"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for!" "The most sensational act of the century!" "Spectacle!" "Romance!" "Action!" "History!" "A creature a hundred times more wild than any beast in our menagerie!" "A monster of cruelty..." "with the eyes of an angel!" "Ravaged hearts!" "Squandered fortunes!" "A saraband of lovers, sceptres, crowns!" "An authentic revolution!" "Triumph... and perdition!" "Lola Montes!" "Countess Maria Dolores of Landsfeld!" "In the very flesh!" "Here, ladies and gentlemen, is the truth the whole truth of the extraordinary life, ." "... of Lola Montes re-enacted by the entire company in pantomime, acrobatics and tableaux vivants!" "With music and dance and with the entire orchestra!" "I'm all right." "The first part of the show:" "questions!" "Ask your questions please!" "Lola Montes will answer the most indelicate questions!" "The most intimate questions!" "The most indiscreet questions!" "About her scandalous career as femme fatale!" "Don't be shy. ladies and gentlemen!" "It is now my pleasure to announce that the Countess, in a spirit of humble penitence benevolence and charity will donate the money collected for the relief of fallen women!" "Come along now, no false modesty!" "She'll tell all!" "Ask your questions!" "Where did she dance naked?" "In Paris." "Speak up!" "Did the doctor give you something?" "Maurice went to the chemist's." "Is it true they drink a lot of beer in Munich?" "Your question is irrelevant to our show!" "Where are your children, Lola?" "The Countess has no children." "Was her mother like her?" "You may ask about Lola. not her mother!" "Refund that woman's money!" "Which does she like best:" "love or money?" "Both!" "What are Lola's measurements?" "Later." "Does she wear a bust- supporter?" "Later." "What was the last question?" "How many lovers?" "A world record!" "Good question, though." "Let's count them to ether." "Is it serious?" "He said I mustn't drink or smoke." "Easier said than done." "The parade of lovers!" "Bring on the lovers!" "Come on, ask away!" "Only 25 cents to ask a question!" "For the fallen women's legion." "Why do you abandon your lovers?" "A femme fatale moves on!" "Does the countess remember the past?" "Remember the past?" "Remember the past?" "Another five leagues." "Monsieur Liszt." "Keep going." "I'm in a hurry!" "Another hour... do you find it slow going?" "Do you?" "Early tomorrow we'll leave for Rome." "Aren't you anxious to get to Rome?" "Things are going badly between us" "I know the signs." "When a man is attractive. as you are..." "very much so one willingly succumbs. one clings one goes almost too far." "Now we are embarrassed by that folly." "We watch each other trying to see what it was we felt and our responses become questions." "When you ask:" ""Don't you love me any more?"" "I answer: "Do you?" That is no response." "That carriage is a response. isn't it?" "It is yours?" "Does it really always follow when you travel with a lover?" "I like to have a means of escape." "Do you never dream of an affair without end?" "Dreams are private. to be shared with no one." "They can be very embarrassing." "Why?" "Because they don't last?" "That's why you must cling to them." "live them before they fade." "Life. for me. is moving on." "You're tired." "Just sad. but... a charming inn, a good dinner." "and the mood will pass." " How much longer?" " Not long, I fancy." "I hope not." "The food's rotten." "Nothing but spaghetti" "Will Madame require the carriage tomorrow?" "Perhaps." "Hear that? "Perhaps."" "Thank you for the illusion for allowing me to think that I am the one leaving. not you." "Here darling." "Do you hear me?" "You don't want to hear?" "You might at least say good- bye, it would be polite." "I didn't want to wake you." "No need to be that polite." "I think you agree... this is best for both of us." "For the first time in ages we agree on something." "Come and kiss me." "Better than that." "A farewell kiss is important." "It is something to be cherished." "There. it's over." "It's over..." "life..." "love..." "It's over..." "life..." "love..." "I know." " We'll meet again." " I travel so much." " We'll meet again." " I travel so much." " So do I." " Could such a coincidence be?" "All life is coincidence." "One evening we'll be in the same town" "I'll be dancing. you'll be living a concert." "It would have to be a large town." "For once we will share the audience" "But I shall leave in time to hear your encores, ." "...then come backstage to see you- will you be pleased?" "You will have an assignation with a woman and I with a man- but we won't keep them" "No. we won't keep them." "For one night we shall hide away" "We will be together as we are now." "Won't it be wonderful?" "Wonderful" "I'll see to the luggage." " Everything's ready, Madame." " Yes, I'm coming." "I see you are true... to my music." "Maybe it's all for the best, Madame." " It's over?" " As always." "Lola leaves the ring with her entourage!" "A change of scene!" "A change of costume!" "We will look back to her early days!" "Her extraordinary career took root in the warm and generous soil of a happy family life." "Ladies and gentlemen!" "We will recreate her youth and radiant adolescence!" "Twelve tableaux vivants..." "The medicine, Madame." "Eighty cents." "Thank you, Maurice." "How many drops?" "I think it says ten or twelve." "An excellent mother, attentive and devoted!" "A model father, strict yet affectionate;" "a colonel!" "A father to his regiment, too:" "the 44th Indian Foot." "Unforgettable days!" "Carefree and innocent!" "A pretty child who loved red balloons!" "Always top of her class!" "Do you like playing that part?" "Would you like to play it forever?" "Yes, I hope it never ends." "You're right." "Go on." "It's bitter." "The colonel died in the service of the British Crown," "In 1830 the inconsolable widow and her beloved daughter returned to Europe." "A journey to the Old World, to life!" "Mind you don't fall!" "You're always dreaming." "Look at the ship." " Lieutenant James is on board already." " Who?" "He is really very nice, so obliging and so amusing." "You're quite wrong to dislike him." "Good evening!" "Allow me to escort you." "May I present Mrs. Craigie, Captain?" "Delighted, Madame!" "I must explain about the cabins..." "I'm in cabin 11 and you're in the dormitory." "I'd rather be with you." "I'd rather you were, too, but it can't be helped." "Aren't there any double berths?" "All taken by married couples." "Ah!" "Here it is." "Will you please show her to the dormitory?" "To the right, Mademoiselle." "See you soon at dinner." " This way, Mademoiselle." " Thank you." "I have a cousin who went to school in France," "Are there many single cabins?" "Very few." "Most cabins are for two, three or four." "My cousin was in Grenoble, not Paris." "My family is in Grenoble." "I was born in Grenoble." "Do you know it?" "Not yet." "What is this dormitory like?" "Don't stack your cases, they'd fall in a storm." "How old are you?" "Traveling alone?" "Go up there." "She's big enough to look after herself." "Make way for the dance." "Everyone dance!" " I think it's your bedtime, darling." " Already?" "I think I must speak to Lola tomorrow." "Go to sleep quickly." "It's late." "Europe at last!" "Paris!" "The high life!" "Lola finds a husband!" "Do you like it?" "Wonderful, but I'm afraid it will have an unhappy ending." "Come along, you know we're expected." "Go and ask for box twenty- one." "Come along, let's go." "And do smile!" "Don't pull such a face." "See?" "You'll have things like that." "Dresses and jewels are not to be scorned." "I would have doubts if I didn't know the man., ." "...but the Baron was an old friend of your father." "He must be very old." "Old?" "That depends on one's point of view." "He's a fine figure of a man, and very refined." "Of course, you married an older man." "Your father wasn't so old." "The Baron's old enough to be my father." "He was our family banker; and bankers age less than their clients." "I'm not forcing you, you know." "You can always refuse." "I danced with the Baron when I was a girl," " You marry him." " What insolence!" "Come along." "He won't like me." "I sent him your portrait;" "he won't be disappointed." "If he asks if you play the piano, say yes." "In principle, always answer yes." "You look more beautiful each time." "Can I get you a drink?" "Oh yes please." "The Baron has asked me to tender his apologies," "This is Lieutenant James." "He was obliged to leave suddenly for Baden-Baden." "This is my daughter." "His gout, you know." "My compliments!" "I had seen your portrait, but really..." "I'm sincerely..." "You will, of course, join the Baron at Baden" " Baden." "There are a few matters which should not be overlooked.," "That young man... is he..." "No, he's traveling with me." "My husband thought highly of him;" "a reliable officer." "We'll meet at the lawyer's office on Friday at ten." "A very competent man; he will deal with the will and so on." "With pleasure, but I must explain to you..." "In other words, there's no question of a fortune on our side." "She's gone." "Gone?" "She must be mad!" "Go and look for her." "Hurry!" "Go away I hate you!" "All this is your fault!" "How can you say that!" "You know this is not my doing!" "I don't want to be given to a rich old man." "You know I'd do anything for you." "Are you my friend?" "Do you like me a little?" "Very much." "When I first saw you with your mother..." "Well, do something!" "Marry me." "Isn't that what usually happens?" "Lola, virginal and pure, blossoms into a woman!" "Crowned with love and tenderness!" "I don't know what's wrong;" "my life is whirling before me." "Don't think about it, Madame." "A love match!" "Lola marries Lieutenant James, her father's aide-de-camp." "Happy days in Scotland, despite the weather." "Scenes of married life!" "Portrayed with the assistance of the Mammoth Circus midgets!" "The first Christmas together!" "Horseback riding!" "The boudoir!" "Sunday in the little village church!" "Rainy evenings!" "An hour at the harpsichord!" "The traditional grouse shoot!" "The eternal victim!" "Well?" "Has one of my mistresses called to complain?" "You want me to stop drinking?" "Are you going to leave me yet again?" "Don't forget ours was a love-match, you can't escape that." "Where are your shoes?" "Please don't go!" "Think of the scandal!" "I know my brother..." "I can't stay!" "My brother has his moods, but he isn't really bad." "He won't harm you." "Anything but this." "I know I've been unfaithful..." "It won't happen again, I promise!" "I'd sooner kill you!" "The Countess could not be content with family life., ...destined as she was for a more glorious career!" "She had to make an exit before..." "making her entry!" "The Countess could easily have lived off men but she longed to achieve her childhood ambition!" "She wanted to be a ballerina!" "But it takes hard work to become a great dancer!" "After much study she made her debut on November 18th, 1841, in Madrid!" "An overwhelming success!" "Rome!" "Fabulous takings!" "Warsaw!" "On the 7th of January, 1842 a political scandal explodes in Warsaw!" "The Russian Viceroy, General Paskevitch falls madly in love with Lola but she spurns the tyrant!" "Tyrants, however, have other means of seduction!" "The General dispatches his Cossacks into the fray!" "They carry her off!" "At dawn the French Embassy intervenes!" "Here you see the Ambassador at the gates of his palace receiving the Countess!" "In his capacity as representative of that nation's ideals he offers his protection!" "For a whole day, a whole night, the Ambassador protects her." "Listen now to the report of that gallant diplomat." "In Lola he created the twelve perfections of ideal womanhood." "Twelve perfect elements: count them with us." "Listen to the song." "Heart, wrist and hand:" "these three are sweet" "Three tantalize: eyes, hair and feet" "Three straight as dies:" "nose, ears and arms" "Bosom, mouth and hips:" "three curvaceous charms" "Your body you give." "Your soul you save" "Men damn themselves to be your slave" "Your eye so tender, your leg so slender" "When you dance by, all men sigh" "He's not only the boss;" "he plays a part in the show." "The clown, you know." "He's marvelous." "This way." "He's counting the takings." "When I told him you were the doctor he agreed to see you." "Please go in." "I'm Paul Muller" " Schulze" " Spuvelino." "Excuse me..." "Sit down, Doctor," "What's it all about?" " It's about Madame Montes." " Yes, I know that." "She saw you today about a sore throat." "That's not unusual for her, but it's nothing." "But she has a weak heart." "The sore throat may indicate something more serious." "The woman is worn out before her time, She must be careful," "Be careful?" "Have you seen the show?" "Yes, yesterday." "It's insanely dangerous..." "Especially the finale." "She has to earn a living." "Wanting to make a name for herself, Lola knew she must let her reputation go!" "Rumor!" "Scandal!" "Passion!" "These she chose in order to