Though, sad to say, his teachings aren't popular everywhere. Our little foibles, our jokes, even the mistakes we make, every tiny grace note and inflection gives a clue as to what is going on inside the brain. He teaches that human behavior is eloquent. He claims that anything you wish to know about a person, you can tell through observation - their clothes or their mannerisms, the way they hold their pen and their coffee cup. There's a professor who lectures in Vienna. One or two other words spring to mind, actually. Yesterday evening, you said I seemed anxious, impatient, desperate. (KNOCK AT DOOR) I was told I could observe a criminal case.Īnd, presumably, that means you and I will have to be in the same room occasionally. Just giving the case to someone who can handle it. "Killed by a specter summoned at a seance." Can't even keep a lid on your own investigation.Īnd now the investigation is leaking like a rusty ship. (COINS CHINK) (WOMAN SHOUTS IN SLOVAK) (SHOUTS) (FLASH POPS) -Ah. (GROANS) (OTHER PATIENT LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY NEARBY) Please help me.ĭo you know the name of the woman who lived upstairs?ĭo you know the woman who lived upstairs? (GLASS SMASHES) (SCREAMS) Don't touch me!ĭon't.
It is called, "Prove to me "that I'm more attractive "than a painting." Well, I think everyone would pay you attention if you were naked on a 100ft canvas. Would you pay more attention to me if I were to pose for you like her? I think apples have had their day, Clara. Painters these days, they are no longer content just to paint you as you are - smiling, in your best dress, beside a bowl of apples. I find it frightening, to be honest, Max. I'm taking her to see the Beethoven Frieze. Let's talk about something more pleasant. (PRAYS IN HEBREW) So, did you meet with the Police Commissioner? (CHURCH BELL TOLLS) -I know, and I'm sorry. Maybe it's been a while since he solved a case. So, I would have to say he's anxious to get a result. Then why aren't you in a laboratory somewhere, dissecting brains?īecause the way to study the mind is to observe the living.įor example, a policeman, maybe 20 years of service, a position of seniority, and yet, he is impatient, he's heavy-footed, he's slamming drawers, eating coffee beans, perspiring, even though it's cold in here, forgetting the names of his colleagues. It was difficult to tell that from your manner. (DOOR CLOSES) (OSKAR SIGHS) (CLOCK TICKS LOUDLY) Do you have to do that? Maybe a collector, somebody with military connections? You don't sleep until you get me a name, you understand? I want this whole area trawled for witnesses. You should widen your search to everyone in the empire.Įither that, or someone has been practicing witchcraft. Killer laid her out like she was a model in a painting. There's someone I need you to meet first. I'm not sure this is the right case for you, Rheinhardt. So, you're saying we have an invisible weapon and a killer who can pass through walls, Inspector? No-one could have made it in or out of there. The assailant tried to dress the thing up as suicide, panicked, and forgot to leave the weapon. If she'd killed herself, the weapon would still be here. Someone must have come in here and taken it. "I have tasted forbidden fruit "and he will take. MAX: This is Vienna's gilded age - and yet there is something unsettling deep below the surface.Ī shadow realm the city is struggling to hide. The capital of a 1,000-year-old empire, it's also a pedant's heaven.Ī family's reputation can be ruined by the length of a woman's hem.īanishment of painful emotionally charged memories from one's consciousness requires an active repressing mechanism. In Vienna, I am Dr Maximilian Liebermann.
♪♪ ♪♪ (CHURCH BELL TOLLS) (DOG BARKS) MAX: Vienna is a city obsessed by titles.
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