1 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:05,250 A CASE FOR A ROOKIE HANGMAN 2 00:00:05,801 --> 00:00:10,244 This film largely resembles the story called "A Journey to Laputa and Balnibarbi", 3 00:00:10,345 --> 00:00:13,501 which was dreamt up in 1720 by 4 00:00:14,402 --> 00:00:15,407 Jonathan Swift 5 00:00:15,408 --> 00:00:18,727 Should Swift be seen to have turned over in his grave, 6 00:00:18,728 --> 00:00:21,502 may his countrymen forgive me. Pavel Juracek 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,200 Starring 8 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:06,250 Written and directed by 9 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:20,000 i G a l e r i e . c z 10 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,500 I. THE ROAD THERE 11 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,300 II. THE BALNIBARBIAN TRAP 12 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,212 Should you ever happen to arrive in those parts, 13 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:02,038 you'll spot a little chapel near the main road. 14 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:05,945 A field road branches off there, continuing to the pond 15 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:08,940 and then climbing from the dike, along an old tree-lined alley, 16 00:06:08,975 --> 00:06:10,692 till it reaches a solitary house. 17 00:06:11,420 --> 00:06:14,957 This landscape, this cheerful country landscape, 18 00:06:15,658 --> 00:06:18,173 will remind you of something. 19 00:06:19,460 --> 00:06:21,825 You will remember the well, 20 00:06:21,860 --> 00:06:25,538 and walk on in hopes of perhaps meeting the barefooted girl, 21 00:06:26,473 --> 00:06:31,016 whose Christian name is forever fixed in your memory. 22 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:35,057 You cannot imagine, gentlemen, 23 00:06:35,758 --> 00:06:38,200 what I'd give to be able to see you 24 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:40,340 moving along there with the certainty 25 00:06:40,741 --> 00:06:42,650 that you have finally found the place 26 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:44,800 where you'll learn to stop smoking, 27 00:06:45,220 --> 00:06:48,337 and live to the wise old age of a hundred. 28 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:51,571 For I went that way, gentlemen. 29 00:06:52,940 --> 00:06:56,220 And I was just as foolish then 30 00:06:56,255 --> 00:06:57,945 as any one of you. 31 00:06:57,980 --> 00:06:59,700 For instance, no sooner had I spotted the bicycle 32 00:06:59,762 --> 00:07:01,878 than all my worries left me. 33 00:07:02,220 --> 00:07:06,185 This simplemindedness of mine had its motive in the recollection 34 00:07:06,220 --> 00:07:09,500 of the stoop of our house, which I cannot imagine without father's bike. 35 00:07:09,735 --> 00:07:11,980 And you know what I was thinking about next? 36 00:07:12,815 --> 00:07:14,850 Of Saint Bernards, gentlemen. 37 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:18,497 The trap was about to close on me at any moment, 38 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:21,765 and I was occupied with the stupid thought 39 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,810 that for 25 years now I hadn't seen a Saint Bernard. 40 00:07:25,620 --> 00:07:27,070 This reflection astounded me. 41 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:31,017 Saint Bernards, you see, had died out. 42 00:07:31,460 --> 00:07:33,694 They had vanished from the world like the brontosaurus, 43 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:37,849 and none of us had even noticed it. 44 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:42,219 Today I can no longer say 45 00:07:42,820 --> 00:07:44,372 why I did not turn back then, 46 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:48,820 and what led me ever deeper into that bizarre house. 47 00:07:52,140 --> 00:07:56,780 Naturally, I knew I wasn't in the hallway of a grammar school, 48 00:07:56,815 --> 00:07:58,985 but in a house built by a madman, 49 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:02,940 far from the alley of chestnut trees where my school had stood. 50 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:17,934 I knew that I was no longer fifteen, but thirty-five. 51 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:21,339 And that Marketa was no longer alive. 52 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,840 "Lemuel, I love you. But you mustn't tell anyone! - Marketa" 53 00:08:23,940 --> 00:08:28,740 But those who were mocking me like this remained hidden. 54 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:36,500 They placed before me a mug, the only one like it in the world. 55 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:45,295 So I tell you, gentlemen, 56 00:08:45,396 --> 00:08:47,580 when you catch sight one day of a chapel among the wild thyme, 57 00:08:48,215 --> 00:08:51,265 for God's sake, please remember that the road leading here 58 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:55,512 is one on which everything we've ceased to believe in departs from us. 59 00:08:56,220 --> 00:09:00,452 That girl, that drowned girl, looked like Marketa. 60 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:03,256 She was Marketa. 61 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:07,138 But she was cold, she was wet, 62 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:11,129 pondweed in her hair and the hollows of her eyes. 63 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,153 "Sir!" I called to that unknown man, 64 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,655 "Wait, sir! I'm having a terrible dream, 65 00:09:17,656 --> 00:09:19,660 "and you're the first person I've met in it!" 66 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:24,600 "Little boy, wait! I'm afraid I'll never wake up!" 67 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:27,800 It smelled there of sauerkraut and cat's piss, 68 00:09:27,850 --> 00:09:30,785 but up above there was a last little crevice, 69 00:09:30,820 --> 00:09:32,381 through which my dream touched the world, 70 00:09:32,482 --> 00:09:33,835 and the world my dream. 71 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:37,568 I went on, however, into the darkness. 72 00:09:42,260 --> 00:09:43,573 Each of us, gentlemen... 73 00:09:44,774 --> 00:09:47,529 each of us has his Mrs Miller, 74 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:51,617 whose light shone on us at the outset. 75 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:56,731 I said, "Good evening, Mr Miller. 76 00:09:57,180 --> 00:09:59,296 "It's me, Lemuel. 77 00:10:00,740 --> 00:10:04,176 "Lemuel Gulliver... Lemuel Gulliver of Long Street." 78 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,865 But it wasn't Mr Miller. His name was Vilem Seid. 79 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,020 Three days later he shot and killed a seventeen-year-old boy. 80 00:10:14,255 --> 00:10:16,525 All those faces which emerged then from the dark, 81 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,344 I knew them all very well. 82 00:10:20,045 --> 00:10:21,640 But they would not answer to their names. 83 00:10:21,775 --> 00:10:23,805 They didn't know me, didn't recognize me. 84 00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:27,674 Even though I kept on shouting, "It's me! Stop it! 85 00:10:28,109 --> 00:10:30,909 "Don't you know that I was born among you?" 86 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:37,265 In the days that followed, I ran into nearly all of them again. 87 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,287 They had different names. 88 00:10:39,588 --> 00:10:42,296 They knew nothing at all of Long Street. 89 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:45,737 Then I heard the sound of crying. 90 00:10:46,938 --> 00:10:48,880 I recognized the voice as my own. 91 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:52,270 It was I who was crying, somewhere nearby. 92 00:10:58,220 --> 00:11:00,529 "Don't weep," I said quietly. 93 00:11:00,940 --> 00:11:03,220 "It's something that can't not happen to you. 94 00:11:03,620 --> 00:11:06,385 "In a few years, Mrs Miller will be standing in the doorway 95 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:10,713 "so as not to fail to tell you that you're nearly a man now." 96 00:11:11,860 --> 00:11:13,160 "Come back!" I called after him. 97 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,565 "I want to wake up, and now I don't know how it's done." 98 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:18,840 You'll see later, gentlemen, that little brat really did come back, 99 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:20,545 and turned me over to the hangman. 100 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:24,553 "Kajo!" I said, "your arms grew back again? 101 00:11:25,540 --> 00:11:28,776 "You can see, Kajo? You have eyes, and a nose? 102 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:31,345 "I'll wait for you outside, Kajo. 103 00:11:32,180 --> 00:11:35,573 "We'll have a beer, and I'll tell you who cried the most at your funeral." 104 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:41,860 Yes, of course I knew that one of us two was dead, and the other alive, 105 00:11:42,495 --> 00:11:45,025 but try as I might to remember, 106 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,258 I could not recall where the difference lay. 107 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,905 Gentlemen, have you ever read of people 108 00:11:51,940 --> 00:11:55,230 who go to bed in perfect health, and wake up in the morning mad? 109 00:11:56,180 --> 00:12:00,874 Have you heard of dreams where even the coolest reason can burn up? 110 00:12:02,340 --> 00:12:04,825 If so, then you'll understand 111 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:08,551 why I wished then to be trampled under and chased down. 112 00:12:10,340 --> 00:12:13,300 For there are moments when only death can assure you 113 00:12:13,635 --> 00:12:16,600 that you were alive and well and awake. 