1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:01:11,001 --> 00:01:15,459 National Film Archive presents 4 00:01:15,459 --> 00:01:18,751 A Film by 5 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:26,667 Based on the Novel by Karel Čapek 6 00:01:26,751 --> 00:01:31,626 Screen Adaptation Screenplay 7 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:38,792 Music — Film Symphony Orchestra Conducted by 8 00:01:38,834 --> 00:01:44,209 Director of Photography Camera Assistants 9 00:01:44,209 --> 00:01:48,334 Art Director Art Director's Assistant 10 00:01:48,334 --> 00:01:51,667 Director's Assistant Set Designer's Assistant 11 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:55,667 Recording Secretary 12 00:01:55,667 --> 00:02:01,292 Costume Advisor Make-Up Artists 13 00:02:01,292 --> 00:02:06,126 Film Editor Sound Editor 14 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:12,042 Produced by Production Assistants 15 00:02:12,042 --> 00:02:17,084 Made by the Group 16 00:02:17,209 --> 00:02:27,208 Starring 17 00:02:38,292 --> 00:02:41,001 Featuring 18 00:02:48,917 --> 00:02:52,001 Directed by 19 00:02:53,001 --> 00:02:58,376 THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE MIDST OF A FEVERISH DREAM. 20 00:03:11,334 --> 00:03:14,209 You can come now, Doctor. 21 00:03:23,959 --> 00:03:27,126 - What's his temperature? - 40.2 degrees. 22 00:03:27,167 --> 00:03:30,751 His pulse is only sixty. 23 00:03:32,834 --> 00:03:37,792 Well, well. He doesn't want to lie on his back. 24 00:03:39,042 --> 00:03:43,792 Meningitis. Tetanus. 25 00:03:45,542 --> 00:03:50,876 Get him ready for a lumbar puncture and hold him tight, nurse. 26 00:03:53,042 --> 00:03:55,751 - Who's he? - We don't know. 27 00:03:55,792 --> 00:03:58,501 He was found unconscious on the embankment. 28 00:03:58,501 --> 00:04:02,334 With nothing on him at all. Not even an ID. 29 00:04:06,126 --> 00:04:09,792 That's a fine thing indeed. A man in delirium. 30 00:04:09,834 --> 00:04:13,751 Perhaps we'll never even find out his name. 31 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:23,959 His hands are a real mess, burnt-up. 32 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:27,792 He could be a chemist. 33 00:04:30,626 --> 00:04:34,626 We'll see what the test will show. 34 00:04:34,626 --> 00:04:39,084 He's having trouble breathing. Give him oxygen, nurse. 35 00:04:39,459 --> 00:04:43,542 Long wandering… 36 00:04:45,292 --> 00:04:50,542 Long… wandering. 37 00:05:21,834 --> 00:05:23,542 Excuse me. 38 00:05:39,917 --> 00:05:43,792 Excuse me, aren't you Mr. Prokop, the engineer? 39 00:05:45,001 --> 00:05:47,667 Are you Prokop? 40 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:50,334 - I wasn't there. - Where? 41 00:05:50,334 --> 00:05:53,501 There. What do you want from me? 42 00:05:53,501 --> 00:05:56,709 Don't you recognise me? It's me, Tomesh. 43 00:05:56,709 --> 00:06:01,126 - From the university, remember? - Tomesh? 44 00:06:01,417 --> 00:06:05,167 Of course, Tomesh. 45 00:06:06,501 --> 00:06:10,501 - What do you want from me? - You'd better sit down first. 46 00:06:10,501 --> 00:06:13,126 - Understand? - Yes. 47 00:06:19,626 --> 00:06:25,584 I'm not feeling well, you see? 48 00:06:25,584 --> 00:06:28,459 I'm injured, you see? 49 00:06:29,376 --> 00:06:33,292 - Damn it! - We studied chemistry together. 50 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:36,834 Do you remember? Tomesh. 51 00:06:37,209 --> 00:06:42,084 Tomesh, that rascal. What about him? 52 00:06:42,084 --> 00:06:44,042 He's fine. He's talking to you. 53 00:06:44,126 --> 00:06:47,542 Listen, you have a fever. You should be in bed. Understand? 54 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:50,542 - Where do you live? - There. 55 00:06:50,542 --> 00:06:53,459 Near Hybsmonka. 56 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,792 I don't want to go there. 57 00:06:59,792 --> 00:07:03,001 Don't go there. There's… 58 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:05,709 - There's… - There's what? 59 00:07:05,751 --> 00:07:09,334 - Krakatit. - What's that? 60 00:07:10,542 --> 00:07:14,751 Krakatoa, the volcano. 61 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:17,584 A volcano, you see? 62 00:07:17,584 --> 00:07:22,042 - It's a horrible thing. - What? 63 00:07:23,792 --> 00:07:25,667 Kraka… 64 00:07:28,501 --> 00:07:31,376 Krakatit. 65 00:07:34,042 --> 00:07:40,501 - Who's that? Who are you? - I'm your colleague, Tomesh. — Tomesh. 66 00:07:40,834 --> 00:07:45,626 That scamp! He borrowed my lecture notes. 67 00:07:45,626 --> 00:07:49,126 He never returned one of my chemistry exercise-books. 68 00:07:49,167 --> 00:07:52,292 Wait, let me tell you something. 69 00:07:52,292 --> 00:07:55,792 When the rest blows up, it'll be hell. 70 00:07:55,834 --> 00:08:01,667 The whole city will be swept. Blown away. 71 00:08:02,501 --> 00:08:05,751 Wait, that's not possible. 72 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:09,292 - It's nonsense. - What? — Why… 73 00:08:09,417 --> 00:08:12,917 Why didn't the container explode? 74 00:08:12,917 --> 00:08:18,417 When the powder on the table… All by itself… 75 00:08:18,834 --> 00:08:23,876 Wait! Be quiet. 76 00:08:23,959 --> 00:08:27,709 - What's the matter with you? - Krakatit. 77 00:08:44,001 --> 00:08:48,542 Rest, it's just a nervous fever, you'll feel better in the morning. 78 00:08:48,542 --> 00:08:52,376 I've discovered methods. Destructive chemistry. 79 00:08:52,376 --> 00:08:55,209 Matter is terribly powerful. 80 00:08:55,334 --> 00:08:59,792 It holds together with great strain, but it disintegrates upon tampering. 81 00:08:59,792 --> 00:09:02,542 Everything explodes. 82 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:07,167 Every idea is a crack in your brain, you see? 83 00:09:07,292 --> 00:09:11,626 My head is abuzz. Like a machine gun. 84 00:09:11,626 --> 00:09:14,459 - Swallow this aspirin, will you? - Yes. 85 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:19,501 Explosive aspirin. Perchlorated acetylsalicylic acid. 86 00:09:22,334 --> 00:09:25,459 Any substance is in fact an explosive. 87 00:09:25,459 --> 00:09:28,542 Water is an explosive too. 88 00:09:28,626 --> 00:09:32,126 I've discovered atomic explosions. 89 00:09:33,126 --> 00:09:36,459 I've carried out alpha explosions. 90 00:09:36,459 --> 00:09:39,459 If only I had the proper instruments. 91 00:09:39,501 --> 00:09:41,584 But all I've got are eyes and hands. 92 00:09:41,584 --> 00:09:45,542 - Aren't you sleepy? - I am. 93 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:49,667 But what have you been up to all this time? 94 00:09:49,667 --> 00:09:52,876 Nothing. Just life. 95 00:09:53,042 --> 00:09:56,501 Life is an explosive, you know? 96 00:09:56,751 --> 00:10:01,959 Boom! A man is born and instantly disintegrates. 97 00:10:02,042 --> 00:10:06,167 While to us it seems like ages, doesn't it? 98 00:10:07,751 --> 00:10:15,501 You're right. Maybe I'll go BOOM tomorrow. 99 00:10:15,542 --> 00:10:17,709 I'll have run out of money by then. 100 00:10:33,792 --> 00:10:37,167 Mr Prokop shall take his colloquium. 101 00:10:37,792 --> 00:10:44,709 Tell us what you know about explosives. 102 00:10:45,042 --> 00:10:50,542 - What are alpha explosions? - Alpha explosions. 103 00:10:52,167 --> 00:10:55,334 An explosion is the result of atomic disintegration. 104 00:10:55,334 --> 00:10:59,542 - Atomic particles disperse… - Nonsense! There are no atoms! 105 00:10:59,542 --> 00:11:02,126 And you dare take your colloquium? 106 00:11:02,126 --> 00:11:05,417 What do you know about Krakatit? 107 00:11:05,417 --> 00:11:08,917 Krakatit is… 108 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:11,626 It is a new explosive, so far not… 109 00:11:11,667 --> 00:11:15,584 What ignites it? What causes it to explode? 110 00:11:18,417 --> 00:11:20,001 - Hertz waves. - How do you know that? 111 00:11:20,042 --> 00:11:24,542 - Because it exploded unexpectedly and because… — Well? 112 00:11:24,542 --> 00:11:28,959 I've achieved its synthesis under high-frequency oscillation. 113 00:11:28,959 --> 00:11:31,834 I believe these were some kind of electromagnetic waves. 114 00:11:31,834 --> 00:11:36,501 You must prove that! What's the formula for Krakatit? 115 00:11:36,501 --> 00:11:40,042 Pb-Ar4. 116 00:11:40,084 --> 00:11:43,751 What? What did you say? 117 00:11:43,751 --> 00:11:47,876 - Pb-Ar4. - Pb tetra-argon? How many? 118 00:11:49,126 --> 00:11:53,792 - Two. — How's it made? What's the process? 119 00:11:53,834 --> 00:11:56,667 The procedure! How's Krakatit made? 120 00:11:56,709 --> 00:12:00,917 - Why do you want to know? - Never mind. 121 00:12:00,917 --> 00:12:05,626 You've had a nightmare. Rest, my friend. 122 00:12:26,001 --> 00:12:27,834 Who's there? 123 00:13:30,792 --> 00:13:36,501 OFF TO SEE MY FATHER. UNLESS I GET THE MONEY, I'M NOT COMING BACK. J. 124 00:13:53,667 --> 00:13:57,959 - Does Mr Tomesh live here? - Come in. 125 00:14:21,459 --> 00:14:25,042 - Mr Tomesh isn't in? - He left. 126 00:14:26,584 --> 00:14:29,751 - Last night, Miss. - Where did he go? 127 00:14:29,792 --> 00:14:36,834 - He went to see his father. - Will he return? 128 00:14:44,001 --> 00:14:49,292 Do you think he'll do it? 129 00:15:00,584 --> 00:15:03,417 It's so dreadful! 130 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:07,167 He doesn't know that someone… 131 00:15:07,167 --> 00:15:09,917 He doesn't have to do it, you see? 132 00:15:10,001 --> 00:15:13,334 If someone goes to him today. 133 00:15:13,376 --> 00:15:18,792 I've got to give him something. A letter from someone. 134 00:15:19,876 --> 00:15:23,584 So that… I can't tell you. 135 00:15:23,584 --> 00:15:27,209 There's no need. I'll go to him and give it to him. 136 00:15:27,209 --> 00:15:30,376 We're old friends, you know? 137 00:15:34,209 --> 00:15:36,876 Is it raining? 138 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:53,667 I trust you. 139 00:15:54,584 --> 00:15:57,501 You'll save him, won't you? 140 00:15:57,501 --> 00:16:00,334 I'd be pleased to do it. 141 00:16:01,042 --> 00:16:06,959 I, Miss… It's not worth mentioning. 142 00:16:07,376 --> 00:16:11,126 Thank you very much. 143 00:16:16,792 --> 00:16:19,084 The letter. 144 00:16:20,917 --> 00:16:24,376 - But you're injured! Let me see. - It's nothing serious. 145 00:16:24,376 --> 00:16:28,751 Just a small cut that got inflamed, you see? 146 00:16:28,876 --> 00:16:31,959 But you can't go anywhere like this. 147 00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:36,042 Let me go. Why I'm… 148 00:16:36,209 --> 00:16:37,792 I'm doing it for you. 149 00:16:43,792 --> 00:16:47,292 I'm so grateful to you. 150 00:16:48,917 --> 00:16:50,792 Goodbye. 151 00:16:54,792 --> 00:17:04,417 - Should I give him your regards? - No. Goodbye. 152 00:17:20,584 --> 00:17:25,459 My diagnosis was correct. It's meningitis. 153 00:17:25,501 --> 00:17:29,709 We'll give him 4,000 units of penicillin. 154 00:17:29,709 --> 00:17:32,334 And the oxygen so that he doesn't stop breathing. 155 00:17:32,334 --> 00:17:35,917 It's such a pity we don't know who he is. 156 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:46,626 The poor man doesn't even have a name. 157 00:18:29,751 --> 00:18:34,709 Take me to Tynice, please. 158 00:18:34,709 --> 00:18:37,459 - I can't. - Why? 159 00:18:37,542 --> 00:18:39,626 The car's full. 160 00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:42,792 But… 161 00:18:44,459 --> 00:18:47,626 But I've got to see Doctor Tomesh. 162 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:52,792 - Are you his patient? - I'm sick. 163 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:57,334 Sit over here then. 164 00:19:06,126 --> 00:19:07,834 Gee! 165 00:19:30,334 --> 00:19:36,751 This is where Doctor Tomesh lives. 166 00:19:58,084 --> 00:19:59,834 Be quiet, Jack! 167 00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:06,959 - Is the doctor in? - Come in. 168 00:20:20,917 --> 00:20:25,334 - What seems to be the trouble, young man? — I… 169 00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:32,959 The thing is… Is your son home? 170 00:20:33,084 --> 00:20:37,626 He isn't. What's the matter with you? 171 00:20:38,084 --> 00:20:40,542 Jiri… 172 00:20:40,626 --> 00:20:44,792 I'm his friend, bringing him… 173 00:20:45,042 --> 00:20:51,751 I'm to give him… It's very important. 174 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:58,167 Jiri's in Prague. You'd better sit down, man. 175 00:20:58,167 --> 00:21:01,001 Jiri isn't home? 176 00:21:01,751 --> 00:21:07,376 But he said he was coming here. 177 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:11,292 I've got to give him… 178 00:21:11,709 --> 00:21:14,459 Bring a chair, Annie! 179 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:30,042 Long wandering. 180 00:21:31,334 --> 00:21:36,751 Long wandering. 181 00:21:39,792 --> 00:21:44,751 Come now! You've had enough sleep, don't you think? 182 00:21:44,792 --> 00:21:47,209 Wake up, that's enough! 183 00:21:47,209 --> 00:21:51,417 Or you'll wake up in the other world. 184 00:21:51,417 --> 00:21:55,126 What do you want and who are you? 185 00:21:55,334 --> 00:21:59,959 You haven't taken cognizance of me, have you? 186 00:21:59,959 --> 00:22:03,959 - I'm Doctor Tomesh. - I'm Prokop. 187 00:22:04,459 --> 00:22:11,167 I thought you were Sleeping Beauty. Besides, how did you get here? 188 00:22:11,167 --> 00:22:13,917 - Where here? - Here in Tynice. 189 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:18,126 You came here in a delirium and then you passed out. 190 00:22:18,126 --> 00:22:20,876 Where did you come from, man? 191 00:22:20,876 --> 00:22:24,542 I don't know. From Prague, I suppose. 192 00:22:24,542 --> 00:22:29,501 With meningitis and pneumonia on top. 193 00:22:29,584 --> 00:22:33,834 And what about your hand? Fine blood poisoning indeed! 194 00:22:33,834 --> 00:22:37,959 You shouldn't be going on trips like this. 195 00:22:37,959 --> 00:22:41,917 As soon as you get better, I'll tell you that you were an ass. 196 00:22:41,917 --> 00:22:46,292 Forgive me, I almost said something much worse. 197 00:22:46,376 --> 00:22:48,792 How are you feeling? 198 00:22:48,792 --> 00:22:51,792 A bit stupefied, eh? No memory? 199 00:22:51,792 --> 00:22:55,709 It'll take some time. You mustn't rack your brain. 200 00:22:55,709 --> 00:23:00,667 Understand? It'll come back. Little by little. 201 00:23:02,459 --> 00:23:06,792 Stay awake, damn it! Fetch some wine, Annie. 202 00:23:06,792 --> 00:23:11,417 Hey, wake up, mister! You could fall asleep for good, you hear me? 203 00:23:11,417 --> 00:23:14,292 - You must overcome it. - You mustn't fall asleep. 204 00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:18,501 - I won't. - I'd advise you not to. 205 00:23:18,501 --> 00:23:21,167 You'll get some books and you'll read. 206 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:23,001 I have to go to the consulting room. 207 00:23:23,042 --> 00:23:25,542 You stay here, Annie, and chat with him. 208 00:23:25,542 --> 00:23:29,334 You've got the gift of the gab, after all, eh? 209 00:23:29,334 --> 00:23:33,376 In case he wants to sleep again, call me, I'll have it out with him. 210 00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:37,959 You've made me happy though, understand? 211 00:23:39,917 --> 00:23:41,917 Watch out though! 212 00:23:52,209 --> 00:23:55,042 Daddy is quite hot-headed. 213 00:23:55,042 --> 00:23:58,334 He's used to yelling at his patients. 214 00:24:02,042 --> 00:24:04,917 You've never been to our village, have you? 215 00:24:04,917 --> 00:24:09,292 There's nothing here, just alleys and fields. 216 00:24:12,376 --> 00:24:15,459 It was happier when Jiri used to come here. 217 00:24:15,501 --> 00:24:18,417 But then he fell out with Daddy because of money 218 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,917 and hasn't written a letter since. 219 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:24,959 We're not allowed to talk about him. Daddy's forbidden it. 220 00:24:36,084 --> 00:24:40,334 I don't know what to talk to you about. 221 00:25:27,209 --> 00:25:29,667 Give it to me. 222 00:25:33,709 --> 00:25:36,667 That's enough. I'll do it myself. 223 00:25:51,709 --> 00:25:54,876 What were you thinking about? 224 00:25:55,167 --> 00:25:58,209 That I've known nothing but work so far. 225 00:25:58,209 --> 00:26:01,876 And that perhaps there's something more to life than just thinking. 226 00:26:02,917 --> 00:26:06,042 One simply lives here. 227 00:26:06,042 --> 00:26:10,709 And to live is something wonderful, isn't it? 228 00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:18,501 Why do you always hide your hands whenever I'm around? 229 00:26:18,501 --> 00:26:23,959 Because… Because they are so scarred. 230 00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:30,126 But that's what's so beautiful about them. 231 00:26:31,959 --> 00:26:35,876 Lunch is ready! 232 00:26:36,709 --> 00:26:39,584 Oh my, it's lunch already. 233 00:26:51,751 --> 00:26:55,209 There's no pharmacy in the village, you see? 234 00:26:55,209 --> 00:26:59,042 And the people are poor here. So I've got to make medicine myself. 235 00:26:59,042 --> 00:27:02,084 Even if my sight no longer serves me. 236 00:27:02,084 --> 00:27:05,792 Let me do it, Doctor, to be at least of some use. 237 00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:08,709 Besides, I shouldn't be bothering you any longer. 238 00:27:08,709 --> 00:27:10,792 Do you want to leave? 239 00:27:10,792 --> 00:27:14,709 - I'll have to leave sooner or later. - What a silly notion! 240 00:27:14,709 --> 00:27:19,542 You haven't won yet. Your illness can return. 