In the nineteenth century, a young Austrian woman marries into a wealthy family and witnesses the country change through the course of four decades.
Eileen Herlie ... Henrietta Stein
Basil Sydney ... Francis Alt
Norman Wooland ... Prince Rudolf
Maria Schell ... Anna Linden
Olga Edwardes ... Monica Alt
Andrew Cruickshank ... Otto Alt
John Justin ... Paul Alt
Oskar Werner ... Herman Alt
Marc Anthony ... Freddie
Dorothy Batley ... Pauline Drauffer
Titia Brookes ... Henrietta Alt II
Anthony Bushell ... Baron Hugo Traun
John Corbett ... Francis Altas a child
Campbell Cotts ... Gen. Paskiewicz
Brian Crown ... Paul Alt as a child
David Davies ... Nazi leader
Rupert Davies ... Police officer
Anton Edthofer ... Emperor Franz Joseph
Jack Faint ... Hausmann
Jill Gibbs ... Monica Alt as a child
Olive Gregg ... Flower shop assistant
Jack Hawkins ... Narrator
Jane Henderson ... Gretel Paskiewicz
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Simmerl
Nigel Neilson ... Nazi
Alfred Neugebauer ... Magistarte
Derrick Penley ... Nazi
Joan Schofield ... Governess
John Van Eyssen ... Albert Drauffer
Meadows White ... Czerny (as R. Meadows White)
Alan Wolleston ... Herman Alt as a child
Norman Fisher ... Guest at Jubilee Celebration
Helen Haye ... Member of Alt Family
Jack May ... Audience Member at Drama Festival
Jim Morris ... Man in Bread Queue
Directed by Anthony Bushell
Eileen Herlie ... Henrietta Stein
Basil Sydney ... Francis Alt
Norman Wooland ... Prince Rudolf
Maria Schell ... Anna Linden
Olga Edwardes ... Monica Alt
Andrew Cruickshank ... Otto Alt
John Justin ... Paul Alt
Oskar Werner ... Herman Alt
Marc Anthony ... Freddie
Dorothy Batley ... Pauline Drauffer
Titia Brookes ... Henrietta Alt II
Anthony Bushell ... Baron Hugo Traun
John Corbett ... Francis Altas a child
Campbell Cotts ... Gen. Paskiewicz
Brian Crown ... Paul Alt as a child
David Davies ... Nazi leader
Rupert Davies ... Police officer
Anton Edthofer ... Emperor Franz Joseph
Jack Faint ... Hausmann
Jill Gibbs ... Monica Alt as a child
Olive Gregg ... Flower shop assistant
Jack Hawkins ... Narrator
Jane Henderson ... Gretel Paskiewicz
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Simmerl
Nigel Neilson ... Nazi
Alfred Neugebauer ... Magistarte
Derrick Penley ... Nazi
Joan Schofield ... Governess
John Van Eyssen ... Albert Drauffer
Meadows White ... Czerny (as R. Meadows White)
Alan Wolleston ... Herman Alt as a child
Norman Fisher ... Guest at Jubilee Celebration
Helen Haye ... Member of Alt Family
Jack May ... Audience Member at Drama Festival
Jim Morris ... Man in Bread Queue
Directed by Anthony Bushell
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00:02:02A house in Vienna.
00:02:05A house with a history.
00:02:08For it was built by Christopher Ault,
00:02:11a cabinetmaker who rose to be a pianofortmaker to the Austrian court.
00:02:17He made his first piano in a little room behind his shop,
00:02:20and he was immediately successful.
00:02:23For he was a good craftsman,
00:02:26and he had a passion for music.
00:02:31When he died, he left the house to his children,
00:02:34and there they have continued to live in growing prosperity,
00:02:38well known and respected throughout Vienna.
00:02:43The angel holding a trumpet was his trademark.
00:02:46He used to tell his children,
00:02:48when in doubt, go by your trademark.
00:02:51For the trumpet says, make music,
00:02:54and the angel says, serve God.
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00:03:12The big room in the house was called the Mozart Salon,
00:03:17and there, still in its original position,
00:03:19stands the piano on which Mozart himself once played
00:03:23in the house a hundred years ago.
00:03:28In the summer of 1888,
00:03:30Francis Ault, great-grandson of old Christopher,
00:03:33had called the family together in the room adjoining,
00:03:36where they always met on important occasions.
00:03:40If you ask me, Francis is a very lucky man.
00:03:42Never knew he had such good taste.
00:03:44Well, I think it's absolutely scandalous.
00:03:46Now, come, my dear Gretel, we must be charitable.
00:03:48Oh, Al, but really...
00:03:49Extraordinary how quickly we all seem to start barking at each other
00:03:52whenever we all meet.
00:03:53Madeleine, we're a family.
00:03:55What do you expect?
00:03:56Anything from this family.
00:03:59I'm so sorry to be late.
00:04:02I won't keep you very long.
00:04:05I merely wish to ask for your formal consent
00:04:08to the addition of another floor to our house.
00:04:11As you all know,
00:04:12I've been seeing a great deal of Miss Henrietta Stein lately.
00:04:16I've asked her to marry me several times.
00:04:19Yesterday, she accepted me.
00:04:24Congratulations.
00:04:26Thank you, Leon.
00:04:27Miss Stein's father was a Jew, I believe.
00:04:29He was.
00:04:31He was also considered one of the most famous historians of his time.
00:04:34And her mother was a singer?
00:04:36An actress?
00:04:38A very fine one.
00:04:40Everybody loved her.
00:04:42What's all this got to do with it?
00:04:44Only this, Francis.
00:04:46We have no objection to your building another floor.
00:04:49It's a possibility of Miss Stein becoming a member of our family.
00:04:53It's quite another matter.
00:04:55Can't she have anything to do with us if Francis likes to get married?
00:04:59This is not the moment in which to start smoking.
00:05:01You know perfectly well how bad it is for your heart.
00:05:03I'm sick of my heart.
00:05:05Noticeably, we are.
00:05:07I'm trying to be patient with you all, but...
00:05:09Otto, can you explain this extraordinary attitude?
00:05:12I shouldn't dream of saying anything against Miss Stein, but...
00:05:15You know her name has frequently been coupled with that of the Crown Prince.
00:05:19Please continue, Otto.
00:05:24In my official capacity, I've been unable to access certain confidential reports.
00:05:28Dated August of last year, this one runs as follows.
00:05:31At 11.05 a.m., a certain person is left here alone to accompany Miss Henrietta Stein.
00:05:36They were driven to Baden.
00:05:38Arriving at one o'clock at the Golden Eagle Inn, where they lunched.
00:05:43The menu is pending.
00:05:46All this is naturally well known to me.
00:05:49But what's it got to do with the matter we're here to discuss?
00:05:51A great deal.
00:05:53An association of this kind with the Crown Prince can only be interpreted in one way.
00:05:58That's enough!
00:06:00All I want from you is your permission to build another floor to this house.
00:06:04I'd like you to understand this quite clearly.
00:06:07I love this lady.
00:06:09I trust her. Respect her.
00:06:11And I'm going to marry her.
00:06:13No matter what you or anybody else may say.
00:06:42I made a bet for you. I'm not an expert, but here's a better chance.
00:06:45Oh, Francis, you shouldn't have done that.
00:06:47Put it in your bag. Let me see.
00:06:48Here you are, fortune. Five to one.
00:06:50I hope you win.
00:06:51Fortune? She's got a good chance. She's been in form lately.
00:06:55I had a distinguished day. The Crown Prince is here.
00:06:57Is he?
00:06:59Yes, in his box.
