| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Daniel Camino | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
Hans Prescher | Crew | Production | Producer |
Herbert Prasch | Crew | Sound | Sound Designer |
Ina Fritsche | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Lucki Stipetić | Crew | Production | Production Manager, Line Producer |
Martje Grohmann | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Miguel Vázquez | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Popol Vuh | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Thomas Mauch | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Walter Saxer | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
 Werner Herzog | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
Bob Oliver | Crew | Crew | Sound Recordist |
Francisco Joán | Crew | Crew | Second Unit Cinematographer |
Orlando Macchiavello | Crew | Crew | Second Unit Cinematographer |
Ovidio Ore | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
René Lechleitner | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Gustavo Cerff Arbulú | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director, Location Manager |
Georg Hagmüller | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Juvenal Herrera | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Wolf Stipetić | Crew | Production | Production Manager |
Alexandra Cheves | Cast | ||
Armando Polanah | Cast | Armando | |
 Cecilia Rivera | Cast | Actress | Flores, Aguirre's Daughter |
 Christian Brückner | Cast | Actor | Balthasar (voice) (uncredited) |
 Claus Biederstaedt | Cast | Actor | Brother Gaspar de Carvajal (voice) (uncredited) |
Daniel Farfán | Cast | ||
 Del Negro | Cast | Actor | Brother Gaspar de Carvajal |
Dieter Ranspach | Cast | Actor | Perucho (voice) (uncredited) |
 Edgar Ott | Cast | Actor | Gonzalo Pizarro (voice) (uncredited) |
 Edward Roland | Cast | Actor | Okello |
Heinz Theo Branding | Cast | Don Fernando de Guzmán (voice) (uncredited) | |
 Helena Rojo | Cast | Actress | Inés de Atienza |
Julio E. Martínez | Cast | ||
Justo González | Cast | González (uncredited) | |
 Klaus Kinski | Cast | Actor | Don Lope de Aguirre |
Lothar Blumhagen | Cast | Actor | Don Pedro de Ursúa (voice) (uncredited) |
 Manfred Lehmann | Cast | Actor | Conqueror (voice) (uncredited) |
Michael Chevalier | Cast | Actor | Conqueror Being Beheaded (voice) (uncredited) |
 Peter Berling | Cast | Actor | Don Fernando de Guzmán |
 Ruy Guerra | Cast | Actor | Don Pedro de Ursúa |
Uta Hallant | Cast | Inés / Flores (voice) (uncredited) | |
Antonio Marquez | Cast | (uncredited) | |
 Daniel Ades | Cast | Actor | Perucho |
Alejandro Repullés | Cast | Gonzalo Pizarro | |
Uwe Paulsen | Cast | Actor | Okello (voice) (uncredited) |
Gerd Martienzen | Cast | Actor | Don Lope de Aguirre (voice) (uncredited) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
