All language subtitles for 2006 - The Illusionist

In the name of his Imperial Majesty and
the city of Vienna, I hereby

arrest Edward Abramowitz, also known as
Eisenheim the Illusionist.

This is a disturbing public order,
skeletonism and threats against the

Inspector Oodle.

You're late. My apologies, Your
Highness.

I was attending to the loose ends of the
case.

Are there still loose ends?

Very few.

Did he do it again?

How does he do it?

I'm afraid I still don't know.

Did you ask him?

He's not talking at this point.

I'm sure you have methods for that kind
of thing.

I wanted to put an end to it.

If only you have something on him.

Something from his past.

Yes.

I think I do.

In fact, we know all about his life.

We've spoken to almost everyone who ever
knew him.

As a boy, I'm told he had a chance
encounter with a traveling magician.

Bye.

of the story was that the man himself
then vanished.

Along with the tree.

Who knows what actually happened?

People began to think he had some kind
of special power.

Or at least that he was a bit different.

And then he met her.

Don't drop it.

Careful, you're going to trip. Drop it,
you muck snipe.

Oh, watch out for that hole, alley rat.
Drop it.

Pick a card.

Put it back in the deck.

Now watch.

You can't be in a place like this.

They're peasant.

Remember who you are.

She was brought back to the castle, and
they were forbidden to see each other.

But soon, they were doing just that.

Over the next few years, they could
always find a way to be together.

Quick, come on.

In China, there's a magician who can
make anything disappear.

A house, a wagon, anything.

We'll go visit him.

They can't stop us if we want to be
together.

They'll never find us.

You promise you'll take me with you?

One day I will.

One day we'll run away together.

We'll disappear.

There's a secret way to open it.

I wanted a picture.

Sophie, are you there?

We must hurry. They're coming.

Make it disappear.

Make it disappear.

Stop! Stop!

Don't do this! No! Let go!

Let me go!

Let's go!

Your father's waiting for you. No!

Stay away from her, or next time we'll
arrest you and your family.

What happened next remains a mystery.

We do know that he traveled the world,
that he began to perform his magic in

public, that he changed his name to
Eisenheim.

almost 15 years later, he appeared in
Vienna.

Life and death.

Space and time.

Fate and chance.

These are the forces of the universe.

Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I present
to you a man who has...

unlocked these mysteries from the
furthest corners of the world where the

art still holds sway he returns to us to
demonstrate how nature's

laws may be bent I give you

Might I borrow a handkerchief from
someone?

You, madam.

Thank you.

Ah, be patient.

Now, if you please.

I would like to continue with an
examination of time.

From the moment we enter this life, we
are in the flow of it.

We measure it and we mark it.

We cannot defy it.

We cannot even speed it up or slow it
down.

Or can we?

Have we not each experienced the
sensation that a beautiful moment seemed

pass too quickly?

and wished that we could make it linger?

Or felt time slow on a dull day and
wished that we could speed things up a

I assure you, they're quite real.

And you, madam, where is your
handkerchief?

Give us something. Please.

Please. Give us something.

Please. What's all this?

I'm poor.

Do you think you're poor?

Yes.

I want to show you something.

You're not poor.

You have everything that you need right
here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And that's yours.

And this too.

Good

morning.

Good morning.

Coffee? No.

Strudel, I have two.

Nothing. Thank you.

You look very pleased with yourself.

How are the receipts? Not bad. A three
-quarter house.

Well done.

But we're going to do better than that.
Listen to this.

Listen. There is no argument that his
uncanny display separates him from the

ranks of garden -variety stage wizards.

Some of his effects transcend mere
illusion and approach the realm of art.

He is very young to be so masterful.

You see?

Well, pack the house with this review.

We are going to make more money than you
ever dreamed of.

If it was mechanical, maybe he had it
wrapped in some kind of bar.

Of course I thought of that.

It's the butterflies I'm trying to work
out. For Pete's sake.

Invisible wire.

Too obvious.

How many men have you detailed for
Donato? We have eight men inside and

out front.

