A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness.
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
- 7.5
- 1972
- Released
- 1h 35m
Klaus Kinski
Don Lope de Aguirre
Helena Rojo
Inés de Atienza
Del Negro
Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
Peter Berling
Don Fernando de Guzmán
Cecilia Rivera
Flores, Aguirre's Daughter
Daniel Ades
Perucho
Edward Roland
OkelloAlexandra Cheves
Armando Polanah
ArmandoDaniel Farfán
Julio E. Martínez
Alejandro Repullés
Gonzalo Pizarro
Claus Biederstaedt
Brother Gaspar de Carvajal (voice) (uncredited)Lothar Blumhagen
Don Pedro de Ursúa (voice) (uncredited)Heinz Theo Branding
Don Fernando de Guzmán (voice) (uncredited)
Christian Brückner
Balthasar (voice) (uncredited)Michael Chevalier
Conqueror Being Beheaded (voice) (uncredited)Norbert Gescher
Conqueror (voice) (uncredited)Justo González
González (uncredited)Uta Hallant
Inés / Flores (voice) (uncredited)
Manfred Lehmann
Conqueror (voice) (uncredited)Antonio Marquez
(uncredited)Gerd Martienzen
Don Lope de Aguirre (voice) (uncredited)Edgar Ott
Gonzalo Pizarro (voice) (uncredited)Uwe Paulsen
Okello (voice) (uncredited)Dieter Ranspach
Perucho (voice) (uncredited)
Released
de
$370,000.00
$37,041.00
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- #float
- #south america
- #16th century
- #conquest
- #new german cinema
- #indigenous peoples
- #amazon river
- #conquistador
- #age of discovery
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