A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
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00:04:42And as I write, it may become clear that what happened to us had its own reason beyond our poor understanding.
00:04:50If this reaches you, you will know how I became yours when you didn't know who I was, or even that I existed.
00:05:00I think everyone has two birthdays, the day of his physical birth and the beginning of his conscious life.
00:05:08Nothing is vivid or real in my memory before that day in spring when I came home from school and found a moving van in front of our building.
00:05:18I wondered about our new neighbor who owns such beautiful things.
00:05:42Lisa. Come in, Lisa. Come in this minute, you hear?
00:05:48Lisa.
00:05:50Yes, Mother.
00:05:54Who's going to clean that up?
00:05:56Me, I suppose.
00:05:58Yeah, I haven't enough to do.
00:06:00I told you we shouldn't drive to the lake.
00:06:02You better get another rope.
00:06:04What?
00:06:05You better get another rope.
00:06:06All right.
00:06:08Come on. Get another rope to the wagon.
00:06:10This is the last time I move a musician.
00:06:12Why does he have to play the piano?
00:06:14Why not the piccolo?
00:06:22Where do these go?
00:06:25What?
00:06:31Aha. In the stuff.
00:06:34Hey, pal, where's that rope? We're waiting.
00:06:37I'm coming.
00:06:41Lisa, what are you doing out there? Come inside.
00:07:00I didn't see you that day, or for many days thereafter, but I could listen to your playing.
00:07:30I wish he'd stop that noise.
00:07:33It's not noise.
00:07:35Don't bite my head off.
00:07:37It's Mr. Brown playing.
00:07:40Call that flanks.
00:07:41Shh.
00:07:50Hello, Dizzy.
00:07:53Who?
00:07:55Him.
00:07:57Oh, I don't know.
00:07:59Quite old, I guess.
00:08:01Oh.
00:08:03You know the boy I was talking to outside of school?
00:08:06The boney one with the yellow hair and the long nose.
00:08:09The one who lives next to the grocery.
00:08:11I'm going to have to do something about him if he doesn't keep his hands to himself.
00:08:18He thinks he does.
00:08:19He's right out in the street.
00:08:46Thank you, John.
00:09:05I'll be home late.
00:09:06You needn't wait up for me.
00:09:21Good morning.
00:09:35Why, Lisa!
00:09:39You're all red in the face.
00:09:41You're blushing!
00:09:43I'll get you for this!
00:09:46Yes, I was blushing.
00:09:48And hard as it may be for you to realize, from that moment on, I was in love with you.
00:09:55Quite consciously, I began to prepare myself for you.
00:09:59I kept my clothes neater so you wouldn't be ashamed of me.
00:10:04I went to dancing school.
00:10:07I wanted to become more graceful and learn good manners for you.
00:10:23And so I would know more about you and your world.
00:10:27I went to the library and studied the lives of the great musicians of the past.
00:10:45Though I was not able to go to your concerts, I found ways of sharing in your success.
00:10:57And as the months went by, I began to know your friends.
00:11:07Many of them were women.
00:11:09Most of them.
00:11:13Lisa!
00:11:20Lisa!
00:11:21Where are you, Lisa?
00:11:27Aren't you going to finish your dinner?
00:11:33I'm sorry, Mother.
00:11:41What I really lived for were those evenings when you were alone and I pretended you were playing just for me.
00:12:05And though you didn't know it, you were giving me some of the happiest hours of my life.
00:13:05Then came a great day for me.
00:13:33In the building where we lived, Thursday was rug beating day.
00:13:46Come on, let's help him.
00:13:47Oh, I've got to do my own work.
00:13:49I'll do it for you afterwards.
00:13:50Come on.
00:13:58Remember what you promised.
00:13:59I will.
00:14:06Beautiful rug.
00:14:09It's a beautiful rug, isn't it?
00:14:10It's just a rug.
00:14:11Oh, you wouldn't know.
00:14:16Say, what are we doing this for?
00:14:18Shh, he'll hear you.
00:14:19Oh, he can't talk.
00:14:21Well, he can hear, can't he?
00:14:24Come on.
00:14:33You're welcome.
00:14:36Come on, Lisa.
00:14:37I'll be right down.
00:14:38What are you going to do?
00:14:39Go away, I'll be right down.
00:14:41What are you going to do?
00:14:42Go away or I'll throw you downstairs.
00:14:46Are you crazy?
00:15:15Oh, I'm sorry.
00:15:44Oh, I'm sorry.
00:16:13Oh, I'm sorry.
00:16:42Lisa.
00:16:57What are you doing up there?
00:17:00Come, dear.
00:17:01I have something to tell you.
00:17:03It's really good news.
00:17:06Well, I'm sure if you think about it sensibly, you'll be very, very happy.
00:17:13Sit down.
00:17:24Well...
00:17:27I can understand you must have been startled when you saw her customer and me in the hall.
00:17:32Perhaps it was my fault for not telling you something about it before.
00:17:37You see, dear, your mother is not really old.
00:17:41She can have admirers, too. She can even...
00:17:44Well, be in love with a man.
00:17:47Someday you'll understand better what that means.
00:17:52Besides, you know how hard it is for us to get along on my small pension.
00:17:56Her customer has a comfortable business in Linz.
00:17:59A military tailor.
00:18:01And he has...
00:18:03He has done me the honor of asking me to marry him.
00:18:08Besides, he's a kind man, and he likes you very much.
00:18:12I'm sure with his help it'll be much easier for you to make the kind of...
00:18:15Mother.
00:18:16What is it?
00:18:18Would we have to go to Linz? Would we have to live there?
00:18:21But why not? What is there to keep us here?
00:18:24I won't go. I won't go!
00:18:26Lisa!
00:18:28What's the matter?
00:18:29What is it?
00:18:31Lisa!
00:18:32I won't go. I won't go.
00:18:35Now, Lisa, do be reasonable and tell your mother.
00:18:39Lisa!
00:18:45But that will go with us in our compartment.
00:18:47Let's see. We had 11 altogether.
00:18:49One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven.
00:18:54And the trunks, dear.
00:18:55Now, don't worry, dear. I'll take care of everything.
00:18:57The expressman promised the trunks that...
00:19:00Oh! Either I've lost half a minute or the station clock's ahead.
00:19:03How much will that be, please?
00:19:05That's up to you, sir.
00:19:06Up to me?
00:19:08One coin should be enough.
00:19:10I promise you the trunks will be here on time.
00:19:12About the boxes. One, two, three, four, five, six...
00:19:16Ah! How long will it take if we send them to Linz?
00:19:20Third class.
00:19:21Two weeks, maybe.
00:19:23Two weeks. Very good. Mark each of these second class.
00:19:25Third class.
00:19:27Each of these second class.
00:19:28Third class.
00:19:30Ah! What did I tell you?
00:19:32When you're going to do a thing, do it on time.
00:19:35That's always been my system.
00:19:36You can unload those right here.
00:19:38Our train doesn't leave until 12.
00:19:40Or does it leave at 12?
00:19:4212? Oh, yes, of course. I'd almost forgotten.
00:19:44Well, now let me see.
00:19:46I'll have to look for the baggage.
00:19:47Please don't get excited, dear.
00:19:49I'll take care of it.
00:19:55Suddenly I knew I couldn't live without you.
00:19:58I didn't know what I had in mind,
00:20:00or what my parents would do when they found me missing.
00:20:03All I wanted was to see you once more,
00:20:06to be near you again,
00:20:07to throw myself at your feet and cling to you,
00:20:10and never leave you.
00:20:12Nothing else. Nothing else mattered.
00:20:21All right, all right.
00:20:24Oh, it's you, the little girl.
00:20:26Oh, it's you, Lisa.
00:20:28I thought by now you were already halfway to Linz.
00:20:32Didn't your train leave about...
00:20:33I've found something.
00:20:56Oh, my God.
00:21:26Oh, my God.
00:21:57These rooms where I had lived
00:21:59had been filled with your music.
00:22:02Now they were empty.
00:22:04Would they ever come to life again?
00:22:07Would I?
00:22:09Only you could answer.
00:22:11So I waited.
00:22:13Waited.
00:22:17For what seemed endless hours,
00:22:18I sat outside your door,
00:22:20trying to keep myself awake,
00:22:22afraid I might fall asleep and miss you.
00:22:24Then...
00:22:31Who is it?
00:22:32Brent.
00:22:33Good morning, Mr. Brent.
00:22:55Here.
00:23:19And so there was nothing left for me.
00:23:22I went to Linz.
00:23:25I went to Linz.
00:23:31You who have always lived so freely,
00:23:34have you any idea what life is like in a little garrison town?
00:23:39I was 18 now,
00:23:41and was expected to take my place in society.
00:23:46Come now, Lisa, don't look down at your feet.
00:23:49Please be tactful and let him do the talking,
00:23:51but not all the talking.
00:23:52Do you hear me, Lisa?
00:23:54Good morning, Colonel.
00:23:55Good morning, General.
00:23:58Good morning.
00:24:03Frau Kessler.
00:24:04Fräulein Kessler.
00:24:05Herr Kessler,
00:24:06may I have the honor to present my nephew,
00:24:08Lieutenant Leopold von Kasselig.
00:24:11I have the honor to kiss your hand.
00:24:13I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
00:24:14Thank you, Lieutenant.
00:24:15Herr Kessler.
00:24:17I have the honor, sir.
00:24:18I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
00:24:19Thank you, Lieutenant.
00:24:21Allow me to present our daughter, Lisa.
00:24:23Lieutenant Leopold von Kasselig.
00:24:33I've been meaning to tell you for some time
00:24:35how impressed I was with your parade
00:24:37the morning of the Emperor's birthday.
00:24:39Oh, excuse me.
00:24:46Do you like it here in Linz?
00:24:48Quite well.
00:24:50It must seem very restful after living in Vienna.
00:24:53I like Vienna.
00:24:55Indeed?
00:24:57What did you like about it?
00:25:02Perhaps you were fond of the music.
00:25:03Yes.
00:25:05We also have good music here.
00:25:08Every other Saturday afternoon
00:25:10they give a concert on the Corso.
00:25:11Oh, really?
00:25:13Perhaps someday you'll allow me the honor to escort you.
00:25:16Very nice of you.
00:25:17When I was a cadet, I took part myself.
00:25:19I played second trumpet.
00:25:21Oh, how nice.
00:25:22I must say, I'm glad we both like music.
00:25:25You see, there's nothing wrong with a child
00:25:26if she only meets the right people.
00:25:38Up, up, up.
00:25:41Up, up, up.
00:25:48The lieutenant was right.
00:25:50Linz was a musical town.
00:25:52So twice a month that summer we listened,
00:25:54the lieutenant and I.
00:26:17Before the afternoon is over,
00:26:18I'm sure we'll have an announcement.
00:26:21Nothing could please us more, Colonel.
00:26:23Isn't that right, my dear?
00:26:29Miss Lisa.
00:26:31This is a subject which I wish to bring up for some time.
00:26:34I trust you'll forgive me if I presume to mention
00:26:36a hope I've allowed myself.
00:26:38I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:39I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:40I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:41I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:42I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:43I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:44I'm afraid I can't.
00:26:45I presume to mention a hope I've allowed myself.
00:26:48It may be unnecessary of me to mention
00:26:49that ever since you first came to my attention,
00:26:51I've been most favorably impressed.
00:26:54And I have every reason to believe
00:26:55that your parents are not opposed to my keeping company.
00:26:58That is, steady company with you.
00:26:59But Lieutenant, I...
00:27:00Oh, please, allow me to finish.
00:27:03As far as my prospects are concerned,
00:27:05you must be aware by now
00:27:06that it's generally believed by my uncle and others
00:27:08that I have the qualifications
00:27:09for an outstanding military career.
00:27:11Well, there's no doubt in that.
00:27:12Naturally, it's too soon to discuss any definite steps.
00:27:14We should know each other for a reasonable time.
00:27:16But, Lieutenant, I'm sorry, it's impossible.
00:27:18Impossible?
00:27:20Please don't ask me to explain, but...
00:27:22But I certainly must insist. Is there someone else?
00:27:25Yes. I'm engaged to be married.
00:27:28Engaged to be married?
00:27:29I should have told you before, but I didn't realize how...
00:27:31The whole time you've been in Linz, I haven't seen you in anyone's company.
00:27:34He doesn't live in Linz. He lives in Vienna.
00:27:36In Vienna?
00:27:37He writes music. He's a musician.
00:27:39But how can that be? Your mother and father, they've given my uncle every encouragement.
00:27:43You mean you're engaged to a man and your parents don't even know him?
00:27:47Oh.
00:27:49I'm sorry, I...
00:27:51Oh.
00:27:53Then, please.
00:27:55It won't be long now.
00:27:57The wine!
00:27:58Waiter! The wine! The wine!
00:28:13Up! Up!
00:28:39But I don't understand.
00:28:41What happened?
00:28:43What happened?
00:28:44Nothing.
00:28:45But after all...
00:28:46But you must have said something. What did you say to him?
00:28:48Well, I only told him the truth.
00:28:50The truth? What do you mean, the truth?
00:28:52What did you say to him?
00:28:54I told him I wasn't free.
00:28:57What?
00:28:58My poor parents.
00:29:00For them, this was the end.
00:29:02For me, it was a new beginning.
00:29:05Vienna, when I saw it again, seemed to have taken on a new splendor.
00:29:10All the time I've been away, I thought of it longingly as your city.
00:29:15Now it was our city.
00:29:18Madame Spitzer's where I found work was the kind of establishment where one learns many things.
00:29:24Miss Lisa, please.
00:29:26Coming.
00:29:35Now.
00:29:37Hold your breath.
00:29:40Miss Lisa, we are waiting.
00:29:55Very pretty.
00:29:56Yes.
00:29:58Very.
00:30:25Very charming.
00:30:26Very charming indeed.
00:30:29Do you think...
00:30:30She's not like the others.
00:30:31I don't understand that girl, but every evening, as soon as the shutters are closed, off she goes.
00:30:36Straight home.
00:30:37Really?
00:30:43Madame Spitzer spoke the truth.
00:30:45I was not like the others.
00:30:48Nobody waited for me.
00:30:52Off I went.
00:30:53Not home, but to the only place that had ever seemed home to me.
00:30:59Night after night, I returned to the same spot.
00:31:04But you never noticed me.
00:31:06Until one evening.
00:31:28Daughter.
00:31:30Daughter.
00:31:32Daughter.
00:31:33Daughter.
00:31:35Daughter.
00:31:37Daughter.
00:31:39Daughter.
00:31:41Daughter.
00:31:43Daughter.
00:31:45Daughter.
00:31:47Daughter.
00:31:49Daughter.
00:31:51Daughter.
00:31:53Daughter.
00:31:55Daughter.
00:31:56Daughter.
00:32:19I've seen you before.
00:32:22A few nights ago.
00:32:24Right here.
00:32:26Oh, you live near here?
00:32:28No.
00:32:31You like to listen to street singers?
00:32:34Yes.
00:32:35Neither do I.
00:32:41I should introduce myself.
00:32:42No, I know who you are.
00:32:45I suppose sooner or later, we'll have to decide where we're walking to.
00:32:49I have something I should call off.
00:32:52But I almost never get to the place I start out for anyway.
00:33:15No, but I know you.
00:33:20Oh, well, I suppose sooner or later, we'll have to decide where we're walking to.
00:33:31More milk.
00:33:33That's enough, waitress.
00:33:34Get her, get her.
00:33:36More milk.
00:33:42No, but I know you.
00:33:45Pardon.
00:33:49Very charming.
00:33:51Anything else I can do for you, Mr. Brandt?
00:33:53Will you please tell Balish I won't be at rehearsal this evening?
00:33:56Oh, congratulations.
00:33:59Fritz, is the journal free now?
00:34:01Just a moment, sir. Don't you see I'm busy with Mr. Brandt?
00:34:04Now, how about Lily?
00:34:06Yes, there is Lily.
00:34:07Yes, there is Lily. I mean, if she comes, what am I going to tell her?
00:34:10Well, tell her.
00:34:11I'll tell her it was most important and you had to work tonight.
00:34:14Yes, that's it, that's fine.
00:34:15I'm sure she will understand.
00:34:16I'm sure. Thank you.
00:34:19Oh, Stephan.
00:34:20Yes?
00:34:21I missed you yesterday. I have to talk with you.
00:34:23Well, later.
00:34:24I saw the manuscript of the concerto. It's a young man I met.
00:34:27Well.
00:34:28His father owns half of the car in Tishonbrough.
00:34:30I thought perhaps it was something for one of your concerts.
00:34:33If you just glance at it.
00:34:35Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow.
00:34:36Tomorrow.
00:34:41Now.
00:34:56Now, don't be frightened.
00:34:57Even if it's not becoming, the lobster will pay no attention.
00:35:01I was wrong.
00:35:02It is becoming.
00:35:03Now, let's see.
00:35:04When did they have lobster again?
00:35:06Friday.
00:35:07How about Friday?
00:35:08Oh, a week is a long time.
00:35:10How about Wednesday evening? That's venison.
00:35:12Or is pheasant on Monday?
00:35:14Could you possibly make it on Monday?
00:35:16I've no engagements at all.
00:35:18I don't either.
00:35:20We'll have dinner tomorrow night.
00:35:22Wienerschnitzel.
00:35:24Excuse me, Herr Brandt.
00:35:25But the lady in the next room, if I'm not mistaken, is the Countess Rudensky.
00:35:29Wonders if you would do her the favor of signing her program of this afternoon's concert.
00:35:33Certainly.
00:35:34She said Mozart himself could not have done better.
00:35:37How nice of her.
00:35:39There you are.
00:35:40Thank the Countess for the compliment.
00:35:41Thank you, Herr Brandt.
00:35:42Even though it's certainly the least deserved.
00:35:44Four years ago when you played the D minor.
00:35:46You remember that?
00:35:47The morning review also compared you to a young Mozart.
00:35:51I was very young.
00:35:52There was that much resemblance.
00:35:57Do you like it?
00:36:00Malpollicelli, it's called.
00:36:02The first thing that you see when you come down the other side of the Alps.
00:36:05And the Italians say it's such a good wine because the grapes have their roots in the valley
00:36:10and their eyes on the mountains.
00:36:13Please.
00:36:14Please what?
00:36:16Please talk about yourself.
00:36:19I believe you really want to hear about me.
00:36:21Why?
00:36:23Oh, never mind why.
00:36:25Well, the truth is I've had rather an easy time of it.
00:36:29People accept my music very quickly.
00:36:32Perhaps too quickly.
00:36:36Sometimes it's easier to please others than oneself.
00:36:40What are you going to say?
00:36:42You know you don't talk very much.
00:36:44Well, I can't say it very well, but...
00:36:47Yes?
00:36:48Sometimes I felt when you were playing that...
00:36:51Go on.
00:36:53That you haven't quite found, I don't know what it is, what you're looking for.
00:37:00How long have you been hiding in my piano?
00:37:03Oh, never mind explaining.
00:37:05I'll just assume you're a sorceress and that you can make yourself very tiny.
00:37:12It might be a good thing to have a sorceress for a friend.
00:37:15Who knows?
00:37:18You may be able to help me someday.
00:37:30How could I help you?
00:37:33So that's what you've been thinking about.
00:37:36You're a very strange girl.
00:37:38Whoever you are and wherever you came from.
00:37:42Don't you have any problems?
00:37:43Not important ones.
00:37:50It's a long while since anyone did that for me.
00:37:56Stop here, please.
00:38:03Good evening, Mr. Brown.
00:38:05Good evening.
00:38:06Roses?
00:38:07Yes, please.
00:38:08Red roses?
00:38:09No, red is the wrong color.
00:38:10A single white rose.
00:38:11That's perfect.
00:38:15This is a special occasion.
00:38:18There you are. Good night.
00:38:19Good night, Mr. Brown.
00:38:21Enjoy yourself.
00:38:25Did I guess right?
00:38:26Is it your flower?
00:38:28From now on, it will be.
00:38:31Would you like me to close it?
00:38:33No.
00:38:35And now to the front garden.
00:38:37Yes.
00:38:55Do you think it will all be closed?
00:38:57I hope not.
00:39:01I never come here in the season.
00:39:03It's more pleasant in the winter. I don't know why.
00:39:05It's perhaps because you prefer to imagine how it will be in the spring.
00:39:09Because if it is spring, then there's nothing to imagine, nothing to wish for.
00:39:13Is there anything about me you don't know?
00:39:15A few things.
00:39:16For instance, I don't know if one day they'll make a wax figure of you and put you in there because you'll be so famous.
00:39:23Well, if they do, will you pay your penny to come in and see me?
00:39:27If you'll come alive.
00:39:41Now I see you as a little girl.
00:39:43You too?
00:39:48When my father was alive, we traveled a lot.
00:39:50We went nearly everywhere.
00:39:52There were wonderful times.
00:39:53I didn't know you traveled so much.
00:39:55Yes.
00:39:56Perhaps we've been to some of the same places.
00:39:59I don't think so.
00:40:00Where did you go?
00:40:01Well, it was a long time, but for instance, there was Rio de Janeiro.
