"Pan Film brings you:" "The Knight of the Rose" "A musical comedy after a book by Huo von Hofmannsthal" "Music by Dr. Richard Strauss" "Directed by Robert Wiene" "Set design Prof. Alfred Roller" "Performers:" "The Marshall:" "Paul Hartmann" "The Lady Marshall:" "Huguette Duflos" "Herr von Faninal, the newly rich Carl Forest" "Sophie, his daughter Elly Felicie Berger" "Valzacchi the schemer Friedrich Feher" "Annina his companion Carmen Cartellieri" "The story is set during the reign of Maria Theresa in Vienna" "The park is still asleep." "The statues dream in their alcoves of foliage." "The city far away has come to rest." "Only the lovers keep watch." "And the Marshall's wife can find no sleep." "Octavian, Count of Rofrano, the young man of noble origin is also awake" "On a beautiful morning in the year of 1750 a knight rode in great haste to the palace of Baron von Lerchenau." ""Where can I find His Most Esteemed Highness" "Mr. Baron von Lerchenau?"" "Baron Ochs [ox] von Lerchenau - of venerable decent, yet impovrished." ""A letter?"" ""From Vienna?"" ""Somone shall bring me the messenger!"" ""Someone shall give the messenger a drink!"" "... we would like to inform His Grace in all confidence, about a worthwhile party." "The girl is a true angel and has just left the convent and she is the sole heiress of the rich army supplier" "Mr von Faninal ..." "Her father has only just been elevated into hereditary peerage, but he owns twelve houses in Vienna, a palace in the city and on top of that a great estate in the country." "By the way, his health is not the best." "We salute your highness." ""One Shall prepare my carriage!" "Early tomorrow I must go to Vienna."" ""If she only knew what she means to me?" "She is the embodiment of all the love in the world..."" ""And does he know what he means to me?" "..." "Youth which I have lost... a little sunshine that everyone needs..."" ""Tell me about your life..."" ""Like all young girls, I dreamt that one day a prince would ride to the castle to take me away while I was still at the convent..."" ""Prince Werdenberg has done us the honour to ask for your hand..."" ""He is a great military leader, who has twice defeated the Prussian King in battle."" ""And so I was promised to a man which I hardly knew who saw me only once or twice and on the day of our wedding..."" ""I lay at your feet all that I own." "My house and my servants are at your service." "I have the order to immediately go to war with the imperial army."" ""And so I was left alone without hope of luck until You came in through the window and stole my heart."" "After a long nights journey, the baron approaches Vienna." ""My room shall be immediately prepared!" "I must attend upon my cousin," "Princess Werdenberg."" ""Dear cousin, I came into the city to ask for a lady's hand." "I am prepared to exchange my venerable title and blue blood against the common wealth of her father."" ""Certainly, Mr. von Faninal has just recently been elevated into hereditary peerage, but he supplies the whole army and besides a palace and houses in Vienna he owns a few country estates - and he is also ill."" ""That is why I rush to you, noble cousin in order to ask for your help to choose a Knight of the Rose."" ""Your court ladies, hair dressers, merchants of all type, the cook and your poor relatives are reverently waiting to be received - additionaly if I may." "the allowed time has already passed."" "Annina is always happy about court intrigues - regardless if she discovers or invents scandals." "Only one thing is worse than a scheming woman" " a scheming man." "Valzacchi and Annina make a spledid pair." ""Open the courtian if you would like to see the princess' lover!"" ""My beauty, have you ever dined with a man of noble heritage?"" ""Mariandl, get over here!"" ""Go immediately to the Rofrano Palace and inform Count Oktavian that he is expected here tomorrow morning."" ""I have decided that Count Oktavian shall be her Knight of the Rose!"" ""If you are free tonight, my darling then send a note to the tavern "The White Steed"."" "The High Committe, named by her apostolic Majesty" "Queen Maria Theresa watches over morals and virtue." ""Since when does a chambermaid wear a gentelman's cuff?"" ""Only a man kisses like that..."" "The High Committe, appointed by her Majesty the Queen empowers you with insistence to most carefully continue to investigate." "Many miles away the prince fights for the ultimate victory." "He can then finally return to Vienna, to the woman he loves." ""The army may only rest for two days, not longer..."" ""Mail has arrived from Vienna, your Grace."" "Even the simplest soldier receives mail from a lving hand, yet not a line for him from the princess." ""The trumpeter is to report immediately!"" ""Sound the alarm!"" "Spring connects the aristocratic world of Vienna in a small outdoor tavern where rural festivities are a fashionable way to pass time." ""Who is that beautiful young lady?" "`"" ""It is the daughter of a rich, newly made nobleman."" ""Why doesn't the pretty girl want to take part in our game?"" ""Her nobility is too young... she has to wait a little while... at least one or two hundred years..."" ""Would the young lady want to play with us?"" ""A kiss!" -- "A kiss!"" ""Have you introduced yourself to cousin Ochs as the Knight of the Rose, as I have asked you?"" ""Tomorrow, my cousin, I will allow myself to present a silver Rose to Miss Faninal...!"" ""Who was this girl?"" ""It was Sophie, the daughter of Mr. von Faninal your princely Grace..."" "The day on which the silver rose is handed over has finally arrived." "The house of Mr. Faninal is full of excitement." ""According to etiquette the father of the bride has to be out of the house when the knight with the silver rose approaches."" ""Precisely eleven minutes after the Knight of the Rose enters the father must return to present the bride to the groom."" "The great moment." ""I imagined the knight of the rose to be totally different..."" ""I thought he would be an old man like St. Nicholas."" ""Are the notaries here?"" ""One hundred thousand!" "Not a