1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:05,005 ♪♪ 2 00:00:13,779 --> 00:00:16,783 [instrumental music] 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:24,074 AmericasCardroom.com brings poker back Million Dollar Sunday Tournament every Sunday 4 00:00:53,285 --> 00:00:56,222 [music continues] 5 00:01:06,198 --> 00:01:07,200 [horn honking] 6 00:01:13,873 --> 00:01:15,809 [indistinct announcement on PA] 7 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:20,246 >> We're shooting a film. 8 00:01:20,279 --> 00:01:21,848 >> What is it? >> I don't know. 9 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:23,249 [tires screeching] 10 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:26,419 >> Move. 11 00:01:26,452 --> 00:01:28,388 [instrumental music] 12 00:01:32,825 --> 00:01:33,760 [laughing] 13 00:01:39,465 --> 00:01:41,101 [tires screeching] 14 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:46,406 [gunfire] 15 00:01:47,873 --> 00:01:51,144 >> Let me explain, it's very simple. We pretend to rob you. 16 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:52,712 >> Get out of the car slowly with your hands in the air. 17 00:01:52,745 --> 00:01:53,913 Just like you've seen in the movies. 18 00:01:53,946 --> 00:01:55,348 >> Come on, come on. 19 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:56,883 I want you to put the money in the van. 20 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:59,152 The money in the van! 21 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:01,821 Come on, come on. Show some enthusiasm. 22 00:02:01,854 --> 00:02:04,624 >> So now we're making gangster films, are we? 23 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:07,894 >> Why not? I'm fed up with movies about factories and construction sites. 24 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:10,696 >> Still, when it comes to action scenes you can't beat the Americans. 25 00:02:10,729 --> 00:02:12,231 >> You bastard! 26 00:02:12,264 --> 00:02:13,666 [gunfire] 27 00:02:13,699 --> 00:02:16,435 >> Don't worry, we're just making a film! 28 00:02:16,468 --> 00:02:18,404 [instrumental music] 29 00:02:21,273 --> 00:02:24,210 [applause] 30 00:02:29,381 --> 00:02:31,484 [indistinct chatter] 31 00:02:32,818 --> 00:02:34,921 >> I've never seen anything like that, have you? 32 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:36,623 [indistinct chatter] 33 00:02:38,457 --> 00:02:39,492 >> See you. >> Bye. 34 00:02:39,525 --> 00:02:40,460 >> Goodnight. 35 00:02:43,562 --> 00:02:45,498 [instrumental music] 36 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:07,453 [music continues] 37 00:03:15,394 --> 00:03:19,398 >> Lord, in thy great bounty screw the Bolsheviks. 38 00:03:19,431 --> 00:03:21,901 Give them every disease in the world, ruin them. 39 00:03:21,934 --> 00:03:25,405 Burn their houses and send them back to Moscow. Amen. 40 00:03:30,542 --> 00:03:33,713 Did you, uh, did you hear any of that? 41 00:03:33,746 --> 00:03:35,281 >> No, Mr. Moritz, sir. Nothing. 42 00:03:35,314 --> 00:03:38,317 >> Yeah, good. In my house, the tenant is deaf. 43 00:03:38,350 --> 00:03:39,986 If he starts to hear, we raise the rent. 44 00:03:40,019 --> 00:03:41,454 >> Leave him be, Moritz. 45 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:43,256 >> Oh, so what already? 46 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:45,458 What can I do to him anyway? 47 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:48,327 He's young, he's down from the north 48 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,931 his parents are poor, his future is golden. 49 00:03:51,964 --> 00:03:56,035 One day they'll stick a party-card in his pocket and boom! 50 00:03:56,068 --> 00:03:57,637 We'll all be at his mercy! 51 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,572 >> Don't mind him. He's old and crazy. 52 00:03:59,605 --> 00:04:01,407 >> That is true. 53 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,011 I bought my mentally handicapped certificate 10 years ago. 54 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:06,045 They can't touch me anymore. 55 00:04:06,078 --> 00:04:07,980 >> Have some potatoes. 56 00:04:08,013 --> 00:04:11,450 It drives me mad seeing him there all day 57 00:04:11,483 --> 00:04:13,352 with his ear glued to that rattling old radio. 58 00:04:13,385 --> 00:04:14,720 >> She's so sweet. 59 00:04:14,753 --> 00:04:17,390 It's called the "Voice of America" 60 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:19,558 and it's jammed by the Bolsheviks. 61 00:04:19,591 --> 00:04:21,761 >> And guess what I saw this morning? 62 00:04:21,794 --> 00:04:24,697 A film shoot! On Martyrs' Square, right outside the canteen. 63 00:04:24,730 --> 00:04:26,332 >> They were making a movie. >> What movie? 64 00:04:26,365 --> 00:04:29,635 >> Action movie, with gangsters, and cars, and gunfire. 65 00:04:29,668 --> 00:04:31,704 >> And dames? >> There was one woman. 66 00:04:31,737 --> 00:04:33,639 She was shooting a machine gun. 67 00:04:33,672 --> 00:04:36,309 >> Jean Harlow. >> Sorry? 68 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:39,345 >> Jean Harlow, big movie star. 69 00:04:39,378 --> 00:04:41,781 Made some famous films before the war. 70 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:44,016 Oh, they don't make films like that any more. 71 00:04:44,049 --> 00:04:46,719 >> As if you ever went to the movies. 72 00:04:46,752 --> 00:04:51,090 >> I don't need to. I read the papers, I see the titles. 73 00:04:51,123 --> 00:04:55,328 "The Third Man," "The Seventh Seal," "12 Angry Men." 74 00:04:55,361 --> 00:04:56,929 All those numbers make your head spin! 75 00:04:56,962 --> 00:05:00,032 Uh, th -- "The Cranes Are Flying." 76 00:05:00,065 --> 00:05:02,335 Now, I never knew they could do that. 77 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:07,006 "Singing in the Rain," now th -- that's how a cousin of mine died, pneumonia. 78 00:05:07,039 --> 00:05:11,811 "An American in Paris," big deal! 79 00:05:11,844 --> 00:05:14,814 Now, if it were Bucharest instead of Paris 80 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:19,518 and not alone, but with 10, no, 20 tank divisions 81 00:05:19,551 --> 00:05:21,721 that I would rush to see. 82 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:22,922 Here, let me show you something. 83 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:27,727 Here are some of the films and stars we had before the war. 84 00:05:28,961 --> 00:05:30,897 [dramatic music] 85 00:06:10,502 --> 00:06:12,671 [laughing] 86 00:06:12,704 --> 00:06:14,573 >> Let's go. >> Yeah, yeah. 87 00:06:14,606 --> 00:06:16,442 [indistinct chatter] 88 00:06:16,475 --> 00:06:17,610 >> Move. 89 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:20,580 [peppy music] 90 00:06:22,781 --> 00:06:26,018 >> Carefully, carefully. Take this one here first. 91 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:31,490 Quickly. We don't have all day. 92 00:06:31,523 --> 00:06:33,759 Put these here in the back. 93 00:06:33,792 --> 00:06:35,761 Yeah, these two here. 94 00:06:35,794 --> 00:06:37,663 Good morning, Maestro Flaviu. 95 00:06:37,696 --> 00:06:38,797 >> Morning, morning. 96 00:06:38,831 --> 00:06:42,168 >> What are we shooting today? >> The parade rehearsal. 97 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:44,737 >> What parade? >> The Liberation Day Parade. 98 00:06:44,770 --> 00:06:48,474 >> Oh, you don't say. Is it August already? 99 00:06:48,507 --> 00:06:50,443 [vomiting] 100 00:06:59,084 --> 00:07:01,120 Do I know you from somewhere? 101 00:07:02,855 --> 00:07:04,690 Do me a favor, will you? 102 00:07:04,723 --> 00:07:08,160 Run over to the shop around the corner 103 00:07:08,193 --> 00:07:10,696 and buy me a bottle of vodka. 104 00:07:10,729 --> 00:07:12,064 Moskovskaya. 105 00:07:12,097 --> 00:07:14,533 Wait. Wait, wait. 106 00:07:14,566 --> 00:07:16,936 Are you doing anything today? 107 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:18,671 Well, you are now. 108 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:20,806 Pour the vodka into this thermos 109 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:23,809 put it in your pocket and give it to me whenever I ask for it. 110 00:07:23,842 --> 00:07:26,812 And never ever leave my side. 111 00:07:26,845 --> 00:07:28,814 Off you go then. 112 00:07:28,847 --> 00:07:31,484 Go on, fuck off! 113 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:33,453 [instrumental music] 114 00:07:34,686 --> 00:07:36,622 [indistinct singing] 115 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:53,005 >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, stop. 116 00:07:53,038 --> 00:07:54,507 Five minute break. 117 00:07:56,875 --> 00:07:59,545 >> We're finished. 118 00:07:59,578 --> 00:08:02,014 Pack the gear up and I'll meet you at the van. 119 00:08:04,182 --> 00:08:06,152 [indistinct chatter] 120 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:17,096 >> What's that lens called? 121 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:20,032 >> It's a zoom. It's the latest thing. 122 00:08:20,065 --> 00:08:22,535 >> Three lei to look through it. >> Up yours! 123 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:24,870 >> I should charge you just to stand next to it. 124 00:08:24,903 --> 00:08:25,871 >> Okay, I'm game. 125 00:08:25,904 --> 00:08:26,873 [chuckles] 126 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:33,712 >> No, no. There. 127 00:08:33,745 --> 00:08:34,914 Move in. 128 00:08:36,848 --> 00:08:39,719 >> Yeah. >> Nice, nice. 129 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,057 >> Come on. Look at those knockers. 130 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:48,761 Sure, scratch your little ass. Feels good, eh? 131 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:51,997 >> Hey, Virgil! The boss wants to see you. Now. 132 00:08:52,030 --> 00:08:54,166 >> Sorry, time's up. >> What.. 133 00:08:54,199 --> 00:08:55,301 [knock on door] 134 00:08:55,334 --> 00:08:56,135 >> Come in. 135 00:08:57,636 --> 00:09:00,839 Ah, the young man we told you about. 136 00:09:00,872 --> 00:09:04,043 Comrade Holban of the State Security Service. 137 00:09:04,076 --> 00:09:05,945 This is your lucky day, sonny. 138 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:07,213 The comrades have given us a mission. 139 00:09:07,246 --> 00:09:11,650 We're going to make a short film about a rather, special event. 140 00:09:11,683 --> 00:09:13,786 All our cameramen are busy on the parade right now. 141 00:09:13,819 --> 00:09:17,623 So Maestro Flaviu and I have decided it was time you took the plunge. 142 00:09:17,656 --> 00:09:19,592 You start the day after tomorrow. 143 00:09:20,225 --> 00:09:21,260 [chuckles] 144 00:09:21,293 --> 00:09:24,863 >> I -- Comrades, you've made the right decision! 145 00:09:24,896 --> 00:09:25,664 >> You don't say! 146 00:09:25,697 --> 00:09:27,166 >> It's a great honor and -- and 147 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:29,301 and I -- I solemnly swear not to disappoint you. 148 00:09:29,334 --> 00:09:30,903 Oh! 149 00:09:30,936 --> 00:09:33,038 >> Hardly a great start. 150 00:09:33,071 --> 00:09:35,641 >> I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. 151 00:09:35,674 --> 00:09:39,278 You'll need some preparation, given the rather special nature of the film. 152 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:47,353 >> Radoiu Maximilian, Dorneanu Dumitru, Orodel Razvan 153 00:09:47,386 --> 00:09:50,389 Ristea Yorgu, and Bercovich Alice 154 00:09:50,422 --> 00:09:54,393 are charged with attacking and robbing, on August 15th, 1959 155 00:09:54,426 --> 00:09:57,696 a National Bank of Romania car, while it delivered funds 156 00:09:57,729 --> 00:10:00,966 to the branch located at Number 13, Martyrs' Square. 157 00:10:00,999 --> 00:10:03,135 Opposite the maternity hospital at number -- 158 00:10:03,168 --> 00:10:06,138 Are these the masks they were wearing in Martyrs' Square? 159 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:09,842 >> Yes. >> Yes. 160 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,910 >> Witnesses, do you stand by the statements 161 00:10:11,943 --> 00:10:13,779 you made during the investigation? 162 00:10:13,812 --> 00:10:14,813 >> Yes. >> Yes. 163 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:17,916 >> You think this is funny, you piece of scum? 164 00:10:17,949 --> 00:10:19,284 You're having a good time? 165 00:10:19,317 --> 00:10:21,654 Comrade prosecutor, your summation. 166 00:10:21,687 --> 00:10:24,857 >> On the morning of the 15th of August, 1959 167 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:28,761 5 bloodthirsty hyenas were stalking their prey. 168 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:30,929 A car belonging to the National State Bank 169 00:10:30,962 --> 00:10:33,065 delivering 2 million lei in payroll 170 00:10:33,098 --> 00:10:36,869 for thousands of decent, hardworking communists. 171 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:40,039 Armed with pistols and machine guns 172 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:42,307 they violently attacked a driver 173 00:10:42,340 --> 00:10:45,744 and a security agent, both unarmed. 174 00:10:45,777 --> 00:10:47,713 The crowd was thrown into a state of panic. 175 00:10:47,746 --> 00:10:49,982 Innocent bystanders were wounded. 176 00:10:50,015 --> 00:10:52,384 Gunshots were heard in our capital 177 00:10:52,417 --> 00:10:54,720 for the first time since the war. 178 00:10:54,753 --> 00:10:57,923 And it's no accident that these Barbarians carried out 179 00:10:57,956 --> 00:11:01,160 their heinous acts in front of a maternity ward 180 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:05,297 where our innocent babies bravely greet their socialist future. 181 00:11:05,330 --> 00:11:08,267 It is obvious that these criminals were in the pay of 182 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:11,036 foreign imperialists and Zionists 183 00:11:11,069 --> 00:11:16,775 and have a deep hatred of our country's socialist institutions. 