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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.92,0:00:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHAPTER I.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.63,0:00:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.67,0:00:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.81,0:00:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow- like sections.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.88,0:00:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.66,0:00:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stay in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.92,0:00:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.37,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:01:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's happened to me," he thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.70,0:01:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was no dream. His room, a proper room for a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.28,0:01:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.85,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.03,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out--Samsa was a travelling salesman--hung the picture which he had cut out of an
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.02,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and a fur boa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.60,0:01:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.57,0:01:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into which her entire forearm had disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.43,0:01:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor's glance then turned to the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.16,0:01:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dreary weather--the rain drops were falling audibly down on the metal window
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.25,0:01:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ledge--made him quite melancholy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.84,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why don't I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foolishness," he thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.33,0:02:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.37,0:02:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his present state he couldn't get himself into this position.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.25,0:02:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.85,0:02:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.42,0:02:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes so that he would not have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.34,0:02:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.43,0:02:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his side which he had never felt before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.82,0:02:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"O God," he thought, "what a demanding job I've chosen!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.64,0:02:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Day in, day out, on the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.82,0:02:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stresses of selling are much greater than the work going on at head office, and,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.14,0:02:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to that, I have to cope with the problems of travelling, the worries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.75,0:03:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about train connections, irregular bad
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.06,0:03:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.51,0:03:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart. To hell with it all!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.38,0:03:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He felt a slight itching on the top of his abdomen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.43,0:03:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He slowly pushed himself on his back closer to the bed post so that he could lift his
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.82,0:03:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head more easily, found the itchy part, which was entirely covered with small white
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.85,0:03:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spots--he did not know what to make of them and wanted to feel the place with a leg.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.18,0:03:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he retracted it immediately, for the contact felt like a cold shower all over
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.18,0:03:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.51,0:03:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He slid back again into his earlier position.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.58,0:03:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This getting up early," he thought, "makes a man quite idiotic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.75,0:03:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man must have his sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.62,0:04:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other travelling salesmen live like harem women.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.99,0:04:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.28,0:04:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.76,0:04:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I were to try that with my boss, I'd be thrown out on the spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.24,0:04:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, who knows whether that mightn't be really good for me?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.48,0:04:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I didn't hold back for my parents' sake, I'd have quit ages ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.29,0:04:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would've gone to the boss and told him just what I think from the bottom of my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.85,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.20,0:04:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would've fallen right off his desk! How weird it is to sit up at that desk and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.82,0:04:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk down to the employee from way up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.25,0:04:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss has trouble hearing, so the employee has to step up quite close to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.66,0:04:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I haven't completely given up that hope yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.22,0:04:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once I've got together the money to pay off my parents' debt to him--that should take
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.81,0:05:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another five or six years--I'll do it for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.86,0:05:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I'll make the big break.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.82,0:05:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any case, right now I have to get up. My train leaves at five o'clock."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.72,0:05:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.57,0:05:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good God!" he thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.76,0:05:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was half past six, and the hands were going quietly on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.58,0:05:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was past the half hour, already nearly quarter to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.51,0:05:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could the alarm have failed to ring?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.19,0:05:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One saw from the bed that it was properly set for four o'clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.69,0:05:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly it had rung. Yes, but was it possible to sleep through
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.16,0:05:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that noise which made the furniture shake?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.22,0:05:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's true he'd not slept quietly, but evidently he'd slept all the more deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.60,0:05:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, what should he do now? The next train left at seven o'clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.98,0:06:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To catch that one, he would have to go in a mad rush.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.94,0:06:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sample collection wasn't packed up yet, and he really didn't feel particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.80,0:06:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fresh and active.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.91,0:06:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even if he caught the train, there was no avoiding a blow-up with the boss,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.12,0:06:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the firm's errand boy would've waited for the five o'clock train and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.23,0:06:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reported the news of his absence long ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.02,0:06:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the boss's minion, without backbone or intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.88,0:06:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well then, what if he reported in sick?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.86,0:06:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that would be extremely embarrassing and suspicious, because during his five
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.41,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years' service Gregor hadn't been sick even once.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.45,0:06:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss would certainly come with the doctor from the health insurance company
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.91,0:06:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would reproach his parents for their lazy son and cut short all objections with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.85,0:06:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insurance doctor's comments; for him
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.73,0:07:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone was completely healthy but really lazy about work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.21,0:07:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And besides, would the doctor in this case be totally wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.11,0:07:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apart from a really excessive drowsiness after the long sleep, Gregor in fact felt
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.95,0:07:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite well and even had a really strong appetite.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.66,0:07:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he was thinking all this over in the greatest haste, without being able to make
