Original subtitles

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]

Man: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PHELPS.

THESE TWO MEN, EMIL SKARBECK AND KURT LOM,

ARE BITTER RIVALS

FOR THE VACANT POST OF CHIEF OF SECRET POLICE

FOR THE EAST EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.

BOTH ARE HARD-LINERS --

DETERMINED TO TURN THEIR COUNTRY

INTO ONE VAST CONCENTRATION CAMP.

YOUR MISSION, JIM, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO ELIMINATE BOTH FROM CONTENTION

SO THAT THIS THIRD CANDIDATE, PAUL TROCK,

WHO IS FRIENDLY TO THE WEST, BECOMES THE NEW CHIEF.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

DR. BECKER HAD THE LETTER MICROFILMED

AND SMUGGLED OUT TO HIS BROTHER

JUST BEFORE SKARBECK MURDERED HIM SIX YEARS AGO.

HOW'S THE ACT COMING, ROLLIN?

WELL, WE'VE ADDED A FEW TOUCHES, JIM,

BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY, IT'S THE SAME ACT

CARLOTTA USED TO DO WITH FRITZ MUELLER.

MM-HMM.

HOW ABOUT THE PLAYBACK, WILLY?

ALL SET.

I'VE BEEN REHEARSING WITH IT ALL AFTERNOON, JIM.

JIM, WILL OUR THREE CANDIDATES

SHOW UP FOR THE OPENING?

YES, OUR MAN TROCK IS BRINGING SKARBECK WITH HIM.

I'M CERTAIN THAT LOM WILL SHOW UP

JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TWO OF THEM.

THERE YOU ARE.

PRETTY.

TOO BAD CARLOTTA KLEVE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

IT MIGHT HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.

THE NEEDLE CONTAINS A KNOCKOUT DROP.

AND THESE...

WILL CREATE THE EQUIVALENT OF A HYPNOTIC STATE.

MM-HMM.

HOW MUCH DANGER WILL CINNAMON BE IN?

WE KNOW FROM DR. BECKER'S LETTER

THAT SKARBECK HAS A DEEP PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE

TRIGGERED BY JEALOUSY,

CAPABLE OF ERUPTING INTO VIOLENCE AT ANY MOMENT.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT.

JUST REMEMBER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AN EMOTIONAL TIME BOMB.

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ RINGS ]

[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]

[ SIGHS ] COME ON, TROCK.

YOU DIDN'T ASK ME HERE TO ENTERTAIN ME.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

SKARBECK, YOU DO ME A DISSERVICE.

PERHAPS ALL I WANT IS YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

[ LAUGHS ]

OH, LOOK. LOM.

[ Laughing ] A LITTLE PARANOID,

WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

UNDOUBTEDLY HE THINKS WE'RE MAKING PLANS AGAINST HIM.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF I CAN'T HAVE THAT JOB,

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT, NOT HIM.

JA?

WELL, GENTLEMEN,

WHAT AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.

WILL YOU JOIN US?

YOU'RE VERY KIND.

OTTO.

FRAULEIN, TWO BOCKS.

WELL, LOM, WHAT A SURPRISE

TO SEE YOU AT SUCH A FRIVOLOUS PLACE.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE A SECRET LIFE

WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, HMM?

[ OTTO LAUGHS ]

NOT AT ALL, EMIL.

THE TRAUMERIE IS AN INSTITUTION,

AND I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AH.

[ DRUM ROLL ]

[ CYMBALS CRASH ]

WELCOME!

HERREN... UND MEIN FRAUEN,

WELCOME.

WELCOME TO THE TRAUMERIE CAFé --

THE CAFé OF DREAMS... AND ILLUSION.

THIS FACE...IS ILLUSION.

THIS PLACE...IS ILLUSION.

EVEN THIS MUSIC...

[ PIANO PLAYS ARPEGGIOS ]

[ LAUGHTER ]

...IS ILLUSION.

SO...

MEINE HERREN UND MEINE DAMEN,

BE HAPPY [LAUGHS]

FOR TOMORROW...

TOMORROW...

TOMORROW YOUR HEAD WILL HURT.

YOUR BOCK WILL BUCK.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YOUR WIFE WILL FIND OUT.

[ LAUGHTER INTENSIFIES ]

WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING, HUH?

BUT WHO CARES?