241 00:27:20,626 --> 00:27:23,376 Well, well! 242 00:27:23,501 --> 00:27:27,584 You've got quite skillful hands. 243 00:27:27,834 --> 00:27:31,334 They've been doing this for quite a few years. 244 00:27:31,334 --> 00:27:36,501 Making different substances though. Explosives. 245 00:27:36,501 --> 00:27:40,626 I've invented tremendous things. 246 00:27:43,584 --> 00:27:48,334 If only I could recall my last experiments. 247 00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:55,667 All I know is that I was experimenting with something terrible. 248 00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:58,626 I've completely forgotten. 249 00:28:00,126 --> 00:28:04,792 I only have a feeling I was supposed to go somewhere. 250 00:28:04,876 --> 00:28:10,667 To give something to someone. To bring something. 251 00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:23,084 I have a splitting headache. 252 00:28:26,292 --> 00:28:28,834 Drink this. 253 00:28:31,792 --> 00:28:36,292 Maybe it's good after all. 254 00:28:36,542 --> 00:28:40,542 Just imagine how many lives you'd have on your conscience, 255 00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:44,792 if that horrible thing was used in the event of a war. 256 00:28:44,792 --> 00:28:48,834 But what if that horrible thing put everyone in fear. 257 00:28:48,834 --> 00:28:52,459 You cannot enforce peace with any explosive. 258 00:28:52,459 --> 00:28:54,876 - How then? - How? 259 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:57,751 With better education. 260 00:28:58,376 --> 00:29:04,167 I believe in working people. If you knew people like I do. 261 00:29:04,167 --> 00:29:10,126 People are the happiest when they succeed in their work. 262 00:29:10,126 --> 00:29:13,584 You'll see that one day, everyone will find out 263 00:29:13,584 --> 00:29:17,667 there's no sense in building one's well-being on the misery of others. 264 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:22,667 Simply because nobody will put up with it for long. 265 00:29:22,709 --> 00:29:26,126 And then, everyone will work together 266 00:29:26,126 --> 00:29:31,126 and stop fighting over something that doesn't belong to them. 267 00:29:31,126 --> 00:29:33,751 Am I right? 268 00:29:34,584 --> 00:29:38,667 These are fine ideals indeed, but I'm a practical-minded man. 269 00:29:38,709 --> 00:29:42,167 I believe in science and invention. 270 00:29:42,167 --> 00:29:45,501 - These will change the face of the world. — They will. 271 00:29:45,501 --> 00:29:50,084 But depending on who possesses them. 272 00:30:36,959 --> 00:30:41,209 There's a man from Sedmidoli here, his wife's in labor. 273 00:30:41,209 --> 00:30:44,834 Sedmidoli? That's not my district. 274 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:51,209 Good evening. Our doctor's refused to come. It's quite far. 275 00:30:53,834 --> 00:30:58,709 It seems I'll have another sleepless night, then. 276 00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:20,167 - Goodnight. - Goodnight. 277 00:31:20,167 --> 00:31:23,542 Go to bed, Annie. Goodnight. 278 00:31:53,917 --> 00:31:58,417 - Will you be writing now? - I will. 279 00:31:58,584 --> 00:32:00,792 All evening? 280 00:32:01,751 --> 00:32:03,959 All evening. 281 00:32:09,167 --> 00:32:14,542 - Is there anything else you'd like? - No, nothing. 282 00:32:14,542 --> 00:32:16,626 Very well. 283 00:33:52,709 --> 00:33:56,126 What's the matter with you, Annie? Is anything wrong? 284 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:59,042 Tell me. 285 00:34:00,709 --> 00:34:03,001 Never mind. 286 00:34:04,084 --> 00:34:09,792 You're so kind, Annie. So terribly nice. 287 00:34:12,001 --> 00:34:16,542 And the feeling that I'm fond of you makes me so happy. 288 00:34:16,542 --> 00:34:19,376 I'll never go away. 289 00:34:19,709 --> 00:34:23,084 Why were you crying? Tell me. 290 00:34:23,084 --> 00:34:27,126 Because it took you so long. 291 00:34:31,459 --> 00:34:35,167 So, you love me? 292 00:34:45,334 --> 00:34:47,751 No! No! 293 00:35:01,917 --> 00:35:04,501 It's so beautiful here. 294 00:35:05,084 --> 00:35:11,876 It seems all so unbelievable to me. 295 00:35:12,417 --> 00:35:15,667 I'd like to stay here. 296 00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:29,959 Goodnight, Annie. 297 00:35:32,501 --> 00:35:36,542 What if your father comes back… 298 00:35:38,084 --> 00:35:40,626 Goodnight. 299 00:35:55,459 --> 00:35:57,876 Goodnight. 300 00:37:55,001 --> 00:37:59,126 Krakatit — Engineer P. is to advise of his address. Carson 301 00:39:46,792 --> 00:39:48,876 Why… 302 00:39:48,876 --> 00:39:51,459 Why didn't the container explode as well? 303 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:24,042 To Mr Jiri Tomesh 304 00:40:35,376 --> 00:40:41,376 I trust you. You'll save him, won't you? 305 00:40:55,001 --> 00:40:58,501 How's it made? The procedure! 306 00:40:58,626 --> 00:41:01,334 How's Krakatit made? 307 00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:06,709 Tomesh and Carson. I told him everything. 308 00:41:22,126 --> 00:41:25,876 You'll save him, won't you? 309 00:41:25,959 --> 00:41:28,834 Find your friend and give him this letter. 310 00:41:28,834 --> 00:41:31,334 It's a forged bill of exchange. I've paid it off. 311 00:41:31,334 --> 00:41:33,209 He wants to kill himself because of it. 312 00:41:33,209 --> 00:41:35,709 I beg you to please save him. 313 00:41:35,751 --> 00:41:38,584 I'll go and look for him if I promised you to do so. 314 00:41:38,584 --> 00:41:41,542 I trust you so much. 315 00:41:41,792 --> 00:41:44,084 - Goodbye. - Wait, Miss. 316 00:41:44,376 --> 00:41:46,792 When will I see you again? 317 00:42:30,376 --> 00:42:34,667 Put your hands up! What do you want here? 318 00:42:34,792 --> 00:42:40,209 This is my home. And what do you want here? 319 00:42:40,626 --> 00:42:45,292 - I've been looking for you. Did you read my ad? — I did. 320 00:42:45,334 --> 00:42:48,042 I've been searching for you for six weeks! 321 00:42:48,042 --> 00:42:51,667 Through newspapers, private detectives. I'm truly glad! 322 00:42:51,709 --> 00:42:54,209 - Why did you break in and rob me? - What? 323 00:42:54,209 --> 00:42:57,126 - Why did you rob me? - Are you saying I robbed you? 324 00:42:57,126 --> 00:43:00,709 - Yes, you robbed me! - I beg your pardon! 325 00:43:00,709 --> 00:43:05,292 Me, Carson, a robber? You amaze me! 326 00:43:06,167 --> 00:43:10,167 I hid it so that somebody else wouldn't steal it. 327 00:43:10,167 --> 00:43:13,542 Either one state or the other of course. 328 00:43:13,542 --> 00:43:17,084 True superpowers were coming and going all the time. 329 00:43:17,084 --> 00:43:20,126 It's no trifling matter. But I hid it for you, understand? 330 00:43:20,126 --> 00:43:23,417 You have my word. I want to bargain with you. 331 00:43:23,459 --> 00:43:27,167 You've got a tremendous career ahead of you. 332 00:43:27,167 --> 00:43:29,626 You can get yourself the best laboratory in the world. 333 00:43:29,626 --> 00:43:32,167 The best instruments and a legion of assistants. 334 00:43:32,167 --> 00:43:35,334 Whatever you wish. The American way. 335 00:43:35,334 --> 00:43:37,584 You can make millions. 336 00:43:37,584 --> 00:43:43,167 - What is it you want? - Quit fooling and sell us Krakatit. 337 00:43:43,334 --> 00:43:46,501 - How do you even know? - I'll tell you. 338 00:43:46,501 --> 00:43:50,626 Mr. Tomesh came and brought us 150 grams of Krakatit. 339 00:43:50,626 --> 00:43:54,126 And the formula. Unfortunately, he didn't know the procedure. 340 00:43:54,126 --> 00:43:58,417 Neither he nor our chemists were able to figure out the synthesis. 341 00:43:58,417 --> 00:44:00,751 - In our factory? — What factory? - The Balttin Works. 342 00:44:01,584 --> 00:44:05,001 - Haven't you heard? — I haven't. - It's a foreign enterprise. 343 00:44:05,042 --> 00:44:07,292 Labs experimenting with modern explosives. 344 00:44:07,292 --> 00:44:09,376 - For army purposes, you see? - And is Tomesh at the Balttin Works? 345 00:44:09,376 --> 00:44:13,792 Of course he is. At first, we arrested him as a spy. 346 00:44:13,792 --> 00:44:17,084 Lots of spies are trying to get inside so it doesn't matter. 347 00:44:17,126 --> 00:44:19,459 And as to Krakatit, we had it tested. 348 00:44:19,459 --> 00:44:25,167 - And the result? — Colossal. Twelve dead in two days. 349 00:44:25,167 --> 00:44:31,209 On the third day, some moronic lab assistant left a pinch of it 350 00:44:31,292 --> 00:44:32,751 lying on the table and at night, when the lab was closed… 351 00:44:32,751 --> 00:44:35,876 - It exploded! - Yes, at 10:35 pm. 352 00:44:35,876 --> 00:44:39,501 It blew up the whole lab and two other buildings with it. 353 00:44:39,501 --> 00:44:42,667 Some sixty dead, to put it short. That's a success, isn't it? 354 00:44:42,667 --> 00:44:47,209 It turned out there was nobody in the lab. 355 00:44:47,209 --> 00:44:50,042 - That it had to explode… - All by itself! 