114 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:23,965 "Juditka!" I said to her. 115 00:12:24,466 --> 00:12:26,240 "Where have you been wandering these two years? 116 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:28,076 "Come home, Juditka, there's shooting here." 117 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:31,925 As if that was what mattered, gentlemen. 118 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:36,480 In the midst of miraculous happenings, I was wasting time looking for the truth, 119 00:12:36,615 --> 00:12:39,297 without even considering which the world has less of. 120 00:12:41,620 --> 00:12:44,269 And I picked myself up, ashamed, and stammered confusedly: 121 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:46,705 "Good day, Professor. 122 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:49,680 "I've come to ask you about a dream of mine. 123 00:12:49,815 --> 00:12:52,305 "I dreamed that Marketa had drowned, 124 00:12:52,340 --> 00:12:54,725 "because I stole a mug full of money at home. 125 00:12:55,060 --> 00:12:57,120 "I dreamed that I was left alone in all the world, 126 00:12:57,155 --> 00:12:59,335 "and that I met a hare wearing clothes. 127 00:12:59,636 --> 00:13:02,465 "And that hare, Professor, 128 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:05,192 "that fully-dressed hare - I killed him." 129 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:08,500 "I am sorry, sir, but this is not a dream." 130 00:13:09,260 --> 00:13:10,263 So then I stammered, 131 00:13:11,264 --> 00:13:12,400 "Forgive me, sir, but... 132 00:13:12,735 --> 00:13:14,740 "in that case, can you explain to me 133 00:13:15,375 --> 00:13:16,890 "where exactly I am?" 134 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,000 "In Balnibarbi." 135 00:13:24,420 --> 00:13:28,760 And that's basically everything I wanted to tell you about those little chapels, 136 00:13:28,895 --> 00:13:32,094 beside which run the roads to our foolish desires, gentlemen. 137 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:35,280 "Who, in fact, am I," I thought to myself then, 138 00:13:35,980 --> 00:13:38,050 "Who am I, and what do I not know about myself, 139 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:41,020 "if someone took the trouble to build this house in my path, 140 00:13:41,055 --> 00:13:43,414 "and then wait till I got caught in it?" 141 00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:47,500 III. THE ACADEMY OF INVENTORS 142 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,754 I beg your pardon, but I don't know... 143 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,493 Excuse me... 144 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,189 but if you're keeping silent for my sake... 145 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,830 But, gentlemen, you must understand that I... 146 00:15:16,780 --> 00:15:18,018 Hello. 147 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,831 I'm Reum, from the Academy of Inventors. 148 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:23,697 I've come to get you. 149 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,235 Professor Beiel sent me. 150 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:31,157 What's this kerchief? 151 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:40,020 The items found with a detainee are, in principle, divided into two groups, 152 00:15:40,055 --> 00:15:45,180 the first of which we designate by the letter A, the second by the letter Z. 153 00:15:45,315 --> 00:15:49,280 Each group has as many units as there are items assigned to it. 154 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:53,585 However, the items in group A are ordered... 155 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,840 according to their degree of significance and suspiciousness. 156 00:15:57,875 --> 00:16:03,876 Now then, how would we label... this watch? 157 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:05,959 Yes, please. 158 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,105 Since we found in the watch neither poison nor a camera, 159 00:16:10,540 --> 00:16:14,000 nor a compass or anything similar that would defy the ordinary, 160 00:16:14,535 --> 00:16:19,669 we can assign it a number from Z3 to Z7. 161 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,200 Correct. 162 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:27,324 And yet there is the possibility that even this watch defies the ordinary. 163 00:16:28,025 --> 00:16:28,914 Yes, please. 164 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,285 This possibility exists in the event 165 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,200 that there are grounds to suspect that the item was stolen. 166 00:16:36,435 --> 00:16:38,998 Then we would assign the watch to group A. 167 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,575 Quite correct, thank you. 168 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,991 - You may continue, Kristof. - Yes, Professor. 169 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,398 Please, continue. 170 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,690 It's quite simple. 171 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,458 Give that here! 172 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:20,258 Take it away! 173 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,950 And you go back to your seat! 174 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,311 Are you hurt? 175 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,676 You have decided to remain silent? 176 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:44,278 You can answer me with a gesture. You know what a gesture is? 177 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,991 A movement, or a grimace. You understand me? 178 00:17:57,380 --> 00:18:00,250 Tell us, Miss, in which circumstances do we conclude 179 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,173 that the subject under investigation is displaying "obstinate silence"? 180 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,414 Obstinate silence occurs... 181 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:15,474 in subjects who are mentally deficient, even imbecilic. 182 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,434 Yesterday, Professor, it was you who were obstinately silent. 183 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:24,632 Come here, Miss. 184 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,538 Yesterday was Monday, Mr Gulliver. 185 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:33,098 You may continue. 186 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,431 What led you to Balnibarbi, Mr Gulliver? 187 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:45,036 A hare, Miss. I ran over a hare. 188 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:46,992 What hare? 189 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,140 - Can you describe this hare for us? - Of course, Miss. 190 00:18:52,675 --> 00:18:54,540 He had corduroy trousers... 191 00:18:55,875 --> 00:18:57,280 ...a checkered shirt... 192 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,218 Whose watch is this? 193 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:04,817 Mine. 194 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,573 When was the last time you spoke with Prince Munodi? 195 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:12,912 I don't understand... 196 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,880 - What is your name? - Lemuel Gulliver. 197 00:19:19,115 --> 00:19:20,832 Your name is Oskar. 198 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,058 Read it. 199 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:35,600 "To Oskar the Hare, for loyal service. - Prince Munodi." 200 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,778 Now, gentlemen, you don't really think I'm a hare? 201 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,801 "But look ye, people of Balnibarbi, 202 00:19:43,002 --> 00:19:45,794 "that unto your progeny this plain truth be preserved, 203 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,432 "that the anguish of your humbled forebears it was 204 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,614 "through which, in the bloody hour of their death, 205 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,872 "their minds in communality such force engendered 206 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,312 "that unto the very heavens was the stony city lifted, 207 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,631 "so that neither arrow nor spittle might harm the king." 208 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,385 And since that time Laputa has been hovering over the earth. 209 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,220 Because the will of all our ancestors has overcome the centuries, 210 00:20:16,755 --> 00:20:19,014 and holds Laputa up there to this day. 211 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:26,853 Excuse me, please. 212 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,274 Professor, tell me please, who is that girl? 213 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,153 - Miss Gabriela. - Thank you. 214 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,051 It's our national dance, Mr Gulliver. 215 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,289 How dare you?! 216 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,540 - Just where do you think you are? - What's happening? 217 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,725 - Forgive me. - It's no use. 218 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,692 - My deepest apologies. - Don't be ridiculous, Professor! 219 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:55,035 I took you for a civilized person, Mr Gulliver. 220 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:56,858 His name is Oskar! 221 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,590 I truly am very sorry. 222 00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:03,931 Why are you apologizing? Don't humiliate yourself. 