Burden of Dreams (1982)

10/01/1982 (PE) • 1h 37m

Documentary

Overview

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

movie business

amazon rainforest

anthropology

filmmaking

making of

iquitos, peru

portrait of an artist

portrait of a filmmaker

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