1 00:00:00,792 --> 00:00:02,959 The story of this film does not present historical truth as such. 2 00:00:02,959 --> 00:00:06,959 The pioneers of Czech cinematography, just like the heroes of this tale, 3 00:00:06,959 --> 00:00:10,167 threw in their lot with filmmaking with no hope of profit or fame, 4 00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:13,501 just out of their enchantment with these "photos come alive." 5 00:00:13,501 --> 00:00:16,042 This film is dedicated to them and all their followers. 6 00:00:18,042 --> 00:00:21,917 The Drunkard's Awakening. 7 00:00:22,001 --> 00:00:25,667 On a Tightrope over the Niagara Falls. 8 00:00:25,751 --> 00:00:30,876 -Right. By Automobile to San Francisco. -I don't want that. 9 00:00:30,959 --> 00:00:35,667 All right. A Thief Against His Will. 10 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:38,084 The Revenge of a Russian Orphan. 11 00:00:38,084 --> 00:00:43,251 Haha, get along, will you. Okay, fine then. 12 00:00:44,292 --> 00:00:48,376 A Visit with Count Leo Tolstoy at the Yasnaya Polyana. 13 00:00:48,376 --> 00:00:52,001 -The White Slave Market. -Is that an Italian one? 14 00:00:52,001 --> 00:00:56,417 -No, American. -Ah, I see. 15 00:00:56,459 --> 00:01:00,001 -Murder on the Express Train. -The African Hippopotamus. 16 00:01:00,001 --> 00:01:05,209 -I've got that. -Ah yeah? A Fire in a London Hotel? 17 00:01:05,209 --> 00:01:08,834 -Assault in Montmartre. -No, no. 18 00:01:08,876 --> 00:01:12,417 -The Transport of Boer Cannons under General Dewet...... -No, no... 19 00:01:12,417 --> 00:01:17,917 I don't want that. I want The Mandarin's Execution. 20 00:01:19,292 --> 00:01:22,834 All right then. Have it. 21 00:01:22,834 --> 00:01:24,584 But you'll have to throw in The Boar Hunt. 22 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:30,459 But The Boar Hunt is my biggest hit. You can have The Old Maid. 23 00:01:30,501 --> 00:01:34,251 You can shove The Old Maid up yours... 24 00:01:34,251 --> 00:01:37,459 The Boar Hunt or I'm finished here. 25 00:01:37,459 --> 00:01:42,001 -The Bombardment of the Fregate from the Island of Crete... -No, no. 26 00:01:44,542 --> 00:01:49,001 -Hm, The Assault in Montmartre. -No, no. 27 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:51,334 -The Devil's Kettle, then. -Nope. 28 00:01:53,001 --> 00:01:58,751 You know what then, young lad? Too bad. 29 00:01:58,792 --> 00:02:01,709 Pity, your dad and I, we didn't haggle. 30 00:02:01,834 --> 00:02:05,667 If you care all that much for The Execution, I can sell it to you. 31 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:08,792 For twenty. 32 00:02:13,917 --> 00:02:21,084 I hope your ready money never comes to less than a pocketful of coppers. 33 00:02:25,876 --> 00:02:29,417 FILMEXPORT PRESENTS 34 00:02:34,084 --> 00:02:36,751 THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN WITH THEIR CRANKING HANDLES 35 00:02:52,626 --> 00:02:57,459 STORY BY SCREENPLAY 36 00:03:05,209 --> 00:03:09,626 STARRING 37 00:03:31,542 --> 00:03:35,209 FEATURING 38 00:03:35,251 --> 00:03:38,459 MAGICIAN, ILLUSIONIST, CONJURER 39 00:04:14,834 --> 00:04:17,416 MOTION PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS COME ALIVE 40 00:04:17,416 --> 00:04:19,958 THE MIRACLE OF THIS CENTURY 41 00:04:40,084 --> 00:04:43,626 You're asleep. 42 00:04:44,501 --> 00:04:49,584 Sleep, Marion. You're asleep. 43 00:04:50,667 --> 00:04:54,126 Oh, you wretched daughter of mine! 44 00:04:59,084 --> 00:05:01,126 You wish to bring disgrace 45 00:05:01,209 --> 00:05:03,709 upon our family name with such an unequal marriage. 46 00:05:03,751 --> 00:05:07,459 That'll be the end of me. Says he. 47 00:05:07,459 --> 00:05:13,417 Get out of my sight, I never wish to see you again, says mother. 48 00:05:26,917 --> 00:05:31,834 How sad and dour the atmosphere at Chateau Hohenlohe. 49 00:05:59,501 --> 00:06:02,584 Ah me, haven't you grown? 50 00:06:06,876 --> 00:06:09,501 Damn it all. 51 00:06:10,709 --> 00:06:15,001 What the hell are you doing here? You should've been gone ages ago. 52 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:19,251 We did not arrange this. Benjamin, this isn't... 53 00:06:21,876 --> 00:06:24,417 Benjamin. 54 00:06:28,167 --> 00:06:34,626 William, I've been waiting for you. 55 00:06:34,667 --> 00:06:37,792 This has been going on for four months now. 56 00:06:37,876 --> 00:06:43,001 -We can't leave the place. -Shut the door, damn it! 57 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:48,667 There's a draught here. Cold as all hell. 58 00:06:48,709 --> 00:06:52,251 Shut the door, damn you! 59 00:06:53,876 --> 00:06:59,459 We've had to pawn almost everything. 60 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:05,792 Ah... Even Lumiere. 61 00:07:06,751 --> 00:07:14,126 -Forgive me, I'd no idea... -But the tapes, William. 62 00:07:14,501 --> 00:07:19,167 The tapes I've saved for you. 63 00:07:19,209 --> 00:07:20,751 Wait now. 64 00:07:33,459 --> 00:07:38,626 Tragedy at the Bois de Boulogne. 65 00:07:38,709 --> 00:07:45,251 Love in the Tyrol. The American Ladies' War. 66 00:07:45,334 --> 00:07:49,209 William, I'll give them all to you. Only please... 67 00:07:49,251 --> 00:07:54,459 Look after the girl for me. 68 00:07:54,542 --> 00:07:58,709 You know, the world's an evil place. 69 00:07:58,751 --> 00:08:02,667 A girl all on her own... 70 00:08:38,458 --> 00:08:43,125 William, William. 71 00:08:43,167 --> 00:08:47,834 Just look after my girl for me. 72 00:08:47,959 --> 00:08:55,751 Lumiere really does bring light. 73 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:55,084 Where've you been for so long? 74 00:14:55,834 --> 00:15:00,334 -Eugenie. -Don't lie to me, will you? 75 00:15:00,709 --> 00:15:02,876 It's been a terrible year. 76 00:15:02,876 --> 00:15:05,376 I had to revamp the program three times. 77 00:15:05,376 --> 00:15:10,501 In the end they all left me, and I was left alone with Josephine. 78 00:15:12,917 --> 00:15:18,251 -Hm, who's the girl? -This girl? She's an orphan. 79 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:21,417 Benjamin died at Christmas and asked me to look after her. 80 00:15:21,417 --> 00:15:26,459 She's his daughter, you see. So I'm looking after her. 81 00:15:29,917 --> 00:15:33,751 You'll have to pay your rent in advance this time. 82 00:15:33,751 --> 00:15:36,209 You've lost weight! 83 00:15:42,376 --> 00:15:45,751 How's your husband? 84 00:15:47,292 --> 00:15:51,084 I said, how's Slavík doing? Still sick? 85 00:15:52,792 --> 00:15:59,542 Don't you know? He died eight months ago, poor man. 86 00:16:08,084 --> 00:16:12,126 Widowhood becomes you. 87 00:16:56,584 --> 00:17:00,334 Now then, you're not going to wear this thing again. 