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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,142 --> 00:00:11,301 The majority of events related in this film are true. 2 00:00:11,475 --> 00:00:16,179 However, the authors are not trying to do the work of historians. 3 00:00:16,392 --> 00:00:20,255 They have allowed their imaginations some liberty. 4 00:00:20,516 --> 00:00:24,178 They apologise to those who may share the same names... 5 00:00:24,350 --> 00:00:27,264 as those used for certain characters in this film. 6 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:30,596 There is, naturally, no relationship involved. 7 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,297 There they are! 8 00:03:34,597 --> 00:03:35,545 There they are! 9 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:44,716 JULY 1933... CASSIS, FRANCE 10 00:03:48,430 --> 00:03:52,009 I’m Chief-Inspector Gardet of the Sûreté Générale. 11 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,969 Mr Lev Davidovich Bronstein, known as Leon Trotsky. 12 00:04:00,221 --> 00:04:03,966 For humanitarian reasons, and as an exceptional measure... 13 00:04:04,471 --> 00:04:08,133 the government of France hereby grants you asylum. 14 00:04:08,971 --> 00:04:10,761 There is one condition. 15 00:04:11,263 --> 00:04:15,339 You may not intervene in the internal affairs of France. 16 00:04:16,346 --> 00:04:19,261 We had you disembark here at Cassis... 17 00:04:19,429 --> 00:04:21,585 to avoid demonstrations. 18 00:04:21,763 --> 00:04:23,670 The Press is waiting in Marseilles. 19 00:04:23,846 --> 00:04:26,465 We want to keep your itinerary a secret. 20 00:04:28,471 --> 00:04:32,879 Here is a copy of the decree authorizing you to reside in France. 21 00:04:59,637 --> 00:05:02,718 And so a page of history is turned... 22 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:06,593 He led the October Revolution at Lenin’s side. 23 00:05:07,845 --> 00:05:11,507 He created the Red Army... now he is in exile again! 24 00:05:24,220 --> 00:05:28,877 MEANWHILE IN PARIS 25 00:06:11,261 --> 00:06:13,216 Your car, Mr Alexandre? 26 00:06:13,386 --> 00:06:14,926 Yes... I’ll be right there. 27 00:06:15,094 --> 00:06:17,381 Baron Raoul is waiting, sir. 28 00:06:20,136 --> 00:06:22,885 Find out who Bonny is working for. 29 00:06:23,052 --> 00:06:25,754 Inspector Bonny often works on his own. 30 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:28,636 I want the answer today, Boussaud! 31 00:06:28,802 --> 00:06:32,298 If it’s money, I’ll pay. Just one more palm to grease! 32 00:06:32,802 --> 00:06:35,717 9 tonight, Place St Georges... the back door. 33 00:06:49,885 --> 00:06:51,461 Thanks for coming back, Baron. 34 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,170 I need your advice. 35 00:06:53,343 --> 00:06:56,590 I don’t trust Gaston to run the Empire alone. 36 00:06:56,927 --> 00:06:59,131 Always delighted to be of service. 37 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:02,715 Tell me about Biarritz, Baron. Is Arlette still beautiful? 38 00:07:02,968 --> 00:07:04,924 Still the most beautiful, Sacha. 39 00:07:05,093 --> 00:07:07,760 Yesterday, in Juan Montalvo’s Hispano... 40 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:11,044 she was ravishing: a queen! 41 00:07:37,134 --> 00:07:38,592 The jury was simply. 42 00:07:38,843 --> 00:07:40,999 Later, Baron! Don’t spoil it for me. 43 00:07:41,176 --> 00:07:43,131 I’ll want all the details. 44 00:07:44,009 --> 00:07:46,296 I’m keeping you with me all day. 45 00:07:50,843 --> 00:07:52,335 What’s in the news? 46 00:07:52,509 --> 00:07:55,542 Hollywood’s on strike. Wall Street’s reeling. 47 00:07:55,926 --> 00:07:57,632 Speicher won the Tour de France. 48 00:07:58,092 --> 00:08:00,877 Have you read Kessel’s article in Le Matin?. 49 00:08:02,592 --> 00:08:05,674 "The Call of the Blood" is the melodramatic title. 50 00:08:05,842 --> 00:08:09,172 And what blood does he mean? Jewish blood! 51 00:08:10,676 --> 00:08:12,168 To protest against... 52 00:08:12,509 --> 00:08:14,630 racial persecution in Germany. 53 00:08:15,259 --> 00:08:19,750 Lord Melchett, president of the Chemical Industries Trust... 54 00:08:19,925 --> 00:08:21,632 has abjured Christianity. 55 00:08:21,884 --> 00:08:24,798 He has returned to the faith of his forefathers. 56 00:08:25,259 --> 00:08:28,210 And he, Joseph Kessel, approves... 57 00:08:29,259 --> 00:08:32,126 of this gesture by a rich and powerful man. 58 00:08:32,467 --> 00:08:34,790 Melchett reacts to adversity... 59 00:08:35,009 --> 00:08:39,085 by renewing bonds from which he was otherwise liberated. 60 00:08:39,425 --> 00:08:42,376 We’re supposed to think: How noble! 61 00:08:42,592 --> 00:08:46,171 I’m not struck by the nobility but by the stupidity! 62 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:49,127 Calling attention to one’s Jewish origins... 63 00:08:49,508 --> 00:08:52,506 is a sure way to arouse animosity 64 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,542 Ever read leftist papers? 65 00:08:54,717 --> 00:08:58,296 Never... I haven’t the strength. They’re so badly written? 66 00:09:01,175 --> 00:09:04,457 "The Council Presidents and most Ministers..." 67 00:09:04,633 --> 00:09:07,666 "are swine, bastards and gangsters" 68 00:09:07,841 --> 00:09:11,669 "The traitors! Shove dynamite up their behinds..." 69 00:09:12,091 --> 00:09:13,797 Is that well-written? 70 00:09:14,258 --> 00:09:16,248 But that’s a polemic, Sacha! 71 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:20,086 The language is purposely excessive. 72 00:09:20,383 --> 00:09:21,840 But you’re well-bred... 73 00:09:22,008 --> 00:09:25,006 How can you frequent those Radical-Socialists? 74 00:09:25,674 --> 00:09:27,546 You don’t understand... 75 00:09:27,799 --> 00:09:29,873 I frequent those in power! 76 00:09:35,674 --> 00:09:39,668 What can I do? The Left Coalition won the elections! 77 00:09:40,716 --> 00:09:43,667 If your friends win next time... 78 00:09:43,841 --> 00:09:46,127 we’ll celebrate with champagne. 79 00:09:46,299 --> 00:09:48,041 Don’t wait till then, Sacha. 80 00:09:48,216 --> 00:09:51,379 I’ll introduce you to my friends whenever you like. 81 00:09:51,674 --> 00:09:53,581 In power or not, they have power! 82 00:09:55,591 --> 00:09:57,628 Checks ready, Borelli? 83 00:10:06,715 --> 00:10:09,879 Draw 50,000 cash from the La Foncière account. 84 00:10:10,049 --> 00:10:12,798 Have Laloy take 25,000 to Mr Véricourt. 85 00:10:12,965 --> 00:10:15,086 Bring me the rest at the Empire. 86 00:10:20,299 --> 00:10:23,166 Draw 200,000 from the C.I.C. account. 87 00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:27,250 Deposit it to my account at the Crédit Lyonnais. 88 00:10:28,173 --> 00:10:32,665 Transfer 45,000 to Biarritz and draw 100,000. 89 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,333 Put it in the office safe. 90 00:11:03,756 --> 00:11:05,877 Can I talk to you, Bonny? 91 00:11:06,048 --> 00:11:07,588 Why hound Serge Alexandre? 92 00:11:07,756 --> 00:11:10,624 Alexandre? Oh yes, that’s his name now. 93 00:11:10,839 --> 00:11:12,380 Am I hounding him? 94 00:11:12,548 --> 00:11:16,328 You’ve turned in three reports on him since May. 95 00:11:18,089 --> 00:11:21,004 And La Bonne Guerre keeps attacking him. 96 00:11:21,173 --> 00:11:22,749 The editor’s your man. 97 00:11:22,923 --> 00:11:25,707 Drop it! Do I bother your informers? 98 00:11:25,881 --> 00:11:28,204 That’s just it! Too much so... 99 00:11:28,381 --> 00:11:31,462 I see... So Alexandre still works for you? 100 00:11:31,922 --> 00:11:34,328 Put yourself in his place! 101 00:11:35,131 --> 00:11:36,671 Do you want your past dug up? 102 00:11:37,422 --> 00:11:41,368 Would you like anyone digging into the Volberg case? 103 00:11:44,714 --> 00:11:47,914 I guess I’ll fill you in on this, after all. 104 00:11:49,589 --> 00:11:52,291 You see? That’s all money is. 105 00:11:52,505 --> 00:11:54,709 Bits of paper for Borelli to handle. 106 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,416 Off we go, Baron... to the Empire. 107 00:11:59,380 --> 00:12:01,003 Alexander’s Empire! 108 00:12:11,672 --> 00:12:14,670 Now describe Arlette’s triumph for me. 109 00:12:14,838 --> 00:12:17,457 It was glorious, Sacha... an apotheosis! 110 00:12:17,630 --> 00:12:20,960 Everything was perfect, even the weather. 111 00:12:21,463 --> 00:12:25,291 You would have loved the blue hydrangeas. 112 00:13:18,712 --> 00:13:20,703 A nightmare? What nightmare? 113 00:13:21,004 --> 00:13:23,918 She dreamed that you were both falling. 114 00:13:24,087 --> 00:13:27,085 It’s a very common dream, Sacha. 115 00:13:27,254 --> 00:13:30,003 You were in a car that had no brakes. 116 00:13:30,170 --> 00:13:33,204 She’s had that same dream often, lately. 117 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:35,168 I must tell Dr Mezy. 118 00:13:36,045 --> 00:13:38,498 Is Montalvo still courting my wife? 119 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,456 Nothing can discourage our Don Juan! 120 00:13:41,629 --> 00:13:44,959 He put his car at her disposal again yesterday. 121 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,915 What about his other plot? 122 00:14:41,087 --> 00:14:43,161 To overthrow the Spanish Republic. 123 00:14:43,337 --> 00:14:44,830 I wouldn’t know. 124 00:14:45,004 --> 00:14:47,753 He’s preparing to go to Italy. 125 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,831 To Italy? They’re contacting Mussolini. 126 00:14:53,337 --> 00:14:55,327 Of course... Mussolini! 127 00:15:01,087 --> 00:15:02,330 Hello, Doc. 128 00:15:09,753 --> 00:15:12,953 I have to see Alex for a few minutes. 129 00:15:13,587 --> 00:15:15,411 I must examine him! 130 00:15:18,753 --> 00:15:21,621 He’s nervous, depressed and can’t sleep. 131 00:15:21,795 --> 00:15:23,667 I don’t like that one bit! 132 00:15:39,710 --> 00:15:41,950 Should I have told Sacha? 133 00:15:46,918 --> 00:15:49,999 To say nothing is a kind of betrayal. 134 00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:57,204 But it wouldn’t be gallant to tell him about it... 135 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:03,158 Yesterday, after Arlette’s triumph... 136 00:16:03,418 --> 00:16:06,333 Montalvo launched his final assault... 137 00:16:06,668 --> 00:16:08,908 against her resistances. 138 00:16:09,085 --> 00:16:10,910 "All or nothing," he told me. 139 00:16:11,085 --> 00:16:13,573 "She’s mine tonight, or I disappear". 140 00:16:16,084 --> 00:16:17,743 What’s he saying...? 141 00:16:18,626 --> 00:16:20,700 Arlette seems fascinated. 142 00:16:21,251 --> 00:16:23,407 What can they be saying? 143 00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:26,205 Something has upset them. 144 00:16:36,459 --> 00:16:38,450 My ancestors defeated the Arabs... 145 00:16:38,626 --> 00:16:40,865 3000 acres of olive trees, vineyards. 146 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:42,749 Mine, by blood-right! 