"What really happened in the Balkans?" "What happened during the turmoil in the last decade of 20th century?" "The answer somewhat lies at the dawn of the same century." "That period is known in Europe as "The Beautiful Era"." "BELLE EPOQUE or" "THE LAST WALTZ IN SARAJEVO" "a film by NIKOLA STOJANOVIC" "DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS OF FILM" "HISTORICAL FACTS WERE TRULY REPRESENTED" "THE CHARACTERS WERE LOOSELY BUILT" "PROLOGUE" "The Date:" "1910, June 15" "The Place:" "SARAJEVO" "Allow me..." "Fabrizio Marinetti." "Cinematographer of the Grand Electro-Theatre Goller." "On my way to Vienna I made a stop here." "I came to like this town." "Because of its oriental beauty and charm." "The session of the Parliament has just finished." "This marks the end of Bosnia and Herzegovina." "This part of the Balkans has become a part of the great empire." "The empire is Austria-Hungary." "Duke Varešanin is the local governor." "He is about to receive a "warm welcome"." "The welcome committee is an underground organisation." "They call themselves "The Young Bosnia"." " Djul Alley, sir." " What?" " Djul Alley?" " That way, woman." "starring:" "My fate extremely sad" "My life very bad" "Loved by many boys" "Only for my silver coins" "Neither one craved my heart" "All they wanted was one good fuck!" "Who's the freak that sneaks?" "Who attacks the rear cheeks?" "I love beautiful women" "Madonna please, forgive me" "Who's that ticking like a clock?" "And he's dancing kozachok!" "He swings his sword!" "I'm the Kozak, my lord!" "This is weird Now he's with a beard" "And he's bald" "Greetings, Europe!" "Take a baklava" "The man just went to the bathroom." "I don't know what happened after that!" "Honest, I don't know!" "Look at this gentleman He drinks champagne" "His face is pale" "Yes, I'm from Vienna" "I am very gentle My results, monumental" "Cinematography:" "Film Editor:" "Original Music:" "Finally, a love true to me Justifies my modesty" "Obediently before the altar My chastity I surrender" "Written and Directed by:" "Nikola Stojanovic" "How do you like our new soloist, Mr. Chief of Police?" "Erzi Europe, fresh from Vienna!" "No doubt, her artistic qualities are great." "And how do you like this?" "!" "My most reliable spy." "Nobody move!" "I am waiting for an explanation!" "Paulina Metz-Valic, the owner of the brothel..." "Excuse me, the guesthouse Blue Star." "Everybody out!" "Now!" "Paulina, an investigation is inevitable." "There's just one inevitable thing in this world." "And he just found it." "This is a murder, for God's sake." "As far as I can see, he fell down the stairs, his head full of alcohol." "What?" "He never drank!" "You think so?" "Who, in fact, killed the informer?" "Does Erzi has something to do with this?" "We will never know." "Sniff him." "Let's go upstairs, I'll show you something." "Get rid of this corpse!" "It ruins the looks of this respectable house." "Sorry..." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, madam." "Poor artist, bad informer." "Leech." "All those artist should be hanged!" " Even Erzi?" " Especially her!" "Use her, than execute her!" "It's confirmed, she has Jewish blood." "You forget that I have Jewish blood, too." "You know that you're special." "Do you really think that this skinny girl could arouse my manhood?" "This device holds the future of entertaining many people." "Nothing can replace..." "this abundance." "This quantity." "Variete is a thing of the past." " Come and see this!" " The strongest man alive!" "Imbecile!" "Assassination attempt on our beloved Governor!" "His Highness, Marian Freiherr Varešanin!" "A reconstruction." "The coldblooded killer is preparing his evil deed!" "What a shame!" "Real shame, indeed." "Wearing such a big hat in a cinema!" "I'm talking about the film." "They mock a hero." "For one, Žerajic didn't smoke." "An anarchist on his ruthless mission!" "A fearless officer stops the brutal murderer!" "This is the faith of all vicious criminals!" "And all subversive rogues!" "These are all lies." "Žerajic killed himself." "Anton, I can't watch this." "Jovanka..." "Meeting numerous demands of the public..." "We show again the newsreel." "About the visit..." " To Sarajevo of Franz Joseph I!" " Long live the Emperor!" "It is forbidden to come here." "All right... you be useful." "Rewind