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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,
(DOOR OPENS)
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these stories
will continue to...
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Stop it. Stop it! Don't! Don't do it!
(TOY GUN CLICKS)
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(PELLET CLATTERS)
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
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Uh, 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
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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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YOUNG WRITER: 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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(COINS CLINKING)
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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 on board
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,
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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.
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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
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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,
(DOG BARKING)
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but, frankly,
did not hold mine for long.
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(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
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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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MR. MOUSTAFA:
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.
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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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(UNPLUGS DRAIN)
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I didn't.
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(WATER RUNNING)
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(MAN YELLING)
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(YELLING STOPS)
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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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(ORDERING FOOD, INDISTINCT)
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Two ducks roasted
with olives.
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Rabbit, salad?
Mmm.
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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.
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By all means.
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(CHUCKLING)
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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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(KNOCK ON DOOR)
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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?
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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.
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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
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for you to
leave us if you'd...
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Come with me.
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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
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a more acute attack
on this occasion.
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But, truly and honestly...
Oh, dear God.
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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.
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What? Don't recite.
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Just listen to
the words. Hush.
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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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MADAME D.: Will you light
a candle for me, please?
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In the sacristy
of Santa Maria?
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GUSTAVE H: I'll see to it
myself immediately.
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Remember, I'm always with you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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(SPEAKS GERMAN)
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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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Um... Yes, sir.
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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.
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Hold it.
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Who are you?
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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.
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Who hired you?
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Mr. Mosher, sir.
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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,
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pending your approval,
of course.
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Uh...
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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...
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Experience, zero.
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Thank you again,
Monsieur Gustave.
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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?
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I studied reading
and spelling.
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I started my primary school.
I almost...
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Education, zero.
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Now it's exploded.
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Good morning, Cicero.
Call the goddamn plumber!
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This afternoon,
Monsieur Gustave?
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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.
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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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00:14:13,145 --> 00:14:15,064
Well, I suppose you'd have
to start somewhere...
250
00:14:15,272 --> 00:14:16,940
Go and light the goddamn candle.
Yes, sir.
251
00:14:22,154 --> 00:14:24,156
MR. MOUSTAFA:
And so, my life began.
252
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Junior Lobby Boy in-training,
253
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Grand Budapest Hotel,
254
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under the strict command
of Monsieur Gustave H.
255
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I became his pupil, and he was
to be my counselor and guardian.
256
00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:38,545
GUSTAVE H:
What is a Lobby Boy?
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A Lobby Boy's completely
invisible, yet always in sight.
258
00:14:42,383 --> 00:14:44,385
A Lobby Boy remembers
what people hate.
259
00:14:44,593 --> 00:14:46,387
A Lobby Boy anticipates
the client's needs
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00:14:46,595 --> 00:14:48,680
before the needs are needed.
261
00:14:48,889 --> 00:14:51,975
A Lobby Boy is, above all,
discreet to a fault.
262
00:14:52,184 --> 00:14:54,269
Our guests know
their deepest secrets,
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00:14:54,353 --> 00:14:55,938
some of which are,
frankly, rather unseemly,
264
00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:57,856
will go with us
to our graves.
265
00:14:58,065 --> 00:14:59,316
So keep your
mouth shut, Zero.
266
00:14:59,441 --> 00:15:00,692
Yes, sir.
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00:15:02,820 --> 00:15:04,780
That's all for now.
268
00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:06,907
MR. MOUSTAFA: I began to realize
that many of the hotel's
269
00:15:07,116 --> 00:15:10,828
most valued and distinguished
guests came for him.
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00:15:11,036 --> 00:15:12,663
It seemed to be an essential
part of his duties...
271
00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:14,081
Ah! (LAUGHS)
272
00:15:14,164 --> 00:15:16,417
...but I believe it
was also his pleasure.
273
00:15:18,502 --> 00:15:20,462
The requirements
were always the same.
274
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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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00:15:32,724 --> 00:15:34,726
Why blonde?
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Because they all were.
283
00:15:38,439 --> 00:15:39,731
He was, by the way,
284
00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:43,527
the most liberally perfumed
man I had ever encountered.
285
00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:46,572
The scent announced his
approach from a great distance
286
00:15:48,073 --> 00:15:50,576
and lingered for many minutes
after he was gone.
287
00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:51,910
(MAN SNIFFING)
288
00:15:52,661 --> 00:15:55,456
I worked six days each week
plus a half-day Sunday,
289
00:15:55,664 --> 00:15:57,916
5:00 AM until
just after midnight.
290
00:15:59,084 --> 00:16:01,670
Our meals were small but
frequent, for stamina.
291
00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:04,673
Two breakfasts, two lunches
and a late supper.
292
00:16:05,841 --> 00:16:09,094
Monsieur Gustave also
delivered a nightly sermon.
293
00:16:09,303 --> 00:16:12,389
Rudeness is merely
the expression of fear.
294
00:16:12,598 --> 00:16:14,808
People fear they
won't get what they want.
295
00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:18,520
The most dreadful and unattractive
person only needs to be loved,
296
00:16:18,729 --> 00:16:21,148
and they will open
up like a flower.
297
00:16:21,356 --> 00:16:22,941
I am reminded of a verse,
298
00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:25,569
"The painter's brush
touched the inchoate face
299
00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:27,738
"by ends of nimble bristles
300
00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:29,823
"and with their
blush of first color,
301
00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:31,825
"rendered her
lifeless cheek living."
302
00:16:32,034 --> 00:16:35,078
MR. MOUSTAFA: His own dinner,
he took alone in his room.
303
00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:44,463
The identity of the owner of the
hotel was unknown to all of us.
304
00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:48,467
Each month, his emissary, known
as Deputy Kovacs, arrived
305
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,511
to review the books
and convey messages
306
00:16:50,719 --> 00:16:53,222
on behalf of
the mysterious proprietor.
307
00:16:53,430 --> 00:16:56,391
On these occasions, Monsieur
Gustave and our business manager,
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00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,103
Herr Becker, met with him in private
consultation above Reception.
309
00:17:00,187 --> 00:17:01,188
(INAUDIBLE)
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00:17:12,908 --> 00:17:15,369
This was also
when I met Agatha,
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00:17:33,554 --> 00:17:35,556
but we won't discuss that.
312
00:17:50,821 --> 00:17:52,197
(DOOR OPENING)
313
00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:27,482
What do you want?
Look.
314
00:18:32,571 --> 00:18:33,739
GUSTAVE H: Dear God.
315
00:18:34,031 --> 00:18:35,198
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
316
00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:36,408
We must go to her.
317
00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:37,492
We must?
318
00:18:37,618 --> 00:18:39,328
Tout de suite.
She needs me, and I need
319
00:18:39,453 --> 00:18:41,163
you to help me with
my bags and so on.
320
00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:43,040
(WOMAN AND GUSTAVE H
SPEAKING FRENCH)
321
00:18:43,123 --> 00:18:44,833
How fast can you pack?
Five minutes.
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00:18:45,042 --> 00:18:47,002
Do it. And bring a bottle
of the Pouilly-Jouvet '26
323
00:18:47,085 --> 00:18:48,295
in an ice bucket
with two glasses
324
00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:51,340
so we don't have to drink the cat
piss they serve in the dining car.
325
00:19:00,390 --> 00:19:02,517
I blame myself.
326
00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:06,563
She tried to tell me she had a premonition.
I didn't listen.
327
00:19:06,772 --> 00:19:08,357
All of Lutz will
be dressed in black,
328
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,484
except her own ghastly,
deceitful children
329
00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,736
whom she loathed and
couldn't bear to kiss hello.
330
00:19:12,944 --> 00:19:15,238
They'll be dancing
like gypsies.
331
00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:20,327
There's really no point
in doing anything in life,
332
00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,287
because it's all over
in the blink of an eye...
333
00:19:22,412 --> 00:19:25,374
And, the next thing you know,
rigor mortis sets in.
334
00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:28,418
Oh, how the good die young.
335
00:19:28,627 --> 00:19:31,588
With any luck, she's left a few
Klubecks for your old friend,
336
00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:33,340
but one never knows
until the ink
337
00:19:33,465 --> 00:19:35,050
is dry on
the death certificate.
338
00:19:36,551 --> 00:19:38,387
She was dynamite in the sack,
by the way.
339
00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:42,766
She was 84,
Monsieur Gustave.
340
00:19:42,933 --> 00:19:44,434
I've had older.
341
00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,228
When you're young,
it's all fillet steak,
342
00:19:46,436 --> 00:19:49,439
but as the years go by, you have
to move on to the cheaper cuts,
343
00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,900
which is fine with me,
because I like those.
344
00:19:52,109 --> 00:19:54,361
More flavorful,
or so they say.
345
00:19:54,444 --> 00:19:56,071
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
346
00:19:57,739 --> 00:19:59,741
Why are we stopping
at a barley field?
347
00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:16,675
Well, hello there, chaps.
348
00:20:16,967 --> 00:20:18,301
Documents, please.
349
00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:20,512
With pleasure.
350
00:20:24,599 --> 00:20:26,476
It's not a very flattering
portrait, I'm afraid.
351
00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:28,311
I was once considered
a great beauty.
352
00:20:29,646 --> 00:20:31,982
What does the "F" stand for?
Fritz? Franz?
353
00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:33,442
Franz.
354
00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:34,776
I knew it!
355
00:20:36,153 --> 00:20:38,029
He's making
a funny face.
356
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,825
That's a Migratory Visa with Stage
Three Worker Status, Franz, darling.
357
00:20:41,992 --> 00:20:44,119
He's with me.
358
00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:45,996
Come outside, please.
359
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:50,459
Now, wait a minute. Sit down, Zero.
His papers are in order.
360
00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:52,127
I cross-referenced
them myself with
361
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:53,670
the Bureau of
Labor and Servitude.
362
00:20:53,879 --> 00:20:55,714
You can't arrest him simply
because he's a bloody immigrant.
363
00:20:55,839 --> 00:20:58,008
He hasn't done anything wrong.
364
00:21:03,638 --> 00:21:05,557
Stop it, damn you!
365
00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:07,851
Never mind, Monsieur Gustave!
Let them proceed!
366
00:21:08,059 --> 00:21:09,686
GUSTAVE H: Ow! That hurts!
367
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:12,439
(GROANING)
368
00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:15,317
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!
369
00:21:15,525 --> 00:21:17,819
Take your hands
off my Lobby Boy!
370
00:21:17,903 --> 00:21:19,946
(WHISTLE TOOTING)
371
00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:21,490
(DOOR OPENS)
372
00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:31,041
What's the problem?
373
00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:32,292
This is outrageous.
374
00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:35,045
The young man works for me at the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad.
375
00:21:37,047 --> 00:21:38,381
Monsieur Gustave?
376
00:21:41,218 --> 00:21:43,220
My name is Henckels.
377
00:21:44,554 --> 00:21:47,599
I'm the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang
Henckels-Bergersdörfer.
378
00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:49,559
Do you remember me?
379
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,231
I know exactly who you are. It's uncanny.
You're little Albert.
380
00:21:54,397 --> 00:21:56,233
I'm terribly embarrassed.
Release them.
381
00:21:57,108 --> 00:21:59,236
Release them.
382
00:22:04,241 --> 00:22:05,242
Hmm.
383
00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:07,285
Your colleague is stateless.
384
00:22:07,536 --> 00:22:09,746
He'll need to apply for a
revised Special Transit Permit,
385
00:22:09,955 --> 00:22:13,250
which at this point may be
very difficult to acquire.
386
00:22:13,416 --> 00:22:14,417
Take this.
387
00:22:16,086 --> 00:22:17,462
It's temporary
388
00:22:17,546 --> 00:22:18,964
but it's the best
I can offer, I'm afraid.
389
00:22:19,047 --> 00:22:21,216
And how's your
wonderful mother?
390
00:22:21,424 --> 00:22:23,343
She's very well, thank you.
I adore her.
391
00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:25,720
Send my love.
I will.
392
00:22:26,638 --> 00:22:28,473
Your companion
was very kind to me
393
00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:30,475
when I was
a lonely little boy.
394
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,979
My men and I apologize
for disturbing you.
395
00:22:34,229 --> 00:22:36,231
I beg your pardon, sir.
396
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,615
(TRAIN DOOR CLOSES)
397
00:22:47,117 --> 00:22:48,618
(TRAIN CHUGGING)
398
00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:55,792
You see? There are still faint
glimmers of civilization
399
00:22:56,001 --> 00:22:57,794
left in this barbaric
slaughterhouse
400
00:22:57,919 --> 00:22:59,671
that was once
known as humanity.
