:11:03
In the background? A man like Röhm?
:11:05
That wouldn't be enough,
and too much of a risk.
:11:09
Certain things are not done halfway.
:11:14
Konstantin is your risk as much as ours.
:11:17
- For you, it would be easy.
- No, cousin Sophie, that is not so.
:11:22
It's nice of you to try to save...
:11:25
Frederick from such a distasteful task...
:11:30
but the terms are very clear.
:11:31
We also share the disadvantages
of our alliance.
:11:35
Frederick will do what must be done.
:11:38
But I would like you to help me never
to expose him to this sort of thing again.
:11:42
What do you mean?
:11:45
I would like you to help to transform
the Essenbeck Corporation...
:11:48
from a family enterprise
to a company with a sole owner.
:11:52
And since Frederick's name
is not Essenbeck...
:11:54
- It's impossible.
- Nothing is impossible in this country.
:11:58
A decree is sufficient.
:12:00
And Frederick will be able to obtain
the name and the title of Essenbeck.
:12:05
Don't you think you are demanding
too much?
:12:07
You are also demanding.
:12:11
You know the hostility that still interferes
with our marriage.
:12:17
Yours is a beautiful love story.
:12:26
An exemplary story.
:12:28
But I don't see how it is directly connected
with the life of the Third Reich.
:12:33
It's not just a love story.
:12:36
To wage war, they want cannons.
:12:40
They won't have enough
without the Essenbeck Steelworks.
:12:43
Watch out, cousin Aschenbach.
:12:45
In this negotiation, I don't have
less of an argument than you have.
:12:48
What made you suddenly
become such a miser with concessions?
:12:52
That's not difficult to answer.
:12:56
In every question of power...
:12:59
always an alternative is necessary,
even hypothetical.