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[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

IN EXACTLY FIVE DAYS, ARCHBISHOP DJELVAS,

THE ECCLESIASTIC PATRIARCH OF POVIA,

MUST NAME A REGENT TO SUCCEED THE KING,

WHO DIED RECENTLY, LEAVING NO HEIR.

THIS MAN, GENERAL ENVIR QAISETTE,

HAS VOWED THAT UNLESS HE IS NAMED REGENT,

HE WILL SEIZE THE THRONE IN A BLOODY COUP D'éTAT.

IF QAISETTE SUCCEEDS,

POVIA, A PRECONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY,

WILL BECOME A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.

YOUR MISSION, JIM, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO STOP QAISETTE.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

ONE DOT, STEP ONE.

TWO DOTS, STEP TWO.

THREE DOTS IN A LINE, STEP THREE.

THREE DOTS IN A TRIANGLE, STEP FOUR.

SHALL I GO ON?

NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT IT PERFECTLY, CINNAMON.

NOW, THE PUZZLE BOX IS IN A SAFE

INSIDE THE ROYAL VAULT IN THE OLD CATHEDRAL.

THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY TO GET IN THERE, BARNEY,

IS THROUGH THE CATACOMBS.

CAN WE BE SURE THEY'RE STILL OPEN?

YES, FROM SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELL IN THE JAIL.

YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY PUT YOU.

THAT PART'S EASY.

GETTING OUT?

RIGHT HERE.

MM-HMM.

YOU TWO ARE SET.

PROVIDED I CAN SOLVE THE PUZZLE BOX IN TIME.

ROLLIN, HAVE YOU BEEN OVER ALL THESE WITH CINNAMON?

SHE'S LEARNED EVERYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE TO KNOW

ABOUT CELINE.

THAT'S IT THEN.

WITH THE RUMORS WE'VE BEEN SPREADING,

EVERYONE IN POVIA'S STARTING TO BELIEVE

THAT THE REAL CELINE COULD ACTUALLY STILL BE ALIVE.

EXCEPT QAISETTE.

YES, BUT EVEN HE CAN'T BE POSITIVE THAT SHE'S DEAD.

THE PREFECT HERE

IS COMPLETELY RELIABLE POLITICALLY.

WHEN HE RECEIVES A SIGNAL,

HE WILL SEAL OFF AN ENTIRE DISTRICT.

BUT IN THIS PROVINCE HERE,

THE ARCHBISHOP HAS MANY FOLLOWERS.

THEY COULD BE A PROBLEM.

AS CHIEF OF THE SECRET POLICE,

IT IS YOUR JOB TO SEE THAT ANY SUCH PROBLEMS

ARE ELIMINATED.

THE ORDERS OF ARREST HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRANGED.

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

YES.

A MOMENT.

IT'S CONCERNING YOUR CALL TO THE ARCHBISHOP.

THEY SAY HE'S NOT RECEIVING ANY CALLS.

DODDERING OLD SCARECROW'S STILL TRYING TO AVOID ME.

YOU MAY INFORM HIS EMINENCE

THAT I WILL BE IN HIS OFFICE IN EXACTLY 15 MINUTES.

THESE RECENT RUMORS ABOUT CELINE --

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT THE ARCHBISHOP

IS CREATING THEM HIMSELF?

IT'S JUST POSSIBLE.

A LAST, DESPERATE ATTEMPT

TO KEEP ME FROM TAKING POWER.

IF YOU WILL STEP THIS WAY, PLEASE.

UH, NO, NO. THE ROYAL VAULT ROOM IS IN THERE.

IT'S THE ROYAL VAULT? NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN THERE EXCEPT THE POSTULANTS.

COULDN'T I TAKE A LOOK IN THERE? ONLY THE POSTULANTS FOR CONFESSION.

OHH, UH. OHH, BEG YOUR PARDON, SISTER.

FORGIVE US, SISTER.

I SAID I WAS SORRY. DIDN'T SHE HEAR ME?

THE POSTULANTS OF THE ORDER OF ST. CASSIK

ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK --

ONLY IN THE CONFESSIONAL.

OH.

NOW FOLLOW ME, PLEASE.

Woman: SIR, WHAT'S THAT?

[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING

MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?

OH, MM.

