Letter from an Unknown Woman

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0:01:29 > 0:01:32Then you've made up your mind?

0:01:32 > 0:01:34You're going through with it?

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Why not?

0:01:35 > 0:01:38For one thing, he's an excellent shot.

0:01:38 > 0:01:39So I've heard.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42At least try to get some sleep.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44If I were you, no more cognac.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46We'll come at 5am. You'll have three hours.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48You'll be here?

0:01:48 > 0:01:50I don't mind so much being killed.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53But you know how hard it is for me to...

0:01:53 > 0:01:55get up in the morning.

0:01:55 > 0:01:56Good night.

0:01:56 > 0:01:57Good night. Good night.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05I'm afraid this time, Stefan's picked a fight with the wrong man.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09I wonder if he'll be here when we come back.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Who is it?

0:02:12 > 0:02:13Brand.

0:02:13 > 0:02:14Good morning, Mr Brand.

0:02:31 > 0:02:32Cheer up, John.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36This is one engagement I have no intention of keeping.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Honor is a luxury only gentlemen can afford.

0:02:39 > 0:02:41Oh, pack my things.

0:02:41 > 0:02:45Whatever you think I'll need for an indefinite stay.

0:02:47 > 0:02:50Oh, and have a cab downstairs in about an hour.

0:02:50 > 0:02:53I'll go out the back way.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56I'm sorry I won't be here to see their faces.

0:03:00 > 0:03:01Oh...

0:03:04 > 0:03:07Did this come during the night?

0:03:07 > 0:03:10Oh, would you bring me some coffee with cognac?

0:04:15 > 0:04:17'By the time you read this letter,

0:04:17 > 0:04:18'I may be dead.

0:04:18 > 0:04:22'I have so much to tell you

0:04:22 > 0:04:24'and perhaps very little time.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26'Will I ever send it?

0:04:26 > 0:04:28'I don't know.'

0:04:31 > 0:04:34'I must find the strength to write now

0:04:34 > 0:04:35'before it's too late.

0:04:35 > 0:04:39'And as I write, it may become clear

0:04:39 > 0:04:41'that what happened to us

0:04:41 > 0:04:44'had its own reason beyond our poor understanding.

0:04:44 > 0:04:47'If this reaches you,

0:04:47 > 0:04:50'you will know how I became yours

0:04:50 > 0:04:52'when you didn't know who I was

0:04:52 > 0:04:54'or even that I existed.

0:04:54 > 0:04:56'I think everyone has two birthdays...

0:04:56 > 0:04:59'the day of his physical birth

0:04:59 > 0:05:02'and the beginning of his consciousness.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04'Nothing is vivid or real in my memory

0:05:04 > 0:05:06'before that day in spring

0:05:06 > 0:05:10'when I came home from school and found a moving van

0:05:10 > 0:05:12'in front of our building.'

0:05:31 > 0:05:33'I wondered about our new neighbour

0:05:33 > 0:05:35'who owned such beautiful things.'

0:05:35 > 0:05:38Lisa! Come in, Lisa.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40Come in this minute, do you hear?

0:05:42 > 0:05:44Lisa!

0:05:43 > 0:05:45Yes, mother.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50Who's supposed to clean that up?

0:05:50 > 0:05:51Me, I suppose.

0:05:51 > 0:05:52Ja.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54I haven't enough to do.

0:05:54 > 0:05:57I told you we shouldn't tie it like that.

0:05:57 > 0:05:58You better get another rope.

0:05:58 > 0:05:59What?

0:05:59 > 0:06:01You better get another rope!

0:06:01 > 0:06:02All right.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04Get another rope from the wagon.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06Last time I'll move a musician.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09Why does he have to play the piano?

0:06:09 > 0:06:11Why not the piccolo?

0:06:16 > 0:06:18Where do these go?

0:06:20 > 0:06:21What?

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Uh-huh. In the study.

0:06:28 > 0:06:31Hey, where's that rope? We are waiting.

0:06:31 > 0:06:33I'm coming.

0:06:34 > 0:06:35Thank you.

0:06:35 > 0:06:38Lisa, what are you doing out there?

0:06:38 > 0:06:39Come inside.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56'I didn't see you that day

0:06:56 > 0:06:58'or for many days thereafter,

0:06:58 > 0:07:01'but I could listen to your playing.'

0:07:28 > 0:07:32I wish he'd stop that noise.

0:07:32 > 0:07:33It's not noise.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36Don't bite my head off.

0:07:35 > 0:07:37It's Mr Brand playing.

0:07:37 > 0:07:38You call that playing?

0:07:38 > 0:07:40Shh!

0:07:50 > 0:07:52How old is he?

0:07:52 > 0:07:54Who?

0:07:54 > 0:07:56Him.

0:07:56 > 0:07:58Oh, I don't know.

0:07:58 > 0:07:59Quite old, I guess.

0:07:59 > 0:08:00Oh.

0:08:00 > 0:08:05You know the boy I was talking to outside of school?

0:08:05 > 0:08:09The bony one with the yellow hair and the long nose.

0:08:09 > 0:08:11The one who lives next to the grocery.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14I'm going to have to do something about him

0:08:14 > 0:08:16if he doesn't keep his hands to himself.

0:08:16 > 0:08:18The things he does.

0:08:18 > 0:08:20Right out in the street.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34PIANO PLAYING STOPS

0:08:58 > 0:08:59Thank you, John.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01I'll be home late.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03You needn't wait up for me.

0:09:12 > 0:09:15Thank you.

0:09:16 > 0:09:17Good morning.

0:09:29 > 0:09:30Why, Lisa...

0:09:33 > 0:09:35you're all red in the face.

0:09:35 > 0:09:36You're blushing.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39I'll get you for that!

0:09:40 > 0:09:41'Yes, I was blushing.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45'And hard as it may be for you to realise,

0:09:45 > 0:09:49'from that moment on, I was in love with you.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52'Quite consciously, I began to prepare myself for you.

0:09:52 > 0:09:54'I kept my clothes neater

0:09:54 > 0:09:57'so you wouldn't be ashamed of me.'

0:09:57 > 0:09:58And bow, 2, 3.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00'I went to dancing school.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03'I wanted to become more graceful

0:10:03 > 0:10:07'and learn good manners... for you.'

0:10:07 > 0:10:09And bow, 2, 3.

0:10:09 > 0:10:11And 1, 2, 3.

0:10:11 > 0:10:14And 1, 2, 3.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16And 1, 2, 3.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21'And so I would know more about you and your world,

0:10:21 > 0:10:23'I went to the library

0:10:23 > 0:10:27'and studied the lives of the great musicians of the past.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42'Though I was not able to go to your concerts,

0:10:42 > 0:10:45'I found ways of sharing in your success.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59'And as the months went by,

0:10:59 > 0:11:01'I began to know your friends.

0:11:01 > 0:11:03'Many of them were women.

0:11:03 > 0:11:05'Most of them.'

0:11:07 > 0:11:08Lisa.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16Lisa! Where are you, Lisa?

0:11:21 > 0:11:24Aren't you going to finish your dinner?

0:11:27 > 0:11:29I'm sorry, mother.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37'What I really lived for

0:11:37 > 0:11:40'were those evenings when you were alone,

0:11:40 > 0:11:43'and I pretended you were playing just for me.'

0:11:43 > 0:11:45PIANO PLAYING

0:11:59 > 0:12:01'And though you didn't know it,

0:12:01 > 0:12:05'you were giving me some of the happiest hours of my life.

0:13:24 > 0:13:27'Then came a great day for me.

0:13:27 > 0:13:28'In the building where we lived,

0:13:28 > 0:13:30'thursday was rug beating day.'

0:13:40 > 0:13:41Come on. Let's help him.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44Oh, I've got to do my own rug.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46I'll do it for you afterwards.

0:13:52 > 0:13:53Remember what you promised.

0:13:53 > 0:13:54I will.

0:14:00 > 0:14:02Beautiful rug.

0:14:03 > 0:14:05It's a beautiful rug, isn't it?

0:14:05 > 0:14:06It's just a rug.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh, you wouldn't know.

0:14:10 > 0:14:13Say, what are we doing this for?

0:14:13 > 0:14:14Shh. He'll hear you.

0:14:14 > 0:14:15Aw, he can't talk.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17Well, he can hear, can't he?

0:14:17 > 0:14:19Come on.

0:14:27 > 0:14:28You're welcome.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31Come on, Lisa.

0:14:31 > 0:14:32I'll be right down.

0:14:32 > 0:14:34What are you going to do?

0:14:34 > 0:14:35Go away. I'll be down.

0:14:35 > 0:14:37What are you going to do?

0:14:37 > 0:14:39Go away or I'll throw you downstairs.

0:14:39 > 0:14:41Are you crazy?

0:15:31 > 0:15:33DOOR CREAKS

0:16:26 > 0:16:27THUMP

0:16:41 > 0:16:43DOOR CLOSES

0:16:45 > 0:16:46Lisa.

0:16:47 > 0:16:48I'll see you tomorrow.

0:16:50 > 0:16:52What are you doing up there?

0:16:52 > 0:16:54Come, dear.

0:16:54 > 0:16:56I have something to tell you.

0:16:56 > 0:16:59It's...it's... it's really good news.

0:16:59 > 0:17:02I'm sure if you think about it sensibly,

0:17:02 > 0:17:04you'll be very, very happy.

0:17:07 > 0:17:08Sit down.

0:17:18 > 0:17:20Well...

0:17:20 > 0:17:23I can understand you must have been startled

0:17:23 > 0:17:26when you saw Herr Kastner and me in the hall.

0:17:26 > 0:17:28Perhaps it was my fault

0:17:28 > 0:17:30for not telling you something about it before.

0:17:30 > 0:17:32You see, dear,

0:17:32 > 0:17:34your mother is not really old.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36She can have admirers, too.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38She can even...

0:17:38 > 0:17:41well, be in love with a man.

0:17:41 > 0:17:44Someday you'll understand better what that means.

0:17:44 > 0:17:48Besides, you know how hard it is to get along

0:17:48 > 0:17:50on my small pension.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53Herr Kastner has a comfortable business in Linz.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55A military tailor.

0:17:55 > 0:17:59And he has... he has done me the honour

0:17:59 > 0:18:01of asking me to marry him.

0:18:01 > 0:18:03Besides, he's a kind man,

0:18:03 > 0:18:05and he likes you very much.

0:18:05 > 0:18:09I'm sure with his help, it'll be much easier...

0:18:09 > 0:18:10Mother.

0:18:10 > 0:18:12What is it?

0:18:12 > 0:18:16Would we have to go to Linz and live there?

0:18:16 > 0:18:17But why not?

0:18:17 > 0:18:19What's there to keep us here?

0:18:19 > 0:18:21I won't go. I won't go.

0:18:21 > 0:18:22Lisa!

0:18:22 > 0:18:23What's the matter?

0:18:23 > 0:18:25But what is it?

0:18:25 > 0:18:27Lisa!

0:18:27 > 0:18:29I won't go. I won't go.

0:18:29 > 0:18:33Now, Lisa, be do reasonable, and tell your mother.

0:18:33 > 0:18:34Lisa!

0:18:36 > 0:18:38MUTTERING

0:18:38 > 0:18:41That will go with us in our compartment.

0:18:41 > 0:18:44Let's see. We had 11 altogether.

0:18:43 > 0:18:451, 2, 3, 4, 5,

0:18:45 > 0:18:486, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

0:18:48 > 0:18:49The trunks, dear...

0:18:49 > 0:18:51Don't worry, dear. I'll take care of everything.

0:18:51 > 0:18:53The express man promised the trunks...

0:18:53 > 0:18:54WHISTLE

0:18:54 > 0:18:56Either I've lost half a minute,

0:18:56 > 0:18:57or the station clock's ahead.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59How much will that be?

0:18:59 > 0:19:00That's up to you, sir.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02Up to me?

0:19:02 > 0:19:03one Krone should be enough.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06I promise the trunks will be here on time.

0:19:06 > 0:19:07About the boxes...

0:19:07 > 0:19:101, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12How long will it take

0:19:12 > 0:19:15if we send them to Linz third class?

0:19:15 > 0:19:16Two weeks, maybe.

0:19:16 > 0:19:18Two weeks? Very good.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20Mark each of these second class...

0:19:20 > 0:19:21er, third class.

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Each of these second class?

0:19:23 > 0:19:24Third class. Third class.

0:19:24 > 0:19:26Ah. What did I tell you?

0:19:26 > 0:19:28When you're going to do a thing,

0:19:28 > 0:19:30do it on time.

0:19:30 > 0:19:31That's always been my system.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33Unload those right here.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35Our train doesn't leave until 12pm.

0:19:35 > 0:19:37But sharp. Sharp.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39Oh, yes. Of course. I'd almost forgot.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41Now, let me see.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44Please don't get excited, dear. Please.

0:19:49 > 0:19:51'Suddenly, I knew

0:19:51 > 0:19:53'I couldn't live without you.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55'I didn't know what I had in mind

0:19:55 > 0:19:57'or what my parents would do

0:19:57 > 0:19:58'when they found me missing.

0:19:58 > 0:20:02'All I wanted was to see you once more,

0:20:02 > 0:20:03'to be near you again,

0:20:03 > 0:20:05'to throw myself at your feet

0:20:05 > 0:20:08'and cling to you and never leave you.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09'Nothing else...

0:20:09 > 0:20:10Nothing else mattered.'

0:20:16 > 0:20:20All right. All right. I'm coming.

0:20:20 > 0:20:21Oh, it's you, Lisa.

0:20:21 > 0:20:23I thought by now

0:20:23 > 0:20:25you were already halfway to Linz.

0:20:25 > 0:20:27Didn't your train leave about...

0:20:27 > 0:20:29I forgot something.

0:21:51 > 0:21:54'These rooms where I had lived

0:21:54 > 0:21:56'had been filled with your music.

0:21:56 > 0:21:59'Now they were empty.

0:21:58 > 0:22:01'Would they ever come to life again?

0:22:01 > 0:22:03'Would I?

0:22:03 > 0:22:05'Only you could answer,

0:22:05 > 0:22:08'so I waited...

0:22:08 > 0:22:09'and waited.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13'For what seemed endless hours,

0:22:13 > 0:22:14'I sat outside your door

0:22:14 > 0:22:16'trying to keep myself awake,

0:22:16 > 0:22:19'afraid I might fall asleep and miss you.

0:22:19 > 0:22:20'Then...'

0:22:20 > 0:22:22GATE OPENS

0:22:26 > 0:22:27Who is it?

0:22:27 > 0:22:28Brand.

0:22:28 > 0:22:30Good morning, Mr Brand.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43GIGGLING

0:23:00 > 0:23:01FUMBLING WITH KEY

0:23:03 > 0:23:05Why, thank you.

0:23:05 > 0:23:07GIGGLING

0:23:13 > 0:23:15'And so there was nothing left for me.

0:23:15 > 0:23:17'I went to Linz.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27'You who have always lived so freely,

0:23:27 > 0:23:30'have you any idea what life is like

0:23:30 > 0:23:33'in a little garrison town?

0:23:33 > 0:23:35'I was 18 now

0:23:35 > 0:23:38'and was expected to take my place in society.'

0:23:40 > 0:23:43Come now, Lisa. Don't look down at your feet.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45Please be tactful. Let him do the talking,

0:23:45 > 0:23:47but not all the talking.

0:23:47 > 0:23:48Do you hear me, Lisa?

0:23:48 > 0:23:50Good morning, Colonel.

0:23:50 > 0:23:51Good morning, Colonel.

0:23:52 > 0:23:54Good morning.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59Frau Kastner, Fraulein Kastner, Herr Kastner,

0:23:59 > 0:24:02may I have the honour to present my nephew,

0:24:02 > 0:24:04Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger.

0:24:04 > 0:24:07I have the honour to kiss your hand.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09Very pleased to make your acquaintance.

0:24:09 > 0:24:10Thank you, lieutenant.

0:24:10 > 0:24:12Herr Kastner, I have the honour.

0:24:12 > 0:24:14I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.

0:24:14 > 0:24:15Thank you, lieutenant.

0:24:15 > 0:24:18Allow me to present our daughter Lisa.

0:24:18 > 0:24:19Lieutenant Leopold von Kaltnegger.

0:24:27 > 0:24:30I believe I should tell you

0:24:30 > 0:24:32how impressed I was with your parade

0:24:32 > 0:24:34the morning of the emperor's birthday.

0:24:34 > 0:24:35Excuse me.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42Do you like it here in Linz?

0:24:42 > 0:24:44Quite well.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46It must seem very restful

0:24:46 > 0:24:47after living in Vienna.

0:24:47 > 0:24:49I liked Vienna.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51Indeed.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54What did you like about it?

0:24:56 > 0:24:59Perhaps you were fond of the music.

0:24:59 > 0:25:00Yes.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02We also have good music here.

0:25:02 > 0:25:04Every other saturday afternoon,

0:25:04 > 0:25:06they give a concert on the concourse.

0:25:06 > 0:25:07Oh, really?

0:25:07 > 0:25:10Perhaps someday you'll allow me the honour

0:25:10 > 0:25:11of escorting you.

0:25:11 > 0:25:13Very nice of you.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15As a cadet, I took part myself.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17I played second trumpet.

0:25:17 > 0:25:18Oh, how nice.

0:25:18 > 0:25:20I'm glad we both like music.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22There's nothing wrong with the child

0:25:22 > 0:25:24if she only meets the right people.

0:25:33 > 0:25:35Hup, hup, hup.

0:25:35 > 0:25:38Brrrrup, hup, hup!

0:25:42 > 0:25:44The lieutenant was right...

0:25:44 > 0:25:46Linz was a musical town.

0:25:46 > 0:25:49So twice a month that summer we listened,

0:25:49 > 0:25:50the lieutenant and I.

0:26:20 > 0:26:22Before the afternoon is over,

0:26:22 > 0:26:24I'm sure we'll have an announcement.

0:26:24 > 0:26:28Nothing could please us more, Colonel.

0:26:32 > 0:26:34Miss Lisa, this is a subject

0:26:34 > 0:26:37which I've wished to bring up for some time.

0:26:37 > 0:26:39I trust you'll forgive me

0:26:39 > 0:26:40if I presume to mention

0:26:40 > 0:26:42a hope I've allowed myself.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44It may be unnecessary for me to mention

0:26:44 > 0:26:46that ever since you came to my attention

0:26:46 > 0:26:48I've been most favourably impressed.

0:26:48 > 0:26:50I believe your parents are not opposed

0:26:50 > 0:26:52to my keeping company,

0:26:52 > 0:26:54that is, steady company with you.

0:26:54 > 0:26:55But, lieutenant, I...

0:26:55 > 0:26:57Please allow me to finish.

0:26:56 > 0:26:59As far as my prospects are concerned,

0:26:59 > 0:27:00you must be aware

0:27:00 > 0:27:02that it's generally believed

0:27:02 > 0:27:03that I have the qualifications

0:27:03 > 0:27:05for an outstanding military career.

0:27:05 > 0:27:06There's no doubt of that.

0:27:06 > 0:27:09It's too soon to discuss any definite steps.

0:27:09 > 0:27:10We should know each other...

0:27:10 > 0:27:12Lieutenant, I'm sorry. It's impossible.

0:27:12 > 0:27:13Impossible?

0:27:13 > 0:27:16Please don't ask me to explain.

0:27:16 > 0:27:17But I simply must insist.

0:27:17 > 0:27:19Is there someone else?

0:27:19 > 0:27:21Yes. I'm engaged to be married.

0:27:21 > 0:27:23Engaged to be married?

0:27:23 > 0:27:24I should've told you before,

0:27:24 > 0:27:26but I didn't realise...

0:27:26 > 0:27:28I haven't seen you in anyone's company.

0:27:28 > 0:27:29He lives in Vienna.

0:27:29 > 0:27:31In Vienna?

0:27:31 > 0:27:33He writes music. He's a musician.

0:27:33 > 0:27:34But how can that be?

0:27:34 > 0:27:37Your mother and father, they've given my uncle...

0:27:37 > 0:27:38They don't know about it.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40You're engaged to a man,

0:27:40 > 0:27:42and your parents don't even know him?

0:27:42 > 0:27:44Oh.

0:27:44 > 0:27:46I'm sorry.

0:27:46 > 0:27:47Oh.

0:27:47 > 0:27:49Then, please...

0:27:49 > 0:27:51It won't be long now.

0:27:51 > 0:27:53The wine.

0:27:53 > 0:27:54Waiter, the wine.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08Hup, brrrrup!

0:28:32 > 0:28:34I don't understand.

0:28:34 > 0:28:35Lisa, what happened?

0:28:35 > 0:28:36What happened?

0:28:36 > 0:28:37Nothing.

0:28:37 > 0:28:39You must have said something.

0:28:39 > 0:28:41What did you say to him?

0:28:41 > 0:28:43I only told him the truth.

0:28:43 > 0:28:45What do you mean, the truth?

0:28:45 > 0:28:47What did you say to him?

0:28:47 > 0:28:49I told him... I wasn't free.

0:28:49 > 0:28:50What?

0:28:50 > 0:28:52'My poor parents.

0:28:52 > 0:28:54'For them, this was the end.

0:28:54 > 0:28:56'For me, it was a new beginning.

0:28:59 > 0:29:02'Vienna, when I saw it again,

0:29:02 > 0:29:04'seemed to have taken on a new splendour.

0:29:04 > 0:29:07'All the time I'd been away

0:29:07 > 0:29:10'I thought of it longingly as your city.

0:29:10 > 0:29:12'Now it was our city.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15'Madam Spitzer's is where I found work.

0:29:15 > 0:29:17'It was the kind of establishment

0:29:17 > 0:29:19'where one learns many things.'

0:29:19 > 0:29:20Miss Lisa, please.

0:29:20 > 0:29:21Coming.

0:29:31 > 0:29:32Hold your breath.

0:29:34 > 0:29:35Miss Lisa?

0:29:35 > 0:29:37We are waiting.

0:29:49 > 0:29:50Very pretty.

0:29:50 > 0:29:52Yes. Ahem.

0:29:52 > 0:29:53Very.

0:29:56 > 0:29:57KNOCK KNOCK

0:30:17 > 0:30:19Very charming.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21Very charming, indeed.

0:30:21 > 0:30:22Do you think...

0:30:22 > 0:30:24she's not like the others.

0:30:24 > 0:30:25I don't understand that girl,

0:30:25 > 0:30:28but every evening when the shutters are closed,

0:30:28 > 0:30:30off she goes straight home.

0:30:30 > 0:30:32Really?

0:30:36 > 0:30:38'Madame Spitzer spoke the truth.

0:30:38 > 0:30:41'I was not like the others.

0:30:41 > 0:30:43'Nobody waited for me.'

0:30:45 > 0:30:47'Off I went, not home,

0:30:47 > 0:30:49'but to the only place

0:30:49 > 0:30:52'that had ever seemed home to me.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54'Night after night

0:30:54 > 0:30:57'I returned to the same spot,

0:30:57 > 0:31:01'but you never noticed me, until one evening...'

0:31:01 > 0:31:04SINGING

0:32:12 > 0:32:14I've seen you before...

0:32:14 > 0:32:17a few nights ago.

0:32:17 > 0:32:18Right here.

0:32:18 > 0:32:20Oh, you live near here.

0:32:20 > 0:32:23No.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26You like to listen to street singers?

0:32:26 > 0:32:28Yes.

0:32:28 > 0:32:29Neither do I.

0:32:34 > 0:32:35I should introduce myself.

0:32:35 > 0:32:38No. I know who you are.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49I suppose sooner or later

0:32:49 > 0:32:52we'll have to decide where we're walking to.

0:32:52 > 0:32:54I have something I should call off.

0:32:54 > 0:32:57I almost never get to the place

0:32:57 > 0:32:59I start out for anyway.

0:33:39 > 0:33:40Pardon me.

0:33:40 > 0:33:41Excuse me.

0:33:42 > 0:33:43Very charming.

0:33:43 > 0:33:45Thank you.

0:33:44 > 0:33:47Anything else I can do for you?

0:33:47 > 0:33:50Please tell Balish I won't be at rehearsal this evening.

0:33:50 > 0:33:52Oh. Congratulations.

0:33:52 > 0:33:55Fritz, is the journal free now?

0:33:55 > 0:33:56Just a moment, sir.

0:33:56 > 0:33:58I'm busy with Mr Brand.

0:33:58 > 0:33:59Now, how about Lilia?

0:33:59 > 0:34:00Yes, Lilia.

0:34:00 > 0:34:04If she comes, what am I going to tell her?

0:34:04 > 0:34:05Well, tell her...

0:34:05 > 0:34:08I'll tell her it was most important,

0:34:08 > 0:34:10and you had to work tonight.

0:34:10 > 0:34:11That's it.

0:34:11 > 0:34:12I'm sure she will understand.

0:34:12 > 0:34:14Thank you. Bye.

0:34:14 > 0:34:15Oh, Stefan, I missed you yesterday.

0:34:15 > 0:34:17I have to talk to you.

0:34:17 > 0:34:19Well, later.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21I saw the manuscript of the concerto.

0:34:21 > 0:34:23There's a young man I met.

0:34:23 > 0:34:25His father owns half the gardens to Shonbrunn.

0:34:25 > 0:34:27I thought perhaps it was something

0:34:27 > 0:34:29for one of your concerts.

0:34:29 > 0:34:30If you'd glance at it...

0:34:30 > 0:34:32I'll talk to you tomorrow, huh?

0:34:49 > 0:34:50Now, don't be frightened.

0:34:50 > 0:34:52If it's not becoming,

0:34:52 > 0:34:54the lobster will pay no attention.

