1 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:27,513 why the secret entrance? 2 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:30,429 I wanted to surprise you. 3 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:32,598 Oh, spring is here. 4 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:34,478 Did anyone see you? 5 00:04:34,483 --> 00:04:35,643 Not a soul. 6 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:43,609 Darling, 7 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,981 Does he suspect anything? 8 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:42,149 Not a thing. 9 00:04:42,157 --> 00:04:44,990 Your flowers are beautiful tonight. 10 00:04:44,993 --> 00:04:47,405 Flowers are most conceited, you know. 11 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:49,949 Your beauty must have humiliated them. 12 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:51,571 I'm so glad you've come. 13 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,949 - It wasn't easy this time. - Why? 14 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,077 He wanted me to stay with him tonight. 15 00:04:57,088 --> 00:05:00,296 Oh, darling, are you jealous of my husband? 16 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,586 Why shouldn't I be, he has you. 17 00:05:02,594 --> 00:05:03,925 You, too. 18 00:05:03,929 --> 00:05:06,011 Yes, but I know of him. 19 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:07,550 He has, by far, the better of it. 20 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,172 He doesn't know of me. 21 00:05:09,184 --> 00:05:11,846 - Shall I tell him of you? - Good heavens, no! 22 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:13,138 Then kiss me. 23 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,264 I love you so much. 24 00:05:18,276 --> 00:05:22,269 I sometimes wonder if people suspect that I have a lover. 25 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,441 Did my man see you in the garden? 26 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:26,815 No, only a few frogs, 27 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:29,068 and if they croak all night long about me, 28 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:31,536 no one will understand them. 29 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:33,701 Oh, and the black cat stared at me. 30 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:35,664 A black cat? 31 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:37,330 Are you sure your husband doesn't suspect? 32 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:40,079 Quite, anyway, he wouldn't believe it. 33 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,465 Kiss me, darling. 34 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:58,764 Happy? 35 00:05:58,775 --> 00:05:59,775 Very. 36 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:14,154 Why, are you leading me toward your boudoir, sir, or am I leading you? 37 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:15,905 Pardon me, just a minute. 38 00:06:15,917 --> 00:06:20,786 I want to make sure my man has left, and I shall question the frogs, and put out the cat. 39 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:22,287 Not sir Walter Raleigh. 40 00:06:22,299 --> 00:06:24,255 No, Casanova. 41 00:06:29,931 --> 00:06:32,297 Shall you be back soon, milord? 42 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:34,425 Even sooner than that, milady. 43 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:41,051 Police headquarters. 44 00:08:41,062 --> 00:08:43,428 This is Walter bernsdorf. 45 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:46,473 Yes, of the university. 46 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:50,352 I am at number 14 gloriette street. 47 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,695 Will you come and arrest me? 48 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:54,781 I've just killed my wife. 49 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:03,198 Walter bernsdorf, chief of the university clinic, 50 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:06,952 indicted under paragraph 134 criminal code 51 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:09,625 for the murder of his wife, Lucy bernsdorf, 52 00:09:09,632 --> 00:09:13,841 on the night of march the 15th, 1933, 53 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:20,091 at, or about, 5:31 pm, number 14 gloriette street. 54 00:09:20,101 --> 00:09:22,387 Mr. Paul held is here, sir. 55 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,807 Well, show him in. 56 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:27,848 The indictment papers must be in the chief justice's office within an hour. 57 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:28,859 Yessir. 58 00:09:33,031 --> 00:09:34,031 Mr. held. 59 00:09:38,787 --> 00:09:40,323 Good morning, sir. 60 00:09:40,330 --> 00:09:42,787 Mr. held, this is a pleasure. 61 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:44,406 I'm glad you think so. 62 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:47,750 But unfortunately, I'm defending Walter bernsdorf. 63 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,244 He's very fortunate. 64 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:51,917 I shall consider it a distinction to oppose you. 65 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,514 Thank you. 66 00:10:01,518 --> 00:10:05,102 You know the man who killed his wife is my great friend... 67 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:07,812 I'm sorry. 68 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:11,525 And I thought, perhaps, we might have a friendly, unofficial talk. 69 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:13,564 The indictment is already prepared. 70 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:14,731 On what grounds? 71 00:10:14,739 --> 00:10:16,400 Paragraph 134, 72 00:10:16,407 --> 00:10:18,238 murder in the first degree. 73 00:10:18,243 --> 00:10:20,575 But he shot the woman in her lover's bedroom. 74 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:22,443 The murder was not premeditated. 75 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:24,992 The defendant carried the revolver for several days. 76 00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:26,580 There'd been robberies in his neighborhood. 77 00:10:26,584 --> 00:10:29,166 Quite so, he planned his crime so carefully 78 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:32,788 that he even obtained a permit for the revolver from the police. 79 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:35,632 Then you might charge the police as accomplices. 80 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,125 This matter is not a joke. 81 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:38,172 I'm sorry. 82 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:45,050 Tell me, how's you wife? 83 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:46,267 Splendid, thank you. 84 00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:48,182 Give her my kindest regards, won't you? 85 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:50,096 With pleasure. 86 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:54,101 The fact that your client took such precautions establishes premeditation. 87 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,818 - Were you at the opera last night? - No. 88 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:58,108 What a pity, splendid performance. 89 00:10:58,116 --> 00:10:59,606 Werner made a superb faust, 90 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:02,074 - and Hugo's mephisto! - I don't care for faust. 91 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:03,909 Oh, I adore it. 92 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:06,450 I particular like the idea 93 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:09,164 one could look forward to the years with such complacency, 94 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,034 if one knew that at the age of 70 95 00:11:11,045 --> 00:11:13,457 a kindly devil would touch him on the shoulder 96 00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:15,204 and make him young once more 97 00:11:15,216 --> 00:11:19,129 to live and love all over again. 98 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,798 Fascinating thought. 99 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:24,013 And at your age, should be especially appealing. 100 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:27,760 But my two assistants are waiting outside, may I introduce them now? 101 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:29,010 Well, certainly. 102 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:35,482 Hilda, Schultz! 103 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:45,659 This is Ms. frey, my office manager. 104 00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:48,871 - Here, I've already heard of you. - This is my first case. 105 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:50,081 Are you interested in it? 106 00:11:50,084 --> 00:11:51,449 A woman has been killed. 107 00:11:51,461 --> 00:11:53,076 That interests me quite a bit. 108 00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:56,579 For some strange reason, women don't like being killed. 109 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:58,127 Hello, Mr. Schultz. 110 00:11:58,134 --> 00:11:59,874 Are you still a law clerk? 111 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:02,127 I can understand your surprise. 112 00:12:02,138 --> 00:12:03,753 My whiskers are a little gray, 113 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:06,882 but as long as I'm still a clerk, I can feel young. 114 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:09,350 Mr. Schultz will copy the papers on the case. 115 00:12:09,354 --> 00:12:12,642 And I'd like to see the defendant alone in his cell, if that's possible. 116 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:14,185 I'll see to it at once. 117 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:19,231 Charming man. 118 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:21,195 Yes, I had an idea you'd like him. 119 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:26,075 - Schultz? - Yessir? 120 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:27,444 You've been drinking again. 121 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:28,695 Of course. 122 00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:30,162 Aren't you ashamed of yourself? 123 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:31,281 No. 124 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:33,374 If it weren't for the alcohol, I'd go to the dogs. 125 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:36,461 Copying these murder papers depresses me, drops me down. 126 00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:38,455 A drink lifts me up. 127 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,878 Your life must be a series of ups and downs. 