this... film." "Understand?" "Rewind..." "No, stupid!" "Stupid..." "Rewind." "Anton Valic, son of Paulina, a strong woman and a possessive mother." "Anton is more like his father:" "confused and a poetic soul." "Water, my goodness!" "Water!" "Water!" "Fire!" "I told you, I don't want to be disturbed!" "Fire?" "!" "On Circus Platz?" "Cinema theatre burnt down?" "!" "Really?" "Why do you call me?" "Call the fire brigade!" "Bosnian blockheads!" "I can't believe this!" "Did you hear that?" "!" " This is just right for an idea of mine." " What idea?" " Come on, hurry up!" " Get that water over here!" "The best years of my life were turned to ashes." "Anton helped me save the films." "So I decided to give him my optical toy - zootrope." "Part One MATURING" "What' that?" "Dear brother, I'm still waiting for your answer regarding my idea." "A solid building for a cinema." "It looks like a profitable idea." "How can you think of circus at this time?" "War is near." "You should invest in arms industry." "That is profitable." "When we break fragile Serbia, we will have an open path to East." "This cheap French pastime of colourful pictures will be history." "I simply have no funds for this type of amusement." "Let me disagree with you, Herr Karl." "One thing does not exclude another." "I am willing to support the idea of your honourable sister." "Well, Paulina." "Come tomorrow to my office and we'll discus this." "Anci!" "You ordered coffee." "Here's nine crowns." " Madam, it's 10,5." "You don't say?" "Another raise of price?" "Some day you'll suck the last penny from us." "You look ravishing, same as 20 years ago." "Incredible..." "Anton is the spitting image of Gustav." "Madam Paulina..." "Dear guests, my beloved wife..." "I raise this glass for the health and prosperity of our children." "Our beloved daughter Matilde, and our dear Anton." "Anton sketched the assassination!" " What assassination?" " The one that was in the papers." "Attention, please!" "As an engagement present, they were promised a trip to Vienna." "Matilde will attend the School for Good Wives." "Anton will learn how to operate the cinema apparatus." "It is good to listen to this music when it's separated." "It wouldn't be good to blend it in a unified melody." "What do you say?" "I haven't thought about it... sir." " I'll be off." " Sit down." "Can you tell me why I'm here?" "You spend your time with those students." "You have a chance to get closer to them." "To a group of progressive students." "You can listen to what they say." "And report it to you?" "Bright lad." "But I'm not an informer." "There's no need for big words." "Informers are paid personnel." "You will just fulfil your duty as a citizen." "Do you see the difference?" " No." " A devoted Monarchy employee." "Viktor Ivasjuk compensates his loneliness with sadism." "What do you think, who this is?" "Their hero." "Their worshiped martyr, Bogdan Žerajic, in person" "Hollow." "Nothing inside." "No ideas." "Nothing but thin air." "This is simply unbelievable." "This Žerajic was a 25-year-old virgin!" "Fanatic!" "Sis... pay attention." "This is material for Danilo from Vlado Gacinovic." "Do you know where Vlado is?" "Somewhere in Switzerland, or Vienna." "He's always on the road." "What's that?" "Blood?" "All printer workers in the city agreed to go on strike." "Except the Croatian Daily." "They trained nuns to print the paper." " We had to stop them." " So, a nun broke your head?" "By surprise." "From the back." "She hit me with a steel bar." "But..." "let me tell you, she was one good-looking nun." "I'll be gone for a while." "Understand?" "Please..." "not a word to our parents." "Don't forget to put flowers on Žerajic's grave." "Jovanka, hurry up with the packages!" "Listen, you subversive striker." "Don't ruin that child!" " Leave him alone." " Gladly, if could leave me!" "Where to, you blockhead?" "!" "Would you like to go to the cinema tonight?" "They're showing Max Linder comedies." "First of all, I'm not available tonight." " And second?" " I don't like to watch nonsense." "Cinema should show the truth, not lies." "To teach and educate, and not to... indulge and entertain." "Maybe you could be allowed to a meeting of progressive students." "Then you'd know what I'm talking about." "The progressive youth is joining forces." " Why can't I come to the