The Swan (1956) HD

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The Swan is a 1956 romantic drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.   Plot-In 1910, Princess Alexandra lives in Hungary with her mother Beatrice and her brothers. One day Crown Prince Albert, Alessandra's cousin, comes to visit and Beatrice tries to arrange a marriage between her daughter and the future sovereign. Initially ignored by the prince, Alessandra, at the suggestion of her mother, invites her brothers' tutor to the ball in honor of the prince with the aim of awakening Alberto's jealousy. During the ball and in the following days, Alessandra falls in love with the young Nicholas, but now everything is decided: Alessandra will be the future queen. The love between the two young people is hindered by court games: Nicholas is sent away and Alessandra marries Alberto.

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00:03:05Open the door, please.

00:03:15Breakfast, Your Highness, and a telegram.

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00:03:38Are you quite sure the doctor said that larva should be swallowed afterwards?

00:03:42That's what you said, Your Highness.

00:03:44Did I?

00:03:46Sometimes I think that doctor's a little too progressive.

00:03:55I can't believe it!

00:03:57Elsa, my smelling sauce!

00:03:59No. No.

00:04:01Dress me at once. No, no, never mind.

00:04:03Send for Caesar. I must speak to him immediately.

00:04:05Here, Your Highness. Yes, yes.

00:04:07Have the Highnesses breakfasted?

00:04:09Oh, well, it doesn't matter. It makes no difference.

00:04:11Oh, very well, then, downstairs.

00:04:13But hurry, hurry.

00:04:19Caesar. Yes, Your Highness.

00:04:21I want to see everyone. We haven't a moment too many.

00:04:23Everyone? Yes.

00:04:25The butler, the housekeeper, the head gardener, the head groom,

00:04:27the chef, particularly the chef.

00:04:29And the huntsman and the head gamekeeper.

00:04:31But I won't wait while you hunt for those.

00:04:33Get on with your work.

00:04:35Yes, Mr. Caesar.

00:04:37Auntie.

00:04:39Auntie.

00:04:45Aunt Simferosa.

00:04:49Aunt Simferosa.

00:04:51Beatrix.

00:04:53I was bicycling.

00:04:55It's happened just when I'd given up all hope.

00:04:57What is it, dear? Someone died?

00:04:59It's a telegram.

00:05:01His Royal Highness will honour you

00:05:03with a four-day visit,

00:05:05beginning 23rd.

00:05:07No other guests. Train arrives

00:05:092.30 a.m. No reception.

00:05:11We'll meet family next day.

00:05:13He's coming to see Alexandra.

00:05:15Not Albert. Albert.

00:05:17It took him two years

00:05:19to answer the invitation.

00:05:21He must have looked at every girl in Europe.

00:05:23But he's coming.

00:05:25I knew he was in Lisbon,

00:05:27but I wasn't worried about the infarto.

00:05:29She's six foot two.

00:05:31And with a crown another seven and a half inches.

00:05:33I thought he was going to Dresden.

00:05:35He must have seen a photograph of Maria Teresa.

00:05:37And that finished her.

00:05:39Coming.

00:05:41I always said dear Alexandra

00:05:43would have her opportunity in the end.

00:05:45Have it and take it.

00:05:47Alexandra, a queen.

00:05:49If only her father could have lived for this.

00:05:51It's so awkward without a man in the house.

00:05:53A man can help in so many ways.

00:05:55So many ways.

00:05:57I shall wire Carl.

00:05:59Have you a pen somewhere or a pencil?

00:06:01It must go at once.

00:06:03It'll be nice to see dear Carl,

00:06:05but didn't it say no guests?

00:06:07Carl?

00:06:09He's your nephew and my brother.

00:06:11How can he be a guest?

00:06:13Oh, I'm inside out.

00:06:15Oh.

00:06:17Must you still write with a feather?

00:06:19This is the 20th century.

00:06:21I don't like the 20th century.

00:06:25For the purpose of the experiment,

00:06:27the wall isn't there.

00:06:29Now, if I take this one and flip it...

00:06:31Good morning.

00:06:33Good morning, Mother.

00:06:35Your Highness.

00:06:37Mother, aren't you going to dress today?

00:06:39I'm looking for a pencil.

00:06:41And what exactly did I find going on here?

00:06:43Oh, I was just teaching the Highnesses

00:06:45some elementary statics and dynamics.

00:06:47Those are statics and dynamics?

00:06:49A game the peasant children play, I believe.

00:06:51Oh, the professor's an absolute fizzer at it.

00:06:53Sure, Mother Professor.

00:06:55George, Professor Aggie, I must ask you again

00:06:57to confine yourself to the normal kinds of education.

00:06:59And I want the boys particularly well up in their studies.

00:07:01We're to be honored within the next day or two

00:07:03by a visit from His Royal Highness,

00:07:05Crown Prince Albert.

00:07:07Prince Albert?

00:07:09George!

00:07:11I know. He wants to look at Alexandra.

00:07:13Arzane, Prince Albert is your cousin,

00:07:15and he hasn't seen us for many years.

00:07:17We're purely and simply to visit the family.

00:07:19Now get on with your lessons so you won't disgrace us.

00:07:21And put on your coats.

00:07:23The pencil, Your Highness.

00:07:27Thank you.

00:07:29Professor Aggie, did you write that name up there?

00:07:31Yes, Your Highness.

00:07:33I don't want that man's name mentioned in my house.

00:07:35Why not, Mother?

00:07:37Napoleon was a genius.

00:07:39He beat almost everybody.

00:07:41He won the battles of Marengo and Austerlitz and Borodino.

00:07:43But not the Battle of Waterloo.

00:07:45He was an upstart.

00:07:47Please remember what I tell you.

00:07:49You're here to give the boys an education,

00:07:51not to fill their heads with a lot of historical gossip.

00:07:57Your Highnesses had better pick up the statics and dynamics.

00:08:01Do you know why Mother hates Napoleon?

00:08:03It was through him that we lost our throne

00:08:05and had to come and live here.

00:08:07We won't much longer, Albert, will we, Professor?

00:08:11We're going to practice some vulgar fractions.

00:08:13Get out your exercise books.

00:08:15Couldn't we do it with marbles?

00:08:17I'm afraid not.

00:08:19Mother probably wouldn't approve of vulgar fractions, either.

00:08:21Not for the queen in the family.

00:08:23We haven't got one yet.

00:08:25Well, Cousin Albert's a crowned prince, isn't he?

00:08:27So Alexandra will be a crowned princess.

00:08:29So one day she'll be a queen.

00:08:35As for the menu,

00:08:37I want details submitted for all meals by tomorrow.

00:08:39They must not only taste delicious,

00:08:41they have to match the services.

00:08:43The gardens.

00:08:45I notice the roses are already beginning to bloom.

00:08:47They're just at their best, Your Highness.

00:08:49I don't want them at their best till the day after tomorrow.

00:08:51Hold them back.

00:08:53Caesar will let you know the exact time.

00:08:55Next, the carriage excitement.

00:08:57Alexandra.

00:08:59You sent for me, Mother?

00:09:01Yes, dear, I sent for you.

00:09:03Caesar, there's very little time.

00:09:05Please get everything started.

00:09:07Yes, Your Highness.

00:09:09Alexandra, wonderful news.

00:09:11Albert is coming.

00:09:13Day after tomorrow.

00:09:15A wire this morning.

00:09:17There'll hardly be time to see to everything.

00:09:19Albert?

00:09:21Yes, Mother.

00:09:23Oh, I hope so much that you'll like him.

00:09:25Oh, I'm sure I will.

00:09:27I haven't seen him since he was ten, of course.

00:09:29But they say he's charming, quite charming.

00:09:31Doesn't take after his mother at all.

00:09:33And he's been all over Europe.

00:09:35Looked at every princess

00:09:37and turned down every one of them.

00:09:39Now he's coming here to you.

00:09:41I expect he can't bear

00:09:43the sight of another princess by now.

00:09:45Alexandra, this is the most important moment

00:09:47you'll ever have to face.

00:09:49My dear, you're not going to be nervous.

00:09:51No, Mother.

00:09:53I hope not.

00:09:55Hoping's not enough.

00:09:57You must tell yourself not to be.

00:09:59Oh, my dear child, this is the one thing,

00:10:01the one opportunity that all your life

00:10:03Albert has been praying for,

00:10:05for you to become a queen.

00:10:07Yes, Mother, I know that.

00:10:09You must prove to Albert in these four days

00:10:11that you have all the qualities

00:10:13he's looking for in a wife,

00:10:15a wife who'll share his throne one day.

00:10:17You must be gracious and dignified,

00:10:19warm and charming and amusing.

00:10:21Oh, I know he's seen a great deal

00:10:23more of life than you,

00:10:25but you can make that an advantage, too.

00:10:27Let him see how sweet and unspoiled you are.

00:10:29And, darling,

00:10:31your heart is not to be shy.

00:10:33Men don't like it, especially a man like Albert.

00:10:35After all, that's one of the first duties

00:10:37of a queen.

00:10:39She always puts other people at their ease.

00:10:41You remember my telling you that?

00:10:43Yes, Mother, I remember it.

00:10:45Albert's a law unto himself, they say.

00:10:47Oh, don't let that frighten you.

00:10:49Look on it as a challenge,

00:10:51and never forget that first impressions

00:10:53are everything.

00:10:55Oh, of course, you must be natural, too.

00:10:57That's more important than anything.

00:10:59I know, Mother.

00:11:01You do? You're sure you do all these things?

00:11:03Yes, of course I do it,

00:11:05but if you keep telling me,

00:11:07it's just going to make me more...

00:11:11It's time for my fencing lesson now.

00:11:13May I go?

00:11:21Don't worry, Mother.

00:11:29Your Highness.

00:11:31We're late this morning.

00:11:33Forgive me, Your Highness.

00:11:35To speak the truth,

00:11:37I suppose Your Highness

00:11:39could be too busy this morning.

00:11:41Busy?

00:11:43The visit of His Royal Highness.

00:11:45I thought there would be no more fencing lessons

00:11:47for the next few days at all events.

00:11:49But, Your Highness,

00:11:51I'm afraid it's too late.

00:11:53I'm afraid it's too late.

00:11:55I'm afraid it's too late.

00:11:57What?

00:11:59What I meant, Your Highness...

00:12:01Should the lessons be discontinued at any time,

00:12:03you will be notified.

00:12:07Yes, Your Highness.

00:12:27Marché.

00:12:29Fondez-vous.

00:12:31It's too low. It should be here.

00:12:33Point left foot flat.

00:12:35En garde en sixte.

