Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Heir Apparent - full transcript

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

IN EXACTLY FIVE DAYS,
ARCHBISHOP DJELVAS,

THE ECCLESIASTIC PATRIARCH
OF POVIA,

MUST NAME A REGENT
TO SUCCEED THE KING,

WHO DIED RECENTLY,
LEAVING NO HEIR.

THIS MAN,
GENERAL ENVIR QAISETTE,

HAS VOWED THAT
UNLESS HE IS NAMED REGENT,

HE WILL SEIZE THE THRONE
IN A BLOODY COUP D'éTAT.

IF QAISETTE SUCCEEDS,

POVIA,
A PRECONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY,



WILL BECOME
A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.

YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO STOP QAISETTE.

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 FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

ONE DOT, STEP ONE.

TWO DOTS, STEP TWO.

THREE DOTS IN A LINE,
STEP THREE.

THREE DOTS IN A TRIANGLE,
STEP FOUR.

SHALL I GO ON?

NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT IT
PERFECTLY, CINNAMON.



NOW, THE PUZZLE BOX
IS IN A SAFE

INSIDE THE ROYAL VAULT
IN THE OLD CATHEDRAL.

THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY
TO GET IN THERE, BARNEY,

IS THROUGH THE CATACOMBS.

CAN WE BE SURE
THEY'RE STILL OPEN?

YES, FROM SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT CELL IN THE JAIL.

YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY PUT YOU.

THAT PART'S EASY.

GETTING OUT?

RIGHT HERE.

MM-HMM.

YOU TWO ARE SET.

PROVIDED I CAN SOLVE
THE PUZZLE BOX IN TIME.

ROLLIN, HAVE YOU BEEN OVER
ALL THESE WITH CINNAMON?

SHE'S LEARNED EVERYTHING
THAT'S POSSIBLE TO KNOW

ABOUT CELINE.

THAT'S IT THEN.

WITH THE RUMORS
WE'VE BEEN SPREADING,

EVERYONE IN POVIA'S STARTING
TO BELIEVE

THAT THE REAL CELINE COULD
ACTUALLY STILL BE ALIVE.

EXCEPT QAISETTE.

YES, BUT EVEN HE CAN'T BE
POSITIVE THAT SHE'S DEAD.

THE PREFECT HERE

IS COMPLETELY RELIABLE
POLITICALLY.

WHEN HE RECEIVES A SIGNAL,

HE WILL SEAL OFF
AN ENTIRE DISTRICT.

BUT IN THIS PROVINCE HERE,

THE ARCHBISHOP
HAS MANY FOLLOWERS.

THEY COULD BE A PROBLEM.

AS CHIEF
OF THE SECRET POLICE,

IT IS YOUR JOB TO SEE
THAT ANY SUCH PROBLEMS

ARE ELIMINATED.

THE ORDERS OF ARREST
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRANGED.

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

YES.

A MOMENT.

IT'S CONCERNING YOUR CALL
TO THE ARCHBISHOP.

THEY SAY HE'S NOT
RECEIVING ANY CALLS.

DODDERING OLD SCARECROW'S
STILL TRYING TO AVOID ME.

YOU MAY INFORM
HIS EMINENCE

THAT I WILL BE IN HIS OFFICE
IN EXACTLY 15 MINUTES.

THESE RECENT RUMORS
ABOUT CELINE --

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE
THAT THE ARCHBISHOP

IS CREATING THEM HIMSELF?

IT'S JUST POSSIBLE.

A LAST, DESPERATE ATTEMPT

TO KEEP ME
FROM TAKING POWER.

IF YOU WILL STEP
THIS WAY, PLEASE.

UH, NO, NO. THE ROYAL VAULT ROOM
IS IN THERE.

IT'S THE ROYAL VAULT?
NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN THERE
EXCEPT THE POSTULANTS.

COULDN'T I TAKE A LOOK
IN THERE?
ONLY THE POSTULANTS
FOR CONFESSION.

