1 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,837 Corto, what are you doing outside? 2 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,639 I was thinking of leaving. 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,669 Venice makes me lazy. 4 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,350 That's what Venice is for. 5 00:00:26,519 --> 00:00:28,829 How about a glass of Rosolio? 6 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,399 Rosolio? 7 00:00:32,679 --> 00:00:35,069 I didn't know it still existed. 8 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,755 Say, Ear Mouth, when did you come to Venice? 9 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:42,749 I came here in 1300 with the cabalist Mancello Giudeo. 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,831 Ah, yes... 11 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:48,668 ...we were friends with Dante back then. 12 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,310 You only have to open that door 13 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,549 in order to leave or go back in time... 14 00:00:54,359 --> 00:00:56,429 ...like in a fairy tale. 15 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,269 It would be nice to live in a fairy tale. 16 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:04,674 Your life is a fairy tale, you just don't notice it anymore. 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,555 As soon as an adult enters the realm of fairy tales, 18 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:09,789 he can never leave again. 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,632 Did you know that? 20 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,591 We might already be too late. 21 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,954 Today is December 34 22 00:01:18,359 --> 00:01:20,554 and it hasn't been New Year yet. 23 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:22,870 That's right... 24 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:25,870 But Christmas was on the 27th. 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,077 The years in Venice always last a little longer. 26 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,551 "You first make thieves 27 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:34,280 and then punish them." 28 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:36,509 I've never been able to finish that book. 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,838 Don't bother, Corto, you can't spare the time. 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,957 Your horoscope predicts a long, adventurous journey awaits you. 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,274 Indeed... 32 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,432 You're sleeping... 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,073 HONG KONG - February 15, 1919 34 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,037 Through transformation the 9 becomes... 35 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,838 ...becomes a moving line. 36 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:10,596 A strong line can change into a weak line... 37 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,798 ...and then we get... 38 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,909 I can't remember. 39 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:19,151 I'm getting old. 40 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,878 Oh, yes! The sign of the Nubile Girl. 41 00:02:24,039 --> 00:02:26,189 The Nubile Girl says: 42 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,794 "New acts of heroism bring bad luck". 43 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:32,271 Hey, Corto Maltese! Are you sleeping? 44 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,399 No... I was thinking about Venice and Ear Mouth. 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,112 You said girls don't want to marry adventurers? Too bad... 46 00:02:40,439 --> 00:02:42,829 That means I'll never marry. 47 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,799 Everything is a joke to you, Corto. 48 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,189 But I'm not kidding. 49 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,431 We're living in dangerous times. 50 00:02:50,599 --> 00:02:53,716 The Russians are fighting up north, the Japanese in the east. 51 00:02:53,879 --> 00:02:57,235 Religious sects are becoming political societies. 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,358 They unite against the foreigners. The White Lotus with... 53 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,272 And what are you doing, Long Life? 54 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:05,795 Red Triangle is awaiting Black Diamond's message 55 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,951 to give it to Pink Square, 56 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,950 who'll inform White Rectangle... 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,236 Sounds like a geometry class. 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,312 Corto, Corto... 59 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:17,549 ...when are you going to get serious? 60 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:19,631 But I already am, Long Life. 61 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,909 What do you think of me? - Splendid! 62 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,675 The girls in Hong Kong will love you. 63 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,107 "Brother of the Night" greets and thanks you. 64 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,237 The Triad will watch over you, Corto Maltese. 65 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,437 The war in Europe is over! It's continuing in Siberia, 66 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,670 Mongolia, Manchuria... 67 00:04:27,879 --> 00:04:29,312 The war in Europe is over! 68 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:14,075 Good evening, Rasputin. 69 00:05:14,519 --> 00:05:16,111 What are you doing in Hong Kong? 70 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,396 As far as I know, Hong Kong isn't reserved for you. 71 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,870 That rain coat makes you look very elegant... 72 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,473 A present. 73 00:05:23,639 --> 00:05:25,231 Do you like her? - Who? 74 00:05:25,399 --> 00:05:26,991 That junk over there... 75 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,754 Are you bored? - I'm never bored, you know that. 76 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,475 Come, let's try to find a drink somewhere. 77 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,278 Still living in a dream I see. 78 00:05:50,439 --> 00:05:52,192 You're probably right. 79 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,750 You know, it's the perfect moment to do some business. 80 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,559 With all those wars between the Bolsheviks, the White - Russians, 81 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,473 the Mongols, the Chinese... there's a way to get rich. 82 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,117 That's something for vultures, Ras. 83 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,754 I could kill you. 84 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:12,269 Kill me some other time. 85 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,591 There's blood at your feet, sailor! 86 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:32,954 Where's that man who was with you? Where are you going? 87 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,076 Is this a riddle? 88 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,870 The current situation is far from simple, 89 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,270 it's even utterly confusing. 90 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,628 The city is crawling with Russian refugees... 91 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:56,269 ...adventurers... pirates... 92 00:06:57,879 --> 00:07:00,519 ...like that person accompanying you... 93 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,069 ...that "captain Rasputin". 94 00:07:03,399 --> 00:07:05,594 We've been trying to find him for months. 95 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,998 Today we finally spotted him again... in your company! 96 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,878 Fate or coincidence? 97 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,879 Probably both, lieutenant Barrow. 98 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,997 I know a lot about you, Corto Maltese. 99 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,118 You've been in China in 1905, in 1913... 100 00:07:22,279 --> 00:07:24,747 You've been a pirate in the South Seas. 101 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,559 You've even joined a secret Chinese society. 102 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,633 I didn't know I was so popular with the police here. 103 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,871 A police officer must suspect everyone, commander Maltese. 104 00:07:35,959 --> 00:07:37,950 Can I go now? 105 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:34,588 "You first make thieves 106 00:08:34,759 --> 00:08:36,909 and then punish them." 107 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,230 I've never been able to finish that book. 108 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,998 Finally you're back, that's great. 