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.
Cast
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
Unknown
Armando Polanah
Armando
Daniel Farfán
Unknown
Julio E. Martínez
Unknown
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)
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director, Writer, Producer
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography
Gustavo Cerff Arbulú
Assistant Director, Location Manager
Hans Prescher
Producer
Daniel Camino
Co-Producer
Lucki Stipetić
Line Producer, Production Manager
Martje Grohmann
Production Assistant
Georg Hagmüller
Production Assistant
Ina Fritsche
Production Assistant
René Lechleitner
Production Assistant
Ovidio Ore
Camera Operator
Francisco Joán
Second Unit Cinematographer
Orlando Macchiavello
Second Unit Cinematographer
Herbert Prasch
Sound Designer
Bob Oliver
Sound Recordist
Miguel Vázquez
Special Effects
Juvenal Herrera
Special Effects
Popol Vuh
Original Music Composer
Wolf Stipetić
Production Manager
Walter Saxer
Production Manager
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