meeting?" " You have to prove yourself first." "How?" "To go to Vienna and kill all the Habsubrgs?" "Not really." "For a start..." "You could just yell:" ""Down with the Emperor!"" "Down with the Emperor!" "Who is this mysterious lady?" "What was she doing here?" "She was in the house of Danilo Ilic, one of the leaders of "Young Bosnia"." " Hello, aunty Stoja." " Come for a drink, it's hot." "Thanks, but I'm in a hurry." "My Danilo is at work, but maybe Gavro can help." "They call Danilo "The Pilgrim", because he travelled much." "Pilgrim is monitoring the strike in the papers." "Tell me." "This is just a cover up." "I'm reading Gorky." "Danilo is translating." "I believe you... not." "Give this to Danilo." "Gacinovic sends his regards." "Why won't you drop by?" "Vukosava asks about you." "I'm preparing for the gymnasium in Tuzla, maybe even Belgrade." "I'm not fit for a sales clerk." "Don't forget, the meeting's tonight, at the tomb of Žerajic." "I'll be there!" " You have plenty of admirers." " Gavro is just a child." "His doesn't gaze like a child." "Besides, he fancies my sister, Vukosava." "He even wrote poetry for her." "Anton, when will you grow up?" " You sound just like my mother." " Don't you dare say that!" "She plans your marriage, your bourgeoisie future." "She is in the scheme with the Chief of Police." " She's just a business woman." " Making business in her bed." "Anton, I'm sorry..." "I thought you knew." "Have I hurt you?" "No... you haven't." "My dear Paulinochka..." "Your son is on the wrong track." "You want to say that hi is a subversive element... anarchist?" "This morning, at the interrogation, he refused to cooperate... rudely." "You interrogated my son?" "You succumb to police paranoia." "I told him not to mess with me, because my nerves are weak." " He sent me to a doctor!" " Leave my son alone!" "Calm down..." " Your heart is pounding." " Leave me alone, too!" "Is that so?" "!" "You used me just to obtain the permit for the cinema?" "Go... anyway, you were on your way out." "Erzi's number is about to start." " Shame, oh, what a shame!" " Tell me, Erzi, who's to blame?" "Those young boys, fit and strong They can do no wrong" "But love is not their game They have a different aim" "Shame, shame, oh, what a shame." "I just shake my ass And all the men make a pass" "But not them, they are strange Anarchists are deranged!" "Honour and glory Drive their passion in vain" "They'll never know what fuck is Oh, lust that reigns!" "Mister Chief of Police!" "Please, come in." "Shame, oh, what a shame." "Those perverse masturbators And stupid conspirators!" "All their passion, what a grief Just for their belief" "For that great piece of lie They would sacrifice their lives" "I must keep my body kind Some comfort I will find" "The gentlemen are shiny Although the calibre is tiny" "Excuse me..." "With your permission." "You, lucky bastard!" "This means:" ""Anton is reliable, you can send through him the message to Vienna"." "Tonight, I assist the renowned French cinema-operator, Luis de Berry, at the Graduation ball held at Paulina's hotel." "I expect of you to dance, and act as if I am not here." "Music, please." "Miss Greta Fehervari and the Hungarian women's orchestra." "At the harpsichord, Miss Otilia Puskas!" "Somebody's tailing me." "No doubt, Vasjukov's spy." "You must have a mask." "The message is coded, as a poem." "Memorize the text, and destroy the paper." "Are you afraid?" "No, I just wonder..." "Suddenly, you trust me." "Our regards to Gacinovic and others in Vienna." "Go on, your fiancee is waiting." " How do I contact you from Vienna?" " You don't." " How do I find them?" " They will find you." "Room 111 at 11 o'clock." "Ladies' choice!" "You interested in cinematograph?" "I need an assistant." "Anton..." "don't bother the gentleman." "On contrary, madamme." "I like your son." "And he likes cinematography and poetry." "This combination can make cinematography a form of art." "You are so kind, Mr. De Berry." "But I don't see any art or poetry here." "I see only entertainment and profit." "Come in..." "I have a present for you." "Don't be afraid." "No one will ever know..." "not even me." "Because I don't exist..." "Only my body." "It's yours, tonight." "It's hot." "Take off your jacket." "The bathroom is to the left." "I'll be waiting." "Whole France, for