401
00:22:59,921 --> 00:23:01,298
Indeed, that's
what we provide
402
00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:04,175
in our own modest,
humble, insignificant...
403
00:23:05,677 --> 00:23:07,679
Oh, fuck it.
404
00:23:39,002 --> 00:23:41,796
Where is she, Clotilde?
Take me to her.
405
00:24:17,374 --> 00:24:19,376
You're looking so well, darling.
You really are.
406
00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:20,919
They've done
a marvelous job.
407
00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:22,295
I don't know
what sort of cream
408
00:24:22,420 --> 00:24:23,546
they've put on you
down at the morgue,
409
00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:25,048
but I want some.
410
00:24:25,256 --> 00:24:27,509
Honestly, you look better
than you have in years.
411
00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:29,719
You look like you're alive.
412
00:24:35,392 --> 00:24:39,229
Oh, you changed it after all.
It's perfect.
413
00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:41,231
Clotilde?
Oui, Monsieur Gustave?
414
00:24:41,398 --> 00:24:43,441
A glass of chilled water
with no ice, please.
415
00:24:43,858 --> 00:24:44,943
Yes. M. Gustave --
416
00:24:45,026 --> 00:24:48,238
-- and. also. M. Serge would like to speak with you
privately in his office. please.
417
00:24:49,239 --> 00:24:50,323
Oh.
418
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:52,409
All right, then.
419
00:24:52,617 --> 00:24:54,619
I shan't be long, darling.
420
00:24:55,870 --> 00:24:57,914
MR. MOUSTAFA: We were escorted
through a green baize door,
421
00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:01,459
down a narrow service corridor
and into the butler's pantry.
422
00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:06,464
A moment later,
the kitchen passage swung open
423
00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:09,926
and a small servant dressed in
white jolted into the room.
424
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,096
I've never forgotten
the look on that man's face.
425
00:25:13,930 --> 00:25:15,932
What the devil
is going on?
426
00:25:16,558 --> 00:25:18,351
I, myself,
had never set foot inside
427
00:25:18,476 --> 00:25:20,270
a house of this
kind in my life.
428
00:25:21,729 --> 00:25:24,232
I understood very little about
the events that were to follow.
429
00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:27,402
But, eventually,
I came to recognize,
430
00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:31,114
when the destiny of a great
fortune is at stake,
431
00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:35,076
men's greed spreads like a
poison in the bloodstream.
432
00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:40,582
Uncles, nephews, cousins,
433
00:25:40,790 --> 00:25:43,418
in-laws of increasingly
tenuous connection.
434
00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:45,128
The old woman's
most distant relations
435
00:25:45,336 --> 00:25:47,464
had come foraging
out of the woodwork.
436
00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:51,092
At the head of
this congregation,
437
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:53,261
it was
a disorienting coincidence,
438
00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:56,181
we discovered our
own Deputy Kovacs,
439
00:25:56,431 --> 00:25:59,142
himself an important attorney,
of course.
440
00:25:59,350 --> 00:26:02,687
He was the executor
of the dead widow's estate.
441
00:26:09,527 --> 00:26:12,530
This is Madame D's
last will and testament.
442
00:26:13,823 --> 00:26:15,825
It consists of
a general tontine
443
00:26:15,992 --> 00:26:19,871
drawn up before the event of her
husband's death 46 years ago,
444
00:26:20,121 --> 00:26:23,291
in combination
with 635 amendments,
445
00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,169
notations, corrections,
and letters of wishes
446
00:26:26,377 --> 00:26:29,464
executed during
the subsequent decades.
447
00:26:31,716 --> 00:26:33,468
The ultimate legality
of this accumulation
448
00:26:33,676 --> 00:26:34,844
requires further analysis,
449
00:26:35,011 --> 00:26:38,056
but in the opinion of this office,
it was Madame D's intention
450
00:26:38,306 --> 00:26:40,183
that control of the
vast bulk of her estate
451
00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:43,019
should be transferred,
forthwith, to her son, Dmitri,
452
00:26:43,228 --> 00:26:45,855
with special allowances
for his sisters,
453
00:26:46,064 --> 00:26:48,483
Marguerite, Laetizia,
and Carolina,
454
00:26:48,691 --> 00:26:51,694
and minor gifts for various
members of the extended family
455
00:26:51,903 --> 00:26:53,613
as shown in
the List of Recipients,
456
00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:55,406
which I will elucidate
in due course.
457
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:57,659
(ALL MURMURING)
458
00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:58,868
However.
459
00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:03,706
An additional codicil,
460
00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:07,210
delivered into my possession
by post only this morning,
461
00:27:07,377 --> 00:27:09,754
and, by all indications,
sent by Madame D
462
00:27:10,004 --> 00:27:11,256
during the last
hours of her life,
463
00:27:11,506 --> 00:27:14,008
contains an amendment
to the original certificate,
464
00:27:14,217 --> 00:27:18,221
which, as prescribed by law,
I will read to you now.
465
00:27:18,388 --> 00:27:19,556
The authenticity
of this document
466
00:27:19,722 --> 00:27:21,683
has not yet been confirmed
by the presiding magistrate,
467
00:27:21,891 --> 00:27:26,062
so I ask that all parties be
patient and refrain from comment
468
00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:29,566
until such time as our
investigations can be completed.
469
00:27:38,408 --> 00:27:41,744
"To my esteemed friend who
comforted me in my later years
470
00:27:41,911 --> 00:27:44,247
"and brought sunshine
into the life of an old woman
471
00:27:44,455 --> 00:27:47,250
"who thought that she
would never be happy again.
472
00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,294
"Monsieur Gustave H,
473
00:27:51,087 --> 00:27:53,423
"I bequeath, bestow and
devise, free of all taxation
474
00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:56,426
"and with full and absolute
fiduciary entitlement,
475
00:27:57,427 --> 00:27:59,095
"the painting known
as 'Boy with Apple...
476
00:27:59,262 --> 00:28:00,972
Wow!
"...by Johannes van Hoytl..."
477
00:28:01,222 --> 00:28:02,599
I can't believe it.
"...the younger..."
478
00:28:02,765 --> 00:28:03,891
What?
479
00:28:04,017 --> 00:28:05,143
"...which gave us
both so much pleasure."
480
00:28:05,268 --> 00:28:06,269
The van Hoytl?
481
00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:07,478
Tax-free?
Can she do that?
482
00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:09,731
Who's Gustave H?
483
00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:12,609
I'm afraid that's me, darling.
484
00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:17,280
That fucking faggot!
485
00:28:17,447 --> 00:28:19,949
He's a concierge.
What are you doing here?
486
00:28:20,116 --> 00:28:23,119
I've come to pay my respects
to a great woman whom I loved.
487
00:28:23,286 --> 00:28:24,912
This man is an intruder
in my home!
488
00:28:25,038 --> 00:28:26,581
It's not yours yet, Dmitri.
489
00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:28,916
Only when probate is granted,
and the Deed of Entitlement...
490
00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:31,461
You're not getting Boy with
Apple, you goddamn little fruit!
491
00:28:33,129 --> 00:28:35,298
How's that supposed
to make me feel?
492
00:28:35,465 --> 00:28:37,508
Call the police.
We're pressing charges.
493
00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:40,762
This criminal has plagued my
family for nearly 20 years.
494
00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:42,930
He's a ruthless adventurer
and a con-artist
495
00:28:43,014 --> 00:28:45,141
who preys on mentally feeble,
sick old ladies,
496
00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:47,435
and he probably
fucks them, too!
497
00:28:47,644 --> 00:28:49,771
I go to bed with
all my friends.
498
00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:51,230
(CROWD EXCLAIMS)
499
00:28:52,065 --> 00:28:53,232
(CROWD EXCLAIMS LOUDER)
500
00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:55,401
(CROWD SHRIEKS)
501
00:28:59,155 --> 00:29:01,324
Where's Céline?
502
00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:02,909
(SPITS DRINK)
What?
503
00:29:02,992 --> 00:29:05,036
She's dead.
We're reading her will.
504
00:29:05,286 --> 00:29:07,497
Oh, yes, yes,
of course.
505
00:29:07,705 --> 00:29:10,541
If I learn you ever once laid
a finger on my mother's body,
506
00:29:10,792 --> 00:29:12,377
living or dead,
I swear to God,
507
00:29:12,502 --> 00:29:14,128
I'll out your throat!
You hear me?
508
00:29:14,337 --> 00:29:16,464
I thought I was supposed
to be a fucking faggot.
509
00:29:17,548 --> 00:29:18,758
You are,
but you're bisexual.
510
00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:20,134
Let's change
the subject.
511
00:29:20,343 --> 00:29:21,386
I'm leaving.
512
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,269
Wait here quietly. please.
513
00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:33,690
That picture, Boy with Apple,
is priceless. Understand?
514
00:29:33,898 --> 00:29:35,400
Congratulations,
Monsieur Gustave!
515
00:29:35,650 --> 00:29:37,360
They're going to fight me
for the son of a bitch.
516
00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:38,653
Is it very beautiful?
517
00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:39,862
Beyond description.
518
00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:42,532
"E'en the most gifted bard's
rhyme can only sing
519
00:29:42,699 --> 00:29:44,742
"but to the lack of her
and all she isn't!
520
00:29:44,992 --> 00:29:47,370
"His tongue doth..."
Can I see it?
521
00:29:47,578 --> 00:29:49,580
I don't see why not.
522
00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:23,614
This is van Hoytl's
exquisite portrayal
523
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:26,075
of a beautiful boy
on the cusp of manhood.
524
00:30:26,242 --> 00:30:28,911
Blond, smooth. Skin as
white as that milk.
525
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,455
Of impeccable provenance.
526
00:30:30,705 --> 00:30:34,208
One of the last in private hands,
and unquestionably, the best.
527
00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:35,710
It's a masterpiece.
528
00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:37,962
The rest of this shit
is worthless junk.
529
00:31:25,051 --> 00:31:26,969
M. Gustave ?
530
00:31:29,305 --> 00:31:31,140
Can I help you?
531
00:31:32,141 --> 00:31:33,016
Yes. Serge.
532
00:31:33,017 --> 00:31:34,936
You can wrap this up. please.
533
00:31:35,186 --> 00:31:36,280
Wrap up --
534
00:31:36,312 --> 00:31:37,912
Wrap up -- "Boy With Apple"?
535
00:31:57,041 --> 00:31:59,502
What did you want
to tell me, before?
536
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:02,838
I think I cannot
say right now.
537
00:32:03,047 --> 00:32:05,341
Write me tomorrow.
Lutzbahn Station!
538
00:32:17,311 --> 00:32:19,313
I'll never part with it.
539
00:32:19,522 --> 00:32:23,901
It reminded her of me. It will
remind me of her. Always.
540
00:32:24,151 --> 00:32:26,821
I'll die with this
picture above my bed.
541
00:32:27,029 --> 00:32:29,031
See the resemblance?
542
00:32:30,032 --> 00:32:32,034
Oh, yes.
543
00:32:37,373 --> 00:32:39,083
Actually, we should sell it.
544
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:42,336
Sooner rather than later, in
case they try to steal it back.
545
00:32:42,545 --> 00:32:43,838
Plus, something about
those lunatic
546
00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:45,256
foot-soldiers
on the express...
547
00:32:45,506 --> 00:32:48,884
This could be a tricky war and a
long dry spell in the hotel trade.
548
00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:51,596
For all we know, they could
board us up tomorrow.
549
00:32:57,935 --> 00:32:59,895
Let's make
a solemn blood-pact.
550
00:33:00,104 --> 00:33:02,398
We'll contact the black market
and liquidate Boy with Apple
551
00:33:02,607 --> 00:33:03,608
by the end of the week,
552
00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:05,067
then leave the country
and lay low
553
00:33:05,234 --> 00:33:06,611
somewhere along
the Maltese Riviera
554
00:33:06,861 --> 00:33:09,363
until the troubles blow over
and we resume our posts.
555
00:33:09,572 --> 00:33:11,282
In exchange for
your help, your loyalty
556
00:33:11,532 --> 00:33:13,284
and your services
as my personal valet,
557
00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:18,039
I pledge to you 1.5%
of the net sale price.
558
00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:20,249
1.5?
Plus room and board.
559
00:33:21,751 --> 00:33:24,128
Could we make it 10?
