""The Golden City" was produced in 1942 during the war and is one of the first German color films." "The picture and sound negatives were misplaced and only recently found." "The Golden City" "V. Harlan" " A. Braun based on the play by Richard Billinger" "Music after motives by Smetana" "Color photography" "Sound Producer" "An Agfacolor color copy of Afifa" "Director" "Prague The golden city" "Christian Leitwein" "Miss Jobst, the horses are yoked." "If you want to go the moor, noon is near" "Thanks." "Vinzenz, haven't you seen Anna?" "Was Anna here in the stable?" " No." "Anna?" "Anna?" "Mr. Leitwein, Mr. Engineer!" " Miss Jobst!" "We're driving to the Vltava." "Caution!" "Slowly!" "You want to go right now?" "Give it up." "There's no point in that anyway." "The moor remains the moor." "Father will never allow it to be done away with." "I would have given up this senseless work a long time ago" ".. if it wasn't for you, Miss Anna." "Alright!" "Pack the things together." "We're done." "Where does the Vltava run here?" "We're almost there." "We just have to cross the whole moor." "She's very small here, the Vltava, but she runs to Prague." "What do you want here, Therese?" "Miss Anushka's dress for the fair.." "Ah, the fair.." "Then you can talk that over with Anna..." "You have to make her a wedding dress." "But a robe, understand?" "Very well.." " And she will present herself with the new dress, when ready." "Tell her." " With pleasure, Mr. Jobst." "Here you can see it best, the moor, the damned moor." "Yes it grins at me with its rushes and holes." "Pity, it would have been a nice job" "The peasants are stolid, they don't keep up with the times." "What the peasant doesn't know, he won't eat." "Peasants?" "No, your father is attached to the moor." "I don't understand it." "Your father is a god here." "If he wanted, the peasants would want it, too." "He could have the most fertile farmland." " Maybe he's afraid." "Afraid of what?" " Of the Aquarius." "Aquarius, what's that?" "That's what the people call the monster that's haunting the moor." "But that's superstition, you can't believe that yourself." "My mother also went to the moor." "There, where the stone stands, that's where they found her." "Maria Jobst died here in an accident." "You were very attached to your mother?" "I was four years old when it happened." "I didn't understand that much of it then." "But nevertheless I sometimes have a deep longing for her." "Why did your mother do this?" "Father says she missed her way in the dark and got into the swamp." "But people say, because she always wanted away from husband and child,.." ".. the Aquarius took her." "Because she always wanted to go back to Prague." "I've never been to Prague." "But it must be beautiful if my mother longed for it that much." "Are you angry with me?" "No." "Well, you're engaged." "Nice that you remember that now, at least." "You are enchanting." "Will you marry Thomas?" "I told you I'm engaged." " Engaged isn't married yet." "No." "Look, that's the way the Vltava looks here." "I wanted to thank you, Mr. Engineer, for the Prague book you gave me." "You like it?" " Yes." "In Prague, Mr. Leitwein, you get married in the great cathedral!" "My mother was married there." "In the cathedral of St. Vitus." "This water, the same water runs to Prague." "...past the cathedral." "In Prague the Vltava is a wide stream." "The people stand on old bridges.." ".. and look down like we are." "And the golden towers are reflected in the waves." "The golden city." "I'd like to drive there once." " Why don't you?" "My father doesn't want it, he hates the city." "It has poisoned his life.." ".. and it shouldn't poison mine as well." "it's nicest at home and there you should stay." "Every third word of yours is "my father says"." "What do you say?" "What could I have to say?" "Whoever never leaves, Miss Anna will never come home." "An old proverb." "Ah, Thomas you'll shortly be done, won't you?" "That is good." "You are always keen on work!" "You're my best hand." "Where's Anna?" " I don't know." " Why don't you?" "Why do you stick your head in the sand?" "Anna can do what she wants." "So, that's your opinion." "Not mine." "You wimp!" "You let the girl be snatched away by such a city gnome?" "Are you a wimp if you don't run after your girl?" " Who's talking about that?" "Before the engineer came, it was dear Thomas, beloved Thomas," "And now?" "She hardly sees me, when she rides by, the fine lady." "Don't be angry." "She got that from her mother." "She always wanted to be a lady, too." "She became quite unhappy." "He won't be here long anymore, the fine gentleman from Prague." "Ah and when he's away then Thomas is good enough again." "Oh no." " Don't talk so pretentious!" "Anna said herself to me that she loves you and that's the main point." "Otherwise I'd never have consented to your marriage." "And now?" " Well, she's young." "And she never left the village." "She's a young girl, longs for the city and for life." "You have to grab her and keep hold of her." "You're a man after all." "After the fair there's the wedding and that's my last word." "And if you still love her, then you say now, OK farmer, after the fair I marry her!" "Miss Anna, please tell me the truth." ""I love Thomas and I shall marry him. "" ""I love Thomas and I shall marry him. "" "Miss Anna,.." " Mr. Leitwein!" "Don't be a fool, you'll crash into a tree." " Are you afraid, sir?" "If you're already afraid now, wait until the fair, you should see me riding then!" "I am always in front there!" " Give me the reins!" " To you?" "You can drive a car, but couldn't hold this horse." "You think I'm afraid?" "Please drive faster if you can." "What was your name again?" " Nemecek." " That's right, Nemecek." "Just that nobody says, I gave you an assignment." " But nobody's saying that, mayor." "Mayor?" "Say Jobst." "With you city people one must be careful or it's said I've made you an order." "You are distrustful, Mr. Jobst." " Yes, distrustful." "To put an end to all speculation:" "I'm against the cultivation and I am the owner of the moor." "We must wait for the adjacent owners until the district council session." " When is the session?" "In seven weeks, Saturday after the fair." "But why don't you want to make the swamp fertile?" "Because it was always there and because I don't want to." "I understand that, one is attached to the familiar and I'm from the country, too." " Really?" "But you've been doing this a little longer already.." "Almost thirty years." " I guessed that." "I took part in the cultivation of the great south Hungarian swamps." "completely one could say.. drained." " Me?" "No, the