Werner Herzog film collection: Fitzcarraldo

1982 • 157 minutes

4.5

22 reviews

75%

Tomatometer

Eligible

About this movie

Fitzcarraldo is an obsessed opera lover who wants to build an opera in the jungle. To accomplish this he first has to make a fortune in the rubber business, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

22 reviews

Siavosh

July 6, 2020

I wached a fewer than 40 minutes of it . I hate it .

R Pet

December 2, 2017

Saw this on the big screen at The Charles in Baltimore... wonderfully photographed and of course Klaus Kinski was maddening....

José Padilla

March 6, 2016

Masterpiece