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00:00I, my lords, I, professor Augustus Van Dusen, doctor of philosophy, of natural sciences,

00:24of medicine and so on and so forth, member of various academies and numerous scientific

00:29societies, I hereby solemnly declare that nothing is impossible for a truly intelligent

00:35person.

00:36He's dead.

00:37I have spoken.

00:38With the truly intelligent person you mean in the first place yourself, don't you, professor?

00:49Of course, my master.

00:50I know myself.

00:51Solon.

00:52Sixth century BC.

00:53I have to drink to that.

00:54Ober, another bottle of champagne.

01:01The story I would like to tell you began on a spring evening at Cirico in the Fifth Avenue,

01:10where a small but well-read society had gathered for dinner.

01:15My old friend, the famous scientist and amateur criminologist Professor Van Dusen, named

01:23the machine of thought.

01:26Next to him sat Mr. Thomas Ransom, local politician and prison director.

01:32And then there was last, but of course not least, Ransom's charming wife Vivian, the

01:39well-known Zia of the elegant New York world.

01:42The conversation that had covered the topics of the day at the beginning, the upcoming election

01:47of the mayor, the prison reform, the latest Parisian models, turned into a conversation

01:52about a problem that interested the professor the most.

01:57The question was, what of the predictions of imaginative writers about the future of

02:03humanity would actually occur?

02:06They talked about Jules Verne and Herbert George Wirtz, about airships and submarines,

02:12and in the heat of the debate, Ransom, for a man of his profession, otherwise a soul of

02:18a man, obviously insisted on provoking the professor.

02:23Here you are, gentlemen.

02:27So you really believe that man will fly like a bird?

02:32That he will float through space and visit other planets?

02:37That he is capable of splitting an atom and thus releasing enormous forces?

02:44Without a doubt, my friends.

02:46And I would even invent the possibilities myself, if I had the time.

02:51Well, admittedly.

02:53You can think a lot and invent a lot from me too.

02:56Cheers.

02:57Cheers.

03:01I don't understand that, but let's look at it the other way around.

03:06Can you...

03:07How should I express myself?

03:10Can you think of things, things that already exist?

03:17For example?

03:20For example...

03:22For example prison walls.

03:25Good idea, Vivienne.

03:26Can you think of prison walls, Professor?

03:31You mean if I can free myself from a prison by the power of my mind?

03:35Of course, my dear.

03:39Heard, heard.

03:41Allow me to introduce myself.

03:43Hutchinson Hatch, my name.

03:46Profession, journalist.

03:48Reporter at the Daily New Yorker.

03:50People who can't stand me, and there are a lot of them,

03:54claim that I would do practically anything for an exclusive story.

03:59And they are not so wrong about that.

04:02Proof, among other things, of this story here.

04:05By the way, I am not only your narrator, I am also one of your co-players.

04:09You will hear it.

04:11When it started, I wasn't there yet.

04:14That's why I had the authorities tell me in detail

04:17what was going on in Chirico's elegant restaurant

04:20and later in the prison of Chisholm.

04:25Say what you want.

04:26You wouldn't be able to think of anything from my prison.

04:31Chisholm is the safest prison in the world, Professor.

04:34No one has ever escaped from there.

04:36Well, I want to tell you something, Ransom.

04:39If I, God forbid, were to stay with you,

04:42I would be free again in a few days.

04:44Not with me.

04:45With me, as safe as two times two is four.

04:47You always say that, Professor.

04:49It's time to take you up on that.

04:52Please.

04:53Why don't we make a bet?

04:55Good idea, Vivienne.

04:57Agreed, Professor?

04:59And so it came to that historic bet

05:03that gave the Professor a box of champagne,

05:06Ransom a few sleepless nights,

05:08Vivienne a new speech agent

05:10and me a great cake.

05:13Tense conditions from me.

05:16Unique.

05:17With pleasure.

05:18No contact.

05:20That too.

05:21Cellar of death.

05:23Say what you want.

05:24Treat me like some random prisoner.

05:26Interrogate me, watch me.

05:28It won't do you any good.

05:30Professor?

05:31As you wish, sir.

05:33What date do we have today?

05:35The 17th of April, sir.

05:39Hm?

05:401899.

05:42Good.

05:43We'll meet again in a week,

05:46on the 24th of April, 1899,

05:49in this room.

05:51Shall we say at nine o'clock?

05:53Yes.

05:54Professor?

05:55Reserve the table for us here

05:57and keep a box of champagne ready.

06:00Very well, sir.

06:01And with that I may excuse myself.

06:03Tomorrow morning, dear Ransom,

06:05I'll be in your office,

06:06then you can lock me in as you please.

06:09Oh no, Professor.

06:11So that you meet your preparations this evening,

06:13machines, skewers, what do I know,

06:15is out of the question.

06:18Consider yourself from this moment on as a prisoner.

06:21I will keep an eye on you personally, dear Professor.

06:25It will be a special pleasure for me, dear lady.

06:28Oba!

06:29The bill.

06:30And let me introduce you to Troschke.

06:32Off to Chisholm.

06:35The prison in Chisholm in New York

06:37you probably don't know from your own experience.

06:40What a tremendous task

06:42Professor Van Dusen undertook

06:44would be clear to you

06:46if you had ever seen it.

06:48The dark granite building

06:50with the narrow, cracked windows

06:52isolated,

06:53only surrounded by an impassable wall

06:56and in front of it by a narrow courtyard

06:58in which day and night armed guards patrolled

07:01and which was illuminated by daylight in the dark.

07:06As he passed the gates,

07:08the courtyard and the guarded corridors

07:10Van Dusen took all this

07:13and even more into account.

07:15And in Ransom's office

07:17he didn't seem to be as sure of his case

07:20as he was with Chirico.

07:22He probably only just realized

07:24that Chisholm, as Mrs. Ransom noticed,

07:27was the safest prison in the world.

07:31You are a bit pale around the nose, Professor.

07:35One week with water and bread,

07:37do you really want to endure that?

07:39Not necessarily, dear lady.

07:41I am immediately ready to give up the bet

07:43if you and your wife declare yourself beaten.

07:45What?

07:46Well, then...

07:47You will have to sit down

07:50without mercy.

07:53Poor Professor.

07:54Ah, Ransom, I have a request,

07:57or rather two.

07:58Go ahead.

07:59I would like to have my shoes cleaned again.

08:04Always noble, isn't it, Professor?

08:07I will do it.

08:09Secondly?

08:10Some cash.

08:11Let's say 25 dollars

08:13in a 5 dollar and 2 10 dollar bill.

08:16I'm not allowed to do that.

08:18Then leave it, it's not important.

08:20Oh, Tom.

08:21All right.

08:22Here, my dear.

08:24With 25 dollars you can't do anything anyway.

08:28Not even with 25,000.

08:30My officials are incorruptible

08:33if they think of something like that.

08:35Come in.

08:37Mr. Director.

08:39Ah, O'Brien.

08:40Come to the point.

08:41This gentleman is Professor Van Dosen.

08:44He will be our guest for a week.

08:47In cell 13.

08:49Dangerous fellow.

08:50What, Mr. Director?

08:52You could say that.

08:54Take good care of him.

08:56We will, Mr. Director.

08:58He will probably try to escape.

09:01He should.

09:02I wish him a lot of fun.

09:04I'll look for him.

09:05Vivienne, would you please get out?

09:07All the best, Professor.

09:10You know, O'Brien.

09:12Take everything that doesn't belong here from him.

09:14And then...

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