Il était une fois... la vie (1987–1988): Season 1, Episode 7 - Le coeur - full transcript
The heart - home of our feelings, mood and inner condition? Who knows? Definitely, it is a central organ, which gives life and sustains life. Due to its untiring work, around 200 liters of ...
[lively music playing]
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ Sing a song of life ♪
♪ Every heartbeat's a miracle ♪
♪ Feel the rhythm growing ♪
♪ Day by day as we go ♪
♪ Look inside, your body is humming ♪
♪ With a million drums that are drumming ♪
♪ Fill your lungs, get ready ♪
♪ Celebrating the joy
That's life ♪
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ That's life ♪
THE HEART
[bright music playing]
[pumping sounds]
[narrator] The circulatory system:
accepted as a fact
for only three short centuries.
Before that, the Belgian anatomist
Andreas Vesalius
first dared to speak of it in 1543.
The result:
he was condemned to be burnt at the stake.
-[hooves tapping, horse neighing]
-[wicked laughter]
[narrator] He was saved
from the inquisition in the nick of time
by a powerful friend,
Philip II of Spain.
[relieved sigh]
[narrator] Ten years later,
Michel Servet, a Spaniard,
dared to speak of the circulatory system,
but he had no king to protect him,
so he died at the stake.
In 1628 when William Harvey,
an Englishman,
tried to explain the circulatory system,
he was ridiculed.
Fifty years later, the dean
of the Paris School of Medicine,
Dr. Guy Patin, is lecturing.
[Patrin] No, gentlemen.
This is sheer nonsense,
for as demonstrated by our great master,
the Greek anatomist Galien,
there can be no circulation of the blood.
[crowd] Oh! Absolute nonsense.
-I don’t believe it.
-Not a word.
[narrator] And yet, there is
a circulatory system, driven by the heart.
-[pumping noise]
-[gentle music playing]
[blood gushing]
[Globus] Yes, my friends, you'll soon
find out for yourselves:
The heart is a fascinating organ.
Why, with the blood it pumps
during one lifetime,
you could fill
a two hundred million liter vat,
yet it's no bigger than a human fist.
It's amazing, that.
[Globine gasps]
[baby corpuscle grunts]
Hm, yes. Absolutely fascinating organ,
you'll see. What goes on there
is almost magical. Believe me, my friend.
It can be a bit alarming,
but fascinating all the same.
Remember, we’ve come all the way
from the very tips of the feet.
And as you know, that is our job.
They need our oxygen
to function down there.
They also need us to carry away
their carbon dioxide.
Everything passes through the heart.
This is actually a closed circuit.
Hm.
[young corpuscle] Shoot!
-[Jumbo Jr.] Huh?
-[groans]
-Hm.
-[laughing]
[silly noises]
-[platelet 1] Oh.
-[platelet 2] Oh.
[buzzing]
[Foxy gasps]
[pained yelling]
[Hemo] I don't like this carbon dioxide.
It really weighs me down.
-[cheering]
-[upbeat music playing]
We are reaching the end of the vena cava,
the largest vein in the body.
l advise you to shut your baskets.
We are very close to the heart now.
[squeaking]
[groaning]
No!
-Hemo's is full.
-[corpuscle 2] Hey! That's mine!
-Huh?
-[grunting]
[punk 1] Give it back to me. No, no.
[grunting]
Have you no sense of duty? Hm?
[bright music playing]
Here we are, at last, my friends,
in the right auricle,
one of the four chambers of the heart.
See how magnificent our surroundings are!
Our colleagues over there have come from
the upper part of the body,
from the head, the arms...
Along that path
from the one we have followed,
we bring all the blood in the body
to this one chamber.
Then, we’ll be off to the lungs again.
-How are we going to get there?
-Come!
[rumbling]
[corpuscle 3] What on earth
is that loud noise?
Take a look!
-Huh?
-Wow!
[Globus] Now do you see
what all the noise was?
Those three flaps
form the tricuspid valve.
And we are going through it in a minute.
But quick! Come over here with me.
Otherwise, we’ll all be swept away
when they open again.
[bright music playing]
Now, hold on tight, everybody.