147 00:16:46,084 --> 00:16:49,035 And so I raised my hand. 148 00:16:50,084 --> 00:16:52,952 The Guardia Civil were ordered to fire. 149 00:16:54,459 --> 00:16:57,243 The peasants were shot down point-blank. 150 00:16:57,459 --> 00:17:02,412 In Spain... we have a long history of knowing how to die. 151 00:17:29,417 --> 00:17:31,740 Why won’t you ever see me alone? 152 00:17:32,792 --> 00:17:34,498 Afraid you’ll weaken? 153 00:17:35,750 --> 00:17:38,664 No, I’m not afraid of that, my dear Juan. 154 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:43,743 I’m not virtuous and I don’t consider marriage sacred. 155 00:17:45,291 --> 00:17:47,282 But I belong to a man. 156 00:17:48,916 --> 00:17:50,374 I am his. 157 00:17:51,541 --> 00:17:54,243 He alone can release me from my vows. 158 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,576 And that’s the only thing I’m afraid of. 159 00:18:00,124 --> 00:18:02,080 That he might do it! 160 00:18:09,208 --> 00:18:11,778 Can we stage Deux sous de fleurs modestly? 161 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:14,825 Use the decors from Katinka, for example. 162 00:18:15,249 --> 00:18:18,864 The public wants new things... everything new! 163 00:18:19,374 --> 00:18:22,538 Gaston’s right! With a Depression on... 164 00:18:22,707 --> 00:18:25,456 people want to see extravaganzas! 165 00:18:25,624 --> 00:18:28,657 They want to see all the things they haven’t got. 166 00:18:29,874 --> 00:18:31,283 "Life can be beautiful..." 167 00:18:31,541 --> 00:18:34,492 And life can be beautiful! Right, Alex? 168 00:18:35,291 --> 00:18:39,236 It’s two against one... Deux sous de fleurs it is! 169 00:18:39,832 --> 00:18:43,079 How much will Deux sous de fleurs cost me? 170 00:18:44,915 --> 00:18:47,534 Go on, start the auditions without me. 171 00:18:47,707 --> 00:18:50,456 I need Mr Grammont’s legal counsel. 172 00:18:51,707 --> 00:18:53,828 I’ll be needing you, too! 173 00:18:55,457 --> 00:18:57,613 Sorry to keep you waiting. 174 00:19:01,623 --> 00:19:03,828 Here’s what I found... 175 00:19:05,498 --> 00:19:07,821 It dates from 1926. 176 00:19:10,248 --> 00:19:13,993 Our next issue will carry the picture with the caption... 177 00:19:15,165 --> 00:19:17,784 "The owner of the newspaper La Volonté... 178 00:19:17,957 --> 00:19:20,113 "and of the Empire Theater... 179 00:19:21,207 --> 00:19:22,783 "during a surprise party" 180 00:19:23,498 --> 00:19:25,204 How do you like it, Bonny? 181 00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:28,988 I’ve changed my mind... Alexandre is on his guard. 182 00:19:29,331 --> 00:19:30,113 What’ll I do? 183 00:19:31,165 --> 00:19:32,990 Go see him anyway. 184 00:19:33,790 --> 00:19:36,622 I have a report here, from Biarritz. 185 00:19:37,248 --> 00:19:40,530 Say it’s a gossip item... just for openers. 186 00:19:41,915 --> 00:19:44,663 See how he reacts to a direct contact. 187 00:19:45,998 --> 00:19:48,664 La Bonne Guerre doesn’t worry me, Doc. 188 00:19:48,831 --> 00:19:51,035 I can handle scandal sheets. 189 00:19:52,998 --> 00:19:56,161 But Inspector Bonny is behind it. 190 00:19:56,414 --> 00:19:59,910 He filed reports on me May 23rd, June 17th... 191 00:20:00,081 --> 00:20:02,118 and July 1st! That’s this month... 192 00:20:02,331 --> 00:20:03,658 You’re well-informed. 193 00:20:03,831 --> 00:20:05,407 I pay enough... 194 00:20:05,581 --> 00:20:08,116 The Police Fund is an expensive mistress! 195 00:20:09,414 --> 00:20:12,827 Grammont, attack the root of the problem. 196 00:20:13,206 --> 00:20:15,280 And the root is the Laforcade file. 197 00:20:15,831 --> 00:20:18,284 Get it over with, lawyer! 198 00:20:19,622 --> 00:20:22,075 It’s dragged on for seven years. 199 00:20:22,247 --> 00:20:25,245 It’s been postponed 12 times... fine! 200 00:20:26,039 --> 00:20:29,321 Now get the case dismissed and the civil suit withdrawn. 201 00:20:29,497 --> 00:20:31,404 Try the statute of limitations. 202 00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:35,029 We know judges and Ministers... find a solution! 203 00:20:35,372 --> 00:20:38,323 I’ve talked to Véricourt, we have a plan. 204 00:20:38,830 --> 00:20:42,113 We’ll settle the civil suit out of court. 205 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,703 I can do it with two million... 206 00:20:44,955 --> 00:20:46,993 But I have to ask some questions... 207 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:50,778 Ask Dr Mezy! That’s why I had him come today. 208 00:20:51,413 --> 00:20:52,740 I’ve forgotten. 209 00:20:53,205 --> 00:20:54,995 I’ve decided to forget! 210 00:20:55,205 --> 00:20:57,776 I am Serge Alexandre, financier and impresario. 211 00:20:57,955 --> 00:21:00,574 Newspaper and stable owner. 212 00:21:00,788 --> 00:21:04,118 Soon I’ll head C.A.G.T.R.I., an international trust... 213 00:21:04,288 --> 00:21:07,736 Quoted shares worth 500 million, government-backed. 214 00:21:08,621 --> 00:21:12,117 So why ask me about that poor jerk out on bail? 215 00:21:13,330 --> 00:21:14,443 That small-time con man. 216 00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:16,785 Don’t mention him to me again! 217 00:21:16,955 --> 00:21:19,324 Get him out of my life, Grammont! 218 00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:27,654 Oh, he’s perfectly sincere. 219 00:21:27,871 --> 00:21:30,988 It’s a typical case of a split personality. 220 00:21:31,329 --> 00:21:34,162 The person that he was... is someone else! 221 00:21:34,329 --> 00:21:37,908 A phantom that he despises... and fears. 222 00:21:39,829 --> 00:21:44,487 Well, the arrest at Marly in July 1926 is no dream. 223 00:21:51,454 --> 00:21:53,244 It’s rather naive... 224 00:21:58,079 --> 00:22:00,746 It was a routine police operation. 225 00:22:02,496 --> 00:22:04,984 Alex had been hiding for three months. 226 00:22:05,662 --> 00:22:08,329 A warrant was out for his arrest. 227 00:22:08,621 --> 00:22:13,278 Fraud, receiving stolen goods, bad checks. 228 00:22:15,912 --> 00:22:17,819 And Alex had been warned. 229 00:22:18,245 --> 00:22:20,994 He’s always had "friends" in the police. 230 00:22:21,912 --> 00:22:23,025 He had time to escape. 231 00:22:23,287 --> 00:22:26,617 But he wanted to give a farewell party. 232 00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:28,825 Alex likes parties. 233 00:23:07,578 --> 00:23:09,485 I arrested him at Marly. 234 00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:13,404 Two years later, I ran into him at a café. 235 00:23:13,619 --> 00:23:14,947 He was out of prison. 236 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,027 Case dismissed, he said. 237 00:23:17,828 --> 00:23:20,494 He agreed to become one of my informers. 238 00:23:20,661 --> 00:23:24,109 He gave me some good tips on swindlers... 239 00:23:24,411 --> 00:23:27,030 forgers and addicts. 240 00:23:27,203 --> 00:23:28,446 It was his world. 241 00:23:28,786 --> 00:23:30,990 The day after Alex’s arrest... 242 00:23:31,161 --> 00:23:33,910 his father, a reputable dentist... 243 00:23:34,661 --> 00:23:36,568 committed suicide. 244 00:23:43,161 --> 00:23:45,566 And then there were the women. 245 00:23:46,619 --> 00:23:50,115 This is a police report dated April 1926. 246 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,033 "His means of support are vague". 247 00:23:54,577 --> 00:23:56,283 "Lazy and immoral..." 248 00:23:56,452 --> 00:23:58,941 "he takes advantage of women" 249 00:23:59,619 --> 00:24:02,652 One episode was a determining factor, I think. 250 00:24:03,410 --> 00:24:05,614 You won’t find it in his file. 251 00:24:06,702 --> 00:24:10,316 To understand Alex, sometimes you must forget files. 252 00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:14,360 You have to dream about him. 253 00:24:15,243 --> 00:24:16,950 And imagine his dreams... 254 00:24:18,493 --> 00:24:21,657 Alex was 16 years old and still in school. 255 00:24:23,368 --> 00:24:26,035 A woman of 30, a semi-professional... 256 00:24:26,535 --> 00:24:29,533 found him attractive and took him away. 257 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:32,783 She took him to Deauville... and initiated him. 258 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,155 Alex discovered... 259 00:24:41,493 --> 00:24:45,072 the worlds of luxury, gambling and pleasure. 260 00:24:46,368 --> 00:24:48,359 That initiation was decisive. 261 00:24:48,535 --> 00:24:50,027 Not at all, Doc... 262 00:24:50,701 --> 00:24:52,028 Not at all! 263 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:55,447 That woman didn’t initiate me. 264 00:24:55,909 --> 00:24:57,781 My grandfather had seen to that! 265 00:24:58,076 --> 00:25:00,860 My father was serious and fearful... 266 00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:03,783 always worrying about respectability. 267 00:25:04,326 --> 00:25:06,233 But not my grandfather! 268 00:25:06,576 --> 00:25:08,650 When I was singing in a musical... 269 00:25:08,826 --> 00:25:11,859 he came to hear me! He taught me everything. 270 00:25:13,618 --> 00:25:16,023 I came to invite you to join us. 271 00:25:16,576 --> 00:25:18,613 The auditions are great fun! 272 00:25:23,284 --> 00:25:25,239 Miss Zambaux... 273 00:25:30,701 --> 00:25:33,236 Miss Edith Boreal, please! 274 00:25:48,867 --> 00:25:51,237 What have you prepared for us? 275 00:25:51,409 --> 00:25:54,821 Je t’aime by Sacha Guitry... Act 5. 276 00:25:54,992 --> 00:25:57,480 The scene between him and her. 277 00:25:57,659 --> 00:25:58,737 Where is "him"? 278 00:25:59,033 --> 00:26:01,984 At the last minute, he stood me up. 279 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:04,904 You wouldn’t like to cue me...? 280 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,657 Am I the type for it? 281 00:26:07,075 --> 00:26:10,654 If the young lady has a copy of the play, I’ll try. 282 00:26:10,992 --> 00:26:12,698 Excellent idea, Baron. 283 00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:36,905 "There! Like magic... you have a house". 284 00:26:37,158 --> 00:26:39,860 "Oh! May I look around...?" 285 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:42,528 "What is it?" 286 00:26:42,699 --> 00:26:48,198 "There’s linen in the closets... and everything!" 287 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:50,568 "May I see the dining room?" 288 00:26:50,741 --> 00:26:52,696 "Make yourself at home". 289 00:26:53,199 --> 00:26:54,775 "It’s so pretty..." 290 00:26:55,449 --> 00:26:57,605 "Tablecloths and silverware..." 291 00:26:57,783 --> 00:27:01,942 "glasses and dishes! It’s beautiful..." 292 00:27:02,449 --> 00:27:04,653 "I forgot to look in the bathroom". 293 00:27:29,407 --> 00:27:31,362 I’ll give you five minutes! 294 00:27:34,490 --> 00:27:38,021 This item will appear in next week’s issue. 295 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,563 It may interest you, Mr Alexandre. 296 00:27:41,740 --> 00:27:42,653 You wrote it. 297 00:27:43,157 --> 00:27:44,566 Read it! 298 00:27:47,865 --> 00:27:52,818 "In Biarritz the other day, baccarat was played for high stakes". 