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�Come inside,
Come inside!
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Every corner of this huge park
of amusements belongs to me.
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In the last phase of my life
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I gathered my impressions
from those times in the film
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The case of Lena Smith
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target shooting positions,
dolls acting as demons,
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powder-faced clowns
and dressed as dominoes,
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boats descending with a crash
in the water,
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leather face dolls
who moan when you hit them.
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Flea circuses, sword swallowers,
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lilliputians
doing somersaults,
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men on stilts,
charming of
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snakes, jugglers, acrobats,
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swings that make the skirts fly
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ladies and you see if they don't have underwear.
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We the acrobats
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We are happy in the world
of appearances,
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when they call us on stage
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�everything lights up
It's the only thing that matters!
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tattooed athletes,
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muscular men.
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specimens of the weaker sex
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with beards and thighs
so fat
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that could serve as pillows
to an entire army.
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Wizards who drink
flammable liquids.
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Knife throwers whose
great whites of fright,
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her hair is so long
like their nightgowns.
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A sea of balloons,
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calves with two heads,
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beaten women
through the belly,
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no legs for the rest
of their lives.
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Trained dogs and elephants,
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a tightrope walker
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eating a hotdog with horseradish...
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a local delicacy
that makes my mouth water.
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Charming dancers,
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cannibals with drums,
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and harems of hips
that sway.
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�Bianca, the beautiful girl
of beautiful Salamanca!
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A hall of mirrors
and people coming out
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with black eyes
and bruised heads.
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Put your hand in my mouth
and I will tell you the future.
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Hypnotists
that defy gravity,
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passing hoops through the body
of sleeping women.
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suspended above the floor
instead of lying there,
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and in the middle of everything,
a chinese giant
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with a longer mustache
than a horsetail,
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a cales turning
with Danube Waves by Ivanovici
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What more could you want?
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In the small town of Wossnesensk
at the foot of the Urals
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Nikolai Kobelkoff was born in 1851.
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His father commanded the detachment
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of Orenburg Cossacks.
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All Wossnesensk came to see
to the miraculous child.
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Later Kobelkoff introduced himself
in Poltava, Chisinau, Odessa.
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Then he traveled to Saint Petersburg.
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He requested an audience with the Tsar
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Alexander II,
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Impressing him with his eloquence.
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The monarch allowed him to act
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and ordered his men
give him all the support.
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The circus in which he performed
Later it caught fire.
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Kobelkoff was first forgotten
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and considered missing when the
giant Antoine Dou� returned from the flames
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transporting the little one
Cossack as a package.
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Kobelkoff was in Vilnius,
Warsaw,
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kyiv, Damascus, and Jerusalem.
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He acted in Suez and Egypt.
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In Constantinople he was kidnapped
by the owner of a fair booth
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and released with the help
of the Russian ambassador.
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The show finally
I took him to Vienna,
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where he acted for the great director
from the Prater August Schaaf
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and met his future wife.
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The giant slide
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for which the public
slid on carpets,
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the pig carousel,
the flying carousel,
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the streets of Paris,
several amusement huts,
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the velocopede carousel,
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and finally the Chinese giant
everything belonged to the Kobelkoff children
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that was installed in the middle of chaos
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of criers, orchestras
and bands of lords.
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Where was the house, aunt?
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In the second round.
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And the house was behind the carousel
of Paris and the slide?
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At that time it was Prater 117.
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- And you lived there?
- Yes.
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The Paris merry-go-round
with the slide
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They were family business
by Nikolai Kobelkoff.
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Good until the end
He was the boss.
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It was wonderful.
Those columns here
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- all bronze.
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- And the pig carousel?
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People called that
to the streets of Paris
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because he had pigs
and deer.
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But also giant mugs
here and there
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in which they could sit
seven or eight people.
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And when it started it shook you and how!
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You had to hold on tight
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or you could hit yourself!
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The people came straight
from the Walfisch
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the best restaurant then,
inside the great whale.
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It was right next to
of the Eisvogel... I think.
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They came and took a walk,
even though they had just eaten.
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There is no photo
of your grandfather's wedding,
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that is, my great-grandfather,
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because they wouldn't allow him
Get married in Vienna.
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Well, in Budapest.
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Right, because I couldn't
get married here,
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how he was disabled like that.
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- They said you can't get married!
- Incredible.
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And then he went on tour with his wife
and they had their own theater.
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She must have been
a hardworking bee,
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since I organized everything
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and all the children
which he had too.
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When school finished,
They all went on tour together.
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It was easier that way.
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But everything was very difficult.
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you have to admire
to the Kobelkoff family
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for everything they did.
They did many things.
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Take the children by the hand
and enter the ghostly country.
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In the house of horror,
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the monsters come out
to chase you!
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Stop!
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You who are there,
stop!
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�If you want to see real zombies
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come in and spend some time!
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�Buy your tickets
to the future here!
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Defy time and space!
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�Climb up and experience
21st century technology!
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I would like a photo with you
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even though it is so small
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and in the photo the inscription:
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Always think of me, my love.
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Forever yours.
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I would like a photo with you.
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�This way I can always see you!
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�A little photo would be so cute!
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If only I had one!
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�In the sink, on the desk
and next to my bed!
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�I would like a photo with you!
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Ashanti fever
devastated the city in 1896.
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refers
to an african village
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installed in the Prater
for several months
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where more than a hundred women lived,
men and children.
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At certain times
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They showed dances,
processions and rituals.
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On any occasion
the public could
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access the village
at all hours:
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while the villagers cooked,
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They ate their meals,
They used their bathroom,
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they went to school,
they gave birth,
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They got married, or they died.
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Real or imagined relationships
with Viennese men and women,
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excursions,
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visit to the opera,
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mixed dances...
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All of this contributed to Ashanti
was so famous in the city.
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The word Ashanti still refers
to candy and youth groups today.
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The Ashanti village was only one
of so many similar exhibitions
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in Prater Park
in the early 1890s.
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Thatched huts gave way
to wooden houses or shops,
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workshops, pagodas or mesqus.
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The apparent transplant
of entire villages from the other side of the world
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and people's desire to see
daily life up close
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she turned her gaze on herself
Viennese society.
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The so-called primitives
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They were so much an object of desire
as a defensive mechanism.
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So maybe it's true
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that in 1900 seven Viennese women accompanied their Bedouin guests on their return to Africa.
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The Swiss house belonged
to the Kolarik family since 1920.
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My father took charge
when I was 19.
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Here my father
he looks very happy,
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He loved Bohemian music.
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The originally Swiss house
It was a cabin.
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Before 1766 when the Prater
it had not yet been opened
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It was the hunters' cabin
of Swiss beaters
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who hunted in the forests
surroundings for the emperor.
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We have a long tradition
like a brewery.
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We drink the Budweiser Budvar,
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It has been like this since 1924.
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This is a part of the story
from the Swiss house:
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the sausage house
smoked,
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that should have been
around 1925.
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Amazing: everyone had hats.
But maybe because it was cold.
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At that time everyone
They had their hat.
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you had to have
a second profession
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to spend the winter
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because the Prater was closed.
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This is one of the great
failures of the Swiss house:
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fish and chips
English.
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It was in the 30s,
during the depression.
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Suddenly the fish
It was really cheap...
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So the idea was:
fish is healthy.
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But Vienna didn't like it,
and the Viennese did not want fish.
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The architecture was beautiful: it is
the idea of fish bones.
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Here are our parents,
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that's mom.
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I guess it must have been
around 1970.
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My mother came in...
When was that, Karli?
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He arrived in Vienna in '49.
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He was from East Frisia.
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It is incredible that eating
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fish, preserves and potatoes,
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I learned everything about cooking
viennese from a book.
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How to make goulash, meat,
soups
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and it is still always
in the kitchen.
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Or sitting there, more and more.
He just turned 88 years old.
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And she still stays busy.
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She did this in times
hard after the war.
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And he is still collaborating.
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She is the first to arrive,
at 7:30.
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And at night it is still there.
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She installed herself
in the kitchen
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working hard
and putting sensitivity...
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She did a lot.
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In 1936 I was a boy,
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I was 11 years old, I went to school,
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when I came to the Swiss house
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We liked to win some
pennies in the summer.
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So either you were the bread boy
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or you were the ball reaching boy.
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The bread boy was going
with a basket full of bread,
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and different types of pretzels.
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And we sold them.
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I went to see Mr. Kolarik and said:
I'll be a bread boy!
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He said: okay, start!
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That's how I found out about the Swiss house.
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This is the classic bread boy
from the beginning of the century.
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The pretzel boy.
I never saw myself that way.
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The only thing left now
It's the basket.
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You went around shouting:
Pretzels, bread, rolls!
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And people said: Hey, come here.
Give me one.
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A bagel cost
about 5 cents.
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Let me introduce myself: I am
the do-it-all of the Prater.
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That's what they call me
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because I have been here since 1961
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and I'm here to stay.
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Long live the exhibition!
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This is for those who
They long for distant places.
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An exhibition
can transport us...
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faster than our
own fantasy...
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to fairy tale kingdoms
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that we miss intensely.
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Where would you like to go?
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�To China, Japan, Persia,
Stockerau?
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Wherever you wanted.
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What a cheap joke
among simple people
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It has now become fun
serious and expensive.
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In the old days,
in front of the carousel
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loud-mouthed men
and happy faces shouted:
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Come on board,
We leave for Paris.
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It only costs 2 kreuzer,
the same price for children.
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Come and see!
The express to Saint Petersburg.
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As children we became
crazy about this.
255
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,230
We are between machines
that worked until recently.
256
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,075
This is to measure
your strength
257
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,113
If your hit reaches 30,
you are a newborn.
258
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:42,992
A hit of 60,
He is still a child.
259
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,997
If you reach 90,
you are a skull
260
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:50,355
Those strength machines
They replaced the Watschenmann,
261
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,199
a doll
the one we used to hit.
262
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,674
If a Viennese was upset,
he went to the Prater
263
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,269
and he slapped him several times
a la Watschenmann.
264
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,596
I managed one of these boxes
in the cabinet of laughter.
265
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,276
I am interested in everything mechanical.
266
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,712
Not electronic, it is not
transparent like the mechanical.
267
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,879
A small motorcycle,
very pretty,
268
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,229
back there in the corner.
269
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,510
It is very beautiful.
270
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:26,428
And these here, covered,
They were restored.
271
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,712
They look like they are new!
272
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,070
And here we have a small
space rocket.
273
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,910
It still works,
but the children don't like it.
274
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:38,712
Too slow!
275
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,557
Here is a dinosaur
decomposed
276
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,268
but it can still be repaired
277
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,592
because it is complete.
278
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,472
a little broken,
look at the holes.
279
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,195
But I'll get busy.
Everything in its time.
280
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,188
"And there is a beautiful
spaceship!
281
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:58,913
Works.
282
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,909
There is no space, that's why
It's all in the warehouse.
283
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,636
hello!
284
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:07,796
Hey, hello!
285
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,513
My name is Cumulus,
286
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,876
and he who is there
It's Tweety.
287
00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,358
He's still a baby,
It just broke its shell.
288
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,796
we are
from somewhere far away,
289
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,037
from another planet.
290
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,158
we are aliens
291
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,513
visiting Vienna.
292
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:35,431
The dinosaurs that lived
150 million years ago
293
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,355
We resurrect them!
294
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:42,474
You can go on safari
with my friend Spooky there.
295
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,240
How many adventures await you!
296
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,678
A trip around the world
297
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,638
in the Vienna Prater.
298
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:58,469
Although it was easy to get to the Prater
from the suburbs in the 19th century
299
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,910
sometimes it happened
300
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,714
that you arrived to a country
foreigner
301
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,036
or to another continent.
302
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,357
With the help of different
illusion techniques
303
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,552
The Prater offered
imaginary journeys,
304
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,115
trips within the mind.
305
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,990
This was a panoramic mural
london royalist,
306
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:25,111
or walks through caves and dioramas
of the Vienna-Constantinople route,
307
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,276
or to Nice or to Paris
308
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,551
The pleorama offered the illusion
of a boat trip
309
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,433
from North America
towards the north pole
310
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,029
and also exotic animals,
311
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,879
you could see people
from remote places
312
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,634
whose mysterious names
They announced themselves like this:
313
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,717
Zulus and Matabele,
314
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,879
Siamese, islanders
of Fiji and the Kabiles.
315
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,993
During the Universal Fair
316
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,954
You could visit a harem
from the palace of the Egyptian viceroy,
317
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,958
smoke a pipe in Turkish coffee,
318
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,829
or drink a long drink
in the Indian tipi.
319
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,149
one of the illusions
most perfect travel
320
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,512
It was the reconstruction of Venice,
where you could walk
321
00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:46,280
between palazzi, restaurants
and souvenir shops,
322
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:51,508
or take a gondola
to cross the channels.
323
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,269
Greetings from Venice
in Vienna
324
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,948
From the North Pole
or DDFrom the moon
325
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,639
it was written
on postcards
326
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,116
that you could send home
from those imaginary places,
327
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,279
to thus include
to those who were at home
328
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,711
in the great illusion of the trip.
329
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,477
Shooting is relaxing.
330
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,072
When the aristocrats
they want to laugh
331
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,751
They dress up as people and come
to the Prater, to spin on the carousel,
332
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,430
laugh in the booths, by Dafne
and Astarte, the goddesses of the sky,
333
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,632
go target shooting
and test the rifles.
334
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,558
But that is not adequate.
335
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,558
They should be hunting
on their own lands,
336
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,912
prowling the capercaillie
and shooting bears.
337
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,556
No, it's others who come,
who know about hunting
338
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,036
only for photos and magazines,
339
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:36,118
and they can only dream
with a hunting trophy,
340
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,470
being a good athlete
or playing the harmonica.
341
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,069
These booths
They are their hunting grounds.
342
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,075
Where they aim at a deer
cardboard,
343
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,396
a tin eagle,
a wooden bear...
344
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,636
hunters for a moment,
345
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,799
win or lose,
happy to try themselves playing
346
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,275
in what they cannot
have in life.
347
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,636
My gorilla
348
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,994
has a residence
at the zoo.
349
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,436
My gorilla
350
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,040
lead a good life,
too!
351
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:04,315
For those who like
have fun in the Eastern Labyrinth
352
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,869
It is the main attraction. In
this hall adorned with mirrors
353
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,595
a single person
will be reflected many times,
354
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,031
and so a boyfriend maybe
see your girlfriend
355
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:17,869
duplicated or tripled
in this maze of mirrors.
356
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:23,791
Your future mother-in-law
will be multiplied by five.
357
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,276
In the Eastern Labyrinth
you see people approaching you
358
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,233
and when you want
shake his hand...
359
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,318
You come across the cold mirror.
360
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,074
It's all just an illusion!
361
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:34,950
What a beautiful night!
362
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,437
In this big, big city.
363
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,833
It's so quiet here
in New York.
364
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:46,352
It's very different
how they describe it.
365
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,479
Today I am going to write
a postcard
366
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,558
to my dear dad.
367
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,553
But what is that?
368
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,078
It will be the collection
of the day's garbage?
369
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:10,995
No...
370
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,399
But who are you?
371
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:21,151
you are so different
372
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,590
of the men of my home.
373
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,791
What an animal you are!
374
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,394
�No, please,
don't hurt me!
375
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:31,035
Help!
376
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:37,754
Please, help!
377
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,712
Confirmation day!
378
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,714
We're going to the Prater!
379
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,669
We come from Lower Austria
with hundreds of boys
380
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,952
to be confirmed
in St. Stephen's Cathedral.
381
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:31,277
And of course part
of tradition
382
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,233
is to go to the Prater later
of confirmation.
383
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:39,192
That day there was no crowd
usual in the Prater.
384
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,552
I think almost 1000 guys
385
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,198
were to be confirmed.
386
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,238
It's something like a ritual
of initiation.
387
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:53,955
Not only the religious part
but also the fun!
388
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,114
Come and see,
ladies and gentlemen!
389
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,393
Come and explore
the haunted house
390
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,194
Come and see,
come have fun!
391
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,392
There is something for everyone here!
392
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,315
The haunted house!
393
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,028
Full of horrors,
394
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:21,472
monsters on one side and on the other,
395
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,192
They will be so afraid,
They will be terrified!
396
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,756
A trip to earth
fairy tale
397
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,279
on the roller coaster.
398
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,349
The Prater was full of godfathers
and newly confirmed guys,
399
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:56,193
with their new brand watches
400
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,550
and maybe a stain
in his new suit.
401
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:00,990
I didn't like the roller coaster,
402
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:05,557
with all that shouting, and being
thrown to great heights.
403
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,639
Choose the things that I like:
404
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:31,795
the bumper cars,
405
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,798
target shooting where always
you hit something,
406
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,117
a ride on the Lilliput train
and inside the haunted house
407
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:40,470
that didn't scare me
It didn't even satisfy me.
408
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,910
Only the Hall of Laughter
I could be scared:
409
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,236
my godfather and I got scared
410
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,479
when we appeared together
in a distorted mirror
411
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:53,150
with our bodies
strictly overlapping,
412
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:57,478
although we were
two different people.
413
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,908
The smells of the big city
and the fairgrounds:
414
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,271
10 year old wet bodies
in new suits,
415
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:19,869
snowflakes
made with sugar,
416
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:22,594
the smoke of the rifles
of target shooting,
417
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,917
the colony of our godfathers
and other adults,
418
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,873
axle grease
of the tortuous routes,
419
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:30,877
cotton candy and vomit,
420
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,594
beer and wine
and smoke from firecrackers
421
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,915
Lehar melodies sung by Louise
Kartousch... a boy's delight.
422
00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:03,669
My Prater, your Prater
423
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:05,752
mixed emotions
424
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:07,791
or a paradise of phobias,
425
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,878
the lilliput train
It's a swan on its way,
426
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:13,957
The swans here vomit frogs,
427
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,675
and circle in the air
It's not a test of courage...
428
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,199
that comes later.
429
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:27,152
Buy 2 scares and go
to the haunted house,
430
00:54:27,720 --> 00:54:31,872
get lost in your own reflection
in the maze of mirrors,
431
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,353
there is no way out
nowhere
432
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,798
and always fly, sitting
or lying down,
433
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,037
with the screams of others
in your ear
434
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:44,196
and Sunday passes.
435
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:51,999
Later with my own daughter,
a schoolgirl of 6 or 7,
436
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:55,636
a Mickey Mouse for whom
I had to play the clumsy Donald
437
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,589
and listen to the wonderful
tales from the Prater.
438
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,313
What did she want?
439
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:05,035
What else: a ride on the swan
in the pond
440
00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:09,518
and once with the cars
crashers,
441
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,716
and to recover from all that,
a ride on the train
442
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,309
through a mini-forest
443
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,478
and in an almost quiet place...
444
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:34,116
after the emotion
and the trill ended,
445
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:37,315
finally a drop of silence.
446
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,316
"Mariedl, the giant of Tyrol
with his sister.
447
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:15,918
The Panopticon was there
for almost a hundred years.
448
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:18,638
It had been founded in Paris
for the old man
449
00:57:18,639 --> 00:57:21,638
Pr�uscher at the end of the previous century.
450
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,556
Wax works were popular
in Paris at that time.
451
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,428
One of the classic pieces
It was Venus,
452
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,756
that could be disarmed
in 80 parts...
453
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:33,394
Pruscher's grandmother
had put her on tour.
454
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,556
It was later banned.
455
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:40,955
The orangutan that stole the girl
In white it is also from that time.
456
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,356
Even between the series
humorous...
457
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:46,473
to the muse of the Panopticon
sometimes he was allowed to laugh...
458
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:49,194
were only allowed
serious materials.
459
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:51,118
When Love repairs a heart
460
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:55,996
he does it with a needle
of the best Solinger steel.
461
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:58,910
The public is
Completely impressed.
462
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:02,476
a woman is so disturbed that she stands stiff in the middle of the figures
463
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:07,999
and her eternal attire makes her
seem like a figure to herself.
464
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:12,473
And that is precisely
the desired effect.
465
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:14,632
Visitors become obsessed.
466
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,354
and the world outside too
467
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:21,394
It becomes a panopticon.
468
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,515
They are glass eyes
those who do
469
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:26,790
that the panopticons
look real.
470
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,594
His hard look has
a criminal intensity.
471
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:34,072
This causes a brief
shock of enchantment
472
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:38,639
like the look
of a snake. Lying people look back frozen in a rigid pose
473
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,991
like in a deep dream,
474
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:43,918
or, even more fascinating,
475
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:47,112
they are eternally damned
to repeat the same gesture
476
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,709
until the Day of Judgment
in the Panopticon
477
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,674
free them from work
electro-magnetic of Sisyphus.
478
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:57,278
Until then, the bust
of Electra will rise
479
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,278
and will descend with its incessant
dynamics.
480
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:05,998
The spectator himself, however
is out of breath,
481
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,478
so overwhelmed and silent
that the machinery of the
482
00:59:08,479 --> 00:59:10,478
figures can be heard
like a soft hum.
483
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,639
These are not simply
dolls,
484
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:32,833
They are real people's prostheses
who lives among us...
485
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,473
or no longer between us.
486
00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:38,673
Here they are gathered
great personalities like at a funeral.
487
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:42,549
The wax museum is
a mirror of old Europe.
488
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:45,998
Europe has become
in a panopticon.
489
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:50,190
The Prater Panopticon had that
that could not be seen elsewhere.
490
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,869
He announced himself
as entertainment...
491
00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:55,071
It's not a mistake. Not allowed
for young people... says the sign
492
00:59:55,800 --> 01:00:01,079
above the part
educational of the show.
493
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,953
So why was I
so crowded...
494
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:05,428
of young people.
495
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:09,269
And in fact the panopticon
It was one of the first places
496
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,756
where it was exhibited
the world of medicine:
497
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:15,349
Various abnormalities
or TTTtriplets
498
01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:18,552
or simply from where
the babies are coming...
499
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:22,876
�It was a delicate notion of
Honi soit qui mal y pens�
500
01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:25,310
which allowed the catalog
point out
501
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:28,717
that had been observed
the greatest tact?
502
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:30,752
In the Panopticon
of our youth
503
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,918
this nuance was decisive
504
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:36,634
in our fascination
with the place.
505
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:40,839
Its macabre pathos
created the charm.
506
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:44,670
If ever art belonged
to the people, this was the example.
507
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:47,957
Sundays
3000 visitors came,
508
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:50,754
the holidays
the number was doubled.
509
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:55,750
Confirmation days half a country
He went to the illuminated capital.
510
01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:00,075
But in agony
of recent times
511
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:02,874
the Prater Panopticon
found its end
512
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,514
like many other things
in old Europe.
513
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:11,192
And even before its end
the place seemed like a ghost town
514
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:14,756
partly because I had
than competing with the cinema...
515
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,959
that other arbiter of the sensational.
516
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:20,992
My name is Alfred Kern.
517
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:24,431
I am a businessman from the Prater,
a kind of fair...
518
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:27,349
and my family
519
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:32,674
has been part of the Prater
for more than 110 years.
520
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:35,670
If one digs into the past
enough
521
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:39,759
there is a direct line
in the family tree
522
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:41,916
that Calafati wears.
523
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:44,834
We are very rooted here.
524
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:48,317
Calafati was a Chinese.
525
01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:50,351
Then he became
in a figure
526
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:53,791
that was in the center
of a carousel.
527
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:56,800
A very famous carousel...
528
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,231
by steam, already at that time.
529
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,351
The carousels have
a long story.
530
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:05,233
Some were spinning around
by human beings,
531
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,918
others by animals.
532
01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:13,192
Then came steam power,
533
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:16,678
and finally electricity.
534
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,552
The business then
was further developed:
535
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:27,109
there was a diving bell where
marine scenes were represented
536
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,040
before your eyes.
537
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:33,549
in that business
illusions were sold.
538
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:38,870
Theater of transformation: great works of art
modern represented by ladies of flesh and blood.
539
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,392
And in that time
540
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,757
A certain Mr. Perlmann
came to the Prater,
541
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,520
and I talked to my grandfather
542
01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,671
and convinced him that his show
It had to change with the times.
543
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:06,398
And so it was that we converted
the existing carousel
544
01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,953
in the first theater
of silent films.
545
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:13,630
In 1905. "It really was something
for your time!
546
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:15,637
Moving images...
547
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:17,990
What a feeling!
548
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:23,958
The shows lasted
between 15 and 20 minutes.
549
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,113
Then came the talkies.
550
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:30,154
We were among the first
in moving to sound.
551
01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:33,238
So we abandon
the diving bell.
552
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:38,309
The two venues converted
in a huge movie theater.
553
01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:41,234
We also had
the Planetarium
554
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:45,190
and the Tegetthoff cinema
in the Prater Star...
555
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:48,949
A room that was not just a cinema
but also a planetarium.
556
01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:51,071
We had incredible optics
557
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,396
From Jena-Zeiss.
558
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:58,072
Then we lift the cinema
Nestroy on Prater Street.
559
01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:04,037
And so my family became
a name in the movie business...
560
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,834
with my uncle and Mr. Perlmann.
561
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:09,232
Then came the war!
562
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:12,633
The war destroyed everything.
563
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:17,552
We had saved a film,
But the heat of the fire
564
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:23,630
I burned it, the celluloid was
very flammable at that time.
565
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:27,389
Much to my mother's dismay
566
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,398
The jewelry was also destroyed.
567
01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:34,556
And after the war
we start from scratch again.
568
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:36,830
We raised a few
pawlatschen
569
01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:40,077
something like a tent.
570
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:41,918
Inside there was a show
of varieties.
571
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:47,629
By 1947 things had improved so much that
572
01:04:47,630 --> 01:04:49,629
We started to restore the bumper car track.
573
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:27,313
"Mommy, I won!"
574
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:47,791
I like open space,
the horses...
575
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:36,430
The surprising thing about childhood
is that it can end.
576
01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:40,835
A child first enjoys life
walking around and looking at everything.
577
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:43,236
That's what it's supposed to be
that they do.
578
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:45,790
Something is going to be printed
in them,
579
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,639
but they never have the imprint
in your own hands,
580
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:50,239
not even later
in life.
581
01:12:50,760 --> 01:12:54,116
Then the child learns
to make sense of the world,
582
01:12:54,320 --> 01:12:56,470
but childhood
it doesn't make sense,
583
01:12:56,680 --> 01:12:59,319
that is, if ever
we had one in the first place.
584
01:13:14,200 --> 01:13:18,273
In my childhood, my senses
They revived in the Prater,
585
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:21,911
once at home
they went out again.
586
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:25,949
The Prater was erased
deliberately from my mind.
587
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:30,393
I used to go with my father
and my aunts, his sisters,
588
01:13:30,600 --> 01:13:34,513
who lived near the Prater
at Max Winter Platz,
589
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:37,359
and first my uncle left me
play with the microscope
590
01:13:37,560 --> 01:13:39,471
and then we went to the Prater
591
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:45,154
where I could roam freely
without my mother's reins
592
01:13:52,360 --> 01:13:55,716
who never accompanied us.
593
01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:56,989
There I could lose control,
594
01:13:57,200 --> 01:14:00,749
spinning with joy
in the carousel,
595
01:14:01,080 --> 01:14:03,355
my favor with the cups,
or on other fun machines,
596
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:07,235
in the middle of the glow
and the abundance of the Prater...
597
01:14:07,440 --> 01:14:10,352
which in itself seemed
evade all control...
598
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:16,108
when I threatened
with crossing the edge,
599
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:18,356
like a wanderer
billiard ball,
600
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:21,120
they had to stop me
again,
601
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:23,231
and practically tie me up.
602
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:47,829
The radiance and multiplicity
of the Prater machines
603
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:50,235
they were there
with the objective
604
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:52,670
to serve as instruments
605
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:55,030
for you to visit them
606
01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:58,152
kids and adults
607
01:14:58,360 --> 01:15:01,079
appear like new
608
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:06,718
when leaving the games
and amusements,
609
01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,957
amusement machines
and mirror mazes,
610
01:15:10,160 --> 01:15:12,390
haunted houses, roller coasters,
611
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:16,315
always the newest of the new
that's the technology,
612
01:15:16,520 --> 01:15:19,876
always offering innovations,
those machines...
613
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:23,954
even the smallest carousel
It is a machine that we love
614
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:28,239
and even though we are small
we feel big for once
615
01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:31,557
with the help of technology
that lovingly takes us
616
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:34,399
like in a parade
617
01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:37,751
from one game to another,
designed only to enjoy,
618
01:15:37,960 --> 01:15:42,112
and look from top to bottom
to the people who look at us,
619
01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:44,430
we deliver something
of ourselves,
620
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:47,473
offering ourselves to the exhibition,
621
01:15:47,680 --> 01:15:49,432
we gift ourselves.
622
01:15:57,400 --> 01:16:02,155
But the Prater was set aside
from me for my mother,
623
01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:06,991
because my will to dominate
those enjoyment machines
624
01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:10,237
with my little body
I was actually pursuing something else
625
01:16:10,440 --> 01:16:12,829
and through power
single atom
626
01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:16,993
could have resisted
maternal attempts at control.
627
01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:20,431
But the goal was
that I had to be dominated.
628
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:23,279
It was not to decorate
the machines with myself
629
01:16:23,480 --> 01:16:26,199
and thus obtain
some control over them.
630
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:29,239
Then I could have learned
something about power,
631
01:16:29,440 --> 01:16:31,396
but that was not allowed.
632
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:34,148
someone subject
to a strange will
633
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:38,832
goes through life like confetti,
splinters, floating debris.
634
01:16:39,640 --> 01:16:42,632
The Prater could have
served as a network
635
01:16:42,840 --> 01:16:45,274
that could have gotten you out
of the waters.
636
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:48,519
�Buy your tickets
to the future!
637
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,996
�Challenge�in time
and space!
638
01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:52,679
Come up and experience
639
01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:57,078
the technology of the 21st century.
640
01:16:59,040 --> 01:17:00,632
Cross the borders!
641
01:17:01,320 --> 01:17:02,719
Reach the limit.
642
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:04,359
There is no gravity,
643
01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:06,238
maximum load.
644
01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:39,118
Witness the incredible.
645
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:43,830
My name is Philipp Kolnhofer II.
646
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,151
My father was the first.
647
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:49,432
we were three children
648
01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:55,837
and my father had been
in the Prater since 1922.
649
01:17:56,640 --> 01:18:01,156
We had the first coffee
from the main avenue of Vienna
650
01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:05,433
where thousands of bands played
every day.
651
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:30,958
The thunder of the drums
and the sound of the cymbals,
652
01:18:31,160 --> 01:18:33,754
They sounded like artillery
giant
653
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:37,873
like noisy orchestras
that unfold melodies
654
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:42,631
one day yes and another no,
in the Wurstel Prater.
655
01:18:42,840 --> 01:18:45,673
If you want to be heard
and let them see you here
656
01:18:45,880 --> 01:18:47,313
you have to make music.
657
01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:10,357
How magical to see the girls
dressed in white
658
01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:12,636
the day of confirmation,
659
01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:15,991
how respectable and poetic
joy awaken.
660
01:19:16,200 --> 01:19:17,474
The women's bands.
661
01:19:17,680 --> 01:19:20,399
A special atmosphere
persists outdoors
662
01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:23,239
when they play
women's orchestras.
663
01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:26,876
In some ways it's good fun
see girls dressed in white
664
01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:29,469
making music on the stage
665
01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:31,432
while dinner is served,
666
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:33,949
It's very moving.
667
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:39,314
Something that ranges between
the appropriate and the provocative,
668
01:19:39,520 --> 01:19:42,990
among the debauchery
and bourgeois morality.
669
01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:55,319
The fight for life
dressed in white
670
01:19:55,520 --> 01:19:56,555
They work hard
671
01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:59,115
�but his work is a real
oompah pah!
672
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:02,312
And when his little flock
makes a joyful sound,
673
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:04,238
nobody asks
674
01:20:04,440 --> 01:20:07,000
if the celebration is
in their hearts
675
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:10,033
or only in his scores.
676
01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:16,349
After the first coffee,
which he sold in 1928,
677
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:18,039
we bought a tavern
in the Prater
678
01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:22,072
with housing included.
679
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:24,956
That's where we grew up.
680
01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:29,592
And in 33
681
01:20:31,200 --> 01:20:33,794
We bought a second coffee.
682
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:37,313
We had it until the 38th.
683
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:41,549
After the war
interrupted everything.
684
01:20:42,640 --> 01:20:46,155
In 1945 the Prater
It burned completely.
685
01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:48,632
"Completely burned down by the SS in 1945"
686
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:57,356
Film fragments
Nazi propaganda 1942-43
687
01:20:58,280 --> 01:21:01,875
Foreign workers
in the Vienna Prater
688
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:05,951
Mix of breeds
in the Vienna Prater
689
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:25,955
A barbarian in the Prater
690
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:28,797
Around 1941
691
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:34,074
a competition was organized
in the Prater meadows.
692
01:21:34,440 --> 01:21:38,991
The contestants had to install
quickly a telephone connection.
693
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:43,870
This is how I came to Vienna
when I was 13 years old.
694
01:21:44,680 --> 01:21:47,558
We slept in tents or barracks
near the railway,
695
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:53,432
or in one of the fields
installed in various places.
696
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:56,433
we were very close
of the amusements of the Prater,
697
01:21:56,640 --> 01:21:58,915
I was part of a vanguard
of SS that would later burn
698
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:03,989
all wooden figures and
circus platforms. It was just by chance
699
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:08,236
that I saw the old Prater,
what if it were still there
700
01:22:08,440 --> 01:22:13,355
it would be one of the places
greatest in Europe.
701
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:17,032
Ignorant and paralyzed
702
01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:20,038
I looked at the eastern world
of the circus,
703
01:22:20,240 --> 01:22:24,279
their strange figures
half demonic,
704
01:22:24,480 --> 01:22:27,074
that appeared in front of me
still intact,
705
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:32,593
although the aura that surrounded them
He had already been a victim of the times.
706
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:34,469
ZFO PRESENTS
707
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:38,152
GERMANY IN THE NEWS
708
01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:43,955
There it was, the place that was
occupied my childish mind,
709
01:22:44,160 --> 01:22:46,628
the exotic Luna Park
with his acrobats,
710
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:48,796
gnomes and puppets,
711
01:22:49,480 --> 01:22:50,833
but it had arrived
too late...
712
01:22:51,360 --> 01:22:53,874
and my performance was a failure
713
01:22:54,080 --> 01:22:57,117
because he wasn't wearing the mesh
of a circus boy
714
01:22:57,320 --> 01:23:00,471
but the uniform and the insignia
of the murderers.
715
01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:12,159
END
716
01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:16,279
The famous pavilion of enjoyment
on the main avenue.
