"Mr. O.F.'s Suitcases (a fairytale for adults)" "Ladies, gentlemen." "What is revolving here is a star." "This star is called earth." "That earth is big." "And wherever we might go everywhere is begins." "In Australia and America and in Asia and in Africa and last but not least on that continent which is called, as you can read, Europe." "Ladies, gentlemen." "That place is modern." "Those spots are cities." "Those cities are loud and they sit like spots on the star's skin." "That's Leningrad, that's Berlin, that's Paris, Rome, Madrid and Vienna." "But can you see this spot here, which nobody knows?" "This is a dark spot." "It's called Ostend." "The world is sold out, cleared out." "Ostend isn't aware of that." "It's sleeping and dreaming." ""It's better to take two steps backwards than one step forward" A.D.1532." "Municipal fire brigade." "God's greeting, Peter." "God's greeting, Johann." "My congratulations, I've heard twins were born to you." "Two boys, now we have half a dozen." "I've only managed five so far." "Nobody is going to overtake me in Ostend." "Hearts is trump." "We can draw up our will now." "Very true." " King of hearts." " Follow suit." "The queen isn't missing either." "Mr. Postman, my father sends me." "An express letter." "Come back tomorrow morning when I'm free." "It can't be that urgent." "All tricks mine." "I've been holding this knife for 25 years now and I haven't cut anybody with it yet." "Why is that so?" "In Ostend there's a saying:" "it's better to be badly shaved than well cut." "What's the matter?" "For you, Mr. Brunn." " For me?" " A new guest." "Peter, Alexander." "Unload." "Careful." "Slowly." "Careful, careful." "This way." "Slowly, slowly." "This way." "Don't drop anything!" "This is not a sack of potatoes." "Careful." "6, 7, 8, 9, 10 11, 12" "13, that's right." "Sign here, Mr. Brunn." "Alright." "Semiramis Cairo" "Bombay Hotel Majestic" "Hotel Imperial Port Said" "Grand Hotel, Ostend." "The European Travel Agency hereby orders 6 rooms in your hotel." "The guest will arrive within the next days." "His date of arrival will be communicated by telegram." "Yours sincerely" " European Travel Agency." "6 rooms?" "And the hotel only has 5!" "Gentlemen." "I must ask you, you must leave now." "The hotel's management has to..." "Peter..." "Don't let the suitcases out of your sight!" "Alexander!" "Don't let anybody inside!" "Oh God oh God oh God." "O.F.?" "Who is O.F.?" "What does O.F. want?" "Semiramis Cairo O.F." "This is the management." "Clear out of this room!" "This is the management." "Clear out of this room!" "This is the management." "Gentlemen, 13 suitcases." "India, Egypt, Australia." "He's been everywhere, he's seen the whole world." "Gentlemen, what business can he have in Ostend?" "Gentlemen, there's not one word in this letter about the owner of the suitcases." "Gentlemen, if that doesn't mean something I'll hang myself." "Perhaps he wants to invest here?" "Build." "Silence, gentlemen." "In such an important moment, silence is the citizen's first duty." "But I must go now." "As Mayor of this city I have the duty to consider the affair carefully." "Mayor, I suspect... the affair must be talked over somewhere quiet." "Tonight, at my place?" "There's something in the air." "Golly!" "Out of 5 we shall make 6." "So Mr. O.F. will get a room from our own apartment." "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Grand Hotel Ostend owner:" "I. Brunn" "Johann... barber" "Dorn Schneidermeister" "Coiffeur Jean" "Old Gentleman Tailor Dorn" "Grand Hotel Ostend Owner:" "I.Brunn" "Mr. O.F. may arrive now." "Come in." "Preparations for the celebrations, Mr. Editor?" "Mr. Architect." "Tomorrow will be a great day." "Ostend will be in the newspapers again." "So you finally have your sensation." "Mr. O.F.'s suitcases." "How about it, my good friend?" "If we ourselves sat on Mr. O.F.'s suitcases?" "And would show the world what two clever fellows are capable of?" "Would they be capable?" "They would." "Enough of that brooding, Mayor