CHILDREN PRATTLE ON IN THE STREETS

ABOUT THEIR PRINCESS COMING HOME.

OLD LADIES SWEAR THAT THEY HAVE SEEN CELINE.

SUDDENLY, RUMORS, WHISPERS, STORIES --

THE PRINCESS CELINE HAS FINALLY RETURNED HOME.

PERHAPS HIS EMINENCE HASN'T HEARD THESE RUMORS.

I HAVE HEARD.

THEN YOU'LL KNOW THEY ARE LIES

THAT ARE BEING SPREAD BY SOMEONE?

I KNOW ONLY THAT I PRAY WITH ALL MY SOUL

THAT THESE RUMORS ARE TRUE.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE WASTED -- ALSO, YOUR RUMORS.

YOU MUST DECLARE THE THRONE VACANT

OR NAME A REGENT.

I WILL NEVER PROCLAIM YOU AS REGENT.

YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE

THAT YOU CAN KEEP ME FROM TAKING POWER?

WITH WHAT?

TALES OF A GHOSTLY CELINE SUDDENLY MATERIALIZING?

MAYBE YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THEM.

I BELIEVE ONLY IN PRAYER.

[ GROUP APPROACHES ]

...PAINTING WAS PROBABLY TO MICHELANGELO.

WE WILL NOW VIEW THE MANY SACRED RELICS

WHICH HAVE BEEN PLACED ON DISPLAY.

IF YOU WILL FOLLOW ME, PLEASE.

AS YOU WILL NOTE, MOST EVERYTHING YOU SEE

IS A PRICELESS WORK OF ART.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

LOOK, WOULD YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE?

LOOK -- LOOK BACK THROUGH THERE.

YOU SEE THAT -- HOW PRETTY THAT IS, WITH ALL THE CANDLES BURNING AND EVERYTHING?

WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

WOULD YOU JUST TAKE THIS?

I'LL STAND RIGHT OVER HERE,

AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF ME AGAINST ALL OF THAT.

BUT, SIR... DID YOU EVER WORK ONE OF THOSE BEFORE?

NOW, LOOK, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS YOU LOOK RIGHT THROUGH THAT LITTLE WINDOW THERE -- YOU SEE? --

THEN YOU PRESS THIS BUTTON -- THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

I USED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE COMPLICATED CAMERAS,

BUT I GOT THIS,

AND I TAKE BETTER PICTURES THAN ANYONE YOU EVER SAW.

ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF ON

ARE THE PICTURES I BRING HOME.

ARE YOU PREPARED, MY CHILD?

YES, FATHER.

LET US HUMBLY CONFESS OUR SINS UNTO ALMIGHTY GOD.

MAKE ME A CLEAN HEART, O LORD,

AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN ME.

Jim: THAT'S FINE. THAT JUST COULDN'T BE BETTER.

I'LL TELL YOU -- THERE'S JUST ONE MORE THING I WANT.

IF YOU'D STEP UP BESIDE THIS GENTLEMAN, BESIDE THIS GUARD... UH, BUT...

...AND I COULD HAVE THE TWO OF YOU RIGHT THERE,

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A MARVELOUS PICTURE.

ALL THEM BRASS BUTTONS AND THAT JUNK IN THE BACKGROUND

IS GOING TO BE TERRIFIC.

YOU JUST HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

HERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOOD.

OLD LOCAL COLOR! YEAH!

THANK YOU, FELLAS.

GUARD, WOULD YOU HELP ME, PLEASE? THE WAX IS MELTING.

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THIS POST.

WOULD YOU ASK HIM, PLEASE?

HERE, WORKMAN.

YES, SIR.

HELP THE PRIEST, PLEASE.

LET ME WIPE IT WITH THIS, FATHER.

THANK YOU, MY SON.

WOULD YOU HOLD THE COVER, PLEASE? THE LATCH IS BENT.

HEY, I JUST GOT TO GET ONE MORE PICTURE OF YOU.

JUST HOLD IT LIKE THAT.

NO, I CAN'T DO IT IF YOUR HANDS ARE UP.

JUST HOLD THEM DOWN THERE AT YOUR SIDE.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

YOU TWO ARE UNDER ARREST. COME WITH ME.

Barney: I TOLD YOU, WE DON'T KNOW WHY.