00:07:18What do you mean by that?
00:07:20I've carried out your orders, Highness.
00:07:22Twenty guilders on each way, the balance.
00:07:24The money's thrown away, she hasn't a chance.
00:07:26You must allow me to use my own imagination, Hugo.
00:07:30The racecourse is the only place left for me where I can do so.
00:07:46May I ask you a question?
00:07:49May I ask her name?
00:07:51Perhaps you'd do best to apply to His Majesty's secret police.
00:07:55They know all about her.
00:07:57And me.
00:08:04Thank you.
00:08:08Do you know the Crown Prince?
00:08:12Yes.
00:08:13But you never said a word to me about him.
00:08:16What was there to say?
00:08:18I met him when my father was writing the history of the Habsburgs.
00:08:26Why did you want to come here today?
00:08:30Why?
00:08:32For the races, of course. What else?
00:08:34Not because you knew the Crown Prince was going to be here.
00:08:40You're not really going to be jealous of the Crown Prince.
00:08:43It isn't a question of jealousy.
00:08:46We Altsar are a middle-class family.
00:08:49We love the Emperor and we revere his house.
00:08:52Any personal relationship is impossible between us and a man of his rank.
00:08:58That's why it would have pained me very much if your names were covered.
00:09:05Have they been covered?
00:09:09No.
00:09:13No.
00:09:37His Imperial Highness and the young lady are walking the rest of the way.
00:09:44There it is.
00:09:46Mahling.
00:09:48The Lion's Den.
00:09:51A very tame and useless lion, Henrietta.
00:09:54He went through the hoops again today.
00:09:55Why, what's happened? You've seen the Emperor?
00:09:57Yes.
00:09:58He made me feel the most useless and ineffectual member of the whole Austrian Empire.
00:10:02You mustn't let yourself feel like that.
00:10:05One day you will have the greatest of all responsibilities. You will be the Emperor.
00:10:09You are the future. He is the past.
00:10:11The whole country is waiting for you and for your ideas.
00:10:14My ideas?
00:10:16You should hear my father talk about them.
00:10:19On the 21st of August, I shall be 31.
00:10:22Has my father once discussed politics with me?
00:10:25Has he ever asked me my plans?
00:10:27Never.
00:10:29He can't forgive me for being young, you see.
00:10:32He won't listen to anyone under 16.
00:10:34He can't forgive me for being young, you see.
00:10:37He won't listen to anyone under 16.
00:10:40He actually prides himself on being behind the times.
00:10:43My mother avoids him.
00:10:45His children are afraid of him.
00:10:47His ministers only tell him what he wants to hear.
00:10:50And as for his subjects, the Austrian people...
00:10:53He thinks of them as good little girls in white pinafores who offer him bunches of flowers.
00:10:58Or soldiers who spring to attention when he passes.
00:11:02That is the Emperor.
00:11:04And he hasn't the faintest idea that he's wrecking all our lives.
00:11:08I feel that one day...
00:11:10I won't be able to go on any longer.
00:11:13You must be strong and patient. Your day will come.
00:11:16I wonder if it will.
00:11:18It will.
00:11:20It must.
00:11:31I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:34I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:37I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:40I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:43I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:46I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:49I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:52I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:55I have come to a moment of great sorrow.
00:11:58I have come to a most important conclusion.
00:12:01Perhaps it will interest you both.
00:12:04Perhaps.
00:12:06His Imperial Highness would have me believe, Miss Stein, that you and he are friends.
00:12:13Friendship.
00:12:15Without love.
00:12:17It's nonsense.
00:12:19It doesn't exist.
00:12:22I've only had the pleasure of knowing you for a few hours.
00:12:25Yet, I take the liberty of suggesting that you are in love.
00:12:33To friendship.
00:12:36To love.
00:12:41Forgive him, Henrietta.
00:12:43He's just a clown.
00:12:45I noticed neither of you denied it.
00:12:48Hugo, you're being very stupid.
00:12:50Let him say what he likes.
00:12:52Oh, no.
00:12:54Hugo's a gentleman.
00:12:56Hugo can take a hint.
00:12:58Never stay where you're not wanted.
00:13:04Good night, sir.
00:13:07Good night, my dear.
00:13:15He has the charm of the devil.
00:13:18He has the charm of the devil.
00:13:20Drinks too much, talks too much, then bows himself out of the flourish.
00:13:25But, he's a friend.
00:13:29Thank you for understanding.
00:13:35What will you remember of tonight?
00:13:40My everything.
00:13:43Our walk together.
00:13:45The music.
00:13:47Everything.
00:13:49And that absurd but charming friend of yours insisting that I was in love.
00:13:54He can imagine no other relationship.
00:14:04It's a lovely night.
00:14:06Let's go out.
00:14:18How long have you known her?
00:14:21Who?
00:14:23Marie Wetzler.
00:14:26So, you've heard the scandal, too?
00:14:29Is she nice?
00:14:32What an inadequate word.
00:14:35She's youth itself.
00:14:37I'm truly in love with you.
00:14:39Oh, Henrietta, she is.
00:14:41She is.
00:14:43She is.
00:14:45She is.
00:14:47She's only 17.
00:14:49She's in love with love.
00:14:52She makes me believe in the story of Romeo and Juliet.
00:14:56If she really could die of love,
00:14:59who for her?
00:15:02To die of love would be simple.
00:15:05But to love and to go on living,
00:15:08it might not be so easy.
00:15:11Rudolph.
00:15:18Rudolph.
00:15:20I wrote to you because I had something to tell you.
00:15:22You saw me yesterday at the races with Francis,
00:15:25the head of the piano firm.
00:15:27I'm engaged to him. We're going to be married.
00:15:29Married?
00:15:31Yes.
00:15:34That's why I had to see you once more.
00:15:37Just this last time.
00:15:41I couldn't bear it if there were any scandal about us after I'm married.
00:15:45Do you love him?
00:15:48He is a good kind man and that means a great deal.
00:15:52Love.
00:15:54That's something that belongs to one or two magic moments of a lifetime.
00:16:05I must say goodbye now.
00:16:09Goodbye?
00:16:12Is it really as simple as that?
00:16:13You must realize all that you've meant to me.
00:16:16Yet you can say that I'm never to see you again.
00:16:19Just because you're marrying a man you've admitted you don't even love.
00:16:24Why are you marrying him?
00:16:26You must have a reason.
00:16:29Yes, I have.
00:16:32Please let me go now.
00:16:34Oh, Henrietta.
00:16:36What a waste it is.
00:16:38You could have made life so beautiful for both of us.
00:16:40Why do you make it so difficult for me?
00:16:45Goodbye.
00:16:48I hope you'll find your happiness.
00:17:10Goodbye.
00:17:32Well, sir?
00:17:34She came to say goodbye.
00:17:37She's going to be married.
00:17:40Oh, I was right.
00:17:42She's marrying someone else because she's in love with you and she's frightened.
00:17:56Henrietta Stein.
00:17:59Will you take Francis out here present for your lawful husband?
00:18:05To have and to hold from this day forward
00:18:10for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer
00:18:15in sickness and in health
00:18:18till death do you part
00:18:21and thereto do you plight your troth?
00:18:25Yes.
00:18:29In token of this holy vow
00:18:32give to each other these rings.
00:18:41And now join hands.
00:18:56I join you in matrimony
00:18:58in the name of the Father
00:19:00and of the Son
00:19:02and of the Holy Ghost.
00:19:04Amen.
00:19:06Ladies and gentlemen
00:19:07Ladies and gentlemen
00:19:09I am a soldier
00:19:11so with me, action speaks louder than words.
