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cares if a lady is insulted.

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Let me!

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No!

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Go awa y!

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I'll gladly belie ve you're not drunk.

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You won't make that an e x cuse, then.

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As for this Jew-ridden

business you're in...

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...you won't suffer it much longer.

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That I promise you.

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Perhaps you're right.

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I agree, the fellow's beha vior

was intolerable...

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...but I can't just fire a poor,

sick man like that.

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Sick? He's not sick at all.

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Why this indecision and compromise?

It's just like our go vernment parties.

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Ex cuse me, Barbara.

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We must show this murderous

pack it can't get awa y with it.

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I beg you, don't insist that

he be sacked on the spot.

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It's punishment enough that he

won't be hired for ne xt season.

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He has no idea what he said

last night, he just went wild.

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I'm amazed, Otto.

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I'm really amazed that you,

of all people, should sa y that.

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I don't want him made a martyr.

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- I n the political situation...

- Ex cuse me if I interrupt.

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This conversation is quite pointless.

The case is simple.

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Either Miklas lea ves the theater...

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...or I do.

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That's nonsense.

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Higher, higher!

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Higher, higher!

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Enough! This isn't a funeral march!

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Again.

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Lights!

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Sorry, to interrupt.

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Dr. Kroge asks you to

appro ve the ne xt poster.

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I must take it to the printer.

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Can't I get my name spelled

correctly e ven in this theatre?

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My name is not Henrik, but Hendrik!

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Hendrik Hfgen.

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One da y the y'll all

ha ve to mark my name.

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Try to understand, doctor.

I can't and won't tie myself down.

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It's a great strain

to sta y under contract.

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I must be free. Free.

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I can't be a pro vincial matinee idol.

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No, no, I don't want to be that.

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You want to lea ve Hamburg for good?

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I don't know yet.

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The Professor invited me to a Berlin

guest appearance. One ne ver knows.

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By the wa y, Dora Martin

will be my partner.

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Good. Then accept the offer.

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Thank you.

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Berlin.

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Thank you, ladies. Till tomorrow.

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Goodbye.

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So you are Hfgen.

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You ha ve friends here.

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Some of them, who understand

theater, recommended you to me.

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Your father-in-law, too,

when we met at the ministry.

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And Dora Martin, as well.

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I n real life I ma y seem a bit

nondescript, but not, I hope on stage.

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My father-in-law once aptly described

my ability to transform myself.

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Well, we'll give you a try.

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Don't e xpect too much.

I'm not offering anything big.

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You are probably used to a

reasonable income in Hamburg.

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Here you'll ha ve less.

Ha ve you e xpensive tastes?

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Mone y doesn't interest me.

My needs are modest.

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All I need e very da y is a clean shirt

and a drop of cologne.

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Discuss the details with

Miss Bernhardt.

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Please give my regards

to your father-in-law.

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- Hendrik Hfgen.

- Oh, yes. Bernhardt.

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Here's your contract.

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Thank you.

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- Ma y I?

- Please.

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700 marks a month, less tax.

You agree to pla y as cast.

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Please give these flowers...

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...and this card to Ms. Martin, will you?

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THANKS!

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Well, Hendrik Hfgen.

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Now you're a beginner again.

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Hamburg's fame, routine and

security all lie behind you.

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Now you must summon

up all your strength.

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And we'll work off that blubber.

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- Who is that?

- Dora Martin's Hamburg actor lo ver.

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- No, Miss Bernhardt's.

- You're misinformed, dear.

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So glad you were able to come,

despite all your work.

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Ma y I introduce some

of your admirers?

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Mr. Da vidson of the London Times.

Cser von Muck, Mr. Mller-Andre.

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Mind you aren't influenced by

the pre vailing culture Bolshe vism.

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What do you mean?

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German culture can only be renewed

if it returns to its national roots...

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...to its essence of blood and soil.

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Russian ra vings or French farces are

alien to the spirit the nation needs.

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Ha ve you met Mr. Hfgen?

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Berlin's new star, according to

tomorrow's London Times.

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I've seen you on stage.

You danced, didn't you?

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