♪ Funding for this program was provided by a grant from Exxon Corporation By this station and other public television stations and the National Endowment for the Arts ♪ ♪ [fiery orchestral music  in a minor key] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪  [slow, melancholy music] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪  [faster, busier music] ♪ ♪ Potage crème aux perles.
♪ ♪ Potage crème aux perles.
♪ ♪ ♪ (female singer) ♪  Écrevisses à la bordelaise.
♪ (majordomo) ♪  Écrevisses à la bordelaise.
♪ ♪ Find something better than that!
♪ ♪ Alors...langoustines grilles sauce aux huîtres.
♪ ♪ Langoustines grilles sauce aux huîtres.
♪ ♪ ♪ Faisan braise au porto.
♪ ♪ Sick of pheasant... canard!
♪ (female singer) ♪  Canard farci sauce Savoie.
♪ ♪ Too many sauces.
♪ (female singer) ♪  Palombes rôti es nature?
♪ (majordomo) ♪  Palombes rôti.
♪ (female singer) ♪  Gâteau d'amandes au miel.
♪ ♪ Gâteau d'amandes au miel.
♪ ♪ One bottle of Montrachet, two bottles of Romanée Conti.
♪ ♪  That is  all.
♪ ♪ Don't forget the camellias.
♪ ♪ Oh, yes, from the greenhouse, one fresh camellia ♪ ♪ for his dressing table every morning.
♪ ♪ Oui, Ma'moiselle.
♪ ♪ A centerpiece of Christmas roses for lunch, ♪ ♪ of green orchids for dinner.
♪ ♪ Don't forget the bell.
♪ (female singer) ♪  Oh, yes, have the gatekeeper ri ng the bell all night, ♪ ♪ should the sleigh be lost in the storm.
♪ ♪ Thank you.
♪ ♪ You all may go.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ No, I cannot understand why he has not arrived yet.
♪ ♪ ♪ Has no message come?
♪ ♪ ♪ They left the village at dawn.
♪ ♪ Perhaps they stopped on their way ♪ ♪ to let the storm die down.
♪ ♪ My guest is not one to let a storm stand in his way, ♪ ♪ and Karl should know the road blindfolded.
♪ ♪ ♪ I shall have him dismissed if they are lost.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The snow is so deep, it is hard on the horses.
♪ ♪ Oh, I shall die if anything happens to him!
♪ ♪ My heart, my heart, I can wait no longer.
♪ ♪ ♪ You have not eaten today.
♪ ♪ I shall not until he comes.
♪ ♪ My heart, my heart, I can wait no longer.
♪ ♪ ♪ Shall I read to you?
♪ ♪ ♪   Yes, Erika,♪ ♪ read to me.
♪ ♪ ♪ Here it is.
♪ ♪ "Oedipus": ♪ ♪ "Woe, woe is  me, ♪ ♪ "sorrowful that I am!
♪ ♪ "Where am I?
♪ ♪ "Where am I going?
♪ ♪ Where am I ca st away?"
♪ ♪ You do not know how to read.
♪ ♪ You have never known what love is!
♪ ♪ "Woe... ♪ "woe is me, ♪ ♪ "sorrowful, sorrowful ♪ ♪ "that I am!
♪ ♪ "Where am I?
♪ ♪ "Where am I going?
♪ ♪ Where am I cast away?"
♪ [book thuds] ♪ ♪ Why do es he not come?
♪ ♪ ♪ Good night.
♪ ♪ ♪ Even now you will not speak to me!
♪ ♪ ♪ Go, go.
♪ ♪ Good night.
♪ ♪  [slow, dramatic music  in a minor key] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Is it still snowing?
♪ (Erika) ♪  Yes, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Look, look well, deep into the woods.
♪ ♪ Don't you see  the light of lanterns?
♪ ♪ No, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ ♪ Go to bed.
♪ ♪ I shall wait alone.
♪♪ ♪ ♪ Must the winter come ♪ ♪ so soon?
♪ ♪ ♪ Night after night ♪ ♪ I hear the hungry deer ♪ ♪ wander weeping in the woods, ♪ ♪ ♪ and from his house of brittle bark ♪ ♪ hoots the frozen owl.
♪ ♪ Must the winter come so soon?
♪ ♪ ♪ Here in this forest, ♪ ♪ neither dawn nor sunset ♪ ♪ marks the passing of the days.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It is a long winter here.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Must the winter come ♪ ♪ so soon?
♪♪ ♪ so soon?
♪♪ ♪ so soon?
♪♪ [applause] [applause] ♪  [light percussion and flute] ♪ Listen!
They are here!
♪ ♪ ♪ I can see th e lights!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ He has come.
♪ ♪ He has come!
♪ ♪ Go and call all the servants.
♪ ♪ Light up th e courtyard.
♪ ♪ I shall wait here.
♪ ♪ ♪ And Erika, let me be alone with him ♪ ♪ when he comes in.
♪ ♪ [music building to a crescendo] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Do not utter a word, ♪ ♪ Anatol.
♪ ♪ Do not  move.
♪ ♪ ♪ You may not wish to stay.
♪ ♪ For over twenty years, ♪ ♪ in stillness, in silence, ♪ ♪ I have waited for you.
♪ ♪ ♪ I have always been sure, I have always known ♪ ♪ you would come back to me, Anatol.
♪ ♪ I have scarcely breathed ♪ ♪ so that life should not leave its trace ♪ ♪ and that nothing might change in me ♪ ♪ that you loved.
♪ ♪ Alone, apart, unseen, ♪ ♪ I have waited for you.
♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, how dark, how desperate, how blind ♪ ♪ to let the days go by unmarked, unheeded!
