"Südfilm presents a Willi Forst film" "The Prince of Arcadia a musical comedy by Walter Reisch" "with Liane Haid and Willi Forst directed by Kart Hartl" "compositions:" "Robert Stolz" "to Swan Lake Castle" "Announce to His Royal Highness:" "The cabinet asks for an immediate audience" "Your Excellency must excuse but..." "His Royal Highness has already retired to bed" "the cabinet begs His Royal Highness to interrupt his musical exercises for a few minutes" "show the gentlemen into the hall" "# I feel a great home-sickness # a great home-sickness for you # this is a sweet home-sickness alors donc!" "qu'y a-t-il encore?" "I beg your pardon." "The ministers are waiting in the hall." "les ministres, les ministres, toujours les ministres if you please, Monsieur, après minuit, c'est moi qui règne" "what's the matter?" "I beg your pardon, Your Highness, the ministers are waiting in the hall." "and what happens if he refuses?" "it mustn't come to this one must take him by surprise no, I think it more sensible if one of us broke the news to him gently yes yes I see that it's contre coeur [against your liking]" "but still, one of us will have to take on the embarrassing task one of us must take it on" " yes, one of must..." " ... take it on well, please make up your minds we must make "short process" [quickly terminate the lawsuit] à propos "process"" ""processes" come under the authority of the Ministry of Justice so the Minister of Justice will speak on our behalf... no no, this has absolutely nothing to do with the judiciary!" "we are delighted to see you, gentlemen" "may we enquire why we are honoured with your nightly visit, gentlemen?" "I..." "Your Royal Highness might wonder..." "that is, no... in fact, it's no wonder... but..." "I mean... if only... still... after all, looking at it from both sides..." "Your Highness must realize himself... isn't this so?" "... but... you mustn't take this personal after all, it must be said aloud... the people definitely want it that way" "I see" "and... what does Papa think about it?" "His Majesty has already been..." "I mean, the Ex-King is already on his way to his exile abroad everything's been signed, declaration of abdication, this afternoon so, it's abdication?" "one moment, gentlemen" "connect me to the bedroom chérie, cela me fait de la peine mais je ne peux pas contre cela mon domestique t'accompagnera il faut que tu quittes le chateau toute de suite" "chérie au moment je n'ai pas le temps, excuses moi gentlemen, I'm again at your disposition" "well, where were we?" "ah yes, the abdication well, after all..." "I cannot be angry with the people" "if Your Highness would be so good as to sign the document everything has been prepared renouncement of the throne and crown if you please" "and legible, if you please one moment we, Karl Leopold Johann Michael Maria Heinrich Aribert Louis Ferdinand..." "Duke of Savona, Count of Iberia, Prince of Arcadia, Marquess of... and... what will happen next?" "with us?" "I mean, with me?" "Your Highness will leave the country this hour you'll proceed to the Adriatic we've already applied for a permit of residence and I've arranged for your domicile and all the rest by renouncing to the throne and crown Your Highness is also renouncing to all his former titles and ranks" "I beg your pardon, but I must have some name after all" "Meier, Müller, Schulze... of course, Your Highness" "Your Highness will just pick one of the many names he had" "Duke of Savona, Count of Iberia" "Prince of Arcadia stop. let's stick to "A"" "I'll call myself Prince of Arcadia the name suits very well our..." "I mean, my changed situation" "Prince of Arcadia?" "I see # when I was Prince of Arcadia..." "# I used to live in riches, pomp and splendour" " Lehar - that's right, Offenbach" "gentlemen step closer" "gentlemen" "As a farewell, I'd like to say a few words" "I thank you for everything you did for me during our long acquaintance you, dear Minister of War were my teacher in military history pardon me if I annoyed you sometimes" "I know I wasn't an attentive pupil whether the battle of Salamis was in 449 or 944 even today I still don't know but I thank you for your troubles and I'll remember you" "I thank you too, esteemed Minister of Foreign Affairs you've done all in your power to make me grasp Britain's naval policies" "I've never really understood it but the suit fabrics you brought back from England were excellent we..." "I'll remember you" "you too, esteemed Prime Minister and all the other gentlemen who had the kindness to prepare