0:34:54 > 0:34:56I was wrong.

0:34:56 > 0:34:57It is becoming.

0:34:57 > 0:35:00Let's see. When do they have lobster again?

0:35:00 > 0:35:01Friday. How about Friday?

0:35:01 > 0:35:03A week is a long time.

0:35:03 > 0:35:05How about Wednesday? That's venison.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Oh, yes. Pheasant on Monday.

0:35:07 > 0:35:09Could you possibly make it on Monday?

0:35:09 > 0:35:12I have no engagements at all.

0:35:12 > 0:35:13I don't, either.

0:35:13 > 0:35:15We'll have dinner tomorrow night.

0:35:15 > 0:35:17Wiener schnitzel.

0:35:18 > 0:35:19Excuse me, Herr Brand.

0:35:19 > 0:35:21The lady in the next room...

0:35:21 > 0:35:23it's the Countess Roudenski...

0:35:23 > 0:35:25Wonders if you'd sign her programme

0:35:25 > 0:35:26of this afternoon's concert?

0:35:26 > 0:35:27Certainly.

0:35:27 > 0:35:29She said Mozart himself

0:35:29 > 0:35:31could not have done better.

0:35:31 > 0:35:32LISA: How nice of her.

0:35:32 > 0:35:35There. Thank the countess for the compliment.

0:35:35 > 0:35:36Thank you, Herr Brand.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Even though it's not deserved.

0:35:38 > 0:35:40When you played the D minor...

0:35:40 > 0:35:41You remember that?

0:35:41 > 0:35:43The morning review also compared you

0:35:43 > 0:35:44to a young Mozart.

0:35:44 > 0:35:46I was very young.

0:35:46 > 0:35:48There was that much resemblance.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52Do you like it?

0:35:52 > 0:35:54Mm-hmm.

0:35:54 > 0:35:55Valpolicella, it's called...

0:35:55 > 0:35:57The first vineyard you see

0:35:57 > 0:36:00when you come down the other side of the alps.

0:36:00 > 0:36:02The Italians say it's such a good wine

0:36:02 > 0:36:05because the grapes have their roots in the valley

0:36:05 > 0:36:07and their eyes on the mountains.

0:36:07 > 0:36:08Please...

0:36:08 > 0:36:10Please what?

0:36:10 > 0:36:12Please talk about yourself.

0:36:12 > 0:36:15I believe you really want to hear about me.

0:36:15 > 0:36:17Why?

0:36:17 > 0:36:19Never mind why.

0:36:19 > 0:36:20Well, the truth is,

0:36:20 > 0:36:23I've had rather an easy time of it.

0:36:23 > 0:36:27People accepted my music very quickly.

0:36:27 > 0:36:29Perhaps too quickly.

0:36:29 > 0:36:31Sometimes it's easier to please others

0:36:31 > 0:36:33than oneself.

0:36:33 > 0:36:36What were you going to say?

0:36:36 > 0:36:38You don't talk very much.

0:36:38 > 0:36:40Well, I can't say it very well, but...

0:36:40 > 0:36:41Yes?

0:36:41 > 0:36:45Sometimes I felt when you were playing that...

0:36:45 > 0:36:46Go on.

0:36:46 > 0:36:48That you haven't quite found...

0:36:48 > 0:36:50I don't know what it is...

0:36:50 > 0:36:51What you're looking for.

0:36:53 > 0:36:57How long have you been hiding in my piano?

0:36:57 > 0:36:58Never mind explaining.

0:36:58 > 0:37:01I'll just assume you're a sorceress

0:37:01 > 0:37:04and that you can make yourself very tiny.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06It might be a good thing

0:37:06 > 0:37:09to have a sorceress for a friend.

0:37:09 > 0:37:11Who knows?

0:37:11 > 0:37:14You may be able to help me someday.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25How could I help you?

0:37:25 > 0:37:29So that's what you've been thinking about.

0:37:29 > 0:37:31You're a very strange girl,

0:37:31 > 0:37:34whoever you are and wherever you came from.

0:37:34 > 0:37:36Don't you have any problems?

0:37:36 > 0:37:38Not important ones.

0:37:43 > 0:37:47It's a long while since anyone did that for me.

0:37:49 > 0:37:51Stop here, please.

0:37:50 > 0:37:52Whoa.

0:37:57 > 0:37:59Good evening, Mr Brand.

0:37:59 > 0:38:00Good evening.

0:38:00 > 0:38:01Some roses?

0:38:01 > 0:38:02Yes, please.

0:38:02 > 0:38:04A red rose?

0:38:04 > 0:38:05No, red's the wrong colour.

0:38:05 > 0:38:08A single white rose. That's perfect.

0:38:09 > 0:38:11This is a special occasion.

0:38:12 > 0:38:14There you are. Good night.

0:38:14 > 0:38:15Good night, Mr Brand.

0:38:15 > 0:38:16Enjoy yourselves.

0:38:18 > 0:38:20Did I guess right?

0:38:20 > 0:38:21Is it your flower?

0:38:21 > 0:38:24From now on, it will be.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26Would you like me to close it?

0:38:26 > 0:38:27No.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30Uh-huh. Now to the flower garden.

0:38:30 > 0:38:31Hup!

0:38:48 > 0:38:50Do you think it will all be closed?

0:38:50 > 0:38:52I hope not.

0:38:53 > 0:38:55I never come here in the season.

0:38:55 > 0:38:58It's more pleasant in the winter. I don't know why.

0:38:58 > 0:39:01It's, perhaps, because you prefer to imagine

0:39:01 > 0:39:03how it will be in the spring.

0:39:03 > 0:39:05If it's spring, then there's nothing to imagine,

0:39:05 > 0:39:07nothing to wish for.

0:39:07 > 0:39:09Is there anything about me you don't know?

0:39:09 > 0:39:11A few things.

0:39:11 > 0:39:13I don't know if they'll make a wax figure of you

0:39:13 > 0:39:17and put you in there because you're so famous.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19If they do, will you pay your penny

0:39:19 > 0:39:21to come in and see me?

0:39:21 > 0:39:23If you'll come alive.

0:39:34 > 0:39:36Now I see you as a little girl.

0:39:36 > 0:39:37You do?

0:39:40 > 0:39:43When my father was alive, we travelled a lot.

0:39:43 > 0:39:44We went nearly everywhere.

0:39:44 > 0:39:46We had wonderful times.

0:39:46 > 0:39:49I didn't know you travelled so much.

0:39:49 > 0:39:50Yes.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52Perhaps we've been to the same places.

0:39:52 > 0:39:53No, I don't think so.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55Where did you go?

0:39:55 > 0:39:57It was a long time,

0:39:56 > 0:39:59but, for instance, there was Rio de Janeiro,

0:39:59 > 0:40:01beautiful, exotic Rio with its botanical gardens,

0:40:01 > 0:40:03its Avenue of Palms,

0:40:03 > 0:40:05Sugarloaf Mountain, and, er, the harbour

0:40:05 > 0:40:08where you could look down and see the flying fish.

0:40:08 > 0:40:10We're in Venice.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13Yes, we've arrived. Where would you like to go next?

0:40:13 > 0:40:14France? England? Russia?

0:40:14 > 0:40:15Switzerland.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17Switzerland. Excuse me a moment

0:40:17 > 0:40:19while I talk with the engineer.

0:40:23 > 0:40:25You and the lady, are you enjoying the trip?

0:40:25 > 0:40:27Very much. We've decided on Switzerland.

0:40:29 > 0:40:31There you are. Thank you.

0:40:31 > 0:40:32Oh, thank you.

0:40:32 > 0:40:34Switzerland!

0:40:34 > 0:40:36Switzerland.

0:40:36 > 0:40:38Switzerland!

0:40:48 > 0:40:50TOOT TOOT

0:40:56 > 0:40:58MUSIC PLAYS

0:40:58 > 0:41:01So you were looking down at the flying fish.

0:41:01 > 0:41:02Then what?

0:41:02 > 0:41:05Aren't you going to finish the trip?

0:41:05 > 0:41:07Well, there weren't any trips. Do you mind?

0:41:07 > 0:41:10My father had a friend in a travel bureau.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12My father worked across the street.

0:41:12 > 0:41:15He was an assistant superintendent of the municipal waterworks.

0:41:15 > 0:41:17He'd bring folders home with pictures in them.

0:41:17 > 0:41:19We have stacks of them.

0:41:19 > 0:41:22In the evening, he'd put on his travelling coat.

0:41:22 > 0:41:23That's what he called it.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26He'd say, "where should we go this evening?"

0:41:26 > 0:41:29And I'd say, "Veracruz," because it's a beautiful name.

