1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:05,376 After the conquest and plundering of the Inca empire by Spain 2 00:00:05,501 --> 00:00:08,959 the Indians invented the legend of El Dorado 3 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:13,459 a land of gold, located in the swamps of the Amazon headwaters. 4 00:00:15,167 --> 00:00:20,042 A large expedition of Spanish adventurers, led by Gonzalo Pizarro, 5 00:00:20,167 --> 00:00:24,042 set off from the Peruvian highlands in late 1560. 6 00:00:25,959 --> 00:00:29,917 The only document to survive from this lost expedition 7 00:00:30,001 --> 00:00:33,084 is the diary of the monk Gaspar de Carvajal. 8 00:01:08,251 --> 00:01:15,167 On Christmas Day of the year 1560, we crossed the last pass of the Andes 9 00:01:15,417 --> 00:01:19,334 below us, for the first time we can see the jungle. 10 00:01:20,251 --> 00:01:25,667 In the morning I read mass, and then we descended through the clouds. 11 00:03:34,167 --> 00:03:39,542 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD 12 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:45,167 A film by Werner Herzog 13 00:05:36,751 --> 00:05:39,459 We shouldn't send the men down that river. 14 00:05:39,667 --> 00:05:42,209 And I say that we can make it! 15 00:05:48,584 --> 00:05:51,042 And I know I'm right. 16 00:06:02,626 --> 00:06:04,709 And I know you're wrong. 17 00:07:26,209 --> 00:07:29,259 The Indians we enslaved in the mountains are a mistake. 18 00:07:30,292 --> 00:07:33,167 The changing climate is killing them like flies. 19 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:37,367 And we have no time even to give them a Christian burial. 20 00:08:06,917 --> 00:08:09,126 Come on, move on! 21 00:08:13,209 --> 00:08:16,834 Move, you sons of dogs! 22 00:08:18,084 --> 00:08:20,876 Keep moving, we don't want to get stuck in the mud! 23 00:08:24,042 --> 00:08:26,501 Son of a bitch! 24 00:08:35,876 --> 00:08:39,751 You idiots! You'll let it get stuck! 25 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:45,251 Move on! 26 00:08:46,834 --> 00:08:48,417 Damned swamp! 27 00:09:06,584 --> 00:09:08,417 Take care you heathens! 28 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,792 Keep the barrel out of the water! 29 00:09:48,376 --> 00:09:51,834 On the last day of the year, we were utterly exhausted. 30 00:09:51,959 --> 00:09:54,834 We made our camp not far from the river. 31 00:10:00,459 --> 00:10:03,001 We can't go on any longer like this, men. 32 00:10:04,876 --> 00:10:07,292 Our rations are nearly finished. 33 00:10:09,584 --> 00:10:13,834 The terrain is so difficult, we're almost at a standstill. 34 00:10:17,251 --> 00:10:22,209 And we cannot hope to reach a populated area for some time. 35 00:10:24,917 --> 00:10:28,584 So considering all these facts that front us 36 00:10:29,917 --> 00:10:32,501 … I have made a new plan. 37 00:10:33,084 --> 00:10:34,667 It is as follows 38 00:10:36,584 --> 00:10:41,251 Rafts will be built and manned by forty men. 39 00:10:43,959 --> 00:10:46,834 Thy will have the task of finding food 40 00:10:47,292 --> 00:10:53,167 and finding more precise indications that will tell us of the whereabouts 41 00:10:53,251 --> 00:10:56,251 of El Dorado and of hostile Indians. 42 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:03,292 We have every reason to believe that both are near. 43 00:11:04,667 --> 00:11:08,209 The expedition must return here in one week 44 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:11,584 by river or by land. 45 00:11:13,376 --> 00:11:15,251 If it does not 46 00:11:16,251 --> 00:11:19,376 we will have to assume that it has failed, 47 00:11:20,959 --> 00:11:24,417 and we will have to retrace our own footsteps 48 00:11:24,542 --> 00:11:29,959 in the hope of returning to an area governed by Christian men. 49 00:11:31,251 --> 00:11:35,251 Naturally we know this will not happen 50 00:11:35,334 --> 00:11:38,751 as long as the Virgin Mary is on our side. 51 00:11:38,775 --> 00:11:40,458 After great thought on the matter 52 00:11:40,459 --> 00:11:44,084 I have decided to appoint as commander of the advanced group 53 00:11:44,542 --> 00:11:50,209 a man capable of leading you: Don Pedro de Ursua 54 00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:55,917 His betrothed, Doña Inez de Atienza, will accompany him. 55 00:11:56,334 --> 00:11:59,209 This is against my better judgement. 56 00:11:59,709 --> 00:12:05,334 But she has expressed her wish with such charm and with such determination 57 00:12:05,626 --> 00:12:08,126 that I cannot deny her request. 58 00:12:08,709 --> 00:12:12,542 Second-in-command will be Don Lope de Aguirre 59 00:12:12,626 --> 00:12:16,376 A man well qualified for this post. 60 00:12:16,542 --> 00:12:20,042 His daughter Flores will remain in his charge. 61 00:12:20,126 --> 00:12:23,584 This too, is against my better judgement. 62 00:12:23,709 --> 00:12:29,584 Since I think she should have remained in her Convent with the Holy Sisters. 63 00:12:29,959 --> 00:12:35,709 As in all expeditions, God's word must be brought to the heathens, 64 00:12:35,776 --> 00:12:40,951 and I hereby appoint Brother Gaspar de Carvajal to perform this work. 65 00:12:42,876 --> 00:12:48,542 The remaining two hundred Indian slaves will stay behind with my group. 