Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972 PG-13 1h 35m

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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.

Director Werner Herzog

Writers

Werner Herzog

Stars

Klaus Kinski Helena Rojo Del Negro

Brother Gaspar de Carvajal

Ruy Guerra

Don Pedro de Ursúa

Peter Berling

Don Fernando de Guzmán

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Cecilia Rivera

Flores, Aguirre's Daughter

Brother Gaspar de Carvajal (voice) (uncredited)

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Lothar Blumhagen

Don Pedro de Ursúa (voice) (uncredited)

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Heinz Theo Branding

Don Fernando de Guzmán (voice) (uncredited)

Christian Brückner

Balthasar (voice) (uncredited)

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Michael Chevalier

Conqueror Being Beheaded (voice) (uncredited)

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Norbert Gescher

Conqueror (voice) (uncredited)

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Justo González

González (uncredited)

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Uta Hallant

Inés / Flores (voice) (uncredited)

Manfred Lehmann

Conqueror (voice) (uncredited)

Don Lope de Aguirre (voice) (uncredited)

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Edgar Ott

Gonzalo Pizarro (voice) (uncredited)

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Uwe Paulsen

Okello (voice) (uncredited)

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Dieter Ranspach

Perucho (voice) (uncredited)

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Geronimo1967 27 Jan 2024

7/10

Based (loosely) on fact, Werner Herzog takes us on an escapade through the Amazon jungle looking for the legendary El Dorado. Expedition leader and conqueror Pizarro despatches a forward troop to clear the way and gather some intelligence, and that's led by "Don Pedro" (Ruy Guerra) and his rather demonically focussed sidekick "Aguirre" (Klaus Kinski). This is an arduous and hazardous journey and t...

Wuchak 12 Sep 2020

6/10

_**Conquistador expedition travels down the Amazon to death and madness**_ After Pizarro’s conquest of the Inca Empire, a megalomaniacal Spanish soldier (Klaus Kinski) leads a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in early 1561 in search of gold and more conquest. Werner Herzog’s “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972) mixes the 1541 expeditions of Gonzalo Pizarro & subordinate Francis...