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...

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!