109 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,509 I'm glad you're here. 110 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:04,992 Me too, Hu. 111 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,274 Did you receive everything I send? - Yes, Corto. 112 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,149 But money isn't everything. We must see each other now and then... 113 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,838 This morning a letter was delivered for you. 114 00:09:21,399 --> 00:09:23,708 It's perfumed... 115 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,713 "Remember that morning filled with butterflies and that afternoon filled with wild flowers?" 116 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:40,110 The Red Lanterns are looking for you. 117 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:42,987 Who are they? Another secret society? 118 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,757 The Red Lanterns are very brave girls. 119 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,514 They oppose all other secret societies. 120 00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:52,757 If I were you, I would listen to them. 121 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,714 Rasputin! 122 00:10:55,879 --> 00:10:58,110 What now, Ras? You lost the hang of it? 123 00:10:58,279 --> 00:11:00,190 You used to be a great knife thrower. 124 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,590 And I still am. 125 00:11:02,759 --> 00:11:05,399 Otherwise you wouldn't be standing here, but you'd be dead. 126 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,470 Why did you disappear this afternoon? 127 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,233 You were surprised? 128 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:14,550 And those trails of blood? - I wanted to play a joke on you. 129 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,915 I cut myself while you were talking... 130 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,038 ...to make you believe something had happened to me. 131 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,879 We haven't been on any adventures for years 132 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:31,076 like the one with that monk or with Fortuna Principesca, 133 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,596 the islands Escondida and Santo... Do you remember? 134 00:11:34,759 --> 00:11:38,593 Ras, you're crazy! - I could kill you. 135 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:41,149 Don't you get tired of repeating yourself all the time? 136 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,190 Here, take your knife back. 137 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,077 That's not my knife! 138 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:05,073 Isn't this your friend's knife? 139 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,831 Yes, that's my knife! 140 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,072 Someone tried to kill you?! 141 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,273 The Red Lanterns greet you, Corto Maltese. 142 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,398 The Red Lanterns would like to make you a proposal. 143 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,789 Are you willing to listen to us? 144 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,918 You've saved my life, so... 145 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:39,069 Ever heard about admiral Kolchak's train in Siberia? 146 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,595 A train full of gold... the tsar's gold! 147 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,758 Last year, after the execution of Nicolas II, 148 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:47,717 admiral Kolchak took hold of the imperial treasure 149 00:12:47,879 --> 00:12:50,677 in name of the contra revolutionary government. 150 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,229 He transports the gold in his armoured train. 151 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:57,634 Up until now, no one has succeeded to intercept the train. 152 00:12:58,919 --> 00:13:01,387 The warlords are very interested in the imperial gold, 153 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,470 the Manchurian bandits, the allied forces in Siberia 154 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:06,790 and the secret societies... - Including yours? 155 00:13:08,279 --> 00:13:11,716 We'll supply the manpower and finance the enterprise. 156 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:15,235 But we need someone to lead the expedition. 157 00:13:15,399 --> 00:13:17,913 We were thinking of you, Corto Maltese. 158 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,274 Do you know she's here in Hong Kong? 159 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,158 Who? 160 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,676 You know very well. 161 00:13:33,399 --> 00:13:35,629 She's here, but we don't know where. 162 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:37,915 If you want, we could track her down. 163 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,707 We can use these stupid Lanterns 164 00:13:51,879 --> 00:13:53,870 to get the gold ourselves. 165 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,350 I accept you as a partner. 166 00:13:56,519 --> 00:13:59,477 Have you finished? If we accept... 167 00:13:59,799 --> 00:14:03,793 If we accept, everything east of Moscow will be after us. 168 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,910 You think you can find us a junk? 169 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,230 Finally! I knew it! 170 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:20,038 This is the Corto I know! The Corto of... 171 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,031 ...all time! 172 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:28,918 Here are the instructions for the Red Lanterns of Shanghai 173 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,958 who'll help you reach Kharbin in Manchuria. 174 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,113 This envelope contains 1000 gold pounds for the first expenses. 175 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,230 I'll only take the instructions. 176 00:14:40,039 --> 00:14:43,475 If the enterprise succeeds, we'll split the profit and the expenses. 177 00:14:43,639 --> 00:14:48,030 I'm your associate, not your employee. Is that clear? 178 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:50,673 As you prefer. 179 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,389 Didn't you say one associate was one too many? 180 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,518 I said I didn't like an odd number of associates. 181 00:14:58,919 --> 00:15:00,910 One is not enough 182 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,230 and three is too many. 183 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,070 We must leave. 184 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,947 We'll send someone for the corpse. 185 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:52,990 Maybe she's still here. 186 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:57,789 Maybe she's expecting you. 187 00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,951 It's an old story... 188 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,839 ...one that shouldn't matter anymore. 189 00:17:02,759 --> 00:17:05,876 You may not know this, but I was in love once too. 190 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:09,309 A girl from Nikolajevsk 191 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,440 who took care of me when I was little. 192 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,110 I never knew my mother. 193 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,068 She died the day I was born. 194 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,759 Probably died of fear when she saw you! 195 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,028 One more word about my mother and I'll kill you. 196 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,396 Calm down, Ras. I have nothing against your mother, 197 00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:33,789 except her responsibility... 198 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,394 But your boat is fantastic, captain Rasputin! 199 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,551 It's true, I was lucky. 200 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:44,075 I got this junk for close to nothing. 201 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,470 Your friend was too lucky. 202 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,039 What do you mean? - The crew is on the payroll 203 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,033 of the Red Sunset society. 204 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,837 They must eliminate you before we get to Shanghai. 205 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,991 The Red Sunset? 206 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:04,150 A secret society. 207 00:18:04,559 --> 00:18:07,518 Their tradition only allows them to be active the first hours before sunset. 208 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,357 Red symbolises blood. - Nice, those traditions... 209 00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:13,750 They've installed a machine gun on the afterdeck. 210 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,959 Leave now, they're watching us. 211 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,348 Weren't you seeking adventure? - What? 212 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,432 The crew... 213 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,992 I'll let you handle the captain. 214 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,359 Ras, where are you?! 215 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,989 Corto Maltese! I'll take the machine gun... 216 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,955 Hey, you! 217 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:34,076 Were you on that junk? - Are you the only survivor? 218 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,516 Apparently... But can you lower that gun? 219 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,675 You're coming to Shanghai! General Tchang will decide your fate! 220 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,155 Come, sailor, general Tchang wants to speak to you. 221 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,868 What were you doing on that junk? 222 00:22:25,519 --> 00:22:27,908 Were you planning to immerge yourself in exoticism? 223 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,518 Most occidentals look down on our junks. 224 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,514 Or didn't you have enough money to sail on a better ship? 225 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:43,110 Did you know we have a common friend here in Shanghai? 226 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,310 You surprise me, general. 227 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,278 Mister Song, the billionaire. 228 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,557 Mister Song... 229 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:54,228 Or should I say, his daughter... 230 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,710 ...miss Wee-Lee Song? 231 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,953 They talk a lot about you in Song's house, commander Maltese. 232 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,793 Did you return to China... because of her? 233 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:08,790 No, rest assured. 234 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,316 Miss Wee-Lee Song is not related to my visit. 235 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:17,030 If it's not a woman granting us "the honour of your presence"... 236 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,759 ...maybe it's a train. 237 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,720 A Russian train, for example... 238 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,871 ...full of gold? 239 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,070 I don't know what you mean. 240 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,550 How strange... 241 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,508 These days many people die without knowing why. 242 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,030 Ah, tea! 243 00:23:47,519 --> 00:23:49,475 One of the rare pleasures in this world. 244 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,480 And One Ear makes very good tea. 245 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,190 Thank you, One Ear. 246 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,350 One Ear is a Tibetan monk. 247 00:23:57,839 --> 00:24:00,228 He overheard something he shouldn't have 248 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,550 so they cut off one of his ears. 249 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,190 But he makes excellent tea. 250 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,953 I'm blind, deaf and mute, general... 251 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,110 ...just like the three monkeys. 252 00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:21,991 That was someone who didn't know the story of the three monkeys. 253 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,030 You can go, commander Maltese. 254 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,354 Why did you let him go, general? 255 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,758 Because he'll lead me to the train full of gold. 256 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:57,629 Another victim of this madness I see! The more the merrier! 257 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,755 Do you always come into the sauna with a gun and a cigar? 258 00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:06,313 Yes. Because I'm Jack Tippit... of the American air force. 259 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,431 And my cigar isn't lit, 260 00:26:09,599 --> 00:26:11,954 these fine "Connecticut Cigars" always go out. 261 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,712 And the hat? 262 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,678 I don't know actually. And you? 263 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,752 What about me? 264 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:20,955 Who are you? 265 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,350 You've asked me two or three questions too many. 266 00:26:23,519 --> 00:26:27,672 Are you an anarchist? Bolshevik? Or one of those romantic revolutionists? 267 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,950 You ask too many questions yourself. I can only tell you 268 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,349 a good knife stab always goes from the bottom to the top. 269 00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:36,875 Calm down, I'm not looking for a fight. 270 00:26:37,039 --> 00:26:39,873 I'm just tired, very tired even. 271 00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:42,231 Then rest. 272 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,152 I can't. 273 00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:48,073 I keep thinking about that woman, with her train full of cossacks and murderers. 274 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,595 If you knew the duchess... 275 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,275 You've probably noticed this war couldn't exist without the trains. 276 00:26:57,039 --> 00:27:01,192 Incredible! The only thing they know, is that in the shelter of their wagons 277 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,157 some hope to escape the conflict, others hope to control it. 278 00:27:05,039 --> 00:27:08,236 They transport everything in their trains, even their country! 279 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,630 Even the gold of the sacred Russia! 280 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:14,397 You still haven't told me what you're doing in Shanghai. 281 00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,829 I'm just passing through. 282 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,194 I have to get to Kharbin in Manchuria. 283 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,875 That's were I'm going too. If you want, there's a spare seat in my plane. 284 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:28,356 You've never flown before? 285 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,158 No! And I don't feel like trying it either. 286 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,028 That helmet suits you. You look like my aunt. 287 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,709 I won't say what you look like! 288 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,112 Only two more days to go, including stops. 289 00:28:11,279 --> 00:28:13,031 Oh shut up! 290 00:29:01,759 --> 00:29:04,148 There's a plain following us. 291 00:29:04,319 --> 00:29:05,957 Why do you think it's following us? 292 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,274 I'm bored, Spatzetov... I'm bored to death. 293 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,632 Give me the newspapers. 294 00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:35,634 Unfortunately they're already a week old. 295 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:37,711 Impossible to find any others. 296 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,118 That's major Tippit. 297 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,992 Tippit? 298 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,435 Be nice and shoot him down! 299 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,392 Are you alright? 300 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:06,311 Corto, let me introduce you to one of the biggest sons of bitches in the world... 301 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,870 ...major Spatzetov, of the Ussuri cossacks. 302 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,711 I'm sorry, major. 303 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,030 We thought it was one of those bolsheviks. 304 00:31:15,359 --> 00:31:17,589 How can I make it up? 305 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,831 Hopefully you're not too upset? 306 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,879 Hope all you want, duchess... but with that US government 307 00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:29,109 you might as well give up. 308 00:31:29,279 --> 00:31:31,918 They don't like their planes being shot down. 309 00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:37,711 Those late afternoons in Siberia seem like nights. 310 00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:44,068 How are you, duchess? 311 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:47,830 Fine, thank god. 312 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,355 I've thought about you, Tippit. 313 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,359 Your friend is hurt? 314 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,871 Please do me a big favour and keep me out of your affairs. 