All language subtitles for 1982 - Fitzcarraldo

Let's do it inside.

A few minutes more. We're going to miss
Caruso if you don't put some fire under

it.

You've wiped your hands all over your
face. Come closer. Come.

Come closer.

Molly, please.

Sir, madame, you can't go in there.

This is a gala performance. We came from
Iquitos, 1 ,200 miles down the Amazon.

I had to row because our motor broke
down. Just look at his hands.

Two days and two nights.

Please. I've been rowing to see Caruso
once in my life.

Please. I'm sorry, you have no tickets.
This man needs desperately to go in

there. He hasn't got a ticket, but he's
got a right.

Please. Sir, madam, you can't go in
there.

I'm going to build an opera, and if he
doesn't go, we'll open it.

It'll be the greatest opera the general
have ever seen. Please, let us in there.

You'll work with us.

Let us in.

Please.

Please.

I would like to be in there myself.

to be quiet and brace yourselves right
up against the war.

You saw it, didn't you?

Fitzcarraldo?

How do you spell it?

What an interesting name.

My daddy was Irish.

My real name is Fitzgerald.

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald. They have
trouble saying it in Peru.

Fitzgerald?

Iquitos? You're not the man of the
railway, are you?

Yeah, that's me.

Well...

Yeah, the Trans -Andes Railway, but...
I'm sure you know the

project fell through.

But the idea was a bold one. It's still
lingering.

At the moment, I'm trying my luck as an
ice producer to make money.

Here, what they want with all their
money is the great names of Europe.

Sarah Bernhardt.

An actress who can't even sing.

But her wooden leg is the talk of the
town.

The ice.

I mean, I'm doing all this because I
have one dream.

The opera.

The great opera in the jungle.

Fitzcarraldo will build it and Caruso
will sing at the premiere.

It's only the dreamers who move
mountains.

For five years now, we've been the
richest town in the whole world.

It's like gold fever, please.

Soon, this opera house could be too
small.

Prices are ten times higher than in New
York.

There are palaces being built with tiles
from Delft and Florentine marble.

But Iquitos is catching up.

It's still a filthy little town, but the
rubber business is growing by leaps and

bounds. The better -off citizens in
Manaus, if I may put it this way, they

send their laundry to Lisbon because the
water of the Amazon River is felt to be

impure.

Come on. Here we are, home again.

Did you miss me?

Aren't you going to stay?

I don't know.

I don't really like this here.

Oh, come on. It's not that bad.

I'll train the girls for the best
households.

Much better than sending them out on the
streets.

I have nothing against the girls, Molly.

It's just because I can't stand the
sight of dandies who think money can buy

everything. And to opera, I've got to
work on this ice production.

Oh, really?

You could take a crack at
respectability, you know. It wouldn't

Respectability just made me bankrupt.
No, no.

I'm better off down there in the
outskirts.

Got me a real audience down there now.

The kids?

Yeah, that's my public. And the pig.

One of those lean, racing pigs just lost
me.

How could she have it?

When I build my opera house, I'll see to
it you have your own box and the velvet

armchair.

It works through the reaction of two
different thoughts.

Just think what possibilities ice has.

But people don't see it.

Look, the children love the ice.

They eat it.

Imagine one day ice on every ship, in
every warehouse.

But I think in the first place, you
can't have any patents because the whole

thing has been described in school books
for the last hundred years.

I know, but I have the experience, and
it's experience what counts.

Secondly, what good is ice here?

To cool the rubber?

To put glaciers in the jungle?

Or to put a Trans -Andean railway on
sled runners?

Then let the brakes go.

And adios down into the valley.

Come on, come on.

Don't take it too hard.

Here, use this.

Lay a hand with us.

Oh, the precious feeling of losing
money. Nothing like it.

This church remains closed till this
town has its opera house.

I want the opera house.

I want my opera house!

I could have let you cool your heels in
there for two weeks.

