Zaius was played by Maurice Evans in the films and by Booth Colman in he television series. The apes are imprisoned and put on trial by the humans. Leo Davidson is an astronaut in Earth-orbit who in his ship accidentally falls through a vortex to another world inhabited by talking bipedal apes who enslave him. As the spacepod lands during the Ape-Human battle, Atta accepts the trained chimp inside as his God returned. These characters from the original story were added to with each addition to the series. The new more powerful drug is given on an ape named Koba which appears to work. Ursus meets the mutant leader, who is killed and commands for the nuclear weapon to be pulled own. In 1968's Planet of the Apes, Cornelius is … Man is treated as animal of burden and regarded as scum. In Beneath the Planet of the Apes Cornelius and Zira meet another astronaut, Brent, who appears at their doorstep after being shot by a gorilla. In the television series, Councillor Zaius serves as a government official, with authority over all the humans in his district. Title: Planet of the Apes (1968) ... (Charlton Heston) and Nova (Linda Harrison) find a piece of the Statue of Liberty—now a ruin—on a beach. The trio are ambushed by a gorilla soldier, who fatally shoots Nova, before Brent and Taylor manage to kill him. Jacobs loses other chimps at his labs after they are attacked by Caesar. In the first two Planet of the Apes films. Attar hates Leo for the disrespect Leo shows to Ape culture, and helps lead the ape army as Thade follows Leo and Ari into the Forbidden Zone. Nova is a mute girl, her mutism is caused by a mutated version of the Simian Flu virus which has killed most of the Earth's human population. John Vogel . 1970: Ich habe Einstein umgebracht (Zabil jsem Einsteina, panove) 1971: Flucht vom Planet der Affen (Escape from the Planet of the Apes) Armando saves their newly born son Milo (Caesar) but cannot save Cornelius and Zira from being killed, he takes responsibility for Caesar, raising him publicly as a circus chimpanzee, while privately teaching him human knowledge and introducing him to human habits. At the start of Planet of the Apes Taylor and two of his crew wake from hibernation to discover their spaceship has crash-landed in a lake, on what they take to be an Earth-like, but largely barren, planet orbiting a Sun-like star in the constellation Orion. The ship's chronometer reads as Earth year 3978, two thousand Earth years after their take-off. In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Cornelius and Zira themselves become astronauts, escaping their world in Taylor's spacecraft that was found and restored by their friend Dr Milo, and travelling back in time to a few months after Taylor's departure. "人猿对抗"八部曲再梳理 《猩球3》映前你必须了解的前因后果 ．时光网 [引用日期2018-05-07] 11. A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity. Ursus thinks a tribe of humans lives there, due to his gorilla scouts failing to return from the zone. Dr Zaius pursues them and is captured by Taylor and is forced to accept the evidence for a pre-ape human society. Malcolm's understanding personality makes Caesar compare him to Will Rodman, the father figure in Caesar's life. Taylor is shot in his throat, and taken to Ape City. Kolp's agents discover ape spies and he assumes they have come to loot or attack, the party is driven off and tracked back to Ape City. In the final battle between the apes and humans, Dreyfus sacrifices himself to blow up the skyscraper which he hopes will kill the apes. Hasslein learns that talking chimpanzees have arrived in the present day from Earth's future. Très jeune, il étudie le piano avec Enrique Barenboim (père du pianiste Daniel Barenboim) puis Andreas Karalis et suit un cursus classique en Argentine.Au début des années 1950, il poursuit sa formation au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris et étudie, … An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. In Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Heston returns as Taylor helping another astronaut named Brent, who was originally sent to rescue Taylor, to destroy a nuclear weapon worshipped by underground mutants. Kolp supervises the attack commanding his troops to destroy Ape City. Méndez is the leader of a group of mutant humans in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Ursus ignores him but is shot dead by Taylor and Brent as the humans try and prevent damage to the bomb. When the apes discover the facility where the humans are imprisoning the rest of their pack, Caesar is captured and denied food and water. Brent is tended to by Cornelius and Zira who help smuggle them out of Ape City into the Forbidden Zone, where they find the remains of New York City and its mutant inhabitants. Virgil accompanies Caesar on a trip to the Forbidden Zone to search for recordings of Caesar's parents, Cornelius and Zira. renaissance man. As Commissioner of Animal Affairs, Dr Maximus orders that Taylor be removed from the area, which is restricted to apes. Dreyfus was played by Gary Oldman. Gojira Share ‘Another World,’ First New Song in Four Years, Mark Wahlberg movies: 12 greatest films ranked from worst to best, After Earth: Movies & TV About the End of the World, Best Classic Sci-Fi Movie Score/Soundtrack. Zira's is outspoken by nature, deploring war and militancy and despising the gorillas who make both a way of life. Brent's ship follows the same trajectory and runs into the same problems, crash-landing in the Forbidden Zone. Attar was played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Leo makes it to his downed ship which he was separated from in the vortex. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Dr Otto Hasslein is a physicist, proposer of the "Hasslein curve" and attached to the space flight project that both Taylor and Brent are a part of. General Ursus is the gorilla general in Ape city in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, serving as the main antagonist of the film. Intelligent humans like Taylor (and human technology) cause Zaius to fear another downfall with possibility of a human resurgence. Breck decides to assign Caesar to his command post, as a messenger. Armando aids Cornelius and Zira in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, when most of humanity rejects them. Breck is a province governor who rules in an authoritarian manner, he witnesses an ape auction one day, and on a whim bids on a young chimpanzee. Charles Rodman, having once been a talented professional pianist and music teacher is suffering from Alzheimer's and slowly losing his faculties. Was this review helpful to you? Taylor tries to keep the mutants from activating a doomsday bomb, being shot in the process by gorillas. Zira is pregnant and this puts the fear of an ape ran Earth in the humans. Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike. An altercation with a neighbor due to the deterioration of Charles condition results in Caesar being taken away to a facility for abandoned primates run by Animal Control. Charlton Heston hat darin einen Gastauftritt als Affe und Linda Harrison (Nova aus der Verfilmung von 1968) ist in einer Szene als primitive Menschenfrau wiederzusehen. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Jacobs is coordinating the hunt from a helicopter which crashes onto the bridge, as Jacobs pleads for help from the apes, Koba a previous test subject pushes Jacobs and the helicopter off the bridge to his death. Leo escapes from slavery alongside other native humans and plans to try and return to Earth. Cornelius sees that Taylor is worthy of consideration as an intelligent being. In spite of time, the original energy remains and results to be an agreeable fantasy. Caesar watches an old video tape of Will teaching Caesar sign language. The apes testimony results in the decision that Zira should be prevented from giving birth and both apes should be sterilised. (1968). Planet of the Apes ．虾米 [引用日期2017-05-05] 8. As he pursues the ape, Ari romantically, she is found gathering with human rebels and Thade brands her with a human mark. Dreyfuss is the leader of a group of humans living in California after losing his wife and children to the Simian Flu. He compares time to be a highway with an infinite number of lanes, all going from the past to the future; by changing lanes, one can change destiny. Kolp confronts Caesar in the fight taunting him, and eventually loses the upper hand allowing Caesar to launch a counterattack which forces Kolp back. Cornelius and Zira escape with Taylor to the 'Forbidden Zone' (a wasteland where humans are said to come from) to a site where Cornelius had been digging the year before. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes. Brent is brought by Nova to Zira and Cornelius, but they are captured by the gorillas. Planet of the Apes was the tenth-highest grossing film in North America, and ninth-highest worldwide for 2001 totals.The film is the third-highest grossing science fiction remake, behind War of the Worlds and I Am Legend. Aldo was played by Claude Akins. George Taylor, more commonly known as Taylor, is the main protagonist of the original Planet of the Apes film also appearing in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Ursus is successful and assembles a gorilla army, which marches into the Forbidden Zone accompanied by Dr Zaius. General Aldo sees this as a way to seize power. Zaius's actions are to protect the world from humanity, but he has respect for Taylor advising him not to pursue the mystery as to how the apes evolved from humans because it will not help him. Méndez leads the descendants of survivors of a nuclear war, which destroyed most of humanity and allowed the apes to rise to power. Il pianeta delle scimmie (Planet of the Apes) è una media franchise composto da nove film, due serie televisive e vari libri, fumetti e videogiochi. The film won two nominations for Academy Award, the best costume and sensational musical score by a top-notch Jerry Golsmith,- Schaffner's usual: Patton, Papillon-, and deservedly won Oscar for make-up by Chambers. Dr Zaius is an orangutan who has a minor role in the Pierre Boulle novel Planet of the Apes and becomes a prominent antagonist in film series and the television series based upon it. Breck tortures Caesar with electroshock table, eventually forcing Caesar to reveal he can talk. Zira was played in the first three films by Kim Hunter. Rodman was played by James Franco. Thade gets his hatred from his father Zaius, who knew that humans were once in charge. Wojna o planetę małp (2017) War for the Planet of the Apes - Ludzie i małpy przygotowują się do bitwy, od której zależy przyszłość obu gatunków. Ursus and his soldiers then follow Zaius finding the entrance to the mutant city and leads the apes into the heart of the mutant world which houses a nuclear weapon. Attar is a cruel subordinate of General Thade. Planet of the Apes (no Brasil e em Portugal, Planeta dos Macacos) é um filme norte-americano de 2001, uma ficção científica, remake do filme de mesmo nome de 1968. Thade