![Burden of Dreams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//7xZdsIpgyDJtxEctCOM2xDmauwA.jpg)
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Burden of Dreams
1 hour 37 minutes1982-10-01
7.5
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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.
Cast
![Candace Laughlin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Candace Laughlin
Self - Narrator (voice)
![Werner Herzog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qKlz1oM482Xf0jTPfLiR6qXlLYK.jpg)
Werner Herzog
Self - Filmmaker
![Klaus Kinski](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//twuyGlZJzJXFcbhVS2jlQOsTVFK.jpg)
Klaus Kinski
Self - Actor
![Claudia Cardinale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m7iyqSEMHI1qmKx7ml4HmVyG0BC.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress
![Alfredo de Río Tambo](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alfredo de Río Tambo
Self
![Ángela Reina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ángela Reina
Self
![Carmen Correa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Carmen Correa
Self
![Elia de Río Ene](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Elia de Río Ene
Self
![David Pérez Espinosa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cPEcUcBmwtq6Pidf3eSScbfisAS.jpg)
David Pérez Espinosa
Self - Actor
![Miguel Ángel Fuentes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kYc841GNNbYrhOvJ7jJgaoO21T3.jpg)
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Self - Actor
![Mariano Gagnon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mariano Gagnon
Self - Missionary
![Paul Hittscher](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4IDZBdbD2MlL3ESzuhezvJPZf5g.jpg)
Paul Hittscher
Self - Actor
![Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//luwcI0jz5fFMAGUe9or39ICF7Z.jpg)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
Self - Actor
![Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan
Self
![José Lewgoy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zWVwRiqn1oPeRPwn6mr5NY2QJx5.jpg)
José Lewgoy
Self - Actor
![Laplace Martins](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Laplace Martins
Self - Civil Engineer
![Thomas Mauch](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Thomas Mauch
Self - DOP
![Nelson de Río Cenepa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nelson de Río Cenepa
Self
![Walter Saxer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Walter Saxer
Self - Producer
![Jorge Vignati](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jorge Vignati
Self
![Pacho Lane](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pacho Lane
Self - Interviewer
![Michael Goodwin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Michael Goodwin
Self - Interviewer
![Jason Robards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9y0HAtWWBkB02gVzh8QDdz6UYZH.jpg)
Jason Robards
Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
![Mick Jagger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//r1uFIYnBCDhIlqNbiTS4nDrjHrl.jpg)