299 00:27:53,657 --> 00:27:57,650 "Up to 300,000 francs bet by the professional gamblers." 300 00:27:58,115 --> 00:28:01,729 "Henriet, Garcia, Serge Alexandre". 301 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:07,690 "Alexandre is Stovosky of the phony Hungarian bond issue". 302 00:28:08,115 --> 00:28:09,940 Excuse the misspelling. 303 00:28:10,115 --> 00:28:13,231 Typographers are hopeless about foreign names. 304 00:28:13,490 --> 00:28:14,769 That’s enough! 305 00:28:15,448 --> 00:28:19,193 Casino gossip leaves me cold! I’m covered there.. 306 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:21,938 Ask your friends on the Vice Squad. 307 00:28:22,740 --> 00:28:24,197 And the rest is a lie! 308 00:28:24,989 --> 00:28:28,521 Send him the documentation on the Hungarian bonds. 309 00:28:30,406 --> 00:28:33,155 And the study made by Judge Vannier... 310 00:28:33,489 --> 00:28:35,895 on behalf of the government. 311 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:40,487 No, your gossip column doesn’t interest me! 312 00:28:41,156 --> 00:28:44,070 But your little publication does. 313 00:28:44,448 --> 00:28:46,853 I have a new company, S.A.P.E.P. 314 00:28:47,031 --> 00:28:49,401 My friend Borelli is in charge. 315 00:28:49,656 --> 00:28:52,689 The idea is to group certain publications... 316 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:55,732 around a central advertising organization. 317 00:28:55,906 --> 00:29:00,362 I’ve already signed up Cyrano and Le Cri du Jour... 318 00:29:00,531 --> 00:29:03,731 and I’m negotiating with Le Charivari and D’Artagnan. 319 00:29:03,906 --> 00:29:05,730 And La Bonne Guerre? 320 00:29:06,655 --> 00:29:08,729 I’m at war with La Bonne Guerre! 321 00:29:10,739 --> 00:29:13,062 Your project interests me, of course. 322 00:29:14,155 --> 00:29:16,644 Borelli will give you the details. 323 00:29:18,364 --> 00:29:20,650 Give him something on account! 324 00:29:28,822 --> 00:29:31,820 "Ours will be a love without any story". 325 00:29:32,072 --> 00:29:34,643 "No one else will understand". 326 00:29:35,363 --> 00:29:38,480 "And if a playwright were to decide..." 327 00:29:38,655 --> 00:29:42,352 "to write about our love, the critics would say..." 328 00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:45,108 "it’s not a play! Nothing happens." 329 00:29:45,655 --> 00:29:48,357 Miss Erna Wolfgang, please. 330 00:30:09,279 --> 00:30:13,569 I can sing, dance and act. 331 00:30:15,738 --> 00:30:17,444 I’m also a trapeze artist... 332 00:30:17,863 --> 00:30:20,102 and I can walk a high-wire. 333 00:30:20,613 --> 00:30:23,943 But I have an accent, as you can hear. 334 00:30:27,613 --> 00:30:28,691 I’m Jewish. 335 00:30:29,362 --> 00:30:31,187 I’ve just come from Germany. 336 00:30:31,404 --> 00:30:34,188 Since the Nazis took power this year... 337 00:30:34,362 --> 00:30:36,981 it’s hard for us to live in Germany. 338 00:30:37,946 --> 00:30:41,062 It has never been easy for us to live anywhere. 339 00:30:43,362 --> 00:30:47,226 My last role in Germany was in a play called Die Maßnahme. 340 00:30:48,237 --> 00:30:50,062 The police closed the theater. 341 00:30:51,237 --> 00:30:52,564 So, here I am! 342 00:30:53,237 --> 00:30:56,685 I had prepared a monologue but after seeing that gentleman. 343 00:30:59,029 --> 00:31:01,268 Would you please cue me? 344 00:31:02,112 --> 00:31:05,524 If it’s not an insult to French genius. 345 00:31:06,029 --> 00:31:09,809 I’d like to do a scene from Giraudoux’s Intermezzo 346 00:31:10,487 --> 00:31:12,643 But I need a Specter 347 00:31:14,945 --> 00:31:16,224 Let me do it, Baron! 348 00:31:16,945 --> 00:31:18,735 Playing a specter should suit me 349 00:31:19,112 --> 00:31:21,316 Come on, I have a copy for you 350 00:31:36,069 --> 00:31:38,983 I’ve made some cuts... It starts here 351 00:31:39,902 --> 00:31:41,359 What do I do? 352 00:31:49,194 --> 00:31:51,267 You float behind me 353 00:31:53,443 --> 00:31:57,519 Try to read your role with feeling, Alex 354 00:31:58,402 --> 00:32:00,143 I’m on a bench 355 00:32:02,027 --> 00:32:02,939 It’s night... 356 00:32:07,068 --> 00:32:08,858 May we have some night, please? 357 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:10,567 Make it night 358 00:32:12,026 --> 00:32:15,522 "No... the dead are remarkably agile" 359 00:32:22,235 --> 00:32:26,643 "No, the dead are remarkably agile..." 360 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,813 "They never stumble into the void" 361 00:32:29,985 --> 00:32:31,726 "They never trip over shadows" 362 00:32:32,401 --> 00:32:35,150 "They never stub their toes on nothingness" 363 00:32:35,693 --> 00:32:39,521 "And nothing ever lights up their faces..." 364 00:32:40,484 --> 00:32:43,352 The simplest answer is that he was insane 365 00:32:43,693 --> 00:32:47,188 Mr Chairman, an ex-convict should be invisible... 366 00:32:48,359 --> 00:32:52,519 "to understand and enjoy being immortal" 367 00:32:53,859 --> 00:32:55,268 "They aren’t!" 368 00:32:55,484 --> 00:32:56,893 "What do you mean?" 369 00:32:57,359 --> 00:32:58,852 "They die, too" 370 00:32:59,817 --> 00:33:02,815 "Strange how races don’t know themselves" 371 00:33:03,067 --> 00:33:06,563 "Indians think they are red, Negroes think they are white" 372 00:33:07,484 --> 00:33:09,889 "The dead think they are mortal" 373 00:33:10,567 --> 00:33:12,605 There... it’s finished 374 00:33:40,108 --> 00:33:42,644 Why broadcast that you’re Jewish? 375 00:33:42,900 --> 00:33:43,848 Because I am 376 00:33:44,192 --> 00:33:46,515 Not much of an answer, Miss Wolf-track 377 00:33:48,483 --> 00:33:50,438 Wolfgang means wolf-track 378 00:33:51,817 --> 00:33:54,898 Would you like a more theatrical answer? 379 00:33:56,441 --> 00:33:59,937 Because when I look at trees, roses, sky... 380 00:34:00,108 --> 00:34:01,517 I know I’m Jewish 381 00:34:01,691 --> 00:34:04,097 I hate races that don’t know themselves... 382 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:06,265 Jews who think they’re happy... 383 00:34:06,441 --> 00:34:08,432 have equal rights and are safe 384 00:34:08,608 --> 00:34:10,563 Where does it get you? 385 00:34:10,733 --> 00:34:13,400 I can be myself... I can be different 386 00:34:15,941 --> 00:34:17,766 Know what my father said? 387 00:34:18,774 --> 00:34:20,148 Be average, Sacha 388 00:34:20,316 --> 00:34:23,895 Being first makes enemies. Being last looks bad. 389 00:34:24,191 --> 00:34:26,395 Be average so they forget you 390 00:34:26,566 --> 00:34:28,603 But they don’t forget us 391 00:34:30,483 --> 00:34:32,473 - You’re from...? - I’m from Russia 392 00:34:33,774 --> 00:34:35,895 I’d like you to be happy 393 00:34:40,566 --> 00:34:43,184 30 seconds to reach the street... 394 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,886 Only 30 seconds to offer you happiness 395 00:34:47,566 --> 00:34:51,097 Not pleasure... pleasure takes a lifetime 396 00:34:51,899 --> 00:34:53,060 Not vice-versa? 397 00:34:53,232 --> 00:34:54,974 That’s a common error 398 00:34:55,274 --> 00:34:57,513 Happiness is a single moment... 399 00:34:57,815 --> 00:34:59,889 Sunlight on water... 400 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,554 At best, a long series of moments 401 00:35:02,774 --> 00:35:05,440 Pleasure requires much thought 402 00:35:05,857 --> 00:35:08,772 You need time, leisure... inventiveness 403 00:35:09,690 --> 00:35:11,480 Pleasure is for the rich! 404 00:35:11,649 --> 00:35:12,810 Who are you...? 405 00:35:12,982 --> 00:35:15,980 All this is mine... my Empire! 406 00:35:16,149 --> 00:35:17,641 I can offer you Paris 407 00:35:17,899 --> 00:35:18,977 Thanks anyway... 408 00:35:23,232 --> 00:35:24,890 I like happiness 409 00:36:05,731 --> 00:36:08,220 You made me lose my head 410 00:36:11,856 --> 00:36:14,060 Did I make too much noise? 411 00:36:33,606 --> 00:36:36,557 "The dear was naked and, knowing my desire..." 412 00:36:36,731 --> 00:36:39,728 "Wore only her jewels, to set my heart afire" 413 00:36:40,147 --> 00:36:43,927 "She seemed the victor, wearing such rich attire..." 414 00:36:44,105 --> 00:36:47,222 "With the secret smile slaves sometimes acquire" 415 00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:51,512 Another little housewife looking for a great love 416 00:36:52,314 --> 00:36:55,181 A cultivated provincial... the worst! 417 00:36:58,022 --> 00:37:00,308 Just to be rude, I started with... 418 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,308 "Strip except for the jewel! I want to look..." 419 00:37:05,105 --> 00:37:08,802 She began gurgling and quoting Baudelaire 420 00:37:09,647 --> 00:37:11,305 That did it! 421 00:37:15,897 --> 00:37:18,266 Luckily she adores mystery stories 422 00:37:18,438 --> 00:37:23,428 I had a topic of conversation to hide my lack of desire 423 00:37:35,188 --> 00:37:38,518 The little idiot sold it to me for a pittance 424 00:37:39,146 --> 00:37:41,267 Her husband is a miser... 425 00:37:41,438 --> 00:37:43,891 She needs money for her escapades 426 00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:55,268 Alex! I’ve gone over the accounts... 427 00:37:56,729 --> 00:37:58,008 It’s a disaster! 428 00:37:58,313 --> 00:38:00,848 Let me speak, just this once 429 00:38:01,229 --> 00:38:03,136 Then you can do what you want 430 00:38:08,187 --> 00:38:10,178 We’ll compare figures... 431 00:38:12,687 --> 00:38:13,386 Ready 432 00:38:14,646 --> 00:38:18,591 Racing stables... 3 million francs net loss 433 00:38:19,187 --> 00:38:20,466 You agree? 434 00:38:21,562 --> 00:38:23,967 Empire Theater losses for one season... 435 00:38:24,146 --> 00:38:28,353 6,237,378 francs... We’ll skip the centimes 436 00:38:28,604 --> 00:38:30,013 I never count centimes! 437 00:38:30,645 --> 00:38:33,347 600,000 distributed to scandal sheets 438 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,932 3,500,000 sunk into S.A.P.E.P. 439 00:38:36,104 --> 00:38:39,884 Two million in "fees" to lawyers, politicians... 440 00:38:40,062 --> 00:38:41,638 ex-generals, ex-police chiefs, etc. 441 00:38:41,937 --> 00:38:43,098 Almost finished! 442 00:38:43,854 --> 00:38:47,219 Gambling losses: 2,250,000 at Biarritz... 443 00:38:47,395 --> 00:38:49,137 Five million at Cannes 444 00:38:49,312 --> 00:38:52,724 22 million francs squandered in less than two years 445 00:38:52,978 --> 00:38:54,388 Squandered? 446 00:38:54,728 --> 00:38:58,343 No, not squandered... invested! 447 00:38:59,353 --> 00:39:01,758 Money attracts money... 448 00:39:02,312 --> 00:39:04,681 I operate entirely on credit! 449 00:39:04,853 --> 00:39:06,808 Why do I have that credit? 450 00:39:07,062 --> 00:39:10,758 Because I throw money around... as you call it 451 00:39:11,561 --> 00:39:14,595 If I stop now, people will get suspicious 452 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,853 They’ll smell trouble and tear me apart! 