Fitzcarraldo

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Klaus Kinski

Fitzcarraldo

Claudia Cardinale

Molly

José Lewgoy

Don Aquilino

Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Cholo

Paul Hittscher

Orinoco Paul

Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez

Huerequeque

Grande Otelo

Station Master

Peter Berling

Opera Manager

David Pérez Espinosa

Campa Chief

Milton Nascimento

Opera House Blackman

Ruy Polanah

Rubber Baron

Salvador Godínez

Old Missionary

Dieter Milz

Young Missionary

William Rose

Notary

Leoncio Bueno

Veriano Luchetti

Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani (voice)

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Costante Moret

Opera 'Ernani' - Ernani

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Dimiter Petkov

Opera 'Ernani' - Silva

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Mietta Sighele

Opera 'Ernani' - Elvira (voice)

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Lourdes Magalhães

Opera 'Ernani' - Orchestra Pit Singer

Crew

Art

• Ulrich Bergfelder Production Design
• Henning von Gierke Production Design

Camera

• Thomas Mauch Director of Photography
• Beat Presser Still Photographer
• Beat Presser Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Gloria Fava Makeup Designer
• Gloria Fava Hair Designer
• Stefano Fava Makeup Designer
• Stefano Fava Hair Designer
• Gisela Storch Costume Designer

Crew

• Miguel Vázquez Special Effects
• Les Blank Thanks
• José Koechlin von Stein Thanks

Directing

• Werner Herzog Director
• Jorge Vignati Assistant Director

Editing

• Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor

Lighting

• Raimund Wirner Gaffer
• Hans-Peter Vogt Gaffer

Production

• Walter Saxer Executive Producer
• Lucki Stipetić Producer
• Werner Herzog Producer
• Renzo Rossellini Associate Producer
• Claire André Production Secretary
• Nancy Ríos Production Secretary
• Gustavo Cerff Arbulú Production Assistant
• George Sluizer Production Manager

Sound

• Popol Vuh Original Music Composer
• Juarez Dagoberto Costa Sound
• Zezé d'Alice Sound

Writing

• Werner Herzog Screenplay

Photos