[rumbling, wind howling]
[shouting]
[moaning and groaning, relieved sighs]
You see now, through there is one of
the lower chambers of the heart,
the right ventricle.
It's even more impressive.
-The systole is starting.
-[rumbling]
Ready everyone?
This time, there's no escape.
It's terrible. I'm frightened.
[Globus] Don't worry, little one.
Millions of us
do it every time the heart beats.
It's our life.
-[Globus] Ah, here we go!
-[screaming]
[laughing and shouting]
[laughing heartily]
[shouting]
[everyone exclaims] Oh! Whoa!
Oh! Oh! Oh!
[shouting]
[punk 1] Oh, I feel dizzy.
-[groans]
-[shrieks]
Oh! [groans]
[grunting and groaning]
-Hm. [groans]
-[laughing]
Far out! Like a roller coaster. Far out.
[gasps in awe]
Look upwards.
[Globine] Isn't it beautiful?
-Huh?
-Yes.
You're right. The architecture is superb
and it will stand up to anything.
Just think, these pillars will withstand
three billion heartbeats in one lifetime.
-[punk 1] Three billion heartbeats?
-[Globus] Yes.
Come quickly!
This is really something to see.
We will just have time
before another systole.
[rumbling]
[screaming]
[Globus] Hold on!
[screaming]
[Globus] It's our turn this time.
Is everyone ready?
[everyone] Yes, yes!
[rumbling]
[nervous mumbling]
[shouting]
Oh wow! I don’t understand
what happened to us.
l don’t either, you know. It’s a mystery.
Far out! Far out! What a trip!
[punk 2] Let's go back again.
It was really sensational.
No, no, this is a one-way street.
But don’t you worry,
we’ll soon be going back to the heart.
Just a short trip to the lungs and back.
It’s called the short pulmonary cycle.
In any case, I'm afraid I still don’t
understand a thing.
Oh! It’s perfectly clear!
You'll see, it's really quite easy.
We were on the long systemic cycle:
round the feet and the organs
and the head,
and then we entered the heart
from the right.
And now, we are making our way
from the heart to the lungs,
to drop our load
and stock up with oxygen.
Then we will come back to
the left side of the heart
so that we can be sent to carry oxygen
to all parts of the body. Do you see now?
How long will the short cycle take,
Professor?
We cover 35 centimeters a second.
You can work it out.
-Hm?
-[bright music playing]
Hey!
Ah!
[chuckling]
[indistinct whispering]
[giggles]
[grunts and groans]
-Pick all them up. They're yours now!
-[chuckles]
-[giggling]
-[corpuscle 2] In we go, then.
[Globus] You handled that well.
[upbeat music playing]
-Oh!
-[growling and munching]
[platelet 1] No, I don’t think
you should do that, sir
Wait!
Just a moment. You must listen to me.
I’m not edible. I promise you.
l taste absolutely revolting
and I'll give you indigestion as well,
so you really shouldn’t... [screams]
[panting]
-[cop1 ]Hey, you there! Attention!
-[bacillus 1] Yeah!
-[groaning]
-[wicked laughter]
Oh! [pained yelling]
This is foot patrol eight.
Get me headquarters fast!
[Metro] Wait! Don't bother them,
my friend.
We’ll handle this.
Come on, guys. Attack!
[buzzing]
[grunting and groaning]
[screams]
Hm?
Oh.
[moaning]
[platelet 1] That'll teach them!
That'll teach them! [laughter]
[alarms beeping]
[upbeat music playing]
[bright music playing]
[sighs]
Why is the path so greasy here?
[moans]
Ah, come on, Professor, tell us.
You know everything there is to know.
Oh! Too much fat in his diet probably.
But what you see here is nothing
compared to what I have seen.
You mean It can be worse than this?
[Globus] Indeed. If the passage
is blocked,
it means a coronary thrombosis.
And that is very serious.
Oh, would you like me
to tell you a story now?
Yes, yes, please, a story!
[Globus] Good. That will give me time
for a little rest.
[Globus] One day,
in one of my former lives,
l was working with my fellow corpuscles
in a body which was not very healthy.
