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It is an extremely common mistake,

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people think the writer's
imagination is always at work,

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that he's constantly
inventing an endless supply

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of incidents and episodes,

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that he simply dreams up his
stories out of thin air.

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In point of fact, the
opposite is true.

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Once the public knows
you're a writer,

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they bring the characters
and events to you

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and as long as you maintain
your ability to look

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and to carefully listen,

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these stories will continue to...

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Stop it. Stop it! Don't!
Don't do it!

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Will continue to seek you
out over your lifetime.

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To him who has often told
the tales of others,

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many tales will be told.

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- Sorry.
- It's all right.

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The incidents that follow
were described to me

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exactly as I present them here

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and in a wholly unexpected way.

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A number of years ago,

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while suffering from a mild
case of "Scribe's Fever,"

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a form of neurasthenia common among
the intelligentsia of that time,

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I decided to spend
the month of August

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in the spa town of Nebelsbad
below the Alpine Sudetenwaltz,

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and had taken up rooms
in the Grand Budapest,

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a picturesque, elaborate, and once
widely celebrated establishment.

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I expect some of you will know it.

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It was off season and, by that
time, decidedly out of fashion,

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and it had already
begun its descent

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into shabbiness and
eventual demolition.

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What few guests we were

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had quickly come to recognize
one another by sight

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as the only living souls residing
in the vast establishment,

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although I do not believe any acquaintance
among our number had proceeded

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beyond the polite nods we
exchanged as we passed

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in the Palm Court,

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in the Arabian baths,

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and 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, both
lazy and, really, quite accommodating.

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I expect he was not well paid.

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In any case, one evening,

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as I stood conferring
elbow-to-elbow with Monsieur Jean,

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as had become my habit, I noticed
a new presence in our company.

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A small, elderly man,
smartly dressed,

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with an exceptionally
lively, intelligent face

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and an immediately
perceptible air of sadness.

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He was, like the rest of us,
alone, but also, I must say,

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he was the first that struck one
as being deeply and truly lonely.

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A symptom of my own medical
condition as well.

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Who's this interesting old fellow?

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I inquired of Monsieur Jean.

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To my surprise, he was
distinctly taken aback.

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- Don't you know?
- He asked.

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Don't you recognize him?

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He did look familiar.

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That's Mr. Moustafa himself.
He arrived earlier this morning.

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This name will no doubt be familiar

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to the more seasoned
persons among you.

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Mr. Zero Moustafa was at one time
the richest man in Zubrowka,

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and was still indeed the
owner of the Grand Budapest.

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He often comes and
stays a week or more,

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three times a year at least,
but never in the season.

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Monsieur Jean signaled to
me and I leaned closer.

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I'll tell you a secret.

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He takes only a single-bed
sleeping room without a bath

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in the rear corner of the top floor

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and it's smaller than
the service elevator!

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It was well known,

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Zero Moustafa had purchased
and famously inhabited

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some of the most lavish castles
and palazzos on the continent.

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Yet here, in his own
nearly empty hotel,

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he occupied a servant's quarters?

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At that moment, the curtain rose on
a parenthetical, domestic drama...

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Shit.

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which required the immediate
and complete attention

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of Monsieur Jean,

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but, frankly, did not
hold mine for long.

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However,

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this premature intermission in the
story of the curious, old man

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had left me,
as the expression goes,

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"gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen,"

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that is, on the edge of my seat,

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where I remained throughout
the next morning, until,

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in what I have found to be its
mysterious and utterly reliable fashion,

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fate, once again,
intervened on my behalf.

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I admire your work.

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I beg your pardon?

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I said, I know and admire
your wonderful work.

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Thank you most kindly, sir.

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Did Monsieur Jean have a word
or two to share with you

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about the aged proprietor
of this establishment?

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I must confess, I did
myself inquire about you.

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He's perfectly capable,
of course, Monsieur Jean

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but we can't claim he's a first,

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or, in earnest, even
second-rate concierge.

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But there it is.

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Times have changed.

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The thermal baths
are very beautiful.

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They were in their first condition.
It couldn't be maintained, of course.

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Too decadent for current tastes.

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But I love it all just the same,
this enchanting old ruin.

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How did you come to
buy it, if I may ask?

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The Grand Budapest.

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I didn't.

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If you're not merely being polite,

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and you must tell me
if that's the case,

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but if it genuinely
does interest you,

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may I invite you to
dine with me tonight,

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and it will be my pleasure and,
indeed, my privilege to tell you

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"my story." Such as it is.

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Two ducks roasted with olives.

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Rabbit, salad?

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Pouilly-Jouvet '52, plus
a split of the brut.

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That should provide us ample time

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- if I commence promptly.
- By all means.

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Well, it begins, as it must, with
our mutual friend's predecessor.

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The beloved, original concierge
of The Grand Budapest.

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It begins, of course, with...

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- Bring the table to the window.
- Yes, Monsieur Gustave.

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- Bring the tray to the table.
- Right away, Monsieur Gustave.

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Right there. Have those
been brushed and blocked?

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- Of course, Monsieur Gustave.
- Pack them in the hat boxes.

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- Is that from Oberstdorf & Company?
- I believe so, Monsieur Gustave.

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- Second trunk. Who has the tickets?
- I do, Monsieur Gustave.

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Give them to me.

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These are in order.
Wait in the corner.

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- I'm not leaving.
- I beg your pardon?

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- I'm not leaving.
- Why not?

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- I'm frightened.
- Of what?

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I fear this may be the last
time we ever see each other.

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Why on earth would
that be the case?

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Well, I can't put it into
words, but I feel it.

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For goodness sake, there's no reason
for you to leave us if you'd...

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- Come with me.
- To fucking Lutz?

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- Please.
- Give me your hand.

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You've nothing to fear. You're
always anxious before you travel.

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I admit, you appear to be suffering a
more acute attack on this occasion.

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But, truly and honestly... Oh, dear God.
What have you done to your fingernails?

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- I beg your pardon?
- This diabolical varnish.

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- The color is completely wrong.
- Don't you like it?

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It's not that I don't like it.
I am physically repulsed.

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- Perhaps this will soothe you.
- What? Don't recite.

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- Just listen to the words. Hush.
- Please. Not now.

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"While questing once in noble
wood of gray, medieval pine,

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"I came upon a tomb, rain-slick'd,
rubbed-cool, ethereal,

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"'its inscription long-vanished,

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"yet still within its
melancholy fissures..."

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Will you light a
candle for me, please?

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- In the sacristy of Santa Maria?
- I'll see to it myself immediately.

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Remember, I'm always with you.

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- I love you.
- I love you.

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It's quite a thing winning the
loyalty of a woman like that

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for 19 consecutive seasons.

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- Yes, sir.
- She's very fond of me, you know.

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Yes, sir.

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But I've never seen
her like that before.

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No, sir.

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She was shaking like
a shitting dog.

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Truly.

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Run to the cathedral of Santa
Maria in Brucknerplatz.

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Buy one of the plain,
half-length candles

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and take back four
Klubecks in change.

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Light it in the sacristy,
say a brief rosary

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then go to Mendl's and get
me a courtesan au chocolat.

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If there's any money left, give it
to the crippled shoe-shine boy.

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- Right away, sir.
- Hold it.

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- Who are you?
- I'm Zero, sir. The new Lobby Boy.

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- Zero, you say?
- Yes, sir.

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I've never heard of you, never
laid eyes on you. Who hired you?

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- Mr. Mosher, sir.
- Mr. Mosher!

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Yes, Monsieur Gustave?

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Am I to understand you've
surreptitiously hired this young man

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in the position of a Lobby Boy?

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He's been engaged for a trial period,
pending your approval, of course.

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Perhaps, yes.
Thank you, Mr. Mosher.

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You're most welcome,
Monsieur Gustave.

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You're now going to be
officially interviewed.

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Should I go and light
the candle first, sir?

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What? No.

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Experience?

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Hotel Kinski, Kitchen
Boy, six months.

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Hotel Berlitz, Mop and
Broom Boy, three months.

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- Before that I was a Skillet Scrubber...
- Experience, zero.

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- Thank you again, Monsieur Gustave.
- Straighten that cap, Anatole.

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- The pleasure's mine, Herr Schneider.
- The strap's busted.

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- These are not acceptable.
- I fully agree.

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- Education?
- I studied reading and spelling.

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I started my primary school.
I almost...

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- Education, zero.
- Now it's exploded.

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Good morning, Cicero.
Call the goddamn plumber!

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- This afternoon, Monsieur Gustave?
- Without fail, Frau Liebling.

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- What in hell is this?
- Not now.

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Family?

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Zero.

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Six, Igor.

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Why do you want to be a Lobby Boy?

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Well, who wouldn't, at
the Grand Budapest, sir?

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It's an institution.

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Very good.

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- A thousand Klubecks.
- My goodness.

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Were you ever a Lobby Boy, sir?

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What do you think?

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Well, I suppose you'd have
to start somewhere...

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- Go and light the goddamn candle.
- Yes, sir.

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And so, my life began.

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Junior Lobby Boy in-training,

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Grand Budapest Hotel,

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under the strict command
of Monsieur Gustave H.

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I became his pupil, and he was
to be my counselor and guardian.

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What is a Lobby Boy?

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A Lobby Boy's completely
invisible, yet always in sight.

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A Lobby Boy remembers
what people hate.

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A Lobby Boy anticipates
the client's needs

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before the needs are needed.

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A Lobby Boy is, above
all, discreet to a fault.

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Our guests know their
deepest secrets,

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some of which are,
frankly, rather unseemly,

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will go with us to our graves.

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- So keep your mouth shut, Zero.
- Yes, sir.

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That's all for now.

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I began to realize that
many of the hotel's

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most valued and distinguished
guests came for him.

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It seemed to be an essential
part of his duties,

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but I believe it was
also his pleasure.

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The requirements were
always the same.

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They had to be rich,

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old,

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insecure,

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vain,

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superficial,

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blonde,

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needy.

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Why blonde?

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Because they all were.

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He was, by the way,

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the most liberally perfumed
man I had ever encountered.

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00:15:43,522 --> 00:15:46,600
The scent announced his
approach from a great distance

244
00:15:47,985 --> 00:15:50,771
and lingered for many
minutes after he was gone.

245
00:15:52,489 --> 00:15:55,491
I worked six days each week
plus a half-day Sunday,

246
00:15:55,492 --> 00:15:57,903
5:00 AM until just after midnight.

247
00:15:58,996 --> 00:16:01,657
Our meals were small but
frequent, for stamina.

248
00:16:01,665 --> 00:16:04,701
Two breakfasts, two lunches
and a late supper.

249
00:16:05,628 --> 00:16:09,172
Monsieur Gustave also
delivered a nightly sermon.

250
00:16:09,173 --> 00:16:12,425
Rudeness is merely the
expression of fear.

251
00:16:12,426 --> 00:16:14,795
People fear they won't
get what they want.

252
00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:18,515
The most dreadful and unattractive
person only needs to be loved,

253
00:16:18,516 --> 00:16:21,226
and they will open
up like a flower.

254
00:16:21,227 --> 00:16:22,886
I am reminded of a verse,

255
00:16:23,062 --> 00:16:25,563
"The painter's brush
touched the inchoate face

256
00:16:25,564 --> 00:16:27,690
"by ends of nimble bristles

257
00:16:27,691 --> 00:16:31,812
"and with their blush of first color,
rendered her lifeless cheek living."

258
00:16:31,987 --> 00:16:35,232
His own dinner, he took
alone in his room.

259
00:16:40,579 --> 00:16:44,499
The identity of the owner of the
hotel was unknown to all of us.

260
00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:48,503
Each month, his emissary, known
as Deputy Kovacs, arrived

261
00:16:48,504 --> 00:16:50,547
to review the books
and convey messages

262
00:16:50,548 --> 00:16:53,299
on behalf of the
mysterious proprietor.

263
00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:56,427
On these occasions, Monsieur
Gustave and our business manager,

264
00:16:56,428 --> 00:17:01,258
Herr Becker, met with him in private
consultation above Reception.

