When Edgar (Helmuth Schneider) sees an aerial photograph of head-hunter villages he talks to the publisher (Walter Hardt) of a magazine. As a boy, Edgar accompanied his father (America Cabral) and the family of an American scientist on a jungle expedition in search of a golden statue of an Inca goddess Only Edgar escaped after the others were captured by a hostile native tribe. Now he wants to go back and see if his father is still alive. The publisher agrees to fund the expedition. He returns and finds a faithful guide when he saves the life of an Indian. THe latter takes him deep into the jungle wilderness where Edgar finds Eliza (Angelika Hauff), the only survivor and he manages to capture the golden statue of the Inca goddess. In the end, the statue when his Indian guide uses it to save Edgar's life. He and Eliiza return to civilization.