swamps.." "Very funny." "The draining is done all the world around," "My colleague Leitwein will have explained it to you." "As much as he could find time to do so." "He'll have explained it to my daughter even more extensively." "My firm wants to give him a bigger assignment." "A little embarrassing for him, that you weren't happy with him." "I don't doubt his professional abilities." "But my daughter will stay here." "She was born here." "Same as me." "Raised here as I was, she shouldn't be dazzled.." ".. by such a city guy." "Well, Miss Anna, you're a very insensitive, careless girl,.." ".. but one can't be cross with you." "You said I'm a witch." "Well..." "The seamstress waits for over an hour." "Right, damn it!" "She wanted to come." "Here, take the rein." "I totally forgot about it." "You forget a lot these days." "Are you, still mad...?" "... no!" "Hello!" "Nemecek, what are you doing here?" "Ah!" "You're getting impatient!" "It's good that you're here." "Negotiate with the peasants yourself." "You'll get a nasty surprise.." "Anything new in the headquarter?" " No, not really." "Mr. Jobst had dinner already?" " Yes, he invited me." "You were invited, too." " I know, I was late." "Was he very angry?" " Considerate father, isn't he?" "Where is he, the con-si-de-rate fa-ther?" "He was called away, to the stables, I think" "You have business in the area?" "Kind of.. if you agree." "What's the matter, tell me." "If the headquarter wants to push me, all I can say.." "Look around!" "Old marsh-birds." "Rotten foibles." "See that sign!" ""No thing or being came from a distant place, but the place where it grows.." ".. is his ground"." "Pretty nice thought, sort of homeland-idea." "Philosophy!" "And now apply this philosophy on the moor, on the grown moor..." "Mr. Jobst" "The others are like him, we have to be patient, tell that to the bosses!" "You can show me your figures, if you agree, Mr. Colleague.." "The firm has chosen another, a very special assignment for you." "I am supposed to handle this case from here on." "You?" "You're supposed to.." ".. the moor..?" "Well that's a bit strange." "So the firm decided...?" " You heard," ".. the firm has another job for you" "Your father said, I shall make a nice wedding gown for Miss Anushka." "A robe!" "When did he say that?" " Today, in the yard." "Wedding gown?" "Well,.." "Since when does he care about my clothes?" "But he said it, Miss Anushka." " Did he?" "But that isn't the wedding gown." "It is far too long for the fair." "You really want me to cut the lace?" "Otherwise I'll constantly step on the hem while dancing." "Mr. Jobst, what do think about Nemecek replacing me?" "I heard you'll get a new job?" "Congratulations." "Let's drink to it!" "Before I forget it, there's the book,.." "I saw inside it bears your name." "Please take it." " But it's a present to Anna." "My daughter doesn't need this kind of present." "Cheers, Mr. Engineer." "You'll have a good train connection to Prague today." "That doesn't sound too friendly." "You're almost throwing me out." "You can stay until tomorrow if you wish." "I didn't mean to hurt you." "I'll leave today." "I hope you are appeased." "You can be sure." "The carriage will bring you to the train in enough time to finish your meal" "It's going to be served a second time." "Since you were away with my daughter during dinner." "The dress swings!" "Don't you think?" "You were right, it swings nicely." "It will swing good at the fair.." "You think so?" " Gustav from the right.." ".. and from the left comes this one." "Ah we have an audience!" "You don't say a word." "Don't you like me?" "Well, you do, too much." "I came to say good-bye, Anna" "I will never forget these days." "You're leaving?" " Yes." "But, why?" "Maybe your father can explain that." "Therese, you can go." "What information could my father give me?" "He just told me, that another engineer is replacing me at work on the moor." "I see." "I accept it." "We don't have to fool each other." "And.. maybe it is better this way." "Good luck, Miss Anna and thank you for every hour, that I was allowed to spend with you." "It's a shame." "I was looking forward to the fair and the horse-racing so much." "This way I can hardly visualise you as a rider." "Really?" "Do you believe it now?" "Couldn't you give it to me as a present?" "But I can't give you the frame, I got it from my father." "I thank you." "I thank you very much." "Now once more there's nobody here from outside, from the world." "The golden city." "You imagine it golden in your fantasy, but the reality is bitter." "Farewell, Mrs. Anna." "Good luck, and all the best." "I was told to present it." "Do you like it this way?" "It's alright." "Why you put on a face?" "You look beautiful, Anna." "Did you tell my dad to send Mr. Leitwein to Prague?" "You'll get out of that habit, this tone in front of your father." "Stay!" "The young master slams the doors!" "Are we having a party?" "That's it!" "Nobody tells me what to do in this house!" "It's me who tells them!" "And if I don't like somebody, I throw him out." "Keep that in mind." "And now you get reasonable." "You'll marry Thomas." "You promised it and I gave my word." "I don't accept a yes today and a no tomorrow." "After the fair comes the wedding, and that's that." "Now don't be defiant." "Child." "I only want your happiness." "I have nothing in the world but you." "You know that." "Anna." "Get your own binoculars." "Pelikan, you have money enough." "Delfi is leading!" "Delfi and our Anushka" "Anna's off the track!" "Beisser is first!" "Thomas takes over." "Thomas, go!" "Thomas!" "What are you doing?" "Respect, Thomas, you know how to ride." "You saved the victory for us!" " You would have won without me." "He just ran off the track." "I am so angry, I can't tell you." "The curb is too short, he's bleeding." "He was locked and didn't take the turn." "Force doesn't always help, Anna." "You're always nagging at me." "Aren't you a little proud of my 2nd place?" "Very much, but don't take things too serious." "Congratulations." "You made it again, with both of them." "What a pity." "Your daughter could have won." " Why pity?" "She can be happy that she's getting such a successful husband." "Who's first at work should be first to celebrate." "Oh Thomas!" "Sorry, I stepped on your foot again!" "I didn't mean to.." "You're rather a rider." "But you will learn how to dance." "I don't believe that anymore." "I think I don't have a talent for it." "Left." "Drink!" "Is this seat taken?" "Pelikan." "Should we let him sit next to Marushka?" "That's why he came after all..." "I bought something." "If you like it?" "For