My life is in that box
And he can't open it
Shhh! Quiet Heinrich
We have been waited for seventy years
another three or four seconds won't hurt. Another Three or four seconds? I could be dead by then!
What if your beloved great uncle left you out of his will?
Why don't you shut your beloved mouth?
Oh, Mutti
I can't hardly remember
Did the baron really like me when I was a child?
Like a father
Wenn dieser Bloder kerl sich nicht bbeilte verde ich verruckt. Was zum teufel machte?
Shh shh shh! Vas?
Shut up!
Oh shut up!
I
Beaufort Von Frankenstein
In this my eighty-third year of life
Do ereby declare the following statements as my last will
And testament
To be read upon the occasion of my one hundredth birthday
And i direct my executor
Cornelius Waldman
To assemble those persons previously divulged to him
That they may hear
In my own voice
The final disposition
Of my property
The once proud name of Frankenstein
Has been dragged by my only son, Victor
Into an abyss of shame
There was a time
When the name Frankenstein
Conjured dreams of virtue
Now no misery
Can be found to equal mine
And the catalogue of sins of my once devoted son
Will not cease to rankle in my wounds
Until death
Shall close them forever
Did you get all that? Yes!
Are you sure you get "rankle in my wounds" ? Yes I did I did
I'll kill you if you screw this up! All right, all right. get the hell out of the way!
Are you sure I'm close enough to this thing? Yes! All right. Shut up!
Now as to the disposition of my estate
To my cousins, Heinrich and Agatha
And to my niece Helene
And my dear nephew, Wolfgang
And lastly, to my cherished old bosom...
My cherished old bosom friend, Marlene
And to her charming daughter... What did she finally name it after all that fuss? Anastasia
Anastasia
To all of you, in equal shares
I hereby give
Absolutely and without any restrictions whatsoever
All property of every sort and description
To which my estate shall be entitled
Unless...
It's a 78
Unless
My only male heir
My great-grandson Frederick
Whom i never seen, but who is
At the time of this recording
ten years of age
And residing in America with my granddaughter Katherine
Unless he has
By his own free will
Embraced medicine as his career
And has aqquitted himself with some measure of esteam
Then to him I leave EVERYTHING!
As for my dear friends and relations
Should this latter improbability come to be
I know that I have your complete understanding
For the path to salvation and repentance must be climbed up the barren mountains of my souls
And not...
Up yours...
Herr Falstein
Did you inform Frederick Von Frankenstein of this assembly and all the particulars of time and place?
Yes I dis, sir
Only this morning I received a cable, saying that he could not come
Was he aware of the importance of this occasion?
Yes sir he was. But he said he was obligated to give a lecture.
What lecture could be more important than the will of baron Beaufort Von Frankenstein?
'Functional areas of the cerebrum in relation with the skull'
Excuse me herr Waldman
excuse me for interrupting
But...
Is Frederick...
A medical doctor?
Yes my dear, he is
And, has he achieved...
Any special eminence?
He's the fifth leading authority in his field
Oh shit!
Herr Falkstein, you must go at once and present Dr. Frankenstein
and present to him with all the details of his inheritance
The estate will provide for your journey
Yes sir
I object herr Waldman!
If the beloved great grandson
Cared at all for the house of Frankenstein
He would have shown it by being here tonight!
I think that we should completely disregard the afterthoughts
Of a very old man
Madame, the foundation of civilization
Rests upon the adherence to the law
And the law is tha law!
Das gesetz ist das gesetz!