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THE DEVIL'S LOVER

ls it closed already?

- It seems so. - That's a pity.

Don't worry, we'll get inside somehow, even if we have to bribe the keeper.

It's too interesting, we have to visit it.

Hello? ls anybody there?

- Good evening. Would you like to visit the castle?

I apologize if I'm too curious.

- We'd like to visit it, if it's not too late.

- The keeper already left, but I'll make an exception.

- Thank you. -l'll show it to you myself.

I'm the castle attendant.

Please follow me.

- Let's go.

- This castle, made in the Renaissance style,

was built on ruins of an old temple,

around 1560,

for the noble Holemberg House.

- We don't really care about this story.

- Why did you come here then?

- Because we are curious. We heard that this castle belongs to--

- The Devil!

- I imagine you've heard that, too.

- Shall we go see the other room?

- Do you usually sleep in this castle?

- Of course.

- What if my friends and I asked you to give us hospitality

for a night?

- I would be honored.

- We accept.

You agree, don't you?

- Well, we haven't had dinner yet.

- Here there is enough food to cook a good dinner

for our guests.

You'll have dinner in a few minutes.

Excuse me.

- What did you have in mind?

- We have to shatter this silly legend that this castle belongs to the Devil.

- Aren't you afraid?

- Thank you, you are very kind.

- My pleasure.

The waiter doesn't work in the evenings.

No one wants to stay here after sunset.

- Aren't you having dinner?

- No. I never eat in the evening.

- So who's going to sit there?

- We always put another plate on the table.

- I don't understand. ls another guest arriving?

- No. He's already here.

Invisible, but he is here.

I'd like to make a toast to our mysterious table companion.

To your health...

Lord of the abyss and darkness!

I apologize.

I'd like to go get some rest.

- Please.

If you need something, this is the bell.

- Thank you! I hope we don't disturb you.

- Don't worry.

- Good night. - Good night.

- Good night. - Good night. See you tomorrow.

- It's me...

It's me!

I burn.

I burn!

(gasps) I burn!

No!

No.

He's already here.

He's already here.

Go away!

Go away...

- Good morning, Helga! - Good morning!

- Good morning, dear!

- Good morning!

- The big day is near, isn't it?

- Yes. - Good, good!

God bless you, dear girl!

- And may He let you live long at the side of your husband.

- Thank you, Mister Herban.

Thank you, Miss Gracen.

- You don't have to thank us, dear. We wish you this with all our hearts.

- Yes, my wife is right.

With all our hearts!

- When you get married, we'll visit you and bring you a present,

a small souvenir.

- A small sign of our love.

- And I'll accept it with joy and keep it with all my dearest things.

You've always been so nice to me.

- And you, Helga, have always deserved the love we give you.

- Thank you.

- We should let her go. Her family is waiting for her.

- Go, dear. May God protect you! - Thank you.

- She is so beautiful! - Goodbye!

- And nice, too!

- Hello, Helga!

- It's so good to see you! Where are you going?

- Nowhere. If you want, I can go with you!

- Yes, great! Come with me.

- I saw you were talking with the Heberlains. What did they tell you?

- How boring they are! They were blessing here and there!

So boring!

- I know. They behave like that with me, too. What did they say?

- They promised me a present for my wedding.

"A souvenir." That's what they said!

- I'd like to know what it is.

- I'll tell you. Miss Gracen's old cap!

- Helga!

Eva!

Helga, Eva?

Where are you going? Wait for me!

- Poor Wilma.

- You always work so hard!

- What's that? Show me.

- It's sheep cheese.

I have to go, I'm already late.

Be nice, help me carry this!

- Where?

- To the market.

- But it's far!

- Don't make me beg you!

Alright, let's go.

- I tell you goodbye then, girls.

- Won't you come with us? - No, I can't.

- Why?

- Wilma! Don't you understand?

Let's go!

- Bye!

- Oh, God, who is this?

- Can't you guess who it is?

- I'm not sure, but the voice sounds like Mister Herman's.

- That was close. Look.

' MY dear!

Look! Isn't he cute?

- Come! Run!

Help me!

Catch me!

- Here comes the wine. - Great!

- Come here, let me hug you! - No!

- Where are you going?

Stop for a second. - Let me go!

- You don't want me, do you?

I shouldn't have fallen in love like this.

I thought you would forget Hans.

But I can see you still think about him,

even if he is going to marry another woman.

