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Schnell.

Schnell.

Oh, Karl, there you are.

Come here.

Are you sure General Lubeck said he will be here at 9:00?

Yes, Doctor.

It's no more than 40 minutes from London Airport.

He should have been here 10 minutes ago.

Perhaps he forgot to adjust his watch when he left Berlin.

That's not likely.

No one is more exacting than our ex-general.

Oh, Karl, the temperature, please.

Nineteen-point-five, Doctor.

Miller is still frozen solid.

Shall I level it up until the general arrives?

When an organism starts to defrost

it cannot be refrozen without destroying the cells.

You know that.

But Miller has been frozen for over 20 years,

ever since the war ended.

Twenty, 10, one year.

The principle governing the decomposition

of an organism still applies.

You ought to know that by now.

Twenty-one-point-nine, rising rapidly.

You'd better prepare the contacts.

Contacts ready.

And the leads.

Leads are in order.

And power.

Power ready.

But I'm not ready.

I can't understand this sudden request of Lubeck

to see us revive one of the frozen bodies.

I'm afraid at best Miller will turn out

like on of those seven failures.

You call Joseph a failure?

Well he's certainly not a success.

Oh.

So, it was you who reported to Berlin I was ready.

Reported?

Don't pretend surprise, Karl.

I've known of your monthly reports to Berlin

ever since Lubeck made you my assistant when the war ended.

I was obeying orders.

All of us Germans know how to do that, don't we?

Perhaps living here in London

has changed your attitude toward the party.

No, I'm as good a Nazi as I was 25 years ago.

I'm sure you would never think of betraying the party.

Ninety-five degrees, Doctor.

Then we can't wait.

As soon as the body reaches normal temperature,

place it on the table and attach the contacts.

Jawohl, Herr Doktor.

Ah. Chilling English weather.

Dr. Norberg has certainly found a suitable place

for his experiments.

Dr. Norberg's residence?

Dr. Norberg is expecting General Lubeck and myself.

Yes.

Come in, gentlemen.

How nice to see you, Herr Doktor,

after all these years.

I'm happy to see you, general.

Herr Dr. Norberg, Herr Tirpitz.

How do you do?

Well, this is Karl Essen, my assistant.

Herr Tirpitz, General Lubeck.

Dr. Norberg, the band, it's too loose.

Come.

It looks fine.

I believe we are ready.

In a moment.

Uh, start the power.

Double it every two minutes, Karl,

like we rehearsed it.

Right, Doctor.

It will take a little time, General, before we are ready.

Oh, I can wait.

I've waited 20 years for this moment.

I can't tell you what it means to me and the party.

I have a good idea.

Oh, no, you don't.

But I will tell you.

It's time you knew.

But General- Hear me out, please.

It's something you must know.

Your achievement will mean the revival

of over 1500 of the elite of the Nazi party

who had been frozen and hidden away

all these years in caves,

mostly in Germany, but also in France

and even in Egypt.

Fifteen hundred.

Well, did you think the 12 you've put

into suspended animation by your instant freeze method

were the only ones?

Oh, no, Herr Doktor.

When the war ended,

we Nazi's of the elite level didn't have much of a choice.

We could stay and face the war crimes courts,

or flee like Adolf Eichmann.

We could do away with ourselves,

or finally, take a chance

with your method of preservation,

to be restored to full capacity

at the right time, which is now.

Fifteen hundred lives.

Did they do this voluntarily?

Oh, yes, yes.

Everything was explained to them.

That proves my faith in you, Herr Doktor.

While we are waiting,

may I show Captain Tirpitz the other three VIPs

who are still to be revived?

Why certainly, General.

Come this way, please.

Look at them.

Enheim, Munch, Krenzer.

They haven't aged a day in 20 years.

That's more then we can say.

Those three and Miller are all that's left

of the dozen that you so generously provided.

As well as the money for your experiments.

The expense for this English consul,

your niece's education.

Oh, I know exactly what you've been provided with

and how much it has cost the party.

But the stakes are tremendous

and worth every penny of it.

But do you know that one has not survived,

and seven are mental cases?

But what of your recent defrosting success?

If you are speaking of Joseph...

judge for yourself.

To revive a body is one thing.

I've done that.

But reviving a brain so that it functions normally,

that's another and still unsolved problem.

You mean that it was Joseph who was recently defrosted?

Yes.

He was frozen accidentally.

Joseph was trapped in the freezer for 12 hours.

I discovered him and I revived him physically,

but I failed to restore his mind.

It functions in a subnormal level.

That is my great success to date.

