Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Name: Fitzcarraldo
Released: 1982

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

Genres: Drama, Adventure

What to watch after Fitzcarraldo

Burden of Dreams (1982) — Same subject: amazon rainforest, iquitos, peru
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — Same subject: peru, amazon rainforest
My Best Fiend (1999) — Werner Herzog directed both
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — Werner Herzog directed both
Embrace of the Serpent (2015) — Same subject: amazon rainforest
The Salt of the Earth (2014) — Same feel: dramatic, philosophical