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041The Bodyguard

WAR PENGUIN / EPISODE 041

The
Bodyguard.

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01 / 08

The telegram

Berlin palace study. The Kaiser faces the window with his back to the room; the thin bespectacled foreign minister reads a telegram.
Minister
Telegramm von Ihrer Majestät: ‚War Penguin bleibt als Ihr Leibwächter. Ein Zeichen der Freundschaft.'

From Her Majesty: 'War Penguin will stay on as your bodyguard. A token of friendship.'

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02 / 08

The duration

The Kaiser remains facing the window, his shoulders tightening, and asks.
Kaiser
Wie lange?

For how long?

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03 / 08

The answer

Same camera: the minister answers from the telegram.
Minister
‚Solange Eure Majestät im Amt bleibt.'

'For as long as Your Majesty remains in office.'

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04 / 08

The order

The Kaiser turns sharply and points an urgent order to the same thin, bespectacled foreign minister from beats 1–3, now startled in his civilian frock coat with the telegram in hand. No general or other soldier is in the room.
Kaiser
Schicken Sie ihn an die russische Grenze. Heute Nacht.

Post him to the Russian frontier. Tonight.

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05 / 08

The frontier

Silent snowy frontier at night. War Penguin stands alone at attention beside a black-white-red German border post; peacetime, no action.
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06 / 08

Peace at last

Next morning, sunny palace breakfast. The relaxed Kaiser opens his newspaper with a small relieved smile.
Kaiser
Endlich Ruhe.

Peace at last.

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07 / 08

The headline

Silent close-up of the German newspaper: RUSSISCHE ARMEE ZIEHT SICH VON DER GRENZE ZURÜCK. English closed caption inside the picture.

RUSSIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM FRONTIER

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The bodyguard

Silent final picture. The Kaiser has lowered his newspaper and his smile freezes. Unchanged canon War Penguin stands on the floor at attention behind the chair, entirely clear of the Kaiser's face and newspaper.
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