453 00:39:18,103 --> 00:39:20,140 But you are in trouble, Alex! 454 00:39:20,978 --> 00:39:23,052 In 60 days you have to go to court 455 00:39:25,603 --> 00:39:29,015 Véricourt can make a deal... We’ll settle out of court 456 00:39:29,561 --> 00:39:32,097 Make a deal...! 457 00:39:33,519 --> 00:39:36,268 Where will you get the money to make a deal? 458 00:39:37,144 --> 00:39:38,934 Cover the Bayonne vouchers 459 00:39:39,103 --> 00:39:42,184 You can’t re-pay the 3 million due last week 460 00:39:42,353 --> 00:39:45,220 Five million more come due in a month 461 00:39:45,394 --> 00:39:47,799 Fake vouchers! What if they audit? 462 00:39:48,728 --> 00:39:50,718 I know, I need 100 million! 463 00:39:52,936 --> 00:39:55,175 But in October, CAGTRI will be incorporated 464 00:39:55,352 --> 00:39:58,967 500 million! I’ll cover all the Bayonne vouchers... 465 00:39:59,311 --> 00:40:00,554 And we’ll be solvent! 466 00:40:00,727 --> 00:40:03,014 And till then? The emeralds again? 467 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:05,810 Something much better... 468 00:40:06,019 --> 00:40:09,100 The Spanish connection! "Love is blind..." 469 00:40:09,269 --> 00:40:12,765 Montalvo? That polo-playing parlor conspirator! 470 00:40:12,935 --> 00:40:15,803 The polo player is preparing a coup d’état 471 00:40:15,977 --> 00:40:19,473 He’s buying arms from Mussolini. He must have lots of money... 472 00:40:19,644 --> 00:40:23,768 I’ll offer my Swiss company as intermediary for the funds 473 00:41:24,309 --> 00:41:27,307 Your excellency, gentlemen, friends... 474 00:41:28,726 --> 00:41:32,174 Allow me to welcome you to the first Board meeting... 475 00:41:32,934 --> 00:41:36,513 of CAGTRI, the International Construction and Finance Corp. 476 00:41:54,892 --> 00:41:56,433 One question... 477 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:02,684 One big question haunts the world 478 00:42:03,559 --> 00:42:06,012 How can we end the Depression? 479 00:42:06,975 --> 00:42:09,594 The world’s most civilized countries... 480 00:42:09,850 --> 00:42:12,173 are on the horns of a dilemma 481 00:42:12,642 --> 00:42:15,842 On the one hand, stockpiles of unsold merchandise... 482 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:20,224 on the other, masses of unemployed workers 483 00:42:22,392 --> 00:42:24,678 What is the cause of this situation? 484 00:43:09,350 --> 00:43:11,388 Let me explain, Mr Chairman... 485 00:43:11,559 --> 00:43:14,924 I wasn’t his trusted friend, as you’ve called me... 486 00:43:15,309 --> 00:43:17,678 I was his trusted employee 487 00:43:17,850 --> 00:43:21,974 We always knew who was boss 488 00:43:22,267 --> 00:43:23,676 That’s too much! 489 00:43:23,850 --> 00:43:27,891 I was promised that no one would have access to my file 490 00:43:28,225 --> 00:43:30,974 And yet I saw it on Bonny’s desk 491 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,840 Anyway, he’s done his worst... 492 00:43:35,017 --> 00:43:36,758 He informed La Bonne Guerre 493 00:43:37,267 --> 00:43:39,672 He’ll try something else... unofficially 494 00:43:43,183 --> 00:43:45,221 I know his plan... 495 00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:50,215 He’s going to Biarritz on vacation. He’ll go to Bayonne for a loan 496 00:43:50,391 --> 00:43:52,797 He’ll pawn fake jewels at the Municipal Loan Office 497 00:44:29,057 --> 00:44:30,301 Did you see Boussaud go out? 498 00:44:32,682 --> 00:44:33,511 Nothing suspicious? 499 00:44:34,224 --> 00:44:35,847 You weren’t followed? 500 00:44:37,974 --> 00:44:40,723 The Sûreté Générale is a snake pit... 501 00:44:41,057 --> 00:44:43,012 As bad as Police Headquarters! 502 00:44:43,182 --> 00:44:45,422 Véricourt’s in the legislature... 503 00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:48,929 He ought to get a Police Reform bill passed! 504 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,631 Know where Bonny’s vacationing? 505 00:44:53,015 --> 00:44:55,634 In Biarritz... 5 miles from Bayonne 506 00:44:56,390 --> 00:44:58,428 He’s setting a trap for me... 507 00:44:58,724 --> 00:45:02,764 Using fake jewels as collateral at the Municipal Loan Office 508 00:45:03,349 --> 00:45:05,422 Then he can investigate officially 509 00:45:05,807 --> 00:45:06,885 He’s not stupid 510 00:45:12,348 --> 00:45:14,055 Let’s go wake Arlette... 511 00:45:14,307 --> 00:45:15,681 in Biarritz! 512 00:45:15,848 --> 00:45:17,389 Aren’t we dining with the Baron? 513 00:45:17,557 --> 00:45:19,962 We’ll all go! Ready to roll all night? 514 00:46:23,764 --> 00:46:24,759 Let’s buy flowers 515 00:46:25,306 --> 00:46:27,711 Flowers... at 6 AM? 516 00:46:28,014 --> 00:46:29,755 No matter what time it is! 517 00:46:29,930 --> 00:46:33,047 I want a mountain of white flowers for Arlette 518 00:46:33,514 --> 00:46:35,883 We’ll drag the florists out of bed... 519 00:46:36,264 --> 00:46:38,550 Lilies, orchids, camelias, roses... 520 00:46:38,972 --> 00:46:41,295 White roses are very pretty 521 00:48:05,137 --> 00:48:06,334 I dreamt it again 522 00:48:06,512 --> 00:48:07,709 I know 523 00:48:08,971 --> 00:48:10,629 The car was rolling on grass 524 00:48:11,387 --> 00:48:12,549 We were together... 525 00:48:13,012 --> 00:48:15,299 Yes... I was in your arms 526 00:48:16,554 --> 00:48:18,426 I heard your voice in my ear 527 00:48:18,595 --> 00:48:20,218 Saying the same words? 528 00:48:20,554 --> 00:48:24,334 The same words... the ermine, the orchids... 529 00:48:26,220 --> 00:48:27,417 Your voice in my ear... 530 00:48:28,054 --> 00:48:29,712 The car was picking up speed? 531 00:48:30,054 --> 00:48:33,715 Going faster and faster... plunging down the hill 532 00:48:35,595 --> 00:48:37,467 We went over a cliff 533 00:48:38,845 --> 00:48:42,092 The car took off in a cloud of white feathers 534 00:48:42,928 --> 00:48:45,796 No... they were snowflakes 535 00:48:47,095 --> 00:48:49,465 My mouth was filled with snow 536 00:48:50,345 --> 00:48:53,426 I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see your face 537 00:48:55,303 --> 00:48:56,712 Snow everywhere... 538 00:48:57,303 --> 00:48:58,547 There’s no snow, Arlette 539 00:49:03,011 --> 00:49:05,381 There’s a July sun shining 540 00:49:08,303 --> 00:49:09,215 We’re happy... 541 00:49:13,886 --> 00:49:15,758 It’s lovely... Where’s it from? 542 00:49:16,053 --> 00:49:20,129 Yesterday at 10 AM a lady from Angoulême was wearing it... 543 00:49:20,803 --> 00:49:22,793 in the lobby of the Claridge 544 00:49:23,303 --> 00:49:25,507 At 5 PM, I was in her bed 545 00:49:25,678 --> 00:49:29,339 Plump, smooth-skinned, wicked... brainless! 546 00:49:30,178 --> 00:49:33,673 At 7 PM, the necklace was in my pocket 547 00:49:36,177 --> 00:49:38,215 You made her pay you...? 548 00:49:38,511 --> 00:49:41,876 Never! But I got it for a tenth of its value 549 00:49:49,469 --> 00:49:53,083 The maids will be coming in... I don’t care! 550 00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,633 MUNICIPAL LOAN OFFICE OF BAYONNE 551 00:50:15,219 --> 00:50:18,300 Three million in unpaid vouchers, Alex... 552 00:50:18,885 --> 00:50:21,836 If a Tax Inspector notices that the numbers... 553 00:50:22,010 --> 00:50:25,541 don’t match my accounts, I’m through! 554 00:50:26,218 --> 00:50:28,422 You must reimburse, Alex 555 00:50:28,718 --> 00:50:31,005 The inspector won’t notice anything! 556 00:50:31,427 --> 00:50:34,211 Has he noticed anything before? 557 00:50:34,718 --> 00:50:37,799 Relax, I’ll send you the money next week 558 00:50:40,051 --> 00:50:43,417 Watch out for Inspector Bonny! That’s important... 559 00:50:44,093 --> 00:50:47,672 How does it feel to have squandered such a fortune? 560 00:50:47,968 --> 00:50:50,208 I feel quite contented, Sacha 561 00:50:50,385 --> 00:50:52,505 It’s the only real contentment! 562 00:50:52,676 --> 00:50:54,916 After conquering Europe for Napoleon... 563 00:50:55,093 --> 00:50:59,300 my family went on to conquer a financial empire 564 00:50:59,468 --> 00:51:03,959 I dissipated those ill-gotten gains in one long celebration! 565 00:51:04,259 --> 00:51:07,127 Of course, it took me 40 years to do it 566 00:51:07,301 --> 00:51:08,924 I envy you 567 00:51:09,093 --> 00:51:12,588 I have to invent the money I squander 568 00:51:12,968 --> 00:51:13,998 I had nothing 569 00:51:14,176 --> 00:51:16,711 Bank is 10,000 francs, gentlemen... 570 00:51:25,009 --> 00:51:27,295 9 to the bank... Baccarat! 571 00:51:27,467 --> 00:51:29,126 It’s time to leave Biarritz 572 00:51:53,675 --> 00:51:57,041 How’s your coup d’état coming along, Montalvo? 573 00:51:57,384 --> 00:51:59,457 Will Mussolini sell you the arms? 574 00:51:59,634 --> 00:52:02,252 Don’t worry, I’m silent as a tomb! 575 00:52:02,925 --> 00:52:03,955 Who told you? 576 00:52:04,133 --> 00:52:08,341 No one... You went to Italy so I guessed why 577 00:52:08,967 --> 00:52:09,915 You’re very quick 578 00:52:10,592 --> 00:52:14,917 Such a huge financial manipulation requires discretion 579 00:52:15,508 --> 00:52:17,913 Funds safely blocked while you negotiate... 580 00:52:18,925 --> 00:52:21,164 I happen to have a Swiss company... 581 00:52:21,342 --> 00:52:23,297 and Swiss bank accounts 582 00:52:30,508 --> 00:52:31,917 What a timely offer! 583 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,205 I’ve been trying to solve that problem... 584 00:53:54,215 --> 00:53:57,248 Do you recall that American, Mrs Winters? 585 00:53:58,048 --> 00:54:01,129 The one who had her face enamelled... 586 00:54:01,340 --> 00:54:03,295 Surely you met her at Monte Carlo 587 00:54:03,465 --> 00:54:06,249 Mirror always in hand, even in the street! 588 00:54:07,256 --> 00:54:09,543 The other day, it all went to pieces 589 00:54:09,881 --> 00:54:12,038 She couldn’t stand the sight 590 00:54:12,215 --> 00:54:16,339 The truth of her age spilling out of the mask 591 00:54:17,715 --> 00:54:19,207 She slit her wrists... 592 00:54:24,006 --> 00:54:27,454 Please don’t tell Sacha about it! 593 00:54:28,339 --> 00:54:29,204 Not today 594 00:54:30,089 --> 00:54:31,796 It’s an anniversary 595 00:54:33,923 --> 00:54:37,086 You’re his friend, I can tell you... 596 00:54:39,173 --> 00:54:41,210 Seven years ago... 597 00:54:42,381 --> 00:54:44,667 Sacha’s father committed suicide 598 00:54:45,256 --> 00:54:47,081 A family matter... 599 00:54:48,506 --> 00:54:51,373 Sacha was away... on a trip 600 00:54:51,547 --> 00:54:54,664 I didn’t know! Count on me... 601 00:54:57,297 --> 00:54:58,541 Baron...? 602 00:54:59,422 --> 00:55:02,669 Glad you’re here... Tonight, we celebrate! 603 00:55:40,172 --> 00:55:44,379 Oscar Wilde was right. Prison is the worst thing in life 604 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:47,499 No, the worst thing in life... is death! 605 00:55:51,255 --> 00:55:52,878 Prison is worse than death 606 00:55:53,130 --> 00:55:54,706 How can we judge? 607 00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:57,001 We haven’t experienced either one 608 00:55:57,213 --> 00:55:58,243 I’ve been to prison 609 00:55:58,546 --> 00:56:00,869 You forget I was Chief of Police 610 00:56:01,046 --> 00:56:02,788 I would know, my friend... 