1 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,280 Cayahuari Yacu, the jungle lndians call this country, 2 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,000 "the land where God did not finish Creation. " 3 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,320 They believe only after man has disappeared 4 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,920 will He return to finish His work. 5 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,520 For God's sake. . . 6 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,560 If we're gonna do this. . . 7 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,720 If we're gonna do this. . . 8 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,360 . . .Iet's do it in style. 9 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,320 We're going to miss Caruso if you don't put some fire under it. 10 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Oh, you've wiped oil all over your face. 11 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,800 Isn't that better? 12 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,080 Oh, Molly, please. 13 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,080 Come on, for God's sake! 14 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,600 Champagne for the horses! The best! 15 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,280 We're gonna make it. 16 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,760 Sir, Madam. This is a gala performance. 17 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:41,600 We come from lquitos, one thousand two hundred miles down the Amazon. 18 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,920 I had to row because our motor broke down. 19 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,200 Look at his hands. 20 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,480 For two days and two nights I've been rowing to see Caruso once in my life. 21 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,000 You have no tickets. 22 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,520 This man needs to go in there. He has no ticket but he has a right. 23 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,600 Sir, Madam, you can't go in there. 24 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,680 I'm going to build an opera house in lquitos and Caruso'll open it. 25 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,880 It'll be the greatest opera of the jungle. Please, let us in. 26 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,800 You'll work with us. Let us in, please. 27 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,880 I'd like to be in there myself, believe me. . . 28 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,120 Follow me! 29 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,120 Make sure to be quiet and press yourselves right up against the wall. 30 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,880 He pointed to you. 31 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,040 He pointed to me. You see him. . . he means me. 32 00:09:57,130 --> 00:10:01,290 Fitzcarraldo? How do you spell it? 33 00:10:02,250 --> 00:10:04,490 What an interesting name! 34 00:10:05,930 --> 00:10:08,850 My father was lrish. My real name is Fitzgerald. 35 00:10:08,970 --> 00:10:10,690 Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald. 36 00:10:10,770 --> 00:10:12,690 They had trouble saying it in Peru. 37 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:18,450 Fitzgerald? lquitos? You're not the man with the railway are you? 38 00:10:18,930 --> 00:10:20,330 Yeah, that's me. 39 00:10:22,850 --> 00:10:29,450 Well. . .the Trans-Andean Railway, but. . . 40 00:10:30,850 --> 00:10:32,930 . . .the project fell through. 41 00:10:33,010 --> 00:10:36,290 But the idea was a bold one. 42 00:10:36,410 --> 00:10:40,290 At the moment I'm trying my luck as as ice producer, to make money. 43 00:10:41,010 --> 00:10:43,090 Here, all people want. . . 44 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:47,330 . . .for their money are the big names from Europe. 45 00:10:49,130 --> 00:10:54,050 Sarah Bernhardt, an actress who can't even sing. 46 00:10:54,290 --> 00:10:57,410 But her wooden leg is the talk of the town. 47 00:10:58,170 --> 00:11:02,890 The ice, ah, I mean. . . 48 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:06,330 I'm doing all this because I have one dream. . . 49 00:11:07,090 --> 00:11:08,330 . . .the opera. 50 00:11:09,410 --> 00:11:11,890 The Great Opera in the Jungle! 51 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:16,370 Fitzcarraldo will build it and Caruso will sing at the premiere. 52 00:11:16,490 --> 00:11:19,730 It's only the dreamers who ever move mountains. 53 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:28,930 For five years now we've been the richest town in the whole world. 54 00:11:29,050 --> 00:11:31,010 It's like gold fever. 55 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:33,530 May I show you the house? 56 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:40,570 When this opera was built there were only a few huts here. 57 00:11:40,650 --> 00:11:42,890 The building was practically in the jungle. 58 00:11:43,010 --> 00:11:46,370 Prices are ten times higher here than in New York. 59 00:11:46,450 --> 00:11:52,930 There are palaces being built with tiles from Delft and Florentine marble. 60 00:11:53,010 --> 00:11:57,810 And lquitos is catching up. It's still a filthy frontier town. . . 61 00:11:57,890 --> 00:12:00,570 . . .but the rubber business is growing by leaps and bounds. 62 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:04,610 The better-off citizens in Manaus, if I may put it like that. . . 