me?" "This heart of mine I give to your please give me yours in retour." "You've spent some money, Pelikan." " 'Whoever loves, gives', it's an old saying." "Pelikan wants to marry my housekeeper away." "Isn't that so, Pelikan?" " Yes I'd like to." "But.. if she wants...?" "Marushka could become one of our great farmer's wives,but she always hesitates." "You're driving me from the table!" "I don't like your talk." "I'll stay where I am." "Don't be angry, it's fair after all!" "Not so loud, old Jobst must not hear it." " Let him listen!" "Damn city-pig!" "Wait until Jobst leaves the table." "Your feet are itching for a dance?" "Why don't you dance with him?" "Do you want to, Marushka?" "If my master orders me to, then.." "Poor Marushka, you got her into trouble with Pelikan." " Why?" "This woman only has eyes for her master." "Even a blind person would see that." "Come on." "We'll take him to the bowling alley." "I'll get him." "Care to drink a beer with us crofters?" "Or does the engineer drink with the big farmers only?" "Very friendly." "If Mr. Engineer says no... that would be an insult." "If it has to be." "One isn't proud, of course." "We drink on the bowling alley." "My pleasure." "Why do you accept your partner going astray?" "Everybody wants to dance with her.." ".. Mr. Farmer." "Mr. Farmer?" "Call me father." "We're not that far yet." "Oh my god, you two are boring." "I actually wanted to announce it during the fair." "Well I want, too.." " I know, I don't want to push it." "You are undecided folks." "Cheers, Mr. Nemecek" "Cheers." "Cheers." "Cheers, gentlemen." "Gentlemen!" "These are quite strong and hefty jokes." "Mr. Engineer, we are no gentlemen, we are just pawns." "Good bowling!" "Stop it!" "You could have killed him!" " You're right, Thomas." "I have to say..." "Strange humor the people have." "That was no humor, that was serious." " Shut up!" "You will get yourselves into trouble one day." "You take away our ground water." " You talk nonsense." "Groundwater." "If you had that in your wells you'd be dead already." "Come." "Mr. Engineer!" "Don't mess with them, you'll lose." "Don't be offended." "Those are pawns." "Am I supposed to put up with that?" "I look like a pig." "This heart of mine I give to your please give me yours in retour." "Stop these stupid jokes!" " Come, take a sip." "Gain some strength." " I won't drink it, Mr. Jobst!" "The whole so called 'moor-cultivation' is ill-omened." "That one's lost." "The city-people are not very welcome here, you know?" "So you defend them?" "Well not exactly, but you better say thank you to Thomas, who saved you." "You want me to thank them, for not killing me?" "Are you crazy?" "You have strange ideas around here." "Let me tell you Mr. Nemecek, if you want to fight with me, better think it over." "I can be very uncomfortable." " Well, Mr. Jobst..." "I'm not going to test if I can rely on your moods.." "I've seen how you treat people that are in your way." "Like Leitwein." "I'm not going to wait for that, I'll leave now." "You've got my prospects." "You can deal the assignment directly with Prague." "Do what you think is right!" "Did you fight?" "Nothing important." "Thomas you don't dance, do you want to?" " First it's my turn!" "Or don't you want to dance with your old father?" "Yes!" "Did you throw Mr. Nemecek out also?" " Also?" "Do you still think of the first one, the one that left?" "Wasn't such a bad guy." "But I didn't want to have him." "Why do you talk about it still?" " You're right." "He wrote you a postcard for today." "Actually I didn't want to show it to you but you are over it, Anna, aren't you?" "Where is that postcard?" "Here." "That's the Hradshin, the old king's castle of Prague." "What a mighty and bloated building." "Come out of the crowd and read it." "Just one second." "Look, let's leave the city to the people that have to live there." "We are here in the country." "So many people go to the city because they think money lies on the street." "But they can't live there, as they were not born there and get miserable." "When my Anna marries once then a hundred cornfields bow before her." "Everything will become hers and his,whom she will marry." "Now read the postcard." "Yes?" "You're already..." "Are you drunk?" "I stand here in my nightdress and you just enter?" "Should I go again?" " You dare to come here.." "What do you want?" "I was restless, I kept seeing you with the others." "At a fair one has to dance with everybody." "You're right, but the night is long for someone who cannot sleep." "I sleep well, and you too, Thomas." "Good night." "So, you sleep well?" "You stand at the window and stare outside." " Yes" "Your father and I are going to the horse-market in Temesva tomorrow." "The farmer brings new horses and exchanges some also.." "In five days, on Saturday, we'll be back for the meeting at the town hall." "Why do you tell me that in the middle of the night?" "Well, after the fair we were supposed to marry, and today was the fair." "Anna,I want to know where we stand." "Why such a hurry, everybody pushes me always" "Hurry?" "We waited for two years now." "I want to marry you" " I promised my father." "Because you promised your father?" "But no, Thomas, you know me!" "Nobody can force me to do what I don't want, not even my father." "I am confused, because everybody tells me what to do.." "You shouldn't be." " Those are words, Thomas." "I live like I'm in a jail." "Nice prison, some people would want to live in such a jail." "Maybe." "But it is not freedom." "Freedom?" "What's that?" "Living like I want, marrying who I want for example." "I want to do what I want." " But you can!" "Just say what you want." "Really?" "As soon as I step out of the door, someone asks me where I'm going." "When I find a friend like Mr. Leitwein, then you two throw him out." "Anna you ride wrong." "You don't walk straight." "You abandon the kitchen." "Anna is not interested in the house!" "Anna you're not a lady, you're a farmer!" "Anna gets slapped." "She has to be a bride, but she gets slapped in the face." "Like in school." "I don't want that anymore, I want my own life!" "Tell me Anna, do you love Mr. Leitwein, still?" "You can tell me, I won't be mad." "No Thomas, I never loved him." "Nobody understands me, my father the most, he doesn't even try." "He's satisfied when I obey." "Anna, I understand you better than you think, because I love you." "When I come back, should I call the banns?" "You and the marriage," "Ok, call the banns." "Well," "Good night, Anna." "We'll leave very early." "Good night, Thomas" "You're in the way Pelikan, get out of the kitchen, I don't want company..." ".. while