Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on BFI Player Classics

Watch this video and more on BFI Player Classics

Start your free trial Learn more

Already subscribed? Sign in

Aguirre, Wrath of God

Great Directors • Adventure, Classics, Drama, PG

This early masterpiece from legendary German director Werner Herzog stars Klaus Kinski as a power-crazed explorer in sixteenth-century South America who leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El Dorado.

Tags
Conquistadors, Rivers, Gold
Cast
Klaus Kinski Don Lope de Aguirre
Cecilia Rivera Flores de Aguirre
Ruy Guerra Don Pedro de Ursua
Crew
Werner Herzog director

Up Next in Great Directors

  • Fitzcarraldo
    2:37:02
    Fitzcarraldo

    Fitzcarraldo

    One of Werner Herzog's most acclaimed and audacious films, Fitzcarraldo tells the incredible story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (played by Herzog regular Klaus Kinski), an opera-loving fortune hunter who dreams of bringing opera (specifically Caruso) to a remote trading post on the heart of the Pe...

  • Dead Ringers
    1:55:29
    Dead Ringers

    Dead Ringers

    David Cronenberg's multi-award-winning psychological thriller exploring the bizarre lives of identical twins Elliot and Beverly, both played by Jeremy Irons. Both world-renowned gynaecologists, the twins share everything from their clinic to their women, until they meet Claire (Geneviève Bujold)....

  • Rynox
    46:26
    Rynox

    Rynox

    Michael Powell’s earliest existing film is a twisty thriller crafted with a bold visual style that is unmistakeably influenced by Fritz Lang.

×