1. Fritz Lang's "M" premiered May 11, 1931
in Berlin.Copy !req
2. The film has been released since in various
versions and lengths,Copy !req
3. all of which did not reflect the original.
Both the British as well as the FrenchCopy !req
4. releases were edited and even
had then newly filmed shots and sequencesCopy !req
5. inserted, partially with different content
and actors.Copy !req
6. At that point Lang no longer had any say in
the direction of these productions.Copy !req
7. The re-issue of "M" in 1960 also differed
greatly from the 1931 original. Cut down toCopy !req
8. 96 minutes ambient sounds were recorded and
spliced into several scenes and sequencesCopy !req
9. that were supposed to be silent. Crucial
pieces of research by Fritz Lang and TheaCopy !req
10. von Harbou covering the work of the
criminalists were cut.Copy !req
11. In the following decades several attempts
were made to restoreCopy !req
12. this film back to its original version.Copy !req
13. In 2001 the best available nitrate film
elements were assembled for the first timeCopy !req
14. in the original form as Lang intended.
Since only some 70% the original cameraCopy !req
15. negative has survived the remaining scenes
and sequences had to be replaced fromCopy !req
16. various higher generation copies, in this
case print elements. Still, despite intenseCopy !req
17. efforts, several shots could not be located
at the time and many shots remainedCopy !req
18. interrupted in mid-sequence due to
missing frames.Copy !req
19. In addition, large parts of the film
suffered from perforation damage andCopy !req
20. printing errors that led to sometimes very
problematic picture instabilities.Copy !req
21. Many of these "jump out" sequences that had
missing frames could be restored in thisCopy !req
22. 2011 restoration with the aid of an
additional French duplicate negative madeCopy !req
23. from a re-discovered nitrate print. Also as
part of this restoration for the first timeCopy !req
24. ever the massive instabilities were largely
corrected. Along with the work in thisCopy !req
25. particular area intensive efforts have gone
into the digital restoration both in pictureCopy !req
26. and sound. Another key issue was the
restoration of the film's soundtrack true toCopy !req
27. Fritz Lang's original concept. Parts of the
picture were supposed to be completelyCopy !req
28. silent while others had merely brief
elements of sound literally spliced in.Copy !req
29. This restoration brings the total duration
of Fritz Lang's classic to 111 minutes.Copy !req
30. The censors office released the film prior
to its premiere with a length of 117Copy !req
31. minutes. However, after very careful
consideration of all available facts it isCopy !req
32. not absolutely certain that this version was
ever screened. Several sequences and scenesCopy !req
33. that are listed on the censor cards were
neither mentioned in any of the reviews orCopy !req
34. reports at the time of release nor were they
named by Fritz Lang as missing.Copy !req
35. The following restoration was made in 2011
by TLEFilms Film Restoration & PreservationCopy !req
36. Services with the cooperation of the CNC I
Archive françaises du film in Bois d'Arcy,Copy !req
37. France. Support came from the Deutsche
Kinemathek, Berlin and PostFactory GmbH.Copy !req
38. Just you wait, it won't be longCopy !req
39. The man in black will soon be hereCopy !req
40. With his cleaver's blade so trueCopy !req
41. He'll make mincemeat out of you!Copy !req
42. You're out.Copy !req
43. I told you to stop singing
that awful song!Copy !req
44. Didn't you hear me?Copy !req
45. That same cursed song over and over!Copy !req
46. Dear me, that's heavy.Copy !req
47. What's the matter?Copy !req
48. I told those kids to stop
singing that awful song,Copy !req
49. but they sing it all day long.Copy !req
50. As if we haven't heard enough
of that murderer already.Copy !req
51. Leave them alone.Copy !req
52. As long as we can hear them singing,Copy !req
53. at least we know
they're still there.Copy !req
54. Yes, I guess you're right.Copy !req
55. 10,000 MARKS REWARD -
WHO IS THE MURDERER?Copy !req
56. Little Kurt Klawitzky and his sister Klara
have been missing since June 11th.Copy !req
57. Evidence leads us to believe
the children were victims of a crimeCopy !req
58. similar to that committed
last fall against the Doering siblings.Copy !req
59. What a pretty ball you have there.Copy !req
60. What's your name?Copy !req
61. Elsie Beckmann.Copy !req
62. Didn't Elsie come with you?Copy !req
63. - No.
- She didn't come with us.Copy !req
64. Pretty!Copy !req
65. Thank you.Copy !req
66. A thrilling new chapter, Mrs Beckmann.
Passionate and moving.Copy !req
67. Just a moment, Mr Gehrke.Copy !req
68. Tell me, Mr Gehrke.Copy !req
69. Have you seen little Elsie?Copy !req
70. No. Didn't she just
come up the stairs?Copy !req
71. No, she's not home yet.Copy !req
72. She won't be long now.
Goodbye.Copy !req
73. Goodbye, Mr Gehrke.Copy !req
74. Extra! Extra!Copy !req
75. No, I can't give change!
Extra!Copy !req
76. Makes you afraid
to send your kids to school!Copy !req
77. Who is the murderer?Copy !req
78. Because the police
did not publish my first letter,Copy !req
79. I am writing now
directly to the press!Copy !req
80. Proceed with your investigations.Copy !req
81. All will soon be confirmed.Copy !req
82. But I'm not done yet!Copy !req
83. 10,000 MARKS REWARDCopy !req
84. - Christ, here we go again!
- This is horrible!Copy !req
85. The print's too small.
We can't read it.Copy !req
86. You in front, read it out loud!Copy !req
87. - Let him read!
- Hey! Quiet!Copy !req
88. "The terror in our town
has found a new victim."Copy !req
89. Louder!
We can't hear a word!Copy !req
90. "Certain evidence leads us to believeCopy !req
91. that this is the same murdererCopy !req
92. who has already claimed eight victims
from among our city's children.Copy !req
93. We must emphasise once againCopy !req
94. that it is, now more than ever,
every mother and father's sacred dutyCopy !req
95. to alert their children
to this ever present dangerCopy !req
96. and to the friendly guise
it is likely to assume.Copy !req
97. A little candy, a toy, or an appleCopy !req
98. can suffice to lure a child
to his or her doom."Copy !req
99. Very true!Copy !req
100. Keep reading.Copy !req
101. "Anxiety among the general public
is heightenedCopy !req
102. by the police's failure
to apprehend a suspect.Copy !req
103. But the police are faced
with the almost impossible taskCopy !req
104. of catching a criminal who left
not the slightest clue behind.Copy !req
105. Who is the murderer?Copy !req
106. What does he look like?Copy !req
107. Where is he hiding?Copy !req
108. No one knows him,
yet he is among us.Copy !req
109. Anybody sitting next to you
could be the murderer."Copy !req
110. Yes, that's very true.Copy !req
111. - Why look at me when you say that?
