1 00:05:22,573 --> 00:05:23,825 Good evening, Vercheres. 2 00:05:23,908 --> 00:05:24,993 Shh! 3 00:05:25,076 --> 00:05:27,036 Good evening, Inspector. 4 00:05:27,286 --> 00:05:29,664 You have missed half of the opera, as usual. 5 00:05:29,747 --> 00:05:30,999 I didn't come to see the opera. 6 00:05:31,124 --> 00:05:32,417 As usual. 7 00:06:45,990 --> 00:06:47,784 - Raoul! - Christine. 8 00:06:48,117 --> 00:06:50,995 I just got back from Rouen. Now I must talk to you for a moment. 9 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:52,080 But I... 10 00:06:54,582 --> 00:06:56,334 Raoul, I shouldn't have left. 11 00:06:56,459 --> 00:06:59,087 Christine, dear. I hurried over to tell you something. 12 00:06:59,170 --> 00:07:01,089 - What? - That I love you. 13 00:07:01,172 --> 00:07:02,673 - Again? - Still. 14 00:07:09,722 --> 00:07:11,390 - What a wonderful audience tonight. - Wonderful. 15 00:07:11,474 --> 00:07:12,642 And you were marvelous, Biancarolli. 16 00:07:12,767 --> 00:07:13,935 Oh, thank you. 17 00:07:14,018 --> 00:07:17,313 We're having supper tonight at the Café de l'Opéra. 18 00:07:17,396 --> 00:07:18,940 I'm terribly sorry, Raoul, 19 00:07:19,065 --> 00:07:20,650 - but I can't tonight. - Why not? 20 00:07:20,858 --> 00:07:22,276 Chris! Christine! 21 00:07:23,194 --> 00:07:24,487 I'm coming, Jenny. 22 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:26,531 If you have another engagement tonight, break it. 23 00:07:31,077 --> 00:07:33,246 You've had your fling at this for two years. 24 00:07:33,329 --> 00:07:34,914 But I don't want to give up the Opera. 25 00:07:35,206 --> 00:07:37,792 Not until I've had a chance to really sing. 26 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:39,293 And Anatole says he has great faith 27 00:07:39,377 --> 00:07:41,087 in my voice, and he's going to help me. 28 00:07:41,379 --> 00:07:44,048 Naturally. That's what baritones are for. 29 00:07:47,051 --> 00:07:48,803 You're in wonderful voice tonight, monsieur. 30 00:07:48,886 --> 00:07:49,887 - Excellent. - Thank you, Marcel. 31 00:07:51,222 --> 00:07:53,474 Christine! Why weren't you on the stage for the end of the act? 32 00:07:53,558 --> 00:07:54,642 Well, I... 33 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:56,269 - You're all right, aren't you? - Oh, yes. 34 00:07:56,352 --> 00:07:58,104 Mademoiselle DuBois? 35 00:07:58,187 --> 00:07:59,188 Come here, please. 36 00:08:01,691 --> 00:08:03,067 Don't worry. 37 00:08:05,486 --> 00:08:07,822 Why weren't you on the stage for the curtain calls, mademoiselle? 38 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:09,198 Well, I was ill... 39 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:10,616 No, you were not. 40 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:13,661 You were entertaining a friend. A friend, mind you! 41 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:16,330 Now, for a singer to deliberately absent herself from the stage 42 00:08:16,414 --> 00:08:18,374 during a performance is a gross breach of... 43 00:08:19,834 --> 00:08:20,835 Oh... 44 00:08:21,169 --> 00:08:22,587 You wish to talk to me, monsieur? 45 00:08:22,712 --> 00:08:24,130 With your permission, I'd like a few words 46 00:08:24,213 --> 00:08:27,300 with Mademoiselle DuBois in my office after the performance. 47 00:08:27,383 --> 00:08:29,218 - Yes, she will be there. - Thank you. 48 00:08:29,802 --> 00:08:32,346 Now, you bear in your mind what I told you, mademoiselle. 49 00:08:32,430 --> 00:08:33,598 Yes, monsieur. 50 00:08:45,610 --> 00:08:48,279 Terrifying fellow, that Vercheres, when he wants to be. 51 00:08:49,447 --> 00:08:51,365 I'm very grateful, monsieur. 52 00:08:51,449 --> 00:08:53,576 I promise you I'll never miss a curtain call again. 53 00:08:53,659 --> 00:08:55,494 It's a promise. Now, uh... 54 00:08:56,287 --> 00:08:59,707 This young man who is more important to you than your career... 55 00:08:59,790 --> 00:09:00,750 Who is he? 56 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:04,754 But he isn't, monsieur. That is, I'm very fond of him... I mean... 57 00:09:05,171 --> 00:09:06,172 Oh. 58 00:09:06,505 --> 00:09:09,592 Well, he's Inspector Raoul Daubert of the Sûreté. 59 00:09:09,675 --> 00:09:11,969 Inspector? You mean a policeman? 60 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:14,972 But he's not an ordinary policeman. 61 00:09:15,056 --> 00:09:17,266 Even an extraordinary policeman seems 62 00:09:17,391 --> 00:09:19,602 a strange sweetheart for an operatic soprano. 63 00:09:19,685 --> 00:09:20,686 Does he sing? 64 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:24,649 I'm afraid you don't understand, monsieur. 65 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:27,693 He's a graduate of the military academy at Saint-Cyr. 66 00:09:27,777 --> 00:09:30,696 And he's very intelligent and very clever. 67 00:09:31,864 --> 00:09:33,241 For a man who means nothing to you, 68 00:09:33,324 --> 00:09:35,534 he seems to have made quite an impression, mademoiselle. 69 00:09:35,952 --> 00:09:39,372 But I didn't say he meant nothing to me. What I said was... 70 00:09:39,455 --> 00:09:40,539 I know. 71 00:09:41,290 --> 00:09:42,625 I know what you mean. 72 00:09:44,043 --> 00:09:46,545 You have promise, Mademoiselle DuBois. 73 00:09:47,713 --> 00:09:49,715 But you must choose between an operatic career 74 00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:52,593 and what is usually called "a normal life." 75 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:56,472 Though why it is so-called is beyond me. 76 00:09:57,056 --> 00:09:59,267 You can't do justice to both. 77 00:09:59,642 --> 00:10:02,436 The artist has a special temperament, 78 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,524 and he must live his life exclusively with those who understand it. 79 00:10:07,483 --> 00:10:08,859 I understand, monsieur. 80 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:13,030 You'll find that music has its compensations, my dear. 81 00:10:13,656 --> 00:10:14,657 Good night. 82 00:10:15,199 --> 00:10:16,826 Good night. And thank you. 83 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:23,457 Oh, Mademoiselle DuBois, will you please tell Monsieur Claudin to come in? 84 00:10:23,541 --> 00:10:24,625 I think he's in the anteroom. 85 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:25,876 Certainly. 86 00:10:26,168 --> 00:10:27,211 Good night. 87 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:41,434 Good evening. Monsieur Villeneuve asked that you come in now. 88 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,519 Thank you, mademoiselle. Thank you. 89 00:10:43,644 --> 00:10:46,105 Mademoiselle? May I speak to you for a minute? 90 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:47,523 Certainly. 91 00:10:49,108 --> 00:10:50,484 You weren't on the stage tonight 92 00:10:50,609 --> 00:10:52,028 for the third-act curtain calls. 93 00:10:52,903 --> 00:10:55,323 Everyone in the theater seems to have noticed it. 94 00:10:55,406 --> 00:10:57,116 It's really quite flattering. 95 00:10:57,199 --> 00:10:58,200 Why weren't you there? 96 00:11:00,286 --> 00:11:03,497 Oh, forgive me, but I've been here so long that you... 97 00:11:04,582 --> 00:11:06,500 Everybody, everything connected with 98 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:08,586 the Opera is so much a part of my life. 99 00:11:10,087 --> 00:11:13,174 Of course. But Monsieur Villeneuve is waiting. 100 00:11:14,425 --> 00:11:15,509 Yes. 101 00:11:16,635 --> 00:11:17,970 You weren't ill, were you? 102 00:11:18,596 --> 00:11:20,598 You're not in any trouble? 103 00:11:20,848 --> 00:11:23,351 Oh, it's impertinent of me, I know, but, uh... 104 00:11:26,020 --> 00:11:27,021 You're very kind. 105 00:11:31,108 --> 00:11:32,443 Good night. 106 00:11:32,943 --> 00:11:34,278 Christine! 107 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:36,739 Oh... 108 00:11:37,698 --> 00:11:38,699 I'm sorry. 109 00:11:43,662 --> 00:11:44,997 I'm sorry. 110 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:48,125 Good night. 111 00:11:49,877 --> 00:11:51,045 Good night. 112 00:12:08,854 --> 00:12:10,481 Come in, please. 113 00:12:16,445 --> 00:12:19,031 You know why I sent for you, Claudin. 114 00:12:19,490 --> 00:12:21,242 I think so, Maestro. 115 00:12:21,325 --> 00:12:24,703 For some time now, I have sensed discord in the violin section. 116 00:12:25,955 --> 00:12:30,126 It was not until tonight that I definitely located the source of the trouble. 117 00:12:33,337 --> 00:12:35,214 Let me hear you play, if you please, Claudin. 118 00:12:37,508 --> 00:12:38,843 Yes, Maestro. 119 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:24,448 What was that, Claudin? 120 00:14:24,532 --> 00:14:26,951 A little song. A lullaby. 121 00:14:27,868 --> 00:14:30,037 From Provence, where I was born. 122 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,622 You played it very well. 123 00:14:32,998 --> 00:14:34,792 Perhaps I was wrong. 124 00:14:36,961 --> 00:14:38,462 No, it was you. 125 00:14:39,421 --> 00:14:40,965 What could have been the matter, Claudin? 126 00:14:41,090 --> 00:14:42,591 You're an accomplished musician. 127 00:14:42,675 --> 00:14:44,051 Come, come now. 128 00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:47,137 Let me hear you play the opening movement in the third act of Marta. 129 00:14:48,597 --> 00:14:50,266 It's no use, Maestro. 130 00:14:50,849 --> 00:14:53,852 Something has happened to the fingers of my left hand. 131 00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:56,438 But you played that lullaby perfectly. 132 00:14:56,814 --> 00:14:59,066 It's a simple melody, Maestro. 133 00:14:59,984 --> 00:15:01,652 That's why I played it. 134 00:15:02,152 --> 00:15:04,238 You were trying to fool me, eh, Claudin? 135 00:15:04,321 --> 00:15:07,658 Well, perhaps it's only temporary. Perhaps it'll get better. 136 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:10,953 I hope so, but in the meantime... 137 00:15:12,246 --> 00:15:16,000 You know, Claudin, the aim of the Paris Opera is perfection. 138 00:15:18,168 --> 00:15:20,379 I'm sorry, old fellow. Very sorry. 139 00:15:20,462 --> 00:15:22,423 You've been with us a long time, haven't you? 140 00:15:22,506 --> 00:15:23,841 Twenty years. 141 00:15:25,843 --> 00:15:27,094 What am I to do, Maestro? 142 00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:30,973 I know it's hard, Claudin. 143 00:15:33,225 --> 00:15:35,936 No doubt you've saved a tidy little fortune to retire on. 144 00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:38,731 Yes, of course. 145 00:15:38,814 --> 00:15:40,441 In appreciation of your long service, 146 00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:41,900 I shall arrange with the directors 147 00:15:42,026 --> 00:15:43,485 to have a season ticket issued to you. 148 00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:47,406 Thank you, Maestro. 149 00:17:20,332 --> 00:17:22,376 Why didn't you get yourself something to eat before the opera 150 00:17:22,459 --> 00:17:25,254 instead of keeping me up all hours? You're rich enough. 151 00:17:25,337 --> 00:17:27,548 Same soup night after night, week after week. 152 00:17:27,631 --> 00:17:29,299 Oh, please don't disturb yourself, Marie. 153 00:17:29,383 --> 00:17:31,301 You're a fine one to say that. 154 00:17:31,385 --> 00:17:32,636 Why wouldn't I be disturbed? 155 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,346 I'll come right to the point, Monsieur Claudin. 156 00:17:34,430 --> 00:17:36,682 What you do with your money is none of my business. 157 00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:39,309 If you want to hoard it and starve to death, that's your affair. 158 00:17:39,393 --> 00:17:41,145 But you haven't paid me a sou for six weeks, 159 00:17:41,311 --> 00:17:43,063 and that's as long as I'm going to wait. 160 00:17:43,147 --> 00:17:44,732 Marie, I haven't any money. Not now. 161 00:17:44,857 --> 00:17:46,442 If you'll be patient just a little longer... 162 00:17:46,525 --> 00:17:47,693 You haven't any money! 163 00:17:47,776 --> 00:17:50,571 After working for the Paris Opera all these years? 164 00:17:50,654 --> 00:17:53,240 What do you expect to do with your money? Bury it with you? 165 00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:55,576 If you do, they'll dig you up and steal it. 166 00:17:55,659 --> 00:17:57,161 If you think you're going to add 167 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:58,829 a few francs to your fortune at my expense, 168 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:00,581 you're very much mistaken. 169 00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:03,959 Marie, you've been very kind. You've been very patient. 170 00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:06,044 You'll be paid, I promise you! 171 00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:07,629 Now, please leave me alone. 172 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:12,843 it makes me sick to think of all that money doing nobody any good. 173 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:17,681 Either I get my money, or out you go! 174 00:18:17,765 --> 00:18:19,641 That's my last word, Claudin. 175 00:19:34,091 --> 00:19:36,677 You are late, Monsieur Claudin. The lesson is almost over. 176 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,096 I didn't come about that today, mademoiselle. 177 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:43,433 She's not in voice today. 178 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:44,685 I'll tell Signor Ferretti... 179 00:19:44,768 --> 00:19:46,019 Oh, please don't interrupt the lesson. 180 00:19:46,144 --> 00:19:47,396 Of course not. 181 00:19:47,479 --> 00:19:48,856 I understand. 182 00:19:48,939 --> 00:19:51,066 But I must announce the time to Signor Ferretti 183 00:19:51,149 --> 00:19:53,277 or he'll keep his students for hours. 184 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,492 It's 11:00, Signor Ferretti. 185 00:20:00,617 --> 00:20:01,952 Thank you. 186 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:07,165 Mademoiselle, you disappoint me this morning. 187 00:20:07,249 --> 00:20:08,667 I'm sorry. 188 00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:10,043 I'm a little upset. 189 00:20:10,127 --> 00:20:12,588 If some man is upsetting you, pitch him out of your life. 190 00:20:12,671 --> 00:20:14,298 Music is first. Music is everything. 191 00:20:14,423 --> 00:20:16,008 I understand. 192 00:20:16,091 --> 00:20:18,468 You don't understand. Women never understand. 193 00:20:18,552 --> 00:20:20,304 But they are docile. 194 00:20:20,804 --> 00:20:22,472 Perhaps you're not getting enough sleep. 195 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:24,474 Come later tomorrow, say midday. 196 00:20:24,808 --> 00:20:26,560 Thank you, monsieur. 197 00:20:30,606 --> 00:20:32,691 Mademoiselle, remember you have 198 00:20:32,816 --> 00:20:34,943 responsibilities to others as well as yourself. 199 00:20:35,027 --> 00:20:36,236 I know. 200 00:20:36,987 --> 00:20:39,990 I can never repay you for what you've done for me. 201 00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:42,075 - Good day, monsieur. - Good day. 202 00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:47,080 Would you come this way, monsieur? 203 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:51,793 Monsieur Claudin is here, Signor Ferretti. 204 00:20:51,877 --> 00:20:53,921 Oh! Come in, Claudin. Come in. 205 00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:55,964 Won't you sit down a moment? 206 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:57,174 Thank you. 207 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:03,013 I suppose you noticed your protégé was disappointing today. 208 00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:04,890 Well, an off day now and then... 209 00:21:05,015 --> 00:21:06,808 You've done a lot for her, Signor. 210 00:21:06,892 --> 00:21:09,561 Nevertheless, she is making definite progress, eh? 211 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,023 I was dismissed from the orchestra last night. 212 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:14,107 Oh. 213 00:21:14,191 --> 00:21:16,735 Then you will have to withdraw your support from Mademoiselle DuBois? 214 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:20,781 Only for a little while, just until I can secure another position. 215 00:21:20,864 --> 00:21:23,200 I had hoped that you would continue to instruct mademoiselle. 216 00:21:23,784 --> 00:21:27,162 Claudin, if you don't mind me saying so, you are a fool. 217 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,916 A man of your age might win a young girl like Christine DuBois 218 00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:32,376 if he happened to be the director 219 00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:33,877 of an Opera company but a poor violinist... 220 00:21:33,961 --> 00:21:35,170 Signor. 221 00:21:35,796 --> 00:21:37,673 We agreed never to discuss my motives. 222 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:41,218 Please. Won't you continue to work with her? 223 00:21:41,385 --> 00:21:42,678 Why should I? 224 00:21:42,803 --> 00:21:44,054 Why should I assume your burden 225 00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:45,430 after you spent all your money on her? 226 00:21:45,514 --> 00:21:46,848 The girl means nothing to me. 227 00:21:47,015 --> 00:21:50,268 But her career means more to me than anything else. 228 00:21:50,644 --> 00:21:53,313 I would never let you lose anything on her account. 229 00:21:53,939 --> 00:21:56,024 I'm sorry, Claudin. Really sorry. 230 00:21:57,067 --> 00:21:59,903 If I had the time... But my expenses are great, 231 00:21:59,987 --> 00:22:01,738 and you must remember that many 232 00:22:01,863 --> 00:22:03,573 who can pay are waiting to study with me. 233 00:22:03,657 --> 00:22:05,909 Well, I'll let her come a few times, 234 00:22:06,076 --> 00:22:08,328 and then I will tell her she no longer needs me. 235 00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:12,124 But that isn't true. 236 00:22:12,290 --> 00:22:14,292 As a matter of fact, if you had the money, 237 00:22:14,418 --> 00:22:16,420 she might be launched on a career very soon. 238 00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,255 I assume that Mademoiselle DuBois 239 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:20,757 has not the means to pay for her own instructions. 