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Burden of Dreams(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-10-01
75%
139 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Overview:
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Languages: English, German, Portuguese, Spanish.
Countries:
Peru,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Flower Films
Movie: Burden of Dreams
Top 10 Billed Cast
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
David Pérez Espinosa
Self - Actor
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Self - Actor
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