♪ ♪ How endless, how lonely, ♪ ♪ how wrong to rob a beating heart ♪ ♪ of time and space!
♪ ♪ Beauty is the hardest gift to shelter, ♪ ♪ harder than Death to stay.
♪ ♪ All this I have done for you.
♪ ♪ ♪ Now, listen, listen, ♪ listen well: ♪ ♪ ♪ Unless you still love me, ♪ ♪ ♪ I do not want you to see me, Anatol.
♪ ♪ Without love, ♪ ♪ do not dare look in my eyes ♪ ♪ because all change, ♪ ♪ all change begins ♪ ♪ when love has died, ♪ ♪ when love  has died.
♪ ♪ Tell me, Anatol, do you love me?
♪ ♪ Do you still love me ♪ ♪ as once  you did?
♪ ♪ For if you do not, ♪ ♪ I must ask you to leave my house ♪ ♪ this very night!
♪♪ ♪ this very night!
♪♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] ♪ Yes, I believe I shall love you.
♪ ♪  [sudden, fast music] ♪ Ah no, ah no, ah no!
♪ ♪ My God,  who are you?
♪ ♪ ♪ Impostor, cheat!
♪ ♪ Help me, someone help me!
♪ ♪ It is not he!
It is not he!
♪ ♪ I do not know him!
♪ ♪ I never have seen him!
♪ ♪ Have him put out of the house!
♪ ♪ ♪ Help me, help me upstairs.
♪ ♪ I think I shall faint.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Who are you?
♪ ♪ Why did you come here?
♪ ♪ You must leave at once!
♪ ♪ But I did not lie.
♪ ♪ I am Anatol.
♪ ♪ When my father died-- ♪ When your father died...?
♪ Oh, no!
♪ ♪ Poor Vanessa!
♪ ♪ After so many dreams, after so long awaiting!
♪ ♪ Oh, how unfair a game life can be ♪ ♪ when Death can tally the score at will.
♪ ♪ Why did you not let her know?
♪ ♪ Why did you  not write her?
♪ ♪ ♪ All through my youth, I heard that name, "Vanessa."
♪ ♪ Like a burning flame, ♪ ♪ it used to scorch my mother's lips ♪ ♪ and light my father's eyes with longing.
♪ ♪ Now that I am alone, I am driven here ♪ ♪ to meet at last the woman  who haunted so my house, ♪ ♪ Vanessa!
♪ ♪ But who are you?
♪ ♪ Sometimes I am her niece but mostly her shadow.
♪ ♪ Now you must leave.
♪ ♪ You heard what she said.
♪ ♪ ♪ You are not going to send me out into the storm again!
♪ ♪ Tell her who I am, ♪ ♪ and she will let me stay the night.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Do not touch it!
♪ ♪ She cannot bear the sight of mirrors.
♪ ♪ ♪ Was the supper laid for him?
♪ ♪ ♪ Ah, Romanée Conti!
♪ ♪ My father loved th is wine.
♪ ♪ May I light th e candles?
♪ ♪ I, too, love good food an d wine, ♪ ♪ but my father lost his fortune dreaming, ♪ ♪ while my mother bought subtle poisons ♪ ♪ to destroy his dreams.
♪ ♪ Now I can only drink the wine of others.
♪ ♪ ♪ Will you join me fo r supper?
♪ ♪ That place was not set for me.
♪ ♪ Besides, it is not with me ♪ ♪ that you come from so far to drink your wines.
♪ ♪ Nor was I the one who was expected.
♪ ♪ ♪ I am the false Dimitri, the Pretender.
♪ ♪ Be my Marina!
♪ ♪ ♪ You never smile.
♪ ♪ ♪ Sit down.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ This is a wild and solitary place ♪ ♪ to pass one's youth in.
♪ ♪ It is as if we had been ♪ ♪ always alone!
♪ ♪ ♪ What is your name?
♪ ♪ ♪ Erika.
♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And then?
♪ ♪ ♪ He made me drink too much wine.
♪ ♪ I showed him to his room.
♪ ♪ I stayed with him  all night.
♪ ♪ The very night you met him?
♪ ♪ The only night.
♪ ♪ Erika, Erika, you so proud, so pure!
♪ ♪ I was neither proud nor pure that night.
♪ ♪ Once he kissed me, ♪ ♪ it seemed so natural to obey.
♪ ♪ ♪ What could you have seen in such a man?
♪ ♪ ♪ When I was young, ♪ ♪ a man came into the house like a conqueror, ♪ ♪ carrying his love with pride.
♪ ♪ But this Anatol, ♪ ♪ oh, th is cautious knight ♪ ♪ who entered our house li ke a thief, ♪ ♪ what kind of man is he?
♪ ♪ If I only knew, I would also know ♪ ♪ why I both hate and love him.
♪ ♪ And now will he do the honorable thing?
♪ ♪ Yes, he will marry me if I so wish, ♪ ♪ but I do not want his honor so that mine be saved.
♪ ♪ I want his love so that my love stay aflame!
♪ ♪ Does he not love you?
♪ ♪ He says he does, ♪ ♪ but I feel he is incapable of love.
♪ ♪ His words are as easy as his kisses.
♪ ♪ It is too late to measure or to weigh.
♪ ♪ You must do what must be done.
♪ ♪ Must I?
♪ ♪ Has not each woman the right ♪ ♪ to wait for her true love to come, ♪ ♪ the first and last, the only love?
♪ ♪ Ah, if I were sure of him, ♪ ♪ I should fly to him ♪ ♪ and leave behind the world to burn.
♪ ♪ But no, he does not tremble as I do ♪ ♪ when our eyes meet, ♪ ♪ nor has the mem'ry of that night ♪ ♪ erased the mocking laughter from his lips.
