Magnat (1987) - full transcript

The Emperor arrived
with imperial relief

As this has been
an imperial hunt

You had a lot of surprises
in store for us...

capped by a super finale

You have a great talent
for the chase

It mustn't go to waste

Your efforts deserve
a reward

Do you wish to become
my Master of hounds?

Or would you like
an embassy?

In London, for instance,
as your wife would wish?

I feel privileged to be
so honored



I wish to serve
Your Imperial Majesty...

as Master of Hounds

I refuse to stay here

It's some kind of plot

Why couldn't my husband
simply say...

he would prefer to be
ambassador in London?

Does the Emperor think...

you cannot be both
ambassador and master?

But you can! You can be
one and the other

You will never leave, Madam

Since you hunt,
your presence here...

will be expected
by hunting parties

And by the Emperor

Heinberg, it is your turn to choose



Would you rather have the
woods in which we hunted...

or be made a director...

in my coal mines?

I believe you also know
about mining?

I do, but I'd rather have
the woodland

Not the mines?

No more than you wished to
become an ambassador

Choice, Your Highness, is
a great privilege

The woodland's yours

But take good care of it...

and guard its secrets

"I am part of the part
that once used to be,

"A part of the darkness
from which light arose”

The bison's head
for His Majesty!

I can explain things to the Emperor
I'm sure I can persuade him

I shall have to dismiss
my adjutant

No doesn't know
I'm here either

No one does

I don't understand

That's hard to believe

Your Majesty displayed
such acumen today...

in granting people's
hidden wishes...

that I am sure
you can see to it...

that this little episode
also has a happy ending

If events are allowed
to take their couree...

you will never leave
this place

Well?

You wanted me to
alter my decision?

Yes.

You thought I'd give way
to a woman?

Yes.

Yes.

At last I've got
what I wanted.

What did you promise me?
What price your word?

Got anything in writing,
Your Highness?

You're destroying woodland!
Starving trees of water!

Frightening the game away!

I'll buy it back

You'll a man of my word

It would cost you too much

You're in financial trouble.
New palaces are expensive

Name your price!

Your mines are not
doing well

One day they'll cave in
and you'll be ruined

You seem to be an expert
on coal

No worse than on timber

Whoever went into cal here
acquired...

a von to his name
in ten years

I mean to that too...

and gaze out from my own
palace windows at yours

How much,
Herr "von"

I don't want anything

My father and grandfather
served you as wuntsman

I do not intend to-
at any price

One question

Who did better out
of that imperial hunt?

Listen to me, Highness

Did I, by ceasing to be
your huntsman...

...or you, by becoming
the Emperor's?

Are you any closer...

to your dream of becoming
regent of Silesia?

I, Highness,
have what I wanted

THE MAGNATE

Gentlemen!

I have received sad news

Our employer...

owner of all the mines
Prince von Teuss...

is on his deathbed.

Why is it so quiet?

Why is it so quiet?

When a soldier lies dying
there should be noise!

The Emperor's adjutant
is dying

The sirens should be
sounding!

Why?... No!

Leave that!

What's going on?

Run for it!

Sirens?

Sirens?

Yes, sirens

Does that mean I've died?

What did that alarm mean?

Are you afraid to tell us...
there's no work for us?

Don't threaten us.
A lad's been killed.

Say something.
They mean business

I'm the one who
switched on the sirens

The Prince is dying

There can't be.
Quiet!

There can't be
Quiet!

Hans, tell me...
that it's not my fault,

that it's not my doing

I beg you! Say it's not me

Her Highness would like to know...
if her husband is any better

I can't speak for
my Polish colleague...

but I am certain
all will be well

I share that view.
The crisis is over

Sirens...

Sirens...
I know... It was Nelke

One should think twice
before sounding them

Maybe my sons will hear?

Hear the sirens!

Can your
crystal ball tell your Director Zbierski

I wonder what will
come of this

Look!

Bolko!

Conrad!

Here's Bolko

Last month's business...

and a draft of
the French contract

You work so hard for me,
von Teuss

I'll raise your salary
and make you...

director-general
of all my mines

It will crown the history
of our families

I'm afraid I must refuse

Family duties are
calling me...

and the go back to
the 12th century

That's a long time

I find it hard to know
what to make of you Prince.

I can't return
the compliment

I've always know what
to make of you...Count

A telegram, Count. Urgent

What are you gawking at?

What's this?

I haven't seen him
for ten years

He disowned me
for becoming a Catholic

He played God with
our lives

For five days I was kept
locked up in a room

Outside - an uprising,
machine guns firing

My mother out of her wits,
and me incarcerated

To this day I still can't
get out of that room

We shall see

Welcome. Prince

Hello.

Our younger sister

If you should see Mother...

Silly of me - I forgot

Can he also have come
to make his peace?

Franzel has changed

You think so?

Hens still lay eggs

Would you believe it!

The world wasn't fated to end
with my death

I see, Yurek, that you too...
have come to attend my funeral

Please forgive me
my faux pas

I have no intention
of dying

Not yet at any rate
That's not all

As I lay there in my bed...
dying my little death...

it occurred to me that I ought...
to have another child

At my age that could be
an achievement

"I will hold out for twenty more years
on the virility front"

Who said that?

You don't know,
you Prussian numskulls!

If the press gets hold
of your joko...

Heinberg and Krupp
will die laughing

You've a subject...

for a new farce, Zbierski

That's right. A farce.

I think you gentlemen
wish to be left alone

Is it you who are going
to give him this child?

Sit down Conrad!
You no longer count

Your conversion has
made you a Pole...

and that weakens
the family

I am Franz Friedrich XVIII

Old Heinberg
bought himself his title...

and is laughing at us

because he knows
we're not a danger

So you believe the family
is all-important?

Absolutely

It's like a nation.
While it acts together...

it is strong. It grows
effetes if it yields...

to individualist urges

As you do, Father!

I daresay. Now and then

You want proof?
You marriage to Marisca

You chose a woman
reeking of scandal

And Conrad's parties?

Nude chorus boys cavorting
on the lawn...

Or Bolko's notorious plunges
at all of Europe's gaming tables?

It's my free will

Free will belongs
to mythology

In real lift what counts
is strength of will

You're citing Nietzsche

-Am I? I didn't know
-Look it up!

Are you talking about
family or fortune?

Property and family

Only I can put both
back on their feet

Properly managed,
our property...

...could make us one of
Europe's foremost families

But we already are

As far as debts go,
no question

Maybe you'd like to try?

I would, but I'd have to
be given power of attorney

How broad?

Very broad

In that case I'll be
begging for my bread

It's for the good of
the family and so yours too

And yours

He's forgiven him his orgies!

- For your good too
- Mine?

You'll get
your power af attorney

Such youthful enthusiasm
does the heart good

But consider one thing

I gave Heinberg a forest
what he got was a coal field

Instead of regent...

- I became...
- Master?

A cuckold!

You were so wrong...

believing that absurd
pack of lies

Then why does the Emperor
make so much of you?

All those courtesies,
pretty speeches?

that clutching of
little hands?

Because he's able to see
these things differently

Not the way you do,
you Prussian numskulls

Because you were his lover

I was not

Yes you ware- after the hunt

Know why he treats me
differently from you?

Not because I'm a woman...

but because I tell him
the truth...

instead of just agreeing
like you sycophants

You can't see beneath
the surface of things

That's why you were denied
a diplomatic career...

not because I was
the Emperor's mistress

-So you ware!
-l wasn't

-You just said so!
-No

I said something else

- I heard you say it!1
- Because you wanted to!

You admitted it!

1 did not

- You were!
- No!

You were!

Yes! I was!

If it helps you
justify our failures...

I was the Emperor's
mistress

Noooo!

Is Franzel my son?

At last you're not
certain of something

When the war is over...
1 will find myself a new wife

A bad woman.
with the touch of evil

But I will know that...
and be in command

Come on!

Where's the fire?

At this hour I go to bed provided
it's a good town with a good hotel

Where are we going?

One of ours, at a standstill
We'll move on

There's no work for you!

"Piast", also ours
Working every other day

It was meant to be working

The men reported for work
They're being turned away

There's no market
for our coal

There's a slump

Look at that, dammit!

How I love good old Silesia!