Perhaps you'll get another look at your
butterflies.

What do you think you're doing?

I'm Chief Inspector Walter Uhl, and I'm
inspecting your theatre.

I've seen you perform.

Very impressive.

Very impressive.

How can we help you, Inspector?

You will be honoured to know that the
Crown Prince plans to attend your

performance tonight.

The Crown Prince? Yes.

So, obviously, we have to inspect the
theatre. I think that one's a bit small

for an assassin, don't you?

There's the orange tree.

I have seen things like this before, but
never one like that.

Extraordinary.

Thank you. I have been puzzling over how
it works, especially how the

butterflies fly.

I assure you, your secret is safe with
me.

I'm an officer of the law, after all,
and a bit of an amateur contra.

Are you really? Yes.

Well, card tricks, coins, sir.

Sleight of hand, yes.

But nothing fancy.

Perhaps you'll give me a tip.

Yes, all right.

I'll show you one I'm very fond of. Are
you a gambling man?

On occasion, yes.

I will bet you the secret of the orange
tree that I can guess which hand you

place this in every time.

Excellent.

Put it in your fist.

Raise your hand against your forehead.

Concentrate on it. Form a mental
picture.

Yes. Have you got it? Yes.

Put your hands in front of you.

It's in your left.

Well... A lucky guess, perhaps.

You have a confederate who signals you.

No. It's more primitive than that.

When you raise your hand to your head,
the blood drains from it.

It will be paler every time.

Please take it with my compliments. Why,
thank you.

The plan drains.

Now, Inspector, if you don't mind, I've
got to prepare for tonight's

performance.

Please

stand

for His Imperial Highness Grand Prince
Leopold.

I thought we might end this evening with
a discussion of the soul.

All the greatest religions speak of the
soul's endurance beyond the end of life.

So what then does it mean to die?

I need a volunteer from the audience.

Someone not afraid of death.

Please.

Someone. I assure you no tragedy will
befall you.

Do you know me?

No.

You're quite certain that we've never
met before?

Yes, of course.

Now please gaze directly into my eyes.

Look nowhere else.

Wave to yourself.

Turn in a circle.

Now bow to yourself.

Away.

They must have liked it. They waited for
you nearly five minutes.

Your Highness, may I introduce Eisenheim
the Illusionist.

Well done.

Thank you for coming.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Oh, we more than enjoyed it.

Stimulated great debate amongst us,
hasn't it?

Except, of course, for your assistant,
Duchess von Tesche, who seemed to have

struck a quite speechless feat in
itself.

Did you hypnotize her?

In a fashion?

I'd like to learn that trick.

Reiner here thinks you have supernatural
powers.

Do you claim supernatural powers?

I've never said anything of that kind.

Then you won't mind a question or two.

No, let's not ruin it.

You needn't divulge anything I can't
guess.

As you wish.

Your assistants are behind the mirror
somewhere, in robes, obviously.

Lights in the frame, perhaps, to
illuminate them, or angled mirrors.

That would be one way to do it.

I think I understand it all, except the
ghost. That was very, very good.

Another viewing, perhaps.

You must come to the Hofburg next time.
We'll make an evening of it.

That will be my pleasure.

So be it.

Sophie?

And we'll gather our best minds next
time.

You really have to challenge them.

Then I'll prepare something special.

Perhaps I'll make you disappear.

My God, when he volunteered her, I heard
the crushing sound of money falling on

me in piles.

Every lady of Leans in Vienna will want
to get up there with you now.

What a show -off.

His father would have died if it seemed
hard to display.

She didn't seem too happy about it
either.

Well, she'd better get used to it.

How's that?

Word is she'll marry him soon.

Really? Taking her chances, if you ask
me.

Why?

He likes to give his lady friends a good
thrashing now and again.

People say he pushed one of them off a
balcony just to cover the beating he'd

given her.

Go ahead, Eisenheim.

Hello, Sophie.

When I was on the stage, you knew me
right away.

It took me a moment, but yes, I knew.

