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[dramatic instrumental music]

[bell ringing]

[wind blowing]

[dramatic instrumental music]

[shovel scraping]

- No.

No.

No, no.

[crowd laughing]

[upbeat instrumental music]

[pottery shattering]

[mumbling]

[laughing]

- What do you want?

[mumbling]

Go away.

[grunting]

All right.

I'll come.

I got to go now, business.

I'll be back later.

[gentle instrumental music]

[bird calling]

[metal clattering]

[liquid bubbling]

[dramatic instrumental music]

All right, all right, all right.

[heart beating]

First the money.

No, no, no, I don't want those.

I know what to do.

We discussed this together several times.

Here, hold this.

[flesh tearing]

[heart beating]

You haven't paid me enough for this.

[liquid splashing]

Do you hear me?

I want more money.

The authorities would pay well

for the information I could give them.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[yelling]

[bat squeaking]

[knife thudding]

[mumbling]

[horse hoof beats]

[gavel thudding]

- Dr. Pierre, have you anything to say

before sentence is passed?

- I will say this, my lord.

All I did was to try to save the life of my patient.

Had the members of the medical council

shown any competence in their task,

they would have realized that death was inevitable

and in no way caused by my actions,

and may I ask the court once more

to contact Professor Bernard Meinster of Geneva?

He knew my work

and will tell the court that what I did was justified.

That is all I have to say.

- You have said nothing

that you have not already said

during the course of this trial.

However, to put your mind at rest on one point,

the court took the liberty of writing to Professor Meinster

and placing before him the facts of this case.

I have here his reply.

"Your honor, I know nothing of the man

"who calls himself John Pierre,

"and I feel bound to condemn most severely

"his actions in this matter

"and express the hope that the law will deal with him

"in the fullest severity."

[crowd mumbling]

John Pierre, you have been found guilty of malpractice

leading to murder.

The sentence of this court is that you be confined

to the penal institution on Cambold Island

for the remainder of your natural life.

[crowd mumbling]

[gavel thudding]

The court is adjourned.

[crowd mumbling]

- Uncle, you must do something to help him.

- Yes, dear, we will.

[singing]

[metal clattering]

♪ Below

♪ Oh, don't deceive me

♪ Oh, never leave me

[singing]

[spitting]

- Getting posh in here, isn't we?

- La dee da, I calls it.

Come on.

Get out of here.

Dish of tea, your lordship?

- His lordship doesn't care to partake.

- Ha.

- The prisoner Pierre.

[singing]

There's a visitor for you.

- His lordship has a visitor.

- Ha.

- In here.

- But I can't see anyone in here.

- In here or not at all.

This way, miss.

[mumbling]

- You shouldn't have come here, Madeleine.

- I had to see you.

- John, why did this have to happen?

We would be married next week.

Everything is--

- It'll be all right.

You'll see.

- I'm leaving for Geneva to see Meinster.

- Good.

That letter needs some explanation.

He'd never have written like that.

- I'll find out.

I promise.

- Aren't you gonna introduce us, your lordship?

You can't keep a good thing like this to yourself.

- You'd better go, my dear.

- What's the matter, your lordship?

Forgotten your manners?

[laughing]

- Come on.

- She lovely, ain't she?

[mumbling]

[metal rattling]

- Your lordship, what'd she give you?

Let's have a look.

- Oh, his lordship don't wanna show us

his pretty little [mumbling].

Well, perhaps we'll have to take it off him.

[grunting]

- Oh, oh.

[gentle instrumental music]

[metal clanging]

- The other hand.

[metal rattling]

- Leave that.

[metal rattling]

The prisoner Pierre,

free the legs.

Leave the hands.

The party for Cambold Island to remain here,

the prisoner Pierre to come with me.

- Where are you taking me?

- Something special for you, Pierre,

something very special.

[gentle instrumental music]

[horse hoof beats]

Here's your prisoner.

[metal thudding]

[horse hoof beats]

[dramatic instrumental music]

[thunder rumbling]

[wood creaking]

[dogs barking]

- Out.