00:19:14In honor of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
00:19:17Mr. Alfred Grunfeld has kindly consented to play for us.
00:19:22So if you're all finished, we'll move across to the Mozart Cellar.
00:19:32Wait a moment, darlings.
00:19:33I want to show you our new home.
00:19:35Francis, what will everyone think?
00:19:37I don't care what they think.
00:19:55Not to come in till I've lit the lights.
00:19:57It must look quite perfect the first time you see it.
00:20:00I'll call you.
00:20:02You can come in now.
00:20:04Well, what do you think of it?
00:20:08Any other?
00:20:11Jimmy.
00:20:16Dearest, what is it?
00:20:18I haven't got much time.
00:20:20I've got to go.
00:20:22I've got to go.
00:20:24I've got to go.
00:20:26I've got to go.
00:20:28I've got to go.
00:20:29Dearest, what is it?
00:20:31I haven't managed to upset you, have I?
00:20:33You? No.
00:20:35I'm a little overtired, that's all.
00:20:37I say, are you two lovebirds never coming down?
00:20:40Come along now, it's time for the theater.
00:20:42And I've got tickets for the Gypsy Baron.
00:20:44But we can't take Henrietta to that.
00:20:46Oh, she's a married woman now.
00:20:48Come along, Francis, that's an order.
00:20:50All right, I'll put the lights out.
00:21:00Ah, only just in time for the play, Otto.
00:21:03There will be no performance tonight in any event.
00:21:06So what's happened?
00:21:08I'll tell you in a moment.
00:21:10Go in, please.
00:21:12The news concerns us all.
00:21:14Henrietta.
00:21:30My dear sir, I'm afraid I must ask you to stop playing.
00:21:34Do you hear?
00:21:37An event has occurred which will grieve the heart of every loyal Austrian.
00:21:42His Imperial and Royal Highness,
00:21:44the Crown Prince Rudolf,
00:21:46is dead.
00:21:59The doctors report his Highness suffered
00:22:02a fatal heart attack.
00:22:06I'm afraid, Francis and Henrietta,
00:22:09our celebration must end.
00:22:30Will you wait a moment, please?
00:22:38Tell me what happened.
00:22:40All I know is that early this morning,
00:22:43His Imperial Highness was found dead.
00:22:46Where did they find him?
00:22:48At Marling.
00:22:50Marling?
00:22:52Tell me the truth.
00:22:55Nobody knows. The inquiry is still in progress.
00:22:57But I know.
00:22:59He took his own life.
00:23:02The Emperor?
00:23:04His Majesty has resigned to God's will.
00:23:07God's will?
00:23:10His own, you mean?
00:23:12He's responsible?
00:23:14How can he even think such a thing?
00:23:16Think? I know.
00:23:18Henrietta
00:23:20suggested His Majesty is in any way involved.
00:23:23It's unthinkable.
00:23:25She didn't mean that. Can't you see how upset she is?
00:23:27Rudolf's death is due to his father.
00:23:30I know that from his own lips.
00:23:33He killed him.
00:23:34Henrietta
00:23:37Crown Prince left a letter for you.
00:23:40It is possible you may be given an audience by His Majesty.
00:23:43If so,
00:23:45please remember there are some things which must never be known.
00:23:48If the Emperor asks me what I know,
00:23:51I shall tell him the truth.
00:23:52Rumors have reached him that political differences with his son are responsible for the tragedy.
00:23:58Should he ever believe them to be true,
00:24:00it would affect him disastrously.
00:24:03And with him, the whole state.
00:24:05The Emperor is Austria.
00:24:08Please be discreet.
00:24:10Remember your duty to your country.
00:24:22THE END
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00:25:23Mrs. Alt?
00:25:25Yes, Your Majesty.
00:25:27I understand you knew my son, Mrs. Alt.
00:25:31Yes, Your Majesty.
00:25:33For how long did you know him?
00:25:36For about two years, Your Majesty.
00:25:39Did you know him well?
00:25:41Very well, Your Majesty.
00:25:43So that he talked freely to you?
00:25:46Yes, Your Majesty.
00:25:48You discussed politics?
00:25:50Yes, Your Majesty.
00:25:52I have asked you to come here, Mrs. Alt,
00:25:55so that you can shed light on certain rumors of our current.
00:26:00Would you have me question you
00:26:02rather than tell me in your own words whatever you know of the facts?
00:26:07I should prefer it if Your Majesty would question me.
00:26:11You believe that my son took his own life?
00:26:16Yes, Your Majesty.
00:26:17Will you allow me to suggest
00:26:20that you think you know why he did such a thing?
00:26:26No?
00:26:29It is not for me to think anything, Your Majesty.
00:26:32My son may have told you, Mrs. Alt,
00:26:37that he felt himself to be estranged from me.
00:26:41You may speak with absolute freedom.
00:26:44I promise that nothing you say will be repeated outside this room.
00:26:49His Imperial Highness never wavered in his respect, Your Majesty.
00:26:54Is that the truth, Mrs. Alt?
00:26:58Yes, Your Majesty, that is the truth.
00:27:02My son may have told you, Mrs. Alt,
00:27:06that he felt himself to be estranged from me.
00:27:10My son left a letter addressed to you, Mrs. Alt.
00:27:16Permit me to give it to you.
00:27:19Your Majesty is very kind.
00:27:23My son must have trusted you.
00:27:27You may read it.
00:27:40And now, I hope you will be good enough to answer me one more question.
00:27:48Do you believe that the misunderstanding between me and my son
00:27:54is the cause of your son's death?
00:27:57Yes, Your Majesty.
00:27:59I believe it.
00:28:01I believe it.
00:28:03I believe it.
00:28:05I believe it.
00:28:06Do you believe that the misunderstanding between me and my son
00:28:12so preyed upon his mind that it drove him to do what he did?
00:28:29No, Your Majesty.
00:28:32And you are quite sure, Mrs. Alt?
00:28:37Yes, Your Majesty, quite sure.
00:28:40Are you a Catholic?
00:28:43Yes, Your Majesty.
00:28:47You have given me great hope and comfort, Mrs. Alt.
00:28:52I thank you.
00:29:06Tell me.
00:29:24Tell me what happened.
00:29:26The Emperor was most gracious.
00:29:29And you? You didn't say anything to distress him?
00:29:33I couldn't tell him the truth.
00:29:36What was the use? He's an old man living in the past.
00:29:40Rudolph wanted to live for the future.
00:29:44With his death, I'm afraid we may have seen the beginning of the end.
00:29:48The beginning of the end?
00:29:52Who can tell where one age ends and another begins?
00:29:56Twelve years have passed since the wedding of Francis and Henrietta.
00:30:00It is New Year's Eve in the year 1900.
00:30:04The new century is heralded with joy and prophecies of lasting friendship among all nations.
00:30:10It's the golden age of which humanity has always dreamed.
00:30:14Means of travel multiply. The globe shrinks.
00:30:20Yet in Vienna, the aging emperor Francis Joseph still turns his face from the future and puts his faith in God and tradition.
00:30:31Peace reigns on Earth.
00:30:34And prosperity in the house built by Christopher Alt.
00:30:40But Danny, there's Herman and Paul.
00:31:04They look nice.
00:31:20Darling, you must not wave. This is a holy procession.
00:31:23It's all right, mademoiselle.
00:31:25Look, darling, there are the choir boys.
00:31:33No card. Who could have sent them?
00:31:36You'll soon find out, mademoiselle. When there's no card, they always call.
00:31:40They?