now it's time to go to bed." "I think..." "Great events are imminent." "Chins up, father, make your daughter proud!" " Now you go to bed." " Good night." "Who might it be?" "O." "F." "He had been in India too." "That O.F." "In India?" "The world is so big and Ostend is so small." "it's invisible at night." "Here one dreams alone and sleeps as a couple." "Here nothing can happen to one." "The world is so big and Ostend is so small." "So dream on, Ostend, and fall asleep." "You're the Mayor of the most beautiful city in the world." "So dream on, Ostend, and fall asleep." "Welcome welcome welcome." " Are you ready, Mr. Teacher?" " We are, Mr. Mayor, we'll give you a sample at once." "No, good heavens, I don't have time." "But at 1 o'clock, if you please, and loud, quite loud." "Yes, Mr. Mayor." "Welcome welcome welcome." "O.F. Welcome" "13 suitcases." "for one person!" "O.F." "Mr. Mayor..." "But gentlemen!" "Mr. Mayor, when will the gentleman arrive?" "For how long will he be staying in Ostend?" "You must introduce me to him." "But gentlemen!" "I don't even know who he is!" "What?" "you don't know who he is?" "Well..." "So he realized his old plans." "You know him!" "You know his name!" " Mr. Editor." " Gentlemen!" "All in its time." "Everybody will learn about everything." "They will." "Mr. Editor." "My daughter and I shall expect you at 5 o'clock for coffee." " Mr. Mayor." " Gentlemen." "Mr. Editor, you must tell us." " In all confidence." " We'll won't tell anyone." "You must... you must..." "Gentlemen." "I may tell you one thing." "Only one thing." "O." "F." "O.F." "You'll never make it, like O.F. did." "I'll make it to 13 suitcases yet." "Don't brag." "Just you wait who wins in this game." "You're such a conceited boy." "My father doesn't agree at all." ""This Stark will never amount to anything"." ""Him?" "As a son-in-law?" "Don't make me laugh!"" "The Mayor may laugh for all I care." "It should sparkle like a mirror." "Everything must be in order." "Just a bit." "Now it's right." "Beautiful." "Have another, Mr. Stix." "Homemade apple strudel." "Another piece." "One asks a sick person, one gives to a healthy person, that's what I say as a doctor." "Too kind, thank you, I'm eating all the time." "And now Mr. Stix will tell us who this O.F. is." "Mr. Editor, do tell us." "Mr. Mayor, please, please." "But Mr. Mayor, he doesn't know himself who O.F. is." "Please!" "O.F." "is Oskar Flott a billionaire." "Yes, I know him." "A billionaire." "Have another piece." "Another glass of cognac?" "Look how this liqueur smiles at you!" "Mr. Editor, please." "This wine!" "Have mercy, gentlemen." "I can't anymore." "Mercy." "Today there's no mercy, today you're my guest." "Your health, Editor." " Robert!" " I don't have the time." " I've been waiting for half an hour now." "Since we're sitting here so cozy, our esteemed editor won't torture us any longer... and tell us..." "Yes." "Because you've been so kind" "I'll tell you." "Flott is the name." "Oskar Flott." "A billionaire." "Oskar." "A billionaire!" "Coming to us, to Ostend?" "Of course he's a billionaire, a man with 13 suitcases." "What business does he have in Ostend?" "Any business deals?" "Build gentlemen build." "How do you know?" "But gentlemen, what other business might a billionaire have in Ostend?" "Come on, what's the matter." " I've been waiting here for an hour." " Robert!" "Robert, how can you let Mr. Stark keep waiting for so long?" "Mr. Stark." "Today you're my guest." "Robert, quickly." "Tell me, since you're an expert what do you think one might build in Ostend?" "Give us a tip." "I?" "Mr. Stix." "Do come to our table." "Mr. Stix, why do you keep such a secret about your friend Flott's building projects?" "Yes, certainly, he wants to build." "Gentlemen, you know how business deals are." "I'm a discreet person." "Yes yes." "Robert, quickly." "Please, doctor, help yourself." "Gentlemen, one wants a guest who is a billionaire to be as comfortable as possible." "What might the hotel do for Mr. Flott?" "Mr. Brunn, take