Peru in 1900: Opera-crazy Brian Fitzgerald is known as Fitzcarraldo. After travelling 1200 miles to see Caruso, he resolves to realise his dream of bringing grand opera to the jungle.


Books on Fitzcarraldo

Werner Herzog
Fitzcarraldo, The Original STory
San Francisco, 1982

Books with substantial mentioning of Fitzcarraldo

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1983, A Survey of 1982 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1983

Articles on Fitzcarraldo

Adam Smith, Fitzcarraldo, in: Empire, nr. 250 (April), 2010 pp. 156-157

Reviews

Kenneth M. Chanko, Fitzcarraldo, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 555-556


Year: 1982
Country: West Germany
Peru
Language: German
Spanish
Italian
 
IMDb: 0083946