Mr. Jobst isn't here." "What will the domestics think?" "Always Mr. Jobst..." "I know what you're planning." " What?" "Not difficult to guess." " What do you know?" "It's all over town already." " What is all over town?" "Say it!" "Don't be so angry, Marushka." "Nobody is against you." "Many wished to be the wife on the Jobst farm, but it never happened." "You know it." "Anna gets the farm.." ".. and Thomas." " Did the priest announce it?" "In church?" "No, but I have eyes." " See?" "Don't count your chickens until they're hatched." "Now get out!" "I need ten towels." " Just take them." "The key is in the lock." "Where is Miss Anushka?" "In her room." "She's writing." "Maybe she has another secret groom?" "You wouldn't mind, would you.." "Mr. Leitwein wouldn't compete for the farm like Thomas." "He'd take her to town." "You want anything, Marushka?" "Nothing." "I just wanted to look after the young Miss" "You need me for something?" " No, I don't need you, I get along alone." "Ah,young Miss is writing to the engineer to say thank you for the postcard." "What do you know about the postcard?" " The farmer showed it to me." "Then you knew it before me." "What are you running around?" "You want something?" "The young lady really should visit Prague for one day." "I must not." "And father will never allow it." "You don't have to tell him and no one will ever find out." "He and Thomas are gone the whole week." "Marushka, what if my father heard you?" "He would scold me,.." ".. because I have a heart for Miss Anushka." "Just one day." "Is that what you mean, Marushka?" "Mr Leitwein, he was a beautiful man." "And he loved Miss Anushka so much!" "When he left, he was crying." "Tears, Marushka, you make things up." "I swear, I saw tears.." "with my own eyes." " Prague, I've been thinking about it myself." "My father would kill me." " Your father won't find out." "We'll tell everyone you are visiting your friend in the next village." "Just one day would be OK, I think." " Just one day." "I could do it..." "I could live at my aunt's." "I found her address in father's desk." "Donata Opferkuch, Prag Altstadt, Grüner Weg 13" "But.." " I see, little Miss has no money for the trip." "I will lend it to you." "You can buy what you want." "I saved the money myself." "What you don't use, you can give back to me later." "Anushka!" "Anushka, your first time in Prague and you visit me right away." "Let me take a look at you." "You look nice, and clean." "You look very much like your poor mother my dearest sister Marie." "If she just had never married away from Prague, maybe she would be alive today." "I didn't clean up today, I was in the shop, and don't have a maid." "Sit down and meanwhile I'll get dressed." "In this dress you look.." ".. like a princess." "Like the blue miracle.." "That's how you dress in the country?" "But Anushka, you can't leave tomorrow, I simply won't let you." "I'd feel almost offended." "You're so beautiful and so young!" "Was my mother here once?" "No, no my child." "I didn't have the tobacco shop then." "Jesus, it almost burned!" "My son, Tony will look surprised, and his boss!" "And his boss!" "She's always so jealous." "He's a very posh person, very posh." "I am so happy!" "Do you smoke?" "I smoke far too much." "Can you button my blouse?" "Thank you." "He was an officer, Toni's father, a cavalry lieutenant." "A hussar, a very posh person, an aristocrat." "That's his portrait, oil painting, a good resemblance." "Look!" "That's my Toni!" "He and his father look like two peas in a pod." "A posh person, don't you think?" " Yes, very." "Those were the days." "We couldn't marry because the class distinction was too big." "That was the reason why your father got so morally." "But that's buried, buried." "You know what?" "I'll show you around a little." "The tobacco shop Toni's father bought for me." "He cared very nobly for me and his son." "He never saved money." "A fine person." "And what did your father do?" "I don't want to talk badly about him,but he forbade my sister to come to Prague." "He forbid her to enter my house." "And how did it end?" "He has her life to answer for." " But aunt.." "Didn't she go into the water, my sister, didn't she drown herself?" "Marie." "Your father achieved that, splendid Mr. Jobst." "Into the water." "The moor." " Moor or water doesn't matter She was dead anyway." "It's all long gone now." "You want a glass?" " No." " No?" "OK, to your health." "Only Toni's left." "My only luck." "He had an education, exclusively in first class institutions." "Unfortunately he was never very interested in those things, so..." "And he cannot save money, he got that from his father, the noble attitude." "The aristocracy, you know." "I'll call the police, how could someone steal my golden spoons!" "Somehow the emblem of my restaurant." "Don't make such a fuss about fake golden spoons." "What do you say?" "Fake?" "They were a present from Caruso for my belated.." "for his best friend Tandler, and you say fake?" "Do you think a world star tenor gives fake presents?" "They weren't fake?" "Then you should have hidden the keys in a less cosy place.." "If you leave a key like that under your pillow someone takes it in the morning." "But I have to go, the guests are waiting." "Yes." "What a cheek!" " The breaded cutlet." "First you steal and then you make jokes about it?" "You're so mean." "Quick!" "The costumer complained three times already." "Two desserts for the menu." "It simply cannot have been anybody but you!" "You're the only one who knows that the key for my desk is under my pillow." "The only one?" "With your pace and temper?" "Allow me to smile." "Outrageous person!" "Now that's enough." "A cutlet and two desserts." "Thief!" "You'll be locked away!" "Careful,Mrs. Tandler." "To cut off the honor of a decent man can cost you dearly." "That's how a heart of gold is rewarded." "There he is." "Toni!" "He's so busy, I hardly see him anymore." "Look how everyone stares." "I guess it's because of your fancy dress." "They look because you're laughing." " No, what is so special about me?" "Behind the cash desk, that's the boss." "She is so jealous of my son." "A widow." "Toni!" " Mum,don't make so much noise You know I don't like that" "Look at that" "What a sweet girl." "Did you bring her here?" "Toni, don't be so conventional." "Give her a kiss and hug." "She's a relative," "Mummy, we can't do that here in the restaurant." "My mother is a little effusive." "What did she tell so far?" " What do you think?" "Be quiet." "Once she starts talking, she can't stop anymore." "Don't talk bad about me." " I didn't mean to." "I've no mean intentions at