Burden of Dreams [1982 film]

by Les Blank (Director), Maureen Gosling (Editor)

Other authors: Claudia Cardinale (Actor), Michael Goodwin (Writer), Werner Herzog (Actor), Mick Jagger (Actor), Klaus Kinski (Actor) — 2 more, Candace Laughlin (Narrator), Jason Robards (Actor)

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Goes behind the scenes in the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Blank, Les	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Gosling, Maureen	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Cardinale, Claudia	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goodwin, Michael	Writer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Herzog, Werner	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jagger, Mick	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kinski, Klaus	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Laughlin, Candace	Narrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robards, Jason	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Goes behind the scenes in the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.

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