1 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,720 "Not for pleasure alone" 2 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Fanny. 3 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:17,850 Mother. 4 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Siri. 5 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,240 Maj. 6 00:03:28,670 --> 00:03:29,910 Grandma. 7 00:03:44,310 --> 00:03:47,930 I am king of 17 lands. 8 00:03:49,070 --> 00:03:51,020 Heed my command. 9 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,200 Alexander. 10 00:07:40,090 --> 00:07:41,700 How are things? 11 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:53,640 Would you like to play cards before dinner? 12 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:12,030 THE FIRST ACT 13 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,170 THE EKDAHL FAMILY CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS 14 00:10:30,050 --> 00:10:31,710 It takes longer every year. 15 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,920 Worthy Joseph, do not fear 16 00:11:10,220 --> 00:11:13,580 Thy angel is thee ever near. 17 00:11:14,390 --> 00:11:17,920 I come in haste to bring thee word 18 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:21,220 from thy creator and thy God. 19 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,340 Mary and the child now wake 20 00:11:25,730 --> 00:11:28,470 and quickly into safety take. 21 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:31,930 Herod with his murdering hand 22 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,600 threatens every man-child in this land. 23 00:11:37,910 --> 00:11:41,120 All this I have noted well 24 00:11:41,710 --> 00:11:44,790 and shall do as you foretell. 25 00:11:45,170 --> 00:11:48,120 Praised be God upon his throne 26 00:11:48,380 --> 00:11:51,920 who thus protects my only son. 27 00:12:08,690 --> 00:12:10,980 Thus, good people, ends our play. 28 00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:14,310 It all ends well this holy day. 29 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,060 The son of God, saved from the sword 30 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,070 is our saviour, Christ the lord. 31 00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:24,440 We know that in his mercy mild 32 00:12:24,830 --> 00:12:30,830 he guards every woman, man and child. 33 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,330 Though far from Bethlehem we roam 34 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,500 the star in the east leads us home. 35 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:41,590 Merrily may every light 36 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,590 shed its radiance clear and bright. 37 00:12:45,730 --> 00:12:48,810 A time of joyous Christmas cheer 38 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:52,100 we wish to all, both far and near. 39 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:55,270 Let no one into darkness fall. 40 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:00,240 A merry Christmas one and all. 41 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:51,410 Traditionally the Ekdahls give a party for the theatre staff down on the stage. 42 00:13:52,590 --> 00:13:55,420 The guests are what you'd call a rather mixed lot. 43 00:13:55,550 --> 00:13:58,960 Quite different from what we're used to here in the theatre restaurant. 44 00:13:59,430 --> 00:14:02,340 Nevertheless, I don't want to see any supercilious glances, 45 00:14:02,470 --> 00:14:05,380 snootiness, or raised eyebrows. 46 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:11,180 I want to see generosity, warmth and kindness. Is that clear? 47 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:12,930 - Yes, sir. - That's the spirit! 48 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:14,800 Alma and Petra, take the Christmas basket. 49 00:14:14,940 --> 00:14:16,430 I'll take the punch bowl. 50 00:14:21,070 --> 00:14:23,110 - Are we ready? - Yes, sir. 51 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,610 Forward march! 52 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:14,080 Come along, Carlchen. 53 00:15:14,210 --> 00:15:17,500 We mustn't be late to your mother's like last year. 54 00:15:21,010 --> 00:15:23,000 Come along. 55 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:25,000 Hurry up. 56 00:16:03,550 --> 00:16:05,210 Merry Christmas! 57 00:16:09,470 --> 00:16:11,380 Merry Christmas, Oscar. 58 00:16:14,810 --> 00:16:18,720 Help yourselves, everybody! 59 00:16:18,860 --> 00:16:23,730 Step forward, step forward. Don't be shy. 60 00:16:25,990 --> 00:16:28,530 When you've given Ismael his dinner, 61 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:32,780 turn off the lights in the shop and lock up. 62 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:36,950 I have the key. 63 00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:47,090 Good night, Aron. 64 00:16:47,260 --> 00:16:49,250 Good night, uncle Isak. 65 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:58,530 This is the 43rd Christmas we're celebrating together. 66 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,530 My dear ester, is it possible? 67 00:18:00,670 --> 00:18:03,370 Yes, the 43rd. 68 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,660 Well, well, who'd have thought it? 69 00:18:06,050 --> 00:18:08,210 Yes, it's odd. 70 00:18:09,430 --> 00:18:11,170 Dear ester. 71 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:37,700 Good evening, Mrs. Ekdahl. 72 00:18:37,870 --> 00:18:39,530 Good evening, girls. 73 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,390 - Alida, you may join the other girls. - Thank you, Mrs. Ekdahl. 74 00:19:07,570 --> 00:19:10,350 - Why are you so sullen? - I'm not sullen. 75 00:19:10,490 --> 00:19:11,980 I can see you are. 76 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,940 You're always sullen on Christmas eve. 77 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:17,740 - I don't know what you mean. - You heard me. You're sullen. 78 00:19:21,710 --> 00:19:23,410 Old hag. 79 00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:21,600 My dear friends. 80 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:26,140 For 22 years... 81 00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:31,520 in the capacity of theatre manager, 82 00:20:31,650 --> 00:20:35,060 I've stood here and made a speech... 83 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,120 without really having any talent... 84 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,040 for that sort of thing. 85 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:53,590 Especially if you think of my father, 86 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:58,930 who was brilliant at speeches. 87 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:11,230 My only talent, if you can call it that in my case... 88 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,180 is that I love this little world... 89 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:20,900 inside the thick walls of this playhouse. 90 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:27,790 And I'm fond of the people who work in this little world. 91 00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:37,710 Outside is the big world, 92 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,500 and sometimes the little world succeeds... 93 00:21:42,390 --> 00:21:45,510 in reflecting the big one... 94 00:21:48,060 --> 00:21:51,390 so that we understand it better. 95 00:21:54,190 --> 00:21:58,100 Or perhaps we give the people who come here 96 00:21:59,110 --> 00:22:05,070 a chance to forget for a while... 97 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:08,870 for a few short moments... 98 00:22:16,170 --> 00:22:18,290 for a few short moments... 99 00:22:20,220 --> 00:22:24,800 the harsh world outside. 100 00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:33,510 Our theatre is... 101 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,180 a little room... 102 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,280 of orderliness, routine, care... 103 00:22:46,410 --> 00:22:47,900 and love. 104 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:54,250 I don't know why I feel... 105 00:22:57,510 --> 00:23:02,470 so comically solemn... this evening. 106 00:23:04,430 --> 00:23:08,640 I can't explain how I feel, so I'd best be brief. 107 00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:13,180 My wife and I... 108 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,470 and the rest of the Ekdahl family, 109 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:20,940 my brother Carl - I think Carl is here. 110 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:27,240 We wish you all a happy and joyous Christmas. 111 00:23:29,370 --> 00:23:33,610 I hope we meet again on St. Stephen's day, strengthened in body and soul. 112 00:23:34,170 --> 00:23:36,080 Merry Christmas. 113 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:06,190 Isak! 114 00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:12,030 Merry Christmas. 115 00:24:29,810 --> 00:24:32,420 I can't think where they all are. 116 00:24:32,850 --> 00:24:35,140 They should have been here a long time ago. 117 00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:40,350 I expect Oscar is making a long, dull speech. 118 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,220 I think I hear them down in the street. 119 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:44,690 Ester, bring me my fur. 120 00:25:08,930 --> 00:25:10,790 There comes my family. 121 00:25:28,780 --> 00:25:29,900 Merry Christmas. 122 00:25:30,490 --> 00:25:31,980 Merry Christmas, grandma. 123 00:25:32,830 --> 00:25:34,780 Merry Christmas, aunt. 124 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:39,870 Mama, you look so beautiful. 125 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:35,920 What is it, darling? 126 00:26:40,810 --> 00:26:43,800 Aunt Emma, how nice to see you. 127 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,930 Aunt Emma, how nice. Welcome. 128 00:26:52,910 --> 00:26:54,360 What time is it? 129 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,570 The only question is: Where are Carl and Lydia? 130 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,790 Perhaps they got the wrong time. 131 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,830 Christmas dinner is always at 4:30. 132 00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:16,300 Alexander, run down and ring uncle Carl's doorbell. 133 00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,180 - Carlchen, please hurry. - Shut up! 134 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,770 - We're so late. - Shut up! 135 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:30,020 We arrive late every year. 136 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,940 - I'm doing this for your sake. - No more, mein Carlchen. 137 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,820 - Mama. - Well, Carl. 138 00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,030 Merry Christmas, aunt. 139 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,580 Well, at last we can have dinner. 140 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:14,810 Now for the first sing hop faderallan lallan lay 141 00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:18,690 and those who don't the first one take will also number two forsake 142 00:28:18,950 --> 00:28:22,190 now for the first 143 00:28:25,830 --> 00:28:30,000 sing hop faderallan lallan lay 144 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,130 cheers, Isak and miss Alida. 145 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:55,480 I've got terrible heartburn. I have to take a pill. 146 00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:58,240 Mr. Jacobi, how awful! 147 00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:00,230 The Ekdahls will be the death of me. 148 00:29:00,370 --> 00:29:06,110 After last Christmas, I was in bed for three weeks with kidney pains. 149 00:29:06,250 --> 00:29:09,830 - You don't say. - Worse than childbirth. 150 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,670 Does miss Alida have children? 151 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:18,040 Good heavens, no. Why do you ask? 152 00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:21,640 I'm in need of a housekeeper, miss Alida. 153 00:29:23,180 --> 00:29:28,180 Thank you, sir, but I like it with the Ekdahl family. 154 00:29:28,730 --> 00:29:31,940 Let's discuss it after the new year. 155 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,850 Well, there's no harm in discussing it. 156 00:29:40,660 --> 00:29:46,450 So you see, my brother Gustav Adolf Ekdahl 157 00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:50,540 is a magnificent human being. 158 00:29:51,210 --> 00:29:56,200 Then you brown the breasts, but use plenty of butter in the pan, 159 00:29:56,340 --> 00:29:59,880 and fry some prime pork at the same time. 160 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:03,720 Then you put the ground meat on top of the breast, 161 00:30:03,850 --> 00:30:05,590 and the pork on top of that. 162 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,890 Finally, you pour the port sauce with mushrooms on top of everything. 163 00:30:10,020 --> 00:30:14,860 Hey, Christmas gnomes let's raise our glasses and be merry 164 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,740 our time on earth is brief full of toil and grief 165 00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:28,570 hey, Christmas gnomes let's raise our glasses and be merry 166 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,790 no appetite, miss ester? 167 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,210 Miss Vega, you're not eating anything yourself. 168 00:30:43,470 --> 00:30:45,260 It's not easy, I must say. 169 00:30:45,390 --> 00:30:49,550 No, it's not easy. You're right. 170 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:53,770 It's unseemly, all of us sitting together like this. 171 00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:57,430 I agree with you. It's unseemly. 172 00:30:57,940 --> 00:31:00,980 Sitting together in the kitchen. 173 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,110 It was the old master who decided -- 174 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,980 Be that as it may. It's awkward nonetheless. 175 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,450 Yes, it is. It's awkward. 176 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,950 Well, Fanny, we're having a pleasant time, aren't we? 177 00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:17,750 I think dinner is taking too long. 178 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,840 You're wondering what you'll get for Christmas, of course. 179 00:31:22,090 --> 00:31:23,830 Aren't you, uncle Gusten? 180 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,090 You're absolutely right, my dear. 181 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:32,140 I'm quite curious as to what the evening will bring. 182 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:35,140 Frau von Bahlen. 183 00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:42,730 My dear husband has implored me to sing something after dinner. 184 00:31:43,820 --> 00:31:47,780 I said I couldn't, but he's so persistent. 185 00:31:49,830 --> 00:31:53,990 He says my singing reminds him 186 00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:57,500 of our youthful days in Munich. 187 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:02,160 My husband is so touching, Frau von Bahlen. 188 00:32:02,970 --> 00:32:04,800 Sometimes he's like a child. 189 00:32:05,510 --> 00:32:09,590 Your father is a magnificent human being. 190 00:32:10,850 --> 00:32:12,510 You think I'm being sarcastic. 191 00:32:13,270 --> 00:32:18,850 I'm never sarcastic when I'm in good spirits. 192 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:24,230 So believe me, Petra, when I say... 193 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:29,360 then you add carrots, sprouts, red cabbage and cauliflower, 194 00:32:30,370 --> 00:32:34,990 and then you pour cognac over the whole thing. 195 00:32:36,210 --> 00:32:39,870 We'll have to try it on twelfth night - if we're still alive, of course. 196 00:32:56,810 --> 00:33:02,020 Dear friends, I would like to make a speech. 197 00:33:03,690 --> 00:33:05,650 But I'm not going to. 198 00:33:09,530 --> 00:33:12,370 Cheers, Carl. Short and sweet! 199 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:16,490 This is the 24th Christmas I've celebrated with the family. 200 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:19,740 My dear Emma, is it really possible? 201 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,630 Yes, my Karl-Henrik died in '79. 202 00:33:24,090 --> 00:33:25,950 Was it that long ago? 203 00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:29,880 He'd be 98 years old if he were living today. 204 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:33,050 My dear Emma, imagine that. 205 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:36,510 I was 19 when we got married. 206 00:33:36,770 --> 00:33:39,230 You were only 19? 207 00:33:41,570 --> 00:33:43,150 A great age difference. 208 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,690 There's no denying that. But you were fond of -- 209 00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:49,560 My sister also married an older man. 210 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:52,280 Yes, I remember. It was a magnificent wedding. 211 00:33:52,450 --> 00:33:57,910 He died three months later, leaving a fortune behind. 212 00:33:58,540 --> 00:33:59,950 Karl-Henrik did no such thing. 213 00:34:00,130 --> 00:34:01,830 No, he certainly didn't. 214 00:34:07,090 --> 00:34:08,500 Putte! 215 00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:12,460 Try sitting up properly for once. 216 00:34:12,970 --> 00:34:17,930 Elbows down and back straight. You really have awful table manners. 217 00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:22,140 Berta, since you're sitting next to my father, 218 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:25,400 could you ask him for me if I may be spared 219 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,810 being taught manners on Christmas eve? 220 00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:32,860 - Siri. - What is it, Jenny? 221 00:34:33,490 --> 00:34:35,070 Are you mad about something? 222 00:34:36,290 --> 00:34:38,900 Not at all. Why do you ask? 223 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:42,160 You're not laughing like everybody else. 224 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:45,960 Some people find it hard to laugh. 225 00:34:46,210 --> 00:34:47,500 Why? 226 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:54,210 Some people bear a great sorrow, for instance. 227 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:57,600 And it grows larger and larger when others are happy? 228 00:34:59,350 --> 00:35:02,180 For some people, Christmas is a bit difficult. 229 00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:04,640 Why? 230 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:08,680 Well, Jenny, there are so many memories. 231 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,400 Maybe you'll be happy by next Christmas. 232 00:35:12,570 --> 00:35:14,360 Maybe. 233 00:35:15,410 --> 00:35:16,690 Aunt Anna? 234 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:18,530 Yes, Alexander? 235 00:35:18,660 --> 00:35:21,700 Since you're so rich, you could get any man you please. 236 00:35:22,670 --> 00:35:25,530 - You think so, Alexander? - That's what father says, anyway. 237 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,370 That's nice to hear. 238 00:35:28,090 --> 00:35:31,050 So, you're leaving us to get married, miss Berta. 239 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:34,550 Yes, sir, I am. 240 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,050 Well, it's going to be damned lonely without you. 241 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:39,840 Both my wife and I -- 242 00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:43,380 It looks like you'll have some consolation. 243 00:35:46,650 --> 00:35:50,480 Here's to old times, miss Berta. 244 00:35:50,610 --> 00:35:52,600 Cheers, sir... 245 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:54,360 and good luck. 246 00:36:02,210 --> 00:36:04,370 A rhyme for the porridge. 247 00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:09,500 "Our porridge is our strength and stay 248 00:36:11,260 --> 00:36:13,670 it is our staple food 249 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:17,420 in joy, in grief, both night and day 250 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,970 it always does us good" 251 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:37,700 look! I found the almond! 252 00:36:39,830 --> 00:36:43,440 Four cheers for the coming year's little bride-to-be! 253 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:53,290 Now it's Yule again, now it's Yule again and Yule will last until it's Easter 254 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,630 that's not true of course no, that's not true of course 255 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,670 for in between comes lent and fasting 256 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,180 what would Maj say to a little visit in her room this evening? 257 00:37:46,350 --> 00:37:48,560 The master must be joking. 258 00:38:03,370 --> 00:38:04,980 Are you all right, sir? 259 00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:08,040 I'm fine. 260 00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:37,180 I must help the girls with the tree. 261 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:44,570 Have you noticed that my old man has begun to court Maj? 262 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,420 - Aren't you angry? - Angry? 263 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:04,460 I think it's sweet. 264 00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:19,350 Children, come. 265 00:39:21,450 --> 00:39:27,280 Uncle Carl is going to treat you to one helluva fireworks show. 266 00:40:02,570 --> 00:40:04,110 Stay here. 267 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,090 Ready? 268 00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:51,820 Number one. 269 00:40:55,870 --> 00:40:57,280 Now comes number two. 270 00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:08,550 Now comes number three. 271 00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:13,380 Bring the candle. 272 00:41:24,070 --> 00:41:26,530 "And it came to pass in those days 273 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:29,980 that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus 274 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,700 that all the world should be taxed. 275 00:41:35,750 --> 00:41:37,990 And this taxing was first made 276 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:42,080 when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. 277 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:49,380 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 278 00:41:50,220 --> 00:41:53,760 And Joseph also went up from Galilee 279 00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:58,760 out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea... 280 00:42:00,270 --> 00:42:03,480 unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem... 281 00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:07,900 because he was of the house and lineage of David, 282 00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:14,070 to be taxed with Mary his wife, 283 00:42:14,450 --> 00:42:16,110 who was great with child. 284 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:21,330 And so it was that while they were there, 285 00:42:21,710 --> 00:42:26,950 the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 286 00:42:28,510 --> 00:42:32,500 And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes 287 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:35,680 and laid him in a manger, 288 00:42:36,140 --> 00:42:39,300 because there was no room for them in the inn." 289 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,210 - Give up? - No! 290 00:43:36,910 --> 00:43:39,400 I'm sorry. It's a terrible mess in here. 291 00:43:43,790 --> 00:43:46,000 Come see us later and you'll get a Christmas present. 292 00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:49,250 Thank you, Mrs. Ekdahl. 293 00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:53,040 Now then, children, into bed. 294 00:44:00,060 --> 00:44:02,010 Hurry up, Alexander. 295 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,220 To bed now, children. 296 00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:34,290 Now say your prayers. 297 00:44:34,430 --> 00:44:37,790 Thank you God for this day. Please make me good. 298 00:44:37,930 --> 00:44:39,890 May your angel stay by me through the night. 299 00:44:40,010 --> 00:44:42,720 God bless papa and mama, grandpapa and grandmama, 300 00:44:42,850 --> 00:44:46,430 myself and my brothers and sisters and cousins, uncles and aunts, 301 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:49,800 Vega, Ester, Maj, Siri, Berta, Alida, 302 00:44:49,810 --> 00:44:52,020 Lisen and uncle Isak and everybody else. 303 00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:53,230 Amen. 304 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,320 - Good night, Alexander. - Good night, sweetheart. 305 00:45:01,370 --> 00:45:03,610 Good night. Sleep well. 306 00:45:08,710 --> 00:45:10,920 Putte kisses like a real man. 307 00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:41,840 Look at my Christmas present. 308 00:48:45,890 --> 00:48:48,170 Look what Mrs. Ekdahl gave me. 309 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:53,050 Aren't I beautiful? Don't I look lovely? 310 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,260 I look like a real lady. 311 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:57,890 Don't you think? 312 00:49:01,190 --> 00:49:04,810 Tonight you can't sleep in Maj's bed because Maj will have a visitor. 313 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,950 And I can't just have any number of men in my bed. 314 00:49:16,210 --> 00:49:19,830 But you're Maj's sweetheart. You know that. 315 00:49:43,570 --> 00:49:45,400 I think mama should recite something. 316 00:49:45,570 --> 00:49:47,060 No, my dear. 317 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,570 Calm down, now. 318 00:49:49,700 --> 00:49:53,030 Don't be shy. You give wonderful recitations. 319 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:58,320 No, I don't know. I'll have to fortify myself. 320 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,330 I don't know what to read. 321 00:50:04,550 --> 00:50:06,210 Well, you asked for it. 322 00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:17,720 Alone I advance on my course 323 00:50:18,940 --> 00:50:22,020 farther and farther stretches the road 324 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:27,440 alas, in the distance my goal is hidden 325 00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:34,400 dusk is falling, night fills the sky 326 00:50:35,790 --> 00:50:39,500 soon the everlasting stars are all I see 327 00:50:41,500 --> 00:50:45,040 but I do not lament the fleeting day 328 00:50:46,130 --> 00:50:49,710 the coming night does not appal me 329 00:50:53,220 --> 00:50:56,880 for of the love that shines through the world 330 00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:02,890 a gleam has entered my soul 331 00:51:05,150 --> 00:51:06,730 how beautiful. 