Mephisto Page #6

461

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Bra vo!

462

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Wonderful!

You were fantastic, Hendrik.

463

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You were born to pla y Mephisto.

464

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You sa y that with a

touch of malice, Dora.

465

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Not true, I don't detest

people for what the y are.

466

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- Anywa y, thank you for coming.

- Let's skip the cliches.

467

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- What's your ne xt project?

- I'm learning English.

468

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English? Why?

469

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- I'll be working in America.

- But why?

470

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Here the curtain's descending.

Ha ven't you noticed?

471

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You're at the top here, hit after hit.

Thousands adore you. So why go?

472

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Thousands! Soon the y'll be

ra ving about others.

473

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There'll alwa ys be theater,

no matter what happens in Germany.

474

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No matter what happens in Germany?

You really mean that?

475

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Well, all the best.

I'm lea ving in a few da ys.

476

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I n a few da ys?

477

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I don't want to wait till it's too late.

478

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But you'll alwa ys do well, Hendrik...

479

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...no matter what happens

in Germany.

480

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It's open.

481

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Mephisto, I ne ver lock the door.

Need neither bolts nor life insurance.

482

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- I bet you've taken one out.

- I need no life insurance.

483

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Sit down, sir, in my new home.

484

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You could ha ve

gotten me a nicer flat.

485

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- Ha ve you registered with the police?

- Yes, sir.

486

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What did the landlord sa y?

487

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Nothing. He was drunk,

humming a song...

488

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No neckties, no gold we've got...

489

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He ga ve me the ke y and I mo ved in.

490

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I've been longing to see you.

491

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- And how's your wife?

- She's with her father, thank God.

492

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The y're worried about the Republic.

493

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I n Hamburg, the foreigners were also

very worried about Germany...

494

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...about German culture,

whose Number-One-Parrot you are.

495

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As if a peril threatened it. What are

the Jews planning against Germany?

496

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Even the whores wonder...

497

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...and the y don't care about

the pant color as long as it has a fly.

498

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Barbara understands politics,

doesn't she?

499

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Is she keeping an e ye on you?

500

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No. Mostly her opinions

are the opposite of mine.

501

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- Ha ve you told her so?

- No. What point would there be?

502

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Words don't sa y e verything.

503

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I'd like very much to sleep with you.

504

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Shall I make up the bed?

505

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Yes!

506

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Hendrik! Hendrik!

507

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Hendrik, wake up! Didn't you here?

508

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You're here already?

509

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I came on the early train,

beca use of you.

510

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- What's the matter?

- When did you go to bed?

511

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I'm tired. I was tossing all night.

Why?

512

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The Nazis ha ve won the elections.

You know who became Chancellor?

513

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No.

514

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Do you hear that?

515

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Do you hear that?

516

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That Bohemian corporal has

become Chancellor?

517

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Here, read it.

518

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I thought there was nothing

to fear from the Nazis.

519

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Remember that business with Miklas?

520

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That could ha ve unpleasant

consequences. What do we do now?

521

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Keep a clear head and don't panic.

522

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So, the Austrian clown has

become Reichs-Chancellor.

523

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But there still is the opposition, no?

Communists and Social Democrats.

524

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The y'll make sure he doesn't

get too big for his boots.

525

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Perhaps there'll e ven

be armed resistance.

526

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And e ven if the Nazis sta y in power,

why should it concern me?

527

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I'm from the Rhineland.

528

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So are my parents.

What can happen to us?

529

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On top of that, I'm an actor. No?

530

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I go to the theater, pla y my parts,

then go back home. That's all.

531

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Some people are lea ving a country...

532

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...where a career in the arts

is now impossible.

533

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People will think you don't care

about anything be yond the limelight?

534

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There were elections in a democratic

state. One party won, that's all.

535

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I've ne ver been interested

in politics, so why now?

536

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Don't you realize

what's happening here?

537

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Don't answer it. I'm not here,

I'm sick. Sa y what you want.

538

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Is that any solution? To lock

yourself in, to hide, not be at home?

539

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Is that all you can think of,

instead of taking a definite stand?

540

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Definite... this is my answer!

Hamlet! Shakespeare!

541

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Either we take a stand or go,

if our freedom is in danger.

542

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This is the only form of freedom

for me, for an actor.

543

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You can't hide behind Shakespeare,

on the stage.

544

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Barbara, I'm an actor.

An actor in Germany at all times.

545

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You can go awa y.

Your father is a famous writer.

546

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You can design sets anywhere,

or buy antiques.

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