184 00:11:16,808 --> 00:11:19,311 The people demand the harshest sentence 185 00:11:19,344 --> 00:11:22,414 for every one of these saboteurs and traitors! 186 00:11:22,447 --> 00:11:25,150 The people demand an example be set! 187 00:11:25,183 --> 00:11:27,119 Comrade judge, the people demand 188 00:11:27,152 --> 00:11:30,723 the execution of these infamous snakes! 189 00:11:30,756 --> 00:11:32,958 [applause] 190 00:11:34,259 --> 00:11:37,229 >> Comrade judge, Honorable Court. 191 00:11:37,262 --> 00:11:39,798 We kindly ask you to take into consideration 192 00:11:39,831 --> 00:11:42,334 the fact that the 5 defendants admit 193 00:11:42,367 --> 00:11:45,404 and sincerely regret their actions. 194 00:11:45,437 --> 00:11:48,240 They are educated people. 195 00:11:48,273 --> 00:11:51,210 Each of them a respected professional. 196 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:52,211 Unfortunately -- 197 00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:53,746 [gavel pounding] 198 00:11:53,779 --> 00:11:56,415 I just wanted you to take that into consideration. 199 00:11:56,448 --> 00:11:57,383 Thank you. 200 00:11:58,116 --> 00:11:59,318 >> The verdict! 201 00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:04,790 The Military Tribunal of the People's Republic of Romania 202 00:12:04,823 --> 00:12:07,960 on this day, the 17th day of August, 1960 203 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:11,330 decides, the accused, Radoiu Rosenthal, Maximilian 204 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:14,433 is found guilty of conspiring against the state 205 00:12:14,466 --> 00:12:17,836 criminal acts of terror, armed robbery of public funds. 206 00:12:17,869 --> 00:12:21,840 The court sentences the accused to death by firing squad. 207 00:12:21,873 --> 00:12:24,443 The accused Bercovich, Alice is found guilty 208 00:12:24,476 --> 00:12:27,212 of conspiracy against the state, criminal acts of terror. 209 00:12:27,245 --> 00:12:30,115 The court sentences the accused to death by firing squad. 210 00:12:30,148 --> 00:12:34,520 Auerbach Dorneanu, Dumitru is found guilty of conspiracy against the state. 211 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:37,823 The court sentences the accused to death by firing squad. 212 00:12:37,856 --> 00:12:39,525 >> Yeah. 213 00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:44,496 >> Orvitz Orodel, Razvan is found guilty of conspiracy against the state 214 00:12:44,529 --> 00:12:48,801 criminal acts of terror to death by firing squad. 215 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:51,370 The accused Feldiman Ristea, Yorgu 216 00:12:51,403 --> 00:12:53,405 is found guilty of criminal acts of terror 217 00:12:53,438 --> 00:12:55,207 armed robbery of public funds. 218 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,077 The court sentences the accused to death by firing squad! 219 00:12:59,110 --> 00:13:00,946 [applause] 220 00:13:00,979 --> 00:13:03,549 I see the accused are not requesting an appeal 221 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:08,187 and declare that these sentences are definitive and irrevocable! 222 00:13:10,155 --> 00:13:12,424 >> I'm afraid it's a little early for celebration. 223 00:13:12,457 --> 00:13:14,459 Your job is far from being over. 224 00:13:14,492 --> 00:13:16,395 The comrades from the ministry have decided.. 225 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:20,132 Oh, thank you, my dear, you can go now. 226 00:13:20,165 --> 00:13:24,937 Have decided that the trial will actually be only one scene 227 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:28,473 in a rather more elaborate film. 228 00:13:28,506 --> 00:13:30,042 >> You mean it won't be on the newsreel? 229 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:31,043 >> No. 230 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:32,911 [yawning] 231 00:13:32,944 --> 00:13:34,313 These sleepless nights are killing me. 232 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:37,916 I take all kinds of pills, no effect at all. 233 00:13:37,949 --> 00:13:42,187 Now then, our mission is to make 234 00:13:42,220 --> 00:13:44,489 an educational feature, a rather special one. 235 00:13:44,522 --> 00:13:46,992 In fact, it will be a detailed reconstruction of the events 236 00:13:47,025 --> 00:13:50,462 that took place last year, the robbery, the investigation 237 00:13:50,495 --> 00:13:53,465 and the arrests, I'm giving each of you a file 238 00:13:53,498 --> 00:13:56,602 that contains all the elements. 239 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:59,605 [singing in foreign language] 240 00:14:05,377 --> 00:14:07,613 >> What the hell are we doing in this shithole? 241 00:14:07,646 --> 00:14:09,081 >> Maestro -- 242 00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:10,983 >> I want to get drunk in a classy joint 243 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,085 with musicians and ice buckets. 244 00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:14,286 >> Maestro, I have something to tell you. 245 00:14:14,319 --> 00:14:17,356 But it must stay strictly between us two. 246 00:14:17,389 --> 00:14:19,258 >> What? Speak up, I can't hear you! 247 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:21,126 >> I was here when it happened! 248 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:23,629 I was a waiter in this canteen. 249 00:14:23,662 --> 00:14:26,064 >> Congratulations. So what? 250 00:14:26,097 --> 00:14:28,934 >> So it was nothing like what Comrade Holban says. 251 00:14:28,967 --> 00:14:31,436 First of all, the gang made it look like a shoot. 252 00:14:31,469 --> 00:14:35,007 A film shoot, you see? And no one got hurt. 253 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,242 There were lots of people and we just stood around here 254 00:14:37,275 --> 00:14:38,644 like idiots enjoying the show 255 00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:40,545 while they loaded the money into a police van. 256 00:14:40,578 --> 00:14:42,381 The woman fired a machine gun. 257 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:45,150 I mean, you could have sworn it was a movie. 258 00:14:46,584 --> 00:14:48,520 >> What did you say your name was? 259 00:14:48,553 --> 00:14:53,992 Cretin? Clown? You really haven't got a clue, have you? 260 00:14:54,025 --> 00:14:58,363 What world are you living in? This is Bucharest, boy. Romania. 261 00:14:58,396 --> 00:15:01,433 We're neighbors of the great fraternal people. 262 00:15:01,466 --> 00:15:04,069 We don't have hold-ups like they do in America. 263 00:15:04,102 --> 00:15:05,537 We don't play Dillinger. 264 00:15:05,570 --> 00:15:09,474 Over here, first we arrest the comrades 265 00:15:09,507 --> 00:15:13,045 who make trouble and then we assign them a crime. 266 00:15:16,982 --> 00:15:19,184 There never was a hold-up. 267 00:15:19,217 --> 00:15:22,654 I have no idea what you did or didn't see. 268 00:15:22,687 --> 00:15:26,492 But if I were you, I'd forget I saw anything. 269 00:15:27,392 --> 00:15:29,127 [peppy music] 270 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,563 >> Careful with the lights. 271 00:15:31,596 --> 00:15:34,033 That's good. Faster please. 272 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:45,577 >> Maestro, these comrades are extras. 273 00:15:45,610 --> 00:15:47,179 Pedestrians, passersby. 274 00:15:47,212 --> 00:15:49,181 We'll put them wherever you want. 275 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:52,551 >> But they're dressed too much alike, don't you think? 276 00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:54,620 Nah. Well, never mind. 277 00:15:59,791 --> 00:16:01,961 >> Good morning. >> Morning, sir. 278 00:16:03,261 --> 00:16:05,063 >> Get me a strong coffee and some Aspirin. 279 00:16:05,096 --> 00:16:07,032 >> My head is pounding. >> Yes, sir! 280 00:16:07,065 --> 00:16:09,634 >> Don't salute when you're not in uniform, you idiot. 281 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:12,338 And find me the officer in charge of security. 282 00:16:14,372 --> 00:16:16,508 >> Have you been in a film before, comrade lieutenant? 283 00:16:16,541 --> 00:16:18,577 >> No, comrade captain, this is the first time. 284 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:19,478 >> I see. 285 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:21,613 >> The area is completely secured. 286 00:16:21,646 --> 00:16:22,748 All exits are covered. 287 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:24,249 >> Listen to me very carefully. 288 00:16:24,282 --> 00:16:26,385 I don't want any unpleasant surprises 289 00:16:26,418 --> 00:16:28,487 or there will be hell to pay. 290 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:31,323 Oh, here they come. 291 00:16:32,490 --> 00:16:34,426 [peppy music] 292 00:16:50,241 --> 00:16:54,446 >> 10, 9, 8 293 00:16:54,479 --> 00:16:58,250 7, 6, 5 294 00:16:58,283 --> 00:17:03,055 4, 3, 2, 1. 295 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:07,459 >> Happy New Year 1959! 296 00:17:07,492 --> 00:17:10,362 >> Happy New Year, Boris, you part-timer! 297 00:17:10,395 --> 00:17:12,130 >> Happy New Year, comrade colonel! 298 00:17:12,163 --> 00:17:14,700 May it bring health and.. 299 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,135 Here he comes. 300 00:17:17,168 --> 00:17:18,303 >> Is he coming this way? 301 00:17:18,336 --> 00:17:20,539 >> I think he's heading for the orchestra. 302 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,407 No, no. Wait. He's turning. 303 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,809 >> Are you sure? 304 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:26,611 >> Happy New Year and best wishes, comrade minister. 305 00:17:26,644 --> 00:17:28,613 >> Happy New Year. >> Happy New Year. 306 00:17:28,646 --> 00:17:30,682 >> Happy New Year. 307 00:17:30,715 --> 00:17:33,318 Come with me. We need to talk. 308 00:17:34,452 --> 00:17:37,389 [singing in foreign language] 309 00:17:40,158 --> 00:17:42,327 Do you really want to do this? 310 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:43,495 >> Do what? I don't know what you mean. 311 00:17:43,528 --> 00:17:45,564 >> Don't play dumb with me. She's here. 312 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:48,166 Crying on my shoulder, poor child. 313 00:17:48,199 --> 00:17:49,701 Max, we all have our differences. 314 00:17:49,734 --> 00:17:51,570 You know, we argue today, we make up tomorrow. 315 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:54,172 Life moves on with the onward march of communism, hmm? 316 00:17:54,205 --> 00:17:56,208 So why don't you two make up and give me 317 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,809 a couple of kids? 'Cause you know what? 318 00:17:57,842 --> 00:17:59,144 I think I could make a perfect uncle. 319 00:17:59,177 --> 00:18:00,679 >> Ilya, she's unbearable. 320 00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:02,380 >> Well, as if I didn't know that. 321 00:18:02,413 --> 00:18:03,581 Yes, she's difficult. 322 00:18:03,614 --> 00:18:07,619 Yes, she's impulsive, yes. Well, she's my sister, dammit! 323 00:18:07,652 --> 00:18:09,888 But she loves you, I know she does. 324 00:18:09,921 --> 00:18:13,125 Look, Max, I'm not saying this as Minister of the Interior 325 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:14,159 or even as your brother-in-law -- 326 00:18:14,192 --> 00:18:15,026 >> Can I just say -- 327 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:17,729 >> Forget about this divorce business. 328 00:18:17,762 --> 00:18:20,265 So, please. Yeah, I beg you. 329 00:18:20,298 --> 00:18:21,166 I'd even get down on my knees 330 00:18:21,199 --> 00:18:22,767 but that might be taken the wrong way. 331 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,737 Go to her, ask her to dance. 332 00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:27,672 Make peace, will you? >> Listen, believe me -- 333 00:18:27,705 --> 00:18:31,610 >> Table. Sonia. Dance. Please. 334 00:18:31,643 --> 00:18:34,580 [singing in foreign language] 335 00:18:38,216 --> 00:18:40,152 [indistinct chatter] 336 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:42,154 >> Let's dance. 337 00:18:46,491 --> 00:18:48,427 [singing continues] 338 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:56,801 >> Minister's orders? >> Don't start, Sonia, please. 339 00:18:56,834 --> 00:18:59,404 Let's be friends. 340 00:18:59,437 --> 00:19:02,741 >> You're such a spineless weakling. What did he say? 341 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:04,676 >> He said, "Long live peace between nations." 342 00:19:04,709 --> 00:19:08,680 >> Oh, yeah! He nailed you with two words, didn't he? 343 00:19:08,713 --> 00:19:11,883 And I bet I know which ones. Job security. 344 00:19:11,916 --> 00:19:15,587 >> I thought we declared a ceasefire. 345 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,522 Why did you come here? 346 00:19:17,555 --> 00:19:19,591 >> I want to party. 347 00:19:19,624 --> 00:19:21,593 I want to have fun with my husband. 348 00:19:21,626 --> 00:19:26,398 >> Well.. >> Max Radoiu, formerly Rosenthal. 349 00:19:26,431 --> 00:19:30,669 Amateur cop, professional Jew-boy. 350 00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:32,938 Tell me, Rosenthal, how many Jew-boys 351 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,472 do you think I've had in my life? 352 00:19:34,505 --> 00:19:35,706 >> Oh, I have no idea. 353 00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:38,410 But I could tell you a thing or two about Christian girls. 354 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:39,511 >> Oh, yeah? 355 00:19:39,544 --> 00:19:40,479 [chuckles] 356 00:19:46,484 --> 00:19:48,687 >> Want to turn the other cheek? 357 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:49,655 Hmm? 358 00:19:52,457 --> 00:19:53,559 Happy New Year. 359 00:19:55,793 --> 00:19:57,496 I'll be right back. 360 00:19:58,463 --> 00:20:00,432 [singing continues] 361 00:20:01,532 --> 00:20:03,902 >> Pascu? Costin? >> Yes, sir! 362 00:20:03,935 --> 00:20:06,571 >> Take this person to the nearest police station. 363 00:20:06,604 --> 00:20:10,242 Tell the duty officer I order him to place her under arrest. 