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The reconstruction
was carried out in 2002
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by Luciano Berriatúa
and Camille Blot-Wellens
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on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-
Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden.
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The basis was the camera negative
from the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin,
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and a nitrate print from
the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo.
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Most of the intertitles were obtained
from the flash titles on the original negative.
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The missing intertitles were restored
by referring to the shooting script
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and a preserved title list
from the production company Decla-Bioscop.
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The newly appended titles are recognisable
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by way of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-
Murnau-Stiftung (FWMS) logo.
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Laboratory work:
L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna
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The master negative of this reconstruction
was used in 2013 for the 2K digital version.
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CASTLE VOGELÖD:
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THE REVELATION OF A SECRET
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5 Acts
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based on the story of the same name
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in the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung
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by Rudolf Stratz.
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adapted by Carl Mayer.
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Second Uco-Film of Decla-Bioscop A.G.
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Direction: F. W. Murnau.
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Set design: Hermann Warm.
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Artistic consultant: Count F. Montgelas.
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Photography: Fritz A. Wagner
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and László Schäffer.
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The gentlemen's wardrobes, bespoke,
are credited to Hause S. Adam.
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Characters:
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von Vogelschrey,
Lord of the Castle of Vogelöd:
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Arnold Korff
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Centa v. Vogelschrey, his wife:
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L. Kyser-Korff
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Count Johann Oetsch: Lotar Mehnert
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Count Peter Paul Oetsch: Paul Hartmann
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Baron Safferstätt: Paul Bildt
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Baroness Safferstätt: Olga Tschechowa
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Father Faramund: Victor Blütner
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Provincial Judge (Ret.):
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Hermann Vallentin
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The anxious gentleman:
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Julius Falkenstein
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The butler: Robert Leffler
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A servant: Walter Kurt-Kuhle
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Guests, servants.
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1st Act.
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For days now, a rained-out October Hunt
at Castle Vogelöd.
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The Lord of the Castle.
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The guests.
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Count Oetsch!
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...You!... Count Oetsch?!
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You forgot to invite me?!
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The retired provincial judge.
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He's reputed
to have shot his brother dead
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three years ago!
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He thereby became sole heir...
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The anxious gentleman.
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Every single person who was able
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to follow the proceedings at the time
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is convinced he's the murderer!
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Once more I stress
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I'm still expecting your brother's widow
as a guest this evening...!
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The murder victim's widow?
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She got married again one year ago
to Baron Safferstätt!
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I should like to spare us all
the experience
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of the Baroness
encountering you here, Count!
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So you're staying!
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Then let it be on your head.
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Awaiting the Baroness.
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Any moment now she'll be showing up
and inside is Count Oetsch...!
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So you claim to have learnt
the art of prophecy in India?
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Would you care to reveal then,
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in light of this rain-drenched hunt,
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whether any of us
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will be able to get off a shot?
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One shot will be fired...!
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...perhaps even... two?!...
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...Oetsch is inside!...
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You'll understand that...
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under these circumstances...
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we cannot stay... at your side...!
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No! You can't just leave!
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Do you know
who's coming here to see you?
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Father Faramund from Rome!
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Father... Faramund... from Rome...?!
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Yes! In all the excitement
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I had almost forgotten!
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I have to go and get his letter for you
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this instant.
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Father... Faramund...?!
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Surely you don't mean
to throw me out of your house?
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She's staying! She wants to wait
for Father Faramund!
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...that the wife
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of my so tragically deceased relative
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will be your guest
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fills me with great joy.
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I bless the circumstance
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that leads me north again
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after my decades-long sojourn in Rome.
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In the days ahead
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I will come to Vogelöd
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to finally see all of you,
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my dear friends,
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face to face...
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End of the First Act.
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2nd Act.
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The next day - a surprise: sunshine!
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...well, finally!
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Weather forecast:
Sunny today. No precipitation.
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Aren't you coming along on the hunt?
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I only hunt in rain and gale.
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Say, why is it
your husband's always so quiet?
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But, of course,
after about a quarter of an hour...
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Daytime.
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His Reverence, Father Faramund
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has just reported
he'll be arriving this evening.
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That bizarre Oetsch is really going
hunting in such beastly weather!
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Of course he would know to stay
out of the way of his kin, the Father!
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...I will... have much... to discuss...
with the Father... this evening...!
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Evening.
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If the Baroness wishes,
I will be happy to see her this evening.
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Now our house is blessed.
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No matter what happens,
think... kindly of me!
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The Baroness
bids His Reverence enter.
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Speak... dear child... speak...!
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How strange.. Reverend...
this encounter.
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...because all these years...
I've wrestled with my thoughts...!
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...with you, Reverend..
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as the only person,
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friend and kin to my deceased husband,
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that I can talk to...!
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...It's now been 4 years...
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End of the Second Act.
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3rd Act.
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Our marriage was... at first...
like one continuous day of bliss.
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And so we spent months
in inebriated bliss.
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One day he went off...
