1 00:00:35,610 --> 00:00:39,620 DIGITALLY RESTORED IN 2015 2 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,890 Any resemblance between this film and so-called reality has to be a misunderstanding. 3 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,230 ALL THESE WOMEN 4 00:02:22,220 --> 00:02:25,810 Don't be disrespectful. Don't insult the music. 5 00:02:25,890 --> 00:02:28,020 Here come the widows. 6 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:34,820 A genius has many kinds of widows. 7 00:02:46,450 --> 00:02:50,330 "My biography 8 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:54,540 of Felix, the master cellist." 9 00:02:55,420 --> 00:02:58,550 By me, Cornelius. 10 00:03:16,770 --> 00:03:20,990 Dear Maestro... 11 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:27,620 speechless I stand by your coffin. 12 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:29,750 Is that possible? 13 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:35,960 What constitutes genius? 14 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,010 True genius is to make a critic change his opinion. 15 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,510 Goethe. 16 00:03:48,180 --> 00:03:50,560 The widow Tussaud. 17 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:57,360 He looks the same and yet so different. 18 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:05,070 The widow Beatrice. 19 00:04:09,990 --> 00:04:15,040 He looks the same and yet so different. 20 00:04:20,170 --> 00:04:22,630 The widow Traviata. 21 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:29,180 He looks the same and yet so different. 22 00:04:35,020 --> 00:04:37,150 The widow Cecilia. 23 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:41,070 He looks the same... 24 00:04:43,190 --> 00:04:45,240 and yet so different. 25 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,330 The widow Isolde. 26 00:05:01,630 --> 00:05:05,300 He looks the same and yet so different. 27 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,180 The widow Bumblebee. 28 00:05:15,270 --> 00:05:18,020 No, he looks so different. 29 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:20,900 Yet the same. 30 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:24,320 That came out silly. 31 00:05:26,780 --> 00:05:28,910 The widow. 32 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:19,210 Forgive me, Maestro, but unfortunately I don't have a copy. 33 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:21,380 I mean - 34 00:06:21,460 --> 00:06:22,670 Right? 35 00:06:30,260 --> 00:06:32,300 FOUR DAYS EARLIER 36 00:06:45,650 --> 00:06:50,570 The renowned music critic Cornelius visits the cello virtuoso Felix 37 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:54,370 at his summer residence. 38 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:11,930 Hi there, Jillker. 39 00:07:12,010 --> 00:07:14,010 Hello, hello. 40 00:07:20,730 --> 00:07:22,600 Maestro. 41 00:07:22,690 --> 00:07:25,610 It's such a great honor. 42 00:07:25,690 --> 00:07:28,440 Maestro, Maestro. 43 00:07:28,530 --> 00:07:29,820 Don't even think of it. 44 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,570 Maestro, your precious hands. 45 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:36,160 - Who's that? - That's Felix playing. 46 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,370 - Then he is? - Tristan. 47 00:07:38,450 --> 00:07:41,960 Felix's valet and chauffeur. There's said to be a certain likeness. 48 00:07:44,750 --> 00:07:48,380 - You could have stopped me. - That's not usually possible. 49 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:50,550 Villa Tremolo. 50 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,220 - The Tusculum of our Maestro. - Bravo. 51 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:58,140 Villa Tremolo. 52 00:07:58,220 --> 00:08:02,310 A name characterized by the Maestro's elegance and imagination. 53 00:08:02,390 --> 00:08:04,980 Those are the kind of malleable details 54 00:08:05,060 --> 00:08:10,150 that make the subject of a biography come alive for the reader. 55 00:08:10,230 --> 00:08:12,240 How far along are you? 56 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,820 A very intimate and personal chapter is missing. 57 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:19,330 Speaking of which, how's Stravinsky doing? 58 00:08:19,450 --> 00:08:24,750 I don't know. I considered it my duty as a music critic to expose him. 59 00:08:24,830 --> 00:08:27,590 Has he stopped composing or does he persist? 60 00:08:27,670 --> 00:08:31,260 Such a splendid house. 61 00:08:31,340 --> 00:08:34,680 A gigantic cello in the Lord's concert hall. 62 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,430 "The Maestro lives, as if in a gigantic cello 63 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,520 in the Lord's concert hall." 64 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,400 Of course that uses "in" twice. 65 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:49,860 Damned prepositions. 66 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:52,240 "He lives as if a solo, as if in a cello." 67 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,200 But then you have two "as if's." Awkward. 68 00:08:56,610 --> 00:08:59,120 No, I thought - 69 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,740 Do you know if the Maestro has seen my composition? 70 00:09:01,830 --> 00:09:02,870 Composition? 71 00:09:02,950 --> 00:09:06,460 Yes, I sent it to him, because I thought it would make an excellent opening 72 00:09:06,540 --> 00:09:08,540 if he interpreted it. 73 00:09:08,630 --> 00:09:11,210 The interpreter's relationship with the interpreted. 74 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:14,090 You interpret him, and he you. 75 00:09:14,170 --> 00:09:16,220 Will you end up together in the end? 76 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:20,720 - What do you mean? - Shall I show you your room? 77 00:09:29,980 --> 00:09:34,190 - So many women. - Yes, a lot of women. 78 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,790 As you can see, Felix and Tristan look a lot alike. 79 00:09:57,220 --> 00:10:00,470 There appears to be plenty of material for the biography. 80 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,390 Yes, I was afraid so. 81 00:10:25,870 --> 00:10:28,830 Very beautiful material. 82 00:10:42,050 --> 00:10:43,510 MAESTRO FELIX 83 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,320 Well, this is your room. 84 00:12:23,150 --> 00:12:25,200 You can wash up here 85 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:28,120 from your journey. 86 00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:39,040 I think I better redeem myself after that slight mishap. 87 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:54,730 Maestro. 88 00:12:56,350 --> 00:12:58,860 Oh, Maestro. 89 00:13:00,730 --> 00:13:03,490 Why are you sneaking around? What are you doing? 90 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,320 I'm writing the Maestro's biography. 91 00:13:07,410 --> 00:13:09,620 Oh, that's you. 92 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:14,120 - Have you met Felix? - He still hasn't been able to see me. 93 00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:19,130 I've sent him my composition, which I have dedicated to him. 94 00:13:19,210 --> 00:13:24,130 I thought he might play it at his big radio concert. 95 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:26,510 If he does, I will shoot him. 96 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:31,310 The Maestro just retired with his wife. 97 00:13:31,390 --> 00:13:33,470 Discretion is a point of honor. 98 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,520 My name is Adelaide. 99 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,060 Cornelius. 100 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:43,070 I am Felix's wife. 101 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,870 Yes. 102 00:13:57,790 --> 00:14:00,420 A wonderful woman. 103 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:04,800 Yes. 104 00:14:10,510 --> 00:14:12,180 No. 105 00:14:18,310 --> 00:14:20,730 I am writing his biography after all. 106 00:14:22,650 --> 00:14:26,030 - And next week. - Certainly, Adelaide dear. 107 00:14:26,110 --> 00:14:28,280 Here we have Isolde. 108 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,870 She can't make it until Friday, remember? 109 00:14:30,950 --> 00:14:32,280 Oh, that's right. 110 00:14:32,370 --> 00:14:35,240 - You can put me down. - No, you've got Wednesday. 111 00:14:37,450 --> 00:14:40,370 Unbelievable. 112 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:42,710 And you get Tuesday, I assume. 113 00:14:42,790 --> 00:14:46,170 By the way, could you talk sense into Traviata? 114 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:49,720 The lightest caress outside the schedule, and she gets jealous. 115 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,890 Yes, she mustn't be so selfish. 116 00:14:52,970 --> 00:14:55,640 - Good night, Adelaide. - Good night, dear. 117 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,350 Sweet dreams. 118 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,230 Quite true. 119 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,900 What? 120 00:15:08,990 --> 00:15:10,860 I'm Bumblebee. 121 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,490 - I'll be in the biography, right? - Bumblebee? 122 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:17,750 Bumblebee. 123 00:15:17,830 --> 00:15:21,250 His mistress, of course. 124 00:15:21,330 --> 00:15:23,080 I don't understand. 125 00:15:23,170 --> 00:15:28,260 A second ago, the Maestro and a lady who wasn't his wife - 126 00:15:28,340 --> 00:15:30,930 That wasn't his "official" mistress. 127 00:15:31,010 --> 00:15:32,640 Because I am. 128 00:15:35,510 --> 00:15:38,270 You really look kind of cute. 129 00:15:43,350 --> 00:15:45,610 Do you want to see his bedroom? 130 00:15:45,730 --> 00:15:47,610 That would be interesting. 131 00:15:47,690 --> 00:15:52,610 - But isn't he? - Silly. They're not in his bedroom. 132 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,410 Come. Come on. 133 00:15:56,950 --> 00:15:58,700 Come. Come. Come. 134 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,590 I dare say the atmosphere is... 135 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,800 promising. 136 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,430 It is sometimes. 137 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,100 The Maestro's bedroom. 138 00:16:22,230 --> 00:16:24,100 The Maestro's mistress. 139 00:16:27,230 --> 00:16:29,190 Unbelievable material. 140 00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:54,320 To avoid censorship, the act of lovemaking is depicted as follows. 141 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,190 Bumblebee. 142 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,650 Bumblebee? 143 00:19:19,570 --> 00:19:21,320 Bumblebee? 144 00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:51,980 Felix, you forgot that it was my turn. 145 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,900 Sparks! There's sparks! 146 00:20:11,370 --> 00:20:13,170 - Bumblebee? - Yes. 147 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,170 - Bumblebee? - Yes. 148 00:20:17,290 --> 00:20:18,840 Is Bumblebee dead? 149 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,010 No. And Cornelius? 150 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:25,300 - Alive. - Well then, come out. 151 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:28,760 No, I'm naked. 152 00:20:28,850 --> 00:20:32,020 Who was that? Shooting and making noise. 153 00:20:40,070 --> 00:20:42,070 Yes. 154 00:20:42,820 --> 00:20:45,410 Someone tried to kill the Maestro. 155 00:20:45,490 --> 00:20:47,490 Give me my notebook. My pen. 156 00:20:53,790 --> 00:20:57,960 The impresario Jillker handles the Maestro's business. 157 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,920 Villa Tremolo, hello? Impresario Jillker speaking. 158 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,300 Oh, is it you? Hello. 159 00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:10,100 Do you want a program? We haven't any yet. 160 00:21:10,180 --> 00:21:14,180 Isn't it more important that he plays than what he plays? 161 00:21:15,020 --> 00:21:18,440 The Cello. And that's all we know, and that's enough, isn't it? 162 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,610 The Broadcasting Corporation will have to be content with that. So long. 163 00:21:22,690 --> 00:21:24,190 - So long. - Well? 164 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,950 He has to decide on a program soon. The world is awaiting a decision. 165 00:21:28,030 --> 00:21:31,080 The whole world. Almost tout le monde. 166 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,790 Villa Tremolo, hello. 167 00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:38,500 Oh, it's you. What do you want? 168 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:44,170 Oh, Bach. We'll have to see about that. I'll talk to you later. 169 00:21:45,130 --> 00:21:46,800 They want the Sixth Suite. 170 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,390 A suite with the same success as the Fifth Suite. 171 00:21:49,470 --> 00:21:52,970 "A revelation of inspired Bach interpretation." 172 00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:55,980 - Does he want to? - Qui sait? 173 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:59,480 - Should I talk to him? - Do I get a lesson today? 174 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,650 I haven't spoken with him yet, Traviata. 175 00:22:04,150 --> 00:22:06,820 - Jillker, I need to speak with you. - Everyone does. Begin. 176 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:08,030 In private. 177 00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:11,160 In this house there are no secret secrets. 178 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,830 Someone tried to murder the Maestro. 179 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:24,050 - Unsuccessfully, it seems. - Jillker, it's no joke! I personally- 180 00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:27,170 Yes, Felix? 181 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:31,890 No, you don't have to worry about the program. 182 00:22:32,930 --> 00:22:36,560 Traviata. There'll be no lesson today, 183 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,480 at least not in cello. 184 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,520 Maestro? 185 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,520 - No, it was nothing special. - Jillker, you have to - 186 00:22:43,610 --> 00:22:46,690 Oh, that's right. Someone's tried to kill you. 187 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,280 That's that. 188 00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:55,700 - You mean, the Maestro's going to die? - He, like everybody else. 189 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,540 - But, murdered? - Why not? 190 00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:02,670 Imagine the last chapter of your biography. 191 00:23:17,810 --> 00:23:22,060 - Jillker, don't say that! - Why not? Just between us salesmen. 