
Fitzcarraldo
Dare to dream the impossible.
Directed by Werner Herzog
Produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Pro-ject Filmproduktion
An epic, visually stunning chronicle of obsessive ambition and the collision between individual will and the indifferent vastness of nature.
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
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Is Fitzcarraldo one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 98% of films.
Does Fitzcarraldo end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Fitzcarraldo sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Fitzcarraldo violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Fitzcarraldo easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Fitzcarraldo scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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