0:41:29 > 0:41:30And then he'd say,

0:41:30 > 0:41:31"Mmm, it's summer there.

0:41:31 > 0:41:34You don't want to roast like a coffee bean, do you?"

0:41:34 > 0:41:35You never got there?

0:41:35 > 0:41:39No, like our trip to the land of the midnight sun.

0:41:39 > 0:41:41What stopped you?

0:41:41 > 0:41:42The weather. I thought of India,

0:41:42 > 0:41:44but Father remembered it was the rainy season.

0:41:44 > 0:41:46A climate expert.

0:41:46 > 0:41:50Mother said he knew what the weather was everywhere except home.

0:41:50 > 0:41:52What mountain is that?

0:41:52 > 0:41:53That's the Matterhorn.

0:41:53 > 0:41:55Have you climbed it?

0:41:55 > 0:41:58Tell me, when you climb up a mountain,

0:41:58 > 0:42:00what then?

0:42:00 > 0:42:01Well, you come down again.

0:42:04 > 0:42:06WHISTLE BLOWS

0:42:09 > 0:42:12Tell me more about your father.

0:42:12 > 0:42:16Well, then he finally did go away.

0:42:16 > 0:42:18He had the nicest eyes.

0:42:18 > 0:42:21Yes. I can see them.

0:42:21 > 0:42:24Why do you like to climb mountains?

0:42:24 > 0:42:25Oh, I suppose because,

0:42:25 > 0:42:27no matter how high you climb,

0:42:27 > 0:42:29there's always a higher one.

0:42:29 > 0:42:32And you like to imagine the other one's even more wonderful,

0:42:32 > 0:42:34like spring in the park.

0:42:34 > 0:42:36You know far too much about me already.

0:42:36 > 0:42:38I know almost nothing about you,

0:42:38 > 0:42:41except that you travelled a great deal.

0:42:41 > 0:42:42WHISTLE BLOWS

0:42:42 > 0:42:44End of the line.

0:42:43 > 0:42:45All change.

0:42:47 > 0:42:48All change!

0:42:59 > 0:43:00What now?

0:43:00 > 0:43:02Where haven't we been?

0:43:02 > 0:43:04We have no more countries left.

0:43:04 > 0:43:06Then we'll begin all over again.

0:43:06 > 0:43:07There you are.

0:43:07 > 0:43:09Oh, thank you.

0:43:10 > 0:43:13We'll revisit the scenes of our youth.

0:43:19 > 0:43:20THEY PLAY A WALTZ

0:43:41 > 0:43:43I don't know about them,

0:43:43 > 0:43:45but I'm going home right after this number.

0:43:45 > 0:43:47Me, too, even if he pays me 50 Kronen.

0:43:47 > 0:43:50I like to play for married people.

0:43:49 > 0:43:51They've got homes.

0:44:04 > 0:44:06You are a sorceress.

0:44:06 > 0:44:08Now I'm sure.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11How else could we dance this way,

0:44:11 > 0:44:14unless we've danced together before.

0:44:14 > 0:44:17And yet if we had,

0:44:16 > 0:44:19I should have remembered.

0:44:26 > 0:44:27Please.

0:45:02 > 0:45:04Promise me something?

0:45:04 > 0:45:06Anything.

0:45:06 > 0:45:09And I don't even know where you live.

0:45:09 > 0:45:11Promise me you won't vanish.

0:45:11 > 0:45:14I won't be the one to vanish.

0:45:40 > 0:45:41We're here.

0:45:41 > 0:45:42Thank you.

0:45:54 > 0:45:56Thank you.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08Who is it?

0:46:08 > 0:46:09Brand.

0:46:09 > 0:46:10Good morning, Mr Brand.

0:46:54 > 0:46:55Please be seated.

0:46:55 > 0:46:58It will just be a moment.

0:46:58 > 0:47:01Lisa, leave it on. Someone wants to see it.

0:47:01 > 0:47:03A new customer.

0:47:03 > 0:47:05Looks like a good one.

0:47:08 > 0:47:10It won't take one moment.

0:47:13 > 0:47:15You will like this one, I'm sure.

0:47:15 > 0:47:16I'm sure.

0:47:22 > 0:47:24I like it very much.

0:47:25 > 0:47:26(Very much!)

0:47:27 > 0:47:29(How did you find me?)

0:47:29 > 0:47:31(I'm a good detective, don't you think?)

0:47:31 > 0:47:33(You are.)

0:47:38 > 0:47:40I'm afraid we'll have to...

0:47:40 > 0:47:43put off our plans for tonight.

0:47:43 > 0:47:46I couldn't go away without seeing you.

0:47:46 > 0:47:47Where are you going?

0:47:47 > 0:47:49Milano.

0:47:49 > 0:47:51The whole orchestra is going.

0:47:51 > 0:47:53We're to play at la Scala.

0:47:52 > 0:47:54It's wonderful.

0:47:53 > 0:47:56I'd forgotten all about it.

0:47:58 > 0:48:01It won't be long, just two weeks.

0:48:01 > 0:48:03The train Leaves at 5.30pm.

0:48:03 > 0:48:06Do you suppose you could see me off?

0:48:06 > 0:48:08I'll try.

0:48:08 > 0:48:10I'll look for you there.

0:48:10 > 0:48:11Goodbye. Thank you.

0:48:15 > 0:48:16Goodbye.

0:48:16 > 0:48:18You'll be there.

0:48:21 > 0:48:23How did it go?

0:48:23 > 0:48:25He wasn't interested in the suit,

0:48:25 > 0:48:28but, Madame Spitzer, could I leave a little early today?

0:48:28 > 0:48:30How early?

0:48:30 > 0:48:31About 5pm?

0:48:31 > 0:48:33Yes, sure.

0:48:34 > 0:48:35Thank you.

0:48:35 > 0:48:37Congratulations, my dear.

0:49:00 > 0:49:01Stefan, the train is leaving.

0:49:01 > 0:49:03Just a minute.

0:49:04 > 0:49:07How long have you been standing here?

0:49:08 > 0:49:11I don't want to go. Do you believe that?

0:49:11 > 0:49:14I'll be here when you get back.

0:49:14 > 0:49:16MAN: Come on!

0:49:15 > 0:49:16Yes.

0:49:16 > 0:49:18WOMAN: Stefan, hurry, please!

0:49:18 > 0:49:21I still know so little about you.

0:49:21 > 0:49:23You like mystery.

0:49:25 > 0:49:28That a woman like you exists and I found you,

0:49:28 > 0:49:30that's mystery enough.

0:49:30 > 0:49:31WHISTLE BLOWS

0:49:31 > 0:49:35Say Stefan, the way you said it last night.

0:49:35 > 0:49:37Stefan.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40It's as though you've said it all your life.

0:49:40 > 0:49:41Better hurry, sir.

0:49:41 > 0:49:43Yes.

0:49:43 > 0:49:44Goodbye.

0:49:44 > 0:49:45WOMAN: Stefan!

0:49:44 > 0:49:45Yes! Goodbye.

0:49:45 > 0:49:47Stefan, hurry!

0:49:47 > 0:49:49STEFAN: It won't be long.

0:49:49 > 0:49:52I'll be back in two weeks.

0:49:55 > 0:49:57Goodbye!

0:49:56 > 0:49:58Two weeks!

0:50:14 > 0:50:15'Two weeks.

0:50:15 > 0:50:19'Stefan, how little you knew yourself.

0:50:19 > 0:50:22'That train was taking you out of my life.'

0:51:00 > 0:51:03'He was a married man?

0:51:03 > 0:51:06'Does he live here in Vienna?

0:51:08 > 0:51:10'If we knew who he was,

0:51:10 > 0:51:13'he might be willing to accept his responsibility.'

0:51:17 > 0:51:19You won't tell us his name?

0:51:26 > 0:51:28But you haven't the means to take care of the child.

0:51:28 > 0:51:30We'll get along.

0:51:33 > 0:51:35It's your duty to tell us.

0:51:35 > 0:51:38When a man does this sort of thing...

0:51:38 > 0:51:40I'm feeling tired. Would you go?

0:51:44 > 0:51:47You may wonder why I never came to you for help.

0:51:47 > 0:51:50I wanted to be one woman you had known

0:51:50 > 0:51:53who asked you for nothing.

0:51:53 > 0:51:57My deep regret is that you never saw your son.

0:51:57 > 0:51:59There were times during those years

0:51:59 > 0:52:02I prefer not to remember.

0:52:02 > 0:52:05But this I can assure you,

0:52:05 > 0:52:06whatever the cost,

0:52:06 > 0:52:10he repaid me a thousand times.

0:52:10 > 0:52:13You would have been proud of him, too.