You could have said something.

I thought you'd figure it out
eventually.

Yes, I would have.

I would have come another night,
volunteered, walked right on stage and

hello, and then you'd really have had to
move quickly.

I suspect you would have.

I don't understand why.

Perhaps for the same reasons you find it
prudent to meet in a carriage.

It's just a game I have to play with
them.

I'm followed everywhere.

Supposed to be for my protection.

Yes.

So...

I hear congratulations are in order.

What for?

So you'll be the princess?

Not excited at all.

It makes a certain sense, I suppose.

We've known each other for years, and of
course, our families.

He's very intelligent.

A little too intelligent for his own
good.

You're lucky you know.

It's with broken frees you did.

I often wished that I had.

Wished what?

Wished that I would see you again.

And now you have.

Now I have.

I look forward to seeing you again at
the Hofburg.

Until then.

Here's the report on Dutch's faultation.

Anything interesting?

See for yourself.

The magician.

He drove around for half an hour, then
he got out near the theatre.

What do you want us to do?

Do you want us for a drink?

Please.

No,

thank you.

As in, um... I'm going to ask you a
question.

That may not seem friendly, but I assure
you, in fact, is.

What is your relationship with the
Dutch's foundation?

You're right, that doesn't seem
friendly.

Oh, but that is precisely my point.

For, you see, where others might judge a
discreet carriage ride for what it

seemed to be, I am willing to find
out...

What it actually was.

All right.

We were childhood acquaintances.

Acquaintances?

Childhood friends.

My father was a cabinetmaker.

He made the furniture for her family's
house.

I see. The cabinetmaker's son.

Friends with... Has there been a
complaint?

Oh, no, no. If there'd been a complaint,
no, we'd be having a very different

sort of conversation.

He relies on you for that sort of thing,
does he?

I'm a simple public servant, isn't I?

That's not what I hear.

I hear you'll be the chief of police
very soon.

Maybe mayor of Vienna, party secretary.

All subject to his whim.

You better hope he doesn't dissolve the
parliament before you get there.

The prince has some progressive ideas,
but he will make a fine emperor.

Well, they say you're very close to him,
so I'm sure you'll find... Look.

Yes, indeed. They say that I'm very
close to the prince.

The simple truth of the matter is, Herr
Eisenheim, I'm the son of a butcher.

He's the heir to the empire.

How close could we be to such as him?

You see my point?

Don't fool yourself that you can play in
their game.

I've served on the edge of it for...

many years.

And I can tell you with certainty
there's no trick they haven't seen.

Not worth it.

My guest tonight is not a showman at
all,

but rather a wizard who has sold his
soul to the devil.

In return for unholy powers.

Or so at least some of our friends here
would have us believe.

Fear not.

Everything can and will be explained.

All mysteries penetrated.

Is that the emperor?

Yes, your father.

I didn't think he was invited.

A fair

likeness

of the old man.

Too modern a style for him, of course.

I'm afraid I'm not much of a painter.

It's true. There are no brushstrokes in
this painting.

I can see that very clearly.

So to achieve the color, some sort of
chemical must be interacting, presumably

some sort of sprayer up your sleeve.

There.

If you feel you must.

I do.

Oh, let the man do his show.

You want me to just sit there when it's
so obvious?

I do.

He tries to trick you.

I try to enlighten you which is the more
noble pursuit.

May we have the lights, please, so His
Highness can better see.

See here, Leopold, let's have a show.

Come on, Leopold.

Very well.

I propose a challenge.

Why don't you astonish us, if you can,
without all the...

gadgetry?

As you wish.

Your sword is very beautiful.

Might I see it?

Sure.

Where

does

power flow from?

Skill or destiny?

Or divine right?

We all know the story of a sword called
Excalibur.

Excalibur's blade was fixed in stone.

And there it stayed.

Many worthy knights tried to pull the
sword from the stone.

Only Arthur succeeded, proving his right
to rule.

Who can take this sword?

You, sir.

Can you take the sword?

No surprise there.

Perhaps you, sir.

