Diabolik (2021) - full transcript
The dark and romantic story of the first meeting between master thief Diabolik and Eva Kant, set in the fictional state of Clerville in the late 1960s. Inspector Ginko is on the hunt for the criminal, trying to stop his evil plans.
(ALARM)
To all the cars, a black Jaguar
has come out of the back of the bank!
(radio) He turned right
into Via dei Platani!
Here Zebra 13.
We are coming from Via del Corso!
Go Go go!
He turned into Via delle Mimose!
We can close it!
We are there! He is trapped!
Stopped!
To all the cars, the Jaguar
sowed us in Via delle Camelie.
(radio) We are at the
embassy, we will join you!
Spotted! It is on Via della Cascata.
We follow him!
Curse...
What is it?
(coughing) It's gas!
George! - Yup? I'm here.
What do you do? Don't introduce me?
Lady Kant, excellence.
Enchanted.
Some time ago on a hunting trip
in South Africa I
met a Lord Kant.
- Anthony, if I'm not mistaken. A relative?
- Maybe your father?
- It was my husband.
- "Era"?
Unfortunately he has been dead for almost a year.
Pity. He was a terrific hunter!
May I ask you... how?
An accident in a big game.
LADY DUNCAN: Big game...
Luckily you only shoot roe deer!
(LAUGHTER) I wouldn't
be so happy, dear Emma.
Your husband is hunting
far more dangerous beasts.
Precisely!
Excellency, will you be
able to capture Diabolik?
Sure.
My priority is the
safety of the citizens.
That criminal has exaggerated.
He terrifies the whole state of Clerville.
But we... are determined
to stop him at any cost.
He looks like a devil!
Are you talking about someone who really exists?
Dear lady Kant...
hope you never come
face to face with him.
Meeting Diabolik...
is like meeting death.
Just talk about that monster.
I'll have nightmares tonight! Eh, come on!
He's right, Mrs. Duncan.
To forgive me tomorrow
I'll bring you the roe deer
youngest I've ever killed.
Already skinned and ready for the oven!
(LAUGHS)
Forgive me for insisting, but
why don't you stay with me tonight?
I have a huge house and I am alone.
Giorgio, it doesn't seem the case to me.
Run a little too much.
At least let me accompany you.
Thanks, but the hotel is close by.
I want to take a walk.
- Good night.
- Good night.
(ENGINE RUMBLE)
- Lady Kant?
- Yup?
Inspector Ginko. I have to talk to her.
Clerville Police?
Did he come here just for me?
- I'm here to warn you.
- On guard?
From what?
Diabolik.
So this phantom
criminal really exists?
Of course.
Did he think he was a legend?
He is preparing a new shot.
If he tells me, he is the pink diamond.
A jewel like this is irresistible to him.
Mm. But how does Diabolik know
about me and the pink diamond?
He gets to know everything... always.
Don't you also speak of
Diabolik as a supernatural being.
No, no magic, Lady Kant.
He is a man, but with
extraordinary abilities.
As extraordinary as he is, I don't
understand how he knows about me.
I've only been here a few days.
I suspect he has a network of
whistleblowers all over the place.
Here in Bellair, South Africa...
"I suspect"...
So he doesn't know for sure.
Well, we have launched a thorough
investigation into the criminal environment.
But nobody talks.
Maybe they know that betraying Diabolik...
it means death.
Aren't you exaggerating, Inspector?
He believe me. If Diabolik is
going to steal the pink diamond...
his life could be in danger.
Does he want me to go back to South
Africa as a frightened little woman?
No.
I'll have your hotel guarded
by plainclothes men.
NOH will notice NOBODY.
I get it.
He hopes to trap him
by using me as bait.
She is a very unique woman.
- If it's a compliment, thank you.
- No, it's a statement.
So where will she be staying in Clerville?
AII'Hotel Excelsior.
- And the diamond?
-He is traveling from South Africa.
He'll be in Clerville in two days.
Where will he keep it?
Officially in the hotel
management safe.
But there will only be an empty case.
The real diamond will
be taken to another safe.
In my room. But only the
hotel manager and I know.
And now she, of course.
Good. Thank you for
your time, Lady Kant.
One last thing.
Don't tell anyone
about our conversation.
And if we meet,
pretend it's the first time.
The reason for so much mystery?
Nobody knows
Diabolik's true face.
He could be anyone.
The waiter who is passing by now.
The man behind me with the newspaper.
Or the one who just walked in.
Or one of my men.