332 00:52:46,750 --> 00:52:49,370 Well, my dear ones, it's time to say good night. 333 00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:51,080 We're getting up early. 334 00:52:56,590 --> 00:53:00,130 Carlchen! Wake up. 335 00:53:00,390 --> 00:53:01,930 We're going home. 336 00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:09,100 Good night, mama. Carl's a bit tired. I'll give him a hand. 337 00:53:09,610 --> 00:53:11,640 Come along now. We're going home. 338 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:22,110 Good night. 339 00:53:23,660 --> 00:53:24,990 Good night, mama. 340 00:53:35,170 --> 00:53:39,460 - I stayed behind. - So I noticed. 341 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:36,320 There she lies, the beautiful girl, poor Arabella. 342 00:54:37,990 --> 00:54:40,190 Little does she know what awaits her. 343 00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:45,410 She's alone in the whole house. 344 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,540 Her mother is dead, and her father is carousing with loose companions. 345 00:54:54,750 --> 00:54:59,000 Who comes there as the clock strikes 12:00 in the castle tower? 346 00:54:59,220 --> 00:55:00,710 "Fear seizes me. 347 00:55:04,220 --> 00:55:07,210 What is that terrifying white figure 348 00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:12,140 floating on the moonbeams and drawing near my bed? 349 00:55:15,730 --> 00:55:19,350 It is my dead mother. My mother's ghost." 350 00:55:26,740 --> 00:55:28,950 No more noise in here now! 351 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,910 Go to sleep, children. Good night. 352 00:55:38,380 --> 00:55:40,750 I thought I smelled kerosene in the nursery. 353 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,590 - Kerosene? - Yes, kerosene. 354 00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:48,090 There's no kerosene lamp in the nursery. 355 00:55:48,220 --> 00:55:50,260 Well, it smells like it anyway. 356 00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:55,470 I'll go see what it could be. 357 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,280 It really does smell of kerosene. 358 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:11,110 Are you sleeping, you brats? 359 00:56:22,470 --> 00:56:24,580 What have you been up to? 360 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:36,970 That's strange. 361 00:56:41,900 --> 00:56:45,650 Yes, very strange. 362 00:56:52,330 --> 00:56:54,160 This is a chair. 363 00:56:55,500 --> 00:56:57,990 But not just any chair. 364 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,120 It might look like an ordinary nursery chair, 365 00:57:03,130 --> 00:57:07,250 made of wood, humble and rather worn... 366 00:57:08,890 --> 00:57:12,550 but looks can be deceiving. 367 00:57:14,020 --> 00:57:17,260 It's actually the most valuable chair in the world. 368 00:57:18,900 --> 00:57:21,060 It belonged to the emperor of china 369 00:57:21,690 --> 00:57:26,360 and has by strange paths ended up in the Ekdahl nursery. 370 00:57:27,450 --> 00:57:29,530 But pay attention, ladies and gentlemen. 371 00:57:31,370 --> 00:57:32,860 Look closely. 372 00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:37,200 Keep your eyes open. 373 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:39,240 Look there. 374 00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:43,910 Do you see the mysterious light 375 00:57:44,050 --> 00:57:46,880 that radiates from that little chair? 376 00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,340 That's right. It glows from within. 377 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:53,880 Look how it shines. 378 00:57:55,060 --> 00:57:56,970 Now I ask you, my children: 379 00:57:57,770 --> 00:58:00,060 Why does the chair shine? 380 00:58:01,020 --> 00:58:03,810 Why does it shimmer in the dark? 381 00:58:04,230 --> 00:58:07,070 I'll tell you, but remember: 382 00:58:08,570 --> 00:58:10,190 It's a secret. 383 00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:15,070 Whoever reveals it will perish. 384 00:58:16,460 --> 00:58:19,120 Do you swear to keep quiet? - We swear. 385 00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,120 Not so loud. Mother could hear us. 386 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,340 And that would be the end of the performance. 387 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,810 This is the most valuable chair in the world. 388 00:58:44,940 --> 00:58:50,060 It's made of a metal found 40 miles beneath the earth, 389 00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:51,900 and only in china. 390 00:58:53,780 --> 00:58:56,650 Though it appears encrusted with diamonds, 391 00:58:57,580 --> 00:59:01,240 it's much finer and more costly. 392 00:59:02,170 --> 00:59:06,040 The chair was built 3,000 years ago 393 00:59:06,170 --> 00:59:08,630 by the emperor's master jeweller 394 00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,970 as a birthday present for the empress. 395 00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:17,590 She was very small in stature, not much bigger than Fanny, 396 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:20,510 but she was the world's most beautiful woman. 397 00:59:22,900 --> 00:59:25,980 Her entire life she sat on this chair. 398 00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:29,060 Two servants accompanied her wherever she went, 399 00:59:29,190 --> 00:59:31,650 carrying the chair between them. 400 00:59:31,780 --> 00:59:37,320 When the empress died, she was buried sitting on this chair. 401 00:59:40,410 --> 00:59:45,280 For 2,000 years she sat in her burial chamber. 402 00:59:46,420 --> 00:59:51,210 The chair shimmered in the dark, its light shining right through 403 00:59:51,340 --> 00:59:54,170 the empress's little figure. 404 00:59:55,100 --> 00:59:59,010 But then a band of robbers came 405 00:59:59,850 --> 01:00:01,680 and broke into the tomb. 406 01:00:01,850 --> 01:00:04,010 They knocked the empress off the chair, 407 01:00:04,270 --> 01:00:06,680 and she turned to powder and dust. 408 01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,390 Then they made off with the chair. 409 01:00:14,820 --> 01:00:16,690 Now it belongs to you. 410 01:00:18,870 --> 01:00:22,950 The most precious chair in the world belongs to you. 411 01:00:24,420 --> 01:00:26,780 Take care of it, for it's very fragile. 412 01:00:27,460 --> 01:00:29,200 It might easily fall to pieces. 413 01:00:32,050 --> 01:00:33,660 Touch it gently. 414 01:00:37,100 --> 01:00:39,340 Sit on it very carefully. 415 01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,060 Talk to it. 416 01:00:44,770 --> 01:00:48,310 And at least twice a day breathe on it. 417 01:01:20,930 --> 01:01:24,260 What an idiotic little chair! 418 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:30,520 So worn and ridiculous! 419 01:01:31,610 --> 01:01:35,440 And ugly, to boot! 420 01:01:39,450 --> 01:01:41,440 I'll be damned! 421 01:01:41,660 --> 01:01:46,030 I think the confounded chair is trying to bite my rear end! 422 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:47,450 I'll show it! 423 01:01:47,580 --> 01:01:49,320 Don't do that! 424 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,650 Have you all gone mad? It's 3:00 in the morning! 425 01:02:19,780 --> 01:02:22,150 We have to get up for church in two hours! 426 01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:24,990 - Can we be in Hamlet? - Please. 427 01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:29,200 I know you've spoken with Mr. Landahl, but this is a matter for father to decide. 428 01:02:29,330 --> 01:02:30,660 It's for mother to decide. 429 01:02:30,790 --> 01:02:33,500 It's much too late for children who have school the next day. 430 01:02:33,630 --> 01:02:34,620 No, it's not. 431 01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:36,170 We can be pages in the first act. 432 01:02:36,340 --> 01:02:39,170 Who's not in the last act can't be in the first. 433 01:02:39,300 --> 01:02:42,890 It has to be different pages in the last act anyway. 434 01:02:44,260 --> 01:02:45,600 Good night, kids. 435 01:02:46,350 --> 01:02:50,560 On the condition that you do your homework... 436 01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,770 and come straight home after the court scenes. 437 01:02:58,030 --> 01:03:01,650 And absolutely no whining about getting up the next morning. 438 01:03:10,420 --> 01:03:14,620 Here we go, Isak. I've made some nice strong coffee. 439 01:03:15,170 --> 01:03:17,750 Much better than Vega's awful dishwater. 440 01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:20,540 Give this a try. 441 01:03:21,890 --> 01:03:25,090 What can the time be? Ten past 3:00. 442 01:03:25,220 --> 01:03:27,510 We can sit for two hours, 443 01:03:27,930 --> 01:03:30,270 and then I must change for early service. 444 01:03:32,770 --> 01:03:35,230 How good it is to have you here! 445 01:03:37,150 --> 01:03:39,230 You're my best friend. 446 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:42,600 Whatever would I do without you? 447 01:03:54,130 --> 01:03:56,910 Last year I enjoyed Christmas. 448 01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:00,080 This year all I wanted to do was cry. 449 01:04:03,430 --> 01:04:05,710 I suppose I'm getting old. 450 01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:08,930 Do you think I've aged? 451 01:04:09,060 --> 01:04:10,720 You've grown older, yes. 452 01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:13,470 I thought so. 453 01:04:16,650 --> 01:04:19,260 Yes, I just wanted to cry. 454 01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:23,110 Though I love having the grandchildren, of course. 455 01:04:25,370 --> 01:04:27,480 I didn't think Oscar looked well. 456 01:04:27,620 --> 01:04:30,780 He wears himself out with that theatre. 457 01:04:30,910 --> 01:04:34,620 And the idea of him playing the ghost. 458 01:04:34,750 --> 01:04:36,490 He should take it easy. 459 01:04:36,630 --> 01:04:40,080 Besides, he's an awfully bad actor. 460 01:04:44,220 --> 01:04:48,710 I wonder if Emilie realizes that he's weak and needs rest. 461 01:04:50,770 --> 01:04:53,130 I think I'll have a word with her. 462 01:04:56,940 --> 01:05:01,020 He's capable, of course. Capable and conscientious. 463 01:05:01,150 --> 01:05:05,900 Can you believe the theatre even makes a small profit? 464 01:05:06,030 --> 01:05:07,440 Isn't that splendid? 465 01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:11,490 A few years ago I contributed a minimum of 50,000 kronor per year. 466 01:05:11,830 --> 01:05:15,490 I didn't care, but Oscar felt so awkward asking me for money. 467 01:05:17,250 --> 01:05:18,990 Not like Carl. 468 01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:23,540 He asked me for a new loan, but I refused. 469 01:05:26,220 --> 01:05:29,180 If he comes to you for money, you must say no too. 470 01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:31,300 Promise me that. - Yes, yes. 471 01:05:31,430 --> 01:05:33,340 I don't understand it. 472 01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,640 Time and again I clear everything up for him. 473 01:05:36,770 --> 01:05:39,140 After a year, he's in dire straits again. 474 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:46,820 He says he doesn't go to moneylenders. 475 01:05:47,700 --> 01:05:49,230 - Do you know? - No. 476 01:05:49,950 --> 01:05:52,990 And that poor German woman he's married to. 477 01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:55,660 How could he have fallen for her? 478 01:05:56,710 --> 01:05:59,490 It must be something erotic. 479 01:06:00,380 --> 01:06:01,960 What do you think? 480 01:06:02,090 --> 01:06:05,330 Erotic? Yes, perhaps. 481 01:06:05,470 --> 01:06:07,670 - You're not listening. - Yes, I am. 482 01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:12,040 Never mind. The main thing is that you keep me company. 483 01:06:20,230 --> 01:06:23,810 Carl and Gustav Adolf are oversexed. 484 01:06:23,940 --> 01:06:26,930 They take after their father. He was oversexed. 485 01:06:27,990 --> 01:06:31,150 At times I thought it was too much of a good thing, 486 01:06:31,410 --> 01:06:32,940 but I never refused. 487 01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:36,070 Gustav Adolf is incorrigible. 488 01:06:36,580 --> 01:06:38,950 I've spoken with Alma, and she wisely says 489 01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:40,540 she doesn't mind his philandering, 490 01:06:40,670 --> 01:06:44,790 because he's the kindest husband in the world. 491 01:06:45,590 --> 01:06:48,710 It's fortunate that alma is so understanding. 492 01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:56,350 Perhaps I ought to warn that nursemaid Maj, or whatever her name is. 493 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,560 I must say she's very pretty, and good with the children. 494 01:07:01,980 --> 01:07:04,560 Beautiful colouring and a nice figure. 495 01:07:05,650 --> 01:07:08,440 Pity she limps, the poor thing. 496 01:07:10,610 --> 01:07:13,100 What you don't poke your nose into 497 01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:16,110 you don't have to pull it out of, as grandma used to say. 498 01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:20,780 - Are you asleep? - No, no. 499 01:07:22,290 --> 01:07:27,710 Carl and Gustav Adolf got too much, and Oscar got nothing. 500 01:07:28,670 --> 01:07:32,710 Imagine the tragedy for Emilie, who's such a warm-blooded young woman. 501 01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:37,300 When she was pregnant with Fanny, she told me all about it. 502 01:07:39,020 --> 01:07:40,680 Poor girl. 503 01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:47,230 I have to say she's handled her affairs in a most tactful manner. 504 01:07:49,150 --> 01:07:52,320 Oscar and Emilie are enormously fond of each other. 505 01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:56,400 A happy marriage in spite of everything. 506 01:07:59,500 --> 01:08:02,160 Are you sad because you've grown old? 507 01:08:03,500 --> 01:08:06,910 I'm certainly not. Everything's getting worse. 508 01:08:08,300 --> 01:08:11,750 Worse people, worse machines, worse wars... 509 01:08:12,510 --> 01:08:13,920 and worse weather. 510 01:08:14,050 --> 01:08:15,670 I'm glad I'll soon be dead. 511 01:08:15,850 --> 01:08:20,810 You're an incorrigible old misanthrope and always have been. 512 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:24,770 - I don't agree with you. - I thought as much. 513 01:08:24,900 --> 01:08:28,350 That doesn't stop me from crying. 514 01:08:29,860 --> 01:08:33,190 Would you mind if I cry a while? 515 01:08:47,670 --> 01:08:51,540 No, upon my soul, I can't. The tears won't come. 516 01:08:52,550 --> 01:08:54,710 I'll have to have some more cognac. 517 01:09:07,230 --> 01:09:09,890 What are you laughing at? 518 01:09:10,070 --> 01:09:15,440 Do you remember when we sat there on the sofa kissing madly? 519 01:09:15,910 --> 01:09:17,650 You had unbuttoned my blouse, 520 01:09:17,780 --> 01:09:20,690 and something else too. 521 01:09:20,950 --> 01:09:23,440 Then suddenly the curtain was drawn aside, 522 01:09:23,710 --> 01:09:26,570 and there stood my dear husband. 523 01:09:28,170 --> 01:09:30,830 It was just like a play by Feydeau. 524 01:09:32,170 --> 01:09:36,010 I screamed and you made for the door. 525 01:09:36,430 --> 01:09:42,300 He rushed off to get his pistol, with me hanging on his leg. 526 01:09:43,980 --> 01:09:48,390 You became friends for life. 527 01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,930 Your husband was a great-hearted man. 528 01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:57,600 Now I'm weeping. 529 01:09:58,950 --> 01:10:01,910 The happy, splendid life is over, 530 01:10:02,580 --> 01:10:07,790 and the horrible, dirty life engulfs us. 531 01:10:08,580 --> 01:10:11,330 That's the way it is. 532 01:10:19,930 --> 01:10:23,840 This won't do. 533 01:10:23,970 --> 01:10:26,060 I must wash up and redo my makeup, 534 01:10:27,770 --> 01:10:31,600 do my hair and put on my corset and silk dress. 535 01:10:34,110 --> 01:10:39,320 A weepy, lovesick woman turns into a self-possessed grandmother. 536 01:10:40,110 --> 01:10:42,400 We all play our parts. 537 01:10:42,530 --> 01:10:46,950 Some play them negligently, others with great care. 538 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:49,240 I'm one of the latter. 539 01:10:53,290 --> 01:10:55,130 Good night, my lovely Helena. 540 01:10:56,550 --> 01:10:59,040 You were a sweet lover. 541 01:10:59,680 --> 01:11:01,630 Like strawberries. 542 01:11:04,850 --> 01:11:07,840 You wanted me to help you with your morning toilet, Mrs. Ekdahl. 543 01:11:08,350 --> 01:11:10,140 The time is ten to 5:00. 544 01:11:12,270 --> 01:11:16,310 A cafe on castle street. 545 01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:22,320 Your own cakes and pastries, 546 01:11:22,450 --> 01:11:25,440 tarts and confections. 547 01:11:29,210 --> 01:11:31,910 What do you say to that, little Maj? 548 01:11:33,420 --> 01:11:37,000 You'd be in charge of it. 549 01:11:39,380 --> 01:11:41,840 Just yesterday I said to alma, 550 01:11:42,180 --> 01:11:46,170 "look at Maj. She's a princess." 551 01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:50,260 What breasts you have, my girl. 552 01:11:51,640 --> 01:11:53,350 Let me see properly. 553 01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:56,050 You drive me crazy. 554 01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:58,690 Don't be afraid, child. 555 01:11:58,900 --> 01:12:02,190 I'm a wonderful lover. All the women say so. 556 01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:06,740 Once you get me on my back, you'll forget about the cafe. 557 01:12:06,910 --> 01:12:08,950 I swear. 558 01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:10,900 Give me something to write on. 559 01:12:11,250 --> 01:12:13,410 Come. Come over here. 560 01:12:16,250 --> 01:12:17,710 Here's a pen. 561 01:12:20,590 --> 01:12:22,050 Now I'll write: 562 01:12:23,470 --> 01:12:25,420 "Maja kling... 563 01:12:29,350 --> 01:12:33,220 is the proprietress of my cafe." 564 01:12:33,350 --> 01:12:36,940 Signed, Gustav Adolf Ekdahl. 565 01:12:40,610 --> 01:12:44,650 Christmas night, 1907. 566 01:12:45,780 --> 01:12:49,070 There! That's a contract. 567 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:53,120 Stick it under a lawyer's nose if I forget my promise. 568 01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:09,630 Be careful not to put me in the family way. 569 01:13:13,270 --> 01:13:17,430 Well, what do you say? Aren't I nice? 570 01:13:18,150 --> 01:13:20,600 Ever felt such a wooden leg? 571 01:13:20,730 --> 01:13:24,980 Damnation! The rocket went off too soon. 572 01:13:29,490 --> 01:13:33,990 Oh, well, it happens. Wasn't it wonderful? 573 01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:37,990 You're a real Billy goat, sir. 574 01:13:38,670 --> 01:13:41,280 And you're my little lamb. 575 01:13:41,420 --> 01:13:45,790 I must lie on my back. I'm all in a sweat. 576 01:13:45,930 --> 01:13:49,590 - I ate and drank too much. - You're not ill? 577 01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:52,760 Not me! I feel like a bakery ablaze. 578 01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:55,220 Or should I say cafe? 579 01:13:58,190 --> 01:14:01,550 Iii? When I'm with such a tasty little morsel? 580 01:14:01,690 --> 01:14:03,850 Sit on top of me. 581 01:14:04,940 --> 01:14:07,150 Oh, you're impossible, sir! 582 01:14:12,540 --> 01:14:14,870 Ride a rocking horse to Banbury cross 583 01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:17,830 to see a fine lady on a white steed 584 01:14:17,960 --> 01:14:23,870 what a glorious time we're having! 585 01:14:39,150 --> 01:14:44,060 - My goodness, how your heart's pounding. - I've got a splendid heart. 586 01:14:46,110 --> 01:14:47,770 Now you'll have to give me a new bed. 587 01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:51,440 You'll have a cafe, an apartment, 588 01:14:51,570 --> 01:14:54,610 beautiful furniture, and a big bed. 589 01:14:54,990 --> 01:14:58,280 - And pretty clothes. - No one will be prettier. 590 01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:01,330 You will be Gustav Adolf's mistress, 591 01:15:01,460 --> 01:15:05,250 and I'll come see you every Wednesday and Saturday at 3:00. 592 01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:09,410 How silly you are. 593 01:15:09,590 --> 01:15:11,300 - What? - I said you're silly. 594 01:15:11,430 --> 01:15:14,640 - Silly, am I? - You're a real numbskull. 595 01:15:17,270 --> 01:15:19,970 I'm not a numbskull! 596 01:15:21,230 --> 01:15:24,100 You are, for imagining I'd want anything from you. 597 01:15:24,230 --> 01:15:25,940 Don't you want anything? 598 01:15:26,480 --> 01:15:28,600 Don't you see I was joking? 599 01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:32,650 Joking? 600 01:15:36,870 --> 01:15:38,280 In what way? 601 01:15:38,410 --> 01:15:40,120 Don't be angry. 602 01:15:40,250 --> 01:15:44,410 I'm not, but I don't like being treated like an idiot. 603 01:15:47,170 --> 01:15:50,880 - Stop laughing. - I think you're so funny. 604 01:16:06,900 --> 01:16:09,310 I don't like being laughed at. 605 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:31,670 I can feel a cold coming on. 606 01:16:32,470 --> 01:16:34,300 My throat hurts when I swallow. 607 01:16:36,180 --> 01:16:37,880 My teeth are tingling. 608 01:16:41,980 --> 01:16:44,340 It's freezing in here. Why isn't there any heat? 609 01:16:44,480 --> 01:16:48,100 We don't have any credit with the wood merchant. 610 01:16:48,230 --> 01:16:51,520 We owe 150 kronor. Das wei┈t du doch. 611 01:16:51,650 --> 01:16:54,770 You haven't learned a damn bit of Swedish in 23 years. 612 01:16:54,910 --> 01:16:56,610 Speak Swedish! 613 01:16:56,740 --> 01:16:58,610 I do my best. 614 01:16:58,740 --> 01:17:02,530 Last Tuesday I asked mama for ten thousand to sort out my affairs. 615 01:17:03,540 --> 01:17:07,530 She took out a paper that said I owed her 37,000. 616 01:17:08,540 --> 01:17:09,950 It's incredible. 617 01:17:10,340 --> 01:17:13,380 - You'll have to go to the Jew. - I've already been. 618 01:17:14,050 --> 01:17:16,710 I'm paying one hell of an exorbitant interest rate, 619 01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:19,380 and if I don't pay on time, he'll show the iou to mama. 620 01:17:20,350 --> 01:17:22,050 I have some jewellery. 621 01:17:22,930 --> 01:17:24,220 Idiot. 622 01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:27,730 That would be nice. Professor Ekdahl running to the pawnbroker. 623 01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:32,010 Aren't you coming to bed? 624 01:17:39,910 --> 01:17:41,240 I feel ill. 625 01:17:43,450 --> 01:17:45,450 There was something wrong with the herring salad. 626 01:17:46,330 --> 01:17:48,070 It tasted stale. 627 01:17:50,170 --> 01:17:53,910 I'm sure mama saved it from Easter, the stingy hag. 628 01:17:54,050 --> 01:17:56,380 You don't serve herring salad for Christmas, damn it. 629 01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:03,630 Why did I marry you? 630 01:18:03,770 --> 01:18:06,930 You're ugly, poor and barren. 631 01:18:08,150 --> 01:18:10,430 You couldn't even give me a child. 632 01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:14,310 You never make love to me. 633 01:18:15,610 --> 01:18:17,650 - Ich sage aber nichts. - Speak Swedish. 634 01:18:20,740 --> 01:18:22,980 Poor Carl. You're so unhappy. 635 01:18:23,910 --> 01:18:25,620 If you weren't so anxious -- 636 01:18:25,790 --> 01:18:29,950 The dean scolded me. Said I'm neglecting my lectures. 637 01:18:31,710 --> 01:18:33,170 I'm a scientist, 638 01:18:33,300 --> 01:18:38,510 the only real scientist in the whole damn university. 639 01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,170 But nobody cares. 640 01:18:42,050 --> 01:18:43,510 Oh, my head. 641 01:18:45,060 --> 01:18:47,050 I have a terrible headache. 642 01:18:48,810 --> 01:18:50,890 And we have to go to that damn early service! 643 01:18:51,020 --> 01:18:53,600 Coercion at every turn! 644 01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:57,360 No, Carlchen! 645 01:18:58,360 --> 01:19:01,480 Then you have to smile matter-of-factly, "dear mama, how beautiful you are. 646 01:19:01,620 --> 01:19:03,070 You look like a young woman." 647 01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:06,940 "Dear Emilie, I've never seen you play the Christmas angel so wonderfully." 648 01:19:07,910 --> 01:19:09,820 "How is it, Oscar, 649 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,620 that you succeed in everything you do?" 650 01:19:16,340 --> 01:19:17,500 How do you do that? 651 01:19:21,550 --> 01:19:25,040 Come, Carlchen. Come and sit by me. 652 01:19:33,730 --> 01:19:35,100 You smell bad. 653 01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:39,890 Have you given up washing, or are you starting to rot? 654 01:19:41,410 --> 01:19:45,520 No. I don't smell bad at all. 655 01:19:46,870 --> 01:19:49,490 You have olfactory hallucinations. 656 01:20:04,010 --> 01:20:05,420 It's bleeding. 657 01:20:10,310 --> 01:20:13,300 - Shall I bandage it up? - No. 658 01:20:16,980 --> 01:20:20,730 - Won't you try and get some sleep? - Yes. 659 01:20:22,860 --> 01:20:25,610 I feel sorry for you, mein Carlchen. 660 01:20:27,410 --> 01:20:29,780 How is it one becomes second-rate? 661 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:35,830 Can you tell me that? 662 01:20:37,710 --> 01:20:39,540 How does the dust fall? 663 01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:42,920 When has one lost? 664 01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:47,920 First I'm a prince, heir to the kingdom. 665 01:20:53,270 --> 01:20:57,310 Suddenly, before I know it... 666 01:20:59,110 --> 01:21:00,770 I'm deposed. 667 01:21:03,990 --> 01:21:06,230 Death taps me on the shoulder. 668 01:21:09,370 --> 01:21:10,950 The room is cold... 669 01:21:13,790 --> 01:21:16,000 and we can't pay for kindling. 670 01:21:24,300 --> 01:21:26,130 I'm stupid and unkind. 671 01:21:28,680 --> 01:21:30,290 And I'm most unkind... 672 01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:34,970 to the only person who cares for me. 673 01:21:37,310 --> 01:21:39,140 You can never forgive me. 674 01:21:39,690 --> 01:21:41,810 I'm a shit and a cad. 675 01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:47,650 If you'd like, I'll make you a hot toddy. 676 01:21:47,780 --> 01:21:51,820 Don't be so damned servile! 677 01:21:53,660 --> 01:21:56,150 Wipe your mouth. Your lips are always wet. It's disgusting! 678 01:21:59,420 --> 01:22:01,700 I don't mean to be unkind. 679 01:22:05,380 --> 01:22:07,000 I know that, mein liebling. 680 01:22:10,390 --> 01:22:12,550 Oh, life! 681 01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:25,270 Insomnia, poverty and humiliation. 682 01:22:28,490 --> 01:22:32,030 Stretch out your hand and you grope in the emptiness. 683 01:22:33,410 --> 01:22:39,160 Why am I such a bloody coward? 684 01:22:55,520 --> 01:22:57,130 You have your amusements. 685 01:22:57,270 --> 01:23:01,060 - That's enough, mein liebling. - Nothing troubles you. 686 01:23:01,230 --> 01:23:03,100 I strike you and you kiss my hand. 687 01:23:03,230 --> 01:23:06,400 I spit on you and you forgive me. You're repulsive! 