00:12:37In retreat, paré prime.

00:12:39Seconde, tierce, quinte, septime, octave.

00:12:41Good. En garde en sixte.

00:12:43Une, deux, trois.

00:12:45Doublé.

00:12:47Doublé.

00:12:49Good.

00:12:51Triplé.

00:12:53Much too large. Once more.

00:12:55En garde.

00:12:57En marchant.

00:12:59Battement dans la ligne opposée, coup droit, paré riposte.

00:13:01Hop!

00:13:03Alexandra!

00:13:05Have you heard it?

00:13:07Alexandra, have you heard the news?

00:13:09Yes, I heard it.

00:13:11Your Highnesses will sit down, please.

00:13:13I shall take you in a few minutes.

00:13:15Your Highness, this morning we're going to practice

00:13:17the art of making a feint.

00:13:19It's a sham attack followed by a genuine one

00:13:21in another quarter.

00:13:23Alexander is always in danger of revealing

00:13:25his intentions to his adversary,

00:13:27and that he must never do.

00:13:29His opponent must never know from one moment to the next

00:13:31what he is thinking.

00:13:33Like everything else,

00:13:35it's a question of practice.

00:13:37No one ever knows

00:13:39what Alexander is thinking anyway.

00:13:41That can never be said of you, Anzane.

00:13:43Alexandra, are you going to fence with Cousin Albert?

00:13:45Of course she isn't.

00:13:47She might cut his head off.

00:13:49I don't know what Mother would say to that.

00:13:51There goes our crown.

00:13:53Be quiet, both of you,

00:13:55or else I shall cut your heads off.

00:13:57Oh!

00:13:59Prince George, Prince Anzane, sit down.

00:14:21Well, thank you, Brother Sebastian.

00:14:43All right, I can manage.

00:14:45I'll wire Father Guardian when I need to be rescued.

00:14:47God bless you, Father.

00:14:49And you, Violetta.

00:14:51Caesar.

00:14:53Your Highness, what a pleasant surprise.

00:14:55Well, how's the rheumatism, eh?

00:14:57Did the lemon juice work?

00:14:59Oh, it didn't do any harm.

00:15:01But then I don't believe in miracles, Your Highness.

00:15:03Caesar, after all this time,

00:15:05do I have to remind you that I'm not Your Highness anymore?

00:15:07No, your father.

00:15:09Beatrix!

00:15:11Beatrix!

00:15:13All right, get on with your work.

00:15:15Beatrix!

00:15:17Karl!

00:15:19Oh, Beatrix.

00:15:21Your manners are a disgrace.

00:15:23Karl, dear, I thought I heard you.

00:15:25Come on, Simferosa, you're looking well, both of you.

00:15:27We're a little exhausted.

00:15:29What do you suppose?

00:15:31I couldn't tell you in the while.

00:15:33I thought I heard you.

00:15:35I thought I heard you.

00:15:37Exhausted?

00:15:39What do you suppose? I couldn't tell you in the while.

00:15:41Such wonderful news.

00:15:43I know all about it.

00:15:45You do?

00:15:47Well, the whole countryside knows.

00:15:49And what are they saying?

00:15:51Well...

00:15:53Not out here.

00:15:55Excuse me, Father.

00:15:57Oh, thank you, my son.

00:15:59That's not all your luggage.

00:16:01When you renounce the world, Beatrix,

00:16:03I'm happy to say you renounce luggage along with it.

00:16:05You don't know what such a moment means to a mother.

00:16:07You don't know what such a moment means to a mother.

00:16:09If I could be sure Alexander would sit on her throne,

00:16:11If I could be sure Alexander would sit on her throne,

00:16:13I'd willingly die this night.

00:16:15I very much doubt if heaven wants you on those terms.

00:16:17And where do I come into it?

00:16:19Oh, you'll be such a help, Karl, I know you will.

00:16:21You must go through the wine cellars with the butler.

00:16:23Yes, he stays down there sometimes,

00:16:25and it isn't good for him.

00:16:27And I want you to talk to the chef.

00:16:29He's so accustomed to planning just for us.

00:16:31Look at these menus.

00:16:33Do you know what real food is?

00:16:35Oh, no, I partially tamed my spirit some years ago,

00:16:37but my stomach is still holding out.

00:16:39And, uh, Alexander, how is she in the midst of all this?

00:16:41Oh, Karl.

00:16:43One can't help but be proud of her.

00:16:45Ah.

00:16:47Remember how her poor father used to call her his swan?

00:16:49Mm-hmm.

00:16:51My proud white swan, he used to say.

00:16:53And that's how she is.

00:16:55So dignified, so silent, so regal.

00:16:57And the boys?

00:16:59Same as ever, savages.

00:17:01Except for Arcturus,

00:17:03they are the two most brilliant stars in the northern sky.

00:17:05Now, we should be able to see them more clearly tonight

00:17:07than any other time of the year.

00:17:09Let me see.

00:17:11First, we're going to look at Vega.

00:17:15What are you reading?

00:17:17Almanach to Goethe.

00:17:19On an evening like this?

00:17:21Mother wants me to know all about Albert's relations.

00:17:23All about all of them?

00:17:25There's some she's crossed out.

00:17:27Oh, no.

00:17:29There's some she's crossed out.

00:17:31I'm not surprised.

00:17:33Come outside and get a little air.

00:17:37Can you see it?

00:17:39It's the one with the bluish light.

00:17:41It doesn't look very big.

00:17:43But that's only because of the distance.

00:17:45Your Great, many of those stars that you see up there

00:17:47are larger and more brilliant than our own sun.

00:17:49But they're so far away,

00:17:51it's almost impossible to real...

00:17:53to realize it.

00:17:55Would Your Highness care to see?

00:17:59Scoot, Your Highness.

00:18:03That's Vega,

00:18:05the star of the first magnitude

00:18:07of the constellation Lyra.

00:18:09Can you see it, Your Highness?

00:18:11I can see several.

00:18:13Allow me.

00:18:17There.

00:18:19That's better.

00:18:21It's the brightest in the very center.

00:18:25It's moved right across.

00:18:27How fast it's going.

00:18:29It's we who are going so fast.

00:18:31Oh, it's gone.

00:18:35You see, the Earth, Your Highness,

00:18:37we are going through space at over 68 miles an hour.

00:18:3968?

00:18:41No, 68,000.

00:18:43Forgive me.

00:18:45Carl, I wondered what had become of you.

00:18:47Oh, what a day. I'm utterly exhausted.

00:18:49Alexander, what became of your dear little photograph?

00:18:51The one in the sailor blouse?

00:18:53There's only the frame.

00:18:55I don't know, Mother.

00:18:57It was awful anyway.

00:18:59No, it wasn't. I want to put it in Albert's bedroom.

00:19:01To make him seasick?

00:19:03George, I say, up to bed now.

00:19:05Oh, no, Mother, we haven't seen the Milky Way yet.

00:19:07And you too, Alexander.

00:19:09Don't forget, you have to look your very best in the morning.

00:19:13We all do.

00:19:15Good night, boys.

00:19:17Good night, Uncle Carl.

00:19:25Good night.

00:19:55Attention! Eyes right!

00:20:11I thought there was to be no reception.

00:20:13They wouldn't count a guard of honor, sir.

00:20:25Yes, Captain?

00:20:27Does Your Royal Highness wish to decorate the engine driver?

00:20:31Mounted inspection.

00:20:55Mounted inspection.

00:21:25Mounted inspection.

00:21:49Gesundheit.

00:21:55Gesundheit.

00:22:05Let's hope there's a bed at the top.

00:22:07However, after two nights on that train,

00:22:09I'm prepared to sleep even on pink marble.

00:22:25I'm hungry.

00:22:27It isn't good for anyone to sleep as long as this.

00:22:31But, of course, he was traveling all yesterday.

00:22:37Yes?

00:22:41Not yet. Bring them after dinner.

00:22:433.30.

00:22:45Just come in.

00:22:47Yes, sir.

00:22:49Not yet. Bring them after dinner.

00:22:513.30.

00:22:53Just time for a nap,

00:22:55and we'll have to start putting on our tiaras.

00:23:01Shall we go out?

00:23:03Ah.

00:23:19Yes, sir.

00:23:35I don't understand it at all.

00:23:37Perhaps he's ill.

00:23:39Perhaps he's dead.

00:23:41Caesar, in a case like this, what would you do?

00:23:43Eat.

00:23:49Mmm.

00:24:09Well, thank you, my son.

00:24:19Mmm.

00:24:31For what we are at last to receive,

00:24:33the Lord make us truly thankful.

00:24:35Amen.

00:24:39How can I eat? I already have indigestion.

00:24:41Really, this is quite intolerable.

00:24:43Why does he think he was invited here in the first place?

00:24:45Mother, please.

00:24:47I'm sure there's some good reason.

00:24:49If he tries to make any excuses,

00:24:51I shan't speak to him. I couldn't.

00:24:53I've never been so humiliated in my life.

00:24:59Oh, my dear boy.

00:25:01You look splendidly well,

00:25:03and what a change

00:25:05from the little Albert I remember.

00:25:09Now, Captain Wunderlich, Your Highness.

00:25:11His Royal Highness sends word.

00:25:13He will be down in a few moments.

00:25:17Thank you.

00:25:25Caesar, we shall start again

00:25:27from the salon.

00:25:29Oh.

00:25:33Auntie.

00:25:43Yes, Captain?

00:25:47I'm flattered.

00:25:5512, 13, 14,

00:25:5715, 16,

00:25:5917, 18,

00:26:0119, 20, 21,

00:26:0322, 23, 24,

00:26:0525, 26, 27,

00:26:0728, 29, 30,

00:26:0931, 32, 33,

00:26:1134... Here, let me try.

00:26:13One, two, three,

00:26:15four, five, six, seven...

00:26:17Ah, you didn't even get started.

00:26:19Whose turn now, Professor?

00:26:21Mine.

00:26:23Are you with Cousin Albert?

00:26:25When is he going to wake up?

00:26:27Ha, ha, ha.

00:26:29He has.

00:26:31My Cousin Arzane, I'm willing to bet.

00:26:33Yes, Cousin Albert.

00:26:35And my Cousin George?

00:26:37Yes, Cousin Albert.

00:26:39And this is Professor Argy,

00:26:41instructor in languages, mathematics,

00:26:43history, geography, geology,

00:26:45astronomy, fencing,

00:26:47riding, marbles...

00:26:49How do you know all that?

00:26:51That's what aides are for, young man.

00:26:53And that's one pleasant thing about being Grand Prince.

00:26:55No more lessons.

