1 00:00:26,053 --> 00:00:30,926 I can't. You mustn't tempt me, Monsieur. 2 00:00:31,016 --> 00:00:32,656 But I must. 3 00:00:33,237 --> 00:00:36,818 For in exchange you're going to send this message for me? 4 00:00:38,619 --> 00:00:39,629 He's sending. 5 00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:42,950 My right-hand man is sending. I've missed his signal. 6 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,491 I'll lose my job and my pension. 7 00:00:46,581 --> 00:00:50,817 With 5,000 you could buy a nice little house with two acres of ground. 8 00:00:50,908 --> 00:00:52,033 Two acres? 9 00:00:52,123 --> 00:00:54,134 And the interest on the remaining 20,000 10 00:00:54,224 --> 00:00:57,987 will yield you about 1,000 a year for the rest of your life. 11 00:00:59,803 --> 00:01:03,690 1,000 a year and two acres. What am I to do? 12 00:01:03,780 --> 00:01:05,495 Well, it's not very difficult. 13 00:01:05,802 --> 00:01:06,512 What is it? 14 00:01:06,602 --> 00:01:08,283 Just send the signal. 15 00:01:11,345 --> 00:01:13,997 It's to the Minister of the Interior in Paris. 16 00:01:14,087 --> 00:01:16,338 Heavens... 17 00:01:16,428 --> 00:01:19,020 There you are, you see it? Won't take long. 18 00:01:19,110 --> 00:01:20,180 Yes, but... 19 00:01:20,270 --> 00:01:25,153 You shall have nectarines and peaches and plums and all the rest. 20 00:01:27,115 --> 00:01:28,695 Now you're rich. 21 00:01:28,836 --> 00:01:29,936 Yes. 22 00:01:30,158 --> 00:01:32,469 - But at what a price! - Listen, my friend, 23 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:34,470 I don't want to cause you any remorse! 24 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,711 Believe me, when I tell you you have done wrong to no man. 25 00:01:37,801 --> 00:01:40,202 Indeed, you benefited mankind! 26 00:01:51,327 --> 00:01:53,798 Lucien, please go! I told you I wanted to see no one! 27 00:01:53,888 --> 00:01:55,359 - How enchanting you look. - Please! 28 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:59,982 Be calm! I will do nothing to hurt you. Your friendship is far too precious to me. 29 00:02:00,072 --> 00:02:02,987 If it were, you wouldn't stay here another instant. 30 00:02:04,013 --> 00:02:07,294 Forgive me, but I am not here only on your account. 31 00:02:08,934 --> 00:02:09,884 Then for what reason? 32 00:02:09,974 --> 00:02:11,915 I call to see the Baron. 33 00:02:12,455 --> 00:02:15,806 You know that my devotion to you is unbounded. 34 00:02:15,896 --> 00:02:19,307 And my passion for you is limited only by the discretion 35 00:02:19,397 --> 00:02:22,178 which society imposes upon us. 36 00:02:23,198 --> 00:02:25,549 But the fact remains that I have information 37 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,319 of the very greatest importance for the Baron. 38 00:02:28,619 --> 00:02:30,151 But you can't tell me? 39 00:02:30,241 --> 00:02:32,527 It would be better if I told him myself. 40 00:02:35,964 --> 00:02:39,457 Lucien, you are speaking the truth? You do have news for him? 41 00:02:39,547 --> 00:02:43,389 News for which he'll be grateful to me for the rest of his life. 42 00:02:46,992 --> 00:02:49,343 My dear Baron, I'm delighted to see you. 43 00:02:49,433 --> 00:02:51,474 I came expressly to see you. 44 00:02:52,235 --> 00:02:54,607 That's good. That's rich. Did you indeed? 45 00:02:54,697 --> 00:02:57,418 - Then let me tell you... - No, Baron! Let me tell you! 46 00:02:57,799 --> 00:03:01,057 I have information that could affect your entire fortune. 47 00:03:01,402 --> 00:03:05,123 You're a rich man now despite the losses you've suffered recently. 48 00:03:05,383 --> 00:03:10,545 I can restore those losses and make you ten times a millionaire 49 00:03:11,445 --> 00:03:12,514 What do you say? 50 00:03:12,604 --> 00:03:15,066 - You have holdings in Spain... - Of course! 51 00:03:15,546 --> 00:03:17,574 - That's the greater part of your fortune... - Be quiet, woman! 52 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:19,666 I was working late with the ministery tonight 53 00:03:19,756 --> 00:03:21,107 when a telegram reached my desk. 54 00:03:21,197 --> 00:03:25,173 That's a copy of it. The king Don Carlos has escaped 55 00:03:25,264 --> 00:03:27,219 the vigilance exercised over him at Bourges 56 00:03:27,309 --> 00:03:28,900 and has returned to Spain. 