's a total mediocrity.
No, no. He has yet
to achieve mediocrity.
I can't lose this post.
I simply can't.
Excellency, please.
Let's go to the palace.
You can talk to the emperor. . .
. . .and tell him that Herr Zummer
is an awful choice.
He could do musical harm
to the princess.
Between us, no one in the world
could do musical harm to the princess.
Look. . .
. . . I must have pupils.
Without pupils, I can't manage.
You don't mean
you' re living in poverty?
No, but I' m broke.
Well, how is this possible?
I hear your concerts are
quite successful .
They' re stupendously successful .
You can't get a seat.
But no one will hire me.
They want to hear me play. . .
. . . but they won't Let me teach
their daughters, as if I was a fiend .
Seriously. . .
. . .is there any chance
you could manage a loan?
Only for six months.
Eight, at the most.
You expect your fortunes to change
in six or eight months?
As a matter of fact, I do.
I am working on something that will
explode like a bomb all over Europe.
I'll be the richest man in Vienna.
I'll pay you back double. Anything .
You name the terms.
Well, how exciting .
Tell me more.
-It's a bit of a secret.
-Come, come. I' m interested .
This is delicious. What is it?
It's cream cheese mixed with sugar. . .
. . .suffused with rum.
Crema Mascarpone Speciale.
Italian.
Forgive me. We all have
patriotic feelings of some kind .
Two thou--
Two hundred florins.
That's all I need .
A hundred .
Fifty.
What exactly are you working on?
Really, I can't say.
I don't think you should become known
in Vienna as a debtor, Mozart.
However. . .
. . . I know a distinguished
gentleman I can recommend, and . . .
. . . he has a daughter.
Quiet! Quiet!
Herr Mozart.
Welcome. Pay no attention,
they' re impossible.
I treat them just like
my own children.
Which of them do you wish me to teach?
That's funny.
You' re a funny fellow.
This is the instrument.
I hope it's to your satisfaction.
Of course it'll be
to his satisfaction.
Come, we' re going to listen
to some music. Come!
Good boy.
Now.
Please play me something,
just to give me an idea.
Anything will do.
Just go ahead .
Just as if we weren't here.
Part of music, getting used
to an audience. Right, Herr Mozart?
Perhaps it would be better
if we were left alone.
We' re both a little shy.
Play.
-I said play!
-Michael, please.
Perhaps if I play first,
it might encourage the Frдulein.
Why don't you Let me try?
Stop it! Stop!
He always howls when he hears music.
We've got to break him of that habit.
We've got to break them
of their habit!
Play. Please.
Herr Mozart, play. Please, I beg you.
That's it. That's it.
Keep playing !
Keep playing ! That's it!
Mozart, that's wonderful !
Wonderful !
Next time you wish me to instruct
another of your dogs, Let me know.
Goodbye, Frдulein. Goodbye, madam.
Goodbye, sir.
Papa?
Papa!
Why are you here?
Am I not welcome?
Of course, welcome.
Papa, welcome! Welcome!
You' re very thin.
Doesn't your wife feed you?
Of course she feeds me.
She stuffs me like a goose all day!
-Is she not here?
-No, she had to help her mother.
She's like that.
Her mother's a very
sweet woman, you'll--
I didn't know you were home.
Stanzi, this is my father.
We'll wait. We'll wait.
Why don't you get up now, my darling?
She's very tired, poor creature.
You know me. I' m such a pig .
It's not easy cleaning up after me.
Don't you have a maid?
Oh. No. We could if we wanted . . .
. . . but Stanzi insists on doing
everything herself.
How is your. . .
. . .financial situation?
Couldn’t be better.
That's not what I hear.
What do you mean? It's wonderful .
Really, it's marvelous!
People I’ve me here.
They say you have debts.
Who?
Who says that?
That's a malicious lie!
Do you have pupils?
I don't want pupils!
They get in the way.
I have to have time for composition.
Composition doesn't pay.
You know that.
That one will .
What'