OHH, UH.
OHH, BEG YOUR PARDON, SISTER.

FORGIVE US, SISTER.

I SAID I WAS SORRY.
DIDN'T SHE HEAR ME?

THE POSTULANTS
OF THE ORDER OF ST. CASSIK

ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK --

ONLY IN THE CONFESSIONAL.

OH.

NOW FOLLOW ME, PLEASE.

Woman: SIR, WHAT'S THAT?

[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING

MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THAT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?

OH, MM.

CHILDREN PRATTLE ON
IN THE STREETS

ABOUT THEIR PRINCESS
COMING HOME.

OLD LADIES SWEAR
THAT THEY HAVE SEEN CELINE.

SUDDENLY,
RUMORS, WHISPERS, STORIES --

THE PRINCESS CELINE
HAS FINALLY RETURNED HOME.

PERHAPS HIS EMINENCE
HASN'T HEARD THESE RUMORS.

I HAVE HEARD.

THEN YOU'LL KNOW
THEY ARE LIES

THAT ARE BEING SPREAD
BY SOMEONE?

I KNOW ONLY THAT I PRAY
WITH ALL MY SOUL

THAT THESE RUMORS ARE TRUE.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE WASTED --
ALSO, YOUR RUMORS.

YOU MUST DECLARE
THE THRONE VACANT

OR NAME A REGENT.

I WILL NEVER PROCLAIM YOU
AS REGENT.

YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE

THAT YOU CAN KEEP ME
FROM TAKING POWER?

WITH WHAT?

TALES OF A GHOSTLY CELINE
SUDDENLY MATERIALIZING?

MAYBE
YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THEM.

I BELIEVE ONLY IN PRAYER.

[ GROUP APPROACHES ]

...PAINTING WAS PROBABLY
TO MICHELANGELO.

WE WILL NOW VIEW
THE MANY SACRED RELICS

WHICH HAVE BEEN PLACED
ON DISPLAY.

IF YOU WILL FOLLOW ME,
PLEASE.

AS YOU WILL NOTE,
MOST EVERYTHING YOU SEE

IS A PRICELESS WORK OF ART.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

LOOK, WOULD YOU COME
RIGHT OVER HERE?

LOOK --
LOOK BACK THROUGH THERE.

YOU SEE THAT -- HOW PRETTY
THAT IS, WITH ALL THE CANDLES
BURNING AND EVERYTHING?

WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

WOULD YOU JUST TAKE THIS?

I'LL STAND RIGHT OVER HERE,

AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE
OF ME AGAINST ALL OF THAT.

BUT, SIR...
DID YOU EVER WORK
ONE OF THOSE BEFORE?

NOW, LOOK,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS YOU LOOK RIGHT
THROUGH THAT LITTLE WINDOW
THERE -- YOU SEE? --

THEN YOU PRESS THIS BUTTON --
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

I USED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE
COMPLICATED CAMERAS,

BUT I GOT THIS,

AND I TAKE BETTER PICTURES
THAN ANYONE YOU EVER SAW.

ONE OF THE THINGS
I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF ON

ARE THE PICTURES
I BRING HOME.

ARE YOU PREPARED,
MY CHILD?

YES, FATHER.

LET US HUMBLY CONFESS
OUR SINS UNTO ALMIGHTY GOD.

MAKE ME A CLEAN HEART,
O LORD,

AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT
WITHIN ME.

Jim: THAT'S FINE.
THAT JUST COULDN'T BE BETTER.

I'LL TELL YOU -- THERE'S
JUST ONE MORE THING I WANT.

IF YOU'D STEP UP
BESIDE THIS GENTLEMAN,
BESIDE THIS GUARD...
UH, BUT...

...AND I COULD HAVE
THE TWO OF YOU RIGHT THERE,

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE
A MARVELOUS PICTURE.

ALL THEM BRASS BUTTONS AND
THAT JUNK IN THE BACKGROUND

IS GOING TO BE TERRIFIC.