315 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,548 Your friend has a bad attitude, Tippit. 316 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,596 He likes to act tough. 317 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:06,590 But he's a brave kid. 318 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,632 What's his name? 319 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:10,118 Corto Maltese. 320 00:32:15,359 --> 00:32:19,432 The duchess expresses her pleasure to meet you. 321 00:32:33,039 --> 00:32:35,599 In don't believe in that friendship with the allied forces. 322 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:39,036 If our cause won't benefit them, they'll immediatly run out on us. 323 00:32:41,759 --> 00:32:43,590 You're right. 324 00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:45,829 We'd better follow Von Ungern 325 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,913 and together with him and Semenov organise the battle against the bolsheviks... 326 00:32:50,079 --> 00:32:51,751 ...even though Von Ungern is a madman! 327 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,789 Yes, maybe. 328 00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:57,430 He imagines a new horde of elite warriors 329 00:32:57,599 --> 00:33:00,067 will come from Mongolia. He dreams of 330 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,436 establishing an Asian empire to conquer Europe. 331 00:33:04,079 --> 00:33:08,153 He's convinced of being the reincarnation of Genghis Khan! 332 00:33:09,599 --> 00:33:11,954 That's all so wonderfully romantic! 333 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,917 But it's true, we're not organised well enough. 334 00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:18,789 What side are you on, Spatzetov? 335 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,790 Yours, your Excellency. 336 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,598 You're the most amazing woman I've ever met! 337 00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:48,109 How long have you known her? 338 00:33:50,519 --> 00:33:52,828 Since last summer in Vladivostok. 339 00:33:53,559 --> 00:33:56,995 A welcome party for the American troops... all that worldly nonsense... 340 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,230 ...the usual stupidities... 341 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,279 They were generous with caviar, champagne... 342 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,351 ...and duchesses. 343 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,077 I'd like to get off at the Manchurian border. 344 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,391 Manchuria is dangerous. 345 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:19,072 I have to get to Kharbin. 346 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,030 I'll try to help you, Cortushka... 347 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:23,712 ...but the Siberian border 348 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,189 is under control of baron Von Ungern-Sternberg. 349 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:27,394 Who's that? 350 00:34:27,559 --> 00:34:30,199 An immediate descendant of the Teutonic knights. 351 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,999 His family was liquidated during the revolution. 352 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,831 Could you...? 353 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,751 My necklace... 354 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,949 It's feeling warm. 355 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,589 Yes, I've been dancing and drinking with my men. 356 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,228 Sometimes you have to be able to party. 357 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,550 Especially if you can pray afterwards 358 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,358 to seek forgiveness from Our Lord. 359 00:36:16,039 --> 00:36:18,507 There's Semenov, leader of the Baikal cossacks, 360 00:36:18,679 --> 00:36:21,239 general of the Savage Division... 361 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,718 Mostly known by his reputation as a murderer. 362 00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:35,112 My dear Marina, did you have a good journey? 363 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,871 Sergey Semenov, my friend... 364 00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:40,793 ...the passage through Manchuria went fine. 365 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,996 The Chinese and Japanese love you. 366 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:46,516 They don't like me, they use me... 367 00:36:46,679 --> 00:36:48,510 Why don't you introduce your friends. 368 00:36:48,679 --> 00:36:53,070 Commander Corto Maltese and major Tippit of the American air force. 369 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,757 Semenov... 370 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,036 Who only believes in armoured trains. 371 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:02,759 You should also believe in them, Marina. 372 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,913 Come see what the Japanese gave me. You too, gentlemen. 373 00:37:07,079 --> 00:37:09,877 I'm sure it will interest you. 374 00:37:13,559 --> 00:37:15,630 Let me introduce my "Destroyer". 375 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,634 I can hold off any bolshevik army with this. 376 00:37:21,159 --> 00:37:23,627 My trains and cannons are powerful... 377 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,110 They are heavy, and slow... 378 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,753 Didn't they ever tell you "Into a closed mouth no fly will enter". 379 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,990 Corto Maltese... 380 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,347 Your name rings a bell. 381 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,309 Or maybe it's your face. 382 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,268 I must have seen it somewhere before. 383 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,271 That's impossible. 384 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,155 My face has never left it's place. I've always got it on me! 385 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,916 Sergey, you know I have to continue my journey. 386 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,471 Kolchak won't wait. 387 00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:59,154 That's true. And you're the only one the admiral still trusts. 388 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,630 Our future will soon be in your hands, Marina. 389 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,677 Major Tippit will travel with me. 390 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,072 Corto Maltese has to get to Kharbin in Manchuria. Can you help him? 391 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:10,831 I'll take care of it. 392 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,876 How exactly? 393 00:38:13,079 --> 00:38:17,231 Don't worry, Marina, nothing will happen to your sailor. 394 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,996 I hope to see you again... someday. 395 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,472 Me too. - Don't trust Semenov. 396 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,630 See you, Corto. 397 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,516 See you, Jack. 398 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:14,432 General Semenov ordered me to kill you as soon as you crossed the border. 399 00:39:16,119 --> 00:39:18,030 Corto Maltese... 400 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,117 Welcome to Manchuria! 401 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,079 Semenov thinks you're antipathetic. 402 00:39:30,199 --> 00:39:32,793 I don't think you're sympathetic either. 403 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,516 Welcome, Corto Maltese. 404 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,550 Have we met before? 405 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,429 I've helped you on the junk. 406 00:40:57,079 --> 00:40:59,070 I had a friend on that junk. 407 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:00,755 A friend? 408 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:02,592 Do you know something about him? 409 00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,435 Maybe. But come, you're expected. 410 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:12,269 The moment has come, Corto. 411 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,597 I didn't expect to find any Red Lanterns so far up north. 412 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,399 The road of our interests knows no end. 413 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,554 Right. 414 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,995 The wars in China and Manchuria are ruining our people. 415 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,679 We have much to learn from the Russians. 416 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,950 They have electrified the whole country, 417 00:41:32,119 --> 00:41:34,679 and soon they'll be freed of illiteracy. 418 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,957 Nice, but you didn't ask me to educate the people. 419 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,230 Where is that fabulous train? 420 00:41:42,039 --> 00:41:44,110 Were you able to localise it? 421 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,749 Kolchak has sought refuse in Irkoutsk. 