688 01:23:06,530 --> 01:23:09,060 I can't stand your love. I have to get away from you. 689 01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:11,940 You'll have to go back to Munich. We're getting a divorce. 690 01:23:13,490 --> 01:23:16,070 I want to finally be spared seeing you, 691 01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:21,200 smelling you, listening to your damned gibberish. 692 01:23:21,750 --> 01:23:24,740 I'll be spared your solicitude, your anxious eyes, 693 01:23:25,250 --> 01:23:28,090 your cloying love. 694 01:23:30,300 --> 01:23:32,920 When you're sad and unhappy, you always talk like this. 695 01:23:33,100 --> 01:23:35,510 I don't care anymore. You know that. 696 01:23:35,640 --> 01:23:37,220 I want to sleep. 697 01:23:39,180 --> 01:23:41,930 Maybe I'll dream of a sweet-smelling female body... 698 01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:45,600 with small breasts and narrow hips, 699 01:23:46,530 --> 01:23:48,060 long legs... 700 01:23:49,190 --> 01:23:51,780 dark hair and cheerful personality. 701 01:23:53,280 --> 01:23:55,440 Her legs and arms are wrapped around me, 702 01:23:56,660 --> 01:23:58,370 pressing herself against me. 703 01:24:00,460 --> 01:24:02,120 We make love. 704 01:24:03,960 --> 01:24:06,450 Her flesh is firm and generous. 705 01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:12,040 Damnation! 706 01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:17,210 Old age, prison, disgust! 707 01:24:18,640 --> 01:24:20,850 No, Carlchen! 708 01:24:21,100 --> 01:24:22,810 Stop! Stop it! 709 01:24:22,940 --> 01:24:26,140 Don't touch me, damn it! 710 01:24:42,500 --> 01:24:45,660 You know why I hate you so, mein liebchen? 711 01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:49,540 You're a mirror image. 712 01:24:50,920 --> 01:24:53,840 Kindness reflects kindness. 713 01:24:54,010 --> 01:24:56,000 Mediocrity reflects mediocrity. 714 01:24:56,180 --> 01:25:00,840 I see it contorting your face. You suffer, but you endure it. 715 01:25:04,020 --> 01:25:06,350 That's the big difference, 716 01:25:07,190 --> 01:25:10,310 I will never endure it. 717 01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:34,000 Good night. 718 01:25:58,030 --> 01:26:02,620 Well, Gustav Adolf. 719 01:26:23,430 --> 01:26:25,760 - Good morning, papa. - Good morning, Petra. 720 01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:29,430 Don't I get a kiss? 721 01:26:33,940 --> 01:26:36,400 - Good morning, Gustav Adolf. - Good morning, alma. 722 01:26:40,450 --> 01:26:42,440 Go and fry three eggs and some ham for papa, 723 01:26:42,580 --> 01:26:45,320 and make two cheese sandwiches. 724 01:26:45,870 --> 01:26:48,080 - What will you drink? - Beer. 725 01:26:48,620 --> 01:26:52,540 Petra, you know where the beer crate is. 726 01:26:53,210 --> 01:26:55,950 No, wait, I think there's some stout in the cupboard. 727 01:26:57,550 --> 01:26:59,960 - Would you rather have stout? - Yes. 728 01:27:01,550 --> 01:27:05,300 Don't stand there staring. We have to be at grandma's in an hour. 729 01:27:12,310 --> 01:27:14,810 - How do you feel? - Cognac. 730 01:27:16,820 --> 01:27:19,430 - I've put out your clothes. - Thank you. 731 01:27:20,860 --> 01:27:23,200 And there's hot water if you want a bath. 732 01:27:23,330 --> 01:27:24,910 That would be nice. 733 01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:30,360 Hurry up now. 734 01:27:52,020 --> 01:27:55,390 You're a damned handsome woman. 735 01:27:55,860 --> 01:27:57,890 And you're a big shit. 736 01:28:06,790 --> 01:28:12,080 - Come to bed. - I just did my hair. 737 01:28:12,710 --> 01:28:16,450 We'll have a quick one standing up. 738 01:28:16,590 --> 01:28:20,880 - Petra's coming with breakfast. - We'll lock the door. 739 01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:25,220 Come on then, but make it quick. 740 01:29:09,180 --> 01:29:12,260 - I don't think I can. - You can't? 741 01:29:12,430 --> 01:29:14,850 No. There must be something wrong. 742 01:29:18,270 --> 01:29:21,610 - You're not sick, are you? - I'm fit as a fiddle. 743 01:29:23,780 --> 01:29:26,770 - Lie down on the bed. - Yes, I guess I could do that. 744 01:29:32,950 --> 01:29:35,490 - Shall I bring in the breakfast tray? - Yes, please. 745 01:29:37,130 --> 01:29:38,990 To think that I haven't killed you. 746 01:29:49,140 --> 01:29:50,880 Now what do you say? 747 01:30:16,620 --> 01:30:18,830 I wonder if it will be a cold day. 748 01:30:20,000 --> 01:30:21,960 I think it'll be very cold. 749 01:30:22,340 --> 01:30:24,920 My thermometer says 4* below. 750 01:30:48,030 --> 01:30:50,570 Don't yawn at the table, Alexander. 751 01:30:55,790 --> 01:30:57,870 Cheers, brother Carl. 752 01:31:11,850 --> 01:31:14,210 I heard the Bishop will be saying the service today. 753 01:31:14,350 --> 01:31:15,710 Really? 754 01:31:19,100 --> 01:31:22,090 I can't help it. Your father's a bit nutty. 755 01:31:22,980 --> 01:31:24,060 Excuse me. 756 01:31:32,870 --> 01:31:36,070 Well, my friends, it's time. 757 01:36:37,130 --> 01:36:41,040 THE SECOND ACT 758 01:36:42,550 --> 01:36:46,090 THE GHOST REHEARSAL 759 01:37:12,120 --> 01:37:15,330 My hour is almost come 760 01:37:16,040 --> 01:37:19,660 when I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames 761 01:37:19,800 --> 01:37:22,330 must render up myself. 762 01:37:22,470 --> 01:37:24,630 Alas, poor ghost. 763 01:37:25,340 --> 01:37:27,050 Pity me not, 764 01:37:27,390 --> 01:37:31,260 but lend thy serious hearing to what I shall unfold. 765 01:37:31,390 --> 01:37:33,510 Speak. I am bound to hear. 766 01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:38,350 So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear -- 767 01:37:38,480 --> 01:37:39,720 What? 768 01:37:39,860 --> 01:37:43,150 I am thy father's spirit. 769 01:37:43,990 --> 01:37:47,150 Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, 770 01:37:47,910 --> 01:37:51,120 and for the day confined to fast in fires 771 01:37:51,950 --> 01:37:56,200 till the foul crimes done in my days of nature 772 01:37:56,790 --> 01:37:59,500 are burnt and purged away. 773 01:38:01,380 --> 01:38:03,840 But that I am forbid to tell 774 01:38:04,380 --> 01:38:08,220 the secrets of my prison house 775 01:38:08,340 --> 01:38:12,590 I could a tale unfold whose lightest word 776 01:38:13,390 --> 01:38:17,100 would harrow up thy soul, 777 01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:21,810 freeze thy young blood, 778 01:38:22,400 --> 01:38:27,650 make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres. 779 01:38:28,570 --> 01:38:31,190 But this eternal blazon 780 01:38:31,530 --> 01:38:34,900 must not be to ears of flesh and blood. 781 01:38:42,630 --> 01:38:44,420 List, o list! 782 01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:48,790 If thou didst ever thy dear father love... 783 01:38:48,930 --> 01:38:50,210 o God! 784 01:38:50,350 --> 01:38:55,640 Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. 785 01:38:55,770 --> 01:38:57,050 Murder! 786 01:38:57,190 --> 01:38:58,430 Yes, murder! 787 01:38:59,230 --> 01:39:03,600 Murder most foul, as in the best it is. 788 01:39:03,780 --> 01:39:06,230 But this most foul... 789 01:39:07,700 --> 01:39:09,310 strange -- 790 01:39:10,200 --> 01:39:11,940 - ...and unnatural. - Huh? 791 01:39:12,120 --> 01:39:13,650 And unnatural. 792 01:39:17,870 --> 01:39:21,870 Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift as meditation 793 01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:24,620 or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge. 794 01:39:24,800 --> 01:39:26,710 Now, Hamlet, hear. 795 01:39:27,090 --> 01:39:30,670 'Tis given out, that sleeping in my orchard, 796 01:39:31,050 --> 01:39:33,790 a serpent stung me. 797 01:39:34,060 --> 01:39:36,970 So the whole ear of Denmark 798 01:39:37,100 --> 01:39:42,390 is by a forged process of my death rankly abused. 799 01:39:42,810 --> 01:39:46,980 But know, thou noble youth - 800 01:39:47,990 --> 01:39:50,570 the serpent that did sting thy father's life. 801 01:39:50,700 --> 01:39:52,810 Huh? Did sting? 802 01:39:52,990 --> 01:39:55,730 Thy father's life. 803 01:39:55,870 --> 01:39:59,830 Did sting thy father's life 804 01:40:00,290 --> 01:40:03,000 now wears his crown 805 01:40:03,130 --> 01:40:05,910 o my prophetic soul! My uncle? 806 01:40:06,050 --> 01:40:09,710 Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, 807 01:40:10,630 --> 01:40:12,870 with witchcraft of his wit, 808 01:40:13,010 --> 01:40:16,750 with traitorous gifts - 809 01:40:17,680 --> 01:40:22,180 o wicked wit and gifts, that have the power so to seduce - 810 01:40:22,520 --> 01:40:25,100 won to his shameful lust the will 811 01:40:25,230 --> 01:40:30,690 of my most seeming-virtuous queen. 812 01:40:37,410 --> 01:40:38,990 But soft! 813 01:40:39,700 --> 01:40:45,540 Methinks I scent the morning air. 814 01:40:50,050 --> 01:40:53,510 Mr. Landahl, shouldn't there be steps here? 815 01:40:55,050 --> 01:40:57,800 Can somebody help Mr. Ekdahl down. 816 01:40:58,930 --> 01:41:00,510 The steps were forgotten today. 817 01:41:06,690 --> 01:41:09,270 Brief let me be. 818 01:41:10,280 --> 01:41:15,690 Sleeping within my orchard my custom always of the afternoon 819 01:41:16,700 --> 01:41:21,070 upon my secure hour thy uncle stole 820 01:41:21,580 --> 01:41:25,660 with juice of cursed hebenon in a vial 821 01:41:25,960 --> 01:41:31,790 and in the porches of my ears did pour the leperous distilment, 822 01:41:32,470 --> 01:41:38,180 whose effect holds such an enmity with blood of man 823 01:41:38,300 --> 01:41:41,590 that swift as quicksilver it courses through 824 01:41:41,720 --> 01:41:44,760 the natural gates and alleys of the body 825 01:41:45,060 --> 01:41:48,680 and with a sudden vigour it doth possess and curd, 826 01:41:48,820 --> 01:41:54,280 like eager droppings into milk, the thin and wholesome blood: 827 01:41:55,280 --> 01:42:01,320 So did it mine and a most instant tetter bark'd about 828 01:42:01,620 --> 01:42:06,740 most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust 829 01:42:07,170 --> 01:42:09,500 all my smooth body. 830 01:42:13,130 --> 01:42:18,250 Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand... 831 01:42:19,510 --> 01:42:25,470 of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatched. 832 01:42:26,310 --> 01:42:31,100 Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, 833 01:42:31,230 --> 01:42:37,150 unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd, no reckoning made 834 01:42:37,570 --> 01:42:43,490 but sent to my account with all my imperfections on my head. 835 01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:48,450 Oh, horrible, most horrible! 836 01:42:48,580 --> 01:42:51,790 If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. 837 01:42:52,170 --> 01:42:55,830 Let not the royal bed of Denmark be 838 01:42:56,010 --> 01:43:02,380 a couch for luxury and damned incest. 839 01:43:10,900 --> 01:43:13,230 I've forgotten what I am to do. 840 01:43:13,900 --> 01:43:16,140 You get up and exit upstage centre. 841 01:43:37,970 --> 01:43:41,170 - Where am I? - Here... at the theatre. 842 01:44:06,450 --> 01:44:08,440 Let's go home and rest. 843 01:44:13,710 --> 01:44:15,570 What's happened? 844 01:44:16,500 --> 01:44:18,240 You're tired, that's all. 845 01:44:18,800 --> 01:44:20,540 Shall I call for the ambulance? 846 01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:27,300 What am I doing here? 847 01:44:29,980 --> 01:44:31,640 You were acting. 848 01:44:34,440 --> 01:44:36,050 I was acting? 849 01:44:38,480 --> 01:44:40,480 Why was I acting? 850 01:44:41,200 --> 01:44:43,060 Come along, Oscar. Let's go home. 851 01:44:49,790 --> 01:44:51,370 Am I going to die now? 852 01:44:52,620 --> 01:44:54,490 Please help me. 853 01:44:57,090 --> 01:44:58,450 I'll get a carriage. 854 01:45:01,630 --> 01:45:03,540 He needs his overcoat. 855 01:45:23,240 --> 01:45:25,440 Alexander, come along. 856 01:45:46,180 --> 01:45:47,540 Come on. 857 01:46:03,820 --> 01:46:05,150 Stop! 858 01:46:07,110 --> 01:46:09,980 I said stop! Hey, you! 859 01:46:14,870 --> 01:46:17,360 Take the cart behind you! 860 01:47:33,280 --> 01:47:34,900 Come along, Alexander. 861 01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:45,080 No. 862 01:47:46,840 --> 01:47:48,050 No. 863 01:47:49,630 --> 01:47:51,290 We know nothing yet. 864 01:47:52,970 --> 01:47:56,960 Yes, let's hope so. Thank you for calling. 865 01:48:09,700 --> 01:48:13,280 - How is our dear Oscar? - We can only hope. 866 01:48:43,350 --> 01:48:47,220 - How is he? - It's a matter of hours. 867 01:48:47,690 --> 01:48:50,680 - Is he in pain? - He sleeps most of the time. 868 01:49:05,540 --> 01:49:08,660 Go see ester and Vega for hot chocolate and sandwiches. 869 01:49:16,050 --> 01:49:20,840 I was over at the Gustavssons' and I met Mr. Albrektsson. 870 01:49:21,230 --> 01:49:22,930 Just imagine, children. 871 01:49:23,020 --> 01:49:27,980 This letter will go all the way to a mission in china. 872 01:49:29,190 --> 01:49:32,560 Mr. Albrektsson told me his poodle had four puppies. 873 01:49:32,740 --> 01:49:37,230 A friend of mine has lived there for 50 years. 874 01:49:39,740 --> 01:49:43,580 He wondered if you'd like a puppy. 875 01:49:44,160 --> 01:49:46,530 Mama won't let us have dogs or cats. 876 01:49:46,670 --> 01:49:48,910 - We could keep it here. - Really? 877 01:49:49,040 --> 01:49:50,450 - Yes. - Splendid. 878 01:49:50,590 --> 01:49:52,540 Otherwise it'll be sold. 879 01:49:52,670 --> 01:49:57,380 When I was in china, working in the fields with my friend, 880 01:49:57,640 --> 01:50:00,670 we had a dog and three cats. 881 01:50:03,100 --> 01:50:06,510 - Want to play again? - You take red, then. 882 01:50:08,400 --> 01:50:12,270 Mr. Albrektsson makes lots of money on his dogs, 883 01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:14,360 but he wants to give this puppy away. 884 01:50:14,490 --> 01:50:16,150 He's wealthy in his own right. 885 01:50:16,280 --> 01:50:20,110 It's his wife's money, dear ester. 886 01:50:26,460 --> 01:50:29,820 Would you two like a molasses sandwich? 887 01:50:30,460 --> 01:50:32,540 Yes, please, miss Vega. 888 01:50:35,050 --> 01:50:37,380 There, the letter's finished. 889 01:50:37,840 --> 01:50:40,300 Come, Fanny, and I'll let you lick the envelope. 890 01:50:46,310 --> 01:50:49,550 - Would you like to borrow the flute? - No, thank you. 891 01:50:50,310 --> 01:50:54,060 - You want to lick the stamp? - No, thank you. 892 01:50:55,030 --> 01:50:57,230 You lick the stamp, then. 893 01:51:02,280 --> 01:51:03,990 Thank you, sweetheart. 894 01:51:07,500 --> 01:51:08,910 Leave me alone. 895 01:51:24,770 --> 01:51:26,010 Come in. 896 01:51:36,570 --> 01:51:38,480 Your mama asked me to come get you. 897 01:51:39,860 --> 01:51:41,730 Let's put down the sandwiches. 898 01:51:58,970 --> 01:52:00,710 Hurry up, Alexander. 899 01:52:59,610 --> 01:53:01,850 Come, Alexander. Don't be afraid. 900 01:53:12,620 --> 01:53:14,280 Come here, Alexander. 901 01:53:18,960 --> 01:53:20,420 Come on. 902 01:54:12,350 --> 01:54:14,090 I'll wait outside. 903 01:54:18,230 --> 01:54:19,560 Come here, Fanny. 904 01:54:35,410 --> 01:54:38,530 Tell Alexander there's nothing to be afraid of. 905 01:54:38,670 --> 01:54:40,700 I'll tell him. 906 01:54:48,640 --> 01:54:51,300 You needn't be afraid. 907 01:54:53,680 --> 01:54:55,800 This is nothing to worry about. 908 01:54:58,060 --> 01:54:59,850 I feel no pain. 909 01:55:02,570 --> 01:55:08,190 I actually feel better than I have in a long time. 910 01:55:12,280 --> 01:55:16,900 Don't be alarmed if I keep my eyes closed. 911 01:55:19,670 --> 01:55:22,500 The light seems rather bright. 912 01:55:25,090 --> 01:55:29,880 It doesn't matter if I close my eyes. 913 01:55:40,480 --> 01:55:45,390 I could play the ghost now... 914 01:55:48,030 --> 01:55:49,390 really well. 915 01:55:58,620 --> 01:55:59,700 Nothing. 916 01:56:03,590 --> 01:56:05,170 Nothing... 917 01:56:07,130 --> 01:56:09,040 separates me from all of you. 918 01:56:09,680 --> 01:56:11,130 Not now... 919 01:56:12,300 --> 01:56:13,920 and not later. 920 01:56:17,220 --> 01:56:18,630 I know that. 921 01:56:23,980 --> 01:56:25,440 I see it... 922 01:56:28,030 --> 01:56:30,640 quite clearly. 923 01:56:32,110 --> 01:56:34,980 I'll be closer to you now... 924 01:56:37,450 --> 01:56:38,990 than when I lived. 925 01:56:44,840 --> 01:56:47,040 Now I'd like to look at Alexander. 926 01:57:00,430 --> 01:57:03,140 Father says there's nothing to be afraid of. 927 01:57:13,740 --> 01:57:15,730 Don't be childish now. 928 01:57:16,030 --> 01:57:19,070 Try to be a good boy. 929 01:58:09,750 --> 01:58:12,120 Take care of the theatre. 930 01:58:13,590 --> 01:58:19,260 Mr. Sandblad will explain the business side. 931 01:58:21,600 --> 01:58:26,090 Artistic matters you'll decide on your own... 932 01:58:28,940 --> 01:58:30,520 as usual. 933 01:58:35,820 --> 01:58:37,900 A simple funeral. 934 01:58:39,030 --> 01:58:40,320 Don't forget. 935 01:58:42,240 --> 01:58:45,950 Nothing Majestic in the cathedral... 936 01:58:47,790 --> 01:58:49,870 with Chopin's "funeral march." 937 01:58:53,380 --> 01:58:54,750 Promise me that. 938 01:59:03,770 --> 01:59:08,100 Everything must go on as usual. 939 01:59:11,060 --> 01:59:16,430 Everything must go on as usual. 940 01:59:21,320 --> 01:59:23,030 I'll soon be dead. 941 01:59:26,460 --> 01:59:28,540 Will you hold my hand? 942 01:59:32,420 --> 01:59:35,290 Eternity, Emilie. 943 01:59:36,840 --> 01:59:38,300 Eternity. 944 02:01:43,010 --> 02:01:45,290 Fanny, wake up. You hear that? 945 02:03:44,300 --> 02:03:45,830 My condolences. 946 02:03:51,510 --> 02:03:54,470 Allow me to assure you 947 02:03:55,100 --> 02:03:58,810 that my family and I feel the very greatest sympathy 948 02:03:59,270 --> 02:04:03,850 in this difficult hour that has befallen you and your esteemed family. 949 02:04:04,770 --> 02:04:08,610 It is our regiment's duty and honour, 950 02:04:09,110 --> 02:04:12,350 in keeping with our proud tradition, 951 02:04:12,490 --> 02:04:17,410 to be allowed to express our sympathy at the funeral service. 952 02:04:19,080 --> 02:04:24,290 Allow me to kiss your hand in veneration and affection... 953 02:04:25,960 --> 02:04:31,250 and venture so boldly as to offer all the support an imperfect mortal can. 954 02:04:43,150 --> 02:04:45,980 Alexander, come out. The Bishop will be here any moment. 955 02:04:46,110 --> 02:04:47,220 I don't give a damn! 956 02:04:47,320 --> 02:04:49,270 Come out now. Don't be stupid. 957 02:05:28,730 --> 02:05:30,720 My deepest sympathy. 958 02:06:14,280 --> 02:06:16,400 My dear Emilie Ekdahl... 959 02:06:18,740 --> 02:06:20,530 words are so inadequate. 960 02:06:45,140 --> 02:06:47,010 Let's gather together. 961 02:06:52,280 --> 02:06:53,520 Right foot. 962 02:07:11,380 --> 02:07:16,920 It is with dismay that we gather around Oscar's bier. 963 02:07:18,300 --> 02:07:24,090 A close friend has been taken, and we're left in distress. 964 02:07:26,680 --> 02:07:32,100 We actors, who daily play with life and death, 965 02:07:32,730 --> 02:07:35,220 should not be so upset, 966 02:07:36,030 --> 02:07:40,820 but oddly enough, our dismay is greater -- 967 02:07:42,330 --> 02:07:43,820 ...greater than others'. 968 02:08:16,860 --> 02:08:19,480 The hour before he died, he was conscious. 969 02:08:20,200 --> 02:08:21,860 He even laughed. 970 02:08:24,700 --> 02:08:26,860 We spoke of practical things... 971 02:08:28,200 --> 02:08:29,940 the children's future 972 02:08:31,290 --> 02:08:33,330 and business matters. 973 02:08:47,140 --> 02:08:49,220 We also spoke of our theatre. 974 02:08:50,640 --> 02:08:52,050 Oscar said, 975 02:08:53,270 --> 02:08:56,560 "everything must go on as usual, Emilie." 976 02:09:00,400 --> 02:09:02,520 So we'll carry on as usual. 977 02:09:03,990 --> 02:09:07,070 At Oscar's request, I'll take over management of the theatre. 978 02:09:08,580 --> 02:09:10,690 We resume rehearsals tomorrow. 979 02:09:12,290 --> 02:09:15,410 The premiere of Hamlet will proceed as announced. 980 02:09:18,420 --> 02:09:19,960 That's everything. 981 02:09:21,090 --> 02:09:23,460 We'll all do our best. 982 02:09:24,800 --> 02:09:26,710 Thank you. 983 02:09:27,930 --> 02:09:29,590 Dear Emilie. 984 02:09:38,110 --> 02:09:39,720 Oscar will be proud. 985 02:09:46,320 --> 02:09:49,440 I'm so happy for your sake, dear Emilie. 986 02:11:04,740 --> 02:11:07,820 Cock, piss, shit, fart, 987 02:11:07,950 --> 02:11:10,810 piss, hell, shit, 988 02:11:10,950 --> 02:11:14,160 cock, fart, shit, piss, 989 02:11:14,290 --> 02:11:18,200 fart, cock, cunt, damn, hell, 990 02:11:18,370 --> 02:11:22,540 crap, ass, piss, cock, butt, pussy. 991 02:12:09,260 --> 02:12:12,550 Siri, tell the children they may leave the table. 992 02:12:12,680 --> 02:12:14,010 Yes, ma'am. 993 02:13:16,280 --> 02:13:17,900 Did you hear something? 994 02:13:36,010 --> 02:13:37,840 Alexander, wake up! 995 02:13:38,560 --> 02:13:40,090 There's something out there. 996 02:14:41,740 --> 02:14:44,610 THE THIRD ACT 997 02:14:46,330 --> 02:14:49,370 BREAK-UP 998 02:14:54,800 --> 02:14:58,510 When that I was and a little tiny boy 999 02:14:58,640 --> 02:15:02,970 with a hey, ho, the wind and the rain. 1000 02:15:03,100 --> 02:15:07,590 A foolish thing was but a toy 1001 02:15:07,940 --> 02:15:11,930 for the rain it raineth every day. 1002 02:15:12,110 --> 02:15:15,730 Did you hear Emilie wants to talk to us after the performance? 1003 02:15:16,950 --> 02:15:18,610 Doesn't sound good. 1004 02:15:19,700 --> 02:15:21,110 No. 1005 02:15:21,240 --> 02:15:25,280 But when I came to man's estate 1006 02:15:25,410 --> 02:15:29,910 with hey, ho, the wind and the rain 1007 02:15:30,040 --> 02:15:34,580 'gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate. 1008 02:15:34,960 --> 02:15:39,300 For the rain it raineth every day. 1009 02:15:53,020 --> 02:15:56,810 But when I came, alas, to wive 1010 02:15:56,990 --> 02:16:01,230 with hey, ho, the wind and the rain. 1011 02:16:01,370 --> 02:16:05,700 By swaggering could I never thrive. 1012 02:16:06,120 --> 02:16:10,080 For the rain it raineth every day. 1013 02:16:11,130 --> 02:16:14,540 Emilie, you want to speak with us afterwards? 1014 02:16:16,960 --> 02:16:18,630 What is it about? 1015 02:16:22,720 --> 02:16:26,050 But when I came unto my beds 1016 02:16:26,180 --> 02:16:30,430 with hey, ho, the wind and the rain. 1017 02:16:30,560 --> 02:16:34,800 With tosspots still had drunken heads. 1018 02:16:35,360 --> 02:16:40,020 For the rain it raineth every day. 1019 02:16:41,490 --> 02:16:45,360 A great while ago the world begun 1020 02:16:45,530 --> 02:16:50,280 with hey, ho, the wind and the rain. 1021 02:16:51,670 --> 02:16:56,910 But that's all one, our play is done 1022 02:16:57,800 --> 02:17:00,410 and we'll strive to please you every day. 1023 02:17:11,640 --> 02:17:13,050 Well, that's that. 1024 02:17:14,400 --> 02:17:18,310 Better hurry up, you old ghost. 1025 02:17:18,900 --> 02:17:20,770 It's all a bunch of crap. 1026 02:18:43,440 --> 02:18:46,310 If you'd please sit down, I'd like to talk to you. 1027 02:18:58,580 --> 02:19:00,830 My husband died a year ago today. 1028 02:19:01,750 --> 02:19:04,340 He wanted us to go on as usual, 1029 02:19:04,920 --> 02:19:06,750 and we have gone on as usual, 1030 02:19:07,680 --> 02:19:10,010 though everything has been different. 1031 02:19:13,430 --> 02:19:17,050 We draw the theatre over our heads like a security blanket. 1032 02:19:18,060 --> 02:19:20,050 Our dressing rooms are bright and warm. 1033 02:19:20,810 --> 02:19:23,730 The stage enfolds us in friendly shadows. 1034 02:19:24,360 --> 02:19:27,690 Playwrights tell us what to say and think. 1035 02:19:27,860 --> 02:19:30,350 We laugh, cry and rage. 1036 02:19:30,490 --> 02:19:33,530 People sit there in the dark, kindly disposed towards us. 1037 02:19:33,700 --> 02:19:35,530 They're remarkably loyal, 1038 02:19:36,410 --> 02:19:39,080 though we often give them stones instead of bread. 1039 02:19:39,210 --> 02:19:41,290 Most of the time we're simply playing. 1040 02:19:42,540 --> 02:19:44,000 Almost always. 1041 02:19:44,550 --> 02:19:47,160 We play because we enjoy it. 1042 02:19:47,590 --> 02:19:51,250 And if we don't enjoy it, we sulk and blame the circumstances... 1043 02:19:52,430 --> 02:19:53,970 never ourselves. 1044 02:19:58,190 --> 02:19:59,720 That's how it is. 1045 02:20:05,400 --> 02:20:08,770 So I pass my life in wonderful self-deception, 1046 02:20:09,700 --> 02:20:14,030 with a keen eye for others' faults while glossing over my own. 1047 02:20:14,910 --> 02:20:16,740 I don't know what I really am, 1048 02:20:17,290 --> 02:20:20,320 as I never cared to find out the truth about myself. 1049 02:20:22,040 --> 02:20:23,660 But I do care about myself, 1050 02:20:23,790 --> 02:20:25,530 which is something different. 1051 02:20:28,760 --> 02:20:30,790 And I don't care about reality, either. 1052 02:20:31,260 --> 02:20:33,170 It's drab and uninteresting. 1053 02:20:34,010 --> 02:20:35,590 It doesn't concern me, 1054 02:20:35,970 --> 02:20:40,260 unless, in one way or another, it concerns the part I'm playing. 1055 02:20:43,610 --> 02:20:45,470 Are you tired of the theatre? 1056 02:20:46,530 --> 02:20:47,940 I think so. 1057 02:20:48,860 --> 02:20:52,230 - You want to quit? - Perhaps, and for good. 1058 02:20:54,530 --> 02:20:56,490 What will happen to us if you quit? 1059 02:20:56,620 --> 02:20:59,780 Even if I quit, everything will go on as before. 1060 02:21:00,290 --> 02:21:01,950 Who will be our manager? 1061 02:21:02,120 --> 02:21:04,910 We'll all decide that together when the day comes, 1062 02:21:05,130 --> 02:21:06,710 if it comes. 1063 02:21:06,960 --> 02:21:08,870 I haven't yet made up my mind. 1064 02:21:09,550 --> 02:21:11,830 Now I suggest we say good night. 1065 02:21:11,970 --> 02:21:13,830 Good night. 1066 02:21:13,970 --> 02:21:15,710 Come children. Let's change. 1067 02:21:23,560 --> 02:21:25,800 I need a drink and a sandwich. 1068 02:21:27,150 --> 02:21:28,760 Anyone care to join me? 1069 02:21:30,190 --> 02:21:32,480 I've received an offer from the Lindberg troupe, 1070 02:21:32,650 --> 02:21:34,320 so it's all the same to me. 1071 02:21:37,950 --> 02:21:39,530 What did I tell you? 1072 02:21:43,370 --> 02:21:45,460 I think there's something behind this. 1073 02:21:45,830 --> 02:21:48,330 - Haven't you heard? - You mean it's true? 1074 02:21:53,550 --> 02:21:55,090 Well, I'll be damned. 1075 02:22:32,130 --> 02:22:36,790 If music be the food of love, play on. 1076 02:22:37,760 --> 02:22:42,220 Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting -- 1077 02:22:42,390 --> 02:22:45,100 Come, Alexander. Stop fooling around. 1078 02:22:45,520 --> 02:22:46,760 Come on. 1079 02:23:34,110 --> 02:23:36,020 Good day, Alexander. 1080 02:23:36,320 --> 02:23:38,280 Please give my regards to your mother. 1081 02:23:54,960 --> 02:23:57,630 - You're gonna be sorry. - What do you mean? 1082 02:23:57,760 --> 02:23:59,870 You'll soon find out. 1083 02:24:11,310 --> 02:24:12,390 Hi. 1084 02:24:27,120 --> 02:24:28,530 What's wrong? 1085 02:24:52,190 --> 02:24:54,020 Someone wishes to talk to you. 1086 02:24:54,190 --> 02:24:56,020 The hot chocolate will have to wait. 1087 02:25:04,160 --> 02:25:06,190 - What have I done? - You know quite well. 1088 02:25:20,420 --> 02:25:22,290 - Good day, Alexander. - Good day. 1089 02:25:23,840 --> 02:25:25,840 We met once before. 1090 02:25:25,970 --> 02:25:29,010 Under sadder circumstances, when I officiated at your father's funeral. 1091 02:25:30,770 --> 02:25:35,390 Since then, your mother has turned to me with her worries, as is only natural. 1092 02:25:36,730 --> 02:25:39,570 I am a close friend of your grandmother. 1093 02:25:40,650 --> 02:25:42,730 I'm the spiritual guide of the parish. 