Venus in Furs (1969) - full transcript
In Istanbul, a musician pulls the body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a party and later watched as she was brutally attacked by the party's host and two of his friends. A woman who looks like the murdered woman walks into his apartment wanting revenge on her murderers.
[funky music ♪]
♪
♪
[Islamic prayer music ♪]
[eerie music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
It all began last year...
...near Istanbul...
...on the shore
of the Black Sea.
Or, at least,
I think it did...
...because at the time I...
...wasn't quite sure what
was real and what wasn't.
[eerie ambience]
I tried not to remember
why I buried my horn.
It was like...
...burying my life.
But I had to find it,
and dig it up,
and keep running.
Musicians will understand.
A guy like me without a horn...
...is like...
...well...
...a man without words.
[playing jazz music ♪]
♪
[bird calling]
♪
[dramatic music ♪]
♪
[musical sting ♪]
[birds calling]
[eerie music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
She was beautiful,
even though she was dead.
There was...
a connection between us.
Maybe it was
that jet set party.
Was it last week...
...or last month...
or last year?
When you don't know
where you're at...
...man, I tell you,
time is like the ocean.
You can't hold on to it.
[playing jazz music ♪]
I met a millionaire playboy...
...an art dealer named Kapp...
...Olga,
a fashion photographer...
Her name was Wanda Reed.
I really dug that chick.
Look, I know
she ran around
with the Riviera,
Greek Island, yachting crowd...
...and I wasn't
in her league...
...but I wanted to be...
...and it was buggin'
the life out of me.
[eerie music ♪]
♪
[screams]
[screams]
[dramatic music ♪]
[screams]
No!
[screaming]
[whip cracking]
[crying]
No!
[screaming]
[screaming, whip cracking]
Come here.
♪
Come here.
[Wanda, crying]
No!
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
Man, it was a wild scene.
Like, if they wanted
to go that route,
it was their bag.
♪
I told myself it was
none of my business...
...but maybe I split
because I was just as sick
as they were
but couldn't face up to it.
♪
[screaming]
♪
[bird calling]
[trumpet playing ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
I don't remember
if it was last week,
last month, or last year.
All I remember is escaping
from somebody or something.
Was it Wanda?
Man, that's crazy.
How can you run
from a dead person
unless you're dead yourself?
I didn't just leave Istanbul.
I escaped.
Wandering around Europe.
funny thing,
I ended up in one place
where people go on the lam
to hide,
Rio,
and it was Carnival time.
Four crazy days and nights.
A wild scene when
the whole city explodes
into one big block party.
[jazzy Latin music ♪]
♪
♪ Why do you keep starin'
into space ♪
♪ With that blank expression
on your face? ♪
♪ Makes me mad,
you seem so far away ♪
♪ You don't hear
any of the things I say ♪
♪ Won't you tell me
what is on your mind? ♪
♪ Tell me while there's still
a little time ♪
♪ Soon the distance
will have grown too wide ♪
♪ And we're both sad alone
on either side ♪
♪ Let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ I've got a feeling
we've not long to go ♪
♪ Let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ Before we're sayin'
"Where did our love go?" ♪
♪
♪ Have we really grown
so far apart? ♪
♪ Were we ever nearer
at the start? ♪
♪ Did we ever stand a chance
at all ♪
♪ Or are we only both
stood up to fall? ♪
♪ Oh, let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ I've got a feeling
we've not long to go ♪
♪ Oh, let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ Before we're sayin'
"where did our love go?" ♪♪
♪
[applause]
Hi, honey.
Hi, Rita.
What's the matter, baby?
I don't know.
I wanna get back to my music,
but somehow I'm afraid to.
Something keeps stopping me.
Man, I can't.
I'm through with playing.
Come on, honey.
Look, baby,
I'm trying to tell you,
I can't play my horn anymore.
I've had it.
I can't do anything.
For me, please,
try one more day.
Please.
[festive Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Rita had been around
and she knew the score.
She could see I was
a pretty mixed-up guy...
...but she didn't mind talking.
Even about the past.