240 00:22:21,550 --> 00:22:22,884 Why, her month's salary wouldn't be enough 241 00:22:22,968 --> 00:22:24,761 to pay for one of your lessons. 242 00:22:24,845 --> 00:22:25,846 But, uh... 243 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:28,223 But I have written a concerto. 244 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:30,517 Now, will you trust me if I can arrange to have it published? 245 00:22:31,685 --> 00:22:34,271 Every violinist has written a concerto! 246 00:22:34,354 --> 00:22:36,148 Come, come, my dear Claudin. 247 00:22:36,231 --> 00:22:38,775 But I have faith in this one, as much faith as I had 248 00:22:38,859 --> 00:22:41,194 in Mademoiselle DuBois when I came to you three years ago. 249 00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:44,489 Now, I was right about her, Signor. And I'm right about this. 250 00:22:45,907 --> 00:22:47,993 Pleyel and Desjardines are certain to publish 251 00:22:48,118 --> 00:22:50,245 it and they'll give me a substantial advance. 252 00:22:50,328 --> 00:22:51,663 You'll see. 253 00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:31,870 It's a shame. Pleyel's in there with his etchings. 254 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:34,247 Why don't they tell the poor devil he won't see anyone today 255 00:23:34,456 --> 00:23:35,999 instead of torturing him like this? 256 00:23:41,546 --> 00:23:42,964 Claudin. 257 00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:45,592 He'll see me? 258 00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:49,012 No. He is too busy today. 259 00:23:49,179 --> 00:23:50,889 Do you know whether he's seen my manuscript? 260 00:23:50,972 --> 00:23:52,307 Manuscript? What manuscript? 261 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:53,767 My concerto. 262 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:54,893 I know nothing about it. 263 00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:56,770 Oh, but you yourself took the portfolio into him. 264 00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:59,606 If I did, you will receive it in due time. 265 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:20,544 Now, my dear, the acid. Be careful, or you'll burn yourself horribly. 266 00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:24,256 Monsieur Pleyel. 267 00:24:24,548 --> 00:24:25,674 What are you doing here? 268 00:24:25,757 --> 00:24:27,926 I've been waiting to see you since this morning. 269 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:29,719 Weren't you told I couldn't see anyone today? 270 00:24:29,803 --> 00:24:32,639 Yes, but my manuscript. I must find out about my manuscript. 271 00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:36,351 Would you mind giving this fellow his manuscript, Georgette? 272 00:24:36,434 --> 00:24:38,937 You'll find it on the desk, if it's anywhere. 273 00:24:39,354 --> 00:24:40,730 What is your name? 274 00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:42,315 Claudin. Erique Claudin. 275 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:44,484 Claudin. 276 00:24:45,235 --> 00:24:46,528 No, no, no, it wouldn't be there. 277 00:24:46,611 --> 00:24:50,115 It's a large manuscript in a portfolio. It's a concerto. 278 00:24:50,198 --> 00:24:51,741 Well, I'm sorry, but I don't know where it is. 279 00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:53,493 Oh, but it must be here. 280 00:24:53,577 --> 00:24:56,788 If it is, it will turn up. Call again in a few days. 281 00:24:56,872 --> 00:24:59,166 You don't understand, mademoiselle. It's the only copy I have. 282 00:24:59,249 --> 00:25:00,625 It represents two years' work. 283 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:02,169 You heard what the lady said. 284 00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:03,503 But it was brought into this office. 285 00:25:03,587 --> 00:25:05,046 It must be here! It must be found! 286 00:25:05,297 --> 00:25:07,757 Did we ask you to bring your music to us, Claudin? 287 00:25:07,883 --> 00:25:10,886 I've seen samples of your compositions before. 288 00:25:11,178 --> 00:25:13,013 Perhaps some employee has thrown this one 289 00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:15,140 into the wastebasket, where it belongs. 290 00:25:15,432 --> 00:25:16,433 Good night! 291 00:25:45,212 --> 00:25:46,880 You think I was right, then, Monsieur Liszt? 292 00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:49,674 It's magnificent. Tell me his name again. 293 00:25:49,758 --> 00:25:51,426 - Erique Claudin. - Claudin. 294 00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:54,804 I've tried for years to persuade Pleyel to publish his work. 295 00:25:54,888 --> 00:25:57,057 But you know how Pleyel feels about unknown composers. 296 00:25:57,140 --> 00:25:59,559 Pleyel will publish this, I promise. 297 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:05,315 That's my music! 298 00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:12,197 I thought I told you to get out. 299 00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:18,119 Thief. 300 00:26:19,162 --> 00:26:21,081 You've stolen my music. 301 00:26:22,082 --> 00:26:23,667 - Thief! - Maurice! 302 00:26:26,711 --> 00:26:29,297 - You're choking him! - You've stolen my music! 303 00:26:30,131 --> 00:26:31,883 Thief! Thief! 304 00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:34,928 You've stolen my music! 305 00:26:42,018 --> 00:26:43,019 Argh! 306 00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:10,422 What happened? 307 00:27:13,508 --> 00:27:15,510 - Stop him! - What's happened, mademoiselle? 308 00:27:15,593 --> 00:27:16,594 Monsieur Pleyel's been murdered. 309 00:27:16,678 --> 00:27:18,680 - Murdered? - By that madman, that Claudin. 310 00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:19,889 Get a doctor, quickly! 311 00:27:19,973 --> 00:27:21,725 You, get a doctor. Somebody call the police. 312 00:27:21,891 --> 00:27:25,687 You hear. Get the doctor! Call police! Police! 313 00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:26,813 Police! 314 00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:28,148 Somebody stop him! 315 00:27:29,566 --> 00:27:30,608 What happened? 316 00:27:30,734 --> 00:27:31,818 Monsieur Pleyel has been murdered! 317 00:27:31,901 --> 00:27:33,445 He ran down that way. 318 00:27:41,995 --> 00:27:42,996 Not here. 319 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:04,851 I am sorry, monsieur. 320 00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:21,284 Move on and don't come back into this district tonight. 321 00:30:06,347 --> 00:30:07,390 Lecours, 322 00:30:07,474 --> 00:30:09,225 how could we ever have been induced 323 00:30:09,392 --> 00:30:11,144 to accept the management of this place? 324 00:30:11,227 --> 00:30:13,563 It's not an opera house. It's a madhouse. 325 00:30:14,606 --> 00:30:15,899 Now this, 326 00:30:16,191 --> 00:30:18,359 "Wanted for murder. Erique Claudin, 327 00:30:18,485 --> 00:30:20,695 "former violinist at Paris Opera House. 328 00:30:20,904 --> 00:30:23,698 "Age, 48 years, height 5'8. 329 00:30:24,574 --> 00:30:27,660 "The face has recently been disfigured by acid." 330 00:30:27,744 --> 00:30:28,786 It's an outrage. 331 00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:30,455 After 20 years with the Paris Opera, 332 00:30:30,538 --> 00:30:33,416 this miserable Claudin has the insolence to commit a murder. 333 00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:35,919 After 20 years with the Paris Opera, a man is capable 334 00:30:36,044 --> 00:30:38,505 of anything, my dear Amiot. 335 00:30:38,588 --> 00:30:40,215 Come in. Come in, come in! 336 00:30:41,341 --> 00:30:43,259 Monsieur, there is a thief in the Opera House. 337 00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:44,344 Thief? 338 00:30:44,427 --> 00:30:47,138 A costume has been stolen. And two masks. 339 00:30:47,222 --> 00:30:48,556 That's impossible. That fool of 340 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:49,974 a wardrobe woman must have lost them. 341 00:30:50,058 --> 00:30:51,267 She should have been dismissed long ago. 342 00:30:51,392 --> 00:30:52,602 She's much too fat. 343 00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:56,022 That's not all. The thief has broken into the restaurant. 344 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:57,607 - The restaurant? - Yes, monsieur. 345 00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:59,275 There's missing a... 346 00:30:59,442 --> 00:31:00,985 There's missing... 347 00:31:01,069 --> 00:31:03,571 There's missing a bucket of pickled pigs' feet in vinegar, 348 00:31:03,655 --> 00:31:04,822 a ham, 349 00:31:04,948 --> 00:31:06,324 and a paté. 350 00:31:06,491 --> 00:31:08,201 Call the police at once. This must be stopped! 351 00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:09,285 Yes, monsieur. 352 00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:12,622 Monsieur, I'm afraid the police can't stop that. 353 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:14,082 - It's he. - Who? 354 00:31:15,917 --> 00:31:18,628 Please, don't start that nonsense again, Vercheres. 355 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,130 At your age, you ought to know that there aren't any ghosts. 356 00:31:21,214 --> 00:31:24,467 Monsieur, you are skeptical, but I don't like ghosts. 