63 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:07,370 . . .send their laundry to Lisbon. . . 64 00:12:07,730 --> 00:12:12,290 . . .because the water in the Amazon is felt to be impure. 65 00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:32,050 Aren't you going to stay? 66 00:14:32,730 --> 00:14:33,890 I don't know. 67 00:14:34,010 --> 00:14:36,690 I don't mind you're running a brothel. 68 00:14:36,810 --> 00:14:39,450 But there are too many of your clients around. 69 00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:44,370 Come on. I train the girls for the best households. 70 00:14:44,490 --> 00:14:47,490 Much better than sending them out on the streets. 71 00:14:48,810 --> 00:14:51,050 I've nothing against the girls, Molly. 72 00:14:51,130 --> 00:14:55,130 I just can't stand the sight of dandies who think money can buy everything. 73 00:14:55,210 --> 00:14:59,090 And the opera. . . I've got to work on this ice production. 74 00:14:59,850 --> 00:15:03,850 You could take a crack at respectability, you know. Wouldn't kill you. 75 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:06,770 Respectability just made me bankrupt. 76 00:15:08,970 --> 00:15:12,170 I'm better off down there by the river. 77 00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:15,450 Got my real audience down there now. . . 78 00:15:15,530 --> 00:15:16,490 The kids? 79 00:15:16,610 --> 00:15:19,690 Yeah, that's my public. And a pig. 80 00:15:21,010 --> 00:15:25,370 One of those lean racing pigs loves me. 81 00:15:25,530 --> 00:15:27,370 How could she help it. 82 00:17:42,730 --> 00:17:44,810 When I build my opera house. . . 83 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:48,850 . . .I'll see to it you have your own box and a red velvet armchair. 84 00:18:36,330 --> 00:18:39,290 It works through a chemical reaction of two different salts. 85 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:43,010 Just imagine the possibilities ice has, but people don't see it. 86 00:18:43,090 --> 00:18:44,570 The children love it. 87 00:18:44,650 --> 00:18:46,410 Yeah, they eat it. 88 00:18:48,890 --> 00:18:50,290 Imagine, one day. . . 89 00:18:50,410 --> 00:18:53,250 . . .ice in every warehouse, on every ship. 90 00:19:29,050 --> 00:19:30,540 Yes, make your bet. 91 00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:33,260 What do you think of it? 92 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:38,530 I'll tell you what I think. You can read up about ice in any school book. 93 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:41,860 It's out of the question to apply for a patent. 94 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,900 But I have the experience, and it's experience that counts. 95 00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:50,380 What good is ice here? To cool the rubber? 96 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:54,260 Maybe we should magically create some glaciers in the jungle. 97 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,860 And then we'll build the Trans-Andean Railroad on sled skids. . . 98 00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:02,420 . . .Ioosen the brakes, give her a push. . . 99 00:20:02,540 --> 00:20:05,900 . . .and adios! Off she goes, sledding down into the valley? 100 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:10,500 Come on, come on. 101 00:20:10,860 --> 00:20:14,060 Don't take it to heart. 102 00:20:14,140 --> 00:20:17,380 Here, this is for you. 103 00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:20,020 Use this, play a hand with us. 104 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,740 The precious feeling of losing money! 105 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:28,660 Nothing like it! Ecstasy! 106 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:29,460 The church remains closed 'til this town has its opera house. 107 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,180 I want the opera house! 108 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:38,060 I want my opera house! 109 00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:41,820 I want to have an opera! 110 00:21:43,580 --> 00:21:48,260 This church remains closed 'til this town has an opera! 111 00:21:49,460 --> 00:21:52,180 I will build my opera! 112 00:22:05,780 --> 00:22:08,140 I want to have my opera. 113 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:21,260 I could have let you cool your heels in there for two weeks. 114 00:23:22,580 --> 00:23:25,660 Thanks. Two days were more than enough. 115 00:23:29,340 --> 00:23:31,500 I'm sure Molly is behind this. 116 00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:35,260 You're mistaken. But come with me. 117 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:38,740 I'll show you the real reason I'm letting you out so soon. 118 00:23:47,180 --> 00:23:52,380 They won't budge. I felt moved. Even a horse would be touched. 119 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,620 That shouldn't be too hard to arrange. 120 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:03,940 All of them together, at the same time? 121 00:24:05,660 --> 00:24:07,660 Don Aquilino, The Borja brothers. . . 122 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:12,140 I have my ways. Don't worry. I'll bring all my girls with me. 123 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:15,420 We'll have all the rubber barons gathered together like flies. 124 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:18,300 And I guarantee you, they'll be feeling good. 125 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:20,780 I'll bring my phonograph. 126 00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:23,820 You need some sprucing up first. 