All language subtitles for blood of the vamp

[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]