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When I Was Dead A Comedy in 3 Acts

The Husband: Ernst Lubitsch

The Wife: Louise Schenrich

The Mother-in Law: Lanchen Voss

Dear Mr. Ernst Lubitsch, We invite you to our tournament this evening. The Chess Club

Stay Here!

At the Chess Club

1 o'clock in the morning

I heard of someone who died of playing chess.

Well! Finally!

Checkmate!

Well, you deserve it.

Sleep, child, sleep!

In my house, I wear the pants.

But only the underpants.

Dear Husband! Since I do not want to regret my life because of your passions,...

it is better that we divorce. One of us has to leave the house today. Louise.

She knows where the carpenter has left a hole. (in your head!)

Faster, faster.

Dear Wife! When you read these lines, I will no longer be alive. Goodbye forever! Your Ernst

Moritz Marriage Agency

At the marriage agency

Do you have someone in the pipeline?

Come tomorrow afternoon to the Cafe Kaiser. I'll present my daughter.

Living this way does not make much sense.

What should I do with you?

An intelligent young man wanted for housework...

in a grand house at Hohenzollerndamm 117

That's my house.

You're hired..

This can be very nice.

Ernst takes the job

Entry for servants and tradesmen

I like this man.

The old one is just jealous.

May I present myself to Madam ..?

Do you have any old clothes to sell?

25 Marks for all the stuff.

Throw this picture in the garbage can.

When I Was Dead Act III

A new suitor is expected for dinner.

This is where our guest sits.

He can wait for a while.

My husband, a good soul.

After dinner.

A few days later. Ernst takes his mother-in-law to the theater.

Don't tell anyone else, or I will be very embarrassed.

Only if you leave here immediately and we never see you again.

Disappear, like the sausage in the pantry.

The next morning.

Don't you know you are supposed to have been dead for a long time?