Why can't you accept it?

Why don't you listen to someone who would do anything for you?

- Stop bothering me, Helmut! I'm fed up with you and your words!

Let me go!

- Come on! Just a kiss!

- Cheers! - Cheers!

- Give me a drink.

- Are you free? - Yes.

- Who drinks alone, betrays his friends.

- All right!

En garde!

- Come on, Helmut! Give him a lesson!

- Watch out!

You'll kill each other!

- Give it to me!

- Hey! Go away!

- I surrender!

- Does someone else want to have fun?

Come on, you try! - No, no.

You are too strong!

- What kind of men are you?

And you, stranger, don't you want to fight with me?

I'll give you the longest sword.

Come on, try!

He was afraid, too!

- Hans! Wait for me!

- Good morning, Magda.

- Hans...

ls it true? - Yes! I'll be married this Sunday!

- That is why I wanted to talk to you.

- What do you want?

- I should have told you before,

but I was not brave enough.

- What? Please explain.

- Helga is not the wife that you need.

- What? - I know it, Hans.

- What are you saying?

- You have to believe me.

She will never make you happy.

- How can you say that?

We've been engaged two years already,

and nothing bad...

- You don't know her!

Helga is frivolous, selfish and ambitious!

- No, no, no! That's enough! - Listen to me!

Hans, I know what I'm saying!

Think about it. Leave her alone, while you still have time.

- What happened between the two of you?

I thought you were friends.

- We were friends, but not anymore.

- Why?

- I loved you, Hans.

I hoped you would understand it.

- I'm sorry, Magda.

- Helga knew it, and to tease me, she started to flirt with you!

You fell in love with her,

but she doesn't love you. She doesn't love anybody.

- I cannot believe it.

- That's the truth, Hans.

I swear to God that it's the truth.

- Please, let's not talk about this anymore.

That is better.

- No, Hans, wait.

Don't leave rne like that.

I still love you.

- Magda! Wait for me.

- Helmut!

- It didn't go as you expected, eh?

Come on, don't be sad.

No one would ever believe a woman who tries to defame her enemies.

He trusts Helga.

And he trusts her feelings.

If someone he considers a friend-- me, for example--

would tell him that Helga doesn't deserve his love,

he would not marry her.

- Really? - Of course.

I could tell him some bad stories about Helga,

and make sure that Hans believes them.

- Would you do this for me?

- Yes, I would do anything for you.

On one condition.

- What condition?

- Well... I love you, Magda.

You must be mine!

- No, never!

- All right, let's not talk about this anymore.

Good bye.

- No, wait!

Give me some time. Let me think about it.

- Nah, there's nothing to think about.

Do you accept?

- All right. But don't wait to talk to Hans.

- No, immediately!

I desire you too much!

- Who'll verify that you talked to him, eh?

- I give you my word.

Isn't that enough?

Come on, dear.

Let's go.

Let's go!

- Cristina.

Why don't you stop working and come for a walk with me?

Come on, what's the hurry?

You can finish it later, can't you?

Let's go to the garden.

Why do you make me beg?

Don't you want to go, Cristina?

Tell me you don't.

You're bad, do you know that?

Come on!

- What are you doing?

What's going on?

Instead of working, you waste your time flirting?

And I'll talk to you later, dear. Go out and cut the wood!

- Okay, okay, I'm going.

- You are paid for yourjob, not to bother my daughters.

You, Johan, go wherever you want, so go!

You can't stay in the house!

The less men around the house, the better it is.

Do you understand?

- Yes, yes, I know. I'm always around.

- Don't be offended now.

Johan, lately women have so many things to do,

and you cannot help us!

You understand that, don't you?

Come on! - All right.

- So, come on! Go outside for some fresh air.

- What if I go check the barrels?

- Ahh, go wherever you want, but go!

- Look here. Do you like it?

- Ah, it's beautiful!

- What do you think?

Berta, would you be able to make one similar?

- Oh no, mother. It's a masterpiece!

- Don't exaggerate. - Helga will be so happy!

- Ah, yes! Your sister will be very proud of it!

I'm sure that in this village,

no bride has ever worn such a beautiful wedding dress!

- Why don't you show it to Daddy?

- Oh, no!

Tradition says that only the husband can see his wife's wedding dress.

No other man. Not even her father.

Not even the wife's brothers.

- What if someone sees it? What will happen?

- Ohh... it would be terrible.

