1 00:00:18,891 --> 00:00:24,045 Viktor and Viktoria 2 00:01:54,808 --> 00:01:59,058 Forward, move! 3 00:02:04,475 --> 00:02:06,725 THEATRICAL AGENCY 4 00:02:17,486 --> 00:02:22,803 "Thou best of beings, how is my soul 'twixt eye and ear divided!" 5 00:02:23,108 --> 00:02:26,358 "No: 'twas not she I snatched from..." 6 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:28,013 Two marks for Friday ticket. 7 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:32,022 I'm not crazy, they should be happy someone wants to see that nonsense. 8 00:02:32,327 --> 00:02:34,904 Too bad, somehow it'd be a great evening. 9 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:38,426 Concentrated, well made, intense. 10 00:02:38,822 --> 00:02:40,850 OPERETTA 11 00:02:41,876 --> 00:02:43,553 Next, please. 12 00:02:53,668 --> 00:02:58,804 In my day, this wasn't possible. It's getting more difficult with every year. 13 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,554 All those people who want to go to the theatre these days! 14 00:03:02,859 --> 00:03:06,121 It should be prohibited. There should be a law. 15 00:03:09,017 --> 00:03:10,377 DRAMA 16 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,977 "Oh, ye who stand around 17 00:03:16,343 --> 00:03:22,163 with terror dumb, and mute surprise, 18 00:03:22,451 --> 00:03:24,433 Do not condemn..." 19 00:03:25,308 --> 00:03:27,433 Damn it! Excuse me. 20 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:30,403 "...do not condemn the youth 21 00:03:30,678 --> 00:03:36,211 Who holds this language to the king, his father." 22 00:03:42,088 --> 00:03:43,521 "Look on this corpse." 23 00:03:44,969 --> 00:03:47,773 "Behold! for me he died." 24 00:03:55,817 --> 00:04:00,283 "If ye have tears - if in your veins flow blood,not molten brass 25 00:04:04,663 --> 00:04:08,748 look here, and blame me not." 26 00:04:11,828 --> 00:04:13,475 And blame me not. 27 00:04:15,282 --> 00:04:17,966 "Doubtless you wait the end of this rude scene?" 28 00:04:18,361 --> 00:04:19,975 "Here is my sword. 29 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:22,081 For you are still my king. 30 00:04:22,675 --> 00:04:26,303 Think not I fear your vengeance. 31 00:04:29,002 --> 00:04:33,294 I here renounce all that this world can offer to my hopes." 32 00:05:14,330 --> 00:05:16,815 Do you want me to sing something light, too? 33 00:05:17,074 --> 00:05:18,011 Yes, please! 34 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,635 No, thanks! 35 00:05:19,894 --> 00:05:22,516 Light roles are mine, my dear miss. 36 00:05:23,192 --> 00:05:25,859 You're too young for our stage. Maybe later. 37 00:05:27,064 --> 00:05:28,863 - Later? - Ten years from now. 38 00:05:29,799 --> 00:05:32,772 Next one, please. And make it fast, I don't have much time. 39 00:05:33,686 --> 00:05:36,156 "Now I am alone. 40 00:05:40,807 --> 00:05:45,473 O what a rogue and peasant slave am I!" 41 00:05:45,717 --> 00:05:49,063 "A dull and muddy-mettled rascal 42 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:52,035 Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause. 43 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:53,757 Am I a coward? 44 00:05:55,083 --> 00:05:56,532 Who calls me villain?" 45 00:05:58,468 --> 00:06:01,008 "Bloody, bawdy villain!" 46 00:06:02,654 --> 00:06:05,732 "Remorseless, kindless villain!" 47 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,247 "Fie upon't! Foh!" 48 00:06:08,964 --> 00:06:11,052 "About, my brain!" 49 00:06:11,715 --> 00:06:15,586 "I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play 50 00:06:15,861 --> 00:06:18,590 have by the very cunning of the scene been struck so..." 51 00:06:19,161 --> 00:06:20,258 Struck... 52 00:06:21,326 --> 00:06:22,322 Struck so... 53 00:06:22,505 --> 00:06:23,367 Next! 54 00:06:23,557 --> 00:06:24,746 Next, please. 55 00:06:25,035 --> 00:06:26,270 Wait a moment. 56 00:06:26,483 --> 00:06:27,508 Director. 57 00:06:28,672 --> 00:06:30,257 Director, I... 58 00:06:30,989 --> 00:06:33,057 I also know the role of Karl Moor 59 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:36,152 in "The Robbers" by Friedrich von Schiller. 60 00:06:37,527 --> 00:06:40,683 And likewise I had extraordinary success as Romeo, 61 00:06:42,207 --> 00:06:44,600 as Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare. 62 00:06:45,552 --> 00:06:49,484 And by said Shakespeare, I can also offer "Othello", 63 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:53,509 as the Moor of Venice. 64 00:06:53,906 --> 00:06:56,055 And also, if you please ... 65 00:06:56,620 --> 00:07:00,644 I was the protagonist in "K�thchen of Heilbronn" by Kleist. 66 00:07:01,544 --> 00:07:03,464 I, as Knight vom Strahl. 67 00:07:03,708 --> 00:07:05,975 Thank you. You will receive our reply. 68 00:07:13,192 --> 00:07:16,759 I will begin with the speech of Mark Anthony. 69 00:07:17,460 --> 00:07:21,225 "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. " 70 00:07:24,079 --> 00:07:25,161 Idiots! 71 00:07:55,271 --> 00:07:56,430 Hamlet is missing. 72 00:08:09,645 --> 00:08:11,588 Is this you? 73 00:08:11,817 --> 00:08:13,036 Yes, indeed! 74 00:08:13,121 --> 00:08:16,079 - You can play Hamlet? - Of course! 75 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,829 Any objections? 76 00:08:18,788 --> 00:08:21,121 No. But I could have sworn ... 77 00:08:21,246 --> 00:08:22,263 What? 78 00:08:22,538 --> 00:08:24,163 That you're a comedian. 79 00:08:26,204 --> 00:08:28,371 Don't make me laugh! 80 00:08:29,347 --> 00:08:31,433 Dear Miss... 81 00:08:32,079 --> 00:08:35,871 Meet the hero and lover, Viktor Hempel! 82 00:08:37,829 --> 00:08:40,371 Very pleased to meet you. I'm Susanne Lohr. 83 00:08:40,538 --> 00:08:42,704 Don't get me wrong, Herr Hempel. 84 00:08:42,829 --> 00:08:45,052 The bit about the comedian wasn't meant seriously. 85 00:08:45,371 --> 00:08:47,704 You haven't been long in the industry, right? 86 00:08:48,038 --> 00:08:50,570 A newcomer, Herr Hempel. 87 00:08:50,859 --> 00:08:52,788 Oh, I see. 88 00:08:53,038 --> 00:08:56,704 Not so loud! There's no need for everyone to know about it. 89 00:08:57,413 --> 00:08:59,371 No false shame, 90 00:08:59,496 --> 00:09:02,277 everybody has started at the bottom. 91 00:09:02,413 --> 00:09:05,027 Courage! And everything will be fine. 92 00:09:05,579 --> 00:09:10,222 I would like to make a career, I've got talent and I am gifted 93 00:09:10,538 --> 00:09:15,496 I would like to make a career, but luck hasn't favoured me yet. 94 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:21,900 I can sing, laugh, and dance, but still I don't have any money 95 00:09:22,579 --> 00:09:28,954 I can be serious or light, but still I don't make any progress. 96 00:09:29,871 --> 00:09:31,538 Yes, it's a shame. 97 00:09:32,996 --> 00:09:36,329 This terrible draught! My voice... 98 00:09:36,663 --> 00:09:41,246 Oh this world is just illusion... 99 00:09:42,121 --> 00:09:45,121 - Must it be the theatre at all costs? - Yes! 100 00:09:45,290 --> 00:09:47,246 Why don't you try something else? 101 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:52,351 I must succeed by all means, I won't rest until I'm successful, 102 00:09:52,663 --> 00:09:56,503 I want to be a star without equal and have the world at my feet, 103 00:09:56,829 --> 00:10:00,579 I want to stand in the limelight, and everyone shall see what I can do, 104 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:04,746 I want to be on the posters in bold face And at the top, at the very top, 105 00:10:04,954 --> 00:10:07,621 At the very top! 106 00:10:10,121 --> 00:10:14,388 Dear Miss Lohr, it's not as easy as you think. 