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Weeks later he came back...
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he was a different person.
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Buried himself in writings...
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holy books...
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Believe me, dear child,
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true happiness lies only
in the renunciation of all worldly things.
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He turned into a saint...
he only wanted to see a saint in me...
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And for months it was like that...
I grew cold...
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the more pure he became, the more
terrible I found my earthly bonds...!
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I thirsted... to see evil... to desire evil...
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Then I came to know Baron Safferstätt...
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My husband wanted
to give away his possessions,
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to divide up his fortune
amongst the poor...
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terrible arguments erupted
between him and his brother...
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one evening -
there was an all-out row!
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In the night that followed...
something horrible happened -
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my husband... was... shot.
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I can't go on any further...
Not right now... Tomorrow...
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If you'll excuse me for the rest of the day,
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I'll call upon the master of the manor
tomorrow.
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Tall tales of the hunt.
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So you don't believe I got a lion once?
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Night-time.
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Ask the Reverend to see me.
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Quarter of an hour later.
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No! No-one left through here!
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We've looked around the entire castle...!
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It's getting downright eerie in here!
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One hour later.
No trace of the Father can be found.
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A crime?!...
Maybe it was... Count Oetsch?!
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Dreams.
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That does it!
Tomorrow I'm getting out of here!
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But meanwhile,
the kitchen boy is also dreaming
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of the events of the last few hours...
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End of the Third Act.
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4th Act.
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The morning of the third day.
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Surely you understand!! Out of nowhere
important business to attend to!
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Is there anyone left
who isn't frightened by my house.
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I've notified the authorities!
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Regarding my suspicion
of this Count Oetsch...!
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One happy man.
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She's so strange...
says nothing.. nothing at all..
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about the Father going missing...?!
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Midday.
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You once committed a murder?!
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What... are you... trying to...
say by that...?
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Gentlemen!
Why don't you just let me finish?!
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That is what I dreamt this past night!
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Count Oetsch!
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It seems to me that the mood
in my house at this moment
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is not suited to such jokes...!
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Believe you me,
my eye for spotting criminals is adept...!
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...and I'm saying
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Count Oetsch is definitely connected
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to the disappearance of the Father.
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He's putting on airs
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in order to conceal his latest crime.
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He needs to apologise to you
in front of all the guests
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for his inappropriate jokes!
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You absolutely need to speak with him.
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So you know something, Count!!
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Perhaps you have some idea
of who people here suspect
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in the disappearance of the Father?
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Me!
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But I know even more,
Herr Retired Provincial Judge.
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I can also glean secrets.
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For example, I'd now like to reveal
to our Baron one of his secrets.
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Count Oetsch.
If you know other peoples' secrets,
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you should not reveal them
in front of everybody!
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I shall honour your opinion!
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I'd like to whisper only
a very few words to Baron Safferstätt!
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...No.. I.. am.. no... murderer...
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Just what are these accusations?
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Is it perhaps that you wish to accuse
the Baron in the murder of your brother?
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Perhaps?
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I will consult Baron Safferstätt.
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Today I'll reveal it!
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He is the murderer of my husband...!
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...In an argument, he shot his brother!
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End of the Fourth Act.
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5th Act.
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Half an hour later.
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What do you know about that time...
dear... speak!...
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The Count certainly made haste...!
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And I tell you, he's also got
the Father on his conscience!
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Father Faramund... has returned!
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Yesterday I wanted solace.
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You didn't come!...
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Today... I shall confess to you!
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...Because you, as a priest,
are obliged to remain silent!
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We can do nothing right now!
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The events of recent days
probably will now become clear.
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A few days before
the murder of my husband...
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...Oh, I dread so much holiness!...
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I would like to see something evil...
something completely, utterly evil...!
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...A... murder!...
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Baron Safferstätt,
consumed by passion for me,
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had misunderstood me
in a gruesome way!...
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He shot my husband...
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Two days later he confessed to me.
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Then I recognised my guilt as well!
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The Count was arrested.
Had he been convicted...
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...we would have poisoned ourselves...
in order to prove his innocence...
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But!! He was not convicted!!
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We carried on! Fearing life!
Fearing death.
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Each of us cursed!!
Bound through our guilt!
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We got married!
That was our marriage!
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...So we were two comrades!!!
And today I have redeemed him!!
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I have accused Count Oetsch
of fratricide!
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...That is how far fate has driven me!
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Now you know everything!
And you must remain silent!
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..I... understand... you!...
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Act like a man!!
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...I... was... not... happy...
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A... shot?!
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Evening calm.
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...he... is... dead!...
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I, the innocent outcast, always knew...
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So every circumstance
had to be aligned just so,
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in order for me to be finally set free
from this degrading suspicion!
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For that reason I forestalled the arrival
of Father Faramund at the castle!
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We have much to apologise to you for!
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Evening.
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I am Father Faramund from Rome.
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The End.
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The story Schloss Vogelöd by Rudolf
Stratz is published by Ullsteinbuch.