1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,200 "The characters of this story are entirely imaginary and fictitious. 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,640 "Any resemblance with existing people, 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,800 "having existed, or that will exist one day" 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,040 " would just be a coincidence, because... 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,920 "this is a Persian tale" 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,560 that begins in the United States 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,240 at a cabaret in Florida, in the middle of a tornado. 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:26,880 What a tornado! 9 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,440 "Engaged for next show, David Balkis... 10 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,480 "in the Gay Paris Cabaret in Paris. 11 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,880 "Triumphal reception" Paris! 12 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,600 EMPIRE OF THE NIGHT 13 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,200 A FILM BY PIERRE GRIMBLAT 14 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,480 Just think, he's sending us his private plane, 15 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,920 and we'll land on his property. 16 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,800 Hello Paris! I'm very... 17 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,640 -Did I hurt you? -No, no, no worries. 18 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,880 Excuse me. 19 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,880 Be careful. 20 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,600 Say, I thought you had already brought him from Saint Helena. 21 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,920 -Who is it? -It's the emperor of... 22 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,240 Must you absolutely play that little tune? 23 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,960 Absolutely. We played this when... 24 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,800 -A big client, I understand. -No, not at all, he was the... 25 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,520 What did Balkis say, in his telegram? 26 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,280 -"Triumphal reception." -Yes, well... 27 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,480 He had us arrive in Paris like a gas bill. 28 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:34,600 Maybe he forgot. 29 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,440 But even when one has the memory as small as that of an ant, 30 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,760 one can't forget Eddie Parker. 31 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,560 This Balkis is a... 32 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,200 -True or false? -That's true. 33 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,320 He may be the biggest boss of the cabarets of the world, 34 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,080 but I'll grab him by the... 35 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,400 I'll tell him... 36 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:56,720 Right? 37 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:57,960 Not fair play, Eddie, 38 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,880 but you'll still have to tell him. 39 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,880 -Yes. Do you have my poster? -Yes. 40 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:05,680 Here. 41 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:08,400 What a village! 42 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,680 You have to get your Sunday coffin out 43 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,280 to get three photographers, 44 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,080 I'm going back to my mother's. Yes. 45 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,720 Because Paris may not always be Paris. 46 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,400 And if at home, General Motors 47 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,040 decides to make Eiffel Towers, 48 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,000 we'll all have one this year. 49 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,360 Maybe the triumphal reception was waiting for us at Gay Paris. 50 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,480 Not bad! Very intelligent. 51 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,600 Forwards! The triumphal reception 52 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,960 at the Gay Paris! 53 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,840 Gay Paris! 54 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,040 -Come one young man, we're awaited. -Yes, Eddie. 55 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,840 Can you see something, Eddie? 56 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,520 He's like the friend who traveled with us. 57 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,000 Same overcoat. 58 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,920 {\an5}TO OUR RESPECTED BROTHER 59 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,760 They tired a bit, but these are flowers from his country. 60 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,920 The one-eyed man has only one eye, but he still cries. 61 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,040 She's the wife of our well-loved wife, Gaspard. 62 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,720 Let's go to David's study. 63 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,320 The sooner we fix the present, the sooner we can cry the past. 64 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:31,840 Non! 65 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,040 This is the chair 66 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,080 of our respected brother. 67 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,640 I thank you for having come so quickly. 68 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,520 We were looking forward to relieving 69 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,440 you of a heavy weight, my dear sister. 70 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,680 A scepter that just a human hand can... 71 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:53,600 hold. 72 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,360 Meaning? 73 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,280 Our empire of the night, 74 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,000 our revered brother built it cabaret after cabaret, 75 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,040 theater after theater. 76 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,200 He was a conqueror, 77 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:06,320 but he was also a great lord, 78 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,600 since he had insisted on keeping, as manager, 79 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,440 the bosses of his former establishments. 80 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,640 But his death will awaken dormant appetites. 81 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,760 Talk about an apartment! 82 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,960 -Did you see the tenant's name? -No. 83 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,200 DAVID BALKIS EMPEROR OF THE NIGHT 84 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,240 To start, 85 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,360 we'll have to license all the numbers. 86 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,200 The show formula is a prestigious formula. 87 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,560 You must eat the cucumber when it's green, 88 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,680 and the melon when it's yellow. 89 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,520 -Alright, come. -Where? 90 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:53,520 Eat a melon. 91 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,200 But license them quickly. 92 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,840 Let's not stay bent over the spring 93 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:03,520 until its pure water becomes brackish by our tears. 94 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:05,400 Amen. 95 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:07,800 Hey, everyone. 96 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,400 My condolences, Mrs. Balkis. 97 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:11,480 Who are you? 98 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,680 Eddie Parker! 99 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,680 -Don't know him. -Doesn't know! 100 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,240 One, two! 101 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,280 Still don't know. We don't need anyone. 102 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,880 We'll always need Eddie Parker. So there. 103 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:34,440 What is it? 104 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,440 A contract with your brother's autograph, at the bottom. 105 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,240 I'm hired for six months. 106 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,280 Well then... 107 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,920 You're now unhired 108 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,200 for an unlimited time. 109 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,280 These aren't proceedings, Melchior. 110 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,080 Thank you, ma'am. 111 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,440 Because you're big, Mr. Balkis, 112 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,480 I'll still leave you five seconds to pick all this up. 113 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,240 I appreciate your generosity a lot. 114 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,640 -Mr...? -Parker. 115 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,960 If in five seconds you haven't picked this up, 116 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,160 I believe it will take adding an extension 117 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,200 to your brother's coffin. 118 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,160 One... 119 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:21,680 two... 120 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:22,840 No! 121 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,520 Melchior, you forget that we're in Paris. 122 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,320 Calm yourself, dear sister. 123 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,880 Balthazar! Gaspard's chain. 124 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,320 When a dog helps you cross a river, 125 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:41,680 don't ask about scabies. 126 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,200 We'll continue our interview later. 127 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Here is 500 dollars. 128 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,520 Tell this cowboy to go home. 129 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,160 See you later, at the castle, 130 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,640 for the funeral, my dear sister. 