All of this is yours

Plus the mines "Barbara"
"new Hope", "Princeling" and "Szadok"

A cementworks in Ligota

Briquette factories,
brickyads and breweries in Tychy

Very impressive

Itis and it isn't

We'll now pay a call
at the office

So they don't want
to buy our coal?

I see you've locket up
the siren

To prevent careless use

Who has the keys?

Leave us gentlemen

Two days ago! A week ago!

Two weeks ago! A month ago!

Get rid of this fountain!
This isn't a palm court

Look.

It's been following us
since we left

Gangsters, no doubt. From Chicago
Planning to hijack us to Singapore.

Fantastic!

Step on it!
They don't have wings

What is it?

Nothing, nothing...
Have they gone?

Oh no!

Someone's telling me
to make up my mind

Trying to force me
to join them

- But who?
- Who? Who?

Now I need
you two more than enver

- Bolko!
- Leave it.

Get in

Thanks, but screw all this

Get in!

I don't want to know.
I'm leaving

This isn't my thing

I'm not cut out for it.

What's the matter?
Can't a man walk in front of a car?

Apparently not

What scared you so?

I'll represent the family
above ground

-Not coming?
-It's unnatural

And cheap propaganda anyway

Your first descent?

All the best...

to you and your families...
from my family

Cheers, foreman

- Cheers, foreman...?
- Grela

Cheers!!!

Which level are you
Foreman Grela

Output — 30 tones
It's a low drift

We have to work
on all fours

Why are you so small?

He hasn't grown
Get your mother to feel you better

You'll get machinery
when sales recover, Grela

The market's tight now...

Cheers!

You've laid off 400 miners

Merry Christmas!

Get the herrings?

I had no alternative, Grela

They're all Poles

Not now, Grela

Come and see me
and we'll talk it over

I shan't be visiting
Your Highness

It's you who've come to see us
Thank you kindly!

Cheers!

What on earth?

What did you say?

- Is this a breakdown or..
- Or what?

You're learning fast

Got any matches?

You have a candle?

As an offering to
Saint Barbara

A candle?

So light it

If there's gas here
we'll be blown sky high

Assuming it's coincidence

This is the kind of place
that if there's gas here...

if there's gas here
you'd better start praying

You'll be ging to feel faint,
to throw up...

Stop it!

It's all thanks to
your gracions gestures!

His Lordship dispensing
champagneto the miners!

It's part of the job

I should have stayed home

Then I would have had to
suspect you as well

Of what?

You mean to say you don't
suspect anybody?

Nobody

Think, Conrad

Think!

What are you doing?

We're in luck. It stopped
at a gallery

Mind the step

Give me your hand...Come on

I wouldn't count the steps

We're fixing it
Please keep calm

You're in no danger.
We're fixing it

There's no need to panic

We're fixing it

Please keep calm

We're perfectly calm

Forgive me, Prince.
Forgive me, Count

Those responsible will be
punished. It was sabotage

I see

Director Zbierski — you're fired

You're awfully suspicious.
Franzel

People should be
open and sincere

Not in business matters

I have to know who's
stabbing me in the back

That's why I can't leave?

Exactly why

You've dropped your last
bundle at Monte Carlo

I believe you have
an appointment in Warsaw?

Keep me out of this

He's afraid of us, Conrad.
Afraid!

I wish I'd studied you
more closely as a boy

You could have,
being the oldest

That's the pity of it

But why can't I leave?

I'll explain. Our family...

is facing a great, historical task

I have to be certain that
it won't be impeded...

by you, Conrad or Marisca

Otherwise the whole thing
is pointless

I came to say goodnight
to Conrad and Franzel

I've already said it to you

Very well. I'll stay here
as long as you wish

Let's see you lead the family to greatness

I like it in Poland

But I'm not sure if your
stand to win by this

May 1?

I can't be sure...
but if what I think is correct...

I ought to be in Germany
as soon as possible

It is of course secret
business?

It concerns out family, father

The point is that Heinberg...

might well resort to skullduggery
I've known that

Well... good luck

But if I were you
I'd remember...

......that one of the sources
of our greatness...

was a casual attitude to
what politicians call...

making history

A rising?

