1 00:00:37,583 --> 00:00:39,657 You must talk to me, Miss Keller. 2 00:00:46,208 --> 00:00:48,406 For God's sake, start talking! 3 00:00:49,458 --> 00:00:51,738 What happened in the woods? 4 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:53,756 FRIEDA'S CASE 5 00:01:59,583 --> 00:02:03,018 BASED ON A TRUE STORY 6 00:02:03,875 --> 00:02:06,361 ST. GALLEN, 1904 7 00:02:06,542 --> 00:02:07,791 Absurd! 8 00:02:08,125 --> 00:02:12,014 He's clearly guilty. -Don't take it personally, colleague. 9 00:02:12,208 --> 00:02:15,808 Must another innocent be harmed before we finally lock him up? 10 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,528 Have you lost your faith in the good of man? 11 00:02:18,708 --> 00:02:20,535 Mr. Prosecutor. 12 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:22,452 Mr. Janggen. 13 00:02:25,458 --> 00:02:27,738 It must've happened some time ago, 14 00:02:28,083 --> 00:02:30,445 but heavy rains washed the soil away. 15 00:02:30,958 --> 00:02:32,825 What's the matter? 16 00:02:34,042 --> 00:02:37,147 First, only part of the hat and a shoe were visible. 17 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:40,687 Upon inspection, it proved to be a child's body. 18 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:55,952 It was around the neck. 19 00:03:23,208 --> 00:03:24,828 Lousy weather. 20 00:03:25,167 --> 00:03:26,663 In June! 21 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,734 Have you heard about the child in the forest? 22 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,914 Last night 23 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:36,179 in Hagenbuch Forest, the body of a 5-year-old boy was found. 24 00:03:36,375 --> 00:03:39,645 It has probably been buried there for some time. 25 00:03:39,833 --> 00:03:41,742 What monster could do that? 26 00:03:44,083 --> 00:03:47,848 Since no missing children match that description, 27 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:52,054 we ask the public to assist in his identification. 28 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:56,804 He wore a grey, blouse-like smock, 29 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,404 grey breeches, 30 00:03:59,583 --> 00:04:04,338 a white shirt, black lace-up shoes, a white cap. 31 00:04:04,542 --> 00:04:06,326 Are you sure? 32 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:09,110 Absolutely. These are Ernstli Keller's. 33 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:12,696 Thank you, sister. That's all. 34 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,744 Ernstli, of all people. 35 00:04:17,333 --> 00:04:19,654 We fed him for such a long time. 36 00:04:19,833 --> 00:04:22,237 He was fetched only 4 weeks ago. 37 00:04:22,917 --> 00:04:25,403 There's still an open boarding bill. 38 00:04:25,583 --> 00:04:30,049 His mother often paid late. -That's of no concern to the prosecution. 39 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:42,911 Have you written Heiri? 40 00:04:46,125 --> 00:04:47,827 Oh, Friedeli... 41 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:51,490 You've stopped eating. 42 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,323 You're already so pale. 43 00:04:57,583 --> 00:05:00,440 Other mothers have beautiful sons... 44 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:03,612 ... who don't just run off to Zurich. 45 00:05:11,875 --> 00:05:15,351 Frieda Keller? -No, I'm her sister. 46 00:05:15,542 --> 00:05:16,914 What's it about? 47 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:19,940 We'd like to tell your sister personally. 48 00:05:20,583 --> 00:05:22,410 Is she at home? 49 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:42,036 I'm Frieda Keller. 50 00:05:44,875 --> 00:05:47,443 We regret to inform... -It was me. 51 00:05:49,625 --> 00:05:54,091 Why don't we slaughter a chicken? A fitting meal for pompous roosters. 52 00:05:54,458 --> 00:05:59,295 Just no newfangled experiments. This dinner is too important for that. 53 00:05:59,667 --> 00:06:01,782 Why are you so nervous? 54 00:06:02,125 --> 00:06:05,519 It should be their idea to nominate me for grand councilor. 55 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:07,082 Check! 56 00:06:08,292 --> 00:06:10,902 You should swallow your pride for once. 57 00:06:11,250 --> 00:06:13,530 Just tell them what you want. 58 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:15,864 I won't beg. 59 00:06:17,708 --> 00:06:19,782 Don't count on their intellect. 60 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:23,732 We both know you think they're trained monkeys. 61 00:06:24,708 --> 00:06:27,896 Conrad, maybe. He's always ogling you! 62 00:06:29,042 --> 00:06:31,528 Don't you see that? -Oh, Walti. 63 00:06:32,333 --> 00:06:35,974 He has a lovely wife and five kids. -Exactly. 64 00:06:36,542 --> 00:06:38,409 Pardon me. 65 00:06:38,583 --> 00:06:40,368 Mr. Schönenberger. 66 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,573 The dead boy in the woods. 67 00:06:46,583 --> 00:06:48,450 His mother did it. -What? 68 00:06:48,792 --> 00:06:52,432 She confessed. -Okay, we'll deal with it tomorrow. 69 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:08,494 Gruel again! 70 00:07:21,625 --> 00:07:23,079 It smells of cunt. 71 00:07:23,583 --> 00:07:25,863 Let me rub myself on it. 72 00:07:26,208 --> 00:07:27,622 Quiet! 73 00:07:29,167 --> 00:07:31,322 I imagined her differently. 74 00:07:33,750 --> 00:07:36,236 A wolf in sheep's clothing. 75 00:07:45,083 --> 00:07:46,662 Eat! 76 00:07:49,958 --> 00:07:51,372 Hey! 77 00:07:53,042 --> 00:07:54,291 Open it. 78 00:07:54,625 --> 00:07:58,472 She killed a defenseless child. -Then keep watch. 79 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:28,618 You must eat something. 80 00:08:38,957 --> 00:08:41,072 They need a closed seam. 81 00:08:42,457 --> 00:08:44,325 The shoulders. 82 00:08:45,708 --> 00:08:47,741 It's far too tight like that. 83 00:09:25,833 --> 00:09:29,185 Read about the dead child in Hagenbuch Forest! 84 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,063 Read about the child murderess of Hagenbuch Forest! 85 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:34,581 Read it! 86 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:38,079 Let me see. 87 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:40,530 Thanks. -A newspaper, please. 88 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:44,511 Thanks. 89 00:10:06,583 --> 00:10:08,781 What's happened to you, girl? 90 00:10:08,958 --> 00:10:10,661 Frieda. 91 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:14,072 My name's Frieda. 92 00:10:54,875 --> 00:10:56,990 I don't want any lice. 93 00:11:00,333 --> 00:11:02,160 Neither do I. 94 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:17,112 Why do you work in such a place? 95 00:11:18,875 --> 00:11:21,072 It's not like you need to. 96 00:11:23,833 --> 00:11:26,319 Inactivity's harmful to the mind. 97 00:11:28,458 --> 00:11:30,903 You'll realize that soon enough. 98 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:34,497 Recognize this? 99 00:11:39,167 --> 00:11:40,663 Miss Keller? 100 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:43,237 I'll ask again. Do you recognize it? 101 00:11:45,208 --> 00:11:46,219 Yes. 102 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,156 Your boy was wearing it 103 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:52,645 when you fetched him from Tempelacker Orphanage. 104 00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:54,288 Correct? 105 00:12:00,083 --> 00:12:02,528 What did you do to the boy in the forest? 106 00:12:02,875 --> 00:12:05,938 It was me. Isn't that enough? 107 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:09,561 No, it's not enough! I must know what happened. 108 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:12,996 Miss Keller! 109 00:12:16,625 --> 00:12:18,698 Gusset-shaped earlobe. 110 00:12:20,208 --> 00:12:21,704 5.7 cm. 111 00:12:26,083 --> 00:12:28,198 Stand up and turn around. 112 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:34,397 Step up and lean against the wall. 113 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,362 Bend your left leg back. 114 00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:46,271 Stand still. -That's a woman, not a cow. 115 00:12:49,625 --> 00:12:52,029 She's no woman. She's a murderess. 116 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:53,787 29. -Leave. 117 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:57,369 Both of you. 118 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,533 Come down. 119 00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:17,283 Arm up. 120 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:34,605 When I do this, the woman gets a nice new dress. 121 00:13:36,667 --> 00:13:38,204 Not in here. 122 00:13:44,375 --> 00:13:46,242 Where's Ernstli now? 123 00:13:48,250 --> 00:13:50,654 Not buried in the woods, at least. 124 00:14:01,833 --> 00:14:04,732 All that exists is man. 125 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:09,266 The rest is the work of his hands 126 00:14:09,458 --> 00:14:11,614 and his mind. 127 00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:13,950 Man. 128 00:14:14,125 --> 00:14:17,064 It's magnificent. It sounds... 129 00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,619 ... proud. 130 00:14:19,958 --> 00:14:22,320 Man. 131 00:14:25,708 --> 00:14:28,030 Don't you mind your fiancé working? 132 00:14:28,708 --> 00:14:31,689 Can acting actually be called work? 133 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:33,660 Ouch! The needles. 134 00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:35,948 How did you meet? 135 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:39,601 I'm a souvenir from his time studying in Berlin. 136 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:42,613 He saw me in a play and fell for me. 137 00:14:42,958 --> 00:14:46,104 Leaving your homeland for a man is no easy decision. 138 00:14:48,542 --> 00:14:52,595 Feel free to move. -Sure, and get a needle in the neck! 139 00:14:53,125 --> 00:14:54,786 They shouldn't prick. 140 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:58,728 You could even go dancing like this. - I'd rather not. 141 00:14:58,917 --> 00:15:01,980 In reality, the lawyer's a big scaredy cat. 142 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:18,367 Hair pin, ornate. 143 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:20,409 Needle box. 144 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:23,952 Pocketknife. 