88 00:17:01,251 --> 00:17:03,834 What's here that I could let you have... 89 00:17:03,876 --> 00:17:08,667 There, you're going to wear this, 90 00:17:08,709 --> 00:17:11,167 so I don't have to feel ashamed of you all across Prague. 91 00:17:16,751 --> 00:17:21,584 And I'll give this to the girls so they look nice on the streets. 92 00:17:24,876 --> 00:17:27,876 Now then, lift those arms. 93 00:17:30,001 --> 00:17:34,251 And now turn around. 94 00:17:34,292 --> 00:17:38,334 -And we can keep them? -Of course you can keep them. 95 00:17:38,334 --> 00:17:40,167 But won't it look silly? 96 00:17:40,167 --> 00:17:44,126 Silly? How can a dress I used to wear look silly, girl? 97 00:17:44,126 --> 00:17:46,792 This one suits you. 98 00:17:46,876 --> 00:17:49,501 We'll take it in a bit more here. There now. 99 00:17:49,542 --> 00:17:53,167 Pull it up a bit higher here. There you go, Josephine. 100 00:17:53,209 --> 00:17:58,834 And do you know that I was slimmer than you are, at your age? Really. 101 00:17:58,876 --> 00:18:04,917 I was as slim as a wand. A girl like a willow switch. 102 00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:17,709 Good heavens, the husband is back. 103 00:18:19,709 --> 00:18:22,834 Good morning, darling. 104 00:18:23,084 --> 00:18:27,209 Ha, who's that you've locked up in the closet? 105 00:18:27,459 --> 00:18:32,001 Sorry, I'm overworked. I'm seeing things. 106 00:18:32,251 --> 00:18:34,959 Typical Frenchman, ha? 107 00:18:35,001 --> 00:18:37,542 Where's he gone to? 108 00:18:40,167 --> 00:18:42,876 I must be mad. 109 00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:52,501 God, he's coming back. 110 00:18:56,792 --> 00:19:00,542 Where's the man from inside this coat? Open up! 111 00:19:00,542 --> 00:19:03,126 Yeah, another surprise, what? 112 00:19:03,126 --> 00:19:05,917 Faithless wench! 113 00:19:08,251 --> 00:19:11,376 Where's my hat? Ah, here it is. 114 00:19:15,626 --> 00:19:22,209 Well, what do you say to that, gents? Fun, eh? Great fun. Haha. 115 00:19:27,001 --> 00:19:28,792 Well, gentlemen, how much? 116 00:19:29,667 --> 00:19:31,751 -Fifty. -Fifty-five. 117 00:19:31,792 --> 00:19:35,292 -Fifty-five, right. -Hatvan. -Sixty. 118 00:19:35,334 --> 00:19:37,917 -One hundred. -One hundred. 119 00:19:37,917 --> 00:19:40,917 A hundred, right. A hundred it is. 120 00:19:43,001 --> 00:19:45,126 Well, let's continue. 121 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:52,584 And now something classical, gents. The Three Musketeers by Dumas. 122 00:19:52,667 --> 00:19:59,334 Absolutely new, just been rushed in. This minute. 123 00:20:04,042 --> 00:20:06,876 Excuse me. 124 00:20:15,292 --> 00:20:17,542 Good morning. 125 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:26,251 A little faster, Mr Holoubek, so we get it over with. 126 00:20:41,751 --> 00:20:45,667 Well, that was all, gentlemen. 127 00:20:45,917 --> 00:20:51,084 -A hundred. -One hundred. One hundred. Gone. 128 00:20:51,459 --> 00:20:55,542 Oh by the way, gents, this is Mr Kolenatý. 129 00:20:55,542 --> 00:20:56,959 Hello, good morning. 130 00:20:56,959 --> 00:21:02,167 He makes his own tapes, 131 00:21:02,209 --> 00:21:06,459 he wants to show you his films. 132 00:21:06,542 --> 00:21:12,501 Gents, how about a bite to eat, or a drink? Miss Milka! 133 00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:24,584 -What's this? -Views of the Lesser Prague district. 134 00:21:24,626 --> 00:21:27,917 These are the New Castle Steps. 135 00:21:27,959 --> 00:21:31,917 Right, typical Czech. 136 00:21:32,001 --> 00:21:36,584 And these are the Lesser Town roofs. 137 00:21:39,292 --> 00:21:46,834 Halt! Mr Kolenatý, you don't have to bring such goods in here again. 138 00:21:46,876 --> 00:21:51,417 What's the good in that? Mr Secretary, the new record, please. 139 00:21:51,501 --> 00:22:00,001 And now, gents, I have something special to show you, from Paris. 140 00:22:49,959 --> 00:22:52,084 Now then, damn it! 141 00:22:58,209 --> 00:23:02,959 Hey there, Mr Kolenatý, wait for me! 142 00:23:04,084 --> 00:23:08,001 Don't let it worry you! Just look around, my man. 143 00:23:08,001 --> 00:23:10,959 Everything comes from Germany, France, England, America. 144 00:23:10,959 --> 00:23:12,667 Not a single thing Czech. 145 00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,667 And now imagine a film that would be purely Czech. 146 00:23:15,709 --> 00:23:18,084 You could have a go. 147 00:23:18,084 --> 00:23:21,334 But this sort of thing always wins over any domestic effort. 148 00:23:21,376 --> 00:23:23,584 I have a head full of projects. 149 00:23:23,584 --> 00:23:27,626 There, see. What we need is a real-life story, 150 00:23:27,626 --> 00:23:30,417 something that would prove to be a true sob-story. 151 00:23:30,459 --> 00:23:34,167 What's the good of even trying? 152 00:23:34,209 --> 00:23:36,751 Just the costs alone... 153 00:23:36,834 --> 00:23:43,167 A 17-metre negative to send to Lyon, including postage, that's 39 crowns. 154 00:23:43,209 --> 00:23:46,917 Ten litres of developer, 18 crowns. 155 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:50,376 Not to mention the other costs. 156 00:23:53,834 --> 00:23:59,042 Don't think I haven't tried. I shot this at Kampa, for instance. 157 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:03,959 The Potters' Market, people around and such. 158 00:24:05,917 --> 00:24:09,001 Here I had a shot of the potter working. 159 00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:12,584 But they lost it. 160 00:24:12,626 --> 00:24:19,209 Here are the beggars at Kampa. They've thrown me out with that too. 161 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,417 Said nobody was interested in such things. 162 00:24:21,459 --> 00:24:27,167 But who's going to know some years from now what Kampa once looked like? 163 00:24:27,209 --> 00:24:30,376 You're right. They're interesting shots. 164 00:24:30,376 --> 00:24:33,126 -Oh, go on. -No, seriously. 165 00:24:33,126 --> 00:24:35,126 What do you do your filming with, anyways? 166 00:24:35,126 --> 00:24:37,126 With this. 167 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:42,251 You put the cassette in here and change the lens. 168 00:24:42,251 --> 00:24:46,667 -Oh, so that's the Lumiere? -Yes, a model ten years old. 169 00:24:46,667 --> 00:24:49,042 What a thing. 170 00:24:49,042 --> 00:24:55,376 Today there're machines with cassettes for 70-meter projection and more. 171 00:24:55,501 --> 00:24:59,334 One can do all sorts of things with such a model. 172 00:24:59,876 --> 00:25:03,042 Let me show you something. If you want me to? 173 00:25:03,042 --> 00:25:05,251 Please do. 174 00:25:07,459 --> 00:25:10,917 Where is it? 175 00:25:11,917 --> 00:25:12,876 Ah here. 176 00:25:14,042 --> 00:25:16,334 Look here. 177 00:25:17,584 --> 00:25:21,167 My detailed drawing of the Lumiere adaptation design. 178 00:25:21,167 --> 00:25:24,834 Here you see two large cassettes, 179 00:25:24,917 --> 00:25:29,876 feed motion with the aid of shafts, and gear transmission. 180 00:25:29,917 --> 00:25:31,917 Technically faultless. 181 00:25:31,917 --> 00:25:36,959 Do you know how much the mechanic asked for? Three hundred. 182 00:25:39,042 --> 00:25:45,542 What do you think of acted sketches? Comedies, for example? 183 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:49,751 Stupid stuff. Silly ditherings. 184 00:25:49,917 --> 00:25:52,709 The moving photograph is a document. 185 00:25:52,709 --> 00:25:57,959 I was there when the foundation stone was set down for the Palacký memorial. 186 00:25:57,959 --> 00:26:02,209 I filmed it. And when the Franz Joseph Bridge was opened. 187 00:26:02,251 --> 00:26:06,209 Here are the Prague Sokols, practicing for their performance. 188 00:26:06,209 --> 00:26:09,459 In Paris they shot that famous actress, Sarah Bernhardt. 189 00:26:09,459 --> 00:26:14,542 Why shouldn't I make a documentary of one of our famous Czech actresses? 190 00:26:14,542 --> 00:26:17,834 -For example, Emilie Kolářová-Mladá? -I wonder as well. 191 00:26:21,042 --> 00:26:23,792 Damn it, that's a glitch. 192 00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:29,542 -I'd better not show you that. -Wait, leave it on. 193 00:26:35,792 --> 00:26:41,584 There, that's when we tried to make an acted sketch. A comedy. 194 00:26:41,709 --> 00:26:45,751 Christ, that was a fiasco. 195 00:26:57,626 --> 00:26:59,792 That's Jára Šlapeta, isn't it? 196 00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:03,751 Yeah, and he gave me what for, that fella. 197 00:27:03,792 --> 00:27:08,042 He kept on at me, saying, let's share the costs, 198 00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:11,626 we'll make tons of money. Tons of money, like hell. 199 00:27:11,626 --> 00:27:14,792 All we got was this disgrace. 200 00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:21,251 And bills to pay. I'm still paying it off, that was real money. 201 00:27:21,251 --> 00:27:26,042 Where's Šlapeta working now? I haven't seen him for ages. 202 00:27:26,042 --> 00:27:31,126 I've no idea. I haven't seen him for donkey's years either. 203 00:27:31,126 --> 00:27:39,542 And to tell you the truth, I don't particularly miss him. 204 00:27:41,751 --> 00:27:47,126 Maybe he sings in the Schuster wine-cellar, for all I know. 205 00:27:47,876 --> 00:27:52,292 But you do have somewhat of a mess here, don't you? 206 00:27:52,292 --> 00:27:55,709 -What you need is a housekeeper. -Go on, will you? 207 00:27:55,709 --> 00:28:02,667 I can't even pay my rent at times. What would I pay such a keeper with? 208 00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:10,959 Ouch! 209 00:30:14,126 --> 00:30:17,084 -Is this your card? -No. 210 00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:22,751 Joseph, what are you up to? Joseph! 211 00:30:22,751 --> 00:30:25,042 We want the moving pictures! 212 00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:27,751 What sort of a magician are you? Do your magic tricks and be quick! 213 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:30,334 -Just take a closer look, Joe! -No! 214 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:35,417 -Patience brings roses. -We want the movies! 215 00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:37,709 We want the movies! We want the movies! 216 00:30:37,751 --> 00:30:43,126 Your wish is my command. Marion! 217 00:30:43,376 --> 00:30:46,459 -Thanks, Frankie. -It's Joseph! 218 00:30:48,626 --> 00:30:51,542 And now, most honoured audience, 219 00:30:51,542 --> 00:30:55,376 you'll see several unique movies of sensational import. 220 00:30:55,376 --> 00:30:59,251 The first will be a movie imported from the USA, 221 00:30:59,251 --> 00:31:01,209 never as yet seen in Prague: 222 00:31:01,251 --> 00:31:06,084 The American Ladies' Fight! 223 00:32:07,001 --> 00:32:08,667 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 224 00:32:08,709 --> 00:32:13,917 the film about American sportswomen will be followed by another, 225 00:32:13,917 --> 00:32:20,917 a story of true love, called The Heart in the Tyrol. 226 00:32:44,959 --> 00:32:46,584 Watch this. 227 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:51,542 Oh come on, what's this? 228 00:32:59,084 --> 00:33:02,459 -Let me be! -Come with me. -Get outta here! 229 00:33:19,334 --> 00:33:20,501 Ouch! 230 00:33:26,459 --> 00:33:29,876 Get the sand. Quick! 231 00:33:32,792 --> 00:33:34,251 Fire! Fire! 232 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:42,334 -Ouch! -Excuse me. Come on. 233 00:33:42,417 --> 00:33:44,126 Keep calm. Leave quietly, please. 234 00:33:44,126 --> 00:33:47,917 The show is over, no money refunded. 235 00:33:47,917 --> 00:33:51,626 Come and visit us again soon! 236 00:33:59,751 --> 00:34:01,167 What a fiasco. 237 00:34:01,167 --> 00:34:04,459 Goose-fat is best for that. Come and help me, girls. 238 00:34:04,459 --> 00:34:05,959 Damnation. This is the last straw. 239 00:34:05,959 --> 00:34:09,959 Stupid girl, you're pouring it in my eye. Wring it out, ouch! 240 00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:15,167 -Take his other hand. -You must be crazy. 241 00:34:15,167 --> 00:34:18,792 Ouch! Have you gone nuts or... 242 00:34:18,792 --> 00:34:21,459 Let go. This is torture. 243 00:34:22,583 --> 00:34:26,166 That's what happens when one puts in one's lot with the artsy crowd. 244 00:34:26,167 --> 00:34:28,626 Turning this house into a brothel. 245 00:34:30,458 --> 00:34:33,750 Keep still. Be glad the whole house didn't burn down. 246 00:34:33,792 --> 00:34:38,208 In that case you'd never manage to get out of debt to this lady. 247 00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:40,166 You slut! 248 00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:46,709 You bitch! 249 00:34:59,126 --> 00:35:02,334 -Don't you dare touch me again! -Keep calm, daddy. 250 00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:06,667 They'll choke each other to death and we can run away together. 