10? Are you joking?
560
00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:26,088
That's more than
I'd pay an actual dealer,
561
00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:28,591
and you wouldn't know Chiaroscuro
from chicken giblets.
562
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:30,468
No, 1.5 is correct.
But I'll tell you what,
563
00:33:30,718 --> 00:33:33,888
if I die first, and I most certainly
will, you will be my sole heir.
564
00:33:34,096 --> 00:33:35,431
There's not much
in the kitty except
565
00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:36,891
a set of ivory-backed
hairbrushes
566
00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:38,434
and my library of
romantic poetry,
567
00:33:38,643 --> 00:33:41,270
but when the time comes,
these will be yours,
568
00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:44,774
along with whatever we haven't
already spent on whores and whiskey.
569
00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:47,568
This is our
sacred bond.
570
00:33:47,777 --> 00:33:49,779
I'll draw it up
right now.
571
00:33:54,784 --> 00:33:58,829
I, Monsieur Gustave H, being of
relatively sound mind and body,
572
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,915
on this day,
the 19th of October,
573
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,917
in the year of
our Lord 1932...
574
00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:05,961
MR. MOUSTAFA: He never told
me where he came from.
575
00:34:09,423 --> 00:34:11,676
I never asked who
his family had been.
576
00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:34,615
Excuse me.
577
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:36,283
Uh-huh?
578
00:34:37,451 --> 00:34:40,830
The police are here.
They asked for you.
579
00:34:44,709 --> 00:34:46,711
Tell them
I'll be right down.
580
00:34:47,503 --> 00:34:49,505
Okay.
581
00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:56,721
Have you ever been questioned
by the authorities?
582
00:34:56,971 --> 00:34:58,222
Yes, on one occasion
I was arrested
583
00:34:58,347 --> 00:34:59,640
and tortured by
the rebel militia
584
00:34:59,849 --> 00:35:00,891
after the Desert Uprising.
585
00:35:01,142 --> 00:35:03,060
You know the drill, then.
Zip it. Of course.
586
00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:06,689
You've never heard the word "van
Hoytl" in your life. Okay, let's go.
587
00:35:21,704 --> 00:35:23,706
How may we serve you,
gentlemen?
588
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,167
Ah, Inspector Henckels.
589
00:35:26,375 --> 00:35:28,919
"By order of the Commissioner
of Police, Zubrowka Province,
590
00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:30,880
"I hereby place you under
arrest for the murder
591
00:35:31,088 --> 00:35:33,549
"of Madame Céline Villeneuve
Desgoffe und Taxis."
592
00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:35,217
I knew there was
something fishy.
593
00:35:35,342 --> 00:35:36,844
We never got
the cause of death.
594
00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:40,222
She's been murdered
and you think I did it.
595
00:35:41,891 --> 00:35:43,893
HENCKELS: Hey!
596
00:35:45,728 --> 00:35:47,730
Stop!
597
00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:12,755
(DOOR BANGING)
598
00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:14,256
(MAN WHISTLES)
599
00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:38,948
What happened?
600
00:36:39,156 --> 00:36:41,617
What happened, my dear Zero,
is I beat the living shit
601
00:36:41,784 --> 00:36:44,453
out of a sniveling little runt
called Pinky Bandinski
602
00:36:44,662 --> 00:36:46,455
who had the gall to
question my virility,
603
00:36:46,622 --> 00:36:48,916
because if there's one thing we've
learned from penny dreadfuls,
604
00:36:49,124 --> 00:36:51,126
it's that, when you find
yourself in a place like this,
605
00:36:51,335 --> 00:36:52,795
you must never
be a candy-ass.
606
00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:54,964
You've got to prove
yourself from Day One.
607
00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:56,632
You've got to
win their respect.
608
00:36:56,966 --> 00:37:00,094
You should take a long look
at his ugly mug this morning.
609
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:05,266
He's, actually,
become a dear friend.
610
00:37:05,474 --> 00:37:06,976
You'll meet him, I hope.
611
00:37:07,977 --> 00:37:10,020
So. You've talked to Kovacs?
612
00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:11,647
I saw him last
night in secret.
613
00:37:11,855 --> 00:37:14,024
He made me take an oath on a
Bible I wouldn't tell a soul.
614
00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:15,359
You're supposed to also.
615
00:37:15,484 --> 00:37:16,652
I'll do that later.
616
00:37:16,819 --> 00:37:17,987
He suspects you're innocent.
617
00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:19,321
Of course he does.
618
00:37:19,488 --> 00:37:21,282
What's the charge?
619
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:25,661
In the small hours of
the evening of 19 October,
620
00:37:25,869 --> 00:37:28,914
an individual well-known to the house
and staff, a Monsieur Gustave H,
621
00:37:29,123 --> 00:37:32,251
did arrive at the Desgoffe
und Taxis residence in Lutz
622
00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:34,962
and entered by
the rear service alley,
623
00:37:35,170 --> 00:37:36,505
alerting no one
to his presence,
624
00:37:36,714 --> 00:37:40,467
and did then proceed by way of
back stairs and servants' passage,
625
00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:43,012
to deliver himself into the
private chambers of Madame D.
626
00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:45,764
There is no evidence
to indicate whether this visit
627
00:37:45,973 --> 00:37:48,434
had been pre-arranged
with her or not.
628
00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:53,522
The next morning Madame D was found
dead by strychnine poisoning.
629
00:37:53,731 --> 00:37:55,858
Monsieur Gustave was not
observed on the premises again
630
00:37:56,066 --> 00:37:59,236
until, of course,
24 hours later.
631
00:37:59,445 --> 00:38:01,697
The identity of
his accusers is made
632
00:38:01,864 --> 00:38:04,116
clear in this
notarized deposition.
633
00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:07,745
They include, essentially, all
members of the extended family,
634
00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:12,666
but the key witness who actually
ostensibly saw the alleged events
635
00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:15,502
appears to have
fled the jurisdiction.
636
00:38:15,711 --> 00:38:17,379
His whereabouts are
currently unknown,
637
00:38:17,588 --> 00:38:20,215
but he's being sought and pursued
by the relevant authorities.
638
00:38:20,424 --> 00:38:22,509
Who is he?
639
00:38:26,639 --> 00:38:27,640
Serge?
640
00:38:27,765 --> 00:38:28,766
I'm afraid so.
641
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:31,226
That little prick.
642
00:38:31,435 --> 00:38:33,562
No, I don't believe it.
They put him up to it.
643
00:38:33,771 --> 00:38:35,898
I've been dropped
into a nest of vipers.
644
00:38:36,106 --> 00:38:37,107
You have an alibi?
645
00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:39,485
Of course, but she's married
to the Duke of Westphalia.
646
00:38:39,693 --> 00:38:42,321
I can't allow her name to get
mixed-up in all this monkey business.
647
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:44,365
Your life may be at stake.
648
00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:46,325
I know,
but the bitch legged it.
649
00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:50,287
She's already on board the Queen
Nasstasja halfway to Dutch Tanganyika.
650
00:38:52,790 --> 00:38:54,041
Don't give up.
651
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,423
MR. MOUSTAFA:
The details of the conspiracy,
652
00:39:02,758 --> 00:39:04,885
now a matter of public record,
653
00:39:05,094 --> 00:39:08,222
were, at that time, impossible
for us to apprehend.
654
00:39:18,774 --> 00:39:20,067
(UNLOCKING)
655
00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:27,116
I'm looking for Serge X,
656
00:39:27,324 --> 00:39:30,160
a young man in
the service of my employer,
657
00:39:30,369 --> 00:39:33,872
the family Desgoffe und Taxis
of Schloss Lutz.
658
00:39:35,499 --> 00:39:37,084
Yes, sir?
You're his sister?
659
00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,670
Yes, sir.
Seen him lately?
660
00:39:40,838 --> 00:39:42,965
No, sir.
No, sir?
661
00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:45,050
No, sir.
662
00:39:48,470 --> 00:39:51,265
I need to find him right away,
for his own safety
663
00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:53,016
and everybody else's.
664
00:39:53,225 --> 00:39:55,894
If he shows up...
665
00:39:56,103 --> 00:39:58,856
Yes, sir?
Tell him Jopling says,
666
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:01,316
"Come home."
667
00:40:03,485 --> 00:40:06,071
MR. MOUSTAFA:
But one thing was certain,
668
00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:11,702
the Desgoffe und Taxis
were a very powerful family,
669
00:40:15,831 --> 00:40:18,041
and time was not on our side.
670
00:40:19,001 --> 00:40:20,294
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
671
00:40:22,212 --> 00:40:23,714
(KNOCKING)
672
00:40:26,049 --> 00:40:28,844
A letter from
Monsieur Gustave. Zero.
673
00:40:29,762 --> 00:40:31,764
You want me to?
Read it.
674
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:35,642
(CLEARS THROAT)
675
00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:39,563
"My dear and
trusted colleagues..."
676
00:40:39,772 --> 00:40:41,815
I miss you deeply
as I write from the confines
677
00:40:42,024 --> 00:40:45,027
of my regrettable and
preposterous incarceration.
678
00:40:45,235 --> 00:40:47,321
Until I walk amongst
you again as a free man,
679
00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:49,907
the Grand Budapest
remains in your hands,
680
00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:52,284
as does its
impeccable reputation.
681
00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:54,495
Keep it spotless
and glorify it.
682
00:40:54,703 --> 00:40:57,039
Take extra special care of
every little-bitty bit of it
683
00:40:57,247 --> 00:40:59,333
as if I were watching
over you like a hawk
684
00:40:59,541 --> 00:41:03,003
with a horse whip in its
talons, because I am.
685
00:41:03,212 --> 00:41:06,256
Should I discover a lapse of
any variety during my absence,
686
00:41:06,465 --> 00:41:10,093
I promise, swift and merciless
justice will descend upon you.
687
00:41:10,302 --> 00:41:14,264
A great and noble house has been
placed under your protection.
688
00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:17,100
Tell Zero if you see
any funny business.
689
00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:19,436
"Your devoted
Monsieur Gustave."
690
00:41:19,645 --> 00:41:21,897
Then there's a poem, but we
might want to start on the soup
691
00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:23,482
since it's 46 stanzas.
692
00:41:23,565 --> 00:41:24,608
(CUTLERY CLATTERS)
693
00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:28,445
"A moist, black ash dampens the
filth of a dung-dark rat's nest
694
00:41:28,654 --> 00:41:30,739
"and mingles with
the thick scent of wood rot
695
00:41:30,948 --> 00:41:32,741
"while the lark song
of a guttersnipe..."
696
00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:35,202
JOPLING: I never
trusted that butler.
697
00:41:35,410 --> 00:41:37,204
He's too honest.
698
00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:39,081
DMITRI ON PHONE: Too honest, you say?
JOPLING: Mmm-hmm.
699
00:41:39,289 --> 00:41:41,416
Right, well,
be that as it may,
700
00:41:41,583 --> 00:41:43,585
find him quick
and make it snappy.
701
00:41:59,893 --> 00:42:02,479
May I offer any of you
inmates a plate of mush?
702
00:42:04,982 --> 00:42:06,400
No? Anyone?
703
00:42:06,608 --> 00:42:08,861
You with the very
large scar on your face?
704
00:42:18,245 --> 00:42:21,123
Try it. It's actually quite warm
and nourishing this morning.
705
00:42:21,331 --> 00:42:22,374
It needs a dash of salt.
706
00:42:31,258 --> 00:42:32,801
Good day.
707
00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:39,641
Mush, gents?
Any takers?
708
00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:45,314
Suit yourselves.
709
00:42:50,861 --> 00:42:52,529
Rise and shine.
Chop, chop.
710
00:42:54,114 --> 00:42:55,324
Good morning, Pinky.
711
00:43:01,121 --> 00:43:02,414
Mendl's again?
712
00:43:02,497 --> 00:43:03,707
Precisely.
713
00:43:03,916 --> 00:43:05,918
Who's got the throat slitter?
714
00:43:11,506 --> 00:43:12,925
Out of this world.
715
00:43:13,050 --> 00:43:14,426
GUSTAVE H:
Mendl's is the best.
716
00:43:14,635 --> 00:43:16,762
Well, back to work.
Monsieur Gustave?
717
00:43:20,349 --> 00:43:21,767
Yes?
718
00:43:21,850 --> 00:43:23,018
(DOOR CLOSES)
719
00:43:25,562 --> 00:43:27,856
PINKY: Me and the boys
talked it over.
