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- 1939
- 110 min
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RAKONIN:
I am sorry... I have to leave.
SWANA:
(to Rakonin)
Thank you so much, my friend. I will
get in touch with you.
Count Rakonin leaves.
SWANA:
(into phone)
This is the Duchess Swana... I want
to speak to Monsieur Cornillon...
it's very important... please get
him right away... Hello, Monsieur
Cornillon? The most incredible thing
has happened! My jewels are here in
Paris! Three Bolshevik swine are
trying to sell them! Yes... yes...
we must act immediately!... Call the
police... Have them arrested!...
Well, then, get an injunction!...
But do something, Monsieur Cornillon!
(apparently the answer
is some objection
from Cornillon)
...But they are my jewels! There
must be some way of getting them
back!
LEON:
(just as nervous as
Swana)
What does he say?
SWANA:
(to Leon)
Shhh!
(into phone)
...But how can there be a question?...
Are you my lawyer or theirs?... All
right, I'll let you know!
She hangs up, rises, the legal situation whirling around in
her brain.
LEON:
What did he say?
SWANA:
(discouraged)
It looks pretty hopeless... there
may be a chance... that's all... The
French Government has recognized
Soviet Russia and he doubts that
they will risk a war for my poor
sake. He might be able to make up
some kind of a case but it would
cost money, money, money!... That's
all they are interested in -- those
lawyers!
LEON:
(taking her in his
arms)
Darling, calm down. Why do you need
a lawyer? Haven't you your little
Volga boatman?
Swana looks up at him, hope dawning in her eyes, as we
DISSOLVE TO:
spread out on a table in the Royal Suite. Camera pulls back
to a LONGER SHOT. We see Mercier, the jeweler, examining the
jewels with an eyepiece screwed in his eye. Around him stand
the Three Russians. Mercier, a middle-aged man of the greatest
suavity and elegance, but a shrewd trader none the less,
looks up.
MERCIER:
Very good... superb... excellent...
it would be foolish to belittle the
quality of the merchandise but your
terms are impossible. My counteroffer
is the absolute maximum.
KOPALSKI:
But, Monsieur Mercier...
MERCIER:
(continuing)
Gentlemen, I'll let you in on a little
secret... we are only undertaking
this deal for the prestige involved,
and, quite frankly, we are expecting
to take a loss.
Iranoff draws Buljanoff aside and whispers in his ear.
IRANOFF:
(whispering)
Capitalistic methods...
BULJANOFF:
They accumulate millions by taking
loss after loss.
The telephone rings.
BULJANOFF:
(answering phone)
Hello... this is Buljanoff, Iranoff,
and Kopalski... Who?... Count
d'Algout?... No, no... it must be a
mistake... we can't be disturbed.
MERCIER:
(continuing)
I assure you no one else could meet
the figure named by my syndicate...
at least under the present economic
conditions.
KOPALSKI:
We can wait.
IRANOFF:
(pompously)
Do we give the impression of people
who are pressed for money?
MERCIER:
Yes. Gentlemen... let's put our cards
face down. Right now there is a
Russian commission in New York trying
to sell fifteen Rembrandts. There is
another in London mortgaging the oil
fields in Baku. You need money and
you need it quickly. I think my offer
is fair and does not even take
advantage of your situation.
CLOSE-UP -- BULJANOFF, IRANOFF, AND KOPALSKI
KOPALSKI:
(to Mercier)
Just a minute.
The Three Russians step to one side.
IRANOFF:
(in a low voice)
He's cutting our throat...
BULJANOFF:
But what can we do?... We have to
accept.
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