66 00:12:50,742 --> 00:12:55,859 The Royal House of Spain shall be represented by that brave nobleman, 67 00:12:55,884 --> 00:12:58,876 Don Fernando de Guzmán 68 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:01,251 who proved his courage 10 years ago 69 00:13:01,376 --> 00:13:05,542 when he stormed the fortress of Saxahuaman. 70 00:13:06,834 --> 00:13:10,209 The very best fighters will make up this group 71 00:13:10,292 --> 00:13:15,334 and nobody should feel less qualified of not selected. 72 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:19,376 I declare this all by document 73 00:13:19,584 --> 00:13:24,251 which will be forwarded to the Council of the Indies for approval. 74 00:13:24,501 --> 00:13:27,376 I hereby affix my signature. 75 00:13:40,334 --> 00:13:44,209 Four days later, on January fourth, we started on our journey. 76 00:13:44,542 --> 00:13:47,292 May God be with us. 77 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:02,959 Watch that raft, the stream is getting more rapid! 78 00:16:08,917 --> 00:16:11,209 Keep it in the middle! 79 00:16:15,233 --> 00:16:17,233 Damn rapids! 80 00:16:49,959 --> 00:16:54,251 - The first raft got near the rocks! - They must get away from the rocks! 81 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Watch where you're going! Get back in the middle of the stream! 82 00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:07,024 Use the poles! Push away from the rocks! 83 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,280 You're in a backlash! Move out! Move out! 84 00:17:37,292 --> 00:17:39,001 January sixth. 85 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:42,626 We have managed to fight our way ashore to make a camp. 86 00:17:44,376 --> 00:17:48,959 One of our rafts is trapped on the other side of the river in a backlash. 87 00:17:49,834 --> 00:17:54,501 We couldn't hear what the men were shouting, and could not help. 88 00:17:58,959 --> 00:18:00,876 How many are on the raft? 89 00:18:00,959 --> 00:18:02,917 Seven and two Indians. 90 00:18:03,042 --> 00:18:06,292 We must try to help those poor devils, Aguirre. 91 00:18:08,542 --> 00:18:10,417 Don't be foolish! 92 00:18:10,751 --> 00:18:12,709 I wouldn't waste a man on them! 93 00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:16,042 Orders still come from me. 94 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:23,334 They should! 95 00:18:32,334 --> 00:18:37,376 We'll need long ropes and some hooks. Then we'll have to go way down the river. 96 00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:44,209 I hope we can find a way to get across and get them out. 97 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:49,834 Get some men to prepare what you need. There's no time to lose! 98 00:20:32,709 --> 00:20:35,626 I wonder if Armando has reached the other side yet? 99 00:20:35,751 --> 00:20:40,667 Those men's stomachs must be churning from all that bouncing around. 100 00:20:46,334 --> 00:20:49,542 - What's this? - They're firing over there. 101 00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:53,709 Must be some kind of signal. 102 00:20:54,501 --> 00:20:56,417 Or a battle? 103 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:32,209 But here are only six. 104 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:35,542 Where's the other one and the oarsmen? 105 00:21:36,251 --> 00:21:38,334 I find it very strange. 106 00:21:39,834 --> 00:21:42,584 Look at the oars, they're still there. 107 00:21:47,501 --> 00:21:50,917 The Indians must still be around us. 108 00:21:54,709 --> 00:21:57,459 Let's get back to the camp. Move on! 109 00:21:59,834 --> 00:22:01,917 Keep your eyes open men! 110 00:22:58,084 --> 00:22:59,292 Indians! 111 00:23:05,626 --> 00:23:08,709 A prayer from over here is not good enough, padre. 112 00:23:08,792 --> 00:23:12,126 I want to those men back here for a Christian burial. 113 00:23:12,542 --> 00:23:14,417 You are right, my son, 114 00:23:15,334 --> 00:23:18,334 their souls will rest so much better in consecrated ground. 115 00:23:18,459 --> 00:23:22,959 It's the least we can do for those poor men who died so bravely. 116 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:39,501 Perucho! 117 00:23:53,709 --> 00:23:57,417 Perucho, don't you think the cannon might be a little bit rusty? 118 00:23:58,042 --> 00:23:59,251 It might. 119 00:25:04,584 --> 00:25:07,334 You know very well who is responsible. 120 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:12,292 If you let him get away with it this time, who knows what he will do next! 121 00:25:12,417 --> 00:25:13,917 That's not the problem. 122 00:25:14,209 --> 00:25:16,792 We have other things to worry about. 123 00:25:17,126 --> 00:25:19,626 There are Indians all around us. 124 00:25:20,292 --> 00:25:22,751 Every tree could be hiding one. 125 00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:26,584 No one wants to finish up like those poor men on the raft. 126 00:25:26,667 --> 00:25:29,584 I will be happy when we get out of this trouble. 127 00:25:30,542 --> 00:25:33,417 We're not about to get out of trouble this moment. 128 00:25:33,501 --> 00:25:35,792 Don't worry my dear, 129 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:41,126 He'll follow me. Aguirre wouldn't dare to fight against the Spanish crown. 