Not so eager, cousin.

I'm going

to live a long life.

Thank you for your indulgence.

Come now, if you can't pull it out,
you'll never be emperor. Your father

like to be a hundred.

The sword

to its rightful owner.

That's enough flight entertainment for
this evening.

For more serious discussion, please join
me for a drink.

Shut

him

down. Well, he's very popular.

I'm sure you'll find a way.

What did you do to him?

I gave him what he asked for.

What would possess you to do something
so foolish?

Duchess Fantasia, you must come along,
my dear.

We don't want to keep the prince
waiting.

Did you enjoy the show?

It was wonderful, wasn't it? It was a
muse.

Who told you where to find me?

Your manager.

I told him if you want to stay in
Vienna, you'll need my help. Ah, so I'm

driven from the city, is that it?

Good. I shall relish it. Stop it!

I came here to try to help you.

Why?

Why should you possibly care what
happens to me now? You were my friend.

I am your friend. We knew each other
very briefly.

A long time ago, you don't know me at
all.

Then why did you speak to me?

Why did you even bother telling me?

And you kept it all this time.

I used to sit and stare at your picture.

Try to imagine where you were.

At night, I'd have dreams I'd gone with
you.

And then I'd wake up and realize where I
was.

But in my dreams you had shorter hair
and no beard.

Where did you go when you left?

To my uncle's farm near Prague.

How it started.

I went to Russia.

Then Asia Minor.

Then the Orient for many years.

So long.

I was meant to return.

I just... I kept thinking I'd find it
around the next corner.

What?

A real mystery.

I saw remarkable things.

But the only mystery I never solved was
why my heart couldn't let go of you.

He wants me to go to Budapest.

With him next week to announce our
engagement.

He wants the Hungarians behind him.

They're going to crown him king.

I'm sure his father will have something
to say about that. He plans to overthrow

his father.

That could go very badly for him.

And for you.

You shouldn't be involved.

I am part of his plan.

He only gets hungry by aligning himself
with my family.

Leave him.

But not that easy.

Call it off and come away with me.

Or don't say anything and we'll just go.

As long as we're alive, he'll hunt us.

And when he finds us, he'll kill us.

Do you truly want to leave with me?

Yes.

There you are.

As I predicted, they've shut us down.

Are you happy now?

You made your point?

It doesn't matter that we were sold out
for the whole run. No, no.

You got it off your chest.

Do we have money?

What? Do we have any money saved?

Yes, we have some, but we could have had
much, much more.

What do we have to do?

I didn't take into account.

All of it. Of course.

And you have no doubt it was Duchess
Montage? I'd stake my life on it, huh?

And what was in this suitcase?

I don't know.

He's by the first car.

When it's done, you'll travel ahead with
her, and I shall follow.

And she understands everything this
entails?

Completely.

There's not a lot of time.

As you know, we sometimes follow Duchess
von Teschen for her protection.

Yesterday, she was seen in the company
of another man.

What man?

Arsene Heim, the illusionist.

What were you doing?

Well, they were meeting and, uh...
Touching?

Kissing?

Fornicating? Not that we observed, no.

However, I have reason to believe that
they may be planning something together.

It's possible they may be leaving.

I'm not certain of anything yet, Your
Highness. Thank you, Inspector.

We can, of course, acquire more
information...

He spent the afternoon in Vienna with
his father.

He was expected shortly.

I thought you didn't like it here.

I suppose you think you're very clever.

Very democratic in your friendships,
aren't you?

What are you talking about?

Your magician friend.

I know you've been with him.

It's true.

We've been friends since childhood.

You sleep with all your childhood
friends.

I will not be spoken to as well.

You'll be spoken to as I wish to speak
to you.

You're drunk.

You're getting quite old, aren't you?

You know, my mother was 16 years old
when she married my father. And you, can

you even bet your mother you're any use
at all?

Are you trying to embarrass me?

It has nothing to do with you. It has
everything to do with me!

You will! I will not share my bed if
you're slept with him.

You don't understand.