Especially about what happened
in Istanbul.
The whole world
is a little less lonely
now that you've got
somebody to talk to.
I talked and she listened,
and things became better
for me.
[playing jazz music ♪]
Slowly, I was getting back
on solid ground.
My music was in the groove.
It was great.
Like being born
all over again.
♪
[mysterious music ♪]
Suddenly I felt all the life
being drained out of me.
Was this Wanda?
She was dead.
I found her body on the beach
in Istanbul.
How could she suddenly walk
in through a doorway in Rio?
It was crazy.
♪
I was hypnotized.
I wanted to run,
but I had to follow her.
I was trapped in a whirlpool
that kept sucking me in,
deeper and deeper.
Where was I going?
Why was this happening to me?
Why couldn't I fight it?
♪
[woman's voice]
No, Jimmy.
Go back.
No, Jimmy.
Go back.
Go back.
♪
[no audible speech]
[mysterious music ♪]
[sensual music ♪]
♪
Who are you?
I don't know.
Oh, I see.
No names...
...no dates, and no stories.
This is the beginning
and the end.
For me...
...everything ended
a long time ago.
[festive Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
I left Wanda to walk the
streets of the Carnival
to try to make sense
of what was happening,
but nothing added up.
She was dead...
...but was she alive?
Was I dead,
or was I alive?
[waves crashing]
[Rita]
Hi.
Hi.
At Carnival time a guy...
...usually takes
his girl with him.
I took a walk.
A... strange walk.
No questions.
You found your way home.
You know...
...that I'm-
that I'm blind to that.
Rita, baby, believe me.
But sometimes it's lonesome.
Why didn't you go to sleep?
I was bored.
Next time please
take me with you.
I don't like to be alone.
And when I'm not with you,
I'm alone.
Come on.
Let's get some sleep.
[piano playing ♪]
♪
[footsteps approaching]
[footsteps]
[door opens, closes]
[mysterious music ♪]
♪
[drink pours]
[eerie sound]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[playing jazz music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Rita and I worked for Hermann,
whose parties never stopped.
♪
When I saw Wanda,
I played to her
like we were the only
two people left in the world.
She seemed to get the message,
and I'm afraid Rita did, too.
♪
Well well well,
it's our little wonder.
And how are you?
I was sorry you left the party
so early last night.
I wasn't sorry at all
that Jimmy took me away.
And really, you can't say
there's any connection at all
with quality and what they're
putting out today.
Jimmy.
Do you want to get out of here?
Uh-huh.
I mean, they can't sing
without a microphone.
I'm sorry,
I just can't concentrate.
[Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Wanda and I let the Carnival
swallow us up
like today was tomorrow and
there never was a yesterday.
When I was with Wanda,
it was like time
just didn't exist anymore.
The real world
had suddenly vanished...
...and I was hypnotized.
[waves crash]
My mind told me to get out,
to escape before it
was too late.
I had to get away from her.
I tell you, it was crazy.
♪
I had to find somebody
to talk to.
Somebody who could
put the pieces together.
Who is she?
Tell me the truth.
I don't know...
...and I don't care.
[dramatic music ♪]
I promise you, Rita.
I promise you from now on,
everything's gonna
be different.
Everything.
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
But deep in my gut,
I knew that I was still
hooked on Wanda...
...that I would
follow her anywhere,
to the bottom of the ocean,
straight into hell,
if that's where
she wanted to take me.
[playing jazz music ♪]
Are you happy?
Huh?
Aah.
[Jimmy's voice]
What brought Olga here?
It was Istanbul
all over again,
and that sick feeling
crept all over me.
[mysterious music ♪]
[jazz music ♪]
♪
Sit down.
Rita! Rita!
Please, could you ask Jim
to come here?
[slurring]
Take a drink
and forget about him.
He's occupied.
Well, if he's free then,
so am I.
♪
♪
[Hermann laughing]
Come on.
Come on, you delicious female.
Everybody has to dance.
Hey, that's the only whiskey
I got left!
Surely it's...
...Wanda...
