All language subtitles for Ludwig (1973) Part4 EN

(♪ Orchestra plays Wagner's
"Siegfried Idyll")

(Wagner)
Happy birthday, my dear.

Happy Christmas!

Happy everything!

This is my present for you,
and for him.

No one has ever had
such a beautiful present.

Our best wishes,
Madame Wagner.

Best wishes from all of us,
from the whole world.

(Rattling...)

(Rattling stops)

Play it once more, please.

For the purpose
of this difficult inquiry

in order to understand the problem
and ascertain a solution,

I suggest that my colleagues
visit all of His Majesty's castles,

of which only Linderhof Castle
has been occupied by him

on an occasional basis.

I would also like to remind you that
Wagner, who left Bavaria long ago,

has still been
a burden on our finances.

When his new theater in Bayreuth
was opened in August 1876

with his famous Tetralogy,
it was only because of

the financial support
that with his renowned greediness,

Wagner was able to obtain
from our naive King.

He had no money, but he made
no efforts to economise.

On the contrary, he went on spending,
giving money away -

large sums for a valet
with a handsome face or a slim figure,

or an actor
whose voice had caught his fancy.

A glooming peace this morning
with it brings.

The sun, for sorrow,
will not show his head.

Go hence, to have more talk

of these sad things.

Some shall be pardon'd,
and some punished

For never was a story
of more woe

than this of Juliet

and her Romeo.

Mr Kainz, congratulations!

A great success!

Bravo, I am happy.
I am very happy!

Thank you. Thank you very much.

(Applause continues)

- Thanks to you all, very, very much.
- Congratulations.

- You were marvellous.
- No, you were marvellous!

(Clanking of stage machinery)

Mr Kainz,
from His Majesty the King.

Good evening.

I have a message for you,
from His Majesty.

And this.

His Majesty the King had instructed me

to wait upon the young actor Kainz,
bringing him a gift

and an invitation to spend
three days at Linderhof castle.

Good evening.

(Cascading water)

(Hoarse, trumpeting bird cry)

(Rasping bird cry)

(Clears throat)

Allow me to give you
a piece of advice, Herr Kainz,

for your own good.

You see, the King expected
to meet Romeo,

not Herr Joseph Kainz.

It was Romeo he invited
to Linderhof.

If you can manage to be Romeo,
or Didier,

one of your heroes
in other words,

then you are sure to be
a success.

(Melodramatic voice) Kneel

before each of these crosses

and shed hot tears,

repenting the crime
you have committed.

If you can then pass happily
through the horrors

and dangers of the road.

If the mountain does not rain
avalanches down on you

from its icy peaks,

you will reach a bridge

covered with spray
as light as dust.

If the bridge does not break

beneath the weight of your sin,

if you leave it behind you,

you will see a black opening

yon, in the cliff before you.

Daylight

has never penetrated there.

Pass then,

through that black gap

that will lead you to a radiant,
smiling valley.

But you must move through it quickly,

since you are not allowed to linger

where peace reigns.

Oh, Rudolph!

My royal ancestor!

This is how

your descendant
must enter the territory

of your empire

And thus, as you climb,

you will reach the heights
of the Gottardo

where the eternal lakes
are filled

with waters
which fall from heaven.

There, you will bid farewell
to German soil.

Another river will lead you
on its rapid course to Italy

your promised land.

I will take you to the very places

where your characters
suffered and lived.

We will follow William Tell's footsteps
through Switzerland.

And then...

And then to Italy.

Yes...

Italy especially.

No!

No, later.
We will talk later.

Be Didier again.

Be silent. I could have...

(Ludwig laughs)

Ah, be silent.

I too for my misfortune
could have been born a woman.

(Chattering in German)

But...

if he who addressed me
was an honest man,

full of an idiot's sense of honor,

if, by chance,

I had happened to meet
a heart still full of illusions...

Rather than not say
to that honest man, "I am thus. "

Rather than receive him joyously,

Rather than not warn him myself
that my chaste, pure eye

was mere falsehood.

Rather than be so false,
treacherous, debased,

I would have preferred to make
my grave with my own finger nails.

Go on.

You would laugh heartily

if you could see yourself

as my heart, that strange mirror,
saw you.

You were right

to break it.

My lady,

you were there.

Innocent, pure, chaste.

Oh, woman!

What wrong was ever done you

by this man
of sweet and profound heart?