356 00:44:50,042 --> 00:44:52,834 - Yes, did the same happen to you? - Yes, after 10 pm. 357 00:44:52,834 --> 00:44:58,584 You see? It's useless if you can't control it. 358 00:45:00,376 --> 00:45:04,042 Sell it to us and you'll be rid of it. 359 00:45:04,042 --> 00:45:07,751 You could demand some twenty million. 360 00:45:07,792 --> 00:45:10,584 - Sell Krakatit to us. - No. 361 00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:14,042 Twenty million! Sell it to us! 362 00:45:14,042 --> 00:45:17,667 No, I want nothing to do with your wars! No! 363 00:45:17,709 --> 00:45:20,042 And what do you have here? 364 00:45:20,042 --> 00:45:23,542 An ingenious chemist like you living in a shack! 365 00:45:23,542 --> 00:45:25,792 Besides, you're a scholar. 366 00:45:25,834 --> 00:45:31,417 - Why should you care about others? Why don't you sell it? — I won't. 367 00:45:31,417 --> 00:45:37,334 You're right. You'd be a fool to sell it for twenty million. 368 00:45:37,334 --> 00:45:41,459 We'll sell it to somebody else. You can rely on Carson. Well? 369 00:45:41,501 --> 00:45:46,667 I can see you're a man of character. Very well. 370 00:45:46,667 --> 00:45:50,042 Let me tell you a secret. Let's shake hands on it. 371 00:45:50,042 --> 00:45:53,292 I didn't ask you. 372 00:45:54,126 --> 00:45:58,584 A discrete man. I like you. You're my type. 373 00:45:58,667 --> 00:46:05,751 So, you said it exploded by itself after 10 o'clock in the evening, eh? 374 00:46:05,792 --> 00:46:10,917 - Was it a Tuesday by any chance? - I think so, why? 375 00:46:10,959 --> 00:46:14,292 We've done some experiments. 376 00:46:14,417 --> 00:46:18,126 We left a milligram of Krakatit on the table 377 00:46:18,126 --> 00:46:22,584 and it always exploded on Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 pm. 378 00:46:22,584 --> 00:46:26,292 - What does it mean? — Coincidentally, for about 6 months now, 379 00:46:26,292 --> 00:46:30,417 all European radio stations are malfunctioning at the same time, 380 00:46:30,459 --> 00:46:33,501 someone's jamming their communication. 381 00:46:33,542 --> 00:46:35,709 What do you say to that? 382 00:46:35,792 --> 00:46:41,501 This means that if you spill Krakatit anywhere on the ground, 383 00:46:41,501 --> 00:46:45,167 it would blow up by next Tuesday or Friday. Stop it. 384 00:46:45,167 --> 00:46:47,042 That's terrible! 385 00:46:47,042 --> 00:46:49,459 Whoever has Krakatit in their hands can blow up anything whenever… 386 00:46:49,459 --> 00:46:51,751 No, only on Friday and Tuesday. 387 00:46:51,792 --> 00:46:56,792 Blow up whole cities, whole armies. Everything! 388 00:46:56,792 --> 00:47:01,376 It can be dispersed by an aircraft… 389 00:47:01,792 --> 00:47:06,834 - Can you imagine that? - Of course I can. Colossal. 390 00:47:07,626 --> 00:47:11,292 And therefore, in the interests of the world, 391 00:47:11,292 --> 00:47:15,084 I'll never give it away! Never! 392 00:47:15,126 --> 00:47:17,667 And therefore, in the interests of the world, 393 00:47:17,667 --> 00:47:21,667 we ought to find out… - About what? 394 00:47:21,667 --> 00:47:23,751 That damned secret station. 395 00:47:23,751 --> 00:47:25,626 Do you think that… 396 00:47:25,626 --> 00:47:29,042 I think that Krakatit is a horrible thing. 397 00:47:29,042 --> 00:47:32,959 And that secret station is even worse. 398 00:47:33,001 --> 00:47:37,834 And if someone should get a hold of both… 399 00:47:37,959 --> 00:47:42,792 I'd rather live among cannibals. 400 00:47:43,001 --> 00:47:48,501 What's the matter with you? Collect yourself. Come on. 401 00:47:49,792 --> 00:47:52,959 I've been ill for a long time. 402 00:47:53,001 --> 00:47:55,542 And I'm still not feeling quite well. 403 00:47:55,542 --> 00:48:00,209 - I haven't eaten all day. - I see, of course. 404 00:48:00,209 --> 00:48:03,084 You must eat something. It's all right. 405 00:48:03,084 --> 00:48:05,667 The future is what counts. 406 00:48:06,001 --> 00:48:10,334 You've had some really hard times, eh? 407 00:48:10,334 --> 00:48:12,876 Don't you worry. You'll be on your feet again. 408 00:48:12,876 --> 00:48:16,959 You'll get loaded, you'll become a "big man," 409 00:48:16,959 --> 00:48:19,459 and you'll give me my ten percent, won't you? 410 00:48:19,459 --> 00:48:22,292 It's an international custom. 411 00:48:22,667 --> 00:48:25,959 At last, the car is here. Let's go! 412 00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:28,876 - Where? - To get some grub. 413 00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:42,459 I'm a big man! 414 00:48:42,459 --> 00:48:45,959 I can light a cigarette with a million banknote. 415 00:48:46,001 --> 00:48:48,667 Of course you can. Big man. 416 00:48:49,709 --> 00:48:53,126 You're my friend, Carson. 417 00:48:53,292 --> 00:48:56,917 - I'll tell you everything. - What? 418 00:48:57,084 --> 00:49:02,417 I'm terribly in love with a woman in a veil. 419 00:49:04,209 --> 00:49:08,501 Stop! Stop! I'm getting off! Stop! 420 00:49:08,542 --> 00:49:13,001 Let me go! Go to hell! 421 00:49:13,126 --> 00:49:15,834 Hands off! Let me go or… 422 00:49:39,126 --> 00:49:40,834 Where have you brought me? 423 00:49:40,834 --> 00:49:45,042 To Prince Hagen's house at Balttin. Gigantic ammunition works. 424 00:49:45,042 --> 00:49:47,917 Come, I'll introduce you to our host. 425 00:49:47,917 --> 00:49:52,084 Our distinguished guest, Mr. Prokop. His Highness, Prince Hagen-Balttin. 426 00:49:52,084 --> 00:49:55,417 The President of the Board of Trustees of the Balttin Works. 427 00:49:55,501 --> 00:49:59,209 How do you like the grandpa? A genuine museum piece, eh? 428 00:49:59,209 --> 00:50:02,792 Well, he still manages the representative side of things, 429 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:05,834 although he regularly has a stroke every week. 430 00:50:05,834 --> 00:50:09,792 Let's bow to the princely family at the Balttin court. 431 00:50:09,792 --> 00:50:13,501 His Grace, Prince Egon. 432 00:50:13,501 --> 00:50:15,584 Her Highness, Princess Hagen. 433 00:50:15,626 --> 00:50:20,626 His Majesty, ex-King Fritz X. 434 00:50:20,626 --> 00:50:24,334 Her Majesty, ex-Empress Margaret. 435 00:50:24,459 --> 00:50:29,751 His Excellency, Count Hacke, and Her Grace, the Countess. 436 00:50:29,792 --> 00:50:32,542 Former General Director, Sir Bonifac Wulfe. 437 00:50:32,584 --> 00:50:36,959 Former General Ambassador, the Earl of Tewton. 438 00:50:36,959 --> 00:50:40,209 And the former bank concern Director, Mr. Düring. This way. 439 00:50:43,584 --> 00:50:46,667 It's like some ancient world of the past. 440 00:50:46,709 --> 00:50:49,417 - They appear as if they're not alive. - They only look that way. 441 00:50:49,417 --> 00:50:52,417 Waiting for Balttin to wage war and to return to their thrones. 442 00:50:52,417 --> 00:50:55,084 They'll come back to life then. Don't you worry. 443 00:50:55,084 --> 00:50:57,376 Pity I don't have Krakatit on me now. 444 00:50:57,376 --> 00:51:00,167 This is Baron Rohn. The Director of the Balttin Works. 445 00:51:00,167 --> 00:51:02,792 Let me introduce Mr. Prokop, sir. 446 00:51:02,792 --> 00:51:05,292 It's very kind of you to call on us, Mr. Prokop. 447 00:51:05,292 --> 00:51:09,209 I did not! This is an outrageous restraint on individual freedom! 448 00:51:09,209 --> 00:51:12,126 This is kidnapping, gentlemen! There're laws forbidding this! 449 00:51:12,126 --> 00:51:15,334 Not so loud! Other laws apply here. 450 00:51:15,334 --> 00:51:17,542 Come on. 451 00:51:17,709 --> 00:51:20,626 Wait till I show you the labs. 452 00:51:20,626 --> 00:51:22,959 - Most up-to-date. - I don't care. 453 00:51:22,959 --> 00:51:24,917 Look over there. She's in command here. 454 00:51:24,959 --> 00:51:27,626 It's the old man's daughter. Princess Wilhelmina. 455 00:51:27,667 --> 00:51:30,834 A pretty girl, eh? She's only 28. 456 00:51:30,834 --> 00:51:34,209 Keen on dangerous sports. I must introduce you to her. 457 00:51:34,209 --> 00:51:35,876 Get me out of here or… 458 00:51:35,876 --> 00:51:38,584 Your Excellency, let me introduce the famous… 459 00:51:38,584 --> 00:51:40,751 No need. I know the gentleman. 460 00:51:40,792 --> 00:51:44,959 - His Excellency, Mr. d'Hémon. - I've heard much about you. 461 00:51:44,959 --> 00:51:49,667 Your work in destructive chemistry, and particularly your discovery 462 00:51:49,667 --> 00:51:55,501 of the alpha explosions are envied by all experts. Your study on… 463 00:51:55,542 --> 00:51:59,209 Your Grace, allow me to introduce our guest, Mr. Prokop, 464 00:51:59,292 --> 00:52:01,626 even though to some extent against his will. 465 00:52:01,626 --> 00:52:03,417 He's a ferocious man. He wants to kill me. 466 00:52:03,459 --> 00:52:07,584 - I'm pleased you've come here. - That's not true. I was dragged here! 467 00:52:07,584 --> 00:52:10,959 Order them to release me at once, Your Grace! This is violence! 