Fitzcarraldo (1982)
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.
Release Date : March 2, 1982
Runtime : 157m
Companies : Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Wildlife Films Peru, Filmverlag der Autoren
Countries : Germany, Peru
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