1094 02:25:42,900 --> 02:25:47,110 The Bishop has been very good to me during this difficult time. 1095 02:25:47,240 --> 02:25:50,330 We've also spoken of you, my son. 1096 02:25:50,450 --> 02:25:53,620 I've told the Bishop how proud I am of my well-behaved children. 1097 02:25:53,920 --> 02:25:56,500 You and your sister are doing well at school, I'm told. 1098 02:25:56,630 --> 02:25:59,120 Diligent and attentive, and earning good grades. 1099 02:25:59,420 --> 02:26:01,410 Isn't that so, Alexander? 1100 02:26:01,920 --> 02:26:04,960 Don't be afraid. I'm your friend and wish you well. 1101 02:26:05,720 --> 02:26:07,260 You believe me, don't you? 1102 02:26:08,930 --> 02:26:12,760 But diligence and good grades are not everything in this world. 1103 02:26:12,930 --> 02:26:14,470 Blow your nose, Alexander. 1104 02:26:19,940 --> 02:26:23,780 That's filthy! Didn't Maj give you a clean handkerchief? 1105 02:26:24,280 --> 02:26:25,360 Yes. 1106 02:26:25,490 --> 02:26:26,820 Goddamn it all! 1107 02:26:31,120 --> 02:26:34,950 As I said, diligence and good grades aren't everything in this world. 1108 02:26:35,080 --> 02:26:37,160 Listen to the Bishop, Alexander. 1109 02:26:37,290 --> 02:26:38,870 I'm sure he is. 1110 02:26:40,300 --> 02:26:41,660 Isn't that so, Alexander? 1111 02:26:42,130 --> 02:26:44,540 You're anxious to know what I'm going to say. 1112 02:26:46,260 --> 02:26:48,000 You're a big boy now. 1113 02:26:48,140 --> 02:26:51,670 So I'll talk to you man to man. 1114 02:26:54,480 --> 02:26:56,140 Can you tell me -- 1115 02:26:56,730 --> 02:27:00,140 Can you explain to me 1116 02:27:00,940 --> 02:27:02,730 what a lie is 1117 02:27:03,150 --> 02:27:05,310 and what the truth is? 1118 02:27:10,410 --> 02:27:13,150 You think that was a stupid question, and it probably was. 1119 02:27:13,330 --> 02:27:15,190 I was just kidding with you. 1120 02:27:15,330 --> 02:27:18,700 Of course you know what a lie is and what the truth is, don't you? 1121 02:27:20,340 --> 02:27:21,500 Splendid. 1122 02:27:23,090 --> 02:27:24,450 Splendid, my boy. 1123 02:27:26,420 --> 02:27:29,880 You also know why one lies. 1124 02:27:33,010 --> 02:27:34,600 Why does one lie? 1125 02:27:37,520 --> 02:27:39,510 Why does one lie? 1126 02:27:39,860 --> 02:27:43,270 Can you explain to me why one lies? 1127 02:27:45,150 --> 02:27:47,020 Because you don't want to tell the truth. 1128 02:27:51,740 --> 02:27:54,110 A very sly answer, my young friend. 1129 02:27:55,540 --> 02:27:58,320 But you won't get off so easily. 1130 02:27:58,580 --> 02:28:00,790 I asked you... 1131 02:28:04,050 --> 02:28:06,290 why does one not tell the truth? 1132 02:28:06,840 --> 02:28:08,250 I don't know. 1133 02:28:10,470 --> 02:28:12,330 We have plenty of time, Alexander, 1134 02:28:12,470 --> 02:28:14,550 and I'm so interested in your answer 1135 02:28:14,680 --> 02:28:16,640 that I'm prepared to wait indefinitely. 1136 02:28:18,350 --> 02:28:21,220 You may not believe that, but it's true. 1137 02:28:23,150 --> 02:28:25,060 One lies to gain an advantage. 1138 02:28:25,570 --> 02:28:28,060 Good answer, my boy. 1139 02:28:28,860 --> 02:28:30,690 Good and concise. 1140 02:28:32,370 --> 02:28:36,150 Forgive me if I ask another question, a bit more personal this time. 1141 02:28:38,660 --> 02:28:42,410 Can you explain to your mother and me why you lied at school? 1142 02:28:42,790 --> 02:28:43,830 What? 1143 02:28:43,960 --> 02:28:47,450 Your teacher has written to me, 1144 02:28:47,590 --> 02:28:50,420 saying that you've been spreading the most incredible lies. 1145 02:28:50,550 --> 02:28:51,630 Like what? 1146 02:28:51,760 --> 02:28:53,840 Sold to a circus! 1147 02:28:54,510 --> 02:28:57,600 Do you deny that you told your classmates 1148 02:28:57,720 --> 02:29:01,310 that I sold you to a travelling circus, 1149 02:29:02,100 --> 02:29:04,640 and that at the end of the semester 1150 02:29:04,770 --> 02:29:07,230 they're coming to get you? 1151 02:29:08,070 --> 02:29:11,940 You are to train as an acrobat and circus rider, 1152 02:29:12,070 --> 02:29:16,030 together with a gypsy your age named Tamara. 1153 02:29:20,710 --> 02:29:24,240 Your mother was both terrified and upset when she read the letter. 1154 02:29:25,590 --> 02:29:27,170 She didn't know what to do. 1155 02:29:28,590 --> 02:29:30,330 So I suggested I come over 1156 02:29:30,470 --> 02:29:32,550 and discuss these unpleasant problems with you. 1157 02:29:34,970 --> 02:29:36,460 And here I am. 1158 02:29:36,600 --> 02:29:39,210 You should be grateful to the Bishop for taking the time. 1159 02:29:39,350 --> 02:29:40,960 Do you understand, Alexander? 1160 02:29:43,140 --> 02:29:48,390 We've agreed that he who lies does so to gain an advantage. 1161 02:29:49,860 --> 02:29:51,980 So I ask, quite logically, 1162 02:29:52,860 --> 02:29:57,030 what advantage did you gain by stating your mother had sold you to a circus? 1163 02:29:58,330 --> 02:29:59,690 I don't know. 1164 02:30:01,160 --> 02:30:04,780 I think you do know... 1165 02:30:06,420 --> 02:30:08,330 but you're ashamed to answer. 1166 02:30:12,470 --> 02:30:14,670 You're ashamed, aren't you? 1167 02:30:15,550 --> 02:30:18,540 That's good, my son. Very good. 1168 02:30:20,180 --> 02:30:22,760 It shows you'll be on your guard 1169 02:30:22,890 --> 02:30:24,880 against further fabrications in the future. 1170 02:30:26,560 --> 02:30:29,850 Go to your mother and ask her forgiveness 1171 02:30:29,980 --> 02:30:32,770 for all the sorrow and worry you've caused her. 1172 02:30:35,950 --> 02:30:38,230 Go to your mother and ask her to forgive you. 1173 02:30:42,200 --> 02:30:44,690 You hear what I say, don't you? 1174 02:30:51,630 --> 02:30:55,040 I ask mother's forgiveness for lying, and I promise never to do it again. 1175 02:30:55,680 --> 02:30:56,790 Good, Alexander. 1176 02:30:56,930 --> 02:30:59,590 The matter is resolved and need never be mentioned again. 1177 02:31:01,220 --> 02:31:04,640 Imagination is a splendid thing, 1178 02:31:05,480 --> 02:31:07,560 a mighty force, a gift from God. 1179 02:31:10,980 --> 02:31:14,940 It's held in trust for us by the great artists, 1180 02:31:15,450 --> 02:31:17,230 writers and musicians. 1181 02:31:27,080 --> 02:31:28,620 I'll get Fanny. 1182 02:31:46,270 --> 02:31:47,720 Come, Alexander. 1183 02:31:49,480 --> 02:31:51,440 I have something important to tell you. 1184 02:31:54,360 --> 02:31:57,020 Edvard has asked if I will marry him. 1185 02:31:57,740 --> 02:32:00,480 I've accepted with gratitude and joy. 1186 02:32:01,240 --> 02:32:03,950 I've been alone for a long time, 1187 02:32:04,910 --> 02:32:07,950 and my children need a firm hand. 1188 02:32:08,370 --> 02:32:09,700 A father. 1189 02:32:12,130 --> 02:32:14,710 Of course, a great deal will be -- 1190 02:32:20,800 --> 02:32:24,640 May God in his mercy take care of our little family. 1191 02:32:27,560 --> 02:32:32,470 Let us kneel down and unite in a heartfelt prayer. 1192 02:32:42,490 --> 02:32:47,580 May God our father in his mercy take care of our little family 1193 02:32:48,410 --> 02:32:52,330 and bless us and keep us from evil all the days of our life. 1194 02:32:54,880 --> 02:32:58,960 God give me strength 1195 02:32:59,880 --> 02:33:01,750 to be a guardian and a worthy example 1196 02:33:01,750 --> 02:33:03,380 to these little fatherless ones. 1197 02:33:05,180 --> 02:33:09,420 Give me strength as well to be a support 1198 02:33:11,230 --> 02:33:13,510 to this lonely young woman. 1199 02:33:22,820 --> 02:33:25,190 In the 15th century, when this house was built, 1200 02:33:25,330 --> 02:33:27,570 they didn't bother much about comfort. 1201 02:33:29,200 --> 02:33:33,820 My predecessors kept it all as it was, and I follow the tradition. 1202 02:33:35,960 --> 02:33:39,750 These old rooms have an imperishable beauty. 1203 02:33:41,880 --> 02:33:46,670 We should be grateful that we may live in an atmosphere of purity and austerity. 1204 02:33:47,310 --> 02:33:49,920 Ah, here come my mother and sister. 1205 02:33:50,060 --> 02:33:51,640 You're already here. 1206 02:33:52,770 --> 02:33:54,930 Welcome, Mrs. Ekdahl. 1207 02:33:55,230 --> 02:33:56,090 Thank you. 1208 02:33:56,900 --> 02:33:59,060 This is my sister Henrietta. 1209 02:33:59,730 --> 02:34:02,480 - Welcome to the Bishop's palace. - Thank you. 1210 02:34:03,990 --> 02:34:05,900 Come and say hello, children. 1211 02:34:10,870 --> 02:34:13,910 This is Mrs. Tander, our capable cook, 1212 02:34:14,080 --> 02:34:16,160 who's been with our family for 30 years. 1213 02:34:16,290 --> 02:34:19,380 This is my future wife, Mrs. Emilie Ekdahl. 1214 02:34:19,500 --> 02:34:22,090 Good day, Mrs. Ekdahl. Welcome. 1215 02:34:23,090 --> 02:34:28,260 These are our capable helpers: Karna, Selma and little Justina. 1216 02:34:28,760 --> 02:34:32,010 Now we'll go see my aunt, who, alas, is sick and bedridden. 1217 02:34:56,790 --> 02:34:58,950 How are you today, aunt Elsa? 1218 02:35:00,250 --> 02:35:02,790 We have a visitor. 1219 02:35:02,920 --> 02:35:04,960 Don't be afraid, children. Come and say hello. 1220 02:35:05,090 --> 02:35:09,960 My future wife, Mrs. Emilie Ekdahl, the famous actress. 1221 02:35:11,310 --> 02:35:12,640 Hello, miss Bergius. 1222 02:35:49,220 --> 02:35:51,250 The children have fallen asleep. 1223 02:35:51,390 --> 02:35:53,130 It's late and we must go home. 1224 02:35:53,260 --> 02:35:56,010 - Not yet. - What is it, Edvard? 1225 02:35:56,640 --> 02:35:58,510 I have a wish. 1226 02:35:59,270 --> 02:36:01,180 A single wish, but an important one. 1227 02:36:01,310 --> 02:36:05,150 You may change your mind if you find it impossible. 1228 02:36:05,280 --> 02:36:06,860 Tell me your wish. 1229 02:36:07,530 --> 02:36:11,690 I want you to come to my house without possessions. 1230 02:36:12,870 --> 02:36:14,450 What do you mean? 1231 02:36:18,250 --> 02:36:20,200 I want you to leave your home... 1232 02:36:22,000 --> 02:36:25,370 your clothes, jewels, furniture... 1233 02:36:26,710 --> 02:36:27,950 your valuables... 1234 02:36:29,380 --> 02:36:32,630 your friends, habits and thoughts. 1235 02:36:34,560 --> 02:36:37,550 I want you to leave your former life entirely. 1236 02:36:39,270 --> 02:36:41,050 Am I to come naked? 1237 02:36:42,230 --> 02:36:44,020 I'm serious, my dear. 1238 02:36:44,860 --> 02:36:48,070 I want you to come to your new life as if newly born. 1239 02:36:48,700 --> 02:36:50,440 - And the children? - The children also. 1240 02:36:50,570 --> 02:36:54,060 - Their toys, dolls, books... - Nothing. 1241 02:36:58,160 --> 02:37:00,900 - I must talk to them. - It's your decision. 1242 02:37:01,040 --> 02:37:04,120 I can decide for myself, but not for the children. 1243 02:37:05,250 --> 02:37:06,740 I must ask them. 1244 02:37:06,920 --> 02:37:09,250 They must sacrifice something for their mother's happiness. 1245 02:37:09,420 --> 02:37:11,260 You're angry. 1246 02:37:12,800 --> 02:37:14,170 Kiss me. 1247 02:37:21,810 --> 02:37:23,770 I'm not angry, not in the least. 1248 02:37:23,940 --> 02:37:25,430 I'll win them over. 1249 02:37:25,690 --> 02:37:28,100 Think it over, Emilie. 1250 02:37:29,360 --> 02:37:31,400 I've already thought it over. 1251 02:37:32,570 --> 02:37:35,480 For me it's not hard to grant your wish. 1252 02:37:37,790 --> 02:37:40,370 I've never cared for anything very seriously. 1253 02:37:42,170 --> 02:37:43,870 I've sometimes wondered 1254 02:37:44,130 --> 02:37:47,290 if there wasn't something very wrong with my feelings. 1255 02:37:48,630 --> 02:37:51,460 I couldn't understand why nothing really hurt... 1256 02:37:52,630 --> 02:37:54,970 why I never felt really happy. 1257 02:37:57,810 --> 02:38:00,260 I know now that the crucial moment has come. 1258 02:38:02,100 --> 02:38:05,590 I know that we'll hurt each other, 1259 02:38:06,020 --> 02:38:08,100 but I'm not afraid. 1260 02:38:08,320 --> 02:38:10,930 I also know that we will make each other happy. 1261 02:38:11,990 --> 02:38:15,980 And I sometimes weep from fear, because time is so short, 1262 02:38:16,120 --> 02:38:18,820 the days pass so quickly, and nothing lasts forever. 1263 02:38:20,120 --> 02:38:22,580 You say your God is the God of love. 1264 02:38:24,120 --> 02:38:25,780 It sounds so beautiful... 1265 02:38:28,170 --> 02:38:30,630 and I wish I could believe as you do. 1266 02:38:32,550 --> 02:38:34,410 Perhaps one day I will. 1267 02:38:36,840 --> 02:38:39,010 My God is so different, Edvard. 1268 02:38:40,350 --> 02:38:41,840 He's like myself, 1269 02:38:43,060 --> 02:38:46,390 amorphous and intangible. 1270 02:38:47,940 --> 02:38:52,060 I'm an actress. I'm used to wearing masks. 1271 02:38:53,950 --> 02:38:56,150 My God wears a thousand masks. 1272 02:38:57,200 --> 02:38:59,780 He's never shown me his real face, 1273 02:39:00,790 --> 02:39:04,070 just as I can't show you or him my real face. 1274 02:39:07,830 --> 02:39:12,700 Through you I'll come to know God's true nature. 1275 02:39:14,220 --> 02:39:15,880 Kiss me, now, 1276 02:39:16,010 --> 02:39:19,220 and hold me in your arms, as only you can. 1277 02:39:26,560 --> 02:39:30,400 I, Olof Henrik Edvard Vergerus... 1278 02:39:35,440 --> 02:39:39,900 take thee, Elisabet Emilie Josefin Ekdahl... 1279 02:39:44,870 --> 02:39:47,410 to be my wedded wife... 1280 02:39:51,090 --> 02:39:53,920 to love you for better and for worse... 1281 02:39:58,050 --> 02:40:02,590 and as a symbol of this love I give you this ring. 1282 02:40:11,650 --> 02:40:16,140 I, Elisabet Emilie Josefin Ekdahl... 1283 02:40:20,450 --> 02:40:24,610 take thee, Olof Henrik Edvard Vergerus, 1284 02:40:28,660 --> 02:40:31,250 to be my wedded husband... 1285 02:40:33,750 --> 02:40:36,620 to love you for better and for worse... 1286 02:40:39,680 --> 02:40:43,670 and as a symbol of this love I take this ring. 1287 02:40:52,190 --> 02:40:58,180 In the name of God the father, son and holy ghost. 1288 02:40:58,320 --> 02:40:59,930 Amen. 1289 02:41:02,490 --> 02:41:06,650 For as much as you have consented in holy wedlock 1290 02:41:06,910 --> 02:41:13,700 and have witnessed the same before God and this Christian gathering, 1291 02:41:15,340 --> 02:41:21,000 I hereby confirm, as Christ' servant, 1292 02:41:21,130 --> 02:41:23,880 this holy union. 1293 02:41:30,100 --> 02:41:32,140 I wonder if this is a good thing. 1294 02:41:32,440 --> 02:41:35,300 You saw how happy she was. 1295 02:41:35,730 --> 02:41:39,020 - I'm thinking of the children. - They'll get used to it, dear mama. 1296 02:41:42,530 --> 02:41:45,690 He's a devil of a lady killer, the Bishop is. 1297 02:41:45,870 --> 02:41:47,860 You don't know that for sure, Carl. 1298 02:41:49,040 --> 02:41:51,700 I don't know why I just want to cry. 1299 02:41:52,040 --> 02:41:55,080 They should have taken a honeymoon. 1300 02:41:55,210 --> 02:41:58,140 I invited them to our house in Provence, 1301 02:41:58,140 --> 02:41:59,080 but Emilie refused. 1302 02:41:59,210 --> 02:42:01,200 That's not so strange. 1303 02:42:01,340 --> 02:42:03,800 She has great respect for her new husband. 1304 02:42:04,550 --> 02:42:07,210 He's a handsome man, whatever you say. 1305 02:42:07,390 --> 02:42:11,130 - I expect he has false teeth. - Petra, don't be silly. 1306 02:42:11,560 --> 02:42:14,020 His mother was nice. 1307 02:42:14,270 --> 02:42:16,730 They say the sister's a bitch. 1308 02:42:16,860 --> 02:42:20,060 I've a feeling we'll have Emilie back... 1309 02:42:21,900 --> 02:42:23,730 quite soon. 1310 02:42:24,740 --> 02:42:27,700 Closed 1311 02:43:42,860 --> 02:43:45,400 the children don't appear to have an appetite. 1312 02:43:45,780 --> 02:43:49,650 Everything's new and strange to them. You must understand, Henrietta. 1313 02:43:49,820 --> 02:43:53,360 Perhaps they're turning up their noses at the food. 1314 02:43:55,540 --> 02:43:58,030 Let's be happy on our first evening together. 1315 02:43:59,080 --> 02:44:01,450 I have no desire to spoil it, 1316 02:44:02,170 --> 02:44:05,040 but in the future -- 1317 02:44:05,920 --> 02:44:08,590 Yes, I might as well mention it now. 1318 02:44:09,090 --> 02:44:12,180 In the future no one may leave the table without having eaten up -- 1319 02:44:12,300 --> 02:44:16,670 Dearest Henrietta, I'll tell my children what to do. 1320 02:44:16,850 --> 02:44:21,190 There's a basic rule in this house which no one must break, 1321 02:44:21,610 --> 02:44:23,810 not even you, dear Emilie, 1322 02:44:24,440 --> 02:44:27,850 and that is respect for the temporal gifts. 1323 02:44:28,030 --> 02:44:31,270 I think you've misunderstood an essential point, dearest Henrietta. 1324 02:44:32,530 --> 02:44:35,820 But I suggest we postpone this discussion to a more suitable time. 1325 02:44:35,950 --> 02:44:39,540 Forgive me, dear Emilie. I am forgetting myself. 1326 02:44:39,870 --> 02:44:42,330 I'm sure you're a more capable housewife than I. 1327 02:44:42,630 --> 02:44:44,740 I'll ask your advice in all things. 1328 02:44:45,130 --> 02:44:47,960 Edvard has admonished me a hundred times. 1329 02:44:49,380 --> 02:44:52,220 It's not easy to realize 1330 02:44:52,390 --> 02:44:55,300 one has become superfluous! 1331 02:44:55,430 --> 02:44:56,590 That will do, Henrietta. 1332 02:45:22,120 --> 02:45:24,290 Perhaps I may be allowed to share 1333 02:45:24,590 --> 02:45:28,700 that we are early risers in this house, both weekdays and Sundays. 1334 02:45:29,380 --> 02:45:32,620 At 6:00 we gather for morning prayers in Edvard's study. 1335 02:45:34,260 --> 02:45:37,420 I'd also like to mention that we make our own beds and tidy our rooms. 1336 02:45:38,520 --> 02:45:42,220 In this house, punctuality, cleanliness and order are the rule. 1337 02:45:43,100 --> 02:45:44,760 Don't be alarmed, children. 1338 02:45:44,940 --> 02:45:47,650 My daughter makes it sound worse than it actually is. 1339 02:45:47,940 --> 02:45:49,680 We'll start out very gently. 1340 02:45:49,820 --> 02:45:52,150 I'm not sure I understand. 1341 02:45:52,400 --> 02:45:55,020 If you mean to apply a new method of upbringing -- 1342 02:45:55,160 --> 02:45:57,940 Not at all, dear Emilie. 1343 02:45:58,450 --> 02:46:01,870 I'm convinced that the children will soon realize 1344 02:46:02,000 --> 02:46:04,960 how fun it is to perform one's duties conscientiously. 1345 02:46:05,420 --> 02:46:08,200 It's all to be like a game. 1346 02:46:08,340 --> 02:46:11,880 My children don't care for that sort of game, 1347 02:46:12,010 --> 02:46:13,290 and neither do I. 1348 02:46:13,430 --> 02:46:15,340 Time will tell, dear Emilie. 1349 02:46:20,520 --> 02:46:23,180 Let us bring our hands together and thank God for this meal. 1350 02:46:25,310 --> 02:46:28,800 Thank you, dear lord, for what we have received, 1351 02:46:28,940 --> 02:46:31,730 and may we with generous hearts share our abundance 1352 02:46:31,860 --> 02:46:33,900 with those who hunger and thirst. Amen. 1353 02:46:35,660 --> 02:46:38,270 Justina, please show Fanny and Alexander to the nursery. 1354 02:46:39,120 --> 02:46:43,110 It's late and high time for young people to go to rest. 1355 02:47:05,020 --> 02:47:09,060 They're coming now. Into bed, both of you! 1356 02:47:16,610 --> 02:47:18,400 Now we'll say our prayers. 1357 02:47:22,950 --> 02:47:25,870 Thank you, God, for this day. Please make me good. 1358 02:47:26,040 --> 02:47:27,780 May your angel stay by me through the night. 1359 02:47:27,920 --> 02:47:29,910 God bless papa and mama and grandpapa and grand -- 1360 02:47:30,040 --> 02:47:31,530 And uncle Edvard. 1361 02:47:32,590 --> 02:47:33,870 And uncle Edvard, 1362 02:47:34,090 --> 02:47:36,750 myself and my brothers and sisters and cousins, uncles and aunts, 1363 02:47:36,880 --> 02:47:39,970 Vega, ester, Maj, Siri, Berta, Alida, Lisen, 1364 02:47:40,100 --> 02:47:42,340 and uncle Isak and everybody else. Amen. 1365 02:47:46,060 --> 02:47:47,520 Good night, Alexander. 1366 02:47:48,190 --> 02:47:51,600 Justina, I'd like to speak to you about tomorrow. 1367 02:48:00,950 --> 02:48:03,320 What's that book you're reading, Alexander? 1368 02:48:17,340 --> 02:48:20,580 What's that book you're reading, Alexander? 1369 02:48:29,230 --> 02:48:31,180 Good night, my boy. 1370 02:48:47,450 --> 02:48:49,410 Good night, my child. God bless you. 1371 02:48:50,370 --> 02:48:51,910 Good night, uncle Edvard. 1372 02:48:59,550 --> 02:49:02,710 My dearest wish is for us to live at peace with one another. 1373 02:49:06,970 --> 02:49:08,970 Love cannot be commanded, 1374 02:49:10,480 --> 02:49:12,810 but we can show respect and consideration. 1375 02:49:18,070 --> 02:49:20,100 You go ahead, my dear. I'll come later. 1376 02:49:30,330 --> 02:49:31,950 Whose doll house is this? 1377 02:49:32,750 --> 02:49:35,830 Fifteen years ago, two little girls lived in this room. 1378 02:49:36,500 --> 02:49:39,210 They drowned in the river with their mother. 1379 02:49:40,010 --> 02:49:44,220 - Perhaps the house is haunted. - There are no such things as ghosts. 1380 02:49:46,350 --> 02:49:49,430 - Did they live in this room? - I think this was the nursery. 1381 02:49:49,730 --> 02:49:51,470 Good night. Sleep well. 1382 02:49:51,890 --> 02:49:54,260 I think we've got a terrible stepfather. 1383 02:49:54,400 --> 02:49:56,680 And the sister is crazy. 1384 02:49:56,820 --> 02:49:59,730 And that tub of lard that has to be fed. 1385 02:49:59,860 --> 02:50:01,230 I don't want to live here. 1386 02:50:12,370 --> 02:50:14,530 You have to give me time. 1387 02:50:15,210 --> 02:50:17,040 Much has to be changed. 1388 02:50:17,880 --> 02:50:21,290 Some things will go quickly, others will take time. 1389 02:50:22,220 --> 02:50:24,550 The main thing is not to lose heart. 1390 02:50:24,890 --> 02:50:27,170 Why did you marry the Bishop? 1391 02:50:27,550 --> 02:50:31,170 Because I love him. 1392 02:50:32,020 --> 02:50:36,730 Now let us sleep. Things will seem better when we're not so tired. 1393 02:50:42,990 --> 02:50:45,400 Don't play Hamlet, my son. 1394 02:50:45,950 --> 02:50:47,730 I'm not queen Gertrude, 1395 02:50:47,910 --> 02:50:50,270 your kind stepfather isn't the king of Denmark, 1396 02:50:50,540 --> 02:50:52,370 and this is not Ellsinore castle, 1397 02:50:52,750 --> 02:50:55,110 even if it does look rather gloomy. 1398 02:51:06,130 --> 02:51:08,420 Hell and damnation. 1399 02:51:12,430 --> 02:51:14,220 Come, Fanny. I'll show you something. 1400 02:51:25,780 --> 02:51:27,770 The windows are barred. 1401 02:51:28,620 --> 02:51:30,200 They can't be opened. 1402 02:54:57,740 --> 02:55:00,860 THE FOURTH ACT 1403 02:55:01,950 --> 02:55:06,910 EVENTS OF SUMMER 1404 02:56:20,200 --> 02:56:22,990 Is that you, old Isak? 1405 02:56:23,410 --> 02:56:25,120 How nice of you to call. 1406 02:56:26,080 --> 02:56:29,540 No, you're not disturbing me. I was just sitting with my eyes closed. 1407 02:56:31,040 --> 02:56:33,660 Sleeping? You know I never sleep. 1408 02:56:35,840 --> 02:56:37,800 Everyone's abandoned me. 1409 02:56:37,970 --> 02:56:40,800 It's the annual excursion to the outer cliffs. 1410 02:56:41,510 --> 02:56:45,220 Gustav Adolf doesn't change plans, even if it's raining cats and dogs. 1411 02:56:46,680 --> 02:56:50,180 When they left at 10:00, the weather was fine, 1412 02:56:50,350 --> 02:56:52,720 but clouds have gathered over the mainland. 1413 02:56:53,860 --> 02:56:55,770 There's not a soul here. 1414 02:56:57,440 --> 02:57:00,860 Won't you come out here for once? 1415 02:57:02,410 --> 02:57:04,770 Come now, don't be so stubborn. 1416 02:57:05,200 --> 02:57:07,780 You can't sit in your awful shop the whole summer. 1417 02:57:09,710 --> 02:57:11,450 You want me to come to you? 1418 02:57:11,580 --> 02:57:15,540 I've sat here three days with a sprained ankle. 1419 02:57:16,630 --> 02:57:19,790 I was playing hopscotch with Jenny, so I've only myself to blame. 1420 02:57:20,380 --> 02:57:22,540 I'm not complaining. I'm very comfortable. 1421 02:57:24,300 --> 02:57:25,920 What did you say? 1422 02:57:26,060 --> 02:57:28,970 There's such static on the line, I can't hear what you're saying. 1423 02:57:29,560 --> 02:57:33,350 It's thundering somewhere, but it doesn't seem to be coming this way. 1424 02:57:35,650 --> 02:57:38,810 Yes, exactly, my friend. 1425 02:57:39,900 --> 02:57:43,240 Actually I'm very worried. 1426 02:57:45,030 --> 02:57:46,990 No, we haven't heard anything. 1427 02:57:47,120 --> 02:57:50,240 Emilie only told us she'd be staying in town all summer. 1428 02:57:51,790 --> 02:57:53,950 This isn't good, Isak. 1429 02:57:54,080 --> 02:57:57,580 I feel sick when I think of that big house with its thick walls. 1430 02:57:57,750 --> 02:57:59,750 It's no place for children in the summer. 1431 02:58:02,340 --> 02:58:04,960 I can't hear a word you're saying. 1432 02:58:10,930 --> 02:58:12,670 It's hopeless. 1433 02:58:13,480 --> 02:58:18,060 Isak, can you hear me? You sound very far away. 1434 02:58:19,110 --> 02:58:23,350 I'm going to hang up now. I'll call you back in an hour. 1435 02:58:35,460 --> 02:58:38,620 I wonder if it isn't time for a little cognac. 1436 02:58:39,340 --> 02:58:40,870 Yes, I think it is. 1437 02:58:42,170 --> 02:58:45,510 - Good day, Mrs. Ekdahl. - Why, it's Maj! How nice. 1438 02:58:45,840 --> 02:58:47,180 Come in, dear child. 1439 02:58:51,980 --> 02:58:53,390 I hope I'm not disturbing you. 1440 02:58:53,640 --> 02:58:56,680 Not at all. Give me a kiss. 1441 02:58:57,650 --> 02:58:59,260 That's nice. 1442 02:59:00,480 --> 02:59:03,650 Very pretty. Did you make it yourself? 1443 02:59:03,780 --> 02:59:04,980 Yes. 1444 02:59:05,320 --> 02:59:07,190 A pretty pattern. 1445 02:59:08,580 --> 02:59:10,240 So you didn't go on the excursion? 1446 02:59:10,370 --> 02:59:12,610 No, I wouldn't fit in the boat with my big belly. 1447 02:59:12,750 --> 02:59:14,490 Nonsense. 1448 02:59:15,870 --> 02:59:19,160 - Is something wrong? - I'm silly to worry. 1449 02:59:19,670 --> 02:59:21,460 Let's sit here. 1450 02:59:24,420 --> 02:59:26,010 You're worried about the children? 1451 02:59:27,930 --> 02:59:30,760 Alexander and I agreed to write. 1452 02:59:31,180 --> 02:59:32,970 I've written seven letters. 1453 02:59:33,390 --> 02:59:35,010 And you've received no reply? 1454 02:59:35,190 --> 02:59:37,180 One postcard three weeks ago. 1455 02:59:38,860 --> 02:59:41,020 "Dear Maj. We are well. 1456 02:59:41,400 --> 02:59:45,110 Uncle Edvard took us to..." 1457 02:59:45,240 --> 02:59:46,690 the botanical gardens. 1458 02:59:46,820 --> 02:59:52,280 "We learned about rare flowers." 1459 02:59:53,540 --> 02:59:57,280 "Thank you for your letters. I'll write when I get some time. 1460 02:59:57,830 --> 03:00:00,290 Love from Alexander. 1461 03:00:00,880 --> 03:00:02,540 Fanny sends her love." 1462 03:00:11,640 --> 03:00:13,420 We mustn't underestimate Emilie. 1463 03:00:13,680 --> 03:00:16,300 She's perfectly capable of looking after her children. 1464 03:00:17,190 --> 03:00:19,640 We're worrying for no reason. 1465 03:00:20,190 --> 03:00:22,270 I came to the family before Fanny was born. 1466 03:00:22,400 --> 03:00:24,010 They're my children too. 1467 03:00:24,150 --> 03:00:25,480 You're going already? 1468 03:00:25,610 --> 03:00:29,070 I wanted to speak with you, since I knew you were alone. 1469 03:00:29,200 --> 03:00:30,780 Stay a moment. 1470 03:00:30,910 --> 03:00:33,240 Thank you for your kindness, 1471 03:00:33,370 --> 03:00:36,080 but I promised to have dinner ready when they came home. 1472 03:00:36,500 --> 03:00:38,830 I haven't put the steak in the oven yet. 1473 03:00:38,960 --> 03:00:42,450 Dear child, are things that bad? 1474 03:00:43,040 --> 03:00:44,250 Yes. 1475 03:00:44,920 --> 03:00:48,080 - Is it the cafe? - That too. 1476 03:00:49,090 --> 03:00:51,460 Has Gustav Adolf been pestering you? 1477 03:00:52,430 --> 03:00:54,640 I don't want to hurt him. He's so kind. 1478 03:00:56,890 --> 03:00:59,300 What worries me most is the children. 1479 03:01:03,230 --> 03:01:06,940 I'm sorry to be crying. I'm behaving badly. 1480 03:01:07,690 --> 03:01:09,690 Forgive me. 1481 03:01:31,050 --> 03:01:32,340 Supper time. 1482 03:01:42,270 --> 03:01:44,310 Then you are to go straight to bed. 1483 03:01:46,360 --> 03:01:48,220 The tray can be left until tomorrow. 