1:17:02
I am Fitzcarraldo and
you're not going to be him...
1:17:05
...because I'm much better
than you.
1:17:07
Of course he was right.
1:17:10
But when I brought him to this site,
he saw how steep the terrain was.
1:17:14
His heart sank, and he thought, for
God's sake, this can't be done.
1:17:20
He saw it at once.
1:17:23
Our task was, to heave an
Amazon steamboat bit by bit...
1:17:27
...across that thing there.
1:17:30
Do you see that red cliff there?
1:17:32
Yes, I see it.
1:17:34
That must be it!
1:17:37
Good. We can't go much further,
or we'll run into a sandbank.
1:17:43
That slope may look insignificant...
1:17:46
...but it's going to be my destiny.
1:17:49
Strangely enough, he later became
the strongest negative force...
1:17:58
...which worked to break up the
project or at least change it.
1:18:03
When the river was swollen
and I was sitting in my hut...
1:18:08
...gazing at the river, which kept
rising and rising, all day long.
1:18:12
Suddenly there was a delegation,
which had been sent by Kinski.
1:18:18
They arrived with tea and said:
1:18:21
"Let's be calm now. Let's think
about what we can do now."
1:18:27
I said: "What do you mean? I am
the only one who is calm here."
1:18:32
Kinski wanted to protect me
from my own madness.
1:18:38
It was clear that Kinski, the strongest
force, had now also abandoned me.
1:18:44
Everyone had left me and the
loneliness for weeks was difficult.
1:18:55
There was nobody on my side, any
longer, who believed in the film.