Go hide yourself, son. We will
meet them ourselves.
I'll call you when the time
comes.
- I don't believe it! A king!
- Wait till you see him!
He's a boor and a churl!
He'll make a nuisance of himself
and order us about.
Good day.
My friends, I am a King.
Good day, Your Majesty.
For some reason I found your
house extremely attractive.
So allow me to visit with you
for a couple of days.
I must warn you, we're a
troublesome bunch.
I am an impossible person.
A tyrant, a despot. Insidious
and unforgiving.
Someone - come here!
You, for instance!
Say hello to them.
See, what I'm doing?
And the interesting thing is,
it's not my fault.
That's the truth.
Now beat it!
I'm not to blame!
It's the ancestry.
Great grandfathers, grand-uncles
and all sorts of aunts,
all my ancestors always behaved
like complete pigs.
And now I have to pay for their
past.
What can I say? Parasites!
Pardon my language.
Parasites! That's the word.
By my nature I am kind and
gentle.
I'm into poetry, prose, music,
art, dishing.
I like cats.
But occasionally I can pull
something weird.
- Like this, for instance.
- Joker!
You're a funny man yourself.
Mistress, give us three
goblets.
It is the King's vintage wine
that's 300 years old.
Let's drink to our acquaintance!
Here's to us!
Bottoms up!
- Don't drink.
- Why?
- You don't respect your guest?
- Quiet, you're not at home.
Don't order me about!
I blink my eye, and the
ministers will act,
and express their condolences,
and that'll be it!
Don't! The wine is poisoned.
- Well listen to the scoundrel!
- Then you drink first.
All right, the wine is poisoned.
Why through it away? Pour it
back into the bottle.
This is high quality poison.
Hard to get.
Can always come in handy.
- Shame on you, Your Majesty!
- I'm not to blame!
- Who is?
- My uncle.
He would often talk too much,
slander himself, and with
his delicate and vulnerable
soul, you know, to spare himself
the agony of remorse, he would
afterwards poison his vis-a-vis.
- Bastard.
- Animal!
- You ought to be ashamed.
- Oh, don't start.
Now you're gonna say, I must be
responsible for my own actions.
And not put the blame on
friends, neighbors or relatives.
I'm only human! It's more
than I can do!
I am a King. Just your
ordinary King.
There are thousands like me.
We understand one another.
Why pretend?!
And don't frown!
We're alive and kicking!
We're staying here!
Courtiers! Make yourselves
comfortable! Put the music on!
If I may ask, King, is the
Princess also...
Of course not! She's not like
that. She's kind and sweet.
Living with me is hard on her.
Her mother died when she was
only 7 minutes old.
- So don't you be rude to her.
- Your Majesty!
I stop being a King when I
think of her or see her.
Dear friends!
I'm so happy that I love...
my child so much!
How funny and crazy,
Absurd and untimely...
And how wonderful!
Without any reason or
Meaning
At all!
There comes a day,
There strikes an hour,
There comes a moment,
There comes the right time,
And the connection breaks.
Granite boils,
Ice catches fire,
Light down
Knocks you off your feet.
What madness?!
Weeds blossom,
The old owl sings like a
nightingale,
And even the thinnest of
threads
Can not be cut in half
By a steel blade,
By a steel blade!
How funny and crazy,
Absurd and untimely
And how wonderful!
Without any reason or
Meaning
At all!
There comes a time,
And it brings
Shivers and fear,
And a secret fever,
Power and delight,
Pain and laughter,
Light and shadow,
All thrown into one dire,
Into one burning flame.
What madness?!
And out of this mirage,
Out of nothing,
Out of my own wild fantasies
Appears someone's face,
And it acquires shape and
Color,
Flesh and passion,
Flesh and passion!
How funny and crazy,
Absurd and untimely,
And how wonderful!
Without any reason or
Meaning
At all!
She is extraordinary!
Not at all like a King's
daughter.