Aguirre: Wrath of God (PG)

(Werner Herzog, DE 1972, 94mins, subtitled)

An explorer in 16^th century South America leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. But the onslaught of physical and mental challenges (floods, starvation, mutiny, disease) sends them gradually into madness.  Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle, Herzog’s ambitious film of doomed adventure and stunning, savage beauty remains one of his most extraordinary achievements.