a note:" "first of all, the hotel needs "a jazz"." "Yes, "a jazz"." "Mr. Flott loves music at his dinner." "Second, the Grand Hotel needs a cabaret." "Yes, it needs a cabaret." "Mr. Flott likes distractions after dinner." "I?" "A cabaret?" " Where?" " But here, in the cafe." "Tomorrow we'll start alterations." "You must send a telegram at once." " Jazz." " Girls." "Mr. Director." "A new customer has applied." "From which city?" "Ostend." "Ostend?" "Grand Hotel." "Never heard." "What is it?" "Ostend?" "Where is it?" "Ostend?" "Where is it?" "But it's nowhere to be found." "Perhaps with the magnifying glass." "Let me have it." "Ostend..." "Ostend." "Ah, there it is!" "Only visible under the magnifying glass." "And needs jazz and "laughing girls"." "Must be a funny little town." "Dolly, a new sheet for the registry." "Ostend." "Grand Hotel." "Ostend Grand Hotel." "Viola Volant." "The Wild Harmonists." "Jack's Laughing Girls." "Must depart at once." "Send a wire to the Grand Hotel, urgent." "The great moment has arrived." "Art makes its entrance." "Art... shall..." "Art... will..." "Art... can..." "It can." ""Ostend Express - transportation society"." "Mr..." "Mr..." "Yes please?" "Is that a city?" "It's a village." "You only have goats here." "But madam, you're doing us an injustice!" "We have a big future." "Future?" "This place?" "Here lies Ostend's future." "Gentlemen." "I've designed the plan last night." "Here is the Grand Opera, the Casino, the City Hall." "We must hurry, gentlemen, before Flott snatches everything." "Very true!" "Excellent!" "As this is very fine, but why doesn't the great boulevard connect with my property?" "That would suit you, that my property should remain outside on the cattle meadows." "And you of all people on the Great Boulevard." "Silence, gentlemen!" "Financing is your business, but you leave the building business to me." "This is the border." "Six metres to the right of the pylon." "Mark the spot." ""Film Palace Excelsior Ostend"." ""To the architect's office"." "Architect Stark." "Gentlemen, silence." "Silence, gentlemen." "Be patient, think of it, even Rome hadn't been built in a day." "I've come here now for the fourth time, Mr. Mayor." "I've been waiting the whole day, Mr. Mayor." "It's urgent, Mr. Mayor." "Patience, patience!" "It'll be everybody's turn." "Gentlemen." "Ostend has gone mad." "Totally mad." "I can't cope any more." "I'm going to have a nervous breakdown." " Your fault, Mr. Mayor." " Why?" "Yes, your fault." "The Mayor of Ostend must be unapproachable." "Unapproachable?" "Yes." "The Mayor of Ostend needs a servant." " A servant?" " Yes, a secretary." " A secretary?" " Yes, a page" " A page?" "A servant?" "A secretary." "Yes, you're right." "Look, Mr. Mayor, look!" "And you're popping your eyes out because of such a made-up person." "And to me you're showing your..." "Johann!" "Come to dinner." "Dinner." " If I had such a dress..." " You men!" "You don't need decent wives." "I too can..." "I too can..." "Be indecent..." "I too can..." "We have three lipsticks on stock." "We couldn't sell them for three years." "And now all of a sudden all the ladies need lipsticks." "Make-up." "Powder." "Where can we get all that from?" "I've ordered it all by telegram." "Madame." "How can I help you?" "Mr. Apothecary, please." "A lipstick... and... powder" "and... everything." "Express delivery for Ostend." "11 wagons of brassieres." "40 wagons of special articles." "60 wagons without any specification for the same purposes." " Everything ready?" " Let's go." "Good day." "Air express delivery Paris" " Ostend." "A 53:13.00 evening gowns." "Plane C 17:18.00 ladies' hats." "Place B23:30.000 pairs of silk stockings." " Everything ready?" " Let's go." "Express delivery to Ostend." "7000 tons of lipstick with the steamer Europa." "10.000 tons of powder." "Steamer Asia." "12.000 tons of perfume with the steamers of the Royal Oil Company." " Everything ready?" " Let's go." "My mistress isn't right in the head." "My mistress