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Fitzcarraldo

Herzog's saga of an impressario's obsession to bring his own opera boat up the Amazon River and over a mountain into Peru where he will have Caruso sing features Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, in a legendary production made against impossible odds. See also 'Burden of Dreams', an extraordinary making-of documentary by Les Blank.

Year: 1982
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, German Cinema, Theo's Favourites
Country: Germany
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale
Duration: 157 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains low level violence.
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