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SUNSE The early 1910's.
In the heart of Europe,
the old Austro-Hungarian Empire
reigns over many nations
and resonates with the commotion
of their languages.
The new metropolis of Budapest,
the sister
and rival city of Vienna,
thrives and its name is known
around the world.
WOMAN 1:
Let's lift this veil.
It suits your eyes well.
WOMAN 2:
A storm is coming.
WOMAN 1 [WHISPERS]: She
asked for our oldest model...
WOMAN 2:
In this heat?
WOMAN 1:
Nothing is old here.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
This one is very fashionable.
[PHONE RINGS]
WOMAN 2:
Something more daring maybe?
And this one, miss?
The perfect match,
isn't it?
May I check your hat size?
Miss...
Miss.
I'm here for the position.
You should have said so
sooner.
Miss Zelma?
- She's here for the position.
- Welcome to Leiter's.
Excuse me.
Szerna,
take over, will you?
Your hat.
May I?
Did you make it?
Where did you train?
With Schwarz, in Trieste.
You've come a long way.
May I see your designs?
The boy took my suitcase.
Andor.
Bring Miss...
What's your name?
Irisz Leiter.
Leiter?
Are you related to
the owners?
I'm their daughter.
Wait here, please.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
A girl just showed up
and she says...
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I thought
you would want to be told.
Is something wrong?
It's an important week
for the store.
BRILL: No need to bother
Miss Leiter with that.
Oszkr Brill.
We meet at last.
Come, both of you.
- Bring some refreshments, please.
- Right away.
Just a minute, please.
Come.
MAN:
We're getting them from Paris.
The fireworks will shine
in the night like suns.
BRILL:
And the arch?
[DOOR CLOSES]
The resemblance
is unsettling.
ZELMA:
The refreshments are served.
IRISZ:
Where was their room?
I had to rebuild
almost everything.
Take a seat, please.
Why did you come here?
After what happened...
I've always
wanted to work here.
It is my parents' store.
It was.
You're hiring
new milliners.
This building still stands.
It's all that's left of them.
And relatives?
You have no one?
No one.
[SIGHS]
I was placed with Schwarz
at the age of 12.
I see.
MAN:
Do you have a minute?
IRISZ:
Let me show you my designs.
I'm sure you're talented.
It will be built by Friday,
Mr. Brill.
Good.
Don't you want people
to see it before?
MAN: It's an arch.
People will notice it anyway.
You won't hire me.
We placed that ad weeks ago.
Positions fill up
in a day.
But I resigned.
Go back to Trieste.
Schwarz will forgive you.
I'm ready to work
for free.
[CLEARS THROAT]
BRILL:
What do you want?
You can stay here
tonight.
I can take care
of myself.
[WOMEN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
ZELMA:
Miss.
We'll bring your suitcase.
[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
The boy will take you
to a nearby hotel.
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I would hire you if I could.
- May I carry it?
- Leave it.
All right, dear.
COACHMAN:
You're lost, miss?
I brought you here,
remember?
No.
Can I take you somewhere?
[HORSE WHINNIES]
Why are you sad?
They didn't hire me.
It's not the only
hat store in town.
It's the only one
with my name.
You're a Leiter?
[GROANING]
[BOY 1 SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[MEN SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
BOY 1:
Deadly heatwave in Budapest!
BOY 2: The emperor
launches a new battleship!
Get The Budapest Gazette!
Just eight pennies!
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[CLANKING]
[WOMEN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
Do you have some water?
Dying of thirst,
aren't you?
[WATER POURING]
[PITCHER SLOSHES]
[SIGHS]
They said you'd be back.
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
Hope you don't mind
dust and bedbugs.
Come.
WOMAN:
Who's that girl?
She leaves
in the morning.
[SWITCH CLICKS]
Mm. Damn it.
You knew my parents?
Where is it...?
[GRUNTS]
Here it is.
Thank you.
Good night,
Miss Leiter.
[WORKERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
I was born here.
In this house.
Mm.
[DOOR CLOSES]
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[BELL RINGING IN DISTANCE]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[LANTERN SQUEAKING SOFTLY]
[GASPS]
- Get up.