364 00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:12,777 Tell him to put in his report she attacked a uniformed police officer. 365 00:20:12,810 --> 00:20:14,479 Go now, go. 366 00:20:14,512 --> 00:20:17,449 >> Oh, oh, alright. Easy, boys. 367 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,991 >> What are you trying to prove? 368 00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:29,261 One phone call from me, she'll be out of there in no time. 369 00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,496 >> I know. 370 00:20:31,529 --> 00:20:33,365 But you'll have to make that call. 371 00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:42,341 [indistinct singing] 372 00:20:44,375 --> 00:20:45,978 [indistinct chatter] 373 00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:49,982 Happy New Year, comrade colonel! 374 00:20:51,349 --> 00:20:53,485 [singing in foreign language] 375 00:20:57,522 --> 00:20:58,923 [laughing] 376 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:05,030 [singing continues] 377 00:21:15,606 --> 00:21:17,809 >> Dumi! Your turn. 378 00:21:17,842 --> 00:21:19,043 >> Really? 379 00:21:19,077 --> 00:21:23,048 Oh, I don't know. They -- they invented a cure for cancer? 380 00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:24,816 >> I've got a better one. 381 00:21:24,849 --> 00:21:26,484 They start World War III. 382 00:21:26,517 --> 00:21:28,019 >> Wishful thinking. >> Oh, no! We don't want war. 383 00:21:28,052 --> 00:21:29,621 We're fighting for peace! 384 00:21:29,654 --> 00:21:31,523 >> Well, that'll be a long fight. 385 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:33,591 >> What about you, my little dove? 386 00:21:33,624 --> 00:21:36,561 What do you think is gonna change the world in 1959? 387 00:21:36,594 --> 00:21:38,730 >> Nylon tights come to Romania? 388 00:21:38,763 --> 00:21:41,700 [laughing] 389 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,935 >> Here's one. The Americans withdraw from Europe. 390 00:21:43,968 --> 00:21:46,738 West Germany is annexed by East Germany. 391 00:21:46,771 --> 00:21:47,939 >> Or vice versa? 392 00:21:47,972 --> 00:21:51,009 >> Dream on. >> Marilyn Monroe gets divorced. 393 00:21:51,042 --> 00:21:53,611 >> She divorces more often than she marries. No. 394 00:21:53,644 --> 00:21:57,482 Gentlemen, I'm afraid your thinking is a little too earthbound. 395 00:21:57,515 --> 00:22:00,819 How about 1959, the first man in space? 396 00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:02,487 >> Good, good, good. 397 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,522 >> Max, my friend, that's very sweet of you. 398 00:22:04,555 --> 00:22:06,124 But I'm afraid it's gonna be another 10 years at least 399 00:22:06,157 --> 00:22:08,460 before there's a tovarich in space. 400 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,461 >> Why? 401 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,096 The Russians already have a bitch in orbit. 402 00:22:11,129 --> 00:22:14,699 [scoffs] >> Of course, Laika, the four-legged wet-nosed 403 00:22:14,732 --> 00:22:15,967 heroine of the Soviet people. 404 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,869 Sure, now, they sent her there alright. 405 00:22:17,902 --> 00:22:21,139 Problem is, Max, she's still up there. 406 00:22:21,172 --> 00:22:23,742 Problem is we haven't worked out how to get the damn capsule back to Earth. 407 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:26,711 >> But surely they can find some crackpot to volunteer his life for science? 408 00:22:26,744 --> 00:22:29,981 Wouldn't you volunteer, if they asked? 409 00:22:30,014 --> 00:22:34,486 Imagine it, the big news of 1959 410 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:37,455 Dumi Auerbach, the first Jew deported 411 00:22:37,488 --> 00:22:39,524 into outer space, one-way trip. 412 00:22:41,492 --> 00:22:42,761 Wouldn't you go? I would. 413 00:22:45,496 --> 00:22:46,765 >> Sure you would. 414 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:47,899 During the war you were getting us all 415 00:22:47,932 --> 00:22:50,502 wound up about changing the world. 416 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:54,439 >> Now that the world has changed for the worse, you want to go to another planet. 417 00:22:54,472 --> 00:22:55,440 [laughing] 418 00:22:55,473 --> 00:22:56,775 >> You're a dreamer, Max. 419 00:22:56,808 --> 00:22:58,143 >> Well, that is part of my charm. 420 00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:59,010 [gasps] 421 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:01,646 >> Yes, lollipop, that's your charm. 422 00:23:01,679 --> 00:23:03,448 >> Thank you, sweetheart. 423 00:23:03,481 --> 00:23:04,682 >> Some charm. 424 00:23:04,715 --> 00:23:07,018 Look where it led us all, Max's charm! 425 00:23:07,051 --> 00:23:08,920 Okay, the years in the Resistance were fun. 426 00:23:08,953 --> 00:23:10,822 But what about now? 427 00:23:10,855 --> 00:23:12,624 We're spending New Year's Eve with whores instead of wives. 428 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:13,491 >> Hey, watch your language. 429 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,193 >> Because you taught us freedom fighters 430 00:23:15,226 --> 00:23:17,729 must be free and now you're the only one who's married. 431 00:23:17,762 --> 00:23:20,498 And because you're married, and because of who you're married to 432 00:23:20,531 --> 00:23:22,200 you're the only one who isn't blacklisted. 433 00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:23,902 >> You're talking about Sonia here, right? 434 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:26,171 Well, I wouldn't envy him if I were you. 435 00:23:26,204 --> 00:23:28,740 >> You're right. No wonder he wants to move to another planet. 436 00:23:28,773 --> 00:23:30,675 >> That's his revolution. 437 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:32,644 >> Let's toast my revolution, huh? 438 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:34,712 >> Your Revolution! >> Revolution. 439 00:23:34,745 --> 00:23:37,816 >> The Revolution! >> Revolution! 440 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:41,119 >> Maestro, warm our hearts. >> The Revolution is a whore. 441 00:23:41,152 --> 00:23:43,855 >> Everyone agreed? >> Agreed. 442 00:23:43,888 --> 00:23:46,791 >> Yeah. But the opposite is also true. 443 00:23:46,824 --> 00:23:47,759 >> Oh, really? 444 00:23:47,792 --> 00:23:49,594 Did you understand what the gentleman said? 445 00:23:49,627 --> 00:23:51,129 >> He said that you are a revolution. 446 00:23:51,162 --> 00:23:53,231 >> Not me. My associate maybe. 447 00:23:53,264 --> 00:23:54,999 >> Are you calling me a revolution? 448 00:23:55,032 --> 00:23:56,067 >> Hey, hey, hey. 449 00:23:59,837 --> 00:24:00,839 Come here. 450 00:24:04,976 --> 00:24:07,212 You're a little revolution, you are! 451 00:24:09,213 --> 00:24:12,584 And you screwed us, you bitch. 452 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:15,086 We were madly in love with you 453 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,823 ready to give our lives for you at a moment's notice. 454 00:24:18,856 --> 00:24:22,594 You turned out to be nothing but a cheap slut. 455 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:25,730 Now, you're going to see what a real uprising looks like. 456 00:24:25,763 --> 00:24:27,199 >> Ooh! >> Ooh! 457 00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:31,870 [rattling] 458 00:24:35,573 --> 00:24:37,008 [instrumental music] 459 00:24:39,243 --> 00:24:40,879 [bell jingles] 460 00:24:47,552 --> 00:24:49,988 >> I knew I'd find you here. 461 00:24:50,021 --> 00:24:51,490 >> Alice? 462 00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:55,894 >> Is it really you? 463 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:59,731 >> Here's the real event of 1959. Alice has come home! 464 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:02,867 >> Rumor was you were partying like animals and I wanted to see for myself. 465 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:05,904 >> Ah-ha! So we're already the talk of Moscow? 466 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:08,206 >> I can't believe it's you! 467 00:25:08,239 --> 00:25:10,575 [laughing] 468 00:25:13,744 --> 00:25:18,517 I know some party hacks that might accuse the lady of bourgeois elegance. 469 00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:27,692 [laughing] 470 00:25:28,593 --> 00:25:30,095 [applause] 471 00:25:34,031 --> 00:25:37,869 >> You, vodka! You, "Kalinka!" 472 00:25:37,902 --> 00:25:39,838 [singing in Russian] 473 00:25:51,148 --> 00:25:52,183 >> Hey! 474 00:25:52,216 --> 00:25:55,086 [singing in Russian] 475 00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:04,195 >> Hey, everybody! 476 00:26:04,228 --> 00:26:07,131 Fidel Castro's taken Havana! 477 00:26:07,164 --> 00:26:08,900 Batista's fled! 478 00:26:08,933 --> 00:26:11,369 They just announced it on the radio! 479 00:26:11,402 --> 00:26:13,104 Victory! 480 00:26:16,173 --> 00:26:18,143 >> Now, there's something we didn't predict! 481 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:20,879 [laughing] 482 00:26:22,413 --> 00:26:25,249 >> So, Alice.. >> Mm-hmm. 483 00:26:25,282 --> 00:26:27,151 >> What are you going to do? 484 00:26:27,184 --> 00:26:29,921 >> Uh, I wonder if I could become an actress 485 00:26:29,954 --> 00:26:31,889 now that I don't have to speak Russian anymore. 486 00:26:31,922 --> 00:26:34,692 >> Good idea. We should all take acting classes. 487 00:26:34,725 --> 00:26:36,828 >> You? Why would you do it? 488 00:26:36,861 --> 00:26:40,098 >> My dear Alice, Wonderland is not what it used to be. 489 00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:42,033 Especially for us Yids. 490 00:26:42,066 --> 00:26:44,836 >> Our goyish comrades have begun a round of spring cleaning 491 00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:46,704 to reinvigorate the Party. 492 00:26:46,737 --> 00:26:49,073 >> So we should all become actors. 493 00:26:49,106 --> 00:26:52,377 >> There are plenty of juicy parts for us Jews to play these days. 494 00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:56,714 Enemies of the state, aristocrats, speculators. 495 00:26:56,747 --> 00:26:58,383 >> Why not, big man? 496 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:02,220 1959, the year we all become movie stars! 497 00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:04,389 [laughing] 498 00:27:06,757 --> 00:27:12,330 >> Alright, you fucking scumbags, we're gonna put you in a film. 499 00:27:12,363 --> 00:27:15,066 You're going to give us a step-by-step rendering 500 00:27:15,099 --> 00:27:17,835 of your criminal actions as gangsters and traitors 501 00:27:17,868 --> 00:27:20,271 and after the firing squad is through with you 502 00:27:20,304 --> 00:27:22,774 we're gonna show the film across the country. 503 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:27,178 So that everyone can spit in your stinking reactionary faces. 504 00:27:28,312 --> 00:27:30,415 >> These are no ordinary thieves. 505 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:33,918 You'll be surprised to hear they were all Party members. 506 00:27:33,951 --> 00:27:35,319 And not recent ones either. 507 00:27:35,352 --> 00:27:37,021 They all joined before the war. 508 00:27:37,054 --> 00:27:39,157 They were active resistance fighters 509 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:41,793 that took part in sabotage missions against the Nazis. 510 00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:43,061 They were heroes then. 511 00:27:45,062 --> 00:27:50,068 After the war they all held important positions, except the woman 512 00:27:50,101 --> 00:27:52,136 who went to study in the Soviet Union 513 00:27:52,169 --> 00:27:55,373 and came back with a degree in political science. 514 00:27:55,406 --> 00:28:00,178 Until the robbery, the gang leader, Max Radoiu 515 00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:02,480 was head of criminal investigation 516 00:28:02,513 --> 00:28:05,216 for the Bucharest Police Department. 517 00:28:05,249 --> 00:28:08,252 >> Tell me, Rosenthal, how did a vicious enemy of the people 518 00:28:08,285 --> 00:28:11,322 like you get into the police department? 519 00:28:11,355 --> 00:28:12,857 >> I bribed a doorman. 520 00:28:12,890 --> 00:28:15,193 [chuckles] What a degenerate! 521 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:19,464 >> Dumitru Dorneanu was a scientist, an expert in atomic physics 522 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:23,334 the Romanian representative to the USSR for the Soviet Space program. 523 00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:25,203 >> Name and first name. 524 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:27,371 >> Prisoner Dorneanu, Dumitru. 525 00:28:27,404 --> 00:28:30,975 >> Dorneanu, or is it Auerbach? 526 00:28:31,008 --> 00:28:35,213 Tell me, Auerbach, why do you people always take Romanian names? 527 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:37,081 Do you really think you can fool us? 528 00:28:37,114 --> 00:28:41,853 When it's written on your face, like a sign on a bus. Yid! 529 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:47,992 >> Razvan Orodel, born Orvitz, used to be an important columnist 530 00:28:48,025 --> 00:28:52,830 until his right to a byline was withdrawn, and he was demoted to a proof-reader. 531 00:28:52,863 --> 00:28:56,067 >> Pull your trousers down. Now. 532 00:29:02,439 --> 00:29:06,377 >> Well then, Orvitz, the sign's not only on your face, is it? 533 00:29:06,410 --> 00:29:10,014 >> Yorgu Ristea, university history professor. 534 00:29:10,047 --> 00:29:12,316 Before the robbery, he had lost his university chair 535 00:29:12,349 --> 00:29:14,519 and was teaching in a secondary school. 536 00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:17,522 >> Ah, Feldiman. I like you, Feldiman, 537 00:29:17,555 --> 00:29:19,123 and here's the proof, eh. 538 00:29:19,156 --> 00:29:20,158 Look how well you done here. 539 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:21,793 You've fattened right up. 540 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:24,228 Your belly's as big as my wife's when she's pregnant! 