Yes, a rising!

Arising !

My congratulations on
a well executed assault

In Polish?

I provide for
every contingency

Please resume hostilities

Might you Piast ancestors
not be telling you...

to adept Polish citizenship
when the time is right?

Draw up the naturalization
papers

As you wish, Highness

What are you doing, Conrad?

Your Protestant God is
looking for you everywhere

You don't understand a thing

It's only now that I can leave
I'm free at last

Stop!

Unpack the boys' things

You think I'd lot you
take them with you?

You don't have the right
to dictate to me

There's a rising

I do have the right

I'm in my backyard

Unpack the boy's things...
What's that?

Are you a Catholic , my son?

Yes, father

Do you have any idea at all
what that means?

IT means that I feel Polish

You can feel Dutch
for all I care

- So it's all right?
- Not quite

There is no more important
decision in life...

than choice of faith You have taken it
without confiding in the family

It was a personal decision

It cannot be
a personal decision

Religion is a family affair

It's a question of rules
which you have to obey...

because they are what
what bind us and protect us

Bring Count Conrad his trunk

He is leaving with
his mother

- Bolko!
- Mama!

Mother's left you a letter

"My dear Hans...

You once said you wanted
an evil woman to succeed me

I believe I've found
the very person

Her name is Baroness Marisca della Botega
and she is related to us through the Anhalten

I met her a year ago
in Cap d'Antibes

Von Sutzpold, her husband,
committed suicide...

from, by all accounts
jealousy

Since then she has been
travelling

"I very much recommend, her
Daisy"

Remember, Highness
Take no nonsense from them

It's they who need you
not vice versa

He owns a beautiful slice
of Silesia

Very good coal

The Prince's position
is known to you?

Of course

But we don't know what
he expects from us

I must show you something

I'm sure you'll understand me

I'm glad you came.

Not a moment too soon
It was high time

But now you must be patient.
This may take time

That is why I have
come to you, Count

I trust you completely

I know

You did the right thing but...

who told you I had
anything to do with them?

I guessed

You're no goof

A brick was thrown
into your car...

and later you got stuck
in a mine cage?

It's incredible

What barbarians!

The Poles,
as usual, made a hash of everything?

You're alive
that's the main thing

Whenever you came near
I had a feeling...

you knew everything
about me

When I realized I'd marry you
I had to, didn't I?

You always want to
know everything

I not only want to, I do

Don't think you can compare
with your father

You don't stand a chance

I'm trying to tell you
not to get your hopes up

If I care to I'll use your legs
as billiard cues

If Icare to!

If I ever catch you
eavesdropping again!

Damn! The key's gone

It must have been Franzel

He' been abroad
since Cristmas!

But he gave me
these funny looks

He looks at everyone
like that

Look at me!

I'm all poppyseed

Look! I'm all poppyseed

I'm all poppyseed

I'm all poppyseed

All poppyseed

You shouldn't have come here

- I'm all poppyseed
- You shouldn't have come!

Go on! Go on!

You shouldn't have!

Why not? Our claims to you
are about equal

We met you at the same
time, didn't we, Bolko?

Come on now, come here

That's my boy!

Well?

Nothing

Don't laugh

- I love you
- Shut up!

Is Jolanta my daughter?

- How can you
- I most certainly can!

And the one you're now carrying
will be my grandchild, right?

Look!

Come here, shy!

What you were to report to Franzel
you'll tell the press

You will, you will!

There's going to be...
scandal among the nobility!!

I wonder how Franzel
will react...

to this example of...
how did he put it?

yielding to
individualist urges?

Things aren't so simple
with us, are they, Bolko?

I'm pleased you've
joined us, Highness

Look at those lads!

There's your money

Live money.

Dr Goebbels will thank you
in person

He'll be pleased to hear
you accepted our invitation

The peasants of Lippe...

are directly descended
from the Cherusci...

the German tribe that crushed
the Romans in the Teutoborg Forest

These journalists are a rabble
of Jews and Masons

Is that any way to write of
an illustrious old family?

I understand the Fuehrer
was outraged

Tonight, at the palace

Dr Goebbels believes...

it would be ill-advised...

to hold your meeting here

He'll see you at
Schloss Vinebeck

He's outraged by the press
attack on your family

Attack? What do you mean?

