Editing Aguirre, the Wrath of God (section)

===Filming===
The film was made for $370,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=370000|start_year=1972|r=0|fmt=eq}}), with one-third of the budget going towards Kinski's salary.<ref name="Herzog1">Herzog, Werner. ''Herzog on Herzog'', edited by Paul Cronin, Faber & Faber, 2003. {{ISBN|0-571-20708-1}}</ref> It was filmed on location in the [[Peru]]vian [[rainforest]], [[Machu Picchu]] (the stone steps of [[Huayna Picchu]]),<ref name="Herzog1" /> and on the [[Amazon River]] tributaries of the [[Department of Ucayali|Ucayali region]]. ''Aguirre'' was shot in five weeks following nine months of pre-production planning.<ref name="Herzog" /> The film was shot in chronological order, as Herzog believed the film crew's progress on the river directly mirrored that of the explorers' journey in the story. The director and his cast and crew floated in rafts down the [[Huallaga River|Huallaga]] and [[Nanay River|Nanay]] rivers through the [[Sacred Valley|Urubamba Valley]].<ref name="Herzog1" />

All of the actors spoke their dialogue in English. The members of the cast and crew came from sixteen countries, and English was the only common language among them. In addition, Herzog felt that shooting ''Aguirre'' in English would improve the film's chances for international distribution. However, the small amount of money that had been set aside for post-synchronization "left Peru with the man in charge of the process; both absconded ''en route''". The English-language track was ultimately replaced by a higher-quality German-language version, which was dubbed after production was completed.<ref name="Overbey" /> According to Herzog, Kinski requested too much money for the dubbing session, and so his lines were performed by another actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/PEOPLE/50828001|title=A conversation with Werner Herzog|access-date=19 June 2007 |first=Roger|last=Ebert|publisher=rogerebert.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050910065548/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/PEOPLE/50828001 |archive-date=10 September 2005}}</ref>

The low budget precluded the use of stunt men or elaborate special effects. Cinematography in many scenes was done in order to accommodate the inclement weather and terrain of the region, with the camera lens often being obscured by rainwater and mud when the cast moved through thicker regions of the jungle. The cast and crew climbed up mountains, experienced the adverse conditions of the jungle, and rode Amazonian river rapids on rafts built by locals. At one point, a storm caused a river to flood, covering the film sets in several feet of water and destroying all the rafts built for the film. This flooding was immediately incorporated into the story, as a sequence including a flood and subsequent rebuilding of rafts was shot.<ref name="Herzog" />

The camera used to shoot the film was stolen by Herzog from the [[University of Television and Film Munich|Munich Film School]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/12/0081313
| title=The Secret Mainstream: Contemplating the mirages of Werner Herzog|date = December 2006|access-date=<!----2007-05-08----> |first=Tom|last=Bissell|magazine=[[Harper's Magazine]]}}</ref> Years later, Herzog recalled:

<blockquote>It was a very simple [[35mm movie film|35mm]] camera, one I used on many other films, so I do not consider it a theft. For me, it was truly a necessity. I wanted to make films and needed a camera. I had some sort of natural right to this tool. If you need air to breathe, and you are locked in a room, you have to take a chisel and hammer and break down a wall. It is your absolute right.<ref name="Herzog1" /></blockquote>

To obtain the monkeys used in the climactic sequence, Herzog paid several locals to trap 400 monkeys. He paid them half in advance and was to pay the other half upon receipt. The trappers sold the monkeys to someone in Los Angeles or Miami, and Herzog came to the airport just as the monkeys were being loaded to be shipped out of the country. He pretended to be a veterinarian and claimed that the monkeys needed vaccinations before leaving the country. Abashed, the handlers handed the monkeys over to Herzog, who used them in the shot they were required for, then released them afterwards into the jungle.<ref name="Herzog" />