00:31:41Gentlemen who send roses.
00:31:43Thank you, Simone.
00:32:07Look at those lovely flowers.
00:32:20Mademoiselle, I still have a lot to do. Will you take Monica to the park?
00:32:23And if I have time, I'll meet you by the lake.
00:32:25If not, of course, I should be home by one.
00:32:27Oui, madame.
00:32:28Be a good girl, darling.
00:32:29Viens vite, Miss Monica.
00:32:39Yes, Mrs. Alt. Flowers for the Mozart Salon, please.
00:32:42At once, madame.
00:32:43You sent round some red roses yesterday, but there was no card.
00:32:47Do you know who ordered them?
00:32:49Roses?
00:32:50Roses?
00:32:52I think I can help.
00:32:56I sent those roses.
00:32:59I hoped they'd remind you of the things past.
00:33:03I'm terribly sorry, but for the moment, I can't quite...
00:33:06Myerling?
00:33:08Myerling?
00:33:10You can't have forgotten?
00:33:14Baron Drown.
00:33:17Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
00:33:20And I, madame, I'm more than glad to see you.
00:33:23Excuse me.
00:33:25Will these be sufficient?
00:33:26Yes, perfectly, thank you.
00:33:27Will you send them round, please?
00:33:30But how did you know where I live?
00:33:32I saw you on your balcony yesterday during the procession.
00:33:36The little girl, she is yours?
00:33:38Yes, and I have a boy of ten and a boy of twelve.
00:33:42It doesn't seem possible.
00:33:44You haven't changed at all.
00:33:46Really?
00:33:48I must go.
00:33:49I shall be late.
00:33:50May I walk a little way with you?
00:33:52My dear Baron, this, as you well know, is Vienna.
00:33:54Ah, yes.
00:33:55Well, then I insist we drink a glass of wine at Sacher's.
00:33:58After all this while, you can't refuse me half an hour.
00:34:02I'm sorry, it's quite impossible.
00:34:10Do you know something rather amusing has just occurred to me?
00:34:12This is the first time I've found myself alone with a man since I was married.
00:34:17You're joking.
00:34:18No, I'm perfectly serious.
00:34:20Well, in that case, you and I must be alone, together.
00:34:24For a little, every day from now on.
00:34:27Why not?
00:34:29I'm happily married.
00:34:31I have my husband, my home, my children.
00:34:33What more do I want?
00:34:34Oh, we all want something more than we have.
00:34:36The years have made you cynical, Baron.
00:34:38I'm truly glad your marriage is so successful.
00:34:41But even that was once a refuge from something else you wanted.
00:34:46You have no right to say that.
00:34:48I'm sorry.
00:34:50You're not angry.
00:34:52No.
00:34:53But what's the use of discussing emotions that have ceased to exist?
00:34:57For anyone like you, dreams and desires never die.
00:35:00Whether we admit them or not.
00:35:02I have no dreams.
00:35:04And no more desires.
00:35:06Yet you called at the flower shop to know who sent you roses.
00:35:10Why?
00:35:12Curiosity.
00:35:15What's the matter?
00:35:17We're having lunch at one.
00:35:18So?
00:35:19I've never been late before.
00:35:20I'll drive you home.
00:35:21No, please, I'd rather you didn't.
00:35:22But we meet again.
00:35:23Well, we'll see.
00:35:26Goodbye.
00:35:27Goodbye.
00:35:40Where can we have lunch at once, please?
00:35:43Francis, I'm so sorry.
00:35:44I can't think what made me so late.
00:35:46No, that's all right, my dear.
00:35:47But please, can we begin?
00:35:48Yes, Bertie's bringing the soup now.
00:35:51Were you a good girl?
00:35:52Yes, ma'am.
00:35:53How did you get on at school today?
00:35:55Oh, mother, I was afraid something had happened to you.
00:35:58Don't be such a baby.
00:35:59Caravan, behave yourself.
00:36:01Your mother asked you how you'd done at school.
00:36:03Always answer the question asked.
00:36:07Go to Prague tonight, Francis?
00:36:09Of course.
00:36:10On the nine o'clock express.
00:36:13Some flowers have come, madame, from Guesthal.
00:36:15What again?
00:36:16Well, the moatside salon, madame.
00:36:17You ordered them.
00:36:19Yes, of course.
00:36:32Francis, couldn't I come with you?
00:36:35My dear, it's only a business trip.
00:36:39Yes, I know, but just this once.
00:36:44I can't imagine what's put such an idea into your head.
00:36:47You know, we go to Bad Gastein, as usual, in a month's time.
00:36:55Yes, of course, to Gastein, as we always do.
00:37:01What on earth gave you the idea of wanting to come to Prague?
00:37:04No, no, that's very dull.
00:37:07I shouldn't have any time ago.
00:37:09Anyway, if you want to enjoy yourself, there's no place like Vienna.
00:38:09Master Paul, Master Paul, where's your mama?
00:38:31In her room.
00:38:32It's just where she isn't, and your uncle's very ill.
00:38:34Uncle Leon?
00:38:35Yes, and your Aunt Gretel wants your mama to come at once, and I can't find her.
00:38:38All right, go to sleep.
00:38:40I feel quite giddy.
00:39:10You must tell me when you're tired of this sort of thing.
00:39:12I could dance all night, and I'd love to.
00:39:16Just once.
00:39:19Paul, what are you doing here?
00:39:21Zimmer woke me.
00:39:22Is Uncle Leon very ill?
00:39:24He's dying, Paul.
00:39:27I know you're fond of him.
00:39:28We all are.
00:39:30Didn't your mother say where she was going?
00:39:34Who came to fetch her?
00:39:38You'd better get back to bed.
00:39:39She'll soon be here.
00:40:08My husband will be home tomorrow, and that will be the end of this madness.
00:40:19Everything will be sane and sober again, and stuffy.
00:40:23If only one could let oneself go completely, just one.
00:40:26Why not?
00:40:27You've nothing to hold you back.
00:40:29You don't belong to the little conventions of your life.
00:40:32You never will.
00:40:34Can you tell me your marriage has brought you happiness?
00:40:37You know it hasn't.
00:40:39Well, then, begin again.
00:40:41Begin again?
00:40:42Yes, with me.
00:40:44Let me show you what life can be.
00:40:46It can be simple, strong, beautiful, even if it is so quickly gone.
00:40:52Henrietta, come with me.
00:40:58Come with you?
00:41:02How simple it sounds when you say it.
00:41:05How simple it is for you.
00:41:09Perhaps it is silly.
00:41:12One step and my whole life will change.
00:41:17One step.
00:41:19Henrietta.
00:41:22Don't say it.
00:41:28Mother.
00:41:33Thank you.
00:41:35Mother, you've got to come home.
00:41:37Uncle Leon's dying.
00:41:39Paul.
00:41:42How did you know I was here?
00:41:44I found the invitation in your room.
00:41:48This is my eldest son.
00:41:50Say good evening, darling.
00:41:55Paul.
00:41:56Mother, please come home.
00:42:00I'll take you.
00:42:01No, please, I'd rather you didn't.
00:42:03Goodbye.
00:42:16And thank you.
00:42:42Gretel.
00:42:44I'm sorry.
00:42:46I should never have left the house, but no one told me that he...
00:42:49He asked for you, but you've come too late.
00:42:52Perhaps it's just as well.
00:42:53I should have...
00:42:54You owe me no explanations.
00:42:55Keep them for your husband.
00:42:58He's waiting for you.
00:43:00Upstairs.
00:43:11What's wrong, Paul?
00:43:15Half past one and she's not back yet.
