Fitzcarraldo, an obsessed opera lover intent on building an opera in the jungle, makes a fortune in the rubber business in order to haul an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians.
Fitzcarraldo is an obsessed opera lover who wants to build an opera in the jungle. To accomplish this he first has to make a fortune in the rubber business, and his cunning plan involves hauling an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians.