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Watch your step. Watch your step, please.

Hispanic Tours, this way, please. Follow my hand.

- No, no, no. - The usual postcards!

- Photos, photos. - No, thanks. I'll take my own.

Follow me.

This way. This way, please!

All right.

Here we are, ladies and gentlemen.

Keeping close, please.

Come along, move in close, please.

Here we have, ladies and gentlemen,

a unique example of Medieval Christian art.

This representation of the devil carrying off the dead,

goes far beyond the formalized art of its day.

Look closely.

The face of Satan expresses a quality,

which reflects the very soul of pleasure in evil.

The devil seems a presence so strong and overpowering,

that this painting has led to a local superstition.

The people of this region believe that it is only the power of the devil himself,

which has kept this fresco from ruin.

- Listen, I'll be right back, OK? - Lisa, where are you going?

- Wait for me there, all right? - Yeah, well, hurry back.

...balanced between the figures of the living and of the dead.

Hm, the eyes, Maestro. S�, se�or?

I would add a few wrinkles and age them a bit more, hm?

- His attire, Maestro. - Hm?

A bit severe, isn't it?

Well, I think this black here would be better, you know,

because then you could use it on all occasions -

for funerals, weddings, whenever you like.

- Hm, you have a point. - Oh, I'll trim the mustache a little.

Excuse me, but how much are you asking for this?

It's not for sale. It belongs to the gentleman here.

Oh.

Up we go!

Do you think black is too severe, Miss?

Strange, how strange. You'd think the girl had seen the devil!

Excuse me, sir, could you tell me...

No, wait!

Sir, the main square...

Se�ora!

Excuse me, se�ora, but I'm Lost. Can you tell me where the main square is?

Brain and mouth agape.

You're a dummy, is what you are.

Ah, is she the Lady we met in the shop?

- Hello, Miss. - Excuse me, I... I... I'm Lost.

Can you... Can you tell me where the main square is?

Come back here!

Excuse me. The square, what square?

Well, the one...

Well, the one where the painting is,

the, er, fresco of the devil carrying away the dead.

Ah! That way.

Good day, Miss.

Good day.

Darling!

Elena.

Why do you Look at me like that?

- No... - You knew that I'd come back to you,

- that someday we'd find each other again. - No, don't...

You must have known that I would have come back.

- No! No! - No, Elena!

Let me go! No!

Help!

He... help!

Hey!

What is it now? I don't know, sir.

You're a chauffeur...

Yes, sir. I'm not a mechanical engineer.

Must you use that tone? Please!

- Please, open! Please! - What's the matter?

Excuse me, but I'm a tourist, and I've Lost my way.

All right...

- George! - Yes?

We'll give this young Lady a lift.

We will if we can get started.

May I know what's wrong with the car?

It's the upper hose. It's Losing water, sir. It should be repaired.

Let's go on.

Why are you slowing down? It's not me, it's the car, sir.

Listen, George, do you have to stop right here in the middle of nowhere?

It's not up to me, sir.

If it's boiling over, we can't go much further, not without burning out the motor.

You and your foreign cars.

What do we do now? Wait for parts to come in from the factory?

Stop that, will you?

How do you open these? George?

- Madam. - Next time, listen to me.

Thank you, George. Madam.

How Long will it take? If we had a hose, a few minutes.

Can't you fix it? I could try.

Please, George.

Oh, er, good evening. I, er...

I'm very sorry to bother you but we've had some trouble with the car.

The water hose is Leaking and we'll need a mechanic.

Leandro! I reallse it's Late,

but if we could use your phone and get in touch with a garage...

Leandro!

I'm sorry, there is no telephone here.

We have so little use for it, you see.

- Send them away! - Yes, my Lady, certainty!

Is there a hotel nearby?

No, not in the immediate vicinity.

Oh, there are a few roadside inns,

but their accommodations would hardy meet with your approval.

I see.

Coming, my Lady!

Oh, this is awful. Yes, it's a dreadful night.

Please stay.

Don't go away.

Where could we find one of these roadside inns?

No, no, no, please, don't go away.

My mother's not used to visitors. We live atone.

But please, please come in.

Maximilian, what's keeping you?

Excuse me, I'll... only be a moment.

Mother.

Tell them to go, Maximilian, dear, listen to me.

W... we're always so atone.

It'll only be for one night. Mother, please.

She...

They've no place to go.

Only for one night.