♪ ♪ You do not love him, then?
♪ ♪ Oh, yes, oh, yes, ♪ ♪ I love someone ♪ ♪ like him!
♪ ♪ ♪ My poor child, ♪ ♪ love never bears the image of those we dream of.
♪ ♪ When it seems to, beware of the disguise.
♪ ♪ But then, Grandmother, ♪ ♪ to hold what I feel is of small worth, ♪ ♪ have I the right to break another woman's heart?
♪ ♪ Whose heart?
♪ ♪ ♪ Hers, of course.
♪ ♪ Have you not noticed?
♪ ♪ She loves him more than I do ♪ ♪ because she loves him blindly.
♪ ♪ The fool!
♪ ♪ ♪ No, you are not as good a skater ♪ ♪ as your father was!
♪ ♪ ♪ But I'm a luckier man, perhaps.
♪ ♪ ♪ Good morning, Erika, why didn't you join us?
♪ ♪ ♪ Because you forgot to ask me.
♪ ♪ Did I?
♪ ♪ Ah, good morning, Baroness.
♪ ♪ ♪ Save your breath.
♪ ♪ She has become so old ♪ ♪ that she only understands the language of the young.
♪ ♪ ♪ Are we not young?
♪ ♪ We lost our innocence long ago, my dear.
♪ ♪ Good morning, good morning.
♪ ♪ Good morning, Doctor.
♪ ♪ What a pretty pair you made skating on the lake.
♪ ♪ I saw you, I saw you.
♪ ♪ You must breakfast in a hurry, ♪ ♪ or we shall be late for chapel.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ah, how good it is to see this house alive again.
♪ ♪ Yes, dear Doctor.
♪ ♪ Perhaps the day is near ♪ ♪ when I shall unveil the mirrors and the portraits.
♪ ♪ Ah, sir, this used to be a gay house once.
♪ ♪ Ah, the day may be near to open all the rooms ♪ ♪ and give the greatest ball this county has ever seen.
♪ ♪ Do you remember, as a young girl, ♪ ♪ the garden parties and the games?
♪ ♪ Oh, yes, ah, yes.
♪ ♪ I shall light the lake with Chinese lanterns.
♪ ♪ And the hills with bonfires.
♪ ♪ I shall call the peasants ♪ ♪ with their accordions and fiddles.
♪ ♪ Do you still remember our country dances, Milady?
♪ ♪ Are you too old to dance, then, dear Doctor?
♪ What impertinence!
♪ "Under the willow tree..." ♪ ♪ Come, come, let us show them who is the best dancer here.
♪ ♪ "Under the willow tree, ♪ ♪ "two doves cry, two doves cry.
♪ ♪ "Under the willow tree, ♪ ♪ "two doves cry, ahhh oh!
♪ ♪ "Where shall we sleep, my  love?
♪ ♪ "Whither sh all we fly?
♪ ♪ "Where shall we sleep, my  love?
♪ ♪ "Whither shall we fly?
♪ ♪ "The wood has swallowed the moon.
♪ ♪ "The fog has swallowed the shore.
♪ ♪ The green toad has swallowed the key to my door."
♪ ♪ Ah, charming, charming.
♪ ♪ I wish I could compete with you, Doctor.
♪ ♪ Nonsense, young man, give me your hand, ♪ ♪ and I'll show you the steps!
♪ ♪ Right foot first, ♪ ♪ back, ♪ ♪ then left, ♪ ♪ forward, ♪ ♪ slide.
♪ ♪ One, two, three, reverse, ♪ ♪ two,  three.
♪ ♪ "Under the willow tree, ♪ ♪ "two doves cry, two doves cry.
♪ ♪ "Under the willow tree, ♪ ♪ "two doves cry, ahhh oh!
♪ ♪ "Where shall we sleep, my love?
♪ ♪ "Whither shall we fly?
♪ ♪ "Where shall we sleep, my love?
♪ ♪ "Whither shall we fly?
♪ ♪ "The wood has swallowed the moon.
♪ ♪ "The fog has swallowed the shore.
♪ ♪ The green toad has swallowed the key to my door."
♪ ♪ Charming, charming.
♪ ♪ Charming, charming.
♪ ♪ Char...ming.
♪ ♪ Char-- ♪ ♪ ♪ No, no!
No, no!
♪ ♪ What do they teach you in school today?
♪ ♪ ♪ Stop this nonsense, and hurry to your breakfast!
♪ ♪ We shall be late for chapel.
♪ ♪ ♪ Do you play a good game of chess, sir?
♪ ♪ I'm afraid I don't play at all.
♪ ♪ ♪ How the world has changed!
♪ ♪ I can't imagine what young people do ♪ ♪ in the evenings nowadays.
♪ ♪ [laughing] (Vanessa) ♪  Erika, ♪ ♪ I am so happy.
♪ ♪ I know now it was  he I was waiting for.
♪ ♪ I kept my youth for him.
♪ ♪ He sent me his younger self.
♪ ♪ Anatol!
♪ ♪ Anatol!
♪ ♪ Aunt Vanessa, don't be fooled by a name.
♪ ♪ It is another man who has come.
♪ ♪ No, Erika.
♪ ♪ He carries his father's destiny with him, ♪ ♪ and he knows it.
♪ ♪ He knows it!
♪ ♪ ♪ What makes you say that?
♪ ♪ I must tell you what happened out skating.
♪ ♪ What happened?
♪ ♪ He stopped me and looked in my eyes, ♪ ♪ and then he said, ♪ ♪ "Christmas is near, and the winter will pass.
♪ ♪ "It is time for me to leave now, ♪ ♪ but I cannot find the strength to go."
♪ ♪ Did he say that?
♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, those very words.
♪ ♪ And then?
♪ ♪ Then I asked, "What makes you so weak?"
♪ ♪ What did he say?
♪ ♪ He took my hand-- ♪ ♪ He took your hand?
♪ ♪ --and he answered, ♪ ♪ "I came as a guest.
♪ ♪ I am foolish enough to want to leave as the master."
♪ ♪ ♪ Did he say that?
♪ ♪ Ah, yes, Erika!
♪ ♪ ♪ Then?
♪ ♪ There was a long silence.
♪ ♪ ♪ And then?
♪ ♪ Ha, ha, ha!
♪ What a curious niece I have!
♪ ♪ ♪ Dear me, here is the pastor.
♪ ♪ I must hurry.
♪ ♪ Good morning, Pastor.
♪ ♪ We shall soon be ready.
♪ ♪ Have some coffee with us.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, how happy ♪ ♪ I feel this morning, ♪ ♪ how happy!
♪ ♪ how happy!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Did you hear her?
♪ ♪ You must speak out, or you will lose him.
♪ ♪ It is his love I want ♪ ♪ and not his capture.
♪ ♪ Even for love, one must fight.
♪ ♪ Should he not fight for mine?
♪ ♪ Vanessa or I, it is the same to him.
♪ ♪ He saw your money before he met your eyes.
♪ ♪ And still, and still, ♪ ♪ the way he kissed that night!
♪ ♪ ♪ How can I forget those kisses?
♪ ♪ He is the man of today.
♪ ♪ He only sees what is offered him.
♪ ♪ He will choose what is easier.
♪ ♪ Why waste my time on him, then, ♪ ♪ when I am dying of love?
♪ ♪ ♪ Help, help!
Save me from their talk!
♪ ♪ ♪ Between a doctor and a minister, ♪ ♪ a man will lose both body and soul!
♪ ♪ ♪ Anatol, I must speak to you.
♪ (Anatol) ♪  What is it, then?
♪ ♪ ♪ Is it true what you said to Vanessa this morning?
♪ ♪ ♪ I?
This morning?
♪ ♪ For God's sake, stop lying!
♪ ♪ Aha, the little sphinx ♪ ♪ begins to clamor for her answers.
♪ ♪ I have the right to claim them!
♪ ♪ Have you not told me I am free?
♪ ♪ Listen to him, Erika.
♪ (Erika)  ♪ Of course, of course.
♪ ♪ Be patient with him.
♪ ♪ I shall not bind you ♪ ♪ if you are not bound by mem'ries.
♪ ♪ How could I forget that night, ♪ ♪ the night that made you since so dark and bitter?
♪ ♪ What has become of  you  since then?
♪ ♪ Careful, Erika, or he will leave you.
♪ (Anatol) ♪  I asked you before, ♪ ♪ and now, with your grandmother as witness, ♪ ♪ I ask you again.
♪ ♪ ♪ Will you marry me?
♪ ♪ ♪ What will you do if I should answer...no?
♪ ♪ What do you want me to say, ♪ ♪ that I should slash my throat like this?
♪ ♪ Or spend my days as a monk, chanting, ♪ ♪   "Te Deum  laudamus?"
♪ [laughs] ♪ I hate your laughter!
♪ ♪ ♪ What a sentimental child you are!
♪ ♪ You belong to another age.
♪ ♪ Has then the human heart so changed?
♪ ♪ ♪ Outside this house, the world has changed.
♪ ♪ Life is swifter than before.
♪ ♪ There is no time for idle gestures.
♪ ♪ I cannot offer you eternal love, ♪ ♪ for we have learned today such words are lies.
♪ ♪ But the brief pleasure of passion, ♪ ♪ yes, and sweet, long friendship.
♪ ♪ ♪ Who can resist your gentle beauty, Erika?
♪ ♪ Oh, how happy ♪ ♪ we could be together!
♪ ♪ Erika!
♪ ♪ Do you know Paris and Rome, ♪ ♪ Budapest and Vienna?
♪ ♪ The velvet rooms for jeweled suppers, ♪ ♪ the coast of Spain for solitude, ♪ ♪ the gilded Grand Hotels for dancing, ♪ ♪ the glass and marble stations ♪ ♪ for goodbyes?
♪ ♪ This we could share together ♪ ♪ if you accept my love.
♪ ♪ And who knows?
♪ ♪ My love might last forever, ♪ ♪ Erika.
♪ ♪ Life is so brief.
♪♪ ♪ Life is so brief.
♪♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ Ah, what a meager offer yours is!
♪ ♪ ♪ I wish I could be blinded by your love.
♪ ♪ Instead, I see you only too well, ♪ ♪   too well.
♪ ♪ ♪ What is your answer, then?
♪ ♪ Hurry, now!
♪ ♪ ♪ We must not keep the dear pastor waiting.
♪ ♪ ♪ Here is your shawl, Mother, and your prayer book.
♪ ♪ ♪ Doctor, will you give her your arm?
♪ ♪ Yes, Baroness.
♪ ♪ Call the servants for chapel.
♪ ♪ Erika, aren't you ready yet?
♪ ♪ Do not wait for me, Aunt Vanessa.
♪ ♪ I shall join you later.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Are you ready?
♪ ♪ Come!
♪ ♪  [bells chiming] ♪ ♪ Even to your old doctor, you will no longer speak.
♪ ♪ How will you call him when the time comes?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ May I take your arm, Baroness?
♪ ♪ ♪ You must call me Vanessa.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [sobbing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (household, in chapel)  ♪ In morning light,  let us rejoice.