Take your time.

Inside.

Are you a doctor?

When I talk to you,

answer me, do you hear?

- Yes, I'm a doctor.

[paper rustling]

[metal clattering]

[metal scraping]

[dogs barking]

- In case you ever think of leaving us.

Come on.

[metal rattling]

Get inside.

What's this?

Prisoners aren't allowed personal possessions.

[grunting]

[metal clattering]

[yelling]

- All right, all right, friend.

He's gone.

- Who was that?

- Wetzler, he's the head warder.

- I don't imagine I'm going to like him.

- Believe it or not, friend,

he's the least of the evils

you'll have to contend with here.

You can curse the fates that sent you here,

for this is the abyss,

the bottomless pit of hell itself.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[metal rattling]

[mumbling]

[laughing]

- Wait.

[yelling]

Come.

- What's all the noise about?

- It's the unfortunates who for various reasons

aren't going to get any breakfast.

It's a punishment.

- Starvation?

- One of the minor punishments.

- Here.

- Now you better stand away from that door

unless you want another crack on the skull.

[mumbling]

- You're not hungry this morning?

Then we shan't waste this good food.

Eat well.

I'll have some work for you to do later.

[wood thudding]

[lock clicking]

[dogs barking]

Start digging,

not too deep, or you'll disturb the present occupant.

[laughing]

[shovels scraping]

- Who's dead?

- Nobody yet.

- Then what--

- Sh.

[dog barking]

[body thudding]

- This man's too ill to work.

- Who says so?

- I say so.

- You're not a doctor now, my friend.

You're our prisoner.

Get back to your work.

- I tell you he's--

[dog barking]

[shovels scraping]

- Up.

Get up, I said.

We'll see if the dog can move you.

[gentle instrumental music]

[bell clanging]

- It's Dr. Callistratus.

[dog barking]

[wood rattling]

- Who is that?

- Callistratus.

- Who's he?

- You'll find out, friend.

- [Man] Stop talking.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[dogs barking]

- I was willing to swear that that man

couldn't raise a finger.

Even the threat of the dog wouldn't move him.

Then this--

- Callistratus.

- Yes, he arrives,

and the man finds the strength not only

to get to his feet again,

but to do the work with the strength of two men.

- Fear.

- I know, but what sort of fear

can inspire those reactions?

- Look, friend, there are no words to describe

the horror of that name.

What you learn about Callistratus,

you've got to learn for yourself.

You can't be taught.

Enough that he's in complete charge here,

our absolute lord and master.

Soon you'll see what that phrase can mean.

There's the grave we dug this morning.

- But you said no one was dead.

[screaming]

[mumbling]

- There's your claimant for the grave tomorrow,

at least what'll be left of him.

- This is the year 1880,

not the Middle Ages.

- This is a prison for the criminally insane

whose families and friends have forgotten them.

- My friends haven't forgotten.

There was certain evidence at the trial

that did not come to light.

- They won't be able to help you.

No one can.

- Why do you say that?

- 'Cause once a man sets foot in this place,

he never leaves.

Do you know why I'm here?

My wife was very beautiful, too beautiful.

There was a man who wanted her for himself.

He was the mayor of the village in which I lived.

[mumbling]

One night in a tavern,

I quarreled with a man,

and later they found his body

with my knife stuck in his back.

I didn't have a chance.

The rest you know.

I'm here, and my wife--

- I'm sorry, Kurt.

- There's no help,

at least not from the outside.

- What do you mean?

- When you realize that no one can help you,

perhaps then you and I can help each other.

[dramatic instrumental music]

- Out.

Not you, just Pierre.

- Where are you taking me?

- To Dr. Callistratus.

[gentle instrumental music]

[lock clicking]

Over here.

[wood knocking]

- Enter.

[dramatic instrumental music]

I am Dr. Callistratus.

You're perhaps wondering why you've been sent here.

Your original destination was

to be Cambold Island, I believe.

You're here because I sent for you.

It's the prerogative of those of us in charge of prisons

to ask for any prisoner

whom we consider would benefit

our own particular establishment.

Now I've read the reports of your trial.

I think you come into that category.

Will you follow me, please?

[liquid bubbling]

This is my laboratory.

This is where you will work.

- Work?

- You were confined to prison

for attempting to do something

that no one has ever done before,

transfuse blood from one being to another.

Now you must have believed

in what you were trying to do.

I too believe it can be done.

Here we shall attempt to do it together.

- Do I understand that you want me

to work on medical research?

- If you so choose,

you can sit in your cell and rot,

but I don't think you will.

- No, no, I won't.

- Good, good, now tell me.

In your work with blood,

what did you discover about the groupings?

- Only that there were different types of blood,

very little else.

- Did you not discover that to inject

one type of blood into a body bearing a different type

could be dangerous, even fatal?

- To my cost.

- That is why all species of blood must be classified

so that the same mistake is not made again.

Now here we have two entirely different blood groups.

For want of a better name,

I'm calling them group A and group B.

I want you to observe the different blood structure

of both these groups.

[liquid bubbling]

- Yes, I see the difference.

- And now I'm going to add more of the group A blood

onto the A slide.

Do you observe the effect?

You see, they mix quite naturally.

Well, now I'm going to add some of the group A specimen

onto the other slide.

Now will you tell me what you see?

- The groups do not mix.

They seem to be fighting one another.

- They will destroy each other.

The same thing could happen in a human body,

so the first phase of your work

will be to classify

and to learn the various blood groups.

- Where do I obtain them?

- There are enough prisoners in this establishment

to give you all the specimens you require.

- And the second phase?

- The isolation of a rare and dangerous blood condition.

You'll learn about that when your first work is completed.

- I see.

- Meantime, you're still a prisoner.

You will not be allowed to leave here,

but inside you will have freedom of movement.

- Thank you.

- Here are some of my research notes.

Will you study them?

Oh, one other thing.

Your work will bring you in contact

with many of the prisoners.

You'll hear many strange and fantastic stories.

Perhaps you already have.

Remember, Pierre, you are in an institution

for the insane, criminally insane.

Three quarters of what is said here

can be completely discounted

as the raving of imbeciles.

Now Carl will show you to your room.

Carl.

You will remain there today.

Tomorrow we start work together,

and, Carl, will you get those manacles removed?

- Let me have him back now.

I've some work for him to do.

Well, when?

A prisoner with privileges,

I never thought I'd see that in this place.

Watch your step, Pierre.

One day, you'll slip up,

and I'll be looking after you again.

Don't you touch me, you dirty little ape.

- Carl, Wetzler,

I want the prisoner's manacles removed.

[gentle instrumental music]

- Thank you, Carl.

[liquid bubbling]

[dramatic instrumental music]

[yelling]

- Is the patient ready?

- No, don't.

Please.

Leave me alone.

No. [screaming]

[blood dripping]

- Soon, Carl, I shall be able to dispense

with the blood of others.

With Pierre helping me,

the solution of my problem will be much quicker, easier.

[metal tapping]

[liquid bubbling]

[yelling]

What are you doing here?

- Oh, I'm sorry, doctor.

When you first came here as my housekeeper,

I warned you to confine yourself to my living quarters.

You've chosen to ignore my warning

and to pry into matters which do not concern you.

Now that you are here,

you must pay the forfeit for your curiosity.

Carl will see that you're taken care of.

- Oh, no, please, doctor.

I won't say a word to anyone.

I promise you.

- Carl, take her away.

[whimpering]

- No,

no. [crying]

No.

No.

- Since you're so interested in my work,

there's no reason why you should not assist me.

My experiments so far have been confined

to male blood groups.

I think the time has come to extend my activities.

- As soon as this young lady

told me what had happened,

I came at once.

- And you say you never received this letter

from the court at the time of the trial.