YOU JUST HOLD IT
RIGHT THERE.

HERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOOD.

OLD LOCAL COLOR! YEAH!

THANK YOU, FELLAS.

GUARD, WOULD YOU HELP ME,
PLEASE? THE WAX IS MELTING.

I'M NOT ALLOWED
TO LEAVE THIS POST.

WOULD YOU ASK HIM,
PLEASE?

HERE, WORKMAN.

YES, SIR.

HELP THE PRIEST,
PLEASE.

LET ME WIPE IT
WITH THIS, FATHER.

THANK YOU, MY SON.

WOULD YOU HOLD THE COVER,
PLEASE? THE LATCH IS BENT.

HEY, I JUST GOT TO GET
ONE MORE PICTURE OF YOU.

JUST HOLD IT LIKE THAT.

NO, I CAN'T DO IT
IF YOUR HANDS ARE UP.

JUST HOLD THEM DOWN THERE
AT YOUR SIDE.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

YOU TWO ARE UNDER ARREST.
COME WITH ME.

Barney: I TOLD YOU,
WE DON'T KNOW WHY.

ALL HE SAID WAS TO BRING IN
THE WAX IMPRESSION,

HE'D GIVE US
THE REST OF THE MONEY.

WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THIS MAN?

HE NEVER SAID.

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

THE OLD WOMAN KEPT
CALLING HIM PROFESSOR.

WOMAN? WHAT WOMAN?

I DON'T KNOW!

SHE WAS JUST THERE --
THAT'S ALL.

SHE CAME IN, AND RIGHT AWAY
THIS PROFESSOR LED HER AWAY.

LED HER?

YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LED HER?

I DON'T KNOW, SHE WAS...
JUST SICK OR SOMETHING.

HUH.
WHERE DID HE TAKE HER?

INTO THE OTHER ROOM
IN HIS SUITE.

IN THE HOTEL.

WHAT HOTEL?

[ SIGHS ]

I SAID, WHAT HOTEL?!

METROPOL.

WHICH ROOM?

I AM NEAR
THE END OF MY PATIENCE.

WHICH ROOM?

409.

NO ONE?

THEY GONE?

NO, THEIR CLOTHES
ARE STILL HERE,

AND SUITCASES.

ALL RIGHT.
SEARCH EVERYTHING.

POST TWO MEN OUTSIDE
TO WATCH FOR HIS RETURN,

THEN COME BACK AT ONCE.

ONE MORE OUTBURST
FROM EITHER OF YOU, JUST ONE,

AND YOU'LL END UP
IN THE HOLE.

SEARCH THEM
AND TAKE THEIR BELTS.

Interrogator: Why did he
want the impression

of that particular locket?

Willy: We told you,
we don't know why.

IT'S OBVIOUS
WHY HE WANTED

THE IMPRESSION
OF THE LOCKET.

IT ALSO EXPLAINS

THE SUDDEN RUMORS
OF CELINE'S REAPPEARANCE.

ONLY CELINE COULD HAVE HAD

THE OTHER HALF
OF THIS LOCKET.

VERY PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE,

ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS SOMEONE
WHO CAN PASS FOR CELINE.

YOUR BUREAU IS CERTAIN
THAT THIS IS THE MAN?

OH, YES.
NO QUESTION OF IT.

THE DESCRIPTIONS OF HIM,
HIS FINGERPRINTS --

HE'S THE MAN.

AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE
EVIDENCE OF HIS PLAN --

VERY CLEVER, BUT COMPLETELY
CONTRIVED AND FRAUDULENT.

EXCEPT FOR THIS.

I'VE HAD IT ANALYZED.

IT IS THE X-RAY OF
A YOUNG GIRL'S BROKEN ARM.

THE X-RAY IS VERY OLD.

NO NAME, NO DATE.

NO APPARENT CONNECTION.

"E.H."

EMIL HOLSEIN, THE DOCTOR.