265
00:17:12,695 --> 00:17:15,481
This was also when I met Agatha,

266
00:17:33,424 --> 00:17:35,626
but we won't discuss that.

267
00:18:26,352 --> 00:18:27,592
- What do you want?
- Look.

268
00:18:32,441 --> 00:18:33,767
Dear God.

269
00:18:33,817 --> 00:18:35,318
I'm terribly sorry, sir.

270
00:18:35,319 --> 00:18:37,487
- We must go to her.
- We must?

271
00:18:37,488 --> 00:18:41,316
Tout de suite. She needs me, and I need
you to help me with my bags and so on.

272
00:18:43,077 --> 00:18:44,827
- How fast can you pack?
- Five minutes.

273
00:18:44,828 --> 00:18:46,871
Do it. And bring a bottle
of the Pouilly-Jouvet '26

274
00:18:46,872 --> 00:18:48,289
in an ice bucket with two glasses

275
00:18:48,290 --> 00:18:51,452
so we don't have to drink the cat
piss they serve in the dining car.

276
00:19:00,302 --> 00:19:02,588
I blame myself.

277
00:19:03,222 --> 00:19:06,599
She tried to tell me she had
a premonition. I didn't listen.

278
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,351
All of Lutz will be
dressed in black,

279
00:19:08,352 --> 00:19:10,436
except her own ghastly,
deceitful children

280
00:19:10,437 --> 00:19:12,730
whom she loathed and
couldn't bear to kiss hello.

281
00:19:12,731 --> 00:19:15,350
They'll be dancing like gypsies.

282
00:19:18,195 --> 00:19:20,321
There's really no point in
doing anything in life,

283
00:19:20,322 --> 00:19:22,323
because it's all over in
the blink of an eye...

284
00:19:22,324 --> 00:19:25,451
And, the next thing you
know, rigor mortis sets in.

285
00:19:25,452 --> 00:19:28,496
Oh, how the good die young.

286
00:19:28,497 --> 00:19:31,583
With any luck, she's left a few
Klubecks for your old friend,

287
00:19:31,584 --> 00:19:35,037
but one never knows until the ink
is dry on the death certificate.

288
00:19:36,422 --> 00:19:38,499
She was dynamite in
the sack, by the way.

289
00:19:40,342 --> 00:19:42,760
She was 84, Monsieur Gustave.

290
00:19:42,761 --> 00:19:44,470
I've had older.

291
00:19:44,471 --> 00:19:46,347
When you're young,
it's all fillet steak,

292
00:19:46,348 --> 00:19:49,475
but as the years go by, you have
to move on to the cheaper cuts,

293
00:19:49,476 --> 00:19:51,895
which is fine with me,
because I like those.

294
00:19:51,896 --> 00:19:54,515
More flavorful, or so they say.

295
00:19:57,610 --> 00:19:59,812
Why are we stopping
at a barley field?

296
00:20:14,793 --> 00:20:16,745
Well, hello there, chaps.

297
00:20:16,795 --> 00:20:18,421
Documents, please.

298
00:20:18,422 --> 00:20:20,624
With pleasure.

299
00:20:24,470 --> 00:20:26,554
It's not a very flattering
portrait, I'm afraid.

300
00:20:26,555 --> 00:20:28,465
I was once considered
a great beauty.

301
00:20:29,517 --> 00:20:31,969
What does the "F" stand for?
Fritz? Franz?

302
00:20:31,977 --> 00:20:34,847
- Franz.
- I knew it!

303
00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:38,058
He's making a funny face.

304
00:20:38,234 --> 00:20:41,819
That's a Migratory Visa with Stage
Three Worker Status, Franz, darling.

305
00:20:41,820 --> 00:20:44,106
He's with me.

306
00:20:44,782 --> 00:20:46,024
Come outside, please.

307
00:20:47,409 --> 00:20:50,537
Now, wait a minute. Sit down, Zero.
His papers are in order.

308
00:20:50,538 --> 00:20:53,706
I cross-referenced them myself with
the Bureau of Labor and Servitude.

309
00:20:53,707 --> 00:20:55,667
You can't arrest him simply
because he's a bloody immigrant.

310
00:20:55,668 --> 00:20:57,995
He hasn't done anything wrong.

311
00:21:03,509 --> 00:21:05,627
Stop it, damn you!

312
00:21:05,678 --> 00:21:07,846
Never mind, Monsieur Gustave!
Let them proceed!

313
00:21:07,847 --> 00:21:09,757
Ow! That hurts!

314
00:21:12,434 --> 00:21:15,436
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!

315
00:21:15,437 --> 00:21:17,890
Take your hands off my Lobby Boy!

316
00:21:29,577 --> 00:21:30,994
What's the problem?

317
00:21:30,995 --> 00:21:32,328
This is outrageous.

318
00:21:32,329 --> 00:21:35,210
The young man works for me at the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad.

319
00:21:36,876 --> 00:21:38,535
Monsieur Gustave?

320
00:21:41,005 --> 00:21:43,207
My name is Henckels.

321
00:21:44,466 --> 00:21:47,711
I'm the son of Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang
Henckels-Bergersdofer.

322
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,671
Do you remember me?

323
00:21:50,472 --> 00:21:54,218
I know exactly who you are.
It's uncanny. You're little Albert.

324
00:21:54,351 --> 00:21:56,220
I'm terribly embarrassed.
Release them.

325
00:21:56,896 --> 00:21:59,181
Release them.

326
00:22:05,863 --> 00:22:07,272
Your colleague is stateless.

327
00:22:07,448 --> 00:22:09,782
He'll need to apply for a
revised Special Transit Permit,

328
00:22:09,783 --> 00:22:13,237
which at this point may be
very difficult to acquire.

329
00:22:13,370 --> 00:22:14,571
Take this.

330
00:22:15,789 --> 00:22:18,875
It's temporary but it's the
best I can offer, I'm afraid.

331
00:22:18,876 --> 00:22:21,203
And how's your wonderful mother?

332
00:22:21,378 --> 00:22:23,379
- She's very well, thank you.
- I adore her.

333
00:22:23,380 --> 00:22:25,833
- Send my love.
- I will.

334
00:22:26,550 --> 00:22:30,629
Your companion was very kind to me
when I was a lonely little boy.

335
00:22:31,472 --> 00:22:34,007
My men and I apologize
for disturbing you.

336
00:22:34,016 --> 00:22:36,218
I beg your pardon, sir.

337
00:22:52,493 --> 00:22:55,828
You see? There are still faint
glimmers of civilization

338
00:22:55,829 --> 00:22:59,783
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity.

339
00:22:59,792 --> 00:23:04,204
Indeed, that's what we provide in our
own modest, humble, insignificant...

340
00:23:05,589 --> 00:23:07,791
Oh, fuck it.

341
00:23:38,873 --> 00:23:41,909
Where is she, Clotilde?
Take me to her.

342
00:24:17,161 --> 00:24:19,363
You're looking so well, darling.
You really are.

343
00:24:19,538 --> 00:24:20,989
They've done a marvelous job.

344
00:24:20,998 --> 00:24:23,666
I don't know what sort of cream they've
put on you down at the morgue,

345
00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:25,084
but I want some.

346
00:24:25,085 --> 00:24:27,629
Honestly, you look better
than you have in years.

347
00:24:27,630 --> 00:24:29,832
You look like you're alive.

348
00:24:35,179 --> 00:24:39,224
Oh, you changed it after all.
It's perfect.

349
00:24:39,225 --> 00:24:41,184
- Clotilde?
- Oui, Monsieur Gustave?

350
00:24:41,185 --> 00:24:43,429
A glass of chilled water
with no ice, please.

351
00:24:50,611 --> 00:24:52,396
All right, then.

352
00:24:52,571 --> 00:24:54,773
I shan't be long, darling.

353
00:24:55,783 --> 00:24:57,951
We were escorted through
a green baize door,

354
00:24:57,952 --> 00:25:01,447
down a narrow service corridor
and into the butler's pantry.

355
00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:06,452
A moment later, the kitchen
passage swung open

356
00:25:06,544 --> 00:25:09,997
and a small servant dressed in
white jolted into the room.

357
00:25:10,673 --> 00:25:13,125
I've never forgotten the
look on that man's face.

358
00:25:13,801 --> 00:25:16,003
What the devil is going on?

359
00:25:16,512 --> 00:25:20,299
I, myself, had never set foot inside
a house of this kind in my life.

360
00:25:21,642 --> 00:25:24,227
I understood very little about
the events that were to follow.

361
00:25:24,228 --> 00:25:27,389
But, eventually,
I came to recognize,

362
00:25:27,565 --> 00:25:31,150
when the destiny of a great
fortune is at stake,

363
00:25:31,151 --> 00:25:35,272
men's greed spreads like a
poison in the bloodstream.

364
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,702
Uncles, nephews, cousins,

365
00:25:40,703 --> 00:25:43,405
in-laws of increasingly
tenuous connection.

366
00:25:43,581 --> 00:25:45,164
The old woman's most
distant relations

367
00:25:45,165 --> 00:25:47,451
had come foraging out
of the woodwork.

368
00:25:48,961 --> 00:25:53,256
At the head of this congregation,
it was a disorienting coincidence,

369
00:25:53,257 --> 00:25:56,210
we discovered our
own Deputy Kovacs,

370
00:25:56,218 --> 00:25:59,171
himself an important
attorney, of course.

371
00:25:59,180 --> 00:26:02,841
He was the executor of
the dead widow's estate.

372
00:26:09,315 --> 00:26:12,518
This is Madame D's last
will and testament.

373
00:26:13,736 --> 00:26:15,862
It consists of a general tontine

374
00:26:15,863 --> 00:26:19,983
drawn up before the event of her
husband's death 46 years ago,

375
00:26:19,992 --> 00:26:23,286
in combination with 635 amendments,

376
00:26:23,287 --> 00:26:26,206
notations, corrections,
and letters of wishes

377
00:26:26,207 --> 00:26:29,493
executed during the
subsequent decades.

378
00:26:31,670 --> 00:26:33,510
The ultimate legality
of this accumulation

379
00:26:33,631 --> 00:26:34,881
requires further analysis,

380
00:26:34,882 --> 00:26:38,127
but in the opinion of this office,
it was Madame D's intention

381
00:26:38,135 --> 00:26:40,178
that control of the
vast bulk of her estate

382
00:26:40,179 --> 00:26:43,056
should be transferred,
forthwith, to her son, Dmitri,

383
00:26:43,057 --> 00:26:45,934
with special allowances
for his sisters,

384
00:26:45,935 --> 00:26:48,470
Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina,

385
00:26:48,646 --> 00:26:51,814
and minor gifts for various
members of the extended family

386
00:26:51,815 --> 00:26:55,436
as shown in the List of Recipients,
which I will elucidate in due course.

387
00:26:57,696 --> 00:26:58,981
However.

388
00:27:02,243 --> 00:27:03,785
An additional codicil,

389
00:27:03,786 --> 00:27:07,205
delivered into my possession
by post only this morning,

390
00:27:07,206 --> 00:27:09,908
and, by all indications,
sent by Madame D

391
00:27:09,917 --> 00:27:11,292
during the last hours of her life,

392
00:27:11,293 --> 00:27:14,079
contains an amendment to
the original certificate,

393
00:27:14,088 --> 00:27:18,216
which, as prescribed by law,
I will read to you now.

394
00:27:18,217 --> 00:27:19,676
The authenticity of this document

395
00:27:19,677 --> 00:27:21,803
has not yet been confirmed
by the presiding magistrate,

396
00:27:21,804 --> 00:27:26,099
so I ask that all parties be
patient and refrain from comment

397
00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:29,553
until such time as our
investigations can be completed.

398
00:27:38,237 --> 00:27:41,823
"To my esteemed friend who
comforted me in my later years

399
00:27:41,824 --> 00:27:44,276
"and brought sunshine into
the life of an old woman

400
00:27:44,285 --> 00:27:47,245
"who thought that she would
never be happy again.

