"Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married."
Hanna Schygulla
as Hanna
Günther Kaufmann
as Günther
Michael König
as Michel
Harry Baer
as Michels Kollege
Katrin Schaake
as Katrin
Ulli Lommel
as Autohändler
Ingrid Caven
as Hannas Kollegin
Lilo Pempeit
as Günthers Mutter
Walter Sedlmayr
as Sekretär
Elga Sorbas
as Secretary to Hannas Onkel
Eva Pampuch
as Freundin des Tänzers
Magdalena Montezuma
Molly von Fürstenberg
Kurt Raab
as Tankwart
Carla Egerer
as Kundin
Marius Aicher
as Meister
Joachim von Mengershausen
as Joachim - Katrins Freund
Hanna Axmann-Rezzori
as Mäzenin
Franz Maron
as Hannas Onkel
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as Kneipenbesucher
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
Director
Writer
Volker Schlöndorff
Idea
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Dietrich Lohmann
Director of Photography
Klaus Eckelt
Sound Designer
Costume Design
Producer
Michael Fengler
Production Manager
Klaus Hellwig
Production Design
Editor
Thea Eymèsz