192 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,150 Save me. 193 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,860 I mean "him." 194 00:23:49,420 --> 00:23:51,470 The door blew shut. 195 00:23:52,510 --> 00:23:55,970 - There's quite a draft in the house. - I thought- 196 00:23:56,050 --> 00:23:58,180 Is Mr. Cornelius admiring the mosaics? 197 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:01,810 - No. - I am. 198 00:24:02,350 --> 00:24:04,350 I admire everything in this house. 199 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,360 Everything is nice. It has to be. 200 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,280 Maestro Felix has given me a nice name - Isolde. 201 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,620 - It doesn't suit you. - That's what everyone calls me. 202 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:19,580 And everybody calls Tristan, Tristan. That was also the Maestro's idea. 203 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:25,170 Tristan's so nice. Everything's so nice in this house. 204 00:24:25,250 --> 00:24:28,460 - Do you know what Maestro Felix says? - No. 205 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:32,630 That all the nice things in the house would be pointless without my admiration. 206 00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:36,510 He walks around the house with me, watching my admiration. 207 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,680 - Really? - Then he plays for me in his studio. 208 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,390 He remembers his childhood. 209 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,560 He gives his art to the people. In that moment, you represent the people. 210 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:48,650 He looks at you while playing for you. 211 00:24:48,730 --> 00:24:50,940 How should I know? He squints. 212 00:24:52,570 --> 00:24:54,400 Oh, yes. 213 00:24:55,410 --> 00:24:57,820 I sit there admiring his hands. 214 00:24:57,910 --> 00:25:02,000 I feel a tingle inside when I watch his fingers on the strings. 215 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,170 Then all of a sudden I'm sitting where the cello was. 216 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,800 - That's impossible. - His finger position is wonderful. 217 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,760 Isn't that the term? 218 00:25:15,010 --> 00:25:16,300 Yes. 219 00:25:18,470 --> 00:25:20,140 Listen. 220 00:25:27,980 --> 00:25:30,360 He calls me his "da gamba." 221 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,030 His little "lap viola." 222 00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:38,030 He's sitting there playing without a clue - 223 00:25:38,110 --> 00:25:40,530 - Show me to his room. - He's not to be disturbed now. 224 00:25:40,620 --> 00:25:45,120 - Somebody wants to hurt him. - Not now. Not while he's playing. 225 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:48,580 I don't believe it. 226 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,870 - What's the meaning of this? - I'm amusing myself. Killing time. 227 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,420 Wait! I'll show you, Mr. Cornelius. 228 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,250 Why are you here? 229 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:37,300 I'm a young, pretty relative that's going to reconcile the old man with the family. 230 00:26:37,420 --> 00:26:38,470 Why? 231 00:26:38,550 --> 00:26:41,930 The family suddenly got rich - The tobacco industry - 232 00:26:42,010 --> 00:26:47,480 and old man Felix is a famous relative, so why not use him for publicity? 233 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,940 Hence, a cigar called "Felix." 234 00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:54,190 So he sued them, which could be expensive for the family. 235 00:26:54,270 --> 00:26:58,700 - How were they planning to - - They knew the old man's weakness. 236 00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:02,780 So they sent me, with my luscious body, and a box of cigars. 237 00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:08,000 - They're not suggesting - - God knows what they're suggesting? 238 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,790 They probably thought, 239 00:27:09,870 --> 00:27:13,380 "The girl is so terribly young, and he must have some morals." 240 00:27:14,290 --> 00:27:19,550 They didn't know that it was I who didn't have any. 241 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,510 Old Felix has the hots for me. 242 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,640 He wants to prove he's not old and useless. 243 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,810 Do you know what he named me last night? 244 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:31,520 No. 245 00:27:32,810 --> 00:27:35,400 Saint Cecilia. 246 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,360 He pretended to respect my innocence. 247 00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:55,170 - Doesn't it taste heavenly? - Yes. 248 00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:57,500 Give me more heaven. 249 00:28:42,340 --> 00:28:45,340 A very steady hand, Mrs. Adelaide. 250 00:28:48,220 --> 00:28:50,060 I surrender. I surrender. 251 00:28:53,020 --> 00:28:55,310 - For God's sake. - Would you like to try? 252 00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:59,320 - So it was you? - Tristan, that's it for today. 253 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,610 You don't require any assistance, Mrs. Adelaide? 254 00:29:02,690 --> 00:29:04,570 That will be all, Tristan. 255 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,910 Your husband has been the victim of a murder attempt. 256 00:29:09,990 --> 00:29:12,500 Fortunately, he wasn't present. 257 00:29:14,710 --> 00:29:15,830 Mrs. Adelaide. 258 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,080 I'm afraid you share the prejudices artists have 259 00:29:18,170 --> 00:29:20,420 against biographers and critics. 260 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,050 In actuality, the artist longs to be immortalized. 261 00:29:23,170 --> 00:29:25,220 Preferably in as large of an edition as possible. 262 00:29:26,010 --> 00:29:27,050 Mrs. Adelaide. 263 00:29:28,550 --> 00:29:33,600 You might think that I feel my book would benefit from the Maestro's murder. 264 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,270 No, no. I'm not that cynical. 265 00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:42,190 No, I have absolutely no interest in involving the Maestro in a scandal. 266 00:29:43,070 --> 00:29:45,570 Mrs. Adelaide. 267 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:48,780 You seem very understanding of your husband's secrets. 268 00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:52,370 - I'm indifferent. - Indifferent? Yet you tried to - 269 00:29:52,450 --> 00:29:55,120 I would never try, Mr. Cornelius. 270 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:57,620 You just heard what Tristan said. 271 00:29:57,710 --> 00:30:00,170 I have a very steady hand. 272 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:06,380 That woman knows how to shoot. 273 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,050 That woman can hit the heart. 274 00:30:12,390 --> 00:30:13,560 Dear God. 275 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,140 What constitutes genius? 276 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:18,900 Genius? 277 00:30:19,810 --> 00:30:23,070 That's to make a critic change his opinion. 278 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,990 He looks the same 279 00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:31,120 and yet so different. 280 00:30:32,450 --> 00:30:38,120 He looks the same and yet so different. 