401
00:27:47,246 --> 00:27:49,364
"Monsieur Gustave H,

402
00:27:50,958 --> 00:27:53,376
"I bequeath, bestow and
devise, free of all taxation

403
00:27:53,377 --> 00:27:56,455
"and with full and absolute
fiduciary entitlement,

404
00:27:57,256 --> 00:27:59,132
"the painting known as
'Boy with Apple...'"

405
00:27:59,133 --> 00:28:01,085
- Wow!
- "... by Johannes van Hoytl..."

406
00:28:01,093 --> 00:28:02,719
- I can't believe it.
- "... the younger..."

407
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,138
- What?
- "which gave us both so much pleasure."

408
00:28:05,139 --> 00:28:06,181
The van Hoytl?

409
00:28:06,182 --> 00:28:07,542
- Tax-free?
- Can she do that?

410
00:28:07,683 --> 00:28:09,885
Who's Gustave H?

411
00:28:10,853 --> 00:28:12,596
I'm afraid that's me, darling.

412
00:28:14,857 --> 00:28:17,275
That fucking faggot!

413
00:28:17,276 --> 00:28:19,986
He's a concierge. What
are you doing here?

414
00:28:19,987 --> 00:28:23,156
I've come to pay my respects
to a great woman whom I loved.

415
00:28:23,157 --> 00:28:26,451
- This man is an intruder in my home!
- It's not yours yet, Dmitri.

416
00:28:26,452 --> 00:28:28,995
Only when probate is granted,
and the Deed of Entitlement...

417
00:28:28,996 --> 00:28:31,556
You're not getting Boy with
Apple, you goddamn little fruit!

418
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,293
How's that supposed
to make me feel?

419
00:28:35,294 --> 00:28:37,538
Call the police.
We're pressing charges.

420
00:28:37,713 --> 00:28:40,882
This criminal has plagued my
family for nearly 20 years.

421
00:28:40,883 --> 00:28:42,926
He's a ruthless adventurer
and a con-artist

422
00:28:42,927 --> 00:28:45,178
who preys on mentally
feeble, sick old ladies,

423
00:28:45,179 --> 00:28:47,430
and he probably fucks them, too!

424
00:28:47,431 --> 00:28:49,925
I go to bed with all my friends.

425
00:28:59,026 --> 00:29:01,319
Where's Celine?

426
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,149
What? She's dead.
We're reading her will.

427
00:29:05,157 --> 00:29:07,492
Oh, yes, yes, of course.

428
00:29:07,493 --> 00:29:10,571
If I learn you ever once laid
a finger on my mother's body,

429
00:29:10,746 --> 00:29:14,199
living or dead, I swear to God,
I'll cut your throat! You hear me?

430
00:29:14,208 --> 00:29:16,493
I thought I was supposed
to be a fucking faggot.

431
00:29:17,378 --> 00:29:20,213
- You are, but you're bisexual.
- Let's change the subject.

432
00:29:20,214 --> 00:29:21,457
I'm leaving.

433
00:29:30,307 --> 00:29:33,677
That picture, Boy with Apple,
is priceless. Understand?

434
00:29:33,853 --> 00:29:35,436
Congratulations, Monsieur Gustave!

435
00:29:35,437 --> 00:29:37,397
They're going to fight me
for the son of a bitch.

436
00:29:37,398 --> 00:29:39,983
- Is it very beautiful?
- Beyond description.

437
00:29:39,984 --> 00:29:42,485
"E'en the most gifted
bard's rhyme can only sing

438
00:29:42,486 --> 00:29:44,730
"but to the lack of her
and all she isn't!

439
00:29:44,947 --> 00:29:47,407
- "His tongue doth..."
- Can I see it?

440
00:29:47,408 --> 00:29:49,610
I don't see why not.

441
00:30:21,108 --> 00:30:23,644
This is van Hoytl's
exquisite portrayal

442
00:30:23,819 --> 00:30:26,154
of a beautiful boy on
the cusp of manhood.

443
00:30:26,155 --> 00:30:29,032
Blond, smooth.
Skin as white as that milk.

444
00:30:29,033 --> 00:30:30,484
Of impeccable provenance.

445
00:30:30,492 --> 00:30:34,279
One of the last in private hands,
and unquestionably, the best.

446
00:30:34,288 --> 00:30:35,739
It's a masterpiece.

447
00:30:35,873 --> 00:30:38,117
The rest of this shit
is worthless junk.

448
00:31:56,996 --> 00:31:59,573
What did you want
to tell me, before?

449
00:32:00,624 --> 00:32:02,826
I think I cannot say right now.

450
00:32:03,002 --> 00:32:05,454
Write me tomorrow.
Lutzbahn Station!

451
00:32:17,224 --> 00:32:19,392
I'll never part with it.

452
00:32:19,393 --> 00:32:23,889
It reminded her of me.
It will remind me of her. Always.

453
00:32:24,106 --> 00:32:26,850
I'll die with this
picture above my bed.

454
00:32:26,984 --> 00:32:29,186
See the resemblance?

455
00:32:29,987 --> 00:32:32,189
Oh, yes.

456
00:32:37,286 --> 00:32:39,238
Actually, we should sell it.

457
00:32:39,246 --> 00:32:42,415
Sooner rather than later, in
case they try to steal it back.

458
00:32:42,416 --> 00:32:45,369
Plus, something about those lunatic
foot-soldiers on the express...

459
00:32:45,377 --> 00:32:48,872
This could be a tricky war and a
long dry spell in the hotel trade.

460
00:32:49,006 --> 00:32:51,625
For all we know, they could
board us up tomorrow.

461
00:32:57,723 --> 00:32:59,883
Let's make a solemn blood-pact.

462
00:33:00,059 --> 00:33:02,477
We'll contact the black market
and liquidate Boy with Apple

463
00:33:02,478 --> 00:33:03,520
by the end of the week,

464
00:33:03,521 --> 00:33:06,640
then leave the country and lay low
somewhere along the Maltese Riviera

465
00:33:06,649 --> 00:33:09,435
until the troubles blow over
and we resume our posts.

466
00:33:09,443 --> 00:33:11,395
In exchange for your
help, your loyalty

467
00:33:11,403 --> 00:33:13,397
and your services as
my personal valet,

468
00:33:13,405 --> 00:33:18,159
I pledge to you 1.5%
of the net sale price.

469
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,362
- 1.5?
- Plus room and board.

470
00:33:21,580 --> 00:33:24,283
- Could we make it 10?
- 10? Are you joking?

471
00:33:24,291 --> 00:33:26,167
That's more than I'd
pay an actual dealer,

472
00:33:26,168 --> 00:33:28,620
and you wouldn't know chiaroscuro
from chicken giblets.

473
00:33:28,629 --> 00:33:30,547
No, 1.5 is correct. But
I'll tell you what,

474
00:33:30,548 --> 00:33:33,876
if I die first, and I most certainly
will, you will be my sole heir.

475
00:33:34,051 --> 00:33:37,012
There's not much in the kitty except
a set of ivory-backed hairbrushes

476
00:33:37,054 --> 00:33:38,513
and my library of romantic poetry,

477
00:33:38,514 --> 00:33:41,349
but when the time comes,
these will be yours,

478
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:44,727
along with whatever we haven't
already spent on whores and whiskey.

479
00:33:44,728 --> 00:33:47,605
This is our sacred bond.

480
00:33:47,606 --> 00:33:49,808
I'll draw it up right now.

481
00:33:54,613 --> 00:33:58,859
I, Monsieur Gustave H, being of
relatively sound mind and body,

482
00:33:59,034 --> 00:34:02,905
on this day, the 19th of October,
in the year of our Lord 1932...

483
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,949
He never told me where he came from.

484
00:34:09,336 --> 00:34:11,747
I never asked who his
family had been.

485
00:34:32,484 --> 00:34:34,686
Excuse me.

486
00:34:35,237 --> 00:34:36,438
Uh-huh?

487
00:34:37,364 --> 00:34:40,859
The police are here.
They asked for you.

488
00:34:44,580 --> 00:34:46,782
Tell them I'll be right down.

489
00:34:47,416 --> 00:34:49,618
Okay.

490
00:34:54,632 --> 00:34:56,752
Have you ever been questioned
by the authorities?

491
00:34:56,759 --> 00:34:59,677
Yes, on one occasion I was arrested
and tortured by the rebel militia

492
00:34:59,678 --> 00:35:00,921
after the Desert Uprising.

493
00:35:01,096 --> 00:35:03,176
- You know the drill, then. Zip it.
- Of course.

494
00:35:03,265 --> 00:35:06,760
You've never heard the word "van
Hoytl" in your life. Okay, let's go.

495
00:35:21,575 --> 00:35:23,777
How may we serve you, gentlemen?

496
00:35:24,828 --> 00:35:26,287
Ah, Inspector Henckels.

497
00:35:26,288 --> 00:35:28,907
"By order of the Commissioner
of Police, Zubrowka Province,

498
00:35:29,166 --> 00:35:30,875
"I hereby place you under
arrest for the murder

499
00:35:30,876 --> 00:35:33,586
"of Madame Ceine Villeneuve
Desgoffe und Taxis."

500
00:35:33,587 --> 00:35:36,840
I knew there was something fishy.
We never got the cause of death.

501
00:35:36,841 --> 00:35:40,377
She's been murdered and
you think I did it.

502
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:43,922
Hey!

503
00:35:45,599 --> 00:35:47,801
Stop!

504
00:36:36,734 --> 00:36:38,943
What happened?

505
00:36:38,944 --> 00:36:41,654
What happened, my dear Zero,
is I beat the living shit

506
00:36:41,655 --> 00:36:44,574
out of a sniveling little
runt called Pinky Bandinski

507
00:36:44,575 --> 00:36:46,534
who had the gall to
question my virility,

508
00:36:46,535 --> 00:36:48,912
because if there's one thing we've
learned from penny dreadfuls,

509
00:36:48,913 --> 00:36:51,274
it's that, when you find
yourself in a place like this,

510
00:36:51,290 --> 00:36:52,832
you must never be a candy-ass.

511
00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:54,918
You've got to prove
yourself from Day One.

512
00:36:54,919 --> 00:36:56,703
You've got to win their respect.

513
00:36:56,795 --> 00:37:00,082
You should take a long look
at his ugly mug this morning.

514
00:37:03,385 --> 00:37:05,428
He's, actually,
become a dear friend.

515
00:37:05,429 --> 00:37:07,047
You'll meet him, I hope.

516
00:37:07,806 --> 00:37:10,050
So. You've talked to Kovacs?

517
00:37:10,267 --> 00:37:11,726
I saw him last night in secret.

518
00:37:11,727 --> 00:37:14,208
He made me take an oath on a
Bible I wouldn't tell a soul.

519
00:37:14,271 --> 00:37:16,689
- You're supposed to also.
- I'll do that later.

520
00:37:16,690 --> 00:37:19,442
- He suspects you're innocent.
- Of course he does.

521
00:37:19,443 --> 00:37:21,478
What's the charge?

522
00:37:22,613 --> 00:37:25,740
In the small hours of the
evening of 19 October,

523
00:37:25,741 --> 00:37:28,952
an individual well-known to the house
and staff, a Monsieur Gustave H,

524
00:37:28,953 --> 00:37:32,413
did arrive at the Desgoffe
und Taxis residence in Lutz

525
00:37:32,414 --> 00:37:34,958
and entered by the
rear service alley,

526
00:37:34,959 --> 00:37:36,618
alerting no one to his presence,

527
00:37:36,627 --> 00:37:40,588
and did then proceed by way of
back stairs and servants' passage,

528
00:37:40,589 --> 00:37:43,007
to deliver himself into the
private chambers of Madame D.

529
00:37:43,008 --> 00:37:45,802
There is no evidence to
indicate whether this visit

530
00:37:45,803 --> 00:37:48,555
had been pre-arranged
with her or not.

