"Homunculus Robert Reinert's dramatic poem" "PROLOGUE" "Artistic direction by Otto Rippert Carl Hoffmann Photography" "The characters:" "... And so, dear colleagues, my friend Hansen's research to create chemically this artificial human being   has failed miserably." "Intangible nature has its limits." "Life and Death keep their secrets inviolate." "No, Professor - shouts Hansen" " I still have faith ... and I still do not give up, I will not surrender!" "..." "The science laboratory of Hansen's research." "Rodin is his trusted aide." "A happy event at Ortmann's house." "Not science, but of love: the smile of a baby in its crib." "Hansen's tenacity has paid off." "A heartbeat, a cry:" "Homunculus is born!" "Ortmann's announcement." "And that day, his baby suddenly grew sick." "Hansen, invited to London for a conference on his ... great discovery, which shook the world, entrusts the baby ... to the wise care of ..." "Professor Ortmann." "Doom!" "... the child of love dies, while the child of science lives!" "..." "A criminal thought." "At night, like a thief ..." "Ah, woe, woe!" "..." "The little one is dead ..." "Ortmann entrusts his secret to his friend, Steffens." "Ah, how fleeting my success!" "My dream is crumbling   With the rapid decomposition of this little life that escapes!" "Twenty-five years later." "To all the world, Homunculus is the son of the late Professor Ortmann." "At school, Homunculus, without faith, studies the teacher Hansen's lectures." "In life ..." "Men talk of love, but what is love?" "Twenty five years ago, this very day, I managed to create a Homunculus." "But the little one died almost immediately." "His death was perhaps fortunate." "Homunculus, outwardly perfect   But without love, deprived of all human feeling ..." "Would have gone through life as a terrible scourge of hatred and destruction!" "Me, too, I am like Homunculus, without love, wanting to hate, to destroy!" "..." "Why am I this way?" "..." "In the stormy tempest of doubt   I have tried to raise you as my son, but you're not." "The secret of your birth is written   In a box I gave to my good friend Steffens." "The Will will be removed   Open only 25 years after my death and not before." "Ortmann." "I want to know everything, everything, everything!" "What a horror!" "..." "Homunculus, that living monster, it's me!" "..." "Oh, how I hate the man that made me - born of their mixtures and stills!" "As Hansen." "The document reveals ..." "You, you Homunculus ?" "!" "..." "You, the son of my brain?" "You are alive!" "..." "Alive!" "..." "Let me touch you, my work!" "..." "I hate you!" "Get out!" "..." "Can you perhaps give me a soul?" "Can you make me cry?" "Can you help me cry so that I can yell "mama", "mama?"" "Homunculus Part One" "A stray dog." "You, too, poor dog, you walk alone and tramp?" "..." "But you do not fear me." "Exhale your breath on my hand and warm it." "Will you be my companion and friend?" "Illiana, the daughter of the Prince of Desagra (displeasure)." "What are you, a pilgrim?" "Are you downcast?" "..." "Is there anything I can do for you?" "Not for me but for my poor dog." "If you feed him, I will be grateful." "The Prince, paralytic for many years ..." "They told me about a strange figure that comes   Outside the gates of the Sacred City." "Is it Homunculus, of whom everyone in the world  Speaks about in horror of his mercilessness." "Through valleys and over mountains, Rodin continues to search without finding traces of Homunculus." "Unconsolable, the doctors can do nothing to save her prince." "My father is dying." "I have spoken with healing words before ..." "I will cure him ... take me to him ..." "Up!" "I command you!" "His will, created by science, is able to perform the miracle." "You saved my life." "Ask of me what you like." "I can make you rich and happy." "That does not mean anything." "I reach out hoping that one day you will not attack me ..." "Farewell ..." "End of Part One" "Homunculus Part Two" "He holds the infernal book." "He draws his superhuman strength from those old pages." "Love sings in vain in the heart of Illiana." "I received word from the prince." "He wants to talk to you." "The people accuse you of witchcraft." "I want to know who you are." "Explain!" "What do you care who I am?" "Here I do good things." "What more do you want?" "It is Homunculus!" "It is Homunculus!" "Lee!" "Lee!" "Look more closely, look!" "..." "Thieves!" "..." "My book!" "..." "Give me back my book!" "..." "Death to Homunculus ..." "Death!" "One more step and I will throw the book over the cliff!" "Death to Homunculus" " Kill him!" "Death to the man who spreads terror in the world!" "Illiana's heart." "Come ..." "I will save you!" "Among the ruins of the old Moorish castle." "Are you here, Rodin?" "..." "What do you want?" "..." "Why are you looking for me?" "Are you also my enemy?" "I seek you partly because I love you, partly because I admire your work!" "We have been discovered!" "Flee!