Quite right. In cataleptic trance, a man may live for days with no visible sign of life. The breath suspended, the heartbeat stilled. But this man is dead.
— Dr. Drossos (Ernst Deutsch)
12 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:59.445 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- But Dr. Drossos is a Medical Officer.
- I don't care who he is. He doesn't know. He can't tell.
- I'll make any tests you want.
- If there is the faintest breath of life, it will cloud the mirror. You see?
- The breath can stop. The heart can stop. It still doesn't mean death. Men have lived...
- What difference does it make? Uncovered or covered, the eyes see no more.
- Looks all right. It'll give us all something to do.
- Better to watch the wind and hope that it changes than to watch each other and have no hope at all.
- The wind is our only hope. A change in the wind. Is that it, Doctor?
- Of course, we can take certain simple sanitary precautions.
[...]
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Actors: Boris Karloff (General Pherides), Ellen Drew (Thea), Marc Cramer (Oliver Davis), Katherine Emery (Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn), Jason Robards Sr. (Aubrecht), Ernst Deutsch (Dr. Drossos), Helene Thimig (Madame Kyra)
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