- Who are you?
Come on. Let's go.
It's me, Gspr.
[PANTING]
Come,
he won't believe his eyes.
Who?
You know who.
The Leiter son.
What Leiter son?
They lied.
You don't even look
like him.
[WHIMPERS SOFTLY]
What Leiter son?
[KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS]
Why the hell are you here?
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[LANTERN SHATTERS]
[COCKS GUN]
- [HORSE NEIGHS]
- [PEOPLE EXCLAIMING INDISTINCTLY]
MAN:
Come and help me.
ZELMA:
What happened?
That lowlife
must have seen the light.
Are you a whore
to sleep with the light on?
IRISZ:
Who was that man?
This is bad news.
Damn coachman.
You, stay here.
Go back to your rooms.
Come on!
Hurry up!
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MAN:
He came for Leiter.
ZELMA:
It was his idea.
I knew it was
a dreadful mistake.
I told Mr. Brill
it was a terrible idea.
MAN: She'll be gone
by the morning.
ZELMA: The girls took quite a fright.
There really is no need...
Don't go.
He must still be out there.
You've seen him before?
MAN:
Are you done, boy?
Why do you care?
Who are you?
[HORSE NEIGHS]
[BIRDS FLUTTERING]
[FLIES BUZZING]
[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]
[MAN SIGHS SOFTLY]
Hmm?
You are not cut out
for this city.
That man
was looking for me.
He's a former employee,
obsessed with your family.
He lost his mind long ago.
He is a coachman.
He wasn't always a coachman.
I should've locked him up.
He spoke of a Leiter son.
A son?
Hmm.
The store attracts the crazy
and the envious.
They'd say anything.
Some wish
the store had vanished
in the flames
with your parents.
I liked them.
I've done my best.
I've preserved their name
and their spirit.
[CAR HONKS]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Sir.
First class.
I'll think of you
if a position opens up.
Thank you.
[TRAIN WHISTLE SOUNDING]
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[DRUMS PLAYING]
Miss!
WOMAN: Many influential
ladies would help...
Who are you looking for?
Maybe you remember me?
Madam.
I told this young lady...
Leiter.
Irisz.
You placed me
in Trieste yourself.
Sorry.
We shelter hundreds of girls.
Leiter? As in
the burnt down Leiter house?
- Poor child.
- Please, I need my file.
You seem to be doing well.
Where are your archives?
We don't keep the files
that long.
WOMAN:
Dear child...
what's so important
about this?
I believe I have
a brother.
If that were true,
wouldn't you know?
I was 2
when my parents died.
I'm sorry,
we can't help you.
This way, please.
[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]
WOMAN:
Irisz.
Irisz.
You really didn't know?
That Klmn Leiter
is your brother?
Is that his name?
How do you know?
- From the papers.
- What?
And the rumors.
About what?
The slaughtered count.
Rdey.
When I first heard
about your brother,
I was glad I sent you away.
[PEOPLE LAUGHING INDISTINCTLY]
No one ever told me
about him.
I have people waiting for me.
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[DOOR CLOSES]
[OPERA PLAYING ON PHONOGRAPH]
[WOMAN WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
Can I help you?
Where is everyone?
[CHUCKLES]
I don't want to ruin it.
This world is
certainly new to you.
Someone's here.
Where can I find
Mr. Brill?
[WOMAN SHIVERING]
Do you work here?
What's wrong with her?
[RECORD SKIPPING]
They all went
to the city park.
MAN: Why don't we have
our own jubilee here?
[OPERA RESUMES]
And you,
are you feeling well?
I'm all right.
Stay, please.
I have to go.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON PHONOGRAPH]
MAN: We are proud and thrilled
to be able to celebrate with you
the glorious anniversary of
the empire's best fashion store.
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
How extraordinary it is
that both Paris and London
are watching us.
Ladies and gentlemen!
This week,
let us celebrate together
the 30 years
of our glorious hat store.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
[CAR HORN HONKS]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
This is no time
for a scandal.
I want to talk to him.
Are these Viennese feathers?
[IN GERMAN] It's always a
pleasure to come to Budapest.
- I know about my brother.
- Not now.