- You know very well.Copy !req
112. What do I know very well?Copy !req
113. Think about it.
It'll come to you.Copy !req
114. What are you saying?Copy !req
115. I saw you follow that little girl
from the fourth floor up the stairs.Copy !req
116. You're crazy, you dirty swine!Copy !req
117. Who's the swine?
Me, or a man who chases little girls?Copy !req
118. You bastard! You swine!Copy !req
119. Murderer!Copy !req
120. Gentlemen!Copy !req
121. I'll see you in court!Copy !req
122. I'll have you locked up!Copy !req
123. Slanderer!
Trying to ruin my reputation!Copy !req
124. Damn slanderer!
Besmirching a man's good name!Copy !req
125. And the police fall for it!Copy !req
126. A search warrant!Copy !req
127. How awful!
What a disgrace!Copy !req
128. Searching a man's house
based on an anonymous letter!Copy !req
129. Mr Jäger, please calm down.
We're only doing our job.Copy !req
130. As if it weren't enough
that we're in constant fear for our kids!Copy !req
131. You see? That's why the police
must follow up every lead.Copy !req
132. Any man on the street
could be the murderer.Copy !req
133. Can you please tell me
what time it is?Copy !req
134. Yes, my child.Copy !req
135. Now you must hurry home.
Where do you live?Copy !req
136. What's it to you
where the kid lives?Copy !req
137. Excuse me?Copy !req
138. What do you want with that kid?Copy !req
139. Absolutely nothing!Copy !req
140. What do you want with me?Copy !req
141. I'll show you what I want!Copy !req
142. Let me go!
This is an outrage!Copy !req
143. - What's going on?
- This is an outrage!Copy !req
144. - What does Four-Eyes want?
- Don't get so excited.Copy !req
145. - First chatting up children...
- Punch him in the face!Copy !req
146. then acting like a big shot!Copy !req
147. Will you let me go!
I didn't even speak to the child!Copy !req
148. - Get her alone, eh?
- And kill her like the others, right?Copy !req
149. - He's the murderer!
- Hold him!Copy !req
150. Call the police!Copy !req
151. - Never around when you need 'em!
- Officer!Copy !req
152. Make way, gentlemen.
Let us through.Copy !req
153. Sure, you can catch pickpockets!
Why don't you catch the murderer instead!Copy !req
154. What? Is he the murderer?Copy !req
155. Break it up!
Come on, move along!Copy !req
156. - The murderer!
- The monster!Copy !req
157. Get him!Copy !req
158. Tackle him!Copy !req
159. Because the police
did not publish my first letter,Copy !req
160. I am writing now
directly to the press!Copy !req
161. Proceed with your investigations.Copy !req
162. All will soon be confirmed.Copy !req
163. But I'm not done yet!Copy !req
164. This is a terrible scandal!Copy !req
165. Imagine the effect such a note
will have on the public, Commissioner!Copy !req
166. This is simply irresponsible!Copy !req
167. Mr Secretary,
we cannot stop the murdererCopy !req
168. from writing to whomever he wishes!Copy !req
169. This severely pathological man
probably takes great pleasureCopy !req
170. in seeing his crimes
covered in the press.Copy !req
171. We immediately got in touch
with the newspaperCopy !req
172. and had them send us
the original letter.Copy !req
173. The lab's working on it right now.Copy !req
174. Of course, you can't get good
fingerprints from a postcardCopy !req
175. that's passed
through so many hands.Copy !req
176. Nevertheless,
we will leave no stone unturned.Copy !req
177. We'll painstakingly compare
the results against our archivesCopy !req
178. in hopes of finding something
that can be used to solve this case.Copy !req
179. Then we'll send the letter
to our graphologist.Copy !req
180. "The aforementioned diamond-shaped
and swelling sweeps,Copy !req
181. clearly seen in the word 'soon',
third line from the bottom..."Copy !req
182. - You got that?
- Yes.Copy !req
183. "... attest to the strongly pathological
sexuality of this sex offender."Copy !req
184. Full stop.Copy !req
185. The partially disrupted and uneven style
of his other lettersCopy !req
186. is, in its interpretation,Copy !req
187. a form of actingCopy !req
188. which may manifest externally
as indolence or even lethargy.Copy !req
189. The writing as a whole displaysCopy !req
190. elusive yet unmistakable signsCopy !req
191. of madness.Copy !req
192. Yes, of course, Commissioner.Copy !req
193. I have no doubt you're doing your job,
and your men as well.Copy !req
194. But we need results!Copy !req
195. Results!Copy !req
196. Mr Secretary, my men haven't gotten
12 hours' sleep in an entire week!Copy !req
197. My riot squads
don't get a moment's peace.Copy !req
198. They report for duty almost more fatigued
than when they were dismissed.Copy !req
199. Because the painstaking nature
of their work wears on the nerves,Copy !req
200. and 80%, if not 90%,
of our leads are false.Copy !req
201. The homicide squad doesn't even
get time to change clothes.Copy !req
202. They're constantly on call,
always tense and alert.Copy !req
203. Ever ready to spring into action,Copy !req
204. to follow even the slightest lead,Copy !req
205. as it just might be
the one that solves the case.Copy !req
206. Mr Secretary, just consider
the search of the crime scene.Copy !req
207. To give you an example,Copy !req
208. in the bushes
just behind a picket fence,Copy !req
209. a small, white, crumpled
paper wrapping was found.Copy !req
210. It apparently once contained
inexpensive sweets.Copy !req
211. In the outermost cornerCopy !req
212. were found traces of fruit dropsCopy !req
213. and particles of powdered sugar.Copy !req
214. We've tried to trace the origin
of this wrapperCopy !req
215. in every candy shop and grocery store
within a radius of a mile and a half,Copy !req
216. but all to no avail.Copy !req
217. With each passing day
we expand the area searched.Copy !req
218. But, of course,
after such a long time,Copy !req
219. no one remembers anything
that could serve as a lead.Copy !req
220. Despite all these setbacks,Copy !req
221. we're forced to press on
in our investigation,Copy !req
222. always in uncertaintyCopy !req
223. and with little chance of successCopy !req
224. in bringing the case
even one step closer to its conclusion.Copy !req
225. Our men are doing everything...Copy !req
226. What good is all this?Copy !req
227. Commissioner,
I'm aware you're not dawdling,Copy !req
228. but that doesn't change the fact
that an unknown killerCopy !req
229. is terrorising
four and a half million people!Copy !req
230. And the police are getting nowhere!Copy !req
231. Mr Secretary, you don't seem
to have a clear pictureCopy !req
232. of the enormous obstacles
confronting our forces.Copy !req
233. Do you realise, for example,Copy !req
234. regarding the route
the child took home,Copy !req
235. that there are 15 conflicting
eyewitness accounts alone?Copy !req
236. Let me give you a random example:Copy !req
237. "Testimony 1,478
in the Beckmann murder case..."Copy !req
238. - You've got no clue.
- More than you, mister!Copy !req
239. Gentlemen!Copy !req
240. You must at least know the colour
of the cap the little girl woreCopy !req
241. whom you say you saw
with the stranger!Copy !req
242. Of course, Inspector.
It was red!Copy !req
243. - It was green!
- Red!Copy !req
244. Stop! This is pointless!Copy !req
245. - Thank you, gentlemen.
