MSU Film Series, "Fitzcarraldo"

Fact and Fiction: The Truth Behind Classic Cinema

Fitzcarraldo (USA, 1982)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Rated: PG
158 minutes
English
@ The Moxie Cinema
7:00pm

Werner Herzog's fascinating film tells the story of an impressario's obsession to take his opera boat up the Amazon River and haul it over a mountain into Peru where he plans to have the great Caruso perform. Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale star in this legendary production made against epic, dare we say, operatic odds. One of Herzog's most ambitious and impressive works for which he won Best Director at Cannes.

Find out more about Fitzcarraldo from the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/.

For more information call the Media, Journalism and Film Department at MSU: 417-836-5218.

The Film series is sponsored by the Office of the Provost.
Screenings are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.