At the beginning of the 20th century, in Iquitos, a small town lost in the heart of the Amazon, the adventurer Brian Fitzgerald dreams of building an opera and of making the great Caruso sing there. To finance his project, he buys a rubber concession known to be inaccessible. Supported by the influential Molly, he buys an old boat to start the exploitation.
STARRING
Klaus Kinski
Claudia Cardinale
DIRECTOR
Werner Herzog
WRITER
Werner Herzog
PHOTOGRAPHY
Thomas Mauch
FILM EDITING
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
SOUND
Juarez Dagoberto
MUSIC
Popol Vuh
PRODUCER
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre, The wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1978), Fitzcarraldo(1982), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little dieter needs to fly (1997), My best fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the end of the world (2007), Cave of forgotten dreams (2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.
FILMOGRAPHY
SELECTIVE FILMOGRAPHY
1972: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1974: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
1976: Herz aus Glas
1977: Stroszek
1978: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
1979: Woyzeck
1982 : Fitzcarraldo
2006: Rescue Dawn
2016: Salt and Fire
Documentaries
1971: Fata Morgana
1992 : Lektionen in Finsternis
1997 : Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1999 : Mein liebster Feind
2005 : Grizzly Man
2016: Into the Inferno