A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
- [owl hooting] - [water flowing]
Szendrey!
I'm glad to see that you're well.
[in Hungarian] Shame on you, Szápáry. Speaking German.
[Viktor scoffs]
[in German] This is my house!
I can speak as I please.
What brings you here?
[in Hungarian] Your house.
The house of the Szápárys is in Hungary.
[Sophia in German] The house of Szápáry is wherever I am!
[in Hungarian] Hungary, your home, is enslaved. Don't you care?
[in German] The union with Austria shelters our homeland.
[Szendrey in Hungarian] Filthy whore.
Union!
Your father was hanged. Your family was robbed and murdered.
You're the last Szápárys.
The war is only over when Hungary is free.
But you won't help us.
Right?
Your business here...
We observed you.
The bigwigs of this rotten society are coming and going here.
You could be the best spies.
Reflect on your conscience. Your homeland!
Your father.
Help us!
I am helping.
My home. Not you.
I want Hungary to live in peace and prosperity.
I want the union to turn into a friendship.
Our goal is that the Emperor
will sit at our table one day.
In friendship and with respect.
[in German] Freedom for Hungary.
Freedom for Austria.
[Sophia in Hungarian] Freedom for Hungary.
Freedom for Austria.
Freedom for Hungary.
Death to the Emperor!
[in German] Izom, the gentlemen may now leave us.
[in Hungarian] Get out.
[indistinct chatter]
[woman humming]
[man grunting]
[Meynert] Good morning, gentlemen.
Ah, Your Majesty.
[woman] This is our new patient.
I'm blind and I can't move my leg.
No need to speak.
An hysteric. Nothing in the notes here that suggests neurological pathologies.
[clears throat] I...
I admitted her here, Professor.
Of course.
Against my unmistakably clear instructions that such patients are not to be accepted.
I wanted to be certain by conducting some extra diagnosis.
We are all most aware of the results of your last diagnosis.
[all chuckle]
Gentlemen, this woman claims that she's paralysed and blind.
Thoughts?
Dr. von Schönfeld, please.
Doctor.
Yes. Naturally, yes, Professor.
If this patient really was indeed paralysed from the waist down,
this leg wouldn't be so stiff.
Yes, the pupils constrict.
Blindness is out of the question.
- Dr. von Schönfeld? - Yes.
- An urgent message for you. - Can't it wait?
[nurse] I'm afraid not.
Professor, would you allow me an attempt at diagnosis, if I may?
Yes, you may.
Sister, a syringe.
No reaction.
Is that simulated?
Anaesthesia.
The absence as such of feeling, through an unnatural cramping of the spine,
has been brought on herself, without doubt.
Hysteria is another word for lying.
And she doesn't deserve our sympathy.
Dr. Freud, you'll personally make sure
she is removed from this bed without further protestations!
Do I make myself clear?
[doctors chuckle]
[patient] Doctor?
Where will I go?
[door shuts]
Sister...
please take the patient to the physiological department.
ON DUTY TODAY ACCIDENTS - OUTPATIENTS - DELIVERIES
[bell chimes]
[visitor 1] Good morning. Have you any news?
[visitor 2] Gretchen is recovering well.
I'm so glad to hear it.
As long as the Emperor lives until the end of time.
[patient wailing]
Gentlemen!
You've forgotten something.
Gentlemen!
[patient moaning and yelling]
Mmm...
Schlomo!
Have you heard about the girl that disappeared?
It's in all the papers. Clara von Schönfeld.
The girl from the séance.
Disappeared without a trace.
The séance is said to have been the last time she was seen.
And the two of us were there.
Schlomo?
Freud? What's wrong?
Come on.
She was seen outside...
[indistinct chatter]
[Poschacher] Next!
[August] August Karl, 55 years old.
So is it true that there's a reward to collect?
If you give us information to enable us to find her.
Well, then?
Oh, yeah, it was like, so...
That night, the girl got out the coach she was travelling in.
And then the coach driver followed her.
[Poschacher] So you saw that?
Where was this?
- [August] In the first district. - [Poschacher] Where in the first?
At the Schotten gate.
[Poschacher] What was the girl wearing? What colour were her clothes?
I think they were...
Come on, preferably before Christmas.
No need to be so harsh. I'm here to help you.