57 00:03:28,990 --> 00:03:31,151 Barcelona has risen in his favor. 58 00:03:32,929 --> 00:03:34,969 Merciful heavens, I'm ruined. 59 00:03:36,970 --> 00:03:38,510 Nothing of the sort. 60 00:03:40,311 --> 00:03:44,203 This news will not be released until tomorrow morning at the earliest. 61 00:03:44,293 --> 00:03:47,436 Act now and you could become the richest man in France. 62 00:03:49,035 --> 00:03:51,295 Sell every bond you possess. 63 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,492 Forgive me my noble suspicions. 64 00:04:00,582 --> 00:04:03,635 Accept the heartfelt gratitude of an old man. 65 00:04:04,235 --> 00:04:06,684 I love you like a son. 66 00:04:12,477 --> 00:04:15,169 And so he sent me to treat with the Turkish chief of staff. 67 00:04:15,259 --> 00:04:17,050 Unhappily, the negotiations failed. 68 00:04:17,140 --> 00:04:20,152 On my return to Janina, I found my benefactor dying. 69 00:04:20,242 --> 00:04:23,194 The Turks had treacherously used my absence in the period of truce 70 00:04:23,284 --> 00:04:25,375 to attack and destroy Ali Pasha. 71 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:28,898 Nevertheless, gentlemen, his confidence in me remained secure to the end. 72 00:04:28,988 --> 00:04:32,381 On his deathbed, he reposed his favorite mistress 73 00:04:32,471 --> 00:04:34,503 and her daughter to my care. 74 00:04:34,593 --> 00:04:36,905 Naturally, Mr. le Comte, you've fulfilled his wishes? 75 00:04:36,995 --> 00:04:38,168 The Turks had plundered the town. 76 00:04:38,258 --> 00:04:39,888 The woman and her daughter had disappeared. 77 00:04:39,978 --> 00:04:42,010 Have you any idea of what became of them? 78 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:45,333 No, though I caused every inquiry to be made, I fear they were sold into slavery. 79 00:04:45,423 --> 00:04:48,597 Can you produce any witnesses to the truth of what you have asserted? 80 00:04:48,687 --> 00:04:51,128 Surely, Mr. President, the most convincing proof of my innocence 81 00:04:51,218 --> 00:04:53,054 is the total lack of any witness who might have come forward 82 00:04:53,144 --> 00:04:56,276 in support of this scurrilous and lifeless attack on my honor, 83 00:04:56,366 --> 00:04:57,727 which I utterly repudiate. 84 00:04:57,817 --> 00:05:00,850 There is, however contrary to your expectation, 85 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:03,972 one witness who will come forward to testify. 86 00:05:04,062 --> 00:05:07,498 In this letter the witness claims to have special knowledge 87 00:05:07,588 --> 00:05:10,244 of the events that we've been investigating. 88 00:05:10,334 --> 00:05:13,553 I take it, Mr. le Comnte, you would have an objection 89 00:05:13,643 --> 00:05:15,669 to this evidence being called... 90 00:05:18,432 --> 00:05:22,405 - Who is this witness? - The letter is unsigned. 91 00:05:22,495 --> 00:05:25,352 The writer of the letter is waiting in the lobby. 92 00:05:25,442 --> 00:05:26,667 Call the witness in. 93 00:05:40,732 --> 00:05:43,339 Madame, if you have true information 94 00:05:43,430 --> 00:05:46,416 bearing on the case of Mr. le Comte de Morcert, 95 00:05:46,507 --> 00:05:49,073 this committee must know your identity. 96 00:05:49,709 --> 00:05:53,935 I must beg you therefore to lay aside your veil. 97 00:05:55,197 --> 00:05:56,938 Madame, you have stated in this letter 98 00:05:57,028 --> 00:05:59,589 that you were an eyewitness of the events at Jannina. 99 00:05:59,679 --> 00:06:01,589 I was indeed, monsieur. 100 00:06:01,679 --> 00:06:03,590 In what manner did they concern you? 101 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,461 Upon them depended my father's life. 102 00:06:10,766 --> 00:06:13,909 I am Haydée, daughter of Ali Tepelini, pasha of Janina, 103 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:16,080 and of Vasiliki, his beloved wife. 104 00:06:16,170 --> 00:06:21,144 Madame, can you provide us with some proof of your identity? 