The film stars Klaus Kinski as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a would-be Irish rubber baron known in Peru as "Fitzcarraldo", who is determined to transport a steamship over the Andes mountains …

Aug 28, 2005 · Werner Herzog ‘s “Fitzcarraldo” is one of the great visions of the cinema, and one of the great follies. One would not have been possible without the other. This is a movie about …

Fitzcarraldo: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes. The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man …

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski), called Fitzcarraldo by the local natives in the South American rubber capital where he lives, has a dream to create an exotic opera house so that …

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Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with building an opera house in his town and decides...

Dare to dream the impossible. Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic …

Aug 18, 2013 · As the year comes to an end, we’re proud to reflect on a vibrant 2025 at FLC. Thanks to your support, our theaters continued to champion bold films and the filmmakers …

Jun 22, 2013 · Both Fitzcarraldo (as played by Kinski) and Herzog (as portrayed by Herzog) are dreamers, obsessed with the grandest of meaningless gestures. They are both prepared to go …

Released in 1982, Fitzcarraldo is a film directed by the acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog. The movie tells the story of a man named Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, also known as …