---
name: "Paul Hittscher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-hittscher"
fi1m_id: "paul-hittscher"
imdb_id: "nm0386977"
tmdb_id: 57381
wikidata_id: "Q94810606"
roles: ["Actor"]
died: "1 January 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:00.589813+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Hittscher

## Identity

Paul Hittscher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-hittscher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-hittscher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386977
- **TMDB ID:** 57381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q94810606
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94810606, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57381

Actor. Died 1 January 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Died:** 1 January 1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94810606, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57381

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fitzcarraldo*](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Hittscher was an actor. He played Captain 'Orinoco Paul' in Werner Herzog's *Fitzcarraldo* (1982). He appeared as himself in the documentary *Burden of Dreams* (1982) about the film's production, and archive footage of him features in *My Best Fiend* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Orinoco Paul — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), as Orinoco Paul — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/paul-hittscher