all." "You don't look like it, Mr. Toni." "The guests are complaining." "Get going." "Lily, why are you so grumpy?" "Are you in a bad mood?" "That doesn't even come close." "You've got a fine person for a son, we are through!" "Lily!" "Miss Anna!" "So you really made it to Prague!" "How nice." "Leitwein." "Your aunt, if I am right." "Why didn't you introduce me?" " Well that's not necessary anymore." "No, that's not necessary anymore." "Anushka told me a lot about you." "You are the good-for-nothing that lured her to Prague, I should thank you." "If you'll allow me?" " Allow you?" "We waited for you!" "So your father let you come to Prague eventually?" "No, her desire for Prague was so strong she came secretly." "Typical Anushka." "Simply runs away." "Father is gone for a few days." "Before he returns, I'll be back." "Anna, Anna.." "But until you leave you should see something of Prague and I will help you." "Do you have plans for tonight already?" " No, we don't Mr. Leitwein." "I could get tickets for the opera tonight. "The Bartered Bride"" "You must see that in Prague." " I've never been to a theatre!" "Mrs. Opferkuch, please excuse me, sir," "I think you should come to the kitchen!" " It's to do with Toni?" "The boss had a bad fight with Toni." "The guests are getting impatient." " Nonsense, send the waiter," "I want to order goose, I'm starving." "Her permanent jealousy!" "Ridiculous." " No jealousy." "She called the police" "I'm back in a second." "How could you suspect me in front of the staff?" "I'm fed up!" "I've been working day and night, and that's my the reward?" "Tonshi!" " 'Tonshi' is over!" "Where do you want to go?" " Out of here!" "What's going on here?" "Every couple of days you fight like little children." "Shame on you!" "You act as if you're married." "The guests have already noticed what's going on!" "Thank God the music is so loud!" "Wait a moment." "I'll get you something to eat." "You stand there like you're spellbound." "I don't know what to say, it's so wonderful." "Don't you want to eat anything?" " No, thank you." "It's so, so wonderful!" "I have to hold my heart tight, or it's going to jump out!" "That you can be so happy.." "What did you like best?" "Everything." "Did you see that, Anushka?" "First we'll drive to the Hradschim." "No, first I want to drive the exact way my mother drove, as a bride." "But then we're just perfect!" "Then we must go to the Hradschim." "This is the Karl's Bridge." " So here St. Nepumuk was pushed into the water?" "You know things!" "It was over there, were the banister is." "They pushed him in there, St. Nepumuk." "And over there, that's the Hradschim!" "The King's castle of Prague." "Our pride." "And the high tower belongs to St. Vitus Cathedral where your mother married." "See?" "There you have the whole of Prague!" "The whole of Prague is at your feet." "The whole rummage in one glance." "Cheers, Anushka." " Cheers, Toni." "Wine for breakfast,.." "when I think of home..." "What's wrong?" "I am so sad that I have to leave tomorrow." "Anushka, don't talk about it, there's still time!" "You have such a sweet little hand.." "I am so happy, like never before in my life!" "Really?" "Tell me Anushka, who is this engineer Leitwein?" "I mean, is your relationship of a certain kind?" "I don't mean to be indiscreet, but one is interested in these things.." "You city people always quiz everybody." "Your mother did the same yesterday." "There's nothing going on with Mr. Leitwein." "He worked on our farm." "He told me a lot about Prague." "So?" " Nothing 'so', Toni, I like him, that's all." "Well then, it's OK." "After all, he's engaged." " He's not engaged." "But mother saw the engagement ring on his hand yesterday." "She must have been mistaken." "Maybe he just twisted a ring." "Your little head!" "Don't make me worry, Anushka, he could be a marriage swindler!" "Prague is a slithery place!" "Dangerous for a trusting girl like you." " Do you fear for me, Toni?" "How sweet!" "I will never forget how you showed me around Prague." "Anushka, when we go out tonight, you can't wear this dress.." "Everybody's staring!" "Did you go to the opera like that?" " Yes" "One of a kind, this Mr. Leitwein, to take a girl to the opera like that." "In the morning that's OK, a lot of strange people come from the country." "Tell me, do you have some money?" " Yes, why?" "Listen,we go to Mr. Kvaschina, a friend." "The best shop for fashion in town." "He gives me a certain discount, he'll wrap you... in only the finest clothes!" "Anushka is out with my son." "She wanted to see Prague." "She was so excited, she shivered when she left with my son, thank you." "Your son isn't working today?" " That's a bit difficult.." "As you witnessed involuntarily yesterday he quit his job at the restaurant." "I see." " What do you want from my niece, if I may ask?" "Actually we wanted to do this trip." "My car is outside." "I took the day off." "That's bad luck." "The early bird catches the worm." "Don't be mad at me, but I have to dance!" "If it wasn't for the other people, I would scream now!" "I would scream so loud, that the houses would crumble!" "Scream, Anushka, dance Anushka!" "You look as if you're from heaven!" "One wants to kiss you!" "Don't knock over the lantern!" "Now nobody will mistake you for a country wench on a visit in Prague." "You're a sport!" "I'm glad you think so." "The veil, I don't know.." " But what do you have against the veil?" "It's good!" "That's respectable for a lady." "What's that car in front of our shop?" "We seem to have a distinguished customer." "Miss Anna!" "What have you done?" "Where's your beautiful traditional outfit?" "That will be delivered via express." "If you'll allow me, Opferkuch." " My pleasure, Leitwein." "Miss Anna, did you put lipstick on?" "That is modern." "Isn't it so, Toni?" "You don't like it, Mr. Engineer?" "Frankly, you're much nicer in your country outfit." "Well, Mr. Engineer, that is a matter of taste, isn't it." "Exactly." "Since our morning stroll fell through," "I wanted to ask you to have lunch with me." "Anushka, my mother prepared a meal for us already." "Toni!" "Please come in for a moment!" "I have to talk to you alone, so go inside, will you." "And you, don't make us wait for dinner!" "What's up?" "A policeman was here!" "He wanted to interview you." "Because of the.." " Because of what?" "The spoons?" "Yes." " Let him interview me.." "The spoons are none of my business." "Toni, if you have something to do with those spoons, tell me now!" "A mother always knows a way." "A mother understands and regrets everything!" "A mother is a mother." "Do you know what that is at all?" "I see." "She