[bright music playing]
Oh! I'm afraid this looks serious.
Hey!
[rumbling]
Hm?
-[platelet 1] Quick. Get to work!
-[platelet 2] We must repair it.
[platelet 3] Come, hurry, hurry!
[shouting]
[bright music playing]
[grunting]
[fat corpuscle] Oh no, no. It's no use,
you know. We'll never get through.
We've got to get through, though.
It's our duty.
[silly noises]
[laughs]
[pumping sounds]
[Maestro] What exactly do you feel?
[Groucho] Sharp pains like needles
in my chest, Doctor,
and also in my left arm.
-In spasms?
-That's correct, yes.
In spasms And I get out of breath
over nothing at all.
You've been overdoing it. Your circulation
is in a very bad way, you know.
Oh, so that's all it is?
What do you mean, that's all?
You're headed for disaster if you don't
take serious steps now.
You must cut out all tobacco,
all alcohol, all salt, all fats,
everything!
A very strict diet, do you understand?
[light playful music playing]
[wicked laughter]
Cut out alcohol! [wicked laugh]
-[dwarf] Your health!
-[slurping]
[laughing]
[sniffs] Mm.
Ah! No more fats, he said. [laughs]
No more tobacco. [scoffs] I forgot!
Ah!
[grunts and spits]
[sucking noises]
That's right, there is no smoke
without fire. [laughs]
[gulps]
-[dwarf screams]
-[light music playing]
[Globus] As expected, it ended
in a coronary thrombosis.
Obviously, when the fats built up,
the passageways became completely blocked.
We couldn't get through anymore.
That's what a thrombosis is.
Oh, he survived it all right,
but it wasn't easy.
-Human beings aren't always
the most sensible of creatures.
Right, everyone,
l think we've wasted enough time!
[bright music playing]
[Globus] Now we're heading
for the alveoli.
[baby crying]
[crying stops abruptly]
[Hemo groans]
Ohm ah! Oh, dear, Professor,
this carbon dioxide is getting me down.
[Globus] The alveoli. Soon,
we'll have plenty of pure air again.
[moaning and groaning]
Whoa!
[grunting and groaning]
Yay!
[cheering and laughing]
[laughing]
Lovely, isn't it, Globine?
l do so like it.
Not too much now, Hemo.
Ha!
[shouts]
-[pops]
-[shrieks, grunts and sighs]
That’s enough now, boys and girls.
We must get on with our work.
[gentle music playing]
Ah, yes, my friends,
going through those capillaries
is not much fun.
[bright music playing]
-Come along!
-Huh?
[disappointed exclaim]
[bright music playing]
See all these little veins?
They're going to join up with us
to form the large pulmonary vein,
which will take us back to the heart.
[rumbling]
Huh?
-Hurry along there! This way!
-[panting]
But what's happening?
[panting]
Well, the heart serves the entire body.
When there is an emergency like this one,
it steps up its rhythm
to send reinforcements
where they are needed.
[heavy panting]
[moaning and groaning]
[Peter Jr.] Mm.
[sigh of relief]
[heavy panting]
Now, tell me, don't you think
that it's a wonderful mechanism?
But why can't we just get on with our work
without the heart, Professor Globus?
Because only the heart has the strength
to send us where we have to go.
-Without it the circulation would stop,
-[yawns]
and everything would die
for lack of nourishment.
Do you understand?
Well, personally speaking,
l don't really understand a thing.
Oh, don't start that again.
[bright music playing]
[alarm blaring]
[dust particle shouting]
We've now come to the end
of the short cycle again.
Soon, we'll be in the heart once more,
on the left side this time,
-if I am not in error.
-[buzzing]
[Metro] I'm very sorry to interrupt,
but unless I'm mistaken,
that's a customer of mine down there.
[Foxy grunting and groaning]
Let's get it over with then, my children.
[gasps]
[shouting with glee]
[shouting with glee]
[happy laughing and shouting]
[hearty laughter]
-Whoa!
-[groans]
[upbeat music playing]
[laughing]
-Hemo, where are you? Ah!
-[Hemo] Here, Globine!
[sighs] I have never been
so frightened in my life.