251 00:35:08,626 --> 00:35:12,501 This fury of a bitch must leave the house! 252 00:35:17,959 --> 00:35:21,084 -Here I am again! -Well, glad to see you... 253 00:35:21,084 --> 00:35:24,001 A little surprise. Here. 254 00:35:24,001 --> 00:35:26,292 Remember, you told me that you need a housekeeper. 255 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:29,334 So here she is. Her name is Aloisie. 256 00:35:29,334 --> 00:35:30,251 -Good afternoon. -But I don't have... 257 00:35:30,251 --> 00:35:32,876 That's not even worth mentioning, just for her room and board. 258 00:35:32,876 --> 00:35:35,209 And she'll be doing the projections afternoons and evenings, of course. 259 00:35:35,209 --> 00:35:39,084 Well, get to work, dear. You do have a maid's room, don't you? 260 00:35:39,084 --> 00:35:42,542 -Yes, of course, but... -This is for your rent. 261 00:35:42,542 --> 00:35:45,084 Just to show you I'm serious. Do you smoke? 262 00:35:45,126 --> 00:35:47,376 No, I don't. But please do. 263 00:35:47,376 --> 00:35:51,917 You're right not to smoke. A disgusting bad habit. 264 00:35:52,501 --> 00:35:55,376 A nice day today, isn't it? 265 00:35:57,167 --> 00:35:59,334 Excuse me. 266 00:36:04,292 --> 00:36:06,001 Just a little accident. 267 00:36:06,001 --> 00:36:08,792 Fell from a horse. 268 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:16,376 That's nice... 269 00:36:16,376 --> 00:36:19,876 That's my work. Documenting architecture. 270 00:36:19,876 --> 00:36:23,042 -I have a proposition for you, Mr Kolenatý. -Yes? 271 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:27,501 I'll arrange the shooting of Emilia Kolářová-Mladá, 272 00:36:27,501 --> 00:36:30,751 and you will make a film for me, an acted scene 273 00:36:30,751 --> 00:36:34,876 according to a libretto I shall bring in. What do you say to that? 274 00:36:35,834 --> 00:36:39,292 -And you mean... -Don't worry, it can all be arranged. 275 00:36:39,292 --> 00:36:42,709 -And there's no financial risk involved. -Yes. 276 00:36:42,709 --> 00:36:45,001 So that's agreed. Be a good girl. 277 00:36:45,001 --> 00:36:49,334 And that guy... Šlapeta, I'll find him. 278 00:36:58,376 --> 00:37:03,834 In Prague in spring, I'm full of rejoicing, 279 00:37:03,876 --> 00:37:09,084 when I meet a girl that's meek I pinch her on her rosy cheek, 280 00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:14,834 the girls in Prague are all so nice and round, 281 00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:18,584 lips like roses, white as doves, they're just made for love. 282 00:37:18,626 --> 00:37:24,209 I walk out into the streets overcome with love for beauty... 283 00:37:48,626 --> 00:37:55,334 This is my Louise all sweet, all rosy and neat, 284 00:37:55,334 --> 00:37:59,167 honey-sweet lips and blue eyes. 285 00:37:59,251 --> 00:38:03,209 Whenever she smiles at me life feels just fine and free, 286 00:38:03,251 --> 00:38:06,584 but when I get a closer peek she ups the bucket at me... 287 00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:09,626 But pretty though she be, she knows just all about me, 288 00:38:09,626 --> 00:38:14,751 with me she just fools round, but with richer guys she lies down! 289 00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:47,876 Oh, don't speak to me of Kolenatý. 290 00:38:47,876 --> 00:38:52,209 He kept on at me, that we'd share the expenses, 291 00:38:52,209 --> 00:38:56,501 make tons of money - yeah, says he. 292 00:38:56,542 --> 00:39:01,001 You won't leave us alone, hussies! 293 00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:07,709 I don't have to tell you how much it cost me. 294 00:39:07,709 --> 00:39:11,001 Took me three years to recover. 295 00:39:11,001 --> 00:39:14,209 -Oh no, not another word about him. -Wait, old chum. 296 00:39:14,334 --> 00:39:19,042 Here's a chance of participating in a serious, truly Czech project. 297 00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:21,292 Production and business, hand in hand, in this company. 298 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:25,834 But it needs a brain capable of making comedies so funny 299 00:39:25,834 --> 00:39:29,459 they'd make people cry. 300 00:39:29,459 --> 00:39:32,751 -Think so? -Jára, old chum. 301 00:39:32,751 --> 00:39:37,917 I need a man full of ideas, scenes, situations, sketches, see? 302 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:43,917 And I need somebody capable of acting them all out, you know? 303 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:46,834 Just a minute, Willie. 304 00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:02,084 Breakfast. 305 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:07,709 What a lovely smell. What a heavenly smell. 306 00:40:07,751 --> 00:40:12,626 -Watch out, or I'll spill it. -I'll cop it. Ouch. 307 00:40:12,709 --> 00:40:17,084 Well, my magic tricks are over. 308 00:40:17,209 --> 00:40:21,126 These fingers of mine are no longer capable of much abracadabra, I'm afraid. 309 00:40:21,126 --> 00:40:24,667 How do you mean to make a living then? 310 00:40:25,251 --> 00:40:29,834 I had a beautiful dream last night. Just imagine. 311 00:40:29,834 --> 00:40:35,667 Just the two of us. You and me. 312 00:40:35,709 --> 00:40:41,084 And we're founding a certain small family business. 313 00:40:41,084 --> 00:40:43,334 Wait. 314 00:40:43,417 --> 00:40:47,042 A cozy little cinema with unlimited guarantee. 315 00:40:47,042 --> 00:40:49,292 For my money. In my auditorium. 316 00:40:49,292 --> 00:40:52,126 You don't have a cinema license anyway. Unless... 317 00:40:52,167 --> 00:40:57,251 Don't you think your daughter needs a mother at last? 318 00:40:57,292 --> 00:41:00,126 What for? I told you she's... 319 00:41:00,126 --> 00:41:05,417 And I'm telling you it's high time you got married. 320 00:41:05,959 --> 00:41:08,709 Well I haven't thought about that. 321 00:41:44,042 --> 00:41:45,792 Here you go. 322 00:41:50,626 --> 00:41:54,876 A concession for a permanent cinema? 323 00:41:54,876 --> 00:41:58,251 -Are you insane? -Do I look it? 324 00:42:01,876 --> 00:42:05,042 A permanent cinema? In one spot all the time? 325 00:42:05,042 --> 00:42:09,751 -Yes. -You'll go bankrupt within a year, good man. 326 00:42:09,751 --> 00:42:14,376 But then again, that's your affair. 327 00:42:14,376 --> 00:42:17,251 Come back... 328 00:42:19,959 --> 00:42:22,001 Next week. 329 00:42:48,709 --> 00:42:53,751 What're you doing over there? Go away. Go away! 330 00:43:12,042 --> 00:43:16,334 Turn and hum, my spinning wheel, the advent is nearly over... 331 00:43:16,334 --> 00:43:18,459 That's enough. 