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Burden of Dreams
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Title: Burden of Dreams

Release Date: 1 Oct 1982

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Flower Films, José Koechlin von Stein

Production Companies: Flower Films, José Koechlin von Stein

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.6 (134 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Narrator (voice): Candace Laughlin
  • Self - Filmmaker: Werner Herzog
  • Self - Actor: Klaus Kinski
  • Self - Actress: Claudia Cardinale
  • Self: Alfredo de Río Tambo
  • Self: Ángela Reina
  • Self: Carmen Correa
  • Self: Elia de Río Ene
  • Self - Actor: David Pérez Espinosa
  • Self - Actor: Miguel Ángel Fuentes
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