has gone crazy." "She imagines she's become a Venus overnight." "And mine has ruined all the laundry with that damned lipstick." "And the way those old cows start talking posh with their painted lips instead of looking after the children, they spend the whole day with that stuck-up foreign woman." "Fashion salon." ""First Ostend Salon for Fashion and Good Taste"." "Ladies from Ostend..." "You've learned a lot." "Now you'll pass a short exam." "Ladies, what would you wear for the "five o'clock"?" "Ladies, what would you wear for the opening of your new opera?" "Wonderful!" "Very good!" "I've heard you're expecting a Mr. Flott." "Ladies..." "What would you wear when he arrives?" "Ladies, a record!" "Well?" "What do you think of my buildings?" "Great?" "Great?" "Isn't it?" "Have a seat, Madame." "Very kind." "You'll learn some things." "So that you'll finally realize whom you're dealing with." "That the architect Dr. Karl Stark is to be appointed Director of the Public Building Projects of the city of Ostend." "Signed the Mayor." " Totally crazy!" " Who is?" "The Mayor." " Because he chose me...?" " Because he chose you." " Crazy?" " Crazy." "All they same we shall build, build, build here!" "Mr. Mayor, I thank you for the honour of your visit." "Ostend is in bloom, my dear Brunn." "Art..." "Civilization..." "Culture..." "Progress!" "Ostend." "Dear citizens, honoured guests." "Raise your glasses with me to the health of Mr. Oskar Flott whose imminent visits proves that the world has discovered Ostend." "Long live Mr. Flott" "Ostend and its Mayor." "Three pork chops and three beer." "Pork chops?" "I suggest you'd start with a small hors d'oeuvre." "Please three portions." "Also, we have obligatory champagne consumption." "Do you prefer it dry or sweet?" "Three helpings please." "Pommery sec extra dry." "You had to talk to me so urgently, Mr...?" "Mr...?" " Stix." " Stix." "Editor Stix." "And now?" "Now you don't say anything." "I, eh..." "Shy?" "I'd like to... madame" "make an interview with you." "I beg your pardon?" "I'd like to..." "You..." "You naughty boy." "Stage." "Skin had been the first dress which adorned Eva's body." "And it had been a good old time when one wasn't ashamed." "Then Eva got fed up with it." "She plucked herself a fig leaf and only said this to Adam:" "my dear sir, this is the modern culture." "My dear sir." "A fig leaf, that doesn't go very far, it leaves much exposed." "Well, are we two clever fellows?" "We are indeed!" "Can we?" "We can indeed." "How do you like my new buildings?" "Great." "In a year Ostend will have surpassed Paris." "One should erect a memorial to the suitcases." "That splendid woman too I owe to the suitcases and I owe my bride to them." " We owe everything to the..." " The suitcases of Mr. O.F." "Then they shake their skirt and only say:" "my dear sir." "This is the modern culture." "My dear sir." "One even used to wear a steel corset and a skirt with hoops." "One lay in bed like a cuirassier." "No man had been able to understand us." "We've hacked the corset to pieces." "In the light of day we're naked again." "The skin as our dress, nothing else beside it." "My dear sir." "My dear sir." "This is the modern culture." "Ostend is gay." "Ostend is happy." "As if it all were a fairytale." "A bit of moonlight, a bit of wine and merriment." "Ostend, what else do you need?" "Don't be shy." "Come in." "Little Marie." "Is that you?" "Yes." "I..." "Little Marie." "Come in, my little ..." "Editor." "Here you can..." "I take the liberty." "Here you can..." " Without any scruples." " Make an interview with you." "Madame." " Do..." " Do..." " Do you intend to..." " I do." "I... intend to." "Did you hear the pop?" "Luck is all one needs." "Let me listen." "Who is she?" "The Mayor's new secretary." "Yes, such a secretary knows something about the butter business." "Everything modern office culture demands, Mr. Mayor..." "I have already ordered." "Room 1, to the right." "You must go to the secretariat, no. 3 no. 6, also to the