me for my heavy office as you can see, it wasn't worth the trouble now it's all over anyway you can govern much better than I" "and laying foundation stones for public baths or inaugurating flags for the fire brigade another will be able to do this very soon all the same, accept my inmost thanks for all the troubles and toils you've had with me" "and rest assured" "I'll remember you your health, gentlemen" "ex" "the four of you will have the high duty to be for our honoured master that what a people of millions used to be to him" "I hope you realize that prepare everything, His Highness is already on his way he can be here any moment understood?" "sound your horn two-note horn" " that is..." " from the soundfilm, I know. forbidden all the same you'll drive to the side street and switch on the ordinary horn" "wait in there!" "[name of the dog ?" "]" "are you crazy!" "don't switch on the light!" "of course, you've forgotten the flashlight again and you've tooted again like a madman come upstairs now!" "count the steps they are 34" "1 2 3" "17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24" "25 24 23 22 21, damned" "20 21 22 23 24 25" "26 27 28 29 30 31 32" "33 34" "did you lock the door?" "now really!" "lock the door at once!" "I'll be ready in a minute one moment" "when you left yesterday... it was at least 4 o'clock in the morning" "I was terribly afraid people might see you get undressed" "why don't you say something?" "what's the matter with you today?" "good evening" "but how did you get in here!" "with the keys" "how dare you come up here!" "but you yourself told me to come up" "I said nothing of the kind" "I really don't know why you're so angry" "I only wanted to bring back the keys to you" "I see, the keys you certainly must have dropped them by mistake, didn't you" "with your permission... if you could show us back to the street, Madame why "us"?" "I beg your pardon, I mean, show "me" back to the street" "I always mean myself when I use the plural if you please..." "Madame" "now the right guy is tooting" "what are you tooting for in the middle of the night?" "I'll file a complaint for disturbance of the peace" "I'd like to know whose peace I'm disturbing silence!" "disturbance of the peace is disturbance of the peace!" "then file a complaint against yourself since you're shouting so silence!" "drive on!" "disgusting fellow" "he's gone" "if only there won't be a scandal!" "nothing to fear on my side" "I'm discreet who did you think I was expecting!" "I was expecting... the... my lawyer" "Madame addresses her lawyer with "Du"?" "yes I do!" "I know many people who address their lawyers with "Du"" "certainly, for instance the lawyers' relatives" "tell me... who are you?" "if I told you... you wouldn't believe me anyway" "I'm certain I've seen you before" "I know you from somewhere you do?" "then everything's in perfect order" "but this is madness!" "please go now!" "impossible" "I couldn't leave you alone now the other man's gone" "I forbid you to make such remarks!" "leave at once!" "pardon, Madame adieu" "may I say something?" "you may a pity that I'm not a lawyer" "are you afraid of thunderstorms?" "and how!" "well, personally I find a thunderstorm most agreeable it cools you off it was already quite steamy in here good evening why do you run away?" "but you told me so but you can't leave me alone now!" "alright, then I'll stay" "feel how my heart beats" "talk to me so that I won't hear the thunder well... talk... what shall I talk... nice weather outside that isn't true either" "excuse me, that was me" "I know I'm not very famous but I thought I might entertain you a bit with my tinkling alright, keep on tinkling" "# I have often promised to be faithful # without repentance I've always broken it # every man must be free # one cannot be eternally true to one woman # but I could, if I had to... # be true, but if I only knew" "# where is the so-called # interesting mysterious woman?" "# always I dream of you # tell me, will you come and see me soon?" "# I hardly expect you # come, my mysterious dream" "# I feel a big home-sickness # a big home-sickness, for you # this is a sweet home-sickness # and I feel yearning inside # only he who knows yearning knows how I suffer # but suffering because of you is my greatest joy" "# leave me my little home-sickness # for your lips, for your kiss # for you." "oh, I beg your pardon don't mention it, keep on playing" "and what shall we do if it keeps raining the whole night?" "then I'll have to stay here the whole night yes but then you'll