Original subtitles

[SCOTTISH ACCENT] Welcome, sir.

Welcome to the immortal hills.

Thank you.

It's all by way of making you feel right at home, bobby.

Mr. Chairman.

Come along, sir.

After you. This is your place now, you know.

Of course, it isn't as if you was any stranger here, bob.

Yes, but somehow this place all looks different to me.

Like I never saw it before.

Well, maybe I never had to.

It's cold as an icebox in here.

That thing hasn't worked in years.

Cement, holes, the wet, you know...

It makes the air a wee bit Christmassy.

Won't bother you anon once you get down to work.

I'm not sworn in yet.

Oh, that's only for show, sir.

Now, let me see if I've got the list

Of committeemen right.

First, chairman Robert Kraft... Yourself.

A Mr. Honegger, treasurer,

Your uncle George, secretary,

And of course, Mr. Trowbridge and Mr. Bates,

Making 5 in all, right?

Right.

You can find me at any time.

My dwelling's straight across the boulevard.

Opposite the gate.

Makes it nice living so close to my work.

Now, would you like to see the sights, sir,

Give the roof a chance to catch the heat?

Mm-Hmm.

If you care to make a tour,

It's a bit warmer outside.

That's quite a map.

Oh, yes, sir. That's a map

Of the entire cemetery down to the Weest speck of dust.

Here we are, and here's my shed,

With the rose stone.

And there's the gate you come in.

You've kept it up to date.

There's the new mausoleum on there already.

Aye. Oh, yes, sir.

This map's going to be a big help to you.

Suppose you got the customer and you want to know

What ground we can show him.

This is where the map comes in.

One look, and quick as a wink,

You know who's where and what's what.

It's them pins that makes it so easy.

The black ones stand for the ones that is already there,

And the white ones for them

As has made their arrangements for the future.

Now, for example...

Here's my place.

Lovely, isn't she, bob?

There. Sun in the morning, but, uh,

It's those trees that give shade in the afternoon heat.

McKee, you've been on this job now 40 years, right?

Aye.

Guess the committee's right. High time we retired you.

Nothing to worry about. Full pension.

You'll draw the same check every month.

I'm to be paid for nothing from now on?

No. You're to be paid for 40 years of devotion.

And that's something.

Anyone in mind to replace you?

Oh, aye, uh, why I hadn't a'given it much thought, sir,

But, uh, why?

There must be plenty of young and hard-Muscle toughs

Who would give their eye teeth for my shoes.

It's a lovely place to work.

You're outside near mother earth.

Well, let me know if, uh, you find someone.

Oh, aye, I will.

Yes, sir, that's quite a map.

Pardon me, sir.

I just wanted to show you where we keep this

In case of emergencies.

No need to worry, though...

We haven't had none yet.

[BELL RINGS]

Oh, you expecting visitors, sir?

No, but that sounds like Stu Drexel.

Oh, aye, Drexel.

And pretty Beth Ferris. They're promised.

Looks like they're hitched.

Ha ha ha. She finally caught me, bob.

Bethie, many happy returns of the day.

Stu, you've picked a great honeymoon place.

Oh, marriage has made me conservative.

How about it, Mrs. D?

Can I carry you over the threshold?

I still don't think it's so very funny.

I think it's positively awful if you want to know the truth.

Oh, Bethie, don't be that way.

What's the trouble?

How would you like to get a cemetery plot for a wedding gift?

Now Bethie, you know pop never meant it for a present.

It's just a formal legal sort of thing.

You see, dad left part of my inheritance

In trust for when I got married.

One of the provisions was that myself and my wife

Had first-Class accommodations

Here at the immortal hills.

Doesn't cost us a cent.

But we have to buy the plots

Before the bank will let me have the cash.

You know dad... He never did consider me much

On responsibility.

He was a very smart man.

Oh, aye, that he was.

And though a bonny bride should have her thoughts

Far from doom, it's a lucky girl

Whose father-In-Law provides from the beyond

For her future.

Isn't he sweet?

Thanks, Scotty.

Bob, give us a couple near the old man, will ya?

And call Owens at the bank in the morning,

So I can cash a check.

I don't think it's funny at all.

[BELL RINGS]

From the last administration, sir.

Folks get a wee bit rocky

When they come out here sometimes.

Best to be prepared. Down the hatch.

Agh.

Thank you.

Mmm.

Oh. Over here.

That's where the Drexel bunch is.

Ah, it'll get so you love it out here, bobby.

It's a fine and green and lovely place.

A fine place to slip away from the cares of the world.

Slip away and live a wee bit.

"As retiring chairman

"Of the immortal hills management committee..."

George, I haven't got...

"It is now my very great pleasure

"To announce the appointment of Robert Kraft,

"President of Kraft department stores..."

Now George, don't shush me.

You railroaded me into this.

Now, wait a minute, bob. It's your turn.

Last year was his turn,

The year before it was mine.

Nobody refuses to take the chairmanship.

Pardon us, Henry.

"President of Kraft..."

Why?

Nobody ever has.

It's just not done, son.

Well, can you give me one good reason

Why I should take over the management

Of a whole big cemetery

When I'm up to my neck in my own business?

"As retiring..."

Hold it. Of course I can.

Tradition.

Particularly for us Krafts.

You always harp on dignity, honor, prestige.

Well, how do you think we got it?

Because your great grandfather,

Your grandfather and your father

Served on every community project,

Board, and committee that was ever created.

They served for free.

But they did it for business.

That's what a fine family has to do

In this town.

And you can't refuse to do it

Without losing a lot of respect from our customers.

And another thing... It's just not done.

Well, pass me over until next year.

I'm up to my ears.

Bob, do you realize you're talking about

Only a few hours a month at the most?

McKee, the caretaker, handles everything.

All you do is show up once a week and sign the checks.

George, I've... Proceed, Henry.

Raise your right hand.

Well, what about bill Honegger?

Raise your right hand.

"Do you, Robert Kraft, swear to discharge

"The duties and responsibilities of this office

"Faithfully and completely

"To the utmost of your abilities?"

I do.

Congratulations, bob. See ya.

Thanks, Mr. Trowbridge.

Thank you, uncle George.

Uh, ok, miss lane, you can put through his calls now.

Thank you, Mr. Watson. I'll ring him for you now.

Hello.

There's a guy named Watson on the phone.

Says it's urgent. You know him?

Of Olds and Watson?

Of Olds and Watson. You know.

Oh, the undertaker. Swell.

Hello.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Watson.

I'll do the best job I can.

Aw, you're kidding.

Well, sir, uh, don't worry about it.

I'll take care of it myself.

I'll be there within an hour.

Yes, sir, thank you.

Well, what about this ad?

It'll have to wait. I'm sorry.

Well, now, call McKee.

You don't have to go up there every time.

This is different.

Somebody prominent?