720
00:43:28,065 --> 00:43:30,525
We think you're
a really straight fellow.
721
00:43:30,734 --> 00:43:32,903
Well, I've never been
accused of that before,
722
00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:35,072
but I appreciate
the sentiment.
723
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:36,657
You're one of us now.
724
00:43:37,950 --> 00:43:39,910
What a lovely thing to say.
725
00:43:40,118 --> 00:43:41,995
Thank you, dear Pinky.
Thank you, Gunther.
726
00:43:42,204 --> 00:43:43,622
Thank you, Wolf.
727
00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:45,832
Anything else?
728
00:43:47,668 --> 00:43:48,710
Tell him, Ludwig.
729
00:43:50,671 --> 00:43:53,966
Checkpoint 19 ain't
no two-bit hoosegow.
730
00:43:54,174 --> 00:43:57,427
You got broad-gauge iron bars
on every door, vent and window.
731
00:43:57,636 --> 00:44:01,223
You got 72 guards on the floor
and 16 more in the towers.
732
00:44:01,431 --> 00:44:05,727
You got a 325-foot drop into
a moat full of crocodiles.
733
00:44:05,936 --> 00:44:07,896
But, like the best of them,
it's got a soft spot,
734
00:44:08,105 --> 00:44:09,856
which in this case
happens to take the form
735
00:44:10,065 --> 00:44:12,192
of a storm-drain sewer system
736
00:44:12,401 --> 00:44:14,695
dating from the time of the
original rock fortification
737
00:44:14,903 --> 00:44:16,947
way back in the Middle Ages.
738
00:44:17,155 --> 00:44:20,242
Now, nobody's saying it's a stroll
down a tree-lined promenade
739
00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:22,202
with a fine lady
and a white poodle,
740
00:44:22,411 --> 00:44:26,039
but it's got what
you'd call "vulnerability,"
741
00:44:26,248 --> 00:44:28,917
and that's our
bread and butter.
742
00:44:29,751 --> 00:44:31,920
Take a look.
743
00:44:33,130 --> 00:44:34,464
Who drew this?
744
00:44:34,673 --> 00:44:36,758
What do you mean,
"Who drew this?" I did.
745
00:44:36,967 --> 00:44:39,052
Very good. You've got
a wonderful line, Ludwig.
746
00:44:39,261 --> 00:44:40,929
This shows great
artistic promise.
747
00:44:41,138 --> 00:44:44,516
Question, how do you intend to
penetrate this lowest rudiment?
748
00:44:44,725 --> 00:44:47,269
It's 25 inches of reinforced
granite masonry, is it not?
749
00:44:47,477 --> 00:44:49,187
Digging with
the throat-slitter,
750
00:44:49,396 --> 00:44:52,024
I expect this would take three to
six months of continual effort,
751
00:44:52,232 --> 00:44:53,734
during which time
several of our members
752
00:44:53,942 --> 00:44:55,360
will have been
violently executed.
753
00:44:55,569 --> 00:44:57,904
You hit the nail on the head,
Mr. Gustave.
754
00:44:58,113 --> 00:45:00,699
We got fake documents,
second-hand street clothes,
755
00:45:00,907 --> 00:45:03,285
a rope ladder made of
sticks and bunk-linens,
756
00:45:03,493 --> 00:45:05,370
but we need digging tools,
757
00:45:05,579 --> 00:45:08,540
which are proving hard to
come by in this flop-house.
758
00:45:22,929 --> 00:45:24,473
YOUNG WRITER:
At this point in the story,
759
00:45:24,681 --> 00:45:28,268
the old man fell silent and
pushed away his saddle of lamb.
760
00:45:28,477 --> 00:45:31,313
His eyes went
blank as two stones.
761
00:45:31,521 --> 00:45:33,523
I could see he
was in distress.
762
00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:34,941
Are you ill,
Mr. Moustafa?
763
00:45:35,067 --> 00:45:36,276
I finally asked.
764
00:45:36,485 --> 00:45:37,569
Oh, dear me, no.
765
00:45:37,694 --> 00:45:38,779
He said.
766
00:45:38,987 --> 00:45:41,406
It's only that I don't
know how to proceed.
767
00:45:42,616 --> 00:45:44,785
He was crying.
768
00:45:44,993 --> 00:45:46,495
You see,
I never speak of Agatha,
769
00:45:46,703 --> 00:45:50,290
because even at
the thought of her name
770
00:45:50,499 --> 00:45:53,251
I'm unable to
control my emotions.
771
00:45:56,338 --> 00:45:58,590
Well, I suppose
there's no way around it.
772
00:45:59,883 --> 00:46:02,219
You see, she saved us.
773
00:46:02,511 --> 00:46:04,346
On our third
formal rendezvous,
774
00:46:04,554 --> 00:46:07,474
I had asked for her hand in
marriage and she had agreed.
775
00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:09,559
Will you marry me?
Yes.
776
00:46:11,353 --> 00:46:14,231
We did not have 50 Klubecks
between the two of us.
777
00:46:14,439 --> 00:46:17,692
No one knew, of course, but,
then, who would have cared?
778
00:46:17,901 --> 00:46:20,654
We were each completely
on our own in the world,
779
00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:23,782
and we were deeply in love.
780
00:46:32,582 --> 00:46:34,417
Here.
Thank you.
781
00:46:34,626 --> 00:46:36,461
It's a book.
I see.
782
00:46:36,670 --> 00:46:38,171
Romantic Poetry,
Volume One.
783
00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:39,506
Monsieur Gustave
recommended it.
784
00:46:39,631 --> 00:46:40,715
I have a copy of
my own as well.
785
00:46:40,924 --> 00:46:42,884
I ruined the surprise,
I suppose.
786
00:46:43,009 --> 00:46:44,970
I'll go ahead
and open it, anyway.
787
00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:50,433
Read the inscription.
788
00:46:51,518 --> 00:46:52,727
(READING)
789
00:47:08,952 --> 00:47:10,036
MR. MOUSTAFA:
Monsieur Gustave insisted
790
00:47:10,245 --> 00:47:12,497
on an immediate and thorough
cross-examination...
791
00:47:12,706 --> 00:47:14,374
She's charming.
She's so charming.
792
00:47:14,541 --> 00:47:15,500
(CHUCKLES)
793
00:47:15,584 --> 00:47:18,003
...during which he presented
Agatha with a porcelain pendant
794
00:47:18,211 --> 00:47:21,131
and five dozen individually
tissue-wrapped white tulips
795
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:23,466
in a box the size
of a child's coffin.
796
00:47:23,675 --> 00:47:24,968
It's not right.
797
00:47:25,093 --> 00:47:26,386
I beg your pardon?
798
00:47:26,595 --> 00:47:27,762
Why is he sulking?
799
00:47:27,971 --> 00:47:29,848
She's my girlfriend.
You can't just buy her things.
800
00:47:30,056 --> 00:47:33,393
I'm only interviewing this vision
of loveliness on your behalf.
801
00:47:33,602 --> 00:47:36,188
Never be jealous in this life,
Zero, not even for an instant.
802
00:47:36,396 --> 00:47:37,939
Is he flirting with you?
803
00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:40,734
Yes.
804
00:47:40,859 --> 00:47:42,360
I approve of this union.
805
00:47:42,569 --> 00:47:45,071
Agatha, my beauty,
return to your beloved.
806
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:46,573
MR. MOUSTAFA:
Soon we learned...
807
00:47:46,781 --> 00:47:48,491
GUSTAVE H:
Blessings upon you both.
808
00:47:48,700 --> 00:47:50,410
...not only was Agatha
immensely skilled
809
00:47:50,619 --> 00:47:53,121
with a palette knife and
a butter-cream flourish...
810
00:47:53,330 --> 00:47:55,332
Mendl.
Go.
811
00:47:56,499 --> 00:47:58,501
...she was also very brave.
812
00:48:02,964 --> 00:48:05,050
I believe she
was born that way.
813
00:48:24,444 --> 00:48:26,488
Something's missing.
814
00:48:26,696 --> 00:48:31,159
A crucial document, either misplaced
or, conceivably, destroyed.
815
00:48:31,368 --> 00:48:33,870
I don't know what it contains, I
don't know what it represents,
816
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:35,455
I don't know what it is,
817
00:48:35,664 --> 00:48:38,750
but there are traces
and shadows of it everywhere.
818
00:48:38,959 --> 00:48:40,669
Now, I don't want
to alarm you,
819
00:48:40,877 --> 00:48:42,587
and I don't expect to see
any significant change
820
00:48:42,796 --> 00:48:44,214
in the magistrate's
ultimate decision
821
00:48:44,339 --> 00:48:45,799
vis-à-vis your
own inheritance,
822
00:48:46,007 --> 00:48:49,803
but, especially given the
circumstances of the death,
823
00:48:50,011 --> 00:48:52,180
as well as the disappearance
of the key witness
824
00:48:52,347 --> 00:48:54,474
in the murder case, Serge X,
825
00:48:54,683 --> 00:48:56,351
I suggest that we immediately
bring this matter
826
00:48:56,559 --> 00:48:58,770
to the attention of
the municipal inspector
827
00:48:58,979 --> 00:49:00,730
so that there can be
absolutely no question
828
00:49:00,939 --> 00:49:03,316
of impropriety
at any future date.
829
00:49:03,525 --> 00:49:05,277
Agreed?
Not agreed.
830
00:49:07,112 --> 00:49:09,197
Not agreed?
Not agreed.
831
00:49:11,908 --> 00:49:13,493
Can I ask you a question,
Vilmos?
832
00:49:13,618 --> 00:49:15,161
Yes, Dmitri?
833
00:49:15,370 --> 00:49:16,663
Who are you working for?
834
00:49:16,788 --> 00:49:18,039
I beg your pardon?
835
00:49:18,248 --> 00:49:20,041
Who are you working for?
836
00:49:20,208 --> 00:49:22,002
I thought you're supposed
to be our lawyer.
837
00:49:22,210 --> 00:49:23,670
Well, in point of fact,
838
00:49:23,753 --> 00:49:25,588
I'm the executor
of the estate.
839
00:49:25,797 --> 00:49:29,926
In this particular situation,
I represent the deceased.
840
00:49:30,135 --> 00:49:31,136
Oh, yeah?
841
00:49:31,261 --> 00:49:34,014
Yeah. A provision for my fees
was included in the...
842
00:49:34,222 --> 00:49:39,019
Just wrap it up and
don't make waves. Agreed?
843
00:49:41,021 --> 00:49:42,981
I'm an attorney.
I'm obligated to
844
00:49:43,106 --> 00:49:45,066
proceed according
to the rule of law.
845
00:49:46,443 --> 00:49:47,569
Not agreed.
846
00:49:54,159 --> 00:49:56,202
This stinks, sisters.
847
00:49:56,286 --> 00:49:58,163
(CAT YOWLS)
848
00:49:59,664 --> 00:50:01,708
Did he just throw
my cat out the window?
849
00:50:03,001 --> 00:50:04,794
I don't think so.
850
00:50:04,878 --> 00:50:05,879
No. Did he?
Jopling?
851
00:50:10,925 --> 00:50:12,344
(FAINT SCRAPING)
852
00:50:16,598 --> 00:50:18,141
(DOOR OPENS IN THE DISTANCE)
853
00:50:18,266 --> 00:50:19,768
Shh-shh.
854
00:50:28,276 --> 00:50:31,154
(GUARD SNEEZES AND WALKS OFF)
855
00:50:32,864 --> 00:50:34,866
LUDWIG: Okay.
856
00:50:45,418 --> 00:50:48,171
There's something
I haven't told you, Agatha.
857
00:50:48,380 --> 00:50:49,589
Okay.
We stole a painting.
858
00:50:49,798 --> 00:50:52,342
It's very valuable, maybe five
million Klubecks, in fact.
859
00:50:52,550 --> 00:50:54,427
I don't know if anyone's
even noticed it's missing yet,
860
00:50:54,636 --> 00:50:56,221
but if something
should happen to me...
861
00:50:56,429 --> 00:50:57,931
You steal art?
862
00:50:59,015 --> 00:51:02,060
One picture. Anyway, we need to
make a plan for your survival.
863
00:51:02,268 --> 00:51:05,063
Hide this. It's in code and you might
need a magnifying glass to read it,
864
00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:07,524
but it tells you exactly where
and how to find Boy with Apple.
865
00:51:07,732 --> 00:51:09,776
Don't take less than half the
retail asking price. Also...
