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VAMPYR was produced in 1931/32
in German, French and English versions.

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The original negative
for picture and sound was lost.

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Partially complete prints
of the German and French versions

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served as the basis
for this restoration.

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The new German version of 1998
was a collaboration between

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Cineteca del Comune di Bologna,
Deutsche Kinemathek and ZDF/Arte.

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Screenplay By

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Directed By

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This is the tale of the strange
adventures of young Allan Gray,

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who immersed himself in the study
of devil worship and vampires.

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Preoccupied with superstitions
of centuries past, he became a dreamer

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for whom the line between the real
and the supernatural became blurred.

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His aimless wanderings
led him late one evening

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to a secluded inn
by the river

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in a village called
Courtempierre.

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<i>Who's there? </i>

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Go around.

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Good night.

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It was an eerie moonlit night.

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Light and shadow, voices and faces
seemed to take on hidden meaning.

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Allan Gray felt a sinister
force descend upon him.

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In vain he fought
the terror that seized him,

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and fear of things he could not name
haunted his restless sleep.

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Who are you?

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Quiet!

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She mustn't die!
You understand?

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TO BE OPENED...

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UPON MY DEATH

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What was going on?

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What terrifying secret
was unfolding?

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Allan Gray felt certain
of one thing:

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A soul in mortal distress
was crying out for help,

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and a voice within
urged him to heed that call.

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Silence!

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Did you hear that?

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Yes. The child.

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The child?

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Yes, the child!

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There's no child here.

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But the dogs!

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There are no children
or dogs here!

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No?

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No.

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Good night.

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Good night.

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He followed the fleeting shadows
and came to a large estate

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where a forlorn manor rose up
among ancient trees.

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Here, in seclusion,

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with only his two daughters
and a few servants for company,

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lived the man who had appeared
to Allan Gray earlier at the inn.

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The wounds have almost healed.

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The blood!

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The blood!

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Don't go to bed
until the doctor arrives.

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Open up! Hurry!

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For heaven's sake, hurry!

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<i>I'm coming. </i>

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What's wrong?

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What is it?

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Quick!
They're trying to kill him!

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The other door.

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Jeanne, light the lamps
in the library.

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And you stay with Gis�le,
you hear?

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Is he dead?

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Yes.

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Won't you please
stay here with us?

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Where is he going?

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To the police.

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TO BE OPENED
UPON MY DEATH

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THE STRANGE HISTOR Y
OF VAMPIRES

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Accounts from many ages and lands
tell of terrible demons called vampires.

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These are the bodies
and souls of the dead

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whose terrible deeds in life
deny them repose in the grave.

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Under the bright light
of the full moon,

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they rise from their graves

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to suck the blood of children
and young adults

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and thus prolong
their shadowy existence.

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The Prince of Darkness
is their ally

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and lends them supernatural power
among the living and the dead.

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At night these creatures
from the abyss

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haunt the abodes of the living,

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where they sow
death and decay.

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A vampire's victim is doomed
to perish without hope.

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A wound on the throat,
as from the bite of a cat or rat,

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is the mark of damnation.

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Neither medical science...

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L�one!

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Where?

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There, outside!

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<i>Hurry! </i>

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L�one!

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Quick!

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Like a plague,
the vampire's lust infects the victim,

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who is torn
between a thirst for blood

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and a desperate repulsion
toward this craving.

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The innocent young person
itself becomes a vampire

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and seeks to prey
on its nearest and dearest.

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Entire families, even entire villages,
are thus brought under the curse.

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If I could only die!

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No, L�one.

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I know.

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I'm lost.

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I'm damned.

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I think she's dying.

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Didn't you hear a scream?

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Come!
The carriage is back!

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She's asleep.

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Good God!

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What is that?

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See that?

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Blood.

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The ghosts of executed criminals
are in their service,

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but the living too may fall
under their dreadful sway.

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An account from Hungary
tells of a village doctor

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who, having sold his soul
to the Evil One,

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became a vampire's henchman

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and thus an accessory to a series
of horrid crimes in that region.

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<i>Good evening, Doctor. </i>

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<i>Good evening. </i>
<i>How is she doing? </i>

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<i>- Not well at all. </i>
<i>- Oh? Why is that? </i>

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We found her
out on the grounds.

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Well, let's go see.

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<i>She has another</i>
<i>of those marks on her neck. </i>

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<i>We'll have a look. </i>

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Good evening.

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Good evening.
Come along.

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You stay down here.

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She's doing very poorly.

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- Pulse?
- Weak.

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Can't she be saved?

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Perhaps.

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But she needs blood.

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It must be human blood.

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Are you willing
to give her your own?

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Come, young man.

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I'll draw your blood.

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Why does the doctor
always come at night?

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Once the vampire has gained
complete control over its victim,

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it seeks to drive
the victim to suicide,

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thus delivering that soul
to the Evil One.

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For he who takes his own life
is lost for all eternity.

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To him the Golden Gates
of Heaven are closed.

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For him all hope is lost.

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<i>Sister. </i>

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Come here a moment.

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You may go to bed now.

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Did you hear me?

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Who can solve the riddle
of life and death

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or fathom the dark secrets
hidden from the light of day?

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For just as strange
as a vampire's existence

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is the manner of its demise.

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These dead who cannot find peace
must be murdered

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to deliver a tormented humanity
from their grip.

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Many monasteries and libraries
possess in their secret archives...

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Doctor!

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What's wrong?

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I'm losing blood.

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Nonsense!
Your blood is right here!

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...accounts of how vampires have been
rendered harmless in many places.

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In the village of Kisilova,

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haunted a generation ago
by a vampire in the form of an old woman,

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the following procedure
was used:

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At dawn the grave was opened,

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and the old woman
was found lying as if asleep.

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An iron stake was driven
through her heart,

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nailing her horrid soul
to the earth.

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She then died a true death,

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and the curse that had lain
upon herself and her victims was broken.

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<i>Come... follow me. </i>

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<i>We shall become</i>
<i>one soul, one blood. </i>

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<i>Follow me. </i>

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<i>Death is waiting... </i>

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...deliverance by the grace
of our heavenly Lord.

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Even in these parts,

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tradition tells how certain areas
were haunted by vampires.

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Just 25 years ago,
a murderous epidemic

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claimed 11 victims
in the village of Courtempierre.

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Doctors assigned the plague
a medical name,

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but a persistent rumor
circulated among the people

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that a vampire was
the cause of the scourge.

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Many firmly believed
that vampire to be

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none other than Marguerite Chopin,
who lay buried in the village cemetery.

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All her life, Marguerite Chopin
had been a monster in human form.

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She died
an unrepentant soul,

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and the Church denied her
the Last Sacraments.

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Come quickly!

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Something terrible is happening!

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Come quickly!

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<i>Sister. </i>

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I'm afraid of dying.

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I am damned!

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My God!

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Sister.

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She mustn't die.

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She must live until sunrise,
you understand?

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FROM DUST THOU ART

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UNTO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN

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Now go!

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Quickly!

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I feel strong.

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My soul is free.

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Ah, you're here.
Open this.

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You hear me?

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Listen to me!

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Listen to me!

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Please!

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Curse you, you bastard!

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Open up!

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Let me out of here!

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Open this gate!

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<i>Over here. </i>

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<i>This way. </i>