1484 03:01:51,700 --> 03:01:53,980 Mrs. Tander sent some cookies for you. 1485 03:01:54,620 --> 03:01:58,660 I'll be upset if miss Vergerus finds out I gave these to you. 1486 03:01:58,790 --> 03:02:00,370 Hasn't mother returned? 1487 03:02:00,500 --> 03:02:03,490 No, your mother has not returned. 1488 03:02:03,630 --> 03:02:05,620 She said she'd be back this evening. 1489 03:02:06,250 --> 03:02:09,210 Oh, dear, I don't know what to say. 1490 03:02:09,590 --> 03:02:11,710 Why do you keep sighing like that? 1491 03:02:13,840 --> 03:02:16,180 I haven't been in this house long, thank goodness... 1492 03:02:17,850 --> 03:02:21,140 but Mrs. Tander, who's been here since the first wife, 1493 03:02:21,270 --> 03:02:23,130 could tell you a thing or two. 1494 03:02:24,020 --> 03:02:25,930 Would you like a cookie? 1495 03:02:29,110 --> 03:02:31,520 - Yes, thank you. - What does Mrs. Tander say? 1496 03:02:32,320 --> 03:02:35,690 That it was the same in the first wife's day. 1497 03:02:37,830 --> 03:02:39,030 Only worse. 1498 03:02:43,500 --> 03:02:45,780 - Poor children. - You mean us? 1499 03:02:47,000 --> 03:02:49,580 No, I don't mean you. 1500 03:02:51,170 --> 03:02:55,630 I mean the poor little ones who found their grave in the dark river outside. 1501 03:02:57,550 --> 03:02:59,290 Their mother tried to save them, 1502 03:02:59,720 --> 03:03:01,760 but she was pulled down by the current. 1503 03:03:03,350 --> 03:03:05,720 They found them later by the bridge. 1504 03:03:08,400 --> 03:03:10,560 They clung tightly to each other 1505 03:03:10,690 --> 03:03:13,600 as if they were one big body. 1506 03:03:16,990 --> 03:03:20,700 The arms had to be sawn off to get the bodies into separate coffins. 1507 03:03:22,250 --> 03:03:26,080 Mrs. Tander says that since then, it has never been quiet in this house. 1508 03:03:26,420 --> 03:03:28,250 There are no ghosts. 1509 03:03:28,540 --> 03:03:31,410 I don't mean to frighten you... 1510 03:03:33,670 --> 03:03:36,790 but this house does funny things to you. 1511 03:03:37,470 --> 03:03:38,920 Look at my hand. 1512 03:03:39,390 --> 03:03:43,430 Skin's been completely ripped off, stripped down to the flesh. 1513 03:03:46,890 --> 03:03:49,310 I was taking his grace his coffee. 1514 03:03:50,440 --> 03:03:53,430 When I grabbed the doorknob, the skin stuck and ripped off. 1515 03:03:56,030 --> 03:03:58,610 Someone laughed behind me. 1516 03:03:59,620 --> 03:04:02,150 I heard it clearly and turned around. 1517 03:04:05,580 --> 03:04:08,120 But there was no one there. 1518 03:04:10,630 --> 03:04:12,540 I feel sorry for anyone who -- 1519 03:04:13,960 --> 03:04:16,300 I shouldn't chatter on like this. 1520 03:04:16,840 --> 03:04:18,380 I'll keep quiet. 1521 03:04:19,970 --> 03:04:21,550 I'll close the door now. 1522 03:04:27,980 --> 03:04:29,640 Don't worry. 1523 03:04:30,610 --> 03:04:32,520 Your mother will probably be back tomorrow, 1524 03:04:32,650 --> 03:04:37,480 and his grace will personally release you from captivity. 1525 03:04:39,530 --> 03:04:42,270 - I've seen them. - Who? 1526 03:04:42,910 --> 03:04:44,450 The woman and the children. 1527 03:04:45,500 --> 03:04:47,030 Is that the truth? 1528 03:04:47,750 --> 03:04:50,030 Are you telling the truth, Alexander? 1529 03:04:50,170 --> 03:04:52,500 Word of honour as a Swedish citizen. 1530 03:04:52,630 --> 03:04:54,370 Where did you see them? 1531 03:04:54,670 --> 03:04:58,500 I had been in the library with that man who married my mother. 1532 03:04:58,630 --> 03:05:00,500 He'd been lecturing me. 1533 03:05:01,640 --> 03:05:03,630 I don't remember why. 1534 03:05:05,180 --> 03:05:07,300 I was passing through the dining room... 1535 03:05:08,480 --> 03:05:10,970 and it was unusually bright. 1536 03:05:11,900 --> 03:05:15,260 Then I saw a little girl in the doorway. 1537 03:05:15,610 --> 03:05:19,100 She ran past me without a sound. 1538 03:05:20,990 --> 03:05:23,700 Then I saw the older girl, 1539 03:05:23,830 --> 03:05:26,940 with the dark hair and big eyes. 1540 03:05:29,540 --> 03:05:32,000 She stopped and looked at me 1541 03:05:32,130 --> 03:05:36,040 and motioned to me to turn around. 1542 03:05:38,710 --> 03:05:43,460 And there in the bright sunlight... 1543 03:05:44,680 --> 03:05:49,170 stood the woman in her black dress. 1544 03:05:52,400 --> 03:05:56,510 She said in a faint, almost inaudible voice... 1545 03:05:58,480 --> 03:06:00,100 not to be afraid, 1546 03:06:00,490 --> 03:06:02,270 that she had something to tell me. 1547 03:06:03,320 --> 03:06:04,730 What did she say? 1548 03:06:04,910 --> 03:06:06,900 I don't want to frighten anyone, 1549 03:06:07,830 --> 03:06:10,360 but these were her very words: 1550 03:06:13,290 --> 03:06:16,330 "I want you to know our secret. 1551 03:06:18,710 --> 03:06:22,170 Your stepfather, my husband, 1552 03:06:23,220 --> 03:06:26,710 locked me and my children in the bedchamber. 1553 03:06:29,180 --> 03:06:33,180 For five days and nights 1554 03:06:33,810 --> 03:06:36,270 he kept us without food and water. 1555 03:06:38,610 --> 03:06:41,600 In our misery 1556 03:06:41,780 --> 03:06:43,360 we decided to escape. 1557 03:06:44,110 --> 03:06:48,950 We tied sheets together and tried to climb down 1558 03:06:49,410 --> 03:06:54,030 to the finger of land sticking out into the deep, swirling water. 1559 03:06:56,040 --> 03:06:58,450 My daughters went first, 1560 03:06:58,960 --> 03:07:02,080 but they fell headfirst into the water 1561 03:07:02,470 --> 03:07:04,670 and were dragged under. 1562 03:07:06,510 --> 03:07:08,250 I tried to save them 1563 03:07:08,640 --> 03:07:13,550 but was sucked down into a black whirlpool that grabbed my clothes. 1564 03:07:15,560 --> 03:07:19,400 Underwater I grasped my children's hands 1565 03:07:20,190 --> 03:07:22,650 and drew them to me." 1566 03:07:23,570 --> 03:07:24,980 That's devilish. 1567 03:07:26,860 --> 03:07:27,980 Get to bed. 1568 03:07:29,660 --> 03:07:31,200 I said get to bed. 1569 03:07:32,450 --> 03:07:33,860 What time is it? 1570 03:07:34,000 --> 03:07:36,030 His grace has forbidden me to speak to you. 1571 03:07:37,120 --> 03:07:39,870 I'll be angry if you don't keep quiet. 1572 03:07:42,710 --> 03:07:45,170 Him and his stories! 1573 03:07:48,680 --> 03:07:50,170 Did you see that? 1574 03:07:53,720 --> 03:07:56,680 - The lightning struck. - It was nearby. 1575 03:07:57,440 --> 03:07:59,600 I hope the damn cathedral went to hell. 1576 03:07:59,730 --> 03:08:02,770 What if God punishes you for saying that? 1577 03:08:03,030 --> 03:08:07,190 If a big know-it-all like him punishes a runt like me for so little, 1578 03:08:07,740 --> 03:08:10,570 then he's just the dirty bastard I suspect he is. 1579 03:08:11,660 --> 03:08:13,950 Listen, he's playing the flute. 1580 03:08:14,750 --> 03:08:19,360 If we concentrate on him dying, then he will. 1581 03:08:19,500 --> 03:08:21,490 But we have to start together. 1582 03:08:22,880 --> 03:08:25,040 One, two, three: 1583 03:08:25,260 --> 03:08:27,370 Die, you devil! 1584 03:08:31,010 --> 03:08:34,050 - He's still playing. - Let's try again. 1585 03:08:35,390 --> 03:08:37,300 One, two, three: 1586 03:08:38,020 --> 03:08:40,390 Die, you devil! 1587 03:08:58,830 --> 03:09:04,580 Mrs. Tander wants to know if your grace will have supper alone. 1588 03:09:05,420 --> 03:09:07,880 Tell her I don't want any supper. 1589 03:09:08,010 --> 03:09:10,750 A glass of milk and a sandwich in my room will be sufficient. 1590 03:09:10,930 --> 03:09:13,090 Thank you, sir. I'll tell her. 1591 03:09:16,640 --> 03:09:18,100 Was there something else? 1592 03:09:19,440 --> 03:09:20,890 I don't know. 1593 03:09:23,440 --> 03:09:27,150 I don't know how to say it. It's so unpleasant. It might seem -- 1594 03:09:27,280 --> 03:09:28,640 Well? 1595 03:09:29,280 --> 03:09:31,440 Sir, I can't stand here in the doorway. 1596 03:09:33,070 --> 03:09:34,780 Come in, then, and close the door. 1597 03:09:39,500 --> 03:09:42,330 You said I was to keep an eye on the children, 1598 03:09:43,130 --> 03:09:47,410 listen to their conversation and tell you of anything unusual. 1599 03:09:47,550 --> 03:09:48,750 Well? 1600 03:09:50,220 --> 03:09:52,880 Alexander made up a terrible story. 1601 03:09:53,180 --> 03:09:54,380 Really? 1602 03:09:54,970 --> 03:09:56,430 It was about -- 1603 03:09:57,640 --> 03:10:00,630 Oh, it's so awful I don't know how to get it out. 1604 03:10:04,060 --> 03:10:08,020 He says you locked your first wife up, 1605 03:10:08,150 --> 03:10:12,390 and she was drowned with her children when they tried to escape. 1606 03:10:23,370 --> 03:10:26,830 - That's all, sir. - You can go. 1607 03:12:18,910 --> 03:12:22,990 Yes, Oscar, that's how it is. 1608 03:12:23,660 --> 03:12:27,030 One is old and a child at the same time. 1609 03:12:29,540 --> 03:12:33,540 What became of those long years in between 1610 03:12:34,460 --> 03:12:36,920 that seemed so important at the time? 1611 03:12:41,220 --> 03:12:43,840 I sit here growing melancholy, 1612 03:12:43,970 --> 03:12:47,510 thinking time was all too short. 1613 03:12:53,980 --> 03:12:56,980 Your father used to say I was sentimental. 1614 03:12:57,400 --> 03:13:00,610 He wasn't known as a particularly sensitive man. 1615 03:13:01,740 --> 03:13:04,610 He was both angry and indignant when he died. 1616 03:13:07,160 --> 03:13:09,530 He never thought life was cruel 1617 03:13:10,040 --> 03:13:11,660 or unfair 1618 03:13:12,290 --> 03:13:13,660 or beautiful. 1619 03:13:15,380 --> 03:13:20,090 He just lived and didn't care to comment. He left that to me. 1620 03:13:20,840 --> 03:13:23,430 And when I went on about life, 1621 03:13:23,550 --> 03:13:26,590 he laughed and called me sentimental. 1622 03:13:30,940 --> 03:13:32,800 But I was an artist. 1623 03:13:34,110 --> 03:13:37,350 As an artist, I had a right to be emotional. 1624 03:13:45,530 --> 03:13:47,740 Oscar, my dear boy. 1625 03:13:50,040 --> 03:13:52,580 I may be worrying for no reason, 1626 03:13:53,290 --> 03:13:55,530 but when you have nothing to occupy your thoughts, 1627 03:13:55,710 --> 03:13:57,620 you immediately start worrying. 1628 03:14:06,310 --> 03:14:07,890 May I take your hand? 1629 03:14:13,770 --> 03:14:16,390 I remember your hand as a child. 1630 03:14:16,570 --> 03:14:20,230 It was small and firm and dry. 1631 03:14:23,450 --> 03:14:26,860 And your wrist was so awfully slender. 1632 03:14:30,500 --> 03:14:32,450 I enjoyed being a mother. 1633 03:14:32,870 --> 03:14:36,370 I enjoyed being an actress, too, but I preferred being a mother. 1634 03:14:38,250 --> 03:14:40,790 I liked having a big belly, 1635 03:14:41,300 --> 03:14:44,260 and I didn't give two shakes about the theatre then. 1636 03:14:48,470 --> 03:14:50,800 It's all acting anyway. 1637 03:14:51,230 --> 03:14:53,470 Some roles are nice, others not so nice. 1638 03:14:54,770 --> 03:14:57,260 I played a mother. 1639 03:14:57,400 --> 03:14:59,560 I played Juliet and Margareta. 1640 03:15:00,690 --> 03:15:03,810 Then suddenly I played a widow or a grandmother. 1641 03:15:04,490 --> 03:15:06,650 One role follows the other. 1642 03:15:08,080 --> 03:15:10,570 The thing is not to shrink from them. 1643 03:15:13,000 --> 03:15:16,240 But what became of it all? 1644 03:15:17,580 --> 03:15:19,950 Can you tell me that, my boy? 1645 03:15:23,340 --> 03:15:24,880 You're a good boy 1646 03:15:25,010 --> 03:15:30,500 to listen to your old mother's soliloquies, as Isak calls them. 1647 03:15:35,140 --> 03:15:37,980 Yes, you're a good boy, Oscar... 1648 03:15:40,400 --> 03:15:42,860 and I grieved terribly when you passed away. 1649 03:15:46,490 --> 03:15:49,280 That was a strange role to play. 1650 03:15:50,530 --> 03:15:53,200 My feelings came from deep in my body. 1651 03:15:55,000 --> 03:15:56,780 Even though I could control them... 1652 03:15:58,880 --> 03:16:03,670 they shattered reality, if you know what I mean. 1653 03:16:07,760 --> 03:16:10,500 Reality has remained broken ever since... 1654 03:16:11,680 --> 03:16:14,720 and, oddly enough, it feels more real that way. 1655 03:16:18,270 --> 03:16:21,390 So I don't bother to mend it. 1656 03:16:22,360 --> 03:16:25,720 I just don't care anymore if nothing makes sense. 1657 03:16:31,370 --> 03:16:33,650 Oscar, my dear boy? 1658 03:16:33,790 --> 03:16:36,240 - Yes, mama. - Are you sad? 1659 03:16:37,620 --> 03:16:38,830 I'm worried. 1660 03:16:38,960 --> 03:16:40,870 About the children? 1661 03:16:46,590 --> 03:16:47,960 Yes. 1662 03:16:51,680 --> 03:16:54,290 Get up. Your stepfather wants to talk to you. 1663 03:16:57,730 --> 03:17:00,060 Get dressed. Your stepfather wants to talk to you. 1664 03:17:04,480 --> 03:17:05,560 Hurry up! 1665 03:17:12,070 --> 03:17:13,480 Who's there? 1666 03:17:14,540 --> 03:17:15,870 It's just me. 1667 03:17:30,590 --> 03:17:32,460 Alexander, my boy. 1668 03:17:34,180 --> 03:17:37,090 In the presence of your sister and Justina you have accused me 1669 03:17:37,220 --> 03:17:39,260 of having murdered my wife and children. 1670 03:17:39,390 --> 03:17:40,380 What? 1671 03:17:41,560 --> 03:17:43,770 Justina, please repeat what you told me. 1672 03:17:45,440 --> 03:17:49,310 Alexander said he had seen your first wife and children. 1673 03:17:50,030 --> 03:17:54,940 She spoke to him and said that the bishop 1674 03:17:55,080 --> 03:18:00,200 had locked them all up without food and water. 1675 03:18:00,830 --> 03:18:03,820 On the fifth day they tried to escape 1676 03:18:04,420 --> 03:18:06,630 but drowned in the attempt. 1677 03:18:08,130 --> 03:18:11,250 - Do you recognize the story? - No. 1678 03:18:14,430 --> 03:18:18,800 - So Justina has given false testimony? - She could have dreamt it. 1679 03:18:21,730 --> 03:18:25,060 Justina, are you prepared to confirm your statement under oath? 1680 03:18:25,190 --> 03:18:26,550 Yes, your grace. 1681 03:18:26,820 --> 03:18:28,310 Good, Justina. 1682 03:18:28,480 --> 03:18:32,570 Fanny, did you hear Alexander's story? 1683 03:18:32,700 --> 03:18:33,650 No. 1684 03:18:39,410 --> 03:18:43,000 So you maintain that Justina 1685 03:18:43,790 --> 03:18:47,120 was either lying or dreaming? 1686 03:18:47,420 --> 03:18:48,410 Yes. 1687 03:18:55,890 --> 03:18:57,880 Please come here, Alexander. 1688 03:18:58,680 --> 03:19:01,800 Are you prepared to swear to it? 1689 03:19:01,930 --> 03:19:03,270 Of course. 1690 03:19:03,390 --> 03:19:05,730 It's a mortal sin to swear falsely. 1691 03:19:07,270 --> 03:19:10,760 It's called perjury and is severely punished. 1692 03:19:11,820 --> 03:19:13,060 Really? 1693 03:19:15,110 --> 03:19:17,650 Lay your hand on the bible and say after me: 1694 03:19:20,370 --> 03:19:22,030 "I, Alexander Ekdahl... 1695 03:19:24,500 --> 03:19:28,080 swear by holy writ and by the living God... 1696 03:19:32,210 --> 03:19:36,800 that all I have said, say and will say... 1697 03:19:41,680 --> 03:19:44,340 is the whole truth and nothing but the truth." 1698 03:19:52,320 --> 03:19:54,180 Alexander, my boy. 1699 03:19:56,240 --> 03:19:58,150 You remember that the two of us 1700 03:19:58,740 --> 03:20:02,400 had an important conversation about a year ago. 1701 03:20:02,580 --> 03:20:04,490 It concerned certain moral questions. 1702 03:20:05,080 --> 03:20:07,200 It wasn't really a conversation. 1703 03:20:10,420 --> 03:20:11,910 What do you mean? 1704 03:20:12,050 --> 03:20:14,660 The bishop spoke and Alexander said nothing. 1705 03:20:16,260 --> 03:20:19,380 And felt ashamed, perhaps, on account of your lies. 1706 03:20:20,470 --> 03:20:22,430 I've grown wiser since then. 1707 03:20:23,970 --> 03:20:25,890 You mean you lie better. 1708 03:20:26,270 --> 03:20:27,510 More or less. 1709 03:20:35,940 --> 03:20:37,780 I don't know what you imagine. 1710 03:20:37,900 --> 03:20:43,950 Do you think you can besmirch another person's honour with impunity? 1711 03:20:46,040 --> 03:20:48,280 Do you think you can lie 1712 03:20:48,420 --> 03:20:50,950 and get away with perjury without consequence? 1713 03:20:54,800 --> 03:20:57,960 Do you think this is a game, Alexander? 1714 03:20:58,090 --> 03:21:01,550 Or a play in which the children get to make up their lines? 1715 03:21:02,300 --> 03:21:06,720 I think the bishop hates Alexander. That's what I think. 1716 03:21:09,390 --> 03:21:11,810 Oh, so that's what you think. 1717 03:21:14,650 --> 03:21:16,560 I'll tell you something 1718 03:21:17,820 --> 03:21:19,980 that may come as a surprise. 1719 03:21:22,280 --> 03:21:23,900 I don't hate you. 1720 03:21:26,790 --> 03:21:28,320 I love you. 1721 03:21:29,500 --> 03:21:34,490 But the love I feel for you 1722 03:21:35,420 --> 03:21:37,500 and your mother and sister 1723 03:21:37,800 --> 03:21:39,960 is not blind and sloppy. 1724 03:21:40,680 --> 03:21:43,760 It is strong and harsh. 1725 03:21:48,180 --> 03:21:50,640 - Do you hear what I say? - No. 1726 03:21:57,190 --> 03:21:59,020 You're hardening your heart. 1727 03:22:00,860 --> 03:22:03,320 Moreover, you misjudge the situation. 1728 03:22:04,700 --> 03:22:09,990 - I am much stronger than you are. - I don't doubt it. 1729 03:22:10,120 --> 03:22:12,160 I mean stronger spiritually. 1730 03:22:13,630 --> 03:22:16,330 Because I have truth and justice 1731 03:22:16,460 --> 03:22:17,870 on my side. 1732 03:22:26,850 --> 03:22:30,760 I know you'll confess in a little while. 1733 03:22:31,270 --> 03:22:36,230 Your confession and punishment will be a relief to you. 1734 03:22:38,820 --> 03:22:40,730 You're a wise little man, Alexander. 1735 03:22:40,860 --> 03:22:43,230 You realize that the game is up... 1736 03:22:44,410 --> 03:22:48,700 but you are proud and stubborn... 1737 03:22:50,620 --> 03:22:52,830 and of course you are ashamed. 1738 03:22:52,960 --> 03:22:55,070 I've forgotten what I'm to confess. 1739 03:22:55,920 --> 03:22:57,250 Have you now. 1740 03:22:58,040 --> 03:23:00,160 What does the bishop want Alexander to confess? 1741 03:23:00,300 --> 03:23:02,630 You know I have means at my disposal. 1742 03:23:02,760 --> 03:23:04,420 I didn't, but I do now. 1743 03:23:06,090 --> 03:23:08,590 In my childhood, parents were not so soft-hearted. 1744 03:23:09,930 --> 03:23:12,720 They had the cane. I have one too. 1745 03:23:12,850 --> 03:23:16,690 It's an ordinary carpet beater, but it can dance a fine step! 1746 03:23:18,190 --> 03:23:22,780 If that didn't work, we had other effective means, namely castor oil. 1747 03:23:22,940 --> 03:23:25,480 There you see the bottle and a glass. 1748 03:23:26,320 --> 03:23:30,280 A few mouthfuls of this and you're more docile. 1749 03:23:31,790 --> 03:23:36,830 If that didn't help, there was a dark and cold cubby-hole 1750 03:23:37,790 --> 03:23:41,380 where you sat for a few hours until the rats started sniffing at your face. 1751 03:23:42,920 --> 03:23:44,540 Why must I be punished? 1752 03:23:46,470 --> 03:23:48,800 That is obvious, my boy. 1753 03:23:49,800 --> 03:23:52,220 You have a weakness in your character. 1754 03:23:52,350 --> 03:23:54,180 You can't distinguish lies from truth. 1755 03:23:54,310 --> 03:23:59,300 So far they are just child's lies, however dreadful they may be. 1756 03:24:01,440 --> 03:24:05,060 But soon you will be a grown man, Alexander, 1757 03:24:06,150 --> 03:24:09,190 and life punishes liars ruthlessly and indiscriminately. 1758 03:24:12,160 --> 03:24:16,620 The punishment is to teach you 1759 03:24:16,750 --> 03:24:18,240 a love of truth. 1760 03:24:20,420 --> 03:24:24,660 I confess I made it up about locking your wife and children in. 1761 03:24:26,840 --> 03:24:30,930 - Do you also confess to perjury? - I suppose so. 1762 03:24:31,680 --> 03:24:36,010 Now you've won a great victory. 1763 03:24:38,350 --> 03:24:40,310 A victory over yourself. 1764 03:24:47,200 --> 03:24:48,810 Which punishment do you choose? 1765 03:24:48,950 --> 03:24:51,690 Cane, castor oil or the dark cubby-hole? 1766 03:24:53,120 --> 03:24:55,730 - How many strokes of the cane? - Ten. 1767 03:24:55,870 --> 03:24:57,490 Then I choose the cane. 1768 03:25:02,170 --> 03:25:05,710 Take two cushions and put them on the table. 1769 03:25:09,720 --> 03:25:11,710 Pull your pants down. 1770 03:25:16,390 --> 03:25:17,430 Bend over. 1771 03:25:55,760 --> 03:25:57,430 Stand up. 1772 03:25:58,600 --> 03:26:00,810 - You have something to say to me. - No. 1773 03:26:02,400 --> 03:26:04,430 You must ask my forgiveness. 1774 03:26:05,150 --> 03:26:06,810 I won't. 1775 03:26:08,150 --> 03:26:10,860 Then I must cane you until you think better of it. 1776 03:26:10,990 --> 03:26:13,690 Can't you spare us both that unpleasant experience? 1777 03:26:13,820 --> 03:26:15,690 I'll never apologize. 1778 03:26:17,330 --> 03:26:20,290 You won't apologize? 1779 03:26:20,750 --> 03:26:21,700 No. 1780 03:26:23,000 --> 03:26:24,660 Bend over. 1781 03:26:28,380 --> 03:26:29,790 No more, please! 1782 03:26:31,680 --> 03:26:33,960 Will you ask forgiveness now? 1783 03:26:34,300 --> 03:26:35,290 Yes. 1784 03:26:37,470 --> 03:26:41,590 Button your pants and blow your nose. Lend him a handkerchief, Justina. 1785 03:26:46,190 --> 03:26:48,980 What do you have to say now? 1786 03:26:51,280 --> 03:26:53,390 Alexander asks the bishop for forgiveness. 1787 03:26:53,530 --> 03:26:56,940 Speak up. I want everyone to hear your regret. 1788 03:26:57,700 --> 03:27:00,320 Alexander asks the bishop for forgiveness. 1789 03:27:00,500 --> 03:27:02,580 For the lies and the perjury. 1790 03:27:07,460 --> 03:27:10,670 You do understand that I punished you out of love? 1791 03:27:10,800 --> 03:27:12,160 Yes! 1792 03:27:13,680 --> 03:27:15,260 Kiss my hand, Alexander. 1793 03:27:16,010 --> 03:27:18,130 - May I go to bed now? - Yes, you may. 1794 03:27:20,270 --> 03:27:26,180 But so that you may contemplate the day's events in peace and quiet... 1795 03:27:27,440 --> 03:27:29,230 you're to sleep in the attic. 1796 03:27:29,770 --> 03:27:32,640 Justina will provide a mattress and a blanket. 1797 03:27:33,280 --> 03:27:38,190 At 6:00 in the morning you will be let out. Understood? 1798 03:27:38,370 --> 03:27:39,980 Yes, your grace! 1799 03:27:57,340 --> 03:27:59,760 Helena, it's hardest on the children. 1800 03:28:01,890 --> 03:28:04,050 They're punished for the slightest misdeed. 1801 03:28:04,600 --> 03:28:08,590 His mother locks them up, puts them to bed in the middle of the day. 1802 03:28:09,060 --> 03:28:11,900 A week ago, Fanny refused to finish her porridge. 1803 03:28:13,230 --> 03:28:15,020 She had to sit there all night. 1804 03:28:15,360 --> 03:28:17,480 She threw up on the plate. At last she finished it. 1805 03:28:19,780 --> 03:28:24,070 He's mad with jealousy but doesn't realize it's mutual. 1806 03:28:24,790 --> 03:28:26,530 My poor Emilie. 1807 03:28:26,660 --> 03:28:28,750 How could I be so blind? 1808 03:28:30,380 --> 03:28:32,330 How could I feel compassion for that man? 1809 03:28:33,130 --> 03:28:36,420 I'm an actress. I should have seen through his pretence. 1810 03:28:37,760 --> 03:28:40,670 But I had lived practically alone since Fanny was born. 1811 03:28:42,060 --> 03:28:44,670 I hated my occasional emotional storms. 1812 03:28:49,060 --> 03:28:50,890 Oscar was my best friend. 1813 03:28:51,690 --> 03:28:53,350 You know that, Helena. 1814 03:28:54,940 --> 03:28:56,980 You know how fond I was of him, 1815 03:28:57,780 --> 03:28:59,390 how sincere my grief was 1816 03:28:59,530 --> 03:29:01,110 when he left us. 1817 03:29:01,740 --> 03:29:03,200 I don't blame you for anything. 1818 03:29:03,330 --> 03:29:05,690 I saw nothing, understood nothing. 1819 03:29:07,210 --> 03:29:09,620 He spoke to me of another life. 1820 03:29:10,330 --> 03:29:11,910 A life of demands, 1821 03:29:12,420 --> 03:29:15,290 of purity, of joy in the performance of duty. 1822 03:29:15,460 --> 03:29:17,250 I'd never heard such words. 1823 03:29:18,050 --> 03:29:21,010 There seemed to be a light around him when he spoke to me. 1824 03:29:23,140 --> 03:29:26,800 At the same time, I could tell he was lonely, unhappy... 1825 03:29:27,850 --> 03:29:29,930 haunted by fear and bad dreams. 1826 03:29:36,530 --> 03:29:38,980 He assured me I would save him. 1827 03:29:40,990 --> 03:29:44,950 He said together with the children we'd live in nearness to God. 1828 03:29:46,330 --> 03:29:47,660 In the truth. 1829 03:29:50,460 --> 03:29:54,200 The truth - that was the most important part. 1830 03:29:56,000 --> 03:29:57,790 I was so thirsty. 1831 03:29:58,340 --> 03:30:00,800 I know it sounds dramatic and overstrung, Helena... 1832 03:30:02,050 --> 03:30:06,220 but I thirsted for truth and felt I'd been living a lie. 1833 03:30:07,770 --> 03:30:10,850 I must go. A carriage is waiting at the gate. 1834 03:30:11,020 --> 03:30:13,010 I'm afraid something might have happened while I've been here. 1835 03:30:14,150 --> 03:30:17,360 I'm in constant fear that Alexander will say something to displease him. 1836 03:30:17,530 --> 03:30:20,190 Alexander is so foolhardy. I've tried to warn him, 1837 03:30:20,360 --> 03:30:23,320 but he can't see that his stepfather is a dangerous opponent 1838 03:30:23,450 --> 03:30:25,810 who's just waiting for the right opportunity to crush him. 1839 03:30:25,950 --> 03:30:28,110 You must leave him, Emilie. 1840 03:30:29,580 --> 03:30:31,320 I'm pregnant. 1841 03:30:35,540 --> 03:30:37,120 Nevertheless, you must -- 1842 03:30:37,250 --> 03:30:38,910 Forgive me for interrupting. 1843 03:30:40,050 --> 03:30:42,040 I've asked him for a divorce. 1844 03:30:43,260 --> 03:30:44,720 He refuses. 1845 03:30:46,050 --> 03:30:48,300 I tell him that I'll leave just the same. 1846 03:30:50,020 --> 03:30:53,130 Then he explains in detail what will happen. 1847 03:30:54,810 --> 03:30:58,730 In a court of law, I'll lose on grounds of "desertion," as it's called. 1848 03:31:01,320 --> 03:31:04,900 The children will be taken from me, to be brought up by him. 1849 03:31:11,540 --> 03:31:15,080 I've written in secret to a friend of mine who's a lawyer. 1850 03:31:17,590 --> 03:31:20,330 He's confirmed what Edvard says. 1851 03:31:21,340 --> 03:31:23,050 I am shut in 1852 03:31:24,010 --> 03:31:26,250 and can no longer breathe. 1853 03:31:29,310 --> 03:31:30,970 I'm dying, Helena! 1854 03:31:34,060 --> 03:31:36,680 I hate that man so violently 1855 03:31:37,520 --> 03:31:38,980 that I could -- 1856 03:31:51,040 --> 03:31:53,120 Don't mention that I've been here. 1857 03:31:54,080 --> 03:31:55,620 To anybody. 1858 03:32:41,090 --> 03:32:42,200 Mother. 1859 03:32:54,310 --> 03:32:55,260 Father. 1860 03:32:58,390 --> 03:33:00,230 If you're coming to visit... 1861 03:33:01,520 --> 03:33:03,680 please remember I'm scared of ghosts... 1862 03:33:05,030 --> 03:33:06,690 and that you're actually dead. 1863 03:33:11,030 --> 03:33:13,020 Don't sneak up on me from behind. 1864 03:33:16,830 --> 03:33:20,490 I might go mad from fear. You wouldn't want that, right? 1865 03:33:25,960 --> 03:33:29,380 I don't understand why I always have to see dead people 1866 03:33:30,050 --> 03:33:31,760 when it makes me sick. 1867 03:33:37,810 --> 03:33:39,390 Damn it! 1868 03:33:42,270 --> 03:33:43,890 Ah, hell! 1869 03:33:45,610 --> 03:33:47,100 My name's Pauline. 1870 03:33:48,190 --> 03:33:50,900 My sister Esmeralda is over by the crucifix. 1871 03:33:52,910 --> 03:33:55,360 - She's mad at you, Alexander. - Why? 1872 03:33:55,490 --> 03:33:57,280 She wants us to punish you. 1873 03:33:59,500 --> 03:34:01,160 Why do you look so surprised? 1874 03:34:01,750 --> 03:34:04,790 - You know very well why we're mad. - No, I don't. 1875 03:34:05,840 --> 03:34:08,040 You lied about our father. 1876 03:34:08,170 --> 03:34:11,080 You said he locked us up. That's not true. 1877 03:34:13,050 --> 03:34:15,290 The floodgates had been closed for several weeks, 1878 03:34:15,430 --> 03:34:17,170 and the river had frozen over. 1879 03:34:17,930 --> 03:34:20,050 We'd gotten new skates for Christmas. 1880 03:34:20,350 --> 03:34:23,090 But the ice broke, and we fell into the water. 1881 03:34:24,230 --> 03:34:28,820 Mother tried to save us, but the current dragged us under the ice. 1882 03:34:30,030 --> 03:34:32,310 Now you know the truth, wretched boy. 1883 03:34:33,450 --> 03:34:36,240 My sister and I thought we'd free our father 1884 03:34:36,240 --> 03:34:37,940 from you and your hatred. 