It's only a name,
but you're exactly like her.
Somebody told me that before.
Your eyes...
Your hair...
The color of your hair,
it's the same.
Only she had long hair.
I had, too, when I was young.
[eerie music ♪]
Sometimes I feel as though
she was still alive.
Were you very close to her?
Yes.
She was killed some years ago.
Her body was mutilated.
Did you love her?
I don't really know.
♪
[jazz music playing ♪]
Wanda!
What the hell's going on?
What the hell
was that all about?
Look, baby,
if that's your scene,
tell me, and I'll split.
- I'm sorry.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Damn it.
I'm sorry.
[eerie music ♪]
♪
[whispering]
Wanda...
Wanda, I need you.
Wanda.
Wanda, stay with me.
Wanda...
...don't leave me...
Wanda, I need you.
Wanda...
I need you.
I need you, Wanda.
Wanda!
Wanda!
Stay with me, Wanda.
Hold me.
Hold me.
Hold me, Wanda.
Don't leave me, Wanda.
[dramatic music ♪]
Jimmy, you're dreaming.
This is real, not Istanbul.
I'm Rita.
Rita, the one...
...who loves you.
Honey...
...you're not alone.
I'm sorry.
For what?
You can dream about her.
No.
It wasn't her.
It's not true.
It was only a dream.
I don't remember her.
Rita...
...are you jealous?
Why?
Because I love you.
I can't help it.
Why?
You know that...
...that wasn't our arrangement.
I know.
I'm supposed to be very cool
about these things.
I'm very fond of you, Rita.
Don't lie to me.
Rita...
...believe me.
Your mouth...
...your skin...
...everything about you.
What about Wanda?
No.
Not now.
Help me forget her.
Oh, help me, Rita.
I'm afraid of her.
Why?
How?
Don't try to look for her,
or you could really go crazy.
Oh.
Tell me, how did she
hook your mind?
Just how?
Tell me.
Please.
Please show me.
Let my hands be her hands,
and...
...my lips, her lips.
Look at me.
Don't say that.
Don't ever say that.
♪
[jazzy music ♪]
[eerie music ♪]
[jazzy music ♪]
[camera shutter clicks]
[silence]
[woman vocalizing sensually ♪]
♪
[ominous music ♪]
Wanda...
I'm sorry.
♪
You always wanted
to end it this way,
that's why you returned.
Now you are punishing... me.
That's why
you were always around
in my thoughts,
waiting to come back...
I can't explain what we did,
but I didn't want you to die.
I wanted so hard to explain...
...what was in my heart
and feelings
when we did those awful things.
Please forgive me.
Please...
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[waves crashing]
[playing jazz music ♪]
♪
...and every 28 days
his nose bled.
♪
All right now. Okay!
Yeah!
♪
[suspenseful music ♪]
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
We escaped from the real world
into a dream world that...
...I never wanted to end.
[eerie music ♪]
[sensual music ♪]
♪
♪
Wanda wanted to go back
to Istanbul.
It didn't matter to me.
This is where it all started,
and I had a feeling this is...
...where it all would end.
♪
We were having a ball,
and we didn't care who knew it.
It was like we had brought
the Carnival from Rio with us.
♪
Finally, Wanda was ready
to talk about herself.
Somehow she knew I saw
almost everything that
happened that night.
but she wanted to tell me
the whole story.
Wanda told me that they had
been her friends,
Kapp, Olga, Ahmed.
She trusted them
and loved them,
but they were sick,
I mean, real sick.
They were sick and guilty,
and they had to be punished.
I just couldn't believe
all of it.
It seemed so wild that I could
only figure that
she was sick, too,
maybe on some kind of wild,
paranoic trip.
I told her the past
didn't matter,
to forget everything.
All that counted
was what was happening now.
♪
Oh, Jimmy.
I was so frightened.
Until I knew you.
I'll never be frightened again.
I'll never leave you.
Ever.
[man singing
Islamic prayer song ♪]
[suspenseful music ♪]
I know you.
I met you a long time ago.
Together...
