Movie

Burden of Dreams

★ 7.6(154)19821h 37m

Burden of Dreams is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video in Austria. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 22 July 2026.

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Director: Les Blank
Release date: 1982-10-01
Runtime: 1h 37m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: Peru
Studio: Flower Films

Burden of Dreams — trailer

About Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams is a 1982 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Les Blank, starring Candace Laughlin, Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. It has a runtime of 1 hour 37 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.6/10 from 154 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Burden of Dreams in Austria — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

Cast

Candace Laughlin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Werner Herzog

Self - Filmmaker

Klaus Kinski

Self - Actor

Claudia Cardinale

Self - Actress

Alfredo de Río Tambo

Self

Ángela Reina

Self

Carmen Correa

Self

Elia de Río Ene

Self

David Pérez Espinosa

Self - Actor

Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Self - Actor

Mariano Gagnon

Self - Missionary

Paul Hittscher

Self - Actor

Themes & keywords

cinema on cinemamovie businessamazon rainforestbehind the scenesanthropologyfilmmakingmaking ofdocumentary filmmakingiquitos, peruportrait of an artistportrait of a filmmaker