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "What do you want, you murderers?" "Poor beast, you have paid for your attachment to me with your life." "You will be forever in my memory ..." "Rodin is with him, foretelling a dark and tragic fate." "Only one drop of this liquid can destroy a thousand lives together!" "Terrible flame, you're mine!" "..." "You must obey me!" "..." "That day ..." "This man's look has driven a stake in my soul like a cold knife." "They talk about love!" "..." "Ah, I would sacrifice everything, even my revenge   For a single word, I would feel love!" "..." "Ask for grace and mercy for the alms of that word that I do not know." "You flee from me, but I wait!" "I have decided, come!" "..." "My gaze seeks you out, come!" "..." "Your love is for me a supreme attempt at renewal!" "His mouth is as cold as death - it knows no kiss." "Many days later." "You were away from home and your Enrico was killed!" "Leave this man, as he has become fatal to us." "We are old and infirm." "Autumn leaves drop, just like hearts." "Your mother has died of grief." "I am left alone in the old house." "I'm cursed!" "..." "Damned!" "Cry!" "..." "Is this the pain that makes people mourn?" "..." "She loves me because she knows who I am." "I cannot afford to lose her." "I want to be loved for who I am!" "The time has come for you to know it all." "The crib where I was born was a chemical laboratory." "I owe my life to the whim of a scientist." "The product was horrendous - their mixtures and stills." "I am Homunculus!" "You have broken the spell." "Leave me." "You frighten me." "Hate me, for I am indestructible, eternal!" "Only you are mine!" "Ah, my father, I am your daughter, look at me ..." "I returned to mourn you, asking for forgiveness!" "Flower!" "Neither you nor I have born men." "Who would dare to curse you for it?" "You've torn from me every flicker of hope!" "... And I have lost everything for you!" "Back in the dark." "END OF THE FIRST SERIES" "SECOND EPISODE Against the world" "For his exceptional qualities as a leader, Homunculus has become   The head of the corporation representing the strength of the country." "Fredland, the people's friend." "Poor harvests and the arrogance of the ruling class   Have caused widespread discontent." "The delegates of the people come to seek justice." "A sacred right points our way." "In every act of violence on your part you answer our violence." "Be gone!" "Homunculus and his double." "For his evil purposes, Homunculus plants the most evil confusion among men." "Do not be fooled." "The corporation and their heads are your worst enemies!" "With his gestures and words, Homunculus arouses the crowd   That does not recognize his attire." "The other face of Homunculus." "Great is the alarm in the assembly." "His inflexible will will be imposed." "Terrible flames, do my will." "Destroy them!" "In the pages of an old book, you can see the writing of the words of his triumph." "Since that night, Xenia, fascinated, follows him like a dog." "Livid is the sky." "What do you want, woman?" "Why are you following me?" "I am your shadow because I love you." "I adore you for your strength." "Be who you are ..." "You are Homunculus!" "You have violated my secret and you must die!" "For you, I die happy!" "The crowd is delirious with passion." "Death to traitors!" "..." "Death!" "..." "Save yourself!" "..." "Flee!" "..." "They are coming for you!" "..." "Is it I whom you seek, crazy ones?" "..." "Fools, look at me, I am like you!" "Saved!" "Only you, hated creature, will be with me because you are devoted to Homunculus." "Come ..." "You will be among the ruins as the old world sinks, and you will be its queen!" "..." "End of first act" "Homunculus Epilogue" "So many years have passed!" "..." "Free, free!" "Even your pages are silent!" "Through the flames memories emerge." "All of a past in a handful of ashes!" "Where will you go?" "..." "What will you do?" "..." "Why tremble?" "It's you that I have feared!" "Fear!" "A final gesture, one last cry of the man without love   Created by the machine, he returns to plunge into its nothingness." "Behind these ruins, springs the dawn of new life." "END"