00:43:17What do you make of it?
00:43:20I only came back in order to give her a surprise.
00:43:22Didn't you know of this escapade?
00:43:23No, no, no, not that sort of surprise.
00:43:25But when I went to Prague, I had a feeling perhaps...
00:43:28I hadn't been taking her out enough and...
00:43:30I thought we might go to the opening of the arts exhibition together.
00:43:34There she is.
00:43:42Where's Paul?
00:43:44In his room.
00:43:45Good night, Francis.
00:43:46Good night.
00:43:47Good night, Camille.
00:43:48Good night, Otto.
00:43:53Well, where have you been dressed up like that?
00:43:57The princess met an ex-fate.
00:43:59And you told no one but Paul.
00:44:01Who should I have told?
00:44:03In my absence, Otto.
00:44:05To tell a child.
00:44:07I simply don't understand you, Henrietta.
00:44:10I didn't tell him, Francis.
00:44:11He found the invitation card and guessed where I had gone.
00:44:14You mean to say that...
00:44:16if Leon hadn't been taken ill tonight...
00:44:18no one would have known that you left this house.
00:44:21You would have been told.
00:44:22I don't believe that.
00:44:23I came back too soon for you.
00:44:26You would have been too soon any day this week, Francis.
00:44:30And what do you mean by that?
00:44:31I mean that I've been out every night...
00:44:33without once asking leave of your family.
00:44:36Who with?
00:44:38With the Baron Hugo Traum.
00:44:42You saw him once at the races in the Crown Prince's box...
00:44:44and we met again by chance the day you went to Prague.
00:44:48You never said anything to me about it.
00:44:50I'm telling you now.
00:44:54I've been with him to soccers, to the tennis club...
00:44:56and several times into the country.
00:44:59Just the two of you?
00:45:01Just the two of us.
00:45:08Do you realize what you've done?
00:45:11I've done nothing.
00:45:12And what the consequences will be?
00:45:14I don't care what they'll be. I've done nothing wrong.
00:45:16Nothing wrong?
00:45:17When you had daily assignations with a man of Traum's reputation...
00:45:20people would be saying that my wife is his mistress.
00:45:24As I'm not, let them say what they please.
00:45:30Francis...
00:45:31Don't you understand?
00:45:33You ruined your reputation and made me a public laughingstock.
00:45:36Please, don't use such childish phrases.
00:45:39Phrases, you call them?
00:45:42Good. All right.
00:45:44No more phrases.
00:45:48But I still have a lot to say.
00:45:50You and your precious Baron.
00:45:55If you can't protect your own reputation...
00:45:57then I must do it for you.
00:46:24THE END
00:46:54THE END
00:47:14Simrel, where's my husband?
00:47:16He left the house, Mrs. Out. About half an hour ago.
00:47:18Left?
00:47:20Where did he go?
00:47:21I don't know. He had a long talk with Mr. Otto first.
00:47:24Mr. Otto is still in the study.
00:47:47Otto, where's Francis? His bed hasn't been slept in.
00:47:50Good morning, Henrietta. You're up very early.
00:47:52I want to know where Francis is.
00:47:54Francis is settling matters with the Baron Trant.
00:47:56And what does that mean?
00:47:57It means that at five o'clock this morning...
00:47:59they will be fighting a duel.
00:48:10But Francis never fired a pistol in his life.
00:48:13He'll be killed.
00:48:15You should have thought of that before.
00:48:21I shall say, are you ready?
00:48:23One, two, three, fire.
00:48:26Each principle will fire immediately.
00:48:28Are you ready?
00:48:35One.
00:48:36Two.
00:48:38Three.
00:48:40Fire!
00:48:51How long before we shall know?
00:48:54He promised to be back here at half past five.
00:48:58And what if he doesn't come back?
00:49:01You could have prevented this. I'll never forgive you.
00:49:04This sort of affair can only be dealt with in one way.
00:49:06But it wasn't that sort of affair.
00:49:08For once in my life, I enjoyed myself for an hour or two...
00:49:11without another thought in my head.
00:49:13You're not being sincere, Henrietta, and it doesn't suit you.
00:49:16You're not the sort of woman to enjoy yourself.
00:49:19You're not the sort of woman to enjoy yourself like that...
00:49:21without a thought in your head.
00:49:23What do you mean by that?
00:49:26Certainly you did enjoy yourself.
00:49:28But other thoughts did come into your head.
00:49:34Once I warned Francis against marrying you.
00:49:37I should have warned you not to marry him.
00:49:40Why?
00:49:41Perhaps you should have listened to me.
00:49:44You see, you mean everything to Francis.
00:49:46He means nothing to you.
00:49:48Or very little.
00:49:50No, Otto, that's not true.
00:49:52There's no need to make excuses. I understand you, Henrietta.
00:49:54I've always understood you.
00:49:56I've often asked myself...
00:49:58if someone should come into Henrietta's life, what would happen?
00:50:01And someone was bound to come sooner or later.
00:50:04Because the answer's very simple.
00:50:06You could leave him.
00:50:08But I know Francis, and he isn't simple.
00:50:10Everything that concerns you concerns him.
00:50:13He may talk of his honor, but underneath he's thinking of you.
00:50:16Only of you.
00:50:18I was going to leave him.
00:50:24Yes.
00:50:27I know.
00:50:29It doesn't suit me not to be sincere.
00:50:32And the children?
00:50:34That's why I'm still here.
00:50:37Listen to me, Henrietta.
00:50:39Life itself is one long duty which we all must fulfill.
00:50:43Whether we're happy or not doesn't come into it.
00:50:46Your duty's here with your children and Francis.
00:50:49I know you two aren't happy.
00:50:51Francis will never give up hoping that someday things will straighten out between you.
00:50:56You must never give up hoping it either.
00:51:00Francis.
00:51:03The matter is settled.
00:51:05We'll never speak of it again.
00:51:07Are you all right?
00:51:09I'm perfectly all right.
00:51:11But the Baron was not so fortunate.
00:51:15It might just as well have been me.
00:51:17What happened?
00:51:19He was killed instantly.
00:51:21What?
00:51:23I don't know.
00:51:25What happened?
00:51:27He was killed instantly.
00:51:41Before we conclude our jubilee celebrations, I wish to announce a special award.
00:51:46And I will now call on my son, Paul, to tell you about it in the name of the firm.
00:51:51Please, Paul.
00:51:55Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you Miss Anna Linda.
00:51:59Please.
00:52:01Miss Linda won the prize at the Academy of Music for the best pupil of the year.
00:52:06And to celebrate the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the firm of Alt,
00:52:10we would very much like her to accept our latest grand piano.
00:52:14There it is. It belongs to you.
00:52:19Won't you please try it, Miss Linda? See if you like it.
00:52:25There you are, you see. You'll have to play for us now.
00:53:55Thank you.
00:54:55Thank you.
00:55:09Ladies and gentlemen, refreshments will be served in the next room.
00:55:18Thank you, Miss Linda. I see our piano will be in good hands.
00:55:22Will you?
00:55:24Excuse me a minute.
00:55:36Come on, Herman. What are the workmen doing here?
00:55:38Have you any objection? Paul's idea, I suppose.
00:55:41Socialism. Yes, it was Paul's idea, but I approved.
00:55:45And since you asked, they have a lot more right to be here than you have.
00:55:47Has it ever occurred to you that but for their skill and craftsmanship,
00:55:50we'd never be able to turn out a single piano?
00:55:52Let me remind you, they work 11 hours every day.
00:55:55An example that you might try and follow for your own good.