have to stay the whole night over there and play the piano certainly then I'll stay here the whole night and... play the piano" "this neighbourhood is just terrible each day another surprise with the weather one never knows what to expect right in the middle of sunshine a lightning bolt strikes one stands totally unprepared and is... # this is Arcadia's sun" "# which only sets occasionally # this is Arcadia's sun good day he isn't available for anybody this suits me perfectly, it will save me a lot of trouble why you?" "because it is my duty to protect His Highness from all annoyances this is my job" " to annoy him?" " to protect him" "I'm his "wing adjutant" ["Flügel"]" "my dear "Flügel", so delighted stop joking, tell me what you want and then leave listen... away with them away with you, away" "smell this yes, I've been charged by the Secret Police to watch over His Highness personally" "Good Heavens, are there people who want harm His Highness?" "there are, dear Flügel, there are!" "and very dangerous people too anarchists?" "harmless nihilists?" "even more harmless but who is dangerous then?" "women" "yes, women and the woman I am thinking of... she's the most dangerous of them all!" "does the name Mary Mirana mean something to you?" "the actress?" "yessir, she's been living in this town for three years she was expelled from the country because of lèse-majesté at the time she's dying to take revenge on the Prince?" "of course" "what will you think of me now?" "that you're the sweetest woman I ever met in a thunderstorm say, couldn't you..." "No!" "I cannot tell you" "and... if by some lucky chance we should meet again... then..." "I shall be a total stranger to you promise me you've never seen me, never known me, never... kissed you but..." "I'll do one thing" "I'll remember you" "# I feel a big home-sickness # a big home-sickness for you" "# this is a sweet home-sickness # oh woe, how great I feel" "# only he who knows yearning knows how I suffer # but suffering because of you is greatest joy" "# leave me your little home-sickness # for your lips, for your kiss # for you." " you're looking for the flowers, aren't you?" " yes sir" "Your Highness has already arrived?" "yes, I've been here for some time now what a pity, everything's been prepared so wonderfully and now... now... song... song... flowers a thousand thanks" " Your Highness must excuse..." " alright, dear Melke, alright so this is my St. Helena" "Your Highness looks at it too gloomily." "this is really not St. Helena well, I'm not Napoleon either the schedule for the next days?" "at first... gala reception organized by the other princes in the ballroom of the Metropol Hotel which is occupied exclusively by the august ladies and gentlemen, living here in... in in exile, just spell it out the evening will be under the patronage of Her Royal Highness, the Ex-Queen Aunt Mathilde" "my dear brothers and sisters cousins and cousins nephews and nieces brothers and sisters-in-law grandsons and granddaughters a new member of our wide-branched family joins our ranks tonight the Prince of Arcadia" "Your Highness must pardon me a terrible mistake, a dreadful accident but Your Highness mustn't enter the ballroom, under no circumstances!" "Your Highness must have the goodness to leave this house at once you can't possibly speak to His Highness directly why not?" "but it concerns His Highness personally all personal matters are sorted by myself personally dear Flügel, don't take it personally but His Highness mustn't stay here a second longer will the gentlemen explain to me why I mustn't stay here a second longer" "a fatal accident, one must avoid an encounter at any cost" "I have warned them, the woman is capable of anything!" "Good Heavens, she's inside the building?" "yes, she's sneaked in here somehow she can come down the stairs any moment she's been waiting for it for three years who's been waiting for three years to come down the stairs?" "the Mirana, Your Highness the actress Mary Mirana" "Mary Mirana?" "don't know who is she?" "Your Highness will be so gracious and remember:" "Madame Mirana, the famous actress who insulted Your Highness" "I beg your pardon, I can't possibly know all the people who insulted me she's been living here for three years in banishment and she's only waiting for a chance to meet Your Highness that woman is capable of anything" "insults, attacks assassination attempts well, it won't be as bad as that first of all, I'll apologize to the lady" "I implore Your Highness to refrain from it the lady is