00:40:05Beautiful, exotic Rio with its botanical gardens, its Avenue of Palms, Sugarloaf Mountain,
00:40:11and the harbor where you could look down and see the fine fishes.
00:40:15We're in Venice.
00:40:16Yes, we've arrived.
00:40:17Now, where would you like to go next?
00:40:19France, England, Russia?
00:40:21Switzerland.
00:40:22Switzerland. Excuse me a moment while I talk with the engineer.
00:40:30You and the lady, are you enjoying the trip?
00:40:32Very much. We've decided on Switzerland.
00:40:36There you are. Thank you.
00:40:37Oh, thank you.
00:40:40Switzerland.
00:40:42Switzerland.
00:40:43Switzerland.
00:41:00Switzerland.
00:41:06So you were looking down at the flying fish.
00:41:08Then what?
00:41:10Aren't you going to finish the trip?
00:41:12Well, there weren't any trips.
00:41:14Do you mind?
00:41:15You see, my father had a friend in a travel bureau.
00:41:17My father worked across the street.
00:41:19He was an assistant superintendent of the municipal waterworks.
00:41:22And he used to bring folders home with him with pictures in them.
00:41:25We have stacks of them.
00:41:26And in the evening, he'd put on his traveling coat.
00:41:28That's what he called it.
00:41:29Of course, I was very young.
00:41:30And he would say, where shall we go this evening?
00:41:32And I would say, Vera Cruz, because it's a beautiful name.
00:41:35And then he would say, it's summer there.
00:41:38You don't want to roast like a coffee bean, do you?
00:41:41So you never did get there?
00:41:42No, it was just like our trip to the land of the midnight sun.
00:41:45What stopped you this time?
00:41:46The weather.
00:41:47I thought of India, but then father remembered that it was the rainy season.
00:41:51Your father was an expert on climates.
00:41:53My mother used to say that he knew what the weather was everywhere except home.
00:41:58What mountain is that?
00:41:59That's the Matterhorn.
00:42:01Have you climbed it?
00:42:02No.
00:42:03Tell me, when you climb up a mountain, what then?
00:42:07Well, you come down again.
00:42:17Tell me more about your father.
00:42:19Well, then he finally did go away.
00:42:24He had the nicest eyes.
00:42:25Yes, I can see them.
00:42:29Why do you like to climb mountains?
00:42:31I suppose because no matter how high you climb, there's always a higher one.
00:42:36And you like to imagine that the other one's even more wonderful, like the spring in the park.
00:42:39Now, you know far too much about me already, and I know almost nothing about you, huh?
00:42:44Except that you travel a great deal.
00:42:49End of the line.
00:42:50All change.
00:42:53All change.
00:43:06What now?
00:43:07Where haven't we been?
00:43:08We have no more countries left.
00:43:11Then we'll begin all over again.
00:43:13There you are. Thank you.
00:43:14Oh, thank you.
00:43:15We'll revisit the scenes of our youth.
00:43:46I don't know about them, but I'm going home right after this number.
00:43:49Me too.
00:43:50Even if they're paying me 50 kroner.
00:43:52I like to play for married people.
00:43:54They've got homes.
00:44:09You are a sorceress.
00:44:11Now I'm sure.
00:44:12How else could we dance this way?
00:44:14Unless we've danced together before.
00:44:17And yet if we had, I should have remembered.
00:44:29Please.
00:45:10Promise me something.
00:45:11Anything.
00:45:14I don't even know where you live.
00:45:16Promise me you won't vanish.
00:45:19I won't be the one to vanish.
00:45:42We are here.
00:46:12Who is it?
00:46:14Frank.
00:46:15Good morning, Mr. Frank.
00:47:02Please be seated.
00:47:03It will just be a moment.
00:47:05Lisa, leave it on.
00:47:07Someone wants to see it.
00:47:09A new costumer.
00:47:11Looks like a good one.
00:47:15It won't take one moment.
00:47:20You will like this one, I'm sure.
00:47:22I'm sure.
00:47:29I like it very much.
00:47:32Very much.
00:47:34How did you find me?
00:47:36I'm a good detective.
00:47:37Don't you think?
00:47:38You are.
00:47:42Hello.
00:47:46I'm afraid we'll have to put off our plans for tonight.
00:47:50I couldn't go away without seeing you.
00:47:53Where are you going?
00:47:54Milano.
00:47:56The whole orchestra is going.
00:47:57I'm going to play at La Scala.
00:47:59That's wonderful.
00:48:02I've forgotten all about it.
00:48:05It won't be long.
00:48:06Just two weeks.
00:48:08The train leaves at 5.30.
00:48:09Do you suppose you could see me off?
00:48:12I'll try.
00:48:13I'll look for you then.
00:48:15Goodbye.
00:48:21Goodbye.
00:48:23You'll be there.
00:48:27How did it go?
00:48:29He wasn't interested in the suit, but...
00:48:31Madame Spitzer, could I leave a little earlier today?
00:48:34How early?
00:48:36About five.
00:48:37Yes.
00:48:39Sure.
00:48:42Congratulations, my dear.
00:49:07Stefan, the train is leaving.
00:49:08Just a minute.
00:49:12How long have you been standing here?
00:49:16I don't want to go.
00:49:17Do you believe that?
00:49:19I'll be here when you get back.
00:49:22Yes.
00:49:23Stefan, hurry, please.
00:49:25I still know so little about you.
00:49:28You like mystery.
00:49:32That a woman like you exists, and I found you.