107 00:10:14,663 --> 00:10:17,210 Talent is only secondary. 108 00:10:19,204 --> 00:10:22,538 The main thing with every theatre director is 109 00:10:23,246 --> 00:10:25,371 patronage, patronage. 110 00:10:26,413 --> 00:10:29,663 I knew it! I have a cold. Patronage. 111 00:10:30,246 --> 00:10:34,567 I have no patronage, as unfortunately I don't know anyone here. 112 00:10:35,079 --> 00:10:38,204 I only know you. Are you a celebrity? 113 00:10:39,121 --> 00:10:41,846 I'm already someone. I have my job. 114 00:10:42,329 --> 00:10:46,913 - Right now, they scrambled to get me. - Really? Congratulations. 115 00:10:47,538 --> 00:10:51,076 Don't congratulate me yet. I didn't accept the salary. 116 00:10:51,954 --> 00:10:53,454 I didn't accept the offer. 117 00:10:53,954 --> 00:10:55,913 You didn't get a contract? 118 00:10:56,168 --> 00:10:59,370 I'm used to it. The salary, I mean. 119 00:10:59,954 --> 00:11:04,954 You can afford it, you act the heroic parts. 120 00:11:05,288 --> 00:11:09,871 I don't play anything, and have even less money. 121 00:11:10,163 --> 00:11:13,413 Dear child, never give up. 122 00:11:13,538 --> 00:11:17,121 Always keep your hopes, always. 123 00:11:18,413 --> 00:11:20,481 Why is that window open? 124 00:11:23,996 --> 00:11:27,478 Let me tell you something, out of experience. 125 00:11:29,329 --> 00:11:33,913 One day in spring, 126 00:11:34,204 --> 00:11:37,413 luck will call at your door, 127 00:11:38,058 --> 00:11:42,038 and the world will be ablaze with golden light. 128 00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:46,228 Then reach out to luck, 129 00:11:46,579 --> 00:11:48,996 don't ever let it go again, 130 00:11:49,288 --> 00:11:53,538 firmly lock it in with you forever. 131 00:11:54,996 --> 00:11:59,954 For everyone there comes an hour in which the sun smiles brightly 132 00:12:00,329 --> 00:12:05,663 and in which Fortune beckons to you. 133 00:12:06,246 --> 00:12:09,746 One day in spring, 134 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:13,121 luck will call at your door 135 00:12:13,663 --> 00:12:19,579 and will make your wildest dreams come true. 136 00:12:23,204 --> 00:12:25,038 There should be a law. 137 00:12:25,579 --> 00:12:28,996 Miss, it has been a pleasure. 138 00:12:29,204 --> 00:12:32,169 But what awful weather today! 139 00:12:32,538 --> 00:12:35,121 Too bad about your suit! 140 00:12:35,538 --> 00:12:38,575 I'll only walk over to the Esplanade Hotel. 141 00:12:38,871 --> 00:12:44,621 The director from Baden-Baden has invited me to lunch there. 142 00:12:45,795 --> 00:12:48,746 - Enjoy your meal, then! - Same to you! 143 00:12:51,829 --> 00:12:54,663 People like me cannot afford to go to such places. 144 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,696 SELF-SERVICE 145 00:14:12,746 --> 00:14:14,358 But that's Hamlet sitting there! 146 00:14:17,871 --> 00:14:20,341 I thought you were dining at the Esplanade Hotel. 147 00:14:20,570 --> 00:14:23,206 With the director from Baden-Baden. 148 00:14:23,454 --> 00:14:25,871 Baden-Baden is too far away in the South for me. 149 00:14:25,996 --> 00:14:28,871 Well, if it were in the North or in the West! 150 00:14:29,079 --> 00:14:34,246 I have called the director to tell him I was not interested. 151 00:14:34,371 --> 00:14:36,579 In addition, the city is too small. 152 00:14:36,663 --> 00:14:39,121 What kind of theatre could it be? 153 00:14:39,913 --> 00:14:43,121 I pity the man, he was out of his mind. 154 00:14:43,773 --> 00:14:46,704 Well, what shall he do without me? 155 00:14:47,163 --> 00:14:49,788 Hempels do not abound. 156 00:14:50,538 --> 00:14:51,682 What did you say? 157 00:14:52,829 --> 00:14:54,454 No, I'm all silent. 158 00:14:54,579 --> 00:14:56,829 And that's why, 159 00:14:57,246 --> 00:14:58,788 for this reason... 160 00:14:58,871 --> 00:15:00,371 Herr Hempel, 161 00:15:00,454 --> 00:15:03,913 Not a single word you say is true. 162 00:15:04,288 --> 00:15:06,704 Dear miss, I ask you! 163 00:15:07,079 --> 00:15:08,704 You spread it on thick! 164 00:15:09,288 --> 00:15:11,121 Well, a little. 165 00:15:11,454 --> 00:15:12,548 Yes, just a little. 166 00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:14,866 Actually, I'm hard up. I'm in bad circumstances. 167 00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:16,619 Other people steal my roles. 168 00:15:16,829 --> 00:15:18,736 Nothing but grudgers and schemers. 169 00:15:18,934 --> 00:15:21,861 But worst are the directors. They should be eradicated. 170 00:15:25,246 --> 00:15:26,788 Root and branch! 171 00:15:32,954 --> 00:15:34,638 How you must feel inside... 172 00:15:35,163 --> 00:15:36,163 Terrible. 173 00:15:36,329 --> 00:15:37,496 Waiter, another beer. 174 00:15:37,579 --> 00:15:40,079 Have you read the reviews about me? 175 00:15:42,371 --> 00:15:44,371 You'll be speechless. 176 00:15:45,288 --> 00:15:47,496 "Mr. Hempel was completely miscast as Hamlet, 177 00:15:48,746 --> 00:15:51,454 the audience didn't stop laughing at him. " 178 00:15:51,788 --> 00:15:53,621 They don't know anything! 179 00:15:56,329 --> 00:15:59,882 - You also played Tell? - With an unprecedented success. 180 00:16:00,163 --> 00:16:02,300 The audience was enthusiastic about the apple shot. 181 00:16:02,404 --> 00:16:03,822 I had to shoot twice. 182 00:16:04,538 --> 00:16:05,651 That's me as Tell. 183 00:16:22,204 --> 00:16:23,204 And who is this? 184 00:16:26,081 --> 00:16:27,000 It's a girl! 185 00:16:27,913 --> 00:16:28,996 It's me. 186 00:16:29,201 --> 00:16:31,538 You, the heroic actor as a woman? 187 00:16:31,839 --> 00:16:33,996 That must be some joke. 188 00:16:34,538 --> 00:16:36,222 Sadly, it's serious. 189 00:16:37,533 --> 00:16:38,954 Do you know how to keep a secret? 190 00:16:42,913 --> 00:16:47,579 Since last winter I've been working in small variety shows occasionally, 191 00:16:48,371 --> 00:16:50,511 and I earn some marks as ... 192 00:16:56,581 --> 00:16:58,532 - Otto? - Yes? 193 00:16:59,454 --> 00:17:01,063 Have all the artists arrived? 194 00:17:01,535 --> 00:17:07,053 All but number 6, Viktoria. But he will only be on after the intermission. 195 00:17:12,121 --> 00:17:13,579 Hello, young man! 196 00:17:13,954 --> 00:17:15,329 You've forgotten something! 197 00:17:32,621 --> 00:17:34,663 I'm terrified. I'd rather ... 198 00:17:34,788 --> 00:17:38,454 That's just stage fright. In an hour it'll be over. 199 00:17:39,163 --> 00:17:41,121 I'll get stuck. You'll see. 200 00:17:41,522 --> 00:17:45,517 The main thing is to save the 10 marks. Everything else is unimportant. 201 00:17:46,746 --> 00:17:49,246 What if I can't go on halfway through? 202 00:17:49,538 --> 00:17:53,110 I'll take care of that, after all, I want us to earn those ten marks. 203 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:55,716 You appeared to me as a rescuing angel, 204 00:17:55,944 --> 00:17:59,996 you understood my misery, and I had this brilliant idea. 205 00:18:00,646 --> 00:18:02,777 How did it go again? Please help me! 206 00:18:11,983 --> 00:18:16,319 Come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go, 207 00:18:16,816 --> 00:18:21,246 I'll give you a kiss, a kiss or whatever else you desire. 208 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,717 I've been feeling so strangely Spanish for some time now, 209 00:18:26,334 --> 00:18:30,099 that even while sleeping I say: Ol�! 