Fitzcarraldo
An obsessive dreamer battles the unforgiving Amazon to haul a massive steamship over a jungle mountain, risking everything to fund his vision of an opulent opera house in the heart of the rainforest.
“Dare to dream the impossible.”
Synopsis
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. 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.
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Principal cast & crew: 33
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Edited by Beate Mainka JellinghausShot by Thomas MauchScored by Popol VuhDesigned by Ulrich Bergfelder
Box Office
1982 · Box office
Produced on a $7.4M budget
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$7.4M
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Cast & Crew
33 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Klaus Kinski
as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
Claudia Cardinale
as Molly
Jose Lewgoy
as Don Aquilino
Miguel Angel Fuentes
as Cholo
Paul Hittscher
as Captain (Orinoco Paul)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
as Huerequeque (The Cook)
Grande Otelo
as Station master
Peter Berling
as Opera Manager
David Perez Espinosa
as Rio Tambo Indian Chief
Milton Nascimento
as Black Man At Opera House
Ruy Polanah
as Rubber Baron
Salvador Godinez
as Old Missionary
Supporting cast
13Dieter Milz
as Young Missionary
William Rose
as Notary
Leoncio Bueno
Veriano Luchetti
as Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)
Costante Moret
as Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani
Dimiter Petkov
as Opera 'Ernani' - Silva
Mietta Sighele
as Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)
Lourdes Magalhaes
as Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer
Jean Claude Dreyfus
as Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt
Isabel Jimenez De Cisneros
as Opera 'I puritani' - Doña Elvira
Liborio Simonella
as Opera 'I puritani' - Arturo
Jesus Goiri
as Opera 'I puritani' - Giorgio
Christian Mantilla
as Opera 'I puritani' - Walton
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1Producers
3Other crew
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