Fitzcarraldo

About the movie

There is no end to what Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald would do for his obsession; the art of opera. His grand plan is to build an opera house in the jungle, involving the hauling of an enormous river boat across a small mountain with the help from local Indians. But first he needs to find funds for his megalomaniac scheme, which he plans to do by making a fortune in the rubber business…
Fitzcarraldo was nominated for both a BAFTA award and a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Film categories, and Herzog won another Best Director award in Cannes for this somewhat absurd, yet majestic feature. The film is derived from the historic events of rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald.

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