210 00:18:30,679 --> 00:18:34,139 Come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go, 211 00:18:34,915 --> 00:18:38,848 I have to go to the country where Carmen is at home, 212 00:18:39,625 --> 00:18:43,238 I can't take it anymore, I have to get out, 213 00:18:43,802 --> 00:18:47,217 Come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go, 214 00:18:51,767 --> 00:18:53,288 VIKTORIA MUSICAL COMEDY 215 00:18:55,204 --> 00:18:57,246 TODAY NEW PROGRAM 216 00:18:57,454 --> 00:18:59,579 No, I do not dare. 217 00:19:00,454 --> 00:19:04,690 Miss Susanne, be a man, don't behave like a girl! 218 00:19:04,954 --> 00:19:09,246 You know I'm broke, and my future depends on you. 219 00:19:09,329 --> 00:19:13,288 I've already pawned my suit, my landlady is angry and will give me notice. 220 00:19:13,371 --> 00:19:17,746 The shoemaker has even threatened to kill me if I don't pay. 221 00:19:18,579 --> 00:19:22,746 Miss Susanne, take heart, pity my grief. 222 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:28,371 And don't forget one thing: one would like to eat some beefsteak again. 223 00:19:53,929 --> 00:19:55,404 SILENCE 224 00:20:03,257 --> 00:20:06,047 - Are you Viktoria? - No. 225 00:20:09,079 --> 00:20:10,288 Yes! It's me. 226 00:20:10,371 --> 00:20:13,643 Hurry, you're up right away. 227 00:20:15,396 --> 00:20:18,399 - Who are you? - I'm going along with my colleague. 228 00:20:18,704 --> 00:20:22,454 - What? - I'm going along with my colleague. 229 00:20:22,746 --> 00:20:24,635 Acetate of alumina. 230 00:20:24,871 --> 00:20:27,654 I've already drunken it. I've been hoarse since then. 231 00:20:27,898 --> 00:20:30,372 Don't drink it. Put it round the neck! 232 00:20:32,163 --> 00:20:33,611 WOMENS' DRESSING ROOM 233 00:20:33,885 --> 00:20:35,413 A man! A man! 234 00:20:35,730 --> 00:20:36,920 Close the door! 235 00:20:44,788 --> 00:20:45,982 I'm not going in there. 236 00:20:46,101 --> 00:20:47,413 MENS' DRESSING ROOM 237 00:20:47,682 --> 00:20:50,288 Wild horses couldn't drag me there. 238 00:20:50,371 --> 00:20:52,329 I'm not going into the mens' dressing room. 239 00:20:53,092 --> 00:20:55,829 I do not want to go and I won't go! 240 00:22:01,579 --> 00:22:02,723 Do you want one? 241 00:26:27,846 --> 00:26:30,554 - Good evening, how are you? - Fine, thank you. 242 00:26:30,638 --> 00:26:31,929 Long time no see! 243 00:26:32,513 --> 00:26:35,554 - What is on today? - Great numbers. 244 00:26:35,804 --> 00:26:37,596 A first-class programme. 245 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,638 - Beer? - Lager. 246 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:41,523 All right. Waiter, two beers! 247 00:26:43,054 --> 00:26:46,221 Some chocolate? Ice cream? 248 00:26:46,513 --> 00:26:50,263 Lemonade! Hot, very hot! 249 00:26:50,346 --> 00:26:53,721 Not surprising! With a scarf as thick as that, I'd feel hot, too. 250 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:58,263 Lemonade, hot lemonade, stupid! 251 00:26:58,554 --> 00:26:59,846 Old fool! 252 00:27:39,179 --> 00:27:41,263 Has your father been a glazier? 253 00:27:42,054 --> 00:27:44,054 Hands off there! 254 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:05,554 Spanish fire has always run through my veins 255 00:28:05,638 --> 00:28:07,263 And my heart is beating 256 00:28:07,346 --> 00:28:10,346 like castanets. 257 00:28:11,221 --> 00:28:14,724 Spain, only you take away my sleep 258 00:28:15,554 --> 00:28:19,638 and I'm wild about the friendly toreros. 259 00:28:20,596 --> 00:28:24,888 I also love Spanish dressing screens, 260 00:28:25,513 --> 00:28:29,304 and a kiss from Madrid says it all. 261 00:28:30,679 --> 00:28:34,638 Come along to Madrid Or wherever you want to go. 262 00:28:36,267 --> 00:28:40,263 I'll give you a kiss, a kiss or whatever else you desire. 263 00:28:40,679 --> 00:28:45,096 I've been feeling so strangely Spanish for some time now, 264 00:28:45,888 --> 00:28:48,013 That even while sleeping I say ... 265 00:28:48,179 --> 00:28:49,388 Ol�! 266 00:28:50,304 --> 00:28:51,846 Come along to Madrid 267 00:28:51,971 --> 00:28:54,321 or wherever you want to go, 268 00:28:54,580 --> 00:28:58,971 I have to go to the country where Carmen is at home. 269 00:29:01,263 --> 00:29:04,513 I can't take it anymore, I have to get out, 270 00:29:04,721 --> 00:29:08,868 come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go, 271 00:29:09,096 --> 00:29:14,304 Or wherever you want go, or wherever you want to go. 272 00:30:56,054 --> 00:30:58,429 - A man? - Of course. 273 00:31:28,908 --> 00:31:30,263 Idiot! 274 00:31:44,138 --> 00:31:47,388 Apple tree! Apple tree! 275 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:58,638 Miss Director, the salary, please. 276 00:31:59,638 --> 00:32:02,929 Ten? Wasn't it twelve? 277 00:32:03,471 --> 00:32:07,096 Do you suffer from delusions? That's enough. 278 00:32:07,179 --> 00:32:11,179 The dealer wins ten! Goodbye. 279 00:32:21,754 --> 00:32:24,138 Someone wants to speak to you. 280 00:32:24,721 --> 00:32:27,721 Hello. "How do you do, Mister Viktoria?" 281 00:32:28,971 --> 00:32:32,346 My compliments, that was fabulous. Enormous talent, you'll be popular. 282 00:32:32,429 --> 00:32:36,179 You only need some promotion, because you can't do without ballyhoo. 283 00:32:36,263 --> 00:32:39,846 But don't fear, I'll take care of it. You won't find anyone more skilled. 284 00:32:39,929 --> 00:32:43,554 Your name will be famous. That's my specialty. 285 00:32:44,105 --> 00:32:45,584 - I do not know ... - Who I am? 286 00:32:46,804 --> 00:32:48,638 Francesco Alberto Punkertin. 287 00:32:48,721 --> 00:32:52,679 At home in all the world, I go in and out at every theatre direction. 288 00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:56,179 I recognize an attraction at first sight. 289 00:32:57,054 --> 00:33:00,846 You are my man, I am your good fate. And everything depends on it. 290 00:33:01,888 --> 00:33:03,279 How much do you get here? 291 00:33:04,013 --> 00:33:05,596 Ten marks. 292 00:33:06,054 --> 00:33:07,263 Per night. 293 00:33:07,596 --> 00:33:11,488 How ridiculous! I guarantee you 200 for the next five years. 294 00:33:12,138 --> 00:33:15,846 That is a net of, minus my commission, 295 00:33:16,179 --> 00:33:17,388 A quarter million. 296 00:33:18,138 --> 00:33:22,679 With me, you're in the right place. And take special heed of this: 297 00:33:23,471 --> 00:33:25,971 "Obliged to perform the number in all languages." 298 00:33:26,054 --> 00:33:28,804 That's very important, young man, I don't want to lose any country. 299 00:33:28,888 --> 00:33:31,346 Go ahead diligently, we'll start in London. 300 00:33:31,429 --> 00:33:34,304 The world will be yours, and more importantly, a lot of money. 301 00:33:34,388 --> 00:33:36,721 Send me this paper, but it must be signed, 302 00:33:36,804 --> 00:33:39,596 and rather quickly: Grand Hotel, room 2. 303 00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:42,429 "Au revoir, gute Nacht, goodbye." 304 00:33:43,896 --> 00:33:45,496 Viktoria! 305 00:33:46,075 --> 00:33:47,493 We made it! 306 00:33:48,138 --> 00:33:49,825 Congratulations! 307 00:33:50,554 --> 00:33:52,359 There's never been luck like this! 308 00:33:52,846 --> 00:33:55,941 Yesterday, there was nothing, and today we have a meteoric success. 309 00:33:56,263 --> 00:34:00,263 Sign, sign! Before he changes his mind. 310 00:34:00,429 --> 00:34:02,822 - You've lost your mind. - How? 311 00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:05,539 - I'm to sign this? - Of course. 312 00:34:05,929 --> 00:34:07,261 No way. 313 00:34:07,721 --> 00:34:09,888 Well, now you have lost your mind. 314 00:34:10,554 --> 00:34:15,925 Heaven sends you a man, who puts millions on the table for you, 315 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:17,936 and you don't even want to think about it? 316 00:34:18,272 --> 00:34:19,294 No. 317 00:34:21,138 --> 00:34:23,596 If it had been offered to me, 318 00:34:23,971 --> 00:34:26,888 I would have signed it right away! 319 00:34:28,054 --> 00:34:30,179 Do it. You are Viktoria, after all. 320 00:34:30,471 --> 00:34:33,471 I have been. From today, you are Viktoria. 