ALL HE SAID WAS TO BRING IN THE WAX IMPRESSION,

HE'D GIVE US THE REST OF THE MONEY.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS MAN?

HE NEVER SAID.

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

THE OLD WOMAN KEPT CALLING HIM PROFESSOR.

WOMAN? WHAT WOMAN?

I DON'T KNOW!

SHE WAS JUST THERE -- THAT'S ALL.

SHE CAME IN, AND RIGHT AWAY THIS PROFESSOR LED HER AWAY.

LED HER?

YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LED HER?

I DON'T KNOW, SHE WAS... JUST SICK OR SOMETHING.

HUH. WHERE DID HE TAKE HER?

INTO THE OTHER ROOM IN HIS SUITE.

IN THE HOTEL.

WHAT HOTEL?

[ SIGHS ]

I SAID, WHAT HOTEL?!

METROPOL.

WHICH ROOM?

I AM NEAR THE END OF MY PATIENCE.

WHICH ROOM?

409.

NO ONE?

THEY GONE?

NO, THEIR CLOTHES ARE STILL HERE,

AND SUITCASES.

ALL RIGHT. SEARCH EVERYTHING.

POST TWO MEN OUTSIDE TO WATCH FOR HIS RETURN,

THEN COME BACK AT ONCE.

ONE MORE OUTBURST FROM EITHER OF YOU, JUST ONE,

AND YOU'LL END UP IN THE HOLE.

SEARCH THEM AND TAKE THEIR BELTS.

Interrogator: Why did he want the impression

of that particular locket?

Willy: We told you, we don't know why.

IT'S OBVIOUS WHY HE WANTED

THE IMPRESSION OF THE LOCKET.

IT ALSO EXPLAINS

THE SUDDEN RUMORS OF CELINE'S REAPPEARANCE.

ONLY CELINE COULD HAVE HAD

THE OTHER HALF OF THIS LOCKET.

VERY PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE,

ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS SOMEONE WHO CAN PASS FOR CELINE.

YOUR BUREAU IS CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE MAN?

OH, YES. NO QUESTION OF IT.

THE DESCRIPTIONS OF HIM, HIS FINGERPRINTS --

HE'S THE MAN.

AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE EVIDENCE OF HIS PLAN --

VERY CLEVER, BUT COMPLETELY CONTRIVED AND FRAUDULENT.

EXCEPT FOR THIS.

I'VE HAD IT ANALYZED.

IT IS THE X-RAY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S BROKEN ARM.

THE X-RAY IS VERY OLD.

NO NAME, NO DATE.

NO APPARENT CONNECTION.

"E.H."

EMIL HOLSEIN, THE DOCTOR.

AGE 73. RETIRED.

NO EVIDENCE OF POLITICAL DEVIATION.

YOUR MEN HAVE HIM?

YES.

I THINK PERHAPS

DR. HOLSEIN HIMSELF SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS.

YOU WERE WARNED.

THROW THEM IN SOLITARY!

YES.

YES, IT IS FROM MY FILES.

YOU SEE --

MY CERTIFICATION NUMBER, MY INITIALS.

YOU GAVE THE X-RAY TO SOMEONE?

NO, NO, NO, IT WAS STOLEN FROM MY FILES.

OH? WHY?

WHO WAS THE PATIENT?

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

A...CHILD.

A LITTLE GIRL, PERHAPS?

YES.

WELL, UH, WAS SHE TALL

OR VERY SHORT?

THIN?

NO.

I MEAN...YES, SHE WAS THIN.

AND BLIND.

WHAT WAS HER NAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

HER NAME, DOCTOR!

SHE NEVER TOLD ME HER NAME, I SWEAR TO YOU.

BUT YOU KNEW HER NAME. YOU KNEW WHO SHE WAS.

YES.

IT WAS PRINCESS CELINE.

YOU'RE LYING!

NO.

DR. HOLSEIN IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

IT WAS CELINE HE TREATED.

THIS RING COULD ONLY HAVE BELONGED TO HER.

YES, YES, BUT WHY WOULD THEY TAKE

A ROYAL PRINCESS TO AN ORDINARY COUNTRY DOCTOR?

IT WAS THE TIME OF THE REBELLION.

THE PRIEST WAS AFRAID TO TAKE HER TO THE CITY.

