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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1977)
In the mid-16th century, after annihilating the Incan empire, Gonzalo Pizarro leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As Pizarro's soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), "The Wrath of God," is consumed with visions of conquering all South America and leads his own army on a doomed quest into oblivion.
| Release Date: | April 3rd, 1977 |
| Running Time: | 93 minutes |
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| Starring: |  | Klaus Kinski
| | Ruy Guerra
| | Peter Berling
| | Daniel Ades
| | Helena Rojo | | Cecilia Rivera | | Daniel Ades | | Edward Roland | | Alejandro Chavez | | Armando Polanah | | Daniel Farfán | | Julio E. Martínez | | Alejandro Repulles | | Justo González | | Antonio Marquez | | Del Negro | | Indianern der Kooperative Lauramarca |
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| Aguirre: The Wrath of God Movie Review by Movie Addict (3/28/2009) |
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Power, madness, religion, oppression, nature, and culture are all mixed in Herzog's films (Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn), along with breathtaking scenery. Man against man; man against nature; man against himself; this story, loosely based upon the search for El Dorado by the Spanish in the...
(complete Aguirre: The Wrath of God review by Movie Addict)
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God Movie Review by Jarrod (12/16/2008) |
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'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' is Werner Herzog's masterpiece, a haunting odyssey through the jungles of the Amazon, and a study of one man's descent into madness, as he obsessively searches for the mythical city of El Dorado. The film is based on real historical events; the Spanish conquest of the Incan empire, carried out...
(complete Aguirre: The Wrath of God review by Jarrod)
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God Movie Review by Andy (1/15/2008) |
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Aguirre, The Wrath of God is the story of a Spanish exploration in the early time of discovery of South America. This Spanish expedition is in search of El Dorado, the city of gold.
This isn't an adventure or treasure movie. Actually, this movie has been cited as a big influence for Apocalypse Now. Aguirre is a film...
(complete Aguirre: The Wrath of God review by Andy)
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