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Europe. 11 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:15,792 Ladies... gentlemen... 12 00:01:15,793 --> 00:01:18,970 That place is modern. 13 00:01:19,364 --> 00:01:22,523 Those spots are cities... 14 00:01:22,926 --> 00:01:26,114 Those cities are loud... 15 00:01:26,274 --> 00:01:29,875 and they sit like spots on the star's skin 16 00:01:33,099 --> 00:01:36,236 That's Leningrad, that's Berlin... 17 00:01:36,302 --> 00:01:39,104 That's Paris, Rome, Madrid and Vienna. 18 00:01:39,653 --> 00:01:42,677 But can you see this spot here, which nobody knows? 19 00:01:43,356 --> 00:01:45,810 This is a dark spot... 20 00:01:45,935 --> 00:01:48,294 It's called Ostend. 21 00:01:49,325 --> 00:01:53,231 The world is sold out, cleared out. 22 00:01:54,442 --> 00:01:57,161 Ostend is unaware of that... 23 00:01:57,497 --> 00:02:02,700 It's sleeping and dreaming. 24 00:02:09,658 --> 00:02:16,395 "It's better to take two steps backwards than one step forward" A.D.1532 25 00:02:55,884 --> 00:02:57,327 Municipal Fire Brigade 26 00:03:45,282 --> 00:03:46,610 Greetings, Peter! 27 00:03:46,985 --> 00:03:48,157 Greetings, Johann. 28 00:03:48,286 --> 00:03:50,868 My congratulations... I've heard you got twins. 29 00:03:50,869 --> 00:03:53,626 Two boys... Now we have half a dozen. 30 00:03:53,751 --> 00:03:55,118 I've only managed five so far. 31 00:03:55,282 --> 00:03:57,585 Nobody in Ostend is going to overtake me! 32 00:04:08,024 --> 00:04:09,337 Hearts are trumps. 33 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:11,321 We can draw up our will now. 34 00:04:11,446 --> 00:04:12,415 Very true. 35 00:04:13,071 --> 00:04:15,712 - King of hearts. - Follow suit. 36 00:04:16,118 --> 00:04:17,774 The queen isn't missing either! 37 00:04:17,868 --> 00:04:19,423 Postmaster, my father's sent me... 38 00:04:19,610 --> 00:04:20,704 An express letter. 39 00:04:20,955 --> 00:04:22,821 Come back in the morning when I'm free. 40 00:04:22,938 --> 00:04:24,288 It can't be that urgent. 41 00:04:24,813 --> 00:04:26,399 All tricks are mine. 42 00:04:26,781 --> 00:04:30,040 I've been holding this razor in my hand for 25 years now... 43 00:04:30,923 --> 00:04:33,234 ...and I haven't cut anybody with it yet. 44 00:04:33,704 --> 00:04:34,612 How come? 45 00:04:35,618 --> 00:04:37,524 In Ostend there's a saying... 46 00:04:37,957 --> 00:04:40,860 It's better to be badly shaved than well cut. 47 00:05:10,165 --> 00:05:11,073 What's going on? 48 00:05:11,141 --> 00:05:12,391 For you, Mr Brunn. 49 00:05:12,516 --> 00:05:15,188 - For me? - A new guest. 50 00:05:17,423 --> 00:05:19,344 Peter..! Alexander! 51 00:05:20,118 --> 00:05:21,501 Unload it! 52 00:05:23,149 --> 00:05:24,180 Be careful! 53 00:05:24,579 --> 00:05:25,555 Careful! 54 00:05:25,889 --> 00:05:26,704 Slowly! 55 00:05:27,048 --> 00:05:28,110 Slowly! 56 00:05:30,641 --> 00:05:32,274 Careful... careful! 57 00:05:33,470 --> 00:05:34,938 Slowly and carefully. 58 00:05:35,352 --> 00:05:36,313 This way 59 00:05:36,594 --> 00:05:38,337 Slowly, slowly... 60 00:05:40,735 --> 00:05:41,641 This way. 61 00:05:43,673 --> 00:05:44,938 Don't drop anything! 62 00:05:45,376 --> 00:05:46,915 That's is not a sack of potatoes! 63 00:05:47,251 --> 00:05:48,277 Careful! 64 00:05:48,672 --> 00:05:49,579 Careful! 65 00:05:52,383 --> 00:05:54,219 6-7-8-9-10... 66 00:05:54,579 --> 00:05:56,493 11-12... 13 67 00:05:56,704 --> 00:05:59,423 13, that's right. Sign here, Mr Brunn. 68 00:06:03,442 --> 00:06:04,540 All in order. 69 00:06:08,164 --> 00:06:09,416 Semiramis Cairo 70 00:06:10,484 --> 00:06:11,938 Bombay Hotel Majestic 71 00:06:13,904 --> 00:06:15,196 Hotel Imperial Port Said 72 00:06:15,263 --> 00:06:17,013 Grand Hotel, Ostend... 73 00:06:17,099 --> 00:06:19,216 The European Travel Agency hereby orders 6 rooms in your hotel. 74 00:06:19,349 --> 00:06:21,872 The guest will arrive within the next days. The date will be advised by telegram. 75 00:06:22,141 --> 00:06:23,602 6 rooms? 76 00:06:24,829 --> 00:06:26,479 And the hotel only has 5! 77 00:06:27,063 --> 00:06:28,085 Gentlemen... 78 00:06:28,391 --> 00:06:30,772 I must ask you... You must leave now. 79 00:06:31,110 --> 00:06:32,868 The hotel's management has to... 80 00:06:33,290 --> 00:06:34,040 Peter... 81 00:06:34,469 --> 00:06:36,415 Don't let the suitcases out of your sight! 82 00:06:36,594 --> 00:06:37,571 Alexander! 83 00:06:37,665 --> 00:06:39,649 Don't let anybody inside! 84 00:06:39,821 --> 00:06:41,141 Oh God, oh God, oh God. 85 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:43,844 O.F.? 86 00:06:44,293 --> 00:06:44,993 O.F. 87 00:06:45,962 --> 00:06:47,079 Who is O.F.? 88 00:06:47,594 --> 00:06:48,746 What does O.F. want? 89 00:06:48,993 --> 00:06:50,329 Semiramis Cairo O.F. 90 00:06:55,813 --> 00:06:57,079 This is the manager... 91 00:07:03,993 --> 00:07:05,634 Vacate this room! 92 00:07:11,016 --> 00:07:12,391 This is the manager... 93 00:07:16,305 --> 00:07:18,099 Vacate this room! 94 00:07:24,401 --> 00:07:25,657 This is the manager... 95 00:07:34,993 --> 00:07:36,751 Gentlemen, 13 suitcases. 96 00:07:36,929 --> 00:07:38,680 India, Egypt, Australia... 97 00:07:39,251 --> 00:07:42,438 He's been everywhere... He's seen the whole world. 98 00:07:42,550 --> 00:07:44,977 Gentlemen, what business can he have in Ostend? 99 00:07:45,594 --> 00:07:47,683 Gentlemen, there's not one word in this letter... 100 00:07:47,796 --> 00:07:49,547 ...about the owner of the suitcases. 101 00:07:50,251 --> 00:07:53,282 Gentlemen, if that doesn't mean something, I'll hang myself. 102 00:07:53,579 --> 00:07:55,805 Perhaps he wants to invest here? 103 00:07:56,094 --> 00:07:56,884 Or build? 104 00:07:59,493 --> 00:08:00,907 Silence, gentlemen. 105 00:08:01,282 --> 00:08:04,899 In such an important instance, silence is the citizen's first duty. 106 00:08:05,149 --> 00:08:06,924 But I must go now... 107 00:08:07,055 --> 00:08:11,266 As Mayor of this city, it's my duty to consider the affair carefully. 108 00:08:11,649 --> 00:08:13,235 Mayor, I suspect... 109 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:15,618 Mayor, I suspect... 110 00:08:17,452 --> 00:08:19,969 This affair must be discussed somewhere quiet. 111 00:08:20,118 --> 00:08:21,587 Tonight, at my place? 112 00:08:22,157 --> 00:08:23,618 Something's going on. 113 00:08:23,844 --> 00:08:25,524 Boy oh boy! 114 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:31,009 We'll make 6 out of 5. 115 00:08:31,173 --> 00:08:33,915 Mr O.F. will get a room from my own apartment. 116 00:08:34,407 --> 00:08:35,415 Faster! 117 00:08:35,837 --> 00:08:36,826 Faster! 118 00:08:36,969 --> 00:08:37,934 Faster! 119 00:08:42,307 --> 00:08:44,887 Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster! 120 00:08:53,805 --> 00:08:56,149 Faster! Faster! Faster! 121 00:09:00,831 --> 00:09:04,110 Grand Hotel Ostend owner: I.Brunn 122 00:09:05,125 --> 00:09:07,187 Johann Zoese Barber 123 00:09:40,763 --> 00:09:42,146 - Dorn - Tailor 124 00:10:54,038 --> 00:10:55,833 Coiffeur Jean 125 00:11:07,550 --> 00:11:09,802 Old Gentleman Tailor Dorn 126 00:11:16,456 --> 00:11:18,921 Grand Hotel Ostend Owner: I.Brunn 127 00:11:42,433 --> 00:11:44,597 Mr O.F. may arrive now. 128 00:12:00,838 --> 00:12:01,798 Come in. 129 00:12:04,715 --> 00:12:06,965 Preparations for the celebrations, Mr Editor? 130 00:12:07,074 --> 00:12:08,308 Mr Architect. 131 00:12:08,486 --> 00:12:10,330 Tomorrow will be a great day. 132 00:12:10,660 --> 00:12:12,832 Ostend will be in the newspapers again. 133 00:12:13,032 --> 00:12:16,418 So you finally have your sensation. 