105 00:06:21,234 --> 00:06:22,735 I can, monsieur. 106 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:27,238 These documents must be read by an interpreter. 107 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,793 In the meanwhile, would you, madame, tell us in your own words 108 00:06:32,883 --> 00:06:35,965 of your recollection of the events at Janina? 109 00:06:36,427 --> 00:06:40,240 At that time the armies of Ali Tepelini were fighting the armies of the port. 110 00:06:40,330 --> 00:06:43,342 The garrison of our town was commanded by a French officer 111 00:06:43,432 --> 00:06:45,093 Fernand Mondego. 112 00:06:45,774 --> 00:06:48,936 My father reposed such faith in this man 113 00:06:49,217 --> 00:06:50,565 but when the opportunity arose 114 00:06:50,655 --> 00:06:53,070 he sent him to treat with the enemy at Constantinople 115 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,061 but Mondego made his own terms with him. 116 00:06:56,262 --> 00:06:59,724 He returned to Janina pretending his mission had succeeded. 117 00:07:00,305 --> 00:07:03,927 That same night he opened the gates of the castle to the enemy. 118 00:07:04,309 --> 00:07:07,470 And with his own hands murdered my father. 119 00:07:09,051 --> 00:07:11,262 My mother and I were held by Turkish soldiers 120 00:07:11,352 --> 00:07:14,773 and forced to witness the scene. 121 00:07:15,554 --> 00:07:19,735 On Mondego's orders my father's head was severed from his body 122 00:07:20,016 --> 00:07:22,687 and carried off as a prize to the Grand Seigneur. 123 00:07:22,777 --> 00:07:25,508 Madame, you're asking us to believe that a French officer 124 00:07:25,598 --> 00:07:27,489 committed the crime you have described? 125 00:07:27,579 --> 00:07:30,039 All I have told you is the truth. 126 00:07:31,001 --> 00:07:34,453 We were delivered into his hands, and he sold us into slavery. 127 00:07:34,543 --> 00:07:36,143 Can you prove it? 128 00:07:36,484 --> 00:07:39,465 The proof is in the hands of your interpreter. 129 00:07:39,945 --> 00:07:41,045 Well? 130 00:07:41,346 --> 00:07:44,185 These, Mr. le Presidant, are the birth and baptismal 131 00:07:44,275 --> 00:07:48,019 certificates of Haydée, daughter of Ali Tepelini, Pasha of Janina. 132 00:07:48,109 --> 00:07:51,431 - And the other documents? - This one reads... 133 00:07:52,132 --> 00:07:53,934 "I, Hasan Yan, a slave merchant," 134 00:07:54,024 --> 00:07:56,541 "and furnisher of the harem of His Highness," 135 00:07:56,631 --> 00:08:00,080 "acknowledge purchasing a young Christian slave named Haydée," 136 00:08:00,170 --> 00:08:02,967 "rightful daughter of the late lord Ali Tepelini" 137 00:08:03,057 --> 00:08:06,621 "and her mother Vasiliki, from General Fernand Mondego," 138 00:08:06,711 --> 00:08:10,610 "a French officer formerly in the service of Ali Tepelini." 139 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:13,272 "This purchase was made on His Highness's account" 140 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:17,914 "for the sum of 400,000 livres." Signed "Hasan Yan". 141 00:08:18,004 --> 00:08:19,274 And the last document? 142 00:08:19,364 --> 00:08:22,855 A receipt signed by the Vizier of the Grand Seigneur. 143 00:08:22,945 --> 00:08:25,648 The girl Haydée was released into the custody 144 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:27,566 of the Count of Monte Cristo. 145 00:08:28,187 --> 00:08:31,007 Mr. le Comte, what have you to say? 146 00:08:32,408 --> 00:08:35,839 It is a wicked plot contrived by my enemies. 147 00:08:35,929 --> 00:08:37,319 Do you recognize this lady? 148 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:40,190 I have never seen her before in my life. 149 00:08:40,910 --> 00:08:42,050 Murderer! 150 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:48,564 Murderer! You know me as I know you! 151 00:08:48,765 --> 00:08:51,036 It was you who slew my father. 152 00:08:51,126 --> 00:08:54,147 It was you who raised his head upon a spear. 153 00:08:54,387 --> 00:08:57,828 See, his blood is still upon your brow. 154 00:09:00,190 --> 00:09:03,811 I could not forget him in a thousand years. 