131 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,800 He was, despite his power, 132 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,640 the softest, the tenderest, most generous of men. 133 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,920 All those delegated here know that well. 134 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,880 The Gay Paris, the central thing in its cabarets 135 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,720 is the night capital of the world. 136 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,720 Each midnight, on the five continents, 137 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,840 the tenants bow in the direction 138 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,960 of Gay Paris. And if Lindbergh 139 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,080 ventured over the Atlantic, 140 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,640 we now know it by the little story, 141 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,400 it was to pass a night at the Gay Paris. 142 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,360 You, the musicians, 143 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,600 you, the guards, 144 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,080 you, the staff, 145 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,360 you, the artists, 146 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,040 you, the dedicated administrators 147 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,120 of the establishments he had collected 148 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,840 by way of persistence and patience, 149 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,440 you knew his goodness. 150 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,360 You knew his work. 151 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,080 And the statistics proved it. 152 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:03,680 Every three minutes, 153 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,280 from the heart of cities, or at the far end of savannas, 154 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,160 a pilgrim, 155 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,640 I mean a tourist, sets off 156 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,960 to come to the Gay Paris. 157 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,360 How many weren't able to achieve their dreams? 158 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,200 How many strayed on the way? 159 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,080 And now the emperor is no longer here. 160 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,560 But you don't remain alone with your child, 161 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,440 Mrs. Balkis. 162 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,640 Come from the Orient like kings magi whose names they bear, 163 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,960 the brothers of the emperor are here, 164 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,360 and well here. 165 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,080 Courage. 166 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,640 The world is quite empty now. 167 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,200 Would you like to take our car, dear sister? 168 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,920 I'd rather stay at the castle. 169 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,480 All right, but go home slowly. 170 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,440 See you later, at Gay Paris. 171 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:27,960 I sympathize. 172 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,240 Whoever takes steps that are too large won't reach the door. 173 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,640 Do you need a locksmith? 174 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:08,960 Why are you here? 175 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:12,280 I needed to see you. You're not against it, I hope? 176 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,080 What is it? 177 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,600 Well, they ripped up my pretty contract, 178 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,800 but I found the telegram announcing my engagement. Hold. 179 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:22,800 My mother always told me that... 180 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,080 My mother always told me... It's not very important. 181 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,960 Be assured, your contract will be respected. 182 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:33,080 Good. Give me the keys. 183 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:34,680 What is there in this room? 184 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,120 I don't know. We never lived here. 185 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,400 My husband bought it for our son, for later. 186 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,640 Ah well, for later... 187 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,800 Well, I hope that your son will have many wives, a lot of children, 188 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,560 and especially a lot of minions to take care of them. 189 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,400 Back from America, 190 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,960 my husband would come spend an hour or two here, 191 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:58,360 in the afternoon. 192 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,280 He'd lock himself in this room. 193 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,840 No one was allowed to go in. 194 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,640 Are you sure that your husband didn't have a big blue beard? 195 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:46,960 It's appalling. 196 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:50,840 Say, your husband didn't seem to carry me in his heart. 197 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,080 -What was there between you two? -Nothing. 198 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,080 I never knew him. Never. 199 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,800 Say, has your husband been 200 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,720 making a killing on my stage body? 201 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,840 A few months ago. 202 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,520 Well before I committed. 203 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,080 He never spoke to you of me? 204 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,680 No, never. 205 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,640 I don't understand anything anymore. 206 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,600 Were you happy with him? 207 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,720 -He was a good husband. -I see. 208 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,840 -Let's go. -Yes. 209 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,360 This room gives me the blues. 210 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,400 I really don't know why. 211 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,400 If at least he had glued all these posters on the walls of Paris. 212 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,280 Please, Mr. Parker, 213 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,760 I don't want to joke. 214 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,120 I'm not joking. 215 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,560 I feel in the Middle Ages, 216 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,120 bewitched by sorcerers. 217 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,080 My husband was no kind of wizard. 218 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,360 There's something in this story that I don't understand. 219 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,760 Tell me, do I look a little like your husband's tax collector? 220 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,960 In any case, the main thing is for us to agree. 221 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:37,960 Alright? 222 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,560 Your brothers-in-law didn't come from the East 223 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,640 specially to express their condolences to you. 224 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:44,760 How do you know? 225 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,880 The speaker on stage was plugged in this morning. 226 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,320 I heard everything. 227 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,080 They want to take your son's inheritance. 228 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,800 Let's imagine it. But how does that concern you? 229 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,600 Well, I'll tell you. If they manage, 230 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,120 my show is down and I don't want that. 231 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,120 You have to trust Eddie Parker. 232 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,440 It's so difficult to know who to trust. 233 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,280 Where did you land? 234 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,760 On an airfield. 235 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,320 In this case, I think the best would be 236 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,720 for you to live in the city of artists. 237 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,120 The city of artists, what is that? 238 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,920 A housing project that my husband created 239 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,280 for artists working in his establishments. 240 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,720 Well, your husband wasn't a bad horse. 241 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,280 He was an extraordinary man, 242 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,200 excessive 243 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:46,400 in his generosity and in his hate. 244 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,000 As said the other one this morning in his speech. 245 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,080 About that, what is he selling, other than his word salad? 246 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,360 -Mr. Krosse? -Krosse, yes. 247 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,000 He was my husband's right arm. 248 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,360 With such a right arm, 249 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,920 I'd have gotten a left hook. 250 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,120 Why do you say that? 251 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,960 Because I have instinct. 252 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:17,120 There is, in the city of artists, 253 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,440 tons of very strange people. 254 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,920 There you'll find the most beautiful collection of phenomena 255 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,200 that you've ever seen. 256 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:26,560 Is that right? 257 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,520 I know all about bizarre phenomena. 258 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,960 Greetings. 259 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,960 Mr. Stravenusku! Hello. 260 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,280 How is the doctor? 261 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,800 I'll bring him to the vet. 262 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,800 Youth is great. 