357 00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:26,386 - I'm a busy man. - What's that? 358 00:31:26,970 --> 00:31:29,430 Our brilliant stage manager insists there's 359 00:31:29,556 --> 00:31:32,058 a malicious ghost prowling about the Opera. 360 00:31:32,141 --> 00:31:35,562 If anything goes wrong, he thinks this ghost did it! 361 00:31:35,645 --> 00:31:36,980 Oh, Monsieur. 362 00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:42,902 It has a long nose and a big red beard. 363 00:31:42,986 --> 00:31:44,070 You make me nervous! 364 00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:45,321 It's gone. 365 00:31:46,364 --> 00:31:47,365 Did you hear that, Lecours? 366 00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:50,493 My master key is gone. 367 00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:54,247 Do you realize what that means, Lecours? 368 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,000 With that key in his possession, 369 00:31:57,125 --> 00:31:59,043 the thief can open 2,500 doors! 370 00:31:59,210 --> 00:32:01,921 To say nothing of thousands of closets and cabinets. 371 00:32:02,005 --> 00:32:04,507 Perhaps the pickled pigs' feet will kill him. 372 00:32:04,841 --> 00:32:07,010 Oh, you don't seem to understand. 373 00:32:07,719 --> 00:32:09,429 Why, he can hide everywhere. 374 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:11,848 The entire police force couldn't find him here. 375 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:14,100 You don't seem to realize the extent of this place, Lecours. 376 00:32:14,183 --> 00:32:15,935 You have never taken the trouble to find out. 377 00:32:16,019 --> 00:32:18,271 Why should I? I have troubles enough. 378 00:32:18,354 --> 00:32:19,939 What are you waiting for? 379 00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:22,191 - Get the police! - Yes, monsieur. 380 00:32:22,275 --> 00:32:26,529 Paté, a ham, pickled pigs' feet and 2,500 rooms! 381 00:32:27,488 --> 00:32:29,324 What is the Opera coming to? 382 00:32:50,219 --> 00:32:52,221 That's lovely. What is it? 383 00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:55,266 It's a lullaby of Provence. I've known it all my life. 384 00:32:59,062 --> 00:33:03,232 Hear those bells ringing 385 00:33:03,316 --> 00:33:07,070 Soft and low 386 00:33:07,737 --> 00:33:10,657 Bringing peace 387 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:16,079 Through the twilight glow 388 00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:20,208 Calling to everyone 389 00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:24,671 Night has begun 390 00:33:24,962 --> 00:33:30,009 Tired from your weary toil 391 00:33:30,218 --> 00:33:35,348 Day's work is done 392 00:33:36,265 --> 00:33:39,519 Hear them ring 393 00:33:39,602 --> 00:33:45,316 While my love and I 394 00:33:45,775 --> 00:33:49,779 Drift and dream 395 00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:56,786 To their lullaby 396 00:33:59,372 --> 00:34:03,710 Hear those bells ringing 397 00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:06,838 Soft and low 398 00:34:08,131 --> 00:34:11,551 Ringing peace 399 00:34:11,634 --> 00:34:16,097 Through the twilight glow 400 00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:22,228 Calling to everyone 401 00:34:22,729 --> 00:34:25,398 Night has... 402 00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:27,024 - Monsieur Daubert. - Madame. 403 00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:31,446 They call this rehearsing, monsieur. 404 00:34:31,529 --> 00:34:33,239 I'm sorry to intrude, 405 00:34:33,322 --> 00:34:34,490 but I must see you, Christine. 406 00:34:34,574 --> 00:34:36,492 Well, you see, I'm busy right now, Raoul. 407 00:34:36,576 --> 00:34:37,577 Christine! 408 00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:41,831 Please remember that you are speaking to a gentleman. 409 00:34:46,502 --> 00:34:47,712 Well... 410 00:34:48,588 --> 00:34:49,714 Come in, Raoul. 411 00:34:50,006 --> 00:34:51,257 Rehearsals! 412 00:34:52,508 --> 00:34:55,094 Anatole, well, he's been helping me. 413 00:34:55,344 --> 00:34:56,512 Oh, Monsieur is very kind. 414 00:34:56,596 --> 00:34:58,473 Not at all, monsieur. I find it a pleasure. 415 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:00,266 I'm Anatole Garron of the Opera. 416 00:35:00,349 --> 00:35:04,187 Oh, I'm so sorry. This is Inspector Daubert, of the Sûreté. 417 00:35:04,687 --> 00:35:07,940 I've heard of you, Monsieur Inspector. Your work must be exciting. 418 00:35:08,024 --> 00:35:10,276 Not so exciting as yours, monsieur. 419 00:35:10,359 --> 00:35:12,862 It doesn't lend itself to self-expression. 420 00:35:14,489 --> 00:35:17,658 I didn't recognize that delightful song you were singing, Christine. 421 00:35:17,742 --> 00:35:20,411 But as you know, I am no connoisseur of the opera. 422 00:35:20,703 --> 00:35:22,830 It's not from an opera, Raoul. 423 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,081 It's a lullaby. 424 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:25,625 A lullaby. 425 00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:29,629 It didn't seem very effective as a lullaby. 426 00:35:29,712 --> 00:35:32,131 Well, you see, Monsieur Inspector, 427 00:35:32,215 --> 00:35:35,843 a song is capable of many interpretations by a musician. 428 00:35:36,219 --> 00:35:37,887 By a detective, too. 429 00:35:38,513 --> 00:35:41,516 Though no doubt the detective is usually mistaken. 430 00:35:42,183 --> 00:35:44,310 I must see you alone, Christine. 431 00:35:44,393 --> 00:35:46,729 I'm here on business from the Sûreté. 432 00:35:47,522 --> 00:35:48,481 With me? 433 00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:51,234 What business could mademoiselle have with the Sûreté? 434 00:35:53,569 --> 00:35:54,904 What is it, Raoul? 435 00:35:56,197 --> 00:35:58,866 If you don't mind, I'd rather Anatole stay. 436 00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:05,832 Very well, Christine. 437 00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:08,584 You know Erique Claudin? 438 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:10,253 - Well, yes. - How well? 439 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:14,257 I knew him only as a violinist in the orchestra. 440 00:36:14,882 --> 00:36:17,051 I encountered him a few times in the foyer 441 00:36:17,134 --> 00:36:18,678 or on the stage or outside the Opera, 442 00:36:18,761 --> 00:36:19,929 but that's all. 443 00:36:20,930 --> 00:36:23,516 He... He acted a little strangely, 444 00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:25,476 but I assumed he was that way with everybody. 445 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,353 Strangely? How do you mean, strangely? 446 00:36:27,770 --> 00:36:30,439 Well... I don't know. 447 00:36:31,315 --> 00:36:34,694 He just seemed eccentric, but harmless. 448 00:36:35,695 --> 00:36:39,031 I thought he was a rather kind old fellow until I read of the murder. 449 00:36:40,116 --> 00:36:41,117 What is it, Raoul? 450 00:36:42,076 --> 00:36:44,787 He was a kind and inoffensive man, 451 00:36:45,621 --> 00:36:48,416 until he thought Pleyel was robbing him of his life's work. 452 00:36:48,499 --> 00:36:51,669 Then something snapped, and he became a homicidal maniac. 453 00:36:51,836 --> 00:36:53,963 In his state, he may commit other murders. 454 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:56,716 It's urgent that we capture him as soon as possible. 455 00:37:00,553 --> 00:37:02,680 But... But what has all this to do with me? 456 00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:04,974 We found something in his room 457 00:37:05,308 --> 00:37:07,393 that connects you with him. 458 00:37:07,643 --> 00:37:09,478 No doubt, you can explain. 459 00:37:12,315 --> 00:37:14,317 So that's what became of it. 460 00:37:14,692 --> 00:37:16,485 Be good enough to explain yourself, monsieur. 461 00:37:16,569 --> 00:37:18,613 Well, certainly. That statuette is mine. 462 00:37:18,696 --> 00:37:20,698 - Yours? - Definitely. I made it. 463 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,992 I intended to make you a present of it, Christine. 464 00:37:23,659 --> 00:37:25,328 How nice of you, Anatole. 465 00:37:25,453 --> 00:37:27,914 Unfortunately, it disappeared from my dressing room. 466 00:37:27,997 --> 00:37:29,665 It's an extraordinary likeness. 467 00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:33,336 My compliments on your versatility, monsieur. 468 00:37:35,254 --> 00:37:37,089 You must have posed for this many times. 469 00:37:37,340 --> 00:37:38,591 Every detail is you. 470 00:37:38,674 --> 00:37:40,593 I never posed for it. Not once. 471 00:37:41,427 --> 00:37:42,970 You did this from drawings? 472 00:37:43,054 --> 00:37:45,014 - And from memory, Monsieur Inspector. - Oh. 473 00:37:45,514 --> 00:37:47,183 To see Christine is to carry her image 474 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:49,018 in your heart and mind forever. 475 00:37:50,019 --> 00:37:51,896 That old scoundrel Claudin must have stolen it. 476 00:37:51,979 --> 00:37:53,022 Why? 477 00:37:53,773 --> 00:37:55,399 Isn't it obvious? 478 00:37:56,943 --> 00:37:59,946 Speaking purely as an inspector of the Sûreté, 479 00:38:00,655 --> 00:38:03,157 I'm afraid that even the obvious often needs confirmation. 