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Baron M�nchhausen

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Man from Moon

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Duke Karl of Brunswick

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Baron Hartenfeld

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Sophie von Riedesel

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Prince Potemkin

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Baroness M�nchhausen

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Catherine the Second

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Prince Grigorij Orlow

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The Runner

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Earl Cagliostro

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Prince Anton Ulrich

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Earl Lanskoi

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Prince Francesco D'Este

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Johann

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Woman from Moon

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Sultan Abdul Hamid

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Christian Kuchenreutter

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Louise La Tour

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Casanova

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Prince of Ligne

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Princess Isabella D'Este

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M�nchhausen's Father

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Production Team

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Director

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UFA Jubilee Film

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How delightful!

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I had no idea my fianc�e
could dance so wonderfully

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Neither did I

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It must be due to your partner,
Sophie

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Endeavour to follow my
shining example, von Hartenfeld

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Dance, don't despair

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- But you were going to tell me...
- Later

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You should dance, too, Baroness

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Ancient children are excused
such birthday frolics

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Still, it's nice that old people
are allowed to be children again

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once a year on their birthdays

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A charming man, the Baron

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I thought you liked him, too

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What's the matter?

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I don't know... and don't pull
such a stupid face

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As your fianc�

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Only husbands can look so stupid,
not fianc�s

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I fancy that was a rehearsal
of a domestic scene

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I agree. But what caused it?

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You think you're going away from
the other ball...

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...but your ivory brain is mistaken;
you're coming back

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You're making a detour to meet
your former partner

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So much for the essence of life.
Bon voyage!

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But there's a difference between
billiards and life

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These balls can play again and again,
until at last they succeed

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I am the red ball

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Success!

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- Meaning?
- Myself

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And you

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You look like Eve with the apple

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Billiard balls are harder on the teeth

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- Come along, child
- I'm not a child

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Young lady

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I don't want to go back to the hall

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There are three balls in our game

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Is it my fault I met him first...
and now you?

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Until today I've never
sought to make young women unhappy

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who wanted to be happy

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And from today
you're too cowardly for that?

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You little devil!

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Yes, from today...

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- Where are you going?
- Home

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What about your fianc�?

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Put the lights on, please

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- We'll meet again soon
- Definitely

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Johann, have you ever seen
a really adult man?

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- Not that I recall, Baron
- Nor I

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He would be too boring

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An enchanting evening, Baroness

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Other people's birthdays are
always so beautiful

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But best of all, there's a M�nchhausen
once again in Bodenwerder

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It must be moving to return to
one's ancestral castle

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Very moving

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You're already familiar with
the miniature gallery too?

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You bet! Even as a tiny boy,
I admired those ladies on the wall

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I'd climb a chair...

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It might have been this chair
over here

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The old M�nchhausen
was the passion of my childhood

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I was raised
half an hour away from this castle,

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and the castellan at the time
got all my pocket money

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Later, my passion for M�nchhausen
continued to grow, and so did I

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For example,
I've conclusively proven

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in the papers
for the History of Lower Germany

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that this charming lady over here

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was a French singer
called Louise La Tour

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All we need now is someone to write
a thesis about poor M�nchhausen

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lmpossible, I'm afraid!
Too little is known of him

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There's not enough material
for a thesis

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What a pity!

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Baron, you've mentioned before

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that you have
a diary of your ancestor

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- HAD one
- Had

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Maybe you remember
some of the contents?

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- Most of it
- Most?!

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- I'll tell you someday
- Now?

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- No, your bride...
- Of course, Sophie!

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- Where are you going?
- For Sophie!

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- Lady Rietedel went home
- Oh, bad timing

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You should find out
whether she arrived home safely

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Of course, Baroness

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- And the story?
- Another time

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- Tomorrow?
- Soon

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- Day after?
- Soon!

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That was wonderful!

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A M�nchhausen researcher

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You should NOT tell him the story

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And not tell her, either

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I WILL tell the story

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'The Wonderful Journeys and
Adventures of Baron M�nchhausen'

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We know of his ride
on the cannon-ball...