AGE 73. RETIRED.

NO EVIDENCE
OF POLITICAL DEVIATION.

YOUR MEN HAVE HIM?

YES.

I THINK PERHAPS

DR. HOLSEIN HIMSELF
SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS.

YOU WERE WARNED.

THROW THEM IN SOLITARY!

YES.

YES, IT IS FROM MY FILES.

YOU SEE --

MY CERTIFICATION NUMBER,
MY INITIALS.

YOU GAVE THE X-RAY
TO SOMEONE?

NO, NO, NO, IT WAS STOLEN
FROM MY FILES.

OH? WHY?

WHO WAS THE PATIENT?

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

A...CHILD.

A LITTLE GIRL, PERHAPS?

YES.

WELL, UH, WAS SHE TALL

OR VERY SHORT?

THIN?

NO.

I MEAN...YES, SHE WAS THIN.

AND BLIND.

WHAT WAS HER NAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

HER NAME, DOCTOR!

SHE NEVER TOLD ME HER NAME,
I SWEAR TO YOU.

BUT YOU KNEW HER NAME.
YOU KNEW WHO SHE WAS.

YES.

IT WAS PRINCESS CELINE.

YOU'RE LYING!

NO.

DR. HOLSEIN
IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

IT WAS CELINE HE TREATED.

THIS RING COULD ONLY
HAVE BELONGED TO HER.

YES, YES, BUT WHY
WOULD THEY TAKE

A ROYAL PRINCESS TO
AN ORDINARY COUNTRY DOCTOR?

IT WAS THE TIME
OF THE REBELLION.

THE PRIEST WAS AFRAID
TO TAKE HER TO THE CITY.

I WAS A QUALIFIED SURGEON.

IT WAS NOT EVERY DOCTOR

WHO COULD PERFORM
SUCH AN OPERATION,

WITHOUT PROPER FACILITIES,
WITHOUT HELP --

OPERATION?

IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING,
YES.

YOU SEE BY THE X-RAYS

THERE ARE LITTLE BONE CHIPS
IN THE ELBOW.

I WAS GOING
TO REMOVE THEM.

BUT YOU DID NOT OPERATE?

NO, THE PRIEST
WAS AFRAID TO WAIT.

HE TOOK HER AWAY.
I WARNED HIM.

I SAID,
"IF YOU TAKE HER AWAY,

"IF I DO NOT PERFORM
THE OPERATION,

HER ARM WILL BECOME STIFF
AND USELESS."

ANY DOCTOR IN THE WORLD,

IF YOU SHOW HIM
THAT X-RAY,

WILL TELL YOU THAT
MY DIAGNOSIS WAS CORRECT.

I WILL PUT MYSELF IN FRONT
OF ANY MEDICAL PANEL.

YES, YES, YES.
NO DOUBT. NO DOUBT.

HAVE YOUR MEN KEEP
THE DOCTOR IN CUSTODY.

HE IS TALK TO NO ONE,
SEE NO ONE.

WHY, YOUR EXCELLENCY?
WHY?

MERELY FOR
YOUR OWN PROTECTION.

Cinnamon:
ARE THEY STILL THERE?

MM-HMM.

YOU FINISHED?

EVERYTHING
BUT THE EYE DROPS.

MY MEN HAVE OBSERVED HIM.
THERE'S A WOMAN WITH HIM.

I'LL HAVE THEM TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY

AS SOON AS THEY REACH
THE HOTEL.

NO, THE FEWER THAT KNOW
ABOUT THIS, THE BETTER.

WE'LL CONTACT YOU.

I'LL DEAL WITH THEM
MYSELF.

[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHO IS IT?

POLICE. OPEN UP.

BOY, AM I GLAD
YOU FINALLY GOT HERE.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CALL AGAIN.
LOOK. LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

IT'S EXACTLY THE WAY
THE BURGLARS LEFT IT.

THEY TOOK
THE WHOLE PLACE APART.