130 00:25:41,459 --> 00:25:43,751 But we are not in Castile. 131 00:25:49,959 --> 00:25:52,626 Look what I've found for you. 132 00:25:52,692 --> 00:25:55,609 This animal sleeps all his life away. 133 00:25:59,292 --> 00:26:01,001 They're never really awake. 134 00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,667 Our rafts are gone. 135 00:26:32,126 --> 00:26:33,959 The rafts are gone! 136 00:26:36,167 --> 00:26:37,876 January eighth. 137 00:26:38,501 --> 00:26:41,376 Overnight the river has risen fifteen feet. 138 00:26:42,251 --> 00:26:44,917 When will our misfortunes cease? 139 00:27:27,626 --> 00:27:31,001 If we took your chains off, would you run away? 140 00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:33,834 Would you? 141 00:27:35,876 --> 00:27:38,959 Just a minute, isn't that my cooking pot? 142 00:27:39,959 --> 00:27:42,001 What are you doing with my pot? 143 00:27:46,084 --> 00:27:49,001 No, I think it's too heavy. 144 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:55,042 Let's take it away. I'm not crazy and I'm not going any further into this jungle! 145 00:28:01,626 --> 00:28:02,959 Who took the iron? 146 00:28:04,959 --> 00:28:06,459 We did, sir. 147 00:28:07,626 --> 00:28:09,042 Why did you take it? 148 00:28:09,209 --> 00:28:11,917 Because we need all the iron we can get. 149 00:28:15,459 --> 00:28:17,501 What are you doing with that trunk? 150 00:28:17,626 --> 00:28:22,167 Well, I'm carrying it from where I cut it, back to the camp here. 151 00:28:22,292 --> 00:28:24,001 Who gave you the order? 152 00:28:26,459 --> 00:28:28,626 Everyone's collecting wood. 153 00:28:29,042 --> 00:28:30,501 And iron. 154 00:28:49,917 --> 00:28:51,792 What's going on here? 155 00:28:53,501 --> 00:28:54,501 What do you mean? 156 00:28:54,626 --> 00:28:57,626 Who gave the order to collect wood and iron? 157 00:29:17,709 --> 00:29:22,042 What's all that trouble about? Do you know, Inez? 158 00:29:23,001 --> 00:29:26,792 You shouldn't ask. It's your father. 159 00:29:27,459 --> 00:29:30,042 I only know I wish it were over. 160 00:29:31,709 --> 00:29:34,209 Gentlemen, as your commander 161 00:29:34,233 --> 00:29:37,233 I have called this assembly because I have decided that 162 00:29:37,751 --> 00:29:39,876 …we should return to our main group. 163 00:29:39,959 --> 00:29:41,626 It's not my habit to retreat. 164 00:29:41,709 --> 00:29:46,626 We'll have to march back, as the current of the river is too strong. 165 00:29:46,751 --> 00:29:51,459 We should be able to get back within two weeks as ordered by Pizarro. 166 00:29:52,042 --> 00:29:55,334 Because of the Indians, you know it would be suicide to go back! 167 00:29:55,626 --> 00:29:59,251 Whatever the cost, it is our duty to get back. 168 00:29:59,876 --> 00:30:01,876 To get back to Pizarro! 169 00:30:02,084 --> 00:30:03,834 Forget about Pizarro! 170 00:30:05,417 --> 00:30:07,792 And I tell all of you we cannot achieve this mission. 171 00:30:07,876 --> 00:30:11,542 I say, we can conquer without Pizarro! 172 00:30:12,001 --> 00:30:15,292 That's why we've been collecting iron and logs. 173 00:30:15,542 --> 00:30:17,584 To build a new raft. 174 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:24,167 You remember Hernando Cortez? 175 00:30:26,167 --> 00:30:29,626 On the way to Mexico, he received orders to go back 176 00:30:29,959 --> 00:30:31,667 He went on! 177 00:30:33,251 --> 00:30:35,042 Be quiet Aguirre! 178 00:30:39,876 --> 00:30:44,334 He ignored the orders and conquered Mexico! 179 00:30:44,459 --> 00:30:46,001 Be quiet everyone! 180 00:30:47,251 --> 00:30:49,667 That's why he got rich and famous. 181 00:30:49,751 --> 00:30:50,876 Be quiet! 182 00:30:51,251 --> 00:30:52,751 Because he disobeyed! 183 00:30:53,584 --> 00:30:55,209 Put him in chains! 184 00:31:06,709 --> 00:31:08,126 Stop firing! 185 00:31:12,626 --> 00:31:14,501 - I follow Ursua. - Kill him! 186 00:31:18,917 --> 00:31:20,417 Anyone else? 187 00:31:40,176 --> 00:31:41,676 Oh, my darling! 188 00:31:50,001 --> 00:31:53,001 What do you think is going to happen now? 189 00:31:57,959 --> 00:32:01,001 What if we find there are waterfalls downriver? 190 00:32:01,584 --> 00:32:05,376 Who cares, if it takes us nearer to El Dorado. 191 00:32:10,834 --> 00:32:14,667 Have you seen Ursua? Have you seen how he's got his fist clenched? 192 00:32:14,751 --> 00:32:17,084 He must have something in it. 193 00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:23,709 Do you think that they will finish him off? 194 00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:27,209 Would you have the guts to stop them? 195 00:34:15,001 --> 00:34:18,001 You're the only person who can help us. 196 00:34:19,334 --> 00:34:22,334 I was sure he'll kill Ursua and Armando. 197 00:34:23,126 --> 00:34:27,501 He won't stop now. He'll finish what he has started. 198 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:31,001 You are my last hope. 199 00:34:35,001 --> 00:34:39,584 "Thou turnest man to destruction. Again thou sayest" 200 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:42,292 "Come again, ye children of men" 201 00:34:43,042 --> 00:34:45,417 "For a thousand years in thy sight" 202 00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:48,542 "are but as a yesterday" 203 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:52,501 "… seeing that, has passed as a watch in the night." 