468 00:52:11,001 --> 00:52:14,334 Perhaps you shouldn't use such harsh words in front of the Princess. 469 00:52:14,334 --> 00:52:17,126 - Mr. Prokop doesn't like it here? - He'll get used to it. 470 00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:20,459 I hope to see you more often. Do you go horse riding? 471 00:52:20,459 --> 00:52:23,042 - He doesn't. - What games do you play? 472 00:52:23,084 --> 00:52:25,459 He doesn't play any games. Mr. Prokop is a scholar. 473 00:52:25,459 --> 00:52:27,667 He can release atomic energy. 474 00:52:27,667 --> 00:52:30,876 He's discovered atomic explosions and things like that. 475 00:52:30,876 --> 00:52:34,792 - He's a magician. - What is atomic energy? 476 00:52:36,917 --> 00:52:40,459 If we succeeded in developing and discharging all the energy 477 00:52:40,501 --> 00:52:42,792 contained in this at once, we could blow up Mont Blanc with Chamonix. 478 00:52:42,792 --> 00:52:45,376 - But we'll never succeed. - You can do it. 479 00:52:45,417 --> 00:52:49,459 - It seems he'll become very famous. - Like Darwin. 480 00:52:49,459 --> 00:52:52,667 Dukes will consider it an honor to carry a tip of the flag 481 00:52:52,667 --> 00:52:56,501 covering his coffin. If there are any dukes then. 482 00:52:56,542 --> 00:52:59,292 - Nonsense. - That's very interesting. 483 00:52:59,292 --> 00:53:04,584 Tell him to enlighten me on the subject one day. Goodbye. 484 00:53:10,459 --> 00:53:14,917 That woman is of the finest breed. Quite proud, isn't she? 485 00:53:14,917 --> 00:53:17,084 Wait till you get to know her better. 486 00:53:17,084 --> 00:53:19,126 It seems you're mistaken, Carson. 487 00:53:19,167 --> 00:53:22,084 I've no intention of getting to know anyone better. I'm leaving tomorrow. 488 00:53:22,084 --> 00:53:24,792 What a pity. It's very nice here. Oh well, nothing doing. 489 00:53:24,792 --> 00:53:28,917 Stop fooling around and take me to Tomesh, I've got to speak to him. 490 00:53:28,917 --> 00:53:32,334 To Tomesh? I'm afraid I can't. He's not here. 491 00:53:32,334 --> 00:53:35,626 He took his money and ran off. He lead us on a merry dance. 492 00:53:35,626 --> 00:53:38,334 - Where is he now? - I can't tell you right now. 493 00:53:38,334 --> 00:53:41,126 Maybe he's trying to make Krakatit for another country. 494 00:53:41,126 --> 00:53:44,167 Don't you worry. He'll never manage. Ditch him. 495 00:53:44,167 --> 00:53:47,126 - And what about my Krakatit? - It's gone. 496 00:53:47,126 --> 00:53:49,834 - All that remained of it. 90 grams. - It got stolen? 497 00:53:49,834 --> 00:53:51,917 Including the lead container. 498 00:53:51,917 --> 00:53:55,292 And with it a Saxon lab assistant disappeared as well. 499 00:53:55,292 --> 00:53:57,792 But we'll get it out of you. 500 00:53:57,792 --> 00:54:01,001 - I'll show you the new lab tomorrow. - You won't let me go then! 501 00:54:01,501 --> 00:54:05,376 Mr. Prokop! Don't go to the fence! 502 00:54:16,876 --> 00:54:20,084 Danger High Voltage 503 00:55:53,667 --> 00:55:57,417 You should leave, Your Grace, it's becoming dangerous here. 504 00:55:57,417 --> 00:56:00,501 Be so kind and leave me alone, will you? 505 00:56:02,626 --> 00:56:05,042 Careful! Don't shoot! 506 00:56:05,042 --> 00:56:08,084 - That man has tremendous value for us. — Don't shoot! 507 00:56:14,667 --> 00:56:17,792 You were too mild with him and here you have it! 508 00:56:17,792 --> 00:56:20,626 That man interests me. 509 00:56:26,626 --> 00:56:29,334 What a shame! What a scandal! 510 00:56:33,209 --> 00:56:35,792 There's no one there. 511 00:57:04,584 --> 00:57:08,001 They're not coming back. I've sent them away. 512 00:57:08,042 --> 00:57:10,876 I wanted to tell you I deem you as my guest. 513 00:57:10,917 --> 00:57:15,626 I'll allow no one to touch you. 514 00:57:22,834 --> 00:57:27,584 Carson told me you could tell a person's character by touch. 515 00:57:27,667 --> 00:57:32,084 One feels what power is hidden inside. It's nothing. 516 00:57:32,084 --> 00:57:34,542 Let me see. 517 00:58:13,792 --> 00:58:16,001 Well? 518 00:58:17,792 --> 00:58:23,042 Virginal, insensible, 519 00:58:23,084 --> 00:58:27,751 lustful, furious, and proud. 520 00:58:27,751 --> 00:58:31,876 Torrid like the desert and wicked. 521 00:58:33,084 --> 00:58:38,042 You're wicked, avid, and hard on yourself. 522 00:58:38,126 --> 00:58:40,792 Ice and fire, fire and ice. 523 00:58:45,501 --> 00:58:49,167 Thank you for your sincerity. 524 00:58:56,542 --> 00:59:00,084 I heard you could make explosives out of anything. 525 00:59:00,084 --> 00:59:02,376 Is it true? 526 00:59:04,042 --> 00:59:08,292 I could make an explosive out of your powder, if you'd like. 527 00:59:08,334 --> 00:59:12,417 There's so much powder on you to burn out a cannon. 528 00:59:12,459 --> 00:59:14,751 I didn't know that powder was an explosive. 529 00:59:14,751 --> 00:59:18,459 Everything is an explosive if in the right hands. 530 00:59:18,459 --> 00:59:20,709 You yourself… 531 00:59:20,751 --> 00:59:23,917 - What? - Nothing. 532 00:59:25,042 --> 00:59:30,542 A concealed explosion. You're highly explosive. 533 00:59:30,542 --> 00:59:34,084 If I get in the right hands. 534 00:59:34,084 --> 00:59:39,542 I take your word for it. Let me know when my powder-box blows up. 535 00:59:39,834 --> 00:59:42,917 It was a pleasure to meet you. 536 00:59:54,626 --> 00:59:58,501 So these are the Balttin Works, Mr. Prokop. 537 00:59:58,501 --> 01:00:01,709 How do you like it so far? Not bad, eh? 538 01:00:01,709 --> 01:00:06,792 The buildings with the letters and numbers are ammunition dumps. 539 01:00:06,792 --> 01:00:09,834 The hills covered with grass over there are warehouses, 540 01:00:09,834 --> 01:00:13,667 and a bit further is the railway station. 541 01:00:13,709 --> 01:00:18,626 Do you see the woods? The experimental labs are behind it. 542 01:00:18,626 --> 01:00:21,334 And the sand hills over there, that's the shooting range. 543 01:00:21,334 --> 01:00:23,709 Just wait till you see the lab! 544 01:00:23,709 --> 01:00:27,459 - It's the most up-to-date. - Take me there. — Sure. 545 01:00:27,501 --> 01:00:30,334 I'll make an explosive out of this powder-box. 546 01:00:30,334 --> 01:00:32,834 I'm doing this for you. I made a promise to the Princess. 547 01:00:32,834 --> 01:00:35,792 Out of what? Powder? 548 01:00:35,792 --> 01:00:39,376 Do you think you can make us believe that? 549 01:00:39,376 --> 01:00:41,792 This quantity can have the same disruptive power 550 01:00:41,792 --> 01:00:45,167 as 100kg of ecrasite. Not bad, eh? 551 01:00:45,167 --> 01:00:48,167 Did you hear that, gentlemen? I take your word for it. 552 01:00:48,167 --> 01:00:50,459 - Under one condition though. - Yes? 553 01:00:50,501 --> 01:00:53,626 - That you let me go after that. - Of course. The lab's ready. 554 01:00:53,626 --> 01:00:55,876 You can begin straightaway. Come. 555 01:00:57,542 --> 01:01:02,209 Here it is, Powderite, the best explosive cosmetic powder. 556 01:01:07,542 --> 01:01:11,876 It hasn't lost one bit of its fragrance. 557 01:01:11,876 --> 01:01:14,751 You've finally come to your senses. 558 01:01:14,751 --> 01:01:17,584 I hope you'll let me go now. I want to leave tomorrow. 559 01:01:17,584 --> 01:01:19,959 Of course, but we'll talk about that later. 560 01:01:19,959 --> 01:01:22,959 Now I'm anxious to see what you can do with the powder. 561 01:01:23,001 --> 01:01:26,501 - It'll explode in half an hour. - I'll go get the Princess. 562 01:01:26,501 --> 01:01:29,792 - Are the nearest buildings cleared? - Yes, I've sealed the whole area. 563 01:01:29,792 --> 01:01:34,167 Within a radius of one kilometer, everything as you wanted it to be. 564 01:02:35,959 --> 01:02:40,084 - Watch out! Stop! - Stop, Your Grace. Come back! 565 01:02:40,126 --> 01:02:42,459 Down! 566 01:02:43,667 --> 01:02:46,667 Get down! Damn it! 567 01:02:53,126 --> 01:02:55,001 You beast! 568 01:03:23,584 --> 01:03:25,876 Darling. 569 01:03:33,792 --> 01:03:37,417 Give me your hand. 570 01:03:47,292 --> 01:03:52,292 - You mustn't. Not now. - Can I get up now? 571 01:03:53,501 --> 01:03:56,209 - That was a wonderful explosion. - Was that all? 572 01:03:56,292 --> 01:03:59,584 For Chrissake, as if it weren't enough. 573 01:03:59,584 --> 01:04:03,209 A single powder-box. You're a wizard! 574 01:04:03,209 --> 01:04:05,501 You've sold your soul to the devil, eh? 575 01:04:05,501 --> 01:04:09,167 The King of Matter. Behold, Your Grace, the King. 576 01:04:09,167 --> 01:04:12,126 By Golly! We're nothing but rag-and-bone men. 577 01:04:12,126 --> 01:04:15,876 And it isn't Krakatit yet. 578 01:04:22,501 --> 01:04:25,792 - Stay here, you cannot come with me. - And tomorrow? 579 01:04:25,792 --> 01:04:27,751 Don't wait for me, they would see you. 580 01:04:27,751 --> 01:04:31,292 - I'll run away tomorrow. - They'll kill you. 581 01:04:31,292 --> 01:04:35,417 - I'd be better off. - Come and have a look at the crater. 