Thanks.

Two days were enough.

Quite sure my lady had a hand in this. I
wouldn't know.

But come with me. I'll show you the real
reason I'm letting you out so soon.

Come.

They've been there two days. They stay
day and night.

Even a horse would be touched.

That won't be too hard to arrange.

All of them together at the same time?

Don't like Colleen or the Borgia
brothers and the rest of them?

I have my ways, don't worry.

I'll bring all my girls with me.

We'll have all the rubber barons
gathering together like flies.

And I guarantee you they'll be feeling
good.

Marvelous. I'll bring my phonograph.

You need some sprucing at first.

And I'm not letting you out of my house
like that. A steam bath for Mr.

Fitzcarraldo. The full treatment.

And then deliver him to my bedroom. Come
on, what are you doing?

Hey,

help!

Molly, tell him to stop it!

Hospital the fire brigade and now you
keep bending my ear with your opera

It gives expression to our greatest
feelings Just

take a look at this what

come over here Come

a bit closer

See how fast our money runs downstream?

You must have had the same experience.

A railway is sure to swallow up a lot of
money.

How thrilling it must be to go bankrupt.

Let's go back to our friends. Yes, such
a chance to meet all one's friends and

rivals at the same place does not
present itself very often.

Rosita, over there. Take the champagne.

There.

Please, may we have your attention?

Come closer, please.

Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. Don't
worry.

This gentleman is harmless.

He's just had a soul -stirring
experience.

Sir, my servants will conduct you to the
kitchen.

My dog's cook will prepare you a meal.

Thank you very much, sir.

You were superb.

To your dog's cook.

To Verdi.

To Rossini.

To Caruso.

To Fitzcarraldo, the conquistador of the
useless.

Cheers.

As true as I'm standing here, one day I
shall bring Grand Opera to Iquitos.

I will outnumber you.

I will out -billion you.

I will out -rubber you.

I will out -perform you.

Sir, the reality of your world is
nothing more

than a rotten caricature of great opera.

Fitz, Fitz, let's go.

This man is no opponent.

He's as dead as a doornail.

Madame, I am still standing firm on both
my legs.

You're a big game hunter, aren't you?

What's that got to do with it? Then you
should know.

When you shoot an elephant, it sometimes
stays on his legs for ten days before

he topples over.

Good night.

Come on, Zulma.

Come on. This way. Come on.

Rubber. That's the way to do it.

That's where the real money is. Forget
about ice.

You need a big steamboat.

You have to be able to supply hundreds
of workers in a large area. And most of

all, you need land.

There must still be some left.

They haven't grabbed it all up. Believe
me, I know what I'm saying.

How do you know?

Don Aquilino.

He's been talking about it. Then you can
forget it.

Why don't you ask him then?

My territory begins right here where the
Pongo ends.

And it reaches far away upstream for 80
miles.

And above the Pongo?

I'd like to have that for myself.

We've thought about building a road
across those mountains, but that would

impossible venture.

And there still wouldn't be a... A ship?

And nobody has made it upstream?

Want to see for yourself?

We could climb up there if you want.

What's he saying?

We must be quiet.

He says whoever talks will be swallowed
up by the evil spirits of the whirlpool.

Indians call the rapids Chirimacua, the
angry spirits.

Anyone who falls in there is lost.

The bear asses also say the water has no
air to hold on to.

Is this a rubber tree?

Right. They call

the

rubber tree caucho.

The tree that weeps. These bare asses.

Love flowery language.

Gold, they call sweat of the sun.

Bees, fathers of honey.

You know, it's no easy job to discipline
them, believe me.

How much do you think this stinking
stuff weighs?

Sixty kilos.

And I presume you're familiar with the
market price.

How long does it take to make one of
them?

Three men, one week.

Presently, I have a staff of 8 ,500.

But I am thinking of increasing it to
ten.

You're a strange bird.

But I must say I like you.