263 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,040 He came to the funeral, and relapsed. 264 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,400 That's Doctor Mabuse doing as he pleases. 265 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,880 Isn't that right, doctor? 266 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,120 Mrs. Elsa, without bothering, may I ask you 267 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,040 to lend me 5,000 francs? 268 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,760 Your imprudence is costing us dearly, Doctor Mabuse. 269 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,640 Thank you, my friends. 270 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,560 What do we say, doctor, what do we say? 271 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,560 Little jerk! 272 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,960 -Does your name have a "k"? -Yes, my friends. 273 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:35,920 Mr. Stravenusku, you've noticed? 274 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,120 -What? -Look, I can do this. 275 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,600 You're progressing with giant footsteps, Mr. Stroem. 276 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,960 Not Stroem, Str�m. 277 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:46,640 Seems the burial was beautiful. 278 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,640 Very impressive, my dear, in the end. 279 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,040 Such a man, 280 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,120 I wonder what would have happened without him after my accident. 281 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,640 Elsa, the alarm. 282 00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,760 The other. 283 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,400 We have the Chinese. 284 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,680 See you next year, Sir. 285 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,480 Till next year, Ma'am. 286 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:11,480 Hey, Lucien. 287 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,520 Not Stroem, Str�m! 288 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,160 No problem, until next year. See you next year. Next year. 289 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,760 With Mr. Balkis's death, will there be a next one? 290 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,680 See you next year. 291 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,520 Until next year! 292 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,880 -Hello, Victor! -Hello, Juliette! 293 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,160 Hello, May-May! 294 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,560 Hey, acrobats! 295 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,640 -You weren't at the funeral? -No, I was at the studio. 296 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,480 A man that you loved so! 297 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,200 Alright, help me get father in. 298 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,000 -Forward, everyone! -What did you film? 299 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,120 The scenario was marvelous! 300 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,160 A tall guy on a lounge chair, crying, 301 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,000 and I say: "A simple application of capricious balm 302 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,400 "and you're healed!" 303 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:10,680 He has us apply some, 304 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,160 throws the covers, and we sleep. 305 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:14,360 Is it any good? 306 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,560 The capricious balm? 307 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,400 In the palm of your hand, a pinpoint of balm. 308 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,840 Not more. Right away, you'll feel better. 309 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,800 It's the suppleness of your 20 years, in your hand. 310 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,280 A light massage, 311 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:30,640 and the pain flies away. 312 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,160 Thanks to the capricious balm, happiness appears. 313 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,160 You're now like heroes of your dreams. 314 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,960 Like them, you come in, and the stunned world asks: 315 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:41,160 "Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?" 316 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,160 Hey. 317 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,560 Are you the boss of the motel? 318 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,560 I'm come from Mrs. Balkis. 319 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,720 We'll need two rooms with a view on the sea. 320 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,440 Give them the Chinese's rooms. 321 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,320 Did you have problems? 322 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,600 A work accident. 323 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,760 I threw myself well, but landed badly. 324 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,080 Ludovic Str�m, the only acrobat 325 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,200 to ever succeed the triple Nelson back, 326 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,720 without help. 327 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:30,800 It's an achievement. 328 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,600 I thought the Rockefellers did it too. 329 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,120 I said, without help. 330 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,680 Without help. 331 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:39,800 Under which name? 332 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,160 Remind you of something? 333 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:07,720 Here you go. 334 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,760 Nice period furniture. 335 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,960 On your contract, you can... 336 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,320 Go, go get the rest of the bags. 337 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:21,960 Come on, go! 338 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:26,760 You have nice suitcases. 339 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,520 I travel a lot, you know. 340 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,200 -I come from very far. -You come from so far? 341 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,520 Know Hollywood? 342 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,600 As well as Hollywood knows me. 343 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:36,480 Is it nice? 344 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,160 More than nice, it's... 345 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,240 -It's Hollywood. -Yes, that's it. 346 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:43,240 That's right. 347 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,080 Paris isn't bad either. 348 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,480 You know, Irma read in the coffee grounds 349 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,160 that I'd love an American. 350 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Really? She told you that? 351 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,440 That's marvelous. 352 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,280 My friends! My good friends, listen up! 353 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,160 As a tribute to the memory of our venerated emperor, 354 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,360 all the Balkis establishments 355 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,680 will take a break tonight. 356 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,440 Now, we'll have to grease 357 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,680 our elbows, 358 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,680 because despite the death of the emperor, life goes on, alas. 359 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,800 Thus, you have seen it, 360 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,520 the Chinese went away, the Russian came. 361 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:37,200 It's the nature of things. 362 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,920 Things being what they are, 363 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,640 and the era as it is, 364 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,760 Balkis Brothers, Sirs, I say it in black and white, 365 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,920 it's been decided to validate your contracts, 366 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,920 until the end of the month. 367 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,120 I'll explain, doctor. 368 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,840 My friends, be calm, please, let me be calm. 369 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,600 -Did he look after Balkis's affairs? -Yes. 370 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,560 So I'll have to interview him. 371 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,440 By the way, Gentlemen here are the Balkis Brothers. 372 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,400 Slowly, slowly! Yes, go ahead, it'll get through! 373 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,880 It'll get through easily! 374 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,880 Go ahead! Go ahead! 375 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,840 Damn...damn... 376 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,240 You have comprehensive cover, right? 377 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,280 It's our car, Gaspard. 378 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,360 Say, fat guy, your thing here, 379 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,600 is that to tame fleas, 380 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:43,760 or to fish your casts? 381 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,360 OK, put your workshop in the pocket. I'm coming. 382 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Don't go. 383 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,640 Would you hold this two minutes? It's time for my personal fitness. 384 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,520 So, what were we saying? 385 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:44,360 Little, little one. 386 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:58,600 Well done! Well done! Well done! 387 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,000 Well done! 388 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,520 Your intellectual forgot his pen. 389 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,160 At home, we turn the key. It's old-fashioned, but it'll work. 390 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,560 Second omission: you were going to leave without me. 391 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,200 You have everything you need to console yourself in the catalogue. 392 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,400 Here, here is your hat. 393 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,240 Do you hold it against my friends for being so pretty? 394 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,840 I don't share your tastes. 