541 00:29:24,261 --> 00:29:25,329 [laughing] 542 00:29:25,362 --> 00:29:26,964 >> Oh, who's the happy father? 543 00:29:26,997 --> 00:29:27,999 Tsk tsk. 544 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:29,367 >> Oh.. 545 00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:32,370 Hmm. 546 00:29:33,504 --> 00:29:35,340 [grunts] 547 00:29:37,141 --> 00:29:38,876 >> They're all Jews. 548 00:29:38,909 --> 00:29:42,046 Our film should highlight this aspect with great finesse. 549 00:29:43,180 --> 00:29:45,083 We are not anti-Semitic.. 550 00:29:46,517 --> 00:29:49,420 ...but we cannot be indifferent to the threat of Zionism either. 551 00:29:49,453 --> 00:29:52,557 We will have to use innuendo 552 00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:56,194 and I'll be counting on Maestro Flaviu's experience for this. 553 00:29:56,227 --> 00:30:00,064 >> Hmm? >> Oh, yes, yes. Yes, of course, we -- we must be subtle. 554 00:30:01,365 --> 00:30:04,101 >> I want them to look so smug and glamorous 555 00:30:04,134 --> 00:30:07,872 that the man on the street will consider them a personal insult. 556 00:30:09,173 --> 00:30:12,210 >> Madam, will you allow me this dance? 557 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:15,580 Now that you're gonna be in a film, you'll be famous. 558 00:30:15,613 --> 00:30:18,216 I want to tell my friends I danced with a movie star. 559 00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:24,322 >> I'm afraid I'd stomp on your toes. 560 00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:25,924 What's that, sweetheart? 561 00:30:28,025 --> 00:30:31,395 Well, let's see if you have any talent. 562 00:30:31,428 --> 00:30:35,099 Do you know any poetry? >> No. 563 00:30:35,132 --> 00:30:37,401 Now, don't tell me you don't know a single poem. 564 00:30:37,434 --> 00:30:39,838 Everybody knows at least one poem by heart. 565 00:30:42,106 --> 00:30:45,476 Right, let's see what poems you know. 566 00:30:45,509 --> 00:30:49,013 I mean, you're all great fucking artists, aren't ya? 567 00:30:49,046 --> 00:30:54,953 So get reciting or I'll cut off your kosher pickled dicks one by one. 568 00:30:56,387 --> 00:30:59,657 All you fucking outlaws, have I made myself clear? 569 00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:02,960 I want to hear a poem! Now! 570 00:31:02,993 --> 00:31:07,999 >> 5,000 pages in those files and still one question left unanswered. 571 00:31:08,532 --> 00:31:10,067 Why? 572 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,135 Why did they do it? 573 00:31:11,168 --> 00:31:14,639 As the poet says, "What drove them into battle?" 574 00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:17,975 >> The Party has driven us all into battle. 575 00:31:18,008 --> 00:31:22,413 Workers and peasants united at last, class-struggle sharpens. 576 00:31:22,446 --> 00:31:27,418 We're no longer cattle, we're communists saying farewell to the past! 577 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:31,089 >> Lights out in 2 minutes. 578 00:31:35,492 --> 00:31:37,528 >> I say we refuse. 579 00:31:37,561 --> 00:31:40,464 What can they do? Execute us twice? 580 00:31:40,497 --> 00:31:42,700 At least we won't get humiliated. 581 00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:44,635 >> Are you thinking about escaping? 582 00:31:44,668 --> 00:31:46,170 >> No. 583 00:31:46,203 --> 00:31:47,538 If they do decide to take us outside 584 00:31:47,571 --> 00:31:49,941 the security will be twice as tight as it is in here. 585 00:31:49,974 --> 00:31:51,108 >> Let's refuse then. 586 00:31:51,141 --> 00:31:53,945 >> What do we gain by refusing? 587 00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:55,446 I already told you. We don't get humiliated. 588 00:31:55,479 --> 00:31:57,581 >> You're obsessed with humiliation. 589 00:31:57,614 --> 00:31:59,517 Too bad you don't have a mirror right now. 590 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,686 You'd be amazed at how dignified you look. 591 00:32:01,719 --> 00:32:04,155 >> At least I opened my mouth. You didn't. 592 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:05,690 >> Hey! What is this? 593 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:09,593 Dignity, humiliation, escapes, violin strings. 594 00:32:09,626 --> 00:32:14,165 Sunshine, comrades. Fresh air. 595 00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:16,701 Green grass, girls in summer dresses. 596 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:18,436 That's what we're talking about. 597 00:32:18,469 --> 00:32:19,537 Sasha, tell the others the four of us 598 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:22,506 are taking a few trips outside, beginning tomorrow. 599 00:32:22,539 --> 00:32:24,943 If they want to send any messages, they better get writing. 600 00:32:29,413 --> 00:32:32,183 >> Hey, got any letters? 601 00:32:32,216 --> 00:32:33,351 Write them now. 602 00:32:40,724 --> 00:32:42,961 [instrumental music] 603 00:32:58,175 --> 00:32:59,243 [chuckles] 604 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,016 [music continues] 605 00:33:25,135 --> 00:33:27,105 [laughing] 606 00:33:46,690 --> 00:33:49,027 [music continues] 607 00:33:57,568 --> 00:34:00,638 >> So, gentlemen, are we ready for our close-ups? 608 00:34:00,671 --> 00:34:01,906 >> Can I have a lemonade? 609 00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:04,442 >> Oh, would you give the lady your lemonade, please? 610 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:05,443 Thank you. 611 00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:06,777 >> Theo, can you go check on the film stock? 612 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:09,780 >> George! How are you, old chap? 613 00:34:09,813 --> 00:34:13,717 Marcu! Cristescu! What's going on, boys? 614 00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:14,785 >> They're putting you out of pasture? 615 00:34:14,818 --> 00:34:16,420 >> Let's see. What have we got? 616 00:34:16,453 --> 00:34:18,355 Hmm. Nationale. 617 00:34:18,388 --> 00:34:19,824 [sniffs] Not bad! 618 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:20,825 Stolen. 619 00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:25,296 [instrumental music] 620 00:34:35,739 --> 00:34:37,742 [laughing] 621 00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:53,224 >> What are you doing? Are you filming me? 622 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:54,825 >> No, I was just preparing. I was just lining up my -- 623 00:34:54,858 --> 00:34:56,727 >> Don't film me without my knowing it, okay? 624 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,497 >> Of course not. No, I.. >> Of course not. Never. 625 00:35:01,498 --> 00:35:03,134 Well, can I take a look? 626 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:05,336 >> Oh. Yeah, no, of course. 627 00:35:05,369 --> 00:35:07,705 Put your eye in there. 628 00:35:07,738 --> 00:35:09,874 >> I don't see anything. >> Um.. 629 00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:12,743 >> Ah! There's Yorgu! He's so funny! 630 00:35:14,511 --> 00:35:15,880 This film will be a comedy. 631 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:17,615 >> Can I ask you a question? 632 00:35:17,648 --> 00:35:20,885 >> Am I free tonight? No, I don't think I'm free tonight. 633 00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:22,687 >> Did you really rob that bank car? 634 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:25,857 >> You can't believe it, can you? 635 00:35:26,723 --> 00:35:28,292 Neither can I. 636 00:35:28,325 --> 00:35:30,794 >> Prisoners are not to touch the camera! Understood? 637 00:35:30,827 --> 00:35:35,466 >> If -- if -- if that's the way you start treating people, pushing them around 638 00:35:35,499 --> 00:35:38,769 well, I'm sorry, I simply cannot work under these conditions! 639 00:35:38,802 --> 00:35:41,472 I want to go back to my cell! 640 00:35:43,540 --> 00:35:48,445 Maybe my colleagues can accept this kind of treatment, but as a woman I cannot allow it. 641 00:35:48,478 --> 00:35:49,747 >> Miss Bercovich, it's my -- 642 00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:51,282 [crying] 643 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,783 >> What's all the fuss about? 644 00:35:52,816 --> 00:35:56,453 [crying] I'm not used to such impudence! 645 00:35:56,486 --> 00:35:57,688 [crying] In my milieu -- 646 00:35:57,721 --> 00:35:59,256 >> What's going on? Has she lost her mind? 647 00:35:59,289 --> 00:36:00,257 >> I caught her touching the camera! 648 00:36:00,290 --> 00:36:03,527 >> Ah, no excuses. No excuses. Such behavior. 649 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,263 So uncouth, so rude, inexcusable! 650 00:36:06,296 --> 00:36:09,833 >> What? Who upset my star? 651 00:36:09,866 --> 00:36:14,205 Come, come my angel, you mustn't cry, you'll ruin your makeup. 652 00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:17,675 A great actress must be strong on the set. 653 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:21,946 Now calm down and give us a nice little smile. 654 00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:25,549 Hmm? That's my girl. 655 00:36:25,582 --> 00:36:26,550 >> She needs to do her makeup. 656 00:36:26,583 --> 00:36:28,485 >> Okay, that's enough. Take her back to makeup. 657 00:36:28,518 --> 00:36:31,956 I want to start shooting this damn movie before nightfall. 658 00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:34,692 Keep your men under control, captain. 659 00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:37,962 Since when have they been allowed to show initiative? 660 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:39,930 >> Are you alright now? 661 00:36:39,963 --> 00:36:42,934 >> Don't be silly. I was just marking my territory. 662 00:36:45,035 --> 00:36:46,737 >> Stand by. 663 00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:48,939 >> All set. 664 00:36:48,972 --> 00:36:51,842 >> Mister Flaviu, sir, we can start now. 665 00:36:53,443 --> 00:36:54,778 >> What? 666 00:36:54,811 --> 00:36:55,679 >> Oh, what are we shooting? 667 00:36:55,712 --> 00:36:58,816 >> The part where they steal the taxi. 668 00:36:58,849 --> 00:37:00,384 >> Precisely. 669 00:37:04,621 --> 00:37:05,689 >> Well, what's happening? 670 00:37:05,722 --> 00:37:07,959 >> Mister Flaviu. Maestro? 671 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:11,996 They shouldn't have given him the vodka. 672 00:37:12,029 --> 00:37:14,832 >> Vodka? Who gave him vodka? 673 00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:18,702 >> Well, it seems the maestro is a little tired. 674 00:37:18,735 --> 00:37:21,005 Fortunately the actors all know their roles. 675 00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:22,973 [clears throat] What's your name? 676 00:37:23,006 --> 00:37:25,342 >> Virgil. >> Virgil. 677 00:37:25,375 --> 00:37:26,744 What do you think? 678 00:37:26,777 --> 00:37:29,480 Should we let him sleep, get to work? 679 00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:30,581 Here's what we're gonna do. 680 00:37:30,614 --> 00:37:32,916 You're gonna film the taxi. 681 00:37:32,949 --> 00:37:34,184 It's going to come down the street. 682 00:37:34,217 --> 00:37:38,656 It's gonna get closer, closer, and stop just where it is now. 683 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:40,624 Do you think you can do that? 684 00:37:40,657 --> 00:37:42,026 Get to work. 685 00:37:43,493 --> 00:37:44,995 >> Scene 4 Take 1. 686 00:37:45,028 --> 00:37:48,365 >> Here we go. Rolling and action! 687 00:37:48,398 --> 00:37:49,934 [peppy music] 688 00:37:57,441 --> 00:37:59,310 >> Stop, stop. Cut! 689 00:37:59,343 --> 00:38:00,911 Why are you smiling? 690 00:38:00,944 --> 00:38:02,780 You've got a gun to your head and you're smiling? 691 00:38:02,813 --> 00:38:04,748 I want to see you shitting your pants. 692 00:38:04,781 --> 00:38:06,884 Like you've been told to report to your superior! 693 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,486 Get in the car, let's do it again. 694 00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:11,689 >> Scene 4 Take 2. 695 00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:14,858 >> Go! Go! Go! 696 00:38:14,891 --> 00:38:16,927 No, wait, wait. Stop! Stop! 697 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,329 What are you morons doing? 698 00:38:18,362 --> 00:38:21,065 Look at the shop window, not at the taxi! 699 00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:23,934 Marcu, if I catch you looking at that taxi once more 700 00:38:23,967 --> 00:38:25,669 I'm gonna shove a roll of film down your throat. 701 00:38:25,702 --> 00:38:26,837 Hear me? 702 00:38:26,870 --> 00:38:29,807 I've never seen such a bunch of idiots in all my life! 703 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,809 >> He seems to know what he's doing. 704 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:33,276 >> Let's pray to God he does. 705 00:38:37,147 --> 00:38:38,516 Just an expression. 706 00:38:41,785 --> 00:38:43,954 >> I'm gonna give you something. 707 00:38:43,987 --> 00:38:46,423 I want you to put them in your pocket, keep your mouth shut. 708 00:38:46,456 --> 00:38:47,691 >> Sorry? >> They are addresses. 709 00:38:47,724 --> 00:38:48,925 Try to find the families, let them know 710 00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:52,429 their loved ones are alive, but locked up in Jilava Prison. 711 00:38:52,462 --> 00:38:53,631 Got it? 712 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:59,103 >> Everyone ready? Roll camera. 713 00:38:59,136 --> 00:39:00,738 >> Scene 4 Take 2. 714 00:39:06,476 --> 00:39:08,579 >> Now if I see so much as a hint of a smile, 715 00:39:08,612 --> 00:39:10,548 I'll smack you so hard you'll never get up again. 