WHAT KIND OF A HOTEL
IS THIS ANYWAY?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M THE ONE
THAT GOT ROBBED.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

I WANT TO SPEAK TO HER.

WHO?

DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.

I ASSURE YOU, PROFESSOR,
THERE IS NO MISTAKE.

WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
WHAT YOU ARE DOING,

AND WHY YOU ARE HERE.

IF YOU'LL RECOGNIZE ME, THEN
PERHAPS YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.

I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED
TO WAITING!

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

SOMEONE TO SEE YOU.

YOUR HIGHNESS, THIS IS --

NO, NO, NO, WAIT, WAIT.

ALL RIGHT, MY DEAR,
TELL ME NOW,

WHO AM I?

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHO AM I?!

THAT VOICE --

I KNOW I HAVE HEARD IT
BEFORE.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

SOMETHING TERRIBLE
WAS HAPPENING.

PLEASE, LET ME HAVE
YOUR HAND.

IT-IT IS MAJOR QAISETTE.

THAT WOMAN IS AN IMPOSTOR.
HAVE THEM BOTH ARRESTED.

WAIT A MINUTE.

SHE CAN ANSWER ANY
QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK.

SHE IS CELINE.

WHY DID SHE CALL ME
QAISETTE?

'CAUSE THAT'S YOUR NAME.
YOU ARE GENERAL QAISETTE.

WHAT ELSE IS SHE GOING
TO CALL YOU?

QUISI.

QUISI.

QUISI, HUH?

YES, I-I REMEMBER NOW.

I ALWAYS MADE UP NAMES
FOR EVERYONE.

I CALLED YOU MAJOR QUISI,
DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

I REMEMBER.
TELL ME ABOUT FRANCA.

LITTLE CLAPS OF THUNDER.

YES, I CALLED HER THAT

BECAUSE SHE WORE
WOODEN SHOES...

WHO EXACTLY? WHO EXACTLY?
A MAID? A GOVERNESS?

NO, NO, NO,
A PASTRY COOK...

WHERE?
AT SEJKIEN.

YOU LIVED THERE,
AT THE PALACE AT SEJKIEN?

ONLY FOR ONE YEAR
WHEN I WAS NINE.

WHY? WHY DID YOU?

I WAS SICK,
AND THE DOCTOR SAID --

OH, SICK? A DOCTOR?
WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

TELL ME THE DOCTOR'S NAME.

DOCTOR-DOCTOR PUFF.

PUFF?!

NO, NO, DR. --

HIS NAME.

DR...DR...DR. VACHTEL.

BUT I CALLED HIM DR. PUFF

BECAUSE HE ALWAYS WHEEZED
WHEN HE TALKED.

AND I CALLED THE SECOND
MAID TIN-TIN.

AND I CALLED YOU
MAJOR QUISI.

YOU ARE MAJOR QUISI.

I AM A GENERAL NOW.

WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT SCAR?

MY ARM WAS BROKEN.
THEY HAD TO OPERATE.

DR. VACHTEL?

NO, NO, IT WAS
ANOTHER DOCTOR.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

COULD HIS NAME HAVE BEEN
A DR. HOLSEIN?

I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
I ONLY SAW HIM THAT ONCE.

CLEVER.

YOU REMEMBER JUST ENOUGH,
BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

STILL, IT IS AN EXCELLENT
JOB OF SURGERY.

WITHOUT IT, YOUR ARM

MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEFT
STIFF, USELESS.

YOU STILL THINK THIS IS
THE REAL PRINCESS CELINE?

ABSOLUTELY.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WHERE DID YOU FIND HER?

I, UH, FOUND HER
IN AN ASYLUM.

SHE WAS SUFFERING
FROM AMNESIA.

HOWEVER, WITH THE EXTENSIVE USE
OF ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY --

THAT'S ENOUGH.

WE ALREADY KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.

WE HAVE YOUR TWO
ASSOCIATES IN PRISON.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE
TO JOIN THEM?

