Vienna Blood (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - The Devil's Kiss - full transcript

CHATTER

CLUCKING

WINDS CLOCKWORK

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

What do we have here?

Come on! Get up!

Ow!

Stop! Stop! Get back.

Stop!

Stop her!

DOG BARKS



Stop!

Stop!

Stop! Stop, I tell you!

PANTING

Stop!

SQUEAKING

Who found him?

The girl, there.

A pickpocket.
Ran in here to hide.

Do we have an identity?

No.

BUZZING

Emil Schwaiger.

Looks like he's been dead
for some time.



Maybe in Missing Persons?

Vienna has become a rat's warren.

People go missing every day.

This whole room is one giant litany
of them.

If anyone can find him,
I'm sure that you can, Fraulein.

I spend every working hour in here,
Inspector.

The dead have become my family.

Here he is.

Schwaiger. A railway clerk.

You're sure about the name?

Why?

Emil Schwaiger went missing
20 years ago.

Hello?

Will you tell me your name?

Where do you come from?

Do you have a family?

That slum...

..have you ever been there before?

Maybe you use it as a place
to hide, sometimes.

Have you ever seen anyone else
round there?

Come on.

APPLAUSE

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

PIANO PLAYS
Sorry, busy day at the office.

Let's not have a row about it,
darling.

# Dein Schwerdt,
wie ists von Blut so roth?

# Edward, Edward.

# Dein Schwerdt,
wie ists von Blut so roth

# Und gehst so traurig da! O!

# Ich hab geschlagen meinen
Geyer todt

# Mutter, Mutter

# Ich hab geschlagen meinen
Geyer todt

# Und das
Das qualt mein Herz! O! #

APPLAUSE

Thanks for bringing me.

You hated it.
No, no. I-I enjoyed it.

You didn't want to be here at all.

Your mind was on your work
tonight.

You witnessed
a brutal murder today.

How did you figure that out?

Little clues in one's behaviour,
remember?

You ought to be in a circus.
You'd make a fortune with this act.

Well?

Schubert. Every time she sang
the word blood,

you patted your pocket,
where you keep your notebook.

Also, you kept rubbing
at your wrists.

A body in Landstrasse,
a particularly brutal murder.

You've witnessed brutal murders
before. This one was different.

A man who vanished 20 years ago
suddenly turns up dead.

Hand severed.

Hence the wrists.

The wound was just a few days old.

Where's he been hiding
all these years?

Would you like me
to get acquainted with him?

Substantial blood loss
from the severed hand,

and also his tongue was cut out

and stuffed back in his gullet.
Nasty business.

Well?

What do you see, Max?

Do you think Dr Liebermann will
notice something that I missed?

You get to tell me how he died,
Dr Jaeger.

Dr Liebermann might be able
to tell me how he lived.

He was bound and tortured?

Piano wire, particularly barbaric.

This isn't just a murder.

The act itself gives us
a profile of the killer.

Why torture a man?

Most likely to get information.

And?

If he won't provide it...

..if his tongue won't move?

He punished him by removing it.

Not a day goes by
when I don't think of him.

I just need to know what's happened.

I need to know
how my brother's life ended.

I don't understand.
Is this some sort of a joke?

What's the matter, Frau Schwaiger?

It's not Emil.

It's not my brother.

How long since you've seen him?
Are you absolutely sure?

I'm absolutely sure!
It's not my brother.

Papa?

Is that the Satin de Lyon?

It cost an arm and a leg. Be nice.
DOOR OPENS

It's very...lovely.

Hm, very convincing.

Would you like to see
my other option?

Max, have you seen the headline?

What do YOU think? Of?

The dress.

Papa and Mama's
wedding anniversary.

You haven't forgotten?

No, of course not.

I've invited Jonas Korngold,
as we do so much business together.

He's likely to bring Clara.

I hope you don't mind.

No... No, why should I?

Perhaps,
perhaps I'LL invite someone.

- May I?
- A girl?

Yes. Obviously.

I don't think the Inspector
will be keen.

Well, who are you going to ask?

What about Fraulein Spitzer?
Your mother's very eager...

Um, actually I-I was thinking
of Miss Lydgate.

The patient?

She's not my patient any more.
She hasn't been for some time now.

And you want to bring her
to our anniversary party?