[Poschacher] What colour?
Reddish?
Well, thank you for that. We have no time for liars here.
[August] What do you mean?
The girl wasn't wearing a dress, but a nightgown.
Stop wasting our time. Go on, get out!
This isn't working.
I bet we won't get a single worthwhile clue.
Nobody knows anything.
That's not good enough.
And now Mr. Karl knows that the girl was wearing a nightgown, as you told him.
[sighs] Yeah.
Sorry.
[knock on door]
Did I ask for the next?
- A telegram for you, Inspector. - [Poschacher groans] Thank you.
Inspector.
"Dear Inspector Kiss, Clara von Schönfeld
is deep in the tunnels of the Vienna canal.
It's a matter of life and death."
It's just a lot of nonsense.
Look for the signature.
Unsigned.
Yes. He's getting nothing for his information.
[Poschacher] We're finished for the day. Come back tomorrow.
- But I've information! - Come back tomorrow, then.
Finally.
Schlomo, let's leave now.
Come on. Let's go home.
I'm going in there with them.
No, you are not! You know about the monsters.
How many matches do you have with you?
[indistinct chatter]
Vagabonds and tramps.
[Kiss] Look at that.
They're boiling the fat from the bones to make soap to sell.
[Poschacher] These are the most desperate people.
[dog barking]
Where did you get that? Huh?
Clara had a dog.
Where did you find it?
[man curses]
- [Poschacher] Stay where you are! - Here's a kreuzer.
You must tell me where you found it.
Did you see anybody else?
A man.
[Kiss] What did he look like?
I remember a scar on his cheek here.
Von Lichtenberg.
- Hey! - Come back!
[dog barking]
Come back, you little vermin!
Hey, boy!
- [Kiss] Poschacher! - Yes?
[Kiss] Come!
[voices echoing indistinctly]
[dog continues barking]
[indistinct sound echoing]
What is that?
[Arthur breathing heavily]
Come on.
I think we're lost.
Come on, this way.
- Is that a light? - Yes.
Oh, my God!
Clara!
Can you hear me?
- Untie her. - Yes.
[Poschacher] Inspector, look! Inspector!
[Clara gasping]
Clara!
[Kiss] Look at me! That's it. Try to breathe.
[Poschacher] What's happening?
- Keep breathing! - She's suffocating.
- [Poschacher] What should I do? - Move! Out of the way.
Dr. Freud!
[Poschacher] What's he doing here?
- Arthur, the upper airways are blocked. - [Arthur] What should I do?
[Freud] Tilt her head back.
What's in her throat?
[Clara coughing and moaning]
[Clara continues coughing and breathing heavily]
Have you never seen a toe in your life? She needs to get to hospital!
- We must hurry! - [Kiss] Come on!
[horses neighing]
[Poschacher] Ha!
Ha!
Why isn't she speaking?
Not dying, is she?
I don't think that her brain has been damaged.
Well... at least not physically.
Was it you who sent the telegram?
Dr. Schnitzler and I...
[Arthur] We are benefactors. We sometimes go there
to give the vagabonds medicine... without charge, of course.
Once you've treated her wounds,
I will then accompany her to the psychiatric ward.
[door closes]
[Freud] Dr. von Schönfeld.
Clara?
What?
She's alive.
My dearest colleague, she's alive.
Clara.
Catatonia?
[door opens]
Please, she's over there.
Ah! Clara!
- You're alive. You're alive. - [Leopold] Mother.
What's wrong with her?
- Why isn't she talking? - Mother, that's enough now.
Clara.
- Let go of me. - Please.
- Clara. Clara! - It's important she's not disturbed.
- [Henriette grunts] - Please. Come on!
[Leopold] Come on! She needs to rest.
- Leave me alone! - She's not a puppy!
- Clara. - Please don't. Mother!
Get your hands off me!
[Henriette yelps]
[Leopold] Come on!
[Leopold] We must leave now.
Please, just get outside, Mother.
[door opens and closes]
[Freud] Dr. von Schönfeld, I know that you do not approve of me or my methods.
But I am begging you. I have saved Clara's life.
Allow me now also to save her soul.
Thank you, Dr. Freud. Without you, Clara would have died.
We will treat her ourselves.
But...
The handling of the situation is for doctors from now on.