582 01:04:35,417 --> 01:04:39,209 A good five meters. What disruptive power. 583 01:04:39,209 --> 01:04:40,167 Congratulations. 584 01:05:14,792 --> 01:05:17,917 Why's that man guarding me all the time? 585 01:05:17,917 --> 01:05:19,751 - Mr. Holz? - Yes, Mr. Holz. 586 01:05:19,792 --> 01:05:22,459 He's responsible for your safety, Sir. 587 01:05:22,459 --> 01:05:24,834 So that you can work without being interrupted. 588 01:05:24,834 --> 01:05:27,584 It's a joy to work in a fine lab like this, isn't it? 589 01:05:27,584 --> 01:05:30,959 Indeed, I'd like to know what right you have to detain me here! 590 01:05:31,001 --> 01:05:33,792 Detained? Didn't somebody let you go in the park or what? 591 01:05:33,792 --> 01:05:36,959 What right do they have to imprison me here? 592 01:05:36,959 --> 01:05:39,084 Right or no right… 593 01:05:39,167 --> 01:05:42,209 If you make Krakatit for us, you'll be a free man. 594 01:05:42,334 --> 01:05:44,959 I told you that you won't get Krakatit from me, man! 595 01:05:44,959 --> 01:05:46,959 - Even if you cut my head off! - Whose laboratory is this? 596 01:05:46,959 --> 01:05:50,126 - Mr. Prokop's, Your Grace. - He didn't run away yet? 597 01:05:50,126 --> 01:05:52,126 He's just yelling. 598 01:05:52,126 --> 01:05:54,334 You could be mistaken. 599 01:05:57,709 --> 01:06:04,334 In such a case, we'll think about taking you elsewhere, Mr. Prokop. 600 01:06:04,334 --> 01:06:08,959 - Why? - All right, I'll tell you. 601 01:06:09,001 --> 01:06:11,209 You're accused of espionage. 602 01:06:11,209 --> 01:06:15,751 And you'll be taken to the fortress in two days. 603 01:06:15,792 --> 01:06:19,709 If it doesn't work by fair means, it'll work by foul ones. 604 01:06:19,709 --> 01:06:23,792 - We don't play games with anybody. - And you call yourselves civilized? 605 01:06:23,792 --> 01:06:25,959 You behave like ordinary gangsters! 606 01:06:25,959 --> 01:06:28,792 A person who has Krakatit is dangerous to the public. 607 01:06:28,834 --> 01:06:31,042 And as such, he belongs in custody. 608 01:06:31,042 --> 01:06:35,334 But in that case, you'll all blow up. 609 01:06:36,167 --> 01:06:39,292 Everyone will blow up! 610 01:07:34,501 --> 01:07:38,959 - Let's run away together. - Where to? 611 01:07:38,959 --> 01:07:42,417 - To my home. - You surely have someone there. 612 01:07:42,417 --> 01:07:45,501 - What's her name? - Annie. 613 01:07:45,501 --> 01:07:51,334 And there's also another girl, whose name I don't even know. 614 01:07:51,792 --> 01:07:56,292 You see! I won't let you go. You won't run away, will you? 615 01:07:56,292 --> 01:08:02,209 Don't let me think now, darling. I'll be evil again. 616 01:08:04,542 --> 01:08:06,126 Let go of me. 617 01:08:12,959 --> 01:08:16,751 You didn't think you have a princess, did you? 618 01:08:16,751 --> 01:08:19,376 - What are you saying? - I know. 619 01:08:19,376 --> 01:08:23,792 You wanted a princess from the start. And I did come. 620 01:08:23,792 --> 01:08:27,667 - Do you think I'm sorry? On the contrary. — Shut up! 621 01:08:27,667 --> 01:08:31,376 If you were my equal, I couldn't be with you. 622 01:08:31,376 --> 01:08:34,667 But there's a difference between us. Do you understand? 623 01:08:34,709 --> 01:08:36,834 Can it be that you're so depraved? 624 01:08:36,834 --> 01:08:39,126 No, it isn't true. You mustn't believe me. 625 01:08:39,126 --> 01:08:43,501 I came because you wanted to flee. But I don't want to be without you. 626 01:08:43,501 --> 01:08:45,917 Now you're lying again. 627 01:08:47,084 --> 01:08:51,459 - You're lying all the time. - I'm lying all right, but I love you. 628 01:08:51,459 --> 01:08:53,459 Madly. 629 01:08:55,792 --> 01:08:59,959 You can become famous if you make Krakatit, can't you? 630 01:09:00,001 --> 01:09:06,084 What did d'Hémon say? That dukes carried Darwin to his grave. 631 01:09:06,084 --> 01:09:09,501 Could you be as famous? Really? 632 01:09:09,542 --> 01:09:13,542 - Wait for my funeral. - Will it be soon? 633 01:09:13,542 --> 01:09:16,667 It would be so wonderful if you were famous. 634 01:09:16,667 --> 01:09:20,501 - Do it for me, will you? - Will you wait ten years? 635 01:09:20,501 --> 01:09:24,042 Ten years? Couldn't it be a little sooner? 636 01:09:24,042 --> 01:09:29,167 You know I'm not used to waiting. 637 01:09:29,542 --> 01:09:31,667 Goodbye. 638 01:09:34,167 --> 01:09:37,376 - I'll come for you! - You mustn't. 639 01:09:38,334 --> 01:09:40,959 I'll come myself in the evening. 640 01:10:11,542 --> 01:10:14,126 - Mr. Prokop, the Princess… - Is she coming? 641 01:10:14,126 --> 01:10:18,126 She apologies, but she's got a bad headache and she sends this letter. 642 01:10:23,001 --> 01:10:26,834 Prokop, you're to make a decision tonight. 643 01:10:26,834 --> 01:10:31,501 Darling, please do everything so that I can be truly yours. W. 644 01:10:32,001 --> 01:10:34,959 In our country, women are subject to military discipline, too. 645 01:10:35,001 --> 01:10:39,792 And the strictest discipline applies to the members of the princely house. 646 01:10:39,876 --> 01:10:44,126 Don't you worry, I'll do everything as necessary. 647 01:10:44,292 --> 01:10:48,501 You're wonderful, Your Grace. As I expected you to be. 648 01:10:48,542 --> 01:10:51,292 It's in a higher interest. 649 01:10:52,292 --> 01:10:55,292 Does it mean that I'm not to meet with the man again? 650 01:10:55,292 --> 01:10:57,792 On the contrary! It's in the higher interest 651 01:10:57,792 --> 01:11:02,959 to bind the man to you as much as possible. 652 01:11:15,126 --> 01:11:20,501 Excuse me, Mr. Prokop. The Baron would like to have a word with you. 653 01:11:21,001 --> 01:11:24,292 Come in. Sit down. 654 01:11:25,709 --> 01:11:28,376 Excuse the mess. 655 01:11:28,501 --> 01:11:31,542 - What's that? — Explosives. - Ah, explosives. 656 01:11:31,542 --> 01:11:35,626 It's chloracid. Explosive choking chlorine. 657 01:11:35,626 --> 01:11:39,417 - What can ignite it? - Impact. Well, I'm listening. 658 01:11:40,126 --> 01:11:43,126 - Why're you putting it in your pockets? — Just for fun. 659 01:11:43,126 --> 01:11:45,417 Do you want to tell me something? 660 01:11:45,417 --> 01:11:48,501 It won't blow up, will it? I'm terribly afraid. 661 01:11:48,501 --> 01:11:50,834 - I'll be careful. - I'd advise you to. 662 01:11:50,834 --> 01:11:53,417 But tell your people to keep out of my way. 663 01:11:53,417 --> 01:11:57,834 This is worse than a ton of ecrasite. Why don't you sit down and begin. 664 01:11:57,959 --> 01:12:01,917 Well, Mr. Prokop, what we've come to tell you 665 01:12:01,917 --> 01:12:07,084 is a very serious and discrete matter. 666 01:12:07,292 --> 01:12:11,917 The General Director will explain it to you. 667 01:12:12,959 --> 01:12:16,542 I have the pleasure of informing you of the wish of our military command 668 01:12:16,542 --> 01:12:21,667 to join our army with regards to your private liabilities. 669 01:12:21,667 --> 01:12:23,751 What liabilities? 670 01:12:23,792 --> 01:12:28,167 I mean your relationship… Your interest. 671 01:12:28,167 --> 01:12:30,917 I didn't confess any of my interests to you. 672 01:12:30,917 --> 01:12:34,959 Of course you didn't. Somebody powerful intervened. 673 01:12:34,959 --> 01:12:37,417 We don't mind you're a foreigner. 674 01:12:37,417 --> 01:12:42,334 All you need to do is file an application for citizenship. 675 01:12:42,834 --> 01:12:46,667 - Aha. - What did you say? 676 01:12:46,667 --> 01:12:50,959 - Nothing, I only said "aha." - Aha. 677 01:12:51,084 --> 01:12:54,834 Everything's all right then. It's a fine career, isn't it? 678 01:12:56,042 --> 01:12:58,292 - What's this? - A hand grenade. 679 01:12:58,292 --> 01:13:04,501 Hexa-nitro-phenyl-methyl-nitramin and bolt nuts. See how heavy it is. 680 01:13:04,501 --> 01:13:07,042 Shouldn't you be more careful? 681 01:13:07,042 --> 01:13:10,084 Of course, it's chlorargonate. Don't play with it. 682 01:13:10,084 --> 01:13:14,334 I can't help myself, but I have an unpleasant feeling of deterrence. 683 01:13:14,376 --> 01:13:16,667 Really? I had a feeling of deterrence 684 01:13:16,667 --> 01:13:19,667 when you threatened me with the fortress. 685 01:13:19,709 --> 01:13:22,042 Well, that's just about all, isn't it? 686 01:13:22,042 --> 01:13:25,751 A high rank will be conferred upon you to reward your merit. 687 01:13:25,751 --> 01:13:28,376 Isn't that so? And in such a case, 688 01:13:28,376 --> 01:13:31,792 even a princess may shake hands with a soldier. 689 01:13:31,834 --> 01:13:37,334 Presuming of course that the military command will get… 690 01:13:37,459 --> 01:13:41,959 - That you'll simply give them… - What? 691 01:13:45,834 --> 01:13:48,834 Nothing more. Well. 692 01:13:49,626 --> 01:13:51,959 Who told you I care about that? 693 01:13:52,001 --> 01:13:55,417 I trust you will do everything to deserve the marriage for which 694 01:13:55,417 --> 01:14:00,167 the Princess sacrificed her honor and turned down an heir to the throne. 