WHO CARES?

WHO CARES?

WHO CARES?

[ APPLAUSE ]

AND NOW, THE ONE REALITY --

THE ONE...AND ONLY... MONA BERN.

[ PIANO PLAYS ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

* IF YOU BUY MY GLASS OF WINE

* DARLING, YOU ARE TRULY MINE

* LOVER, WHILE THE WINE STILL POURS *

* HOLD ME, I AM YOURS

* SO WE'LL DANCE UNTIL THE DAWN *

* AND WHEN ALL THE WINE IS GONE *

* ONLY LOOK INTO MY EYES

* TO KNOW IT ALL WAS LIES

* YOU FOOL

* WHO'LL THINK OF YOU AGAIN?

* TILL YOU RETURN AND THEN

* IF YOU BUY MY GLASS OF WINE

* DARLING, YOU ARE TRULY MINE

* LOVER, WHILE THE WINE STILL POURS *

* HOLD ME, I AM YOURS

[ APPLAUSE ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

[ WHISTLING ]

* I'VE GOT 10 TINY TOES

* TUCKED IN SHINY BLACK HOSE

* TOPPED WITH SHOCKING PINK GARTERS OF LACE *

* THEY'RE MY FAVORITE THINGS

* THEY'RE SUCH SNAPPABLE RINGS *

* THAT TO USE THEM WOULD BE A DISGRACE *

-TROUBLE IS -- -OH!

WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING?

A THOUSAND PARDONS, HERR SKARBECK.

ONE MOMENT.

HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?

YOU ARE VERY WELL KNOWN, HERR SKARBECK.

I'M NOT. I TAKE PRIDE IN NOT BEING WELL KNOWN.

NO, YOU ARE TOO MODEST, HERR SKARBECK.

EXCUSE ME.

SKARBECK,

DID YOU NOTICE THE RESEMBLANCE

BETWEEN THIS ACT AND THE ACT CARLOTTA KLEVE USED TO DO

WITH FRITZ MUELLER?

NOTICE IT? OF COURSE I NOTICED IT.

IT WAS A DIRECT STEAL.

THEY NEVER DID SOLVE HER MURDER, DID THEY?

THEY NEVER DID SOLVE HER MURDER.

HMM? WHAT DID YOU SAY, TROCK?

I SAID THEY NEVER DID SOLVE HER MURDER, DID THEY?

IT WAS FRITZ MUELLER.

OH. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

HE WAS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

NEAR THE BORDER.

DO YOU REMEMBER THEM?

VERY WELL.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW EMIL IN THOSE DAYS, TROCK.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO DID FELT VERY SORRY FOR HIM.

YOU WERE VERY DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH HER,

WEREN'T YOU, EMIL?

I DON'T CARE TO DISCUSS CARLOTTA KLEVE WITH YOU.

YOU OR ANYONE ELSE!

JA, I SEEM TO HAVE HIT A NERVE.

A NERVE?!

SKARBECK COVERED IT VERY WELL,

BUT HE MURDERED CARLOTTA KLEVE.

Bern: YOU GET FUNNIER ALL THE TIME.

Man: AH, YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION.

HA HA HA. ME, YOUR INSPIRATION?

[ Laughing ] MM-HMM-MM.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

COME IN.

AH, HERR SKARBECK,

IT SEEMS I'M ALWAYS IN YOUR WAY.

FORGIVE ME.

FRAULEIN BERN.

A FRIEND OF MINE.

YES, THAT WAS OBVIOUS.

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

ERIK NEUSTADT. HE'S A JOURNALIST.

SOME SCHNAPPS?

WHY NOT?

YOU KNOW...

...IT'S AMAZING.

YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE HER, BUT...

EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CARLOTTA KLEVE?

YES.

MM.

SHE WAS A GREAT FRIEND AND A GREAT ENTERTAINER,

WHICH IS WHY I COPIED HER STYLE.

I KNEW SHE WOULD NOT OBJECT.

BECAUSE SHE WAS DEAD, YOU MEAN.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME?

I TOLD YOU. CARLOTTA AND I WERE FRIENDS.

WE GREW UP TOGETHER IN FLENSBURG.

WE DANCED TOGETHER ON THE RIVIERA.

SHE WROTE ME OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE...IF WE MET.

YOU ARE A LIAR.