Stu Drexel and his wife.

Stu and Bethie.

No.

Hi.

Hi, jess.

McKee, this is Mr. Jessup of the Milford herald.

Hi. Jessup, Jessup... Oh, the west slope

Between the Pattersons and the Findleys.

What else is new?

You were my big news for the day.

"Asked about plans for the coming year,

"Kraft revealed the immortal hills

"Will install a drive-In bar

"To stimulate additional trade."

I'm stuck with the obituary detail.

Boy, it's cold in here.

McKee, let's get that heat on by tomorrow, huh?

We'd better get ready for interment.

Aye, that will be done, sir.

And you better change the Drexel pins.

Black instead of white.

Oh, they already got black pins, sir.

Oh? Who changed them?

Well, now, the last I remember

Was the very day they come out here

To give you the order,

And you stuck in 2 pins.

Yeah, I guess that's right.

I must have picked up the wrong color.

Hmm?

Oh, nothing.

It's just a little weird, that's all.

What?

Well, the kids came out here

Right after they tied the knot,

And they bought a couple of plots.

Stu was complying

With some technicality in his trust.

And it was all very cute. We had a couple of laughs.

And afterwards I jabbed 2 pins in the map...

White pins, I thought... Just to make it official.

And I hear today they've been killed,

And the map's had them on the blacklist all the time.

Ok, so what?

Nothing, it just made me feel a little eerie,

That's all.

I think he means he marked the young couple

For death, sir.

Yeah, I guess that was it.

That must have been the feeling I had.

Boy, it's funny what'll go through a guy's mind,

Isn't it?

Do me a favor, McKee.

If he starts fooling around

With those pins again,

Be sure he stays away from the west slope,

Between the Pattersons and the Findleys.

Indeed I will, sir.

Hi, Annie, what are you doing out here?

I had a luncheon date, but I was stood up.

[JEESUP] I know a nice little place down the street.

I just might take you up on that.

I won't hold my breath.

Ohh.

George told me about Beth and Stuart,

And I just had to see you.

Made me think how lucky we are

Just to be alive and together.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Oh, Ann, this is Mr. McKee.

This is miss Craig, my fiance, Andy.

Miss. How do you do?

Would you be wanting me

For anything else, bobby?

No, thanks, Andy.

Bob.

Hmm?

What's wrong?

Oh, nothing. I'm just a little depressed,

That's all, but you'll take care of that.

Ann, I kept wishing we could keep our appointment.

Oh, rendezvous, if you don't mind.

Your gray flannel is showing.

Actually, do you know what made me turn around

And come here instead of going home?

Mmm.

Well, I was driving along, feeling rejected,

And then all of a sudden I saw you

Very clearly in my mind.

Bob, it's just that you're too attractive.

After all, president of a department store

And in charge of the immortal hills.

Irresistible.

I saw you, and I heard you...

"Lunchtime, Annie."

That's what you said distinctly.

"Lunchtime, Annie"?

Well, I can do better than that, I hope.

Oh, you did.

You said...

"I want you, and I need you" and...

and a whole lot of lovely things

I'd be embarrassed to repeat.

Yeah.

You know, just about the time

You were seeing me,

I had you in my mind.

That's amazing.

No, I mean it.

And I don't blame you

For not wanting to repeat what I was thinking.

Ohh.

Darling, we better go to lunch,

Or get married.

Or I can just as easily join jess

At that little spot down the road he spoke of.

We regret that management does not permit exchanges

Once the merchandise has been purchased.

[KISSES] Then I'll freshen up.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Immortal hills, Kraft.

Hi, Carl.

No, terrible.

No, I'm sorry.

The funeral's been confined to the immediate family.

Yeah, all right, Carl. I'll see you later.

No, not...

Oh, Ann, you're right.

What?

You're right. We are lucky to...

lucky to be alive and...

with each other.

Come on.

♪ [MUSIC BOX PLAYS THREE BLIND MICE]

[GASPS]

♪ heigh ho ♪

♪ nobody home ♪

♪ eat nor drink nor money have I none ♪

♪ still I will ♪

[CAR APPROACHES]

Hey, bobby.

♪ Be happy ♪

♪ heigh ho ♪

Ah.

I picked this Drexel stone for class.

Fine and rich and swirly.

I'm a granite man myself.

Bobby! Bobby! I've got a surprise for you...

You found your replacement.

Oh, well, no, no, not yet,

But I'm scouting the countryside.

This is far sweeter.

[ANDY] This is what I call getting things done.

Maybe you should have been an executive.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Uhh.

Hey, best take off your coat, bobby.

You'll be getting overheated.

Fairly quiet this week.

Only one passing.

Now, if you'll just sign these.

Let's get rid of these flowers.

Oh, aye, they smell a wee bit sickly.

I was hoping to keep them

For the burial this afternoon.

You need much help?

Oh, no. This is just an average funeral.

They don't come like the Drexel doings

Every day, thank the lord.

McKee, this bill for W. Isham,

What is it for?

Why, he's the lad for this afternoon, bobby.

Oh, no need to look so sad.

Will Isham was the same age lad as me.

Oh, there's something

I've been meaning to tell you.

Mighty queer it strikes me, but...

I went to the map

Just after we got the news

To change will Isham's pin to black.

It was already black.

Looks like there might be something...

creepy about that map.

Changing pin colors

Without human assistance, no less.

I changed Mr. Isham's pin, Andy.

You... But, bob, you have not been here

Since he died.

Jessup, please.

I know. I changed his pin before he died, not after.

Jess, it's bob Kraft.

Can you come over here right away?

No, I'm at the cemetery.

That map's nothing but an old piece of paper

Hanging on the wall.

All you do when you stick pins in it

Is to make holes in the paper.

White pins, black pins, safety pins.

It doesn't make any difference, see?

Well, look, it's unfortunate

That it worked out this way,

But coincidence is a part of everyday life.

Some are funny, some are pretty odd,

But this one isn't even good enough

To make the back page of the shopping news.

That's all it is, bob... Coincidence.

Yeah.

You're right, jess.

Thanks.

That's ok.

Sometime when I've tied on a real head-Bender,

You can do the same for me.

What's your trouble?

Well, nothing, but I've...

been through all this before.

The grass and the quiet.

[FAINT CLANG]

And that sound.

I never knew what it was.

It's the sound of a name being cut into a headstone.

Yeah, I've-I've heard of people who thought

They'd been through the same bit before

In their dreams.

I think it's even happened to me.

What would you say if I told you

This happens to me regularly,

Ever since I was a child,

Sometimes as often as every other week?

I'd say you were sensitive

Or exaggerating.

"3rd-Floor sportswear... $9,280 gross."

Compared to $8,500 at the same date last year.

Hmm.

Basement sportswear...

[BANGS DESK]

I'm gonna call bates and Honegger

And Trowbridge right now,

And tell them I'm quitting.