I WAS A QUALIFIED SURGEON.

IT WAS NOT EVERY DOCTOR

WHO COULD PERFORM SUCH AN OPERATION,

WITHOUT PROPER FACILITIES, WITHOUT HELP --

OPERATION?

IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, YES.

YOU SEE BY THE X-RAYS

THERE ARE LITTLE BONE CHIPS IN THE ELBOW.

I WAS GOING TO REMOVE THEM.

BUT YOU DID NOT OPERATE?

NO, THE PRIEST WAS AFRAID TO WAIT.

HE TOOK HER AWAY. I WARNED HIM.

I SAID, "IF YOU TAKE HER AWAY,

"IF I DO NOT PERFORM THE OPERATION,

HER ARM WILL BECOME STIFF AND USELESS."

ANY DOCTOR IN THE WORLD,

IF YOU SHOW HIM THAT X-RAY,

WILL TELL YOU THAT MY DIAGNOSIS WAS CORRECT.

I WILL PUT MYSELF IN FRONT OF ANY MEDICAL PANEL.

YES, YES, YES. NO DOUBT. NO DOUBT.

HAVE YOUR MEN KEEP THE DOCTOR IN CUSTODY.

HE IS TALK TO NO ONE, SEE NO ONE.

WHY, YOUR EXCELLENCY? WHY?

MERELY FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION.

Cinnamon: ARE THEY STILL THERE?

MM-HMM.

YOU FINISHED?

EVERYTHING BUT THE EYE DROPS.

MY MEN HAVE OBSERVED HIM. THERE'S A WOMAN WITH HIM.

I'LL HAVE THEM TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

AS SOON AS THEY REACH THE HOTEL.

NO, THE FEWER THAT KNOW ABOUT THIS, THE BETTER.

WE'LL CONTACT YOU.

I'LL DEAL WITH THEM MYSELF.

[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHO IS IT?

POLICE. OPEN UP.

BOY, AM I GLAD YOU FINALLY GOT HERE.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CALL AGAIN. LOOK. LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

IT'S EXACTLY THE WAY THE BURGLARS LEFT IT.

THEY TOOK THE WHOLE PLACE APART.

WHAT KIND OF A HOTEL IS THIS ANYWAY?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M THE ONE THAT GOT ROBBED.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

I WANT TO SPEAK TO HER.

WHO?

DON'T UNDERSTAND. THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.

I ASSURE YOU, PROFESSOR, THERE IS NO MISTAKE.

WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU ARE DOING,

AND WHY YOU ARE HERE.

IF YOU'LL RECOGNIZE ME, THEN PERHAPS YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.

I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED TO WAITING!

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

SOMEONE TO SEE YOU.

YOUR HIGHNESS, THIS IS --

NO, NO, NO, WAIT, WAIT.

ALL RIGHT, MY DEAR, TELL ME NOW,

WHO AM I?

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHO AM I?!

THAT VOICE --

I KNOW I HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS HAPPENING.

PLEASE, LET ME HAVE YOUR HAND.

IT-IT IS MAJOR QAISETTE.

THAT WOMAN IS AN IMPOSTOR. HAVE THEM BOTH ARRESTED.

WAIT A MINUTE.

SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK.

SHE IS CELINE.

WHY DID SHE CALL ME QAISETTE?

'CAUSE THAT'S YOUR NAME. YOU ARE GENERAL QAISETTE.

WHAT ELSE IS SHE GOING TO CALL YOU?

QUISI.

QUISI.

QUISI, HUH?

YES, I-I REMEMBER NOW.

I ALWAYS MADE UP NAMES FOR EVERYONE.

I CALLED YOU MAJOR QUISI, DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

I REMEMBER. TELL ME ABOUT FRANCA.

LITTLE CLAPS OF THUNDER.

YES, I CALLED HER THAT

BECAUSE SHE WORE WOODEN SHOES...

WHO EXACTLY? WHO EXACTLY? A MAID? A GOVERNESS?

NO, NO, NO, A PASTRY COOK...

WHERE? AT SEJKIEN.

YOU LIVED THERE, AT THE PALACE AT SEJKIEN?

ONLY FOR ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS NINE.

WHY? WHY DID YOU?

I WAS SICK, AND THE DOCTOR SAID --

OH, SICK? A DOCTOR? WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

TELL ME THE DOCTOR'S NAME.