480 00:38:03,532 --> 00:38:05,993 But as a man, Monsieur Daubert, you can understand that 481 00:38:06,077 --> 00:38:07,453 sitting there in the orchestra pit 482 00:38:07,536 --> 00:38:09,664 night after night and looking at Christine, 483 00:38:10,456 --> 00:38:12,625 Claudin probably fell in love with her. 484 00:38:14,543 --> 00:38:16,379 You admit that is possible, no? 485 00:38:18,339 --> 00:38:19,674 Christine, 486 00:38:20,049 --> 00:38:23,052 Claudin ever seek more than a casual acquaintance with you? 487 00:38:23,135 --> 00:38:24,136 No, never. 488 00:38:24,929 --> 00:38:27,807 Can you imagine so diffident a lover, monsieur? 489 00:38:27,890 --> 00:38:29,725 Claudin was barely 50. 490 00:38:30,726 --> 00:38:33,270 Well, no doubt he lacked assurance. 491 00:38:34,105 --> 00:38:35,106 No doubt. 492 00:38:38,818 --> 00:38:40,611 This is yours, Christine. 493 00:38:40,736 --> 00:38:42,655 - You're giving it to me? - Yes. 494 00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:43,739 Well! 495 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:47,034 Then I'll accept it as a gift from both of you. 496 00:38:47,952 --> 00:38:50,454 Well, I seem to have got the worse of this bargain. 497 00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:54,000 In the future, Monsieur Inspector, I detect, you model. 498 00:38:54,583 --> 00:38:57,378 In any case, monsieur, that was a bad clue. 499 00:38:57,461 --> 00:38:59,380 Not so bad as it seems. 500 00:38:59,547 --> 00:39:02,091 It enabled me to recover mademoiselle's statuette. 501 00:39:02,216 --> 00:39:03,384 Thank you, Raoul. 502 00:39:05,177 --> 00:39:07,513 Is that your carriage at the door, monsieur? 503 00:39:07,596 --> 00:39:08,973 Why, yes. 504 00:39:09,056 --> 00:39:11,559 Would you be good enough to give me a lift? 505 00:39:12,143 --> 00:39:13,394 Which way are you going, monsieur? 506 00:39:13,477 --> 00:39:15,521 Oh, it doesn't matter. As Inspector of Police, 507 00:39:15,604 --> 00:39:17,773 I have business all over Paris. 508 00:39:18,274 --> 00:39:20,276 Yes, well, in that case... 509 00:39:21,152 --> 00:39:23,237 - Au revoir, Christine. - Au revoir. 510 00:39:26,824 --> 00:39:29,160 You've been most helpful, Christine. Most helpful. 511 00:39:29,285 --> 00:39:31,829 - I hope you catch him soon. - Thank you. 512 00:39:32,621 --> 00:39:33,748 Ready, monsieur? 513 00:39:33,873 --> 00:39:35,041 At your service. 514 00:39:45,342 --> 00:39:46,677 After you, monsieur. 515 00:39:46,802 --> 00:39:48,179 After you, monsieur. 516 00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:29,053 Madame looks beautiful tonight. 517 00:40:29,178 --> 00:40:30,763 Don't I always, Yvette? 518 00:40:30,846 --> 00:40:32,765 But especially tonight, madame. 519 00:40:32,848 --> 00:40:35,184 Monsieur Garron, if he has eyes in his head... 520 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:37,311 - Madame Biancarolli, please. - The first act just started. 521 00:40:37,394 --> 00:40:39,063 Thank you. Madame. 522 00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:45,152 Good evening. 523 00:40:58,749 --> 00:41:01,210 Marcel, do you think I lead an enviable life? 524 00:41:01,293 --> 00:41:02,294 Yes, monsieur. 525 00:41:02,378 --> 00:41:04,964 Well, I do, but not for reasons you're thinking. 526 00:41:05,047 --> 00:41:07,174 I'm a very happy man because I'm having 527 00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:09,385 supper tonight with Mademoiselle DuBois. 528 00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:12,012 Christine? 529 00:41:14,723 --> 00:41:17,685 You're going to be a great and famous singer. 530 00:41:18,644 --> 00:41:20,146 I'll help you. 531 00:42:55,991 --> 00:42:59,286 Christine, you're going to be a great and famous singer. 532 00:42:59,828 --> 00:43:00,913 I'll help you. 533 00:43:07,253 --> 00:43:08,337 What's the matter? 534 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:09,922 Why, someone just said the very 535 00:43:10,005 --> 00:43:11,924 same thing to me a moment ago in my room. 536 00:43:12,007 --> 00:43:13,634 Someone? Who? 537 00:43:13,717 --> 00:43:15,928 I don't know. It was just a voice. 538 00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:18,305 I knew you'd hear me sooner or later. 539 00:43:18,389 --> 00:43:20,224 - You mean it was you? - Of course. 540 00:43:20,307 --> 00:43:22,101 I don't mean actually but I've been saying 541 00:43:22,184 --> 00:43:24,186 that ever since I saw you and heard you sing. 542 00:43:24,478 --> 00:43:25,562 And at last, you heard me. 543 00:43:25,688 --> 00:43:26,772 Your cue, monsieur. 544 00:43:26,855 --> 00:43:28,190 I'll tell you again tonight, at supper. 545 00:45:36,568 --> 00:45:38,320 What is it, madame? 546 00:45:39,488 --> 00:45:40,989 I don't know. I... 547 00:45:50,666 --> 00:45:51,875 Help me! 548 00:45:53,127 --> 00:45:54,420 Monsieur Vercheres! 549 00:45:55,796 --> 00:45:57,047 Madame. 550 00:45:57,339 --> 00:45:59,508 You, get the doctor. Quickly. 551 00:45:59,591 --> 00:46:00,634 Take her to her dressing room. 552 00:46:00,759 --> 00:46:01,802 What could have happened? 553 00:46:02,010 --> 00:46:03,220 What? 554 00:46:05,055 --> 00:46:06,223 Quick! 555 00:46:11,019 --> 00:46:12,938 Mademoiselle DuBois, you must go on at once. 556 00:46:13,021 --> 00:46:16,108 Madame Biancarolli has been taken ill. Please get changed quickly. 557 00:46:16,191 --> 00:46:19,069 Claire! Claire! Where is that clumsy wardrobe woman? 558 00:46:19,153 --> 00:46:20,821 Claire, get Mademoiselle DuBois changed at once. 559 00:46:20,946 --> 00:46:22,656 There isn't a moment to lose. 560 00:46:23,991 --> 00:46:25,951 She was drugged. There's no doubt about it. 561 00:46:26,034 --> 00:46:27,911 Now, who the devil would want to drug her? 562 00:46:27,995 --> 00:46:29,997 I'm sure she over-ate. 563 00:46:30,247 --> 00:46:32,291 You're certain she'll recover, Dr. Lefort? 564 00:46:32,374 --> 00:46:33,959 Definitely. 565 00:46:34,168 --> 00:46:36,170 What am I doing here? I... 566 00:46:37,004 --> 00:46:38,964 I should be onstage! I... 567 00:46:39,047 --> 00:46:40,340 - Doctor! - Madame... 568 00:46:40,424 --> 00:46:42,176 She'll be all right now. 569 00:49:20,751 --> 00:49:23,629 Why is she singing? What is she doing out there? 570 00:49:23,962 --> 00:49:25,130 What's happened? 571 00:49:25,213 --> 00:49:27,633 Please, madame, control yourself. I assure you that... 572 00:49:27,716 --> 00:49:29,134 Come to the point, Amiot. 573 00:49:29,217 --> 00:49:31,428 You were seized with a touch of indigestion. 574 00:49:31,511 --> 00:49:34,431 As your understudy, Mademoiselle DuBois naturally took your place. 575 00:49:34,514 --> 00:49:38,644 A touch of indigestion! Why, I was perfectly well when I went on the stage. 576 00:49:38,727 --> 00:49:41,313 - Why, I was drugged. - Oh... 577 00:49:41,396 --> 00:49:42,981 And you all know by whom. 578 00:49:43,065 --> 00:49:46,652 Anatole Garron did it to make room for that baggage. 579 00:49:46,735 --> 00:49:48,528 Madame, consider what you're saying! 580 00:49:48,612 --> 00:49:50,739 Madame, please, compose yourself. 581 00:49:50,822 --> 00:49:54,660 I demand Garron's arrest, and hers, too. She had a hand in it. 582 00:49:54,743 --> 00:49:56,662 - I demand an investigation. - Please, madame. 583 00:49:56,745 --> 00:49:57,913 Let me go! 584 00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:59,247 Madame, consider our position. 585 00:51:47,773 --> 00:51:49,691 You were wonderful! 586 00:52:41,409 --> 00:52:44,246 I assure you, monsieur, the property man swears that 587 00:52:44,329 --> 00:52:49,167 there was no opportunity for any human being to tamper with the drinks. 588 00:52:49,251 --> 00:52:51,920 Monsieur Inspector, what are you waiting for? 589 00:52:52,379 --> 00:52:55,465 I demand the arrest of Anatole Garron. You know he did it. 590 00:52:55,549 --> 00:52:57,300 I know nothing of the sort, madame. 591 00:52:57,384 --> 00:52:59,845 I am a police officer, not a psychic. 592 00:52:59,928 --> 00:53:02,514 It is my duty to collect evidence, without prejudice. 593 00:53:02,597 --> 00:53:04,975 Well, haven't you evidence enough? Everyone knows... 594 00:53:05,058 --> 00:53:07,561 Madame! Will you be seated, please? 595 00:53:09,646 --> 00:53:10,772 It is true, Monsieur Garron, 596 00:53:10,856 --> 00:53:12,440 that you had the opportunity of placing 597 00:53:12,524 --> 00:53:14,192 the drug in Madame Biancarolli's glass. 598 00:53:15,110 --> 00:53:16,486 Certainly, Monsieur Inspector. 599 00:53:22,284 --> 00:53:23,451 We all did. 600 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:26,913 It becomes, then, a question of motive. 601 00:53:26,997 --> 00:53:29,541 The motive is very simple, monsieur. 602 00:53:29,624 --> 00:53:31,293 He wanted to get me out of the way 603 00:53:31,376 --> 00:53:32,794 so he could make room for that little... 604 00:53:32,836 --> 00:53:35,547 Are you referring to Mademoiselle DuBois? I am. 605 00:53:36,006 --> 00:53:37,340 You heard, Monsieur Garron. 606 00:53:38,133 --> 00:53:40,135 Madame is in good voice, 607 00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:42,304 and most explicit. 608 00:53:42,429 --> 00:53:44,639 Have you anything to say, monsieur? 609 00:53:45,473 --> 00:53:47,142 I deny madame's accusation. 