422 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,833 But he wants to leave, and Semenov is ready to attack him. 423 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:54,957 Who's singing? 424 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,836 A Russian officer. His name is Nino. 425 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,719 Welcome, sailor! Do you want a drink? 426 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,349 Not yet. - Why not? 427 00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:08,829 Sooner or later we'll be drinking together anyway. 428 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:16,072 Destiny wanted us to love the same woman. 429 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,309 A very difficult woman. 430 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,117 She has stolen my soul. 431 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:23,998 You're telling yourself a story. 432 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,352 Maybe... 433 00:42:26,519 --> 00:42:29,239 ...but a story is all what's left for me. 434 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:34,228 With this snow even the Russian and Manchurian guards stay inside. 435 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,311 How should I call you? 436 00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,072 Call me Changaï-Li. 437 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:42,228 I'm ready. 438 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,834 Why are you wearing that parade uniform? 439 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,469 Because, my dear friend, I'm still part of the military madness. 440 00:42:49,559 --> 00:42:51,311 Remember? 441 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,471 She loved uniforms. 442 00:42:53,639 --> 00:42:55,710 But who knows who she gave my soul too? 443 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,155 Nino, don't start about that again! 444 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,279 We must warn general Tchang. 445 00:43:06,039 --> 00:43:07,951 Corto, you need a disguise. 446 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:10,110 Or Semenov will recognise you. 447 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,715 Semenov... I've got something to say to him. 448 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:18,751 Semenov is the worst enemy and the worst friend you can have. 449 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,309 How did you get to know him? 450 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,516 Duchess Marina Seminova introduced me to him. 451 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,231 Is she pretty, the duchess? 452 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,269 Yes... I would say she is. 453 00:43:32,199 --> 00:43:33,951 What did you say? 454 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,159 I said yes. 455 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,197 If you're near her, it's like 456 00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,351 you're near something warm, something soft... 457 00:43:48,119 --> 00:43:49,598 Merry Christmas, Corto! 458 00:43:54,519 --> 00:43:57,159 Corto, Corto, my friend... Merry Christmas! 459 00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,471 But today is not Christmas? 460 00:43:59,639 --> 00:44:00,867 So what? 461 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,597 Us, adventurers, celebrate Christmas when we feel like it. 462 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,833 I found you again, Corto! How nice to be able to repeat your name... 463 00:44:10,519 --> 00:44:14,034 Rasputin, is that really you? 464 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,238 Yes, who else? Your aunt? 465 00:44:18,119 --> 00:44:22,510 You disappeared near Shanghai... and now I find you again, in Siberia. 466 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:25,070 You always underestimate me. 467 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,230 That's your mistake. 468 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,271 Caviar and vodka, Corto! 469 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,112 Only things from my country... 470 00:44:38,519 --> 00:44:40,590 ...just like the gold we're going to steal. 471 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,990 To the gold of Russia! 472 00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:48,116 That won't be so easy, with that Semenov... 473 00:44:49,159 --> 00:44:51,719 I had two friends with me. Where are they? 474 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,317 You've got only one friend, and that's me. Understand? 475 00:44:57,199 --> 00:44:59,554 Let's occupy ourselves with that Semenov. 476 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:11,791 Commander, the Americans are controlling the railway near Tchita. 477 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,791 The Americans? 478 00:45:16,119 --> 00:45:18,429 I thought it were the Japanese. 479 00:45:18,599 --> 00:45:19,748 Either way... 480 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,309 ...what's important for us, is the railway junction of Karymsky. 481 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,472 That's where we'll wait for Kolchak's train. 482 00:45:27,079 --> 00:45:29,639 Check if the railway is clear for our return. 483 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,952 At your orders, commander. 484 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,510 And don't disturb me again! 485 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:45,472 Why are you looking at me like that? 486 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,791 You're looking at me too! 487 00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:50,554 Hey, you two! Do you belong 488 00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,789 with the masks for the theatre? 489 00:45:53,559 --> 00:45:55,072 What masks? 490 00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,878 What theatre are you talking about, idiot? 491 00:45:58,119 --> 00:46:01,589 We're officers of the Venetian marine, send as military advisors 492 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,911 for the Siberian and Mongolian cossacks. 493 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,597 And why not Marco Polo and his uncle on his way to Cathay? 494 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,672 Show me your papers! 495 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:15,960 One moment, captain. I can vouch for these two officers. You can go. 496 00:46:16,119 --> 00:46:17,791 At your orders! 497 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,599 You shouldn't mock him like that. He's not an imbecile. 498 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,149 We didn't know you cossacks lost all sense of humor. 499 00:46:26,199 --> 00:46:29,396 Because of Semenov everyone that still had some left, lost it. 500 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,438 What happened that night? 501 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,109 You disappeared in that blizzard. 502 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,158 I always disappear in blizzards. I can't help myself. 503 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,471 Is that the duchess? - I believe so. 504 00:46:57,639 --> 00:47:00,597 Not a moment too soon. Finally we can get out of here. 505 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:02,591 To go where? 506 00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,957 Your Excellency, the bolsheviks have taken Irkoutsk. 507 00:47:38,119 --> 00:47:39,632 Our regiment was decimated. 508 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,997 We've pulled back, but we can't wait much longer. 509 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:44,638 And the admiral? 510 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,028 Admiral-baron Kolchak was betrayed by the Czechoslovakian legionnaires. 511 00:47:51,199 --> 00:47:54,828 The bolsheviks have executed him and thrown his body in the Angara river. 512 00:47:55,079 --> 00:47:56,990 We must leave, your Excellency. 513 00:47:57,159 --> 00:47:58,911 Transporting the gold would take too much time. 514 00:47:59,079 --> 00:48:01,230 Ride with your troops in our train. 515 00:48:11,079 --> 00:48:14,355 The honour to get the imperial gold to safety is yours. 516 00:48:14,519 --> 00:48:17,079 His Excellency the admiral-baron would've wanted it that way. 517 00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:23,237 Sergey, how are the Americans? 518 00:49:24,679 --> 00:49:27,557 The Americans? They are Zhids... 519 00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,869 ...nothing but jews from Wall Street. 520 00:49:30,039 --> 00:49:34,989 Ungern is right in saying the Zhids want to divide the world. 521 00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:38,438 But not only the bankers are Zhids. 522 00:49:39,559 --> 00:49:43,313 Lenin and Trotsky are Zhids too... 523 00:49:44,519 --> 00:49:47,637 ...subversive and bolshevik jews... 524 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,519 My family is also jewish, Sergey. 525 00:49:51,559 --> 00:49:54,710 I saved your family from a pogrom. Have you forgotten that? 526 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,552 No! I just thought... 527 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,960 You're starting to think, Masha?! 528 00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:09,869 General... - Don't disturb me, I said! 529 00:50:10,039 --> 00:50:11,711 Get me another girl. 530 00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:19,156 When an object wants to become a subject... 