1 00:01:04,356 --> 00:01:08,110 THE MAN WHO LAUGHS 2 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:41,811 17th century 3 00:01:42,686 --> 00:01:47,525 ENGLAND 4 00:01:57,576 --> 00:02:01,247 His Majesty, 5 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:05,626 King James II. 6 00:02:23,936 --> 00:02:27,273 Barkilphedro, the king's fool. 7 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:37,283 But all his jokes were cruel and her perfidious smiles. 8 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:08,355 Your Majesty, Lord Clancharlie has been captured! 9 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:11,400 Alive ? 10 00:04:08,457 --> 00:04:12,586 Thus, the proud rebel who refused to kiss our hand, 11 00:04:12,628 --> 00:04:17,341 returns from exile to embrace the Iron Lady. 12 00:04:41,282 --> 00:04:47,246 I came home to find my son. What did you do with him? 13 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:03,429 By our grace he is alive and in good health, it seems to me. 14 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:55,772 A comprachico surgeon gave him a big smile 15 00:05:55,773 --> 00:06:00,235 so he can laugh forever from his idiot father. 16 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,952 Comprachicos! 17 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:18,420 And they gave a nice sum to my Barkilphedro in exchange for the little one. 18 00:06:21,507 --> 00:06:24,593 Take him to the Iron Lady! 19 00:06:50,536 --> 00:06:54,748 My poor son, God help him! 20 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:19,189 Comprachicos are gypsies sellers of stolen children, 21 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:25,487 who practice illegal surgical acts 22 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:31,034 consisting of cutting into the flesh of these children 23 00:07:31,285 --> 00:07:39,001 to make them clowns or monstrous jesters. 24 00:07:40,586 --> 00:07:45,799 Therefore, all comprachicos are banished from England, 25 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:48,844 under penalty of death. 26 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:51,513 Jacques. 27 00:08:15,537 --> 00:08:17,873 Leave this guy there! 28 00:08:24,046 --> 00:08:28,675 The comprachico surgeon, Dr. Hardquanonne. 29 00:08:37,476 --> 00:08:40,896 Bring him back on board! 30 00:08:51,114 --> 00:08:55,994 Our victims must not can have us condemned! 31 00:09:28,944 --> 00:09:31,363 This guy ç belongs to us by order of the King, 32 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:34,366 it can bring us money! 33 00:12:10,689 --> 00:12:14,067 Who disturbs the rest of Ursus, the philosopher? 34 00:12:18,613 --> 00:12:19,740 Shut up, Homo! 35 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:27,038 My name is Gwynplaine, I'm cold and I'm hungry. 36 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:27,516 What ? Are there two of you? 37 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:57,546 Blind ! 38 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:04,302 Stop laughing. 39 00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:11,393 Stop laughing, I tell you! 40 00:14:12,227 --> 00:14:13,854 I'm not laughing! 41 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:26,491 The comprachicos! 42 00:14:57,188 --> 00:15:00,191 The following years were prosperous, 43 00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:04,487 for Father Ursus and his little caravan. 44 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:20,921 Gwynplaine, who became a traveling actor, 45 00:15:21,087 --> 00:15:26,051 was known in the country as “The Man Who Laughs.” 46 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:56,373 In Dea's blind eyes, 47 00:15:56,706 --> 00:16:02,671 the image of Gwynplaine floated in a ray of light. 48 00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:03,273 The man who laughs is coming! 49 00:17:29,132 --> 00:17:32,552 Do not miss z not Gwynplaine, 50 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:39,642 who was abandoned at the age of 10, the night of January 29, 1690, 51 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:45,732 by the ignoble comprachicos, in Cornwall. 52 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:53,615 This little boy has grown up and is known under the name "The Man Who Laughs". 53 00:18:33,238 --> 00:18:38,076 Your clown is fabulous, it is worth a lot of money. 54 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:48,169 I have monsters too, 55 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:51,589 a pig with two snouts and a five-legged cow. 56 00:18:55,552 --> 00:18:58,471 You're going to the Southwark fair, you too? 57 00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:03,685 My name is Hardquanonne, 58 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:07,564 I will get to know you and your... Laughing Man. 59 00:19:36,176 --> 00:19:40,680 Southwark Fair, financed by the Queen's fortune 60 00:19:40,972 --> 00:19:46,561 is a rattle for the people who has fun and forgets everything. 