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.36,0:07:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the decision to get out of bed--the alarm clock was indicating exactly quarter to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.06,0:07:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven--there was a cautious knock on the door by the head of the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.99,0:07:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gregor," a voice called--it was his mother!--"it's quarter to seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.40,0:07:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you want to be on your way?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.03,0:07:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soft voice! Gregor was startled when he heard his voice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.04,0:07:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answering.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.38,0:07:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was clearly and unmistakably his earlier voice, but in it was intermingled, as if
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.09,0:08:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from below, an irrepressibly painful squeaking, which left the words positively
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.87,0:08:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distinct only in the first moment and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.26,0:08:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distorted them in the reverberation, so that one didn't know if one had heard
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.75,0:08:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correctly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.63,0:08:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.32,0:08:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circumstances he confined himself to saying, "Yes, yes, thank you mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.53,0:08:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm getting up right away."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.39,0:08:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of the wooden door the change in Gregor's voice was not really noticeable
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.25,0:08:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside, so his mother calmed down with this explanation and shuffled off.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.50,0:08:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, as a result of the short conversation, the other family members
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.72,0:08:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became aware that Gregor was unexpectedly still at home, and already his father was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.46,0:08:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knocking on one side door, weakly but with his fist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.28,0:08:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gregor, Gregor," he called out, "what's going on?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.44,0:09:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, after a short while, he urged him on again in a deeper voice: "Gregor!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.41,0:09:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor!" At the other side door, however, his sister
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.28,0:09:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knocked lightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.96,0:09:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gregor? Are you all right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.33,0:09:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you need anything?" Gregor directed answers in both directions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.65,0:09:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll be ready right away."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.26,0:09:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made an effort with the most careful articulation and by inserting long pauses
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.20,0:09:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the individual words to remove everything remarkable from his voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.79,0:09:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His father turned back to his breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.56,0:09:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the sister whispered, "Gregor, open the door--I beg you."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.60,0:09:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor had no intention of opening the door, but congratulated himself on his
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.16,0:09:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precaution, acquired from travelling, of locking all doors during the night, even at
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.83,0:09:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.11,0:10:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First he wanted to stand up quietly and undisturbed, get dressed, above all have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.54,0:10:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breakfast, and only then consider further action, for--he noticed this clearly--by
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.64,0:10:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking things over in bed he would not reach a reasonable conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.47,0:10:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He remembered that he had already often felt a light pain or other in bed, perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.75,0:10:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the result of an awkward lying position, which later turned out to be purely
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.59,0:10:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imaginary when he stood up, and he was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.31,0:10:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eager to see how his present fantasies would gradually dissipate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.20,0:10:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the change in his voice was nothing other than the onset of a real chill, an
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.31,0:10:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupational illness of commercial travellers, of that he had not the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.07,0:10:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slightest doubt.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.87,0:10:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very easy to throw aside the blanket.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.90,0:11:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed only to push himself up a little, and it fell by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.27,0:11:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to continue was difficult, particularly because he was so unusually wide.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.44,0:11:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed arms and hands to push himself upright.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.24,0:11:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of these, however, he had only many small limbs which were incessantly moving
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.33,0:11:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with very different motions and which, in addition, he was unable to control.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.05,0:11:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he wanted to bend one of them, then it was the first to extend itself, and if he
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.57,0:11:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally succeeded doing what he wanted with this limb, in the meantime all the others,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.21,0:11:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if left free, moved around in an excessively painful agitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.05,0:11:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I must not stay in bed uselessly," said Gregor to himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.47,0:12:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first he wanted to get out of bed with the lower part of his body, but this lower
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.83,0:12:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part--which, by the way, he had not yet looked at and which he also couldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.44,0:12:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picture clearly--proved itself too difficult to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.83,0:12:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The attempt went so slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.68,0:12:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When, having become almost frantic, he finally hurled himself forward with all his
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.54,0:12:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,force and without thinking, he chose his direction incorrectly, and he hit the lower
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.34,0:12:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bedpost hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.40,0:12:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The violent pain he felt revealed to him that the lower part of his body was at the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.35,0:12:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moment probably the most sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.16,0:12:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, he tried to get his upper body out of the bed first and turned his head carefully
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.24,0:12:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward the edge of the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.66,0:12:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He managed to do this easily, and in spite of its width and weight his body mass at
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.04,0:12:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last slowly followed the turning of his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.43,0:13:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as he finally raised his head outside the bed in the open air, he became anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.24,0:13:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about moving forward any further in this manner, for if he allowed himself
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.10,0:13:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually to fall by this process, it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.87,0:13:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would take a miracle to prevent his head from getting injured.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.89,0:13:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at all costs he must not lose consciousness right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.93,0:13:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He preferred to remain in bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.07,0:13:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, after a similar effort, while he lay there again, sighing as before, and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.21,0:13:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again saw his small limbs fighting one another, if anything worse than earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.25,0:13:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and didn't see any chance of imposing quiet
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.33,0:13:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and order on this arbitrary movement, he told himself again that he couldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.75,0:13:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possibly remain in bed and that it might be the most reasonable thing to sacrifice
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.53,0:13:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything if there was even the slightest
