Where They Went

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Directed by Werner Herzog

An opera-mad Irishman in rubber-boom Iquitos takes a steamship up an Amazon tributary and drags it over a hill to reach untapped rubber on the Ucayali.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Teatro Amazonas
    Manaus, Brazil
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    Fitzcarraldo and Molly arrive exhausted at the Manaus opera house to hear Caruso.

  2. 2Iquitos, Peru
    ≈ 00:09:00
    Stated on screen

    Back in Iquitos his schemes fail until he spots a way to reach an unclaimed rubber parcel.

  3. 3Upriver on the Molly Aida
    Pachitea River, Peru
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Stated on screen

    He steams up the Pachitea into hostile country as most of the crew desert.

  4. 4Hauling the ship over the hill
    Isthmus between the Pachitea and the Ucayali (fictional)
    ≈ 01:35:00
    InferredFictional
  5. 5Pongo das Mortes rapids (fictional)
    ≈ 02:15:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  6. 6Opera on deck
    Iquitos, Peru
    ≈ 02:25:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
2,828 km
Places
5
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Boat: 2,828 km
  • Not shown: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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