:26:01
Tough times, tough business.
:26:04
Mars has entered the house of death
of too many people.
:26:07
- Who has entered what?
- Mars is in the house of death.
:26:10
As a modern businessman, I work
solely on the basis of astrology.
:26:13
There is no point in insuring people
if you know that they won't live long.
:26:18
Imagine if I had insured
your friend Barter.
:26:20
He looked as chipper
as life itself.
:26:22
He would have just paid
his first premium, and then-- wham!
:26:24
A heart attack!
What an awful loss that would have been.
:26:26
No, no. One must look at the stars
of these insurance candidates.
:26:30
- Very interesting.
- What do you mean?
:26:33
- Did you have Barter's horoscope?
- This is Inspector Kras.
:26:36
Please, allow me:
Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig.
:26:39
" B" stands for "belly."
:26:41
General insurance:
Life, accident, baggage loss...
:26:43
health, fire, hail, theft, burglary.
:26:44
Only lovesickness and a chronic shortage
of cash are excluded.
:26:49
Impressive.
What companies do you work for?
:26:51
Lloyd's of London,
Assurance la Paix Paris...
:26:53
Seguros de Madrid,
Kontor Hamburg National and Overseas.
:26:56
Mistelzweig has
worldwide connections.
:26:58
A lucrative business, isn't it?
:27:01
One doesn't talk about that.
One gets by.
:27:04
Allow me, gentlemen.
Another round.
:27:07
A little schnapps with your beer
can't hurt, Inspector.
:27:09
Besides, it's all tax-deductible.
:27:13
Karl, one more.
:27:15
The hotel engineer is,
of course, included.
:27:16
I'm sorry, Mr. Mistelzweig.
Perhaps later, though.
:27:18
The freezer for the kitchen
downstairs is on the blink.
:27:20
Most likely it's a short. Do you have
the key to the machine room?
:27:24
No, but there must be
a spare downstairs.
:27:26
I can't find it.
Please come with me.
:27:28
Go ahead and pour my drink.
I'll be right back.
:27:34
Do you have an office
here at the hotel?
:27:36
My office? No, no.
:27:38
My office is here--
in my head.
:27:41
I do my business at the Luxor...
:27:43
but I wouldn't take a permanent office
here if they gave it to me for free.
:27:45
What don't you like
about the hotel?
:27:47
Just between you and me:
It's not under a lucky star...
:27:50
like anything the Nazis started
near the end of the war.
:27:53
What does that have to do
with the Luxor?
:27:56
People aren't the only ones influenced
by the constellations upon their birth.