610 00:53:47,642 --> 00:53:50,604 Do you deny, monsieur, that you had any motive in drugging madame? 611 00:53:51,521 --> 00:53:53,189 I deny that I drugged her. 612 00:53:53,899 --> 00:53:55,567 I don't understand your reluctance 613 00:53:55,650 --> 00:53:57,319 to make the arrest, Monsieur Inspector. 614 00:53:57,485 --> 00:53:59,112 You're not an examining magistrate. 615 00:53:59,195 --> 00:54:00,655 Can you substantiate your charge that 616 00:54:00,739 --> 00:54:02,282 Monsieur Garron had a motive in drugging you, 617 00:54:02,365 --> 00:54:03,950 and that the motive was Mademoiselle DuBois? 618 00:54:04,034 --> 00:54:05,869 Why, anybody with half an eye would be able to tell you... 619 00:54:05,952 --> 00:54:07,871 Hearsay is not evidence, madame. 620 00:54:07,954 --> 00:54:09,873 I'll go over your head, Monsieur Daubert! 621 00:54:09,956 --> 00:54:12,042 I have influence at the Sûreté. 622 00:54:12,792 --> 00:54:15,086 I was drugged tonight to the point of death, 623 00:54:15,170 --> 00:54:18,214 and I insist upon the arrest of the criminal and his accomplice. 624 00:54:18,340 --> 00:54:21,593 - And if you don't, I... - One moment, madame. Please. 625 00:54:21,676 --> 00:54:24,137 You have heard Monsieur Garron deny that he drugged you. 626 00:54:24,220 --> 00:54:26,806 As the inspector says, there is no evidence to warrant an arrest. 627 00:54:26,932 --> 00:54:28,308 - And remember... - Are you suggesting that I... 628 00:54:28,391 --> 00:54:30,018 And remember, madame, 629 00:54:30,101 --> 00:54:33,104 if you insist upon his arrest and fail to obtain a conviction, 630 00:54:33,188 --> 00:54:35,607 you will find yourself in a very, very difficult predicament. 631 00:54:35,690 --> 00:54:36,733 Quite right. 632 00:54:37,901 --> 00:54:40,528 And no matter what the outcome, don't forget 633 00:54:40,654 --> 00:54:43,281 that your career is bound to the Paris Opera. 634 00:54:43,490 --> 00:54:45,283 Whatever scandal injures us or any member 635 00:54:45,367 --> 00:54:47,535 of the company will injure you as well. 636 00:54:47,953 --> 00:54:48,954 Precisely. 637 00:54:50,455 --> 00:54:53,166 Are you suggesting that I forget the whole affair? 638 00:54:53,249 --> 00:54:54,250 Yes. 639 00:54:54,542 --> 00:54:55,919 For your own sake as well as ours, 640 00:54:56,002 --> 00:54:59,005 and purely as a matter of business expediency, if nothing else. 641 00:54:59,130 --> 00:55:00,924 That is exactly what we propose, madame. 642 00:55:01,007 --> 00:55:02,425 Exactly. 643 00:55:05,011 --> 00:55:06,012 Very well. 644 00:55:11,726 --> 00:55:14,312 That is, under certain conditions. 645 00:55:16,815 --> 00:55:18,233 I want a new understudy. 646 00:55:19,067 --> 00:55:21,152 Christine DuBois goes back to the chorus 647 00:55:21,236 --> 00:55:24,406 and stays there for the two years my contract has to run. 648 00:55:24,572 --> 00:55:27,325 I won't permit it. I'll not stand for such an outrage. 649 00:55:27,409 --> 00:55:29,536 If any such arrangement is made, I'll... 650 00:55:29,661 --> 00:55:31,746 My dear Anatole, I have not finished. 651 00:55:32,122 --> 00:55:34,708 You suggest I forget I was drugged tonight, monsieur? 652 00:55:34,833 --> 00:55:37,627 - Madame. - Very well, I'll go a step further. 653 00:55:37,711 --> 00:55:40,839 I suggest that you forget anything happened afterwards. 654 00:55:40,922 --> 00:55:42,382 For once, madame, I do not understand. 655 00:55:42,465 --> 00:55:44,259 Oh, Monsieur Lecours, it's so simple. 656 00:55:44,718 --> 00:55:46,219 Nothing happened tonight. 657 00:55:46,469 --> 00:55:48,138 I wasn't drugged. 658 00:55:48,221 --> 00:55:50,473 And Christine DuBois didn't sing. 659 00:55:50,932 --> 00:55:51,933 But... 660 00:55:52,017 --> 00:55:54,144 Madame, there are always critics in the house. 661 00:55:54,227 --> 00:55:57,397 You'll send word to the paper that no mention of her is to be made. 662 00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,233 You'll do nothing of the sort. It's ridiculous. 663 00:56:00,775 --> 00:56:02,652 Besides, what about the public, madame? 664 00:56:02,736 --> 00:56:04,446 Shall we send word to the public to forget 665 00:56:04,529 --> 00:56:06,573 that Mademoiselle DuBois was a sensation? 666 00:56:06,656 --> 00:56:08,283 If you're willing to ruin the opera for the 667 00:56:08,366 --> 00:56:10,618 sake of Christine DuBois, that's your affair. 668 00:56:11,369 --> 00:56:13,455 But you'll either do as I say, or I'll charge 669 00:56:13,580 --> 00:56:15,665 both of them with trying to murder me. 670 00:56:15,749 --> 00:56:17,542 Do you understand that? "Murder me." 671 00:56:20,754 --> 00:56:22,964 Madame was magnificent tonight. 672 00:56:23,048 --> 00:56:24,674 I was good, wasn't I? 673 00:56:25,675 --> 00:56:27,385 Monsieur Garron must be biting his nails. 674 00:56:27,510 --> 00:56:29,220 Let him. 675 00:56:29,304 --> 00:56:31,848 He'll come crawling back to me on his hands and knees, 676 00:56:31,931 --> 00:56:34,851 confessing the whole thing and begging my forgiveness. 677 00:56:45,070 --> 00:56:46,071 Madame! 678 00:56:50,075 --> 00:56:51,242 Who are you? 679 00:56:51,326 --> 00:56:54,329 Christine DuBois will sing tomorrow night. 680 00:56:54,412 --> 00:56:55,413 Leave Paris. 681 00:56:55,497 --> 00:56:57,624 This is your last warning. 682 00:57:00,835 --> 00:57:02,545 Take off that prop room mask! 683 00:57:14,682 --> 00:57:16,601 - What was that? - I don't know. 684 00:57:45,004 --> 00:57:47,215 - What is it? What happened? - Shh! 685 00:57:47,674 --> 00:57:48,758 Monsieur? 686 00:57:50,301 --> 00:57:52,929 Madame Biancarolli and her maid have been murdered. 687 00:57:54,514 --> 00:57:55,765 Murdered? 688 01:00:29,210 --> 01:00:31,129 - Are you hurt? - What happened? 689 01:00:31,212 --> 01:00:32,255 What were you doing? 690 01:00:32,338 --> 01:00:33,298 I was chasing him. 691 01:00:33,381 --> 01:00:35,550 - Chasing whom? - The murderer, of course. 692 01:00:36,342 --> 01:00:38,303 Do you mean to imply there was someone else up there? 693 01:00:38,386 --> 01:00:40,179 Why, certainly. Everyone must've seen... 694 01:00:40,305 --> 01:00:42,056 You saw him yourself, didn't you? 695 01:00:42,140 --> 01:00:44,475 No, monsieur. I was chasing you. 696 01:00:59,407 --> 01:01:01,868 But how long will the Opera remain closed, Monsieur Inspector? 697 01:01:01,951 --> 01:01:03,619 - Yes, how long? - I do not know. 698 01:01:03,703 --> 01:01:05,663 - Are there any suspects? - Yes. Whom do the police suspect? 699 01:01:05,747 --> 01:01:06,748 There is no one. 700 01:01:06,831 --> 01:01:08,333 What is your theory on the motive, monsieur? 701 01:01:08,416 --> 01:01:09,500 I am not a theorist. 702 01:01:09,584 --> 01:01:12,503 All I can tell you is that as long as the Opera House remains closed, 703 01:01:12,587 --> 01:01:14,005 everyone in all Paris, in all France, 704 01:01:14,088 --> 01:01:15,506 will be thinking of nothing but the murder 705 01:01:15,590 --> 01:01:17,008 and hounding us to make an arrest. 706 01:01:18,092 --> 01:01:19,594 Inspector Daubert. 707 01:01:20,553 --> 01:01:22,388 I came directly. I got your message. 708 01:01:22,472 --> 01:01:23,723 What has happened now? 709 01:01:23,806 --> 01:01:25,350 Listen to this, monsieur. 710 01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:28,269 "Christine DuBois must replace Biancarolli, 711 01:01:28,353 --> 01:01:30,396 "who chose to ignore my warning." 712 01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:34,984 I found this mysteriously placed on my desk after we got back from supper. 713 01:01:35,443 --> 01:01:37,945 There is an excellent suggestion in this, monsieur. 714 01:01:38,029 --> 01:01:40,490 You must reopen the Opera at once. 715 01:01:40,573 --> 01:01:41,741 But, monsieur, your orders... 716 01:01:41,824 --> 01:01:42,950 I'll countermand it. You must reopen. 717 01:01:43,034 --> 01:01:44,744 With Mademoiselle DuBois, monsieur? 718 01:01:44,827 --> 01:01:47,538 Of course. That should pacify this madman. 719 01:01:47,622 --> 01:01:48,998 And if he doesn't harm anybody, 720 01:01:49,082 --> 01:01:50,416 his being in the building doesn't matter. 721 01:01:50,958 --> 01:01:52,877 Christine DuBois must not sing, monsieur. 722 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:53,920 What? 723 01:01:54,003 --> 01:01:55,505 And the murderer must not be permitted to 724 01:01:55,630 --> 01:01:57,131 remain in the building indefinitely. 725 01:01:57,215 --> 01:01:58,466 It is my duty to apprehend him. 726 01:01:58,633 --> 01:01:59,926 I don't understand. 727 01:02:00,051 --> 01:02:01,594 If Christine DuBois sings, that will satisfy 728 01:02:01,677 --> 01:02:04,180 the murderer, and he may never appear. 729 01:02:04,389 --> 01:02:06,724 So to lure him from his hiding place, someone else must sing. 730 01:02:07,225 --> 01:02:09,519 Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera 731 01:02:09,644 --> 01:02:11,979 with a murder as an added attraction? 732 01:02:12,146 --> 01:02:13,314 Please, Lecours, the... 733 01:02:13,398 --> 01:02:15,441 I shall post police throughout the building, 734 01:02:15,525 --> 01:02:17,026 even with the chorus on the stage, 735 01:02:17,151 --> 01:02:18,694 with a special bodyguard for the singer. 736 01:02:18,778 --> 01:02:19,862 But, monsieur, our reputation... 