I'm not going to share your bed at all.

I'm not going to Budapest with you.

I don't want to be part of what you're
planning.

And I will not marry you.

I assume you haven't been so stupid as
to tell him anything.

Because if you disrupt my plans, I will
have no further use for you. Do you

understand?

Now, we will travel to Budapest
tomorrow.

I recommend that you're here early,
packed and ready to go.

Nothing more to embarrass me.

Goodbye.

What do you mean, goodbye?

Come back here.

No, leave that.

Leave all the lanterns.

I thought you saw her get on the train
with him.

No, sir.

We were waiting in Vienna for them, but
they left from Baden. We assumed she was

with him.

Should I wire the crown prince in
Budapest? It's been done.

Who are you?

I'm the family's doctor.

Are you the chief inspector?

Yes, I am.

You understand the Seppelis matter now?

Of course I understand.

Good, good.

You have determined the cause of death?

She bled to death.

There's a wound on her throat just above
the left collarbone.

That's from a knife or a sword.

May I take a look?

Inspector, I will not stand for it. The
Crown Prince will not stand for it.

This is not some circus fight show.

My apologies, of course.

Thank you, Doctor.

Probably robbed.

Gypsies, maybe.

Saw all those diamonds?

Couldn't say no. Chief Inspector,
there's one thing you should know.

Yes, what is that?

In the folds of her dress, I found this
small gemstone.

Seen last Thursday at 7 .30 p .m. riding
without an escort toward the Imperial

Hunting Lodge.

Gruzman said she arrived about 8 .30.

What was she doing riding alone?

He did this.

You know he did.

I know who did what? The Crown Prince.

He killed her. He's done it before and
you know it. Oh, I don't know that. In

fact, I'm sure he didn't. He's in
Budapest. He killed her before he left.

afraid the facts don't support your
theory.

She was leaving him.

For who?

You? Yes. Don't be absurd, Herr
Asenheim.

He killed her because he couldn't let
her go.

She knew his secret. What secret?

Ask your inspector. He knows. Stop this
right now!

Are you completely corrupt?

No, not completely. No.

Which is why I'll advise you not to
accuse anyone, especially His Imperial

Highness.

Or you will end up in jail yourself.

Where's the car to let her out of the
gate? Gone with the Crown Prince.

Did any of the servants see her leave?

All asleep.

What about him?

He put her horse in the fur stall when
she arrived.

This one?

We don't have jurisdiction on imperial
property.

Thank you, I know.

So what are you doing?

Investigating.

Not listening to that magician, are you?

For all we know, he did it.

No, I think not.

Grand Prince is back.

We should go.

Now.

What have you found out?

She was last seen riding here alone.

Yes, and based on your information, I
then threw her out. Did she commit

suicide? No, it was surely murder.

Do you have a suspect?

We'll soon find out.

Later that week, we arrested a man and
charged him with murder.

But I knew that that wouldn't satisfy
Eisenheim.

I had my men continue to watch him.

He finally emerged from his grief and
bought a run -down theater.

It's perfect.

He fired his manager and began preparing
for a new kind of show.

Who is he?

My name is Franco.

Where did you come from?

I come from Brun.

My father is a lens grinder there.

How have you come to be here tonight?

I don't know.

Are you alive?

What can you tell us about the other
side?

What's it like?

Yes, tell us. You must know things.

Secret things.

They don't seem to think it's a trick.

Eisenheim's

audience

had always been enthusiastic, but now
he's attracting a more impassioned

following.

Madam, please.

With these spirits, these
manifestations, Eisenheim has given us

hard proof of the soul's immortality.

The spirit has been reaffirmed in the
face of modern scientific materialism.

The work of spiritualism.

will rouse humanity to a new moral
earnestness.

It is a revolutionary movement, and we
will turn the empire into a spiritual

republic.

Do you think Eisenheim's behind all
this?

Why must I be bothered with a magician?

He's proven to be more than a magician,
John.

He's a charlatan. He's a faker.

He pretends to have supernatural powers.