...we united in death.
Hear me.
There is a role...
...I have dreamt of, for which
you are more qualified...
...than in the beginning, when
you appeared the first time.
It is said that here
in this very palace,
a sultan once held court.
He had many wives
and more concubines
than he could count.
One day, a visiting governor
from a distant province
presented the sultan
with a slave girl.
She was summoned
to his presence.
♪
This lord,
whose lands were so vast
that no man had journeyed
from the heat
of the African deserts
held in his name,
to his northernmost
icy wilderness.
This lord fell enamored
of the slave girl,
who clearly despised him,
which so vexed
the pampered man,
that to win her favors,
he made a reckless promise.
For 24 hours,
from dawn to dawn,
she would rule in his place.
The slave would be the master,
and the master,
the slave.
Now...
...you have to obey me.
♪
The slave girl ordered
the sages and noblemen away
to the granaries.
She commanded that
his head cloth be removed
and burnt,
and its ashes scattered in the
courtyard where the dogs lay.
She then required
that the great cedar rooms
of the central chambers
be locked
and not unbolted 'til the
final stroke of the 24th hour,
for she had devised a curious
mode of torment for her master.
[unsettling music ♪]
♪
It's almost the morning.
♪
[wind blowing]
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[waves crashing]
[ship's horn blows]
♪ La la la la la la la...
- Morning.
- There's someone to see you.
Someone for me?
Good morning.
My name is Kaplan.
Sit down, please.
What can I do for you?
I'd like to speak to you
for a minute.
What about?
Do you know her?
Yes.
She's, uh...
She's a friend of mine.
What's her name?
Could you tell me
what this is all about?
Police.
Is she Wanda Reed?
Yes, of course.
But, Wanda Reed...
...has been dead for two years.
[chuckles]
No, no, she's, uh...
She's upstairs asleep.
There was a killing last night.
Not far from here.
But...
...what does that have to do
with her?
I would like to speak
to your friend.
Look, I-I don't know
what this is all about,
but we were together all night.
You mean,
you didn't sleep last night?
You know for certain
she never left the room?
Well... of course I know.
What about before
she was with you?
The Brazilian police are looking
for a Wanda Reed
in connection with a man
who died mysteriously in Rio.
Look, I-I...
I think it's much better
if you speak with her.
If you wait here,
I will, uh, I will get her.
Okay?
Wanda.
Wanda.
Get up.
We have to leave.
Wanda.
- What?
What's wrong?
- We've got to get out of here.
I'll explain to you in the car.
♪
Come on, hurry.
♪
[engine starts]
Hey! Hey!
[shouting in Turkish]
Stop!
[speaking Turkish]
[exciting music ♪]
[speaking Turkish]
[speaking Turkish]
♪
[horn blares]
Wanda!
Wanda, wait!
♪
Wanda!
Wanda, where are you?
[suspenseful music ♪]
Wanda, please, where are you?!
Wanda, come back!
Wanda, come back!
♪
[Jimmy reading]
"Wanda Reed.
A young, beautiful stranger
washed on to our friendly shores
with only death as a companion.
May she find peace
in her final resting place."
♪
[bird caws]
[light knocking]
[trumpet playing somber music ♪]
[suspenseful music ♪]
[unsettling music ♪]
Oh, my God.
It's me.
I'm dead.
I've been dead all the time.
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪
♪ For those who show
no mercy then ♪
♪ no mercy will be shown
♪ For those who got
their pleasure ♪
♪ from the strangled cries
and groans ♪
♪ The grins that fill
their ease and faces ♪
♪ will be wiped for sure
♪ Sometime someone somewhere
will come knocking ♪
♪ Knocking on the door
♪ And Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ when that moment arrives
[laughing]
♪
♪ Runnin', hidin', ain't no use,
or putting up a fight ♪
♪ A price they'll
have to pay one day ♪
♪ The price will be to die
♪ They'll find that
there's no one ♪
♪ to protect them anymore
♪ Sometime someone somewhere
will come knocking ♪
♪ Will now come knocking
on the door ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
[laughing]
♪
♪
[Islamic prayer music ♪]
[eerie music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
It all began last year...