Ah, far out! That was really
something else, wasn’t it?
[Globus] Look! That's where
we came from, the right lung,
and over there, our friends
are arriving from the left lung.
Everyone get ready to go down
into the lower chamber now.
-It's called the left ventricle.
-[gasping]
This is our last jump.
[whirring]
[shouting and laughing]
[laughing and cheering]
Wonderful, don’t you think?
[everyone shouts] Yes!
[Globus] We are in the most powerful
of the four chambers of the heart
From here, we will set off
on our longest journey.
Through there.
[loud crash]
-[rumbling]
-[shouting]
[shouting and screaming]
[screaming]
[gasping]
[shouting]
Huh? Oh.
-[groans]
-[wind howling]
[laughing and cheering]
Oh! Oh!
[bright music playing]
-[punk 1] Strange.
-Wonderful. Wonderful.
Wonderful, but frightening?
-[corpuscle 3] Yes, that's right.
-[corpuscle 6] Absolutely right.
-[punk 2] Exactly.
-[corpuscle 2] You've said it.
[Globus] That's because the left ventricle
is 7 times more powerful than the right.
[muttering together]
-Can you believe such a thing?
-[Globus] It takes much more strength
to send us into
the general circulatory system.
It's a very long journey.
[bright music playing]
Full up for now. Move along, there!
We won't be going to the right arm.
Huh-uh-uh.
We won't be going to the brain either.
Pity. It would have been fascinating.
Oh well, maybe next time.
There now.
We're off on the grand tour: the abdomen,
the liver, the spleen, the intestines,
maybe the legs.
-So chins up, and forward march!
-Up. Ah.
[Globus] The heart is a fascinating organ.
Yes, absolutely fascinating.
But, Professor dear, doesn't the heart
ever rest at all?
No, it's not made for peace and quiet.
It's made for emotions, feelings,
love, in short:
everything that makes life worth living.
Oh yes, the heart
is a simply fascinating organ.
[narrator] The heart:
size, ten centimeters by 15;
mass: 300 grams;
flow rate: five liters
of blood per minute,
8,000 liters per day,
and over 200 million liters
in one man's lifetime.
The heart: a fascinating organ.
[lively music playing]
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ Sing a song of life ♪
♪ Every heartbeat's a miracle ♪
♪ Feel the rhythm growing ♪
♪ Day by day as we go ♪
♪ Look inside, your body is humming ♪
♪ With a million drums that are drumming ♪
♪ Fill your lungs, get ready ♪
♪ Celebrating the joy
That's life ♪
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ Is life, is life, that's life ♪
♪ That's life ♪
THE HEART
[bright music playing]
[pumping sounds]
[narrator] The circulatory system:
accepted as a fact
for only three short centuries.
Before that, the Belgian anatomist
Andreas Vesalius
first dared to speak of it in 1543.
The result:
he was condemned to be burnt at the stake.
-[hooves tapping, horse neighing]
-[wicked laughter]
[narrator] He was saved
from the inquisition in the nick of time
by a powerful friend,
Philip II of Spain.
[relieved sigh]
[narrator] Ten years later,
Michel Servet, a Spaniard,
dared to speak of the circulatory system,
but he had no king to protect him,
so he died at the stake.
In 1628 when William Harvey,
an Englishman,
tried to explain the circulatory system,
he was ridiculed.
Fifty years later, the dean
of the Paris School of Medicine,
Dr. Guy Patin, is lecturing.
[Patrin] No, gentlemen.
This is sheer nonsense,
for as demonstrated by our great master,
the Greek anatomist Galien,
there can be no circulation of the blood.
[crowd] Oh! Absolute nonsense.
-I don’t believe it.
-Not a word.
[narrator] And yet, there is
a circulatory system, driven by the heart.
-[pumping noise]
-[gentle music playing]
[blood gushing]
[Globus] Yes, my friends, you'll soon
find out for yourselves:
The heart is a fascinating organ.
Why, with the blood it pumps
during one lifetime,
you could fill
a two hundred million liter vat,
yet it's no bigger than a human fist.
It's amazing, that.
[Globine gasps]
[baby corpuscle grunts]
Hm, yes. Absolutely fascinating organ,
you'll see. What goes on there
is almost magical. Believe me, my friend.
It can be a bit alarming,
but fascinating all the same.
Remember, we’ve come all the way
from the very tips of the feet.
And as you know, that is our job.
They need our oxygen
to function down there.
They also need us to carry away
their carbon dioxide.
Everything passes through the heart.
This is actually a closed circuit.
Hm.
[young corpuscle] Shoot!
-[Jumbo Jr.] Huh?
-[groans]
-Hm.
-[laughing]
[silly noises]
-[platelet 1] Oh.
-[platelet 2] Oh.
[buzzing]
[Foxy gasps]
[pained yelling]
[Hemo] I don't like this carbon dioxide.
It really weighs me down.
-[cheering]
-[upbeat music playing]
We are reaching the end of the vena cava,
the largest vein in the body.
l advise you to shut your baskets.
We are very close to the heart now.
[squeaking]
[groaning]
No!
-Hemo's is full.
-[corpuscle 2] Hey! That's mine!
-Huh?
-[grunting]
[punk 1] Give it back to me. No, no.
[grunting]
Have you no sense of duty? Hm?
[bright music playing]
Here we are, at last, my friends,
in the right auricle,
one of the four chambers of the heart.
See how magnificent our surroundings are!
Our colleagues over there have come from
the upper part of the body,
from the head, the arms...
Along that path
from the one we have followed,
we bring all the blood in the body
to this one chamber.
Then, we’ll be off to the lungs again.
-How are we going to get there?
-Come!
[rumbling]
[corpuscle 3] What on earth
is that loud noise?
Take a look!
-Huh?
-Wow!
[Globus] Now do you see
what all the noise was?
Those three flaps
form the tricuspid valve.
And we are going through it in a minute.
But quick! Come over here with me.
Otherwise, we’ll all be swept away
when they open again.
[bright music playing]
Now, hold on tight, everybody.
[rumbling, wind howling]
[shouting]
[moaning and groaning, relieved sighs]
You see now, through there is one of
the lower chambers of the heart,
the right ventricle.
It's even more impressive.
-The systole is starting.
-[rumbling]
Ready everyone?
This time, there's no escape.
It's terrible. I'm frightened.
[Globus] Don't worry, little one.
Millions of us
do it every time the heart beats.
It's our life.
-[Globus] Ah, here we go!
-[screaming]
[laughing and shouting]
[laughing heartily]
[shouting]
[everyone exclaims] Oh! Whoa!
Oh! Oh! Oh!
[shouting]
[punk 1] Oh, I feel dizzy.
-[groans]
-[shrieks]
Oh! [groans]
[grunting and groaning]
-Hm. [groans]
-[laughing]
Far out! Like a roller coaster. Far out.
[gasps in awe]
Look upwards.
[Globine] Isn't it beautiful?
-Huh?
-Yes.
You're right. The architecture is superb
and it will stand up to anything.
Just think, these pillars will withstand
three billion heartbeats in one lifetime.
-[punk 1] Three billion heartbeats?
-[Globus] Yes.
Come quickly!
This is really something to see.
We will just have time
before another systole.
[rumbling]
[screaming]
[Globus] Hold on!
[screaming]
[Globus] It's our turn this time.
Is everyone ready?
[everyone] Yes, yes!
[rumbling]
[nervous mumbling]
[shouting]
Oh wow! I don’t understand
what happened to us.
l don’t either, you know. It’s a mystery.
Far out! Far out! What a trip!
[punk 2] Let's go back again.
It was really sensational.
No, no, this is a one-way street.
But don’t you worry,
we’ll soon be going back to the heart.
Just a short trip to the lungs and back.
It’s called the short pulmonary cycle.
In any case, I'm afraid I still don’t
understand a thing.
Oh! It’s perfectly clear!
You'll see, it's really quite easy.
We were on the long systemic cycle:
round the feet and the organs
and the head,
and then we entered the heart
from the right.
And now, we are making our way
from the heart to the lungs,
to drop our load
and stock up with oxygen.
Then we will come back to
the left side of the heart
so that we can be sent to carry oxygen
to all parts of the body. Do you see now?
How long will the short cycle take,
Professor?
We cover 35 centimeters a second.
You can work it out.
-Hm?
-[bright music playing]
Hey!
Ah!
[chuckling]
[indistinct whispering]
[giggles]
[grunts and groans]
-Pick all them up. They're yours now!
-[chuckles]
-[giggling]
-[corpuscle 2] In we go, then.
[Globus] You handled that well.
[upbeat music playing]
-Oh!
-[growling and munching]
[platelet 1] No, I don’t think
you should do that, sir
Wait!
Just a moment. You must listen to me.
I’m not edible. I promise you.
l taste absolutely revolting
and I'll give you indigestion as well,
so you really shouldn’t... [screams]
[panting]
-[cop1 ]Hey, you there! Attention!
-[bacillus 1] Yeah!
-[groaning]
-[wicked laughter]
Oh! [pained yelling]
This is foot patrol eight.
Get me headquarters fast!
[Metro] Wait! Don't bother them,
my friend.
We’ll handle this.
Come on, guys. Attack!
[buzzing]
[grunting and groaning]
[screams]
Hm?
Oh.
[moaning]
[platelet 1] That'll teach them!
That'll teach them! [laughter]
[alarms beeping]
[upbeat music playing]
[bright music playing]
[sighs]
Why is the path so greasy here?
[moans]
Ah, come on, Professor, tell us.
You know everything there is to know.
Oh! Too much fat in his diet probably.
But what you see here is nothing
compared to what I have seen.
You mean It can be worse than this?
[Globus] Indeed. If the passage
is blocked,
it means a coronary thrombosis.
And that is very serious.
Oh, would you like me
to tell you a story now?
Yes, yes, please, a story!
[Globus] Good. That will give me time
for a little rest.
[Globus] One day,
in one of my former lives,
l was working with my fellow corpuscles
in a body which was not very healthy.
[bright music playing]
Oh! I'm afraid this looks serious.
Hey!
[rumbling]
Hm?
-[platelet 1] Quick. Get to work!
-[platelet 2] We must repair it.
[platelet 3] Come, hurry, hurry!
[shouting]
[bright music playing]
[grunting]
[fat corpuscle] Oh no, no. It's no use,
you know. We'll never get through.
We've got to get through, though.
It's our duty.
[silly noises]
[laughs]
[pumping sounds]
[Maestro] What exactly do you feel?
[Groucho] Sharp pains like needles
in my chest, Doctor,
and also in my left arm.
-In spasms?
-That's correct, yes.
In spasms And I get out of breath
over nothing at all.
You've been overdoing it. Your circulation
is in a very bad way, you know.
Oh, so that's all it is?
What do you mean, that's all?
You're headed for disaster if you don't
take serious steps now.
You must cut out all tobacco,
all alcohol, all salt, all fats,
everything!
A very strict diet, do you understand?
[light playful music playing]
[wicked laughter]
Cut out alcohol! [wicked laugh]
-[dwarf] Your health!
-[slurping]
[laughing]
[sniffs] Mm.
Ah! No more fats, he said. [laughs]
No more tobacco. [scoffs] I forgot!
Ah!
[grunts and spits]
[sucking noises]
That's right, there is no smoke
without fire. [laughs]
[gulps]
-[dwarf screams]
-[light music playing]
[Globus] As expected, it ended
in a coronary thrombosis.
Obviously, when the fats built up,
the passageways became completely blocked.
We couldn't get through anymore.
That's what a thrombosis is.
Oh, he survived it all right,
but it wasn't easy.
-Human beings aren't always
the most sensible of creatures.
Right, everyone,
l think we've wasted enough time!
[bright music playing]
[Globus] Now we're heading
for the alveoli.
[baby crying]
[crying stops abruptly]
[Hemo groans]
Ohm ah! Oh, dear, Professor,
this carbon dioxide is getting me down.
[Globus] The alveoli. Soon,
we'll have plenty of pure air again.
[moaning and groaning]
Whoa!
[grunting and groaning]
Yay!
[cheering and laughing]
[laughing]
Lovely, isn't it, Globine?
l do so like it.
Not too much now, Hemo.
Ha!
[shouts]
-[pops]
-[shrieks, grunts and sighs]
That’s enough now, boys and girls.
We must get on with our work.
[gentle music playing]
Ah, yes, my friends,
going through those capillaries
is not much fun.
[bright music playing]
-Come along!
-Huh?
[disappointed exclaim]
[bright music playing]
See all these little veins?
They're going to join up with us
to form the large pulmonary vein,
which will take us back to the heart.
[rumbling]
Huh?
-Hurry along there! This way!
-[panting]
But what's happening?
[panting]
Well, the heart serves the entire body.
When there is an emergency like this one,
it steps up its rhythm
to send reinforcements
where they are needed.
[heavy panting]
[moaning and groaning]
[Peter Jr.] Mm.
[sigh of relief]
[heavy panting]
Now, tell me, don't you think
that it's a wonderful mechanism?
But why can't we just get on with our work
without the heart, Professor Globus?
Because only the heart has the strength
to send us where we have to go.
-Without it the circulation would stop,
-[yawns]
and everything would die
for lack of nourishment.
Do you understand?
Well, personally speaking,
l don't really understand a thing.
Oh, don't start that again.
[bright music playing]
[alarm blaring]
[dust particle shouting]
We've now come to the end
of the short cycle again.
Soon, we'll be in the heart once more,
on the left side this time,
-if I am not in error.
-[buzzing]
[Metro] I'm very sorry to interrupt,
but unless I'm mistaken,
that's a customer of mine down there.
[Foxy grunting and groaning]
Let's get it over with then, my children.
[gasps]
[shouting with glee]
[shouting with glee]
[happy laughing and shouting]
[hearty laughter]
-Whoa!
-[groans]
[upbeat music playing]
[laughing]
-Hemo, where are you? Ah!
-[Hemo] Here, Globine!
[sighs] I have never been
so frightened in my life.
Ah, far out! That was really
something else, wasn’t it?
[Globus] Look! That's where
we came from, the right lung,
and over there, our friends
are arriving from the left lung.
Everyone get ready to go down
into the lower chamber now.
-It's called the left ventricle.
-[gasping]
This is our last jump.
[whirring]
[shouting and laughing]
[laughing and cheering]
Wonderful, don’t you think?
[everyone shouts] Yes!
[Globus] We are in the most powerful
of the four chambers of the heart
From here, we will set off
on our longest journey.
Through there.
[loud crash]
-[rumbling]
-[shouting]
[shouting and screaming]
[screaming]
[gasping]
[shouting]
Huh? Oh.
-[groans]
-[wind howling]
[laughing and cheering]
Oh! Oh!
[bright music playing]
-[punk 1] Strange.
-Wonderful. Wonderful.
Wonderful, but frightening?
-[corpuscle 3] Yes, that's right.
-[corpuscle 6] Absolutely right.
-[punk 2] Exactly.
-[corpuscle 2] You've said it.
[Globus] That's because the left ventricle
is 7 times more powerful than the right.
[muttering together]
-Can you believe such a thing?
-[Globus] It takes much more strength
to send us into
the general circulatory system.
It's a very long journey.
[bright music playing]
Full up for now. Move along, there!
We won't be going to the right arm.
Huh-uh-uh.
We won't be going to the brain either.
Pity. It would have been fascinating.
Oh well, maybe next time.
There now.
We're off on the grand tour: the abdomen,
the liver, the spleen, the intestines,
maybe the legs.
-So chins up, and forward march!
-Up. Ah.
[Globus] The heart is a fascinating organ.
Yes, absolutely fascinating.
But, Professor dear, doesn't the heart
ever rest at all?
No, it's not made for peace and quiet.
It's made for emotions, feelings,
love, in short:
everything that makes life worth living.
Oh yes, the heart
is a simply fascinating organ.
[narrator] The heart:
size, ten centimeters by 15;
mass: 300 grams;
flow rate: five liters
of blood per minute,
8,000 liters per day,
and over 200 million liters
in one man's lifetime.
The heart: a fascinating organ.
[lively music playing]