Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Klaus Kinski
Don Lope de Aguirre
Helena Rojo
Inés de Atienza
Del Negro
Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
Ruy Guerra
Don Pedro de Ursúa
Peter Berling
Don Fernando de Guzmán
Cecilia Rivera
Flores, Aguirre's Daughter
Daniel Ades
Perucho
Edward Roland
Okello
Alexandra Cheves
Armando Polanah
Armando
Daniel Farfán
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)
Werner Herzog
Director / Producer / Writer
Popol Vuh
Original Music Composer
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Herbert Prasch
Sound Designer
Hans Prescher
Producer
Bob Oliver
Sound Recordist
Gustavo Cerff Arbulú
Assistant Director / Location Manager
Ovidio Ore
Camera Operator
Francisco Joán
Second Unit Cinematographer
Orlando Macchiavello
Second Unit Cinematographer
Daniel Camino
Co-Producer
Lucki Stipetić
Line Producer / Production Manager
Walter Saxer
Production Manager
Wolf Stipetić
Production Manager
Georg Hagmüller
Production Assistant
Ina Fritsche
Production Assistant
René Lechleitner
Production Assistant
Martje Grohmann
Production Assistant
Juvenal Herrera
Special Effects
Miguel Vázquez
Special Effects
Julio E. Martínez
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1972
Original NameAguirre, der Zorn Gottes
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Budget$370,000
Box Office$37,041
Genres
Wiki.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Spanish: [aˈɣire]; German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes; [aˈɡɪʁə deːɐ̯ ˌtsɔʁn ˈɡɔtəs]) is a 1972 epic historical drama film produced, written and directed by Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski stars in the title role of Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who leads a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South America in search of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. The accompanying soundtrack was composed and performed by kosmische band Popol Vuh. The film is an international co-production between West Germany and Mexico.
Using a minimalist approach to story and dialogue, the film creates a vision of madness and folly, counterpointed by the lush but unforgiving Amazonian jungle. Although loosely based on what is known of the historical figure of Aguirre, Herzog acknowledged years after the film's release that its storyline is a work of fiction. Some of the people and situations may have been inspired by Gaspar de Carvajal's account of an earlier Amazonian expedition, although Carvajal was not on the historical voyage represented in the film.
Aguirre was the first of five collaborations between Herzog and Kinski. They had differing views as to how the role should be played, and they clashed throughout filming; Kinski's rages terrorized both the crew and the locals who were assisting the production. Shooting was entirely on location, and was fraught with difficulties. Filming took place in the Peruvian rainforest on the Amazon River during an arduous five-week period, shooting on tributaries of the Ucayali region. The cast and crew climbed mountains, cut through heavy vines to open routes to the various jungle locations, and rode treacherous river rapids on rafts built by local craftworkers.
Aguirre opened to widespread critical acclaim, and quickly developed a large international cult film following. It was given an extensive arthouse theatrical release in the United States in 1977, and remains one of the director's best-known films. Several critics have declared the film a masterpiece, and it has appeared on Time magazine's list of "All Time 100 Best Films".