223 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,396 Sir, I request that you leave my house this instant! 224 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,552 Get up and get out! 225 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,153 What happened? What did I do? 226 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,311 I've been looking for you all day. 227 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,217 Is it true that you know Prince Munodi? 228 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:29,260 No. I've never seen him in my life. 229 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:10,489 Dominika! 230 00:23:22,340 --> 00:23:23,612 What are you laughing at? 231 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:26,832 You. 232 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,570 - Because he's going beat you to a pulp. - Who is? 233 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,213 It's good that you were here. 234 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,036 He crawls into bed with his shoes on. 235 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,500 IV. THE HAND-CRANKED MACHINE 236 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,754 - Hello. - Ah, hello! 237 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,640 Tell me, please, which is the way to Professor Beiel's? 238 00:24:25,875 --> 00:24:26,906 I don't know. 239 00:24:27,007 --> 00:24:29,652 - And to the Academy of Inventors? - Dunno. 240 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,454 Can you tell me at least how to get to the station? 241 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,258 Excuse me, sir, but I know nothing at all. 242 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,677 - Nothing? - Absolutely nothing. 243 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,855 You shouldn't have told me this. 244 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,677 You see, all my life I've been waiting 245 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,533 for something to happen to me that never happened to anyone before. 246 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,398 I look at the tower and wait for it to move, 247 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,915 I come to the station and wait for the train to arrive, 248 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,115 but everything happens somewhere else. 249 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:36,932 I have nothing to write about. 250 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,784 You know what it would mean to me 251 00:25:39,885 --> 00:25:42,078 to have met that hare of yours myself? 252 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,895 I'd rather I hadn't met him. 253 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,729 That's because you are a primitive person, sir. 254 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:48,498 Whereas I, you see... 255 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:50,712 I'm a poet. 256 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,945 Please, sir, pay attention. 257 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,380 I, too, see the sun rise in the morning, 258 00:25:58,681 --> 00:26:00,120 and set in the evening, 259 00:26:00,355 --> 00:26:03,500 and I still regard this as natural. 260 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:09,397 No, no. It was spoken with the stress on "still", 261 00:26:09,432 --> 00:26:12,595 and not, as you say, with the stress on "natural". 262 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,540 Or just look at how "the sun" was pronounced this year. 263 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:20,499 "The sun" was never like this year's before. 264 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,989 Now really, gentlemen, "the sun"! 265 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,919 It's not about "the sun" at all. 266 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,512 Gabriela! 267 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,813 I'm not Gabriela. 268 00:26:44,014 --> 00:26:46,080 - It's me. - What do you want? - Nothing. 269 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,379 Come on. 270 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,075 Her, um, her brother's dead. 271 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,755 - How do you know? - I just know it. 272 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,200 - Nobody died. She's crying just because. - Don't say that. 273 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,332 You mustn't say that. 274 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,872 Her little brother died. 275 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,271 He was seven. 276 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,438 Mr Gulliver... 277 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:14,998 Never mind. 278 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,768 Why does the governor want to speak with you? 279 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,318 The governor? 280 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,532 I know nothing about it, Professor. 281 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,665 Twenty years ago, the king told an assembly of engineers: 282 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,385 "If today every one of our cybernetic machines knows how to compute, 283 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,330 "then why, in the future, should our sewing machines not compute as well?" 284 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:48,240 This thesis, gentlemen, enables us to rank among computers 285 00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:51,806 the pulley, the lever, and the gear wheel. 286 00:27:52,007 --> 00:27:54,880 How do you eat sausages here, Professor? 287 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,155 With our hands, Mr Gulliver, our hands. 288 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,500 Just a moment. 289 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:11,000 Civilians - Fighting 290 00:28:12,301 --> 00:28:13,501 - with army weapons 291 00:28:14,190 --> 00:28:15,390 - with farm implements 292 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:17,303 - with bare fists 293 00:28:18,704 --> 00:28:20,000 - otherwise fighting 294 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,232 Miss! What are you doing there? 295 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,031 Give that here! 296 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,795 So this is what you call a "civilian, wailing, cowardly female"? 297 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,857 Be so kind as to tell me what's cowardly about her? 298 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,114 - I had the impression she was crying. - I can see that she's crying. 299 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,656 But she's also wringing her hands, Doctor. 300 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:02,838 Come here! 301 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,149 Is it your impression that this figure is wringing her hands? 302 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,795 To me it seems more like she's menacing. 303 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,820 - Mr Gulliver, this is my nephew. - Patrik Beiel, pleased to meet you. 304 00:29:22,955 --> 00:29:23,853 - This way, please... - Thank you. 305 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,660 They might have realized that I couldn't know your national dances. 306 00:29:30,795 --> 00:29:33,038 - It wasn't about that at all. - What do you mean? 307 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,037 You wouldn't understand. 308 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,537 Is it true you know Prince Munodi? 309 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,420 The point is that no one should have to think unnecessarily, Mr Gulliver. 310 00:29:44,755 --> 00:29:47,920 Consider how much unnecessary thinking goes on everywhere. 311 00:29:48,155 --> 00:29:51,094 Children have to think, old people, sick people, 312 00:29:51,129 --> 00:29:53,934 even people who have no time at all for thinking. 313 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:57,305 And even those of whom we think that they don't think. 314 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,195 Madmen, notorious drunkards, idiots. 315 00:30:01,396 --> 00:30:03,115 All of them, without exception, think. 316 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,965 Once they brought me a halfwit. 317 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,228 He wet himself, he didn't know how to eat, 318 00:30:08,329 --> 00:30:09,760 he was incapable of human speech. 319 00:30:09,895 --> 00:30:11,252 But he was thinking. 320 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,890 I have observed infants, 321 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:17,575 and I can tell you that they have dreams. 322 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,236 But why am I telling you all of this? 323 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,225 Because you're going to speak with the governor. 324 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,035 And he will undoubtedly ask you about my thinking machine, 325 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:28,598 driven by a hand crank. 326 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,996 Thinking apparatus. 327 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,412 Hand crank. 328 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,535 Here's where thoughts are formed. 329 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:44,801 They asked me about the capacity. 330 00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:49,225 I said that a healthy man attains up to 10,000 thoughts a day. 331 00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:52,090 But that was too little for them. 332 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:58,990 Then somebody had the idea of using animal power to drive the apparatus. 