Burden of Dreams (1982)

Director:

Les Blank

Writer:

Michael Goodwin (narration)

Release Date:

1 October 1982 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic 'Fitzcarraldo' , showing how the film...

Plot Keywords:

Director | German | Peru | Amazon | Camera

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez	...	Himself (as Huerequeque Bohorquez)
Claudia Cardinale	...	Molly / Herself
Carmen Correa	...	Herself
Nelson De Rio Cenepa	...	Himself
Elia De Rio Ene	...	Himself
Alfredo De Rio Tambo	...	Himself
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Himself
Father Mariano Gagnon	...	Himself
Werner Herzog	...	Himself
Paul Hittscher	...	Himself
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan	...	Himself
Mick Jagger	...	Wilbur
Klaus Kinski	...	Fitzcarraldo / Himself
José Lewgoy	...	Himself
Laplace Martins	...	Himself
Thomas Mauch	...	Himself
David Pérez Espinosa	...	Himself
Ángela Reina	...	Herself
Jason Robards	...	Fitzcarraldo
Walter Saxer	...	Himself
Jorge Vignati	...	Himself

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Amazon Basin, Brazil

Company:

Flower Films

Quotes:

Werner Herzog: Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Walking to Werner (2006)

Devotion to cinema

Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo was one of the most daunting tasks to put on in cinema history. This documentary follows the making of that film and all of the troubles Herzog went through. Fitzcarraldo is a sight to behold and going back now I would probably have much more of an appreciation for it. This film follows Herzog through his passion to tell this story and the incredible almost unfathomable lengths he had to go through. I thought the film could have been a little more well rounded covering more parts of the production more closely, but it still shows the grand scale of the film, and that is what I wanted to see.