right." "Can I help the gentleman?" "I'd like to see the Mayor." "The Mayor isn't available at the moment." "Address yourself to the General Secretariat no. 4 to the left." "Can I help the gentleman?" "And another thing, Mr. Mayor." "Your ties are simply impossible." "Well I..." "I..." "Miss Secretary." "I've already ordered new ties." "Thank you, Miss Secretary." "Mr. Chief Editor Stix." "Well..." "I..." "I don't know..." "The Mayor will see him now." "Let him come in." "About our relations with the press..." "We'll talk about it later at tea time." "Certainly." "In the evening too." "About our relation... with the press." "But gentlemen!" "This is impossible!" "My dear Miss Secretary." "We've been sent from one room to the other for an hour." "We must know now when Mr. Flott will arrive." " What about you, sir?" " The same, Miss." " And you?" " Me too, Miss Secretary." "But when will Mr. Flott arrive?" " We have business deals." " We are building." " I've bought seven plots of property." " We must know when Mr. Flott will arrive." "The Mayor has instructed the General Secretariat yesterday to look into this question." "I hope we'll have more precise information by Thursday" "Gentlemen." "Good-bye." "Mr. Mayor, so you've made it to your own newspaper." "Our Mayor." " Good." " It is." "Here, read this." "Brunn, our Brunn, look at him." "A newspaper of his own." "Very pretty, Mr. Chief Editor, but where's the main thing?" " What do you mean?" " Where is Mr. Flott?" "The citizens are getting restless." "Yes, where is Mr. Flott?" "Calm the citizens." "Send a telegram to Mr. Flott." "Publish his portrait." " But you must know when he'll arrive!" " What am I building for?" "Why have we founded a bank?" "And why are we drinking our champagne at your place every night?" "Tell us, when will he arrive?" "He'll certainly arrive, gentlemen." "Be patient." "We're expecting his telegram any moment." "Commissions commissions commissions!" "I don't know where my head stands with all those commissions." "They all want to build!" "And they don't care what it is." "My newspaper comes out three times daily." "But it isn't enough for Ostend yet." "Gentlemen, I'm lost." "Flott keeps on delaying his arrival." "They'll have my head for it." "We must do something about it!" "At once!" "But we couldn't conjure Flott like that?" "Gentlemen, think hard." "Perhaps we could." ""Citizens of Ostend!" "The committee invites you to Mr. Flott's reception Wednesday at 8 o'clock in front of the Grand Hotel." "The chairman of the committee - the Mayor." "Welcome ... welcome ... welcome." "Gentlemen." "Our guest asks to be excused." "He deeply regrets, he cannot see the esteemed gentlemen." "He is unwell." "The doctor accompanying him has ordered total rest." "Only with the greatest effort he was able to receive the acclamations from the balcony." "He has been deeply moved." "Our guest will be honoured to pay his call on our Mayor within two days." "Well..." "He's to be pitied." "Never out of the doctors' sight." "One must spare him." "Well..." " But what..." " But what are we to do?" " Doctor" " Doctor, what is your opinion of the situation?" "Buy and build!" "Build and buy!" " Tell me, where can I found something here?" " Too late, everything's been founded already." "They run and they quarrel and they buy and they sell." "Hausse... hausse." " Can't I make a deposit at your bank?" " I regret, we're flooded with money, I can't accept anything." " What if I pay?" " We don't even have a bank safe left." "The whole world is bankrupt, only Ostend is expanding." "Hausse... hausse." "Where can I buy bond stocks?" "Sold out." "They're all in good hands." "And it rises, from branch to branch." "In Ostend there's hausse, in Ostend there's hausse." "Gentlemen." "The hausse in Ostend remains a mystery." "Our International Economics Conference has established... the whole world is suffering under a terrible economic crisis." "There's only one exception." "Ostend." "So let us learn from Ostend how to solve