531 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,311 ...it becomes useless. 532 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,834 You want to go down the same road? 533 00:50:27,159 --> 00:50:29,957 Are you a freethinker also? 534 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:34,193 I've just arrived... with one of your officers... 535 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,034 ...captain Jaroslav. 536 00:50:39,639 --> 00:50:41,391 Ah, Nino! 537 00:50:42,119 --> 00:50:44,509 That fool who lost his soul. 538 00:50:44,679 --> 00:50:46,829 Now and then he disappears to go look for it 539 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,275 and then he returns without success. 540 00:50:50,679 --> 00:50:54,036 Someday I'll sew one on his bare skin. 541 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,111 Come here. 542 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:03,554 Get down. 543 00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:07,155 You're rather far up north for a girl from Shanghai. 544 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,711 What are you looking for here? 545 00:51:10,119 --> 00:51:13,192 Don't you know you die here before finding something? 546 00:51:13,559 --> 00:51:15,675 I'm looking for a golden dragon. 547 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,590 A golden dragon? 548 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:21,996 You must be really crazy. 549 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,039 But who knows what lurks behind your madness? 550 00:51:26,599 --> 00:51:28,237 Now caress my head... 551 00:51:29,639 --> 00:51:31,869 I want to sleep. 552 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,072 I am like I am and I couldn't care less about politics 553 00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,117 because I chose a life of money, 554 00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,477 beautiful women and other pretty things. 555 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,271 That's why I have to steal. 556 00:51:47,079 --> 00:51:49,309 But... you're a thief. 557 00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,190 Of course I'm a thief. 558 00:51:52,599 --> 00:51:55,067 But everything I steal, I immediately spend again. 559 00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:57,309 I let the money roll! 560 00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,995 Lots of people owe their lives to the stolen money I spend. 561 00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:04,117 Kolchak's train! It's coming! 562 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,072 Man your stations! Hurry! 563 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,278 That young girl... Changaï-Li... Where is he? 564 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:14,440 She's on this train too. 565 00:52:14,679 --> 00:52:17,557 And ready for the big moment, just like us! 566 00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:10,358 All things considered, it might be the best way to die, 567 00:54:10,519 --> 00:54:12,750 killed by one of ours... 568 00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:55,197 That Semenov is a magnificent guy! - A butcher, yes! 569 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:57,072 He's done all the work! 570 00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:00,993 Have someone detach the wagon containing the gold! Quickly! 571 00:56:01,559 --> 00:56:03,277 I'm going, commander! 572 00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:12,719 Traitor! 573 00:56:20,679 --> 00:56:22,670 She was about to kill you! 574 00:56:32,679 --> 00:56:34,989 We'd better keep our minds on the gold. 575 00:56:35,639 --> 00:56:38,107 And stop thinking about that woman! 576 00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:40,191 After the revolution we'll be rich 577 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,557 and the world will be overflowing with Russian duchesses in exile! 578 00:57:39,079 --> 00:57:42,277 Ah it's you, Nino. What's happening? 579 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,671 Got your soul back? 580 00:57:45,159 --> 00:57:48,038 No Semenov, I haven't found my soul yet 581 00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:50,430 but I'm going to kill you. 582 00:57:51,639 --> 00:57:53,152 Not for the gold... 583 00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:55,914 ...but because you're a murderer, 584 00:57:56,079 --> 00:57:57,751 not worthy of the army. 585 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:00,673 Look out! 586 00:58:36,559 --> 00:58:38,550 They have a black dragon in the palm of their hand. 587 00:58:38,719 --> 00:58:40,516 It must the Triad. 588 00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,230 No, it's not the Triad. 589 00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,756 The Black Dragon is a sect to which general Tchang belongs. 590 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:50,512 Where did Semenov go? 591 00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:52,751 To the locomotive. 592 00:59:04,679 --> 00:59:08,433 That leopard skin suited you better, my little Changaï-Li. 593 00:59:14,119 --> 00:59:16,838 I no longer have the leopard's skin... 594 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,070 ...but I still have its claws! 595 00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,797 Faster! 596 01:00:02,119 --> 01:00:03,552 I don't understand. 597 01:00:03,719 --> 01:00:06,187 That .45 however is very clear! 598 01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:10,673 The gold in this train will serve the Asian revolution. 599 01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:14,039 Russia has exploited my people for too long. 600 01:00:14,199 --> 01:00:17,077 It's only fair the occidentals have to pay for that. 601 01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:20,597 If you want to stay alive, jump of the train. 602 01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,435 Girl, Russia has made a lot of mistakes, that's true. 603 01:00:24,599 --> 01:00:26,078 But I'm a Russian officer 604 01:00:26,239 --> 01:00:29,072 and therefore I have to defend everything belonging to Russia. 605 01:00:29,239 --> 01:00:32,914 As far as I'm concerned, I might as well die. 606 01:00:37,639 --> 01:00:39,471 Girl?! 607 01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:49,070 I've never heard such ridiculous reasoning! 608 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:02,271 "On the blue summer evenings, 609 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:04,192 I shall go down the paths, 610 01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:07,477 Getting pricked by the corn, crushing the short grass. 611 01:03:08,599 --> 01:03:12,036 In a dream I shall feel its coolness on my feet. 612 01:03:12,559 --> 01:03:15,027 I shall let the wind bathe my bare head. 613 01:03:15,719 --> 01:03:18,836 I shall not speak, I shall think about nothing. 614 01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,197 But endless love will mount in my soul, 615 01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:25,796 And I shall travel far, very far, like a gipsy, 616 01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:30,838 Through the countryside - as happy 617 01:03:32,039 --> 01:03:34,030 as if I were with a woman." 618 01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:40,990 What's on your mind, Corto? 619 01:03:41,559 --> 01:03:44,438 Arthur Rimbaud, a French poet. 620 01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:47,389 On such moments I think about nothing else. 621 01:04:05,239 --> 01:04:07,548 You are prisoners of 622 01:04:07,719 --> 01:04:09,596 Baron Von Ungern-Sternberg's Asian Cavalry! 623 01:04:25,639 --> 01:04:27,471 You have pretty hands... 624 01:04:27,639 --> 01:04:29,391 ...but small. 625 01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:35,236 When you were a child, they must have been chubby and white. 626 01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:38,439 Leave my hands alone and tell me what you see. 627 01:04:38,599 --> 01:04:42,478 Your life will be short, Von Ungern... very short. 628 01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:45,352 Maybe two more years... no more. 629 01:04:46,119 --> 01:04:47,996 And lot's of blood... 630 01:04:48,280 --> 01:04:50,032 Two years... 631 01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:52,829 That's should be enough to complete my task. 632 01:04:53,159 --> 01:04:57,277 What else do you see? - I only see blood... blood. 633 01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,396 Shall I triumph? 634 01:04:59,559 --> 01:05:02,313 All I see is that you'll kill a lot... 635 01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:05,309 ...and shed buckets of blood! 636 01:05:31,559 --> 01:05:35,235 We found them in the mountains, near the Three Border Lake. 637 01:05:41,719 --> 01:05:44,187 What were you doing between Mongolia and Manchuria? 638 01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:47,954 You won't believe me, but I'm trying to forget someone. 639 01:05:48,679 --> 01:05:51,797 You look like a gipsy or a sailor, 640 01:05:52,599 --> 01:05:54,829 yet you're wearing an officer's cap. 641 01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:56,990 The cap was a gift. 642 01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:59,630 Well? - Well what? 643 01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:02,268 I'm waiting! - What for? 644 01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:13,877 We came to this beautiful country to steal Kolchak's gold 645 01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:17,399 which also Semenov tried to get himself. 