...near Istanbul...
...on the shore
of the Black Sea.
Or, at least,
I think it did...
...because at the time I...
...wasn't quite sure what
was real and what wasn't.
[eerie ambience]
I tried not to remember
why I buried my horn.
It was like...
...burying my life.
But I had to find it,
and dig it up,
and keep running.
Musicians will understand.
A guy like me without a horn...
...is like...
...well...
...a man without words.
[playing jazz music ♪]
♪
[bird calling]
♪
[dramatic music ♪]
♪
[musical sting ♪]
[birds calling]
[eerie music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
She was beautiful,
even though she was dead.
There was...
a connection between us.
Maybe it was
that jet set party.
Was it last week...
...or last month...
or last year?
When you don't know
where you're at...
...man, I tell you,
time is like the ocean.
You can't hold on to it.
[playing jazz music ♪]
I met a millionaire playboy...
...an art dealer named Kapp...
...Olga,
a fashion photographer...
Her name was Wanda Reed.
I really dug that chick.
Look, I know
she ran around
with the Riviera,
Greek Island, yachting crowd...
...and I wasn't
in her league...
...but I wanted to be...
...and it was buggin'
the life out of me.
[eerie music ♪]
♪
[screams]
[screams]
[dramatic music ♪]
[screams]
No!
[screaming]
[whip cracking]
[crying]
No!
[screaming]
[screaming, whip cracking]
Come here.
♪
Come here.
[Wanda, crying]
No!
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
Man, it was a wild scene.
Like, if they wanted
to go that route,
it was their bag.
♪
I told myself it was
none of my business...
...but maybe I split
because I was just as sick
as they were
but couldn't face up to it.
♪
[screaming]
♪
[bird calling]
[trumpet playing ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
I don't remember
if it was last week,
last month, or last year.
All I remember is escaping
from somebody or something.
Was it Wanda?
Man, that's crazy.
How can you run
from a dead person
unless you're dead yourself?
I didn't just leave Istanbul.
I escaped.
Wandering around Europe.
funny thing,
I ended up in one place
where people go on the lam
to hide,
Rio,
and it was Carnival time.
Four crazy days and nights.
A wild scene when
the whole city explodes
into one big block party.
[jazzy Latin music ♪]
♪
♪ Why do you keep starin'
into space ♪
♪ With that blank expression
on your face? ♪
♪ Makes me mad,
you seem so far away ♪
♪ You don't hear
any of the things I say ♪
♪ Won't you tell me
what is on your mind? ♪
♪ Tell me while there's still
a little time ♪
♪ Soon the distance
will have grown too wide ♪
♪ And we're both sad alone
on either side ♪
♪ Let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ I've got a feeling
we've not long to go ♪
♪ Let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ Before we're sayin'
"Where did our love go?" ♪
♪
♪ Have we really grown
so far apart? ♪
♪ Were we ever nearer
at the start? ♪
♪ Did we ever stand a chance
at all ♪
♪ Or are we only both
stood up to fall? ♪
♪ Oh, let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ I've got a feeling
we've not long to go ♪
♪ Oh, let's get together,
it's now or it's never ♪
♪ Before we're sayin'
"where did our love go?" ♪♪
♪
[applause]
Hi, honey.
Hi, Rita.
What's the matter, baby?
I don't know.
I wanna get back to my music,
but somehow I'm afraid to.
Something keeps stopping me.
Man, I can't.
I'm through with playing.
Come on, honey.
Look, baby,
I'm trying to tell you,
I can't play my horn anymore.
I've had it.
I can't do anything.
For me, please,
try one more day.
Please.
[festive Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Rita had been around
and she knew the score.
She could see I was
a pretty mixed-up guy...
...but she didn't mind talking.
Even about the past.
Especially about what happened
in Istanbul.
The whole world
is a little less lonely
now that you've got
somebody to talk to.
I talked and she listened,
and things became better
for me.
