- Edmund Dantes Jr.: I'm worn out climbing in and out of windows and up and down chimneys. It'll be such a relief to go through an ordinary door again.
- Opening crawl: Menaced by more powerful nations, the country of Lichtenburg - tiny but proud - is known as the Jewel of the Balkans. Steeped in the ancient traditions of romance and chivalry, her people hold unswerving loyalty to the throne - on which now sits the young Grand Duchess Zona, who rules under the sinister shadow of one man, General Gurko Lanen.
- Gen. Gurko Lanen: The power of diplomacy lies in the fact that the people never discover the truth until it's too late.
- Innkeeper: After great effort, I, Hercules Schneider, have found you the only carriage in Petsh. Of course, the horses may not be the best in the world...
- Countess Mathilde: Can they walk?
- Innkeeper: Oh, yes, Madam!
- Countess Mathilde: That's all that's necessary. Point them to Paris and start them moving.
- Innkeeper: Tonight, madam?
- Countess Mathilde: Certainly, tonight!
- Innkeeper: But it's dark!
- Countess Mathilde: You don't say. It usually is at night.
- [In the catacombs, General Lanen finds the Resistance hideout deserted. A table has been set with several well-dressed skeletons sitting in chairs around it. A message has been written in chalk on the table top]
- Message: Baron Von Neuhof and I regret not being present to receive you in person but you should feel perfectly at home in such company - The Torch.
- Gen. Gurko Lanen: The Torch! Whoever he is, this 'Torch' is dangerous. He has a sense of humor.
- [first lines]
- Colonel Zimmerman: Turnkey! Bring out the prisoner William Gluck.
- Turnkey: Yes, Colonel.
- [opens cell]
- Turnkey: Come out!
- William Gluck: I thought you were in a hurry to get me in.
- Colonel Zimmerman: If you value your life, give us the names of your accomplices!
- William Gluck: I don't value it that highly.
- Gen. Gurko Lanen: Gluck, that was your second mistake. Men like you never realize I can rule you collectively because I can master you individually.
- Guard: Who are you?
- Edmund Dantes Jr.: My friend here will introduce me.
- [he brandishes his sword and the fight begins]
- Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff: When the spirit of justice is crushed in one country, men will rise to defend it in all countries.