DOCTOR-DOCTOR PUFF.

PUFF?!

NO, NO, DR. --

HIS NAME.

DR...DR...DR. VACHTEL.

BUT I CALLED HIM DR. PUFF

BECAUSE HE ALWAYS WHEEZED WHEN HE TALKED.

AND I CALLED THE SECOND MAID TIN-TIN.

AND I CALLED YOU MAJOR QUISI.

YOU ARE MAJOR QUISI.

I AM A GENERAL NOW.

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SCAR?

MY ARM WAS BROKEN. THEY HAD TO OPERATE.

DR. VACHTEL?

NO, NO, IT WAS ANOTHER DOCTOR.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

COULD HIS NAME HAVE BEEN A DR. HOLSEIN?

I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME. I ONLY SAW HIM THAT ONCE.

CLEVER.

YOU REMEMBER JUST ENOUGH, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

STILL, IT IS AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SURGERY.

WITHOUT IT, YOUR ARM

MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEFT STIFF, USELESS.

YOU STILL THINK THIS IS THE REAL PRINCESS CELINE?

ABSOLUTELY. WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WHERE DID YOU FIND HER?

I, UH, FOUND HER IN AN ASYLUM.

SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM AMNESIA.

HOWEVER, WITH THE EXTENSIVE USE OF ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY --

THAT'S ENOUGH.

WE ALREADY KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

WE HAVE YOUR TWO ASSOCIATES IN PRISON.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN THEM?

THEN ANSWER ME! WHO IS SHE?

[ SIGHS ]

I DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

SHE BELIEVES THAT SHE IS CELINE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU,

SHE ALMOST MADE ME BELIEVE IT ONCE OR TWICE.

I THOUGHT I HAD

EVERY...CONCEIVABLE SLIP ANTICIPATED.

YOU DID.

NO, NO, SHE COULDN'T FOOL YOU.

WITH HELP, SHE COULD FOOL ANYONE BUT ME.

WITH YOUR HELP?

IT WILL TAKE THE FORM OF OPPOSITION.

I WILL CHALLENGE YOU AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONVINCE THE ARCHBISHOP --

IF I WERE TO SUPPORT HER,

THEN THE ARCHBISHOP WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS.

BUT IF I WOULD APPEAR TO BE AGAINST HER...

HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO SUSPECT ANYTHING.

IN FACT, HE WOULD PRAY THAT SHE WAS REAL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME NOW, PROFESSOR?

[ CHUCKLES ]

WELL, NOW, THAT, UM, DEPENDS

ON WHAT SORT OF...FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WE CAN MAKE.

THERE WOULD BE NO MONEY PROBLEM.

I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT THE NEW QUEEN WOULD BE MOST GENEROUS.

I'D LIKE TO SETTLE THAT NOW.

YOU'RE HARDLY IN A POSITION TO DO THAT.

I COULD TURN YOU OVER TO THE SURETé AND KEEP HER.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT SHE TRUSTS.

WITHOUT ME, YOU DON'T HAVE CELINE.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT A GREEDY MAN, GENERAL.

SHALL WE SAY $100,000 AND AN EXIT VISA?

AGREED.

GOOD.

AND YOU'LL ORDER THE RELEASE OF MY TWO MEN.

I'LL ORDER THEIR RELEASE TOMORROW.

[ TAPPING ]

I HAVE INVESTIGATED.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO CONCERN YOURSELF.

I WILL DECIDE THAT.

OR ARE YOU AFRAID TO LET HER BE EXAMINED?

IT IS A MATTER FOR THE POLICE.

NO.

BY LAW, IT IS A MATTER FOR THE HOLY OFFICE.

OF COURSE.

BUT I ASSURE YOUR EMINENCE THAT THERE IS NO NEED

TO CONVENE A ROYAL COURT OF INQUIRY.

THIS WOMAN IS NOT CELINE. SHE IS A COMPLETE FRAUD.

ONLY THE COURT OF INQUIRY CAN DECIDE THAT.

AND I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU

TO STAND IN THE WAY OF ITS JUDGMENT.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INSIST ON THAT.

IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE, I HAVE EVERY RIGHT.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

HE TOOK THE BAIT, JUST AS YOU PREDICTED.