155 00:09:05,292 --> 00:09:10,084 And if I did, there is still the scar upon his hand. 156 00:09:10,174 --> 00:09:11,474 Scar? 157 00:09:12,135 --> 00:09:13,695 Deep and livid. 158 00:09:14,238 --> 00:09:16,954 It crosses the palm of his left hand. 159 00:09:17,044 --> 00:09:21,491 Mr le Comte, I must ask you to show us your left hand. 160 00:10:20,326 --> 00:10:21,499 My dear Count... 161 00:10:24,652 --> 00:10:26,959 Thank you. - Do sit down. 162 00:10:27,049 --> 00:10:28,278 Thank you. 163 00:10:30,648 --> 00:10:36,403 I think you served your purpose very well, Major Cavalcanti. 164 00:10:36,494 --> 00:10:40,119 That is reassuring. Very reassuring indeed. 165 00:10:40,210 --> 00:10:41,452 Everything is going splendidly. 166 00:10:41,542 --> 00:10:44,016 In the whole of Paris, there are only three topics of conversation. 167 00:10:44,106 --> 00:10:45,922 And may I know what they are? 168 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:49,702 Firstly, this business of Morcerf. Have you not heard? 169 00:10:49,792 --> 00:10:52,791 That a committee of his fellow peers have convicted him 170 00:10:52,881 --> 00:10:55,663 of felony, treason and outrage? What else? 171 00:10:55,753 --> 00:10:58,184 Our friend Danglars extraordinary coup on the stock exchange. 172 00:10:58,274 --> 00:11:00,504 They say that he's increased his fortune overnight by... 173 00:11:00,594 --> 00:11:02,185 30 million livres. 174 00:11:03,355 --> 00:11:06,766 My dear Count, you know it all. You simply wish to tease an old man. 175 00:11:06,856 --> 00:11:08,316 Not in the least. 176 00:11:08,576 --> 00:11:11,006 There might be something that hasn't reached my ears. 177 00:11:11,096 --> 00:11:13,568 You did mention three topics, I believe. 178 00:11:13,658 --> 00:11:16,810 The third scarcely seems worth mentioning now. 179 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:18,872 But do mention it, nonetheless. 180 00:11:18,962 --> 00:11:23,415 I was referring naturally to the forthcoming of Mlle. Eugénie to my son. 181 00:11:23,505 --> 00:11:26,037 Your son, Cavalcanti? 182 00:11:26,127 --> 00:11:29,279 A mere slip of the tongue. A manner of speaking. 183 00:11:29,369 --> 00:11:31,361 And no, Cavalcanti, it was neither. 184 00:11:31,451 --> 00:11:34,463 - But I assure you. - You cannot assure me. 185 00:11:34,553 --> 00:11:35,653 I... 186 00:11:36,014 --> 00:11:38,026 I don't understand. What are you trying to say to me? 187 00:11:38,116 --> 00:11:41,678 Just this. The play goes on, but your part is over. 188 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,481 I have no further use for you. 189 00:11:44,702 --> 00:11:45,802 What? 190 00:11:46,002 --> 00:11:48,614 You will leave for Italy first thing tomorrow morning. 191 00:11:48,704 --> 00:11:50,145 No, you can't. 192 00:11:50,445 --> 00:11:52,446 You'll need me more than ever now. 193 00:11:53,007 --> 00:11:56,159 It's the betrothal ceremony at long last tomorrow night. 194 00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:58,261 As Andrea's father I must be there. 195 00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:01,032 No you will not be there, Cavalcanti. 196 00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:03,574 It is the perfect exit for you. 197 00:12:05,996 --> 00:12:08,197 I see that you're in earnest. 198 00:12:09,698 --> 00:12:13,402 - But what of Andrea? - Benedetto, do you mean? 199 00:12:13,822 --> 00:12:17,164 He must remain on stage until the final curtain. 200 00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:24,460 Here is your fare back to Florence. 201 00:12:24,550 --> 00:12:27,531 And 5,000 livres to lose at the gambling tables. 202 00:12:27,652 --> 00:12:32,224 Major Cavalcanti is leaving now, Bertuccio. Will you see him to his carriage? 203 00:12:57,451 --> 00:12:59,191 Good evening, Mr. de Morcerf. 204 00:12:59,911 --> 00:13:01,647 We have not come here, Monsieur, 205 00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:04,142 to exchange false professions of friendship. 206 00:13:04,232 --> 00:13:06,913 We are here to demand an explanation of you. 207 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:08,433 At the opera? 