Titanic Page #4

Return impossible. Fyodor"

I'm going upstairs, Gloria.

It looks like you'll still be a while.

What's your hurry?

Are you meeting someone?

Not exactly.

I see.

Sigrid Olinsky?

What makes you say that?

I'm not blind.

I'm glad you brought it up.

You know what you mean to me.

But you have to understand my situation.

That woman is unbelievably rich.

Ah, the way out

you were looking for.

Please don't complicate this for me.

Why should I?

I assume it's only business, right?

Of course.

But what if it should have

to be more than that?

I'll let you know.

If our wedding is still on in New York,

I would ask you to do the right thing.

Please excuse the interruption.

I must make a request of you.

Gladly.

Oh, you're not allowed in.

Yes. Perhaps the smoking salon

would be suitable.

I'm sorry, but if you wish to speak to me,

you'll have to do so here.

Very well.

This matter is so important...

That you would even do

what is expressly forbidden.

Yes. Sometimes life is not

as easy as we think.

Well?

We've been sailing

through drift ice for hours.

There are even reports of icebergs.

I would ask you to convince

Ismay to reduce the speed.

May I ask why you come to me?

I have no other recourse...

and President Ismay is

obviously interested in you.

Obviously.

And you think he would do this for me?

No, I don't believe

he would do anything for anyone.

But he's a businessman.

He thinks in numbers.

And 20 million pounds

carries a lot of weight.

So, you're appealing not to me

but to my 20 million.

It's the same thing.

I didn't mean to upset you.

Well, you have.

You didn't mean to, I know.

You're too frank

and upstanding for that.

No, you meant it honestly,

and that's what upsets me.

The whims of a rich,

spoiled woman.

Atrocious, isn't it?

I'm afraid

I cannot grant your request.

Even considering what's at stake?

Madam, I beg you.

Herr Petersen, I cannot

help you anymore. Not now.

Thank you, madam.

I see I shouldn't have come.

I took you for a woman who merely had

the misfortune of being too wealthy.

A woman a man could love,

if things were different.

I was mistaken. Forgive me.

A woman a man could love.

Good evening, ma'am.

May I do your hair?

A woman a man could love.

How did you know, ma'am?

Is the news already out about Franzl?

About whom?

My Franzl.

Who is this Franzl?

The first violinist

in the first stateroom.

Did he say that too?

And how!

He said I was the only woman

he could ever love.

That he could ever love.

What cabin are you looking for?

Professor Bergmann's.

Then you're in the wrong place.

This is Mr. Astor's apartment.

Professor Bergmann is in 27 and 28,

third door on the left.

Madam, I have an unusual request.

May I speak with you at once?

Speak with me at once?

May I wait for you

in the foyer of the ballroom?

What are you looking for?

Now I see why you flattered me

with such close attention.

You needn't have bothered.

What you're looking for is here,

in my head.

But one thing interests me:

Which of my rivals are you working for?

Come, out with it!

Who ordered you to bring them

my formulas and calculations?

Formulas and calculations?

Who sent you here?

I'm alone. I work for myself.

How do you propose to prove that?

I'd like to ask you something.

I'm all yours.

First, a question:

Do you know we're sailing through

a region of dangerous drift ice?

Dangerous?

There is no danger for the Titanic.

Now get out of here. Out!

Who was that, Professor?

A burglar.

And you let him get away

just like that?

Stop. Come back here.

Just look at this.

Madam, I must ask you to assert

your influence on the president.

The speed of the Titanic

must be reduced!

Why?

For a day now, we've been sailing

through a region of drift ice.

But we're sailing at record speed

to win the Blue Ribbon for England.

Professor, this would be...

This is the solution

to your year-long...

Yes, the results of my

year-long calculations.

I wanted you to go over them,

and that rascal disturbed me.

Please help me double-check them.

It will only take a minute.

Once we're done,

we'll have good cause to celebrate.

Those are misplaced sentimentalities

that I cannot allow.

And if I were to make

a special request?

It doesn't matter if we arrive

in New York a few hours sooner or later.

Yes, it does matter.

Sir Ismay knows exactly

what he wants and what he has to do.

Perhaps not, madam.

If something happens, it's not just

good-bye to the world record.

The Titanic will be lost,

and the president along with her.

Don't talk such nonsense.

Why worry about things

that only concern the president?

A woman as beautiful as you

shouldn't worry about such things.

Sir Bruce Ismay,

a moment, if you please.

Mr. Astor?

I was just on deck.

The temperature is icy.

- But it's April.

- Correct.

And April is when the danger

from ice in this area is greatest.

You mustn't disturb

the passengers with this opinion.

I know you yourself would be quite

content if the ship had to sail slowly.

It is still very questionable

whether the world record will save you.

Let's wait and see.

I have to tell you something.

What?

I can't tell you here.

We have to be alone.

Fine. Let's go to the bar.

It's more comfortable there...

and we won't be disturbed.

Thank you, madam.

Even if you don't help me,

I know what I have to do.

Really? What?

I will warn the president

once again of the danger.

No need.

I already told you

the real reason for your pessimism.

I sorry I can't respond,

since I'm on duty.

Your duty will be over soon.

The White Star Line

has no need of officers...

who sow unrest among the passengers.

And I have no need to serve

on a ship run not by sailors...

but by stock speculators.

I forbid you to use that tone.

Go to your stateroom.

I'm relieving you of your duty.

On board this ship, you can neither

relieve me of duty nor give me orders.

To me you're nothing more

than a passenger.

And now the two of us will dance,

right, Marcia?

No. She's going to dance

with me first.

Says who?

Says me.

Don't be stupid!

Pull them apart!

You have a knife.

Give it to me.

Take him away and lock him up.

And keep it quiet in here,

you understand?

Ice! Ice to starboard!

Starboard searchlight on!

Rudder hard to port!

Damn it!

What's wrong with the searchlight?

Rudder is hard to port.

Where's the searchlight?

The filaments broke.

- Then get new ones.

- We don't have any replacements.

What?

No replacement filaments?

It doesn't matter. There!

It looks like we made it

through okay.

But we hit the ice.

Shouldn't we talk to the engine room?

They would have notified us

if anything serious had happened.

- I'm going below just in case.

- As you like.

- Did you feel some scraping?

- Yes, sir.

It could have been a fishing boat.

- They pop up often in this area.

- That would be bad news for them.

Excuse me!

We had a collision with underwater ice.

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