145 00:15:25,708 --> 00:15:27,163 A piece of wood. 146 00:15:27,333 --> 00:15:29,489 Willow bark. 147 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:36,732 Soap. -Can you tell me how she is? 148 00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:39,361 I'm not obliged to say. 149 00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:45,278 Postcards. -May I go and see her? 150 00:15:45,625 --> 00:15:47,492 Step back, please. 151 00:16:01,167 --> 00:16:03,735 What's this? -Sewing patterns, of course. 152 00:16:07,708 --> 00:16:09,741 That's mine. 153 00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:19,865 Can you give her this? 154 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:24,930 She doesn't eat when she's scared. Maybe she'll eat some apple. 155 00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:34,566 Everything's fine. No reason to stare. 156 00:16:44,958 --> 00:16:46,207 Stay seated. 157 00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:49,191 Can you give me any background to the crime? 158 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:52,480 I didn't know a thing till the police came to my door. 159 00:16:52,833 --> 00:16:55,155 Frieda lives with us. -And the child? 160 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:58,068 He was at Tempelacker, the orphanage. 161 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:01,489 Why not with you? 162 00:17:03,167 --> 00:17:06,271 We never thought it'd turn out like this. 163 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:09,564 Do you have any doubt that Miss... 164 00:17:09,916 --> 00:17:11,371 Keller. Frieda Keller. 165 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:14,736 ... that Miss Keller is guilty? 166 00:17:16,125 --> 00:17:18,899 You don't know what Frieda went through. 167 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:23,020 She's not at all like what the papers say about her. 168 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:25,366 What did she go through? 169 00:17:34,875 --> 00:17:36,908 I hope that's enough. 170 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:38,870 That's all we have. 171 00:17:39,208 --> 00:17:41,488 You must tell me what you know. 172 00:17:41,833 --> 00:17:45,309 The more I know, the better I can help your sister. 173 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,653 Frieda's good, hard-working. 174 00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:51,856 She liked to cook and... -What will they do to her? 175 00:17:52,875 --> 00:17:55,650 There'll be a trial. -Death penalty? 176 00:17:56,875 --> 00:18:01,423 Only if the prosecution proves she acted deliberately. 177 00:18:02,292 --> 00:18:04,902 Only if the verdict is murder. 178 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,847 What can you say of the child's father? -There is none. 179 00:18:10,458 --> 00:18:13,233 With all due respect, I'm sure there is. 180 00:18:13,583 --> 00:18:16,234 Might he be an accomplice? -No. 181 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:22,758 It's nothing new that women want to get rid of their illegitimate children. 182 00:18:25,750 --> 00:18:27,122 Well... 183 00:18:27,958 --> 00:18:30,486 We won't detain you any longer. 184 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,821 Will you take the case? -Of course. 185 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,063 Although it's nearly pro bono, by the looks of it. 186 00:18:42,250 --> 00:18:46,345 She was either totally desperate, or she's an unscrupulous bitch. 187 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:48,326 She isn't! 188 00:18:49,125 --> 00:18:52,064 She's good. -No Swiss German, please. 189 00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:56,609 I like her the best at work. 190 00:18:56,958 --> 00:18:59,444 She's clever and always polite. 191 00:19:00,958 --> 00:19:03,775 Have you noticed anything strange lately? 192 00:19:04,458 --> 00:19:06,078 She was quieter. 193 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:09,231 I thought it was the headaches she often has. 194 00:19:09,833 --> 00:19:12,526 Thought that's why she missed work. 195 00:19:12,708 --> 00:19:15,607 Did she have an affair, did she meet men? 196 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:18,319 Frieda only thought about work. 197 00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:20,947 She never had much money. 198 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:23,817 Her sister pays a pretty penny to board there. 199 00:19:24,167 --> 00:19:27,148 But you never noticed she had a child? 200 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:32,361 Are they sure she has a child? 201 00:19:34,292 --> 00:19:37,974 It's not like Frieda. -Could someone have pressured her? 202 00:19:39,583 --> 00:19:41,657 A woman came to the shop once. 203 00:19:42,625 --> 00:19:45,029 She was... angry. 204 00:19:49,833 --> 00:19:51,577 Very pretty. 205 00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:53,411 Well then, 206 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,368 you can send Sophie in. 207 00:20:01,583 --> 00:20:03,945 You're next. -How do I look? 208 00:20:06,583 --> 00:20:09,234 He'll send you home like this. 209 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:12,489 You need more color. 210 00:20:13,958 --> 00:20:15,908 How do you do it? 211 00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:18,198 Such lovely clothes from rags. 212 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:20,945 You'll end up at a Paris fashion house! 213 00:20:21,708 --> 00:20:24,813 Nobody can stop us from dreaming! 214 00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:31,695 Go on now, it's your turn. 215 00:20:41,083 --> 00:20:42,744 I couldn't hear them. 216 00:20:44,583 --> 00:20:46,410 And I didn't ask. 217 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,692 I didn't want Frieda to think I was spying. 218 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:53,857 Even considering all the circumstances 219 00:20:54,042 --> 00:20:57,064 that could lead to such rotten morals... 220 00:20:57,250 --> 00:20:59,199 I just can't understand! 221 00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:02,399 For God's sake, a mother killing her own child! 222 00:21:02,750 --> 00:21:07,298 You'd think she'd have a maternal instinct to always protect her own child. 223 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:16,047 She asked where Ernstli is. -Oh, suddenly she's interested in her boy. 224 00:21:16,958 --> 00:21:19,114 And asks you of all people. 225 00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:23,490 Me of all people, yes. 226 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:26,822 Sewing patterns, Walti. 227 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:30,273 For children's clothes, by the looks of them. 228 00:21:45,125 --> 00:21:47,487 Mrs. Prosecutor? -Good day. 229 00:21:49,125 --> 00:21:53,385 As I told you, no visits without the prosecutor's permission. 230 00:21:53,583 --> 00:21:57,183 I know, but you also said I could bring clothes. 231 00:21:57,625 --> 00:21:59,121 Clothes, I said. 232 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:02,774 It's just willow bark, for her headache. 233 00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:04,624 Please. 234 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:07,658 Alright. 235 00:22:11,708 --> 00:22:13,823 Can you tell me how she is? 236 00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:16,941 Who can say what goes on inside a murderess? 237 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:24,704 Good afternoon. 238 00:22:28,542 --> 00:22:32,925 Mothers who bring children to us struggle with motherhood from the start. 239 00:22:33,583 --> 00:22:35,616 But that it comes to this... 240 00:22:36,417 --> 00:22:38,119 What could I do? 241 00:22:38,292 --> 00:22:42,180 We need space for all the newborns constantly being brought in. 242 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:47,888 The boy had to go. He'd have grown dull among the babies. 243 00:22:49,708 --> 00:22:51,658 Then she finally fetched him. 244 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,651 After I set a final deadline. 245 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,775 And the money? Did you bring it? 246 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:17,151 I had to buy clothes for him. 247 00:23:19,625 --> 00:23:22,235 Where are we going? 248 00:23:22,750 --> 00:23:25,071 Well then, Ernstli... 249 00:23:33,833 --> 00:23:35,577 Come on. 250 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:37,785 Bring the money next week. 251 00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:41,153 For real this time. 252 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:48,182 Of course she didn't bring it. Just a moment, I'll fetch it. 253 00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:00,655 Here, the book of boarding fees. 254 00:24:01,125 --> 00:24:03,405 If everyone owed as much as Frieda, 255 00:24:03,583 --> 00:24:06,729 Tempelacker would be a real poorhouse. 256 00:24:08,208 --> 00:24:10,158 Here is the letter. 257 00:24:12,292 --> 00:24:13,664 Yes. 258 00:24:15,583 --> 00:24:18,234 She must have brought it at some point. 259 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:21,027 We found it later, while tidying up. 260 00:24:21,208 --> 00:24:24,396 What would've happened if she hadn't fetched the boy? 261 00:24:24,583 --> 00:24:28,472 We'd have delivered him to her door. We can't keep them all. 262 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:33,691 She writes that Ernstli is fine. 263 00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:35,577 In Munich? 264 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:55,195 May I write a letter to Bertha? 265 00:24:56,292 --> 00:24:58,200 I'd like to thank her. 266 00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:03,228 It's hard to stay clear-headed with nothing to do. 267 00:25:03,583 --> 00:25:06,647 For now, you may only speak with the prosecutor. 268 00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:17,654 Miss Bahon from the sewing salon 269 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,156 pays well, doesn't she? 270 00:25:22,083 --> 00:25:23,950 Too much to die on, 271 00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:26,034 but not enough to live. 272 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:34,067 You could've become self-employed. 273 00:25:37,083 --> 00:25:39,116 Dreams are free, madam. 274 00:25:40,208 --> 00:25:41,663 But the rest... 275 00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:44,579 It's beyond me. 276 00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:02,099 Life feels long when you're waiting for death to set you free. 277 00:26:02,458 --> 00:26:04,944 What did Ernstli need to be freed from? 278 00:26:07,417 --> 00:26:08,954 From life. 279 00:26:14,375 --> 00:26:17,314 From all the illnesses that winter brings. 280 00:26:19,375 --> 00:26:21,861 From the stomach cramps of hunger. 281 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,411 From all the glances, 282 00:26:26,333 --> 00:26:28,200 so full of disdain. 283 00:26:29,083 --> 00:26:31,776 From being the son of a disgraceful girl. 284 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,538 From me. 285 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:42,653 The sewing patterns in your room... 286 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:45,119 They were for Ernstli? 287 00:26:45,917 --> 00:26:47,619 A suit for school. 288 00:26:52,458 --> 00:26:55,315 I hoped we could be a family with someone. 289 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:05,038 Like you, I guess. 290 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,790 That's enough. 291 00:27:19,708 --> 00:27:21,947 Not all my dreams come true, either. 292 00:27:29,167 --> 00:27:32,024 You need another filling, or it'll fester. 293 00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:35,684 But you must be careful it doesn't get infected up there. 294 00:27:37,875 --> 00:27:39,577 I'll give you... 295 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,700 a powder to take with you, 296 00:27:44,208 --> 00:27:46,447 in case the pain returns. 297 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:48,219 Thanks. 298 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:51,150 Read about the child murderess in the forest! 299 00:27:51,333 --> 00:27:53,283 Read more in the Tagblatt! 300 00:27:53,458 --> 00:27:55,903 Good morning, colleague. -Mr. Janggen. 301 00:27:56,083 --> 00:27:58,157 How are you? -Well, and you? 302 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:01,521 Gotten over Embroidery Master Hägeli's acquittal? 303 00:28:01,708 --> 00:28:04,937 I never take it personally. It comes with the job. 304 00:28:05,125 --> 00:28:07,693 You win nine, and lose one. 305 00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:10,774 I should've known you'd twist it in your favor. 306 00:28:10,958 --> 00:28:14,558 Speaking of the job, I'd like to visit my lady client. 307 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,068 You represent the murderess? 308 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:21,365 Client visits are part of my job. 309 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:26,179 You know I'm not obliged to do that before I'm done questioning her. 310 00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:29,730 Not having an obligation doesn't mean you can't. 311 00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:32,691 She confessed. The case is crystal clear. 312 00:28:33,042 --> 00:28:35,734 I'd like to see for myself, if you don't mind. 313 00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:38,322 What a waste of time! 314 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:42,347 Are you afraid I might muddy your "crystal-clear case"? 315 00:28:42,542 --> 00:28:45,069 Don't overestimate yourself. 316 00:28:46,375 --> 00:28:50,181 My job is to make sure people can rely on our justice system. 317 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:53,933 That includes a murderess receiving just punishment. 318 00:28:54,292 --> 00:28:56,200 Is death just punishment? 319 00:28:59,333 --> 00:29:02,356 That's for the judge to decide. I must be going. 320 00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:21,271 1, 2, 321 00:29:21,625 --> 00:29:24,359 3, 4, 5... 322 00:29:27,625 --> 00:29:31,472 ... 8, 9, 10! Here I come! 323 00:29:54,458 --> 00:29:56,614 Something to keep you busy. 324 00:29:59,375 --> 00:30:01,737 Alter them to these measurements. 325 00:30:09,833 --> 00:30:12,072 They're darning needles. 326 00:30:12,917 --> 00:30:14,454 It's all I can do. 327 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:21,736 Need anything else? 328 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:23,622 Some scissors. 329 00:30:26,875 --> 00:30:29,814 Actually... May I have more willow bark? 330 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,538 For headaches. 331 00:30:49,250 --> 00:30:52,561 Hundreds of illegitimate children are born each year. 332 00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:55,777 Most unwed mothers have no money. 333 00:30:55,958 --> 00:30:58,981 But if they all buried their kids in the woods... 334 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,739 Is that all you can think about? 335 00:31:03,125 --> 00:31:05,405 She could've asked for help. 336 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:08,442 One has to speak up! -Is that right? 337 00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:11,653 You organize elaborate dinner parties 338 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,342 instead of just asking for the nomination. -That's different. 339 00:31:17,083 --> 00:31:19,652 One is shame, the other pride. 340 00:31:19,833 --> 00:31:22,856 Are you comparing a dinner party to murder? 341 00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:26,401 I certainly wouldn't kill for a nomination! 342 00:31:26,958 --> 00:31:31,136 Walti, I want you to be a grand councilor, too. 343 00:31:42,875 --> 00:31:44,329 Gesine? 344 00:31:45,708 --> 00:31:47,328 What are you doing? 345 00:31:47,667 --> 00:31:50,483 What do you think? -What if someone sees you? 346 00:31:50,667 --> 00:31:53,277 They'll see I'm learning to ride. Hold it. 347 00:31:53,625 --> 00:31:54,915 That's enough. 348 00:31:55,292 --> 00:31:58,603 But it's so convenient! Why should only men ride? 349 00:31:59,458 --> 00:32:03,347 Because it causes infertility. You'll be accused of immorality. 350 00:32:04,125 --> 00:32:07,643 They should praise your virtue, not question your decency. 351 00:32:10,125 --> 00:32:11,910 You're right. 352 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,163 Well, I never! 353 00:32:17,333 --> 00:32:20,314 Who sews a suit for a child they plan on... 354 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:27,811 The murder weapon. Where did you get it and when? 355 00:32:29,458 --> 00:32:32,233 Rope? Everyone has rope. 356 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:37,152 So you had it with you from the start? 357 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:42,306 Then you decided to kill your child before you left the house! 358 00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:51,368 And Heiri Rothenfluh? 359 00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:56,527 Surely you can tell me who this Heiri is, 360 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:59,567 who's so excited to see you again? 361 00:33:03,917 --> 00:33:06,114 Is he the father? 362 00:33:09,083 --> 00:33:10,744 Then who is? 363 00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:24,912 Dissection report. 364 00:33:25,708 --> 00:33:27,535 On June 7, 1904, 365 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:31,432 the body of a boy was found in a shallow grave. 366 00:33:33,833 --> 00:33:36,732 The body's length is 102 cm. 367 00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:42,292 The boy seems to have been no younger than 4 and no older than 6. 368 00:33:44,708 --> 00:33:46,947 The body is fully clothed 369 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:50,068 and covered with soil and leaves. 370 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:53,690 Where the face once was... 371 00:33:54,750 --> 00:33:57,278 is now a living mass of maggots. 372 00:34:01,208 --> 00:34:05,179 The same are found on the extremely swollen hands and feet. 373 00:34:08,833 --> 00:34:12,062 Rinsing off the maggots reveals 374 00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:16,924 that all soft tissue of the face and parts of the nose are missing 375 00:34:17,125 --> 00:34:20,519 and that no trace of the eyes remain. 376 00:34:24,667 --> 00:34:27,277 Others would be happy to have children! 377 00:34:27,625 --> 00:34:28,668 But you? 378 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,724 Does all this leave you cold? No bad conscience? Nothing? 379 00:34:33,083 --> 00:34:35,487 Are you not ashamed of yourself? 380 00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:38,157 It's Wednesday. Washing day. 381 00:34:39,375 --> 00:34:40,386 Come. 382 00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:43,029 I'm in the midst of an interrogation! 383 00:34:55,083 --> 00:34:56,703 Slaughter another. 384 00:34:57,583 --> 00:34:59,038 That one. 385 00:34:59,208 --> 00:35:02,313 No one leaves our house hungry. -Erna! 386 00:35:05,917 --> 00:35:09,022 I protected you from yourself. You know that! 387 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:11,617 I know. 388 00:35:11,958 --> 00:35:15,270 Yes.... -Did the toothache powder go to your head? 389 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,156 The woman simply drives me mad. 390 00:35:23,208 --> 00:35:25,694 Do you regret marrying me? 391 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:28,537 Walti... 392 00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:30,988 I'll always stand behind you. 393 00:35:31,167 --> 00:35:35,509 It's the best place to watch a stubborn mule like you become grand councilor. 394 00:35:36,083 --> 00:35:40,425 Frieda Keller, born December 24, 1879 395 00:35:40,625 --> 00:35:42,616 in Bischofszell, Thurgau. 396 00:35:45,167 --> 00:35:47,735 Impregnated by Carl Zimmerli, 397 00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:50,856 proprietor of the inn Zur Post in Bischofszell. 398 00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:54,808 Did she file a paternity suit? -She could only do that in Thurgau. 399 00:35:55,167 --> 00:35:57,158 Thurgau isn't my business. 400 00:35:57,792 --> 00:36:01,845 It's shameful for unwed women to go and register their brats. 401 00:36:02,042 --> 00:36:05,806 Do you have any information on a Heiri Rothenfluh? 402 00:36:12,208 --> 00:36:14,983 Rothenfluh, Heinrich. 403 00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:21,360 Employee of the Swiss Federal Railways, 404 00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:23,535 moved to Zurich. 405 00:36:23,875 --> 00:36:26,856 He has no record. Just a blank slate. 406 00:36:29,875 --> 00:36:32,319 It's quiet. I'm off to lunch. -Enjoy. 407 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:33,954 Thanks. 408 00:36:35,917 --> 00:36:37,784 Mrs. Prosecutor? 409 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:39,954 Lovely dress. 