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It is an extremely common mistake,
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people think the writer's
imagination is always at work,
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that he's constantly
inventing an endless supply
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of incidents and episodes,
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that he simply dreams up his
stories out of thin air.
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In point of fact, the
opposite is true.
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Once the public knows
you're a writer,
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they bring the characters
and events to you
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and as long as you maintain
your ability to look
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and to carefully listen,
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these stories will continue to...
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Stop it. Stop it! Don't!
Don't do it!
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Will continue to seek you
out over your lifetime.
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To him who has often told
the tales of others,
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many tales will be told.
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- Sorry.
- It's all right.
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The incidents that follow
were described to me
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exactly as I present them here
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and in a wholly unexpected way.
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A number of years ago,
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while suffering from a mild
case of "Scribe's Fever,"
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a form of neurasthenia common among
the intelligentsia of that time,
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I decided to spend
the month of August
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in the spa town of Nebelsbad
below the Alpine Sudetenwaltz,
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and had taken up rooms
in the Grand Budapest,
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a picturesque, elaborate, and once
widely celebrated establishment.
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I expect some of you will know it.
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It was off season and, by that
time, decidedly out of fashion,
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and it had already
begun its descent
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into shabbiness and
eventual demolition.
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What few guests we were
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had quickly come to recognize
one another by sight
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as the only living souls residing
in the vast establishment,
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although I do not believe any acquaintance
among our number had proceeded
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beyond the polite nods we
exchanged as we passed
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in the Palm Court,
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in the Arabian baths,
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and onboard the
Colonnade Funicular.
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We were a very reserved
group, it seemed,
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and, without exception, solitary.
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Perhaps as a result of
this general silence,
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I had established a casual
and bantering familiarity
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with the hotel's concierge,
a West-continental
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known only as Monsieur Jean,
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who struck one as being, at once, both
lazy and, really, quite accommodating.
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I expect he was not well paid.
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In any case, one evening,
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as I stood conferring
elbow-to-elbow with Monsieur Jean,
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as had become my habit, I noticed
a new presence in our company.
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A small, elderly man,
smartly dressed,
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with an exceptionally
lively, intelligent face
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and an immediately
perceptible air of sadness.
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He was, like the rest of us,
alone, but also, I must say,
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he was the first that struck one
as being deeply and truly lonely.
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A symptom of my own medical
condition as well.
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Who's this interesting old fellow?
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I inquired of Monsieur Jean.
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To my surprise, he was
distinctly taken aback.
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- Don't you know?
- He asked.
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Don't you recognize him?
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He did look familiar.
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That's Mr. Moustafa himself.
He arrived earlier this morning.
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This name will no doubt be familiar
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to the more seasoned
persons among you.
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Mr. Zero Moustafa was at one time
the richest man in Zubrowka,
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and was still indeed the
owner of the Grand Budapest.
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He often comes and
stays a week or more,
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three times a year at least,
but never in the season.
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Monsieur Jean signaled to
me and I leaned closer.
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I'll tell you a secret.
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He takes only a single-bed
sleeping room without a bath
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in the rear corner of the top floor
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and it's smaller than
the service elevator!
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It was well known,
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Zero Moustafa had purchased
and famously inhabited
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some of the most lavish castles
and palazzos on the continent.
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Yet here, in his own
nearly empty hotel,
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he occupied a servant's quarters?
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At that moment, the curtain rose on
a parenthetical, domestic drama...
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Shit.
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which required the immediate
and complete attention
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of Monsieur Jean,
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but, frankly, did not
hold mine for long.
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However,
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this premature intermission in the
story of the curious, old man
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had left me,
as the expression goes,
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"gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen,"
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that is, on the edge of my seat,
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where I remained throughout
the next morning, until,
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in what I have found to be its
mysterious and utterly reliable fashion,
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fate, once again,
intervened on my behalf.
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I admire your work.
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I beg your pardon?
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I said, I know and admire
your wonderful work.
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Thank you most kindly, sir.
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Did Monsieur Jean have a word
or two to share with you
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about the aged proprietor
of this establishment?
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I must confess, I did
myself inquire about you.
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He's perfectly capable,
of course, Monsieur Jean
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but we can't claim he's a first,
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or, in earnest, even
second-rate concierge.
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But there it is.
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Times have changed.
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The thermal baths
are very beautiful.
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They were in their first condition.
It couldn't be maintained, of course.
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Too decadent for current tastes.
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But I love it all just the same,
this enchanting old ruin.
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How did you come to
buy it, if I may ask?
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The Grand Budapest.
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I didn't.
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If you're not merely being polite,
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and you must tell me
if that's the case,
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but if it genuinely
does interest you,
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may I invite you to
dine with me tonight,
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and it will be my pleasure and,
indeed, my privilege to tell you
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"my story." Such as it is.
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Two ducks roasted with olives.
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Rabbit, salad?
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Pouilly-Jouvet '52, plus
a split of the brut.
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That should provide us ample time
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- if I commence promptly.
- By all means.
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Well, it begins, as it must, with
our mutual friend's predecessor.
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The beloved, original concierge
of The Grand Budapest.
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It begins, of course, with...
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- Bring the table to the window.
- Yes, Monsieur Gustave.
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- Bring the tray to the table.
- Right away, Monsieur Gustave.
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Right there. Have those
been brushed and blocked?
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- Of course, Monsieur Gustave.
- Pack them in the hat boxes.
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- Is that from Oberstdorf & Company?
- I believe so, Monsieur Gustave.
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- Second trunk. Who has the tickets?
- I do, Monsieur Gustave.
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Give them to me.
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These are in order.
Wait in the corner.
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- I'm not leaving.
- I beg your pardon?
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- I'm not leaving.
- Why not?
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- I'm frightened.
- Of what?
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I fear this may be the last
time we ever see each other.
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Why on earth would
that be the case?
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Well, I can't put it into
words, but I feel it.
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For goodness sake, there's no reason
for you to leave us if you'd...
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- Come with me.
- To fucking Lutz?
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- Please.
- Give me your hand.
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You've nothing to fear. You're
always anxious before you travel.
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I admit, you appear to be suffering a
more acute attack on this occasion.
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But, truly and honestly... Oh, dear God.
What have you done to your fingernails?
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- I beg your pardon?
- This diabolical varnish.
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- The color is completely wrong.
- Don't you like it?
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It's not that I don't like it.
I am physically repulsed.
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- Perhaps this will soothe you.
- What? Don't recite.
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- Just listen to the words. Hush.
- Please. Not now.
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"While questing once in noble
wood of gray, medieval pine,
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"I came upon a tomb, rain-slick'd,
rubbed-cool, ethereal,
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"'its inscription long-vanished,
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"yet still within its
melancholy fissures..."
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Will you light a
candle for me, please?
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- In the sacristy of Santa Maria?
- I'll see to it myself immediately.
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Remember, I'm always with you.
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- I love you.
- I love you.
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It's quite a thing winning the
loyalty of a woman like that
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for 19 consecutive seasons.
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- Yes, sir.
- She's very fond of me, you know.
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Yes, sir.
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But I've never seen
her like that before.
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No, sir.
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She was shaking like
a shitting dog.
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Truly.
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Run to the cathedral of Santa
Maria in Brucknerplatz.
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Buy one of the plain,
half-length candles
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and take back four
Klubecks in change.
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Light it in the sacristy,
say a brief rosary
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then go to Mendl's and get
me a courtesan au chocolat.
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If there's any money left, give it
to the crippled shoe-shine boy.
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- Right away, sir.
- Hold it.
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- Who are you?
- I'm Zero, sir. The new Lobby Boy.
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- Zero, you say?
- Yes, sir.
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I've never heard of you, never
laid eyes on you. Who hired you?
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- Mr. Mosher, sir.
- Mr. Mosher!
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Yes, Monsieur Gustave?
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Am I to understand you've
surreptitiously hired this young man
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in the position of a Lobby Boy?
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He's been engaged for a trial period,
pending your approval, of course.
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Perhaps, yes.
Thank you, Mr. Mosher.
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You're most welcome,
Monsieur Gustave.
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You're now going to be
officially interviewed.
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Should I go and light
the candle first, sir?
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What? No.
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Experience?
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Hotel Kinski, Kitchen
Boy, six months.
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Hotel Berlitz, Mop and
Broom Boy, three months.
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- Before that I was a Skillet Scrubber...
- Experience, zero.
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- Thank you again, Monsieur Gustave.
- Straighten that cap, Anatole.
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- The pleasure's mine, Herr Schneider.
- The strap's busted.
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- These are not acceptable.
- I fully agree.
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- Education?
- I studied reading and spelling.
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I started my primary school.
I almost...
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- Education, zero.
- Now it's exploded.
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Good morning, Cicero.
Call the goddamn plumber!
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- This afternoon, Monsieur Gustave?
- Without fail, Frau Liebling.
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- What in hell is this?
- Not now.
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Family?
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Zero.
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Six, Igor.
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Why do you want to be a Lobby Boy?
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Well, who wouldn't, at
the Grand Budapest, sir?
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It's an institution.
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Very good.
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- A thousand Klubecks.
- My goodness.
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Were you ever a Lobby Boy, sir?
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What do you think?
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Well, I suppose you'd have
to start somewhere...
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- Go and light the goddamn candle.
- Yes, sir.
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And so, my life began.
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Junior Lobby Boy in-training,
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Grand Budapest Hotel,
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under the strict command
of Monsieur Gustave H.
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I became his pupil, and he was
to be my counselor and guardian.
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What is a Lobby Boy?
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A Lobby Boy's completely
invisible, yet always in sight.
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A Lobby Boy remembers
what people hate.
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A Lobby Boy anticipates
the client's needs
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before the needs are needed.
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A Lobby Boy is, above
all, discreet to a fault.
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Our guests know their
deepest secrets,
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some of which are,
frankly, rather unseemly,
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will go with us to our graves.
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- So keep your mouth shut, Zero.
- Yes, sir.
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That's all for now.
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I began to realize that
many of the hotel's
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most valued and distinguished
guests came for him.
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It seemed to be an essential
part of his duties,
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but I believe it was
also his pleasure.
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The requirements were
always the same.
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They had to be rich,
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old,
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insecure,
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vain,
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superficial,
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blonde,
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needy.
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Why blonde?
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Because they all were.
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He was, by the way,
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the most liberally perfumed
man I had ever encountered.
243
00:15:43,582 --> 00:15:46,660
The scent announced his
approach from a great distance
244
00:15:48,045 --> 00:15:50,831
and lingered for many
minutes after he was gone.
245
00:15:52,549 --> 00:15:55,551
I worked six days each week
plus a half-day Sunday,
246
00:15:55,552 --> 00:15:57,963
5:00 AM until just after midnight.
247
00:15:59,056 --> 00:16:01,717
Our meals were small but
frequent, for stamina.
248
00:16:01,725 --> 00:16:04,761
Two breakfasts, two lunches
and a late supper.
249
00:16:05,688 --> 00:16:09,232
Monsieur Gustave also
delivered a nightly sermon.
250
00:16:09,233 --> 00:16:12,485
Rudeness is merely the
expression of fear.
251
00:16:12,486 --> 00:16:14,855
People fear they won't
get what they want.
252
00:16:15,030 --> 00:16:18,575
The most dreadful and unattractive
person only needs to be loved,
253
00:16:18,576 --> 00:16:21,286
and they will open
up like a flower.
254
00:16:21,287 --> 00:16:22,946
I am reminded of a verse,
255
00:16:23,122 --> 00:16:25,623
"The painter's brush
touched the inchoate face
256
00:16:25,624 --> 00:16:27,750
"by ends of nimble bristles
257
00:16:27,751 --> 00:16:31,872
"and with their blush of first color,
rendered her lifeless cheek living."
258
00:16:32,047 --> 00:16:35,292
His own dinner, he took
alone in his room.
259
00:16:40,639 --> 00:16:44,559
The identity of the owner of the
hotel was unknown to all of us.