0:52:13 > 0:52:15When he was almost 9,

0:52:15 > 0:52:17as much for his sake as mine,

0:52:17 > 0:52:19I married.

0:52:18 > 0:52:21You know who my husband is.

0:52:21 > 0:52:22Johann Stauffer married me

0:52:22 > 0:52:26knowing the truth about us and about our child.

0:52:26 > 0:52:28Oh, how lovely. Thank you, Johann.

0:52:28 > 0:52:31What a nice birthday.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33This and Stefan home.

0:52:33 > 0:52:37You know, I'm not good at saying such things, but...

0:52:37 > 0:52:38Lisa, I want you

0:52:38 > 0:52:41to be as happy as you've made me.

0:52:41 > 0:52:43If I were really a deserving wife,

0:52:43 > 0:52:45I'd be ready on time.

0:52:47 > 0:52:49You are happy?

0:52:54 > 0:52:55You are?

0:52:55 > 0:52:57Why shouldn't I be?

0:52:57 > 0:52:59HARMONICA PLAYS

0:52:59 > 0:53:02Let's say good night.

0:53:06 > 0:53:07Hello.

0:53:07 > 0:53:09Still another talent.

0:53:11 > 0:53:13He has a lot of talents,

0:53:13 > 0:53:15but not for finishing his milk.

0:53:14 > 0:53:16May I see it?

0:53:16 > 0:53:17Mm-hmm.

0:53:18 > 0:53:20Or for brushing his teeth.

0:53:20 > 0:53:21Made in Switzerland.

0:53:21 > 0:53:25Switzerland must be a very nice place, don't you think?

0:53:25 > 0:53:27Who gave it to you, darling?

0:53:27 > 0:53:28Herr Frank.

0:53:28 > 0:53:29Who is Herr Frank?

0:53:29 > 0:53:30His music teacher.

0:53:30 > 0:53:33He says he thinks I have a natural talent.

0:53:33 > 0:53:34For the harmonica?

0:53:34 > 0:53:35No, for music.

0:53:35 > 0:53:37Oh.

0:53:38 > 0:53:40Good night, Stefan.

0:53:40 > 0:53:41Good night, sir.

0:53:43 > 0:53:44Good night, darling.

0:53:44 > 0:53:46Good night, mother.

0:53:50 > 0:53:52Mother!

0:53:52 > 0:53:54I'll be right down.

0:53:56 > 0:53:58Yes?

0:53:58 > 0:54:01You remember the last time I was home from school?

0:54:01 > 0:54:02Mm-hmm. What about it?

0:54:02 > 0:54:05When you went out, you let me sleep in your room.

0:54:05 > 0:54:07All right, as a special concession

0:54:07 > 0:54:09because it's your first night home.

0:54:09 > 0:54:11But hurry. I'm late.

0:54:14 > 0:54:16Be just a minute.

0:54:16 > 0:54:17There is no hurry.

0:54:17 > 0:54:19STEFAN: Good night, sir!

0:54:19 > 0:54:20Good night.

0:54:26 > 0:54:29It might be nice if you could say, "good night, father,"

0:54:29 > 0:54:31instead of "good night, sir."

0:54:31 > 0:54:33I've always said it that way.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36He'd like it if you could manage a change.

0:54:36 > 0:54:38Supposing you said to me, "good night, madame"?

0:54:38 > 0:54:40It'd sound pretty silly, wouldn't it?

0:54:40 > 0:54:42Promise me you'll go to sleep

0:54:42 > 0:54:44and not wait up for me.

0:54:44 > 0:54:45I promise.

0:54:45 > 0:54:48Will you bring me an opera programme?

0:54:47 > 0:54:49I promise.

0:54:50 > 0:54:51Good night, madame.

0:54:51 > 0:54:53Good night, sir.

0:54:53 > 0:54:56After all, when a person treats you like his son,

0:54:56 > 0:54:59he is, in a sense, your father.

0:54:59 > 0:55:01All right, mother, if you say so.

0:55:01 > 0:55:02Good night.

0:55:02 > 0:55:03Good night.

0:55:03 > 0:55:05HARMONICA PLAYS

0:55:12 > 0:55:14The course of our lives

0:55:14 > 0:55:17can be changed by such little things.

0:55:17 > 0:55:19So many passing by,

0:55:19 > 0:55:21each intent on his own problems,

0:55:21 > 0:55:25so many faces that one might easily have been lost.

0:55:27 > 0:55:29I know now

0:55:29 > 0:55:31nothing happens by chance.

0:55:31 > 0:55:33Every moment is measured.

0:55:33 > 0:55:36Every step is counted.

0:55:38 > 0:55:41Curtain! Curtain going up! Second act!

0:55:41 > 0:55:43Curtain going up! Second act!

0:55:43 > 0:55:45Curtain! Curtain going up! Second act!

0:55:45 > 0:55:47Curtain going up!

0:55:47 > 0:55:48Look, isn't that Stefan Brand?

0:55:48 > 0:55:50He returned last week.

0:55:50 > 0:55:51A concert tour?

0:55:51 > 0:55:52Pleasure trip most likely.

0:55:52 > 0:55:54The way he's burning himself up,

0:55:54 > 0:55:56it's a wonder he's still alive.

0:56:00 > 0:56:04Ten years ago, he showed great promise.

0:56:04 > 0:56:05Too bad. With that talent,

0:56:05 > 0:56:08he could have been a great pianist.

0:56:08 > 0:56:10Perhaps talent is not enough.

0:56:10 > 0:56:12Perhaps he has too many talents.

0:56:12 > 0:56:13Lisa?

0:56:13 > 0:56:15Second act! Curtain going up!

0:56:16 > 0:56:19APPLAUSE

0:56:25 > 0:56:26Sorry, colonel.

0:56:26 > 0:56:28We were in the way.

0:56:28 > 0:56:31You know the Colonel and his cognac.

0:56:31 > 0:56:33General Hausendorf was asking for you.

0:56:33 > 0:56:34You've made a conquest.

0:56:34 > 0:56:37My dear, you should have joined us.

0:56:37 > 0:56:39ORCHESTRA PLAYS

0:56:59 > 0:57:02Suddenly, in that one moment,

0:57:02 > 0:57:05everything was in danger,

0:57:05 > 0:57:08everything I thought was safe.

0:57:08 > 0:57:11Somewhere out there were your eyes,

0:57:11 > 0:57:13and I knew I couldn't escape them.

0:57:15 > 0:57:18It was like the first time I saw you.

0:57:18 > 0:57:20The years between were melting away.

0:57:23 > 0:57:24I have a headache.

0:57:24 > 0:57:25I'll take you home.

0:57:25 > 0:57:27No. I'll be all right.

0:57:27 > 0:57:29Please stay here.

0:57:43 > 0:57:46Would you be kind enough to give my husband a message?

0:57:46 > 0:57:49He's in 17. Not now, but after this act.

0:57:49 > 0:57:51Tell him I went home and not to worry. Thank you.

0:58:03 > 0:58:06Would you call my carriage please? Yes, Madame Stauffer.

0:58:07 > 0:58:08The side entrance. Yes, ma'am.

0:58:38 > 0:58:39Excuse me.

0:58:39 > 0:58:42You must realise where there is a pursuit,

0:58:42 > 0:58:44there must also be a pursuer.

0:58:44 > 0:58:48I've seen you somewhere, I know.

0:58:48 > 0:58:51I followed you upstairs, watched you in your box,

0:58:51 > 0:58:54but I couldn't place you.

0:58:54 > 0:58:57And I had to speak with you.

0:58:57 > 0:58:58Oh, I know how this sounds.

0:58:58 > 0:59:01I assure you, in this case, it's true.

0:59:01 > 0:59:03You believe that, don't you?

0:59:03 > 0:59:05Yes.

0:59:05 > 0:59:06Thank you.

0:59:06 > 0:59:08Now, please, just a moment.

0:59:08 > 0:59:10Is there anyplace we could have met,

0:59:10 > 0:59:12that I might have seen you,

0:59:12 > 0:59:14like one of my concerts?

0:59:14 > 0:59:16It must have been some time ago.

0:59:16 > 0:59:19I haven't given any concerts in Vienna lately,

0:59:19 > 0:59:21or anywhere else for that matter.

0:59:21 > 0:59:25You don't play anymore?

0:59:25 > 0:59:27Oh, it's not quite as final as that.

0:59:27 > 0:59:30I always tell myself I'll begin again next week.

0:59:30 > 0:59:32When next week comes, it's this week.

0:59:32 > 0:59:34I wait for next week again.

0:59:34 > 0:59:36What are you waiting for?

0:59:36 > 0:59:38That's a very disturbing question.

0:59:38 > 0:59:40My carriage.