00:26:57The aide learns all the lessons and passes them on

00:26:59in small doses as required.

00:27:01But this he didn't mention.

00:27:03Now, what particular science...

00:27:05We're just passing the time, Your Royal Highness.

00:27:07A thing I often have to do myself. May I?

00:27:09Certainly, Cousin Albert.

00:27:11This must be a new game. I've never seen it before.

00:27:13Hasn't your aide seen it either?

00:27:15Touché.

00:27:17This boy's going to be something in the world.

00:27:19Probably an assassin.

00:27:21It's an old game, Cousin Albert.

00:27:23It's the game the children play in the villages.

00:27:25The professor made it for us.

00:27:27He did? Carpentry, Joe? Remarkable.

00:27:29How did you do it?

00:27:31You need only a penknife, sir, and a little patience.

00:27:33Just the same as an assassin.

00:27:35Now.

00:27:39The professor did 86.

00:27:41Then we must do better.

00:27:55Albert, my dear boy.

00:27:57Albert?

00:27:59Cousin Beatrix?

00:28:01I'm willing to bet.

00:28:03Albert, my dear.

00:28:05Such a pleasure to see you.

00:28:07You have no idea after so long.

00:28:0923 years, I believe.

00:28:11I'm delighted to pay a return visit.

00:28:1986. Are you quite sure?

00:28:21I'm afraid so, sir.

00:28:23Remarkable.

00:28:29It hardly seems possible, does it?

00:28:31I beg your pardon?

00:28:33Oh, where are they?

00:28:35Good.

00:28:37I hope you've slept well.

00:28:39I'm afraid I did.

00:28:41I'm so happy to hear that.

00:28:45And how good a country breakfast tastes.

00:28:47When one's in town, one always forgets.

00:28:49Breakfast?

00:28:51I had it in my room half an hour ago.

00:28:53I shouldn't have liked you to wait dinner.

00:28:55How thoughtful.

00:28:59And here is the family

00:29:01so very eager to see you.

00:29:03No, no, you mustn't tell me.

00:29:05Well, now, the face is cousin Carl.

00:29:07I'm willing to bet.

00:29:09But the remainder...

00:29:11I changed my uniform 15 years ago.

00:29:13A lucky fellow. I change mine every 15 minutes.

00:29:15How are you?

00:29:17And this is Aunt Simferosa.

00:29:19I'm quite sure.

00:29:21Albert, dear, as Beatrix says,

00:29:23so utterly unlike your mother.

00:29:27And this is...

00:29:29This is our dear Alexandra.

00:29:32Well, who can hit the target every time, eh?

00:29:35Well, not if the target moves.

00:29:37Speaking of my mother,

00:29:39I ought to tell you, cousin Beatrix,

00:29:41she'll be here on Thursday to pick me up.

00:29:43The Queen's here?

00:29:45Oh, purely informal. No fuss, please.

00:29:47Why don't you sit down?

00:29:55Delightful boys you have.

00:29:57I found them quite charming.

00:29:59Thank you.

00:30:01I'm afraid I'm ridiculously proud of all my children.

00:30:03I'm sure you are.

00:30:05And the tutor.

00:30:07The tutor? Naturally.

00:30:09Your cousin Albert appreciates that the pupils

00:30:11are bound to reflect the qualities of the tutor.

00:30:13C'est ça.

00:30:15And vice versa.

00:30:17Auntie, you look tired.

00:30:19Tired?

00:30:21Yes, dear. You're usually in bed by this time.

00:30:23I shall be quite all right.

00:30:25When you've had some sleep.

00:30:27Naturally.

00:30:29But, Beatrix, we have...

00:30:31Good night, dear.

00:30:35Albert, dear,

00:30:37if I might have your permission to retire.

00:30:39Certainly, Aunt Simferoza.

00:30:41I'm sorry to go rather early,

00:30:43but I'm so very hungry.

00:30:49Sleepy is what I meant.

00:30:51The air here is extremely conducive to sleep.

00:30:53I noticed that myself.

00:30:55Yes, when one's new to it.

00:30:57Carl, for instance, arrived only two days ago,

00:30:59and he's very tired.

00:31:01Oh, Albert,

00:31:03if you'll allow me,

00:31:05it's a peculiar thing,

00:31:07but I feel the need of a little late supper.

00:31:09I suppose that's the air, too.

00:31:11You've been fasting too much.

00:31:13I accuse you of it.

00:31:15No, guilty. Have I your permission to retire?

00:31:17Certainly, Cousin Carl.

00:31:21Dear Carl,

00:31:23those boys, I'm never quite certain

00:31:25they've gone to bed until I make sure.

00:31:27Will you forgive me, Albert?

00:31:29By all means, Cousin Beatrix.

00:31:31Good night.

00:31:49Here in the country,

00:31:51I suppose the family retires early.

00:31:53Yes, they do.

00:31:55But when you're out of the country later?

00:31:57We're seldom out of the country.

00:32:01You're seldom out of the country?

00:32:03Very seldom.

00:32:17May I offer you some wine?

00:32:19Thank you. I don't drink it.

00:32:21Neither do I.

00:32:23At least not just after breakfast.

00:32:31The guard of honour

00:32:33at the station was provided

00:32:35by the 45th Regiment.

00:32:37The regiment served with great distinction

00:32:39at Solferino. Did you know that?

00:32:41Yes.

00:32:49The carriage you drove in

00:32:51has a very interesting history.

00:32:53It was used by your great-uncle Frederick

00:32:55the day he was shot at.

00:32:57Did you find it comfortable?

00:32:59Oh, yes.

00:33:03You're occupying the blue suite, I believe.

00:33:05Yes, it is blue.

00:33:19A few days ago

00:33:21I was in Lisbon,

00:33:23a beautiful city.

00:33:25Over 350,000 inhabitants

00:33:27and the river Tagus

00:33:29runs through the middle. Have you ever been there?

00:33:31No.

00:33:33Of course.

00:33:35Seldom out of the country.

00:33:37I should have remembered.

00:33:39It's a beautiful evening.

00:33:41Yes, it is.

00:33:43You suppose it's chilly

00:33:45outside on the terrace?

00:33:47Oh, not more so than here.

00:33:49At this time of year.

00:33:51It might even be warmer.

00:33:53Shall we try?

00:33:57Yes.

00:34:27Full moon.

00:34:29And a great many stars.

00:34:31It's hard to believe

00:34:33that some of them are even larger than the sun.

00:34:35That they look like that

00:34:37only because of the distance.

00:34:39Remarkable.

00:34:41I was looking at one through the telescope

00:34:43the other night.

00:34:45It was called Vega.

00:34:47You know their names?

00:34:49Only a few.

00:34:51I was never introduced.

00:34:57It isn't a great deal warmer, is it?

00:34:59Would you prefer

00:35:01to go in again?

00:35:03No.

00:35:05I'd rather

00:35:07go in again.

00:35:09I'd rather

00:35:11go in again.

00:35:13I'd rather

00:35:15go in again.

00:35:17I'd rather

00:35:19go in again.

00:35:21I'd rather

00:35:23go in again.

00:35:25This air of yours

00:35:27is like a sleeping draught.

00:35:29If I'm not careful, I shall sleep

00:35:31the whole four days.

00:35:33What would you like to do?

00:35:35Well...

00:35:39When in Rome,

00:35:41I think one should do as the Romans do, eh?

00:35:43With your permission,

00:35:45I shall give myself permission to retire.

00:35:55Poor child.

00:35:57She was very upset for the moment,

00:35:59but I told her one skirmish lost.

00:36:01That's nothing.

00:36:03She'll win the next.

00:36:05There.

00:36:07That makes a 14-hour day

00:36:09and every minute of it arranged for.

00:36:11What time does it start?

00:36:13Ten o'clock.

00:36:15And out of that, Alexandra will be with him

00:36:17for 13 hours and 15 minutes.

00:36:19Judging by yesterday, you're a little optimistic.

00:36:21Don't judge by yesterday.

00:36:23And today, if he wasted all last night,

00:36:25I didn't.

00:36:41They should have played the national anthem.

00:36:43Then he'd have had to get up.

00:36:45His father once slept through a 41-gun salute.

00:36:53Yes.

00:37:09Captain, how could you?

00:37:17Yes?

00:37:19Your Royal Highness has rung for a train.

00:37:33I wonder Mother isn't conducting it herself.

00:37:35That's enough for music, Your Highness.

00:37:37It's time for algebra.

00:37:39If the band doesn't get him out of bed

00:37:41to see Alexandra,

00:37:43Mother's going to use a gun.

00:37:45Cousin Albert's not afraid of guns.

00:37:47He's only afraid of Alexandra.

00:37:49All right, that's enough.

00:37:51He's going to stay in bed all day, every day,

00:37:53till it's time to go home.

00:37:55Unless she goes up and pulls the band.

00:37:57Silence, both of you.

00:37:59You forget your manners, and you forget

00:38:01that His Royal Highness is not only the Crown Prince.

00:38:03He's a guest of this house.

00:38:05You should have more respect.

00:38:07And this one?

00:38:09Don't tell me. Never tell me.

00:38:11His Majesty King Henry of Transdanubia.

00:38:13My dear Henry's grandfather.

00:38:15And the last.

00:38:17For the time being.

00:38:21His son, a very retiring man.

00:38:23Yes, indeed, he died

00:38:25when he was barely 30.

00:38:31And this, of course.

00:38:33Of course.

00:38:37What do you think of it, Captain?

00:38:39An excellent likeness

00:38:41of His Late Highness Prince Henry's.

00:38:43I think so too.

00:38:45Excellent.

00:38:47My poor dear Henry.

00:38:49Your father and he were closer than brothers.

00:38:51How many hours they spent here talking,

00:38:53and always of their children.

00:38:55They had only one ambition, to be grandfathers.

00:38:57Yes, grandfathers of the same children.

00:38:59Their dearest wish was that one day

00:39:01the families would be united.

00:39:03And who is this?

00:39:05King Henry's wife, Queen Elena.

00:39:07Yes, what was it they used to call her?

00:39:09She's the image of Alexandra, isn't she?

00:39:11I can't quite remember.

00:39:13Yes, you can, dear Elena, the iceberg.

00:39:17Alexandra, dear.

00:39:19Good morning, Cousin Albert.

00:39:21Did you tell the boys?

00:39:23Yes, Mother.

00:39:25They're so anxious to show off their fencing.

00:39:27At 11.15.

00:39:29I shall be charged.

00:39:31It'll take them a little time to change.

00:39:33In the meanwhile, let's see now.

00:39:35The rose garden.

00:39:37Splendid suggestion.

