Burden of Dreams
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.
- Director
- Les Blank
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
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Cast
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17 billed performers
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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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- Release date
- Oct 1, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
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- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Peru, United States of America
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