866
00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:11,277
Zero, I'm a baker.
867
00:51:11,403 --> 00:51:12,695
You're a pastry chef.
868
00:51:12,904 --> 00:51:14,781
I'm not a fence,
if that's the term.
869
00:51:14,989 --> 00:51:16,866
I don't trade in
stolen property.
870
00:51:18,118 --> 00:51:19,953
I said it wrong.
She willed it to him.
871
00:51:20,036 --> 00:51:21,413
(DOOR OPENING NEARBY)
872
00:51:29,337 --> 00:51:31,339
Go to sleep.
873
00:51:32,006 --> 00:51:33,842
Yes, Herr Mendl.
874
00:51:36,594 --> 00:51:38,346
Hide this.
No.
875
00:51:38,555 --> 00:51:40,557
Okay, but take it anyway.
876
00:53:16,819 --> 00:53:17,820
(DOOR OPENS)
877
00:53:31,626 --> 00:53:33,044
(DOOR OPENS)
878
00:53:39,509 --> 00:53:40,969
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
879
00:54:29,183 --> 00:54:30,893
(SCREAMING)
(THUDDING)
880
00:55:06,554 --> 00:55:09,766
MR. MOUSTAFA: The next morning,
Herr Becker received a peculiar,
881
00:55:09,974 --> 00:55:12,685
last-minute notice from the
office of Deputy Kovacs,
882
00:55:12,894 --> 00:55:17,357
postponing their scheduled
meeting, in perpetuity.
883
00:55:41,339 --> 00:55:42,840
(METALLIC CLANG)
884
00:55:42,965 --> 00:55:44,300
(BELL RINGS)
885
00:55:47,470 --> 00:55:49,472
LUDWIG: Let's blow.
886
00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:00,501
How did you get out there?
887
00:57:00,626 --> 00:57:01,878
Shut the fuck up.
888
00:57:02,086 --> 00:57:04,714
These guys are
trying to escape.
889
00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:06,632
What's wrong with you,
you goddamn snitch?
890
00:57:06,841 --> 00:57:08,843
Guard! Guard!
(CHOKING)
891
00:57:16,142 --> 00:57:17,393
It's you.
Thank you.
892
00:57:17,477 --> 00:57:19,604
Thank you, you sweet, kind man.
893
00:57:49,467 --> 00:57:51,469
LUDWIG: Okay.
894
00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:55,431
(ALL GRUNTING SOFTLY)
895
00:58:43,521 --> 00:58:44,855
ALL: Whoa!
896
00:58:44,939 --> 00:58:46,482
(GUARDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
897
00:58:48,234 --> 00:58:49,610
(CRASHING)
898
00:58:49,777 --> 00:58:51,112
(GRUNTING)
899
00:58:55,783 --> 00:58:56,784
(GROANING)
900
00:58:56,951 --> 00:58:57,952
(STRAINING)
901
00:58:58,160 --> 00:58:59,620
(GROANS)
902
00:59:05,501 --> 00:59:08,129
I suppose you'd
call that a draw.
903
00:59:10,464 --> 00:59:11,966
(DISTANT CLANGING)
904
00:59:17,263 --> 00:59:19,265
Good evening.
905
00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:27,440
(GRUNTING)
906
00:59:27,523 --> 00:59:31,152
Let me introduce you. Pinky, Wolf,
Ludwig, this is the divine Zero.
907
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:33,195
Gunther was slain
in the catacombs.
908
00:59:33,446 --> 00:59:36,198
Well, boys, who knows when we'll
all meet again, but if one clay...
909
00:59:36,449 --> 00:59:37,491
(CAR APPROACHES)
Hold it.
910
00:59:40,494 --> 00:59:42,872
No time to gab.
911
00:59:43,122 --> 00:59:45,499
Take care of yourself,
Mr. Gustave.
912
00:59:45,666 --> 00:59:47,668
Good luck, kid.
913
00:59:51,297 --> 00:59:52,798
Which way to
the safe house?
914
00:59:52,923 --> 00:59:54,383
I couldn't find one.
915
00:59:54,508 --> 00:59:57,553
No safe house? Really? We're
completely on our own out here?
916
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:00,890
I'm afraid so. I asked around, but...
(MUMBLES INDISTINCTLY)
917
01:00:01,140 --> 01:00:03,893
GUSTAVE H: I understand. Too risky.
We'll just have to wing it, I suppose.
918
01:00:04,143 --> 01:00:06,520
Let's put on
our disguises.
919
01:00:06,687 --> 01:00:07,730
We're wearing them.
920
01:00:07,855 --> 01:00:08,856
No, we're not.
921
01:00:09,065 --> 01:00:11,525
We said false whiskers
and fake noses and so on.
922
01:00:11,692 --> 01:00:12,860
You didn't bring any?
923
01:00:13,027 --> 01:00:14,195
I thought you
were growing one.
924
01:00:14,403 --> 01:00:17,323
And it wouldn't look
realistic, would it?
925
01:00:17,531 --> 01:00:19,700
No, when done properly,
they're perfectly convincing.
926
01:00:19,909 --> 01:00:21,869
But I take your point.
So be it.
927
01:00:22,036 --> 01:00:24,497
Give me a few squirts of L'air
de Panache, please, will you?
928
01:00:26,207 --> 01:00:27,833
Can I not get
a squirt, even?
929
01:00:27,958 --> 01:00:29,543
I forgot
the L'air de Panache.
930
01:00:29,752 --> 01:00:32,338
Honestly, you forgot
the L'air de Panache?
931
01:00:32,546 --> 01:00:35,508
I don't believe it.
How could you?
932
01:00:35,716 --> 01:00:38,678
I've been in jail, Zero! Do you
understand how humiliating this is?
933
01:00:38,886 --> 01:00:40,888
I smell.
934
01:00:42,390 --> 01:00:44,767
(CHUCKLES) That's just
marvelous, isn't it?
935
01:00:45,017 --> 01:00:47,228
I suppose this is to
be expected back in...
936
01:00:47,311 --> 01:00:48,729
Where do you
come from again?
937
01:00:48,938 --> 01:00:50,439
Aq Salim al-Jabat.
Precisely.
938
01:00:50,690 --> 01:00:53,234
I suppose this is to be expected
back in Aq Salim al-Jabat
939
01:00:53,401 --> 01:00:54,694
where one's prized
possessions
940
01:00:54,902 --> 01:00:56,737
are a stack of filthy carpets
and a starving goat,
941
01:00:56,946 --> 01:01:00,741
and one sleeps behind a tent flap and
survives on wild dates and scarabs.
942
01:01:00,950 --> 01:01:03,452
But it's not
how I trained you.
943
01:01:03,703 --> 01:01:05,329
What on God's earth
possessed you to leave
944
01:01:05,413 --> 01:01:06,747
the homeland where
you obviously belong
945
01:01:06,914 --> 01:01:08,290
and travel
unspeakable distances
946
01:01:08,416 --> 01:01:11,961
to become a penniless immigrant in a
refined, highly-cultivated society
947
01:01:12,211 --> 01:01:15,214
that, quite frankly, could've gotten
along very well without you?
948
01:01:16,132 --> 01:01:17,133
The war.
949
01:01:18,259 --> 01:01:19,593
Say again?
950
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:21,804
Well, you see,
my father was murdered
951
01:01:22,054 --> 01:01:24,640
and the rest of my family
were executed by firing squad.
952
01:01:24,890 --> 01:01:26,308
Our village was
burned to the ground
953
01:01:26,559 --> 01:01:29,770
and those who managed to
survive were forced to flee.
954
01:01:29,937 --> 01:01:31,772
I left because
of the war.
955
01:01:32,732 --> 01:01:36,444
I see. So you're, actually, really
more of a refugee, in that sense?
956
01:01:37,611 --> 01:01:38,612
Truly.
957
01:01:38,779 --> 01:01:42,491
Well, I suppose I'd better take
back everything I just said.
958
01:01:43,743 --> 01:01:46,829
What a bloody idiot I am.
Pathetic fool.
959
01:01:47,079 --> 01:01:49,165
Goddamn, selfish bastard.
960
01:01:49,415 --> 01:01:52,460
This is disgraceful, and it's beneath
the standards of the Grand Budapest.
961
01:01:54,128 --> 01:01:56,172
I apologize on
behalf of the hotel.
962
01:01:56,422 --> 01:01:58,758
It's not your fault. You were
just upset I forgot the perfume.
963
01:01:58,966 --> 01:02:02,970
Don't make excuses for me.
I owe you my life.
964
01:02:03,179 --> 01:02:07,016
You are my dear friend and protégé
and I'm very proud of you.
965
01:02:07,266 --> 01:02:09,518
You must know that.
966
01:02:09,769 --> 01:02:11,771
I'm so sorry, Zero.
967
01:02:13,314 --> 01:02:15,316
We're brothers.
968
01:02:23,491 --> 01:02:25,493
How's our darling Agatha?
969
01:02:27,953 --> 01:02:31,207
"'Twas first light when I saw
her face upon the heath,
970
01:02:31,457 --> 01:02:34,043
"and hence did I return,
day-by-day, entranced,
971
01:02:34,293 --> 01:02:37,171
"tho' vinegar did brine my
heart, never..." (ALARM BLARES)
972
01:02:37,338 --> 01:02:40,007
Very good. I'm going to stop you
there because the alarm has sounded,
973
01:02:40,216 --> 01:02:43,677
but remember where we left off
because I insist you finish later.
974
01:02:52,728 --> 01:02:55,064
(POLICE WHISTLE BLOWS)
975
01:03:01,695 --> 01:03:04,448
I want roadblocks
at every junction for 50km.
976
01:03:04,657 --> 01:03:07,368
I want rail blocks at every
train station for 100km.
977
01:03:07,618 --> 01:03:09,203
I want 50 men
and 10 bloodhounds
978
01:03:09,286 --> 01:03:10,454
ready in five minutes.
979
01:03:10,663 --> 01:03:12,206
We're going
to strip-search
980
01:03:12,331 --> 01:03:13,874
every pretzel-Ha us,
Waffel-hut, Biergarten
981
01:03:14,041 --> 01:03:16,126
and especially
every grand hotel
982
01:03:16,210 --> 01:03:17,837
from Äugenzburg to Zilchbrück.
983
01:03:18,128 --> 01:03:20,047
These men are dangerous,
professional criminals.
984
01:03:20,297 --> 01:03:22,341
At least three of
them are anyway.
985
01:03:22,550 --> 01:03:23,551
Who are you?
986
01:03:25,970 --> 01:03:26,971
What are you doing here?
987
01:03:27,054 --> 01:03:28,722
Civilian personnel aren't
permitted in the cellblock.
988
01:03:28,806 --> 01:03:30,307
This is a military
investigation.
989
01:03:30,432 --> 01:03:31,934
This is Mr. Jopling, sir.
990
01:03:32,017 --> 01:03:34,228
His employer's mother
was one of the victims...
991
01:03:34,395 --> 01:03:36,730
Shut up.
992
01:03:37,731 --> 01:03:40,067
You work for the family
Desgoffe und Taxis?
993
01:03:40,234 --> 01:03:44,196
Are you aware of the murder of Deputy
Vilmos Kovacs on 23rd October?
994
01:03:44,405 --> 01:03:46,740
I'm aware of
his disappearance.
995
01:03:46,991 --> 01:03:49,493
His body was found stuffed in a
sarcophagus behind a storage room
996
01:03:49,702 --> 01:03:51,245
at the Kunstmuseum
late last night.
997
01:03:51,495 --> 01:03:54,081
He was short four fingers.
998
01:03:54,248 --> 01:03:55,541
What do you
know about that?
999
01:03:55,666 --> 01:03:56,917
Nothing.
1000
01:03:58,586 --> 01:04:00,588
Escort Mr. Jopling
off the premises.
1001
01:04:11,098 --> 01:04:13,100
Mendl's.
1002
01:04:17,897 --> 01:04:20,107
Operator, get me the Excelsior
Palace in Baden-Jurgen
1003
01:04:20,274 --> 01:04:21,775
and reverse
the charges, please.
1004
01:04:22,026 --> 01:04:23,861
We've no choice. There's
nowhere else to turn.
1005
01:04:24,069 --> 01:04:25,362
I'll hold.
Thank you.
1006
01:04:25,571 --> 01:04:28,282
It's our only hope. Otherwise, I shouldn't
even mention its existence to you.
1007
01:04:28,449 --> 01:04:31,243
It goes without saying, never breathe
a word about this to a living soul.