MAN: We have a
surprise for you today.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Please, Irisz, leave.
Mademoiselle.
Ladies and gentlemen!
Please welcome Irisz Leiter,
daughter of the founders,
Rza and Leopold.
Oh, oh!
She has come a long way
to join us today.
Is she the surprise?
BRILL:
All right, release it!
[CROWD APPLAUDS]
[IN GERMAN] How
unexpected, Brill.
You're as stubborn as he was.
You lied to me.
My brother...
He worked for you too,
didn't he?
He was so promising.
See that woman over there?
Countess Rdey.
Still mourning
after five years.
What happened?
MAN:
Mr. Brill.
I don't want to hear
about that maniac anymore.
MAN: No one can tell what
awaits us in Mr. Brill's store.
Countess.
MAN: We shall reveal all
our treasures this week.
Leave me.
MAN: And on Saturday,
celebrate with us at the store.
Find out what awaits us
on the last day of the week!
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And on Saturday, come to
the closing party at the store.
BRILL: It took me years to
ensure that the name Leiter
no longer called to mind
a killer.
No one knows
where he's hiding.
Pray it stays that way.
Get out.
- You're the sister...
- ZELMA: Andor!
[MAN WHISTLES]
MAN: Put the others
on the table too.
BRILL:
Show me.
They're
all over town.
Zelma,
please deal with this man
like we have with the others.
Go and help them.
Please.
It seems we need
more hands this week.
This doesn't mean
you're hired.
[WOMEN WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
Where's your suitcase?
I lost it.
Welcome to paradise.
WOMAN: Everyone keeps talking
about the closing party...
Who was the Viennese man?
Wait.
Was this his room?
You knew him?
[WOMEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
WOMAN 1:
Lili!
Lili.
WOMAN 2: I thought the
balloon would crash.
WOMAN 3:
Such a show! What for?
Did Brill tell anyone?
We'll see on the last day...
Where are you going?
WOMAN 4: "His flesh was so cut
up the autopsy took eight hours.
The killer took his time
to torture his victim..."
- WOMAN 5: What about the wife?
- She was forced to watch.
And then?
WOMAN 6:
These girls have been chosen
to serve the greatest ladies
of the empire.
You too may make it to Vienna.
I wouldn't like to.
Where are you going?
WOMAN 7:
Let's go.
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
[BAND PLAYING
TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[BAND PLAYING]
You're a pretty
little flower...
Do you know that?
[HUMMING]
Let me go.
Did you say my name?
How thoughtful of Mr. Brill
to throw this popular feast.
You look just like
your mother.
I saw her face
on the posters for the jubilee.
Who are you?
My name is Sndor Jakab.
Are you alone here?
I'm with the girls
from the hat store.
Do you work there?
Leave this place.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
I knew your brother.
Blood will flow here
this week.
[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT SONG]
MAN: Drink with me!
Why aren't you drinking?
IRISZ:
Andor.
Andor.
Are there pictures
of my brother anywhere?
Why do you care?
He's a savage.
Let me sleep.
I want to know
what he looks like.
Brill threw them away.
You knew him.
Speak.
He got me
out of the gutter.
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[WORKERS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[SEWING MACHINE CLACKING]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Zelma, come,
let me introduce you.
ZELMA [IN GERMAN]:
Hello. Welcome!
[MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
How was
your journey?
REDEY:
I said black!
How dare you talk to me
like that?
Where were you brought up?
A crazy one.
She came on foot.
Get Miss Zelma.
- The Countess from the park?
- I have no idea what she wants.
Go and deal with her.
A countess?
She looks like a servant.
Was it her husband
who was cut to pieces?
REDEY:
It's hideous. Don't touch me!
Get it out of my sight!
Leave me.
- Here.
- No.
Countess Rdey?
WOMAN:
Please, take a seat.
Show me those fans again.
This store
hasn't changed a bit...
Can I help Her Ladyship?
Wrap this one for me,
please.
Countess?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[SHOP BELL RINGS]
I'll check whether Her Ladyship
is satisfied.
You came here a long time ago,
Your Ladyship.
It was before your time,
miss.
Send the bill
to this address.