208 00:13:08,934 --> 00:13:11,126 It hardly seems the place for such a demand. 209 00:13:11,216 --> 00:13:15,529 We have sought you all day, but when a man hides himself, 210 00:13:15,619 --> 00:13:18,091 when he doesn't allow anyone to enter his house, 211 00:13:18,181 --> 00:13:21,694 on the pretext that he's in the bath, at the table or in bed, 212 00:13:21,784 --> 00:13:23,895 one must address him wherever one can find him. 213 00:13:23,985 --> 00:13:25,536 I'm not difficult of access, sir. 214 00:13:25,626 --> 00:13:28,719 If my memory serves me correctly, you were at my house yesterday. 215 00:13:28,809 --> 00:13:32,301 Yesterday I was at your house, because then I didn't know who you were. 216 00:13:32,391 --> 00:13:35,231 Where have you come from, sir? You do not appear 217 00:13:35,321 --> 00:13:37,666 to be in the full possession of your senses. 218 00:13:37,756 --> 00:13:41,709 Providing I succeed in making you understand that I will be revenged, 219 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:43,670 I shall be reasonable enough. 220 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,791 I do not understand, sir. And even if I did, 221 00:13:46,881 --> 00:13:48,482 your tone is too high. 222 00:13:49,603 --> 00:13:50,944 Leave the box. 223 00:13:53,526 --> 00:13:56,207 Well, well, I see you wish to quarrel with me. 224 00:13:56,948 --> 00:13:59,439 Let me give you some advice and don't forget it. 225 00:13:59,529 --> 00:14:02,281 It is a bad habit to make a display of a challenge. 226 00:14:02,371 --> 00:14:05,873 Display is not becoming to everyone, Mr. de Morcerf. 227 00:14:14,993 --> 00:14:18,924 I consider your glove thrown, and will return it to you around a bullet. 228 00:14:19,014 --> 00:14:20,294 Leave the box. 229 00:14:31,677 --> 00:14:34,033 - What have you done to him? - I? 230 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:36,478 Nothing, at least personally. 231 00:14:36,738 --> 00:14:40,669 But there must be some reason for this terrible scene. 232 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:42,914 He blames me for his father's disgrace. 233 00:14:43,005 --> 00:14:44,379 And are you to blame? 234 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,292 I am indirectly responsible. 235 00:14:48,382 --> 00:14:50,803 What do you intend to do? 236 00:14:51,104 --> 00:14:55,390 As certain as I sit here, I shall kill him at 10h00 tomorrow morning. 237 00:14:57,007 --> 00:14:59,407 I was the first to discover Duprez. 238 00:14:59,908 --> 00:15:02,369 I was the first to applaud him. 239 00:15:02,950 --> 00:15:04,230 Come in. 240 00:15:07,432 --> 00:15:10,713 Good evening, Mr. Beauchamp. Take a seat. 241 00:15:13,384 --> 00:15:16,494 Sir, I was just now here with Mr. de Morcerf, as you saw. 242 00:15:16,584 --> 00:15:20,975 I'm very glad to see, Mr. Beauchamp, that you are more sober than he was. 243 00:15:21,065 --> 00:15:24,816 Sir, Albert was wrong, I admit, to display so much anger. 244 00:15:24,906 --> 00:15:27,636 And I come on my own account to apologize for him. 245 00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:30,459 And having done so, on my own account only, 246 00:15:30,549 --> 00:15:34,552 you understand, Mr. le Comte, I would add that I believe you 247 00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:37,256 too honorable a man to refuse me an explanation 248 00:15:37,346 --> 00:15:39,382 of your connection with Janina. 249 00:15:39,549 --> 00:15:41,520 You may believe what you please, Mr. Beauchamp. 250 00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:44,251 You will certainly get no explanation from me. 251 00:15:44,872 --> 00:15:47,023 There are occasions when probity commands... 252 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,357 The Count of Monte Cristo 253 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:50,825 is commanded only by the Count of Monte Cristo. 254 00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:53,126 I do what I please, Mr. Beauchamp. 255 00:15:53,216 --> 00:15:55,636 And it is always well done. 256 00:15:56,817 --> 00:15:59,758 Honest men are not to be paid in such coin. 257 00:15:59,879 --> 00:16:01,330 Honor demands guarantees. 