Burden of Dreams (1982)

Directed by

Les Blank

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 153 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This making-of documentary follows the troubled production of Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo in the Peruvian jungle. It shows the real-life struggles and chaos involved in shooting on a remote location.

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What happens

Burden of Dreams is a 1982 making-of documentary film directed and produced by Les Blank. It recounts the troubled production of the 1982 Fitzcarraldo directed by Werner Herzog, while shooting on location in Peru. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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