333 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,505 They want to harness oxen, but I won't let them - tell them that. 334 00:31:04,550 --> 00:31:08,919 I will not have this machine being turned by an ox! 335 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,200 V. THE GOVERNOR 336 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,131 This is the Matuse. You see that color? 337 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,858 They say it's dyed in blood, but in fact it comes from iron. 338 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,494 It was a famous river once. 339 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,538 What do people where you come from think about Balnibarbi? 340 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:25,892 Do they know anything about us? 341 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:32,211 I think they know. I think they're quite fond of you. 342 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,218 I'll wait for you here. 343 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,138 Hello. 344 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:52,936 I'm Gulliver. 345 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:56,554 Who are you looking for? 346 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,436 I am Lemuel Gulliver, Governor. 347 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,797 - Thank you. - Don't mention it. 348 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,172 Have a seat. 349 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,650 - It rolled away. - Yes. 350 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,917 - Want to try? - No. 351 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,478 No. Actually, I... 352 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,250 - Here you are. - Thank you. 353 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,740 - Just a moment. - No, please don't bother. 354 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:17,912 There. 355 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,054 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 356 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,592 Halt! Stop! 357 00:34:40,060 --> 00:34:41,159 Catch them! 358 00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:49,951 Halt! 359 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:52,792 Stop, you! 360 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:56,612 Stop! 361 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,720 Do you really know Prince Munodi? 362 00:35:06,755 --> 00:35:07,578 Why, no. 363 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:09,612 Go on. 364 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:15,618 You see that cloud? 365 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,093 That's not a cloud. 366 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,009 That's Laputa, Mr Gulliver. 367 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,000 VI. GUARDIANS OF THE WELLS 368 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,638 Vilem, Mr Gulliver has still never seen Laputa. 369 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,039 If they find Mr Gulliver, it'll be your fault. 370 00:36:00,174 --> 00:36:03,678 I've told you three times already to keep going. 371 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:09,520 Go! 372 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,251 You had a war here? 373 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,692 No. Why? 374 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:35,994 ...three! 375 00:36:36,095 --> 00:36:38,636 That's it, and stretch your arms out nice and straight. 376 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,994 Up, down... And the arms! 377 00:36:42,095 --> 00:36:43,940 Stretch your arms out nice and straight. 378 00:36:44,075 --> 00:36:46,053 And hold! That's right. 379 00:36:46,754 --> 00:36:48,636 One, two. 380 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,630 Down, and up. 381 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,476 The arms! Stretch your arms out nice and straight, and hold it. 382 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,405 Oh no, not at all! It's no misfortune for you. 383 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,720 If you were in the town now, you'd see there's a big celebration. 384 00:37:04,955 --> 00:37:08,160 When I was little, I always looked forward to it so much. 385 00:37:08,595 --> 00:37:10,685 Every time I'd get a new paper lantern, 386 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,649 and I was allowed to wear a lovely white dress. 387 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,131 Friends! 388 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,755 We have every possibility 389 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:09,036 of gaining control over this extraordinary situation, 390 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:14,674 and biding the time till we can return to our homes. 391 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,510 Let's not be afraid to act. 392 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:25,076 Friends, let everyone who can come over here quickly. 393 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,091 It's in your interest. 394 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:32,720 Those of you who can watch over the well, step forward. 395 00:38:33,220 --> 00:38:34,670 It's urgent. 396 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,457 Let us know of capable men whom you trust. 397 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:45,005 We must all realize that our situation 398 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,477 demands self-control and discipline from each one of us. 399 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,434 There are old people among us, and people who are sick. 400 00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:57,410 There are children, too. And we must not forget about them. 401 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,913 The taking of water needs to be organized. 402 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:06,080 Friends, we must ensure water for mothers, and for our children. 403 00:39:06,815 --> 00:39:09,072 We must, any at price... 404 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,536 We have to go somewhere else, gentlemen. What do you say? 405 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,725 Laputa covers up the sun, darkness is everywhere, 406 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,247 only the lanterns give light. 407 00:41:51,748 --> 00:41:52,991 People stand on the streets 408 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,638 and look up to see if they can spot any little lights. 409 00:41:57,720 --> 00:41:59,370 Sometimes it lasts only a few days. 410 00:41:59,971 --> 00:42:02,675 And sometimes even a whole month. 411 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:07,755 You talk to someone, and you don't know what kind of eyes he has. 412 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,351 You only hear his voice. 413 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:15,320 And when the voice goes silent, you'll never find that person, 414 00:42:15,355 --> 00:42:18,273 because you don't know where he went. 415 00:42:19,540 --> 00:42:22,080 Once, when I was fifteen, I followed one voice 416 00:42:22,115 --> 00:42:23,832 for three days and three nights. 417 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,735 - Whose voice was it? - I don't know. 418 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,809 Laputa moved then. 419 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,192 The light came, 420 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,048 and standing around me was a crowd of people. 421 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,478 All of them were now the same. 422 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,018 All of them. 423 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,440 Close your eyes... Close your eyes and listen. 424 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:51,538 You hear? 425 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,799 Doesn't he seem different to you now? 426 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,173 How does he look now, Mr Gulliver? 427 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,630 He's young and slim. 428 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,052 Cheerful. 429 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,515 He is just and wise. 430 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,929 And how do I look? 431 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,300 I was lying. Don't be angry. 432 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:30,100 Hey! 433 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:31,853 Where are you going? 434 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:34,751 Where are you going? You hear? 435 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:37,917 Halt at once! 436 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,428 - Stop, you! - No! Don't shoot! 437 00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:47,400 VII. CIRCUS MUNODI 438 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,032 Marketa! 439 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,640 I'm not Marketa, sir. You've mistaken me for someone else. 440 00:43:55,075 --> 00:43:57,335 But we spoke together at Professor Beiel's! 441 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,150 I have never been there. 442 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:05,890 I saw you on the square, then. You were crying there this morning! 443 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,421 I haven't cried for three days now. 444 00:44:08,522 --> 00:44:11,310 But I know you! I definitely know you! 445 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,876 Sir! Please wait! 446 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,193 I've got something to tell you! 447 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,431 I have... seen... heaven. 