695 01:14:00,209 --> 01:14:07,501 Quite correct. I told you that woman's of the finest breed. 696 01:14:08,501 --> 01:14:10,626 I've got to do it, haven't I? 697 01:14:10,626 --> 01:14:14,376 You don't, but you should consider what your duty is. 698 01:14:14,376 --> 01:14:16,084 It means I must! 699 01:14:16,126 --> 01:14:20,751 You've caught me unawares. So you think that I must. 700 01:14:20,834 --> 01:14:22,792 That's how it is then. 701 01:14:36,459 --> 01:14:38,042 Watch out! 702 01:14:56,584 --> 01:14:58,876 Alarm! Alarm! 703 01:15:03,417 --> 01:15:06,626 Watch out! The anarchist! 704 01:15:26,876 --> 01:15:29,042 Go, Marike. 705 01:15:37,792 --> 01:15:41,167 So this was your plan, wasn't it? 706 01:15:41,167 --> 01:15:43,792 - You set it all up. - What're you saying? 707 01:15:43,792 --> 01:15:46,751 So this is what it was all about. 708 01:15:46,751 --> 01:15:50,459 To make me give up Krakatit, eh? 709 01:15:51,417 --> 01:15:54,626 You're planning a war. 710 01:15:54,667 --> 01:15:57,626 - And I was to help you kill people! - I don't understand. 711 01:15:57,667 --> 01:16:03,167 Do you know what a war is? I've been in a war. 712 01:16:03,167 --> 01:16:08,084 I know what people can do. Do you know what Krakatit is? 713 01:16:08,126 --> 01:16:11,376 A million lives. For what? Not enough? 714 01:16:11,376 --> 01:16:15,042 Two million dead. That's a good match for a princess. 715 01:16:15,042 --> 01:16:18,584 It's worth throwing yourself away a little. I was such a fool. 716 01:16:18,584 --> 01:16:22,126 - How dreadful! - Go. 717 01:16:22,126 --> 01:16:25,584 - Leave! - Why'd you do it? 718 01:16:28,126 --> 01:16:30,834 You have your own conception of honor. 719 01:16:30,834 --> 01:16:34,792 But you're terribly wrong there. I'm no chevalier. 720 01:16:34,792 --> 01:16:39,042 I'm a cobbler's son. An ordinary man, understand? 721 01:16:39,042 --> 01:16:41,417 I have none of that honor of yours. 722 01:16:41,459 --> 01:16:47,542 You can lock me up in the fortress and torture me! I won't do it! 723 01:16:47,584 --> 01:16:51,334 I won't give you Krakatit! 724 01:17:08,584 --> 01:17:11,667 I'm sorry for stooping as low as your level, Your Grace. 725 01:17:11,709 --> 01:17:14,459 - Go! - What are you? 726 01:17:14,459 --> 01:17:16,792 Are you human at all? 727 01:17:37,209 --> 01:17:41,126 I've been waiting for you, come with me. 728 01:17:41,126 --> 01:17:44,292 - Where? - Wherever you'd like. 729 01:17:44,584 --> 01:17:47,542 - I want freedom. - Let's go then. 730 01:17:52,959 --> 01:17:55,292 - Is the gate open? - It is. 731 01:18:00,709 --> 01:18:02,917 - Halt! - Out of the way! 732 01:18:10,042 --> 01:18:13,334 - What have you done? - Be quiet! 733 01:18:14,001 --> 01:18:15,792 Halt! 734 01:18:17,334 --> 01:18:21,417 - Your passport, please. - I'm Ambassador d'Hémon. 735 01:18:23,792 --> 01:18:26,501 Why are your headlights off? 736 01:18:26,501 --> 01:18:29,126 - Password? - Krakatit. 737 01:18:29,126 --> 01:18:32,459 Who's traveling with you? Your permit, please. 738 01:18:32,542 --> 01:18:33,709 Just a moment. 739 01:18:35,042 --> 01:18:37,417 Don't shoot! 740 01:19:13,709 --> 01:19:17,959 - Isn't he in agony, doctor? - No, but a crisis is approaching. 741 01:19:17,959 --> 01:19:20,584 Cardiolobeline. 742 01:19:20,584 --> 01:19:24,209 Who knows whether he'll make it till the morning. 743 01:19:41,417 --> 01:19:45,751 From now on I'll be your comrade Daimon. 744 01:19:51,542 --> 01:19:55,792 - Where are you taking me? - You'll see. 745 01:19:58,792 --> 01:20:01,834 I'll introduce you to my people. 746 01:20:01,876 --> 01:20:04,126 The most powerful people from all over the world. 747 01:20:04,126 --> 01:20:08,792 With their followers. Riff-raff cast them out of their lands. 748 01:20:08,792 --> 01:20:11,376 And their program? 749 01:20:11,376 --> 01:20:16,042 They want their power and assets back. 750 01:20:16,126 --> 01:20:19,417 They have 95 grams of your Krakatit. 751 01:20:19,417 --> 01:20:23,459 Our Saxon comrade's brought it from Balttin. 752 01:20:23,459 --> 01:20:26,626 If only Carson knew that. 753 01:20:26,917 --> 01:20:32,292 For now, they're arguing about what to blow up first. 754 01:20:32,917 --> 01:20:35,709 Where did the victory of democracy bring us? 755 01:20:35,751 --> 01:20:42,584 To humiliation and hunger. To chaos and helplessness. 756 01:20:42,751 --> 01:20:46,626 Cultured nations are suffering. 757 01:20:46,626 --> 01:20:52,792 Because those predestined to rule were driven out by riff-raff! 758 01:20:52,792 --> 01:20:57,834 Providence's chosen us to raise the chosen people from the ashes. 759 01:20:57,834 --> 01:21:03,501 And to show those inferior where their place is. 760 01:21:03,501 --> 01:21:08,126 We know how to rule, they know how to work. 761 01:21:08,126 --> 01:21:11,876 With such co-operation we can achieve the prosperity 762 01:21:11,876 --> 01:21:15,501 which the riff-raff sought to steal from the world! 763 01:21:15,501 --> 01:21:18,667 He's so handsome! 764 01:21:19,834 --> 01:21:23,042 - This makes me sick. - Pay no heed to that. 765 01:21:23,042 --> 01:21:26,584 We've trained him to fanaticize the people against democracy. 766 01:21:26,584 --> 01:21:30,667 We need war so that ammunition factories can thrive. Come. 767 01:21:34,084 --> 01:21:37,917 Friends, I bring someone before you. 768 01:21:38,084 --> 01:21:41,292 Friend Krakatit. 769 01:21:49,709 --> 01:21:53,626 Let friend Krakatit speak! 770 01:22:13,834 --> 01:22:17,959 Where's the Krakatit? Where'd you put it? 771 01:22:33,542 --> 01:22:36,001 That's good. 772 01:22:37,334 --> 01:22:40,042 Let him speak! 773 01:22:40,042 --> 01:22:42,876 Friend Krakatit is a man of action. 774 01:22:42,876 --> 01:22:45,292 He wants to unleash a war against the whole world. 775 01:22:45,292 --> 01:22:49,376 To decimate humanity with a single explosion and to rule the world! 776 01:22:49,376 --> 01:22:51,209 I've never wanted that! 777 01:22:51,209 --> 01:22:55,167 You'd be a fool to give up your invention. 778 01:22:57,417 --> 01:22:59,792 Quiet! 779 01:23:00,959 --> 01:23:05,376 Friend Krakatit has the actual power to carry out such an explosion. 780 01:23:05,376 --> 01:23:09,792 Pilots have the instructions where to disperse Krakatit! 781 01:23:09,792 --> 01:23:13,501 Get ready for take-off in half an hour! 782 01:23:13,709 --> 01:23:18,751 - Hail our Führer Krakatit! - Krakatit! War! 783 01:23:23,709 --> 01:23:27,792 Mr. d'Hémon is lying! I don't want war! 784 01:23:27,792 --> 01:23:32,542 Get back! Or I'll throw it under your feet! 785 01:23:34,459 --> 01:23:37,542 No one move! 786 01:23:38,459 --> 01:23:41,959 Mezierski wants to shoot me! I'll throw it! 787 01:23:45,626 --> 01:23:48,917 Quiet! As long as I'm holding this I'm issuing the demands. 788 01:23:48,917 --> 01:23:52,917 I don't care if I die. Nobody will leave! 789 01:23:52,917 --> 01:23:54,709 Well. 790 01:23:54,792 --> 01:23:58,667 - We will speak now. - Yes, we'll speak all right! 791 01:24:11,459 --> 01:24:13,167 Krakatit! 792 01:24:15,084 --> 01:24:17,584 It'll explode! 793 01:24:30,584 --> 01:24:32,209 Lock the door! 794 01:24:32,209 --> 01:24:34,626 I want to go with you! 795 01:24:36,959 --> 01:24:38,876 Aren't you… 796 01:24:38,959 --> 01:24:41,542 Did you know Jiri Tomesh? 797 01:24:41,542 --> 01:24:44,417 I don't remember them all. 798 01:24:48,709 --> 01:24:51,084 Why did you tell them such lies? 799 01:24:51,084 --> 01:24:53,459 - I told them what they wanted to hear.-Stop. — In a moment. 800 01:24:53,459 --> 01:24:57,667 Now listen. You have the means to blow up all the world's superpowers. 801 01:24:57,709 --> 01:24:59,917 Krakatit. 802 01:25:03,584 --> 01:25:06,792 And I have what they call the secret radio station. 803 01:25:06,792 --> 01:25:11,084 Which ignites your Krakatit within a distance of 3,000 kilometers. 804 01:25:11,084 --> 01:25:15,501 This station is at your disposal. It's up there on the ore dump. 805 01:25:15,501 --> 01:25:20,792 Our station, you see? It's standing on 50,000 tons of magnesite. 806 01:25:20,792 --> 01:25:24,292 - A natural condensator, you see? - How did it get here? 807 01:25:24,292 --> 01:25:28,126 - The house! — It's been standing here for years, what about it? 808 01:25:28,126 --> 01:25:33,792 Never mind, it just looks like my lab at home. 809 01:25:33,792 --> 01:25:36,959 It only appears that way. 810 01:25:45,792 --> 01:25:48,042 There's nobody there. 811 01:25:48,042 --> 01:25:51,417 The telegrapher has remained with the others. 812 01:25:51,417 --> 01:25:56,376 Open the door, you have the key. 813 01:26:31,001 --> 01:26:35,626 It's just like home. 814 01:26:35,626 --> 01:26:40,042 It's not very cosy. Our telegrapher's an oddball. 815 01:26:40,542 --> 01:26:43,209 What do you say to the instruments? 816 01:26:43,209 --> 01:26:47,501 This is our extension station which transmits the anti-waves. 