Aguirre, Wrath of God
Period & History
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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.
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