128 00:12:40,885 --> 00:12:43,592 I beg your pardon, sir, I was about to speak of my conscience. 129 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:47,839 - Mankind is pitiful, and when... - Yeah, Schultz, you're talking too much again. 130 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:49,135 Yessir. 131 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:51,725 'Cause I was going to say... 132 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:54,516 Oh, but it's hopeless. 133 00:12:54,524 --> 00:12:56,014 Whenever you are ready, Mr. held, 134 00:12:56,025 --> 00:12:58,687 this guard will conduct you to your client's cell. 135 00:12:58,695 --> 00:13:00,560 Well, thank you, we'll go now. 136 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:07,405 Highly regret, sir, our first legal clash. 137 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:10,654 The advantage will be so overwhelmingly in my favor. 138 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:13,623 It will Rob the victory of all its glory for me. 139 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:17,335 If you can derive any glory from sending a man to his death, 140 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:21,752 I shall do my best to make you feel entitled to it. 141 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:22,999 Come, hilda. 142 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,927 Oh, Schultz, after you've copied the papers, you come straight home. 143 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:32,676 Straight home! 144 00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:33,927 Yessir! 145 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:34,980 Of course. 146 00:13:45,867 --> 00:13:47,323 Will you tend to my mail, hilda, 147 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:49,943 and tell Mrs. held I won't be home for lunch. 148 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,865 Have you formed any opinion? 149 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,238 Well, I haven't seen Walter yet, 150 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:55,706 I can't understand if he adored his wife. 151 00:13:55,710 --> 00:13:57,575 He proved that by killing her. 152 00:13:57,587 --> 00:13:59,703 He was stunned by her betrayal of him. 153 00:13:59,714 --> 00:14:02,706 Momentary insanity, induced by jealousy. 154 00:14:02,717 --> 00:14:04,673 On that defense, would you acquit him? 155 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:05,917 I don't know. 156 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:08,590 As a woman, I would instinctively find him guilty. 157 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:11,510 One shouldn't encourage me to commit murder. 158 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,384 Although, it's a great compliment to us that under the circumstances, 159 00:14:14,395 --> 00:14:16,636 men might even murder us. 160 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,104 Then we can depend on the women jurors. 161 00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:20,598 Has the accused a moustache? 162 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:22,441 Yes, a short, black one. 163 00:14:22,445 --> 00:14:25,027 Then his situation is not hopeless. 164 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:26,111 Good-bye, hilda. 165 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,957 - Hello, bill. - Hello, Mr. held. 166 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:43,329 Well, you'll be outta here soon. 167 00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:45,457 I have been out, I broke out, 168 00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:48,426 killed the wife and her boyfriend, now I'm in for good. 169 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:51,671 - That's too bad. - Too bad nothin', I'm happy. 170 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:55,095 Wonderin' where that woman was all the time used to drive me crazy. 171 00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:57,139 Yeah, well you know where she is now. 172 00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:58,932 I know where I hope she is. 173 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:28,007 Well, Walter, we're in trouble again, aren't we? 174 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:29,625 Why "we"? 175 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:32,094 It's not you in this. 176 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:35,682 That was your story when we got stuck in that shell hole together. 177 00:15:35,685 --> 00:15:38,722 But we got out of that together, didn't we? 178 00:15:38,729 --> 00:15:41,311 And we'll get out of this, too. 179 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,180 Have you had something to eat? 180 00:15:48,322 --> 00:15:49,562 Have you slept? 181 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:57,654 - Did you get the linen and pillows I sent you? - Oh, please don't torture me with questions. 182 00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:00,281 Bench, stone, or pillow, what does it matter, I can't sleep. 183 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,079 Don't be like all the others, 184 00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:05,078 the guards, the magistrate, the prosecutor 185 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:08,707 they stand and gaze at me all the time asking me, "why did you do it?" 186 00:16:08,718 --> 00:16:11,881 - "Why, why, why?" - Well, listen, Walter, I'm your counsel. 187 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,630 - I must know the facts. - But, Paul, what difference does it make? 188 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,221 It's done, she's gone! 189 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:19,467 And you stand indicted for murder, and I'm going to defend you. 190 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:20,889 It isn't simple. 191 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:24,606 The practice of law must be cold and uncompromising to be effective. 192 00:16:24,609 --> 00:16:26,895 So tell me, why did you do it? 193 00:16:26,903 --> 00:16:29,269 - What do you want to know? - Everything. 194 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,645 How did it begin? 195 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:33,398 With a kiss. 196 00:16:33,409 --> 00:16:36,196 It always does, but what kind of a kiss? 197 00:16:36,204 --> 00:16:38,240 A kiss before the mirror. 198 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:39,487 I can see it now, 199 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:43,162 a large, round mirror with a gold cupid on the top. 200 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:44,784 When was this? 201 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:47,662 Half an hour before the murder. 202 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,540 My wife was particularly attentive. 203 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:52,462 We were never so happy as on that day. 204 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:54,961 - That was march 15th? - Yes. 205 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:56,803 I hated to leave her, 206 00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:59,514 but I had to lecture at the university. 207 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:00,975 She looked up to me and said, 208 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:03,344 "what a pity you are going, darling” 209 00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:06,514 so tenderly I couldn't get it out of my mind. 210 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:11,361 But I went, and suddenly I decided to cancel the lecture. 211 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,320 I rushed home happily, 212 00:17:13,324 --> 00:17:15,861 and she was in her dressing room standing before the mirror. 213 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,950 - Alone? - Yes, yes, quite alone. 214 00:17:17,954 --> 00:17:19,990 What was she doing? 215 00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:22,864 The most important thing in a woman's life, 216 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,287 she was admiring herself. 217 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:27,285 She was just about to dress. 218 00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:30,083 She penciled a thin line on her eyebrows, 219 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:31,956 applied lipstick to her lips, 220 00:17:31,968 --> 00:17:34,801 everything as if she was in love with herself. 221 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:37,261 And yet, with a certain purpose, 222 00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:39,722 she made herself perfect! 223 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,681 As she lightly powdered her breast, 224 00:17:41,686 --> 00:17:46,146 she smiled knowing she was particularly beautiful then. 225 00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:48,810 And there, the bullet struck which killed her. 226 00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:51,400 - Did she know that you were there? - No. 227 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:54,271 But she was radiantly happy. 228 00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:56,989 She was humming a tango. 229 00:17:56,993 --> 00:17:59,826 Oh, I can hear it now. 230 00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:01,444 It's driving me mad, Paul! 231 00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:04,037 Catch your nerves, Walter. 232 00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:06,874 Go on, what happened then? 233 00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:10,290 Unspeakable joy overpowered me 234 00:18:10,298 --> 00:18:13,882 that this beautiful woman belonged to me. 235 00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:16,296 I walked over to her, 236 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:19,046 embraced her suddenly, and kissed her neck and her shoulders. 237 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:20,637 Yes, and then? 238 00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:23,428 And here, the tragedy begins. 239 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:26,644 She shook me up angrily and said I have ruined her hair dress. 240 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:28,512 - Was that all? - No. 241 00:18:28,524 --> 00:18:30,515 I saw her face in the mirror 242 00:18:30,526 --> 00:18:34,235 - as strange, full of hate and dislike. - But she didn't know it was you, Walter. 243 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:35,899 - You startled her. - No! 244 00:18:35,906 --> 00:18:37,612 No, Paul. 245 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:40,905 That mirror showed me the whole lie of my existence. 