♪ ♪  Thy love  is our salvation.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif,  countermelody in minor key] ♪  In praise of Thee  we raise our voice.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif] ♪  Now let us sing  in the light, ♪ ♪  our smiles trembling  in the heart.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif] ♪  Our fears lost  in the night, ♪ ♪  joyously this day  we start.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif] ♪ For joy created  from Thy tears ♪ ♪ fills hearts  with adoration.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif,  building to crescendo] ♪ And in Thy light,  we shed all fears.
♪ ♪  [Erika's  leitmotif] ♪ Amen.
♪♪ ♪ ♪ No, Anatol, ♪ ♪ my answer is no!
♪ ♪ ♪ Let Vanessa have you, ♪ ♪ ♪ she who for so little ♪ ♪ had to wait so long!
♪♪ [sobbing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The Count and Countess d'Albany.
♪ ♪ ♪ Almost everyone is here now.
♪ ♪ Go and help inside.
♪ ♪ I'll watch the door.
♪ ♪ ♪ Ah, those lovely furs... ♪ ♪ ♪ so soft, so sweetly scented.
♪ ♪ This is all I shall ever know of such women.
♪ ♪ Boo!
♪ You rascal, you!
♪ ♪ I never knew you had a soul!
♪ ♪ What an evening!
♪ ♪ What women, what champagne!
♪ ♪ But what am I doing with  two  glasses?
♪ I must have been carrying one to some charming lady.
♪ Who was she?
♪ ♪ Oh, well.
♪ ♪ [glass crashes] Sorry!
♪ ♪ I should never have been a doctor, Nicholas.
♪ ♪ A gentleman, a poet, that's what I am.
♪ ♪ A naked body, what is it to a doctor?
♪ ♪ We see them every day.
♪ ♪ But under a chandelier, ♪ ♪ with the right music, the right perfume, ♪ ♪ a naked arm, a shoulder, ♪ ♪ oh, God... ♪ ♪ I lose my mind!
♪ ♪ ♪ Did you see me dance with Ma'moiselle Doriat?
♪ ♪ ♪ She's not so young, I know that, ♪ ♪ ♪ a bit too plump, perhaps, a bit too tall for me, ♪ ♪ but oh, so light on her feet, ♪ ♪ so soft, so blonde.
♪ ♪ Tra la la la, tra la la, la la la la la la.
♪ ♪ "Doctor, dear Doctor, ♪ ♪ not quite so fast, dear Doctor!"
♪ ♪ ♪ Her blue scarf floating over my head.
♪ ♪ "Doctor, dear Doctor, ♪ ♪ not quite so fast, dear Doctor!"
♪ ♪ Her bosom heaving under my chin.
♪ ♪ "Doctor, dear Doctor, ♪ ♪ not quite so fast, dear Doctor!"
♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, la, la!
♪ ♪ I must stop drinking.
♪ ♪ I still have to announce the en-gagement.
♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, Nicholas, yes, ♪ ♪ they chose the old family doctor ♪ ♪ to make the announcement, ♪ ♪ a sweet idea, very touching, ♪ ♪ ♪ very touching.
♪ ♪ ♪ Good heavens, where is my speech?
♪ ♪ I shouldn't have drunk so much.
♪ ♪ I shall muddle up everything.
♪ ♪ ♪ Will you lend me your comb, Nicholas?
♪ ♪ ♪ Ve-ry touching, ♪ ♪ ♪ ve-e-ry touching, ♪ ♪ ♪ touching.
♪ ♪ ♪ There you are.
♪ ♪ Yes, yes, I am ready.
♪ ♪ Don't worry.
♪ ♪ I know it all by heart.
♪ ♪ "Ladies and gentlemen..." ♪ ♪ Oh, be quiet, Doctor.
♪ ♪ Can't you see how upset I am?
♪ ♪ They will not come down.
♪ ♪ Zut alors.
♪ ♪ We shall announce the engagement without them.
♪ ♪ ♪ I quite expected it of Mother, ♪ ♪ but Erika, why, why?
♪ ♪ What will people think, my own niece?
♪ ♪ ♪ A little shy, a little shy, that's all.
♪ ♪ Please, please, Doctor, you go up.
♪ ♪ She will not open the door for me.
♪ ♪ She will not answer.
♪ ♪ ♪ I will see what I can do.
♪ ♪ ♪ "Doctor, dear Doctor, ♪ ♪ not quite so fast, dear Doctor!"
♪ ♪ ♪ At last I've found you.
♪ ♪ What is wrong, Vanessa?
♪ ♪ ♪ I feel so weak, Anatol, so afraid.
♪ ♪ Afraid of what, my darling?
♪ ♪ Why will not those two come down?
♪ ♪ They sit up there like brooding harpies ♪ ♪ ready to feed on carrion.
♪ ♪ Do not be afraid.
♪ ♪ Erika will come, I know.
♪ ♪ She promised me she would.
♪ ♪ Oh, why, then, have they built this wall of silence ♪ ♪ all around my happiness?
♪ ♪ Forget, forget.
♪ ♪ I like you most when you forget and smile.
♪ ♪ What is there I do not know?
♪ ♪ Could I have been wrong for 20 years?
♪ ♪ Is there something you have not told me, Anatol?
♪ ♪ ♪ Love has a bitter core, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Do not taste too deep, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Do not search into the past.
♪ ♪ He who hungers for the past ♪ ♪ will be fed on lies.
♪ ♪ Let your love be new ♪ ♪ as were we born today, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ My love has only begun.
♪ ♪ Love has a bitter core, Anatol, ♪ ♪ but let me taste this bitterness with you.
♪ ♪ I shall never take too much ♪ ♪ if you will offer all... ♪ ♪ Do not search into the past... ♪ ♪ If you will offer all.
♪ ♪ ...or you will feed on lies.