716 00:39:21,691 --> 00:39:22,993 [applause] 717 00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:27,498 [instrumental music] 718 00:39:43,780 --> 00:39:45,383 >> That was fun. 719 00:39:47,117 --> 00:39:48,919 [instrumental music] 720 00:40:08,004 --> 00:40:10,107 >> Hello? Uh, I'm sorry to disturb you so late, ma'am. 721 00:40:10,140 --> 00:40:12,609 But I have some very important news for you. 722 00:40:12,642 --> 00:40:14,211 A close relative of yours wants you to know 723 00:40:14,244 --> 00:40:17,047 that he is still alive and in good health, in Jilava Prison. 724 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,615 Yeah, he sends you his love. 725 00:40:18,648 --> 00:40:19,617 Goodnight. 726 00:40:22,185 --> 00:40:23,120 [sighs] 727 00:40:24,855 --> 00:40:27,057 >> You're allowed one call a day. 728 00:40:27,090 --> 00:40:29,726 If you make two, there will be none tomorrow. 729 00:40:29,759 --> 00:40:30,694 Your choice. 730 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:40,471 That said, if your intentions are noble and we can annoy 731 00:40:40,504 --> 00:40:44,107 the Bolshies a bit, there might be room for negotiation. 732 00:40:44,140 --> 00:40:47,978 Uh, may I ask to whom you were speaking just now? 733 00:40:48,011 --> 00:40:49,947 >> My fiancé . >> Fine. 734 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:52,082 You must ask her over for dinner one evening 735 00:40:52,115 --> 00:40:53,817 so we can get to know her. 736 00:40:53,850 --> 00:40:54,785 >> Alright. 737 00:40:54,818 --> 00:40:57,621 >> Lovely conversation you were having too. 738 00:40:57,654 --> 00:41:00,624 "Jilava Prison, important news. 739 00:41:00,657 --> 00:41:02,526 Somebody is still alive!" 740 00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:04,228 You call her madam. 741 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:08,232 You two must be madly in love. 742 00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:10,567 If Sarah finds out I'm drinking 743 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,136 and smoking, I'm done for. 744 00:41:13,169 --> 00:41:15,005 L'chaim. 745 00:41:15,038 --> 00:41:17,241 Now stop lying and tell me straight. 746 00:41:19,743 --> 00:41:22,045 >> It's complicated. It -- it.. 747 00:41:22,078 --> 00:41:23,714 Over at the studio, we're -- we're 748 00:41:23,747 --> 00:41:25,115 we're shooting an educational film. 749 00:41:25,148 --> 00:41:28,652 Sort -- sort of a reconstruction of 5 people 750 00:41:28,685 --> 00:41:32,022 who robbed a bank car and got away with the money. 751 00:41:32,055 --> 00:41:34,291 >> The -- the Rosenthal gang! 752 00:41:34,324 --> 00:41:35,926 I know all about it. 753 00:41:35,959 --> 00:41:38,262 The Martyrs' Square heist, last year. 754 00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:40,731 >> How did you know? That -- that's a classified secret. 755 00:41:40,764 --> 00:41:43,567 >> Oh, big secret. 756 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,636 Shh. 757 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:48,138 The "Voice of America" and "Radio Free Europe" 758 00:41:48,171 --> 00:41:50,607 have been talking about it for months. 759 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:51,975 >> They can't have. 760 00:41:52,008 --> 00:41:55,546 >> Oh, yes, they can. Believe me. 761 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:56,813 >> Mr. Zilber, some people are saying 762 00:41:56,846 --> 00:41:58,081 that there never was a hold-up. 763 00:41:58,114 --> 00:41:59,315 That it was all made up. 764 00:41:59,349 --> 00:42:02,019 That it was a political trick to get rid of some bad eggs. 765 00:42:02,052 --> 00:42:05,789 >> Oi, the stuff they fill your heads with these days. 766 00:42:06,656 --> 00:42:08,158 Now, just listen to me. 767 00:42:08,191 --> 00:42:10,561 There was an armed robbery. 768 00:42:10,594 --> 00:42:13,096 They were going to use the money to pay 769 00:42:13,129 --> 00:42:15,832 for 10,000 Jews to leave for Israel. 770 00:42:15,865 --> 00:42:18,569 It's what's called a Zionist Operation. 771 00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:20,871 And it's a shame that they never pulled it off. 772 00:42:22,172 --> 00:42:24,341 >> This is "Voice of America." >> Ah-hah. 773 00:42:24,374 --> 00:42:29,246 >> And now we broadcast "Symphony Number 3" in F major by Johannes Brahms. 774 00:42:31,314 --> 00:42:33,250 ["Symphony No. 3" by Johannes Brahms] 775 00:42:35,251 --> 00:42:37,788 >> Mr. Zilber? >> What? 776 00:42:37,821 --> 00:42:39,756 >> If you like listening to classical music so much 777 00:42:39,789 --> 00:42:41,792 why do you listen to it on "Voice of America" 778 00:42:41,825 --> 00:42:44,094 with all the static and the noise? 779 00:42:44,127 --> 00:42:46,263 Why don't you listen to it on an official station? 780 00:42:46,296 --> 00:42:48,632 >> On an official station, my dear boy.. 781 00:42:49,699 --> 00:42:52,336 ...even Brahms becomes propaganda. 782 00:42:53,336 --> 00:42:55,272 [music continues] 783 00:42:58,975 --> 00:42:59,910 [instrumental music] 784 00:43:00,310 --> 00:43:01,245 >> Oh. 785 00:43:03,079 --> 00:43:04,048 Thank you. 786 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:07,117 Un moment. 787 00:43:07,150 --> 00:43:08,819 [music continues] 788 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:09,954 [indistinct chatter] 789 00:43:32,409 --> 00:43:35,012 >> Nobody touches the food until we shoot! 790 00:43:37,380 --> 00:43:39,249 >> What's this? 791 00:43:39,282 --> 00:43:40,784 Is this a joke? 792 00:43:40,817 --> 00:43:43,020 Is this your vision of bourgeois opulence? 793 00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:45,722 You think we spent the people's money eating this crap? 794 00:43:45,755 --> 00:43:47,190 Don't make me laugh. 795 00:43:47,223 --> 00:43:50,394 Boys, make mine a chateaubriand with sautéed potatoes. 796 00:43:53,763 --> 00:43:55,899 >> And I'll have Canard a l'orange. 797 00:43:55,932 --> 00:43:57,101 >> Grilled swordfish fillet. 798 00:43:58,001 --> 00:43:59,236 >> Zingara with vegetables. 799 00:44:00,303 --> 00:44:02,406 >> A little, uh, caviar on toast perhaps. 800 00:44:02,439 --> 00:44:03,941 >> And two bottles of Burgundy. 801 00:44:06,776 --> 00:44:08,712 [instrumental music] 802 00:44:09,245 --> 00:44:10,247 Roll camera. 803 00:44:11,381 --> 00:44:13,317 >> Scene 2, take 1. 804 00:44:16,152 --> 00:44:17,087 >> Action! 805 00:44:24,928 --> 00:44:26,930 >> Laugh, talk to each other. 806 00:44:28,765 --> 00:44:29,700 [spoons clanking] 807 00:44:33,436 --> 00:44:34,170 >> Lunch break! 808 00:44:35,905 --> 00:44:37,341 >> I won't ask you any questions. 809 00:44:40,844 --> 00:44:42,279 >> Hey! Come downstairs. 810 00:44:42,312 --> 00:44:43,814 Let's make some calls. 811 00:44:49,185 --> 00:44:50,120 [doorbell ringing] 812 00:44:52,489 --> 00:44:54,958 >> Bercovich Alice, you're under arrest. 813 00:44:56,359 --> 00:44:58,729 [grunting] 814 00:44:58,762 --> 00:44:59,730 >> Come on. 815 00:44:59,763 --> 00:45:00,698 [screaming] 816 00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:05,102 >> Hey. Hey. 817 00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:07,404 >> You idiot! 818 00:45:07,437 --> 00:45:08,405 You've just ruined the scene. 819 00:45:08,438 --> 00:45:11,174 >> But she struggled. >> What? It was perfect. 820 00:45:11,207 --> 00:45:12,242 Very realistic. I thought. 821 00:45:12,275 --> 00:45:14,478 >> Communist police officers do not use violence 822 00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:16,379 the way capitalist policemen do. 823 00:45:16,412 --> 00:45:17,715 What will people think? 824 00:45:19,082 --> 00:45:20,183 Stop resisting, hmm? 825 00:45:20,216 --> 00:45:21,151 Just give in. 826 00:45:24,254 --> 00:45:26,223 >> Scene 3, take 2. 827 00:45:28,424 --> 00:45:29,393 [doorbell ringing] 828 00:45:31,528 --> 00:45:34,231 >> Bercovich Alice, you're under arrest. 829 00:45:34,264 --> 00:45:36,366 >> Really? What a surprise? 830 00:45:36,399 --> 00:45:37,934 Just a moment, I'll go get dressed 831 00:45:37,967 --> 00:45:40,437 and then I'll follow you comrades wherever you want. 832 00:45:43,439 --> 00:45:45,242 [laughs] 833 00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:48,211 >> Come on, people, this is no time for fun! 834 00:45:48,244 --> 00:45:49,780 Let's get this thing over! 835 00:45:51,014 --> 00:45:51,982 [dog barking] 836 00:45:53,850 --> 00:45:54,818 [knocking on door] 837 00:45:56,886 --> 00:45:57,855 >> Yes? 838 00:46:03,026 --> 00:46:06,029 >> There's an officer from the Securitate here. 839 00:46:06,062 --> 00:46:07,864 He wants to talk to you. 840 00:46:07,897 --> 00:46:09,032 He's waiting downstairs. 841 00:46:11,434 --> 00:46:12,369 [door creaking] 842 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,109 Should he take warmer clothing? 843 00:46:19,142 --> 00:46:21,244 A sweater, woolen socks? 844 00:46:21,277 --> 00:46:23,013 >> No need. >> Did you hear that? 845 00:46:23,046 --> 00:46:24,481 "No need." That's positive. 846 00:46:31,221 --> 00:46:32,189 [instrumental music] 847 00:46:43,533 --> 00:46:45,869 >> Can I ask where we're going? 848 00:46:45,902 --> 00:46:47,070 >> To pay a visit. 849 00:46:49,873 --> 00:46:50,808 [sighs] 850 00:46:57,413 --> 00:46:59,349 >> At last! I thought you'd got lost. 851 00:47:00,917 --> 00:47:02,486 Take your jacket off, Virgil. It's hot in here. 852 00:47:04,487 --> 00:47:05,422 Do you like the house? 853 00:47:06,489 --> 00:47:08,491 I got it 6 months ago. 854 00:47:08,524 --> 00:47:12,295 Most of the furniture comes from the former tenant, Max Rosenthal 855 00:47:12,328 --> 00:47:15,866 currently residing in Jilava Prison. 856 00:47:15,899 --> 00:47:16,834 Come into the study. 857 00:47:18,167 --> 00:47:19,936 Coffee? 858 00:47:19,969 --> 00:47:22,072 Please, sit down. 859 00:47:22,105 --> 00:47:25,075 I've been drinking the stuff all day, I can't take another drop. 860 00:47:25,108 --> 00:47:26,610 I'm exhausted. 861 00:47:26,643 --> 00:47:28,478 Ever since my wife left 862 00:47:28,511 --> 00:47:30,447 that's Sylvia, my wife.. 863 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,349 ...I haven't been able to sleep. 864 00:47:32,382 --> 00:47:35,385 No idea why, must be, um...psychological. 865 00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:37,588 Cigarette? 866 00:47:39,956 --> 00:47:41,358 >> We found these under his bed. 867 00:47:44,294 --> 00:47:46,496 Comrade Holban, I admit, I'm-I'm so passionate 868 00:47:46,529 --> 00:47:47,597 about my work at the studio. 869 00:47:47,630 --> 00:47:49,132 I-I forgot -- >> Shh. 870 00:47:49,165 --> 00:47:50,133 Sit. 871 00:47:53,136 --> 00:47:55,005 Don't be afraid. It's nothing serious. 872 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,476 On the contrary, I want you to continue 873 00:47:59,509 --> 00:48:02,445 to do little favors for them. 874 00:48:02,478 --> 00:48:03,881 Win their confidence. 875 00:48:08,718 --> 00:48:10,620 I want you to help me understand. 876 00:48:10,653 --> 00:48:14,124 >> That depends...on what it is you find confusing. 877 00:48:14,157 --> 00:48:17,527 >> What made these people turn into gangsters overnight? 878 00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,263 What did they intend to do with the money? 879 00:48:20,296 --> 00:48:23,466 >> Some say that -- >> Hmm. What? 880 00:48:23,499 --> 00:48:25,635 >> That it was a Zionist conspiracy. 881 00:48:25,668 --> 00:48:27,404 To send Jews to Israel. 882 00:48:27,437 --> 00:48:30,040 >> Nonsense. Israel buys Jews with American dollars 883 00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:31,942 not Romanian Lei. 884 00:48:31,975 --> 00:48:35,345 Those files are full of possible motives we've investigated 885 00:48:35,378 --> 00:48:37,614 each one more ridiculous than the next. 886 00:48:39,048 --> 00:48:42,218 They wanted to finance Zionist Jewish families 887 00:48:42,251 --> 00:48:44,554 while they waited for their passports. 888 00:48:44,587 --> 00:48:46,690 They wanted to leave the country themselves.. 889 00:48:46,723 --> 00:48:48,625 ...on a military plane. 890 00:48:48,658 --> 00:48:52,295 They were trying to fund anti-communist commandos 891 00:48:52,328 --> 00:48:53,597 in the mountains. 892 00:48:54,597 --> 00:48:55,565 It's all rubbish. 893 00:48:55,598 --> 00:48:59,169 A bunch of nutcases plan a huge stunt like this 894 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:01,037 for a few stacks of Lei? 895 00:49:01,070 --> 00:49:04,441 Not US dollars, not Pounds Sterling, not Swiss Francs. 896 00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:05,442 But Lei? 897 00:49:10,546 --> 00:49:12,182 What's this? 898 00:49:12,215 --> 00:49:14,651 >> A 100 Lei note >> Very good. 899 00:49:14,684 --> 00:49:16,453 With this piece of paper, you can just about 900 00:49:16,486 --> 00:49:18,521 fill your refrigerator. 901 00:49:18,554 --> 00:49:21,057 Buy a good meal in a restaurant, take a taxi somewhere 902 00:49:21,090 --> 00:49:22,392 or pay your rent. 903 00:49:22,425 --> 00:49:25,495 Now, tell me what you can't do with it? 904 00:49:27,163 --> 00:49:28,498 You can't buy a house. 905 00:49:28,531 --> 00:49:30,200 You can't invest it in the stock market. 906 00:49:30,233 --> 00:49:32,169 You can't buy a gun, or leave the country. 907 00:49:33,269 --> 00:49:35,605 5 highly intelligent people 908 00:49:35,638 --> 00:49:38,074 throw themselves in front of the firing squad. 909 00:49:38,107 --> 00:49:40,343 Why? What for? 910 00:49:40,376 --> 00:49:41,611 Blue toilet paper? 911 00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:48,051 >> What are you doing? 912 00:49:48,084 --> 00:49:49,419 >> It's just an advance. 913 00:49:51,054 --> 00:49:52,522 We're gonna work together. 914 00:49:58,494 --> 00:49:59,763 I want to find the sixth. 915 00:50:00,563 --> 00:50:01,765 >> S-sixth what? 916 00:50:02,765 --> 00:50:04,768 >> The sixth member of the gang. 917 00:50:04,801 --> 00:50:06,036 >> But, there were only 5 of them. 918 00:50:06,069 --> 00:50:08,138 >> There were 6 of them. 919 00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:11,107 5 actually took part in the robbery. 920 00:50:11,140 --> 00:50:14,377 The sixth was pretending to film it. 921 00:50:14,410 --> 00:50:17,380 Nobody much bothered about it, Case closed. 922 00:50:17,413 --> 00:50:21,184 But after a year of investigation, I have a lead. 923 00:50:21,217 --> 00:50:24,287 A small detail all the others overlooked. 