She won't embarrass you, Mama.

She doesn't slurp her soup
or chew with her mouth open.

I'll ask her to change out of her
hospital gowns and manacles.

What she wears is scarcely
the point.

You're going to give me another
lecture

on the fact she's not Jewish?
Oh, Mama.

If you beg him to do something,
he's bound to do the opposite.

Aha, and that's psychology,
isn't it?

Census records, identity papers,
everything in order.

We have a reliable witness who
claims that this is not Schwaiger.

That's impossible.

Then, someone's been tampering
with our official records.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Inspector... Inspector,
I think you need to come.

This is not a home for vagrants,
Rheinhardt.

She's too young to be detained.

We can't put her in the cells.
She's a valuable witness.

We can't just let her
out on the streets again.

Well, she can't stay here.
What else do we know about her?

Nothing. No family. No address.

She was picking pockets
when we found her.

She's been using that slum
as a place to hide out.

This was clutched in her hand.

TICKING

Do you think you can get her
to talk to us?

It's all right.

I'm Max. I'm a doctor.

What's YOUR name?

Is this yours?

MUSIC PLAYS

It's all right.

Er, fetch some water.

It's all right. Breathe.

She's in shock.

Deeply traumatised.
She needs urgent care.

Maybe the hospital is willing
to take her in?

Their methods are too brutal.

Of course,
you Freudians know everything.

Well, where CAN we send her, then?

Max. I don't understand.

Well, she needs somewhere
to stay. Just for a few days.

Is she a patient?

She's a potential witness,
in a murder case.

And you don't even know her name?

Take her upstairs, would you?
Have the spare room made up.

Wouldn't she be better
at the hospital?

Mama, I wouldn't ask
if it wasn't important.

Bless you, Mama.

You'll have everything you need
here.

My mother will take good care
of you.

I'll be back very soon.

I'll come and look in on you.

Whoa! Rheinhardt?

Direktor Strasser?

It's good to see you again.

Get in, ride with me.

I heard about your new case.
Landstrasse.

Every murder case comes across
my desk. Where are you

with the investigation?
It's a confusing picture.

The victim's been wrongly
identified. Well,

no need to concern yourself.

I'm taking it away from you,
assigning a different department.

What?!

No need to involve yourself
any further.

I don't understand.
Why am I being taken off the case?

Some things are outside
your jurisdiction,

best not to ask too many questions.

Agh!

Are you all right, Inspector?

I've just received a message
concerning the dead man.

"The name is Anton Resch"?

The body we examined yesterday.

I've been sent an anonymous tip-off.

The real identity of the victim.

Anton Resch.

Well...at last we have a lead.

I was taken off the case. What?

Yeah, Direktor Strasser has
reassigned it.

I'm obliged to hand this over to
the next investigating officer,

whoever that may be.

This letter was sent to you
personally.

Are you really
going to give it up that easily?

At least talk to Amelia first.

Hopefully we can extrapolate
some information.

Perhaps where the letter
was written?

Information about the sender.

Nothing we do is anonymous,
not any more.

The touch of someone's hand can
leave a mark, it's indelible.

Could you?

Oh, there was something else
inside.

Here.

Freshly plucked -
traces of blood on the barbs. Look.

Why would someone send me
a bird's feather?

Corvus corone. What?
Carrion crow.

The messenger of the dead.

I'll take these to the museum,
continue my analysis.

Actually,
I wanted to ask you something.

Er, perhaps if I came by tomorrow?

Inspector.

How is it progressing,
you and Miss Lydgate?

Do you have to enjoy my discomfort
quite so much?

Yes, I do.

Whoever the killer is,
he's got a traitor close at hand.

Someone wants to help me solve
this.

Inspector.

I found him. He's an Officer.

Anton Resch.

Wait...

There is Strasser.

The dead man is Anton Resch,
an officer, 4th district,

we found him in a photograph.

You were in it too, Herr Direktor.

Ah. Why was he calling himself
a different name?

And who is this "Schwaiger"?

Missing person from the files.

It's common practice
when creating a false identity.

Use a name already
in the public records.

So, he was working undercover?

Hmm, I'm not obliged
to discuss operations with you,

Rheinhardt.
This is way above your head.

You're dismissed.

I have other evidence
for you Herr Direktor.

The informant sent me a symbol.

What symbol?

A feather. Carrion crow.

Do you know what it signifies?

I've told you,
this is not your domain.

Herr Direktor,

the informant chose
to contact me personally.

I don't know why. All I know is,

he thinks there's some bond
between us.

It's reasonable to assume
that he will contact me again.

Please, let me help.

Crow? Yes, sir.

It's a code name.

Someone we've been tracking for
a while now. A dangerous criminal.

His real name is Lazar Kiss,

a mercenary.
Half-Serb, half-Hungarian.

And you think this man is
in Vienna?

Kiss is largely unknown to us.

We don't even have a photograph.

He's suspected of involvement
in the assassination of

the Serbian royal family.

Our agent was ordered
to track him down.

Apparently, he got too close.

I'm grateful for your report,
Rheinhardt.

But...

..anything else you receive
from this informant,

you bring it straight to me, hmm?

Anything your patients say to you,
you're not allowed to repeat?

That's how it works, yes.

Very well,
I want to pay you for your time.

Well, that will
buy you about two minutes.

What's this about, Oskar?
What's going on?

A conversation I had just now.

I need to discuss it with someone,
in complete confidence.

A secret investigation?

I've been ordered to remain
at arm's length.

To do nothing.

Mm-hm.

And you don't want to.

Of course not, I'm involved.

The informant sent me that message.

What do the Secret Services
know about Kiss?

Nothing, only rumours.

He's no more than a shadow,
a whisper.

They're trying to find a man
that no-one has ever laid eyes on.

The informant is trying to point me
the way to him.

So, you're going to conduct your own
secret investigation?

Would you like some company?

Help me build a profile of him.

Who is he, Max?

The Crow?

Brutal, sadistic, paranoid.

Killed an officer
in the most savage way

when he wouldn't break
under torture.

Then again...

What?

What is it?

Well, if you wanted to slip into
the shadows, if you wanted

the Secret Service off your back,

would you really carry out an
execution in such a...

..theatrical manner?

The severed hand,
the severed tongue?

What about the girl?
Anything from her yet?

She's still in a state of shock.

All right, we go step by step.

We need to begin by finding
this mystery informant.

Is it my turn to say it?

I think it's my turn.

Well, go on, then.

Welcome to the case, Doctor.

You don't say it as well as I do.

I'll try to work on it.

How are you feeling?

Are you feeling any better?

I've brought a friend along.

I wanted to introduce you to him.

You can see he's a little bit sad.

I think something bad may have
happened to him.

Or, perhaps he saw something
that made him upset.

If you make friends with him,

I think he'll tell you
all his secrets.

TRUMPET SOUNDS

WHISTLE BLOWS

Alarm!

The dust contained in the envelope
has tiny fragments of fibre.

Hemp, I think. Rope.

Also some fragments of paint in it.

Thank you, Miss Lydgate.

Er, wait for me a moment.

I like him your Inspector.

He's not my Inspector.

Well, you're always in each
other's company.

I wanted to ask you something.

You're not going to try
and kiss me again?

What is it about this laboratory?

I wanted to invite you out
for the evening.

Max, we've been through this before.

It's a party.

Everyone likes parties.

I wasn't playing games with you,
when I told you no before.

I like you, Max.

You know I like you.

But the last thing that either of us
needs right now

is for our lives
to become complicated.

Clara's engaged again.

She's going to be married.

There's nothing complicated.

I want to be with you and...

..and I think you want to be
with me.

A simple chemical equation.

Max, there's been an incident.
Schonbrunn.

Dear Christ.

It's addressed to you, Inspector.

We've been trying to contact you.

It's the same.

Yes.

Exact same hand
as the anonymous letter.

What happened?

I discovered it late last night,
right before dawn, right here.

Resch?

It's the same wound pattern.

Question is, why would someone leave
it here for me?

Authenticity. Whoever this person
is, they want you to believe them.

They want to prove they were present
at the death of the victim.

Still, why go to all the trouble
of hopping the fence to deliver it?

Oh.

Apparently,
he wants to meet face-to-face.

A severed hand?

Must be a symbol of some kind.
It must have some significance.

The hand was painted with tar,
blackened.

The Black Hand.

Here.

Black Hand is a political movement.

Their aim is to unite all the Balkan
nations under the Serbian flag.