Dr. von Schönfeld and I.
Please will you leave the room.
[door opens and closes]
I will do no such thing!
The boy saw him! A blond man with a scar on his face. That is Von Lichtenberg!
Half the city looks like that.
And this boy from the canal was probably paid off by you, wasn't he?
You're seeing Georg von Lichtenberg's face.
The boy hasn't identified him. You're seeing him. You see him everywhere!
You're to leave him alone from now on! Do you understand?
Come on, Inspector.
Let's leave it for now. It's for the best.
We've been up for almost three days.
Let's go.
[indistinct chatter]
- What's this here? May I hold her? - [baby crying]
Here.
Well...
There.
[baby cries]
Don't you like life in this world? [laughs]
[Poschacher] Look, snails! My grandma will fry them nicely for me.
I'll take a kilo.
[seller] A kilo?
- Some smoked ones too? - [Poschacher] Why not?
[seller] There you are.
- Thank you. - [seller] Thank you.
Oh, lovely.
Do you want to try one, Inspector? They are good.
No.
Well...
They keep multiplying too.
Such young girls.
It's shit, is it not?
Have a good evening. Send my regards to your grandmother.
Thank you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Grandpa is coming.
[girl] Look, Mummy, he's here.
- [woman] Hello. - Hello.
- [woman] I hope you're hungry. - I have something for you.
For my little girl.
Look, chocolate.
Mmm...
- [woman chuckles] Do you like it? - [Kiss] Yes.
[thunder rumbling]
[woman] It was Otto's favourite meal.
[groans softly]
[girl giggles]
What's wrong?
[groans] I... I'm not feeling very well. Excuse me.
[man praying in Hebrew]
[woman in German] Sigismund?
- Oh, it's so good to see you! - Mother.
Sorry for arriving late. Are you already doing the Kiddush?
You're soaking wet.
The rain surprised me on the way here.
- Don't waste a good cloth. - Don't move! Hold still.
[man continues praying]
How is my son?
It's... pretty tough, this life.
You could have warned me of this beforehand.
You mustn't lament before it has happened.
Don't worry.
Everything will be fine.
You have a great future before you. Now come.
Eli is doing everything today. Anna is very proud, so...
[in Hebrew] God rested from all the work, that he had done in creation,
with your permission.
Blessed are you, lord of the world. Creator of the fruit of the vine.
[all] Amen.
Blessed are you, lord of the world,
Who sanctified us with his commandments and wanted us,
for you chose us,
and sanctified us,
out of all nations, sanctifier
of the Sabbath.
[all] Amen.
- Shabbat shalom. - [all] Shabbat shalom.
Blessed are you, lord of the world, who sanctified us with his commandments
and commanded us regarding the washing of hands.
Amen.
[in German] You're doing really well.
Your father would prefer if you did it, but you don't arrive on time any more.
I need my money, Eli. Now.
Now you talk about money during Shabbat?
My sister doesn't know that you owe me money, huh?
And it should stay that way, shouldn't it?
[woman] Eli!
If Sigismund marries your sister now, what would you be to each other?
Is there a word for it? Double brother-in-law?
First we should wait whether Sigmund will even be allowed to marry Eli's sister.
In every letter, Martha's mother asks Eli,
"How is Sigmund's ordination coming on, I wonder?"
In that case, your husband surely tells her
that my practice is bursting at the seams.
Sigismund!
And of the success of my presentation.
[bell tolling]
[men singing indistinctly]
[man] Ready!
Please set!
Go!
- [groans] - [man] Stop!
- [all cheering] - [officer] Why are you stopping?
Referee, we request a medical examination.
Yes, just a moment, gentlemen.
You can continue.
Silence for the last round!
Please set!
Go!
[all cheering]
Stop! The fight is over!
[all continue cheering]
Three strikes, my man.
Well done!
- [all laughing] - [kisses]
The wonderful constable! [sniffles]
- [mocking laughter] - [Georg] Quiet!
This man hasn't always been this way.
This man was a soldier.
And a... father.
Give him respect.
Or at least give him a beer.
[men laugh]
Gentlemen!
Here sits a murderer and a shameless violator!
Into a sweet young girl, he stabbed his bayonet several times.
Knife into the vagina, knife into the vagina.