Here.

From the Pongo to the mouth of the
Ucayali, that's my area.

Up there you see the Peruvian Amazon
Company territory.

A joint stock company. And there, the
Borja brothers.

What does that square mean?

That's the rubber region of the Ucayali.

About 14 million trees.

It's the only area still unclaimed.

Because of the rapids of the Pongo das
Mortes, you'd have to have wings to fly

into this area here.

Why is nothing marked up on the
Pachitea?

No robberies.

Maybe a few, but not enough to make it
worthwhile.

The only thing you'll find there are
headhunters.

No robber, no gold, no nothing.

The two rivers almost touch each other.

What?

How exact is this map?

Is there anything more precise?

Oh, it's a pretty good map.

In 1896, a group of surveyors and
soldiers got to the upper Bacitea, but

them were murdered.

Then some missionaries got as far as
Saramirissa. That's their farthest

settlement.

From there on, you'll find only Hivaros
and Kampas.

Two partners ended up...

A shrunken head? Have you ever seen a
shrunken head?

Yes.

I mean... No.

Sort of.

Have you made your choice? I can't
decide.

I think I take both of them. Molly.
What?

Hey, what?

They've got to stake me every red cent.
Oh, please, not again.

I have an idea.

An amazing idea. Here, look.

I have road maps.

I can explain everything to you.

Here.

Well, first I have to contact a lawyer,
then get a ship.

But my money is not going to buy you a
ship, Fitz. You'll manage your own.

documents, please.

Thank you.

Now then, the act of territorial
acquisition works step by step. First

your partner sign, then you pay the
money, and I'll complete the document

my signature.

But before we do all this, I wish to
direct your attention to the option

What option clause?

Through its executive organs, the
Peruvian government is absolutely

with no exceptions, that a region of
this size be taken into possession by

and by proof within nine months' time.

You will have to prove that real
operational steps have been taken to

the region.

Otherwise, your rights of exploitation
will be terminated.

The point is that the state is concerned
that areas such as this are

productively used by competent men of
business so that they don't go to...

on, we're wasting time.

Can I ask you a question of a personal
nature?

Do you really know what you're doing?

We're going to do what nobody's ever
done.

We're going to be very, very rich.

Yeah.

Well?

Right, sir.

Sign on the dotted line.

That's it.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Yeah, that's it.

Oh, it's marvelous.

How do you like it?

It's lovely.

Watch out here. It's very slippery.

This is the engine room.

Let's go upstairs.

The upper deck.

No, wait a minute.

Let me go first.

Yes.

To our contract.

Come in, gentlemen.

Now that the purchase of my ship is
settled, let me be quite frank.

Sure.

True, I have forced you to take Cholo as
your mechanic.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have gotten the
ship.

I realize that.

He's a first -rate mechanic, I'll tell
you that much.

And what else is he?

The reason behind it all, excuse my
bluntness, is that I wish to be kept

informed about the activities of our
competitors.

We don't want our territories being
contested.

Don't worry.

Every steamship owner is a potential
enemy.

Anyone with just a canoe can't hurt us.
Right.

You know, the two of us have a bet
going.

How long it will take until you go
bankrupt.

Oh, please don't take it personally.

We're all sportsmen, aren't we?

No, only one of us.

I shall move a mountain.

When is it going to be ready?

No, for ten days they've been telling me
tomorrow.

I hope she'll be ready for launching.

I wonder what

this character's really up to.

Bim. Kimbal bim. Hoota.

Apreta.

What's your name? Poor reason, Brink.

I'm Dutch.

But they call me Orinoco Paul because I
know every gun I'm banned in that river.

You've sailed the river safely so far?

Yes. My last ship was the Adolfo.

My sight isn't so good, but I cannot be
fooled.

What do you mean?

The jungle plays tricks on your senses.

It's full of lies, demons, illusions.

I have learned to tell the difference
between reality and hallucinations.