Brought him on trial for fraud.

First we have to go to fraud, then do
it. Find out how the pick is done and

arrest him.

This is... Just a rough demonstration,
Inspector, but you can see how it could

work.

Yes, I see.

Not bad, not bad.

We need to spy on Eisenheim's troop.

Those Orientals, they won't give us
anything. We already tried.

Then try something else.

What has happened here?

One of those ghosts from the theater.

Yes. Where?

Right there. A little boy.

Yes.

Where is this thing?

Right there.

Did you see it?

Very short.

I saw it. Yes.

Orange tree, now this.

Do I have to share all my professional
secrets with the police? Well, in this

case, yes, or I'll be forced to arrest
you.

On what charge?

Well, we'll start with fraud.

Excuse me, Chief Inspector. What?

I think you should look outside the
window.

Who are they?

They're here for him.

Ah.

My goodness, you have a devoted
following.

What is it they expect of you?

I have no idea.

What do your spies tell you?

That you plan to subvert the monarchy,
perhaps?

Why?

Just because the Crown Prince is a
murderer?

He's not a murderer. We have the real
murderer in prison. He pleaded guilty.

I've got the wrong man.

You don't know that.

No, but you do.

You will also go to

prison if you don't explain to me what
it is you are doing.

The sentence will be greater if that mob
attacked the building.

What are you doing?

Stop! Stop!

Listen to me, please.

You've got to listen to me, please.

Thank you all for coming.

I have been speaking with the chief
inspector.

And I think there's been a serious
misunderstanding.

I want you all to know that
everything...

that you have seen in my theater, is an
illusion.

It's a trick.

It's not real.

I can't bring loved ones back from the
grave.

I can't receive messages from the other
side.

I apologize if I've given you any false
hope.

My intention has only been to entertain.

Nothing more.

Now, I appreciate your support, but you
must go home.

Please, you must go.

There,

now I've explained it, so it can't be
fraud.

May I go?

Has he tricked you? Is that it?

No, Your Highness.

Then why are you failing me?

I thought I could trust you.

I thought you were a man I could bring
with me when I took the throne.

Am I wrong about you?

No, you're not wrong, Your Highness, no.

I need men!

who can compete the tasks assigned to
them.

Instead, I'm surrounded by fools.

In the end, I must do everything myself.

I can see this case will be no
different.

How do I look?

Ordinary, Your Highness.

Very ordinary.

I think I'm going to enjoy this.

recognize you.

Right.

And keep your distance.

I don't want to be seen with a
policeman.

Who are you?

Are you Duchess von Teschen?

Yes.

What happened to you?

She was murdered.

Were you murdered?

By who?

Did they arrest the right man?

Tell us, please. Who murdered you?

Someone.

Here.

Tell us.

Was it the crown prince?

He scared the woman before.

The crown prince isn't even here.

Chief Inspector, are you sure you have
the right man? Quite sure, excuse me.

you investigate the crime? He cannot
continue if this is true. He must be

brought to justice.

It's not true. The magic trick is not
evidence. What is your name?

I don't see how that matters.

I invite you to watch what you say, sir.

That necklace didn't even look like
Sophie.

But the audience is stupid and knows it.
He manipulates them.

He himself said nothing.

His actress said nothing inflammatory.

He left it to the audience to make their
accusations. All plans paid for by him,

of course.

I don't suppose you made a note of those
people?

I'm afraid we didn't have enough men
tonight.

After the next performance, I want them
all arrested.

Every one of them.

Eisenheim, the whole trip.

I want an example made of him in front
of all his followers.

foolish last night.

Well, you can't destroy him, you know.

You can't bring down the monarchy.

Oh, I know I can't. Then don't raise her
again.

Don't provoke those questions.

Eisenheim, I don't want to arrest you.

I'm a cynical man, God knows, but... If
your manifestations are somehow real,

then even I'm willing to admit you're a
very special person. And if it's a

trick, then it's equally impressive.
Either way, you have a gift.

So don't make me put you in jail.