Unification or death.
A bunch of extremists.

You think Lazar Kiss is
connected to them somehow?

Strasser told me
he was a gun for hire.

I've got some clean clothes for you.

You're the same size
as our neighbour's girl, just about.

Anna will help you.

We'll see about getting
your other things darned.

Yes?

Would you like to try?

My name's Leah.

I'm Max's sister.

Here.

It's all right.

You don't need to be nervous.

There, beautiful.

Just like you.

What's your name?

Lily.

Hello, Lily.

They come here seeking a new life.

Vienna is the end of the rainbow.

It should be around here somewhere.

Hemp-rope and paint.
Amelia was right.

Might be dangerous.

You first.

I'll have a look around.

Wait here.

Try not to get stabbed.

That's good advice. Thank you.

Black Hand?

Yes, of course I know them.

They make a lot of protests
in our country.

Apparently, they've crossed the
border into Austria.

Do you know who might be
responsible? Oh, no, no.

I don't want to get involved.

These kind of people,
they are fanatics, crazy-men.

But talk to Zivko.

Zivko?

The actor.
He knows everyone.

Black Hand, you know them?

Young student.
Scrawny chap.

Saw him in here last night.

A student?

Heard him spouting forth
about Serbian unification.

He definitely said that name,
Black Hand.

Have you got an address for this
student fellow?

Sure, and I took his fingerprints.

A lot of the students
live in the same street.

Hollandstrasse.

There's an old man there,
takes them all in.

Spiridon.

What about the student?

What's his name?

Vrana.

Thank you.

Vrana means Crow.

We've found him, Max.

We've found Lazar Kiss.

You're sure he's not here?

Never ever see him.

Slips the money under my door,

minds his own business.

We all do round here.

Thank you.

What is it? What's wrong?

What have you found?

This messenger of death,
who has he come here to kill?

We found guns.

And ammunition. Hidden.

What took you to the apartment?

A witness, at the Serbian theatre.

An informant told me
to meet him there.

Here is his note.

Who is this informant?

Never showed,
but another witness came forward.

He heard a young man, a student,

singing the praises
of the Black Hand.

What were you doing, following
leads, questioning witnesses?

I made it clear this is
not your case any more.

You asked me to bring any
available evidence.

That's all I was doing, sir.

We don't need the Leopoldstadt
police

wading into this investigation.

The situation is delicate,
Rheinhardt.

I'd say Inspector Rheinhardt has
done us all a service.

Aehrenthal.
Ministry of the Interior.

I'm in charge here.

Sir, this informant, whoever he is,

keeps trying to make
contact with me.

Maybe I can help.

But right now I'm just
walking around blind.

This government plans to make
a statement of our dominance

in the Balkans.

A statement?

That's all
you need to know, Rheinhardt.

We're going to eliminate,
once and for all,

the Serbian threat
to our sovereignty.

Kiss has obviously been
hired by people who oppose us.

Please, let me do my job.

Let me find Kiss.

He's going to come back
for the guns.

I'm already one step closer to him.

Well, we need someone to run
surveillance, don't we?

You're obviously our man, Inspector.

I'm bringing you
into the investigation.

Watch the apartment.

If he returns, don't make
an immediate arrest.

We need to follow the trail,
discover the whole network.

Keep the operation tightly closed.

Just one or two officers,
and you report to me, not Von Bulow.

He knows nothing, understand?

I hope that's not going to be
a problem for you.

Everything all right, Mama?

Max, you're early.

Yes. How's our guest?

Go up and see.
She's with Leah.

Max, tell me honestly.

What is she doing here?

I told you,
she's possibly an important witness

and we need her testimony.

Why did you lock her door?

Max, I have no idea who she is.

She is clearly a beggar,
judging by her clothing.

I can't give her
the run of the house.

Be reasonable.

I need to find out where she's from.

She must have a family somewhere.

If I can get her to open up to me

then maybe we can help her
get back to them.

Max. I need to introduce you.

This is Lily.

It's good to meet you, Lily.

You seem to be feeling better.

I'll leave you two alone,
for a minute.

Your new friend is looking
better too.

Still, I'd like to know
what was wrong with her.

Did you have a chance to talk
to each other?

I know he's just a bear.

I know he's not real.

Still, what if he were real?

What would he be feeling?