create a sensation!" "In Turkey, at the Sultan's request amid much excitement she bathed virtually naked!" "The guests were delighted, and so were the fish!" "In St. Petersburg she was the toast of an entire regiment!" "And to prove his love, the Tsar decided to serve his soldiers champagne from her slipper!" "She achieved her aim through a fresh scandal!" "Every newspaper devoted two pages exclusively to her!" "At Ragusa..." "Shadow show representing the Dalmatian architecture." "At Ragusa, exquisitely dressed she was refused entry to the church!" "This is the actual dress." "She becomes more and more irresistible!" "In Budapest. the strongest man in the world the celebrated wrestler, Bulgakov falls in love with her, but she ignores him" "He cannot sleep, he cannot eat he cannot drink!" "He is defeated and abandons his career." "Ever since then Lola has made no move without Bulgakov" "He has become her bodyguard!" "On his back, ladies and gentlemen you can see all the most notorious scandals!" "Lola herself will tell you the whole truth." "Mammoth Circus owns exclusive rights to this story!" "Copyright is strictly reserved!" "When I worked at the Tivoli I was in love with..." "With whom, Lola?" "The musical director..." "Claudio Pirotto..." "I didn't know he was married." "That's his wife, the big one, in the fourth balcony on the left." "He won't get away with this." "Don't go." "I've something to tell you." "I don't know you." "He told me he was divorced." "I don't respect married women, but I hate cowardly men." "By rights this belongs to you." "It's probably a fake, anyway." "Next morning..." "Next morning!" "Thank you, Lola!" "A cigar for the Countess!" "As you probably know Lola was the first woman in Europe to smoke cigars." "Of course, like most of the Cuban aristocracy she smokes El Caballero Dorado!" "Now on sale in this arena!" "Delightful!" "Continue, Lola." "The international set came to call." "Who else, Lola?" "The great French..." "Aristocrats." "And the English..." "Bankers." "All high society!" "The Foreign Office itself would have envied the cream of world diplomacy which frequented, ., ...Lola's humble mansion." "I myself, ladies and gentlemen, was among those who visited her." "There's a stranger here to see you." "Send him in." "He's strange, he frightens me." "No one frightens me." "I am a man of the circus." "I found the three- headed woman for Barnum and the only elephant who can play the piano." "In New York we packed houses for four weeks with the anarchists who killed the Sultan of Egypt," "And in San Francisco five and a half weeks." "Mere examples, just to put you in the picture." "What do you want?" "I was at the theatre yesterday;" "I want to book you." " You liked my dancing?" " No, you can't dance but you can excite scandal." "You know how to excite audiences, that's obvious, isn't it?" "Scandal means money anywhere;" "in America it means untold wealth." "Come with me and I'll get you top fees with Barnum, Buffalo, everywhere." "The world's most scandalous woman." "The most scandalous act." "You'll re-enact your scandals;" "dance them if you must." "If there aren't enough to fill the bill we'll invent more." "We'll show everything the ordinary woman dreams of doing but lacks the courage to do." "Stop pacing about." "Stand still." "Talent doesn't interest me." "Only vitality and validity." "The crowds come not to see you dance, but to besiege the stage door." "You are beautiful." "Terribly beautiful." "You seem to mean what you say." "You smoke too much." "Nevertheless, I am not a scandal-machine." "I simply do as I please." "That's what the elephant thought too." "In the end he learned to play the piano." "Now he loves music." "I'm not a fairground freak." "I'm not interested in your offer." "Very well but it remains open." "Here's the contract..." "I'll leave it with you." "You know where to find me." "For better... or for worse." "For worse, if you see me again." "Don't hope for that." "I don't hope for it, Lola." "I called you Lola..." "We're fellow professionals." "Why not?" "Why not?" "Don't be foolish, like the others." "Thus it was that Lola Montes declined our offer and as Countess Landsfeld embarked on her dizzying ascent!" "Presented here for the first time in the world as an acrobatic and trapeze act!" "Just as Lola's life has been every single moment