- You're welcome!Copy !req
246. Next witness.Copy !req
247. If you rely
on a colour-blind man for clues,Copy !req
248. don't be surprised
if you get nowhere!Copy !req
249. In their hunt
for this unknown killer,Copy !req
250. the police have tracked down
more than 1,500 detailed leads.Copy !req
251. The files in this case
fill 60 thick volumes.Copy !req
252. We've dispatched all our forcesCopy !req
253. to systematically comb
the area adjoining the city.Copy !req
254. Every piece of undergrowth is scoured,
every thicket searched.Copy !req
255. Every bush examined,Copy !req
256. since any bush or hollow
could harbour some objectCopy !req
257. that could finally set us
on the right track.Copy !req
258. We called in police dogs.Copy !req
259. We set the best trackers
on the faintest of traces,Copy !req
260. but they lost the scentCopy !req
261. and failed to pick it up again
despite all efforts.Copy !req
262. Since the first murders,Copy !req
263. the police have searched
homeless shelters night after night,Copy !req
264. subjecting everyone in them
to thorough scrutiny.Copy !req
265. This does not, of course,
make the police very popular,Copy !req
266. nor does it reduce
the general public's anxiety.Copy !req
267. Railway stations are kept
under surveillance around the clock.Copy !req
268. Still, the investigation has not yet
yielded the slightest results.Copy !req
269. Nor have nightly raids
in the criminal districts.Copy !req
270. The cops!Copy !req
271. Get back!Copy !req
272. - Back!
- This is the police!Copy !req
273. Let me go, you dirty bastard!Copy !req
274. Let me go, you son of a bitch!Copy !req
275. Goddamn bastard!Copy !req
276. Put me down!Copy !req
277. Let me go!Copy !req
278. Let her go, you filthy pig!Copy !req
279. Quiet!Copy !req
280. Move back!Copy !req
281. The top fuzz!Copy !req
282. Quiet!Copy !req
283. Police orders:Copy !req
284. nobody is to leave this establishment.
Get your papers ready.Copy !req
285. Please!Copy !req
286. Come now, children,
stop this foolishness.Copy !req
287. Well, if it isn't Tubby Lohmann!Copy !req
288. Quiet!Copy !req
289. That'll get you nowhere.Copy !req
290. - Go after the murderer instead!
- Right!Copy !req
291. Quiet!Copy !req
292. Be reasonable now!
Step back!Copy !req
293. You hear me? Step back!Copy !req
294. Let's go!
Come on, let's see those papers!Copy !req
295. - I haven't got any.
- Let's see your papers.Copy !req
296. Please let me go, Inspector!Copy !req
297. The two guys who tried to escape
were caught on the Krangasse.Copy !req
298. - Leave those chairs alone!
- Shut up!Copy !req
299. Have your papers ready!Copy !req
300. - Haven't we met before?
- Yeah. So?Copy !req
301. Off to the precinct again!Copy !req
302. Haven't even made a buck tonight!Copy !req
303. Anyone without papers
goes down to the precinct!Copy !req
304. I tell you, I'm innocent, really!Copy !req
305. Stop talking nonsense!Copy !req
306. - Let's get moving!
- Kiss my arse!Copy !req
307. - Show your papers!
- Where's the paddy wagon?Copy !req
308. Don't push.Copy !req
309. Everyone will get their turn.Copy !req
310. - Silence!
- Cool it, kids!Copy !req
311. Have your papers ready!Copy !req
312. Your papers.Copy !req
313. Inspector, I can't carry my birth
certificate around with me everywhere!Copy !req
314. - Quit your bellyaching, child.
- I really can't, Inspector!Copy !req
315. The precinct for you!Copy !req
316. You make me puke!Copy !req
317. Shoddy work, my friend.Copy !req
318. You've been had.Copy !req
319. - Precinct.
- See you, Willy. Ta-ta!Copy !req
320. Lay off!Copy !req
321. Next.Copy !req
322. Stuck-up snob.Copy !req
323. What's wrong?Copy !req
324. - Papa Lohmann...
- ... nabbed him!Copy !req
325. AT FURRIER'SCopy !req
326. We'd better take you
down to the precinct too.Copy !req
327. What do you mean?
My papers are in order.Copy !req
328. Move on.Copy !req
329. Move on!Copy !req
330. Tough luck!Copy !req
331. Next.Copy !req
332. - Papers.
- Don't got none.Copy !req
333. To the precinct.Copy !req
334. Just my luck.Copy !req
335. Next, come on.Copy !req
336. You're ruining my business, Sarge.Copy !req
337. These raids every night.Copy !req
338. No one can get a moment's peace!
They're human beings too.Copy !req
339. You thinkCopy !req
340. we stay up all night
just for the hell of it?Copy !req
341. No.Copy !req
342. But you're drivin' away my clientele,Copy !req
343. and you won't find the guy
you're lookin' for here anyway.Copy !req
344. If you knew how steamed they areCopy !req
345. at the guy who's causing these raids.Copy !req
346. Especially the girls.Copy !req
347. Sure, they solicit.
Business is business.Copy !req
348. But believe me,Copy !req
349. in every one of them
beats a mother's heart!Copy !req
350. I know a lot of toughsCopy !req
351. who get all teary-eyed
just seein' the little ones at play.Copy !req
352. If they ever get their hands
on that monster,Copy !req
353. they'll make toothpicks out of him!Copy !req
354. Ready to leave, Sergeant.Copy !req
355. So long.Copy !req
356. They hit the Crocodile Club today.Copy !req
357. Two paddy wagons.Copy !req
358. What's keeping Safecracker?Copy !req
359. Is it 3:00 yet?Copy !req
360. I'll find out.Copy !req
361. The exact time, please, miss.Copy !req
362. 2:58. Thank you.Copy !req
363. 2:58.Copy !req
364. The cops are crawling
the streets like ants again.Copy !req
365. Green coats wherever you spit.Copy !req
366. They're on your back
even if you're with a broad.Copy !req
367. They've gone nuts,
got this murderer on the brain.Copy !req
368. My old lady has a little six-year-old girl,
and every night I have to checkCopy !req
369. under the bed to see
if the murderer's hiding there.Copy !req
370. You can't do business anymore
for tripping over cops everywhere.Copy !req
371. There's no privacy anymore.
I'm fed up with it.Copy !req
372. What else is new?Copy !req
373. - Where the heck is Safecracker?
- Think they might have nabbed him?Copy !req
374. That guy? Come on.Copy !req
375. Scotland Yard laid a trap for him once
on a bank job he pulled in London.Copy !req
376. There he was, hands up,
back to the wallCopy !req
377. cops all around him.Copy !req
378. Seconds later there were
three men dead on the ground,Copy !req
379. but he wasn't one of them!Copy !req
380. No one better
from Berlin to San Francisco.Copy !req
381. They've been after him six years
and they've yet to get him.Copy !req
382. Not yet. But put enough dogs
on the fox's tail...Copy !req
383. Can it!Copy !req
384. Damn it!Copy !req
385. I can't take this!Copy !req
386. He was always right on time before.Copy !req
387. - Thank God!
