Fitzcarraldo (1982)
| Release Date | 04 March 1982 |
| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Music |
| Country | PeruWest Germany |
| Filming Locations | Amazon Basin, Brazil |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Adventure Drama, Jungle Film |
| Themes | Obsessive Quests |
| Tones | Sweeping, Fanciful, Lavish, Quirky, Tense |
| Tags | Amazon, Jungle, Mountains, Obsession, Opera, Opera House, Riverboat, Rubber Plantation, Steamboat, Survivor, Tribe |
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known as Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber territory. The film is derived from the real-life story of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Paul Hittscher
Captain
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Huerequeque
Grande Otelo
Station master
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa
Chief of Campa Indians
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Dieter Milz
Young Missionary
William L. Rose
Notary
Isabel Jimines De Cisneros
Opera Singer
Jesús Goiri
Opera Singer
Veriano Luchetti
Opera Singer
Lourdes Magalhaes
Opera Singer
Christian Mantilla
Opera Singer
Costante Moret
Opera Singer
Dimiter Petkov
Opera Singer
Mietta Sighele
Opera Singer
Liborio Simonella
Opera Singer
Director
Producer
Renzo Rossellini
associate producer
Walter Saxer
executive producer
Willi Segler
producer
Lucki Stipetic
producer
Original Music
Popol Vuh
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Cinematographer
Thomas Mauch
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Editor
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
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Production Designer
Ulrich Bergfelder
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Henning Von Gierke
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Costume Designer
Gisela Storch
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Makeup Department
Gloria Fava
hair stylist, makeup artist
Stefano Fava
hair stylist, makeup artist
Jaque Monteiro
assistant makeup artist
Carlos Prieto
assistant makeup artist
Production Manager
Gustavo Cerff Abulu
production manager: Peru
George Sluizer
production manager: Brazil
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Confalonieri
assistant director: Brazil
Jorge Vignati
assistant director
Art Department
César Vivanco Luna
construction: Camp Rio Camisea
Jaíme Mourõa Rios
construction: Indin camp
Victor Trigoso
construction: Camp Rio Camisea
Sound Department
Juarez Dagoberto Costa
sound
Zezé d'Alice
sound
Special Effects
Miguel Vázquez
special effects
Camera and Electrical Department
Rainer Klausmann
second camera
Beat Presser
still photographer, assistant camera
Hans-Peter Vogt
lighting technician
Raimund Wirner
lighting technician
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Franz Blumauer
assistant costume designer
Elisabeth Irmer
assistant costume designer
Rosemary Kaye
assistant costume designer
Editorial Department
Linda Kuusisto
assistant editor
Carola Mai
assistant editor
Transportation Department
Tercero Efraín Panaifo Indama
tractorist
Other Crew
Pedro Natorce Ahuanari
boat crew
Dr. Tomás Parraga Aliaga
medical staff
Walter Pinedo Alvarez
boat crew
Claire André
production secretary: Peru
Eglington Ayarza Boulloza
technical advisor
Pedro Padilla Chota
boat crew
Guardamino Benigno Paucar
technical advisor
Victor Tello Pinedo
medical staff
Nancy Rios
production secretary: Peru
William L. Rose
dialogue director
Anja Schmidt-Zäringer
script
El Tigre Carlos Calvo Soria
forest worker
René Baneo Vazquez
boat crew
Rachel Griffiths
script supervisor
Thanks
Les Blank
special thanks
Miguel Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Nicolás Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Pascual Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Joseph D. Peckerman
special thanks
David Pérez Espinosa
thanks
José Koechlin Von Stein
special thanks: idea
Production Company
Filmverlag der Autoren
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Pro-ject Filmproduktion
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Tayrona Entertainment Group
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
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Wildlife Films Peru
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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Distributor
Hemispheric Pictures
518 Media
Ipma
Altomedia. Co. Ltd.
,
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Artificial Eye
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
New World Pictures
Palace Video
,
Ripley's Home Video
Transvídeo
Umbrella Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Ashininka-Campa Indians
thanks
Servicio Industrial de la Marina Iquitos (SIMAI)
ship construction
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