260
00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,563
Each month, his emissary, known
as Deputy Kovacs, arrived
261
00:16:48,564 --> 00:16:50,607
to review the books
and convey messages
262
00:16:50,608 --> 00:16:53,359
on behalf of the
mysterious proprietor.
263
00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,487
On these occasions, Monsieur
Gustave and our business manager,
264
00:16:56,488 --> 00:17:01,318
Herr Becker, met with him in private
consultation above Reception.
265
00:17:12,755 --> 00:17:15,541
This was also when I met Agatha,
266
00:17:33,484 --> 00:17:35,686
but we won't discuss that.
267
00:18:26,412 --> 00:18:27,652
- What do you want?
- Look.
268
00:18:32,501 --> 00:18:33,827
Dear God.
269
00:18:33,877 --> 00:18:35,378
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
270
00:18:35,379 --> 00:18:37,547
- We must go to her.
- We must?
271
00:18:37,548 --> 00:18:41,376
Tout de suite. She needs me, and I need
you to help me with my bags and so on.
272
00:18:43,137 --> 00:18:44,887
- How fast can you pack?
- Five minutes.
273
00:18:44,888 --> 00:18:46,931
Do it. And bring a bottle
of the Pouilly-Jouvet '26
274
00:18:46,932 --> 00:18:48,349
in an ice bucket with two glasses
275
00:18:48,350 --> 00:18:51,512
so we don't have to drink the cat
piss they serve in the dining car.
276
00:19:00,362 --> 00:19:02,648
I blame myself.
277
00:19:03,282 --> 00:19:06,659
She tried to tell me she had
a premonition. I didn't listen.
278
00:19:06,660 --> 00:19:08,411
All of Lutz will be
dressed in black,
279
00:19:08,412 --> 00:19:10,496
except her own ghastly,
deceitful children
280
00:19:10,497 --> 00:19:12,790
whom she loathed and
couldn't bear to kiss hello.
281
00:19:12,791 --> 00:19:15,410
They'll be dancing like gypsies.
282
00:19:18,255 --> 00:19:20,381
There's really no point in
doing anything in life,
283
00:19:20,382 --> 00:19:22,383
because it's all over in
the blink of an eye...
284
00:19:22,384 --> 00:19:25,511
And, the next thing you
know, rigor mortis sets in.
285
00:19:25,512 --> 00:19:28,556
Oh, how the good die young.
286
00:19:28,557 --> 00:19:31,643
With any luck, she's left a few
Klubecks for your old friend,
287
00:19:31,644 --> 00:19:35,097
but one never knows until the ink
is dry on the death certificate.
288
00:19:36,482 --> 00:19:38,559
She was dynamite in
the sack, by the way.
289
00:19:40,402 --> 00:19:42,820
She was 84, Monsieur Gustave.
290
00:19:42,821 --> 00:19:44,530
I've had older.
291
00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:46,407
When you're young,
it's all fillet steak,
292
00:19:46,408 --> 00:19:49,535
but as the years go by, you have
to move on to the cheaper cuts,
293
00:19:49,536 --> 00:19:51,955
which is fine with me,
because I like those.
294
00:19:51,956 --> 00:19:54,575
More flavorful, or so they say.
295
00:19:57,670 --> 00:19:59,872
Why are we stopping
at a barley field?
296
00:20:14,853 --> 00:20:16,805
Well, hello there, chaps.
297
00:20:16,855 --> 00:20:18,481
Documents, please.
298
00:20:18,482 --> 00:20:20,684
With pleasure.
299
00:20:24,530 --> 00:20:26,614
It's not a very flattering
portrait, I'm afraid.
300
00:20:26,615 --> 00:20:28,525
I was once considered
a great beauty.
301
00:20:29,577 --> 00:20:32,029
What does the "F" stand for?
Fritz? Franz?
302
00:20:32,037 --> 00:20:34,907
- Franz.
- I knew it!
303
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,118
He's making a funny face.
304
00:20:38,294 --> 00:20:41,879
That's a Migratory Visa with Stage
Three Worker Status, Franz, darling.
305
00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,166
He's with me.
306
00:20:44,842 --> 00:20:46,084
Come outside, please.
307
00:20:47,469 --> 00:20:50,597
Now, wait a minute. Sit down, Zero.
His papers are in order.
308
00:20:50,598 --> 00:20:53,766
I cross-referenced them myself with
the Bureau of Labor and Servitude.
309
00:20:53,767 --> 00:20:55,727
You can't arrest him simply
because he's a bloody immigrant.
310
00:20:55,728 --> 00:20:58,055
He hasn't done anything wrong.
311
00:21:03,569 --> 00:21:05,687
Stop it, damn you!
312
00:21:05,738 --> 00:21:07,906
Never mind, Monsieur Gustave!
Let them proceed!
313
00:21:07,907 --> 00:21:09,817
Ow! That hurts!
314
00:21:12,494 --> 00:21:15,496
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!
315
00:21:15,497 --> 00:21:17,950
Take your hands off my Lobby Boy!
316
00:21:29,637 --> 00:21:31,054
What's the problem?
317
00:21:31,055 --> 00:21:32,388
This is outrageous.
318
00:21:32,389 --> 00:21:35,270
The young man works for me at the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad.
319
00:21:36,936 --> 00:21:38,595
Monsieur Gustave?
320
00:21:41,065 --> 00:21:43,267
My name is Henckels.
321
00:21:44,526 --> 00:21:47,771
I'm the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang
Henckels-Bergersdofer.
322
00:21:47,780 --> 00:21:49,731
Do you remember me?
323
00:21:50,532 --> 00:21:54,278
I know exactly who you are.
It's uncanny. You're little Albert.
324
00:21:54,411 --> 00:21:56,280
I'm terribly embarrassed.
Release them.
325
00:21:56,956 --> 00:21:59,241
Release them.
326
00:22:05,923 --> 00:22:07,332
Your colleague is stateless.
327
00:22:07,508 --> 00:22:09,842
He'll need to apply for a
revised Special Transit Permit,
328
00:22:09,843 --> 00:22:13,297
which at this point may be
very difficult to acquire.
329
00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:14,631
Take this.
330
00:22:15,849 --> 00:22:18,935
It's temporary but it's the
best I can offer, I'm afraid.
331
00:22:18,936 --> 00:22:21,263
And how's your wonderful mother?
332
00:22:21,438 --> 00:22:23,439
- She's very well, thank you.
- I adore her.
333
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,893
- Send my love.
- I will.
334
00:22:26,610 --> 00:22:30,689
Your companion was very kind to me
when I was a lonely little boy.
335
00:22:31,532 --> 00:22:34,067
My men and I apologize
for disturbing you.
336
00:22:34,076 --> 00:22:36,278
I beg your pardon, sir.
337
00:22:52,553 --> 00:22:55,888
You see? There are still faint
glimmers of civilization
338
00:22:55,889 --> 00:22:59,843
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity.
339
00:22:59,852 --> 00:23:04,264
Indeed, that's what we provide in our
own modest, humble, insignificant...
340
00:23:05,649 --> 00:23:07,851
Oh, fuck it.
341
00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:41,969
Where is she, Clotilde?
Take me to her.
342
00:24:17,221 --> 00:24:19,423
You're looking so well, darling.
You really are.
343
00:24:19,598 --> 00:24:21,049
They've done a marvelous job.
344
00:24:21,058 --> 00:24:23,726
I don't know what sort of cream they've
put on you down at the morgue,
345
00:24:23,727 --> 00:24:25,144
but I want some.
346
00:24:25,145 --> 00:24:27,689
Honestly, you look better
than you have in years.
347
00:24:27,690 --> 00:24:29,892
You look like you're alive.
348
00:24:35,239 --> 00:24:39,284
Oh, you changed it after all.
It's perfect.
349
00:24:39,285 --> 00:24:41,244
- Clotilde?
- Oui, Monsieur Gustave?
350
00:24:41,245 --> 00:24:43,489
A glass of chilled water
with no ice, please.
351
00:24:50,671 --> 00:24:52,456
All right, then.
352
00:24:52,631 --> 00:24:54,833
I shan't be long, darling.
353
00:24:55,843 --> 00:24:58,011
We were escorted through
a green baize door,
354
00:24:58,012 --> 00:25:01,507
down a narrow service corridor
and into the butler's pantry.
355
00:25:04,226 --> 00:25:06,512
A moment later, the kitchen
passage swung open
356
00:25:06,604 --> 00:25:10,057
and a small servant dressed in
white jolted into the room.
357
00:25:10,733 --> 00:25:13,185
I've never forgotten the
look on that man's face.
358
00:25:13,861 --> 00:25:16,063
What the devil is going on?
359
00:25:16,572 --> 00:25:20,359
I, myself, had never set foot inside
a house of this kind in my life.
360
00:25:21,702 --> 00:25:24,287
I understood very little about
the events that were to follow.
361
00:25:24,288 --> 00:25:27,449
But, eventually,
I came to recognize,
362
00:25:27,625 --> 00:25:31,210
when the destiny of a great
fortune is at stake,
363
00:25:31,211 --> 00:25:35,332
men's greed spreads like a
poison in the bloodstream.
364
00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:40,762
Uncles, nephews, cousins,
365
00:25:40,763 --> 00:25:43,465
in-laws of increasingly
tenuous connection.
366
00:25:43,641 --> 00:25:45,224
The old woman's most
distant relations
367
00:25:45,225 --> 00:25:47,511
had come foraging out
of the woodwork.
368
00:25:49,021 --> 00:25:53,316
At the head of this congregation,
it was a disorienting coincidence,
369
00:25:53,317 --> 00:25:56,270
we discovered our
own Deputy Kovacs,
370
00:25:56,278 --> 00:25:59,231
himself an important
attorney, of course.
371
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,901
He was the executor of
the dead widow's estate.
372
00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:12,578
This is Madame D's last
will and testament.
373
00:26:13,796 --> 00:26:15,922
It consists of a general tontine
374
00:26:15,923 --> 00:26:20,043
drawn up before the event of her
husband's death 46 years ago,
375
00:26:20,052 --> 00:26:23,346
in combination with 635 amendments,
376
00:26:23,347 --> 00:26:26,266
notations, corrections,
and letters of wishes
377
00:26:26,267 --> 00:26:29,553
executed during the
subsequent decades.
378
00:26:31,730 --> 00:26:33,570
The ultimate legality
of this accumulation
379
00:26:33,691 --> 00:26:34,941
requires further analysis,
380
00:26:34,942 --> 00:26:38,187
but in the opinion of this office,
it was Madame D's intention
381
00:26:38,195 --> 00:26:40,238
that control of the
vast bulk of her estate
382
00:26:40,239 --> 00:26:43,116
should be transferred,
forthwith, to her son, Dmitri,
383
00:26:43,117 --> 00:26:45,994
with special allowances
for his sisters,
384
00:26:45,995 --> 00:26:48,530
Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina,
385
00:26:48,706 --> 00:26:51,874
and minor gifts for various
members of the extended family
386
00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:55,496
as shown in the List of Recipients,
which I will elucidate in due course.
387
00:26:57,756 --> 00:26:59,041
However.
388
00:27:02,303 --> 00:27:03,845
An additional codicil,
389
00:27:03,846 --> 00:27:07,265
delivered into my possession
by post only this morning,
390
00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:09,968
and, by all indications,
sent by Madame D
391
00:27:09,977 --> 00:27:11,352
during the last hours of her life,
392
00:27:11,353 --> 00:27:14,139
contains an amendment to
the original certificate,
393
00:27:14,148 --> 00:27:18,276
which, as prescribed by law,
I will read to you now.
394
00:27:18,277 --> 00:27:19,736
The authenticity of this document
395
00:27:19,737 --> 00:27:21,863
has not yet been confirmed
by the presiding magistrate,
396
00:27:21,864 --> 00:27:26,159
so I ask that all parties be
patient and refrain from comment
397
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,613
until such time as our
investigations can be completed.