204 00:34:53,126 --> 00:34:55,542 "As soon as thou scatterest them" 205 00:34:55,667 --> 00:35:00,167 "They are even as asleep and fade away suddenly like the grass." 206 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:04,417 You know, my child 207 00:35:05,667 --> 00:35:09,084 for the sake of our Lord 208 00:35:09,584 --> 00:35:13,209 the Church has always been on the side of the strong. 209 00:35:31,459 --> 00:35:33,959 I'd like you with us. 210 00:35:41,417 --> 00:35:43,459 We need men like you. 211 00:35:54,459 --> 00:35:56,542 You have time to think about it 212 00:35:58,751 --> 00:36:00,667 but not long. 213 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:10,334 Well men 214 00:36:11,209 --> 00:36:13,834 Now we've eliminated the troublemakers. 215 00:36:13,917 --> 00:36:15,834 We must select a leader. 216 00:36:16,917 --> 00:36:19,001 For me, the choice is obvious. 217 00:36:19,126 --> 00:36:24,001 We should elect the biggest and strongest nobleman we have. 218 00:36:24,126 --> 00:36:27,167 - What, me? - Yes, you. 219 00:36:28,001 --> 00:36:29,626 Well, gentlemen. 220 00:36:34,334 --> 00:36:38,501 I propose Guzmán as our next leader. 221 00:36:38,667 --> 00:36:40,792 Who else is for him? 222 00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:22,459 I propose Don Lope de Aguirre should stay as second-in-command! 223 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:24,084 All those in favour? 224 00:37:41,042 --> 00:37:44,917 My people have seen earthquakes, diseases, floods 225 00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:47,084 but what the Spaniards did to us 226 00:37:47,209 --> 00:37:49,542 it's much more terrible. 227 00:37:49,626 --> 00:37:54,417 They have given me the name of Balthasar, but my real name is Runo Rimac. 228 00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:57,417 - What's that name? - Runo Rimac. 229 00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:01,209 "He who speaks." I was a prince in this land and my people 230 00:38:01,292 --> 00:38:02,792 had to look to the ground, 231 00:38:02,816 --> 00:38:05,616 and, no-one was allowed to look into my eyes. 232 00:38:05,709 --> 00:38:08,501 My people are in chains, just like me 233 00:38:08,626 --> 00:38:11,167 and I must look to the ground. 234 00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:17,376 All of us have been made weaker. I cannot fight you. Fight with yourselves. 235 00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:20,209 I am very sorry for you, because 236 00:38:20,292 --> 00:38:25,376 there is no way out and I'll never return to my home. 237 00:39:10,584 --> 00:39:12,376 How's Ursua? 238 00:39:36,709 --> 00:39:40,626 Because of our mutiny, we've to make our position legal. 239 00:39:40,876 --> 00:39:43,167 Read this document. 240 00:39:48,459 --> 00:39:52,667 "Caesarian King, by the grace of God, through our Holy Mother" 241 00:39:52,751 --> 00:39:56,501 "the Roman Church, name King Philip Second of Castile." 242 00:39:56,709 --> 00:39:58,792 "We, the undersigned, have until yesterday" 243 00:39:58,876 --> 00:40:04,017 "the seventh day of the year 1561 after the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ" 244 00:40:04,042 --> 00:40:06,959 "regarded ourselves as your servants and subjects." 245 00:40:07,042 --> 00:40:08,542 "Since we have been separated" 246 00:40:08,566 --> 00:40:12,166 "by more than 200 leagues from your servant, Gonzalo Pizarro" 247 00:40:12,251 --> 00:40:16,667 "Fate, the help of God and the work of our hands have driven us down a river" 248 00:40:16,751 --> 00:40:20,584 "called Huallaga by the natives, in search of a new gold country." 249 00:40:20,709 --> 00:40:24,584 "We have decided to put an end to the quirks of fate." 250 00:40:24,709 --> 00:40:29,792 "We are forging history, and no fruit of this earth shall henceforth be shared." 251 00:40:29,876 --> 00:40:32,209 "We rebel to the death." 252 00:40:35,584 --> 00:40:37,417 "And we solemnly so declare" 253 00:40:37,441 --> 00:40:41,441 "and our hands shall be torn off and our tongues dry up if this is not so." 254 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:44,376 "The House of Hapsburg devoid of all its rights." 255 00:40:44,501 --> 00:40:48,459 "And you, Philip the Second, King of Castille, dethroned." 256 00:40:48,542 --> 00:40:52,209 "By dint of this declaration, be you annihilated." 257 00:40:52,292 --> 00:40:54,417 "In your place we proclaim the nobleman knight" 258 00:40:54,584 --> 00:40:58,417 "from the city of Seville, Don Fernando de Guzmán" 259 00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:00,834 "Emperor of El Dorado." 260 00:41:00,917 --> 00:41:03,084 "Flee, flee from hence, O King!" 261 00:41:03,376 --> 00:41:06,167 "And may God protect your soul." 262 00:41:06,251 --> 00:41:10,542 Fortune smiles on the brave and spits on the coward. 263 00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:14,876 Let's cut our ties with Spain and crown Don Fernando de Guzmán 264 00:41:14,959 --> 00:41:17,042 Emperor of El Dorado. 265 00:41:17,167 --> 00:41:19,376 What? You call this a throne? 