Caught on a Train is a British television play written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Peter Duffell, based on an overnight train journey across Europe, and following the route of a journey that Poliakoff had himself made from London to Vienna. It was first shown, as part of the BBC2 Playhouse series, on 31 October 1980.
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00:02:43I don't normally travel with these.
00:02:45Don't you?
00:02:46No, I don't.
00:02:47Excuse me.
00:02:48I was about to offer help.
00:02:49Let me, let me.
00:02:50I can manage.
00:02:51I can take one.
00:02:53That's very kind.
00:02:57Not exactly overcrowded, is it?
00:02:58Where is everybody?
00:03:00Oh, I'm glad to be here.
00:03:02Little boys kept on pinching me on the boat.
00:03:04Coming up behind me and poking me and stuff.
00:03:07Were you on the boat?
00:03:08Yes, but I wasn't one of them.
00:03:11I'm an F.
00:03:12Are you? So am I.
00:03:13Are you? That's nice.
00:03:15What number?
00:03:16Sixty-three.
00:03:19And we're opposite.
00:03:23How far are you going?
00:03:24To Nuremberg.
00:03:25And you?
00:03:26Even further.
00:03:29I'll do that.
00:03:30Let me do it.
00:03:31Thanks.
00:03:32Come on.
00:03:38Haven't got much for once.
00:03:39Managed to travel lightly for a change.
00:03:41Oh, really?
00:03:44You seem to be entirely alone.
00:03:47I'm extraordinary to have the whole train to myself.
00:03:49I'm extraordinary to have the whole train to myself.
00:03:52Fourteen carriages, nobody else at all.
00:03:55I think we're getting on the right train.
00:03:57We're not going to finish up in Poland.
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00:04:01It's really hot in here, isn't it?
00:04:19Obviously only a trial run.
00:04:26I love trains.
00:04:28Haven't been on a huge train journey in years.
00:04:39You know that feeling when you don't want other people to get on?
00:04:42Yes, but they're going to. These are all reserved.
00:04:44Maybe they won't show up.
00:04:46Maybe we can stop them getting in here.
00:04:48How are we going to do that?
00:04:49Look, Hostel, I'm very good at this back home.
00:04:52I used to think of lots of different ways of keeping people out.
00:04:55You can smoke at them, or you can spit at them.
00:04:58You have to really concentrate.
00:05:18It would be incredible if we really were alone.
00:05:48The room comes to getting hot enough.
00:06:19Tag.
00:06:20Tag.
00:06:24Ganz bequem, eh?
00:06:40Do you want some chocolate?
00:06:41Yes, please.
00:06:49Do you think that's a lot?
00:06:52Maybe.
00:06:54I couldn't stop myself buying this.
00:06:56Come on, have a lot.
00:06:57No, just a bit.
00:07:04Christ, it's really bitter.
00:07:07It's not exceptionally sweet.
00:07:09You're being very English and polite.
00:07:12It's revolting.
00:07:19It's too difficult.
00:07:26Not that.
00:07:32Isn't that enough?
00:07:34I don't have any more.
00:07:41Excuse me.
00:07:43You have my place.
00:07:45Are you English?
00:07:46Yes.
00:07:47Then you can understand.
00:07:49You are sitting in the seat where I have to sit.
00:07:54No, I'm sorry.
00:07:55This is my seat.
00:07:56But I asked for a window seat.
00:07:59I have to sit where my ticket says, you understand,
00:08:01and I have to sit here.
00:08:03But I'm afraid this is my seat, and I have to sit here.
00:08:09Can I see your ticket, please?
00:08:12Can I see your ticket, please?
00:08:29You should be sitting in 64.
00:08:31Yes, I am in 64.
00:08:35Did you ask for a window seat?
00:08:37No.
00:08:38There.
00:08:39I thought so.
00:08:40I asked for a window seat.
00:08:41I always do.
00:08:42I'm very sorry, but I want to sit here, and I'm going to.
00:08:46I don't think you understand.
00:08:48I have to sit by the window.
00:08:50Are you going to move?
00:08:51No, I am not.
00:08:56Maybe one of those seats are yours.
00:09:00Somebody must have made a mistake, mustn't they?
00:09:09I will sit here.
00:09:10I can never travel comfortably unless I'm by the window.
00:09:13Never mind.
00:09:14Let me help you.
00:09:15Terrible breed porters, aren't they?
00:09:17Always causing trouble the world over.
00:09:19It's impossible to find a helpful one.
00:09:21I think they've become extinct.
00:09:24It is very kind of you.
00:09:26It's very peculiar of them to make the mistake, isn't it?
00:09:29It has never happened before.
00:09:34But I won't call anyone.
00:09:36I will just sit here the whole journey.
00:09:45Oh, how stupid of me.
00:09:46I have forgotten my magazines.
00:09:48I always travel with a big pile of magazines,
00:09:51and in the rush I have forgotten them.
00:09:54Do you think you could be so kind as to get them for me?
00:09:58You just have to go to the big bookstore.
00:10:01It would be a great help.
00:10:02My legs, you see, are not very strong.
00:10:07The train is about to leave.
00:10:09No, no, no, it's not.
00:10:11Not for ten minutes.
00:10:13Not for thirteen minutes, to be precise,
00:10:15and they're never off on time.
00:10:17You won't miss the train.
00:10:18You won't even have to run.
00:10:20It won't be a minute.
00:10:21But...
00:10:22That isn't us.
00:10:25I have a list.