395 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,800 If you could share theirs, 396 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,680 it wouldn't be too bad. 397 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,480 Nor have I your taste in sharing. 398 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,160 I understand. At your age, I was like you. 399 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,520 Anyone there? 400 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:31,760 May I get in? 401 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:34,840 Go ahead. 402 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:41,000 I'm exhausted. The other mosquito bit me. 403 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,400 Come on... A little smile! 404 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,920 Come on. Thanks to the pill things, 405 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,600 you can see life in pink. 406 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,440 -You remind me of someone. -Who? 407 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,320 My photographer. I'll see him now. 408 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,280 Could you drop me off at Krosse's? 409 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,240 An appointment? 410 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,040 He's the one who has one with me, 411 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,800 but doesn't know it yet. 412 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,560 It'll be his party. 413 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,360 Start it up! 414 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,040 You have your driving license, on one condition: 415 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,800 show me Paris. 416 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:19,520 The Sacr�-C�ur, 417 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,560 coquettishly planted on the Montmartre hill since 1886, 418 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,080 -constructed by architect... -Fine, fine. Next. 419 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:29,080 The Arc de Triomphe, 50m high by 45 wide. 420 00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:31,440 To the right, Rude's famous La Marseillaise. 421 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:32,280 Notice... 422 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,000 Say, what is that little thing, in the sky? 423 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,720 Lower your eyes a little, it's the Eiffel Tower, 424 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,760 constructed by 300 acrobats. 425 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,000 My word, it looks like it's... 426 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,120 Of course. We also have our Statue of Liberty. She's smaller. 427 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,920 Last stop! Mr. Krosse's place, your future friend. 428 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,120 -Goodbye. -Goodbye. 429 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,000 What do you want with Mr. Krosse? 430 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,320 Do you have a meeting? 431 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,880 How's it going at home? 432 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,040 Is your wife still in love with the neighbor downstairs? 433 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,640 Mr. Krosse only receives on appointment! 434 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,600 Bring her to the movies, 435 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,640 it'll change her ideas. 436 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,200 I bet we're here for the same reason. 437 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,280 Do you sometimes knock, Mr. Parker? 438 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:27,880 Yes. 439 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,240 I spoke to Mr. Krosse 440 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,640 about the billiard room. 441 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,760 Extravagant! I admit that I don't understand this story. 442 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,560 Who decided to hire me? 443 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,320 Mr. Balkis. And in my soul and consciousness 444 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,840 I had formally advised him to do it, in black and white. 445 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:44,760 Why so? 446 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,880 For a thousand reasons, Mrs. Balkis, one of which 447 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,600 at least is good: 448 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,600 this guy is totally finished. 449 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,360 You mustn't say it, Mr. Krosse. 450 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:57,920 Oh, no? 451 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,400 No, for a thousand reasons, 452 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,720 one of which at least is good: 453 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,000 with this thing, I can make you spit your 32 teeth out, 454 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,040 whether they are original or second-hand. 455 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:14,120 Menaces? 456 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,440 Mister, please. 457 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,760 You haven't produced for four years, in New York. 458 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,720 Can't be everywhere at once. 459 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,640 But the bother is that you weren't elsewhere either. 460 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,720 Barely arrived, to be chased out, 461 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:28,840 as you didn't stop 462 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,720 seducing the wife or girlfriends of the director. 463 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:35,800 That proves that I'm pleasing. 464 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,400 You, you can't understand that. 465 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,760 Insinuation in front of a witness. 466 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,000 Continue, my boy, continue, continue. 467 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,040 Mrs. Balkis, would you close your eyes, please? 468 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,240 I think that you had better start your rehearsals, Eddie. 469 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,920 Close your eyes please, Mrs. Balkis. 470 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,680 And now plug your ears. 471 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:02,680 Can you hear me? 472 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,640 No, she can't hear anymore, she can't see. 473 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,960 There's no more witness, I'll continue. 474 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,720 Parker... 475 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,080 Mr. Krosse, you are awful. 476 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,840 Things you say can't be said in front of a woman. 477 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,520 Parker... 478 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,840 There are old slippers in a trash can 479 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,440 more appealing than you. 480 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,280 Could you write that in black and white? 481 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:28,840 Enough. 482 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:31,880 Blows... 483 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,920 and... injuries. 484 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:37,800 Taxi! 485 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,000 OK, Paris, 486 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,320 don't let yourself be intimidated by your meter, it's urgent. 487 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:52,520 Attention! Zero, one, two, three, four and five, 488 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,480 six, seven and eight and one, 489 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,320 two, three, four, five, six 490 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:02,120 and eight! And eight and one, two, three and four 491 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,520 and five, six, seven and eight! 492 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,320 And one, two, three and four and five, 493 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,440 six and seven and eight 494 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,120 and one, two, three and four and five, six, 495 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,000 seven and eight! And one, two, three! 496 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:18,960 Who are those clients? 497 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,000 Balkis establishment managers. 498 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:22,720 There's a conference. 499 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,200 And eight! And eight and one, two, three, four, 500 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,280 five, six, seven and eight! 501 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,520 And one, two, three, four, five... 502 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,600 FRENCH GAS 503 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,800 Hey, Sir! Hey! 504 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,000 You must have taken the wrong path. 505 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,760 Hey! Hey, can you hear me? Driver! 506 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:22,840 Driver! 507 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,280 Suppleness! 508 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,120 Be supple! 509 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,080 When Eddie Parker sees this... 510 00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:01,240 You talk a lot about your Eddie Parker, 511 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,400 but when will we see him reappear? 512 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,440 The emperor was on time. 513 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,880 Indeed, I appreciated his accuracy a lot. 514 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:14,720 He was on time, alright, 515 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:16,920 but to dictate his wishes to us. 516 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,280 His four wills. 517 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:26,720 Maybe things will change? 518 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,720 They had better, guys! 519 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,720 He was nice with us, like with dogs, he was! 520 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,200 Good mash, but to the kennel. 521 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,520 We get flab and ankylosis. 522 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,000 We can work our deltoids, 523 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,240 but doesn't hold a candle to life before. 524 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,040 Each labored for his apple. 