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.
Directed by Les Blank
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Cast
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
David Pérez Espinosa
Self - Actor
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Self - Actor
Paul Hittscher
Self - Actor
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Self - Actor
José Lewgoy
Self - Actor
Jorge Vignati
Self
Jason Robards
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Wilbur (archive footage)
Crew
Les Blank
Director
Maureen Gosling
Co-Director
Maureen Gosling
Editor
Les Blank
Director of Photography
Les Blank
Producer
Maureen Gosling
Sound Recordist
Popular Reviews
102 reviews
Moritz Ellmer
8.0★ · 04/26/26
Getting the ship up in reality was harder than in the actual movie.
Getting the ship up in reality was harder than in the actual movie.
Pedro
7.0★ · 05/06/26
Zizek estava certo..
Zizek estava certo..
MaxRako
7.0★ · 04/29/26
Says a lot when the making of the film is better than the actual film.
Says a lot when the making of the film is better than the actual film.
Davechild
9.0★ · 04/23/26
White man goes crazy in the jungle is my favorite genre.
White man goes crazy in the jungle is my favorite genre.