How about a drink?

What's wrong, Inspector?

Nothing.
Why should anything be wrong?

You've never offered me
a drink before.

We've worked together for years.

All right.

I need to ask you something.

There's a house in Hollandstrasse.
I need to run surveillance.

Of course.

No. Wait a minute. Hear me out.

None of it can be official.

I don't understand.

The body in Landstrasse, Von Bulow
mustn't know what we're up to.

Seriously?

By order of the Chief
of Police.

Von Bulow has so many cases on his
mind he won't notice us.

It's two officers,
two 12 hour shifts.

We find a room overlooking
the suspect's apartment.

Here, this is the place.

Come here.

Ah, lovely!

Do you remember this, darling?

I do remember it. Thank you so much.

You're welcome.
This is Sofia.

Yes, hello, Sofia.

Where's your necklace?
Oh.

I do hope
you're going to liven up a bit.

What is wrong with you tonight?
Nothing.

Go and enjoy yourself,
I'm just waiting for my guest.

Ah, yes,
the famous Miss Lydgate.

Your mother and I can't wait.

That's the trouble with Vienna.

You keep bumping into people
you'd rather avoid.

Lovely to see you, Clara.
No, it isn't.

I think we can be honest,
you and I. Is your Inspector here?

You barely seem to be apart.
Actually, no.

I was just teasing, Max.
Oh, right.

Surely I'm still allowed to do that.

Is there someone new in your life?

Clara, please. You don't seem
to have a guest tonight?

What about the woman you shunned me
for? Clara.

Where is she, Max? I'm insatiably
curious to get to know her.

You can say what you want.
It doesn't matter now.

Haven't you heard, Jonas and I are
engaged.

Er, yes.
Actually, father told me.

The invitations have all
gone out.

Mazel Tov.

He adores me,
has done for years.

What happened between you and me
is in the past now.

I really do want you to be happy.

It would make it so much neater
for all of us.

Is it the scientist?

Is that who you're expecting?

And do you love her?

You probably don't even know
yourself.

Are you happy, Clara?

I'm not your patient.

You don't have the right
to ask me that.

Ah, beautiful Clara.

Hello, Clara. Mazel Tov.

Mazel Tov. We were just talking
about you.

SHOUTING AND CRYING

Don't look at me, please.
Don't look at me.

Are you all right?

Go. Please go. He will come back.

Please go.

He can't hurt you.
I'll protect you.

Just go! Please!

Please just go, please.

I almost didn't come.

I didn't want to risk
being the subject of gossip.

Just two ordinary people.

Ordinary isn't the way I was hoping
to be described, Max.

Please.

Darling, I have no idea who those
people were. The Leopolds.

Ah! Erm... The other Leopolds.

Max, this is the moment where you
introduce me to your parents.

Yes, of course, erm...

Their names are Mendel and Rachel.

Right, erm, Mother, Father,
this is...

Amelia.

Lydgate.

Erm, I owe you both an apology.

Last time we met it was very
unfortunate.

Max speaks about you both so warmly
and I wanted to get to know you.

I wondered if we could begin
our acquaintance again.

Welcome to our party.

It's a pleasure to make
your acquaintance.

You seem to be rather more
eloquent than my son.

Not that that's much
of a distinction.

My wife, Rachel.

Come through,
we'll get you something to drink.

Lily?

Lily, what are you doing up?

Lily? Lily, what's the matter,
darling?

What's the matter? Lily?

Max? Max.

There's something's
the matter with Lily. Max!

Lily, wait! Lily!

Lily, stop!
Max!

Wait!

Max, what's wrong with her?

Get her back inside.

Get her out of the night air.

Max, what is going on?

It's all right,
she had a fit of some kind.

I'm sorry to abandon you.

She's a guest.

She's not well.

You're a doctor.

Something she witnessed
has caused a powerful trauma.

I can't explain it.

I understand perfectly.

We've been here before, you and I.

PHONE RINGS

Rheinhardt.

What?

Get back there.

Don't lose sight of him.

He's in there now.
Shall we go in and arrest him?

We've been told just to watch him.

We need to find out
if he has any accomplices.

"Who holds the devil,
let him hold him well.

"For he'll hardly be caught
a second time."

Quick. He's on the move.

Let's go.

You're disappointed.

What do you mean?