"Scandal at Von Teuss Seat"
"Footman's Revelations"

"Prince Finds Youngest Son
in Bed with Stepmother"

Anything else?

Youngest son!

Son!

Another scandal!

Prince catches
youngest son!

Catches son!

Catches son!

I have talked to Hitler

He is shocked...

...by such vilification
of an illustrious family

How could it come
to that, he asked

Is there no one capable
of taking charge?

Yes, I replied, there is
such a man

He is Franzel von Teuss

Hitler has not yet retired

Life twists...

but also sets straight
Let's drink to that

- Bolko! I can't!
- Dance!

- can't!
- Dance!

All these strangers
I don't know anyone

And you won't...
We won't be coming back

Why didn't we get
married abroad?

Why not? Let's ask
our pet artist

Why didn't we have
a quiet wedding abroad?

Because Franzel suffers
from a dangerous disease

It's called normality

A normal wedding had to
take place here

He couldn't bear the idea
of something as abnormal...

as a union between
stepson and stepmother...

becoming splashed
all over the newspapers

That's why he agreed to
a wedding...

which is the most normal
and hallowed of customs

Beautifully put!

Do you think Franzel
has gone mad?

I don't know
but here's hoping

You've given...

You've given me
three splendid sons

Very splendid...

Och, Daisy, Daisy,,,,

Laugh, and the world
laughs with you

Weep, and you weep alone

Is that an English proverb!

No, my dear

How I wish it were!

was a toddler
and was hungry...

I lay in my cot
and went like this...

When I became a soldier
I carried myself so...

And when I'm a decrepit
old prince...

I'll take to my bed and

be ignored by one and all

I'll just lie there begging:
water, water, water...

I feel like really
making you suffer

One day you will yourself
claim what's coming to you

That's a possibility that
I've also allowed for

Let me go!

I wish to see the Prince

His Highness is indisposed.

He is seeing no one

He is not at home only
to the wedding guests...

who, sadly, also include
my son

But I am not here to
attend the reception

Feeling better?

It was so strange

What a beautiful tree

I'll see we're buried here

Be good to me

From the first moment...

that I set eyes on you...

I laid a course for you

And got there!
Heinberg! Is he here too?

I'm so glad you could come

Count
Franz Friedrich Hochberg von Teuss!

I fancy we know each other
inside out

Me brother, Count Conrad

I believe you've become
a Catholic?

He's the Ruberg agent
May God bless you

I wanted to tell you
that if what I'm thinking...

You won't! You're not going
across to greet them!

So many people have stayed
away from our wedding...

that something is due
to those who have come

My sister-in-law

I understand the son
and the father too

You'd have done better...

to as Yurek
to organize this party

He'd have provided you
with even odder guests

I see

He's not eating
Amazing single-mindedness!

Will he refuse a pineapple
as well?

The pineapples took off...

but there's a storm...

and the plane had to
return to Warsaw

A storm?

Quick! Wheel me over
to the window!

Director Zbierski
would you come over here?

Yes.

Recognize him?

Heinberg?
What's he doing here?

That's one thing
I didn't foresee

You have the floor

- At last!
- Why the dramatics?

Please proceed

I haven't come here
to complain

Oh? Just to look at me?

Nor do any of my three
Polish colleagues...

whom Prince Franzel has

dismissed wish to complain

Certainly not.
Why demean one self?

Therel!...

I wonder if
they've prepared everything?

Your Highness!

my reason for coming here
is to warn you

To communicate
our misgivings

We have worked for you
for so many rears

We know and respect you
and your family

So it pains me to have to
warn you that things...

are in a bad way

Very bad!

Continue, continue

Very bad!

You have no funds
in Poland or elsewhere

You have tax arrears
running into millions

But what's dos
Prince Franzel do?

Gets involved in some kind
of hanky-panky abroad!

Mysteriously withdraws
what's left...

of his working capital!

There' nothing in the bank
the money's evaporated!

Director Zbierski...

I no longer deal
with such matters

You're in danger of
going...

into receivership

Receivership?
What's that mean?

The Polish government appointing trustees
to administer the property

For how long?