00:56:00Hello, Chernie. Good day, Master Paul.
00:56:02If you're as hungry as I am, we'd all better go and eat now.
00:56:04I'm sure our house will agree with that. Sir.
00:56:06Yes, come on, husband. I expect there'll be enough even for you.
00:56:08Thank you, sir.
00:56:18Miss Linda?
00:56:20Is anything wrong?
00:56:23Mr. Ault, please don't think me ungrateful, but...
00:56:26your beautiful piano, I...
00:56:28I can't accept it.
00:56:30Why not? It's yours.
00:56:32Well, you see...
00:56:34I have only one small room, and...
00:56:38well, it's so large.
00:56:40There just isn't enough space for it.
00:56:43Oh, I see.
00:56:45Well, in that case, we'll have to keep it for you
00:56:47because you're a famous pianist with the largest studio in Vienna.
00:56:51In the meantime, we'll lend you a smaller one.
00:56:56Thank you. Another thing.
00:56:58My mother's going to invite you to a musical party next Sunday,
00:57:01and I... we would all be very glad if you'd come, will you?
00:57:06I would love to.
00:57:09Good.
00:57:12So, well, you have made it look lovely.
00:57:14Thank you, ma'am.
00:57:19There. Darling, stop that noise a minute.
00:57:23Thanks.
00:57:30There's a crowd of people in the street.
00:57:32Darling, run down and get a paper. Something must have happened.
00:57:36What's all that shouting?
00:57:39I don't know. I've sent Monica to buy a paper.
00:57:44What's all the roar about? I heard it from my room.
00:57:57It's Otto.
00:58:00Murdered?
00:58:03Murdered?
00:58:06That's it.
00:58:09Both dead?
00:58:12Of course. We've put out everyone at once.
00:58:16Thank you, Otto.
00:58:25What is it?
00:58:27Telegram news that may affect us all.
00:58:30Sarajevo, June 28, 1914.
00:58:34This morning, while riding through the town,
00:58:36the heir apparent, His Royal Highness the Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
00:58:40and his consort, the Duchess Sophia Huldenberg,
00:58:43were the victims of a murderous attack.
00:58:46It's believed here that this atrocious crime had been long and carefully planned.
00:58:52What will happen?
00:58:54War.
00:58:56War?
00:58:58I shall volunteer at once.
00:59:00You will...
00:59:02Sir Merle, we shall have to put everyone off.
00:59:04Very good.
00:59:08Herman, you will not go one hour before you have to. I forbid it.
00:59:11Henrietta, this is something that you haven't the power to forbid.
00:59:14No one can forbid me to fight.
00:59:17I gave you your life.
00:59:19I won't have it destroyed or crippled by war.
00:59:22Why must you go, Herman? Why?
00:59:24The Guard, Emperor and Fatherland.
00:59:26Fatherland?
00:59:28Ask the Czechs, the Poles, the Italians,
00:59:30even the Hungarians if Austria is their fatherland.
00:59:33They'll fight. That's all that matters.
00:59:35Because they'll be forced to.
00:59:38They no more want war than I do.
00:59:41I always had an idea you were a coward.
00:59:43Herman! Paul! That's enough.
00:59:45If we are forced to declare war,
00:59:49we will all do our duty,
00:59:51as this family always has and always will.
00:59:55Remember that.
00:59:57All of you.
01:00:06May God protect the Empire and His Imperial Majesty.
01:00:16The century which had held so much promise at its birth
01:00:19saw in its second decade the fires of war consume the hopes of men.
01:00:25All over the world they called on God
01:00:28and forgot His Sixth Commandment.
01:00:45THE END
01:01:15THE END
01:01:36And destiny dealt out to each his special due.
01:01:41The war to end war.
01:01:43It ended the old Austria,
01:01:45killed the Emperor and destroyed his Empire.
01:01:48And the dazed survivors saw a new flag flying over them.
01:01:52The flag of the Austrian Republic.
01:01:56Across the patchwork of a broken continent,
01:01:58the soldiers returned to their homes.
01:02:02Some with hate.
01:02:03Some with despair.
01:02:06Others still nursing the unconquerable hope
01:02:09that a new and better world could be built on the ashes of the old.
01:02:29Hello, Simon.
01:02:31Master Paul!
01:02:33Mrs. O! Mrs. O!
01:02:40It's Master Paul. He's here.
01:02:55Mother.
01:02:58Oh, my darling.
01:03:02Oh, my darling boy.
01:03:04Master Paul, I always knew you'd come.
01:03:07Master Paul, I always knew you'd come back.
01:03:20My poor boy.
01:03:22Sim, I'll bring him something to eat here quickly and find one of his suits.
01:03:25We must get him out of that dreadful uniform.
01:03:29Mother, why are you alone?
01:03:30Where's father, Monica, Herman?
01:03:33Father's in his room. I'll take you to see him in a minute.
01:03:35It's you.
01:03:37And Monica's engaged to a young Italian who was introduced to me simply as Gino.
01:03:43I don't see very much of Herman or his friends.
01:03:46Neither he nor Monica waste much time on me.
01:03:51Oh, it's so good to have you back.
01:03:53Mother, darling.
01:04:00Come, I'll take you to your father.
01:04:06Paul.
01:04:09I didn't tell you about it,
01:04:12but he was in a post that was blown up.
01:04:15He's almost completely paralyzed and he can't speak at all.
01:04:19The doctors say it's hopeless.
01:04:23Try not to let him see that you notice anything.
01:04:36God and prayer, Fatherland.
01:04:45Look who's here, Francis.
01:05:05Father.
01:05:36Father.
01:06:02Here.
01:06:06Here.
01:06:09He's so glad you're back.
01:06:11And you're to take over at the factory as soon as you can.
01:06:15I'll get things going again. Don't worry.
01:06:21Paul.
01:06:22Look who's here.
01:06:23Hello, husband.
01:06:25Still on the job, eh?
01:06:26That's right, sir.
01:06:28Cerny.
01:06:30Where'd you lose that?
01:06:31Russia.
01:06:32Not much fun, was it?
01:06:33I wouldn't go through that again.
01:06:34Not if I had four arms.
01:06:36It's been a bad war, Mr. Paul.
01:06:3840 men.
01:06:39That's all we've got left out of 300.
01:06:42Your father put me in charge.
01:06:43Well, I can make a piano, but I can't balance books.
01:06:46Let's go over the whole place together,
01:06:48then we'll sit down and talk about it.
01:06:50We'll get things going again.
01:06:51I hope so.
01:06:52But it's poor times for pianos and music.
01:07:04Cerny.
01:07:05Do you remember Miss Lindner?
01:07:07Oh, yes. At the Jubilee.
01:07:09I mean, have you seen her since then?
01:07:11Her piano's still here.
01:07:14Oh.
01:07:16She used to do copying for us.
01:07:18The lad of the work.
01:07:21She was always asking after you, Mr. Paul.
01:07:24Seemed to know you'd come back.
01:07:27So she asked after me, did she?
01:07:34Here you go.
01:07:44Here you go.
01:07:45Get back to the end of the queue.
01:07:49Miss Lindner.
01:07:53Mr. Warren.
01:07:56You.
01:07:58You've come home at last.
01:07:59Yes, I arrived yesterday.
01:08:00I was told I'd find you here.
01:08:02Yes, I'm queuing you for bread.
01:08:03I know.
01:08:04May I wait with you?
01:08:05Yes, please.
01:08:07But it may take a very long time.
01:08:08Sometimes you stand here for hours.
01:08:10That won't matter.
01:08:11So much to say, it'll pass the time.
