

Fitzcarraldo
"Dare to dream the impossible."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$7.4M
$7,362,000
Languages
English
+3 more
Studio
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
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Key Crew

Werner Herzog
Director

Werner Herzog
Producer

Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Cast

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 Rose
Notary
Leoncio Bueno

Veriano Luchetti
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)
Costante Moret
Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani
Dimiter Petkov
Opera 'Ernani' - Silva
Mietta Sighele
Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)
Lourdes Magalhães
Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer