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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,892 On February 8, 1807... 2 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,903 from daybreak to nightfall... 3 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,555 the battle of Eylau cost Napoleon's France 10,000 dead. 4 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,205 His Majesty King Louis XVIII... 5 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,106 His (capital H) Majesty (capital M)... 6 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,270 Louis (capital L) XVIII... 7 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,900 took...no, reconquered, make that reconquered... 8 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,969 reconquered His kingdom... 9 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,819 If only he understood! 10 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,760 You are in the office of Mr. Derville, attorney at law! 11 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,349 It's burning, Hure! Open the window! 12 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,181 Mr. Hure, you rascal! 13 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,550 No more snacks for you! 14 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,572 Stop all this chatter! 15 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,581 I asked for a cloth to shield my hands. 16 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:03,700 Why not gloves? 17 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,971 Calfskin? Pigskin? 18 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,812 The scarecrow, with his hat screwed on! 19 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,478 He's coming! 20 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,794 Shut the window! And your trap too! 21 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,670 But, sir... 22 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,565 Quiet, Mr. Simonnin! 23 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,353 Don't keep the others from working. 24 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,470 We base our case... 25 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,788 on the decree... 26 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,809 Issued June 17, 1816. 27 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,105 Can I see your employer today? 28 00:05:35,700 --> 00:05:38,634 Mr. Derville is in court, sir. 29 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,637 Good evening, sir. As you can see, it's dinnertime. 30 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,181 We're closing. - When will Mr. Derville be back? 31 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,128 With Mr. Derville, you never know. He's very busy. 32 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,878 State your case quickly, and we can... 33 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,863 I need a long time to explain my case. 34 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,705 And I'll explain it to no one but Mr. Derville. 35 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,606 I've come here five times! 36 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,481 Sorry, sir, but there's the possible and the impossible. 37 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,000 It's impossible to talk to Mr. Derville if he's not here. 38 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,223 And Mr. Derville is not here. 39 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,799 He's busy until past midnight. 40 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:21,842 If you're strong enough to return at 1:00 am... 41 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,778 Tonight at 1:00 am? 42 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,700 You got rid of him. 43 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:30,997 You have to take spectres like him by surprise. 44 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,843 Quite a surprise, a 1:00 am appointment. 45 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:35,706 I say he's an old servant cheated of his pay. 46 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,907 A coachman, I'll bet. 47 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,925 Nagged by his wife and despoiled by his children! 48 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,506 - It's a bet! - Why a coachman? 49 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:45,800 By the odor, sir. 50 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,610 - Didn't you notice? - Perhaps. 51 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,913 A horsey smell, and then some! 52 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,984 Stronger than horse. 53 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,102 A coachman's stink! 54 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,762 But the bet's on! 55 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,143 Simonnin! Now what are you up to? 56 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,843 Sir? We need your name for the appointment! 57 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,187 Chabert. Colonel Chabert. 58 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,100 See, he's a colonel! 59 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,846 The one who died at Eylau? 60 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:14,585 Godeschal, really! 61 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,500 Don't make tasteless jokes. 62 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,300 But I feel concerned. I handled the Chabert estate... 63 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,494 for Attorney Roguin, three or four years ago. 64 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:24,100 So he's a ghost? 65 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,630 He's neither ghost nor Colonel Chabert. He's just mad. 66 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,559 Godeschal's right. He's crazy. 67 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:32,675 - Godeschal lost his bet. - What do you mean? 68 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,644 A colonel's a horseman. More coachman than servant. 69 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:48,400 Madam, the guests are here. The Count says the concert's starting. 70 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,790 I'm coming. Help me, Sophie. 71 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,335 Brady & Worms? You remembered? 72 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,100 I was in London and I thought... 73 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,554 He'll make a fine peer! 74 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,918 I haven't smoked one of these since I left England. 75 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,700 You remembered the weakness I confessed to you? 76 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,209 A trifle, sir! 77 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:44,004 Life in England is unrivaled, but after a year 78 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:46,319 the London moneylenders sucked our blood. 79 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:50,827 Emigration...how sad! 80 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,895 We were so short of funds. 81 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,257 How those people made us suffer! 82 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,659 - Yet we do our best to imitate them. - So we do. 83 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,381 This Chamber of Peers you're so proud of... 84 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 imitates their House of Lords. 85 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:23,550 Same standards of birth and wealth. 86 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,069 It too is the way to government service...to power! 87 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,850 You'll be neither lord nor senator, my dear sir... 88 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,682 but a Peer of France. 89 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,003 May I take two? 90 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,570 The box is for you, my lord. 91 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,650 He's bribing me! 92 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,110 I already mention him to anyone who has the King's ear. 93 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,676 Why waste your money? 94 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,953 The Peerage... 95 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:08,208 There'll be no trouble slipping you in. 96 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,247 You're highly esteemed... everywhere. 97 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,365 Esteemed... 98 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,482 but... 99 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,641 I'm already setting up an entailment. 100 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,697 Who mentioned entailment? 101 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:29,886 We know your fortune could buy... 102 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,804 ten peerages. 103 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,544 My fortune is often confused with that of my wife. 104 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,491 Countess Ferraud is irreproachable. 105 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,152 A good wife and mother. 106 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:55,900 I owe her a lot. 107 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,912 It's nothing to do with her personally. 108 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,929 We know how attached you are to each other. 109 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,000 It's what she represents. 110 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,507 The principle she represents, her past. 111 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,370 Her fortune amassed under Napoleon. 112 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,700 You know our friends... 113 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,879 suffered under that tyrant... 114 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,400 While that lovely woman partied... 115 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:22,100 danced with marshals he promoted... 116 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,034 who bowed to their Little Corporal. 117 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,293 His Majesty resents all that. 118 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,821 It'll be forgotten. Everything is. 119 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,054 But we must act now. 120 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:40,243 In six months the chamber will be full. 121 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,800 Baron Courcelle has three daughters to marry off... 122 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,688 and one foot in the grave. 123 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:51,469 It's time to go calling with gifts of sweets. 124 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,385 Don't miss the boat, Ferraud. Make your move. 125 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,400 When powerful interests vie, you can't put one on ice... 126 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:06,936 and serve the other. 127 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,698 You have to cut. 128 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,712 It should be surgical. 129 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:18,855 Surgical. 130 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,741 An excision. 131 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,200 Look at Talleyrand. 132 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:24,999 His wife was an idiot. Goodbye, Madam. 133 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Look at the monster Bonaparte. 134 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:29,221 Josephine was sterile. 135 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,207 Out with her. 136 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,668 It seems a huge step. 137 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 The first six weeks are difficult. 138 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:41,600 Then one morning you wake up... 139 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:43,419 and realize it's passed. 140 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,236 Like an illness. 141 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,620 I must see to my other guests. 142 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,428 Excuse me. 143 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,391 Of course, my dear man. 144 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,296 But...think over our chat. 145 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:17,700 Ambition... 146 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,761 or the pillow? 147 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,484 It's up to you. 148 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,072 All this music is a bore. 149 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,448 It was a great success. 150 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,048 Indeed. 151 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,230 You seem doubtful. 152 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,770 A great success. 153 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,801 The wine was scalding. 154 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,953 Too hot. For my taste, anyway. 155 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,662 Lucienne served it too soon. 156 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:27,763 I warned her, but she's unruly. 157 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,343 I'll speak to her. 158 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,916 The musicians cost a lot of money. 159 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,568 I'll put them away, Sophie. 160 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:46,097 - Yes, Madam. - You go to bed. 161 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,196 Goodnight, Madam. 162 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:57,130 They were good, and we agreed to the price. 163 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,449 The musicians. 164 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,563 How do you know they were good? 165 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:12,315 I hired them for your pleasure... 166 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,501 and you vanished with that old miser Chamblin. 167 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,489 Vanished? 168 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,648 I was in the next room. 169 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,654 Music can be heard from room to room. 170 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,443 So can Chamblin. 171 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:30,742 He annoyed everyone. 172 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,722 Was what you had to say... 173 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,883 so important? 174 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,451 So secret? 175 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,323 The peerage as usual, I suppose? 176 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:08,915 The peerage... 177 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,492 and many other things. 178 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,142 What, for example? 179 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,547 What other things? 180 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,120 Sophie is really a nitwit! 181 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,377 I ought to get her back down here. 182 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,847 She forgot to remove my necklace. 183 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,697 Don't disturb her. 184 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:01,856 Well? 185 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,542 Aside from the peerage... 186 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:05,788 what did you gentlemen talk about? 187 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,888 The weather... 188 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,420 Hunting. 189 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,120 And me? 190 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,343 You spoke about me? 191 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:21,695 Yes. 192 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,226 You. Me. 193 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,614 The Empire. 194 00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:32,776 Surgery. 195 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:54,181 You forgot your keys, boss? 196 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,388 Oh, it's you. 197 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,741 You said 1:00 am. 198 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,032 I know, but... 199 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:10,771 This way. 200 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,674 The porter let you come in? 201 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,719 I mentioned Derville. 202 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:29,872 Sit down. 203 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,930 Attorney Derville will be back soon. 204 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,477 I'll be patient. 205 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:39,380 Did you think we were joking... 206 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,529 when we stipulated this amazing time... 207 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,081 to see Mr. Derville? 208 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,289 This is his normal routine. 209 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,298 Each evening he's out cultivating people. 210 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:55,000 From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm he sees clients. 211 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,732 The rest of the day he's in court or at meetings. 212 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,776 He has only the night to plan his case strategies. 213 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,289 He's immensely intelligent. 214 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,966 He can do ten things at once. 215 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,707 He'll sit there, dining, reading letters and newspapers... 216 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,246 while I outline the next day's cases. 217 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,100 Never gets mixed up! 218 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,542 Everything is absorbed, analyzed, filed. 219 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:33,887 He makes it a point of honor never to lose a case. 220 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,226 Any case! 221 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,506 Sir, whom have I the honor of speaking to? 222 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,633 Colonel Chabert. 223 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:12,964 I'm listening. 224 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:22,009 I wish no one but you to know my situation. 225 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,100 You may go, Boucard. 226 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,950 - But... - No. Sleep well. 227 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,957 Yes, sir. It's all ready... 228 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,249 All right, I'll tend to it. Good night. 229 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,675 I'm all yours, sir. 230 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:39,522 Don't mind if I read. I'm listening carefully. 231 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,716 Late at night every minute counts. 232 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,813 Please be precise and brief. Get right to the point. 233 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,355 If questions are needed, I'll ask them. 234 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:55,070 All right. I'm Chabert. 235 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,545 Colonel. 236 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,547 I commanded a calvary regiment at Eylau... 237 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:04,482 where I died on February 8, 1807. 238 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,100 I was a key figure in Murat's charge... 239 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,000 that won the battle. 240 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:14,315 I can even say I saved the day. 241 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,685 I crossed the Russian lines. 242 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,300 Three lines reformed behind me as we rejoined the Emperor... 243 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,908 after massacring the Russians. 244 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,011 Two officers... 245 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,542 giants...attacked me. 246 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,441 A saber gashed open my head. 247 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,521 I fell off my horse. 248 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,687 You fell off your horse. 249 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,100 Murat flew to my aid... 250 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,858 and 2000 riders passed over my body...no less! 251 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,745 The earth shook. I felt it in my gut. 252 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:58,955 2000! 253 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,488 A charge no one will ever see again. 254 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:03,896 The cannons... 255 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:06,022 the screams... 256 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,264 The battle shook my body... 257 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:15,802 until I died. 258 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,651 It's all in "French Victories and Conquests from 1792 to 1815". 259 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:25,988 It must be in your library. 260 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:31,016 The Emperor was told of my death. 261 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:35,552 He said, as you'll see on page 206: 262 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,431 "So my poor Chabert is dead!" 263 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,413 The Emperor! 264 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,300 Two surgeons, who didn't bother to listen 265 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,801 to my heart, signed the death certificate. 266 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:47,300 And there I was...a corpse! 267 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:51,609 Did you know I'm Countess Ferraud's lawyer? 268 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,606 Yes, I know. 269 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,790 I came to you because all the other lawyers think I'm mad. 270 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,452 But yes, I know. 271 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,266 You interrupted. 272 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,499 Page 206, "Victories and Conquests". 273 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,127 "So my poor Chabert is dead. 274 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,053 Two surgeons. And there I was, a corpse!" 275 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:27,085 My wounds had put me in a cataleptic state. 276 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:30,215 That's why I was inert... 277 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:32,980 when, as usual in wartime... 278 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:36,848 the burial detail stripped me... 279 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:38,729 and threw me naked into the mass grave. 280 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,428 The pit... 281 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,267 How was I to breathe? 282 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:48,000 No air. 283 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,593 My ears rang. 284 00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:52,778 And my head... 285 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,596 There's no word to describe the pain. 286 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:05,522 But I can describe death. 287 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,612 Death is red, then blue. 288 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:10,906 And it is cold. 289 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,523 Above all... 290 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,276 It's silent. 291 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,042 Silent... 292 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,286 At first, you seem to hear a running brook: 293 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:31,150 My comrades' dying breath and moans. 294 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,329 Some weep, oh, yes. 295 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,729 Bones crack... 296 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,819 Teeth grind...Oh, Lord! 297 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:44,924 And then... 298 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,397 And then... 299 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,106 the slightest sigh echoes... 300 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,446 echoes... 301 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:56,930 And then... 302 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,388 Death is the silence of death. 303 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,497 Then suddenly... 304 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,200 a thump. 305 00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:14,084 Another and then another. 306 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,165 My heart began to beat again. 307 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 I moved the mass smothering me... 308 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:23,688 opening a breach big as a rabbit hole. 309 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,064 Air flowed down on me. Air! 310 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,561 The cold burned me like salt. 311 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,795 To suffer is, after all, to live. 312 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:37,237 A woman saw the snow flutter when I coughed. 313 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,450 She called her husband... 314 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,145 a fool who knelt and crossed himself. 315 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,258 She hauled me out of the pit to their hut. 316 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,764 Six months between life and death. 317 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:53,535 They took me to the Heilsberg hospital. 318 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:57,908 My memory returned in bits and pieces. 319 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,100 My name, my past life... 320 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,762 my colonel's rank. 321 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:05,732 Luckily... 322 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,382 Dr. Sparchmann, a surgeon... 323 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,676 took an interest in my case. 324 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,312 Sparchmann, Heinrich... 325 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,488 Neukapelle Strasse, Heilsberg. 326 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,908 He took me to his lawyer, a Prussian, like him. 327 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,851 So I got my story on paper, with oaths and signatures... 328 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,100 medical descriptions of my wounds... 329 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,000 testimony from my rescuers. 330 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:40,277 It's all there, in Heilsberg. 331 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,795 I was to get a copy, but war resumed. 332 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,102 I had to flee. A city each week. 333 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,891 Those people are no worse than others. 334 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,249 No better, either. 335 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,826 I was French, an enemy, but they fed me. 336 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,824 When they heard "Colonel"... 337 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:02,032 they laughed. 338 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:07,477 Often it got me a kick in the ass. 339 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,184 Or the madhouse. 340 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,416 The madhouse... 341 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,735 the worst thing that can happen to a man. 342 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,852 The buckets of water... 343 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,619 your arms tied behind your back... 344 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,080 the cudgel... 345 00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,633 the food they toss you. 346 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,238 And as a madman... 347 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,755 you live with the mad. 348 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:41,740 Cottbus... 349 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,716 Dresden... 350 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,437 Gera. 351 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,378 The asylum in Gera! 352 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:56,189 After all that, I can't stand my name. 353 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:01,052 Yet I'm claiming it. 354 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,725 I'd like not to be me... 355 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,449 Yet here I am. 356 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:32,132 The general blindness mystifies me. 357 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,910 Knock at any attorney's door... 358 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,400 In rags, sir... 359 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,848 a knock brings dogs and policemen! 360 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,312 How does one bring a lawsuit... 361 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,616 without cash on the table? 362 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:45,949 You should know that. 363 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,475 A lawsuit against whom? The Russian Army? 364 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,089 Against my wife! 365 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,215 You mentioned her name before. 366 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,582 Isn't Countess Ferraud my wife? 367 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,840 She has a large fortune. 368 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:02,850 It came from me. 369 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,381 From me...alone. 370 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,438 I found her here, in Paris. 371 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:14,469 I call. She has me thrown out. 372 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:16,730 I write to her. 373 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,249 Boutin, my only friend... 374 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,580 my orderly in my days of glory. 375 00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:27,799 Boutin... 376 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,953 who alone recognized me in a Strasbourg jail... 377 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,448 from which we escaped together. 378 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,439 You wrote to Countess Ferraud? 379 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,600 Four times from Prussia, twice since my return. 380 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,206 I'd say, maybe they were lost in the mail. 381 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,181 Boutin handed her the last one. 382 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,583 She tore it up without reading it. 383 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,447 Without reading it. She's killing me again! 384 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:05,758 Killing me! 385 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,207 Calm yourself. 386 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:08,437 I earned it for her... 387 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:10,816 I bought her a house. 388 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,384 It cost me over 100,000 francs. 389 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,517 With paintings... 390 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:16,895 furnishings, everything! 391 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,206 Maybe at first she didn't recognize my deathly pallor. 392 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,228 But since then? 393 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,338 I was buried under the dead, sir. 394 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,200 Now they're burying me under the living... 395 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:42,976 Under papers, stamps... 396 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,355 Lawyers see worse things than writers can invent. 397 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,302 I've seen wills burned... 398 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,400 Mothers despoil their lawful children... 399 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,515 on behalf of those bred in adultery. 400 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000 Wives use their husbands' love to murder them... 401 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,699 or drive them mad, so as to live with their lovers. 402 00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:08,682 I've seen ugly quarrels over still-warm bodies. 403 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:14,536 I've seen crimes, sir... Crimes... 404 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,626 that human justice is powerless to punish. 405 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:23,847 Our offices are sewers that no one can clean. 406 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,762 Tonight I won 300 francs at cards. 407 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,486 I'll contribute half to your resurrection. 408 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,607 Tomorrow see my chief clerk, Boucard. 409 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,200 Tell him your story, with dates, names, addresses. 410 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:45,272 Add any details you think of overnight. 411 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,138 As for me... 412 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,600 I have five more hours' work to do. 413 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:52,833 Forgive me. Shall I see you out? 414 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,117 Are those all people you're defending? 415 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,032 The files? 416 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,385 I attack people too. 417 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,737 It reminds me of the Genoa cemetary. 418 00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:19,831 Graves on the hillside... 419 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,302 dangling red flowers. 420 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,313 The Genoa cemetary... 421 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:30,728 Is my wife there? 422 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,614 This way. 423 00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:39,109 - You know her? - Of course. 424 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,525 Has she changed? 425 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,674 Changed? I wouldn't know, sir. 426 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:47,470 But today, as a woman, Countess Ferraud is... 427 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,051 The word will come to me: 428 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,183 "Superb". 429 00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:54,202 Superb. 430 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,491 That's her, all right. 431 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,609 - You'll recover your wealth, Colonel. - "Colonel"! 432 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,063 But the paperwork, the mail... It all takes time. 433 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,129 Here's an advance. 434 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:14,704 Until you win, you'll get a stipend so you can live decently. 435 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,704 It's a difficult case. 436 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,839 Even if I get the papers you say are in Heilsberg... 437 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:21,988 It's no certainty. 438 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,823 It will be slow. It goes before three courts. 439 00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:28,823 Leave Countess Ferraud alone. 440 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,327 You still love her? 441 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,300 Love her? 442 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,100 No. 443 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,000 Yes. 444 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,834 I want her, that's for sure. 445 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:45,958 But such disgust too! 446 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,300 Forget her as a woman. 447 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,005 From now on she's merely... 448 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,286 the opposing party, the enemy. 449 00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:55,533 - Very well. - We'll play dead. 450 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,637 No one can do that better than I, sir. 451 00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:27,899 Even if I lose my money... 452 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:29,825 I won't regret it. 453 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,483 I'll have seen the most skilled actor of our time. 454 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,930 Third wound in the back: Austerlitz. 455 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:55,500 Nine inches, from navel to left breast: Iena. 456 00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:57,281 Fourth wound... - He contradicts himself? 457 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,532 Not once in three weeks. Not one mistake. 458 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,495 Ask about yesterday's weather, he's mute. 459 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,873 But a wound 15 year ago? He's ruler-precise. 460 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,443 I'm waiting for his papers. 461 00:38:08,700 --> 00:38:09,892 It'll be a long wait. 462 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,275 Does Sprachmann even exist? 463 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,330 Or the Heilsberg lawyer? 464 00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:19,700 Or even his accomplice, Boutin? 465 00:38:19,810 --> 00:38:23,455 - Meaning? - It's memorized, like a role. 466 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:27,400 He's been repeating it for ten years, revising, ruminating. 467 00:38:27,410 --> 00:38:29,300 - And his birthplace? - He's a foundling. 468 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,310 There must be some record. 469 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,477 - And his mother's name? - Unknown. 470 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,617 He gives her name as Augustine or Augusta. 471 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:38,924 Sometimes Marguerite. 472 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:43,000 That's how it is! Memory's like that! 473 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:44,717 Mine, at any rate! 474 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,404 It's all dead! 475 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:50,300 Except some spots glow like embers... 476 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,105 and they can die too. 477 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:58,432 You'd understand if you saw the wound on my head. 478 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,595 That wound...his head... 479 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,192 - You saw it? - No, that's like a shrine. 480 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,300 His hat's nailed over it. 481 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:11,200 When he took it off to mop his neck, he had a black stocking cap under it. 482 00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:12,613 Move, Simonnin! 483 00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:14,533 The same one he wore under his helmet. 484 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,543 - And the inventory, Godeschal? - Nothing new. 485 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,755 None of the valuables he describes appear in the estate inventory. 486 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,668 - Really? - Yes. Ask Desroches. 487 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,200 No tapestries, no silver punch bowl. 488 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:27,903 The Girodet painting? 489 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,677 No trace of it, or of the display cabinet... 490 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,103 for the coin collection he boasted of. 491 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:35,971 I keep telling you: 492 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:38,599 A pretty cabinet, with eight flat drawers... 493 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,694 velvet-lined, with holes for the antique coins. 494 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,200 Silver, bronze, all rarities. 495 00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:47,333 12 of them: Greek, Roman, some even older. 496 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,973 Spoils of war. Wiesbach Palace. 497 00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:56,874 I repeat sir, the estate lists no such... 498 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,967 Your millions come down to a few hundred thousand... 499 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,400 perhaps less. 500 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:04,000 I keep on reciting... 501 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:07,127 I made a list of my goods before I went off to war. 502 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,689 I have your list. 503 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,913 But compared with the one your wife gave to Rougin... 504 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,915 The official estate inventory after your...death... 505 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,607 My death! 506 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,131 They don't match. 507 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,204 It's terrifying. 508 00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:34,812 It's magnificent. 509 00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,750 Your wife robbed you like a bandit, which you can forgive. 510 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,105 But she also robbed the State, which never forgives. 511 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,829 We have a good way to bring her to her knees. 512 00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,017 You don't matter. It's a case of tax fraud. 513 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:50,391 If she contests it, we'll call witnesses. 514 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:52,200 - What witnesses? - Boutin, for one. 515 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:54,600 He knew you in your days of glory. 516 00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:56,658 He saw the painting, the punch bowl, perhaps even the money... 517 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,062 Boutin saw it all. He even got a bit of it. 518 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,567 But I won't bring him into court. 519 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:07,873 Really? 520 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,347 He's wanted. 521 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:14,024 A Strasbourg lawman. 522 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:16,855 - No. - Yes. 523 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,895 They threatened me with the madhouse. 524 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,422 All right, no Boutin. 525 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,007 We'll canvas your fellow soldiers. 526 00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:28,910 Fishing's poor in that stream. Too many dead. 527 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,101 Too many dead. 528 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,714 Russia devoured them all. 529 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,562 All switch...Right attacks left! 530 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,631 Bounce on those thighs! 531 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,703 Torso springs straight on the thighs! 532 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:46,769 You're on horseback, gentlemen. 533 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,424 Don't forget that! 534 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:51,708 Straighten your backs! 535 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:55,755 You asshole! 536 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:57,836 Fined for obscenity! 537 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,647 - He broke my nose. - Good for him! 538 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:03,142 In combat, it'd be your skull! 539 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,400 Son of a bitch! 540 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:07,538 Stop the fighting! 541 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:10,031 Sergeant, the rules! 542 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,577 No swearing, no blasphemy. 543 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,481 No insults. 544 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:16,200 No talk of the Bourbons or their cronies! 545 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:18,683 We honor the Emperor and await his son. 546 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,670 Violators will be fined. 547 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:22,847 He buys two quarts! 548 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,548 Cr�pin, gather the rods. 549 00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:27,166 The rest can take a break. 550 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,560 In silence! 551 00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:38,773 Who's this clown? 552 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,095 Mr. Derville. 553 00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:55,051 In formation, gentlemen! 554 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:57,726 Combat positions! 555 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,362 Attack! 556 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,606 The papers, Colonel. 557 00:43:06,700 --> 00:43:07,805 The papers from Germany. 558 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,001 - Hello, Colonel. - Hello, sir. 559 00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:13,742 How'd you find me? 560 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,059 We had you followed. 561 00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:20,580 Is there someplace quiet we can talk? 562 00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:22,634 Of course. 563 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,376 You live here? 564 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,563 I wanted to hide this poverty from you. 565 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,128 What a stench! 566 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:42,200 The bears sleep there. 567 00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:43,965 - Are they yours? - Boutin's. 568 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,200 They dance, coins drop, so we eat. 569 00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:48,888 Speaking of which, I'm embarrassed, but... 570 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:52,000 You want to talk about money too? 571 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:55,444 Frankly, yes. We met two months ago. 572 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:57,200 You get five francs a day. 573 00:43:57,300 --> 00:43:59,100 - Isn't Boucard paying you? - Yes. 574 00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:02,000 Yes, in cash every Friday. 575 00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:04,290 He makes me sign a receipt. 576 00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:05,893 Well, then? 577 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,618 That's Boutin, my orderly. 578 00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:12,374 Is there no better lodging in Paris? The stink is awful! 579 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,003 A place suiting your rank of Colonel... 580 00:44:16,065 --> 00:44:17,918 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor? 581 00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:20,792 No tailors, wig makers, cobblers? 582 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,412 You think I'm wasting my money? 583 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,832 So people can say, "Chabert spends it... 584 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,864 on wine, gambling, women"? 585 00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:32,366 - I only mean... - When I'm rich, you'll get double. 586 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:34,682 Tenfold, a hundredfold! 587 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,715 It's too sloppy, Sergeant! 588 00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:42,787 Landrevec, you look ridiculous! 589 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,164 Guard your thigh and head! 590 00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:47,779 Saber combat is a science. 591 00:44:48,700 --> 00:44:50,858 For the calvary, the science of survival. 592 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,081 Survival is a soldier's duty. 593 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,576 "Reports of the Imperial Army." 594 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,486 I know them by heart up to the battle of Eylau. 595 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,151 Up to my death. 596 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,200 Then they went it alone. 597 00:45:09,300 --> 00:45:11,787 "By heart." You admit that openly? 598 00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:13,595 Why not? 599 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,317 You can say it to me... 600 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,356 but suppose... 601 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,858 Come, we'll be better off outside. 602 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,241 Suppose... 603 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,600 our opponent heard that naive admission. 604 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,400 They'd say, "The imposter memorized it all!" 605 00:45:30,410 --> 00:45:33,062 That stink of bear! - The wind blows it back. 606 00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:35,000 Don't worry. They're chained. 607 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,117 Brie's the youngest. I gave him to Boutin. 608 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,237 Sit down. 609 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,587 You have the papers? 610 00:45:43,700 --> 00:45:45,802 All of them: Surgeon, lawyer, hospital. 611 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,300 Sit down. 612 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,100 We'll run 'em through the ribs 613 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,200 The ribs, tra-la-la-la-la 614 00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:52,844 Run 'em through the ribs 615 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,100 Oh, how we shall laugh! 616 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,961 We'll run 'em through the ribs Rat-a-tat-tat 617 00:46:00,050 --> 00:46:01,946 Tra-la-la-la-la 618 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,643 We're training the sons of war dead. 619 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,224 So that the truth is re-established. 620 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,500 Two days ago I despaired of recovering even my name. 621 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,122 I was going to stand in the street... 622 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,600 and howl for justice. 623 00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:20,647 Now justice is done. 624 00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:22,343 The papers say I'm Chabert. 625 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,792 I'll be awarded the rest. 626 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,539 - The rest? - Yes. 627 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,701 My money. My rank. My wife. 628 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,954 Chabert. Colonel Chabert. Good man. 629 00:46:35,700 --> 00:46:36,989 You had no children. 630 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,119 They've had two together. 631 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,939 You only reported your survival after their marriage. 632 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:46,639 Morally, your position is weak. 633 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,824 You face a woman who no longer loves you, and her husband. 634 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,739 Powerful people who can influence the courts. 635 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:00,000 - Justice is justice, no? - Yes, but merely justice. 636 00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:02,047 Let us compromise with it. 637 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,861 Compromise is the key. 638 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,268 - You claimed we'd win. - I still do. 639 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,112 But in 5, 10, 20 years of bickering... 640 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,300 We baffle them, so we're strong now. 641 00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,400 It could go quickly, out of court. 642 00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:19,200 - And honor? - Honor is living openly and well. 643 00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:21,795 I'll get a settlement of 400,000, maybe more. 644 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,400 We'll offer to annul your marriage... 645 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:29,411 If the Ferrauds help annul your death certificate. 646 00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:32,887 Alive again, you'll retire with a general's rank. 647 00:47:34,700 --> 00:47:38,200 Every penniless country girl... 648 00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:40,082 will be at your feet. 649 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:44,783 But I will have sold my girl... 650 00:47:46,069 --> 00:47:48,195 My wife. 651 00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:51,958 Derville! 652 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,274 Good morning, my dear Derville. 653 00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:57,300 Madam, I haven't much time... 654 00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,910 and we have a serious matter to discuss. 655 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,406 I'm crushed! My husband's away. 656 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:08,940 I'm delighted. He'd have been crushed to hear us. 657 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,925 Delbecq says you can manage your own affairs well. 658 00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:14,826 I'll call Delbecq. 659 00:48:14,900 --> 00:48:16,848 I know his skill and devotion to you... 660 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,520 But...believe me, we're better off alone. 661 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,946 I do declare, your face and voice are frightening. 662 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,476 A few words will turn you serious, Madam. 663 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,604 Chabert is alive. 664 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,463 I've seen him. I know him. 665 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,411 Stop clowning. What won't you think of! 666 00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:40,515 Must I show you the papers proving your first husband's survival? 667 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,462 It's a lie. 668 00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:47,117 This so-called Colonel Chabert must be an imposter, an ex-convict. 669 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,423 Can Chabert return to life? 670 00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:53,723 Bonaparte sent an aide to inform me... 671 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:57,473 of his death, and I was awarded 3000 francs... 672 00:48:58,000 --> 00:48:59,946 in pension, as his widow. By the Chamber. 673 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,751 I rightly rejected all the Chaberts who turned up... 674 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,474 as I will those to come. 675 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,697 Luckily, we're alone. We can tell lies. 676 00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:13,357 I wouldn't take on a fraud. 677 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,204 You know that. 678 00:49:15,300 --> 00:49:17,511 You're representing this impostor? 679 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,899 I pitied him, and he has so much proof. 680 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,872 I'm sure I can easily disprove his "proofs". 681 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,785 No. They are strong enough to cancel the death certificate. 682 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,543 Lose on that, and you lose the rest. 683 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:37,441 Whose cause are you defending? 684 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,152 His...or mine? 685 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,163 I'm still your lawyer, as I am Colonel Chabert's. 686 00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:47,016 Do you think I want to lose a client... 687 00:49:47,100 --> 00:49:48,679 as valuable as you? 688 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,068 You're not listening. - I am. 689 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,172 I can hardly wait to hear the rest. 690 00:49:56,700 --> 00:50:00,100 I'm in a position to know how large your fortune is. 691 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,853 It's colossal. 692 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,612 - Is that a reproach? - Not at all. 693 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,040 I admire your ability to make it grow. 694 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,100 But it began as Colonel Chabert's. 695 00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:10,795 He left me far less than I have now! 696 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:12,713 Calm yourself, please. 697 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,334 On the one hand, this fortune. 698 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,619 On the other hand, the poverty of a man you refuse to aid. 699 00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:21,591 Aid means acknowledgment! 700 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,207 Reducing him to beggary will harm your reputation. 701 00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:26,729 Then let's go to court! 702 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,939 I may lose 100,000 to your "Mr. Chabert"... 703 00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:35,410 but my second marriage will be legalized because of my children. 704 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:40,774 How do we know how the courts will see a matter of the heart? 705 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,200 We have a mother and her children... 706 00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:49,722 versus an old man forced into poverty and misfortune... 707 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,701 by fate, but also by you. 708 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,733 Judges are rarely young men in the prime of life. 709 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,395 They'll see a lost, wrinkled Chabert... 710 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,991 unable to find another wife, and then... 711 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,593 you'd go to court, but courts are public. 712 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,933 Places where secrets are unveiled, proclaimed. 713 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,072 Your opponent is never mute. 714 00:51:13,700 --> 00:51:15,869 A good lawyer can paint you in odious colors... 715 00:51:16,700 --> 00:51:17,866 and arouse... 716 00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:21,291 an unexpected enemy. 717 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,571 I'm giving you a friendly warning of the risk. 718 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,457 An unexpected enemy? 719 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,821 Your husband, Count Ferraud. 720 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,450 Count Ferraud prizes me. 721 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,396 - I'm the mother of his children... - I'm a lawyer! 722 00:51:47,700 --> 00:51:51,924 Don't talk such nonsense to a man who knows the human heart. 723 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:57,196 Right now, I'm sure he loves you... 724 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,425 and has no wish to break the ties that bind you. 725 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,302 Imagine him learning... 726 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:07,838 that his marriage could be annulled. 727 00:52:10,700 --> 00:52:11,881 He'd refuse. 728 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:13,485 No, Madam. 729 00:52:14,700 --> 00:52:16,682 He'd need...strong reasons. 730 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,383 Isn't the strongest that, with his marriage annulled... 731 00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:23,638 he'd see no obstacle to a new union? 732 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,805 I know French peers anxious to marry off a daughter. 733 00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:31,040 A royal decree... 734 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:34,819 could make the peerage hereditary... 735 00:52:35,700 --> 00:52:37,364 from father-in-law to son-in-law. 736 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,613 I'll never have any lawyer but you, Derville. 737 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,698 Thank you, Countess. 738 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:53,990 What should I do? 739 00:52:54,100 --> 00:52:56,915 Compromise. Negotiate. 740 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,022 That's always the way. 741 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:06,737 The Colonel... 742 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,128 Do you think he still loves me? 743 00:53:12,300 --> 00:53:15,550 I can't imagine he'd feel otherwise. 744 00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:19,130 I'll send you an agreement... 745 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,152 acceptable to both parties. 746 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,415 You could have your first meeting... 747 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,908 in a few days. 748 00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:35,006 Trying to get sick? 749 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,200 - I slept badly. - When's the meeting? 750 00:57:39,300 --> 00:57:41,780 - Noon. - You've time for a nap. 751 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,566 No. 752 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:47,787 For a woman. Really! 753 00:57:48,700 --> 00:57:49,939 Especially your own. 754 00:57:57,700 --> 00:57:59,929 They're only in case I push on to Pomains. 755 00:58:01,700 --> 00:58:04,304 There's no public coach, but a lone rider's not safe. 756 00:58:06,700 --> 00:58:07,633 Army deserters. 757 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:10,918 Keep an eye on Gilbert in my absence. 758 00:58:12,700 --> 00:58:14,104 He's hovering around Julie. 759 00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:16,000 So? 760 00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:18,015 He's promised to Mathilde. 761 00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:22,300 If he toys with a rival, we may lose him and Mathilde. 762 00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:23,819 What do you care? 763 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,493 I'm attached to him. He knows horses. 764 00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,479 What'll you do in Pomains? 765 00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:32,830 More questions. 766 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,381 I heard that the Marquis de Termesson's sister lives there. 767 00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:41,962 In Pomains. 768 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,349 She'll sell the land bordering my estate at the right price. 769 00:58:47,700 --> 00:58:50,869 You said you were too poor for any extravagance. 770 00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,400 A good reason to drive a hard bargain with the old witch. 771 00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,203 Unless you lend me the money I need. 772 00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,067 I said no. 773 00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:07,241 Never mind, Berry! 774 00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,198 I'd only need 80,000. That's nothing to you. 775 00:59:16,700 --> 00:59:18,789 For me, it completes my entailment... 776 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,584 without resorting to usurers. 777 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,805 I'm going to Groslay to set the new farm rents. 778 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,170 - You'd lend that sum to anyone. - I'm short of cash. 779 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,224 It all went into the sugar refinery. 780 00:59:34,700 --> 00:59:36,839 The sugar refinery! Progress! 781 00:59:37,700 --> 00:59:39,200 A fortune built on beets. 782 00:59:39,300 --> 00:59:42,275 I didn't dictate our marriage contract. 783 00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:44,593 Your demands are working against you... 784 00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:46,816 and I manage my fortune as I see fit. 785 00:59:49,700 --> 00:59:51,062 I gave you a name. 786 00:59:51,100 --> 00:59:53,069 And a rank. 787 00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,149 - That's worth... - Two children? 788 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:57,183 You have them. 789 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,056 Including a son which is beyond price. 790 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,946 You never listen to me. Or to Delbecq. 791 01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,100 Only to the old fogies in the peerage... 792 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,092 scheming for riches. 793 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:20,645 Don't go away angry. 