Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (1930) - full transcript
This film was shot in Ufa-Ateliers Neubabelsberg, intermittently from late January 1930 through early March of the same year. In all, the shooting added up to 15 days.On March 24th 1930, ...
Ladies and gentlemen,
please allow me to announce,
in this unusual manner,
the first Richard Oswald sound film farce:
"Vienna, City of Songs"
Cordially welcome, it is with the greatest
honor and joy...
-You can't do this!
-...enchanting ladies, venerable gentle...
You can't just come grouching in like that!
Venerable ladies, adorable gentlemen...
-Listen to me, everybody!
-Ladies and gentlemen,
I do suppose that I, as a true Viennese,
have the right to introduce
a true Viennese play...
Here we go, "true Viennese", let me
tell you, all Viennese are from Brünn.
Is this so? Just because every
Berliner is from Breslau?
Well, I'm presenting to you
a sound film farce...
Venerable ladies and gentlemen, the words
are from Ernst Neubach,
-while Hans May...
-...was the composer.
-It's played by...
-...the Dan Berlin orchestra.
The actors: Ignaz Korn, instrument dealer,
-played by Sigi Hofer.
-The fat Hofer.
You're no sylphide yourself!
-His wife Emilie:
-Dora Hrach.
-Their daughter Steffi:
-Charlotte Ander.
-Wenzel Pokorny, master tailor:
-That's me, Paul Morgan.
Not that important.
-Pepi Pokorny, his son:
-Sym, Igo Sym.
-Very well. Cäsar Grün, typesetter:
-That's me, Max Ehrlich, in the flesh.
How important...
-Burgstaller, master butcher:
-Max Hansen.
-Ilona, saleswoman:
-Irene Ambrus.
-Piefke, traveler from Berlin:
-Paule (Paul) Graetz.
-Miss Bock, Cafetiere:
-Grete Natzler.
-Ferdinand, head waiter:
-Siegfried Arno.
-Gust, the piccolo:
-Gustl Stark-Gstettenbaur.
-Natzi
-Rudolf Meinhardt-Jünger.
-A nature singer:
-Luigi Bernauer.
-Sound recording: Tonbildsyndikat GmbH.
So that's what "Tobis" means.
-Buildings and décor:
-Franz Schroeter.
-Cinematography:
-Friedl Behn-Grund.
-Director:
-Richard Oswald.
-The film is distributed by:
-Atlas.
-World sales:
-Cinema.
-Production company:
-Richard Oswald productions.
-The shoelaces of the ladies...
-...come from department store Pachulke.
-Men's suspenders...
-...collars...
-...ties...
-...toupes...
-...beards...
-...make-up...
Stop this already, no one wants to know.
Listen, what's that sound?
Assistant tailor that you are!
-That must be...
-...Vienna!
City of songs.
♫ You are my joy
♫ My love and joy
Please mail the score to Opernring 3.
-Will do.
-See you, have a nice day.
-Steffi!
-Pepi!
Pepi, beware, daddy can come in
any moment now.
Forget about daddy!
I'd like the phonograph record called
"Kissing Is No Sin".
As you wish.
...damn it... the button...
Ignaz, what's going on down there?
-I'm looking for four-leaved clover.
-Nonsense.
Ah, there it is.
-Where's Steffi?
-At the store, where else would she be?
What about my allowance?
Here it is, one schilling.
How stingy.
Me? Stingy?
You're so stingy, you peek over the lenses
in order to preserve the glasses.
You're gonna catch one on the nose one day.
You there, out with you!
-Herr Korn, let me explain...
-Nothing to explain!
Every time I come by
I find you creeping around my daughter.
Why are you not at your father's,
the master tailor?
We want to get married, Korn.
My daughter won't marry
an unemployed musician, Pokorny!
-But daddy...
-You be silent!
You're marrying Burgstaller,
and that's that!
I'm not gonna marry any master butcher.
Then you'll stay a virgin for all I care.
Stop that.
♫ Oh how elusive are pork chops
♫ She likes the lean ones,
he likes the fat ones
Can you recommend the beef,
Mr. Burgstaller?
♫ You shall never ask me
♫ One pound of young beef meat.
Cut it, girl, hurry, cut it
♫ One minute, one minute
♫ What's coming down from up there,
what's coming down from up there
What can I do for you, pretty lady?
Were the rabbits shot just now?
♫ No, they were laughing
themselves to death
♫ Yes...
♫ I loved to carve it
into every piece of beef
♫ Welcome, come in, may god be with you
What can I do for you,
widow of the chief financial inspector?
I want a nice piece from the back.
Very good choice,
my behind is very fine today.
Anything else, madam?
Do you have a nice breast?
You bet!
Give me a slice of that.
♫ Two pounds of breast,
confident of victory
Your son will enjoy it.
Anything else?
-No thanks.
-3 schillings 25 groschen.
Thank you, that's that.
Goodbye, widow of the chief financial
inspector, it was an honor!
Goodbye... Hope to see you again...
Kisses... Honor...
Old goat!
[speaks Polish (?)]
Look at that! Terrible, look at that!
[speaks Polish (?)]
But this sounds so beautiful.
Do your work!
Very nice.
Pepi, with your musical genius
you could've been a student of Schiller's.
Now, play something on the pliers.
But father, one can't do that.
One can't do that?
Hurry now, take of your coat.
Natzi, write it down!
Always you want me to model
for your customers.
Of course, Pepi, you're handsome
like Apollinaris of Belvedere.
You see, with your genius
and your ideal figure...
-The front is small, 41
-41
...you'll have to marry a millionaire.
-Backside 43,5.
-43,5.
The woman who will get you
must have at least...
Strong stomach, very strong stomach.
-...50.000!
-What do you say, 50.000?
-87, you moron.
-87, you moron.
50.000 big ones.
-But father, I'm in love with Steffi!
-Steffi? Bollocks!
Why Steffi? A girl with nothing
to go for her.
The hips are terrible.
And no bust to speak of.
Please come in, dear Mr. Cäsar Grün.
Smells like... noodle soup,
roasted goose... and coleslaw!
Correct!
But aren't you busy at your print shop
until noon, Mr. Grün?
I go there in the afternoon.
-Take a seat, Mr. Grün.
-Thank you.
Are you hungry?
I'm always hungry.
Just a minute!
No hurry, I'm coming!
Disgusting person!
-Ferdinand!
-I'm on my way.
This is how you care for my business!
I just closed my eyes in order to
reflect more thoroughly about the business.
I'll make you open your eyes!
-Ms. Bock!
-Don't give me that amorous look!
Better start working!
Ms. Bock! Why so obstinate? ("bockig")
Stupid person.
Where's the piccolo?
Where might he be? Where would we find him?
Now where might he be?
Hat... hatchet... How!
Then he quietly crept closer.
The knife was flashing,
he raised his arm...
...and he seized... the scalp of the woman!
Rascal! Out with you in the gardens!
A pleasure, Ms. Bock!
I'll make you move yet!
Lazybones, all of you!
-Isn't she beautiful?
-A heavenly woman.
Those eyes...
She would fit right in with my tepee.
Beat it, paleface!
How! I've spoken!
The little Winnetou.
I beg your pardon, Ms. Korn.
Am I allowed to act as if I'm at home?
Of course you can, Mr. Grün.
At home I eat like this, you know?
Just marvellous! Marvellous!
Tender goose meat.
Tender... Just as tender
as your own, Ms. Korn.
Mr. Grün...
Ms. Korn...
I want... I would... I want...
Just what is it that's on your mind,
Mr. Grün?
If I'm allowed... I would...
You're allowed, Mr. Grün...
If I'm allowed... then...
I'll help me to another piece of meat.
Is there anything else you want, Mr. Grün?
-Yes!
-Yes?
Please let me put
the rest of this in a bag!
You do that.
Thank you.
Pepi? Pepi? Steffi?
Why are you in the phonograph room?
Out with you!
-Pepi wanted to...
-I know what he wan...
-Mr. Korn, you're insulting me!
-Did you think I'll compliment you?
If I catch you with my daughter again,
you'll get it over the head with a piano!
Unbelievable! Pokorny, Pokorny!
-What do you want?
-Your son has no business at my place.
I might kill him!
If you so much as touch him, I'll sue you!
You can't even pay the lawyer!
What was that?
You're calling me an assistant tailor?
Me, a bona fide master tailor
you call an assistant?
You destroyer of eardrums, you!
One more word and I'll come over there!
Bring it on! You'll get it with a hot iron!
[Speaks Polish]
♫ Why are people fighting
♫ ???
♫ People, beware!
♫ The clock just struck 12
♫ Ilona, close the door
♫ I'm on my way to Korn
Say hello to Steffi!
Silly goose!
A goat in love!
My sweet kitty!
I'm going out to eat, now.
-Yes.
-Close the shop and don't act stupid.
See you, daddy.
He's leaving just now.
In one hour, there's going to be
a lottery draw.
An acquaintance needs money and wants to
sell me his ticket.
-I only got 3 schillings, though.
-Is that so? Then we'll both chip in.
Just a moment.
There you have it.
How do you do?