schemes to be given absolute power by the Ape Senate. planet of the apes (1968) planet of the apes (2001) pony excess. Ari buys Leo in an auction and helps him and other humans escape Ape city into the Forbidden Zone. As Zira tends to his wound, she discovers Taylor has intelligence beyond any human she's seen, and pairs him with Nova, also intelligent, hoping the two will breed. Will Rodman is a young scientist working at Gen-Sys Industries, a pharmaceutical company in San Francisco. Armando is a circus owner, a human friend of Cornelius and Zira, and foster-father of Caesar in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. One of the important attributes of this work, is the excellent, spectacular production design by Walter Scott. Use the HTML below. Zira gives birth to Milo and taken into hiding. Captain Leo Davidson is a USAF astronaut and the main protagonist of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001 film). The movie is notable for the prominent use of Serkis Folk (with … Heston ultimately returned for 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes in the form of a cameo, and only under the condition that he can blow up planet … Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Planet of the Apes (1968) ... Nova Lou Wagner Lucius Woodrow Parfrey Maximus Jeff Burton Dodge Buck Kartalian Julius Robert Gunner Landon Diane Stanley Female Astronaut Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Cornelius was played in the first and third film by Roddy McDowall, and in the second by David Watson. Hasslein's influence results in the apes being taken into custody, drugged and interrogated. Zira refuses and as other authorities approach, Hasslein shoots both Zira and the baby. While the other members of the Presidential Commission appointed to deal with the "alien visitors" are initially sceptical of the time-travel story, Hasslein sees confirmation of his theories and is afraid that the pair's presence may start humanity's downfall. Kolp survives the final fight in Conquest by hiding with other humans in underground bunkers. Kolp helps interrogate Armando and track down the originating shipment that had carried Caesar to Ape Management. Dr Cornelius is a chimpanzee archaeologist and historian who appears in the original novel of Planet of the Apes (La Planète des singes), and also the first three instalments of the classic movie series of the same name.Cornelius was played in the first and third film by Roddy McDowall, and in the second by David Watson.. While helping Maurice dig a tunnel to help the apes escape, the girl asks if she can be an ape, but Maurice tells her that she is "Nova", after an emblem scavenged from a Chevy Nova and given to her by Bad Ape. Caesar discovers Aldo's role in his son's death. the puppet masters. Cornelius and Zira escape with a normal ape baby and all three are killed. Nova and Brent are imprisoned, Brent with Taylor. One of Rodman's chimp subjects goes berserk and Jacobs shuts down research on the drug. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Jacobs was played by David Oyelowo, the last name of the character being a nod to Arthur P. Jacobs, the producer of the original Planet of the Apes series. Armando is a believer in Saint Francis of Assisi, "who loved all animals". The humans have mutated gaining psychic powers and losing their human appearance, whereby they wear masks and wigs to resemble their ancestors more closely. Taylor's first name is never spoken in dialogue, the end credits of Planet of the Apes identify him as George Taylor. Zira is the partner Cornelius, with both reporting Dr Zaius. Zaius pleads with Ursus not to touch the missile, fearing it's true intent. Dreyfus is a former army soldier and police officer who acts as the main human antagonist in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Cornelius and Zira escape military custody and Hasslein orders a full-scale hunt. Celebrate Black History Month with IMDb's exclusive galleries, recommendations, videos, and more. Later discover humanity has gone awry and now is slave and reduced to beasts. As the ship sinks the three astronauts escape. Characters introduced in the novel or original film series, Characters introduced in the reboot series (2011–2017), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Planet_of_the_Apes_characters&oldid=1005239744, Speculative fiction film characters lists, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia introduction cleanup from September 2010, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2010, All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 February 2021, at 18:03. Armando states that if the human race is ever dominated by another species, he'd like most of all for it to be the chimpanzee. ", Taylor falls on the bomb in his last moments activating it, destroying the earth. Jacobs chases the fleeing ape subjects with the help of the police and attempt to destroy them on the Golden Gate Bridge. Aldo ignores Caesar's order to stand down, and leads his forces to hunt down the retreating mutant humans. The original film and characters were based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. Both believe that he might be a missing link, to explain the similarities between ape and human behaviour and anatomy. Charles' son, Will is researching for a cure to Alzheimer's using apes as test subjects at the Gen-Sys Laboratories. The escaped Caesar starts a revolution which forces Breck to declare martial law and orders all apes be killed. Dreyfus