531
00:37:48,556 --> 00:37:53,643
The next morning Madame D was found
dead by strychnine poisoning.

532
00:37:53,644 --> 00:37:55,895
Monsieur Gustave was not
observed on the premises again

533
00:37:55,896 --> 00:37:59,224
until, of course, 24 hours later.

534
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,146
The identity of his accusers is made
clear in this notarized deposition.

535
00:38:04,321 --> 00:38:07,824
They include, essentially, all
members of the extended family,

536
00:38:07,825 --> 00:38:12,745
but the key witness who actually
ostensibly saw the alleged events

537
00:38:12,746 --> 00:38:15,623
appears to have fled
the jurisdiction.

538
00:38:15,624 --> 00:38:17,500
His whereabouts are
currently unknown,

539
00:38:17,501 --> 00:38:20,204
but he's being sought and pursued
by the relevant authorities.

540
00:38:20,379 --> 00:38:22,664
Who is he?

541
00:38:26,552 --> 00:38:28,837
- Serge?
- I'm afraid so.

542
00:38:28,846 --> 00:38:31,256
That little prick.

543
00:38:31,390 --> 00:38:33,675
No, I don't believe it.
They put him up to it.

544
00:38:33,684 --> 00:38:35,935
I've been dropped into
a nest of vipers.

545
00:38:35,936 --> 00:38:37,137
You have an alibi?

546
00:38:37,313 --> 00:38:39,606
Of course, but she's married
to the Duke of Westphalia.

547
00:38:39,607 --> 00:38:42,483
I can't allow her name to get
mixed-up in all this monkey business.

548
00:38:42,484 --> 00:38:46,487
- Your life may be at stake.
- I know, but the bitch legged it.

549
00:38:46,488 --> 00:38:50,275
She's already on board the Queen
Nasstasja halfway to Dutch Tanganyika.

550
00:38:52,703 --> 00:38:54,113
Don't give up.

551
00:38:59,752 --> 00:39:01,578
The details of the conspiracy,

552
00:39:02,671 --> 00:39:04,923
now a matter of public record,

553
00:39:04,924 --> 00:39:08,210
were, at that time, impossible
for us to apprehend.

554
00:39:25,528 --> 00:39:27,111
I'm looking for Serge X,

555
00:39:27,112 --> 00:39:30,190
a young man in the
service of my employer,

556
00:39:30,366 --> 00:39:33,986
the family Desgoffe und
Taxis of Schloss Lutz.

557
00:39:35,454 --> 00:39:37,114
- Yes, sir?
- You're his sister?

558
00:39:37,748 --> 00:39:39,783
- Yes, sir.
- Seen him lately?

559
00:39:40,751 --> 00:39:43,036
- No, sir.
- No, sir?

560
00:39:43,921 --> 00:39:45,122
No, sir.

561
00:39:48,425 --> 00:39:51,253
I need to find him right
away, for his own safety

562
00:39:51,428 --> 00:39:53,047
and everybody else's.

563
00:39:53,055 --> 00:39:55,932
If he shows up...

564
00:39:55,933 --> 00:39:58,927
- Yes, sir?
- Tell him Jopling says,

565
00:39:58,936 --> 00:40:01,346
"Come home."

566
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,101
But one thing was certain,

567
00:40:07,945 --> 00:40:11,815
the Desgoffe und Taxis were
a very powerful family,

568
00:40:15,744 --> 00:40:18,113
and time was not on our side.

569
00:40:25,921 --> 00:40:28,957
A letter from
Monsieur Gustave. Zero.

570
00:40:29,675 --> 00:40:31,877
- You want me to?
- Read it.

571
00:40:37,558 --> 00:40:39,684
"My dear and trusted colleagues..."

572
00:40:39,685 --> 00:40:41,895
I miss you deeply as I
write from the confines

573
00:40:41,896 --> 00:40:45,064
of my regrettable and
preposterous incarceration.

574
00:40:45,065 --> 00:40:47,351
Until I walk amongst you
again as a free man,

575
00:40:47,484 --> 00:40:49,978
the Grand Budapest
remains in your hands,

576
00:40:49,987 --> 00:40:52,314
as does its impeccable reputation.

577
00:40:52,489 --> 00:40:54,657
Keep it spotless and glorify it.

578
00:40:54,658 --> 00:40:57,076
Take extra special care of
every little-bitty bit of it

579
00:40:57,077 --> 00:40:59,363
as if I were watching
over you like a hawk

580
00:40:59,496 --> 00:41:03,041
with a horse whip in its
talons, because I am.

581
00:41:03,042 --> 00:41:06,286
Should I discover a lapse of
any variety during my absence,

582
00:41:06,462 --> 00:41:10,131
I promise, swift and merciless
justice will descend upon you.

583
00:41:10,132 --> 00:41:14,294
A great and noble house has been
placed under your protection.

584
00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:17,138
Tell Zero if you see
any funny business.

585
00:41:17,139 --> 00:41:19,425
"Your devoted Monsieur Gustave."

586
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,976
Then there's a poem, but we
might want to start on the soup

587
00:41:21,977 --> 00:41:24,646
since it's 46 stanzas.

588
00:41:24,647 --> 00:41:28,434
"A moist, black ash dampens the
filth of a dung-dark rat's nest

589
00:41:28,609 --> 00:41:30,860
"and mingles with the
thick scent of wood rot

590
00:41:30,861 --> 00:41:32,862
"while the lark song
of a guttersnipe..."

591
00:41:32,863 --> 00:41:35,240
I never trusted that butler.

592
00:41:35,241 --> 00:41:39,118
- He's too honest.
- Too honest, you say?

593
00:41:39,119 --> 00:41:43,782
Right, well, be that as it may,
find him quick and make it snappy.

594
00:41:59,807 --> 00:42:02,468
May I offer any of you
inmates a plate of mush?

595
00:42:04,895 --> 00:42:06,430
No? Anyone?

596
00:42:06,605 --> 00:42:09,016
You with the very large
scar on your face?

597
00:42:18,117 --> 00:42:21,160
Try it. It's actually quite warm
and nourishing this morning.

598
00:42:21,161 --> 00:42:22,404
It needs a dash of salt.

599
00:42:31,130 --> 00:42:32,956
Good day.

600
00:42:37,636 --> 00:42:39,838
Mush, gents? Any takers?

601
00:42:43,726 --> 00:42:45,344
Suit yourselves.

602
00:42:50,816 --> 00:42:52,559
Rise and shine. Chop, chop.

603
00:42:53,986 --> 00:42:55,354
Good morning, Pinky.

604
00:43:00,993 --> 00:43:03,828
- Mendl's again?
- Precisely.

605
00:43:03,829 --> 00:43:06,031
Who's got the throat slitter?

606
00:43:11,337 --> 00:43:14,456
- Out of this world.
- Mendl's is the best.

607
00:43:14,632 --> 00:43:16,917
- Well, back to work.
- Monsieur Gustave?

608
00:43:20,179 --> 00:43:21,922
Yes?

609
00:43:25,351 --> 00:43:27,970
Me and the boys talked it over.

610
00:43:27,978 --> 00:43:30,556
We think you're a
really straight fellow.

611
00:43:30,689 --> 00:43:33,016
Well, I've never been
accused of that before,

612
00:43:33,025 --> 00:43:35,151
but I appreciate the sentiment.

613
00:43:35,152 --> 00:43:36,854
You're one of us now.

614
00:43:37,863 --> 00:43:40,023
What a lovely thing to say.

615
00:43:40,032 --> 00:43:42,075
Thank you, dear Pinky.
Thank you, Günther.

616
00:43:42,076 --> 00:43:43,785
Thank you, Wolf.

617
00:43:43,786 --> 00:43:45,988
Anything else?

618
00:43:47,665 --> 00:43:48,907
Tell him, Ludwig.

619
00:43:50,668 --> 00:43:54,045
Checkpoint 19 ain't
no two-bit hoosegow.

620
00:43:54,046 --> 00:43:57,458
You got broad-gauge iron bars
on every door, vent and window.

621
00:43:57,633 --> 00:44:01,261
You got 72 guards on the floor
and 16 more in the towers.

622
00:44:01,262 --> 00:44:05,883
You got a 325-foot drop into
a moat full of crocodiles.

623
00:44:05,891 --> 00:44:08,017
But, like the best of them,
it's got a soft spot,

624
00:44:08,018 --> 00:44:09,978
which in this case
happens to take the form

625
00:44:09,979 --> 00:44:12,230
of a storm-drain sewer system

626
00:44:12,231 --> 00:44:14,850
dating from the time of the
original rock fortification

627
00:44:14,859 --> 00:44:17,068
way back in the Middle Ages.

628
00:44:17,069 --> 00:44:20,280
Now, nobody's saying it's a stroll
down a tree-lined promenade

629
00:44:20,281 --> 00:44:22,240
with a fine lady and
a white poodle,

630
00:44:22,241 --> 00:44:26,119
but it's got what you'd
call "vulnerability,"

631
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,073
and that's our bread and butter.

632
00:44:29,748 --> 00:44:32,076
Take a look.

633
00:44:33,043 --> 00:44:34,495
Who drew this?

634
00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:36,921
What do you mean,
"Who drew this?" I did.

635
00:44:36,922 --> 00:44:39,132
Very good. You've got a
wonderful line, Ludwig.

636
00:44:39,133 --> 00:44:41,050
This shows great artistic promise.

637
00:44:41,051 --> 00:44:44,546
Question, how do you intend to
penetrate this lowest rudiment?

638
00:44:44,722 --> 00:44:47,307
It's 25 inches of reinforced
granite masonry, is it not?

639
00:44:47,308 --> 00:44:49,259
Digging with the throat-slitter,

640
00:44:49,268 --> 00:44:52,103
I expect this would take three to
six months of continual effort,

641
00:44:52,104 --> 00:44:53,889
during which time
several of our members

642
00:44:53,898 --> 00:44:55,398
will have been violently executed.

643
00:44:55,399 --> 00:44:58,026
You hit the nail on the
head, Mr. Gustave.

644
00:44:58,027 --> 00:45:00,862
We got fake documents,
second-hand street clothes,

645
00:45:00,863 --> 00:45:03,323
a rope ladder made of
sticks and bunk-linens,

646
00:45:03,324 --> 00:45:05,408
but we need digging tools,

647
00:45:05,409 --> 00:45:08,570
which are proving hard to
come by in this flop-house.

648
00:45:22,885 --> 00:45:24,469
At this point in the story,

649
00:45:24,470 --> 00:45:28,306
the old man fell silent and
pushed away his saddle of lamb.

650
00:45:28,307 --> 00:45:31,351
His eyes went blank as two stones.

651
00:45:31,352 --> 00:45:33,554
I could see he was in distress.

652
00:45:33,729 --> 00:45:36,314
- Are you ill, Mr. Moustafa?
- I finally asked.

653
00:45:36,315 --> 00:45:38,934
- Oh, dear me, no.
- He said.

654
00:45:38,943 --> 00:45:41,478
It's only that I don't
know how to proceed.

655
00:45:42,446 --> 00:45:44,948
He was crying.

656
00:45:44,949 --> 00:45:46,491
You see, I never speak of Agatha,

657
00:45:46,492 --> 00:45:50,328
because even at the
thought of her name

658
00:45:50,329 --> 00:45:53,323
I'm unable to control my emotions.

659
00:45:56,210 --> 00:45:58,620
Well, I suppose there's
no way around it.

660
00:45:59,838 --> 00:46:02,291
You see, she saved us.

661
00:46:02,341 --> 00:46:04,384
On our third formal rendezvous,

662
00:46:04,385 --> 00:46:07,379
I had asked for her hand in
marriage and she had agreed.

663
00:46:07,388 --> 00:46:09,590
- Will you marry me?
- Yes.

664
00:46:11,225 --> 00:46:14,310
We did not have 50 Klubecks
between the two of us.

665
00:46:14,311 --> 00:46:17,723
No one knew, of course, but,
then, who would have cared?

