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FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski as the title character, the rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, called Fitzcarraldo by the natives in the film. Interestingly, although the male and female leads are played by European actors (Claudia Cardinale plays Fitzgerald's lover), the original soundtrack was recorded in English, as Cardinale spoke no German. Herzog originally cast Jason Robards in the title role, but he became ill during the shoot and was eventually replaced by Kinski. Mick Jagger also had a role as Fitzcarraldo's assistant. When Robards left due to illness, forty percent of the film had already been completed and would have to be reshot from the beginning. Mick Jagger had to leave the film to go on tour, and his character was removed from the reshoot. Werner Herzog was considering playing the character of Fitzcarraldo himself until Klaus Kinski had agreed to play the part. The film was then reshot in German. Werner Herzog, after completing one of the most difficult films ever to be made, won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. External link
Fitzcarraldo is also the name of an album and a song by Irish rock band, The Frames.
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