

Burden of Dreams
Visit website7.6/10 • 136
1982-10-01 • 1h 37m
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.
- Directors
- Les Blank
- Writters
- Michael Goodwin
- Editors
- Michael Goodwin, Maureen Gosling

Burden of Dreams
Visit website1982-10-01 • 1h 37m
7.6/10 • 136
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.
- Directors
- Les Blank
- Writters
- Michael Goodwin
- Editors
- Michael Goodwin, Maureen Gosling
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsCandace Laughlin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
Alfredo de Río Tambo
Self
Ángela Reina
Self
Carmen Correa
Self
Elia de Río Ene
Self
David Pérez Espinosa
Self - Actor
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- Status
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- cinema on cinemamovie businessamazon rainforestanthropologyfilmmakingmaking ofiquitos, peruportrait of an artistportrait of a filmmakerpreserved film