127 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:26,260 I'm not letting you out of my house like that. 128 00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:29,820 A steam bath for Mr. Fitzcarraldo! Full treatment. 129 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:32,580 And then deliver him to my bedroom. 130 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:39,140 This is serious. . . help. . . Hey Molly, tell them. . . Help! 131 00:24:46,580 --> 00:24:51,500 Everyone wants money from me. The hospital, the fire brigade. . . 132 00:24:51,580 --> 00:24:54,220 . . .and now you keep talking my ear off about your opera. 133 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:56,940 It gives expression to our deepest feelings. 134 00:24:57,540 --> 00:25:00,140 What is he talking about? 135 00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:02,580 Our deepest feelings! 136 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:05,900 Just take a look at this. 137 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:08,540 Come a bit closer. 138 00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:11,260 Take a good look. 139 00:25:15,340 --> 00:25:17,260 A little demonstration. 140 00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:23,740 1000 dollar bills seem to taste best. 141 00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:31,420 See how fast our money goes down the drain? 142 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:33,580 You must have experienced this. 143 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:36,660 A railway is sure to swallow up a lot of money. 144 00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:41,100 How thrilling it must be to go bankrupt. 145 00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:43,940 Let's return to our friends. 146 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:47,660 Yes, such a chance to meet all one's friends and rivals in one place. . . 147 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:50,300 . . .does not present itself very often. 148 00:26:17,020 --> 00:26:18,220 Rosita, over there! 149 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:20,660 Take the champagne over there! 150 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:29,900 Please, may we have your attention? 151 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:32,260 Please, come a bit closer. 152 00:27:20,820 --> 00:27:23,380 Servant! Hold him! 153 00:27:24,020 --> 00:27:25,980 He can't get away with this. 154 00:27:26,620 --> 00:27:30,860 One moment! Please, please, please! 155 00:27:31,340 --> 00:27:34,740 Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. 156 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:41,100 This man is harmless, he's just had a soul-stirring experience. 157 00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:45,620 My servants will escort you to the kitchen. 158 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:48,500 My dogs' cook will prepare you a meal. 159 00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:53,460 Thank you very much, sir, you were superb. 160 00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:58,100 To your dogs' cook. 161 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:03,100 To Verdi. 162 00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:06,820 To Rossini. 163 00:28:09,380 --> 00:28:10,620 To Caruso. 164 00:28:10,740 --> 00:28:13,740 To Fitzcarraldo, the Conquistador of the Useless! 165 00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:15,020 Cheers! 166 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:25,180 As true as I am standing here, one day I shall bring grand opera to lquitos. 167 00:28:25,940 --> 00:28:28,740 I will outnumber you. 168 00:28:30,380 --> 00:28:32,140 I will outbillion you. 169 00:28:32,220 --> 00:28:34,460 I am the spectacle in the forest. 170 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:36,630 I am the inventor of rubber. 171 00:28:36,710 --> 00:28:38,700 I will outrubber you. 172 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:45,100 Sir, the reality of your world is nothing more. . . 173 00:28:45,420 --> 00:28:48,270 . . .than a rotten caricature of great opera. 174 00:28:48,350 --> 00:28:51,380 Fitz, Fitz, let's go. 175 00:28:51,540 --> 00:28:54,740 He's as dead as a doornail. He is no opponent for you. 176 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:58,700 Madam, I'm still standing firm on both my legs. 177 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:01,100 You're a big game hunter, aren't you? 178 00:29:01,310 --> 00:29:03,270 What's that got to do with it? 179 00:29:03,390 --> 00:29:06,830 Then you should know: When you shoot an elephant. . . 180 00:29:06,910 --> 00:29:10,750 . . .he sometimes stays on his legs for ten days before he topples over. 181 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:14,910 Come on, girls, we're leaving. This way! 182 00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:34,590 Rubber. That's the way to do it. Forget about the ice. 183 00:29:35,590 --> 00:29:40,670 You need a big steam-boat. And most of all you need land. 184 00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:42,510 And hundreds of workers. 185 00:29:42,590 --> 00:29:47,670 The rubber barons have divided up the land. But there's still some left. 186 00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:49,110 How do you know? 187 00:29:49,190 --> 00:29:52,390 Through Don Aquilino. Why don't you pay him a visit? 188 00:29:52,510 --> 00:29:53,950 Forget about it. 189 00:29:55,150 --> 00:29:56,990 Why don't you try him out? 190 00:30:08,430 --> 00:30:12,310 My territory begins right here where the Pongo ends. . . 