A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[barnyard animal sounds]
[barnyard animal sounds continue]
[dogs barking in the distance]
[puppy whining]
[indistinct barnyard animal sounds]
[whines]
[softly in Hungarian] Táltos...
[screams]
[breathing heavily]
[in German] Who is táltos?
[opening theme music playing]
DESIRE
[Mucha breathing heavily]
[indistinct shouting]
[man] Get out!
[man making indistinct noises]
You said he's been in there all night?
[orderly] Yep.
[man making indistinct noises]
[orderly] There he is.
[Poschacher] Thank you.
[Poschacher sighs]
And? Did he say something?
Inspector?
What?
He doesn't care that he'll be executed?
[Kiss] Yes.
[Poschacher] Let's go. He won't say anything.
And you should get some rest.
Inspector.
Let's go.
[Freud] Fleur...
Last night... What was that?
You were a different person.
I can't remember.
What happened?
[sighs]
No.
Fleur...
Who is táltos?
You kept screaming that name last night.
Again and again.
Where were you yesterday before you came here?
I don't remember.
Try to remember.
Cocaine.
Here, it's stimulating.
I was in the carriage...
with Viktor and Sophia.
Go on, where did you go?
To see the crown prince. To his palace...
A private audience. Only me and him.
What for?
I was supposed to foretell his future.
[gasps]
And then...
He... [sniffles]
[gasps]
I think Sophia knew about it.
They knew what he wanted to do to me.
[sobbing] Hold me. Hold me tight.
[breath trembling]
I'm scared.
Do you like me?
Yes, yes, yes.
[Freud] Shh.
Fleur.
Who is táltos?
Do you like how I smell?
Yes.
Feel me.
Look at my breasts.
- Touch them. - You're burning up again.
Stop it. Stop it. I can't help you like this.
[Fleur moans]
[both breathing heavily]
[both moaning]
[Freud groaning]
[both panting]
I shouldn't have done that.
We shouldn't have done that.
- I can't help you like this. - How do you want to help me then?
Huh?
There are several souls inside you.
"Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast."
The other one isn't good for you.
I'll hypnotize you, find it and drive it out.
- I don't want that. - I know.
But it will help you.
Follow me.
Keep looking into my eyes.
Hear my voice.
Feel the tapping.
Everything else is disappearing.
Close your eyes when you breathe in and open them when you breathe out.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
Feel the weight of your limbs.
Let yourself fall...
Where are you now?
In my room.
Sophia is in front of me.
She's touching my hands.
She's speaking.
[Freud] What is she saying?
I can't hear her.
Yes...
You can.
No matter what happens, you'll let it happen
and when you wake up tomorrow, you won't remember it.
[in Hungarian] I'm here.
[gasps]
[Fleur exhales]
[in German] Fleur?
What's happening?
[Sophia in Hungarian] You are turning into a táltos.
[gasping]
[in German] Fleur.
- [groaning] - What's happening?
[Fleur struggling] I'm not myself.
[struggled gasping]
I'm not myself.
[Sophia in Hungarian] You are turning into a táltos.
[gasping]
[in German] I'll count from three to one. On one, you'll wake up again.
Three.
- [knocking on door] - [Fleur gasping]
- [grunts] - [groaning]
[Freud] Two.
- [Freud] One. - [gasps]
[male voice] Finished, Doctor?
Not you. Not you. I want to talk to Fleur, not you.
Fleur, now!
Sleep.
[Freud panting]
[laughing maniacally]
[door opens in distance]
[Lenore in distance] I'm here already, Doctor.
- Wait here, I'll see where the doctor is. - I don't mind looking with you.
- [Lenore] Doctor? - [Freud] Shh!
[Freud struggling]
Doctor?
[Freud] Get out!
Jesus and Mary... Stay here!
[Lenore clears throat]
You have to leave. Get out of here.
But I don't know where to go.
Then stay right here.
Please wait.
Wait here.
Fleur! Wait!
Please wait.
[door closes]
[Eli clears throat]
What do you want?
What I want, dear brother-in-law?
I've come to pay off my debts.
But I think I'll delay that obligation a little bit longer.
Or should I tell my sister about this little tête-à-tête?
Although... [scoffs] I probably should tell her anyway.
You'd better not.
Never speak about things you don't understand.
She's my sister. I'll do everything I can to keep you from marrying her.
Come, introduce me to your new friend.
