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Film · 1982

Fitzcarraldo

Directed by Werner Herzog · starring Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale and Mick Jagger

  • 2 h 38 min
  • Adventure · Biography · Drama
  • GermanyPeru
  • 7.1 Users3 votes
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Synopsis

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, known as Fitzcarraldo to the native Peruvians, is an avid opera lover and rubber baron who dreams of building an opera house in the Peruvian jungle. To accomplish this, he plans to reach an isolated patch of rubber trees and make his fortune. But these trees are not directly accessible by river because of dangerous rapids, so Fitzcarraldo runs his ship as close as possible via an alternate river and then enlists the aid of the native Peruvians to drag his ship over a mountain to the desired area. However, the natives seem to have their own agenda in so mysteriously acceding to Fitzcarraldo's wishes. The results manage to both mock and affirm the dreams of determined figures like Fitzcarraldo, making absurdity out of the stuff of human endeavor without negating the beauty of that effort.

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Runtime
158 min2 hours and 38 minutes
How long is Fitzcarraldo?
2 hours and 38 minutes (158 minutes).
Who directed Fitzcarraldo?
Werner Herzog.
Who is in Fitzcarraldo?
It stars Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale and Mick Jagger.
Where can I watch Fitzcarraldo?
In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Prime Video.
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Cast

Full cast (6)
Director
Werner Herzog
Writers
Werner Herzog
Producers
Werner Herzog

Reviews

7.1 3 votes

Soundtrack

All 5 songs
  1. Oh Mimi, Tu Piu Non TorniOriginal recordings, Enrico Caruso, 1902, 06, RCA Victor Spotify
  2. Opera in Manaosfrom, quot, Ernani, quot, Giuseppe Verdi
  3. Opera on boardfrom, quot, I Puritani, quot, Vincenzo Bellini
  4. Tod und VerklaerungRichard Strauss

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