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CLOCK TICKS

BELL CHIMES

BELL CHIMES

INDISTINCT CHATTER

CHICKEN CLUCKS SOFTLY

INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES

POCKET WATCH PLAYS "INSTRUMENTAL" FROM MAGIC FLUTE BY MOZART

What do we have here?

HE YELPS

MAN YELLS: Stop!

Stop! Get back!

Stop! Stop, you little rascal!

DOG BARKS

Stop! Come back here!

Stop!

HE YELLS

Stop!

Stop!

FLIES BUZZ

RATS SQUEAK

Who found him?

HAUSSMANN: The girl, there.

A pickpocket.

Ran in here to hide.

Do we have an identity?

HAUSSMANN SIGHS No.

Emil Schwaiger.

Looks like he's been dead for some time.

FLAME WHOOSHES

Maybe in "Missing Persons"?

LISA: Vienna has become a rat's warren.

People go missing every day.

This whole room is one giant litany of them.

If anyone can find him I'm sure that you can, fraulein.

LISA: I spend every working hour in here, Inspector.

The dead have become my family.

LISA: Here he is...

Schwaiger, a railway clerk.

You're sure about the name? - Why?

Emil Schwaiger went missing 20 years ago.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Hello.

Will you tell me your name?

Where d'you come from?

Do you have a family?

HE SIGHS

That slum...

have you ever been there before?

Maybe you use it as a place to hide, sometimes.

Have you ever seen anyone else round there?

Come on.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

HE WHISPERS: Excuse me.

Excuse me.

MUSIC: "Eine altschottische Ballade, D923" by Franz Schubert

Sorry, busy day at the office.

Let's not have a row about it, darling.

SHE SINGS IN GERMAN: # Dein Schwert, wie ist's von Blut so rot? #

# Edward, Edward! #

# Dein Schwert, wie ist's von Blut so rot #

# Und gehst so traurig da? O #

# Ich hab geschlagen meinen Vater tot #

# Mutter, Mutter #

# Ich hab geschlagen meinen Vater tot #

# Und das, das quält mein Herz! O #

MUSIC STOPS

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Thanks for bringing me.

You hated it.

No, no. I, I enjoyed it.

You didn't want to be here at all. Your mind was on your work tonight.

You witnessed a brutal murder today.

How did you figure that out?

Little clues in one's behaviour, remember?

You ought to be in the circus. You'd make a fortune with this act.

Well?

The Schubert.

Every time she sang the word "blood" you patted your pocket

where you keep your notebook.

Also, you kept rubbing at your wrists.

OSKAR SIGHS

A body in Landstrasse.

A particularly brutal murder.

You've witnessed brutal murders before.

This one was different.

A man who vanished 20 years ago suddenly turns up dead.

Hand severed.

Hence the wrists.

The wound was just a few days old.

Where's he been hiding all these years?

Would you like me to get acquainted with him?

LIQUID POURS

DR JAEGER: Substantial blood loss from the severed hand

and also his tongue was cut out

and stuffed back in his gullet.

Nasty business.

Well?

What do you see, Max?

Do you think Doctor Liebermann will notice something that I missed?

You get to tell me how he died, Doctor Jaeger.

Doctor Liebermann might be able to tell me how he lived.

He was bound and tortured.

Piano wire.

Particularly barbaric.

This isn't just a murder.

The act itself gives us a profile of the killer.

Why torture a man?

Most likely to get information.

DR JAEGER: Hm...

And?

If he won't provide it?

If his tongue won't move?

He punished him by removing it.

FRAU SCHWAIGER: Not a day goes by

when I don't think of him.

I just need to know what's happened.

I need to know how my brother's life ended.

DOOR OPENS

I don't understand.

Is this some sort of a joke?

What's the matter, Frau Schwaiger?

It's not Emil.

It's not my brother.

How long since you've seen him?

Are you absolutely sure? - I'm absolutely sure!

It's not my brother!

Papa!

Is that the Satin de Lyons?

It cost an arm and a leg. Be nice.

It's very... lovely.

LEAH: Hm, very convincing.

Would you like to see my other option?

Max, have you seen the headline?

LEAH: What do you think? - Of?

