Fitzcarraldo's Epic Challenges

Fitzcarraldo's Epic Challenges

For the 1982 film Fitzcarraldo, director Werner Herzog had the cast drag a 320-ton steamship over a steep hill to depict real-life events. Under the threat of death, Carlos Fitzcarrald compelled indigenous workers to transport a 30-ton ship over a mountain to reach another river in 1894.

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