321 00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:37,430 I do not want to do it. I am a girl and will remain a girl. 322 00:34:40,596 --> 00:34:43,429 What have you achieved by being a girl? 323 00:34:43,971 --> 00:34:46,885 Have you been hired? You have not been hired! 324 00:34:47,304 --> 00:34:48,874 And you won't be hired! 325 00:34:49,591 --> 00:34:52,167 But as a man, they will scramble to get you. 326 00:34:52,388 --> 00:34:57,638 In fact, they already scrambled. And you do not want to be scrambled?! 327 00:34:58,013 --> 00:35:01,013 But Herr Hempel, don't you understand? 328 00:35:01,429 --> 00:35:03,265 No, I don't understand. 329 00:35:04,596 --> 00:35:06,221 Do you want to become a celebrity? 330 00:35:06,597 --> 00:35:07,596 Yes. 331 00:35:07,771 --> 00:35:09,596 Do you want to make a fortune? 332 00:35:09,979 --> 00:35:10,940 Yes. 333 00:35:11,179 --> 00:35:13,296 Do you want the world at your feet? 334 00:35:13,707 --> 00:35:14,691 Yes. 335 00:35:14,929 --> 00:35:16,543 Well, sign. 336 00:35:23,679 --> 00:35:25,721 Viktor. 337 00:35:25,971 --> 00:35:28,554 One moment. I, A. 338 00:35:28,888 --> 00:35:29,874 How? 339 00:35:30,054 --> 00:35:31,679 Viktor-ia. 340 00:35:33,791 --> 00:35:35,559 Viktoria. 341 00:35:37,816 --> 00:35:39,843 Viktoria! 342 00:35:41,638 --> 00:35:43,318 And now to work! 343 00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:46,180 Study French, brood over English, 344 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:49,169 bone up on Italian, get drilled in Spanish, 345 00:35:49,513 --> 00:35:54,170 Romanian, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Slovakian. 346 00:35:54,513 --> 00:35:57,920 We'll make our way through the complete Berlitz school! 347 00:35:58,263 --> 00:36:02,513 Mr. Punkertin, We won't disappoint you! 348 00:36:03,388 --> 00:36:05,273 - We? - Of course, we. 349 00:36:05,596 --> 00:36:08,216 I won't let such a young boy go out into the world alone! 350 00:36:08,513 --> 00:36:14,044 With you on my arm, I'll challenge my century! 351 00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:19,513 We must succeed by all means, We won't rest until we've won victory, 352 00:36:19,596 --> 00:36:23,346 We won't leave our path until we have the world at our feet 353 00:36:23,419 --> 00:36:27,429 We want to be in the limelight on stage, and people shall cheer when they see us, 354 00:36:27,513 --> 00:36:31,179 We want to be on the posters in bold face, at the top, at the very top,. 355 00:36:31,252 --> 00:36:33,929 At the very top! 356 00:38:18,079 --> 00:38:20,496 - Pretty girl! - Very pretty! 357 00:38:22,496 --> 00:38:24,038 That's a matter of taste. 358 00:38:25,579 --> 00:38:28,038 Exactly, all a matter of taste. 359 00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:54,496 But... you are also "wunderfull". 360 00:38:59,829 --> 00:39:02,204 You me... "unterstand"? 361 00:39:03,288 --> 00:39:06,201 Don't strain yourself, you can speak German with me. 362 00:39:06,552 --> 00:39:08,701 I was baptized with Spree water. 363 00:39:09,361 --> 00:39:11,039 Wonderful! 364 00:39:11,413 --> 00:39:15,038 To find such a sweet girl at the Thames, of all places! 365 00:41:55,204 --> 00:41:58,996 - Handsome boy, right? - It's a matter of taste, isn't it? 366 00:41:59,496 --> 00:42:02,121 Yes, a very handsome boy. 367 00:42:07,329 --> 00:42:08,954 Miss Schulze, 368 00:42:09,038 --> 00:42:11,624 agreed, after the show I'll wait for you at the stage entrance. 369 00:42:11,871 --> 00:42:13,163 How? Ah! Yes, yes. 370 00:42:13,454 --> 00:42:16,146 Don't forget, at the stage entrance. 371 00:42:16,496 --> 00:42:20,121 - Excuse me? - What? No, not you. 372 00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:23,121 Goodbye, goodbye! 373 00:42:38,913 --> 00:42:42,246 What do you say? Are you content? Contracts from the North and the South, 374 00:42:42,329 --> 00:42:45,829 hourly telegrams from Milan, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam. 375 00:42:46,094 --> 00:42:49,413 I'll make you famous in the whole world, contracts, promotion and money. 376 00:42:49,707 --> 00:42:52,329 - Well, Mr. Viktoria, am I hardworking? - Yes. 377 00:42:52,573 --> 00:42:54,704 You see, Punkertin does the right thing! 378 00:42:55,010 --> 00:42:58,588 But now I have to leave, I've no time, my plane is ready to lift off, 379 00:42:58,788 --> 00:43:01,204 and next year there won't be any seats left, "au revoir". 380 00:43:01,538 --> 00:43:03,268 "Goodbye"! Amsterdam! 381 00:43:03,621 --> 00:43:07,663 - The man is really hardworking! - I was hardworking! 382 00:43:08,246 --> 00:43:13,288 Basically, the idea was mine. He was only hardworking to buy it. 383 00:43:13,602 --> 00:43:16,246 It only shows how well I play my role as a man. 384 00:43:16,592 --> 00:43:18,710 But I have rehearsed you. 385 00:43:20,738 --> 00:43:22,003 - Viktor? - Yes? 386 00:43:22,552 --> 00:43:25,464 I'm starving. How's the dinner at the Savoy? 387 00:43:25,746 --> 00:43:30,413 The Savoy? England's best cuisine. Simply "wonderfull." 388 00:43:30,949 --> 00:43:33,329 Too bad I can't accompany you this evening. 389 00:43:33,585 --> 00:43:34,871 Why not? What's up? 390 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:41,393 Well, I ... I have developed certain relationships with foreign countries. 391 00:43:42,246 --> 00:43:45,498 Fabulous affair, at very attractive terms. 392 00:43:45,756 --> 00:43:49,996 It would be irresponsible to waste such an occasion. 393 00:43:50,604 --> 00:43:53,729 - It would be tactless. - Wouldn't it? 394 00:43:55,579 --> 00:43:57,496 What's the name of the English girl? 395 00:43:58,046 --> 00:44:01,247 Lilli Schulze, from the green banks of the Spree. 396 00:44:01,704 --> 00:44:03,473 A charming creature. 397 00:44:03,704 --> 00:44:09,038 And so modest, so trusting, so cute, so sweet! 398 00:44:09,954 --> 00:44:12,454 In a word: a timid fawn! 399 00:44:12,735 --> 00:44:14,496 Well, good hunting! 400 00:44:15,538 --> 00:44:18,163 So you're not angry, Susanne, if I leave you alone tonight? 401 00:44:18,913 --> 00:44:21,142 No. I'm not a young girl! 402 00:44:21,630 --> 00:44:27,413 I'm a grown-up, experienced man who is the equal of any situation. 403 00:44:28,444 --> 00:44:31,621 I hope I can prove it tonight. 404 00:44:31,746 --> 00:44:34,871 Be careful, Susanne, and don't do anything foolish. 405 00:44:35,329 --> 00:44:38,231 Don't be afraid, I won't abandon my role. 406 00:44:38,579 --> 00:44:40,980 It would be terrible! Consider what is at stake for us. 407 00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:44,704 But Viktor, today is a lucky day! 408 00:44:44,788 --> 00:44:47,996 The big success at the theatre, all the new contracts... 409 00:44:48,314 --> 00:44:51,804 I am so content, and happy! 410 00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:54,872 Happy as never before! 411 00:44:55,253 --> 00:45:00,121 What could be better than for once having no wishes? 412 00:45:02,454 --> 00:45:06,315 Today, everything is so genial 413 00:45:06,746 --> 00:45:09,579 and luck is on our side, 414 00:45:09,882 --> 00:45:13,329 as it comes to everyone some time. 415 00:45:14,871 --> 00:45:20,579 One day in spring, luck will call at your door 416 00:45:21,038 --> 00:45:25,788 and the world will be ablaze with golden light. 417 00:45:26,788 --> 00:45:31,871 Then reach out to luck, don't ever let it go again, 418 00:45:32,413 --> 00:45:34,932 firmly lock it in with you forever. 