448 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:36,636 I thought it was a cloud, but it wasn't. 449 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:42,952 It had towers. Roofs. Windows. 450 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,594 It was heaven! I saw it! 451 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,837 Birds were flying after it. 452 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:57,433 Hear how quiet it is? There's not one bird left here. 453 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,592 Where you going? There's nothing there. 454 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,412 See that tree? 455 00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:15,994 Well, there's nothing anymore beyond that tree. 456 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:22,039 Wait! 457 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,434 - What's there? - A meadow! 458 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,318 - And after the meadow? - A forest! 459 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,712 And after the forest? 460 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:36,599 A house! 461 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,995 Welcome, Mr Gulliver. 462 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,574 Why, look who's our guest! Welcome, Mr Gulliver. 463 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,836 - Hello. - Hello. 464 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,600 Will one pillow be enough for you, Mr Gulliver? 465 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,700 Where will you go when you don't like it here with us anymore? 466 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,298 I've brought you a razor. 467 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,498 You want to see? 468 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:33,812 It's sharp. 469 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,558 Shaves nicely, you'll be satisfied. 470 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,328 Pardon me, but I still don't know... 471 00:47:43,029 --> 00:47:44,410 Are you Prince Munodi? 472 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:47,577 No, not I. 473 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:53,677 Prince Munodi is my son. 474 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,725 Like every year, the traditional parades featured 475 00:48:02,860 --> 00:48:06,553 all units of Balnibarbi's royal army and Laputa's royal guard. 476 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,080 At the close of the festive ceremony, the king decorated the banners 477 00:48:12,115 --> 00:48:15,116 of selected units with memorial ribbons. 478 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,965 In the afternoon, King Matous the Great 479 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,320 visited the headquarters of the Academy of Inventors in Lagado. 480 00:48:26,555 --> 00:48:28,373 At an impromptu press conference... 481 00:48:28,474 --> 00:48:30,575 That's our king, Mr Gulliver. 482 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,610 ...of domestic and foreign journalists, he said, among other things: 483 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:39,351 "My great-grandfather Matous, by the force of his will, raised the royal seat... 484 00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,258 "...aloft, and so led Europe to the Peace of Westphalia. 485 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,205 "And so... 486 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:51,731 "I, too, see the sun rise in the morning, 487 00:48:52,032 --> 00:48:53,196 "and set in the evening, 488 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,998 "and I still regard this as natural." 489 00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,505 The following day, at the invitation of the royal family, 490 00:48:59,540 --> 00:49:03,730 General de Gaulle, the president of France, came to the capital city. 491 00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:08,353 This rare guest was greeted by King Matous the Great before the Laputian court... 492 00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:10,381 Now comes Laputa. 493 00:49:11,750 --> 00:49:12,450 There! 494 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:19,974 Another special guest... 495 00:49:20,075 --> 00:49:21,080 Pay attention here. 496 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:22,693 Gagarin's coming up. 497 00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:26,700 You know who Gagarin was, Mr Gulliver? 498 00:49:27,435 --> 00:49:28,248 Gagarin? 499 00:49:29,049 --> 00:49:31,175 Yes, yes, Gagarin! 500 00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:33,745 His name was Gagarin. Yuri. 501 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,405 ...together with other foreign guests, 502 00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,205 accompanied by members of the Academy of Inventors, to Laputa, 503 00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:42,900 where he was ceremonially received by the king, who presented him... 504 00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:46,995 Today almost no one knows him anymore, Mr Gulliver. 505 00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,115 You may find this hard to believe, Mr Gulliver, 506 00:49:51,850 --> 00:49:55,230 but here it used to be like where you come from. 507 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:59,005 - We had a university. - And a stone bridge. 508 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:03,238 - And circuses... - We had everything, Mr Gulliver. 509 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:05,020 Everything. 510 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,560 I don't know anything, gentlemen. I know nothing at all! 511 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,260 Mr Gulliver didn't tell us anything about himself. 512 00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:27,000 VIII. BALNIBARBIAN DARKNESS 513 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:33,915 Do you smell it, Mr Gulliver? That peculiar stench? 514 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,925 How can it be, I ask you, 515 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:41,320 that as soon as a man feels too much fear 516 00:51:41,355 --> 00:51:44,630 he'll always start to stink? 517 00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,860 I'm a foreigner! I have nothing to do with you! 518 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:02,413 I apologize. 519 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:05,831 I haven't slept for three days, Mr Gulliver. 520 00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:10,919 People are nervous, it's dark, 521 00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,971 Laputa still hasn't moved yet. 522 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:19,119 Nobody knows why it came. 523 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:22,812 Patrik! 524 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:41,798 Halt! Stop! 525 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:54,751 I'm looking for Patrik Beiel. 526 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,192 Is Mr Patrik Beiel here among you? 527 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:13,680 They were brought in by truck, Prefect. 528 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:16,753 - Did you talk to them? - No. 529 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:38,672 Is it them? 530 00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:41,078 Turn around. 531 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,325 - Is it them, Mr Gulliver? - Yes, it's them. 532 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:50,438 This one got a bump, Prefect. His foot slipped on the stairs. 533 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:53,352 Do you know this gentleman? 534 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:01,200 No. 535 00:55:01,750 --> 00:55:04,637 It's no good. It's pointless, Emil. 536 00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:06,911 I spoke to the governor. 537 00:55:08,012 --> 00:55:09,692 They already know I'm a foreigner. 538 00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:12,135 That will be all, Mr Gulliver. Thank you. 539 00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:23,979 Vilma! 540 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:26,713 Wait! 541 00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:29,838 Patrik! 542 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,098 What happened? 543 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,028 You hear me? 544 00:55:36,529 --> 00:55:37,694 You swine! 545 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,889 What should I do? Where should I go? 546 00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,158 Just tell me, what should I do? 547 00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:00,792 I don't understand anything! 548 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:02,440 I'm a foreigner! 549 00:56:02,541 --> 00:56:04,392 So you ditched them, eh? 550 00:56:11,060 --> 00:56:12,254 What will they do to them? 551 00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:22,152 To what? 552 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,010 What is it you want to confess to? 553 00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:42,632 My name is Oskar. 554 00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:58,470 I think that until we find out why he's confessing, 555 00:56:58,620 --> 00:57:03,619 there's no point in asking him whether he wants to confess to anything else. 556 00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:05,018 That's what I think. 557 00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:11,476 Read that back to us, Miss. 558 00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,453 "Second associate judge: I'm just an ordinary woman. 