191 00:30:13,830 --> 00:30:17,950 . . .and reaches downstream for 80 miles. 192 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:19,990 And above the Pongo? 193 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:22,550 I'd like to have that myself. 194 00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:26,190 We've thought about building a road across the mountains. . . 195 00:30:26,270 --> 00:30:30,910 . . .but it would be an impossible venture, and there still wouldn't be. . . 196 00:30:30,990 --> 00:30:35,470 A ship. . . And nobody has made it upstream? 197 00:30:38,710 --> 00:30:43,070 Want to see for yourself? We can go a little further by foot. 198 00:30:49,470 --> 00:30:50,990 What's he saying? 199 00:30:51,390 --> 00:30:53,190 We must be quiet. 200 00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:54,630 He says, whoever talks. . . 201 00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:58,030 . . .will be swallowed up by the evil spirits of the rapids. 202 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:37,750 The lndians call the rapids Chirimagua, "the angry spirits." 203 00:31:38,270 --> 00:31:41,470 Anyone who falls in there is lost. 204 00:31:41,710 --> 00:31:47,870 The native bare-asses also say, "The water has no hair to hold on to." 205 00:32:14,470 --> 00:32:16,150 Is this a rubber tree? 206 00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:21,830 Right. Hevea brasiliensis. 207 00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:36,550 They call the rubber tree caoutchou. . . 208 00:32:36,950 --> 00:32:39,030 . . ."the tree that weeps." 209 00:32:39,070 --> 00:32:42,070 These bare-asses love flowery language. 210 00:32:42,150 --> 00:32:44,510 Gold, they call "sweat of the sun." 211 00:32:44,550 --> 00:32:47,430 Bees, "father of honey." 212 00:32:49,470 --> 00:32:53,910 You know, it's no easy job to civilize them, believe me. 213 00:33:08,030 --> 00:33:11,270 How much do you think this stinky stuff weighs? 214 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:18,230 1 32 pounds! And I presume you're familiar with the market price. 215 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:20,510 How long does it take to make one of them? 216 00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:22,710 Three men one week. 217 00:33:31,230 --> 00:33:34,430 Presently I have a staff of 8,500. 218 00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:41,910 But I am thinking of increasing to 10,000. 219 00:33:45,470 --> 00:33:50,030 You're a strange bird, but I must say I like you. 220 00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:33,470 That's my area. From the Pongo to the mouth of the Ucayali. 221 00:34:33,550 --> 00:34:38,310 Up there you see the Peruvian Amazon Company, a joint stock company. . . 222 00:34:38,430 --> 00:34:40,550 . . .and there, the Borja brothers. 223 00:34:40,790 --> 00:34:42,390 What does that square mean? 224 00:34:42,470 --> 00:34:47,510 That's the rubber region of the Ucayali, about 1 4 million trees. 225 00:34:48,190 --> 00:34:50,230 It's the only area still unclaimed. 226 00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:54,030 Because of the rapids of the Pongo das Mortes. . . 227 00:34:54,110 --> 00:34:56,790 . . .you'd have to have wings to fly into this area. 228 00:34:56,870 --> 00:34:59,430 What about up on the Pachitea? 229 00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:05,630 No rubber trees, maybe a few, but not enough to make it worthwhile. 230 00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:08,790 The only thing you'll find there are savage lndians. 231 00:35:08,830 --> 00:35:12,670 No gold, no rubber, no nothing. 232 00:35:12,870 --> 00:35:14,790 Only head hunters. . . 233 00:35:18,230 --> 00:35:20,310 The two rivers almost touch each other. 234 00:35:20,390 --> 00:35:21,390 What? 235 00:35:23,590 --> 00:35:28,630 How exact is this map? ls there anything more precise? 236 00:35:28,830 --> 00:35:31,270 Oh, it's a pretty good map. 237 00:35:32,390 --> 00:35:37,350 In 1 896 a group of surveyors and soldiers got to the Upper Pachitea. . . 238 00:35:37,470 --> 00:35:39,270 . . .but most of them were murdered. 239 00:35:39,390 --> 00:35:44,630 Then some missionaries got as far as Saramiriza, their farthest settlement. 240 00:35:44,790 --> 00:35:49,550 From there on you'll find only savage Jivaros and Campas. 241 00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:55,030 Two padres ended up as shrunken heads. 242 00:35:55,110 --> 00:35:56,550 Have you ever seen a shrunken head? 243 00:35:56,950 --> 00:35:59,870 Yes. . . I mean. . . 244 00:36:01,030 --> 00:36:03,670 No. . .sort of. . . 245 00:36:23,510 --> 00:36:24,870 Have you made your choice? 246 00:36:24,990 --> 00:36:27,670 I can't decide -- I guess I'll take both. 247 00:36:28,190 --> 00:36:31,350 - Molly, listen! - What is it? 248 00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:34,110 I need your money, every red cent you can spare. 249 00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:36,230 - Oh Fitz, not again. . . - I have an idea. 250 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:39,430 An amazing idea! 251 00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:42,750 Here, look at this. 252 00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:47,830 I've bought some maps, I can explain everything to you. 253 00:37:02,070 --> 00:37:06,190 First I have to contact a lawyer, then get a ship. 254 00:37:06,270 --> 00:37:09,070 But my money is not gonna buy you a ship, Fitz. 255 00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:24,870 You're squeezing me to death! 256 00:37:34,230 --> 00:37:35,790 I can't breathe. 