611 00:56:03,671 --> 00:56:04,619 You don’t know! 612 00:56:07,130 --> 00:56:10,625 No one knows who I am or what I’m capable of! 613 00:57:25,295 --> 00:57:28,956 He caught me stealing gold fillings from his dental clinic 614 00:57:30,087 --> 00:57:31,828 And he said to me... 615 00:57:32,337 --> 00:57:34,955 "If you dishonor our name, I’ll kill myself’ 616 00:57:37,086 --> 00:57:41,625 Honor and work... that’s all he ever talked about 617 00:57:42,295 --> 00:57:46,075 Did they honor his name during the Ukraine pogroms? 618 00:57:47,961 --> 00:57:49,703 But he wanted to forget that 619 00:57:50,336 --> 00:57:53,666 He wanted to be a nice, respected dentist 620 00:57:55,836 --> 00:57:59,036 If grandfather hadn’t laughed he’d have gone to Mass! 621 00:58:04,628 --> 00:58:07,626 What’s worse than a craven father? 622 00:58:10,294 --> 00:58:12,961 But he had the courage to shoot himself 623 00:58:20,002 --> 00:58:23,036 You must leave, I’ve let you stay too long... 624 01:00:22,584 --> 01:00:25,914 Everything all right? No trouble? 625 01:00:26,459 --> 01:00:28,782 Don’t you ever get any mail? 626 01:00:28,959 --> 01:00:33,083 How? To Mr Leon Trotsky, c/o General Delivery... 627 01:00:33,250 --> 01:00:35,490 St Palais sur Mer? Very discreet! 628 01:00:36,292 --> 01:00:39,325 But Mr Trotsky has many visitors... 629 01:00:39,625 --> 01:00:42,161 English and Belgian politicians... 630 01:00:42,333 --> 01:00:44,241 German refugees, extreme leftists 631 01:00:44,458 --> 01:00:46,912 Naturally... who else would come here? 632 01:00:47,208 --> 01:00:50,408 I mean they’re active leftists 633 01:00:51,375 --> 01:00:53,081 I’m sure you know... 634 01:00:53,250 --> 01:00:55,785 that a condition accepted by Mr Trotsky... 635 01:00:55,958 --> 01:00:57,783 when he was granted asylum... 636 01:00:58,208 --> 01:01:01,372 was that he not get involved in French politics 637 01:01:01,667 --> 01:01:03,906 German refugees deal with German politics 638 01:01:05,125 --> 01:01:08,241 Yes, but they’re doing it in France 639 01:01:09,833 --> 01:01:12,866 They need a German secretary for a few days 640 01:01:13,291 --> 01:01:15,329 I mentioned you... You’ll get it 641 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,570 I’ll take you there later 642 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:20,990 Do you go to the villa often? 643 01:01:21,375 --> 01:01:22,322 What’s it like? 644 01:01:23,249 --> 01:01:24,956 Have you read Dostoyevsky? 645 01:01:25,166 --> 01:01:27,737 It’s just like a Dostoyevsky novel! 646 01:01:27,916 --> 01:01:29,030 Trotsky and Natalia... 647 01:01:29,249 --> 01:01:33,658 lead an austere, rich, fascinating life! 648 01:01:39,124 --> 01:01:41,328 And Malraux came for a visit 649 01:01:41,916 --> 01:01:44,487 I wish I could have been there! 650 01:01:51,416 --> 01:01:53,241 According to Rudolph... 651 01:01:53,457 --> 01:01:56,823 they only discussed art, movies, Poland... 652 01:01:56,999 --> 01:01:59,618 the Red Army and Christianity! 653 01:02:02,957 --> 01:02:04,864 Will Trotsky succeed? 654 01:02:05,624 --> 01:02:07,863 Can he influence the Party? 655 01:02:08,415 --> 01:02:10,205 That’s the question... 656 01:02:10,374 --> 01:02:13,407 All his activity is aimed at the Party 657 01:02:13,582 --> 01:02:16,249 To influence the Party, transform it... 658 01:02:16,415 --> 01:02:18,287 restructure it 659 01:02:18,540 --> 01:02:23,446 Trotsky claims that Stalin has betrayed the Revolution 660 01:02:23,624 --> 01:02:26,621 But the Party is behind Stalin 661 01:02:27,748 --> 01:02:31,328 So how can Trotsky have any influence on it? 662 01:02:31,832 --> 01:02:33,869 The Party opposes him 663 01:02:35,457 --> 01:02:36,451 A contradiction... 664 01:02:36,707 --> 01:02:37,950 Then why go on fighting? 665 01:02:38,832 --> 01:02:40,621 Because nothing’s settled yet 666 01:03:28,497 --> 01:03:29,611 No vacation, Bonny? 667 01:03:29,789 --> 01:03:30,819 And you? 668 01:03:31,206 --> 01:03:33,410 An appointment with the Director 669 01:03:33,581 --> 01:03:37,325 at a beach... on a delicate mission! 670 01:03:37,497 --> 01:03:39,453 I leave for Biarritz tomorrow 671 01:03:39,622 --> 01:03:42,027 I’ll mix business and pleasure, too 672 01:03:42,206 --> 01:03:44,872 Chief-Inspector Gardet... my respects 673 01:03:45,039 --> 01:03:47,990 Chief-Inspector Bonny... my regards 674 01:04:27,247 --> 01:04:30,410 Borelli? Gauthier here... 675 01:04:31,038 --> 01:04:32,910 Tell Alex the guy came to see me 676 01:04:33,829 --> 01:04:37,609 I recognized him right away, from the picture 677 01:04:38,162 --> 01:04:41,777 He tried to unload the fake stones on me 678 01:04:42,079 --> 01:04:44,199 No, of course not 679 01:04:44,370 --> 01:04:48,032 I got rid of him without letting on I’d noticed 680 01:04:48,912 --> 01:04:52,360 I simply said that the Bayonne Loan Office... 681 01:04:52,537 --> 01:04:55,321 couldn’t accept any more jewels 682 01:04:55,828 --> 01:04:58,945 Because we’d reached the limit set by regulation 683 01:05:12,911 --> 01:05:15,482 Doctor, someone wants to come in... 684 01:05:15,661 --> 01:05:17,403 Says he’s the patient’s lawyer 685 01:05:17,703 --> 01:05:18,781 Tell him to wait! 686 01:05:20,203 --> 01:05:22,075 Anyway, we’ve finished 687 01:05:24,411 --> 01:05:28,784 What does this mean? You don’t need a lawyer here! 688 01:05:29,036 --> 01:05:32,366 Yes I do... I don’t trust your diagnosis! 689 01:05:32,869 --> 01:05:34,825 I know what they do... 690 01:05:35,036 --> 01:05:38,402 Lock up a competitor! Best way to get rid of him 691 01:05:39,453 --> 01:05:41,360 Naturally I have enemies! 692 01:05:41,661 --> 01:05:44,824 I’m trying to reform the European monetary system 693 01:05:47,203 --> 01:05:51,362 Are they the same enemies who stole the Eiffel Tower from you? 694 01:05:51,827 --> 01:05:55,027 See? You’re trying to make me think I’m crazy... 695 01:05:55,869 --> 01:05:58,404 I never said they stole the tower from me! 696 01:05:58,952 --> 01:06:01,441 They stole rights I had paid a lot for... 697 01:06:02,077 --> 01:06:05,822 The Eiffel Tower radio station advertising! 698 01:06:07,952 --> 01:06:11,234 But I’ll get the Eiffel Tower back 699 01:06:11,661 --> 01:06:13,485 Get dressed, we’ve finished 700 01:06:27,160 --> 01:06:31,284 I saw your patient in April 1931... 701 01:06:31,452 --> 01:06:35,611 Yes, and your first diagnosis has certainly been confirmed 702 01:06:36,452 --> 01:06:40,659 Yes, a slowly evolving general paralysis... 703 01:06:40,827 --> 01:06:43,280 with possible remissions 704 01:06:43,952 --> 01:06:46,321 Hence the persecution complex... 705 01:06:47,493 --> 01:06:48,867 Megalomania... 706 01:06:49,535 --> 01:06:53,114 We’ll continue your patented malaria-therapy 707 01:06:56,910 --> 01:07:00,026 If you’ll step into the waiting room... 708 01:07:00,826 --> 01:07:03,232 with Mr Stavisky’s lawyer... 709 01:07:03,618 --> 01:07:06,450 I’ll prepare the necessary certification 710 01:07:49,117 --> 01:07:50,740 Mysterious deaths interest you? 711 01:07:51,909 --> 01:07:54,576 Only the death of Loewenstein, the banker 712 01:07:54,742 --> 01:07:57,906 He had a financial empire like mine 713 01:07:58,409 --> 01:08:00,695 Does his suicide bother you? 714 01:08:01,534 --> 01:08:04,615 You believe that fantastic suicide story? 715 01:08:04,950 --> 01:08:07,071 Or that it was accidental? 716 01:08:07,367 --> 01:08:10,151 Disappearing out of a plane window... 717 01:08:10,325 --> 01:08:13,193 over the Channel! So easy to do... 718 01:08:13,617 --> 01:08:15,856 No, it was murder 719 01:08:17,825 --> 01:08:19,981 His competitors got rid of him 720 01:08:25,033 --> 01:08:26,740 You scare me, Alex 721 01:08:29,533 --> 01:08:31,938 I’m your doctor and your friend... 722 01:08:32,742 --> 01:08:35,028 You need to take a rest 723 01:08:35,367 --> 01:08:38,649 Leave Borelli and Grammont in charge 724 01:08:38,950 --> 01:08:40,490 Go away with Arlette 725 01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:43,106 Go away... now? 726 01:08:44,241 --> 01:08:46,362 I’ve got CAGTRI all set! 727 01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,986 SIMA, S.A.P.E.P., la Foncière, Bayonne... 728 01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:50,148 all in hand! 729 01:08:50,408 --> 01:08:54,188 Isn’t it too much for one man? Véricourt is worried... 730 01:08:54,491 --> 01:08:57,240 Is he? Just like Dr Pierre... 731 01:09:00,533 --> 01:09:01,812 It worked, lawyer! 732 01:09:06,616 --> 01:09:07,730 I’m mad... 733 01:09:07,908 --> 01:09:11,652 so I can’t appear in court tomorrow 734 01:09:15,616 --> 01:09:17,606 But the case isn’t dismissed! 735 01:09:17,866 --> 01:09:19,406 No, it isn’t 736 01:09:19,741 --> 01:09:22,774 You didn’t get me the two million you promised 737 01:09:23,949 --> 01:09:26,520 Véricourt could have made the deal 738 01:09:27,157 --> 01:09:30,155 You’ve had since July to get the money 739 01:09:32,949 --> 01:09:35,070 You know it’s been rough, Pierre 740 01:09:35,366 --> 01:09:38,861 You’ve spent six million in Deauville since July! 741 01:09:40,449 --> 01:09:43,447 You just throw your money away, Sacha 742 01:09:47,824 --> 01:09:49,316 Deliver the envelopes, Laloy 743 01:09:49,615 --> 01:09:52,400 The Board of CAGTRI is waiting, sir 744 01:10:02,948 --> 01:10:05,188 It’s true, I do throw my money away! 745 01:10:12,407 --> 01:10:13,070 Well...? 746 01:10:13,907 --> 01:10:17,319 He won’t listen. He’s sick, Grammont 747 01:10:17,740 --> 01:10:20,193 I don’t give a damn if he’s sick! 748 01:10:20,365 --> 01:10:23,446 We must neutralize him! Or we’ll go under with him! 749 01:10:24,781 --> 01:10:25,611 Is it that bad? 750 01:10:26,323 --> 01:10:27,353 He hasn’t a cent! 751 01:10:32,198 --> 01:10:34,521 Gentlemen, what is madness? 752 01:10:35,281 --> 01:10:38,315 It’s not my place to define it for you 753 01:10:38,906 --> 01:10:42,188 But there’s no doubt that Alexandre was sick 754 01:10:42,740 --> 01:10:44,149 Very sick... 755 01:10:45,364 --> 01:10:48,528 Your idea for absorbing unemployment is brilliant 756 01:10:48,739 --> 01:10:50,066 Congratulations! 757 01:10:50,239 --> 01:10:54,280 Mayor, we’ll set the wheels of economic expansion in motion! 758 01:10:54,448 --> 01:10:56,901 When will the stock go on the market? 759 01:10:57,198 --> 01:11:00,065 Our basic fund, the Hungarian bond issue... 760 01:11:00,239 --> 01:11:02,230 is guaranteed by treaty 761 01:11:02,406 --> 01:11:05,439 So the government decides when. A matter of days... 762 01:11:05,614 --> 01:11:08,529 says the secretary-general of Foreign Affairs 763 01:11:09,072 --> 01:11:12,189 I congratulate you, too, but I confess... 764 01:11:12,364 --> 01:11:15,564 I know nothing about international credit 765 01:11:15,739 --> 01:11:18,358 The Hungarian bonds are a mystery to me! 766 01:11:18,697 --> 01:11:21,861 No need to understand, Baron. Just trust me! 767 01:11:22,197 --> 01:11:24,816 But I do trust you, Sacha! 768 01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:32,024 I can only give you five minutes, I’m very busy... 769 01:11:36,865 --> 01:11:39,069 His madness took this form... 770 01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:41,858 He wanted the world to talk about him... 771 01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:45,029 he should have wanted it to forget him 772 01:11:55,448 --> 01:11:57,901 I can’t buy, Van Straaten... 773 01:11:58,073 --> 01:11:59,482 I should be selling 774 01:11:59,656 --> 01:12:02,856 Just keep them in a safe place for me 775 01:12:03,864 --> 01:12:06,531 Make the best deal you can for us both 776 01:12:07,031 --> 01:12:08,820 Let’s see the merchandise 777 01:12:16,739 --> 01:12:18,813 No doubt their origin... 778 01:12:19,031 --> 01:12:20,737 is a secret? 779 01:12:22,197 --> 01:12:24,864 Maximum discretion, yes! 780 01:12:31,447 --> 01:12:33,603 A royal Oriental family... 781 01:12:34,114 --> 01:12:36,400 They don’t want any publicity 782 01:12:42,447 --> 01:12:44,153 The Rosenkrantz necklace! 783 01:12:44,989 --> 01:12:47,738 It vanished when the seals were removed... 784 01:12:48,405 --> 01:12:50,312 The heirs are searching for it 785 01:12:50,489 --> 01:12:53,522 Anyone else will have to wait to dump it 786 01:12:53,697 --> 01:12:56,067 And one stone at a time, even then... 787 01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:59,851 But I can pawn it in London 788 01:13:00,530 --> 01:13:02,734 It’s risky, Mr Van Straaten 789 01:13:03,822 --> 01:13:05,896 So I’ll keep the proceeds 790 01:13:06,905 --> 01:13:09,275 You won’t get a commission this time 791 01:13:16,155 --> 01:13:17,695 Go to London tomorrow 792 01:13:17,905 --> 01:13:19,018 My birthday... 793 01:13:19,196 --> 01:13:20,227 Will I get much? 794 01:13:20,405 --> 01:13:22,609 With a million, I can hold out 795 01:13:22,780 --> 01:13:24,605 See? I’m still lucky... 796 01:13:26,696 --> 01:13:28,486 I must see you, Mr Alexandre! 797 01:13:28,655 --> 01:13:29,898 On business... 798 01:13:30,988 --> 01:13:34,934 I’ve invented a revolutionary medical apparatus... 799 01:13:37,363 --> 01:13:39,318 for examining pregnant women 800 01:13:39,488 --> 01:13:42,439 The child’s sex and health can be determined 801 01:13:42,654 --> 01:13:43,981 I call it a Matriscope 802 01:13:45,779 --> 01:13:48,019 It works... it’s ready to go! 803 01:13:48,196 --> 01:13:53,149 I thought you might like the exclusive distribution rights 804 01:13:53,487 --> 01:13:55,395 How much do you need to start? 805 01:13:56,071 --> 01:13:57,694 Maybe 10,000 francs... 806 01:13:58,196 --> 01:14:00,945 10,000 francs? That’s ridiculous! 807 01:14:01,696 --> 01:14:04,528 How do you expect to inspire confidence? 808 01:14:04,987 --> 01:14:08,104 If the Matriscope works, it’s worth millions! 809 01:14:08,279 --> 01:14:11,479 If not, your story still has to be credible 810 01:14:12,071 --> 01:14:14,227 10,000 francs is... incredible! 811 01:14:15,070 --> 01:14:17,310 Stop bothering Mr Alexandre 812 01:14:18,070 --> 01:14:21,187 Nice name, Matriscope... I accept! 813 01:14:21,987 --> 01:14:24,273 I’ll teach you how to start a business... 814 01:15:55,444 --> 01:15:57,316 A charming place... 815 01:15:57,527 --> 01:16:00,146 Is Sacha thinking of buying it? 816 01:16:02,402 --> 01:16:04,606 It was here that Sacha’s father... 817 01:16:05,819 --> 01:16:07,644 Shouldn’t I go find him? 818 01:16:08,069 --> 01:16:09,526 Let him be alone... 819 01:16:10,735 --> 01:16:12,276 That’s what he wants 820 01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:18,192 I’m glad you’re back from Rome, Montalvo 821 01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:23,144 I wanted you here for my husband’s birthday 822 01:17:03,318 --> 01:17:05,392 We’re going for a little walk 823 01:17:09,318 --> 01:17:12,269 The funds will be in your Swiss account by Christmas 824 01:17:13,234 --> 01:17:15,474 May I ask how much of your money... 825 01:17:15,651 --> 01:17:17,060 I’ll be holding? 826 01:17:17,359 --> 01:17:18,982 One million pounds sterling 827 01:17:20,318 --> 01:17:24,181 For a coup d’état? That’s enough for a civil war! 828 01:17:26,609 --> 01:17:28,018 Why not? 829 01:17:52,900 --> 01:17:54,808 I’m getting old, Baron 830 01:17:55,775 --> 01:17:59,769 What a party we had at the Empire for my last birthday... 831 01:18:00,775 --> 01:18:02,054 Remember? 832 01:18:03,567 --> 01:18:05,604 I have no zest for anything... 833 01:18:06,692 --> 01:18:10,602 Don’t I look like a shopkeeper, taking his wife out...? 834 01:18:11,525 --> 01:18:13,811 Not you, Sacha... Never! 835 01:18:13,983 --> 01:18:17,811 Yes, yes! Like a little shopkeeper... 836 01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:26,972 I’d have a jewelry store... 837 01:18:28,025 --> 01:18:29,565 at a posh resort 838 01:18:30,108 --> 01:18:31,270 Why not? 839 01:18:31,858 --> 01:18:34,393 At dusk, I’d stand in my doorway... 840 01:18:35,441 --> 01:18:39,850 and no one would guess that I once was Alexander the Great! 841 01:18:54,233 --> 01:18:55,891 Am I wrong? 842 01:18:56,899 --> 01:19:00,514 Sacha, it’s that little German actress... 843 01:19:01,566 --> 01:19:04,350 Don’t you remember? You read with her... 844 01:19:04,524 --> 01:19:07,806 You were the Specter in Giraudoux’s Intermezzo 845 01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:21,596 He’s allowed to reside in Barbizon... 846 01:20:22,065 --> 01:20:25,265 so Trotsky’s feeling better. He’s working again 847 01:20:26,148 --> 01:20:27,688 Know what he says? 848 01:20:28,273 --> 01:20:29,931 With the forest so close... 849 01:20:30,106 --> 01:20:32,310 and working with Communist League groups... 850 01:20:33,564 --> 01:20:36,681 reminds him of Russia when he was young 851 01:20:37,356 --> 01:20:39,098 When everything seemed possible... 852 01:20:39,523 --> 01:20:41,643 you had only to invent it 853 01:20:42,981 --> 01:20:46,429 But sometimes he gets discouraged 854 01:20:48,231 --> 01:20:51,182 The other day he suddenly said... 855 01:20:53,231 --> 01:20:56,394 "Old age is the most unexpected thing..." 856 01:20:56,564 --> 01:20:58,768 "that ever happens to man" 857 01:21:00,147 --> 01:21:01,889 That’s a happy thought! 858 01:21:03,981 --> 01:21:05,806 Exile is never happy! 859 01:21:07,647 --> 01:21:10,562 Whenever I think about this sad story... 860 01:21:10,730 --> 01:21:13,812 it’s as though everyone wore masks 861 01:21:14,064 --> 01:21:17,761 Like Sacha: Alexandre-of-the-thousand-names... 862 01:21:18,022 --> 01:21:21,103 And I always think of that day in November 1933 863 01:21:21,647 --> 01:21:23,056 Why does it haunt me? 864 01:21:26,271 --> 01:21:28,676 Perhaps because on that day... 865 01:21:29,104 --> 01:21:32,470 I had a premonition of Alexandre’s end 866 01:21:33,937 --> 01:21:38,013 And yet, you had to know us in those years... 867 01:21:38,187 --> 01:21:40,593 to know the real joy of living! 868 01:21:41,521 --> 01:21:44,933 We were all Alexandre’s age... 869 01:21:45,646 --> 01:21:48,181 we basked in Arlette’s beauty 870 01:21:49,770 --> 01:21:53,681 It’s so painful to imagine her today... 871 01:21:53,854 --> 01:21:56,556 in the sordid world of a prison 872 01:21:57,229 --> 01:21:59,847 Her beauty warmed our hearts 873 01:22:00,687 --> 01:22:03,555 There is a store in Biarritz, gentlemen... 874 01:22:04,395 --> 01:22:07,559 whose name symbolizes that period for me... 875 01:22:08,187 --> 01:22:10,012 Biarritz-Bonheur... Biarritz happiness 876 01:22:13,603 --> 01:22:17,384 I must remind the witness of where he is! 877 01:22:18,145 --> 01:22:21,724 This Parliamentary Committee is investigating... 878 01:22:21,895 --> 01:22:25,889 a scandal that resulted in rioting and death on Feb. 6th... 879 01:22:26,062 --> 01:22:28,680 leading France to the brink of civil war 880 01:22:28,853 --> 01:22:32,468 Your testimony has certainly been colorful... 881 01:22:32,728 --> 01:22:35,347 but what about the sordid aspects? 882 01:22:35,603 --> 01:22:37,510 This is the truth as I know it 883 01:22:38,061 --> 01:22:40,017 You say you are telling the truth 884 01:22:40,186 --> 01:22:43,517 I remind you that you have sworn to do so 885 01:22:43,811 --> 01:22:46,300 Now permit us to ask you some questions 886 01:22:47,020 --> 01:22:51,677 You first met Alexandre at the Biarritz Casino in April 1931... 887 01:22:52,978 --> 01:22:56,260 You met him at the Casino... 888 01:22:57,311 --> 01:22:59,978 Hadn’t you ever heard that he was indexed? 889 01:23:00,186 --> 01:23:03,101 Banned from every Casino in France at the time? 890 01:23:03,353 --> 01:23:04,810 Never, sir! 891 01:23:05,311 --> 01:23:08,723 And I find it hard to believe, even today 892 01:23:09,269 --> 01:23:12,267 Because for over two years I saw him... 893 01:23:12,436 --> 01:23:14,094 in Cannes, Biarritz, Deauville... 894 01:23:14,269 --> 01:23:18,014 The Casino inspectors all greeted him cordially 895 01:23:18,311 --> 01:23:20,846 I saw Alexandre play baccarat... 896 01:23:21,019 --> 01:23:24,052 with well-known businessmen and politicians 897 01:23:24,227 --> 01:23:26,467 They treated him as an equal! 898 01:23:27,186 --> 01:23:29,508 That’s why it’s hard to believe! 899 01:23:31,852 --> 01:23:34,554 That was in April 1931... 900 01:23:35,685 --> 01:23:37,143 Exactly when he started... 901 01:23:37,852 --> 01:23:40,554 the Bayonne Loan Office operation... 902 01:23:40,727 --> 01:23:43,595 flooding France with fake vouchers 903 01:23:43,852 --> 01:23:45,179 Did you know about it? 904 01:23:48,227 --> 01:23:49,720 Nothing at all 905 01:23:50,144 --> 01:23:53,390 I first heard about it three months ago... 906 01:23:53,560 --> 01:23:55,716 when the scandal erupted 907 01:23:56,268 --> 01:23:58,674 Try to understand, gentlemen 908 01:23:59,518 --> 01:24:02,351 Life isn’t like the theater 909 01:24:02,643 --> 01:24:04,681 On stage, we see everything 910 01:24:04,852 --> 01:24:09,225 But I’m like Fabrice at Waterloo in Stendhal’s novel... 911 01:24:10,518 --> 01:24:14,097 I only know one small piece of this Chinese puzzle 912 01:24:15,685 --> 01:24:19,725 Mr Raoul, we can’t finish with your testimony today 913 01:24:20,518 --> 01:24:24,049 We will notify you when to appear again 914 01:24:50,976 --> 01:24:52,801 Inspector Gardet 915 01:24:55,184 --> 01:24:59,130 TROTSKY SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO CORSICA 916 01:24:59,726 --> 01:25:03,056 The agitator Trotsky resides only 40 miles from Paris 917 01:25:04,851 --> 01:25:07,339 Staviskian crooks have a free hand 918 01:25:07,517 --> 01:25:10,136 Bolshevik rabble do as they please 919 01:25:11,601 --> 01:25:14,006 It is time for the Government... 920 01:25:14,184 --> 01:25:16,803 to mop up this international scum 921 01:25:18,392 --> 01:25:19,849 What was the date? 922 01:25:20,184 --> 01:25:22,719 The end of November 1933 923 01:25:24,142 --> 01:25:27,508 I was summoned by the Director of the Bureau of Investigation 924 01:25:27,684 --> 01:25:29,509 I had been an another case 925 01:25:30,350 --> 01:25:32,424 He handed me a note... 926 01:25:32,725 --> 01:25:36,173 "Serge Alexandre, 28 Place St Georges..." 927 01:25:37,017 --> 01:25:40,299 "C.A.G.T.R.I." 928 01:25:41,933 --> 01:25:45,097 "Urgent that you investigate this individual..." 929 01:25:45,683 --> 01:25:48,681 "per request of Foreign Affairs Minister" 930 01:25:50,267 --> 01:25:53,798 I started with the Files section of our division 931 01:25:54,308 --> 01:25:57,674 I established that Serge Alexandre was Stavisky 932 01:25:57,850 --> 01:25:59,757 Yes, Handsome Sacha! 933 01:26:00,183 --> 01:26:02,588 He’s called Serge Alexandre now? 934 01:26:06,433 --> 01:26:09,466 "Alexandre, Serge... see Stavisky" 935 01:26:09,766 --> 01:26:12,337 "Alexandre-Sacha, also known as Alex, 936 01:26:12,516 --> 01:26:15,763 Jean Sacha, Doisy de Monty..." 937 01:26:16,266 --> 01:26:21,468 "and Victor Boitel, born November 20, 1886 at Sobodka..." 938 01:26:21,641 --> 01:26:24,011 "State of Kiev, Russia" 939 01:26:24,183 --> 01:26:25,723 Which section has his file? 940 01:26:27,183 --> 01:26:30,714 No section! It’s a very special file... 941 01:26:31,433 --> 01:26:32,890 It’s kept locked up 942 01:26:33,058 --> 01:26:36,754 Takes an OK from the Assistant Director to look at it 943 01:26:38,183 --> 01:26:42,176 You’re in for a lot of surprises, Inspector! 944 01:26:43,099 --> 01:26:46,132 I went in search of the file... 945 01:26:46,432 --> 01:26:49,679 Finally I was told: "Bonny has it" 946 01:26:49,974 --> 01:26:52,344 I went to see Chief-Inspector Bonny 947 01:26:53,057 --> 01:26:55,095 He had the file 948 01:26:55,599 --> 01:26:58,929 I told him Foreign Affairs wanted a report 949 01:26:59,182 --> 01:27:01,671 Bonny knew the file well 950 01:27:02,307 --> 01:27:04,843 He showed me a 1926 police report 951 01:27:05,015 --> 01:27:08,346 Alexandre was already described as a crook... 952 01:27:08,515 --> 01:27:11,798 a typical confidence man 953 01:27:12,265 --> 01:27:16,211 Did Inspector Bonny tell you why he had the file? 954 01:27:17,682 --> 01:27:18,712 Didn’t you ask him? 955 01:27:18,974 --> 01:27:22,137 No, I had no particular reason to be interested 956 01:27:23,848 --> 01:27:27,214 Why are you so interested in this file, Bonny? 957 01:27:27,557 --> 01:27:31,846 Or rather... against whom do you want to use the information? 958 01:27:32,223 --> 01:27:34,759 That depends on the next elections... 959 01:27:35,348 --> 01:27:39,128 If the Right wins, this files implicates the Radical-Socialists 960 01:27:40,390 --> 01:27:42,878 But if the Radicals stay in office... 961 01:27:43,057 --> 01:27:45,889 two Chiefs, Sûreté and Police, are mine! 962 01:27:46,515 --> 01:27:49,762 I can sink them... They’re in it up to their necks 963 01:27:49,931 --> 01:27:52,929 Like Alexandre, I’m hedging my bets 964 01:27:53,098 --> 01:27:56,926 Watch out, Bonny... you’re not invulnerable 965 01:27:57,765 --> 01:28:00,253 Bonny must have made a report, too 966 01:28:00,431 --> 01:28:03,180 But I never heard about it. I went... 967 01:28:03,431 --> 01:28:05,635 to 28 Place St Georges... 968 01:28:05,806 --> 01:28:08,259 I learned that Borelli was probably... 969 01:28:08,473 --> 01:28:10,547 the director of C.A.G.T.R.I. 970 01:28:12,598 --> 01:28:15,596 I also found out who the Board members were 971 01:28:15,764 --> 01:28:18,513 Was Baron Raoul... 972 01:28:19,014 --> 01:28:20,637 on the Board of Directors? 973 01:28:20,806 --> 01:28:22,215 Yes he was 974 01:28:22,889 --> 01:28:24,963 Then I went to the Claridge... 975 01:28:25,264 --> 01:28:28,132 to see if Stavisky still lived there 976 01:28:28,347 --> 01:28:30,468 I returned to the Sûreté... 977 01:28:30,639 --> 01:28:32,843 I turned in my report there 978 01:28:33,764 --> 01:28:36,004 I took a copy to Mr de la Salle... 979 01:28:36,181 --> 01:28:37,887 at Foreign Affairs 980 01:28:38,056 --> 01:28:40,212 And my mission ended there 981 01:28:40,389 --> 01:28:43,801 So on November 22, 1933, the Foreign Affairs office... 982 01:28:43,972 --> 01:28:47,551 was fully informed as to Alexandre’s character? 983 01:28:48,055 --> 01:28:48,837 That’s right, sir 984 01:28:49,222 --> 01:28:51,378 Was any action taken on your report? 985 01:28:53,264 --> 01:28:56,511 I don’t know... No legal action, at any rate 986 01:28:57,222 --> 01:28:58,880 That’s the last I heard of it 987 01:29:11,180 --> 01:29:13,087 La Salle! What a surprise... 988 01:29:13,388 --> 01:29:17,133 Let’s say that I’m here... unofficially 989 01:29:18,263 --> 01:29:19,590 May I come in? 990 01:29:19,763 --> 01:29:22,133 It’s Sunday... the servants are off 991 01:29:22,305 --> 01:29:24,342 And the furnace has broken down 992 01:29:32,805 --> 01:29:35,803 So it would be best if you quit the Board 993 01:29:35,971 --> 01:29:38,507 The Government isn’t going to guarantee... 994 01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:41,678 the Hungarian bonds for CAGTRI 995 01:29:43,638 --> 01:29:46,801 Please don’t explain it to me... 996 01:29:46,971 --> 01:29:49,638 I won’t understand. I only accepted out of friendship 997 01:29:50,638 --> 01:29:53,340 You should choose your friends more wisely! 998 01:29:53,846 --> 01:29:57,507 I repeat: Alexandre is not respectable 999 01:29:57,888 --> 01:30:00,672 He’s not even French... He has no fixed abode 1000 01:30:00,929 --> 01:30:03,050 So I’m not even French! 1001 01:30:03,221 --> 01:30:04,714 No fixed abode! 1002 01:30:04,888 --> 01:30:08,584 If you don’t live in a century-old family mansion... 1003 01:30:08,763 --> 01:30:10,634 you’re a gypsy! 1004 01:30:12,887 --> 01:30:14,759 My voter’s registration... 1005 01:30:16,054 --> 01:30:17,084 Army discharge... 1006 01:30:17,262 --> 01:30:19,632 I want you to look at them! 1007 01:30:19,846 --> 01:30:21,635 Then tell Mr de la Salle... 1008 01:30:22,554 --> 01:30:26,002 Do you want to check my police record? 1009 01:30:27,971 --> 01:30:29,926 I’m embarrassed, Sacha... 1010 01:30:31,887 --> 01:30:35,584 But don’t you need the Government guarantee? 1011 01:30:36,179 --> 01:30:37,885 I’ll see the Minister! 1012 01:30:38,054 --> 01:30:40,210 Véricourt’s a friend of his... 1013 01:30:54,637 --> 01:30:58,251 These voucher numbers are missing... Why? 1014 01:30:58,762 --> 01:31:01,428 Because the vouchers are fakes! 1015 01:31:01,762 --> 01:31:04,380 So you must have faked them! 1016 01:31:06,303 --> 01:31:09,882 If I were you, Mr Tax Inspector, I’d forget it 1017 01:31:10,053 --> 01:31:13,632 The scandal’s too big, it’ll crush you... 1018 01:31:15,220 --> 01:31:18,751 Today’s Friday, Sunday is Christmas... 1019 01:31:19,678 --> 01:31:23,375 Think it over... Go see the Deputy-Mayor 1020 01:31:35,469 --> 01:31:38,088 Look at the elections in Spain! 1021 01:31:38,261 --> 01:31:42,207 We need a National Bloc to rule without parliament... 1022 01:31:42,386 --> 01:31:44,791 supported by professional people 1023 01:31:44,969 --> 01:31:49,543 Men of integrity, veteran soldiers, in all the key posts! 1024 01:31:50,386 --> 01:31:53,218 That’s what the play we’re seeing tonight is about 1025 01:31:53,386 --> 01:31:56,549 Did Shakespeare support the National Bloc? 1026 01:31:56,844 --> 01:31:59,463 Is he one of your Rightist friends? 1027 01:31:59,761 --> 01:32:02,000 All right, Sacha, have your fun 1028 01:32:02,177 --> 01:32:06,586 But Coriolanus really is a violent attack... 1029 01:32:07,136 --> 01:32:09,126 on parliamentary government 1030 01:32:13,927 --> 01:32:17,506 Arlette, that white ermine is ravishing! 1031 01:32:18,302 --> 01:32:21,466 You herald winter’s immaculate snows... 1032 01:32:21,844 --> 01:32:24,925 I go to Madrid tomorrow, the deal is closed 1033 01:32:26,094 --> 01:32:29,625 The million pounds will be deposited by next week 1034 01:32:50,510 --> 01:32:53,792 "No, take more! There where worship is double..." 1035 01:32:55,343 --> 01:32:58,045 "There where gentry, title, wisdom..." 1036 01:32:58,218 --> 01:33:00,043 "cannot conclude..." 1037 01:33:00,218 --> 01:33:02,789 "but by the Yea and No of general ignorance..." 1038 01:33:03,260 --> 01:33:06,423 "There, necessities give way to slightness" 1039 01:33:06,593 --> 01:33:08,797 "There... disorder reigns!" 1040 01:33:12,760 --> 01:33:16,172 "The multitudinous tongue mangles true judgment" 1041 01:33:16,468 --> 01:33:18,838 "The State is bereaved of integrity" 1042 01:33:19,009 --> 01:33:21,047 "Nothing is done to purpose" 1043 01:33:21,218 --> 01:33:23,504 "The State must needs collapse" 1044 01:33:23,676 --> 01:33:27,337 "You patricians and senators who love Rome..." 1045 01:33:30,426 --> 01:33:31,753 Bayonne is finished... 1046 01:33:33,468 --> 01:33:35,174 Gauthier’s in jail 1047 01:33:37,759 --> 01:33:38,505 He talked? 1048 01:33:38,676 --> 01:33:40,962 He’ll name you sooner or later 1049 01:33:42,842 --> 01:33:46,006 Meet Grammont and Véricourt at the Empire later 1050 01:33:47,926 --> 01:33:49,667 Avoid the Claridge 1051 01:33:50,717 --> 01:33:52,874 Burn the papers at the office 1052 01:33:53,509 --> 01:33:56,341 I’ll try to find Inspector Boussaud 1053 01:33:56,717 --> 01:33:59,004 "Abolish the people’s Tribunes!" 1054 01:34:39,175 --> 01:34:40,502 You have 3 days... 1055 01:34:40,758 --> 01:34:43,081 thanks to the Christmas Holidays 1056 01:34:43,300 --> 01:34:44,081 He must go! 1057 01:34:44,258 --> 01:34:47,256 If we keep the lid on, he’s had a vacation 1058 01:34:47,466 --> 01:34:48,924 If not... it’s safer 1059 01:34:49,091 --> 01:34:52,872 Here, he might be indiscreet... I’ll get him out of Paris 1060 01:34:53,050 --> 01:34:54,377 Where to? 1061 01:34:54,550 --> 01:34:56,540 An employee’s place near Chamonix 1062 01:34:57,591 --> 01:35:01,288 His name’s Laloy, Alexandre’s office messenger 1063 01:35:01,674 --> 01:35:05,040 He can be convinced... He’s had trouble with the law 1064 01:35:30,924 --> 01:35:33,080 You’ve known Alexandre longest... 1065 01:35:33,257 --> 01:35:34,335 What will he do? 1066 01:35:34,757 --> 01:35:37,080 I hardly know Serge Alexandre 1067 01:35:38,507 --> 01:35:40,379 I know Stavisky... 1068 01:35:40,549 --> 01:35:44,838 A small-time crook, a charming con man... 1069 01:35:46,007 --> 01:35:47,914 one of my informers 1070 01:35:48,215 --> 01:35:50,087 Good at laundering money... 1071 01:35:51,424 --> 01:35:54,291 Stavisky would leave with Arlette 1072 01:35:55,382 --> 01:35:57,254 He’d start all over 1073 01:35:58,132 --> 01:36:01,332 But Alexandre? I just don’t know... 1074 01:36:05,423 --> 01:36:07,877 This is mostly your own fault 1075 01:36:08,048 --> 01:36:09,755 I warned you... 1076 01:36:09,923 --> 01:36:12,329 Lately you’ve mismanaged everything 1077 01:36:12,548 --> 01:36:14,089 You threw money away! 1078 01:36:14,507 --> 01:36:17,077 I threw it away on all of you! 1079 01:36:19,882 --> 01:36:23,294 Where’s Véricourt? The honorable Deputy! 1080 01:36:24,548 --> 01:36:27,629 I financed his whole campaign last year... 1081 01:36:27,881 --> 01:36:29,504 He’s my deputy! 1082 01:36:30,840 --> 01:36:32,498 Is he letting me down? 1083 01:36:33,048 --> 01:36:35,583 We’re all going to let you down, Alex 1084 01:36:36,548 --> 01:36:38,539 We won’t know you any more 1085 01:36:38,756 --> 01:36:42,204 We’ll say we saw you once, in a restaurant... 1086 01:36:43,756 --> 01:36:45,830 Know what else we’ll say? 1087 01:36:46,214 --> 01:36:48,963 That it’s really not very surprising... 1088 01:36:49,548 --> 01:36:52,332 You should never trust foreigners... 1089 01:36:52,714 --> 01:36:54,290 refugees... 