made it far, this Mrs. Tandler." "My own mother thinks I'm a thief." " Don't say that word, I am so afraid!" "Just you wait!" "This beast!" " Don't you swear, Toni!" "This person!" "With many men she has stories, her flat is like a pigeonry." "And of all people, she picks me." "She's your girlfriend after all." " Nonsense." "Girlfriend." "I'll tear her to shreds!" "She can kneel before me!" "Lick my hands.." "I'll beat her in the face, the dirty..." "Where did you learn such vulgarity?" "If Anushka heard you talking like that." " Oh, Anushka.." "She's not engaged to Leitwein." "If you could only have such a person around you.." "But you..." "Toni..." "Toni" " She has a friendly face." "She's all real." "It's different than Lily with her dyed hair and her false teeth." "She has a heart like gold" "That's quite unusual nowadays." "Do you think she likes me?" "Are you starting again?" "Mum.." "Do you believe she likes me?" "If you want to have a girl, you'll always find the right tones." "You got that from your dad as well." "I can drive you home immediately." " That's not necessary, thanks." "I feel responsible for you, I won't leave you here." "But I'm staying!" "Mr Engineer is too friendly." "So nice, how he's concerned about me.." "But there's no reason for him to worry, I mean worry because I'm away from home, and he thinks he's to blame for it." "But he is not guilty." "I didn't visit him after all." "I just wanted to see the city of Prague and that's it." "Well, I don't want to offend anybody,.." "but I think your relatives are not the right company for you." "Your father.." "Mr. Engineer, it's not very nice to talk like that about my mother's sister." "Please take me back to my relatives." "As you wish." "But I hope that you'll return to your wonderful homeland soon." "Famous Prague, this golden city... is not the giant that lives in your dreams." "Here you only find dwarfs." "Anna!" "Anna." "Bless you, farmer." "The farmer is back already?" " Well, Julie, it was the longing!" "Not mine, but Thomas'" "Take your case, are you the only one to welcome us?" "Call Anna!" "Tell her I have a lot for her!" "Thomas has something for her, too." "A gift." "What are you waiting for?" "Call Anna!" "Come on!" "Jump!" "Anushka is not home." "Bless you farmer, so early?" " Where's Anna?" "Anushka is in Kromau.." "at her friend's." "In Kromau?" "Who did she tell that to?" "To you?" "No, not me." "Maybe to Julie?" " She told it to me, you are saying?" "I heard something different." " So what did you hear?" "What did you hear?" "Mr. Wolledahl, who works as station master sometimes, he said, Miss Anushka travelled to Prague." "So." "I must go back." "It's impossible." "Tomorrow my father gets home, and I have to be back then." "Especially if you want me to come again I have to go back." "Anushka stay." "Stay with me." "Stay your whole life with me." "What do you want alone in the village?" "Toni, don't sadden my heart.." "What do we win if I fall out with my father?" "The Vltava is so nice here." "You always hold me tight to hold you tight, Anushka!" "My whole life!" " Had I known how beautiful it is, believe me, I would have come much earlier" "My sweet Anushka." "You tear my heart out of my body." "Let's write to your father, that we belong together." "For life." "And even if he's a little angry.." ".. he will give up." "You don't know my father." "He can't be that bad, if he has such a sweet daughter.." "You don't believe that we fit together, Anushka?" "We have to wait a little until we can say 'we belong together for life'." "But what should we wait for?" "For our youth to be over?" "No, but a couple of days,.." "Anushka you are so gold!" "You men are the same everywhere." "If a girl doesn't say yes right away you think she has no heart." "Like her mother." "Exactly like her mother." "She's lost forever." "Anushka." "I'll attach myself to the train." "I won't let him start." "I'll let it drag me a thousand miles." "Toni, that doesn't lead to anything good." "Straw fires don't burn long." "Don't you feel what's happening?" "That I simply cannot let you go?" "I.." "I'll miss the train.." "It's after 6 already." "You still love me?" " Yes, Toni..." "Good God, I do!" "See how I kneel before you?" "I won't get up until you say yes!" "You can't do that!" "That's blackmail!" "I'm staying." "Maybe I can stay until tonight." "I think there's another train at ten." " Stay!" "Oh, stay!" "Only until tonight." "You're not pushing anymore." "Let me breathe for a moment, will you?" " Yes, Anushka." "I beg you!" "Please leave my room!" "If your mother comes I'd sink into the earth!" "My mother is sleeping already." "Anushka." "I'm made from a sort of wood,.." "Prague is a golden city, with a lot of houses." "who hasn't seen it yet.." ".. is a poor drinker." "You're singing, Julia?" " Thomas, I am so lucky!" "that I can leave here soon." "In 14 days I'll be gone." "Then I'll go Prague and marry." " Will you visit Anna?" "Shall I give her a message from you?" "Tell her I'm not angry." "Wish her luck." "I don't think like her father." "I only wish she would come home soon." "Ahh!" "You are tattling, and I can wait for wood for the kitchen" "The basket is broken." "The wood falls out" " Stop ranting." "You're distracting my girls at work." "Your girls?" "They're your girls already?" "You're that far already with the farmer?" " Beat it." "When the farmer comes from the council he wants his food." "Therefore I need the wood." "That fits into your concept, that Anna's gone." " Don't be so naughty!" "Or I'll tell the farmer." "I won't let the moor be cultivated." "The adjacent owners have enough land." "The moor has belonged to the Jobstfarm for hundreds of years." "Even if it's nothing but reed and willow?" "Know what you are Jobst?" "You're backward!" "So?" "Can you give us a reason, why you are so backward?" "In 'the old' there is more good than in all your damned cultivating." "Of all people you should be last to say that the moor is good!" "...Where did your wife go?" "That's my business." "Nobody interferes in my family matters." "I mean, tell us what's so good about it." "He who does something wrong will be punished by the moor." "Whoever abandons his homeland will be punished by the moor." "That's how it was, wasn't it?" "Or am I wrong?" "Anyone dares to object?" "You are arrogant!" "If you talk like that once you'll suffer the consequences." "I close the meeting." "I know you must think I am intrusive, but I have to live with that." "I know life better than you, at least town life." "You wanted to go home the other day." "Why did you stay here?" "I have my reasons." "I don't have the