- If I had, I would have come immediately.

You know that, my dear.

- So this letter purporting to be from you

was in fact a forgery.

- It must have been.

- I see.

Well, in the light of these facts

you've laid before me, Professor Meinster,

I shall review the case.

[bell ringing]

Then perhaps we can take steps to discover

who perpetrated this deception

and with what reason in mind.

Ah, Auron, this is Monsieur Auron

of the Prison Commission.

Auron, I'm going to review the case

of one John Pierre

at the request of Mademoiselle Duvow.

Notify the commission immediately.

- Yes, sir.

- That is all I can do, my dear.

- Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

[lock clicking]

[metal rattling]

[glass shattering]

- I'm sorry.

It's the last one.

You'll have to get another from the laboratory.

- Can't it wait?

- Dr. Callistratus said he wanted blood samples

from everyone in this block.

You go.

I'll wait here.

[metal rattling]

- Be back in a minute.

- Hello, Kurt.

- John.

John, for heaven's sake, I thought--

- That I was dead?

- It's been over a week since they came for you.

What's happened?

- I work here now.

- What do you mean, you work here?

- Callistratus found out that I was a doctor.

I'm helping him.

I've come to take a blood sample.

- Not from me, you won't.

- It's only a sample I want.

I've taken one from every prisoner here.

- I'm not going to be dragged down

to that laboratory and experimented on.

- What is there about the laboratory that frightens you?

- What about the room below the laboratory?

What about the ones that go in there?

Well, you saw that man dragged off that time.

- He died of a heart attack.

- [laughing] who told you that, your doctor friend?

I saw two of the men who were detailed to bury him.

They told me his entire body had been slit open,

and there was nothing left of him.

- He may have performed an autopsy.

It's not unusual in the case of sudden death--

- Another thing, all the blood had been drained

out of his body.

He was only just skin and bone.

Ask your doctor friend to explain that,

and ask him about the man last week,

the one we had to bury without his head.

I was on that burying party myself.

- Quick.

- No.

[metal rattling]

- Here you are.

Be more careful in the future.

- It's all right.

I've got what I want in here.

[gentle instrumental music]

[metal rattling]

[liquid bubbling]

Is the doctor down there?

Let me pass, Carl.

- Carl, what's keeping you?

[grunting]

[dramatic instrumental music]

What is the meaning of this?

As Carl's unable to, perhaps you will explain.

- I apologize, doctor.

I merely wished to pass through the door.

Carl tried to stop me.

- Is that right, Carl?

Why did you want to go through that door?

- I wanted to find out what is down there.

- That is no concern of yours.

- If I'm to assist you,

I should understand the full scope of your work.

- You will learn in good time.

Meanwhile, you please concentrate on the groupings.

Carl, you may go,

but remember you will not leave that door open again.

[metal clattering]

Have you completed the groupings?

- Nearly, I only have to classify them.

- Good.

Then you can start on the second phase of your work.

- Which is?

- You remember when you first came here,

I spoke of a blood condition

which I was trying to isolate.

- Yes.

- Now this condition breaks down the living blood cells

and forms a completely new group.

The cells in this group cannot be mingled

with any other group,

but somewhere there must be a combination of groups

that will not be antagonistic towards it.

We must find that combination.

- How are you going to do that?

- Trial and error is a laborious task,

but the only way, I'm afraid.

- You've experimented before with this group.

- Naturally.

Why do you ask?

- On the prisoner who was taken

from his cell the other night.

- You've been listening to the ravings

of those poor wretches.

Now I warned you about that, Pierre,

when you first came here.

Don't let me have to warn you again.

[wood knocking]

Come in.

- Monsieur Auron's waiting to see you, sir.

- Thank you.

- Will you continue with the classification?

I'll return soon.

[door thudding]

[liquid bubbling]

Auron.

- Good morning, Callistratus.

- You here in your capacity

as inspector of prisons,

or is it purely a social call?

- A little of both.

Firstly, the commission are getting disturbed

at the number of deaths at this establishment.