I see you took part in the Pachitea
expedition in 96?

Yes, as helmsman.

On the return trip, I was the captain.

The captain died.

There were only five survivors.

For a reason, Brink?

You have Captain's authority.

Sit down and have me choose the crew.

We need strong, tough men.

Unfortunately, we won't find any good
men here.

First of all, we need a pilot.

Is anybody here with pilot experience?

Hola, compadres.

Get back. Out of my way, you peanut.

I'm Mariqueque. Mariqueque.

Compadre, I am Mariqueque.

I am the best cook in the whole of the
Amazon.

I have worked on every kind of ship
there is.

And, amigo, I know what they say about
me.

Mariqueque is a stupid drunkard.

But in here, positively electrical.

And also, I'm the best gunman in the
entire armistice. All right. What do you

think of him? The best gunman.

Wait. That's the truth.

Is he a good gunman?

He is a good gunman. Let's try him.

What's your name? Oire... Oirekeke.

Oirekeke.

Are you a caker, you are, or a cook?

Try to understand.

Who bought the ship?

Who paid for all the equipment?

It is my right to come with you. Molly,
you can't leave the girls.

What are they going to do without you?

And what will I do without you?

I am coming back.

Fitz.

Do you love me?

You're my partner, aren't you?

You crazy fool!

It's your day, Molly.

All yours.

It's more than my poor little heart can
stand.

Oh, my God.

I love you.

Now comes the official part.

Here, draw it. Heart!

and those señoritas on board my ship.
They are my assistants.

I cannot cook without them. Vamos!

He's not going down to the Ucayali?

Why is he heading upstream?

I thought he was going to the Pongo das
Mortes. You saw it right.

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald is moving
against the Amazon.

We're going upstream.

What's the idea?

The idea is we're going upstream.

And from now on, you only leave the
engine room if I say so.

Bastardo! What are you doing here?

Get back inside where you belong.

I see you have become a father.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know you come back.

I work for six months, no money.

See, this station, ready for business. I
paint the window every year, but it

always gets dirty again.

But wait till your train cross the
mountains from the Amazon, then

change. Maybe then I can be pay some
money, yes, don't you?

confess something to you.

I was, I had to sell a few little iron
parts and a few tools to one friendly

Indians to make machetes and other
things.

You know, you can't get iron no place
here. The Indians come here during the

night and they steal it and so I had to
sell it. If not, they come and murder

you.

I thought you'd been sent home like
everybody else.

Let me show you outside.

The rails reach deep in the jungle now.

Come, let me show you. I protect the
rails from the Indians.

Watch these snakes.

You see? First I fire up my generator.

And then I connect a long electric wire.

Long.

to the tracks.

When the Indians try to steal the rail,
they get their fingers burnt.

I kill snakes the same way.

They turn to ashes.

Every year, I clean the engine.

When will you start to build again, huh?

Well, the thing is, we have come here on
a different project.

Our... Whole financial situation will
change overnight if it works.

What I want to say is that we need the
rails for another purpose.

Don Fitzcarraldo!

Don Fitzcarraldo!

Don Fitzcarraldo! Don Fitzcarraldo!
They're removing the rails from under

locomotive. Leave the rails so I can
move the locomotive. Stop them, please.

Hey!

Leave them under the lock.

There's more in the forest.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Okay,
it's okay. It's all right.

We should have reached the Pachitea a
long time ago.

Well, we haven't.

But according to the map?

The map is not precise.

How can you be so sure about that?

No river tastes like the Pachitea.

It's just ahead of us.

Man.

Maria, que bonito.

Ooh. Ooh.

What's going on here?

We are going up the patch of terror.

Is that so?

Su madre.

Where do we go?

Su madre.

Amigos, welcome to Pachitea.

Famous for its native hospitality.

something is brewing down below they
don't seem to agree with the course

taking what

I told you Nikitas are neat men, not
milk toasts who shit in their pants.