right to ask you, but if you need help, call me." "That is very friendly of you, but your fears are unfounded." "I hope so." "So I can't say 'See you'.." "I wish you all the best." "Goodbye." "What did he want, your Mr. Engineer?" "Don't always leave me alone, Toni." "So, what did he want?" "Look at you!" "Still wearing gown and stockings." "Why don't you get dressed and stay with me a little?" " But no, I don't want to be a shop lump" "And me?" "I have to!" " But no!" "You don't have to!" "Don't let mum take advantage of you." " It's still better than doing nothing." "Since you lost your job you do nothing but laze around." "You sit in the parlour and read the news" " Please stop it.." "Wait until we're home, on our farm, I mean on your farm.." "that'll be a life." "That's where I belong!" "No." " Don't you think I'd be a good master?" "Sure, but on the farm there's a lot more work than here, you'll see!" "But not for us!" "We have the staff for it!" "First we hire a custodian, your father moves to his old-age residence, so he can finally enjoy his life, and we take as much work as we need, ...and not a bit more." "That's what we call a bon vivant." "You're such a fool." " Anushka.." "Say it again, I like it so much!" "You're a fool." "This jewelry didn't bring her much luck." "For 15 years it lay in this chest and didn't see the light of day." "Do want to wear it, Marushka?" "Aren't you afraid, you could find it too heavy to wear until the end of your days?" "Do you want to be mistress of the Jobstfarm?" "Are you willing to sweeten my sunset years?" "It's too beautiful for me, Mr. Jobst." "I am not the youngest anymore, Marushka." "But I am as good as farmer Pelikan." "Don't you think so, Marushka?" "Good morning!" "This letter was also 'acceptance rejected'." "So I won't write anymore." "I didn't hear anything from home since I left, nothing." "Nothing lasts forever." "Mrs. Amend, could you look after the shop for a moment?" "Sure, I used to look after the shop until you came, and I lost this income." " I didn't know that!" "Well my child." "One does a lot of things one doesn't know about." "Where's your aunt today?" "She's at the police with Toni because of that story, you know.." "You looked much better, when you arrived, Miss Jobst." "Yes..." " Have you been to the doctor already?" "But why not?" "But I know anyway, Mrs. Amend." " Did you tell Toni?" "No." "God knows how he is going to react, stupid fellow that he is sometimes.." "You're very unhappy, Miss Jobst." "Oh no, Mrs. Amend." "I feel so warm, but, I don't know..." "One can't laugh, one can only cry..." "It's not sad, but one can only cry." "Miss Jobst I don't know.." " You can't know, Mrs. Amend." "You didn't experience it.." " You need a lot of love, my child." "It's not as easy as you think." " I don't imagine it to be easy.." "I have Toni, still." "Mrs. Amend, please don't tell my aunt!" " That's the last thing on my mind!" "There's somebody in front of the shop, dry your tears." "So we finally found you!" "Miss Anushka!" "There you are!" "God bless you!" "Julie!" " I brought you my groom." "He's a tram conductor, he insisted to come to see you." "We'll marry!" "Soon." "He's had his contract for 8 days." "Miss!" "I am very delighted to meet you, Miss Jobst" "It's an honour!" "You have a nice groom!" "He's so tall!" "The little Miss has been away from home for six weeks." "Seven." " Seven?" "How time flies.." "How are things at home?" " I was happy to leave." "Since the Miss has been gone,." ".. everything's been different on the farm." "How?" " Not nice." "The farmer changed.." "he doesn't laugh so much anymore." "Only Marushka is very happy." "Your horse, Maximilian, the one you rode always.." "It has been sold." "My Max." "Miss, what's happening?" "It's too stupid, one always has to cry." "And about Marushka, but Miss knows about it I guess,.." "No, what about Marushka?" "Miss doesn't know about the master and Marushka?" "I don't get any news from home anymore." "So Miss doesn't know that the master and Marushka are going to marry?" "Before the notary Alois Wenngrad seated in Budweis, solicitor of the Budweis court, the following persons are present:" "First." "The Farmer Melchior Jobst." "Second." "The housekeeper Marushka Nachfoerk" "They declare the intention to make a testamentary contract:" ""I, the farmer Jobst.. "" "".. declare my housekeeper as my sole heir... "" ""This only takes effect under the condition that we marry. "" "The contract has been read to both parties, and will be signed by them" "Mr. Jobst before you sign, I have the duty to inform you,.." "that this testamentary contract is irrevocable." "It is supposed to be irrevocable." "Mr. Jobst, I know you.." "I know how much you love your daughter." "This testamentary contract is an undue hardship against your sole heir." "I'm afraid you'll regret this one day." "Is the contract legal or not?" "As soon as it is signed, it is valid." "Of course you're still free to use your property within the boundaries of law." "Signed by Melchior Jobst, Marushka Nachfoerk" "Alois Wenngrad, notary." "So they give you the legal portion." "You've got a fine father." "Such a mean person." "Like with my poor sister!" "Like with the good Mary!" "So you lost your farm." "It belongs to another woman now,.." ".. who knows how to handle your father better!" "One who was cleverer." "You should have been wiser from the start." "How you are talking all of a sudden!" "You're reproaching me?" "I only stayed because you wanted it." "Don't look at me with your innocent violet-eyes." "You should have known him better." "I didn't know him!" "Who could have known that your father is such a tyrant." "But you Anushka, you knew!" "You've told me about it." "You're crying?" "Where are you going?" "I go to the shop." "But Mrs. Amend is down in the shop." "Let her go!" "It's better that way." "So much for dreams." "Dreams are ten a penny." "That's it with the 'landholder'." "But Toni, don't be so hard on her." "She's going through something!" "And who's going to help me?" "One has put all one's eggs in one basket." "Didn't get a job..." "Did you have any offers?" "Maybe it's not even that little, the legal portion." "Why don't you wait a little?" "A farmer's property is his farm." "I'm better off as owner of the Golden Spoon." "But you've got trouble with Lily." "But mum, the evening crowns the day." "What did you do with that poor thing?" "She's drenched in tears!" "Mind your own business." "You don't know what's going on." "I know better than you." "Really?" "That she's pregnant?" "What?" "What did you say?" "She forbade me from saying it, but.." ".. it's as if my