- Very well, if you wish. - Oh, thank you, Mother.

Max... not in here. Show them to the cottage.

It's just ahead.

A few more strides...

- Thank goodness for that! - Sophia!

Well, we could at Least tell George where we're going.

Would you care for a Lollipop?

You know, the villa�s a bit run-down, but I'm sure the cottage will be suitable.

Besides, even the Countess would prefer it. Miss...

- Erm, you and I earller this evening, yes? - I...

I mean, you were lost and asked for directions.

- You do remember, don't you? - No.

I do most of the shopping for the Countess and I'm often in town.

And very llttle escapes me, if you know what I mean.

Well, are we supposed to stand here all night?

- Listen there, where is this place? - Excuse me.

Come, please. Come this way.

Oh, it's so sllppery.

There's a bit of moss here...

and there... and everywhere.

What's the matter with him? Come, Miss!

This way.

Here we go.

Straight on.

That's it. Excellent!

Excellent!

- Now, where's your husband? - Guess!

Oh!

Taking his bath.

The first thing he did was to go look for a tub.

No need to worry.

He knows about us. He's not bllnd.

It's just that he doesn't care.

Don't look llke that.

Hm?

I love you.

What's the matter? What's wrong?

What frightened you so?

That's only Leandro.

Messy... dummy! No, no, no, it...

It wasn't Leandro, it was... Oh, he was carrying a dummy.

- Oh, it was awful! - The vllla's full of them. They're harmless.

Don't cry.

Don't!

This is such a gloomy house. We're so alone.

You can't imagine how... how happy I am now that you're back.

Back?

This is the last rose of the season.

It llngered on and waited for you.

If only you would stay! Don't go away.

I... I don't even know you.

Everything's so different with you here.

I feel allve and happy.

But... Don't say no. Please!

Maximllian!

Is that you there?

Yes, Mother!

Excuse me, I have to go now. I'll see you at dinner.

Good evening, Mr Rabbit, or is it Mr Hare?

Would you care for a radish? No? They're very good.

I'm very pleased you decided to accept our invitation. Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, thank you.

Our intrusion wasn't very timely.

Oh, no, no, no. You're most welcome.

Our mother's not used to visitors. She was a bit frightened, that's all.

It was all so unexpected. You understand.

- Yes, of course. - So thrllllng.

Thrllllng?

You must be tired. Was it a long trip?

That depends on the starting point, I wouldn't know how to answer that.

- Oh? - I never plan things that far ahead.

I certainly envy you. A new horizon emerges for you each day.

My world, instead, is the very configuration of this vllla. I...

Mother! Oh, excuse me.

I'm so glad you came down. Thank you, Mother.

Good evening.

Leandro, I would llke to be introduced to our guests.

I'm Francis Lehar.

My wife Sophia and I wish to thank you for your kind assistance.

That wlll suffice, thank you.

Your Ladyship, may I present Mr and Mrs Francis Lehar.

And may I also present Miss, er... Miss, er...

Lisa. Lisa Reiner.

Miss Lisa Reiner.

- Please be seated. - Thank you, Your Ladyship.

Our guest Mr Lehar was telling us just before you arrived, Mother,

of his journeys. He has the world in the palm of his hand, it would seem.

Where's the other person?

Other person? You must mean the chauffeur.

- He's outside. - No, not the chauffeur, dear.

I mean the fifth person who came here this evening.

Mother, belleve me...

Maximllian, dear,

you haven't forgotten him, have you?

It's so easy to imagine a mysterious visitor in this house.

Yes, thank you.

- Rare! Very rare! - Mm-hmm!

The entire setting is so right for a tall tale of gloom and perdition.

We could make one up as we go along.

We have the right ingredients.

The dark night.

This house.

It's all so... so spooky.

Don't you find, Your Ladyship?

I prefer ghosts to vampires, though.

They're so much more human. They have a tradition to llve up to.

Somehow they manage to keep all the horror in without spllllng any blood.

Mother, please!

Mother, llsten to me, please. You're tired.

What's wrong, Maximllian? Nothing. Don't worry.

- I told you he'd be back. - Mother...

I...

I was not introduced to the fifth guest, Maximllian.

Please! Excuse me, but I...

I'll only be a moment. Do continue, please.

I have to...

Leandro, the cake.

- It's with chocolate sprinkles. - Thank you.

Leandro, perhaps our guests would llke some cake also. It's quite good.

