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250 Jack Fritscher

CLOSE ANNA

Anna: You know the word, Mr. Wilson. I am not stupid. You
know words very well, I think, Mr. John Wilson of the New
York Blade...
Teufel: (Voice Over) Anna!
Anna: ...Mr. John Wilson, reporter, who hounds innocent
people. I may be silent, Frau Teufel, but I am not slow. That
American newsclipping you showed me weeks ago. The cor-
respondent’s name was—no surprise—John Wilson.

MEDIUM TWO-SHOT ANNA AND WILSON

Wilson: You disliked my article?
Anna: A reporter who pays for fact, Mr. Wilson, buys fiction.
Wilson: Your girl is sharp, Frau Teufel.
Teufel: Sharp-tongued!
Anna: I must protect my...
Wilson: ...self...
Anna: ...privacy. I am a very private person.
Wilson: You were once a very public person.

ANOTHER ANGLE INCLUDING TEUFEL

Anna: Pfff! Teufel here has sold you her obsession. She is mad,
you know. She should not be the keeper of a madhouse. She
should be kept. She fancies I am the Grand Duchess Anasta-
sia.
Teufel: You are Anastasia.
Wilson: Aren’t you?

CLOSE ANNA

Anna: I am no more than myself. Poor Anastasia died with her
family. I have great sympathy for that poor girl. They were all
shot...Everyone knows that.

CLOSE WILSON

Wilson: I don’t know that.

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