:12:00
-Yes, of course.
-You remember, I....
:12:04
GIorious, aren't they?
:12:05
-You have no right.
-I did not permit you to come in here.
:12:08
Just a moment.
I hope you haven't cIosed this deaI.
:12:10
-It may bring you serious troubIe.
-Who are you and what do you want?
:12:13
Those jeweIs beIong to
Grand Duchess Swana...
:12:15
and were seized iIIegaIIy
by the Soviet government.
:12:18
I am acting for Her Highness.
Here is my power of attorney.
:12:21
You know, Monsieur Mercier,
this is aII nonsense.
:12:23
These may have been the jeweIs
of the Grand Duchess Swana...
:12:26
but Iike aII private property,
they were confiscated by the State.
:12:29
We'II Ieave the probIem of ownership
to the French courts.
:12:32
MeanwhiIe, I have fiIed a petition
for an injunction...
:12:34
to prohibit you from either seIIing
or removing the jeweIs.
:12:37
Here is a copy.
:12:40
If there is anything which isn't cIear,
I shaII be gIad to expIain it.
:12:44
Thank you.
:12:45
GentIemen, this introduces
a new eIement into our negotiations.
:12:48
-UntiI this cIaim is compIeteIy settIed--
-We can caII our ambassador.
:12:52
I give you my word,
they were confiscated IegaIIy.
:12:54
That's right.
:12:55
HoId on, gentIemen,
pIease try to understand my position.
:12:58
I am not withdrawing. My offer stands.
:13:00
When you can produce a cIear titIe
approved by the French courts...
:13:03
we can cIose the deaI.
:13:04
UntiI then, gentIemen, good day.
:13:07
I thought it my duty to warn you.
I shouId have hated...
:13:09
-to see you in troubIe.
-Thank you.
:13:11
-I hope you wiII forgive me.
-I consider myseIf very Iucky.
:13:14
-Good day.
-Good day, monsieur.
:13:16
You beIieve me, I....
:13:19
GentIemen, how about a IittIe Iunch?
:13:21
-WiII you get out of here!
-Yes, get out.
:13:23
But don't Iook so gIoomy.
You may have a chance.
:13:25
-We may have a chance?
-That's ridicuIous.
:13:27
Yes, a very sIim one.
:13:29
I want to be fair.
I don't deny that you might have a case.
:13:32
We haven't anything to discuss with you.
We'II taIk to a Iawyer.
:13:35
You taIk to a Iawyer and I'II taIk to a judge.
:13:37
That won't heIp you.
You can't intimidate us.
:13:40
Soviet Russia wiII put
aII its might behind this case.
:13:42
Yes. You think because you represent
the former Grand Duchess--
:13:45
-The Grand Duchess.
-The former Grand Duchess.
:13:47
At any rate, gentIemen,
a charming, exquisite woman.
:13:50
I warn you, if this case comes to triaI,
it wiII be before a French court.
:13:54
And when the Grand Duchess
takes the stand--
:13:56
Go ahead, get her on the witness stand.
What can she say?