266 00:41:19,459 --> 00:41:24,709 What else is a throne but a plank and some velvet, Your Majesty? 267 00:43:06,042 --> 00:43:08,876 See how he dragged himself. 268 00:43:09,001 --> 00:43:12,876 That's no arrow wound. It's a sword thrust. 269 00:43:21,251 --> 00:43:24,292 I wonder who helped Armando. 270 00:43:25,292 --> 00:43:26,917 January tenth. 271 00:43:27,334 --> 00:43:30,334 Armando has escaped from his prison. 272 00:43:30,542 --> 00:43:34,876 The man who took over the watch at three o'clock was murdered. 273 00:43:56,667 --> 00:44:00,042 It was one of his men. As long as Ursua's alive 274 00:44:00,376 --> 00:44:02,667 you will never be safe! 275 00:44:02,834 --> 00:44:04,834 What can I do about it? 276 00:44:04,959 --> 00:44:06,459 Kill him. 277 00:44:06,751 --> 00:44:10,751 As long as I'm Emperor, we must uphold the law. 278 00:44:11,167 --> 00:44:13,709 No execution without a trial. 279 00:44:13,792 --> 00:44:17,126 Try him and then kill him! 280 00:44:17,292 --> 00:44:19,959 But it must be a public trial. 281 00:44:21,876 --> 00:44:24,042 He still has sympathizers. 282 00:44:26,334 --> 00:44:29,626 Perucho, to the witness stand! 283 00:44:39,501 --> 00:44:41,876 What did you find out from Ursua? 284 00:44:41,959 --> 00:44:43,042 Nothing. 285 00:44:43,376 --> 00:44:47,209 Three men together couldn't open his fist. He must have something in it. 286 00:44:47,334 --> 00:44:49,751 The only way to find out is to chop his hand off. 287 00:44:49,917 --> 00:44:53,251 He hasn't spoken either, except for some rubbish. 288 00:44:54,376 --> 00:44:56,709 But last night he had visitors. 289 00:44:58,167 --> 00:45:01,751 The whole thing reeks of conspiracy to me. 290 00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:08,542 Ask him if it's true that he received money from Ursua. 291 00:45:13,667 --> 00:45:15,167 Yes, it's true. 292 00:45:17,167 --> 00:45:19,167 It was pay money for oarsmen. 293 00:45:19,251 --> 00:45:20,417 Next witness! 294 00:45:23,834 --> 00:45:27,876 Okello, is it true that you were also in the pay of Ursua? 295 00:45:28,542 --> 00:45:33,834 I was Pizarro's slave. Then he gave me away to this expedition 296 00:45:34,292 --> 00:45:38,709 and for him, the Indians would be frightened by a horse 297 00:45:38,792 --> 00:45:41,709 but they'd be scared stiff of a black man. 298 00:45:42,876 --> 00:45:48,334 Well, I don't know why, but Ursua gave me money, now and again. 299 00:45:51,876 --> 00:45:54,417 What does the accused have to say? 300 00:46:13,876 --> 00:46:15,792 I want to speak. 301 00:46:16,042 --> 00:46:20,251 In Spain I had a lot of servants. I paid them. 302 00:46:21,417 --> 00:46:26,126 And we think it's just to pay our servants here too, 303 00:46:26,709 --> 00:46:28,834 even if they are Indians. 304 00:46:30,584 --> 00:46:33,751 And time will prove Ursua is right. 305 00:46:33,876 --> 00:46:38,209 We understand your confusion, my child. You are excused. 306 00:46:57,709 --> 00:47:01,376 The jury, having heard all the evidence 307 00:47:02,501 --> 00:47:04,792 finds the accused 308 00:47:05,001 --> 00:47:07,084 guilty of treason. 309 00:47:09,501 --> 00:47:11,792 My unpleasant duty … 310 00:47:12,167 --> 00:47:16,792 as President of the first court of His Highness, Don Fernando 311 00:47:18,209 --> 00:47:22,292 is to sentence Pedro de Ursua 312 00:47:22,376 --> 00:47:25,584 to death by hanging. 313 00:47:29,126 --> 00:47:31,001 I confirm the verdict. 314 00:47:31,084 --> 00:47:35,501 But as today is the anniversary of the last Moor leaving Spain 315 00:47:35,917 --> 00:47:38,376 … I grant clemency. 316 00:47:38,792 --> 00:47:41,917 His life will be spared, but he will forfeit 317 00:47:42,042 --> 00:47:45,376 all rights as a citizen of El Dorado. 318 00:47:45,459 --> 00:47:48,376 Half of his shares will go to the Church. 319 00:47:48,501 --> 00:47:52,876 And the other half will be divided among my soldiers. 320 00:48:20,709 --> 00:48:22,376 January twelfth. 321 00:48:22,751 --> 00:48:25,959 In the morning we took off with a new raft. 322 00:48:26,084 --> 00:48:28,584 Ursua is still alive 323 00:48:28,959 --> 00:48:31,251 but he refuses to speak. 324 00:48:32,459 --> 00:48:34,084 Look, a fire! 325 00:48:34,959 --> 00:48:37,792 At noon we saw a great fire. 326 00:48:38,626 --> 00:48:40,792 Go closer to the shore! 327 00:48:43,251 --> 00:48:44,917 Prime your muskets, men. 328 00:48:47,451 --> 00:48:48,992 I don't see signs of life. 329 00:48:49,001 --> 00:48:52,376 So be alert! It could be an ambush. 330 00:48:53,434 --> 00:48:55,642 Put the negro, up front! 331 00:49:05,267 --> 00:49:06,867 As we feared an ambush, 332 00:49:06,892 --> 00:49:10,726 we took off the clothes of the negro slave, to frighten the Indians. 333 00:49:25,117 --> 00:49:26,617 Black man 334 00:49:27,342 --> 00:49:28,867 Get up there! 335 00:49:31,667 --> 00:49:34,417 Kill them! Kill them in front! 336 00:49:50,042 --> 00:49:51,542 Look, fresh fruit! 337 00:49:54,667 --> 00:49:56,751 Get away from that food! 338 00:49:57,042 --> 00:49:59,126 Look for Indians! 339 00:49:59,626 --> 00:50:01,259 Go! 340 00:50:04,542 --> 00:50:06,417 Pick your weapons up! 341 00:50:12,385 --> 00:50:13,985 Look fresh meat! 342 00:50:16,410 --> 00:50:18,010 Oh! He got away! 343 00:50:19,934 --> 00:50:21,434 Go get him. 344 00:50:23,458 --> 00:50:25,458 You got a knife? 