559 00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:22,763 "First associate judge: Which of us here isn't ordinary? 560 00:57:22,764 --> 00:57:24,175 "What are you going on about? 561 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:28,340 "Second associate judge: All my life I've cooked, washed, 562 00:57:28,375 --> 00:57:30,083 "cleaned, taken care of children, 563 00:57:30,184 --> 00:57:32,685 "and all of a sudden they call me, and I come here, 564 00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:34,856 "and I'm supposed to send people to death, even. 565 00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:38,153 "Such a thing forces a person to reflect. 566 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,078 "I just want to say that when my child comes home and says: 567 00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:43,325 "Mama, I did this and that, 568 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,965 "then I see that something's not right with the child. 569 00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:49,056 "Right away I ask myself, you know, 570 00:57:49,057 --> 00:57:51,994 "why is he confessing, when nobody's asking him to? 571 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:56,600 "Just like the accused here: why's he confessing to everything, 572 00:57:56,635 --> 00:57:58,065 "what's behind it all? 573 00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:01,645 "I think that until we find out why he's confessing, 574 00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:06,020 "there's no point in asking him whether he wants to confess to anything else. 575 00:58:06,155 --> 00:58:07,438 "That's what I think." 576 00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:12,618 Strike that out. 577 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:27,100 IX. THE CEREMONIAL EXECUTION 578 00:58:51,340 --> 00:58:52,392 Here's one more. 579 00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,311 But I don't have any beer left. 580 00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:03,055 - This gentleman's a poet. - I can't help it, nobody told me. 581 00:59:03,690 --> 00:59:07,230 Give my sausage to the orphans, and my beer to the widows! 582 00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:09,892 Here you go, have a drink. 583 00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:21,794 Two, four, six. 584 00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:23,980 This won't work, gentlemen. 585 00:59:24,815 --> 00:59:27,500 Don't hold it against me, but I just can't do it! 586 00:59:27,550 --> 00:59:31,016 - I understand, but... - You understand nothing, you! 587 00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:32,392 What's that woman doing here? 588 00:59:33,593 --> 00:59:36,095 I won't be treated like this, gentlemen! 589 00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:40,188 - Just a minute. Come on. - Well, what? There's six of them! 590 00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:42,652 I'm not blind! Six! 591 00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:46,758 Your poem will be a milestone in the literature of Balnibarbi. 592 00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:48,118 You know what they told me? 593 00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:51,609 That it's alien to our spirit. 594 00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,822 If I may be so bold, what's this poem about? 595 00:59:56,023 --> 00:59:57,750 About a hare who went around in clothes. 596 01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:01,979 And so why's that against the state? 597 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:08,034 You ever seen a hare wearing clothes in our country? 598 01:00:17,060 --> 01:00:18,249 Let's go, let's go, let's go. 599 01:00:18,550 --> 01:00:20,131 Good Lord, toss out that cigarette! Let's go! 600 01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:26,476 What are you doing touching it?! 601 01:00:26,477 --> 01:00:30,179 Calm, gentlemen, calm. Everything's fine. 602 01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:33,659 The boys will show us some exercises. Come on... 603 01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:36,311 Come on, that's right. 604 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,412 And the professor will explain it to us again. 605 01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,337 I'm through, Prefect! I won't be insulted! 606 01:00:44,372 --> 01:00:47,354 I've told you ten times already, it's nothing! 607 01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:49,945 It's just slipping a bit, that's all. 608 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:56,810 Slipping, slipping... What exactly is it that's slipping? 609 01:00:57,900 --> 01:00:59,950 Take it easy, it's nothing. 610 01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:03,176 Everything will work out fine. 611 01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:08,557 - The wheel? What kind of wheel? - The retractor wheel! 612 01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,157 What if my hand ends up in there? What then? 613 01:01:12,188 --> 01:01:14,354 Calm, gentlemen, calm. 614 01:01:16,300 --> 01:01:18,605 - My advice, sirs... - Good evening. 615 01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:21,091 ...is postpone it till tomorrow, and I'll organize a gallows. 616 01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:24,496 - My name is Herold. - Wrap it up here, wrap it up! 617 01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:25,462 Toss out that cigarette! 618 01:01:26,563 --> 01:01:28,300 Let's go, let's go, let's go! Tidy yourselves up... 619 01:01:28,350 --> 01:01:30,951 - You won't mind if I go first? - Get going, get going, no gabbing! 620 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:35,397 Move, move, move... 621 01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:42,355 Come on now, come on. Let's get this over with. 622 01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:46,033 I'll leave you till the end, Miss, once I see how it works. 623 01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:48,834 So now, gentlemen, who'll go first? 624 01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:54,800 How about you? You look like a case for a beginner. 625 01:02:54,850 --> 01:02:57,995 - No! Please, let me. - All right, all right. 626 01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:02,299 What are doing with that cat, man? Put it away! 627 01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:08,471 Come along now, come on... 628 01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,779 Friends! Long live... 629 01:03:22,740 --> 01:03:24,795 I shall die, but... 630 01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,356 I die gladly! 631 01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:33,196 Because... 632 01:03:37,180 --> 01:03:39,096 Will you be proclaiming some more? 633 01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:42,872 No, no more. 634 01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:18,020 I don't know who you are, Mr Gulliver, or why you came to us. 635 01:04:18,655 --> 01:04:20,305 I don't wish to ask you about that. 636 01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:26,812 But do you realize that you could have been dead by now? 637 01:04:30,320 --> 01:04:31,658 Yes, Governor. 638 01:04:40,860 --> 01:04:43,120 You have been invited to Laputa, Mr Gulliver. 639 01:04:44,420 --> 01:04:47,693 His Majesty King Matous is expecting you this very day. 640 01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:03,220 I'm a direct descendant of Melchior the trumpeter. 641 01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:05,450 50 years ago Melchior the trumpeter, my great-grandfather, 642 01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:06,555 was taken up to Laputa. 643 01:05:06,576 --> 01:05:07,970 He was the last person... 644 01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:10,568 The last person was Miss Blanka. 645 01:05:11,169 --> 01:05:13,135 Miss Blanka was a slut, madam. 646 01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:19,360 You needn't answer me if you don't want to, Mr Gulliver. 647 01:06:19,395 --> 01:06:21,649 But, please, do you know why they invited you? 648 01:06:23,720 --> 01:06:25,100 I thought that you knew. 649 01:06:25,899 --> 01:06:27,213 And who invited you? 650 01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,456 Do you know who invited you? 651 01:06:32,080 --> 01:06:33,338 You said it was the king. 652 01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:38,218 - Take care. - Thank you. 653 01:06:38,253 --> 01:06:40,337 - Farewell. - See you soon. 654 01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:42,958 Come here, come here! 655 01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:46,129 Pardon me, but did you say, "See you soon"? 656 01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:49,958 Do you mean to say you will be coming back? 657 01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:55,634 And you think I'm not coming back? 658 01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:02,559 Open up! Open up at once! 659 01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:09,658 Come back! Stop! Stop! 660 01:08:49,400 --> 01:08:50,458 Is someone there? 661 01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:52,834 I am. 662 01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:12,700 X. THE FLYING ISLAND 663 01:09:16,940 --> 01:09:17,808 Excuse me... 664 01:09:18,860 --> 01:09:20,040 Excuse me, ma'am! 665 01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:40,660 Is anyone here? 666 01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:16,620 Beg your pardon, sir, but you'll have to go back. 667 01:10:17,420 --> 01:10:18,592 I'll accompany you. 668 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:25,898 One moment, sir. 669 01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:33,239 Could you show me that letter? 