924 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:25,689 Alice Bercovich has a son. 925 00:50:29,759 --> 00:50:32,662 12 years old, raised in the Soviet Union. 926 00:50:32,695 --> 00:50:35,399 He disappeared shortly before his mother's arrest. 927 00:50:36,766 --> 00:50:39,702 It's vital that we find young Bercovich. 928 00:50:39,735 --> 00:50:42,839 And that, Comrade Virgil.. 929 00:50:42,872 --> 00:50:44,674 ...is where you come in. 930 00:50:44,707 --> 00:50:47,277 We're getting close to the end of the filming. 931 00:50:47,310 --> 00:50:48,812 Our friends know what that means. 932 00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:51,614 Their sentence will soon be carried out. 933 00:50:51,647 --> 00:50:54,584 I have a hunch that the woman will try to get in touch 934 00:50:54,617 --> 00:50:57,187 with her son one last time. 935 00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:58,855 You've gained their confidence. 936 00:50:58,888 --> 00:51:01,191 That makes you the ideal messenger. 937 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:02,592 They'll give you an address 938 00:51:02,625 --> 00:51:04,461 or a phone number. 939 00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:07,297 And that's how you'll lead us to young Bercovich. 940 00:51:08,331 --> 00:51:09,299 [engine revving] 941 00:51:17,540 --> 00:51:19,542 >> I suggest we take a break. It's too hot. 942 00:51:19,575 --> 00:51:21,778 >> What about panning on the taxi from the outside? 943 00:51:21,811 --> 00:51:23,313 >> What's the rush? 944 00:51:23,346 --> 00:51:24,781 We've got days of filming ahead. 945 00:51:24,814 --> 00:51:26,683 Look at them all. 946 00:51:26,716 --> 00:51:28,451 See? Why overdo it? 947 00:51:28,484 --> 00:51:29,419 Break time! 948 00:51:30,553 --> 00:51:31,488 >> Break? 949 00:51:32,755 --> 00:51:33,723 What break? 950 00:51:34,891 --> 00:51:36,560 Why's everybody asleep? 951 00:51:38,661 --> 00:51:40,263 I asked a question. 952 00:51:40,296 --> 00:51:42,332 Why is everybody asleep? 953 00:51:42,365 --> 00:51:44,234 >> Maestro, we've just shot a scene. 954 00:51:44,267 --> 00:51:45,635 >> Like hell you have! 955 00:51:45,668 --> 00:51:48,771 I've been watching for hours and you've done fuck all! 956 00:51:48,804 --> 00:51:51,741 Why does nobody follow my orders? 957 00:51:51,774 --> 00:51:53,376 Oh, why am I talking to a brick wall? 958 00:51:53,409 --> 00:51:55,345 Who's in charge here? 959 00:51:55,378 --> 00:51:57,213 Tell me who's in charge? 960 00:51:57,246 --> 00:51:59,415 >> You're in charge. >> I'm in charge? 961 00:51:59,448 --> 00:52:01,184 >> Well, yes. 962 00:52:01,217 --> 00:52:02,485 >> Like hell I'm in charge. 963 00:52:02,518 --> 00:52:04,788 I'm a prize idiot, that's what I am! 964 00:52:06,255 --> 00:52:09,826 All my life I've had to deal with idiots! 965 00:52:09,859 --> 00:52:15,365 60 years of hell, 40 years of work, 37 films! 966 00:52:15,398 --> 00:52:18,601 And this is the kind of crap they make me direct! 967 00:52:18,634 --> 00:52:22,372 Me! The winner of the Jury Prize 968 00:52:22,405 --> 00:52:24,674 at the Kursk Film Festival. 969 00:52:24,707 --> 00:52:26,176 Life is crap! 970 00:52:26,209 --> 00:52:28,278 Ah-ha-ha! 971 00:52:31,547 --> 00:52:33,216 [choking] 972 00:52:33,249 --> 00:52:34,618 >> Somebody call an ambulance. 973 00:52:35,818 --> 00:52:38,354 >> Give him some air. 974 00:52:38,387 --> 00:52:40,557 >> No more vod -- No more vodka. 975 00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:41,625 >> He's choking. 976 00:52:41,658 --> 00:52:43,660 >> See if there's anything in his mouth. 977 00:52:43,693 --> 00:52:44,661 [indistinct chattering] 978 00:52:55,871 --> 00:52:57,574 [siren wails at distance] 979 00:53:02,778 --> 00:53:03,713 [instrumental music] 980 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:11,655 [tires screeching] 981 00:53:15,992 --> 00:53:16,927 [instrumental music] 982 00:53:20,329 --> 00:53:21,298 [tram doors opening] 983 00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:38,415 [bell ringing] 984 00:53:44,353 --> 00:53:45,322 [indistinct chattering] 985 00:53:49,592 --> 00:53:50,527 [siren wailing] 986 00:53:55,498 --> 00:53:58,434 >> Right. Let's get some more shooting done before night falls. 987 00:53:58,467 --> 00:53:59,502 >> Comrade Holban. 988 00:54:01,771 --> 00:54:02,706 Uh.. 989 00:54:05,474 --> 00:54:06,476 I think we should call it a day. 990 00:54:06,509 --> 00:54:07,677 >> Why? 991 00:54:07,710 --> 00:54:08,811 >> Well, I mean, we've got no director -- 992 00:54:08,845 --> 00:54:11,781 >> So what? With him or without him, it's all the same. 993 00:54:11,814 --> 00:54:13,950 >> It seems the cameraman has gone too. 994 00:54:13,983 --> 00:54:16,319 >> The boy? Virgil? What do you mean, "gone?" 995 00:54:16,352 --> 00:54:18,755 Hey! Where's the cameraman? 996 00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:19,989 >> There's another problem. 997 00:54:20,022 --> 00:54:21,625 One of the prisoners is missing. 998 00:54:23,526 --> 00:54:25,028 >> What? 999 00:54:25,061 --> 00:54:26,562 No one's missing. They're all here. 1000 00:54:26,595 --> 00:54:27,664 >> Bercovich. 1001 00:54:38,407 --> 00:54:39,342 [sighs] 1002 00:54:40,376 --> 00:54:41,344 >> Sound the alarm. 1003 00:54:42,511 --> 00:54:43,446 [dramatic music] 1004 00:54:45,514 --> 00:54:46,482 >> Alarm! 1005 00:54:46,515 --> 00:54:47,784 [blowing whistle] 1006 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:50,086 >> Everybody back in the bus! 1007 00:54:50,119 --> 00:54:51,288 Quickly! 1008 00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:54,691 >> Come on, come on, let's go. >> Quickly. Move, move! 1009 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:57,927 >> They're going to find you one way or the other. 1010 00:54:57,960 --> 00:54:59,195 It's going to end up badly. 1011 00:54:59,228 --> 00:55:01,931 >> Yeah, and you know what I'm risking for trying to escape? 1012 00:55:01,964 --> 00:55:03,065 >> Yes -- no, sure but -- 1013 00:55:03,099 --> 00:55:05,368 >> I'd love if they sentenced me to a few extra years 1014 00:55:05,401 --> 00:55:07,804 but I doubt it'll happen. 1015 00:55:07,837 --> 00:55:09,939 I have to see someone. Will you wait for me? 1016 00:55:11,841 --> 00:55:13,009 They can't accuse you of anything. 1017 00:55:13,042 --> 00:55:14,544 I'm armed and I've taken you hostage. 1018 00:55:14,577 --> 00:55:16,546 But if you want to go, go. 1019 00:55:16,579 --> 00:55:17,514 [dog barking] 1020 00:55:19,915 --> 00:55:21,918 >> Back in the bus! 1021 00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:23,753 [indistinct chattering] 1022 00:55:23,786 --> 00:55:24,721 >> Hey! 1023 00:55:25,988 --> 00:55:27,590 [grunts] 1024 00:55:27,623 --> 00:55:28,725 >> Leave it! 1025 00:55:28,758 --> 00:55:30,827 >> Look for the cameraman. 1026 00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:32,862 Our only chance is that they left together. 1027 00:55:34,029 --> 00:55:34,998 [dramatic music] 1028 00:55:44,473 --> 00:55:46,843 [sniffles] 1029 00:55:46,876 --> 00:55:48,745 >> What-what happened? 1030 00:55:48,778 --> 00:55:50,513 >> I'm fine. >> Why are you crying? 1031 00:55:52,515 --> 00:55:55,451 >> Because I'm weak. Weaklings cry over nothing. 1032 00:55:55,484 --> 00:55:56,419 [sobbing] 1033 00:56:05,895 --> 00:56:07,864 [instrumental music] 1034 00:56:11,801 --> 00:56:13,103 [sighs] 1035 00:56:18,674 --> 00:56:21,411 What shall we do now? Can we go to your place? 1036 00:56:21,444 --> 00:56:22,412 >> My place? >> Mmm. 1037 00:56:22,445 --> 00:56:23,746 >> But.. >> Is it far? 1038 00:56:23,779 --> 00:56:25,715 >> Well, yeah, actually. >> Oh, good. 1039 00:56:25,748 --> 00:56:26,950 The walk will do me good. 1040 00:56:29,051 --> 00:56:30,887 >> I have to warn you. I live with a Jewish couple. 1041 00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:32,789 They're pretty old and quite religious. 1042 00:56:32,822 --> 00:56:34,524 >> That's good news. 1043 00:56:34,557 --> 00:56:37,026 >> They might insist that we have Sabbath dinner with them. 1044 00:56:37,059 --> 00:56:39,629 >> Ah, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. 1045 00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:41,765 Eating is not my worst nightmare right now. 1046 00:56:42,798 --> 00:56:43,800 [chuckles] 1047 00:56:48,771 --> 00:56:49,706 [plates clanking] 1048 00:56:52,475 --> 00:56:55,511 >> And, uh, when have you planned the wedding for? 1049 00:56:55,544 --> 00:56:57,847 >> Oh, um, well, we're not in any real hurry. 1050 00:56:57,880 --> 00:56:59,615 Maybe next year. 1051 00:56:59,648 --> 00:57:01,651 >> Oh, if you're engaged already 1052 00:57:01,684 --> 00:57:03,519 why not get it over and done with? 1053 00:57:03,552 --> 00:57:06,055 >> Stop nagging them and let them eat in peace. 1054 00:57:06,088 --> 00:57:08,624 >> Ah, it's great to be young. 1055 00:57:08,657 --> 00:57:10,526 To have your whole life ahead of you. 1056 00:57:10,559 --> 00:57:13,796 Yep, now is when the real fun starts. 1057 00:57:13,829 --> 00:57:15,164 Marriage, children. 1058 00:57:15,197 --> 00:57:17,834 Work, money troubles. 1059 00:57:17,867 --> 00:57:19,936 >> Can I pour you some more wine? >> That's enough. 1060 00:57:19,969 --> 00:57:21,237 He mustn't drink any alcohol. 1061 00:57:21,270 --> 00:57:22,471 Serve your fiancé. 1062 00:57:22,505 --> 00:57:25,908 >> Tell me, miss, uh, how come you're wearing that uniform? 1063 00:57:25,941 --> 00:57:27,777 >> It's the, uh, Patriot Guard uniform. 1064 00:57:27,810 --> 00:57:30,546 Alice is rehearsing for the Liberation Day parade. 1065 00:57:30,579 --> 00:57:32,615 >> Ah, the Liberation Day? 1066 00:57:33,949 --> 00:57:37,687 And are you thinking of becoming a party member as well? 1067 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:39,889 >> I've already been a party member. 1068 00:57:39,922 --> 00:57:42,492 >> Amazing! When? 1069 00:57:42,525 --> 00:57:44,994 >> From 1945 to last year. 1070 00:57:45,027 --> 00:57:46,662 >> Would you like to listen to some music on the radio? 1071 00:57:46,695 --> 00:57:48,798 >> Since 1945? 1072 00:57:48,831 --> 00:57:50,600 >> But at the end of the war the party 1073 00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:51,968 had less than 1000 members! 1074 00:57:52,001 --> 00:57:54,570 And 3 quarters of them were Jews. 1075 00:57:54,603 --> 00:57:57,607 That's why they say the Jews brought the Bolsheviks to power. 1076 00:57:57,640 --> 00:57:59,976 Are you Jewish? >> Yes. 1077 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:03,546 >> And the Bolsheviks kicked you out of the party! 1078 00:58:03,579 --> 00:58:05,615 >> It's a bit more complicated than that. 1079 00:58:05,648 --> 00:58:07,717 >> Uh, I wouldn't expect it to be simple. 1080 00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:11,120 And did they cut your hair like that too? 1081 00:58:13,155 --> 00:58:14,090 [doorbell dings] 1082 00:58:16,191 --> 00:58:20,930 When the Rosenthal gang attacked that bank car 1083 00:58:20,963 --> 00:58:24,100 the Voice of America said they were all wearing 1084 00:58:24,133 --> 00:58:25,702 Patriot Guard uniforms. 1085 00:58:27,169 --> 00:58:30,907 And that car parked outside, a Soviet-built Zis 1086 00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:35,078 if I'm not mistaken, copied from the 1939 Packard model. 1087 00:58:37,012 --> 00:58:40,083 Does that belong to the Patriot Guard too? 1088 00:58:45,721 --> 00:58:47,924 >> Don't worry, I know how it works. 1089 00:58:47,957 --> 00:58:49,792 They won't do anything before tomorrow morning. 1090 00:58:49,825 --> 00:58:50,994 It's only surveillance. 1091 00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:54,597 >> And tomorrow morning? 1092 00:58:54,630 --> 00:58:55,932 >> Tomorrow morning I surrender. 1093 00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:58,935 We're shooting the hold-up. 1094 00:58:58,968 --> 00:59:01,004 It's my big scene, for crying out loud. 1095 00:59:03,005 --> 00:59:03,940 Ha! 1096 00:59:05,307 --> 00:59:07,076 We used some of these that day. 1097 00:59:07,109 --> 00:59:08,645 >> It is one of those. 1098 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:11,948 >> You were there? 1099 00:59:13,382 --> 00:59:15,718 >> I was a waiter in the canteen on the square. 1100 00:59:16,986 --> 00:59:19,322 We all thought it was a real film shoot. 1101 00:59:19,355 --> 00:59:21,824 It was so exciting, I decided to change my job there and then.. 1102 00:59:30,399 --> 00:59:31,767 I'll-I'll leave you to go and sleep. 1103 00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:33,869 I'll be downstairs if you need anything. 1104 00:59:33,902 --> 00:59:34,904 >> Come over here. 1105 00:59:36,972 --> 00:59:39,642 Come. >> Where? 1106 00:59:39,675 --> 00:59:41,944 >> I know we're skipping the bits where we hold hands 1107 00:59:41,977 --> 00:59:44,681 walk in the park and recite poems to each other. 1108 00:59:46,248 --> 00:59:48,585 But this is the last chance I'll have. 1109 01:00:01,230 --> 01:00:04,267 No, no no. Please, please, you-you'll regret it. 1110 01:00:05,868 --> 01:00:06,803 I smell. 1111 01:00:09,271 --> 01:00:10,206 [chuckles] 1112 01:00:19,882 --> 01:00:20,850 [instrumental music] 1113 01:00:26,989 --> 01:00:30,059 >> Don't make any moves. Just keep an eye on them. 1114 01:00:30,092 --> 01:00:32,361 >> Yes, sir. 1115 01:00:32,394 --> 01:00:34,830 [dramatic music] 1116 01:00:34,863 --> 01:00:37,033 [panting] 1117 01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,943 [grunting] 1118 01:00:52,948 --> 01:00:55,084 >> I wasn't very good, was I? 1119 01:00:57,386 --> 01:01:01,190 >> No, you were great. You were great. 1120 01:01:02,057 --> 01:01:05,128 >> But you were so quiet. 1121 01:01:07,129 --> 01:01:09,699 [chuckles] 1122 01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:10,933 What? 1123 01:01:13,202 --> 01:01:16,139 >> Oh, don't worry about that. That's just one of my quirks. 1124 01:01:19,908 --> 01:01:22,445 I first started going out with the boys during the war. 1125 01:01:25,047 --> 01:01:26,415 I was already in the Resistance 1126 01:01:26,448 --> 01:01:31,187 and sometimes made love in conditions that were, uh.. 1127 01:01:31,220 --> 01:01:34,256 If I made the slightest sound, it was.. 1128 01:01:34,289 --> 01:01:37,226 [snarling] 1129 01:01:37,259 --> 01:01:40,229 So I trained myself to avoid any loud displays of pleasure. 