61 00:21:02,303 --> 00:21:05,223 Look at him! Gwynplaine! The Man Who Laughs! 62 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:32,500 I want you to carry a message to the Duchess. it's important. 63 00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:43,761 Ursus the philosopher presents the incomparable Gwynplaine 64 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:46,014 and Dea, the beautiful blind girl. 65 00:22:16,711 --> 00:22:19,630 It's like that that you rehearse your role? 66 00:22:23,051 --> 00:22:25,678 I will heal you of this love sickness. 67 00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:30,600 You will get married before the end from Southwark Fair. 68 00:22:47,950 --> 00:22:54,165 Why do you always walk away from me when Ursus speaks of marriage? 69 00:23:22,318 --> 00:23:25,405 Dea, I have no right to love you. 70 00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:33,371 Gwynplaine, my life belongs to you. 71 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:42,505 You would marry me, my dear Dea, without even seeing my face? 72 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:05,653 Listen to how they laugh at me, I'm nothing but a clown! 73 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:40,313 A message from Dr. Hardquanonne for Duchess Josiane. 74 00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:42,023 It's important. 75 00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:02,335 The ambitious Barkilphedro had prospered, 76 00:25:02,585 --> 00:25:06,422 even after the death of his boss, King James. 77 00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:11,761 I have a letter for Duchess Josiane, 78 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:15,097 and they won't let me in. 79 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:21,581 From Dr. Hardquanonne, to Duchess Josiane, 80 00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:23,791 Receive your respectful messages greetings. 81 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:27,461 Thanks to our late sovereign, James II, 82 00:26:27,545 --> 00:26:30,464 you enjoy z goods of Lord Clancharlie. 83 00:26:30,673 --> 00:26:34,885 But Lord Clancharlie has an heir. He is alive. 84 00:26:35,177 --> 00:26:38,347 Only I know of its existence. 85 00:26:47,231 --> 00:26:51,277 I only have one word to say and you will be z penniless. 86 00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:55,656 If you want to buy my silence, ask for Dr Hardquanonne 87 00:26:55,823 --> 00:26:58,576 at the Southwark Fair. 88 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:59,220 The Queen still imposes on the court a concert this afternoon. 89 00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:02,848 I will read the invitation to the Duchess. 90 00:28:09,647 --> 00:28:13,943 The beard with this concert! Tell me the latest gossip. 91 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,461 A new scandal is brewing, 92 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:36,841 but I fear that it will touch Your Grace up close. 93 00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:45,141 Could this be my Dirry-Moir darling? 94 00:29:06,996 --> 00:29:12,543 My fiancé is way too stupid to cause an interesting scandal. 95 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:20,009 This will interest you, dear Duchess, 96 00:29:20,384 --> 00:29:23,637 but His Majesty must be the first to know. 97 00:30:07,765 --> 00:30:10,518 It's an apple who got Eve into trouble, 98 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:12,686 my dear Duchess. 99 00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,499 The scandal begins. 100 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:47,554 I have good news for you Your Majesty, 101 00:30:47,555 --> 00:30:49,640 about the insolent Josiane. 102 00:31:08,826 --> 00:31:10,160 Dirry-Moir! 103 00:31:21,297 --> 00:31:24,008 Your fiancée lack of good manners. 104 00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:27,052 She insults us again by his absence. 105 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,268 I'm overwhelmed by Josiane's irreverence. 106 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:37,062 Can't I go get her? 107 00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:27,821 But Lord Clancharlie has an heir... 108 00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:03,899 If I found this heir, 109 00:33:04,108 --> 00:33:08,737 Your Majesty would not miss to reward 110 00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:12,366 his devoted Barkilphedro? 