670 01:10:42,720 --> 01:10:44,600 Forgive me, sir, that I keep asking questions... 671 01:10:45,440 --> 01:10:47,879 Have you ever been in Monte Carlo? 672 01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:49,552 I have. 673 01:10:50,920 --> 01:10:52,140 I will accompany you. 674 01:11:08,840 --> 01:11:10,840 King Matous the Great. 675 01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:42,539 I am Jeronym of Hora, sir. I'm the regent here. 676 01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:47,510 The minister of the privy seal, and his spouse. 677 01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:51,673 My mother, the Duchess of Hora. 678 01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:54,012 The Minister of Railways. 679 01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:55,913 His spouse. 680 01:11:56,560 --> 01:11:58,152 The Minister of War. 681 01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:00,459 His spouse. 682 01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:02,711 The Minister of Tillage... 683 01:12:03,812 --> 01:12:04,950 We've already met. 684 01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:07,812 The royal wet-nurse. 685 01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:12,318 Princess Niké. 686 01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:40,620 It is true, Mr Gulliver, that down in Balnibarbi 687 01:12:40,655 --> 01:12:42,155 speaking is forbidden once a week? 688 01:12:42,756 --> 01:12:44,390 Yes, every Monday. 689 01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:48,311 - Why? What's the idea? - They told me it's to conserve air. 690 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:55,735 I was only there a couple of days. 691 01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:59,293 It's a very interesting country. 692 01:13:00,240 --> 01:13:04,030 It seems to me that nowhere in the world does science have such an influence on... 693 01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:06,516 ...as it does right here. 694 01:13:07,480 --> 01:13:10,800 I had a chance to see a thinking machine, driven by a hand crank. 695 01:13:10,935 --> 01:13:11,726 By what? 696 01:13:12,627 --> 01:13:13,655 By a hand crank. 697 01:13:20,480 --> 01:13:23,695 You see, they're thinking of doing away with electric power. 698 01:13:25,040 --> 01:13:28,510 Professor Beiel told me that their primary concern 699 01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:30,778 was that the results of scientific work 700 01:13:30,879 --> 01:13:32,795 should be understandable to the people. 701 01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:39,396 Is it true, Mr Gulliver, that you've been to Monte Carlo? 702 01:13:40,440 --> 01:13:41,337 Yes, madam. 703 01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:47,020 And what about... the Carlton? 704 01:13:48,600 --> 01:13:51,673 - Where you in Hotel Carlton? - Hotel Carlton? 705 01:13:54,520 --> 01:13:56,734 Yes, I was. I was there once. 706 01:13:57,080 --> 01:13:59,436 And what did you do there, Mr Gulliver? 707 01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:06,920 Perhaps, Mr Gulliver, Monte Carlo has more than one Hotel Carlton. 708 01:14:08,032 --> 01:14:10,610 And perhaps you, Mr Gulliver, were in that other one. 709 01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:16,600 There's only one everywhere, Minister. One Carlton, one Savoy, one Ritz. 710 01:14:16,735 --> 01:14:20,420 Our king, Mr Gulliver, King Matous the Great, 711 01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:23,278 lives in Monte Carlo, in Hotel Carlton. 712 01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:27,314 I was there the year before last, Regent. 713 01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,495 The year before last, at the end of May. 714 01:14:29,900 --> 01:14:32,530 But he's been there for eleven years now. 715 01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:35,678 - Eleven? - Eleven, yes. 716 01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,730 He works as a porter, Mr Gulliver, in Hotel Carlton. 717 01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:45,368 I don't know him, Minister! I never saw him! 718 01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:48,016 Or maybe I did see him. 719 01:14:48,617 --> 01:14:50,460 Maybe he opened the door for me at night, 720 01:14:50,795 --> 01:14:52,225 I gave him a franc, and that was it. 721 01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:55,439 After all, I can't remember every single doorman. 722 01:14:59,120 --> 01:15:02,876 For Christ's sake, I have nothing to hide from you. 723 01:15:03,440 --> 01:15:05,305 You misunderstand us, Mr Gulliver. 724 01:15:06,040 --> 01:15:09,416 We only wanted to ask how he's getting along. 725 01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:14,853 Forgive me, I'm a foreigner. 726 01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:19,032 They gave me this, down below. 727 01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:21,692 What should I do with it? 728 01:15:51,580 --> 01:15:52,660 Good afternoon. 729 01:15:52,860 --> 01:15:54,593 Will you leave, or do I have to throw you out? 730 01:15:54,694 --> 01:15:56,339 Why, no, I was just going anyhow. 731 01:16:00,480 --> 01:16:02,194 Will these pillows be enough for you? 732 01:16:06,580 --> 01:16:08,605 If they want anything from you, don't even think about it! 733 01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:11,070 - Did they want something from you? - What business is it of yours? 734 01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:13,040 Probably haven't gotten around to it yet. 735 01:16:13,841 --> 01:16:14,808 Take care! 736 01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:29,600 "To His Majesty, King Matous the Great. Your loyal servant, the Governor of Lagado." 737 01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:00,271 There was a hare in my bathroom. 738 01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:03,715 Niké! 739 01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:10,435 - Looking for someone? - No, I'm not. 740 01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:37,908 We're here now. Above Lagado. 741 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:43,718 Come, try it out. 742 01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:47,998 Sit down. 743 01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:06,891 If you were the king, 744 01:18:08,280 --> 01:18:10,433 you could make Laputa move now. 745 01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:13,172 By force of will. 746 01:18:19,080 --> 01:18:20,878 The wind governs us, Mr Gulliver. 747 01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,900 For eleven years we've been flying aimlessly. 748 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:29,134 Pardon me, but you're not a minister, are you? 749 01:18:32,400 --> 01:18:33,631 I'm the gardener. 750 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:37,199 But I knew the minister well. 751 01:18:39,160 --> 01:18:40,900 I keep wanting to ask you, Mr Gulliver... 752 01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:47,520 What's it like in Monte Carlo, or other places? 753 01:18:48,920 --> 01:18:52,898 Can someone who's a complete stranger go there and live normally? 754 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:56,945 A minister, for instance, or a groom... 755 01:18:57,480 --> 01:19:00,000 I think that anyone can live a normal life there. 756 01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:02,351 A minister as well as a groom. 757 01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:05,352 And a princess? 758 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:13,560 And is it true that the Academy of Inventors abolished July? 759 01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:15,685 Oh no, not July. 760 01:19:15,720 --> 01:19:17,285 You're thinking of November. 761 01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:20,080 They really have abolished it, due to the flu epidemics. 762 01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:28,000 The king should come back. 763 01:19:28,700 --> 01:19:30,002 Forgive me, Mr Gulliver. 764 01:19:30,903 --> 01:19:33,940 You're probably thinking now that Niké's not a princess. 765 01:19:34,140 --> 01:19:38,716 - But she is a princess. - She really is. 766 01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:45,352 But I know... I know that she's a princess. 767 01:19:47,320 --> 01:19:51,333 If I could go down into the world... 768 01:19:53,720 --> 01:19:58,075 Do you think they'd be able to tell I'm from somewhere else? 769 01:20:01,680 --> 01:20:03,352 Do you think I could live there? 770 01:20:03,953 --> 01:20:06,132 I don't know, Niké. Why not? 771 01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,416 Maybe you could. Only, you're a princess. 772 01:20:12,680 --> 01:20:14,016 Nobody will notice that. 773 01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:18,936 We won't tell anyone. 774 01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:31,240 What are you thinking about? 775 01:20:32,640 --> 01:20:35,220 About a little girl who wanted to be a princess. 776 01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:38,939 - What happened to her? - She was lucky. 777 01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:41,318 She drowned. 778 01:20:57,160 --> 01:20:58,952 You know what the clap is, Princess? 779 01:21:04,440 --> 01:21:06,230 It's an illness I've had three times. 780 01:21:10,920 --> 01:21:15,375 Maybe she didn't drown. Maybe you just got scared that time. 781 01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:18,612 Maybe she stayed alive. 782 01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:24,305 Maybe... you burst into tears that time because you... 783 01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:29,200 suddenly realized that she would never be like you wanted her to be. 784 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:34,689 Maybe she's living happily somewhere, without any idea that you drowned her. 785 01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:38,558 Mr Gulliver! 