a black coffee!" "A message for you." "Deso, my dear!" "Make a coffee for this Frenchman!" "Make one for me, too." "Your fiancee is very beautiful." "Have you slept with her?" "I'm sorry." "Do you love Matilde?" "I do love... but not Matilde." "I see... that's sad." "It's a pity." " Come in, wait for me." " No, thank you." " I'm still under age." " Let's shake hands, my friend." "See you in Vienna." "I have some business in Belgrade before that." " Goodbye, and good luck." " The same to you." "The boy would like to fuck Erzi!" "Erzi..." "Erzi." "Excuse me, Mrs. Paulina, but this is scandalous!" "If this young gentleman neglects our Matilde..." "The bloom of Travnik!" "And if he still wants to waste his time on writing poems!" "Then, I have no other choice but to break the engagement!" "No!" "Please, father!" "I love him." "Herr Zimmerling, please, leave this matter to me." "She forgives him, that's important." "The rest is my concern." "I would suggest you find help for this confused young man." "There is a doctor, a psyche specialist in Vienna." "Tell him, his school friend Zimmerling has sent you." "Thank you, Rudy." "I am thankful, Herr Zimmerling." "Have a safe trip to the capital." "Passion, it turns a boy to a man It worms you up when it's cold" "Hear me all, if you can" "Leave your mother, be bold." "You dig through my pockets, Mother?" "Is this your poem?" "No..." "Yes." "Writing such poetry is a sign of weakness... adolescence." "We'll see what the Vienna doctor has to say to this." "Is it true, hear this sound For Vienna, I am bound" "Of riches that's the city The Empire's prime and plenty!" " Where the girls are pretty?" " In Vienna, the city!" "Where fortune is right Where life is bright" " Where joy has no limit" " In the Empire's capital city" " Waltz, champagne, Danube blue" " And love, love for all of you" "Old Vienna is full of lust This city cannot rust" "Its soul is young and strong" "Its soul is young and strong" "No wonder that Ziggy, little Jew Cooks his lustful stew" "All he does is checks All he sees is sex" "'Cause Vienna is all set Desire must be met" "Desire must be met" "Any which way you want it You know you will get it" "Viennese girl is willing" "Her breasts are thrilling" "Diagnosis:" "OEDIOPUS COMPLEX" "Music, women and wine Vienna's eternal shine" " Is it true, hear this sound" " For Vienna, I am bound" "Of riches that's the city The Empire's prime and plenty" "Music, women and wine Vienna's eternal shine" "Sigmund Freud Clinic" "What does the doctor say?" "Can I help somehow?" "Oh, yes, my dear." "You can help, indeed." "God... what's wrong with me?" "Damn Ziggy..." "Are you all right, my dear cousin?" "That man is crazy." "I am, allegedly, possessive, and I am blocking his sexuality!" "Rubbish!" "What if the doctor is right, my dear cousin?" "Anton, shut up!" "Matilde, you're coming home with me." "Let them go to the cemetery." "I can't go." "I'm completely exhausted." "How did my father die, exactly?" "The Sanatorium's report says he died of pneumonia." "He was such a gentle soul." "He wrote poems." "He even wrote one for me, too." "Noon, tomorrow." "STUDENT CLUB "ZORA"" "Defy the deadly storm Don't let your soul sleep" "Defy the bounding form Defy, and make a leap" "I am Gacinovic." "Thank you, Anton." "Drop by, sometimes." "You could hear useful things." "Or you choose to remain just a passive sympathiser?" "I'm here on a different task." "The cinema... we're building the first cinema theatre in Sarajevo!" "I did this as a favour to my school friend, Jovanka." "It's all right." "We appreciate it." " Goodbye, Anton." " Goodbye." "This boy should be watched." "He looks too honest to be true." "Maybe I'm just getting too old." ""Emperor Franz is ready to assassin Fazlinovic in Vienna. "" ""Do you approve?" What's this?" "Obviously, Anton got the verses mixed up." "Fazlija wants to make a hit on the Emperor here, in Vienna." "That's not odd." "But this is: a cable I received the day before yesterday." ""Block Fazlinovic." "Stop." "Apis"" "Belgrade new about this before we did." "How?" "Through an informant in Sarajevo." "The Belgrade connection is Apis' spy, a foreigner." "Colonel Apis wants to control everything." "Who could that informant be?" "Activate Erzi to find that out." "Listen, Vlado." "The problem is not how they found out." "Something