1885 03:34:38,490 --> 03:34:41,280 We'll scare the wits out of you so you end up in the hospital, 1886 03:34:41,410 --> 03:34:43,700 locked in a cell, chained hand and foot. 1887 03:34:43,830 --> 03:34:45,450 Please, don't frighten me! 1888 03:34:51,260 --> 03:34:53,500 - Give me the key! - Edvard has forbidden it. 1889 03:34:53,630 --> 03:34:55,120 Give me the key now! 1890 03:34:55,300 --> 03:34:57,390 Edvard has forbidden it! 1891 03:34:59,390 --> 03:35:00,970 You're hurting me! 1892 03:35:07,110 --> 03:35:08,640 Emilie, you can't! 1893 03:36:00,450 --> 03:36:03,360 Carl, don't forget the cognac. 1894 03:36:03,540 --> 03:36:05,700 There's none left. 1895 03:36:15,970 --> 03:36:18,710 Take your damn paint box! 1896 03:36:23,560 --> 03:36:25,170 Listen to me. 1897 03:36:25,310 --> 03:36:28,890 I told you, there's none left. 1898 03:36:32,400 --> 03:36:36,110 - Alma, we're to go up to see grandmama. - What are you shouting about? 1899 03:36:37,200 --> 03:36:38,860 I'm just shouting! 1900 03:36:40,370 --> 03:36:43,200 Punch will do just as well! 1901 03:36:56,220 --> 03:36:58,420 The old girl's not here. 1902 03:36:59,180 --> 03:37:01,010 She's probably in the dining room. 1903 03:37:01,890 --> 03:37:04,340 Good evening, mama. We came to see how you are. 1904 03:37:04,470 --> 03:37:06,050 I'm splendid. 1905 03:37:06,180 --> 03:37:07,760 I hope you aren't lonely. 1906 03:37:08,020 --> 03:37:10,980 Lonely? I love being alone. 1907 03:37:11,110 --> 03:37:13,060 Vega was bitten by a wasp. 1908 03:37:13,190 --> 03:37:15,430 A wasp stings, my dear. 1909 03:37:15,570 --> 03:37:17,600 It has a stinger just like your old man. 1910 03:37:17,780 --> 03:37:19,520 Don't pinch me. 1911 03:37:20,240 --> 03:37:22,610 And Petra fell in the lake and got soaked. 1912 03:37:22,740 --> 03:37:25,450 Where shall I serve supper? 1913 03:37:25,660 --> 03:37:27,280 I don't want any. 1914 03:37:27,410 --> 03:37:30,870 - How's the wasp sting? - Not worth talking about. 1915 03:37:33,960 --> 03:37:36,120 And mama is busy with the old man's photographs. 1916 03:37:36,260 --> 03:37:39,210 How many thousands have you sorted by now? 1917 03:37:39,510 --> 03:37:42,090 Here's one of you and your brothers. 1918 03:37:42,260 --> 03:37:44,470 You couldn't have been more than five years old. 1919 03:37:44,640 --> 03:37:48,350 - You can already tell which brother... - Who is this beautiful woman? 1920 03:37:48,480 --> 03:37:50,510 Did it rain on you the whole time? 1921 03:37:50,640 --> 03:37:52,600 No, not at all, dearest mama. 1922 03:37:52,730 --> 03:37:54,890 Not a cloud over the outer islands, 1923 03:37:55,020 --> 03:37:58,020 but we saw the rain over the mainland, and heard the thunder 1924 03:37:58,150 --> 03:37:59,640 it's rained all day here. 1925 03:37:59,780 --> 03:38:04,490 This woman with the low neckline was one of papa's lady friends. 1926 03:38:04,870 --> 03:38:07,480 You're mistaken. We were at school together. 1927 03:38:07,660 --> 03:38:11,370 She married a count, had 12 children and became as big as a house. 1928 03:38:11,500 --> 03:38:16,540 I always admired your skilful way of handling papa's little adventures. 1929 03:38:17,250 --> 03:38:18,660 We must be going. 1930 03:38:18,800 --> 03:38:22,130 Mr. Ohman and his lovely wife are going to stop by. 1931 03:38:22,260 --> 03:38:25,170 I'm going into town tomorrow. Anything I can do for you? 1932 03:38:25,300 --> 03:38:27,800 Thank you, Gusten. I don't need anything. 1933 03:38:27,930 --> 03:38:30,590 But I'd like to talk to you about Maj. 1934 03:38:31,390 --> 03:38:34,010 What the hell is it now? She's got it good. 1935 03:38:34,520 --> 03:38:37,180 Now I'm damned angry - if you'll excuse me, mama. 1936 03:38:37,360 --> 03:38:38,810 Calm down, Gusten! 1937 03:38:43,070 --> 03:38:45,400 He loses his temper at the mention of Maj's name. 1938 03:38:45,530 --> 03:38:47,110 I just want to say -- 1939 03:38:47,240 --> 03:38:51,610 You have to realize Maj is not your private plaything. 1940 03:38:52,120 --> 03:38:55,370 Thanks to alma's broad-mindedness, she's a member of our family, 1941 03:38:55,540 --> 03:38:58,210 and she's expecting my grandchild. 1942 03:38:59,130 --> 03:39:02,670 In your dictatorial way, you've decided her future. 1943 03:39:03,380 --> 03:39:04,620 I don't give a damn -- 1944 03:39:04,760 --> 03:39:07,380 I don't like it when you swear in your mother's presence. 1945 03:39:07,560 --> 03:39:09,550 You hear me, Gusten? 1946 03:39:20,070 --> 03:39:22,650 I like the girl. I wish her well. 1947 03:39:23,360 --> 03:39:25,230 I want to ensure her future. 1948 03:39:25,360 --> 03:39:28,570 I don't want her to be dependent on the family's benevolence if I die. 1949 03:39:28,700 --> 03:39:30,440 She's accepted my suggestions. 1950 03:39:30,580 --> 03:39:34,570 She doesn't need any protectors, especially against me. 1951 03:39:34,750 --> 03:39:36,490 Stop your twaddle! 1952 03:39:38,130 --> 03:39:41,840 Don't make me out as a dictator! Maj has decided it all herself! 1953 03:39:45,090 --> 03:39:46,420 I like her. 1954 03:39:48,390 --> 03:39:50,750 I'm kind to her. Alma's kind to her. 1955 03:39:50,930 --> 03:39:54,260 Now I'm hurt, let me tell you. Damned hurt! 1956 03:39:56,770 --> 03:39:59,760 There's no reason to side with Maj against me! 1957 03:40:04,950 --> 03:40:07,560 I'm fond of her. Alma's fond of her. 1958 03:40:07,700 --> 03:40:10,570 She is loved in the same way as Jenny, Petra and Putte. 1959 03:40:10,700 --> 03:40:14,110 Well, not exactly in the same way, but almost. 1960 03:40:18,040 --> 03:40:19,580 She's good to me. 1961 03:40:19,840 --> 03:40:22,250 She doesn't think I'm fat and old and disgusting. 1962 03:40:22,380 --> 03:40:24,870 Nobody thinks that, by the -- 1963 03:40:25,010 --> 03:40:28,300 I've a soft spot for the ladies. What's to be done about it? 1964 03:40:28,970 --> 03:40:30,460 That's nothing to giggle at. 1965 03:40:30,760 --> 03:40:32,970 Maj is to go her own way through life, 1966 03:40:33,100 --> 03:40:35,090 and I'm going to give her solid ground to stand on. 1967 03:40:35,230 --> 03:40:36,810 That's enough said about that. 1968 03:40:36,980 --> 03:40:40,890 The opera singer said he would stop by with his wife and children. Come now. 1969 03:40:41,900 --> 03:40:44,480 Good-bye, mama. Give me a kiss. 1970 03:40:46,150 --> 03:40:51,770 I don't want you and alma to sit gossiping about Maj's future. 1971 03:40:52,370 --> 03:40:54,360 I'll see to that! 1972 03:40:54,950 --> 03:40:56,690 Or rather, she will. 1973 03:40:58,250 --> 03:40:59,830 Good night, mama. Come, alma. 1974 03:41:00,000 --> 03:41:04,210 - I'll be back in a couple of hours. - Like hell you will! Come on! 1975 03:41:04,710 --> 03:41:07,830 Calm down or you'll have a stroke. 1976 03:41:08,010 --> 03:41:11,630 I am calm. You're the one who's shouting. 1977 03:41:11,760 --> 03:41:15,000 I want an end to all that gossip between you and mama! 1978 03:41:47,920 --> 03:41:51,510 Carlchen, you can't demand that I ask her. 1979 03:41:51,640 --> 03:41:56,380 Mama distrusts me and it's your fault. Therefore I can't ask her. 1980 03:41:56,520 --> 03:41:59,220 I don't see how I can say anything. 1981 03:41:59,350 --> 03:42:02,890 - Tell her I'm desperate. - You can tell her better yourself. 1982 03:42:03,060 --> 03:42:05,400 Make it clear I've been contemplating suicide. 1983 03:42:08,400 --> 03:42:10,230 Is that really true? 1984 03:42:13,410 --> 03:42:15,820 We can be poor together. 1985 03:42:16,700 --> 03:42:18,410 I will to work. 1986 03:42:20,620 --> 03:42:24,120 Idiot. Bonehead. Fool. 1987 03:42:24,250 --> 03:42:25,990 "I will work." 1988 03:42:26,090 --> 03:42:28,330 I'm sorry. I will work. 1989 03:42:30,090 --> 03:42:32,800 What do you want me to say, mein Carlchen? 1990 03:42:32,890 --> 03:42:35,550 Don't you have any imagination, you imbecile? 1991 03:42:36,310 --> 03:42:40,510 Say I look unhappy, that I've stopped eating, 1992 03:42:40,850 --> 03:42:42,390 that I lie awake at night. 1993 03:42:42,520 --> 03:42:45,600 Yes, you do lie awake with insomnia. 1994 03:42:45,730 --> 03:42:47,440 It damn well is insomnia! 1995 03:42:48,360 --> 03:42:51,570 Say that I've grown quiet, that I never laugh, 1996 03:42:51,700 --> 03:42:55,030 and when I do, it sounds dreadful. Understand? 1997 03:42:56,370 --> 03:42:58,480 Don't just come right out with it, damn it. 1998 03:42:59,500 --> 03:43:02,780 Lead her to suspect I've spoken of suicide. 1999 03:43:02,920 --> 03:43:07,530 Don't say that terrible word, or I'll start crying. 2000 03:43:07,670 --> 03:43:09,500 Stupid slut. 2001 03:43:11,590 --> 03:43:13,550 Do you think of suicide, mein Schatz? 2002 03:43:13,800 --> 03:43:15,590 Only when I look at you. 2003 03:43:16,140 --> 03:43:18,720 Why are you so cruel? 2004 03:43:21,480 --> 03:43:23,470 Don't go, Goddamn it! 2005 03:43:25,310 --> 03:43:26,850 Where are you going? 2006 03:43:28,320 --> 03:43:29,900 Why the hell are you leaving? 2007 03:43:30,030 --> 03:43:32,270 I won't talk to your mother. 2008 03:43:32,490 --> 03:43:34,820 I'm going home. Du bist bose. 2009 03:43:35,740 --> 03:43:37,320 I have to cry. 2010 03:43:38,780 --> 03:43:41,150 You don't understand that I love you. 2011 03:43:42,000 --> 03:43:45,490 Now I'm crying, and I won't be able to stop. 2012 03:43:45,750 --> 03:43:47,580 Dear God, my creator, 2013 03:43:47,710 --> 03:43:52,630 why must I go on acting in this wretched farce? 2014 03:43:52,760 --> 03:43:54,120 Lydia, stop! 2015 03:44:00,760 --> 03:44:03,010 Let me help you. 2016 03:44:03,560 --> 03:44:05,050 Oh, Goddamn it! 2017 03:44:05,270 --> 03:44:07,390 Just look at this. 2018 03:44:13,110 --> 03:44:14,520 Pick up your shawl. 2019 03:44:15,030 --> 03:44:17,310 Damn it all! My leg! 2020 03:44:31,920 --> 03:44:32,880 Grandma. 2021 03:44:37,590 --> 03:44:41,880 - Shouldn't you be in bed? - We sneaked out. 2022 03:44:42,720 --> 03:44:44,380 What will your mother say? 2023 03:44:44,560 --> 03:44:47,270 She won't find out. Unless grandma tattles, of course. 2024 03:44:47,390 --> 03:44:49,480 What do you want from your old grandma? 2025 03:45:10,170 --> 03:45:11,700 Welcome home, Emilie. 2026 03:45:13,250 --> 03:45:14,830 You were gone a long time. 2027 03:45:18,180 --> 03:45:20,290 We almost began to worry. 2028 03:45:23,760 --> 03:45:25,970 Mrs. Tander wonders if you'd like something to eat. 2029 03:45:26,100 --> 03:45:27,590 I'm not hungry. 2030 03:45:29,390 --> 03:45:30,980 I'll let her know. 2031 03:45:33,900 --> 03:45:36,770 - Will you be coming to bed soon? - When the children are asleep. 2032 03:45:40,070 --> 03:45:43,490 I'll be reading in the library. Please don't be long. 2033 03:45:43,580 --> 03:45:44,780 Good night, children. 2034 03:45:52,500 --> 03:45:55,460 We had actually decided 2035 03:45:55,630 --> 03:45:57,290 Alexander would sleep in the attic tonight. 2036 03:45:57,460 --> 03:45:59,500 But I understand that decision has changed. 2037 03:45:59,630 --> 03:46:00,620 Yes, it has. 2038 03:46:02,680 --> 03:46:05,890 Very well. Perhaps it's best. 2039 03:46:08,730 --> 03:46:11,060 - Good night, Fanny. - Good night, uncle Edvard. 2040 03:46:11,650 --> 03:46:12,930 Good night, Alexander. 2041 03:46:17,230 --> 03:46:18,310 Is he asleep? 2042 03:46:18,490 --> 03:46:19,940 No, I'm not. 2043 03:46:20,070 --> 03:46:22,980 Then you can also answer me when I bid you good night. 2044 03:46:23,120 --> 03:46:24,150 I can't. 2045 03:46:24,280 --> 03:46:28,740 You can't? What nonsense is that? 2046 03:46:29,750 --> 03:46:32,530 Alexander doesn't wish the bishop a good night. 2047 03:46:39,130 --> 03:46:41,340 You have a sense of humour. I like that. 2048 03:47:25,970 --> 03:47:28,880 Well, did you see your mother-in-law and relatives? 2049 03:47:30,390 --> 03:47:32,050 Was it a nice visit? 2050 03:47:33,810 --> 03:47:36,470 Did it rain? It rained and thundered here all day. 2051 03:47:38,730 --> 03:47:41,850 Well, a little moisture's good, at least for the farmers. 2052 03:47:45,160 --> 03:47:48,770 Alexander and I had a little review this afternoon. 2053 03:47:50,080 --> 03:47:53,110 The usual: He couldn't distinguish fantasy from reality. 2054 03:47:53,410 --> 03:47:55,700 But we clarified the concepts. 2055 03:47:57,750 --> 03:47:59,910 He's not stupid, that Alexander. 2056 03:48:02,130 --> 03:48:04,250 He's not stupid, but he's very unforgiving. 2057 03:48:06,680 --> 03:48:10,640 "Alexander doesn't wish the bishop a good night." 2058 03:48:12,140 --> 03:48:14,100 That's really priceless. 2059 03:48:19,360 --> 03:48:21,770 You're not saying anything. Are you mad about something? 2060 03:48:21,940 --> 03:48:23,400 You locked up the children. 2061 03:48:25,280 --> 03:48:29,490 A safety measure, Emilie. I wanted to guarantee you would return. 2062 03:48:29,620 --> 03:48:31,280 You abused Alexander. 2063 03:48:32,790 --> 03:48:35,570 You're so dramatic. 2064 03:48:35,710 --> 03:48:37,790 I punished him. 2065 03:48:38,960 --> 03:48:40,950 That's my duty as his guardian. 2066 03:48:41,090 --> 03:48:43,830 Besides, the punishment was mild in comparison to the offence. 2067 03:48:44,670 --> 03:48:47,130 He's bleeding, and the skin is broken. 2068 03:48:47,220 --> 03:48:48,960 I gave him a few lashes. 2069 03:48:49,470 --> 03:48:52,800 His buttocks will sting for a few days, but it's a healthy sting. 2070 03:48:53,140 --> 03:48:56,680 He'll think twice before fabricating new lies, 2071 03:48:56,940 --> 03:49:00,300 or fantasies, if that's the term you prefer. 2072 03:49:00,440 --> 03:49:01,770 And the humiliation? 2073 03:49:02,820 --> 03:49:07,360 Punishment given out of love can never be humiliating 2074 03:49:07,490 --> 03:49:09,150 in the deeper sense. 2075 03:49:10,410 --> 03:49:12,360 Love and respect have nothing in common, 2076 03:49:12,620 --> 03:49:14,650 and the language of love... 2077 03:49:15,790 --> 03:49:17,820 can be rather harsh. 2078 03:49:18,000 --> 03:49:19,490 You're one to speak of love. 2079 03:49:25,090 --> 03:49:27,170 You allow yourself to be contemptuous. 2080 03:49:31,140 --> 03:49:33,500 Shall we end this conversation 2081 03:49:33,680 --> 03:49:34,840 and go to bed? 2082 03:49:35,020 --> 03:49:36,430 You locked him in the attic. 2083 03:49:36,560 --> 03:49:39,170 Of course. He needed to be alone. 2084 03:49:39,350 --> 03:49:40,640 You know he's afraid of the dark. 2085 03:49:40,770 --> 03:49:43,510 The nights are bright this time of year, 2086 03:49:43,650 --> 03:49:46,190 and those with a clear conscience have nothing to fear. 2087 03:49:51,870 --> 03:49:53,860 I could kill you. 2088 03:50:00,040 --> 03:50:02,370 You'll harm the baby with thoughts like that. 2089 03:50:04,590 --> 03:50:06,870 Our baby will never be born. 2090 03:50:09,130 --> 03:50:12,250 Be careful of what you say. 2091 03:50:14,810 --> 03:50:16,550 You don't frighten me. 2092 03:50:20,890 --> 03:50:23,060 I must frighten you, Emilie. 2093 03:50:24,060 --> 03:50:26,730 But I do so with a heavy heart, 2094 03:50:26,900 --> 03:50:29,390 since I love you in spite of everything. 2095 03:50:31,610 --> 03:50:33,900 You're not strong, Emilie. 2096 03:50:34,030 --> 03:50:36,150 The pregnancy is draining your strength. 2097 03:50:37,700 --> 03:50:39,160 From now on you'll stay in a room 2098 03:50:39,290 --> 03:50:41,200 that we'll make as comfortable as possible. 2099 03:50:42,080 --> 03:50:44,410 Henrietta and my mother will take turns looking after you. 2100 03:50:45,460 --> 03:50:48,200 For the time being, your freedom will be somewhat limited. 2101 03:50:49,510 --> 03:50:53,000 But we must be very careful. 2102 03:50:59,390 --> 03:51:02,930 You should also know that the slightest attempt to rebel 2103 03:51:03,350 --> 03:51:05,590 or contact the outside world 2104 03:51:05,730 --> 03:51:08,720 will affect your children's welfare. 2105 03:51:11,700 --> 03:51:16,280 By being irresponsible, you've forced me to take responsibility, 2106 03:51:16,410 --> 03:51:18,620 not only for your children, but also for you. 2107 03:51:19,620 --> 03:51:21,110 It's a heavy burden. 2108 03:51:22,460 --> 03:51:25,160 I feel a terrible loneliness. 2109 03:51:29,250 --> 03:51:31,290 I'm an ordinary man with great faults, 2110 03:51:32,130 --> 03:51:34,710 but I exercise a powerful office 2111 03:51:35,470 --> 03:51:37,550 that always overshadows the person holding it. 2112 03:51:37,680 --> 03:51:42,800 A man becomes a slave to such an office, with no right to opinions of his own. 2113 03:55:11,100 --> 03:55:14,760 THE FIFTH ACT 2114 03:55:16,770 --> 03:55:20,610 DEMONS 2115 03:57:19,900 --> 03:57:22,100 Good day, Mr. Jacobi. 2116 03:57:22,900 --> 03:57:24,510 Good day, Miss Vergerus. 2117 03:57:24,730 --> 03:57:25,890 What is it? 2118 03:57:26,110 --> 03:57:28,190 Is His Grace -- 2119 03:57:28,530 --> 03:57:30,400 He is not to be disturbed. 2120 03:57:30,910 --> 03:57:33,070 May I speak to his wife? 2121 03:57:33,280 --> 03:57:35,570 She is indisposed, resting in her room -- 2122 03:57:35,750 --> 03:57:37,110 And not to be disturbed. 2123 03:57:37,250 --> 03:57:39,330 My mother is out and I am busy. 2124 03:57:39,460 --> 03:57:42,570 His Grace might be annoyed if -- 2125 03:57:42,750 --> 03:57:44,410 What is this concerning? 2126 03:57:45,170 --> 03:57:50,420 Some months ago, His Grace proposed a business deal. 2127 03:57:51,720 --> 03:57:54,260 Really? I don't recall. 2128 03:57:54,430 --> 03:57:56,220 Of course not, miss Vergerus. 2129 03:57:56,350 --> 03:58:00,220 His grace is careful to spare his family such trivial worries. 2130 03:58:00,350 --> 03:58:02,890 What worries of his could concern you? 2131 03:58:03,770 --> 03:58:05,980 Please don't force me to be vulgar. 2132 03:58:06,440 --> 03:58:10,230 To be candid, Mr. Jacobi, I find you unpleasant. 2133 03:58:10,530 --> 03:58:13,320 I've neither the time nor the inclination to speak with you. 2134 03:58:13,830 --> 03:58:16,530 - Good-bye, Mr. Jacobi. - A pecuniary predicament. 2135 03:58:17,910 --> 03:58:19,150 I beg your pardon? 2136 03:58:19,290 --> 03:58:23,410 Your brother, His Grace, was in a pecuniary predicament. 2137 03:58:23,540 --> 03:58:26,540 - May I sit down? - Not there! There. 2138 03:58:27,300 --> 03:58:29,460 In a peculiar way - I don't know why - 2139 03:58:29,970 --> 03:58:31,920 I appreciate your straightforwardness. 2140 03:58:32,720 --> 03:58:35,510 And I do not appreciate your fawning. 2141 03:58:36,760 --> 03:58:39,550 What business do you have with my brother? 2142 03:58:40,230 --> 03:58:42,090 None at all, as far as I know. 2143 03:58:42,440 --> 03:58:44,220 I'm tired of your riddles. 2144 03:58:44,360 --> 03:58:46,060 Tell me what's on your mind and go. 2145 03:58:46,190 --> 03:58:50,020 I must speak to His Grace first. It's a matter of money. 2146 03:58:50,990 --> 03:58:52,650 A lot of money. 2147 03:58:53,620 --> 03:58:55,480 Does my brother owe you money? 2148 03:58:55,700 --> 03:58:59,240 On the contrary. It's like this: 2149 03:58:59,750 --> 03:59:02,110 In November His Grace wanted to borrow money. 2150 03:59:02,250 --> 03:59:06,410 Regrettably, Jews have certain principles, like never lending money to the clergy. 2151 03:59:06,540 --> 03:59:11,660 He suggested I should buy that chest for a reasonable sum. 2152 03:59:11,970 --> 03:59:13,380 I declined. 2153 03:59:13,890 --> 03:59:15,800 So you declined. 2154 03:59:16,180 --> 03:59:19,670 Foolishly so, since I've now changed my mind. 2155 03:59:19,810 --> 03:59:24,640 I'd like to buy that chest, and at almost any price. 2156 03:59:25,360 --> 03:59:26,600 Almost. 2157 03:59:29,440 --> 03:59:31,230 I will get my brother. 2158 03:59:39,870 --> 03:59:42,200 I told you not to disturb me. 2159 03:59:42,330 --> 03:59:44,620 Mr. Jacobi wants to buy the chest. 2160 03:59:44,750 --> 03:59:46,830 That man hangs on like vermin! 2161 04:00:05,400 --> 04:00:08,310 Stay where you are. I'll come get you in a few minutes. 2162 04:00:08,440 --> 04:00:10,100 Take your shoes off. 2163 04:00:17,700 --> 04:00:22,570 Forgive an old man's unfortunate weakness, your grace. 2164 04:00:25,330 --> 04:00:28,490 - You wish to buy the chest? - Yes. 2165 04:00:28,750 --> 04:00:30,410 For how much? 2166 04:00:30,670 --> 04:00:32,460 Here is the sum. 2167 04:00:40,430 --> 04:00:42,590 It seems you've changed your mind. 2168 04:00:42,770 --> 04:00:44,760 I may have an interested buyer. 2169 04:00:48,270 --> 04:00:52,730 - I'm being cheated, of course. - You're free to say no. 2170 04:00:53,900 --> 04:00:56,360 - Do you have you the money with you? - The money? 2171 04:00:56,610 --> 04:00:59,600 The money! Of course, your grace. 2172 04:00:59,780 --> 04:01:01,650 I have large bills right here. 2173 04:01:02,240 --> 04:01:03,950 Let me see. 2174 04:01:05,660 --> 04:01:09,370 Yes, here they are. 2175 04:01:11,540 --> 04:01:14,290 - Give me the money. - Of course. 2176 04:01:15,170 --> 04:01:19,210 If I may have your grace's name on the contract? 2177 04:01:22,430 --> 04:01:24,670 Forgive me if I retire. 2178 04:01:24,810 --> 04:01:26,970 I shall miss you, miss Vergerus. 2179 04:01:27,140 --> 04:01:30,230 Do not take anything that is not your due. 2180 04:01:31,270 --> 04:01:34,390 Suspicions recoil on those who harbour them. 2181 04:02:21,030 --> 04:02:25,150 Your grace will want to ensure that I'm not taking more than my due. 2182 04:02:25,280 --> 04:02:26,690 That's quite all right. 2183 04:02:26,870 --> 04:02:30,780 I just wanted to return the signed contract. 2184 04:02:31,580 --> 04:02:33,200 Please have a seat. 2185 04:02:33,960 --> 04:02:36,790 What would you say about that painting? 2186 04:02:37,300 --> 04:02:39,080 A beautiful and valuable work. 2187 04:02:39,220 --> 04:02:41,250 Would it interest you? 2188 04:02:41,380 --> 04:02:44,170 My resources are regrettably a bit strained at present. 2189 04:02:45,760 --> 04:02:48,850 - How is your wife? - It's kind of you to inquire. 2190 04:02:49,390 --> 04:02:53,310 She is indisposed. This sudden heat disagrees with her. 2191 04:02:53,810 --> 04:02:57,270 - May I pay my respects? - Unfortunately not. 2192 04:02:57,570 --> 04:02:58,900 I understand. 2193 04:02:59,070 --> 04:03:01,860 Here is a letter for her from old Mrs. Ekdahl. 2194 04:03:02,910 --> 04:03:05,270 - I shall give it to her. - You're too kind. 2195 04:03:05,410 --> 04:03:09,450 Filthy Jewish swine! You damned, filthy Jewish swine! 2196 04:03:09,580 --> 04:03:11,440 You thought you could cheat me. 2197 04:03:11,580 --> 04:03:17,540 You'll regret this, you repulsive, hook-nosed bastard! 2198 04:03:18,130 --> 04:03:19,340 Calm down! 2199 04:03:19,460 --> 04:03:21,750 That swine is trying to steal my children! 2200 04:03:21,880 --> 04:03:25,130 He can't. I have the key to the nursery. 2201 04:03:47,530 --> 04:03:49,240 Don't touch them! 2202 04:04:09,930 --> 04:04:11,470 Come on, quickly! 2203 04:05:00,230 --> 04:05:01,690 Come here. 2204 04:05:03,690 --> 04:05:05,930 First and foremost, let's have something to eat. 2205 04:05:07,990 --> 04:05:09,650 This is my nephew, Aron. 2206 04:05:12,620 --> 04:05:14,110 Let's go to the table. 2207 04:05:16,870 --> 04:05:18,530 I'd like to sleep. 2208 04:05:22,040 --> 04:05:23,910 Our guests are tired. 2209 04:05:24,880 --> 04:05:27,870 Have you tidied the room and made the beds? 2210 04:05:28,010 --> 04:05:30,220 I've done all you asked, uncle. 2211 04:05:52,740 --> 04:05:55,910 This is Aron's puppet theatre. 2212 04:05:57,500 --> 04:06:00,410 If you ask him nicely, he may give a performance. 2213 04:06:11,260 --> 04:06:15,420 Behind this door lives my nephew Ismael. He's sick. 2214 04:06:16,140 --> 04:06:20,680 The door must always be kept shut. Remember that, both of you. 2215 04:06:21,400 --> 04:06:23,850 Sometimes he sings, even at night. 2216 04:06:24,650 --> 04:06:28,190 It's nothing to worry about. You'll get used to it. 2217 04:06:30,110 --> 04:06:33,820 Mind the steps, Fanny, so you don't trip. 2218 04:06:34,580 --> 04:06:36,360 Now down this hallway. 2219 04:06:36,490 --> 04:06:38,530 It's a bit cold and damp, 2220 04:06:38,660 --> 04:06:42,250 because we don't dare light a fire or open the windows. 2221 04:06:42,920 --> 04:06:45,530 Straight ahead, 2222 04:06:45,670 --> 04:06:48,790 and then through that little door. 2223 04:06:49,470 --> 04:06:50,960 It's not so unusual. 2224 04:06:53,640 --> 04:06:56,170 This will be your home for the time being. 2225 04:06:56,310 --> 04:06:57,970 I hope you'll like it. 2226 04:06:58,270 --> 04:06:59,800 Go to bed now. 2227 04:07:00,390 --> 04:07:01,850 Good night, Fanny. 2228 04:07:02,690 --> 04:07:04,140 Good night, Alexander. 2229 04:07:05,480 --> 04:07:08,520 Lock the door at night and don't open it for anyone. 2230 04:07:09,530 --> 04:07:11,770 - Don't forget to say your prayers. - Don't go. 2231 04:07:13,660 --> 04:07:16,400 You want me to stay? Then I'll sit here. 2232 04:07:23,290 --> 04:07:25,030 I'll go and see to Ismael. 2233 04:07:30,300 --> 04:07:33,380 My name is Aron. Ismael is my brother. 2234 04:07:33,510 --> 04:07:35,470 Our parents died when we were small. 2235 04:07:38,010 --> 04:07:39,220 Good night. 2236 04:07:50,570 --> 04:07:52,310 What kind of book is that? 2237 04:07:52,440 --> 04:07:58,060 It's a book of stories, thoughts, words of wisdom and prayers. 2238 04:07:59,700 --> 04:08:01,360 It's written in Hebrew. 2239 04:08:01,540 --> 04:08:02,950 You understand that language? 2240 04:08:07,130 --> 04:08:09,160 - Shall I read you something? - Yes, please. 2241 04:08:09,460 --> 04:08:11,040 Uncle Isak? 2242 04:08:12,550 --> 04:08:15,420 Are you sure His Grace can't come and get us? 2243 04:08:15,930 --> 04:08:18,040 You can put your mind at ease. 2244 04:08:18,220 --> 04:08:19,380 Come on, read. 2245 04:08:19,560 --> 04:08:22,260 It may be a bit choppy, since I have to translate. 2246 04:08:26,100 --> 04:08:30,270 A young man journeys down an endless road 2247 04:08:30,400 --> 04:08:32,690 in the company of many others. 2248 04:08:34,900 --> 04:08:39,490 The road leads across a rocky plain where nothing grows. 2249 04:08:41,490 --> 04:08:44,830 The sun's fire burns from morning to evening. 2250 04:08:45,410 --> 04:08:49,450 They can't find shade or coolness anywhere. 2251 04:08:51,090 --> 04:08:55,420 A harrowing wind stirs up huge dust clouds. 2252 04:08:58,260 --> 04:09:02,800 The youth is driven forward by an incomprehensible anxiety... 2253 04:09:04,270 --> 04:09:07,010 and tormented by a scorching thirst. 2254 04:09:09,980 --> 04:09:13,560 Sometimes he asks himself or one of his travelling companions 2255 04:09:14,320 --> 04:09:16,860 about the goal of their pilgrimage. 2256 04:09:18,660 --> 04:09:21,770 But the answer is uncertain and tentative. 2257 04:09:24,120 --> 04:09:29,830 He himself has forgotten why he ever set out on his journey. 2258 04:09:31,920 --> 04:09:34,540 He's also forgotten his native land... 2259 04:09:36,010 --> 04:09:38,370 and the journey's final destination. 2260 04:09:41,390 --> 04:09:44,930 Suddenly, one evening he finds himself standing in a forest. 2261 04:09:46,430 --> 04:09:48,470 Dusk sets in and all is quiet. 2262 04:09:48,600 --> 04:09:51,940 Perhaps the evening wind sighs through the tall trees. 2263 04:09:54,190 --> 04:09:56,230 He stands amazed... 2264 04:09:57,490 --> 04:09:59,730 but also anxious and suspicious. 2265 04:10:01,820 --> 04:10:03,310 He's all alone... 2266 04:10:04,870 --> 04:10:07,080 and he discovers his hearing is weak, 2267 04:10:08,330 --> 04:10:13,420 since his ears are inflamed from the merciless light of day. 2268 04:10:15,460 --> 04:10:19,080 His mouth and throat are parched from the long pilgrimage. 2269 04:10:21,140 --> 04:10:23,090 His lips are cracked, 2270 04:10:23,220 --> 04:10:27,130 pressed together around curses and harsh words. 2271 04:10:30,020 --> 04:10:34,140 So he doesn't hear the ripple of flowing water 2272 04:10:35,940 --> 04:10:39,560 and doesn't notice its reflection in the dusk. 2273 04:10:42,070 --> 04:10:46,660 He stands deaf and blind at the edge of the spring... 2274 04:10:48,450 --> 04:10:51,320 unaware of its existence. 2275 04:10:54,040 --> 04:10:57,710 Like a sleepwalker he wanders unaware between the sparkling pools. 