398
00:27:38,297 --> 00:27:41,883
"To my esteemed friend who
comforted me in my later years
399
00:27:41,884 --> 00:27:44,336
"and brought sunshine into
the life of an old woman
400
00:27:44,345 --> 00:27:47,305
"who thought that she would
never be happy again.
401
00:27:47,306 --> 00:27:49,424
"Monsieur Gustave H,
402
00:27:51,018 --> 00:27:53,436
"I bequeath, bestow and
devise, free of all taxation
403
00:27:53,437 --> 00:27:56,515
"and with full and absolute
fiduciary entitlement,
404
00:27:57,316 --> 00:27:59,192
"the painting known as
'Boy with Apple...'"
405
00:27:59,193 --> 00:28:01,145
- Wow!
- "...by Johannes van Hoytl..."
406
00:28:01,153 --> 00:28:02,779
- I can't believe it.
- "...the younger..."
407
00:28:02,780 --> 00:28:05,198
- What?
- "which gave us both so much pleasure."
408
00:28:05,199 --> 00:28:06,241
The van Hoytl?
409
00:28:06,242 --> 00:28:07,602
- Tax-free?
- Can she do that?
410
00:28:07,743 --> 00:28:09,945
Who's Gustave H?
411
00:28:10,913 --> 00:28:12,656
I'm afraid that's me, darling.
412
00:28:14,917 --> 00:28:17,335
That fucking faggot!
413
00:28:17,336 --> 00:28:20,046
He's a concierge. What
are you doing here?
414
00:28:20,047 --> 00:28:23,216
I've come to pay my respects
to a great woman whom I loved.
415
00:28:23,217 --> 00:28:26,511
- This man is an intruder in my home!
- It's not yours yet, Dmitri.
416
00:28:26,512 --> 00:28:29,055
Only when probate is granted,
and the Deed of Entitlement...
417
00:28:29,056 --> 00:28:31,616
You're not getting Boy with
Apple, you goddamn little fruit!
418
00:28:33,060 --> 00:28:35,353
How's that supposed
to make me feel?
419
00:28:35,354 --> 00:28:37,598
Call the police.
We're pressing charges.
420
00:28:37,773 --> 00:28:40,942
This criminal has plagued my
family for nearly 20 years.
421
00:28:40,943 --> 00:28:42,986
He's a ruthless adventurer
and a con-artist
422
00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:45,238
who preys on mentally
feeble, sick old ladies,
423
00:28:45,239 --> 00:28:47,490
and he probably fucks them, too!
424
00:28:47,491 --> 00:28:49,985
I go to bed with all my friends.
425
00:28:59,086 --> 00:29:01,379
Where's Celine?
426
00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:05,209
What? She's dead.
We're reading her will.
427
00:29:05,217 --> 00:29:07,552
Oh, yes, yes, of course.
428
00:29:07,553 --> 00:29:10,631
If I learn you ever once laid
a finger on my mother's body,
429
00:29:10,806 --> 00:29:14,259
living or dead, I swear to God,
I'll cut your throat! You hear me?
430
00:29:14,268 --> 00:29:16,553
I thought I was supposed
to be a fucking faggot.
431
00:29:17,438 --> 00:29:20,273
- You are, but you're bisexual.
- Let's change the subject.
432
00:29:20,274 --> 00:29:21,517
I'm leaving.
433
00:29:30,367 --> 00:29:33,737
That picture, Boy with Apple,
is priceless. Understand?
434
00:29:33,913 --> 00:29:35,496
Congratulations, Monsieur Gustave!
435
00:29:35,497 --> 00:29:37,457
They're going to fight me
for the son of a bitch.
436
00:29:37,458 --> 00:29:40,043
- Is it very beautiful?
- Beyond description.
437
00:29:40,044 --> 00:29:42,545
"E'en the most gifted
bard's rhyme can only sing
438
00:29:42,546 --> 00:29:44,790
"but to the lack of her
and all she isn't!
439
00:29:45,007 --> 00:29:47,467
- "His tongue doth..."
- Can I see it?
440
00:29:47,468 --> 00:29:49,670
I don't see why not.
441
00:30:21,168 --> 00:30:23,704
This is van Hoytl's
exquisite portrayal
442
00:30:23,879 --> 00:30:26,214
of a beautiful boy on
the cusp of manhood.
443
00:30:26,215 --> 00:30:29,092
Blond, smooth.
Skin as white as that milk.
444
00:30:29,093 --> 00:30:30,544
Of impeccable provenance.
445
00:30:30,552 --> 00:30:34,339
One of the last in private hands,
and unquestionably, the best.
446
00:30:34,348 --> 00:30:35,799
It's a masterpiece.
447
00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:38,177
The rest of this shit
is worthless junk.
448
00:31:57,056 --> 00:31:59,633
What did you want
to tell me, before?
449
00:32:00,684 --> 00:32:02,886
I think I cannot say right now.
450
00:32:03,062 --> 00:32:05,514
Write me tomorrow.
Lutzbahn Station!
451
00:32:17,284 --> 00:32:19,452
I'll never part with it.
452
00:32:19,453 --> 00:32:23,949
It reminded her of me.
It will remind me of her. Always.
453
00:32:24,166 --> 00:32:26,910
I'll die with this
picture above my bed.
454
00:32:27,044 --> 00:32:29,246
See the resemblance?
455
00:32:30,047 --> 00:32:32,249
Oh, yes.
456
00:32:37,346 --> 00:32:39,298
Actually, we should sell it.
457
00:32:39,306 --> 00:32:42,475
Sooner rather than later, in
case they try to steal it back.
458
00:32:42,476 --> 00:32:45,429
Plus, something about those lunatic
foot-soldiers on the express...
459
00:32:45,437 --> 00:32:48,932
This could be a tricky war and a
long dry spell in the hotel trade.
460
00:32:49,066 --> 00:32:51,685
For all we know, they could
board us up tomorrow.
461
00:32:57,783 --> 00:32:59,943
Let's make a solemn blood-pact.
462
00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,537
We'll contact the black market
and liquidate Boy with Apple
463
00:33:02,538 --> 00:33:03,580
by the end of the week,
464
00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:06,700
then leave the country and lay low
somewhere along the Maltese Riviera
465
00:33:06,709 --> 00:33:09,495
until the troubles blow over
and we resume our posts.
466
00:33:09,503 --> 00:33:11,455
In exchange for your
help, your loyalty
467
00:33:11,463 --> 00:33:13,457
and your services as
my personal valet,
468
00:33:13,465 --> 00:33:18,219
I pledge to you 1.5%
of the net sale price.
469
00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:20,422
- 1.5?
- Plus room and board.
470
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,343
- Could we make it 10?
- 10? Are you joking?
471
00:33:24,351 --> 00:33:26,227
That's more than I'd
pay an actual dealer,
472
00:33:26,228 --> 00:33:28,680
and you wouldn't know chiaroscuro
from chicken giblets.
473
00:33:28,689 --> 00:33:30,607
No, 1.5 is correct. But
I'll tell you what,
474
00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:33,936
if I die first, and I most certainly
will, you will be my sole heir.
475
00:33:34,111 --> 00:33:37,072
There's not much in the kitty except
a set of ivory-backed hairbrushes
476
00:33:37,114 --> 00:33:38,573
and my library of romantic poetry,
477
00:33:38,574 --> 00:33:41,409
but when the time comes,
these will be yours,
478
00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:44,787
along with whatever we haven't
already spent on whores and whiskey.
479
00:33:44,788 --> 00:33:47,665
This is our sacred bond.
480
00:33:47,666 --> 00:33:49,868
I'll draw it up right now.
481
00:33:54,673 --> 00:33:58,919
I, Monsieur Gustave H, being of
relatively sound mind and body,
482
00:33:59,094 --> 00:34:02,965
on this day, the 19th of October,
in the year of our Lord 1932...
483
00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:06,009
He never told me where he came from.
484
00:34:09,396 --> 00:34:11,807
I never asked who his
family had been.
485
00:34:32,544 --> 00:34:34,746
Excuse me.
486
00:34:35,297 --> 00:34:36,498
Uh-huh?
487
00:34:37,424 --> 00:34:40,919
The police are here.
They asked for you.
488
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,842
Tell them I'll be right down.
489
00:34:47,476 --> 00:34:49,678
Okay.
490
00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:56,812
Have you ever been questioned
by the authorities?
491
00:34:56,819 --> 00:34:59,737
Yes, on one occasion I was arrested
and tortured by the rebel militia
492
00:34:59,738 --> 00:35:00,981
after the Desert Uprising.
493
00:35:01,156 --> 00:35:03,236
- You know the drill, then. Zip it.
- Of course.
494
00:35:03,325 --> 00:35:06,820
You've never heard the word "van
Hoytl" in your life. Okay, let's go.
495
00:35:21,635 --> 00:35:23,837
How may we serve you, gentlemen?
496
00:35:24,888 --> 00:35:26,347
Ah, Inspector Henckels.
497
00:35:26,348 --> 00:35:28,967
"By order of the Commissioner
of Police, Zubrowka Province,
498
00:35:29,226 --> 00:35:30,935
"I hereby place you under
arrest for the murder
499
00:35:30,936 --> 00:35:33,646
"of Madame Ceine Villeneuve
Desgoffe und Taxis."
500
00:35:33,647 --> 00:35:36,900
I knew there was something fishy.
We never got the cause of death.
501
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:40,437
She's been murdered and
you think I did it.
502
00:35:41,780 --> 00:35:43,982
Hey!
503
00:35:45,659 --> 00:35:47,861
Stop!
504
00:36:36,794 --> 00:36:39,003
What happened?
505
00:36:39,004 --> 00:36:41,714
What happened, my dear Zero,
is I beat the living shit
506
00:36:41,715 --> 00:36:44,634
out of a sniveling little
runt called Pinky Bandinski
507
00:36:44,635 --> 00:36:46,594
who had the gall to
question my virility,
508
00:36:46,595 --> 00:36:48,972
because if there's one thing we've
learned from penny dreadfuls,
509
00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:51,334
it's that, when you find
yourself in a place like this,
510
00:36:51,350 --> 00:36:52,892
you must never be a candy-ass.
511
00:36:52,893 --> 00:36:54,978
You've got to prove
yourself from Day One.
512
00:36:54,979 --> 00:36:56,763
You've got to win their respect.
513
00:36:56,855 --> 00:37:00,142
You should take a long look
at his ugly mug this morning.
514
00:37:03,445 --> 00:37:05,488
He's, actually,
become a dear friend.
515
00:37:05,489 --> 00:37:07,107
You'll meet him, I hope.
516
00:37:07,866 --> 00:37:10,110
So. You've talked to Kovacs?
517
00:37:10,327 --> 00:37:11,786
I saw him last night in secret.
518
00:37:11,787 --> 00:37:14,268
He made me take an oath on a
Bible I wouldn't tell a soul.
519
00:37:14,331 --> 00:37:16,749
- You're supposed to also.
- I'll do that later.
520
00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:19,502
- He suspects you're innocent.
- Of course he does.
521
00:37:19,503 --> 00:37:21,538
What's the charge?
522
00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:25,800
In the small hours of the
evening of 19 October,
523
00:37:25,801 --> 00:37:29,012
an individual well-known to the house
and staff, a Monsieur Gustave H,
524
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:32,473
did arrive at the Desgoffe
und Taxis residence in Lutz
525
00:37:32,474 --> 00:37:35,018
and entered by the
rear service alley,
526
00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:36,678
alerting no one to his presence,
527
00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:40,648
and did then proceed by way of
back stairs and servants' passage,
528
00:37:40,649 --> 00:37:43,067
to deliver himself into the
private chambers of Madame D.
529
00:37:43,068 --> 00:37:45,862
There is no evidence to
indicate whether this visit
530
00:37:45,863 --> 00:37:48,615
had been pre-arranged
with her or not.
531
00:37:48,616 --> 00:37:53,703
The next morning Madame D was found
dead by strychnine poisoning.
532
00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:55,955
Monsieur Gustave was not
observed on the premises again
533
00:37:55,956 --> 00:37:59,284
until, of course, 24 hours later.
534
00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:04,206
The identity of his accusers is made
clear in this notarized deposition.
535
00:38:04,381 --> 00:38:07,884
They include, essentially, all
members of the extended family,
536
00:38:07,885 --> 00:38:12,805
but the key witness who actually
ostensibly saw the alleged events
537
00:38:12,806 --> 00:38:15,683
appears to have fled
the jurisdiction.
538
00:38:15,684 --> 00:38:17,560
His whereabouts are
currently unknown,
539
00:38:17,561 --> 00:38:20,264
but he's being sought and pursued
by the relevant authorities.
540
00:38:20,439 --> 00:38:22,724
Who is he?
541
00:38:26,612 --> 00:38:28,897
- Serge?
- I'm afraid so.
542
00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:31,316
That little prick.
543
00:38:31,450 --> 00:38:33,735
No, I don't believe it.
They put him up to it.
544
00:38:33,744 --> 00:38:35,995
I've been dropped into
a nest of vipers.
545
00:38:35,996 --> 00:38:37,197
You have an alibi?
546
00:38:37,373 --> 00:38:39,666
Of course, but she's married
to the Duke of Westphalia.
547
00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:42,543
I can't allow her name to get
mixed-up in all this monkey business.
548
00:38:42,544 --> 00:38:46,547
- Your life may be at stake.
- I know, but the bitch legged it.
549
00:38:46,548 --> 00:38:50,335
She's already onboard the Queen
Nasstasja halfway to Dutch Tanganyika.
550
00:38:52,763 --> 00:38:54,173
Don't give up.
551
00:38:59,812 --> 00:39:01,638
The details of the conspiracy,
552
00:39:02,731 --> 00:39:04,983
now a matter of public record,
553
00:39:04,984 --> 00:39:08,270
were, at that time, impossible
for us to apprehend.
554
00:39:25,588 --> 00:39:27,171
I'm looking for Serge X,
555
00:39:27,172 --> 00:39:30,250
a young man in the
service of my employer,
556
00:39:30,426 --> 00:39:34,046
the family Desgoffe und
Taxis of Schloss Lutz.
557
00:39:35,514 --> 00:39:37,174
- Yes, sir?
- You're his sister?
558
00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:39,843
- Yes, sir.
- Seen him lately?
559
00:39:40,811 --> 00:39:43,096
- No, sir.
- No, sir?
560
00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:45,182
No, sir.
561
00:39:48,485 --> 00:39:51,313
I need to find him right
away, for his own safety
562
00:39:51,488 --> 00:39:53,107
and everybody else's.
563
00:39:53,115 --> 00:39:55,992
If he shows up...
564
00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:58,987
- Yes, sir?
- Tell him Jopling says,
565
00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:01,406
"Come home."
566
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:06,161
But one thing was certain,
567
00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:11,875
the Desgoffe und Taxis were
a very powerful family,
568
00:40:15,804 --> 00:40:18,173
and time was not on our side.
569
00:40:25,981 --> 00:40:29,017
A letter from
Monsieur Gustave. Zero.
570
00:40:29,735 --> 00:40:31,937
- You want me to?
- Read it.
571
00:40:37,618 --> 00:40:39,744
"My dear and trusted colleagues..."
572
00:40:39,745 --> 00:40:41,955
I miss you deeply as I
write from the confines
573
00:40:41,956 --> 00:40:45,124
of my regrettable and
preposterous incarceration.
574
00:40:45,125 --> 00:40:47,411
Until I walk amongst you
again as a free man,
575
00:40:47,544 --> 00:40:50,038
the Grand Budapest
remains in your hands,
576
00:40:50,047 --> 00:40:52,374
as does its impeccable reputation.
577
00:40:52,549 --> 00:40:54,717
Keep it spotless and glorify it.
578
00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:57,136
Take extra special care of
every little-bitty bit of it
579
00:40:57,137 --> 00:40:59,423
as if I were watching
over you like a hawk
580
00:40:59,556 --> 00:41:03,101
with a horse whip in its
talons, because I am.
581
00:41:03,102 --> 00:41:06,346
Should I discover a lapse of
any variety during my absence,
582
00:41:06,522 --> 00:41:10,191
I promise, swift and merciless
justice will descend upon you.
583
00:41:10,192 --> 00:41:14,354
A great and noble house has been
placed under your protection.
584
00:41:14,530 --> 00:41:17,198
Tell Zero if you see
any funny business.
585
00:41:17,199 --> 00:41:19,485
"Your devoted Monsieur Gustave."
586
00:41:19,660 --> 00:41:22,036
Then there's a poem, but we
might want to start on the soup
587
00:41:22,037 --> 00:41:24,706
since it's 46 stanzas.
588
00:41:24,707 --> 00:41:28,494
"A moist, black ash dampens the
filth of a dung-dark rat's nest
589
00:41:28,669 --> 00:41:30,920
"and mingles with the
thick scent of wood rot
590
00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:32,922
"while the lark song
of a guttersnipe..."
591
00:41:32,923 --> 00:41:35,300
I never trusted that butler.
592
00:41:35,301 --> 00:41:39,178
- He's too honest.
- Too honest, you say?
593
00:41:39,179 --> 00:41:43,842
Right, well, be that as it may,
find him quick and make it snappy.
594
00:41:59,867 --> 00:42:02,528
May I offer any of you
inmates a plate of mush?
595
00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:06,490
No? Anyone?
596
00:42:06,665 --> 00:42:09,076
You with the very large
scar on your face?
597
00:42:18,177 --> 00:42:21,220
Try it. It's actually quite warm
and nourishing this morning.
598
00:42:21,221 --> 00:42:22,464
It needs a dash of salt.
599
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:33,016
Good day.
600
00:42:37,696 --> 00:42:39,898
Mush, gents? Any takers?
601
00:42:43,786 --> 00:42:45,404
Suit yourselves.
602
00:42:50,876 --> 00:42:52,619
Rise and shine. Chop, chop.
603
00:42:54,046 --> 00:42:55,414
Good morning, Pinky.
604
00:43:01,053 --> 00:43:03,888
- Mendl's again?
- Precisely.
605
00:43:03,889 --> 00:43:06,091
Who's got the throat slitter?
606
00:43:11,397 --> 00:43:14,516
- Out of this world.
- Mendl's is the best.
607
00:43:14,692 --> 00:43:16,977
- Well, back to work.
- Monsieur Gustave?
608
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:21,982
Yes?
609
00:43:25,411 --> 00:43:28,030
Me and the boys talked it over.
610
00:43:28,038 --> 00:43:30,616
We think you're a
really straight fellow.
611
00:43:30,749 --> 00:43:33,076
Well, I've never been
accused of that before,
612
00:43:33,085 --> 00:43:35,211
but I appreciate the sentiment.
613
00:43:35,212 --> 00:43:36,914
You're one of us now.
614
00:43:37,923 --> 00:43:40,083
What a lovely thing to say.
615
00:43:40,092 --> 00:43:42,135
Thank you, dear Pinky.
Thank you, Günther.
616
00:43:42,136 --> 00:43:43,845
Thank you, Wolf.
617
00:43:43,846 --> 00:43:46,048
Anything else?
618
00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:48,967
Tell him, Ludwig.
619
00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:54,105
Checkpoint 19 ain't
no two-bit hoosegow.
620
00:43:54,106 --> 00:43:57,518
You got broad-gauge iron bars
on every door, vent and window.
621
00:43:57,693 --> 00:44:01,321
You got 72 guards on the floor
and 16 more in the towers.
622
00:44:01,322 --> 00:44:05,943
You got a 325-foot drop into
a moat full of crocodiles.
623
00:44:05,951 --> 00:44:08,077
But, like the best of them,
it's got a soft spot,
624
00:44:08,078 --> 00:44:10,038
which in this case
happens to take the form
625
00:44:10,039 --> 00:44:12,290
of a storm-drain sewer system
626
00:44:12,291 --> 00:44:14,910
dating from the time of the
original rock fortification
627
00:44:14,919 --> 00:44:17,128
way back in the Middle Ages.
628
00:44:17,129 --> 00:44:20,340
Now, nobody's saying it's a stroll
down a tree-lined promenade
629
00:44:20,341 --> 00:44:22,300
with a fine lady and
a white poodle,
630
00:44:22,301 --> 00:44:26,179
but it's got what you'd
call "vulnerability,"
631
00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:29,133
and that's our bread and butter.
632
00:44:29,808 --> 00:44:32,136
Take a look.
633
00:44:33,103 --> 00:44:34,555
Who drew this?
634
00:44:34,730 --> 00:44:36,981
What do you mean,
"Who drew this?" I did.
635
00:44:36,982 --> 00:44:39,192
Very good. You've got a
wonderful line, Ludwig.
636
00:44:39,193 --> 00:44:41,110
This shows great artistic promise.
637
00:44:41,111 --> 00:44:44,606
Question, how do you intend to
penetrate this lowest rudiment?
638
00:44:44,782 --> 00:44:47,367
It's 25 inches of reinforced
granite masonry, is it not?
639
00:44:47,368 --> 00:44:49,319
Digging with the throat-slitter,
640
00:44:49,328 --> 00:44:52,163
I expect this would take three to
six months of continual effort,
641
00:44:52,164 --> 00:44:53,949
during which time
several of our members
642
00:44:53,958 --> 00:44:55,458
will have been violently executed.
643
00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:58,086
You hit the nail on the
head, Mr. Gustave.
644
00:44:58,087 --> 00:45:00,922
We got fake documents,
second-hand street clothes,
645
00:45:00,923 --> 00:45:03,383
a rope ladder made of
sticks and bunk-linens,
646
00:45:03,384 --> 00:45:05,468
but we need digging tools,
647
00:45:05,469 --> 00:45:08,630
which are proving hard to
come by in this flop-house.
648
00:45:22,945 --> 00:45:24,529
At this point in the story,
649
00:45:24,530 --> 00:45:28,366
the old man fell silent and
pushed away his saddle of lamb.
650
00:45:28,367 --> 00:45:31,411
His eyes went blank as two stones.
651
00:45:31,412 --> 00:45:33,614
I could see he was in distress.
652
00:45:33,789 --> 00:45:36,374
- Are you ill, Mr. Moustafa?
- I finally asked.
653
00:45:36,375 --> 00:45:38,994
- Oh, dear me, no.
- He said.
654
00:45:39,003 --> 00:45:41,538
It's only that I don't
know how to proceed.
655
00:45:42,506 --> 00:45:45,008
He was crying.
656
00:45:45,009 --> 00:45:46,551
You see, I never speak of Agatha,
657
00:45:46,552 --> 00:45:50,388
because even at the
thought of her name
658
00:45:50,389 --> 00:45:53,383
I'm unable to control my emotions.
659
00:45:56,270 --> 00:45:58,680
Well, I suppose there's
no way around it.
660
00:45:59,898 --> 00:46:02,351
You see, she saved us.
661
00:46:02,401 --> 00:46:04,444
On our third formal rendezvous,
662
00:46:04,445 --> 00:46:07,439
I had asked for her hand in
marriage and she had agreed.
663
00:46:07,448 --> 00:46:09,650
- Will you marry me?
- Yes.
664
00:46:11,285 --> 00:46:14,370
We did not have 50 Klubecks
between the two of us.
665
00:46:14,371 --> 00:46:17,783
No one knew, of course, but,
then, who would have cared?
666
00:46:17,917 --> 00:46:20,702
We were each completely
on our own in the world,
667
00:46:21,837 --> 00:46:24,039
and we were deeply in love.
668
00:46:32,473 --> 00:46:34,515
- Here.
- Thank you.
669
00:46:34,516 --> 00:46:36,559
- It's a book.
- I see.
670
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,311
Romantic Poetry, Volume One.
671
00:46:38,312 --> 00:46:40,939
Monsieur Gustave recommended it.
I have a copy of my own as well.
672
00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:45,185
- I ruined the surprise, I suppose.