Now, whoever wants to go back, step
forward.

Welcome to Saramaritza.

Welcome.

Ryan Sweeney Fitzgerald.

We thought you were a government
commissioner. No one else ever comes

Welcome, my friend.

Welcome. Welcome.

Hello. Hello, Father.

Thank you. Thank you.

How can anyone learn patriotism from a
school book? The government requires it.

The natives get used to it like
vaccination.

The children already feel like little
Peruvians.

The other day I asked them, are you
Indians?

No, they said, not we. The ones up the
river, they are Indians.

And then I asked, what are Indians?

They said to me, Indians are people who
can't read and who don't know how to

wash their clothes.

And what about the older people?

Well, we can't seem to cure them of the
idea that our everyday

life is only an illusion, behind which
lies the reality of dreams.

Actually, I am very interested in these
ideas.

I specialize in opera myself.

What do you know about the Heveros on
the upper course?

I was there during the disaster in 96.

Have you had any contact since then?

Yes, some years ago. Two of our brothers
set off with some natives.

One of them came back a few days later
and said that the Heveros had withdrawn

deep into the forest.

The expedition vanished without a trace.

Then a few weeks later, one of our
brothers was washed up.

He was already rotting away.

And his head was gone.

Anyway, what do you want up there?

I'm planning something geographical.

You have to crack down on the men now,
or you can find yourself a new captain.

What's the matter? Who is it?

Evaristo Chavez and Fabiano, the
Brazilian.

They're the main ones.

And the senoritas, they must be put
ashore immediately.

And Herakeke, he's smart, but not to be
trusted.

Your service is no longer required here.
You have got two minutes to get your

things. Exactly 120 seconds.

You see, we're the lucky ones.

You too.

Come on, move.

Take care of the rest.

And all of you, back to work.

Oh

Reduce speed. Half speed ahead.

What are the men doing?

They have armed themselves.

On no account are they to try to shoot.

That was our mistake on the first
expedition.

Go down and tell them that, or there'll
be a disaster.

what the hell are you doing just trying
to have a little conversation with our

invisible friends we'll pay for this
with our heads you too

There are silences and silences.

This is the kind I don't like.

There's something on the water.

Where?

Something black floating towards us.

What's an umbrella doing here? It must
have belonged to one of the missionaries

the Evoros killed.

Strange.

It might be a last warning from the
gentlemen in the forest.

They love such gestures.

Now it's Caruso's turn.

You see the Indians in the canoe?

Could that be a trap?

It does not look like one.

No, I don't think so.

They would attack at night and in bigger
groups.

Shall we stop and try to make contact?

No, don't stop.

Something's moving there.

Those bare asses have never heard music
like that.

That will teach them to respect us.

Tell me everything you know about them.

Everything depends on how we behave.

These Hebrew people left the interior of
Brazil about 300 years ago.

For ten generations they've been
wandering through the jungle looking for

white god in a sacred boat. And they
believe at the end of their pilgrimage

white god... would show them a land
without sorrow, without death, where

stay young forever.

We are going to take advantage of this
myth.

What the hell has that got to do with
us?

If a badass gets too close to me, I'll
let him have it smack between the eyes.

This God doesn't come with cannons.

He comes with the voice of Caruso.

Your loyal crew has deserted you that
finishes this journey

Why

didn't

you go with them because I want this
whole damn ship to turn back

Don't tangle with me

I'll do what I like around here.

Just keep the engine running.

Suddenly they came out of nowhere.

Damn bastards.

I told you all along they were good for
nothing.

They'll never make it out of here.

There's three of us left. You, me and
Shola. What, him?

Now, we need some Italian opera.

Very much.

Well, gentlemen, that's the end of it.

180 degrees. Can we do that here?

We can.

Forget it.

You see what I see?

Just what we needed.

Breaking through there would be the end
of us.

There's just one way to go. Straight
ahead.

