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Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary film directed by Les Blank . Synopsis. The film is a making-of documentary about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog 's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. It was filmed on location in the jungles of Peru during production of Herzog's film. Cast. Werner Herzog as Self. Klaus Kinski as Fitzcarraldo / Self.
Les Blank's film chronicles the chaotic and dangerous production of Werner Herzog's epic "Fitzcarraldo", shot in the Amazon rainforest. It reveals Herzog's obsession, madness and genius, as well as the challenges and dangers faced by his cast and crew.
Les Blank's film chronicles the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, a film about building an opera house in the Amazon. It shows the challenges, conflicts, and triumphs of one of cinema's most daring directors.
A film about the making of Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog's 1982 epic about a rubber baron's quest to build a railway in the Amazon. The documentary captures the challenges, conflicts and madness of the production, featuring interviews with the director and his cast and crew.
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- Les Blank
- Documentary
- Claudia Cardinale, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski
Sep 24, 1982 · A film by Les Blank that captures the chaotic and epic production of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982), a movie about a man who tries to cross the Amazon with a steamship. The documentary shows the challenges, conflicts and obsessions of Herzog and his actors, such as Klaus Kinski and Mick Jagger.
- (8.2K)
- Documentary
- Les Blank
- 1982-09-24
Burden of Dreams - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. You can buy "Burden of Dreams" on Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video online.
- 97 min
Mar 18, 2016 · Werner Herzog, Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982). To recap: it is the end of the nineteenth century, and Fitzcarraldo hopes to finance his operatic vision by staking a claim in the rubber boom sweeping the Amazon basin. The only unclaimed land, however, is located downriver of perilous rapids.