332 00:43:29,167 --> 00:43:37,084 -Turn and hum, my spinning wheel... -Turn and hum, my spinning wheel... 333 00:43:37,209 --> 00:43:41,126 More feeling into it. More joyfully. 334 00:43:41,126 --> 00:43:46,917 -Turn and hum, my spinning wheel... -Turn and hum, my spinning wheel... 335 00:43:46,917 --> 00:43:51,876 -The advent is nearly over... -The advent is nearly over... 336 00:43:52,001 --> 00:43:56,751 And Christmas is right at the door. 337 00:43:56,751 --> 00:44:00,167 Where were you yesterday afternoon? 338 00:44:00,167 --> 00:44:06,251 I went to the cinema yesterday. 339 00:44:09,001 --> 00:44:11,792 The cinema? 340 00:44:11,876 --> 00:44:15,417 You could have watched Mary Hübner at the National Theatre yesterday, 341 00:44:15,417 --> 00:44:19,959 but instead you went to the cinema? And you want to be an actress? 342 00:44:19,959 --> 00:44:22,042 The cinema, indeed. 343 00:44:22,042 --> 00:44:26,626 Excuse me, Madame. Mr David Slavík. 344 00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:35,417 Wait for me, wait for me next door. 345 00:44:42,792 --> 00:44:46,042 Ask him in. 346 00:44:46,959 --> 00:44:52,084 Madame, kindly permit me to introduce myself. 347 00:44:52,084 --> 00:44:53,834 There's no need. 348 00:44:53,834 --> 00:44:57,917 Your name comes in close connection with a great joy of mine. 349 00:44:57,917 --> 00:45:02,917 Permit me to thank you sincerely for your kind interest, Sir. 350 00:45:03,126 --> 00:45:08,834 -Hardly worth mentioning. -Please take a seat. -Thank you. 351 00:45:12,834 --> 00:45:16,417 I can hardly believe it. 352 00:45:16,459 --> 00:45:22,376 Madame, for thirty-five years I haven't had the courage 353 00:45:22,376 --> 00:45:27,126 to thank you other than by way of applause. 354 00:45:27,126 --> 00:45:30,751 I've seen you in all your parts. 355 00:45:31,459 --> 00:45:37,084 You are invincible. I saw all your premieres. 356 00:45:37,084 --> 00:45:41,126 And I stood in the crowd backstage after each and every play. 357 00:45:41,126 --> 00:45:43,251 I own your photograph. 358 00:45:46,042 --> 00:45:50,751 I had your portrait painted according to that photograph. 359 00:45:50,751 --> 00:45:57,709 But all that is as nothing. I want you, alive. 360 00:45:57,751 --> 00:46:00,459 I mean... forgive me, forgive me. 361 00:46:00,459 --> 00:46:06,501 I mean - recorded alive. Your face, your eyes, your lips. 362 00:46:06,501 --> 00:46:11,542 Your gestures, your... forgive me. I got carried away. Excuse me. 363 00:46:11,542 --> 00:46:20,792 Dear friend, your warmth is most touching, Sir. 364 00:46:21,376 --> 00:46:25,667 Most of my admirers have forgotten me. 365 00:46:26,417 --> 00:46:33,709 Out of sight, out of mind. 366 00:46:33,709 --> 00:46:37,709 Time cannot be stopped. 367 00:46:37,709 --> 00:46:42,709 Not time as such. But a second, a minute... 368 00:46:42,709 --> 00:46:48,417 Several minutes can be preserved for all eternity. 369 00:46:48,417 --> 00:46:51,459 You're a magician. 370 00:46:53,001 --> 00:46:56,626 Madame, permit me to arrange your cinematography session, 371 00:46:56,626 --> 00:47:02,834 of course at my costs. One of your immortal monologues. 372 00:47:02,834 --> 00:47:08,167 -The cinema? -For purely private ends. 373 00:47:13,126 --> 00:47:16,626 I shall think about it. 374 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:23,042 Amalie is happy, happy as a lark, 375 00:47:23,084 --> 00:47:29,626 that she's young and pretty, that I'm her young spark. 376 00:47:30,584 --> 00:47:34,084 What do you say to that? Did you recognise me? 377 00:47:34,084 --> 00:47:37,001 The guy who did the singing, that's me. 378 00:47:37,001 --> 00:47:41,042 This is the very first phonographic recording in this country. 379 00:47:41,042 --> 00:47:43,667 And just imagine, Willie, 380 00:47:43,667 --> 00:47:46,834 setting it up to play simultaneously with the pictures. 381 00:47:46,834 --> 00:47:50,251 That would be a hit, wouldn't it? 382 00:47:50,251 --> 00:47:53,751 -Yeah, a fairy tale come true. -But why, after all... 383 00:47:53,751 --> 00:47:56,626 Jára, chum, all this is just between you and me, right? 384 00:47:56,626 --> 00:47:59,584 For sure. I wasn't born yesterday. 385 00:47:59,584 --> 00:48:04,501 But now that you mention it, I've got a swell first-class idea. 386 00:48:04,501 --> 00:48:10,084 Just imagine: it's night, husband's coming home. 387 00:48:10,084 --> 00:48:12,167 From the pub, of course. 388 00:48:12,167 --> 00:48:16,501 And back home, his wife is waiting to spring at him from behind the door. 389 00:48:16,542 --> 00:48:20,709 Wait, with rolling pin and all. 390 00:48:40,084 --> 00:48:46,167 Haha, what'd you say to that? Isn't that awfully funny? 391 00:49:04,042 --> 00:49:05,459 Hush. 392 00:49:18,876 --> 00:49:24,834 -Good evening. -I'm a little late. 393 00:49:24,834 --> 00:49:31,792 Hush, come on, then, come on. 394 00:49:31,959 --> 00:49:34,042 I've been... It was ever so interesting. 395 00:49:34,042 --> 00:49:37,584 -All right. You can tell me later. -Yes, well... 396 00:49:37,584 --> 00:49:41,917 -Mind the neighbours don't hear. -Yes, please... 397 00:49:44,042 --> 00:49:47,709 No, you don't believe me. It was just awful. 398 00:49:47,709 --> 00:49:52,417 But I do believe you. Now then, go to bed, love. 399 00:49:52,417 --> 00:49:56,709 Tomorrow we can talk about it. 400 00:50:02,709 --> 00:50:06,584 Get up, you rake! Where were you? 401 00:50:07,751 --> 00:50:09,834 Just look at yourself, you're a sight to behold! 402 00:50:09,834 --> 00:50:12,876 This is what you call a decent life? Get outta here! 403 00:50:12,876 --> 00:50:15,876 -All right, all right. -I knew it right from the start. 404 00:50:15,876 --> 00:50:21,417 This whole family cinema business is just a bee in your bonnet. 405 00:50:21,459 --> 00:50:28,167 -Stop shouting, pretty please. -This was the last time, mark my words! 406 00:50:32,042 --> 00:50:37,459 -Shall we go, daddy? -Where would we go, Pepi? 407 00:50:40,292 --> 00:50:44,792 -I didn't catch your name, I'm afraid. -Tuháček, René Tuháček. 408 00:50:44,792 --> 00:50:47,959 Fine mechanics and optics. A first-class company. 409 00:50:47,959 --> 00:50:51,001 -Please come in. -The factory-owner, Mr Slavík, sent me. 410 00:50:51,001 --> 00:50:54,334 He said you'd know what it's about. Well, where is the machine? 411 00:50:54,334 --> 00:50:59,042 -Here. -Ah, this is the Lyon Lumiere. 