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Fitzcarraldo(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-03-02
76%
791 Votes
Time: 2h 37m
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.
Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish.
Countries:
Germany,
Peru
Budget: $7,362,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Wildlife Films Peru
Filmverlag der Autoren
Movie: Fitzcarraldo
Top 10 Billed 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
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