Promise me you won't do it again.

I promise you you'll enjoy this next
show.

What do you want?

Nothing.

Then why bring her back?

Just to be with her.

To be with her.

Everything is ready? Yes, sir. We're
trying to assure he might escape.

He will not escape.

I want guards at every door and window.
Sir?

I want to apologize to you for my
behavior of late, but I want to make it

you if you'll listen to a proposition.

Well, I don't know.

I'll make it worth your while, Joseph.

You know, I'm very busy right now. I
haven't just been sitting around waiting

for you. No, no, of course.

I want you to assume control of all my
finances and my assets.

Everything.

Everything? Yes.

including this theater and all the
receipts from tonight's performance,

offer with my sincere thanks.

What do you say?

All right.

I'll do it. Good.

Would you like me to introduce you
tonight?

No.

Tonight, just enjoy the show.

Excuse me, Chief Inspector. I'm Joseph
Fisher, Eisenheim's manager.

Yes, I remember.

What's going on? Why all the police?

Precautions, Officer, precautions.

Are you planning to arrest Eisenheim?

That's entirely up to him.

It's not just contention.

Why were you murdered?

I was leaving him.

Leaving who?

The Crown Prince.

We won't stand for it. I tried to get
away.

I was wearing my locket when I died, but
now it's gone.

It's lost.

Tell us, please, who murdered you? Was
it the crown prince? We must do

something. We must help him.

Through the front.

Step up.

In the name of his imperial majesty.

Where is he?

He was right there.

How is this trick done?

How is it done?

I don't know. Nobody knows.

I heard my driver take the sword to a
police head.

My men will examine it and see if it
matches the gemstone found on Duchess

Terschen's body. I have no doubt that it
will.

After that, I came in here, and you
asked me why I was late.

Stolen imperial property.

That seems trivial compared with murder.

Even if that were true, you have no
jurisdiction here.

That's right.

You may do as you wish here without
consequence.

Nobody can punish you.

Except one man.

Who's that?

The emperor.

I don't suppose he'll leave his crown to
a murderer, do you?

You'll never believe you.

Maybe not.

I wrote a letter to his general staff
telling them everything, including your

plan to overthrow the emperor.

I know they'll listen to that.

You'll not take the throne, not with my
help.

You no longer want to be chief of
police?

You don't want to be a baron, an
aristocrat?

I'm afraid that's out of the question at
this point.

You sure? He's tricking me.

He's manipulating you.

He had the sword at the Claremont
performance. He could have pried the

loose then and planted them here. He's
planted every mural here. Drunk. It's

a trick.

It's an illusion.

Perhaps there's truth in this illusion.

You need to wire your driver and have
the sword returned.

Or what?

I'll shoot you. First I'll shoot you
anyway.

And then you'll have killed the police
inspector and the duchess.

Perhaps I'll kill you, sir.

You committed suicide in the store at
having failed your leader.

officers of the general staff, I guess.

They must have received my letter.

What do you want?

I don't want anything.

Fine.

Lieutenant, the situation is so obvious.

Everyone's completely incompetent.

My father runs the empire into the
ground.

No nurses, no one does anything about
it. I propose to clean up the mess and

thank me by betraying me. Well, you're
all becoming irrelevant. You will be

replaced.

The country will be run by mongrels.

There's a thousand different voices
screaming to be heard and nothing will

done. Nothing.

I've done everything I can.

Too much.

The ground train's dead short, Amazon.

Are you Chief Inspector Earl?

I used to be.

Who gave you this?

Who gave you this?

tickets and benefits.

When it's done, you'll travel ahead with
her and I shall follow.

When she understands everything this
entails. Completely.

Do you think Eisenheim's behind all
this?

So what does it mean to die?

What do you want?

To be with her?

Be with her.

Chief Inspector, there's one thing you
should know.

Your sword is very beautiful.

Might I see it? You're drunk.

No, we're drunk.

You're a

charlatan.

He's planted everything.

Everything you have seen is an illusion.

A trick.

Ha ha ha.