else bothers me." "We do support revolutionary methods, but not terrorism!" "Direct action is not terrorism." "However..." "This is not the right time for action." "That's what happened with Žerajic." "Besides..." "the target is not well chosen." "He's too old... and dying out." "The target should be a more vital part of the Empire." " Your drink, sir." " Thank you." ""Dear Veiled Woman, you still owe me the graduation present. "" "Is this seat available?" "Will you buy me a beer?" "My dear cousin, I've done my business here." "I'm leaving." " I'll see you off." " Freddy, you were excellent." " You deserve an ice-cream." " Thank you." "My dear Paulina, surely, you will say goodbye to your son?" "No." "You were too quick." "You left me hanging." "I'm sorry." "Where do you think you're going?" "It's all in the wrist, you know." "I've learnt this at school." "Drink it all up." "What kind of graduation present you owe to Anton?" "Nothing." "I don't know what you're talking about!" "I can wait." "This is all I have to give." "Understand?" "You pay, you look." "You a graduate, too?" "Show me your diploma?" "You were supposed to work just for us." "It appears, you provide services to other parties, too." "But whores are like that." "This is just the beginning of our cooperation." "Understand?" "Where is Erzi?" "Go and get her!" "Anton wrote me a letter." "He's happy, he makes films." "His first attempt was not so successful, though." "The police confiscated the material, the slums are not for film." "He successfully got himself drunk." "We have to report back to Sarajevo." " I'm nobody's errand boy." " Maybe Jovanka cares." ""In this part of the city, filming is forbidden! "" "I'll pee before you!" "Ladies first!" "Let me..." ""We must seize this material! "" "Don't be too upset." "This is a common thing." "What a wonderful girl, mon ami." "You were lucky." " Where is your old camera?" " I have no idea." "Thieves, maybe." "Where is my little mug?" " Little mug?" " Little mug." "Little mug, you say?" " Little mug!" " Anton!" "I will make of you new Asta Nielsen." "De Berry has added just one word: "not"" ""We do not approve the start of the action coded... "" "Anton, your jacket!" " Anton is angry." " Anton is a fool!" "He is still your fiance." "Not any more!" "POEMS by Gustav Valic" "Diagnosis:" "Psychosis depressiva" "What has destroyed my father?" " Anton, I, I..." " Don't bother, dear cousin." "I understand." "Part Two COMING OF AGE" " South Slavs, unite!" " Down with the oppression!" "Long live freedom!" "Long live harmony between Serbs and Croats!" "No-one, no-one has What Serb has" "Serb has a brother Croat" " Serb plays his flute" " Croat plays his tambourine" "The image is idyllic Separate are the politics" "They can love each other But only if they are far away" "Long live freedom!" "Down with the oppression!" " South Slavs, unite!" " Long live harmony!" "Long live freedom!" "Freedom!" "Freedom!" "Serb and Croat made peace" " Resulting in a strange breed" " Serbo-Croat" "He's known by another name Yes, a CHAMELEON!" "YUGOSLAV IDEA" " Chameleons!" "Chameleons!" " Down!" "Down!" "Hey, Slavs, The spirit Of our grandfathers is still alive" "As long as the hearts of their sons Beat for the people" " Lives, lives the Slavic spirit" " Call in the Special Forces." "And the Army, if necessary." "The Hell's abyss threatens in vain The fire of thunder is in vain" "Hello, Anci." ""Meet me as soon as you arrive." "Jovanka. "" "I'm full of dust from the construction site." "Subversive crowd has blocked transport of building material." "I don't like your moustache, at all." "You look ridiculous." "Where to?" "You've just arrived." "I'm sorry, Mother." "I'm in a great hurry." "How splendid... really!" "To trade a fiancee for a filming apparatus!" "How noble!" "I sent you to Vienna for this?" "!" " Let me help you." " No, thanks." "Where are the others?" "Danilo is translating, Nedeljko and Gavrilo are in Belgrade, preparing." " Preparing for what?" " Look around you." "Anton has brought the camera from Vienna." "And a message from Gacinovic." "I'll take it to Danilo." "Serb Trifko Grabež and Croat Luka Jukic set the flag on fire." "Muslim Salih Šahinagic was shot in the head." "Erzi!" " I missed you, bitch." " Viki..." "The place is really beautiful." "Congratulations." "Well done, Toni." "The