Fitzcarraldo

AL
2h 37m
1982
7.628 /10 (812)

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.

Country : Germany, Peru
Languages : English, Deutsch, Italiano, Español
Released Date: 1982-03-02

Top 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

Ruy Polanah

Rubber Baron

Salvador Godínez

Old Missionary

Dieter Milz

Young Missionary

William L. Rose

Notary

Leoncio Bueno

Veriano Luchetti

Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)

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