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.17,0:13:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hope of getting himself out of bed in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.38,0:14:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same moment, however, he didn't forget to remind himself from time to time
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.72,0:14:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fact that calm--indeed the calmest-- reflection might be better than the most
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.43,0:14:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confused decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.72,0:14:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At such moments, he directed his gaze as precisely as he could toward the window,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.46,0:14:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unfortunately there was little confident cheer to be had from a glance at
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.98,0:14:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the morning mist, which concealed even the other side of the narrow street.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.07,0:14:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's already seven o'clock," he told himself at the latest striking of the alarm
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.43,0:14:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clock, "already seven o'clock and still such a fog."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.33,0:14:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.11,0:14:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for normal and natural conditions to re-emerge out of the complete stillness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.44,0:15:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he said to himself, "Before it strikes a quarter past seven, whatever
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.11,0:15:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens I must be completely out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.37,0:15:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides, by then someone from the office will arrive to inquire about me, because
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.81,0:15:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the office will open before seven o'clock."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.78,0:15:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he made an effort then to rock his entire body length out of the bed with a
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.81,0:15:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uniform motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.60,0:15:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he let himself fall out of the bed in this way, his head, which in the course of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.12,0:15:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fall he intended to lift up sharply, would probably remain uninjured.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.52,0:15:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His back seemed to be hard; nothing would really happen to that as a result of the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.94,0:15:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.90,0:15:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.75,0:15:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.03,0:16:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,side of all the doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.57,0:16:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, it had to be tried.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.42,0:16:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Gregor was in the process of lifting himself half out of bed--the new method was
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.90,0:16:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of a game than an effort; he needed only to rock with a constant rhythm--it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.55,0:16:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struck him how easy all this would be if someone were to come to his aid.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.06,0:16:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two strong people--he thought of his father and the servant girl--would have been quite
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.96,0:16:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sufficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.31,0:16:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would have only had to push their arms under his arched back to get him out of the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.42,0:16:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bed, to bend down with their load, and then merely to exercise patience and care that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.99,0:16:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he completed the flip onto the floor, where
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.45,0:16:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his diminutive legs would then, he hoped, acquire a purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.04,0:16:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, quite apart from the fact that the doors were locked, should he really call
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.42,0:16:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out for help?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.40,0:17:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.89,0:17:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had already got to the point where, by rocking more strongly, he maintained his
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.21,0:17:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equilibrium with difficulty, and very soon he would finally have to decide, for in
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.84,0:17:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five minutes it would be a quarter past seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.01,0:17:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there was a ring at the door of the apartment.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.87,0:17:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's someone from the office," he told himself, and he almost froze while his
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.72,0:17:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small limbs only danced around all the faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.76,0:17:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one moment everything remained still.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.78,0:17:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They aren't opening," Gregor said to himself, caught up in some absurd hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.02,0:17:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course then, as usual, the servant girl with her firm tread went to the door
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.89,0:17:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and opened it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.19,0:17:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor needed to hear only the first word of the visitor's greeting to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.90,0:18:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately who it was, the manager himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.07,0:18:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where, at the slightest
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.02,0:18:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lapse, someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.28,0:18:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were all the employees then collectively, one and all, scoundrels?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.59,0:18:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among them was there then no truly devoted person who, if he failed to use just a
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.98,0:18:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couple of hours in the morning for office work, would become abnormal from pangs of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.99,0:18:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conscience and really be in no state to get out of bed?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.01,0:18:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was it really not enough to let an apprentice make inquiries, if such
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.40,0:18:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questioning was even necessary?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.01,0:18:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Must the manager himself come, and in the process must it be demonstrated to the
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.77,0:18:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entire innocent family that the investigation of this suspicious
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.34,0:18:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circumstance could be entrusted only to the intelligence of the manager?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.19,0:19:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more as a consequence of the excited state in which this idea put Gregor than as
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.76,0:19:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a result of an actual decision, he swung himself with all his might out of the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.37,0:19:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a loud thud, but not a real crash.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.54,0:19:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fall was absorbed somewhat by the carpet and, in addition, his back was more
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.87,0:19:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elastic than Gregor had thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.40,0:19:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that reason the dull noise was not quite so conspicuous.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.75,0:19:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he had not held his head up with sufficient care and had hit it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.06,0:19:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turned his head, irritated and in pain, and rubbed it on the carpet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.18,0:19:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Something has fallen in there," said the manager in the next room on the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.95,0:19:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor tried to imagine to himself whether anything similar to what was happening to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.20,0:19:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him today could have also happened at some point to the manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.41,0:20:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least one had to concede the possibility of such a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.87,0:20:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, as if to give a rough answer to this question, the manager now, with a
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.01,0:20:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squeak of his polished boots, took a few determined steps in the next room.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.31,0:20:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the neighbouring room on the right the sister was whispering to inform Gregor:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.96,0:20:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gregor, the manager is here." "I know," said Gregor to himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.68,0:20:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he did not dare make his voice loud enough so that his sister could hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.82,0:20:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gregor," his father now said from the neighbouring room on the left, "Mr. Manager
