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But then the war came.
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And youth and hope were at an end.
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The world had no time for magic tricks and movie shows.
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The returning soldiers, having seen so much of reality,
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were bored by my films.
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Tastes had changed, but I had not changed with them.
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No one wanted my movies anymore.
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Eventually I... I couldn't pay the actors...
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...or keep the business running, and...
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...and so my enchanted castle fell to ruin.
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Everything was lost.
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One night, in bitter despair, I...