419 00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:43,329 For everyone there comes an hour in which the sun smiles brightly 420 00:45:43,871 --> 00:45:49,204 and in which Fortune beckons to you. 421 00:45:50,121 --> 00:45:55,129 One day in spring, luck will call at your door 422 00:45:55,913 --> 00:46:00,413 and will make your wildest dreams come true. 423 00:46:45,495 --> 00:46:50,079 But that's... Of course! That's Viktoria. 424 00:46:55,538 --> 00:46:59,100 He's a charming boy! And so well-built! 425 00:46:59,454 --> 00:47:02,288 - Well-built, well-built... - He has a good tailor. 426 00:47:02,861 --> 00:47:05,871 Why don't you also go to a good tailor? 427 00:47:06,788 --> 00:47:08,914 Don't laugh. We have the same tailor. 428 00:47:09,204 --> 00:47:11,329 Well, Robert can afford such luxury. 429 00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:13,871 Of course, with Robert you consider everything to be wonderful. 430 00:47:14,128 --> 00:47:15,496 But he just doesn't care. 431 00:47:15,774 --> 00:47:19,579 Yes, I'm a hopeless case. To your health, Ellinor. 432 00:47:19,663 --> 00:47:22,329 I'm not hopeless. On the contrary. 433 00:47:22,413 --> 00:47:25,173 For two years, I have lived in the hope of marrying you. 434 00:47:25,371 --> 00:47:27,017 And what did I achieve in this time? 435 00:47:27,246 --> 00:47:29,721 Permission to keep on hoping. 436 00:47:29,996 --> 00:47:32,871 Thank you. You make me very happy. 437 00:48:51,996 --> 00:48:53,496 Wait a moment. 438 00:48:59,134 --> 00:49:02,130 That "girl" from your number ... 439 00:49:02,496 --> 00:49:06,371 That... "number girl," Miss Lillian. Is she still inside? 440 00:49:13,577 --> 00:49:15,406 Is she not inside? 441 00:50:13,056 --> 00:50:15,413 May I give you a light, Mister Viktoria? 442 00:50:16,741 --> 00:50:20,038 I admired you this evening. My compliments! 443 00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,871 You've achieved a fantastic illusion. 444 00:50:23,579 --> 00:50:28,163 I really took you for a woman all the time. 445 00:50:29,020 --> 00:50:31,288 - Whisky? - Yes. 446 00:50:56,684 --> 00:50:58,621 - To your health! - To your health! 447 00:51:11,038 --> 00:51:12,423 Two more whiskys. 448 00:51:12,896 --> 00:51:15,075 Hello, good evening! 449 00:51:16,704 --> 00:51:18,704 - How are you? - Well, thank you. 450 00:51:19,084 --> 00:51:22,371 - Who's that young man over there? - Mister Viktoria. 451 00:51:22,871 --> 00:51:24,413 The star of the Majestic. 452 00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,079 I see! A handsome boy. 453 00:51:45,491 --> 00:51:47,929 - To your health! - To your health! 454 00:51:52,663 --> 00:51:53,841 Another whisky! 455 00:51:59,010 --> 00:52:02,913 - May I introduce you? - But I already know. Mister Viktoria! 456 00:52:03,980 --> 00:52:07,852 Imagine, London's leading expert in women has fallen in love with you. 457 00:52:08,079 --> 00:52:09,163 But Ellinor! 458 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:12,246 Don't deny it, Robert. It's true, isn't it? 459 00:52:12,621 --> 00:52:16,413 Allow me: Sir Douglas Sheppersfield, Mister Viktoria. 460 00:52:16,871 --> 00:52:19,746 - A tango! Robert, can we dance? - With pleasure. 461 00:52:24,161 --> 00:52:26,371 Which tailor do you have? 462 00:52:26,454 --> 00:52:27,480 Why? 463 00:52:27,746 --> 00:52:31,579 Because, we've just ... Are you having a whisky? 464 00:52:31,663 --> 00:52:33,079 Two whiskys. 465 00:52:45,052 --> 00:52:47,232 Hello! Mr. Viktoria! 466 00:52:47,746 --> 00:52:48,788 One moment. 467 00:52:49,829 --> 00:52:51,913 Where did you leave your colleague? 468 00:52:52,232 --> 00:52:53,802 I was going to ask you the same. 469 00:52:54,441 --> 00:52:58,204 I think tonight he was about to engage in relationships with foreign countries. 470 00:52:58,542 --> 00:53:01,483 He spoke of a gentle, modest, timid fawn. 471 00:53:01,728 --> 00:53:04,105 Lilli Schulze, from the green banks of the Spree. 472 00:53:04,454 --> 00:53:05,746 He took that seriously? 473 00:53:06,579 --> 00:53:07,704 Very seriously. 474 00:53:07,900 --> 00:53:09,371 But how could he? 475 00:53:09,871 --> 00:53:13,571 I'm not going out with a man I've only just met. 476 00:53:13,829 --> 00:53:15,996 No, I'm not doing such things. 477 00:53:17,371 --> 00:53:19,371 Would you like to dance with me? 478 00:53:19,788 --> 00:53:23,996 Sorry, I'm very tired. But I think this gentleman is a passionate dancer. 479 00:53:25,204 --> 00:53:27,121 - Would you like to dance with me? - Yes! 480 00:53:27,571 --> 00:53:30,925 - Or are you tired, too? - No, I'm awake, very awake! 481 00:53:31,246 --> 00:53:32,913 Great. Come on! 482 00:53:33,246 --> 00:53:35,829 Greetings to your friend. Tell him not to be angry. 483 00:53:53,704 --> 00:53:55,649 Where can one still get something to drink? 484 00:53:55,847 --> 00:53:57,234 In the bar, sir. 485 00:54:28,323 --> 00:54:29,619 Hello, Viktor! 486 00:54:31,967 --> 00:54:33,353 Hello, Viktoria. 487 00:54:33,538 --> 00:54:37,746 - Did you enjoy yourself? - Tremendously. 488 00:54:38,204 --> 00:54:40,579 An unforgettable evening. 489 00:54:41,996 --> 00:54:44,448 Another whisky, but not so much water. 490 00:54:46,163 --> 00:54:47,579 A tremendous thirst! 491 00:54:48,578 --> 00:54:52,538 - You had too much champagne, I guess? - Yes, 6 bottles. 492 00:54:54,538 --> 00:54:58,413 It is curious, as a young girl I never drank champagne. 493 00:54:58,954 --> 00:55:01,163 You were a timid fawn. 494 00:55:01,614 --> 00:55:06,213 Yes... a timid... - Timid. 495 00:55:06,563 --> 00:55:08,407 ... fawn. 496 00:55:08,913 --> 00:55:11,121 Another whisky. 497 00:55:11,538 --> 00:55:13,329 Even less water. 498 00:55:13,829 --> 00:55:16,227 Why didn't you bring the girl along? 499 00:55:16,593 --> 00:55:18,864 Why? Oh, I see. 500 00:55:19,454 --> 00:55:23,288 Well, on principle... 501 00:55:23,413 --> 00:55:25,621 On principle she doesn't frequent bars. 502 00:55:31,663 --> 00:55:33,371 Another whisky. 503 00:55:34,121 --> 00:55:35,746 Without water. 504 00:55:39,127 --> 00:55:43,038 Viktor, all this because of a little fawn. 505 00:55:43,913 --> 00:55:46,139 God's animal kingdom is so huge. 506 00:55:48,829 --> 00:55:51,204 But there are so few fawns! 507 00:55:53,256 --> 00:55:55,177 Oh, Viktor... 508 00:55:58,788 --> 00:56:00,746 Don't make me jealous, Douglas. 509 00:56:00,871 --> 00:56:03,079 But Ellinor, there's really no reason. 510 00:56:03,204 --> 00:56:05,497 The girl is very pretty. 511 00:56:06,214 --> 00:56:07,788 But she's just a silly bird. 512 00:56:08,579 --> 00:56:09,538 Sir! 513 00:56:10,454 --> 00:56:13,371 How dare you! 514 00:56:13,496 --> 00:56:17,163 To call a timid fawn a silly bird! 515 00:56:17,509 --> 00:56:21,246 This is an outrage! I demand satisfaction! 516 00:56:21,621 --> 00:56:22,663 Viktor, come, let's get out! 517 00:56:22,788 --> 00:56:24,579 I don't want to get out! 518 00:56:24,788 --> 00:56:27,204 Sorry, my colleague has drunken too much whisky. 519 00:56:27,329 --> 00:56:29,163 Take me home, please. 520 00:56:29,288 --> 00:56:31,204 Douglas! I'm infinitely sorry. 521 00:56:31,522 --> 00:56:33,549 I ask you to take care of further proceedings. 522 00:56:33,744 --> 00:56:34,964 You can trust in me. 523 00:56:35,163 --> 00:56:37,875 A miserable, vile wretch. 524 00:56:38,121 --> 00:56:40,121 Viktor! To bed! 525 00:56:40,246 --> 00:56:44,079 Not a bird, a timid... It's a ... vile wretch! 526 00:56:44,913 --> 00:56:48,496 Vile ... an abject bird 527 00:56:49,378 --> 00:56:52,697 A timid fawn, not a bird... 528 00:56:53,673 --> 00:56:55,013 Not a bird! 529 00:56:55,288 --> 00:56:58,793 She's not a bird, she's a fawn! 530 00:56:59,204 --> 00:57:02,579 A little fawn... Oh, my head 531 00:57:02,704 --> 00:57:06,413 - Well then, go. Good night! - Good night. 