You better pull it short.

Go down to the engine room. Very casual,
understand?

They've all got bows and arrows.

But they keep their distance. Ever seen
this before?

No, no, never.

Damn it. Now they're blocking the way.

Are they still there?

Even more than that.

Maybe a hundred canoes.

Give me a shout when the party starts.

I want to brighten up my last hour with
a little fireworks.

What time you got here?

Over here, bad asses.

Cerveza. Come and have a drink.

Where'd you come from?

I was sleeping.

Where are the others?

Did they quit?

I knew they would.

Those damn cowards.

Degenerate. Shut up.

. . . .

. .

.

. .

. . .

What does this say?

They are talking about our boat.

The sacred boat with the white god from
whom they expect salvation.

They believe that there is a curse on
this whole territory.

They know we are not gods, but the boat
has impressed them.

But why play fruits, huh? I wonder what
they want.

My friends, I think we will continue.

See the red cliff below the trees on the
right -hand side?

Yes.

That must be it.

Good.

We can't go much further, or we'll run
onto a sandbank.

That slope may look insignificant, but
it's going to be our destiny.

Now he's showing his card.

What is it?

This is what we were looking for.

This?

Here?

Do we have to climb a tree in order for
you imbeciles to understand what we are

doing?

We'll build a nice lookout for these
gentlemen up there.

I don't believe it.

There's the Ucayali.

All the river above Pongalas Mortis
belongs to us. I knew it, I knew it. We

going to build a tunnel for the railway
to go through. No, no.

We're going to drag that ship over the
mountain.

And the brass are going to help us.

How in hell are you going to do that?

Just like the cow jumped over the moon.

I like this.

I'm with you.

Yeah?

Now, what is it? I still don't
understand what you've got in mind.

Come here, I'll show you.

This is the Amazon.

Here is Iquitas.

This is the Ucayali.

Right?

And this is the Pachitea.

Now, we went upstream up the Amazon

and up the Pachitea.

Here is where we are right now and where
we will drag the ship

over the mountain.

From here to here, the ship will collect
the

rubber of thousands of workers.

Why didn't we move up the Ukeali?

Because of the Pongodas Mortis.

Nobody will ever make it through those
rapids.

Yes, but how do you get the rubber to
Iquitos?

We need another ship.

We carry the rubber back over the
mountain and build a settlement here.

Soon we'll be so rich, we'll have all
the ships we need to take it to Iquitos.

I explained our project to him. What's
the answer?

He said yes.

And in the morning...

That wasn't a bad start.

There are even two young boys here.

It's a good sign.

What do you think, Paul?

Will the Indians stick with us?

You can't tell what they really think.

But how in the hell are you going to get
that ship over the hill?

If nothing else works, then we'll make a
tunnel.

I could do it alone if I had a perfect
pulley system.

But I would need ten miles of rope and
it would take me ten weeks to pull the

ship ten inches.

Well, we haven't got that much time.

We have seven more months before the
option runs out.

We have a steam winch and the force of
hundreds of Indians.

We're going to drag that ship over the
mountain.

Who are your little friends?

McNamara.

McNamara is my butler.

And this is el comandante.

Salud por ti, McNamara.

Come here, Omar.

Jump,

jump.

That could

take months.

Dynamite. I hope we have enough
dynamite. No.

I will not recommend it.

We have no choice.

Stay calm!

Go back to work. Come on.

Come on, go back to work.

Come on.

Come

on.

They're locked down here.

Come on

How can this trunk withstand the pull of
hundreds of tons?

It can.

See how deep we have anchored it in the
ground?

This wood has the strength of iron.

Bring it down here.

Come with me.

Now clear them.

Clear them over to the other side.
Understand?

Amazon Terminal.

Too bad I cannot help you.

I drank too much last night.

Shouldn't we tell him that else will be
nothing left of it? There is no word for

ice in their language.

That's enough.