134 00:12:16,605 --> 00:12:19,590 Mr O.F.'s Suitcases 135 00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:22,441 How about it, my good friend...? 136 00:12:22,855 --> 00:12:27,097 What if you and I were to sit on Mr O.F.'s suitcases?! 137 00:12:28,019 --> 00:12:29,816 And show the world... 138 00:12:29,918 --> 00:12:31,840 ...what two clever fellows are capable of? 139 00:12:33,011 --> 00:12:34,176 Could they do it? 140 00:12:34,347 --> 00:12:35,543 They could! 141 00:12:38,332 --> 00:12:41,745 Enough of that brooding, Mayor... now it's time to go to bed. 142 00:12:45,363 --> 00:12:46,605 I believe... 143 00:12:46,823 --> 00:12:49,206 ...that great events are imminent. 144 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:53,085 Chin up, father... Make your daughter proud! 145 00:12:54,152 --> 00:12:55,449 You get off to bed. 146 00:12:55,683 --> 00:12:56,864 Good night. 147 00:13:01,863 --> 00:13:03,803 Who might he be? 148 00:13:05,693 --> 00:13:07,840 O. 149 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:08,871 F. 150 00:13:10,527 --> 00:13:11,754 In India... 151 00:13:12,442 --> 00:13:14,160 He'd been there too. 152 00:13:14,730 --> 00:13:16,613 This O. F. 153 00:13:17,426 --> 00:13:18,801 In India? 154 00:13:47,761 --> 00:13:51,932 The world is so big... 155 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,330 and Ostend is so small. 156 00:13:56,784 --> 00:14:02,120 By night there is nothing to see... 157 00:14:03,390 --> 00:14:10,346 Here one dreams all alone or sleeps with a spouse... 158 00:14:10,581 --> 00:14:15,886 Nothing can happen to you here. 159 00:14:18,714 --> 00:14:24,117 The world is so big... 160 00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:30,221 and Ostend is so small. 161 00:14:30,854 --> 00:14:43,151 So dream on, Ostend... sleep. 162 00:15:26,170 --> 00:15:31,005 You're the Mayor of the most beautiful town in the world. 163 00:15:36,322 --> 00:15:47,529 So dream on, Ostend... sleep. 164 00:15:50,039 --> 00:15:57,116 Welcome, welcome, welcome... 165 00:15:58,937 --> 00:16:00,281 Are you ready, schoolmaster? 166 00:16:00,554 --> 00:16:02,746 We are, Mr Mayor, we'll give you a sample at once. 167 00:16:03,078 --> 00:16:05,125 Good heavens, no, I don't have time. 168 00:16:05,257 --> 00:16:08,195 But at 1 o'clock, if you please, and loud, really loud. 169 00:16:08,506 --> 00:16:09,539 Yes, Mr Mayor. 170 00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:20,654 Welcome, welcome, welcome... 171 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:27,908 O.F. Welcome 172 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:13,794 13 suitcases 173 00:17:14,271 --> 00:17:16,036 for one person! 174 00:17:19,857 --> 00:17:20,950 O.... 175 00:17:21,779 --> 00:17:22,732 F. 176 00:17:32,068 --> 00:17:33,365 Mr Mayor... 177 00:17:36,286 --> 00:17:38,224 But gentlemen! 178 00:17:38,865 --> 00:17:40,978 Mr Mayor, when will the gentleman arrive? 179 00:17:40,979 --> 00:17:43,915 - How long will he stay in Ostend? - You must introduce me. 180 00:17:43,892 --> 00:17:45,735 Please, gentlemen! 181 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,255 I don't even know who he is! 182 00:17:48,396 --> 00:17:50,273 What? You don't know who he is? 183 00:17:50,380 --> 00:17:51,556 Well... 184 00:17:53,669 --> 00:17:56,755 So he realized his old scheme... 185 00:17:57,896 --> 00:18:00,740 You know him! You know his name! 186 00:18:00,825 --> 00:18:02,836 - Mr Editor... - Gentlemen! 187 00:18:03,865 --> 00:18:08,404 All in good time... You'll all get the full story. 188 00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:10,005 You will. 189 00:18:10,194 --> 00:18:11,365 Mr Editor... 190 00:18:11,497 --> 00:18:16,193 My daughter and I will expect you at 5 o'clock for coffee. 191 00:18:16,497 --> 00:18:18,790 - Mr Mayor... - Gentlemen... 192 00:18:26,012 --> 00:18:28,372 Mr Editor, you must tell us! 193 00:18:29,044 --> 00:18:31,591 - In strict confidence. - We won't tell anyone. 194 00:18:31,685 --> 00:18:32,935 You must! You really must! 195 00:18:35,349 --> 00:18:36,318 Gentlemen... 196 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:38,560 I can tell you one thing... 197 00:18:38,855 --> 00:18:40,122 Only one thing. 198 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:44,052 O. 199 00:18:46,328 --> 00:18:46,888 F. 200 00:18:48,021 --> 00:18:48,943 O.F.? 201 00:18:49,197 --> 00:18:51,568 You'll never make it, like O.F. did. 202 00:18:51,677 --> 00:18:53,509 I'll make it to 13 suitcases yet 203 00:18:53,646 --> 00:18:55,104 Don't boast! 204 00:18:55,105 --> 00:18:57,732 Just you wait and see who wins in this game. 205 00:18:57,974 --> 00:19:00,904 You're such a conceited boy! 206 00:19:01,064 --> 00:19:03,474 My father doesn't agree at all. 207 00:19:03,950 --> 00:19:06,771 "That Stark will never amount to anything." 208 00:19:06,961 --> 00:19:09,638 "Him as my son-in-law? Don't make me laugh!" 209 00:19:09,747 --> 00:19:12,960 Let the Mayor laugh, for all I care! 210 00:19:22,810 --> 00:19:25,210 It should sparkle like a mirror. 211 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,146 Everything must be just right. 212 00:19:45,323 --> 00:19:46,427 Just a bit. 213 00:19:53,145 --> 00:19:54,083 Perfect. 214 00:20:33,188 --> 00:20:34,041 Lovely. 215 00:20:35,005 --> 00:20:37,302 - Have another, Mr Stix. - Thank you. 216 00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:39,685 Homemade apple strudel. 217 00:20:40,122 --> 00:20:41,318 Another piece. 218 00:20:42,028 --> 00:20:45,013 One asks a sick person, one gives to a healthy person... 219 00:20:45,138 --> 00:20:46,786 That's what I say as a doctor. 220 00:20:48,536 --> 00:20:51,419 Too kind, thank you... I seem to never stop eating. 221 00:20:54,591 --> 00:20:57,033 And now Mr Stix will tell us... 222 00:20:57,411 --> 00:20:59,685 ...just who this O.F. is. 223 00:21:00,216 --> 00:21:02,849 Mr Editor, do tell us! 224 00:21:03,091 --> 00:21:04,779 Mr Mayor, please, please! 225 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:08,247 But Mr Mayor... He doesn't know himself who O.F. is. 226 00:21:12,529 --> 00:21:13,365 Please! 227 00:21:14,091 --> 00:21:15,091 O.F.... 228 00:21:15,646 --> 00:21:17,138 ...is Oskar Flott... 229 00:21:17,450 --> 00:21:18,677 ...a billionaire. 230 00:21:19,005 --> 00:21:20,263 Yes, I know him. 231 00:21:20,334 --> 00:21:21,474 A billionaire! 232 00:21:21,755 --> 00:21:23,974 Have another piece! 233 00:21:25,262 --> 00:21:26,995 Another cognac? 234 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:30,005 Look how this liqueur smiles at you! 235 00:21:30,286 --> 00:21:31,606 Mr Editor, please. 236 00:21:32,052 --> 00:21:33,232 A wine! 237 00:21:33,349 --> 00:21:35,482 Have mercy, gentlemen... 238 00:21:35,966 --> 00:21:37,450 I can't take any more. 239 00:21:37,552 --> 00:21:38,529 Mercy! 240 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,194 Today there's no mercy... Today you're my guest! 241 00:21:41,435 --> 00:21:43,249 Your health, Mr Editor! 242 00:21:45,607 --> 00:21:46,945 - Robert! - I don't have time. 243 00:21:47,075 --> 00:21:48,757 I've been waiting for half an hour now. 244 00:21:48,758 --> 00:21:50,718 While we're sitting here all cozy... 245 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:54,398 ...our esteemed editor won't torture us any longer, and tell us. 246 00:21:56,786 --> 00:21:57,625 Yes. 247 00:21:58,396 --> 00:21:59,141 Yes. 248 00:21:59,911 --> 00:22:02,101 Because you've been so kind. 249 00:22:02,849 --> 00:22:04,368 I'll tell you. 250 00:22:06,526 --> 00:22:07,865 Flott is his name. 251 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,560 Oskar Flott. 