410 00:36:40,125 --> 00:36:42,817 My husband's not here. -All the better. 411 00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:45,328 Good day, Mr. Janggen. 412 00:37:07,958 --> 00:37:10,032 Are these Miss Keller's? 413 00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:13,318 What do you want? -To speak with her. 414 00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:16,820 Fine, then come back later. 415 00:37:17,625 --> 00:37:21,059 Everyone has the right to a defense, Mrs. Prosecutor. 416 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:25,192 I beg you, let me go to her. 417 00:37:29,167 --> 00:37:33,921 She can't just be convicted without us knowing what really happened. 418 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,826 Miss Keller? 419 00:37:52,208 --> 00:37:54,942 My name's Janggen. I'm your defense lawyer. 420 00:38:02,125 --> 00:38:04,487 That's Arnold Janggen, a lawyer. 421 00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:06,783 He's a good catch for her. 422 00:38:07,125 --> 00:38:10,725 He's easy on the eyes, and not just because of his fancy jacket. 423 00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:14,812 He's got a lot to offer, judging by his inseam. 424 00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:17,828 Sophie! 425 00:38:19,417 --> 00:38:24,831 If only I could be so lucky someday! You'd sew my wedding gown. 426 00:38:25,208 --> 00:38:27,859 Would you like to tell me what happened? 427 00:38:29,458 --> 00:38:31,202 Help me, 428 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,655 so I can help you. -I don't need help. 429 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,496 Don't give up hope. 430 00:38:36,292 --> 00:38:39,850 I hope that the rats in my bed last night won't be back tonight. 431 00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:44,196 Were you forced to take the blame? 432 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:46,261 No. 433 00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:50,031 It was me alone. 434 00:38:53,458 --> 00:38:57,800 The prosecutor will do his best to prove that it was premeditated. 435 00:38:58,625 --> 00:39:01,029 Miss Keller, you mustn't say anything 436 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:04,437 that could point to you planning the deed beforehand. 437 00:39:04,792 --> 00:39:06,164 Enough now. 438 00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:09,521 You'll have to ask my husband for anything further. 439 00:39:12,708 --> 00:39:15,401 Miss Keller, write everything down. 440 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:17,122 You do write? 441 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:26,400 Write down all the details of your life. 442 00:39:27,125 --> 00:39:29,735 The bright moments and the dark ones. 443 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,785 Promise? 444 00:39:34,208 --> 00:39:36,777 Tell Bertha not to worry. 445 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:39,374 I will. 446 00:40:12,583 --> 00:40:15,028 You've just missed her. 447 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:16,828 What a shame! 448 00:40:22,708 --> 00:40:25,525 I feel your wife is not telling us everything. 449 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:31,922 Your sister-in-law won't say a thing, even though she's in very deep. 450 00:40:32,792 --> 00:40:35,278 "Best to keep quiet, best to forget." 451 00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:38,275 That's what her mother kept telling her. 452 00:40:38,625 --> 00:40:41,606 But a girl's silence saves a lot of trouble. 453 00:40:42,375 --> 00:40:44,242 You knew about the child? 454 00:40:44,583 --> 00:40:48,596 Bertha said Frieda tried to lose it. Threw herself down the stairs. 455 00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:51,365 But it didn't work. 456 00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:55,100 Frieda kept begging us to take him, but Bertha didn't want to. 457 00:40:55,292 --> 00:40:59,180 She was afraid of the talk. We'd already taken in Frieda. 458 00:40:59,792 --> 00:41:03,887 And she paid her boarding fees. -We're not made of money either. 459 00:41:04,250 --> 00:41:06,241 Why did she come to St. Gallen? 460 00:41:06,417 --> 00:41:09,191 Her father kicked her out when she got pregnant. 461 00:41:09,708 --> 00:41:11,617 Who impregnated her? 462 00:41:11,792 --> 00:41:15,226 We don't want gossip. -As a lawyer, I'm discreet. 463 00:41:17,792 --> 00:41:20,649 My husband wants everything perfect today. 464 00:41:20,833 --> 00:41:23,608 You know him. -Of course, Mrs. Prosecutor. 465 00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:30,313 No, their tastes are conservative. 466 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,656 Get the other set. 467 00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:35,072 Yes, Mrs. Prosecutor. 468 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:39,740 Good evening, Mr. Gmür. 469 00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:42,119 Finally! 470 00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:44,450 You'd better hurry up! 471 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:52,911 My goodness! 472 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:54,261 I'm sorry. 473 00:41:59,458 --> 00:42:01,986 What now? They'll be here any moment! 474 00:42:02,958 --> 00:42:04,825 Go get dressed. 475 00:42:05,333 --> 00:42:07,077 I'll think of something. 476 00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:11,449 Over my dead body! 477 00:42:11,875 --> 00:42:13,660 Have you got a better idea? 478 00:42:13,833 --> 00:42:17,516 Do you realize how important this evening is for my career? 479 00:42:17,708 --> 00:42:20,030 Yes, you've said it often enough. 480 00:42:20,917 --> 00:42:22,661 It's out of the question. 481 00:42:23,250 --> 00:42:26,355 Fine. Then I'll do the serving after all. 482 00:42:26,542 --> 00:42:29,976 Are you out of your mind? Just imagine the gossip! 483 00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:33,811 What if they recognize her? You can't be sure! 484 00:42:34,417 --> 00:42:36,985 Nobody looks at a servant's face. 485 00:42:37,625 --> 00:42:40,854 They wouldn't notice if their own mother served the soup! 486 00:42:41,208 --> 00:42:43,158 This discussion is over! 487 00:42:43,917 --> 00:42:46,238 We shouldn't overdo it. 488 00:42:46,875 --> 00:42:49,403 No work, no money. It's that simple. 489 00:42:49,583 --> 00:42:53,142 I agree, Grand Council President, but not the Social Democrats. 490 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,110 They want to extend worker protection. 491 00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:59,481 Must the Swiss always follow the latest trend? 492 00:42:59,833 --> 00:43:03,392 What do you expect from politicians with Socialist hearts? 493 00:43:03,750 --> 00:43:08,505 If it were up to them, women would have the right to vote! 494 00:43:08,875 --> 00:43:12,309 Sometimes it's good when things just stay as they are. 495 00:43:16,917 --> 00:43:19,898 How's your tooth? -Great. 496 00:43:23,958 --> 00:43:27,393 Mrs. Prosecutor, it's delicious as usual. 497 00:43:27,750 --> 00:43:31,350 You couldn't dine any better in the Ambassador in Zurich. 498 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,568 You flatter me, Mr. Vetsch. 499 00:43:34,917 --> 00:43:36,330 To your health. 500 00:43:41,083 --> 00:43:42,910 But tell me, 501 00:43:43,083 --> 00:43:47,054 how do you sleep so close to a child murderess? 502 00:43:47,250 --> 00:43:49,901 That must be rather stressful for you. 503 00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:53,535 Erna's seen worse. 504 00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:58,635 As you see, my husband has taken special security measures. 505 00:43:59,042 --> 00:44:01,033 I don't lack protection. 506 00:44:01,708 --> 00:44:04,731 What's worse than a mother who kills her child in cold blood? 507 00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:09,471 We don't know if she did it in cold blood or full of anguish. 508 00:44:10,125 --> 00:44:13,643 I'm sorry, but you don't get that idea out on a forest walk. 509 00:44:15,125 --> 00:44:17,116 What a criminal feels 510 00:44:17,458 --> 00:44:21,141 while committing their crime is an issue for novelists. 511 00:44:21,333 --> 00:44:23,531 Murder is a capital crime, 512 00:44:23,708 --> 00:44:26,153 and she'll be brought to justice. 513 00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:30,265 Arnold will have to dig deep into his bag of tricks to defend her 514 00:44:30,625 --> 00:44:33,688 against you. -Let him try! 515 00:44:34,042 --> 00:44:36,115 Death penalty. No question. 516 00:44:37,208 --> 00:44:40,189 You'll see to that, won't you, Mr. Prosecutor? 517 00:44:40,375 --> 00:44:43,893 They say her mother also went to jail for murdering her baby. 518 00:44:44,625 --> 00:44:48,596 Yes, it was also illegitimate. -Do they say that or do they know it? 519 00:44:49,333 --> 00:44:52,768 We don't let street gossip into our house. 520 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,568 Well, it's made Mr. Gmür a prominent man. 521 00:44:58,917 --> 00:45:02,062 All the papers are covering the case. 522 00:45:02,417 --> 00:45:06,636 Which is why you'd better win and avoid a public humiliation. 523 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,610 Nobody wants that. -Heaven forbid! 524 00:45:09,792 --> 00:45:13,144 Her head will roll as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow. 525 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:14,625 Walter Gmür 526 00:45:14,958 --> 00:45:19,136 certainly has the experience to show everyone which way the wind blows. 527 00:45:20,083 --> 00:45:22,033 Mr. Conrad... 528 00:45:22,792 --> 00:45:26,721 If my husband wins, he'd surely deserve to become a grand councilor. 529 00:45:27,667 --> 00:45:29,204 Well, 530 00:45:29,542 --> 00:45:33,801 do you desire that as well, or just your wife? 531 00:45:35,208 --> 00:45:39,221 Well, I'd have to think it over, of course. 532 00:45:44,542 --> 00:45:47,564 Bischofszell rarely has posh guests. From St. Gallen? 533 00:45:47,917 --> 00:45:49,784 Arnold Janggen. Lawyer. 534 00:45:52,333 --> 00:45:55,438 Carl Zimmerli. Innkeeper of Zur Post . 535 00:45:56,083 --> 00:45:57,786 But sadly cardless. 536 00:45:58,458 --> 00:46:01,109 Pleased to meet you. I bet you can help me. 537 00:46:02,625 --> 00:46:06,019 I'm gathering information about Frieda Keller. 538 00:46:06,375 --> 00:46:09,398 You know her? -Who doesn't know the Kellers? 