So I know what to call her in my letter to my sister.
- I'm warning you. - You're warning me?
- Yes. - About what?
- I'm warning you. - About what?
What do you want to warn me about?
[indistinct shouting]
COCAINE
[shouting continues]
Get out of my apartment.
- [Eli grunts] - Now!
[Lenore] What's all the fuss about, gentlemen?
I already have such a headache and you're both fighting like madmen?
You're both acting like children. Damn it.
Be quiet!
I mean, really!
[Freud] Fleur?
- Fleur? - [Lenore] Fine.
I'll come back once everyone has calmed down.
[breathing heavily]
[church bells ringing]
[wind howling]
[breathing heavily]
Are you okay, miss?
Just leave her alone.
- Come on, you'll catch something. - Well...
- [indistinct chatter] - [horse neighing]
[woman] Who was it?
[man singing opera]
[indistinct whispering]
[indistinct chatter]
[softly] Táltos...
[giggles]
[Fanny] Look, take one corner and the second corner
and fold.
[laughs] Yes, good!
Yes, the first and then the second.
Yes! [laughs]
Come on!
[Fanny] Come on. [giggles]
Not like that.
Yes, exactly.
You're doing it perfectly!
One. And two. [chuckles]
- [lock opens] - [Fanny] And three! Your turn!
[Kiss] Come on, quick!
[child 1] What's the matter?
[whispering] Lock the door behind me.
- Lock the door! - [child 2] Mommy.
- [door closes] - [child 2] Mommy, quick.
[both grunting]
[glass shattering]
[grunting]
[glass shattering]
[yelling]
[all grunting]
- [sizzling] - [man 1 screaming]
[grunting]
[man 2 screaming]
[screams]
[screaming continues]
[Fanny screaming] Stop it! Stop it!
- Stop it! - [bones crunch]
- [Kiss screams] - [Fanny yells]
[Laurenz] Dr. Freud, what about that rent?
I don't have time now.
Then you'll have to make time, now.
Mr. Laurenz, you're endangering a person's life.
You will pay up tomorrow or I'll have you evicted this weekend.
Shalom, Dr. Freud.
Chow-Chow.
[church bells ringing]
[hunters calling indistinctly]
[stag bleating]
Your Highness,
a really royal one.
[stag bleating]
[indistinct whispering]
[stag bleating]
[inhales]
- [cocks rifle] - [panting]
[gunshot]
[inhales]
[coughing]
[von Lichtenberg] Lieutenant-Colonel Caspari was at a secret meeting
of the Hungarian nationalist forces and anarchists.
- [Franz Josef] Lieutenant-Colonel. - On the 27th of last month,
the conspirators met at the Szápárys' palace
at the outskirts of Vienna.
In addition to representatives of the Hungarian military,
disgraced aristocrats whose estates were severely decimated
through the union with Austria were also present.
What did they discuss?
Nothing to take too seriously, Your Highness.
No one listened to the few ringleaders who were calling for a violent attack.
And the number of their troops is in no way alarming.
[Franz Josef] So nothing new?
Hungary feels disadvantaged.
That certainly won't change.
[all laugh]
[Franz Josef] Rudolf?
- What is it? Are you sleeping? - [Crown Prince Rudolf] No.
Forgive me, Your Highness.
What do you think about the secret meeting?
Invite them.
Pardon?
You said the meeting was at the Szápárys?
Yes, Your Highness.
Viktor and Sophia Szápáry.
But they were involuntary hosts.
Count Szendrey wanted to recruit them.
What position did they take?
The Szápárys are supporters of the empire and the double monarchy.
They were treated with hostility by their countrymen for taking that stance.
- Why do you want to know? - I want them to become our friends.
The Peoples' Ball would be the chance to welcome them in our ranks.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
The Szápárys would be our allies. To invite them would set an example.
[officer 1] Szápáry?
If I remember correctly, Viktor's uncle was Ladislaus Szápáry.
He was one of the heads of the Hungary riot of '48.
It's in their blood.
I advise you against this.
[Franz Josef] Stay seated.
Gentlemen, please excuse my son's friendly attitude towards the Hungarians.
He still believes there's a way to make peace between us.
- What's so wrong about that? - [Franz Josef] Shut up!
Nobody here cares about your liberal talk.
That'll be all.
Rudolf!
[officer 2] Your Imperial Highness!
Your Highness, can you hear me?