The dress!

Papa and Mama's wedding anniversary.

You haven't forgotten? - No, of course not.

MAX SIGHS

I've invited Jonas Korngold, as we do so much business together.

He's likely to bring Clara.

I hope you don't mind.

No. No, why should I?

Perhaps...

Perhaps I'll invite someone.

MENDEL CHUCKLES

May I? - A girl?

Yes. Obviously.

I don't think the inspector will be keen.

SHE CHUCKLES

Well, who are you going to ask? - What about Fraulein Spitzer?

Your mother's very eager-- - Um, actually, I...

I was thinking of Miss Lydgate.

The patient? - She's not my patient anymore.

She hasn't been for some time now.

And you want to bring her to our anniversary party?

She won't embarrass you, Mama.

She doesn't slurp her soup or chew with her mouth open.

I'll ask her to change out of her hospital gowns to manacles.

What she wears is scarcely the point.

HE SIGHS You're going to give another lecture

on the fact she's not Jewish?

HE SIGHS - Oh, Mama.

If you beg him to do something he's bound to do the opposite.

Mm-hmm. And that's psychology, isn't it?

Census records, identity papers, everything in order.

We have a reliable witness who claims that this is not Schwaiger.

That's impossible.

Then someone's been tampering with our official records.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Inspector! Inspector!

I think you need to come.

This is not a home for vagrants, Rheinhardt!

She's too young to be detained.

We can't put her in the cells.

She's a valuable witness.

We can't just let her out on the streets again.

Well...

she can't stay here!

What else do we know about her?

Nothing. No family. No address.

She was picking pockets when we found her.

She's been using that slum as a place to hide out.

This was clutched in her hand.

Do you think you can get her to talk to us?

POCKET WATCH TICKS

SHE GASPS

It's alright.

I'm Max.

I'm a doctor.

What's your name?

Is this yours?

POCKET WATCH PLAYS "INSTRUMENTAL" FROM MAGIC FLUTE BY MOZART

It's alright.

Uh, fetch some water.

It's alright.

Breathe.

She's in shock.

Deeply traumatised. She needs urgent care.

Maybe the hospital is willing to take her in?

Their methods are too brutal.

HE SCOFFS

Of course, you Freudians know everything!

Well, where can we send her then?

Max, I don't understand.

MAX: Well, she needs somewhere to stay. Just for a few days.

Is she a patient?

She's a potential witness

in a murder case.

And you don't even know her name?

Take her upstairs, would you? Have the spare room made up.

Wouldn't she be better at the hospital?

Mama, I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important.

Bless you, Mama.

POCKET WATCH TICKS

MAX: You'll have everything you need here.

My mother will take good care of you.

I'll be back very soon.

I'll come and look in on you.

HORSES CLOP

Whoa! - STRASSER: Rheinhardt?

Direktor Strasser?

It's good to see you again.

Get in, ride with me.

I heard about your new case, Landstrasse.

Every murder case comes across my desk.

Where are you with the investigation?

It's a confusing picture.

The victim's been wrongly identified.

Well, no need to concern yourself.

I'm taking it away from you.

Assigning a different department.

What?

No need to involve yourself any further.

I don't understand.

Why am I being taken off the case?

Some things are...

outside your jurisdiction.

Best not to ask too many questions.

HE YELLS

Are you alright, Inspector?

I've just received a message concerning the dead man.

"The name is Anton Resch."

OSKAR SIGHS

The body we examined yesterday, I've been sent an anonymous tip-off.

The real identity of the victim...

Anton Resch.

Well...

at last we have a lead.

I was taken off the case.

What? - Yeah.

Direktor Strasser has reassigned it.

I'm obliged to hand this over to the next investigating officer

whoever that may be.

This letter was sent to you personally.

Are you really going to give it up that easily?

At least talk to Amelia first.

Hopefully we can extrapolate some information.

Perhaps where the letter was written?

Information about the sender.

Nothing we do is anonymous.

Not anymore.

The touch of someone's hand can leave a mark.

It's indelible.

Could you?

Oh, er, there was something else inside.

Here.

Freshly plucked, traces of blood on the barbs. Look.

Why would someone send me a bird's feather?

