Directed by:
Werner HerzogScreenplay:
Werner HerzogCinematography:
Thomas MauchComposer:
Popol VuhCast:
Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Peter Berling, Claudia Cardinale, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez, David Pérez Espinosa (more)Plots(1)
One of Werner Herzog's most acclaimed and audacious films, Fitzcarraldo tells the incredible story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (played by Herzog regular Klaus Kinski), an opera-loving fortune hunter who dreams of bringing opera (specifically Caruso) to a remote trading post on the heart of the Peruvian jungle. With the help of the beautiful madam Molly (Claudia Cardinale), his loyal crew, and an indigenous tribe, Fitzcarraldo journeys up the rivers of the Amazon hauling his steamship, the Molly Aida, over a mountain in order to access the riches of hitherto unexploited rubber territory. Evocative of the troubled circumstance of its own production, Fitzcarraldo is both a confessional self-portrait of Herzog the adventuring artist and a grandiose paean to those who dare to live out their wildest dreams. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
![Klaus Kinski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/483/164483894_d98e98.jpg)
Klaus Kinski
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
José Lewgoy
Brazil
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Entranced Earth (1967)
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Exposure (1991)
![Peter Berling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/336/158336070_72757c.jpg)
Peter Berling
German Empire
Best movies:
Satantango (1994)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
![Claudia Cardinale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268966_68e050.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
Paul Hittscher
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
David Pérez Espinosa
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
![Jean-Claude Dreyfus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273779_85860c.jpg)
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
France
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
William Rose
USA
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Invasion (1997) (TV movie)
![Ruy Polanah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/572/159572244_e1f3e2.jpg)
Ruy Polanah
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Os Fuzis (1964)
Veriano Luchetti
Italy
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Salvador Godínez
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Nazarin (1959)
Letters from Marusia (1976)
Milton Nascimento
Best movies:
Fitzcarraldo (1982)