00:39:39Yes, the rose garden is mine.

00:39:41You planted it yourself?

00:39:43Well, not exactly,

00:39:45but I take care of it.

00:39:47Remarkable. Don't you prick your fingers?

00:39:49Yes, quite often.

00:39:51You should wear gloves.

00:39:53I do, but

00:39:55my fingers get pricked just the same.

00:39:57Then you should wear thicker gloves.

00:40:01I suppose so.

00:40:03I shall try that.

00:40:05That's life, n'est-ce pas?

00:40:07One must defend oneself.

00:40:09How charming of you to take such an interest,

00:40:11and how right you are.

00:40:13Well, one's had a certain amount of experience.

00:40:15Now I know you're impatient to see them.

00:40:17Delightful.

00:40:19And they're at their very best today, isn't that fortunate?

00:40:21Yes, Captain.

00:40:23I'm sure Your Royal Highness would be most interested too

00:40:25in the dairy.

00:40:27I saw it yesterday, sir.

00:40:29The cows are milked by vacuum.

00:40:31By vacuum? Like carpets?

00:40:33The same principle, sir.

00:40:35By vacuum?

00:40:37Did you have it installed yourself, Cousin Beatrix?

00:40:39Yes, I did.

00:40:41If I may say so, Albert, the dairy is quite a distance.

00:40:43In that case, we ought to go at once.

00:40:45Whatever you wish. We'll go to the dairy.

00:40:47Please, I wouldn't think of dragging everyone.

00:40:49The Captain knows the way. He'll take one.

00:41:05You've changed your mind, Your Highness?

00:41:07The program has been changed.

00:41:09It'll be time beforehand for my usual practice, that's all.

00:41:31Hey!

00:41:33Hey!

00:41:39Ella!

00:41:41Touché. Good.

00:41:45Ella!

00:41:47Touché. Good.

00:41:49Ella!

00:41:51Touché. Very good. Wonderful.

00:41:53Get it now, George.

00:41:55Oh, come on.

00:41:57Over this way.

00:41:59Oh, no, you won't.

00:42:01Oh!

00:42:05Albert and the family at this end.

00:42:07Oh, that tutor.

00:42:09He has no control over the boys whatsoever.

00:42:11Nor the ball, either.

00:42:19Carl, stop that.

00:42:21You have to behave like a child.

00:42:23Now, stop that.

00:42:25You'll hit something.

00:42:27Go!

00:42:31Oh, auntie.

00:42:33Really?

00:42:35Haven't I enough to contend with?

00:42:37Oh, yes.

00:42:39Albert's last day here, and where is he?

00:42:41Out again somewhere with that Captain.

00:42:43The whole of the first day in bed.

00:42:45The next, he wouldn't leave those wretched cows.

00:42:47I should think that machine's quite worn out,

00:42:49to say nothing of the cows.

00:42:51All yesterday, duck shooting.

00:42:53Well, at least he's a splendid child.

00:42:55Splendid. We shall be eating duck for the rest of our lives.

00:42:57Yes, Captain?

00:42:59If I might have the football, Your Highness.

00:43:01For His Royal Highness.

00:43:11And today, he has to play ball.

00:43:13I just can't understand it.

00:43:15He came to see Alexandra.

00:43:17There's no doubt of it.

00:43:19Now that he's here, it's as if she didn't even exist.

00:43:21There's only the ball tonight,

00:43:23and then he'll be gone.

00:43:25It will be our last chance,

00:43:27the last chance for our whole family.

00:43:29Alexandra won't be young forever.

00:43:31Oh, I know I shouldn't talk this way.

00:43:33Sure, usually so calm and collected.

00:43:35In time of peace, yes,

00:43:37but this is war.

00:43:41Look at him.

00:43:43He's even fallen in love with a tutor.

00:43:45At least he's a good judge of character.

00:43:47Better than you are, my dear.

00:43:49That tutor is quite impossible.

00:43:51And Albert's spent more time with him

00:43:53than he has with Alexandra.

00:43:55Alexandra should spend more time with the tutor.

00:43:57Then she'd see something of Albert.

00:43:59Answer him, Feroza, if you can't even be sensible.

00:44:03Perhaps you're not so stupid as you sound.

00:44:05Why not, dear?

00:44:09Of course, it's a dreadfully overworked plan of attack,

00:44:11but there it is.

00:44:13Beggars can't be choosers.

00:44:15Beatrix, when you talk like that,

00:44:17all I can say is, don't do it.

00:44:19My mind is made up.

00:44:26Alexandra?

00:44:33Alexandra, what are you doing?

00:44:35You're not well?

00:44:37I'm quite well, thank you, Mother.

00:44:39Well, then, what are you doing?

00:44:41It's enough he spent half his time in bed.

00:44:43You don't have to start.

00:44:45Suppose he were to ask for you.

00:44:47He won't ask for me.

00:44:49Darling, I know so well how you feel,

00:44:51but don't be discouraged.

00:44:53Any little hurt to your pride will soon heal.

00:44:55After all, roses are more beautiful than cows,

00:44:57whatever he may think.

00:44:59We've had a few little setbacks,

00:45:01but tonight we're going to put everything right.

00:45:03Mother, what use is it?

00:45:05What more can I do?

00:45:07Get out of bed, for heaven's sake, to begin with.

00:45:09Haven't I been humiliated enough?

00:45:11Must have been in front of all the guests this time.

00:45:13Alexandra, you have my blood in your veins,

00:45:15and you can't have that for nothing.

00:45:17Your whole life, your whole upbringing

00:45:19has been devoted to just one thing,

00:45:21to make you fit to be a queen.

00:45:23A queen can't afford to be shy.

00:45:25She can never be humiliated.

00:45:27She's above it and beyond it.

00:45:29Oh, my darling.

00:45:31I know you'll do what has to be done unflinchingly.

00:45:37Do what, Mother?

00:45:39Oh, my little darling,

00:45:41I know it's a dreadful thing to ask,

00:45:43so banal that...

00:45:45Believe me, in this desperate extremity,

00:45:47your mother knows best,

00:45:49and you won't hate me for it, darling.

00:45:51You must love me all the more.

00:45:53Promise me you will.

00:45:55Yes, Mother, all right, but what is it?

00:45:59We're going to invite the tutor to the ball tonight.

00:46:03Professor Argy?

00:46:05Or rather, you're going to invite him.

00:46:07I can't invite him.

00:46:09Oh, my dear, I know he's not one of us,

00:46:11but God will forgive you, I'm sure.

00:46:13God will forgive me.

00:46:15I shall never forgive the tutor.

00:46:17Oh, Mother, it seems so strange.

00:46:19It would look as if suddenly I have some interest in him.

00:46:23Is that so terrible?

00:46:25Especially if it looks the same to Albert.

00:46:27Albert?

00:46:29My dear child, how do you suppose I came to marry your father?

00:46:33You don't think a man just gets an idea into his head

00:46:35and asks a woman to marry him.

00:46:37Of course not.

00:46:39All your father ever cared for was horses.

00:46:41He wouldn't even look at me.

00:46:43So I looked once or twice at the riding master.

00:46:45He proposed the very next afternoon on horseback.

00:46:49Well, I don't have to go on, do I?

00:46:51You do understand, don't you?

00:46:57Yes, Mother, I understand.

00:46:59I would have sent him to Vienna for a duke,

00:47:01but there wasn't time.

00:47:03A duke wouldn't have been as good anyway.

00:47:05Alexander, you're not going to be upset.

00:47:07All right, Mother, I shall invite him to the ball.

00:47:11But not in that tune of voice.

00:47:13And you'll allow him to dance with you?

00:47:15Well, you'll be wearing gloves, darling, long ones.

00:47:19After all, he's just as much one of God's creatures as we are.

00:47:22Or nearly.

00:47:24Pam-pa-rum-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam

00:47:27Pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam

00:47:31Pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam

00:47:37Pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam

00:47:42Pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam-pam

00:47:47Your Highness!

00:47:51Am I disturbing you?

00:47:52Certainly not.

00:47:53I was just making up the list of acceptances for tonight.

00:47:58The ball tonight is in the nature of a farewell.

00:48:01His Royal Highness is leaving tomorrow.

00:48:07I understand that in the evening you seldom go out,

00:48:11and you study in your room.

00:48:13When the two young princes have gone to bed, yes, Your Highness.

00:48:17What is it you study? Astronomy?

00:48:19Among other subjects.

00:48:21I'm only at the beginning of most things.

00:48:24One evening, then, won't make so much difference.

00:48:28Your Highness.

00:48:32You will have to forego your studies tonight.

00:48:35As Your Highness wishes.

00:48:38I...

00:48:41I have expressed my desire to invite you to the ball.

00:48:47I'm so deeply honored.

00:48:50It will be a somewhat formal evening, I'm afraid.

00:48:54I hope you won't find it stupid.

00:48:57With Your Highness present.

00:49:01You should talk to me about the stars.

00:49:04With the greatest pleasure.

00:49:08So, we shall expect you then.

00:49:12Your Highness, I don't need to say I'd be delighted.

00:49:15But...

00:49:16What is it?

00:49:17My clothes. I have nothing suitable.

00:49:20Oh, I'm sure Caesar will attend to it.

00:49:23At nine, then.

00:49:25You are most kind, Your Highness.

00:49:28No, Professor.

00:49:30No, not at all.

00:50:11I'll meet you at the other end.

00:50:42Ah, Professor. I'm delighted.

00:50:47What's he doing here?

00:50:49Won't you join us, Professor?

00:51:03Oh, Professor, please.

00:51:11Thank you, Your Highness.

00:51:42Cousin Beatrix, may I have the privilege?

00:51:44Thank you, Albert.

00:52:12You promised to tell me about the stars, you remember?

00:52:15Yes, Your Highness.

00:52:17It's difficult even to visualize them at this moment.

00:52:23You were talking the other evening about Vega and some companion star.

00:52:27Tell me about the other.

00:52:29Capella. Yes, Your Highness.

00:52:31But they are barely companions.

00:52:33I see.

00:52:35I'm sorry, Your Highness.

00:52:37I'm afraid I can't.

00:52:38Yes, Your Highness.

00:52:40But they are barely companions.

00:52:42Many millions of miles apart.

00:52:44Capella is in the constellation Oregon, the Charioteer.

00:52:48A golden-colored star of the first magnitude.

00:52:51The constellation is in the shape of a pentagon.

00:53:01You seem to have opened the ball, thank you, Albert.

00:53:04Would you mind now if we...

00:53:06Oh, have we finished?

00:53:08I'm afraid dancing is really for you, young man.

00:53:11Oh, by all means.

