All language subtitles for Fitzcarraldo 1982 1080p

Come on, we are late!

As long as we're doing it,
let's do it in style.

A few minutes more...

We're gonna miss Caruso!

If you don't put some fire on that!

You've wiped your hands
all over your face.

Come closer, come...

Come closer.
- Oh Molly!

Isn't that better?
- Molly, please, come on!

- Come on now, for God's sake!

Fitz!

Best Champagne!

We're gonna make it.

Monsieur, Madam. You can't go in there!

This is a gala performance.

We come from lquitos,
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
I've been rowing

to see Caruso once in my life.

I'm sorry, you have no tickets.

Can't you see this man needs
desperately to go in there.

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

- Please!
- Sir, Madam, you can't go in there.

I'm going to build an opera house
in lquitos and Caruso'll open it.

It'll be the greatest opera the jungle
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.

Make sure to be quiet and press
yourselves right up against the wall.

He pointed to you.
- Yeah, he did, didn't he.

And straight at me. You saw it, didn't you.
- Yes.

He pointed to me.

Fitzcarraldo?

How do you spell it?

What an interesting name!

My daddy was Irish.
My real name is Fitzgerald.

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald.

They had trouble saying it in Peru.

Fitzgerald? lquitos?

You're not the man
with the railway, are you?

Yeah, that's me.

Well, yeah, the Trans-Andes Railway...

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, ah, 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 lquitos 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.

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...

Come on, It's not that bad.

I train the girls for the best households.

Much better than sending
them out on the streets!

I've nothing against the girls, Molly.

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

money can buy everything.

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

Oh, really, you could take a crack
at respectability, you know.

It wouldn't kill you.

Respectability just made me bankrupt.
No, no.

I'm better off down there on the outskirts.

Got me real audience down there now.

- The kids?
- Yeah, that's my public.

And a pig.

One of those lean racing
pigs just loves me.

How could she help it?

When I build my opera house

I'll see to it you have your own box
and a velvet armchair.

It works through the reaction
of two different salts.

Just think what possibilities ice has,
but people don't see it.

Look, the children love the ice.

Yeah, they eat it.

Imagine -

one day, ice on every ship,
and every warehouse

Here you are.

Well, what do you think of it?
- Well I'll tell you what I think.

In the first place, you
can't have any patents,

cause the whole thing
has been described...

in schoolbooks 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 the Trans-Andean
railway on sled-runners,

And then the brakes go, and adios...

down into the valley!

Come on! Come on!

Don't take it to heart.

Here, use this.

Play a hand with us.

The precious feeling
of losing money!

Nothing like it!
Ecstasy!

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

I want the opera house!

I want my opera house!

I want to opera house!

This church remains closed
till this town has an opera house!

I want my opera house!

I want my 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.

Well.

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 Aquilino, The Borja 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.

Marvellous!
I'll bring my phonograph.

You need some sprucing up 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.
- Oh, come on, what are you doing?

Hey! Help!

Molly, tell them to stop it!

Everybody wants money.

The hospital, the fire brigade,

and now you keep bending my
ear with your opera house.

It gives expression
to our greatest feelings.

Our greatest feelings!

We can't afford everything!

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.

That's enough!
Juan, take him out!

Please, please, please!

No, stop. Please, please, 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 dogs' cook
will prepare you a meal.

Thank you very much, sir,
you were superb.

To your dogs' cook.

To Verdi.

To Rossini.

To Caruso.

To Fitzcarraldo,
the Conquistador of the Useless!

Cheers!

As true as I am standing here,

one day I shall bring
Grand Opera to lquitos.

I will outgut you!

I will outnumber you.

I will outbillion you.

I will outrubber you.

I will outperform 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.

Madam, I'm 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,

he 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 steam-boat.
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 be
an 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.

The Indians call the rapids Chirimagua,
"the angry spirits."

Anyone who falls in there is lost.

The bare-asses also say,
"The water has no hair to hold on to."

ls this a rubber tree?

Right. Hevea brasiliensis.

They call the rubber tree caoutchou

"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 an strange bird,

but I must say 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 rubber trees, maybe a few,
but not enough to make it worthwhile.

The only thing you'll find
there are headhunters.

No rubber, 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 Pachitea,

but most of them were murdered.

Then some missionaries
got as far as Saramiriza,

that's their farthest settlement.

From there on you'll find
only Jivaros and Campas.

Two padres ended up
as shrunken heads.

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?

You've got to stake me.
Every red cent you...

- Oh Fitz, not again!

I have an idea.
An amazing idea!

Here, look.
I have brought 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 all right.

The documents, please.
Thank you.

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

First, you and your partner sign,
then you pay the money

and I'll complete the
document with my signature.