- I'll go ahead and open it, anyway.
673
00:46:48,364 --> 00:46:50,566
Read the inscription.
674
00:47:08,968 --> 00:47:10,218
Monsieur Gustave insisted
675
00:47:10,219 --> 00:47:12,595
on an immediate and thorough
cross-examination...
676
00:47:12,596 --> 00:47:15,473
She's charming. She's so charming.
677
00:47:15,474 --> 00:47:18,184
during which he presented
Agatha with a porcelain pendant
678
00:47:18,185 --> 00:47:21,305
and five dozen individually
tissue-wrapped white tulips
679
00:47:21,313 --> 00:47:23,564
in a box the size of
a child's coffin.
680
00:47:23,565 --> 00:47:26,484
- It's not right.
- I beg your pardon?
681
00:47:26,485 --> 00:47:27,811
Why is he sulking?
682
00:47:27,987 --> 00:47:30,071
She's my girlfriend.
You can't just buy her things.
683
00:47:30,072 --> 00:47:33,491
I'm only interviewing this vision
of loveliness on your behalf.
684
00:47:33,492 --> 00:47:36,327
Never be jealous in this life,
Zero, not even for an instant.
685
00:47:36,328 --> 00:47:38,155
Is he flirting with you?
686
00:47:39,206 --> 00:47:42,493
- Yes.
- I approve of this union.
687
00:47:42,501 --> 00:47:45,253
Agatha, my beauty,
return to your beloved.
688
00:47:45,254 --> 00:47:46,671
Soon we learned...
689
00:47:46,672 --> 00:47:48,590
Blessings upon you both.
690
00:47:48,591 --> 00:47:50,542
not only was Agatha
immensely skilled
691
00:47:50,551 --> 00:47:53,303
with a palette knife and a
butter-cream flourish...
692
00:47:53,304 --> 00:47:55,506
- Mendl.
- Go.
693
00:47:56,432 --> 00:47:58,634
she was also very brave.
694
00:48:03,022 --> 00:48:05,307
I believe she was born that way.
695
00:48:24,418 --> 00:48:26,586
Something's missing.
696
00:48:26,587 --> 00:48:31,341
A crucial document, either misplaced
or, conceivably, destroyed.
697
00:48:31,342 --> 00:48:34,022
I don't know what it contains,
I don't know what it represents,
698
00:48:34,094 --> 00:48:35,587
I don't know what it is,
699
00:48:35,596 --> 00:48:38,882
but there are traces and
shadows of it everywhere.
700
00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:40,767
Now, I don't want to alarm you,
701
00:48:40,768 --> 00:48:42,685
and I don't expect to see
any significant change
702
00:48:42,686 --> 00:48:45,889
in the magistrate's ultimate decision
vis-a-vis your own inheritance,
703
00:48:46,065 --> 00:48:49,893
but, especially given the
circumstances of the death,
704
00:48:50,069 --> 00:48:54,614
as well as the disappearance of the key
witness in the murder case, Serge X,
705
00:48:54,615 --> 00:48:56,491
I suggest that we immediately
bring this matter
706
00:48:56,492 --> 00:48:58,861
to the attention of the
municipal inspector
707
00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:00,916
so that there can be
absolutely no question
708
00:49:00,996 --> 00:49:03,456
of impropriety at any future date.
709
00:49:03,457 --> 00:49:05,451
- Agreed?
- Not agreed.
710
00:49:07,127 --> 00:49:09,413
- Not agreed?
- Not agreed.
711
00:49:11,799 --> 00:49:15,343
- Can I ask you a question, Vilmos?
- Yes, Dmitri?
712
00:49:15,344 --> 00:49:18,263
- Who are you working for?
- I beg your pardon?
713
00:49:18,264 --> 00:49:22,225
Who are you working for? I thought
you're supposed to be our lawyer.
714
00:49:22,226 --> 00:49:25,687
Well, in point of fact, I'm
the executor of the estate.
715
00:49:25,688 --> 00:49:29,975
In this particular situation,
I represent the deceased.
716
00:49:30,150 --> 00:49:31,276
Oh, yeah?
717
00:49:31,277 --> 00:49:34,237
Yeah. A provision for my fees
was included in the...
718
00:49:34,238 --> 00:49:39,276
Just wrap it up and don't
make waves. Agreed?
719
00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:45,324
I'm an attorney. I'm obligated to
proceed according to the rule of law.
720
00:49:46,417 --> 00:49:47,701
Not agreed.
721
00:49:54,174 --> 00:49:56,418
This stinks, sisters.
722
00:49:59,597 --> 00:50:01,840
Did he just throw my
cat out the window?
723
00:50:03,058 --> 00:50:04,767
I don't think so.
724
00:50:04,768 --> 00:50:05,969
- No. Did he?
- Jopling?
725
00:50:32,755 --> 00:50:34,957
Okay.
726
00:50:45,392 --> 00:50:48,387
There's something I
haven't told you, Agatha.
727
00:50:48,395 --> 00:50:49,729
- Okay.
- We stole a painting.
728
00:50:49,730 --> 00:50:52,523
It's very valuable, maybe five
million Klubecks, in fact.
729
00:50:52,524 --> 00:50:54,567
I don't know if anyone's even
noticed it's missing yet,
730
00:50:54,568 --> 00:50:56,402
but if something
should happen to me...
731
00:50:56,403 --> 00:50:58,021
You steal art?
732
00:50:58,906 --> 00:51:02,283
One picture. Anyway, we need to
make a plan for your survival.
733
00:51:02,284 --> 00:51:05,286
Hide this. It's in code and you might
need a magnifying glass to read it,
734
00:51:05,287 --> 00:51:07,664
but it tells you exactly where
and how to find Boy with Apple.
735
00:51:07,665 --> 00:51:09,874
Don't take less than half the
retail asking price. Also...
736
00:51:09,875 --> 00:51:12,794
- Zero, I'm a baker.
- You're a pastry chef.
737
00:51:12,795 --> 00:51:14,879
I'm not a fence,
if that's the term.
738
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:16,999
I don't trade in stolen property.
739
00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:20,377
I said it wrong.
She willed it to him.
740
00:51:29,353 --> 00:51:31,555
Go to sleep.
741
00:51:31,897 --> 00:51:33,974
Yes, Herr Mendl.
742
00:51:36,569 --> 00:51:38,528
- Hide this.
- No.
743
00:51:38,529 --> 00:51:40,731
Okay, but take it anyway.
744
00:55:06,570 --> 00:55:09,906
The next morning, Herr
Becker received a peculiar,
745
00:55:09,907 --> 00:55:12,860
last-minute notice from the
office of Deputy Kovacs,
746
00:55:12,868 --> 00:55:17,656
postponing their scheduled
meeting, in perpetuity.
747
00:55:47,528 --> 00:55:49,730
Let's blow.
748
00:56:59,141 --> 00:57:02,018
- How did you get out there?
- Shut the fuck up.
749
00:57:02,019 --> 00:57:04,896
These guys are trying to escape.
750
00:57:04,897 --> 00:57:06,814
What's wrong with you,
you goddamn snitch?
751
00:57:06,815 --> 00:57:09,017
Guard! Guard!
752
00:57:16,075 --> 00:57:19,862
It's you. Thank you.
Thank you, you sweet, kind man.
753
00:57:49,525 --> 00:57:51,727
Okay.
754
00:59:05,392 --> 00:59:08,303
I suppose you'd call that a draw.
755
00:59:17,196 --> 00:59:19,398
Good evening.
756
00:59:27,414 --> 00:59:31,292
Let me introduce you. Pinky, Wolf,
Ludwig, this is the divine Zero.
757
00:59:31,293 --> 00:59:33,336
Günther was slain in the catacombs.
758
00:59:33,337 --> 00:59:36,331
Well, boys, who knows when we'll
all meet again, but if one day...
759
00:59:36,340 --> 00:59:37,583
Hold it.
760
00:59:40,386 --> 00:59:43,088
No time to gab.
761
00:59:43,097 --> 00:59:45,591
Take care of yourself, Mr. Gustave.
762
00:59:45,724 --> 00:59:47,926
Good luck, kid.
763
00:59:51,230 --> 00:59:54,399
- Which way to the safe house?
- I couldn't find one.
764
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:57,644
No safe house? Really? We're
completely on our own out here?
765
00:59:57,778 --> 01:00:01,106
I'm afraid so.
I asked around, but...
766
01:00:01,115 --> 01:00:04,109
I understand. Too risky. We'll
just have to wing it, I suppose.
767
01:00:04,118 --> 01:00:06,612
Let's put on our disguises.
768
01:00:06,745 --> 01:00:09,038
- We're wearing them.
- No, we're not.
769
01:00:09,039 --> 01:00:11,617
We said false whiskers and
fake noses and so on.
770
01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:14,335
- You didn't bring any?
- I thought you were growing one.
771
01:00:14,336 --> 01:00:17,422
And it wouldn't look
realistic, would it?
772
01:00:17,423 --> 01:00:19,924
No, when done properly,
they're perfectly convincing.
773
01:00:19,925 --> 01:00:22,051
But I take your point. So be it.
774
01:00:22,052 --> 01:00:24,630
Give me a few squirts of L'air
de Panache, please, will you?
775
01:00:26,181 --> 01:00:29,635
- Can I not get a squirt, even?
- I forgot the L'air de Panache.
776
01:00:29,810 --> 01:00:32,437
Honestly, you forgot
the L'air de Panache?
777
01:00:32,438 --> 01:00:35,599
I don't believe it. How could you?
778
01:00:35,774 --> 01:00:38,902
I've been in jail, Zero! Do you
understand how humiliating this is?
779
01:00:38,903 --> 01:00:41,105
I smell.
780
01:00:42,907 --> 01:00:45,025
That's just marvelous, isn't it?
781
01:00:45,034 --> 01:00:48,953
I suppose this is to be expected back
in... Where do you come from again?
782
01:00:48,954 --> 01:00:50,572
- Aq Salim al-Jabat.
- Precisely.
783
01:00:50,748 --> 01:00:53,333
I suppose this is to be expected
back in Aq Salim al-Jabat
784
01:00:53,334 --> 01:00:54,918
where one's prized possessions
785
01:00:54,919 --> 01:00:56,961
are a stack of filthy carpets
and a starving goat,
786
01:00:56,962 --> 01:01:00,965
and one sleeps behind a tent flap and
survives on wild dates and scarabs.
787
01:01:00,966 --> 01:01:03,585
But it's not how I trained you.
788
01:01:03,761 --> 01:01:05,345
What on God's earth
possessed you to leave
789
01:01:05,346 --> 01:01:06,930
the homeland where
you obviously belong
790
01:01:06,931 --> 01:01:10,050
and travel unspeakable distances
to become a penniless immigrant
791
01:01:10,059 --> 01:01:12,177
in a refined,
highly-cultivated society
792
01:01:12,186 --> 01:01:15,389
that, quite frankly, could've
gotten along very well without you?
793
01:01:16,106 --> 01:01:17,307
The war.
794
01:01:18,234 --> 01:01:19,685
Say again?
795
01:01:19,818 --> 01:01:22,062
Well, you see, my
father was murdered
796
01:01:22,071 --> 01:01:24,731
and the rest of my family were
executed by firing squad.
797
01:01:24,949 --> 01:01:26,449
Our village was
burned to the ground
798
01:01:26,450 --> 01:01:29,953
and those who managed to
survive were forced to flee.
799
01:01:29,954 --> 01:01:32,030
I left because of the war.
800
01:01:32,790 --> 01:01:36,577
I see. So you're, actually, really
more of a refugee, in that sense?
801
01:01:37,503 --> 01:01:38,704
Truly.
802
01:01:38,837 --> 01:01:42,624
Well, I suppose I'd better take
back everything I just said.
803
01:01:43,801 --> 01:01:47,087
What a bloody idiot I am.
Pathetic fool.
804
01:01:47,096 --> 01:01:49,347
Goddamn, selfish bastard.