794 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,567 I'll talk to Delbecq, see what we can do. 795 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,000 40,000... 796 01:00:35,700 --> 01:00:37,006 Be cautious. 797 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,300 You're seeing Derville today? 798 01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:45,900 Just for a few signatures. 799 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,374 Berry, the Count is leaving. 800 01:00:55,700 --> 01:00:57,573 - This dress, Madam? - Yes, put it on the bed. 801 01:00:59,230 --> 01:01:00,852 You'll never see her again... 802 01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:03,200 our maid Julie. 803 01:01:03,300 --> 01:01:04,956 I'm firing her. 804 01:01:05,700 --> 01:01:07,893 You value Gilbert, I value Mathilde. 805 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:12,436 And you. 806 01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,567 Hurry! My appointment's in an hour. 807 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,721 I saw her! She's coming! Chief! 808 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:53,200 She's here! 809 01:01:53,300 --> 01:01:54,695 Hush, Simonnin! 810 01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,500 Not so loud! Scat! 811 01:01:57,600 --> 01:02:01,700 You'll wear a wig, not a hat! And your Legion of Honor. 812 01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,700 You must be impressive, very impressive! 813 01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:10,821 Mr. Derville is in his office, Countess. 814 01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:26,369 She visits Count Ferraud on odd days... 815 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:28,677 and Colonel Chabert on even ones! 816 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:30,911 On leap years she evens the "count"! 817 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:34,300 I bet a box of candy... 818 01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:35,946 they kiss and make up. - Nonsense! 819 01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:39,779 She's a man-eating tiger. She'll gobble up Chabert! 820 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:44,543 I didn't know if you wanted to see Count Chabert... 821 01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:46,585 so I separated you. 822 01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:48,488 I'm grateful for the courtesy. 823 01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:50,300 I'll be in the next room... 824 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:53,019 where Boucard will note the parties' reactions. 825 01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:00,000 Mr. Chabert has agreed to stay in the adjoining room. 826 01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:04,282 I can read aloud a proposal you can both hear. 827 01:03:05,700 --> 01:03:07,992 I'll sound you out for your opinions. 828 01:03:08,700 --> 01:03:10,108 Let's begin, Derville. 829 01:03:10,700 --> 01:03:11,788 Very well, Madam. 830 01:03:20,700 --> 01:03:22,700 "It is agreed this day... 831 01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:24,908 in the office of Mr. Derville... 832 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,417 attorney, and in his presence, between... 833 01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,149 on the one side, Mr. Chabert... 834 01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,978 Am�d�e Jacques Hyacinthe... 835 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:37,923 Count... 836 01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:41,971 Brigadier General, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor... 837 01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,429 domiciled in Pre Saint Gervais... 838 01:03:46,700 --> 01:03:48,205 and, on the other side... 839 01:03:48,300 --> 01:03:50,916 Madam Chapotel, Rose... 840 01:03:51,700 --> 01:03:53,200 Marie Cecile... 841 01:03:53,300 --> 01:03:56,007 wife of... - Skip the preliminaries! 842 01:03:56,100 --> 01:03:59,200 They explain your respective positions. 843 01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:01,468 - The terms! - I'm coming to them. 844 01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:06,100 "In Article One of this agreement... 845 01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:10,347 you recognize before me and my head clerk... 846 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:12,310 Am�d�e Boucard..." 847 01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:14,797 - Hello, Boucard. - My respects, Countess. 848 01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,599 "You agree that the aforesaid person, whose identity is given... 849 01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:23,110 in an ordinance held by Alexandre Crottat... 850 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:26,100 attorney succeeding to Roguin... 851 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:30,255 is your first husband, Colonel Chabert. 852 01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:35,285 The said Colonel and Count Chabert agrees... 853 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:41,078 first, to renounce all rights this bestows. 854 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,904 Second, to begin proceedings to dissolve the marriage... 855 01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,687 in the month after his death certificate is annulled... 856 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:54,385 provided that the financial clauses are fulfilled. 857 01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:56,682 You are given two choices: 858 01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:01,300 An annual payment of 30,000 francs... 859 01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:04,256 recorded in the public register..." 860 01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:06,933 Which involves some publicity. 861 01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,880 No, our agreement must be kept secret! 862 01:05:10,700 --> 01:05:12,105 Quite right, Madam. 863 01:05:13,700 --> 01:05:15,389 "The alternative... 864 01:05:17,700 --> 01:05:21,324 closes the case with the payment... 865 01:05:22,700 --> 01:05:25,032 the payment of a flat... 866 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,232 and final sum of... 867 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:31,859 420,000 francs." 868 01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,547 That's absurd! 420,000 is absurd! 869 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,034 It's far too much! The sum's preposterous! 870 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,432 400,000 is the minimum. 871 01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:43,811 Be reasonable, Derville. 872 01:05:44,700 --> 01:05:46,295 Does your money come so easily? 873 01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:49,743 150,000, and that's a lot. 874 01:05:50,700 --> 01:05:52,100 - 400,000. - No! 875 01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:53,836 400,000, no! 876 01:05:55,700 --> 01:05:56,665 180,000. 877 01:05:57,700 --> 01:05:58,795 But, Madam... 878 01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:01,200 What do you expect? 879 01:06:01,300 --> 01:06:03,397 I reject these indecent claims. 880 01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:06,418 But I want no lawsuit. 881 01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:08,677 I know what I want. 882 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:11,677 For the Colonel to stay dead? 883 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,300 Then I'll go to court! I prefer that! 884 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:16,135 A lawsuit! I'm no pushover! 885 01:06:16,900 --> 01:06:19,308 400,000 is fraud! It's madness! 886 01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:24,364 Then let's go to court! I'll tell how I left you over a million! 887 01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:27,766 And how you haggle over my revival. 888 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:31,515 That man is not Colonel Chabert. 889 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:36,334 I'll prove our intimacy. 890 01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:38,843 Describe the secret marks on your body. 891 01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:41,268 You want a suit? So do I! 892 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,147 She was in a brothel! 893 01:06:44,700 --> 01:06:45,825 The first time I had her... 894 01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:48,142 I bet 100 francs in a lottery and won her! 895 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,369 Don't rush off! I've a lot to say! 896 01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:54,213 I want 420,000! And my rights! 897 01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:57,694 By law, I've two days a month of conjugal rights. 898 01:06:58,300 --> 01:07:01,714 Now I want them! Two days a month. 899 01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:06,295 Two days. Two nights. 900 01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:10,554 He's insane! 901 01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,217 He should be locked up, put in a straitjacket! 902 01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,001 Two days, two nights, like old times, Countess! 903 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:18,000 Like the brothel! 904 01:07:18,100 --> 01:07:21,877 Courtrooms love to hear about sluts!|We'll see if I'm mad! 905 01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,700 It's all over. Get to work. Not a word about this! 906 01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:29,951 Your identity's proven. She blanched when she saw you. 907 01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:33,857 Her pallor is worth an affidavit. Boucard, the Colonel's hat. 908 01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,961 - A madhouse. I'll kill her. - You'll be caught and guillotined. 909 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,731 I'll take this medal and have your name engraved on it. 910 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,985 Forget about killing a woman you might miss. 911 01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:49,951 That would be an unforgivable error. 912 01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:51,600 Put on your hat. 913 01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:57,100 I'm not mad, you know. It's criminal to say so! 914 01:07:57,200 --> 01:08:00,740 Go home. I'll file the suit. We'll do fine. 915 01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:03,462 Our terms stand. I want to see you happy. 916 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:08,721 Avoid traps. Agree to nothing, sign nothing without asking me. 917 01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:12,348 Be wary. We have weapons and your wife knows it. 918 01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:13,989 She knows it. 919 01:08:58,000 --> 01:08:59,081 Come. 920 01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:18,491 Please. Why hold back? 921 01:09:42,700 --> 01:09:43,936 Sir, I recognized you. 922 01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:48,856 Please understand. 923 01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:51,295 How could I admit to my mistakes... 924 01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:53,687 confess in front of all those people? 925 01:09:57,000 --> 01:09:58,158 I did get your letters... 926 01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:00,931 but a year after your death. 927 01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,818 I'd already remarried. A month before. 928 01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:08,635 You were my sole support. 929 01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,895 I'd only been tolerated on your account. 930 01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:14,416 Without you, I was nobody again. 931 01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:18,365 Then I met Ferraud. He's been good to me. 932 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:20,647 Very good. 933 01:10:26,700 --> 01:10:27,842 You got my letters. 934 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:31,000 But soiled, and scarcely legible. 935 01:10:31,100 --> 01:10:35,657 I feared I was being tricked by a false Chabert. 936 01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:38,015 Then... 937 01:10:38,100 --> 01:10:41,239 a new family relieved my mourning. 938 01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,116 You mourned me? 939 01:10:54,700 --> 01:10:57,071 Where are you taking me? 940 01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,471 To my country house in Groslay. 941 01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:05,905 if you have the time to spare, we can decide what course to take. 942 01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:11,733 It's my private retreat. 943 01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:15,801 In Paris we know too many people. 944 01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:17,467 We're always entertaining. 945 01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:20,525 Count Ferraud's colleagues. 946 01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:21,906 He's on the Council of State. 947 01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:25,832 Prominent men, members of the Academy, judges. 948 01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:30,621 No one comes here. It's peaceful. 949 01:11:32,700 --> 01:11:35,999 Count Ferraud... likes to rest here. 950 01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:37,736 The children love the place. 951 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:19,727 Count Ferraud designed the gardens himself. 952 01:12:21,700 --> 01:12:23,961 - Don't you ever say "my husband"? - May I? 953 01:12:24,700 --> 01:12:27,840 Delbecq, my steward. Knows the price of everything! 