But Essen reported-

Yes, Essen reported.

But Essen is not a scientist nor a doctor.

Essen's report is premature and incorrect.

Are you saying that you have not restored anyone

ever to normality?

Precisely.

But I will, with time.

But there is no more time!

We need our leaders now, immediately.

I warned you, General, 20 years ago,

when you asked me to freeze the dozen,

that it might take years

to duplicate what I had done in restoring

frozen frogs and snakes and fishes.

The human is much more complex.

He's alive!

Oh, that's a muscle spasm.

The- The brain is the big problem.

I will try to explain to you.

Oh, Karl.

Yes?

Keep an eye on the temperature,

and call me when Miller is ready.

Jawohl, Herr Doktor.

Come with me, gentlemen.

Come in, gentlemen.

There they are.

Why do you keep them?

They're useless.

I'm still a scientist.

Who knows?

My next attempt may bring me closer to the answer.

The answer to what?

The brain has many functions, as you know.

One is storing millions of facts,

associations, and habits in a...

I'll call it a memory bank

with millions of tiny deposit boxes.

I have been seeking the critical microscopic spots in the brain,

which will set the whole memory bank in operation.

I have only been successful in opening one deposit box,

which holds one particular memory.

This was my first case.

I touched a monumental memory

in his childhood when he must have been deprived of something

and cried bitterly for it.

This man never tires of bouncing the ball.

He's insane.

This is your brother, isn't it, Herr Doktor?

Yes.

Incredible how young he looks.

I remember him when he was Himmler's own doctor.

Always so proper and correct.

Now he is quite violent.

This one is harmless.

He combs his hair continuously like a vain adolescent.

He has seen or participated in a mass burial

in the concentration camp.

As you can see, he has religion.

Look at him.

Only 25 years old and he acts 90.

He has seen old age and deposited that memory

in one of his many deposit boxes.

Well, gentlemen, our patient may be ready now.

He's breathing.

Is everything ready?

Yes.

What is his temperature?

Ninety-eight-point-four.

His pulse?

Sixty-eight.

His blood pressure?

One-twenty over 80.

Good.

Just relax, gentlemen.

His mind now is a complete blank.

Turn on the power, Karl.

Oh, Elsa, it's wonderful being home after two years.

Wait until you see the look of surprise

all over uncle's face when he sees me.

He thinks I won't be finished with school

until next week.

I wish you'd told him about me.

Don't be silly.

Any friend of mine's perfectly welcome.

You'll love him.

Hello?

Joseph, how are you?

This is Elsa Tenney, a friend from America

who's going to stay with us.

Joseph, it's me, Jean.

Will you bring in the baggage?

Joseph.

See who that is, Karl.

You'd better go see what's going on upstairs, Karl.

Yes, sir.

Herr Essen will go with you, Joseph.

Are you expecting anyone at this hour?

No, not tonight.

Where's your niece?

Well, she's in America taking her masters degree.

Is she still interested in your work?

If you are speaking of my work with the party,

she knows nothing of it.

She doesn't even know I belong to it.

All she knows is my interests and work

in the repair of vital organs.

I was just curious.

May I proceed now?

By all means.

I will reach the membrane momentarily.

Soon we'll know.

Jean has arrived!

Fool, barging in like that.

Anything wrong?

Possible brain injury.

Oxygen, Karl.

What happened?

Well, my hand slipped and...

Yes?

I may have torn the brain tissue.

Fatally?

General, nothing is more delicate or complex

than the human brain.

That's why I needed more time.

You are a blundering fool, Essen!

Miller was a young genius.

It was a mistake, General.

I did not mean it.

There is no room for mistakes.

Karl...

You know that my niece had orders

never to come down to my laboratory.

She had not been home in over a year.

She was so eager to see you.

I felt she may have forgotten.

Never.

She knows nothing of my work.

And just what does she know?

I told you.

Only what the medical profession knows.

That I'm a surgeon who is able to freeze

vital organs which are morbid,

operate on them and repair them. That is all.

It's a wonderful cover you have established, Doctor.

Thank you.

What about Miller?

I am afraid Miller is gone.

Just like that?

Just like that.

Miller is better off that way than those we just saw.

What can I do to help, Herr Doktor?

Is there anything you require?

Yes.

The impossible.

A live brain.

One I can study and experiment with.

Where would you get that?

You need a head.

I could get you one.

No, Karl. Forget your friends at the morgue.

A brain without oxygen for five minutes

begins to decompose.

It's not like an arm or a leg.

Have you something in mind?

Yes.

I plan to keep an ape's head alive.

I will remove the skull

and replace it with one that is plastic and transparent.

Then I can study the brain's functions in detail.

Perhaps I will find my answers there.

And I have invited the American doctor, Ted Roberts,

to visit me.

He's arriving tomorrow.

Roberts?

Isn't that the young scientist

who recently duplicated the Russian feat

of severing a dog's head from its body

and keeping it alive? Yes.

His knowledge and experience

will save me a great deal of time.

But don't worry, General.

He will not learn anything of our real work here.

Could we not use Miller's head?

No, Karl. It's been damaged.

You just take care of him,

and dispose of that uniform as well.

Yes, Doctor.

Tonight, when everyone is asleep.

Now, gentlemen, may I introduce you to my niece?

Well, General, we have plenty of room here.

Why not spend the night with us?

I'm sure you will find it better

than checking into a hotel in London.

Splendid idea.

And in the morning you'll be able to meet Elsa.

I'm sorry she isn't feeling well.

Oh, all she needs is a good night's sleep.

I gave her a sleeping pill.

Well, General?

Thank you.

I appreciate your hospitality.

Karl? Yes, Doctor?

Our guests are spending the night with us.

Oh, that is good. Toast.

Dr. Norberg, wake up.

Quickly, Doctor, you must come with me.

What is it, Karl?

An emergency. In your lab.

An accident? Yes.

Please hurry. We only have four minutes left.

Four minutes? Four minutes for what?

I will tell you later. Hurry.

Who is she?

And what is he doing here free?

She is a friend of Jean's.

I heard a noise and came down

just as he'd finished strangling her.

Doctor, there is your live head.

You only have about two or three minutes left.

Oh, this is impossible, Karl. This is murder!

It has to be reported.

Do you want the police snooping around?

Time is slipping by, Herr Doktor.

Soon her brain will deteriorate.

I can't.

What do you think General Lubeck would say

if he knew you had this opportunity

and rejected it?

All right, so I go ahead.

What am I going to tell Jean

about the disappearance of her friend?

Tell her that her friend did not like the place.

That she left a note saying she would leave here

by the 6:00 train in the morning.

Well?

Chain him up.

And I will need your help, Karl.

Hurry.

Good morning. Good morning, sir.

I would like a ticket to London, please.

Return ticket, sir? No, no, no. Only one way.

It's for the young lady. She does not seem to like our place.

I'll get your ticket, sir.

Thank you.

Have you seen my uncle?

Good morning, Miss Norberg.

Isn't he upstairs? No.

Joseph, where's Dr. Norberg?

Laboratory.

I must see him.

No. Locked.

He said he'd join us for breakfast.

Won't you sit down, Miss Norberg?

Uh, no, thank you.

Oh, I do beg your pardon.

All right, sir.

No, thank you, Joseph.

Uncle, Elsa's disappeared. Her things are gone.

Oh, yes, Jean.

Uh, she left this morning.

She asked Karl to take her to the station.

She left?

She gave Karl a note for you.

She says she's catching the 6:00 train

and will call me from London.

Why should she suddenly go to London?

I don't understand it.

Why don't you wait for her to call.

I'm sure she will explain it all to you.

Oh, Karl.

Yes, Miss Jean?

Did my friend say why she was leaving?

No.

Except she seemed most anxious to go.

She bought a one-way ticket to London.

That is, I bought it for her at her request

and put her and her two pieces of luggage on the train.

Two pieces?

Mm-hm, two pieces.

She is onto something.

Nonsense, Karl.

Naturally, she is upset, of course.

Doctor, we must not let her find out about anything.

She won't.

Good morning.

I'm Dr. Roberts.

Ah, yes. Dr. Norberg expects you.

I am Karl Essen, his assistant. Come in, please.

Thank you.

I will take it.

Oh, thank you.

Dr. Norberg is in his laboratory.

Why don't I show you to the guest room

where you can freshen up and relax?

That'll be fine.

In here.

Oh, thank you.

Would you tell the doctor I've arrived?

Of course.

Can I help you?

Who are you?

I'm a guest of Dr. Norberg's.

I hope I wasn't interrupting you.

You weren't.

Oh, please.

If you haven't finished your, uh-

Whatever it is one does under a bed, I'll come back later.

It's all yours.

Still functioning.

It's alive.

What about the body?

Buried.

Very well.

I'm bringing Dr. Roberts down later to see the laboratory.

Down here?

What about...?

Keep the cabinet locked.

If it weren't for your brilliant papers

on the subject of keeping vital organs alive,

I don't think I would've been able to take

my first steps in that direction.

There is no reason to be so modest, Dr. Roberts.

Oh, by the way,

my niece asked you to excuse her.

She will not be down for dinner tonight.

Oh, I hope I didn't offend her.

No, no, no.

She's unduly upset by a girlfriend of hers

who departed suddenly for London this morning.

It's, uh, nothing important.

Would you, uh-

Would you like to see my laboratory before dinner?

I would, indeed.

Come in, Doctor.

Come over here.

These organs have been alive for over a year.

The heart receives nourishment

through this tube, which carries oxygen,

glucose, and whole blood.

The waste matter comes out through here in this tube.

The same process applies to the liver and the kidney.

It is good.

But these organs are small in comparison

to what you have been working with, Doctor.

To keep a head alive for a long period,

that's what I call a real achievement.

As I told you, it was simple once you pointed the way.

I have something very interesting to show you.

Come over here.

Karl, please.

But, Doctor.

The curtain, Karl.

Examine them, Doctor.

The pulse is normal.

Watch number four.

That's amazing.

You see, just as the brain sends impulses

to its arms and fingers,

I send electrical impulses to the same muscles in the arm.

And they respond just as if the brain

had dictated the movements to them.

It's very interesting.

You've not written anything about this,

have you, Doctor?

No, I prefer to keep it a secret for the present.

I have another theory I would like to explore, first.

We will discuss the possibilities further at dinner.

Top secret, eh?

No, just an old habit.

No one comes down here but Karl.

I suppose I really do it to keep my niece out.

I never discuss my work with her or even in her presence.

I understand. It's top secret with me too.

Do you think she'll join us for dinner?

Possibly.

Well, Jean.

Uncle, look at this.

What is it? It's a button.

I found it upstairs under Elsa's...

Oh, Dr. Roberts, this is my niece, Jean Norberg.

Yes, I've had the pleasure of meeting Miss Norberg.

Uncle, this is very important.

The button? Yes, the button.

It's a button off Elsa's suit.

She wouldn't just leave it anywhere.

Jean, you are making a big case

out of an innocent departure, aren't you?

Couldn't she have lost this button

from her suit and not realized it?

Possibly she was in a big hurry

to get the early morning train to London,

and didn't want to make a big to-do about it.

After all, there is her note and Karl's statement.

What more do you want?

Excuse me.

May I see that button?

Certainly.

Did your friend have three buttons like this

on a floppy hat?

Why, yes.

I bumped into her as I was getting off the train.

She seemed to be in an awful hurry to get on board.

Was she carrying any baggage?

I'm not sure.

Well, Jean...

I'm sorry.

Yes?

Are you all right?

Yes.

Unlock the door.

What was it?

A nightmare?

I'll get you a sedative. Please stay with me.

Was it that bad?

Yes.

I saw Elsa's body being buried.

But her body didn't have a head.

Then there was a flash of her head

separated from her body

in some kind of a dark cave.

She seemed as if she was trying to speak to me.

But no sound came from her lips.

I guess that must've been when I screamed.

I'm sorry.

That's all right.

Don't apologize.

We all have our dreams.

Sometimes they're quite beautiful.

I'd appreciate that sedative.

There's one there on the dresser.

How'd you like to show a visiting American

a bit of your village and countryside?

I won't be much company, I'm afraid.

You still worried about your friend?

Suppose that you felt that deep inside of you

that something was wrong.

Despite the contrary evidence,

you were still possessed by this feeling.

What would you do?

I think I'd go and check it out.

I'd go talk to the ticket collector

to see if he remembered her leaving.

But in order to do so, I'd first accept

an invitation to see the village.

All right, then.

We'll go to the village tomorrow morning.

An excellent idea.

Good night, Dr. Roberts.

Why don't you call me Ted.

Good night, Dr. Roberts.

Good night.

That's right.

She was standing right there with her back towards me,

waiting for the train.

So you never once got a glimpse of her face?

That's right, Miss Norberg.

I wish I could be more helpful.

Well, thanks, anyway, Mr. Bailey.

Even if you had a photograph of your friend

it wouldn't have been much use.

Mr. Bailey didn't see her face.

Look! Elsa's baggage!

Stop him! Stop that man in gray!

I'm behaving like some sort of a nut.

You tell me to run and off I go.

Even if those were your friend's valises,

what was I supposed to do about it?

Grab them and run off with them?

They were hers. I'd know them anyplace.

Of course there are none like hers.

You've never believed a word I've said.

Why should you now?

I've got to find out who that man is.

Right, sir.

Mr. Bailey. Yes, Miss.

The man in gray who just caught the train to London,

do you know who he is?

Well, I've only had a few passengers today.

Oh, you mean Smith.

R. Smith, spelled S-M-I-T-H.

With his thick German accent you'd think it would be Schmidt.

Do you know where he lives?

Oh, somewhere around here, I have to imagine.

Thank you, Mr. Bailey.

Glad to be of help, Miss Norberg.

Give my regards to your uncle.

Mrs. Smith?

Yes?

May I speak to you for a moment, please?

I was on my way out.

It is very important.

Who are you?

My name's Jean Norberg.

Come in.

I'll only stay a moment.

Do you have a husband?

Husband?

What I mean is, was it your husband

or somebody that lives here

that went to London by train about half an hour ago?

What are the reasons for your questions?

He was carrying two pieces of baggage

that belonged to my friend.

I wanted to ask him when he'd seen her.

My husband, he knows no other women.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply anything-

Whatever you mean,

my husband did not take any train today.

That was yesterday.

He is out now, walking.

I'm sorry.

That is all right.

We all make mistakes.

Thank you.

Oh, Karl.

They all look half dead.

Have they been eating? It is that head.

It will destroy all of us.

Oh, calm yourself, Karl.

You know it can't do anything to you.

Why not? It is affecting them.

More likely, it is the way you feel which is affecting them.

They haven't seen the head yet.

Are you trying to blame their condition on me?

Not directly.

Karl, is something upsetting you?

No. Nothing.

Someone has come in the side door.

Miss Norberg!

Glad I've seen you.

I think I found someone who can help you.

The station porter saw that woman you talked to me about.

Where is he?

Come with me.

Alfie!

Yes, sir.

Miss Norberg would like to talk to you a minute.

Would you excuse me, Miss Norberg?

I've left the place unattended.

Thank you very much indeed, Mr. Bailey.

Yes, Miss. I saw the woman you spoke to Mr. Bailey about.

I saw them come by car. I saw her get into the train.

And a few minutes later, I saw him go by in the same car.

And a woman in it with him.

I thought it strange at the time.

Are you sure it was the same woman?

Yes, the same as I'm speaking to you.

She must have changed her mind

about going by train, and got off.

What did she look like?

She had that big, floppy hat on.

Covered all her face.

I'm very grateful.

Thank you, Miss.

Karl, you could have killed him.

I had to stop him.

Not by murder.

It could have been an accident.

Karl, it is just not like it was in the old days

when the party had to do such things for political reasons.

What are you going to tell him?

Something of the truth.

Make it plausible.

You are going to be all right, Doctor.

Oh, my head.

It's a slight brain concussion.

What happened?

A most unfortunate accident.

It felt like a avalanche.

Did you bring me here?

No.

I did.

What happened?

Dr. Norberg will tell you.

Dr. Roberts, my brother is, uh...

He is mentally ill.

He is sometimes violent.

He has been this way ever since his experiences

in a concentration camp.

I brought him here with me 20 years ago,

hoping to cure him.

Jean's father? Yes,

but she knows nothing about it.

She thinks he is dead.

My brother broke loose and he attacked you.

It was lucky that I heard him.

Yes.

Yes, I understand.

Uh, Miss Norberg, let me have the address

of Mrs. R. Schmidt.

Or rather, Smith.

16 Horace Street, inspector.

16 Horace Street. Miss Norberg,

you needn't fret about whether the story you've just told me

is credible or not.

It's my job to check everything out.

Thank you.

And by the way, Miss Norberg,

keep an eye on Karl Essen.

And don't let anyone know of your visit here.

It might be dangerous for you.

It's incredible, how you've been able

to hide Jean's father here all these years.

Well, the walls are sound-proofed,

and Karl is great help.

I really can't understand why he was so lax

as to leave the door open.

Sometimes my brother is very belligerent.

Perhaps Karl has been working too hard these days.

He's very tense, I can tell you.

Yes.

The whole house is, if you ask me.

You mean Jean too?

Especially Jean.

She's certain that her friend did not leave voluntarily.

I am afraid she may be right.

What do you mean?

Doctor, what I tell you must be between us as scientists.

Do I have your word?

Yes, you do.

You know how you were attacked.

Well, Elsa, Jean's friend,

was killed by my brother.

But...

It wouldn't do anyone any good to tell Jean.

Or the police.

And I didn't want her to be burdened with the knowledge

that her father was not only mad, but a murderer.

But a murder must be reported.

Yes, Doctor.

That is true.

But her unfortunate death

seemed to be the perfect solution

to the problem of my experiment:

To obtain a human brain to study.

There are doctors who experiment

with their own lives

to gain medical knowledge and advance science.

Why could I not close my eyes to the law just this once,

and use a dead person to help?

Her life was gone already.

You used her head?

You kept it alive?

See for yourself.

If it were not for your papers, I never could have done this.

It's absolutely fantastic!

I hoped you would be impressed.

Your nutrition goes through here.

Your oxygen's through here.

Wonderful.

Can she see? Hear?

Talk? Think? React?

Now, Doctor,

you know that I do not have these answers yet.

Perhaps we can find them together.

At the moment, the oxygen and glucose

are at a minimum,

and she is in a state of unconsciousness.

But if I increase them,

she will open her eyes and her facial expressions will change.

So, I know that she responds to a certain degree.

What I hope to do is to find the right nerves in the brain.

I attach the wires which motivate the arms to her,

and then tell her to move them.

Now, I will turn on the electricity.

Watch this.

It's a great achievement, Dr. Norberg.

First, the blank expression,

and then that hatred.

She certainly is alive.

And you will assist me?

Yes.

With your promise that no one will hear of this,

especially Jean.

You have my word.

Yes?

May I come in?

I saw the light on under your door.

I haven't been able to sleep.

I want to apologize for being so rude to you.

That's not what kept me awake.

Yes, Jean, I do understand.

Do you?

You don't think I'm imagining things?

Well, what makes you ask that?

Because suddenly, you seem to be taking me seriously.

Well, I can't see you enduring these dreams night after night.

Suppose something had happened to her.

Like what?

I don't know. It's just a supposition.

But if something had happened,

you'd have to reconcile yourself to it

and start living your own life.

Is there something you're trying to tell me?

No, no.

No, not at all.

Look, it's late. Have you got a sleeping pill?

Well, good night.

Where's your ball?

The ball?

What are you all frightened of?

What's the matter with you?

Help me.

Help me.

Help me.

Help me. Help me.

Help me.

It is me.

She's done it.

Done what?

Gone to the police. What happened?

An inspector was here asking a lot of questions.

He's looking for information.

Did he ask about me?

If he's interested in you, he'd be too smart to ask.

Besides, we've never been together,

except for the train business.

What- What can he find out?

You and William are here legally.

There are records to prove that.

There are also earlier records, to prove who I really am.

They are gone. Destroyed.

That's what you keep saying.

Besides, they would never recognize you.

Not after what those inebriated Schwein did to me.

We are safe, I tell you.

Get rid of her.

Your uncle's a brilliant man.

You seem very interested in his work this morning.

I'm sorry, Jean.

You know what we scientists are.

A new concept and we're carried away.

In case it gets lost,

I will put it in Dr. Norberg's file.

I'll probably be busy with your uncle tonight,

but how about dinner tomorrow night?

Do you think you could concentrate on me?

Well. Jean, you remember Inspector Witt.

Of course I remember him.

He just called up to ask if he could stop by for a chat.

An old boyfriend, eh?

Uncle, may I see your lab?

My lab?

I'm surprised that you ask this.

You have never shown an interest in it before.

Oh, I'm sort of curious, I guess.

Of course you can see it if you want to.

No reason why you cannot.

As soon as Dr. Roberts and I have completed an experiment

we are working on.

Will you excuse us?

Excuse me, Jean.

Relax, Karl.

Jean is not coming down until we are ready.

And when she does, we will hide everything.

Dr. Norberg, why don't you tell her about her father?

If she knows he's alive and we are trying to help him,

she will stop looking around.

Well, she has only a normal girl's curiosity.

That is all.

And why is that inspector coming here?

It's nothing important, I am sure.

Suppose he starts to get curious?

Why should he after all these years?

Karl, what's gotten into you?

I am worried about Jean.

What does she know?

More than we think, I bet you.

Nonsense, Karl.

If I tell her about her father,

I will have to explain why he looks so young.

When I have mentioned the concentration camp,

she has always understood I meant we were prisoners,

not Nazi administrators.

You should have told her the truth when she was a child.

And have her live with guilt?

No.

Why should she?

She is innocent.

Of course, this is Dr. Roberts. Let him in, please.

That head,

I am glad it cannot speak.

Oh, come in, Dr. Roberts.

Are you ready?

Ready, Doctor.

Oh, my chart, please, Karl.

She's conscious.

Yes.

There is nothing we can do about that now, Dr. Roberts.

I- I don't think I can go on.

Her eyes...

Yes, I understand.

Oh, uh, Karl, a towel, please.

Perhaps Mr. Essen can give us a lead.

Well, he has the afternoon off.

He's been with you ever since you arrived from Germany,

hasn't he?

Yes.

Any family?

None that I know of, no.

Would you ask him if he'd call in and see me tomorrow?

I'll be glad to, inspector.

Well, thank you very much for your time

and cooperation, Dr. Norberg.

Always glad to be of assistance, inspector.

Oh, uh, by the way, do you know the Smith people in the village?

They're Germans.

No, I don't believe I ever heard of them.

Do you think Karl Essen knows them?

I'll be glad to ask him, inspector.

No, don't bother.

I'll be chatting with him myself tomorrow.

Well, I enjoyed the tea.

Goodbye, inspector.

Will you talk now?

I've told you again and again.

No one knows of our project.

I swear it.

And you never heard of the Smiths?

I do not know of any Smiths.

Perhaps a little more persuasion would make you remember.

Tirpitz.

You would think the war was still on.

It is.

I just told you what I suspected

the inspector had on his mind.

Not that I had any base for it.

We cannot take any chances, Herr Doktor.

You did the right thing.

Well...

So after my graduation,

I went into research.

Jean?

Jean.

Hm?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Am I that dull?

No.

It's just that my mind seems to be

constantly drawn to the laboratory.

You'll see it soon.

We're nearly finished our experiment.

Tell the general what you told me.

Well?

I know...

the Smiths.

My family...

They know nothing.

I am loyal party man.

Why didn't we know of your relationship to them?

I meant to tell you when they came,

but I was afraid.

You have neglected your duty.

Yes, General.

They help me to get things for the doctor.

Did not want to tell him where they came from.

But I got them anyway.

What things?

Arms.

A heart.

Other things.

I thought they came from the morgue.

No.

You needed them.

Morgue would not cooperate.

So, got them anyway.

You mean you...

From the next town.

Two women...

and men.

You and your family committed murder?

No.

You needed them.

I am loyal party member.

And your family knows nothing of the purpose of those...

those objects?

I swear.

Go to your room, Essen.

You think he's telling us the truth?

Go see the Smiths.

Hurry.

Jean.

Yes?

Do you remember your father?

Or your mother?

No.

I guess that's why good friends mean so much to me.

You mean Elsa.

Yes.

Just Elsa?

No one else?

He wasn't in his room. I found him upstairs.

He tried to kill Dr. Roberts and Jean Norberg.

Where is she? They're both all right.

Just frightened.

I'd better go to her.

Wait, you heard she's all right.

They think it was an accident.

They do not know he pushed the flower pot

off the window ledge.

Well, she may need me. Please, General.

Wait, Herr Doktor.

She knows too much.

What do you mean? He is hysterical.

He probably doesn't even realize what he is saying or doing.

Kill her! I say kill her!

I'd better give him a sedative.

What good would a sedative do?

What then?

In there.

Tirpitz.

Tirpitz.

Lower the temperature.

Dr. Norberg!

Now we can proceed with your test, Herr Doktor.

Tirpitz, call Dr. Roberts down.

We cannot waste time, Herr Doktor.

Herr Doktor.

I said we cannot waste time.

Your niece is all right.

Yes.

How is Jean?

Frightened, but she'll be fine.

Doctor, you ought to check those flower pots.

They're dangerous.

Yes, I will.

Herr Doktor.

You were waiting for Dr. Roberts.

Oh, yes.

Where is Karl Essen?

He had to leave suddenly.

That's strange.

He was so anxious to be here for the test.

Something urgent, he said.

Shall we proceed?

Yes.

Are you ready, Doctor?

Ready.

You have no willpower of your own.

You will obey my commands.

At the count of three, you will raise your arms.

One...

two...

three.

Did you check the connections carefully, Doctor?

Yes, we finished this afternoon.

I'd like to see the chart myself.

Check the connections.

Well, don't you have it?

No.

Well then I guess Essen has got it.

Where does he file things?

He doesn't.

Nothing leaves this laboratory unless I take it.

But I thought he said...

I remember seeing Karl looking at it.

Can't you call him?

No.

I'm afraid I can't.

Herr Doktor, is it impossible

that she just refuses to obey?

She has no willpower, after all.

I've never been convinced of that, Dr. Norberg.

I tell you, she hasn't.

I must point out, Doctor, with due respect to your work,

that neither of us has seen any evidence

of will or lack of willpower.

I tell you, I know.

I know!

Yes, Doctor. Yes.

Don't humor me!

Now, Doctor, pull yourself together.

No, you- Will you excuse me?

Herr Doktor.

Herr Doktor, control yourself.

Go to your niece.

Yes.

I'd better go to my niece.

As brilliant a scientist that he is,

Norberg is also a fool.

Just like Essen.

I wonder why Essen hid that chart.

Yes.

And why did he want to kill the girl and Dr. Roberts?

He said she knew too much.

Perhaps he was not as hysterical as Dr. Norberg suggested.

You think she knows?

Yes.

If she suspects

or knows anything of our project,

or what happened to her friend here,

everything would go.

Twenty years' work.

It must look like an accident.

Help.

Help.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean.

Jean. Jean.

Jean.

Jean, Jean.

Wake up. Wake up, Jean.

Wake up.

Huh?

Let me go, Ted. I've got to get in there.

I'll let you in.

But first I must talk to you.

I can't wait. Elsa needs me.

Is she in there?

Yes.

I must go in.

I don't have the key.

But if I don't prepare you for what you're likely to see,

I can't be responsible for the consequences.

I want to help you, Jean.

Is she all right?

I'll explain everything.

But not here.

Here, try this. It'll relax you.

Thank you.

Water...

Oh, there's none here. I'll go and get some for you.

Is it that bad?

Yes, it is. And Jean,

please don't ask any questions until you've heard it all.

Do you remember my joking with you about that dream

when your friend was buried without her head?

Well, that's just what happened.

She's dead.

But I feel she's alive.

Please, Jean, I want to continue.

The reason is quite obvious.

Depression over her friend's sudden departure.

Yes.

But will Dr. Norberg and Dr. Roberts believe it?

Norberg will convince himself that it is true.

As for Roberts, that's up to him.

Besides, if he calls in the police,

how will he explain his part in that business

with the severed head?

It was your father who did it.

He didn't know what he was doing.

I don't know how to explain it.

I just went along with your uncle's suggestion.

She was dead. Couldn't hurt her.

Where is my father?

I believe he's in a room beyond the laboratory.

He's been there

all those years.

I don't believe it.

Why didn't my uncle tell me?

Perhaps to spare your feelings.

I want to see my father.

I must.

He wouldn't know you, I'm sure.

Besides, he's dangerous.

Don't come near me.

I'm trying to help you.

Jean, I made a mistake.

I know that.

But I didn't create this whole situation.

Don't blame me for it.

Poor Elsa.

She wanted to leave.

You're not to blame.

No!

What is it?

I don't know.

It was as though someone

tore the glass out of my hand.

This isn't water.

We'd better get out of here quickly.

I'm not going.

Somebody put something in that bottle, for you.

Why?

Perhaps to keep you from discovering Elsa.

Oh, no.

No.

It wasn't me.

I love you, Jean.

We're going to the police, right away.

I'm not leaving here with you.

But Jean... If you mean what you say,

find Inspector Witt and bring him here.

I can call him.

No, bring him here.

All right.

Keep the doors locked when I leave here,

and open them for nobody until I return.

Is that agreed?

I'll open them for no one.

Please be careful.

Jean.

Jean.

Oh!

Elsa.

Elsa.

No.

Want to kill-

They want to kill you.

I can't hear you.

Jean.

What are you doing here?

What have you done?

Where is my father?

Dr. Roberts told you?

I want to see my father!

Did he...

Did Dr. Roberts tell you everything about him?

Yes. Yes!

That my poor brother is mad.

That it was he who killed your friend.

Oh.

It wasn't my father.

Who was it?

Essen.

Who?

Essen saw it himself.

Essen.

Essen?

It was Essen who did it.

Essen?

What is it, Elsa?

What?

Over there.

Over there?

Don't go any closer, Jean!

There's something behind this wall.

Show it to her, Herr Doktor.

Let her see it all.

She knows nothing of that.

She knows too much.

Why not all?

Oh!

There's your friend, Essen.

Has your uncle told you that he can unfreeze them?

Has he told you that your father was one of them too

until he was unfrozen by him?

My father wasn't a Nazi.

Ask your uncle.

You're lying.

No, Jean.

It's true.

You're mad.

All of you.

One of the ingredients of success, no?

In our mad world.

And now...

No, General.

You can't do that. I must!

Step aside.

Inspector. Downstairs, quickly.

I want my father!

Help me!

I want my fa-

Help me!

Bury me.

Bury me.

What is it, Elsa?

What?

Bury me.

Bury me.

Bury me.