666
00:46:17,857 --> 00:46:20,642
We were each completely
on our own in the world,

667
00:46:21,777 --> 00:46:23,979
and we were deeply in love.

668
00:46:32,413 --> 00:46:34,455
- Here.
- Thank you.

669
00:46:34,456 --> 00:46:36,499
- It's a book.
- I see.

670
00:46:36,500 --> 00:46:38,251
Romantic Poetry, Volume One.

671
00:46:38,252 --> 00:46:40,879
Monsieur Gustave recommended it.
I have a copy of my own as well.

672
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:45,125
- I ruined the surprise, I suppose.
- I'll go ahead and open it, anyway.

673
00:46:48,304 --> 00:46:50,506
Read the inscription.

674
00:47:08,908 --> 00:47:10,158
Monsieur Gustave insisted

675
00:47:10,159 --> 00:47:12,535
on an immediate and thorough
cross-examination...

676
00:47:12,536 --> 00:47:15,413
She's charming. She's so charming.

677
00:47:15,414 --> 00:47:18,124
during which he presented
Agatha with a porcelain pendant

678
00:47:18,125 --> 00:47:21,245
and five dozen individually
tissue-wrapped white tulips

679
00:47:21,253 --> 00:47:23,504
in a box the size of
a child's coffin.

680
00:47:23,505 --> 00:47:26,424
- It's not right.
- I beg your pardon?

681
00:47:26,425 --> 00:47:27,751
Why is he sulking?

682
00:47:27,927 --> 00:47:30,011
She's my girlfriend.
You can't just buy her things.

683
00:47:30,012 --> 00:47:33,431
I'm only interviewing this vision
of loveliness on your behalf.

684
00:47:33,432 --> 00:47:36,267
Never be jealous in this life,
Zero, not even for an instant.

685
00:47:36,268 --> 00:47:38,095
Is he flirting with you?

686
00:47:39,146 --> 00:47:42,433
- Yes.
- I approve of this union.

687
00:47:42,441 --> 00:47:45,193
Agatha, my beauty,
return to your beloved.

688
00:47:45,194 --> 00:47:46,611
Soon we learned...

689
00:47:46,612 --> 00:47:48,530
Blessings upon you both.

690
00:47:48,531 --> 00:47:50,482
not only was Agatha
immensely skilled

691
00:47:50,491 --> 00:47:53,243
with a palette knife and a
butter-cream flourish...

692
00:47:53,244 --> 00:47:55,446
- Mendl.
- Go.

693
00:47:56,372 --> 00:47:58,574
she was also very brave.

694
00:48:02,962 --> 00:48:05,247
I believe she was born that way.

695
00:48:24,358 --> 00:48:26,526
Something's missing.

696
00:48:26,527 --> 00:48:31,281
A crucial document, either misplaced
or, conceivably, destroyed.

697
00:48:31,282 --> 00:48:33,962
I don't know what it contains,
I don't know what it represents,

698
00:48:34,034 --> 00:48:35,527
I don't know what it is,

699
00:48:35,536 --> 00:48:38,822
but there are traces and
shadows of it everywhere.

700
00:48:38,956 --> 00:48:40,707
Now, I don't want to alarm you,

701
00:48:40,708 --> 00:48:42,625
and I don't expect to see
any significant change

702
00:48:42,626 --> 00:48:45,829
in the magistrate's ultimate decision
vis-a-vis your own inheritance,

703
00:48:46,005 --> 00:48:49,833
but, especially given the
circumstances of the death,

704
00:48:50,009 --> 00:48:54,554
as well as the disappearance of the key
witness in the murder case, Serge X,

705
00:48:54,555 --> 00:48:56,431
I suggest that we immediately
bring this matter

706
00:48:56,432 --> 00:48:58,801
to the attention of the
municipal inspector

707
00:48:58,976 --> 00:49:00,856
so that there can be
absolutely no question

708
00:49:00,936 --> 00:49:03,396
of impropriety at any future date.

709
00:49:03,397 --> 00:49:05,391
- Agreed?
- Not agreed.

710
00:49:07,067 --> 00:49:09,353
- Not agreed?
- Not agreed.

711
00:49:11,739 --> 00:49:15,283
- Can I ask you a question, Vilmos?
- Yes, Dmitri?

712
00:49:15,284 --> 00:49:18,203
- Who are you working for?
- I beg your pardon?

713
00:49:18,204 --> 00:49:22,165
Who are you working for? I thought
you're supposed to be our lawyer.

714
00:49:22,166 --> 00:49:25,627
Well, in point of fact, I'm
the executor of the estate.

715
00:49:25,628 --> 00:49:29,915
In this particular situation,
I represent the deceased.

716
00:49:30,090 --> 00:49:31,216
Oh, yeah?

717
00:49:31,217 --> 00:49:34,177
Yeah. A provision for my fees
was included in the...

718
00:49:34,178 --> 00:49:39,216
Just wrap it up and don't
make waves. Agreed?

719
00:49:41,018 --> 00:49:45,264
I'm an attorney. I'm obligated to
proceed according to the rule of law.

720
00:49:46,357 --> 00:49:47,641
Not agreed.

721
00:49:54,114 --> 00:49:56,358
This stinks, sisters.

722
00:49:59,537 --> 00:50:01,780
Did he just throw my
cat out the window?

723
00:50:02,998 --> 00:50:04,707
I don't think so.

724
00:50:04,708 --> 00:50:05,909
- No. Did he?
- Jopling?

725
00:50:32,695 --> 00:50:34,897
Okay.

726
00:50:45,332 --> 00:50:48,327
There's something I
haven't told you, Agatha.

727
00:50:48,335 --> 00:50:49,669
- Okay.
- We stole a painting.

728
00:50:49,670 --> 00:50:52,463
It's very valuable, maybe five
million Klubecks, in fact.

729
00:50:52,464 --> 00:50:54,507
I don't know if anyone's even
noticed it's missing yet,

730
00:50:54,508 --> 00:50:56,342
but if something
should happen to me...

731
00:50:56,343 --> 00:50:57,961
You steal art?

732
00:50:58,846 --> 00:51:02,223
One picture. Anyway, we need to
make a plan for your survival.

733
00:51:02,224 --> 00:51:05,226
Hide this. It's in code and you might
need a magnifying glass to read it,

734
00:51:05,227 --> 00:51:07,604
but it tells you exactly where
and how to find Boy with Apple.

735
00:51:07,605 --> 00:51:09,814
Don't take less than half the
retail asking price. Also...

736
00:51:09,815 --> 00:51:12,734
- Zero, I'm a baker.
- You're a pastry chef.

737
00:51:12,735 --> 00:51:14,819
I'm not a fence,
if that's the term.

738
00:51:14,820 --> 00:51:16,939
I don't trade in stolen property.

739
00:51:18,115 --> 00:51:20,317
I said it wrong.
She willed it to him.

740
00:51:29,293 --> 00:51:31,495
Go to sleep.

741
00:51:31,837 --> 00:51:33,914
Yes, Herr Mendl.

742
00:51:36,509 --> 00:51:38,468
- Hide this.
- No.

743
00:51:38,469 --> 00:51:40,671
Okay, but take it anyway.

744
00:55:06,510 --> 00:55:09,846
The next morning, Herr
Becker received a peculiar,

745
00:55:09,847 --> 00:55:12,800
last-minute notice from the
office of Deputy Kovacs,

746
00:55:12,808 --> 00:55:17,596
postponing their scheduled
meeting, in perpetuity.

747
00:55:47,468 --> 00:55:49,670
Let's blow.

748
00:56:59,081 --> 00:57:01,958
- How did you get out there?
- Shut the fuck up.

749
00:57:01,959 --> 00:57:04,836
These guys are trying to escape.

750
00:57:04,837 --> 00:57:06,754
What's wrong with you,
you goddamn snitch?

751
00:57:06,755 --> 00:57:08,957
Guard! Guard!

752
00:57:16,015 --> 00:57:19,802
It's you. Thank you.
Thank you, you sweet, kind man.

753
00:57:49,465 --> 00:57:51,667
Okay.

754
00:59:05,332 --> 00:59:08,243
I suppose you'd call that a draw.

755
00:59:17,136 --> 00:59:19,338
Good evening.

756
00:59:27,354 --> 00:59:31,232
Let me introduce you. Pinky, Wolf,
Ludwig, this is the divine Zero.

757
00:59:31,233 --> 00:59:33,276
Günther was slain in the catacombs.

758
00:59:33,277 --> 00:59:36,271
Well, boys, who knows when we'll
all meet again, but if one day...

759
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:37,523
Hold it.

760
00:59:40,326 --> 00:59:43,028
No time to gab.

761
00:59:43,037 --> 00:59:45,531
Take care of yourself, Mr. Gustave.

762
00:59:45,664 --> 00:59:47,866
Good luck, kid.

763
00:59:51,170 --> 00:59:54,339
- Which way to the safe house?
- I couldn't find one.

764
00:59:54,340 --> 00:59:57,584
No safe house? Really? We're
completely on our own out here?

765
00:59:57,718 --> 01:00:01,046
I'm afraid so.
I asked around, but...

766
01:00:01,055 --> 01:00:04,049
I understand. Too risky. We'll
just have to wing it, I suppose.

767
01:00:04,058 --> 01:00:06,552
Let's put on our disguises.

768
01:00:06,685 --> 01:00:08,978
- We're wearing them.
- No, we're not.

769
01:00:08,979 --> 01:00:11,557
We said false whiskers and
fake noses and so on.

770
01:00:11,690 --> 01:00:14,275
- You didn't bring any?
- I thought you were growing one.

771
01:00:14,276 --> 01:00:17,362
And it wouldn't look
realistic, would it?

772
01:00:17,363 --> 01:00:19,864
No, when done properly,
they're perfectly convincing.

773
01:00:19,865 --> 01:00:21,991
But I take your point. So be it.

774
01:00:21,992 --> 01:00:24,570
Give me a few squirts of L'air
de Panache, please, will you?

775
01:00:26,121 --> 01:00:29,575
- Can I not get a squirt, even?
- I forgot the L'air de Panache.

776
01:00:29,750 --> 01:00:32,377
Honestly, you forgot
the L'air de Panache?

777
01:00:32,378 --> 01:00:35,539
I don't believe it. How could you?

778
01:00:35,714 --> 01:00:38,842
I've been in jail, Zero! Do you
understand how humiliating this is?

779
01:00:38,843 --> 01:00:41,045
I smell.

780
01:00:42,847 --> 01:00:44,965
That's just marvelous, isn't it?

781
01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:48,893
I suppose this is to be expected back
in... Where do you come from again?

782
01:00:48,894 --> 01:00:50,512
- Aq Salim al-Jabat.
- Precisely.

783
01:00:50,688 --> 01:00:53,273
I suppose this is to be expected
back in Aq Salim al-Jabat

784
01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:54,858
where one's prized possessions

785
01:00:54,859 --> 01:00:56,901
are a stack of filthy carpets
and a starving goat,

786
01:00:56,902 --> 01:01:00,905
and one sleeps behind a tent flap and
survives on wild dates and scarabs.

787
01:01:00,906 --> 01:01:03,525
But it's not how I trained you.

788
01:01:03,701 --> 01:01:05,285
What on God's earth
possessed you to leave

789
01:01:05,286 --> 01:01:06,870
the homeland where
you obviously belong

790
01:01:06,871 --> 01:01:09,990
and travel unspeakable distances
to become a penniless immigrant

791
01:01:09,999 --> 01:01:12,117
in a refined,
highly-cultivated society

792
01:01:12,126 --> 01:01:15,329
that, quite frankly, could've
gotten along very well without you?

793
01:01:16,046 --> 01:01:17,247
The war.

794
01:01:18,174 --> 01:01:19,625
Say again?

795
01:01:19,758 --> 01:01:22,002
Well, you see, my
father was murdered

796
01:01:22,011 --> 01:01:24,671
and the rest of my family were
executed by firing squad.

