Werner Herzog's Palme d'Or-nominated, two-and-a-half hour adventure drama about a man who will stop at nothing to build an opera...
Werner Herzog's Palme d'Or-nominated, two-and-a-half hour adventure drama about a man who will stop at nothing to build an opera house in the middle of the jungle. To do this, he must put a unique plan into action. First, he needs to make a fortune. Then, he must somehow get a huge, fancy river boat across a small mountain.
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74 %31 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
92 %12,873 reviewsAudience score rating
"It's a stunning spectacle, an adventure-comedy not quite like any other, and the most benign movie ever made about 19th-century capitalism running amok."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Fitzcarraldo is a more objective record of a comparable fever dream, and as such is the preeminent testament of Herzog's labor as a filmmaker."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Herzog charts an ironically circular course around an indulged, benevolent Aguirre; perversely illuminates colonialism with surrealism; and demonstrates once again in his always suspect yet somehow irresistible way that 'only dreamers move mountains'."
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Time Out
Time Out"The latest production from German director Werner Herzog appears to be an advanced case of directorial self-absorption and self-glorification."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"As a document of a quest and a dream, and as the record of man's audacity and foolish, visionary heroism, there has never been another movie like it."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertFitzcarraldo | Details
Award winner- Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 1982
- Rating
- PG, Low level violence
- Runtime
- 150
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama
- Country of origin
- West Germany, Peru