412 00:50:59,042 --> 00:51:01,459 My oh my. What's the matter with it? 413 00:51:03,626 --> 00:51:08,209 Here. Just look at this. 414 00:51:10,209 --> 00:51:12,751 Wait a second. Who's going to pay for this? 415 00:51:12,751 --> 00:51:16,709 Mr Slavík, of course. He's placed his deposit already. 416 00:51:48,709 --> 00:51:54,876 Pepi, pop over to the tobacconist's and get me a box of cigars. 417 00:51:57,751 --> 00:52:00,751 One more copper. 418 00:52:02,542 --> 00:52:06,209 Get just two. The better ones. 419 00:52:10,292 --> 00:52:13,792 I don't want God knows what out of you. 420 00:52:13,834 --> 00:52:19,626 I'll return it all. Just as soon as I get the biz going. 421 00:52:19,626 --> 00:52:23,459 I'll pay it back to the last penny. 422 00:52:23,459 --> 00:52:28,667 Do understand. Just imagine what a chance this is. 423 00:52:28,667 --> 00:52:34,376 -The first permanent Czech cinema in Prague. -You'll get no money from me. 424 00:52:34,417 --> 00:52:38,167 You'll have food, a roof over your head and some clothing, if need be. 425 00:52:38,167 --> 00:52:40,209 But not a single crown. 426 00:53:00,417 --> 00:53:04,334 Here are my papers, my birth certificate, 427 00:53:04,334 --> 00:53:09,376 certificate of domicile, my certificate of probity, 428 00:53:09,417 --> 00:53:14,126 my addresses, permanent and temporary. 429 00:53:19,542 --> 00:53:24,459 Here I read that your father was a craftsman. 430 00:53:24,459 --> 00:53:25,917 And you? 431 00:53:25,959 --> 00:53:30,917 So your dad's business wasn't good enough for sonny, right? 432 00:53:30,959 --> 00:53:38,792 My dear sir, the city of Prague must protect itself. 433 00:53:38,792 --> 00:53:42,084 What a circus this would be if any of these itinerant 434 00:53:42,084 --> 00:53:45,876 comedy acts should settle down here permanently. 435 00:53:45,917 --> 00:53:50,501 What if I got married? To a property-owner. 436 00:53:50,501 --> 00:53:55,042 A bourgeois house, a large hall. And so on. 437 00:53:55,042 --> 00:54:01,001 Well, that would certainly change the situation. 438 00:54:01,001 --> 00:54:05,084 -Well in that case, here's your certificate of domicile. -Yes. 439 00:54:05,084 --> 00:54:11,251 Your birth certificate, your certificate of probity. 440 00:54:11,251 --> 00:54:15,501 -And what is this? -My religious parish. 441 00:54:15,501 --> 00:54:20,542 -Right, we'll let you know in writing. -Thank you. Goodbye. 442 00:54:20,542 --> 00:54:23,917 -Goodbye. -Goodbye. 443 00:54:26,501 --> 00:54:28,959 Next, please. 444 00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:21,834 Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Goethe, Faustus and Madeleine. 445 00:56:21,834 --> 00:56:27,292 -Margaret. -I beg your pardon? -Margaret. Faustus and Margaret. 446 00:56:27,292 --> 00:56:30,667 Ah yes, thanks. 447 00:56:36,126 --> 00:56:40,417 Schiller's Jeanne d'Arc. You've seen that? 448 00:56:40,417 --> 00:56:45,376 Of course, you saw all my great premieres. 449 00:56:45,376 --> 00:56:50,667 -And Hermione in A Winter's Tale. -Hermione... 450 00:56:50,667 --> 00:56:53,751 -And you definitely saw the premiere of Vojnarka. -Vojnarka... 451 00:56:53,751 --> 00:56:57,417 -Of course I saw Vojnarka. -What a fantastic success. 452 00:56:57,417 --> 00:57:02,126 -How many curtain calls did I have? -At least a hundred, Madame. 453 00:57:02,126 --> 00:57:05,417 -No, you're exaggerating, Mr Slavík. -Well, I don't know. 454 00:57:05,417 --> 00:57:09,584 I'll forgive you. And after the premiere... 455 00:57:09,584 --> 00:57:15,084 All that happened after the premiere... Aren't you feeling well? 456 00:57:15,209 --> 00:57:17,084 That's all right. 457 00:57:24,042 --> 00:57:27,459 So here's the cassette. I hope you'll be satisfied. 458 00:57:27,459 --> 00:57:30,667 Should you need anything again, please turn to me with confidence. 459 00:57:30,667 --> 00:57:33,417 -Tucháček and co. -Thank you, goodbye. 460 00:57:41,542 --> 00:57:47,626 -After the premiere of Mary Stuart... -Madame, forgive me. 461 00:57:47,626 --> 00:57:53,417 I've actually come to say goodbye. I'm leaving. 462 00:57:53,417 --> 00:57:59,126 By steamer, overseas. A business trip. 463 00:58:00,459 --> 00:58:05,126 -Soon? -In a week. 464 00:58:05,126 --> 00:58:12,667 I'm taking your photograph with me. I was hoping to be able to take... 465 00:58:12,834 --> 00:58:17,459 Let's not call it cinema. 466 00:58:17,459 --> 00:58:22,501 It'll be an artistic recording, David. 467 00:58:58,626 --> 00:59:04,292 CZECH CINEMA! NEW DOMESTIC MOVIES 468 00:59:04,292 --> 00:59:07,251 PSOGLAVS Impressive! 469 00:59:07,251 --> 00:59:09,792 THE GHOST OF LESSER TOWN Terrifying! 470 00:59:09,792 --> 00:59:12,792 THE PLOUGHMEN OF ŘÍP Breathtaking! 471 00:59:12,792 --> 00:59:15,626 DOWN THE BROOK BY WASHTUB Hilarious! 472 00:59:15,626 --> 00:59:19,501 Starring Mrs Emílie Kolářová-Mladá 473 00:59:48,459 --> 00:59:51,917 Beautiful. 474 00:59:55,292 --> 00:59:58,292 -Well, what's the matter? -I'm ready. 475 00:59:59,584 --> 01:00:02,709 When I wave my hand, we can start. 476 01:00:02,751 --> 01:00:06,709 -I'm ready. -Please start. 477 01:00:10,292 --> 01:00:17,292 Against my will and cursed by shame, 478 01:00:17,292 --> 01:00:23,167 I submit to that curse of mine and confess my love of you. 479 01:00:24,959 --> 01:00:33,001 But my plea was different. I came to beg you to save my son. 480 01:00:33,042 --> 01:00:38,459 And only my despairing heart is guilty of how my lips 481 01:00:38,459 --> 01:00:44,876 have overflowed with this turmoil in that heart. 482 01:00:45,959 --> 01:00:52,959 Ah, I am not afraid. Punish me for my depraved love. 483 01:00:52,959 --> 01:00:58,542 You, who just like your father before, may become a hero. 484 01:00:58,542 --> 01:01:03,459 Save the world from a monster as none was monster ever before. 485 01:01:03,501 --> 01:01:13,042 I, wife of Theseus, bear a monstrous love for you. 486 01:01:13,042 --> 01:01:20,667 No, I must not shrink from your own hand. Here is my heart! 487 01:01:20,667 --> 01:01:28,209 That grateful target. Ah, ah, ah! 488 01:01:54,751 --> 01:01:59,959 Stop. Madame, are you all right? 489 01:01:59,959 --> 01:02:03,667 -Yes, everything is fine. -Madame. 490 01:02:03,667 --> 01:02:06,334 -Was I good? Did it tell all? -Madame, I have no words. 491 01:02:06,334 --> 01:02:09,001 -How about having a repeat of that scene? -Why, why? 492 01:02:09,001 --> 01:02:12,626 -I'm afraid we can't afford that. -Bravo! Excellent! 493 01:02:12,626 --> 01:02:15,167 That's gonna be one helluva film! Bravo, this is fantastic. 494 01:02:15,167 --> 01:02:17,126 Madame, lemme tell you, something like this, 495 01:02:17,126 --> 01:02:19,626 with such ladylike temperament, that's a sight to behold. 