646 01:06:17,559 --> 01:06:19,789 And how does the story end? 647 01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:21,793 No idea. 648 01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:24,918 I can only tell you Semenov failed. 649 01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:28,753 Good! 650 01:06:29,559 --> 01:06:30,913 Good! 651 01:06:31,079 --> 01:06:33,719 Considering this, I'm going to execute you... 652 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:36,911 ...at least not for the time being. 653 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:40,190 Concerning that Chinese girl, 654 01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:43,875 tomorrow she can have a look in the military brothel. 655 01:06:44,039 --> 01:06:46,190 She'll provide some distraction for my soldiers. 656 01:06:47,239 --> 01:06:50,356 And you resembling that vile Rasputin... 657 01:06:51,239 --> 01:06:54,914 What's your name? - Rasputin, your Excellency! 658 01:06:56,599 --> 01:06:58,670 You must all be a little crazy. 659 01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:00,831 Pardon me, your Excellency... 660 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:03,150 ...but the only madman here is Corto Maltese. 661 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:09,557 You were lucky. - Stay out of this, Mongol! 662 01:07:09,719 --> 01:07:12,028 Ras, you really are impossible. 663 01:07:12,199 --> 01:07:15,157 Go inside. At least you'll be warm there. 664 01:07:25,559 --> 01:07:27,789 "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan 665 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:31,077 A stately pleasure-dome decree: 666 01:07:31,239 --> 01:07:33,469 Where Alph, the sacred river, ran 667 01:07:33,639 --> 01:07:36,757 Through caverns measureless to man 668 01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:38,990 Down to a sunless sea. 669 01:07:39,159 --> 01:07:41,434 So twice five miles of fertile ground 670 01:07:41,599 --> 01:07:43,875 With walls and towers were girdled round: 671 01:07:44,039 --> 01:07:46,759 And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, 672 01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:49,639 Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; 673 01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:51,950 And here were forests ancient as the hills, 674 01:07:52,119 --> 01:07:54,998 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery." 675 01:07:55,239 --> 01:07:58,276 I doubt you wanted to discuss Coleridge with me? 676 01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:00,833 Why not? 677 01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:04,594 Poetry and sword often go well together. 678 01:08:06,039 --> 01:08:08,507 Poetry and big cannons... 679 01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:11,311 ...not frequently. 680 01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:12,878 Do sit down! 681 01:08:14,840 --> 01:08:16,989 I have a proposition for you. 682 01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:21,395 In 3 days my division will march to capture Ourga. 683 01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:25,155 From there I'll continue to battle Tchoibalsan and Sukhe Bator. 684 01:08:25,319 --> 01:08:27,072 I know neither. 685 01:08:27,239 --> 01:08:29,230 They are subversives. 686 01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:32,194 I have to stir up a new religious war, 687 01:08:32,359 --> 01:08:34,748 a contra revolution... 688 01:08:35,239 --> 01:08:37,514 ...even more terrible than the revolution. 689 01:08:38,199 --> 01:08:40,509 It's time to fall back on our ancient beliefs. 690 01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:44,355 War ethics and shamanism shall be our only religions. 691 01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:49,478 From the Japanese Sea to the Finnish Gulf, 692 01:08:49,640 --> 01:08:52,837 the yellow sun will fight the red star. 693 01:08:54,439 --> 01:08:56,270 Come with me. 694 01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:01,797 If I admit the need to believe in something, 695 01:09:02,359 --> 01:09:05,078 then why should I choose Mongolia... 696 01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:07,630 ...over a courtyard in Venice, 697 01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:09,916 the "Courtyard of Secrets"? 698 01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:13,310 Because no man is at peace with himself. 699 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:16,677 I'm offering you a new empire! 700 01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:18,989 I have turned down so many things. 701 01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:21,788 This is first time someone has offered me an empire. 702 01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:24,751 But I refuse. 703 01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:28,469 I don't force anyone to follow me, Corto Maltese. 704 01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:32,795 "No" is such a beautiful word... 705 01:09:33,479 --> 01:09:36,118 ...but only if you say it first, 706 01:09:36,279 --> 01:09:38,349 and you've had the courage. 707 01:09:39,560 --> 01:09:41,471 A toast to our future! 708 01:09:42,920 --> 01:09:45,309 Your Excellency, here's the Mopa. 709 01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:49,711 Homage to Buddha. In the language of the gods, the Naga, 710 01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:51,791 the people and demons I shall read the holy word. 711 01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:53,871 He's a Tibetan fortune-teller. 712 01:09:54,039 --> 01:09:56,837 He'll reveal the secrets of life and death to us. 713 01:11:13,960 --> 01:11:15,712 The "Tree of Destiny" 714 01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:17,074 has millions of leaves 715 01:11:17,239 --> 01:11:19,878 and on each leaf the fate of one person is written. 716 01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:24,195 Each time someone dies, a leaf falls down. 717 01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:27,630 And I saw yours. 718 01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:36,511 There's a black dragon in your life. 719 01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:38,671 A twisting black dragon. 720 01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:42,599 But anyone who knows to live like you, Corto, 721 01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:44,909 would even feel at ease in hell. 722 01:11:48,359 --> 01:11:50,827 And now, goodbye... 723 01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,957 Remember Corto, a twisting black dragon. 724 01:11:59,479 --> 01:12:02,676 The Black Dragon? That's a Chinese military sect... 725 01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:06,275 ...however it also symbolises the river Amur. 726 01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:08,669 Maybe he was suggesting you should go there. 727 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:10,751 To the Amur river? 728 01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:12,114 Too far away. 729 01:12:14,279 --> 01:12:16,840 Leave now... take your friends. 730 01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:18,911 Goodbye, Corto Maltese. 731 01:12:33,079 --> 01:12:35,070 That was a great adventure, don't you agree? 732 01:12:35,239 --> 01:12:37,230 No I don't! 733 01:12:37,399 --> 01:12:40,118 That's not enough for me, I want my share of the gold! 734 01:12:40,279 --> 01:12:43,875 If you want the gold, you'll have to dive into the Three Border Lake yourself. 735 01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:47,557 Stop your childish behaviour, it's no longer amusing! 736 01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:50,472 I don't understand why the baron let us go. 737 01:12:51,079 --> 01:12:53,309 The shaman advised him. 738 01:12:53,720 --> 01:12:57,076 He also said I should watch out for a twisting black dragon. 739 01:13:59,239 --> 01:14:01,548 Ever since his train was immobilised, 740 01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:03,949 his men are dying of hunger and cold 741 01:14:04,119 --> 01:14:06,509 and Kolchak's gold is yours, general. 742 01:14:06,680 --> 01:14:08,750 It's waiting for you... in the Three Border Lake. 743 01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:10,831 It's not that simple. 744 01:14:11,399 --> 01:14:14,072 The Red Lanterns have got a formidable ally now. 745 01:14:14,239 --> 01:14:15,911 That sailor, Corto Maltese? 746 01:14:16,119 --> 01:14:17,791 No, no... 747 01:14:17,960 --> 01:14:21,953 The Red Lanterns will dispose of him now that the gold is where they want it.. 748 01:14:22,119 --> 01:14:24,189 ...in the Three Border Lake. 749 01:14:24,359 --> 01:14:26,668 The region is under control of Sukhe Bator. 750 01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:28,831 He's their main ally. 751 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,115 But general-baron Von Ungern is still around 752 01:14:31,279 --> 01:14:34,032 to fight Sukhe Bator. - Could be... 753 01:14:34,359 --> 01:14:36,429 ...but not at this moment... 754 01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:39,639 ...and not for the gold. 755 01:14:41,159 --> 01:14:44,117 Yes, we'll have deal with Sukhe Bator. 756 01:15:11,399 --> 01:15:14,994 Sukhe Bator, my friend! I'm Changaï-Li. Remember me? 757 01:15:15,159 --> 01:15:17,798 Yes, and I also remember you had another name. 758 01:15:17,960 --> 01:15:20,394 But you probably had a good reason to change it. 759 01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:22,351 Who's that Russian officer? 760 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:25,956 He's neither an officer, nor Russian. His name is Corto Maltese. 