01:08:13Yes.
01:08:18Did you have a bad time?
01:08:19No, but not good.
01:08:21Anyhow, I'm glad it's over.
01:08:23I'm sure you are.
01:08:25We all are.
01:08:26They told me you'd asked after me several times.
01:08:30I didn't even write to you once.
01:08:33You had other things to do.
01:08:37I suppose you know, Miss Lindner, your piano is still with us.
01:08:41It's waited six years for you to pick it up.
01:08:43I'm afraid we'll have to go on waiting.
01:08:46Nothing has changed.
01:08:49Six years.
01:08:51Do you remember the party that you were coming to?
01:08:53June the 18th, 1914.
01:08:56That invitation still holds good, you know.
01:08:59Will you come?
01:09:01I said yes, then.
01:09:04I haven't changed.
01:09:23This is not my idea of a musical party.
01:09:25Just play it for me.
01:09:29Oh, my mother!
01:09:42Charming, Miss Lindner, charming!
01:09:44Don't you look behind the times?
01:09:46We want to dance.
01:09:47Don't you know the Charleston?
01:09:49Yes, but I'm afraid I can't play it.
01:09:51Oh, we'll show you.
01:09:53Hey, Freddie.
01:09:55Give us the Charleston, Freddie.
01:09:59Come on.
01:10:27I do.
01:10:29As you want.
01:10:30Master Thurman, there are two men to see you.
01:10:39Look at me talk.
01:10:41What now?
01:10:42You'd be well advised to, Mr. Arnst.
01:10:45Well, uh...
01:10:46Come into the stand.
01:10:49Hello?
01:10:50Yes, darling, it's me.
01:10:51Monica.
01:10:53Yes, of course I'm ready, but you shouldn't call me here.
01:10:56Yes, in 20 minutes.
01:10:57Tell the chauffeur not to drive after the house.
01:10:59He must wait at the corner.
01:11:01What?
01:11:02No, Gino.
01:11:03No, I can't tell Mother.
01:11:04She wouldn't understand.
01:11:05It would only mean a scene.
01:11:07Very well.
01:11:0920 minutes.
01:11:10Goodbye, darling.
01:11:28Why are you pecking?
01:11:31Where are you going?
01:11:41I asked you where you were going.
01:11:45Away from here.
01:11:48Without telling me?
01:11:50Why?
01:11:51I didn't want a lot of fuss.
01:11:52I was going to see you.
01:11:54I'm sorry.
01:11:55I didn't want a lot of fuss.
01:11:56I was going to write to you.
01:11:58Where from?
01:11:59The new world.
01:12:03The new world.
01:12:06What do you mean?
01:12:07I mean that I've had enough of the old one.
01:12:09Wherever you go in Vienna, there's nothing but hunger and misery.
01:12:12Gino's being sent out to America by his firm,
01:12:14and I'm going as his secretary.
01:12:17Will he marry you?
01:12:18I don't know. I haven't asked him.
01:12:22I love him.
01:12:25Unpack your suitcase.
01:12:27Then ring up Gino and tell him to come and see me at once.
01:12:29No, Mother.
01:12:30The boat leaves Trieste tomorrow, and Gino will be on it whether I come or not.
01:12:33This is my chance. I'm not going to miss it.
01:12:35I won't allow you to go off like this.
01:12:37I'm of age.
01:12:39Mother.
01:12:43Let me go, I tortoise-like soons.
01:12:45Mother, please try and understand.
01:12:47Don't ask me to stay in this dead town amongst all these dead people.
01:12:51I'm young, and I want to be free.
01:12:53I want to live.
01:12:54I want to see my children.
01:12:55I want to see my family.
01:12:56I want to see my children.
01:12:57I want to see my children.
01:12:58I want to see my children.
01:12:59It's getting late.
01:13:01It's getting late.
01:13:03It's getting late.
01:13:04It's getting late.
01:13:05It's getting late.
01:13:06I'm young and I want to be free.
01:13:08I love you, mother.
01:13:09Surely you must know what it means to love somebody so much that...
01:13:13well, they become your whole life and nothing else matters at all.
01:13:17I've always trusted you, relied on you.
01:13:20Please understand now that I...
01:13:22I must leave you.
01:13:28No one has the right to take away your chance of happiness.
01:13:33I least of all.
01:13:37If you must go.
01:13:39Father.
01:13:42But is there such a thing as happiness?
01:13:59This is everything I longed for.
01:14:02This is everything I longed for.
01:14:05I'm home.
01:14:07And I'm with you.
01:14:12Do you know?
01:14:14Whenever things got really bad, I used to think of you.
01:14:18I'd imagine I could hear you playing.
01:14:21And sometimes I could, quite clearly.
01:14:24Then I knew everything would be all right and...
01:14:27that I'd see you again.
01:14:32I had so much to say to you and now I...
01:14:35now I don't even know how to begin.
01:14:40But I think you know, don't you?
01:14:44Anna, you're crying.
01:14:48I'm so very happy that you're back.
01:14:52Oh, mother.
01:14:54I must talk to you.
01:14:57I'm in trouble.
01:14:59Again?
01:15:01What do you want, money?
01:15:03How did you know?
01:15:05You've never come near me for any other reason.
01:15:08Well, I haven't got any.
01:15:10And if I had, I wouldn't give you any more.
01:15:13I'm sorry, mother, but you're my only son.
01:15:16I'm sorry.
01:15:18I wouldn't give you any more.
01:15:20I'm sorry, mother, but you must.
01:15:22And this time, I need quite a lot.
01:15:25I have to find $2,000 by noon tomorrow.
01:15:30$2,000?
01:15:33If I can't, I shall go to prison.
01:15:37Though that, of course, one can always avoid.
01:15:40I still have my army pistol.
01:15:42Don't talk like that, Herman.
01:15:45And you promised me last time never to speculate again.
01:15:48I didn't. It was honest trading.
01:15:51Unfortunately, the police confiscated the goods.
01:15:53What goods?
01:15:55Guns and ammunition.
01:15:57Guns? You must be mad.
01:15:59You're a woman, darling. Don't try to reason.
01:16:01Just concentrate on helping me.
01:16:06Have you talked to Paul?
01:16:08All he thinks about is the workmen and their canteens.
01:16:11He turned me down. That's why I had to come to you.
01:16:15But I haven't any money, Herman. I haven't.
01:16:19You know how much your father's illness cost.
01:16:24But you still have your diamonds.
01:16:30But they belong to my mother.
01:16:32And to her mother.
01:16:34You're sure they're not earmarked for dear Paul's wedding?
01:16:37Stop it, Herman. I won't listen to you.
01:16:39Oh, we all know he's the white-headed boy.
01:16:41Stop it!
01:16:45You'll have them back in a fortnight.
01:16:47I'll give you an I.O.U.
01:16:50Of course, I can't force you to help me, Mother.
01:16:53But if I can't meet my commitments by noon tomorrow...
01:16:57I know exactly what I shall do.
01:17:00And so do you.
01:17:03Very well.
01:17:06You shall have them.
01:17:14But from this day on, Herman...
01:17:16I never want to see you or hear of you again.
01:17:33Mother, why are you sitting in the dark?
01:17:35No, don't turn on the lights, Paul.
01:17:38I have something to tell you.
01:17:41I've asked Anna to marry me. She says she will.
01:17:45I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:17:51I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:17:54I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:17:57I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:18:01Of course I am, darling.
01:18:05Now you'll be leaving me, too.
01:18:08You'll all be leaving me.
01:18:11Well, that's what a mother must expect.
01:18:14I wish you every happiness, darling.