246 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:43,618 I realized what I pitiful fool I was. 247 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:45,955 She didn't love me at all. 248 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,290 She covered the traces of my kiss with her powder puff, 249 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:50,455 and I knew she was preparing for a lover. 250 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:53,250 She finished dressing, and patiently patted my face, 251 00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:55,669 said good-bye, and walked off. 252 00:18:55,676 --> 00:18:58,133 I stared into the empty mirror, 253 00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:01,049 and suddenly I felt I must follow her. 254 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:02,797 She jumped into a taxi. 255 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:06,596 I took another, and then we drove, and drove, and drove. 256 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:09,016 Taxi stopped before a beautiful house. 257 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:13,354 My wife went into the garden, and I... 258 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:15,943 - I... - Go on, go on. 259 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:17,436 I can't. 260 00:19:17,448 --> 00:19:19,985 - I can't, Paul. - But this is the most important thing. 261 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,448 Pull yourself together! 262 00:19:21,452 --> 00:19:22,658 How did you kill her? 263 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,493 I can't remember. 264 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,203 I remember nothing. 265 00:19:26,207 --> 00:19:27,287 Leave me alone! 266 00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:32,076 I know it's cruel to press you for it now, 267 00:19:32,088 --> 00:19:35,296 - but I must know, you must remember! - I killed her, I killed her! 268 00:19:35,299 --> 00:19:36,664 I am ready to pay for it. 269 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:40,464 I must know everything, tell me, Walter. 270 00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:44,714 Oh, why can't you leave me alone? 271 00:19:58,155 --> 00:19:59,065 Leisll? 272 00:19:59,073 --> 00:20:00,404 Yes, madame? 273 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:01,864 Hasn't your master come in, yet? 274 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,073 Not yet, madame. 275 00:20:03,077 --> 00:20:05,284 Ms. frey and Mr. Schultz are back. 276 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:07,494 - Ask Ms. frey to come in. - Yes, madame. 277 00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:17,334 You wanted to see me, madame? 278 00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:19,627 Yes, hilda, where's Mr. held? 279 00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:21,842 He's still in court talking to the murderer, I think. 280 00:20:21,846 --> 00:20:24,838 Please, don't mention that word! 281 00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:25,929 It's horrible! 282 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:30,931 I can't believe that Walter could kill his wife. 283 00:20:30,938 --> 00:20:33,600 Well, only a few days ago, she sat in this chair 284 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:35,313 listening to that tango. 285 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:38,434 And she was so happy over the new dress she'd ordered from dreckle's. 286 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:40,107 Did she get the dress, madame? 287 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,526 She wore it for the first time on the day she was murdered. 288 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,114 Well, that's something. 289 00:20:44,118 --> 00:20:45,654 She did wear it. 290 00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:49,495 It's an original idea, women buying dresses to be shot in. 291 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:53,241 But if one's going to be murdered, it's nice to be dressed for it. 292 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,742 The poor thing. 293 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,619 She was such a darling. 294 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,336 You knew, madame, didn't you, 295 00:20:58,340 --> 00:20:59,876 that she was having an affair? 296 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:03,672 Well, I sensed it, we always sense it before the husbands. 297 00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:05,260 I wonder. 298 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:06,754 Why do you look at me like that? 299 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:09,257 No, I was admiring your frock, madame, it's charming. 300 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,099 Oh, thank you, hilda. 301 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:14,019 You're a funny creature. 302 00:21:14,064 --> 00:21:17,682 What are you, a lawyer, or a new kind of woman? 303 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:19,354 By day, I'm a lawyer. 304 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:22,774 At night, well you might be surprised. 305 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,113 Why don't you get married? 306 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,323 Well, being single has its points, 307 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:28,318 at least no one will ever murder me. 308 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:31,074 Come in. 309 00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:34,991 Coroner's report. 310 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:36,367 How are you, Schultz? 311 00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:37,993 - How is your wife? - She's still alive, 312 00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:39,666 but I can't guarantee anything. 313 00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:41,538 As I've often tried to tell your husband, 314 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,166 there is murder in the heart of everybody. 315 00:21:44,178 --> 00:21:46,965 I've received the papers, sir. 316 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,087 Hello, darling. 317 00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:50,714 - You look tired. - I was just saying to Mrs. held 318 00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:53,138 - that in every hu... - Yes, thank you, Schultz, you may go. 319 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:01,271 Very well, sir, I won't say it. 320 00:22:01,278 --> 00:22:03,610 For years, I have wanted to say something to mankind, 321 00:22:03,614 --> 00:22:05,195 but I never get to it. 322 00:22:05,199 --> 00:22:07,611 Good day. 323 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:09,529 You may take the afternoon off, hilda. 324 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:10,902 Oh, thank you. 325 00:22:10,913 --> 00:22:12,278 I'll make the most of it. 326 00:22:12,289 --> 00:22:13,654 Doing what, hilda”? 327 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:17,705 I'm curious to know what a lady lawyer does with her spare time. 328 00:22:17,711 --> 00:22:19,827 Probably forgets that she is a lawyer, 329 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,251 and sometimes forgets that she's a lady. 330 00:22:25,553 --> 00:22:28,090 Come now, have a whiskey and soda. 331 00:22:28,097 --> 00:22:29,257 Did you have any lunch? 332 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:31,551 No, I have no appetite. 333 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:33,675 Poor Walter's confession has upset me terribly. 334 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:38,225 - Oh, tell me about it. - Maria, I can't get it out of my mind. 335 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:41,061 I can always see the scene right before my very eyes. 336 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:42,103 What scene? 337 00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:44,648 When he discovered that his wife was betraying him. 338 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:52,781 Why do you stare so into the mirror? 339 00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:55,074 To see if I looked as badly as I feel. 340 00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:56,822 Oh, I'm worried about you. 341 00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:58,870 Why don't you give up this terrible case? 342 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:00,994 Darling, Walter's my best friend. 343 00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:03,121 Nobody can save him but me. 344 00:23:03,132 --> 00:23:06,374 I'm the only one that can get the truth out of him. 345 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:08,421 Is the truth necessary? 346 00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:11,011 I'm basing my whole defense on it. 347 00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:14,132 I shall prove that he was insane with love and jealousy 348 00:23:14,143 --> 00:23:16,930 when he shot his wife, as she undressed herself in her lover's bedroom. 349 00:23:16,937 --> 00:23:18,848 - Oh, Paul. - What is it, dear? 350 00:23:18,856 --> 00:23:21,893 It's so dreadful to hear such things about poor Lucy. 351 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:23,983 Honey, I'm sorry. 352 00:23:23,986 --> 00:23:26,602 I didn't mean to discus it with you. 353 00:23:26,614 --> 00:23:30,482 Oh, come and lie down on my sofa, and we'll forget all about it. 354 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,278 I'll arrange the pillows for you. 355 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:57,387 There. 356 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:02,683 Maria, come here. 357 00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,530 You big baby. 358 00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:14,741 You hold me as if you're afraid of losing me. 359 00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:16,110 I am. 360 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:18,157 Life would be dreadful without you. 361 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:20,702 You have nothing to worry about, darling. 362 00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:22,165 Do you love me? 363 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:23,500 A little. 364 00:24:23,504 --> 00:24:25,870 Just enough to last a lifetime. 365 00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:28,122 Even if I grow older than methuselah? 366 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:29,714 Even then. 367 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:39,259 And now I rest for a bit, and after supper, we'll go somewhere. 368 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:40,975 Let's make a night of it. 369 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:44,268 I'll be gay, and you'll be beautiful, and we'll have champagne. 