Simon McBurney credited as playing...
Knock
- Knock: Now, I have been entertaining dealings with a foreign count. Very old line of nobility. Very old, and... eccentric. He wishes to acquire a home here in our Wisburg.
- Thomas Hutter: Oh yes?
- Knock: To retire here. He has one foot in the grave, so to speak.
- Thomas Hutter: Uh, I should be pleased to escort the gentleman and recommend him to our properties.
- Knock: I have already selected Grünewald Manor.
- Thomas Hutter: Forgive me, sir, but is it not, well, uh, a ruin?
- Knock: He requested an old home, and he will pay most generously.
- Thomas Hutter: I shall meet him tomorrow. Nine of the clock?
- Knock: Here is the peculiarity. He is too infirm to travel, so you needs must journey to him.
- Thomas Hutter: I see.
- Knock: He lives in a small country east of Bohemia, isolated in the Carpathian Alps.
- Thomas Hutter: Oh.
- Knock: It will be a great adventure, my boy.
- Thomas Hutter: Indeed. Uh, may not the count execute the deed here when he arrives?
- Knock: Oh no, it is much too urgent. He insists we offer him an agent... in the flesh. And he will reward you handsomely, my boy, handsomely. Secure this account, and you will secure your official position in the firm.
- Thomas Hutter: Thank you, sir. Thank you. I shan't disappoint. And what was the count's name?
- Knock: Orlok.