Fitzcarraldo
“Dare to dream the impossible.”
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
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Cast
25 people
Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Claudia Cardinale
Molly
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
8½
José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
Known for
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Cobra Verde
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Known for
Cómplices Al Rescate
Pumaman
Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque
Also in
Bride of the Orient
Grande Otelo
Station Master
Known for
Macunaima
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Cobra Verde
David Pérez Espinosa
Campa Chief
Milton Nascimento
Opera House Blackman
Also in
Noites do Sertão
Of Gods and the Undead
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Known for
Journey to the End of the Night
The Emerald Forest
Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Known for
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Werner Herzog Director · Popol Vuh Composer Thomas Mauch Cinematographer
Budget $7.4M · United States release October 10, 1982 · Produced in Germany, Peru
Box office
Budget
$7,362,000
Production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Production
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Production
ZDF
Production
Wildlife Films Peru
Production
Filmverlag der Autoren
Production
Germany · Peru
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
Belgium · March 2, 1982
TV
Germany · March 4, 1982
Theatrical · West Germany
United States · October 10, 1982
Theatrical
Brazil
January 24, 1983 · Theatrical
China
April 19, 2026 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Denmark
March 2, 1982 · Limited theatrical
Finland
March 2, 1982 · Theatrical
France
May 2, 1982 · Theatrical
May 21, 1982 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Italy
November 23, 1982 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 2, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 9, 1982 · Theatrical
November 4, 2010 · Physical
Portugal
January 6, 1983 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 30, 2002 · Physical
Spain
October 4, 1982 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 2, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 19, 2015 · Physical
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