- Finally.Copy !req
388. Morning!Copy !req
389. Are you nuts?
Close those blinds!Copy !req
390. Gentlemen,
I hereby open this meeting.Copy !req
391. I declare all division leaders
of this organisation present.Copy !req
392. I assume you're authorised
to make binding decisionsCopy !req
393. for your divisions.Copy !req
394. Good. We'll dispense
with the preliminaries,Copy !req
395. as we all know why we're here.Copy !req
396. An outsider is ruining
our business and our reputation.Copy !req
397. Measures taken by the policeCopy !req
398. and the daily raids
to catch this child murdererCopy !req
399. are hampering our activities
to an almost unbearable degree.Copy !req
400. We can no longer tolerate the factCopy !req
401. that we're not safe now in any hotel,
bar, cafe or even private homeCopy !req
402. from the clutches of the police.Copy !req
403. Very true.Copy !req
404. This state of affairs must end.Copy !req
405. Things must return to normal
or we'll go under.Copy !req
406. Our coffers will soon be depleted.Copy !req
407. If we can't get funds to support
the wives of those membersCopy !req
408. who currently enjoy room
and board at state expense,Copy !req
409. I don't know where we'll find
the money to carry out our plans.Copy !req
410. Our reputation is suffering as well.Copy !req
411. The police seek
the murderer in our fold.Copy !req
412. Gentlemen, when I run head-on
into an officer from the squad,Copy !req
413. he knows the potential risks,
and so do I.Copy !req
414. If either dies in the line of duty, fine.
Occupational hazard.Copy !req
415. But we must draw a firm line
between ourselvesCopy !req
416. and this man they're looking for!Copy !req
417. We conduct our business
in order to survive,Copy !req
418. but this monster
has no right to survive!Copy !req
419. He must be killed,
eliminated, exterminated!Copy !req
420. Without mercy or compassion!Copy !req
421. Gentlemen,Copy !req
422. our members must be able
to go about their business againCopy !req
423. without frantic cops
in their way at every turn.Copy !req
424. I invite...Copy !req
425. your views, gentlemen.Copy !req
426. Step up ID checks,
comb the entire city,Copy !req
427. and raids,
relentless, ever tougher raids!Copy !req
428. We need informers!Copy !req
429. We must know the police's plans
almost before they do themselves!Copy !req
430. The girls gotta work the cops more!Copy !req
431. How often has one of us been nabbed
because his girl ratted on him to the cops?Copy !req
432. Now they can rat on the cops!Copy !req
433. Every resident, every landlord,Copy !req
434. every property ownerCopy !req
435. must be forced to consent
to meticulous searches of his propertyCopy !req
436. for the slightest of clues.Copy !req
437. What if we...
We have our connections.Copy !req
438. What if we put
an article in the papersCopy !req
439. that our syndicates,
I mean, our organisation,Copy !req
440. doesn't wish to be lumped in
together with this pig,Copy !req
441. and that the cops should look
for this guy somewhere else.Copy !req
442. He's not even a real crook!Copy !req
443. This man may well be,Copy !req
444. when not engaged
in the actual act of killing,Copy !req
445. a harmless, upstanding citizen
who wouldn't hurt a fly.Copy !req
446. In his right mind, perhaps he plays
marbles with his landlady's kidsCopy !req
447. or plays cards with friends.Copy !req
448. Without what I'll callCopy !req
449. the innocuousness
of these murderers' private lives,Copy !req
450. it's inconceivable that someone
like Grossmann or HaarmannCopy !req
451. could have lived right next door
to their neighbours for yearsCopy !req
452. without arousing
the faintest trace of suspicion!Copy !req
453. This is where we must focus
the public's attention.Copy !req
454. The public must cooperate.Copy !req
455. I'll tell you about public cooperation!Copy !req
456. Just thinking of it makes me puke.Copy !req
457. I beg your pardon, Commissioner.Copy !req
458. But ain't it the truth?Copy !req
459. What the devil has public cooperation
gotten us so far?Copy !req
460. Piles of letters
full of the most outrageous slander!Copy !req
461. Very true.Copy !req
462. They alert homicide
whenever a chimney sweep walks by.Copy !req
463. That's rig ht.Copy !req
464. But when you really want
reliable information from them,Copy !req
465. then they suddenly haven't got a clue.Copy !req
466. Why, they just can't seem
to remember a thing.Copy !req
467. There's your public cooperation
for you!Copy !req
468. I believe you're exaggerating a bit,
Lohmann.Copy !req
469. It can't really be that bad, can it?Copy !req
470. But it is, Commissioner!Copy !req
471. Most of the public
still takes the position,Copy !req
472. "How does this concern me?"Copy !req
473. The idea that
each individual is responsibleCopy !req
474. for what happens to the poorest,
most anonymous child on the streetCopy !req
475. hasn't even dawned
on the public at large!Copy !req
476. I've got another idea.Copy !req
477. There was this magician.Copy !req
478. Te... Tele...
I can't remember what you call it.Copy !req
479. Anyway, he could conjure up
hidden pennies out of handkerchiefs.Copy !req
480. The reward is still
far too little money.Copy !req
481. The man who leads us
to the murderer should get a fortune.Copy !req
482. None of this is anything new.Copy !req
483. This is all leading nowhere.Copy !req
484. So we just wait for the police
to catch the guy instead?Copy !req
485. The difficulties
in solving crimes of this natureCopy !req
486. are, in my experience,
often insurmountable,Copy !req
487. since perpetrator and victimCopy !req
488. are often brought together
by mere chance.Copy !req
489. The instincts of the moment
drive the murderer's actions.Copy !req
490. The victim is found and identified,Copy !req
491. his or her last known whereabouts
are determined,Copy !req
492. and then...Copy !req
493. then comes the big question mark.Copy !req
494. These children vanish
without a trace.Copy !req
495. And when they're found...Copy !req
496. Well, we all know the state
in which we've found them.Copy !req
497. And the perpetrator...Copy !req
498. It's a fact well-known to all of usCopy !req
499. that murderers like this
rarely leave a clue behind.Copy !req
500. That's what makes our work so hard,
our successes so few.Copy !req
501. The police have been after
this murderer for eight months now.Copy !req
502. - They'll only get him by accident now.
- We can't wait for that.Copy !req
503. No, we'll go broke by then.Copy !req
504. What, then?Copy !req
505. We have to catch him...Copy !req
506. ourselves.Copy !req
507. Yes, that's what we must do.Copy !req
508. There is perhaps one other way.Copy !req
509. I'm quite certain that information
on the individual in questionCopy !req
510. must already exist somewhere.Copy !req
511. Being the severely pathological case
that he is,Copy !req
512. he has no doubt already had some kind
of contact with the authorities.Copy !req
513. That's why all health care facilities,Copy !req
514. prisons, clinics and insane asylumsCopy !req
515. must be encouraged
to cooperate with us unequivocally.Copy !req
516. We specifically need informationCopy !req
517. on those released after being deemed
harmless to societyCopy !req
518. but who, due to their inclinations,Copy !req
519. could be the murderer.Copy !req
520. We must cover the city
with a net of informers.Copy !req
521. Every square mile must be
under constant surveillance.Copy !req
522. No child in this city must take
a single step without us knowing it.Copy !req
523. - Fine, but how?
- And who?Copy !req
524. It must be people who can go
anywhere without causing a stir,Copy !req
525. follow anyone
without attracting attention,Copy !req
526. follow any child to any house
without arousing suspicion.Copy !req
527. In short, people whom the killer
would never suspect.Copy !req
528. - But who?
- There are no such people!Copy !req
529. - Who could do that?
- Who?Copy !req
530. The beggars.Copy !req
531. The organisation of beggars!Copy !req
532. Blood pudding's on the upswing.Copy !req
533. God, this cheese stinks so good.Copy !req
534. Take that, you sons of bitches!Copy !req
535. Hey, stop snoring.
You'll wake up the lice.Copy !req
536. Two, four, six...Copy !req
537. Bread-and-butter sandwich,
lukewarm response.Copy !req
538. Black Friday for roast beef.Copy !req
539. All right.
Now come the courtyards.Copy !req
540. Yes, from number 1 to 88.Copy !req
541. Next.Copy !req
542. You're responsible for the courtyards
on Hauptstrasse from 1 to 88.Copy !req
543. Got it.Copy !req
544. What's next?Copy !req
545. Hauptstrasse,
from number 89... to 196.Copy !req
546. Hauptstrasse,Copy !req
547. number 89 to 196.Copy !req
548. - Member number?