00:53:13You may ask me to dance.

00:53:34Thank you so much, Albert.

00:53:41Where's Alexandra?

00:53:43She's dancing with the professor.

00:53:45So she is.

00:53:48Ah, so she is.

00:54:04Carl, look at the way he's holding her.

00:54:07If he has to go to the slaughter, at least let him enjoy it.

00:54:10Beatrix, have you seen them?

00:54:12I have. Yes.

00:54:15Aunt Simferosa is so proud of Alexandra's dancing.

00:54:20Dances like a queen.

00:55:33Excuse me, Beatrix.

00:56:04It's always the same, Your Highness.

00:56:06When His Royal Highness sees one, he just can't resist it.

00:56:22When he does want to hug someone, he just can't resist it.

00:56:26When he does want to hug something, it has to be the base vial.

00:56:29That's the last straw.

00:56:31And the last hope of rescue gone for the professor.

00:56:34Do you have to keep harping on him?

00:56:36I suppose Alexandra's happiness, the whole family's, means nothing to you.

00:56:40Dear, you've seen me so long in this regard, you'll forget the meaning of it.

00:56:44All that matters to me is the peace of a man's soul.

00:56:47And any woman who can play so lightly with that,

00:56:50is a woman.

00:56:51Peace of a man's soul.

00:56:53And any woman who can play so lightly with that,

00:56:56well, my dear sister, she certainly needs to have a cast-iron conscience.

00:57:21Your Highness.

00:57:23I'm sorry.

00:57:25I don't care to dance any longer.

00:57:52I want to drive a little. May I borrow this?

00:57:55Your Highness, it's a pleasure.

00:57:58No, I'll drive myself.

00:58:00There's no need for you to come.

00:58:02Your Highness can't go alone. Forgive me.

00:58:05You don't think they're going to stay out there?

00:58:08No, Your Highness.

00:58:10I don't think they're going to stay out there.

00:58:12No, Your Highness.

00:58:14I don't think they're going to stay out there.

00:58:16No, Your Highness.

00:58:18No, Your Highness.

00:58:19I don't think they're going to stay out there.

00:58:21Go and signal her. Do something.

00:58:24You put your money on the horse, Beatrix.

00:58:26Let it run.

00:58:49Let it run.

00:58:50Let it run.

00:58:51My brothers are always boasting that you can speak on any subject, but you can't speak

00:59:21on any subject under the sun. Is that only in school hours? I'm sorry, your highness.

00:59:27I think I was afraid to speak, lest the mirage disappear. The mirage? Have you never seen

00:59:36a mirage, your highness? No, I've never seen one. I was born in the lowlands. People see

00:59:44them quite often in that part of the country. I saw one myself once. We were traveling on

00:59:49the open plain, and suddenly there it was, a whole city shimmering in the sun, towers

00:59:55and church spires, and it was very close. So close it seemed and so real that you could

01:00:02swear to it. Another time it might be something beyond imagining, the shapes and colors like

01:00:09nothing in this world, like something in a dream, and so beautiful that no words can

01:00:16possibly describe it. You go towards it eagerly, and all the time you seem to be getting closer

01:00:24and closer and closer, and then it's gone, and you can never see it again, just that

01:00:33same vision. Never. So when you see a mirage like that, you're afraid to turn your head,

01:00:48or blink your eye, or even to speak. Don't say anything more. I have to get back.

01:01:33The little botanist. Yes, Captain. Your Royal Highness hasn't forgotten. There was a memorandum to be sent.

01:01:43So there was, so there was. Beatrix, if you'll forgive me, petit moment. The palace, a memorandum.

01:01:51Naturally. And don't worry about Alexandra. I'm sure she's still with the professor.

01:02:03A memorandum. There can be only one destination for that, the Queen, and only one message, no.

01:02:09You're jumping to conclusions. You wouldn't worry anyway. She'll be here in the morning.

01:02:14Yes, here. The last few hours and Alexandra isn't even trying any longer. Where is she?

01:02:20Where's that awful young man? I think I'm going to faint. Beatrix, I forbid you to. You have a ballroom

01:02:27full of people. Not the people I want. Alexandra's gone and so has Albert. If you go too, there

01:02:33will rarely be talk. Now pull yourself together. All right, Karl, all right. Just find me some smelling salts.

01:02:44Here is the memorandum, sir. I thought we'd never get to it. Here.

01:02:58Thank you.

01:03:06Oh, by the way, where did they go, sir?

01:03:13One has to admire such courage, sir, for a lowlander like the professor to tackle Montblanc.

01:03:20Permission to retire.

01:03:27Your Royal Highness.

01:03:43Princess, if I may ask, don't go in for a moment.

01:03:47There's nothing that need be said.

01:03:49But there is something.

01:03:52There have been times when a man thought what he saw was a mirage.

01:03:58And it was the real thing.

01:04:02Before tonight, everything you've said to me has been curt, sharp, official.

01:04:07Even your politeness was a formality. It was only your indifference that was genuine.

01:04:12But now, all of a sudden, everything has changed. For the first time, you look at me as if I were a man.

01:04:20Don't say anything more.

01:04:22I must say it.

01:04:24Every day since I've been here, you've seen someone whose face, whose voice,

01:04:29whose whole manner has been composed, and official, too.

01:04:34While in his heart there's been a raging fire.

01:04:38All this time I've kept a discipline over myself, but now...

01:04:45I didn't want it to be like this.

01:04:48A thing can't always be helped, can it?

01:04:52I'm so ashamed.

01:04:54Is it so shameful?

01:04:58If there is something you can tell me, won't you tell it?

01:05:01I wouldn't have said a word if I hadn't seen that something was troubling you, too.

01:05:07Never mind what happens afterwards.

01:05:09Give me that much happiness.

01:05:12You don't understand.

01:05:14How could you?

01:05:17If it's happened, that's all that matters.

01:05:22There is something.

01:05:25But it's not what you think.

01:05:29I must tell you. If I don't, I'll never respect myself.

01:05:38You serve our family. I serve it, too.

01:05:42And the family, my mother, has but one aim in life.

01:05:47To make me the wife of the crown prince.

01:05:50To regain the throne that was lost.

01:05:54But so far, it doesn't seem as if anything...

01:05:59as if it will happen.

01:06:07Oh, God, you see how difficult this is for me.

01:06:10How shameful it is.

01:06:15The prince paid no attention to me.

01:06:18And so my mother thought that if there was someone else...

01:06:23another man, that it might have some effect.

01:06:34I never hurt anyone in my life before, not knowingly.

01:06:39You're the first person, and I wouldn't have hurt you either.

01:06:44Why do you think I was always cold and curt to you?

01:06:47Just because I always suspected.

01:06:50I always felt that somehow with me you weren't at ease.

01:06:55That I was weak.

01:06:58Ever since I was a little girl, I've never said no to my mother.

01:07:02It was my mother who suggested I invite you this evening.

01:07:07If I had known what that would mean.

01:07:11If I had known how a man's eyes can look when he feels like this.

01:07:17Or that anyone could look at me as you have.

01:07:28I don't ask you to forgive it, but...

01:07:32can't you respect me a little for having told you?

01:07:35Okay.

01:07:40Haven't you anything to say?

01:07:45Oh, won't you please say something?

01:07:54You only did what you were told.

01:07:59I had no right to blame Mother. That was hateful.

01:08:03I'm guilty too.

01:08:06I want to be a queen.

01:08:12Then I can go.

01:08:14The decoy must have done its work by now.

01:08:17The rest of the evening is for making the kill.

01:08:20Don't reproach me.

01:08:22Why should I?

01:08:24We all have our place in the scheme of things.

01:08:28Have I hurt you so much?

01:08:31No. It was just a box on the ear.

01:08:35I respect you and I want you to forgive me.

01:08:38Will you?

01:08:40No, Your Highness.

01:08:50Don't go through like an express train. We've missed you.

01:08:54Princess.

01:08:56And here's the professor. Of course.

01:08:59You look much better for the fresh air.

01:09:02What's been going on? Some outdoor tuition?

01:09:05The professor's been telling me about the stars.

01:09:08Vega and Capella.

01:09:10His talents run in so many directions, one's quite overwhelmed.

01:09:14Are you an expert on roses too?

01:09:17Roses?

01:09:19Apparently not.

01:09:21You should get the princess to teach you.

01:09:24Since you live here and her rose garden is so available,

01:09:29you shouldn't miss the opportunity.

01:09:31But we're keeping you. We mustn't do that.

01:09:39Well, here we all are, splendid.

01:09:42Some of us have just come back from a little visit to the heavens.

01:09:46Yes, back to earth.

01:09:48And poor Casnal that was resting.

01:09:50After all, the base vial is really quite strenuous.

01:09:53Alexandra.

01:09:55I hope you didn't have too much fresh air.

01:09:58Beatrix. Oh, thank heaven.

01:10:01Albert, we're serving a little aperitif now and then supper.

01:10:04I thought you'd prefer it privately, just the family.

01:10:07The family circle, delightful.

01:10:09Give me circles every time.

01:10:11Triangles are such a bore, eh?

01:10:14Shall we go in?

01:10:18I'm very much honoured.

01:10:20I always wish I had an appetite like the Bourbons.

01:10:23You know, Louis XV once ate ten cutlets at a sitting.

01:10:28Or was it Louis X and 15 cutlets?

01:10:36Professor, I'll have some supper sent up to your room.

01:10:39You get up so early. I expect you're tired.

01:10:41I'm not tired.

01:10:43If you want to go to bed, don't be afraid to admit it.

01:10:45Bed, Your Highness? I just woke up.

01:10:47Barely five minutes ago.

01:10:50Those two. Something's happened.

01:10:53I knew it.

01:10:55I don't think Albert likes it.

01:10:58And you know nothing at all about music?

01:11:00Then I must congratulate you on your courage.

01:11:03I fail to see why, Your Royal Highness.

01:11:05Do you?

01:11:07I doubt if many a practised performer

01:11:09would try to take part in a duet, a trio,

01:11:12and a full orchestra all at the same time.

01:11:14Thank you.

01:11:21I think Cousin Albert feels quite triumphant, Mother.

01:11:24At last he's found a subject where he knows more than the Professor.

01:11:27And that's not so easy, after all.

01:11:29Alexander, I have a complaint to make.

01:11:31You haven't looked my way the whole evening.

01:11:33Perhaps. I have learned one thing on the subject.

01:11:36The greatest musicians aren't always the ones

01:11:38who blow their own trumpets.

01:11:40Alexander, see that Albert tries some of the sermon canapes?

01:11:44I insist on that.

01:11:48If you don't feel well, Professor, I'm sure we can excuse you.