257 00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:46,110 The document, please. Thank you. 258 00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:52,950 The act of territorial acquisition is done step by step. 259 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:55,990 You and your partner sign, you pay the money. . . 260 00:37:56,110 --> 00:37:58,790 . . .and I will complete the document with my signature. 261 00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:03,590 Before you sign, I'd like to direct your attention to the option clause. 262 00:38:03,790 --> 00:38:05,430 What option clause? 263 00:38:06,670 --> 00:38:11,350 Through its executive organs, the Peruvian government is insistent. . . 264 00:38:11,430 --> 00:38:16,750 . . .with no exceptions, that a region of this size be taken into possession. . . 265 00:38:16,830 --> 00:38:19,470 . . .by deed and by proof within nine months. 266 00:38:19,550 --> 00:38:23,230 You will have to prove that real operational steps. . . 267 00:38:23,310 --> 00:38:25,870 . . .have been taken to exploit the region. 268 00:38:25,950 --> 00:38:29,520 Otherwise your right of exploitation will be terminated. 269 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,480 The point is that the state is concerned that areas such as this. . . 270 00:38:33,590 --> 00:38:36,960 . . .are productively used by competent men of business. . . 271 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:37,990 . . .so that they-- 272 00:38:38,110 --> 00:38:40,390 Come on, we are wasting time. 273 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,990 May I ask you a question of a personal nature? 274 00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:48,110 Do you really know what you're doing? 275 00:38:49,550 --> 00:38:51,310 We're gonna do what nobody's ever done. 276 00:38:51,390 --> 00:38:54,560 We're going to be very, very rich. 277 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:58,560 Well? 278 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:05,120 Please, sir, sign on the dotted line. 279 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,320 That's it. 280 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:27,720 That's it. 281 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,200 Isn't it marvelous? 282 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,080 We should be able to fix it up. 283 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,480 It's wonderful. 284 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,520 You haven't seen the whole thing. 285 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,280 I like it already. 286 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,680 Watch out here. 287 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:52,520 Everything's rotted. 288 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,160 The engine room. 289 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:04,960 Up the stairs. 290 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,800 Wait a moment. 291 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,240 Wait. Let me go first. 292 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:33,760 To our contract! Please come in, gentlemen. 293 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:49,480 Now that the purchase of my ship is settled, let me be quite frank. 294 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,720 You bet. 295 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:55,600 I forced you to take Cholo as mechanic or you wouldn't have gotten the ship. 296 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,520 I realize that. 297 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,400 Very good. Good. 298 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:06,520 He's a first-rate mechanic, I'll tell you that much. 299 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,880 Now, what else is he? 300 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,360 The reason behind it all, excuse my bluntness. . . 301 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,760 . . .is that I wish to be kept informed about the activities of my competitors. 302 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:24,160 I don't want my territory contested. 303 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,280 Don't worry. 304 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:29,720 Every steamship owner is a potential enemy. . . 305 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,600 . . .but those with just a canoe can't hurt us. 306 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,200 The two of us have a bet going. . . 307 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,840 . . .how long it will take until you go bankrupt. 308 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,680 Oh, don't take it personally, please. 309 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,360 We're all sportsmen, aren't we? 310 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,640 No, only one of us. 311 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,400 I shall move a mountain. 312 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,240 When is she gonna be ready? 313 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,280 Tomorrow. For days he's been telling me tomorrow. 314 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,360 I hope she'll be ready for launching. 315 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,400 I wonder what this character's really up to. 316 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:35,120 What's your name? 317 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:38,000 Paul Resenbrink. I'm Dutch. 318 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,800 They call me Orinoco Paul. . . 319 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,480 . . .because I know every goddamn bend in this river. 