Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, author and documentarian. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams,
Herzog at the Venice Film Festival in 2025
Herzog at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival
Herzog at a press conference in Brussels, 2007
Boulevard der Stars in Berlin
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
Werner Herzog
…collaborations with the actor Klaus Kinski, whom he directed in the films Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre, Woyzeck (both 1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987) and chronicled their tumultuous relationship in the documentary film My Best Fiend (1999). Other films he has directed…
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