496 01:02:19,626 --> 01:02:22,876 -So pleased to meet you. -A cabaret! A show! 497 01:02:22,876 --> 01:02:26,917 -Coming up with this at last... -The recording must be destroyed! 498 01:02:26,959 --> 01:02:34,751 -Impossible, you'll become immortal! -I'm not interested in circus fame. 499 01:02:34,792 --> 01:02:39,376 -Madame, permit me to... -Hynek! -Just a moment, that's mine! 500 01:02:39,792 --> 01:02:44,917 -Give it to me! -Catch him! 501 01:02:44,917 --> 01:02:47,542 -Have you gone mad, man? -Halt! -Halt indeed, old fart! 502 01:02:55,292 --> 01:02:58,542 -What's gotten into you? -I'll show you! 503 01:03:04,751 --> 01:03:08,792 -What have you done? -Madame. 504 01:03:08,792 --> 01:03:12,959 -Is this supposed to be me? -Not any more. 505 01:03:12,959 --> 01:03:16,626 By exposing it to the light, you've destroyed it for good. 506 01:03:16,667 --> 01:03:20,792 The recording cannot be used? 507 01:03:20,834 --> 01:03:24,876 So I shan't see myself? 508 01:03:24,917 --> 01:03:30,501 -No, Madame. -All the better. Hynek. 509 01:03:33,959 --> 01:03:37,959 What a fiasco that was, eh? 510 01:03:39,542 --> 01:03:43,959 And how much did that spiel cost you? 511 01:04:13,584 --> 01:04:16,876 Dad, there's a letter for you. 512 01:04:50,667 --> 01:04:53,251 You'll be dead and buried 513 01:04:53,292 --> 01:04:57,042 before you manage to wear out these five suits of David's. 514 01:04:57,042 --> 01:04:59,459 Everything out of real English wool. 515 01:04:59,501 --> 01:05:03,834 Custom-made. And wait till you see his fur coat. 516 01:05:03,876 --> 01:05:07,626 He only wore it three times tops, poor fella. 517 01:05:07,626 --> 01:05:11,959 -Surely there's no frost anymore. -Of course a coat's enough for now. 518 01:05:11,959 --> 01:05:14,667 You can make your choice. 519 01:05:18,001 --> 01:05:23,501 My God, where's the third coat? 520 01:05:23,501 --> 01:05:28,584 -Eugenie, dear, I needed some... A certain sum. -This is the end! 521 01:05:28,584 --> 01:05:32,584 You took the coat to be pawned, I'll take you to court. 522 01:05:32,584 --> 01:05:36,251 Come now, love, do understand. It was only for a few days. 523 01:05:36,251 --> 01:05:40,959 Eugenie, my dear. Ouch, ouch, ouch. 524 01:05:45,084 --> 01:05:47,584 Pack up and go! 525 01:05:47,584 --> 01:05:49,876 What a way to pay me back! 526 01:05:49,876 --> 01:05:53,626 Dear God, this is what I get for all my goodness. 527 01:05:53,626 --> 01:05:57,751 I never want to see you again. As long as I live, do you hear? 528 01:05:57,751 --> 01:06:00,584 What is it? 529 01:06:00,626 --> 01:06:04,376 -What did she hit you with? -Don't even ask. 530 01:06:04,376 --> 01:06:08,209 What's important... Do you care for her? 531 01:06:08,209 --> 01:06:12,334 Of course you do, because you know she's got the little yellow tinklers. 532 01:06:12,334 --> 01:06:15,126 -It's not that much. -Not that much, he says. 533 01:06:15,126 --> 01:06:18,459 But it's enough for a very good life. 534 01:06:18,459 --> 01:06:22,417 She isn't ugly either. And even if, you're no young hunk yourself. 535 01:06:22,417 --> 01:06:24,459 Your fingers won't do as they're told either, so what. 536 01:06:24,459 --> 01:06:28,334 -Let's go and talk to her, shall we? -I have to keep out of her sight now. 537 01:06:28,334 --> 01:06:30,334 But why, come on. Let's down a few for courage. 538 01:06:30,334 --> 01:06:32,876 -Oh no, not that. -What? 539 01:06:32,876 --> 01:06:34,709 -She won't let me in. -Yes she will. Why shouldn't she? 540 01:06:34,709 --> 01:06:36,917 You just leave that to me. She'll let you in all right. 541 01:06:36,917 --> 01:06:38,917 Wait, that wasn't a full one. Let me see. 542 01:06:49,584 --> 01:06:51,917 That scoundrel! 543 01:06:52,251 --> 01:06:58,251 Hush, come on now. Be quiet and stand up straight. 544 01:07:00,417 --> 01:07:02,917 -I'm standing. -Willie, wait! 545 01:07:02,959 --> 01:07:07,209 -Who is it? -Šlapeta, Jára Šlapeta! 546 01:07:07,209 --> 01:07:09,542 My humble salute to you, Madame. 547 01:07:09,542 --> 01:07:12,751 -How dare you? -Permit me to bow to your beauty. 548 01:07:12,751 --> 01:07:16,001 -Madame, you are an orchid. -Hush. 549 01:07:16,042 --> 01:07:20,917 You're the loveliest blossom ever to bloom on this earth. 550 01:07:20,917 --> 01:07:23,292 -For God's sake be quiet, will you. -What? -I told you... 551 01:07:23,292 --> 01:07:25,209 But Madame, you couldn't be angry if you tried. 552 01:07:25,209 --> 01:07:29,084 Because you know very well that who gets angry grows wrinkles 553 01:07:29,084 --> 01:07:32,417 and who doesn't love, loses weight from lack of love. 554 01:07:32,417 --> 01:07:36,167 I can see in your very eyes what your heart holds secret even from you. 555 01:07:36,167 --> 01:07:39,417 Feed the hungry... Tell him to eat. 556 01:07:39,417 --> 01:07:41,042 Look what you've done to us, Madame. 557 01:07:41,042 --> 01:07:44,042 I've gone all poetic and he's kneeling in front of you. 558 01:07:44,042 --> 01:07:46,959 Just look what you've done. 559 01:07:46,959 --> 01:07:49,959 We are men at the top of our form, mature and worldly, 560 01:07:49,959 --> 01:07:55,001 and you've been playing on the very harp strings of our souls, Madame. 561 01:07:55,001 --> 01:07:57,751 Well, you speak well, but you don't know what he's done. 562 01:07:57,751 --> 01:08:00,334 Haha, I've caught you out. You're smiling, actually giggling. 563 01:08:00,334 --> 01:08:04,792 I'll show you what's what, you little snake in the grass. 564 01:08:04,792 --> 01:08:12,001 How's it done, I say? C'mon, we went over this. 565 01:08:13,126 --> 01:08:16,251 -Eugenia. -Go on. 566 01:08:16,376 --> 01:08:21,751 -Will you marry me? -Now then. 567 01:08:30,626 --> 01:08:33,501 I understand you. 568 01:08:37,834 --> 01:08:42,751 There, you see. That's that, you fool. 569 01:08:42,792 --> 01:08:46,376 That's how you do it. 570 01:08:52,626 --> 01:08:56,167 You scoundrel! 571 01:09:45,792 --> 01:09:47,959 Was good. 572 01:10:07,751 --> 01:10:12,376 ANOTHER ONE OF SARAH BERNHARDT'S ROLES RECORDED ON CAMERA 573 01:10:13,417 --> 01:10:15,292 Ouch! 574 01:10:21,084 --> 01:10:22,709 Ouch. 575 01:10:57,667 --> 01:11:01,292 When do you want to go to bed? 576 01:11:01,292 --> 01:11:04,959 It's not worth it anymore. 577 01:11:05,501 --> 01:11:09,751 I'm going to make a shot of the sunrise over Prague. 578 01:11:13,417 --> 01:11:16,751 Can I come with you? 579 01:11:26,417 --> 01:11:28,959 You're still here? 580 01:11:28,959 --> 01:11:32,626 Go to bed, please. 581 01:11:32,959 --> 01:11:37,417 I have to do it all over again now. Look. 582 01:14:39,834 --> 01:14:42,792 Oh, I nearly forgot. That letter. 