00:49:36That's mystery enough.
00:49:38Say, Stefan, the way you said it last night.
00:49:43Stefan.
00:49:45It's as though you've said it all your life.
00:49:47Better hurry, sir.
00:49:48Yes.
00:49:50Goodbye.
00:49:51Stefan.
00:49:52Yes.
00:49:55It won't be long.
00:49:56I'll be back in two weeks.
00:50:03Goodbye.
00:50:04Two weeks.
00:50:09Two weeks.
00:50:11Stefan, how little you knew yourself.
00:50:14That train was taking you out of my life.
00:51:08Is he a married man?
00:51:11Does he live here in Vienna?
00:51:15If we knew who he was, he might be willing to accept his responsibility.
00:51:24You won't tell us his name?
00:51:33But you haven't the means to take care of the child.
00:51:36We'll get along.
00:51:39It's your duty to tell us.
00:51:41When a man does the sort of thing...
00:51:42Please, I'm feeling tired. Would you go?
00:51:50You may wonder why I never came to you for help.
00:51:53I wanted to be one woman you had known,
00:51:56who asked you for nothing.
00:51:59My deep regret is that you never saw your son.
00:52:03There were times during those years,
00:52:05I prefer not to remember.
00:52:06But this I can assure you.
00:52:08Whatever the cost,
00:52:10he repaid me a thousand times.
00:52:13You would have been proud of him, too.
00:52:16When he was almost nine,
00:52:18as much for his sake as mine,
00:52:20I married.
00:52:22You know who my husband is.
00:52:24Johann Stauffer married me,
00:52:26knowing the truth about us,
00:52:28and about our child.
00:52:30Oh, how lovely.
00:52:31Thank you, Johann.
00:52:32What a nice birthday.
00:52:34This, and Stefan home.
00:52:36You know, I'm not good at saying such things,
00:52:39but, Lisa,
00:52:41I want you to be as happy as you've made me.
00:52:43If I were really a deserving wife,
00:52:45I'd be ready on time.
00:52:50You are happy?
00:52:57You are?
00:52:59Yes.
00:53:01You are?
00:53:03Why shouldn't I be?
00:53:07Let's say good night.
00:53:14Hello.
00:53:15Still another talent?
00:53:18He has a lot of talents,
00:53:20but not for finishing his milk.
00:53:22May I see it?
00:53:26Or for brushing his teeth.
00:53:28Made in Switzerland?
00:53:30Switzerland must be a very nice place,
00:53:32don't you think?
00:53:33Who gave it to you, darling?
00:53:35Herr Frank.
00:53:36Who is Herr Frank?
00:53:37His music teacher.
00:53:38He said he thinks I was a natural talent.
00:53:40For the harmonica?
00:53:42No, for music.
00:53:44Oh.
00:53:46Good night, Stefan.
00:53:48Good night, sir.
00:53:51Good night, darling.
00:53:53Good night, mother.
00:53:55Mother!
00:53:57I'll be right down.
00:54:01Yes?
00:54:02You remember the last time,
00:54:04first night I was home from school?
00:54:06Mm-hmm, what about it?
00:54:07When you went out,
00:54:08you let me sleep in your room.
00:54:10All right, it's a special concession
00:54:12because it's your first night home.
00:54:14But hurry, I'm late.
00:54:20In just a minute.
00:54:22There's no hurry.
00:54:24Good night, Stefan.
00:54:26Good night, sir.
00:54:27Good night.
00:54:34You know, Stefan,
00:54:35it might be nice if you could say
00:54:37good night, father,
00:54:38instead of good night, sir.
00:54:39But I've always said it that way.
00:54:41I think you'd like it
00:54:42if you could manage a change.
00:54:44Supposing you said to me
00:54:45good night, madam,
00:54:46it would sound pretty silly, wouldn't it?
00:54:48Now promise me
00:54:49that you'll go to sleep
00:54:50and not wait up for me.
00:54:51I promise.
00:54:52Will you bring me a program of the opera?
00:54:54I promise.
00:54:57Good night, madam.
00:54:59Good night, sir.
00:55:01After all,
00:55:02when a person treats you
00:55:03so much like his son,
00:55:05he is, in a sense, your father.
00:55:07All right, mother, if you say so.
00:55:09Good night.
00:55:20The course of our lives
00:55:21can be changed
00:55:22by such little things.
00:55:24So many passing by,
00:55:26each intent on his own problems.
00:55:29So many faces
00:55:31that one might easily have been lost.
00:55:34I know now,
00:55:36nothing happens by chance.
00:55:39Every moment is measured.
00:55:41Every step is counted.
00:55:46Curtain.
00:55:47Curtain going up.
00:55:48Second back.
00:55:49Curtain going up.
00:55:50Curtain going up.
00:55:51Second back.
00:55:52Second back.
00:55:54Look,
00:55:55isn't that Stephan Bryant?
00:55:57He returned last week.
00:55:58A concert tour?
00:55:59Pleasure trip, most likely.
00:56:01The way he's burning himself up,
00:56:02it's a wonder he's still alive.
00:56:07Ten years ago,
00:56:08he showed great promise.
00:56:10Too bad.
00:56:12With that talent,
00:56:13he could have been a great pianist.
00:56:15Perhaps talent is not enough.
00:56:17Perhaps he has too many talents.
00:56:19Second back.
00:56:20Curtain going up.
00:56:36You know the colonel and his cognac.
00:56:38General Hersendorf was asking for you.
