| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 David R. Loxton | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Les Blank | Crew | Directing | Director, Director of Photography, Producer |
Mark Berger | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
 Maureen Gosling | Crew | Editing | Editor, Sound Recordist, Co-Director |
Michael Goodwin | Crew | Writing | Writer, Assistant Camera, Sound Assistant |
John Lumsdaine | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Chris Simon | Crew | Production | Researcher, Assistant Editor |
Pacho Lane | Crew | Camera | Assistant Camera |
Kathy Kline | Crew | Production | Production Coordinator |
Christian Piper | Crew | Art | Graphic Designer, Still Photographer |
Andy Freeberg | Crew | Art | Graphic Designer, Still Photographer |
Patricia Buchanan | Crew | Camera | Additional Photography |
Richard Becker | Crew | Crew | Translator |
Volker Hinz | Crew | Art | Graphic Designer, Still Photographer |
Inez Reider | Crew | Crew | Translator |
Sarah Tatterlee | Crew | Art | Main Title Designer |
Francisca Wentworth | Crew | Crew | Translator |
Andrea Sohn | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor |
 Claudia Cardinale | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress |
 David Pérez Espinosa | Cast | Self - Actor | |
 Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez | Cast | Self - Actor | |
 Jason Robards | Cast | Actor | Fitzcarraldo (archive footage) |
Jorge Vignati | Cast | Self | |
 José Lewgoy | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Klaus Kinski | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
Michael Goodwin | Cast | Self - Interviewer | |
 Mick Jagger | Cast | Actor | Wilbur (archive footage) |
 Miguel Ángel Fuentes | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Paul Hittscher | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
Thomas Mauch | Cast | Actor | Self - DOP |
Walter Saxer | Cast | Actor | Self - Producer |
 Werner Herzog | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker |
Pacho Lane | Cast | Actor | Self - Interviewer |
Laplace Martins | Cast | Self - Civil Engineer | |
Candace Laughlin | Cast | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
Nelson de Río Cenepa | Cast | Self | |
Ángela Reina | Cast | Actress | Self |
Mariano Gagnon | Cast | Self - Missionary | |
Alfredo de Río Tambo | Cast | Self | |
Carmen Correa | Cast | Self | |
Elia de Río Ene | Cast | Self | |
Evaristo Nunkuag Ikanan | Cast | Self | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