01:11:51I feel splendid.

01:11:54You are the beautiful daughter of the house.

01:11:56Health and happiness.

01:12:04Quite a healthy gulp, too.

01:12:06Prosit.

01:12:08My son, this is a heavy wine.

01:12:10One shouldn't take it that way.

01:12:12It's a wine to be sipped.

01:12:14I must confess something to you, Father.

01:12:16That was the first glass of wine I ever had in my life.

01:12:18It was?

01:12:20Yes, it was.

01:12:23Alexander!

01:12:31Alexander!

01:12:33That was a little foolish, my dear.

01:12:35I just explained that one shouldn't drink this too quickly.

01:12:38I think she felt obliged to keep the Professor company.

01:12:41It was quite unnecessary.

01:12:43You're not accustomed to wine.

01:12:45No, Mother.

01:12:47So do I.

01:12:49I should like to drink another toast.

01:12:51To yourself?

01:12:57To Napoleon,

01:12:59who made kings and destroyed them.

01:13:01And who also made that profound contribution to thought,

01:13:03an army marches on its stomach.

01:13:05Oh, how very uncomfortable.

01:13:07He was a genius.

01:13:09He was a genius.

01:13:11He was a genius.

01:13:13He was a genius.

01:13:15He was a genius.

01:13:18He was a genius,

01:13:20and he knew that even the smallest detail was important.

01:13:22In astronomy, I've learned that too.

01:13:24One should never despise

01:13:26even the smallest specks in the universe.

01:13:28Those little specks in the sky,

01:13:30each of them is an immense world of its own.

01:13:32Each of them?

01:13:34Each one.

01:13:36Don't you think some of them merely imagine it?

01:13:38I'm sure it's difficult

01:13:40for the rulers of this earth to appreciate.

01:13:42They speak of their ten million population

01:13:44or their army of two millions.

01:13:47But it never occurs to them

01:13:49that each single one of all those millions

01:13:51is a sovereign world,

01:13:53a world that is not to be destroyed.

01:13:55I'm quite sure, my son,

01:13:57that none of us wants to destroy any of your worlds.

01:13:59Oh, I'm sure not.

01:14:01Why don't you have a canopy?

01:14:05There are women who can do it

01:14:07with a single smile.

01:14:11Don't you like what I say, Your Highness?

01:14:13Perhaps I do.

01:14:17I'm afraid Her Highness doesn't.

01:14:19I'm a little unaccustomed to anything of the kind,

01:14:21very unaccustomed, and I do not care for it.

01:14:23I think he talks delightfully.

01:14:25Meaningless phrases, most of them, but charming.

01:14:27Every star, a sovereign world.

01:14:29Not every one.

01:14:31No?

01:14:33No.

01:14:35A planet, for all the importance of its title,

01:14:37has no light of its own.

01:14:39It shines only with the reflected glory of the sun.

01:14:42The imperial sun.

01:14:44I'm sure you're right, Professor.

01:14:46I hardly know about such things.

01:14:48No, Your Royal Highness, you don't know.

01:14:50And you don't want to know.

01:14:56This is wonderful.

01:14:58A man who dares to tell me

01:15:00there is something I don't understand.

01:15:02No, you don't.

01:15:04Professor Albert, I must apologize.

01:15:06For 20 years, I've been waiting for a tone of voice like that.

01:15:08At last, a man who talks to me as an equal.

01:15:10I'm disappointed with the Professor.

01:15:12Whether you're unshattered or not doesn't interest me.

01:15:14And such candor. Delightful.

01:15:16I'm having an unforgettable evening.

01:15:18Albert, perhaps you'd like to go to bed.

01:15:20Oh!

01:15:22Beatrix, use your smelling salts.

01:15:24No use.

01:15:26Mother, what is it?

01:15:28Oh, go away, go away.

01:15:30What's the matter, Cousin Beatrix?

01:15:32Tu te trouves mal?

01:15:34Beatrix dear, I'll take you to your room.

01:15:36No, no.

01:15:39This French is better. Albert!

01:15:41I'm here, Cousin Beatrix. Ici le prince.

01:15:43Merci.

01:15:45Merci, Albert.

01:15:47Oh, Simferosa. Allez-vous-en.

01:15:49Oh, Beatrix.

01:15:51Oh, ne me laissez pas, Albert.

01:15:53No, my son. Wait.

01:15:55How?

01:15:57How can you stand there?

01:15:59It may be genuine.

01:16:01My dear Aunt Simferosa,

01:16:03the genuine trouble is still in this room.

01:16:05I saw it coming at the very start of the evening.

01:16:08Well, my boy,

01:16:10have you had enough of madness for one night?

01:16:12It's my fault.

01:16:14I'm to blame for everything.

01:16:16All right, my dear. Now, don't get excited.

01:16:18Let's take this quietly.

01:16:20That's why I stayed behind.

01:16:22I couldn't stand it any longer, Father.

01:16:24I couldn't.

01:16:26God knows I meant to keep a hold of myself.

01:16:28But I'm a man,

01:16:30and I'm in love.

01:16:32How could I stand there and listen to him?

01:16:34How could I let him in?

01:16:36Are you angry with me, too?

01:16:38No, Father.

01:16:40Then why do you shout at me?

01:16:42I can not only hear what you say,

01:16:44I understand it.

01:16:46Can you understand

01:16:48how anyone could be such a simpleton?

01:16:50How anyone could be fool enough

01:16:52to believe in that invitation,

01:16:54believe that a miracle could still happen?

01:16:58When I found that it hadn't,

01:17:00something in me,

01:17:03something in me.

01:17:05I had to do what I did.

01:17:07I needed it.

01:17:09I need even more.

01:17:11More?

01:17:13Yes, more.

01:17:15This is our serious,

01:17:17studious young professor.

01:17:19Well, my dear, how do you like this?

01:17:23Oh, Uncle Karl.

01:17:25I like it very much.

01:17:27This is even worse than I thought.

01:17:29If only you'll forgive me.

01:17:33I'll forgive you for him.

01:17:35Oh, don't be ashamed, my dear.

01:17:37These things happen.

01:17:39We can't help them.

01:17:41That's not why I'm crying.

01:17:43Why, then?

01:17:45I'm so sorry for him.

01:17:47I had no idea

01:17:49how much he was hurt,

01:17:51much more than I thought.

01:17:53When he looks at me,

01:17:55I feel so...

01:17:59How do you feel, Alexandra?

01:18:03Tell me.

01:18:05I asked him if I'd hurt him so much,

01:18:07and he said,

01:18:09no, it was just a box on the ear.

01:18:11The way he said that,

01:18:13I suddenly saw him

01:18:15as a little boy

01:18:17down on the plains

01:18:19where he used to live

01:18:21in those little low-roof cottages

01:18:23with the white acacia trees

01:18:25and the mother who loved him

01:18:27and was so proud of him

01:18:29even when she had to box his ears.

01:18:32Somehow, I felt the same way

01:18:34about him, too.

01:18:36What do you say to that,

01:18:38Uncle Carl?

01:18:40I ought to box your ears.

01:18:42Oh, darling.

01:18:50You see?

01:18:52I understand women.

01:18:54I don't.

01:18:56And I don't care.

01:18:58Poor mother.

01:19:00I'd better get up to her.

01:19:02You'd better do nothing of the sort.

01:19:04What your mother did was very cruel.

01:19:06Yes, she was cruel,

01:19:08and I was cruel,

01:19:10and out of it

01:19:12I'm so happy.

01:19:16Oh, Uncle Carl,

01:19:18how is it you understand so well?

01:19:20My dear,

01:19:22you don't think I was born in these robes.

01:19:25What a fine position

01:19:27your mother put me in.

01:19:29When the horses shied,

01:19:31she jumped clean out of the carriage.

01:19:33Now, I suppose, it's up to me

01:19:35to take the reins.

01:19:37Don't look at me so tragically.

01:19:39How can I be severe with you?

01:19:41I look at you, both of you,

01:19:43and how can I say anything to you

01:19:45as you stand here,

01:19:47two children,

01:19:49in such a desperate predicament

01:19:51and yet so happy?

01:19:54You'll never again be as happy

01:19:56as you are now.

01:19:58Perhaps it's started to go already.

01:20:00By the time we feel it,

01:20:02it's gone.

01:20:04I know,

01:20:06because I once

01:20:08had to face it myself.

01:20:10And now,

01:20:12you're going to take leave

01:20:14of each other,

01:20:16quietly and sensibly,

01:20:18like two intelligent people,

01:20:20and forgive each other

01:20:22God be with you.

01:20:42What's your first name?

01:20:44Nicholas.

01:20:48How old are you?

01:20:5127.

01:20:53And your village, what was it called?

01:20:55Siglid.

01:20:57Princess, at last we're alone

01:20:59for a few moments,

01:21:01and you ask me for facts and figures.

01:21:03I want to know you.

01:21:05I want to know everything about you,

01:21:07all at once.

01:21:09I don't know where to start.

01:21:11This may be the last time

01:21:13we can ever see each other.

01:21:15If you love me,

01:21:17tell me.

01:21:21If it's love,

01:21:23then it's

01:21:25very like

01:21:27once when I was little

01:21:29with the Emperor.

01:21:31I had seen so many

01:21:33pictures of him in his robes,

01:21:35with a golden crown on his head,

01:21:37all splendor

01:21:39and magnificence.

01:21:41And when he came to visit us

01:21:43in an ordinary suit,

01:21:47I didn't know him.

01:21:51You're so sweet

01:21:53and so beautiful.

01:21:55Don't come any closer,

01:21:57Nicholas.

01:21:59I've never seen a man in love,

01:22:01and he happens to be in love with me.

01:22:03Are you so afraid of me?

01:22:05Oh, if I am, then I want

01:22:07always to be afraid.

01:22:09I want to be so good to you.

01:22:11Oh, I want

01:22:13a hundred things.

01:22:15I want to tell you everything that's in my heart,

01:22:17all my secrets.

01:22:20I did do a Napoleon, too.

01:22:22Little Princess.

01:22:26I want to hear you call me

01:22:28by my name.

01:22:30Alexandra.

01:22:34Alexandra.

01:22:36I want to be everything to you.

01:22:38I want to look after you

01:22:40and spoil you

01:22:42and eat something.

01:22:44I'm not hungry, Alexandra.

01:22:46I'm thirsty.

01:22:48You want some wine?

01:22:49I'm thirsty for your lips, for your eyes,

01:22:52for that moment when we can't even speak.

01:22:55You mustn't talk like that or look at me like that.

01:23:00Alexandra, I want to.