of the act is fraught with danger!" "She risks her pretty neck!" "One false move at such dizzy heights and she plunges to her death!" "Destiny, and a larger circulation, send her from the journalist Dujarier to the equally famous journalist de Beauvallon." "The great and celebrated Richard Wagner the even greater Frederic Chopin..." "both worship her!" "Higher, Lola, higher!" "Lola rises from the world of art to that of politics!" "Just one of the hazards of our profession!" "The Count of Lichtenfels, harsh ruler of 78,000 souls pays her 300 silver ducats a month!" "Higher, Lola, higher!" "The Grand Duke of Hesse pays 500 gold ducats a month!" "Even higher, Lola!" "Lola reaches the summit!" "Lola comes to power!" "The most wonderful, fantastic episode!" "The height of her career!" "Lola in Bavaria!" "Maurice, stop." "To Munich?" " Are you sure?" " Yes, Madame." "How is it you speak such good French?" "I'm a student." "Will you accompany us?" "No, I'm going the other way." "You can do that later." "All right, I'll show you the way." "Drive on!" "This gentleman will keep us right." "Latin, Greek, Philosophy..." " Modern Languages and Theology." " Very interesting" "My fraternity cap: "Germany"." "And our colors: red, green and black." "Nice colors." "And our motto is:" ""Learning, Progress, Faith"" "Very nice." "Come here." "Wrap up well." "It's not worth it." "Just five minutes for a breath of air." "Wrap up anyway, or you'll get bronchitis." "Just think, the violets are out now at home." "Plenty of fresh air." "Here's another room... another..." "Communicating rooms." "One could be a music room." "Thirty florins?" "And how much upstairs?" "What, rent upstairs?" "I want to be on a higher floor." "The second floor?" "The third, even." "Very well... but they're very plain apartments." "A room on the second floor..." "Come this way.," " Back already?" " I forgot something." "A nice view." "Five florins." "We'll put the piano in that corner." "Josephine's bed can go there, curtained off." "A letter from the Royal theatre!" "It's in answer to your letter from Geneva." "Your audition is tomorrow." "In that case, I'll take the first floor rooms." "But infamous intrigues prevent her engagement!" "They just don't understand Spanish dances." "You were wonderful." "They didn't like the bolero." " Will you be getting in, Madame?" " Go without me;" "I'll walk." "May I help you, Madame?" "No one can help me, unfortunately." "Ferdinand von Freiberg." "Of the King's Regiment?" "You see the flag over there?" "The first one... under the cupola..." "The black uniform..." "with white plumes.," "All by himself... that's him." "But Ferdinand, you said you were close to the King." "Darling, I'm with him every day but it takes more than six weeks to present a dancer," "My hotel bill is six weeks old, too." "I'm working wonders of diplomacy." "Count Senzheim assures me that in a month.," "Too long." "You attacked a lieutenant of the gendarmerie," "That's serious." "Yes, sire." "I should have demoted him and expelled you." "Instead, I've granted you an audience and promoted him to Captain." "You must excuse my indifferent French." "Your French is very good." "Well, what do you wish to ask of me?" "You must speak up because my hearing sometimes fails me." "If I..." "It seems you have been given an an audition and you were turned down." "Can one perform to order?" "No one auditioned you to be King, did they?" "To be what?" "To be King!" "These bureaucrats choke me." "I can't stand pettifogging restrictions." "Your subjects must be fed up with all the regulations." "One can't abolish all regulations." "Too bad!" "The report says:" ""No classical training"" "What is this classical stuff?" "Pirouettes and so on!" "Dead and buried!" "But the fandango and the bolero, sire those Spanish dances are alive." "Classical or not, they can't deny I've got a good figure." "Forgive me..." "It is precisely on that point that the report casts..." "how shall I put it the report casts doubts." "It's not true!" "Am I expected to walk about stark naked?" "I, who dress so modestly!" "They're against me just because I have a good figure!" "We'll soon settle this!" "Bring a needle and thread." "Have you finished?" "Gloves... handkerchief... handbag..." "The tarantella is very simple" "An alle de pigeon, an entrechat repeated four times- very