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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (; ; ) 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 musik band Popol Vuh. The film is an international co-production between West Germany, Mexico, and Peru.
Plot
On Christmas Day, 1560, several scores of Spanish conquistadors under Gonzalo Pizarro and a hundred native slaves march down from the newly conquered Inca Empire into the Amazon rainforest in search of the fabled El Dorado. The men, clad in half armor, pull cannons down narrow mountain paths and through dense, muddy jungle.
More details
| author | Werner Herzog |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Amazon Peru |
| director | Werner Herzog |
| editor | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | amazon rainforest armor arrest blasphemy capture conquistador disobeying orders eddy el dorado gaspar de carvajal gonzalo pizarro habsburg spain hernán cortés inca empire kill mexico morning mutiny new spain new world new year new year\'s eve pedro de ursúa personal armor river scout show trial spaniard spanish spanish crown starve teenage daughter terrify the new world trap travel |
| musicBy | Popol Vuh |
| nomination | César Award for Best Foreign Film |
| producer | Walter Saxer |
| productionCompany | Hessischer Rundfunk Werner Herzog Filmproduktion |
| publisher | Filmverlag der Autoren |
| theme | biographical biographical drama conquistadors death epic independent psychological drama survival |