1130 01:01:44,133 --> 01:01:46,869 [dramatic music] 1131 01:01:49,138 --> 01:01:52,208 I've never seen you smoke before. 1132 01:01:52,241 --> 01:01:54,911 >> It's not my only first tonight. 1133 01:01:58,046 --> 01:01:59,982 [coughing] 1134 01:02:01,817 --> 01:02:04,020 >> Was that your first? 1135 01:02:13,061 --> 01:02:14,397 >> How did it happen? 1136 01:02:17,132 --> 01:02:20,069 No, no -- the robbery, I mean. 1137 01:02:20,102 --> 01:02:23,038 [chuckles] 1138 01:02:23,071 --> 01:02:25,174 >> Do you really want me to tell you? 1139 01:02:31,513 --> 01:02:34,250 [instrumental music] 1140 01:02:34,283 --> 01:02:35,284 [laughing] 1141 01:02:35,317 --> 01:02:37,453 >> Oh! 1142 01:02:39,021 --> 01:02:41,924 >> 1959 had got off to a good start. 1143 01:02:41,957 --> 01:02:44,393 And I was back home again, with my old friends 1144 01:02:44,426 --> 01:02:46,529 after 10 years away. 1145 01:02:47,863 --> 01:02:50,065 >> Oh. Hey. This is where I live! 1146 01:02:50,098 --> 01:02:52,434 >> Oh! >> Hey, really? 1147 01:02:52,467 --> 01:02:55,004 >> I had been sent to Moscow on a scholarship 1148 01:02:55,037 --> 01:02:57,306 with a promising future in political science. 1149 01:02:57,339 --> 01:02:59,875 Only it wasn't so easy to be a student 1150 01:02:59,908 --> 01:03:01,944 and to bring up a child at the same time 1151 01:03:01,977 --> 01:03:05,481 alone in a foreign country, and without the father. 1152 01:03:05,514 --> 01:03:08,017 In the meantime, the party had insisted 1153 01:03:08,050 --> 01:03:10,319 that Max acquire a marital status worthy of his rank 1154 01:03:10,352 --> 01:03:12,154 and new social position. 1155 01:03:12,187 --> 01:03:16,492 My rebellious anti-bourgeois ex-lover was now a married man. 1156 01:03:17,993 --> 01:03:20,062 >> Mirel? 1157 01:03:22,631 --> 01:03:24,867 Do you remember this gentleman? 1158 01:03:27,069 --> 01:03:28,805 See? He's forgotten you. 1159 01:03:32,341 --> 01:03:34,009 >> Are you a captain? 1160 01:03:34,042 --> 01:03:35,878 >> Colonel. 1161 01:03:35,911 --> 01:03:38,114 Your daddy's a colonel. 1162 01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:42,451 >> In the following weeks 1163 01:03:42,484 --> 01:03:47,022 Max started to take serious charge of Mirel's education. 1164 01:03:47,055 --> 01:03:50,292 He was determined to win him over. 1165 01:03:50,325 --> 01:03:52,928 [instrumental music] 1166 01:03:52,961 --> 01:03:56,399 >> Mirel Radoiu, you're under arrest! 1167 01:03:57,432 --> 01:04:00,336 [music continues] 1168 01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:03,472 >> Hey, everybody, I'm going to jail! 1169 01:04:03,505 --> 01:04:06,141 >> I wasn't too happy with all that play-acting. 1170 01:04:06,174 --> 01:04:08,344 I would have preferred to keep Mirel as far away 1171 01:04:08,377 --> 01:04:10,479 from the gang spirit as possible. 1172 01:04:10,512 --> 01:04:13,382 >> You won't get anything from me. 1173 01:04:13,415 --> 01:04:15,618 >> Well, we'll see about that! 1174 01:04:17,486 --> 01:04:19,589 [music continues] 1175 01:04:20,656 --> 01:04:21,857 >> I'll never talk. 1176 01:04:21,891 --> 01:04:26,161 >> Well, when we get to the rifle range, then you'll talk. 1177 01:04:26,194 --> 01:04:27,396 >> Yeah! Ha ha ha. 1178 01:04:27,429 --> 01:04:29,231 >> But I didn't stand a chance. 1179 01:04:29,264 --> 01:04:30,966 It was the most fascinating world 1180 01:04:30,999 --> 01:04:32,935 anyone could offer a 12-year-old boy. 1181 01:04:32,968 --> 01:04:34,470 >> Very good! 1182 01:04:34,503 --> 01:04:36,238 >> I hit 14 out of 20. 1183 01:04:36,271 --> 01:04:41,110 [chuckles] >> Hey, never point a loaded gun at daddy. 1184 01:04:41,143 --> 01:04:43,178 You never know when you might need him. 1185 01:04:43,211 --> 01:04:46,282 Besides, he can still give you a clip around the ear. 1186 01:04:46,315 --> 01:04:48,517 Do it again. 1187 01:04:48,550 --> 01:04:52,021 >> One evening, Max invited us to his house. 1188 01:04:52,054 --> 01:04:54,556 He was the only one to own a television. 1189 01:04:54,589 --> 01:04:57,059 >> Got everything? 1190 01:04:57,092 --> 01:05:00,496 >> Our guest today is Comrade Dumitru Dorneanu 1191 01:05:00,529 --> 01:05:03,933 astrophysicist and space missions' expert. 1192 01:05:03,966 --> 01:05:06,435 >> Good evening, comrade. >> Good evening. 1193 01:05:06,468 --> 01:05:08,337 [laughing] 1194 01:05:08,370 --> 01:05:09,405 >> You're an expert, give 'em hell. 1195 01:05:09,438 --> 01:05:11,307 >> Well, when Lunik 1 was launched 1196 01:05:11,340 --> 01:05:13,108 in January of this year 1197 01:05:13,141 --> 01:05:16,712 it reached escape velocity of 11.2 kilometers per second.. 1198 01:05:16,745 --> 01:05:18,647 >> Per second! Just think! 1199 01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,482 >> Yeah, faster than your police cars. 1200 01:05:20,515 --> 01:05:22,184 [chuckles] 1201 01:05:22,217 --> 01:05:25,120 >> Which will carry the, uh, Soviet banner 1202 01:05:25,153 --> 01:05:29,425 all the way to the shining surface, uh, of the moon.. 1203 01:05:29,458 --> 01:05:30,659 >> Dinner's ready! 1204 01:05:30,692 --> 01:05:32,461 >> Later, Sonia. We're listening to Dumi now. 1205 01:05:32,494 --> 01:05:35,464 >> On September 14, at precisely 7:30 am 1206 01:05:35,497 --> 01:05:39,168 Moscow time, uh, just east of Damaris or Antartus.. 1207 01:05:39,201 --> 01:05:43,272 >> Max, please, ask your guests to come and sit down. 1208 01:05:43,305 --> 01:05:45,207 I don't want to have to reheat dinner. 1209 01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:48,410 >> Yeah, be patient. Come and listen to the man for a moment. 1210 01:05:48,443 --> 01:05:51,146 >> Max, for the last time -- >> Shh. God! 1211 01:05:51,179 --> 01:05:53,983 >> ...to demonstrate to the whole world that this 1212 01:05:54,016 --> 01:05:55,584 is not really necessary to explode 1213 01:05:55,617 --> 01:05:59,455 a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon in order to.. 1214 01:05:59,488 --> 01:06:00,623 [shattering] 1215 01:06:04,426 --> 01:06:07,029 [sighs] >> Sonia.. 1216 01:06:07,062 --> 01:06:10,332 Sonia, we were watching the television. 1217 01:06:10,365 --> 01:06:12,234 It was our friend Dumi. 1218 01:06:12,267 --> 01:06:15,304 He was talking about interesting things. 1219 01:06:15,337 --> 01:06:18,140 He was talking about flying to the moon. 1220 01:06:20,275 --> 01:06:22,678 Now you're gonna fly to the moon. 1221 01:06:22,711 --> 01:06:26,115 >> No! You, no, ah. No! 1222 01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:28,250 [water splashes] 1223 01:06:30,752 --> 01:06:32,121 >> So, who's hungry? 1224 01:06:33,722 --> 01:06:36,692 >> The next day, Max sent a copy of the divorce application 1225 01:06:36,725 --> 01:06:39,094 to his brother-in-law, the minister. 1226 01:06:39,127 --> 01:06:42,264 It wasn't long before he paid the price. 1227 01:06:42,297 --> 01:06:43,632 >> Very good. 1228 01:06:43,665 --> 01:06:45,434 Boris, sit down. 1229 01:06:46,134 --> 01:06:47,503 Talk to me. 1230 01:06:47,536 --> 01:06:48,337 >> Not here. 1231 01:06:50,238 --> 01:06:53,208 Word is, they're going to boot you out. 1232 01:06:53,241 --> 01:06:57,212 Not right now, a few months.. 1233 01:06:57,245 --> 01:07:01,550 Wait for you to finish up the cases you're working on. 1234 01:07:01,583 --> 01:07:03,786 I thought you deserved to know. 1235 01:07:03,819 --> 01:07:06,422 >> Do you know who they're gonna get to replace me? 1236 01:07:06,455 --> 01:07:07,823 >> Yes. 1237 01:07:07,856 --> 01:07:09,658 >> You? 1238 01:07:09,691 --> 01:07:10,793 >> Yes. 1239 01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:12,795 >> Congratulations, Boris. 1240 01:07:12,828 --> 01:07:16,265 Word of advice, the bottom left-hand drawer of the desk 1241 01:07:16,298 --> 01:07:18,267 it doesn't close properly. 1242 01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:19,635 >> What's that got to do with it? 1243 01:07:19,668 --> 01:07:21,603 [laughs] 1244 01:07:21,636 --> 01:07:25,074 >> The idea came on the night of Dumi's 40th birthday. 1245 01:07:25,107 --> 01:07:26,809 We bought him a little telescope. 1246 01:07:26,842 --> 01:07:29,411 Though Max was the one playing with it. 1247 01:07:29,444 --> 01:07:31,480 >> Look at her. What a beauty! 1248 01:07:31,513 --> 01:07:33,348 Reach out your hand you can almost touch her. 1249 01:07:33,381 --> 01:07:35,551 >> You poor romantic fool! 1250 01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:37,086 There's no place for that kind of thinking 1251 01:07:37,119 --> 01:07:39,088 in our new society, Max. 1252 01:07:39,121 --> 01:07:43,392 Don't stare up at the moon, but down, down at the people. 1253 01:07:43,425 --> 01:07:45,828 Look inside the worker's paradise! 1254 01:07:45,861 --> 01:07:48,363 ♪ When I am in your arms.. ♪ 1255 01:07:48,396 --> 01:07:50,066 >> Wow! 1256 01:07:50,699 --> 01:07:51,767 [chuckles] 1257 01:07:56,471 --> 01:08:00,275 ♪ When we walk hand in hand ♪ 1258 01:08:00,308 --> 01:08:04,213 ♪ The world becomes a wonderland ♪ 1259 01:08:05,147 --> 01:08:07,750 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1260 01:08:11,653 --> 01:08:14,824 ♪ How else can I explain.. ♪ 1261 01:08:16,391 --> 01:08:18,594 >> Would you stop playing with that thing for a moment 1262 01:08:18,627 --> 01:08:20,262 and come raise a glass to Dumi. 1263 01:08:20,295 --> 01:08:23,299 ♪ It's magic.. ♪ 1264 01:08:25,500 --> 01:08:27,369 >> Our boys at work. 1265 01:08:27,402 --> 01:08:31,340 Anybody wanna come and see the revolution in action? 1266 01:08:33,508 --> 01:08:35,878 >> Poor sap. You know him? 1267 01:08:39,414 --> 01:08:42,351 >> Uh. No, not really. I mean, he's a drunk. 1268 01:08:42,384 --> 01:08:44,720 Always in the local bar. A bit of a big mouth. 1269 01:08:46,188 --> 01:08:47,456 ♪ The magic.. ♪ 1270 01:08:47,489 --> 01:08:50,225 >> It reminds me of my first arrest. 1271 01:08:50,258 --> 01:08:51,627 I almost envy him. 1272 01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:54,863 When they first nabbed me away, I was thrilled. 1273 01:08:54,896 --> 01:08:57,232 Finally they knew who I was. 1274 01:08:57,265 --> 01:08:58,767 A heroic life awaited.. 1275 01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,603 ...investigation, interrogation, detention.. 1276 01:09:01,636 --> 01:09:03,172 >> Remember your first time? 1277 01:09:03,205 --> 01:09:06,375 >> "Shoot me now! Shoot me right here on the street!" 1278 01:09:06,408 --> 01:09:08,710 >> You were what? 14? 15? >> I was 16 actually. 1279 01:09:08,743 --> 01:09:10,512 Now are we gonna drink to Dumi or not? 1280 01:09:10,545 --> 01:09:12,414 >> To the good old days! 1281 01:09:12,447 --> 01:09:14,216 (all) The good old days. 1282 01:09:14,249 --> 01:09:15,818 [all cheering] 1283 01:09:16,651 --> 01:09:17,786 >> Happy birthday. 1284 01:09:17,819 --> 01:09:19,922 >> Madam, may I have the pleasure? 1285 01:09:19,955 --> 01:09:21,890 >> Oh, my mother always said, he was a wonderful dancer. 1286 01:09:21,923 --> 01:09:23,392 >> Yes. 1287 01:09:24,693 --> 01:09:25,661 [both chuckles] 1288 01:09:25,694 --> 01:09:29,765 ♪ What do I tell myself.. ♪ 1289 01:09:29,798 --> 01:09:32,534 >> 40 years old. I can't believe it. 1290 01:09:32,567 --> 01:09:33,936 You should be writing your memoirs. 1291 01:09:33,969 --> 01:09:37,406 >> Well, screw you. You're a fine one to talk! 1292 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:39,641 Prattling on like some old grandma. 1293 01:09:39,674 --> 01:09:41,843 Tell me this, if you're so nostalgic for the struggle 1294 01:09:41,876 --> 01:09:43,545 why aren't you still out there fighting? Eh? 1295 01:09:43,578 --> 01:09:45,280 >> On what front are we supposed to fight? 1296 01:09:45,313 --> 01:09:46,548 We won, remember? 1297 01:09:46,581 --> 01:09:48,717 >> What would we have done 20 years ago? 1298 01:09:48,750 --> 01:09:50,285 >> Blown up a railway? 1299 01:09:50,318 --> 01:09:51,687 >> Well, that's no good anymore. 1300 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:53,655 That would just feed their propaganda machine. 1301 01:09:53,688 --> 01:09:55,691 >> Hmm. "The class enemy within." 1302 01:09:55,724 --> 01:09:57,459 >> Exactly. 1303 01:09:58,326 --> 01:10:00,262 [applauds] 1304 01:10:01,896 --> 01:10:04,233 [laughs] 1305 01:10:04,266 --> 01:10:06,902 >> Did any of you ever consider the really hard stuff? 1306 01:10:09,604 --> 01:10:11,740 >> Like family? Kids? >> Oh. 1307 01:10:11,773 --> 01:10:13,642 >> Come on. Don't be serious. 1308 01:10:13,675 --> 01:10:15,744 >> Sorry, ridiculous idea. 1309 01:10:15,777 --> 01:10:16,878 >> We'd have to hit them where it hurts. 1310 01:10:16,911 --> 01:10:17,980 Show them what fools they are. 1311 01:10:18,013 --> 01:10:20,282 >> And blow up the People's Congress. 1312 01:10:22,317 --> 01:10:24,753 >> We live in a crime-free society, right? 1313 01:10:25,887 --> 01:10:28,457 No more murderers, robbers, thieves. 1314 01:10:28,490 --> 01:10:29,658 Communism means -- 1315 01:10:29,691 --> 01:10:30,993 >> There's nothing worth stealing. 1316 01:10:31,026 --> 01:10:31,860 >> Yeah. >> No. 1317 01:10:31,894 --> 01:10:35,631 Communism means the right of the people 1318 01:10:35,664 --> 01:10:37,699 to walk down the streets without fear of being robbed. 1319 01:10:37,732 --> 01:10:40,002 >> So what? We should all become purses snatchers? 1320 01:10:40,035 --> 01:10:40,869 >> No, no, no! 1321 01:10:40,903 --> 01:10:42,938 Come on, you think too small, Yorgu. 1322 01:10:42,971 --> 01:10:44,406 >> Let's hold up the greengrocers. 1323 01:10:44,439 --> 01:10:45,574 [laughing] 1324 01:10:45,607 --> 01:10:47,576 >> Eh, what? Greengrocers? >> Greengrocers. 1325 01:10:47,609 --> 01:10:48,644 >> Did he just say Greengrocers? 1326 01:10:48,677 --> 01:10:50,412 >> Uh, jewelers then? >> Boys! 1327 01:10:50,445 --> 01:10:54,283 Boys! You really have no class, do you? 1328 01:10:54,316 --> 01:10:55,884 You want crime? Rob a bank. 1329 01:10:57,052 --> 01:10:59,354 [laughing] 1330 01:10:59,387 --> 01:11:00,555 >> Which one then? 1331 01:11:00,588 --> 01:11:02,424 >> Well, we only have one, The National Bank of Romania. 1332 01:11:02,457 --> 01:11:04,326 But if you have another suggestion.. 