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.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations
Claus Biederstaedt
- Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Lothar Blumhagen
- Don Pedro de Ursua
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Heinz Theo Branding
- Don Fernando de Guzman
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Christian Brückner
- Balthasar
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring 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.
- GoofsThe 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 versionsThe early 2000's DVD release is missing the opening shot (after the text scroll) of the clouds parting to reveal the mountains. It simply opens on the shot following the line of people descending the narrow mountain trail. It also is missing the title credits over the river water. Earlier U.S. video versions were missing these titles as well, but kept the footage so that the film had several seemingly unmotivated long shots of the flowing water.
- ConnectionsEdited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
- SoundtracksAguirre, Der Zorn Gottes (Lacrime Di Re)
Written by Florian Fricke
Performed by Popol Vuh
Published by Edition Intro Meisel
Courtesy of Gammarock Music
Featured review
... in his pursuit of the gold of El Dorado while exhibiting incestuous thoughts towards his daughter and a belief he is god - with a supporting cast of treason, mutiny, murder, slavery, cannibalism and monkeys: you consider yourself fortunate not to have been part of the Spanish, or indeed any countries ruthless empire building in the past.
You are however grateful, for the vision and inspirational insight brought to you by Werner Herzog, leaving you transfixed by the pioneers plight, surroundings (visual and audible), naivety and ignorance in their futile quest for immortality and riches. When you couple all this with the challenges of the films gestation, the time of its inception and the instability and unpredictable nature of Klaus Kinski; that it was ever birthed in the first instance turns it into a treasure worth discovering, or rediscovering if you've mislaid your ability to explore new cinematic horizons.
You are however grateful, for the vision and inspirational insight brought to you by Werner Herzog, leaving you transfixed by the pioneers plight, surroundings (visual and audible), naivety and ignorance in their futile quest for immortality and riches. When you couple all this with the challenges of the films gestation, the time of its inception and the instability and unpredictable nature of Klaus Kinski; that it was ever birthed in the first instance turns it into a treasure worth discovering, or rediscovering if you've mislaid your ability to explore new cinematic horizons.
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
- Filming locations
- Huayna Picchu, Peru(mountain with stone stairway in the opening scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $370,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $37,794
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