532 00:57:09,204 --> 00:57:12,079 - Thanks for helping. - Why, of course. 533 00:57:12,829 --> 00:57:13,954 Good evening, sir. 534 00:57:15,621 --> 00:57:17,538 I'll get a sedative. 535 00:57:31,454 --> 00:57:36,079 Everything revolves and moves and ... 536 00:57:40,954 --> 00:57:46,038 Damn snake! Why did you leave me standing here? 537 00:57:46,871 --> 00:57:49,329 Waiter! Another whisky! Three! 538 00:57:49,954 --> 00:57:54,163 You're a fine colleague! Your behavior is scandalous! 539 00:57:54,288 --> 00:57:57,704 What will people think? I have to be ashamed! 540 00:57:58,746 --> 00:58:01,663 I'm not to forget my role. And what are you doing? 541 00:58:02,496 --> 00:58:05,579 I'm not to do silly things. And what are you doing? 542 00:58:05,913 --> 00:58:09,788 - You have your fun and you show me up! - And what are you doing? 543 00:58:09,913 --> 00:58:12,246 You are terribly inconsiderate. 544 00:58:12,496 --> 00:58:16,204 Don't you realise how I suffer, 545 00:58:16,329 --> 00:58:19,663 playing this ridiculous role as a man? 546 00:58:19,988 --> 00:58:23,814 Dear Miss Susanne, I swear ... 547 00:58:24,576 --> 00:58:27,663 I have to drink whisky, wear trousers, 548 00:58:27,788 --> 00:58:31,371 make compliments to stupid women. And I do it for you! 549 00:58:31,496 --> 00:58:35,329 Or did you think I enjoy it? 550 00:58:35,829 --> 00:58:39,871 Have you already forgotten what I sacrificed to you? 551 00:58:39,996 --> 00:58:43,317 Have you already forgotten that I am a woman? 552 00:58:49,015 --> 00:58:53,163 If you venture to do it again, trust me, it'll be all over between us. 553 00:58:53,288 --> 00:58:57,454 And remember: then I won't be your Viktoria anymore. 554 00:59:01,121 --> 00:59:02,163 Yes, come in. 555 00:59:03,621 --> 00:59:06,371 Could you bring me a glass of water, young man? 556 00:59:14,090 --> 00:59:15,110 There you are. 557 00:59:16,270 --> 00:59:17,245 Thank you. 558 00:59:17,663 --> 00:59:20,704 Drink this, and tomorrow you'll feel like a new man. 559 00:59:20,829 --> 00:59:23,246 - Cheers! - Good night. 560 00:59:23,538 --> 00:59:24,954 Get better soon! 561 00:59:30,163 --> 00:59:32,413 I beg your pardon for my colleague. 562 00:59:32,797 --> 00:59:39,038 It has been my pleasure to be useful, sir. 563 00:59:40,329 --> 00:59:41,996 Good night. 564 01:00:53,413 --> 01:00:56,246 Oh, and now you play the hurt person, mister? 565 01:00:56,496 --> 01:00:59,079 While it was you who insulted me, mister. 566 01:00:59,288 --> 01:01:01,829 I was to go out with you, 567 01:01:01,954 --> 01:01:05,121 on the first evening, what should people think? 568 01:01:05,246 --> 01:01:08,163 That is not like a gentleman. 569 01:01:08,288 --> 01:01:11,079 Do you think your behaviour proper for a gentleman? 570 01:01:11,204 --> 01:01:16,829 I think you should know how to behave! 571 01:01:18,746 --> 01:01:24,413 The first time, a man does not say to a lady: "Come with me." 572 01:01:24,871 --> 01:01:31,121 He gives her some violets and woos her patiently for a while. 573 01:01:31,371 --> 01:01:36,496 A lady won't go with a gentleman who is still a stranger to her. 574 01:01:37,121 --> 01:01:42,538 The first time, a man does not say to a lady: "Come with me." 575 01:01:43,788 --> 01:01:46,521 Sorry, it was not gentleman-like! 576 01:01:46,780 --> 01:01:49,356 Does one have to know you for a long time for it to be gentleman-like? 577 01:01:49,538 --> 01:01:55,246 When may I dare to ask you again? 578 01:01:55,829 --> 01:01:58,579 Not earlier than in 24 hours, sir. 579 01:01:58,788 --> 01:02:01,704 - When will they finally be over? - Tonight, sir. 580 01:02:01,829 --> 01:02:07,621 Then herewith a gentleman asks you most politely for this evening. 581 01:02:07,829 --> 01:02:09,788 It will be my pleasure. 582 01:02:09,913 --> 01:02:15,579 The first time, a man does not say to a lady: "Come with me." 583 01:02:16,163 --> 01:02:22,121 He gives her some violets and woos her patiently for a while. 584 01:02:22,621 --> 01:02:27,996 A lady won't go with a gentleman who is still a stranger to her. 585 01:02:28,371 --> 01:02:31,413 To a lady, a man says... 586 01:02:31,538 --> 01:02:34,079 only at the second time: "Come with me." 587 01:03:05,938 --> 01:03:06,871 Who is it? 588 01:03:07,246 --> 01:03:08,288 I. 589 01:03:13,538 --> 01:03:14,746 I, who? 590 01:03:20,592 --> 01:03:21,690 Good evening. 591 01:03:23,163 --> 01:03:28,199 May a poor mortal take a look in the sanctuary of a great artist? 592 01:03:28,496 --> 01:03:29,496 No. 593 01:03:30,121 --> 01:03:32,204 Oh, yes, please. 594 01:03:37,617 --> 01:03:39,038 Cigarette? 595 01:03:39,811 --> 01:03:41,153 It is empty. 596 01:03:45,985 --> 01:03:47,288 - Do you smoke? - No. 597 01:03:48,561 --> 01:03:49,674 Well, yes. 598 01:03:51,996 --> 01:03:52,996 Interesting, 599 01:03:53,121 --> 01:03:54,538 very interesting. 600 01:03:55,204 --> 01:03:57,746 So this is the trick! 601 01:04:00,829 --> 01:04:05,413 You take a little of this, and then of this... 602 01:04:06,098 --> 01:04:09,413 You smear this on your face, right? 603 01:04:10,121 --> 01:04:15,704 Funny. And in the end you put this on your head, and Viktoria is ready. 604 01:04:17,413 --> 01:04:19,954 You are an extraordinary man. 605 01:04:22,413 --> 01:04:25,038 It must have cost you a lot of work 606 01:04:25,871 --> 01:04:29,115 until you were able to express... all that femininity. 607 01:04:29,683 --> 01:04:32,473 It is .. innate. 608 01:04:33,704 --> 01:04:35,598 - Oh, it's innate with you? - Yes. 609 01:04:36,038 --> 01:04:37,121 Interesting. 610 01:04:38,495 --> 01:04:41,121 Ah, there you are! 611 01:04:42,996 --> 01:04:44,746 I came to see you. 612 01:04:45,058 --> 01:04:47,121 What may I do for the gentleman? 613 01:04:47,621 --> 01:04:52,204 I regret that it is my duty to come back to yesterday's incident at the Savoy. 614 01:04:53,204 --> 01:04:55,684 My friend, Sir Douglas Sheppersfield, 615 01:04:55,898 --> 01:04:58,063 asked me to demand satisfaction from you. 616 01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:02,474 As the offended person, Sir Douglas has the choice of weapons. 617 01:05:02,996 --> 01:05:07,954 Guns, ten bullets, a distance of twenty paces. 618 01:05:08,644 --> 01:05:10,788 Ten bullets? Each? 619 01:05:11,453 --> 01:05:12,621 Five each. 620 01:05:13,204 --> 01:05:15,897 If one of you is killed, the remaining bullets are dropped, of course. 621 01:05:17,176 --> 01:05:19,249 - Five bullets aren't sufficient? - Oh, they are, they are. 622 01:05:20,788 --> 01:05:22,663 Given the seriousness of the offense, 623 01:05:22,976 --> 01:05:25,371 the conditions are almost mild. Don't you think so? 624 01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:29,529 Yes, of course. I ... 625 01:05:30,718 --> 01:05:31,788 One moment, please.. 626 01:05:38,579 --> 01:05:42,954 Ten bullets and twenty paces distance... 627 01:05:58,967 --> 01:06:01,283 - There won't be a duel. - How? 628 01:06:01,663 --> 01:06:04,516 I have invented it from beginning to end. 629 01:06:04,746 --> 01:06:08,663 And between us, I think your colleague deserves this little lesson. 630 01:06:12,788 --> 01:06:15,481 Tell me, colleague ... Could you teach me to shoot? 631 01:06:21,899 --> 01:06:23,614 All right then, my dear friend. 632 01:06:23,919 --> 01:06:26,417 I'll meet you after the performance and show you London by night. 633 01:06:26,598 --> 01:06:27,772 Goodbye! 634 01:06:33,070 --> 01:06:35,621 Is there anything you want to say to your opponent? 635 01:06:35,913 --> 01:06:39,751 No. I mean ... Greetings from me. 636 01:06:40,704 --> 01:06:42,079 I will tell him. 637 01:06:46,496 --> 01:06:50,246 Susi ... I'm leaving. Farewell. 638 01:06:50,371 --> 01:06:51,621 What a coward! 