♪ ♪ My love cannot begin nor grow nor die, ♪ ♪ for it has always been, ♪ ♪ always, always been.
♪ ♪ For it has always been.
♪ ♪ For it has always been.
♪ ♪ For every question, let my kiss be the answer.
♪ ♪ Ah, but is a kiss an answer?
♪ ♪ I did not ask for whom you were waiting that night ♪ ♪ when first we met.
♪ ♪ For you, Anatol, for you, my dearest.
♪ ♪ No, Vanessa, for I was only born that night.
♪ ♪ For you, Anatol, for you.
♪ ♪ Like the burning phoenix you soared ♪ ♪ out of the ashes of my shattered dreams.
♪ ♪ Then scatter the ashes to the wind, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Follow my flight, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Follow, follow my flight, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ I follow.
♪ ♪ Follow.
♪ ♪ Ah... ♪ ♪ I follow!
♪♪ ♪  [applause] ♪  [applause] ♪  [applause] ♪ ♪ Nothing to worry about.
♪ ♪ A little frightened, perhaps.
♪ ♪  She will come down,  she says, ♪ ♪ but later.
♪ ♪ Ah, well, let us proceed then.
♪ ♪ We can wait no longer.
♪ ♪ Call our people in.
♪ ♪ Have them stand by the door.
♪ ♪ ♪ They should begin their dances right after the announcement.
♪ ♪ ♪ What did she really say?
♪ ♪ She would not speak to me.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Silence, everybody, silence, please.
♪ ♪ Ladies and gentlemen, ♪ I have the great honor, as an old friend of this noble,  distinguished family, which for many years  has been a shining example of all  that is great in the traditions  of our country to announce the engagement  of Baroness Vanessa... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Now let us drink to the happy couple!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ma'moiselle, ♪ ♪ Ma'moiselle Erika!
♪ ♪ Speak to me!
♪ ♪ What can it be?
♪ ♪ ♪ It is nothing, nothing, really.
♪ ♪ Shall I fetch the Doctor?
♪ ♪ No, please, do not tell anyone.
♪ ♪ I shall come in at once.
♪ ♪ May I bring you something?
♪ ♪ No, thank you.
♪ ♪ Leave me now.
♪ ♪ I wish to be alone.
♪ (guests)  ♪ Where shall we sleep,  my love?
♪ ♪ Where shall we sleep,  my love?
♪ ♪ Whither  shall we fly?
♪ ♪ ♪ Where shall we sleep,  my love?
♪ ♪ Whither  shall we fly?
♪ ♪ ♪ Where shall we sleep,  my love?
♪ ♪ Whither  shall we fly?
♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Erika!
Erika!
♪ ♪ Where are you going, Erika?
♪ ♪ I saw her running to the lake!
♪ ♪ Please, someone stop her!
♪ ♪ Oh, if only I could call someone... ♪ ♪ ♪ someone, someone.
♪ ♪ Erika!
♪ ♪ What are you doing here?
♪ ♪ Erika, Erika!
♪ ♪ Are you out of your mind?
♪ ♪ ♪ Erika!
What of Erika?
♪ ♪ She must be saved.
♪ ♪ Someone go after her ♪ toward the lake.
♪ Hurry, please hurry!
♪ ♪ What has happened?
♪ ♪ Anatol!
Anatol!
♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Why did no one warn me?
♪ ♪ Could everyone be as blind as I was ♪ ♪ not to see the sorrow in her face?
♪ ♪ [horn sounding] ♪ ♪ It is almost dawn, ♪ ♪ and they have not found her yet.
♪ ♪ Erika, Erika, what made you do this?
♪ ♪ ♪ You are her doctor and her lifelong friend.
♪ ♪ Is it possible you suspected nothing?
♪ ♪ I have always known I am a bad doctor.
♪ ♪ Now I know I am a bad poet as well, ♪ ♪ for I have never learned to read the human heart.
♪ ♪ And you, ♪ ♪ you must surely know so mething, ♪ ♪ but oh, no, yo u will not speak.
♪ ♪ ♪ Whatever have I done to you ♪ ♪ to have to bear your awful silence?
♪ ♪ Oh, I would hate you if you were not my mother.
♪ ♪ Do not talk like that.
♪ ♪ Why can they not find her?
♪ ♪ The whole village is  looking for her.
♪ ♪ She cannot have wandered very far ♪ ♪ in this cutting cold.
♪ ♪ What if they do find her?
♪ ♪ She will not be alive.
♪ ♪ ♪ Come, come, you must not despair ♪ ♪ nor jump to conclusions.
♪ ♪ ♪ It may all be very innocent.
♪ ♪ They found no trace of her steps near the lake, ♪ ♪ and the ice was unbroken.
♪ ♪ Why must the greatest sorrows come ♪ ♪ from those we most love?
♪ ♪ Erika, Erika, ♪ ♪ my sweet Erika!
♪ ♪ ♪ Why have you done this, why?
♪ ♪ You who are only as wild as the wild dove ♪ ♪ and no prouder than the rose?
♪ ♪ ♪ I love you, Erika.
♪ ♪ I have always loved you ♪ ♪ as if you were my own child, ♪ ♪ my own daughter.
♪ ♪ Why break my heart just now ♪ ♪ as it started to beat again?
♪ ♪ Come back, come back, Erika!
♪ ♪ ♪ [horn sounding] ♪ ♪ ♪ There, look!
♪ A group of men is coming to ward the house.
♪ ♪ Do you suppose... ♪ ♪ Yes, they are carrying her.
They have found her!
(Vanessa)  ♪ Anatol, Anatol,  is she alive?
♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, oh, yes, she is alive.
♪ ♪ Thank God, oh, thank you, God.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There, there, gently.