You must do something to cover it up, Callistratus.

The commission will be bound to take action otherwise.

- That is your problem.

I pay you well.

Earn your money.

- I know, but you're making it extremely difficult for me.

- What was the other thing you wanted

to talk to me about?

- The prisoner Pierre,

he's to be released.

- Why?

When?

- His case was reviewed.

They found out that the letter he sent to,

what's his name?

- Meinster.

- Yes, they found out that it never reached him.

Meinster came to cast doubt himself.

- This is unfortunate.

- If it were ever found out

that I intercepted the letter

and replied to it myself,

I'd be finished.

I forged Meinster's signature.

- This is most unfortunate.

Something will have to be done.

- I knew you'd help me out.

I only did it for you.

- When will the release order be through?

- A week, perhaps 10 days.

- That's good, good.

That's all, thank you.

- But what are you going to do?

- All in good time.

Now if there's nothing else,

I have work to do.

You will excuse me.

Will you tell Pierre I wish to see him?

- You won't forget what I told you

about the deaths here.

The commission are worried.

- The commission are always worried.

Now unless you want to meet Pierre,

I suggest that you wait for Carl

in the next room.

He'll see you out as soon as he's finished.

- I wish I knew what you intended to do.

- Good day.

[door thudding]

Come in, Pierre.

I've just had a visitor,

a member of the Prison Commission.

Among other things, routine things,

he brought up the matter of yourself.

- What did he say?

- He told me that in the light of new evidence,

your case has been reviewed.

- It's what I've been waiting for.

- He went on to say that the court

could find no grounds to reverse their original decision.

- But I don't understand.

- It grieves me to have to tell you this, Pierre,

but your sentence must stand as passed.

The court found there were no extenuating circumstances.

- But didn't Meinster testify?

Didn't they get in touch with Meinster?

- I'm afraid I'm not aware of the details.

I only know what I've been told.

Of course, I shall do all in my power

to see that you continue your work here.

That way your incarceration will weigh

less heavily on you.

That is all.

Pierre, that is all.

You may return to your room.

You'll be excused work for the rest of the day.

[liquid bubbling]

Pierre, will you help me please?

I must keep this man alive.

Cardiac stimulant.

- He's suffering from a serious blood deficiency.

How much have you given him?

- You misunderstand, Pierre.

I'm not giving him any blood.

I'm taking it from him.

- How much have you taken?

- Nearly two liters.

- You must be mad.

- I'm not interested in your opinion of me.

I'm interested in keeping this man alive.

The stimulant.

- You've got to start a transfusion

on this man immediately.

- Got to?

Are you telling me what I must do?

Pierre.

Wetzler.

- He's dead.

- It was to prevent death that I sent for you.

- You killed him, Callistratus.

You murdered this man.

- And you ruined an important experiment,

which is infinitely worse.

Wetzler, Pierre's returning to his room.

Will you see that he gets there?

[gentle instrumental music]

[wood knocking]

- Guard.

[wood knocking]

Guard.

- What do you want?

- I want to go into the cell block

to see the prisoner Kurt Urach.

- Why?

- It's on the doctor's business.

- I know nothing of this.

- Perhaps you'd like me to wake him up

so that he could tell you.

- No, wait, wait, wait a minute.

[metal rattling]

- That plan of yours,

the one you mentioned the night I arrived.

- What plan?

- I want to hear about it.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- Look, I had to lie to get in here.

I want to know what that plan is.

- Here you are,

Callistratus' pet lap dog,

trotting around doing his dirty work for him,

and you expect me to fall for it?

Who put you up to it, Callistratus or Wetzler?

- I'm serious.

Are you with me, or do I have to try it alone?

- All right, let's assume for one moment

that you mean what you say.

Why have you changed your mind?

- They reviewed my case.

- The verdict stands?

I warned you, friend, didn't I?

- Yes, you did,

but you also said you knew a way we could break out.

Now are you going to tell me what it is?

- All right.