583 01:14:42,792 --> 01:14:46,709 -What about it? -Shall I throw it away? 584 01:14:46,709 --> 01:14:48,834 Read it, will you. I haven't got my glasses. 585 01:14:48,876 --> 01:14:53,209 Dear Sir, we hereby grant your application 586 01:14:53,209 --> 01:14:55,626 for a non-transferable permit to hold cinematic performances 587 01:14:55,626 --> 01:15:02,959 in the Old Town of Prague, under the name Blue Fish Cinema. 588 01:15:02,959 --> 01:15:05,709 Kindly appear on the 15th of this month, 589 01:15:05,792 --> 01:15:08,584 at the Royal and Imperial Governor's Office 590 01:15:08,584 --> 01:15:10,376 to sign and take over the licence. 591 01:15:10,459 --> 01:15:19,292 Please take your marriage certificate with you. Royal and Imperial Governor. 592 01:15:26,751 --> 01:15:31,459 Shall I peel an egg for you? 593 01:15:59,126 --> 01:16:00,876 Whoa. 594 01:17:32,751 --> 01:17:36,334 -Are you happy, my little turtledove? -Yes, darling. And you? 595 01:17:36,334 --> 01:17:39,542 Of course I'm happy, because you're happy. 596 01:17:39,542 --> 01:17:41,709 Like in every good film. 597 01:17:41,709 --> 01:17:44,876 Yes, all our films will have happy endings. 598 01:17:44,876 --> 01:17:47,751 -Which films? -The films we're going to make now. 599 01:17:47,751 --> 01:17:51,209 But darling, now you're an honourable Prague burgher. 600 01:17:51,251 --> 01:17:56,667 -And soon the owner of a Prague cinema. -Damn it all. I need a hit to start with. 601 01:17:56,667 --> 01:17:59,251 Something original, otherwise I shan't make it. 602 01:17:59,251 --> 01:18:02,959 Oh no, you don't, not that. You're not leaving the house. 603 01:18:02,959 --> 01:18:07,251 Meaning you've tied me to the house by my foot? 604 01:18:07,251 --> 01:18:10,126 William, is that what you tell me, 605 01:18:10,126 --> 01:18:12,834 right after we've come home from the altar? 606 01:18:12,834 --> 01:18:16,126 I've given you a roof over your head, I've fed you and clothed you, 607 01:18:16,126 --> 01:18:18,584 I've been looking after that orphan of yours as if she were my own. 608 01:18:18,584 --> 01:18:22,001 And you, instead of gratefulness are thinking of trouble right away. 609 01:18:22,042 --> 01:18:25,876 You didn't marry my money. I'm telling you that straight. 610 01:18:25,876 --> 01:18:29,876 Let go. There's limits to everything. 611 01:18:29,876 --> 01:18:35,042 I don't want to get into trouble. We shall start a new life. 612 01:18:35,042 --> 01:18:38,917 I'm extremely magnanimous, but there's limits to everything. 613 01:18:38,959 --> 01:18:46,042 From today onwards no more chums, no more boozing, no nightlife, 614 01:18:46,042 --> 01:18:49,626 we'll take trips in the fresh air. 615 01:18:49,626 --> 01:18:54,376 We're gonna live like decent folks. 616 01:19:10,417 --> 01:19:15,792 I hear you've got married and opened a cinema in Prague. 617 01:19:15,792 --> 01:19:19,584 -Congratulations. -Thanks a lot. 618 01:21:11,751 --> 01:21:15,417 -Mr Pasparte? Good morning. -Good morning. 619 01:21:15,417 --> 01:21:18,459 -Do you have a minute to spare? -Of course. What for? 620 01:21:19,042 --> 01:21:21,751 This way, please. 621 01:21:31,167 --> 01:21:39,792 -Madame. -I've been thinking about what happened, dear friend. 622 01:21:39,792 --> 01:21:41,292 I must say you're right in a way. 623 01:21:41,292 --> 01:21:48,167 You know, the whole of our nation helped build that Golden Chapel. 624 01:21:48,167 --> 01:21:54,042 And yet - how many Czechs can really visit our National Theatre? 625 01:21:54,042 --> 01:22:02,376 Under certain circumstances your cinema performances could really... 626 01:22:02,417 --> 01:22:06,584 Madame, I'm amazed. 627 01:22:06,626 --> 01:22:12,584 Our people are wise, but simple. 628 01:22:12,584 --> 01:22:16,709 We cannot educate them, ennoble them by art alone. 629 01:22:16,792 --> 01:22:20,417 Maybe it would be better to get in touch with your friend Šlapeta, 630 01:22:20,417 --> 01:22:25,084 and to make good use of his fame, 631 01:22:25,084 --> 01:22:27,459 and to alternate spiritual art with folk entertainment. 632 01:22:27,501 --> 01:22:32,959 I do understand that such a matter would entail certain financial risks. 633 01:22:33,001 --> 01:22:39,126 I decided to cover the whole project from my own sources to begin with. 634 01:22:39,167 --> 01:22:43,584 Madame, you would be willing to... 635 01:22:43,626 --> 01:22:47,917 I was thinking that you should make an artistic recording 636 01:22:47,917 --> 01:22:54,042 of the stories from the Old Czech Legends by Professor Alois Jirásek. 637 01:22:54,084 --> 01:22:58,709 The legend about Princess Libuše would be the most suitable. 638 01:22:58,709 --> 01:23:04,167 Libuše foretelling the glory and fame of Prague. 639 01:23:04,167 --> 01:23:07,084 -That'll be me. -Yes. 640 01:23:08,167 --> 01:23:11,126 Thank you. 641 01:24:00,417 --> 01:24:04,084 Now then, you stand here, and you stand there. 642 01:24:04,126 --> 01:24:07,042 And you, gentlemen, right behind that rockery garden. 643 01:24:07,042 --> 01:24:10,126 -Well? -We're ready. -Now pay attention, please. 644 01:24:10,126 --> 01:24:13,709 When I say so, you'll all kneel. 645 01:24:13,751 --> 01:24:16,001 Thank you. 646 01:24:21,292 --> 01:24:27,084 Kindly watch me, everybody, and do as I say. 647 01:24:27,126 --> 01:24:34,876 -Mr Frič, how about the sun? -It's okay. 648 01:24:34,917 --> 01:24:39,126 -Ready? -Two cranks and you can start. 649 01:24:39,167 --> 01:24:43,126 You can go now, Hynek. We're about to start. 650 01:24:45,167 --> 01:24:48,626 -As you say. -Kneel. 651 01:24:55,167 --> 01:25:01,251 I see a great city whose fame and glory... 652 01:25:32,626 --> 01:25:35,959 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CONTINUITY 653 01:25:35,959 --> 01:25:40,126 ASSISTANT CHIEF OF PRODUCTION SECOND CAMERAMAN 654 01:25:40,167 --> 01:25:42,167 ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER 655 01:25:42,167 --> 01:25:43,792 WARDROBE / SET DESIGN MAKE-UP 656 01:25:43,834 --> 01:25:46,709 SPECIAL ADVISERS 657 01:25:46,709 --> 01:25:50,667 THE FILM WAS MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL MUSEUM 658 01:25:50,709 --> 01:25:54,959 MUSIC BY PLAYED BY 659 01:25:54,959 --> 01:25:56,542 CONDUCTED BY 660 01:25:56,626 --> 01:25:59,376 SOUND EDITOR FILM EDITOR 661 01:25:59,376 --> 01:26:03,834 SET DESIGN CHIEF OF PRODUCTION TEAM 662 01:26:03,876 --> 01:26:06,251 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 663 01:26:06,251 --> 01:26:09,626 DIRECTED BY 664 01:26:09,626 --> 01:26:17,709 PRODUCED AT THE BARRANDOV FILM STUDIOS 665 01:26:19,042 --> 01:26:21,667 THE END