1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,230 ( Sinister organ music) 2 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,990 Has he been told? Does he know all the rules? 3 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,591 And is he prepared to accept our decision? 4 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,191 Tonight, gentlemen... 5 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,470 ...we are unusually fortunate 6 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,829 It is not often that we may welcome to the Club of the Damned... 7 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,837 ...a true celebrity 8 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,713 Men of notoriety, yes 9 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,275 Of, er...infamy, even 10 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,600 But a truly illustrious member of one of the professions 11 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,360 Respect, gentlemen, respect 12 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,437 Mr Adrian Gall... 13 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,752 ...can be described as one of the truly great actors of this century 14 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,795 More than that, he was once the principal 15 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,834 of that famous company of actors which travelled far and wide... 16 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:35,951 ...not only in this country but abroad... 17 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,515 ...to present the works of William Shakespeare... 18 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:42,713 ...before appreciative audiences in all civilised countries of the world 19 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,673 Thereby doing honour to his profession... 20 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,677 ...and to his country 21 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,833 My goodness 22 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,030 Did I say was the principal? 23 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:02,396 Is, then, the actor's renown so ephemeral a thing... 24 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,034 ...that after a mere decade of retirement... 25 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,994 ...one already talks of his work as if he were dead? 26 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,437 True, one remembers a certain amount of speculation at the time 27 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,914 Unsavoury rumour concerning a rather sudden retirement 28 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:26,230 The disappearance of a rival 29 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,069 Or was it a rift in the marriage? 30 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,958 (Man) I am here 31 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,236 You are, I am told, aware of our rules of membership 32 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,520 You appreciate... 33 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,679 ...that to become a member of this august assembly... 34 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,873 ...you must tell a true story of supernatural terror? 35 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,990 You must also know that if you succeed in chilling our blood... 36 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,869 ...you will be permitted to join... 37 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,594 The Club of the Damned, yes. 38 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:16,113 But if, in the opinion of only one of us, you fail... 39 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,039 - ...the penalty is... - Death? 40 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,037 I am prepared to take that chance 41 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,040 So pay attention to me, gentlemen 42 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,432 Hear the story of Adrian Gall... 43 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,791 ...and judge me thereafter 44 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,994 Dream my life with me... 45 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,351 ...and then decide whether mine is not the most dreadful story... 46 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,439 ...ever to have assaulted your ears during the course of your assemblies... 47 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,710 ...in the house, this room 48 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,400 (Gall) Though, as most of you will know, my home is in England... 49 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,876 ...my story, or as much of it as matters... 50 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,676 ...took place in a great foreign city, a timeless city... 51 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,679 ...which has the feeling of that Venice... 52 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,475 ...where my wife and I celebrated our greatest triumphs 53 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,389 it is certainly a city built on water... 54 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,638 ...a city of haunted squares... 55 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,116 ...dingy alleys and moonstruck bridges... 56 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,154 ...Renaissance arches, dark vaults and subterranean passages 57 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:28,353 And it is in this forever-dying city... 58 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,155 ...that the events with which [ shall shortly acquaint you occurred 59 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,669 But I must begin at the beginning 60 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,950 in the bedroom of my country house in England... 61 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,233 ...where my dear wife Charlotte and I have lived since our retirement 62 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,913 (Gall groans) 63 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,237 - (Gall) Thieves! Scum! - Oh, my dear 64 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,431 (Gall) But I'll be revenged on them! 65 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,393 The whole pack of them there! I'll confront them! 66 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,999 Oh, Adrian, my love... 67 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,000 They've taken everything from me. Everything in the purse! 68 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,318 The purse that I've cherished ever since you gave it to me on our wedding day 69 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,273 - Robbed me of all I possess! - Hush! 70 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,234 - It's only that old dream, my dearest - Everything in the purse gone! 71 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,954 You cannot deny it! Every penny! 72 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:19,229 - Are you telling me I'm a liar? - Try and go back to sleep, dearest 73 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,874 Those dreadful rages... 74 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,992 ...and all for nothing. For nothing 75 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,111 Look at your hands 76 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,315 Can't you remember? They took everything from us. From me 77 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,592 While we were working at the Teatro La Fenice 78 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,236 Ah, every seat was taken. How they loved us. And yet, and yet... 79 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,755 ...they took every penny in that purse 80 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,037 That's why I must go back, Charlotte. I must 81 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,356 They took nothing 82 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,237 You've forgotten because it was a long time ago, but I remember every detail 83 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,311 We were playing Macbeth 84 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,234 The Prefect of Police was in the audience in a box with his entire family... 85 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,115 ...and while they applauded us... Oh, the irony of it! 86 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,835 - Thieves, robbers in our dressing room! - There were no thieves 87 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:17,511 You lost no purse. Nothing was taken from our dressing room 88 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,473 They took everything from me! Why will you deny it? 89 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,195 I must deny it, my dear, or we'll both lose our sanity 90 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,191 You wake up oh so often... 91 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,672 ...and I can see you need something... 92 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,792 ...to feed these terrible rages of yours 93 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,837 You're humouring me. That's understandable 94 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,954 But I have grounds for my fury, haven't I, Charlotte? 95 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,839 Haven't I? 96 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:04,238 - It cannot go on, I know that - Oh, my love! 97 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,079 My dearest love 98 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,590 Can't you try and rest? 99 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,757 Can't you understand? 100 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,791 We're no longer young 101 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,670 Our children have grown up and have left us 102 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,391 - Soon we will be grandparents - Shh! Quiet, woman, quiet! 103 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,230 You mean well, I know, but it is different for a man, a man of my... 104 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:40,149 ...quality 105 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,715 A man accustomed to admiration... 106 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,279 ...and love 107 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,039 Yes. Love 108 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,670 That is why I must go back. I must 109 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,552 Back? 110 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,553 You really mean to... 111 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,240 I must. I shall go back 112 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,234 To lay that ghost 113 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,159 To retrieve my valuables 114 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,794 All those many years ago... 115 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,480 ...and you lost nothing, I tell you 116 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,280 (Sobs) Nothing! 117 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,314 (Gaily To this city I returned... 118 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,512 ...was impelled to return alone... 119 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,029 ...to seek out an old acquaintance... 120 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,674 ...the Prefect of Police... 121 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,509 ...and to lodge with him once and for all an official complaint... 122 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,031 ...about the loss of my valuables, my belongings... 123 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,232 ...Indeed, that aforementioned purse... 124 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,751 ...stolen from me during one of my performances in the city 125 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,111 That purse which my enraged dreams... 126 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,072 ...had exhorted me to regain... 127 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,510 ...because, it seemed to me... 128 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,918 ...that it was of life itself that I had been robbed 129 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:54,359 Ah, never will I forget, Signor Gall, you and the gracious signora 130 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,711 The richness of the poetry, magic of your voices! 131 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,235 The Winter's Tale, Hamlet... 132 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,351 ...magnificent Macbeth!/ 133 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,677 You are too kind, my dear old friend 134 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,633 But it is not to receive your compliments... 135 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,229 ...appreciated as they undoubtedly are... 136 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,990 Especially your Macbeth! Ah! 137 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,078 And your wonderful wife's Lady Macbeth 138 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,319 Those terrible witches, that atmosphere of violence and ghostly terror 139 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:28,719 All, all of it remains engraved on my memory, Signor Gall, indelibly! 140 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,277 Erm... Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down! 141 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,756 Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs 142 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,633 (Performs Italian translation of Macbeth) 143 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,471 If I may say so, signor, the stage lost an ornament... 144 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,275 ...when you determined to make your career with the police force 145 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,074 Oh, no, no. But you must understand, Signor Gall... 146 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,319 ...to me, the Shakespearean verse sounded like great music... 147 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:07,913 ...when you spoke it in the original language, and when the signora spoke it 148 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,839 Ah, how is the signora? 149 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,191 - I trust she is fully recovered? - Recovered? 150 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,314 Yes, from that accident. That dreadful accident 151 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,238 Do you not recall? 152 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,149 That is how we first met, you and | 153 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:28,638 Do you not recall, Signor Gall, after the unfortunate performance when... 154 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,630 The fall. That, erm, that accident 155 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,797 To be frank, signor... 156 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,834 ...I did not ask you to meet me here to discuss minor incidents... 157 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,032 ...nor past performances, neither mine nor my dear wife's 158 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,437 We are retired from the stage 159 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,994 Ah 160 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,516 But you must know why I've come the long way from England... 161 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,793 ...why I've undertaken this long and dangerous voyage 162 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,672 Indeed, I do not 163 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,794 Nor can I guess why you did not give me advance notice of your intention... 164 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,833 ...so I could offer you adequate hospitality 165 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,078 Nor can I divine why you chose to meet me here 166 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,079 This unpleasant cafe by the waterfront... 167 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,636 ...the meeting place of loose women, their protectors and clients 168 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,752 Do you really have no explanation for my presence here? 169 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,030 No, dear Signor Gall... 170 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:26,280 ...| can only guess that you are revisiting the scenes of... 171 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,914 Yes? The scenes of? 172 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,433 Well, the, er, the scenes of, er, your triumphs, of course 173 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,875 I am here, sir, to investigate a crime 174 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,231 Ah! Crime? Of what nature? 175 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,792 A crime, sir, that was done to my person here in this city, as well you remember 176 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,230 I remember? 177 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,954 I remember nothing of this crime 178 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,594 I am completely mystified, Signor Gall 179 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,552 Yes, I see 180 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:58,432 No doubt you would prefer... 181 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:01,871 ...the file on that particular incident to be closed forever 182 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,071 What incident, Signor Gall? 183 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,350 You know full well what incident, sir! 184 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,951 Ah. The wine 185 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,754 Er, you must, of course, be my guest, signor 186 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,839 No, no, no, no, it was, after all, I who asked for this meeting 187 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,918 I am the host, signor 188 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,197 Indeed, in this city, I am bound to be the host 189 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,120 You insist, do you? 190 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,799 Indeed 191 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,830 - I insist - (Laughs) 192 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,596 Now, my dear old friend, let us return for a moment to this, er, incident 193 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,429 Very well, if you insist, I will restate my case once more 194 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,871 While we were performing Macbeth, sir... 195 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,279 ...while my company was performing our most successful production... 196 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,437 you will remember, will you not... 197 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,916 ...that thieves entered my garderobe... 198 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,437 ...and robbed me 199 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,312 Robbed me of my... 200 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,514 (Sobs) Robbed... 201 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,879 Oh, my dear old friend, you are not well 202 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,750 Forgive me, it will pass 203 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:32,678 It's a certain weakness 204 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,515 I was once famous, you know, for my real tears 205 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,792 No, no, no, no, you are not well, my friend. I can see it 206 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,440 Come, let me take you back to your hotel 207 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,313 It is late and the company here is hardly suitable 208 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,272 What? 209 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,311 Well, perhaps you're right 210 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,479 But it is I who should really be entertaining you 211 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,630 Oh, forgive me. The wine was excellent 212 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,436 We shall drink another bottle on a future occasion, when next we meet again 213 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,678 Oh, yes, indeed. Make no doubt upon that score, Signor Valetti 214 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,791 We shall most certainly meet again 215 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,196 I have not crossed heaving seas... 216 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:18,518 ...nor travelled many hundreds of miles in a desperately uncomfortable train... 217 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,109 ...to be fobbed off with the insincere ramblings... 218 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,154 ...of a pusillanimous petty official, who has determined in advance... 219 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,796 ...to deny such crimes as were undoubtedly committed in his name! 220 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,635 If you give me the name of your hotel, signor... 221 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,594 ...I will have one of my officials conduct you there in a private gondola 222 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,870 I do not need your solicitude, signor! 223 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,914 Investigate my complaint or you shall hear from the British Consul! 224 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:52,512 I absolutely demand the restitution of my property! Do you hear me, sir? 225 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,358 I demand it 226 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,152 I'm terribly concerned 227 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,910 Don't be too disturbed, my dear. A letter should arrive soon 228 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,554 I should never have permitted him to go 229 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,711 But a journey may do him good 230 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,310 To that place? At his age, in his condition? 231 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,320 My dear, Adrian is more robust than most men of his age 232 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,670 If you knew... 233 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,950 He hates the idea of aging 234 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,436 He simply cannot reconcile himself to... 235 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,358 What is it? 236 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,113 Oh, Charlotte, what is it? 237 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,595 He has such dreadful dreams 238 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,719 And he's obsessed by the idea of... 239 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,074 ...well, loss. Of having been robbed 240 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,991 And wasn't he? 241 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,191 Why should he lie about that? 242 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,118 He always told me... 243 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,311 Don't you understand, Regina? 244 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,232 Do you really not understand? 245 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,674 I was a member of the company for such a short time, my dear 246 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,479 As you will remember, I had no choice but to leave 247 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:10,197 Oh, dear Regina, there's no need to rake over old coals! 248 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,153 A man of his stature, his vanity... 249 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,238 Oh, no, that was forgotten and forgiven long ago 250 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:19,796 - Adrian had such a passionate nature - Had? 251 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,511 But you say that now... 252 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,070 Have you never wondered... 253 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,079 ...why he insists on treating me as if I were an invalid? 254 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,760 Invalid? What do you mean? 255 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,713 After my fall. That accident 256 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,116 But, my dear, your foot healed years ago 257 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,878 Precisely 258 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,231 Yet he chooses to behave as if it all happened yesterday 259 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,791 Now do you see? 260 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,155 What utter nonsense 261 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,877 What can you be talking about? You're not the least little bit like an invalid 262 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,991 No 263 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,430 But he now wishes that I were 264 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,073 Why have you never mentioned this to me before? 265 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,796 And why do you choose to do so now? 266 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,112 Well, you see... 267 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,477 If it helps him to... think I'm ill... 268 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,593 ...incapacitated... 269 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,270 Helps him? How? 270 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,199 Please tell me, Regina... 271 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,233 ...what of Felix? What of your own hus...? 272 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,397 What of him? 273 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,909 Well, does he still... 274 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,272 Oh, dear 275 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,234 Does he still make physi... 276 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,431 ...or feel that he should? 277 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,038 At our age, my dear, it seems hardly proper to discuss matters of this sort 278 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,789 Especially about one's husband 279 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,393 No 280 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,514 Music and chatter) 281 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,155 Don't be afraid, darling 282 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,271 Oh, why should I be afraid? 283 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,953 I don't know! 284 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,392 But whenever I look at you, your eyes, they turn away 285 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,037 - Now, why should that be? - (Laughs) You're completely mistaken 286 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,349 Forgive me, I have no wish to do business with you 287 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,596 (Woman laughs) 288 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,519 No wish? Indeed 289 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,077 You are most insolent, whore 290 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,191 Do you imagine you know me? 291 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,398 I believe that you think you know me, signor 292 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:23,391 I've looked into a hundred pairs of eyes such as yours, signorina... 293 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,034 ...and believe me, they are all the same 294 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:28,758 Good night 295 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,678 Let me help you 296 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,149 Let me be the stranger you seek 297 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,834 The one you have never seen before... 298 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,191 ...and will never, ever see again 299 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,749 No 300 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,990 - Troppo tardi, vecchio? -Hm? 301 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,117 Too late, old man? 302 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,191 Do you think that I want your money? 303 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,511 Or maybe to steal your purse? Huh? 304 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,791 Sleep alone, then! 305 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,876 Dearest Charlotte, is it all a dream? 306 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,359 Shall I wake up from this nightmare in your arms? 307 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,559 Or can we never be... ourselves again? 308 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,430 You know that I will do anything for you, my love 309 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,997 Oh, forgive me, Charlotte, if I... 310 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,111 ...if my heart seems closed to you 311 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,798 Forgive me 312 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,798 She mocked me. She, too 313 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,912 All of them! Very well 314 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:22,671 Let them pay their tribute to me... in fear! 315 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:30,351 (Gall) And so I found myself impelled to haunt... 316 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,596 ...literally to haunt... 317 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,395 ...the nocturnal alleys and accusing arcades of this city 318 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:37,715 (Screaming) 319 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,717 (Gall) Knowing that only through my own strength 320 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,990 would I be able to settle scores... 321 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,839 ...and retrieve that of which I had been robbed 322 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,679 (Screaming) 323 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,751 (Woman screams) 324 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,951 (Screams) 325 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:03,390 Idle fantasies? Ravings of an old actor's rotting mind? 326 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,194 Oh, God, I prayed to my maker that night... 327 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:10,109 ...had I indeed become unhinged? Had all reason taken leave of me? 328 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,870 How [ wished, as [/ lay shivering in that damp Venetian room... 329 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,799 ...that I had never embarked on this lunatic journey... 330 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,958 ...that I could be spirited back to my own warm bed... 331 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,230 ...to my dear wife's side 332 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,193 But an inner voice told me it was already too late... 333 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,551 ...the merciless surge of time could not be held back... 334 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,591 ...there was no ref urn 335 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,870 For you only have to imagine them... 336 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,560 ...and any human acts can become possible... 337 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,832 ...indeed, likely, even inevitable 338 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,354 Leonora 339 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,557 (Gall) She vanished quickly... 340 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,069 ...but it was most certainly Leonora... 341 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,999 ...who, in some way, [ now associated with my loss 342 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,993 Could it be her [ imagined I had lost? 343 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,396 Was she not indeed the cause of my flight? 344 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,955 So many years ago in that same arcade... 345 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,357 ...so unbearably, so desolately young 346 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,678 Yes, now I remember. Had she not pursued me, Adrian Gall... 347 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,509 ...from the London theatre where she never missed my performances? 348 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,429 Pursued me here? To this city? 349 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,870 For what? To applaud? 350 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,231 Or had she then been something altogether different? 351 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:11,069 One of us. A member of my company 352 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,073 (Distant voices speak Italian) 353 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,111 Signor Gall 354 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,598 Yes, indeed, sir. And have you done, sir, as I instructed you? 355 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,597 As you instructed me? 356 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,870 Have you investigated my complaint? 357 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,071 Oh, indeed I have, signor 358 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,080 And I am glad to tell you that no object or objects were reported stolen... 359 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,080 ...from your dressing room at Teatro la Fenice those many years ago 360 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,192 - No objects, you say? - Nothing, signor 361 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,353 Your triumph was, if that is the correct word, undiluted 362 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,911 - Except... - Yes, except? 363 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,715 Well, except, of course, for the regrettable incident of the fall 364 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,751 Oh. What fall? 365 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,440 Signor, you must remember it 366 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,554 We discussed it the other evening, when the signora fell upon the stage 367 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,354 - Fell on the stage? - An unfortunate occurrence... 368 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,074 ...during her famous sleepwalking scene 369 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,272 Naturally, it brought your season to a premature end 370 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,835 But what about the young girl? The young lady? 371 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,598 The young lady? 372 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,993 Well, you know her better than I do, probably 373 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:31,273 Her name was Leonora. She wished me to engage her, did she not? 374 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,392 She wished to play small parts, and then larger parts... 375 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,400 ...and finally she wished to usurp my wife's place 376 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,319 Oh, my dear friend, I would not ever presume to... 377 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,592 Lies! Everything. All lies! 378 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,870 You have robbed and betrayed me... 379 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,514 ...and now you even wish me to doubt my own reason! 380 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,350 It is best that we part, sir, lest our much-valued relationship... 381 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,869 ...should be damaged beyond repair 382 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,037 I wish you a good night, sir 383 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,471 (Gasps) 384 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,998 But I do not understand. How can this be? 385 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,555 - Leonora? - Yes 386 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,240 - But it cannot be you - Cannot? 387 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,637 Cannot. Since all those years ago... 388 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,310 ...you died 389 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,598 And even if my memory has deserted me... 390 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,077 ...you look no older than you did then, not a day older 391 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,556 (Laughter and chatter) 392 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,434 But you do not deny it. You are Leonora? 393 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,916 - Indeed I am - You are 394 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,749 As you are still the great Adrian Gall 395 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,429 But then why... 396 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,756 Am I here? With you? 397 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,593 In this cafe, among these women? 398 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,149 Oh, but I am certainly not among them 399 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,716 Things are not always what they seem 400 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,836 Except for one thing 401 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,031 I love you still 402 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,155 And you live here? Alone? 403 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,758 In this city? 404 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,759 Oh, I am free to roam where I please 405 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,635 - As free as you appear to be -Yes, I see 406 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,791 It must have been you I came back to... to... recover 407 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,873 You they took away from me. Oh 408 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,150 Dearest Leonora... 409 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,234 (Leonora) We shall meet again tomorrow 410 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,637 Wherever you are, I shall find you, beloved 411 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,592 Have no fear 412 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,192 (Woman) Old fool 413 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,880 Are you still muttering to yourself? 414 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,750 (Gall) What had been the most extraordinary encounter of my life... 415 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,872 ...became only the first of many such meetings 416 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,197 Indeed, a never-ending embrace... 417 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,676 ...as sweetly satisfying as anything I had ever known 418 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,158 [ felt reborn... 419 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,796 ...as if new blood was surging through my veins 420 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:42,233 And cured of my fears, { now felt as young as my adorable mistress 421 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,593 Leonora's love invested us with an uncanny strength 422 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,757 We needed neither food nor drink... 423 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,158 ...yet no wish was beyond instantaneous fulfilment 424 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,871 In long-forgotten caves and vaults that only she seemed to know... 425 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,594 ...we held our timeless trysts 426 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,434 Here we celebrated life without remorse or apprehension... 427 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:10,110 ...without thought for others, without memory 428 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,915 But neither in my intoxicated dream-like state... 429 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,112 ...nor in the nightmares that now preceded it... 430 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,870 ...and alas, were to succeed it... 431 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,277 ...could I have imagined the tragic and grotesque events... 432 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,836 ...that were so soon to restore dreaded reality 433 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:34,160 One night, while reciting certain speeches from my old roles... 434 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,989 ...which Leonora had taught me to speak in Italian... 435 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,757 (Performs Italian translation of Macbeth) 436 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,509 (Hesitates) 437 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:07,677 ...contro le chiese... chiese... I cannot remember! 438 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,353 Though castles topple on their warders' heads... 439 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,757 ...though palaces and pyramids do slope their heads to their foundations... 440 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,440 ...though the treasure of nature's germens tumble altogether... 441 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,552 ...even till destruction sicken... 442 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,877 ...answer me to what I ask you 443 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,560 (Laughs) 444 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,593 (Both laugh) 445 00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:33,190 (Laughter and merry music) 446 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:48,719 Well, it's you! The lonely Englishman! 447 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,150 He who mutters to himself 448 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,274 Come away from here! He will bequeath his disease on you, this one 449 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,273 Look at him! He's almost dead already! 450 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,758 He's the gravestone on his own fresh grave! 451 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,632 (Laughs) 452 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,512 The lonely old man... 453 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,996 ...who prefers to love alone 454 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,680 (Laughs) 455 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,558 Oh, my love. 456 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,074 If you, too, could be rid of them forever 457 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,793 Rid of them? 458 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,833 Those who think of themselves as men and women 459 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,430 But I do not understand. What are you trying to tell me, my love? 460 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,277 It doesn't matter 461 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,040 Let us remember that all life is a joke... 462 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:51,597 ...and that what comes after... is funnier still 463 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,438 Tell me, then 464 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,995 Am I sleeping my life away? 465 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,320 Seems I can no longer tell what is life and what is a dream 466 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,636 Then I have succeeded 467 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,877 I think I shall wake up at any moment... 468 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,039 ...and find I'm still an ambitious young travelling actor... 469 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,800 ...merely dreaming of playing Macbeth one day... 470 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,151 ...dreaming of success and money 471 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,831 And love 472 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,352 Come. Let me teach you another play in Italian 473 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,796 What do you wish me to be this time? Rosalind? 474 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,589 - Desdemona? - Why didn't she see you, Leonora? 475 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:42,031 Why didn't any of them see you? 476 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:47,075 Why do we always seek out these places where it seems... only I can see you? 477 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,350 Because I would frighten them, my love 478 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,431 That is if they could see me 479 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,838 (Gasps) 480 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,679 Oh, Leonora 481 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,076 Would you, my dear lover... 482 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,589 ...not be terrified to see one... 483 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,678 ...who has been dead for so long? 484 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,837 It was here in the city, you see? 485 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,395 All those years ago 486 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,511 And I imagined that you... 487 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,235 ...whom I had always worshipped, had repulsed me 488 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,280 It was then that I swam out into the moonlit lagoon... 489 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,392 ...until the waters had overwhelmed me 490 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,030 Yes, my love... 491 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,151 ...you are my murderer 492 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,470 Then I shall do it 493 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,237 Do what must be done 494 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,039 (Gall) You may wonder, gentlemen, how could it be... 495 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,436 ...that I remained unaware for so long... 496 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,029 ...that my beloved was a ghost 497 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:38,393 But do not forget the intoxication of my own renewal... 498 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,273 ...and the intensity of our love... 499 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,553 ...which had imprisoned me in a dream of timeless unreality 500 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,432 (Gall) No further! Scum! 501 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,438 - Murderer! - Signor Gall 502 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,154 I see you are rehearsing a new part. May I ask...? 503 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,159 You may let me spit at you, thief! 504 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,192 Till you have returned what you took from me 505 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,392 We both know I took nothing from you, sir 506 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,399 We both know that what you lost here was your own... 507 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,034 No! Don't say it or you'll force me to kill you 508 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:25,473 Listen to me. You must listen! The threads of your memory are so tangled... 509 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,353 - I warned you! - Think back, that night 510 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,357 When the actress who loved you drowned 511 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,949 - No, don't! - That same night... 512 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,594 ...your mind still clouded by your terrible conflict... 513 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:39,190 ...you set up that obstacle on the stage so your wife should fall 514 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,678 - No! Falsehood! Slander! - You must hear the truth at last! 515 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,950 You were then as you are now... 516 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,074 ...in a condition of such mindless rage, you did not know what you were doing 517 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,830 Such a long time ago, why do you not try to forgive yourself? 518 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,110 As we who understand have forgiven you? 519 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,631 - You whore's son - (Sighs) 520 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,355 You scum of the diseased canals 521 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,199 You try to saddle me with your crimes 522 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,517 Filth. How dare you accuse me of murder? 523 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,598 Have I not merely confirmed your own fears, my friend? 524 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,597 Lies! 525 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:17,792 When it is you. You! 526 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,591 Very well, signor. You leave me no option 527 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,559 I see, no option 528 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,953 First you rob and slander me and now you wish to kill me... 529 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,471 ...to eradicate all evidence of your evil 530 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,317 Beware! 531 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,152 (Splashing) 532 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,351 (Gall groans) 533 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,999 (Groaning and gasping) 534 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,719 (Gasps) 535 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,557 (Man screams) 536 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,432 (Splashing) 537 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:05,471 (Screams) 538 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,592 Oh, my God! Murderer! 539 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:10,597 Murderer! 540 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:13,155 (Charlotte sobs) Oh, God! 541 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:32,557 (Gall) Confident that the good prefect... Oh, God, why had { killed him? 542 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,753 ...had by now expired in the waters of that foul canal... 543 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,475 ...and that his bloated body would not be recovered until morning... 544 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:45,800 ...I once more sought protection and refuge in the love of my ghostly mistress 545 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:08,714 As night now followed night without any perceptible interval of daylight... 546 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:13,516 ...I began to be drawn back to that fateful bridge... 547 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,154 ...the Ponte delle Turchette 548 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,478 But I killed him 549 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,109 You saw me do it. I drowned him 550 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:54,390 Tell me, I must know 551 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:58,753 Tell me this one thing and I will ask no more 552 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,917 Seek to know no more 553 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,793 I will be satisfied 554 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,072 Deny me this and an eternal curse fall on you 555 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,191 Let me know... 556 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,950 Oh! I can't remember 557 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,878 It's gone! (Laughs) 558 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,196 Cosi e, signore... 559 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,200 (Performs Italian translation of Macbeth) 560 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:25,712 - What? What? - Aye, sir, all this is so... 561 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,832 ...but why stands Macbeth thus amazedly? 562 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,998 Yes, of course. I had forgotten and you remember 563 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,077 Remember? 564 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,989 Remember it was I who played that dreary First Witch all those months! 565 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:42,079 The only part that she would... your good wife would allow me 566 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:47,513 Yes, I see. But I had promised... Don't forget, Leonora, I did promise you... 567 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,314 Oh, indeed, you promised much. Cosi e, signore 568 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,360 Dear Leonora, you always knew that I loved you 569 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,518 But I cannot... I simply cannot continue like this... 570 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,031 ... drifting, floundering between... 571 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,037 Between? 572 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:10,710 - Between wife and mistress? - No 573 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,959 Between Lady Macbeth and the First Witch? 574 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,117 Between a woman and a ghost? 575 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:19,880 Oh, God, be kind to me, Leonora 576 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,157 Listen to me. I must escape. I simply cannot stay in this city 577 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,272 - I'm in such horrible danger! - You poor man 578 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,199 But why precisely must you escape? 579 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,470 Do tell me, from whom, from what? 580 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,155 Well, you know. You must know. The police 581 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:42,070 You think you killed him, the Prefect of Police, is that it? 582 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:43,793 I know I did 583 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,912 - And I say again, you saw me do it - (Leonora) I did? 584 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,638 Then look 585 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:00,834 E cos� 586 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,554 Why do you seem disturbed? 587 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,878 You saw him before, did you not? Tonight on the Ponte delle Turchette? 588 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,272 I thought I saw it 589 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,119 What? Speak louder. What is the matter with you? 590 00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:15,913 I thought... 591 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,873 I must have felt that I saw it 592 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,276 His spirit. His ghost. Say it! 593 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,391 Don't torture me, Leonora 594 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,159 Look! 595 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,237 There he is! 596 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,998 Touch him! 597 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,236 He's as real as any mortal... 598 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,478 ...and as mortal as any living man 599 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,637 Living? Then I... didn't... 600 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,636 It was all a dream? I couldn't... 601 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:48,439 I didn't kill him? 602 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,791 No, poor man, of course not 603 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,718 He killed you 604 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,316 Now we can be together 605 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,590 Forever and ever 606 00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:09,633 Alone together... 607 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,592 ...forever 608 00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,518 Isn't that what love is? 609 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,433 (Gall) There is little more to fell, gentlemen 610 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:22,713 She, it, had spoken the truth... 611 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:26,799 ...and I had indeed not killed the prefect on that dark bridge 612 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,480 It was he who had killed me... 613 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,513 ...as he was destined to do 614 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:36,474 What you now see before you is therefore... 615 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,035 ...what you wish to see 616 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,913 Can you imagine what it must feel like, gentlemen... 617 00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,350 ...to live eternally invisibly... 618 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,518 ...without purpose, without form, without desire? 619 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,953 No? 620 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,311 Is it not in order to discover that precise feeling... 621 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:57,752 ...that you come here to this Club of the Damned? 622 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,396 Is that not the ultimate horror you seek? 623 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:04,956 The frisson of something worse than death itself... 624 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,310 ...worse even than the fear of death? 625 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:12,149 Gentlemen, this letter has just been delivered at the door 626 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:13,998 I shall read it to you 627 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,879 Mr Adrian Gall... 628 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,594 ...regrets that for reasons of his indisposition... 629 00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:23,872 ...he is forced to cancel his engagement with you tonight 630 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,994 He begs the members of your worthy establishment to excuse and forgive... 631 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,430 ...his... absence 632 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,358 His absence? 633 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,552 (Gall's laughter echoes) 634 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:40,396 (Leonora and Gall's laughter echoes) 635 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,773 ( Sinister organ music)