♪ ♪ ♪ Doctor, how is she?
♪ ♪ She seems to be all right.
♪ ♪ Send them all out.
♪ ♪ ♪ You had better go now.
♪ ♪ Thank you all.
♪ ♪ You will find wine downstairs ♪ ♪ and a blazing fire in the kitchen.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, in what terror I have been!
♪ ♪ Anatol, Anatol... ♪ ♪ ♪ Poor Vanessa, what an endless night!
♪ ♪ Come into my arms, my  dearest.
♪ ♪ Yes, weep, weep in my arms.
♪ ♪ ♪ Where did you find her?
♪ ♪ ♪ On the path to the lake.
♪ ♪ She was hidden in a small ravine ♪ ♪ like a wounded bird.
♪ ♪ She must have fallen, ♪ ♪ for her frost-white dress was torn ♪ ♪ and damp wi th blood.
♪ ♪ There she lay in the snow ♪ ♪ like a Christmas rose.
♪ ♪ The bitter cold had glazed her lovely face ♪ ♪ into deep and opaque sleep.
♪ ♪ ♪ The faint beat of her heart ♪ ♪ was like an undeciphered signal ♪ ♪ from another world.
♪ ♪ I lifted her into my arms, ♪ ♪ warmed her against my breast.
♪ ♪ I called he r name ♪ ♪ and kissed he r eyelids.
♪ ♪ Only then she sighed ♪ ♪ a little.
♪ ♪ ♪ How is she?
♪ ♪ Leave me alone with her.
♪ ♪ She is not ready to see you yet.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Anatol... ♪ ♪ Yes, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ ♪ Anatol, tell me the truth!
♪ ♪ Yes, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Do you know why she did this strange thing?
♪ ♪ Why should I?
♪ ♪ Anatol, you must not lie to me.
♪ ♪ Look me in the eyes.
♪ ♪ Does she love you?
♪ ♪ This much I know: She does  not  love me.
♪ ♪ Swear!
♪ ♪ I swear.
♪ ♪ How do you know?
♪ ♪ Did I not know that  you  loved me ♪ ♪ long before you spoke?
♪ ♪ But Erika, she chose to judge me ♪ ♪ before she could learn to love.
♪ ♪ Can I believe you?
♪ ♪ Ask her yourself.
♪ ♪ She never lies.
♪ ♪ Take me, take me away from this house, Anatol!
♪ ♪ Yes, Vanessa, every day of waiting ♪ ♪ roots you deeper in the past.
♪ ♪ For the sorrows of others ♪ ♪ raise dark walls between our hearts.
♪ ♪ Oh, help me tear these bonds.
♪ ♪ Brief is the day for blindness ♪ ♪ and brief the day for madness.
♪ ♪ Ah, help me take flight.
♪ ♪ Only the mad, only the blind can fly!
♪ ♪ Take flight!
♪ ♪ ♪ Nothing to worry over.
♪ ♪ She will be all right.
♪ ♪ ♪ No, no, not yet.
♪ ♪ ♪ She wants to be alone with her grandmother.
♪ ♪ But why?
♪ ♪ ♪ Come, come, we must not upset her now.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Grandmother!
♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, Erika.
♪ ♪ ♪ Do they know?
♪ ♪ How can I tell?
♪ ♪ ♪ Why did you wish to die?
♪ ♪ I was with child.
♪ ♪ With child!
♪ ♪ I never reached the lake.
♪ ♪ ♪ By the ravine, I fainted.
♪ ♪ ♪ And your child?
♪ ♪ ♪ It will not be born.
♪ ♪ [cane thuds] ♪ ♪ ♪ Grandmother, ♪ ♪ why are you leaving me?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Grandmother!
♪ ♪ Grandmother!
♪ ♪ Answer me!
♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ By the time we arrive in Paris, ♪ ♪ the new house should be ready.
♪ ♪ Think of it, to live in Paris!
♪ ♪ How I shall miss you both!
♪ ♪ We shall miss you too, dear friend.
♪ ♪ I know you'll make a happy couple.
♪ ♪ Yes, we shall have ♪ ♪ the most beautiful house in Paris.
♪ ♪ ♪ I am almost ready.
♪ ♪ How lovely you look!
♪ ♪ Be sure that they put everything in the sleigh, ♪ ♪ and tell them to be careful with the hatboxes.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ For every love, there is a last farewell, ♪ ♪ for each remembered day, an empty room.
♪ ♪ Many other children I bring into the world, ♪ ♪ but no one takes the place of those that are lost.
♪ ♪ ♪ You too were once a child, Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Do you remember the mumps, ♪ ♪ the chicken pox, the scarlatina?
♪ ♪ How many times I kissed your burning cheek ♪ ♪ and fought the grinning dwarfs ♪ ♪ leering at the foot of your bed!
♪ ♪ ♪ Will you ever think of your old doctor now, ♪ ♪ now that the pulse of your heart ♪ ♪ takes you so far away... ♪ ♪ from him?
♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And you, my friend, what are you mumbling about?
♪ ♪ Oh, my dear, I just wanted to tell you-- ♪ ♪ Yes, yes, dear Doctor.
♪ ♪ Come, you go and help Anatol.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Erika, sit down here next to me.
♪ ♪ ♪ Now that I am married and going to Paris, ♪ ♪ who knows when we shall see each other again!
♪ ♪ ♪ You can live here as long as you wish.
♪ ♪ As I have told you, ♪ ♪ I have willed the house to you, ♪ ♪ but do not tell Anatol, please.
♪ ♪ No.
♪ ♪ We may not come back for years.
♪ ♪ We may never come back.
♪ ♪ I chose to stay.