SHE WASN'T BORN IN FLENSBURG.

SHE NEVER DANCED ON THE RIVIERA.

THOSE WERE STORIES SHE TOLD.

SHE WAS DRAGGED UP IN THE SLUMS OF DRESDEN.

WHO PUT YOU UP TO THIS?

YOU HAVE VERY STRONG HANDS, HERR SKARBECK.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO DRESS, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME.

IF YOU WILL TALK WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT.

YOU'RE A VERY ATTRACTIVE MAN, HERR SKARBECK.

MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN I WAS LED TO BELIEVE.

AS LONG AS IT IS REASONABLE TO DO SO,

I WILL TALK.

REASONABLE?

I'M BEING PAID 10,000 MARKS TO SEDUCE YOU.

YOU'RE VERY FRANK. I LIKE THAT.

I MIGHT LET YOU EARN THOSE 10,000 MARKS

IF I KNOW WHO'S PAYING THEM.

I MIGHT EVEN GIVE YOU ANOTHER 10,000 MARKS.

KURT LOM.

I THOUGHT SO.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

HE SAW US IN HAMBURG, FRITZ AND I.

BUT YOU ALREADY HAD THIS ACT.

YES, OF COURSE, WE WORKED IT UP FROM OLD FILMS.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHERE DO YOU LIVE, HERR SKARBECK?

MOGANSTRASSE 15.

IN AN HOUR.

YOU HAD BETTER OPEN THE DOOR.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE OCCUPIED. I'M SORRY.

IT'S ONE OF YOUR WORST CHARACTERISTICS, FRITZ.

YOU ARE ALWAYS SORRY.

I'M SORRY IF I --

YOU SEE?

FRITZ ELB, THIS IS HERR SKARBECK.

HERR SKARBECK WAS JUST TELLING ME

HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE.

OH, YOU ARE MOST KIND, HERR SKARBECK.

NOT AT ALL.

FRAULEIN BERN, GOODNIGHT.

GOODNIGHT.

HERR NEUSTADT,

YOU HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN MISINFORMED

IF YOU THINK THERE IS ANY RIVALRY

BETWEEN HERR SKARBECK AND MYSELF.

WE ARE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.

I SEE.

FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, HERR LOM.

I DID HAVE A CERTAIN PIECE OF INFORMATION

I FELT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

CONCERNING THE MURDER OF CARLOTTA KLEVE.

HOWEVER...

GOODNIGHT.

HERR NEUSTADT...

MAY I OFFER YOU SOME BRANDY?

THANK YOU.

AFTER SO LONG A TIME,

WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RESURRECT

THE CARLOTTA KLEVE CASE?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT EMIL SKARBECK KILLED HER?

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE DID.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT, HERR NEUSTADT?

MY NAME IS NOT NEUSTADT. IT IS BECKER.

I'M THE BROTHER

OF PSYCHIATRIST DR. JOSEF BECKER.

DOES THAT NAME MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

I'M AFRAID NOT.

SKARBECK KILLED HIM, TOO.

BUT WHY?

TO KEEP A SECRET HE FELT WAS EVEN MORE DAMNING

THAN CARLOTTA'S MURDER --

THE FACT THAT HE BLACKED OUT DURING THE CRIME

AND AFTERWARDS,

SUFFERED AN ALMOST COMPLETE MENTAL COLLAPSE.

SKARBECK WAS A RECLUSE DURING THAT PERIOD.

EXACTLY.

HE SMUGGLED MY BROTHER JOSEF IN TO TREAT HIM.

HE PRESCRIBED DRUGS, CARED FOR HIM,

AND THEN SKARBECK MURDERED HIM.

YOU HAVE PROOF OF ALL THIS?

YES.

JOSEF MANAGED TO GET THIS LETTER OUT

ON MICROFILM.

THE DISDAIN IN WHICH HE MUST HOLD ME.

BECAUSE I LOVED CARLOTTA,

IT FOLLOWS AUTOMATICALLY I MUST LOVE YOU.

AM I SO HARD TO LOVE?

THERE'S BEEN NO ONE SINCE CARLOTTA.

THEN YOU ARE MISSING A GREAT DEAL.

DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME. I HAVE KNOWN MANY WOMEN.

I JUST HAVEN'T ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME INVOLVED.