Don't worry, George.

Nothing drastic will happen to the store.

My mind's made up.

You mean mixed up.

I've lived in Milford all my life,

And I can't remember any man

Who ever let that place get the better of him.

Why, when I was chairman,

I'll bet I stuck the wrong colored pins

In that thing a dozen times.

If I ran out of one color,

I-I used the other.

You've only been down there a couple of times.

George, I put black pins in the map

For the Drexel couple the day they were killed.

Now, I didn't think anything of it at the time.

And then I took a white pin out of the map,

Quite at random,

And I put a black pin in its place,

And today I find out the old man it belonged to

Died during the week.

[LAUGHS]

Bob, that's terrible.

For heaven's sake, bob,

Everybody loves a ghost story.

Where's your sense of humor?

You don't really believe that stuff

You're telling me, do you?

No.

But I still think I may be learning something

About myself.

Where are you going?

Oh, I think I'll just take a run out to the cemetery.

What for?

Sounds like it might be fun.

After all, I've been trying to find some way

To wipe out our competition for years.

[LAUGHS]

Good night, George.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Want to take my car?

All right.

[ANDY] Won't be but a moment, sir.

[GEORGE] No, don't bother, McKee.

I think I've got it.

Oh, that'll be all, McKee.

Is everything all right, bobby?

We'll see you later, Andy.

Well, the place hasn't changed a bit

Since I was chairman.

A few more pins in the map.

Black ones.

White ones, too.

Sit down and relax, bob.

I think I can get this whole thing

Cleared up for you.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to convince you

That there's nothing out here

For you to worry about.

George, let's forget this.

Uh, bob.

I said I'm just going to convince you.

Well, George,

Suppose you took Henry Trowbridge's white pin out

And put a black one in its place

And tomorrow morning he turned up dead.

Not a chance.

Well, I know not a chance,

But suppose by some weird coincidence it happened.

Now, it's happened to me 3 times already.

I deal strictly in facts, son.

I don't go for this coincidence bunk.

But if Henry Trowbridge

Even looks a little peaky tomorrow,

You can resign, and I'll back you up.

Now, Henry Trowbridge...

Let me see if I remember.

George, I just mentioned Henry as an example.

Now, you're not gonna use him.

Why, Henry's as good a choice as anybody,

Considering he directly preceded you

As committee chairman.

Wait a minute, George.

You better let me put the pin in.

If you do the honors and nothing happens,

It won't be quite as conclusive.

By all means.

Let's not diverge from the established pattern.

But I'll have you know I was no slouch

When it came to pinning the tail on the donkey

When I was a kid.

Uh, no reflection on Henry.

Go ahead, bob.

You better call Henry and tell him what we did.

He'd only think we were kidding.

No, he'd believe you.

Then he'd call my physician,

And he'd reserve a nice, quiet room for me

At providence hospital.

Let's keep this quiet, my boy.

Henry can't complain.

After all, if his term had run a week or so longer,

He might be having the willies instead of you.

[LAUGHS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hello, Mrs. Trowbridge, this is bob Kraft.

What are you doing up so late?

Uh, nothing serious.

Uh, I just meant to call Henry earlier,

And, uh, it slipped my mind.

Uh, put him on, will you?

Oh, if he's watching a movie and enjoying it,

Uh, ask him to call me back during the commercial.

No, no, bob.

Just hold on and I'll get him.

He's upstairs reading in bed,

But I'm sure he's not asleep.

Well, I hate to disturb him.

You just hold the wire, bob.

[CLOCK TICKS]

[HEAVY BREATH FROM TELEPHONE]

Hello, Henry?

[SOBS]

Oh, he's...

He's not breathing, bob.

I've got to call a doctor.

I understand.

I'll hang up right away.

[CLICK]

I'm...

terribly sorry.

♪ Heigh ho ♪

♪ nobody home ♪

♪ eat nor drink nor money... ♪

Wait here.

This won't take long.

Good morning.

How do you do, sir?

Well, I don't understand it.

Jess said he'd be here in 20 minutes.

[MAN] I'm sure he's on his way.

Lieutenant Claiborne.

So that's it, huh?

It's sure big enough.

There are the black pins, eh?

We're, uh,

Particularly concerned with these 4.

Isham, and the Drexel couple

And now Trowbridge.

Let me get this straight, Mr. Kraft.

You say that every time

You stick a black pin in the map,

People turn up dead?

That's right.

Well, go ahead, lieutenant.

You think I'm a crackpot, and I hope you're right.

I just want to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

"Stuart and Elizabeth Drexel.

"D.O.A. Emergency, receiving hospital.

"Result of highway collision.

"William Isham, cause of death...

"Cerebral hemorrhage.

"Henry Trowbridge... Coronary thrombosis."

Well, the rule is this...

Where no evidence of homicide exists

On initial investigation,

The matter will be dropped.

Investigated and found nothing.

Sorry.

[DOOR OPENS]

Jessup.

What's new, or should I say real?

Nothing like murder, if that's what you're after.

I'm sorry bob saw fit to disturb you, lieutenant.

No harm done.

What do you make of it, jess?

I keep telling him it's just coincidence.

Yeah.

If I were you, Mr. Kraft,

I'd take a week or 2 off, take it easy.

You'll forget all about it.

If you're gonna use this story,

Kindly refrain from mentioning my name.

I know.

Lieutenant Claiborne, with an "E" on the end.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Boy...

didn't think 4 deaths could appear so flimsy

To a policeman.

You never should have called the police.

Claiborne's one of the best.

Any other guy might have looked

For a big heavy book to throw at you.

Yeah. Maybe you're right.

On the other hand, maybe that thing's dangerous.

Really dangerous.

Or maybe the element of danger is in a man.

In me.

Bob.

Is there something different about me, jess?

I'm really beginning to wonder.

Hey, buddy,

If there is anything to this map bit,

Don't go blaming it on nameless forces.

Maybe somebody's trying to scare you.

Could be you got an enemy or 2?

Somebody using your desk, George?

Oh. He came in to keep me company, darling.

That was very sweet of him.

Oh, darling, you must be dead tired.

I'm all right, ann.

No sleep and then to have to go back out there again...

I'm all right!

There's no crime in needing a good rest.

George, I've got some correspondence

To take care of.

I've already taken care of your mail.

And I took the liberty of making reservations for you.

Flight 33 leaving for Miami at 5:45.

My pal Sanford owns one of the finest hotels

On the beach...

George, thanks anyway.

There's nothing I'd rather do,

But I can't possibly go now.

Bob, I gave you my word

That if anything happened to Henry

You could resign.

I talked to Charlie and Bill Honegger,

And they understand completely.

It's all fixed, son.

The situation's changed.

Until this thing's cleared up,

I'm not about to resign.

Oh.

Now, will you tell the others?

Ask them to meet me here in my office 7:30 tonight.

Awfully short notice.

The committee can't just ignore what's happened.

I guess you're right.

Darling.

Ann, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to snap at you.

Now, why can't you resign?

Well, because...

possibly something real, unreal... I don't know...

Is waiting to kill one of us

Every time I jab a black pin into that map.

Bob, if you're talking about Henry Trowbridge,

The poor man died of a heart attack.

Heart disease is the country's no. One killer.

Maybe not in Milford.

Oh, bob, you can't mean that that map

Is literally killing people?

No, Ann, maybe it isn't the map.

What about the other day?

You saw me, you heard me...

"Lunchtime, Annie. I want you. I need you."

Bob, I was obviously trying to bring a little...

A little romance into our very dull and dismal lives.

No, Ann, don't try to deny it now.

I do deny it.

Bob, I love you. I'm...

I'm not in any sort of occult thrall to you.

Hey.

Can't you take a joke?

All right, then, I was lying, too.

Does that bring you back to reality again?

Bob?

I think we better take advantage of...

of those plane tickets.

George's Mr. Sanford could be best man.

The offer's awfully attractive.

I love you so much.

Ann, if you're gonna cry,

Do it someplace else.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Now, bob, it's real simple.

We're willing to play ball with you.

If you want to remain chairman of this committee,

We wouldn't think of trying to dissuade you,

'Cause we have confidence in you.

Full confidence.

All the confidence in the world, bob.

Now, all we want before we break this up

Is a promise from you, Mr. Chairman,

That before you turn in tonight,

You go out to the cemetery... Now, let me finish.

You go out there and change my white pin to black,

Charlie's and George's.

Just as simple as that.

And then go home and go right to bed.

No, sir.

You're not the committee, bob.

You're only our chairman

With the duty

To carry out the will of the majority.

We feel that you should do as Bill said,

Because it'll put an end to this business

Once and for all.

Otherwise, we'll do the resigning

Right here and now.

Well, let me sleep on it.

Let's all sleep on it.

I don't think you people realize

What might be involved here.

Motion defeated. Good night.

Well, your devotion

To the principle of majority rule

Moves me deeply.

Ok.

Then good night.

All right, Charlie.

Here goes nothing, George.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Who is it?

[ANDY] It's me, bobby. Open up.

I seen your car lights from my window

Driving through the gates, so I come runnin'.

You needn't have bothered, McKee.

You put in a full day. Now, I'll see you tomorrow.

N-No, no. B-Bobby, please.

Bobby, listen.

When you locked and bolted this place,

I said to myself,

"Now, there's a man who knows his business."

That's what I said.

"He may not know everything behind it,

"But he knows when a thing's to be fooled with

"And when it's to be left alone.

"There's nothing to fear with a man like bobby Kraft

"At the wheel." That's what I said.

Well, that's fine. Now, you run along home

And don't worry about a thing.

Nothing's going to happen to you.

N-No. Please.

Bobby, lock this door again and send yourself home,

Or else, who can answer for what may happen

To the whole miserable lot of us?

We'll have to be open sometime.

If I don't do it,

They'll get somebody who will.

Good night, Andy. Good night.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Andy, go home.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[MAN] Hello?

Is this the immortal hills cemetery?

What do you want, jess?

Bob, why didn't you answer me?

I've been looking all over town for you.

I'm calling from your place now.

What are you doing at the cottage again?

Haven't you had enough for one day?

Jess, I think I've done something terribly wrong.

For the love of Pete, what are you talking about?

Well, we had a meeting of the cemetery committee

After closing tonight.

Bill Honegger, Charlie bates,

And George, everybody.

And they voted to make me

Come out here to the cemetery

And stick black pins in the map for each of them,

Just like it was some kid's nightmare.

So I did it.

Jess, there's a black pin in that map

For Charlie bates and Bill Honegger

And George.

And if anything happens to them,

To any of them,

It's my fault, nobody else's.

Nothing's going to happen to them, bob.

As a matter of fact,

I think they did you a big favor.

I've never heard of a coincidence

Involving 3 people dying all at once.

By tomorrow at this time, this whole big worry of yours

Will be nothing but a lot of hot air.

Yeah.

Well, I hope you're right, jess.

I guess there's nothing for me to do

But see this thing through, huh?

I think I'll check on 'em myself and see...

[CLICK]

Bob?

Honegger, bates, and George.

6-6-6.

[LINE RINGING]

[MAN] Desk.

Lieutenant Claiborne, please.

Homicide.

This is homicide. Sgt. Greer.

Lieutenant Claiborne, please.

Not here. Can I take a message?

Sergeant, uh, this is bob Kraft,

Kraft department store.

Oh, sure. Wait a second.

Wait a second and I'll check for you.

Uh, Mr. Kraft, are you calling about police matters

Or is it just something personal?

Well, uh, it's a little bit of both, sergeant.

Try him at Adams 1-3-1-1.

Thank you.

Adams 1-3-1-1.

[BUSY SIGNAL]

Adams 1-3-1-1.

[BUSY SIGNAL]

Adams 1-3-1-1.

[BUSY SIGNAL]

Bill Honegger, Adams 1-3-1-1.

Adams 1...

[MAN] Desk.

Yeah, homicide.

Yes, sir.

[SERGEANT] Homicide.

This is bob Kraft speaking.

I can't get through to that Adams number.

So?

Claiborne's at that number and it's imperative

That I speak to him right now.

Well, sir, uh... Just a second, sir.

I think he's reporting in on another line.

I've been trying you, but your lines are busy.

Hang up and I'll call you back right away.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Something happened to Bill Honegger.

Hello?

It's Jessup.

Jess, uh, I'm expecting a call from Claiborne.

He, uh... Hang up, call me back in 10 minutes.

Claiborne's with me.

Let me talk to him.

He's not here now. He's...

What's wrong, jess?

Bill Honegger's dead.

Soon as I found out,

I routed Claiborne out of the sack

And filled him in on the whole wild story.

We were over at Honegger's in 10 minutes

With 2 squad cars detailed

To cover Charlie bates and your uncle.

How did Honegger get it?

He didn't. That's the trouble.

What?

Poor guy just dropped dead.

Nothing out of the ordinary?

Bates? Charlie bates?

They found him in his apartment.

Say it.

No homicide. Just stopped breathing.

George?

George, yeah...

I called and told him about Honegger

Before I left for Claiborne's.

By the time the police got there,

George had already left.

They'll find him, bob. Don't worry.

I'll be waiting for word about George.

Let me know.

[DOOR OPENS]

Well, bob,

I see you followed our wishes to the letter.

Come on, now.

I'll drive you home before you catch pneumonia.

You 3 men made a terrible contribution

To this town tonight whether you meant to or not.

I'm not going anywhere, uncle George.

