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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Original title: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
  • 19721972
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
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Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
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In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
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58K
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    • Werner Herzog(a film by)
    • Werner Herzog
  • Stars
    • Klaus Kinski
    • Ruy Guerra
    • Helena Rojo
    • Werner Herzog(a film by)
    • Werner Herzog
  • Stars
    • Klaus Kinski
    • Ruy Guerra
    • Helena Rojo
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    • 263User reviews
    • 120Critic reviews
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    Klaus Kinski
    Klaus Kinski
    • Don Lope de Aguirre
    Ruy Guerra
    Ruy Guerra
    • Don Pedro de Ursua
    Helena Rojo
    Helena Rojo
    • Inez de Atienza
    Del Negro
    • Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
    Peter Berling
    Peter Berling
    • Don Fernando de Guzman
    Cecilia Rivera
    Cecilia Rivera
    • Flores
    Daniel Ades
    • Perucho
    Edward Roland
    • Okello
    Alexandra Cheves
      Armando Polanah
      • Armando
      Daniel Farfán
      Julio E. Martínez
        Alejandro Repullés
        • Gonzalo Pizarro
        Indianern der Kooperative Lauramarca
        Claus Biederstaedt
        Claus Biederstaedt
        • Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
        • (voice)
        • (uncredited)
        Lothar Blumhagen
        • Don Pedro de Ursua
        • (voice)
        • (uncredited)
        Heinz Theo Branding
        Heinz Theo Branding
        • Don Fernando de Guzman
        • (voice)
        • (uncredited)
        Christian Brückner
        • Balthasar
        • (voice)
        • (uncredited)
          • Werner Herzog(a film by)
          • Werner Herzog
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        • Trivia
          During a particularly rowdy night of production, Klaus Kinski, irritated by the noise from a hut where cast and crew were playing cards, repeatedly fired with a Winchester rifle into it. One of the bullets took the tip of an unnamed extra's finger off. Werner Herzog immediately confiscated the weapon and it remains his property to this day.
        • Goofs
          The indigenous Peruvians wear clothes that were imported by Europeans in the 19th century.
        • Quotes

          Don Lope de Aguirre: That man is a head taller than me. That may change.

        • Alternate versions
          The original released version is spoken in German. The actors spoke a variety of languages on set (including English), and the lines had to be re-recorded in post-production in the final language.
        • Connections
          Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
        • Soundtracks
          Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes (Lacrime Di Re)
          Written by Florian Fricke

          Performed by Popol Vuh

          Published by Edition Intro Meisel

          Courtesy of Gammarock Music

        User reviews263

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        Director Herzog is not a cheerleader for humans.
        "Aguirre, the Wrath of God": Werner Herzog is one of my all-time favorite film makers, and this is one of my favorite films by him. Actually taken from the diary of the priest who accompanied Pizarro's expedition in 1560, Herzog recreates the pretentious and self-deluded search for the "Lost City of Gold - Eldorado".

        Herzog likes true stories...ones that are bizarre in their own right, but with his direction and personal vision, they become profound (and never optimistic). The camera work is always interesting (he single-handedly "patented" camera shots that don't sweep - they ("you") stare and stare - and stare - at a thing or person or place until it becomes abstract, intense, beautiful, threatening, profound), the scoring is always appropriate yet never expected, and his casting, often using the unique talents of the late Klaus Kinski, guarantee nothing less than an intense experience...even in a film like "Aguirre", which SLOWLY claws and slogs it's way along each and every slippery, dangerous, foreign mile of jungle.

        It is clear Herzog 'focuses' on the ridiculously high beliefs humans create for and hold of themselves - that they could actually "own" anything, "conquer" anything, outwit that which they do not understand, and by sheer Will cause anything they deem important, to exist. Herzog is NOT a cheerleader for the history of humans, but he is a ponderer... and we are fortunate he does it on film.
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          • April 3, 1977 (United States)
          • West Germany
          • Mexico
          • German
          • Quechua
          • Spanish
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          • Huayna Picchu, Peru
        • Production companies
          • Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
          • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
          • Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
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        • 1 hour 35 minutes
          • Mono

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