[SHOP BELL RINGS]
Please.
[SHOP BELL RINGS]
The show is over.
Come here, all of you.
We are expecting a member
of the royal family this week.
Come.
These gentlemen wish to meet you
to prepare for the visit.
Come.
You too. Come.
Mr. Brill
will arrive any minute.
[VIOLIN PLAYING]
- Wait for me here.
- MAN: All right, miss.
[DOOR OPENS]
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REDEY:
Give me more!
[GLASS SHATTERS]
You did it on purpose!
Get out of my sight!
Countess.
Did you know
my brother?
It's starting all over again.
What is?
What's starting again?
[CAR ENGINE IDLING]
You can't stay here.
Tell me.
Hurry.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- [WOMEN PANTING]
[DOOR OPENING]
Stay in here.
[CLOCK TICKING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
OTTO:
Time suits you well.
REDEY:
Von Koenig.
I thought you never left
Vienna anymore.
OTTO: You were at the
hat store this morning.
So?
Well...
I'll have to stay here...
the whole jubilee week.
You're just afraid Leiter
will come out of his lair.
OTTO [SCOFFS]:
That monster?
[GASPS]
Have you no respect
for your late husband?
REDEY:
Respect?
[BREATHING
HEAVILY]
I'm not as tough
as your husband was.
REDEY:
You are.
You're of the same breed.
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[WINCING]
[OTTO SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
[REDEY GRUNTING]
[OTTO MOANING]
[BOTH MOANING]
[BELL TOLLING]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Miss, we're here.
It will be two crowns.
Mr. Brill...
Look around you.
We should begin.
The guests are impatient.
They want to know
when it begins.
I'll come back.
[PHONE RINGING]
[WATER POURING]
You can't leave
without my permission.
BRILL:
Excuse me.
Entertain them.
Do you feel better?
MAN:
Ladies and gentlemen.
[GLASS CLINKS]
Only one client has
ever set foot in this room.
It has been sealed since.
That client was
Empress Sisi herself!
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Legend has it
she dropped a hairpin,
lost within these walls
ever since.
It's like opening a tomb.
WOMAN: Will it only be
open for your best guests?
MAN:
It will be open for you.
WOMAN:
Time has spared it.
[WHISPERS]
I saw the countess.
I think my brother
wanted to save her.
MAN: I would like you to
tell us what inspired you.
You may not want to work,
but someone has to do it.
Irisz. Come.
[PEOPLE WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Listen to me.
Irisz,
I'd like to trust you
with this room.
ZELMA: Meanwhile,
have some champagne.
Make it fit
to welcome a queen.
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[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Excuse me.
No riding, little lady.
I won't let my horse die.
I'm looking for a coachman
named Gspr.
What?
He's with his master.
Where?
[CHUCKLES]
Where is he?
I wouldn't go there
if I were you.
[BOYS GRUNTING]
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MAN:
Last station!
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[CHILD SINGING]
[PEOPLE WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[SOBBING]
Did you know him?
Gspr.
Come.
Where is he?
Come, I said.
He'd be nothing without me.
He gave me something.
At the store.
He didn't want
to stay there.
Where did I put it?
- Who the hell are you?
- MAN: Gspr!
Gspr,
get back to work!
Get done with
those carriages.
Get lost.
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[WOMEN CRYING]
MAN 1: Tell Leiter I can't
do without this many men.
Get Dong, Kapzsi
and the Kirly brothers.
MAN 2:
And the mutes. All of them.
- MAN 1: Who are we after?
- MAN 2: None of your business.
That man from Vienna,
just arrived in town.
- MAN 2: Let's go.
- MAN 1: Leiter wants him.
Move!
Faster!
Wait!
What?
I'm looking for
Leiter.
No women inside.
MAN 1:
Are you deaf? It's men only.
MAN 2:
Are you the new entertainment?
[MEN WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[PANTING]
[WHIMPERING]
[FABRIC RIPPING]
[JAKAB WHISTLING]
[MEN CHUCKLING]
[PANTING]
I told you to leave.
Who is it?
Go with her.
[SNAPS FINGERS]
Klmn.
Don't.
Never come back.