Corvus corone. - OSKAR: What?

Carrion crow.

The messenger of the dead.

I'll take these to the museum, continue my analysis.

Actually, uh, I wanted to ask you something.

Uh...

perhaps if I came by tomorrow?

Inspector.

How is it progressing, you and Miss Lydgate?

Do you have to enjoy my discomfort quite so much?

Yes, I do.

Mm. - HE CHUCKLES

Whoever the killer is

he's got a traitor close at hand.

Someone wants to help me solve this.

LISA: Inspector!

I found him. He's an officer.

Anton Resch.

Wait...

There is Strasser.

The dead man is Anton Resch.

An officer, 4th district.

We found him in a photograph.

You were in it too, Herr Direktor.

Ah.

Why was he calling himself a different name?

And who is this "Schwaiger"?

Missing person from the files.

It's common practice when creating a false identity.

Use a name already in the public records.

So, he was working undercover?

HE SCOFFS

I'm not obliged to discuss operations with you, Rheinhardt.

This is way above your head.

You're dismissed.

I have other evidence for you, Herr Direktor.

The informant sent me a symbol.

What symbol?

A feather.

Carrion crow.

Do you know what it signifies?

I've told you, this is not your domain.

Herr Direktor...

the informant chose to contact me personally.

I don't know why.

All I know is, he thinks there's some bond between us.

It's reasonable to assume that he will contact me again.

Please, let me help.

Crow?

Yes, sir.

It's a code name.

Someone we've been tracking for a while now

a dangerous criminal.

His real name is Lazar Kiss

a mercenary, half-Serb, half-Hungarian.

And you think this man is in Vienna?

Kiss is largely unknown to us.

We don't even have a photograph.

He's suspected of involvement

in the assassination of the Serbian Royal family.

Our agent was ordered to track him down.

Apparently, he got too close.

HE SIGHS

I'm grateful for your report, Rheinhardt, but...

anything else you receive from this informant

you bring it straight to me, hmm?

Anything your patients say to you, you're not allowed to repeat?

That's how it works, yes.

Very well, I want to pay you for your time.

Well, that will buy you about two minutes.

What's this about, Oskar? What's going on?

A conversation I had just now...

I need to discuss it with someone, in complete confidence.

A secret investigation?

I've been ordered to remain at arm's length.

To do nothing.

Mm-hmm.

You don't want to.

Of course not, I'm involved!

The informant sent me that message.

What do the Secret Services know about Kiss?

Nothing, only rumours.

He's no more than a shadow, a whisper.

They're trying to find a man that no one has ever laid eyes on.

The informant is trying to point me the way to him.

So...

you're going to conduct your own secret investigation.

And would you like some company?

Help me build a profile of him.

Who is he, Max?

The Crow?

Brutal, sadistic

paranoid...

killed an officer in the most savage way when he wouldn't break under torture.

Then again...

What?

What is it?

Well, if you wanted to slip into the shadows

if you wanted the Secret Service off your back...

would you really carry out an execution in such a, uh...

theatrical manner?

The severed hand, the severed tongue?

OSKAR: What about the girl, anything from her yet?

She's still in a state of shock.

Alright, we go step by step.

We need to begin by finding this mystery informant.

Is it my turn to say it?

I think it's my turn. - Oh, well go on then.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT Welcome to the case, Doctor.

You don't say it as well as I do.

I'll try to work on it.

How are you feeling?

Are you feeling any better?

I've brought a friend along.

I wanted to introduce you to him.

You can see he's a little bit sad.

I think something bad may have happened to him.

Or perhaps he...

saw something that made him upset.

If you make friends with him...

I think he'll tell you all his secrets.

BUGLE CALL PLAYS

HE BLOWS WHISTLE Alarm!

BELL RINGS

INDISTINCT YELLING - WHISTLES BLOW

OSKAR: Hmm.

AMELIA: The dust contained in the envelope has tiny fragments of fibre.

Hemp, I think. Rope.

Also some fragments of paint in it.

MAX SIGHS

Thank you, Miss Lydgate.

Uh...

Uh, wait for me a moment.

I like him, your inspector.

He's not my inspector.

Well, you're always in each other's company.