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.11,0:20:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has come and is asking why you have not left on the early train.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.59,0:20:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know what we should tell him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.53,0:20:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides, he also wants to speak to you personally.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.88,0:20:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please open the door. He will be good enough to forgive the mess
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.01,0:20:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your room."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.32,0:21:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the middle of all this, the manager called out in a friendly way, "Good
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.90,0:21:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morning, Mr. Samsa."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.01,0:21:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He is not well," said his mother to the manager, while his father was still talking
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.28,0:21:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the door, "He is not well, believe me, Mr. Manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.59,0:21:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise how would Gregor miss a train?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.15,0:21:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young man has nothing in his head except business.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.68,0:21:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm almost angry that he never goes out at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.16,0:21:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now he's been in the city eight days, but he's been at home every evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.05,0:21:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sits here with us at the table and reads the newspaper quietly or studies his travel
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.38,0:21:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schedules.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.77,0:21:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a quite a diversion for him to busy himself with fretwork.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.86,0:21:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, he cut out a small frame over the course of two or three evenings.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.87,0:21:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd be amazed how pretty it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.25,0:21:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hanging right inside the room. You'll see it immediately, as soon as
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.47,0:21:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm happy that you're here, Mr.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.95,0:21:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.55,0:22:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By ourselves, we would never have made Gregor open the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.78,0:22:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's so stubborn, and he's certainly not well, although he denied that this
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.94,0:22:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morning."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.97,0:22:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm coming right away," said Gregor slowly and deliberately and didn't move, so as not
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.99,0:22:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lose one word of the conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.13,0:22:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My dear lady, I cannot explain it to myself in any other way," said the manager;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.96,0:22:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hope it is nothing serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.17,0:22:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, I must also say that we business people, luckily or unluckily,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.86,0:22:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however one looks at it, very often simply have to overcome a slight indisposition for
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.35,0:22:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,business reasons."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.54,0:22:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So can Mr. Manager come in to see you now?" asked his father impatiently and
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.91,0:22:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knocked once again on the door. "No," said Gregor.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.88,0:22:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the neighbouring room on the left a painful stillness descended.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.03,0:23:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the neighbouring room on the right the sister began to sob.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.51,0:23:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't his sister go to the others?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.81,0:23:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd probably just gotten up out of bed now and hadn't even started to get dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.47,0:23:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet. Then why was she crying?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.71,0:23:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he wasn't getting up and wasn't letting the manager in, because he was in
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.90,0:23:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger of losing his position, and because then his boss would badger his parents once
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.71,0:23:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again with the old demands?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.72,0:23:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those were probably unnecessary worries right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.65,0:23:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor was still here and wasn't thinking at all about abandoning his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.99,0:23:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the moment he was lying right there on the carpet, and no one who knew about his
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.39,0:23:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condition would've seriously demanded that he let the manager in.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.23,0:23:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Gregor wouldn't be casually dismissed right way because of this small
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.75,0:24:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discourtesy, for which he would find an easy and suitable excuse later on.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.47,0:24:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed to Gregor that it might be far more reasonable to leave him in peace at
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.39,0:24:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moment, instead of disturbing him with crying and conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.34,0:24:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was the very uncertainty which distressed the others and excused their
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.71,0:24:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behaviour. "Mr. Samsa," the manager was now shouting,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.12,0:24:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his voice raised, "what's the matter?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.30,0:24:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are barricading yourself in your room, answer with only a yes and a no, are making
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.32,0:24:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serious and unnecessary troubles for your parents, and neglecting (I mention this
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.89,0:24:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only incidentally) your commercial duties in a truly unheard of manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.68,0:24:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am speaking here in the name of your parents and your employer, and I am
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.99,0:24:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requesting you in all seriousness for an immediate and clear explanation.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.86,0:24:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am amazed.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.91,0:25:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am amazed. I thought I knew you as a calm, reasonable
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.34,0:25:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person, and now you appear suddenly to want to start parading around in weird moods.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.83,0:25:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Chief indicated to me earlier this very day a possible explanation for your
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.50,0:25:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neglect--it concerned the collection of cash entrusted to you a short while ago--
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.82,0:25:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in truth I almost gave him my word of
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.58,0:25:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honour that this explanation could not be correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.53,0:25:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, now I see here your unimaginable pig headedness, and I am totally losing any
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.93,0:25:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desire to speak up for you in the slightest.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.68,0:25:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your position is not at all the most secure.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.47,0:25:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Originally I intended to mention all this to you privately, but since you are letting
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.71,0:25:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me waste my time here uselessly, I don't know why the matter shouldn't come to the
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.43,0:25:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention of your parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.70,0:26:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your productivity has also been very unsatisfactory recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.17,0:26:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it's not the time of year to conduct exceptional business, we recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.08,0:26:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, but a time of year for conducting no business, there is no such thing at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.17,0:26:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Samsa, and such a thing must never be."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.79,0:26:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But Mr. Manager," called Gregor, beside himself and, in his agitation, forgetting
