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Fitzcarraldo

Director: Werner Herzog Run Time: 160 min. Format: DCP Rating: PG Release Year: 1982

Starring: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy

Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with building an opera house in his town and decides that to make his dream a reality he needs to make a killing in the rubber business. In order to become a successful rubber baron, Fitzcarraldo hatches an elaborate plan that calls for a particularly impressive feat — bringing a massive boat over a mountain with the help of a band of natives.

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