A major filmmaking accomplishment that only Werner Herzog would have the looney audacity to attempt, FITZCARRALDO stars Klaus Kinski as the title character, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding he decides to finance the
opera house by capitalizing on South America's rubber industry. He discovers a hidden forest of rubber trees well protected by rapids but the only way to get there is via a river on the other side of a small group of mountains. Fitzcarraldo has a bizarre inspiration: he'll hire local natives to
pull his steamship over the mountain--320 tons up a 40-degree incline.
The hauling of...
Released:
1982
Rated:
NR
Length:
157 mins