
"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.
Director
Werner Herzog
Budget
$7,362,000
Status
Released

Klaus Kinski
Fitzcarraldo

Claudia Cardinale
Molly

José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino

Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo

Paul Hittscher
Orinoco Paul

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Huerequeque

Grande Otelo
Station Master

Peter Berling
Opera Manager