817 01:26:47,501 --> 01:26:50,709 The artificial magnetic storms or however you call it. 818 01:26:50,751 --> 01:26:54,376 That's my entire secret. 819 01:27:06,542 --> 01:27:08,459 - Report. - Hello. 820 01:27:08,459 --> 01:27:11,167 All the airplanes have landed safely at their positions. 821 01:27:11,167 --> 01:27:14,959 Everything's ready. I repeat: All the airplanes have… 822 01:27:19,584 --> 01:27:21,792 Who's that? 823 01:27:21,834 --> 01:27:24,709 Don't you recognise her? 824 01:27:24,751 --> 01:27:28,084 The belle who embraced you a while ago. 825 01:27:28,084 --> 01:27:30,042 Fabulous, isn't she? 826 01:27:36,667 --> 01:27:41,042 Could you turn on the big button? 827 01:27:44,834 --> 01:27:47,626 In the middle. 828 01:28:12,834 --> 01:28:15,751 Come, I'll show you something. 829 01:28:28,501 --> 01:28:31,959 Look over there. 830 01:28:32,834 --> 01:28:36,876 - Can you see anything? - Nothing. 831 01:28:37,042 --> 01:28:42,334 No, wait. I see a faint glow. 832 01:28:42,334 --> 01:28:45,001 Do you know what it is? 833 01:28:46,959 --> 01:28:48,959 Done. 834 01:28:50,292 --> 01:28:53,459 Goodnight, friends. 835 01:28:53,792 --> 01:28:58,709 Don't you understand? The explosion's reached us only now. 836 01:28:58,709 --> 01:29:02,417 Fifty kilometers as the crow flies distance. Two minutes and a half precisely. 837 01:29:02,417 --> 01:29:04,501 - What explosion? - Krakatit. 838 01:29:04,542 --> 01:29:08,042 - The idiots put it in matchboxes. - And you… 839 01:29:08,042 --> 01:29:11,084 It was impossible to work with them. 840 01:29:11,167 --> 01:29:14,542 Now you take it into your own hands. 841 01:29:15,334 --> 01:29:17,501 Listen. 842 01:29:18,126 --> 01:29:21,834 Do you see? There and there! 843 01:29:21,876 --> 01:29:27,417 European capitals are on fire. Blown up. There's Balttin. 844 01:29:27,626 --> 01:29:30,834 It vanished off the face of the earth. 845 01:29:30,917 --> 01:29:35,751 My planes have dispersed Krakatit and you ignited it. 846 01:29:35,834 --> 01:29:38,292 You've just unleashed a war against the whole world. 847 01:29:38,292 --> 01:29:42,751 - War? — We've jammed all wireless connections. 848 01:29:42,751 --> 01:29:45,959 Telegraphers hear nothing but cracking. 849 01:29:46,001 --> 01:29:48,459 And meanwhile, Mr. Tomesh is toiling to complete Krakatit. 850 01:29:48,459 --> 01:29:50,959 - Where's Jiri? - At the Grottup Powder House. 851 01:29:51,001 --> 01:29:54,709 A hundred kilometers from here. He won't succeed. 852 01:29:54,751 --> 01:30:00,751 And even if he did, it would explode in his hands. Our station is working. 853 01:30:00,792 --> 01:30:03,751 Now you can control Krakatit yourself. 854 01:30:03,792 --> 01:30:09,501 - Will you play the game? - What do you mean by that? 855 01:30:09,667 --> 01:30:15,459 With Krakatit and the station you can hold the world at bay. 856 01:30:15,501 --> 01:30:22,084 You'll dictate contributions, laws, borders. Whatever crosses your mind. 857 01:30:22,167 --> 01:30:26,167 - Why would I do that? - Because you can. 858 01:30:26,209 --> 01:30:29,209 Energy must be discharged. 859 01:30:29,334 --> 01:30:32,292 Don't save anyone, work at large. 860 01:30:32,292 --> 01:30:35,584 There're billions of lives in the world. 861 01:30:35,626 --> 01:30:40,501 You'll be the first man who can deem the whole world as his laboratory. 862 01:30:40,501 --> 01:30:44,542 You can destroy it or enslave it. As you wish. 863 01:30:44,626 --> 01:30:48,626 You shall be Providence itself. 864 01:30:48,834 --> 01:30:53,209 You've deceived me, you demon. I don't want war. 865 01:30:53,292 --> 01:30:57,042 I don't want to cause new millions to die. 866 01:30:57,042 --> 01:31:01,876 There must be no war! There must be no Krakatit! 867 01:31:07,084 --> 01:31:09,959 You fool! 868 01:32:25,584 --> 01:32:29,334 - Hello! — What do you want? I can't let you in. 869 01:32:29,334 --> 01:32:33,334 Is Mr. Tomesh still here? 870 01:32:33,334 --> 01:32:36,626 - What do you want from him? - I need to speak to him. 871 01:32:36,626 --> 01:32:38,417 Mr. Tomesh is in the laboratory, you can't speak to him right now. 872 01:32:38,417 --> 01:32:43,209 Tell him his old friend Prokop is waiting here for him. 873 01:32:43,209 --> 01:32:48,626 - That he has something for him. - Stand back from the fence. 874 01:32:59,834 --> 01:33:03,667 - Is it you, Tomesh? - No, I'm the lab assistant. 875 01:33:03,709 --> 01:33:06,334 Mr. Tomesh cannot come, he's got important work to do. 876 01:33:06,334 --> 01:33:08,501 - What do you want? - I must speak to him at once. 877 01:33:08,501 --> 01:33:11,042 It's not possible. Mr. Tomesh is very busy today. 878 01:33:11,042 --> 01:33:14,459 I have to warn him. I have to deliver him something. 879 01:33:14,459 --> 01:33:17,167 - You are to give it to me. - No, I'll give it only to him. 880 01:33:17,167 --> 01:33:21,292 - In that case, you are to keep it. - Wait! 881 01:33:23,501 --> 01:33:25,959 Give it to him. 882 01:33:26,001 --> 01:33:30,084 Tell him… tell him that… 883 01:33:32,834 --> 01:33:36,751 Tell him that I have to speak to him. 884 01:33:36,751 --> 01:33:40,542 - I want to know the name of a girl. - He said you shouldn't wait. 885 01:33:40,542 --> 01:33:44,417 - He can't be distracted from work. - Damn it! Tell him to stop… 886 01:33:44,417 --> 01:33:45,917 Or it will blow up, understand? 887 01:33:45,959 --> 01:33:49,751 Mr. Tomesh knows what to do. We'll be ready in 15 minutes. 888 01:33:49,751 --> 01:33:53,084 - Goodnight. — Tell him not to turn the high frequency on! 889 01:33:53,084 --> 01:33:56,042 Tell him to stop! Or something… 890 01:33:56,042 --> 01:33:59,584 Hurry up! He doesn't know that d'Hémon… 891 01:33:59,584 --> 01:34:03,209 - For Chrissake, stop him! - Hands up! 892 01:35:02,792 --> 01:35:07,292 Beware, Tomesh. 893 01:37:08,792 --> 01:37:11,959 Take me with you, please. 894 01:37:12,001 --> 01:37:15,459 Is it you, Prokop? 895 01:37:15,459 --> 01:37:19,501 - I've been waiting for you. - I'm coming. 896 01:37:19,917 --> 01:37:21,959 I was running so fast. 897 01:37:22,001 --> 01:37:24,584 You're all off your feet, aren't you? 898 01:37:24,584 --> 01:37:27,667 Sit on the driver's box. 899 01:37:31,792 --> 01:37:37,042 Do you know that Grottup blew up too? 900 01:37:37,042 --> 01:37:41,751 And how many people were killed then. 901 01:37:41,751 --> 01:37:48,167 More than 5,000 people died. It was a terrible disaster. 902 01:37:48,167 --> 01:37:52,292 You're all wet, you'll catch a cold. 903 01:37:54,917 --> 01:37:57,667 Let's get going. Gee! 904 01:38:01,042 --> 01:38:08,834 - Uncle? Why did it all happen to me? - What? 905 01:38:10,376 --> 01:38:13,459 Why did I have to encounter so many things? 906 01:38:13,459 --> 01:38:17,792 What one meets, comes from one's inside. 907 01:38:17,792 --> 01:38:20,292 That's not true. 908 01:38:20,292 --> 01:38:25,376 Why did I run away from Tynice when I felt so good there? 909 01:38:25,709 --> 01:38:28,626 Why did I meet the Princess? 910 01:38:28,751 --> 01:38:33,376 I was looking for the other one, wasn't I? 911 01:38:33,459 --> 01:38:39,292 And it came all the same. Why? Tell me. 912 01:38:40,209 --> 01:38:45,709 It was your pride. It was in you. 913 01:38:45,792 --> 01:38:48,042 Even your invention. 914 01:38:48,042 --> 01:38:50,209 What do you call it? 915 01:38:50,292 --> 01:38:53,167 Krakatit. 916 01:38:53,292 --> 01:38:59,876 It was a terrible explosive. It could destroy the world. 917 01:39:01,084 --> 01:39:07,834 And why? What good is such an explosion? 918 01:39:07,834 --> 01:39:12,834 Find something that would drive another thing. 919 01:39:12,834 --> 01:39:17,292 To make the work of people easier. Do you understand? 920 01:39:17,292 --> 01:39:21,709 Do you mean some kind of inexpensive fuel? 921 01:39:21,709 --> 01:39:25,792 Cheap, inexpensive, something quite useful. 922 01:39:25,792 --> 01:39:29,917 Something that would give light and heat, you know? 923 01:39:29,917 --> 01:39:37,834 Wait… I'd have to start from another end. 924 01:39:38,001 --> 01:39:39,792 That's just it! 925 01:39:39,792 --> 01:39:43,626 Start from another end and that's that. 926 01:39:43,709 --> 01:39:48,834 To give light and heat. 927 01:39:52,376 --> 01:39:55,334 You're right. 928 01:39:55,417 --> 01:39:59,084 - Why haven't I thought of it before? - There, you see? 929 01:39:59,084 --> 01:40:02,917 Invent something that would help people. 930 01:40:02,917 --> 01:40:05,459 And not kill people. 931 01:40:05,459 --> 01:40:09,334 Then it'll truly be a great invention. 932 01:40:10,584 --> 01:40:14,209 I'll try again, then. 933 01:40:18,167 --> 01:40:23,792 Something that gives light and heat. 934 01:40:38,751 --> 01:40:41,876 He doesn't need oxygen. He's breathing normally. 935 01:40:41,876 --> 01:40:46,542 He's calmed down. He must've suffered, poor man. 936 01:41:12,126 --> 01:41:16,001 THE END 937 01:41:21,376 --> 01:41:23,376 Starring