252 00:22:13,036 --> 00:22:14,583 A billionaire. 253 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:24,911 Oskar. 254 00:22:26,755 --> 00:22:28,318 A billionaire! 255 00:22:28,630 --> 00:22:29,660 Coming to us, to Ostend? 256 00:22:29,661 --> 00:22:32,466 Of course he's a billionaire, a man with 13 suitcases. 257 00:22:32,630 --> 00:22:34,387 What business does he have in Ostend? 258 00:22:34,473 --> 00:22:35,980 Any business deals? 259 00:22:36,015 --> 00:22:37,068 Building... 260 00:22:37,282 --> 00:22:38,282 ...gentlemen. 261 00:22:39,154 --> 00:22:40,204 Building. 262 00:22:40,325 --> 00:22:41,787 How do you know? 263 00:22:42,146 --> 00:22:46,335 But gentlemen, what other business could a billionaire have in Ostend? 264 00:22:46,982 --> 00:22:48,458 Come on, what's the matter? 265 00:22:48,591 --> 00:22:50,599 - I've been waiting here for an hour - Robert! 266 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,052 How can you keep Mr Stark waiting for so long? 267 00:22:53,310 --> 00:22:54,380 Mr Stark... 268 00:22:54,521 --> 00:22:56,240 Today you're my guest. 269 00:22:56,443 --> 00:22:58,216 Robert, here, quickly! 270 00:22:59,224 --> 00:23:01,833 Tell us, since you're an expert... 271 00:23:02,396 --> 00:23:06,427 ...what do you think someone might build in Ostend? 272 00:23:06,669 --> 00:23:07,833 Give us a hint. 273 00:23:07,982 --> 00:23:08,935 Me? 274 00:23:10,115 --> 00:23:13,185 Mr Stix... Do come to our table. 275 00:23:18,545 --> 00:23:19,357 Mr Stix... 276 00:23:19,997 --> 00:23:26,880 Why do you keep your friend Flott's building projects such a secret? 277 00:23:29,912 --> 00:23:31,708 Yes, certainly, he wants to build. 278 00:23:33,255 --> 00:23:35,591 Gentlemen, you know how business deals are. 279 00:23:35,740 --> 00:23:37,554 I'm a discreet person. 280 00:23:38,279 --> 00:23:39,450 Yes I am. 281 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,966 Robert, quickly 282 00:23:46,544 --> 00:23:49,490 Please, Doctor, help yourself. 283 00:23:50,247 --> 00:23:53,471 Gentlemen, one wants a guest who is a billionaire... 284 00:23:53,496 --> 00:23:55,623 ...to be as comfortable as possible. 285 00:23:56,091 --> 00:23:58,935 What might the hotel do for Mr Flott? 286 00:23:59,052 --> 00:24:00,157 Mr Brunn, take note... 287 00:24:00,646 --> 00:24:03,852 First of all, the hotel needs a jazz band. 288 00:24:03,853 --> 00:24:06,505 Yes, a jazz band. Mr Flott loves music with his dinner. 289 00:24:06,609 --> 00:24:09,497 Second, the Grand Hotel needs a cabaret. 290 00:24:09,699 --> 00:24:11,200 Yes, it needs a cabaret. 291 00:24:11,318 --> 00:24:13,786 Mr Flott likes a diversion after dinner. 292 00:24:14,110 --> 00:24:16,169 My place? A cabaret? 293 00:24:17,013 --> 00:24:17,665 Where? 294 00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,560 Here, in the cafe! 295 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,505 Tomorrow we'll start alterations. 296 00:24:21,632 --> 00:24:23,211 You must send a telegram at once. 297 00:24:23,263 --> 00:24:24,755 - Jazz! - Girls! 298 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:31,068 Sir... 299 00:24:31,185 --> 00:24:33,286 A new customer has applied. 300 00:24:33,553 --> 00:24:34,738 From which town? 301 00:24:34,825 --> 00:24:35,919 Ostend. 302 00:24:36,114 --> 00:24:37,231 Ostend? 303 00:24:37,614 --> 00:24:38,794 Ostend? 304 00:24:38,887 --> 00:24:39,958 Grand Hotel 305 00:24:40,051 --> 00:24:41,106 Never heard of it. 306 00:24:41,364 --> 00:24:43,176 What sort of place? Ostend? 307 00:24:43,630 --> 00:24:45,442 Whereabouts is it? 308 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:49,122 Ostend? 309 00:24:50,301 --> 00:24:53,200 Whereabouts is it? It's nowhere to be found 310 00:24:53,395 --> 00:24:54,965 Perhaps with the magnifying glass. 311 00:24:55,262 --> 00:24:56,034 Let me have it. 312 00:24:56,035 --> 00:24:57,536 Ostend... Ostend. 313 00:24:58,294 --> 00:25:00,044 Ostend... Ostend. 314 00:25:00,505 --> 00:25:02,255 Ah, here it is! 315 00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:04,997 Only visible under the magnifying glass. 316 00:25:05,505 --> 00:25:08,465 And it needs a jazz band and chorus girls. 317 00:25:08,652 --> 00:25:10,989 Must be a gay little town. 318 00:25:12,067 --> 00:25:15,333 Dolly, a new file for the registry. 319 00:25:16,566 --> 00:25:17,823 Ostend. 320 00:25:18,003 --> 00:25:19,077 Grand Hotel. 321 00:25:19,136 --> 00:25:21,928 Ostend Grand Hotel. 322 00:25:22,308 --> 00:25:23,831 Viola Volant. 323 00:25:23,909 --> 00:25:25,183 Viola Volant. 324 00:25:25,371 --> 00:25:27,300 The Madcap Harmonisers. 325 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:28,839 The Madcap Harmonisers. 326 00:25:29,016 --> 00:25:31,050 Jack's Laughing Girls. 327 00:25:31,148 --> 00:25:32,870 Must depart at once. 328 00:25:33,925 --> 00:25:36,355 Send a wire to the Grand Hotel, urgent. 329 00:26:44,289 --> 00:26:46,649 The great moment has arrived. 330 00:26:48,425 --> 00:26:50,667 Art makes its entrance. 331 00:26:52,691 --> 00:26:53,941 Art... 332 00:26:54,527 --> 00:26:55,527 ...should... 333 00:26:57,097 --> 00:26:58,336 Art... 334 00:26:58,337 --> 00:26:59,496 ...will... 335 00:27:00,988 --> 00:27:02,152 Art... 336 00:27:03,230 --> 00:27:04,038 can... 337 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,038 It can. 338 00:27:05,214 --> 00:27:06,226 It can. 339 00:28:04,968 --> 00:28:07,838 "Ostend Express - Transportation Company" 340 00:28:21,541 --> 00:28:22,939 Sir... 341 00:28:23,252 --> 00:28:24,556 Yes? 342 00:28:24,697 --> 00:28:25,689 Is that a town? 343 00:28:26,541 --> 00:28:27,643 It's a village. 344 00:28:28,213 --> 00:28:29,814 You only have goats here. 345 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:32,386 But madam, you're doing us an injustice! 346 00:28:32,674 --> 00:28:34,541 We have a great future. 347 00:28:34,986 --> 00:28:36,604 This place has a future? 348 00:28:37,088 --> 00:28:39,205 Here we have the future of Ostend. 349 00:28:39,729 --> 00:28:40,616 Gentlemen. 350 00:28:41,322 --> 00:28:44,416 I drew up the plan last night. 351 00:28:46,563 --> 00:28:48,049 Here is the Grand Opera. 352 00:28:48,533 --> 00:28:50,613 The Casino, the City Hall. 353 00:28:51,072 --> 00:28:53,666 We must hurry, gentlemen, before Flott snatches everything. 354 00:28:53,768 --> 00:28:55,364 Very true! Excellent! 355 00:28:55,365 --> 00:28:56,679 As this is very fine... 356 00:28:56,704 --> 00:29:00,279 But why doesn't the Grand Boulevard connect with my property? 357 00:29:00,369 --> 00:29:01,744 That would suit you... 358 00:29:01,885 --> 00:29:04,307 That my property should remain outside with the cow paddocks... 359 00:29:04,510 --> 00:29:06,236 ...and the likes of you on the Grand Boulevard! 360 00:29:07,611 --> 00:29:09,205 Silence, gentlemen! 361 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:12,583 Finance is your business, but you leave building to me. 362 00:29:12,971 --> 00:29:14,760 Here is the border... 363 00:29:15,010 --> 00:29:16,854 6 metres to the right of the pylon. 364 00:29:16,994 --> 00:29:18,018 Mark the spot. 365 00:29:47,551 --> 00:29:49,940 "Film Palace Excelsior Ostend" 366 00:30:04,408 --> 00:30:06,525 "To the architect's office" 367 00:30:11,691 --> 00:30:13,018 Architect Stark 368 00:30:13,791 --> 00:30:15,135 Gentlemen, silence. 369 00:30:15,294 --> 00:30:16,830 Silence, gentlemen. 370 00:30:17,283 --> 00:30:22,080 Be patient, remember... Rome wasn't built in a day. 371 00:30:29,049 --> 00:30:31,197 I've come here now for the fourth time, Mr Mayor. 372 00:30:31,502 --> 00:30:33,775 I've been waiting all day, Mr Mayor. 373 00:30:33,893 --> 00:30:35,471 It's urgent, Mr Mayor. 