1008
01:04:31,452 --> 01:04:33,203
Do you swear? Of course.
What is it, in fact?
1009
01:04:33,412 --> 01:04:34,538
I can't say.
1010
01:04:34,622 --> 01:04:35,956
(SPEAKING GERMAN)
1011
01:04:37,207 --> 01:04:38,959
How does one come by
front-row aisle seats
1012
01:04:39,209 --> 01:04:42,463
for a first night at the Opera
Toscana with one day's notice?
1013
01:04:42,630 --> 01:04:44,131
How does one arrange
a private viewing
1014
01:04:44,381 --> 01:04:47,134
of the tapestry collection
at the Royal Saxon Gallery?
1015
01:04:47,301 --> 01:04:51,472
How does one secure a corner table
at Chez Dominique on a Thursday?
1016
01:04:51,639 --> 01:04:53,933
Ivan, darling,
it's Gustave. Hello.
1017
01:04:54,141 --> 01:04:56,143
Well, I was until
about five minutes ago.
1018
01:04:56,393 --> 01:04:59,480
We've taken it upon ourselves to clear
out in a hurry if you see what I mean.
1019
01:04:59,647 --> 01:05:02,149
Well, through a sewer,
as it happens. Exactly.
1020
01:05:02,316 --> 01:05:04,985
Listen, Ivan, I'm sorry to out you
off, but we're in a bit of a bind.
1021
01:05:05,152 --> 01:05:06,820
This is an official request.
1022
01:05:06,987 --> 01:05:10,157
I'm formally calling upon
the special services of...
1023
01:05:15,412 --> 01:05:16,830
IVAN: I'll call you back,
Gustave.
1024
01:05:17,081 --> 01:05:18,999
Right. Stand by.
1025
01:05:19,249 --> 01:05:22,419
I beg your pardon.
Do you prefer to walk?
1026
01:05:22,628 --> 01:05:24,505
We're right here.
It's very simple.
1027
01:05:24,755 --> 01:05:26,757
Straight down the corniche,
then left.
1028
01:05:26,966 --> 01:05:28,968
Jojo, see the gentleman out.
1029
01:05:31,845 --> 01:05:34,139
Get me Monsieur Georges
at the Château Luxe, please.
1030
01:05:34,223 --> 01:05:35,724
(RINGING)
1031
01:05:35,933 --> 01:05:38,310
(SINGING)
Happy birthday to you
1032
01:05:38,394 --> 01:05:39,520
(WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)
1033
01:05:39,603 --> 01:05:40,604
Take over.
1034
01:05:40,688 --> 01:05:42,106
Happy birthday, dear...
1035
01:05:42,272 --> 01:05:43,524
GEORGES: Hello, Ivan?
1036
01:05:45,693 --> 01:05:47,528
Got it.
1037
01:05:47,778 --> 01:05:50,531
Get me Monsieur Dino at the
Palazzo Principessa, please.
1038
01:05:50,614 --> 01:05:52,074
(RINGING)
1039
01:05:52,282 --> 01:05:54,618
Higher, goddammit, higher!
1040
01:05:54,702 --> 01:05:56,120
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
1041
01:05:56,537 --> 01:05:58,205
Take over.
1042
01:05:58,372 --> 01:05:59,957
DINO: Monsieur Georges.
Higher.
1043
01:06:00,165 --> 01:06:02,334
I see. Straightaway.
1044
01:06:03,877 --> 01:06:06,380
Get me Monsieur Robin at
I'Hôtel Côte du Cap, please.
1045
01:06:06,463 --> 01:06:07,965
(RINGING)
1046
01:06:08,132 --> 01:06:10,009
...and two and three.
1047
01:06:11,301 --> 01:06:14,138
Monsieur Robin. There's a call
from Monsieur Dino for you.
1048
01:06:14,346 --> 01:06:16,348
Take over.
1049
01:06:17,725 --> 01:06:19,059
One, two, three.
1050
01:06:19,184 --> 01:06:20,477
ROBIN: Yes, Dino.
1051
01:06:20,686 --> 01:06:23,981
Yes, Dino. Okay, Dino.
1052
01:06:25,733 --> 01:06:28,318
Get me Monsieur Martin
at the Ritz Imperial, please.
1053
01:06:28,402 --> 01:06:29,903
(RINGING)
1054
01:06:30,029 --> 01:06:31,905
Too much salt.
1055
01:06:32,072 --> 01:06:33,615
Not enough pepper-
1056
01:06:33,699 --> 01:06:35,034
(WHISPERS)
1057
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:37,202
Take over.
1058
01:06:39,246 --> 01:06:41,331
Robin? Martin.
Too much salt.
1059
01:06:41,540 --> 01:06:43,542
So I've heard.
1060
01:06:44,877 --> 01:06:47,838
Maybe.
Let me make a few calls.
1061
01:06:50,883 --> 01:06:52,259
(VOCALIZING IMPATIENTLY)
1062
01:06:52,926 --> 01:06:55,429
Serge X, missing.
Deputy Kovacs, also missing.
1063
01:06:55,596 --> 01:06:58,432
Madame D, dead. Boy with
Apple, stolen, by us.
1064
01:06:58,599 --> 01:07:01,060
Dmitri and Jopling, ruthless,
cold-blooded savages.
1065
01:07:01,268 --> 01:07:04,521
Gustave H, at large.
What else?
1066
01:07:04,730 --> 01:07:06,023
Zero, confused.
1067
01:07:06,148 --> 01:07:07,441
Zero, confused, indeed.
1068
01:07:07,608 --> 01:07:09,777
The plot "thickens,"
as they say.
1069
01:07:10,027 --> 01:07:12,613
Why, by the way?
Is it a soup metaphor?
1070
01:07:12,863 --> 01:07:14,865
I don't know.
(CAR HONKS)
1071
01:07:19,703 --> 01:07:21,288
Get in.
1072
01:07:23,749 --> 01:07:25,042
IVAN: We found the butler.
1073
01:07:25,250 --> 01:07:28,045
He's hiding out in the remote
foothills near Gabelmeister's Peak.
1074
01:07:28,253 --> 01:07:30,380
Our contact convinced him
to meet you midday tomorrow
1075
01:07:30,589 --> 01:07:31,965
at the observatory
on the summit.
1076
01:07:32,132 --> 01:07:34,468
Tell no one.
He'll explain everything.
1077
01:07:34,718 --> 01:07:36,762
Your train departs
in four and a half minutes.
1078
01:07:36,970 --> 01:07:38,388
Here's your tickets.
1079
01:07:38,597 --> 01:07:39,640
Third class?
1080
01:07:39,807 --> 01:07:40,808
It was overbooked
1081
01:07:41,058 --> 01:07:44,645
but the conductor used to be a
sommelier at the old Versailles.
1082
01:07:44,812 --> 01:07:45,979
He pulled some strings.
1083
01:07:46,271 --> 01:07:48,273
You'll need these
for the dining car.
1084
01:07:51,151 --> 01:07:53,153
One last thing.
1085
01:07:54,822 --> 01:07:56,824
L'air de Panache.
1086
01:07:59,326 --> 01:08:01,495
They only had
the half-ounce.
1087
01:08:05,791 --> 01:08:07,793
We should give him something
as a symbolic gesture.
1088
01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:10,254
How much money you got? 42
Klubecks and 3 postage stamps.
1089
01:08:10,462 --> 01:08:12,464
Give me 25. Yes.
1090
01:08:16,176 --> 01:08:17,553
Bless you.
1091
01:08:17,678 --> 01:08:19,096
Please.
1092
01:08:35,487 --> 01:08:36,572
JOPLING: I've got
to hand it to him.
1093
01:08:36,655 --> 01:08:37,656
DMITRI ON PHONE:
Jesus Christ.
1094
01:08:37,823 --> 01:08:41,577
JOPLING: I didn't see that coming.
Well, what do you want next?
1095
01:08:41,702 --> 01:08:47,040
DMITRI: Talk to the club-footed sister
again, and, this time, be persuasive.
1096
01:08:54,173 --> 01:08:56,967
DMITRI: Goddamn
son of a bitch.
1097
01:09:20,532 --> 01:09:22,534
Holy fuck!
1098
01:09:26,872 --> 01:09:29,750
What's the meaning
of this shit?
1099
01:09:29,917 --> 01:09:31,543
Boy with Apple?
I thought you'd hidden it.
1100
01:09:31,627 --> 01:09:34,087
Why are you only noticing now? I
assumed it went to the tax appraiser.
1101
01:09:34,338 --> 01:09:36,006
Are you fucking
kidding me?
1102
01:09:36,089 --> 01:09:38,091
CLOTILDE: Excusez-moi.
1103
01:09:38,592 --> 01:09:41,386
I believe it was removed
by Monsieur Gustave.
1104
01:09:49,269 --> 01:09:50,395
I'm not angry with Serge.
1105
01:09:50,604 --> 01:09:53,065
You can't blame someone for their
basic lack of moral fiber.
1106
01:09:53,273 --> 01:09:55,234
He's a frightened, little,
yellow-bellied coward.
1107
01:09:55,442 --> 01:09:57,444
It's not his fault, is it?
I don't know. It depends.
1108
01:09:57,694 --> 01:09:59,238
Well, you can say that
about most anything.
1109
01:09:59,321 --> 01:10:00,739
"It depends."
Of course it depends.
1110
01:10:00,948 --> 01:10:02,449
Of course it depends.
Of course it depends.
1111
01:10:02,699 --> 01:10:04,785
Yes, I suppose you're right.
Of course it depends.
1112
01:10:05,035 --> 01:10:08,455
That doesn't mean I'm not going
to throttle the little swamp rat.
1113
01:10:10,958 --> 01:10:15,254
May I officiate, by the way?
The ceremony?
1114
01:10:15,462 --> 01:10:16,463
With pleasure.
1115
01:10:16,630 --> 01:10:19,258
I must say, I find that
girl utterly delightful.
1116
01:10:19,466 --> 01:10:20,968
Flat as a board,
enormous birthmark
1117
01:10:21,218 --> 01:10:22,970
the shape of Mexico
over half her face,
1118
01:10:23,220 --> 01:10:25,305
sweating for hours on end
in that sweltering kitchen
1119
01:10:25,472 --> 01:10:26,890
while Mendl,
genius though he is,
1120
01:10:27,099 --> 01:10:28,642
looms over her like
a hulking gorilla.
1121
01:10:28,892 --> 01:10:31,061
Yet without question,
without fail,
1122
01:10:31,270 --> 01:10:34,481
always and invariably,
she's exceedingly lovely.
1123
01:10:34,648 --> 01:10:35,983
Why?
1124
01:10:36,233 --> 01:10:38,819
Because of her purity.
1125
01:10:40,904 --> 01:10:43,156
She admires you as well,
Monsieur Gustave.
1126
01:10:43,323 --> 01:10:44,658
Does she?
1127
01:10:44,783 --> 01:10:46,076
Very much.
1128
01:10:46,285 --> 01:10:50,080
That's a good sign, you know.
It means she "gets it."
1129
01:10:50,289 --> 01:10:52,291
That's important.
1130
01:10:54,751 --> 01:10:56,753
Don't flirt
with her.
1131
01:11:08,140 --> 01:11:09,766
(THUDDING)
1132
01:11:25,866 --> 01:11:27,326
(GLASS SHATTERING IN DISTANCE)
1133
01:11:34,624 --> 01:11:36,293
(LOCK CLICKING)
1134
01:11:42,632 --> 01:11:46,053
LIEUTENANT: A radio telegram was delivered
and signed for by the girl at 4:00 AM.
1135
01:11:46,219 --> 01:11:48,889
The envelope was found near the body,
but its contents were missing.
1136
01:11:49,639 --> 01:11:50,974
However, the telegraph
office always keeps
1137
01:11:51,058 --> 01:11:52,809
a carbon of the ticker tape
for 24 hours.
1138
01:11:53,018 --> 01:11:55,228
I copied it down.
It reads as follows,
1139
01:11:56,229 --> 01:11:57,397
"Pack your things stop.
1140
01:11:57,647 --> 01:11:59,733
"Be ready to leave
at moment's notice stop.
1141
01:11:59,900 --> 01:12:02,361
"Hide-out is vicinity
of Gabelmeister's Peak stop.
1142
01:12:02,569 --> 01:12:04,988
"Destroy this message
all my love full stop."
1143
01:12:06,073 --> 01:12:07,866
Where's the basket?
