WEBVTT NOTE Paragraph 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:19.800 THE FAIRY TALE OF YOUR LIFE 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:22.600 TO THE GEHEIMRAT, Pr CARL DUISBERG 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:26.640 ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:31.120 FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.000 BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS LEVERKUSEN 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:41.320 WITH THE COLLABORATION OF: 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.160 MANUSCRIPT: HANS FREIHERR VON WOLZOGEN 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:51.360 MUSIC: Dr BECCE 00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:54.280 DIRECTED BY JULIUS PINSCHEWER 00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:58.360 PRODUCED BY PINSCHEWER FILM AG - BERLIN 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.560 HEAVEN'S JOURNAL 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.840 JOHANN KARL DUISBERG, RIBBON MAKER IN BARMEN 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.200 WILHEMINE DUISBERG, HIS WIFE, NÉE WESKOTT 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:46.880 MARRIED FOR 7 YEARS, CHILDLESS, 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.400 ARE PRAYING FERVENTLY FOR THE BIRTH OF A BOY. 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:15.360 A BOY 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:21.480 FOR THE DUISBERG COUPLE FROM BARMEN: 00:02:22.440 --> 00:02:24.080 SPIRIT: 20 % 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.360 INTELLIGENCE: 20 % 00:02:27.720 --> 00:02:30.080 DILIGENCE: 20 % 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:33.240 ENERGY: 20 % 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.160 TEMPERAMENT: 20 % 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.280 A boy, a boy! 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:00.800 LABORATORY 00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:03.920 HEAVEN'S LABORATORY 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:04.840 SPIRIT 00:04:07.880 --> 00:04:11.760 INTELLIGENCE 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:16.880 DILIGENCE 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:26.000 ENERGY 00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:32.440 TEMPERAMENT 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:46.800 Stop! 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:05.720 LABORATORY 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:15.600 GENIUS 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.080 Hooray, here I am! Hooray, here I am! 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:34.640 Onward! 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:43.040 If in Wuppertal you come to the world, Always keep an umbrella unfurled. 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:06.400 Hooray, here I am! Hooray! 00:06:06.640 --> 00:06:11.240 Early on, with much zeal, Carl filters his meal. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.640 Time flies by. 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:41.640 The child grows. 00:06:48.640 --> 00:06:49.640 Onward! 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:58.440 The child grows. 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:09.840 Who goes so early where winds blow wild? It's the mother grasping her child! 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:25.360 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.040 MIDDLE SCHOOL 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.640 SECONDARY SCHOOL 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:36.600 Young Carl is now in 6th form. An idea strikes him like a thunderstorm. 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:59.920 He rejoices: "Eureka, my destiny Is really to work in chemistry!" 00:08:01.520 --> 00:08:03.640 MY DESTINY IS IN CHEMISTRY! 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.920 But his father Is full of anger: 00:08:10.760 --> 00:08:14.600 MY SON WILL BE A RIBBON MAKER! 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:25.680 His mother can feel his pain And mercifully gives him free rein. 00:08:27.320 --> 00:08:31.400 She realises that he is a prodigy And steers him toward chemistry. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:41.800 He's only 16 but with elation, Already reaches graduation! 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.280 EXAMINATION ROOM 00:08:43.520 --> 00:08:46.440 Dr ARTOPÉ 00:08:52.280 --> 00:08:53.760 DIPLOMA 00:09:00.880 --> 00:09:02.480 ALL ABOARD FOR GÖTTINGEN! 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:20.600 LAVOISIER CHEMISTRY 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:38.120 After he burnt the midnight oil. Over Wöhler, no more turmoil! 00:09:41.280 --> 00:09:42.720 FOX TOWER 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:54.880 Now that he's flown off to Jena, The Zeisen Inn's his new arena. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.120 JENA 1880-1882 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.760 In addition to chemistry, He reads mineralogy, 00:10:15.040 --> 00:10:18.080 And geology As well as economy. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.120 After barely 4 semesters, Thanks to... 00:10:29.280 --> 00:10:31.800 ETHYL ACETOACETATE 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.760 His doctorate he obtains, At the top of his class, what brains! 00:10:44.760 --> 00:10:45.800 Pr GEUTHER 00:10:58.920 --> 00:11:02.840 HERE YOU CANNOT KEEP ME. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:06.400 I NEED TO GO TO THE ARMY. 00:11:07.760 --> 00:11:11.080 "I won't let you go without a fight." 00:11:15.760 --> 00:11:17.600 IN THAT CASE, 00:11:18.880 --> 00:11:20.840 YOU'RE IN FOR A FRIGHT! 00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:41.440 By day, he trains, By night, he studies. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.760 HELP, CARL'S DOWN! 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:57.000 Strong as a lion, he shall persevere And become reserve lieutenant in a year. 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:15.000 And now, let's go, hooray, Rumpff needs him straight away. 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:19.360 And Carl is back! 00:12:29.640 --> 00:12:32.160 WORK CONTRACT 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:38.720 "Quick to Strasburg I fly, Meyer's isatin I must try." 00:12:47.640 --> 00:12:52.640 For a year, the isatin he tests, With Fittig, alas, it's useless. 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:04.320 At the Elberfeld dyestuff plant, He becomes scientific consultant. 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:11.040 Because Dornseif is busy too, And forgets to dump dye residue, 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:23.520 Laziness and genius do rally, To yield benzopurpurine 4B. 00:13:40.280 --> 00:13:45.000 Then he finds benzoazurine. They say he saw it in a dream. 00:14:20.920 --> 00:14:26.800 With so many great dyes, He sends bankruptcy into the skies. 