the most urgent problem of our times." "I propose... to hold the next International Economics Conference in Ostend." "Let's take a vote." "Passed." "Ostend, an unheard-of development." "A metropolis, an interesting problem." "A global problem." "Attention attention." "This is radio Ostend." "We're transmitting the reception of the delegates of the Economics Conference by our city's Chief Mayor." "Ladies and gentlemen." "On this historic spot here at the metropolis' cradle" "Ostend." "I salute the leaders of the International Economics Conference." "It makes our city proud that especially our city has been elected to show to the leaders of the International Economics Conference of all continents the way to the solution of the economic crisis." "What would the economy be without a crisis?" "What would the crisis be without a conference?" "Our motto has always been for centuries:" "Always forward, no step backwards!" "("It's better to take two steps backwards than one step forward" A.D.1532")" "And in this spirit" "I wish the International Economics Conference a fast and total success." "This is a historic moment." "Gentlemen." "The first session of our conference has on its agenda:" "The World Crisis." "I open the session and hand over to..." "Gentlemen." "The whole world looks upon us." "We're facing a very grave problem." "They've gone mad." "Everything's topsy turvy." "No more order around here." "Why do we cook if the Mayor is nowhere to be seen?" "He probably prefers the secretary's cooking and the bridegroom doesn't have time for us either." "But my dear, you forget we're a metropolis now." "Hallo." "Ah Mayor, it's you." "Tell me, where have you been?" "Such bad luck, my child." "I can't come to dinner." "Work." "Work, my child." "Work?" "Now?" "In the middle of the night?" "Tempo." "This is the new tempo." "Ostend is progressing." "It's going to be very late till I'm finished here." "But I'm the Mayor, my child." "Go ahead, we'll do it like that." "Schulze, you've solved the design brilliantly." "But the windows might be a bit wider." "Yes, wider." "Is the design for the central heating finished?" "You must check the sums again." "What about the facade?" "Hallo." "Helene?" "Darling, you?" "You too are only living for your Flott and his metropolis and I'm sitting here waiting for two hours." "What?" "Already 9 o'clock?" "That late?" "But Helene." "But my darling..." "can't you see that this is all wrong?" "Don't you see this?" "Yes." "But I'm busy with a most interesting job here which you too..." "Would enjoy a lot." "Yes, if you were here you'd..." "Get me the final draft!" "Hallo." "Hallo, Helene." "Don't forget the central heating, check the sums." "Don't forget the layout of the ground plan." "I must..." "I must." "Courage, Mr. Mayor." "You must..." "To the Mayor's health and his bride." "You... you are..." "I don't need any kissing here and here." "Kissing everywhere." "I need a marriage." "But what about love, feelings..." "Love?" "When a Grand Hotel marries a Great Salon that is the greatest love." "It must be, must be." "I'm chief editor of the biggest newspaper, it comes out four times daily." "I'm the greatest star of Ostend, I perform for times nightly." "Our position in society demands it, we must marry." "So it's marriage after all." "A pity." "What about our illegitimate..." "Interviews?" "Helene, I couldn't come earlier." "Such an honour, Mr. Chief Building Director coming here in person." "But darling." "I know, dearest, only beloved, sweetest..." "But everything I do I only..." "Do for me, everything only for me." "Now listen to me." "If we are going to quarrel then let's get married." "You see?" "Isn't it true?" "Tomorrow we'll get married." "The world's nations are suffering under a crisis." "You, happy Ostend, are getting married!" "This is a historic moment." "Gentlemen." "Our conference's 87th session has on its agenda:" "The World Crisis." "I open the session and hand over to..." "Gentlemen." "The whole world looks upon us." "We're