370 00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:45,354 Lots of it! 371 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:49,355 Come in. 372 00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:50,728 The blue dress you wanted, madame. 373 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,151 Oh, thank you, leisl. 374 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,900 By the way, the master is at home to no one. 375 00:24:55,911 --> 00:24:57,117 Yes, madame. 376 00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:05,162 Are you going out this afternoon? 377 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,627 Yes, to Helen's for bridge. 378 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,417 I won't be long. 379 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:10,881 I'll be home at 7:00. 380 00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:19,970 You're spoiling me. 381 00:25:19,977 --> 00:25:23,515 - A little music? - No thank you, dear, nothing. 382 00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:25,304 I feel wonderful. 383 00:25:31,321 --> 00:25:36,736 I can't understand how Walter lived so happily with Lucy right up till the last minute. 384 00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:39,736 Catastrophe always comes suddenly. 385 00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:42,864 Did you know that Lucy had a lover? 386 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,082 I had no idea of it. 387 00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:46,165 Poor Lucy. 388 00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:49,458 The day of her murder was probably the first time she'd every been unfaithful. 389 00:25:49,465 --> 00:25:51,251 No, you're mistaken. 390 00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:55,718 For months she went to see this man, from 5:00 in the afternoon until 7:00. 391 00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:58,758 If Lucy was so clever, how did Walter find out? 392 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:02,475 That's the part of his confession that interests me particularly. 393 00:26:02,478 --> 00:26:05,015 I remember it word for word. 394 00:26:05,022 --> 00:26:11,018 Just think of it, he enters his wife's room... 395 00:26:11,028 --> 00:26:14,862 And his wife is standing there. 396 00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:19,491 Yes, go on. 397 00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:21,031 My Maria... 398 00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:23,745 What are you doing before the mirror? 399 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:27,162 Don't be silly, I'm dressing. 400 00:26:27,169 --> 00:26:28,625 You're dressing? 401 00:26:28,629 --> 00:26:32,793 Yes, is there anything remarkable about that? 402 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,292 Go on, tell me, where was she standing? 403 00:26:36,303 --> 00:26:38,385 Pencil for the eyebrows. 404 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:41,471 Have you just noticed that? 405 00:26:41,475 --> 00:26:43,887 I've never seen you like that before the mirror. 406 00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:46,260 Oh, that's lovely of you, darling. 407 00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:49,559 A man should never disturb a woman while she's dressing. 408 00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:51,181 Am I disturbing you? 409 00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:53,275 Oh, no, no. 410 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:56,987 Only it seems strange that all of a sudden you're surprised about everything. 411 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:59,527 Perhaps you didn't know I used lipstick. 412 00:26:59,535 --> 00:27:03,904 I knew it, but I've never paid much attention to it. 413 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:08,203 Cream jars, bottles, perfumes. 414 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:10,451 What's that you have in your hand now? 415 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,497 Tweezers. 416 00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,543 And that thing? 417 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:18,258 A brush for my eyelashes. 418 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:20,002 And all that for me? 419 00:27:20,013 --> 00:27:21,594 Don't flatter yourself. 420 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:23,589 I do it to please myself. 421 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,056 All women do. 422 00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:28,052 And all mirrors are alike. 423 00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:31,055 - Itisn't true. - What do you mean? 424 00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:33,022 All mirrors are not alike, 425 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:34,937 and you're good. 426 00:27:34,945 --> 00:27:38,153 You've just found that out? 427 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:43,902 And yet, you seem so strange before this mirror. 428 00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:45,743 Do I please you? 429 00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:47,533 I love you. 430 00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:49,497 It's just as it should be. 431 00:27:57,426 --> 00:27:59,291 Why do you sing that song? 432 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:00,759 Well, the whole town sings it. 433 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:01,968 It's the latest hit. 434 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:06,424 It was poor Lucy's favorite tango. 435 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,234 Let me go! 436 00:28:26,246 --> 00:28:27,531 Are you mad? 437 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,154 You've ruined my hair dress! 438 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,122 Now I must begin all over again. 439 00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:33,792 Maria. 440 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:36,878 What a disgusting custom of husbands. 441 00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:39,464 Excuse me, I'm sorry. 442 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:40,878 Dressing is a nuisance. 443 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:42,797 I always hate it. 444 00:28:42,804 --> 00:28:44,465 Anyway, after five years of married life, 445 00:28:44,473 --> 00:28:47,465 it's disgusting to steal up on one so unsuspectingly. 446 00:28:49,311 --> 00:28:51,768 Well, don't look so tragic, darling. 447 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,262 I didn't mean to hurt you. 448 00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:57,850 Now I must put on my new dress. 449 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:19,417 Do you like it? 450 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:24,043 And now, my hat. 451 00:29:24,054 --> 00:29:25,635 There we are. 452 00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:26,924 Are you still angry? 453 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:27,921 Oh, forget it. 454 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,470 You ought to know a woman's nervous when she's dressing. 455 00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:32,593 Good-bye darling, by tonight, I'll be sweet again. 456 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,639 Have a nice rest. 457 00:29:59,256 --> 00:30:00,712 I don't believe it. 458 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:15,806 I'm so glad you're here. 459 00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:17,346 I never could have waited alone. 460 00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:18,559 Why, is someone following you? 461 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:20,683 No, but I'm so nervous. 462 00:30:20,694 --> 00:30:21,900 What's wrong, darling? 463 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:23,768 Well, you're trembling like a frightened kitten. 464 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,862 Tell me, why did you ask me to meet you here? 465 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:27,276 I must talk with you. 466 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:32,402 Well, why not at my apartment? 467 00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:35,076 No, I can't come there anymore. 468 00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:36,493 Not for a long time, at least. 469 00:30:38,045 --> 00:30:41,287 Maria, does your husband suspect anything? 470 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:43,789 How can you say that, no, of course not. 471 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,916 That's what makes it all so horrible. 472 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:48,760 - Horrible? - I mean the deception of it. 473 00:30:48,764 --> 00:30:51,346 - I'm so ashamed... - Ah, darling. 474 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,341 And so frightened. 475 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:55,013 Be careful, I hear someone. 476 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,931 Just the wind in the trees. 477 00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,351 But didn't that car just stop over there, and turn off the lights? 478 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,350 We're not the only lovers here, you know. 479 00:31:17,959 --> 00:31:20,371 I must never see you again after tonight. 480 00:31:20,379 --> 00:31:22,870 But why, Maria, tell me, please, what is the matter? 481 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:28,629 You know that my husband has taken over the defense of Walter bernsdorf. 482 00:31:28,637 --> 00:31:30,127 That shouldn't upset you. 483 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,174 He's working day and night on the case. 484 00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:33,888 Tears it to pieces. 485 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:35,848 Discovers every little incident. 486 00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:38,184 Engrosses himself in the love affair. 487 00:31:38,188 --> 00:31:41,225 - Reconstructs each scene! - You poor darling, don't be so nervous. 488 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,440 Be careful. 489 00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:45,399 Then let's go to my place for a while. 490 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,941 No, we mustn't, please don't ask me to. 491 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:49,358 Not even to say good-bye? 492 00:31:49,366 --> 00:31:51,197 Well, can't we say it here now? 493 00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:54,568 No, not here, nor now, or ever. 494 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:55,989 I love you, Maria. 495 00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:00,495 Oh, please come with me. 496 00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:02,083 No one will see you, silly. 