01:18:17I do to all my children.
01:18:21Now I must go to your father.
01:18:24You've made a good choice, Paul.
01:18:26I don't know how well you know it.
01:18:29I don't know her well, but I've heard her play.
01:18:32And anyone who has such warm, sincere feeling...
01:18:36must be the sort of girl you deserve.
01:18:39I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:18:42I'm so happy about it, I hope you will be.
01:18:57Anything you want, dear.
01:19:10You always feel better when I'm here, is that it?
01:19:18Anything happened?
01:19:22Monica...
01:19:25She is well.
01:19:27And I saw Herman today.
01:19:31But this is really good news.
01:19:33Paul is going to marry Anna Linda.
01:19:36You remember the girl who won the piano at our jubilee?
01:19:43She'll make him a good wife.
01:19:52I've been a good wife, is that it?
01:19:57No, Francis.
01:20:00I'm afraid I haven't.
01:20:03I'm always leaving you alone.
01:20:05And you think about me far too much.
01:20:15What is it, dear?
01:20:31What a funny mood you're in today.
01:20:33Forgive you for what?
01:20:52For...
01:20:54having married you.
01:21:03I didn't make you happy, did I?
01:21:09Otto always said I didn't understand you, but I do now.
01:21:14You've always been so good and loyal all your life, Francis.
01:21:19And I know now how much that means.
01:21:24The children have grown away from us.
01:21:29But we've grown up to each other.
01:21:31And I thank God for it.
01:21:34I thank Him that I'm sitting beside you.
01:21:38And that our own world still exists here in this one small room.
01:21:44Your wellness.
01:21:47Even though the children live in another.
01:21:50A world we shall never understand.
01:21:53New forces rise.
01:21:55From across the frontier, a false prophet calls to the youth of Austria.
01:22:00Serene and untroubled by the threat of a strident voice shouting only a few miles beyond her borders
01:22:05stands the city of Salzburg.
01:22:08Ancient symbol of Austrian culture.
01:22:11Here, in spite of the gathering clouds,
01:22:13men of all nations still come together and find peace and inspiration
01:22:17in the annual festival of drama and music.
01:22:20And the presentation of every man.
01:22:30Our father, who art in heaven,
01:22:36hallowed be thy name,
01:22:40thy kingdom come.
01:22:42Hitler!
01:22:43Thy kingdom come.
01:22:45Hitler!
01:22:53Thy will be done.
01:22:55Hitler!
01:22:59On earth as it is in heaven.
01:23:03Hitler!
01:23:04Give us this day our daily bread.
01:23:07Hitler!
01:23:08And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.
01:23:15And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
01:23:22Hitler!
01:23:24Amen.
01:23:38Hitler!
01:23:59The demonstration at the Everyman Festival was organized by me
01:24:03to bring to the notice of the outside world the real sentiments of the Austrian people.
01:24:09If the police hadn't arrested you, the Austrian people might have shown you their real sentiments.
01:24:15There are fools in every crowd.
01:24:19Tell me, Mr. Alt,
01:24:22you're a member of an old and respected Viennese family.
01:24:28Why do you fight against your fatherland?
01:24:31I fight for my leader, Adolf Hitler.
01:24:34My fatherland is the Third Reich.
01:24:37Austria must return to the Reich.
01:24:44God help Austria.
01:25:02Hitler!
01:25:12To remind you of the past.
01:25:17Do you remember him, Baron Traum?
01:25:21I remember him.
01:25:23Such a fine-looking man.
01:25:26Always so charming and gallant.
01:25:32Hitler.
01:25:37The old emperor gave me this himself.
01:25:41My son must have trusted you, he said.
01:25:46The emperor.
01:25:49Zimmer.
01:25:51Yes, I was listening.
01:25:54The emperor.
01:26:02Forgive me
01:26:04for having married you.
01:26:14Well,
01:26:16come along.
01:26:18We're all going to find out what it was.
01:26:23No, not you, Hitler!
01:26:26No, not you, Hitler!
01:26:28No.
01:26:55This is your house?
01:26:57It belongs to my family.
01:27:00Where's your flag?
01:27:02What flag?
01:27:05What flag?
01:27:06This one!
01:27:13My father was a Jew.
01:27:17While I live, this house will never fly that flag.
01:27:22You'll be sorry for that answer.
01:27:25You don't seem to understand what's happening in this country.
01:27:27Take her away.
01:27:32I should like to take a few things with me.
01:27:36You've got two minutes.
01:27:54The insolence of these Jews.
01:28:01We'll show them.
01:28:04Take these, Zimmer.
01:28:07Burn them, I shan't need them anymore.
01:28:24THE END
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01:29:25What are you doing here? Where's my mother?
01:29:27What should I know about your mother?
01:29:29I'm here to arrest a Jewess.
01:29:54THE END
01:30:25THE END
01:30:51Anna!
01:30:53Come on.
01:30:54So you do know me, good.
01:30:57Young Francis, I suppose, the little Henrietta.
01:30:59You're not frightened of me, are you?
01:31:02You'll be old enough for the army soon.
01:31:04Is Paul here?
01:31:06Paul!
01:31:09How wonderful to see you again.
01:31:12I've got great news for you.
01:31:14The prodigal son has come home at last and has proved to be an asset after all.
01:31:18Is mother here?
01:31:20Yes.
01:31:21I must tell her at once she'll have nothing more to fear.
01:31:23I've seen to that.
01:31:25Yes.
01:31:26I've managed to remove the black mark from her birth certificate.
01:31:28She'll have nothing to worry about now.
01:31:31No.
01:31:33She'll have nothing to worry about now.
01:31:37Come.
01:31:46Her friends tried to arrest her because her father was a Jew.
01:31:51She preferred to retain her freedom.
01:32:22THE END
01:32:47One victim.
01:32:48There were to be millions more.
01:32:53A new war came to shatter even the ruins of civilization left by the old.
01:32:58And the mechanical genius of the 20th century saw to it that no one was unhurt.
01:33:04And but little left undamaged.
01:33:18THE END
01:33:48THE END
01:34:19And so another war at last burned itself out.
01:34:23After destroying almost everything that makes life worth living.
01:34:28Yet life will go on according to God's ordinance.
01:34:32Men can spoil it for themselves.
01:34:34But they cannot destroy it.
01:34:49THE END
01:34:54Well?
01:34:55One of our best, Mr. Paul.
01:34:57So we're in production again.
01:34:59Now I know how old Christoph Eilt must have felt when he showed that first piano to Mozart.
01:35:02Dear old Charney, I think you're a genius.
01:35:04I wonder if I'll ever be any good at this job.
01:35:06Of course you will, Master Francis.
01:35:09Making pianos only takes skill and a bit of patience.
01:35:12It takes more than that, Charney.
01:35:15Doesn't it, Paul?
01:35:16Yes, but at least you start with an advantage.
01:35:18You see, you're an alt.
01:35:20A member of a family which has always had so much faith in the future of the work they do.
01:35:24And for almost 200 years they have gone on making pianos in spite of everything.
01:35:30In spite of war and poverty and hunger.
01:35:35Simply because they believed that what they were doing was more important.
01:35:38More lasting than those other things.
01:35:41That's why this piano is here today.
01:35:43That's why you and your children will make many more.
01:35:47But if ever you should lose hope.
01:35:49If ever you feel that the madness in the world is too much for you.
01:35:52Then remember the advice of the man who began it all.
01:35:55When in doubt, go by your trademark.
01:35:59The trumpet says make music.
01:36:01The angel says serve God.
01:36:07Darling, our first piano.
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