01:23:04I want to look into your eyes, deep into your eyes,

01:23:09and see the lashes close.

01:23:13Please, you're frightening me.

01:23:16I never dared to think that you could give your love to me.

01:23:19Can you blame me now if I want to take you,

01:23:22if I want to take you and carry you off into the darkness out there?

01:23:27Close your eyes. Stop your lips.

01:23:30Nicholas. Nicholas.

01:23:34Ah, Alexandra.

01:23:52Your poor dear mother has gone to bed, but she's better.

01:23:55And we had quite a little talk, very illuminating.

01:23:59Well, I shall say good night. Sleep well.

01:24:04Ah, the professor.

01:24:07That little discourse of yours, very interesting.

01:24:11Original, too. Something quite new.

01:24:16Astronomical impertinence.

01:24:17Albert.

01:24:18He took a modest drink with us, and the first thing we knew,

01:24:20he lifted a sawing up into the sky, stayed there himself,

01:24:22and let me drop back to earth with a thud.

01:24:24Albert, you're not being fair. He's not like us.

01:24:27I've noticed that.

01:24:27He comes of a freer world than ours.

01:24:29Obviously.

01:24:30He isn't bound by our conventions.

01:24:31My dear, you're altogether too generous.

01:24:34Your mother has told me everything.

01:24:36How you have been the innocent target for these unpleasant attentions.

01:24:40That isn't the truth. You don't understand.

01:24:42It's never easy to understand a bad joke.

01:24:44Your Royal Highness, supper is served.

01:24:45Your tolerance does you credit,

01:24:47but however charmingly you defend his bad manners,

01:24:49it doesn't alter them.

01:24:50He remains an insolent upstart.

01:24:52Your Highness.

01:24:52I won't let you call him that.

01:24:54I do call him that.

01:24:55I call him a great deal more than that.

01:24:57He's a snob of the worst kind.

01:25:00The upside-down variety.

01:25:02Just an ill-bred astronomer who hopes to hitch his peasant cart to a star

01:25:06and drag it down with him into the mud.

01:25:08Nicholas, don't answer him!

01:25:10I forbid you to!

01:25:11Nicholas!

01:25:13Oh!

01:25:27That's another matter.

01:25:34Quite another matter.

01:25:37In that case, Professor, I apologize.

01:25:45Good night.

01:25:54He called him a peasant and said he just wanted to drag me in the mud.

01:26:24You haven't touched your breakfast, Your Highness.

01:26:37It doesn't matter.

01:26:41Lisa.

01:26:42Yes, Your Highness.

01:26:43Do all the indoor staff live in?

01:26:46Yes, Your Highness.

01:26:47In the servant's wing.

01:26:51Even Caesar?

01:26:53Yes.

01:26:54Or, for instance, the professor?

01:26:58You go along the main corridor and through the staff door.

01:27:02Then turn right and the professor's door is the first on the left.

01:27:06Thank you.

01:27:07It was just a matter of interest.

01:27:13What is that?

01:27:22It's the queen.

01:27:23It's Her Majesty, sir.

01:27:26It can't be.

01:27:27It is, sir. There's no question about it.

01:27:29Nine o'clock.

01:27:36Dear mother, how she loves to catch people on the wrong foot.

01:27:39In this case, no feet at all, sir.

01:27:41What will happen when she finds out?

01:27:51Now you know.

01:27:56Beatrix, you've seen?

01:27:57I have. Two hours early. Typical.

01:28:00But she's still going to be too late.

01:28:02What's all that for?

01:28:03She's going to the Black Sea without any breakfast.

01:28:05And you're going downstairs to Dominica.

01:28:07Beatrix, you can't escape this now.

01:28:08Oh, can't I?

01:28:10As that woman comes in the front, I go out the back.

01:28:12Now, listen, my dear.

01:28:13You've been sitting snug in a monastery.

01:28:14You don't know her.

01:28:15She's never let our family forget that the Wittenbergs gave us a home in exile.

01:28:19Our poor little home.

01:28:21Where's my hat?

01:28:24She'll take it away so fast we'll barely have time to save our belongings.

01:28:31Can't if you don't stop her, I shall jump straight out of that window.

01:28:35She'll walk in over my dead body.

01:28:37Just keep her long enough.

01:28:38That's all I ask.

01:28:39Don't cry, dear.

01:28:40The good Lord will help us.

01:28:43He's the only one now who can.

01:28:50Why, Karl, you aren't even dressed yet.

01:28:51Oh, I forgot you never are.

01:28:53Your Royal Majesty, you bring honor and glory to this house.

01:28:56I also bring some of my pickled beetroot.

01:28:58It's very good for Beatrix's complexion.

01:29:02You can stop bowing and go to work.

01:29:04At the palace, I stopped half the bowing and replaced it with elbow grease.

01:29:09Where is Beatrix?

01:29:11Pounders, get me out of this cocoon.

01:29:13Caesar, I shall like a cup of good strong bouillon with some sherry in it.

01:29:17If I know my son, he's still asleep.

01:29:19Have his Royal Highness roused and sent to me.

01:29:22Isn't she down yet?

01:29:23Well, no, she isn't.

01:29:24She...

01:29:24Well, I'll go up.

01:29:26Oh, no, please.

01:29:28Cousin Dominica, you mustn't do that.

01:29:29This morning, I am a cousin.

01:29:30It's a family affair and no ceremony.

01:29:32Oh, Dominica, please.

01:29:33Why don't you go in the cellar?

01:29:34Wait for your bouillon.

01:29:35Karl, don't dictate to me.

01:29:36I don't like it.

01:29:38And don't keep interrupting.

01:29:39I like that even less.

01:29:41You all have wonderful news.

01:29:42I know that.

01:29:43Beatrix is bursting to see me.

01:29:45Albert is delighted.

01:29:46I know.

01:29:47I shall stay for two hours and then we shall have to go.

01:29:53She's got him.

01:29:54Alexandra is a dear child.

01:29:56I remember her well.

01:29:58I shall tell Beatrix to bring him to town in six weeks' time.

01:30:02Beatrix, where are you?

01:30:05Is that you, Cousin Dominica?

01:30:13Indisposed?

01:30:15Yes, very.

01:30:18Beatrix, you're seedy.

01:30:20Now, stop squirming.

01:30:21It's quite impossible to curtsy in bed.

01:30:24Why didn't you tell me?

01:30:25Well, it's all been rather sudden.

01:30:28Perhaps he thought she'd gone.

01:30:30Gone?

01:30:31She can't be as bad as that.

01:30:33What is it?

01:30:34Nothing, just a little infectious rash.

01:30:37Infectious nonsense.

01:30:39Let me look at it.

01:30:41And a chill, Dominica.

01:30:43I always get the two together.

01:30:45Well, it runs in the family.

01:30:46I know exactly how to deal with it.

01:30:48Hot water bottle for the chill, cold compress for the rash.

01:30:51Fetch them.

01:30:52It's nervous excitement, of course.

01:30:56Now, don't look so guilty, Beatrix.

01:30:58When a dearly beloved daughter takes such a step as this,

01:31:00you're entitled to a chill and a rash.

01:31:03You know all about it.

01:31:05Of course I know.

01:31:06And I'm delighted.

01:31:08You are?

01:31:09Come on, Simferosa, why don't you run away and get some breakfast?

01:31:11We can all have some now.

01:31:12Now that dear cousin Dominica is such a brick about what happened.

01:31:15What happened?

01:31:17What happened?

01:31:19Beatrix, you're hiding something from me.

01:31:21What is it?

01:31:23Carl?

01:31:24Simferosa?

01:31:26May I come in?

01:31:27Albert?

01:31:28Good morning, Mother.

01:31:30Cousin Beatrix?

01:31:31Better, I hope.

01:31:32Albert, something has transpired here.

01:31:35What?

01:31:36What?

01:31:37What, indeed?

01:31:38Bertie?

01:31:39Well, Mother, what exactly do you know?

01:31:47I know just one thing that I'm to be told everything in the next 30 seconds.

01:31:53I think it'll be easier in there.

01:31:57After last night, cousin Alexandra and I, we hadn't met.

01:32:01Cousin Alexandra was, well, she was something of an icicle, and I was, what was I?

01:32:09A fish.

01:32:10Fish?

01:32:11Yes, I suppose I was.

01:32:14Mind you, one that we're all devoted to.

01:32:16An icicle and a fish.

01:32:19Not much chance of warmth there.

01:32:20Of course, it was very painful to me.

01:32:23And it was painful, too, I suppose, to Alexandra and cousin Beatrix.

01:32:28I should think so.

01:32:29Much more painful.

01:32:31So there we all were, suffering.

01:32:34I suffered, Alexandra and cousin Beatrix suffered, so did cousin Carl and Aunt Simferosa, so did

01:32:43the boys and the professor.

01:32:48What professor?

01:32:49Now, that's just the point.

01:32:50There's a professor with the boys.

01:32:52Oh, stop groaning.

01:32:54This professor, he's young, he's charming, and he suffered more than anybody.

01:33:00I don't see why.

01:33:01Oh, you will.

01:33:02Four days went by, and the icicle didn't melt, and the fish was still...

01:33:07Cousin Beatrix was quite in despair, and you know what desperation leads to.

01:33:10In this case, it led to the professor.

01:33:14How did you know that?

01:33:16Captain Wunderlich is a very experienced aide.

01:33:18Well, what about this professor?

01:33:20Cousin Beatrix had the notion of injecting a little competition into the affair, but

01:33:23unhappily there was one thing she overlooked.

01:33:26You see, the professor, this studious young man, sounds absurd, I know, but he was secretly

01:33:32in love with Alexandra.

01:33:34And Alexandra with him?

01:33:35Mother, you're interrupting.

01:33:36Well, I...

01:33:37So there he was, this poor fellow, just a means to an end, a worm to catch a fish, and

01:33:42so humble through it all, so silent in all his suffering.

01:33:46Pathetic.

01:33:47And then I insulted him.

01:33:49Insulted him?

01:33:50You had no right to do that.

01:33:52What a woman, not only all brain, all heart, too.

01:33:55Why did you insult that poor boy?

01:33:57Ah, why?

01:33:59Why?

01:34:01Because you were jealous?

01:34:03Of course.

01:34:06Of course.

01:34:07Oh, oh, that motor car.

01:34:10Shall I?

01:34:11Yes, yes.

01:34:13So then what happened?

01:34:16So there he was, this poor fellow, his romantic dream in ruins, a martyr, and all for the

01:34:22sake of the family.

01:34:24I appealed to you, Mother.

01:34:25Don't you think such a young man worthy of high praise?