737 01:02:19,946 --> 01:02:21,739 I am reluctant to do this, monsieur, 738 01:02:22,532 --> 01:02:24,534 particularly on Mademoiselle DuBois' account, 739 01:02:24,617 --> 01:02:25,993 but I can see no other way. 740 01:02:26,077 --> 01:02:29,539 And whom do you suggest as bait, Monsieur Inspector? 741 01:02:30,915 --> 01:02:32,500 Whomever you decide. 742 01:02:32,917 --> 01:02:35,420 Madame Morency. She has nerve, that woman. 743 01:02:35,503 --> 01:02:37,422 - Too much. - Very well, then. 744 01:02:37,505 --> 01:02:38,548 The Opera will reopen. 745 01:02:38,631 --> 01:02:39,632 Yes, monsieur. 746 01:03:05,908 --> 01:03:06,951 Oh. 747 01:03:07,034 --> 01:03:08,619 - Good morning, Christine. - Good morning, Christine. 748 01:03:08,703 --> 01:03:09,704 Good morning. 749 01:03:09,787 --> 01:03:11,164 - May I come in, Christine? - May I come in, Christine? 750 01:03:11,247 --> 01:03:12,415 Yes.Do. 751 01:03:25,052 --> 01:03:26,053 Well? 752 01:03:26,137 --> 01:03:27,388 - Christine, I... - Christine, I... 753 01:03:27,430 --> 01:03:29,640 Yes? If I might have a word with you... 754 01:03:29,724 --> 01:03:31,601 - What is it? - After you, monsieur. 755 01:03:31,684 --> 01:03:32,643 - Christine, I... - Christine, I... 756 01:03:32,727 --> 01:03:35,188 Well, now, one at a time, please. 757 01:03:35,646 --> 01:03:38,024 You first, Anatole, because your name begins with an "A." 758 01:03:38,107 --> 01:03:39,609 They're going to reopen the Opera, Christine. 759 01:03:39,734 --> 01:03:41,235 At last, you and I are going to sing... 760 01:03:41,319 --> 01:03:43,738 You are wrong, monsieur. I'm sorry, Christine. 761 01:03:43,821 --> 01:03:46,824 They are going to reopen the Opera, but without you. 762 01:03:46,908 --> 01:03:49,160 Circumstances connected with the murder of Biancarolli 763 01:03:49,243 --> 01:03:51,829 demand that someone else sing the role in your place. 764 01:03:51,913 --> 01:03:53,623 - But Anatole... - Really? 765 01:03:53,706 --> 01:03:55,750 You may be interested to know, Monsieur Daubert, 766 01:03:55,833 --> 01:03:57,376 that circumstances connected with the murder of 767 01:03:57,460 --> 01:03:59,128 Biancarolli demand that Christine does sing. 768 01:03:59,378 --> 01:04:00,338 Really? 769 01:04:00,421 --> 01:04:03,341 I am aware that your profession requires a certain self-assurance, 770 01:04:03,424 --> 01:04:04,592 but aren't you going too far? 771 01:04:04,759 --> 01:04:05,968 Not at all. 772 01:04:06,594 --> 01:04:08,804 I have a plan of my own for apprehending the murderer. 773 01:04:08,888 --> 01:04:10,264 So you have turned detective, monsieur? 774 01:04:10,348 --> 01:04:11,349 I have. 775 01:04:11,432 --> 01:04:13,017 Very well, if it amuses you. 776 01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:14,685 But I advise you to confine your hobby 777 01:04:14,769 --> 01:04:16,687 to the entertainment of yourself and your friends. 778 01:04:17,104 --> 01:04:19,148 Now let's not waste words, monsieur. 779 01:04:19,232 --> 01:04:21,526 I've been assured by Messieurs Amiot and Lecours 780 01:04:21,609 --> 01:04:25,196 that as soon as the Opera reopens, Mademoiselle DuBois will sing. 781 01:04:25,279 --> 01:04:28,699 And I might add that my plan is strictly confidential. 782 01:04:29,116 --> 01:04:31,494 I'm sorry, Christine, but in my official capacity, 783 01:04:31,577 --> 01:04:33,037 I have had to order Messieurs Amiot 784 01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:34,580 and Lecours not to permit you to sing. 785 01:04:34,664 --> 01:04:36,457 - But Raoul... - At least not for the present. 786 01:04:37,458 --> 01:04:40,795 And I am not in the least interested in your plan. 787 01:04:41,879 --> 01:04:43,714 May I have a word with you alone, Christine? 788 01:04:43,798 --> 01:04:46,342 That's what I came for. May I speak to you alone, Christine? 789 01:04:46,592 --> 01:04:48,219 But I'm going out. 790 01:04:48,302 --> 01:04:49,845 - My carriage is outside. - My carriage is outside. 791 01:04:49,971 --> 01:04:52,056 Well, I'm not going right now. 792 01:04:52,139 --> 01:04:54,058 I mean, I'm going later. 793 01:04:57,645 --> 01:04:58,646 - I'll wait. - I'll wait. 794 01:05:02,567 --> 01:05:03,943 Monsieur Villeneuve suggested 795 01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:07,238 you might be willing to perform this service in the cause of justice. 796 01:05:07,321 --> 01:05:08,864 Do you really think this Claudin 797 01:05:08,948 --> 01:05:10,825 would be tempted to leave his hiding place 798 01:05:10,908 --> 01:05:14,120 and risk his life merely to hear his own concerto? 799 01:05:14,787 --> 01:05:17,665 Played by Franz Liszt himself? Do you doubt it, Maestro? 800 01:05:18,457 --> 01:05:21,669 So many crimes have been committed in the name of music. 801 01:05:21,752 --> 01:05:25,006 It seems only fair to use it now to avert one. 802 01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:27,758 I'm at your service, monsieur. 803 01:05:27,842 --> 01:05:29,844 Thank you, Maestro. Thank you. 804 01:05:29,927 --> 01:05:33,222 Most exciting, this detective work. Most exciting. 805 01:05:33,306 --> 01:05:35,266 Well, it's more than exciting to me. 806 01:05:35,349 --> 01:05:37,435 I had the honor of being suspected of the crime. 807 01:05:47,153 --> 01:05:48,613 Monsieur Daubert. Please. 808 01:05:52,491 --> 01:05:54,285 - Listen to this, monsieur. - Another note. 809 01:05:54,368 --> 01:05:57,455 How this phantom knows everything is beyond me. 810 01:05:57,538 --> 01:06:00,541 "If Madame Lorenzi sings, you will be responsible for what happens. 811 01:06:00,625 --> 01:06:01,792 "This is your last warning." 812 01:06:01,876 --> 01:06:03,044 Our plan is succeeding, then. 813 01:06:03,127 --> 01:06:05,129 I don't like it, monsieur. I don't like it. 814 01:06:05,212 --> 01:06:06,881 What is to become of the Paris Opera? 815 01:06:06,964 --> 01:06:08,799 Policemen everywhere. It's worse than a racetrack. 816 01:06:08,883 --> 01:06:10,009 How is Madame Lorenzi? 817 01:06:10,092 --> 01:06:13,512 She's enjoying it. Nothing will keep her from singing now. 818 01:06:13,596 --> 01:06:15,640 Well, you know how opera singers are. 819 01:06:15,723 --> 01:06:17,725 What with your matron from the Sûreté in her dressing room 820 01:06:17,808 --> 01:06:19,268 and that sphinx-like fellow of yours 821 01:06:19,352 --> 01:06:21,020 waiting to escort her to the stage, 822 01:06:21,103 --> 01:06:22,438 she feels quite important. 823 01:06:23,564 --> 01:06:26,275 Madame Lorenzi, I trust you're entirely composed. 824 01:06:26,359 --> 01:06:27,610 Composed? 825 01:06:28,235 --> 01:06:29,904 What are you talking about? 826 01:06:29,987 --> 01:06:31,614 Why not? 827 01:07:00,101 --> 01:07:01,185 Maestro. 828 01:07:01,310 --> 01:07:02,436 The piano has just been tuned, Maestro. 829 01:07:02,520 --> 01:07:04,105 And when do we introduce the concerto? 830 01:07:04,271 --> 01:07:05,856 Probably after the opera. 831 01:07:05,940 --> 01:07:07,775 Inspector Daubert has a plan of his own, 832 01:07:07,900 --> 01:07:09,735 and we must give it every chance. 833 01:07:09,819 --> 01:07:12,113 Perhaps you'd enjoy seeing the opera from the orchestra pit. 834 01:07:12,196 --> 01:07:13,531 Thank you, gentlemen. If you don't mind, 835 01:07:13,614 --> 01:07:14,865 I'll be quite comfortable here. 836 01:07:14,949 --> 01:07:17,118 It'll give me the opportunity to look through the score. 837 01:07:17,201 --> 01:07:18,452 Excuse me. The overture. 838 01:07:18,577 --> 01:07:19,787 Thank you again, Maestro. 839 01:07:24,917 --> 01:07:27,294 You men are to remain onstage throughout the performance. 840 01:07:27,378 --> 01:07:29,547 You are to make yourselves as inconspicuous as possible 841 01:07:29,630 --> 01:07:31,841 and be on the alert for anything suspicious. 842 01:07:31,924 --> 01:07:33,718 The only persons who have business backstage 843 01:07:33,801 --> 01:07:36,804 are the members of the Opera company, all of whom you know. 844 01:07:36,887 --> 01:07:38,222 That is all. 845 01:07:50,151 --> 01:07:52,695 Christine, I'd much rather you'd stayed at home. 846 01:07:52,778 --> 01:07:55,448 Surely you understand why I asked them not to let you sing tonight. 847 01:07:55,531 --> 01:07:57,074 But I couldn't stay away. 848 01:07:57,158 --> 01:08:00,202 We're introducing a new opera, and Madame Lorenzi is a great artist, and... 849 01:08:00,286 --> 01:08:02,747 And Anatole Garron is the baritone. 850 01:08:03,122 --> 01:08:04,290 I'm sorry, Christine. 851 01:08:04,707 --> 01:08:07,168 But I'm really concerned about what may happen tonight. 852 01:08:07,251 --> 01:08:09,295 I know. I am, too. 853 01:08:10,713 --> 01:08:13,090 Wait for me, please, in your dressing room. 854 01:10:46,827 --> 01:10:48,162 I'm sorry. 855 01:10:54,501 --> 01:10:55,711 He's here, Gerard. 856 01:10:55,794 --> 01:10:57,880 He's murdered one of our men and stolen his cape. 857 01:10:57,963 --> 01:11:00,591 He's probably wearing one of the masks. Watch everyone closely. 858 01:11:00,674 --> 01:11:02,176 Of course, monsieur. 859 01:11:12,227 --> 01:11:13,228 I'm sorry. 860 01:18:14,941 --> 01:18:15,942 What is it? 861 01:18:22,366 --> 01:18:24,451 Come with me, mademoiselle. 862 01:18:26,328 --> 01:18:28,372 Are you one of the police? 863 01:18:32,125 --> 01:18:33,710 Where is Inspector Daubert? 864 01:18:33,794 --> 01:18:37,172 He's investigating the cause of the accident. I will look after you. 865 01:18:49,226 --> 01:18:50,352 You're not one of the police. 