I mean, you were expecting
the devil.

You're disappointed he's just flesh
and blood, that he's real.

Oskar, Oskar, where are you going?

Go there, go there.

Max, on your left.

Sir.

I saw him, Max.

I stared right in his face.

Which way did he go?

I don't know.

He's not here.
It's like he vanished.

Max?

Where are you going?

Max?
Why come here in broad daylight?

Why risk being seen?

What are you doing?

Ugovor predstoji.

KNOCKING

Come in.

Herr Direktor?

Excuse me. Rheinhardt,
what's Liebermann doing here?

Who is this man? This is a highly
sensitive investigation.

This is Doctor Liebermann, he works
with me. He's a psychoanalyst.

And you think that entitles him to
barge into this meeting?

I'm trying to build a profile
of Kiss. A profile?

A psychological picture, as useful
as any photograph.

Inspector, this is all highly
irregular.

We found this, Sir.

Kiss was trying to send a secret
message to someone.

Well, fine.

Translate it.

Oh? 'Ugovor' means treaty.

It says the treaty,
whatever it is, is imminent.

Herr minister, I saw him up close.

I'm the only one who can
identify him.

You need me at the heart of this
investigation.

I beg you please,
tell me everything.

Bosnia and Herzegovina are soon
to be incorporated into the Empire.

The Serbs' unification dream
will be crushed.

Their ambitions will be
reduced to rubble.

And Kiss, why did he come to Vienna?

Russian representatives are coming
to Austria in secret,

to sign a treaty.

On the fifth,
two days from now.

And the treaty?

The annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.

The Russians will permit
the annexation, unopposed,

in return for...

..certain military assurances.

Kiss knows.

He's come here to prevent
the signing.

We should never have let him go.

Sergeant?

Sir?

Your presence is requested
in the archives.

They have something for you.

He assaulted you again?

The man in your apartment?

Will you let me help you?

You can't stay there.

You can't go back to him.

It's dangerous for you.

What other choice do I have?

For some people, their life
is a prison.

I have no money,
except what pittance

I get from looking after this place.

I can't get away from him.

What happens next time?

What happens if he goes too far?

Thank you.

I've seen violence in the home,
my own father.

You can stay here.

The door is secure.

He won't be able to touch you.

Just stay out of sight.

An angel sent from God.

No, no.

Inspector.

Anything?

Nothing. No sign of him.

Hasn't returned.

One more day.
That's all we have.

Why? What's going on? There's an
event taking place tomorrow.

He came here to prevent it from
happening.

I can't believe it.

What the hell is he doing?

Damned idiot.

What does he think
he's going to find?

Kiss could be back any moment.

Commissioner.
Commissioner Von Bulow.

You need to get out of here.
Immediately.

What are you doing here, Rheinhardt?
I expect to be briefed.

He'll come back.

You can't stay here.

Who? Who?

What is this about,
this investigation?

Why haven't you reported it to me?

You're spending my time
and resources,

running surveillance on this street.

I insist on being kept informed.

Who's the subject?

Assaulting a senior officer. You can
kiss your career goodbye.

Search the place.

Find out exactly
what's going on here.

Help me, Commissioner!

Come on!

Haussmann! Get him!

Stop! Stop!

Where is he? Where is he?

Rheinhardt! Don't let him get away.

Who? Who?!

Strasser ordered me to watch him.

This is an official operation.

Dear God.

Split up and find him. Find him!

Split up and find him!

God!

If it were up to me, Von Bulow,
you'd be relieved of your command.

Dismissed.

Rheinhardt, you stay.

We need to talk.

You are the only one
who's seen Kiss up close.

Your presence is requested
at the treaty signing.

Noon tomorrow. Laxenburg.

Thank you.

Are you alone?

I'm glad you're back.

I feel safer knowing you're here.

I'll be going away tomorrow.

I'm leaving this place.

If you're ever in trouble,

I want you to contact me.

Please don't hesitate.

Morning.

You're only here for one reason.

You alone can identify him.

Apparently, you still can't
do anything

without your sidekick, Liebermann.

What time do the delegates arrive?

Austrians at nine,
Russians at noon.

History is going to be made
around this table today,

one way or another.

The perimeter wall is manned.

It doesn't matter, Max.

He'll find a way to get in, somehow.

