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7:45 PM
Fitzcarraldo
Film|German Film Forum - The Power of Music
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Hong Kong Film Archive Cinema, Hong Kong
- Language German with English subtitles
- Price HK$60/30* full time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above and people with disabilities and minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients.
- Part of series: German Film Forum - The Power of Music
Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 158 min., 1981
Fitzcarraldo is an obsessed opera lover in the early 20th century who wants to build an opera in the Amazon jungle. To accomplish his crazy dream, he has to make a fortune in the rubber business firstly, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians. This is the better known and amazing of Herzog’s films, reflecting his crazy pursuit of dreams through any means possible. Winner of Best Director at Cannes Film Festival 1982, and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globe 1983.
Fitzcarraldo is an obsessed opera lover in the early 20th century who wants to build an opera in the Amazon jungle. To accomplish his crazy dream, he has to make a fortune in the rubber business firstly, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians. This is the better known and amazing of Herzog’s films, reflecting his crazy pursuit of dreams through any means possible. Winner of Best Director at Cannes Film Festival 1982, and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globe 1983.
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Hong Kong Film Archive Cinema
50 Lei King Road,
Sai Wan Ho (Exit A, Sai Wan Ho MTR station)
Hong Kong
China
50 Lei King Road,
Sai Wan Ho (Exit A, Sai Wan Ho MTR station)
Hong Kong
China
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