00:56:40You've made a conquest.
00:56:42My dear, you should have joined us.
00:56:48Second back.
00:57:07Suddenly,
00:57:09in that one moment,
00:57:11everything was in danger.
00:57:13Everything I thought was safe.
00:57:16Somewhere out there were your eyes
00:57:17and I knew I couldn't escape them.
00:57:22It was like the first time I saw you.
00:57:24The years between were melting away.
00:57:30I have a headache.
00:57:31No, please don't.
00:57:32I'll be all right if I lie down.
00:57:33Please stay here.
00:57:48Would you be kind enough
00:57:49to give my husband a message?
00:57:50He's in 17.
00:57:51Not now, but after this act,
00:57:53tell him I have decided to go home
00:57:55and not to worry.
00:58:08Will you call my carriage, please?
00:58:09Yes, madam.
00:58:12The side entrance.
00:58:13Yes, ma'am.
00:58:18Let's go.
00:58:19Love
00:58:21Oh
00:58:23Oh
00:58:46Excuse me
00:58:47You must realize where there is a pursued there must also be a pursuer
00:58:52I've seen you somewhere. I know I
00:58:55Followed you upstairs and watched you in your box
00:58:58but I couldn't place you and
00:59:01I had to speak with you. I
00:59:04Know how this sounds I assure you in this case. It's true
00:59:09You believe that don't you?
00:59:11Yes, thank you. Now, please just a moment
00:59:15Is there any place we could have met that I might have seen you but one of my concerts
00:59:21It must have been some time ago. I haven't given any concerts in Vienna lately or anywhere else for that matter
00:59:29You don't play anymore
00:59:32It's not quite as final as that. I always tell myself begin again next week and then when next week comes it's this week
00:59:39So I wait for next week again. What are you waiting for?
00:59:44It's a very disturbing question. I carriage you can't ask such a question and just walk away. I
00:59:50Have a feeling but please don't think I'm mad. I know it sounds strange and I can't explain it
00:59:57But I feel that you understand what I can't even say
01:00:02That you can help me
01:00:06Have you
01:00:08Have you ever shuffle faces like cards?
01:00:12Hoping to find the one that lies somewhere just over the edge of your memory the one you've been waiting for
01:00:20But tonight when I first saw you and later when I watched you in the darkness
01:00:25It was as though I'd found that one face among all others
01:00:35Promise I'll see you again. I must see I don't know
01:00:41I
01:01:02Know and you don't think I wanted this to happen. No, what are you going to do?
01:01:11I don't know
01:01:14Is that we have a marriage
01:01:18Perhaps it's not all you once hoped for but have a home and your son and
01:01:24People who care for you. I know that your honor. I do anything to avoid hurting you, but I can't help it
01:01:33And your son you think you can avoid hurting him won't be harmed I'll see to that
01:01:42There are such things as honor and decency
01:01:48Tell myself that a hundred times this one evening you talk as though it were out of your hands
01:01:54It's not Lisa. You have a will
01:01:57You can do what's right? What's best for you?
01:02:00Or you can throw away your life
01:02:03I've had no will but his ever
01:02:05That's romantic nonsense
01:02:07Is it?
01:02:09Yeah, well, I can't help it I I can't please believe what about him
01:02:15Can't he help himself either? I
01:02:19Know now that he needs me as much as I've always needed him. Isn't it a little late for him to find that out?
01:02:26We're home, sir
01:02:40Good night
01:02:58Lisa if you do this, you can never turn back. You know that don't you? Yes
01:03:09I warn you I shall do everything in my power to prevent it
01:03:40I
01:03:47Know darling wake up
01:03:57Did you have a nice time yes
01:04:03Good night father
01:04:05Goodnight
01:04:07Did you hear I just said it? Yes, darling. Tell me about the opera. Was it exciting?
01:04:24You're wonderful
01:04:27You're wonderful
01:04:34You know how much that's meant to me to be so proud of you always
01:04:56I
01:05:09Don't worry mother
01:05:10You'll see two weeks ago like an express train
01:05:14You're sure you're coming. Of course. I promised you even get my room in the village for me
01:05:19I'll get you the same one you had last time the one with the balcony
01:05:23Didn't I tell you that compartment was quarantined
01:05:29I'm sorry, ma'am. This compartment has to be closed up. I'll take you to the next car for that's good. I'll be near the locomotive
01:05:37I'll take the phone
01:05:42Do we have two locomotives on our trains we usually get along with one but I'll talk to the engineer
01:05:49About that you can have two seats in there. He's traveling alone
01:05:55I'll take good care of them. We leave in about a minute better hurry and get your seat
01:06:00See better if you sit over here
01:06:09You know how I long so for your being home
01:06:13And now I can't even explain it. Maybe someday very soon
01:06:16I'll be able to give you a reason but now
01:06:20Just have to believe that it's for your own good. I don't mind going back so much, especially when you're coming so soon
01:06:27Be like two vacations
01:06:30Then I'll show you the new book we found since you were there last time. Yeah, better get out lady
01:06:34Yes, mother, but I can't write very often not in two weeks
01:07:04You
01:07:32What is it what happened
01:07:35Is someone hurt
01:07:37No reason to get alarmed. They say it's a case of typhus. Yes
01:07:42typhus on the train
01:07:44Oh
01:08:00He's mr. Brand here Stefan Brian brand
01:08:06One moment, please friends
01:08:14Could you tell me, has Mr. Brandt been here this evening?