most dangerous she's even capable of..." "Madame, I'd like to apologize to you" "I just learned..." "I should have known last night that you... are the Prince of Arcadia and if you had known it, what would have happened?" "you'd better ask what would NOT have happened and now... since I know who you are..." "I must tell you..." "I deeply regret the situation... which by chance brought us together last night" "Madame" "I only wanted to apologize because of an incident where I played a very disagreeable part in your life but about which I had no idea so far otherwise, I don't know what you're talking about" "I've never seen you never known you and never... you're a total stranger to me adieu Madame" "my condolences don't take it to heart, it's happened to all of us don't mention it, Queen-Aunt allow me to introduce my suite to you my ladies-in-waiting" "Frau von Castella the younger" "Frau von Castella the elder my nephew" "Herr von Melke zu Melke my wing adjutant" "Frau von Castella the elder" "Frau von Castella the... the even older may I lead you to the waltz, Queen-Aunt?" "with pleasure, my boy" "what do you intend to do in your exile?" "in exile?" "well... a bit of tennis, a bit of bridge a bit of piano playing and a bit, excuse the harsh word, a bit of working" "and you won't think about regaining your ancestral titles?" "no, I feel fine, leading a private life, take some rest rest?" "out of the question!" "I've decided to marry you off." "at your disposition, Queen-Aunt do you have any wishes regarding your future bride?" "wishes?" "no you'll be married in three weeks is it forward to ask, Queen-Aunt, whom shall I marry?" "you'll hear about it in good time" "good evening how did you get in here?" "through the window" "I mean, to the island" " very simply..." " with the motor?" "with my arms and you get into my bed, just like that?" "of course" "I couldn't run around here stark naked and catch a cold, couldn't I?" "your health your health may I learn the reason of your visit, Madame to see you once again you wanted to see me again?" "yes to tell you what I think of you" "I see go ahead" "I think it was just mean the way you left me standing there, on those stairs is that all?" "for the time being, yes" "then I will ask my adjutant to take you home, Madame" "You!" "You!" "you little Prince, you!" "who do you think you are!" "I'm being exiled because of you!" "my career destroyed" "I am forced to live abroad then you come along, sneak into my life and leave me standing on those stairs!" "you!" "you little Prince, you!" "you!" "you!" "you!" "may I ask my adjutant now to take you home, Madame?" "tell me... why are you such a disgusting fellow?" " you're treating me..." " like a total stranger you wanted it so but not anymore!" "but now I want it so why?" "by pure chance, I arrived five minutes earlier than the other man which other man?" "well the other man, the man who... three times" "are you demanding an explanation regarding the horn signal?" "no thank you" "I demand to know nothing" "I ask you now... to leave me" "in this neighbourhood thunderstorms seem to happen as ordered well, yesterday it didn't annoy you much" "Madame..." "I'm certainly no cannibal of course you can stay here till the rain has stopped" "weather report Tonight's rain seems to become continuous." "I've acquired a handsome extra income now" "I'm writing my memoirs under the title" "Becoming a king isn't difficult remaining a king however is" "I have an extra income too nowadays" "I adopt a son each month" "I already have 37 sons" "I'm working in films now and then at the moment I'm playing the son of a king and I'm abducted by bandits" "in order to relieve the exile's loneliness we'll search for a wife for our dear Arcadia we'll put it to vote the one [who unites most votes will become his wife] we proceed to elect his wife elect" "may I remind Your Highness that you're expected in half an hour at the Ex-Queen-Aunt presently, dear Melke, presently" "I just have to see to something" "Your Highness will be late, it's high time if I may ask Your Highness to hurry" "pardon, if I had known... everybody in the house is to keep quiet nobody is to enter these rooms till I'm back" "I repeat the candidate collecting most votes will become the Prince of Arcadia's bride" "Princess Eleonora she's a bit too stubborn for my taste" "the Archduchess Mitzi Helena has too much of a past" "Countess Victoria - far too young" "Frau von Castella the elder seems to have voted for herself" "Viscount Casimir!" "tasteless joke!" "I think