805
01:01:49,348 --> 01:01:52,593
This is disgraceful, and it's beneath
the standards of the Grand Budapest.
806
01:01:54,144 --> 01:01:56,354
I apologize on behalf of the hotel.
807
01:01:56,355 --> 01:01:58,982
It's not your fault. You were
just upset I forgot the perfume.
808
01:01:58,983 --> 01:02:03,152
Don't make excuses for me.
I owe you my life.
809
01:02:03,153 --> 01:02:07,232
You are my dear friend and protégé
and I'm very proud of you.
810
01:02:07,241 --> 01:02:09,651
You must know that.
811
01:02:09,827 --> 01:02:12,029
I'm so sorry, Zero.
812
01:02:13,289 --> 01:02:15,491
We're brothers.
813
01:02:23,424 --> 01:02:25,626
How's our darling Agatha?
814
01:02:28,012 --> 01:02:31,389
"'Twas first light when I saw
her face upon the heath,
815
01:02:31,390 --> 01:02:34,259
"and hence did I return,
day-by-day, entranced,
816
01:02:34,268 --> 01:02:37,312
"tho' vinegar did brine
my heart, never..."
817
01:02:37,313 --> 01:02:40,189
Very good. I'm going to stop you
there because the alarm has sounded,
818
01:02:40,190 --> 01:02:43,769
but remember where we left off
because I insist you finish later.
819
01:03:01,587 --> 01:03:04,547
I want roadblocks at
every junction for 50km.
820
01:03:04,548 --> 01:03:07,501
I want rail blocks at every
train station for 100km.
821
01:03:07,551 --> 01:03:10,553
I want 50 men and 10 bloodhounds
ready in five minutes.
822
01:03:10,554 --> 01:03:14,057
We're going to strip-search every
pretzel-Haus, Waffel-hut, Biergarten
823
01:03:14,058 --> 01:03:18,095
and especially every grand hotel
from Augenzburg to Zilchbrock.
824
01:03:18,145 --> 01:03:20,264
These men are dangerous,
professional criminals.
825
01:03:20,272 --> 01:03:22,482
At least three of them are anyway.
826
01:03:22,483 --> 01:03:23,684
Who are you?
827
01:03:26,028 --> 01:03:28,814
What are you doing here? Civilian personnel
aren't permitted in the cellblock.
828
01:03:28,906 --> 01:03:32,075
- This is a military investigation.
- This is Mr. Jopling, sir.
829
01:03:32,076 --> 01:03:34,369
His employer's mother
was one of the victims...
830
01:03:34,370 --> 01:03:36,822
Shut up.
831
01:03:37,623 --> 01:03:40,250
You work for the family
Desgoffe und Taxis?
832
01:03:40,251 --> 01:03:44,379
Are you aware of the murder of Deputy
Vilmos Kovacs on 23rd October?
833
01:03:44,380 --> 01:03:46,832
I'm aware of his disappearance.
834
01:03:47,049 --> 01:03:49,592
His body was found stuffed in a
sarcophagus behind a storage room
835
01:03:49,593 --> 01:03:51,420
at the Kunstmuseum late last night.
836
01:03:51,428 --> 01:03:54,264
He was short four fingers.
837
01:03:54,265 --> 01:03:57,217
- What do you know about that?
- Nothing.
838
01:03:58,519 --> 01:04:00,721
Escort Mr. Jopling
off the premises.
839
01:04:11,115 --> 01:04:13,317
Mendl's.
840
01:04:17,955 --> 01:04:20,290
Operator, get me the Excelsior
Palace in Baden-Jurgen
841
01:04:20,291 --> 01:04:21,909
and reverse the charges, please.
842
01:04:22,084 --> 01:04:24,127
We've no choice.
There's nowhere else to turn.
843
01:04:24,128 --> 01:04:25,503
I'll hold. Thank you.
844
01:04:25,504 --> 01:04:28,423
It's our only hope. Otherwise, I shouldn't
even mention its existence to you.
845
01:04:28,424 --> 01:04:31,426
It goes without saying, never breathe
a word about this to a living soul.
846
01:04:31,427 --> 01:04:33,386
- Do you swear?
- Of course. What is it, in fact?
847
01:04:33,387 --> 01:04:34,671
I can't say.
848
01:04:37,224 --> 01:04:39,218
How does one come by
front-row aisle seats
849
01:04:39,226 --> 01:04:42,562
for a first night at the Opera
Toscana with one day's notice?
850
01:04:42,563 --> 01:04:44,348
How does one arrange
a private viewing
851
01:04:44,356 --> 01:04:47,317
of the tapestry collection
at the Royal Saxon Gallery?
852
01:04:47,318 --> 01:04:49,319
How does one secure a corner table
853
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:51,571
at Chez Dominique on a Thursday?
854
01:04:51,572 --> 01:04:54,157
Ivan, darling, it's Gustave. Hello.
855
01:04:54,158 --> 01:04:56,360
Well, I was until about
five minutes ago.
856
01:04:56,368 --> 01:04:59,579
We've taken it upon ourselves to clear
out in a hurry if you see what I mean.
857
01:04:59,580 --> 01:05:02,332
Well, through a sewer,
as it happens. Exactly.
858
01:05:02,333 --> 01:05:05,168
Listen, Ivan, I'm sorry to cut you
off, but we're in a bit of a bind.
859
01:05:05,169 --> 01:05:06,912
This is an official request.
860
01:05:07,046 --> 01:05:10,374
I'm formally calling upon
the special services of...
861
01:05:15,387 --> 01:05:16,922
I'll call you back, Gustave.
862
01:05:17,139 --> 01:05:19,258
Right. Stand by.
863
01:05:19,266 --> 01:05:22,560
I beg your pardon.
Do you prefer to walk?
864
01:05:22,561 --> 01:05:24,680
We're right here. It's very simple.
865
01:05:24,688 --> 01:05:26,890
Straight down the
corniche, then left.
866
01:05:27,024 --> 01:05:29,226
Jojo, see the gentleman out.
867
01:05:31,737 --> 01:05:34,398
Get me Monsieur Georges at
the Château Luxe, please.
868
01:05:36,033 --> 01:05:39,535
Happy birthday to you
869
01:05:39,536 --> 01:05:40,620
Take over.
870
01:05:40,621 --> 01:05:42,330
Happy birthday, dear...
871
01:05:42,331 --> 01:05:43,699
Hello, Ivan?
872
01:05:45,626 --> 01:05:47,703
Got it.
873
01:05:47,711 --> 01:05:50,706
Get me Monsieur Dino at the
Palazzo Principessa, please.
874
01:05:52,299 --> 01:05:54,835
Higher, goddammit, higher!
875
01:05:56,512 --> 01:05:58,388
Take over.
876
01:05:58,389 --> 01:06:00,223
- Monsieur Georges.
- Higher.
877
01:06:00,224 --> 01:06:02,551
I see. Straightaway.
878
01:06:03,769 --> 01:06:06,555
Get me Monsieur Robin at
l'Hotel Cote du Cap, please.
879
01:06:08,190 --> 01:06:10,309
and two and three.
880
01:06:11,318 --> 01:06:14,362
Monsieur Robin. There's a call
from Monsieur Dino for you.
881
01:06:14,363 --> 01:06:16,565
Take over.
882
01:06:17,658 --> 01:06:20,618
- One, two, three.
- Yes, Dino.
883
01:06:20,619 --> 01:06:24,239
Yes, Dino. Okay, Dino.
884
01:06:25,666 --> 01:06:28,535
Get me Monsieur Martin at
the Ritz Imperial, please.
885
01:06:30,129 --> 01:06:32,039
Too much salt.
886
01:06:32,131 --> 01:06:35,250
Not enough pepper.
887
01:06:35,259 --> 01:06:37,461
Take over.
888
01:06:39,305 --> 01:06:41,514
- Robin? Martin.
- Too much salt.
889
01:06:41,515 --> 01:06:43,717
So I've heard.
890
01:06:44,810 --> 01:06:47,971
Maybe. Let me make a few calls.
891
01:06:52,818 --> 01:06:55,570
Serge X, missing.
Deputy Kovacs, also missing.
892
01:06:55,571 --> 01:06:58,573
Madame D, dead. Boy with
Apple, stolen, by us.
893
01:06:58,574 --> 01:07:01,326
Dmitri and Jopling, ruthless,
cold-blooded savages.
894
01:07:01,327 --> 01:07:04,662
Gustave H, at large. What else?
895
01:07:04,663 --> 01:07:07,582
- Zero, confused.
- Zero, confused, indeed.
896
01:07:07,583 --> 01:07:09,910
The plot "thickens," as they say.
897
01:07:10,127 --> 01:07:12,788
Why, by the way?
Is it a soup metaphor?
898
01:07:12,796 --> 01:07:14,998
I don't know.
899
01:07:19,678 --> 01:07:21,547
Get in.
900
01:07:23,682 --> 01:07:25,300
We found the butler.
901
01:07:25,309 --> 01:07:28,311
He's hiding out in the remote
foothills near Gabelmeister's Peak.
902
01:07:28,312 --> 01:07:30,563
Our contact convinced him
to meet you midday tomorrow
903
01:07:30,564 --> 01:07:32,085
at the observatory on the summit.
904
01:07:32,191 --> 01:07:34,643
Tell no one.
He'll explain everything.
905
01:07:34,693 --> 01:07:36,861
Your train departs in
four and a half minutes.
906
01:07:36,862 --> 01:07:38,571
Here's your tickets.
907
01:07:38,572 --> 01:07:40,941
- Third class?
- It was overbooked
908
01:07:41,158 --> 01:07:44,744
but the conductor used to be a
sommelier at the old Versailles.
909
01:07:44,745 --> 01:07:46,071
He pulled some strings.
910
01:07:46,330 --> 01:07:48,532
You'll need these
for the dining car.
911
01:07:51,210 --> 01:07:53,412
One last thing.
912
01:07:54,755 --> 01:07:56,957
L'air de Panache.
913
01:07:59,385 --> 01:08:01,712
They only had the half-ounce.
914
01:08:05,724 --> 01:08:07,892
We should give him something
as a symbolic gesture.
915
01:08:07,893 --> 01:08:10,478
- How much money you got?
- 42 Klubecks and 3 postage stamps.
916
01:08:10,479 --> 01:08:12,681
Give me 25. Yes.
917
01:08:16,235 --> 01:08:19,354
- Bless you.
- Please.
918
01:08:35,921 --> 01:08:37,672
- I've got to hand it to him.
- Jesus Christ.
919
01:08:37,673 --> 01:08:41,676
I didn't see that coming.
Well, what do you want next?
920
01:08:41,677 --> 01:08:47,132
Talk to the club-footed sister again,
and, this time, be persuasive.
921
01:08:54,273 --> 01:08:57,101
Goddamn son of a bitch.
922
01:09:20,549 --> 01:09:22,751
Holy fuck!
923
01:09:26,805 --> 01:09:29,849
What's the meaning of this shit?
924
01:09:29,850 --> 01:09:31,643
Boy with Apple? I thought
you'd hidden it.
925
01:09:31,644 --> 01:09:34,221
- Why are you only noticing now?
- I assumed it went to the tax appraiser.
926
01:09:34,396 --> 01:09:38,608
Are you fucking kidding me?
927
01:09:38,609 --> 01:09:41,645
I believe it was removed
by Monsieur Gustave.
928
01:09:49,328 --> 01:09:50,612
I'm not angry with Serge.
929
01:09:50,621 --> 01:09:53,198
You can't blame someone for their
basic lack of moral fiber.
930
01:09:53,332 --> 01:09:55,492
He's a frightened, little,
yellow-bellied coward.
931
01:09:55,501 --> 01:09:57,669
- It's not his fault, is it?
- I don't know. It depends.
932
01:09:57,670 --> 01:09:59,379
Well, you can say that
about most anything.
933
01:09:59,380 --> 01:10:00,880
"It depends." Of course it depends.
934
01:10:00,881 --> 01:10:02,674
Of course it depends.