(SNAPS FINGERS)
1144
01:12:33,183 --> 01:12:35,185
PUMP ATTENDANT:
Where you headed, mister?
1145
01:12:38,897 --> 01:12:41,233
Skiing? Sledding?
Mountain climbing?
1146
01:12:50,951 --> 01:12:52,911
Three Klubecks.
1147
01:13:00,043 --> 01:13:01,461
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
1148
01:13:03,046 --> 01:13:04,798
MR. MOUSTAFA: By express
wireless, I wrote Agatha
1149
01:13:05,048 --> 01:13:07,801
with instructions to move
to our pre-arranged hideout,
1150
01:13:07,968 --> 01:13:10,470
a Gypsy caravan
on the outer Nebelsbad road,
1151
01:13:10,720 --> 01:13:12,472
while Monsieur Gustave
and I continued east
1152
01:13:12,722 --> 01:13:14,099
into the Zubrowkian Alps,
1153
01:13:14,307 --> 01:13:18,061
toward our high-altitude rendezvous
with the butler Serge X.
1154
01:13:19,980 --> 01:13:22,274
As a precaution,
we disembarked quietly
1155
01:13:22,482 --> 01:13:24,901
in the freight yard
just outside the station.
1156
01:13:28,905 --> 01:13:29,990
(SNIFFING)
1157
01:13:32,492 --> 01:13:34,327
L'air de Panache.
1158
01:13:44,963 --> 01:13:47,257
It's a hell of a view. I give
them that, for what's it's worth.
1159
01:13:47,465 --> 01:13:49,467
I agree.
1160
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,982
"'Tis oft'-remarked, no single,
falling-flake does any other
1161
01:14:04,232 --> 01:14:07,819
"in its pure and perfect
form..." Somebody's coming.
1162
01:14:10,363 --> 01:14:13,533
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
1163
01:14:13,700 --> 01:14:14,993
Uh-huh.
1164
01:14:15,118 --> 01:14:16,369
Get on the next cable car.
1165
01:14:55,909 --> 01:14:59,329
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
1166
01:14:59,537 --> 01:15:00,538
Uh-huh.
1167
01:15:00,664 --> 01:15:01,665
Switch with me.
1168
01:15:28,149 --> 01:15:29,401
(UNLOCKING)
1169
01:15:31,236 --> 01:15:33,947
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?
1170
01:15:34,197 --> 01:15:35,532
Uh-huh.
1171
01:15:35,657 --> 01:15:36,950
Put these on and sing.
1172
01:15:38,702 --> 01:15:40,120
(REVERENTLY CHANTING)
1173
01:16:02,475 --> 01:16:03,935
MONK: Psst.
1174
01:16:05,103 --> 01:16:06,271
Are you Monsieur
Gustave of the...
1175
01:16:06,396 --> 01:16:07,564
Yes, dammit.
1176
01:16:07,772 --> 01:16:08,773
Confess.
1177
01:16:08,982 --> 01:16:10,775
I'm innocent.
1178
01:16:10,984 --> 01:16:12,819
Hmm? No, no.
1179
01:16:19,075 --> 01:16:20,326
(DOOR CLOSES)
1180
01:16:22,328 --> 01:16:24,998
Forgive me, Monsieur Gustave.
I never meant to betray you.
1181
01:16:25,165 --> 01:16:26,583
They threatened
my life and now
1182
01:16:26,708 --> 01:16:28,126
they've murdered
my only family.
1183
01:16:28,334 --> 01:16:29,919
No. Who did they
kill this time?
1184
01:16:30,128 --> 01:16:31,254
My dear sister.
1185
01:16:31,379 --> 01:16:32,505
The girl with
the club foot?
1186
01:16:32,672 --> 01:16:34,090
Yes.
Those fuckers!
1187
01:16:34,299 --> 01:16:35,675
I tried to warn you
at the beginning.
1188
01:16:35,925 --> 01:16:37,343
I know, darling.
Let's put that behind us.
1189
01:16:37,510 --> 01:16:39,012
Listen, I hate to
put you on the spot,
1190
01:16:39,137 --> 01:16:40,597
but I really must ask
you to clear my name.
1191
01:16:40,805 --> 01:16:43,850
Obviously you're grieving...
There's more.
1192
01:16:44,100 --> 01:16:45,435
To the story.
I get it. Go on.
1193
01:16:45,643 --> 01:16:47,645
I was the official witness
in Madame D's presence
1194
01:16:47,854 --> 01:16:49,439
to the creation
of a second will
1195
01:16:49,647 --> 01:16:52,692
to be executed only in the
event of her death by murder.
1196
01:16:52,859 --> 01:16:54,360
A second will?
Right.
1197
01:16:54,611 --> 01:16:56,154
In case she got bumped off?
Right.
1198
01:16:56,362 --> 01:16:57,781
Uh-huh?
But they destroyed it.
1199
01:16:57,989 --> 01:16:59,449
Oh, dear.
However...
1200
01:16:59,657 --> 01:17:01,159
Uh-huh?
I pulled a copy.
1201
01:17:01,367 --> 01:17:03,495
A second copy of
the second will?
1202
01:17:03,703 --> 01:17:04,996
Right.
Uh-huh?
1203
01:17:07,707 --> 01:17:10,043
What does it say? Where is it?
What's it all about, dammit?
1204
01:17:10,210 --> 01:17:11,211
Don't keep us in suspense.
1205
01:17:11,294 --> 01:17:13,004
This has been a complete
fucking nightmare.
1206
01:17:13,213 --> 01:17:15,632
Just tell us what
the fuck is going on!
1207
01:17:17,467 --> 01:17:18,885
Serge?
1208
01:17:19,010 --> 01:17:20,678
Serge? Serge!
(CLATTERING)
1209
01:17:24,724 --> 01:17:27,060
Bloody hell. They've
strangled the poor slob.
1210
01:17:55,046 --> 01:17:56,047
Come on! Let's go!
1211
01:18:04,013 --> 01:18:05,056
ZERO: What do we do
if we catch him?
1212
01:18:05,181 --> 01:18:06,224
GUSTAVE H: I don't know.
1213
01:18:06,432 --> 01:18:08,726
He's a homicidal psychopath.
Let's stop.
1214
01:18:08,935 --> 01:18:11,187
I can't. I can barely steer.
1215
01:19:19,005 --> 01:19:22,634
You sick, pathetic creep.
I hate you.
1216
01:19:35,355 --> 01:19:37,774
"'If this do be me end,
farewell!'
1217
01:19:37,857 --> 01:19:39,192
"cried the wounded piper-boy,
1218
01:19:40,777 --> 01:19:41,903
"whilst the muskets cracked
1219
01:19:41,986 --> 01:19:43,363
"and the yeomen
roared 'Hurrah!'
1220
01:19:43,529 --> 01:19:44,697
"And the ramparts fell.
1221
01:19:46,366 --> 01:19:49,953
"'Methinks me breathes me
last, me fears!' said he..."
1222
01:19:50,161 --> 01:19:52,038
Holy shit! You got him!
(SCREAMING)
1223
01:19:52,288 --> 01:19:54,207
Well done, Zero!
1224
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:00,380
(POLICE WHISTLE BLOWING)
1225
01:20:05,385 --> 01:20:07,720
Gustave H! You are
a fugitive from justice!
1226
01:20:07,971 --> 01:20:10,556
Surrender lawfully and
I will personally vouchsafe
1227
01:20:10,848 --> 01:20:11,849
your fair treatment.
1228
01:20:11,975 --> 01:20:13,518
Do not attempt to flee!
1229
01:20:13,726 --> 01:20:15,228
ZERO: What do you think?
I don't know.
1230
01:20:15,395 --> 01:20:16,813
I'd rather jump off
this cliff right now
1231
01:20:16,938 --> 01:20:18,314
than go back to
fucking prison.
1232
01:20:18,523 --> 01:20:20,900
I say we steal that sick maniac's
motorcycle, go fetch Agatha,
1233
01:20:21,150 --> 01:20:22,193
take back Boy with Apple
1234
01:20:22,277 --> 01:20:23,903
and head for the Maltese
Riviera, once and for all.
1235
01:20:24,153 --> 01:20:26,906
Very good! You're so extraordinary, Zero.
Thank you.
1236
01:20:27,073 --> 01:20:29,575
A moment of silence in
memoriam of a devoted servant
1237
01:20:29,826 --> 01:20:32,537
killed violently during
the conduct of his duties.
1238
01:20:35,498 --> 01:20:37,500
Goodbye, Serge.
1239
01:20:39,002 --> 01:20:41,004
Okay, let's go.
(GUNSHOT FIRING)
1240
01:20:53,808 --> 01:20:55,601
MR. MOUSTAFA:
The war began at midnight.
1241
01:20:55,768 --> 01:20:58,271
Pffeifelstad fell by lunch
under heavy shelling,
1242
01:20:58,479 --> 01:21:01,816
and 10 battalions surged across
the long western border.
1243
01:21:02,025 --> 01:21:03,818
High-command
advanced to Nebelsbad.
1244
01:21:14,370 --> 01:21:15,788
(AGATHA CLEARS THROAT)
1245
01:21:16,039 --> 01:21:19,667
Compliments of Herr Mendl,
for the executive staff.
1246
01:21:22,795 --> 01:21:25,965
CHUCK: General Stieglitz requests a garden-view
sitting room with an extra roll-away.
1247
01:21:26,174 --> 01:21:28,134
Let's put him in
the Duke Leopold Suite.
1248
01:21:28,343 --> 01:21:30,011
Secretary Woroniecki's
office cabled.
1249
01:21:30,219 --> 01:21:33,806
He's checking in a day early.
Rooms 401 -2-3.
1250
01:21:33,973 --> 01:21:35,641
Tell Tactical Logistics
we're moving them
1251
01:21:35,808 --> 01:21:37,352
to a standard double
on the third floor.
1252
01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:39,395
They'll need more
space than that.
1253
01:22:02,502 --> 01:22:07,173
GUSTAVE H: The beginning of the end of
the end of the beginning has begun.
1254
01:22:07,340 --> 01:22:10,385
A sad finale played off-key
on a broken-down saloon piano
1255
01:22:10,593 --> 01:22:13,179
in the outskirts of
a forgotten ghost town.
1256
01:22:13,346 --> 01:22:15,348
I'd rather not bear witness
to such blasphemy.
1257
01:22:15,556 --> 01:22:16,557
Me neither.
1258
01:22:16,766 --> 01:22:19,060
The Grand Budapest
has become a troops' barracks.
1259
01:22:19,268 --> 01:22:21,729
I shall never cross its
threshold again in my lifetime.
1260
01:22:21,938 --> 01:22:23,439
Me neither.
Never again shall I...
1261
01:22:23,689 --> 01:22:26,692
Actually, I think we might be going
in there right now after all.
1262
01:22:28,444 --> 01:22:29,946
Dmitri.
1263
01:22:32,907 --> 01:22:34,617
Agatha.
1264
01:22:45,294 --> 01:22:47,422
Good evening, Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.
I'm Monsieur Chuck.
1265
01:22:47,630 --> 01:22:50,883
We've booked you and your sisters
into the King Ferdinand Suite.
1266
01:22:51,092 --> 01:22:53,052
Good evening. General von
Shrecker asked me...
1267
01:22:53,261 --> 01:22:54,554
Who's that?
1268
01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:56,055
I beg your pardon?
1269
01:22:56,222 --> 01:22:58,975
I think that girl's
got my picture. Excuse me.
1270
01:23:14,407 --> 01:23:15,450
(ELEVATOR GATE OPENS)
1271
01:23:15,575 --> 01:23:17,577
AGATHA: Six.
DMITRI: Hold it.
1272
01:23:20,746 --> 01:23:21,789
DMITRI: Six.
1273
01:23:24,959 --> 01:23:26,752
Compliments of Herr Mendl.
1274
01:23:42,935 --> 01:23:43,936
GUSTAVE H: Excuse me.
1275
01:23:44,103 --> 01:23:46,189
Have you seen a pastry girl
with a package under her arm
1276
01:23:46,439 --> 01:23:47,523
in the last minute
and a half?
1277
01:23:47,773 --> 01:23:50,109
Yep. She just got on the elevator
with Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.
1278
01:23:50,276 --> 01:23:52,487
Thank you.
1279
01:23:52,695 --> 01:23:54,113
I'm sorry.
Who are you?
1280
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:55,907
Otto, sir,
the new Lobby Boy.