539 00:46:09,583 --> 00:46:12,028 Father's dead. Old friend of mine. 540 00:46:12,375 --> 00:46:13,829 Good man. 541 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,063 But the mother, his wife... 542 00:46:18,125 --> 00:46:19,827 What about her? 543 00:46:20,958 --> 00:46:24,310 Not to speak ill of the dead, but... 544 00:46:24,750 --> 00:46:27,236 law and morals weren't her thing. 545 00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:30,439 She served time, in the Tobel jail and workhouse. 546 00:46:30,792 --> 00:46:33,773 Quite some time. -What was her crime? 547 00:46:34,417 --> 00:46:36,614 You have to ask the others. 548 00:46:36,958 --> 00:46:38,785 I'm not one to gossip. 549 00:46:38,958 --> 00:46:41,320 Are you still in touch with Frieda? 550 00:46:41,792 --> 00:46:43,576 No, that's long ago. 551 00:46:44,625 --> 00:46:47,441 But why are you so interested in her? 552 00:46:48,208 --> 00:46:49,993 Frieda's boy... 553 00:46:50,375 --> 00:46:52,408 He's yours, isn't he? 554 00:46:55,458 --> 00:46:58,481 Gossip. Just because she waited tables here? 555 00:47:07,125 --> 00:47:10,559 "Mother from Thurgau admits murdering her son." 556 00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:18,454 Frieda? 557 00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:21,204 Was it her? 558 00:47:23,208 --> 00:47:26,189 And the dead child was your son, 559 00:47:27,208 --> 00:47:28,704 Mr. Zimmerli. 560 00:47:31,250 --> 00:47:33,901 She was always making eyes at men. 561 00:47:34,250 --> 00:47:37,932 What do you expect from her kind? Like mother, like daughter! 562 00:47:40,708 --> 00:47:42,864 It's on the house. 563 00:47:48,083 --> 00:47:51,229 I gave her 30 francs once, and 50 once. 564 00:47:51,708 --> 00:47:53,823 I felt sorry for her. 565 00:47:55,292 --> 00:47:58,603 Boarding fees of 5 francs a week, five years long. 566 00:47:58,792 --> 00:48:01,608 Add it up to see how long that lasted her. 567 00:48:01,958 --> 00:48:03,908 Thank you, Frieda. 568 00:48:04,250 --> 00:48:06,076 From my husband as well. 569 00:48:08,583 --> 00:48:11,317 I didn't know he was demanding my death. 570 00:48:56,583 --> 00:49:00,018 Where do you begin when you write down your entire life? 571 00:49:03,083 --> 00:49:07,178 I always thought I'd die from my agonizing headaches. 572 00:49:08,125 --> 00:49:10,900 I had meningitis as a child. 573 00:49:11,958 --> 00:49:14,114 The doctor had given up hope. 574 00:49:14,292 --> 00:49:16,819 And my dear mother was so desperate. 575 00:49:17,625 --> 00:49:20,193 We had no money for proper medicine. 576 00:49:20,375 --> 00:49:22,696 But she took good care of me. 577 00:49:23,458 --> 00:49:27,429 When she died, I nearly broke down at her grave. 578 00:49:28,750 --> 00:49:31,318 My thoughts were all jumbled 579 00:49:31,750 --> 00:49:34,278 due to the horrible pain in my head. 580 00:49:54,375 --> 00:49:57,893 What are you up to? -My defense strategy. 581 00:49:58,083 --> 00:50:00,982 I'll show Gmür, that smug upstart. 582 00:50:03,208 --> 00:50:06,313 So, is the woman crazy? -I almost wish she were. 583 00:50:26,333 --> 00:50:28,407 Where is Heiri Rothenfluh? 584 00:50:28,583 --> 00:50:30,286 Somewhere over there. 585 00:50:32,958 --> 00:50:36,517 We met at the fair. I noticed her at once. 586 00:50:37,708 --> 00:50:40,359 I was surprised she talked to me. -Why? 587 00:50:40,542 --> 00:50:45,420 Was she only gallivanting with other men? -No, it's not like that. 588 00:50:46,750 --> 00:50:48,576 Frieda's nice. 589 00:50:48,750 --> 00:50:52,350 But never naughty or anything. Never indecent, not at all. 590 00:50:53,708 --> 00:50:56,401 Did you meet her friends or family? 591 00:50:56,583 --> 00:50:59,440 What did she do? -I'll do the asking, Rothenfluh. 592 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,197 Her parents are both dead. 593 00:51:05,917 --> 00:51:08,815 She lives with her sister. I've never seen her. 594 00:51:09,708 --> 00:51:12,731 She doesn't seem to have many friends. 595 00:51:13,250 --> 00:51:15,612 Did she send you postcards, too? 596 00:51:15,792 --> 00:51:18,937 No, but she sent me a letter once. 597 00:51:19,875 --> 00:51:21,701 What did she write? 598 00:51:22,708 --> 00:51:26,020 I have a clean conscience. I haven't hurt anyone. 599 00:51:26,792 --> 00:51:29,526 How would you describe your relationship? 600 00:51:30,958 --> 00:51:33,114 It could've been something... 601 00:51:33,583 --> 00:51:35,038 But? 602 00:51:46,750 --> 00:51:49,112 I've brought you something. 603 00:51:49,458 --> 00:51:52,233 A friend of Miss Bahon came to our salon. 604 00:51:52,875 --> 00:51:54,289 A photographer. 605 00:51:59,375 --> 00:52:03,099 He photographed all of us. In our Sunday best, for free! 606 00:52:03,458 --> 00:52:05,078 Beautiful. 607 00:52:05,792 --> 00:52:07,576 It's really beautiful. 608 00:52:11,583 --> 00:52:14,400 But I like you better in real life. 609 00:52:16,708 --> 00:52:19,401 Frieda, listen. There's something else. 610 00:52:19,583 --> 00:52:23,513 I've been offered a position. With the Swiss Federal Railways. 611 00:52:25,375 --> 00:52:27,077 In Zurich. 612 00:52:27,958 --> 00:52:29,454 Zurich? 613 00:52:30,833 --> 00:52:33,278 But I'll still come and visit you. 614 00:52:33,458 --> 00:52:35,656 In my spare time, if I can. 615 00:52:37,833 --> 00:52:40,319 And now I have a nice picture of you. 616 00:52:42,833 --> 00:52:45,443 Maybe you'll come collect me later... 617 00:52:46,083 --> 00:52:47,662 out of longing. 618 00:52:52,250 --> 00:52:54,159 Would you like that? 619 00:53:02,292 --> 00:53:04,283 It ended your acquaintance, 620 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:09,530 being posted to Zurich? 621 00:53:10,208 --> 00:53:13,148 She never wrote back. 622 00:53:14,917 --> 00:53:18,888 Do you still have the picture? -The photograph? At home. 623 00:53:19,250 --> 00:53:21,778 And the letter? -Yes. 624 00:53:24,083 --> 00:53:26,940 Did Miss Keller ever mention a son? 625 00:53:29,583 --> 00:53:31,657 What son? 626 00:53:32,208 --> 00:53:35,065 1, 2, 3! 627 00:53:41,583 --> 00:53:44,771 Bravo! -Congratulations. 628 00:53:44,958 --> 00:53:46,785 A lovely couple. 629 00:53:55,667 --> 00:53:58,317 Colleague! -Grand Council President. 630 00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:00,944 Didn't you get an invitation? 631 00:54:01,125 --> 00:54:04,683 How does he have time for these things? -Gentlemen. 632 00:54:04,875 --> 00:54:06,824 Congratulations. -Thanks. 633 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,187 Smart girl. You caught a clever man. 634 00:54:10,958 --> 00:54:13,775 He's got a promising career ahead of himself. 635 00:54:13,958 --> 00:54:17,104 Maybe he was smart to catch a clever wife? 636 00:54:17,292 --> 00:54:18,952 Gesine, over here! 637 00:54:19,125 --> 00:54:23,178 Have another glass. You too, Mr. Prosecutor. 638 00:54:28,250 --> 00:54:30,612 Let's hope he doesn't ruin his future. 639 00:54:30,792 --> 00:54:34,516 Being with this wild thing seems to have clouded his thinking. 640 00:54:34,875 --> 00:54:38,557 Suddenly he's advocating newfangled nonsense. 641 00:54:38,750 --> 00:54:43,298 Even said, despite their nature, women could be lawyers just like men! 642 00:54:43,667 --> 00:54:46,111 That's ridiculous! -I know. 643 00:54:46,458 --> 00:54:49,192 Did he even study in Germany or just flirt? 644 00:54:49,375 --> 00:54:52,150 "Based on their nature" were my exact words. 645 00:54:52,333 --> 00:54:54,118 Gentlemen. 646 00:54:54,792 --> 00:54:59,588 Isn't it in the Gmür household where the wife is known to wear the trousers? 647 00:55:00,958 --> 00:55:03,197 How dare you! 648 00:55:03,375 --> 00:55:04,386 Cheers. 649 00:55:08,083 --> 00:55:10,940 Pardon me. My wife's waiting. 650 00:55:24,042 --> 00:55:25,579 Quite a few ladies 651 00:55:26,833 --> 00:55:29,319 hoped to become the new Mrs. Lawyer. 652 00:55:30,583 --> 00:55:32,781 The German won the race. 653 00:55:35,958 --> 00:55:38,073 Was it the same in your case? 654 00:55:40,958 --> 00:55:42,991 Those were different times. 655 00:55:51,792 --> 00:55:53,081 Headache? 656 00:55:57,875 --> 00:56:00,403 Today would've been Ernstli's birthday. 657 00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:12,615 I brought him a cake once. 658 00:56:14,583 --> 00:56:16,616 With a little candle on it. 659 00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:20,438 Liked it so much he didn't want to blow it out. 660 00:56:34,583 --> 00:56:37,069 I thought I wouldn't feel it... 661 00:56:37,708 --> 00:56:40,483 The sorrow of a mother losing her child. 662 00:56:42,625 --> 00:56:44,286 But it's always here. 663 00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:46,831 Everywhere. 664 00:56:50,125 --> 00:56:52,529 Why didn't I feel anything before? 665 00:57:00,417 --> 00:57:02,779 Should I have screamed louder? 666 00:57:03,958 --> 00:57:05,825 Fought back harder? 667 00:57:08,125 --> 00:57:10,611 There are too many thoughts in my head. 668 00:57:10,792 --> 00:57:12,536 I... 669 00:57:13,500 --> 00:57:15,615 I can't understand them all. 670 00:57:22,167 --> 00:57:24,694 They never let me be a mother. 671 00:57:32,208 --> 00:57:34,158 But I hear him, 672 00:57:36,250 --> 00:57:38,365 without my ears. 673 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,115 I see him, 674 00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:44,526 without my eyes. His little face! 675 00:57:47,125 --> 00:57:48,992 Him looking at me. 676 00:57:52,125 --> 00:57:54,487 Putting his hand in mine. 677 00:57:59,292 --> 00:58:01,571 So warm and so delicate. 678 00:58:03,125 --> 00:58:04,910 Like velvet. 679 00:58:19,208 --> 00:58:22,313 No one was to learn of the shame weighing me down. 680 00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:27,674 But now, looking death in the eye, I face my darkest hour. 681 00:58:28,792 --> 00:58:32,680 Maybe you'll understand, Mr. Janggen, maybe someone will understand 682 00:58:32,875 --> 00:58:35,980 how I became the monster I am today. 683 00:58:37,042 --> 00:58:40,930 It was on a Sunday evening that he plunged me into my misery. 684 00:58:56,583 --> 00:58:57,955 Here. 685 00:59:02,250 --> 00:59:03,664 Why? 686 00:59:03,833 --> 00:59:06,402 We're lighting a candle for Ernstli. 687 01:00:36,083 --> 01:00:37,621 Just admit it. 688 01:00:37,958 --> 01:00:40,403 You preferred secret kisses at the lake. 689 01:00:40,583 --> 01:00:42,987 The child only stood in your way! 690 01:00:43,333 --> 01:00:45,572 You didn't want to be a mother. 691 01:00:45,750 --> 01:00:48,112 You wanted freedom. -Freedom? 692 01:00:48,875 --> 01:00:50,824 I wanted to be a real mother. 693 01:00:51,167 --> 01:00:53,735 A real mother doesn't kill her child 694 01:00:54,083 --> 01:00:56,445 and bury it in the woods! -He had no future! 695 01:00:56,625 --> 01:00:59,895 Life can be cruel, more cruel than death. 