- 3795. Emil Dustermann.Copy !req
549. Well, Emil, maybe
you'll win the 15,000.Copy !req
550. I've got my fingers crossed.Copy !req
551. Knock on wood.Copy !req
552. My heartfelt thanks,
ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
553. Thank you.Copy !req
554. In searching homes,
be on the lookout for any clueCopy !req
555. which could establish the origin
of the murderer's letter to the Courier.Copy !req
556. Be on the lookout as wellCopy !req
557. for an old wooden table...Copy !req
558. Idiot!Copy !req
559. or red pencil...Copy !req
560. Come in.Copy !req
561. Or writing paper
of the type used by the killer.Copy !req
562. Inspector, here are reports on mental
patients who've been released as curedCopy !req
563. or deemed harmless
over the last five years.Copy !req
564. Reports from every
private and public institute,Copy !req
565. as well as from
municipal hospitals and asylums.Copy !req
566. And here's a list
of their present addresses.Copy !req
567. Good day.
Does a Mr Beckert live here?Copy !req
568. - Pardon me?
- Does a Mr Beckert live here?Copy !req
569. I'm afraid I don't understand.
I'm a bit hard of hearing.Copy !req
570. You don't say.
Does a Mr Beckert live here?Copy !req
571. Mr Beckert, yes, he does.
But he just stepped out.Copy !req
572. I had hoped to speak with him.Copy !req
573. I'm from the tax office.Copy !req
574. The tax office. Oh, my Lord!Copy !req
575. Perhaps you'd like to wait for him...Copy !req
576. Yes, thank you.Copy !req
577. - Please have a seat.
- Thank you.Copy !req
578. - Perhaps you'd like something to read.
- Thank you. Most kind.Copy !req
579. Tell me, Mrs Winkler,Copy !req
580. does Mr Becker':
subscribe to any newspapers?Copy !req
581. Mr Beckett?
No, he always borrows mine.Copy !req
582. I see. Thank you.Copy !req
583. Mummy!
I wanted to meet you halfway!Copy !req
584. Child, you mustn't do that.Copy !req
585. You know why.Copy !req
586. Good day.
What would you like?Copy !req
587. Coffee.Copy !req
588. No, a vermouth.
No, a cognac.Copy !req
589. Here you are.Copy !req
590. Another.Copy !req
591. The bill.Copy !req
592. Two cognacs...
That's 1.65, please.Copy !req
593. Thank you very much.Copy !req
594. "Number 24: Beckert.
Doesn't take the Courier.Copy !req
595. polished mahogany,
with tablecloth.Copy !req
596. No traces of red pencil.
In fact, no writing materials of any kind.Copy !req
597. Printed matter found in wastebasket:
cigar ad and a postcardCopy !req
598. with flowers
and 'Regards, Paul' on it,Copy !req
599. but no address of sender.Copy !req
600. An empty cigarette pack, Ariston brand,
a bag of candy..."Copy !req
601. Just a moment.Copy !req
602. Ariston?Copy !req
603. What was that?Copy !req
604. I'd like the file
on the Marga Perl murder case.Copy !req
605. Thank you very much.Copy !req
606. That's odd.Copy !req
607. I've heard that before.Copy !req
608. It was...Copy !req
609. Hey, Heinrich!Copy !req
610. What is it?Copy !req
611. - What's wrong?
- Listen. Someone's whistling.Copy !req
612. Can't you hear it?Copy !req
613. There.Copy !req
614. Now he's stopped.Copy !req
615. Did you see
the guy who was whistling?Copy !req
616. Yes, I can still see him.Copy !req
617. Heinrich, he's talking to a little girl
and walking her down the street.Copy !req
618. - After him, quick, and don't lose him!
- Why?Copy !req
619. The day little Elsie Beckmann
was killed,Copy !req
620. a man bought a balloon from me.Copy !req
621. He was with a little girl...Copy !req
622. and he whistled just like that!Copy !req
623. Damn it, man!Copy !req
624. Are you crazy,
throwing orange peels on the ground?Copy !req
625. A man could slip and break his neck!
Unbelievable!Copy !req
626. I should report you to the police!Copy !req
627. Outrageous behaviour!Copy !req
628. Hey, mister.Copy !req
629. Here it is.Copy !req
630. "In a 150-foot radius
of the crime scene,Copy !req
631. three cigarette butts of the Ariston brand
were found." There you have it.Copy !req
632. Yes, it may be
the same brand of cigarettes,Copy !req
633. but there was no old wooden table.Copy !req
634. Of course, he could have written
that letter somewhere else.Copy !req
635. Good God!Copy !req
636. The window ledge!Copy !req
637. You're right.Copy !req
638. Just a minute.Copy !req
639. Red pencil.Copy !req
640. My God, finally!Copy !req
641. We're finally on his trail.Copy !req
642. What?Copy !req
643. They're on his trail?Copy !req
644. - Did they find him?
- The beggars found him.Copy !req
645. - His whistling gave him away.
- They put a mark on him.Copy !req
646. Shut up!Copy !req
647. What did you say?Copy !req
648. They're following the mark.
He isn't out of sight for a second.Copy !req
649. His every move is being watched.Copy !req
650. - Mister.
- What is it?Copy !req
651. - You got some white stuff on your coat.
- Where?Copy !req
652. On your shoulder.Copy !req
653. Here, I'll wipe it off.Copy !req
654. - What's the matter?
- Come on. We're leaving.Copy !req
655. He didn't come out this way.
We would've seen him.Copy !req
656. Out of the question!Copy !req
657. - Well, he didn't turn back.
- He has to be somewhere, damn it!Copy !req
658. Maybe he's hiding
inside the building.Copy !req
659. Closing time!Copy !req
660. We can't let him get away in the crowd!
If he slips through now...Copy !req
661. They're starting to come out!Copy !req
662. Out in the street,
and keep your eyes peeled!Copy !req
663. Excuse me, may I ask you a question?Copy !req
664. My trip is tomorrow.
I start in Königsberg...Copy !req
665. No, in my condition
I can't eat anything like that...Copy !req
666. The boss came to my office today...Copy !req
667. Turn off the light.Copy !req
668. He'll get suspicious
if he comes home and sees it on.Copy !req
669. What time is it, anyway?Copy !req
670. Almost 6:30.Copy !req
671. He's gotta still be inside!Copy !req
672. He definitely didn't come out
with the office crowd.Copy !req
673. No, just a moment.Copy !req
674. The beggars have called for backup
and surrounded the whole building.Copy !req
675. They figure the guy's hiding
in the building.Copy !req
676. What sort of building is it?Copy !req
677. Nothing but offices.Copy !req
678. I don't know what's in the basement.Copy !req
679. There's a branch of the local
savings bank on the ground floor,Copy !req
680. and the second to sixth floors
are nothing but offices.Copy !req
681. Above that is the attic space.Copy !req
682. This is unbelievable.Copy !req
683. Anyone still in there?Copy !req
684. Anyone still in here?Copy !req
685. What the devil!Copy !req
686. Anybody still in here?Copy !req
687. Damn carelessness!Copy !req
688. All that trouble for one door.Copy !req
689. Seems the guy's cornered now.Copy !req
690. I think we should tip
the cops off right away.Copy !req
691. - I agree.
