1
00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:19,800
THE FAIRY TALE OF YOUR LIFE
2
00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,600
TO THE GEHEIMRAT,
Pr CARL DUISBERG
3
00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,640
ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY
4
00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,120
FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL
DEPARTMENT
5
00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,000
BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS
LEVERKUSEN
6
00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,320
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF:
7
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,160
MANUSCRIPT:
HANS FREIHERR VON WOLZOGEN
8
00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,360
MUSIC: Dr BECCE
9
00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,280
DIRECTED BY JULIUS PINSCHEWER
10
00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,360
PRODUCED
BY PINSCHEWER FILM AG - BERLIN
11
00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,560
HEAVEN'S JOURNAL
12
00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,840
JOHANN KARL DUISBERG,
RIBBON MAKER IN BARMEN
13
00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,200
WILHEMINE DUISBERG,
HIS WIFE, NÉE WESKOTT
14
00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,880
MARRIED FOR 7 YEARS,
CHILDLESS,
15
00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,400
ARE PRAYING FERVENTLY
FOR THE BIRTH OF A BOY.
16
00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,360
A BOY
17
00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:21,480
FOR THE DUISBERG COUPLE
FROM BARMEN:
18
00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,080
SPIRIT: 20 %
19
00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,360
INTELLIGENCE: 20 %
20
00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,080
DILIGENCE: 20 %
21
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,240
ENERGY: 20 %
22
00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,160
TEMPERAMENT: 20 %
23
00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,280
A boy, a boy!
24
00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,800
LABORATORY
25
00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,920
HEAVEN'S LABORATORY
26
00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:04,840
SPIRIT
27
00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,760
INTELLIGENCE
28
00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,880
DILIGENCE
29
00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,000
ENERGY
30
00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,440
TEMPERAMENT
31
00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:46,800
Stop!
32
00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:05,720
LABORATORY
33
00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,600
GENIUS
34
00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,080
Hooray, here I am!
Hooray, here I am!
35
00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:34,640
Onward!
36
00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,040
If in Wuppertal you come to the world,
Always keep an umbrella unfurled.
37
00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,400
Hooray, here I am!
Hooray!
38
00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,240
Early on, with much zeal,
Carl filters his meal.
39
00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,640
Time flies by.
40
00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,640
The child grows.
41
00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:49,640
Onward!
42
00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,440
The child grows.
43
00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:09,840
Who goes so early where winds blow wild?
It's the mother grasping her child!
44
00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,360
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
45
00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,040
MIDDLE SCHOOL
46
00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,640
SECONDARY SCHOOL
47
00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:36,600
Young Carl is now in 6th form.
An idea strikes him like a thunderstorm.
48
00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,920
He rejoices: "Eureka, my destiny
Is really to work in chemistry!"
49
00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,640
MY DESTINY
IS IN CHEMISTRY!
50
00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,920
But his father
Is full of anger:
51
00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,600
MY SON WILL BE A RIBBON MAKER!
52
00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:25,680
His mother can feel his pain
And mercifully gives him free rein.
53
00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,400
She realises that he is a prodigy
And steers him toward chemistry.
54
00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,800
He's only 16 but with elation,
Already reaches graduation!
55
00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,280
EXAMINATION ROOM
56
00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,440
Dr ARTOPÉ
57
00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,760
DIPLOMA
58
00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,480
ALL ABOARD
FOR GÖTTINGEN!
59
00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,600
LAVOISIER
CHEMISTRY
60
00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:38,120
After he burnt the midnight oil.
Over Wöhler, no more turmoil!
61
00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,720
FOX TOWER
62
00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:54,880
Now that he's flown off to Jena,
The Zeisen Inn's his new arena.
63
00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,120
JENA
1880-1882
64
00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,760
In addition to chemistry,
He reads mineralogy,
65
00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,080
And geology
As well as economy.
66
00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,120
After barely 4 semesters,
Thanks to...
67
00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,800
ETHYL ACETOACETATE
68
00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,760
His doctorate he obtains,
At the top of his class, what brains!
69
00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:45,800
Pr GEUTHER
70
00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,840
HERE YOU CANNOT KEEP ME.
71
00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,400
I NEED TO GO TO THE ARMY.
72
00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,080
"I won't let you go without a fight."
73
00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,600
IN THAT CASE,
74
00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,840
YOU'RE IN FOR A FRIGHT!
75
00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,440
By day, he trains,
By night, he studies.
76
00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,760
HELP, CARL'S DOWN!
77
00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:57,000
Strong as a lion, he shall persevere
And become reserve lieutenant in a year.
78
00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:15,000
And now, let's go, hooray,
Rumpff needs him straight away.
79
00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,360
And Carl is back!
80
00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,160
WORK CONTRACT
81
00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,720
"Quick to Strasburg I fly,
Meyer's isatin I must try."
82
00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:52,640
For a year, the isatin he tests,
With Fittig, alas, it's useless.