00:10:27I always give them a list at the shop.
00:10:32I just have to have something to read, you know.
00:10:47Give me the list.
00:10:48It is very kind of you.
00:10:50And, of course, I must give you some money, too.
00:10:52There. There we are.
00:10:53You are absolutely sure I've got time,
00:10:55because there isn't another train for a day and a half.
00:10:57You've got all the time in the world.
00:10:59Of course you won't miss the train if you go now.
00:11:01We won't let the train go without you.
00:11:30And again, please.
00:11:43Excuse me, sir.
00:11:44A little extra, please.
00:11:46A little extra.
00:11:47Do you know how much it is?
00:11:49Well, if you look at the price, it says so.
00:11:52Here, how much is it?
00:11:532,000?
00:11:5420,000.
00:11:5520,000?
00:11:5620,000 is too much.
00:11:59Excuse me, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
00:12:01Could you take this, please?
00:12:25Keep the change.
00:12:28Forget it.
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00:13:38See you head-time.
00:13:39All the time in the world.
00:13:40I see.
00:13:41Wow!
00:13:42Wow!
00:13:43Wow!
00:13:44That was kind of you.
00:13:45Ha ha ha!
00:13:46Wow!
00:13:47You must have gone to the wrong bookstore.
00:13:51Was there any change for me?
00:13:53Have you any change?
00:13:54Not exactly, no.
00:13:55not exactly no. in fact you didn't give me nearly enough. I didn't give you enough
00:13:58money. I must give you some more at once. immediately I only have this. can you
00:14:07change a thousand shillings? no I can't. yes all I have. I'm afraid all my change
00:14:13has completely gone. you have to give away so much now. what are we going to do?
00:14:25it's all right we'll forget it for the moment. they were off on time for once.
00:14:29only 50 seconds late. but they'll never keep it up.
00:14:36you've got almost all of them. that was good.
00:14:45I'm exhausted. haven't run like that for years. you still got your seat though
00:14:50don't you?
00:14:55on the boat just now how much do you think I paid for a cup of coffee a small
00:15:05cake about this size like that no bigger than a matchbox with a piece of green
00:15:09icing on top and a packet of peanuts. how much did you pay for that?
00:15:14no no no. you have to guess. one pound eight pence.
00:15:25nine hundred percent
00:16:25you
00:16:47have you had a good sleep?
00:16:52I was only asleep for a moment. oh no you were asleep much longer. nearly an hour.
00:16:57was I really? she let me change places. wasn't it good of her? I feel a lot
00:17:06better.
00:17:09good
00:17:12are you going a long way? yes I am. so am I. I'm going all the way to Beane. I shall be
00:17:20here the whole journey. thought as much.
00:17:26die schkarte bitte. die gerber. dinner reservations. danke.
00:17:32good night.
00:17:34bitte
00:17:41I have bought my own food. I always travel with my own. somebody prepares it for me
00:17:47especially. I never go anywhere without some little chickens legs cooked in
00:17:52breadcrumbs. since I was only small I have always traveled with them. quite
00:17:57right. the dining cars on these trains are hell on earth.
00:18:01you feel much worse when you come out than when you go in. and you can get bad
00:18:05food poisoning. dreadful. like everything. it gets worse and worse. yes dearer and
00:18:11dearer. do you think if you want to smoke you could smoke outside in the passage?
00:18:19if you could go into the passage because we are going a long way. I asked for a
00:18:28non-smoker. well that's most unfortunate. I think the whole carriage must be a
00:18:35non-smoker. I am sure it says so on the tickets. I'm afraid it doesn't. you don't
00:18:40have far to go. the passage is just out there. neither of these gentlemen are
00:18:47smokers you see.
00:18:51no. on a long journey it can get unpleasant. one wakes up at night with
00:18:57ash all over one's body. when I was small the men always smoked in the passage.
00:19:03they used to stay outside the whole journey hanging their heads out of the
00:19:07window. did they really?
00:19:13I am not going to ask you again.
00:19:23back in a second.
00:19:38this is all gonna end in tears. how do you mean? I can't sit there with her behaving
00:19:48like that. she's an old lady. I'm gonna have to find another compartment. you'll
00:19:53never find another. the whole train is jam-packed. come on we could try. you
00:19:57could.
00:19:59where did they all suddenly spring from? you were asleep. I had no idea it would be so full.
00:20:07I haven't looked particularly cheerful have I?
00:20:11how come I'll be the last one?
00:20:18I should have flown. I nearly always do fly. I just wanted to change. it's probably
00:20:23gonna rain again. it hasn't stopped raining since I've been in Europe. first
00:20:27in England and now here.
00:20:32was machen sie denn da? darf ich helfen?
00:20:37why did you give up your seat for her? if she really needs it so badly. but it's
00:20:56exactly what she wanted to happen. no it wasn't. what do you mean? she wanted your
00:21:02seat and you should have given it to her. you really should have. why? why should
00:21:06people like that get exactly what they want all the time? it's what she's used to.
00:21:11do you think she knows we're talking about her?
00:21:19she looks like she's dozing. yes but you can probably hear everything we're
00:21:23saying. I'm sure she can hear perfectly through glass. I have no doubt she can
00:21:26hear perfectly through reinforced concrete. she's obviously not gonna
00:21:30forgive me for defying her the whole trip. I have to be in Linz tomorrow at
00:21:3510 o'clock. I work for publishers you see. public relations. coaxing successful
00:21:39authors out of bed and onto the television. not that they need much
00:21:42encouragement of course. although some of them do get incredibly nervous. I have to
00:21:46pour drink down them in the taxi.
00:21:54I'll go and explore on my own. you could always get off the train couldn't you?
00:21:58if you don't like being here. thank you. I could of course pull the
00:22:02communication cord and get her taken off. these are actually much more difficult to pull than you'd think.
00:22:07they're very stiff.
00:22:09what's happening?
00:22:11did you do that? unfortunately not no.
00:22:17we've reached the border. these are the Belgians. they were in Germany.
00:22:21Hans!
00:22:23the Belgians are quite excited here.
00:22:25we're gonna need passports.
00:22:45you like to see my pictures?
00:22:47here.
00:22:49my parents.
00:22:51my car.
00:22:53me taking drugs.
00:22:55I chose this one for the place.
00:22:59look my here.
00:23:01merci.
00:23:03merci monsieur.
00:23:05so. alles gut?
00:23:07namens?
00:23:09merci.
00:23:11die sind gut meine bilder.
00:23:13merci.
00:23:15was aus mein traus.
00:23:17merci.
00:23:19danke.
00:23:23thank you.
00:23:33passports s'il vous plait.
00:23:41look at that boy.
00:23:43that one.
00:23:45why?
00:23:47he's frightened.
00:23:49look his socks don't match.
00:23:51Jean?
00:24:15he looks just like I used to when they sent me back to boarding school.
00:24:19no.
00:24:43it will be a forged passport I hear it often happens.
00:24:45or maybe he's not allowed to leave the country.
00:24:47trouble with the courts.
00:24:53it's annoying to be late.
00:24:55we must make a lot of time now.
00:25:17schweine.
00:25:19was hat der gemacht?
00:25:29aschloch!
00:25:37cepfan ey.
00:25:47Excuse me. That seat has been reserved by somebody.
00:25:52Are you that person?
00:26:17No, I'm not.
00:26:48Oh, my foot.
00:26:50It's the picnic.
00:26:52The poster, it's vanished. They've gone.
00:26:55They can't have done it. Maybe they've fallen down the side.
00:26:58They were here. I went to sleep for a few moments, just a moment, and now they've gone.
00:27:03They were in the basket, in silver paper.
00:27:07Everything I had for the whole journey.
00:27:10You all saw them. I showed them to you.
00:27:12Let me have a look in the rack.
00:27:14They were chickens' legs in breadcrumbs.
00:27:16Let the seat up. Let's have a look under here.
00:27:18Someone prepare them for me, especially. I never travel without them.
00:27:22There's nothing in here.
00:27:24We must find them.
00:27:28Have you seen them?
00:27:32No, I haven't seen any of your children, no.
00:27:35They were in silver paper, wrapped in...
00:27:37Yes, I know, but I still haven't seen them.
00:27:39Well, they couldn't run away by themselves, you know.
00:27:42I wouldn't be too sure.
00:27:46Would you just stand up for a moment, please?
00:27:50Are you doubting my word?
00:27:52I just want you to stand up and show me.
00:27:54I will not be angry with you if you are hiding them.
00:27:57Just stand up now.
00:28:13I could have eaten it already.
00:28:16I will ask you just once.
00:28:18Have you taken my food?
00:28:20No, I haven't.
00:28:24Why should I? I have a ticket for dinner.
00:28:26And now if you'll excuse me.
00:28:32See you tonight.
00:28:34Are you American?
00:28:36Hardly, no.
00:28:38This is American cigarette.
00:28:40This is American shoe.
00:28:42American jacket.
00:28:44I think you're American.
00:28:54Excuse me?
00:28:56Fall out. This is fall out.
00:28:59They all are in the dining car.
00:29:01They will be back in a moment.
00:29:03They're coming back now.
00:29:06First service, please.
00:29:09Sorry, didn't realize.
00:29:19They're in there.
00:29:28God!
00:29:34That's all right.
00:29:50Where are you going?
00:29:52I am going to have some dinner.
00:29:54You can't. You need a ticket.
00:29:56I have a ticket.
00:29:57How did you get that?
00:29:59A young girl gave me one.
00:30:29I will sit here.
00:30:33Goodbye, then.
00:30:43Can I sit here?
00:30:51Just one more, please.
00:30:59This is a free table.
00:31:07You're still here.
00:31:10Where are you going to sit?
00:31:13I suppose you can sit here.
00:31:18But perhaps you prefer to stand.
00:31:20Yes, I think perhaps I would.
00:31:22Do as you wish.
00:31:25Really, they should have cleared these seats.
00:31:29I should have called them.
00:31:35Are you going to stand there the whole meal?
00:31:38We're coming to a station, a big city soon.
00:31:42If the train stops suddenly, you will probably get your neck broken.
00:31:46I'll take the chance.
00:31:49As you see, there is no menu.
00:31:51Could you get theirs?
00:31:53They don't need it anymore.
00:31:55Why can't you do it?
00:31:57Because I think you're nearer.
00:32:02Excuse me, can I take...
00:32:07There we are.
00:32:10And that's absolutely all I'm doing for you.
00:32:15There is nothing here I can eat, I don't think.
00:32:18They will have to prepare me something else.
00:32:24What is your name?
00:32:26Do you have one?
00:32:28Yes.
00:32:29Mine is Frau Messner.
00:32:32Messner.
00:32:34Can you say that?
00:32:36Yes, I think I might be able to manage it, yes.
00:32:38I think you ought to try.
00:32:40I'll have a look.
00:32:42He is not attending.
00:32:44I don't think all these people are meant to be here.
00:32:47I don't think they can all have tickets to eat here.
00:32:50You have to have a ticket like this, a pink ticket.
00:32:53Do you have to talk so loudly?
00:32:56You really should have travelled first class, shouldn't you?
00:32:59First class?
00:33:01How could I afford it?
00:33:04It's so expensive.
00:33:07I don't know what to do.
00:33:09It's so expensive.
00:33:13Before the war, these carriages used to be so beautiful.
00:33:17They used to have fresh salmon, you know, lying here,
00:33:20and sometimes sturgeon.
00:33:22They have tried to make the carriages look old,
00:33:25but none of it's real.
00:33:27It's all false.
00:33:29See this table? It's plastic.
00:33:31You can't scratch it. You can't scratch it at all.
00:33:34Can we try and sit here without any trouble, please?
00:33:40See? He didn't even stop.
00:33:43That's all.
00:33:45Next time he comes, he will stop.
00:33:47It is a disgrace, all this is left here.
00:33:50Why are you putting the flowers to pieces?
00:33:53It's only one of them. It makes me less tense.
00:33:56Put it back.
00:34:01You're quite well dressed for a young man nowadays.
00:34:05Your jacket, that would be quite expensive.
00:34:09Are you doing something important?
00:34:11Where are you going?
00:34:13I'm going to a book fair in Linz.
00:34:16And it is important?
00:34:20Yes, very, as it happens.
00:34:22I have to meet two famous authors that we handle,
00:34:25big European celebrities, well, medium-sized celebrities,
00:34:2810.30 in the morning.
00:34:30It's the first time I've represented my firm abroad, and naturally...
00:34:33You're not listening.
00:34:35Why bother to ask me questions if you're not going to listen?
00:34:38I've had enough.
00:34:40I cannot wait any longer. I must find the waiter.
00:34:45You see, he didn't even look at me.
00:34:48I'm quite sure they haven't got tickets.
00:34:51Will you ask them if they have dinner tickets?
00:34:54Go on.
00:34:56Don't be ridiculous.
00:35:02They say they have. I think they are lying.
00:35:05He's going to get us thrown out in a minute if we're not careful.
00:35:09Who is he?
00:35:11Police. Secret police.
00:35:13Doesn't look very secret to me. Maybe he's the chef.
00:35:16I really cannot bear this any longer.
00:35:19You can't wait for anything, can you?
00:35:22I've never met anybody quite so unable to wait their turn.
00:35:25It's almost as if the effort would kill you.
00:35:27If you are going to be rude to me, you can leave my table.
00:35:30I cannot wait, ever.
00:35:32They have to give you service. That is what they are paid to do.
00:35:36Ah.
00:35:38He's just coming. I will catch him.
00:35:46I am going to report him. Have you got a pencil? Give me a pencil.
00:35:49No, I have not got a pencil.
00:35:51I am going to hold him here until I have taken his name.
00:36:03Danke schön.
00:36:21And now I will go.
00:36:33It was a ridiculous thing to do, and now I can't get any supper.
00:36:37You have to make them understand.
00:36:39See that when they do wrong, they will be punished, and they will never forget.
00:36:43You just have to.
00:36:45I'm quite incredibly hungry.
00:36:47The train is stopping here.
00:36:49I don't want to be late.
00:36:51I don't want to be late.
00:36:53I don't want to be late.
00:36:55I don't want to be late.
00:36:57I don't want to be late.
00:36:59I don't want to be late.
00:37:01I don't want to be late.
00:37:15It won't open.
00:37:17Look at me. Look at me.
00:37:22These doors are so difficult.
00:37:24I suppose you have never had to do it before.
00:37:26I expect they have always been open before you.
00:37:28I can show you where you can eat.
00:37:30No, thank you.
00:37:31Are you hungry or not?
00:37:33As you wish.
00:37:47Some money people have now.
00:37:52How do you know the train stops here half an hour?
00:37:55You should have a piece of paper.
00:37:57It tells you all the times.
00:37:59Are you completely sure?
00:38:01Are you positive it's half an hour?
00:38:03At least half an hour.
00:38:18The roof is leaking, of course.
00:38:25Probably all from good families.
00:38:42Where are you going?
00:38:44We've already been two and a half minutes.
00:38:49Which bloody city are we in?
00:38:51It's Frankfurt. We're in Frankfurt.
00:39:22Oh, that's a picture.
00:39:40The opera. What on earth are we doing here?
00:39:42We can eat pick-up in the bar here.
00:39:44I said in the restaurant.
00:39:52It's a strange feeling being away from the train.
00:39:54It's like being out of school.
00:39:56You feel you shouldn't be.
00:39:58It's forbidden and you'll be spotted any minute.
00:40:12Eurosplendor.
00:40:14I think it is too big.
00:40:18Extraordinary place to come.
00:40:21God, I'm hungry.
00:40:23You can have a drink, too. I will buy you one.
00:40:25No, thank you. Just some food.
00:40:27Bitte?
00:40:29Wir wünschen etwas zu essen.
00:40:31Was?
00:40:33Sie don't want to give us any food.
00:40:35Aber Sie haben das.
00:40:37Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:39Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:41Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:43Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:45Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:47Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:49Ja, ja, ja.
00:40:53Danke.
00:40:55Hier.
00:41:01We are not allowed to sit here.
00:41:03They are for opera tickets only.
00:41:05And we have none.
00:41:07They are idiots.
00:41:09We will sit here.
00:41:11All that way for this.
00:41:17Don't worry.
00:41:19There's plenty of time.
00:41:21Everything else may wait for you,
00:41:23but a transcontinental express will not.
00:41:25It may not matter to you if you miss it,
00:41:27but it matters like hell to me.
00:41:29I have an important engagement in the morning.
00:41:31Of course it's important.
00:41:33And I'm quite sure you will not be stopped keeping it.
00:41:35It's nearly midnight.
00:41:37I'll be back.
00:41:39It's nearly midnight.
00:41:43You know, tomorrow will be my birthday.
00:41:45It is.
00:41:49I still remember my birthdays.
00:41:51The date, but not the number.
00:41:55I am quite ill, you know.
00:41:57It is possible that I am very badly ill.
00:42:01You look incredibly well to me.
00:42:05I hope my flat will be clean
00:42:07when I get back.
00:42:09I cannot return to a dirty flat.
00:42:11Naturally.
00:42:15During the war, of course,
00:42:17we lived in a much larger house
00:42:19in its own grounds.
00:42:21If you're like this now, what were you like then?
00:42:23You were probably the leading light of the party.
00:42:29We lost all our servants, of course.
00:42:31They left us.
00:42:33Except one.
00:42:35He was very fat.
00:42:37His face was all covered in boils.
00:42:39He was quite useless.
00:42:41There was dirt everywhere.
00:42:43Even all over the bed.
00:42:45I don't know how we managed.
00:42:49We also had this nice young girl.
00:42:51She disappeared one day.
00:42:53I don't know if she was Jewish.
00:42:55She may have been Jewish.
00:42:57Perhaps that's where she went.
00:42:59And you didn't even try to find her?
00:43:01No.
00:43:03His face was all covered
00:43:05in boils.
00:43:07The man.
00:43:09I haven't thought about him
00:43:11all these years until tonight.
00:43:13My brothers were all in the party.
00:43:15I think most of them.
00:43:17I was not part of it.
00:43:19I didn't care for it, really.
00:43:21In the shops, they started to say
00:43:23Heil Hitler instead of Bruce Scott.
00:43:25Even when one went in for a cup of coffee.
00:43:27You wouldn't understand, of course.
00:43:29I didn't really enjoy
00:43:31that time, though.
00:43:33Didn't you?
00:43:37It's strange
00:43:39how one talks to somebody
00:43:41when you meet them on a train.
00:43:43But not on a train.
00:43:45Oh, you will be in a minute again.
00:43:47Don't worry.
00:43:49I have never missed a train.
00:43:51I was young then, of course.
00:43:53Your age.
00:43:55I went to all the dances
00:43:57and parties.
00:43:59And then suddenly there weren't
00:44:01any more dances and parties.
00:44:03Well, there were some, not many.
00:44:05The men were all in uniforms.
00:44:07They smelt more of smoke.
00:44:09I was alone, of course,
00:44:11a lot of the time during the war.
00:44:13I read a great deal.
00:44:15I read a lot of long books.
00:44:17In the afternoons.
00:44:19It was very quiet.
00:44:21By myself.
00:44:27Why are you telling me all this now?
00:44:29Because it interests me
00:44:31to see you listen.
00:44:33To watch you.
00:44:37So, what have you found out about me, then?
00:44:39Are you from
00:44:41Oxford or Cambridge?
00:44:45Both.
00:44:47Wouldn't you like
00:44:49another bit bitter?
00:44:51No, you really are trying to make me miss this train, aren't you?
00:44:53Why should I do that?
00:44:55Because it amuses you, some sort of revenge.
00:44:57What should I
00:44:59want revenge for?
00:45:01For not getting your own way.
00:45:03There is plenty of time.
00:45:05I think I will just go in there
00:45:07to listen to the last act.
00:45:09They are reaching the trio.
00:45:11I remember Lotte Lehmann.
00:45:13I hope you won't.
00:45:17Oh, my Christ.
00:45:19It stopped.
00:45:25It stopped.
00:45:31Could you let me out, please?
00:45:49Excuse me.
00:45:51Can you tell me where
00:45:53to the train station?
00:45:55Yes, that way.
00:46:53I missed the train.
00:47:13I missed the train.
00:47:15The train is gone.
00:47:17It got me stranded
00:47:19in this bloody city.
00:47:23What the hell do you think you were doing?
00:47:25The train should not have gone.
00:47:27You mean it shouldn't have? It has.
00:47:29Stuck in this godforsaken place.
00:47:31With you.
00:47:35You did this deliberately, didn't you?
00:47:37You really are an evil old woman.
00:47:41Did you hear what I said?
00:47:45I heard you.
00:47:47People are watching.
00:47:49I don't care who is watching.
00:47:52So what am I supposed to do?
00:47:56You could take an aeroplane.
00:47:58What, at this time of night?
00:48:00To Linz?
00:48:04The train has not gone.
00:48:07It has moved to another platform.
00:48:21The train will leave in a few minutes from platform 23.
00:48:51The people who were here before, where are they?
00:49:21Have you had your supper?
00:49:29There was a bag up here. Do you know where it is?
00:49:33A brown bag. What's happened to it?
00:49:37Do you think they have taken it?
00:49:52Don't panic.
00:49:57It's a sleeping car.
00:50:02Don't forget.
00:50:04It's your bedtime now.
00:50:06You'll find her soon.
00:50:11Good luck.
00:50:16There they are.
00:50:21I don't like this place.
00:50:26It's all so small.
00:50:28And why are the doors open?
00:50:30They can all see each other.
00:50:32It's all right once you're in bed.
00:50:34They leave you a sheet and you make up your own bed.
00:50:36Yes, I know.
00:50:38Could you make it up for me, please?
00:50:40Of course.
00:50:52Shit!
00:51:00All right.
00:51:02Show us your best.
00:51:08What's going on here?
00:51:10What's going on here?
00:51:19What's going on here?
00:51:21Get out of this car!
00:51:31I won't get much sleep tonight.
00:51:33Mind you, I can sleep through almost anything.
00:51:35Even babies crying and burglar alarms.
00:51:37But what are those police sirens?
00:51:41That's what we need now.
00:51:43Police?
00:51:45This train is going so slow.
00:51:47And we're already, what, two hours late?
00:51:49I have to be at my office at 7 o'clock in the morning.
00:51:53I should have taken a plane.
00:51:55But they won't strike.
00:51:57I hate being late.
00:51:59What's wrong with this train?
00:52:03Look, we're passing a big river.
00:52:05Brand new villas.
00:52:07Huge houses.
00:52:09People.
00:52:11Only I will buy one like that when I make enough money.
00:52:19Sorry, but I haven't slept for four nights and four days.
00:52:22Haven't you?
00:52:24No.
00:52:26Being busy, trying to make money.
00:52:28But tomorrow night I'm going to the opera.
00:52:30We've got a brand new opera house.
00:52:32Enormous stage.
00:52:34The size of an oil tanker.
00:52:37I think I'm turning in.
00:52:39Good night.
00:52:41Good night.
00:52:47Where were you at dinner?
00:52:49Your jacket's torn.
00:52:51Yes, I know. I'll tell you later.
00:52:53I've been looking for you.
00:52:55I can't find anywhere here to brush my teeth.
00:52:57They're all occupied.
00:52:59There's a couple down here. Let's have a look.
00:53:06Here we are. There's one here.
00:53:12Why don't you come in?
00:53:14Nice colour, don't you think?
00:53:18Have you seen my photos?
00:53:20Yes.
00:53:22Sarah Spicer.
00:53:24I go to sleep now.
00:53:26I don't care where I wake up.
00:53:30You want me to clean this up for you?
00:53:32No, I can do it.
00:53:36Look at this.
00:53:38Let's find somewhere else we can be alone.
00:54:06Come on.
00:54:24Well, we're almost alone.
00:54:28When I was young,
00:54:30all I ever wanted to do was to live on trains.
00:54:32Literally have my own compartment
00:54:34and eat and sleep
00:54:36and criss-cross Europe
00:54:38and fall in love
00:54:40and write about things I saw through the window
00:54:42and never get off when it stopped.
00:54:44And become famous, of course.
00:54:46Well, maybe this is the beginning for you, then.
00:54:48Tonight.
00:54:52Do you really want success?
00:54:54Of course.
00:54:56In a way.
00:54:58I mean, I'm not obsessed by it.
00:55:00I don't lust after it in corners,
00:55:02but yes, I quite like it.
00:55:04I don't really believe anybody who says otherwise.
00:55:06Especially now.
00:55:08It's a very competitive time.
00:55:16Do you think they're all listening to us?
00:55:18Well, I wish you luck.
00:55:20I hope you make it.
00:55:24Sometimes you meet people on trains
00:55:26and you talk for hours
00:55:28and they've gone
00:55:30and you don't even know their name.
00:55:32You haven't asked me my name.
00:55:34My name is Lorraine.
00:55:36How do you do?
00:55:38Hello.
00:55:42Why you so brown?
00:55:44How did you manage that?
00:55:46It's coming off fast,
00:55:48ever since I came over here.
00:55:50I hated England.
00:55:52It gave me the creeps.
00:55:54And Europe gives me the creeps, too.
00:55:56It's extraordinary,
00:55:58but I already want to go home.
00:56:02I can't wait to get back.
00:56:04I'll be counting the days.
00:56:06I know it.
00:56:08Notching them up on the hotel wall.
00:56:10We Americans are meant to find
00:56:12it so amazing over here, aren't we?
00:56:14Well, I don't.
00:56:16The atmosphere here is just so...
00:56:18ugly.
00:56:20Well, what about the people?
00:56:22Do you feel the same about them?
00:56:24Very definitely.
00:56:26All of them?
00:56:28Yeah.
00:56:30Most of them.
00:56:32I just really don't like it.
00:56:34I hate it.
00:56:36I better go.
00:56:50Which one's mine?
00:56:52Up there.
00:56:54This side.
00:57:00Turn the light off, please.
00:57:06I've got a radio here.
00:57:08We can have some music.
00:57:14This won the Eurovision Song Contest.
00:57:16I can never sleep
00:57:18with that blue light on.
00:57:20Yes, you can.
00:57:22Can you take it out, please?
00:57:24Just stretch up
00:57:26and take it out.
00:57:38And will you shut the door, please?
00:57:48Good night.
00:57:52Good night.
00:58:08This is a terrible noise.
00:58:10Can you turn that radio off, please?
00:58:14We go past all the heavy industry
00:58:16in Germany soon.
00:58:18Thousands of acres of it.
00:58:20It makes a noise, too.
00:58:22It's so ugly.
00:58:24I don't wonder the young boys
00:58:26try to blow it up.
00:58:28The anarchists.