0:59:40 > 0:59:43You can't ask such a question and walk away.

0:59:43 > 0:59:44I have a feeling...

0:59:44 > 0:59:46Please don't think I'm mad.

0:59:46 > 0:59:49I know it sounds strange, and I can't explain it,

0:59:49 > 0:59:52but I feel that you understand

0:59:52 > 0:59:54what I can't even say

0:59:54 > 0:59:57and that you can help me.

0:59:58 > 1:00:00Have you...

1:00:00 > 1:00:04Have you ever shuffled faces like cards

1:00:03 > 1:00:05hoping to find the one

1:00:05 > 1:00:09that lies somewhere just over the edge of your memory,

1:00:09 > 1:00:13the one you've been waiting for?

1:00:13 > 1:00:16Like tonight, when I first saw you,

1:00:16 > 1:00:18and later when I watched you in the darkness,

1:00:18 > 1:00:20it was as though I'd found

1:00:20 > 1:00:23that one face among all others.

1:00:23 > 1:00:25Who are you?

1:00:27 > 1:00:29Promise I'll see you again.

1:00:29 > 1:00:30I must see you.

1:00:30 > 1:00:32I don't know.

1:00:35 > 1:00:36Ohh!

1:00:55 > 1:00:58Johann, you don't think I wanted this to happen.

1:00:58 > 1:00:59No.

1:01:01 > 1:01:03What are you going to do?

1:01:03 > 1:01:05I don't know.

1:01:07 > 1:01:08Lisa...

1:01:08 > 1:01:10we have a marriage.

1:01:11 > 1:01:14Perhaps it's not all you once hoped for,

1:01:14 > 1:01:16but you have a home and your son

1:01:16 > 1:01:19and people who care for you.

1:01:19 > 1:01:20I know that, Johann.

1:01:20 > 1:01:23I'd do anything to avoid hurting you,

1:01:23 > 1:01:25but I... I can't help it.

1:01:26 > 1:01:28And your son?

1:01:28 > 1:01:30Do you think you can avoid hurting him?

1:01:30 > 1:01:32He won't be harmed. I'll see to that.

1:01:36 > 1:01:37There are such things as...

1:01:37 > 1:01:39honour and decency.

1:01:40 > 1:01:43I've told myself that a hundred times this one evening.

1:01:43 > 1:01:46You talk as though it were out of your hands.

1:01:46 > 1:01:48It's not, Lisa.

1:01:48 > 1:01:49You have a will.

1:01:49 > 1:01:51You can do what's right,

1:01:51 > 1:01:52what's best for you.

1:01:52 > 1:01:56Or you can throw away your life.

1:01:56 > 1:01:58I've had no will but his, ever.

1:01:58 > 1:02:00That's romantic nonsense.

1:02:00 > 1:02:02Is it?

1:02:02 > 1:02:04Johann, I can't help it.

1:02:04 > 1:02:06I-I can't. Please believe that.

1:02:06 > 1:02:08What about him?

1:02:08 > 1:02:11Can't he help himself either?

1:02:11 > 1:02:13I know now that he needs me

1:02:13 > 1:02:16as much as I've always needed him.

1:02:16 > 1:02:19Isn't it a little late for him to find that out?

1:02:19 > 1:02:21We're home, sir.

1:02:33 > 1:02:34Good night.

1:02:34 > 1:02:35Good night, sir.

1:02:51 > 1:02:54Lisa... if you do this,

1:02:54 > 1:02:56you can never turn back.

1:02:56 > 1:02:58You know that, don't you?

1:02:58 > 1:02:59Yes.

1:03:04 > 1:03:07I warn you...

1:03:07 > 1:03:09I shall do everything in my power

1:03:09 > 1:03:10to prevent it.

1:03:40 > 1:03:41Hello, darling.

1:03:41 > 1:03:42Wake up.

1:03:42 > 1:03:45Time to go in your own room.

1:03:50 > 1:03:52Did you have a nice time?

1:03:52 > 1:03:53Yes, darling.

1:03:56 > 1:03:57Good night, father.

1:03:57 > 1:03:58Good night.

1:04:00 > 1:04:02Did you hear? I just said it.

1:04:02 > 1:04:03Yes, darling.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06Tell me about the opera. Was it exciting?

1:04:06 > 1:04:07Yes.

1:04:15 > 1:04:17There. How's that?

1:04:17 > 1:04:18You're wonderful.

1:04:20 > 1:04:21You're wonderful.

1:04:23 > 1:04:25You've always been a wonderful boy.

1:04:25 > 1:04:29You don't know how much that's meant to me...

1:04:29 > 1:04:31To be so proud of you always...

1:04:33 > 1:04:34And now it...

1:04:50 > 1:04:51SHE WEEPS

1:05:00 > 1:05:01TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

1:05:01 > 1:05:03Don't worry, mother.

1:05:03 > 1:05:05You'll see, two weeks will go

1:05:05 > 1:05:07like an express train.

1:05:07 > 1:05:09You're sure you're coming.

1:05:09 > 1:05:10Of course. I promise.

1:05:10 > 1:05:13You can even get my room in the village.

1:05:13 > 1:05:15Same as last time, with the balcony.

1:05:15 > 1:05:18Didn't I tell you that compartment was quarantined?

1:05:21 > 1:05:23I'm sorry, madam,

1:05:23 > 1:05:25but this compartment has to be closed up.

1:05:25 > 1:05:28I'll take you to the next car forward.

1:05:28 > 1:05:30That's good. I'll be nearer the locomotive.

1:05:30 > 1:05:31I'll take the box.

1:05:35 > 1:05:38Do we have two locomotives on our train?

1:05:38 > 1:05:40We usually get along with one.

1:05:40 > 1:05:42I'll talk to the engineer.

1:05:42 > 1:05:44Over there. There are two seats in there.

1:05:44 > 1:05:45He's travelling alone.

1:05:45 > 1:05:49Don't worry, madam. I'll take good care of him.

1:05:49 > 1:05:51We leave in about a minute.

1:05:51 > 1:05:53Better hurry and get your seat.

1:05:53 > 1:05:54Sit over here. You'll see better.

1:05:54 > 1:05:57And if you get chilly, put up the window.

1:05:57 > 1:05:58Yes, mother.

1:06:00 > 1:06:02Stefan...

1:06:02 > 1:06:05you know how I've longed for your being home...

1:06:05 > 1:06:07and now I can't even explain, but...

1:06:07 > 1:06:08maybe someday very soon,

1:06:08 > 1:06:11I'll be able to give you a reason.

1:06:11 > 1:06:12But now...

1:06:12 > 1:06:14you just have to believe

1:06:14 > 1:06:16that it's for your own good.

1:06:16 > 1:06:18I don't mind going back so much,

1:06:18 > 1:06:20especially when you're coming so soon.

1:06:20 > 1:06:22It'll be like two vacations.

1:06:22 > 1:06:23You're a darling.

1:06:23 > 1:06:26I'll show you the new walk we found since your last visit.

1:06:26 > 1:06:27Better get out, lady.

1:06:29 > 1:06:30Mmm.

1:06:31 > 1:06:34WHISTLE BLOWS

1:06:33 > 1:06:36You'll write me often, won't you?

1:06:36 > 1:06:38Yes, mother, but I can't write very often...

1:06:38 > 1:06:40not in two weeks.

1:06:42 > 1:06:43Goodbye, mother.

1:06:43 > 1:06:44Two weeks.

1:07:16 > 1:07:17MAN'S VOICE: Make way.

1:07:20 > 1:07:21Make way, please.

1:07:23 > 1:07:25Make way, please.

1:07:25 > 1:07:26What is it? What happened?

1:07:28 > 1:07:29WOMAN: Someone hurt?

1:07:29 > 1:07:31No reason to get alarmed.

1:07:31 > 1:07:33They say it's a case of Typhus.

1:07:33 > 1:07:34Typhus?

1:07:34 > 1:07:36Yes, Typhus. On the train.

1:07:52 > 1:07:53Yes, madam?

1:07:53 > 1:07:55Is Mr Brand here? Stefan Brand?

1:07:55 > 1:07:56Brand?

1:07:57 > 1:07:58Um...

1:07:58 > 1:08:00One moment, please.

1:08:00 > 1:08:01Fritz.

1:08:01 > 1:08:02Hmm?

1:08:08 > 1:08:09Could you tell me,

1:08:09 > 1:08:12has Mr Brand been here this evening?

1:08:12 > 1:08:15Mr Brand is no longer a customer of ours...

1:08:15 > 1:08:16not for some time.

1:08:16 > 1:08:17Mr Brand these days

1:08:17 > 1:08:20is more likely to be found at the Ritz.

1:08:20 > 1:08:21Thank you.

