A masterpiece of construction built upon the ruins of the masterpiece of destruction. The masterpiece of murder.

— Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi)

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12 seconds sound clip from the The Black Cat (1934) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:27.555 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I took the liberty of bringing them here.

- Of course.

- She will sleep now.

- You sold Marmorus to the Russians.

- Scurried away in the night and left us to die.

- Is it to be wondered at that you should choose this place to build your house?

- A masterpiece of construction built upon the ruins of the masterpiece of destruction. The masterpiece of murder.

- The murderer of 10000 men returns to the place of his crime.

- Those who died were fortunate.

- I was taken a prisoner to Kurgaal. Kurgaal where the soul is killed slowly.

- Fifteen years I've rotted in the darkness. Waited. Not to kill you, to kill your soul slowly.

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A masterpiece of construction built upon the ruins of the masterpiece of destruction. The masterpiece of murder.
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