It's almost dinner time. Shop's closed.
Mr. Burgstaller's already left, too.
Who cares for Burgstaller?
I'll take a blood sausage.
Quiet, old lad, quiet.
The little kitten, the little kitten,
look at the little kitten, doggie!
Two schillings.
Two schillings... Oh, I left my wallet
at home, I'll pay tomorrow.
Then you'll get the sausage tomorrow, too.
Tomorrow!
♫ Greetings to all of you
Glad to see you, Mr. Korn.
Steffi will be here soon.
I'm off to the coffee house. See you!
Steffi will be here soon...
Burgstaller is here! How do you do?
Nice to meet you, Steffi, very nice.
-There's something I have to tell you.
-Go on.
But... ♫ My heart belongs to you
♫ My heart belongs to you
♫ Let's get married
♫ Let's get married
But listen, Steffi, I'm running a
profitable business.
I need one pig and one oxen every day.
Won't you be my wife?
No, Burgstaller, you better
forget about that.
♫ Poor Burgstaller, little Burgstaller
-Stop the singing already!
Mr. Burgstaller, let's stay friends anyway!
-Deal?
-Oh, well...
Oh, well... See you!
See you!
♫ God be with you
♫ It would've been so beautiful
♫ God be with you
♫ It wasn't meant to be
Thanks!
You there! What are you doing?
You won't believe it.
I'm waiting for the tram.
Unbelievable!
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
Here, Steffi...
Oh, to win the main prize...
That would be it.
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Blooming lilac in springtime
♫ My heart is pulling me to you,
again and again
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
Piccolo! Gustl
-Bring me the latest, the Polish one, too.
-On my way.
-Hello Ferdinand!
-Hello!
Here you go.
-Hello Mr. Pokorny!
-Hello.
Ferdinand, for me one espresso,
four pieces of sugar,
two glasses of water, the noon paper,
and a bit of Soda.
That's all?
I won't gorge myself for your sake!
I'll read that at home.
What can I bring you?
Stupid question. The usual!
Two glasses of water. Fresh water!
A pleasure to have customers like you.
Kitty, are we allowing him to marry Steffi?
...No!
Shall we teach him a lesson? ...Yes!
Hello Mr. Burgstaller!
An honor, Mr. Burgstaller!
-Hello Burgstaller.
-Hello Ferdinand.
What's with him?
He's crazy.
Coming! One moment!
Ferdinand, please!
Soda.
Four pieces of sugar.
Piccolo!
Another two glasses of water!
I'll get a water pipe for you.
-Ferdinand!
-What is it?
Would you lend me 3 schillings?
I'm not allowed to.
I have a contract with the bank.
I'm not allowed to lend money,
and they aren't allowed to serve coffee.
I've got a ticket.
The draw is in the morning.
In the afternoon you'll get 10 percent
if I win.
-Ticket number 10050.
-Yes!
-10 percent?
-10 percent!
Making money...
-It's my honor...
-Hello, Burgstaller.
One espresso, got it?
10050... 10 percent...
So who's paying this time?
Mr. Pokorny pays!
-One brandy for the priest.
-Brandy...
Ms. Bock, I'm crushed.
If this happens again, you're fired!
Don't you think you could get used to me?
Bah! Beat it!
There it is, go on.
Say nothing, I know, I know.
Contra!
Contra to you!
Mister souffleur, keep your mouth shut!
Sub-Contra!
Tutti!
Stag!
-What do you want?
-You have to play Tarok (?)!
Are those cards mine or yours?
Your cards.
Say, is this your coffee or my coffee?
Your coffee.
Why're you always drinking my coffee?
The other gentlemen unfortunately
didn't order coffee.
One moment, I'm playing.
♫ Heart... heart, my heart...
-♫ A heart, that is...
-I got a heart right here.
♫ And a heart...
Why are you blowing smoke into my face?
Where else?
-Morning!
-I'm honored.
Say, bewitching being, can you
get me old Korn? (Korn = corn schnapps)
-What's that? Please ask my staff.
-Thanks, duchess.
Come here, little Viennese titlark!
-Honored.
-Say, little tray juggler,
Can you get me old Korn?
I can get you Slivovitz.
No no no, even with a thousand words
of Viennese that won't do.
Ah, over there I see him,
the old alligator with his fangs.
At him with a roar!
He's a foreigner!
And now... Ultimo!...
Nothing more to say!
-Mr. Korn!
-What's that?
Nothing more to say. [Goes off with
"Berlinese" mumbojambo]
Stop that doe-eyed stare, don't you know
who I am?
Don't you know about P.P.?
Paul Piefke, Berlin?
Company Turn and... Phonograph...
kitchen... household...
Allow me? Piefke, Piefke, Piefke!
If he says "Piefke" one more time,
I'll have to start swimming.
My friend, with us, it's bubbles from
the front, from the back, from all around.
Nice of you to make room for me
at your table.
Viennese congeniality, that's what I like.
A charming group of
nice young Viennese folk.
Vienna, city of my dreams,
I'm longing for Vienna.
Three months before travelling here
I'm dreaming of things to put in this bag.
[drifting into nonsense] Driving alongside
the road, of course, a pub.
In turns I'll bring you the newest jokes,
the latest songs.
Listen to this, this is something, a hit!
"You hear this in every house /
everyone is singing this"
"At the front it looks like we're solvent /
At the back we're broke, though"
Korn, if you have this
record,
you won't be able to hold on to it,
customers will grope this from your hands.
Last week I strained my thump,
because the customers ripped it
from my fingers.
What a business!
You can by a castle,
just with the interest from the sales!
That's just what I want, Korn,
you with your funny head... baroque...
digging in the pillows...
Come here, a little order, 1000 units.
Hurry, sign here, down here,
talk talk, write write.
-Ferdinand?
-Yes?
Another customer, please.
See, these guys are already
fed up with you.
What do you want?
You're right, there's something I do want,
bring me something fresh, something wet.
What am I saying, get me a coffee.
-With cream?
-I get the coffee, this one gets creamed.
Or let's say...
better get me a white one with a shot.
With a shot?
This is not a gun shop, but a coffee house.
Funny bug!
Guys, let me tell you...
that's what I call furor teutonicus.
(German rage)
Gentlemen, I'll have to be at the printery
soon. Will the game continue or not?
See you later.
Stop! I smell a rat!
No one leaves the room!
I was hiding a second king of spades
in my pocket and now he's gone.
A fine company you are.
Cheater!
(fighting continues)
Just like in Berlin's city parliament.
That's a hoot!
Enough with your foreign
manner of speaking.
I'll slap you left and right!
You'll get your slappings wholesale!
Nobody that you are!
You're calling me a nobody?
What a pigsty! Never in my life have I seen
something like this.
Junk-rubbish, all of you!
How could you... What are you calling us?
You there! I'll show you
what a master butcher...
This is exactly how I always imagined
Viennese congeniality.
A nice coffee house I've chosen to work at.
The ultimate in insolance!
Occupied!
Mr. Burgstaller,
you seem to have lost something.
You got the exact same ticket as Mr. Korn?
Number 10050.
-Interesting...
-Hand it over already.
-Ferdinand!
-Patience, please. I'm hurrying already.
For heaven's sake.
Godda... The telephone must've been
invented in old testament times.
The bible says:
"At mount Sinai, Moses called on god
three times, without a reply."
My... Oh... Hello?
Miss... 42-12... C. Wolf...
Yes... yes...
Say what? I have to pay?
Tell me something new.
One moment, please!
Miss, I'm out of change.
Maybe you'll lend it to me?
Pardon me? I'm paying, just a moment!
I'm paying!
You'll see.
-Hello?
-How do you do?
Cäsar Grün speaking.
You're calling on me, bad boy?
I just wanted to ask you,
magnificent woman,
what you'll serve for dinner
at your place tonight.
Mr. Grün's talking to a woman.
Some woman she has to be. Talking to
someone like him.
One moment, please.
Hurry up!
So I'll be coming up when your husband,
the fool, ain't at home.
What a fool this husband has to be.
A fool indeed!
See ya!
-Mr. Grün.
-Go on.
You'll typeset the winning lottery numbers
for the evening paper, won't you?
Both Burgstaller and Korn have bought
ticket number 10050.
Please call on me if this is a winner.
-10050.
-Yes, 10050.
Will do.
I'm coming. What a hassle.
Korn, I got to tell you...
Steffi doesn't care for me.
You're going to marry my daughter.
Excuse me, gentlemen, what's going on?
Did you see that? What insolence!
He just slapped me!
Would you dare doing the same?
I insist.
Have a good day.
A ruffian, he is.
Do we have the winning ticket yet?
Yes, number 10005.
10005?
WINNING TICKET OF TODAY'S LOTTERY:
NUMBER 10005.
I've got an idea.
Finally, dinner!
(grumbling)
Where's your husband?
Grün!
What's going on there?
"Winning ticket for the main prize
is number 10050."
Heavens!
That's it, that's it! 10050!
Emilie, we just won 100.000 schillings.
We're millionaires!
Millionaire!
Ignaz!
Ignaz, get rid of the furniture.