- Really?
- It could be anyone.
This is why I ask you
that our meeting...
remain secret.
If so, Inspector...
Pleased to have never met her.
To all the cars, a black Jaguar
has come out of the back of the bank!
(radio) He turned right
into Via dei Platani!
Here Zebra 13.
We are coming from Via del Corso!
Go Go go!
He turned into Via delle Mimose!
We can close it!
We are there! He is trapped!
Stopped!
To all the cars, the Jaguar
sowed us in Via delle Camelie.
(radio) We are at the
embassy, we will join you!
Spotted! It is on Via della Cascata.
We follow him!
Curse...
What is it?
(coughing) It's gas!
George! - Yup? I'm here.
What do you do? Don't introduce me?
Lady Kant, excellence.
Enchanted.
Some time ago on a hunting trip
in South Africa I
met a Lord Kant.
- Anthony, if I'm not mistaken. A relative?
- Maybe your father?
- It was my husband.
- "Era"?
Unfortunately he has been dead for almost a year.
Pity. He was a terrific hunter!
May I ask you... how?
An accident in a big game.
LADY DUNCAN: Big game...
Luckily you only shoot roe deer!
(LAUGHTER) I wouldn't
be so happy, dear Emma.
Your husband is hunting
far more dangerous beasts.
Precisely!
Excellency, will you be
able to capture Diabolik?
Sure.
My priority is the
safety of the citizens.
That criminal has exaggerated.
He terrifies the whole state of Clerville.
But we... are determined
to stop him at any cost.
He looks like a devil!
Are you talking about someone who really exists?
Dear lady Kant...
hope you never come
face to face with him.
Meeting Diabolik...
is like meeting death.
Just talk about that monster.
I'll have nightmares tonight! Eh, come on!
He's right, Mrs. Duncan.
To forgive me tomorrow
I'll bring you the roe deer
youngest I've ever killed.
Already skinned and ready for the oven!
(LAUGHS)
Forgive me for insisting, but
why don't you stay with me tonight?
I have a huge house and I am alone.
Giorgio, it doesn't seem the case to me.
Run a little too much.
At least let me accompany you.
Thanks, but the hotel is close by.
I want to take a walk.
- Good night.
- Good night.
(ENGINE RUMBLE)
- Lady Kant?
- Yup?
Inspector Ginko. I have to talk to her.
Clerville Police?
Did he come here just for me?
- I'm here to warn you.
- On guard?
From what?
Diabolik.
So this phantom
criminal really exists?
Of course.
Did he think he was a legend?
He is preparing a new shot.
If he tells me, he is the pink diamond.
A jewel like this is irresistible to him.
Mm. But how does Diabolik know
about me and the pink diamond?
He gets to know everything... always.
Don't you also speak of
Diabolik as a supernatural being.
No, no magic, Lady Kant.
He is a man, but with
extraordinary abilities.
As extraordinary as he is, I don't
understand how he knows about me.
I've only been here a few days.
I suspect he has a network of
whistleblowers all over the place.
Here in Bellair, South Africa...
"I suspect"...
So he doesn't know for sure.
Well, we have launched a thorough
investigation into the criminal environment.
But nobody talks.
Maybe they know that betraying Diabolik...
it means death.
Aren't you exaggerating, Inspector?
He believe me. If Diabolik is
going to steal the pink diamond...
his life could be in danger.
Does he want me to go back to South
Africa as a frightened little woman?
No.
I'll have your hotel guarded
by plainclothes men.
NOH will notice NOBODY.
I get it.
He hopes to trap him
by using me as bait.
She is a very unique woman.
- If it's a compliment, thank you.
- No, it's a statement.
So where will she be staying in Clerville?
AII'Hotel Excelsior.
- And the diamond?
-He is traveling from South Africa.
He'll be in Clerville in two days.
Where will he keep it?
Officially in the hotel
management safe.
But there will only be an empty case.
The real diamond will
be taken to another safe.
In my room. But only the
hotel manager and I know.
And now she, of course.
Good. Thank you for
your time, Lady Kant.
One last thing.
Don't tell anyone
about our conversation.
And if we meet,
pretend it's the first time.
The reason for so much mystery?
Nobody knows
Diabolik's true face.
He could be anyone.
The waiter who is passing by now.
The man behind me with the newspaper.
Or the one who just walked in.
Or one of my men.
- Really?
- It could be anyone.
This is why I ask you
that our meeting...
remain secret.
If so, Inspector...
Pleased to have never met her.