83
00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:04,320
At the Elberfeld dyestuff plant,
He becomes scientific consultant.
84
00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:11,040
Because Dornseif is busy too,
And forgets to dump dye residue,
85
00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:23,520
Laziness and genius do rally,
To yield benzopurpurine 4B.
86
00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:45,000
Then he finds benzoazurine.
They say he saw it in a dream.
87
00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:26,800
With so many great dyes,
He sends bankruptcy into the skies.
88
00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,480
COMPETITION
89
00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,320
BANKRUPTCY
90
00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,640
PROFITABILITY
91
00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,680
LEIPZIG SUPREME COURT
92
00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,680
PROXY
93
00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,720
REPRESENTATIVE
Dr CARL DUISBERG
94
00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:55,080
He talks and talks, hours fly by.
"Carl has won!" is the reply.
95
00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,840
Like a housewife who can bear no waste,
96
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,920
Carl Duisberg makes from dyestuff waste,
97
00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,240
phenacetin.
98
00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:20,800
WASTE
99
00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,960
PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT
100
00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:09,160
Now the department produces dyes
And drugs likewise.
101
00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,600
And while Carl discovers the blue,
102
00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,400
He also succumbs to love so true.
103
00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,600
JOHANNA SEEBOHM
104
00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,120
APRATH CASTLE
105
00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,320
FORGET-ME-NOT?
WITH HIM YOU SHALL TIE THE KNOT!
106
00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,760
Our young couple we find
To marry very much inclined.
107
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,120
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
108
00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:23,200
Their marriage is blessed
As the following will suggest.
109
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,240
The children don't tarry
He becomes a father so merry.
110
00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,800
He also has much love to convey
To his fifth child, the factory.
111
00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:31,960
BAYER-BASF
112
00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,440
AGFA
113
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,000
BADISCHE ANILINE FACTORIES
114
00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,520
HÖCHST DYESTUFF FACTORY
115
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,160
COMPETITION
116
00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,880
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
117
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,040
DYESTUFF
118
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,800
SUPPLY SHORTAGE
119
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,880
A day has only 24 hours.
A week lasts only 6 days.
120
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,520
Carl finds enough time always.
He's the one striking the hours.
121
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,120
PRIVATE
122
00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:27,000
Each detail is thought out brilliantly
During breakfast of the "trinity".
123
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:45,200
"Your hair's too long, you understand,
I'll cut it now with my own hand.
124
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,680
"Don't touch my husband,
That's my command!"
125
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,760
WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION
126
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,720
"Maidens from Wiesdorf
Will have you know
127
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,920
"That such a sight is unbearable,
128
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,480
"They ask that you don't show
What modesty deems intolerable."
129
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,960
REPARATION
NATIONAL ECONOMY
130
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,040
THE REICH FEDERATION
OF GERMAN INDUSTRY
131
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,440
CONGRESS
132
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,840
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
133
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,800
THE GERMAN INDUSTRY
FEDERATION IS 10
134
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,880
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
135
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,760
THE WAY TO THE END OF THE CRISIS...
136
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,880
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
137
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,360
ON HOOVER'S PLAN...
138
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,400
What he does is extraordinary
And definitely brings him glory.
139
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:03,400
It adds to his inventory
And keeps him in every memory.
140
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,560
LIQUEURS
141
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,840
WALKING STICKS
142
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,080
DOCTOR'S HATS
143
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:31,560
Of those nine types of headgear,
It's the theologian's he holds dear.
144
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,720
Oh, he enjoys cold duck.
145
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,040
For flowers, children and students
his heart has always struck,
146
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,160
From his purse,
pensions come out straight,
147
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,920
Everybody knows him the great..
148
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,320
Father of the student body!
149
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:12,880
Dr CARL DUISBERG HOUSE
MARBURG
150
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,240
WORK AND DILIGENCE ARE THE KEY
151
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,240
TO CONQUER OBSTACLES
UNFAILINGLY!
152
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,560
THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
153
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,960
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER
154
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,720
WHAT WE ARE,
155
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,600
WE OWE IT TO OTHERS
156
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,800
Dr H. TH. v. BÖTTINGER
FRIEDRICH BAYER
157
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,640
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY
IN MY LIFE
158
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,440
I WOULD HAVE WANTED
TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
159
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,760
"Always onward!"
160
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,240
GRANDCHILDREN
161
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,720
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
162
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,200
SONS AND DAUGHTER
163
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,560
CONGRATULATIONS
164
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,560
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT
BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS
165
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,000
Long live Pr Duisberg!
166
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,160
Viva!
167
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,200
WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION
168
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,600
NATIONAL ECONOMY
169
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,840
Three cheers!
170
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,000
TO BE CONTINUED
ON HIS 100th BIRTHDAY
171
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,880
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT
BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS
172
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,000
Subtitles:
Élisabeth Fuchs & Julie Manuel