1090 01:36:55,506 --> 01:36:56,205 Jews 1091 01:37:05,839 --> 01:37:07,332 Isn’t that right, Baron? 1092 01:37:09,256 --> 01:37:13,166 I’m your friend, Sacha, no matter what happens 1093 01:37:15,506 --> 01:37:17,496 But you lied to me 1094 01:37:19,464 --> 01:37:20,708 A pity! 1095 01:37:44,547 --> 01:37:45,411 Anyone here? 1096 01:37:49,713 --> 01:37:51,621 Over here, Mr Véricourt 1097 01:37:56,005 --> 01:37:58,079 It’s finished, Alexandre 1098 01:37:59,005 --> 01:38:00,498 The show’s over... 1099 01:38:01,505 --> 01:38:03,744 Be in Chamonix in three days 1100 01:38:04,713 --> 01:38:06,206 Wait for instructions 1101 01:38:06,672 --> 01:38:09,918 If I stay here, I can turn the tide in a week... 1102 01:38:10,921 --> 01:38:12,628 I’ll have a million pounds 1103 01:38:12,880 --> 01:38:15,546 In a week every cop in France... 1104 01:38:15,713 --> 01:38:17,040 will be after you! 1105 01:38:17,380 --> 01:38:19,335 How can they come after me? 1106 01:38:19,630 --> 01:38:21,953 I’ve wined, dined and bribed them 1107 01:38:22,130 --> 01:38:24,120 Had them on Boards of Directors... 1108 01:38:24,588 --> 01:38:25,666 They wouldn’t dare! 1109 01:38:40,296 --> 01:38:41,540 My name’s Alexandre... 1110 01:38:42,421 --> 01:38:44,791 I’m not a mute, I can tell what I know! 1111 01:39:51,628 --> 01:39:53,666 I’m terribly sorry, Arlette 1112 01:39:53,878 --> 01:39:58,037 It’s Christmas... the potential customers are away 1113 01:39:58,753 --> 01:40:01,039 In Monte Carlo, St Moritz... 1114 01:40:01,545 --> 01:40:04,709 I’ll bring you the balance in a few days 1115 01:40:12,504 --> 01:40:16,912 So Alexander the Great ends the way little Sacha began... 1116 01:40:18,004 --> 01:40:20,706 Letting women get him out of trouble 1117 01:40:35,754 --> 01:40:37,874 He’s just getting even with me 1118 01:40:38,045 --> 01:40:41,162 I stung him on the Rosenkrantz jewels 1119 01:40:44,837 --> 01:40:46,460 Don’t leave me, Sacha! 1120 01:40:48,337 --> 01:40:51,785 Let’s go away together. Venezuela... anywhere! 1121 01:40:52,212 --> 01:40:55,873 Sure, Venezuela! We’ll open a French restaurant... 1122 01:40:56,253 --> 01:40:59,251 Or a dress shop: Au Chic Parisien 1123 01:40:59,920 --> 01:41:01,412 Or I’ll peddle your charms... 1124 01:41:01,878 --> 01:41:04,201 If we stay together, we’re safe 1125 01:41:04,670 --> 01:41:08,118 We’ll be together soon, Véricourt promised to fix it 1126 01:41:21,503 --> 01:41:23,209 The car’s ready, Alex 1127 01:42:41,460 --> 01:42:42,455 What’s that? 1128 01:42:42,626 --> 01:42:44,333 Mr Alexandre’s carnations 1129 01:42:44,710 --> 01:42:49,118 If he ever comes back here, he’ll wear handcuffs, not carnations! 1130 01:42:55,293 --> 01:42:57,663 Happy? Your time has finally come 1131 01:43:00,168 --> 01:43:01,791 But remember, Bonny... 1132 01:43:02,126 --> 01:43:04,793 For your own sake, proceed with caution 1133 01:43:04,959 --> 01:43:06,784 You know the rules... 1134 01:43:06,959 --> 01:43:10,372 The Stavisky scandal only incriminates the Republic 1135 01:43:10,709 --> 01:43:13,280 The comrades’ Republic is corrupt 1136 01:43:13,918 --> 01:43:17,449 You can smear the Deputies, the Cabinet members... 1137 01:43:17,918 --> 01:43:20,453 the Left Coalition Ministers... 1138 01:43:20,959 --> 01:43:22,369 But leave us out of it! 1139 01:43:22,793 --> 01:43:25,495 But the Chief of Police is part of it 1140 01:43:25,667 --> 01:43:27,125 So what can I do? 1141 01:43:27,417 --> 01:43:29,159 Whatever you want, Bonny! 1142 01:43:29,376 --> 01:43:33,239 But if you involve the Police or the Sûreté, we’ll break you! 1143 01:43:37,126 --> 01:43:40,906 On January 18th, the Assistant Director sent for me 1144 01:43:41,792 --> 01:43:45,074 By order of the Director, I was to drop the case 1145 01:43:46,959 --> 01:43:48,831 January 24th, I was suspended 1146 01:43:49,084 --> 01:43:51,074 So January 12th you report... 1147 01:43:51,250 --> 01:43:54,912 Police Chief Chiappe’s connection with Stavisky 1148 01:43:55,334 --> 01:43:58,948 The 18th, you are warned... The 24th, you are suspended 1149 01:43:59,209 --> 01:44:00,405 That’s right, sir 1150 01:44:00,709 --> 01:44:03,872 So the Police Chief s name in a Sûreté report... 1151 01:44:04,042 --> 01:44:05,321 is cause for suspension 1152 01:44:06,750 --> 01:44:08,657 No comment... 1153 01:44:15,292 --> 01:44:17,862 You’ll have to wait, Baron... 1154 01:44:18,583 --> 01:44:22,114 Ex-Inspector Bonny is testifying 1155 01:44:40,958 --> 01:44:44,039 WAITING FOR MR TROTSKY TO LEAVE 1156 01:44:55,208 --> 01:44:58,324 Until another country grants Mr Trotsky a visa... 1157 01:44:58,749 --> 01:45:02,577 he is ordered to move at least 200 miles from Paris 1158 01:45:04,083 --> 01:45:06,239 In view of the Feb. 6th riots... 1159 01:45:06,416 --> 01:45:09,330 the Government wishes to reduce tensions 1160 01:45:09,707 --> 01:45:11,414 Your proximity to Paris... 1161 01:45:11,582 --> 01:45:13,952 goads both Right and Left extremists 1162 01:45:14,207 --> 01:45:16,281 I am to accompany you 1163 01:45:40,582 --> 01:45:43,580 They’re going to deport Trotsky 1164 01:45:45,540 --> 01:45:48,787 Just when France must fight against fascism 1165 01:45:49,415 --> 01:45:51,121 Trotsky won’t be here... 1166 01:45:51,290 --> 01:45:53,494 The Left will splinter without him 1167 01:45:53,665 --> 01:45:56,580 And to think that it’s all Stavisky’s fault! 1168 01:45:56,748 --> 01:45:57,945 I don’t see that 1169 01:45:58,123 --> 01:46:00,079 No Stavisky... no February 6th 1170 01:46:00,248 --> 01:46:03,282 No fascist riots forcing Daladier to resign... 1171 01:46:03,457 --> 01:46:05,282 no National Union government 1172 01:46:05,457 --> 01:46:08,703 No National Union... no deportation of Trotsky 1173 01:46:08,873 --> 01:46:10,864 Therefore, without Stavisky... 1174 01:46:11,290 --> 01:46:15,414 You knew your husband’s psychology well... 1175 01:46:16,123 --> 01:46:18,694 Was he likely to commit suicide? 1176 01:46:19,206 --> 01:46:21,529 He had periods of depression 1177 01:46:21,956 --> 01:46:23,746 Long periods, sometimes... 1178 01:46:23,915 --> 01:46:27,529 So you did not find the idea of suicide incredible? 1179 01:46:27,748 --> 01:46:29,869 It was a possibility? 1180 01:46:31,248 --> 01:46:34,945 When I went to Chamonix, I was sure it was suicide 1181 01:46:36,956 --> 01:46:39,491 Now, there have been so many rumors... 1182 01:46:40,248 --> 01:46:41,954 I’m not sure any more 1183 01:46:43,914 --> 01:46:45,621 But they separated us... 1184 01:46:45,873 --> 01:46:48,242 They destroyed his will to live! 1185 01:47:36,955 --> 01:47:38,531 It’s me, boss 1186 01:47:44,122 --> 01:47:46,159 Got a cake... Who’ll be King? 1187 01:47:47,288 --> 01:47:49,078 It’s Twelfth-night 1188 01:47:59,663 --> 01:48:01,618 Those pious hypocrites! 1189 01:48:01,955 --> 01:48:03,412 La Liberté... 1190 01:48:04,330 --> 01:48:06,404 That "liberty" cost me plenty! 1191 01:48:07,413 --> 01:48:09,569 My checks didn’t hurt their scruples 1192 01:48:10,038 --> 01:48:12,609 That’s life, Mr Alexandre... not very pretty 1193 01:48:13,580 --> 01:48:15,866 Go and get tickets to Paris 1194 01:48:16,579 --> 01:48:18,736 Paris means prison, Mr Alexandre! 1195 01:48:18,913 --> 01:48:20,702 Isn’t this a prison? 1196 01:48:20,871 --> 01:48:22,364 We’ll take the night train 1197 01:48:22,538 --> 01:48:24,114 Tomorrow morning, I’ll hold a press conference 1198 01:48:24,288 --> 01:48:26,990 I’m going to blow the whole mess wide open! 1199 01:48:29,246 --> 01:48:33,535 I’ll broadcast from the Eiffel Tower! All France will be listening 1200 01:48:33,788 --> 01:48:34,569 But Mr Véricourt... 1201 01:48:39,329 --> 01:48:42,031 We’ll see what Mr Véricourt has to say! 1202 01:48:42,287 --> 01:48:44,029 The Minister’s office? 1203 01:48:46,037 --> 01:48:48,407 Ah, it’s you! Véricourt here... 1204 01:48:49,954 --> 01:48:52,987 Yes, I have the information... It’s Chamonix 1205 01:48:55,454 --> 01:48:58,238 The telephone number is 319 1206 01:49:01,537 --> 01:49:05,033 If he thinks it’s hopeless, he just might shoot himself 1207 01:49:09,079 --> 01:49:11,745 Yes... it runs in the family, as you say! 1208 01:49:13,787 --> 01:49:16,192 Yes, he’s armed, of course 1209 01:49:16,704 --> 01:49:19,370 Goodbye... My respects to the Minister 1210 01:49:39,328 --> 01:49:42,077 I was in a worse spot than this... 1211 01:49:42,453 --> 01:49:44,609 when I invented the Bayonne vouchers! 1212 01:49:45,078 --> 01:49:49,072 I never have understood how that worked... 1213 01:49:49,245 --> 01:49:50,619 Nothing to it 1214 01:49:51,661 --> 01:49:53,569 We duplicated vouchers... 1215 01:49:53,745 --> 01:49:56,494 Say there’s a real one for 100 francs... 1216 01:49:56,828 --> 01:50:00,774 We’d use the duplicate... same number, signed and stamped 1217 01:50:01,661 --> 01:50:03,486 But with a higher figure. 1218 01:50:03,703 --> 01:50:06,405 20,000 francs... 100,000... a million! 1219 01:50:07,494 --> 01:50:08,821 We were minting money. 1220 01:50:10,203 --> 01:50:11,151 I was the State! 1221 01:50:13,036 --> 01:50:15,489 I have to go down to the Village. 1222 01:50:16,994 --> 01:50:18,535 To get the train tickets. 1223 01:50:56,785 --> 01:51:00,151 BAYONNE MUNICIPAL LOAN OFFICE SCANDAL 1224 01:51:00,327 --> 01:51:02,650 DOMINATED BY STAVISKY CASE 1225 01:53:05,283 --> 01:53:08,447 STAVISKY TRACKED DOWN IN CHAMONIX, SHOOTS HIMSELF 1226 01:53:08,908 --> 01:53:10,982 GOVERNMENT GETS RID OF STAVISKY, 1227 01:53:11,158 --> 01:53:12,734 HAS HIM SHOT IN CHAMONIX 1228 01:53:13,116 --> 01:53:16,447 STAVISKY SUICIDE... SHOT POINT-BLANK 1229 01:53:17,575 --> 01:53:20,656 STAVISKY’S MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE ADDS TO SCANDAL 1230 01:53:34,574 --> 01:53:35,901 Arlette in prison... 1231 01:53:38,283 --> 01:53:42,146 So many guilty ones free... That’s the real scandal! 1232 01:53:42,449 --> 01:53:44,653 They’ll hold her till the trial... 1233 01:53:44,824 --> 01:53:46,365 to keep her from talking. 1234 01:53:47,199 --> 01:53:50,150 They think she knows Alexandre’s secrets 1235 01:53:51,407 --> 01:53:54,358 Alexandre’s only real secret was her. 1236 01:53:55,616 --> 01:53:57,025 Arlette... 1237 01:53:59,407 --> 01:54:01,694 What I like about death... 1238 01:54:01,866 --> 01:54:03,773 is the lethargy. 1239 01:54:04,324 --> 01:54:07,903 That dense and sluggish fluidity of death... 1240 01:54:08,324 --> 01:54:11,357 which means that there are no dead... 1241 01:54:12,699 --> 01:54:14,275 only the drowned. 1242 01:54:14,490 --> 01:54:16,197 What are you saying? 1243 01:54:16,740 --> 01:54:20,568 It’s the Specter, in Giraudoux’s Intermezzo. 1244 01:54:20,865 --> 01:54:22,939 Alexandre’s finest role. 1245 01:54:23,324 --> 01:54:25,646 Imagine how he’d laugh to see... 1246 01:54:25,824 --> 01:54:29,154 the passions, deaths and hatreds he’s unleashed. 1247 01:54:30,407 --> 01:54:32,314 I understood too late. 1248 01:54:32,532 --> 01:54:35,814 Stavisky was the herald of death. 1249 01:54:36,323 --> 01:54:37,864 Not only his own. 1250 01:54:38,032 --> 01:54:40,318 Not only those in February. 1251 01:54:40,782 --> 01:54:42,654 But the death of an era!94097