797
01:01:24,889 --> 01:01:26,389
Our village was
burned to the ground

798
01:01:26,390 --> 01:01:29,893
and those who managed to
survive were forced to flee.

799
01:01:29,894 --> 01:01:31,970
I left because of the war.

800
01:01:32,730 --> 01:01:36,517
I see. So you're, actually, really
more of a refugee, in that sense?

801
01:01:37,443 --> 01:01:38,644
Truly.

802
01:01:38,777 --> 01:01:42,564
Well, I suppose I'd better take
back everything I just said.

803
01:01:43,741 --> 01:01:47,027
What a bloody idiot I am.
Pathetic fool.

804
01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:49,287
Goddamn, selfish bastard.

805
01:01:49,288 --> 01:01:52,533
This is disgraceful, and it's beneath
the standards of the Grand Budapest.

806
01:01:54,084 --> 01:01:56,294
I apologize on behalf of the hotel.

807
01:01:56,295 --> 01:01:58,922
It's not your fault. You were
just upset I forgot the perfume.

808
01:01:58,923 --> 01:02:03,092
Don't make excuses for me.
I owe you my life.

809
01:02:03,093 --> 01:02:07,172
You are my dear friend and protégé
and I'm very proud of you.

810
01:02:07,181 --> 01:02:09,591
You must know that.

811
01:02:09,767 --> 01:02:11,969
I'm so sorry, Zero.

812
01:02:13,229 --> 01:02:15,431
We're brothers.

813
01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:25,566
How's our darling Agatha?

814
01:02:27,952 --> 01:02:31,329
"'Twas first light when I saw
her face upon the heath,

815
01:02:31,330 --> 01:02:34,199
"and hence did I return,
day-by-day, entranced,

816
01:02:34,208 --> 01:02:37,252
"tho' vinegar did brine
my heart, never..."

817
01:02:37,253 --> 01:02:40,129
Very good. I'm going to stop you
there because the alarm has sounded,

818
01:02:40,130 --> 01:02:43,709
but remember where we left off
because I insist you finish later.

819
01:03:01,527 --> 01:03:04,487
I want roadblocks at
every junction for 50km.

820
01:03:04,488 --> 01:03:07,441
I want rail blocks at every
train station for 100km.

821
01:03:07,491 --> 01:03:10,493
I want 50 men and 10 bloodhounds
ready in five minutes.

822
01:03:10,494 --> 01:03:13,997
We're going to strip-search every
pretzel-Haus, Waffel-hut, Biergarten

823
01:03:13,998 --> 01:03:18,035
and especially every grand hotel
from Augenzburg to Zilchbrock.

824
01:03:18,085 --> 01:03:20,204
These men are dangerous,
professional criminals.

825
01:03:20,212 --> 01:03:22,422
At least three of them are anyway.

826
01:03:22,423 --> 01:03:23,624
Who are you?

827
01:03:25,968 --> 01:03:28,754
What are you doing here? Civilian personnel
aren't permitted in the cellblock.

828
01:03:28,846 --> 01:03:32,015
- This is a military investigation.
- This is Mr. Jopling, sir.

829
01:03:32,016 --> 01:03:34,309
His employer's mother
was one of the victims...

830
01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:36,762
Shut up.

831
01:03:37,563 --> 01:03:40,190
You work for the family
Desgoffe und Taxis?

832
01:03:40,191 --> 01:03:44,319
Are you aware of the murder of Deputy
Vilmos Kovacs on 23rd October?

833
01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:46,772
I'm aware of his disappearance.

834
01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:49,532
His body was found stuffed in a
sarcophagus behind a storage room

835
01:03:49,533 --> 01:03:51,360
at the Kunstmuseum late last night.

836
01:03:51,368 --> 01:03:54,204
He was short four fingers.

837
01:03:54,205 --> 01:03:57,157
- What do you know about that?
- Nothing.

838
01:03:58,459 --> 01:04:00,661
Escort Mr. Jopling
off the premises.

839
01:04:11,055 --> 01:04:13,257
Mendl's.

840
01:04:17,895 --> 01:04:20,230
Operator, get me the Excelsior
Palace in Baden-Jurgen

841
01:04:20,231 --> 01:04:21,849
and reverse the charges, please.

842
01:04:22,024 --> 01:04:24,067
We've no choice.
There's nowhere else to turn.

843
01:04:24,068 --> 01:04:25,443
I'll hold. Thank you.

844
01:04:25,444 --> 01:04:28,363
It's our only hope. Otherwise, I shouldn't
even mention its existence to you.

845
01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:31,366
It goes without saying, never breathe
a word about this to a living soul.

846
01:04:31,367 --> 01:04:33,326
- Do you swear?
- Of course. What is it, in fact?

847
01:04:33,327 --> 01:04:34,611
I can't say.

848
01:04:37,164 --> 01:04:39,158
How does one come by
front-row aisle seats

849
01:04:39,166 --> 01:04:42,502
for a first night at the Opera
Toscana with one day's notice?

850
01:04:42,503 --> 01:04:44,288
How does one arrange
a private viewing

851
01:04:44,296 --> 01:04:47,257
of the tapestry collection
at the Royal Saxon Gallery?

852
01:04:47,258 --> 01:04:49,259
How does one secure a corner table

853
01:04:49,260 --> 01:04:51,511
at Chez Dominique on a Thursday?

854
01:04:51,512 --> 01:04:54,097
Ivan, darling, it's Gustave. Hello.

855
01:04:54,098 --> 01:04:56,300
Well, I was until about
five minutes ago.

856
01:04:56,308 --> 01:04:59,519
We've taken it upon ourselves to clear
out in a hurry if you see what I mean.

857
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,272
Well, through a sewer,
as it happens. Exactly.

858
01:05:02,273 --> 01:05:05,108
Listen, Ivan, I'm sorry to cut you
off, but we're in a bit of a bind.

859
01:05:05,109 --> 01:05:06,852
This is an official request.

860
01:05:06,986 --> 01:05:10,314
I'm formally calling upon
the special services of...

861
01:05:15,327 --> 01:05:16,862
I'll call you back, Gustave.

862
01:05:17,079 --> 01:05:19,198
Right. Stand by.

863
01:05:19,206 --> 01:05:22,500
I beg your pardon.
Do you prefer to walk?

864
01:05:22,501 --> 01:05:24,620
We're right here. It's very simple.

865
01:05:24,628 --> 01:05:26,830
Straight down the
corniche, then left.

866
01:05:26,964 --> 01:05:29,166
Jojo, see the gentleman out.

867
01:05:31,677 --> 01:05:34,338
Get me Monsieur Georges at
the Château Luxe, please.

868
01:05:35,973 --> 01:05:39,475
Happy birthday to you

869
01:05:39,476 --> 01:05:40,560
Take over.

870
01:05:40,561 --> 01:05:42,270
Happy birthday, dear...

871
01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:43,639
Hello, Ivan?

872
01:05:45,566 --> 01:05:47,643
Got it.

873
01:05:47,651 --> 01:05:50,646
Get me Monsieur Dino at the
Palazzo Principessa, please.

874
01:05:52,239 --> 01:05:54,775
Higher, goddammit, higher!

875
01:05:56,452 --> 01:05:58,328
Take over.

876
01:05:58,329 --> 01:06:00,163
- Monsieur Georges.
- Higher.

877
01:06:00,164 --> 01:06:02,491
I see. Straightaway.

878
01:06:03,709 --> 01:06:06,495
Get me Monsieur Robin at
l'Hotel Cote du Cap, please.

879
01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:10,249
and two and three.

880
01:06:11,258 --> 01:06:14,302
Monsieur Robin. There's a call
from Monsieur Dino for you.

881
01:06:14,303 --> 01:06:16,505
Take over.

882
01:06:17,598 --> 01:06:20,558
- One, two, three.
- Yes, Dino.

883
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:24,179
Yes, Dino. Okay, Dino.

884
01:06:25,606 --> 01:06:28,475
Get me Monsieur Martin at
the Ritz Imperial, please.

885
01:06:30,069 --> 01:06:31,979
Too much salt.

886
01:06:32,071 --> 01:06:35,190
Not enough pepper.

887
01:06:35,199 --> 01:06:37,401
Take over.

888
01:06:39,245 --> 01:06:41,454
- Robin? Martin.
- Too much salt.

889
01:06:41,455 --> 01:06:43,657
So I've heard.

890
01:06:44,750 --> 01:06:47,911
Maybe. Let me make a few calls.

891
01:06:52,758 --> 01:06:55,510
Serge X, missing.
Deputy Kovacs, also missing.

892
01:06:55,511 --> 01:06:58,513
Madame D, dead. Boy with
Apple, stolen, by us.

893
01:06:58,514 --> 01:07:01,266
Dmitri and Jopling, ruthless,
cold-blooded savages.

894
01:07:01,267 --> 01:07:04,602
Gustave H, at large. What else?

895
01:07:04,603 --> 01:07:07,522
- Zero, confused.
- Zero, confused, indeed.

896
01:07:07,523 --> 01:07:09,850
The plot "thickens," as they say.

897
01:07:10,067 --> 01:07:12,728
Why, by the way?
Is it a soup metaphor?

898
01:07:12,736 --> 01:07:14,938
I don't know.

899
01:07:19,618 --> 01:07:21,487
Get in.

900
01:07:23,622 --> 01:07:25,240
We found the butler.

901
01:07:25,249 --> 01:07:28,251
He's hiding out in the remote
foothills near Gabelmeister's Peak.

902
01:07:28,252 --> 01:07:30,503
Our contact convinced him
to meet you midday tomorrow

903
01:07:30,504 --> 01:07:32,025
at the observatory on the summit.

904
01:07:32,131 --> 01:07:34,583
Tell no one.
He'll explain everything.

905
01:07:34,633 --> 01:07:36,801
Your train departs in
four and a half minutes.

906
01:07:36,802 --> 01:07:38,511
Here's your tickets.

907
01:07:38,512 --> 01:07:40,881
- Third class?
- It was overbooked

908
01:07:41,098 --> 01:07:44,684
but the conductor used to be a
sommelier at the old Versailles.

909
01:07:44,685 --> 01:07:46,011
He pulled some strings.

910
01:07:46,270 --> 01:07:48,472
You'll need these
for the dining car.

911
01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:53,352
One last thing.

912
01:07:54,695 --> 01:07:56,897
L'air de Panache.

913
01:07:59,325 --> 01:08:01,652
They only had the half-ounce.

914
01:08:05,664 --> 01:08:07,832
We should give him something
as a symbolic gesture.

915
01:08:07,833 --> 01:08:10,418
- How much money you got?
- 42 Klubecks and 3 postage stamps.

916
01:08:10,419 --> 01:08:12,621
Give me 25. Yes.

917
01:08:16,175 --> 01:08:19,294
- Bless you.
- Please.

918
01:08:35,861 --> 01:08:37,612
- I've got to hand it to him.
- Jesus Christ.

919
01:08:37,613 --> 01:08:41,616
I didn't see that coming.
Well, what do you want next?

920
01:08:41,617 --> 01:08:47,072
Talk to the club-footed sister again,
and, this time, be persuasive.

921
01:08:54,213 --> 01:08:57,041
Goddamn son of a bitch.

922
01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:22,691
Holy fuck!

923
01:09:26,745 --> 01:09:29,789
What's the meaning of this shit?

924
01:09:29,790 --> 01:09:31,583
Boy with Apple? I thought
you'd hidden it.

925
01:09:31,584 --> 01:09:34,161
- Why are you only noticing now?
- I assumed it went to the tax appraiser.

926
01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:38,548
Are you fucking kidding me?

927
01:09:38,549 --> 01:09:41,585
I believe it was removed
by Monsieur Gustave.

928
01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:50,552
I'm not angry with Serge.

929
01:09:50,561 --> 01:09:53,138
You can't blame someone for their
basic lack of moral fiber.

930
01:09:53,272 --> 01:09:55,432
He's a frightened, little,
yellow-bellied coward.

