Fitzcarraldo (1982)

03/02/1982 (DE) • 2h 37m

Drama, Adventure

Dare to dream the impossible.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,362,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

peru

plantation

ambition

amazon rainforest

steamboat

south america

opera house

riverboat

19th century

imperialism

iquitos, peru

amazon river

rubber

white water rafting

willpower

manaos, brazil

transporting boat

amazonie

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