Fitzcarraldo movie overview

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German filmmaker Werner Herzog has never done anything by halves. When Herzog tackled Fitzcarraldo, the story of an obsessed impresario (Klaus Kinski) whose foremost desire in life is to bring both Enrico Caruso and an opera house to the deepest jungles of South America, the director boldly embarked on the same journey, disdaining studios, process shots, and special effects throughout. The highlight of the story is Fizcarraldo's Herculean effort to haul a 300-plus ton steamship over the mountains. No trickery was used in filming this grueling sequence, and stories still persist of disgruntled South American film technicians awaiting the opportunity to strangle Herzog if he ever sets foot on their land again. In the end, Herzog proved to be as driven and single-purposed as his protagonist, and it is the audience's knowledge of this that adds to the excitement of Fitzcarraldo.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production
Filmverlag der Autoren [de]; Pro-ject Filmproduktion [de]; Tayrona Entertainment Group (as R.O.E.); Werner Herzog Filmproduktion [de]; Wildlife Films Peru; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) [de];

Cast Names
Jean-Claude Dreyfus; Jesús Goiri; Veriano Luchetti; Christian Mantilla; Costante Moret; Dimiter Petkov; Liborio Simonella; Isabel Jimines de Cisneros; Lourdes Magalhaes; Mietta Sighele; Klaus Kinski; Claudia Cardinale; José Lewgoy; Miguel Ángel Fuentes; Paul Hittscher; Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez; Grande Otelo; Peter Berling; David Pérez Espinosa; Milton Nascimento; Ruy Polanah; Salvador Godínez; Dieter Milz; William Rose; Leoncio Bueno;

Box Office
HKD 72,937

Release Date
1982-10-01 * (New York Film Festival)
1982-10-10

Genres
Adventure; Drama; Music;

Running Time
2 hr. 38 min.

Director
Werner Herzog

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