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...of the nag hanging down
from the church tower,

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of the halved horse at the well,
and so forth

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Some people even know
that this man really lived,

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that he was born in this castle,

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that he was a page in Wolfenb�ttel,
then a cornet over in Brunswick,

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and that, later, he served
as an officer in the Russian army

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Everybody knows of him,
but nobody really knows him

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Nobody can answer the question

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"What sort of person
was M�nchhausen really?"

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And you know it?

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He was a Copernican person

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A Copernican person?

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At school we learn

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that this beautiful Earth
we're fortunate to inhabit is round.

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We learn it, and we know it,
but we don't feel it!

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We also learn at school
that the Earth floats in space

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and rotates and draws circles
around the sun

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We learn it, and we know it,
but do we really know it? No!

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It is in your mind,
but not in your heart

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Your heart doesn't feel it.
Not at all

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Only he who feels it in his blood
when he rides through the forest,

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fights the enemy,
or embraces a woman,

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or picks a delicate flower,

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only he who feels it deep in his
blood that all this is happening

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on a tiny little star amongst
millions and millions of other stars,

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on a very little,
forever-rotating ball

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riding on a merry-go-round
around one of the blooming suns,

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through the changes of the beautiful
seasons and the horrible centuries,

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only he who always feels this
is truly a human being

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All the others
are just mammals walking upright

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Cheers!

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Such a man was M�nchhausen

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The world was too small for him, so
how could Brunswick be big enough?

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As if beaten with whips,
he was driven on

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Again and again he trotted,

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together with his faithful servant
Kuchenreutter, around the globe,

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and sometimes, he came back from
the strange adventures and continents

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to Bodenwerder,
this little town in Lower Saxony

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Couldn't you wait till I was dead,
to save me such excitement?

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Lots of new faces

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- Hands off the new faces!
- With the greatest of pleasure

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Thank God, home at last, wife

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You're so thin, Kuchenreutter

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One, two, three, four...

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- Who is that?
- Amalie Friedericke Kuchenreutter

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Amalie Friedericke

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The souvenir of your last visit

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How time flies

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I twice broke the bank playing cards
at the Palais-Royale

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So you're rich

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I should have a hundred Louis, father,
if I'd not spent them

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I bet you have

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At Versailles, your son was presented
to the King and Madame Pompadour

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Is that her?

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No, that is a beautiful memory
of Fontainebleau

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A beautiful memory...
until it ended in tears

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But what can one do
if love goes as it comes?

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Nothing at all, my son

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There are too many pretty women

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It's all their own fault

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So, finished, Christian!

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Finished?

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I don't want my family to scratch
their hands when they caress me

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Do you know Jean Boitel?

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Boitel is the most famous barber
in Paris

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He's made an ointment that
grows hair in a few seconds

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You lie like your Baron

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The razors in Paris can't be
any sharper

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Our family's continuity depends on
you, ever thought about that?

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I have, day and night.
Especially at night, father

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You have a considerable number
of grandchildren

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But none of the brats are named
M�nchhausen

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What could that be?

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Christian invented this gun; you can
score a hit at one hundred miles

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From Kehl he shot a sparrow
on Strasbourg Cathedral

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- Incredible!
- Yes, it's incredible

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- Baron, Sir!
- What happened, Christian?

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Nero has rabies, and the coat
is ruined

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Decent of the dog not to bite you

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- I probably couldn't be repaired
- You think so?

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Now I've seen everything!

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This is a devilish gun

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Beyond Monkebach...

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...I see a courier from
the Court of Brunswick

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Kuchenreutter, why did you invent
such a weapon?

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Simply for comfort, eh?

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Comfort inspires invention; others
ride to hunt, I stay cosily at home

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I stand by the window,
aim towards the woods...

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A reindeer!

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The forester, behind the tree,
raises his gun...

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Shoot, Christian!

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The forester was shaken

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- Did you score a hit?
- A comfortable shot

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Comfortable?! I'll have time enough
to be comfortable when I'm dead

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The clothes have got rabies!

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From Prince Anton Ulrich
for Baron M�nchhausen

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Greetings to the Prince!
I'll ride in five minutes

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The Prince calls me urgently
to Brunswick

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Don't let me keep you;
you've been home three hours

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Poor Christian will have
no souvenir of his visit home

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Order must prevail, sir

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Certainly. I'll ride now;
follow tomorrow

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Hieronymus!

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Lousie, what are you doing
in Brunswick?

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I was too successful in Brussels;
but not at the opera

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On the stage of life.
Many duels in your honour?

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There could be one,
if you visit me

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Alas, I have no time

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For a duel with the sword,
or with me?

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You'll catch cold

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Drive on!

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Ice-cold hussy! Where other women
have a heart, she has d�collet�

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And now to the Prince!

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- At last, Baron
- I couldn't have come faster, Prince

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The Czarina has offered me
the command of a regiment

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Well, what is there to do here?
I begin my journey tomorrow

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Will you join me,
as a Captain of Cavalry?

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- I'd like some time with my father
- Oh, certainly. Pity

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- How is he?
- Fine

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Another thing; I need your help. I'd
like to take a lady to Petersburg

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- Lousie La Tour?
- Do you know her?

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I did, Prince, she is no woman for you

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I know. She is a bad person,
and I love her

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I must go to Petersburg,
and she with me

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- Is the Baron satisified?
- Absolutely. It's delicious!

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We were not so well-accommodated
last night

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Excuse me. New guests

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Must this sinister rogue
cross our path?

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What would fools do without him,
Christian?

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He lends them his imagination,
at an exorbitant rate of interest

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He just isn't a nobleman

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You have an ill opinion of me, Baron

254
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:57,591
I wasn't eavesdropping, but don't
call me a rogue again

255
00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,475
Leave us alone

256
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,433
Be quick!

257
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:37,876
I heard you were going to Russia,
so I chased after you

258
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,033
Why go to so much trouble,
Count Cagliostro?

259
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,877
That is a long story

260
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,670
Ravenous wolves, they were

261
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,831
Snow is the best remedy
against frost

262
00:23:54,200 --> 00:24:00,958
I thought I'd scare them by blowing
my horn, but not a note came out

263
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,353
- Perhaps the notes froze
- Then my stove will thaw them out

264
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,753
Be quiet!

265
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,590
Biron's son wants to marry a Medem,
to keep his throne

266
00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:45,670
I know the Medems, and their
beautiful daughters

267
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,955
Forestall him. It's a profitable
affair, in every way

268
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,713
Why not try...

269
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,508
...to become Duke of Courland yourself?

270
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:04,756
Regrettably, impossible. My head is
so highly sought after in Europe...

271
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:09,238
...that no one would dare to
portray it on gold coins

272
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,949
Your profile is much more suitable

273
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,435
Once we have Courland,
we pluck Poland

274
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,356
Poniatowski, who calls himself
Stanislaw the Second, is ripe

275
00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,830
Then we shall be king

276
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,589
Hieronymus the First

277
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,957
We two will never see eye to eye
on the main thing

278
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,957
You want to rule; I want to live

279
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:53,672
Adventure, war, countries, women...
I need all that

280
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,953
You abuse it

281
00:25:59,040 --> 00:25:59,870
Mitau

282
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,871
Courland

283
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,669
Poland

284
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,395
Petersburg

285
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,472
Tell me, who is that savage?

286
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,076
That's Pugachev, officer

287
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:44,071
The Cossacks rebelled, because their
beards were shaved off in barracks

288
00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:49,878
Pugachev led them, to beat our army,
capture Orenburg and march on Moscow

289
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,397
Pugachev also claimed to be
Czar Peter...

290
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,872
...but Catherine had her dear husband
Peter killed by the Orlovs

291
00:27:58,120 --> 00:27:58,677
That's a rumour!

292
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,879
In the castle... castles!
Castles!

293
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,358
Just keep your shirt on with the
young chicks!

294
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,076
Take me from here, officer

295
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,076
Gladly, but may I ask where?

296
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,074
May I ask where?

297
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,835
Always your Louise

298
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,550
You think La Tour is here
because of you?