639 01:06:51,746 --> 01:06:53,163 I'm not a coward. 640 01:06:53,288 --> 01:06:55,588 But I didn't come to London to allow a crazy Englishman 641 01:06:55,771 --> 01:06:57,173 to shoot holes into my belly. 642 01:06:57,494 --> 01:06:58,788 Then shoot holes into his belly. 643 01:06:58,913 --> 01:07:00,621 But I don't know how to shoot! 644 01:07:00,954 --> 01:07:04,538 But you told me you shot twice as "Tell". 645 01:07:04,663 --> 01:07:06,079 But I didn't hit the target! 646 01:07:06,423 --> 01:07:10,035 Someone always pulled away the apple, from behind, with a wire. 647 01:07:10,663 --> 01:07:14,044 Sir Douglas will hardly accept a duel with wires. 648 01:07:14,288 --> 01:07:16,204 That's why I have to leave. Adieu. 649 01:07:16,621 --> 01:07:18,538 Wait! Come back here. 650 01:07:19,204 --> 01:07:23,219 What if the gentlemen come for the duel and ask for you? What shall I answer? 651 01:07:23,996 --> 01:07:25,621 Tell them to start without me. 652 01:07:26,163 --> 01:07:30,579 If you dare to run away, I will not perform anymore. 653 01:07:30,913 --> 01:07:33,829 Right. Then I'll let them kill me. 654 01:07:34,277 --> 01:07:37,246 Ten bullets, twenty paces distance. 655 01:07:39,496 --> 01:07:41,579 That suits you, right? 656 01:07:42,204 --> 01:07:45,038 Of course, of course. 657 01:07:45,538 --> 01:07:47,204 A cognac. 658 01:07:47,704 --> 01:07:50,996 Ten bullets, twenty paces distance... 659 01:07:51,199 --> 01:07:53,058 You know, the man very pleasantly surprised me. 660 01:07:53,288 --> 01:07:56,839 Manly, unflinching... 661 01:07:57,479 --> 01:07:59,354 Certainly an excellent shot. 662 01:14:08,716 --> 01:14:11,049 MY LAST WILL 663 01:15:06,371 --> 01:15:08,288 - Not shaved, huh? - No. 664 01:15:09,038 --> 01:15:09,967 Come. 665 01:18:24,506 --> 01:18:25,496 Much better. 666 01:18:56,396 --> 01:18:58,188 I'd like to have this basket of roses. 667 01:18:58,979 --> 01:19:00,995 Or can you show me something even more beautiful? 668 01:19:01,176 --> 01:19:02,604 How about these lilacs? 669 01:19:05,350 --> 01:19:08,604 What do you think? Roses or lilacs? 670 01:19:10,141 --> 01:19:11,979 Send her daisies. 671 01:19:12,771 --> 01:19:16,104 Dear friend, these are for a woman 672 01:19:16,813 --> 01:19:20,646 whom I revere, whom I love. 673 01:19:20,973 --> 01:19:22,854 - Oh, really? - I decided to ... 674 01:19:22,979 --> 01:19:23,938 What? 675 01:19:25,188 --> 01:19:27,543 To ask for her hand. 676 01:19:30,021 --> 01:19:31,688 Her wholebeing, 677 01:19:32,438 --> 01:19:33,813 her charm, 678 01:19:34,271 --> 01:19:35,556 her posture... 679 01:19:37,854 --> 01:19:40,479 I think she's entirely adorable. 680 01:19:42,813 --> 01:19:44,032 Adorable? 681 01:19:44,313 --> 01:19:48,021 She didn't make me adore her. Also, what do I care? 682 01:19:48,188 --> 01:19:49,688 Do whatever you want! 683 01:19:50,979 --> 01:19:52,604 I'm going to have breakfast now. 684 01:20:00,043 --> 01:20:01,064 Roses! 685 01:20:04,563 --> 01:20:08,188 I cannot take it anymore, it's over! It's enough, I'm going crazy! 686 01:20:08,313 --> 01:20:10,018 I've been crazy for a long time. 687 01:20:10,231 --> 01:20:13,521 You've always been. But my situation is worse. 688 01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:18,355 I thought it would all be so easy and didn't worry at all, 689 01:20:19,015 --> 01:20:23,771 And now, why must it happen to me: to lose my dearest one? 690 01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:26,313 Can't anything be done? 691 01:20:26,603 --> 01:20:30,063 Nothing. The flowers have already been ordered. 692 01:20:33,938 --> 01:20:36,021 And you are to blame! 693 01:20:36,521 --> 01:20:38,479 How was I to know ... 694 01:20:38,854 --> 01:20:42,396 You must have known how dangerous it was to play with fire! 695 01:20:43,220 --> 01:20:47,104 Instead, without a thought you changed me into a man, only to save ten marks! 696 01:20:47,335 --> 01:20:49,604 And you ruined me by it! 697 01:20:50,009 --> 01:20:53,771 You believed, and there's only you to blame, 698 01:20:54,021 --> 01:20:57,479 you could choke my yearning for a man! 699 01:20:57,604 --> 01:21:01,438 And you should have known: that's more than the strongest woman can bear. 700 01:21:01,729 --> 01:21:04,938 Your case is dramatic. Mine ... 701 01:21:05,604 --> 01:21:07,313 desperate. 702 01:21:07,729 --> 01:21:10,071 Such a case gave me the last blow! 703 01:21:10,269 --> 01:21:12,479 The straw that breaks that camel's back! 704 01:21:12,896 --> 01:21:15,595 I won't stay here, I won't play the game anymore. 705 01:21:15,986 --> 01:21:17,496 I won't allow you to tell me what to do anymore. 706 01:21:18,228 --> 01:21:19,188 And shut up! 707 01:21:20,104 --> 01:21:21,688 But I haven't said anything! 708 01:21:22,646 --> 01:21:26,479 Help me carry the suitcase. I cannot do it myself. 709 01:21:27,688 --> 01:21:30,229 I'm going to a duel. It's the last thing I will say. 710 01:21:37,104 --> 01:21:39,021 Yes, speaking. 711 01:21:40,571 --> 01:21:41,563 Ellinor! 712 01:21:42,021 --> 01:21:44,354 Are you busy this afternoon? 713 01:21:45,688 --> 01:21:51,063 You aren't? Fine! Come to have tea at my house. 714 01:21:52,438 --> 01:21:55,447 Me? I don't know ... 715 01:21:55,813 --> 01:21:57,771 Yes. I see. 716 01:21:58,229 --> 01:22:01,688 Well, I'll be there in time, at half past three. 717 01:22:02,021 --> 01:22:06,271 Bitch! Says she's alone and that's why she wants to be with me! 718 01:22:06,396 --> 01:22:10,063 And he thinks she's adorable?! Horrible, horrible, horrible! 719 01:22:11,729 --> 01:22:14,063 Yes, Madame, I will attend. 720 01:22:14,407 --> 01:22:16,646 But with a clear objective. 721 01:22:17,313 --> 01:22:19,646 To snatch the bride from under his nose! 722 01:22:33,188 --> 01:22:36,979 Take care! This is dangerous! It can go off every minute! 723 01:22:41,476 --> 01:22:43,729 Leave it where it is. Don't pick it up. 724 01:22:44,354 --> 01:22:48,188 They can imprison you for five months for illegal possession of weapons. 725 01:22:55,021 --> 01:22:56,104 Come. 726 01:22:58,313 --> 01:23:01,396 Thank God, I'm finally relieved of that thing. 727 01:23:01,854 --> 01:23:04,811 I hated it to death, hated it. 728 01:23:06,397 --> 01:23:08,989 I didn't like it, either. 729 01:23:09,604 --> 01:23:11,854 It didn't fit the two of us. 730 01:23:13,771 --> 01:23:17,229 I share your opinion, but you demanded it yourself. 731 01:23:17,688 --> 01:23:21,396 Me? Not at all. God forbid! 732 01:23:21,521 --> 01:23:23,426 I would have been very distressed if you had been killed. 733 01:23:23,608 --> 01:23:27,854 I would not have survived it. I don't want to shoot you, either. 734 01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:32,385 Thank God, I'm finally relieved of that thing. 735 01:23:32,979 --> 01:23:35,830 You don't know how happy I am! 736 01:23:37,104 --> 01:23:40,229 Both of us remain unharmed. 737 01:23:40,574 --> 01:23:41,854 I think so, too. 738 01:23:42,313 --> 01:23:44,063 That settles the case. 739 01:23:57,458 --> 01:24:00,102 - Can't you be more careful? - Do you want some slaps in the face? 740 01:24:00,667 --> 01:24:01,749 No. 741 01:24:03,126 --> 01:24:06,861 - Send this basket. - Sorry, it's already sold. 742 01:24:07,313 --> 01:24:09,104 What a pity! 743 01:24:09,313 --> 01:24:12,438 But I can make another one. 744 01:24:13,414 --> 01:24:17,229 But you have to make sure they are identical. 745 01:24:17,854 --> 01:24:20,771 Send that basket to Madame Ellinor. 746 01:25:00,146 --> 01:25:04,021 It's a delight that you come to visit me. 747 01:25:04,896 --> 01:25:09,854 I had to come. I was already electrified on the phone. 748 01:25:11,563 --> 01:25:16,688 White lilacs, my favorite flowers. What a nice surprise! 