Nosferatu

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC BOX INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING)

Come to me.

Come to me.

A guardian angel.

A spirit of comfort.

Spirit of any celestial sphere.

Anything.

Hear my call.

Come to me.

(DEEP, WHISPERING VOICE SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

(VOICE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

I swear.

Thomas.

Thomas?

What's that, my love?

What is it?

Nothing. I...

I dreamt... I...

Come here.

There's nothing to be afraid of, hmm?

The honeymoon was yet too short.

Take off your shoes.

I wish I could stay, my love.

How should I have earned such a doting wife?

Ellen.

I told you not to let her into bed.

Everything I wear, absolutely covered in it.

But Greta loves it here.

She wishes you to stay, too.

Today is of the utmost importance for us.

One minute more.

I really must be off.

Goodbye.

He has the position already.

They'll send him away.

Morning.

Excuse me.

You have kept him a quarter hour.

Forgive me, sir.

Pray, pardon me, Herr Knock,

for my tardiness.

Your delay is providential, my boy, providential.

Come in, come in.

Still preparing the account.

Uh, and I thank you, sir, for considering me.

When tidings of your recent nuptials reached my ears,

I knew it was providence.

A new husband requires new wages.

You're too generous, sir.

Allow me to extend my congratulations to your wife.

Thank you, sir.

She truly is beautiful.

A... A nonpareil.

Almost a...

...sylph.

Yes. Thank you, sir.

Uh, and I'm most eager to proceed

with whatever your request,

that I might be fully engaged with the firm.

Indeed, indeed.

Providence.

Now, I have been entertaining dealings with a foreign count.

Very old line of nobility.

Very old and... Eccentric.

He wishes to acquire a home here in our Wisburg.

Oh, yes? To retire here.

He has one foot in the grave, so to speak.

Uh, I should be pleased to escort the gentleman

and recommend him to our properties.

I have already selected Grünewald Manor.

Forgive me, sir, but is it not, well, uh, a ruin?

He requested an old home,

and he will pay most generously.

I shall meet him tomorrow, then. Nine of the clock?

Here is the peculiarity.

He's too infirm to travel,

so you needs must journey to him.

I see.

He lives in a small country east of Bohemia,

isolated in the Carpathian Alps.

Oh.

It will be a great adventure, my boy.

Indeed.

Uh, may not the count execute the deed here when he arrives?

Oh, no, it is much too urgent.

He insists we offer him an agent...

In the flesh.

And he will reward you handsomely, my boy, handsomely.

Secure this account, and you will secure your

official position in the firm.

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

I shan't disappoint.

And what was the count's name?

Orlok.

And I shall have to set off tomorrow,

as it is a six-week journey.

But Harding has generously agreed

to keep you till my return.

Why have you killed these beautiful flowers?

What? Nothing.

What are you talking about? Forgive me.

Uh, let us put them in water.

They will only die in a few days.

Throw them out. What?

Throw them out!

What are you...

You cannot leave.

What is this? I must tell you my dream.

Ellen, we have put these difficulties behind us.

I must. Please.

No more of your childhood memories.

The doctors advised never... No.

It was our wedding.

Yet not in chapel walls.

Above was an impenetrable thundercloud

outstretched beyond the hills.

The scent of the lilacs was strong in the rain, and...

When I reached the altar...

...you weren't there.

Standing before me, all in black,

was...

Death.

But I was so happy.

So very happy.

We exchanged vows, we embraced,

and when we turned around,

everyone was dead.

Father and... Everyone.

The stench of their bodies was horrible.

And..

But I'd never been so happy

as that moment...

...as I held hands with Death.

Never speak these things aloud.

Never.

It is a trifle, a foolish dream,

just as your past fancies.

Everything is well.

It portends something awful for us.

Look, when I return,

I will finally make something of myself.

I shall buy us a fine house of our own with a maidservant...

We needn't any of that.

I wish you to have all you deserve.

You mustn't leave. I love you too much.

Pray, stop.

Never since our school days, Tom.

From my grandfather, the best. Uh, uh, no, I oughtn't.

Uh, it's worth celebrating your adventure.

Thank you.

Mmm.

I envy you. Mmm.

I-I envy you. Mmm.

You've truly taken your father's place now.

It's incredible.

The bloody responsibility, it's crushing, Thomas, crushing.

Of course, it's unseemly to complain

with all the earnings, but the demands of the market

grow faster than the damned shipyard.

And my two girls... Two, Tom.

I... I love them more than the world.

And... (SIGHS) Speak none of this to Ellen

or my Anna, but we have another on the way.

Mmm-hmm. Congratulations.

Hey, you always were a rutting goat.

I cannot resist her. Mmm.

And when will you two newlyweds?

When I'm no longer a pauper.

Uh, Friedrich, when I have, I mean to say,

I shall finally be able to return

the moneys you loaned me. Not another word.

Uh, and, Friedrich? Hmm?

Do take care of Ellen.

She nearly begged me to remain here.

And toss aside your fine opportunity?

I fear her past, uh, melancholy returning.