Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Directed by Werner Herzog
In 1560 a Spanish expedition climbs down from the Peruvian Andes into the Amazon in search of El Dorado, and a raft party sent downriver falls under the rebel Lope de Aguirre.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Descent from the mountains≈ 00:01:00Andes of PeruStated on screen
Gonzalo Pizarro's conquistadors and their slaves haul cannon down the mountain paths into the jungle.
- 2Pizarro's camp, rafts built≈ 00:08:00Amazon headwaters, eastern PeruInferred
Pizarro sends forty men downriver on rafts under Ursúa, with Aguirre as second in command.
- 3Rapids and mutiny≈ 00:20:00Amazon headwaters, eastern PeruInferred
- 4The last raft≈ 00:55:00Amazon River, PeruInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,083 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 4
- Boat: 741 km
- On foot: 342 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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