497 00:32:02,087 --> 00:32:03,918 Just for an hour? 498 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,332 I shouldn't. 499 00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,420 But you will. 500 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:09,541 Must be for the last time, though. 501 00:32:09,553 --> 00:32:11,418 Promise me that. 502 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:12,636 I promise. 503 00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:25,766 Maria, Maria! 504 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:28,189 Pardon me sir, can you let me have a light? 505 00:32:33,577 --> 00:32:35,317 Thank you, good night. 506 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:43,124 The question is, is there or is there not freedom of the will? 507 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:45,665 If there is not, then you are innocent. 508 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:48,880 - If the will... - Some other time, perhaps, it's very late. 509 00:32:48,884 --> 00:32:51,125 I felt it my duty to talk to you. 510 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,426 It's Mr. held, sir. 511 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:07,770 - Beg your pardon, sir, but I was... - You may go, Schultz. 512 00:33:07,777 --> 00:33:08,812 Yessir. 513 00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:18,402 I've come for the rest of your confession, Walter. 514 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,528 Not tonight, Paul. 515 00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:21,075 Please, don't ask me to talk tonight. 516 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:23,368 I must know just how you killed Lucy. 517 00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:25,537 You are more merciless than the prosecutor. 518 00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:26,876 I want every detail, 519 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,791 every thought, every action... 520 00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:31,915 - From the moment you discovered her until you... - Oh, stop it. 521 00:33:31,927 --> 00:33:34,509 I cannot live the terrible story all over again. 522 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:37,050 I can't tell you anything tonight, I can't, I can't! 523 00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,759 Very well, I'll tell you. 524 00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:45,057 I know just how you did it. 525 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:46,292 After the kiss before the mirror, 526 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:47,931 - you followed her, didn't you? - Yes. 527 00:33:47,943 --> 00:33:50,605 Close, you saw her with her lover. 528 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:52,853 You heard every whispered word, didn't you? 529 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,229 - Thought I asked you... - Didn't you? 530 00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:56,983 - Yes. - Every word, like the blow of a hammer. 531 00:33:56,993 --> 00:33:58,608 "I love you, I belong to you." 532 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:04,243 They spoke of their secret hours of how they yearned for each other. 533 00:34:04,251 --> 00:34:08,085 - How you, poor fool, had no suspicion! - Stop, stop! 534 00:34:08,088 --> 00:34:09,294 Then he took her in his arms, 535 00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:12,789 and they kissed long, passionate kisses 536 00:34:12,801 --> 00:34:15,087 while the blood pounded in your temples, 537 00:34:15,095 --> 00:34:17,757 and a thousand serpents crawled through your heart. 538 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:21,256 - Don't talk of it. - Then your hand suddenly found your revolver. 539 00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:23,099 Your fingers catch compulsively 540 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,560 - around the trigger. - Stop it, please! 541 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:28,681 And in that moment, your whole life passed before you eyes. 542 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,933 Your whole world went up in flames, 543 00:34:30,944 --> 00:34:33,105 the fire crackling in your brain, 544 00:34:33,113 --> 00:34:37,322 the burning embers dropping into your throat, your lungs, your heart. 545 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:41,568 And then the shot, and she was dead. 546 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,195 Dead? 547 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:46,118 Yes, that's exactly why I killed her. 548 00:34:46,126 --> 00:34:47,912 How did you know all this? 549 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:51,082 Because I almost did it myself, only I had no revolver. 550 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:52,374 Oh, what do you mean? 551 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:55,215 Because my wife Maria had a lover! 552 00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:56,879 I saw them less than an hour ago. 553 00:34:56,886 --> 00:34:59,423 She's with him now, lying in his arms. 554 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,638 - Are you sure? - I saw them! 555 00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:04,303 - Did they see you? - No. 556 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,427 She doesn't know I saw her, 557 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:10,056 and she won't know until the very last. 558 00:35:18,867 --> 00:35:21,654 Four paces, five, six paces long. 559 00:35:21,661 --> 00:35:24,619 Your cell isn't so very small. 560 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:29,583 Table, bed, pitcher of water. 561 00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:33,078 A window, barred. 562 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:36,839 One could get used to it. 563 00:35:36,843 --> 00:35:39,300 Oh, I'm sorry, Paul. 564 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:44,639 Forgive me. 565 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:48,386 After all, I'm here to discuss your defense. 566 00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:53,102 Walter, did you ever suspect Lucy before that night? 567 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:55,020 Tell me the absolute truth. 568 00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:57,895 - Never. - That isn't the truth. 569 00:35:57,906 --> 00:35:59,897 I know for myself. 570 00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:02,741 I realize now I've always suspected Maria, 571 00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:05,406 but I've kept it a secret to myself. 572 00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,699 All men suspect their wives. 573 00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:10,870 Perhaps I did a little, then she seemed cool. 574 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:12,538 And said she had a headache. 575 00:36:12,545 --> 00:36:14,081 Yes. 576 00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:17,547 Yes, sometimes I did think she might love someone else. 577 00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,168 There are no fleeting thoughts. 578 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,171 Did you know you'd kill her? 579 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:25,718 No, no, I didn't. 580 00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:27,841 But you imagined it. 581 00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:29,808 - Sometimes. - There you are. 582 00:36:29,813 --> 00:36:32,020 Why aren't you honest with me, Walter? 583 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:36,642 You knew the same as I did that your wife was betraying you and you were afraid to admit it. 584 00:36:36,653 --> 00:36:38,939 Yes, I think that's true. 585 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:40,903 Why did you buy the revolver? 586 00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:43,273 I meant to kill her if I ever found her out. 587 00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:45,741 Did you call the police right after the murder? 588 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:46,860 Yes. 589 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:48,657 Did you find the number in the telephone book? 590 00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:52,078 - No. - You knew the number by heart? 591 00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:53,165 Yes. 592 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:55,706 Then you knew what you were going to find out. 593 00:36:55,714 --> 00:37:00,754 Walter bernsdorf, the murder of your wife was a premeditated crime. 594 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,625 - How can you say that? - Listen. 595 00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:07,927 Only the man can murder who wants to murder, who is prepared for murder. 596 00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:10,141 I et's confess the truth to each other. 597 00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:13,512 You are a murderer, 598 00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:16,265 and I am a murderer. 599 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,107 Are you insane? 600 00:37:18,111 --> 00:37:20,443 I want you to know what's in my mind. 601 00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:23,189 I shall get you out of this cell a free man. 602 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:27,158 I shall conduct your defense with skill, with cunning, and with lies. 603 00:37:27,162 --> 00:37:31,622 And the moment the jury acquits you, then, 604 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:33,910 I shall kill my wife. 605 00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:43,633 Schultz? 606 00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:53,010 - Mr. Schultz. - Yes, madame? 607 00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:57,226 What is the news? 608 00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:58,348 How does the case look? 609 00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,145 Court is adjourned for lunch. 610 00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:04,146 The jury is having boiled beef and beer to make them see the truth more clearly. 611 00:38:04,157 --> 00:38:05,647 And my husband? 612 00:38:05,658 --> 00:38:07,614 He begins his plea this afternoon. 613 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:10,156 - Where is he now? - In his room, madame. 614 00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:11,824 - He's home? - Yes, madame. 615 00:38:11,831 --> 00:38:14,117 He wants to be alone. 616 00:38:16,044 --> 00:38:17,409 That's strange. 617 00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:19,752 He didn't even come to greet me. 618 00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:23,673 - Is he upset? - Unusually calm. 619 00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:26,884 I have never seen him so silent, so determined to win. 620 00:38:26,888 --> 00:38:29,504 Oh, I wish it were all over. 621 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:36,720 Hello? 