Burden of Dreams

7.6

1982

1h 37m

Documentary

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.

Key Crew

Director

Les Blank

Producers

Les Blank

Writers

Michael Goodwin

Cinematography

Les Blank

Cast (24)

Candace Laughlin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Werner Herzog

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