931
01:09:55,441 --> 01:09:57,609
- It's not his fault, is it?
- I don't know. It depends.

932
01:09:57,610 --> 01:09:59,319
Well, you can say that
about most anything.

933
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:00,820
"It depends." Of course it depends.

934
01:10:00,821 --> 01:10:02,614
Of course it depends.
Of course it depends.

935
01:10:02,615 --> 01:10:04,900
Yes, I suppose you're right.
Of course it depends.

936
01:10:04,909 --> 01:10:08,654
That doesn't mean I'm not going
to throttle the little swamp rat.

937
01:10:10,831 --> 01:10:15,452
May I officiate, by the way?
The ceremony?

938
01:10:15,461 --> 01:10:16,586
With pleasure.

939
01:10:16,587 --> 01:10:19,464
I must say, I find that
girl utterly delightful.

940
01:10:19,465 --> 01:10:21,083
Flat as a board, enormous birthmark

941
01:10:21,258 --> 01:10:23,043
the shape of Mexico
over half her face,

942
01:10:23,260 --> 01:10:25,470
sweating for hours on end
in that sweltering kitchen

943
01:10:25,471 --> 01:10:26,971
while Mendl, genius though he is,

944
01:10:26,972 --> 01:10:28,799
looms over her like
a hulking gorilla.

945
01:10:28,807 --> 01:10:31,135
Yet without question, without fail,

946
01:10:31,310 --> 01:10:34,604
always and invariably,
she's exceedingly lovely.

947
01:10:34,605 --> 01:10:36,056
Why?

948
01:10:36,273 --> 01:10:38,934
Because of her purity.

949
01:10:40,819 --> 01:10:43,230
She admires you as well,
Monsieur Gustave.

950
01:10:43,322 --> 01:10:46,108
- Does she?
- Very much.

951
01:10:46,325 --> 01:10:50,154
That's a good sign, you know.
It means she "gets it."

952
01:10:50,329 --> 01:10:52,531
That's important.

953
01:10:54,667 --> 01:10:56,869
Don't flirt with her.

954
01:11:42,590 --> 01:11:46,050
A radio telegram was delivered and
signed for by the girl at 4:00 AM.

955
01:11:46,051 --> 01:11:49,004
The envelope was found near the body,
but its contents were missing.

956
01:11:49,597 --> 01:11:52,891
However, the telegraph office always keeps
a carbon of the ticker tape for 24 hours.

957
01:11:52,892 --> 01:11:55,260
I copied it down.
It reads as follows,

958
01:11:56,061 --> 01:11:57,596
"Pack your things stop.

959
01:11:57,605 --> 01:11:59,814
"Be ready to leave at
moment's notice stop.

960
01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:02,567
"Hide-out is vicinity of
Gabelmeister's Peak stop.

961
01:12:02,568 --> 01:12:05,104
"Destroy this message
all my love full stop."

962
01:12:05,946 --> 01:12:07,981
Where's the basket?

963
01:12:33,057 --> 01:12:35,259
Where you headed, mister?

964
01:12:38,812 --> 01:12:41,265
Skiing? Sledding?
Mountain climbing?

965
01:12:50,866 --> 01:12:53,026
Three Klubecks.

966
01:13:02,962 --> 01:13:04,955
By express wireless, I wrote Agatha

967
01:13:04,964 --> 01:13:07,882
with instructions to move to
our pre-arranged hideout,

968
01:13:07,883 --> 01:13:10,669
a Gypsy caravan on the
outer Nebelsbad road,

969
01:13:10,678 --> 01:13:12,671
while Monsieur Gustave
and I continued east

970
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:14,173
into the Zubrowkian Alps,

971
01:13:14,181 --> 01:13:18,177
toward our high-altitude rendezvous
with the butler Serge X.

972
01:13:19,895 --> 01:13:22,347
As a precaution, we
disembarked quietly

973
01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:25,059
in the freight yard just
outside the station.

974
01:13:32,533 --> 01:13:34,401
L'air de Panache.

975
01:13:44,879 --> 01:13:47,505
It's a hell of a view. I give
them that, for what's it's worth.

976
01:13:47,506 --> 01:13:49,708
I agree.

977
01:14:00,561 --> 01:14:04,105
"'Tis oft'-remarked, no single,
falling-flake does any other

978
01:14:04,106 --> 01:14:07,976
- "in its pure and perfect form..."
- Somebody's coming.

979
01:14:10,237 --> 01:14:13,698
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?

980
01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:16,443
- Uh-huh.
- Get on the next cable car.

981
01:14:55,866 --> 01:14:59,403
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?

982
01:14:59,578 --> 01:15:01,864
- Uh-huh.
- Switch with me.

983
01:15:31,151 --> 01:15:34,104
Are you Monsieur Gustave of the
Grand Budapest Hotel in Nebelsbad?

984
01:15:34,113 --> 01:15:37,107
- Uh-huh.
- Put these on and sing.

985
01:16:05,019 --> 01:16:07,770
- Are you Monsieur Gustave of the...
- Yes, dammit.

986
01:16:07,771 --> 01:16:08,938
Confess.

987
01:16:08,939 --> 01:16:10,940
I'm innocent.

988
01:16:10,941 --> 01:16:13,018
Hmm? No, no.

989
01:16:22,203 --> 01:16:25,079
Forgive me, Monsieur Gustave.
I never meant to betray you.

990
01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:28,208
They threatened my life and now
they've murdered my only family.

991
01:16:28,209 --> 01:16:30,043
No. Who did they kill this time?

992
01:16:30,044 --> 01:16:32,538
- My dear sister.
- The girl with the club foot?

993
01:16:32,713 --> 01:16:34,214
- Yes.
- Those fuckers!

994
01:16:34,215 --> 01:16:35,882
I tried to warn you
at the beginning.

995
01:16:35,883 --> 01:16:37,383
I know, darling. Let's
put that behind us.

996
01:16:37,384 --> 01:16:40,803
Listen, I hate to put you on the spot, but
I really must ask you to clear my name.

997
01:16:40,804 --> 01:16:44,049
- Obviously you're grieving...
- There's more.

998
01:16:44,058 --> 01:16:45,579
- To the story.
- I get it. Go on.

999
01:16:45,684 --> 01:16:47,852
I was the official witness
in Madame D's presence

1000
01:16:47,853 --> 01:16:49,513
to the creation of a second will

1001
01:16:49,688 --> 01:16:52,857
to be executed only in the
event of her death by murder.

1002
01:16:52,858 --> 01:16:54,476
- A second will?
- Right.

1003
01:16:54,652 --> 01:16:56,236
- In case she got bumped off?
- Right.

1004
01:16:56,237 --> 01:16:57,946
- Uh-huh?
- But they destroyed it.

1005
01:16:57,947 --> 01:16:59,523
- Oh, dear.
- However...

1006
01:16:59,698 --> 01:17:01,241
- Uh-huh?
- I pulled a copy.

1007
01:17:01,242 --> 01:17:03,527
A second copy of the second will?

1008
01:17:03,744 --> 01:17:05,195
- Right.
- Uh-huh?

1009
01:17:07,748 --> 01:17:10,124
What does it say? Where is it?
What's it all about, dammit?

1010
01:17:10,125 --> 01:17:13,127
Don't keep us in suspense. This has
been a complete fucking nightmare.

1011
01:17:13,128 --> 01:17:15,873
Just tell us what the
fuck is going on!

1012
01:17:17,341 --> 01:17:21,128
Serge? Serge? Serge!

1013
01:17:24,765 --> 01:17:27,217
Bloody hell. They've
strangled the poor slob.

1014
01:17:55,004 --> 01:17:56,205
Come on! Let's go!

1015
01:18:03,971 --> 01:18:06,306
- What do we do if we catch him?
- I don't know.

1016
01:18:06,307 --> 01:18:08,926
He's a homicidal psychopath.
Let's stop.

1017
01:18:08,934 --> 01:18:11,345
I can't. I can barely steer.

1018
01:19:19,004 --> 01:19:22,708
You sick, pathetic creep.
I hate you.

1019
01:19:35,271 --> 01:19:39,349
"'If this do be me end, farewell!'
cried the wounded piper-boy,

1020
01:19:40,818 --> 01:19:43,444
"whilst the muskets cracked and
the yeomen roared 'Hurrah!'

1021
01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:44,772
"And the ramparts fell.

1022
01:19:46,282 --> 01:19:50,118
"'Methinks me breathes me
last, me fears!' said he..."

1023
01:19:50,119 --> 01:19:52,237
Holy shit! You got him!

1024
01:19:52,246 --> 01:19:54,364
Well done, Zero!

1025
01:20:05,301 --> 01:20:07,753
Gustave H! You are a
fugitive from justice!

1026
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:10,631
Surrender lawfully and I
will personally vouchsafe

1027
01:20:10,890 --> 01:20:11,973
your fair treatment.

1028
01:20:11,974 --> 01:20:13,592
Do not attempt to flee!

1029
01:20:13,601 --> 01:20:15,310
- What do you think?
- I don't know.

1030
01:20:15,311 --> 01:20:18,430
I'd rather jump off this cliff right
now than go back to fucking prison.

1031
01:20:18,439 --> 01:20:21,141
I say we steal that sick maniac's
motorcycle, go fetch Agatha,

1032
01:20:21,150 --> 01:20:24,152
take back Boy with Apple and head for
the Maltese Riviera, once and for all.

1033
01:20:24,153 --> 01:20:27,071
Very good! You're so extraordinary,
Zero. Thank you.

1034
01:20:27,072 --> 01:20:29,691
A moment of silence in
memoriam of a devoted servant

1035
01:20:29,867 --> 01:20:32,653
killed violently during the
conduct of his duties.

1036
01:20:35,414 --> 01:20:37,616
Goodbye, Serge.

1037
01:20:39,001 --> 01:20:41,203
Okay, let's go.

1038
01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:55,642
The war began at midnight.

1039
01:20:55,643 --> 01:20:58,394
Pffeifelstad fell by lunch
under heavy shelling,

1040
01:20:58,395 --> 01:21:01,849
and 10 battalions surged across
the long western border.

1041
01:21:02,024 --> 01:21:03,851
High-command advanced to Nebelsbad.

1042
01:21:16,038 --> 01:21:19,742
Compliments of Herr Mendl,
for the executive staff.

1043
01:21:22,670 --> 01:21:26,172
General Stieglitz requests a garden-view
sitting room with an extra roll-away.

1044
01:21:26,173 --> 01:21:28,299
Let's put him in the
Duke Leopold Suite.

1045
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:30,218
Secretary Woroniecki's
office cabled.

1046
01:21:30,219 --> 01:21:33,881
He's checking in a day early.
Rooms 401-2-3.

1047
01:21:34,014 --> 01:21:35,682
Tell Tactical Logistics
we're moving them

1048
01:21:35,683 --> 01:21:37,475
to a standard double
on the third floor.

1049
01:21:37,476 --> 01:21:39,553
They'll need more space than that.

1050
01:22:02,418 --> 01:22:07,297
The beginning of the end of the
end of the beginning has begun.

1051
01:22:07,298 --> 01:22:10,508
A sad finale played off-key
on a broken-down saloon piano

1052
01:22:10,509 --> 01:22:13,303
in the outskirts of a
forgotten ghost town.

1053
01:22:13,304 --> 01:22:15,471
I'd rather not bear witness
to such blasphemy.

1054
01:22:15,472 --> 01:22:16,639
Me neither.

1055
01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:19,259
The Grand Budapest has
become a troops' barracks.

1056
01:22:19,268 --> 01:22:21,845
I shall never cross its
threshold again in my lifetime.

1057
01:22:21,979 --> 01:22:23,605
- Me neither.
- Never again shall I...

1058
01:22:23,606 --> 01:22:26,809
Actually, I think we might be going
in there right now after all.

1059
01:22:28,402 --> 01:22:30,187
Dmitri.

1060
01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:34,733
Agatha.

1061
01:22:45,294 --> 01:22:47,545
Good evening, Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.
I'm Monsieur Chuck.

