Burden of Dreams (1982)
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.
- Released
- 1982-10-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Les Blank
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 158 votes
Cast
- Candace Laughlin as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Werner Herzog as Self - Filmmaker
- Klaus Kinski as Self - Actor
- Claudia Cardinale as Self - Actress
- Alfredo de Río Tambo as Self
- Ángela Reina as Self
- Carmen Correa as Self
- Elia de Río Ene as Self
- David Pérez Espinosa as Self - Actor
- Miguel Ángel Fuentes as Self - Actor
- Mariano Gagnon as Self - Missionary
- Paul Hittscher as Self - Actor
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