to achieve mediocrity.
I can't lose this post.
I simply can't.
Excellency, please.
Let's go to the palace.
And you can talk to the emperor
and tell him that Herr Zummer
is an awful choice.
He could actually do musical harm
to the Princess Elizabeth.
Between you and me,
no one in the world
could do musical harm
to the Princess Elizabeth.
Look...
I must have pupils.
Without pupils, I can't manage.
You don't mean to tell me
that you're living in poverty?
No, but I'm broke.
Well, how is this possible?
You give concerts, don`t you?
I hear they`re quite successful.
They're stupendously successful.
You can't get a seat.
The only trouble is no one will hire me.
They want to hear me play,
but they won't let me teach their daughters,
as if I was some kind of 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 is
going to explode like a bomb shell
all over Europe.
After that 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.
I better not,
it's a bit of a secret.
Come, come, Mozart,
I'm interested.
This is delicious. What is it?
It's cream cheese mixed with
granulated 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...
However, I know a very
distinguished gentleman
I can recommend to you.
And he has a daughter.
Quiet. Quiet.
Herr Mozart.
Welcome. Pay no attention, they're impossible.
Just ignore them.
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, Herr Mozart,
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.
Am I right, Herr Mozart?
Perhaps it would be better
if we were left alone.
I think we're both a little shy.
Play.
- I said play.
- Michael, please.
Perhaps if I would play something first,
it might encourage the Fraulein.
Why don't you let me try the instrument?
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.
Well, next time you wish me
to instruct another one of your dogs,
please let me know.
Goodbye, Fraulein.
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 she feed you, that wife of yours?
Feed? Of course she feeds me.
She stuffs me like a goose all day long.
- Is she not here?
- No, she had to help her mother.
Yes, she's like that.
Her mother's a very sweet woman,
you'Il...
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 wouldn`t hear it,
she 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 love me here.
They say you have debts.
Who?
Who says that?
That's