film is great." "It cannot be shown as it is now, of course." "It needs to be shortened." "It needs additional comment." "But, it's a big job, we cannot do it on time, Mr. Ivasjuk." "Then, I will have no other choice but to ban the opening." "Mr. Karl, don't you think that the state of affairs suits us?" "Yes." "Serbia is hastily weakening its resources in the Balkan Wars." "What's wrong, Anton?" "I'm not gonna do it." "You've changed a lot since you came from Vienna!" "While you, Mother, haven't." "Not a bit." "How about you?" "!" "Rewind the tape!" "Now!" "I'm sorry, old man." "Nothing." "No problem, boss." "I don't like this fate My right one is so great" "But my left one is sweeter It makes my breasts neater" "The gentleman can make his pick Any one can do the trick" "This one." "What was the pick of De Berry, from Apis Masonic lodge?" "White dove means not to aim at Potiorek." "Someone else is the target." "Who?" "Move your filthy hand away." "You're brave." "I like you." "But, I don't like you." "Erzi does work for two sides." "For Vladimir Gacinovic, ideologist of "Young Bosnia"." "But she also works for Col. Apis, Serbian Army Chief of Staff." "No one will change our decisions, not even Belgrade!" "Our goal is Potiorek, not Cuvaj." "Gacinovic approved." "I'm going to Lausanne, to check." "From now on, you will just protect our men from Ivasjuk's goons." "We don't trust you anymore for wider contacts." "Understand?" "This is the happiest day of my life." "Look at all these guests." "Warm welcome for the Chief of Police, Mr. Ivasjuk!" "And the owner of Coloseum cinema in Tuzla, Mr. Jovanovic!" "Paulina Metz-Valic, the founder of this glorious structure!" "We have with us a renowned French cinematographer, Luis de Berry!" "He brings us the latest pictures from the Balkan battleground!" "Matilde must be feeding you well." "Between us, the young lady has left me." "She sailed off with some gigolo, all the way to America." "Poor America!" " Are you nervous, my friend?" " Just because of one person." "It's beautiful, anyway." "KEEP OUT" "Anton, you cut out the crucial part." "You twisted the point!" "The tyrants look like Samaritans, and patriots look like criminals!" "How could you let that bastard Ivasjuk break you?" "I hate you for this..." "I hate you!" " I want to go, this instant." " We can't go now." "Down with Austria!" "Long live people's revolution!" " That way, girl." " Jovanka, stop!" " Let me explain." " Farewell, Anton." " Ah, Ah!" " Cinematograph!" "Two penniless Frenchmen" "Came up with an idle plan" "Result was Seventh Muse" "Our hearts were captured" " Ah, ah" " Cinematograph!" "This is something new" "Everybody's in the cue" "They want to see the show" "The pictures, now they move" "I'll be in your dressing room." "Young man drinks too much." "How much I craved this." "I'm an adult now..." "legally." "Have some patience." "Tell me... what happened?" "Why you so sad?" "Nothing seems to be right." "It's so... warm and fine here." " May I come here every night?" " Yes, my graduate." "I glad." "Erzi, don't leave me!" "I'm here, my graduate." "I'm here." "You know, I like much your card from Vienna." "I keep... all them." "Why do you speak with a Hungarian accent?" " You didn't speak like that, then." " Out of habit." "You're trying to hide, Erzi." "Who are you?" "They keep asking me that." "Not even I know that, any more." "You must go, now." "I have yet to go to work." "The night is my workshop." "Leave me alone, you witch!" "Go!" "This has got to stop." "I will not allow this!" "What is it..." "that YOU don't allow?" "You put my father in the madhouse." "You want to put me there, too?" "!" "How dare you?" "!" "You worm!" "You want to rule everybody's destiny!" "Like God!" "But you are not God!" "You are just Paulina Metz!" "Half German, half Jew!" "All you do is pile up capital!" "I'm putting an end to that!" "I resent your tyranny!" "Murderer..." "Anci!" "Over here, quick!" "The Palace building should be converted to Cinema Imperial." "We'll transfer shares from the brothel..." "Excuse me." "From the guesthouse Blue Star." "Fabrizio will film the opening, I will not do that for the time being." "I'll take over the hotel until Mother's recovery." "Uncle Albert, I suggest you take care over the cinema theatres." "I'm satisfied." "He is a Metz, after