Documentaire over de chaotische produktie van Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo. Deze film laat zien hoe het mogelijk was dat de Fitzcarraldo gemaakt werd ondanks problemen die een minder bezeten regisseur onderuit hadden gehaald.
Nee, helaas is Burden of Dreams nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Les Blank | Director |
| Writing | Michael Goodwin | Writer |
| Production | Les Blank | Producer |
| Camera | Les Blank | Director of Photography |
| Production | David R. Loxton | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Maureen Gosling | Editor |
| Crew | Francisca Wentworth | Translator |
| Camera | Patricia Buchanan | Additional Photography |
| Directing | Maureen Gosling | Co-Director |
| Camera | Michael Goodwin | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Chris Simon | Researcher |
| Camera | Volker Hinz | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Pacho Lane | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Sarah Tatterlee | Main Title Designer |
| Editing | Chris Simon | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Inez Reider | Translator |
| Sound | Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Kathy Kline | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Christian Piper | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Volker Hinz | Graphic Designer |
| Camera | Andy Freeberg | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Christian Piper | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Richard Becker | Translator |
| Sound | Michael Goodwin | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Andrea Sohn | Assistant Editor |
| Production | John Lumsdaine | Researcher |
| Sound | Maureen Gosling | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Andy Freeberg | Graphic Designer |
| Production | José Koechlin von Stein | Co-Producer |