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The Terrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock

LONDON 1885

You won't feel anything, it will be as if you were asleep.

Prepare the anaesthetic if you please.

This new anaesthetic slows the heart rate.

We must operate before his heartbeat returns to normal.

Scalpel!

I must hurry. My wife has guests and she will not forgive me if I am late.

- Professor! - Yes.

Excuse me, an Inspector Scott wishes to speak to you.

Very well.

- How are you Inspector? - Professor, will he recover?

It's a very ugly wound. I've done everything possible to save him

- We can only hope for the best. - Thank you, Professor

Good night, Inspector.

The Professor has done everything he can

You can rest assured, your father will live.

- Good evening, Professor - Good evening... Oh Martha...

Yes Sir?

Please tell my wife that I am very tired

I'm going straight up to my room.

- Everything is ready upstairs Sir. - Thank you Martha.

I must beg you to excuse me, I feel very tired.

It is we who should apologise.

- Until we meet again. - We have abused your hospitality.

- I'll see you soon my dear. - Good night.

- Good night. - Good night

- Thank you for a lovely evening. - Good night.

- Good night. - Come again soon.

- Good night. - Good night.

Thank you, doctor, it is a miracle

No, no, no it is science which your father must thank.

It's a great victory Professor,

It may not be a miracle but it has all the characteristics of one.

The human body keeps its secrets well hidden.

So much time wasted trying to analyze the secrets of the soul,

while the material part of our beings remains an unknown world.

If you hadn't been able to slow the heart rate,

the patient could not have survived an operation so close to the heart.

Well... I don't know.

Perhaps my anaesthetic is only useful because it slows down the action of the organism...

Professor, the patient is ready in the operating theatre.

Right.

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

What has happened!

- Take them down. - Very well.

- The carriage is at the door. - Thank you, Martha.

Are you determined to leave, Professor

Yes Martha, I am.

Today I resigned from the hospital,

Everything here reminds me of Margaret...

everything.

- You will take care of the house. - Very well Sir.

- Goodbye Martha. - Goodbye.

By the way...

where is the cat?

Jezebel?... she has disappeared.

Goodbye.

I hope you will be very happy in my house.

Dear, I will be happy as long as I am with you.

We are almost there.

In the morning... bring up the rest of the luggage.

- Here. - Thank you Sir.

Come along my dear.

Nature is tyrannical!

It has taken only a few years to turn this garden into a wilderness.

Look!

There is a light at the window!

Who can it be?

It must be Martha, my housekeeper.

Such lightning!

Quickly, into the house!

Wait a moment, my dear.

Let me find a light.

Martha.

Martha!

What a storm.

Is that her portrait?

Yes, that is her.

All right dear, come on,

sit down here.

Wait here a moment while I find Martha.

Martha!

- Please Bernard, don't leave me here alone! - Don't be afraid, Cynthia.

It's Jezebel!

What a fright she gave me!

Jezebel!

Jezebel!

Come here!

Come!

She must have turned quite wild.

Ah good evening, Martha.

Welcome home, Professor.

Martha this is my wife, Cynthia, this is Martha my housekeeper.

How do you do.

I must apologise for the disorder I have only had time

to prepare the rooms upstairs

I have prepared something to eat.

Ah yes. You must be hungry my dear.

No...

No... I am just tired.

In that case, I shall show your wife to her room

What was that!

Nothing madame, it is my sister.

She has been staying with me, but tomorrow I am taking her to an asylum.

She is quite mad.

Very well.

Come dear, I will go upstairs with you.

Why does Martha look at me so strangely?

Oh, Martha may appear a little odd, but she is a very good person.

Come along.

This is your room.

When the gaslight has been turned on, it will seem more cheerful.

It is beautiful.

Was this her room?

Yes.

Forgive me

This house gives me a strange feeling, I don't know, I'm scared.

I feel everything is hostile,

even the cat.

You're just a little tired,

You'll see tomorrow, everything will seem different.

Yes, of course.

Now Martha will bring up your bag, and if you need anything

the bell is by the bed.

Thank you.

- Good night, my love. - Good night.

Bernard!

Is that you?

Good morning, my dear.

Good morning.

Let us sit down.

How do you feel, Cynthia?

I did not sleep well.

Why ever not?

You didn't...

hear anything last night?

No, nothing.

After you left me I'm sure someone tried to enter my room.

But that's absurd my dear, who could possibly have done that.

I don't know, I heard footsteps and I saw my door handle turn.

Come now, Cynthia, you were very tired last night, you must have imagined it.

No, there was someone behind the door, I am quite certain.

That's nonsense, Cynthia.

My room is next to yours, and I heard nothing at all.

Excuse me my dear, returning to the hospital after all these years

my nerves are on edge, forgive me.