281 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,090 He looks the same 282 00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:45,170 and yet so different. 283 00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:50,970 He looks the same. 284 00:30:56,430 --> 00:30:57,890 He looks the same. 285 00:30:57,980 --> 00:30:59,480 Yet the same. 286 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,400 THREE DAYS EARLIER 287 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,520 Such material. 288 00:31:06,190 --> 00:31:08,650 Adelaide. 289 00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:24,040 You little bird. 290 00:31:24,170 --> 00:31:30,050 You sing, unconcerned by the fact that an unforgiving critic is listening. 291 00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:49,900 So, even you have respect for my writing. 292 00:32:08,050 --> 00:32:10,840 So this is the Maestro's famous music pavilion, 293 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,430 where he practices on hot summer days 294 00:32:13,510 --> 00:32:16,140 while at the same time getting fresh air and exercise. 295 00:32:21,850 --> 00:32:24,020 Rest, Maestro. 296 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,320 I'll watch over you. 297 00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:44,620 Hat size eight. 298 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,570 It wasn't Felix, dear Traviata. 299 00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:22,040 I would never disregard the schedule. What would Adelaide say? 300 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,670 - Who was it then? - That Cornelius. 301 00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:26,750 The critic? 302 00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:30,590 Yes. So it wouldn't have been any great loss if you'd hit him. 303 00:33:30,670 --> 00:33:33,590 But you gave me a bruise. Look. 304 00:33:33,670 --> 00:33:35,260 Look. What will Felix say? 305 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:38,390 You can always say that you were stung by the critic. 306 00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:39,930 By him? 307 00:33:40,010 --> 00:33:43,270 He's not someone I'd characterize as particularly lively. 308 00:33:43,850 --> 00:33:45,690 Though his initial surge was promising. 309 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,190 Such artfulness for the sake of art. 310 00:33:50,270 --> 00:33:52,280 Yes, such artfulness. 311 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,360 And yet he never gives me any lessons. 312 00:33:55,450 --> 00:33:56,860 I demean myself. 313 00:33:56,950 --> 00:33:59,620 I lie in bed with him, begging for lessons. 314 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:04,290 He just pinches my ear and whispers: "Traviata, why do you argue?" 315 00:34:04,370 --> 00:34:08,120 "At least I've taught you the basics of playing the cello. Spreading your legs." 316 00:34:08,210 --> 00:34:10,000 The bastard. 317 00:34:11,630 --> 00:34:15,260 And now he lies in there, sleeping in his shameless nakedness. 318 00:34:15,340 --> 00:34:17,720 If I only had the strength to leave. 319 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,430 If I only had the strength. 320 00:34:20,510 --> 00:34:23,810 No, you can't leave, Traviata. 321 00:34:23,890 --> 00:34:25,390 Oh, yes. 322 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,850 We're all in love with the poor guy. 323 00:34:30,810 --> 00:34:32,150 Does he say that? 324 00:34:32,230 --> 00:34:35,690 "The basics of playing the cello is spreading the legs." 325 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:42,160 - What's so funny? Tell me. - No, it isn't a joke for pianists. 326 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:46,830 Everything's out of balance. The schedule has been disrupted. 327 00:34:46,910 --> 00:34:49,790 - Our inner bitterness is showing. - Bitterness. 328 00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:52,840 I never get any information. What's going to be in his program? 329 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,840 I'm not a machine. 330 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,960 You and your music. 331 00:34:57,050 --> 00:34:59,590 That's why he enjoys me. He can rest. 332 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,550 - He gets a rest, does he? - From major and minor, yes. 333 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:10,650 I'm sorry, girls, for disrupting Adelaide's nifty little schedule. 334 00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:13,650 - You're a real piece of work, Cecilia. - I'm a saint. 335 00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:16,190 Saint Cecilia, his patron saint. 336 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:47,140 - Doesn't the billy goat dare come out? - My little billy goat. 337 00:35:47,220 --> 00:35:49,180 Our little billy goat. 338 00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:53,310 Cecilia, we girls have learned to live together. 339 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,730 We have created our own moral order. And you won't destroy it. 340 00:35:57,820 --> 00:35:59,820 You'll have to speak to Felix, Traviata. 341 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:02,740 I'm just a child, I don't understand these things. 342 00:36:03,740 --> 00:36:05,370 You snake. 343 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:08,660 Serpent. 344 00:36:08,740 --> 00:36:10,160 Worm. 345 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:12,710 Where's your pistol, Traviata? 346 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,060 Tristan, my tea, please. 347 00:36:30,770 --> 00:36:34,350 - Why isn't Felix here? - He's afraid. 348 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:38,020 - He's being unfaithful, Madame. - Of course. We know that. 349 00:36:38,110 --> 00:36:41,530 - With that one. - Yes, she's very young. 350 00:36:41,610 --> 00:36:43,530 Yes, I am. 351 00:36:43,610 --> 00:36:45,450 He's unfaithful all the time. 352 00:36:45,530 --> 00:36:48,910 Every night and every day he cheats on most of us. 353 00:36:48,990 --> 00:36:54,540 - Right now he's in there alone. - Right now he's faithful to all of us. 354 00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:56,540 Little Felix. 355 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,470 Come out, Felix. Come out and look us in the eyes. 356 00:37:02,550 --> 00:37:05,380 All at the same time. You can, if you squint. 357 00:37:05,470 --> 00:37:07,720 Your little saint mocks us. 358 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,970 - Tea, Felix. - With biscuits and cookies. 359 00:37:11,060 --> 00:37:15,100 - Let's drag him out. - Yes, let him see his little saint now. 360 00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:17,310 I'll take a look. 361 00:37:18,730 --> 00:37:20,570 It's completely quiet in there. 362 00:37:20,650 --> 00:37:23,900 I'll beat you over your head with your saint, Felix. 363 00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:26,530 - Come out, Felix. - Come out. 364 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,450 Can't you hear? He's playing. 365 00:38:01,860 --> 00:38:05,490 If only he were poor. 366 00:38:44,230 --> 00:38:49,570 452,144 crowns 367 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:51,570 and three ore. 368 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:25,360 Assets, Tristan. 369 00:39:31,070 --> 00:39:33,410 Six million... 370 00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:41,920 and 67 ore. 371 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,470 And also my damn commission. 372 00:40:07,150 --> 00:40:08,820 Felix? 