696 01:01:00,833 --> 01:01:03,155 You represent the law? 697 01:01:03,875 --> 01:01:05,742 You have no idea! 698 01:01:06,083 --> 01:01:09,064 Not everyone eats with silverware. 699 01:01:09,458 --> 01:01:12,233 And if your plate is empty what use is a polished fork? 700 01:01:13,125 --> 01:01:15,817 I've had enough of your self-pity! 701 01:01:22,542 --> 01:01:25,811 Let me speak to Mr. Janggen. -He's sleeping off his drink. 702 01:01:29,458 --> 01:01:30,707 Wait! 703 01:01:32,833 --> 01:01:35,361 How do you know him? 704 01:01:41,542 --> 01:01:44,687 Listen to me! -Do you know what this is, Erna? 705 01:01:44,875 --> 01:01:46,536 Treason. 706 01:01:46,708 --> 01:01:49,937 I never imagined you'd do such a thing! God dammit! 707 01:01:55,375 --> 01:01:59,759 Everyone has the right to a defense, even if they did something inhuman. 708 01:02:00,125 --> 01:02:02,198 Are you the warden now? 709 01:02:02,375 --> 01:02:05,727 For God's sake! Teaming up with Janggen behind my back. 710 01:02:05,917 --> 01:02:08,072 Just despicable! 711 01:02:08,417 --> 01:02:10,944 He's her defense lawyer, after all. -Yes. 712 01:02:11,292 --> 01:02:13,571 And you gave him everything he needs! 713 01:02:13,917 --> 01:02:17,269 Calm down! -She's a murderess, Erna, a murderess! 714 01:02:17,458 --> 01:02:20,027 Not a friend, not the child you never had! 715 01:02:20,208 --> 01:02:22,530 She strangled him in cold blood! 716 01:02:22,708 --> 01:02:24,699 And you know that for sure? 717 01:02:51,583 --> 01:02:54,317 Here, read it. 718 01:03:06,583 --> 01:03:11,091 ... therefore, Your Honor, under the circumstances, 719 01:03:11,708 --> 01:03:15,102 the perpetrator acted in a pardonable fit of emotion. 720 01:03:16,208 --> 01:03:20,716 This constitutes a prison sentence of one to ten years. 721 01:03:24,125 --> 01:03:25,497 Well said! 722 01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:31,342 But it never would've happened if the child's father had supported her. 723 01:03:31,958 --> 01:03:33,661 You forgot that part. 724 01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:37,399 You imply the poor woman has brain damage. 725 01:03:38,625 --> 01:03:44,534 "The law does not aid immoral women who consort with married men. 726 01:03:44,750 --> 01:03:47,194 They alone bear the consequences." 727 01:03:47,375 --> 01:03:49,284 That's Thurgau law. 728 01:03:49,625 --> 01:03:52,895 But immoral men create illegitimate children, too. 729 01:03:53,250 --> 01:03:55,323 There is no proof of rape. 730 01:03:55,667 --> 01:03:57,988 There's no proof it wasn't rape. 731 01:03:58,333 --> 01:04:01,438 Then she should've sued back then, in Thurgau. 732 01:04:02,125 --> 01:04:05,148 But married men can't be prosecuted there... 733 01:04:05,333 --> 01:04:08,150 She obviously wanted to avoid condemnation. 734 01:04:08,333 --> 01:04:11,067 But it always takes two for a pregnancy! 735 01:04:12,375 --> 01:04:14,036 You're right, morally. 736 01:04:14,750 --> 01:04:17,773 But I can only work with what the law allows. 737 01:04:18,625 --> 01:04:21,771 No one cares how the child was conceived in Thurgau, 738 01:04:21,958 --> 01:04:24,032 only how it died in St. Gallen. 739 01:04:24,625 --> 01:04:27,482 But this is ultimately about morality. 740 01:04:27,667 --> 01:04:31,886 Declaring women acting out of desperation as insane is just as immoral! 741 01:04:34,083 --> 01:04:37,518 How will things ever change if no one takes the first step? 742 01:04:42,833 --> 01:04:46,185 The thinking must change first, then the laws. 743 01:05:00,250 --> 01:05:01,704 I'm not mad at you. 744 01:05:02,250 --> 01:05:04,612 I'm mad at the men who make the laws. 745 01:05:28,333 --> 01:05:32,593 1, 2, 3... 746 01:05:51,583 --> 01:05:53,203 Doesn't it fit? 747 01:05:53,375 --> 01:05:55,119 It's not for me. 748 01:06:06,208 --> 01:06:08,241 I can't be out here. 749 01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:12,518 They'll all know what I did. -The whole country knows. 750 01:06:12,875 --> 01:06:15,237 Why did you kill your child? 751 01:06:15,583 --> 01:06:17,286 Murderess! 752 01:06:18,333 --> 01:06:20,407 You'll burn in hell, witch! 753 01:06:24,958 --> 01:06:26,619 Let us through! 754 01:06:30,042 --> 01:06:33,724 Mr. Prosecutor! -Do you have a minute for the Tagblatt? 755 01:06:33,917 --> 01:06:35,206 Mr. Gmür! 756 01:06:50,208 --> 01:06:53,354 The defendant, Frieda Keller. 757 01:07:05,125 --> 01:07:07,735 Look how wretched she is! 758 01:07:11,875 --> 01:07:14,980 We now open the proceedings 759 01:07:15,167 --> 01:07:18,189 of St. Gallen Public Prosecution vs. Frieda Keller. 760 01:07:22,208 --> 01:07:25,808 Due to the public's interest and that of the press, 761 01:07:26,167 --> 01:07:28,570 we'll hold the trial here, in Grand Council Hall. 762 01:07:28,917 --> 01:07:31,238 Gentlemen of the Grand Council, 763 01:07:31,875 --> 01:07:33,371 Welcome. 764 01:07:33,542 --> 01:07:38,461 Prosecutor Gmür, please present the accusation. 765 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,785 Thank you, Your Honor. 766 01:07:41,708 --> 01:07:45,349 I shall prove that the accused seamstress, 767 01:07:46,083 --> 01:07:49,807 Frieda Keller from Thurgau, killed her child, 768 01:07:50,250 --> 01:07:52,984 and acted with premeditation. 769 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:57,847 The child was the unwanted result of indiscretions, 770 01:07:58,208 --> 01:08:01,849 during casual employment at the Zur Post inn in Bischofszell, 771 01:08:02,208 --> 01:08:06,427 where she was unable to resist the innkeeper's overtures. 772 01:08:07,042 --> 01:08:09,610 Rape! -Order, please. 773 01:08:11,292 --> 01:08:14,892 According to Bertillon anthropometric measurement, 774 01:08:15,083 --> 01:08:18,395 we identified a gusset-shaped earlobe. 775 01:08:18,582 --> 01:08:22,058 This is clear proof of a disposition to thieving and lying. 776 01:08:22,582 --> 01:08:24,944 The latter can be substantiated. 777 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,938 Order in the court! -Sister Wyss, step forward. 778 01:08:35,917 --> 01:08:40,794 How would you describe Miss Keller's character? 779 01:08:41,875 --> 01:08:43,328 Negligent. 780 01:08:43,667 --> 01:08:46,111 She only showed up when we demanded it. 781 01:08:47,832 --> 01:08:51,969 Did you have the impression that Miss Keller was fond of her child? 782 01:08:52,167 --> 01:08:54,240 She hardly knew the boy. 783 01:08:56,625 --> 01:08:59,687 After being forced to take her son from the orphanage, 784 01:09:00,042 --> 01:09:03,558 Miss Keller wrote the following to you: 785 01:09:05,750 --> 01:09:09,102 I write to inform you that our journey went smoothly. 786 01:09:09,457 --> 01:09:12,770 Ernstli has been settling in well to life in Munich. 787 01:09:12,957 --> 01:09:14,661 Correct. 788 01:09:14,832 --> 01:09:18,227 The letter is dated June 1, 1904. 789 01:09:19,542 --> 01:09:22,563 Ernstli was long dead by then! 790 01:09:23,457 --> 01:09:28,089 Order, please. No interjections! -Thank you, no further questions. 791 01:09:28,457 --> 01:09:32,594 We just don't have enough space for the many illegitimate children. 792 01:09:32,957 --> 01:09:36,228 We can't feed them all. There's too little money as it is. 793 01:09:36,582 --> 01:09:37,915 Be seated. 794 01:09:39,082 --> 01:09:42,642 But where can I collect the boarding fees she still owes me? 795 01:09:42,832 --> 01:09:45,566 Please, sit down or leave the courtroom. 796 01:09:48,832 --> 01:09:49,999 Gentlemen, 797 01:09:50,707 --> 01:09:54,473 the fact that the defendant concealed her crime 798 01:09:55,333 --> 01:09:58,685 points to a premeditated plan. 799 01:09:59,042 --> 01:10:01,776 To that end, I wish to call another witness. 800 01:10:01,958 --> 01:10:03,619 Request granted. 801 01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:06,121 Heiri Rothenfluh. 802 01:10:08,333 --> 01:10:12,511 Deposition of Heinrich Rothenfluh, railway employee in Zurich. 803 01:10:12,708 --> 01:10:15,689 His testimony under oath is as follows: 804 01:10:16,042 --> 01:10:19,889 Two years ago, in the autumn of 1902, I met Frieda Keller 805 01:10:20,917 --> 01:10:25,218 and we formed an intimate relationship. 806 01:10:26,958 --> 01:10:30,847 In the course of this relationship with the defendant, 807 01:10:31,208 --> 01:10:34,643 did you exchange letters or postcards? -Occasionally. 808 01:10:35,458 --> 01:10:38,398 This little letter, for example. 809 01:10:40,750 --> 01:10:43,896 Did Frieda Keller write this to you? 810 01:10:45,167 --> 01:10:48,354 Yes. -Then please read it to the court. 811 01:10:54,792 --> 01:10:57,690 Dear Heiri, I saw you just yesterday 812 01:10:58,042 --> 01:11:00,157 and already I'm full of longing. 813 01:11:01,625 --> 01:11:05,431 I could think of nothing else all night, and... 814 01:11:06,208 --> 01:11:09,148 all I could do was kill time. 815 01:11:10,125 --> 01:11:12,982 I can't imagine how it will be after you leave. 816 01:11:14,375 --> 01:11:17,521 If only I could accompany you. 817 01:11:17,708 --> 01:11:20,277 I'd give you 100 kisses every day. 818 01:11:21,375 --> 01:11:24,893 So much lewd immorality on so little paper! 819 01:11:25,250 --> 01:11:28,561 You have to be pretty modest to find lewdness in that! 820 01:11:29,417 --> 01:11:34,584 Mr. Rothenfluh, when did the accused tell you about her fornication? 821 01:11:34,958 --> 01:11:37,609 And about bringing a child into the marriage? 822 01:11:37,792 --> 01:11:39,783 Frieda was always decent! 823 01:11:40,125 --> 01:11:42,116 Answer my question! 824 01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:48,100 She never told you about the child? 825 01:11:52,875 --> 01:11:54,701 No. -Harlot! 826 01:11:55,042 --> 01:11:57,404 Order, please! -She deceived you. 827 01:11:58,208 --> 01:12:00,282 Thank you, Mr. Rothenfluh. 828 01:12:05,417 --> 01:12:09,718 The defendant wanted to get rid of her burden 829 01:12:09,917 --> 01:12:12,774 so she could lead a free and carefree life. 830 01:12:12,958 --> 01:12:16,641 She entered the forest with the child and a rope 831 01:12:16,833 --> 01:12:19,856 with the firm intention of killing him there. 832 01:12:20,042 --> 01:12:22,197 And that is murder! 833 01:12:29,833 --> 01:12:31,783 Order in the court! 834 01:12:31,958 --> 01:12:33,949 Mr. Janggen, your statement. 835 01:12:36,583 --> 01:12:39,812 Dear President of the Court, dear judges, 836 01:12:40,375 --> 01:12:44,759 when a mother kills her child, her reasons must be profound. 837 01:12:45,625 --> 01:12:49,844 Reasons that reveal something wrong with our society, 838 01:12:50,208 --> 01:12:52,736 not just with the women concerned. 839 01:12:53,083 --> 01:12:57,054 We don't listen to them. We ignore their cries for help. 840 01:12:57,583 --> 01:13:00,606 The accused, whose character isn't at all bad, 841 01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:05,270 found herself in a dilemma she couldn't solve. 