Burden of Dreams
7.9
1982
1 hr 37 min
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.
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- Cast：
- Werner Herzog , Klaus Kinski , Claudia Cardinale , David Pérez Espinosa , Miguel Ángel Fuentes , Paul Hittscher , Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
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