whether she would return or not.
l prayed as l had
never prayed before.
Dear God. . .
. . . enter me now.
Fill me with one piece of true music.
One piece with your breathing it,
so l know that you love me.
Show me one sign of your favor,
and l will show mine to Mozart.
l will get him the royal position.
Enter me.
Please.
Please!
Yes?
That Lady is back, sir.
Show her in.
Well?
I' m here.
My husband has gone to a concert.
He didn't think I would enjoy it.
Well, where shall we go?
Should we stay here?
Well . . . .
Do you still want to Look at these?
Or don't we need to bother anymore?
Suppose we don't, really.
Show this woman out.
Stanzi .
Stanzi .
What is it?
What's the matter? Tell me.
Tell me.
I I’ve you.
I I’ve you.
From now on, we are enemies.
You and l.
Because you choose
for your instrument. . .
. . .a boastful, lustful,
smutty, infantile boy. . .
. . .and give me for reward only the
ability to recognize the incarnation.
Because you are unjust. . .
. . . unfair. . .
. . . unkind. . .
. . .l will block you.
l swear it.
l will hinder and harm
your creature on earth. . .
. . .as far as l am able.
I don't like to talk
against a fellow musician.
Of course not.
I have to tell you.
Mozart is not entirely to be trusted
alone with young ladies.
Really?
One of my own pupils,
a very young singer. . .
. . . Maria Theresa Paradis. . .
. . .told me she was. . . .
Well . . . .
Well, what?
Molested, Majesty.
Twice, in the course of
the same lesson.
There is a Herr Mozart
waiting for you in the salon.
-Whom did they choose?
-Herr Zummer.
Herr Zummer?
But the man's a fool !
He'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