"Fitzcarraldo"; Werner Herzog (1982)

Film Series Fall 2010 “Rebels and Rebellion in German Cinema”

Based on the real-life story of rubber baron Carlos Fitcarrald, renowned German filmmaker Werner Herzog portrays the life and quest of the eccentric Fitzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski) in Peru of the early 20^th century. Fitzcarraldo is set on building an opera house in the Amazon jungle – an enterprise, which involves hauling a steamboat over a mountain ...