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.
Fitzcarraldo (1982) is a drama and adventure film directed by Werner Herzog, released on March 2, 1982 with a runtime of 2h 37m. It stars Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy and Miguel Ángel Fuentes. Viewers rate it 7.6 out of 10 across 917 ratings.
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Official trailers, teasers, clips and featurettes for Fitzcarraldo.
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Featurette
Klaus Kinski
as Fitzcarraldo
Claudia Cardinale
as Molly
José Lewgoy
as Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
as Cholo
Paul Hittscher
as Orinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
as Huerequeque
Grande Otelo
as Station Master
Peter Berling
as Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa
as Campa Chief
Milton Nascimento
as Opera House Blackman
Ruy Polanah
as Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez
as Old Missionary
Directed by Werner Herzog, written by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog and Lucki Stipetić.
Average viewer score of 7.6/10 from 917 ratings.
_**Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters**_ Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand Opera to the jungle city in the Amazon Basin. It’s the early 1900s and there’s a rubber boom. To fund his dream he decides to exploit a considerable area of rubber trees growing beyond the impassable Ucayali Falls. To get to this remote area he incredibly has…
Reviewed on September 13, 2020
Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to be shared with his mid-jungle community. He realises that to do that, he must have cash - and that's only to be found if he can manage to tap into the rubber trees deep into the Amazon. To that end, he and local hostess "Molly" (the sparingly featured Claudia Cardinale) manage to…
Reviewed on January 26, 2024
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Fitzcarraldo (1982) is available to stream on fuboTV, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel and Cineverse Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Fitzcarraldo (1982) includes Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes and Paul Hittscher. The film was directed by Werner Herzog. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Fitzcarraldo was released on March 2, 1982 and runs for 2h 37m.
Fitzcarraldo (1982) holds an average rating of 7.6 out of 10 from 917 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and adventure films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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