Aguirre, The Wrath of God [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog

Overview

The most famed and well-regarded collaboration between New German Cinema director Werner Herzog and his frequent leading man, Klaus Kinski, this epic historical drama was legendary for the arduousness of its on-location filming and the convincing zealous obsession employed by Kinski in playing the title role. Exhausted and near to admitting failure in its quest for riches, the 1650-51 expedition of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro (Alejandro Repulles) bogs down in the impenetrable jungles of Peru. As a last-ditch effort to locate treasure, Pizarro orders a party to scout ahead for signs of El Dorado, the fabled seven cities of gold. In command are a trio of nobles, Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerra), Fernando de Guzman (Peter Berling), and Lope de Aguirre (Kinski). Traveling by river raft, the explorers are besieged by hostile natives, disease, starvation and treacherous waters. Crazed with greed and mad with power, Aguirre takes over the enterprise, slaughtering any that oppose him. Nature and Aguirre's own unquenchable thirst for glory ultimately render him insane, in charge of nothing but a raft of corpses and chattering monkeys. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1973) was based on the real-life journals of a priest, Brother Gaspar de Carvajal (played in the film by Del Negro), who accompanied Pizarro on his ill-fated mission.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/03/2024
UPC:	0826663248340
Original Release:	1972
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Klaus Kinski	Don Lope de Aguirre,Don Lope de Aguirre,Don Lope de Aguirre
Ruy Guerra	Don Pedro de Ursua,Don Pedro de Ursua,Don Pedro de Ursua
Del Negro	Brother Gaspar de Carvajal,Brother Gaspar de Carvajal,Brother Gaspar de Carvajal
Helena Rojo	Inez,Inez,Inez
Cecilia Rivera	Flores,Flores,Flores
Peter Berling	Don Fernando de Guzman,Don Fernando de Guzman,Don Fernando de Guzman
Alejandro Repulles	Gonzalez Pizarro,Gonzalez Pizarro,Gonzalez Pizarro
Daniel Ades	Perucho,Perucho,Perucho
Armando Polanha	Armando,Armando,Armando
Edward Roland	Okello,Okello,Okello
Daniel Farfán	Actor,Actor,Actor
Julio E. Martínez	Actor,Actor,Actor
Armando Polanah	Actor,Actor,Actor
Daniel Zacapa	Actor,Actor,Actor
Popol Vuh	Composer,Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog	Director,Director,Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer,Producer
Juvenal Herrera	Special Effects,Special Effects,Special Effects
Miguel Vasquez	Special Effects,Special Effects,Special Effects
Hans Prescher	Producer,Producer,Producer