[playing jazz music ♪]
Slowly, I was getting back
on solid ground.
My music was in the groove.
It was great.
Like being born
all over again.
♪
[mysterious music ♪]
Suddenly I felt all the life
being drained out of me.
Was this Wanda?
She was dead.
I found her body on the beach
in Istanbul.
How could she suddenly walk
in through a doorway in Rio?
It was crazy.
♪
I was hypnotized.
I wanted to run,
but I had to follow her.
I was trapped in a whirlpool
that kept sucking me in,
deeper and deeper.
Where was I going?
Why was this happening to me?
Why couldn't I fight it?
♪
[woman's voice]
No, Jimmy.
Go back.
No, Jimmy.
Go back.
Go back.
♪
[no audible speech]
[mysterious music ♪]
[sensual music ♪]
♪
Who are you?
I don't know.
Oh, I see.
No names...
...no dates, and no stories.
This is the beginning
and the end.
For me...
...everything ended
a long time ago.
[festive Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
I left Wanda to walk the
streets of the Carnival
to try to make sense
of what was happening,
but nothing added up.
She was dead...
...but was she alive?
Was I dead,
or was I alive?
[waves crashing]
[Rita]
Hi.
Hi.
At Carnival time a guy...
...usually takes
his girl with him.
I took a walk.
A... strange walk.
No questions.
You found your way home.
You know...
...that I'm-
that I'm blind to that.
Rita, baby, believe me.
But sometimes it's lonesome.
Why didn't you go to sleep?
I was bored.
Next time please
take me with you.
I don't like to be alone.
And when I'm not with you,
I'm alone.
Come on.
Let's get some sleep.
[piano playing ♪]
♪
[footsteps approaching]
[footsteps]
[door opens, closes]
[mysterious music ♪]
♪
[drink pours]
[eerie sound]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[playing jazz music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Rita and I worked for Hermann,
whose parties never stopped.
♪
When I saw Wanda,
I played to her
like we were the only
two people left in the world.
She seemed to get the message,
and I'm afraid Rita did, too.
♪
Well well well,
it's our little wonder.
And how are you?
I was sorry you left the party
so early last night.
I wasn't sorry at all
that Jimmy took me away.
And really, you can't say
there's any connection at all
with quality and what they're
putting out today.
Jimmy.
Do you want to get out of here?
Uh-huh.
I mean, they can't sing
without a microphone.
I'm sorry,
I just can't concentrate.
[Latin music ♪]
[Jimmy's voice]
Wanda and I let the Carnival
swallow us up
like today was tomorrow and
there never was a yesterday.
When I was with Wanda,
it was like time
just didn't exist anymore.
The real world
had suddenly vanished...
...and I was hypnotized.
[waves crash]
My mind told me to get out,
to escape before it
was too late.
I had to get away from her.
I tell you, it was crazy.
♪
I had to find somebody
to talk to.
Somebody who could
put the pieces together.
Who is she?
Tell me the truth.
I don't know...
...and I don't care.
[dramatic music ♪]
I promise you, Rita.
I promise you from now on,
everything's gonna
be different.
Everything.
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
But deep in my gut,
I knew that I was still
hooked on Wanda...
...that I would
follow her anywhere,
to the bottom of the ocean,
straight into hell,
if that's where
she wanted to take me.
[playing jazz music ♪]
Are you happy?
Huh?
Aah.
[Jimmy's voice]
What brought Olga here?
It was Istanbul
all over again,
and that sick feeling
crept all over me.
[mysterious music ♪]
[jazz music ♪]
♪
Sit down.
Rita! Rita!
Please, could you ask Jim
to come here?
[slurring]
Take a drink
and forget about him.
He's occupied.
Well, if he's free then,
so am I.
♪
♪
[Hermann laughing]
Come on.
Come on, you delicious female.
Everybody has to dance.
Hey, that's the only whiskey
I got left!
Surely it's...
...Wanda...
It's only a name,
but you're exactly like her.
Somebody told me that before.
Your eyes...
Your hair...
The color of your hair,
it's the same.