all." "I kept telling you that." "After killing Paulina in him, Anton has turned into Paulina." "I fear for him." "You're through with the Blue Star, Forget about it, Erzi!" " Miss Greta!" " Yes?" "This is the new vocal soloist of your symphony." "I am certain that you will easily agree about the show." "Boss, what's this?" "Let's go." " Halil!" " Yes, boss?" "Order some coffee from Mr. Cabrinovic." ""Heir Franz Ferdinand soon in Sarajevo"" "I am invited to the exhibitor's fair in Zagreb." "There will be contracts about films." "Like Quo Vadis, and The Last days of Pompeii." "That is magnificent." "You have to see that!" " How was it?" " Horrible." " We'll change the orchestra, then." " You better change the soloist." "Take it easy, my girl." "Just be patient." "Erzi..." "I have plenty of work to do." "Jovanka, hurry up!" "Delivery!" "Please, sit down." "You've come a long way." " I didn't know." " We don't see each other." " As if we live in different towns." " Why should we see each other?" " We're still friends, I suppose." " You're the one that has changed." " I haven't." " I'm really sorry about that!" "I am!" "I'll do as much as I can!" "And I can do plenty!" "I could fund your actions with money." "We don't need money." " What do I have to do?" " Just to mail this letter." " But, there's no address." " You'll type it, on your typewriter." "Nedeljko Cabrinovic." "Cafe "Zlatna Moruna"." "Belgrade." "The sender is not important, it mustn't be sent from Sarajevo." "I'm going to Zagreb, soon." "I'll mail it from there, or better yet, from Zenica, on my way there." " Thank you, Anton." " Wait." "Thank you." " Anton, I..." " I know... you have to go." "Let me see you off." "Better not." "Bye." "Erzi saw from her window that Jovanka arrived." "That, of course, aroused her suspicions." " You won't trick me this time." " I'm sorry, I..." "I won't take any excuses!" "I'm sorry, I can't." " We can try something else." " No, no." "I have to go to Zagreb." "I have plenty of work." "You won't tell me what's in the envelope?" "I won't." "I don't know, really." "Honest to God." "Brother!" " Who was that?" " Nobody." "Go to sleep." "Mother..." "you look excellent." "I would've looked even better if it wasn't for you." "Now what, Mother?" "You're turning a hotel into a brothel!" "At this delicate moment, when we'll have guests from the capital." "Erzi is not what you think she is." "Erzi is the cheapest kind of a whore!" "And you are an ass!" "You always have been one!" "Mother, calm down." "You will be sick again." "I'll calm down when you get rid of that woman." "You didn't mind her when you invested secretly in Blue Star?" " If she goes, I go!" " Fine!" "I hear you returned to your first love, film camera!" "You filmed personally the Socialist ravaging on May Day!" "Listen to me, Mother!" "The hotel brings profit." "Both cinemas, too." "Capital is growing." "Does that mean anything to you?" "It means... otherwise, I would've thrown you out." "One thing about you is definitely true." "You are blunt." "I hear that we are not alone in the "welcome committee", Pilgrim." " We don't need anybody else." " Enough about that." "This is final." "Who are the others?" "If it's not a secret?" "Yes, it is a secret." "There will be three of them." "They don't know about each other." "Nor do they know about you." "I hear that Apis' men from Belgrade demand to call everything off." "What are they afraid of?" "That we make it, or not?" "If we make it." "The main thing is, we agree not to back off." "Right?" ""Eliminate Danilo!"" ""P. S. Desolee (sorry)"" "What's this?" " Medicine." " For what?" "Girl things." "You don't have to know everything." "Troubles?" "It's your mother." " She doesn't like me." " She doesn't like anybody." "Listen..." "Tonight, you must be brilliant." "Somebody from the Archduke's entourage will probably be there." "I'll do my best." "What's wrong with you?" "I' told you... girl things." "It is a great pleasure for me to welcome..." "Baron, Lieutenant Colonel Merizzi!" "Personal adjutant of Governor General Potiorek!" "Belgrade insists you call it off." " It is now up to you." " Our decision is final." "Danilo!" "Telephone for you." "The printing plant called, to remind me I'm on duty." "I wonder, how did they know I was here?" "Is there anything else you have to tell me?" "I don't