facing a very grave problem." "We've been lucky so far." "There's only one worry left." "Flott." "Still not a trace of him." "What if it comes out?" "How should it come out?" "Your son certainly won't tell that he had been the man on the balcony whom the population has applauded so stormily." "Don't worry about Flott." "It's much more important that O.F. doesn't cross our plans." "O.F.?" "why O.F.?" "And who is Flott then?" "I've invented him." " Invented?" " Now he's surprised." "Invented?" "You?" "For Ostend's benefit." "And the invention had it in it." "Of course Flott has to disappear now in the same brilliant fashion." "Nothing is easier." "We'll just spread it around that Flott has died in an accident." "A car accident." "Poor Flott." "And then, what I wanted to mention, City Councilor." "Have you heard, Flott has been involved in a car accident." "There's no hope." "Flott?" "Which Flott?" "I've never heard the name before." "You've never heard it?" " Flott?" " Privy Councilor." "Listen to me, something terrible has happened to our Flott." "Excuse me, who is Flott?" " You know, O.F." " O.F.?" "Come on, the man with the 13 suitcases." "A man with 13 suitcases?" "A new joke, isn't it?" "You can tell me later, I can't keep a lady waiting." "Ostend is like bewitched." "Ostend, you're blooming and growing." "Everybody forms couples in Ostend." "Yes, luck has many fairy tales, oh Ostend." "Ostend, have courage." "If it's just a dream, so what." " But consider, Director, problems..." " Problems make you bankrupt." "Comedies bring dividends." "Why is Ostend a metropolis?" "Because they don't care about problems." "Why are we a global enterprise?" "Because we produce comedies." ""I love" OTAG." ""You love" OTAG." ""He loves" OTAG." ""We love" OTAG." ""You love" OTAG." ""They love" OTAG." "You see:" ""A Whiff of the Barracks" a sound film operetta." "The air of the barracks the perfume of the barracks." "The magic of the barracks." "It is such fun to..." "To go marching a sound film operetta." "I as Director of the OTAG." "The Ostend Sound Film Corporation." "I'm telling you:" "a film with a meaning interests nobody." "A film without a meaning that is what a metropolis needs!" "Excuse me, Mr. Chief Editor but the world crisis is also sensation." "You must keep this in mind, my young friend." "When a dog bites a child in Ostend... that isn't a sensation" "But when a child bites a dog in Ostend that is a sensation." "The nations of this world are suffering under crisis." "You, happy Ostend." "Dear children." "This is a historic moment." "Gentlemen." "The 1111th session of our conference has on its agenda the world crisis." "After years of collaboration of all our delegations and sub-delegations we unfortunately haven't been able to... to get to the bottom of the initial causes of this unique economical miracle in Ostend." "Here they are at last, the 13 suitcases of the actress Ola Felden." "Signed:" "O.F." "Checked in here in Zürich." "Destination:" "Bad Ostende." "Grand Hotel." "And you've sent the suitcases, as our inquiry department has established after years of research to Ostend." "And in Ostend nobody has a clue about those suitcases now but Director." "It had only been an "E"" "which I forgot." "One doesn't forget an "E"." "You're fired without notice." "But Director!" ""Boulevard of the 13 suitcases"." "Ladies and gentlemen." "We are how in the historic part of Ostend." "You see here the world-famous Boulevard of the 13 suitcases." "I say!" "Why is this boulevard called "13 suitcases"?" "This comes from antiquity." "12th or 16th century." "Something very historic." "Ladies, gentlemen." "One always likes to listen to and watch fairytales." "13 suitcases like you just saw are only helpful in dreams." "They are hardly a remedy for life." "Not in Asia, not in Africa nor Australia and America not on that sick continent" "Which from old times is called Europe." "With 13 suitcases one doesn't reach the purpose." "What you've seen had been just a fairy-tale, a game."