I WON'T...EVER AGAIN.

I SUPPOSE NOT.

AFTER I BECAME, UM, HOPELESSLY INFATUATED --

WHAT THEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO HIM FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

JA, DO THAT.

DO THAT. REPORT TO HIM.

ONLY...

I WANT THE INSTRUCTIONS RECORDED ON THIS.

WHY WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?

WELL, THE PROOF OF THIS CONSPIRACY

WILL DESTROY HIM.

EMIL, THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS,

COULD IT NOT?

EVERYTHING IS DANGEROUS.

I SUPPOSE I AM A GREAT DEAL LIKE CARLOTTA.

I IMAGINE THAT I FEEL SOME OF THE THINGS

THAT SHE MUST HAVE FELT ONCE.

I THINK I HAD BETTER GO NOW.

ACCORDING TO THIS,

SKARBECK IS NOT COMPLETELY WELL.

HE WILL NEVER BE COMPLETELY WELL.

EXACTLY.

BUT YOU CAN DESTROY HIM WITH MONA BERN.

HE'S ALREADY VERY TAKEN WITH HER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I WAS IN HER DRESSING ROOM AFTER THE SHOW.

HE CAME BACK.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE LADY'S DRESSING ROOM?

WE ARE FRIENDS.

I MADE VERY CERTAIN OF THAT

AS SOON AS I SAW HER ACT IN HAMBURG.

I KNEW THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET SKARBECK.

THEN, WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING

IS THAT WE INSTIGATE SOME SCANDAL?

I AM PROPOSING WE INSTIGATE A MENTAL COLLAPSE.

GO ON.

SKARBECK HAS AVOIDED ANY EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT

EVER SINCE HE KILLED CARLOTTA.

HIS GREATEST FEAR IS THE FEAR OF RECURRENCE.

SO I SAY LET US GET HIM INVOLVED, OBSESSED --

THE WAY HE WAS WITH CARLOTTA.

THEN...REJECTION, JEALOUSY, HUMILIATION.

HE WILL FALL COMPLETELY TO PIECES.

BUT WILL THE LADY COOPERATE?

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PERSUADE HER TO COOPERATE,

HERR LOM.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE --

GOOD NIGHT, HERR BECKER!

I WILL KEEP THIS.

GOOD NIGHT.

HE DOESN'T SEE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES, DOES HE?

NO, OTTO.

IT IS TOO LATE TO PROVE

THAT SKARBECK KILLED, UH, CARLOTTA KLEVE,

BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE

TO PROVE THAT SKARBECK KILLED MONA BERN.

IS IT POSSIBLE, EMIL,

THAT YOU ARE GETTING INVOLVED?

[ SIGHS ] SUCH RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN.

MMM.

IT WON'T WORK.

WHY NOT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST THAT

NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL I TRY TO MAKE MYSELF,

I STILL FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING UGLY INSIDE.

SHE ALWAYS USED TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ONLY IN HER CASE... IT WAS MUCH TOO OBVIOUS.

MEN, TOO MANY MEN.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME WITH ME?

[ DOORBELL BUZZES ]

EMIL.

[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]

THEY'LL GO AWAY.

GOOD.

[ BUZZING CONTINUES ]

OH, HERR SKARBECK, IS FRAULEIN BERN HERE?

NO.

MAY I SEE HER, PLEASE?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FOLLOWING ME HERE?

I'M SORRY. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

YOU ARE ALWAYS TRAILING ME.

I DO NOT NEED YOU TO WORRY ABOUT ME.

YOU DO NOT OWN ME.

PLEASE, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE SORRY?

I CAME TO BRING HER BACK TO THE HOTEL.

THE LADY DOES NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL.

IT IS ALL RIGHT, EMIL.

HE HAS RUINED THE EVENING ANYWAY.

TOMORROW, HUH?

I'M SORRY.

[ SIGHS ]

[ STEADY HUM ]

HE'S TAKING A PILL.

HE'LL GO UNDER IN 30 SECONDS.

[ SIGHS ]

[ SCRAPING SOUND ]

GOOD EVENING. POLICE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU ARE FRAULEIN MONA BERN, AREN'T YOU?

YES.

WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

SHE HAS DONE NOTHING.

NEVER MIND WHAT SHE HAS DONE.

BE ON YOUR WAY.