373 00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:18,490 The grand total, after all has been counted, is... 374 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,210 ninety-seven ore. 375 00:40:44,270 --> 00:40:48,110 TWO DAYS EARLIER 376 00:41:32,570 --> 00:41:35,990 "The distinction between the subjectively personal 377 00:41:36,070 --> 00:41:38,700 and the objectively musical is hard to make. 378 00:41:38,780 --> 00:41:42,040 It involves a choice between discretion and concealment." 379 00:41:44,330 --> 00:41:46,670 What the hell do I mean by that? 380 00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:55,670 "In this case, concealment would result in a distorted picture of the Maestro, 381 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,350 which would be deceitful and morally reprehensible." 382 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:02,850 Yes, of course, that's what I mean. 383 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:06,940 Damn bumblebee. 384 00:42:09,940 --> 00:42:12,860 "As the author of these lines -" 385 00:42:12,940 --> 00:42:14,190 No. 386 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,610 "As the humble -" 387 00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:19,070 No. 388 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:26,960 "As the modest author of these humble lines, 389 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:32,250 I have had the opportunity to closely follow the erotic - 390 00:42:32,340 --> 00:42:36,720 erotic -" 391 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:41,180 Oh, Bumblebee. Bumblebee. 392 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,310 "Very closely." 393 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:50,650 I could certainly write that. 394 00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:09,500 I do believe I have to get up and do some research. 395 00:43:18,220 --> 00:43:23,430 The catlike beetle spies 396 00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:26,520 Where the little Bumblebee flies 397 00:43:32,770 --> 00:43:34,940 Are all the rooms empty tonight? 398 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:36,980 Do I dare try another door? 399 00:43:37,070 --> 00:43:39,860 Well, since I've already undertaken it. 400 00:43:39,950 --> 00:43:41,860 And it beckons. 401 00:43:51,370 --> 00:43:56,050 May I cause Bumblebee fuss 402 00:43:56,130 --> 00:43:59,340 So we can start to buzz 403 00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:24,240 This will be very funny, Cornelius. 404 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:25,990 You'll get a copy. 405 00:44:29,410 --> 00:44:33,170 You see, photography is my little hobby. 406 00:44:33,250 --> 00:44:36,250 The architecture of this house is very complex. 407 00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:39,550 - You can easily get lost. - And wander astray. 408 00:44:39,630 --> 00:44:41,880 I was on the way to my room. 409 00:44:44,340 --> 00:44:46,050 Good evening. 410 00:44:55,100 --> 00:44:59,690 Isolde, can you tell me in what room I can find Miss Bumblebee? 411 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:02,030 I need to speak to her about something - 412 00:45:02,110 --> 00:45:05,280 Down the stairs, through the salon and up the stairs. 413 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,030 Down the stairs, through the salon and up the stairs. 414 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:12,040 The first corridor to the left and the second door on the right. 415 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,540 The first corridor to the right and the second door on the left. 416 00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:16,210 And that's Miss Bumblebee's room? 417 00:45:16,290 --> 00:45:19,710 But be careful, Mr. Cornelius. Maestro Felix is very jealous. 418 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,510 - Yes, but, I'm - - Good night, Mr. Cornelius. 419 00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:28,390 Up the stairs, through the salon, second door to the right - left - 420 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,860 - Tristan still hates our Felix? - Yes, Madame. 421 00:45:39,650 --> 00:45:43,400 You should have met the young genius I took care of. 422 00:45:43,490 --> 00:45:45,360 Thank you, Madame. 423 00:45:45,490 --> 00:45:49,740 Before I, and my money, made him world famous. 424 00:45:49,830 --> 00:45:51,700 You still love him, Madame? 425 00:45:52,330 --> 00:45:53,580 Madame Tussaud. 426 00:45:53,660 --> 00:45:56,290 I'm Madame Tussaud. 427 00:45:56,370 --> 00:45:59,080 At first he was just pleasant. 428 00:45:59,170 --> 00:46:03,460 A young, ugly and very talented boy. 429 00:46:03,550 --> 00:46:07,840 Pleasant for my body and my vanity. 430 00:46:09,510 --> 00:46:15,600 One night I heard him whisper to my maid, "I'll be right there darling. 431 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,860 I just have to fulfill my obligations towards Madame Tussaud." 432 00:46:20,940 --> 00:46:23,820 That night I loved him. 433 00:46:23,900 --> 00:46:26,280 I still love him. 434 00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,450 Yes, Madame. 435 00:46:28,530 --> 00:46:30,370 Madame Tussaud. 436 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:35,330 Founder and proprietor of a waxworks museum. 437 00:46:35,450 --> 00:46:38,790 He thinks Madame Tussaud herself is a wax doll. 438 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,880 - He's very ignorant. - Yes, Madame. 439 00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:45,760 And Tristan is Tristan. 440 00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:48,590 A former great cellist. 441 00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:51,640 Yes, Madame. 442 00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:56,310 I became Tristan, after the big cello competition 443 00:46:57,230 --> 00:46:59,310 in The Hague 32 years ago. 444 00:47:00,230 --> 00:47:02,310 That day he defeated me. 445 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,240 A great cellist, if somewhat nervous. 446 00:47:07,740 --> 00:47:10,200 That night he seduced my wife. 447 00:47:11,070 --> 00:47:13,660 For me it was incomprehensible. 448 00:47:13,740 --> 00:47:18,120 Something snapped inside me, as they say in the novels. 449 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:23,040 Then, with my entire life in ruins, 450 00:47:23,130 --> 00:47:26,760 I looked him up... to kill him. 451 00:47:27,590 --> 00:47:31,220 I stood there trembling from hatred and a hangover. 452 00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:36,560 "Look at yourself, Tristan. You're drinking too much. 453 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,640 If you promise to stay sober, you can be my chauffeur." 454 00:47:40,810 --> 00:47:43,360 I accepted. 455 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,400 I became his chauffeur. 456 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:48,820 Madame? 457 00:47:51,450 --> 00:47:53,570 Good night, Madame. 458 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,020 No. 459 00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:30,490 No. 460 00:48:33,570 --> 00:48:35,240 Bumblebee? 461 00:48:42,250 --> 00:48:45,330 Let's go, Cornelius. Time for bed. 462 00:48:45,420 --> 00:48:47,710 Lord almighty, the murderess. 463 00:49:09,110 --> 00:49:10,980 It's dark in here. 464 00:49:15,530 --> 00:49:19,660 There's such commotion in this house. It's jaw-dropping. 465 00:49:20,540 --> 00:49:22,500 I shouldn't have. I lost my cigar. 466 00:49:23,540 --> 00:49:25,210 Where did it go? 467 00:49:27,380 --> 00:49:29,170 Where did it go? 468 00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:32,010 A match. Here's a match. 469 00:49:43,060 --> 00:49:44,890 A box of letters. 