- Let's not waste time!Copy !req
692. Stay by the phone
and call back in a few minutes.Copy !req
693. What is it?Copy !req
694. Are you crazy or something?
The police?Copy !req
695. No! We're gonna get
this guy ourselves!Copy !req
696. Listen, the time now is...Copy !req
697. 8:00.Copy !req
698. All right. 9:00, 10100...Copy !req
699. At 11:00!Copy !req
700. Evening. Did you know
your gate isn't closed?Copy !req
701. What? That's impossible!Copy !req
702. Why I just... Wait, it is!Copy !req
703. Open up, quick!
And not a sound!Copy !req
704. Come on! Move it!Copy !req
705. Let's go!Copy !req
706. Come on, move it!Copy !req
707. How many other watchmen
are in the building?Copy !req
708. Don't want to answer?Copy !req
709. Very well.Copy !req
710. There are still two watchmen
on their rounds.Copy !req
711. Goddamn it!Copy !req
712. Damn piece of crap!Copy !req
713. Goddamned lock!Copy !req
714. Damn it to hell!Copy !req
715. Shit!Copy !req
716. Careful where you shine those lights!Copy !req
717. And don't stomp around
like elephants!Copy !req
718. He's not in the basement.Copy !req
719. We went through it all
and found nothing.Copy !req
720. Two men are still going
through the boiler room.Copy !req
721. Hold it!Copy !req
722. This is the last one.Copy !req
723. Go up and join Emil.
He needs help.Copy !req
724. Safecracker sent me.Copy !req
725. All right.Copy !req
726. Listen carefully.Copy !req
727. This is a new type of time clock.Copy !req
728. Here's a general diagram.Copy !req
729. If they're not set
at exactly the right minute,Copy !req
730. an alarm automatically goes off
at the nearest police station. Get it?Copy !req
731. You got it?Copy !req
732. - I'm not an idiot!
- Well...Copy !req
733. He's not in the boiler room
or the coal room.Copy !req
734. We turned over every piece of coal.Copy !req
735. Hey!
Are you nuts?Copy !req
736. What if the doors are wired? You want the
police here in five minutes?Copy !req
737. We gotta get in if we're gonna
search the whole place!Copy !req
738. But not through the door, you idiot!Copy !req
739. Go through the ceiling
of the office above!Copy !req
740. Nothing.Copy !req
741. All right. Down we go.Copy !req
742. Hey, what's up?Copy !req
743. Hey! What is it?Copy !req
744. Wait a minute!
Answer me, damn it!Copy !req
745. - What's going on?
- I heard some banging!Copy !req
746. - Where are you off to?
- Why are you running?Copy !req
747. Wait, damn it!Copy !req
748. I've gotta see Safecracker!Copy !req
749. He's in the attic, I tell you!
I heard him knocking!Copy !req
750. Quiet!Copy !req
751. Go on! He has to be in there!Copy !req
752. Here's the light switch.Copy !req
753. Force the locks.Copy !req
754. Come on. Hurry up!Copy !req
755. Got him! I found the guy!
He's in the attic!Copy !req
756. I heard someone banging,
and I told Safecracker.Copy !req
757. He's up there with eight men.
They'll get him any moment now.Copy !req
758. Just came down to fill you in.Copy !req
759. If I hadn't been alert,
we could've looked for him for hours!Copy !req
760. The watchman!Copy !req
761. Three... one... four.Copy !req
762. 314.Copy !req
763. - Everybody out!
- What?Copy !req
764. - The cops will be here in five minutes.
- Damn it! Who called them?Copy !req
765. - The watchman rang the alarm.
- Let's scram!Copy !req
766. Hold it!Copy !req
767. Quiet down!Copy !req
768. Five more minutes,
six more storage sheds.Copy !req
769. Move it! Get going!Copy !req
770. Not like that!
Out of the way!Copy !req
771. - He's not in here.
- Next door!Copy !req
772. Come on! Faster!Copy !req
773. - He's not here either.
- Move on! Next door!Copy !req
774. Quickly! We've only got
three minutes left!Copy !req
775. No padlock on this one...
He must be here!Copy !req
776. Open it!Copy !req
777. - Something's jammed inside.
- Let me do it!Copy !req
778. Hurry! Only one minute left!Copy !req
779. There he is, the dog!Copy !req
780. Come on! Move it!Copy !req
781. Everybody out!Copy !req
782. Get out while you can, damn it!Copy !req
783. Move it!Copy !req
784. For Christ's sake, get going!Copy !req
785. - What's keeping the others?
- They're coming!Copy !req
786. If not, they might as well stay here,
with or without the guy!Copy !req
787. What in the hell is keeping them?Copy !req
788. Finally! Thank God!Copy !req
789. Quick now! Go!
Make it snappy!Copy !req
790. He's not down here.Copy !req
791. Hey! Who pulled up the rope?Copy !req
792. Hey, who pulled up the rope?Copy !req
793. Bunch of morons!Copy !req
794. Hello there.Copy !req
795. Hands up!Copy !req
796. How can I put my hands up
when I'm holding on to the rope?Copy !req
797. Come out of there!Copy !req
798. I'm really innocent this time...Copy !req
799. like a newborn babe.Copy !req
800. This may surprise you, Franz...Copy !req
801. but I believe you.Copy !req
802. Then everything's in order,
and I can go now, right?Copy !req
803. Just a moment.Copy !req
804. Cigarette?Copy !req
805. Uh-oh.Copy !req
806. I'll take your word for it, Franz,Copy !req
807. provided you can tell meCopy !req
808. who the man was
that you were looking forCopy !req
809. and that you found in that building.Copy !req
810. I don't understand, Inspector.Copy !req
811. A man, you say?Copy !req
812. I know nothing about that.
There must be some mistake.Copy !req
813. I know nothing.Copy !req
814. Nothing at all.Copy !req
815. Of course.Copy !req
816. There's just one thing I don't get:Copy !req
817. Why you're covering up for the gang
who left you in the lurch?Copy !req
818. Fine friends, running off
when things heat up,Copy !req
819. leaving you right in the fire.Copy !req
820. phooey!Copy !req
821. That ploy won't work with me,
Inspector.Copy !req
822. Listen...Copy !req
823. What can happen to me anyway?Copy !req
824. Maybe a little property damage,
so what?Copy !req
825. Nothing was pinched!Copy !req
826. But something was pinched,
my friend!Copy !req
827. In fact, a good deal.Copy !req
828. What? Something got pinched?Copy !req
829. How much?Copy !req
830. Tell me what you know
and I'll do the same.Copy !req
831. I already told you.
I know nothing.Copy !req
832. Very well.Copy !req
833. Give it some thought, Franz.Copy !req
834. Leave a man alone
for a couple hoursCopy !req
835. and a lot comes back to him
that he couldn't remember before.Copy !req
836. Take him away.Copy !req
837. Send the night watchman in.Copy !req
838. Mr Damowatz.Copy !req
839. Please sit down.Copy !req
840. Now then, you said
in your statement...Copy !req
841. Listen carefully, in case
you have to testify under oath later.Copy !req
842. You clearly heard one of the burglars
say to the guy guarding you,Copy !req
843. "We got him. I found the guy.
He's in the attic."Copy !req
844. - Is that correct?