525 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:52,480 We'd pig out, 526 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,320 some would even pig out a lot. 527 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,760 Are you sending steam my way? 528 00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:58,400 I'll send it where I want! 529 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,600 Don't talk about kicking, will you? 530 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,040 It puts ants in my slats. 531 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,600 Come, men, 532 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,360 we didn't come here looking for skates! 533 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:10,880 Is that to put drops in your nose? 534 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,320 I prefer prevention. 535 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,440 I have people outside, 536 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,800 in case I take too long to go out. 537 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,000 Not just you took precautions. 538 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,200 You're surely not the only one; 539 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,600 I don't know what's going on, 540 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,600 the street is full of ugly villains! 541 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:53,200 These gentlemen! 542 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:00,880 It's fine, it's not heavy! 543 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,640 He who hits the powerful has snakes come out. 544 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:25,640 Good evening. 545 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:27,360 A pleasure. 546 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:31,280 Hello. 547 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,600 Gentlemen, I know your problem. 548 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,520 I took the liberty of uniting you 549 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,040 for each one to discuss freely. 550 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:41,920 -But us... -But, but, but! 551 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:46,840 Your brother directed his empire 552 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,560 with a totalitarianism 553 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:50,880 that didn't fit with our era. 554 00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,240 -Indeed, and... -that according to me, 555 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:54,600 Please! 556 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,480 We plan to make of the empire of the night a democracy 557 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,720 by giving managers of our cabarets their autonomy back. 558 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:06,960 -Bravo! -Silence! 559 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,560 This, inside a federation that 560 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,840 my brothers and I will take the lead of. 561 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,440 If you are a friend of the captain, 562 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,880 you can wipe your hands off on the sails. 563 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:23,840 -Alright! -Alright! 564 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,400 No! Not alright! 565 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,960 Dear Melchior, you are very careless 566 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,480 with things that aren't yours. 567 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:33,960 The emperor is dead. 568 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:35,680 But he has a son. 569 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:39,280 And the son of a dead emperor is another emperor, Melchior. 570 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,200 This emperor, my dear sister, is 571 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,400 just old enough to sit on a chamber pot, 572 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,680 not to sit on a throne. 573 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,240 Ma'am! Ma'am, the child! 574 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,440 -What, "the child"? -The child disappeared. 575 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,960 Sir, when is tea served at the castle? 576 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,720 No kidding! You're Eddie Parker? 577 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,480 You had a lot of success with the ladies. 578 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,480 You ran after castle life for a long time. 579 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,840 Now you have it. Are you happy? 580 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,520 Come now, don't look so stuck. 581 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,000 Thanks, old man. 582 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,720 It was a simple rehearsal. 583 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,920 Well. And when will the gala be held? 584 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,000 In ten minutes the alarm will ring. 585 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,640 So more bullets will be fired, and this time, 586 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:15,760 they'll be fired at you. 587 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,000 Thank these men, Mr. Balkis, not for the bullets, for the 10 minutes. 588 00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,880 Use them to meditate on your life. 589 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:27,440 On your death. 590 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:47,680 He was playing in the nursery, ma'am, like a little angel. 591 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,320 I heard a noise, I hurried. 592 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:53,320 The window was wide open! The child! 593 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:55,680 We have to warn the police! 594 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,520 If you can't care for children, care for their mother. 595 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:00,760 I'm going, sir. 596 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,720 No screams, no phoning. 597 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:03,920 Tears... 598 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:05,960 are the best relief. 599 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,680 Poor child, young and absent. 600 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,800 His reign begins badly. 601 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,200 I just learned, Mrs. Balkis. 602 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,120 We are in a very confused situation, Mrs. Balkis. 603 00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,080 That can clear up. 604 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,280 You're the ones who kidnapped him, aren't you? It's you! 605 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:23,800 Who says I'm not allowed? 606 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:25,880 Allowed? My child! 607 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,280 Would you like to read this, Krosse? 608 00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:33,800 It's the emperor's writing. 609 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:36,680 -Indeed, and it's from two years ago. -Yes. Yes, yes. 610 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,680 "Recent events opened my eyes about my wife..." 611 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:41,440 How? 612 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,360 "...at my death, my son must be entrusted to my brothers 613 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:48,240 "in view of preparing him to ascend to the throne. David Balkis." 614 00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,000 David never wrote that. 615 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:53,720 Yet it is there, look. It's there, black on white, it's... 616 00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,880 The managers have already asked to get in contact with us. 617 00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:02,720 Look at them. 618 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,280 Sharks, octopuses, the jellyfish. 619 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,640 Coming up from the bottom of the sea where David relegated them. 620 00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,200 They smell the good smell of blood and power. 621 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,640 Could you stand up to them? 622 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,960 Yes, the underworld is stirring, my dear sister. 623 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,240 Each sees himself succeeding the emperor. 624 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,280 Stir up the mud, water becomes cloudy. 625 00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:23,600 Give me my child back. 626 00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,760 It'd go against our revered brother's will. 627 00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:27,920 Give and take, we'll give you the child 628 00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,080 but we'll care for his interests. 629 00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:31,120 Watchful faces 630 00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:34,040 don't they control your conduct? 631 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,960 If I may offer some advice, Mrs. Balkis, 632 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,080 I think that indeed... 633 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:41,880 -Fine. -Maybe we should put it 634 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:43,760 in black and white, it's... 635 00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:44,680 Rule of thumb. 636 00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:49,480 Write, Krosse. 637 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,240 David, I feel alone. 638 00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:59,120 I the undersigned Genevi�ve Balkis... 639 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:05,960 Do you mind? 640 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:11,840 I don't like fish. 641 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:15,640 We have nothing to hide from our allies. 642 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:20,760 So, speak to me about the castle party. 643 00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:21,800 Write! 644 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,080 What's going on? 645 00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:25,400 Writing your memoirs? 646 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:26,520 They have my son. 647 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,960 "...I entrust to Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspard Balkis 648 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,040 "the care of managing all establishments 649 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:32,600 "of Patrick Balkis, heir." 650 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,400 You have to add something else. 651 00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:36,760 If by misfortune, Patrick Balkis passes... 652 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,040 God will protect him! 653 00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,440 Of course, Ma'am, only... 654 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:41,840 We must do something. 