345 00:50:43,667 --> 00:50:46,792 Look. It's one of ours.. 346 00:50:49,942 --> 00:50:51,734 Look at this! 347 00:51:02,542 --> 00:51:04,126 And this. 348 00:51:04,826 --> 00:51:07,076 My god, cannibals! 349 00:51:18,917 --> 00:51:23,126 The discovery that there lived cannibals at this place, disturbed us so much 350 00:51:23,209 --> 00:51:25,917 that we hastened to leave this horrible place. 351 00:51:47,159 --> 00:51:48,867 January twentieth. 352 00:51:48,992 --> 00:51:51,784 The mountains are behind us. 353 00:51:51,801 --> 00:51:56,592 The shelter Aguirre had us build is a great help against the cruel sun. 354 00:51:57,042 --> 00:52:02,084 The river is so slow that we hardly seem to be moving. 355 00:52:25,917 --> 00:52:29,167 What are you doing now? Bringing him a gun? 356 00:53:14,334 --> 00:53:19,584 Aguirre, I know exactly what you intend to do to Ursua! 357 00:53:20,834 --> 00:53:22,876 Every last detail. 358 00:53:24,792 --> 00:53:27,501 And God will punish you for it! 359 00:53:35,167 --> 00:53:37,542 Get out of my way! 360 00:53:50,626 --> 00:53:52,751 Are you all right, my dear? 361 00:54:22,917 --> 00:54:25,959 What's going on? I can't hear a thing! 362 00:55:17,626 --> 00:55:20,292 It's so still, all at once. 363 00:55:22,126 --> 00:55:24,167 Yes, not a sound. 364 00:55:26,584 --> 00:55:28,667 So that we can hear. 365 00:55:46,126 --> 00:55:48,126 The gunpowder! It's on fire! 366 00:55:48,251 --> 00:55:51,542 Out of the way! It's going to blow up! 367 00:56:01,709 --> 00:56:03,584 Give me your lance! 368 00:56:05,209 --> 00:56:07,959 Help me with the Emperor! 369 00:56:11,792 --> 00:56:13,709 Damn that horse! 370 00:56:14,459 --> 00:56:16,626 It's more nuisance than it's worth! 371 00:56:20,292 --> 00:56:22,084 Father, come here! 372 00:56:29,401 --> 00:56:30,692 He's dead. 373 00:56:31,292 --> 00:56:33,459 Look how short the arrow is. 374 00:56:33,542 --> 00:56:34,709 Poisoned. 375 00:56:35,667 --> 00:56:37,751 It must belong to a dwarf. 376 00:56:40,542 --> 00:56:44,292 - Fire! Make noise, hurry! - What are we to aim at? 377 00:56:44,376 --> 00:56:46,959 Just shoot, you idiot! 378 00:56:48,242 --> 00:56:49,367 Fire! 379 00:56:49,551 --> 00:56:50,884 Fire! 380 00:56:53,508 --> 00:56:55,008 Cease firing! 381 00:56:57,132 --> 00:56:58,532 Fire! 382 00:57:42,542 --> 00:57:44,959 Come on, play something for the men. 383 00:58:59,709 --> 00:59:02,376 - Look, isn't that a canoe? - Where? 384 00:59:02,459 --> 00:59:07,376 Coming towards us. Over there under those trees. 385 00:59:19,042 --> 00:59:23,001 Keep the raft in mid-stream. It might be a trap. 386 00:59:31,626 --> 00:59:33,501 January twenty-fourth. 387 00:59:33,876 --> 00:59:37,167 For the first time, we saw two Indians. 388 00:59:37,751 --> 00:59:40,126 They seemed to be friendly. 389 00:59:42,626 --> 00:59:44,251 Pull the boat over. 390 00:59:44,542 --> 00:59:46,542 I have the man. Here he is! 391 00:59:46,626 --> 00:59:47,959 And I got the woman. 392 00:59:49,584 --> 00:59:51,501 Look, fresh fish! 393 01:00:26,667 --> 01:00:28,292 What's he saying? 394 01:00:30,292 --> 01:00:31,626 He says 395 01:00:32,751 --> 01:00:34,459 he's a Yagua. 396 01:00:35,876 --> 01:00:41,959 It was foretold that one day, the Sons of the Sun would come 397 01:00:42,209 --> 01:00:45,584 from long way, through great hardship to this land. 398 01:00:45,751 --> 01:00:50,126 And that they make clouds and thunder noise which they produce out of tubes. 399 01:00:50,251 --> 01:00:54,001 They have been waiting for the Sons of the Sun, because here 400 01:00:54,126 --> 01:00:58,126 on this river, God's work of creation is not yet finished. 401 01:00:58,292 --> 01:01:01,876 Look at this gold! Where did he get this? 402 01:01:01,900 --> 01:01:03,900 Where did you get that? 403 01:01:11,792 --> 01:01:13,167 Gold! 404 01:01:14,251 --> 01:01:17,792 Gold! Ask him where he got that. 405 01:01:18,167 --> 01:01:20,376 Ask him where El Dorado is! 406 01:01:20,584 --> 01:01:22,834 Where does this gold come from? 407 01:01:28,709 --> 01:01:30,167 Where did he say? 408 01:01:33,417 --> 01:01:37,542 Has this savage heard of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 409 01:01:37,834 --> 01:01:41,292 and of our true mission to save their souls? 410 01:01:46,584 --> 01:01:50,459 This is a Bible. It contains the Words of God 411 01:01:51,334 --> 01:01:55,792 which we are bringing to enlighten the darkness of their world. 412 01:01:57,959 --> 01:02:02,626 Has he understood that in this book are stored the Words of God? 413 01:02:05,792 --> 01:02:07,584 You may hold it, my son. 414 01:02:13,084 --> 01:02:16,709 He says it does not speak. 415 01:02:17,933 --> 01:02:19,933 Kill him for this blasphemy! 416 01:02:25,209 --> 01:02:27,376 The way will be hard. 417 01:02:27,501 --> 01:02:30,126 These savages are difficult to convince. 418 01:02:47,126 --> 01:02:49,126 It won't be long. 419 01:02:50,001 --> 01:02:54,459 El Dorado could be only a few days away. 420 01:02:57,292 --> 01:02:59,709 No more rusty cannons. 421 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:03,292 We'll shoot our enemies with golden cannonballs. 422 01:03:03,751 --> 01:03:08,792 And you, Okello, will serve my food on golden platters. 