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.62,0:26:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything else, "I'm opening the door immediately, this very moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.88,0:26:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A slight indisposition, a dizzy spell, has prevented me from getting up.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.92,0:26:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still lying in bed right now. But I'm quite refreshed once again.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.99,0:26:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in the midst of getting out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.41,0:26:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just have patience for a short moment! Things are not going as well as I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.56,0:26:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But things are all right. How suddenly this can overcome someone!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.00,0:26:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only yesterday evening everything was fine with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.66,0:26:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents certainly know that. Actually just yesterday evening I had a
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.83,0:27:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small premonition.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.54,0:27:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People must have seen that in me. Why have I not reported that to the office?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.71,0:27:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people always think that they'll get over sickness without having to stay at
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.29,0:27:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.48,0:27:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Manager! Take it easy on my parents!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.15,0:27:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is really no basis for the criticisms which you're now making against me, and
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.93,0:27:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really nobody has said a word to me about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.51,0:27:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps you have not read the latest orders which I shipped.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.44,0:27:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides, now I'm setting out on my trip on the eight o'clock train; the few hours'
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.85,0:27:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest have made me stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.16,0:27:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Manager, do not stay. I will be at the office in person right
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.00,0:27:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away. Please have the goodness to say that and to
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.29,0:27:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convey my respects to the Chief."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.18,0:27:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Gregor was quickly blurting all this out, hardly aware of what he was saying, he
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.69,0:28:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had moved close to the chest of drawers without effort, probably as a result of the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.03,0:28:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practice he had already had in bed, and now
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.86,0:28:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was trying to raise himself up on it. Actually, he wanted to open the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.22,0:28:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He really wanted to let himself be seen by and to speak with the manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.27,0:28:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was keen to witness what the others now asking about him would say when they saw
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.46,0:28:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him. If they were startled, then Gregor had no
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.40,0:28:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more responsibility and could be calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.69,0:28:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if they accepted everything quietly, then he would have no reason to get excited
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.27,0:28:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, if he got a move on, could really be at the station around eight o'clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.38,0:28:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first he slid down a few times on the smooth chest of drawers.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.78,0:28:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at last he gave himself a final swing and stood upright there.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.48,0:28:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was no longer at all aware of the pains in his lower body, no matter how they might
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.84,0:29:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still sting.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.14,0:29:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he let himself fall against the back of a nearby chair, on the edge of which he
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.12,0:29:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,braced himself with his thin limbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.30,0:29:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing this he gained control over himself and kept quiet, for he could now
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.08,0:29:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear the manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.65,0:29:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you understood a single word?" the manager asked the parents, "Is he playing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.95,0:29:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fool with us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.92,0:29:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For God's sake," cried the mother already in tears, "perhaps he's very ill and we're
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.02,0:29:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upsetting him. Grete!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.96,0:29:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grete!" she yelled at that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.94,0:29:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mother?" called the sister from the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.32,0:29:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were making themselves understood through Gregor's room.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.25,0:29:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You must go to the doctor right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.27,0:29:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor is sick. Hurry to the doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.83,0:29:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you heard Gregor speak yet?"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.53,0:29:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That was an animal's voice," said the manager, remarkably quietly in comparison
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.50,0:29:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the mother's cries. "Anna!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.34,0:30:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anna!' yelled the father through the hall into the kitchen, clapping his hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.12,0:30:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"fetch a locksmith right away!"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.86,0:30:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two young women were already running through the hall with swishing skirts--how
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.97,0:30:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had his sister dressed herself so quickly?- -and yanked open the doors of the
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.25,0:30:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apartment.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.52,0:30:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One couldn't hear the doors closing at all. They probably had left them open, as is
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.15,0:30:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,customary in an apartment where a huge misfortune has taken place.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.53,0:30:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, Gregor had become much calmer.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.36,0:30:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, people did not understand his words any more, although they seemed clear
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.54,0:30:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough to him, clearer than previously, perhaps because his ears had gotten used to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.45,0:30:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.45,0:30:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at least people now thought that things were not all right with him and were
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.19,0:30:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepared to help him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.43,0:30:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The confidence and assurance with which the first arrangements had been carried out
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.70,0:30:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made him feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.63,0:31:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He felt himself included once again in the circle of humanity and was expecting from
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.07,0:31:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both the doctor and the locksmith, without differentiating between them with any real
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.74,0:31:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precision, splendid and surprising results.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.53,0:31:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to get as clear a voice as possible for the critical conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.63,0:31:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was imminent, he coughed a little, and certainly took the trouble to do this
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.89,0:31:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a really subdued way, since it was
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.95,0:31:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible that even this noise sounded like something different from a human cough.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.22,0:31:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He no longer trusted himself to decide any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.45,0:31:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile in the next room it had become really quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.23,0:31:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps his parents were sitting with the manager at the table whispering; perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.46,0:31:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were all leaning against the door listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.94,0:31:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor pushed himself slowly towards the door, with the help of the easy chair, let