- Someone call the court physician. - [officer 3] Get a doctor!
A doctor for the crown prince!
Fleur?
[Fleur in Hungarian in possessed voice] No.
[in German] Where have you been?
We waited for you for hours.
Fleur?
What happened?
[in Hungarian] You are turning into a táltos.
[male voice in German] Who is Fleur for you?
We are a family.
All of us.
[scoffs]
[male voice] In a family, you can trust one another.
Right?
Mom?
Dad?
We had to lie to her.
It was too important.
[in Hungarian in a male voice] You sacrificed her.
You knew what he wanted.
I can feel her hatred.
She hates you even more than me.
- [grunts] - [Viktor in German] Hey!
[in Hungarian in a male voice] Get out of here.
[gasps]
[Fleur chuckling]
You're trembling. [chuckles]
You're trembling.
[in German] Stop it. You're scaring us.
We want to talk to Fleur, not you.
[in Hungarian in a male voice] Fleur is gone.
Only I am left.
I'm hungry.
Another special party tonight? Will we have guests?
[in German] That was the plan, but I'll cancel it.
[male voice] Like hell you will!
Get out. Get out! Get out!
[in Hungarian] Get out.
[spits]
[door slams]
[Sophia gasps]
It worked. She did it.
The prince. The crown prince himself.
But what shall we do with her?
She's unpredictable.
We cannot allow her to endanger us.
Our Fleur is already gone.
Our Fleur is already dead.
Viktor, how many will come tonight?
- Twelve. - Twelve more, that's worth it.
She wants to do it. She enjoys doing it.
And afterwards...
[classical music playing softly]
[Freud] Do you have it?
This is the first and last time I'll help you with this.
[snorting]
You mentioned a dissociation.
A bad one.
All symptoms point towards that. [sniffs]
Her posture was different.
Her muscle tone and even the sound of her voice.
This morning, she couldn't remember anything anymore.
She slept at your place?
It was late and she was in no condition to go home.
What happened?
- Nothing. - You had sex with Fleur.
[Freud sighs]
You're not supposed to let yourself be touched by your female patients,
let alone allow them to seduce you!
And how is that supposed to work? There's no way around it.
When I'm dealing with them, when I cater to them, I have to get involved with them.
It's an intrinsic part of the process, commonly known as empathy.
A successful treatment is only possible when the doctor himself is healthy.
- Are you healthy, Siggi? - Yes.
She needs my help. I am taking on that responsibility.
I'm not as cowardly as you were with Bertha Pappenheim.
Don't make the same mistake I did.
Why? Why not?
Why aren't I allowed to make mistakes?
How else am I supposed to make progress?
You have to help the patient without becoming one yourself. Period!
You asked me for another loan.
Here. For rent, food and you should take your suit to the tailor again.
And save something for your wedding.
Think of Martha, Sigmund.
Why do I have the feeling this loan is tied to a condition?
It's not a loan, but a gift.
A gift?
If I give up Fleur.
Yes.
- Where are the children? - With neighbors.
- [woman] Hello. - Hello.
- Nobody heard anything? - I don't think so.
Seriously.
[children chattering]
- [Kiss yells] - [Fanny screams]
Inspector! Inspector.
- It's me. It's me. - [Kiss groaning]
It's me. It's me, Inspector.
It's me.
It's fine.
[sobbing]
Fanny told me everything.
Arrest me, Poschacher.
Janecek was right. I'm a danger to others.
[Poschacher] They broke into your home. You didn't do anything wrong.
And who sent them?
You mean von Lichtenberg?
You haven't done anything wrong.
But you won't be able to get out of this so easily.
I'm worried, Inspector.
You're one of the good guys.
You're going through a rough time.
Please don't forget you have a family.
[Fanny] Alfred...
Your son was my heart.
My everything.
And now he's gone.
But we have children, so we have to stick together.
We'll make it.
[Kiss] All right.
[sniffles]
[Poschacher] What shall we do with them?
If they really were sent by the general, he definitely can't find out about this.
Otherwise, he'll do everything in his power to put you into prison
or turn you into an outlaw.
We cut them up.
Right you are.
[splashes]
They were Heinz's guys.
We should pay him a little visit.
[panting]
Mom?
[Elisabeth] Your friends, the Szápárys,
you want to invite them to the ball.
That is your desire,
but your father won't oblige.
- Are you surprised? - No.
