Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog / DE, PE, 1982 / 158 min.
Herzog and Klaus Kinski condemned to one another again. Businessman Fitzcarraldo wants to build an opera house in the Peruvian rainforest. To reach it, he has a steamboat dragged over the hills. This dangerous feat was really performed for the film.
Peru, the early 20th century: businessman Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, nicknamed ‘Fitzcarraldo’, is crazy about opera, and – in particular – about world renowned tenor Enrico Caruso. He wants to build an opera house for him in the middle of the rainforest. To collect the necessary funds Fitzcarraldo buys aa plot for a rubber plantation and boards a steamboat heading for the jungle.
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Director
Werner Herzog
Production year
1982
Country
DE, PE
Original title
Fitzcarraldo
Length
158 min.
Language
German, Spanish, English, Italian
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
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