111 00:33:25,254 --> 00:33:29,091 It is in your interest to find him 112 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:34,221 because I am still in possession from The Iron Lady! 113 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:19,683 A more pleasant and familiar seat was waiting for Duchess Josiane 114 00:34:19,933 --> 00:34:23,729 at the Southwark Fair. 115 00:35:03,393 --> 00:35:08,190 Are you Dr. Hardquanonne, who sent a letter 116 00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:12,444 to Duchess Josiane? 117 00:35:30,254 --> 00:35:34,925 I have proof. 118 00:36:01,869 --> 00:36:04,830 Drive it to the torture chamber! 119 00:36:31,273 --> 00:36:35,819 Gwynplaine, you are becoming famous! We've never had so many people! 120 00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:45,013 Gwynplaine! Bring Gwynplaine! 121 00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:02,614 It's wonderful how my Gwynplaine makes people laugh, 122 00:38:02,823 --> 00:38:05,409 even when he is sad. 123 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:15,354 This way, come and see The Man Who Laughs! 124 00:40:00,399 --> 00:40:06,947 Go to the concert as soon as possible! The Queen is furious. 125 00:40:13,787 --> 00:40:16,832 Hey. we saw her first! 126 00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:14,723 At the Royal Palace! 127 00:42:52,946 --> 00:42:57,409 Have no fear, my dear Duchess, I stay with you. 128 00:43:30,984 --> 00:43:33,903 You grant these boors of the fair, 129 00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:37,449 more favors than to your fiancé, my dear. 130 00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:48,752 I do what I please, 131 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,714 and I will return to the fair to see this laughing clown! 132 00:44:07,729 --> 00:44:10,440 Ursus the philosopher presents the incomparable Gwynplaine 133 00:44:10,690 --> 00:44:13,360 and Dea, the beautiful blind girl. 134 00:44:13,652 --> 00:44:16,571 As well as “The Man Who Laughs”, a comedy in two acts. 135 00:46:17,984 --> 00:46:21,738 We have a great lady tonight. 136 00:46:21,905 --> 00:46:26,451 Nothing less than a duchess, I'm sure of it! 137 00:46:57,774 --> 00:47:02,403 I wrote this piece in the style of a certain Shakespeare, 138 00:47:02,529 --> 00:47:05,615 just much better than him. 139 00:50:25,982 --> 00:50:28,234 What a success! 140 00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:32,822 Have you seen this very beautiful woman in the dressing room? 141 00:50:43,041 --> 00:50:49,547 Was she that beautiful? Gwynplaine? 142 00:51:28,795 --> 00:51:31,881 You really are a lucky clown, 143 00:51:32,090 --> 00:51:36,219 you don't have to rub to erase your smile. 144 00:53:39,508 --> 00:53:44,722 I'm the one who didn't laugh. Is it out of pity or out of love? 145 00:53:44,931 --> 00:53:50,144 My page will come get you tomorrow at midnight. 146 00:54:07,495 --> 00:54:13,334 A woman saw my face and yet she may love me. 147 00:54:21,342 --> 00:54:24,637 If such a thing is possible, 148 00:54:24,804 --> 00:54:27,890 then I have the right to marry Dea. 149 00:54:39,068 --> 00:54:43,030 Forget this nonsense, Dea loves you, 150 00:54:43,155 --> 00:54:46,784 and she will never see your face. 151 00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:56,771 Gwyn...plain! 152 00:56:23,172 --> 00:56:24,423 Stay with Dea. 153 01:03:01,862 --> 01:03:05,115 To Duchess Josiane... 154 01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:10,537 According to the will of God, the heir to Lord Clancharlie's estate, 155 01:03:10,621 --> 01:03:13,207 of which you have z the enjoyment, 156 01:03:13,290 --> 01:03:17,211 was recognized in the person of an acrobat. 157 01:03:26,804 --> 01:03:30,557 I hardly dare reveal to you that the legitimate heir 158 01:03:30,682 --> 01:03:33,936 is called Gwynplaine, the laughing clown. 159 01:03:44,238 --> 01:03:47,950 Thinking only of your own good, I cancel your engagement 160 01:03:48,158 --> 01:03:51,078 and urge you to marry Gwynplaine 161 01:03:51,245 --> 01:03:53,497 to whom I will restore his property 162 01:03:53,664 --> 01:03:57,251 that you will share z with him. Anne R. 163 01:05:01,064 --> 01:05:03,609 She laughed, Homo... Like the others! 164 01:08:01,411 --> 01:08:03,370 God closed my eyes 165 01:08:03,371 --> 01:08:07,125 so that I don't see than the real Gwynplaine. 166 01:09:16,444 --> 01:09:20,699 Where is the clown Gwynplaine? He is under arrest. 167 01:10:50,288 --> 01:10:51,831 Don't tell Dea. 168 01:11:06,721 --> 01:11:12,519 Sleep Dea. Gwynplaine and me let's go to work at the inn. 169 01:11:23,863 --> 01:11:26,533 They take him at Chatham Prison. 170 01:11:26,658 --> 01:11:28,910 Dea must not know anything! 