Cast
Klaus Kinski 
Claudia Cardinale 
José Lewgoy
Credits
Written by: 
Werner Herzog
Plot
An obsessive dreamer hauls a steamship over a mountain in the Peruvian jungle to finance an opera house.
Sinekatalog’s take
Herzog's obsessive epic follows a man hauling a steamship over a mountain in the Amazon. The production was famously perilous, and the film's madness is real, with Klaus Kinski at his intense best.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (43,872 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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