exciting" "It's wonderful when one knows the steps." "Do you understand?" "Yes, I understand that I should go to Wiesbaden to take the cure." "It's a real triumph!" "His Majesty is asking for you." "He's waiting in the Royal Box." "He's most enthusiastic." "Please walk carefully..." "it's so narrow..." "They've been promising us renovations for years." "This is the quickest way to the Royal Box." "His Majesty is waiting." "Your handkerchief... your ring..." "I was coming to see you, Madame..." "No. that won't do." "I wished to do you the courtesy of coming to see you." "I must congratulate you." "Your invigorating presence has accomplished a small revolution." "And I must tell you you have won your place in this theatre." "It is hoped you will stay." "Thanks to you I could prove myself;" "that's enough." "I find your ambitions a trifle limited." "My task here is done." "Oh, surely not." "Thanks to you I have learned something of a new art." "I have watched you at rehearsals, discreetly." "So far away that you looked tiny on the vast stage." "I know most of the steps. but I shall have to study more." "Now I tell my aides which steps are which and they agree with me, even if I'm wrong." "But with you it is different." "I should like to discuss dancing or even politics; you have such original ideas." "Other topics, too." "We could talk about ourselves." "Have you never thought of staying?" "Of resting?" "Of settling down for a while?" "You are so lonely, sire." "The Baron in Paris, a Prince in St. Petersburg  that makes 42" "Those are the lovers I know about." "There are plenty more." "My dear Director, you're exaggerating." "Five minutes in her company and a man goes about boasting of it." "He lets people imagine he's her lover, thou h he never was." "We're all the same, aren't we?" "Seven minutes already." "Is anyone here from the Royal Academy?" "My dear Secretary, I want to discuss a project with you which just happened to come to mind." "I think it's rather important." "I must congratulate you on your discovery." "She is quite remarkable." "As I was saying..." "We do so much for the theatre, but little for the other arts." "Painting, for instance." "The Queen and I were discussing it not long ago." "She wants a portrait by a master for the National Gallery." "A portrait of Her Majesty." "A good idea." "What?" "A portrait of Her Majesty." "Yes, but no hurry, we have twenty already." "We shall discuss it when she returns from Wiesbaden." "No, have a portrait done of that dancer... what's her name?" "Lola Montes." "Curious, I can never remember the name." "Make sure she doesn't leave Munich." "That's an order," "Congratulations..." "Oh, sorry, I've thanked you already." " Where's my coach?" " Over here, your Majesty." "Summon any painters of talent to the Academy." "The King wishes to choose a portrait painter." "I warn you that the painting must be done very quickly." "The model in question will be leaving very shortly." "You have your top hats?" "Then we're ready." "How long?" "Seventeen days, Your Majesty." " Seventy-seven days?" " No, only seventeen days." "Actually, only sixteen and a half days." " How long?" " Six weeks." " Six days?" " No Majesty, six weeks." "Only seven days." "Three months and ten days, I fear." "I didn't work on it over the Christmas holiday, ." "...and then we celebrated a birth in the family...," " Three months and ten days." " You will do it." "Now don't move." " Do you like it?" " No it's not quite right yet." " What is it?" " Too formal." " I find it stiff." " Too stiff, well that, .," "Perhaps without the cloak it would look more natural." "What are you whispering about?" "Don't move." "Stay as you are." "How long to remove the cloak?" "Any idea?" "Perhaps... two months, sire" "Maybe two and a half months or even longer, three months." "The painter takes his time." "He doesn't like her dress, or her gloves..." "One day he asks if she dare pose toute en rose" "And the King, enraptured by what she shows offers her a palace rather grandiose !" "Now there'll be more trouble." "I wanted it to go to the National Museum but the Minister of Fine Arts objected," "I wanted to put it in the National Library but the Chancellor of the university objected," "He claims its educational value is not very high." "I wanted to hang it in the National Theatre but the Director and the Archbishop