Fitzcarraldo

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Writing Credits

Werner Herzog
(written by)

Cast

Klaus Kinski
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
José Lewgoy
Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Cholo
Paul Hittscher
Captain (Orinoco Paul)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Huerequeque (The Cook)
Grande Otelo
Station master
Peter Berling
Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa
Rio Tambo Indian Chief
Milton Nascimento
Black Man At Opera House
Ruy Polanah
Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez
Old Missionary
Dieter Milz
Young Missionary
William Rose
Notary
Claudia Cardinale
Molly
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Opera Singer
Jesús Goiri
Opera Singer
Mick Jagger
Wilbur (scene cut)
Isabel Jimenez de Cisneros
Opera Singer
Veriano Luchetti
Opera Singer
Lourdes Magalhaes
Opera Singer
Christian Mantilla
Opera Singer
Costante Moret
Opera Singer
Dimiter Petkov
Opera Singer
Mietta Sighele
Opera Singer
Liborio Simonella
Opera Singer

Produced by

Roger Corman
distribution producer (US subtitled version) (uncredited)
Werner Herzog
producer
Renzo Rossellini
associate producer
Walter Saxer
executive producer
Willi Segler
producer
Lucki Stipetic
producer

Music by

Popol Vuh

Cinematography by

Thomas Mauch
director of photography

Editing by

Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Production Design by

Ulrich Bergfelder
Henning von Gierke

Costume Design by

Gisela Storch

Makeup Department

Gloria Fava
hair stylist / makeup artist
Stefano Fava
hair stylist / makeup artist
Jaque Monteiro
assistant makeup artist
Carlos Prieto
assistant makeup artist

Production Management

Gustavo Cerff Arbulú
production assistant: Peru
George Sluizer
production manager: Brazil

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Fred Confalonieri
assistant director: Brazil (as Frederico Confalonieri)
Jorge Vignati
assistant director

Art Department

César Vivanco Luna
construction: Camp Rio Camisea
Jaíme Mourõa Rios
construction: Indin camp
Victor Trigoso
construction: Camp Rio Camisea

Sound Department

Juarez Dagoberto Costa
sound (as Juarez Dagoberto)
Zezé d'Alice
sound (as Zezé D'Alice)

Special Effects by

Miguel Vázquez
special effects (as Miguel Vazquez)

Camera and Electrical Department

Rainer Klausmann
second camera
Beat Presser
assistant camera / still photographer
Hans-Peter Vogt
lighting technician
Raimund Wirner
lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Franz Blumauer
assistant costume designer
Elisabeth Irmer
assistant costume designer
Rosemary Kaye
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Linda Kuusisto
assistant editor
Carola Mai
assistant editor

Script and Continuity Department

Rachel Griffiths
script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

Tercero Efraín Panaifo Indama
tractorist (as Tercero Efrain Panaifo Indama)

Additional Crew

Pedro Natorce Ahuanari
boat crew
Tomás Parraga Aliaga
medical staff (as Dr. Tomás Parraga Aliaga)
Walter Pinedo Alvarez
boat crew
Claire André
production secretary: Peru
Donald Arthur
voice dubbing: José Lewgoy
Eglington Ayarza Boulloza
technical advisor
Wolfgang Büttner
voice dubbing: Roy Polonah
Pedro Padilla Chota
boat crew
Wolf Goldan
voice dubbing: Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Wolfgang Hess
voice dubbing: Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Bruce Low
voice dubbing: Paul Hittscher
Guardamino Benigno Paucar
technical advisor
Victor Tello Pinedo
medical staff
Nancy Rios
production secretary: Peru
William Rose
dialogue director (as William L. Rose)
Anja Schmidt-Zäringer
script
Werner Schroeter
opera director: stage scene
El Tigre Carlos Calvo Soria
forest worker
René Baneo Vazquez
boat crew
Rosemarie Kirstein
voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale (uncredited)

Thanks

Les Blank
special thanks
Miguel Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Nicolás Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Pascual Camateiri Fernandez
thanks
Peter Matthiessen
special thanks
Joseph D. Peckerman
special thanks
David Pérez Espinosa
thanks
Sam Shepard
special thanks
José Koechlin von Stein
special thanks: idea
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