655 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,040 Ma'am! 656 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,200 You're crazy, they have my son! 657 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:47,760 But I have you now. 658 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:49,640 We can now speak with them. 659 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:52,840 Oh no, the boss lady! He's starting again! 660 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:54,400 Eddie! 661 00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,320 Sailing! I said: sailing! 662 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:00,640 Alright, more sailing! 663 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,160 We'll start with a few rounds. 664 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:07,040 Mirka, point your feet! Point them! Are you going pull a long face? 665 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,560 Careful, Mirka. 666 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:10,480 Hard in the hands! Hard! 667 00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,800 Pull a long face, old man, a long face! 668 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,320 Without my face I wouldn't have gotten here. 669 00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,960 Alright, get yourselves down. Supple. Supple! 670 00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:22,080 Not bad. 671 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,600 Alright, let's start over while I'm still warm. 672 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:28,680 An intermission, please. 673 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,080 Eddie! 674 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:31,920 I have two words to say to you all. 675 00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,360 You know, the delicious Balkis Brothers 676 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:37,720 want to steal the empire, 677 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,120 so they kidnapped the kid. 678 00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,440 And to give him back, they asked the mother 679 00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,640 to sign an act relinquishing all the cabarets. 680 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:51,320 The wretches did that? 681 00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,080 She signed? No, she didn't have the time. 682 00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:57,240 -What have you done? -I kidnapped her. 683 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:00,040 I'll bring her here. 684 00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:02,960 Believe me, it's better for you. 685 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:06,400 Well, I'll take her elsewhere. 686 00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:07,760 Not at all, not at all! 687 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:11,120 Her husband created this city and she'll be denied asylum? 688 00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:12,720 Lowlifes! Wretches! 689 00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:15,320 Scoundrels! Poor souls! Cowards! Gypsies! 690 00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:17,240 Hold me back, Elsa! Hold me! 691 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:19,760 You're holding me? Really something, isn't it? 692 00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:23,760 Just decide quickly, 693 00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,800 because it won't be long before they arrive. 694 00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:43,560 Ma'am Balkis, please. 695 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:45,760 -Alright, quickly! -We haven't seen her. 696 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:48,400 Listen well, all of you. 697 00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,760 Kidnapping is a crime! 698 00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,760 Being an accessory to kidnapping too. And these crimes 699 00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:56,960 are severely punished by the law. 700 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:01,600 By these Balkis gentlemen. 701 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,920 We know she is here. We've been warned. 702 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:08,480 Well, 703 00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:15,360 I will refer to these... gentlemen. 704 00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:19,560 That's it, they're here! Where is Mrs. Balkis? 705 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,120 I've just found a great hiding spot for Genevi�ve 706 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,960 but with her city clothes, it won't do at all. 707 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:35,000 -What's happening to her? -Concussion. 708 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,080 It's crazy how well black suits you. 709 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:42,600 Alright! 710 00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:52,000 Contrary to what was said, 711 00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,400 the Balkis establishments will open tonight! 712 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,160 At the call of their name, 713 00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:02,200 the artists must present themselves immediately! 714 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:05,400 The Telbergs! 715 00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:07,680 The Sivanovs! 716 00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:10,200 The Motel Brothers! 717 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:23,160 Soon it'll just be us in the complex. 718 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:24,400 You'll hide me here? 719 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:27,160 Better: You'll disappear in the magic cupboard. 720 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:28,760 Enter. 721 00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:34,560 -Eddie... -We can do it all at the music hall. 722 00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:37,040 Don't be scared, I'll come get you out. 723 00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:40,800 Disappearance! 724 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,960 -Can you hear me? -Yes. 725 00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:48,600 Well, see you later. 726 00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:50,520 I'll give your charming brothers-in-law 727 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,880 tea on a big tray. 728 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,320 See you later, Eddie. 729 00:56:58,280 --> 00:56:59,920 Mrs. Algaz! 730 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:42,160 Alright! 731 00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:31,360 Gentlemen, 732 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:33,880 search the room. 733 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:44,720 Excuse me! 734 00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,960 You don't see it on the shelf, ask for it inside. 735 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,120 You're the one scaring them, Mr. Balkis. 736 00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:10,640 You look too much like a big cat. 737 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,960 Tell us where you hid her. 738 00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:45,520 The fox knows a lot, 739 00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:48,200 but the one who catches it knows more. 740 00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:53,960 I think that we shouldn't have 741 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,240 freed our younger brother. 742 01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,160 Don't be scared, I would just like to speak to you. 743 01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:11,600 You are not like the others. 744 01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:14,040 What is your name? 745 01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:15,160 Help! 746 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,080 What is your name? 747 01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:29,880 You learned how to play piano, Mr. Marco! 748 01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,280 Yes, and the accounting. 749 01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:33,720 And tarot. 750 01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:35,320 And throw-fishing. 751 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:36,880 And hockey on grass. 752 01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:40,720 In total, instead of a raise, I stayed manager 753 01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:43,320 like the others. And yet! 754 01:00:43,480 --> 01:00:44,560 Sir! 755 01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,880 If I give you a way of winning 100,000 dollars, 756 01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:49,760 you'd let me go? 757 01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,440 A hundred thousand dollars? This guy is crazy. 758 01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:53,640 You can talk, rabbit. 759 01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:02,120 These are things that had better be said in your ear. 760 01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:27,200 Don't come closer, otherwise... 761 01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:36,560 Gaspard! 762 01:01:43,640 --> 01:01:46,240 -You're here, Mrs. Balkis? -Yes! 763 01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,960 I wouldn't want you to take my question badly 764 01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,160 but the 5,000 francs, did you give them? 765 01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:55,040 -That I did! -It's strange, I can't find them. 766 01:01:57,080 --> 01:01:59,480 Try as I may, all my pockets... 767 01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:02,280 Yet I have a sense of order. 768 01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:04,280 Nothing here either. 769 01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:06,720 Maybe here. 770 01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:08,600 Sadly, no. 771 01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:11,560 Dear ma'am, I... 772 01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:13,760 Doctor Mabuse, 773 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:16,240 you will be fined! 774 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:17,360 Professor, 775 01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:21,200 would you show me how the magic cupboard works? 776 01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:22,960 The magicians union is formal, 777 01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,920 the secrets must be kept. We're sworn. 778 01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:29,160 -So do the trick for me. -No way. 779 01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:31,800 I already did my number tonight, at the Circ�. 780 01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:33,920 Small crowd of connoisseurs. Triumphal. 781 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,800 Obviously, you don't have your stage. 782 01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:39,120 Excuse me, young man? 783 01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:41,160 Fine, come. 784 01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:43,160 If you're interested, ma'am... 785 01:02:53,680 --> 01:02:55,400 Disappearance! 