Please continue. I... I'll be right back.

Excuse me.

I brought you some cake.

It's your favourite.

With chocolate sprinkles.

Did you know he was back?

You mustn't see him.

You must send him away.

I wlll not let him come between us again.

He's caused enough anguish.

He'll never enter this room!

You've nothing to say?

You're not asleep.

You can pretend if you llke.

But you'll never leave this room!

Do you hear me? Never! Never.

- That should do it. - You'll be leaving at once?

Uh-huh.

Quite adept with these mechanical toys, aren't you?

So-so.

Thanks for the... Oh!

You're over there. Thanks for the tape.

Could you tell the others to get ready? I'll be through here in a minute.

- Of course. - Thanks.

That didn't take much, did it?

No, just a lot of tape.

Most things aren't that easy to mend.

How could you come back?

After what you've done to us!

Mother...

Mother was certain that you'd return.

She was certain.

But I never thought you'd have the courage.

Why did you have to come back now?

Just when I found happiness.

I won't let you destroy everything.

You can't take her away again!

Where are you?

How can I stop you... when I can't even see you?

Where are you, you coward?

Show yourself!

Oh, finally! This is so nerve-wracking.

Lisa, we're leaving as soon as the car is ready

but we'd be glad to take you if...

Oh, erm... I don't think our young lady wlll be going with you.

Master Maximllian has asked her to stay.

Come. Come closer, girl.

The eyes, Leandro. What colour are the eyes?

Changeable, my lady.

But by candlellght...

blue.

She's bllnd. My God!

And the hair, Leandro? Tell me of it.

Tell me of the hair.

Light, my lady, and gently flowing.

Golden llke a field of wheat?

No, my lady, brighter stlll.

And haloing an equally beautiful countenance.

Oh, she's a very lovely creature, my lady.

You wouldn't llsten when I told you to stay away.

Now it's too late.

Frank, this is ridiculous.

I'm going out of my mind, Frank.

These people are all crazy.

What's happened to George? What's going on?

Where's George gone, dear? To fix the car!

Calm down, wlll you? Calm down!

All right. I'll go out and take a look.

And you calm down!

Oh, it's about time!

Hm?

I find that invariably, Miss Lisa...

there's a very simple explanation for almost everything.

Don't you agree?

It's cold...

- ...you're trembllng, darllng. - Oh, Carlos.

When I saw you, I...

I had to come back and help you in some way.

To give you llfe and happiness.

Oh, Carlos, my love!

I love you, Carlos!

Carlos, I love you.

Carlos, oh...

Don't leave me, please.

The thought of losing you fllls me with such sadness.

I don't dare think of it.

Oh, my love, you're back!

I've waited so long for you.

No!

George?

George!

Where are you?

George?

George!

Oh, where did he go? George!

- What's the matter? - Oh, Geor...

- Where have you been? Did you find him? - Obviously not.

Your concern for our chauffeur is almost touching.

Where are you going?

If this is your way of being a man, Frank...

- ...I'm very unimpressed. - You slut.

Let go of me!

Why?

Oh...

We must go to notify the pollce.

No, we don't want anyone coming now.

It's all so horrible.

To think Mother predicted it...

We mustn't call them. They'll pry into our llves, and...

And I'll be gullty.

It's not always wise to stir up the past.

We all have some unforgivable secret.

Sarah, let us leave well enough alone.

Careful!

Your mother imagined there being someone else in the house.

If we haven't seen them, there must be a reason, don't you think?

If you would take my humble advice, Mr Lehar,

it wlll be best to leave at once.

Oh, yes. I understand.

Would you say my chauffeur discovered something he wasn't supposed to?

Who knows?

We all have enemies, Mr Lehar.

And what better place to get rid of someone undesirable?

Undesirable?

Why?

- What enemies are there in here? - Hm.

But not to worry.

All you have to do is go and leave the corpse to us.

Now, Mr Lehar, can I trouble you for a cigarette?

- Oh, yes. - Hm.

Leandro!

Excuse me, sir, would you mind putting out those cigarettes?

The smoke bothers the Contessa.

- You called, my lady? - Where is my son?

Is he with the girl?

I don't know.

Get rid of her. We must send her away.

Oh, Lisa.

What good is it to hope for the future when solltude is all that awaits you?

What else is there to llve for?

What else matters after having felt the joy of your presence?

- When I... - Hm?

When I think of my llfe and on what poor stuff my dreams were fed!

I feel such futllity in growing old.

If you were to leave me, I'd...

No. No, it is I who shall never leave you.

Oh, Maximllian.

What evll spirit forces you to utter such words?

- Have you no pride? - No.

I have no pride when it comes to words,

what things I do.

I only have the greatest regrets for what I have not done.

Mother, please.

Try to understand. If you knew how desperate I feel...

We both know how it wlll end, Maximllian.

No, you're wrong. You're wrong this time, Mother.

No, my son.

It wlll be different. You can't stop me, Mother.

Oh, my poor chlld!

I'm no longer a chlld. Let me llve my llfe.

Come, Maximllian, come...

No, don't shout.

Be quiet! Don't make a sound!

Shh! Quiet!

Quiet, my love!

You must belleve me. I want to help you.

For years I've waited for this moment, trust me.

We must flee from here.

Wait for me here. I'll go and see what he's doing.

Wait for me, my love.

? Should old acquaintance be...?

? Say it with flowers...?

Hm.

Sorry.

Elena, what's the matter?

I heard you scream.

No, wait. I want to help you! Come back!

Elena!

No, wait!

Elena.

Why did you run away from me? I told you I want to help you.

I love you.

If you're through mourning your lover we can leave.

Let's go!

Come on!

Go on, get in!

Frank, I'm not coming with you.

- I'm staying here untll George is buried. - Get in the car.

We can do without the chauffeur.

Don't be afraid, my love. Elena!

We've suffered so much, but it's over now, my love.

I've come for you. It's all ending.

Elena!

No! Help!

Help!

HELP!

No! No!

Hurry, Leandro!

Yes, my lady.

The ceremony's about to begin.

The ceremony's about to begin.

The ceremony's always about to begin.

Oh, hurry, Leandro.

That's easier said than done.

Excuse me.

Look at that head.

Newly moulded this morning and already it's spllt!

Must be that synthetic glue.

Mm, that's what it is.

Hm.

Neither glue nor spllntered heads can stop the funeral.

The ceremony must go on. The Countess is waiting.

Waiting... to bury the dead.

The poor Countess isn't so wrong, really.

Wanting to get rid of him.

He's not... a very pleasant memory.

A man... Iosing his head.

That's pretty good.

A man losing his head.

Hm. A husband.

A husband losing his head...

over a woman?

Shame on you. But stlll, the Countess wants his body repaired.

She wants it put in working order for the burial.

Tradition, she says. More work, I say!

All this tradition.

I wouldn't mind if I had any.

But what does tradition mean to a poor devll llke me?

Work and fatigue, that's my inheritance.

They break, they snap, they pop, they crackle,

and I'm the one who puts their tradition back together again.

Hm!

And now I've got another puppet to make.

Lucky for me, you look just llke her.

Because... you won't be around tomorrow, that's for sure.

I knew you'd be back.

Everything's been ready. We were only waiting.

But you didn't come back here for me, your wife.

You came back for her.

You saw her. She was in that body.

And you came back for her.

Gently.

Ever so gently.

Ah!

Oh, blast!

The irresponsibllity.

Such devllish acts.

Hm. Hmm.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

Is this the face that launched so many deaths?

A modern-day Helen?

Cleopatra?

Sleeping Beauty?

And I'm Prince Charming.

Oop! Didn't work.

Hm.

Sleeping Beauty awakens.

How do you feel? Did you sleep well?

23.

- It isn't... - That's good.

But... but it... isn't possible.

Oh, be careful. Please don't touch. The glue is stlll wet.

- Size... six and a half. - But he can't be! He spoke to me!

Hm? Well, that's no reason to faint dead away.

It's quite possible that he spoke to you. I mean, this is Se�or Carlos.

That's the Countess's husband. Maximllian's step-father.

I mean, why shouldn't you have seen him? He was here.

No, don't you see? It can't be.

I... I know he's dead. I saw him in his casket in the chapel!

In the chapel? No, no, no, no.

You saw this dummy in the coffin.

You see, it's a dress rehearsal for the funeral ceremony.

Oh, by the way, I dropped it and it broke on the way here,

but please don't tell the Countess. I mean, I fixed it.

You can hardly tell, can you? Hm?

Then Carlos is... is allve.

Isn't he?

Oh, no.

Se�or Carlos... is dead.

Hm.

Max! Max!

Leandro. Leandro!

- Yes, my lady? - I heard her running, calling for my son.

Hurry, Leandro, there is no time to lose. Tell me, does she really look...

Oh, yes. Oh, yes, my lady.

She is Miss Elena in person.

- We must find her. - Yes, my lady.

Maximllian!

Your mother is after me.

We'll go away... the two of us.

I'll help you escape. We'll start a new llfe together.

My mother is jealous beyond reason.

I don't want to spend the rest of my llfe in this nightmare.

No. No.

Help me. Please, help me to leave.

That room. Find her, Leandro! You must find her.

Shh! Quiet, don't move.

Are you searching, Leandro?

Answer me.

We must find her before Maximllian does.

Leandro!

You're so beautiful.

I didn't think there could ever be a girl as beautiful as you.

You're even more beautiful than Elena.

Elena?

Come.

- Come. - Where are we...?

No, I don't want to think about her now.

She brings back so many sad memories.

I loved her deeply, yet she deceived me.

- Come, I'll show her to you. - Maximllian, I...

- Don't worry. - I...

Come, it's all right.

Come, my love.

This is Elena.

No, don't, Lisa!

No, Lisa. No, my love, you mustn't do that. Please!

I told you, she means nothing to me now.

Belleve me, my love. She means nothing.

I love you. Only you.

Belleve me.

She could have helped me. I begged her to.

But she wouldn't.

She wouldn't do it.

It's true, she wouldn't. She wouldn't.

Here.

Forgive me, my love. My only love.

Now, we'll always be together.

You and I.

Always.

It wlll be different with you.

I know it wlll.

It has to be different.

It has to be.

Leave me.

Leave!

I can't with you here!

Why don't you leave me?

Why?

I hate this smell of death!

We don't want funeral trimmings!

This is a wedding ceremony!

Do you understand? A wedding ceremony!

What wlll that change?

It's all my fault.

- I should have stopped you. - No!

- I should never have let you meet her. - Quiet.

After what you did to Elena.

After what I did to Elena?

- Maximllian, please. - And what about what she did to me?

- She ran away with your husband. - Maximllian, I forbid you to talk that...

Your husband!

Yet Carlos never knew why she didn't join him.

I avenged myself and you at the same time.

No, it's not as simple as you think, Maximllian.

Now they'll come looking for all those people.

Why did you do it, my chlld? Why?

- They were going to take my Lisa away. - That would've been better for all of us.

That stupid driver.

I had to stop them!

That girl wlll be the end of us. You must get rid of her.

No. No!

If we cover every trace of what happened here, there'll stlll be a chance.

Otherwise they'll take you away, and you wlll be punished, my love.

I can't go on llke this!

I can't llve llke this in your shrine of death!

- It's all around me! - Maximllian.

I want to llve.

I want to be free. I want to be with people!

- I understand, poor chlld. - Don't call me that!

I'm your mother.

No-one can understand you as I do, or protect you as I do.

Listen to me.

You wlll be saved only if Lisa disappears.

- Lisa. - Listen to me, my chlld.

Lisa. Go.

- Get out. - Don't talk that way to your mother.

You are very cruel with me today,

but I forgive you.

I know you don't mean what you say. Do you, my darllng?

Say that you love me.

Leandro!

Leandro! Where are you?

Leandro! Answer me!

Leandro!

No...

No! Mother!

No, please, no!

No.

No!

Mother, please! I... I...

No. No!

They just never stay put.

Oh, it sllpped.

Lisa!

Lisa!

You shall never leave me.

We'll always be together.

Don't go...

Don't go!

One... two...

Hey, come back!

She's a ghost. Everyone knows that.

No one's llved there for a hundred years.

- She's a ghost. - A ghost!

- Let's run! - Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Hm...

Here you are, Mr Leandro.

It's the best I could do. I had such a short notice.

I do hope you think it's all right, sir.

Oh?

I'm afraid it's all too late, my friend. All too late.

The airport, right away, please.

'Please fasten your seat belts

'and keep your seats in an upright position.

'Kindly refrain from smoking.

'Thank you.'

'Now, this is your Captain speaking.

'We're flying at an altitude of 25,000-30,000 feet

'at about 600-700 mlles an hour.

'We expect to arrive at our destination according to schedule.

'We hope you have a pleasant trip.'

No!

No!

Help! Open up!

Someone, please! Help!

- Please, Captain. - Hm?