Only she had long hair.
I had, too, when I was young.
[eerie music ♪]
Sometimes I feel as though
she was still alive.
Were you very close to her?
Yes.
She was killed some years ago.
Her body was mutilated.
Did you love her?
I don't really know.
♪
[jazz music playing ♪]
Wanda!
What the hell's going on?
What the hell
was that all about?
Look, baby,
if that's your scene,
tell me, and I'll split.
- I'm sorry.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Damn it.
I'm sorry.
[eerie music ♪]
♪
[whispering]
Wanda...
Wanda, I need you.
Wanda.
Wanda, stay with me.
Wanda...
...don't leave me...
Wanda, I need you.
Wanda...
I need you.
I need you, Wanda.
Wanda!
Wanda!
Stay with me, Wanda.
Hold me.
Hold me.
Hold me, Wanda.
Don't leave me, Wanda.
[dramatic music ♪]
Jimmy, you're dreaming.
This is real, not Istanbul.
I'm Rita.
Rita, the one...
...who loves you.
Honey...
...you're not alone.
I'm sorry.
For what?
You can dream about her.
No.
It wasn't her.
It's not true.
It was only a dream.
I don't remember her.
Rita...
...are you jealous?
Why?
Because I love you.
I can't help it.
Why?
You know that...
...that wasn't our arrangement.
I know.
I'm supposed to be very cool
about these things.
I'm very fond of you, Rita.
Don't lie to me.
Rita...
...believe me.
Your mouth...
...your skin...
...everything about you.
What about Wanda?
No.
Not now.
Help me forget her.
Oh, help me, Rita.
I'm afraid of her.
Why?
How?
Don't try to look for her,
or you could really go crazy.
Oh.
Tell me, how did she
hook your mind?
Just how?
Tell me.
Please.
Please show me.
Let my hands be her hands,
and...
...my lips, her lips.
Look at me.
Don't say that.
Don't ever say that.
♪
[jazzy music ♪]
[eerie music ♪]
[jazzy music ♪]
[camera shutter clicks]
[silence]
[woman vocalizing sensually ♪]
♪
[ominous music ♪]
Wanda...
I'm sorry.
♪
You always wanted
to end it this way,
that's why you returned.
Now you are punishing... me.
That's why
you were always around
in my thoughts,
waiting to come back...
I can't explain what we did,
but I didn't want you to die.
I wanted so hard to explain...
...what was in my heart
and feelings
when we did those awful things.
Please forgive me.
Please...
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[waves crashing]
[playing jazz music ♪]
♪
...and every 28 days
his nose bled.
♪
All right now. Okay!
Yeah!
♪
[suspenseful music ♪]
♪
[Jimmy's voice]
We escaped from the real world
into a dream world that...
...I never wanted to end.
[eerie music ♪]
[sensual music ♪]
♪
♪
Wanda wanted to go back
to Istanbul.
It didn't matter to me.
This is where it all started,
and I had a feeling this is...
...where it all would end.
♪
We were having a ball,
and we didn't care who knew it.
It was like we had brought
the Carnival from Rio with us.
♪
Finally, Wanda was ready
to talk about herself.
Somehow she knew I saw
almost everything that
happened that night.
but she wanted to tell me
the whole story.
Wanda told me that they had
been her friends,
Kapp, Olga, Ahmed.
She trusted them
and loved them,
but they were sick,
I mean, real sick.
They were sick and guilty,
and they had to be punished.
I just couldn't believe
all of it.
It seemed so wild that I could
only figure that
she was sick, too,
maybe on some kind of wild,
paranoic trip.
I told her the past
didn't matter,
to forget everything.
All that counted
was what was happening now.
♪
Oh, Jimmy.
I was so frightened.
Until I knew you.
I'll never be frightened again.
I'll never leave you.
Ever.
[man singing
Islamic prayer song ♪]
[suspenseful music ♪]
I know you.
I met you a long time ago.
Together...
...we united in death.
Hear me.
There is a role...
...I have dreamt of, for which
you are more qualified...