761 01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:30,351 Is he your husband? 762 01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:34,519 No... he's a loner. 763 01:15:36,079 --> 01:15:37,592 General Tchang's train! 764 01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:41,149 He's entering the valley! 765 01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:47,832 The warlord has never ventured this far before. 766 01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,036 We must stop him. 767 01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:02,829 We'll soon arrive in Bolkang-Nor, general. 768 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,467 We'll stop for a few hours. The soldiers are in need of some entertainment 769 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:07,551 before we leave for Mongol. 770 01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:09,869 Let them visit the women. 771 01:16:10,520 --> 01:16:12,317 But be on the look-out for deserters. 772 01:17:03,159 --> 01:17:05,627 You there! Are you sure you're in the right wagon? 773 01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:08,189 Are you talking to me? - Yes, you. 774 01:17:08,359 --> 01:17:11,271 I've never seen you before. - I haven't seen you before either. 775 01:17:22,119 --> 01:17:24,110 Corto... - Yes? 776 01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:27,317 Do we have a reason for doing this? 777 01:17:28,279 --> 01:17:31,237 Any moral objections? - No, I'm just asking. 778 01:17:31,399 --> 01:17:33,629 Listen... we've been friends long enough 779 01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:36,997 to ask you for help on this adventure. 780 01:17:37,159 --> 01:17:39,627 Anyhow, it was you who wanted an adventure! 781 01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:59,076 You can also shoot if you want! - What? 782 01:17:59,239 --> 01:18:02,037 What do you really think of me? Be honest! 783 01:18:02,199 --> 01:18:04,997 What do I think of you? What's the catch? 784 01:18:05,159 --> 01:18:07,878 I just want to know. 785 01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:12,594 I'd love to have some friends, but it never works out. 786 01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:14,591 Why is that? 787 01:18:14,760 --> 01:18:16,909 Am I not like everyone else? 788 01:18:17,239 --> 01:18:20,356 Of course you are... actually no... 789 01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:22,988 ...maybe not... stop asking all these questions! 790 01:18:23,159 --> 01:18:25,469 Now you're attacking me, while I'm just explaining myself. 791 01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:27,358 I just want frie... 792 01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:46,069 General, mutiny among the artillerists! They're firing at each other! 793 01:20:08,119 --> 01:20:11,873 Excellent work, comrade Changaï-Li! We're proud of you! 794 01:20:14,760 --> 01:20:16,591 I'm sorry... 795 01:20:17,399 --> 01:20:20,357 ...but we can't check if they've survived. 796 01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:23,956 We have to get back to the Three Border Lake. - I know. 797 01:20:24,119 --> 01:20:27,635 Are you crying? - Me, crying?! 798 01:20:29,319 --> 01:20:31,310 You're mistaken! 799 01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:33,949 Besides, that's my business! 800 01:20:34,119 --> 01:20:36,509 You have a bad attitude, comrade. 801 01:20:37,159 --> 01:20:39,469 But that's your business too. 802 01:21:04,119 --> 01:21:06,997 At that moment I thought I'd never see him again. 803 01:21:07,159 --> 01:21:09,548 Later I learned that Corto had survived... 804 01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:12,439 ...he was one of the few survivors of that disaster. 805 01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:15,160 You'd almost believe a God is watching over sailors! 806 01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:19,957 They had taken him to a military hospital in Kharbin... 807 01:21:21,720 --> 01:21:24,996 ...together with one of his friends, a certain Rasputin. 808 01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:27,472 Corto's eyes were hurt. 809 01:21:27,640 --> 01:21:29,471 A few days later he was doing better 810 01:21:29,640 --> 01:21:32,200 and I could help him leave for Hong Kong. 811 01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:34,909 He absolutely wanted to go there. 812 01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:38,989 When we were talking about the duchess... 813 01:21:40,159 --> 01:21:42,992 ...I got a feeling he was hiding something. 814 01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:53,235 Corto Maltese arrived somewhere during March. 815 01:21:53,399 --> 01:21:55,469 I was happy to see him again. 816 01:21:56,199 --> 01:21:58,110 It were rough times... 817 01:21:58,279 --> 01:22:01,635 ...but apparently he was the only one who didn't realise that. 818 01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:03,712 He knew... 819 01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:07,270 ...Tchang had survived and was hiding in Hong Kong. 820 01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:11,315 The Triad had decided to eliminate the warlord. 821 01:22:11,479 --> 01:22:16,473 So we helped Corto to find him. 822 01:22:17,640 --> 01:22:21,633 It had become a personal affair for him. 823 01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:27,235 But I'll try to be more precise: 824 01:22:31,399 --> 01:22:33,390 A certain night... 825 01:22:55,079 --> 01:22:58,117 I heard from a friend in the Triad that you were still alive. 826 01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:03,069 It was a nice adventure. 827 01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:09,791 What was that girl's name again? 828 01:23:11,319 --> 01:23:13,958 Changaï-Li. - Changaï-Li? 829 01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:17,637 Sounds like the title of an American operetta. 830 01:23:20,680 --> 01:23:22,636 Yes, lieutenant? 831 01:23:23,479 --> 01:23:26,357 In name of His British Majesty I arrest you. 832 01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:28,511 What am I accused of? 833 01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:33,310 Pillaging, armed mutiny, murder, arms trade, treason. 834 01:23:35,640 --> 01:23:37,198 One Ear, you can bring the tea. 835 01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:40,029 Thank you, general, but there's no time. 836 01:23:40,199 --> 01:23:42,997 Major Osborne and colonel Rand are waiting for us. 837 01:23:48,840 --> 01:23:51,797 You're still in Hong Kong? Didn't you leave? 838 01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:54,712 I left... and I came back. 839 01:24:10,760 --> 01:24:13,957 His tea was poisoned. - The servant! 840 01:24:14,119 --> 01:24:16,349 He was just following his master's orders. 841 01:24:16,520 --> 01:24:18,829 Maybe, but it's still murder. 842 01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:22,435 One Ear, you'll need a good lawyer. I'll take care of it. 843 01:24:22,600 --> 01:24:24,511 I thank you. 844 01:24:25,159 --> 01:24:27,229 I thought you were mute. 845 01:24:29,319 --> 01:24:32,516 There. That's all I can tell you. 846 01:24:32,920 --> 01:24:35,877 He left for the Kiang-Si region. 847 01:24:39,319 --> 01:24:41,150 What for... 848 01:24:41,319 --> 01:24:43,230 ...I don't know. 849 01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:27,949 Who are those girls? 850 01:26:28,439 --> 01:26:30,509 Red Lantern apprentices? 851 01:26:30,680 --> 01:26:34,912 Yes, but currently they are taking lessons at Kiang's new school. 852 01:26:35,319 --> 01:26:37,389 I'm their teacher. 853 01:26:44,439 --> 01:26:47,000 You want to know what happened to the gold? 854 01:26:49,199 --> 01:26:52,748 We were able to retrieve from the Three Border Lake. 855 01:26:53,079 --> 01:26:56,117 It'll be used to build a large hydroelectric plant. 856 01:26:56,439 --> 01:26:58,953 Asia and the weak Red Lanterns thank you. 857 01:26:59,479 --> 01:27:01,709 The "weak" Red Lanterns? 858 01:27:16,279 --> 01:27:18,588 How's your friend Rasputin? 859 01:27:19,159 --> 01:27:21,389 He stayed with me for a week in Hong Kong 860 01:27:21,560 --> 01:27:24,279 and then disappeared with my Gauguin painting. 861 01:27:24,439 --> 01:27:27,875 But as compensation he did something he'd never done before. 862 01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:30,909 He wrote me a letter! 863 01:27:33,479 --> 01:27:36,277 That's Ling over there, an agricultural engineer. 864 01:27:37,479 --> 01:27:39,470 Ling is my husband. 865 01:27:44,920 --> 01:27:47,992 I'm was curious to meet you, Mister Corto Maltese. 866 01:27:48,359 --> 01:27:50,270 Second Beauty has told me a lot about you. 867 01:27:50,439 --> 01:27:52,509 "Second Beauty" is my first name. 868 01:27:52,680 --> 01:27:55,399 I know you've met during a revolutionary operation in Manchuria. 869 01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:58,279 She did great! 870 01:27:59,560 --> 01:28:01,789 But you were great too! 871 01:28:02,279 --> 01:28:05,032 Tonight the students and the farmers would like to perform 872 01:28:05,199 --> 01:28:07,952 a theatre play in your honour. 873 01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:15,992 I'll leave you now. You probably have a lot to talk about. 874 01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:24,279 Ling is a great husband. I didn't want... 875 01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:37,393 Where are you going? 876 01:28:39,159 --> 01:28:40,592 I don't know. 877 01:28:44,359 --> 01:28:46,429 Goodbye, Changaï-Li. 878 01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:41,152 English translation: AEN