it frivolous to degrade a matter of the heart by "cochonneries"" "the vote is null and void" "I'll select a wife for our Arcadia, without you" "leave me alone with my niece" "you may blush, my child what I am going to tell you... nobody knows yet and nobody is to know it yet, for the time being you've just become engaged to the Prince of Arcadia kiss my hand, my child" "tell me you're happy very happy" "I am very hap..." "but Queen-Aunt!" "I don't know whether I'll like the Prince this isn't necessary since you'll marry him" "I hope it will be in my power to make you happy, Your Royal Highness" "well... shall we sit down?" "it's raining outside yes, thank God do you like bad weather?" "no, not always, but... the moment I find it rather amusing such a continuous rain has its charms too" "[line missing] actually, yes" "I'll visit you this afternoon if you like well... that's charming of you, Your Royal Highness, but..." "I think with such rain you really shouldn't trouble yourself it wouldn't have embarrassed me but if you think so you'll come once the rain has stopped, will you?" "as long as it's raining I'm a guest here, understood?" "when I ring once, the servant will come when I ring twice, the cook will come when I ring three times, the gardener will come and when I scream "huh"" "you shall come, wing adjutant see to it!" "we'll have a rehearsal right now" ""huhu"" "good morning may I enquire how you've slept last night, Madame thank you, badly the mattress was far too hard" "I regret that but my bed isn't prepared for lady visitors" "I hope it isn't" "I beg your pardon" "I mean it's alright, the mattress may stay" "and, eh... how do you like it in our, I mean in my house?" "delightful" "I think it's marvelous here you don't have to dress you don't have to do your hair to put on make-up one can make as much noise as one likes" "I'll even study my parts in here" "Madame intends to perform on the stage again?" "of course now that I can return since we don't have Majesties anymore who might feel insulted too easily à propos, what was your lèse-majesté about at the time?" "you don't even know that!" "I've no idea well, the song!" "which song?" "I've sung a ridiculing song about you" "I see, the song about the Prince of Arcadia" "# it was very beautiful, it has been a great pleasure do you mean that one?" "yes but I sing it myself when I'm in a good mood" "he sings it himself and I was kicked out because of it!" "# it was very beautiful, it has been a great pleasure # this is the young Prince's whole occupation # he yawns and secretly yearns for civilian life # but the uniform pleases women enormously # be careful, a throne is a wobbly thing" "# one night it's over, God save the King # hip hip hourrah # yes the sun of Arcadia # it is well known how terribly it burns # the country of Arcadia is sure to get a sunstroke" "# little Prince, believe me one thing # not every glitter is gold, not even yours # free the country of Arcadia from your presence # otherwise the poor country of Arcadia # won't be spared anything in the future" "bravo you ought to have been an actor" "I wasn't much else anyway" "I've also had to learn my parts also had to speak the prompter's lines also had to look friendly when I didn't feel like it but you got good reviews for it what use were they?" "now I'm without an engagement anyway" "I always want to stay with you." "you're thinking of our first meeting again again of the chance which brought us together" " may I tell you..." " no." "it really doesn't interest me who was the gentleman that night whom you've expected in my place" "he's jealous!" "I'd like to know whom the Queen-Aunt has chosen for Arcadia" "I think she doesn't know herself yet in any case, she wants to surprise us after all, all the marriages she's arranged are happy ones for instance, yours how so?" "my wife bolted from me after three months well, isn't that happiness?" "Haven't you seen Arcadia?" "no, he hasn't come yet" "well, I know why he isn't here" "I could tell some tales... what is it?" "the woman practically lives with him at the villa" "I don't understand such arrangements but it seems to suit him but it doesn't suit me!" "Your Highness is my nephew at home?" "His Royal Highness went out, but I think..." "I hope..." "I suppose well, then I'll wait" "# I feel I'm going to be a mother" "# I feel I'm going to be a mother" "# I feel I'm going to be a mother # always alone" "his mistress do you love the Prince?" "aren't you a bit curious?" "you'll tear the Prince from your heart at once or right