BEFORE I'M DONE, HE'LL SWALLOW THE WHOLE STORY

AND CHOKE ON IT.

GENERAL, THIS MAN, THIS PROFESSOR --

CAN HE BE COUNTED ON TO CONTROL THE WOMAN

AFTER THE ARCHBISHOP HAS PUT HER ON THE THRONE?

THERE IS NO NEED TO TRUST ANYONE, ZAGEB.

ONCE THE ARCHBISHOP SAYS THAT SHE IS THE REAL CELINE,

I WILL EXPOSE HER AS A FRAUD.

THE PEOPLE WILL BE TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED.

THE ARCHBISHOP WILL BE DISCREDITED

AS A GULLIBLE OLD FOOL,

AND WE'LL BE RID OF HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL.

AS FOR THE PROFESSOR AND HIS ASSOCIATES,

ONCE HAVING SERVED THEIR PURPOSE,

THEY WILL SIMPLY DISAPPEAR.

[ ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ Softly ] She has memorized

everything you gave to them.

And the other arrangements?

The Grand Duke? Dr. Vachtel?

Their dossiers have been shown to them.

They have agreed to cooperate fully.

What is it, Zageb?

The woman --

what if she should be able to pass

all of the Archbishop's tests?

Not the last one.

Only Celine could open the puzzle box

in the Royal Vault.

This woman is not Celine.

But if somehow, by some chance, some mistake...

You're forgetting our insurance policy --

Dr. Holsein.

[ ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

I can hear them talking.

SOFT.

IT WAS SOFT.

AND SMALL.

IT WAS...

A PET?

PERHAPS A KITTEN?

WHY ELSE WOULD YOU CALL IT PASHA?

NO, IT WAS NOT A PET.

MAMA WOULD NEVER ALLOW ME TO BE NEAR ANIMALS.

IT-IT WAS AN ANIMAL.

IT WAS A STUFFED ANIMAL.

I-I REMEMBER HOLDING IT.

IT WAS...IT WAS A STUFFED ANIMAL.

IT WAS A BEAR.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

ANYONE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN

THAT CELINE HAD A FAVORITE STUFFED BEAR.

WHERE DID SHE GET IT?

WHO GAVE IT TO HER? WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

MADAME POLLON BROUGHT IT TO ME FROM PARIS.

BUT...THEN I LOST IT.

HOW? WHEN?

ON A TUTORING HOLIDAY AT LINKA.

[ CLINKING ]

MADAME POLLON WAS THERE WITH ME.

YOU...YOU REMEMBER, DON'T YOU, MADAME?

YES, BUT HOW DID YOU...

HOW COULD YOU KNOW THAT I AM HERE?

YOUR FINGERS.

YOU WERE ALWAYS TAPPING THEM

AGAINST YOUR BRACELETS LIKE THAT.

IT IS YOU!

IT IS THE PRINCESS CELINE!

THE INQUIRY WILL PROCEED.

CAN'T YOU GET IT, BARNEY?

I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT THE SEQUENCE.

IT I A PUZZLE.

Grand Duke: YES. IT IS THE PRINCESS CELINE.

IT'S BEEN YEARS. HE CAN'T REMEMBER.

IS THE GRAND DUKE CERTAIN?

YES.

IT IS CELINE.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

THIS IS SOME CONSPIRACY OF YOURS

TO PLACE HER ON THE THRONE.

OR ELSE, WHY HASN'T DR. VACHTEL BEEN CALLED?

HE WILL BE CALLED.

You better hurry up.

I know it.

YES, YES, THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

NO DOUBT OF WHAT?

THAT SHE'S A COMPLETE FRAUD AND IMPOSTOR?

NO, GENERAL.

THERE CAN BE NO FURTHER DOUBT

THAT SHE IS CELINE.

TWO DOTS IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

DOT IN A SQUARE IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

AS FIRST PRELATE OF POVIA,

I HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT --

WAIT.

THERE IS ONE FINAL TEST THAT SHE HASN'T PASSED.

I DEMAND THAT SHE BE FORCED TO CHOOSE

FROM THE ROYAL VAULT WHAT WAS CELINE'S ALONE.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

LET THE VAULT BE OPENED.

Hurry.

