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Burden of Dreams
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.
Top Billed Cast
Candace Laughlin Self - Narrator (voice)
Klaus Kinski Self - Actor
Claudia Cardinale Self - Actress
Alfredo de Río Tambo Self
Ángela Reina Self
Carmen Correa Self
Elia de Río Ene Self
David Pérez Espinosa Self - Actor
Miguel Ángel Fuentes Self - Actor
Mariano Gagnon Self - Missionary
Paul Hittscher Self - Actor
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez Self - Actor
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan Self
José Lewgoy Self - Actor
Laplace Martins Self - Civil Engineer
Nelson de Río Cenepa Self
Jason Robards Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Mick Jagger Wilbur (archive footage)
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