786 01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:04,240 And now, you have the right to doubt your senses. 787 01:03:06,080 --> 01:03:07,720 Appearance! 788 01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:10,800 Are they gone? 789 01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,200 -A real court! -It is one. 790 01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:27,200 And it'll condemn you to death. 791 01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:28,920 Right, general counsel? 792 01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:30,720 Exactly. 793 01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:33,320 The ripe fruit falls on its own. 794 01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:35,360 The floor goes to the defense. 795 01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:36,480 I pass. 796 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,520 If someone doesn't agree, raise your hand. 797 01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:42,960 Please, your honor? 798 01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:46,320 You gave the verdict before 799 01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:49,040 even reading the charge sheet. 800 01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:50,280 It's so brief. 801 01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:53,440 Meddling with what wasn't his business, is that enough? 802 01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:57,120 I'd be difficult. 803 01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:00,040 Do you care for life, Mr. Parker? 804 01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:02,200 As much as me. 805 01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:06,080 So have mercy on Mrs. Balkis. 806 01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:09,920 It's not in my prices. 807 01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:11,200 Life is too short 808 01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:12,920 for me to be a brute. 809 01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:14,720 Keep your head. 810 01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:16,240 Better than keeping his hat. 811 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:18,360 When we see yours, 812 01:04:19,080 --> 01:04:20,800 we don't think this. 813 01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:31,920 Still no news? 814 01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:33,800 No. 815 01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:39,280 Looks like you blame me. 816 01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:41,000 He'd not be in this story 817 01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:43,240 -if you hadn't turned his head... -What? 818 01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:45,680 Exactly what I'm wondering. 819 01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:50,200 So you don't think he is capable of unselfish generosity?? 820 01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:53,240 -You're in love with him. -Me? 821 01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:55,440 Don't deny it. 822 01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:56,800 And you, maybe? 823 01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,360 -You forget... -Who you are? 824 01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:02,520 What happened. 825 01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:05,320 With a husband the age of your grandpa, 826 01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:07,960 widowhood mustn't be much harder than marriage. 827 01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:13,240 Jealousy is beautiful. It's hot, it's alive. 828 01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,880 No, I wasn't thinking of my husband. 829 01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:20,960 I was thinking of my son. 830 01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:25,040 We just called, they're all at Gay Paris, 831 01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:26,080 it's bad for Eddie. 832 01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:28,040 Gentlemen, no questions? 833 01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:32,840 Is there anyone whose abilities could apply in the present case? 834 01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:34,600 Why not you, my dear? 835 01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:37,400 It seems to me that you have a criminal record 836 01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:38,680 that can't take any more. 837 01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:40,480 Yours isn't exactly new either. 838 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,040 I think I remember that my cousin Castellani 839 01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:47,200 did not die of measles. 840 01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:50,240 Hints, Paulo, I'm rather against them! 841 01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:53,680 No need to search, gentlemen, 842 01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:56,440 the deal is settled. 843 01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:01,920 This is our father's knife, Gaspard. 844 01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:09,240 Don't bother, Figaro, I shave with an electric razor. 845 01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:56,640 Speed it up 846 01:06:57,040 --> 01:06:59,080 and I'll put his tonsils in the shop. 847 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,120 -Where is the little Balkis? -No! 848 01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:20,640 Speak. 849 01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:23,720 He's at Krosse's. Don't tell Balthazar I told you. 850 01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:28,280 Quickly, I have my car. 851 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:30,680 No, it's not fast enough. We'll take this. 852 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,440 Be careful! 853 01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,640 DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF THE NIGHT 854 01:08:17,320 --> 01:08:19,440 I'm tired of being followed. I'll show you 855 01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:22,040 how to get rid of a follower or followers. 856 01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:25,200 It can always serve. First of all, a boot kick. 857 01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:26,440 Not so elegant, 858 01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:29,000 but, as you see, very efficient. 859 01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:30,640 Then... 860 01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,920 Yes, a hip turn. 861 01:08:34,720 --> 01:08:36,360 Always, always efficient. 862 01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:40,320 A kick. 863 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:46,400 It hurts. A throw over the shoulder. 864 01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,120 Well done, Eddie! 865 01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:50,840 -You're marvelous. -Thank you. 866 01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:52,360 It's the least of things. 867 01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:56,800 It got me in shape. Quick, we're going to Krosse's. 868 01:08:56,960 --> 01:08:58,080 You want to go there? 869 01:08:58,240 --> 01:08:59,680 It's where they hid the kid. 870 01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:02,720 Ah yes, your famous Don Quixote night mission. 871 01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:05,560 I've had enough of the night. A country for the blind. 872 01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:08,680 I'm lucky. They have the little one, but I have Mrs. Balkis. 873 01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:10,640 We each have half of the ticket. 874 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:11,800 What are you hoping? 875 01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:14,680 Once out of trouble, the Empress will make you manager? 876 01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:17,360 Paris is my last chance, Juliette. 877 01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:19,040 -Your last chance? -Yes. 878 01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:20,520 If I miss my chance, well, 879 01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:23,360 on posters, my name will be smaller than the printer's. 880 01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:25,360 -You understand? -Eddie... 881 01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:30,880 Disappointed to not have Constantine? I'm just Eddie Parker. 882 01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:32,560 I'd like to show you the day. 883 01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:35,680 -I bet that you've never seen him. -Never, my love. 884 01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:37,080 Said to 12,000 women. 885 01:09:37,240 --> 01:09:39,560 To many more, but in English. 886 01:09:49,480 --> 01:09:51,440 I think that there's not much hope now. 887 01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,200 With Eddie, there always is. 888 01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:55,640 Juliette, our poor little Juliette! 889 01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:04,720 Stop that, it's echoing in here. 890 01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,560 Mrs. Balkis, I've done great things. 891 01:10:07,720 --> 01:10:09,920 They've always turned against me. 892 01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:13,040 The triple Nelson first, it busted my kidneys. Then Juliette. 893 01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:15,040 She breaks my heart. I'm plaster. 894 01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:17,160 -Don't say that! -Shut up. 895 01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:20,920 A block of plaster that you covered with graffiti like on a urinal. 896 01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:26,000 Genevi�ve, I think I know where the kid is. 897 01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:42,560 Come in, my friends. We need you here. 898 01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:50,040 Excuse me, 899 01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:52,520 the cleaning has not yet been done. 900 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:53,640 My son! 901 01:10:57,240 --> 01:10:59,960 We were just going to ask for news from Mr. Parker. 902 01:11:00,120 --> 01:11:02,520 And it's we who bring it to you. 903 01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:04,920 Listen to that! 904 01:11:05,080 --> 01:11:07,880 Look, my billiard partners. 905 01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:09,200 What is it? 906 01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:12,480 These are your brother's secret bodyguards. 907 01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:14,960 To you, 908 01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:19,240 to you, to you, to you! 909 01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:27,000 And to our most respected Sovereign, we come to say this: 910 01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:29,480 You will have to find yourself at dawn 911 01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:32,040 in front of the tomb of our revered master. 912 01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:33,760 The child will be returned to its mom. 913 01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:37,440 And David's last wishes will be made known. 914 01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:40,480 But... he's not dead, then? He's testing us? 915 01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:42,480 Any fighting must cease from here on in. 916 01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:45,520 They are now useless. 