I'm surprised that you put up with that.
They're your friends. It's your wish.
- It's your goal. - He's the emperor.
And you're the crown prince.
The future.
Do it yourself. Invite them.
Do as you please.
[echoing] Do as you please.
[Crown Prince Rudolf] Thanks, Mom.
Táltos...
DR. HARRING'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SYMBOLS
TÁLTOS
Táltos.
FABLES AND LEGENDS
THE BIRTH OF TÁLTOS
"The child came into this world veiled.
The parents recognized the sign and they were afraid.
They knew that a táltos had been born to them,
a god given as a gift to humanity only once every 30 winters.
A táltos speaks with the dead and enslaves the living."
Janet.
"The mental state of the hysterical."
Do you like me?
Yes, yes, yes.
Fleur?
Who is táltos?
[piano playing in the distance]
[yelling] Silence!
[piano continues playing]
[pounding]
Silence!
[piano stops playing]
[sighs]
[piano starts playing]
Please stop playing.
It's very, very late.
Nobody should be making noise after 11:00 p.m.
Not only in Vienna, but everywhere.
[Lenore] Who's walking about like that in the middle of the night?
My dear doctor, what are you doing out here at this time?
You know my neighbor. He won't stop playing this dreadful melody.
Doctor, nobody lives there.
For a long time now, before you even moved in.
What are you saying? I just heard someone playing the piano.
- Of course someone lives there. - Fine, let's have a look.
- [keys jingle]
Yes, let's have a look.
What is it? Come on.
Or are you scared now? [chuckles]
All right.
Come in, Doctor.
What a mess in here.
I could've sworn I heard somebody playing.
[plays a note on the piano]
The young man who used to live here was a musician.
He survived the fire at the Ringtheater, but lots of his friends didn't.
He couldn't cope with that.
- He killed himself. - What?
Tell me more. What do you know about him?
Nothing. It was before my time.
But I know the housekeeper from back then. Shall I ask her?
Please.
Urgently.
Did your visitor from this morning maybe make your head spin a little?
- How dare you? - How dare you?
Haven't you promised another woman that you'd marry her?
It's none of my business. I'm just saying.
You are still young.
Things like this happen. It doesn't matter.
Happiness is a bird, you know?
[wings fluttering]
It flies away quickly.
And the heart is a cage.
[plays a note on the piano]
[indistinct shuffling]
VIENNA'S RINGTHEATER IN FLAMES.
[man] Help! Fire!
[indistinct shouting]
- [piano starts playing] - [man humming]
- [piano continues playing] - [man continues humming]
[indistinct scream]
[Izom singing in foreign language]
[in Hungarian] ...táltos.
[all humming]
[horse snorting]
- [piano playing melody] - [man humming same melody]
[men continue humming same melody]
[in Hungarian] More!
[humming continues]
[exhales]
[humming continues]
[snorts]
[humming continues]
[person struggling]
[muffled whining]
[humming continues]
[muffled whining continues]
[humming continues]
[breath trembling]
- [humming continues] - [breathing heavily]
[growls]
- [animals howling in the distance] - [metal clinking]
[growling and snorting]
[man] Who is there?
[indistinct screaming]
- [woman screaming] - [men laughing]
- [man] Come here! Come here! - [woman gasping and panting]
[woman screaming]
- [man grunting] - [woman continues screaming]
[knife stabbing]
[men grunting]
- [soldier] Go on, men, go! - [men yelling and grunting]
[soldier] Out of the way!
[panting]
[soldier] Find the little girl.
[barnyard animal noises]
[soldier] Captain!
[men chuckling]
Táltos.
[breath trembling]
[in Hungarian] Go away...
evil spirits.
To you.
To you. To you. To you.
Táltos.
[grunting]
[groans]
[moaning]
[growls]
[choking]
[man 1 gasping]
[screaming]
[male voice in German] Sophia. Keep going.
[Sophia] What do you want?
Who are you?
- [man 1 choking] - What does nobody know about you?
I want to kill my father and my mother.
I'm finally free.
[Fleur in a male voice] You are ready.
[in Hungarian] Táltos will come over you.
Táltos will come over you.
- [man 2 in German] Yes! - [man 3] Táltos!
[man 4] Táltos!
[man 5] Táltos!
[all groaning and breathing heavily]
[horse snorts]
[indistinct whispering]
[horse neighs]
[door closes in distance]