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[MEN SHOUTING]
I'm sure he cared once.
About what?
IRISZ:
The Countess...
[BELL RINGS]
Why is he
sending me back?
How should I know?
[MAN YELLING IN DISTANCE]
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Stop the tram.
[BELL RINGS]
- [MEN SHOUTING]
- [HOOVES POUNDING]
[MAN GRUNTING]
Stop!
I know where they're going.
GASPAR:
What's this? Where are they?
Miss?
I was summoned urgently
for the Countess's dress.
Gspr.
Stay here,
I'll find him.
[ENGINE PUTTERING]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[WOMEN LAUGH]
Miss? May I help you?
MAN:
She's from my entourage.
Your Excellency.
Where is he?
You've awakened us.
Enjoy the show.
[STRING QUARTE PLAYING CHAMBER MUSIC]
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
ZELMA:
My dear friends.
Tonight, you'll hear
an exceptional musician.
[IN GERMAN] Please
welcome our young prodigy.
[CROWD CHEERING
AND APPLAUDING]
[QUARTET PLAYING]
[VIOLIN PLAYING]
OTTO:
Come on. It's time.
- Leiter!
- Von Koenig!
- Ah!
- [GUN FIRING]
[PANTING]
[GASPING]
Stay here,
I'll come back.
[PEOPLE CLAMORING]
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[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
- Come here! You'll stay here!
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
MAN:
Don't you understand?
Move over there!
The jewels!
Hand everything over!
The rings too!
MAN:
You!
[WOMAN SOBBING]
Where's Von Koenig?
IRISZ:
Klmn!
MAN: We're not picky.
Put everything on the tray!
Let him go!
Come on.
[GUNSHOTS]
MAN:
Von Koenig escaped.
We said Von Koenig,
and him only!
What did you tell him?
[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]
Give me that too!
Move up!
Bring the jewels!
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[WATER SLOSHES]
[WATER POURING]
You wash now.
Let me go.
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
[INHALES AND EXHALES
HEAVILY]
JAKAB:
You're afraid of blood.
You think what
you just saw is evil.
But evil hides in men,
it corrupts them.
It feeds on men
like Brill,
who sacrifices his girls.
The milliners?
[SIGHS]
He makes them think
they have been chosen.
I knew one of them.
Who?
It doesn't matter.
Of the hat store,
only our name remains.
What was the girl's name?
Fanni.
Fanni.
What happened to her?
I'll destroy
the hat store.
With you.
You're a stranger to me.
You're staying
with me.
[GASPS]
[STEAM HISSES]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[PANTING]
- JAKAB: Irisz!
- [GASPS]
No.
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
- [IRISZ PANTING]
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Is he up?
Wait.
Take me
to the police.
You were there last night.
He's dead.
Who?
I knocked him out.
He drowned in the Danube.
I should have
listened to you.
They say there were
dozens of men.
This gentleman
works for me.
What were they after?
Your friend
from the park.
Von Koenig.
Were you seen
at the villa?
With them?
They'll come here.
- They'll kill each other first.
- Go and find out.
[MEN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
You weren't there...
You're afraid of him.
If he's dead,
there's nothing to fear.
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[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
ZELMA:
Hurry.
- WOMAN: What do I do with these?
- Get rid of them.
Mr. Brill should have
sent you away.
Didn't you know?
Your brother
tried to kill him.
Finish getting ready
and come down.
And keep your mouth shut.
[METAL CLANGS]
Your attention, please.
We supervise openings
and closings.
Comings and goings.
No undeclared guests.
No midnight adventures.
The gentlemen will not
interfere with your work.
All this for
the special guests?
MAN: You will not
interfere with theirs.
WOMAN: They're preparing
something outside...
Nobody will ruin
this week.
And now,
get to work.
I want to
be proud of you.
Irisz.
Mr. Brill
gave you a task.
BRILL: If you need anything,
tell Miss Zelma, she will let me know.
Where were you last night?
We had to finish
Sisi's tomb for you.
ZELMA:
Szerna.
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MAN:
This is infinitely beautiful.
I see that Mr. Brill selects
his milliners with great care.
