Fitzcarraldo behind the scenes gags

Fitzcarraldo

It took four years for the film to be completed .
The protagonist Fitzcarald was originally played by Jason Robards , but after about 40% of the film was shot, Jason Robards quit filming due to illness. Herzog considered playing the role of Jack Nicholson, and also thought about starring himself in the protagonist. However, in the end, Kinsky, who had collaborated with him in many films, replaced Jason Robards as the leading role. .
Mick Jagger, the lead singer of The Rolling Stones, who originally played Fitzcarald's friend in the film, quit the crew because he wanted to participate in the band's performance. Herzog felt that no one could replace Jagger, so he deleted the role altogether. .
There is a scene in the film. When the ship finally started to move upwards, it slid back and pressed several Indians underneath. After the film was released, some people believed that there were really group performances under the boat and accused the director of recklessness. In fact, those group performances weren’t hurt at all .
During the location filming, the Indian who was an extra in the crew was attacked by the local Amerhuakas tribe. One of them was shot through the throat with an arrow, and his wife got an arrow in the abdomen. Then the 50 Indian actors in the crew set off collectively to prepare for a retaliatory attack, but in the end they did not encounter the Ameihuakas. .
The production process of the film was made into the documentary "The Burden of Dreams" by Les Blanc.
·Director Viherzog destroyed all the films taken by Jason Robards and Mick Jagger. When many years later he wanted to use some of these films in the movie "My Devil: Klaus Kinski", he found out Only three paragraphs remain in Les Blanc's documentary .
Herzog led the crew to transport a 340-ton steam ship to the top of the mountain, using only a bulldozer without any special effects .
The parts used to pull the boat were shipped from Miami. After the crew pulled the boat to the top of the mountain, the water level at the foot of the other side of the mountain dropped to only 0.6 meters. They had to leave the boat on the top of the mountain for six months, and then again. It took a few weeks to complete the shot of the big ship going down the mountain and re-entering the water .