786 01:21:40,360 --> 01:21:43,756 Your Marketa is exactly like you wanted her to be. 787 01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:45,982 Dead. 788 01:21:46,500 --> 01:21:47,376 Mr Gulliver! 789 01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:54,195 Did you ever realize that you'll never be rid of her? 790 01:21:57,360 --> 01:21:58,832 Mr Gulliver! 791 01:22:03,560 --> 01:22:07,337 Is it true that drowned people have... 792 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:13,200 bulging eyes and... a swollen belly? 793 01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:27,611 Over here, over here! Who's there? 794 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:32,350 - It's me. - What are you yelling for? 795 01:22:32,780 --> 01:22:33,871 I'm not yelling. 796 01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:39,496 This is Prince Munodi, Mr Gulliver. 797 01:22:41,720 --> 01:22:44,910 - I spoke with your father. - What's he doing? 798 01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:52,160 Ever since I lost my telescope, I haven't seen the old man. 799 01:22:54,160 --> 01:22:55,635 He doesn't like me anyhow. 800 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:01,390 Those good little people down there, 801 01:23:02,880 --> 01:23:04,657 they haven't the slightest idea 802 01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:09,469 that only the staff and myself are left in Laputa. 803 01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:12,700 And so they don't find out, I have to drink 804 01:23:13,500 --> 01:23:16,831 for the whole government, and the court! 805 01:23:22,440 --> 01:23:23,447 I won't drink to anything. 806 01:23:24,248 --> 01:23:25,940 You, of course, can drink to what you like. 807 01:23:26,475 --> 01:23:30,338 To love, maybe, if you can't think of anything else. 808 01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:38,240 You should take her with you. 809 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:47,233 What's wrong, Niké? 810 01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:52,350 Good God, why are you blubbering? 811 01:23:59,880 --> 01:24:01,519 Please, Niké, go to bed now. 812 01:24:02,760 --> 01:24:03,711 But why? 813 01:24:04,520 --> 01:24:07,914 I'm afraid I'll get drunk. And I don't want you to see it. 814 01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:12,452 - I'll go, then. - Shall I accompany you? 815 01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:14,640 No. 816 01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:21,317 - Where are you going? - To bed. 817 01:24:23,480 --> 01:24:24,480 Really, now! 818 01:24:29,080 --> 01:24:30,379 I heard a racket. 819 01:24:32,340 --> 01:24:33,541 Well, look who's here. 820 01:24:34,462 --> 01:24:36,477 - Good night. - Bye! 821 01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:50,040 Something troubling you, Mr Gulliver? 822 01:25:26,520 --> 01:25:27,417 What's this? 823 01:25:30,680 --> 01:25:32,360 That'll be a costume, I believe. Let's see. 824 01:25:32,861 --> 01:25:34,061 Yes, a costume! 825 01:25:34,595 --> 01:25:38,872 More specifically, the hussar uniform of Vasil the Hare. 826 01:25:40,360 --> 01:25:42,538 Good God, how I hated hares! 827 01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,560 You know the old man, after all, Mr Gulliver. 828 01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:51,711 Well, can you imagine that he forced me to perform with trained hares? 829 01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:54,785 I don't know if you can possibly imagine 830 01:25:55,420 --> 01:25:59,800 how terribly degrading and humiliating it is 831 01:25:59,835 --> 01:26:02,268 to be a trainer of hares. 832 01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:04,944 I put up with it till I was sixteen. 833 01:26:05,845 --> 01:26:07,420 As soon as I had reached that age, 834 01:26:07,955 --> 01:26:11,629 I opened the cages and chased the lot of them into the woods. 835 01:26:12,160 --> 01:26:15,277 That same day, the old man chased me out. 836 01:26:16,680 --> 01:26:18,389 And what's more, he broke my jaw. 837 01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:22,634 Since I didn't know how to do anything, my only choice was to get rich. 838 01:26:23,380 --> 01:26:25,720 I set up a concern in dry biscuits. 839 01:26:25,920 --> 01:26:28,380 And if the Academy of Inventors hadn't outlawed crackers, 840 01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:31,200 I could have been supplying the whole world today. 841 01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:46,312 - Let me tell you something, Dominika. - I'm not Dominika. 842 01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:51,334 You're not Dominika? 843 01:26:57,080 --> 01:27:00,072 - You're seriously not Dominika? - No. 844 01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:22,238 Get out. 845 01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:27,511 Get out! 846 01:27:39,360 --> 01:27:40,537 You hear me? 847 01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:05,640 I would like to ask you a favor. 848 01:28:06,040 --> 01:28:10,480 You see, down in Balnibarbi they don't know that the king... that he's not here. 849 01:28:10,515 --> 01:28:15,040 So if you could promise us that you won't... won't tell them... 850 01:28:15,075 --> 01:28:18,465 He'll come back, Mr Gulliver. He'll surely come back. 851 01:28:18,800 --> 01:28:23,860 If they should ask you anything, tell them you aren't allowed to talk about it. 852 01:28:24,395 --> 01:28:26,474 - You don't mind? - No, I don't mind. 853 01:28:28,840 --> 01:28:31,431 - You really don't mind? - Not at all, Regent. 854 01:28:33,560 --> 01:28:37,155 Please give my regards to Princess Niké. 855 01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:41,392 - Tell her that... - I'll explain to her, Mr Gulliver. 856 01:28:46,100 --> 01:28:50,400 XI. BALNIBARBIAN SILENCE 857 01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:21,393 I thought they'd executed you. 858 01:29:57,440 --> 01:29:59,505 Please, do you know where I might find... 859 01:29:59,940 --> 01:30:01,800 ...where I might find Patrik Beiel? 860 01:31:12,920 --> 01:31:13,858 Emil! 861 01:31:20,980 --> 01:31:21,833 Emil! 862 01:31:54,920 --> 01:31:57,295 Is that man here for me, Prefect? 863 01:32:05,800 --> 01:32:08,631 The king asked after you, Professor Beiel. 864 01:32:09,080 --> 01:32:11,631 I am to say that he esteems you highly. 865 01:32:14,200 --> 01:32:17,713 And for you, Professor, I have greetings from Prince Munodi. 866 01:32:29,720 --> 01:32:32,200 The king never signed a decree on keeping silent. 867 01:32:32,250 --> 01:32:35,297 You're doing it for no reason. It's your affair, it doesn't concern me. 868 01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:44,575 What do you mean, I wasn't there? I don't get it. 869 01:32:45,520 --> 01:32:48,340 Why should I have to explain why no one's ever returned from there? 870 01:32:48,500 --> 01:32:50,900 I don't know! I, as you see, have returned. 871 01:33:05,400 --> 01:33:09,109 They want nothing from you, Governor. Nothing at all. 872 01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,273 They haven't got a clue what goes on here. 873 01:33:13,440 --> 01:33:18,368 Perhaps they know the names of your mountains, rivers, valleys... 874 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:22,269 At night they can see the lights of your cities. But that's all. 875 01:33:26,280 --> 01:33:28,913 They don't know anyone here. Not even you. 876 01:33:30,200 --> 01:33:32,231 They don't even know you, Governor. 877 01:34:00,120 --> 01:34:02,856 You see, Governor, I didn't meet with him. 878 01:34:04,680 --> 01:34:05,687 Your king... 879 01:34:07,038 --> 01:34:09,292 You king hasn't lived in Laputa for a long time now. 880 01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:12,097 He's in Monte Carlo. 881 01:34:13,640 --> 01:34:14,858 In Hotel Carlton. 882 01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:17,072 He's the porter there. 883 01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:14,972 Where are we going? 884 01:35:36,720 --> 01:35:38,082 Unlock it, Governor. 885 01:35:38,983 --> 01:35:40,733 Unlock it, and we'll go upstairs and talk. 886 01:36:01,200 --> 01:36:02,872 Don't just stand there like an idiot! 887 01:37:19,060 --> 01:37:20,830 I know, Emil, I'll keep quiet now. 888 01:37:59,720 --> 01:38:01,995 He was drunk. He didn't say anything. 889 01:38:02,760 --> 01:38:05,311 He didn't send any messages, and he doesn't give a damn. 890 01:38:06,440 --> 01:38:07,658 What do you want from me? 891 01:38:10,080 --> 01:38:11,760 I've told you everything I know about him. 892 01:38:12,260 --> 01:38:14,996 He's there alone, alone, for ten years now. 893 01:38:15,097 --> 01:38:16,320 He has nothing to do, 894 01:38:16,355 --> 01:38:18,860 nothing happens there, everything's lost its meaning. 895 01:38:19,460 --> 01:38:22,865 And in order to make like nothing's changed, he drinks and drinks, 896 01:38:22,900 --> 01:38:25,200 until he's drunk up everything that the king would, 897 01:38:25,215 --> 01:38:26,909 and the whole court, and the government... 898 01:39:32,340 --> 01:39:33,537 Forgive me. 899 01:39:39,320 --> 01:39:40,472 Forgive me. 900 01:39:44,080 --> 01:39:45,398 Forgive me! 901 01:39:50,200 --> 01:39:52,700 XII. THE ROAD SOMEWHERE ELSE 902 01:40:37,540 --> 01:40:39,703 The village idiot answered to the name of Vyskoc, 903 01:40:40,504 --> 01:40:42,540 and he took me from the land of Balnibarbi. 904 01:40:43,540 --> 01:40:46,060 Then it happened that I became perplexed again, 905 01:40:46,160 --> 01:40:47,880 and I turned to the idiot, saying: 906 01:40:48,780 --> 01:40:53,760 "Listen, Vyskoc, is this watch running backwards, or am I just imagining it?" 907 01:40:54,260 --> 01:40:57,420 But he retorted: "Why do you keep making a fuss? 908 01:40:57,820 --> 01:41:00,256 "Isn't it enough for you to hear it ticking?" 909 01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:22,000 THE END i G a l e r i e . c z 910 01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:26,000 Subtitled for KG by steyskal i G a l e r i e . c z 911 01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:27,760 i G a l e r i e . c z