[ DOORKNOB RATTLES ]

[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]

THERE ARE MANY VEILS TO THE PAST.

MANY SMALL THINGS MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN.

BUT THE TRUE CELINE

WOULD NEVER FORGET THIS ONE THING.

DO YOU REMEMBER?

YES, IT IS MY PUZZLE BOX.

I USED TO KEEP MY TREASURES AND MY SECRETS IN IT.

IS THAT NOT PROOF ENOUGH FOR THE GENERAL?

NO.

LET HER OPEN IT. LET THAT BE THE TEST.

IN THE CATHEDRAL IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

VERY WELL.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

How?

CHANCE. LUCK.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

[ MURMURING CONTINUES ]

It's a trick.

She couldn't have done it without help.

LET ME LOOK AT THAT BOX!

PLEASE.

INSIDE THE BOX IS PAPA'S DIARY.

HE GAVE IT TO ME TO HIDE BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

INSIDE THE BOX?

IT IS THE PRINCE REGENT'S HANDWRITING, BUT...

HOW COULD IT BE?

READ THE LAST PAGE.

LET THE GRAND DUKE READ IT.

"THE INSURRECTIONISTS HAVE SURROUNDED US.

"WE AWAIT OUR LAST MOMENTS OF LIFE

"KNOWING NOW THE BITTER TRUTH --

"THAT WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED BY A TRAITOR IN OUR VERY MIDST.

"THAT TRAITOR IS...

MAJOR QAISETTE."

Man: Oh, the general!

General Qaisette.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

IT'S A TRICK!

A MISTAKE!

THERE'S NO PROOF!

ONLY HER WORD!

AND EVERYTHING SHE SAYS IS A LIE!

THIS WOMAN IS A COMPLETE FRAUD, I TELL YOU!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL PROVE IT TO YOU.

THE LAST MAN TO SEE THE PRINCESS CELINE ALIVE

IS THERE IN THAT PEW --

DR. EMIL HOLSEIN.

HE HAS DOCUMENTS,

AN X-RAY WHICH WILL SHOW CONCLUSIVELY

THAT THIS WOMAN IS A COMPLETE FRAUD!

THE REAL PRINCESS CELINE'S LEFT ARM

WOULD HAVE BEEN STIFF, USELESS.

DR. HOLSEIN...

WHERE IS HE?

WHERE IS DR. HOLSEIN?

I DON'T KNOW ANY DR. HOLSEIN.

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHERE IS HE?!

WHERE'S DR. HOLSEIN?!

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU'RE LYING!

YOU'RE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY!

DON'T YOU SEE --

THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN STAGED TO DECEIVE YOU?!

IT'S ALL A LIE!

THIS WOMAN IS AN IMPOSTOR!

HE FOUND HER IN AN ASYLUM AND TAUGHT HER EVERY WORD!

TELL THEM THE TRUTH!

STOP HIM!

GUARDS!

YOU FOOLS!

THIS IS NOT THE REAL CELINE!

THE REAL CELINE IS DEAD!

I BURNED THE PALACE MYSELF! NO ONE COULD HAVE ESCAPED!

APPARENTLY SOMEONE DID.

TAKE HIM AWAY!

COME ON. YOUR TIME IS UP.

I AM HOLDING

THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT SEAL OF STATE.

BY PLACING YOUR HAND UPON THE FACE OF THE SEAL,

YOU WILL PROCLAIM YOUR HOLY RIGHT

TO THE THRONE OF POVIA.

IF THERE IS NO CHALLENGE...

What if there is a challenge?

THERE WILL NOT BE.

I DO NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

I ONLY KNOW A DIVINE PROVIDENCE

HAS BROUGHT YOU TO SAVE MY COUNTRY.

I CANNOT ACCEPT THE THRONE.

[ MURMURING ]

I AM OLD AND FRAIL WITH YEARS.

AND BLIND.

THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY LIES NOT WITH ME,

BUT WITH SOMEONE YOUNG,

WHO CAN CAST A LIGHT OF VISION INTO THE FUTURE.

I ASK ONLY

THAT ARCHBISHOP DJELVAS CHOOSE A RULER FOR POVIA,

AND THAT HIS CHOICE

IS ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE.

THAT IS MY ONE WISH.

MY ONLY COMMAND.

[ CLAMORING ]

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]