thaler [Austrian coin] less!"" ""But Baron, that would ruin me!" "Let's make a compromise, let's say eighty thousand!"" ""No, at least one hundred thousand!" "A true lady brings almost as much dowry!"" ""This monster wants to marry you?"" "No, never... even if his blood is bluer than the sky and his title older than Methuselah!"" ""Allow me to tell him that you will not marry him because I adore you and you love me."" ""I would like to hide at your place and not care what everybody says..."" ""The young lady does not want you... she cannot love you and refuses to become your wife" ""What a mouth on this young man!"" ""Didn't you get it?"" "The young lady will not marry you!"" ""Don't be alarmed, my darling, trust me and all will be alright!"" "When everybody was asleep and she ripped the gentelman's cuff from the alleged girl." "There exists a well-founded suspicion that a man was in the room of Mrs. Marshall, the wife of Your Highness." "We see it as our duty..." ""Your Excellency, the enemy is surrounded!" "We will be victorious, if we attack as soon as possible..."" ""I am just in the right mood, we will attack!"" ""Victory !" "Victory !" "Victory !"" ""My carriage!" "We're leaving for Vienna!"" ""Today or tomorrow" " or eventually one day he will go away and leave me for another" ""I gave the baron my word!" "The marriage certificate is signed and he already received an installment."" ""You don't really believe, I hope, that the count will ask for your hand?" "He's just playing with you, and he'll turn his back on you!"" ""But if you would marry Mr. von Lerchenau..." "Well, you would become a baroness right away!"" ""Careful!" "Fools in love are capable of anything!"" "Ochs is up to something  vengance." "Oktavian forges  plans." ""The honorable public is invited to attend the performance of the comedians taking place at the market square!"" ""The buffoon, the joker and the supid Bajazzo invite Your Grace at four o'clock to the new schack on the market square..." "Children and soldiers pay half price..."" "With the graceful authorisation of the high command the highly mischievious and deeply moving tragedy" ""The love of Princess Labuntia"" "or "The proud father and his humiliation" will be played." ""Dear audience even if you consider our play to be too brainless don't be too cheap with the applause."" ""Life - as we all know - is a comedy, most of the time quite a dumb one..."" ""The father had an angel of a daughter and he chose a bridegroom for her... a dumb fatso." "Have a look at what happens next..."" ""In this instructive piece, as terrible as it sounds, it is a fool that teaches the sense of other fools."" ""Even though an authentic aristocrat wants to marry your daughter, you, father - ass, would much rather give her to this ... animal"" ""My son-in-law will be Baron Ochs." "He has my word and my signature!"" ""Go wherever your heart takes you - ... I will not be upset ..."" ""Do not cry, my cousin..." "I cannot see you like this..." "I love you so..."" "The next day, the princess retires to the loneliness of her country estate to hide her sorrow from the sight of the curious." ""First I will convince myself with my own eyes..." "I will first convince myself -- then I will believe."" "The Princess von Werdenberg asks that you honor her with your presence to a masked ball on the 11th of may." "The party." ""Your grace, according to your wishes here is the list of the participants and their costumes."" "A lady is expecting you in Diana's pavillion..."" ""I love you, Sophie, and I will always love you- but I am not free..." "a certain heart would break with grief..."" ""Leave me, Count Oktavian." "Your love leaves me cold." "The wedding with Baron von Lerchenau will take place this week."" ""What mask does the princess wear?"" ""Find out." "I have to know!"" ""I have found the list with the masks of all the guests -- however, the mask of mylady princess is not on it..."" "Oktavian listens to his heart and feels that he can leave Sophie to no-one else." "With the help of Cupid's arrows he prepares a scheme in order to trump the Baron." "Come to Diana's pavillion in an hour and bring your father." "You will then see that you don't have to marry the Ochs." "Did Your Grace forget about Marianne, the chambermaid of Mrs. Marshall?" "Diana's pavillion is nice and dark and no-one will see you..." "This is where the existing film ends." "The finale can be reconstructed with the help of the film score, the available stills and short scenes from the trailer." "In Diana's pavillion the ochs falls in the trap" "Caught red handed during his amorous adventure" "Ochs is the laughing stock of all the guests." "Ochs flees to the garden, after denouncing his engagement to Faninal's daughter." "Oktavian confesses to the lady Marshall his love for Sophie." "She arranges a secret rendezvous for a last talk with Oktavian at the pavillion and dismisses him." "Annina whispers to the lady Marshall that the Marshall has arrived and he knows everything." "The lady Marshall hurries to warn Oktavian to warn Oktavian about the Marshall and is caught in a band of masked guests." "Valzacchi reveals to the Marshall the lady Marshall, wearing a striped Domino rushes to meet Oktavian in the Pavillion." "Annina thinks up a plan with Sophie's help to save Oktavian from the Marshall" "A masked woman wearing a striped Domino throws herself in the arms of Oktavian." "The jealous Marshall dicovers the two and challenges Oktavien to a duel." "The masked woman throws herself betwwen the two and reveals her identity." "The lady Marshall enters the pavillion." "The Marshall realizes his mistake and lets Oktavian off." "Oktavian can finally embrace his beloved Sophie." "With mixed feelings" "Annina watches the concilliation which she managed to mediate at the last moment." "Valzacchi approaches Annina and offers her his hand." "In the moonlight three happy couples take three paths:" "Annina and Valzacchi," "Sophie and Oktavian, the lady Marshall and the Marshall." "Ochs returns to his estate, without having accomplished anything." "subbed by wiggle" "The End"