00:58:30You're going to talk all night.
00:58:32Can we have a bit of quiet
00:58:34for a little while, please?
00:58:36My name is Preston.
00:58:38Soon I shall be where no one can find me.
00:58:40Good.
00:58:42Good night.
00:58:50Good night.
00:59:20Good night.
00:59:50Your passport, please.
01:00:04And your ticket.
01:00:10Where did you get on the train, please?
01:00:12Ostend.
01:00:14Your ticket.
01:00:16Yes, listen, I think
01:00:18I must have lost it when I fell over.
01:00:20But it's been clipped about ten times already.
01:00:22I had to run to the train, you see.
01:00:24Could you put your clothes on
01:00:26and come out in the passage, please?
01:00:28What, now?
01:00:30Yes, come now, please.
01:00:40Is she gone?
01:00:44As quickly as you can, please.
01:00:54Are you English?
01:00:56You see, my passport.
01:00:58And where is your ticket?
01:01:00I hope I won't have to say everything four times.
01:01:02I dropped it.
01:01:04Why is your jacket torn?
01:01:06Because I tore it running for the train.
01:01:08And why is the mud all over your trousers?
01:01:10Well, that's hardly an offence, is it?
01:01:12I asked you a question, sir.
01:01:14Sir?
01:01:16I fell running for the train
01:01:18in Frankfurt.
01:01:20I thought you said you got on this train at Ostend.
01:01:22I did, yes, but I was coaxed off it
01:01:24against my better judgment by another passenger
01:01:26in Frankfurt.
01:01:28Why have you got mud all over your trousers?
01:01:30You've just asked me that question.
01:01:32I fell to the ground.
01:01:34I had to run because she'd made me late.
01:01:36Ask any of them in there.
01:01:38They also...
01:01:42Oh, they must have got off at Nuremberg.
01:01:44Look, he didn't seem to get on Ostend,
01:01:46but he'll do.
01:01:48Excuse me, sir.
01:01:50I'm sorry to trouble you,
01:01:52but I need some help.
01:01:54Excuse me.
01:01:56God, he's in a coma.
01:01:58Sir, please.
01:02:02What's he doing?
01:02:04He's looking you up.
01:02:06What is it, a glossy brochure of terrorists?
01:02:08I mean, do I look like a terrorist?
01:02:10We have to check.
01:02:12You can't get on trains and get out of Germany.
01:02:14People who shouldn't be leaving.
01:02:16But I'm English.
01:02:18A lot of them speak very good English.
01:02:20They're educated and well-dressed.
01:02:22Some person fused all the lights
01:02:24in this part of the train.
01:02:26Do you know about that?
01:02:28No.
01:02:30You're sure you know nothing about that?
01:02:32No, I don't.
01:02:34Oh, no.
01:02:36Look, this journey is becoming a bloody assault course
01:02:38and it's getting beyond a joke.
01:02:40I'm afraid not.
01:02:44Are you sure you cannot tell us
01:02:46anything more about this mud?
01:02:48You say you got it in Frankfurt Station.
01:02:50You really are paranoid about this.
01:02:52I don't want to be rude,
01:02:54but you are under international law
01:02:56allowed on a train wearing mud.
01:02:58We will check your name on our computer.
01:03:00What computer, for Christ's sake?
01:03:02And then we will charge you with this offence,
01:03:04interfering with train property.
01:03:06Now, listen.
01:03:08I have to be in Linz tomorrow.
01:03:10Can I not report there or something?
01:03:12We are arresting you now.
01:03:14Look, I am sorry to labour this point,
01:03:16but I am English,
01:03:18and although we are members of the community,
01:03:20I hardly think this entitled you to take...
01:03:22Come on, now. We must go.
01:03:24This is insane.
01:03:26The old woman asked me to take it out.
01:03:28No, she's still got to be on the train
01:03:30because she was going to Vienna.
01:03:32Frau Messner?
01:03:34Frau Messner, are you in there?
01:03:36Oh, no.
01:03:38No, no, she saw me.
01:03:40Listen, do you remember when we first...
01:03:42Do you speak English?
01:03:44Do you remember when we first got on the train?
01:03:46You saw me through the window,
01:03:48on the platform.
01:03:50No, no, no.
01:03:52We cannot hold up the train any longer.
01:03:58All right.
01:04:00It's empty.
01:04:06It's empty.
01:04:42Cigarette?
01:04:50Look, listen.
01:04:52I have a letter
01:04:54explaining the purpose of my...
01:04:56Explain the purpose of my...
01:04:58Would you, uh...
01:05:06This is rather idiotic of me,
01:05:08but if...
01:05:10This is not a bribe.
01:05:12If I were to offer you this,
01:05:14would you let me back on the train
01:05:16just to look for the old lady
01:05:18because she saw me get on
01:05:20and she can explain the whole situation.
01:05:22I promise.
01:05:24Deutsch suchen!
01:05:36Deutsch suchen!
01:06:02Where are you taking me?
01:06:04Could you let me just try to explain
01:06:06just once again?
01:06:10Okay.
01:06:34Good night.
01:07:04You were correct.
01:07:14What you said was correct.
01:07:16Please get out of the car.
01:07:34Please rejoin the train.
01:07:35Your passport.
01:07:36And your money.
01:07:37Your passport.
01:07:52And your money.
01:08:23Well, I made them release you, didn't I?
01:08:41Where were you?
01:08:46I went for a little walk.
01:08:48You were lucky I came back.
