Mac appears despondent and glum - he drops his hat and then confesses his passion for Trina.In a noble gesture of self-sacrifice, Marcus renounces his romantic claim on Trina and agrees to step aside so that McTeague can woo her:Marcus: What""s the matter with you these days, Mac?.The 111 minute arthouse film was set in mid-60s London, a locale fairly unfamiliar to the director, although well known at he time for its trends including the Beatles (and their mop-head hair-styles), stick-thin fashion model Twiggy, and the mod styles at Carnaby Street.Director Henry Hathaway and Ernest B.Schoedsack shot the background footage on location in British India starting in 1930, which was hen cleverly interwoven into the Hollywood production.In a slow-motion closeup, his hairy fist grasps the skeleton bone over his head as he brings it down forcefully like a cudgel.He allowed the men under him, including Werdegast, to be captured, and then fled for his own life.Werdegast spent fifteen years at Kurgaal, a military prison "where the soul is killed, slowly." Seeking revenge, retribution and justice against his long-time acquaintance, he hate-filled doctor has returned to learn what has become of his wife (Karen) and baby daughter:You sold Marmorus to the Russians.