I'm staying right here.

Well, I'll... I'll admit that, uh...

what with, uh, Charlie and Bill going so suddenly...

Charlie and bill and Henry

And Isham and Beth and Stu.

Stop looking at the map.

You're looking at it. I'm looking at you.

We're both waiting, aren't we, uncle George?

Waiting to see if you escape.

Escape dying?

Nobody escapes that, my boy.

The only question is how long?

The only question is does a man die

On his own time or on the map's?

So far, everyone's been forced to conform to its schedule.

Everyone but you.

That puts me back on schedule.

My own schedule.

If it makes you feel any better.

Let me tell you something...

From now on, if you want to see me,

You're going to have to come down to the store.

I won't make another special trip on your account.

The next time I see you, George,

We'll both be right here.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[MAN] Desk.

Homicide.

Homicide.

This is Robert Kraft out at immortal hills.

Claiborne speaking.

Lieutenant, my uncle just left here.

I think under the circumstances,

The least you could do is put a man on to watch over him,

No matter how ridiculous the situation seems to you.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Kraft.

We'll take care of it right away.

He's wearing an overcoat over his robe and pajamas.

We put a description on the wire

Quite some time ago.

Then you do think there's danger.

Sergeant, Kraft, George M.,

Driving east on bunker hill.

Probable destination, manor apartments...

We'll have your uncle safe and sound

In 10 minutes, Mr. Kraft.

You'll hear from me.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[LINE RINGING]

Are you sure your uncle was out there tonight?

You didn't just think you saw him?

[BOB] I told you he just left here.

That was 2 hours ago and no sign of him anyplace.

Put out an all-Points after the first hour.

He's not on the road and he's not home.

Hold the wire, lieutenant.

[CAR ENGINE IDLES]

[DOOR CREAKS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[BOB] You better come out, lieutenant.

He's still here.

[HANGS UP PHONE]

♪ where ha'e you been all the day? ♪

♪ Rendal, my son ♪

♪ where ha'e you been all the day? ♪

Andy!

♪ Someone ♪

♪ I been out huntin', mother ♪

♪ make my bed soft, mother ♪

♪ make my bed soon ♪

♪ for I'm sick... ♪

Andy!

McKee, I'm gonna burn that stuff in the greenhouse

If this heater doesn't work by tonight.

Bobby, it took a whole lifetime of collection

For me to get the whole caboodle here.

And, see here, you haven't even touched your food.

Man, you've got to eat

If you want to keep above the ground.

There.

It lights for me, bobby.

Of course, I cannot answer

For what happens after sundown.

Better wait in the car.

Irresistible, huh?

Aren't I crazy?

Completely.

I'll never change I'm afraid.

Annie, uh, I'll see you later.

Bob, please. I take it back.

What?

That day in the car... I did see you and I did hear you.

I really did. I should never have denied it.

It's all right, Annie.

I'll see you later.

You have a party named Jacob Mittel

Someplace on the map? M-I-T-T-E-L.

The importer? Sure.

You know him?

Yeah.

We contact the French designers through Mittel.

As a matter of fact, he's in Paris now.

Better strike him out.

Jay?

Go ahead.

How did he die?

He isn't dead. At least not yet.

I know what you're thinking, Mr. Kraft.

You're thinking that we tricked you into killing Jacob Mittel.

Well, you're 100 percent right, so try to relax, huh?

This one's on the police.

You see, Jacob Mittel's in the prime of life.

No previous major illnesses, no record,

Life expectancy exceptionally good.

He's in Paris with all that ocean water

To protect him from this mess.

Up until now, all the deaths

Have been confined to the local area.

If it strikes somebody on another continent,

Then we've really found something.

I knew I should have

Gotten rid of those pins 4 days ago.

Even the map. The whole thing. Out.

What I want to know is

What are you going to tell the D.A.

Is responsible for these deaths?

We gave this case

A real full-Dress investigation, Mr. Kraft.

Questioned you and all the other suspects and witnesses

Until the point of comedy.

Found nothing. No motive, no opportunity,

No suspect, no crime, no weapon.

Except 7 pins went in...

and 7 people died.

Not one... 7.

Who put in those pins? You did. All 7.

Other chairmen and so on have been putting pins

In that map for years and nothing happened.

But... with me...

it isn't impossible for a certain kind of man

To be endowed with powers

That nobody ever dreamed he could have.

A lot of scientists claim that.

Maps and pins can't kill alone,

The power of a human brain has to be behind it.

Like in the indies, I guess.

Those voodoo dolls you hear about.

Witch doctor sticks pins in the thing

Until the guy in question is jinxed into dying.

Of course, i-I know

You didn't mean to kill anybody.

I have to get back.

You'll hear from me the minute we get word.

I think I best be running along, too.

Bob...

I think so.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CRICKETS CHIRP]

I destroyed them.

Something in me killed them.

Something in me.

But i-I couldn't refuse the job.

Not a man with my reasoning power.

Power...

if I have the power of death

Using the black pins...

then I must have the power of life

Using the white ones.

[CRICKETS CHIRP]

[LOW RUMBLE]

[LOW RUMBLE]

[COUGHS]

[COUGHS]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

This is the cemetery. That's right.

[WOMAN] This is Rosemond Mittel.

Rosemond, I don't... Yes.

Can't you hear me?

Rosemond Mittel. Jay's wife.

Rosemond. Yes.

I just received a cable from Paris.

Can't you hear me?

You just received a cable from Paris, France.

That's right. I'll read it again.

"Regret Jacob W. Mittel died in...

"Hotel Royale. Body awaits disposition.

"Signed American embassy, Paris, France."

He died there.

Died in Paris, France.

[CLICK]

Got it.

Jacob W. Mittel.

Impossible.

Impossible. He cannot be dead.

What? What?

You still think that thing's the killer?

Or your own puny power, Mr. Chairman?

The only power you or that map ever had was me,

As far as killing goes.

You... You marked them for death, Mr. Chairman,

But who did the deed?

Andrew McKee.

Oh, Andy, why?

You and your high-And-Mighty committee

Turning out a man with 40 years of service on the grounds.

40 years.

I told you, Andy. A full pension.

It isn't a'cash that keeps a man going on,

That keeps his feet on the ground,

And keeps him on the job till the lord makes him quit.

The lord... and nobody else.

This is my house, my lands,

My activities.

Aye, it's become a long dark road

To put this gun to your head, bob.

Andy, we never tried to take anything away from you.

Aye. I made sure of that.

I snuck up on each one of them in turn

When they was alone

And held them fast, like so, until they went.

Aye, even big old George, your uncle,

Left as easy as a baby.

But...

that doesn't explain what happened to Mittel.

Mittel's dead.

Will you stop that confounded talk, man?

That map's naught but a doodad, you fool.

There's nothing to fear here.

