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Fitzcarraldo
1982Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfFitzcarraldo 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…
★ 7.6/10 · 940 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Klaus KinskiFitzcarraldo
Claudia CardinaleMolly
José LewgoyDon Aquilino
Miguel Ángel FuentesCholo
Paul HittscherOrinoco Paul
Huerequeque Enrique BohórquezHuerequeque
Grande OteloStation Master
Peter BerlingOpera Manager
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
Wuchak: Apocalypse Now in the Amazon headwaters Called Fitzcarraldo by the Indians, an Irishman (Klaus Kinski) living in Iquitos, Peru, dreams of bringing Grand… Read full review
CinemaSerf: Klaus Kinski is great as the eponymous, slightly maniacal, opera lover who decides that his love of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini needs to… Read full review