470 00:49:44,980 --> 00:49:51,940 "From Felix to Adelaide, 1912." 471 00:49:57,610 --> 00:50:02,240 "Adelaide, my beloved." 472 00:50:02,330 --> 00:50:04,330 My God, my God. 473 00:50:05,330 --> 00:50:09,130 "I deceive you and betray you. 474 00:50:09,250 --> 00:50:11,210 It is inevitable. 475 00:50:11,340 --> 00:50:16,970 But remember this: if I fail or demean my art... 476 00:50:19,180 --> 00:50:21,600 you must kill me." 477 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,230 Inconceivable. 478 00:50:27,310 --> 00:50:28,940 But the dropped cigar... 479 00:50:33,570 --> 00:50:36,650 DANGER EXPLOSIVES 480 00:51:18,570 --> 00:51:20,990 No, Traviata is out shooting again. 481 00:51:21,070 --> 00:51:23,530 I must speak to Adelaide. 482 00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:30,750 Adelaide, dear. 483 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,090 Adelaide, I must speak to you about Traviata, 484 00:51:34,170 --> 00:51:36,300 because she's shooting at Cecilia, and it's so sad that - 485 00:51:48,180 --> 00:51:50,310 Preserving the moment for future generations. 486 00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:29,140 Fireworks and pandemonium. 487 00:52:41,610 --> 00:52:43,530 - Look. - Yes, yes, I see. 488 00:52:43,610 --> 00:52:45,820 - On the balcony. - Maestro Felix. 489 00:52:45,910 --> 00:52:47,830 - He's waving. - He's talking. 490 00:52:47,910 --> 00:52:51,450 - What do you think he's saying? - "Thank you for the tribute." 491 00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:53,830 He's looking at me. 492 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:55,040 Look! 493 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:56,790 He's looking at us. 494 00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:00,880 My beloved Felix. 495 00:53:03,590 --> 00:53:07,680 Adelaide, you see how he's looking at me? 496 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:41,630 The fireworks should not be taken symbolically. 497 00:53:58,310 --> 00:54:00,230 Are you alone? 498 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:03,190 Not anymore. 499 00:54:04,650 --> 00:54:06,240 Unfortunately. 500 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,490 I still haven't met with the Maestro. 501 00:54:08,570 --> 00:54:09,820 No. 502 00:54:10,990 --> 00:54:12,620 How am I supposed to cover 503 00:54:12,700 --> 00:54:15,750 the very intimate and personal in my biography? 504 00:54:15,830 --> 00:54:19,250 - You'll have to avoid it. - Impossible. 505 00:54:19,330 --> 00:54:21,960 - The world has a right to know. - Does it? 506 00:54:23,510 --> 00:54:28,760 In the worst case, I'll settle for my observations so far. 507 00:54:31,050 --> 00:54:36,060 In regards to my musical composition, I demand an answer. 508 00:54:37,020 --> 00:54:41,440 Should he perform it, I'd consider being generous. 509 00:54:42,860 --> 00:54:44,860 In the biography, I mean. 510 00:54:55,290 --> 00:54:57,210 Cornelius, 511 00:54:57,290 --> 00:55:01,170 this "very intimate and personal" you speak of, do you think it's there? 512 00:55:01,250 --> 00:55:03,300 Naturally. 513 00:55:03,380 --> 00:55:07,510 I don't think I'm going to like your book, Cornelius. 514 00:55:07,590 --> 00:55:10,640 That depends entirely on the Maestro. 515 00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:20,100 Sapristi. 516 00:55:20,190 --> 00:55:24,020 - What? - I have an idea on how to reach Felix. 517 00:55:24,150 --> 00:55:26,990 I think we're beginning to understand each other. 518 00:55:27,070 --> 00:55:30,740 - As you've noticed, Felix has a weakness. - Women. 519 00:55:30,820 --> 00:55:33,120 - Doesn't that tell you anything? - A bit. 520 00:55:35,790 --> 00:55:40,040 - Why not dress up as a woman? - You're completely crazy. 521 00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:44,340 This house is crazy. You have to adapt. You, as well. 522 00:55:44,420 --> 00:55:47,170 Don't worry one bit about your manly appearance. 523 00:55:47,260 --> 00:55:49,840 He's insatiable. 524 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,680 I'll take a photograph of you and give it to him. 525 00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:56,180 I'll tell him you've been desperately trying to see him. 526 00:55:56,260 --> 00:55:57,850 He won't be able to resist. 527 00:55:57,930 --> 00:56:02,060 - It wouldn't be entirely untrue. - Come, Cornelius. 528 00:56:02,150 --> 00:56:03,610 Yes, but - 529 00:56:03,690 --> 00:56:06,570 How do I bring up my composition? 530 00:56:06,650 --> 00:56:08,530 That's up to you. 531 00:56:19,660 --> 00:56:21,330 There we are. 532 00:56:21,460 --> 00:56:23,580 I'll quickly develop it. 533 00:56:23,670 --> 00:56:26,040 Little Miss Cornelius is going to get an acid bath. 534 00:56:26,130 --> 00:56:29,260 I don't like the way you express yourself, Jillker. 535 00:56:29,340 --> 00:56:32,130 Cute hairstyle. Do you mind if I get it too? 536 00:56:32,220 --> 00:56:34,430 How do I get through the house looking like this? 537 00:56:34,510 --> 00:56:36,550 Calm down. We're cunning and calculating. 538 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:39,390 - What do you think? - I'm nervous. 539 00:56:39,470 --> 00:56:42,940 - We'll cover you up and guide you there. - I protest. 540 00:56:43,020 --> 00:56:46,110 - You won't even recognize yourself. - But I can't see a damned thing! 541 00:56:46,190 --> 00:56:47,940 We're walking. 542 00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,030 Bye, Cornelius. 543 00:56:55,910 --> 00:56:57,950 What do you mean? Are we there? 544 00:56:58,030 --> 00:57:00,160 I have to hand him the photograph. 545 00:57:00,250 --> 00:57:03,870 - Where should I hide in the meantime? - You are hidden. 546 00:57:04,580 --> 00:57:08,000 - You're screwing with me, Jillker. - Me? 547 00:57:08,090 --> 00:57:10,300 Where do I go if someone comes? 548 00:57:10,380 --> 00:57:13,800 Just stand still. No one will believe their eyes. 549 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:15,970 Bye. 550 00:57:28,110 --> 00:57:30,190 I see you want to meet my husband. 551 00:57:32,190 --> 00:57:34,950 You're the last person I wanted to find me. 552 00:57:35,030 --> 00:57:39,120 Why? I'll add you to my list of women immediately. 553 00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:42,370 This damned house! Nobody is who they say they are! 554 00:57:42,450 --> 00:57:45,120 Nobody lives where they live, and nobody's called by their own name! 555 00:57:45,210 --> 00:57:47,540 Be careful not to rip Beatrice's dress. 556 00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:49,710 "Beatrice" and all these damn fancy masquerade names. 557 00:57:49,790 --> 00:57:52,460 - What's Beatrice's real name? - Her name's Bertha. 558 00:57:52,550 --> 00:57:54,380 - Traviata? - Hedda. 559 00:57:54,470 --> 00:57:56,260 - Madame Tussaud? - Her name's Jeanette. 560 00:57:56,380 --> 00:57:58,800 - Isolde? - Lisa. 561 00:57:58,890 --> 00:58:01,560 And Bumblebee's name is Ingrid. 562 00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:06,690 - And what's your name? - My name is Adelaide. 563 00:58:09,650 --> 00:58:14,690 Adelaide. My beloved. 564 00:58:22,660 --> 00:58:24,330 Oh, dear Lord. What is that? 565 00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:37,340 Cornelius. Where are you? 566 00:58:37,430 --> 00:58:39,760 - Here. - Peekaboo. 567 00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:44,600 Can you forgive me? I've made a terrible mistake. 568 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:46,850 What is it now? 569 00:58:46,940 --> 00:58:49,400 I brought him both photographs. 570 00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,520 This one where you're dressed as a beauty, 571 00:58:51,650 --> 00:58:54,070 and the one where you're buzzing like a bumblebee. 