423 01:03:09,334 --> 01:03:12,167 And all of us will get something out of this too. 424 01:03:13,667 --> 01:03:15,501 Governorships 425 01:03:15,626 --> 01:03:17,292 Provinces 426 01:03:17,959 --> 01:03:19,626 and women. 427 01:03:21,001 --> 01:03:23,376 Maybe I'll even be free. 428 01:03:27,126 --> 01:03:30,917 Don't let's forget the most important part of this mission. 429 01:03:31,126 --> 01:03:33,917 … To bring salvation to these savages. 430 01:03:34,001 --> 01:03:40,042 I'm sure you would like a golden cross encrusted with jewels, Carvajal 431 01:03:40,126 --> 01:03:43,292 instead of the poor silver one you've lost. 432 01:04:28,042 --> 01:04:33,001 All the land we see to left and all the territory to the right 433 01:04:33,126 --> 01:04:35,334 now belongs to us. 434 01:04:39,334 --> 01:04:45,334 I solemnly and formally take possession of all this land. 435 01:05:07,709 --> 01:05:13,876 Our land is already six times larger than Spain 436 01:05:14,542 --> 01:05:19,042 and every day we drift makes it bigger. 437 01:05:20,251 --> 01:05:24,834 Have you seen any solid ground recently to support your weight? 438 01:06:51,126 --> 01:06:55,376 Hey, Okello, there's no salt! 439 01:06:56,042 --> 01:06:59,209 We can find fish and fruit now and then. 440 01:06:59,542 --> 01:07:02,584 Salt? We ran out days ago. 441 01:07:04,376 --> 01:07:09,251 Besides that, we're down to counting our last grains of corn. 442 01:07:49,376 --> 01:07:52,251 - Hey, the horse is loose! - Look out, he's kicking! 443 01:07:52,376 --> 01:07:54,876 - Hey, get him by his ears! - I've got him! 444 01:08:34,292 --> 01:08:38,001 What the hell's wrong with that animal! Get rid of it! 445 01:08:41,167 --> 01:08:43,542 Throw it off the raft! 446 01:08:43,667 --> 01:08:47,459 Get him off! 447 01:08:51,501 --> 01:08:54,084 - I'll keep him off. - Get away! 448 01:08:58,308 --> 01:09:00,308 Go on! Go on! 449 01:09:59,709 --> 01:10:02,001 I think he's a dead man. 450 01:10:03,001 --> 01:10:09,084 I have seen in Mexico, an army of Indians flee at the sight of just one horse. 451 01:10:09,667 --> 01:10:14,126 And besides, we could have all eaten a week on that meat. 452 01:10:38,917 --> 01:10:43,126 Don't worry, my darling, the horse will be all right. 453 01:10:54,167 --> 01:10:56,167 Oh, my God, the Emperor! 454 01:10:56,876 --> 01:10:58,751 Our Emperor is dead! 455 01:11:28,626 --> 01:11:33,209 After the Emperor's death, Ursua's fate was sealed. 456 01:11:33,376 --> 01:11:39,042 The next morning, some of the soldiers took him away and we never saw him again. 457 01:13:41,376 --> 01:13:44,667 "Little mother, two by two" 458 01:13:45,126 --> 01:13:47,709 "wafts the wind" 459 01:13:48,733 --> 01:13:50,733 "o'er my hair." 460 01:14:45,126 --> 01:14:46,667 What are they shouting about? 461 01:14:46,751 --> 01:14:50,709 They say "Meat, meat. Fresh meat is passing by." 462 01:15:28,792 --> 01:15:29,834 Fire! 463 01:15:30,542 --> 01:15:32,626 Set fire to the village! 464 01:15:36,084 --> 01:15:37,959 Keep shooting, to frighten them! 465 01:15:43,834 --> 01:15:45,751 Don't go in the jungle! 466 01:15:52,001 --> 01:15:54,292 Salt! Salt! 467 01:15:57,209 --> 01:15:58,459 Salt! 468 01:16:05,417 --> 01:16:08,042 I haven't had salt for a month! 469 01:17:13,642 --> 01:17:15,159 She has disappeared. 470 01:17:17,009 --> 01:17:19,092 Let's try to make it back by land. 471 01:17:19,616 --> 01:17:21,616 We're sitting ducks on the raft. 472 01:17:23,442 --> 01:17:25,451 What the hell does he care anyway. 473 01:17:25,967 --> 01:17:28,951 Two men, more or less, are all the same to him. 474 01:17:29,976 --> 01:17:31,884 It's suicide to go on. 475 01:17:33,309 --> 01:17:36,642 If we use our heads, we can get back to Pizarro. 476 01:17:39,166 --> 01:17:41,608 This expedition is doomed I tell you. 477 01:17:41,609 --> 01:17:44,251 We followed her tracks for about a half a league into the jungle, 478 01:17:44,276 --> 01:17:45,459 then lost all trace of her. 479 01:17:45,517 --> 01:17:50,484 Then one of the men in the troop got panicky over that damn silence 480 01:17:51,109 --> 01:17:53,984 that always comes just before someone gets killed. 481 01:17:55,042 --> 01:18:00,209 So we came back. Than it is with this madman, believe me. 482 01:18:00,334 --> 01:18:03,251 That man is a head taller than me. 483 01:18:04,209 --> 01:18:06,126 That may change. 484 01:18:14,292 --> 01:18:17,917 I'll tell you my plans. I've been counting the curves of the river. 485 01:18:18,126 --> 01:18:21,792 Look. I've drawn a map here in the sand. 486 01:18:22,334 --> 01:18:25,126 It will take us a day for each curve. 487 01:18:25,792 --> 01:18:28,251 One, two … 488 01:18:28,376 --> 01:18:31,417 three, four, five 489 01:18:31,667 --> 01:18:33,501 six, seven 490 01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:35,126 eight 491 01:18:35,251 --> 01:18:36,251 nine 492 01:18:39,292 --> 01:18:40,626 ten. 493 01:18:42,917 --> 01:18:47,876 I am the great traitor. There must be no other! 494 01:18:49,126 --> 01:18:54,209 Anyone who even thinks about deserting this mission will be cut up into 98 pieces! 495 01:18:55,459 --> 01:18:58,067 Those pieces will be stamped on until what is left 496 01:18:58,091 --> 01:19:00,091 can be used only to paint the walls. 497 01:19:07,084 --> 01:19:09,359 Whoever takes one grain of corn 498 01:19:09,442 --> 01:19:11,917 or one drop of water more than his ration 499 01:19:13,917 --> 01:19:17,834 will be locked up for 155 years! 