299
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,558
She knows no one else here

300
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,876
She'll deny that, I'm afraid

301
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,391
Sometimes one must even trust
the woman one loves

302
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:52,239
Kindly put your best coat on. The
Czarina invites you to the banquet

303
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,552
Alas, I cannot come

304
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:59,112
Last night you had no time for me,
and tonight no time for an empress?

305
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:04,309
Not even for an empress.
Tell her I have mumps

306
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,872
Are there no waiters in this hotel?

307
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:21,116
They need not know that today
you dine in the bedroom

308
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,110
It's too late to worry about
my good name

309
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,313
We are still new in Petersburg, Baron

310
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,714
A note. The messenger is waiting

311
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:51,638
I cannot come to you. The messenger
will lead you to me. Your Kitty

312
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,955
A pity to waste this dinner, though

313
00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:01,872
Christian, I order you to dine
with the young lady

314
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,788
Don't forget, we are still new
in Petersburg

315
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,872
I know your governments comment
on my extravagance

316
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:56,558
But it is thrift; everything in
Russia ultimately returns to me

317
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:03,111
We will advise our Finance Ministers
to take lessons from Your Majesty

318
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,317
And the Swedish question?

319
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,873
No war, I hope; blows are better
given than received

320
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,150
An imperial word!

321
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,790
I'll inform Stockholm, via London

322
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:24,116
Your Majesty is Czarina Catherine
the Great, who rules like a czar

323
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,316
- Where was she last night?
- She returned at six this morning!

324
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,474
Again Catherine seems to have
sought diversion, and found it

325
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,109
I would not slander the Empress so

326
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:44,953
Count Lanskoi, you may be jealous,
but don't preach to us

327
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,357
There's pastry coming

328
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,592
Haven't you come to the wrong place?

329
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,673
We like an atmosphere of gaiety,
gentlemen

330
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:02,358
Hurry, or my Russians will eat
all the pastry

331
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,911
Won't you bow before me?

332
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,792
Lower! Get down. Down!

333
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,354
That's the way, officer

334
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,354
The Prince of Brunswick...

335
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,595
Get up

336
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:53,673
...said you had more important
affairs this evening

337
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,560
Alas, I did not then know
the Empress of Russia

338
00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,512
You liar

339
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:04,590
Even Empresses are inquisitive. Have
I kept you from a beautiful woman?

340
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,992
The most beautiful

341
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:15,154
I am inconsolable, Baron.
How can I make amends?

342
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:39,677
- Who is that fellow?
- My friend, Baron M�nchhausen

343
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:45,757
I, Prince Potemkin, shall whip him
from the palace!

344
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,799
- Sit down!
- So, we shall fight right here!

345
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:54,598
People's hearts are as little alike
as their noses

346
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,353
The dessert

347
00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,072
I need an emerald; no larger
than a pigeon's egg

348
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,832
That completes the necklace
I wish to give to La Taglioni

349
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,992
Help yourself, Prince. A precious
stone to round off the meal

350
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,550
Catherine is great in giving
and taking

351
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,711
It is simpler to kiss peasant girls

352
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,476
- Don't you like me as an Empress?
- I like you more than your robes

353
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,473
That can be remedied. Help me

354
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,512
Sit down there

355
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,999
Great! That's what I like!

356
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:55,397
First an hors-d'oeuvre
then the main dish

357
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,031
Orlov knocked Potemkin's eye out

358
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,036
Serves him right; I've spoiled
them both too much

359
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,430
I do not wish to be disturbed tonight

360
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,439
Of course not. The first evening...

361
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,036
Don't be so cheeky. Besides,
it's the second evening

362
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,148
First, a few sensible words together

363
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:49,993
Sensible? Must we?

364
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:56,151
I could make you my Adjutant-General.
You will live in the apartment below

365
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,913
Very practical

366
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,078
An empress has less time for
her heart than other women

367
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,951
Yet she wants as much happiness
as them

368
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,113
Will you stay?