572 00:58:54,150 --> 00:58:57,950 The similarity is uncanny. Do you know what Felix said? 573 00:58:58,030 --> 00:59:01,370 He's going to give both of them to your publisher. 574 00:59:01,450 --> 00:59:03,620 They'll be on the back cover of your book. 575 00:59:03,700 --> 00:59:07,160 Caption: "The critical mission." 576 00:59:07,290 --> 00:59:09,750 - Can you imagine? - Jillker. 577 00:59:09,830 --> 00:59:11,880 Yes. 578 00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:13,920 My brother. 579 00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:16,420 My friend. 580 00:59:18,010 --> 00:59:21,090 You've staged all this. 581 00:59:21,180 --> 00:59:24,810 - Me? - To stop the book. 582 00:59:24,890 --> 00:59:27,390 I'm going to kill you. 583 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,650 - Shouldn't you change first? - Why, you - 584 01:01:16,290 --> 01:01:18,500 Are you studying bumblebees, Mr. Cornelius? 585 01:01:18,630 --> 01:01:20,050 No. 586 01:01:20,130 --> 01:01:24,220 - Why are you dressed like this? - I don't know. 587 01:01:25,430 --> 01:01:29,470 - Please, Isolde, don't laugh at me. - Okay. 588 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,100 Isolde? 589 01:01:34,190 --> 01:01:38,770 - You know Maestro Felix very well. - Me? Oh, no. 590 01:01:38,860 --> 01:01:41,190 - But you? - Of course. 591 01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:44,400 - But in that case - - But that's not knowing him. 592 01:01:44,490 --> 01:01:47,740 But how does one get to know him? 593 01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:49,950 You can't. 594 01:01:50,030 --> 01:01:51,700 You can't? 595 01:01:51,790 --> 01:01:53,620 Many think they know something about him, 596 01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:58,710 because it's viewed favorably, because he's such a great cellist. 597 01:01:58,790 --> 01:02:01,380 It's almost like being able to play on your own. 598 01:02:01,460 --> 01:02:05,220 But no one can, not like him. 599 01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:07,220 That doesn't mean - 600 01:02:07,300 --> 01:02:09,720 He himself doesn't know where it comes from. 601 01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:14,270 That wonderful music. He said so himself. 602 01:02:14,350 --> 01:02:17,480 And playing is all that matters to him. 603 01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,150 But you can get to know others. 604 01:02:20,230 --> 01:02:24,860 Of course. But no one cares about their secrets. 605 01:02:26,030 --> 01:02:27,910 "Isolde," he'll say. 606 01:02:27,990 --> 01:02:30,830 And when I answer, "Yes, what is it?" 607 01:02:30,910 --> 01:02:33,620 It's as if he didn't notice. 608 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:36,500 He just spoke my name. 609 01:02:36,580 --> 01:02:40,750 And then he'll say all the other names he's made up. 610 01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:43,760 He'll say them very slowly. 611 01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:45,800 "Beatrice. 612 01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:47,760 Traviata. 613 01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:49,590 Bumblebee. 614 01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:52,100 Madame Tussaud." 615 01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:54,930 As if it was terribly important for him. 616 01:02:55,020 --> 01:02:58,140 Yes, I understand. 617 01:02:58,230 --> 01:03:01,150 No, you can't understand. 618 01:03:01,230 --> 01:03:05,610 He thinks he's made me up, too. 619 01:03:05,690 --> 01:03:08,200 What an imagination. 620 01:04:06,250 --> 01:04:08,460 Leave! 621 01:04:08,590 --> 01:04:10,510 - We're having a lesson. - I see that. 622 01:04:15,350 --> 01:04:18,020 - Still here? - I want to talk to the Maestro. 623 01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:19,520 Go ahead. 624 01:04:21,350 --> 01:04:25,520 Maestro, I've had to endure great humiliation in this house, 625 01:04:25,610 --> 01:04:28,070 which Madame Tussaud runs for you. 626 01:04:28,150 --> 01:04:32,740 The respect you've shown me as composer, critic and biographer is meager. 627 01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:36,240 You're impossible. 628 01:04:36,330 --> 01:04:37,620 He's impossible. 629 01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:41,040 You've shown absolutely no interest in your own biography. 630 01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:45,130 Have you ever noticed how quickly instrumentalists are forgotten? 631 01:04:45,210 --> 01:04:47,710 No. Hold me. 632 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,420 They die. 633 01:04:49,510 --> 01:04:50,920 Standards are raised. 634 01:04:51,010 --> 01:04:53,550 Newer and more skillful virtuosos appear. 635 01:04:53,630 --> 01:04:55,640 Ideals change. You'll be nonexistent. 636 01:04:56,850 --> 01:04:59,600 What's wrong, Felix? 637 01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:02,520 Who points out what's important? 638 01:05:03,850 --> 01:05:05,520 Who, I ask? 639 01:05:10,150 --> 01:05:11,820 Who, I ask? 640 01:05:13,150 --> 01:05:14,780 The biographer. 641 01:05:16,490 --> 01:05:20,080 The musician who's biography is never written will be forgotten. 642 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:22,830 Ouch. You're pinching me. 643 01:05:23,580 --> 01:05:28,130 No, Maestro, you don't want a book to be written. 644 01:05:28,210 --> 01:05:30,090 And I'll oblige you. 645 01:05:30,170 --> 01:05:33,420 I won't even expose you, as I exposed Stravinsky. 646 01:05:33,510 --> 01:05:36,930 Not even a bad reputation will live on. 647 01:05:40,100 --> 01:05:43,390 You're soaked in sweat. 648 01:05:44,350 --> 01:05:46,270 I'll tell it like it is. 649 01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:50,190 The instrumentalist who buys my services as a biographer 650 01:05:50,270 --> 01:05:52,650 by interpreting my compositions 651 01:05:52,740 --> 01:05:57,370 will be remembered long after the cellist Felix has been forgotten. 652 01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,000 Farewell, 653 01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:06,210 Maestro. 654 01:06:07,380 --> 01:06:09,790 I leave you to oblivion. 655 01:06:11,130 --> 01:06:14,300 THE BIG CONCERT APPROACHES Three hours until the concert begins. 656 01:06:15,260 --> 01:06:18,470 Ring, little bell, ring. 657 01:06:18,550 --> 01:06:22,810 So that poor Jillker and Beatrice can get a program. 658 01:06:22,890 --> 01:06:27,480 Dearest little sweet bell, please ring. Ring. 659 01:06:29,060 --> 01:06:30,820 Ring, damn it! 660 01:06:30,900 --> 01:06:32,570 Finally. 661 01:06:32,650 --> 01:06:33,860 Yes. 662 01:06:33,940 --> 01:06:36,400 Who else? 663 01:06:36,490 --> 01:06:38,740 What? You're the one that's angry? 664 01:06:39,570 --> 01:06:41,990 Yes, he's here. 665 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:45,580 You've torn up the photos? What a shame. 666 01:06:45,660 --> 01:06:47,750 They were my best work. 667 01:06:47,830 --> 01:06:50,330 I still have the negatives. 668 01:06:50,420 --> 01:06:52,500 What? There'll be no book? 669 01:06:52,590 --> 01:06:54,510 No, I thought not. 670 01:06:55,630 --> 01:06:57,720 What? The world has a right to know? 671 01:06:57,800 --> 01:06:59,970 So the world has gotten rights, has it? 672 01:07:00,850 --> 01:07:03,970 Discretion? I doubt it. 673 01:07:04,930 --> 01:07:08,730 The program. Finally, some reason in all this madness. 674 01:07:10,270 --> 01:07:12,360 Good. 675 01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:14,320 Very good. 676 01:07:15,110 --> 01:07:17,190 Excellent. 677 01:07:17,820 --> 01:07:19,530 Bold. 678 01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:22,870 I'm sorry? 679 01:07:22,950 --> 01:07:26,540 The Fish's Dream or Abstraction No. 14. 