We're too good for them now.
You can order new ones from the Hofburg.
Come with me!
See you!
See you!
With the greatest disdain...
Hello... hello?
Ha... ha...
Miss, please give me 22644.
No, I said 22 6 4...
Not 97 83.
2... or tell me which number I have to say
if I want 22644.
Is this Cafe Bock? Yes, Cafe Bock?
Ferd... Oh, you're Ferdinand!
Ferdinand, this is Grün... Grün!
"G" as in gasworks.
No, not Grey! Grün! (green) Finally...
I'm calling because of the ticket number.
Ticket number 10050
wins the main prize of 500.000 schillings.
Sorry? Hello? Hello?
He seems to have gone crazy with joy.
What's going on?
Why are you dancing?
Are you crazy?
You dare to smoke in here?
-But Ferdinand!
-Yippie!
No more Ferdinand-ing!
What do you mean?
Korn and me just won half a million
in the lottery!
Today, we'll be at the pub.
You're invited, pretty lady!
My respects, Mister Von Ferdinand,
most esteemed Mister Von Ferdinand!
You're invited too, rascal!
What is this? Has he lost his mind?
(singing in Polish)
Steffi, Steffi! Listen to your only father!
Steffi!
-Steffi, you know Rothschild?
-No!
I'm Rothschild the second,
I won the main prize!
We'll get new furniture,
you'll get a new mother...
No, the old one will do.
Gosh, the main prize... Pepi! Pepi!
Pepi! Pepi!
What's going on? Why the rush?
Pepi! My father won the main prize!
-We'll get married!
-My dear Steffi!
That's what I've always said. Those
Korns are decent folk!
♫ In a little grand slaughterhouse
♫ I won the lottery in May
Mister Grün, here,
take these two pieces of ham!
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
And you, Ilona, you can have the shop!
Oh my god, Burgstaller, thank you!
You're more than welcome!
Hello? Hello!
Miss? Yes? 55-55!
Yes... yes... Hello, whom am I speaking to?
Is this the car dealership "Ex and Haust"?
Mister Exhaust in person!
Just imagine whom you're speaking to.
Millionaire Burgstaller.
Yes, single-handedly...
Won't you send me one of those things...
A big one, an open one...
A Packard, yes, yes...
What's the prize-tag?
40.000?
That's not expensive. Not expensive at all.
A Packard-Elle...
So please just send it over, will you?
Sonnengasse 4, ground floor.
Have a nice day!
Guys, they're giving away
those cars for free!
Heaven help, he's become megalomaniacal!
♫ Car, move, move, move to my green side
♫ I like you way too much,
I estee-ee-eem you
♫ Car, move, move, move to my green side
That money's going to his head!
I'll take that back.
This is my shop, get lost!
Ha! You've been bugging me long enough!
Beware, beware... Caution!
-...this was payed for...
-...antique furniture...
This must've been expensive.
Yes, over there.
What do you think about the new decors?
Wonderful, I...
You're always in the way!
I don't get it.
...Beautiful...
The Kaiser had his breakfast, right here...
Wonderful, marvellous!
Watch out! We're millionaires now!
-You're getting payed for it.
-Second that.
Marvellous, exorbitant!
♫ We're driving out to Knusberg today
??? Listen...
We've all invited to the pub
by that stupid winner.
Ferdinand said he needed his suit for that.
I've only done the hips so far, though.
I'm no magician!
Don't talk back, oaf!
He told me he needs the suit,
hips or no hips.
-So take care of this.
-Nothing doing.
♫ We're driving out to Knusberg today
Look where you're going!
Unbelievable!
Turn this off!
Hello! Hi there, Burgstaller!
Korn speaking. What? Where to?
To the... Stupid fellow! Stupid man!
So stupid...
Pardon me. Not you, not you!
That guy, that furniture mover...
So where to? To the pub, all right!
Steffi will be there to, of course.
What do you have? A new Packard?
A Packard, you say! Impostor!
One moment, the Packard, the furniture
Packard (furniture packer) is here.
That's stupid. Alright,
we'll be down there in five minutes.
See you, Burgstaller, see you!
Emilie, Emilie, we're going to the pub.
Steffi, get yourself ready!
Not without Pepi!
Then invite him, why don't you.
She'll marry Burgstaller in the end.
Anyway, I'll get dressed.
♫ Because I...
Well, quite the car, isn't it?
Did you pay off the rates?
Don't get smart.
Foolish fool, a fooly one you are.
???
-Enter!
-I will!
Let's drive! We'll pick up the others.
-Go on!
-What do you mean, go on.
Now you'll witness a millionaire driving!
♫ ???
You know, I'm a millionaire!
Long live the lottery!
♫ For he's a jolly good fellow...
♫ A little woman, I saw her tonight
♫ A little woman, she laughed with me
♫ A little woman, I adored
♫ Oh I am bewitched, Oh I am in love
♫ The love is growing, I got the blues
♫ Because I have to make a confession
to my sweetheart
♫ I tell her while my tears keep flowing
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ I'm no Rothschild, I'm no royalty
♫ The only thing I am is in love with you
♫ I don't know how to speak English,
and I don't know how to box
♫ The only thing I know is I can't live
without you
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ I don't have a car
♫ I don't have a...
(continues with nonsense)
♫ I'm no Rotchshild, I'm no royalty
♫ The only thing I am...
♫ I don't know how to speak English,
and I don't know how to box
♫ The only thing I know is I can't live
without you
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ There are a thousand cities, a thousand
places on this world
♫ But there's only one Vienna, one Vienna
♫ A thousand songs a thousand words
are heard across the world
♫ Every melody only sings about you
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
♫ Why don't you, for a sixpence
♫ Because we know each other
♫ At Kranzler's at Unter den Linden
♫ Run for cake crumbs
Nice to see you.
Hi there! Say, are you the real deal today?
-Yes.
-I ain't yesterday's news either!
Oh, there's the whole bunch
from the coffee house!
The chubby one tried to force
seltzer down my throat.
Watch out Korn, here comes payback!
Welcome to the pub!
Hi there!
Oh, the little meat grinder!
What gives?
Still with that dusty feather on the hat?
Ferdinand from the coffee house!
Moving like lamella!
A nice Panama Hat, I say!
Was this braided underwater?
A charming one! Get lost!
Oh, the little magician!
What about it Mr. Korn? What about
letting another card disappear?
A one and a two... Jump!
Sarrasani in person.
-Hey, little one!
-How dare you!
Huh? The little twerp won't play either?
Well, then we go into business
for ourselves!
Quite the potty mouth, I say.
-Say, Pokorny, got a piece of yarn?
-Yarn? Why?
Why don't you sew his mouth shut!
What's this! Beg your pardon?
Pardon granted!
Waiter!
Get me a wine, will you! But not one of
those sour ones that make my socks shrink!
Will do.
♫ ???
♫ ???
♫ I don't need no paradise
♫ I prefer staying right here
♫ Because my Vienna is heavens for me
♫ In Liebhartstal
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ There might be countless
hazards waiting for me
♫ Over there,
the air is special and the wine is sweet
♫ It's a wide paradise
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ There might be countless
hazards waiting for me
♫ Because if you kiss only once
♫ You kiss a hundred times
♫ In beautiful Liebhartstal
♫ In beautiful Liebhartstal
♫ We're driving out to Nussdorf today
(continues with variations
of popular tunes)
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
Korn, let's have a drink together,
let bygones be bygones.
Come here... Cheers!
If you insist.
-Hi there, a kiss...
-Forget about it.
Not necessary.
Gentlemen, dear friends..
I'm coming straigh...
straight as an arrow...
...don't even think of me wavering...
...wavering in my intentions... never!
Korn! Little caraway, you!
Another order, gentlemen!
Stop this wobbling in front of my eyes,
what's with this merry-go-round.
About my order...
What will the people of Berlin think of me
if I return empty-handed...
That just won't do!
Here, look at this,
the more you have the more you are...
Just order something, won't you.
If not I'll hit you...
...I'll hit you with a 5% surcharge,
just so you know!
-Come on, here!
-No, no, I'm trying to have a good time!
All that Viennese humor
was invented in Berlin!
Is there even
anything original here in Vienna?
What about our beautiful blue Danube?
Compared to the smallest wave of our Spree,
your Danube is just 4711 (cheap perfume)!
And what about Wienerwald and the Cobenzl?
Better think Grunewald
with a sandwich wrapping...
And the Stephansturm?
What about it?
Is our radio tower a mere toothpick?
What about our pastries?
Well, we got our jello!
-Your jello?
-What about it?
We use it to stick posters to the wall.
Ridiculous... Come on, come on!
♫ Come on, come on, you must be
♫ slightly off your rocker
♫ If I'm hearing sounds like these
♫ I smell the air of Berlin
♫ Doll, today we'll party
♫ Because we're having a good time
♫ Come, sweet blonde mug
♫ ???
♫ I see Anke walking by with Max
♫ This gives me a thought
that makes my life sweeter
Come on, come on, come on!
