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Burden of Dreams

1982·1h 35m·Not Rated
Documentary
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
9,169 votes
Metascore
77
Metacritic

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).

Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary movie directed by Les Blank, starring Claudia Cardinale, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 9,169 votes and runs 1h 35m.

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Director
Les Blank
Stars
Claudia Cardinale
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski
Jason Robards
Creators
Michael Goodwin
Details
1982-09-24
95 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ United States, West Germany
★ English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Keywords
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