1:08:52 > 1:08:53Good evening, ma'am.

1:08:53 > 1:08:55I still have nice flowers left.

1:08:55 > 1:08:58I'm closing up. I'll sell you a nice bouquet

1:08:58 > 1:08:59very cheap.

1:09:05 > 1:09:07I'll take those...

1:09:07 > 1:09:08the white ones.

1:09:08 > 1:09:11Don't bother to wrap them up.

1:09:11 > 1:09:12Doesn't matter.

1:09:43 > 1:09:45BELL RINGS

1:09:54 > 1:09:55DOOR OPENS

1:09:58 > 1:10:00Now you can drive on.

1:10:19 > 1:10:20DOORBELL RINGS

1:10:26 > 1:10:28Stefan Brand. Is he in?

1:10:39 > 1:10:40Thank you.

1:11:20 > 1:11:21DOOR CLOSES

1:11:27 > 1:11:29Well, this is a surprise...

1:11:29 > 1:11:31but I assure you, a very happy one.

1:11:31 > 1:11:33And John didn't prepare me

1:11:33 > 1:11:35for such a pleasant occasion.

1:11:38 > 1:11:39I thought last night

1:11:39 > 1:11:43the darkness might have played tricks with my eyes.

1:11:43 > 1:11:46You're even more beautiful than I imagined.

1:11:46 > 1:11:48That's very kind of you.

1:11:48 > 1:11:51This is just the hour for some late supper.

1:11:51 > 1:11:52Or is it too late?

1:11:52 > 1:11:55Well, it makes no difference. You're here...

1:11:55 > 1:11:57and as far as I'm concerned,

1:11:57 > 1:12:00all the clocks in the world have stopped. Excuse me.

1:12:00 > 1:12:01John.

1:12:01 > 1:12:04John, I'm sorry to send you out so late.

1:12:04 > 1:12:06Would you go down for a few things?

1:12:06 > 1:12:08We're going to have some supper...

1:12:08 > 1:12:10The usual things.

1:12:16 > 1:12:20John makes life possible for a hopelessly single man.

1:12:21 > 1:12:22She fascinates you, too.

1:12:22 > 1:12:25You remember, the Greeks built a statue

1:12:25 > 1:12:27to a God they didn't know

1:12:27 > 1:12:30but hoped some day would come to them.

1:12:30 > 1:12:32Well, mine happens to be a Goddess.

1:12:32 > 1:12:34And you never found her.

1:12:34 > 1:12:37And for years, I never woke in the morning

1:12:37 > 1:12:39but what I said to myself...

1:12:39 > 1:12:41Perhaps today she will come...

1:12:41 > 1:12:45and my life will really begin.

1:12:45 > 1:12:47Sometimes it seemed very near.

1:12:48 > 1:12:51Well, now I'm older, and I know better.

1:12:55 > 1:12:57Even for yourself, you don't play anymore.

1:12:57 > 1:12:59Oh, I remember. Last night,

1:12:59 > 1:13:01you were kind enough to be interested.

1:13:01 > 1:13:04I forgot, John locked it when I went away.

1:13:04 > 1:13:06Nowadays, I'm away quite a lot of the time.

1:13:06 > 1:13:10I'll ask him for the key when he comes back.

1:13:10 > 1:13:12You're very lovely.

1:13:12 > 1:13:14It's a beautiful dress.

1:13:14 > 1:13:15Thank you.

1:13:15 > 1:13:16How could you do that,

1:13:16 > 1:13:18give it up altogether?

1:13:18 > 1:13:21But if you're so curious, I'll tell you.

1:13:21 > 1:13:24One night, I came back to this room.

1:13:24 > 1:13:27I'd given a concert like all the others.

1:13:27 > 1:13:29Not bad and not worse.

1:13:29 > 1:13:30Afterwards,

1:13:30 > 1:13:32they said all the usual things...

1:13:32 > 1:13:35the things you say when you're not really convinced.

1:13:35 > 1:13:39So I happened to look in the mirror, this one here.

1:13:39 > 1:13:43The young prodigy was no longer young.

1:13:43 > 1:13:44Certainly wasn't prodigious.

1:13:46 > 1:13:49Since then, I've found other things to do...

1:13:49 > 1:13:51more amusing things.

1:13:58 > 1:14:00I knew last night.

1:14:00 > 1:14:01Didn't you?

1:14:16 > 1:14:18Hmm...

1:14:18 > 1:14:21I haven't even offered to fix you a drink.

1:14:23 > 1:14:24Stefan...

1:14:24 > 1:14:26Yes?

1:14:26 > 1:14:29I came here... I have something to tell you.

1:14:29 > 1:14:31If it concerns you, I'm interested.

1:14:31 > 1:14:33It has to do with us.

1:14:33 > 1:14:35We can't possibly be serious this early in the morning...

1:14:35 > 1:14:38at least, not without a glass of champagne.

1:14:38 > 1:14:39Won't take a minute.

1:14:39 > 1:14:42Champagne tastes much better after midnight,

1:14:42 > 1:14:43don't you think?

1:14:44 > 1:14:45Much better.

1:14:45 > 1:14:47I just came back from America.

1:14:47 > 1:14:49It's a fascinating country.

1:14:49 > 1:14:51The men are fond of money,

1:14:51 > 1:14:53and their wives are fond of Europeans.

1:14:53 > 1:14:55Must have been a wonderful trip.

1:14:55 > 1:14:57Do you travel a great deal?

1:14:59 > 1:15:02Well, I suppose you won't believe me,

1:15:02 > 1:15:05but I couldn't get you out of my mind all day.

1:15:05 > 1:15:07No, I don't believe you.

1:15:07 > 1:15:09If only I'd known you were coming.

1:15:09 > 1:15:11To tell you the truth,

1:15:11 > 1:15:14I never dared hope you could arrange it so soon.

1:15:14 > 1:15:16But you're so clever. You manage so beautifully.

1:15:16 > 1:15:19Do you know you're a very strange woman?

1:15:19 > 1:15:20Am I?

1:15:20 > 1:15:22Something you said last night

1:15:22 > 1:15:25keeps running through my mind.

1:15:26 > 1:15:27What was that?

1:15:27 > 1:15:30I'll tell you in just a moment...

1:15:29 > 1:15:32when I've got the ice.

1:15:32 > 1:15:34Are you getting lonely out there?

1:15:35 > 1:15:36Very lonely.

1:15:42 > 1:15:45'I'd come to tell you about us...

1:15:45 > 1:15:48'To offer you my whole life.

1:15:48 > 1:15:50'But you didn't even remember me.'

1:16:30 > 1:16:32Take you somewhere, young lady?

1:16:32 > 1:16:34Anywhere at all?

1:16:35 > 1:16:36Makes no difference.

1:17:00 > 1:17:02'I don't remember where I went.

1:17:02 > 1:17:04'Time moved past me...

1:17:04 > 1:17:06'Not in days or in hours,

1:17:06 > 1:17:09'but in the distance put between us.

1:17:11 > 1:17:14'When I could think again, I went to my son,

1:17:14 > 1:17:16'but it was too late.

1:17:17 > 1:17:20'He died last night of Typhus

1:17:20 > 1:17:22'without even knowing I was there.

1:17:24 > 1:17:27'Now I'm alone.

1:17:27 > 1:17:30'My head throbs, and my temples are burning.

1:17:31 > 1:17:33'Perhaps God is being kind,

1:17:33 > 1:17:36'and I, too, have caught the fever.

1:17:36 > 1:17:38'If this letter reaches you,

1:17:38 > 1:17:39'believe this...

1:17:39 > 1:17:43'That I love you now as I've always loved you.

1:17:43 > 1:17:45'My life can be measured

1:17:45 > 1:17:49'by the moments I've had with you and our child.

1:17:49 > 1:17:53'If only you could have shared those moments.

1:17:53 > 1:17:57'If only you could have recognised what was always yours...

1:17:57 > 1:18:00'And found what was never lost.

1:18:01 > 1:18:02'If only...'

1:19:26 > 1:19:28CLOCK BELL CHIMES

1:19:44 > 1:19:45You remembered her?

1:20:06 > 1:20:07Lisa.

1:20:12 > 1:20:13Lisa.

1:20:14 > 1:20:16HORSES APPROACH

1:20:50 > 1:20:51Bring my things.

1:21:02 > 1:21:03DOORBELL RINGS

1:21:05 > 1:21:07DOORBELL RINGS

1:21:20 > 1:21:21Ready, gentlemen.

1:21:25 > 1:21:28LISA'S VOICE: 'Oh, if only you could have recognised

1:21:28 > 1:21:30'what was always yours...

1:21:30 > 1:21:33'could have found what was never lost.'

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