258 00:16:01,420 --> 00:16:03,520 I am a living guarantee. 259 00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:07,282 Morcerf and I have blood in our veins which we wish to spill. 260 00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:09,646 That is our mutual guarantee. 261 00:16:09,887 --> 00:16:14,785 Tell Mr. le Vicomte so, and that tomorrow morning, before 10h00, 262 00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:16,997 I shall see the colour of his. 263 00:16:21,105 --> 00:16:23,937 Then it only remains for me to make arrangements for the duel. 264 00:16:24,027 --> 00:16:25,758 It's quite immaterial to me, sir, 265 00:16:25,848 --> 00:16:29,640 and it was very unnecessary to disturb me at the opera for such a trifle. 266 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:32,362 Tell your client that even though I am the insulted party, 267 00:16:32,452 --> 00:16:34,663 I leave the choice of arms entirely to him, 268 00:16:34,753 --> 00:16:36,565 and without discussion, without dispute, 269 00:16:36,655 --> 00:16:40,084 I will accept whatever he may choose, for I am sure to gain. 270 00:16:40,477 --> 00:16:41,247 Sure to gain? 271 00:16:41,337 --> 00:16:44,569 Certainly, sir, otherwise I would not fight Monsieur de Morcerf. 272 00:16:44,659 --> 00:16:46,840 I shall kill him, I cannot help it. 273 00:16:47,962 --> 00:16:50,453 Pistols then at 8h00 in the Bois de Vincennes. 274 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:53,857 Very well sir. And now that this small matter is arranged 275 00:16:53,947 --> 00:16:56,711 would you please leave me to enjoy the opera? 276 00:16:56,801 --> 00:17:00,385 And tell your friend Albert to go home and get some sleep. 277 00:17:05,827 --> 00:17:08,856 I came here as soon as I could as I got your message. 278 00:17:09,008 --> 00:17:12,647 - What have you to say to me? - I promised to keep you informed. 279 00:17:13,435 --> 00:17:14,959 You've discovered the identity of Monte Cristo? 280 00:17:15,049 --> 00:17:17,601 - He is Monte Cristo. - I'm not interested in riddles. 281 00:17:17,691 --> 00:17:18,783 My agents have been busy. 282 00:17:18,873 --> 00:17:21,102 They've been as far afield as Rome, Malta, Vienna. 283 00:17:21,192 --> 00:17:24,483 His origins are obscure, but his birth is registered in Malta. 284 00:17:24,573 --> 00:17:28,464 Every available aspect of his career has been checked and cross-checked. 285 00:17:28,554 --> 00:17:30,875 My investigations have revealed 286 00:17:31,695 --> 00:17:34,156 nothing even remotely sinister. 287 00:17:36,577 --> 00:17:37,777 We're safe. 288 00:17:38,518 --> 00:17:39,998 I hope so. 289 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:44,960 Why are you obsessed by doubts? 290 00:17:45,521 --> 00:17:49,281 Any life so free of blame strikes me as suspicious. 291 00:17:50,282 --> 00:17:52,522 I believe you're still afraid. 292 00:17:53,362 --> 00:17:54,462 Why? 293 00:17:55,723 --> 00:17:56,863 Why? 294 00:17:57,323 --> 00:17:59,169 Because Morcerf stands condemned 295 00:17:59,259 --> 00:18:01,754 on the evidence of Monte Cristo's mistress. 296 00:18:01,844 --> 00:18:05,005 I am used to searching into the hearts of men. 297 00:18:05,105 --> 00:18:09,926 There is something in Monte Cristo, some devil of destruction lurking there. 298 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,341 Excellency, Mme. de Morcerf. 299 00:18:22,483 --> 00:18:24,543 You will not kill my son. 300 00:18:25,544 --> 00:18:26,804 Edmond. 301 00:18:29,645 --> 00:18:35,067 By what name did you call me, Mme. de Morcerf? 302 00:18:35,588 --> 00:18:37,828 Your own, Edmond. 303 00:18:38,089 --> 00:18:40,489 As mine is Mercedes. 304 00:18:41,290 --> 00:18:43,871 I know no one of that name now, madame. 305 00:18:47,253 --> 00:18:48,913 Mercedes is dead. 306 00:18:49,493 --> 00:18:52,193 I both live and remember. 307 00:18:52,394 --> 00:18:54,715 I alone recognize the man who came to Paris 308 00:18:54,805 --> 00:18:57,125 calling himself the Count of Monte Cristo. 309 00:18:57,215 --> 00:19:00,325 As I know it was you who brought disgrace upon Mr. de Morcerf. 