I wanted to ask you something.

You're not going to try and kiss me again?

What is it about this laboratory?

I wanted to invite you out for the evening.

Max, we've been through this before.

It's a party.

Everyone likes parties.

I wasn't playing games with you, when I told you "no" before.

I like you, Max.

You know I like you.

But the last thing that either of us needs right now

is for our lives to become complicated.

Clara's engaged again.

She's going to be married.

There's nothing "complicated".

I want to be with you and...

and I think you want to be with me.

A simple chemical equation.

DOOR OPENS

Max, there's been an incident.

Schönbrunn.

OSKAR: Dear Christ.

It's addressed to you, Inspector. We've been trying to contact you.

MAX: It's the same.

OSKAR: Yes.

Exact same hand as the anonymous letter.

What happened?

I discovered it late last night, right before dawn, right here.

Resch?

It's the same wound pattern.

Question is, why would someone leave it here for me?

Authenticity.

Whoever this person is, they want you to believe them.

They want to prove they were present at the death of the victim.

Still, why go to all the trouble of hopping the fence to deliver it?

Oh.

Apparently, he wants to meet face to face.

A severed hand?

Must be a symbol of some kind, it must have some significance.

The hand was painted with tar, blackened.

LISA: The Black Hand.

Here.

"Black Hand" is a political movement.

Their aim is to unite all the Balkan nations under the Serbian flag.

"Unification or death".

A bunch of extremists.

You think Lazar Kiss is connected to them somehow?

Strasser told me he was a gun for hire.

I've got some clean clothes for you.

You're the same size as our neighbour's girl, just about.

Anna will help you.

We'll see about getting your other things darned. Yes?

DOOR LOCKS

Would you like to try?

My name's Leah.

I'm Max's sister.

Here.

It's alright.

You don't need to be nervous.

There.

Beautiful.

Just like you.

What's your name?

Lily.

Hello, Lily.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

They come here seeking a new life.

Vienna is the end of the rainbow.

GIRL SHOUTS

It should be around here somewhere.

CLARINET PLAYS JAUNTY TUNE

Hemp-rope and paint...

Amelia was right.

JAUNTY TUNE CONTINUES

Might be dangerous.

You first.

BAND PLAYS JAUNTY TUNE - AUDIENCE CLAPS RHYTHMICALLY

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!

MUSIC STOPS - HE LAUGHS

AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS

HE NARRATES IN SERBIAN

I'll have a look around. Wait here.

BAND ACCOMPANIES NARRATION

HE CONTINUES NARRATING IN SERBIAN

Try not to get stabbed.

That's good advice. Thank you.

BAND PLAYS TRADITIONAL FOLK SONG

HE NARRATES IN SERBIAN

AUDIENCE CLAPS ALONG

HE YELLS IN SERBIAN

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

NARRATOR LAUGHS

SHOW CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

HE CONTINUES NARRATING IN SERBIAN

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Yah!

AUDIENCE: Ooh! - BAND PLAYS UPBEAT FOLK MUSIC

UPBEAT FOLK MUSIC CONTINUES

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Black Hand?

Yes, of course I know them.

They make a lot of protests in our country.

OSKAR: Apparently, they've crossed the border into Austria.

Do you know who might be responsible? - Oh, no, no.

I don't want to get involved.

These kind of people...

they are fanatics, crazy men.

But talk to Zivko.

Zivko?

The actor. He knows everyone.

OSKAR: Black Hand. You know them?

Young student. Scrawny chap.

Saw him in here last night.

A student?

Heard him spouting forth about Serbian unification

he definitely said that name, "Black Hand."

Have you got an address for this student fellow?

Sure, and I took his fingerprints.

THEY LAUGH

A lot of the students live in the same street.

Hollandstrasse.

There's an old man there, takes them all in.

Spiridon.

What about the student? What's his name?

Vrana.

Thank you.

"Vrana" means "Crow". We've found him, Max.

We've found Lazar Kiss.

You're sure he's not here?

Never ever see him.

Slips the money under my door, minds his own business.

We all do round here. - DOOR CLICKS

Thank you.

FLOOR THUDS

What is it? What's wrong?

What have you found?

This messenger of death...

who has he come here to kill?

We found guns and ammunition. Hidden.

STRASSER: What took you to the apartment?

OSKAR: A witness, at the Serbian theatre

an informant told me to meet him there.

Here is his note.

Who is this informant?

Never showed, but another witness came forward.

He heard a young man, a student, singing the praises of the Black Hand.

What were you doing? Following leads, questioning witnesses?

I made it clear this is not your case anymore!

You asked me to bring any available evidence, that's all I was doing, sir.

We don't need the Leopoldstadt police wading into this investigation.

The situation is delicate, Rheinhardt.

I'd say Inspector Rheinhardt has done us all a service.

Aehrenthal.

Ministry of the Interior.

I'm in charge here.

Sir...

this informant, whoever he is

keeps trying to make contact with me.

Maybe I can help.

But right now I'm just walking around blind.

This government plans to make a statement of our dominance in the Balkans.

A statement?

That's all you need to know, Rheinhardt.

We're going to eliminate, once and for all

the Serbian threat to our sovereignty.

Kiss has obviously been hired by people who oppose us.

Please, let me do my job.

Let me find Kiss.

He's going to come back for the guns.

I'm already one step closer to him.

Well...

we need someone to run surveillance, don't we?

You're obviously our man, Inspector.

I'm bringing you into the investigation.

Watch the apartment.

If he returns, don't make an immediate arrest.

We need to follow the trail, discover the whole network.

Keep the operation tightly closed

just one or two officers and you report to me, not Von Bulow.

He knows nothing, understand?

I hope that's not going to be a problem for you.

Everything alright, Mama?

Max, you're early.

Yes. How's our guest?

Go up and see. She's with Leah.

Ah. - Max, tell me honestly

what is she doing here?

I told you, she's possibly an important witness and we need her testimony.

Why did you lock her door?

Max, I have no idea who she is!

She is clearly a beggar, judging by her clothing.

I can't give her the run of the house. Be reasonable.

Well...

I need to find out where she's from.

She must have a family somewhere. If I can...

get her to open up to me then maybe we can help her get back to them.

Max, I need to introduce you.

This is Lily.

It's good to meet you, Lily.

You seem to be feeling better.

I'll leave you two alone for a minute.

Your new friend is looking better too.

Still, I'd like to know what was wrong with him.

Did you have a chance to talk to each other?

HE WHISPERS; I know he's just a bear.

I know he's not real.

Still...

What if he were real?

What would he be feeling?

OSKAR: How about a drink?

What's wrong, Inspector?

Nothing, why should anything be wrong?

You've never offered me a drink before.

We've worked together for years.

Alright.

I need to ask you something.

There's a house in Hollandstrasse. I need to run surveillance.

Of course.

No. Wait a minute. Hear me out.

None of it can be official.

I don't understand.

The body in Landstrasse...

Von Bulow mustn't know what we're up to.

Seriously?

By order of the Chief of Police

Von Bulow has so many cases on his mind he won't notice us.

It's two officers, two 12-hour shifts.

We find a room overlooking the suspect's apartment.

Here, this is the place.

Come here.

PIANIST PLAYS DRAMATIC TUNE - MENDEL LAUGHS

Lovely. Do you remember this, darling?

I do remember. Thank you so much. - MENDEL: You're welcome.

This is Sofia. - Yes, hello, Sofia.

Where's your necklace?

Oh.

PIANO MUSIC FADES OUT

PIANO MUSIC FADES BACK IN

I do hope you're going to liven up a bit. What is wrong with you tonight?

Nothing.

Go and enjoy yourself, I'm just waiting for my guest.

Ah yes, the famous Miss Lydgate. Your mother and I can't wait.

Thanks so much for coming. - Thanks so much.

PIANO MUSIC ENDS - GUESTS APPLAUD

That's the problem with Vienna.

You keep bumping into people you'd rather avoid.

It's lovely to see you, Clara.

No, it isn't.

I think we can be honest, you and I.

Is your Inspector here? You barely seem to be apart.

Uh, actually, uh, no.

I was just teasing, Max.

HE CHUCKLES Right.

Surely I'm still allowed to do that?

Is there someone new in your life?

Clara, please...