171 01:12:30,597 --> 01:12:33,266 Those who enter there never come out, 172 01:12:33,475 --> 01:12:35,435 don't wait. 173 01:14:18,455 --> 01:14:20,206 The show is over... 174 01:15:27,065 --> 01:15:30,276 Dr Hardquanonne is dead at Chatham Prison. 175 01:15:30,443 --> 01:15:35,615 His confessions prove that Gwynplaine is the lost son of Lord Clancharlie. 176 01:15:41,579 --> 01:15:46,668 Poor Josiane, I am sad to see her marry a clown 177 01:15:46,793 --> 01:15:49,837 to preserve his fortune. 178 01:15:54,384 --> 01:15:58,137 Your Majesty is always the most generous of monarchs. 179 01:16:16,281 --> 01:16:21,035 The clown, Gwynplaine, is still imprisoned. 180 01:16:21,286 --> 01:16:26,165 Tomorrow he will be made a pair of the House of Lords. 181 01:17:41,741 --> 01:17:44,619 The show should start soon. 182 01:18:03,346 --> 01:18:07,266 How can you tell Dea, and break his heart? 183 01:18:22,657 --> 01:18:26,994 Dea must not know anything. The show has to take place. 184 01:18:52,145 --> 01:18:54,355 Gwynplaine! Bring Gwynplaine! 185 01:19:15,168 --> 01:19:18,129 Gwynplaine! Gwynplaine! We want Gwynplaine! 186 01:19:40,902 --> 01:19:47,074 There have never been so many people. Listen to them cheering for Gwynplaine! 187 01:19:53,956 --> 01:19:58,586 I present to you the great playwright Ursus. 188 01:20:16,187 --> 01:20:21,150 I wrote a mystery in the style of Shakespeare... just much better! 189 01:20:29,158 --> 01:20:31,160 It's called "Chaos Vanquished", 190 01:20:31,244 --> 01:20:34,163 and concludes... in light and laughter! 191 01:21:23,713 --> 01:21:26,632 It's your turn to enter the scene, Dea. 192 01:22:25,566 --> 01:22:28,778 In the name of reasons of state, you are banished from England. 193 01:22:28,903 --> 01:22:31,197 You will leave tomorrow. 194 01:22:43,084 --> 01:22:46,045 Gwynplaine, the acrobat who laughs, died. 195 01:23:26,377 --> 01:23:29,046 My Gwynplaine. I can't believe it! 196 01:24:18,763 --> 01:24:21,849 Let it pass a peer of England. 197 01:24:47,291 --> 01:24:52,421 On the way to the docks London. Banned! 198 01:25:02,515 --> 01:25:05,976 Let it pass a peer of England! 199 01:25:50,604 --> 01:25:53,357 Jesters interrupted our journey. 200 01:25:53,566 --> 01:25:59,155 We are only a few steps away, will you deign to walk? 201 01:26:49,371 --> 01:26:52,249 Where are you taking me, Homo? 202 01:27:13,896 --> 01:27:17,066 It's unworthy. A clown in the House of Peers... 203 01:27:17,149 --> 01:27:20,778 Look at his standard and its coat of arms! 204 01:30:18,330 --> 01:30:23,168 So they all forgot the beloved of the Man Who Laughs! 205 01:30:32,553 --> 01:30:37,057 Come with me. Let's surprise Lord Gwynplaine 206 01:30:37,141 --> 01:30:39,768 and upset Her Majesty, the Queen. 207 01:31:26,773 --> 01:31:30,527 Lord Clancharlie, Baron Clancharlie, Marquis of Corleone, 208 01:31:30,611 --> 01:31:33,238 welcome among your peers, 209 01:31:33,322 --> 01:31:37,367 spiritual and temporal lords of Great Britain. 210 01:32:07,064 --> 01:32:11,777 The Queen also decrees that Lord Clancharlie 211 01:32:11,944 --> 01:32:15,739 take as wife Duchess Josiane. 212 01:32:38,428 --> 01:32:41,390 He laughs at the queen's order! 213 01:32:45,936 --> 01:32:49,481 He laughs at the House of Lords! 214 01:33:02,035 --> 01:33:06,915 Don't you guess he's there? Listen to them laugh! 215 01:33:42,200 --> 01:33:45,203 Don't walk through that door, my child. 216 01:33:45,287 --> 01:33:47,581 Come, I'll show you the path. 217 01:35:39,443 --> 01:35:40,944 I protest! 218 01:35:47,993 --> 01:35:52,372 I refuse to be forced to this detestable union, 219 01:35:52,664 --> 01:35:55,417 even on the orders of the Queen! 220 01:36:02,174 --> 01:36:05,177 How dare you refuse the hand of a duchess, 221 01:36:05,302 --> 01:36:07,804 you, a clown! 222 01:36:10,432 --> 01:36:13,185 He's a king who made me a clown! 223 01:36:17,939 --> 01:36:21,026 A benevolent queen has ennobled you. 224 01:36:21,151 --> 01:36:24,571 You will honor the order of His Majesty! 225 01:36:34,915 --> 01:36:37,584 A queen made me a lord. 226 01:36:46,676 --> 01:36:49,971 But first, God made me a man! 227 01:37:12,869 --> 01:37:16,164 Let it pass a peer of England! 228 01:37:28,969 --> 01:37:34,516 Take hold of the laughing clown, he dares to insult the Queen of England! 229 01:38:01,001 --> 01:38:04,421 Gwynplain e, the clown, return to his own people! 230 01:38:04,504 --> 01:38:09,217 You, go to the Queen for your reward! 231 01:39:27,629 --> 01:39:30,840 It’s Gwynplaine! Our Laughing Man is back! 232 01:40:46,791 --> 01:40:49,294 Dea! Where is Dea? 233 01:40:53,006 --> 01:40:56,676 They were ordered to leave England. 234 01:40:56,718 --> 01:40:59,721 You will find them maybe on the docks. 235 01:43:11,811 --> 01:43:14,272 To the tower! He's trapped! 236 01:45:05,508 --> 01:45:08,136 Quickly ! Take me to the docks! 237 01:46:56,702 --> 01:46:57,453 Search the docks!