Burden of Dreams
Oct 01 1982
•2h 37m
•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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Candace Laughlin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
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