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:31.480 COMPETITION 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:35.320 BANKRUPTCY 00:15:08.520 --> 00:15:12.640 PROFITABILITY 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.680 LEIPZIG SUPREME COURT 00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:38.680 PROXY 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:40.720 REPRESENTATIVE Dr CARL DUISBERG 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:55.080 He talks and talks, hours fly by. "Carl has won!" is the reply. 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:05.840 Like a housewife who can bear no waste, 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:11.920 Carl Duisberg makes from dyestuff waste, 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.240 phenacetin. 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.800 WASTE 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.960 PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:09.160 Now the department produces dyes And drugs likewise. 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.600 And while Carl discovers the blue, 00:17:22.760 --> 00:17:25.400 He also succumbs to love so true. 00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:35.600 JOHANNA SEEBOHM 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:44.120 APRATH CASTLE 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:56.320 FORGET-ME-NOT? WITH HIM YOU SHALL TIE THE KNOT! 00:17:58.320 --> 00:18:03.760 Our young couple we find To marry very much inclined. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.120 UNTIL DEATH DO US PART 00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:23.200 Their marriage is blessed As the following will suggest. 00:18:49.520 --> 00:18:54.240 The children don't tarry He becomes a father so merry. 00:18:56.320 --> 00:19:00.800 He also has much love to convey To his fifth child, the factory. 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:31.960 BAYER-BASF 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.440 AGFA 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.000 BADISCHE ANILINE FACTORIES 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:39.520 HÖCHST DYESTUFF FACTORY 00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:58.160 COMPETITION 00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:59.880 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 00:20:03.760 --> 00:20:06.040 DYESTUFF 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.800 SUPPLY SHORTAGE 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.880 A day has only 24 hours. A week lasts only 6 days. 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:04.520 Carl finds enough time always. He's the one striking the hours. 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:20.120 PRIVATE 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:27.000 Each detail is thought out brilliantly During breakfast of the "trinity". 00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:45.200 "Your hair's too long, you understand, I'll cut it now with my own hand. 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.680 "Don't touch my husband, That's my command!" 00:22:34.800 --> 00:22:39.760 WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.720 "Maidens from Wiesdorf Will have you know 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.920 "That such a sight is unbearable, 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:51.480 "They ask that you don't show What modesty deems intolerable." 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:04.960 REPARATION NATIONAL ECONOMY 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:12.040 THE REICH FEDERATION OF GERMAN INDUSTRY 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:25.440 CONGRESS 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.840 CARL DUISBERG SAYS: 00:23:31.520 --> 00:23:33.800 THE GERMAN INDUSTRY FEDERATION IS 10 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:38.880 CARL DUISBERG SAYS: 00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:41.760 THE WAY TO THE END OF THE CRISIS... 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:47.880 CARL DUISBERG SAYS: 00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:51.360 ON HOOVER'S PLAN... 00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:56.400 What he does is extraordinary And definitely brings him glory. 00:23:58.760 --> 00:24:03.400 It adds to his inventory And keeps him in every memory. 00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:09.560 LIQUEURS 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.840 WALKING STICKS 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:26.080 DOCTOR'S HATS 00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:31.560 Of those nine types of headgear, It's the theologian's he holds dear. 00:24:43.760 --> 00:24:45.720 Oh, he enjoys cold duck. 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:52.040 For flowers, children and students his heart has always struck, 00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:57.160 From his purse, pensions come out straight, 00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:59.920 Everybody knows him the great.. 00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:05.320 Father of the student body! 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:12.880 Dr CARL DUISBERG HOUSE MARBURG 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:24.240 WORK AND DILIGENCE ARE THE KEY 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:27.240 TO CONQUER OBSTACLES UNFAILINGLY! 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:34.560 THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE 00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.960 IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:57.720 WHAT WE ARE, 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:03.600 WE OWE IT TO OTHERS 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:09.800 Dr H. TH. v. BÖTTINGER FRIEDRICH BAYER 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:21.640 THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY IN MY LIFE 00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:26.440 I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY. 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.760 "Always onward!" 00:26:45.760 --> 00:26:47.240 GRANDCHILDREN 00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:52.720 DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.200 SONS AND DAUGHTER 00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:00.560 CONGRATULATIONS 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.560 THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS 00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:10.000 Long live Pr Duisberg! 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:14.160 Viva! 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:29.200 WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.600 NATIONAL ECONOMY 00:27:37.760 --> 00:27:41.840 Three cheers! 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:25.000 TO BE CONTINUED ON HIS 100th BIRTHDAY 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:28.880 THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.000 Subtitles: Élisabeth Fuchs & Julie Manuel