year of 1779, May the 32nd.
How is it possible?
Baron, you are mistaken, this date
does not exist. - It does!
- Well, if yesterday it was the 31st of May
then what date is it today? - The 32nd.
I discovered this date. It is my
present to the town of my birth.
- I'll explain everything to you!
- Gentlemen, gentlemen!
I'll explain everything to you!
It can't be, it can't be!
Bravo.
- The 30 what?
- The thirty second, your highness.
Where is he proposing to insert it?
Right here.
- the 29th, the 30th, the 31st...
- the 32nd.
But there is no space here.
That is why the jury considered
themselves deeply offended!
We ask you to revoke the
divorce decision.
The 29th, the 30th, the 31st...
And so on.
I begged you! Why couldn't you
wait till tomorrow?
Oh but why, why? I begged you so!
Because I could not.
Because it is today!
- Because it is already today! I have
discovered a new date. - Ah, yes, yes.
- I'll explain everything to you. - Don't
bother, don't! I am an old, sick man.
I have a weak heart, the doctors
told me not to get excited.
- In the first place you are
a clever man. - I am foolish.
- Clever.
- Foolish.
- Please. You must understand. - No, I am
foolish! I don't want to understand anything.
- How many days are there in a year?
- I don't know!
- 365.
- I am not sure!
Right. A usual year lasts
365 days and 6 hours.
These 6 hours are summed up
and make a new day.
So that every 4th year is
a leap year.
But I got curious if there were exactly
365 days and 6 hours in a year.
As t turned out it was not so!
The usual year lasts for 365 days,
6 hours and 3 seconds! 3!
Every astronomer can tell you that.
It is enough to go up to the stars
with a chronometer
to watch the movement of the Earth.
I did it more than once.
Martha can tell you.
3 unregistered seconds!
For some reason 3 seconds are
not taken into account. Why?
My darling, we have extra seconds at our
disposal, but nobody pays attention to them.
Years pass and these seconds make up
minutes, in several hundreds
of years they make up hours.
So now, my dear friends since
the time our town was founded
we now have an extra day
the 32nd of May!
- Is that all?
- It is!
Well. And you couldn't think of a better
time to announce your discovery?
The court has got nothing to do with it.
It was important for me to let
people know and that's what I did.
Did you expect them to believe you?
One cannot ignore facts.
We are not idiots after all
to refuse to accept
an extra day in a year.
Thomas! Thomas!
Thomas! Are you happy that we
now have the 32nd of May?
Not quite, Baron.
On the 1st of June I get my wages.
You didn't understand.
Are you happy to have a new day?
That depends on what day
of the week it is.
If it is Sunday, it is a pity.
And if it is Monday, then what
do we need two Mondays for?
Get out!
And you, Martha?
You do understand that I am right,
don't you?
Sorry Karl. I am all mixed up.
Probably you are right.
I am no good at calculations.
But we won't be wed now.
That's what I do understand.
I am leaving. Don't be mad
at me, darling.
I am tired.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you. Don't, please.
I know, darling.
But even for my sake you
won't make any concessions.
Do you remember, when we met
Shakespeare, he said:
"All people in love swear
to do more than they can,
but don't do even what is possible".
Well... He said it in a bad mood
He didn't mean it.
- Who? Shakespeare?
Then he added: "Difficulties only
make love stronger".
We have more than enough
of difficulties.
I can't cope with them.
Oh God, why didn't you
get married to Joan of Arc?
She agreed.
I knew I would meet Martha.
But I am only a woman.
Don't ask of me more
than I can do.
I am not fit for the 32nd of May.
I say, dear Baron, you can't stretch
a woman's patience in this way.
Can't you agree - for her sake,
for the sake of your family -
that today is exactly the same date