ZELMA:
Irisz, they're coming.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
- IRISZ: Where is he?
- Who?
[WOOD CLATTERING]
Make way!
Stand aside!
Look out, Miss.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
MAN:
Your Highness, welcome.
Come.
I told you
to stay inside.
WOMAN:
Come, girls. Finish that now.
I forgot.
I have to take it in.
[IN GERMAN]
Our new collection.
[IN GERMAN]
How eccentric...
[IN GERMAN]
Quite remarkable.
Perhaps for the next derby.
This one
is ravishing.
[IN GERMAN] Why buy a
hat here when you can...?
[WHISPERS
INDISTINCTLY]
[LAUGHS]
Miss Leiter will take
your measurements.
Has the hairpin been found?
I looked for it.
In vain.
- [EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE]
- [PEOPLE YELLING]
What was that?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
It went off just like that.
The Viennese gentlemen
will have some fun.
Shut up, idiot.
[IN GERMAN]
You see, my dear?
We were right to come
to this dusty city.
PRINCESS:
You know how to spice things up.
Such a pity we'll miss
the closing party.
MAN [IN GERMAN]:
It will be magnificent.
She ordered
one of each new model.
WOMAN:
Why were there fireworks here?
It blew up.
[IN HUNGARIAN]
Start making the hats.
ZELMA:
I'd give the girls an hour.
BRILL:
If you must.
[ACCORDION PLAYING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
Lili, come.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
WOMAN:
Irisz.
MAN: I told you,
it's not for ladies.
WOMAN:
Who then?
[IN GERMAN] Are you from Vienna?
[IN GERMAN]
If you'd like me to be.
You think the Princess will take
you with her to the Kaiser?
Give it a try.
Don't you want
to see that with me?
BOY: A cursed family struck
by tragedy once again!
WOMAN:
Give me one.
Have you heard?
We're in the paper.
"Jubilee closing night.
The whole city is invited."
Look at this:
"Massacre at the Rdey villa.
"A bloodcurdling robbery
took place yesterday
"when the Countess's villa
came under attack
It was the first time her
protg appeared in public..."
"...has suffered
serious wounds
and is treated
in the hospital..."
[]
MAN: She can hear your darkest secrets.
Seekers of truth...
I'll go with you.
MAN: ...listen to
the Faceless Woman!
WOMAN: "Here is Belladonna,
the Lady of the Rocks,
The lady of situations.
WOMAN:
Irisz!
Here is the man
with three staves,
and here the Wheel,
And here is
the one-eyed merchant,
and this card,
which is covered,
is something
he carries on his back,
which I am forbidden
to see..."
Where is the Hanged Man?
MAN 1: Come on, gents, it's over.
Clear the tent, please.
MAN 2: The Leiter
milliners, follow us!
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Have you seen this man?
Where were you?
Stay with us.
WOMAN:
What are these posters?
TAILOR: We cut the
sleeves below the elbow
and take in the waist.
Yes, like that.
IRISZ:
What are you preparing for?
This is
no everyday occasion.
- Where's mine?
- TAILOR: Patience, miss.
Is it this one?
[GASPS]
Dance like that.
At least they'll notice you.
ZELMA:
Behave yourselves!
IRISZ:
What dance?
Don't undress here.
What about her?
Irisz.
What's wrong
with the girls?
Nothing,
they're excited.
Your turn, Miss Zelma.
The best one is for you.
I don't have to go.
You deserve
this chance.
Is the young lady
going too?
She isn't.
This...
This belonged
to your mother.
It was found
after the fire.
Why do the girls
have new dresses?
Because one of them
will be chosen.
What do you mean?
[TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER]
[WOMEN CHATTERING
AND LAUGHING]
Is one of them
going to Vienna?
Not just to Vienna.
To the royal court.
Has this happened
before?
Several times.
Even in your mother's days.
WOMAN: Who'd refuse
to work in a palace?
Who was the last to go?
I don't remember.
Was her name Fanni?
Belted at the waist.
What was her name again?
Are we done?
I think
it was that one.
In the red dress.
IRISZ:
What happened to her?
Try asking Brill.
I saw my brother.
He warned me
about this place.
What did he say?