01:08:49Oh, I was lucky.
01:08:50I am covered in mud, which appears to be a capital offense in this country.
01:08:58I have committed a crime with a light bulb.
01:09:00I have lost my railway ticket.
01:09:02Oh, the mud will come off.
01:09:03Don't touch me.
01:09:06I was taken off this train because of you.
01:09:08I was nearly arrested because of you.
01:09:10You should take care.
01:09:11You shouldn't look suspicious.
01:09:12Behave suspiciously.
01:09:13That is what they are looking for.
01:09:14You should realize these things.
01:09:15No.
01:09:16Perhaps they could put the beds back.
01:09:17It's impossible to sleep anymore.
01:09:18Could you help me with the beds?
01:09:19They are very heavy.
01:09:20Christ!
01:09:21I've had all I can take from you.
01:09:22You have ruined my journey.
01:09:23You have constantly provoked and pestered and jabbered at me.
01:09:24I will not do anything more for you.
01:09:25Not one solitary thing more.
01:09:26You will leave me alone.
01:09:27You will get out of my way.
01:09:28And you won't come anywhere near me again.
01:09:29You will leave me alone.
01:09:30You understand that?
01:09:31Oh.
01:09:32Oh.
01:09:33Oh.
01:09:34Oh.
01:09:35Oh.
01:09:36Oh.
01:09:37Oh.
01:09:38Oh.
01:09:39Oh.
01:09:40Oh.
01:09:41Oh.
01:09:42Oh.
01:09:43Oh.
01:09:44Oh.
01:09:45Oh.
01:09:46Oh.
01:09:47Oh.
01:09:48Oh.
01:09:49Oh.
01:09:50Oh.
01:09:51Oh.
01:09:52Oh.
01:09:53Are you going to attack me again?
01:10:00No, I'm sorry.
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01:12:04I thought I might find you here.
01:12:12Oh, by the way, it was Preston, not me, who took your chicken.
01:12:15The one who was nice to you.
01:12:17It doesn't surprise me.
01:12:23I've come to say goodbye because my stop is in five minutes.
01:12:26Oh, you must get ready.
01:12:27Well, I am ready.
01:12:32I'm very thirsty.
01:12:38When we arrive at my station, I am not, I repeat, not,
01:12:41going to fetch you a drink and then get trapped on the train
01:12:43bringing it back to you.
01:12:45You can try anything.
01:12:47I am thirsty now.
01:13:04An orange?
01:13:10If the train jolts, I shall, of course, lose my arm.
01:13:16There.
01:13:19One orange.
01:13:21Thanks.
01:13:22You can peel it yourself, can you?
01:13:24Of course.
01:13:25Good, good.
01:13:26But I usually have a knife.
01:13:32You are extraordinary.
01:13:34A member of a nearly extinct species.
01:13:36You need a whole army of people running around for you
01:13:39before you will be able to do it.
01:13:41You're a dying breed, aren't you?
01:13:43And you.
01:13:44I wonder how long you will last.
01:13:46You didn't manage very well last night.
01:13:53I shall be OK.
01:13:58You haven't shaved.
01:14:00No, I haven't.
01:14:02And do your shirt up.
01:14:04In a moment.
01:14:06I'll be right back.
01:14:12It's my birthday today, you know.
01:14:17Yes, you told me.
01:14:20I shan't be travelling much more.
01:14:23I'm not very well.
01:14:25I shall probably be dead quite soon.
01:14:29In a year or so, I shan't be here much longer.
01:14:32Don't start getting morderly.
01:14:34It doesn't suit you. You're not really at all like that.
01:14:38I was always spoilt. Always.
01:14:42We are rather alike in many ways, you know.
01:14:50You're taking ages over that orange.
01:14:55You can finish it for me.
01:15:04Have you ever been to Vienna?
01:15:06No.
01:15:07You should, you know. You really ought.
01:15:13You could come today, if you wish.
01:15:15I don't mind.
01:15:17I have a large flat. There are plenty of rooms.
01:15:25I don't think I heard you.
01:15:27Oh, yes, you did.
01:15:31Come to Vienna with you?
01:15:33If you wish.
01:15:35Why?
01:15:37Because I wish it.
01:15:43Do you often ask men on trains home with you?
01:15:48I didn't hear what you said.
01:15:52I don't mind if you come or not.
01:15:55But you ought to come. You ought to see Vienna.
01:16:02It's very kind of you.
01:16:05But I must go and do my work, I'm afraid.
01:16:09Of course. Your important work.
01:16:17Why are you smiling?
01:16:20I wasn't.
01:16:21You are lying. You are smiling in that way you have.
01:16:25I know what it means.
01:16:27I don't like that smile very much.
01:16:36BELL RINGS
01:16:48Well, I must say goodbye.
01:16:51Go on, then.
01:16:54Maybe we'll get on the same train again sometime.
01:16:59You're a nice boy in many ways.
01:17:02You're good-looking.
01:17:04You're quite clever. You notice things.
01:17:07And you're not really cruel.
01:17:13But you don't care, do you?
01:17:17You may think you do,
01:17:20but you don't really care about anything.
01:17:25Except success in your work. That's all you have.
01:17:29You don't feel anything else, do you?
01:17:34I wonder what will happen to you.
01:17:38You'd better get off now.
01:17:45Frau Messner.
01:17:49Frau Messner?
01:17:58Well, goodbye, then.
01:18:04Aren't you going to say goodbye?
01:18:18Don't you want to know my name?
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