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

What option clause?

Through its executive organs,

the Peruvian government is
absolutely insistent with no exceptions,

that a region of this size
be taken into possession

by deed and by proof
within nine months time.

You will have to prove

that real operational steps
have been taken to exploit the region.

Otherwise your right 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...
- Come 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 gonna 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.

That's it.

Oh, it's beautiful.
- Yeah, that's it.

It's marvellous, Fitz.

How do you like it?
- It's lovely.

Watch out here.
It's very slippery.

This is the engine room.

Let's go up stairs.

The upper deck.

No, wait a moment.

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 realise 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 gonna be ready?

Tomorrow.

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

I hoped she'll be ready for launching.
- Tomorrow!

I wonder what this
character's really up to.

- What's your name?
- Paul Resenbrink.

I'm Dutch.

But they call me Orinoco Paul

because I know
every goddamn bend in that river.

You've sailed the river safely before?

Yes.
My last ship was the Adolfo.

My eyesight 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 that 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.

Paul Resenbrink,
you have captain's authority.

Sit down and help 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?

Get back.
Out of my way, you peanut! I'm Huerequeque.

Huerequeque.

Compadre.
I am Huerequeque!

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.

Huerequeque's a stupid drunkard.

But in here, positively electrico!

And also, I am the best gunman
in the entire Amazon.

All right. What do you think of him?
Wait!

Is he a good gunman? Let's try him.
- He is a good gunman.

What was your name?
Huere...

Huerequeque.

Huerequeque, you are our 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 gonna 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.

Fitz, you crazy fool!

Oh Fitz, it's fantastic!

It's your day, Molly!

All yours.

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

Oh, my darling. I love you.

Now comes the official part.

Here. Throw it... hard!

I don't want those señoritas
on board my ship.

These are my assistants.
I cannot cook without them.

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!

Don Fitzcarraldo! Don Fitzcarraldo!

You're back! You're back!

I almost give up hope.
But you're here!

Look there, the terminal is almost ready.

I see you've become a father.

Yah, Yah, Yah!
I know you'd come back.

I work for six months, no money!

See, the 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 everything change.

Maybe then I can be paid some money

Yes, Don Fitzcarraldo?

Look, the cog-wheels are working.

The lock is working,
but I have to confess something to you

I was... I had to sell a few little
iron parts and a few tools

to unfriendly Indians to make
machetes and other things.

You know, you can't get iron no place here!

The Indians come her during the night, and
they steal it, and so I had to sell it.

If not, they come and murder you.
They're worse than bandits!

I'm all alone out here! So what
else could I do? Nothing! Nothing!

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 the 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 rails

they get their fingers burned!

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've come here
on a different project.

Our whole financial situation
will change overnight, if it works.

What I want to say is that there...

we need the rails for another purpose.

No!

No! Not those rails!
Not...

Not those rails!

Not from under the locomotive!

Don Fitzcarraldo!

Don Fitzcarraldo!

Don Fitzcarraldo! Don Fitzcarraldo!

They're removing the rails.

From under the locomotive.

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

Hey!

Leave them under the loc!
There's more in the forest!

Thank you, thank you, thank you
- OK, it's OK. It's all right.

Thank you.

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.

Mad.

What's going on here?

We're going up the Pachitea.

Is that so?

Where do we go?

Amigos, welcome to Pachitea!

Famous for it's native hospitality.

Something is brewing down below.

They don't seem to agree
with the course we're taking.

What?

I told you in lquitos I need men,
not make-toasts who shit in their pants.

Now...

Whoever wants to go back, step forward.

Welcome to Saramiriza!

Welcome!

Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald.

We thought you were a government commission
- Hello padre.

No-one else ever comes here.
- Hello, welcome my friend.

Welcome, welcome.
- Hello padre.

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
Jivaros 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 the Jivaros 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.

Quiet down, you drunken idiots!
Stop it!

You have to crack down on the men,
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 señoritas,
they must be put ashore immediately.

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

Your services no longer required here.

You have got two minutes to get
your things. Exactly 120 seconds.

You'll see, we're the lucky ones!

You too!

Come on, move!

Take care of the rest!

And all of you, back to work.

Go on!

Reduce speed!
Half-speed ahead!

What are the men doing?

They've 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 conversation
with our invisible friends.

We'll pay for this with our heads. You too.

There is 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 Jivaros killed.

Strange.

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

They love such gestures.

Now it's Caruso's turn.

Do 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.
They would not talk to us anyway.

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 Jivaro people left the interior
of Brazil about 300 years ago.

For ten generations they've been
wandering through the jungle

looking for a a white God in a sacred boat.

And they believe at the end of
their pilgrimage the white God

will show them a land without
sorrow, without death,

where people stay young forever.