Papers.

Who is he, Max?

You still haven't told me.

I can't see him clearly, Oskar.

Too many things about him
don't make sense.

Such as?

Well, he makes a statement,

killing that agent in such
a sadistic manner.

Cutting out his tongue,
severing his hand. Like I said,

it was almost a piece of theatre.

But then, how exactly did Kiss know
the body would be discovered?

If you want to publish
a warning to the world,

why hide it in a slum-house?

And then there's the informant
we never found.

And the guns and ammunition hidden
under the floorboards.

He goes to all that
trouble to hide them

and then leaves the nails
sitting in a wine glass.

It's as if he wants
the hounds on his tail.

Lily.

What?

The girl, the pickpocket
who stumbled on the corpse.

What about her?

She's the key to this.

What?! Think about it.

She's the reason
all of this happened.

She led the police to the body.
Yes. It was an accident.

There are no accidents.
Not in this game.

Anton Resch had been rotting
in that hovel for weeks

and then miraculously he's found.

It was a hunt and the girl
was the one who left the scent.

She was the fox.
What are you saying?

She was told to lead
the police there.

That's ridiculous. By whom? Kiss.

He doesn't leave anything to chance.

My God, where's the girl now?

She's still at my home.

I need to get back there.

I was wrong about you, wasn't I?

From the very first moment.
Stupid, stupid.

Max? What on earth has gotten into
you? I treated you like a patient,

I expected you to be a victim hurt,
damaged, wounded.

I wanted you to be something
that you're not.

Max, leave her alone,
can't you see you're upsetting her?

You ran into that house and you knew
exactly what you would find there.

This behaviour isn't trauma,
it's guilt.

He told you to do it, didn't he?

Kiss.

He told you to lead
the police to that slum.

Why?

If we hadn't kept you
under lock and key

you'd be back by his side
right this minute.

You'll never catch him.

The police.

They weren't observing him
in that apartment.

He was observing them.

You led them to that
corpse to bait a trap.

And Oskar was the one who fell in.

He's followed Oskar to Laxenburg,
hasn't he?

Tick tock, tick tock,

tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock,

tick tock, tick tock...

He's here. He knows.
Kiss?

He needed someone to lead him
to this rendezvous.

He needed a date and a location.
He's been following you, Oskar.

There was never an informant.

It was all Kiss.

The Feather, the Black Hand,

he deliberately revealed
himself to you alone.

He needed you to be brought here
so that he could follow.

Oskar, he's planted
a bomb somewhere.

A bomb?

Oskar, the Russians will be
here any minute.

Damn it.

There are officers on the boundary.

Yes.

There's no way that anyone
else would be permitted inside.

No, of course not.

Except one of us.

Except a police officer.

My carriage wasn't
checked at the gates.

No.

The driver.

Have you seen this painting?

Our glorious victory
against the Turks.

Sir, may I introduce to you,
His Excellency Losenstein,

Count Schwarz.

Be seated.

It was here. It was in the carriage.

Oskar,
we brought the bomb to the castle.

The driver, did you see him?

Yes, he went upstairs,
with a crate of wine.

Upstairs, where?

To the dining room.

Gentlemen,

this historic signature signals
a symbol of trust between us.

What's going on?

Rheinhardt.

What's the matter?

Sorry to disturb, sir,

but there's a bomb.

A bomb?

A bomb. A bomb! Get out of here!

Now!

Get out!

And you solve this.

Get out. Get out.

Hurry.

Max, you hear that?

TICKING

Oskar!

Hmm.

Take it.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Carefully.

The wire, pull it out.

That's your suggestion?

I'm not a bomb expert.

No, clearly.

Max, where are you going?

There's no time!

Max.

Alarm, alarm!

This is so embarrassing.

Indeed.

I really do apologise.

It was all a charade, Max.

Kiss controlled everything.

You were right, he was watching me.

Feeding me clues.

There were two of them.

Two actors.

Kiss and his accomplice.

All the time she was listening.

They're laughing at us, Max.

She's laughing at me.

The devil won't be caught
a second time.

We'll see.

She came home.

A writer once said,

"If the devil did not exist
then man would create him

"in his own image and likeness."

We look at people all around us yet
we don't see them for what they are.

We see instead what
we want them to be.

A projection of our own needs
and desires.