374 00:30:35,553 --> 00:30:37,830 Patience, patience! 375 00:30:38,143 --> 00:30:41,166 You'll all get your turn, gentlemen. 376 00:30:44,791 --> 00:30:46,322 Ostend has gone mad... 377 00:30:47,041 --> 00:30:48,444 Completely mad. 378 00:30:48,830 --> 00:30:50,089 I can't cope any more. 379 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,869 I'll have a nervous breakdown. 380 00:30:56,939 --> 00:30:58,783 It's your fault, Mr Mayor. 381 00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:00,516 - How? - Yes, your fault. 382 00:31:00,822 --> 00:31:03,307 The Mayor of Ostend... 383 00:31:03,682 --> 00:31:05,189 ...must be unapproachable. 384 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,322 Unapproachable? 385 00:31:06,377 --> 00:31:11,619 Yes. The Mayor of Ostend needs a servant. 386 00:31:11,908 --> 00:31:14,494 - A servant? - Yes, a secretary. 387 00:31:14,596 --> 00:31:17,275 - A secretary? - Yes, a page. 388 00:31:19,037 --> 00:31:20,408 A servant? 389 00:31:22,249 --> 00:31:24,049 A secretary. 390 00:31:25,158 --> 00:31:27,027 Yes, you're right 391 00:31:28,596 --> 00:31:31,113 Look, Mr Mayor, look! 392 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,112 So your eyes are popping out at a woman made up like that! 393 00:33:09,598 --> 00:33:12,474 And to me you're showing your... 394 00:33:26,121 --> 00:33:27,207 Johann! 395 00:33:27,668 --> 00:33:28,902 Sit down to eat! 396 00:33:30,405 --> 00:33:31,105 Eat. 397 00:33:31,769 --> 00:33:34,863 - If only I had a dress like that! - You men! 398 00:33:36,262 --> 00:33:39,090 You don't need decent wives. 399 00:33:39,535 --> 00:33:42,653 I can also... I can also... 400 00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,473 ...be indecent. 401 00:33:46,355 --> 00:33:47,772 I could, too! 402 00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:50,583 We have three lipsticks in stock. 403 00:33:51,066 --> 00:33:53,234 We haven't sold any in three years. 404 00:33:53,707 --> 00:33:56,551 And now all of a sudden all the ladies need lipsticks... 405 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:57,758 make-up... 406 00:33:58,105 --> 00:33:59,035 ...powder. 407 00:33:59,207 --> 00:34:01,163 Where can we get all that from? 408 00:34:01,644 --> 00:34:03,373 I've ordered it all by telegram. 409 00:34:04,605 --> 00:34:06,594 Madame... How can I help you? 410 00:34:06,723 --> 00:34:09,058 Mr Apothecary, please... I'd like a... 411 00:34:10,051 --> 00:34:11,360 lipstick... 412 00:34:12,637 --> 00:34:13,599 and... 413 00:34:13,808 --> 00:34:14,848 powder... 414 00:34:16,152 --> 00:34:17,265 and... 415 00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:18,156 ...everything. 416 00:34:19,401 --> 00:34:20,238 Everything! 417 00:34:20,366 --> 00:34:21,891 Express delivery for Ostend. 418 00:34:23,910 --> 00:34:26,066 11 wagonloads of brassieres. 419 00:34:26,738 --> 00:34:29,051 40 wagonloads of special articles. 420 00:34:29,242 --> 00:34:33,449 60 wagonloads with no specification, for the same purposes. 421 00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:35,091 - Everything ready? - Let's go! 422 00:34:45,215 --> 00:34:45,902 Good day. 423 00:34:46,027 --> 00:34:47,855 Air express delivery. Paris - Ostend. 424 00:34:48,035 --> 00:34:50,728 A 53... 1,300 evening gowns. 425 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:53,980 Aircraft C17... 1800 ladies' hats. 426 00:34:54,543 --> 00:34:57,543 Aircraft B23... 30,000 pairs of silk stockings. 427 00:34:57,652 --> 00:34:59,019 - Everything ready? - Let's go 428 00:35:07,622 --> 00:35:09,089 Express delivery to Ostend. 429 00:35:12,628 --> 00:35:14,251 7,000 tons of lipstick. 430 00:35:14,386 --> 00:35:15,727 With the 'SS Europa'... 431 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,495 10,000 tons of powder 432 00:35:18,672 --> 00:35:20,292 'SS Asia'... 433 00:35:20,862 --> 00:35:22,787 12,000 tons of perfume. 434 00:35:22,925 --> 00:35:25,222 With the ships of the Royal Oil Company... 435 00:35:25,308 --> 00:35:26,615 - Everything ready? - Let's go 436 00:35:55,284 --> 00:35:57,823 My mistress isn't right in the head! 437 00:35:58,002 --> 00:35:59,753 My mistress has gone crazy. 438 00:35:59,918 --> 00:36:02,459 She imagines she's become a Venus overnight. 439 00:36:02,511 --> 00:36:05,847 And mine's ruined all the laundry with that damned lipstick. 440 00:36:05,909 --> 00:36:08,987 And the way those old cows start talking posh... 441 00:36:09,065 --> 00:36:10,304 ...with their painted lips! 442 00:36:10,329 --> 00:36:11,619 Instead of seeing to their children... 443 00:36:11,752 --> 00:36:16,817 ...they're all day in that stuck-up foreign woman's fashion salon. 444 00:36:16,867 --> 00:36:19,526 "First Ostend Salon for Fashion and Good Taste" 445 00:36:19,652 --> 00:36:21,558 ...you've learned a lot. 446 00:36:22,316 --> 00:36:24,711 Now you'll take a short test. 447 00:36:24,956 --> 00:36:28,862 Ladies, what would you wear for the "five o'clock"? 448 00:36:38,933 --> 00:36:43,767 Ladies, what would you wear for the opening of your new opera? 449 00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:54,097 Wonderful! 450 00:36:54,409 --> 00:36:55,593 Very good! 451 00:36:56,605 --> 00:37:00,597 I've heard you're expecting a Mr Flott. 452 00:37:01,495 --> 00:37:02,588 Ladies... 453 00:37:03,230 --> 00:37:05,916 What would you wear when he arrives? 454 00:37:23,409 --> 00:37:25,980 Ladies, a record! 455 00:37:55,753 --> 00:37:58,546 Well? What do you think of my buildings? 456 00:37:59,128 --> 00:38:01,597 Great? Great? Isn't it? 457 00:38:06,073 --> 00:38:07,620 Have a seat, Madame. 458 00:38:07,808 --> 00:38:08,972 Thank you. 459 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:12,081 There are things... you'll learn... 460 00:38:12,232 --> 00:38:15,183 ...so that you'll finally realize whom you're dealing with. 461 00:38:17,707 --> 00:38:19,925 That the architect Dr. Karl Stark 462 00:38:20,222 --> 00:38:23,815 is to be appointed Director of the Public Building Projects of the city of Ostend. 463 00:38:24,229 --> 00:38:25,104 Signed... 464 00:38:25,550 --> 00:38:26,878 The Mayor. 465 00:38:27,902 --> 00:38:29,409 - Totally crazy! - Who is? 466 00:38:29,581 --> 00:38:30,620 The Mayor. 467 00:38:30,691 --> 00:38:32,706 - Because he chose me? - Because he chose you. 468 00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:34,362 - Crazy? - Crazy. 469 00:38:34,862 --> 00:38:39,212 All they same we're going to build, build, build here! 470 00:39:35,628 --> 00:39:39,402 Mr Mayor, I thank you for the honour of your visit. 471 00:39:42,269 --> 00:39:44,659 Ostend is blooming, my dear Brunn. 472 00:39:46,269 --> 00:39:47,636 Art... 473 00:39:48,808 --> 00:39:50,542 Civilization... 474 00:39:51,581 --> 00:39:52,761 Culture... 475 00:39:53,519 --> 00:39:54,489 Progress! 476 00:39:56,402 --> 00:39:57,425 Ostend. 477 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,315 Dear citizens... Honoured guests... 478 00:40:32,737 --> 00:40:36,213 Raise your glasses with me to the health of Mr Oskar Flott... 479 00:40:36,674 --> 00:40:39,008 ...whose imminent visits proves... 480 00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:41,218 ...that the world has discovered Ostend. 481 00:40:41,823 --> 00:40:43,409 Long live Mr Flott! 482 00:40:43,526 --> 00:40:44,627 To Ostend... 483 00:40:44,854 --> 00:40:46,854 ...and to its Mayor! 484 00:41:07,291 --> 00:41:09,650 Three roast porks and three beers. 485 00:41:11,689 --> 00:41:15,463 Roast pork? I suggest you start with a small hors d'oeuvres. 486 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:18,549 Three of those. 