[FAINT CLANG]

[CLANG GETS LOUDER]

That map.

Andy, talk about something else quick.

It's important.

You're finished with talking.

Finished you are,

With maps, and pins... Black and white.

Talk about something else, I said.

It's important.

Right now. Talk about anything else.

Now!

[CLANG]

Why?

Because I caused you to kill those people.

Andy, you better get this straight right now.

You heard that lieutenant.

It's possible for some people

To have things inside them

That make other things happen.

Nothing is impossible for a man like that

If he thinks about it hard enough.

I know you, Andy... You're no killer.

I made you do it.

You thought me into killing them?

[CLANG]

Then they could all be back.

Andy, I never knew it.

How do you account for that?

That noise. Can't you hear it?

[CLANG]

Andy. Andy, stop it. There's nobody.

Aah!

[ANDY] They could all be back.

They could all be back.

Stop.

That map.

I put them inside.

They're coming.

You shouldn't have stuck in them white pins, bobby,

But now it's too late.

Too late.

I only killed 5.

You gave me only 5.

Not the young Drexel couple.

Go away. Go away. Leave me alone.

Go away. Go.

Save me, bobby.

[DOOR BANGS]

He's dead, lieutenant.

All right. Forget the normal procedure.

Get him out of here.

Exhibit a. He really didn't need it.

They died of fright first, just like he did.

You're forgetting about those 7 trips to the mausoleum, lieutenant.

7 bodies, 7 trips.

They helped.

Lieutenant, uh...

Jacob Mittel, uh, died in Paris?

No, that was a plant, Mr. Kraft. Mittel's all right.

Sorry we had to put you through this,

But it was the best way

To make McKee come out in the open.

Mrs. Mittel stayed up all night at headquarters

Waiting for us to call in.

Our radio car is posted just outside.

We signaled her to phone you

And tell you that lie about her husband.

Am I getting through to you, Mr. Kraft?

Well, not quite yet.

We watched him, bob.

He actually managed to...

Unearth all 7 of them.

Wonder what got into him.

It was those white pins.

Heh.

It was.

[CRICKETS CHIRP]

Annie, I've lost my overcoat.

Oh? Where? Which one? I'll get it.

No, never mind.

[SIGHS] I think I can find it myself.

Wait here. I don't know how long I'll be.

Yes, sir.

Heil Hitler.

He won't last five minutes.

How do you know?

Because the others didn't.

Doctor Hess, General Mueller is waiting impatiently for the results of your Deathcore project.

I know! I know!

We are generous enough to give you a lab with the best of equipment...

... and the freedom to proceed as you wish.

We expect something in return. This just won't do.

Well, then perhaps General Mueller should have given this project to Mengele or one of the other butchers instead of me.

The loss of our troops on the Russian front is crippling us.

You said you could devise a drug that would give this dead soldier movement...

... so he could be used as a shield for the living troops, yes?

If you lied about your abilities, then you are a traitor, doctor.

I didn't lie!

- But I need more time! - I don't have the authority to extend time...

... but I must report your failure.

This world ain't big enough for the both of us, partner.

I will conquer the world, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

I wouldn't say that, you sidewinder.

I never know what they're going to do or say.

Let me hide in your pocket.

You have been stealing.

Father, I didn't steal a...

Peppermints, peppermints everywhere, look.

It's a good job you put plenty of candy into Peter's pocket...

... or we might have been very angry with you. Mightn't we, Peter?

I will forgive him.

All right, children. Now the puppets are very tired. They must go to bed now.

Sleep? Puppets need to sleep?

Puppets need sleep just as much as you do.

Goodbye.

Please come back and see us again soon.

Ok, Mr. Toulon.

Come, Peter. Come, children.

Come, Peter.

You have a devoted audience, Mr. Toulon.

I know I'm devoted to them.

They love your puppets.

The children enjoy the show, and I'm rewarded by their laughter, which is honest.

If not always prudent.

I wonder if they laughed so hard if they truly understood what they were watching.

Oh, I'm sure they would. Political satire is one of the marks of a healthy society.

I didn't get your name.

Lieutenant Erich Stein.

Fellow puppeteer.

I've been carving marionettes since I was ten years old, and I must say your craftsmanship is superb.

You are very kind, Lieutenant.

How do you manipulate them without string-works?

Motorization. It is my own method.

Fascinating.

Almost like magic.

One day, I'd like to see you work.

I'm sure that could be arranged.

You are an artist, Mr. Toulon.

I just hope that you'll be allowed to continue practicing your art.

Eight shows a week is enough practice for me.

Quite.

For your own sake, you might consider changing the subject matter of your shows.

It is just a puppet show. The children like it as it is.

Well...

Thank you very much. Goodnight, Mrs. Toulon...

... and goodnight to you.

Fellow puppeteer.

Good night.

My god.

Just a young man, I assure you.

He wanted to frighten me.

He didn't. I think he was impressed with my work.

For all the wrong reasons. Lieutenant Stein could be a real problem, my darling.

Not if we don't show fear.

Come on my friends. Time for dinner.

You gave quite a performance tonight.

How come you always manage to be first in line for dinner, eh?

You have such a big appetite.

You could easily be the first in line if you wanted to, because you are bigger than anybody else.

But you're not a bully-boy, are you?

And you, always laughing about everything, always joking as a friend of mine would say.

And for you, well, life is just one big battle for you, isn't it?

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, and you are happy as a sandboy.

You know, Elsa, for years I have been trying to paint you a portrait.

Oh, Andre, you didn't.

No, no, no. Every time I tried, you finished up looking like my mother.

I'm hopeless with canvass and paint.

Oh, Andre.

It's beautiful.

She is the image of you.

Oh, darling.

What have I done to deserve you?

You didn't do anything.

Experienced men are very sexy.

Sometimes, I think my life began when I met you...

... and now I would die without you.

I'm never going to leave you. Never.

The show itself is a disgusting burlesque of the Fuehrer and makes a mockery of the Reich.

Yes. Have the men ready to leave immediately.

Sir, there is something else.

Yes?

Lieutenant, what is this?

I may be wrong but it seems as though these wooden figures are walking about on their own.

You're not mistaken, sir.

Well...

Explain this.

I really can't, sir.

Mr. Toulon has developed a method of animating his puppets without string.

He claimed they were motorized, but it's much more than that.

I've seen them walk.

React to sound as if they could hear.

It's as if they were alive.

Stein...

... have you lost your senses?

It's the truth, sir.

In the pictures.

Well, Krauss, I must speak to Toulon before the Gestapo does.

Impossible.

Have the car brought around.

I never take things at face value...

... but if Stein is even half-right, this could be very important to my work.

If Toulon has the information, I will get it for you, doctor.

Oh, yes, yes. And you'll end up killing him, and we'll learn nothing.

You have an obligation to the Deathcore Project too.