320 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:49,280 You haven't sailed for some time. 321 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,840 That's right. My last ship was the Adolfo. 322 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,440 My eyesight isn't so good, but I cannot be fooled. 323 00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:58,960 What do you mean? 324 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,680 The jungle plays tricks on your senses. 325 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,120 It's full of lies, demons, illusions. 326 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:10,640 I have learned to tell the difference between reality and hallucinations. 327 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,640 I see that you took part in the Pachitea expedition in 1 886. 328 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,320 Yes, as helmsman. 329 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,920 On the return trip I was the captain. 330 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:25,400 The captain died. There were only five survivors. 331 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,840 Paul Resenbrink, you have captain's authority. 332 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,920 Help me choose the crew. 333 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:37,760 We need strong, fearless men. 334 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,080 I'm afraid we'll find few good men here. 335 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,200 First of all we need a pilot. 336 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,840 Does anyone have experience as a pilot? 337 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:59,000 Scram, you puny runt! I'm Huerequeque. 338 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:09,240 Brethren! I am Huerequeque! 339 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,200 I am the best cook in all of el Amazonas. 340 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,640 I have been on every ship. 341 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:21,600 And amigo, I'm not stupid. I know what your plans are. 342 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,320 Huerequeque may tip the bottle now and then. . . 343 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:30,720 . . .but up here. . .electric, electrico! 344 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:39,280 Also, I am the best gunman on the entire Amazon. 345 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,680 - What do you think of him? - Upstream and downstream. 346 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,640 - Is he really a good gunman? - I would have to say, yes. 347 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,240 What was your name? Huere. . . 348 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,760 Huerequeque. 349 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,120 Huerequeque, you are our cook. 350 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,280 Cheers, then. 351 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:05,600 Please understand. 352 00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:09,160 Who bought the ship? Who paid for the crew? 353 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:10,880 It's my right to come with you. 354 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:15,280 Molly, you can't leave the girls. What are they gonna do without you? 355 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,480 And what will I do without you? 356 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,200 I'll be back. 357 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,240 Fitz. . .do you still love me? 358 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,720 We are partners, you and me. 359 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:25,840 Oh Fitz, you're crazy! 360 00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,840 Oh Fitz, it's wonderful! 361 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,840 This is your day, Molly! 362 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,480 You've given the ship my name! 363 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,810 That's more than my poor heart can stand. 364 00:48:33,970 --> 00:48:35,770 Now comes the official part. 365 00:48:36,170 --> 00:48:39,570 Here. Throw it -- hard! 366 00:49:01,850 --> 00:49:03,850 I don't want those se�oritas on board my ship. 367 00:49:03,970 --> 00:49:07,730 These are my assistants. I can't cook without them. 368 00:49:07,810 --> 00:49:09,890 Come on, kids, come on. 369 00:49:55,850 --> 00:49:58,010 Why isn't he going down to the Ucayali? 370 00:49:59,010 --> 00:50:00,970 Why is he heading upstream? 371 00:50:01,090 --> 00:50:03,410 I thought he was going to the Pongo das Mortes. 372 00:50:03,530 --> 00:50:04,810 You saw right. 373 00:50:04,930 --> 00:50:08,090 Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald is going up the Amazon. 374 00:50:57,490 --> 00:51:00,490 We're going upstream! What's the idea? 375 00:51:00,970 --> 00:51:03,930 We're going up the river. That's the idea. 376 00:51:04,490 --> 00:51:08,410 And, from now on, you only leave the engine room if I say so. 377 00:52:30,690 --> 00:52:34,730 What do you think you're doing? Getting around my girls! 378 00:52:34,810 --> 00:52:36,210 Get lost! 379 00:53:51,250 --> 00:53:54,130 Don Fitzcarraldo! Don Fitzcarraldo! 380 00:53:54,250 --> 00:53:59,650 You're back at last. I'd almost given up hope. 381 00:53:59,970 --> 00:54:03,650 Look here, Amazon Terminal ready for action. 