487 00:41:18,799 --> 00:41:20,917 We also have the obligatory champagne. 488 00:41:21,291 --> 00:41:23,503 Do you prefer it dry or sweet? 489 00:41:24,416 --> 00:41:25,760 Three of those, please. 490 00:41:26,034 --> 00:41:27,815 Pommery sec extra dry. 491 00:42:51,065 --> 00:42:53,993 You had to talk to me urgently, Mr...? 492 00:42:54,237 --> 00:42:55,166 Mr ...? 493 00:42:55,212 --> 00:42:56,698 - Stix. - Stix. 494 00:42:57,284 --> 00:42:58,542 Editor Stix. 495 00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:00,768 And now? 496 00:43:01,151 --> 00:43:02,291 You're not saying anything. 497 00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:03,689 I, eh... 498 00:43:04,284 --> 00:43:05,510 Shy? 499 00:43:05,901 --> 00:43:07,289 I'd like... 500 00:43:07,674 --> 00:43:08,924 Madame... 501 00:43:10,854 --> 00:43:12,901 - ...to interview you. - Pardon? 502 00:43:12,955 --> 00:43:13,924 I'd like to... 503 00:43:14,026 --> 00:43:14,745 You... 504 00:43:15,550 --> 00:43:16,518 You... 505 00:43:17,127 --> 00:43:18,565 You naughty boy! 506 00:43:38,196 --> 00:43:39,331 Stage. 507 00:44:01,064 --> 00:44:04,089 Skin had been the first dress... 508 00:44:04,581 --> 00:44:07,819 ...adorning the body of Eve. 509 00:44:09,833 --> 00:44:12,509 And it had been a good old time... 510 00:44:13,159 --> 00:44:16,386 ...when no one was ashamed. 511 00:44:18,702 --> 00:44:21,696 Then Eva felt she was quite fed up... 512 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:27,401 ...and she plucked herself a fig leaf... 513 00:44:29,097 --> 00:44:34,878 Then to Adam had this to say... 514 00:44:38,946 --> 00:44:41,323 My dear sir... 515 00:44:41,597 --> 00:44:44,105 My dear sir... 516 00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:48,663 This is what modern culture's all about... 517 00:44:49,362 --> 00:44:52,245 My dear sir... 518 00:44:52,441 --> 00:44:55,308 My dear sir... 519 00:44:58,807 --> 00:45:03,276 A fig leaf doesn't suffice... leaves much exposed... 520 00:45:03,872 --> 00:45:06,788 - Are we two clever fellows or not? - We are indeed! 521 00:45:06,903 --> 00:45:08,004 Can we do it? 522 00:45:08,286 --> 00:45:09,543 We can indeed! 523 00:45:09,778 --> 00:45:11,411 How do you like my new buildings? 524 00:45:11,481 --> 00:45:12,484 Great! 525 00:45:12,731 --> 00:45:15,495 A year from now, Ostend will have surpassed Paris. 526 00:45:15,589 --> 00:45:18,019 We should erect a memorial to the suitcases. 527 00:45:18,903 --> 00:45:22,184 I also owe that splendid woman to the suitcases. 528 00:45:22,465 --> 00:45:23,941 And I owe my bride to them. 529 00:45:24,176 --> 00:45:25,926 We owe everything to... 530 00:45:26,036 --> 00:45:28,543 The suitcases of Mr O.F. 531 00:45:28,747 --> 00:45:32,832 Then they shake their skirt and only say... 532 00:45:38,559 --> 00:45:41,106 My dear sir... 533 00:45:41,512 --> 00:45:43,950 My dear sir... 534 00:45:44,215 --> 00:45:47,085 This is what modern culture's all about... 535 00:45:48,067 --> 00:45:50,817 My dear sir... 536 00:45:50,911 --> 00:45:52,911 My dear sir... 537 00:45:56,325 --> 00:46:00,016 One even used to wear a steel corset... 538 00:46:00,766 --> 00:46:04,200 And a skirt with hoops. 539 00:46:05,926 --> 00:46:08,981 One lay in bed like a knight in armour... 540 00:46:10,090 --> 00:46:14,435 No man had been able to fathom us. 541 00:46:16,184 --> 00:46:19,628 Now we've hacked the corset to shreds... 542 00:46:20,778 --> 00:46:25,909 In the light of day we're naked again... 543 00:46:26,949 --> 00:46:33,021 The skin as our dress, nothing else besides... 544 00:46:37,379 --> 00:46:39,207 My dear sir... 545 00:46:39,302 --> 00:46:41,302 My dear sir... 546 00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:47,184 My dear sir... 547 00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:49,254 My dear sir... 548 00:46:49,629 --> 00:46:52,731 This is what modern culture's all about! 549 00:47:14,340 --> 00:47:16,364 Ostend is gay. 550 00:47:16,915 --> 00:47:19,271 Ostend is happy... 551 00:47:19,645 --> 00:47:24,332 As if it all were a fairytale. 552 00:47:24,715 --> 00:47:30,606 A bit of moonlight, a bit of wine and merriment... 553 00:47:31,950 --> 00:47:36,575 Ostend, what else do you need? 554 00:48:27,903 --> 00:48:29,473 Don't be shy. 555 00:48:29,786 --> 00:48:30,820 Come on in. 556 00:48:39,856 --> 00:48:40,997 Little Marie... 557 00:48:41,192 --> 00:48:42,215 Is that you? 558 00:48:42,325 --> 00:48:43,259 Yes. 559 00:48:44,864 --> 00:48:45,670 I'm... 560 00:48:45,976 --> 00:48:47,117 ...Marie. 561 00:48:48,036 --> 00:48:50,239 Come in, my little... 562 00:48:51,036 --> 00:48:51,981 ...editor. 563 00:49:01,270 --> 00:49:03,379 Here I'll let you... 564 00:49:03,735 --> 00:49:05,403 May I take the liberty... 565 00:49:06,575 --> 00:49:08,172 Here I'll let you... 566 00:49:08,418 --> 00:49:10,778 - without any scruples... - interview you. 567 00:49:12,442 --> 00:49:13,640 Madame 568 00:49:14,262 --> 00:49:16,467 - do... - do... 569 00:49:17,872 --> 00:49:19,270 Do you intend to...? 570 00:49:19,364 --> 00:49:20,192 Yes. 571 00:49:21,569 --> 00:49:22,450 I... 572 00:49:23,653 --> 00:49:25,174 ...intend to... 573 00:49:27,145 --> 00:49:29,997 - Did you hear the pop? - Luck is all you need 574 00:49:30,122 --> 00:49:32,465 Let me listen. 575 00:49:33,879 --> 00:49:36,520 - Who is she? - The Mayor's new secretary. 576 00:49:39,426 --> 00:49:43,270 Yes, such a secretary knows something about the butter business. 577 00:49:46,122 --> 00:49:49,028 Everything modern office culture demands, Mr Mayor... 578 00:49:49,364 --> 00:49:50,887 ...I have already ordered. 579 00:49:51,325 --> 00:49:52,816 Room 1, to the right. 580 00:49:53,379 --> 00:49:57,770 You must go to the secretariat, no. 3 no. 6, also to the right. 581 00:49:58,473 --> 00:49:59,809 Can I help you sir? 582 00:49:59,874 --> 00:50:01,856 I'd like to see the Mayor. 583 00:50:02,176 --> 00:50:04,732 The Mayor is not available. 584 00:50:04,887 --> 00:50:08,184 Go to to the General Secretariat no. 4... 585 00:50:08,185 --> 00:50:09,215 To the left. 586 00:50:09,590 --> 00:50:10,747 Can I help you sir? 587 00:50:10,838 --> 00:50:12,500 And another thing, Mr Mayor 588 00:50:13,669 --> 00:50:16,732 Your ties are simply impossible. 589 00:50:17,068 --> 00:50:18,889 Well I... I... 590 00:50:18,890 --> 00:50:20,177 Miss Secretary... 591 00:50:20,318 --> 00:50:22,263 I've already ordered you some new ties. 592 00:50:22,388 --> 00:50:25,311 - Thank you, Miss Secretary. - Mr Chief Editor Stix. 593 00:50:26,841 --> 00:50:27,708 Well... I... 594 00:50:29,279 --> 00:50:30,255 I don't know... 595 00:50:30,310 --> 00:50:32,372 The Mayor will see him now. 596 00:50:33,044 --> 00:50:34,005 Show him in. 597 00:50:35,177 --> 00:50:36,575 About our relations... 598 00:50:36,927 --> 00:50:38,013 ...with the press? 599 00:50:38,724 --> 00:50:39,910 We'll talk about it later at tea time. 600 00:50:40,372 --> 00:50:41,182 Certainly. 601 00:50:41,207 --> 00:50:41,967 Certainly. 602 00:50:42,130 --> 00:50:43,443 In the evening too... 603 00:50:43,818 --> 00:50:46,665 ...about our relations... with the press. 604 00:50:51,003 --> 00:50:52,740 But gentlemen! this is impossible! 605 00:50:53,028 --> 00:50:54,695 My dear Miss Secretary... 606 00:50:54,857 --> 00:50:58,091 We've been sent from one room to another for an hour. 607 00:50:58,092 --> 00:51:00,970 We must know now when Mr Flott will arrive. 608 00:51:01,075 --> 00:51:02,649 - What about you, sir? -The same, Miss 609 00:51:02,650 --> 00:51:05,395 - And you? - Me too, Miss Secretary 610 00:51:05,396 --> 00:51:07,019 When will Mr Flott arrive? 611 00:51:07,020 --> 00:51:10,093 - We have business deals. - We're building. 