We are gonna take advantage of this myth.

What the hell has that
got to do with us?

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

This God doesn't come with canons.

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
damned ship to turn back.

Don't tangle with me.
I'll do what I like around here.

Just keep the engine running.

Shit!

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 Cholo.

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.

What?

Turn around.

Do 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 ashore.

Go down to the engine room,
very casual understand.

They've all got bows and arrows.

But they're keeping their distance.
Ever seen this before?

No, never.

Damn it, now they are
blocking the way.

Are they still there?

Even more of them now.

Maybe a hundred canoes.

Give me a shout when the party starts.

I wanna brighten up my last hour
with a little fireworks.

Amigos, it's about time you got here.

Over here, bare-asses.

Come and have a drink.

Where'd you come from?
- I was sleeping.

Where are the others? Have they quit?

I knew they would.
Those damn cowards, degenerates!

Shut up!

What do they say?

They're 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 flutes? 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, I see it.

That must be it.

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

That slope may look insignificant,

but's gonna be our destiny.

Hurry up, follow me!

Now he's showing his cards.

This 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
Pongo das Mortes belongs to us.

I knew it, I knew it. We are 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 bare-asses
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 in. I'll show you.

This...

is the Amazon.

Here is lquitos.

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 Ucayali?

Because of the Pongo das Mortes.

Nobody will ever make it
through those rapids.

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

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 lquitos.

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

He said yes.

A little more to the left!

A little more.
Stop!

A little more to the left!

A little more.

Stop!

A little more. All right! Stop!

- 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
gonna 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 gonna drag that
ship over the mountain.

Who are your little friends?

McNamara! McNamara is my butler.

And this is El Comandante.

Salut pour ti, McNamara.

This is much steeper than I thought.

Now with trees down,

you can see how steep it is.

We have to level the ground,
build a ramp.

And up there we'll have to make
a cut through to the top.

- That could take months.
- Dynamite!

I hope we have enough dynamite.

No, I would not recommend it.

We have no choice.

Take cover!

Watch out! Danger!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Hold it, hold it!

Where you going?

Go back. Go back to work.
Come on.

Come on. Go back to work.

Huerequeque!

The logs, down here, come on.

Give him a hand, 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!

Huerequeque, come with me.

Now clear them. Clear them over
to the other side. Understand?

Now all of you. Go on. Go over there!

If we had known that you thought

that you can move the
boat on railroad tracks,

I could have told you right away

to leave them at your Amazon terminal.

Too bad I can't help you.

I drank too much last night.

Shouldn't we tell him that it melts,
there will be nothing left of it?

There is no word for ice in their language.

That's enough, out, out. Get out of there!

Give it a go!

Pull harder!

Try it again!

There she goes!

It works!

- It works!
- It works!

Watch out! Careful!

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.

And?

- 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've no way of defending ourselves.

Everyone has deserted us, except McNamara.

And for that he'll be made Chief one day.

They're back, 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
Huerequeque has thought up.

Amigos, the engine is running.

Now that is what I call brainwork.
- We have two dead men!

We could start up the engine
and drive the anchor winch off it.

That way the ship will be wound up
the mountain under its own power!

Now, what do you say to that?

There! You see that?

There are times when a peasant's brain
is good for something.

You're not a peasant!

You're the smartest bastard on God's earth.

- But we forgot something.
- What?

Caruso! Enrico Caruso!

Why are they doing all this?

Why are they working like horses for us?

Why?

Why? Why?

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, drink!

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 they now
believe they are invisible.

They do that only when they go
hunting or when they 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?

What's happened?

The Pongo!
We're drifting into the Pongo!

Cholo!

Cholo!

Paul! Cholo!

I must stop the ship!

The Pongo!
We're drifting into the Pongo!

Open the boiler, quick!
The valves first!

Oh God! My ship!

Damn it.

Now it's too late.

Do 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 Pongo 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 Pongo.

I will tell you something.

At the time when North America
was hardly explored,

one of those early French trappers
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."

I'm 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.

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 there's such a
fantastic German composer.

One of the very modern ones.

Federico, Roberto, Ricardo...
What's his name, Ricardo?

Wagner?

The one who wrote Parsifal.
- Oh, I would say so.

Very Teutonic, his music.

And the name of the Opera
is "The Puritans".

No, that's an Italian opera by Bellini.

Tell me...

you mean that about the boat?

Huerequeque, come here!

Ho!

Come here.
- Coming.

My friends, the new owner
of the Molly Aida.

Don't worry, we have the ship
for two more weeks.

- Paul, listen.
- 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 theatre I want
an armchair with red velvet upholstery.

I made a promise to a pig
that loves Caruso very much.

And then...