Until you have paid off
what you owe in taxes

Now old are you?

Sixty-eight

I am seventy
How many more years

do I have? Five? Six?

So I'll still be protected
by the Geneva convention

or I can appeal...

to the Hague Tribunal

You could change everything
with one stroke of the pen

The question is,
do I want to?

Would it also surprise you...
that your funds are financing Hitler?

Lies, lies!

Is Heinberg's presence here
also a lie?

Close all the doors!

The wedding was to be
held outdoors

Let no one inside!

Look the doors!

Let no one in!

We'll settle up now

Your allowance will be
remitted by Conrad...

to Munich

Aesthetically speaking,
this party can't be faulted

This cloudburst harmonizes
rather nicely...

with the way Bolko was
softened up for marriage

How exactly did Franzel
twist his arm?

By plain speaking or
more subtel persuasion?

Whatever you may say,
however you try...

to poison my mind
against my family...

I won't go away with you.
Is that clear?

Very clear. What Franzel's arguments
lacked in subtlety...

they no doubt made up
in computablity

That's business

And you accept that now?

I learned the hard way.
It was business...

that got me stuck
in that cage

What a ghastly place!

That I once sacrificed
our friendship for a doxy

Now you're running out
on me for money

What happened?

I have a search warrant

In the name of
the Polish Government I am attaching

this plane as a pledge...
for the taxes owed by Prince von Teuss

Let them whistle!

In Poland more steam goes
into whistles than engines

No wonder.

Polish miners
laid off,

Zbierski fired
Father did business differently

Differently?

Which is why we now owe
nine million in taxes

I know.

For you, Count

Listen you shit,
don't send me money

to an account...
on which I can1t draw!

Not now, Bolko, not now

Stopping my allowance?

- I'm not stopping anything
- Good...

By the way...
Marisca's a super wife.

Are you pleased?

Did you send Bolko
his allowance?

Of course

Using the Ruberg account?

That's right

And giving the number?

In a Polish bank?

Didn't you realize a check's being kept on
our financial operations?

Then go outside and see
what you've done!

By the door!

Come to watch a strike?

You get a thrill from the power generated
by a crowd, do you?

Even more from the sight of
an owner chased by one

Rear can also be exciting

Fear?

Yes, fear

I made it...
I can doit!

I can doit!

Conrad? I've gotten a hold
over Franzel

Made your day, have I?
You don't say?

Conrad? I don't believe it!

Thank you, Casimir
thank you!

Conrad deflowered!
How's that for news!

I bet tongues are wagging
in the kitchen!

Go on, let's have it!

The whole min's been
surrounded by the police

Director Zbierski

has come back....
and joined the stay-down

They've even seized that
consignment of pineapples

The plane's been grounded
in Warsaw

Fancy confiscating
pineapples!!

Maybe they need them
as proof?

- Go on! Proof of what?
- How would I know?

Yes, Your Highness?

Have the pineapples arrived?

Not yet.

Why the delay?

The weather

Weather, weather
How curious!

You know what?

I'll go to the airfield
and collect them myself

Of course. But...

No buts! Get Joseph
to bring the car round

Of course.

But it's years since
you motored

Stop philosophizing..

or you'll catch it

Yes. Your Highness..

Tell me, Casimir, how is it...
that you've stayed on with me so long?

Isn't Poland calling you?

So why?

I've never plumbed the depths with Poland
but with you, it's been known

Plumbed the depths...

Zbierski?
What do you mean, who?

Does it do at your age
to be organizing strikes?

I'm coming down!

My dear friends!

We are one big family

As head of that family
it is my duty...

to look after those
who are in trouble

So please, speak out.

Say what's on your minds

We want...

fair working hours

We want meal breaks
and a rest period...

at midday

We want honest rate-fixing

We want a full week's
work and pay

The percentage of profits
set aside per worker...

is too low

Coons beat us up.
We're called "Mangy dogs"!

Is that any way
to treat kinfolk?

You go to them.

I've had enough

What shall I say?

That I have to think

all these new things over

Or perhaps I should
call out the hussars?

Why? They're behaving
peacefully enough

You should be more afraid of

of directors who've never
seen a coal face

Who are you?

Zbierski, mining engineer

No such engineer is employed in
His Highness's mines

Did you hear what
the miners said?

They ware right

All you have to do is
install steam power...

and put up wages.

It's as simple as that

He's right,
but he doesn't know...

that Your Highness

has no money

What?

I own all this
and I have no money?

It's a ticklish subject
to discuss...

but vases full of flowers
don't mean

Of course... Go and see them

I don't want them there
when I leave

Yes.

You're are a very shrewd fellow

We'll install your
steam engines

But I expect you want
a job, which I don't have

Is the pressure here
always like this?

What?

I don't knonw...
What does it mean?

That there's seepage

The ground's subsiding...

If I were Your Highness
I'd leave this place

Look at the blotter

Well I'll be damned!

Mister Zbierski

You think I have to credit
your crystal-gazing?

You'd have to be mightier
than God Himself...

and you certainly don't
like Him

Good day!

Give me your hand!

I name you crystalgazer...
Director Zbierski

What are you doing here,
my good fairy?

Lost your reason?

Adventures at his age!

- I did warn you
- Piss on warnings!

I want to know the facts.
Director Zbierski

ex-Director

The assets securing
the government's claims...

in respect of taxes
have been...

disappearing from
a Polish bank...

and surfacing in Munich
credited to Ruberg

They then used to
replenish Hitler's funds

You have it in for Franzel
for dismissing you

Old men outlive their usefulness
They should withddraw gracefully

Like you?

Yes. You should follow
my example

Well, Your Highness,
it's the receiver for you

And that won't be
the half of it

Not the half of it!

Give me a cigar

Go on!

"I, Franz Friedrich XVII,
acting on behalf of...

my father, Polish citizen
of German nationality...

hereby lodge a complaint to the League of Nations
against the Government of Poland..."

You read it. You wrote it

"...of Poland which is
seeking by unlawful means...

to Polonize the preorty
of Prince von Teuss..

in order to recover
taxes wrongly assessed...

for the years 1925-29.

This discriminatory action
which is a reprisal...

for employing Germans
in managerial posts...

must be discontinued...

and incitement of workers to action
contrary to the law forbidden.

On behalf of my father
I demand...

discontinuance of
all distraints...

placed on the property
of the Prince...

compensation for losses...

and an end to
government interference...

in personnel policy...

as well as declaration
of the Government...

to be in violation of
Articles 67,68,75 of the Convention"

Why should I sign this?

If and when I withdraw
your powers of attorney...

then I'll start signing

How long will I go on
signing on your behalf?

I never ask you questions

But if it proves to be true

that one mark of mine...

has paved Hitler's way
to power...

you will stop signing

So much as a single mark!

I look forward to
seeing Granddaddy

Daddy!

Daddy-Grnddaddy

He won't let you in

Then I'll sneak in

Will we land in Germany...
or Poland?

Germany.

Then Casimir will
drive us into Poland

- It's very near
- There'll be no car

He won't even see you

I can tell him what I have
on Franzel...

in writing

Pleased?.

I feel as if were
carrying a bag of diamonds

You are pleased

Franzel made me look silly,
arranging our marriage

It's me he wanted
to humiliate

Did you ever notice the way
he used to look at me?

How?

He'd have liked to be
in your shoes...

but lacked the nerve

Makes no difference

Prince Bolko von Teuss?

Please with us.

No fuss, Countess.
It's vulgar

Step back.

Nooooo

I'm loaded!
I won it at roulette

At roulette!

No!

The Gestapo...

arrested him...

as soon as we got off
the plane

He knew everything
about Franzel

Everything!

What's the use of hiding?
I can see you anyway

She's right

Franzel and Heinberg
formed a company

Account number: 00033

The only other people
with access to it...

were two senior
NSDAP officials

Is that Polish deputation
still waiting?

Halt!

So we meet again...

Mister Grela

The Grela you once met...
was my father

"1, Hans Heinrich XV
Hochberg von Teuss...

hereby consent...

to, assignment of
all my property.

The mental illness
which has affected...

my son Franz Friedrich...

incapacitates him
for managing my affairs.

all power of attorney
is therefore transferred...

to my son Conrad...

who will act as my proxy...
on the control board".

Signed: Hans Heinrich XV,
Prince of Pszczyna

That still leaves
the sacked directors...

and Polish miners,
and the pit floodings

But, gentlemen, you have
a board of trustees!

Discuss that with them
and with Count Conrad

You heard?

The Prince has agreed!

I only asked you...

to prevent my brother
from going to Poland

And how did you expect us
to stop him?

By turning him back
at the frontier

We did so

But why has he also
been put in prison?

Reichsminister Goebels
would reply...

that in this case...

there is more at stake
than your family interests

What will you do with him?

I understand he has run up
large debts in Munich

That will have to be
investigated

I can settle all his bills

You can't do anything, Prince

Are you aware...

that your father has
withdrawn...

all your powers
on the grounds...

that you are of
unsound mind?

You're lying!

Am I also to conclude
that you're deranged?

The Reich Government...

for your petition to
the International Tribunal

All that's left to you is
to remain in Germany...

and await better days

When they come

as they soon will...

von Teuss will return
to his palace

Like a young god!

Can I see my brother?

It all went wrong

You were to be sent back
to Munich

I wanted you to...

It all went wrong

You were to be sent back
to Munich

I wanted you to
understand everything

It all went wrong

Whatever I've done has been
for the family

For us, you understand?
For the family!

They want to destroy us,
to strip us of everything

Tell Father that they have
a precise plan

They intend to
take everything

Cur mines, our woodland,
our breweries, our palaces

I know. It's Heiberg's doing

Tell Father that I'm the only one
who can save everything

Only me.

Got that? Only me!

Don't look at me like that
I've done you no harm. It was them

Them! Will you tell him?

I won't tell him anything.
I'm here for good

They keep me doped

I'm given injections
to make me beter, they say

I had an abscess. They say
they're treating me

What are they doing to you?

Treating me, they say,
but in fact poisoning me

You'll get out. And go home

Tell Father...
You won't forget?

They have a plan.
Heiberg's behind it all

You'll tell Father?
You won't forget?

I'm sorry, Franzel, but you
really have gone mad

Don't ever say that to me.

Don't ever say that to me.
Ever!

Ever!

I first noticed when you
proclaimed your plans...

and ranted about
the greatness of the family

You'd already become unhinged

I saw you going
from bad to worse

I saw the way you looked at us
How you began to suspect us,

to spy on us

Everything had to be
absolutely normal...

because you'd become

obsessed with being normal

When you arranged cooked up
that marriage of ours...

that nightmare it was another
exercise in being normal

Normality's unhinged you

Did you think you were
the most normal of persons?

Or the strongest?

That no one could wring
your secrets from you?

Drop your voice. These are
things no one knows about

It was a little ulcer,
a pimple really

Take a look

Keep away from me!

Bolko!

I can't hear a thing!

That wasn't nice.
not nice at all

You tried to escape
by the back door...

but we're here too

The bastards!!

They said
there'd be no problems

If they ever cross
this border...

it's goodbye to Poland!

Poland is the only country...

which doesn't believe
the stronger man has to win

Well?

He's half-dead. What have
you been giving him?

What was needed

Bolko!

Lay her on the bench!
Fetch some water!

Halt! Stop him!

Piss off!

Bandits! Bandits!

They're here!

Can you...

Can you forgive me

I can

How did you know...

I wanted to see you?

I was told

I've always been curious
to know...

who passes on
such information?

You'll see

Am I dreaming?

Your Highness!
Your Highness - here?

Are you the director here?

That's right. In charge
of the slippers

My God! Your Highness!

You are in the vestibule...

leading to the oldest
part of the palace

- Are you happy here?
- No, no!

Please, Your Highness

There's ornamentation
that's Baroque, Rococo...

and finally Regency.
A complete hotchpotch

In 1946, in accordance
with the will...

of the people's regime,
concerts began to be hold

So ended the aristocratic
annals of this place

Mother...

Father, but what year?

That miner was called Grela

What are you laughing at?

What was that dog called?

I don't remember

It was Franzel's favourite...
Remember?

I'm afraid not,
Your Highness

I don't remember either

I don't remember anything...

Quiet!