Hunchback of the Morgue

You idiot, change the music!

We are getting bored!

Leave him alone, Udo.

He doesn't know anything else.

Bravo, Udo! Listen up!

Would you confront beer

like you confront women?

You don't think I'm scared

of a schoolboy like you, do you?

Waitress, bring us four big beers!

I'm paying!

Come on, man,

let's have the second one, huh?

Look at that!

And he keeps drinking!

- Good for Udo! Hooray!

- Don't leave, Udo!

I'm sorry, but I have to go.

- Stay with us!

- Come, you can still drink more beer!

- I'm very tired.

- Don't leave!

- Goodbye, mate!

- Leave him alone!

Udo!

Bloody hunchback! Are you trying to rob me

because I'm drunk?

Get out of here, you Satan's monster!

Your toad-like face makes me sick!

"With all my love, to Udo.

Ilse."

Your skin looks very white now, Udo.

It doesn't have that brown tone that women

used to love anymore.

You were very proud of your beauty.

You used to laugh a lot

about my hunchback.

You didn't think you'd end up...

being a pile of carrion

in the hands of useless students, did you?

Do you like how I'm cutting you now?

The dead

Never

Get up

The dead

Sing

And sing

And that b*tch wanted us to get married!

Hey, gorilla! Leave that rubbish there.

We'll take it inside.

I told you Professor Orla doesn't want

to see you in the dissecting room. Leave!

You know students love your monkey face!

Leave!

Please.

Professor, I've also written down

the last test results.

Doctor Tauchner,

please go to the director's office.

Don't worry, Ilse. You'll be able

to go back to the countryside soon.

Continue with the same medication.

And add liver extract.

- All right.

- Cheer up!

Her temperature won't go down,

and she won't stop coughing.

It's obvious.

Her lungs are practically destroyed.

- She's very ill, right, doctor?

- There's no solution.

These will probably be her last days.

- Thank you, Gotho.

- Why are you crying?

- I'm not.

- Yes, you are. You're crying for Udo.

But he died thinking about you.

I know he had your picture in his wallet.

You're very kind.

You do everything you can to comfort me.

I'm so lonely...

that I don't know what I'd do

without your visits.

Do you really want me to come and see you?

Yes, Gotho. You are the only one

that remembers me.

The only one I can talk to.

From now on, I will come every single day.

I will bring you flowers.

You like them, don't you?

Yes, very much. It's been a long time

since I saw the countryside.

Come here. Sit by my side and talk to me.

I will close my eyes and I will see

the things you're talking about.

Everything that I use to like

and have lost forever.

Don't say that.

- Hunchback!

- Monkey face!

Hunchback!

Hunchback!

Stand up.

Come with me.

I'll cure you at home.

I am fine. You should not worry.

No, you're not. That wound is quite deep.

But don't worry,

I'm a doctor and I'll cure you.

No, it is fine.

And I have to go back to the hospital.

I didn't know you were in a hurry.

Are you going to visit someone?

Yes, I am visiting a young girl who is

very sick. But I know she will get well.

I would very much like that.

Do you like that girl?

I don't know. She used to play with me

as a child. The others were scared of me.

Time went by,

and when I found out she was

in the hospital, I went to see her.

But I imagine she has family

or someone taking care of her.

No, her parents are dead. I am

the only one who remembers her.

You're very kind, Gotho.

I'm sure she'll be very grateful.

- So what's her name?

- Ilse.

Ilse... that's a very beautiful name.

All right, that's it.

It was nothing. You'll be better tomorrow.

If not, come and see me.

You have been very kind to me.

I...

- This way you won't be cold.

- Take me to the rose bushes, Gotho.

I'm very happy.

I wouldn't mind

if these were my last moments.

You shouldn't say that.

I think you're fine.

If the Professor let you go out,

you must be getting better.

Let's be honest.

I know I'm dying.

The Professor knows

that coming to the garden

can't harm me.

You shouldn't have done that.

- It's forbidden.

- I don't care.

Everything is forbidden for me.

Don't think like that, Gotho.

Lots of people appreciate you.

And I am one of them.

These roses are

my last moment of happiness.

If I could have a bouquet every day...

You will.

Stop it! I will have to separate you both

and inform Doctor Meyer of this situation.

Come with me, Marlene.

You can assure your boss

that the revision of the brain's anatomy

will be finished tomorrow.

He's very impatient.

I've never seen him like this.

By the way, you still haven't told me

what kind of project you are working on.

It's no surprise.

Orla doesn't want his colleagues

to find out about it.

I don't know.

There is something about Orla...

that scares me.

Doctor Meyer...

Eva and Marlene have...

well, I separated them again.

I'm sure you'll remember Elke.

She was your student.

Now she's my assistant.

She's too kind with the inmates.

But she's exceptionally talented

in psychiatry.

This is Professor Tauchner, my fianc.

- Nice to meet you.

- Likewise.

Oh, sweet monkey princess!

Gotho, your servant,

the most handsome hunchbacked gorilla

pays honor to your beauty

and hopes that your disgusting lips

impregnate with the smell of these roses.

You will not make fun of her,

because I will kill you!

Stop! Stop it!

You should be ashamed.

You almost killed him.

Luckily, he's coming around.

Help me lift him up, Tauchner.

Gotho...

I can see flowers.

Lots of flowers.

You shouldn't have brought me

so many flowers, Gotho.

She has just died.

If you had arrived earlier,

you would have seen her alive.

You can stay here for a bit if you want.

I must call the Doctor.

Here's your Ilse. Prepare her

for the dissecting room.

Look, Eludui! A golden necklace!

This corpse doesn't need it anymore.

With the money we'll get from it,

we'll have a few drinks in her honor!

Sleep, my dear.

Rest. Gotho will protect you.

But now I have to leave you for a moment.

I need to deliver a bouquet of roses

to someone...

that questioned your beauty.

Now it's his turn!

Hey! Bring more beer! Our throats are dry!

What's the matter?

The face at the window!

You're dreaming, there's no one there!

Come on. Stop this nonsense.

Bravo, Hans!

Well, goodbye everyone! I'm off to bed.

Be careful, Hans! You might bump

into the devil on your way home!

Smell it well, because it will be

the last thing you ever smell!

You cannot imagine. It's terrible.

Both corpses are absolutely destroyed.

Any clue of who the murderer could be?

The person in charge of the morgue,

a hunchback named Wolfgang Gotho,

has vanished.

But according to our investigation,

he is mentally disabled.

Everyone agrees that he is harmless.

And no one knows where he is?

No. But there's an important detail.

One of the corpses

from the dissecting room

has also disappeared.

It's the body of a young woman

who died recently.

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