now?" "there's time till tomorrow evening then my nephew will become engaged the Prince to whom?" "to a girl of his own circle, of course to yourself, perhaps?" "even alliances like that have happened in our circles now really!" "may one congratulate?" "you may do that in any case but the bride is someone else who is she?" "my niece the Infanta" "the little Infanta?" "yes indeed." "and the Prince is very happy" "forgive me if I light a cigarette, you gave me such a fright let me have one too" "I'm totally worn out" "there doesn't seem to be any cognac around, to fortify ourselves there is, over there, in the corner bring two glasses, one for me very well" "do you mind if I take off my coat?" "no no" "I'm only in my nightshirt but after all, we're almost husband and wife by the way... don't you want to tell me what business you have here ... at night ... in a lady's apartment?" "now listen!" "isn't it up to me to ask you what you're doing here" "I?" "but I sneak in here every night however, yesterday and the day before, I tooted in vain" "it's you who visits the Mirana each night?" "of course she's giving me lessons what lessons?" "lessons in acting" "I want to become an actress" "I have a confession to make, dear Arcadia" " but don't be angry - no no you know, I don't care at all about marriage" "I really like you but..." "I'd rather go to the stage then we're both fine and out of it!" "what?" "you want to be an actor too?" "no!" "but it has something to do with acting but he couldn't possibly marry an actress this is obvious either be an actress or get married but both?" "this is too much punishment for a man so it's agreed?" "you'll retire all the rest I'll sort out with the Prince so it's agreed, you'll retire all the rest I'll sort out with the Ex-Queen-Aunt you'll be an actress pack your suitcases, go to Berlin, I have good connections with the Berlin stage" "I'll take care of everything by telegram good. and when monarchy is reinstated, you'll engage me as court actress it's a deal you're a sweet guy, Arcadia if fact, the Mirana is really lucky to be able to stay with you" "It has stopped raining." "But we've yet to settle our accounts." "You can rely on that!" "I announce to you that I've found a suitable bride for our dear Arcadia the bride is in accordance with his ideal, and I hope she'll be with yours also" "but even if she doesn't meet with your approval..." "I declare that my decision cannot be revoked by anything on earth!" "she'll be his wife!" " Director?" " Your Highness in a few minutes a very upset lady will arrive here please let her in she'll certainly be here if I'm not mistaken very well, Your Highness" "in a very minutes a very upset lady will arrive here let her come in she'll certainly be here if I'm not mistaken thank you" "not so loud please ladies and gentlemen for many years we've been playing the principal parts in a play which had the title "Monarchy"" "then one night the Ministers arrived and told us that this play, which had been running en suite for hundreds of years in our country has suddenly been taken off the repertory." "then we, I mean to say from now on, "I" felt deeply sorry for that old play with which we've had so much success and I didn't know whether I'd find a new play" "where there would be such a good part for me a part written so-to-speak for me personally." "and let me tell you ladies and gentlemen this new play where I'm acting in now" "I like it also my part isn't as important as it used to be but on the other hand..." "I can pick my leading lady myself now because the wife the Ex-Queen-Aunt in her infinite goodness has chosen for me doesn't want me" "I don't want her and that's why she's on her way to Berlin right now" "thanks to this totally new constellation" "I have the extraordinary chance to fill in the part of my leading lady with someone my august management would never have permitted in former times that is, with a real actress." "by the way, the lady will be here in a few seconds she'll certainly be here if I'm not mistaken" "I wasn't mistaken" "one second, sweetheart dear Melke, be so good and prepare some Eau de Cologne, cold compresses and smelling salts" "Her Royal Highness the Ex-Queen-Aunt will faint in a few seconds allow me to introduce to you your future sister-in-law, cousin, niece, aunt now, dear Melke, the cold compresses the Princess of Arcadia, my bride" "music!" "I think there'll be a thunderstorm as usual, at the right moment we are, that is, I, no, we... we are very happy!" "The End subtitles: serdar202"