THEN ANSWER ME!
WHO IS SHE?

[ SIGHS ]

I DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

SHE BELIEVES
THAT SHE IS CELINE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU,

SHE ALMOST MADE ME
BELIEVE IT ONCE OR TWICE.

I THOUGHT I HAD

EVERY...CONCEIVABLE SLIP
ANTICIPATED.

YOU DID.

NO, NO,
SHE COULDN'T FOOL YOU.

WITH HELP, SHE COULD FOOL
ANYONE BUT ME.

WITH YOUR HELP?

IT WILL TAKE THE FORM
OF OPPOSITION.

I WILL CHALLENGE YOU
AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONVINCE
THE ARCHBISHOP --

IF I WERE TO SUPPORT HER,

THEN THE ARCHBISHOP
WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS.

BUT IF I WOULD APPEAR
TO BE AGAINST HER...

HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REASON
TO SUSPECT ANYTHING.

IN FACT, HE WOULD PRAY
THAT SHE WAS REAL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME NOW,
PROFESSOR?

[ CHUCKLES ]

WELL, NOW, THAT, UM,
DEPENDS

ON WHAT SORT OF...FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENTS WE CAN MAKE.

THERE WOULD BE
NO MONEY PROBLEM.

I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT THE NEW QUEEN
WOULD BE MOST GENEROUS.

I'D LIKE
TO SETTLE THAT NOW.

YOU'RE HARDLY IN
A POSITION TO DO THAT.

I COULD TURN YOU OVER
TO THE SURETé AND KEEP HER.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE
THAT SHE TRUSTS.

WITHOUT ME,
YOU DON'T HAVE CELINE.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT
A GREEDY MAN, GENERAL.

SHALL WE SAY $100,000
AND AN EXIT VISA?

AGREED.

GOOD.

AND YOU'LL ORDER THE
RELEASE OF MY TWO MEN.

I'LL ORDER THEIR RELEASE
TOMORROW.

[ TAPPING ]

I HAVE INVESTIGATED.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU
TO CONCERN YOURSELF.

I WILL DECIDE THAT.

OR ARE YOU AFRAID
TO LET HER BE EXAMINED?

IT IS A MATTER
FOR THE POLICE.

NO.

BY LAW, IT IS A MATTER
FOR THE HOLY OFFICE.

OF COURSE.

BUT I ASSURE YOUR EMINENCE
THAT THERE IS NO NEED

TO CONVENE
A ROYAL COURT OF INQUIRY.

THIS WOMAN IS NOT CELINE.
SHE IS A COMPLETE FRAUD.

ONLY THE COURT OF INQUIRY
CAN DECIDE THAT.

AND I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU

TO STAND IN THE WAY
OF ITS JUDGMENT.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TO INSIST ON THAT.

IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE,
I HAVE EVERY RIGHT.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

HE TOOK THE BAIT,
JUST AS YOU PREDICTED.

BEFORE I'M DONE, HE'LL
SWALLOW THE WHOLE STORY

AND CHOKE ON IT.

GENERAL, THIS MAN,
THIS PROFESSOR --

CAN HE BE COUNTED ON
TO CONTROL THE WOMAN

AFTER THE ARCHBISHOP
HAS PUT HER ON THE THRONE?

THERE IS NO NEED
TO TRUST ANYONE, ZAGEB.

ONCE THE ARCHBISHOP SAYS
THAT SHE IS THE REAL CELINE,

I WILL EXPOSE HER
AS A FRAUD.

THE PEOPLE WILL BE
TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED.

THE ARCHBISHOP
WILL BE DISCREDITED

AS A GULLIBLE OLD FOOL,

AND WE'LL BE RID OF HIM
ONCE AND FOR ALL.

AS FOR THE PROFESSOR
AND HIS ASSOCIATES,

ONCE HAVING SERVED
THEIR PURPOSE,

THEY WILL SIMPLY DISAPPEAR.

[ ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ Softly ]
She has memorized

everything
you gave to them.

And the other
arrangements?

The Grand Duke?
Dr. Vachtel?

Their dossiers have been
shown to them.

They have agreed
to cooperate fully.

What is it, Zageb?

The woman --

what if she should
be able to pass

all of the Archbishop's
tests?

Not the last one.

Only Celine could open
the puzzle box

in the Royal Vault.

This woman is not Celine.

But if somehow, by some
chance, some mistake...

You're forgetting
our insurance policy --

Dr. Holsein.

[ ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

I can hear them talking.

SOFT.

IT WAS SOFT.

AND SMALL.

IT WAS...

A PET?

PERHAPS A KITTEN?

WHY ELSE WOULD YOU
CALL IT PASHA?

NO, IT WAS NOT A PET.

MAMA WOULD NEVER ALLOW ME
TO BE NEAR ANIMALS.

IT-IT WAS AN ANIMAL.

IT WAS A STUFFED ANIMAL.

I-I REMEMBER
HOLDING IT.

IT WAS...IT WAS
A STUFFED ANIMAL.

IT WAS A BEAR.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

ANYONE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN

THAT CELINE HAD
A FAVORITE STUFFED BEAR.

WHERE DID SHE GET IT?

WHO GAVE IT TO HER?
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

MADAME POLLON BROUGHT IT
TO ME FROM PARIS.

BUT...THEN I LOST IT.

HOW? WHEN?

ON A TUTORING HOLIDAY
AT LINKA.

[ CLINKING ]

MADAME POLLON
WAS THERE WITH ME.

YOU...YOU REMEMBER,
DON'T YOU, MADAME?

YES, BUT HOW DID YOU...

HOW COULD YOU KNOW
THAT I AM HERE?

YOUR FINGERS.

YOU WERE ALWAYS
TAPPING THEM

AGAINST YOUR BRACELETS
LIKE THAT.

IT IS YOU!

IT IS THE PRINCESS
CELINE!

THE INQUIRY WILL PROCEED.

CAN'T YOU GET IT,
BARNEY?

I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
THE SEQUENCE.

IT I A PUZZLE.

Grand Duke: YES.
IT IS THE PRINCESS CELINE.

IT'S BEEN YEARS.
HE CAN'T REMEMBER.

IS THE GRAND DUKE CERTAIN?

YES.

IT IS CELINE.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

THIS IS SOME CONSPIRACY
OF YOURS

TO PLACE HER
ON THE THRONE.

OR ELSE, WHY HASN'T
DR. VACHTEL BEEN CALLED?

HE WILL BE CALLED.

You better hurry up.

I know it.

YES, YES, THERE CAN BE
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

NO DOUBT OF WHAT?

THAT SHE'S A COMPLETE
FRAUD AND IMPOSTOR?

NO, GENERAL.

THERE CAN BE
NO FURTHER DOUBT

THAT SHE IS CELINE.

TWO DOTS IN THE UPPER
RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

DOT IN A SQUARE IN THE
LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

AS FIRST PRELATE
OF POVIA,

I HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT --

WAIT.

THERE IS ONE FINAL TEST
THAT SHE HASN'T PASSED.

I DEMAND THAT SHE
BE FORCED TO CHOOSE

FROM THE ROYAL VAULT
WHAT WAS CELINE'S ALONE.

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

LET THE VAULT
BE OPENED.

Hurry.

[ DOORKNOB RATTLES ]

[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]

THERE ARE MANY VEILS
TO THE PAST.

MANY SMALL THINGS
MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN.

BUT THE TRUE CELINE

WOULD NEVER FORGET
THIS ONE THING.

DO YOU REMEMBER?

YES, IT IS MY PUZZLE BOX.

I USED TO KEEP MY TREASURES
AND MY SECRETS IN IT.

IS THAT NOT PROOF ENOUGH
FOR THE GENERAL?

NO.

LET HER OPEN IT.
LET THAT BE THE TEST.