954 01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:30,200 Colonel Chabert, the hero of... You know. 955 01:12:30,300 --> 01:12:32,003 I need a few moments to give orders. 956 01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:44,727 I want the children here early tommorrow. 957 01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:48,829 It's been arranged, Madam. And the Colonel? 958 01:12:49,700 --> 01:12:51,065 It's trickier than I expected. 959 01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:56,163 Like it? 960 01:12:57,000 --> 01:12:58,051 Yes. 961 01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:02,133 It's beautiful. 962 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:06,200 Just what I'd have given you when I made general. 963 01:13:06,300 --> 01:13:07,916 I'll sell it. 964 01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:11,578 How do I get the 400,000 Derville's asking for? 965 01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:14,182 Come. I'll show you your room. 966 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:26,302 You were sure I'd come here? 967 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:29,917 I hoped we'd already have reached an agreement. 968 01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:32,000 Alas. 969 01:13:32,100 --> 01:13:33,955 Why "alas"? It's easy to agree. 970 01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:38,202 I doubted the whole world, Rose... You, myself. 971 01:13:38,300 --> 01:13:39,758 Be reasonable! 972 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:43,683 You're still so lovely. Reasonable? Aren't we man and wife? 973 01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:47,560 Even if the law's on your side, I'm no longer yours. 974 01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:49,141 My heart's changed. 975 01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:52,554 You mustn't love me like your wife. 976 01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:54,423 I love someone else. 977 01:13:55,700 --> 01:13:59,313 Life tore us apart, the harm's already done. 978 01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:00,954 Why reopen old wounds? 979 01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:03,368 I appeal to you. 980 01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:06,581 Lieutenant. 981 01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:09,174 You can take me by force. 982 01:14:11,700 --> 01:14:12,897 But I love Ferraud... 983 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:15,503 and my children. 984 01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,926 When Fate made me a widow... 985 01:14:20,700 --> 01:14:21,960 I wasn't yet a mother. 986 01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:30,070 So the dead are wrong to reappear. 987 01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:35,757 I'll summon you when dinner's ready. 988 01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,416 Nothing but my share. 989 01:15:00,700 --> 01:15:02,722 And not even all of that. 990 01:15:03,700 --> 01:15:05,080 You were part of it... 991 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,584 and I lost you. 992 01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:15,724 You know how our luck changes in life. 993 01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:20,200 Misfortunes occur, houses burn, sickness comes... 994 01:15:20,300 --> 01:15:21,750 People die. 995 01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:23,547 It's everyone's lot. 996 01:15:24,700 --> 01:15:26,742 My lot is that I'm not dead. 997 01:15:27,700 --> 01:15:29,772 I've had sickness, misfortune. 998 01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:34,377 But my house didn't burn. It was stolen, and I nabbed the thief! 999 01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:38,491 I just want half of what was in it. 1000 01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:41,309 In the house. 1001 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:47,345 The solution's simple. 1002 01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:53,081 When...the bad news came... 1003 01:15:54,700 --> 01:15:55,851 I had to obey the law. 1004 01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:59,500 - So I went to a lawyer... - Roguin? 1005 01:15:59,900 --> 01:16:04,100 Yes. I drew up an inventory of your estate. 1006 01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:06,689 Life doesn't change as much as you say. 1007 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:11,100 Countess Chabert, Countess Ferraud. 1008 01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:14,518 Scratch the polish and you find Rose Chapotel... 1009 01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,742 who sells a ten-cent object for three francs. 1010 01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:25,101 The inventory... 1011 01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:28,394 was checked, line by line. 1012 01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:30,984 Everything of value has vanished. 1013 01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:33,596 The tapestries... 1014 01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:36,375 the gold coins, the silver... 1015 01:16:38,700 --> 01:16:39,955 Josephine's punch bowl. 1016 01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:44,317 400,000, no! 1017 01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:54,544 How much? 1018 01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:57,217 180,000? 1019 01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:00,129 No. 1020 01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:02,815 300,000. 1021 01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,558 It's too much. 1022 01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:13,460 250,000. 1023 01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:19,900 I can't rob my children without further thought. 1024 01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:23,272 Ferraud's ambitious. I help him the best I can. 1025 01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:25,307 If you fleece me too... 1026 01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:27,992 200,000? 1027 01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:44,069 Well, let's see. What do I need? 1028 01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:47,955 A small house in the heartland. It's Boutin's region. 1029 01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:50,759 He'll give fencing lessons. 1030 01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:53,492 Rabbits, chickens... 1031 01:17:54,700 --> 01:17:57,542 fishing, firewood for winter... 1032 01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:02,049 a newspaper and my tobacco. 1033 01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:04,721 On 1000 a month I'll live like a prince. 1034 01:18:05,700 --> 01:18:08,249 Who can live on 1000 a month? 1035 01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:11,317 I haven't always had a hundredth of that. 1036 01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:15,441 Ten francs? No, not always. 1037 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:18,420 Ten francs? Can you really? 1038 01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:20,677 Ten francs for a whole month? 1039 01:18:22,700 --> 01:18:25,696 No, you can't. But you survive. 1040 01:18:29,700 --> 01:18:30,981 And regret it. 1041 01:18:46,700 --> 01:18:48,032 You can very well regret living. 1042 01:18:54,700 --> 01:18:56,016 My God... 1043 01:18:58,000 --> 01:18:59,308 How you've changed. 1044 01:19:06,700 --> 01:19:07,768 You too. 1045 01:19:10,700 --> 01:19:11,988 Changed. 1046 01:19:14,700 --> 01:19:15,871 No more laughter? 1047 01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:19,759 With Ferraud... Do you laugh? 1048 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,540 No. 1049 01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:28,705 I'm sure you don't, not even in bed. 1050 01:19:32,700 --> 01:19:34,646 I bet you play the Duchess... 1051 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:36,203 with that dummy. 1052 01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:40,515 Still snickering. 1053 01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:44,558 You only know how to roughhouse women or laugh at them. 1054 01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:47,000 I won't give in. 1055 01:19:47,100 --> 01:19:51,540 Ferraud and you, two hounds in a pack biting at opposite sides. 1056 01:19:52,700 --> 01:19:55,703 Normally he'd protect me from you... 1057 01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:00,752 but when he hears you're back I'll read my doom in his eyes. 1058 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,886 But you keep telling me you two are in love. 1059 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:08,676 I am, yes! 1060 01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:12,339 He still pretends to be. 1061 01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:16,698 But women can read men like an open book. 1062 01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:20,431 An open book. 1063 01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:29,293 My God! 1064 01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:31,291 I'm so frightened! 1065 01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:51,700 Madam, the children have arrived. 1066 01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:54,075 I'll be right down. 1067 01:23:55,000 --> 01:23:56,355 The old man didn't sleep in his bed. 1068 01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:01,701 I saw him go out. His bed was still made. 1069 01:24:02,700 --> 01:24:03,806 All right. 1070 01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:05,408 He slept on top of it. 1071 01:24:24,700 --> 01:24:25,913 Here you are, Delbecq! 1072 01:24:27,700 --> 01:24:30,869 - What do I do about the Colonel? - We'll pay him off. 1073 01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:33,601 No. It's not the money. That can be arranged. 1074 01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:36,334 He's frightening. 1075 01:24:37,700 --> 01:24:39,530 It's a mask. I'm terrified. 1076 01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:44,548 He yields, looks away, I think I've won. 1077 01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:47,307 Then he looks back, and I see nothing's settled. 1078 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:49,709 I find him affable. 1079 01:24:50,700 --> 01:24:52,011 Believe me, he's an ogre. 1080 01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:55,900 If he recovers his name and title, what then? 1081 01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:00,100 - If I may ask, has he given you up? - Yes. Today. 1082 01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:01,769 Then we've won. 1083 01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:03,300 No, it's a drunkard's oath. 1084 01:25:03,400 --> 01:25:06,582 On a whim, or bad advice, or his lust for women. 1085 01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,617 I saw the heron fly off. 1086 01:25:58,700 --> 01:26:00,044 I saw the nest. 1087 01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:02,585 Three eggs. 1088 01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:07,341 Eggs. 1089 01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:13,624 What comes out may not be a bird. It could be... 1090 01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:16,716 A snake, a turtle... 1091 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,530 A dragon. 1092 01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:22,524 A dragon with two heads. 1093 01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:25,695 Take the children inside! Mathilde! 1094 01:26:26,700 --> 01:26:29,490 - But, Madam... - Take them inside. It's still too cold. 1095 01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:33,300 In Egypt there are big lizards called crocodiles... 1096 01:26:33,510 --> 01:26:34,824 that also come out of eggs. 1097 01:26:36,700 --> 01:26:37,756 Hurry! 1098 01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:40,684 You frighten them. 1099 01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:02,655 What's wrong? 1100 01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:04,307 It's nothing. 1101 01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:05,952 Weeping again? 1102 01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:08,678 I can see you are. 1103 01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:13,816 Delbecq said I was rash to bring you here without telling my husband. 1104 01:27:14,700 --> 01:27:17,270 If the Count learns, he may cast me off. 1105 01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:20,016 I won't tell him. 1106 01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:22,387 But my children saw you! 1107 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:25,086 They'll talk. 1108 01:27:27,700 --> 01:27:28,894 They'll be taken from me. 1109 01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:31,453 I couldn't survive that. 1110 01:27:32,700 --> 01:27:33,807 I'd kill myself! 1111 01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,998 For me, it's settled. I thought it over last night. 1112 01:27:38,700 --> 01:27:40,877 I've made my decision. Don't worry. 1113 01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:43,639 Give me 12,000 francs a year... 1114 01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:46,466 plus a coach and horse, and that's that. 1115 01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:49,992 You mean... 1116 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,291 You'll hear no more of your dead husband. 1117 01:27:56,700 --> 01:27:59,000 But... 1118 01:27:59,200 --> 01:28:02,493 you could change your mind... 1119 01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:05,296 tomorrow, or an hour from now. 1120 01:28:06,700 --> 01:28:07,935 Is that how you see me? 1121 01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:09,687 No. 1122 01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:12,411 I trust your generosity. 1123 01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:18,457 But your decision forces you into a vow of silence. 