Amazon...

read more
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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-26

Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to be shared with his mid-jungle community. He realises that to do ...

read more