Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 3, Episode 24 - Illusion - full transcript
Cinnamon goes undercover as a sexy nightclub entertainer to expose a homicidal bureaucrat, and eliminate his ruthless rival.
[ "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 ]
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 ]