objected," "I don't know what to do." "What should I do?" "Dismiss the Minister of Fine Arts." "Close the university." "Sack the Chancellor." "Forget the Archbishop and do as you like." "It must go somewhere." "I can't very well keep it." "That's the fourth today." "I can't hang it here; it would look like advertising." " Like what?" " Advertising!" "What?" "Your hearing is worse." "If Professor Jeppner's too old to visit you, visit him." "What marvelous ears!" "Regal ears!" "May I have a light?" "Anna. a light for Madame." "She's waiting." "Nothing serious, Your Majesty, rest assured." "Now Anna, I will dictate my prescription." "His Majesty will take eleven pills upon retiring to bed, and I advise five more pills upon rising." "The mental state is really more important than the physical." "The will to hear, that is the main thing." "One thing I would like to hear again:" "music." "That would be a real pleasure." "Music, yes... but not Wagner." "You could hear that from the bottom of the sea," "I was thinking of Mozart." "Yes, because Mozart is all tenderness and light." "Then there's the voice..." "Madame's marvelous voice," "I don't need to hear that." "I can read her lips." "But your Majesty should also hear certain things." "Misfortune can strike so swiftly." "Yes, read this, Your Majesty." "The butcher gave it to me." "The whole district's read it." "It's a sort of lampoon," "There are things I wish to neither hear nor see." "The woman is an insult to the nation!" "An insult to dignity and morality!" "We demand these orders be rescinded!" "That the university be re-opened!" "The ministers reinstated!" "The King must expel her from Bavaria immediately!" "Hamlet" "O God!" "How weary..." "No thank you, not now." "Oh God!" "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable" "Seem to me all the uses of this world!" "Fie don't !" "O fie!" "'tis an unwedded garden, that rows to seed:" "things rank and gross in nature possess it merely" "That it should come to this!" "Attention wandering?" "I know I'm not a professional actor, but I'm doing my best" "Now where was I?" "That it should come to this !" "Can't one be left in peace for once?" "I'll go see." "I'll be back in a moment." "What's happening?" "It's nothing Madame..." "or almost nothing..." "Only students and shopkeepers teachers and suchlike..." "the people, you know," "They're having their little revolution." "It's nothing, these people are behind the times." "I don't think it's too alarming." "I don't know what's the matter with them," "A revolution?" "If they stop, it's a riot." "If they continue it's a revolution." "If they continue, they'll spoil the greenhouses." " Darling, I'm so frightened." " No, don't be afraid." "I'm not afraid for myself, but for you." "You mustn't stay here." "If they're determined to make an historic occasion they must find you in your place, playing your role." " In what?" " In your role as King." "With your books your wife and children" "There is a time for everything, you see." "Even revolutions." "Anyhow, on my next birthday, in March I would have been sixty-two years old." "This way, Prime Minister." "Tell His Majesty he must come downstairs at once." "Your Majesty, I have a carriage for you..." "I gather that all this is fairly serious, isn't it?" "I have a carriage waiting by the kitchen door." "Return to the palace." "Barricades are rising." "Martial law will be proclaimed tonight." "Your Majesty, return to the palace at once." "May I at least take leave of her?" "You grant me that?" "Quickly, Your Majesty." "There's no time to lose" "I'm sorry to say." "Shh!" "Be quiet." "Josephine!" "Don't be afraid." "You have nothing to fear from us, Countess." "Watch all the doors." "We're here to help you escape before they come for you." "This revolt is the work of reactionaries," "You represent freedom, love, everything they detest." "They want to imprison you, perhaps kill you." "But we are for freedom and love." "We'll help you escape the country." "We'll defend you." "What have I to do with revolutions whether from right or left?" "Ours is of the left." "Josephine, you haven't forgotten my red wine?" "I hadn't time to get the chocolate." "Crying?" "Every place has a revolution sometime." "You're in no danger." "You'll be in Paris before us." "Give me all your money." "Well, almost all..." "When