I'll tell you.

[metal rattling]

[grunting]

[stone scraping]

It cost more than one life to get these.

This will unlock the door at the cell

and the door to the corridor.

That's stage one, easy.

Stage two is the difficult one,

getting across the compound to the wall.

The dogs will have to be taken care of.

That's where I need your help.

I need some poison.

Can you get any?

- I think so.

- Good, well, this is what'll do.

I know the prisoner whose job it is to feed the dogs.

Now tomorrow night when we've got the poison--

[liquid bubbling]

- I feel we've progressed well today, Pierre.

I'm bound to admit you're a great help to me.

- Thank you, sir.

[door thudding]

[dramatic instrumental music]

[glass clinking]

[door creaking]

[dogs barking]

[bird calling]

[rock scraping]

[metal rattling]

- [John] Guard.

- What do you want?

- I have something important to tell you.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[yelling]

The guard.

- Leave him.

I'll fix the rope.

Hurry.

- Kurt.

Kurt.

No.

No.

[metal scraping]

[dogs barking]

[screaming]

- Wetzler was for letting you follow that man

into the courtyard.

Perhaps I should have let you.

- You knew.

You could have stopped it.

- Yes, I could have stopped it,

but sometimes it's necessary to have an example

to show the imprudency of certain actions.

Remember what has happened, John Pierre.

Let it be a deterrent against further similar occurrences.

- I am sorry, my dear young lady.

One more day, and the release order

would have become official.

- Are you sure there couldn't have been some mistake?

- Quite sure.

I have the report here from the governor of the prison.

Pierre and another man were both killed

while attempting to escape.

- Excuse me.

Can you tell me when Dr. Callistratus will see me?

- I told him you were here, miss.

He's busy at the moment, I'm afraid,

but he won't be long.

- Thank you.

- Is the housekeeper's room ready?

Be prepared to take her there

as soon as I've seen her.

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

The duties of a prison governor are long

and sometimes arduous.

- I understand, sir.

- Please sit down.

- Thank you.

- Good, now whilst I'm delighted

at the choice of the Prison Commission in selecting you,

I feel bound to admit that I doubt their wisdom.

- I'm sorry, sir.

I don't understand.

- This is a prison.

More than that, it's hardly the place

for anyone so young and beautiful as yourself.

- But I was told by the commission

that I shouldn't have to enter the prison.

- That is true.

If I had known you would have been the choice,

I should have asked the commissioner

to replace my housekeeper earlier, much earlier.

- I shall try and do my best, sir.

- I'm sure you will.

Now Carl will show you to your rooms.

Carl, this is Mademoiselle Duvow, the new housekeeper.

[gentle instrumental music]

He's my faithful servant.

You can trust him.

[liquid bubbling]

- Sir, look at this.

- At last.

Pierre, we've discovered that the destructive power

of this group can be temporarily halted

by normal transfusion.

We're halfway to a permanent cure.

- If it's such a rare condition,

I don't see why we're bothering.

After all, there are many more important things

we could be working on.

- There is nothing more important, nothing.

For six years I've been working on a cure

for the evil degeneration of the blood cells.

To suffer from [mumbling]

must be the most terrible affliction of all time.

What is it?

Here now?

All right, tell him to wait.

I'll see him later.

After this discovery, Pierre,

we shall do no more work today.

- This card, the one for Kurt Urach.

- What about it?

- Kurt was killed more than a week ago.

- I know that.

- There's an entry here

on a blood classification dated yesterday.

- Nonsense.

[dramatic instrumental music]

Yes, you're right.

A careless slip.

I'll alter it.

Will you return to your room?

[metal clattering]

[rocks clattering]

- All right for you, Callistratus.

You're not under constant--

- Sh.

- What is it?

[gentle instrumental music]

- John, John, my darling.

I knew it couldn't be true

when they said you were dead.

- Who said that?

- The Prison Commission.

They said you were killed

trying to escape the day before your release came through.

- My release?

Meinster testified?