know what got into me." "I'm tired." "Smack, smack, smack Goodbye, Belle Epoque!" "There was splendour, my friend But I fear, this is the end" "Nothing will be same again Everything will go down the drain" "All the beauty of this age Will be crushed in flames and rage" "Smack, smack, smack Goodbye, Belle Epoque" "It is new, but is it greater?" "We'll know that only later" "Waiting for the sign We'll have a sip of wine" "We'll sit, drink and wait For another twist of fate" "As I hear the final bell Belle Epoque, this is farewell" "Aufedersein, Adieu, Prascaj" "This is my final goodbye" "Smack, smack, smack Goodbye, Belle Epoque" "Smack, smack, smack Goodbye, Belle Epoque" "Your spirits are low." "Are you hiding something?" "Lausanne has second thoughts, too." "Gacinovic?" "I don't know what came into him." "He's changed." "We're on our own, now." "Maybe it's better this way." "This will be our deed." "You've won their hearts." "Hurry, they're waiting for you." "Are you taking your camera tomorrow?" "You think, it'll be worth it?" "I have a feeling it'll be a great show." "You shouldn't miss it." "The year is 1914." "The date is June, 28." "Early morning." "Žerajic, that valiant eagle He was right all this time" "Who wants to live, let him die Who wants to die, let him live" "Gavros..." "What is it?" "You couldn't sleep?" "Today is..." "a holiday, St, Vitus' Day." "I brought you presents." "You'll give Nedeljko the grenade." "Be on time at the arranged point." "Not a word to mother... understand?" "I liked the poem, you know." "Where is that darn flagpole?" "Is there any order in this house?" "!" "I put it away." "I don't like to display the flag of the enemy." "The Emperor." "I respect that Emperor, he gave me a descent life." "If you can't respect even your father, you can leave!" " Is that clear?" "!" " I will go, father." " Don't you worry." " Tell me where's the flag." "Upstairs, in the attic." " Mother!" " My son..." "I'm going away, again." "For Gavrilo." "Sister..." "I'm gone." "Take care." "Fabrizio was so excited." "He said: "Dio mio!" "Look how many free extras!"" "Just like in the films of Guazzoni and Caserini!" "He was so excited, he almost cried." "It was his idea to jump in the last car of the motorcade." "Jovanka's brother through the grenade, but it detonated too late." "Poor Baron Merizzi got hurt." "Nedeljko tried to kill himself, but he failed." "Ferdinand and Potiorek decided to visit Merizzi in the hospital." "Only, their driver didn't know that." "It's steamy here." "I'm covered with sweat." "You could make a lot of money from those images." " I feel ashamed." " Why?" "They have done their job, you have done yours." " Jovanovic was right." " Who's Jovanovic?" "The owner of Coloseum Cinema in Tuzla." "In Zagreb, he kept telling me that I should go back to my camera." "He said, those images will live long after we are gone." "That same Jovanovic helped them carry weapons from Belgrade to Sarajevo." " Did you know that?" " No." "But I know what's next, with Nedeljko and Gavrilo still alive." "The tangle will unravel, they will all die!" "They won't mind." "It's what they lived for." "Please, give me a glass of water." "Anton..." "Hold me." "Hold me tight." " I feel cold!" " Relax." "Tonight, you don't perform." "The state is in mourning." " I won't perform at all!" " What are you talking about?" "I'll let you in on a secret." "You were the only one who respected me." "And the only one I loved." "Don't let go!" "Graduate... don't let go!" "Stay with me." "EPILOGUE 1914, October 28 Vareš, near Sarajevo" " Any news from the court?" " Yes." "Twenty years of..." "Twenty years of solitary confinement for my brother, Gavrilo and Grabež." "Danilo and Misko... they were sentenced to death by hanging." "They lived for that idea." "You should be happy for them." "Maybe I would've been happy, if it wasn't for all this." "Wait..." "I almost forgot." " A message." "For whom?" " This time, it's for you." "Eclair company from France want to acquire my film!" "Anton..." "Anton!" "Boss!" "Good Luck!" "Jovanka!" "Give this to Fabrizio." "He'll take care of it." "World War One saw the break-up of four empires." "Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia and Turkey." "All the major world cinematheques keep Anton Valic's films." "English Subtitles:" "Zvonimir Ivanov"