you reach Strasbourg, o to bed early." "Don't get up to anything." "Good luck, Madame." "Don't fret, we'll meet again in Paris." "She's saved the royal house." "She's saved Bavaria from civil war, at any rate." "Best of all, she's saved herself with a young lad who's barely twenty." "All's well so far, thank God." "We'll defend you." "I hope it won't come to that." "Nothing ever happens, worse luck!" "Say something." "Firstly, you didn't bring any luggage so, no night - clothes." "Also, you're much too young." "Don't say that." "At twenty I'm not too young." "I know it's not true." "Of course, I'm not old." "But the King was old and you see how that ended." "Moreover, you didn't love him." "Whereas you?" "You can't help but love me." "I'm the age to offer you a new start, a new life." "I would fear nothing, no obstacles." "There would be no more fame and fortune, of course," "What I have to offer is something else," "A simple life..." "love in a new land..." "You might be happy as an ordinary woman." " With children?" " Why not?" "I'll pass my final exams and start teaching Latin." "Latin is wonderful." "It's always in demand," "Not in everyday life, but we'd have our choice of universities." "There is such a thing as coincidence." "I'm the first man you met in Bavaria, and the last." "Do you remember?" "I was going the other way." ""You can do that later", you said." "Now I am, and I'm doing it with you." "We've set out together." "It's fate." "It was written." "It's destiny." "One mustn't fight destiny." "Or mistake one's destiny." "I've kept quiet and let you have your say." "You said it well, so don't blame yourself." "It's not because you're twenty, don't think that." "Then what is it?" "You're wrong;" "I did love your King, very much." "That surprises you?" "Some day you'll learn that people can keep on hoping for miracles." "That day you'll be happy." "Don't be sad." "Listen and try to understand." "I've lived too much, had too many adventures." "Bavaria was my last chance..." "my last hope of a haven." "It's all over... all over." "You see, if this warmth you offer me if this face, which I find not unpleasing leaves me in despair then something has broken inside me; it's over." "She was alone again, and so it was that the Countess of Landsfeld relinquishing power and glory remembered our offer and took the incredible leap across the ocean!" "Is she to jump?" "Of course, as every night." "Haven't you noticed a certain loss of agility?" "Has she never nearly missed?" "No, she has managed very well every night for four months now." "Then will you... this is the real reason I am here..." "Will you leave the safety net there?" "I beg you to do as I ask." "Tell the ringmaster to leave the net tonight." "Hurry." "The sensational dive which you are about to see, ." "...is all the more dangerous since Lola scorns a safety net." " What's going on?" " I don't know." "I'll call the police." "Unforeseen circumstances!" "I have just been informed that the management for reasons concerning the health of the Countess wishes to take every possible precaution." "I am forbidden to remove the net." "But kindly remain seated, ladies and gentlemen!" " A whiskey." " Give me the money." "Later!" "I now ask you, Lola Montes whether you will accept the net." "Yes or no?" "Say yes, or you'll end up breaking your neck." "After the jump, gentlemen and now I address the gentlemen only, ." "...being sure of the Countess's answer after the jump, the Countess will bestow a particular favor on you." "A remarkable favor whose generosity and piquancy you will appreciate." "Gentlemen above the age of sixteen will be able to approach her!" "She will be in the menagerie, among the wild beasts!" "You'll be able to approach her touch her, kiss her hand!" "Kings, princes, millionaires have sacrificed all for that!" "Their countries, their power their millions!" "Fifty cents." "You owe me for it!" "But for you, gentlemen there is no question of costing millions!" "It won't cost a hundred thousand!" "Not a thousand or a hundred dollars!" "Not ten dollars!" "Just one dollar!" "Think of it, gentlemen: one dollar!" "The Countess has decided, ladies and gentlemen!" "Remove the net!" "I was terrified, you know." "I couldn't live without you." "I'll be all right." "Treat yourself to a good time!" "Only one dollar!" "Mind your cigar, sir!"