So there was lying.

- Who?

- Callistratus,

but what are you doing here?

- I was sure you wouldn't try to escape

when you know I was going to see Meinster.

I had to find out for myself what happened,

so Uncle Phillip used his influence

to get me this job as housekeeper.

- You mustn't stay here, not for a moment.

If Callistratus finds out who you are,

tomorrow you must leave.

Make some excuse, anything to get out of here,

and go straight to the authorities.

Tell them what you know.

They'll know what to do.

[wood knocking]

- Oh, very well.

I'll come down immediately.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[dogs barking]

[shovel scraping]

- I tell you this business of Pierre

and the other man dying like that,

it's going to cause a lot of questions.

- Perhaps the commission would rather

I let them escape.

- You've had too many mysterious deaths here.

Other prisons don't have this trouble.

- This is not like other prisons.

[wood knocking]

Come in.

This is Mademoiselle Duvow, my new housekeeper.

Monsieur Auron.

- It's a great pleasure, my dear young lady.

Tell me have we not met before?

- I don't think so, sir.

- Is there anything else you require, sir?

- That's all, thank you.

- You know, Callistratus,

I'm sure I've seen her somewhere before.

[dogs barking]

- All quiet?

- Dogs are a bit restless.

- Open up.

I'm going out.

[metal rattling]

[wood scraping]

[dogs barking]

Give me your rifle and bayonet.

[mumbling]

Hurry.

[shovel scraping]

[wood creaking]

[dramatic instrumental music]

[metal clanging]

[yelling]

[gun firing]

[dogs barking]

[wood knocking]

- Enter.

Well, what is it?

- It's Wetzler, sir.

He's dead.

- Where did this happen?

- At the burial ground.

There was an open grave.

- I shall come and see.

You'll excuse me, Auron.

[wood thudding]

- Carl.

Where's the housekeeper, Carl?

I too shall retire.

I've had a long day.

Tell the doctor when he returns.

[gentle instrumental music]

[wood thudding]

- What are you doing here?

- Come, my dear.

It's not as though we are complete strangers,

or had you forgotten our previous meeting?

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- No?

- If you don't leave,

I shall call Dr. Callistratus.

- Please do.

I'm sure he'd be delighted

to know that we had met before.

Where was it?

In the Chief Justice's office,

if I remember correctly.

Now will you call him,

or shall I?

- No, no, don't call him.

- Of course not.

So much nicer with just the two of us here, isn't it?

I've brought you some wine.

I thought we might drink a toast together

to our friendship.

You are very beautiful, my dear,

much too beautiful to remain in a place like this,

such fair skin,

so smooth and soft.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[cloth tearing]

[gasping]

Carl.

[yelling]

- Carl.

Carl, explain.

- It's not Carl's fault.

He was helping me.

Auron came in here

and tried to force himself on me.

Then Carl--

- She's lying.

I came here to find out

where I'd seen her before,

and I'll tell you,

in the Chief Justice's office.

Go on.

Ask her what she was doing there.

- You're the one that's lying.

- She's trying to trick you, Callistratus.

They sent her here to find--

- Get out, Auron.

- I tell you she's--

- Get out.

- I'm leaving, but you haven't heard the last of this.

I've done enough covering up for you,

and I'm going to make a full report

to the Prison Commission

on the work you're doing here.

- Release him.

Carl,

the gentleman is leaving.

[metal rattling]

My dear young lady,

how can I apologize for this unfortunate incident?

- Thank you, doctor,

but it's all right now.

- Yes, my dear.

It's all right.

[liquid bubbling]

[wood thudding]

- You sent for me, sir?

- Yes, will you come over here, please?

I must apologize for this late summons,

but Auron's stupidity has forced me

to come to certain decisions.

I'm afraid there's no time to lose.

Will you come with me, please?

Through here.

This is my other laboratory.

Only Carl and myself have ever been down here before.

The practical side of my work distresses you?

Come.

Let me explain.