382 00:54:03,730 --> 00:54:05,690 I see you've become a father. 383 00:54:06,170 --> 00:54:08,810 I knew you'd come back. 384 00:54:08,930 --> 00:54:13,170 I thought you'd forgotten about me when the railroad construction ceased. 385 00:54:13,530 --> 00:54:17,010 Every year I repaint the first class booking office. 386 00:54:17,290 --> 00:54:18,890 It looks a little weather-beaten. . . 387 00:54:18,970 --> 00:54:22,210 . . .but wait until your trains cross the mountains from the Amazon. . . 388 00:54:22,290 --> 00:54:24,330 . . .to the Pacific, then everything will change. 389 00:54:24,450 --> 00:54:28,730 I've been here six years now, without payment. 390 00:54:28,850 --> 00:54:29,850 Therefore. . . 391 00:54:30,370 --> 00:54:32,450 The engine is in good working order. 392 00:54:32,930 --> 00:54:34,890 All the levers work, but. . . 393 00:54:34,970 --> 00:54:37,370 But I must confess. . . 394 00:54:37,490 --> 00:54:42,530 . . .I was forced to sell a few iron parts to the lndians. 395 00:54:42,610 --> 00:54:47,210 They need it for their machetes and things. 396 00:54:47,330 --> 00:54:50,410 They used to come at night to steal parts. 397 00:54:50,530 --> 00:54:52,370 So I thought. . . 398 00:54:53,210 --> 00:54:58,170 . . .it was better to sell than to have things stolen at night. 399 00:54:59,570 --> 00:55:03,530 I had to do it. I was left alone and deserted on this post. 400 00:55:03,650 --> 00:55:06,450 I thought you'd been sent home like everybody else. 401 00:55:08,210 --> 00:55:10,410 Let me show you outside. 402 00:55:10,490 --> 00:55:13,610 The tracks reach 200 meters deep into the jungle. 403 00:55:17,330 --> 00:55:20,890 Come with me. I made an invention to scare off the lndians. 404 00:55:21,050 --> 00:55:24,330 They've become more cautious. I do the same thing with the snakes. 405 00:55:24,410 --> 00:55:26,530 I connect an electric line to the tracks. 406 00:55:27,770 --> 00:55:33,290 The lndians get their fingers singed. They won't touch them again. 407 00:55:34,170 --> 00:55:38,810 I chase the snakes onto the rails with a stick. 408 00:55:38,930 --> 00:55:43,450 On the first rail they get fried, on the second they turn to ash. 409 00:55:45,090 --> 00:55:47,530 Every year, I cut back the bushes. . . 410 00:55:48,210 --> 00:55:50,410 When will you resume construction? 411 00:55:52,210 --> 00:55:56,450 The thing is. . . we've come here on a different project. 412 00:55:57,770 --> 00:56:01,570 Our whole financial situation will change overnight, if it works. 413 00:56:03,370 --> 00:56:05,410 What I'm trying to say is. . . 414 00:56:07,370 --> 00:56:09,730 . . .we need the tracks for another purpose. 415 00:56:20,130 --> 00:56:25,370 No, not those from under the engine, not those. . . 416 00:56:32,650 --> 00:56:34,450 Don Fitzcarraldo. 417 00:56:37,810 --> 00:56:42,130 The men are removing the tracks under the locomotive. 418 00:56:42,250 --> 00:56:45,650 I'm begging you, leave me just a few yards to roll it back and forth. 419 00:56:46,650 --> 00:56:49,610 Hey, leave those under there! There's more out in the forest. 420 00:56:51,170 --> 00:56:54,170 Thank you, thank you. 421 00:57:21,810 --> 00:57:24,690 We should have reached the Pachitea a long time ago. 422 00:57:25,130 --> 00:57:26,970 No, we haven't. 423 00:57:27,810 --> 00:57:29,530 But according to the map. . . 424 00:57:29,970 --> 00:57:32,010 I don't rely on maps. 425 00:57:33,490 --> 00:57:35,490 How can you be so sure about that? 426 00:57:48,370 --> 00:57:52,290 No river tastes like the Pachitea. It's just ahead of us. 427 00:57:53,170 --> 00:57:54,810 Isn't that something. . . 428 00:58:11,180 --> 00:58:13,770 Brimming over! 429 00:58:18,780 --> 00:58:20,660 Oh, these women! 430 00:58:25,850 --> 00:58:27,370 That's what I need. 431 00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:12,500 What's going on here? 432 00:59:13,020 --> 00:59:15,420 We're going up the Pachitea. 433 00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:19,620 Is that so? 434 00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:54,340 Where are we going? 435 00:59:54,620 --> 00:59:57,700 Amigos, welcome to the Pachitea! 436 00:59:57,820 --> 01:00:00,900 Known for it's native hospitality. . . 437 01:00:27,620 --> 01:00:29,700 Something is going on down below. 438 01:00:29,820 --> 01:00:32,820 They don't seem to agree with our course. 439 01:00:34,380 --> 01:00:35,500 What? 440 01:00:59,220 --> 01:01:03,980 I told you in lquitos I needed men, not cowards who shit in their pants. 441 01:01:08,060 --> 01:01:09,220 So. . . 442 01:01:10,980 --> 01:01:13,260 Whoever wants to leave, step forward. 443 01:01:54,580 --> 01:01:57,140 Welcome to Saramiriza! 444 01:02:00,540 --> 01:02:02,620 Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald. 445 01:02:04,060 --> 01:02:06,900 We thought you were a government commission. 446 01:02:07,420 --> 01:02:09,100 Welcome to our place, here. 447 01:02:09,820 --> 01:02:11,140 Welcome. 448 01:02:12,540 --> 01:02:13,700 Happy to have you. 449 01:02:13,820 --> 01:02:16,300 - I am Huerequeque. - Welcome. 450 01:02:33,700 --> 01:02:35,660 Thank you, thanks. 451 01:02:38,460 --> 01:02:41,620 How can anyone learn patriotism from a school book? 452 01:02:41,780 --> 01:02:43,420 The Government requires it. 453 01:02:43,780 --> 01:02:47,260 The natives get used to it like vaccination. 454 01:02:47,660 --> 01:02:50,260 The children already feel like Peruvians. 455 01:02:50,420 --> 01:02:52,220 The other day I asked them. . . 456 01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:53,780 . . ."Are you lndians?" 457 01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:58,060 "No," they said, "not us, the ones up the river are." 458 01:02:58,140 --> 01:03:00,660 Then I asked, "What are lndians?" 459 01:03:01,020 --> 01:03:03,060 They said, "lndians are people. . . 