- Yes, Inspector.Copy !req
845. Yes, I'll swear to that anytime.Copy !req
846. Good.Copy !req
847. Go home now
and recover from your ordeal.Copy !req
848. But please remain available
for further questioning.Copy !req
849. Of course, Inspector.Copy !req
850. Good morning, Inspector.Copy !req
851. Morning.Copy !req
852. Tell me, is Inspector Lohmann
in the building?Copy !req
853. He's talking to someone?
No, it doesn't matter.Copy !req
854. I'll come over myself.Copy !req
855. What? I see.Copy !req
856. Hasn't come home yet, eh?Copy !req
857. Did you keep an eye
on the old Winkler woman too?Copy !req
858. Come in.Copy !req
859. Come in!Copy !req
860. - Am I disturbing you?
- No, come in.Copy !req
861. Listen, the whole block
is surrounded.Copy !req
862. If he decides to go home,
he has to run into us.Copy !req
863. So just keep on waiting.Copy !req
864. If anything happens,
I'll be here at the precinct.Copy !req
865. Damn it!Copy !req
866. What do you want?Copy !req
867. I wanted...Copy !req
868. to ask a favour of you.Copy !req
869. Dishwater again!Copy !req
870. I wanted to ask you...Copy !req
871. Read this first.Copy !req
872. - A statement?
- Yeah.Copy !req
873. An office building was broken into.Copy !req
874. Bennostrasse?Copy !req
875. That's a respectable part of town.Copy !req
876. Perhaps not that respectable after all.Copy !req
877. Hell, this is getting serious!Copy !req
878. What the...
Did they mean to empty the brothel?Copy !req
879. What could they have been
looking for in the coal?Copy !req
880. Incredible! Unbelievable!Copy !req
881. I'll be damned!Copy !req
882. This is madness!Copy !req
883. So they were after
the savings bank!Copy !req
884. Good God!
What could this mean?Copy !req
885. I don't understand at all.Copy !req
886. They didn't even touch it?Copy !req
887. Must've been a bunch of real idiots!Copy !req
888. I'll be damned!Copy !req
889. Isn't that something?Copy !req
890. Nothing stolen,
but a man was carried off.Copy !req
891. God knows where they took him.Copy !req
892. That's just great.Copy !req
893. And Franz isn't talking.Copy !req
894. He's afraid, of course.Copy !req
895. I know him well. Guys like him would
rather jump out the fifth-floor windowCopy !req
896. than be mixed up in a murder rap.Copy !req
897. What if we could
get at him from that angle?Copy !req
898. Lohmann, if you'd be willing
to help me out...Copy !req
899. Very clever.Copy !req
900. I see the wheels turning.Copy !req
901. Let's send for this Franz.Copy !req
902. You're wanted for questioning.Copy !req
903. What? They sent four guys for me?Copy !req
904. - What's this about?
- Move it!Copy !req
905. "Homicide squad.Copy !req
906. Inspector Karl Lohmann."Copy !req
907. What do you want with me?Copy !req
908. What have I got to do
with the homicide squad?Copy !req
909. Yes, young man,Copy !req
910. your case has been turned over to me.Copy !req
911. But why?Copy !req
912. Why?Copy !req
913. You boys did your work
a little too well.Copy !req
914. One of the watchmen...Copy !req
915. Dead?Copy !req
916. Accessory to murder.Copy !req
917. Nasty business.Copy !req
918. Inspector, I've had enough!Copy !req
919. I want no part of this!Copy !req
920. I'll tell you everything I know!Copy !req
921. Very sensible,
but, unfortunately, too late.Copy !req
922. It can't be too late!Copy !req
923. It can't be!Copy !req
924. I'll tell you everything!Copy !req
925. Even what we were looking for
in that damn building.Copy !req
926. Well...Copy !req
927. The child murderer!Copy !req
928. What?Copy !req
929. Who?Copy !req
930. The child murderer, Inspector.Copy !req
931. Just a moment.Copy !req
932. This had to happen to me!Copy !req
933. Me, of all people.Copy !req
934. Come sit down, my boy.Copy !req
935. We're gonna level
with each other, got it?Copy !req
936. Certainly, Inspector.Copy !req
937. And God help you
if you pull something.Copy !req
938. Now then,Copy !req
939. what have you boys got to do
with the murdererCopy !req
940. and where was the guy taken?Copy !req
941. Well, Inspector...Copy !req
942. you know the old
Kuntz & Ley distillery?Copy !req
943. The one that went belly-up
in the Depression?Copy !req
944. That's the one.Copy !req
945. Since then, the building's stood empty,
and no one gives a damn about it.Copy !req
946. Get out here! Move it!Copy !req
947. Let me go!Copy !req
948. What have I done to you?Copy !req
949. You swine!Copy !req
950. Let go of me!Copy !req
951. Bastards!Copy !req
952. Swine!
What do you want from me?Copy !req
953. What do you want...?Copy !req
954. Help!Copy !req
955. Help! Let me out of here!Copy !req
956. I want out!Copy !req
957. Let me out of here!Copy !req
958. You'll never get out of here.Copy !req
959. Gentlemen, I beg of you!Copy !req
960. I don't even know
what you want with me.Copy !req
961. I beg you, let me go.Copy !req
962. This whole thing must be a mistake!Copy !req
963. A mis...Copy !req
964. No.Copy !req
965. No mistake.
Out of the question.Copy !req
966. This is no mistake.Copy !req
967. No.Copy !req
968. No mistake.Copy !req
969. You recognise this?Copy !req
970. You bought a balloon just like this
for little Elsie Beckmann.Copy !req
971. Just like this one.Copy !req
972. No!Copy !req
973. Where did you bury
little Marga Perl, you bastard?Copy !req
974. But I never...Copy !req
975. I never even met her!Copy !req
976. You never even met her!Copy !req
977. I suppose you never
met her either?Copy !req
978. Or her?Copy !req
979. You never met her either?Copy !req
980. - Stop him!
- Grab him!Copy !req
981. - Stop him!
- Don't let him escape!Copy !req
982. Watch out! The door!Copy !req
983. - Let me out!
- Punch him in the face!Copy !req
984. Let go of me!Copy !req
985. - You have no right to treat me this way!
- We'll show you we do!Copy !req
986. You have no right to hold me here!Copy !req
987. Right? There's only one thing
right for a man like you - death!Copy !req
988. - Right! Kill him!
- Kill the rabid dog!Copy !req
989. - Ice him!
- Let him have it!Copy !req
990. Quiet!Copy !req
991. Kill him!Copy !req
992. You spoke of right just now.Copy !req
993. We will be your right.Copy !req
994. Everyone sitting here
is an expert in the rule of law!Copy !req
995. From six weeks in Tegel prison
to 15 years in Brandenburg.Copy !req
996. They'll make sure
you get your rights.Copy !req
997. You'll even have defence counsel.Copy !req
998. Everything according
to the letter of the law.Copy !req
999. Defence counsel?Copy !req
1000. I need no defence counsel!
Who's gonna prosecute me?Copy !req
1001. YOU, Perhaps?Copy !req
1002. Hey, you.Copy !req
1003. If I were you,
I wouldn't make big speeches.Copy !req
1004. Your head's at stake here,
in case you hadn't noticed.Copy !req
1005. And just who are you?Copy !req
1006. I have the dubious pleasure
of sewing as your defence.Copy !req
1007. Though I'm afraid
it won't do you much good.Copy !req
1008. Do you all want to kill me?
You want to just wipe me out?Copy !req
1009. We simply want to put you
out of commission.Copy !req
1010. And we'll only be sure
of that when you're dead.Copy !req
1011. But you can't murder me
just like that!Copy !req
1012. I demand to be handed over
to the police!Copy !req
1013. I demand to be brought
before a real court of law!Copy !req
1014. That's a good one!Copy !req
1015. - You'd like that, wouldn't you?
