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Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog

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Directed by: 
Werner Herzog
Screenplay by: 
Werner Herzog
Produced by: 
Willi Segler
Werner Herzog
Lucki Stipetić
Release year: 
1982
Country: 
West Germany
Peru
Runtime: 
158min
Genre: 
Adventure Film
Biographical film
Music
Drama
Music by: 
Popol Vuh
Soundtrack: 
Fitzcarraldo
Plot: 
Fitzcarraldo is an obsessed opera lover who wants to build an opera in the jungle. To accomplish this he first has to make a fortune in the rubber business, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians.
Cast: 
Klaus Kinski
as
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald
Claudia Cardinale
as
Molly
José Lewgoy
as
Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
as
Cholo
Paul Hittscher
as
Orinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
as
Huerequeque
Grande Otelo
as
Station master
Peter Berling
as
Opera Manager
David Perez Espinosa
as
Chief of Campa Indians
Milton Nascimento
as
Blackman At Opera House
Ruy Polanah
as
Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez
as
Old Missionary
Dieter Milz
as
Young Missionary
William Rose
as
Notary
Leôncio Bueno

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