You don't seem to have a guest tonight?

What about the woman you shunned me for?

Clara...

Where is she, Max? I'm insatiably curious to get to know her.

You can say what you want.

It doesn't matter now.

Haven't you heard, Jonas and I are engaged?

Uh, yes, actually, Father told me.

The invitations have all gone out.

Mazel Tov.

He adores me.

Has done for years.

What happened between you and me is in the past now.

I really do want you to be happy.

It would make it so much neater for all of us.

Is it the scientist?

Is that who you're expecting?

And do you love her?

You probably don't even know yourself.

SHE CHUCKLES

Are you happy, Clara?

I'm not your patient.

You don't have the right to ask me that.

Ah, beautiful Clara. - Hello, Clara.

CLARA: Mazel Tov. - Mazel Tov.

Thank you. - We were just talking about you.

DOOR OPENS

MAN AND WOMAN ARGUE INDISTINCTLY

THEY SHOUT - LOUD BANGING

SHE SOBS

SHE GASPS

Don't look at me, please. Don't look at me!

Are you alright?

Go. Please go. He will come back. Please go.

He can't hurt you. I'll protect you.

Just go! Please!

Please just go, please!

PIANIST PLAYS "NOCTURNE IN E FLAT MAJOR OP 9 NO.2" BY FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

Hello, Dietrich. How are you doing?

DIETRICH: Hi, it's so lovely to see you.

I almost didn't come.

I didn't want to risk being the subject of gossip.

Just two ordinary people.

"Ordinary" isn't the way I was hoping to be described, Max.

Please.

Darling, I have no idea who those people were.

The Leopolds.

Ah. - Erm...

Max, this is the moment where you introduce me to your parents.

HE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY Yes, of course, erm...

Their names are Mendel and Rachel.

Right, erm, Mother. Father, this is...

Amelia. Lydgate.

Erm, I owe you both an apology.

Last time we met it was very unfortunate.

Max speaks about you both so warmly and I wanted to get to know you.

I wondered if we could begin our acquaintance again.

Welcome to our party.

It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

You seem to be rather more eloquent than my son.

Not that that's much of a distinction.

My wife, Rachel.

Come through, we'll get you something to drink.

PIANIST PLAYS "INSTRUMENTAL" FROM MAGIC FLUTE BY MOZART

MUSIC ECHOES

VOICE ECHOES: Stop!

Lily? Lily, what are you doing up?

Lily?

Lily what's the matter, darling?

What's the matter? - LILY WHIMPERS

Lily?

Max? Max! There's something's the matter with Lily!

Max!

Lily... Lily, wait!

Lily!

Lily, stop!

LEAH: Max! - Wait!

LILY WHIMPERS AND SQUEALS

Max, what's wrong with her?

Max, get her back inside. Get her out of the night air.

Max, what is going on?

It's alright, she had a fit of some kind.

I'm sorry to abandon you.

She's a guest. She's not well.

You're a doctor.

Something she witnessed has caused a powerful trauma.

I can't explain it.

I understand perfectly.

We've been here before, you and I.

HE SIGHS

PHONE RINGS

Rheinhardt.

What?

Get back there. Don't lose sight of him.

He's in there now.

Shall we go in and arrest him?

We've been told just to watch him.

We need to find out if he has any accomplices.

"Who holds the devil, let him hold him well.

For he'll hardly be caught a second time".

Quick, he's on the move. Let's go.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

MAX: You're disappointed.

OSKAR: What do you mean?

I mean you were expecting the devil.

You're disappointed he's just flesh and blood...

that he's real.

Oskar? Oskar, where are you going?

Go there, go there.

HAUSSMANN: Max, on your left.

CROW CAWS

Sir.

OSKAR: I saw him, Max.

I stared right in his face.

Which way did he go?

OSKAR: I don't know.

He's not here. It's like he vanished.

Max? Where are you going?

Max?

Why come here in broad daylight?

Why risk being seen?

What are you doing?

"Ugovor predstoji."

KNOCKS ON DOOR - Come in.

DOOR OPENS

Herr Direktor.

Excuse me. Rheinhardt, what's Liebermann doing here?

Who is this man?

This is a highly sensitive investigation!

OSKAR: This is Doctor Liebermann

He works with me. He's a psychoanalyst.

And you think that entitles him to barge into this meeting?

I'm trying to build a profile of Kiss.

A profile?

A psychological picture, as useful as any photograph.

Inspector, this is all highly irregular!

We found this, sir.

Kiss was trying to send a secret message to someone.

Well, fine.

Translate it!

Oh."Ugovor" means "treaty".

It says the "treaty", whatever it is, is imminent.

Herr Minister, I saw him up close.

I'm the only one who can identify him.

You need me at the heart of this investigation.

I beg you please, tell me everything.

Bosnia and Herzogovina...

are soon to be incorporated into the Empire.

The Serbs' unification dream will be crushed.

Their ambitions will be reduced to rubble.

And Kiss, why did he come to Vienna?

Russian representatives are coming to Austria in secret...

to sign a treaty...

on the 5th...

two days from now.

And the treaty?

The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Russians will permit the annexation, unopposed

in return for...

certain military assurances.

Kiss knows. He's come here to prevent the signing.

We should never have let him go.

Sergeant?

Sir?

Your presence is requested in the archives.

They have something for you.

KNUCKLES CRACK

SHE SOBS

He assaulted you again? The man in your apartment?

Will you let me help you?

You can't stay there.

You can't go back to him.

It's dangerous for you.

What other choice do I have?

For some people, their life is a prison.

I have no money

except what pittance I get from looking after this place.

I can't get away from him.

What happens next time?

What happens if he goes too far?

Thank you.

I've seen violence in the home.

My own father.

You can stay here.

The door is secure.

He won't be able to touch you.

Just stay out of sight.

An angel sent from God.

No, no.

SHE SNIFFLES

Inspector. Anything?

Nothing.

No sign of him, hasn't returned.

One more day, that's all we have.

Why? What's going on?

There's an event taking place tomorrow.

He came here to prevent it from happening.

I can't believe it!

HAUSSMANN: What the hell is he doing?

OSKAR: Damned idiot!

HAUSSMANN: What does he think he's going to find?

Kiss could be back any moment.

DOOR OPENS

Commissioner! Commissioner Von Bulow!

You need to get out of here! Immediately!

What are you doing here, Rheinhardt?

I expect to be briefed.

He'll come back! You can't stay here!

Who? Who?

What is this about, this investigation?

Why haven't you reported it to me?

You're spending my time and resources

running surveillance on this street.

I insist on being kept informed.

Who's the subject? - HE SIGHS

Assaulting a senior officer...

you can kiss your career goodbye.

Search the place!

Find out exactly what's going on here!

OSKAR: Help me, Commissioner! Come on!

Haussmann!

Get him!

Stop! Stop!

Where is he?

Where is he?

VON BULOW: Rheinhardt!

Don't let him get away. - Who? Who

Strasser ordered me to watch him. This is an official operation!

Dear God.

Split up and find him! Find him!

Split up and find him!

God!

If it were up to me, Von Bulow...

you'd be relieved of your command.

Dismissed.

Rheinhardt, you stay.

We need to talk.

You are the only one who's seen Kiss up close.

Your presence is requested at the treaty-signing.

Noon tomorrow. Laxenburg.

Thank you.

DOOR CLOSES

Are you alone?

I'm glad you're back.

I feel safer knowing you're here.

I'll be going away tomorrow.

I'm leaving this place.

If you're ever in trouble...

I want you to contact me.

Please, don't hesitate.

STRASSER: Morning.

We are only here for one reason, you alone can identify him.

Apparently, you still can't do anything without your sidekick, Liebermann.

What time do the delegates arrive?

Austrians at nine. Russians at noon.

History is going to be made around this table today, one way or another.

The perimeter wall is manned.

It doesn't matter, Max.

He'll find a way to get in, somehow.

Papers?

HORSES CLOP

OSKAR: Who is he, Max? You still haven't told me.

I can't see him clearly, Oskar.

Too many things about him don't make sense.

OSKAR: Such as?

Well, he makes a statement, killing that agent in such a sadistic manner.

Cutting out his tongue, severing his hand, like I said

it was almost a piece of theatre.

But then, how exactly did Kiss know the body would be discovered?

If you want to publish a warning to the world

why hide it in a slum-house?

And then there's the informant we never found.

And the guns and ammunition hidden under the floorboards.

He goes to all that trouble to hide them

and then leaves the nail sitting in a wine glass.

It's as if he wants the hounds on his tail.

Lily.

What?

The girl, the pickpocket who stumbled on the corpse.

What about her?

She's the key to this.

What? - Think about it.

She's the reason all of this happened.

She led the police to the body.

Yes. It was an accident.

There are no accidents. Not in this game.

Anton Resch had been rotting in that hovel for weeks

and then miraculously, he's found. It was a hunt.

And the girl was the one who left the scent. She was the fox.

What are you saying?

She was told to lead the police there.

That's ridiculous! By whom?

Kiss. He doesn't leave anything to chance.

My God, where's the girl now?

She's still at my home. I need to get back there.

I was wrong about you, wasn't I?

From the very first moment.

Stupid, stupid! - Max? What on Earth has gotten into you?

I treated you like a patient, I expected you to be a victim

hurt, damaged, wounded.

I wanted you to be something that you're not.

Max, leave her alone, can't you see you're upsetting her?

You ran into that house and you knew exactly what you would find there.

This behaviour isn't trauma, it's guilt.

He told you to do it, didn't he? Kiss.

He told you to lead the police to that slum. Why?

If we hadn't kept you under lock and key you'd be back by his side right this minute!

You'll never catch him.

The police...

They weren't observing him in that apartment.

He was observing them.

You led them to that corpse to bait a trap

and Oskar was the one who fell in.

He's followed Oskar to Laxenburg, hasn't he?

Tick, tock...

tick, tock...

tick, tock...

tick, tock...

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock...

MAX: He's here. He knows.

Kiss? - He needed someone to lead him

to this rendezvous. He needed a date and a location.

He's been following you, Oskar!

There was never an informant. It was all Kiss!

The feather, the Black Hand

he deliberately revealed himself to you alone.

He needed you to be brought here so that he could follow.

Oskar.

He's planted a bomb somewhere.

A bomb?

Oskar, the Russians will be here any minute.

Dammit.

There are officers on the boundary.

Yes.

There's no way that anyone else would be permitted inside.

No, of course not.

Except one of us.

Except a police officer.

My carriage wasn't checked at the gates.

No.

BOTH: The driver!

Have you seen this painting?

Our glorious victory against the Turks.

So may I introduce to you, His Excellency Losenstein.

Count Schwarz.

Be seated. - Thank you very much.

It was here! It was in the carriage!

Oskar, we brought the bomb to the castle!

Ah! The driver, did you see him?

Yes, he went upstairs, with a crate of wine.

Upstairs, where?

To the dining room.

Gentlemen, this historic signature

signals a symbol of trust between us.

And...

What's going on?

Rheinhardt! What's the matter?

Sorry to disturb, sir. But, there's a bomb.

A bomb?

A bomb... a bomb!

Get out! Now!

Get out!

And you, solve this!

Get out! Get out!

Hurry!

FAINT TICKING

OSKAR: Max, you hear that?

TICKING GROWS LOUDER

Oskar!

Hmm.

Take it.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Carefully.

The wire, pull it out.

That's your suggestion?

I'm not a bomb expert.

No, clearly.

HE SIGHS - BELL RINGS

Max, where are you going?

MAX: There's no time!

Max!

Alarm, alarm!

Alarm, alarm!

HE GRUNTS

Uh...

This is so embarrassing.

Indeed.

I really do apologise.

EXPLOSION BOOMS

It was all a charade, Max.

Kiss controlled everything.

You were right...

he was watching me.

Feeding me clues.

There were two of them.

Two actors.

Kiss and his accomplice.

All the time she was listening.

They're laughing at us, Max.

She's laughing at me.

The devil won't be caught a second time.

We'll see.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

MAX: She came home.

MAX (VO): A writer once said

if the devil did not exist then man would create him

in his own image and likeness.

We look at people all around us

yet we don't see them for what they are.

We see instead what we want them to be.

A projection of our own needs and desires.