1281
01:23:56,032 --> 01:23:57,617
You haven't been
trained properly.
1282
01:23:57,825 --> 01:23:59,952
A Lobby Boy never provides
information of that kind.
1283
01:24:00,119 --> 01:24:02,121
You're a stone wall.
Understood?
1284
01:24:18,971 --> 01:24:20,556
Pretty picture.
1285
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:22,391
Sixth floor.
1286
01:25:06,185 --> 01:25:07,895
Where's Boy with Apple?
1287
01:25:08,854 --> 01:25:11,107
None of your goddamn business!
1288
01:25:11,899 --> 01:25:15,570
I'm going to blast your candy-ass
once and for all right now.
1289
01:25:25,037 --> 01:25:26,581
Drop your weapon!
1290
01:25:33,588 --> 01:25:35,381
(GUNSHOTS FIRING)
(GRUNTING)
1291
01:25:48,811 --> 01:25:50,730
Cease fire! Cease fire! Whoa!
1292
01:25:50,938 --> 01:25:52,273
Stop it!
1293
01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:54,066
Who's shooting who?
1294
01:25:54,233 --> 01:25:56,736
That's Gustave H! The escaped
murderer and art thief.
1295
01:25:56,944 --> 01:25:58,112
I've got him cornered!
1296
01:25:58,321 --> 01:25:59,739
That's Dmitri
Desgoffe und Taxis!
1297
01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:01,949
He's responsible for the
killing of Deputy Kovacs,
1298
01:26:02,158 --> 01:26:04,994
Serge X and his club-footed
sister, plus his own mother!
1299
01:26:06,579 --> 01:26:08,748
Nobody move.
Everybody's under arrest.
1300
01:26:08,831 --> 01:26:10,041
(GLASS BREAKS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
1301
01:26:10,124 --> 01:26:12,418
Who's out the window?
1302
01:26:12,585 --> 01:26:14,587
Agatha!
(GUNFIRE CONTINUES)
1303
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:21,802
310-bis.
1304
01:26:22,011 --> 01:26:23,220
Hang on! Here I come!
1305
01:26:23,304 --> 01:26:24,930
(HEAVY GUNFIRE)
1306
01:26:42,281 --> 01:26:43,783
(GRUNTS)
1307
01:26:48,371 --> 01:26:49,705
AGATHA: Something's
on the back of the...
1308
01:26:49,789 --> 01:26:50,790
(BOTH SCREAM)
1309
01:26:50,873 --> 01:26:52,333
(THUDDING)
1310
01:26:56,128 --> 01:26:57,129
Agatha!
1311
01:26:57,296 --> 01:26:59,006
Agatha!
1312
01:26:59,215 --> 01:27:01,217
Are you all right?
I think so.
1313
01:27:02,885 --> 01:27:04,845
Something's on
the back of the picture.
1314
01:27:08,724 --> 01:27:10,476
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
1315
01:27:18,234 --> 01:27:19,235
MR. MOUSTAFA:
She left everything
1316
01:27:19,318 --> 01:27:21,028
to Monsieur Gustave,
of course.
1317
01:27:22,988 --> 01:27:25,324
The mansion,
known as Schloss Lutz,
1318
01:27:26,826 --> 01:27:29,912
the factories, which produced
weapons, medicine and textiles,
1319
01:27:30,162 --> 01:27:31,914
(ALL LAUGHING)
1320
01:27:32,873 --> 01:27:34,542
an important
newspaper syndicate,
1321
01:27:35,668 --> 01:27:38,045
and perhaps
you've already deduced
1322
01:27:38,379 --> 01:27:44,051
this very institution,
the Grand Budapest Hotel.
1323
01:27:44,385 --> 01:27:45,886
He anointed me his successor,
1324
01:27:46,095 --> 01:27:49,014
and as the war continued,
I served my adopted country
1325
01:27:49,181 --> 01:27:52,393
from the narrow desk still found
against the wall in the next room.
1326
01:27:52,518 --> 01:27:53,519
(INDISTINCT)
1327
01:27:53,853 --> 01:27:55,938
He was the same
as his disciples,
1328
01:27:56,188 --> 01:27:59,525
insecure, vain,
superficial, blond, needy.
1329
01:28:00,359 --> 01:28:02,570
In the end he was even rich.
1330
01:28:03,946 --> 01:28:07,116
He did not succeed, however,
in growing old.
1331
01:28:11,871 --> 01:28:13,747
"Dearly beloved,
we are gathered together..."
1332
01:28:13,956 --> 01:28:15,791
MR. MOUSTAFA:
Nor did my darling Agatha.
1333
01:28:16,041 --> 01:28:18,294
She and our infant son would
be killed two years later
1334
01:28:18,544 --> 01:28:21,380
by the Prussian grippe.
An absurd little disease.
1335
01:28:21,589 --> 01:28:24,133
Today we treat it
in a single week,
1336
01:28:24,258 --> 01:28:26,802
but, in those days
many millions died.
1337
01:28:30,097 --> 01:28:31,932
On the 21st day
of the occupation,
1338
01:28:32,141 --> 01:28:34,894
the morning the independent
state of Zubrowka
1339
01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:36,228
officially ceased to exist,
1340
01:28:36,395 --> 01:28:38,397
we traveled with
Monsieur Gustave to Lutz.
1341
01:28:38,564 --> 01:28:40,816
In answer to your earlier
question, by the way,
1342
01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:42,902
of course.
1343
01:28:44,737 --> 01:28:47,573
Zero asked me about my humble
beginnings in the hotel trade.
1344
01:28:47,740 --> 01:28:50,075
I was, perhaps, for a time,
considered the best Lobby Boy
1345
01:28:50,284 --> 01:28:52,661
we'd ever had at
the Grand Budapest.
1346
01:28:52,912 --> 01:28:54,330
I think I can say that.
1347
01:28:54,580 --> 01:28:56,415
This one finally
surpassed me.
1348
01:28:56,624 --> 01:28:59,585
Although, I must say,
he had an exceptional teacher.
1349
01:28:59,752 --> 01:29:00,920
Truly.
1350
01:29:06,175 --> 01:29:09,136
"Whence came these two
radiant, celestial brothers,
1351
01:29:09,345 --> 01:29:10,638
"united, for an instant,
1352
01:29:10,846 --> 01:29:15,100
"as they crossed the stratosphere
of our starry window?
1353
01:29:15,309 --> 01:29:18,103
"One from the East
and one from the West."
1354
01:29:18,270 --> 01:29:20,022
Very good.
1355
01:29:20,272 --> 01:29:22,274
Don't flirt with her.
1356
01:29:23,359 --> 01:29:24,527
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
1357
01:29:24,610 --> 01:29:26,862
Why are we stopping
at a barley field again?
1358
01:29:35,204 --> 01:29:38,332
I find these black
uniforms very drab.
1359
01:29:42,836 --> 01:29:44,129
Well, hello there, chaps.
1360
01:29:44,213 --> 01:29:45,798
We were just
talking about you.
1361
01:29:46,048 --> 01:29:47,841
Documents, please.
1362
01:29:47,967 --> 01:29:49,802
With pleasure,
as always.
1363
01:29:54,223 --> 01:29:56,016
You're the first of
the official death squads
1364
01:29:56,225 --> 01:29:58,477
to whom we've been
formally introduced.
1365
01:29:58,644 --> 01:30:00,646
How do you do?
1366
01:30:01,855 --> 01:30:03,899
Plus ça change, am I right?
1367
01:30:08,362 --> 01:30:11,740
Uh, that's a migratory visa with
stage three worker status, darling.
1368
01:30:11,991 --> 01:30:12,992
Read this.
1369
01:30:22,334 --> 01:30:23,669
SOLDIER: Come outside.
1370
01:30:23,836 --> 01:30:25,170
GUSTAVE H: Now, stay there.
1371
01:30:27,381 --> 01:30:29,675
I give you my word, if you
lay a finger on this man,
1372
01:30:29,883 --> 01:30:32,052
I'll see you
dishonorably discharged,
1373
01:30:32,261 --> 01:30:35,347
locked up in the stockade
and hanged by sundown.
1374
01:30:36,682 --> 01:30:38,517
MR. MOUSTAFA: There are still
faint glimmers of civilization
1375
01:30:38,684 --> 01:30:40,853
left in this
barbaric slaughterhouse
1376
01:30:40,978 --> 01:30:43,063
that was once
known as humanity.
1377
01:30:45,316 --> 01:30:46,317
(SHRIEKS)
1378
01:30:46,400 --> 01:30:49,737
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!
1379
01:30:50,863 --> 01:30:53,532
MR. MOUSTAFA:
He was one of them.
1380
01:30:53,741 --> 01:30:55,659
What more is there to say?
1381
01:31:03,417 --> 01:31:06,045
What happened
in the end?
1382
01:31:06,253 --> 01:31:08,255
In the end
they shot him.
1383
01:31:10,049 --> 01:31:12,051
So it all
went to me.
1384
01:31:20,893 --> 01:31:24,146
YOUNG WRITER: After dinner, we went
to collect the keys to our rooms,
1385
01:31:24,396 --> 01:31:26,231
but Monsieur Jean
had abandoned his post.
1386
01:31:26,398 --> 01:31:28,567
I expect he's forgotten
all about us.
1387
01:31:28,776 --> 01:31:29,902
YOUNG WRITER:
In recent years, of course,
1388
01:31:30,069 --> 01:31:32,321
such properties and holdings
as the Grand Budapest
1389
01:31:32,571 --> 01:31:36,158
had with very few exceptions
become common property.
1390
01:31:37,117 --> 01:31:39,161
While the precise terms
of his negotiation
1391
01:31:39,411 --> 01:31:41,288
with the new government
had never been announced,
1392
01:31:41,497 --> 01:31:42,664
the result was an open secret,
1393
01:31:43,582 --> 01:31:46,293
Zero Moustafa had traded
a great and important fortune
1394
01:31:46,502 --> 01:31:50,798
in exchange for one costly,
unprofitable, doomed hotel.
1395
01:31:51,840 --> 01:31:52,841
Why?
1396
01:31:53,092 --> 01:31:55,135
Was it merely sentimental?
1397
01:31:55,344 --> 01:31:59,098
It was quite forward of me
and a bit out of character,
1398
01:31:59,264 --> 01:32:01,100
but I felt I must know,
1399
01:32:01,350 --> 01:32:03,352
for my health, I suppose.
1400
01:32:05,938 --> 01:32:08,148
Forgive me for asking.
I hope I haven't upset you.
1401
01:32:08,357 --> 01:32:10,359
No, of course not.
1402
01:32:11,443 --> 01:32:14,279
Is it simply your last connection
to that vanished world,
1403
01:32:14,446 --> 01:32:16,782
his world,
if you will?
1404
01:32:16,990 --> 01:32:18,700
His world?
1405
01:32:18,951 --> 01:32:21,954
No, I don't think so.
1406
01:32:22,121 --> 01:32:24,206
You see,
we shared a vocation.
1407
01:32:24,456 --> 01:32:26,166
It wouldn't have
been necessary.
1408
01:32:26,375 --> 01:32:31,046
No. The hotel
I keep for Agatha.
1409
01:32:32,506 --> 01:32:33,799
We were happy here.
1410
01:32:34,007 --> 01:32:36,009
For a little while.
1411
01:32:36,802 --> 01:32:37,803
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
1412
01:32:41,348 --> 01:32:43,642
To be frank, I think
his world had vanished
1413
01:32:43,851 --> 01:32:45,727
long before
he ever entered it.
1414
01:32:45,978 --> 01:32:47,521
But, I will say,
1415
01:32:47,729 --> 01:32:51,233
he certainly sustained the
illusion with a marvelous grace.
1416
01:32:52,818 --> 01:32:55,028
Are you going up? No, I'll
sit for a little while.
1417
01:32:55,237 --> 01:32:57,030
Good night.
1418
01:32:57,531 --> 01:32:58,824
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
1419
01:33:02,411 --> 01:33:03,495
YOUNG WRITER:
The next week,
1420
01:33:03,704 --> 01:33:05,914
I sailed for a cure
in South America
1421
01:33:06,165 --> 01:33:08,750
and began a long,
wandering journey abroad.
1422
01:33:09,001 --> 01:33:11,837
I did not return to
Europe for many years.
1423
01:33:16,884 --> 01:33:19,344
It was an enchanting old ruin.
1424
01:33:24,558 --> 01:33:26,852
AUTHOR: But I never
managed to see it again.