917 01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:48,440 At dawn. 918 01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:52,280 At dawn. 919 01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:27,480 I'm listening to you. 920 01:13:27,640 --> 01:13:28,920 David! 921 01:13:29,080 --> 01:13:30,240 You're not dead? 922 01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:33,320 No, not yet, Krosse. 923 01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:39,360 Hello, my dear! 924 01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:42,400 Are you OK? You're not hurt? 925 01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:58,760 I want my son to learn how to read 926 01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:01,520 in what will be written. 927 01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:05,040 The emperor of Paris cabarets learned one day that he'd die. 928 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:07,200 Doctors say I just have one month left. 929 01:14:07,560 --> 01:14:09,960 Secretly he warned his faithful advisor. 930 01:14:10,480 --> 01:14:11,400 Isn't that right, 931 01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:13,160 Krosse? 932 01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:17,960 The confidant immediately tells the brothers who run the Orient cabarets. 933 01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,640 Scheming, conspiracy, fake reports! 934 01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:24,560 You took advantage my wife's trip in America 935 01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:27,000 to make me think that she had been unfaithful, 936 01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:29,160 and granted favors to a facilitator 937 01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:32,360 of journals of dubious reputation. Wretch! 938 01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:35,160 The emperor's suffering was without limit. 939 01:14:35,680 --> 01:14:37,080 Hours... 940 01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:40,600 Hours of cultivating my hate on the image of this man. 941 01:14:42,360 --> 01:14:45,520 So David Balkis, whose end is close, hired the fake lover. 942 01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:48,480 He announced his death 943 01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:50,440 -and lived. -I saw... 944 01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:54,440 the greed of my brothers, 945 01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:57,000 the cowardice of my managers, 946 01:14:57,160 --> 01:14:59,120 the betrayal of my confidant. 947 01:15:00,480 --> 01:15:02,760 But I also saw your loyalty, 948 01:15:03,480 --> 01:15:04,920 my beloved wife. 949 01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:09,800 And I discovered the loyalty of this man that we used, 950 01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:12,760 and that I nearly had killed. 951 01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:20,920 I said no! 952 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:23,440 You call me the emperor, 953 01:15:24,040 --> 01:15:26,600 well, emperors have the right to choose their deaths. 954 01:15:28,080 --> 01:15:29,160 I'm going to leave. 955 01:15:30,440 --> 01:15:31,440 Melchior, 956 01:15:33,240 --> 01:15:36,040 swear you'll never kill my child. 957 01:15:36,760 --> 01:15:37,840 Swear it to me. 958 01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:13,280 He refused to get healed. 959 01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:15,160 He's gone forever after having 960 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:17,280 had his brothers swear loyalty to him. 961 01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:20,680 He should have brought them. 962 01:16:20,840 --> 01:16:21,560 I knew he was 963 01:16:21,720 --> 01:16:24,400 watching you. I recognized him in the castle staircase. 964 01:16:24,800 --> 01:16:26,040 Don't cry, Mrs. Balkis. 965 01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:29,200 I was sure he'd come back one last time to say goodbye to you. 966 01:16:42,040 --> 01:16:44,280 -My boy! -This time I'll bring him back. 967 01:19:20,720 --> 01:19:22,200 Come, my little prince. 968 01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:28,600 You know, little one, we're not out of the woods, you and I. 969 01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:30,680 There are still two uncles left. 970 01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:54,440 When the emperor asked me to not touch the child, 971 01:19:54,600 --> 01:19:55,920 I was empty handed. 972 01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:58,280 But for the mother and Parker, 973 01:19:58,440 --> 01:20:00,120 I had my glove. 974 01:20:01,200 --> 01:20:04,960 Now, I swear that their opening show 975 01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:06,720 will go down in history. 976 01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,120 And I, I swear that whatever happens, 977 01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:13,400 my show will continue. 978 01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:15,320 I took precautions. 979 01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:37,400 Who doesn't have armor? 980 01:20:38,120 --> 01:20:39,520 Miss. 981 01:20:40,360 --> 01:20:43,320 Who doesn't have their armor? 982 01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:04,640 May everything go well! 983 01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:06,560 With Eddie, you can feel at ease. 984 01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:01,320 You dislocated your knee, my brother, 985 01:22:01,480 --> 01:22:03,040 while playing his golf? 986 01:22:03,200 --> 01:22:04,920 Exactly, my dear. 987 01:22:05,080 --> 01:22:08,160 Look at this swelling. 988 01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:11,520 You're right to wear an orthopedic splint. 989 01:22:11,680 --> 01:22:13,560 I myself don't feel very well. 990 01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:17,640 I'm coming down with a terrible bit of heart disease. 991 01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:37,200 Keep going, keep going! 992 01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:40,560 Stall them, I have a score to settle. 993 01:23:05,920 --> 01:23:07,960 Now, that's boxing! 994 01:23:47,560 --> 01:23:49,960 Good evening, Mr. Balkis. So were you hurt? 995 01:23:52,120 --> 01:23:53,400 Does your back hurt? 996 01:23:54,880 --> 01:23:57,840 Very well, very well, very well. And can you feel your legs? 997 01:23:58,640 --> 01:23:59,720 No. 998 01:23:59,880 --> 01:24:01,000 Very well, very well. 999 01:24:01,160 --> 01:24:03,960 And your head, can you still shake your head? 1000 01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:06,440 -No. -Sensational. Just like me. 1001 01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:07,880 That's great, isn't it! 1002 01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:17,400 Hands up, come on! Come on! 1003 01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:18,720 Quickly, quickly! 1004 01:24:20,360 --> 01:24:20,960 Come, 1005 01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:22,520 let's clear the area. 1006 01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:24,960 Ladies and gentlemen, let us explain: 1007 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:27,440 They want to take the bread from our mouths. 1008 01:24:27,800 --> 01:24:30,160 We don't have security. 1009 01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:36,440 Careful, gateway 3! 1010 01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:38,280 Careful, careful, bearing 8! 1011 01:24:52,720 --> 01:24:55,400 Careful with the garden. Beware of the bottles! 1012 01:24:57,320 --> 01:24:59,560 Look, guys! I can do this now! 1013 01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:19,200 Go. 1014 01:25:39,480 --> 01:25:43,080 I also know pretty proverbs. 1015 01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:46,120 Never four without five. 1016 01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:48,360 You were singing, I'm very happy about it. 1017 01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:50,760 Well, you can dance now. 1018 01:25:50,920 --> 01:25:54,320 Might isn't always right. 1019 01:25:55,040 --> 01:25:55,840 "La Fontaine." 1020 01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:29,400 Mr. Parker has a kind of talent. 1021 01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:32,200 This talent, you're thinking of our 5,000 francs? 1022 01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:33,960 My dear, see here, 1023 01:26:34,120 --> 01:26:36,520 I wouldn't want to disappear 1024 01:26:36,680 --> 01:26:38,080 before having... 1025 01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:40,320 Professor! Professor! 1026 01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:43,280 Well, where is he? Professor! 1027 01:26:49,400 --> 01:26:50,960 Remember this, because tomorrow 1028 01:26:51,120 --> 01:26:53,200 it'll have to be redone perfectly. Noted? 1029 01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:55,880 It's noted. 1030 01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:59,840 With this show, you'll be sold out for two years. 1031 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:01,240 Do you hear that? 1032 01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:04,560 Paris has made your happiness, Eddie! 1033 01:27:05,520 --> 01:27:07,800 I'm leaving it with a heavy heart. 1034 01:27:07,960 --> 01:27:09,560 -You're leaving us? -Yes. 1035 01:27:10,160 --> 01:27:11,600 Yes, they want me elsewhere. 1036 01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:13,560 I don't know who, or know where, 1037 01:27:13,720 --> 01:27:15,360 but I must go. 1038 01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:16,880 With me! 1039 01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:19,120 Better not. 1040 01:27:19,280 --> 01:27:22,280 Both of us aren't your age. 1041 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:26,320 And who will help me run the business? 1042 01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:28,760 Mr. Krosse is here. 1043 01:27:28,920 --> 01:27:31,440 -Right, Mr. Krosse? -I'm all for Mrs. Balkis. 1044 01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:33,800 Mr. Krosse will advise you. Isn't that right, 1045 01:27:33,960 --> 01:27:35,080 -Mr. Krosse? -With joy. 1046 01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:37,200 He'll look over your business. 1047 01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:39,800 -Isn't that right, Mr. Krosse? -Yes. 1048 01:27:39,960 --> 01:27:42,760 Because Mr. Krosse knows well 1049 01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:46,840 that my shoe will never be more than an hour's flight from his behind. 1050 01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:48,560 -Right, Mr. Krosse? -Yes, yes. 1051 01:27:49,480 --> 01:27:51,000 That's obvious. 1052 01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:53,680 Good. Well, see you in two years, my lovelies. 1053 01:27:54,080 --> 01:27:56,640 -In two years? -In two years. 1054 01:27:57,160 --> 01:27:59,720 Eddie! And what if I should need you? 1055 01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:02,960 You read the newspapers. Anywhere I go, 1056 01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:04,960 -noise will spread. -More than that! 1057 01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:06,600 One, two! 1058 01:28:43,520 --> 01:28:45,160 I had told you all that, 1059 01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:47,720 -he was an idiot... -Yes, Eddie, you told me. 1060 01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:11,080 THE END 1061 01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:32,280 Alexandra Joslyn Subtitling: Hiventy