310 00:19:00,415 --> 00:19:02,155 Fernand, do you mean? 311 00:19:02,836 --> 00:19:05,606 Since we are mentioning names, let us remember them all. 312 00:19:05,696 --> 00:19:09,497 You see? I am not mistaken. 313 00:19:09,817 --> 00:19:12,388 I have cause to say "spare my son". 314 00:19:12,478 --> 00:19:15,989 Who told you, madame, that I have any cause to be hostile towards your son? 315 00:19:16,079 --> 00:19:18,800 Believe me, it was not Albert. 316 00:19:19,021 --> 00:19:21,412 A mother has a twofold sight, Edmond. 317 00:19:21,502 --> 00:19:25,383 I followed him to the opera. I know what happened. 318 00:19:25,544 --> 00:19:28,715 Then you know that the son of Fernand publicly insulted me. 319 00:19:28,805 --> 00:19:31,406 For pity's sake listen to me. 320 00:19:31,706 --> 00:19:34,497 My son blames you for his father's misfortunes. 321 00:19:34,587 --> 00:19:38,209 You are mistaken, madame. It is not a misfortune. 322 00:19:38,309 --> 00:19:39,729 It is a punishment. 323 00:19:40,031 --> 00:19:42,143 It is not I who have struck him down, but Providence. 324 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:43,624 What is Janina to you? 325 00:19:43,714 --> 00:19:47,807 What injury has Fernand Mondego done you in betraying Ali Tepelini? 326 00:19:47,897 --> 00:19:51,230 It does not concern me madame. You are quite right. 327 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,271 If I have sworn to avenge myself 328 00:19:53,361 --> 00:19:57,434 it is not on the General Mondego nor on the Comte de Morcerf 329 00:19:57,524 --> 00:19:59,165 but on the fisherman. 330 00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:00,866 Fernand! 331 00:20:01,589 --> 00:20:03,840 The husband of the Catalan Mercedes. 332 00:20:03,930 --> 00:20:08,563 Edmond, I am the only culprit! If you must take revenge against me, 333 00:20:08,653 --> 00:20:12,425 who had not the fortitude to bear your absence and my loneliness... 334 00:20:12,515 --> 00:20:14,126 Why was I absent? Why were you alone? 335 00:20:14,216 --> 00:20:16,027 Because you had been arrested and were a prisoner. 336 00:20:16,117 --> 00:20:18,128 Why was I arrested? Why was I a prisoner? 337 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:20,759 - I do not know. - You do not, madame. 338 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,740 At least, I hope not. 339 00:20:24,962 --> 00:20:26,442 But I will tell you. 340 00:20:27,343 --> 00:20:31,572 I was arrested and became a prisoner on the day I should have married you. 341 00:20:31,687 --> 00:20:34,860 A man named Danglars 342 00:20:35,726 --> 00:20:39,687 wrote this letter which the fisherman Fernand himself posted. 343 00:20:41,635 --> 00:20:43,536 "The Procurer du Roi is informed" 344 00:20:43,626 --> 00:20:46,438 "by a friend of the throne and religion that..." 345 00:20:51,422 --> 00:20:53,023 My god. 346 00:20:55,566 --> 00:20:57,277 Because of this letter, you... 347 00:20:57,367 --> 00:21:00,269 I was arrested, madame, as you very well know. 348 00:21:01,552 --> 00:21:04,673 But you do not know how long that arrest lasted. 349 00:21:05,474 --> 00:21:07,974 You do not know that for 14 years 350 00:21:08,064 --> 00:21:11,438 I rotted in a dungeon of the Chateau d'If. 351 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:18,253 You do not know that every day of those 14 years 352 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:22,376 I renewed the vow of vengeance that I had sworn on the first day. 353 00:21:22,466 --> 00:21:26,159 And that is why, on account of the living Mercedes, 354 00:21:26,249 --> 00:21:29,371 I have sworn to avenge myself on Fernand. 355 00:21:30,553 --> 00:21:32,084 And I have revenged myself. 356 00:21:32,174 --> 00:21:34,206 Are you sure that Fernard did this? 357 00:21:34,296 --> 00:21:37,428 I am satisfied, madame, that what I have told you is correct. 358 00:21:37,518 --> 00:21:39,809 Besides, this is not much more odious 359 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:43,552 than a Frenchman by adoption deserting to the English at Waterloo, 360 00:21:43,642 --> 00:21:46,513 a Spaniard by birth fighting against the Spaniard, 361 00:21:46,603 --> 00:21:48,645 a mercenary in the pay of Ali Tepelini 362 00:21:48,735 --> 00:21:51,116 having betrayed and murdered Ali Tepelini. 