01:08:17Oh, Mr. Brandt is no longer a customer of ours.
01:08:20Not for some time.
01:08:22Mr. Brandt these days is more likely to be found at the Ritz.
01:08:44Good evening, ma'am.
01:09:00I still have nice flowers left.
01:09:02I'm closing up and I'll sell you a nice bouquet.
01:09:05Very cheap.
01:09:06I'll take those.
01:09:14The white ones.
01:09:16Don't bother to wrap them up.
01:09:18As a matter of fact.
01:09:47Now, you can drive on.
01:10:16Stephen Brandt is here.
01:10:44Oh, God.
01:11:13Well, this is a surprise.
01:11:37But I assure you, a very happy one.
01:11:40John didn't prepare me for such a pleasant occasion.
01:11:45I thought last night the darkness might have played tricks with my eyes.
01:11:51You're even more beautiful than I imagined.
01:11:54Very kind of you.
01:11:56This is just the hour for a little late supper.
01:11:59Or is it too late?
01:12:00Well, it makes no difference.
01:12:01You're here.
01:12:02And as far as I'm concerned, all the clocks in the world have stopped.
01:12:05Excuse me a moment.
01:12:07John.
01:12:09John, I'm sorry to send you out so late.
01:12:11Would you go down to the corner and get a few things?
01:12:13We're going to have some supper.
01:12:15The usual things.
01:12:24John makes life possible for a hopelessly single man.
01:12:28She fascinates you, too.
01:12:31You remember, the Greeks built a statue to a god they didn't know but hoped someday would come to them.
01:12:37Well, mine happens to be a goddess.
01:12:39And you never found her?
01:12:42For years.
01:12:44I never woke in the morning but what I said to myself, perhaps today she will come.
01:12:49And my life will really begin.
01:12:52Sometimes it seemed very near.
01:12:55Well, now I'm older and I know better.
01:13:02Even for yourself, you don't play anymore?
01:13:04Oh, I remember.
01:13:05Last night you were kind enough to be interested.
01:13:08I forgot.
01:13:09John locked it when I went away.
01:13:10Nowadays I'm away quite a lot of the time.
01:13:13I'll ask him for the key when he comes back.
01:13:17You're very lovely.
01:13:19Beautiful dress.
01:13:23How could you do that, give it up altogether?
01:13:26If you're so curious, I'll tell you.
01:13:29One night I came back to this room.
01:13:32I'd given a concert like all the others.
01:13:34Not better, not worse.
01:13:37Afterwards they said all the usual things.
01:13:40The things you say when you're not really convinced.
01:13:44So I happened to look in the mirror, this one here.
01:13:48A young prodigy was no longer young.
01:13:50Certainly wasn't prodigious.
01:13:54Since then I found other things to do.
01:13:57Amusing things.
01:14:05I knew last night.
01:14:07Didn't you?
01:14:09I haven't even offered to fix you a drink.
01:14:28Stefan.
01:14:31Yes?
01:14:32I came here, I have something to tell you.
01:14:36It has to do with you, I'm very interested.
01:14:38It has to do with us.
01:14:40No, we can't possibly be serious this early in the morning.
01:14:43At least not without a glass of champagne, it won't take a minute.
01:14:49Champagne tastes much better after midnight, don't you think?
01:14:52Much better.
01:14:54I just came back from America, it's a fascinating country.
01:14:57The men are fond of money, and their wives are fond of Europeans.
01:15:01Must have been a wonderful trip.
01:15:03Do you travel a great deal?
01:15:08Well, I suppose you won't believe me, but I couldn't get you out of my mind all day.
01:15:14No, I don't believe you.
01:15:16If only I'd known you were coming.
01:15:18To tell you the truth, I never dared hope you could arrange it so soon.
01:15:22But you're so clever, you manage so beautifully.
01:15:25You know, you're a very strange woman.
01:15:28Am I?
01:15:30Something you said last night keeps running through my mind.
01:15:35What was that?
01:15:37I'll tell you in just a moment, as soon as I get the ice.
01:15:41Are you getting lonely out there?
01:15:44Very lonely.
01:15:52I'd come to tell you about us, to offer you my whole life.
01:15:57But you didn't even remember me.
01:16:05No.
01:16:36Take you somewhere, young lady?
01:16:39Anywhere at all?
01:16:42Makes no difference.
01:17:06I don't remember where I went.
01:17:09Time moved past me.
01:17:11Not in days or in hours, but in the distance it put between us.
01:17:17And I could think again.
01:17:19I went to my son, but it was too late.
01:17:23He died last night of typhus, without even knowing I was there.
01:17:30Now I'm alone.
01:17:33I had throbs and my temples are burning.
01:17:37Perhaps God has been kind and I too have caught the fever.
01:17:42If this letter reaches you, believe this,
01:17:46that I love you now as I've always loved you.
01:17:50My life can be measured by the moments I've had with you and our child.
01:17:55If only you could have shared those moments.
01:17:59If only you could have recognised what was always yours.
01:18:03Could have found what was never lost.
01:18:06If only.
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01:19:53You remembered her.
01:19:59Lisa.
01:20:15Lisa.
01:20:21Lisa.
01:20:29Lisa.
01:20:30Lisa.
01:20:58Bring my things.
01:21:00Bring my things.
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01:21:28Ready, gentlemen.
01:21:31If only you could have recognised what was always yours.
01:21:36Could have found what was never lost.
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