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Director:
Les Blank
Writer:
Michael Goodwin (narration)
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Release Date:
1 October 1982 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic 'Fitzcarraldo' , showing how the film... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Brilliant more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez ... Himself (as Huerequeque Bohorquez)

Claudia Cardinale ... Molly / Herself
Carmen Correa ... Herself
Nelson De Rio Cenepa ... Himself
Elia De Rio Ene ... Himself
Alfredo De Rio Tambo ... Himself
Miguel Ángel Fuentes ... Himself
Father Mariano Gagnon ... Himself

Werner Herzog ... Himself
Paul Hittscher ... Himself
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan ... Himself

Mick Jagger ... Wilbur

Klaus Kinski ... Fitzcarraldo / Himself

José Lewgoy ... Himself
Laplace Martins ... Himself
Thomas Mauch ... Himself
David Pérez Espinosa ... Himself
Ángela Reina ... Herself

Jason Robards ... Fitzcarraldo
Walter Saxer ... Himself
Jorge Vignati ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Amazon Basin, Brazil more
Company:
Flower Films more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Werner Herzog: [On the jungle] Kinski always says it's full of erotic elements. I don't see it so much erotic. I see it more full of obscenity. It's just - Nature here is vile and base. I wouldn't see anything erotical here. I would see fornication and asphyxiation and choking and fighting for survival and... more
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Brilliant, 11 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Burden of Dreams (1982)

**** (out of 4)

Incredible documentary from director Les Blank about the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo. The Herzog film is one of the most amazing films I've seen and it's rather shocking, due to that film's troubled history, that a documentary was being filmed on it. In the Herzog film you realize that the main character played by Klaus Kinski was crazy because of what he was trying to do. In this documentary, you realize that Herzog was crazy for even trying to make this film.

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)

*** (out of 4)

Funny short has director Werner Herzog eating his shoe after losing a bet to a friend. The documentary does a nice job building up tension and there's some nice side talk about the importance of film.

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