842 01:13:06,417 --> 01:13:09,522 A simple seamstress of humble upbringing 843 01:13:09,708 --> 01:13:16,485 facing life's challenges alone, and crushed by mounting boarding fees. 844 01:13:17,458 --> 01:13:22,295 It was too much for the already plagued mind of Miss Keller. 845 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:29,291 Brain-damaged from a childhood illness, impaired in her abilities of thought 846 01:13:29,667 --> 01:13:33,143 and feeling, she believed herself to be in a crisis. 847 01:13:34,542 --> 01:13:38,677 Her own mother had already shown the defendant the way out. 848 01:13:39,042 --> 01:13:40,826 As a young woman, 849 01:13:41,167 --> 01:13:43,694 she too killed her illegitimate child 850 01:13:43,875 --> 01:13:47,062 to solve the problem. -Order! 851 01:13:47,417 --> 01:13:50,975 Years later, her daughter chooses the same path. 852 01:13:51,875 --> 01:13:55,557 Yes, the legal consequences are more grave here 853 01:13:55,750 --> 01:13:59,226 seeing that her mother's victim was a newborn baby. 854 01:13:59,583 --> 01:14:02,440 But still, how can we explain this? 855 01:14:04,750 --> 01:14:06,659 A foul inheritance. 856 01:14:08,875 --> 01:14:12,062 The crime must be judged in light of this 857 01:14:12,417 --> 01:14:16,141 as it stands in stark contrast to the rest of the defendant's life. 858 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:20,513 Total desperation drove Frieda Keller mad 859 01:14:20,708 --> 01:14:22,617 and put her in a situation 860 01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:27,670 where she felt she had no other choice but to kill her child. 861 01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,568 She was alone in her adversity! 862 01:14:33,917 --> 01:14:36,527 Without support. Without money. 863 01:14:37,542 --> 01:14:41,389 "Best to keep quiet, best to forget." 864 01:14:42,333 --> 01:14:45,645 That was the only advice she was ever given in life. 865 01:14:45,833 --> 01:14:49,598 And that's a reoccurring theme throughout her life. 866 01:14:51,208 --> 01:14:54,849 Just like how the prosecutor denied her a just trial 867 01:14:55,833 --> 01:15:00,712 by refusing to let the defense see her before this proceeding began. 868 01:15:01,083 --> 01:15:02,415 Unbelievable! 869 01:15:02,750 --> 01:15:05,731 Even though the defendant's life is on the line. 870 01:15:06,083 --> 01:15:09,724 For she is facing a highly questionable punishment! 871 01:15:09,917 --> 01:15:12,774 That's right! - Abolish the death penalty! 872 01:15:13,125 --> 01:15:14,332 Order! 873 01:15:14,500 --> 01:15:17,399 At least his wife... 874 01:15:18,542 --> 01:15:23,008 ... seems to have a sense of justice. Follow her example, Mr. Prosecutor. 875 01:15:26,333 --> 01:15:28,366 Frieda Keller 876 01:15:28,708 --> 01:15:31,194 is by all means a caring mother. 877 01:15:31,375 --> 01:15:36,501 The child had a rope around its neck! -A sewing pattern for a school suit 878 01:15:37,375 --> 01:15:40,026 that the prosecution found in her room... 879 01:15:40,375 --> 01:15:42,655 The boy's face was gone! -Quiet! 880 01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:47,342 That pattern for a school suit the victim would've needed in the future 881 01:15:47,708 --> 01:15:52,628 prove that Frieda Keller had indeed planned to take her son back 882 01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:56,311 as soon as she could, under honorable circumstances. 883 01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:00,444 But fate had other plans. 884 01:16:02,542 --> 01:16:05,811 President of the Court, judges, 885 01:16:06,625 --> 01:16:09,359 yes, my client is guilty. 886 01:16:10,583 --> 01:16:13,111 Frieda Keller killed her child. 887 01:16:14,292 --> 01:16:17,892 But the guilt I speak of here is more far-reaching 888 01:16:18,083 --> 01:16:20,940 and lies, at least in part, somewhere else. 889 01:16:22,458 --> 01:16:25,027 And Frieda Keller is not an isolated case. 890 01:16:25,375 --> 01:16:27,943 Many mothers must hide their children. 891 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:30,407 Hide, not bury! 892 01:16:30,583 --> 01:16:32,533 And what do we do? 893 01:16:32,708 --> 01:16:35,937 What does society do with a person in need? 894 01:16:37,125 --> 01:16:39,281 We turn our backs on them. 895 01:16:40,542 --> 01:16:44,554 What do the sisters of the Tempelacker Orphanage do? 896 01:16:45,833 --> 01:16:48,567 They throw the child out of the home. 897 01:16:49,583 --> 01:16:52,234 And what does her own family do? 898 01:16:53,083 --> 01:16:56,477 They deny the child a home for the fear of gossip. 899 01:16:57,500 --> 01:17:02,214 And the witness, who the prosecutor said was fooled by the defendant... 900 01:17:03,417 --> 01:17:05,161 What does he do? 901 01:17:05,333 --> 01:17:08,521 He lets his sweetheart write him love letters 902 01:17:08,875 --> 01:17:12,928 and show him how to kiss, only to ditch her at the first opportunity. 903 01:17:13,292 --> 01:17:14,664 Rogue! 904 01:17:14,833 --> 01:17:17,319 Irrelevant! Speculation! 905 01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:20,976 Mr. Prosecutor, please! -Our dear prosecutor 906 01:17:22,083 --> 01:17:24,528 thinks all this is irrelevant. 907 01:17:24,708 --> 01:17:26,988 If you'll allow me, it begs the question: 908 01:17:27,167 --> 01:17:29,570 irrelevant for whom? 909 01:17:34,583 --> 01:17:36,781 For you personally, Mr. Gmür. 910 01:17:37,708 --> 01:17:41,679 You are representing a society and its double standards. 911 01:17:42,417 --> 01:17:43,830 I ask you, Mr. Gmür: 912 01:17:45,458 --> 01:17:47,738 would you have taken in 913 01:17:49,833 --> 01:17:52,155 the shameful child yourself? 914 01:18:00,250 --> 01:18:02,117 Your Honor, 915 01:18:03,208 --> 01:18:05,942 the defense considers it proven that this... 916 01:18:07,083 --> 01:18:09,776 hideous crime wasn't planned by a sound mind. 917 01:18:10,958 --> 01:18:15,177 The defense requests lenient punishment with a limited prison term, 918 01:18:15,542 --> 01:18:20,420 and psychiatric evaluation if deemed necessary. 919 01:18:21,125 --> 01:18:22,992 Thank you. 920 01:18:30,708 --> 01:18:31,751 Thank you. 921 01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:34,405 Would the defendant like to speak? 922 01:18:34,583 --> 01:18:36,533 No, President of the Court. 923 01:18:36,875 --> 01:18:39,155 This hearing is closed. 924 01:18:39,333 --> 01:18:41,819 The court withdraws for deliberation. 925 01:19:07,958 --> 01:19:09,661 The court has decided. 926 01:19:14,333 --> 01:19:17,685 The defendant Miss Frieda Keller is, 927 01:19:18,417 --> 01:19:21,769 in accordance with Article 133 of the Criminal Code, 928 01:19:23,375 --> 01:19:25,531 found guilty of murder 929 01:19:25,708 --> 01:19:27,823 and sentenced to death. 930 01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,857 Not everyone agrees with the verdict. 931 01:20:47,208 --> 01:20:49,818 This verdict is highly controversial, 932 01:20:50,167 --> 01:20:52,859 not only in court but also in society. 933 01:20:58,333 --> 01:21:02,057 ... fighting in vain for her life. ... defense appeal is rejected. 934 01:21:02,250 --> 01:21:05,479 He wonders who'd actually.... 935 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,847 But there seems to be opposition in the civilian population. 936 01:21:17,167 --> 01:21:18,704 CLEMENCY 937 01:21:19,750 --> 01:21:21,040 WOMAN - LIFE - FREEDOM 938 01:21:21,375 --> 01:21:23,531 White wine! -I'll take some. 939 01:21:24,375 --> 01:21:29,831 The fact that the public is ardently demanding clemency for Frieda Keller 940 01:21:30,208 --> 01:21:33,025 shows that it's time for a change of attitude. 941 01:21:33,208 --> 01:21:35,447 NO DEATH PENALTY CLEMENCY 942 01:21:35,625 --> 01:21:40,339 Just because we're not yelling, doesn't mean it's not a crying injustice! 943 01:21:40,708 --> 01:21:42,988 MEN SHOULDN'T DECIDE WOMEN'S LIVES 944 01:21:43,333 --> 01:21:45,366 This trial showed once more 945 01:21:45,542 --> 01:21:49,761 that rights, morals and justice don't correspond with each other. 946 01:21:50,917 --> 01:21:53,527 Now just a handful of men will decide 947 01:21:53,708 --> 01:21:57,844 whether our law is interpreted in accordance with justice. 948 01:22:00,917 --> 01:22:02,495 Mr. Prosecutor? 949 01:22:03,500 --> 01:22:05,573 Congratulations on your win. 950 01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:09,144 I heard you'll soon be nominated for the Grand Council. 951 01:22:10,125 --> 01:22:11,786 Here. 952 01:22:12,125 --> 01:22:14,446 My petition for clemency. 953 01:22:14,792 --> 01:22:18,598 You know full well that's not enough. The convict must apply, too. 954 01:22:19,250 --> 01:22:21,571 She refuses. She won't talk to me. 955 01:22:23,375 --> 01:22:25,408 I'm asking you for help. 956 01:22:25,583 --> 01:22:28,482 What did you expect? You presented her as mad. 957 01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,682 You blocked my access to her, to your own advantage. 958 01:22:33,542 --> 01:22:36,687 Now you've won and are highly respected. 959 01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:41,352 Help me save the life of this suffering woman. 960 01:22:41,958 --> 01:22:46,589 Mr. Gmür, time is running out. We have two days to file the petition. 961 01:22:47,750 --> 01:22:50,896 Why should I, of all people, help you? 962 01:23:08,250 --> 01:23:10,283 Was that really necessary? 963 01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:20,672 That our home was not blessed with children's laughter is our misfortune. 964 01:23:22,125 --> 01:23:25,601 Exploiting someone else's suffering won't make up for it. 965 01:24:03,583 --> 01:24:06,853 No one was to learn of the shame weighing me down. 966 01:24:07,708 --> 01:24:10,236 But now, looking death in the eye, 967 01:24:10,417 --> 01:24:12,820 I face my darkest hour. 968 01:24:13,458 --> 01:24:17,182 It was on a Sunday evening that he plunged me into my misery... 969 01:25:12,708 --> 01:25:14,906 It's right this way. 970 01:25:17,333 --> 01:25:19,200 It's just... 971 01:25:21,333 --> 01:25:25,346 I would've liked to try being a mother to him. 972 01:25:30,125 --> 01:25:32,569 I really thought that things 973 01:25:32,750 --> 01:25:34,783 could work with Heiri. 974 01:25:35,875 --> 01:25:37,990 I wrote you a letter. 975 01:25:41,417 --> 01:25:43,366 But you can't read it yet. 976 01:25:44,375 --> 01:25:46,819 Not until you're on the train. 977 01:25:48,458 --> 01:25:50,449 A farewell letter? 978 01:25:51,500 --> 01:25:53,161 I hope not. 979 01:25:56,958 --> 01:25:59,238 I'll come and visit you soon. 980 01:26:00,125 --> 01:26:03,312 What if we shared a room... in Zurich? 