...than in the beginning, when
you appeared the first time.
It is said that here
in this very palace,
a sultan once held court.
He had many wives
and more concubines
than he could count.
One day, a visiting governor
from a distant province
presented the sultan
with a slave girl.
She was summoned
to his presence.
♪
This lord,
whose lands were so vast
that no man had journeyed
from the heat
of the African deserts
held in his name,
to his northernmost
icy wilderness.
This lord fell enamored
of the slave girl,
who clearly despised him,
which so vexed
the pampered man,
that to win her favors,
he made a reckless promise.
For 24 hours,
from dawn to dawn,
she would rule in his place.
The slave would be the master,
and the master,
the slave.
Now...
...you have to obey me.
♪
The slave girl ordered
the sages and noblemen away
to the granaries.
She commanded that
his head cloth be removed
and burnt,
and its ashes scattered in the
courtyard where the dogs lay.
She then required
that the great cedar rooms
of the central chambers
be locked
and not unbolted 'til the
final stroke of the 24th hour,
for she had devised a curious
mode of torment for her master.
[unsettling music ♪]
♪
It's almost the morning.
♪
[wind blowing]
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
[waves crashing]
[ship's horn blows]
♪ La la la la la la la...
- Morning.
- There's someone to see you.
Someone for me?
Good morning.
My name is Kaplan.
Sit down, please.
What can I do for you?
I'd like to speak to you
for a minute.
What about?
Do you know her?
Yes.
She's, uh...
She's a friend of mine.
What's her name?
Could you tell me
what this is all about?
Police.
Is she Wanda Reed?
Yes, of course.
But, Wanda Reed...
...has been dead for two years.
[chuckles]
No, no, she's, uh...
She's upstairs asleep.
There was a killing last night.
Not far from here.
But...
...what does that have to do
with her?
I would like to speak
to your friend.
Look, I-I don't know
what this is all about,
but we were together all night.
You mean,
you didn't sleep last night?
You know for certain
she never left the room?
Well... of course I know.
What about before
she was with you?
The Brazilian police are looking
for a Wanda Reed
in connection with a man
who died mysteriously in Rio.
Look, I-I...
I think it's much better
if you speak with her.
If you wait here,
I will, uh, I will get her.
Okay?
Wanda.
Wanda.
Get up.
We have to leave.
Wanda.
- What?
What's wrong?
- We've got to get out of here.
I'll explain to you in the car.
♪
Come on, hurry.
♪
[engine starts]
Hey! Hey!
[shouting in Turkish]
Stop!
[speaking Turkish]
[exciting music ♪]
[speaking Turkish]
[speaking Turkish]
♪
[horn blares]
Wanda!
Wanda, wait!
♪
Wanda!
Wanda, where are you?
[suspenseful music ♪]
Wanda, please, where are you?!
Wanda, come back!
Wanda, come back!
♪
[Jimmy reading]
"Wanda Reed.
A young, beautiful stranger
washed on to our friendly shores
with only death as a companion.
May she find peace
in her final resting place."
♪
[bird caws]
[light knocking]
[trumpet playing somber music ♪]
[suspenseful music ♪]
[unsettling music ♪]
Oh, my God.
It's me.
I'm dead.
I've been dead all the time.
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪
♪ For those who show
no mercy then ♪
♪ no mercy will be shown
♪ For those who got
their pleasure ♪
♪ from the strangled cries
and groans ♪
♪ The grins that fill
their ease and faces ♪
♪ will be wiped for sure
♪ Sometime someone somewhere
will come knocking ♪
♪ Knocking on the door
♪ And Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ when that moment arrives
[laughing]
♪
♪ Runnin', hidin', ain't no use,
or putting up a fight ♪
♪ A price they'll
have to pay one day ♪
♪ The price will be to die
♪ They'll find that
there's no one ♪
♪ to protect them anymore
♪ Sometime someone somewhere
will come knocking ♪
♪ Will now come knocking
on the door ♪
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
♪ Venus in Furs
will be smilin' ♪
♪ oh, when that moment arrives
[laughing]