369
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,517
- For how long, Kitty?
- Till one of us wants to be free

370
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:18,029
Very well. Enough sense, it's time
to lose our heads

371
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:21,674
Oh, no, what's happening
in Russia now?

372
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,875
The Chancellor must discuss
the new Swedish treaty

373
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,191
Why not next week?

374
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,869
Remain seated

375
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:35,869
- Am I to help you rule, too?
- No, I can do that alone

376
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,879
- What shall I do here?
- You'll see

377
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,317
Kitty! Kitty!
I'm afraid I'm going downhill!

378
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,671
We'll talk less sensibly later

379
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,190
Don't rule too long

380
00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:21,152
- Do you still love me, rascal?
- After so long, Kitty?

381
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,078
Don't be so cheeky, Hieronymus

382
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,238
How long in my service, Baron?

383
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,279
One hundred and sixty-three days,
Your Majesty

384
00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:31,676
And one hundred and sixty-three nights

385
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,630
I may have time tonight

386
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,319
I may, too

387
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,154
I'll have you locked up

388
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,472
The Prince of Brunswick looks ill,
Baron

389
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,990
Worse; he's been offended

390
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,911
Who dared offend our guest?

391
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,670
- The Empress of Russia
- I, Baron?

392
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,669
The Prince would not have come
had he known the Czarina...

393
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,600
...would permit Prince Potemkin...

394
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,752
...to invite a hussy

395
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,596
Is that baggage here?

396
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,517
Since Potemkin lost an eye,
he thinks I see badly

397
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,471
If I win more of your money,
I'll need a second coach

398
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,555
I stake my coach, the five horses,
the coachman and two outriders

399
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,915
- Your lady wishes to leave Petersburg
- Not at all

400
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,230
Her Majesty's command

401
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,074
Take my coach

402
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,914
And I'll kill this German Baron

403
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,477
As I need the coach,
we must end the game

404
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,991
Count Lanskoi, I need you, too

405
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,915
He arrived at the Hotel de I'Europe
yesterday

406
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,716
Tell Count Cagliostro not to meddle
in Russia as in Courland

407
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,152
Do you know what a cuckoo duel is?

408
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,278
Don't ask such stupid questions,
Highness

409
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:33,235
Baron M�nchhausen may choose the side.
Prince Potemkin has first shot

410
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:38,714
Bar the door. Admit no one
until silence falls

411
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,519
It will be done

412
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,394
Away with you!

413
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,232
Gentlemen, it is time

414
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:05,389
Ready?

415
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,917
One moment, Highness;
there is a fly on your nose

416
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,071
Go on, fool!

417
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,995
Stop at once!

418
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,318
Open the door, Count!

419
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,710
Not till silence falls, Your Majesty

420
00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:00,790
This is dreadful, Hieronymus

421
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,155
Unfortunately, I had to shoot
with my left hand

422
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,317
I'll take you to a doctor

423
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:11,076
Thank you, Kitty, but I know
a better physician

424
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,758
Thank you

425
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,078
Any village barber could have
removed the bullet

426
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:32,078
You knew that. You only came here
to warn me

427
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:37,395
You wanted to warn me, even though
you despise me

428
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,071
More than a deed of friendship

429
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,228
You talked to me frankly in Courland.
Today it's my turn

430
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,357
- Do you like her?
- Very nice

431
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:17,395
- Much obliged, but I prefer her back
- I agree

432
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,076
My compliments, Cagliostro

433
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,630
- Do you like music?
- I like violins best

434
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,231
A little jest

435
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:06,555
We must part soon. The Chancellor is
taking care of me personally

436
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,549
Guard this ring well

437
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:30,075
Put it on and you will be invisible
for one hour

438
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:35,715
Choose that hour well. After that
it will lose its power...

439
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,470
...and be nothing but
a child's trinket

440
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:55,079
If you could make a wish,
an impossible wish...

441
00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:01,839
...what would you wish for?
Power and gold do not attract you

442
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,513
So what would you wish?

443
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:19,316
I would wish always to remain
as young as I am today

444
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,473
Until I myself ask to become old

445
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:31,393
Your wish shall be fulfilled

446
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,071
They've arrived

447
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:53,553
Count Cagliostro, you are under arrest!

