<P> Scharlach reveals that Lönnrot arrested his brother--who then died in prison--and that Scharlach swore to avenge his death . Killing the rabbi was accidental, but Scharlach used Lönnrot's tendency to over-intellectualize (a police report in the newspaper clued him in to the fact that Lönnrot was following a kabbalistic pattern to track the criminals) to lure Lönnrot to this place . Lönnrot becomes calm in the face of his death and declares that Scharlach made his maze too complex: Instead of a four sided rhombus it should have been but a single line of murders, with each subsequent murder taking place on the halfway point (A 8 km from B, C 4 km from each, D 2 km from A and C). Lönnrot says that philosophers have been lost on this line, so a simple detective should feel no shame to do the same (a reference to Zeno's Paradox). Scharlach promises that he will trap Lönnrot in this simpler labyrinth in their next "incarnation", and then kills him . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 1967, The Firesign Theatre performed an adaptation of "Death and the Compass" on Radio Free Oz . </Li> <Li> In 1976, Paul Miller directed a 33 - minute film adaptation of "Death and the Compass" called Spiderweb starring Nigel Hawthorne . </Li> <Li> In 1992, Alex Cox made a 55 - minute English - language adaptation, suitable for television . Four years later, Alex Cox turned his first adaptation into Death and the Compass, later expanded into a feature film . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 1967, The Firesign Theatre performed an adaptation of "Death and the Compass" on Radio Free Oz . </Li> <Li> In 1976, Paul Miller directed a 33 - minute film adaptation of "Death and the Compass" called Spiderweb starring Nigel Hawthorne . </Li>

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