622 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:37,846 Yes. 623 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:39,267 Who? 624 00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:40,981 Just a minute. 625 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:45,194 Mr. Schultz, I would like to be alone, please. 626 00:38:45,198 --> 00:38:47,109 Yes, madame. 627 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:52,451 You're crazy to call me up here. 628 00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:53,865 My husband is home. 629 00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:57,115 No, no, no, I beg you not to telephone me here. 630 00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,708 Impossible, tomorrow perhaps. 631 00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:02,670 Stop, no, someone is coming. 632 00:39:08,054 --> 00:39:10,466 Who was that, Maria? 633 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:15,592 Only Helen. 634 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:17,309 She wants a pass to court. 635 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:19,349 I told her I wasn't even going myself. 636 00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:20,855 But you are. 637 00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:23,066 You'd better dress, you'll be late. 638 00:39:23,069 --> 00:39:26,277 I don't want to go, Paul. 639 00:39:26,281 --> 00:39:27,521 Why? 640 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:31,070 It always makes me so nervous, Walter and Lucy. 641 00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:33,113 I know I'd only be upset. 642 00:39:33,121 --> 00:39:36,238 But just because of them, you must hear my plea. 643 00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:39,787 I want to see your face when I speak. 644 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:41,000 Why? 645 00:39:41,004 --> 00:39:45,668 Because your beautiful eyes looking at me with so much love will give me strength, 646 00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:47,882 and I must win. 647 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:50,298 I do hope you free Walter. 648 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:53,172 So dol. 649 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:55,924 I'll get ready now, Paul. 650 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,863 Hide, would you, run away? 651 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:12,482 No, no. 652 00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,533 Hilda. 653 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:34,299 Sit down, hilda. 654 00:40:34,307 --> 00:40:36,844 Tell me, how do you think the case looks? 655 00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:38,387 Not too good. 656 00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:42,057 So many wife murderers have been acquitted on the same defense I fear reaction. 657 00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:46,024 The jury is liable to doubt the existence of enough lovers to go around. 658 00:40:46,027 --> 00:40:47,938 No, you're wrong, hilda. 659 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:51,939 No matter how low a woman might fall, there's always a man waiting for her. 660 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,111 Then there's still hope for me. 661 00:41:03,252 --> 00:41:07,040 Can't you keep away from the mirror either, hilda? 662 00:41:07,048 --> 00:41:08,288 This is important. 663 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:12,338 I want to make sure as many of the jurors vote as possible. 664 00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:15,212 Incidentally, you haven't much time. 665 00:41:15,223 --> 00:41:17,760 Oh, will you tell Mrs. held, hilda? 666 00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:19,678 Is Mrs. held going to court? 667 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,347 Yes. 668 00:41:21,354 --> 00:41:22,969 Oh. 669 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:28,061 Hilda, have you a mirror at home? 670 00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:29,605 Of course, several. 671 00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:32,945 Smash them, you'll be happier. 672 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,446 - Schultz. - Yes, sir? 673 00:41:43,292 --> 00:41:44,452 Are you ready? 674 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,291 I have all the papers, sir. 675 00:41:46,295 --> 00:41:47,626 Good. 676 00:41:53,428 --> 00:41:58,422 Schultz, immediately after the trial, I may be going away for a long while. 677 00:41:58,433 --> 00:42:00,799 Where to, if I may ask? 678 00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:03,893 I shall want you to look after my personal affairs. 679 00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:07,980 You can depend on me, but isn't this rather a sudden decision? 680 00:42:07,984 --> 00:42:10,566 All my papers are in the safe. 681 00:42:10,570 --> 00:42:15,064 My birth certificate, my bank accounts, my gun permit. 682 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:16,905 Have you a revolver? 683 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:18,149 Yes. 684 00:42:18,161 --> 00:42:20,573 - Loaded? - Yes. 685 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:22,161 Whom do you want to kill? 686 00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:23,905 Are you crazy? 687 00:42:23,916 --> 00:42:25,872 Every weapon goes off once. 688 00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:31,292 If Walter bernsdorf hadn't carried a revolver, his wife would still be living. 689 00:42:31,299 --> 00:42:32,755 Schultz, you're drunk again. 690 00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:34,124 You may go now. 691 00:42:34,135 --> 00:42:36,251 We'll meet in court. 692 00:42:55,948 --> 00:42:57,688 Here I am, Paul. 693 00:42:57,700 --> 00:43:00,362 Good, we must leave in a few minutes. 694 00:43:17,053 --> 00:43:19,715 Paul. 695 00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:21,963 Promise me that you won't hurt Lucy today. 696 00:43:21,974 --> 00:43:23,714 Lucy is dead. 697 00:43:23,726 --> 00:43:24,886 I mean her memory. 698 00:43:24,894 --> 00:43:26,350 Remember, she was my friend. 699 00:43:26,354 --> 00:43:28,094 And Walter is my friend. 700 00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:31,724 I must convince the jury that he killed her in justifiable rage. 701 00:43:31,734 --> 00:43:34,476 - Because she loved someone? - Because she lied. 702 00:43:34,487 --> 00:43:38,071 That's no reason why she should've been shot down like a mad dog. 703 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:40,986 That, my dear, is a matter of taste. 704 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,956 It's a beautiful dress. 705 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,416 I put it on for you, darling. 706 00:43:50,419 --> 00:43:51,659 I got it at dreckle's. 707 00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,502 This is the first time I've worn it. 708 00:43:53,506 --> 00:43:58,546 It's very becoming, and that ornament right over your heart, it glitters beautifully. 709 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:01,511 - Do you like it? - Very much. 710 00:44:01,514 --> 00:44:03,755 Now, we'd better go. 711 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:11,521 Paul, you look so sinister standing there with the fate of a human being in your hands. 712 00:44:11,524 --> 00:44:15,312 Promise me that when all of this is over you'll go away on a vacation. 713 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:17,230 Go away? 714 00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:21,148 That's not a bad idea. 715 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:23,115 Will you come with me? 716 00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:25,986 It would be best if I stayed here. 717 00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:28,989 - Alone? - Naturally. 718 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,707 And will you remain true and in love? 719 00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:33,076 Yes. 720 00:44:41,888 --> 00:44:43,549 Hello? 721 00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:45,467 Hello, who is it? 722 00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:50,893 Who was that? 723 00:44:50,897 --> 00:44:53,354 Someone hung up, it's been that way for weeks. 724 00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:57,270 Somebody calls and the minute he hears my voice, he puts up the receiver without a word. 725 00:44:57,278 --> 00:44:59,360 I wonder who it can be. 726 00:44:59,363 --> 00:45:02,651 Probably the chambermaid has a lover. 727 00:45:05,786 --> 00:45:07,947 Maria. 728 00:45:07,955 --> 00:45:10,662 I want to ask you something I've never asked you before. 729 00:45:10,666 --> 00:45:13,453 - Paul. - You still love me? 730 00:45:13,461 --> 00:45:16,498 - Yes. - You've never loved anyone else? 731 00:45:16,505 --> 00:45:19,087 - Never. - I'm the only man in your life? 732 00:45:19,091 --> 00:45:21,173 - Absolutely. - You swear to that? 733 00:45:21,177 --> 00:45:23,543 I swear by all that's holy to me. 734 00:45:26,057 --> 00:45:27,593 Thank you. 735 00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:38,020 Maria. 736 00:45:39,362 --> 00:45:42,195 After the verdict, I'll go away. 737 00:45:42,198 --> 00:45:45,281 You'll remain alone, quite alone. 738 00:45:46,911 --> 00:45:49,402 You'd better go now, I'll follow you. 739 00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:59,538 Kiss me. 740 00:45:59,548 --> 00:46:01,163 Not now. 741 00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:03,131 Goodbye. 742 00:46:03,135 --> 00:46:06,673 Goodbye, and good luck. 743 00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:50,763 Have you a card, madame? 744 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:52,882 - I have. - Where is it? 745 00:46:52,893 --> 00:46:54,349 Can't you take my word for it? 746 00:46:54,353 --> 00:46:56,014 Yes, madame, but I must see your card. 747 00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:57,603 - Come on, what's the idea? - Get back. 748 00:46:57,606 --> 00:46:59,346 You can't hold up the line this way. 749 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,766 - I'm getting my card. - Well, where is it? 750 00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:03,642 None of your business. 751 00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:07,522 If you get this person off of my chest, I'll get you the card. 752 00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:08,693 Madame, you can't hold the line up. 753 00:47:08,701 --> 00:47:11,784 If you have no card, get back, get back! 754 00:47:11,787 --> 00:47:15,405 - Now, I'll get you the card. - Here it is. 755 00:47:17,293 --> 00:47:19,329 It's turning into a riot, call the city editors. 