I have an obligation to expose the dissident and to silence him!

If Toulon can be of use, I'll take that under consideration.

Get me General Mueller.

It's doctor Hess.

Yes, it's urgent.

Mueller, yes?

I'm sorry to bother you, General, but we have a matter brewing that might delay the progress of the Deathcore Project indefinitely.

We need to talk to a puppeteer named Andre Toulon who can assist us.

No, I understand, you need to speak to Toulon before Krauss clubbers him up in his torture chamber.

Put him on.

It's General Mueller for you.

Yes?

Major, I want you to cooperate with doctor Hess completely, and that's an order...

... and I don't want this kind of call again.

I'm tired of separating you two like fighting schoolboys.

Yes, sir, General.

My only request is that ... ... you let my men do the job.

Do not interfere.

We wouldn't want to see you injured, Hess.

Just like the real thing, huh?

Only more intelligent.

This theatre is closed...

... by the authority of the German High Command.

Your career as an entertainer is over, Mr. Toulon.

This is one of the puppets I was telling you about.

Doctor?

Mr. Toulon...

... I would like to talk to you later about your work.

And here's... the miracle, yes?

That's what I saw, yes.

That shouldn't be difficult to analyze.

All we need is the process.

- Mr. Toulon, would you work with me when... - No!

Elsa, Elsa.

Take what you want, you bastards, and get out of here.

That would be you, puppeteer.

Oh my god, what have they done.

Put him in the second car, and take him to Gestapo headquarters.

I'm not leaving my wife.

Elsa, my darling.

I'll call for an ambulance. Get him out of here!

You'll be all right, I promise you. You'll be all right.

Leave me alone, damn you filthy murdering swine.

And put the toys in with the toy-maker.

Elsa!

I believe it's time to get back to work, doctor.

My god, Krauss, that wasn't necessary.

You got what you needed.

And this will solve all your problems, doctor?

If the pictures are correct, I know it will be of use.

But a great deal depends on Toulon sharing his secret.

I'm under orders as well, and... the higher authority wants a demonstration of your results... yesterday.

I'll get with Toulon... as soon as Major Krauss makes it possible.

You should have waited to kill the woman. We need this man's cooperation.

It was stupid of you, Krauss. Unworthy of you.

General, I don't see the death of the Jew woman as a problem.

Yes?

They're both sitting in front of me now.

I see.

Thank you.

You ought to be congratulated, Krauss. Mr. Toulon has escaped your custody.

Hurry.

All clear, Major.

I want a thorough search of the living quarters.

- Nothing. - Get out.

Major, we have looked everywhere and found nothing.

All right.

- Burn it. - Yes, sir, Major.

- Search every building within a five-block radius. - Yes, sir.

Mr. Toulon, you... are a genius.

"Pharmacy"

Leeches. You suck our life's blood away.

Elsa... Oh god.

No thing must stop me from seeking you out and making each one of you to your knees for what you have done. And you will cry me "mercy," and I will have none.

No mercy, my friends. No mercy.

What are you doing?!

Guard! Guard!

Report to the morgue! Hurry!

Elsa, this is the best I can do for you now.

Elsa.

But you can still revenge yourself.

I'll be one hour. Take the car to be serviced, then return here...

... and, Erich, expect to be out all night.

Yes, sir.

Have the car ready. Have yourself ready.

Have your ass-hole ready.

I don't believe it.

Good night, fellow puppeteer.

This is excellent, Major.

This is nothing. There is no progress here.

Open your eyes, will you?

That is true he remained animate for just a few minutes.

There was no sign of violent rage this time.

This subject could be controlled from the field.

He was in a suicidal state, so he simply related back to his before-death behaviour.

Give me a soldier who is killed by the enemy in battle...

... and the results will be very different.

Toulon's genius is at work.

I need to speak to that man, Krauss.

And so do I.

You're not my driver.

Where's Lieutenant Stein?

Dead, sir.

Oh my god.

- You're saying that no one saw him leaving, nothing at all? - No, sir. I found him and contacted headquarters.

Have the body removed and send the report back to me.

Sergeant!

This is exactly what we found at the marionette theatre.

This is Toulon's, isn't it, Major?

I want every inch of this city searched.

Find him.

I don't care how many patrols it takes.

Find him!

Toulon, give yourself up. We'll find you.

It will be worse for you, believe me. Give up.

"Help the blind"

I think we will be safe here.

Tomorrow we start all over again. Killing murderers in the middle of a war.

This is not enough, doctor.

We're almost there. If I can get to Toulon, I know we can prolong the soldiers' new life...

... but I must get to him.

Reich's headquarters has informed us that there's not enough time to wait for Toulon's recapture.

General, we are very close to finding him.

This toymaker, Major, managed to kill one of your men. How is that possible?

An investigation is underway. 203.

Lieutenant Stein was very careless.

That seems to be a problem of yours, doesn't it Krauss?

Now I don't want any more excuses.

The humiliation to me...

I'd rather have you two shot than be disgraced in Marshall Goering's eyes once again.

Now if you will excuse me, I have a top-level meeting.

Now, be careful. Mueller will be well-armed.

Of course, so are you.

I wish I could handle Goering as well as I can handle you.

What is this joke?

I am giving you fair warning...

... your place is in the lab...

... not with the Gestapo High Command.

We need Andre Toulon, Major.

Yeah?

Just a moment.

Yes, Krauss here.

What happened?

Oh my god.

Yes, five minutes.

What?

Mueller's been killed.

I'm coming with you.

My friend, we will make repairs on you very soon.

Mr. Toulon?

It's me, Peter Hertz. Your puppet said I stole the candy, remember?

How did you find me?

By accident, Mr. Toulon. Peter and I have been hiding in this cellar...

... for two days.

The Gestapo or the SS?

Gestapo.

I need a place to keep Peter till I can get him to Switzerland.

We didn't know you were here, Mr. Toulon, I swear it.

You won't give us away, will you?

I would be a fool if I did.

Now we're all fugitives together.

Yes, fugitives.

This is where it happened, yes?

Look at the blood stains, Krauss.

The General was hit standing in the middle of the hallway, then he fell.

And this... is the first bullet fired.

If the assassin fired and missed...

... why didn't Mueller shoot back, yeah?

I'm sure he did.

So why is there no body?

Mueller could not have missed at such a close range.

I don't know.

Excuse me.

I've never seen a bullet this small.

What is it, Hess?

My god...

... I should have known.

The Gestapo found out my wife was originally from Warsaw.

So they came to our house and arrested her, claiming she was a spy.

How did you escape?

We didn't. I came home just as they were taking her away.

I found Peter hiding in the kitchen cupboard.

Ah, here comes supper. Good boy.

It's a picnic.

You like this, don't you, boy?

Yes, it's been a lot of fun, but...

... I'll be glad to go home.

Mother says she will be back soon, and we'll all go to Switzerland together

Yes, we all go... together.

10 000 marks for the information leading to Toulon's capture.

I want these posted all over the city within the hour.

When you find Toulon, you're going to execute him, aren't you, Krauss?

Did you know that Toulon taught medicine in Paris?

Quite a background researching in chemistry.

I wonder why he gave it up? Curious.

Answer me!

Yes, he will be executed immediately, and it will be my good pleasure to fire the first bullet.

I won't allow it.

Andre Toulon is an enemy of the Reich and of the New World Order.

When the tin gods are destroyed, the new world will be rebuilt by geniuses like Andre Toulon.

Something you and I will never live to see, Krauss.

I know you won't, doctor... ... but until I get that order...

... you will continue the work. Guard!

Until Toulon is captured, I think it best you work under proper supervision.

See that doctor Hess is escorted home. Stay with him until you heard from me.

Heil Hitler.

You should be in bed.

I like to stay up late.

The way they move... ... it's magic, isn't it?

Yes... ... and they can live forever.

What happened to his arm?

He got hurt doing me a favour...

... and I can't get the parts I need to make him a new arm.

However, he has five more.

I could get it. Yes, I could go to your workshop, with everything you need.

I'd be your assistant.

No, Peter, you stay here until your father says it's safe for you to leave.

You could be my assistant, and you look after my other puppets for me.

All right.

You know...

... that one looks a lot like the man that came to see my mother the day she went away.

Quiet!

Sorry, Peter, now you go to bed and tomorrow I'll put it on a special puppet show for you.

With the six-shooter? With the six-shooter. Goodnight. Goodnight.

Father, did you hear the soldier?

Yes, I did, Peter. I want you to stay inside, out of sight.

Mr. Toulon kept me safe, and tomorrow I get to be his assistant in his puppet show.

I want you to stay away from Mr. Toulon.

It's for your own good.

Now go to sleep.

"WANTED"

You wouldn't volunteer for a medical experiment, would you?

No, no. I didn't think you would.

Then... I must go out.

Well, come on. Follow me.

We don't want you getting into trouble with Major Krauss.

It's all right, private. I'll let you know when I want to escape.

Toulon must have kept a record.

You could at least help me find it.

Thank you.

What do you think you're doing?

What are you doing here?

Are these things for yourself?

You know...

... if you really want to help Mr. Toulon, Peter, you'll tell me where he is.

All I want to do is talk to him...

... and if I see anything that's not right, I will leave right away.

I am his assistant, you know.

Yes, I know. You are a man of authority.

But I don't want to harm Mr. Toulon...

... because...

... I don't want you mad at me.

I can't tell you exactly.

There.

Wait here. That's an order.

Mr. Toulon, I brought a friend.

Don't be afraid. I'm doctor Hess, Mr. Toulon.

I remember you.

- I didn't come here to have you arrested. - He promised me he only wanted to talk.

Peter, take these tools you bring and clean them like a good assistant.

Sit.

Killing you would be no problem for me, doctor.

I know, I just wanted to speak with you.

Be careful what you say. My friends are very sensitive.

I thought we could talk doctor to doctor.

You have the wrong man.

You taught medicine in Paris.

Chemistry and anatomy were specialties.

The Gestapo does its homework. I'm impressed.

To hell with the Gestapo!

I came here on my own.

I've come to learn of your genius firsthand.

Your promise was incredible. Why did you stop teaching?

After the war, I couldn't stand the sight of blood.

So my skill in anatomy took a different direction.

They're amazing. What is their secret, please?

It was given to me during a trip I took to Egypt with Elsa 15 years ago.

It is ancient and very simple.

It is in the archives of every museum on the continent, it will be found.

Not so. I have been working on a drug for over a year to re-instil animation...

... and all I have is random movement at best. And even then only for a few minutes.

But I look at your wooden creations, and they are alive as you and I.

You had my serum?

Yes. Completely organic.

But I have used it but cannot duplicate what you've done.

You didn't know your subjects, doctor.

When I call these puppets my friend, it is no mere affectation.

I knew them in life.

Hence, sight of them.

The book-keeper. Very funny. Full of tricks and practical jokes.

Shot by the Nazis.

Herman Strauss, truck driver. Executed for smuggling food to the Jewish ghetto.

And Elsa. You were there when they took her from me.

Yes.

But what gives them life?

The will to live.

I knew each of them before they were cut down by the Nazis...

... and they all wanted the same thing: the chance to go on fighting.

That was the difference--they wanted this life after death.

They volunteered.

Yes. The secret of the new life cannot be duplicated in the laboratory.

It is the human spirit.

Oh. An Excellent likeness.

The reward is 10 000 marks.

I don't want your money. If I show you where Toulon is hiding...

... all I want is freedom...

... for my wife and my son...

... so that we can leave Berlin and never return.

First show me where he is.

As good as new.

Are you going to send one of your puppets to visit me, Toulon?

Not just now.

At some other time we could have worked together and done great things.

What this means?

Doctor Hess went there almost an hour ago. He wanted me to stand guard.

When you see Hess, shoot him. That's an order.

- Let me get my son. - Make it fast.

Get away from my son.

Peter is safe, Hertz. This is doctor Hess.

A friend.

I don't care who he is. Stand away from my son.

Now!

... Peter, come to me.

- But father... - Peter!

Go with your father, Peter.

- Who saw you coming here? - No one.

- Father, no. - Be quiet, Peter.

It's the only way we can be a family.

Quick.

What about Toulon?

You don't understand.

We do what we must for mama.

Hands up!

Come on!

- Come on! I'd rather see Krauss the butcher dead than you. - I cannot.

Hurry. Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.

Hurry. Hurry.

Come on, before they come around the back way.

- Go. They're coming. - Stop!

Around the block. He can't be far.

What did you say to him? Nothing, Major. I said nothing.

- He was warned, yes? - No. - He was warned, yes? - I said nothing.

Father! Go, Peter. Run! Run!

Oh. He's done with.

Keep fighting.

Men like you need to survive.

Look my friends. I got us home.

I will help you, puppet master.

My god.

Like looking into a mirror, is it not?

Now you can see what a small man you really are, Major Krauss.

Is this what your puppets are for?

For your temper tantrums?

You think I'm afraid of this?

You will be afraid.

No, Toulon.

No!

No!

No!

Are you travelling alone, Major Krauss? No.

She'll be boarding in a few minutes.

- Look, mother, dolls. - Not dolls. Puppets.

I never heard of a boy playing with dolls before.

Where are you and your son travelling?

- Switzerland. - And then maybe to America.

Have you enjoyed Berlin?

No, I have not. I had very unpleasant experience. I am recuperating.

I hope you're well now.

Well, some people lost their heads, but friends saw me through.

All aboard. The express to Geneva is leaving from track number 7.