1124 01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:20,218 A permanent lie. 1125 01:28:20,300 --> 01:28:21,941 You're better off dead. 1126 01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:25,763 Death is gentler than you think. 1127 01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:32,877 They'll want proof of your good will. 1128 01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:38,351 I can't live waiting for you to reappear on some pretext. 1129 01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:42,669 You're not wicked, but you're so capricious. 1130 01:28:43,700 --> 01:28:46,848 Even before, you were thought of as weird, remember? 1131 01:28:48,700 --> 01:28:51,206 Your head wound must have accentuated that. 1132 01:28:56,700 --> 01:28:57,867 My word's not enough? 1133 01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:03,391 You want forms, stamps, seals, official edicts? 1134 01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:08,339 Then let's go back to Derville. 1135 01:29:08,700 --> 01:29:10,340 Why Derville? 1136 01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:15,359 If you agree, there's a lawyer here. We can settle it today. 1137 01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:21,084 Fine, so we'll use this lawyer. 1138 01:29:25,000 --> 01:29:26,233 He's very convenient, isn't he? 1139 01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:41,601 The silver? Yes, she always did that. 1140 01:29:42,700 --> 01:29:44,695 The Countess. Always. 1141 01:29:46,700 --> 01:29:49,229 "Before you die, make silver shine", they say. 1142 01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,701 "A token of friendship. Josephine." 1143 01:30:00,700 --> 01:30:03,603 The Empress. Her punch bowl. 1144 01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:07,565 A wedding gift. 1145 01:30:10,700 --> 01:30:11,744 Where's the Countess? 1146 01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:14,839 In her office, end of the hall. 1147 01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:20,883 - But her lawyer's with her. - I know. He's here for me. 1148 01:30:39,700 --> 01:30:42,050 This is...the cosigner. 1149 01:30:42,700 --> 01:30:44,909 Sir, the Countess has requested me... 1150 01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:47,857 to read you this agreement... 1151 01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:50,558 - It's already drawn up? - Lawyers know how. 1152 01:30:52,700 --> 01:30:54,880 All right. You may read it. 1153 01:30:58,000 --> 01:31:00,887 "On this June 14, 1817... 1154 01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:05,300 was made before Mr. Sarrazin, attorney in Montmorency... 1155 01:31:05,400 --> 01:31:09,763 with Marie Gratien and Leon Delbecq acting as witnesses... 1156 01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:12,415 the following agreement: 1157 01:31:13,600 --> 01:31:16,751 Countess Ferraud, born Rose Chapotel... 1158 01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:19,646 agrees to an annual payment to the cosigner... 1159 01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:22,084 until the death of either... 1160 01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:24,652 the sum of 12,000 francs... 1161 01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:28,000 in twelve equal parts of 1000 francs... 1162 01:31:28,100 --> 01:31:31,411 to be paid on the first day of each month. 1163 01:31:32,700 --> 01:31:36,387 In addition to this sum, Attorney Derville will receive... 1164 01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:40,195 a single flat fee of 2000 francs. 1165 01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:44,692 In return for this... 1166 01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:47,061 the cosigner agrees to renounce forever... 1167 01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:50,592 the usurped identity of Colonel Chabert... 1168 01:31:51,700 --> 01:31:55,769 which he admits he took fraudulently..." 1169 01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:59,455 How could you imagine I'd sign such a paper? 1170 01:32:00,700 --> 01:32:02,990 I wanted to see how far this sham would go. 1171 01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:05,725 I didn't think you could stoop so low. 1172 01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:10,925 - I told you I'd given up. - On the money, yes. 1173 01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:14,987 But your name's a threat. I need to be sure. What's in a name? 1174 01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:16,807 My name, Madam, is my honor. 1175 01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:18,874 Honor! What honor? 1176 01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:21,300 That of being a burden to society... 1177 01:32:21,400 --> 01:32:24,484 a madman who can't manage his life without help? 1178 01:32:33,600 --> 01:32:34,930 Madam... 1179 01:32:36,700 --> 01:32:39,013 I thank the fate that separated us. 1180 01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:42,354 I won't curse you. I despise you. 1181 01:32:43,700 --> 01:32:45,735 I don't even want revenge. 1182 01:32:54,700 --> 01:32:56,014 I want nothing from her. 1183 01:32:56,100 --> 01:32:59,892 She can believe my word's worth more than any lawyer's scribble. 1184 01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:06,478 I'll never claim the name I glorified and she dishonors. 1185 01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:08,000 Don't touch me! 1186 01:33:08,100 --> 01:33:10,643 Please understand. Without the children... 1187 01:33:10,700 --> 01:33:12,090 Without the children? 1188 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:15,281 You'd be dead. 1189 01:33:52,000 --> 01:33:56,071 "She'd have loved to see me foam and scream the insults she deserved... 1190 01:33:57,000 --> 01:33:59,890 to give her a pretext to call me mad... 1191 01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,188 so she could have me locked away at Charenton. 1192 01:34:04,700 --> 01:34:05,959 Dear Mr. Derville... 1193 01:34:07,000 --> 01:34:09,423 I've suddenly contracted an incurable ailment: 1194 01:34:10,700 --> 01:34:12,587 Disgust with humanity. 1195 01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:17,455 You could scarcely measure my contempt for the world... 1196 01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:21,228 and the public life most men value. 1197 01:34:22,700 --> 01:34:24,061 Except for Boutin and you. 1198 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:28,986 You listened and helped me more than a son might have done. 1199 01:34:30,700 --> 01:34:33,450 Now I'm returning underground. 1200 01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:38,866 I may not have shown you my gratitude for your kindness... 1201 01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:42,000 but I hold it prominently in my heart. 1202 01:34:42,100 --> 01:34:45,485 It reigns there, fully intact. 1203 01:34:47,700 --> 01:34:49,446 But what more can the unfortunate do? 1204 01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:53,004 They love, and that's all. 1205 01:34:54,700 --> 01:34:59,062 Good men like you put fine thoughts above fine clothes. 1206 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:03,357 I fear no man's scorn. 1207 01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:06,833 Farewell, and thank you." 1208 01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:25,345 Death can strike a person without dissolving the family. 1209 01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:28,400 It can even enlarge the group... 1210 01:35:28,500 --> 01:35:30,701 by bringing forth unknown relatives. 1211 01:35:32,700 --> 01:35:34,461 But that's not your case. 1212 01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:37,350 All right. 1213 01:35:39,000 --> 01:35:40,645 Derville? 1214 01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:43,978 You didn't say you were coming. 1215 01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:48,880 I didn't come to see you, Madam. 1216 01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:54,214 Not you alone, in any case. 1217 01:35:56,700 --> 01:36:00,200 You wished to see me? - Yes, he's surprised me! 1218 01:36:00,300 --> 01:36:03,420 The latest list of new peers, Count. 1219 01:36:05,000 --> 01:36:06,171 I know. 1220 01:36:07,700 --> 01:36:09,905 Four idiots who passed me by. 1221 01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:12,465 They're young, Count. They'll be there a long time. 1222 01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:17,200 Gonpalet! He grew rich swindling under Napoleon... 1223 01:36:17,300 --> 01:36:19,100 he's led a life of debauchery. Mistresses, bastards... 1224 01:36:19,200 --> 01:36:23,305 But skill in corruption, wealth, and a knowledge of the law... 1225 01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:31,846 - You're here for that? - Indirectly, yes. 1226 01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:35,622 A possible connection. 1227 01:36:37,700 --> 01:36:38,809 A surprise. 1228 01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:44,164 A visit I received that you weren't told about... 1229 01:36:45,000 --> 01:36:47,269 though it offers us a way... 1230 01:36:52,700 --> 01:36:54,575 You're being mysterious. What's this about? 1231 01:36:57,700 --> 01:36:58,951 A way to do what? 1232 01:37:05,000 --> 01:37:06,380 A way, perhaps... 1233 01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:10,530 to reverse those unjust nominations. 1234 01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:15,341 - I don't see... - The peerage, Count. 1235 01:37:18,700 --> 01:37:20,982 Chabert is alive. I've seen him. 1236 01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,797 Chabert? Your first husband? 1237 01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:32,927 The dead have come back to life. 1238 01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:38,325 That's impossible! 1239 01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:43,585 He came to see me. It's him. There's a mass of proof. 1240 01:37:48,700 --> 01:37:50,752 Now's the time to decide, Armand. 1241 01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:53,320 If you drag me into court... 1242 01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:56,826 they'll have to declare him alive. 1243 01:37:57,700 --> 01:37:59,007 He's dropped his claims... 1244 01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:02,713 but this frees you from the chains of marriage. Isn't that right? 1245 01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:08,419 It's true that no one in France may have two wives... 1246 01:38:08,500 --> 01:38:09,953 or two husbands. 1247 01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:12,190 I mean, officially. 1248 01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:15,488 Incredible! You hid all this from me? 1249 01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:20,437 For how many days or weeks have you lied? 1250 01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:24,610 Lied? 1251 01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:28,217 Why lied? 1252 01:38:30,000 --> 01:38:35,154 I fought. Your raging desire to crawl toward the Throne. 1253 01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:40,259 The peerage! What misery it put me through! 1254 01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:45,829 All those smiles for people we both despised. 1255 01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:48,996 Those concerts, suppers, meetings. 1256 01:38:49,700 --> 01:38:52,276 Each one left you more distant from me. 1257 01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:55,169 The blame in your eyes... 1258 01:38:56,700 --> 01:39:00,843 the cold courtesy toward me, the obstacle to your ambition. 1259 01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:05,129 Without my money... 1260 01:39:19,600 --> 01:39:21,010 Countess... 1261 01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:24,367 Count... 1262 01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:27,852 I am at your disposal at all times. 1263 01:40:05,700 --> 01:40:07,125 Good day, Sister. 1264 01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:16,513 Your proteg� is in the arcade today. 1265 01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:19,699 - Is he settling in? - Well, he's very docile. 1266 01:40:19,800 --> 01:40:21,280 Thank you, Sister. 1267 01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:44,525 Colonel Chabert, you look like a mere lieutenant. 1268 01:40:45,700 --> 01:40:47,120 No. 1269 01:40:52,700 --> 01:40:54,897 Not Chabert. Hyacinthe. Old Man Hyacinthe. 1270 01:40:56,000 --> 01:40:59,000 Number 164, room 7. 1271 01:40:59,100 --> 01:41:01,903 I brought you some country cheese. 1272 01:41:05,700 --> 01:41:08,707 - And white bread! - White? Say! 1273 01:41:27,700 --> 01:41:31,044 The Countess, your wife, is retiring to the country. 1274 01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:34,613 She still has a future. 1275 01:41:35,700 --> 01:41:36,885 White bread. 1276 01:41:38,700 --> 01:41:40,688 Nice! 1277 01:41:47,700 --> 01:41:50,323 Count Ferraud hints he'll wed... 1278 01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:54,089 the oldest Courcelle girl. 1279 01:41:57,000 --> 01:42:00,528 That will make him a Peer of France within two years. 1280 01:42:10,700 --> 01:42:13,063 I also brought a flask of red wine. 1281 01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:15,728 You saw the condemned man? 1282 01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:21,198 This wine... 1283 01:42:22,700 --> 01:42:24,494 is not as strong as last time. 1284 01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:28,431 And tobacco. 1285 01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:31,621 Good tobacco. 1286 01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:40,853 Chabert! 1287 01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:21,721 But I can describe Death. 1288 01:43:23,700 --> 01:43:26,740 Death is red, then blue. 1289 01:43:28,700 --> 01:43:29,855 And then it's cold. 1290 01:43:31,700 --> 01:43:34,793 Above all, it's silent. 1291 01:43:39,000 --> 01:43:42,392 Death is the silence of death. 91612