Werner Herzog	...	(Director)
Werner Herzog	...	(Writer)
Klaus Kinski	...	Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
José Lewgoy	...	Don Aquilino
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Cholo
Paul Hittscher	...	Captain (Orinoco Paul)
Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez	...	Huerequeque (The Cook)
Grande Otelo	...	Station master
Peter Berling	...	Opera Manager
David Pérez Espinosa	...	Chief of Campa Indians
Milton Nascimento	...	Blackman At Opera House
Ruy Polanah	...	Rubber Baron
Salvador Godínez	...	Old Missionary
Dieter Milz	...	Young Missionary
William L. Rose	...	Notary (as Bill Rose)
Leoncio Bueno	...
Claudia Cardinale	...	Molly

Summary: The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle.