Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 1, Episode 24 - The Train - full transcript
The dying leader of a European nation has a protégé ready to assume power. What the leader doesn't know is his protégé has plans to crack down on liberty and execute his enemies. Briggs, in addition to his normal IMF operatives, enlists the help of a physician and an Academy Award-winning art director, as part of his plan. Eventually, the IMF runs an elaborate con, including a phony train ride, aimed at causing the protégé to show his true intentions.
Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. BRIGGS.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS FERENGH LARIA,
THE PRIME MINISTER OF SVARDIA,
WHO HAS LONG FOUGHT
TO ESTABLISH DEMOCRACY
AND FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE.
LARIA IS NOW GRAVELY ILL
AND HASN'T LONG TO LIVE.
HE HAS GROOMED DEPUTY PREMIER
PAVEL TO SUCCEED HIM
AND CARRY ON HIS POLICIES.
WE KNOW, HOWEVER,
THAT ONCE IN POWER,
PAVEL WOULD SET UP
A DICTATORSHIP
AND THEN PURGE THE COUNTRY
OF ALL OPPOSITION.
BUT LARIA WILL NOT HEAR
ANYTHING AGAINST PAVEL.
THE MISSION,
IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT,
IS TO KEEP PAVEL
FROM BECOMING PRIME MINISTER.
AS ALWAYS,
SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR
I.M. FORCE BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN TEN SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, DAN.
[ STUTTERING HEARTBEAT ]
IT SOUNDS JUST RIGHT, DAN.
GOOD.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK OVER
LARIA'S X-RAYS
AND CARDIOGRAPH?
YES, AND I CAN'T BE CERTAIN
UNTIL I EXAMINE HIM,
OF COURSE, BUT I DON'T THINK
WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND
COULD HURT HIM.
THE OVERLAY.
IT'S PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT, BARNEY.
WHERE DO YOU STAND, OLIVER?
JUST ABOUT READY.
TWO OF MY MEN ARE TRUCKING
THE EQUIPMENT INTO SVARDIA NOW.
MY CAMERAMAN MADE FOUR TRIPS
ON THE SVARDIA-BERN EXPRESS
FILMING THE SCENERY.
FINE. LET'S GET STARTED.
Willie: SEE YOU LATER.
WHAT ABOUT DR. TALLER?
WELL, HE'S ON HIS WAY
TO CONSULT WITH DR. HUSS,
WHO'S LARIA'S
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
HE CHANGES PLANES AT VIENNA.
EVERYTHING SET THERE?
EVERYTHING.
HE WON'T GET TO SVARDIA,
BUT DR. SELBY AND I WILL.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT
LARIA'S TRAVELING HABITS?
PLANE OR TRAIN.
WHEN BY TRAIN, HE ALWAYS
TAKES OVER THE LAST CAR.
IS IT ALWAYS
THE LAST CAR?
YES.
THEN YOU'RE READY.
MM-HMM.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
THAT'S IT, THE OVERNIGHT
EXPRESS TO BERN.
WHEN'S IT SUPPOSED TO
PULL OUT?
JUST BEFORE DARK, 5:32.
THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GUARD
AT THIS DOOR, LOOK AROUND.
RIGHT.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT THESE MEN ARE
INVOLVED IN THIS --
THIS CONSPIRACY
YOU SPEAK OF.
WHY, MILOS, WHY?
ANDROV, WHY?
BECAUSE OF HIM.
THEY DO NOT WANT ME
TO SUCCEED YOU, EXCELLENCY,
SO THEY ARE GATHERING
THEIR STRENGTH.
BESIDES, THEY HAVE HEARD
RUMORS THAT --
THAT I AM DYING?
JA.
AND REVOLUTIONARIES KNOW
THAT ANY GOVERNMENT
IS MOST VULNERABLE
AT THE EXACT MOMENT
OF TRANSFER OF POWER.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH THEM?
THEY ARE CROWDING
OUR PRISONS.
IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE
FOR LONG.
WHEN I --
WHEN YOU ARE SAFELY SWORN
INTO OFFICE, LET THEM GO.
THEY MEAN WELL.
SOMETIMES I FEEL I SHOULD
SIMPLY RESIGN
TO ENSURE THE PEACE.
YOU CANNOT. YOU MUST NOT.
MILOS, I TRUST YOU
AS IF YOU WERE MY OWN SON.
I KNOW YOU WILL
CONTINUE MY WORK FOR ME.
I THINK PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
REST NOW, EXCELLENCY.
IT WON'T BE LONG.
A FEW WEEKS AT THE MOST
AND HE WILL BE GONE.
I WANT YOU TO MOVE
FASTER THAN EVER NOW.
EVERY MAN WHO OPPOSES ME
MUST BE BEHIND BARS
BEFORE I TAKE OFFICE.
BUT THE JAILS ARE BURSTING
AT THE SEAMS NOW.
THEY WILL BE EMPTY
SOON ENOUGH.
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU RELISH THE IDEA
OF KILLING, HUH?
AND YOU?
IT MAKES ME SICK.
IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER WAY,
ANY WAY AT ALL, TO RID MY
COUNTRY OF HER ENEMIES...
BUT THE DECAY GOES TOO DEEP.
IT MUST BE CUT AWAY.
DR. HUSS.
ARE YOU TAKING THESE PEOPLE INTO
THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUITE?
YES.
AND WHO ARE THEY?
THIS IS DR. ERICH TALLER.
HE'S COME FROM SWITZERLAND
TO CONSULT ON THE CASE.
WILL THE TRAIN TRIP
HURT HIM?
NO. THERE IS NOTHING
THAT WE CAN DO NOW
THAT WILL EITHER HELP
OR HURT HIM.
THEN LET US PROCEED.
IN GENERAL, DR. HUSS,
I CONCUR WITH YOUR DIAGNOSIS
OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE I HAVE
DETECTED A FAINT MURMUR,
BARELY AUDIBLE
UNDER STETHOSCOPE,
WHICH MIGHT INDICATE
SOMETHING ELSE.
THEREFORE, I WISH TO PROCEED
WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS.
STOP!
DO NOT MOVE, ANYONE.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR HEADS.
PUT THAT GUN AWAY.
WE HAVE ORDERS, ORDERS TO
FUMIGATE THIS PLACE.
DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN
TO THE YARD COMMANDER
WHY WE HAVEN'T
DONE OUR JOB?
I HAD NO ORDERS
REGARDING THIS.
AND DID YOU HAVE ORDERS TO LEAVE
YOUR POST OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING?
IN A FEW MINUTES,
THIS PLACE WILL BE CHOKED
WITH HYDROCYANIDE GAS.
IS IT YOUR WISH
TO DIE IN HERE?
THIS IS WHAT
HE WAS DOING.
OH...
PERHAPS IT IS YOU WHO
SHOULD BE REPORTED, HUH?
I ONLY LEFT MY POST
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
VERY WELL.
TAKE YOUR FRIEND
AND GET OUT OF HERE.
ALSO, TELL THE REST
OF THE GUARDS
NOT TO COME IN HERE
UNTIL TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT, GO ON.
I HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN
I EVER SAW YOU HERE, ALL RIGHT?
[ HEARTBEAT ]
JA, IT IS AS I SUSPECTED --
A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY.
I CAN HEAR THE LEFT VALVE
REGURGITATING BLOOD.
PLEASE.
HUH? OH, HERE.
[ STUTTERING HEARTBEAT ]
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, OF COURSE.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW I COULD HAVE MISSED IT,
AND WHY IT DOESN'T SHOW
ON THE X-RAYS.
IN A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY,
THE VALVE WOULD BE ENLARGED.
BUT, YOU SEE,
IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.
NEITHER VALVE IS DISTENDED.
JA.
PERHAPS THE INSUFFICIENCY
HAS DEVELOPED
SINCE THESE PICTURES
WERE TAKEN.
I THINK I MUST MAKE
A NEW SET OF X-RAYS.
JA, I COULD NOT
AGREE MORE.
NURSE, YOU WILL
ASSIST HIM, PLEASE.
YES, OF COURSE, DOCTOR.
Huss: IT'S THERE.
IT'S THERE.
NO QUESTION,
IT IS A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY.
THAT DOES NOT SOUND GOOD.
THE POINT IS, EXCELLENCY,
IT CAN BE CURED.
MITRAL VALVULAR DISEASE CAN
BE CORRECTED, YOUR EXCELLENCY,
USING THE NEW
OPEN HEART SURGERY TECHNIQUES.
GENTLEMEN, I'M SURE YOU REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
TO ALL OF US.
IS THERE ANY
POSSIBILITY OF DANGER
IN PERFORMING
THIS OPERATION?
WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS DANGER
IN THIS OPERATION,
BUT IT IS HIS EXCELLENCY'S
ONLY CHANCE.
I SEE. VERY WELL.
PREPARE FOR SURGERY
IMMEDIATELY...
WITH YOUR PERMISSION,
OF COURSE, SIR.
NOW, DR. HUSS, YOU HAVE HERE
AN OPEN HEART MACHINE?
NO, WE DO NOT.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
HIS EXCELLENCY MUST BE
TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY
TO MY HOSPITAL IN BERN.
I DO NOT THINK HIS EXCELLENCY
SHOULD LEAVE THE COUNTRY
AT THIS TIME.
BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
EXCELLENCY, IF SOMETHING
SHOULD HAPPEN...
MILOS, THE MOUNTAIN CANNOT
COME TO MOHAMMED, SO...
WE WILL ARRANGE
FOR AN AIRCRAFT AT ONCE.
THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
CAN HIS EXCELLENCY
BE ALLOWED TO FLY.
HOLD ONE CAR ON
THE NIGHT TRAIN TO BERN,
MAXIMUM
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS.
ANYTHING YET?
NOTHING.
STAY OUT THERE.
DOCTOR.
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
HONESTLY...
WHAT ARE HIS CHANCES?
HONESTLY, IT IS
AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
THE OPERATION
IS HIS ONLY CHANCE,
BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS RISKS.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE
WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES,
SINCE HE IS THE HEAD OF STATE
AND YOU ARE HIS SUCCESSOR.
I UNDERSTAND.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SIR,
THERE'S ONE OTHER POINT --
I WILL NEED TO KNOW
WHICH IS THE RAILWAY CAR
THAT YOU HAVE RESERVED
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER.
WHY?
BECAUSE I MUST GO
TO THE CAR
BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY
IS TAKEN ON BOARD.
I CANNOT PERMIT THAT.
WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR SECURITY
UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE.
MY DEAR SIR,
THE SVARDIA-BERN EXPRESS
CROSSES THE WEHRIG PASS
AT 3,000 METERS.
I MUST HAVE OXYGEN
AND RESUSCITATING
EQUIPMENT READY
IF I AM TO TAKE A HEART
PATIENT OVER THAT ROUTE.
I'M SORRY, DOCTOR. WE ARE
HOLDING THE TRAIN IN THE YARDS.
I WILL ARRANGE CLEARANCE FOR YOU
TO ENTER WHENEVER YOU WISH.
THANK YOU.
ROLLIN.
THIS IS THE COMPARTMENT
THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED
BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE PRIME MINISTER'S CAR WOULD
BE AT THE END OF THE TRAIN.
NOT THIS TRIP.
ORDERS FROM SECURITY.
THEY'RE PUTTING HIM
IN THE CENTER CAR.
HE'S NOT IN THE LAST CAR.
WE'RE DEAD.
TAKE THE LAST CAR
AS PLANNED.
GET GOING, DEPARTURE TIME'S
IN 11 MINUTES.
Rollin: WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE?
WE ARE PREPARING
HIS EXCELLENCY'S QUARTERS.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S CAR IS ALWAYS
AT THE END OF THE TRAIN.
OH, NO, SIR.
THE ORDERS --
THE ORDERS ARE WRONG.
HIS EXCELLENCY ALWAYS TRAVELS
IN THE LAST CAR.
GET IT READY AT ONCE.
BUT THERE IS
NO TIME.
THEN HURRY.
DOCTOR, TAKE YOUR EQUIPMENT
AND FOLLOW ME.
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE
IN TROLLEY ROOM D.
OPEN IT, PLEASE.
UNLOCK IT. I WOULD LIKE
TO INSPECT EACH COMPARTMENT
BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER
ARRIVES.
[ HORN BLOWS ]
I GAVE SPECIFIC ORDERS
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S CAR
WAS TO BE PUT IN THE CENTER
OF THE TRAIN.
IT WILL BE, SIR.
THE OTHER CARS WILL BE ADDED
AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER
AND HIS PARTY ARE BOARDED.
VERY WELL.
IS HIS EXCELLENCY'S
ROOM READY?
YES, SIR.
GOOD.
[ HORN HONKS ]
I AM ALL RIGHT.
STOP MAKING A FUSS
OVER ME.
HIS EXCELLENCY
SHOULD REST NOW,
IF YOU DON'T MIND,
GENTLEMEN.
GO INTO THE NEXT CAR, REPORT
TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD,
TELL HIM NO ONE IS TO
ENTER THIS CAR, NO ONE.
FORWARD!
I'M SORRY, SIR,
WE'RE GETTING UNDERWAY.
RIGHT ON TIME.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
THE DEPUTY PREMIER
WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU
IN A TOAST TO YOUR JOURNEY.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR?
JUST ONE.
THERE IS NO TYRANT
LIKE ONE'S OWN DOCTOR.
YES?
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD
LIKE YOU AND GENERAL ANDROV
TO JOIN HIM FOR A DRINK.
A DRINK?
DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
IT WILL HELP RELAX HIM.
WE WILL BE RIGHT THERE.
OPEN IT UP.
GET READY.
TO A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY,
EXCELLENCY,
AND LONG LIFE.
THAT DEPENDS
ON THE DOCTOR.
EH, DOCTOR?
Cinnamon: I WILL
ADJUST THAT FOR YOU.
NOW YOU WILL BE
MORE COMFORTABLE.
ROLL 'EM.
WE HAVE STOPPED.
GO AND SEE
WHY WE'VE STOPPED.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
WHY HAVE WE STOPPED?
WE'RE SWITCHING
FROM THE YARD ENGINE
TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.
WE'LL BE UNDERWAY
IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.
GOOD.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
THE ROCKERS
ARE IN POSITION.
READY PROJECTOR THREE.
ROLL DEPARTURE BELL.
[ HISSING ]
[ MECHANICAL WHIRRING ]
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME
THAT I WILL EVER SEE SVARDIA.
NONSENSE, EXCELLENCY,
YOU'LL --
A MAN FEELS
THESE THINGS, PAVEL.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
EXCELLENCY?
YES.
I AM NOT AFRAID
TO DIE.
THE LAND, THE PEOPLE --
ALL I HAVE BUILT
WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS.
IF THAT IS THE WAY
IT MUST BE, EXCELLENCY.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I WILL TRY
TO ACT AS I KNOW YOU WOULD DO.
I HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT.
NOW I FEEL IT IS TIME
THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY REST.
WELL.
I WILL BE IN THE NEXT
COMPARTMENT
IF YOU NEED ME,
EXCELLENCY.
GET DONOVAN
OVER HERE FAST.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK
WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE
A SELENIUM RECTIFIER.
GET ME ONE FAST.
IF IT GOES,
WE'LL LOSE OUR SOUND.
I KNOW.
KEEP YOUR EYE
ON THE CONSOLE
WHILE I TRY TO FIX THIS.
THIS ONE'S ONLY GOING TO LAST
ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO.
GET BACK TO
THE PROJECTORS, DON.
YOU CAN'T PULL IT OUT
TO REPLACE IT.
WE'LL GO DEAD AS SOON
AS YOU TAKE IT OUT.
I KNOW -- I'M GOING TO TRY TO
WIRE THE NEW ONE IN FIRST
BEFORE I CUT
THE DEFECTIVE ONE OUT.
DOCTOR.
WILL I EVER SEE THE SUN
SET ON SVARDIA AGAIN?
JA, EXCELLENCY,
YOU WILL.
AND NOW I THINK YOU SHOULD
GET READY FOR BED.
WE WILL REACH
THE WEHRIG PASS SOON.
YOU'LL GET THE OXYGEN READY
AND PREPARE HYPODERMIC, PLEASE.
THERE'S A SOLDERING IRON
IN THE BOX -- HAND IT TO ME.
COME ON.
[ EXHALES ]
YOU HEAR ANYTHING?
[ TRAIN RUMBLING ]
JUST A LOT OF TRAIN.
YOU SURE THAT'S ALL?
THAT'S ALL.
THEN WE'RE STILL
IN BUSINESS.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
SIR.
HUH? OH.
TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
EXCELLENCY.
YOU ARE BEING A BIT
PREMATURE, MY FRIEND.
I AM NOT
PRIME MINISTER...YET.
AND THERE
IS WORK TO DO
TO PREPARE THE COUNTRY
FOR THE TRANSITION.
I WILL BE IN THE FORWARD CAR
IF YOU WANT ME.
WILL HE SLEEP THROUGH IT?
HE'LL SLEEP
TILL WE WAKE HIM.
THEN WE CAN START
THE DOWNGRADE.
MAY I HELP YOU,
GENERAL?
I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT --
THE OTHER CARS --
WHERE ARE THEY?
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
[ HORN BLOWS ]
THE OTHER CARS --
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
THERE IS JUST
A LOCOMOTIVE, SIR.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD
HAS ORDERED THE FULL TRAIN
TO PROCEED AHEAD OF US TO MAKE
SURE THE TRACKS ARE CLEAR.
SMART.
GOOD MAN.
HE TAKES NO CHANCES.
START THE DOWNGRADE FILM.
THE OLD FOOL WANTS TO CUT
THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
HERE, READ HIS RECOMMENDATIONS
AND PREPARE A REBUTTAL.
THE DEFENSE BUDGET
SHOULD BE DOUBLED.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP, ANDROV.
WE ARE MOVING VERY FAST.
GOOD. PERHAPS WE WILL
GET TO BERN ON TIME.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
IS HE ASLEEP?
YES.
GET THE HYPO SPRAYS
READY.
ALLL RIGHT,
IT'S LOADED AND READY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHERE YOU HIT HIM.
THE SPRAY WILL GO RIGHT
THROUGH HIS CLOTHING
AND STILL
PENETRATE THE SKIN.
YOU SURE HE WON'T
FEEL ANYTHING?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
LET'S GO.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ TRAIN RUMBLING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HISSING ]
THE BRAKES ARE GONE!
WE'RE GOING TO CRASH!
SIT BACKWARDS!
PROTECT YOUR HEAD!
[ HORN BLOWS ]
I NEED HELP WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER.
HELP ME!
HELP!
LET ME GO.
WE ARE GOING TO CRASH.
[ HORN BLOWS ]
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
YOU MUST HELP!
[ LOUD CRASHING ]
[ CRYING ]
NURSE, WHAT HAPPENED?
DR. TALLER --
THEY DO NOT
EXPECT HIM TO LIVE.
HE HAS BEEN IN SURGERY
ALL NIGHT.
NO. I MEAN,
THE PRIME MINISTER.
OH.
OH.
OH.
DEAD?
YES. THE CAR BURNED
BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO HIM.
OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE.
AND DEPUTY PAVEL?
HE IS IN THERE.
PAVEL? PAVEL?
HMM?
EXCELLENCY, WAKE UP!
THE PRIME MINISTER
IS DEAD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE TRAIN CRASHED.
OH, SO HIS PREMONITION
DID COME TRUE AFTER ALL--
YOU ARE NOW PRIME MINISTER,
EXCELLENCY.
NO. NO, NOT YET.
NOT UNTIL I TAKE
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
ADMINISTER IT, PLEASE.
SHOULD WE WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE FUNERAL?
AND LEAVE SVARDIA
WITHOUT A PRIME MINISTER?
NO, ADMINISTER IT, PLEASE.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU, MILOS PAVEL,
SWEAR TO DEFEND
THE REPUBLIC OF SVARDIA
AGAINST ALL HER ENEMIES
AND TO UPHOLD
THE CONSTITUTION
AS LONG AS YOU
ARE PRIME MINISTER?
I DO.
CONGRATULATIONS,
EXCELLENCY.
NOW, FIRST, THE FUNERAL.
IT MUST BE KEPT SIMPLE --
NO SENTIMENT.
I DO NOT WANT THE NATION
TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME
MOURNING THAT PATHETIC
OLD FOOL WHO FOR SO LONG
HAS KEPT SVARDIA FROM TAKING
HER RIGHTFUL PLACE
AMONG THE GREAT NATIONS
OF EUROPE.
I WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW
THAT THE OLD WAY
WENT OUT WITH HIM.
THERE ARE TO BE NO MONUMENTS,
NO MEMENTOS, NO MEMORIES.
THEY WILL SOON FORGET
THAT HE EVER EXISTED.
AND THE, UH, JAILS?
OH, YES, I DID PROMISE
THE OLD MAN
THAT I WOULD, UH,
EMPTY THEM
OF THOSE MISGUIDED PATRIOTS
WHO HAVE FOR SO LONG
OPPOSED ME.
WOULD YOU SEE TO THAT
AT ONCE, PLEASE?
THE EXECUTIONS
WILL BEGIN AT ONCE.
I'M SORRY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY
TO CONVINCE YOU.
TO ME, HE WAS LIKE
MY OWN SON.
STRIKE IT.
I ACCEPT YOUR
RESIGNATION, PAVEL.
DOCTOR?
YES?
MY HEART.
THERE IS NO CURE?
MNH-MNH.
WE'RE SORRY.
DO NOT BE.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GIFT
EVEN GREATER THAN LIFE.
YOU HAVE PERMITTED ME TO --
TO SEE BEYOND MY DEATH.
NOW I MUST CHOOSE
MY NEW SUCCESSOR.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS FERENGH LARIA,
THE PRIME MINISTER OF SVARDIA,
WHO HAS LONG FOUGHT
TO ESTABLISH DEMOCRACY
AND FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE.
LARIA IS NOW GRAVELY ILL
AND HASN'T LONG TO LIVE.
HE HAS GROOMED DEPUTY PREMIER
PAVEL TO SUCCEED HIM
AND CARRY ON HIS POLICIES.
WE KNOW, HOWEVER,
THAT ONCE IN POWER,
PAVEL WOULD SET UP
A DICTATORSHIP
AND THEN PURGE THE COUNTRY
OF ALL OPPOSITION.
BUT LARIA WILL NOT HEAR
ANYTHING AGAINST PAVEL.
THE MISSION,
IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT,
IS TO KEEP PAVEL
FROM BECOMING PRIME MINISTER.
AS ALWAYS,
SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR
I.M. FORCE BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN TEN SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, DAN.
[ STUTTERING HEARTBEAT ]
IT SOUNDS JUST RIGHT, DAN.
GOOD.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK OVER
LARIA'S X-RAYS
AND CARDIOGRAPH?
YES, AND I CAN'T BE CERTAIN
UNTIL I EXAMINE HIM,
OF COURSE, BUT I DON'T THINK
WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND
COULD HURT HIM.
THE OVERLAY.
IT'S PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT, BARNEY.
WHERE DO YOU STAND, OLIVER?
JUST ABOUT READY.
TWO OF MY MEN ARE TRUCKING
THE EQUIPMENT INTO SVARDIA NOW.
MY CAMERAMAN MADE FOUR TRIPS
ON THE SVARDIA-BERN EXPRESS
FILMING THE SCENERY.
FINE. LET'S GET STARTED.
Willie: SEE YOU LATER.
WHAT ABOUT DR. TALLER?
WELL, HE'S ON HIS WAY
TO CONSULT WITH DR. HUSS,
WHO'S LARIA'S
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
HE CHANGES PLANES AT VIENNA.
EVERYTHING SET THERE?
EVERYTHING.
HE WON'T GET TO SVARDIA,
BUT DR. SELBY AND I WILL.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT
LARIA'S TRAVELING HABITS?
PLANE OR TRAIN.
WHEN BY TRAIN, HE ALWAYS
TAKES OVER THE LAST CAR.
IS IT ALWAYS
THE LAST CAR?
YES.
THEN YOU'RE READY.
MM-HMM.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
THAT'S IT, THE OVERNIGHT
EXPRESS TO BERN.
WHEN'S IT SUPPOSED TO
PULL OUT?
JUST BEFORE DARK, 5:32.
THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GUARD
AT THIS DOOR, LOOK AROUND.
RIGHT.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT THESE MEN ARE
INVOLVED IN THIS --
THIS CONSPIRACY
YOU SPEAK OF.
WHY, MILOS, WHY?
ANDROV, WHY?
BECAUSE OF HIM.
THEY DO NOT WANT ME
TO SUCCEED YOU, EXCELLENCY,
SO THEY ARE GATHERING
THEIR STRENGTH.
BESIDES, THEY HAVE HEARD
RUMORS THAT --
THAT I AM DYING?
JA.
AND REVOLUTIONARIES KNOW
THAT ANY GOVERNMENT
IS MOST VULNERABLE
AT THE EXACT MOMENT
OF TRANSFER OF POWER.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH THEM?
THEY ARE CROWDING
OUR PRISONS.
IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE
FOR LONG.
WHEN I --
WHEN YOU ARE SAFELY SWORN
INTO OFFICE, LET THEM GO.
THEY MEAN WELL.
SOMETIMES I FEEL I SHOULD
SIMPLY RESIGN
TO ENSURE THE PEACE.
YOU CANNOT. YOU MUST NOT.
MILOS, I TRUST YOU
AS IF YOU WERE MY OWN SON.
I KNOW YOU WILL
CONTINUE MY WORK FOR ME.
I THINK PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
REST NOW, EXCELLENCY.
IT WON'T BE LONG.
A FEW WEEKS AT THE MOST
AND HE WILL BE GONE.
I WANT YOU TO MOVE
FASTER THAN EVER NOW.
EVERY MAN WHO OPPOSES ME
MUST BE BEHIND BARS
BEFORE I TAKE OFFICE.
BUT THE JAILS ARE BURSTING
AT THE SEAMS NOW.
THEY WILL BE EMPTY
SOON ENOUGH.
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU RELISH THE IDEA
OF KILLING, HUH?
AND YOU?
IT MAKES ME SICK.
IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER WAY,
ANY WAY AT ALL, TO RID MY
COUNTRY OF HER ENEMIES...
BUT THE DECAY GOES TOO DEEP.
IT MUST BE CUT AWAY.
DR. HUSS.
ARE YOU TAKING THESE PEOPLE INTO
THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUITE?
YES.
AND WHO ARE THEY?
THIS IS DR. ERICH TALLER.
HE'S COME FROM SWITZERLAND
TO CONSULT ON THE CASE.
WILL THE TRAIN TRIP
HURT HIM?
NO. THERE IS NOTHING
THAT WE CAN DO NOW
THAT WILL EITHER HELP
OR HURT HIM.
THEN LET US PROCEED.
IN GENERAL, DR. HUSS,
I CONCUR WITH YOUR DIAGNOSIS
OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE I HAVE
DETECTED A FAINT MURMUR,
BARELY AUDIBLE
UNDER STETHOSCOPE,
WHICH MIGHT INDICATE
SOMETHING ELSE.
THEREFORE, I WISH TO PROCEED
WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS.
STOP!
DO NOT MOVE, ANYONE.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR HEADS.
PUT THAT GUN AWAY.
WE HAVE ORDERS, ORDERS TO
FUMIGATE THIS PLACE.
DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN
TO THE YARD COMMANDER
WHY WE HAVEN'T
DONE OUR JOB?
I HAD NO ORDERS
REGARDING THIS.
AND DID YOU HAVE ORDERS TO LEAVE
YOUR POST OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING?
IN A FEW MINUTES,
THIS PLACE WILL BE CHOKED
WITH HYDROCYANIDE GAS.
IS IT YOUR WISH
TO DIE IN HERE?
THIS IS WHAT
HE WAS DOING.
OH...
PERHAPS IT IS YOU WHO
SHOULD BE REPORTED, HUH?
I ONLY LEFT MY POST
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
VERY WELL.
TAKE YOUR FRIEND
AND GET OUT OF HERE.
ALSO, TELL THE REST
OF THE GUARDS
NOT TO COME IN HERE
UNTIL TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT, GO ON.
I HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN
I EVER SAW YOU HERE, ALL RIGHT?
[ HEARTBEAT ]
JA, IT IS AS I SUSPECTED --
A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY.
I CAN HEAR THE LEFT VALVE
REGURGITATING BLOOD.
PLEASE.
HUH? OH, HERE.
[ STUTTERING HEARTBEAT ]
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, OF COURSE.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW I COULD HAVE MISSED IT,
AND WHY IT DOESN'T SHOW
ON THE X-RAYS.
IN A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY,
THE VALVE WOULD BE ENLARGED.
BUT, YOU SEE,
IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.
NEITHER VALVE IS DISTENDED.
JA.
PERHAPS THE INSUFFICIENCY
HAS DEVELOPED
SINCE THESE PICTURES
WERE TAKEN.
I THINK I MUST MAKE
A NEW SET OF X-RAYS.
JA, I COULD NOT
AGREE MORE.
NURSE, YOU WILL
ASSIST HIM, PLEASE.
YES, OF COURSE, DOCTOR.
Huss: IT'S THERE.
IT'S THERE.
NO QUESTION,
IT IS A MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY.
THAT DOES NOT SOUND GOOD.
THE POINT IS, EXCELLENCY,
IT CAN BE CURED.
MITRAL VALVULAR DISEASE CAN
BE CORRECTED, YOUR EXCELLENCY,
USING THE NEW
OPEN HEART SURGERY TECHNIQUES.
GENTLEMEN, I'M SURE YOU REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
TO ALL OF US.
IS THERE ANY
POSSIBILITY OF DANGER
IN PERFORMING
THIS OPERATION?
WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS DANGER
IN THIS OPERATION,
BUT IT IS HIS EXCELLENCY'S
ONLY CHANCE.
I SEE. VERY WELL.
PREPARE FOR SURGERY
IMMEDIATELY...
WITH YOUR PERMISSION,
OF COURSE, SIR.
NOW, DR. HUSS, YOU HAVE HERE
AN OPEN HEART MACHINE?
NO, WE DO NOT.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
HIS EXCELLENCY MUST BE
TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY
TO MY HOSPITAL IN BERN.
I DO NOT THINK HIS EXCELLENCY
SHOULD LEAVE THE COUNTRY
AT THIS TIME.
BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
EXCELLENCY, IF SOMETHING
SHOULD HAPPEN...
MILOS, THE MOUNTAIN CANNOT
COME TO MOHAMMED, SO...
WE WILL ARRANGE
FOR AN AIRCRAFT AT ONCE.
THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
CAN HIS EXCELLENCY
BE ALLOWED TO FLY.
HOLD ONE CAR ON
THE NIGHT TRAIN TO BERN,
MAXIMUM
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS.
ANYTHING YET?
NOTHING.
STAY OUT THERE.
DOCTOR.
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
HONESTLY...
WHAT ARE HIS CHANCES?
HONESTLY, IT IS
AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
THE OPERATION
IS HIS ONLY CHANCE,
BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS RISKS.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE
WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES,
SINCE HE IS THE HEAD OF STATE
AND YOU ARE HIS SUCCESSOR.
I UNDERSTAND.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SIR,
THERE'S ONE OTHER POINT --
I WILL NEED TO KNOW
WHICH IS THE RAILWAY CAR
THAT YOU HAVE RESERVED
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER.
WHY?
BECAUSE I MUST GO
TO THE CAR
BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY
IS TAKEN ON BOARD.
I CANNOT PERMIT THAT.
WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR SECURITY
UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE.
MY DEAR SIR,
THE SVARDIA-BERN EXPRESS
CROSSES THE WEHRIG PASS
AT 3,000 METERS.
I MUST HAVE OXYGEN
AND RESUSCITATING
EQUIPMENT READY
IF I AM TO TAKE A HEART
PATIENT OVER THAT ROUTE.
I'M SORRY, DOCTOR. WE ARE
HOLDING THE TRAIN IN THE YARDS.
I WILL ARRANGE CLEARANCE FOR YOU
TO ENTER WHENEVER YOU WISH.
THANK YOU.
ROLLIN.
THIS IS THE COMPARTMENT
THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED
BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE PRIME MINISTER'S CAR WOULD
BE AT THE END OF THE TRAIN.
NOT THIS TRIP.
ORDERS FROM SECURITY.
THEY'RE PUTTING HIM
IN THE CENTER CAR.
HE'S NOT IN THE LAST CAR.
WE'RE DEAD.
TAKE THE LAST CAR
AS PLANNED.
GET GOING, DEPARTURE TIME'S
IN 11 MINUTES.
Rollin: WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE?
WE ARE PREPARING
HIS EXCELLENCY'S QUARTERS.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S CAR IS ALWAYS
AT THE END OF THE TRAIN.
OH, NO, SIR.
THE ORDERS --
THE ORDERS ARE WRONG.
HIS EXCELLENCY ALWAYS TRAVELS
IN THE LAST CAR.
GET IT READY AT ONCE.
BUT THERE IS
NO TIME.
THEN HURRY.
DOCTOR, TAKE YOUR EQUIPMENT
AND FOLLOW ME.
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE
IN TROLLEY ROOM D.
OPEN IT, PLEASE.
UNLOCK IT. I WOULD LIKE
TO INSPECT EACH COMPARTMENT
BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER
ARRIVES.
[ HORN BLOWS ]
I GAVE SPECIFIC ORDERS
THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S CAR
WAS TO BE PUT IN THE CENTER
OF THE TRAIN.
IT WILL BE, SIR.
THE OTHER CARS WILL BE ADDED
AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER
AND HIS PARTY ARE BOARDED.
VERY WELL.
IS HIS EXCELLENCY'S
ROOM READY?
YES, SIR.
GOOD.
[ HORN HONKS ]
I AM ALL RIGHT.
STOP MAKING A FUSS
OVER ME.
HIS EXCELLENCY
SHOULD REST NOW,
IF YOU DON'T MIND,
GENTLEMEN.
GO INTO THE NEXT CAR, REPORT
TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD,
TELL HIM NO ONE IS TO
ENTER THIS CAR, NO ONE.
FORWARD!
I'M SORRY, SIR,
WE'RE GETTING UNDERWAY.
RIGHT ON TIME.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
THE DEPUTY PREMIER
WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU
IN A TOAST TO YOUR JOURNEY.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR?
JUST ONE.
THERE IS NO TYRANT
LIKE ONE'S OWN DOCTOR.
YES?
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD
LIKE YOU AND GENERAL ANDROV
TO JOIN HIM FOR A DRINK.
A DRINK?
DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
IT WILL HELP RELAX HIM.
WE WILL BE RIGHT THERE.
OPEN IT UP.
GET READY.
TO A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY,
EXCELLENCY,
AND LONG LIFE.
THAT DEPENDS
ON THE DOCTOR.
EH, DOCTOR?
Cinnamon: I WILL
ADJUST THAT FOR YOU.
NOW YOU WILL BE
MORE COMFORTABLE.
ROLL 'EM.
WE HAVE STOPPED.
GO AND SEE
WHY WE'VE STOPPED.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
WHY HAVE WE STOPPED?
WE'RE SWITCHING
FROM THE YARD ENGINE
TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.
WE'LL BE UNDERWAY
IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.
GOOD.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
THE ROCKERS
ARE IN POSITION.
READY PROJECTOR THREE.
ROLL DEPARTURE BELL.
[ HISSING ]
[ MECHANICAL WHIRRING ]
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME
THAT I WILL EVER SEE SVARDIA.
NONSENSE, EXCELLENCY,
YOU'LL --
A MAN FEELS
THESE THINGS, PAVEL.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
EXCELLENCY?
YES.
I AM NOT AFRAID
TO DIE.
THE LAND, THE PEOPLE --
ALL I HAVE BUILT
WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS.
IF THAT IS THE WAY
IT MUST BE, EXCELLENCY.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I WILL TRY
TO ACT AS I KNOW YOU WOULD DO.
I HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT.
NOW I FEEL IT IS TIME
THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY REST.
WELL.
I WILL BE IN THE NEXT
COMPARTMENT
IF YOU NEED ME,
EXCELLENCY.
GET DONOVAN
OVER HERE FAST.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK
WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE
A SELENIUM RECTIFIER.
GET ME ONE FAST.
IF IT GOES,
WE'LL LOSE OUR SOUND.
I KNOW.
KEEP YOUR EYE
ON THE CONSOLE
WHILE I TRY TO FIX THIS.
THIS ONE'S ONLY GOING TO LAST
ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO.
GET BACK TO
THE PROJECTORS, DON.
YOU CAN'T PULL IT OUT
TO REPLACE IT.
WE'LL GO DEAD AS SOON
AS YOU TAKE IT OUT.
I KNOW -- I'M GOING TO TRY TO
WIRE THE NEW ONE IN FIRST
BEFORE I CUT
THE DEFECTIVE ONE OUT.
DOCTOR.
WILL I EVER SEE THE SUN
SET ON SVARDIA AGAIN?
JA, EXCELLENCY,
YOU WILL.
AND NOW I THINK YOU SHOULD
GET READY FOR BED.
WE WILL REACH
THE WEHRIG PASS SOON.
YOU'LL GET THE OXYGEN READY
AND PREPARE HYPODERMIC, PLEASE.
THERE'S A SOLDERING IRON
IN THE BOX -- HAND IT TO ME.
COME ON.
[ EXHALES ]
YOU HEAR ANYTHING?
[ TRAIN RUMBLING ]
JUST A LOT OF TRAIN.
YOU SURE THAT'S ALL?
THAT'S ALL.
THEN WE'RE STILL
IN BUSINESS.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
SIR.
HUH? OH.
TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
EXCELLENCY.
YOU ARE BEING A BIT
PREMATURE, MY FRIEND.
I AM NOT
PRIME MINISTER...YET.
AND THERE
IS WORK TO DO
TO PREPARE THE COUNTRY
FOR THE TRANSITION.
I WILL BE IN THE FORWARD CAR
IF YOU WANT ME.
WILL HE SLEEP THROUGH IT?
HE'LL SLEEP
TILL WE WAKE HIM.
THEN WE CAN START
THE DOWNGRADE.
MAY I HELP YOU,
GENERAL?
I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT --
THE OTHER CARS --
WHERE ARE THEY?
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
[ HORN BLOWS ]
THE OTHER CARS --
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
THERE IS JUST
A LOCOMOTIVE, SIR.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD
HAS ORDERED THE FULL TRAIN
TO PROCEED AHEAD OF US TO MAKE
SURE THE TRACKS ARE CLEAR.
SMART.
GOOD MAN.
HE TAKES NO CHANCES.
START THE DOWNGRADE FILM.
THE OLD FOOL WANTS TO CUT
THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
HERE, READ HIS RECOMMENDATIONS
AND PREPARE A REBUTTAL.
THE DEFENSE BUDGET
SHOULD BE DOUBLED.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP, ANDROV.
WE ARE MOVING VERY FAST.
GOOD. PERHAPS WE WILL
GET TO BERN ON TIME.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
IS HE ASLEEP?
YES.
GET THE HYPO SPRAYS
READY.
ALLL RIGHT,
IT'S LOADED AND READY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHERE YOU HIT HIM.
THE SPRAY WILL GO RIGHT
THROUGH HIS CLOTHING
AND STILL
PENETRATE THE SKIN.
YOU SURE HE WON'T
FEEL ANYTHING?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
LET'S GO.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
[ TRAIN RUMBLING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ BRAKES GRINDING ]
[ HORN BLOWS ]
[ HISSING ]
THE BRAKES ARE GONE!
WE'RE GOING TO CRASH!
SIT BACKWARDS!
PROTECT YOUR HEAD!
[ HORN BLOWS ]
I NEED HELP WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER.
HELP ME!
HELP!
LET ME GO.
WE ARE GOING TO CRASH.
[ HORN BLOWS ]
KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
YOU MUST HELP!
[ LOUD CRASHING ]
[ CRYING ]
NURSE, WHAT HAPPENED?
DR. TALLER --
THEY DO NOT
EXPECT HIM TO LIVE.
HE HAS BEEN IN SURGERY
ALL NIGHT.
NO. I MEAN,
THE PRIME MINISTER.
OH.
OH.
OH.
DEAD?
YES. THE CAR BURNED
BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO HIM.
OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE.
AND DEPUTY PAVEL?
HE IS IN THERE.
PAVEL? PAVEL?
HMM?
EXCELLENCY, WAKE UP!
THE PRIME MINISTER
IS DEAD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE TRAIN CRASHED.
OH, SO HIS PREMONITION
DID COME TRUE AFTER ALL--
YOU ARE NOW PRIME MINISTER,
EXCELLENCY.
NO. NO, NOT YET.
NOT UNTIL I TAKE
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
ADMINISTER IT, PLEASE.
SHOULD WE WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE FUNERAL?
AND LEAVE SVARDIA
WITHOUT A PRIME MINISTER?
NO, ADMINISTER IT, PLEASE.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU, MILOS PAVEL,
SWEAR TO DEFEND
THE REPUBLIC OF SVARDIA
AGAINST ALL HER ENEMIES
AND TO UPHOLD
THE CONSTITUTION
AS LONG AS YOU
ARE PRIME MINISTER?
I DO.
CONGRATULATIONS,
EXCELLENCY.
NOW, FIRST, THE FUNERAL.
IT MUST BE KEPT SIMPLE --
NO SENTIMENT.
I DO NOT WANT THE NATION
TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME
MOURNING THAT PATHETIC
OLD FOOL WHO FOR SO LONG
HAS KEPT SVARDIA FROM TAKING
HER RIGHTFUL PLACE
AMONG THE GREAT NATIONS
OF EUROPE.
I WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW
THAT THE OLD WAY
WENT OUT WITH HIM.
THERE ARE TO BE NO MONUMENTS,
NO MEMENTOS, NO MEMORIES.
THEY WILL SOON FORGET
THAT HE EVER EXISTED.
AND THE, UH, JAILS?
OH, YES, I DID PROMISE
THE OLD MAN
THAT I WOULD, UH,
EMPTY THEM
OF THOSE MISGUIDED PATRIOTS
WHO HAVE FOR SO LONG
OPPOSED ME.
WOULD YOU SEE TO THAT
AT ONCE, PLEASE?
THE EXECUTIONS
WILL BEGIN AT ONCE.
I'M SORRY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY
TO CONVINCE YOU.
TO ME, HE WAS LIKE
MY OWN SON.
STRIKE IT.
I ACCEPT YOUR
RESIGNATION, PAVEL.
DOCTOR?
YES?
MY HEART.
THERE IS NO CURE?
MNH-MNH.
WE'RE SORRY.
DO NOT BE.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A GIFT
EVEN GREATER THAN LIFE.
YOU HAVE PERMITTED ME TO --
TO SEE BEYOND MY DEATH.
NOW I MUST CHOOSE
MY NEW SUCCESSOR.