FRAULEIN.

FRAULEIN BERN,

EITHER YOU COOPERATE

OR YOUR WORK PERMIT WILL BE RESCINDED,

AND YOU WILL BE EXPELLED.

NOW, WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EMIL SKARBECK?

HE IS A FRIEND.

HERR LOM, SHE HAD THIS IN HER PURSE.

EMIL.

I AM GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

JA.

I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS

WITHOUT RESERVATION,

NO RESERVATION AT ALL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

JA.

WHY DID YOU KILL CARLOTTA KLEVE?

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

OH, EMIL, IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.

NOW, IT HAPPENED AT THE CHALET, DIDN'T IT?

IN THE COUNTRY, AT THE CHALET?

YOU TELL ME.

YES, I WAS AFRAID I WAS LOSING HER.

WE WERE TO MEET THERE TO TALK THINGS OUT.

I HAD TO STAY AT HEADQUARTERS LATE THAT NIGHT,

SO SHE WENT ON AHEAD.

WHEN I GOT THERE,

I HEARD LAUGHTER COMING FROM OUR ROOM.

THE DOOR WAS LOCKED.

SHE WAS WITH A MAN.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME.

SHE CALLED ME A FOOL.

SHE MADE FUN OF ME.

SHE SAID SHE COULD NEVER LOVE ME,

THAT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN.

AND I COULDN'T STAND THEM TALKING ABOUT ME.

I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T STAND IT.

I -- OH --

I STARTED TO, TO FORCE THE DOOR.

BUT THEY MUST HAVE GONE OUT THE WINDOW

BECAUSE WHEN I BROKE IN, THEY WERE GONE.

AND THEN WHAT, EMIL?

WELL, SHE --

WELL, SHE TRIED TO LIE TO ME.

BUT THEN SHE... SHE FLAUNTED IT IN MY FACE.

SHE, SHE SAID IT WAS ALL TRUE,

THAT SHE DESPISED ME, THAT SHE...

SHE CHEATED ON ME EVERY CHANCE SHE COULD GET.

WELL, I WANTED... TO CHOKE HER!

[ GRUNTING ]

AND...AND...THEN...

[ Crying ] I CAN'T REMEMBER. I CAN'T REMEMBER.

NOW, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IT IS ALL RIGHT.

[ SIGHS ]

NOW, JUST TELL ME

THE NEXT THING YOUREMEMBER.

[ SIGHS ]

COMING TO THE TRAUMERIE CAFé.

I SPENT SO MANY EVENINGS THERE.

[ Crying ] I DID LOVE HER...

BUT I KNEW I'D KILLED HER.

BUT YOU HAVE KILLED OTHERS, EMIL, MANY OTHERS.

OH, YES, BUT...

BUT I LOVED HER.

FRAULEIN BERN... I DO NOT MAKE IDLE THREATS.

THIS COULD EASILY BE CONSTRUED AS AN ATTEMPT AT ESPIONAGE.

ESPIONAGE?

I COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR FOOLISH POLITICS.

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?!

FRAULEIN BERN, I WARN YOU.

FROM HERR SKARBECK.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

I SEEM TO BE CAUGHT IN SOME KIND OF GAME

BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

HE SAID YOU WOULD TRY TO USE ME AGAINST HIM,

THAT I SHOULD RECORD WHATEVER YOU TOLD ME.

YOU SEE, OTTO,

EMIL IS A RIVAL TO BE RESPECTED.

HOW MUCH IS HE PAYING YOU?

10,000 MARKS.

[ LAUGHS ]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE 25,000 MARKS?

OF COURSE, IF IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.

KEEP SEEING HIM

AND BEING SEEN WITH HIM.

AT THE CAFé, MAKE IT OBVIOUS

THAT YOUR INTEREST IS MORE THAN JUST CASUAL.

AND THEN WHAT?

YOU WILL BE INFORMED.

AGREED?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT DONE WITH FRAULEIN BERN?

OF COURSE. YOU WANT HER KILLED IN SUCH A WAY

THAT SKARBECK WILL BE BLAMED FOR IT.

EXACTLY.

EMIL?

YOU WANT TO LOVE MONA BERN, DON'T YOU?

YES.

THE SAME WAY THAT YOU LOVED CARLOTTA KLEVE --

WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART, YOUR WHOLE BEING.