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.08,0:32:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go of it there, threw himself against the door, held himself upright against it--the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.90,0:32:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,balls of his tiny limbs had a little sticky
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.20,0:32:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stuff on them--and rested there momentarily from his exertion.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.87,0:32:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he made an effort to turn the key in the lock with his mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.10,0:32:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately it seemed that he had no real teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.69,0:32:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How then was he to grab hold of the key?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.07,0:32:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to make up for that his jaws were naturally very strong; with their help he
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.07,0:32:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,managed to get the key really moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.16,0:32:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't notice that he was obviously inflicting some damage on himself, for a
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.15,0:32:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brown fluid came out of his mouth, flowed over the key, and dripped onto the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.56,0:32:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just listen for a moment," said the manager in the next room; "he's turning the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.23,0:32:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,key." For Gregor that was a great encouragement.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.53,0:33:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they all should've called out to him, including his father and mother, "Come on,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.97,0:33:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor," they should've shouted; "keep going, keep working on the lock."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.10,0:33:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagining that all his efforts were being followed with suspense, he bit down
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.15,0:33:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frantically on the key with all the force he could muster.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.72,0:33:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the key turned more, he danced around the lock.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.19,0:33:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he was holding himself upright only with his mouth, and he had to hang onto the
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.38,0:33:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,key or then press it down again with the whole weight of his body, as necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.06,0:33:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quite distinct click of the lock as it finally snapped really woke Gregor up.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.37,0:33:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing heavily he said to himself, "So I didn't need the locksmith," and he set his
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.19,0:33:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head against the door handle to open the door completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.87,0:34:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already open very wide without
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.65,0:34:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him yet being really visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.31,0:34:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He first had to turn himself slowly around the edge of the door, very carefully, of
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.95,0:34:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,course, if he didn't want to fall awkwardly on his back right at the entrance into the
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.85,0:34:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,room.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.24,0:34:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was still preoccupied with this difficult movement and had no time to pay
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.37,0:34:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention to anything else, when he heard the manager exclaim a loud "Oh!"--it
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.61,0:34:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sounded like the wind whistling--and now he
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.27,0:34:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saw him, nearest to the door, pressing his hand against his open mouth and moving
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.99,0:34:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slowly back, as if an invisible constant force was pushing him away.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.33,0:34:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mother--in spite of the presence of the manager she was standing here with her hair
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.48,0:34:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sticking up on end, still a mess from the night--was looking at his father with her
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.41,0:34:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hands clasped.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.61,0:35:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She then went two steps towards Gregor and collapsed right in the middle of her
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.05,0:35:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skirts, which were spread out all around her, her face sunk on her breast,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.96,0:35:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely concealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.33,0:35:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His father clenched his fist with a hostile expression, as if he wished to push Gregor
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.64,0:35:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into his room, then looked uncertainly around the living room, covered his eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.15,0:35:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his hands, and cried so that his mighty breast shook.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.99,0:35:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point Gregor did not take one step into the room, but leaned his body from the
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.100,0:35:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside against the firmly bolted wing of the door, so that only half his body was
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.68,0:35:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visible, as well as his head, tilted
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.47,0:35:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sideways, with which he peeped over at the others.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.11,0:35:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile it had become much brighter.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.88,0:35:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standing out clearly from the other side of the street was a part of the endless grey-
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.40,0:36:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black house situated opposite--it was a hospital--with its severe regular windows
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.19,0:36:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking up the facade.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.48,0:36:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rain was still coming down, but only in large individual drops visibly and firmly
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.80,0:36:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thrown down one by one onto the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.75,0:36:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breakfast dishes were standing piled around on the table, because for his father
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.24,0:36:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breakfast was the most important meal time in the day, which he prolonged for hours by
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.91,0:36:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading various newspapers.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.65,0:36:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directly across on the opposite wall hung a photograph of Gregor from the time of his
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.68,0:36:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,military service; it was a picture of him as a lieutenant, as he, smiling and worry
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.95,0:36:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free, with his hand on his sword, demanded respect for his bearing and uniform.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.92,0:36:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The door to the hall was ajar, and since the door to the apartment was also open,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.41,0:37:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one could see out into the landing of the apartment and the start of the staircase
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.81,0:37:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going down.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.44,0:37:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now," said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one who had kept his composure.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.58,0:37:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll get dressed right away, pack up the collection of samples, and set off.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.73,0:37:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll allow me to set out on my way, will you not?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.89,0:37:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, Mr. Manager, I am not pig-headed, and I am happy to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.60,0:37:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Travelling is exhausting, but I couldn't live without it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.86,0:37:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are you going, Mr. Manager? To the office?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.48,0:37:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.22,0:37:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you report everything truthfully?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.14,0:37:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person can be incapable of work momentarily, but that's precisely the best
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.78,0:37:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time to remember the earlier achievements and to consider that later, after the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.33,0:37:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obstacles have been shoved aside, the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.11,0:37:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person will work all the more eagerly and intensely.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.30,0:38:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am really so indebted to Mr. Chief--you know that perfectly well.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.36,0:38:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, I am concerned about my parents and my sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.08,0:38:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in a fix, but I'll work myself out of it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.31,0:38:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't make things more difficult for me than they already are.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.64,0:38:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak up on my behalf in the office! People don't like travelling salesmen.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.100,0:38:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.52,0:38:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People think they earn pots of money and thus lead a fine life.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.24,0:38:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't even have any special reason to think through this judgment more
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.68,0:38:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.13,0:38:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you, Mr. Manager, you have a better perspective on what's involved than other
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.82,0:38:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, even, I tell you in total confidence, a better perspective than Mr.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.97,0:38:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chairman himself, who in his capacity as
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.90,0:38:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the employer may let his judgment make casual mistakes at the expense of an
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.69,0:38:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,employee.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.05,0:38:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also know well enough that the travelling salesman who is outside the
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.05,0:39:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,office almost the entire year can become so easily a victim of gossip, coincidences,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.81,0:39:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and groundless complaints, against which
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.58,0:39:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's impossible for him to defend himself, since for the most part he doesn't hear
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.66,0:39:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about them at all and only then when he's exhausted after finishing a trip and at
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.99,0:39:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home gets to feel in his own body the nasty
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.15,0:39:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consequences, which can't be thoroughly explored back to their origins.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.89,0:39:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Manager, don't leave without speaking a word telling me that you'll at least
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.90,0:39:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concede that I'm a little in the right!"
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.05,0:39:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at Gregor's first words the manager had already turned away, and now he looked back
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.40,0:39:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Gregor over his twitching shoulders with pursed lips.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.68,0:39:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During Gregor's speech he was not still for a moment but kept moving away towards the
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.82,0:39:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,door, without taking his eyes off Gregor, but really gradually, as if there was a
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.68,0:40:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secret ban on leaving the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.75,0:40:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was already in the hall, and given the sudden movement with which he finally
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.68,0:40:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulled his foot out of the living room, one could have believed that he had just burned
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.05,0:40:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sole of his foot.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.36,0:40:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the hall, however, he stretched his right hand out away from his body towards
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.66,0:40:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the staircase, as if some truly supernatural relief was waiting for him
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.14,0:40:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.08,0:40:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor realized that he must not under any circumstances allow the manager to go away
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.76,0:40:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this frame of mind, especially if his position in the firm was not to be placed
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.15,0:40:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the greatest danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.79,0:40:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents did not understand all this very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.69,0:40:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the long years, they had developed the conviction that Gregor was set up for life
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.36,0:40:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his firm and, in addition, they had so much to do nowadays with their present
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.20,0:41:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,troubles that all foresight was foreign to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.25,0:41:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Gregor had this foresight. The manager must be held back, calmed down,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.02,0:41:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convinced, and finally won over.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.39,0:41:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The future of Gregor and his family really depended on it!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.63,0:41:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If only the sister had been there! She was clever.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.43,0:41:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had already cried while Gregor was still lying quietly on his back.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.51,0:41:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the manager, this friend of the ladies, would certainly let himself be guided by
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.99,0:41:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.01,0:41:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would have closed the door to the apartment and talked him out of his fright
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.88,0:41:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hall. But the sister was not even there.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.10,0:41:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor must deal with it himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.51,0:41:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without thinking that as yet he didn't know anything about his present ability to move
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.17,0:41:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that his speech possibly--indeed probably--had once again not been
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.04,0:41:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understood, he left the wing of the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.70,0:42:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushed himself through the opening, and wanted to go over to the manager, who was
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.68,0:42:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already holding tight onto the handrail with both hands on the landing in a
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.60,0:42:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ridiculous way.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.33,0:42:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as he looked for something to hold onto, with a small scream Gregor
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.15,0:42:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately fell down onto his numerous little legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.65,0:42:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scarcely had this happened, when he felt for the first time that morning a general
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.10,0:42:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physical well being.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.45,0:42:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The small limbs had firm floor under them; they obeyed perfectly, as he noticed to his
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.26,0:42:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joy, and strove to carry him forward in the direction he wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.71,0:42:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right away he believed that the final amelioration of all his suffering was
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.07,0:42:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately at hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.35,0:42:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the very moment when he lay on the floor rocking in a restrained manner quite
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.33,0:42:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close and directly across from his mother, who had apparently totally sunk into
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.60,0:42:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herself, she suddenly sprang right up with
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.87,0:43:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her arms spread far apart and her fingers extended and cried out, "Help, for God's
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.82,0:43:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sake, help!"
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.84,0:43:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She held her head bowed down, as if she wanted to view Gregor better, but ran
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.46,0:43:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senselessly back, contradicting that gesture, forgetting that behind her stood
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.72,0:43:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the table with all the dishes on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.11,0:43:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she reached the table, she sat down heavily on it, as if absent-mindedly, and
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.84,0:43:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not appear to notice at all that next to her coffee was pouring out onto the
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.37,0:43:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carpet in a full stream from the large overturned container.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.98,0:43:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mother, mother," said Gregor quietly, and looked over towards her.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.58,0:43:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The manager momentarily had disappeared completely from his mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.97,0:43:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the sight of the flowing coffee Gregor couldn't stop himself snapping his jaws in
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.42,0:43:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the air a few times .
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.66,0:44:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that his mother screamed all over again, hurried from the table, and collapsed into
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.37,0:44:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the arms of his father, who was rushing towards her.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.54,0:44:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Gregor had no time right now for his parents--the manager was already on the
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.62,0:44:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staircase. His chin level with the banister, the
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.92,0:44:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manager looked back for the last time.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.26,0:44:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor took an initial movement to catch up to him if possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.04,0:44:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the manager must have suspected something, because he made a leap down over
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.73,0:44:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few stairs and disappeared, still shouting "Huh!"
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.32,0:44:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sound echoed throughout the entire stairwell.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.44,0:44:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, unfortunately this flight of the manager also seemed to bewilder his father
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.13,0:44:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.79,0:44:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier he had been relatively calm, for instead of running after the manager
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.42,0:44:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,himself or at least not hindering Gregor from his pursuit, with his right hand he
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.07,0:45:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grabbed hold of the manager's cane, which
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.96,0:45:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had left behind with his hat and overcoat on a chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.08,0:45:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With his left hand, his father picked up a large newspaper from the table and,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.60,0:45:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stamping his feet on the floor, he set out to drive Gregor back into his room by
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.62,0:45:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waving the cane and the newspaper.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.83,0:45:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No request of Gregor's was of any use; no request would even be understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.08,0:45:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how willing he was to turn his head respectfully, his father just stomped
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.74,0:45:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the harder with his feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.88,0:45:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the room from him his mother had pulled open a window, in spite of the cool
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.73,0:45:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weather, and leaning out with her hands on her cheeks, she pushed her face far outside
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.98,0:45:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.92,0:45:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between the alley and the stairwell a strong draught came up, the curtains on the
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.75,0:45:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,window flew around, the newspapers on the table swished, and individual sheets
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.83,0:46:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fluttered down over the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.46,0:46:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The father relentlessly pressed forward, pushing out sibilants, like a wild man.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.42,0:46:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Gregor had no practice at all in going backwards--it was really very slow going.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.97,0:46:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Gregor only had been allowed to turn himself around, he would have been in his
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.34,0:46:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,room right away, but he was afraid to make his father impatient by the time-consuming
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.71,0:46:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process of turning around, and each moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.92,0:46:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he faced the threat of a mortal blow on his back or his head from the cane in his
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.46,0:46:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father's hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.04,0:46:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally Gregor had no other option, for he noticed with horror that he did not
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.82,0:46:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand yet how to maintain his direction going backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.97,0:46:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he began, amid constantly anxious sideways glances in his father's direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.80,0:46:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn himself around as quickly as possible, although in truth this was only
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.03,0:46:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done very slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.81,0:47:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps his father noticed his good intentions, for he did not disrupt Gregor
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.36,0:47:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this motion, but with the tip of the cane from a distance he even directed
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.97,0:47:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregor's rotating movement here and there.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.65,0:47:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If only his father had not hissed so unbearably!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.81,0:47:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that Gregor totally lost his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.12,0:47:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was already almost totally turned around, when, always with this hissing in
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.35,0:47:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his ear, he just made a mistake and turned himself back a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.61,0:47:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he finally was successful in getting his head in front of the door
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.24,0:47:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening, it became clear that his body was too wide to go through any further.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.73,0:47:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Naturally his father, in his present mental state, had no idea of opening the other
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.84,0:47:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wing of the door a bit to create a suitable passage for Gregor to get through.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.23,0:48:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His single fixed thought was that Gregor must get into his room as quickly as
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.07,0:48:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.87,0:48:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would never have allowed the elaborate preparations that Gregor required to orient
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.16,0:48:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,himself and thus perhaps get through the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.78,0:48:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, as if there were no obstacle and with a peculiar noise, he now
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.95,0:48:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drove Gregor forwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.75,0:48:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behind Gregor the sound at this point was no longer like the voice of only a single
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.73,0:48:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.82,0:48:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it was really no longer a joke, and Gregor forced himself, come what might,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.60,0:48:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the door. One side of his body was lifted up.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.29,0:48:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lay at an angle in the door opening.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.09,0:48:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His one flank was sore with the scraping. On the white door ugly blotches were left.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.83,0:48:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon he was stuck fast and would have not been able to move any more on his own.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.53,0:48:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tiny legs on one side hung twitching in the air above, and the ones on the other
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.71,0:49:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,side were pushed painfully into the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.63,0:49:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then his father gave him one really strong liberating push from behind, and he
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.37,0:49:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scurried, bleeding severely, far into the interior of his room.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.34,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The door was slammed shut with the cane, and finally it was quiet.