Fitzcarraldo
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Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 epic adventure-drama film written, produced, and directed by Werner Herzog. The film stars Klaus Kinski as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irish would-be rubber baron known in Peru
German release poster
One of the river boats used in the shooting of Fitzcarraldo, in Iquitos in 1987
The remains of the prop boat left over from the film, in Madre de Dios Region. Photo: Dr. Eugen Lehle
Carlos Fitzcarrald
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Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López was a Peruvian rubber baron. He was born in San Luis, Ancash, in a province that was later named after him. In the early 1890s, Fitzcarrald discovered the Isthmus of Fi
Fitzcarraldo
…rubber territory, with the ultimate goal of using the wealth to build an opera house in the area. The character was inspired by Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald, who once had a disassembled steamboat transported over the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald by natives. The film had a troubled production, chronicled in the…
Fitzcarrald at age 30.
“Piros sailing the Pachitea River”
Piro natives near a tributary of the Pachitea River. This photograph was taken by Charles Kroehle in 1888.
“The only practical method for obtaining the latex of the Caucho tree”