612 00:51:10,094 --> 00:51:13,938 - I've bought seven blocks of land. - We must know when Mr Flott will arrive. 613 00:51:13,939 --> 00:51:19,724 The Mayor told the General Secretariat yesterday to look into this question. 614 00:51:19,725 --> 00:51:23,357 I hope we'll have more precise information by Thursday. 615 00:51:24,412 --> 00:51:25,351 Gentlemen... 616 00:51:25,850 --> 00:51:26,800 Goodbye 617 00:51:27,443 --> 00:51:31,879 Mr Mayor, so you've made it to your own newspaper. 618 00:51:32,498 --> 00:51:33,931 Our Mayor. 619 00:51:35,162 --> 00:51:36,459 - Good. - It is. 620 00:51:36,747 --> 00:51:37,959 Here, read this. 621 00:51:38,146 --> 00:51:42,834 Brunn, our Brunn.... look at him! 622 00:51:43,064 --> 00:51:44,688 A newspaper of his own! 623 00:51:44,873 --> 00:51:47,959 Very pretty, Chief Editor, but where's the main story? 624 00:51:48,076 --> 00:51:50,318 - What do you mean? - Where is Mr Flott? 625 00:51:50,412 --> 00:51:51,748 The citizens are getting restless. 626 00:51:51,794 --> 00:51:53,553 Yes, where is Mr Flott? 627 00:51:54,068 --> 00:51:55,396 Calm the citizens! 628 00:51:55,472 --> 00:51:57,296 Send a telegram to Mr Flott. 629 00:51:57,396 --> 00:51:58,937 Publish his portrait. 630 00:51:59,232 --> 00:52:02,417 - But you must know when he'll arrive! - What am I building for? 631 00:52:02,467 --> 00:52:04,146 Why have we founded a bank? 632 00:52:04,225 --> 00:52:07,429 And why are we drinking champagne at your place every night? 633 00:52:07,521 --> 00:52:09,732 Tell us when he'll arrive! 634 00:52:09,912 --> 00:52:11,912 He'll certainly arrive, gentlemen... 635 00:52:12,084 --> 00:52:13,131 Just be patient. 636 00:52:13,662 --> 00:52:16,584 We're expecting his telegram at any moment. 637 00:52:17,037 --> 00:52:19,396 Commissions, commissions, commissions! 638 00:52:19,471 --> 00:52:22,218 I don't know if I'm coming or going with all these commissions. 639 00:52:22,303 --> 00:52:23,982 They all want to build! 640 00:52:24,334 --> 00:52:25,443 They don't care what. 641 00:52:25,537 --> 00:52:27,632 My newspaper comes out three times a day... 642 00:52:27,935 --> 00:52:29,740 But it isn't enough for Ostend yet. 643 00:52:30,951 --> 00:52:32,803 Gentlemen, I'm at a loss. 644 00:52:33,037 --> 00:52:35,185 Flott keeps delaying his arrival. 645 00:52:35,389 --> 00:52:37,199 My neck's on the block. 646 00:52:37,420 --> 00:52:39,117 We must do something about it! 647 00:52:39,381 --> 00:52:40,719 Right away! 648 00:52:40,720 --> 00:52:43,139 But we can't conjure Flott out of thin air! 649 00:52:43,826 --> 00:52:45,076 Gentlemen, think hard. 650 00:52:46,350 --> 00:52:47,678 Perhaps we could. 651 00:52:51,505 --> 00:52:53,765 Citizens of Ostend! 652 00:52:53,790 --> 00:52:56,128 The committee invites you to Mr Flott's reception 653 00:52:56,153 --> 00:52:58,583 Wednesday at 8 o'clock in front of the Grand Hotel. 654 00:52:58,608 --> 00:53:00,617 The Chairman of the Committee - the Mayor. 655 00:54:21,639 --> 00:54:24,310 Welcome... welcome... welcome. 656 00:55:15,225 --> 00:55:16,266 Gentlemen... 657 00:55:16,678 --> 00:55:18,584 Our guest asks to be excused 658 00:55:19,302 --> 00:55:23,342 He deeply regrets, he can't see you esteemed gentlemen. 659 00:55:23,881 --> 00:55:25,779 He is unwell. 660 00:55:26,303 --> 00:55:30,498 The doctor accompanying him has ordered total rest. 661 00:55:31,037 --> 00:55:33,651 Only with the greatest effort was he able... 662 00:55:33,676 --> 00:55:36,538 ...to receive the acclamations from the balcony. 663 00:55:37,060 --> 00:55:38,890 He has been deeply moved. 664 00:55:39,959 --> 00:55:47,006 Our guest will be honoured to pay a call on our Mayor within two days. 665 00:56:02,082 --> 00:56:02,818 Well... 666 00:56:03,139 --> 00:56:04,748 The poor man... 667 00:56:04,967 --> 00:56:06,693 Never out of the doctors' sight. 668 00:56:07,084 --> 00:56:09,045 We need to spare him. 669 00:56:09,139 --> 00:56:10,146 We do. 670 00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:13,078 - But what... - But what are we to do? 671 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:17,138 Doctor, what's your opinion of the situation? 672 00:56:17,506 --> 00:56:19,411 Buy and build! 673 00:56:19,850 --> 00:56:21,193 Build and buy! 674 00:56:27,264 --> 00:56:29,407 Tell me, where can I found something here? 675 00:56:29,568 --> 00:56:31,670 Too late, everything's been founded! 676 00:56:31,756 --> 00:56:34,584 They run and they quarrel and they buy and they sell. 677 00:56:34,774 --> 00:56:36,576 It's a boom! It's a boom! 678 00:56:37,998 --> 00:56:39,880 Can't I make a deposit at your bank? 679 00:56:40,068 --> 00:56:43,053 Sorry, we're flooded with money... I can't accept anything. 680 00:56:43,185 --> 00:56:45,041 - What if I pay? - No room in the safe. 681 00:56:45,042 --> 00:56:48,153 The whole world is bankrupt, only Ostend is expanding. 682 00:56:48,154 --> 00:56:50,367 It's a boom! It's a boom! 683 00:56:51,178 --> 00:56:52,498 Where can I buy stocks? 684 00:56:52,639 --> 00:56:53,592 Sold out! 685 00:56:53,809 --> 00:56:55,005 They're all in good hands. 686 00:56:55,091 --> 00:56:57,583 And the news travels from place to place... 687 00:56:58,002 --> 00:57:01,207 "There's a boom in Ostend! There's a boom on in Ostend!" 688 00:57:06,935 --> 00:57:08,029 Gentlemen... 689 00:57:08,763 --> 00:57:12,747 The boom in Ostend remains a mystery. 690 00:57:13,716 --> 00:57:17,083 Our International Economics Conference has established... 691 00:57:18,794 --> 00:57:22,677 The whole world is suffering a terrible economic crisis. 692 00:57:22,884 --> 00:57:24,786 There's only one exception... 693 00:57:25,122 --> 00:57:26,091 Ostend. 694 00:57:26,474 --> 00:57:29,154 So let us learn from Ostend... 695 00:57:29,685 --> 00:57:34,071 ...how to solve the most urgent problem of our times. 696 00:57:35,841 --> 00:57:37,268 I propose we hold... 697 00:57:37,293 --> 00:57:41,427 ...the next International Economics Conference in Ostend. 698 00:57:42,536 --> 00:57:44,000 Let's take a vote. 699 00:57:45,755 --> 00:57:46,755 Passed. 700 00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:56,662 Ostend, an unheard-of development... 701 00:57:56,919 --> 00:57:59,786 A metropolis, an interesting problem. 702 00:58:00,032 --> 00:58:01,833 A global problem. 703 00:58:01,931 --> 00:58:04,053 Attention, attention, attention... 704 00:58:04,497 --> 00:58:06,122 This is Radio Ostend. 705 00:58:06,490 --> 00:58:10,224 We're broadcasting the reception of delegates to the Economics Conference... 706 00:58:10,458 --> 00:58:12,823 ...by our city's Lord Mayor. 707 00:58:40,661 --> 00:58:42,506 Ladies and gentlemen... 708 00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,044 On this historic spot... 709 00:58:46,950 --> 00:58:50,497 Here at the cradle of the metropolis of Ostend... 710 00:58:53,628 --> 00:58:59,576 ...I salute the delegates to the International Economics Conference... 711 00:59:08,285 --> 00:59:12,175 It makes our city proud... 712 00:59:12,777 --> 00:59:17,081 ...that our city has been especially selected... 713 00:59:17,472 --> 00:59:22,097 ...to show to the delegates to the International Economics Conference... 714 00:59:22,519 --> 00:59:28,183 ...the way to the solution for the economic crisis. 715 00:59:31,847 --> 00:59:33,956 What would the economy be... 716 00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:36,018 ...without a crisis? 717 00:59:37,597 --> 00:59:40,043 What would the crisis be... 718 00:59:40,855 --> 00:59:43,051 ...without a conference? 719 00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:56,209 Our motto has always been... 720 00:59:56,897 --> 00:59:58,467 ...for centuries... 