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Burden of Dreams

  • 1982
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
9.3K
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Werner Herzog in Burden of Dreams (1982)
Documentary

A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).

  • Director
    • Les Blank
  • Writer
    • Michael Goodwin
  • Stars
    • Werner Herzog
    • Klaus Kinski
    • Claudia Cardinale
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    9.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Les Blank
    • Writer
      • Michael Goodwin
    • Stars
      • Werner Herzog
      • Klaus Kinski
      • Claudia Cardinale
    • 30User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Werner Herzog
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    • Self
    Klaus Kinski
    Klaus Kinski
    • Self - Fitzcarraldo…
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Self - Molly…
    Jason Robards
    Jason Robards
    • Self - Fitzcarraldo…
    Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger
    • Self - Wilbur…
    Alfredo De Rio Tambo
    • Self
    • (as Alfredo de Rio Tambo)
    Ángela Reina
    • Self
    • (as Angela Reine)
    Carmen Correa
    • Self
    Elia De Rio Ene
    • Self
    • (as Elia de Rio Ene)
    David Pérez Espinosa
    • Self
    • (as David Perez Espinosa)
    Miguel Ángel Fuentes
    Miguel Ángel Fuentes
    • Self
    • (as Miguel Angel Fuentes)
    Mariano Gagnon
    • Self
    • (as Father Mariano Gagnon)
    Paul Hittscher
    • Self
    Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
    • Self
    • (as Huerequeque Bohoroquez)
    Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan
    • Self
    José Lewgoy
    José Lewgoy
    • Self
    Laplace Martins
    • Self
    Thomas Mauch
    Thomas Mauch
    • Self
    • Director
      • Les Blank
    • Writer
      • Michael Goodwin
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    • Trivia
      Throughout production, Les Blank and his small crew became exhausted and exasperated from the stress of the work. Blank said that he felt "unconnected" to the people around him. Keeping up with the antics of Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski proved difficult for the reserved, introverted Blank. By the last week of production, he was so burnt out that he feared coming out of production "like some Viet Nam veterans, horribly calloused". He wrote in his journal, "I'm tired of it all and I couldn't care less if they move the stupid ship - or finish the fucking film".
    • Quotes
      • Werner Herzog: [On the jungle] Kinski always says it's full of erotic elements. I don't see it so much erotic. I see it more full of obscenity. It's just - Nature here is vile and base. I wouldn't see anything erotical here. I would see fornication and asphyxiation and choking and fighting for survival and... growing and... just rotting away. Of course, there's a lot of misery. But it is the same misery that is all around us. The trees here are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don't think they - they sing. They just screech in pain. It's an unfinished country. It's still prehistorical. The only thing that is lacking is - is the dinosaurs here. It's like a curse weighing on an entire landscape. And whoever... goes too deep into this has his share of this curse. So we are cursed with what we are doing here. It's a land that God, if he exists has - has created in anger. It's the only land where - where creation is unfinished yet. Taking a close look at - at what's around us there - there is some sort of a harmony. It is the harmony of... overwhelming and collective murder. And we in comparison to the articulate vileness and baseness and obscenity of all this jungle - Uh, we in comparison to that enormous articulation - we only sound and look like badly pronounced and half-finished sentences out of a stupid suburban... novel... a cheap novel. We have to become humble in front of this overwhelming misery and overwhelming fornication... overwhelming growth and overwhelming lack of order. Even the - the stars up here in the - in the sky look like a mess. There is no harmony in the universe. We have to get acquainted to this idea that there is no real harmony as we have conceived it. But when I say this, I say this all full of admiration for the jungle. It is not that I hate it, I love it. I love it very much. But I love it against my better judgment.
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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 24, 1982 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • West Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • German
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Pelicula o muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
    • Production companies
      • Flower Films
      • Independent Documentary Fund
      • The National Endowment for the Arts
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,313
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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