YOU WANT TO LOVE MONA THAT WAY, DO YOU NOT?

OH, YES, YES, YES.

YES, I DO.

BUT IF SHE IS UNFAITHFUL TO YOU,

YOU WILL HURT HER IN THE SAME WAY

YOU HURT CARLOTTA.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YES. YES, I UNDERSTAND.

IN THE SAME WAY.

[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ MAN WHISTLES ]

* I DON'T CARE, BOYS, WHERE YOU ROAM *

* ONE THING MAKES YOU FEEL AT HOME *

* IT'S FOUND IN ANY PORT OF CALL THAT YOU CAN NAME *

* IN SALOONS BOTH NEAR AND FAR

* YOU CAN BET A GOOD CIGAR

* THAT SOMETHING HANGING ON THE WALL WILL BE THE SAME *

* SO PUT YOUR FOOT UP ON THE RAIL *

* LOOK UP AND SEE, THERE SHE WILL BE *

* STARING YOU STRAIGHT IN THE FACE *

* WITHOUT A TRACE OF SHAME

DISGRACEFUL!

* BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE

* THERE'S A LADY 'BOVE THE BAR

* WHO'S WEARING NOTHING MUCH AT ALL EXCEPT A FRAME *

* EXCEPT A SMILE, A SMALL PINK CUPID *

* AND A LITTLE PURPLE GRAPE

* EXCEPT A RIBBON AROUND HER NECK *

* AND A HECK OF A SHAPE

UNDRAPED!

* YES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE

* THERE'S A LADY 'BOVE THE BAR

* WHO WEARS JUST A TOUCH OF TALCUM *

* AND A WELCOME IN HER EYE

* NO, NOTHING MUCH AT ALL EXCEPT A FRAME *

[ APPLAUSE ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

MONA?

MONA!

[ DOOR LOCKS ]

Man: OH, HA HA HA!

[ WOMAN GIGGLES ]

HA HA HA HA HA!

[ DOOR RATTLES LOUDLY ]

Skarbeck: LET ME IN!

LET ME IN! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!

LET ME IN!

WHERE IS SHE?

WHERE IS WHO?

MONA! WHERE IS SHE?!

[ GUN COCKS ]

TELL ME WHERE SHE IS, OR I'LL KILL YOU.

I HEARD HER, I TELL YOU, I HEARD HER.

WHERE?

IN HERE.

JA, YOU WERE LAUGHING.

YOU WERE MAKING LOVE.

MAKING LOVE? MONA AND ME?

DO YOU THINK ANY WOMAN COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH ME?

AN MOTOR ACCIDENT... THE NIGHT CARLOTTA WAS KILLED.

BUT YOU'RE FRITZ MUELLER.

YES.

YOU WANTED TO KILL ME

THAT NIGHT YOU KILLED CARLOTTA,

BUT YOU ARE WRONG.

YOU WERE WRONG THEN, JUST AS YOU ARE WRONG NOW.

IT WAS NEVER ME.

NO, IT WAS LOM -- KURT LOM.

KURT LOM.

IT WAS, IT WAS LOM?

I WAS NOTHING BUT A DOG TO HER...

[ Crying ] BUT I LOVED HER.

AND IT GAVE ME GREAT PLEASURE

JUST TO BE WITH HER.

SO AFTER SHE DIED, I FOUND MONA,

AND I MADE HER INTO ANOTHER CARLOTTA.

BUT SHE, TOO, HAD NO USE FOR ME.

YOU HEARD HER.

I MEAN NOTHING TO HER.

IT'S LOM...STILL LOM,

JUST LIKE IT WAS FOR CARLOTTA.

SHE'S WITH LOM RIGHT NOW.

BUT...I KNOW THAT SHE WANTED TO SEE ME.

YES, BUT LOM CALLED

AND INVITED HER TO HIS APARTMENT BETWEEN SHOWS.

SHE OBEYED...

JUST AS CARLOTTA USED TO OBEY LOM.

I WANT MY MONEY. I WANT IT NOW.

OR I WILL NOT GO ON WITH IT.

YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY WITHIN 48 HOURS.

I GUARANTEE IT.

THAT BETTER BE SO.

OTTO, IF SHE IS WITH HIM TONIGHT,

WAIT YOUR CHANCE...