460 01:03:03,140 --> 01:03:06,500 . . .who can't read and who don't know how to wash their clothes." 461 01:03:06,620 --> 01:03:08,660 And what do the older people say? 462 01:03:09,020 --> 01:03:09,980 Well. 463 01:03:10,340 --> 01:03:14,100 We can't seem to cure them of the idea. . . 464 01:03:14,180 --> 01:03:17,340 . . .that our everyday life is only an illusion. . . 465 01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:20,900 . . .behind which lies the reality of dreams. 466 01:03:23,140 --> 01:03:25,420 I am very interested in these ideas. 467 01:03:25,740 --> 01:03:27,860 I specialize in opera myself. 468 01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:33,340 What do you know about the Jivaros on the upper Pachitea? 469 01:03:33,460 --> 01:03:36,700 I was there during the disaster in '96. 470 01:03:36,820 --> 01:03:38,900 Have you had any contact since then? 471 01:03:39,540 --> 01:03:43,140 Some years ago, two of our brothers set off with some natives. 472 01:03:43,260 --> 01:03:45,500 One of them came back a few days later. . . 473 01:03:45,620 --> 01:03:49,140 . . .and said the Jivaros had withdrawn deep into the forest. 474 01:03:49,220 --> 01:03:51,700 The expedition vanished without a trace. 475 01:03:51,980 --> 01:03:55,540 A few weeks later, one of our brothers was washed up. 476 01:03:55,620 --> 01:03:59,060 They'd filled his stomach with heavy stones and his head was gone. 477 01:04:00,900 --> 01:04:03,420 Anyway, what do you want up there? 478 01:04:06,100 --> 01:04:08,260 I'm planning something geographical. 479 01:04:10,820 --> 01:04:11,780 Paul. 480 01:04:15,460 --> 01:04:17,020 The crew. 481 01:04:21,180 --> 01:04:25,060 Quiet down, you drunken idiots! Stop it! 482 01:04:47,060 --> 01:04:51,380 You have to crack down on the men, or you can find yourself a new captain. 483 01:04:53,220 --> 01:04:54,540 Who's causing trouble? 484 01:04:55,420 --> 01:04:59,620 Evaristo Chavez and Fabiano, the Brazilian. And the two women. 485 01:05:00,140 --> 01:05:03,700 They must go ashore immediately, they're the main ones. 486 01:05:04,380 --> 01:05:07,860 And Huerequeque, he's smart but not to be trusted. 487 01:05:15,340 --> 01:05:20,220 Your services are no longer required. I give you two minutes to get ashore. 488 01:05:20,340 --> 01:05:23,380 You'll see, we're the lucky ones. 489 01:05:26,540 --> 01:05:28,020 And the women. 490 01:05:29,060 --> 01:05:30,500 Come on, move! 491 01:05:33,540 --> 01:05:35,060 See to the rest! 492 01:05:35,700 --> 01:05:39,860 And all of you, back to work. Go on! 493 01:09:10,070 --> 01:09:12,910 Reduce speed! Half speed ahead! 494 01:09:19,270 --> 01:09:21,030 What are the men doing? 495 01:09:30,590 --> 01:09:32,470 They've armed themselves. 496 01:09:33,670 --> 01:09:36,070 Under no circumstances are they to shoot. 497 01:09:37,510 --> 01:09:40,270 That was our mistake on the first expedition. 498 01:09:41,590 --> 01:09:45,470 Go down and tell them that, or there'll be a disaster. 499 01:10:11,070 --> 01:10:13,710 What the hell are you doing? 500 01:10:14,150 --> 01:10:17,830 Just trying to have a little conversation with our invisible friends. 501 01:10:17,950 --> 01:10:21,150 Idiot, this will cost us our lives. Yours first. 502 01:11:18,470 --> 01:11:21,630 There are silences and silences. 503 01:11:22,110 --> 01:11:25,150 And this one, I don't like at all. 504 01:11:33,030 --> 01:11:35,390 There's something on the water. 505 01:11:38,070 --> 01:11:39,230 Where? 506 01:11:39,910 --> 01:11:42,870 Something black, floating towards us. 507 01:12:28,670 --> 01:12:30,790 What's an umbrella doing here? 508 01:12:30,910 --> 01:12:35,190 It must have belonged to one of the missionaries that the Jivaros killed. 509 01:12:39,550 --> 01:12:40,990 Strange. 510 01:12:44,870 --> 01:12:49,150 Seems to be a last warning. The bare-asses love flowery gestures. 511 01:12:49,270 --> 01:12:51,910 I wish they would show themselves. 512 01:13:09,070 --> 01:13:11,070 Now it's Caruso's turn. 513 01:14:42,670 --> 01:14:45,030 Do you see the lndians in the canoe? 514 01:14:45,790 --> 01:14:47,550 Could that be a trap? 515 01:14:47,990 --> 01:14:52,630 It doesn't look like one. No, I don't think so. 516 01:14:53,550 --> 01:14:58,190 They would attack at night. And in bigger groups. 517 01:15:01,750 --> 01:15:04,310 Shall we stop and try to make contact? 518 01:15:04,390 --> 01:15:08,670 No, don't stop. They wouldn't talk to us anyway. 519 01:15:33,470 --> 01:15:35,190 Something's moving over there. 520 01:15:37,910 --> 01:15:42,630 Those bare-asses have never seen the likes of this. Teach 'em some respect. 521 01:16:17,670 --> 01:16:20,310 Everything depends on how we behave. 522 01:16:25,510 --> 01:16:27,990 Tell me everything you know about them. 523 01:16:29,670 --> 01:16:34,550 These Jivaro probably left the interior of Brazil about 300 years ago. 524 01:16:34,990 --> 01:16:37,950 For ten generations they've been criss-crossing the jungle. . . 525 01:16:38,070 --> 01:16:41,710 . . .in search of a white God in a divine vessel. 526 01:16:41,830 --> 01:16:46,910 At the end of their pilgrimage he would show them. . . 527 01:16:47,030 --> 01:16:50,590 . . .a land without sorrow and death. 528 01:16:51,590 --> 01:16:54,030 We're gonna take advantage of this myth. 529 01:17:06,230 --> 01:17:08,390 What the hell has that got to do with us? 530 01:17:08,510 --> 01:17:13,110 If a bare-ass comes too close, I'll put a bullet right between his eyes. 531 01:17:13,430 --> 01:17:15,710 But this God doesn't come with canons. 532 01:17:17,590 --> 01:17:19,870 He comes with the voice of Caruso. 533 01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:15,680 Your loyal crew has deserted you. 534 01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:18,160 That finishes this journey.