749 01:25:16,896 --> 01:25:19,979 Young friend, you are charming. 750 01:25:29,570 --> 01:25:31,854 How long will you stay in London? 751 01:25:32,188 --> 01:25:33,938 Unfortunately, only for this month. 752 01:25:35,619 --> 01:25:37,604 I would have liked to stay longer. 753 01:25:39,663 --> 01:25:42,104 Is it very indiscreet to ask what keeps you here? 754 01:25:44,979 --> 01:25:47,021 I am in love. 755 01:25:48,404 --> 01:25:49,396 How interesting 756 01:25:50,188 --> 01:25:52,563 But my love is not reciprocated. 757 01:25:53,021 --> 01:25:55,271 Perhaps so far you didn't express it clearly enough? 758 01:25:57,075 --> 01:25:59,063 You give me hope, Madam? 759 01:25:59,563 --> 01:26:01,597 Don't be so impulsive, young man. 760 01:26:41,188 --> 01:26:43,604 One word from you, and I'll never leave London again. 761 01:26:43,865 --> 01:26:46,896 It's in your hand to make me the happiest person. 762 01:26:47,675 --> 01:26:49,354 I know that you're no longer free. 763 01:26:49,479 --> 01:26:53,021 If you knew how I suffered since I know! 764 01:26:53,146 --> 01:26:56,438 - He told you? - Everything. He is delighted by you. 765 01:26:56,563 --> 01:26:59,021 He's raving about you and speaks highly about you! 766 01:26:59,146 --> 01:27:01,313 He has decided to marry you! 767 01:27:01,438 --> 01:27:03,146 He has even already ordered the flowers! 768 01:27:05,523 --> 01:27:07,313 They're here! 769 01:27:25,313 --> 01:27:26,521 Silly boy. 770 01:27:30,093 --> 01:27:35,814 Dearest Ellinor, I ask for your hand! Your always faithful Douglas. 771 01:28:04,039 --> 01:28:08,373 Oh Susanna, life is beautiful! Your Viktor, who has returned to life! 772 01:28:14,379 --> 01:28:15,843 Hello! 773 01:28:17,813 --> 01:28:21,800 The bill for room 359, please. 774 01:28:22,882 --> 01:28:24,711 359, yes. 775 01:28:25,291 --> 01:28:28,229 But at once. I'm leaving. 776 01:29:11,084 --> 01:29:14,104 Hello, Miss Schulze! "How do you do?" 777 01:29:15,063 --> 01:29:16,854 Did anybody drag you down? 778 01:29:17,438 --> 01:29:19,429 I refuse to allow such confidentialities! 779 01:29:20,604 --> 01:29:22,655 I refuse to be played with. 780 01:29:23,584 --> 01:29:25,229 For me, you are dead. 781 01:29:26,729 --> 01:29:30,396 First you beg for a rendezvous and implore me to come, 782 01:29:30,865 --> 01:29:34,854 and then you make me wait forever. Noone has ever dared to do that. 783 01:29:45,196 --> 01:29:46,646 You? A duel? 784 01:29:46,938 --> 01:29:51,271 Nice idea. But you didn't consider one thing: 785 01:29:51,622 --> 01:29:56,729 I'm not as dumb as I seem to be. And lies have short legs. 786 01:30:00,438 --> 01:30:03,521 I can't do anything but swear. 787 01:30:03,796 --> 01:30:06,104 And I don't want to hear anything anymore! 788 01:30:07,908 --> 01:30:11,216 For me, you are entirely out of the question. 789 01:30:11,475 --> 01:30:15,408 And that goes for night and day! 790 01:30:23,896 --> 01:30:27,875 What? Did I hear correctly? My colleague? 791 01:30:28,229 --> 01:30:31,229 Yes. That's a man! A true gentleman. 792 01:30:31,354 --> 01:30:34,638 In a class of his own! No other man can touch him. 793 01:30:35,713 --> 01:30:39,146 I find him amazing, totally irresistible. 794 01:30:39,313 --> 01:30:42,646 He's the type that pleases us women. 795 01:30:42,813 --> 01:30:45,729 What a man! What a body! Everything about him is fabulous! 796 01:30:46,573 --> 01:30:50,021 How he moves, how he laughs, noone can imitate that! 797 01:30:50,361 --> 01:30:53,396 I wouldn't have to be asked twice: 798 01:30:53,639 --> 01:30:57,938 he would be the man, the right man! 799 01:30:58,396 --> 01:30:59,813 The right man for me. 800 01:30:59,938 --> 01:31:03,563 Now! I'm going to confide a secret in you. 801 01:31:14,521 --> 01:31:16,604 - He is ...? - A girl. 802 01:31:17,854 --> 01:31:20,771 - A girl? - The right man for you! 803 01:31:25,063 --> 01:31:26,563 A girl! 804 01:31:51,675 --> 01:31:53,154 A girl?! 805 01:32:32,104 --> 01:32:34,896 Susanne, will you marry me? 806 01:32:53,646 --> 01:32:54,688 What? 807 01:32:55,313 --> 01:32:59,229 No longer in the hotel? She left? 808 01:33:02,657 --> 01:33:04,333 That's a disaster. 809 01:33:06,646 --> 01:33:08,438 That's a breach of contract! 810 01:33:09,813 --> 01:33:12,464 It costs ... It costs ... 811 01:33:12,981 --> 01:33:14,896 I do not know what it will cost! 812 01:33:15,604 --> 01:33:17,188 But you can't violate the contract! 813 01:33:17,313 --> 01:33:20,271 Today you'll still have to bite the bullet. Come, get in. 814 01:33:21,146 --> 01:33:23,479 Tomorrow... Tomorrow I'll fix everything. 815 01:33:23,604 --> 01:33:25,104 Carry the suitcases up again! 816 01:33:25,354 --> 01:33:28,604 But it's already so late. No way I get to the theatre in time. 817 01:33:50,923 --> 01:33:54,813 Spanish fire has always run through my veins 818 01:33:55,298 --> 01:33:59,438 And my heart is beating like castanets. 819 01:34:00,479 --> 01:34:04,313 Spain, only you take away my sleep 820 01:34:04,438 --> 01:34:09,146 and I'm wild about the friendly toreros. 821 01:34:09,638 --> 01:34:13,144 I also love Spanish dressing screens, 822 01:34:14,271 --> 01:34:17,896 and a kiss from Madrid says it all. 823 01:34:18,729 --> 01:34:23,229 Come along to Madrid Or wherever you want to go. 824 01:34:23,396 --> 01:34:27,688 I'll give you a kiss, a kiss or whatever else you desire. 825 01:34:28,438 --> 01:34:33,063 I've been feeling so strangely Spanish for some time now, 826 01:34:33,396 --> 01:34:36,896 That even while sleeping I say: Ol�! 827 01:34:37,729 --> 01:34:42,146 Come along to Madrid Or wherever you want to go. 828 01:34:42,688 --> 01:34:46,479 I have to go to the country where Carmen is at home, 829 01:34:47,229 --> 01:34:51,396 I cannot take it anymore, I have to get out, 830 01:34:51,521 --> 01:34:52,854 Come along 831 01:34:52,979 --> 01:34:56,604 to Madrid, or wherever you want to go. 832 01:35:33,354 --> 01:35:35,354 - It's a girl! - No! 833 01:35:35,543 --> 01:35:36,870 - Yes! - No! 834 01:36:29,396 --> 01:36:33,104 Come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go 835 01:36:33,229 --> 01:36:36,563 I have to go to the country where Carmen is at home, 836 01:36:37,604 --> 01:36:40,854 I cannot take it anymore, I have to get out, 837 01:36:40,979 --> 01:36:44,563 Come along to Madrid or wherever you want to go, 838 01:36:44,688 --> 01:36:46,604 or wherever you want to go, 839 01:36:46,729 --> 01:36:48,604 Or wherever you want to go. 840 01:36:57,021 --> 01:36:58,938 Bravo! Fantastic! It was excellent! 841 01:37:02,688 --> 01:37:04,521 Again! 842 01:37:07,785 --> 01:37:09,371 Will you please get back on stage! 843 01:37:29,271 --> 01:37:31,396 My compliments! What a talent! Fantastic! 844 01:37:31,521 --> 01:37:33,813 - You're a born comedian! - That's what I've always said! 845 01:37:33,938 --> 01:37:35,364 I've been looking for something like that for a long time. 846 01:37:35,449 --> 01:37:36,434 Visit me at my hotel at once. 847 01:37:36,476 --> 01:37:37,780 - Room 2! - Au revoir! 848 01:37:37,882 --> 01:37:39,521 - Good night. - "Goodbye". 849 01:37:43,636 --> 01:37:47,219 For everyone there comes an hour in which the sun smiles brightly 850 01:37:47,447 --> 01:37:50,709 - and in which Fortune... - Beckons to you. 851 01:37:52,396 --> 01:37:53,646 What is it? 852 01:37:53,979 --> 01:37:55,604 If you please, miss. 853 01:37:55,771 --> 01:37:58,479 - Why 'miss'? - Go, go ... 854 01:38:01,146 --> 01:38:03,104 - What has happened? - What's going on? 855 01:38:08,771 --> 01:38:10,021 He's a man! 856 01:38:10,251 --> 01:38:13,104 A man! A man! 857 01:38:31,585 --> 01:38:33,415 The End Subtitles: Paz Fernandez / Tommaso