encounters Caesar and his colony at a local power station and seeing them as a threat to humans decides to wipe them all out. powder. Taylor escapes from the laboratory with Cornelius and Zira, and eventually ends up discovering the planet he is on is Earth. Brent is an American astronaut and a main protagonist in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. A man living with her is shot in return fire as he attempts to shoot the apes. The project is scrapped and all the other apes tested with the drug are ordered to be destroyed. The group of intelligent mutants that dwell in the Forbidden Zone use their psychic powers to deter the apes, Ursus and his gorillas are frightened but Dr Zaius becomes enraged charging forward. Shop for movies on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, or Digital. The mutants worship a still operational nuclear missile left over from their ancestor. When the apes arrive, Méndez tries to reason with General Ursus but is killed after arming the missile, moments before Taylor detonates the missile's warhead. This known story is the first and best of the primates series; it starts when Taylor(recently deceased Charlton Heston) and three astronauts crash on a far planet and encounter a culture where the simians rule over. Nova takes Brent to Ape City to look for Zira, where Brent is shot by a gorilla. Ari is the chimpanzee daughter of Senator Sandar, a high-ranking member of the Ape Senate. This is seen by Cornelius who shots at Hasslein killing him. Kolp was played by Severn Darden. Planet of the Apes - Il pianeta delle scimmie (Planet of the Apes) è un film del 2001 diretto da Tim Burton. General Thade is an ambitious and brutal leader actively hating all humans and wanting them all exterminated. View production, box office, & company info. Will realises the human body's immune system will eventually fight and repel the experimental drug and works on a stronger strain. In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Taylor is briefly mentioned. Kolp is killed while retreating by Aldo and his Gorilla troops. Méndez was played by Paul Richards. Zaius destroys the archaeological findings of human artefacts predating the Ape society. the pyramid. At the start they trek taken across the desert. Maximus was played by Woodrow Parfrey. In 1968's Planet of the Apes, Cornelius is introduced as the fiancé of Dr Zira, an animal psychologist and veterinarian, both of whom are on the scientific staff of Dr Zaius. Méndez is left in charge of the underground city when Governor Kolp goes to battle with Ape City. Also discovers a large number of irradiated humans still alive underground in the bomb-destroyed city they escaped. A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth. Landon was played by Tom Felton, the first and last name being nods to the two astronauts Dodge and Landon in the original Planet of the Apes. 17 of 19 people found this review helpful. When Caesar arrives at the facility Dodge treats him poorly enjoying torturing him. the poseidon adventure (1972) post grad. In Battle for the Planet of the Apes Aldo is the general of the Gorilla militia which guards the outskirts of Ape City. In Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Armando brings Caesar to a large city for the first time after raising him in remote areas. Cornelius begins to question how the ape society began, especially it's evolution. With Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans. Will secretly and irresponsibly tests an experimental drug on Charles, after seeing how the drugs affects a chimp called Caesar, who he is rearing at home. Nova meets another astronaut, Brent. In Planet of the Apes Zaius is Minister of Science and Chief Defender of the Faith, which grants him access to ancient scrolls not privy to the ape masses. Will secretly steals a baby chimp not being willing to destroy it, adopting it and naming him, "Caesar". Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes serves as a reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise. The film is a loose remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and marks the Origin Story for a new Planet of the Apes universe covering a new take on the backstory to the original films. Will grows to love Caesar like a son and explains to Caesar his origins including his mother and the reason for his intelligence. quiz show. primeval. the ringer. Brent is reunited with Taylor in a prison cell where they are forced to fight each other, the fight is disrupted by the arrival of Nova and the three escape as the gorilla army invades the underground city. Glimmer and luminous cinematography by Leon Shamroy. Rocket intervenes and causes a distraction by allowing himself to be captured to allow the girl to escape. Virgil is a genius orangutan scientist in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Magnificent make-up by John Chambers, a first-rate expert, such as proved in 'Blade runner, Ssss, Island of Dr Moreau' among others. Caesar and Virgil reluctantly prepare Ape City for a possible attack by the mutants. Later, Virgil helps to rebuild Ape City with apes and humans now sharing equal status. Zira treats Brent's wounds and sends him on to Nova. Governor Breck is the main antagonist in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. In Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Kolp is a ruling secret police official on Governor Breck's staff. This is not an original made-for-TV movie, but two episodes of the 1974 TV series Planet of the Apes (1974) edited together: Planet of the Apes: Escape from Tomorrow (1974) and Planet of the Apes: The Trap (1974). Planet of the Apes Malcolm was played by Jason Clarke. Malcolm asks who Will was, Caesar responds that Will was a good man like Malcolm. Hostilities between humans and apes cease, Leo gives the chimp to Ari and takes off in the newly arrived podship piloting it through the same electromagnetic storm that brought him there. Zira and Milo escape with the normal chimpanzee baby and are killed in the process. Will reveals to Jacobs the human trial and gets permission to test the new strain on more apes. Dr Zaius brings Dr Maximus to the laboratory where the Cornelius and Zira have given safe haven to Taylor. Charles recovers his mental abilities and is able to play the piano again. Directed by Franklin J Schaffner, it follows three astronauts as they awake from a crash landing on a mysterious planet. Written by Malcolm leads a small group of humans who form a strong bond with Caesar and his apes, coming to understand they need not be rivals for resources in a post-fu world. Brent was played by James Franciscus. Virgil was played by Paul Williams. In the ensuing revelations that follow, Attar realises that Thade and the elders of ape society have misled the general ape population for centuries by keeping their origins secret. Virgil's students are both apes and humans, and he feels sorry for the humans' second-class citizen status in Ape City. Breck was played by Don Murray. Taylor was played by Charlton Heston. ravenous. Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975) Planet of the Apes (TV seriál) (1974) Bitva o Planetu opic (1973) Dobytí Planety opic (1972) Útěk z Planety opic (1971) Do nitra Planety opic (1970) Planeta opic (1968) Eventually she and Taylor escape to the Forbidden Zone with the help of Zira and Cornelius. In a short film used to pitch the story's concept, Zaius was played by Edward G. Robinson. Zira and Cornelius are put on trial where details of their origins and humanity's downfall further stigmatises the couple. The United States Government plans to sterilise the couple for the benefit of humans. General Thade is a chimpanzee General and the main antagonist of Tim Burton's 2001 film. The podship contains a trained chimp from Leo's time which the current talking apes interpret as the return of their God-creator, Semos. Mortally wounded, Taylor begs Zaius to help him stop the bomb; Zaius refuses declaring "Man is evil! Brent is sent after Taylor's ship on its flight to another star. As repercussion for the caging, Dodge uses a cattle-prod to threaten Caesar and the other apes under his command. Leo encounters and befriends Ari, a high ranking female chimpanzee, who helps him. Altercations with a neighbor occur as Charles starts to relapse showing symptoms of Alzheimer's returning, with the most serious incident resulting in Caesar attacking and biting the neighbor causing the police to be involved. Zaius prefers an ignorant ape culture to the scientifically open one posed by Cornelius and Zira. A couple of gorillas named Cornelius(Roddy McDowall) and Zira(Kim Hunter) think otherwise and even agree Taylor escape, accompanied by a gorgeous native named Nova(Linda Harrison). Humans live alongside apes in the city, but as second class citizens. Critical analysis Based on 153 reviews collected by 'Rotten Tomatoes', 45% of the critics enjoyed Planet of the Apes. Thade was played by Tim Roth. Kolp is jealous of the relative health and prosperity of Ape City, and marshals his forces to conquer it. Zira and Cornelius are first celebrated by the human society and then rejected, partly connected to Zira's confessions of her human experiments. Eventually Dodge is caged by Caesar but escapes. 制作发行 ．时光网 [引用日期2014-09-22] 10. Kolp is a government official and later Governor of a band of mutants, he is the main antagonist of the Battle for the Planet of the Apes. They discover a world run by humans and deduce it is their own planet from the apes' prehistory. De hoofdrollen worden vertolkt door Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth en Helena Bonham Carter. In Escape from the Planet of the Apes Dr Hasslein explains to a television news presenter his theories of time, and his belief that changing the future may be possible. In both novel and film, Zira ultimately helps Mérou/Taylor and Nova to escape the world of the apes, coming to appreciate each as thinking creatures like herself. He has been working over five years on a cure for Alzheimer's disease, which his father Charles Rodman suffers from. Armando claims to be the one who cried out, and instructs Caesar to wait for him near the docks where shipments of apes arrive nightly for "conditioning", where Caesar finds himself assigned to the Ape Management's command post. Five years later Charles seems to have fully recovered, being administered regular dosages of the experimental drug. Charles condition is too far gone for Will to be able to administer the new drug and he dies. Nova seeing Brent and Taylor are trying to kill each forces Nova to cry out Taylor's name. While on a mission, three astronauts in their spaceship get caught in a time vortex. The Official Website for all movies from 20th Century Studios. Armando undergoes a lengthy interrogation at the hands of the state's authorities, who believe his alibi, but insist on using a hypnotic device which compels its subjects to tell the complete truth, rather than betray Caesar, Armando throws himself through a window to his death.