Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

Werner Herzog, DE, 1972, 95 min., OV + ES + CS

“I am the wrath of God,” threateningly declaims Klaus Kinski in the role of the Spanish conqueror Lope de Aguirre, obsessed with his “mission impossible”. At the end of the year 1560, in the mountains and forests of the recently conquered Inca Empire, Aguirre is trying to conquer the legendary city of El Dorado, the dream destination of every adventurer.