♪ ♪ I am not afraid.
♪ ♪ But you are too young to stay here alone.
♪ ♪ You, too, were young when you came back here.
♪ ♪ Oh, but that was different.
♪ ♪ ♪ Someone must take your place now.
♪ ♪ She cannot be le ft alone.
♪ ♪ ♪ I shall think of you always.
♪ ♪ Do take care of my azaleas and the parakeets, ♪ ♪ and don't forget... ♪ ♪ Don't worry, Aunt Vanessa.
♪ ♪ It shall all be as if you were here.
♪ ♪ ♪ Erika, before I leave, ♪ ♪ you must tell me the truth about that night.
♪ ♪ I have told you the truth.
♪ ♪ No, you are hiding something from me, ♪ ♪ and now I must know.
♪ ♪ I cannot live with that thorn in my heart.
♪ ♪ ♪ There was no reason for it.
♪ ♪ It was a foolish thing to do.
♪ ♪ It was the end of my youth.
♪ ♪ ♪ Tell me, Erika, was it because of Anatol?
♪ ♪ Anatol?
Oh, no, no!
♪ ♪ Swear!
♪ ♪ I swear.
♪ ♪ Then what was it?
♪ ♪ Do not torment me, Erika.
♪ ♪ You would laugh if I were to tell you ♪ ♪ as I have laughed since then.
♪ ♪ Why then?
♪ ♪ ♪ I thought I loved someone who did not love me.
♪ ♪ But whom?
♪ ♪ The young pastor, perhaps?
♪ ♪ The gamekeeper?
♪ ♪ ♪ What does it matter?
♪ ♪ It was a foolish thing.
♪ ♪ It is all over now.
♪ ♪ Perhaps he was not the man for you!
♪ ♪ Yes, I know now.
♪ ♪ He is not the man for me.
♪ ♪ ♪ You must hurry ♪ ♪ if we are to reach the station before dark.
♪ ♪ ♪ Bring me down my things, Clara.
♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, do not cry, silly thing.
♪ ♪ ♪ There was a time, Erika, ♪ ♪ when I thought it would be with you ♪ ♪ that I should leave this house.
♪ ♪ Please, forget me.
♪ ♪ Make her happy, Anatol.
♪ ♪ Remember that she loves you the way I never could.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Let me look around once more.
♪ ♪ ♪ Who knows when I shall see this house again!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ To leave, to break, ♪ ♪ to find, to keep, ♪ ♪ to stay, to wait, ♪ ♪ to hope, to dream, ♪ ♪ to weep and remember.
♪ ♪ To leave... ♪ ♪ To love is all of this... ♪ ♪ ...to find.
♪ ♪ ...and none of it is love.
♪ ♪ The light is not the sun, ♪ ♪ nor the tide the moon.
♪ ♪ To leave, to break, ♪ ♪ to find, to keep, ♪ ♪ to stay, to wait, ♪ ♪ to hope, to dream, ♪ ♪ to weep and remember.
♪ ♪ To leave, to break, ♪ ♪ to find, to keep, ♪ ♪ to stay, to wait, ♪ ♪ to hope, to dream, ♪ ♪ to weep  and remember.
♪ ♪ To leave, to break, ♪ ♪ to find, to keep, ♪ ♪ to stay, to wait, ♪ ♪ to hope, to dream, ♪ ♪ to weep ♪ ♪ and remember, ♪ ♪ and remember.
♪ ♪ and remember.
♪ ♪ To leave, to break... ♪ (principals)  ♪ Ah, Anatol,  how hard it will be, ♪ ♪   the backward road  of regret!
♪ ♪ To find, to keep... ♪ (principals)  ♪ Ah, poor Vanessa, ♪ ♪   only to die  empty handed!
♪ ♪ To stay, to wait... ♪ (principals)  ♪ Erika, Erika, ♪ ♪ only to kiss  the impostor!
♪ ♪ ♪ To weep, to hope... ♪ (principals)  ♪ And you, old people,  may death release you ♪ ♪   before you  too clearly remember ♪ ♪   or cease  to dream!
♪♪ ♪ ♪ Goodbye, Erika.
♪ ♪ ♪ Goodbye.
♪ ♪ Be happy, Aunt Vanessa.
♪ ♪ Please, be happy.
♪ ♪ ♪ Goodbye, Mother.
♪ ♪ Goodbye, Erika.
♪ ♪ When I see you again, ♪ ♪ perhaps you will have learned to smile.
♪ ♪ I hope you will still be smiling ♪ ♪ when I see you again.
♪ ♪ Goodbye, Anatol.
♪ ♪ Goodbye.
♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye, my dear ones.
♪ ♪ Please, please, no tears!
♪ ♪ Come in the sleigh with us, my friend.
♪ ♪ We shall drop you in the village.
♪ ♪ I shall wave goodbye from here.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Anatol!
♪ ♪ ♪ Anatol.
♪ ♪ No, I must never say that name again.
♪ ♪ ♪ Lucky those people ♪ ♪ who are so anxious to believe!
♪ ♪ Do you really think she believes what I said?
♪ ♪ ♪   Grandmother?♪ ♪ Oh, I forgot that you will not speak to me either now.
♪ ♪ ♪ I am truly alone!
♪ ♪ ♪ Will you please cover all the mirrors ♪ ♪ in this house again.
♪ ♪ What, Ma'moiselle?
♪ (Erika)  ♪ Yes, just as before.
♪ ♪ Begin with these now.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ From now on, I shall receive no visitors.
♪ ♪ Tell the gamekeeper that the gate to the park ♪ ♪ must remain locked at all times.
♪ ♪ Thank you.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ah, that is good.
♪ ♪ ♪ Now it is my turn to wait.
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