756 00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:21,794 "Courtroom rushed by public, windows broken, 757 00:47:21,797 --> 00:47:24,163 panic, people seriously wounded." 758 00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:25,665 But nobody's been wounded. 759 00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:28,213 There must be or the public won't read about it. 760 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:30,882 They want blood, they want to see the murderer. 761 00:47:30,890 --> 00:47:32,130 Oh, so do I. 762 00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:33,972 Look, some of the women even try to bring in flowers. 763 00:47:33,976 --> 00:47:36,433 - I wonder why. - Guilty conscience. 764 00:47:36,437 --> 00:47:39,600 Doing the same thing and getting away with it makes them feel so sorry for their own husband, 765 00:47:39,607 --> 00:47:41,097 they bring this fella flowers. 766 00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:43,687 Say, come on inside, there may be some more fun. 767 00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:45,309 Get your passes out. 768 00:47:45,321 --> 00:47:47,152 Take it easy. 769 00:47:49,909 --> 00:47:52,321 Hold it there, take it easy. 770 00:47:58,751 --> 00:48:00,833 Hey, you, have you got a pass? 771 00:48:00,836 --> 00:48:02,326 - No. - Then get out. 772 00:48:02,338 --> 00:48:04,044 - I'm the accused. - What? 773 00:48:04,048 --> 00:48:06,084 Sure, look. 774 00:48:06,092 --> 00:48:08,583 I've known this woman for 20 years. 775 00:48:08,594 --> 00:48:13,554 For 20 years, we have been sweethearts and now she sues me for breach of promise. 776 00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:16,845 - Here's the summons. - Can't you read? 777 00:48:16,852 --> 00:48:19,343 Second floor, room 21, that's what you want. 778 00:48:19,355 --> 00:48:22,688 - What's going on here? - A murder trial. 779 00:48:22,733 --> 00:48:26,100 Very good idea. 780 00:48:26,112 --> 00:48:28,444 No one admitted without a pass. 781 00:48:33,285 --> 00:48:35,071 This way. 782 00:48:41,210 --> 00:48:45,169 Who is the beautiful lady in the lovely Russian sable? 783 00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:47,538 That's Mrs. held, darling. 784 00:48:47,550 --> 00:48:51,134 Get a sketch of her and write under it, "wife of counsel for the defense" 785 00:48:51,137 --> 00:48:54,504 appeared wearing one of the smartest gowns of the season. 786 00:48:54,515 --> 00:48:58,383 A frock with... "Wait a minute, I'm getting this mixed up with the charity ball tonight. 787 00:48:58,394 --> 00:49:03,354 Just say, "Mrs. held wept bitterly while listening to her husband's magnificent plea." 788 00:49:03,399 --> 00:49:06,562 - Has Mr. held spoken? - No, but he'll be magnificent. 789 00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:14,699 - Is that the murderer? - Sit down. 790 00:49:14,702 --> 00:49:18,536 - No, that's the editor of the news. - But where's the murderer? 791 00:49:18,539 --> 00:49:20,905 Right behind you if you don't sit down. 792 00:49:20,916 --> 00:49:23,623 Shut it. 793 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:26,209 They haven't brought him in yet. 794 00:49:28,007 --> 00:49:30,043 That's the murderer! 795 00:49:36,724 --> 00:49:38,589 Walter. 796 00:49:38,601 --> 00:49:40,887 Maria, don't stay. 797 00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:42,601 Go away, far away. 798 00:49:42,605 --> 00:49:46,314 Isn't he good-looking? 799 00:49:46,317 --> 00:49:47,932 Will you sit down? 800 00:49:47,943 --> 00:49:50,309 - Do I annoy you? - Oh no, you're all right. 801 00:49:50,321 --> 00:49:53,484 It's the crowd standing with you that I object to. 802 00:50:00,873 --> 00:50:04,536 Does the atmosphere strike you as being particularly ominous? 803 00:50:04,543 --> 00:50:07,080 Are you accustomed to hilarity at murder trials? 804 00:50:07,087 --> 00:50:08,497 No, no, I mean Mr. held. 805 00:50:08,506 --> 00:50:10,337 Haven't you noticed a change in him? 806 00:50:10,341 --> 00:50:12,457 I know he's terribly anxious. 807 00:50:12,468 --> 00:50:14,299 You know, he carries a revolver. 808 00:50:14,303 --> 00:50:15,793 What for? 809 00:50:15,804 --> 00:50:17,760 Indigestion, perhaps. 810 00:50:17,765 --> 00:50:22,304 Every time his stomach becomes bloated he fires a bullet into it to let out the gas. 811 00:50:28,734 --> 00:50:29,814 You look pale, madame. 812 00:50:29,818 --> 00:50:32,230 - Shall I get you some water? - No, thank you, hilda. 813 00:50:32,238 --> 00:50:34,570 - I'm quite all right. - It'll be over soon. 814 00:50:34,573 --> 00:50:37,906 - Mr. held won't speak for long. - I hope not. 815 00:50:46,919 --> 00:50:48,830 How do you know he carries a revolver? 816 00:50:48,837 --> 00:50:50,543 He told me so. 817 00:50:50,548 --> 00:50:54,166 He was probably just warning you against future vocal outbursts. 818 00:50:54,176 --> 00:50:57,259 Yes, among other things, he did suggest that. 819 00:51:06,188 --> 00:51:07,678 Paul. 820 00:51:26,166 --> 00:51:27,997 We'll soon be out of it, Walter. 821 00:51:28,002 --> 00:51:30,334 - You think so? - I'm sure of it. 822 00:51:30,337 --> 00:51:32,544 The jury doesn't look very sympathetic. 823 00:51:32,548 --> 00:51:33,958 That's why I'm hopeful. 824 00:51:33,966 --> 00:51:36,673 I never trust soft-looking people. 825 00:51:38,679 --> 00:51:41,011 - Maria is here. - Yes, I know. 826 00:51:41,015 --> 00:51:42,425 What about her, Paul, you are not going to... 827 00:51:42,433 --> 00:51:44,298 Quiet, Walter, we're still on your case. 828 00:51:44,310 --> 00:51:46,972 But you must promise that you won't do anything rash, you must, Paul. 829 00:51:46,979 --> 00:51:49,686 - Quiet. - If you don't, I'll prevent you doing it. 830 00:51:49,690 --> 00:51:51,351 I'll plead guilty. 831 00:51:55,029 --> 00:51:56,690 I mean it, Paul. 832 00:51:56,697 --> 00:51:59,780 Unless you promise me you won't harm Maria, I'll plead guilty. 833 00:52:14,882 --> 00:52:17,373 Now you can all stand up. 834 00:52:30,689 --> 00:52:33,351 Proceedings will please come to order. 835 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,107 The counsel for the defense has the floor. 836 00:52:41,283 --> 00:52:45,652 Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. 837 00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:51,077 It is now five o'clock in the afternoon. 838 00:52:58,801 --> 00:53:05,047 A few weeks ago at this very hour, five o'clock, a woman met her lover. 839 00:53:05,057 --> 00:53:10,768 At exactly 5:31, she met her death, killed by this man. 840 00:53:10,771 --> 00:53:15,060 Walter bernsdorf, stand up. 841 00:53:15,109 --> 00:53:17,816 Stand up. 842 00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:19,936 - Did you love your wife? - Yes. 843 00:53:19,947 --> 00:53:21,733 - Did you kill your wife? - Yes. 844 00:53:21,740 --> 00:53:23,947 - You admit that you shot her? - Yes. 845 00:53:23,951 --> 00:53:27,443 And when she fell, you fired two more bullets into her helpless body? 846 00:53:27,454 --> 00:53:29,240 - Yes. - You admit that you killed her 847 00:53:29,248 --> 00:53:31,534 while she was disrobing at the bedside of her lover? 848 00:53:31,542 --> 00:53:33,407 - Yes. - Then, Walter bernsdorf, 849 00:53:33,419 --> 00:53:38,379 without equivocation, without fear, you admit that you are guilty of the murder of Lucy bernsdorf? 850 00:53:38,382 --> 00:53:41,340 - Yes, yes! - That's all. 851 00:53:41,343 --> 00:53:44,380 - You may sit down. - If the court please, 852 00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:47,130 I object to this form of procedure. 853 00:53:47,141 --> 00:53:50,725 But since counsel for the defense takes on the role of prosecutor, 854 00:53:50,728 --> 00:53:54,892 and the defendant admits his guilt, it leaves nothing for your honor to do 855 00:53:54,898 --> 00:53:57,310 but instruct the jury to find him guilty. 856 00:53:57,317 --> 00:54:02,903 If the defendant's mere admission of guilt justifies an immediate sentence of death by the court, 857 00:54:02,906 --> 00:54:05,864 then did he not give his wife a fair trial, 858 00:54:05,868 --> 00:54:10,407 since her presence in the bedroom of her lover was her confession of guilt? 859 00:54:10,414 --> 00:54:16,330 However, it's not the business of a court of justice to pass judgment on a faithless wife. 860 00:54:16,336 --> 00:54:21,672 A betrayed husband under the law may calmly leave a faithless woman, 861 00:54:21,675 --> 00:54:25,213 for his faculty's distorted by a great and shattered love. 862 00:54:25,220 --> 00:54:27,677 He may try her under a personal law 863 00:54:27,681 --> 00:54:31,344 and sentence her according to his own conception of justice. 864 00:54:31,351 --> 00:54:37,472 I observe the irritation of the public prosecutor, but I'm not defending the unwritten law. 865 00:54:37,483 --> 00:54:40,566 I'm not condemning the woman who betrayed this man. 866 00:54:40,569 --> 00:54:43,151 It is not she who is on trial here. 867 00:54:43,155 --> 00:54:46,773 Her case has gone before the highest tribunal. 868 00:54:46,784 --> 00:54:52,905 Infinite justice, conscious of human frailty will probably be merciful. 869 00:54:52,915 --> 00:54:56,328 Let us bow our heads and pray so. 870 00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:06,884 And now that you've asked favor of the court above for the dead, 871 00:55:06,887 --> 00:55:10,926 be careful of the sentence you yourselves impose upon the living. 872 00:55:10,933 --> 00:55:14,266 You can only intercede for the woman, you're trying the man. 873 00:55:14,269 --> 00:55:18,353 Not the death, but the quivering, suffering life is in your hands. 874 00:55:18,357 --> 00:55:20,143 The life of this man. 875 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:21,936 He killed his wife. 876 00:55:21,944 --> 00:55:26,904 Therefore, it is your legal right to kill him if what he has done can stir within you 877 00:55:26,907 --> 00:55:32,027 the same wild desire to murder as must have possessed him. 878 00:55:32,037 --> 00:55:34,119 But that is not likely. 879 00:55:34,122 --> 00:55:39,833 Sitting in calm deliberation of his crime, you cannot possibly appreciate the motive of it. 880 00:55:39,837 --> 00:55:45,548 You cannot, while merely judging him, experience the torture that he must have suffered, 881 00:55:45,551 --> 00:55:49,840 unless you can understand the soul of this man by looking into your own, 882 00:55:49,847 --> 00:55:54,511 unless you're prepared to say what you would do in his situation. 883 00:55:54,518 --> 00:55:57,601 Most of you, probably all of you, are married. 884 00:55:57,604 --> 00:56:02,974 Most of you, perhaps all of you, believe you know at this moment where you wife or husband is, 885 00:56:02,985 --> 00:56:08,070 for faith is the greatest element in love, and exclusiveness of possession 886 00:56:08,073 --> 00:56:10,610 is all that makes marriage worthwhile. 887 00:56:10,617 --> 00:56:15,031 Therefore, ask yourself what you would do if both of these were destroyed, 888 00:56:15,038 --> 00:56:20,829 and if upon leaving here you found the one you loved and trusted disrobing at the bedside of a lover. 889 00:56:20,836 --> 00:56:24,499 What would you do, what would I do? 890 00:56:24,506 --> 00:56:27,373 The greater the love, the greater the hate. 891 00:56:27,384 --> 00:56:30,467 The bitterer the illusion, the more serious the wound. 