717
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:21,199
This was also partially
destroyed in the war.
718
01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:24,877
Behind you can see the remains,
719
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:31,639
so one has the impression
of what the Prater looked like in 1945.
720
01:23:32,120 --> 01:23:36,671
In this photo you can see
the business committee
721
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:40,231
in 1946,
722
01:23:41,120 --> 01:23:43,190
one year later
of the end of the war,
723
01:23:43,720 --> 01:23:46,314
discussing models
724
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,114
of what the new Prater should be like.
725
01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:01,151
Before starting the tour
outside on the grotto train
726
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,555
the jaws were visible
from hell
727
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:05,950
open and red
728
01:24:06,160 --> 01:24:07,832
showing his teeth.
729
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:11,112
There was, like my nanny
Fanny said,
730
01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:14,118
enough room in hell
for the entire city of Vienna
731
01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:15,799
and all its population.
732
01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:19,759
I sat down and squeezed
next to her.
733
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:23,555
Then: the Messina earthquake.
734
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,353
The train stopped
735
01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,870
and the coastal city
It was right there.
736
01:24:29,720 --> 01:24:33,190
Thunder sounded,
it became night,
737
01:24:33,400 --> 01:24:36,153
a terrible howl was heard,
738
01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:38,271
the earth shook,
They pushed us,
739
01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:40,835
thunder again,
then there was a flash:
740
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:44,350
all the houses of Messina
They were burning in flames.
741
01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:47,836
I staggered out
of the grotto train and thinking
742
01:24:48,040 --> 01:24:51,396
Now everything is lost,
the entire Wurstel Prater!
743
01:25:06,480 --> 01:25:09,756
"Get in, hold on to your seat belt, go"
744
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:23,911
Can you open this
from there?
745
01:25:25,480 --> 01:25:26,959
Leave me again.
746
01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:28,909
Shit!
747
01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:31,839
Could you go a little
slower please?
748
01:25:35,640 --> 01:25:37,949
What do I have to do?
"Lie down or what?"
749
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:41,271
Go slower!
750
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:43,878
I want to go home!
751
01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:49,472
Are you holding on here?
752
01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:51,955
- Should I take your hand?
- Yes!
753
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:53,593
No, hold on here!
754
01:25:53,800 --> 01:25:54,710
Shit!
755
01:25:57,640 --> 01:25:58,436
What?
756
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:01,153
Concentrate!
757
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:02,516
Oh, God!
758
01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:07,799
- Shall I clench my teeth?
- No! Just relax!
759
01:26:08,440 --> 01:26:11,750
- I can't relax.
- It's an erotic adventure!
760
01:26:13,840 --> 01:26:15,717
I'm afraid.
Should I close my eyes?
761
01:26:15,920 --> 01:26:17,672
Why?
Then you won't see anything!
762
01:26:18,080 --> 01:26:19,115
Shit.
763
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:21,433
Should I hold on?
764
01:26:21,640 --> 01:26:23,471
You don't have to hold on!
765
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:24,669
Oh, God!
766
01:26:25,160 --> 01:26:26,798
Why do I do this?
767
01:26:27,640 --> 01:26:29,039
It's your fault!
768
01:26:30,560 --> 01:26:32,869
"But I'll let you know."
when we go out!
769
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:35,071
Not a second. Attention!
770
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:37,316
Ready... and...
771
01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:39,358
Goodbye!
772
01:26:39,560 --> 01:26:40,913
We're out!
773
01:26:59,400 --> 01:27:00,958
And what is it like?
774
01:27:03,960 --> 01:27:05,632
Do you like the view?
775
01:27:09,120 --> 01:27:10,792
"I'll shit myself"
in the pants!
776
01:27:20,800 --> 01:27:22,313
What a view!
777
01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:31,795
Holy shit!
778
01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:45,598
Enjoy the panorama!
779
01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:48,719
Enjoy the panorama!
780
01:28:06,640 --> 01:28:07,755
Is everything okay?
781
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:11,953
It's over!
782
01:28:16,200 --> 01:28:17,633
Am I on earth?
783
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:46,712
"I'm not a loser"
784
01:33:07,520 --> 01:33:09,476
"Oracle of Love"
785
01:36:05,040 --> 01:36:06,678
Hello, my name is Ali.
786
01:36:07,720 --> 01:36:08,789
Hello, I am Ahmad.
787
01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:10,831
We are from Jakarta
788
01:36:13,080 --> 01:36:18,234
and we studied in Vienna
we like to go to the Prater sometimes
789
01:36:18,640 --> 01:36:20,676
to have fun.
790
01:36:22,320 --> 01:36:26,029
my favorite game
They are the bumper cars.
791
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:29,790
Mine is this one!
792
01:36:30,480 --> 01:36:33,552
I already tried it twice.
I like it.
793
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:36,071
It's very pretty...
794
01:36:37,960 --> 01:36:39,552
And excellent, of course.
795
01:36:39,920 --> 01:36:41,478
The view: very beautiful!
796
01:43:02,210 --> 01:43:06,888
Subtitled Rolf R�st
Buenos Aires-2011