I don't know
if he's right.
What happened to Fanni?
Is she dead?
I don't know.
Who does?
Can you make him come back?
VINCZE:
Miss!
Miss!
You're not supposed
to go out.
What's your name?
Rbert Vincze.
You'll keep me safe.
[HAMMERING]
[WOMAN SINGING]
Excuse me?
We're closed, miss.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Who's singing?
You shouldn't be here.
I'm Klmn Leiter's sister.
Don't say that name here.
[CLICKING, SINGING STOPS]
[]
[DOOR OPENS]
WOMAN:
Miss.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[CLANGING]
MAN:
Go away! Move!
Go back to the workshop, miss.
LILI:
Where were you?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
LILI:
We'll never be ready.
Come and help us.
[WOMEN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
WOMAN 1: I'm not sure
I can finish it today.
WOMAN 2:
It has to be finished today.
ZELMA: Hurry up!
Stop dreaming of Vienna.
WOMAN: Our milliners
work for Her Highness
day and night.
Did you find the girl?
So?
I don't know.
And him?
Is he coming back?
NEWSBOY: The new
Budapest Gazette is out!
Get the new Budapest Gazette!
Get the Budapest Gazette!
The new Budapest Gazette
is out!
There's no one there.
It's closed.
What is this place?
Only men are allowed in.
Who are we looking for?
[]
[WATER SPLASHING]
VINCZE: He drowned.
You said so yourself.
Enough of this.
[]
[MAN SINGING OPERA
INDISTINCTLY]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[PIANO PLAYING]
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
MAN:
Get in.
What do you want?
Just to see these hats.
The horror
of the world hides
behind these infinitely
pretty things.
Did my brother send you?
Stop hiding behind him.
It's only you now.
I thought
you'd have joined us,
but you've only been
snooping around.
It will be
a magnificent party.
[PIANO PLAYING]
ZELMA:
Have some coffee.
BRILL:
Don't spill it on the dresses.
Dinner is over.
ZELMA:
I never even touched that hat!
BRILL:
Irisz.
Come.
You have nothing to fear
anymore.
That gang is gone.
WOMAN: Since when do
milliners have to dance?
I couldn't believe it
even after he stabbed me.
The doctor said it struck
an inch away from the heart.
I know what your brother
was capable of.
WOMAN:
You idiot!
- That's why I said no!
- The devil got into her.
Have you learned
the steps?
[WHISPERS] Tomorrow I
will not be this lenient.
WOMAN: You think they will choose
a crazy country girl like you?
It wasn't her fault.
She worked with me all along.
ZELMA:
Why didn't you say so?
WOMAN: She has to learn
to defend herself.
You know what happens
to the chosen girl?
BRILL:
Lili.
You're beautiful.
[WOMEN WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]
You're all stunning.
As I look at you,
I feel blessed.
We're done.
ZELMA:
Let's go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Thank you again
for your help.
You're scared.
I'm not.
Why don't you stay here
tonight?
[WHISPERS
INDISTINCTLY]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
MAN:
A sight for sore eyes...
WOMAN:
Miss, I'll make your bed.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: It's a great year, Brill.
You can be proud.
I leave for Vienna tomorrow.
IRISZ [IN GERMAN]:
I'm late.
[IN GERMAN] You're
not properly dressed.
May we dance?
Gentlemen usually make
this offer.
[IN GERMAN]
Your Excellency,
you can see
that she's not invited.
Concentrate
on your dance.
What do you want?
To be chosen.
But you belong here,
Miss Leiter.
[IN GERMAN] Why are you
so keen to go to Vienna?
Mr. Brill needs you.
I want to go back
to my room.
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
[]
BRILL:
Are you ready to leave?
Where's your hat?
What's wrong?
ZELMA [IN HUNGARIAN]:
I couldn't sleep.
BRILL:
Think of Vienna.
ZELMA:
I would rather stay.
BRILL:
Zelma...
Pull yourself together.
WOMAN:
Are they taking her now?
The Princess may want to try
on her hats first.
Let me look at you.
That bun is a bit loose.
Is it here yet?
Yes.
Everything is ready.
MAN:
The hats are packed up.
