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!