Get out of there.

Thank you.

They've been standing like that for two
days and nights staring at the water.

I'm sure it's because of the terrible
accident.

I cannot get anything out of them.

They're gone.

All? They have really all gone?

What do you know?

I had this feeling, so I went outside.

Not a soul, nothing.

They've all disappeared.

That can mean a lot of things.

It could mean that they'll attack us,
but we have no way of defending

Everyone has deserted us, except
McNamara.

And for that, he'll be made chief one
day.

As if they'd never been gone.

Don't ask me for an explanation.

We have two dead men.

I can't believe in this crazy thing
Harakeke has thought up. Amigos, the

is running.

Now that is what I call brain work. We
have two dead men.

We could start up the engine and drive
the anger witch off it. That way the

will be wound up the mountain and then
it's on fire.

Now what do you say to that?

You see that?

There are times when a peasant's brain
is good for something. You're not a

peasant. You are just smarter and faster
than God's earth.

But we forgot something.

What?

Why are they doing all this?

Why are they working like horses for us?

Why?

Why? I don't know.

I really don't know.

The only thing I know is that there must
be a reason for it.

I'm sure of it.

They're planning something. Yes.

You

must

drink it.

It is yucca.

With fermented saliva.

Go on. Think.

My God.

Time flies and we are getting nowhere.

Something is up.

The men are preparing barbasco.

A very strong poison and they are
painted black.

But most are hiding in the woods and
they are armed.

What does that mean?

It means that...

that they now believe they are
invisible.

They do that only when they go hunting
or when they are going off to war.

Shouldn't we return to the ship and load
the rifles?

No, we would not stand a chance.

They are definitely planning something.

Most likely they are trying to calculate
the exact size of our heads.

I think we are safe for now.

How do you know?

There's a sign.

Look.

See those hands on the railing?

Thank you.

Amen.

What happened?

The panda?

We are drifting into the panda!

Charlotte!

You know what he says?

He says that last night they untied the
boat.

They knew all along the sacred boat was
only dragged over the mountain because

it had to drift free through the Pongo.

It had to be done to soothe the evil
spirits of the rapids.

I must stop my ship.

First of all, have a drink.

Running the bongo with a steamship is a
record that will never be repeated.

Quite spectacular.

Here, have a drink.

Magnificent, gentlemen, magnificent.

Here. Here's to the soothing of the evil
spirits of the bongo.

I will tell you something.

At the time when America was hardly
explored, one of those early French

went west from Montreal.

He was the first white man to set eyes
on Niagara Falls.

When he returned, he told of waterfalls
more vast and immense than people had

ever dreamed of.

No one believed him.

They thought he was a madman or a liar.

They asked him, what's your proof?

He answered, my proof is

I've seen them.

Sorry.

I don't know what that has to do with
me.

What will you do next?

I don't know.

I'm asking because I'm interested in
buying the boat back.

My business has been expanding lately.

The damage could be repaired in a few
days.

Oh, I assure you.

I don't mean to exploit your delicate
situation.

Oh, from Manaus, we've received news
that a European opera company

is giving a guest performance there.

I think you ought to go.

They say they're such a fantastic German
composer.

One of the very modern ones, Federico
Roberto Ricardo, what is his name?

Ricardo Wagner.

The one who wrote Parzival.

Oh, I would say so.

Very Teutonic, his music.

And the name of the opera is The
Puritans.

No, that's Italian opera by Bellini.

Tell me.

You mean that about the boat?

Come here.

Paul!

Come here.

Coming.

My friends, the new owner of the Mali
Aida. Don't worry, we have the ship for

two more weeks.

Paul, listen.

Yes? We hate to give her away.

Nice work.

You travel to Manaus with all this
money.

Bring me a tailcoat and the best cigar
in the world.

And from the theater, I want an armchair
with red velvet upholstery. I made a

promise to a pig that loves Caruso very
much.

Amen.