01:34:28The highest possible.

01:34:30Do you think such a young man deserves to be punished?

01:34:33Certainly not.

01:34:34Does he deserve to be disgraced, despised, discharged, perhaps?

01:34:39Heaven forbid.

01:34:40Does he even deserve to be reprimanded?

01:34:42No, of course he doesn't.

01:34:43Why, on the contrary, I think he deserves, I don't know, but I think he deserves to be...

01:34:49He deserves to be kissed.

01:34:51Well, that's exactly what happened to him.

01:34:53What?

01:34:54What do you mean, that's what happened to him?

01:34:56What you said.

01:34:57Alexandra kissed him.

01:34:58Alexandra?

01:34:59Just exactly as you said.

01:35:00I said, I said...

01:35:03Oh, yes, yes, yes.

01:35:05Yes, wasn't it awful?

01:35:09She couldn't bear to watch him suffer any longer, a sweet, warm-hearted girl like her.

01:35:14So she kissed him.

01:35:15What could be more natural?

01:35:16Nothing.

01:35:17No, I suppose not.

01:35:19And there were you, Cousin Beatrix, worrying yourself into bed about something

01:35:22which Mother found perfectly natural.

01:35:24Didn't you, Mother?

01:35:25Well, yes, yes.

01:35:29That is the most extraordinary nightgown I've ever seen.

01:35:33Well, I...

01:35:34Well, one can't always believe one's eyes.

01:35:36Or even one's ears sometimes.

01:35:39I want to see Alexandra.

01:35:40I'll get her for you.

01:35:41I'll go.

01:35:42I'll fetch her.

01:35:46Mother!

01:35:47Mother!

01:35:48Professor Augie's leaving.

01:35:49Where is he going, Mother?

01:35:51He's leaving this morning.

01:35:52Silence!

01:35:53Boys, behave yourselves.

01:35:55This is not a republic.

01:35:56Now come and greet me.

01:35:59I'm your sovereign and also your aunt, once removed.

01:36:02You should respect them both.

01:36:04Now, what was all the shouting about?

01:36:07Why is this professor leaving?

01:36:09Has he been discharged?

01:36:10It's because of Napoleon.

01:36:12I bet it is.

01:36:13Napoleon?

01:36:14Mother and he don't agree on the subject.

01:36:16Beatrix, you don't approve of that man.

01:36:17Approve?

01:36:18My dear, I have a book.

01:36:19I shall send it to you.

01:36:20It's most comforting.

01:36:22It proves conclusively that Napoleon never existed.

01:36:28You're not just a prince.

01:36:30You're a gentleman.

01:36:31I'm a liar, too.

01:36:33I may also be an idiot.

01:36:35Where is she?

01:36:44Alexandra?

01:36:45Alexandra?

01:36:54I'm almost ready.

01:36:58Nicholas.

01:37:00I'm going with you.

01:37:03Your Highness has no need to carry things that far.

01:37:07What do you mean?

01:37:09With all respect, Your Highness shouldn't have come.

01:37:12Nicholas, what is it?

01:37:13What's happened?

01:37:14Nothing.

01:37:16Nothing has happened at all.

01:37:18Then why are you like this?

01:37:19What makes you talk like that?

01:37:21The respect of a tutor for a princess.

01:37:25Oh, Nicholas, didn't you understand?

01:37:27I've made up my mind.

01:37:29I've been thinking the whole night

01:37:30and no one's going to stop us.

01:37:31The family, no one.

01:37:33I belong to you.

01:37:35Oh, my darling.

01:37:36Did last night mean so little?

01:37:39Or have you forgotten it?

01:37:41Nicholas, I know why you're behaving like this.

01:37:46The way I behave and my departure this morning

01:37:51were there simply my answer

01:37:52to the kiss Your Highness gave me.

01:37:54That kiss which had all your pity in it

01:37:56and all your contempt.

01:37:57Contempt?

01:37:58It meant that I wasn't even a man.

01:38:00I was just a boy.

01:38:02I was just a boy.

01:38:04It meant that I wasn't even a man.

01:38:06I was just a pet dog that somebody kicked

01:38:09so you consoled him with a pat on the head.

01:38:11Oh, is that how you took it?

01:38:15If I could have taken it any other way...

01:38:17Yes?

01:38:18...then I would have returned it.

01:38:26I'm sure Your Highness understands that.

01:38:34Yes, I understand.

01:38:39I'm glad you're so clear in your head about it.

01:38:42It's easy to be clear-headed in the morning

01:38:45when the sun is shining.

01:38:47And not the stars.

01:38:50Not the stars.

01:38:53I'm glad it's better like this.

01:38:57Yes, much better.

01:39:04The boys will miss you.

01:39:07They'll soon forget me.

01:39:12Alexandra.

01:39:14I said you should make your farewells last night.

01:39:17We did.

01:39:19I was just foolish enough not to realize it.

01:39:26The chapter is closed, eh, my boy?

01:39:28Yes, Father.

01:39:29Completely closed.

01:39:30I wasn't mistaken in you.

01:39:32Well, I shan't say goodbye.

01:39:34You'll be hearing from me.

01:39:45He said it was contempt.

01:39:48Contempt and pity.

01:39:50How could he say that?

01:39:52It wasn't.

01:39:53It wasn't.

01:39:54I know my own feelings.

01:39:56Do you?

01:39:57My dear, you forget

01:39:59all your life has been spent learning to suppress them.

01:40:02When they suddenly come to the surface for a moment,

01:40:04it's very easy to make a mistake.

01:40:06I kissed him out of pity.

01:40:08Is that what you really think, Uncle Karl?

01:40:11I think.

01:40:13But one day,

01:40:15you'll decide for yourself

01:40:17that it must have been that.

01:40:19Now, dry your eyes and come along.

01:40:21Perhaps we can find your answer in here.

01:40:23Don't be alarmed.

01:40:26It's not a duel to the death,

01:40:28and it's not the guillotine.

01:40:35What is it, then?

01:40:38Your future.

01:40:41And my part in it.

01:40:44I haven't any future.

01:40:46I'm not going to die.

01:40:48I'm not going to die.

01:40:50I'm not going to die.

01:40:51I haven't any future.

01:40:54And even if I had,

01:40:56I wouldn't want to share it

01:40:58with anyone who behaves as you do.

01:41:00You've insulted me and my whole family,

01:41:02even before you came,

01:41:04sending my mother a telegram with two days' notice.

01:41:06Arrive here in the middle of the night

01:41:08and don't come down to the middle of the next.

01:41:10True, I can't dispute any of that.

01:41:12And when you did,

01:41:14you might just as well have stayed upstairs.

01:41:16You behaved like a...

01:41:18Like fish.

01:41:19As if I was some sort of...

01:41:21Not even that.

01:41:23As if I were invisible.

01:41:25Perhaps you were,

01:41:27to begin with.

01:41:29And now, when your mother's here

01:41:31and you can't help yourself any longer,

01:41:33you want to put everything right.

01:41:35Perhaps I can.

01:41:37Mother's already survived part of the earthquake.

01:41:39The rest will merely bring down a few more pillars.

01:41:41I don't know what you mean.

01:41:43I mean,

01:41:45take your professor, Alexandra.

01:41:47Marry him,

01:41:49rather than the alternative.

01:41:57As a husband,

01:41:59I should be neither ornamental nor clever.

01:42:03And my jokes aren't even amusing.

01:42:05He has a few faults, too.

01:42:07But,

01:42:09if you love him,

01:42:11as I think you do,

01:42:13you won't notice them.

01:42:16And I'm sure if his hand touches yours,

01:42:17you won't jump ten feet.

01:42:20So,

01:42:22go with him.

01:42:24And with my blessing,

01:42:26if no one else's.

01:42:29When I'm the monarch,

01:42:31I'll see you're both allowed

01:42:33to come back from

01:42:35wherever you go.

01:42:37And if there's a law against that,

01:42:39I'll get Parliament to pass a new one, eh?

01:42:42Thank you, Albert,

01:42:44but

01:42:45there's nothing Parliament can do.

01:42:54I beg Your Highness's pardon.

01:42:56Don't go, Professor.

01:42:58At least,

01:43:00not without what you came for.

01:43:03Yes, come and get your books.

01:43:15I must say,

01:43:17I admire you

01:43:19for being so calm

01:43:21and so self-controlled.

01:43:24I just wonder

01:43:26why you couldn't have been

01:43:28like that last night,

01:43:30that's all.

01:43:32Why you had to play

01:43:34on my feelings

01:43:36and my inexperience,

01:43:38carry me along through it

01:43:40until I was ready to do anything,

01:43:42go with you anywhere,

01:43:44and you collapsed

01:43:46and all you wanted

01:43:48was a little excitement

01:43:50for one night.

01:43:52You're right,

01:43:54he is an upstart

01:43:56and selfish.

01:43:58You don't care one thing

01:44:00about me or what happens to me.

01:44:02Don't answer her,

01:44:04Nicholas,

01:44:06I forbid you to.

01:44:08My dear fellow,

01:44:10I'm still somewhat in the dark,

01:44:12but all the same,

01:44:14I'll be there.

01:44:37Professor!

01:44:39Professor, wait a minute!

01:44:41Give me the baby!

01:44:42Give me the baby!

01:45:12Your father used to call you a swan,

01:45:14at least so I'm told.

01:45:17I think that's a good thing

01:45:19to remember.

01:45:22Think what it means

01:45:24to be a swan,

01:45:26to glide like a dream

01:45:28on the smooth surface

01:45:30of the lake,

01:45:32to fly like a bird

01:45:34in the sky,

01:45:36to fly like a bird

01:45:38in the sky,

01:45:40to fly like a bird

01:45:42in the sky,

01:45:44and never go on the shore.

01:45:49On dry land,

01:45:51where ordinary people walk,

01:45:54the swan is awkward,

01:45:57even ridiculous.

01:46:00When she waddles up the bank,

01:46:03she painfully resembles

01:46:05a different kind of bird,

01:46:06n'est-ce pas?

01:46:08A goose?

01:46:10I'm afraid so.

01:46:12So there she must stay,

01:46:14out on the lake,

01:46:17silent,

01:46:19white,

01:46:22majestic,

01:46:25be a bird but never fly,

01:46:28know one song

01:46:30but never sing it

01:46:33until the moment of her death.

01:46:38And so it must be

01:46:40for you, Alexandra,

01:46:42head high,

01:46:44cool indifference

01:46:46to the staring crowds

01:46:48along the bank,

01:46:50and the song

01:46:54never.

01:47:12Take me in, Alfred.

01:47:42Take me in, Alfred.

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