The marriage would be cursed.

A kind of evil eye.

You don't have to be afraid, my dear.

I'll keep your dress safe,

to prevent it from being desecrated by prying eyes.

Helga...

Helga, what's wrong? Talk to me!

- Behind the window...

There was a man watching me. - What?

- Just for a second, then he disappeared.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, very sure.

- Didn't you recognize him?

- No.

- May God protect you!

- Come here.

Come forward. Come closer.

Don't be afraid.

Come here. Come closer.

What are you doing all alone here in the woods?

Were you looking for me?

Come on, talk!

'.1-

- Don't be afraid.

Come on, talk.

You need me, don't you?

- Yes.

I need you.

Will you help me?

- Of course, I will help you! What happened?

You little fool! You came here for me and now you tremble, speechless in fear.

So? Are you going to tell me what happened?

- You should free me from a curse.

- What curse?

- My wedding dress...

It was contaminated.

You do know how to break this spell, don't you?

Tell me!

- All right, I will tell you.

Tonight, you will go to the hill,

taking with you the wedding dress.

You will have to be accompanied by two girls...

- Yes.

- Who are virgins like you.

When the moon is high in the sky,

you will talk to them using these words...

- Wilma!

There are many here! Come!

Look how big they are!

- Yes, how wonderful! - Isn't it?

- Look here! They are so many!

- Helga! What happened to you?

- What's wrong?

- I need your help.

I'll explain to you...

Here.

This is the place.

Come on, let's go.

Selena...

Pure and chaste Selena.

- Let's go away, I'm scared!

- Pure night goddess,

I'm talking to you.

I beg you.

Eva?

Wilma?

Where are you?!

- Helga! We are here!

- Helga! Come quick!

- We are scared! It's almost night!

' Eva!

Wilma!

Wait for me!

- Where are we?

- I don't know.

- Look! There's an old woman.

- What are you doing here, girls? Did you lose your way?

- Yes, grandmother! - Yes, grandmother!

- Would you like me to take you to the village?

' 9h, yes! ' 9h, yes!

- Come with me. Don't be afraid! Come, come!

- It's so dark!

- Why did you stop?

- Are you sure this is the right way?

- Of course!

I know the way by heart.

You don't need to be afraid!

Come!

Come on! Come with me.

Come this way!

Let's go!

Come on, we are almost there.

Trust me, follow me!

Be happy, we are almost there!

Can you see that big walnut tree? The old one there?

You will find a path there and

in less than five minutes you'll find the church,

and then to the village.

- Help me! Let me go!

Help me! Help!

Help me!

What do you want?!

Where are you taking me?

- Let me go!

- Look!

There's a bone.

It's disgusting!

- Where are you taking us? - Help me!

- Look how cute they are!

- Let me go!

- Take your hands off me!

- Good morning, my dear.

What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?

Did you have a nightmare?

What's wrong?

Tell me!

- Just a little headache.

I will go out for some fresh air.

- Yes, go out, my dear.

It's sunny outside.

We won't have these sunny days in the future.

Then, there will be winter. Cold weather, the snow,

and you'll stay at home with your husband.

Go now.

Come back soon.

' Eva!

Wilma!

I'm so happy to see you again!

- If you keep watching that way, you will not find me.

Here I am.

Why are you looking at me that way?

Did I scare you?

It seems you've never seen a man.

And yet soon you will have one for yourself,

as you are getting married.

- You know this?

- Yes.

- You don't know me. We've never met!

- You are wrong.

I always see everything and everyone.

For example, a wedding dress.

- It was you!

- Yes. It was me.

- Oh, God!

How will I save myself?

- Haven't you understood that the story of the curse is just a fairytale?

Let me suggest something.

Don't trust anything

that can spoil your happiness.

" How?

- I'll teach you, if you want.

- When?

- Slowly.

There's no hurry.

- You mean...

We will meet again?

- Of course.

If you want.

- I don't know.

- You want it.

I know it.

Don't deny it, because it's true.

- No.

No!

I don't know you!

- Would you like to know my name?

Gunter.

- Gunter is just a name.

Who are you?

- All right.

I am the one you wish I am.

The one who will be able

to turn into reality

your most beautiful dreams and strongest desires.

Unknown feelings will grow in you.

- Your words upset me.

And yet... - And yet?

- I like them.

- Leave behind your foolish fears,

and abandon yourself to pleasure.

- Are you tempting me?

- What's more exciting than temptation?

- Who are you?!

You're scaring me!

- Who do you think I am?

Tell rne.

- Maybe the Devil!

- Wouldn't you be happy if I was?

- If you want my soul--

- Soul! What a meaningless word!

- What then?!

- Why do you want me to ask you what you are ready to offer me?

" No!

- But Why?

Your flesh is wanting it.

" No!

- Won't you let yourself go to temptation? - No!

- How foolish you are.

Your fever of the senses won't let you go if you deny it.

It won't be poor Hans

who will stop it.

You are too much of a woman in every cell of your body.

Your blood is too hot in your veins.

Only a lover like me, free from any human law,

could give you the supreme ecstasy that you deserve.

See you soon. Wait for me.

- Come here and sit down.

Tell me the truth, you still think about Hans, don't you?

I thought it was over, that you had forgotten him.

- I don't care about him.

What I hate is that he preferred that silly girl!

- Just a matter of pride, isn't it?

- I hate her!

I hate that ugly woman!

I hate her to death!

- Magda, what are you talking about?

- You should kill her.

- No, Magda.

You can't ask this of me.

- If you really love me...

- I... I love you Magda,

but you are asking a disgusting thing of me!

My God...

I cannot do it.

- So, if I understand correctly,

you want death to part that woman from the man you love.

And you are asking my help, is that it?

I have what you need, my dear.

Here. Can you see this lovely necklace?

I will sprinkle its medallion with

a very powerful filter.

Then you will give this to Helga as a wedding present,

and you'll put it on her neck like this.

Here. The medallion must touch the skin.

Slowly the magical filter will go into her blood,

and it will go into her heart and stop it.

- Can you prepare the necklace now?

- Tonight, at sunset!

- Here...

- No, no, I don't want any money! When you come back here,

I'll tell you what you have to do for me.

- Okay, I'll be back at sunset.

- You! Forgive me, my Lord!

I couldn't know! I couldn't!

- You look so beautiful, my daughter!

- Yes. She looks like...

- Like who?

- There, she looks like the Virgin painted on the church window!

- What?!

May God forgive you! Don't you know you can't say such things?

They bring bad luck, Johan!

- Forgive me, I didn't know.

I said it without thinking. - That's your problem!

You always talk before thinking!

Help me here!

- Here we have Hans!

- Welcome, boy!

- Good morning, brother-in-law!

- These are for you.

- Helga! Don't you talk to your husband?

Come on!

- Thank you, Hans.

- What an angel!

- You look strange...

- What are you talking about? Don't you understand, Johan?

She is nervous.

Poor thing! It's always like that.

It happened to me, too, don't you remember?

- Well, no, I don't remember.

- You've always had a short memory!

- Good morning!

- We are here to wish you the best again!

- And to bring you the small present we promised you!

- Our dear Heberly! - Hello!

- How are you, Herman?

- Let's see!

That's nice!

- What's wrong?

- An hourglass, Helga. For you and your husband.

Every time it is empty, I hope it will be an hour of happiness for you.

- Holy Mother!

This brings bad luck!

- Lady!

Lady, what's wrong with you?

Are you all right?

- This roast is fantastic! Did you cook it, dear?

- It's so good!

- Drink, my friends!

You, too! Wine makes people happy!

- Tonight, we have to be happy!

- Herman, drink!

- Thanks!

Thank you, mother!

- Good health!

Good health to the bride and the groom!

- Johan, don't you think you've drank enough?

Try to drink less!

- It's only a glass of wine!

- Lady Marta, leave him alone!

- If it was only a glass of wine...

- You don't want to spoil the party with your words, do you?

- I never scold him!

- She says so! - I'm too nice with him!

Really, I'm too indulgent!

- Cheers!

- Cheers!

- Don't come too close!

- God bless you!

- Helga, I'm so happy!

And you?

- Friends! I'd like to make a toast to the bride and the groom!

- Dear Herman, drink!

Can you hear the flute? - Yes! Who will it be?

- I will stop drinking if this is Alex!

- I wish it so!

- Can't you hear it's him?

I recognize what he is playing!

- Are you sure?

- What a nice surprise! We needed some music!

- Do you think we could dance?

Don't even think about that! Mom doesn't allow it!

- How do you know that?

- I know it! - Johan was right!

- Bravo, Alex! - Welcome!

- Cheers to everybody!

- Come, come inside!

You have to drink wine with us. - Thank you, Lady Marta!

- You are always welcome in this house! - Thank you! I needed this wine!

Blowing air in this flute made my throat dry!

- Good! Make it wet quickly!

- Take advantage of this circumstance!

- Cheers!

- What will you play now?

- That was good.

I don't know. If you would like,

I could sing to you some old ballads!

- Good idea!

- Which one will you sing?

- Let's see...

What do you think about the fairy tale of Lorelei?

- Good.

- The threat came from the daughters of the river,

with green hair,

that dance upon the Rhine.

- Nice!

- Or...

Or...

You prefer the legend of the Valkyries,

that fly over the clouds on white horses.

The most fantastic legend of all

is the one of the night of Valpurga,

the night when witches and other legendary characters

meet at Broken Valley,

to pay homage to the Devil!

- What's wrong, dear?

- You shouldn't have said that abominable name in this house,

a house blessed by the Holy sacrament of marriage!

- I beg to be forgiven.

I didn't do it on purpose, trust me. - Yes.

- I swear! - All right, all right!

- You don't need to say that!

- Why don't you play some cheerful music?

- No, no. Now it's too late. We better go.

Helga, my daughter. - Goodnight!

- I bless you.

- Now I entrust her to you, Hans.

Take care of her. - Goodnight.

- Don't worry, father. Goodnight.

- Goodnight dear. - Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight, Hans.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight, mother.

- Goodnight, Helga.

Bye, Hans.

- Goodnight.

I desired this moment for so long, and now I can't believe it's here.

I love you so much, Helga. What about you?

What's wrong? Are you still upset, my love?

- No.

Why should I be upset?

- I don't know. I thought you were.

- Not yet.

I will call you.

Wait for me here, please.

You?!

- Yes! I always keep my promises!

Here I am.

I came to offer you what you desire,

what you really desire,

what you crave,

with all your being.

The happiness you've been waiting for, for a long time.

- No, don't leave me!

Come...

I'm yours.

- You have to prove to me it's true.

- I'll do anything you ask me.

- Between your happiness and you there is an obstacle.

It must be eliminated immediately,

with no hesitation.

Otherwise, I'll disappear forever. Do you understand?

Forever.

- What should I do?

- Do you see that dagger?

Hide it.

And use it... when the time is right.

I'll wait for you in the old desecrated church.

- HOW?! Hang!

Hans!

- Helmut!

Oh God, how horrible!

Hans is dead! Killed in his house!

Helga killed him!

- Helga? What? - Yes, it was her, damn her!

Go to get someone! I'll try to reach her!

I swear it! I saw it with my own eyes.

In the old desecrated church!

- Are you sure you didn't go to another pub before seeing these things?

- I was not drunk! I swear!

- Listen to him!

- We are not drunk enough to believe you!

Right, Mister Knight?

- Think what you want,

but I repeat that what I said is the truth!

- Of course, of course! You heard an organ playing,

and you watched from the window to see who was playing it.

- And I saw a fire in front of the altar!

- And near the fire, in a black cloak,

you saw a man moving his arms in a mysterious way.

- I tell you it was the Devil!

- What's wrong?

- Come, quick! - What happened?

- At the river, Helmut is fighting with a man wearing a mask!

- Who are you?

No, no!

- What a strange surprise!

I knew you would come to me sooner or later, Magda!

But I didn't imagine that your curiosity

would make you so unwary.

I'm curious, too. I admit that.

But I don't like that other people are curious.

Helga, come.

- Damn you! - You came to spy on me?

- Yes, and you'll regret Hans' death!

- Don't provoke me!

- I'm not scared of you! I hate you and everybody will know what you've done!

- You won't say a word!

- Let me go, cowards!

Killers, let me go!

I hate you! I will talk. Nobody will save you!

I hate you!

- Hate is not a good counselor, Magda.

It makes people brave!

- I hate you!

What are you doing?

- I will put the sign of shame on you,

so that nobody will believe your words!

- Cowards! Do what you want, but you'll regret it anyway!

- Here you go.

You have to start the party.

" No!

No!

No!

Damn you!

- Bitch!

I'll tear your tongue out of your mouth!

- Look, she is dead! - Yes, it's true!

- Witch! Let's burn her!

- Pity! Have pity!

Father!

No!

No! No!

- They left.

What are you reading?

- Helga's trial.

It's written that she repented before dying.

But I know it's not true.