:11:03
At the moment I'm trying my luck as
as ice producer, to make money.
:11:07
Here, all people want. . .
:11:10
. . .for their money are the
big names from Europe.
:11:16
Sarah Bernhardt, an actress
who can't even sing.
:11:21
But her wooden leg is
the talk of the town.
:11:25
The ice, ah, I mean. . .
:11:31
I'm doing all this because
I have one dream. . .
:11:35
. . .the opera.
:11:37
The Great Opera in the Jungle!
:11:40
Fitzcarraldo will build it and
Caruso will sing at the premiere.
:11:44
It's only the dreamers
who ever move mountains.
:11:52
For five years now we've been
the richest town in the whole world.
:11:58
It's like gold fever.
:12:00
May I show you the house?
:12:06
When this opera was built
there were only a few huts here.
:12:10
The building was practically in the jungle.
:12:12
Prices are ten times higher here
than in New York.
:12:16
There are palaces being built with
tiles from Delft and Florentine marble.
:12:23
And lquitos is catching up.
It's still a filthy frontier town. . .
:12:28
. . .but the rubber business is growing
by leaps and bounds.
:12:31
The better-off citizens in Manaus,
if I may put it like that. . .
:12:35
. . .send their laundry to Lisbon. . .
:12:38
. . .because the water in the Amazon
is felt to be impure.