721 00:59:59,420 --> 01:00:03,866 Always forward, no step backwards! 722 01:00:05,483 --> 01:00:07,375 And in this spirit... 723 01:00:07,709 --> 01:00:12,381 ...I wish the International Economics Conference... 724 01:00:12,764 --> 01:00:17,413 ...a rapid and total success. 725 01:00:34,678 --> 01:00:37,913 This is a historic moment... 726 01:00:38,381 --> 01:00:39,526 ...gentlemen. 727 01:00:41,483 --> 01:00:44,827 The first session of our conference... 728 01:00:45,514 --> 01:00:50,131 ...has on its agenda... "The World Crisis." 729 01:00:50,522 --> 01:00:52,545 I declare the session open... 730 01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:55,194 ...and hand over to... 731 01:00:56,225 --> 01:00:57,733 Gentlemen... 732 01:00:58,608 --> 01:01:01,397 The eyes of the world are upon us. 733 01:01:02,467 --> 01:01:06,264 We're faced with a very grave problem. 734 01:01:07,608 --> 01:01:08,944 They've gone crazy. 735 01:01:09,014 --> 01:01:10,199 Everything's topsy-turvy. 736 01:01:10,288 --> 01:01:11,913 No order around here. 737 01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:15,850 Why do we cook if the Mayor is nowhere to be seen? 738 01:01:16,436 --> 01:01:19,170 He probably prefers his secretary's cooking. 739 01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,436 The bridegroom doesn't have time for us either. 740 01:01:22,967 --> 01:01:26,360 But my dear, you forget we're a metropolis now. 741 01:01:29,444 --> 01:01:30,160 Hello... 742 01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:32,381 Ah Mayor, it's you... 743 01:01:32,561 --> 01:01:34,491 Tell me, where have you been? 744 01:01:34,626 --> 01:01:36,092 Such bad luck, my child... 745 01:01:36,408 --> 01:01:38,545 I can't come to dinner 746 01:01:38,631 --> 01:01:39,694 Work. 747 01:01:39,967 --> 01:01:41,077 Work. 748 01:01:41,303 --> 01:01:42,633 Work, my child. 749 01:01:42,803 --> 01:01:43,923 Work? 750 01:01:44,209 --> 01:01:45,577 Now? In the middle of the night? 751 01:01:45,709 --> 01:01:46,639 Tempo... 752 01:01:46,844 --> 01:01:48,502 This is our new tempo. 753 01:01:48,631 --> 01:01:49,936 Ostend is progressing. 754 01:01:51,287 --> 01:01:53,800 It's going to be very late... 755 01:01:55,256 --> 01:01:57,545 ...before I'm finished here. 756 01:01:58,647 --> 01:02:00,834 But I'm the Mayor, my child. 757 01:02:01,514 --> 01:02:03,436 Go ahead, we'll do it like that. 758 01:02:03,655 --> 01:02:06,038 Schulze, you've solved the design brilliantly. 759 01:02:06,124 --> 01:02:07,951 But the windows might be a bit wider. 760 01:02:07,976 --> 01:02:08,803 Yes, wider. 761 01:02:08,991 --> 01:02:11,241 Is the design for the central heating finished? 762 01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,936 You must check the calculations again. 763 01:02:15,116 --> 01:02:16,928 What about the facade? 764 01:02:20,124 --> 01:02:21,225 Hello 765 01:02:21,459 --> 01:02:22,280 Helena? 766 01:02:22,819 --> 01:02:23,702 You, dear? 767 01:02:23,827 --> 01:02:26,866 You only live for your Flott and his metropolis... 768 01:02:27,170 --> 01:02:29,131 ...while I sit here waiting for two hours. 769 01:02:29,233 --> 01:02:31,444 What? It's already 9 o'clock?! 770 01:02:32,030 --> 01:02:32,889 That late? 771 01:02:33,053 --> 01:02:34,077 But Helena... 772 01:02:34,186 --> 01:02:37,702 But my darling... can't you see that this is all wrong? 773 01:02:38,178 --> 01:02:38,936 Yes... 774 01:02:39,508 --> 01:02:41,757 But I'm busy with a most interesting job... 775 01:02:41,782 --> 01:02:43,952 ...which you too would enjoy a lot. 776 01:02:44,116 --> 01:02:46,866 Yes, if you were here you'd... Get me the final draft! 777 01:02:46,959 --> 01:02:47,670 Hello... 778 01:02:47,975 --> 01:02:49,206 Hello, Helena... 779 01:02:51,780 --> 01:02:54,038 Don't forget the central heating. Check the figures. 780 01:02:54,522 --> 01:02:57,014 Don't forget the layout of the ground plan. 781 01:02:58,071 --> 01:02:59,139 I must... 782 01:02:59,991 --> 01:03:01,436 I must! 783 01:03:04,061 --> 01:03:05,757 Courage, Mr Mayor. 784 01:03:06,881 --> 01:03:07,819 You must... 785 01:03:13,030 --> 01:03:15,209 To the health of the Mayor! 786 01:03:17,811 --> 01:03:20,053 And his bride. 787 01:03:21,890 --> 01:03:22,631 You... 788 01:03:24,295 --> 01:03:25,405 You are... 789 01:03:25,702 --> 01:03:29,358 I don't need any kissing here and kissing there. 790 01:03:30,155 --> 01:03:31,584 Kissing everywhere. 791 01:03:31,913 --> 01:03:33,723 I need to be married. 792 01:03:34,155 --> 01:03:38,038 But what about love, feelings... and stuff. 793 01:03:38,944 --> 01:03:39,705 Love? 794 01:03:40,522 --> 01:03:45,178 When a Grand Hotel marries a Great Salon... 795 01:03:45,467 --> 01:03:47,618 That is the greatest love. 796 01:03:47,905 --> 01:03:49,584 It must be, must be. 797 01:03:49,834 --> 01:03:53,475 I'm editor-in-chief of the biggest paper, that comes out four times a day. 798 01:03:53,597 --> 01:03:56,545 I'm the greatest star in Ostend, performing four times a night. 799 01:03:57,397 --> 01:04:01,350 Our position in society demands it... We must get married. 800 01:04:02,788 --> 01:04:04,124 So it's marriage after all. 801 01:04:05,973 --> 01:04:07,069 What a shame! 802 01:04:08,093 --> 01:04:09,827 What about our illegitimate... 803 01:04:10,592 --> 01:04:11,637 ...interviews? 804 01:04:12,381 --> 01:04:15,029 Helena, I couldn't get home earlier. 805 01:04:15,139 --> 01:04:17,850 Such an honour... Mr Chief Building Director... 806 01:04:18,186 --> 01:04:19,678 Coming home in person! 807 01:04:19,866 --> 01:04:21,147 But darling... 808 01:04:21,327 --> 01:04:24,944 I know... "dearest"... "only beloved"... "sweetest..." 809 01:04:25,030 --> 01:04:27,178 But everything I do, I only do... 810 01:04:27,389 --> 01:04:29,678 You do for me... Everything is only for me! 811 01:04:29,780 --> 01:04:31,936 Now listen to me... If we're going to quarrel... 812 01:04:32,842 --> 01:04:34,334 ...best we get married. 813 01:04:34,530 --> 01:04:35,467 Make sense? 814 01:04:40,569 --> 01:04:41,530 Isn't it true? 815 01:04:42,061 --> 01:04:43,121 Tomorrow... 816 01:04:43,413 --> 01:04:45,459 ...we'll get married. 817 01:05:10,295 --> 01:05:11,803 The nations of the world... 818 01:05:12,288 --> 01:05:13,678 ...are suffering a crisis. 819 01:05:14,819 --> 01:05:16,852 You, happy Ostend... 820 01:05:17,420 --> 01:05:19,022 ...are getting married! 821 01:05:34,366 --> 01:05:36,866 This is an historic moment... 822 01:05:37,342 --> 01:05:38,491 ...gentlemen. 823 01:05:39,686 --> 01:05:43,608 Our conference's 87th session... 824 01:05:43,858 --> 01:05:47,709 ...has on its agenda... "The World Crisis". 825 01:05:48,827 --> 01:05:51,225 I declare the session open... 826 01:05:51,506 --> 01:05:53,646 ...and hand over to... 827 01:05:54,405 --> 01:05:55,920 Gentlemen... 828 01:05:56,170 --> 01:05:58,803 The eyes of the world are upon us... 829 01:05:59,189 --> 01:06:02,488 We're facing a very grave problem. 830 01:07:09,506 --> 01:07:11,577 We've been lucky so far. 831 01:07:11,772 --> 01:07:13,366 There's only one worry left. 832 01:07:13,540 --> 01:07:16,233 Flott... Still not a trace of him 833 01:07:16,569 --> 01:07:19,171 - What if it comes out? - How would it come out? 834 01:07:19,444 --> 01:07:22,569 Your son certainly won't tell that he had been the man on the balcony... 835 01:07:22,741 --> 01:07:24,842 ...whom the population applauded so stormily. 836 01:07:24,965 --> 01:07:27,178 Don't worry about Flott. 837 01:07:27,803 --> 01:07:30,694 It's much more important that O.F. doesn't ruin our plans. 