[glass shatters]
Sunday, six o'clock. Linienwall.
I demand my right for satisfaction.
Until death.
I accept.
All of you here are my witnesses.
As you were.
[muffled explosions]
The prisoners are coming.
Why should we share our food with their kind?
Execute them!
[prisoners praying indistinctly]
Execute them!
[man grunts]
[Georg] Kill them!
[gun cocks]
- [Georg] Execute them! - No!
Do as you're ordered!
[man breathing heavily]
[officer barking orders]
How are you, Father?
You will cancel this absurd duel.
I cannot do that.
That man humiliated me in front of all my comrades.
I want satisfaction.
Who was that girl?
Her name was Steffi Horváth.
I sometimes visited her.
I want you to tell me the truth.
Have you anything to do with harming that girl?
I... do not know.
What are you saying, Georg?
I do not remember.
I am sorry, Father.
And I am so sorry that I always disappoint you.
You must ensure this duel is won.
[horse snorts]
Fräulein Salomé?
You were right.
Clara was kidnapped, and hidden in the Vienna canal until found.
- What? - You haven't misheard me.
Everything that you said under hypnosis is what happened.
Therefore, how did you know?
I do not know.
When the girl was finally found, she was almost dead.
Someone had done horrible things to her.
[Fleur breathing heavily]
I am not a good hypnotist. You understand?
I have only managed it once. Under special circumstances.
But with you... it was child's play.
It was simple. Too simple.
Are you trying to say I play-acted?
As I see it, you and your family certainly do not possess a lack of ambition.
I would say that's how to be successful in your line of work.
Nobody in there would do anything like you are saying.
If that's true, how can you explain it to me then?
I could return with an officer another time--
I don't know what under hypnosis I said to you.
You're telling me this now, but it is your interpretation.
A child in need, and thought to have been kidnapped by a Hungarian witch.
Discovered and saved by you and your method of hypnosis.
That makes you successful, mind you.
Who will the authorities rather believe?
The Hungarian medium or the Jewish charlatan?
Neither.
Good day to you, Dr. Freud.
Where were you?
You didn't sleep here last night.
I slept on the streets. Could you make me a roll?
- I have to go to work. I'm already late. - [girl crying]
An officer was here.
He wanted to tell you...
the rules.
[girl continues crying]
A duel?
Are you sick of life then?
I am not, and the children aren't either.
Did you think about us for once?
We only have you!
We'll end up on the streets if you die.
How do you intend to survive such a duel?
Otto is already dead.
That's enough!
[door closes]
[Viktor] The crown prince of Austro-Hungary confirms
that he'll participate in the Egyptian evening.
He's looking forward to the extraordinary entertainment.
[chuckles]
He'll come.
The crown prince will come to us.
He'll come.
Is Fleur ready?
She must enchant him.
As she will.
She mustn't find out about the girl first, about Clara.
It is the talk of Vienna. Soon she will find out.
Sooner or later.
But not before the séance with Rudolf.
- It's too risky. - Yes.
Where can I get a mummy?
We need a mummy! I have to get back to town immediately.
- [door creaks] - [shushes]
[dog whimpering]
[Leopold] Thermometer.
Too warm! The next three units should be five degrees colder.
Eight thirty-five.
If I may, do you not think pausing would help her heal?
The order of the intervals is precise, down to the minute.
You should already know that.
I meant a pause for you, dear colleague.
Clara is well cared for here.
You should go home.
It's not enough water. Bring more!
If the doctors allow it, I'll do everything that I can.
I will do my best.
[Henriette] Thank you. I can't thank you enough.
And the doctors will do as I say.
She's my child.
I want Dr. Freud to help me with her.
Naturally. Whatever you want.
[door opens]
- Inspector. - [Kiss breathes heavily]
[gun thuds]
Do you want to tell me what's wrong?
Nothing, nothing. I have a duel tomorrow. Linienwall.
Georg von Lichtenberg and I.
A duel?
Is that wise?
We shall see.
As long as Clara is my daughter, it will be I who chooses who treats her.
That is my right.
[coughs]
[Meynert] On your head be it.
You prefer these two charlatans?
Fleur Salomé foresaw it.
How dare you speak to Professor Meynert like that?
It's outrageous.
[Henriette] But that is what I choose...
You're surprising me.