363 00:21:51,206 --> 00:21:52,777 And compared with these things, 364 00:21:52,867 --> 00:21:55,809 what is this letter that you have just read? 365 00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:59,151 A lover's deception, 366 00:21:59,973 --> 00:22:03,266 which the woman who married that man most certainly ought to forgive. 367 00:22:03,356 --> 00:22:05,647 But not so the man who should have married her. 368 00:22:05,737 --> 00:22:09,590 The French did not revenge themselves on the traitor. 369 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,871 The Spaniards did not shoot the traitor. 370 00:22:11,961 --> 00:22:14,813 Ali Tepelini, lying in his tomb, left the traitor unpunished. 371 00:22:14,903 --> 00:22:20,247 But I, betrayed, sacrificed, and buried, 372 00:22:20,867 --> 00:22:25,250 have risen from my tomb by the grace of God to punish that man. 373 00:22:26,952 --> 00:22:29,012 He sent me for that purpose. 374 00:22:30,275 --> 00:22:31,735 And here I am. 375 00:22:33,055 --> 00:22:35,256 Forgive, Edmond. 376 00:22:35,516 --> 00:22:38,947 Forgive for my sake, who loves you still. 377 00:22:39,037 --> 00:22:40,497 Impossible. 378 00:22:41,098 --> 00:22:42,658 Impossible. 379 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:46,379 Edmond. 380 00:22:48,820 --> 00:22:53,891 When I call you Edmond, why do you not call me Mercedes? 381 00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:55,262 Mercedes? 382 00:23:01,572 --> 00:23:03,093 Mercedes. 383 00:23:06,495 --> 00:23:07,775 You're right. 384 00:23:08,156 --> 00:23:10,442 That name still has its charms. 385 00:23:11,596 --> 00:23:15,399 It is the first time for a long time that I pronounce it so distinctly. 386 00:23:18,101 --> 00:23:19,622 Mercedes. 387 00:23:21,003 --> 00:23:23,975 I must revenge myself. I tell you I must. 388 00:23:24,065 --> 00:23:26,336 Revenge yourself then, Edmond. 389 00:23:26,426 --> 00:23:28,985 But let your vengeance fall upon the culprits, 390 00:23:29,076 --> 00:23:31,348 on him, on me, but not on my son. 391 00:23:33,969 --> 00:23:40,052 Edmond, my friend, all these years I have adored your name. 392 00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:47,435 Believe me, guilty as I was, I too have suffered much. 393 00:23:47,536 --> 00:23:49,816 You know the meaning of the word. 394 00:23:50,097 --> 00:23:54,339 I have seen him whom I loved on the point of murdering my son. 395 00:23:58,181 --> 00:23:59,901 What do you ask of me, madame? 396 00:24:01,623 --> 00:24:05,585 Your son's life? Well, he should live. 397 00:24:07,851 --> 00:24:09,246 Edmond. 398 00:24:11,186 --> 00:24:13,747 Thank you. 399 00:24:15,488 --> 00:24:18,658 Now you are exactly what I dreamed you were. 400 00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:20,199 As I always loved you. 401 00:24:20,289 --> 00:24:23,800 Just as well, perhaps, since I shall not have long to be loved by you. 402 00:24:23,890 --> 00:24:24,820 What do you mean? 403 00:24:24,910 --> 00:24:27,096 I say, Mercedes, since you command me, 404 00:24:27,348 --> 00:24:28,290 I must die. 405 00:24:29,531 --> 00:24:31,622 Why do you talk about dying? 406 00:24:31,712 --> 00:24:34,213 You do not suppose that publicly outraged 407 00:24:34,303 --> 00:24:36,295 in the face of a whole theater, 408 00:24:36,595 --> 00:24:38,886 in front of your friends and those of your son, 409 00:24:38,976 --> 00:24:44,019 challenged by a boy who will glory in my pardon as in a victory? 410 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,131 You do not suppose for one minute that I should wish to live? 411 00:24:47,221 --> 00:24:49,973 But the duel will not take place. You have forgiven him. 412 00:24:50,063 --> 00:24:51,073 It will take place, madam. 413 00:24:51,163 --> 00:24:51,994 No! 414 00:24:52,084 --> 00:24:55,684 But it will not be your son's blood that will stain the ground. 415 00:24:56,006 --> 00:24:57,386 Edmond! 416 00:25:01,558 --> 00:25:04,558 Subtitles LAPORT INC.