866 01:18:50,435 --> 01:18:52,104 Don't be frightened. I'll watch over you. 867 01:18:52,187 --> 01:18:54,147 I've always watched over you. Come. 868 01:19:06,410 --> 01:19:07,994 Shh! 869 01:19:15,252 --> 01:19:18,463 You'll stay here with me, my child, won't you? 870 01:19:19,005 --> 01:19:21,174 It's been so lonely without you, 871 01:19:21,675 --> 01:19:23,927 but you've come to me at last, haven't you? 872 01:19:24,010 --> 01:19:26,680 Now you'll sing for me, and I'll play. 873 01:19:26,763 --> 01:19:29,015 And we'll be together forever. 874 01:19:30,559 --> 01:19:32,144 It's beautiful down there. 875 01:19:35,105 --> 01:19:36,273 Beautiful. 876 01:19:36,731 --> 01:19:38,275 Come now, my little one. 877 01:19:59,254 --> 01:20:00,881 Christine? 878 01:20:01,798 --> 01:20:02,799 Where's Christine? 879 01:20:02,883 --> 01:20:04,634 Oh, I don't know. Isn't it horrible? 880 01:20:04,718 --> 01:20:07,220 - Hasn't she been here? - I haven't seen her. 881 01:20:15,270 --> 01:20:16,563 There. 882 01:20:16,646 --> 01:20:19,149 You're not frightened now, are you? 883 01:20:19,941 --> 01:20:22,152 You know I'll not harm you, don't you? 884 01:20:22,235 --> 01:20:25,113 How could I harm you? I've always helped you. 885 01:20:25,739 --> 01:20:26,907 Haven't I? 886 01:20:27,908 --> 01:20:29,159 Yes. 887 01:20:29,242 --> 01:20:30,619 Yes, what? 888 01:20:30,911 --> 01:20:33,038 Yes, you've always helped me. 889 01:20:33,747 --> 01:20:37,000 Of course I have. Biancarolli knows. 890 01:20:37,959 --> 01:20:39,878 She wouldn't let you sing. 891 01:20:39,961 --> 01:20:42,422 She didn't know how much I love you. 892 01:20:42,506 --> 01:20:44,007 Now she knows. 893 01:20:44,090 --> 01:20:45,342 But it doesn't matter now. 894 01:20:45,425 --> 01:20:47,844 Nothing matters except you and me, Christine. 895 01:20:47,928 --> 01:20:50,180 Now you'll sing all you want, 896 01:20:50,263 --> 01:20:51,598 but only for me. 897 01:20:52,098 --> 01:20:54,935 You will, won't you, my darling? 898 01:20:55,268 --> 01:20:56,603 Of course. 899 01:20:56,937 --> 01:20:59,606 There's a piano in the Opera foyer. Let's go there. 900 01:20:59,689 --> 01:21:01,274 You play, and I'll sing for you. 901 01:21:01,441 --> 01:21:03,068 But you don't understand. 902 01:21:03,693 --> 01:21:06,530 We can't go back there ever. 903 01:21:06,947 --> 01:21:09,616 It was I who made the chandelier fall. 904 01:21:10,158 --> 01:21:13,245 I for you, Christine. But I warned them. 905 01:21:13,411 --> 01:21:15,372 I told them there'd be death and destruction 906 01:21:15,455 --> 01:21:17,666 if they didn't let you sing. Come. 907 01:21:38,645 --> 01:21:39,854 See? 908 01:21:40,146 --> 01:21:42,440 Didn't I tell you it was beautiful? 909 01:21:42,524 --> 01:21:45,443 You didn't know we had a lake all to ourselves, did you? 910 01:21:49,322 --> 01:21:51,992 They've poisoned your mind against me. 911 01:21:52,534 --> 01:21:54,411 That's why you're afraid. 912 01:21:55,120 --> 01:21:56,997 Look at your lake, Christine. 913 01:21:58,039 --> 01:22:00,959 You'll love it here when you get used to the dark. 914 01:22:01,042 --> 01:22:02,794 And you'll love the dark, too. 915 01:22:02,877 --> 01:22:05,046 It's friendly and peaceful. 916 01:22:05,338 --> 01:22:08,174 It brings rest and relief from pain. 917 01:22:08,758 --> 01:22:10,260 It's right under the Opera. 918 01:22:10,343 --> 01:22:13,263 The music comes down in the darkness, distills it. 919 01:22:13,346 --> 01:22:15,348 Cleanses it of the suffering that made it. 920 01:22:15,432 --> 01:22:16,933 And it's all beauty. 921 01:22:17,017 --> 01:22:19,519 And life here is like a resurrection. 922 01:22:20,729 --> 01:22:23,648 Gentlemen, this is more than just a performance of a new concerto. 923 01:22:23,732 --> 01:22:26,026 The whole future of the Paris Opera may depend upon it. 924 01:22:27,402 --> 01:22:29,613 Garron. Garron, have you seen Christine? 925 01:22:29,696 --> 01:22:30,780 No. She's at home. 926 01:22:30,864 --> 01:22:32,782 She came to the Opera House earlier this evening. 927 01:22:32,866 --> 01:22:35,952 Now she's disappeared. We can't find her anywhere. 928 01:22:39,247 --> 01:22:40,790 Play, Maestro. 929 01:22:40,874 --> 01:22:42,000 Play. 930 01:22:47,547 --> 01:22:48,882 Christine? 931 01:22:49,507 --> 01:22:50,508 Christine? 932 01:22:54,512 --> 01:22:55,847 Christine? 933 01:22:56,640 --> 01:22:57,641 Christine? 934 01:23:10,195 --> 01:23:11,780 Christine! 935 01:23:13,948 --> 01:23:17,327 Georges, you two search that passageway. Gerard, go that way. 936 01:23:17,410 --> 01:23:20,163 Be careful. This madman may do anything now. 937 01:23:21,498 --> 01:23:22,832 Christine! 938 01:23:23,833 --> 01:23:24,834 Christine! 939 01:23:36,137 --> 01:23:37,597 My concerto. 940 01:24:10,422 --> 01:24:12,048 Liszt is playing. 941 01:24:12,924 --> 01:24:15,009 That was a brilliant idea of yours, Garron. 942 01:24:15,093 --> 01:24:17,303 Perhaps Claudin is up there now, listening. 943 01:24:46,624 --> 01:24:48,376 It sounds in front of us. 944 01:24:49,711 --> 01:24:51,379 It is in front of us. 945 01:25:08,229 --> 01:25:10,398 The whole place is ready to crumble. 946 01:25:53,858 --> 01:25:55,401 Sing, Christine. 947 01:25:58,404 --> 01:25:59,405 Sing. 948 01:27:11,895 --> 01:27:12,896 Don't move. 949 01:27:54,437 --> 01:27:55,563 The whole place is caving in. 950 01:27:55,647 --> 01:27:57,023 The shots must've started it. 951 01:28:06,699 --> 01:28:09,035 He called that his concerto, 952 01:28:09,118 --> 01:28:11,537 and yet it's written around the melody of my song. 953 01:28:12,205 --> 01:28:13,623 Who was he? 954 01:28:13,998 --> 01:28:16,250 He came from your district in Provence. 955 01:28:16,709 --> 01:28:19,212 Everybody there must have known that old folk song. 956 01:28:19,671 --> 01:28:21,923 He was almost a stranger to me, 957 01:28:22,840 --> 01:28:24,342 and yet somehow 958 01:28:25,093 --> 01:28:27,303 I always felt drawn to him 959 01:28:28,596 --> 01:28:30,348 with a kind of pity, 960 01:28:31,557 --> 01:28:33,142 understanding. 961 01:28:33,643 --> 01:28:35,895 His suffering and madness will be forgotten. 962 01:28:36,729 --> 01:28:39,399 His music, his concerto will remain. 963 01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:44,237 I... I'm glad he heard it before he... 964 01:28:46,739 --> 01:28:48,074 Poor Claudin. 965 01:29:10,555 --> 01:29:13,683 Oh, mademoiselle. You were magnificent tonight! 966 01:29:13,766 --> 01:29:16,060 Thank you, Celeste. I was good, wasn't I? 967 01:29:16,144 --> 01:29:17,937 Oh, wonderful! 968 01:29:19,856 --> 01:29:21,107 Celeste. 969 01:29:26,487 --> 01:29:27,488 Oh! 970 01:29:27,572 --> 01:29:29,741 You were magnificent, Christine. 971 01:29:29,824 --> 01:29:31,701 Incomparable, beautiful. A sensation! 972 01:29:31,784 --> 01:29:32,869 Is that all? 973 01:29:32,952 --> 01:29:34,829 I've just begun. It would take days and years 974 01:29:34,912 --> 01:29:36,831 to tell you how superb you were. 975 01:29:38,416 --> 01:29:41,669 We're having supper tonight at the Café de l'Opéra. 976 01:29:42,128 --> 01:29:43,212 Well, 977 01:29:43,504 --> 01:29:45,757 I'm terribly sorry, Anatole, 978 01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:47,050 but I can't tonight. 979 01:29:47,133 --> 01:29:50,053 - Why not? Have you another engagement? - Yes. 980 01:29:50,136 --> 01:29:51,304 With whom? 981 01:29:51,846 --> 01:29:53,014 With Raoul. 982 01:29:53,848 --> 01:29:55,058 That policeman? 983 01:29:55,141 --> 01:29:57,101 Come in. 984 01:29:58,186 --> 01:29:59,520 Christine? 985 01:30:00,396 --> 01:30:01,397 Oh. 986 01:30:02,273 --> 01:30:03,274 Oh. 987 01:30:04,984 --> 01:30:06,319 - Christine... - Christine... 988 01:30:07,570 --> 01:30:09,447 You two know each other, of course. 989 01:30:09,572 --> 01:30:10,907 - Of course. - Of course. 990 01:30:11,324 --> 01:30:13,993 Well, how soon will you be ready, Christine? The carriage is waiting. 991 01:30:14,077 --> 01:30:16,621 I know Monsieur Garron will excuse us. 992 01:30:16,746 --> 01:30:19,832 - Anatole has just asked me to supper too. - No doubt. 993 01:30:21,084 --> 01:30:23,086 You won't be long, will you, Christine? 994 01:30:23,169 --> 01:30:24,712 I have an idea. 995 01:30:25,004 --> 01:30:28,091 Why can't we three have supper together? It's all ordered, isn't it? 996 01:30:29,008 --> 01:30:31,260 I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper. 997 01:30:31,969 --> 01:30:34,847 And I do not care to be seen in public with the police. 998 01:30:35,014 --> 01:30:36,557 Christine, you'll have to make up your mind 999 01:30:36,641 --> 01:30:38,518 finally and irrevocably between the two of us. 1000 01:30:38,601 --> 01:30:39,602 Precisely. 1001 01:30:40,561 --> 01:30:42,355 Don't push, monsieur. 1002 01:30:42,438 --> 01:30:44,941 No, no, no. Mademoiselle is very... 1003 01:30:45,191 --> 01:30:46,526 Excuse me. 1004 01:30:52,949 --> 01:30:54,951 Don't push, monsieur. Please. 1005 01:31:10,633 --> 01:31:14,220 Would you join me for a bit of supper at the Café de l'Opéra? 1006 01:31:16,347 --> 01:31:17,890 With pleasure, monsieur. 1007 01:31:24,897 --> 01:31:26,816 Think we can get through this crowd? 1008 01:31:26,899 --> 01:31:30,820 Certainly. After all, who'd pay any attention to a baritone and a detective? 1009 01:31:30,903 --> 01:31:32,321 Quite right. 1010 01:31:33,239 --> 01:31:35,950 After you, monsieur. 1011 01:31:36,033 --> 01:31:37,702 After you, monsieur.