Yes?

An orderly from the hospital, named Franz, wishes to speak to you urgently.

Excuse me, my dear.

I must go at once to the hospital.

By the way... we are invited to the theatre tonight.

- Be ready to leave at eight. - Very well.

Your room is up there!

Why is this door locked?

It has always been locked!

Ah yes...it was a truly wonderful interpretation.

I think it managed to convey the romantic spirit of the opera...

Yes, it was a really magnificent performance.

Wasn't it on a grand scale?

Yes, like the figure of the soprano.

Professor...

You must forgive me there is an urgent call from the hospital, I must go.

Could you see my wife home and then meet me at the hospital?

Of course, Professor

- See you later, my dear - See you later.

Please.

I was in Vienna when I heard that your husband had taken up

his post here.

I moved here immediately.

I have always been keenly interested in his experiments.

I see that for you medicine has

all the fascination of a beautiful woman.

In Vienna I studied with Professor Freud ...

a doctor of immense talent...

Have you heard of him?

No.

Initially I admired Professor Bernard

now I envy him.

Thank you.

I hope I haven't bored you.

Not at all Doctor.

May I see you to the house?

No thank you, it's better you don't.

If you recall, my husband is waiting for you at the hospital.

Good night.

Good night.

Death...

will catch you as you sleep...

as you sleep...

A sleep as deep as death.

A sleep eternal, like death.

Like death.

Like death.

Like death.

Ah, it's you!

I heard noises and came to see who it was.

Please, light the way to the house.

Come.

You may go now.

And please take the cat with you.

As you wish.

Listen, Martha, will you keep your sister with you.

My sister?

Yesterday I placed her in a hospital on the outskirts of the city.

He's getting old.

He is no longer the same as before,

he has left her dead.

Why didn't you use your anaesthetic?

You might have saved her.

No.

I shall never use that anaesthetic again.

It isn't perfected yet.

It can be fatal.

Good night.

Professor! Do you need something?

No, I'm not wrong, Bernard, I am certain.

I tell you it was so,

though I only saw her for an instant..

the fear she caused me has engraved it on my mind.

This is all ridiculous.

Dearest, when I met you you were not well.

The shock of your fathers death disturbed your nervous system

and when you left the hospital you were not yet fully recovered.

I know it seems absurd, but trust me I really saw it,

I nearly died of fright.

I waited all night, but I did not hear you come in.

I came back very late.

Bernard...

All these pictures of her, even here in your room...

I know, dear, that you adored her

please try to understand

wherever I go, her eyes seem to follow me, watching my every move.

Don't think about it.

I must go.

Please remember, Cynthia, that when I am not home,

I do not want anyone entering this room.

I will see you at dinner.

- Good morning, Madame. - Good morning.

Why this visit?

I came to talk to your husband.

- Bernard has gone out, is it urgent? - No, no, nothing urgent.

- Please, make yourself comfortable. - Thank you.

Do you like it in London?

What's the matter?

Doctor, do you believe in ghosts?

No, of course not.

Neither did I, until yesterday.

Since then I...

I am terrified in this house, and I have started to believe...

Last night I saw with my own eyes the hem of a dress and some boots.

What are you saying, it's not possible, you must have had a hallucination.

I knew you would not believe me

but I am telling the truth.

In your opinion, is my husband not a little strange?

Well, as much as any other talented man.

Why do you wonder about that?

Nothing, just a foolish idea.

- Can I offer you a drink? - Thank you no, I must return to the hospital.

Anyway, Cynthia

if I can be of service in anything please don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you, Kurt.

I will see you again.

I'm afraid I must return to the hospital.

Must you really go?

Yes, there is a seriously ill patient and I must examine him in the early hours.

How you've changed.

I feel I no longer mean anything to you, Bernard.

Perhaps it was a mistake to come back here.

Nonsense, my dear, I'm just a little nervous

my hands are not as capable as before.

Don't come back very late, I'm afraid on my own.

Would you like me to ask Martha to sleep in your room tonight?

No, no, no, not Martha, I'd prefer to be alone.

Very well, my dear, as you wish.

Hurry back, I'll wait up for you.

All right...

when I return

I'll look in to say goodnight.

Professor Bernard!

What do you want, Doctor Kurt.

Nothing.

I am on duty tonight.

I heard noises.

I did not think it was you.

Ah ... I ... I just wanted check the state of coagulation.

You could have called me

and I would have helped.

I didn't know who was on duty.

Anyhow, it's not important. Come, lets get out of here.

I came to bid you goodnight.

Where have you been?

Martha didn't tell the truth about her sister leaving,

she is still here.

Have you seen her?

Yes, she is hidden in the garden and I saw her through the window,

but only from behind.