Of course it depends.
935
01:10:02,675 --> 01:10:04,960
Yes, I suppose you're right.
Of course it depends.
936
01:10:04,969 --> 01:10:08,714
That doesn't mean I'm not going
to throttle the little swamp rat.
937
01:10:10,891 --> 01:10:15,512
May I officiate, by the way?
The ceremony?
938
01:10:15,521 --> 01:10:16,646
With pleasure.
939
01:10:16,647 --> 01:10:19,524
I must say, I find that
girl utterly delightful.
940
01:10:19,525 --> 01:10:21,143
Flat as a board, enormous birthmark
941
01:10:21,318 --> 01:10:23,103
the shape of Mexico
over half her face,
942
01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:25,530
sweating for hours on end
in that sweltering kitchen
943
01:10:25,531 --> 01:10:27,031
while Mendl, genius though he is,
944
01:10:27,032 --> 01:10:28,859
looms over her like
a hulking gorilla.
945
01:10:28,867 --> 01:10:31,195
Yet without question, without fail,
946
01:10:31,370 --> 01:10:34,664
always and invariably,
she's exceedingly lovely.
947
01:10:34,665 --> 01:10:36,116
Why?
948
01:10:36,333 --> 01:10:38,994
Because of her purity.
949
01:10:40,879 --> 01:10:43,290
She admires you as well,
Monsieur Gustave.
950
01:10:43,382 --> 01:10:46,168
- Does she?
- Very much.
951
01:10:46,385 --> 01:10:50,214
That's a good sign, you know.
It means she "gets it."
952
01:10:50,389 --> 01:10:52,591
That's important.
953
01:10:54,727 --> 01:10:56,929
Don't flirt with her.
954
01:11:42,650 --> 01:11:46,110
A radio telegram was delivered and
signed for by the girl at 4:00 AM.
955
01:11:46,111 --> 01:11:49,064
The envelope was found near the body,
but its contents were missing.
956
01:11:49,657 --> 01:11:52,951
However, the telegraph office always keeps
a carbon of the ticker tape for 24 hours.
957
01:11:52,952 --> 01:11:55,320
I copied it down.
It reads as follows,
958
01:11:56,121 --> 01:11:57,656
"Pack your things stop.
959
01:11:57,665 --> 01:11:59,874
"Be ready to leave at
moment's notice stop.
960
01:11:59,875 --> 01:12:02,627
"Hide-out is vicinity of
Gabelmeister's Peak stop.
961
01:12:02,628 --> 01:12:05,164
"Destroy this message
all my love full stop."
962
01:12:06,006 --> 01:12:08,041
Where's the basket?
963
01:12:33,117 --> 01:12:35,319
Where you headed, mister?
964
01:12:38,872 --> 01:12:41,325
Skiing? Sledding?
Mountain climbing?
965
01:12:50,926 --> 01:12:53,086
Three Klubecks.
966
01:13:03,022 --> 01:13:05,015
By express wireless, I wrote Agatha
967
01:13:05,024 --> 01:13:07,942
with instructions to move to
our pre-arranged hideout,
968
01:13:07,943 --> 01:13:10,729
a Gypsy caravan on the
outer Nebelsbad road,
969
01:13:10,738 --> 01:13:12,731
while Monsieur Gustave
and I continued east
970
01:13:12,740 --> 01:13:14,233
into the Zubrowkian Alps,
971
01:13:14,241 --> 01:13:18,237
toward our high-altitude rendezvous
with the butler Serge X.
972
01:13:19,955 --> 01:13:22,407
As a precaution, we
disembarked quietly
973
01:13:22,583 --> 01:13:25,119
in the freight yard just
outside the station.
974
01:13:32,593 --> 01:13:34,461
L'air de Panache.
975
01:13:44,939 --> 01:13:47,565
It's a hell of a view. I give
them that, for what's it's worth.
976
01:13:47,566 --> 01:13:49,768
I agree.
977
01:14:00,621 --> 01:14:04,165
"'Tis oft'-remarked, no single,
falling-flake does any other
978
01:14:04,166 --> 01:14:08,036
- "in its pure and perfect form..."
- Somebody's coming.
979
01:14:10,297 --> 01:14:13,758
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
980
01:14:13,759 --> 01:14:16,503
- Uh-huh.
- Get on the next cable car.
981
01:14:55,926 --> 01:14:59,463
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
982
01:14:59,638 --> 01:15:01,924
- Uh-huh.
- Switch with me.
983
01:15:31,211 --> 01:15:34,164
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
984
01:15:34,173 --> 01:15:37,167
- Uh-huh.
- Put these on and sing.
985
01:16:05,079 --> 01:16:07,830
- Are you Monsieur Gustave of the...
- Yes, dammit.
986
01:16:07,831 --> 01:16:08,998
Confess.
987
01:16:08,999 --> 01:16:11,000
I'm innocent.
988
01:16:11,001 --> 01:16:13,078
Hmm? No, no.
989
01:16:22,263 --> 01:16:25,139
Forgive me, Monsieur Gustave.
I never meant to betray you.
990
01:16:25,140 --> 01:16:28,268
They threatened my life and now
they've murdered my only family.
991
01:16:28,269 --> 01:16:30,103
No. Who did they kill this time?
992
01:16:30,104 --> 01:16:32,598
- My dear sister.
- The girl with the club foot?
993
01:16:32,773 --> 01:16:34,274
- Yes.
- Those fuckers!
994
01:16:34,275 --> 01:16:35,942
I tried to warn you
at the beginning.
995
01:16:35,943 --> 01:16:37,443
I know, darling. Let's
put that behind us.
996
01:16:37,444 --> 01:16:40,863
Listen, I hate to put you on the spot, but
I really must ask you to clear my name.
997
01:16:40,864 --> 01:16:44,109
- Obviously you're grieving...
- There's more.
998
01:16:44,118 --> 01:16:45,639
- To the story.
- I get it. Go on.
999
01:16:45,744 --> 01:16:47,912
I was the official witness
in Madame D's presence
1000
01:16:47,913 --> 01:16:49,573
to the creation of a second will
1001
01:16:49,748 --> 01:16:52,917
to be executed only in the
event of her death by murder.
1002
01:16:52,918 --> 01:16:54,536
- A second will?
- Right.
1003
01:16:54,712 --> 01:16:56,296
- In case she got bumped off?
- Right.
1004
01:16:56,297 --> 01:16:58,006
- Uh-huh?
- But they destroyed it.
1005
01:16:58,007 --> 01:16:59,583
- Oh, dear.
- However...
1006
01:16:59,758 --> 01:17:01,301
- Uh-huh?
- I pulled a copy.
1007
01:17:01,302 --> 01:17:03,587
A second copy of the second will?
1008
01:17:03,804 --> 01:17:05,255
- Right.
- Uh-huh?
1009
01:17:07,808 --> 01:17:10,184
What does it say? Where is it?
What's it all about, dammit?
1010
01:17:10,185 --> 01:17:13,187
Don't keep us in suspense. This has
been a complete fucking nightmare.
1011
01:17:13,188 --> 01:17:15,933
Just tell us what the
fuck is going on!
1012
01:17:17,401 --> 01:17:21,188
Serge? Serge? Serge!
1013
01:17:24,825 --> 01:17:27,277
Bloody hell. They've
strangled the poor slob.
1014
01:17:55,064 --> 01:17:56,265
Come on! Let's go!
1015
01:18:04,031 --> 01:18:06,366
- What do we do if we catch him?
- I don't know.
1016
01:18:06,367 --> 01:18:08,986
He's a homicidal psychopath.
Let's stop.
1017
01:18:08,994 --> 01:18:11,405
I can't. I can barely steer.
1018
01:19:19,064 --> 01:19:22,768
You sick, pathetic creep.
I hate you.
1019
01:19:35,331 --> 01:19:39,409
"'If this do be me end, farewell!'
cried the wounded piper-boy,
1020
01:19:40,878 --> 01:19:43,504
"whilst the muskets cracked and
the yeomen roared 'Hurrah!'
1021
01:19:43,505 --> 01:19:44,832
"And the ramparts fell.
1022
01:19:46,342 --> 01:19:50,178
"'Methinks me breathes me
last, me fears!' said he..."
1023
01:19:50,179 --> 01:19:52,297
Holy shit! You got him!
1024
01:19:52,306 --> 01:19:54,424
Well done, Zero!
1025
01:20:05,361 --> 01:20:07,813
Gustave H! You are a
fugitive from justice!
1026
01:20:08,030 --> 01:20:10,691
Surrender lawfully and I
will personally vouchsafe
1027
01:20:10,950 --> 01:20:12,033
your fair treatment.
1028
01:20:12,034 --> 01:20:13,652
Do not attempt to flee!
1029
01:20:13,661 --> 01:20:15,370
- What do you think?
- I don't know.
1030
01:20:15,371 --> 01:20:18,490
I'd rather jump off this cliff right
now than go back to fucking prison.
1031
01:20:18,499 --> 01:20:21,201
I say we steal that sick maniac's
motorcycle, go fetch Agatha,
1032
01:20:21,210 --> 01:20:24,212
take back Boy with Apple and head for
the Maltese Riviera, once and for all.
1033
01:20:24,213 --> 01:20:27,131
Very good! You're so extraordinary,
Zero. Thank you.
1034
01:20:27,132 --> 01:20:29,751
A moment of silence in
memoriam of a devoted servant
1035
01:20:29,927 --> 01:20:32,713
killed violently during the
conduct of his duties.
1036
01:20:35,474 --> 01:20:37,676
Goodbye, Serge.
1037
01:20:39,061 --> 01:20:41,263
Okay, let's go.
1038
01:20:53,742 --> 01:20:55,702
The war began at midnight.
1039
01:20:55,703 --> 01:20:58,454
Pffeifelstad fell by lunch
under heavy shelling,
1040
01:20:58,455 --> 01:21:01,909
and 10 battalions surged across
the long western border.
1041
01:21:02,084 --> 01:21:03,911
High-command advanced to Nebelsbad.
1042
01:21:16,098 --> 01:21:19,802
Compliments of Herr Mendl,
for the executive staff.
1043
01:21:22,730 --> 01:21:26,232
General Stieglitz requests a garden-view
sitting room with an extra roll-away.
1044
01:21:26,233 --> 01:21:28,359
Let's put him in the
Duke Leopold Suite.
1045
01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:30,278
Secretary Woroniecki's
office cabled.
1046
01:21:30,279 --> 01:21:33,941
He's checking in a day early.
Rooms 401-2-3.
1047
01:21:34,074 --> 01:21:35,742
Tell Tactical Logistics
we're moving them
1048
01:21:35,743 --> 01:21:37,535
to a standard double
on the third floor.
1049
01:21:37,536 --> 01:21:39,613
They'll need more space than that.
1050
01:22:02,478 --> 01:22:07,357
The beginning of the end of the
end of the beginning has begun.
1051
01:22:07,358 --> 01:22:10,568
A sad finale played off-key
on a broken-down saloon piano
1052
01:22:10,569 --> 01:22:13,363
in the outskirts of a
forgotten ghost town.
1053
01:22:13,364 --> 01:22:15,531
I'd rather not bear witness
to such blasphemy.
1054
01:22:15,532 --> 01:22:16,699
Me neither.
1055
01:22:16,700 --> 01:22:19,319
The Grand Budapest has
become a troops' barracks.
1056
01:22:19,328 --> 01:22:21,905
I shall never cross its
threshold again in my lifetime.
1057
01:22:22,039 --> 01:22:23,665
- Me neither.
- Never again shall I...
1058
01:22:23,666 --> 01:22:26,869
Actually, I think we might be going
in there right now after all.
1059
01:22:28,462 --> 01:22:30,247
Dmitri.
1060
01:22:32,841 --> 01:22:34,793
Agatha.
1061
01:22:45,354 --> 01:22:47,605
Good evening, Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.
I'm Monsieur Chuck.