♫ No one can mess with us,
we speak our mind
♫ No one can mess with us,
our heart's in the right place
♫ We've got a rough shell,
but there's music inside
♫ Let all those others talk,
I like you, Berlin mine
Did you understand a single word?
♫ Come on come on, if we're
doing something, we commit to it
♫ We are born optimists
♫ Pushing, shoving, thrusting, bumping,
subway, omnibus
♫ Take care, boy, closing town is 7 o'clock
♫ Go for it, on the nose, we can take a hit
♫ I it's not too heavy,
we'll make it alright
Don't even think about it!
♫ No one can mess with us,
we speak our mind
♫ No one can mess with us, our heart's
at the right place
♫ We're working like there's no tomorrow
♫ Everyone has to admit:
you're capable, Berlin mine
Friends, let me tell you, now we found
a connection!
Dear friend, we liked you from the start!
Korn, when will I get my 10%?
When I feel like it!
Ferdinand, just slap him one
if he gets smart!
♫ In Grunewald, in Grunewald
there's a wood auction
-What insolence!
-Sit down, antiquity that you are!
Did you hear that? He insulted me!
He can prove it, though!
You're slandering my wife? Cattle dealer!
Listen, I served my country!
My wife served the same master
for 14 years!
Ilona, get me the axe!
Silence, rabble!
-What did you call us?
-Rabble I called you!
-Rabble?
-Oh yes!
Journeyman tailor!
What is this? Journeyman tailor?
Pepi, I'll tear her to shreds!
Be silent, Ms. Korn, won't you.
Gustl, why don't you take me on!
I'll fray your whole family!
-You... you...
-Out with it!
-Nothing...
-I thought so.
You can't insult my father like that!
Shut up!
-He needs to shut up!
-You shut up!
-Is this what you call love?
-What about your love?
-Goddamn it!
-Here we go again...
I'm fed up with you, you rascal!
-Say that again!
-Rascal!
Come over here, if you dare, over here!
You think I'm yellow?
Me, yellow? Me, yellow?
-You and your manners!
-What about my manners?
You have no...
Calm down...
See you tomorrow, my dear Mr. Burgstaller!
Come with me, Steffi!
"Dear Mr. Burgstaller", I see...
Come on, Pepi, let's leave!
Disgusting, a disgrace.
Dancing in the nude, like that!
Let's leave!
I guess someone pushed me out of my suit!
Now I'm getting angry!
Boor! You wait and see!
Slick suit...
Did you hear that? "Dear Mr. Burgstaller"!
That's what Steffi said to me.
-I'll leave then!
-Good riddance!
Did you hear that?
"Dear Mr. Burgstaller" she said.
Guys, I'll marry Steffi,
most certainly I will!
I'm inviting all of you. Let's go to the
Zwickli-Bar. Come on, everybody!
-You too, Ferdinand!
-Me?
Dressed like that?
Just put a coat on!
Waiter! Waiter!
I'm paying for everything,
just send the bill to my place.
Millionaire Burgstaller, Sonnengasse 4.
Will do, your lordship!
Lordship you said?
You might add 100 schillings!
So come on everybody...
One last song for the road!
Come on!
That cursed main prize!
That damn money!
Guys, what about liquor?
So far it appears we're dry.
-Here you go!
-Ah... Cheers, gentlemen!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
You're actually a nice guy.
A shame you're from Berlin!
-Can I take your coat?
-Oh no, thanks!
My steam heating's frozen over.
Hey, try saying this: "Goscherl"
"Guuscherl"
Hey, try saying "Gugelhupf"
"Huihupf"
And now try "Millirahmstrudel"
"Mirammstrull"
Guys, I speak Viennese already!
You're darling! (Viennese slang)
You're downright "tulli" (Viennese slang)
(with fake Viennese intonation)
♫ No one can mess with you, because
♫ You speak your mind
♫ No one can mess with you,
because your hearts are at the right place
♫ Your shell might be hard,
but you got a soft heart
♫ Why fight?
Vienna and Berlin, we like each other!
Hi there!
There's a table ready over there.
Say, who's that sitting there?
They're English and french.
-Let's go, my friends!
-Let's go!
Say, why won't you take off the suit?
No no no... I've got chronic chills!
Pleased to meet you!
-What do you want for drinks?
-Champagne, of course.
-What kind?
-The most expensive kind, of course.
That's the only one we got.
-Can I have the dinner menu?
-Here you go.
Ferdinand! Ferdinand?
-I'm coming!
-Please do!
-Come drink with us!
-Hi there!
Take notice! Here comes my noble courtesy!
(continues in french)
Guys! You're embarrassing us in front
of all foreign nations!
Miss, a brandy, please.
-Are you treating me to one, too?
-Of course.
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-What's your name?
-Steffi.
See, I know another Steffi...
-I like her very much.
-Why so glum while talking about her?
Sadly? No...
Does she know?
Of course! I told her.
How did you tell her?
How did I? Simply like that:
♫ Girl, if you have a heart
♫ You got to feel my burning
♫ Girl, my heart is breaking
♫ When thinking about someone else
stealing you away from me
And then, I also told her this:
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Come with me to a remote small town
♫ Pack your bags, we're leaving today
♫ I'd like us to go to a cottage,
listen to my pleadings, come with me
♫ Because I can't live without you,
marvellous girl
♫ My life has no meaning, if we're not
leaving together
This still isn't all. I also told her:
♫ Since meeting you I have no peace of mind
♫ Everybody knows what I'm talking about,
I'm struck with the love germ
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Come with me to a remote small town
♫ Pack your bags, we're leaving right now
♫ I'd like us to go to a cottage,
listen to my pleadings, come with me
♫ Because I can't live without you,
marvellous girl
♫ Come with me, we're leaving tonight
Ferdinand, marvellous!
Burgstaller, come here!
Oh, so pleasant!
Feels like royalty.
The pillow is nice, too.
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Vienna...
Hey there! Didn't you notice?
It's eight in the morning!
Huh! Time to get at home to get up!
See you soon!
What a rascal, I can't believe it!
What's that? It's eight already?
Holy smoke! We didn't win the main prize!
They printed the wrong number!
I know. I already returned the new car.
We're poor folks again.
Speak for yourself. I'm not poor,
I own the store now.
What are you saying?
You gave it to me as a gift yesterday.
I've got witnesses.
Christ! God in Heaven!
Might become your shop again...
You've got all the options...
No thanks, I'll marry Steffi!
♫ I've got a car, I've got a castle
♫ The coffee is especially good today, too
Listen! Listen!
-A tragedy!
-What happened?
See here, listen to this.
They printed the wrong number.
The main prize isn't 10050, but 10005.
Heavens!
We're broke!
All that nice furniture!
-Steffi!
-Pepi!
Oh Pepi, to hold you in my arms again!
We won 20.000 schillings, the two of us!
-The two of us?
-20.000!
Well, still hung over?
Millionaire that you are.
Shut the fuck up.
What a clown...
-Hello, Ms. Bock.
-Hello.
I... wanted to ask
if you're looking for a waiter.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Yes... ♫ I can't live without you
♫ Marvellous girl
Life has no purpose without you.
I'm sorry, but we're not looking
for a waiter anymore.
Oh... nothing doing, then.
Goodbye, Ms. Bock.
Goodbye, Mr. Ferdinand.
-Ferdinand!
-Ms. Bock?
There's an opening for a position as
head waiter, though.
Ms. Bock... Yippie!
-Ferdinand!
-Ms. Bock... Ms. Bock...
-Ferdinand!
-What's the rush.
Good morning.
Steffi?
Where's my sweet Steffi?
Steffi... Steffi!
Oh, Mr. Burgstaller! Why so gloomy?
I... I just wanted to give my best wishes.
Thank you!
Yes, we'll get married.
Burgstaller, wait here a minute, won't you,
I'll return with Pepi in a moment.
Come with me, Pepi!
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Without you...
What's going on with you, Burgstaller?
Nothing, and that's the problem.
I know... You're in love!
You know, don't take it so hard.
Women aren't worth it.
And what do you know about that?
Well... I've paid my dues.
I was in love, too.
But then I said to myself:
"Gustl", I said, "those few kisses
aren't worth driving yourself crazy over."
You've got a point, Gustl.
You can't always get what you want in life.
That's the spirit, Burgstaller! Cheer up!
Be a man, like me!
Oh, I almost forgot,
you're wanted in the coffee house,
the guys just threw out Grün.
I'll be there, Gustl.
Believe me, Burgstaller, women are
the root of all evil.
Ilona!
I'm leaving, Mr. Burgstaller.
I just wanted to tell you,
the business about the store...
...that was just a joke.
Farewell, Mr. Burgstaller.
Just think of Ilona once in a while.
But Ilona,
you won't leave now of all times.
See, my store always was your store, too.
And...
it would be so great if you could stay.
In _our_ store... Well?
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ You're reconciling us again
♫ Whatever may be
♫ Whatever fate has in store for us
♫ Everything works out in the end
♫ Everything works out in the end
Subtitles by: pedrosliger
please allow me to announce,
in this unusual manner,
the first Richard Oswald sound film farce:
"Vienna, City of Songs"
Cordially welcome, it is with the greatest
honor and joy...
-You can't do this!
-...enchanting ladies, venerable gentle...
You can't just come grouching in like that!
Venerable ladies, adorable gentlemen...
-Listen to me, everybody!
-Ladies and gentlemen,
I do suppose that I, as a true Viennese,
have the right to introduce
a true Viennese play...
Here we go, "true Viennese", let me
tell you, all Viennese are from Brünn.
Is this so? Just because every
Berliner is from Breslau?
Well, I'm presenting to you
a sound film farce...
Venerable ladies and gentlemen, the words
are from Ernst Neubach,
-while Hans May...
-...was the composer.
-It's played by...
-...the Dan Berlin orchestra.
The actors: Ignaz Korn, instrument dealer,
-played by Sigi Hofer.
-The fat Hofer.
You're no sylphide yourself!
-His wife Emilie:
-Dora Hrach.
-Their daughter Steffi:
-Charlotte Ander.
-Wenzel Pokorny, master tailor:
-That's me, Paul Morgan.
Not that important.
-Pepi Pokorny, his son:
-Sym, Igo Sym.
-Very well. Cäsar Grün, typesetter:
-That's me, Max Ehrlich, in the flesh.
How important...
-Burgstaller, master butcher:
-Max Hansen.
-Ilona, saleswoman:
-Irene Ambrus.
-Piefke, traveler from Berlin:
-Paule (Paul) Graetz.
-Miss Bock, Cafetiere:
-Grete Natzler.
-Ferdinand, head waiter:
-Siegfried Arno.
-Gust, the piccolo:
-Gustl Stark-Gstettenbaur.
-Natzi
-Rudolf Meinhardt-Jünger.
-A nature singer:
-Luigi Bernauer.
-Sound recording: Tonbildsyndikat GmbH.
So that's what "Tobis" means.
-Buildings and décor:
-Franz Schroeter.
-Cinematography:
-Friedl Behn-Grund.
-Director:
-Richard Oswald.
-The film is distributed by:
-Atlas.
-World sales:
-Cinema.
-Production company:
-Richard Oswald productions.
-The shoelaces of the ladies...
-...come from department store Pachulke.
-Men's suspenders...
-...collars...
-...ties...
-...toupes...
-...beards...
-...make-up...
Stop this already, no one wants to know.
Listen, what's that sound?
Assistant tailor that you are!
-That must be...
-...Vienna!
City of songs.
♫ You are my joy
♫ My love and joy
Please mail the score to Opernring 3.
-Will do.
-See you, have a nice day.
-Steffi!
-Pepi!
Pepi, beware, daddy can come in
any moment now.
Forget about daddy!
I'd like the phonograph record called
"Kissing Is No Sin".
As you wish.
...damn it... the button...
Ignaz, what's going on down there?
-I'm looking for four-leaved clover.
-Nonsense.
Ah, there it is.
-Where's Steffi?
-At the store, where else would she be?
What about my allowance?
Here it is, one schilling.
How stingy.
Me? Stingy?
You're so stingy, you peek over the lenses
in order to preserve the glasses.
You're gonna catch one on the nose one day.
You there, out with you!
-Herr Korn, let me explain...
-Nothing to explain!
Every time I come by
I find you creeping around my daughter.
Why are you not at your father's,
the master tailor?
We want to get married, Korn.
My daughter won't marry
an unemployed musician, Pokorny!
-But daddy...
-You be silent!
You're marrying Burgstaller,
and that's that!
I'm not gonna marry any master butcher.
Then you'll stay a virgin for all I care.
Stop that.
♫ Oh how elusive are pork chops
♫ She likes the lean ones,
he likes the fat ones
Can you recommend the beef,
Mr. Burgstaller?
♫ You shall never ask me
♫ One pound of young beef meat.
Cut it, girl, hurry, cut it
♫ One minute, one minute
♫ What's coming down from up there,
what's coming down from up there
What can I do for you, pretty lady?
Were the rabbits shot just now?
♫ No, they were laughing
themselves to death
♫ Yes...
♫ I loved to carve it
into every piece of beef
♫ Welcome, come in, may god be with you
What can I do for you,
widow of the chief financial inspector?
I want a nice piece from the back.
Very good choice,
my behind is very fine today.
Anything else, madam?
Do you have a nice breast?
You bet!
Give me a slice of that.
♫ Two pounds of breast,
confident of victory
Your son will enjoy it.
Anything else?
-No thanks.
-3 schillings 25 groschen.
Thank you, that's that.
Goodbye, widow of the chief financial
inspector, it was an honor!
Goodbye... Hope to see you again...
Kisses... Honor...
Old goat!
[speaks Polish (?)]
Look at that! Terrible, look at that!
[speaks Polish (?)]
But this sounds so beautiful.
Do your work!
Very nice.
Pepi, with your musical genius
you could've been a student of Schiller's.
Now, play something on the pliers.
But father, one can't do that.
One can't do that?
Hurry now, take of your coat.
Natzi, write it down!
Always you want me to model
for your customers.
Of course, Pepi, you're handsome
like Apollinaris of Belvedere.
You see, with your genius
and your ideal figure...
-The front is small, 41
-41
...you'll have to marry a millionaire.
-Backside 43,5.
-43,5.
The woman who will get you
must have at least...
Strong stomach, very strong stomach.
-...50.000!
-What do you say, 50.000?
-87, you moron.
-87, you moron.
50.000 big ones.
-But father, I'm in love with Steffi!
-Steffi? Bollocks!
Why Steffi? A girl with nothing
to go for her.
The hips are terrible.
And no bust to speak of.
Please come in, dear Mr. Cäsar Grün.
Smells like... noodle soup,
roasted goose... and coleslaw!
Correct!
But aren't you busy at your print shop
until noon, Mr. Grün?
I go there in the afternoon.
-Take a seat, Mr. Grün.
-Thank you.
Are you hungry?
I'm always hungry.
Just a minute!
No hurry, I'm coming!
Disgusting person!
-Ferdinand!
-I'm on my way.
This is how you care for my business!
I just closed my eyes in order to
reflect more thoroughly about the business.
I'll make you open your eyes!
-Ms. Bock!
-Don't give me that amorous look!
Better start working!
Ms. Bock! Why so obstinate? ("bockig")
Stupid person.
Where's the piccolo?
Where might he be? Where would we find him?
Now where might he be?
Hat... hatchet... How!
Then he quietly crept closer.
The knife was flashing,
he raised his arm...
...and he seized... the scalp of the woman!
Rascal! Out with you in the gardens!
A pleasure, Ms. Bock!
I'll make you move yet!
Lazybones, all of you!
-Isn't she beautiful?
-A heavenly woman.
Those eyes...
She would fit right in with my tepee.
Beat it, paleface!
How! I've spoken!
The little Winnetou.
I beg your pardon, Ms. Korn.
Am I allowed to act as if I'm at home?
Of course you can, Mr. Grün.
At home I eat like this, you know?
Just marvellous! Marvellous!
Tender goose meat.
Tender... Just as tender
as your own, Ms. Korn.
Mr. Grün...
Ms. Korn...
I want... I would... I want...
Just what is it that's on your mind,
Mr. Grün?
If I'm allowed... I would...
You're allowed, Mr. Grün...
If I'm allowed... then...
I'll help me to another piece of meat.
Is there anything else you want, Mr. Grün?
-Yes!
-Yes?
Please let me put
the rest of this in a bag!
You do that.
Thank you.
Pepi? Pepi? Steffi?
Why are you in the phonograph room?
Out with you!
-Pepi wanted to...
-I know what he wan...
-Mr. Korn, you're insulting me!
-Did you think I'll compliment you?
If I catch you with my daughter again,
you'll get it over the head with a piano!
Unbelievable! Pokorny, Pokorny!
-What do you want?
-Your son has no business at my place.
I might kill him!
If you so much as touch him, I'll sue you!
You can't even pay the lawyer!
What was that?
You're calling me an assistant tailor?
Me, a bona fide master tailor
you call an assistant?
You destroyer of eardrums, you!
One more word and I'll come over there!
Bring it on! You'll get it with a hot iron!
[Speaks Polish]
♫ Why are people fighting
♫ ???
♫ People, beware!
♫ The clock just struck 12
♫ Ilona, close the door
♫ I'm on my way to Korn
Say hello to Steffi!
Silly goose!
A goat in love!
My sweet kitty!
I'm going out to eat, now.
-Yes.
-Close the shop and don't act stupid.
See you, daddy.
He's leaving just now.
In one hour, there's going to be
a lottery draw.
An acquaintance needs money and wants to
sell me his ticket.
-I only got 3 schillings, though.
-Is that so? Then we'll both chip in.
Just a moment.
There you have it.
How do you do?
It's almost dinner time. Shop's closed.
Mr. Burgstaller's already left, too.
Who cares for Burgstaller?
I'll take a blood sausage.
Quiet, old lad, quiet.
The little kitten, the little kitten,
look at the little kitten, doggie!
Two schillings.
Two schillings... Oh, I left my wallet
at home, I'll pay tomorrow.
Then you'll get the sausage tomorrow, too.
Tomorrow!
♫ Greetings to all of you
Glad to see you, Mr. Korn.
Steffi will be here soon.
I'm off to the coffee house. See you!
Steffi will be here soon...
Burgstaller is here! How do you do?
Nice to meet you, Steffi, very nice.
-There's something I have to tell you.
-Go on.
But... ♫ My heart belongs to you
♫ My heart belongs to you
♫ Let's get married
♫ Let's get married
But listen, Steffi, I'm running a
profitable business.
I need one pig and one oxen every day.
Won't you be my wife?
No, Burgstaller, you better
forget about that.
♫ Poor Burgstaller, little Burgstaller
-Stop the singing already!
Mr. Burgstaller, let's stay friends anyway!
-Deal?
-Oh, well...
Oh, well... See you!
See you!
♫ God be with you
♫ It would've been so beautiful
♫ God be with you
♫ It wasn't meant to be
Thanks!
You there! What are you doing?
You won't believe it.
I'm waiting for the tram.
Unbelievable!
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
Here, Steffi...
Oh, to win the main prize...
That would be it.
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Blooming lilac in springtime
♫ My heart is pulling me to you,
again and again
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
Piccolo! Gustl
-Bring me the latest, the Polish one, too.
-On my way.
-Hello Ferdinand!
-Hello!
Here you go.
-Hello Mr. Pokorny!
-Hello.
Ferdinand, for me one espresso,
four pieces of sugar,
two glasses of water, the noon paper,
and a bit of Soda.
That's all?
I won't gorge myself for your sake!
I'll read that at home.
What can I bring you?
Stupid question. The usual!
Two glasses of water. Fresh water!
A pleasure to have customers like you.
Kitty, are we allowing him to marry Steffi?
...No!
Shall we teach him a lesson? ...Yes!
Hello Mr. Burgstaller!
An honor, Mr. Burgstaller!
-Hello Burgstaller.
-Hello Ferdinand.
What's with him?
He's crazy.
Coming! One moment!
Ferdinand, please!
Soda.
Four pieces of sugar.
Piccolo!
Another two glasses of water!
I'll get a water pipe for you.
-Ferdinand!
-What is it?
Would you lend me 3 schillings?
I'm not allowed to.
I have a contract with the bank.
I'm not allowed to lend money,
and they aren't allowed to serve coffee.
I've got a ticket.
The draw is in the morning.
In the afternoon you'll get 10 percent
if I win.
-Ticket number 10050.
-Yes!
-10 percent?
-10 percent!
Making money...
-It's my honor...
-Hello, Burgstaller.
One espresso, got it?
10050... 10 percent...
So who's paying this time?
Mr. Pokorny pays!
-One brandy for the priest.
-Brandy...
Ms. Bock, I'm crushed.
If this happens again, you're fired!
Don't you think you could get used to me?
Bah! Beat it!
There it is, go on.
Say nothing, I know, I know.
Contra!
Contra to you!
Mister souffleur, keep your mouth shut!
Sub-Contra!
Tutti!
Stag!
-What do you want?
-You have to play Tarok (?)!
Are those cards mine or yours?
Your cards.
Say, is this your coffee or my coffee?
Your coffee.
Why're you always drinking my coffee?
The other gentlemen unfortunately
didn't order coffee.
One moment, I'm playing.
♫ Heart... heart, my heart...
-♫ A heart, that is...
-I got a heart right here.
♫ And a heart...
Why are you blowing smoke into my face?
Where else?
-Morning!
-I'm honored.
Say, bewitching being, can you
get me old Korn? (Korn = corn schnapps)
-What's that? Please ask my staff.
-Thanks, duchess.
Come here, little Viennese titlark!
-Honored.
-Say, little tray juggler,
Can you get me old Korn?
I can get you Slivovitz.
No no no, even with a thousand words
of Viennese that won't do.
Ah, over there I see him,
the old alligator with his fangs.
At him with a roar!
He's a foreigner!
And now... Ultimo!...
Nothing more to say!
-Mr. Korn!
-What's that?
Nothing more to say. [Goes off with
"Berlinese" mumbojambo]
Stop that doe-eyed stare, don't you know
who I am?
Don't you know about P.P.?
Paul Piefke, Berlin?
Company Turn and... Phonograph...
kitchen... household...
Allow me? Piefke, Piefke, Piefke!
If he says "Piefke" one more time,
I'll have to start swimming.
My friend, with us, it's bubbles from
the front, from the back, from all around.
Nice of you to make room for me
at your table.
Viennese congeniality, that's what I like.
A charming group of
nice young Viennese folk.
Vienna, city of my dreams,
I'm longing for Vienna.
Three months before travelling here
I'm dreaming of things to put in this bag.
[drifting into nonsense] Driving alongside
the road, of course, a pub.
In turns I'll bring you the newest jokes,
the latest songs.
Listen to this, this is something, a hit!
"You hear this in every house /
everyone is singing this"
"At the front it looks like we're solvent /
At the back we're broke, though"
Korn, if you have this
record,
you won't be able to hold on to it,
customers will grope this from your hands.
Last week I strained my thump,
because the customers ripped it
from my fingers.
What a business!
You can by a castle,
just with the interest from the sales!
That's just what I want, Korn,
you with your funny head... baroque...
digging in the pillows...
Come here, a little order, 1000 units.
Hurry, sign here, down here,
talk talk, write write.
-Ferdinand?
-Yes?
Another customer, please.
See, these guys are already
fed up with you.
What do you want?
You're right, there's something I do want,
bring me something fresh, something wet.
What am I saying, get me a coffee.
-With cream?
-I get the coffee, this one gets creamed.
Or let's say...
better get me a white one with a shot.
With a shot?
This is not a gun shop, but a coffee house.
Funny bug!
Guys, let me tell you...
that's what I call furor teutonicus.
(German rage)
Gentlemen, I'll have to be at the printery
soon. Will the game continue or not?
See you later.
Stop! I smell a rat!
No one leaves the room!
I was hiding a second king of spades
in my pocket and now he's gone.
A fine company you are.
Cheater!
(fighting continues)
Just like in Berlin's city parliament.
That's a hoot!
Enough with your foreign
manner of speaking.
I'll slap you left and right!
You'll get your slappings wholesale!
Nobody that you are!
You're calling me a nobody?
What a pigsty! Never in my life have I seen
something like this.
Junk-rubbish, all of you!
How could you... What are you calling us?
You there! I'll show you
what a master butcher...
This is exactly how I always imagined
Viennese congeniality.
A nice coffee house I've chosen to work at.
The ultimate in insolance!
Occupied!
Mr. Burgstaller,
you seem to have lost something.
You got the exact same ticket as Mr. Korn?
Number 10050.
-Interesting...
-Hand it over already.
-Ferdinand!
-Patience, please. I'm hurrying already.
For heaven's sake.
Godda... The telephone must've been
invented in old testament times.
The bible says:
"At mount Sinai, Moses called on god
three times, without a reply."
My... Oh... Hello?
Miss... 42-12... C. Wolf...
Yes... yes...
Say what? I have to pay?
Tell me something new.
One moment, please!
Miss, I'm out of change.
Maybe you'll lend it to me?
Pardon me? I'm paying, just a moment!
I'm paying!
You'll see.
-Hello?
-How do you do?
Cäsar Grün speaking.
You're calling on me, bad boy?
I just wanted to ask you,
magnificent woman,
what you'll serve for dinner
at your place tonight.
Mr. Grün's talking to a woman.
Some woman she has to be. Talking to
someone like him.
One moment, please.
Hurry up!
So I'll be coming up when your husband,
the fool, ain't at home.
What a fool this husband has to be.
A fool indeed!
See ya!
-Mr. Grün.
-Go on.
You'll typeset the winning lottery numbers
for the evening paper, won't you?
Both Burgstaller and Korn have bought
ticket number 10050.
Please call on me if this is a winner.
-10050.
-Yes, 10050.
Will do.
I'm coming. What a hassle.
Korn, I got to tell you...
Steffi doesn't care for me.
You're going to marry my daughter.
Excuse me, gentlemen, what's going on?
Did you see that? What insolence!
He just slapped me!
Would you dare doing the same?
I insist.
Have a good day.
A ruffian, he is.
Do we have the winning ticket yet?
Yes, number 10005.
10005?
WINNING TICKET OF TODAY'S LOTTERY:
NUMBER 10005.
I've got an idea.
Finally, dinner!
(grumbling)
Where's your husband?
Grün!
What's going on there?
"Winning ticket for the main prize
is number 10050."
Heavens!
That's it, that's it! 10050!
Emilie, we just won 100.000 schillings.
We're millionaires!
Millionaire!
Ignaz!
Ignaz, get rid of the furniture.
We're too good for them now.
You can order new ones from the Hofburg.
Come with me!
See you!
See you!
With the greatest disdain...
Hello... hello?
Ha... ha...
Miss, please give me 22644.
No, I said 22 6 4...
Not 97 83.
2... or tell me which number I have to say
if I want 22644.
Is this Cafe Bock? Yes, Cafe Bock?
Ferd... Oh, you're Ferdinand!
Ferdinand, this is Grün... Grün!
"G" as in gasworks.
No, not Grey! Grün! (green) Finally...
I'm calling because of the ticket number.
Ticket number 10050
wins the main prize of 500.000 schillings.
Sorry? Hello? Hello?
He seems to have gone crazy with joy.
What's going on?
Why are you dancing?
Are you crazy?
You dare to smoke in here?
-But Ferdinand!
-Yippie!
No more Ferdinand-ing!
What do you mean?
Korn and me just won half a million
in the lottery!
Today, we'll be at the pub.
You're invited, pretty lady!
My respects, Mister Von Ferdinand,
most esteemed Mister Von Ferdinand!
You're invited too, rascal!
What is this? Has he lost his mind?
(singing in Polish)
Steffi, Steffi! Listen to your only father!
Steffi!
-Steffi, you know Rothschild?
-No!
I'm Rothschild the second,
I won the main prize!
We'll get new furniture,
you'll get a new mother...
No, the old one will do.
Gosh, the main prize... Pepi! Pepi!
Pepi! Pepi!
What's going on? Why the rush?
Pepi! My father won the main prize!
-We'll get married!
-My dear Steffi!
That's what I've always said. Those
Korns are decent folk!
♫ In a little grand slaughterhouse
♫ I won the lottery in May
Mister Grün, here,
take these two pieces of ham!
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
And you, Ilona, you can have the shop!
Oh my god, Burgstaller, thank you!
You're more than welcome!
Hello? Hello!
Miss? Yes? 55-55!
Yes... yes... Hello, whom am I speaking to?
Is this the car dealership "Ex and Haust"?
Mister Exhaust in person!
Just imagine whom you're speaking to.
Millionaire Burgstaller.
Yes, single-handedly...
Won't you send me one of those things...
A big one, an open one...
A Packard, yes, yes...
What's the prize-tag?
40.000?
That's not expensive. Not expensive at all.
A Packard-Elle...
So please just send it over, will you?
Sonnengasse 4, ground floor.
Have a nice day!
Guys, they're giving away
those cars for free!
Heaven help, he's become megalomaniacal!
♫ Car, move, move, move to my green side
♫ I like you way too much,
I estee-ee-eem you
♫ Car, move, move, move to my green side
That money's going to his head!
I'll take that back.
This is my shop, get lost!
Ha! You've been bugging me long enough!
Beware, beware... Caution!
-...this was payed for...
-...antique furniture...
This must've been expensive.
Yes, over there.
What do you think about the new decors?
Wonderful, I...
You're always in the way!
I don't get it.
...Beautiful...
The Kaiser had his breakfast, right here...
Wonderful, marvellous!
Watch out! We're millionaires now!
-You're getting payed for it.
-Second that.
Marvellous, exorbitant!
♫ We're driving out to Knusberg today
??? Listen...
We've all invited to the pub
by that stupid winner.
Ferdinand said he needed his suit for that.
I've only done the hips so far, though.
I'm no magician!
Don't talk back, oaf!
He told me he needs the suit,
hips or no hips.
-So take care of this.
-Nothing doing.
♫ We're driving out to Knusberg today
Look where you're going!
Unbelievable!
Turn this off!
Hello! Hi there, Burgstaller!
Korn speaking. What? Where to?
To the... Stupid fellow! Stupid man!
So stupid...
Pardon me. Not you, not you!
That guy, that furniture mover...
So where to? To the pub, all right!
Steffi will be there to, of course.
What do you have? A new Packard?
A Packard, you say! Impostor!
One moment, the Packard, the furniture
Packard (furniture packer) is here.
That's stupid. Alright,
we'll be down there in five minutes.
See you, Burgstaller, see you!
Emilie, Emilie, we're going to the pub.
Steffi, get yourself ready!
Not without Pepi!
Then invite him, why don't you.
She'll marry Burgstaller in the end.
Anyway, I'll get dressed.
♫ Because I...
Well, quite the car, isn't it?
Did you pay off the rates?
Don't get smart.
Foolish fool, a fooly one you are.
???
-Enter!
-I will!
Let's drive! We'll pick up the others.
-Go on!
-What do you mean, go on.
Now you'll witness a millionaire driving!
♫ ???
You know, I'm a millionaire!
Long live the lottery!
♫ For he's a jolly good fellow...
♫ A little woman, I saw her tonight
♫ A little woman, she laughed with me
♫ A little woman, I adored
♫ Oh I am bewitched, Oh I am in love
♫ The love is growing, I got the blues
♫ Because I have to make a confession
to my sweetheart
♫ I tell her while my tears keep flowing
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ I'm no Rothschild, I'm no royalty
♫ The only thing I am is in love with you
♫ I don't know how to speak English,
and I don't know how to box
♫ The only thing I know is I can't live
without you
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ I don't have a car
♫ I don't have a...
(continues with nonsense)
♫ I'm no Rotchshild, I'm no royalty
♫ The only thing I am...
♫ I don't know how to speak English,
and I don't know how to box
♫ The only thing I know is I can't live
without you
♫ I don't have a car, I don't have a castle
♫ The only thing I have is my love for you
♫ There are a thousand cities, a thousand
places on this world
♫ But there's only one Vienna, one Vienna
♫ A thousand songs a thousand words
are heard across the world
♫ Every melody only sings about you
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
♫ Why don't you, for a sixpence
♫ Because we know each other
♫ At Kranzler's at Unter den Linden
♫ Run for cake crumbs
Nice to see you.
Hi there! Say, are you the real deal today?
-Yes.
-I ain't yesterday's news either!
Oh, there's the whole bunch
from the coffee house!
The chubby one tried to force
seltzer down my throat.
Watch out Korn, here comes payback!
Welcome to the pub!
Hi there!
Oh, the little meat grinder!
What gives?
Still with that dusty feather on the hat?
Ferdinand from the coffee house!
Moving like lamella!
A nice Panama Hat, I say!
Was this braided underwater?
A charming one! Get lost!
Oh, the little magician!
What about it Mr. Korn? What about
letting another card disappear?
A one and a two... Jump!
Sarrasani in person.
-Hey, little one!
-How dare you!
Huh? The little twerp won't play either?
Well, then we go into business
for ourselves!
Quite the potty mouth, I say.
-Say, Pokorny, got a piece of yarn?
-Yarn? Why?
Why don't you sew his mouth shut!
What's this! Beg your pardon?
Pardon granted!
Waiter!
Get me a wine, will you! But not one of
those sour ones that make my socks shrink!
Will do.
♫ ???
♫ ???
♫ I don't need no paradise
♫ I prefer staying right here
♫ Because my Vienna is heavens for me
♫ In Liebhartstal
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ There might be countless
hazards waiting for me
♫ Over there,
the air is special and the wine is sweet
♫ It's a wide paradise
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ Yes, in Liebhartstal
♫ There might be countless
hazards waiting for me
♫ Because if you kiss only once
♫ You kiss a hundred times
♫ In beautiful Liebhartstal
♫ In beautiful Liebhartstal
♫ We're driving out to Nussdorf today
(continues with variations
of popular tunes)
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Fairytale-city of songs
♫ Birthplace of Schubert and Strauss
♫ Home of tears and laughter
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Lilac blooming in Springtime
♫ My heart always draws me
♫ Next to you
♫ Vienna mine
♫ Dear Vienna mine
Korn, let's have a drink together,
let bygones be bygones.
Come here... Cheers!
If you insist.
-Hi there, a kiss...
-Forget about it.
Not necessary.
Gentlemen, dear friends..
I'm coming straigh...
straight as an arrow...
...don't even think of me wavering...
...wavering in my intentions... never!
Korn! Little caraway, you!
Another order, gentlemen!
Stop this wobbling in front of my eyes,
what's with this merry-go-round.
About my order...
What will the people of Berlin think of me
if I return empty-handed...
That just won't do!
Here, look at this,
the more you have the more you are...
Just order something, won't you.
If not I'll hit you...
...I'll hit you with a 5% surcharge,
just so you know!
-Come on, here!
-No, no, I'm trying to have a good time!
All that Viennese humor
was invented in Berlin!
Is there even
anything original here in Vienna?
What about our beautiful blue Danube?
Compared to the smallest wave of our Spree,
your Danube is just 4711 (cheap perfume)!
And what about Wienerwald and the Cobenzl?
Better think Grunewald
with a sandwich wrapping...
And the Stephansturm?
What about it?
Is our radio tower a mere toothpick?
What about our pastries?
Well, we got our jello!
-Your jello?
-What about it?
We use it to stick posters to the wall.
Ridiculous... Come on, come on!
♫ Come on, come on, you must be
♫ slightly off your rocker
♫ If I'm hearing sounds like these
♫ I smell the air of Berlin
♫ Doll, today we'll party
♫ Because we're having a good time
♫ Come, sweet blonde mug
♫ ???
♫ I see Anke walking by with Max
♫ This gives me a thought
that makes my life sweeter
Come on, come on, come on!
♫ No one can mess with us,
we speak our mind
♫ No one can mess with us,
our heart's in the right place
♫ We've got a rough shell,
but there's music inside
♫ Let all those others talk,
I like you, Berlin mine
Did you understand a single word?
♫ Come on come on, if we're
doing something, we commit to it
♫ We are born optimists
♫ Pushing, shoving, thrusting, bumping,
subway, omnibus
♫ Take care, boy, closing town is 7 o'clock
♫ Go for it, on the nose, we can take a hit
♫ I it's not too heavy,
we'll make it alright
Don't even think about it!
♫ No one can mess with us,
we speak our mind
♫ No one can mess with us, our heart's
at the right place
♫ We're working like there's no tomorrow
♫ Everyone has to admit:
you're capable, Berlin mine
Friends, let me tell you, now we found
a connection!
Dear friend, we liked you from the start!
Korn, when will I get my 10%?
When I feel like it!
Ferdinand, just slap him one
if he gets smart!
♫ In Grunewald, in Grunewald
there's a wood auction
-What insolence!
-Sit down, antiquity that you are!
Did you hear that? He insulted me!
He can prove it, though!
You're slandering my wife? Cattle dealer!
Listen, I served my country!
My wife served the same master
for 14 years!
Ilona, get me the axe!
Silence, rabble!
-What did you call us?
-Rabble I called you!
-Rabble?
-Oh yes!
Journeyman tailor!
What is this? Journeyman tailor?
Pepi, I'll tear her to shreds!
Be silent, Ms. Korn, won't you.
Gustl, why don't you take me on!
I'll fray your whole family!
-You... you...
-Out with it!
-Nothing...
-I thought so.
You can't insult my father like that!
Shut up!
-He needs to shut up!
-You shut up!
-Is this what you call love?
-What about your love?
-Goddamn it!
-Here we go again...
I'm fed up with you, you rascal!
-Say that again!
-Rascal!
Come over here, if you dare, over here!
You think I'm yellow?
Me, yellow? Me, yellow?
-You and your manners!
-What about my manners?
You have no...
Calm down...
See you tomorrow, my dear Mr. Burgstaller!
Come with me, Steffi!
"Dear Mr. Burgstaller", I see...
Come on, Pepi, let's leave!
Disgusting, a disgrace.
Dancing in the nude, like that!
Let's leave!
I guess someone pushed me out of my suit!
Now I'm getting angry!
Boor! You wait and see!
Slick suit...
Did you hear that? "Dear Mr. Burgstaller"!
That's what Steffi said to me.
-I'll leave then!
-Good riddance!
Did you hear that?
"Dear Mr. Burgstaller" she said.
Guys, I'll marry Steffi,
most certainly I will!
I'm inviting all of you. Let's go to the
Zwickli-Bar. Come on, everybody!
-You too, Ferdinand!
-Me?
Dressed like that?
Just put a coat on!
Waiter! Waiter!
I'm paying for everything,
just send the bill to my place.
Millionaire Burgstaller, Sonnengasse 4.
Will do, your lordship!
Lordship you said?
You might add 100 schillings!
So come on everybody...
One last song for the road!
Come on!
That cursed main prize!
That damn money!
Guys, what about liquor?
So far it appears we're dry.
-Here you go!
-Ah... Cheers, gentlemen!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
You're actually a nice guy.
A shame you're from Berlin!
-Can I take your coat?
-Oh no, thanks!
My steam heating's frozen over.
Hey, try saying this: "Goscherl"
"Guuscherl"
Hey, try saying "Gugelhupf"
"Huihupf"
And now try "Millirahmstrudel"
"Mirammstrull"
Guys, I speak Viennese already!
You're darling! (Viennese slang)
You're downright "tulli" (Viennese slang)
(with fake Viennese intonation)
♫ No one can mess with you, because
♫ You speak your mind
♫ No one can mess with you,
because your hearts are at the right place
♫ Your shell might be hard,
but you got a soft heart
♫ Why fight?
Vienna and Berlin, we like each other!
Hi there!
There's a table ready over there.
Say, who's that sitting there?
They're English and french.
-Let's go, my friends!
-Let's go!
Say, why won't you take off the suit?
No no no... I've got chronic chills!
Pleased to meet you!
-What do you want for drinks?
-Champagne, of course.
-What kind?
-The most expensive kind, of course.
That's the only one we got.
-Can I have the dinner menu?
-Here you go.
Ferdinand! Ferdinand?
-I'm coming!
-Please do!
-Come drink with us!
-Hi there!
Take notice! Here comes my noble courtesy!
(continues in french)
Guys! You're embarrassing us in front
of all foreign nations!
Miss, a brandy, please.
-Are you treating me to one, too?
-Of course.
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-What's your name?
-Steffi.
See, I know another Steffi...
-I like her very much.
-Why so glum while talking about her?
Sadly? No...
Does she know?
Of course! I told her.
How did you tell her?
How did I? Simply like that:
♫ Girl, if you have a heart
♫ You got to feel my burning
♫ Girl, my heart is breaking
♫ When thinking about someone else
stealing you away from me
And then, I also told her this:
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Come with me to a remote small town
♫ Pack your bags, we're leaving today
♫ I'd like us to go to a cottage,
listen to my pleadings, come with me
♫ Because I can't live without you,
marvellous girl
♫ My life has no meaning, if we're not
leaving together
This still isn't all. I also told her:
♫ Since meeting you I have no peace of mind
♫ Everybody knows what I'm talking about,
I'm struck with the love germ
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Come with me to a remote small town
♫ Pack your bags, we're leaving right now
♫ I'd like us to go to a cottage,
listen to my pleadings, come with me
♫ Because I can't live without you,
marvellous girl
♫ Come with me, we're leaving tonight
Ferdinand, marvellous!
Burgstaller, come here!
Oh, so pleasant!
Feels like royalty.
The pillow is nice, too.
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ Vienna...
Hey there! Didn't you notice?
It's eight in the morning!
Huh! Time to get at home to get up!
See you soon!
What a rascal, I can't believe it!
What's that? It's eight already?
Holy smoke! We didn't win the main prize!
They printed the wrong number!
I know. I already returned the new car.
We're poor folks again.
Speak for yourself. I'm not poor,
I own the store now.
What are you saying?
You gave it to me as a gift yesterday.
I've got witnesses.
Christ! God in Heaven!
Might become your shop again...
You've got all the options...
No thanks, I'll marry Steffi!
♫ I've got a car, I've got a castle
♫ The coffee is especially good today, too
Listen! Listen!
-A tragedy!
-What happened?
See here, listen to this.
They printed the wrong number.
The main prize isn't 10050, but 10005.
Heavens!
We're broke!
All that nice furniture!
-Steffi!
-Pepi!
Oh Pepi, to hold you in my arms again!
We won 20.000 schillings, the two of us!
-The two of us?
-20.000!
Well, still hung over?
Millionaire that you are.
Shut the fuck up.
What a clown...
-Hello, Ms. Bock.
-Hello.
I... wanted to ask
if you're looking for a waiter.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Yes... ♫ I can't live without you
♫ Marvellous girl
Life has no purpose without you.
I'm sorry, but we're not looking
for a waiter anymore.
Oh... nothing doing, then.
Goodbye, Ms. Bock.
Goodbye, Mr. Ferdinand.
-Ferdinand!
-Ms. Bock?
There's an opening for a position as
head waiter, though.
Ms. Bock... Yippie!
-Ferdinand!
-Ms. Bock... Ms. Bock...
-Ferdinand!
-What's the rush.
Good morning.
Steffi?
Where's my sweet Steffi?
Steffi... Steffi!
Oh, Mr. Burgstaller! Why so gloomy?
I... I just wanted to give my best wishes.
Thank you!
Yes, we'll get married.
Burgstaller, wait here a minute, won't you,
I'll return with Pepi in a moment.
Come with me, Pepi!
♫ I can't live without you, marvellous girl
♫ Life has no purpose without you
♫ Without you...
What's going on with you, Burgstaller?
Nothing, and that's the problem.
I know... You're in love!
You know, don't take it so hard.
Women aren't worth it.
And what do you know about that?
Well... I've paid my dues.
I was in love, too.
But then I said to myself:
"Gustl", I said, "those few kisses
aren't worth driving yourself crazy over."
You've got a point, Gustl.
You can't always get what you want in life.
That's the spirit, Burgstaller! Cheer up!
Be a man, like me!
Oh, I almost forgot,
you're wanted in the coffee house,
the guys just threw out Grün.
I'll be there, Gustl.
Believe me, Burgstaller, women are
the root of all evil.
Ilona!
I'm leaving, Mr. Burgstaller.
I just wanted to tell you,
the business about the store...
...that was just a joke.
Farewell, Mr. Burgstaller.
Just think of Ilona once in a while.
But Ilona,
you won't leave now of all times.
See, my store always was your store, too.
And...
it would be so great if you could stay.
In _our_ store... Well?
♫ Vienna, city of songs
♫ You're reconciling us again
♫ Whatever may be
♫ Whatever fate has in store for us
♫ Everything works out in the end
♫ Everything works out in the end
Subtitles by: pedrosliger