892 00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:33,428 The shrewder the woman, the more lustful the revenge. 893 00:56:33,432 --> 00:56:37,345 The more we love, the more we want to destroy the woman we've loved. 894 00:56:37,352 --> 00:56:39,764 - I'm sorry. - Your gloves, miss. 895 00:56:39,771 --> 00:56:45,732 Did the defendant love his wife so much that the murder can be explained by such love? 896 00:56:45,736 --> 00:56:50,275 Whoever saw this broken man weeping, whoever sees him now as he sits there, 897 00:56:50,282 --> 00:56:55,276 his head buried in his hands will say, "this man loved the woman he killed." 898 00:56:55,287 --> 00:57:00,452 More than that, he killed her because he loved her. 899 00:57:00,459 --> 00:57:03,951 And this brings me to the question of premeditated murder. 900 00:57:03,962 --> 00:57:08,922 The accused lived on the best terms with his wife and was without the slightest suspicion. 901 00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:11,668 He even kissed her before the mirror. 902 00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:15,045 We do not kiss a woman we intend to kill. 903 00:57:15,057 --> 00:57:19,016 We do not shower upon her tender attentions up to the last minute. 904 00:57:19,019 --> 00:57:20,600 And yet, on the very day of the murder, 905 00:57:20,604 --> 00:57:24,893 this devoted husband had given his wife a new dress from dreckle's, 906 00:57:24,942 --> 00:57:29,732 the dress she wore for the first and the last time on the day of the murder. 907 00:57:29,738 --> 00:57:31,603 Sit down! 908 00:57:33,992 --> 00:57:35,857 Silence, please! 909 00:57:35,869 --> 00:57:38,030 Five o'clock in the afternoon. 910 00:57:38,038 --> 00:57:42,122 With this sentence, I began my plea, because I wanted to bring home to you 911 00:57:42,125 --> 00:57:45,788 that the misdeed was the product of one single hour. 912 00:57:45,796 --> 00:57:49,209 It all happened in less time than it's taken me to describe it. 913 00:57:49,216 --> 00:57:52,424 It all came as unexpected as an April shower. 914 00:57:52,427 --> 00:57:55,669 Remember, five o'clock in the afternoon, 915 00:57:55,681 --> 00:57:59,048 a woman stands in the bedroom of her lover, she undresses. 916 00:57:59,059 --> 00:58:02,301 The counsel for the defense will please refrain from going into details here. 917 00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:04,769 I shall dismiss the scene with a few words. 918 00:58:04,773 --> 00:58:07,389 She disrobes, she hums a song. 919 00:58:07,442 --> 00:58:09,228 A man watches the scene. 920 00:58:09,236 --> 00:58:10,976 That man is the woman's husband, 921 00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:15,152 an honorable gentleman who's given her name, rank, and social position. 922 00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:18,195 This man happened to have a revolver in his pocket. 923 00:58:18,203 --> 00:58:21,445 The woman continued to disrobe, one garment after another... 924 00:58:21,456 --> 00:58:24,243 I must warn the counsel for the defense again. 925 00:58:24,251 --> 00:58:26,958 Yes, the husband watches all of this. 926 00:58:26,962 --> 00:58:29,294 What would you do, what would any man do? 927 00:58:29,297 --> 00:58:32,960 Where is there a man who at this moment wouldn't put his hand in his pocket 928 00:58:32,968 --> 00:58:36,711 as he did and drawing the revolver, kill the... 929 00:58:36,722 --> 00:58:39,088 Paull 930 00:58:39,099 --> 00:58:40,680 silence, please! 931 00:58:40,684 --> 00:58:43,096 The lady's anguished. 932 00:58:43,103 --> 00:58:47,062 Will you take Mrs. held around to the counselor's room and don't leave her for a moment. 933 00:58:53,030 --> 00:58:56,488 Silence! 934 00:58:56,491 --> 00:58:59,483 You may continue. 935 00:58:59,494 --> 00:59:03,658 Your honor, I regret that my speech caused any confusion. 936 00:59:03,665 --> 00:59:06,202 May I suggest, your honor, if counsel for the defense 937 00:59:06,209 --> 00:59:09,622 intends more melodrama, the courtroom be cleared. 938 00:59:09,629 --> 00:59:12,746 The counsel will proceed. 939 00:59:12,758 --> 00:59:17,923 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, frankly, fairly, like human beings, 940 00:59:17,929 --> 00:59:21,046 listen to the law within you and ask yourselves 941 00:59:21,058 --> 00:59:24,801 if this very fact doesn't prove the truth of my argument. 942 00:59:24,811 --> 00:59:27,052 I also carry a revolver. 943 00:59:27,064 --> 00:59:30,227 L, too, have a permit to do so, as the defendant had. 944 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:35,523 And while picturing to you the frightful situation that confronted him, I forgot for a moment 945 00:59:35,530 --> 00:59:39,443 the sanctity of the courtroom and involuntarily grasped the weapon. 946 00:59:39,451 --> 00:59:44,115 Can you wonder them at him, living the picture I was merely drawing, 947 00:59:44,122 --> 00:59:47,239 suffering the torture I was only describing? 948 00:59:47,250 --> 00:59:49,366 I've asked you what you would've done. 949 00:59:49,377 --> 00:59:51,413 I've shown you what I would do. 950 00:59:51,421 --> 00:59:56,256 And were I on trial instead of him, I would expect acquittal of you. 951 00:59:56,259 --> 00:59:58,750 A man has a right to avenge his honor. 952 00:59:58,762 --> 01:00:01,674 A husband his home, a lover his love. 953 01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:03,922 You couldn't condemn me for it! 954 01:00:03,934 --> 01:00:06,767 You'd dare not find me guilty! 955 01:00:06,770 --> 01:00:11,264 Guilt, atonement, mercy! 956 01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:19,730 Silence! 957 01:00:21,493 --> 01:00:23,654 Begging the court's pardon, I, 958 01:00:23,662 --> 01:00:27,871 I've somewhat broken under the stress of this case. 959 01:00:27,874 --> 01:00:32,163 I leave the defendant entirely to you. 960 01:00:32,170 --> 01:00:36,083 And with the court's permission, I have finished. 961 01:00:56,403 --> 01:00:59,486 - Do you feel better, madame? - I'll be all right, hilda. 962 01:00:59,489 --> 01:01:00,774 It was just nerves. 963 01:01:00,782 --> 01:01:02,613 The room is so stuffy, madame. 964 01:01:02,617 --> 01:01:06,986 Yes, and Mr. held's speech carried me away so completely that when he drew the revolver, 965 01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:11,161 - I just... well I... - Yes, madame, you fainted. 966 01:01:11,168 --> 01:01:13,124 I'm so sorry. 967 01:01:19,384 --> 01:01:21,545 Is he still speaking? 968 01:01:25,891 --> 01:01:28,724 Mr. held is finished, madame, the jury's filing out. 969 01:01:30,604 --> 01:01:32,435 He's coming, madame. 970 01:01:38,445 --> 01:01:41,187 Is it an acquittal? 971 01:01:41,198 --> 01:01:42,654 What do you think, hilda? 972 01:01:42,657 --> 01:01:44,363 As a lawyer, I congratulate you. 973 01:01:44,367 --> 01:01:45,948 You probably won. 974 01:01:45,952 --> 01:01:49,820 As a woman, I didn't believe a word of your argument. 975 01:01:49,831 --> 01:01:53,198 You may go, hilda. 976 01:01:53,210 --> 01:01:55,417 - Goodbye, madame. - Goodbye, hilda. 977 01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:57,206 Thank you. 978 01:02:11,102 --> 01:02:13,969 Are you going to kill me now, Paul? 979 01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:16,187 Then you know that I know. 980 01:02:16,191 --> 01:02:18,227 I only know that ever since Walter killed Lucy, 981 01:02:18,235 --> 01:02:21,693 you've tormented yourself and me with this terrible jealously. 982 01:02:21,696 --> 01:02:24,938 Nothing could survive it, it's killed everything. 983 01:02:24,950 --> 01:02:28,033 Maria, you have a lover. 984 01:02:28,036 --> 01:02:30,322 I saw you in his arms. 985 01:02:30,330 --> 01:02:32,696 I saw him hold you close and kiss you. 986 01:02:32,707 --> 01:02:36,666 I heard him tell you that he loved you, and I watched you go with him. 987 01:02:36,670 --> 01:02:39,707 I worshipped you, and all the time you've been deceiving me, 988 01:02:39,714 --> 01:02:41,420 just like Lucy did Walter. 989 01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:44,086 That's why you cried out in the courtroom when I drew the revolver, 990 01:02:44,094 --> 01:02:46,961 because you knew that I'd make you pay for what you've done to me. 991 01:02:46,972 --> 01:02:48,508 Why don't you do it, Paul? 992 01:02:48,515 --> 01:02:50,881 Why keep on tormenting me this way? 993 01:02:50,892 --> 01:02:54,259 I don't want to die, I don't think I deserve to die. 994 01:02:54,271 --> 01:02:55,351 I love you. 995 01:02:55,355 --> 01:03:00,019 Yes, in spite of everything I've done, I love you, but if you're going to do it, get it over! 996 01:03:00,026 --> 01:03:02,642 I can't bear this any longer! 997 01:03:11,955 --> 01:03:14,412 In a moment, it'll pass sentence on you. 998 01:03:14,416 --> 01:03:15,701 On me? 999 01:03:15,709 --> 01:03:18,121 Didn't you realize that we were on trial today? 1000 01:03:18,128 --> 01:03:21,211 That all the time I was defending myself? 1001 01:03:21,214 --> 01:03:24,502 You wanted to make sure you wouldn't suffer before you avenged your love. 1002 01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:29,253 Oh, Paul, why didn't you do it without waiting for the assurance of Walter's freedom? 1003 01:03:29,264 --> 01:03:31,801 You don't love me as he loved Lucy. 1004 01:03:34,602 --> 01:03:37,093 The verdict will soon be announced. 1005 01:03:39,566 --> 01:03:43,184 The jury finds the defendant not guilty, 1006 01:03:43,194 --> 01:03:47,779 therefore, the court acquits the defendant and orders his immediate release. 1007 01:03:50,744 --> 01:03:54,783 Well, go on, Paul. 1008 01:03:54,789 --> 01:03:56,654 Walter's free. 1009 01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:04,921 I'm so glad, Walter. 1010 01:04:04,924 --> 01:04:06,960 Thank you, Maria. 1011 01:04:08,970 --> 01:04:13,304 I wish I could thank you for it, Paul, but I can't. 1012 01:04:13,308 --> 01:04:17,301 You have given me my life, and from my heart I wish you hadn't. 1013 01:04:17,312 --> 01:04:20,395 Time is a great healer, Walter. 1014 01:04:20,398 --> 01:04:22,639 Don't depend on it. 1015 01:04:22,650 --> 01:04:25,813 Don't do anything with the hope of forgetting. 1016 01:04:28,031 --> 01:04:30,067 I won't, Walter. 1017 01:04:30,075 --> 01:04:33,408 - That's your promise? - I give you my word. 1018 01:04:49,219 --> 01:04:50,709 I'm sorry, Paul. 1019 01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:52,927 Won't you forgive me? 1020 01:04:52,931 --> 01:04:55,968 I have forgiven you. 1021 01:04:55,975 --> 01:04:57,556 Won't you say goodbye? 1022 01:04:57,560 --> 01:05:00,051 No, please, go. 1023 01:05:06,277 --> 01:05:08,984 Will I never see you again? 1024 01:05:08,988 --> 01:05:12,651 Oh, I don't know, sometime perhaps, 1025 01:05:12,659 --> 01:05:15,776 when all this has become unimportant. 1026 01:05:15,787 --> 01:05:17,948 Goodbye. 1027 01:05:19,707 --> 01:05:21,538 Maria. 1028 01:05:56,995 --> 01:05:59,907 Mr. held, just a minute. 1029 01:05:59,914 --> 01:06:03,657 Gone, they're all gone. 1030 01:06:03,668 --> 01:06:07,331 What a pity, I would've loved to have said something. 1031 01:06:07,338 --> 01:06:09,829 Ah, what's the use? 1032 01:07:41,766 --> 01:07:44,098 Maria, 1033 01:07:44,102 --> 01:07:46,093 Maria.