In the morning, your enemy, by evening, your assistant.
Do you think you'll be able to hypnotise her in her state?
You can feel the pulse.
You can hear my voice.
You can see the light.
You can feel the pulse.
You can hear my voice.
[echoing] You can see the light. See the light...
You can feel the pulse.
You can hear my voice.
Now you're there.
Something happened to you two days ago.
The Vienna canal.
You haven't spoken since then.
I want you to return there.
[Fleur] Clara?
Clara?
[Freud] Where are you?
At the Vienna canal.
Clara.
What's happening?
I'm following Clara.
[Freud] Don't be scared. I'm with you.
Keep going further.
Clara?
[breathes heavily]
[gasping] She's tied up.
Is anyone with her?
[gasping]
I can see him. But I can't... I can't recognise him.
You must. You can do it.
Look at him.
[screams]
Wake up! Wake up! You're waking up. You're waking up.
[hyperventilating]
[Leopold] Stop it!
- [muffled shrieks] - It's all right.
- Clara, Clara... - [Fleur] He did this to her.
- [Freud] It's all right. - He did it!
He... he... he...
He kidnapped her!
What on earth are you saying?
It was him who did it.
He mutilated her. Believe me!
- [breathing heavily] - [Henriette] Get out.
Out!
[Freud] Come now.
[Lenore singing in German] ♪ I didn't pay my interest ♪
♪ I am tense ♪
♪ And even the guest cashier Is cross with me ♪
♪ The wine's to blame And the innkeeper too ♪
♪ Because his young wine Is making me confused ♪
♪ They switched off the lights In my bedroom ♪
♪ But even without light I'll find my canopy bed ♪
♪ I don't give a damn About all the money ♪
♪ But no one will ever ♪
♪ Take my love away from me ♪
[all cheering]
[man] Lenore!
Lenore!
Tell us what that Jewish doctor did with you.
[Lenore in German] His name is Dr. Freud.
Dr. Sigmund Freud.
It's called hypnosis.
He takes his watch and slowly lets it swing like a pendulum in front of my face.
This way and that.
And then he speaks with a deep, penetrating voice
as if he's talking directly to your soul.
And then I woke up.
I couldn't speak any more.
Not a single word, nothing.
[man] That's some dark magic.
Do you believe me?
[knocks]
- [driver] Whoa! - [coach stops]
Here is where I'll get out.
Fräulein Salomé.
Fleur.
You believe me.
[grunts]
Fleur!
We were worried about you.
I was in need of some fresh air.
I was in town.
Allow me to help you.
It's always nice to be able to breathe, is it not?
[exhales] Yes.
Good night.
Whatever is troubling you, whatever worries you have...
[in Hungarian] I'm here.
[in German] Where were you?
I visited Clara with Sigmund Freud.
What did you do with him?
We hypnotised her.
It was Leopold.
I have seen it.
Did you say that? Does anybody else know?
You will stop breathing.
[inhales deeply]
The crown prince is coming tomorrow. The séance must succeed.
You mustn't think about anything else.
Not about Clara, nor Sigmund Freud.
[in Hungarian] I'm your life. I'm your breath.
- [in German] Breathe again. - [gasps and exhales]
[Sophia] Now sleep.
[Kiss] My hand.
I'm not able to move it.
It hurts.
Please sit down.
It keeps cramping.
[screams in pain]
Try to take my hand.
[Kiss gasps]
[Kiss whimpering]
You can feel my hands.
- You can hear my voice. - Mmm-hmm.
[Freud] Feel my hands.
Hear my voice.
Everything else disappears.
Only my hands... and my voice.
[muffled] Only my hands...
and my voice.
Where are you?
[Kiss] At the Bosna.
At war.
[Freud] What do you see?
- Tell me, what do you see? - Naked soldiers...
begging for their lives.
What are you doing?
Execute them!
[Kiss] I'm killing the men.
[gunshot]
[prisoners groan]
[Freud] Why are you doing this to them?
It's an order. I mustn't oppose it.
[Georg] Execute them!
- [gunshot] - Do it. Disobey the order.
You can hear me. Don't do it.
It's an order. I mustn't disobey. I have to do it.
[Freud] You don't.
Execute them!
[Freud] Kill the order.
[gasps]
[Kiss exhales]