500 01:19:23,751 --> 01:19:28,209 If I, Aguirre, want the birds to drop dead from the trees 501 01:19:28,292 --> 01:19:31,917 then the birds will drop dead from the trees. 502 01:19:35,959 --> 01:19:38,292 I am the Wrath of God! 503 01:19:39,667 --> 01:19:43,042 The earth I pass will see me and tremble! 504 01:19:48,959 --> 01:19:53,626 Whoever follows me in the river will win untold riches. 505 01:20:02,959 --> 01:20:05,209 Whoever deserts … 506 01:22:09,167 --> 01:22:12,292 Get away from the trees, you fools! 507 01:22:15,417 --> 01:22:18,251 Get back in the middle of the stream! 508 01:22:24,667 --> 01:22:26,042 Over here! 509 01:22:28,042 --> 01:22:30,709 I thought it would hurt much more than this. 510 01:22:32,667 --> 01:22:35,459 Move you fools! Fire your guns! 511 01:22:36,634 --> 01:22:40,259 I'm not paid to get up there and get killed! 512 01:23:03,334 --> 01:23:04,834 The first of February. 513 01:23:05,459 --> 01:23:09,959 The men's morale is very low. I spoke about this with Aguirre. 514 01:23:10,334 --> 01:23:13,251 Things are turning out different than we expected. 515 01:23:13,626 --> 01:23:17,292 All we've seen is hunger, fear and death. 516 01:23:17,626 --> 01:23:20,626 We are losing men, but we never see our enemy. 517 01:23:21,167 --> 01:23:25,084 Even El Dorado till now, seems to be only an illusion. 518 01:23:38,334 --> 01:23:40,709 The conquest of Mexico was no illusion! 519 01:23:49,001 --> 01:23:53,542 Even if we turn back now, others will follow us. 520 01:23:54,001 --> 01:23:55,959 And they will succeed! 521 01:23:58,167 --> 01:24:00,709 And we'll remain nobodies! 522 01:24:01,626 --> 01:24:05,167 Even if this land is only trees and water 523 01:24:05,501 --> 01:24:07,459 they will take it! 524 01:24:08,167 --> 01:24:14,126 And it will be milked dry by those who follow us. 525 01:24:15,792 --> 01:24:18,542 These men measure riches in gold. 526 01:24:21,792 --> 01:24:23,334 It's more. 527 01:24:26,626 --> 01:24:28,876 It's power and fame. 528 01:24:35,209 --> 01:24:37,292 I despise them for it. 529 01:24:39,792 --> 01:24:42,684 I am sure Aguirre is leading us to our deaths. 530 01:24:42,767 --> 01:24:45,892 I do not know if he does it deliberately or not. 531 01:24:45,916 --> 01:24:48,275 We cannot even find a place to land 532 01:24:48,276 --> 01:24:54,192 as the rising river level of the river has flooded the jungle for miles around. 533 01:24:59,001 --> 01:25:01,251 Twenty-second of February. 534 01:25:01,459 --> 01:25:04,067 Most of the men are so weak and sick with fever. 535 01:25:04,126 --> 01:25:07,459 That they cannot even stand. 536 01:25:07,792 --> 01:25:10,417 The soldier Justo Gonzales has drunk my ink, 537 01:25:10,792 --> 01:25:12,834 thinking it was medicine. 538 01:25:14,334 --> 01:25:16,251 I cannot write anymore. 539 01:25:16,792 --> 01:25:18,834 We are drifting in circles. 540 01:26:47,126 --> 01:26:51,376 I see a boat with sails 541 01:26:51,834 --> 01:26:53,792 in a tree-top 542 01:26:54,792 --> 01:26:58,626 and from the stern hangs a canoe. 543 01:27:03,459 --> 01:27:06,126 The boat is just a mirage. 544 01:27:06,792 --> 01:27:09,459 No tide could wash it up that high. 545 01:27:11,209 --> 01:27:13,292 We've all got the fever. 546 01:27:15,292 --> 01:27:17,292 It's your imagination. 547 01:27:18,959 --> 01:27:23,376 I've heard of this happening to men who have been put to too much strain. 548 01:27:23,876 --> 01:27:25,542 Shut up, monk! 549 01:27:25,626 --> 01:27:29,876 That boat is real and where going to get it, repair it and sail it to the Atlantic. 550 01:27:30,209 --> 01:27:35,167 No, Lope de Aguirre. I will not come with you. We are tired and hungry. 551 01:27:48,792 --> 01:27:53,251 It's not a boat. It's not a tree. 552 01:27:55,126 --> 01:27:57,126 This is no arrow. 553 01:27:58,209 --> 01:28:02,626 We only see arrows, because are afraid of them. 554 01:28:02,959 --> 01:28:05,542 These arrows are real, take cover! 555 01:28:14,251 --> 01:28:16,917 This arrow cannot hurt me. 556 01:28:19,042 --> 01:28:20,834 This is not rain. 557 01:28:27,001 --> 01:28:30,292 Monk, do not forget to pray, 558 01:28:32,626 --> 01:28:34,292 lest God's end be uncomely. 559 01:29:50,376 --> 01:29:52,709 When we reach the sea 560 01:29:53,167 --> 01:29:55,626 we'll build a bigger boat 561 01:29:56,126 --> 01:30:01,292 and with it, we'll sail north and take Trinidad away from the Spanish crown. 562 01:30:08,709 --> 01:30:11,292 From there we'll go on 563 01:30:12,001 --> 01:30:14,709 and take Mexico from Cortez. 564 01:30:16,084 --> 01:30:19,417 What a great betrayal that will be! 565 01:30:20,709 --> 01:30:24,292 We will then control all of New Spain 566 01:30:24,751 --> 01:30:27,959 and we will stage history 567 01:30:28,292 --> 01:30:31,584 as others stage plays. 568 01:31:35,501 --> 01:31:38,667 I, the Wrath of God 569 01:31:41,009 --> 01:31:43,676 will marry my own daughter 570 01:31:44,376 --> 01:31:48,709 and with her found the purest dynasty 571 01:31:49,792 --> 01:31:51,726 ever known to man. 572 01:31:54,459 --> 01:32:00,459 Together we will rule the whole of this continent. 573 01:32:04,792 --> 01:32:06,542 And the Wrath... 574 01:32:08,876 --> 01:32:11,584 the Wrath of God! 575 01:32:13,126 --> 01:32:15,209 Who else is with me?