BRILL: What can I do
if they chose the best?
ZELMA: I'm not sure
I'll like it there.
I only wish
I could be here tonight.
WOMAN: I don't know whether
they'll leave the earrings,
but they're pearl too.
Real pearl.
They really are
beautiful.
Make sure the girls are ready
for the party.
This has to be splendid,
maestro.
Make it quick,
please.
Zelma
is expected.
A smile,
please.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
- BOY: It's your turn.
[IN HUNGARIAN]
We can go.
And Mr. Brill?
He'll come
with his coach.
- Mm.
- Hurry.
Give me that.
ANDOR:
Don't go there.
NEWSBOY: Tonight closing
celebration at the Leiter store!
[]
[IN GERMAN]
Your hat, please.
Your shoes.
[IN GERMAN]
I don't understand.
Those are the rules, miss.
[IN GERMAN]
The new hats?
[WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Is the princess back
from her errands?
Not yet,
Your Highness.
I'd like to see
the hats.
Are you impatient
to serve Her Highness?
IRISZ:
Yes, Your Highness.
Then come join us.
Come, mademoiselle.
[]
May I?
Lovely.
Let's see another.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
PRINCE:
You look a bit weary.
Why don't you sit down?
Thank you.
I'm all right.
MAN 1: This young lady
appears dehydrated.
MAN 2:
Indeed.
She's rather pale.
MAN 3:
She may faint.
It's ready,
Your Highness.
Don't be afraid.
It's only water.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[WHIMPERS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[IN HUNGARIAN]
You fooled me.
Don't you care
if she lives or dies?
What do you think
they're doing to Zelma?
They did the same to Fanni.
You sold them
to those people.
You went to see Fanni.
Fanni was an accident.
It was meant to be the chance
of her life.
You forced Zelma to go.
What did you see in there?
Nothing!
Because there was
nothing to see!
You knew the stakes
and still...
You took
your brother's path.
Tomorrow, you're gone.
You think something is wrong
with me.
Some people are
too difficult to understand.
NURSE:
I'm ready. Are we done?
I've tried.
To understand
yourself?
My brother.
He projected his own darkness
on the world.
Help me see clearly.
Let's go.
He was dragged down by
the abyss your parents created.
His spirit exhausted
at the peak of his youth.
He saw horror in the world,
but it came from him.
Leave this house.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
ANDOR:
They're coming.
Klmn?
You saw him?
They've gathered.
And nothing will stop them.
You have to tell Brill.
ANDOR:
You don't want that!
Andor!
Open the door!
- [PIANO PLAYING]
- [CROWD CLAPPING]
MAN:
The day has finally come!
Things were hidden,
but now they're revealed!
For 30 years,
Leiter has represented
the peak of civilization.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Tonight, we'll write our name
into the sky.
[BANGING ON DOOR]
[PIANO PLAYING]
[MAN 1 SINGING]
Sir.
You've been to the Sphinx
before, haven't you?
Your hat, please.
No need.
Then, you know the way...
[MAN 1 CONTINUES SINGING]
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
IRISZ:
Leiter?
MAN 2:
He's here.
[DOOR CREAKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
MAN:
Forward!
[]
[HORSE NEIGHING]
COACHMAN:
Whoa.
IRISZ:
Is he alive?
Are you coming or not?
[MAN YELLS]
Hyah!
[]
[GUNSHOTS]
[CROWD SHOUTING]
Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
IRISZ:
Take me to him!
You don't need him!
MAN 1:
Watch out from above!
MAN 2:
Get in the house!
[CHILD CRYING]
[WOMEN SCREAMING]
You're spared.
Save yourself.
- MAN 1: How do we look, sir?
- MAN 2: Do you like us?
[MAN COUGHING]
[]
[GUNSHOT]
[FIREWORKS EXPLODING]
[FLOORBOARD CREAKS]
Klmn?
[]
[CROWD CHEERING]
CROWD [CHANTING]:
Leiter! Leiter!
Leiter! Leiter! Leiter!
[CHANTING CONTINUES]
[]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[RAIN PATTERING]
[ARTILLERY BOOMING]
[]
[RAIN PATTERING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]