:29:01
Both to the right and left, we had
fastened 60 steel cables to the rock...
:29:07
...so that the boat was able
to pull itself up with the winches.
:29:11
All that took about eleven days...
:29:14
...just to pull the boat
half a mile into these rapids.
:29:19
Then something
unexpected happened.
:29:22
The water rose another 6 feet
and the 14 steel cables...
:29:26
...each with a diameter of 3 inches
were torn up with a single jerk.
:29:43
The boat capsized, laying
almost horizontally in the water.
:29:51
More bizarre, there was a pregnant
woman on board. The cook's wife.
:29:56
The cook in mortal fear...
:29:58
...looking for something vertical,
jumped on half a pig.
:30:02
He clutched it and went
swinging on this pig.
:30:07
Later on, he had to endure some
jokes about this of course...
:30:12
Kinski knew about this incident.
:30:14
We did some shooting here,
without any crew on board...
:30:17
...and the boat was hurled into
the rocks with such an impact...
:30:22
...that the keel was wrapped around
itself like the lid of a sardine tin.
:30:30
The anchor had penetrated
the thick metal wall.
:30:35
Everyone knew it,
including Kinski.
:30:39
I then thought we should shoot
with a couple of cameras on board.
:30:47
We had six volunteers and
suddenly Kinski said...
:30:52
"If you go on board,
I'm coming with you.
:30:54
If you sink, I shall sink too."