heart is crushed.." "What are you doing to me, Toni?" "You cost me an arm and a leg!" "Mum, don't get upset." "I was also born out of wedlock." "I don't have a legitimate father either." "Toni!" "You sin!" "Don't sin!" "And you talk to your mother like that." "You'll come to a bad end!" "Don't you have a guilty conscience?" "She loves you." "Don't you know that?" "She loves you with her whole golden heart." "A pregnant girl always loves you." "God sees to it." "Damn it!" "Ace!" "Once learnt, never forgotten!" "Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.." "Aren't you going to the engagement party, Thomas?" "Did you exclude yourself?" "This engagement is none of my business." "The whole trial only lasted 10 minutes." "The convict, what was his name again?" "Karl Bepulgar, Please give me the mirror.." "He confessed, the only righteous thing to do!" "He's got some understanding!" "He only got 5 weeks," "Not very much, after all he stole golden spoons." "And my Toni is not a thief!" "I am so happy, my Toni, that we are the old ones again." "Are you happy?" " I know I wronged you!" "I am really sorry, but let's not talk about it anymore.." "But Lily, I am not resentful.." "To err is human..." "The regulars will be so happy to have you back again." "They only talk about their 'Tonshi'." "Everybody at the Golden Spoon missed you." "But when we marry the restaurant needs a new name." "No more golden spoons!" "You're right!" "Nothing should remind us of this nasty story." "He wouldn't go back to this Mrs. Tandler would he?" "He can't keep on working in this restaurant?" " But why not?" "She said she's sorry." "But you yourself told me about the liason between Toni and Mrs. Tandler..." "I'm afraid so." "I wish I had not, now that you're reproaching me." "But I can't do anything about it." "He's a young man, my Toni." "But if you love him, don't stand in his way." "He can't find a better job.." "I don't understand.." "You don't have to understand it, poor thing.." "You have to eat alone tonight, you and Mrs. Amend." "Because, we have an invitation.." "Where to?" "Well, to her." "His boss, you know, she has to compensate so much now..." "To her, after everything she did to him?" "He can't do that." "He must not!" " Where are you running?" "Don't make such trouble!" "Toni?" " What?" "May I introduce you?" "My cousin Anna Jobst, called Anushka." "And this is Mrs. Lily Tandler, owner of a restaurant and other rarities." "Prague's most beautiful woman." " You fool, lovely.." "Just a moment, I'll be right back." "Stay outside while I change!" "Open the door at least!" "Toni don't go with her, I don't like it." "I am not so unforgiving." "She admitted her mistake." "Come, please leave the room." "Put the coat in the wardrobe." "Soon you'll leave for your homeland anyway.." "Don't you bawl." "Anushka, you don't want to be mum's stupid shopkeeper forever, do you?" "Please leave, what will the lady think?" " I want to talk to you!" "Not now!" "Stay!" "You've got a tone, dear cousin.." "The beautiful Toni.." "Unfaithful,.." ".. but beautiful." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "With this blackmailing melancholy." "Toni, don't be so primitive!" " The next comes, I'm going cra.." "Come, take the coat, hang it in the wardrobe until I need it again." "Maybe you'll need it soon." "As a wedding-suit." "Who on earth should I marry?" "How could I know?" "You must know it." "Maybe... someone has hopes?" "You bewitched her heart" "You don't have to talk like that!" "I am clear now." "Absolutely clear." "Actually I wanted to marry the bride myself, but... .. still, my dear neighbour Jobst, I congratulate you heartily" "On your.." " Silence!" "Save your speech for the marriage." "You, you are the right husband!" "And you are drunk!" "Your fist doesn't tremble." "Not true!" "I am drunk, too!" "You still can build the house,.." ".. on four bedposts!" "The snuff, the snuff, the snuff is my life!" "So... on those four bedposts... the snuff, the snuff, the snuff is my life!" "the snuff, the snuff, the snuff is my friend,.." "You don't have to look towards your end!" "Because I don't want to!" "Here, take a pinch!" "So that he'll be a little funnier!" " Thank you!" "We had women that didn't like us.." ".. because around our noses there was tobacco!" "We didn't care about it, and said to ourselves:" ".. a pinch of snuff is better anyway." "The snuff, the snuff, the snuff is my life,.." "The snuff, the snuff, the snuff is my friend." "The snuff, The snuff, The snuff.." "Somebody is coming home." "You." "She's going to the moor" "But,.." "Gather everybody!" "Go to the fire station and get a ladder!" "Innkeeper!" "We need the fire ladder!" "A fire?" "Somebody went to the moor!" "Who?" "Is that you, Thomas?" "Want to know who went to the moor?" "Anna Jobst." "Anna" "Leave me." "Why are you crying?" "Don't leave me alone." "What an engagement party." "She came back to destroy our luck!" "And you're going after her?" "You said she's lost yourself!" "You want to bring a lost one into my house?" " Your house?" "Is it your house already?" " Stay!" "It is still my house." " Stay!" "Farmer, please stay!" " You want her to go to the moor?" "What do I care?" "Everybody goes where he must go!" "But now you have the choice!" "Her or me!" "You..." "Farmer!" "Mother..." "Father didn't give me a home,.." "so I come to you." "See?" "Now I go the same way,.." "like you.." "Mother!" "I can hear you!" "You're calling me!" "Mother!" "I think they were right." "My child doesn't belong to them,.." ".. and their farm." "But I belong to my child." "You were right, father." "You were right." "Always, until the end!" "Thomas." "Farewell!" "I wasn't nice to you." "Toni,.." "may God forgive you.." "I forgave you." "Anna!" "Anushka!" "Give me the torch!" " Where do you go?" "To the stone, where her mother went." "A light." "My light." "Not a fen fire?" "Mother." "I'm coming." "Forgive me father, that I have to hurt you so." "I know you always loved me." "Father, forgive me, that I didn't love the homeland as much as you did." "Give me a hand!" "Leave her." "I will carry her home into the house that I withheld from her myself." "But, Anna, here, here exactly, something has to be balanced." "Leave it farmer, don't torture yourself." "Time balances everything." "Time heals." " My time... .. ended with her." "My child is dead." "The farm is without heir." "Anna." "You loved her most." "You shall have the farm." "Make it better than I did." "...erase the rotten moor!" "There shall be rye!" "Here was killed in an accident Maria Jobst and her daughter Anna" "Subs by MichelangeloAntonioni proofread by edenparke."