1062
01:22:47,606 --> 01:22:51,018
We've booked you and your sisters
into the King Ferdinand Suite.
1063
01:22:51,193 --> 01:22:53,319
Good evening. General von
Shrecker asked me...
1064
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:56,281
- Who's that?
- I beg your pardon?
1065
01:22:56,282 --> 01:22:59,276
I think that girl's got my picture.
Excuse me.
1066
01:23:15,551 --> 01:23:17,753
- Six.
- Hold it.
1067
01:23:20,723 --> 01:23:21,965
Six.
1068
01:23:24,893 --> 01:23:26,929
Compliments of Herr Mendl.
1069
01:23:42,870 --> 01:23:44,071
Excuse me.
1070
01:23:44,204 --> 01:23:46,456
Have you seen a pastry girl
with a package under her arm
1071
01:23:46,457 --> 01:23:47,749
in the last minute and a half?
1072
01:23:47,750 --> 01:23:50,335
Yep. She just got on the elevator
with Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.
1073
01:23:50,336 --> 01:23:52,670
Thank you.
1074
01:23:52,671 --> 01:23:54,339
I'm sorry. Who are you?
1075
01:23:54,340 --> 01:23:57,759
- Otto, sir, the new Lobby Boy.
- You haven't been trained properly.
1076
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,045
A Lobby Boy never provides
information of that kind.
1077
01:24:00,220 --> 01:24:02,506
You're a stone wall. Understood?
1078
01:24:18,906 --> 01:24:20,774
Pretty picture.
1079
01:24:21,450 --> 01:24:22,651
Sixth floor.
1080
01:25:06,287 --> 01:25:08,071
Where's Boy with Apple?
1081
01:25:08,831 --> 01:25:11,450
None of your goddamn business!
1082
01:25:11,875 --> 01:25:15,829
I'm going to blast your candy-ass
once and for all right now.
1083
01:25:24,972 --> 01:25:26,799
Drop your weapon!
1084
01:25:48,787 --> 01:25:50,906
- Cease fire! Cease fire!
- Whoa!
1085
01:25:50,915 --> 01:25:52,540
Stop it!
1086
01:25:52,541 --> 01:25:54,201
Who's shooting who?
1087
01:25:54,335 --> 01:25:56,920
That's Gustave H! The escaped
murderer and art thief.
1088
01:25:56,921 --> 01:25:58,247
I've got him cornered!
1089
01:25:58,422 --> 01:25:59,923
That's Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis!
1090
01:25:59,924 --> 01:26:02,126
He's responsible for the
killing of Deputy Kovacs,
1091
01:26:02,259 --> 01:26:05,129
Serge X and his club-footed
sister, plus his own mother!
1092
01:26:06,597 --> 01:26:08,924
Nobody move. Everybody's
under arrest.
1093
01:26:10,059 --> 01:26:12,602
Who's out the window?
1094
01:26:12,603 --> 01:26:14,805
Agatha!
1095
01:26:20,778 --> 01:26:21,945
310-bis.
1096
01:26:21,946 --> 01:26:23,564
Hang on! Here I come!
1097
01:26:48,472 --> 01:26:50,674
Something's on the back of the...
1098
01:26:56,063 --> 01:26:57,264
Agatha!
1099
01:26:57,398 --> 01:26:59,183
Agatha!
1100
01:26:59,316 --> 01:27:01,518
- Are you all right?
- I think so.
1101
01:27:02,861 --> 01:27:05,022
Something's on the
back of the picture.
1102
01:27:18,335 --> 01:27:21,163
She left everything to
Monsieur Gustave, of course.
1103
01:27:22,965 --> 01:27:25,626
The mansion, known as Schloss Lutz,
1104
01:27:26,844 --> 01:27:30,130
the factories, which produced
weapons, medicine and textiles,
1105
01:27:32,850 --> 01:27:34,802
an important newspaper syndicate,
1106
01:27:35,728 --> 01:27:38,305
and perhaps you've already deduced
1107
01:27:38,355 --> 01:27:43,143
this very institution, the
Grand Budapest Hotel.
1108
01:27:44,486 --> 01:27:46,029
He anointed me his successor,
1109
01:27:46,030 --> 01:27:49,115
and as the war continued,
I served my adopted country
1110
01:27:49,116 --> 01:27:53,779
from the narrow desk still found
against the wall in the next room.
1111
01:27:53,871 --> 01:27:56,122
He was the same as his disciples,
1112
01:27:56,123 --> 01:27:59,785
insecure, vain,
superficial, blond, needy.
1113
01:28:00,461 --> 01:28:02,830
In the end he was even rich.
1114
01:28:03,923 --> 01:28:07,251
He did not succeed,
however, in growing old.
1115
01:28:11,889 --> 01:28:13,932
"Dearly beloved, we are
gathered together..."
1116
01:28:13,933 --> 01:28:16,009
Nor did my darling Agatha.
1117
01:28:16,018 --> 01:28:18,603
She and our infant son would
be killed two years later
1118
01:28:18,604 --> 01:28:21,648
by the Prussian grippe.
An absurd little disease.
1119
01:28:21,649 --> 01:28:27,020
Today we treat it in a single week,
but, in those days many millions died.
1120
01:28:30,074 --> 01:28:32,075
On the 21st day of the occupation,
1121
01:28:32,076 --> 01:28:35,036
the morning the independent
state of Zubrowka
1122
01:28:35,037 --> 01:28:36,363
officially ceased to exist,
1123
01:28:36,497 --> 01:28:38,623
we traveled with Monsieur
Gustave to Lutz.
1124
01:28:38,624 --> 01:28:41,034
In answer to your earlier
question, by the way,
1125
01:28:41,043 --> 01:28:43,120
of course.
1126
01:28:44,755 --> 01:28:47,757
Zero asked me about my humble
beginnings in the hotel trade.
1127
01:28:47,758 --> 01:28:50,210
I was, perhaps, for a time,
considered the best Lobby Boy
1128
01:28:50,219 --> 01:28:52,921
we'd ever had at the
Grand Budapest.
1129
01:28:52,930 --> 01:28:54,639
I think I can say that.
1130
01:28:54,640 --> 01:28:56,683
This one finally surpassed me.
1131
01:28:56,684 --> 01:28:59,769
Although, I must say, he had
an exceptional teacher.
1132
01:28:59,770 --> 01:29:01,096
Truly.
1133
01:29:06,110 --> 01:29:09,271
"Whence came these two
radiant, celestial brothers,
1134
01:29:09,446 --> 01:29:10,863
"united, for an instant,
1135
01:29:10,864 --> 01:29:15,243
"as they crossed the stratosphere
of our starry window?
1136
01:29:15,244 --> 01:29:18,204
"One from the East and
one from the West."
1137
01:29:18,205 --> 01:29:20,199
Very good.
1138
01:29:20,207 --> 01:29:22,409
Don't flirt with her.
1139
01:29:24,670 --> 01:29:27,080
Why are we stopping at
a barley field again?
1140
01:29:35,139 --> 01:29:38,425
I find these black
uniforms very drab.
1141
01:29:42,855 --> 01:29:46,016
Well, hello there, chaps.
We were just talking about you.
1142
01:29:46,025 --> 01:29:50,020
- Documents, please.
- With pleasure, as always.
1143
01:29:54,158 --> 01:29:56,159
You're the first of the
official death squads
1144
01:29:56,160 --> 01:29:58,703
to whom we've been
formally introduced.
1145
01:29:58,704 --> 01:30:00,906
How do you do?
1146
01:30:01,874 --> 01:30:04,118
Plus ça change, am I right?
1147
01:30:08,297 --> 01:30:12,000
That's a migratory visa with stage
three worker status, darling.
1148
01:30:12,009 --> 01:30:13,210
Read this.
1149
01:30:22,269 --> 01:30:25,347
- Come outside.
- Now, stay there.
1150
01:30:27,316 --> 01:30:29,901
I give you my word, if you
lay a finger on this man,
1151
01:30:29,902 --> 01:30:32,229
I'll see you
dishonorably discharged,
1152
01:30:32,238 --> 01:30:35,524
locked up in the stockade
and hanged by sundown.
1153
01:30:36,742 --> 01:30:38,743
There are still faint
glimmers of civilization
1154
01:30:38,744 --> 01:30:43,240
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity.
1155
01:30:46,085 --> 01:30:50,038
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!
1156
01:30:50,923 --> 01:30:53,800
He was one of them.
1157
01:30:53,801 --> 01:30:56,003
What more is there to say?
1158
01:31:03,352 --> 01:31:06,229
What happened in the end?
1159
01:31:06,230 --> 01:31:08,432
In the end they shot him.
1160
01:31:10,067 --> 01:31:12,269
So it all went to me.
1161
01:31:20,953 --> 01:31:24,330
After dinner, we went to
collect the keys to our rooms,
1162
01:31:24,331 --> 01:31:26,332
but Monsieur Jean had
abandoned his post.
1163
01:31:26,333 --> 01:31:28,835
I expect he's forgotten
all about us.
1164
01:31:28,836 --> 01:31:30,086
In recent years, of course,
1165
01:31:30,087 --> 01:31:32,498
such properties and holdings
as the Grand Budapest
1166
01:31:32,673 --> 01:31:36,335
had with very few exceptions
become common property.
1167
01:31:37,136 --> 01:31:39,345
While the precise terms
of his negotiation
1168
01:31:39,346 --> 01:31:41,466
with the new government
had never been announced,
1169
01:31:41,640 --> 01:31:43,040
the result was an open secret,
1170
01:31:43,684 --> 01:31:46,470
Zero Moustafa had traded
a great and important fortune
1171
01:31:46,645 --> 01:31:51,100
in exchange for one costly,
unprofitable, doomed hotel.
1172
01:31:51,901 --> 01:31:53,102
Why?
1173
01:31:53,110 --> 01:31:55,320
Was it merely sentimental?
1174
01:31:55,321 --> 01:31:59,240
It was quite forward of me
and a bit out of character,
1175
01:31:59,241 --> 01:32:01,318
but I felt I must know,
1176
01:32:01,327 --> 01:32:03,529
for my health, I suppose.
1177
01:32:05,998 --> 01:32:08,333
Forgive me for asking.
I hope I haven't upset you.
1178
01:32:08,334 --> 01:32:10,536
No, of course not.
1179
01:32:11,378 --> 01:32:14,380
Is it simply your last connection
to that vanished world,
1180
01:32:14,381 --> 01:32:17,008
his world, if you will?
1181
01:32:17,009 --> 01:32:18,961
His world?
1182
01:32:19,011 --> 01:32:22,138
No, I don't think so.
1183
01:32:22,139 --> 01:32:24,390
You see, we shared a vocation.
1184
01:32:24,391 --> 01:32:26,343
It wouldn't have been necessary.
1185
01:32:26,352 --> 01:32:31,306
No. The hotel I keep for Agatha.
1186
01:32:32,441 --> 01:32:34,025
We were happy here.
1187
01:32:34,026 --> 01:32:36,228
For a little while.
1188
01:32:41,325 --> 01:32:43,910
To be frank, I think
his world had vanished
1189
01:32:43,911 --> 01:32:46,029
long before he ever entered it.
1190
01:32:46,038 --> 01:32:47,656
But, I will say,
1191
01:32:47,831 --> 01:32:51,452
he certainly sustained the
illusion with a marvelous grace.
1192
01:32:52,878 --> 01:32:55,213
- Are you going up?
- No, I'll sit for a little while.
1193
01:32:55,214 --> 01:32:57,374
Good night.
1194
01:33:02,388 --> 01:33:03,672
The next week,
1195
01:33:03,806 --> 01:33:06,175
I sailed for a cure
in South America
1196
01:33:06,183 --> 01:33:09,052
and began a long,
wandering journey abroad.
1197
01:33:09,061 --> 01:33:12,139
I did not return to
Europe for many years.
1198
01:33:16,944 --> 01:33:19,521
It was an enchanting old ruin.
1199
01:33:24,565 --> 01:33:27,043
But I never managed
to see it again.