680 01:07:26,620 --> 01:07:28,500 What the hell is that? 681 01:07:31,630 --> 01:07:34,250 You can't be serious. 682 01:07:40,050 --> 01:07:41,510 What? 683 01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:46,020 Are you that concerned with that damn book? 684 01:07:47,390 --> 01:07:51,480 If you're that damn vain, you might as well play the other 13. 685 01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:54,320 The Fish's Dream, ox Abstraction No. 14. 686 01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:58,610 That means that there have to be at least 13 other masterpieces. 687 01:07:58,690 --> 01:08:00,650 Cancel it immediately. 688 01:08:02,570 --> 01:08:06,620 What? It's none of my business? 689 01:08:07,750 --> 01:08:10,790 I hereby tender my resignation. 690 01:08:10,870 --> 01:08:13,630 You yourself said it's complete garbage. 691 01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:20,420 Felix, your moral decline is complete. 692 01:08:20,510 --> 01:08:23,430 You can find yourself a new impresario. 693 01:08:31,690 --> 01:08:36,770 The Fish's Dream, or Abstraction No. 14. 694 01:08:36,860 --> 01:08:43,490 I assure you, it will be a dignified biography. 695 01:08:43,570 --> 01:08:47,950 I believe you. Dignity has declined catastrophically. 696 01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:56,710 THE BIG MOMENT DRAWS NEAR Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, 697 01:08:56,790 --> 01:08:58,050 two, one. 698 01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:05,990 Oh my, have you started already? 699 01:10:32,140 --> 01:10:34,480 Now you'll get to listen to some music. 700 01:10:57,410 --> 01:11:00,790 The Maestro has taken his seat with instrument in hand. 701 01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:03,960 The program will not only contain music from the classical titans, but also - 702 01:11:04,050 --> 01:11:09,010 The first piece, titled Abstraction No. 14 or The Fish's Dream - 703 01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:15,470 His eyes radiate a demonic genius. 704 01:13:29,070 --> 01:13:30,820 He's dead. 705 01:14:23,700 --> 01:14:27,460 Today we have stood by your open grave, 706 01:14:27,540 --> 01:14:31,710 my great, unequaled Felix. 707 01:14:32,550 --> 01:14:36,260 Yet it is not your absence that consumes us, 708 01:14:36,380 --> 01:14:41,140 but your presence, your continued presence. 709 01:14:41,220 --> 01:14:43,970 How alive - 710 01:14:44,060 --> 01:14:49,020 How irreplaceably alive, here in my house - 711 01:14:49,100 --> 01:14:52,150 Read, Mr. Cornelius. 712 01:14:53,820 --> 01:14:58,820 - As you all know, I have written - - We know, we know. Read it. 713 01:14:58,910 --> 01:15:01,700 My biography of the Maestro. 714 01:15:01,780 --> 01:15:04,580 The Favorite of the Muses. 715 01:15:04,660 --> 01:15:08,870 I still have no title, but I do have a few suggestions. 716 01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:13,670 - The book is divided into - - Read. 717 01:15:15,260 --> 01:15:18,340 Four main chapters. 718 01:15:19,430 --> 01:15:21,930 - His outer appearance. - Must be short. 719 01:15:22,010 --> 01:15:25,060 - His inner self. - Abstraction No. 15. 720 01:15:25,140 --> 01:15:28,020 - His music. - Must be brief. 721 01:15:28,100 --> 01:15:32,900 Finally, the very intimate and personal. 722 01:15:32,980 --> 01:15:35,230 - I'm speechless. - Read. 723 01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:45,490 "In physical stature, the great Cornel - 724 01:15:46,620 --> 01:15:51,210 Felix was an insignificant man." 725 01:15:51,290 --> 01:15:52,880 - He was not. - Yes, he was. 726 01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:56,210 - He was rather tall. - That chubby little thing - I mean, man? 727 01:15:56,300 --> 01:15:58,470 Little? Chubby? 728 01:15:59,970 --> 01:16:02,220 - He came up to here. - Dear, you're standing on a chair. 729 01:16:02,300 --> 01:16:05,430 - I should know how far he reached. - Very true. 730 01:16:05,510 --> 01:16:07,890 Look at Tristan. Felix looked more and more like Tristan. 731 01:16:07,980 --> 01:16:09,810 No, Tristan became more and more like Felix. 732 01:16:09,890 --> 01:16:13,310 - Tristan isn't cross-eyed. - Neither was Felix. 733 01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:16,230 It was his gaze that was so intense. 734 01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:19,280 - Tristan, look at me. - Felix isn't Tristan. 735 01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:23,120 - Cornelius, read another chapter. - I didn't make it past the first sentence. 736 01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:25,330 Louder. 737 01:16:25,410 --> 01:16:28,080 "Chapter Two. 738 01:16:31,330 --> 01:16:35,590 In the previous chapter, we heard about the Maestro's appearance, 739 01:16:35,670 --> 01:16:38,760 and how his character and career appeared 740 01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:42,590 to a passionate and fascinated world." 741 01:16:43,340 --> 01:16:46,430 - I haven't heard one word about that. - I didn't get to read it. 742 01:16:46,510 --> 01:16:48,310 Continue. 743 01:16:48,390 --> 01:16:52,520 "But what about the inner man? 744 01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:57,270 The inner development? The artist's generosity -" 745 01:16:57,360 --> 01:16:58,820 No, he was cheap. 746 01:17:00,070 --> 01:17:03,070 This concerns the artistic. The inner - 747 01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:05,450 Ask Madame. She paid for him. 748 01:17:05,530 --> 01:17:09,290 - That's discussed in the previous chapter. - Then read it. 749 01:17:10,250 --> 01:17:13,790 He wasn't cheap towards me. For instance, he gave me - 750 01:17:14,790 --> 01:17:19,800 "Chapter Three. In the long line of great cellists -" 751 01:17:19,880 --> 01:17:23,090 - There was no one like Felix. - I was getting to that. 752 01:17:23,220 --> 01:17:24,800 No one like Felix. 753 01:17:24,890 --> 01:17:27,800 "In the long line of great cellists -" 754 01:17:27,890 --> 01:17:30,640 "Line"? What nerve. I won't stand for this. 755 01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:33,690 Read the last chapter, Mr. Cornelius. 756 01:17:33,770 --> 01:17:36,860 Yes, the one about the "very intimate and personal." 757 01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:44,360 It's not here. It's gone. 758 01:17:44,450 --> 01:17:48,780 I've been robbed of the very intimate and personal. 759 01:17:53,580 --> 01:17:57,960 The very intimate and personal. 760 01:17:59,420 --> 01:18:02,090 I'm looking for Mrs. Jeanette Bring. 761 01:18:04,420 --> 01:18:07,840 - That's me. - Mr. Jillker said - 762 01:18:07,930 --> 01:18:10,390 I know, my boy. 763 01:18:10,470 --> 01:18:12,770 You're supposedly very talented. 764 01:18:12,850 --> 01:18:14,770 I am. 765 01:18:14,850 --> 01:18:19,110 Would you like to live here with me and let us take care of you? 766 01:18:19,190 --> 01:18:21,480 I'll become famous, right? 767 01:18:21,610 --> 01:18:24,780 Most certainly, my boy. 768 01:18:24,860 --> 01:18:29,620 Now, may we hear you play? What are you waiting for? 769 01:18:45,550 --> 01:18:48,010 A nice catch, Madame. 770 01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:50,930 And most certainly very poor. 771 01:18:51,010 --> 01:18:54,270 Oh, yes. That as well. 772 01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:01,570 - Well? - We've met. 773 01:19:01,650 --> 01:19:03,570 You have? 774 01:19:03,650 --> 01:19:06,110 I've just shown him his room. 775 01:19:06,190 --> 01:19:08,320 Already? 776 01:19:45,860 --> 01:19:47,990 That's the great Mr. Cornelius. 777 01:19:52,070 --> 01:19:54,080 Continue, young man. 778 01:20:25,940 --> 01:20:28,110 That's the end of the film. 779 01:20:34,030 --> 01:20:35,410 The End?