838 01:07:30,991 --> 01:07:32,678 O.F.? why O.F.? 839 01:07:33,264 --> 01:07:35,686 - So who is Flott then? - I've invented him. 840 01:07:35,944 --> 01:07:38,170 - Invented? - Now he's surprised. 841 01:07:38,256 --> 01:07:39,928 Invented... you? 842 01:07:40,186 --> 01:07:41,592 For Ostend's benefit. 843 01:07:41,678 --> 01:07:43,463 That's what it was about. 844 01:07:43,616 --> 01:07:47,616 Flott must disappear now in the same brilliant fashion. 845 01:07:47,764 --> 01:07:48,967 Nothing is easier. 846 01:07:49,358 --> 01:07:52,366 We'll just spread it around that Flott has died in an accident. 847 01:07:52,819 --> 01:07:53,963 A car accident. 848 01:07:54,913 --> 01:07:55,997 A car accident. 849 01:07:59,684 --> 01:08:00,999 Poor old Flott! 850 01:08:02,108 --> 01:08:04,951 And then, what I wanted to mention, City Councilor... 851 01:08:05,467 --> 01:08:08,788 Have you heard, Flott has been involved in a car accident. 852 01:08:08,994 --> 01:08:10,124 There's no hope. 853 01:08:10,499 --> 01:08:11,389 Flott? 854 01:08:11,913 --> 01:08:12,897 Who's Flott? 855 01:08:13,241 --> 01:08:15,077 I've never heard the name before. 856 01:08:15,631 --> 01:08:17,311 You've never heard it? 857 01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:19,827 - Flott? - Privy Councilor 858 01:08:19,960 --> 01:08:23,999 Listen, something terrible has happened to our Flott. 859 01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:25,686 Excuse me, who is Flott? 860 01:08:25,772 --> 01:08:27,225 You know, O.F. 861 01:08:27,350 --> 01:08:28,256 O.F.? 862 01:08:28,420 --> 01:08:30,522 Come on, the man with the 13 suitcases. 863 01:08:30,597 --> 01:08:32,631 A man with 13 suitcases? 864 01:08:32,712 --> 01:08:33,897 Is this a new joke? 865 01:08:33,979 --> 01:08:36,966 You can tell me later, I can't keep a lady waiting. 866 01:08:42,764 --> 01:08:46,626 Ostend is as if bewitched... 867 01:08:46,661 --> 01:08:51,730 Ostend, you're blooming and growing... 868 01:08:55,037 --> 01:08:59,650 Everybody forms couples in Ostend... 869 01:08:59,651 --> 01:09:04,487 Yes, luck has many fairy tales, oh Ostend... 870 01:09:04,488 --> 01:09:09,001 Ostend, have courage! 871 01:09:09,026 --> 01:09:13,781 If it's just a dream... so what?! 872 01:09:22,999 --> 01:09:27,919 - But Director, how about a problem piece? - Problem films bankrupt you. 873 01:09:28,389 --> 01:09:30,249 Comedies bring dividends. 874 01:09:30,983 --> 01:09:32,748 Why is Ostend a metropolis? 875 01:09:33,069 --> 01:09:34,891 Because they don't care about problems. 876 01:09:35,272 --> 01:09:37,434 Why are we a global enterprise? 877 01:09:37,952 --> 01:09:39,506 Because we produce comedies. 878 01:09:41,399 --> 01:09:44,797 I love OTAG 879 01:09:44,798 --> 01:09:46,439 You love OTAG 880 01:09:46,440 --> 01:09:49,176 He loves OTAG 881 01:09:49,177 --> 01:09:49,707 We love OTAG 882 01:09:49,708 --> 01:09:53,178 You love OTAG 883 01:09:53,179 --> 01:09:54,851 They love OTAG 884 01:09:59,413 --> 01:10:00,170 Look... 885 01:10:00,381 --> 01:10:03,157 "A Whiff of the Barracks" a sound film operetta 886 01:10:03,295 --> 01:10:06,105 The air of the barracks... The perfume of the barracks... 887 01:10:06,897 --> 01:10:08,214 The magic of the barracks... 888 01:10:08,749 --> 01:10:10,366 It's such fun to go marching. 889 01:10:10,561 --> 01:10:12,520 A sound film operetta. 890 01:10:16,147 --> 01:10:16,624 I... 891 01:10:17,538 --> 01:10:18,937 ...as head of OTAG... 892 01:10:19,229 --> 01:10:21,506 ...Ostend Sound Film Corporation... 893 01:10:21,733 --> 01:10:26,561 ..am telling you... A film with a meaning interests nobody. 894 01:10:27,108 --> 01:10:28,818 A film without a meaning... 895 01:10:29,030 --> 01:10:30,959 That's what a metropolis needs! 896 01:10:31,288 --> 01:10:32,905 Excuse me, Chief... 897 01:10:33,073 --> 01:10:36,205 The world crisis is also a sensation. 898 01:10:37,092 --> 01:10:38,990 Keep this in mind, my young friend... 899 01:10:39,147 --> 01:10:42,311 When a dog bites a child in Ostend... 900 01:10:42,850 --> 01:10:44,549 That isn't a sensation. 901 01:10:45,178 --> 01:10:48,239 But when a child bites a dog in Ostend... 902 01:10:48,772 --> 01:10:50,469 That IS a sensation. 903 01:11:06,374 --> 01:11:07,545 The nations of this world... 904 01:11:08,084 --> 01:11:09,545 ...are suffering a crisis. 905 01:11:11,428 --> 01:11:13,452 You, happy Ostend... 906 01:11:14,131 --> 01:11:15,803 ...are bearing children. 907 01:11:31,178 --> 01:11:34,522 This is a historic moment... 908 01:11:35,624 --> 01:11:36,689 ...gentlemen. 909 01:11:38,420 --> 01:11:43,397 The 1111th session... 910 01:11:43,816 --> 01:11:45,499 ...of our conference... 911 01:11:46,124 --> 01:11:48,157 ...has on its agenda... 912 01:11:49,045 --> 01:11:52,163 "The World Crisis" 913 01:11:54,233 --> 01:11:57,725 After years of collaboration... 914 01:11:58,944 --> 01:12:01,327 ...by all our delegations... 915 01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:04,577 ...and sub-delegations... 916 01:12:04,692 --> 01:12:07,389 ...we unfortunately haven't been able... 917 01:12:07,498 --> 01:12:12,920 ...to get to the bottom of the initial causes... 918 01:12:13,178 --> 01:12:17,577 ...of this unique economic miracle in Ostend. 919 01:12:17,952 --> 01:12:21,733 Here they are at last, the 13 suitcases of the actress Ola Felden. 920 01:12:22,366 --> 01:12:24,022 Marked: "O.F." 921 01:12:24,834 --> 01:12:27,023 Checked in here in Z�rich. 922 01:12:27,467 --> 01:12:29,905 Destination: Bad Ostende. 923 01:12:30,334 --> 01:12:31,397 The Grand Hotel. 924 01:12:31,983 --> 01:12:34,319 You've sent the suitcases... 925 01:12:34,413 --> 01:12:36,858 ...as our inquiry department found after years of research... 926 01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:38,233 ...to Ostend. 927 01:12:38,959 --> 01:12:42,142 And in Ostend nobody has a clue about those suitcases now. 928 01:12:43,053 --> 01:12:44,154 But Director... 929 01:12:44,561 --> 01:12:47,842 It had only been an "E" which I forgot. 930 01:12:48,842 --> 01:12:50,694 One doesn't forget an "E". 931 01:12:51,678 --> 01:12:53,092 You're dismissed without notice. 932 01:12:53,249 --> 01:12:54,338 But Director... 933 01:12:56,733 --> 01:12:58,952 "13 Suitcases Boulevard" 934 01:13:02,959 --> 01:13:04,030 Ladies and gentlemen... 935 01:13:04,616 --> 01:13:07,857 We are how in the historic part of Ostend. 936 01:13:09,194 --> 01:13:13,711 You see here the world-famous 13 Suitcases Boulevard. 937 01:13:14,303 --> 01:13:15,499 I say... 938 01:13:16,124 --> 01:13:19,874 Why is this boulevard called "13 suitcases"? 939 01:13:20,702 --> 01:13:22,686 It comes from antiquity... 940 01:13:23,202 --> 01:13:25,612 12th or 16th century. 941 01:13:26,116 --> 01:13:28,836 Something very historic. 942 01:13:38,474 --> 01:13:41,622 Ladies... gentlemen... 943 01:13:42,029 --> 01:13:45,080 We always like to listen to and watch fairytales. 944 01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:49,084 13 suitcases like you just saw... 945 01:13:49,302 --> 01:13:52,450 ...are only helpful in dreams. 946 01:13:52,943 --> 01:13:55,911 They are hardly a remedy for life. 947 01:13:59,737 --> 01:14:03,176 Not in Asia, not in Africa... 948 01:14:03,341 --> 01:14:06,347 Nor Australia or America... 949 01:14:06,833 --> 01:14:09,952 Not on that sick continent..., 950 01:14:09,953 --> 01:14:11,645 ...which from old times is called Europe. 951 01:14:11,670 --> 01:14:13,463 13 suitcases will not achieve the purpose. 952 01:14:13,488 --> 01:14:15,718 What you've seen has been just a fairy-tale, a game. 953 01:14:15,757 --> 01:14:16,776 Subtitles: serdar202 Revised by FatPlank for KG 65330

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