The Raven Window
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Events with rich location context
The front window and its curtains serve as both the ignition point for the conflagration (poker lands in curtains) and Belzig's frantic escape route when burned, turning an architectural feature into immediate hazard and exit.
Point of sudden transition—visual focus during the poker toss and later a shattered breach to the outside world.
Ignition site for the blaze and physical escape point for a fleeing antagonist.
The window becomes a boundary between interior privacy and the outside world's violent stakes.
Publicly visible to the street, but during the event it's obscured by curtains until they ignite.
The front window and its glass become an exit and final tableau: Belzig dives through the glass to escape searing pain, shattering the boundary and marking a humiliating, frantic retreat for the interrogator.
Shattered and exposed — the glass breakage is a violent punctuation in the chaos.
Escape route and physical breach that allows the antagonist to flee; also becomes visual proof of the medallion's danger.
The window represents the collapse of Nazi control and the public exposure of their failure to secure the artifact.
Typically open to the street to admit patrons; becomes a violent exit when broken.
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Marion tries to cover her fear with a bargain—hiding the medallion while tucking Indy’s money away—but when Belzig’s sadistic interrogation turns physical she subtly reaches for a hidden pistol. Belzig …
Indiana Jones crashes Marion Ravenwood’s standoff at The Raven, using his whip to disarm Belzig and ignite a catastrophic bar brawl. As curtains catch and alcohol-fueled flames spread, Marion moves …