2276 04:10:59,470 --> 04:11:05,380 His blind skill is remarkable, and soon he's back onto the road... 2277 04:11:06,600 --> 04:11:10,010 in the burning, shadowless light. 2278 04:11:14,440 --> 04:11:18,730 One night by the camp fire he's seated near an old man 2279 04:11:19,440 --> 04:11:22,810 who's telling some children about the forests and springs. 2280 04:11:25,660 --> 04:11:28,650 The youth recalls what he's been through, 2281 04:11:29,700 --> 04:11:32,410 but faintly and indistinctly... 2282 04:11:33,920 --> 04:11:35,250 as in a dream. 2283 04:11:37,250 --> 04:11:40,960 He turns to the old man, sceptical yet courteous, and asks, 2284 04:11:42,090 --> 04:11:44,330 "where does all this water come from?" 2285 04:11:46,100 --> 04:11:50,960 "It comes from a mountain whose peak is covered by a mighty cloud." 2286 04:11:52,600 --> 04:11:54,760 "What kind of cloud?" the youth asks. 2287 04:11:57,360 --> 04:11:59,100 The old man answers, 2288 04:12:01,030 --> 04:12:06,860 "every man carries within him hopes, fears and longings. 2289 04:12:08,830 --> 04:12:13,200 Every man shouts out his despair or bears it in his mind. 2290 04:12:15,210 --> 04:12:18,120 Some pray to a particular God. 2291 04:12:20,090 --> 04:12:23,170 Others address their cries to the void. 2292 04:12:26,220 --> 04:12:30,680 This despair, this hope... 2293 04:12:32,350 --> 04:12:35,890 this dream of deliverance, all these cries, all these tears 2294 04:12:36,020 --> 04:12:39,180 are gathered over thousands and thousands of years... 2295 04:12:40,860 --> 04:12:45,820 and condense into an immeasurable cloud around a high mountain. 2296 04:12:48,410 --> 04:12:51,770 Out of the cloud rain flows down the mountain... 2297 04:12:54,160 --> 04:12:59,330 forming the streams and rivers that flow through the great forests. 2298 04:13:01,960 --> 04:13:06,000 That's how the springs are formed where you can quench your thirst... 2299 04:13:07,550 --> 04:13:10,670 wash your badly burnt face... 2300 04:13:12,640 --> 04:13:15,470 cool your blistered feet. 2301 04:13:18,440 --> 04:13:23,020 Everybody has at some time heard of the mountain, the cloud and the springs... 2302 04:13:25,190 --> 04:13:29,510 but most people anxiously remain on the dusty road 2303 04:13:29,510 --> 04:13:31,360 in the blazing light." 2304 04:13:33,370 --> 04:13:37,700 "Why do they stay there?" Asks the youth in great astonishment. 2305 04:13:40,040 --> 04:13:42,200 "I certainly don't know," replies the old man. 2306 04:13:44,380 --> 04:13:46,750 "Perhaps they've convinced themselves and each other 2307 04:13:46,880 --> 04:13:49,970 that they'll reach their unknown destination by evening." 2308 04:13:52,930 --> 04:13:57,140 "What unknown destination?" Asks the young man. 2309 04:14:00,230 --> 04:14:02,270 The old man shrugs his shoulders. 2310 04:14:04,900 --> 04:14:08,060 "In all probability the destination does not exist. 2311 04:14:09,570 --> 04:14:12,190 It's deception or imagination. 2312 04:14:15,240 --> 04:14:18,660 I myself am on my way to the forests and the springs. 2313 04:14:21,080 --> 04:14:23,750 I was there once when I was young... 2314 04:14:25,420 --> 04:14:27,910 and now I'm trying to find my way back. 2315 04:14:30,470 --> 04:14:32,500 It's not easy, let me tell you." 2316 04:14:37,100 --> 04:14:40,220 The next morning the youth set out with the old man 2317 04:14:40,350 --> 04:14:46,140 to seek the mountain, the cloud, the forests and the rippling springs. 2318 04:16:14,660 --> 04:16:16,520 Shall we have a seat? 2319 04:16:19,030 --> 04:16:21,120 - May I tempt you with a glass of sherry? - No, thank you. 2320 04:16:21,240 --> 04:16:22,360 No. 2321 04:16:23,540 --> 04:16:27,250 - An almond cookie? My sister's specialty. - No, thank you. 2322 04:16:28,000 --> 04:16:29,240 Not that either. 2323 04:16:39,260 --> 04:16:41,050 I want the children back. 2324 04:16:41,180 --> 04:16:44,050 This is a small town, and tongues will soon be wagging. 2325 04:16:46,100 --> 04:16:50,970 I fear you've misunderstood the reason for our visit. 2326 04:16:52,730 --> 04:16:56,070 We're here on behalf of the family 2327 04:16:56,200 --> 04:16:58,690 to ask that you set Emilie and the children free. 2328 04:17:00,030 --> 04:17:03,450 We can't say with certainty that we know what has occurred. 2329 04:17:04,450 --> 04:17:07,370 We only know that our dear Emilie is extremely unhappy 2330 04:17:08,000 --> 04:17:09,910 and that the children hate the Bishop's palace. 2331 04:17:10,090 --> 04:17:12,950 We certainly understand 2332 04:17:14,010 --> 04:17:17,370 that divorce is a painful step 2333 04:17:17,510 --> 04:17:20,340 for a highly placed servant of the church, 2334 04:17:21,600 --> 04:17:24,460 and we'd like to make appropriate compensation 2335 04:17:24,600 --> 04:17:26,340 for your painful loss. 2336 04:17:27,440 --> 04:17:29,300 I've spoken with my mother, 2337 04:17:29,440 --> 04:17:34,650 and we're ready to place a considerable sum at your disposal, 2338 04:17:34,780 --> 04:17:38,110 which you may, of course, use... 2339 04:17:40,620 --> 04:17:43,320 for charity, a foundation, 2340 04:17:43,950 --> 04:17:46,690 or some other purpose close to your heart. 2341 04:17:47,870 --> 04:17:53,330 We agree that everything must be handled with utmost discretion, 2342 04:17:53,800 --> 04:17:58,130 and my mother is willing to take Emilie and the children to Italy 2343 04:17:59,180 --> 04:18:01,260 and remain there for at least a year. 2344 04:18:02,970 --> 04:18:06,130 Let me first say that I fully appreciate 2345 04:18:06,730 --> 04:18:11,060 the respect and generosity the Ekdahls extend to me in this difficult hour. 2346 04:18:12,020 --> 04:18:15,360 At the same time, it's necessary, though painful, 2347 04:18:16,610 --> 04:18:18,650 for me to speak very clearly. 2348 04:18:20,530 --> 04:18:23,070 The children have been abducted from their home. 2349 04:18:24,030 --> 04:18:27,490 They must unconditionally and without delay be returned to their legal parents. 2350 04:18:27,620 --> 04:18:30,780 Every delay will cause all of us - 2351 04:18:31,330 --> 04:18:33,570 not least their mother - 2352 04:18:33,710 --> 04:18:35,580 unspeakable suffering. 2353 04:18:37,670 --> 04:18:40,840 When the children are returned, I'll be prepared to listen 2354 04:18:41,010 --> 04:18:43,170 to any proposals the Ekdahl family may have. 2355 04:18:43,800 --> 04:18:46,510 But to avoid any further misunderstandings... 2356 04:18:47,810 --> 04:18:50,520 I must make it clear that a divorce... 2357 04:18:52,440 --> 04:18:54,720 is absolutely out of the question. 2358 04:18:56,020 --> 04:19:01,390 I'm very grateful for your precise and clear standpoint. 2359 04:19:03,370 --> 04:19:06,980 But I'm obliged to mention that the children will never... 2360 04:19:08,200 --> 04:19:12,540 be returned to the Bishop's palace to be subjected to the suffering 2361 04:19:13,120 --> 04:19:15,040 that up till now has befallen them. 2362 04:19:15,790 --> 04:19:18,480 Perhaps I should add that on this point 2363 04:19:18,480 --> 04:19:21,160 the Ekdahls are in complete agreement. 2364 04:19:21,840 --> 04:19:24,170 The matter is therefore not open to discussion. 2365 04:19:25,350 --> 04:19:27,300 The children are part of our family, 2366 04:19:27,970 --> 04:19:31,010 and we therefore consider ourselves responsible for their well-being... 2367 04:19:32,190 --> 04:19:33,550 and development. 2368 04:19:35,730 --> 04:19:37,220 It grieves me... 2369 04:19:38,690 --> 04:19:41,350 that the Ekdahl family should be dictating conditions. 2370 04:19:42,740 --> 04:19:45,730 Especially since, as their stepfather, I have the law on my side. 2371 04:19:47,080 --> 04:19:49,280 And furthermore, as a representative of the church, 2372 04:19:50,330 --> 04:19:52,440 I have the moral advantage. 2373 04:19:55,080 --> 04:19:58,750 But we have the children, my dear brother. 2374 04:19:59,300 --> 04:20:03,160 I'm glad you're able to laugh in this awkward situation. 2375 04:20:07,140 --> 04:20:10,630 Perhaps legal proceedings and police action will be unavoidable. 2376 04:20:10,770 --> 04:20:13,800 I doubt it, my dear Edvard. 2377 04:20:14,690 --> 04:20:17,350 You'd rather shit in your pants than suffer the disgrace 2378 04:20:17,480 --> 04:20:20,640 of the parish hags whistling through their false teeth. 2379 04:20:20,940 --> 04:20:25,480 You may well have morality and the law on your side, old man, 2380 04:20:25,610 --> 04:20:28,110 but bear in mind that I'm in league with immorality, 2381 04:20:28,410 --> 04:20:30,820 and even were you to win in court, 2382 04:20:31,120 --> 04:20:32,830 we who side with immorality 2383 04:20:32,950 --> 04:20:37,290 will have spread so many credible rumours about your person, 2384 04:20:37,580 --> 04:20:39,920 your way of life, your household, 2385 04:20:40,050 --> 04:20:41,660 your sister, your servants, 2386 04:20:41,800 --> 04:20:44,960 your sanity, your sexual excesses, 2387 04:20:45,130 --> 04:20:48,590 your phoney hair, your hypocrisy, your hypochondria, 2388 04:20:48,800 --> 04:20:53,050 and your lack of decency that you'll be forever forced to preach 2389 04:20:53,430 --> 04:20:57,220 to Huguenots, hooligans and Eskimos! 2390 04:20:57,980 --> 04:21:00,560 I'm not saying this to frighten you, my esteemed friend. 2391 04:21:02,150 --> 04:21:04,730 I only wish to lay all the cards on the table. 2392 04:21:06,990 --> 04:21:09,230 So let me see you listen to reason. 2393 04:21:09,370 --> 04:21:10,980 If you have any, that is. 2394 04:21:13,120 --> 04:21:15,580 Your clownish antics are amusing. 2395 04:21:15,710 --> 04:21:18,320 I'd be inclined to laugh if your babble didn't contain 2396 04:21:18,500 --> 04:21:21,910 what I would call a real and material threat. 2397 04:21:22,050 --> 04:21:24,960 Let me tell you something, 2398 04:21:25,170 --> 04:21:28,420 my fine lord Bishop, 2399 04:21:29,010 --> 04:21:30,750 something you might not understand. 2400 04:21:30,890 --> 04:21:33,380 I can see through you. 2401 04:21:33,810 --> 04:21:36,010 You're a cad of monumental proportions! 2402 04:21:36,180 --> 04:21:39,850 Shut up, Gustav Adolf! Think of your blood pressure! 2403 04:21:43,530 --> 04:21:45,640 I must apologize, my dear Edvard. 2404 04:21:46,280 --> 04:21:49,940 Even if we have differing views in what seems to be an irresolvable conflict, 2405 04:21:50,070 --> 04:21:52,860 we must behave like civilized beings. 2406 04:21:54,410 --> 04:21:56,990 I disassociate myself entirely from Gustav Adolf's expressions and attitudes 2407 04:21:57,120 --> 04:22:01,460 and assure you that he represents no one but himself. 2408 04:22:02,090 --> 04:22:05,870 He certainly does not voice the family's opinion. 2409 04:22:17,930 --> 04:22:20,220 My esteemed brother must forgive me. 2410 04:22:21,310 --> 04:22:22,890 A thousand apologies. 2411 04:22:23,060 --> 04:22:26,180 I'm a boor - at least that's what my wife says. 2412 04:22:27,240 --> 04:22:30,570 I have no eye for people's inner qualities. 2413 04:22:32,070 --> 04:22:35,190 I drink too much. I'm embarrassed. I apologize. 2414 04:22:35,330 --> 04:22:37,690 We'll say no more about it. 2415 04:22:38,370 --> 04:22:41,910 I'm prepared to listen to an honest man's honest opinion, 2416 04:22:42,040 --> 04:22:44,580 even if he is a bit... 2417 04:22:45,380 --> 04:22:46,870 brusque. 2418 04:22:49,470 --> 04:22:52,670 A glass of sherry? I assure you it's quite good. 2419 04:22:57,930 --> 04:22:59,260 Thank you very much. 2420 04:23:06,940 --> 04:23:08,350 I'm awfully sorry. 2421 04:23:09,940 --> 04:23:14,730 I'm so fond of that silly Emilie, that silly little creature. 2422 04:23:15,530 --> 04:23:19,400 We love her. The whole family loves her. Isn't that so, Carl? 2423 04:23:20,080 --> 04:23:24,290 And when our brother Oscar died, we didn't care for her sufficiently. 2424 04:23:25,170 --> 04:23:27,630 We have much to blame ourselves for. 2425 04:23:29,300 --> 04:23:32,590 One can be so damned slack and self-centred. 2426 04:23:32,720 --> 04:23:34,460 I said that to Alma this morning. 2427 04:23:34,590 --> 04:23:37,130 If we hadn't been so slack and self-centred, 2428 04:23:37,260 --> 04:23:40,470 this would never have -- 2429 04:23:52,490 --> 04:23:56,950 I don't think we can reach an agreement under present circumstances. 2430 04:24:01,000 --> 04:24:06,330 Let us consider our confidential and frank conversation 2431 04:24:06,500 --> 04:24:08,080 as a cautious exploration. 2432 04:24:08,340 --> 04:24:12,710 I fear I do not share your cautious optimism. 2433 04:24:15,550 --> 04:24:17,380 I consider our negotiations terminated... 2434 04:24:19,180 --> 04:24:23,170 and feel compelled to make my standpoint quite clear. 2435 04:24:25,690 --> 04:24:28,350 The children must be returned to their home within 12 hours. 2436 04:24:29,020 --> 04:24:32,440 Otherwise I'll be forced, though it conflicts with my principles, 2437 04:24:33,700 --> 04:24:36,400 to report the matter to the police and the public prosecutor. 2438 04:24:39,280 --> 04:24:42,650 Is it conceivable that if the children were returned, 2439 04:24:43,870 --> 04:24:49,040 we could begin informal talks about their future relations with us? 2440 04:24:49,210 --> 04:24:54,200 I'm a believer in firm rules and principles... 2441 04:24:56,010 --> 04:24:57,920 a fact that in no way conflicts 2442 04:24:58,050 --> 04:25:00,170 with my sincere and passionate love of freedom. 2443 04:25:01,720 --> 04:25:04,720 May I understand your statement 2444 04:25:04,850 --> 04:25:09,060 as an indirect promise of future discussions 2445 04:25:09,230 --> 04:25:12,390 regarding the sensitive question of Emilie's and the children's 2446 04:25:12,530 --> 04:25:14,060 freedom of movement? 2447 04:25:21,490 --> 04:25:23,400 Disintegration in our lives... 2448 04:25:26,040 --> 04:25:30,120 is due in large part to broken ties between people... 2449 04:25:31,460 --> 04:25:35,750 who otherwise have the capacity to respect and love each other. 2450 04:25:40,140 --> 04:25:42,500 A cruel and incomprehensible mystery. 2451 04:25:42,640 --> 04:25:44,250 To think that a man like me, 2452 04:25:44,390 --> 04:25:46,760 almost 220 pounds, 2453 04:25:46,890 --> 04:25:49,730 with a fully grown beard and a developed mind... 2454 04:25:50,980 --> 04:25:54,060 should have to sit here on this silly, uncomfortable chair 2455 04:25:54,190 --> 04:25:56,930 and listen to this unmitigated hypocrite. 2456 04:25:57,070 --> 04:25:59,650 "Disintegration in our lives!" 2457 04:25:59,780 --> 04:26:01,770 Kiss me where my back changes its name! 2458 04:26:01,950 --> 04:26:04,110 You shut up, Carl. Shut up! 2459 04:26:04,290 --> 04:26:05,630 While I tell this spiritual masturbator 2460 04:26:05,630 --> 04:26:07,950 what we have up our sleeves. 2461 04:26:08,210 --> 04:26:09,490 Listen to me! 2462 04:26:10,120 --> 04:26:13,460 I'll tell you something, Edvard Vergerus. 2463 04:26:14,960 --> 04:26:18,300 I've acquired your promissory notes. 2464 04:26:19,630 --> 04:26:21,300 You didn't know that, did you? 2465 04:26:22,140 --> 04:26:23,380 Yes, my friend. 2466 04:26:24,470 --> 04:26:28,310 110,000 kronor in debts. 2467 04:26:30,060 --> 04:26:32,640 So I'll be dictating conditions now. 2468 04:26:34,650 --> 04:26:36,060 Turning pale now, are you? 2469 04:26:37,150 --> 04:26:40,810 The holy man's looking pale, eh, Carl? 2470 04:26:41,530 --> 04:26:44,150 I'd say his nose even grew a bit too. 2471 04:26:48,660 --> 04:26:53,580 You're a special kind of bully, Edvard Vergerus. 2472 04:26:53,710 --> 04:26:58,670 One thing I've learned in my profession is to recognize the smell of a bully, 2473 04:26:59,340 --> 04:27:01,380 even if he wears a cassock. 2474 04:27:03,850 --> 04:27:06,090 And I know how bullies should be treated. 2475 04:27:06,510 --> 04:27:08,050 They must be bullied! 2476 04:27:08,180 --> 04:27:10,640 Emilie is to have her divorce, 2477 04:27:11,020 --> 04:27:14,930 or I'll declare his holiness bankrupt! 2478 04:27:42,470 --> 04:27:43,670 Idiot. 2479 04:27:43,800 --> 04:27:44,880 What? 2480 04:27:45,050 --> 04:27:47,510 I said idiot. You're an idiot. 2481 04:27:48,310 --> 04:27:51,260 I thought it honourable to tell him he doesn't have a chance. 2482 04:27:51,390 --> 04:27:53,850 I get so tired of you sometimes, Gustav Adolf. 2483 04:27:54,230 --> 04:27:56,770 Really? What stupid thing have I done now? 2484 04:27:57,360 --> 04:27:58,690 You'll soon see. 2485 04:27:59,900 --> 04:28:03,940 A moment ago we spoke of the advantage of putting our cards on the table. 2486 04:28:05,660 --> 04:28:08,360 I beg to return to that metaphor shortly. 2487 04:28:09,200 --> 04:28:11,410 To Mr. Ekdahl I'd like to say... 2488 04:28:13,290 --> 04:28:15,030 that I pity him. 2489 04:28:16,750 --> 04:28:21,040 He has a poor opinion of the world and a simplistic view of people. 2490 04:28:22,590 --> 04:28:24,630 He suffers from the widespread misconception 2491 04:28:24,720 --> 04:28:26,830 that man is ruled by his needs. 2492 04:28:27,720 --> 04:28:32,010 He believes that everything can be bought and sold. 2493 04:28:35,060 --> 04:28:39,430 Mr. Ekdahl is the son of one of the country's greatest artists. 2494 04:28:40,570 --> 04:28:44,480 Despite this he has grasped little or nothing... 2495 04:28:45,360 --> 04:28:48,700 of the spirit's unlimited power 2496 04:28:49,830 --> 04:28:51,280 over matter. 2497 04:28:54,750 --> 04:28:56,490 He is a wretched caliban, 2498 04:28:57,040 --> 04:28:59,780 groping with clumsy hands for his dull tools. 2499 04:29:00,210 --> 04:29:03,870 I pity him and feel sincere compassion for him. 2500 04:29:06,510 --> 04:29:10,470 My esteemed Carl, I thank you for a respectful and dignified conversation. 2501 04:29:12,640 --> 04:29:14,800 I regret we have not come to an agreement. 2502 04:29:16,640 --> 04:29:19,310 Try sometime to tell your brother -- 2503 04:29:22,280 --> 04:29:24,810 No, he would never understand... 2504 04:29:26,070 --> 04:29:29,150 that there are people who have no needs... 2505 04:29:30,320 --> 04:29:32,490 who are indifferent to money... 2506 04:29:34,080 --> 04:29:35,990 who dismiss the world's luxuries, 2507 04:29:36,160 --> 04:29:38,120 who happily allow themselves to be slandered 2508 04:29:38,250 --> 04:29:42,240 because their conscience is clear 2509 04:29:43,090 --> 04:29:45,170 before God the almighty. 2510 04:29:48,840 --> 04:29:53,710 Now, to return to our game of cards, which Mr. Ekdahl spoke of so wittily. 2511 04:29:54,270 --> 04:29:59,010 Allow me to play the last card. 2512 04:30:00,020 --> 04:30:01,510 Excuse me for a moment. 2513 04:30:07,530 --> 04:30:11,570 That man is the devil himself! 2514 04:30:11,700 --> 04:30:14,530 Have you ever seen such a cold-blooded scoundrel? 2515 04:30:14,660 --> 04:30:16,990 If you hadn't behaved like an idiot. 2516 04:30:17,120 --> 04:30:19,830 I admit it, and I'm sick about it. 2517 04:30:19,960 --> 04:30:22,320 No, that's not the word. I'm terribly sorry. 2518 04:30:22,460 --> 04:30:24,870 - Be quiet, he's coming. Shut up! - I'll shut up. 2519 04:30:28,260 --> 04:30:30,040 Dear, dear Gustav Adolf. 2520 04:30:30,220 --> 04:30:31,380 Dear Carl. 2521 04:30:32,050 --> 04:30:35,590 I can't begin to express my gratitude for your care and affection, 2522 04:30:36,100 --> 04:30:38,380 but unfortunately you've misunderstood. 2523 04:30:39,100 --> 04:30:42,180 Isak Jacobi took it upon himself to abduct the children. 2524 04:30:42,980 --> 04:30:44,890 It's terrible and unbelievable. 2525 04:30:46,440 --> 04:30:48,430 It's nice and safe here. 2526 04:30:48,950 --> 04:30:51,780 Edvard is good to us, and we're very happy. 2527 04:30:53,160 --> 04:30:55,360 I implore you with all my heart 2528 04:30:55,490 --> 04:30:57,070 to bring back my children. 2529 04:30:58,160 --> 04:31:00,240 It's true that I've been anxious and unhappy. 2530 04:31:01,000 --> 04:31:03,740 It's true that I went and talked to Helena. 2531 04:31:04,460 --> 04:31:08,200 It's true the children had difficulty adjusting to their new surroundings. 2532 04:31:08,550 --> 04:31:12,210 It's true we live a stricter and more serious life than at home. 2533 04:31:14,970 --> 04:31:16,590 But I'm happy and safe. 2534 04:31:17,270 --> 04:31:19,180 Edvard is goodness itself. 2535 04:31:21,020 --> 04:31:22,510 You must believe me. 2536 04:31:23,810 --> 04:31:26,050 I implore you with all my heart: 2537 04:31:27,400 --> 04:31:29,640 Bring back my children! 2538 04:31:30,150 --> 04:31:32,610 I cannot live without them! 2539 04:31:34,780 --> 04:31:38,530 Dear friends, do as I say. 2540 04:31:39,870 --> 04:31:43,110 It's all a terrible misunderstanding. 2541 04:31:56,390 --> 04:31:57,800 Farewell, gentlemen. 2542 04:32:04,480 --> 04:32:06,310 I have to pee. 2543 04:32:11,570 --> 04:32:13,810 Damn, there's no chamber pot. 2544 04:32:17,120 --> 04:32:19,730 It won't be easy to find the toilet in the dark. 2545 04:32:32,420 --> 04:32:34,510 I hope there aren't any ghosts. 2546 04:33:21,890 --> 04:33:24,300 Damn, I think I've lost my way. 2547 04:33:53,380 --> 04:33:56,250 Now I'm lost for sure. 2548 04:34:20,660 --> 04:34:23,820 It's not my fault it's all gone wrong. 2549 04:34:25,450 --> 04:34:28,990 I can't leave you. I just can't. 2550 04:34:29,120 --> 04:34:31,830 It would be better if you'd take off for heaven. 2551 04:34:31,960 --> 04:34:33,620 You can't help us anyway. 2552 04:34:46,470 --> 04:34:51,060 I lived my whole life with you children and Emilie. 2553 04:34:52,520 --> 04:34:54,680 Death makes no difference. 2554 04:34:59,780 --> 04:35:01,990 What is it, Alexander? 2555 04:35:03,530 --> 04:35:07,200 Why can't you go to God and tell him to kill the Bishop? 2556 04:35:09,160 --> 04:35:13,250 Or doesn't God give a damn about you, or any of us? 2557 04:35:15,130 --> 04:35:18,210 Have you even seen God on the other side? 2558 04:35:20,170 --> 04:35:23,460 Not a bastard has a thought in his head. 2559 04:35:25,810 --> 04:35:27,640 Idiots, the whole bunch of 'em. 2560 04:35:34,860 --> 04:35:38,390 You must be gentle with people. 2561 04:36:00,210 --> 04:36:02,050 Aren't you coming to bed? 2562 04:36:04,050 --> 04:36:06,040 The clock has struck 4:00. 2563 04:36:06,300 --> 04:36:07,840 I can't sleep. 2564 04:36:10,810 --> 04:36:12,170 Neither can I. 2565 04:36:12,310 --> 04:36:17,180 Elsa's very sick. We ought to send for the doctor. 2566 04:36:17,310 --> 04:36:19,230 He's coming in the morning. 2567 04:36:19,400 --> 04:36:21,560 - What are you drinking? - Hot broth. 2568 04:36:21,740 --> 04:36:23,900 - It helps against insomnia. - May I? 2569 04:36:32,410 --> 04:36:33,870 Be my guest. 2570 04:36:35,080 --> 04:36:37,040 Can't you forgive me? 2571 04:36:37,540 --> 04:36:41,460 I'm staying with you, aren't I? 2572 04:36:45,130 --> 04:36:47,590 I don't understand this sudden yielding. 2573 04:36:47,970 --> 04:36:49,760 Drink while it's hot. 2574 04:36:58,270 --> 04:37:01,310 - You insist that the children return? - Yes. 2575 04:37:01,440 --> 04:37:03,430 In that case, it's hopeless. 2576 04:37:03,570 --> 04:37:06,780 I don't care if it's hopeless. I care only for what is right. 2577 04:37:08,030 --> 04:37:09,860 Isn't that Elsa calling? 2578 04:37:13,700 --> 04:37:16,620 Stay here. I'll see to her. 2579 04:37:31,390 --> 04:37:33,000 Can I help you, aunt? 2580 04:37:33,270 --> 04:37:35,010 It's so dark. 2581 04:38:04,880 --> 04:38:06,670 What time is it? 2582 04:38:08,130 --> 04:38:10,000 Almost half past 4:00. 2583 04:38:10,180 --> 04:38:11,590 It's been a long night. 2584 04:38:12,550 --> 04:38:14,420 Try to get some sleep. 2585 04:38:14,720 --> 04:38:16,510 My legs hurt. 2586 04:38:18,350 --> 04:38:20,090 They're swollen and aching. 2587 04:38:32,950 --> 04:38:35,570 I've heard the universe is expanding. 2588 04:38:37,450 --> 04:38:40,660 Heavenly bodies are hurtling away from each other at a bewildering rate. 2589 04:38:41,830 --> 04:38:44,000 The universe is exploding, 2590 04:38:44,130 --> 04:38:47,040 and we find ourselves at the very moment of explosion. 2591 04:38:49,430 --> 04:38:54,720 You once said you were always changing masks... 2592 04:38:56,470 --> 04:38:58,760 until finally you didn't know who you were. 2593 04:39:03,110 --> 04:39:05,810 I have only one mask. 2594 04:39:07,320 --> 04:39:10,060 But it's branded into my flesh. 2595 04:39:14,870 --> 04:39:16,950 If I tried to tear it off -- 2596 04:39:27,340 --> 04:39:29,700 I always thought people liked me. 2597 04:39:32,930 --> 04:39:35,960 I saw myself as wise, broad-minded and fair. 2598 04:39:38,180 --> 04:39:39,920 I had no idea... 2599 04:39:41,770 --> 04:39:44,510 that anyone could hate me. 2600 04:39:45,440 --> 04:39:47,100 I don't hate you. 2601 04:39:49,400 --> 04:39:51,980 No, but your son does. 2602 04:39:56,120 --> 04:39:57,610 I'm afraid of him. 2603 04:40:24,600 --> 04:40:26,310 Who's behind the door? 2604 04:40:27,480 --> 04:40:29,940 It is God behind the door. 2605 04:40:33,240 --> 04:40:37,980 - Can't you come out? - No living being may see God's face. 2606 04:40:40,660 --> 04:40:44,650 - What do you want? - To prove that I exist. 2607 04:40:49,250 --> 04:40:50,620 This is the end of me. 2608 04:40:50,750 --> 04:40:54,750 Shall I show myself? 2609 04:40:54,880 --> 04:40:56,500 Now you will see me. 2610 04:40:57,850 --> 04:41:00,630 Here I come, Alexander. 2611 04:41:27,120 --> 04:41:30,120 - Admit you were scared. - I wasn't a damned bit scared. 2612 04:41:31,710 --> 04:41:33,540 "This is the end of me." 2613 04:41:37,630 --> 04:41:39,340 Ouch! That hurts. 2614 04:41:40,390 --> 04:41:41,880 Don't cry. 2615 04:41:42,890 --> 04:41:46,550 I didn't mean to scare you. At least not that much. 2616 04:41:52,570 --> 04:41:54,980 I've been working all night on this puppet. 2617 04:41:56,610 --> 04:42:00,650 A rich circus owner in England is mad about our puppets. 2618 04:42:01,410 --> 04:42:03,620 I heard you tiptoeing around. 2619 04:42:06,250 --> 04:42:09,410 Hear that? My brother Ismael is awake. 2620 04:42:10,380 --> 04:42:11,620 He's singing. 2621 04:42:19,300 --> 04:42:20,760 Poor Ismael. 2622 04:42:21,010 --> 04:42:23,170 Human beings are more than he can bear. 2623 04:42:23,680 --> 04:42:26,090 Sometimes he gets furious. Then he's dangerous. 2624 04:42:27,270 --> 04:42:30,430 Doctors say his intelligence is light-years beyond normal. 2625 04:42:31,610 --> 04:42:33,190 He reads continuously. 2626 04:42:33,320 --> 04:42:36,100 He's incredibly learned and knows everything by heart. 2627 04:42:36,360 --> 04:42:40,770 You said you'd been up all night, but I saw you asleep. 2628 04:42:40,910 --> 04:42:43,490 There are many strange things that can't be explained. 2629 04:42:44,280 --> 04:42:46,620 You realize that when you dabble in magic. 2630 04:42:47,750 --> 04:42:50,450 - Have you seen our mummy? - No. 2631 04:42:51,830 --> 04:42:52,910 Come. 2632 04:43:38,630 --> 04:43:40,500 Look carefully, Alexander. 2633 04:43:41,680 --> 04:43:43,790 Can you see it breathing? 2634 04:43:44,680 --> 04:43:48,300 It's been dead 4,000 years, but it breathes. 2635 04:43:50,020 --> 04:43:52,010 I'll make the room dark. 2636 04:43:58,440 --> 04:44:00,680 - What do you see? - It's shining. 2637 04:44:01,360 --> 04:44:02,770 Exactly. 2638 04:44:03,820 --> 04:44:06,230 No one knows why it's luminous. 2639 04:44:07,530 --> 04:44:09,320 No one can explain why. 2640 04:44:11,710 --> 04:44:14,620 The unknown makes people angry. 2641 04:44:15,460 --> 04:44:18,870 It's better to blame it on mirrors, machines and projections. 2642 04:44:19,340 --> 04:44:20,830 Then people laugh, 2643 04:44:21,210 --> 04:44:23,810 and that's healthier from all viewpoints, 2644 04:44:23,810 --> 04:44:24,800 especially financially. 2645 04:44:26,220 --> 04:44:27,760 Watch carefully now. 2646 04:44:56,630 --> 04:45:00,410 My father and mother ran a magic theatre in St. Petersburg. 2647 04:45:01,460 --> 04:45:04,250 One evening, in the middle of a performance... 2648 04:45:05,470 --> 04:45:07,080 a real ghost appeared. 2649 04:45:08,800 --> 04:45:12,260 It was my father's aunt, who had died two days earlier. 2650 04:45:13,480 --> 04:45:17,090 The ghost lost her way among the machines and projectors. 