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Burden of Dreams

Released PG 97 min 7.9/10 Votes: 8254

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.

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Movie

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Genre:

Documentary

Release:

1982-10-01

Year:

2024

Country:

Peru

Language:

English

Companies:

Flower Films, José Koechlin von Stein

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