How extraordinary...

Another thing Bernard...

What's beyond that door?

Which door?

The one behind the big mirror.

It's my old laboratory, I wish it to remain locked.

Bernard...

Something has changed since we've been here.

Why can't we leave this house tomorrow?

I left this house once

intending never to come back.

It will not happen again.

Good night.

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

Cynthia!

Cynthia!

She must have fainted!

Quick, help me!

Continue the same treatment.

Are you hurt Professor?

It was Jezebel, my cat.

- Professor. - Yes, Franz?

Professor, the operating theatre is ready..

Very well, bring the patient.

Prepare the plasma for a transfusion

and prepare a hypodermic with anaesthetic, I will be with you in a moment.

Something wrong, Professor?

You will have understood the situation...

- It's my wife. - Your wife?

Yes.

When I met her she was being treated following a severe shock,

I loved her immediately and...

I tried to convince myself that she was completely cured.

She seems well balanced to me,

a little impressionable perhaps.

She has become fixated by the idea I no longer love her,

that I still love my first wife

and that Margaret's ghost is pursuing her.

The fault is yours, Professor.

- Mine? - Yes.

Your wife feels like a stranger in your house

and because you want everything to be as it was, she believes

that you still love Margaret.

Cynthia feels she is still alive, as a rival

and her subconscious mind gives substance to this doubt.

That is absurd.

What is wrong in bringing Cynthia to my house?

It is a place full of memories for me and not all pleasant, I assure you

but...

one cannot run away for ever.

It would be enough to just move house.

Perhaps.

How are you my dear?

How are you feeling?

Where am I?

What has happened to me?

Nothing, my dear.

Over the past few days you've not been well,

then tonight you were unconscious,

look at what a state you were in.

No... it's not possible.

As I said your nerves have given way again

but... you don't have to worry.

You will soon recover.

Sleeping Draught. Poison.

Here my dear, drink this, you will sleep.

Well done, bravo.

And now...

have a long sleep, and you'll see.

Yes... today I must sleep... must... sleep.

Martha.

Do not disturb my wife, she is sleeping.

Oh, Martha! ... it would be better if you left the house for a few days

You understand?

You may return to work, next week.

As you wish Professor

I must tell you that... I shall not forget what you have done for me...

and for my poor wife.

Professor... Professor...

- Professor. - Yes?

It is Franz.

Franz!

Did you find the case with my instruments.

There was nobody at home.

Nobody there?

- Are you sure? - No-one.

I rang the bell, then I went round the outside of the house.

I called but nobody responded.

Excuse me, Professor,

perhaps your wife has gone for a walk.

But she never leaves home alone.

I must go at once and see if something has happened

you do understand don't you?

Please, take my place.

Cynthia.

At the moment he took his eyes from me

I poured the milk into a vase.

Cynthia, perhaps your husband...

Surely you don't really believe that...

I don't know, I don't know what to believe Kurt, but you're the only one who can help me

don't you understand, only you can help.

Yes, Cynthia.

The other night I woke up in a horrible place

there was Bernard, looking at me through the eyes of a monster

then I felt his throat as the hands tightened, and tightened...

and then I don't remember anything, I must have fainted.

And then?

Nothing.

This morning when I awoke, Bernard was there watching me.

I went to pick up the glass of milk and I pretended to drink and fall asleep.

I will have it analysed

and if it is just milk, will that convince you how absurd your suspicions are?

Meanwhile you must remain calm

over time these hallucinations will disappear,

yes I know, I know that they seem real...

Cynthia.

I was worried about you, What are you doing here?

Your wife came to find you Professor, I have been entertaining her.

Ah, thank you.

My dear I think we should go home.

Come along, Cynthia.

Where's Martha?

I've thrown her into the street.

- You have dismissed her? - Yes.

I thought you would be happy. I knew you disliked her.

There is enough toxic concentration in it to kill a horse.

Are you certain?

I've done three different tests and all have the same result.

One might serve someone milk with a sleeping draught but...

there is enough here for eternal sleep.

Then, Cynthia...

My God, pray I am not too late!

No... no escape... you will not stay alive!

Now everything will be as it was before!

You tried to take my place next to Bernard, and now you must die!

Die!

You won't escape alive!

Die!

It is useless to flee!

Die!

Save me!

Margaret.

Everything will be as it was before.

Save me!

I will restore your beauty with this young blood.

Yes, kill her, kill her!

Then there will only be me, only me!

Bernard, no, no, no, no...!

Stop!

Cynthia!

Cynthia.

Thank you Kurt, thank you,

You saved my life!

You're safe Cynthia.

The past is burning the nightmare has finally ended.

English subtitles by salad. Adapted from the Spanish subtitles produced by droid for www. cine-clasico. com