"To the stake with her—!"

named the "Club of the Sons," with its

"Burn the witch.— To the stake with her!!!"

"…once the best of friends were, because of that woman…"

"You fool! Now you will lose the one

"Into the depths, — to be with my brothers…"

"Who feeds the machines with their own flesh?!"

"The chief foreman of the Heart Machine, Grot — with an important message"

"Who lubricates the machine joints with their own bloodÑ?!"

"What if one day those in the depths rise up against you?"

"Women and men, let no one miss today—! Death to the machines—!!"

"Get your women, your sons, from the workers' city! Let no one stay behind! Death to the machines—!!!"

Maria is not the only one listening to Rotwang. Outside the attic window Joh Fredersen has been evesdropping…

In the attic with Maria, Rotwang grows ever more intoxicated by his triumph over Fredersen.

"We'll take the children to the Club of the Sons!"

"…the other man… the same evening…"

"The details!"

"And on the top of the tower we will write the words:

the Earth's surface

the workers' city.