- Look who's talking!Copy !req
1016. So you can plead insanityCopy !req
1017. and spend the rest of your life
being cared for by the state.Copy !req
1018. And then you break out of the asylum
or receive a pardon,Copy !req
1019. and you're happy as can be,
free to kill with impunity,Copy !req
1020. protected by law
on grounds of insanityCopy !req
1021. and you're back to chasing little children!
No, no more of that!Copy !req
1022. You must be taken out of action!
You must go!Copy !req
1023. But I can't help it!Copy !req
1024. I can't...Copy !req
1025. I really can't... help it!Copy !req
1026. We know that one!Copy !req
1027. Before the judge,
we all "can't help it".Copy !req
1028. What would you know?Copy !req
1029. What are you talking about?Copy !req
1030. Who are you anyway?Copy !req
1031. Who are you?Copy !req
1032. All of you.Copy !req
1033. Criminals.Copy !req
1034. Probably proud of it, too.Copy !req
1035. Proud you can crack a safeCopy !req
1036. or sneak into houses
or cheat at cards.Copy !req
1037. All of which it seems to me
you could just as easily give upCopy !req
1038. if you had learned something useful,Copy !req
1039. or if you had jobs
or if you weren't such lazy pigs.Copy !req
1040. But me?Copy !req
1041. Can I do anything about it?Copy !req
1042. Don't I have
this cursed thing inside me?Copy !req
1043. This fire, this voice, this agony?Copy !req
1044. So you mean to say
you have to kill?Copy !req
1045. I have to roam the streets endlessly,Copy !req
1046. always sensing
that someone's following me.Copy !req
1047. It's me!Copy !req
1048. I'm shadowing myself!Copy !req
1049. Silently... but I still hear it!Copy !req
1050. Yes, sometimes I feelCopy !req
1051. like I'm tracking myself down.Copy !req
1052. I want to run,
run away from myself!Copy !req
1053. But I can't!
I can't escape from myself!Copy !req
1054. I must take the path
that it's driving me downCopy !req
1055. and run and run
down endless streets!Copy !req
1056. I want off!Copy !req
1057. And with me run the ghostsCopy !req
1058. of the mothers and children.Copy !req
1059. They never go away.
They're always there!Copy !req
1060. Always!Copy !req
1061. Except when I'm doing it.Copy !req
1062. When I...Copy !req
1063. Then I don't remember a thing.Copy !req
1064. Then I'm standing before a poster,Copy !req
1065. reading what I've done.Copy !req
1066. I read and read...Copy !req
1067. I did that?Copy !req
1068. I don't remember a thing!Copy !req
1069. But who will believe me?Copy !req
1070. Who knows what it's like inside me?Copy !req
1071. How it screams and cries out
inside me when I have to do it!Copy !req
1072. Don't want to! Must!Copy !req
1073. And then a voice cries out,
and I can't listen anymore!Copy !req
1074. Help! I can't!Copy !req
1075. I can't!Copy !req
1076. The accused has stated
that he can't help himself.Copy !req
1077. In other words,
he must commit murder.Copy !req
1078. With that he has pronounced
his own death sentence.Copy !req
1079. Right!Copy !req
1080. A man who claimsCopy !req
1081. that he's compelled
to destroy the lives of others,Copy !req
1082. such a man must be
extinguished like a bonfire!Copy !req
1083. Such a man must be obliterated!Copy !req
1084. Wiped out!Copy !req
1085. May I address the court?Copy !req
1086. Counsel for the defence
has the floor.Copy !req
1087. My learned colleague
who just spoke,Copy !req
1088. who is, if I'm not mistaken,Copy !req
1089. wanted by the police
on three counts of manslaughter...Copy !req
1090. That's irrelevant here.Copy !req
1091. has claimed that the fact that my client
was acting compulsivelyCopy !req
1092. warrants the death sentence.Copy !req
1093. That's rig ht!Copy !req
1094. He is mistaken,Copy !req
1095. because the very nature of compulsion
warrants an acquittal!Copy !req
1096. Get outta here, will you?Copy !req
1097. Are you nuts, or plastered?Copy !req
1098. It is precisely
the nature of compulsionCopy !req
1099. that relieves him
of responsibility for his actions!Copy !req
1100. And a man cannot be punished for that
for which he is not responsible!Copy !req
1101. - Ridiculous!
- You mean this monster should go free?Copy !req
1102. That he should live?Copy !req
1103. I'm saying that this man is sick,Copy !req
1104. and you turn a sick man
over to a doctor, not an executioner.Copy !req
1105. - Will you guarantee his cure?
- What does the state build asylums for?Copy !req
1106. - What if he breaks out?
- Or he's declared cured and released?Copy !req
1107. And one fine day
the killing starts all over?Copy !req
1108. Another month-long manhunt!Copy !req
1109. Once again the insanity clause,
once again the asylum!Copy !req
1110. Another breakout or possible release!
And again "must kill"!Copy !req
1111. Is this supposed
to go on indefinitely?Copy !req
1112. No one has the right to kill a manCopy !req
1113. who cannot be held
responsible for his crimes!Copy !req
1114. Not even the state,
and all of you least of all!Copy !req
1115. The state must ensure
that this man is rendered harmlessCopy !req
1116. so that he ceases to be
a danger to society!Copy !req
1117. You never had kids, did you?Copy !req
1118. Then you never lost any either.Copy !req
1119. But if you wanna know what it's like
when a little child is taken from you,Copy !req
1120. just ask the parents
whose kids he took away!Copy !req
1121. Ask them about the days and nights
not knowing what had happened,Copy !req
1122. and later,
when they finally found out...Copy !req
1123. Why don't you ask the mothers?Copy !req
1124. You should ask the mothers!Copy !req
1125. Think you'd get mercy
from any of themCopy !req
1126. for murdering their kids?Copy !req
1127. - The woman's right!
- Absolutely!Copy !req
1128. No mercy for the killer!Copy !req
1129. - Let him have it!
- Slaughter the bastard!Copy !req
1130. - Kill the monster!
- Kill him!Copy !req
1131. - Put the animal to death!
- Rub him out!Copy !req
1132. - Kill him!
- Waste him!Copy !req
1133. - Get rid of him!
- Annihilate the monster!Copy !req
1134. I will not let you shout me down!Copy !req
1135. I will not allow a murder
to be committed in my presence.Copy !req
1136. I demand that this human being...Copy !req
1137. That's not a human being!Copy !req
1138. that this human being be afforded
the same protection under the lawCopy !req
1139. rendered the common criminal!Copy !req
1140. Not a chance!Copy !req
1141. I demand that he
be handed over to the police!Copy !req
1142. The police!
Of all the dumb...Copy !req
1143. In the name of the law...Copy !req
1144. In the name of the people...Copy !req
1145. This will not bring
our children back.Copy !req
1146. One has to
keep closer watchCopy !req
1147. over the children!Copy !req
1148. All of you!Copy !req