2651 04:45:18,110 --> 04:45:21,520 It was a fiasco, and father had to refund the tickets. 2652 04:45:22,940 --> 04:45:25,610 - I know quite a bit about ghosts. - Do you? 2653 04:45:27,280 --> 04:45:30,440 Uncle Isak says we're surrounded by different realities, 2654 04:45:30,580 --> 04:45:32,190 one on top of the other. 2655 04:45:33,040 --> 04:45:35,780 There are swarms of ghosts, spirits, phantoms, 2656 04:45:36,460 --> 04:45:39,290 souls, poltergeists, angels and demons. 2657 04:45:41,290 --> 04:45:44,630 He says the smallest pebble has a life of its own. 2658 04:45:45,340 --> 04:45:47,300 - More coffee? - Yes, please. 2659 04:45:49,050 --> 04:45:50,790 Everything is alive, 2660 04:45:51,470 --> 04:45:53,800 and everything is God or God's thought. 2661 04:45:54,310 --> 04:45:56,840 Not only good things, but the cruellest too. 2662 04:45:58,480 --> 04:46:00,090 What do you think? 2663 04:46:01,270 --> 04:46:02,730 If there is a God, 2664 04:46:02,940 --> 04:46:06,100 then he's a shit, and I'd like to kick him in the butt. 2665 04:46:06,240 --> 04:46:08,600 Your theory is very interesting 2666 04:46:08,740 --> 04:46:11,530 and appears to be justified. 2667 04:46:12,870 --> 04:46:14,820 Shall we take Ismael his breakfast? 2668 04:46:18,920 --> 04:46:20,910 For my part, I'm an atheist. 2669 04:46:21,540 --> 04:46:25,460 If you've been raised as a magician and learned all the tricks since childhood, 2670 04:46:25,590 --> 04:46:27,920 then you can do without supernatural interference. 2671 04:46:28,470 --> 04:46:31,330 As a magician, I create the believable. 2672 04:46:31,470 --> 04:46:34,260 The audience provides the unbelievable. 2673 04:46:42,860 --> 04:46:46,690 You're definitely no idiot, Alexander, especially considering you're only nine. 2674 04:46:47,110 --> 04:46:49,070 - I'll be eleven in November. - Here. 2675 04:46:58,040 --> 04:46:59,870 I've brought your breakfast. 2676 04:47:16,010 --> 04:47:19,720 Your sister gave me sleeping pills for my insomnia. 2677 04:47:20,730 --> 04:47:22,890 I had put three in the broth. 2678 04:47:23,060 --> 04:47:25,900 I didn't mean for you to drink it. 2679 04:47:26,650 --> 04:47:31,060 When you went to see Elsa, I put in three more. 2680 04:47:34,870 --> 04:47:36,820 You will sleep soundly. 2681 04:47:39,660 --> 04:47:41,700 When you wake up, I will be gone. 2682 04:47:43,420 --> 04:47:45,450 I'm going back to my children... 2683 04:47:47,000 --> 04:47:48,410 to my home... 2684 04:47:50,590 --> 04:47:52,210 and my family. 2685 04:48:14,950 --> 04:48:17,780 I'll change and you'll come back. 2686 04:48:18,290 --> 04:48:20,490 I'll never come back! 2687 04:48:20,620 --> 04:48:22,610 I'll poison your life! 2688 04:48:22,750 --> 04:48:24,410 I'll follow you from town to town! 2689 04:48:24,540 --> 04:48:26,530 I'll ruin your children's future! 2690 04:48:26,670 --> 04:48:29,630 Poor Edvard, you don't know what you're saying! 2691 04:48:29,800 --> 04:48:31,290 I am awake! 2692 04:48:32,220 --> 04:48:34,250 I'm horribly awake. 2693 04:48:39,140 --> 04:48:41,800 Help me into bed at least. 2694 04:48:43,640 --> 04:48:45,850 I can't see anymore... 2695 04:48:46,980 --> 04:48:48,560 and I feel dizzy. 2696 04:48:52,820 --> 04:48:56,980 Are you there? I can't see. 2697 04:49:05,420 --> 04:49:07,870 Ismael, I've brought your breakfast. 2698 04:49:25,060 --> 04:49:26,680 Good morning, Ismael. 2699 04:49:29,650 --> 04:49:32,640 This is Alexander Ekdahl, a friend. 2700 04:49:33,990 --> 04:49:35,600 Leave us alone, Aron. 2701 04:49:37,410 --> 04:49:39,860 Don't worry. I won't eat him... 2702 04:49:41,030 --> 04:49:43,200 even if he does look appetizing. 2703 04:49:46,210 --> 04:49:48,120 You can come back in half an hour. 2704 04:49:49,330 --> 04:49:51,370 - Go now, Aron. - Uncle Isak... 2705 04:49:51,540 --> 04:49:52,980 Uncle Isak is an old goat and 2706 04:49:52,980 --> 04:49:54,750 needn't know of Alexander's visit. 2707 04:49:56,170 --> 04:49:57,460 Go now. 2708 04:50:18,070 --> 04:50:19,400 No, thank you. 2709 04:50:21,240 --> 04:50:23,730 My name is Ismael, but you already know that. 2710 04:50:27,000 --> 04:50:29,410 "And he will be a wild man. 2711 04:50:30,380 --> 04:50:33,740 His hand will be against every man, 2712 04:50:34,420 --> 04:50:37,040 and every man's hand against him." 2713 04:50:40,050 --> 04:50:43,460 I'm considered dangerous. That's why I'm locked up. 2714 04:50:43,600 --> 04:50:45,130 Dangerous in what way? 2715 04:50:47,770 --> 04:50:49,380 Write your name here. 2716 04:50:51,270 --> 04:50:54,430 The pencil's pretty dull, but it should still serve. 2717 04:50:57,440 --> 04:51:00,780 There, Alexander Ekdahl. 2718 04:51:01,410 --> 04:51:03,020 Now read what you've written. 2719 04:51:05,370 --> 04:51:08,830 It says "Ismael Retzinsky." 2720 04:51:15,460 --> 04:51:19,250 Perhaps we're the same person, with no boundaries. 2721 04:51:20,470 --> 04:51:22,380 Perhaps we flow through each other, 2722 04:51:22,720 --> 04:51:26,210 stream through each other boundlessly and magnificently. 2723 04:51:30,480 --> 04:51:32,810 You bear such terrible thoughts... 2724 04:51:34,520 --> 04:51:37,180 it's almost painful to be near you. 2725 04:51:39,820 --> 04:51:41,310 Yet it's also enticing. 2726 04:51:42,820 --> 04:51:46,110 - Do you know why? - I don't think I want to know. 2727 04:51:51,410 --> 04:51:54,910 You've heard of making an image of someone you dislike 2728 04:51:55,040 --> 04:51:57,030 and sticking pins in it? 2729 04:51:59,130 --> 04:52:00,670 It's a rather clumsy method 2730 04:52:00,800 --> 04:52:04,380 when you think of the swift paths an evil thought can travel. 2731 04:52:09,890 --> 04:52:12,350 You're a strange little person. 2732 04:52:14,350 --> 04:52:18,440 You won't speak of that which is constantly in your thoughts. 2733 04:52:26,780 --> 04:52:28,990 You're thinking of a man's death. 2734 04:52:29,910 --> 04:52:31,200 Wait a moment. 2735 04:52:31,870 --> 04:52:33,830 I know who you're thinking of: 2736 04:52:39,250 --> 04:52:42,040 A tall man with fair, greying hair. 2737 04:52:42,220 --> 04:52:43,750 Correct me if I'm wrong. 2738 04:52:43,970 --> 04:52:47,960 He has clear blue eyes and a boyish face. 2739 04:52:48,100 --> 04:52:49,710 Correct me if I'm wrong. 2740 04:52:50,720 --> 04:52:54,840 He's asleep and dreams he's kneeling at the altar. 2741 04:52:55,650 --> 04:52:58,390 Above the altar hangs the crucified prophet. 2742 04:52:59,650 --> 04:53:01,810 In his dream he gets up and cries out, 2743 04:53:02,990 --> 04:53:07,400 "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 2744 04:53:09,450 --> 04:53:11,280 There is no answer, 2745 04:53:11,700 --> 04:53:13,280 not even a laugh. 2746 04:53:13,790 --> 04:53:15,740 Don't talk like that. 2747 04:53:16,710 --> 04:53:18,240 It is not I talking. 2748 04:53:20,300 --> 04:53:21,790 It is yourself. 2749 04:53:26,220 --> 04:53:27,920 You are not to hesitate. 2750 04:53:30,930 --> 04:53:35,520 He's sound asleep, plagued by nightmares. 2751 04:53:38,310 --> 04:53:40,180 Give me your hands. 2752 04:53:41,190 --> 04:53:44,810 It isn't really necessary, but it's safer. 2753 04:53:48,620 --> 04:53:50,570 The doors will be thrown open. 2754 04:53:50,870 --> 04:53:53,200 A scream will echo through the house. 2755 04:53:54,120 --> 04:53:56,240 - I don't want to. - It's too late. 2756 04:53:57,370 --> 04:54:00,290 You have only one way to go, and I am with you. 2757 04:54:00,840 --> 04:54:02,750 I obliterate myself. 2758 04:54:03,000 --> 04:54:04,960 I merge into you, my child. 2759 04:54:05,300 --> 04:54:07,540 Don't be afraid. I am with you. 2760 04:54:07,760 --> 04:54:09,840 I'm your guardian angel. 2761 04:54:13,970 --> 04:54:17,510 It is 5:00 in the morning, and the sun has just risen. 2762 04:54:18,350 --> 04:54:20,140 The doors are thrown open. 2763 04:54:20,690 --> 04:54:22,220 No, wait. 2764 04:54:22,610 --> 04:54:27,400 First a horrible scream echoes through the house. 2765 04:54:28,820 --> 04:54:33,320 A shapeless burning figure moves across the floor, 2766 04:54:33,910 --> 04:54:34,990 screaming. 2767 04:54:35,120 --> 04:54:36,360 I don't want to. 2768 04:54:36,500 --> 04:54:38,490 Let me go! Let me go! 2769 04:55:17,330 --> 04:55:20,620 The police are here and insist on speaking to you. 2770 04:55:35,890 --> 04:55:37,880 Honoured, Mrs. Vergerus. 2771 04:55:38,020 --> 04:55:40,550 It is my painful duty, 2772 04:55:40,730 --> 04:55:44,520 as the town's ranking administrator of justice, 2773 04:55:44,810 --> 04:55:48,650 to have to inform you of the terrible circumstances 2774 04:55:48,780 --> 04:55:51,270 surrounding your husband's horrible death. 2775 04:55:51,780 --> 04:55:54,860 Furthermore, according to the law of the land, 2776 04:55:54,990 --> 04:55:58,900 and in the presence of this witness, chief inspector Jespersson, 2777 04:55:59,160 --> 04:56:01,760 I must conduct a short and, I assure you, 2778 04:56:01,760 --> 04:56:03,750 in all respects formal interrogation, 2779 04:56:03,960 --> 04:56:06,950 for which I beg your forgiveness. 2780 04:56:09,130 --> 04:56:10,420 Your husband, 2781 04:56:10,880 --> 04:56:12,460 His Grace the Bishop, 2782 04:56:13,260 --> 04:56:17,880 lost his life this morning under terrible circumstances. 2783 04:56:20,350 --> 04:56:21,760 May I, madam? 2784 04:56:25,060 --> 04:56:28,600 We think we've been able to determine the course of events. 2785 04:56:30,190 --> 04:56:33,940 Miss Elsa Bergius, who was gravely ill, lay in bed. 2786 04:56:34,280 --> 04:56:36,610 On her bedside table stood a lamp. 2787 04:56:37,120 --> 04:56:39,610 By some unfortunate accident, the lamp fell on the bed 2788 04:56:39,790 --> 04:56:44,370 igniting her nightgown, hair and bed linens. 2789 04:56:44,500 --> 04:56:48,620 Blazing like a torch, she ran through the house 2790 04:56:48,880 --> 04:56:53,620 and by chance made it into the Bishop's bedchamber. 2791 04:56:55,840 --> 04:57:01,130 According to His Grace's sister, miss Henrietta Vergerus, 2792 04:57:01,720 --> 04:57:05,220 he was in a heavy sleep 2793 04:57:05,350 --> 04:57:06,930 from a soporific 2794 04:57:07,310 --> 04:57:11,400 you had given him earlier that night. 2795 04:57:12,280 --> 04:57:15,140 After a heated quarrel with your husband, 2796 04:57:15,280 --> 04:57:18,070 you left the house 2797 04:57:18,200 --> 04:57:19,810 at 4:20 a.m. 2798 04:57:21,700 --> 04:57:24,410 Miss Bergius flung herself on him, 2799 04:57:24,540 --> 04:57:27,530 igniting his bedclothes and nightshirt. 2800 04:57:28,000 --> 04:57:30,210 His grace woke up and succeeded in freeing himself 2801 04:57:30,340 --> 04:57:32,830 from the dying woman who was still ablaze. 2802 04:57:34,510 --> 04:57:37,920 But he could not extinguish the flames 2803 04:57:38,590 --> 04:57:40,210 that were now engulfing him. 2804 04:57:41,850 --> 04:57:45,470 Old Mrs. Vergerus found her son 2805 04:57:46,190 --> 04:57:49,930 with his body burnt and face charred. 2806 04:57:51,570 --> 04:57:56,400 He showed faint signs of life and said he was in unbearable agony. 2807 04:57:57,660 --> 04:58:00,400 Ten minutes later, the doctor and ambulance arrived on the scene, 2808 04:58:01,080 --> 04:58:05,030 but by then His Grace had already been released from his suffering 2809 04:58:05,960 --> 04:58:08,290 and had taken his last breath. 2810 04:58:12,460 --> 04:58:15,870 Although I can't overlook the fact 2811 04:58:16,010 --> 04:58:21,220 that the sleeping aid you gave him possibly made the disaster worse, 2812 04:58:21,350 --> 04:58:24,680 I also cannot attach any serious importance to it. 2813 04:58:25,020 --> 04:58:28,730 Therefore, I must characterize the event as an ill-fated coincidence 2814 04:58:28,900 --> 04:58:31,980 of extremely unfortunate circumstances. 2815 04:58:33,690 --> 04:58:36,770 Therefore I beg 2816 04:58:37,610 --> 04:58:39,020 to extend to you 2817 04:58:39,780 --> 04:58:43,070 my deepest, most sincere condolences. 2818 04:58:46,000 --> 04:58:47,450 Come, Jespersson. 2819 04:59:03,260 --> 04:59:06,100 Madame, I had the honour to wait upon you yesterday, 2820 04:59:06,270 --> 04:59:09,930 but your maid showed me the door with an offensive message. 2821 04:59:11,440 --> 04:59:14,930 Monsieur le marquis, I blush at your presumption 2822 04:59:15,020 --> 04:59:18,610 and can only deplore the fact that my servants this morning 2823 04:59:18,900 --> 04:59:21,440 were unable to show you the door once again. 2824 04:59:22,950 --> 04:59:25,110 You say that you love me, sir. 2825 04:59:25,620 --> 04:59:28,990 In that case, be so kind as to spare me your presence, 2826 04:59:29,080 --> 04:59:32,740 because, frankly, it does me only harm, 2827 04:59:32,830 --> 04:59:36,790 not to mention the anger over the embarrassment you caused me 2828 04:59:37,170 --> 04:59:39,160 in the presence of her Majesty the queen. 2829 04:59:41,630 --> 04:59:45,090 Marquis, to what do we owe the honour of such an early visit? 2830 04:59:45,180 --> 04:59:47,260 - Count! - Marquis! 2831 04:59:47,390 --> 04:59:52,130 Only the thought of the blood you have shed for your king, sir, 2832 04:59:52,480 --> 04:59:56,970 prevents me from instantly and with all my power 2833 04:59:57,400 --> 05:00:00,440 throwing back in your face... 2834 05:00:00,990 --> 05:00:03,690 The infamy you have committed against the marquise -- 2835 05:00:03,820 --> 05:00:08,610 The infamy you have committed against the marquise. 2836 05:00:10,000 --> 05:00:13,740 It's not enough this is the worst rubbish ever written in the French language. 2837 05:00:13,870 --> 05:00:18,040 In addition, the translation is terrible, Mr. Landahl. 2838 05:00:18,550 --> 05:00:21,960 I'm telling you honestly, even though I know you've gone to great trouble. 2839 05:00:22,090 --> 05:00:24,500 I know it was done in haste, Mr. Morsing, 2840 05:00:25,340 --> 05:00:27,260 but we find ourselves in a crisis. 2841 05:00:27,390 --> 05:00:31,680 In the past we performed Shakespeare and the great Moliere. 2842 05:00:32,270 --> 05:00:36,480 We were even so bold as to let Henrik Ibsen's voice be heard. 2843 05:00:36,770 --> 05:00:38,850 Public taste, Mr. Morsing. 2844 05:00:39,940 --> 05:00:42,560 They no longer wish to hear the songs of giants. 2845 05:00:42,700 --> 05:00:44,860 They're content with the tunes of dwarfs. 2846 05:00:45,530 --> 05:00:50,030 No one cares about our theatre, neither the public nor the Ekdahl family. 2847 05:00:50,370 --> 05:00:52,030 Funds are running dry. 2848 05:00:53,210 --> 05:00:55,160 Our actors fare badly. 2849 05:00:56,000 --> 05:00:56,960 Hanna. 2850 05:00:59,000 --> 05:01:00,660 Emilie dear. 2851 05:01:16,400 --> 05:01:18,390 Now you'll stay with us, won't you? 2852 05:01:19,860 --> 05:01:22,100 I don't know why I'm so damned moved. 2853 05:01:24,280 --> 05:01:25,890 Dear Mrs. Ekdahl. 2854 05:01:34,460 --> 05:01:36,700 I'm at a loss for words. 2855 05:01:43,880 --> 05:01:45,710 Now everything will be right again. 2856 05:01:50,680 --> 05:01:52,090 Dearest Emilie. 2857 05:01:56,730 --> 05:01:58,060 Welcome back. 2858 05:01:59,560 --> 05:02:00,890 Thank you. 2859 05:02:43,730 --> 05:02:48,900 My dear, dear friends. 2860 05:02:50,990 --> 05:02:53,450 I am more moved than I can say. 2861 05:02:56,330 --> 05:02:57,940 Dear friends... 2862 05:02:59,750 --> 05:03:00,990 dearest mama... 2863 05:03:01,710 --> 05:03:04,120 my most beloved wife, Alma... 2864 05:03:05,500 --> 05:03:10,620 my darling Emilie, more beautiful than ever. 2865 05:03:11,430 --> 05:03:13,880 My wonderful children, Petra, 2866 05:03:14,010 --> 05:03:15,840 Jenny and Putte, 2867 05:03:16,020 --> 05:03:20,380 and little miss Helena Viktoria, 2868 05:03:20,520 --> 05:03:23,640 lying so peacefully in her bed. 2869 05:03:26,110 --> 05:03:27,850 And dear Maj... 2870 05:03:29,780 --> 05:03:31,770 of whom I'm very fond. 2871 05:03:35,200 --> 05:03:39,110 And not forgetting my incomparable brother Carl, 2872 05:03:40,000 --> 05:03:42,030 and his sweet wife. 2873 05:03:42,210 --> 05:03:45,620 My most honoured friend, 2874 05:03:45,750 --> 05:03:47,080 Isak Jacobi, 2875 05:03:47,800 --> 05:03:52,630 who has rendered immeasurable service to this family. 2876 05:03:52,720 --> 05:03:54,300 Dear Vega and Ester, 2877 05:03:54,430 --> 05:03:59,640 and you good friends who faithfully help us up the hill of life. 2878 05:04:01,480 --> 05:04:03,390 Last, but not least 2879 05:04:03,520 --> 05:04:05,730 dear and admired, 2880 05:04:06,440 --> 05:04:10,060 greatly talented and brilliant artists, 2881 05:04:10,240 --> 05:04:14,900 if I could I would encompass you all in one big embrace 2882 05:04:14,990 --> 05:04:18,110 and plant a kiss on your brows. 2883 05:04:18,240 --> 05:04:21,410 A kiss which, more than words, 2884 05:04:21,540 --> 05:04:24,830 would tell you of my happiness and love. 2885 05:04:25,670 --> 05:04:27,030 Cheers, everyone! 2886 05:04:34,180 --> 05:04:37,170 Just imagine: We're all together again! 2887 05:04:37,930 --> 05:04:41,920 Our little world has closed around us in safety, 2888 05:04:42,060 --> 05:04:44,600 wisdom and order. 2889 05:04:45,480 --> 05:04:47,850 After a period of fear and confusion... 2890 05:04:49,280 --> 05:04:53,020 death's shadows have been routed, 2891 05:04:54,110 --> 05:04:59,780 winter has been put to flight, and joy has returned to our hearts. 2892 05:05:00,830 --> 05:05:03,490 Now I must have a look at little Helena Viktoria. 2893 05:05:08,630 --> 05:05:12,500 She's laughing at me, my daughter Helena Viktoria. 2894 05:05:13,170 --> 05:05:14,460 Now for a speech. 2895 05:05:17,010 --> 05:05:19,090 Go on, laugh at your old father. 2896 05:05:19,220 --> 05:05:21,960 Never mind what he says. It's only nonsense. 2897 05:05:28,310 --> 05:05:31,310 My wisdom is simple. 2898 05:05:32,230 --> 05:05:36,440 There are those who despise it, but I don't give a damn -- 2899 05:05:36,990 --> 05:05:39,650 Forgive me, mama. I noticed you raised your right eyebrow. 2900 05:05:39,830 --> 05:05:42,990 You think your son is talking too much. Don't worry. I will be brief. 2901 05:05:43,370 --> 05:05:46,530 Therefore... and consequently... 2902 05:05:49,000 --> 05:05:53,170 we Ekdahls have not come into the world to see through it. 2903 05:05:53,340 --> 05:05:54,420 Never think that. 2904 05:05:55,260 --> 05:06:00,340 We are not equipped for such excursions. 2905 05:06:01,180 --> 05:06:05,010 We might just as well ignore the big things. 2906 05:06:06,480 --> 05:06:12,020 We must live in the little world. 2907 05:06:14,110 --> 05:06:16,150 We will be content with that 2908 05:06:17,070 --> 05:06:21,160 and cultivate it and make the best of it. 2909 05:06:25,290 --> 05:06:26,900 Suddenly death strikes. 2910 05:06:28,710 --> 05:06:32,450 Suddenly the abyss opens. 2911 05:06:34,090 --> 05:06:37,380 Suddenly the storm howls, and disaster is upon us. 2912 05:06:38,010 --> 05:06:39,840 All that we know. 2913 05:06:40,510 --> 05:06:44,130 But let us not think of all that unpleasantness. 2914 05:06:44,600 --> 05:06:47,560 We Ekdahls love our subterfuges. 2915 05:06:48,230 --> 05:06:53,890 Rob a man of his subterfuges and he goes mad and begins lashing out. 2916 05:06:54,020 --> 05:06:58,190 Damn it all, people must be intelligible! 2917 05:06:59,910 --> 05:07:03,070 Otherwise we don't dare to love them or speak ill of them. 2918 05:07:04,240 --> 05:07:08,490 We must be able to grasp the world and reality 2919 05:07:09,250 --> 05:07:13,910 so we can complain of their monotony with a clear conscience. 2920 05:07:15,670 --> 05:07:20,590 Don't be sad, dear splendid artists. 2921 05:07:22,510 --> 05:07:27,430 Actors and actresses, we need you all the same. 2922 05:07:28,430 --> 05:07:33,600 It is you who must give us our supernatural shivers, 2923 05:07:34,440 --> 05:07:37,770 or better yet, our innermost diversions. 2924 05:07:41,860 --> 05:07:46,030 The world is a den of thieves and night is falling. 2925 05:07:48,200 --> 05:07:51,870 Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. 2926 05:07:54,130 --> 05:07:56,040 The poison affects us all, 2927 05:07:56,750 --> 05:07:59,460 us Ekdahls and everyone else. 2928 05:07:59,630 --> 05:08:01,290 No one escapes, 2929 05:08:02,510 --> 05:08:08,180 not even Helena Viktoria or little Aurora. 2930 05:08:11,440 --> 05:08:12,970 So it shall be. 2931 05:08:15,230 --> 05:08:20,650 Therefore let us be happy while we are happy. 2932 05:08:21,900 --> 05:08:26,270 Let us be kind, generous, affectionate and good. 2933 05:08:27,580 --> 05:08:31,490 It is necessary, and not at all shameful... 2934 05:08:32,960 --> 05:08:36,670 to take pleasure in the little world. 2935 05:08:38,750 --> 05:08:40,370 Good food... 2936 05:08:41,420 --> 05:08:43,410 gentle smiles... 2937 05:08:45,090 --> 05:08:49,340 fruit trees in bloom, waltzes. 2938 05:08:50,390 --> 05:08:55,560 My dearest friends, I'm done talking, 2939 05:08:55,690 --> 05:08:57,680 and you can take it as you like: 2940 05:08:57,860 --> 05:09:02,400 The sentimental ramblings of an uneducated restaurateur 2941 05:09:02,530 --> 05:09:04,890 or the pitiful babbling of an old man. 2942 05:09:05,030 --> 05:09:07,020 I don't care. 2943 05:09:21,760 --> 05:09:24,870 I hold a little empress in my arms. 2944 05:09:28,050 --> 05:09:32,420 It's tangible yet immeasurable. 2945 05:09:35,060 --> 05:09:38,770 One day she will prove everything I just said wrong. 2946 05:09:40,230 --> 05:09:43,600 One day she will not only rule the little world, 2947 05:09:44,610 --> 05:09:46,570 but everything. 2948 05:09:48,160 --> 05:09:49,690 Everything. 2949 05:10:11,430 --> 05:10:13,340 You still sitting there? 2950 05:10:15,060 --> 05:10:16,920 Aren't you going to bed? 2951 05:10:17,100 --> 05:10:19,090 Now we'll have champagne. 2952 05:10:19,610 --> 05:10:22,850 We will, will we? 2953 05:10:25,240 --> 05:10:27,320 Well, I'm going to bed. 2954 05:10:27,950 --> 05:10:31,310 - We're supposed to have champagne. - Don't forget your jacket. 2955 05:10:31,620 --> 05:10:33,780 Yes, colonel! 2956 05:10:33,950 --> 05:10:35,740 There, there, my child. 2957 05:10:35,870 --> 05:10:38,990 Be a good girl now, so that mama can go to bed. 2958 05:10:40,130 --> 05:10:42,620 I think you've finished eating, in any case. 2959 05:10:42,960 --> 05:10:45,750 - I'll take her. - Thank you, Rosa. 2960 05:10:48,970 --> 05:10:51,460 - How do you like it here? - Everyone's so kind. 2961 05:10:52,050 --> 05:10:53,970 Especially Mr. Ekdahl. 2962 05:10:54,310 --> 05:10:56,220 He must be a real friend of humanity. 2963 05:10:56,480 --> 05:10:58,340 That he certainly is. 2964 05:10:58,640 --> 05:11:02,730 He's particularly kind to young girls, so you watch out, Rosa. 2965 05:11:02,860 --> 05:11:04,390 Oh, my! 2966 05:11:09,780 --> 05:11:11,650 - Good night, madam. - Good night, Rosa. 2967 05:11:34,180 --> 05:11:35,920 We're going to have champagne. 2968 05:11:36,060 --> 05:11:39,970 If you're a good boy, I'll bring you a beer and sandwich in bed. 2969 05:11:44,730 --> 05:11:47,970 I'm sure Emilie will want a glass of champagne. 2970 05:11:48,110 --> 05:11:51,350 We'll raise a toast to our daughters. 2971 05:11:51,820 --> 05:11:53,690 Go to bed now, Gusten. 2972 05:11:53,820 --> 05:11:57,240 I'm so damned happy! 2973 05:11:59,080 --> 05:12:02,660 That's nice, Gusten, but you'll have a headache tomorrow. 2974 05:12:03,040 --> 05:12:05,870 Imagine: We're together again. 2975 05:12:12,300 --> 05:12:15,670 I'm going to the country tomorrow to speak with the workmen. 2976 05:12:16,050 --> 05:12:17,720 Do you need anything taken care of? 2977 05:12:17,890 --> 05:12:20,850 - I'll be there until Thursday. - I'll come on Tuesday. 2978 05:12:20,980 --> 05:12:24,760 Don't you think I have the best wife in the world? 2979 05:12:24,900 --> 05:12:26,890 Much better than you deserve. 2980 05:12:28,440 --> 05:12:31,560 And the world's prettiest little mistress. 2981 05:12:31,860 --> 05:12:34,230 A real darling. 2982 05:12:34,950 --> 05:12:37,160 - Are you going in the morning? - Not until 2:00. 2983 05:12:39,750 --> 05:12:44,610 When I see you, I want to weep with joy. 2984 05:12:44,750 --> 05:12:48,410 To think you're back with us again! 2985 05:12:51,510 --> 05:12:53,920 - Good night, Gusten. - Good night. 2986 05:12:55,010 --> 05:12:57,750 Be a good boy now, and remember that Alma needs her sleep. 2987 05:13:00,600 --> 05:13:03,390 I know what Alma needs. 2988 05:13:31,170 --> 05:13:32,330 Aunt Emilie. 2989 05:13:32,880 --> 05:13:34,750 What do you two want at this hour? 2990 05:13:34,750 --> 05:13:36,870 We want to move to Stockholm. 2991 05:13:37,010 --> 05:13:40,590 Marianne Egerman is opening a boutique and wants us to help. 2992 05:13:40,970 --> 05:13:43,710 - And we'd like to. - We'd very much like to. 2993 05:13:45,230 --> 05:13:47,060 But we have a big problem. 2994 05:13:47,190 --> 05:13:49,720 Papa insists on that cafe for Maj. 2995 05:13:49,860 --> 05:13:51,440 He's so kind. 2996 05:13:53,490 --> 05:13:57,230 - Maj's had enough of his tutelage. - He's so kind. 2997 05:13:57,360 --> 05:14:01,070 She wants to live her own life and decide for herself and her baby. 2998 05:14:01,450 --> 05:14:03,280 I don't know what to do. 2999 05:14:03,410 --> 05:14:04,900 We've spoken to mama. 3000 05:14:05,160 --> 05:14:08,750 She was awfully upset at first and said we couldn't do that to papa. 3001 05:14:09,330 --> 05:14:13,540 Then she calmed down and said that life must take its course... 3002 05:14:14,670 --> 05:14:17,010 and that one shouldn't force one's children. 3003 05:14:17,680 --> 05:14:19,880 Though she felt sorry for papa's sake. 3004 05:14:21,140 --> 05:14:22,880 It's awful. 3005 05:14:23,010 --> 05:14:25,130 You must think of yourself. 3006 05:14:25,680 --> 05:14:29,270 After all, papa's an old man. Isn't that true, aunt Emilie? 3007 05:14:29,730 --> 05:14:32,190 Go to bed now. I'll have a word with grandmama. 3008 05:15:40,470 --> 05:15:43,250 Emilie, how nice to see you! Welcome! 3009 05:15:43,600 --> 05:15:45,260 I need to speak with you. 3010 05:15:45,430 --> 05:15:47,340 - Would you like a cognac? - No, thank you. 3011 05:15:47,470 --> 05:15:49,090 Is it anything serious? 3012 05:15:49,600 --> 05:15:52,810 Oh, yes. Maj and Petra want to move to Stockholm. 3013 05:15:53,520 --> 05:15:54,760 What do you think? 3014 05:16:20,800 --> 05:16:22,630 You can't escape me. 3015 05:16:28,640 --> 05:16:30,130 One other thing. 3016 05:16:30,310 --> 05:16:32,260 You're right. 3017 05:16:32,770 --> 05:16:36,350 On his deathbed, Oscar asked you to take charge of the theatre. 3018 05:16:37,190 --> 05:16:39,310 I was there. I remember it well. 3019 05:16:39,730 --> 05:16:41,570 Gustav Adolf will be awfully hurt. 3020 05:16:41,820 --> 05:16:44,730 Why all this concern for Gustav Adolf? 3021 05:16:45,660 --> 05:16:47,610 He has a good head for business, 3022 05:16:47,830 --> 05:16:50,660 but he doesn't know a thing about theatre. 3023 05:16:51,160 --> 05:16:53,370 It's your theatre, my dear Emilie. 3024 05:16:55,040 --> 05:16:57,530 It's about time we explain to our backwoods napoleon 3025 05:16:57,750 --> 05:16:59,490 that he's facing his waterloo. 3026 05:17:00,670 --> 05:17:04,040 I'd like you to read a new play by august Strindberg. 3027 05:17:04,970 --> 05:17:07,250 That nasty misogynist! 3028 05:17:07,510 --> 05:17:08,500 No, thank you. 3029 05:17:08,680 --> 05:17:10,590 It's called a dream play. 3030 05:17:12,680 --> 05:17:14,680 I thought we'd both perform in it. 3031 05:17:15,560 --> 05:17:18,350 Not on your life. I haven't appeared on stage in -- 3032 05:17:18,480 --> 05:17:22,320 All the more reason. I won't disturb you any longer. 3033 05:17:23,400 --> 05:17:26,190 You never disturb me. 3034 05:17:32,290 --> 05:17:34,200 What are you laughing at? 3035 05:17:34,460 --> 05:17:37,070 Now we're the ones in charge, aren't we? 3036 05:17:37,540 --> 05:17:38,700 Do you think so? 3037 05:17:40,840 --> 05:17:43,870 - Good night, dearest. - Good night, my dear. 3038 05:18:25,920 --> 05:18:31,540 "Everything can happen. Everything is possible and probable. 3039 05:18:32,390 --> 05:18:35,130 Time and space do not exist. 3040 05:18:35,810 --> 05:18:39,100 On a flimsy framework of reality, 3041 05:18:39,600 --> 05:18:44,940 the imagination spins, weaving new patterns."