IN THE CATHEDRAL
IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

VERY WELL.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

How?

CHANCE. LUCK.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

[ MURMURING CONTINUES ]

It's a trick.

She couldn't have done it
without help.

LET ME LOOK AT THAT BOX!

PLEASE.

INSIDE THE BOX
IS PAPA'S DIARY.

HE GAVE IT TO ME TO HIDE
BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

INSIDE THE BOX?

IT IS THE PRINCE REGENT'S
HANDWRITING, BUT...

HOW COULD IT BE?

READ THE LAST PAGE.

LET THE GRAND DUKE
READ IT.

"THE INSURRECTIONISTS
HAVE SURROUNDED US.

"WE AWAIT
OUR LAST MOMENTS OF LIFE

"KNOWING NOW THE BITTER TRUTH --

"THAT WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED
BY A TRAITOR IN OUR VERY MIDST.

"THAT TRAITOR IS...

MAJOR QAISETTE."

Man: Oh, the general!

General Qaisette.

[ AUDIENCE MURMURING ]

IT'S A TRICK!

A MISTAKE!

THERE'S NO PROOF!

ONLY HER WORD!

AND EVERYTHING SHE SAYS
IS A LIE!

THIS WOMAN IS A COMPLETE FRAUD,
I TELL YOU!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL PROVE IT TO YOU.

THE LAST MAN TO SEE
THE PRINCESS CELINE ALIVE

IS THERE IN THAT PEW --

DR. EMIL HOLSEIN.

HE HAS DOCUMENTS,

AN X-RAY WHICH WILL SHOW
CONCLUSIVELY

THAT THIS WOMAN
IS A COMPLETE FRAUD!

THE REAL PRINCESS CELINE'S
LEFT ARM

WOULD HAVE BEEN STIFF, USELESS.

DR. HOLSEIN...

WHERE IS HE?

WHERE IS DR. HOLSEIN?

I DON'T KNOW
ANY DR. HOLSEIN.

WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHERE IS HE?!

WHERE'S DR. HOLSEIN?!

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

YOU'RE LYING!

YOU'RE PART
OF THE CONSPIRACY!

DON'T YOU SEE --

THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN
STAGED TO DECEIVE YOU?!

IT'S ALL A LIE!

THIS WOMAN IS AN IMPOSTOR!

HE FOUND HER IN AN ASYLUM
AND TAUGHT HER EVERY WORD!

TELL THEM THE TRUTH!

STOP HIM!

GUARDS!

YOU FOOLS!

THIS IS NOT
THE REAL CELINE!

THE REAL CELINE IS DEAD!

I BURNED THE PALACE MYSELF!
NO ONE COULD HAVE ESCAPED!

APPARENTLY SOMEONE DID.

TAKE HIM AWAY!

COME ON.
YOUR TIME IS UP.

I AM HOLDING

THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT
SEAL OF STATE.

BY PLACING YOUR HAND
UPON THE FACE OF THE SEAL,

YOU WILL PROCLAIM
YOUR HOLY RIGHT

TO THE THRONE OF POVIA.

IF THERE IS NO CHALLENGE...

What if there is
a challenge?

THERE WILL NOT BE.

I DO NOT KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.

I ONLY KNOW
A DIVINE PROVIDENCE

HAS BROUGHT YOU
TO SAVE MY COUNTRY.

I CANNOT ACCEPT
THE THRONE.

[ MURMURING ]

I AM OLD AND FRAIL
WITH YEARS.

AND BLIND.

THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY
LIES NOT WITH ME,

BUT WITH SOMEONE YOUNG,

WHO CAN CAST A LIGHT OF VISION
INTO THE FUTURE.

I ASK ONLY

THAT ARCHBISHOP DJELVAS
CHOOSE A RULER FOR POVIA,

AND THAT HIS CHOICE

IS ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE.

THAT IS MY ONE WISH.

MY ONLY COMMAND.

[ CLAMORING ]

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]