THEN KILL HER.

MONA!

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS HERE?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THERE?

IT WAS FRITZ.

I'D GONE BACKSTAGE TO SEE YOU. YOU WEREN'T THERE.

HE CALLED ME. HE ASKED TO SEE ME BETWEEN SHOWS.

AND YOU RAN TO HIM?

WHAT IS THIS, EMIL?

YOU ASKED ME TO GET HIS INSTRUCTIONS, DID YOU NOT?

JA, JA, INSTRUCTIONS.

WHERE ARE THEY?

EMIL, WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THIS HERE.

COME. WE'LL GO TO YOUR APARTMENT.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

LOM? THIS IS PAUL TROCK.

JA, JA, THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HAS ARRIVED

AND, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE THREE OF US

INFORMALLY TONIGHT.

YEAH, A JOVIAL EVENING, HE SAID.

[ LAUGHS ]

AND, UH, THE OLD FELLOW SUGGESTED THE TRAUMERIE CAFé.

Yes. What do you think of that, huh?

JA, GOOD.

UH, WE COULD MAKE, UH, THE SECOND SHOW.

I'LL STOP BY AND PICK YOU UP.

I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU.

GOOD.

WELL.

ALL RIGHT.

WE CAN'T BE CERTAIN OF THE EXACT MOMENT,

SO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BLACKOUT.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW WHY I WENT TO HIS APARTMENT.

HE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT US.

THAT'S WHAT HE IS PAYING ME FOR.

THEY ARE PAYING YOU? WHAT HAS HE PAID YOU SO FAR?

5,000 MARKS.

WHERE IS IT?

WHERE IS IT?!

WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?

THE TAPE RECORDER.

IT'S ALL ON THE TAPE RECORDER.

LET ME SEE.

THERE'S NOTHING.

THERE'S NOTHING.

NOTHING? THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MACHINE.

I KNOW I TURNED IT ON.

YOU ARE A LIAR! YOU'RE A FILTHY LIAR!

YOU ARE A MISERABLE MAN.

WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO TALK TO ME THAT WAY?

YOU MADE LOVE TO HIM, DIDN'T YOU?!

NO.

YOU ARE A TRAMP, JUST LIKE SHE WAS!

YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS CARLOTTA.

SHE CHEATED ON YOU.

I UNDERSTAND WHY.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY.

YOU'RE STUPID. I DESPISE YOU.

YES, I MADE LOVE TO HIM, AND WE LAUGHED.

STOP IT! STOP IT!

WE LAUGHED WHILE WE MADE LOVE!

WE LAUGHED AT YOU!

STOP IT!

WE MADE LOVE!

I'LL KILL YOU!

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Elb: BE HAPPY! BE HAPPY FOR TOMORROW.

TOMORROW YOUR HEAD WILL HURT.

YOUR BOCK WILL BUCK.

YOUR WIFE WILL FIND OUT!

[ LAUGHTER ]

TOMORROW?

WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING, HEH?

BUT WHO CARES?

WHO CARES? WHO CARES?

WHO CARES?

[ APPLAUSE ]

AND NOW, THE ONE REALITY --

THE ONE, THE ONLY...

MONA BERN.

[ PIANO PLAYS ]

MONA?

WHERE ARE YOU, MONA?

MONA?

[ LAUGHTER ]

MONA?

MONA, WHERE ARE YOU?

[ APPLAUSE ]

SHE'S DEAD, SKARBECK.

SHE IS DEAD, ISN'T SHE?

YOU KILLED HER.

YOU STRANGLED HER JUST LIKE CARLOTTA.

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?

We arranged it.

Arranged it?!

YES. WE MADE YOU KILL HER.

WE WANTED YOU TO KILL HER,

BECAUSE THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE PROOF.

LOM, UH, JUST A SECOND, UH, MY BILLFOLD.

WHO ARE YOU?

THE BROTHER OF DR. JOSEF BECKER,

WHOM YOU KILLED.

YOU REMEMBER HIM, DON'T YOU, SKARBECK?

I SENT HIM, SKARBECK.

I SENT HIM TO MAKE YOU KILL MONA BERN.

YOU MADE ME DO IT.

YOU MADE ME KILL HER.

SHOW MUST BE STARTING.

RINGSIDE TABLE. AFTER YOU.

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]