981 01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:08,689 But don't you like working at Miss Bahon's? 982 01:26:09,042 --> 01:26:12,187 Surely they need seamstresses in Zurich, too. 983 01:26:12,958 --> 01:26:16,476 I don't think women are allowed in the barracks. 984 01:26:16,667 --> 01:26:19,565 We could save for a flat. We don't need much. 985 01:26:20,375 --> 01:26:23,274 A kitchen, a bedroom, maybe a kid's room... 986 01:26:24,125 --> 01:26:25,332 Go, run! 987 01:26:28,458 --> 01:26:31,398 You play like a real footballer! 988 01:26:34,708 --> 01:26:36,782 Shoot and score! 989 01:26:37,750 --> 01:26:40,071 Good shot! -Thanks! 990 01:26:43,583 --> 01:26:46,028 You're really good! -Well... 991 01:26:47,625 --> 01:26:50,482 They're a bit smaller than me. 992 01:26:53,833 --> 01:26:56,484 What if I already had a child? 993 01:26:57,958 --> 01:27:00,197 A child? You? 994 01:27:00,542 --> 01:27:02,821 No, you're not one of them. 995 01:27:04,708 --> 01:27:07,565 That only happens to cheap girls. 996 01:27:14,208 --> 01:27:16,364 Will you bring me to the station? 997 01:27:17,792 --> 01:27:19,659 Yes. 998 01:27:29,250 --> 01:27:31,489 I liked him so much. 999 01:27:32,542 --> 01:27:34,409 If only he'd married me. 1000 01:27:36,042 --> 01:27:39,766 Or if Ernstli could've stayed at Tempelacker a bit longer. 1001 01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:42,697 I never would've done it. 1002 01:27:44,375 --> 01:27:46,614 You must believe me, madam... 1003 01:28:14,208 --> 01:28:16,859 When my sister refused to keep going, 1004 01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:21,138 my father sent me to work at Zur Post because we needed the money. 1005 01:28:22,542 --> 01:28:26,266 Zimmerli asked me to get wine from the cellar. 1006 01:28:26,458 --> 01:28:29,439 Then he followed me, and I was lost. 1007 01:28:31,375 --> 01:28:33,696 That's what your sister wrote. 1008 01:28:35,208 --> 01:28:39,716 She was serving at Zimmerli's because you wouldn't work there anymore. 1009 01:28:40,083 --> 01:28:42,982 You knew Zimmerli would molest Frieda... 1010 01:28:44,250 --> 01:28:46,530 because he did the same to you. 1011 01:28:48,250 --> 01:28:51,396 Do you realize you could've prevented all this? 1012 01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:53,659 If you had told someone, 1013 01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:56,404 if at least someone had said something! 1014 01:28:56,750 --> 01:28:58,328 Out! 1015 01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:01,240 I wanted to politely ask... 1016 01:29:01,583 --> 01:29:04,028 Who sentenced her to death? You did! 1017 01:29:04,208 --> 01:29:07,148 It's your fault that it's come to this at all. 1018 01:29:20,833 --> 01:29:22,660 Is it true what he said? 1019 01:29:32,833 --> 01:29:34,866 You were right. 1020 01:29:38,375 --> 01:29:41,933 I was an idiot to give you such a hard time. 1021 01:29:50,083 --> 01:29:52,116 I'm sorry. 1022 01:30:13,750 --> 01:30:15,246 Sit down. 1023 01:30:21,250 --> 01:30:23,489 Take a sip. 1024 01:30:43,167 --> 01:30:44,621 Open your mouth. 1025 01:31:34,542 --> 01:31:37,358 In here, you forget that life goes on outside. 1026 01:31:40,708 --> 01:31:42,947 You mustn't give up now! 1027 01:31:43,500 --> 01:31:46,523 You must write that petition for mercy. 1028 01:31:46,708 --> 01:31:48,699 They can't just kill you! 1029 01:31:50,667 --> 01:31:52,658 I'd rather die 1030 01:31:53,583 --> 01:31:57,101 than rot in here all my life. 1031 01:31:59,500 --> 01:32:02,028 Caged like an animal. 1032 01:32:02,917 --> 01:32:04,661 Spat at. 1033 01:32:06,125 --> 01:32:08,487 Declared insane. 1034 01:32:14,750 --> 01:32:17,979 Maybe they're right. -They don't know you at all! 1035 01:32:18,333 --> 01:32:20,613 But they condemn me anyway. 1036 01:32:35,500 --> 01:32:37,491 I didn't want this. 1037 01:32:37,667 --> 01:32:39,946 None of this. You must believe me. 1038 01:32:42,750 --> 01:32:45,236 It's okay. -No. 1039 01:32:46,958 --> 01:32:48,908 It's not. 1040 01:32:52,375 --> 01:32:54,572 I am at fault... 1041 01:32:56,125 --> 01:32:59,106 ... for everything that's happened to you. 1042 01:32:59,292 --> 01:33:02,397 I knew very well what Zimmerli was doing to you. 1043 01:33:06,375 --> 01:33:09,893 Friedi, I'm so sorry! I just couldn't bear it anymore. 1044 01:33:11,833 --> 01:33:13,742 I was so ashamed. 1045 01:33:19,500 --> 01:33:21,449 That's not true. 1046 01:33:22,208 --> 01:33:24,653 How could I have helped you? 1047 01:33:24,833 --> 01:33:28,392 I couldn't take in a child who'd look at me with his eyes. 1048 01:33:30,167 --> 01:33:31,704 Go. 1049 01:33:32,042 --> 01:33:34,899 Carry out the sentence as quickly as possible. 1050 01:33:35,083 --> 01:33:36,662 I don't enforce laws. 1051 01:33:36,833 --> 01:33:40,227 All the gossip is unpleasant for me and my family. 1052 01:33:40,625 --> 01:33:44,390 We're being denounced, but we haven't anything to do with this! 1053 01:33:44,583 --> 01:33:47,400 You must understand... -I've work to do. 1054 01:33:53,542 --> 01:33:55,244 What's he doing here? 1055 01:33:55,583 --> 01:33:57,739 Mr. Zimmerli was just leaving. 1056 01:33:58,083 --> 01:34:02,261 You belong in hell! He could never keep it in his trousers. 1057 01:34:03,958 --> 01:34:06,073 He was always groping us. 1058 01:34:07,625 --> 01:34:10,977 Men like him think they can help themselves to us women. 1059 01:34:11,333 --> 01:34:14,768 Like a piece of furniture to sit on whenever you like. 1060 01:34:14,958 --> 01:34:17,815 Frieda's cushions were softer than yours. 1061 01:34:22,750 --> 01:34:27,010 People can do bad things to protect themselves from their own pain. 1062 01:34:51,708 --> 01:34:53,988 I'm a public prosecutor. 1063 01:34:57,042 --> 01:34:58,538 I had no choice. 1064 01:35:02,708 --> 01:35:04,575 Neither did I. 1065 01:35:07,083 --> 01:35:09,157 I do believe you, actually. 1066 01:35:12,958 --> 01:35:15,568 That you prefer death to life. 1067 01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:19,197 You've already proven that. 1068 01:35:21,583 --> 01:35:24,606 Now you're doing it again. 1069 01:35:26,083 --> 01:35:28,569 I don't agree with what you did, 1070 01:35:29,083 --> 01:35:32,559 but you don't deserve death. 1071 01:35:38,750 --> 01:35:41,154 You've never opened your mouth. 1072 01:35:41,708 --> 01:35:45,432 For God's sake, raise your voice now and plead for mercy! 1073 01:35:46,417 --> 01:35:47,995 Your story... 1074 01:35:48,167 --> 01:35:50,570 You must stay alive. 1075 01:35:50,750 --> 01:35:53,194 Or nothing will ever change! 1076 01:35:54,833 --> 01:35:57,072 Fight for your life, Frieda. 1077 01:36:16,500 --> 01:36:18,367 How does it look? 1078 01:36:30,583 --> 01:36:34,885 I bravely bore the deprivations and worries, for five long years. 1079 01:36:36,625 --> 01:36:40,761 Never sharing my terrible suffering, keeping it quietly in my heart. 1080 01:36:42,375 --> 01:36:45,356 When my mother died, I lost my footing. 1081 01:36:46,750 --> 01:36:48,783 Without her compassion 1082 01:36:49,125 --> 01:36:52,519 and her helping hand, my strength wasn't enough anymore. 1083 01:36:53,833 --> 01:36:55,494 Mr. Gmür! 1084 01:37:03,083 --> 01:37:07,054 I didn't do it out of hate or loathing for my child. 1085 01:37:07,625 --> 01:37:12,133 It was the fear of condemnation and contempt that made me so desperate 1086 01:37:12,333 --> 01:37:15,026 that I could no longer think straight. 1087 01:37:18,917 --> 01:37:22,351 It was as if I was driven by an evil spirit. 1088 01:37:22,708 --> 01:37:25,937 I lost sight of the size of my guilt. 1089 01:37:28,458 --> 01:37:31,357 God only knows how I looked on the inside. 1090 01:37:33,083 --> 01:37:35,198 What I did is horrid. 1091 01:37:36,583 --> 01:37:39,729 My grief will accompany me all my life. 1092 01:37:43,250 --> 01:37:47,592 But I plead for your mercy. Grant me the grace of life 1093 01:37:48,083 --> 01:37:51,518 so that I may improve through sincere and deep remorse 1094 01:37:51,708 --> 01:37:55,555 and find the calm and peace of mind I have lost. 1095 01:37:57,375 --> 01:38:01,057 And so, if through diligence, obedience and good behavior 1096 01:38:01,417 --> 01:38:03,408 I can prove myself worthy, 1097 01:38:03,583 --> 01:38:07,885 a tiny hope may remain for me to experience freedom again 1098 01:38:08,625 --> 01:38:10,822 and return to good people. 1099 01:38:14,875 --> 01:38:20,289 Mercy is your prerogative. I plead that you deem me worthy. 1100 01:38:41,333 --> 01:38:45,304 May both you and God be merciful toward the poor, weak girl that I am. 1101 01:38:47,208 --> 01:38:49,075 The unfortunate, 1102 01:38:50,458 --> 01:38:52,161 Frieda Keller. 1103 01:38:56,625 --> 01:38:58,698 We open the vote 1104 01:38:58,875 --> 01:39:02,021 on the petition for clemency for Frieda Keller. 1105 01:39:03,083 --> 01:39:06,683 The Grand Councilors are asked to cast their ballots. 1106 01:39:07,458 --> 01:39:10,109 The ballot box, please. 1107 01:40:26,250 --> 01:40:29,025 It's the will of the Grand Council 1108 01:40:29,208 --> 01:40:32,932 that Frieda Keller, who was sentenced to death, 1109 01:40:33,333 --> 01:40:35,531 receive clemency. 1110 01:40:36,458 --> 01:40:39,068 The death sentence is lifted 1111 01:40:39,458 --> 01:40:42,151 and converted into a life sentence 1112 01:40:42,333 --> 01:40:47,047 with an order of silence in solitary confinement. 1113 01:40:53,250 --> 01:40:58,087 As a convicted criminal you are not eligible for any privileges. 1114 01:41:05,333 --> 01:41:08,562 You are not entitled to letters or visits. 1115 01:41:11,958 --> 01:41:14,444 You have lost the right to carry a name 1116 01:41:15,250 --> 01:41:18,768 and are not allowed to speak with other people ever again, 1117 01:41:18,958 --> 01:41:22,558 from this day forward. 1118 01:41:42,875 --> 01:41:48,166 FRIEDA KELLER SPENT 15 YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. 1119 01:41:48,375 --> 01:41:53,707 IN POOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH SHE WAS PARDONED IN 1919. 1120 01:41:54,875 --> 01:41:59,094 AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE IN 1939, 1121 01:41:59,292 --> 01:42:05,036 SHE WAS HOSPITALISED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC MÜNSTERLINGEN 1122 01:42:05,250 --> 01:42:09,469 WHERE SHE DIED THREE YEARS LATER. 1123 01:42:10,750 --> 01:42:17,320 HER CASE BECAME A SYMBOL FOR THE INJUSTICE OF CRIMINAL LAW AT THE TIME. 1124 01:42:17,542 --> 01:42:25,308 IT MOBILISED SWISS WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS DEMANDING EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. 1125 01:42:26,292 --> 01:42:31,789 IN 1942, THE SWISS CRIMINAL CODE CAME INTO FORCE 1126 01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:37,291 AND THE DEATH PENALTY WAS ABOLISHED. 1127 01:42:38,167 --> 01:42:45,767 SINCE THEN, MARRIED MEN ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.