This is a little experiment of mine

to determine the effects of deep freezing

on the human body.

This man is being kept alive artificially.

He has no heart.

I have recreated mechanically

the stimulus provided by the heartbeat.

Here is his heart

for which he had no further use,

so I borrowed it, shall we say?

More important, someone who knew you,

knew you very well.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[paper scratching]

[metal clicking]

- John,

John.

[metal rattling]

John.

- Don't worry.

The young lady is not leaving.

Carl, fetch that crowbar,

and bring it here.

Do as I say, Carl.

[metal clattering]

Now chain Pierre to the wall,

and remember this gun is trained on both of you.

Get the operating table ready.

I hope you approve of my real workshop.

As a fellow doctor,

you'd have enjoyed some of my experiments.

The girl, Carl.

Carl, the girl,

strap her to the table.

Do as I say, Carl.

Very well, I shall deal with you later.

Leave the laboratory.

What I'm doing is no concern of yours.

Now leave.

[gun cocking]

Carl, stay where you are.

[gun firing]

[body thudding]

And now to put our theory into practice.

We shall soon see whether all my work has been in vain.

With the aid of Mademoiselle Duvow here,

I am going to transfer the bloodstream

from one living person into another.

This will make you sleep, my dear.

You will feel nothing.

[metal rattling]

- [John] Callistratus, leave her alone.

If you must experiment on someone,

why not me?

Why not me, Callistratus?

[metal rattling]

- Once I was a doctor like yourself,

and like yourself,

I experimented with conditions of the blood.

They called me a vampire,

sentenced me to die,

to be impaled with the stake,

but during my work,

I discovered and isolated a culture

which allowed life to remain dormant in me,

although my heart had been damaged,

so after my execution,

Carl, with the aid of a drunken doctor, resurrected me.

I changed my name

and started life afresh,

but this culture proved a double edged weapon.

It saved me from an early grave,

but it created an infection in me

in which one group of cells in my body

is destroying the other.

Kurt here has proved an ideal companion.

At last he will have some company.

- Kurt.

- Kurt doesn't talk.

He doesn't even move about.

He just stays where he is without complaining,

don't you, Kurt?

I'm not sure he even understands

what's being said to him.

I may say I performed a miracle of surgery

in keeping him alive.

The dogs were particularly savage that night.

Kurt has been infected with the same disease

that I am suffering from,

in a concentrated form, of course.

Now I intend to take Kurt's blood from him

and substitute fresh, clean blood.

If Kurt survives the experiment,

I shall have succeeded.

- Kurt, can you hear me?

Kurt.

This is John Pierre.

You mustn't let him do this.

You must stop him.

Don't let him, Kurt.

You must stop him.

- Don't bother yourself, Pierre.

I don't suppose he can even understand you.

- Now, Kurt, now.

[gentle instrumental music]

- Apparently he does understand you.

Kurt,

Kurt, let go my arm.

Kurt,

Kurt, let go my arm.

[grunting]

Kurt, Kurt, let go my arm.

Kurt.

Kurt, let go my arm.

Kurt, let go my arm.

Kurt.

Let go my arm.

[metal rattling]

[gentle instrumental music]

- Come on, Madeleine.

Wake up.

Wake up, Madeleine.

- John.

[yelling]

- It's all right.

We're leaving.

We'll be all right.

Callistratus, get up.

We're leaving here.

You'll give us safe conduct

as far as the main gates.

Is that understood?

If you do or say anything to stop us,

I'll kill you.

Madeleine, you go first.

Here's the key.

[gentle instrumental music]

Don't forget.

If we don't get out of here safely--

- Open the doors.

We're going out.

Do as I say immediately.

[wood scraping]

[wood creaking]

[dogs barking]

Open them up.

- As soon as I've seen the commission, Callistratus,

I shall be back.

[dramatic instrumental music]

- Don't touch that.

[gun firing]

[metal scraping]

[dogs barking]

[yelling]

Doctor, the dogs.

[screaming]

[dramatic instrumental music]