1062
01:22:47,546 --> 01:22:50,958
We've booked you and your sisters
into the King Ferdinand Suite.

1063
01:22:51,133 --> 01:22:53,259
Good evening. General von
Shrecker asked me...

1064
01:22:53,260 --> 01:22:56,221
- Who's that?
- I beg your pardon?

1065
01:22:56,222 --> 01:22:59,216
I think that girl's got my picture.
Excuse me.

1066
01:23:15,491 --> 01:23:17,693
- Six.
- Hold it.

1067
01:23:20,663 --> 01:23:21,905
Six.

1068
01:23:24,833 --> 01:23:26,869
Compliments of Herr Mendl.

1069
01:23:42,810 --> 01:23:44,011
Excuse me.

1070
01:23:44,144 --> 01:23:46,396
Have you seen a pastry girl
with a package under her arm

1071
01:23:46,397 --> 01:23:47,689
in the last minute and a half?

1072
01:23:47,690 --> 01:23:50,275
Yep. She just got on the elevator
with Mr. Desgoffe und Taxis.

1073
01:23:50,276 --> 01:23:52,610
Thank you.

1074
01:23:52,611 --> 01:23:54,279
I'm sorry. Who are you?

1075
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:57,699
- Otto, sir, the new Lobby Boy.
- You haven't been trained properly.

1076
01:23:57,700 --> 01:23:59,985
A Lobby Boy never provides
information of that kind.

1077
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:02,446
You're a stone wall. Understood?

1078
01:24:18,846 --> 01:24:20,714
Pretty picture.

1079
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:22,591
Sixth floor.

1080
01:25:06,227 --> 01:25:08,011
Where's Boy with Apple?

1081
01:25:08,771 --> 01:25:11,390
None of your goddamn business!

1082
01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:15,769
I'm going to blast your candy-ass
once and for all right now.

1083
01:25:24,912 --> 01:25:26,739
Drop your weapon!

1084
01:25:48,727 --> 01:25:50,846
- Cease fire! Cease fire!
- Whoa!

1085
01:25:50,855 --> 01:25:52,480
Stop it!

1086
01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:54,141
Who's shooting who?

1087
01:25:54,275 --> 01:25:56,860
That's Gustave H! The escaped
murderer and art thief.

1088
01:25:56,861 --> 01:25:58,187
I've got him cornered!

1089
01:25:58,362 --> 01:25:59,863
That's Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis!

1090
01:25:59,864 --> 01:26:02,066
He's responsible for the
killing of Deputy Kovacs,

1091
01:26:02,199 --> 01:26:05,069
Serge X and his club-footed
sister, plus his own mother!

1092
01:26:06,537 --> 01:26:08,864
Nobody move. Everybody's
under arrest.

1093
01:26:09,999 --> 01:26:12,542
Who's out the window?

1094
01:26:12,543 --> 01:26:14,745
Agatha!

1095
01:26:20,718 --> 01:26:21,885
310-bis.

1096
01:26:21,886 --> 01:26:23,504
Hang on! Here I come!

1097
01:26:48,412 --> 01:26:50,614
Something's on the back of the...

1098
01:26:56,003 --> 01:26:57,204
Agatha!

1099
01:26:57,338 --> 01:26:59,123
Agatha!

1100
01:26:59,256 --> 01:27:01,458
- Are you all right?
- I think so.

1101
01:27:02,801 --> 01:27:04,962
Something's on the
back of the picture.

1102
01:27:18,275 --> 01:27:21,103
She left everything to
Monsieur Gustave, of course.

1103
01:27:22,905 --> 01:27:25,566
The mansion, known as Schloss Lutz,

1104
01:27:26,784 --> 01:27:30,070
the factories, which produced
weapons, medicine and textiles,

1105
01:27:32,790 --> 01:27:34,742
an important newspaper syndicate,

1106
01:27:35,668 --> 01:27:38,245
and perhaps you've already deduced

1107
01:27:38,295 --> 01:27:43,083
this very institution, the
Grand Budapest Hotel.

1108
01:27:44,426 --> 01:27:45,969
He anointed me his successor,

1109
01:27:45,970 --> 01:27:49,055
and as the war continued,
I served my adopted country

1110
01:27:49,056 --> 01:27:53,719
from the narrow desk still found
against the wall in the next room.

1111
01:27:53,811 --> 01:27:56,062
He was the same as his disciples,

1112
01:27:56,063 --> 01:27:59,725
insecure, vain,
superficial, blond, needy.

1113
01:28:00,401 --> 01:28:02,770
In the end he was even rich.

1114
01:28:03,863 --> 01:28:07,191
He did not succeed,
however, in growing old.

1115
01:28:11,829 --> 01:28:13,872
"Dearly beloved, we are
gathered together..."

1116
01:28:13,873 --> 01:28:15,949
Nor did my darling Agatha.

1117
01:28:15,958 --> 01:28:18,543
She and our infant son would
be killed two years later

1118
01:28:18,544 --> 01:28:21,588
by the Prussian grippe.
An absurd little disease.

1119
01:28:21,589 --> 01:28:26,960
Today we treat it in a single week,
but, in those days many millions died.

1120
01:28:30,014 --> 01:28:32,015
On the 21st day of the occupation,

1121
01:28:32,016 --> 01:28:34,976
the morning the independent
state of Zubrowka

1122
01:28:34,977 --> 01:28:36,303
officially ceased to exist,

1123
01:28:36,437 --> 01:28:38,563
we traveled with Monsieur
Gustave to Lutz.

1124
01:28:38,564 --> 01:28:40,974
In answer to your earlier
question, by the way,

1125
01:28:40,983 --> 01:28:43,060
of course.

1126
01:28:44,695 --> 01:28:47,697
Zero asked me about my humble
beginnings in the hotel trade.

1127
01:28:47,698 --> 01:28:50,150
I was, perhaps, for a time,
considered the best Lobby Boy

1128
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:52,861
we'd ever had at the
Grand Budapest.

1129
01:28:52,870 --> 01:28:54,579
I think I can say that.

1130
01:28:54,580 --> 01:28:56,623
This one finally surpassed me.

1131
01:28:56,624 --> 01:28:59,709
Although, I must say, he had
an exceptional teacher.

1132
01:28:59,710 --> 01:29:01,036
Truly.

1133
01:29:06,050 --> 01:29:09,211
"Whence came these two
radiant, celestial brothers,

1134
01:29:09,386 --> 01:29:10,803
"united, for an instant,

1135
01:29:10,804 --> 01:29:15,183
"as they crossed the stratosphere
of our starry window?

1136
01:29:15,184 --> 01:29:18,144
"One from the East and
one from the West."

1137
01:29:18,145 --> 01:29:20,139
Very good.

1138
01:29:20,147 --> 01:29:22,349
Don't flirt with her.

1139
01:29:24,610 --> 01:29:27,020
Why are we stopping at
a barley field again?

1140
01:29:35,079 --> 01:29:38,365
I find these black
uniforms very drab.

1141
01:29:42,795 --> 01:29:45,956
Well, hello there, chaps.
We were just talking about you.

1142
01:29:45,965 --> 01:29:49,960
- Documents, please.
- With pleasure, as always.

1143
01:29:54,098 --> 01:29:56,099
You're the first of the
official death squads

1144
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:58,643
to whom we've been
formally introduced.

1145
01:29:58,644 --> 01:30:00,846
How do you do?

1146
01:30:01,814 --> 01:30:04,058
Plus ça change, am I right?

1147
01:30:08,237 --> 01:30:11,940
That's a migratory visa with stage
three worker status, darling.

1148
01:30:11,949 --> 01:30:13,150
Read this.

1149
01:30:22,209 --> 01:30:25,287
- Come outside.
- Now, stay there.

1150
01:30:27,256 --> 01:30:29,841
I give you my word, if you
lay a finger on this man,

1151
01:30:29,842 --> 01:30:32,169
I'll see you
dishonorably discharged,

1152
01:30:32,178 --> 01:30:35,464
locked up in the stockade
and hanged by sundown.

1153
01:30:36,682 --> 01:30:38,683
There are still faint
glimmers of civilization

1154
01:30:38,684 --> 01:30:43,180
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity.

1155
01:30:46,025 --> 01:30:49,978
You filthy, goddamn,
pock-marked, fascist assholes!

1156
01:30:50,863 --> 01:30:53,740
He was one of them.

1157
01:30:53,741 --> 01:30:55,943
What more is there to say?

1158
01:31:03,292 --> 01:31:06,169
What happened in the end?

1159
01:31:06,170 --> 01:31:08,372
In the end they shot him.

1160
01:31:10,007 --> 01:31:12,209
So it all went to me.

1161
01:31:20,893 --> 01:31:24,270
After dinner, we went to
collect the keys to our rooms,

1162
01:31:24,271 --> 01:31:26,272
but Monsieur Jean had
abandoned his post.

1163
01:31:26,273 --> 01:31:28,775
I expect he's forgotten
all about us.

1164
01:31:28,776 --> 01:31:30,026
In recent years, of course,

1165
01:31:30,027 --> 01:31:32,438
such properties and holdings
as the Grand Budapest

1166
01:31:32,613 --> 01:31:36,275
had with very few exceptions
become common property.

1167
01:31:37,076 --> 01:31:39,285
While the precise terms
of his negotiation

1168
01:31:39,286 --> 01:31:41,406
with the new government
had never been announced,

1169
01:31:41,580 --> 01:31:42,980
the result was an open secret,

1170
01:31:43,624 --> 01:31:46,410
Zero Moustafa had traded
a great and important fortune

1171
01:31:46,585 --> 01:31:51,040
in exchange for one costly,
unprofitable, doomed hotel.

1172
01:31:51,841 --> 01:31:53,042
Why?

1173
01:31:53,050 --> 01:31:55,260
Was it merely sentimental?

1174
01:31:55,261 --> 01:31:59,180
It was quite forward of me
and a bit out of character,

1175
01:31:59,181 --> 01:32:01,258
but I felt I must know,

1176
01:32:01,267 --> 01:32:03,469
for my health, I suppose.

1177
01:32:05,938 --> 01:32:08,273
Forgive me for asking.
I hope I haven't upset you.

1178
01:32:08,274 --> 01:32:10,476
No, of course not.

1179
01:32:11,318 --> 01:32:14,320
Is it simply your last connection
to that vanished world,

1180
01:32:14,321 --> 01:32:16,948
his world, if you will?

1181
01:32:16,949 --> 01:32:18,901
His world?

1182
01:32:18,951 --> 01:32:22,078
No, I don't think so.

1183
01:32:22,079 --> 01:32:24,330
You see, we shared a vocation.

1184
01:32:24,331 --> 01:32:26,283
It wouldn't have been necessary.

1185
01:32:26,292 --> 01:32:31,246
No. The hotel I keep for Agatha.

1186
01:32:32,381 --> 01:32:33,965
We were happy here.

1187
01:32:33,966 --> 01:32:36,168
For a little while.

1188
01:32:41,265 --> 01:32:43,850
To be frank, I think
his world had vanished

1189
01:32:43,851 --> 01:32:45,969
long before he ever entered it.

1190
01:32:45,978 --> 01:32:47,596
But, I will say,

1191
01:32:47,771 --> 01:32:51,392
he certainly sustained the
illusion with a marvelous grace.

1192
01:32:52,818 --> 01:32:55,153
- Are you going up?
- No, I'll sit for a little while.

1193
01:32:55,154 --> 01:32:57,314
Good night.

1194
01:33:02,328 --> 01:33:03,612
The next week,

1195
01:33:03,746 --> 01:33:06,115
I sailed for a cure
in South America

1196
01:33:06,123 --> 01:33:08,992
and began a long,
wandering journey abroad.

1197
01:33:09,001 --> 01:33:12,079
I did not return to
Europe for many years.

1198
01:33:16,884 --> 01:33:19,461
It was an enchanting old ruin.

1199
01:33:24,505 --> 01:33:26,983
But I never managed
to see it again.