He who loved you
for so long

on his knees

before you.

You will become my great friend.

I will make you the sole star
of my theater.

You will play the greatest dramas
of all the world...

of all time.

All the other actors
will be envious and jealous.

You must expect that,
but you mustn't fear it.

You will be under
the King's protection.

The King will protect you
and will spare you suffering and worry.

But you...

you must be loyal to me.

I want only your loyalty.

Everyone hated Wagner too.

I forced him on the whole world.

But Wagner

betrayed my trust.

I... I was that man with a heart
still full of illusion.

And ever since, I have been
searching for a true friend.

And now... now I have found him.

We shall leave very soon.

We shall always travel.
If they will not allow me...

Who could prevent you
from doing anything?

You are the King, and the Master.

To be King is not always easy.

Erm... Why not abdicate?

What?

(Speaks French)

You must never
address me that way again!

Never again, never!

I'm...

I am very tired, Your Majesty.

May I retire
and sleep for a few hours?

Sleep?

The sleigh is ready, come!
I will show you my true realm,

my mountains
under the sun's first rays.

A world of our own.

Pure and uncontaminated.

Think of your soul, Didier,

not of your body.

(Sleigh bells jingle)

(Kainz)
'The mountaintops thunder.

'The little bridge trembles.

'But the hunter fears not
the dizzying path.

'Boldly he strides over the icy peaks

'where spring never shines,

'where no bough is green. '

(Gentle snoring)

You snored.

That is the poem
I wanted to hear from you.

The south wind has risen...
Come, recite!

No,

I can't.

I don't feel up to it.

I hate being a buffoon
acting by command.

I am an artist!

Please, just this once.
I beg you.

- No, I cannot.
- I order you!

I cannot!

It is beyond me, I'm worn out.

We have been traveling for a week.

I feel as if
I haven't slept the whole time.

My memory fails me.

If you are tired, then rest.

(Bell clangs)

Mr Kainz declared

that the letters written to him
by His Majesty the King

almost daily

during the brief period
of their friendship,

were stolen from him.

Mr Kainz is a liar.

Mr Kainz sold, and at a high price,
the King's letters

just as he sold a number of presents
he had received from His Majesty.

He sold the letters in Switzerland

to an agent of mine.

These letters are in my possession.

I believe these letters
are the most undeniable evidence

that His Majesty the King
is not in possession

of his mental faculties.

I bore everything I could

as a loyal servant
of the kingdom and the State

from a despot
who knew no restraint

in satisfying his whims.

Reluctantly, I sent funds
to Wagner in Bayreut.

I watched Linderhof being built

and, clenching my teeth,
the castle of Neuschwanstein.

But in the autumn of 1877

when I realized that His Majesty
had firmly determined

to start building Herrenchiemsee,

then I resigned.

(Horse-drawn carriage approaches)

(Carriage door opens and closes)

(Distant laughter echoes)

(Pendulum clock ticks,
echoing in an empty room)

Why is that black veil on the piano?

I've heard about that.

The King ordered it
to be put up for Wagner's death.

That was long time ago.

(Laughter echoes around the room)

(Drill sergeant shouts
commands in German)

(Shouting continues)

Osterholzer!

I can't... I can't see her.

I can't receive her. Go!

You will tell her I am ill.

I'm suffering.

I'm suffering very much.

I want no one's pity. Nobody's!

Go! Go, Hornig, and tell her...

(Gasping) ...that I am sorry.

I will come to visit her
as soon as I am better.

Naturally,
Neuschwanstein is at her disposal,

if she cares to stay,
for as long as she likes.

I cannot see her.

- Tell His Majesty I am here.
- His Majesty is ill, he cannot see you.

His Majesty says that the castle
is at Your Majesty's disposal

for as long as you wish.

We are going back to Possenhoffen.

Elisabeth...

(Sobbing) Elisabeth!

And then he began to cry.

He had sent us out of the room,

but we could still hear him.

He was crying and shouting,

"Elisabeth! Elisabeth!"

(Ludwig sobs) 'Elisabeth...

'Elisabeth!'

(Laughter)

Karl!

Now it's your turn.

(Shouts of joy and wild laughter)

(♪ Cheerful folk dance)

(♪ Folk band plays ballad)

(♪ Feeble singing)

(♪ Singing peters out)

(♪ Accordionist plays unaccompanied)