448
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,392
My respects to Catherine the Great

449
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,271
What is the meaning of this?!

450
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:33,912
A great century!

451
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,716
Well, Johann? What's wrong with you?

452
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:45,039
A few things speak against
the probability of the story

453
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,072
He thinks I'm a swindler!

454
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,398
Oh, Johann! For goodness sake

455
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:54,070
Did America exist
only after it was discovered?

456
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,678
Was the man a liar who said
1,000 years ago that man could fly?

457
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:03,471
A person with a stronger imagination
simply forces the world to be richer

458
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,674
That's not a swindle,
and it's not wizardry

459
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,750
And what happened then?

460
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,869
Did M�nchhausen
really remain as young as he was?

461
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:24,235
Did he really live longer than...
than other people?

462
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:30,080
There are times when
you look into the mirror rarely,

463
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:36,555
but I do think everyone
except M�nchhausen grew older

464
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,070
- And Catherine?
- The Empress?

465
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,039
Yes, Catherine looked into the mirror
during the war, too,

466
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:47,275
and when the 20-year-old Mamonov
became her Adjutant-General,

467
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,797
she appointed M�nchhausen
commander of the regiment Tolsk,

468
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:56,558
and sent him away to the field camp
in front of the fortress Ochakov

469
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,194
Where is your Baron?

470
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,911
On reconnaissance, Your Highness

471
00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:33,313
- You let him ride alone?
- He lets me sit here alone

472
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,315
What have we here?

473
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:05,797
There's reason to be nervous!

474
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:10,469
Incredible!

475
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:28,193
What is your business here?

476
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,875
A report for Prince Potemkin
from Camp Bender

477
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:32,915
Two days' Journey

478
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,230
I'm the world's fastest runner

479
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:37,788
One and a half days?

480
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:39,593
Twenty minutes

481
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,675
- With or without breakfast?
- With

482
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,709
That's a good one; worthy of me,
Baron M�nchhausen

483
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,149
I've always wanted to meet you

484
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:54,996
Later, my lad. Take your legs to
Prince Potemkin now

485
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,993
Has the Baron any use for me here?

486
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:00,999
Certainly; here's something for you

487
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,913
Witchcraft doesn't count as speed

488
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:23,876
Capudan-Pasha has set out with
50,000 men to relieve Ochakov

489
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,957
His army could be here in three days

490
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:37,718
Ochakov must fall now, otherwise
we'll never take it

491
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,230
Suvorov besieges Bender,
and does not attack

492
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:05,749
Romantsov doesn't attack Chatin;
we don't attack Ochakov

493
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:10,229
Of course, there are subtle differences

494
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:12,591
If we filled in the marsh,
we could storm the place

495
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,552
Of course, my lord

496
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:21,760
We've besieged Ochakov for ten months;
Munich would have taken three days

497
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:27,433
Potemkin commands, but doesn't attack;
others lack command, so don't attack

498
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,070
We could be in Ochakov tomorrow

499
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:34,718
With your efficiency,
you'll be there today

500
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:42,754
I do apologize for this intrusion

501
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:47,238
I intended a reconnaissance...

502
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:54,036
...but our gunner patriotically aimed
at you, so here I am

503
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:55,793
Salam Aleikum

504
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:56,676
Seize him!

505
00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,759
No need to put yourselves out over me

506
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,914
Just a moment, my lad,
and I'll come down

507
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,279
Seize him!

508
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,394
My name is Baron von M�nchhausen

509
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,750
Tie him up!

510
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:15,838
Where's your hospitality?

511
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,470
I'd rather a proper breakfast with,
Turkish coffee

512
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,468
- You are my prisoner
- You're very observant

513
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:28,550
I'll make a present of him
to the Sultan

514
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,758
A slave who rides cannon balls;
what a prize!

515
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:29,673
The mutton is burned. Give the cook
twenty strokes on the soles of his feet

516
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:47,749
You can laugh, but I'll
never master it

517
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:53,757
I've been with you over two months,
but I miss chairs the most