1333 01:11:04,359 --> 01:11:05,894 >> Big man, you're a genius. 1334 01:11:05,927 --> 01:11:09,498 I was thinking the Socialist Art Museum, but a bank.. 1335 01:11:09,531 --> 01:11:11,500 >> I don't know. So we rob the National Bank. 1336 01:11:11,533 --> 01:11:13,302 What the hell does that prove? >> Well, don't you see? 1337 01:11:13,335 --> 01:11:15,037 Bank robberies are one of the evils of capitalism. 1338 01:11:15,070 --> 01:11:16,805 They don't happen here. 1339 01:11:16,838 --> 01:11:18,674 They can't happen here. Everyone knows that. 1340 01:11:20,108 --> 01:11:21,410 But if they did.. 1341 01:11:22,777 --> 01:11:24,546 If the impossible happened in the middle 1342 01:11:24,579 --> 01:11:26,515 of all this progress and plenty, you know what 1343 01:11:26,548 --> 01:11:28,984 I might just sit up in my factory and say, hang on a minute! 1344 01:11:29,017 --> 01:11:30,052 [chuckles] 1345 01:11:30,085 --> 01:11:31,653 >> It's a bit subtle, isn't it? 1346 01:11:31,686 --> 01:11:33,055 Anyway, what do we do with the money? 1347 01:11:33,088 --> 01:11:33,922 >> Nothing. 1348 01:11:33,956 --> 01:11:35,791 Uh, spend it, keep it, give it to you. 1349 01:11:35,824 --> 01:11:37,659 >> Max, you're a cop. 1350 01:11:37,692 --> 01:11:40,629 I mean, seriously, what are the chances of actually pulling it off? 1351 01:11:40,662 --> 01:11:42,064 >> Almost zero. 1352 01:11:42,097 --> 01:11:44,099 >> You see, I do love the word almost. 1353 01:11:44,132 --> 01:11:45,600 >> What? 1354 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:47,703 A minute ago, he was talking about how much he missed being arrested. 1355 01:11:47,736 --> 01:11:48,937 >> Yeah, but nowadays it's different. 1356 01:11:48,971 --> 01:11:51,473 Nowadays if they collar you, it's good night for 40 years. 1357 01:11:51,506 --> 01:11:53,342 >> So what? The going got tough and now you want out? 1358 01:11:53,375 --> 01:11:56,578 >> Max, please. I am an old man, let's not forget. 1359 01:11:56,611 --> 01:11:58,814 I'm not really built for prison food anymore. 1360 01:11:58,847 --> 01:12:01,717 >> So the answer is, steal over a 100,000. 1361 01:12:01,750 --> 01:12:02,884 >> How is that the answer? 1362 01:12:02,917 --> 01:12:04,419 >> Because thefts of over a 100,000 1363 01:12:04,452 --> 01:12:06,388 is punishable by death. 1364 01:12:06,421 --> 01:12:08,056 No long prison sentence, just the bullet in the head. 1365 01:12:08,089 --> 01:12:09,124 >> Well, this is great news, Max. 1366 01:12:09,157 --> 01:12:12,361 >> So not less than 100,000. It's all or nothing. 1367 01:12:12,394 --> 01:12:13,696 >> Yeah, we'd have to really humiliate them. 1368 01:12:14,729 --> 01:12:16,631 Do it in public, in front of an audience. 1369 01:12:16,664 --> 01:12:18,900 >> In that case, don't attack the bank headquarters. 1370 01:12:18,933 --> 01:12:21,837 Attack the van that delivers money to the branches. 1371 01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:24,005 >> Ah. >> Hmm. 1372 01:12:24,038 --> 01:12:25,674 >> And you said she was stupid. 1373 01:12:25,707 --> 01:12:28,477 >> And if you want a crowd, you've got to make a show. 1374 01:12:29,644 --> 01:12:31,647 We all wanted to become movie stars, remember? 1375 01:12:32,981 --> 01:12:36,952 >> You are an angel! Come here, while I kiss you! 1376 01:12:36,985 --> 01:12:38,954 [cheering] 1377 01:12:38,987 --> 01:12:40,489 [indistinct chatter] 1378 01:12:40,522 --> 01:12:41,857 >> We all laid it on thick. 1379 01:12:41,890 --> 01:12:43,425 We were showing off like kids. 1380 01:12:43,458 --> 01:12:45,861 We hadn't felt so good together in a long time. 1381 01:12:46,728 --> 01:12:48,397 [laughing] 1382 01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:50,899 But after a while, we started to realize that 1383 01:12:50,932 --> 01:12:54,636 one of us was actually taking it all seriously. 1384 01:12:54,669 --> 01:12:57,439 >> We need to do it, while I'm still head of the department. 1385 01:12:57,472 --> 01:12:59,941 That way I can smuggle out weapons, false papers, everything we need. 1386 01:12:59,974 --> 01:13:02,911 >> Whoa, Max, Max, don't tell me you're serious about this. 1387 01:13:06,014 --> 01:13:07,416 >> Of course I'm serious, aren't you? 1388 01:13:10,785 --> 01:13:12,754 >> No, Max. We're joking. 1389 01:13:12,787 --> 01:13:14,156 >> Who's joking? It's a brilliant idea! 1390 01:13:14,189 --> 01:13:15,891 >> Maximillian, but you just told us 1391 01:13:15,924 --> 01:13:18,160 it comes with a guaranteed death sentence. 1392 01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:19,761 >> So what? 1393 01:13:19,794 --> 01:13:21,463 It's worth it! 1394 01:13:21,496 --> 01:13:23,031 Say the Nazis had caught us in '44 1395 01:13:23,064 --> 01:13:25,033 do you think we'd have got out alive? 1396 01:13:25,066 --> 01:13:27,903 Did that stop us? No. And you know what? 1397 01:13:27,936 --> 01:13:30,205 If we plan this right, we've actually got 1398 01:13:30,238 --> 01:13:31,907 a 5 to 10 percent chance of getting away with it. 1399 01:13:31,940 --> 01:13:34,109 >> Oh, great odds. 1400 01:13:34,142 --> 01:13:36,478 >> What's the matter with you? You looking forward to your retirement? 1401 01:13:36,511 --> 01:13:38,447 >> This isn't even Russian Roulette. 1402 01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:40,916 It's Bolshevik Roulette, with all 6 bullets in the barrel. 1403 01:13:40,949 --> 01:13:42,751 >> It's about risk. 1404 01:13:42,784 --> 01:13:45,654 Guys, come on, you used to love taking risks! 1405 01:13:45,687 --> 01:13:47,022 >> It's suicide. 1406 01:13:48,523 --> 01:13:50,692 We might as well all just jump off the roof. 1407 01:13:50,725 --> 01:13:52,194 >> That's not a bad idea. 1408 01:13:52,227 --> 01:13:53,762 But it's a short flight. 1409 01:13:53,795 --> 01:13:56,064 I was just suggesting a slightly longer one. 1410 01:13:57,665 --> 01:13:58,700 >> Max, are you finished? 1411 01:13:59,968 --> 01:14:00,936 Then let's move on to some serious -- 1412 01:14:00,969 --> 01:14:03,839 >> I...think I'd be up for it. 1413 01:14:06,841 --> 01:14:07,776 >> What? 1414 01:14:13,147 --> 01:14:14,983 >> That is, I'd go along with Max. 1415 01:14:15,016 --> 01:14:17,052 >> You're joking. >> Of course he's not. 1416 01:14:17,085 --> 01:14:18,720 You ever heard him joke before? 1417 01:14:18,753 --> 01:14:20,689 >> Dumi, don't encourage him. 1418 01:14:20,722 --> 01:14:23,525 >> No, listen, when they cancelled my research grant 1419 01:14:23,558 --> 01:14:26,962 in the Soviet Union, I almost slit my wrists. 1420 01:14:26,995 --> 01:14:28,897 Yeah, and you know what I probably should have done it. 1421 01:14:28,930 --> 01:14:30,131 Because instead I'm just being interviewed 1422 01:14:30,165 --> 01:14:32,701 about space missions I should have been helping organize. 1423 01:14:32,734 --> 01:14:35,103 >> And you know why they cut your grant, don't you, Dumi? 1424 01:14:35,136 --> 01:14:37,105 >> But at least they're not putting us in the ovens anymore. 1425 01:14:39,207 --> 01:14:40,742 >> Not yet they're not. 1426 01:14:40,775 --> 01:14:42,845 Look it's Dumi's birthday. 1427 01:14:44,112 --> 01:14:45,614 He's 40 years old. 1428 01:14:47,582 --> 01:14:49,151 I hope he won't be angry with me 1429 01:14:50,618 --> 01:14:52,154 if I don't wish him a long life. 1430 01:14:55,857 --> 01:14:56,992 20 years ago, how many of us thought 1431 01:14:57,025 --> 01:14:59,227 we'd live into our 40's? 1432 01:14:59,260 --> 01:15:02,598 The sheer idea of a long life back then was a kind of betrayal. 1433 01:15:04,832 --> 01:15:08,537 Razvan, what's your best memory in the last 10 years? 1434 01:15:08,570 --> 01:15:11,073 Or can you think of one good thing since the end of the war? 1435 01:15:12,206 --> 01:15:14,009 >> The day Stalin died? 1436 01:15:14,042 --> 01:15:15,143 >> Oh, shut up. 1437 01:15:15,176 --> 01:15:17,646 >> What else is there for us? 1438 01:15:19,314 --> 01:15:22,584 If we pull it off, great. We're laughing, at them. 1439 01:15:23,918 --> 01:15:26,622 If we get caught, sure, it's the end of the show. 1440 01:15:28,289 --> 01:15:29,791 But what an ending? 1441 01:15:31,859 --> 01:15:33,228 Who'll drink to that with me? 1442 01:15:33,261 --> 01:15:35,197 [instrumental music] 1443 01:16:07,028 --> 01:16:09,197 >> Purely for the sake of team spirit. 1444 01:16:14,936 --> 01:16:16,204 >> I'm sorry, I can't play death with you. 1445 01:16:16,237 --> 01:16:17,339 I have your child to raise. 1446 01:16:21,743 --> 01:16:23,712 [glasses clinking] 1447 01:16:28,950 --> 01:16:30,819 [glasses shattering] 1448 01:16:30,852 --> 01:16:32,087 [instrumental music] 1449 01:16:33,855 --> 01:16:37,693 Over the next few days, things started to move fast. 1450 01:16:39,661 --> 01:16:41,597 [engine revving] 1451 01:16:56,711 --> 01:16:59,714 >> Write a declaration that you are so-and-so taxi driver 1452 01:16:59,747 --> 01:17:01,983 of such-and-such a cab, model and number. 1453 01:17:02,016 --> 01:17:03,852 Put down the exact details 1454 01:17:03,885 --> 01:17:06,288 of where and when your car was stolen. 1455 01:17:12,694 --> 01:17:14,363 [engine revving] 1456 01:17:15,263 --> 01:17:17,699 >> Max Rosenthal in a park? 1457 01:17:17,732 --> 01:17:19,134 Knock me down with a feather. 1458 01:17:19,167 --> 01:17:21,103 [laughs] 1459 01:17:23,738 --> 01:17:25,307 [music continues] 1460 01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:47,796 >> It's better if we keep them here. 1461 01:17:47,829 --> 01:17:49,698 My place is too risky. 1462 01:17:51,299 --> 01:17:52,701 Sonia keeps turning up for her stuff 1463 01:17:52,734 --> 01:17:53,902 and rifling through everything. 1464 01:17:53,935 --> 01:17:56,705 >> Max. I -- I'll store them here for you. 1465 01:17:56,738 --> 01:17:59,741 But don't count on me for anything else. 1466 01:18:01,075 --> 01:18:02,144 >> What do you mean? 1467 01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:09,284 >> I -- I think I'd rather watch everything from a distance. 1468 01:18:09,317 --> 01:18:11,353 I've been thinking it over, and you see.. 1469 01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:14,756 I'm a historian. 1470 01:18:14,789 --> 01:18:17,192 I'm curious about what's gotta happen in the years ahead. 1471 01:18:18,092 --> 01:18:20,061 I want to be alive to see it. 1472 01:18:20,094 --> 01:18:21,996 >> I'll tell you what's gonna happen. 1473 01:18:22,029 --> 01:18:23,798 Nothing. 1474 01:18:23,831 --> 01:18:26,267 You're gonna carry on teaching fake history to ignorant kids 1475 01:18:26,300 --> 01:18:28,203 until you wanna shoot yourself, that's what's gonna happen. 1476 01:18:32,774 --> 01:18:35,243 So make your choice. Now or later? 1477 01:18:39,147 --> 01:18:42,350 Hey, I'm only joking, big man. 1478 01:18:42,383 --> 01:18:44,352 Of course if you want out, you're free to go. 1479 01:18:48,022 --> 01:18:49,124 >> I'm sorry, Max. 1480 01:18:50,992 --> 01:18:52,961 [knock on door] 1481 01:18:54,262 --> 01:18:55,296 >> How dare you? 1482 01:18:55,329 --> 01:18:56,931 >> Don't get hysterical. 1483 01:18:56,964 --> 01:18:58,533 He came here begging me to count him in. 1484 01:18:58,566 --> 01:19:00,368 Of course I said no. 1485 01:19:00,401 --> 01:19:02,237 >> Where is he? Mirel! 1486 01:19:02,270 --> 01:19:03,471 >> He's locked himself in the bathroom. 1487 01:19:03,504 --> 01:19:04,672 He doesn't want to talk to you. 1488 01:19:04,705 --> 01:19:07,542 >> How did he find out about the plan? Did you tell him? 1489 01:19:07,575 --> 01:19:09,778 >> The boys were talking about it when we went to steal the camera. 1490 01:19:09,811 --> 01:19:10,979 >> No, I'm not coming out, go away. 1491 01:19:11,012 --> 01:19:13,348 >> He's only 12 years old. Can't you just leave him alone? 1492 01:19:13,381 --> 01:19:15,784 >> I would, I swear. But he's nuts about it. 1493 01:19:15,817 --> 01:19:17,118 He knows when and where it's gonna happen. 1494 01:19:17,151 --> 01:19:18,453 He's threatening to come whether we like it or not. 1495 01:19:18,486 --> 01:19:20,255 >> Max, you have to stop him, talk him out of it. 1496 01:19:20,288 --> 01:19:21,489 He doesn't listen to me anymore. 1497 01:19:21,522 --> 01:19:23,958 >> Believe me, I've tried. >> Try harder. 1498 01:19:23,991 --> 01:19:26,528 You won him over, now he's also your responsibility. 1499 01:19:26,561 --> 01:19:27,862 Look, if you don't stop him 1500 01:19:27,895 --> 01:19:29,430 I'll turn you all over to the police. 1501 01:19:29,463 --> 01:19:32,400 >> Alice Bercovich naming names. That will be the day. 1502 01:19:32,433 --> 01:19:34,402 >> Well then we'll just leave. I'll take him away. 1503 01:19:38,039 --> 01:19:41,042 >> I'm not coming out. >> He won't go. 1504 01:19:41,075 --> 01:19:42,911 >> You -- you are a monster. 1505 01:19:45,413 --> 01:19:47,015 You want him to go. 1506 01:19:47,048 --> 01:19:50,018 You want to make another Max out of him. 1507 01:19:50,051 --> 01:19:51,787 >> Well, he is my son, after all. 1508 01:19:53,187 --> 01:19:55,957 He wants it so much. 1509 01:19:55,990 --> 01:19:57,559 Besides, it's already arranged for 5 people. 1510 01:19:57,592 --> 01:20:00,295 It's too late to change now. And Alice, he's a minor. 1511 01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:01,963 Even if they do arrest us, all they'll do 1512 01:20:01,996 --> 01:20:03,298 is make him change schools. 1513 01:20:03,331 --> 01:20:04,866 >> He stays home. 1514 01:20:12,506 --> 01:20:14,209 You need five people? 1515 01:20:19,513 --> 01:20:20,482 [gun magazine clicks] 1516 01:20:22,483 --> 01:20:25,220 >> So you changed your mind after all, huh? 1517 01:20:25,253 --> 01:20:26,988 >> I'm a woman. I'm fickle. 1518 01:20:28,522 --> 01:20:30,859 >> Oh, look who's talking about changing their mind. 1519 01:20:32,026 --> 01:20:34,162 >> I'll cook something. 1520 01:20:34,195 --> 01:20:36,097 Y--you'll all be hungry by noon. 1521 01:20:44,972 --> 01:20:46,107 [door opens] 1522 01:20:52,647 --> 01:20:54,182 [door slams] 1523 01:21:01,222 --> 01:21:02,957 Hey! Hey! 1524 01:21:02,990 --> 01:21:04,993 Stop! Stop. 1525 01:21:08,262 --> 01:21:09,397 I'm coming. 1526 01:21:11,966 --> 01:21:13,501 [engine revving] 1527 01:21:17,672 --> 01:21:19,107 >> Here are the keys to the filing Cabinet. 1528 01:21:19,140 --> 01:21:20,141 >> Yup. 1529 01:21:20,174 --> 01:21:22,644 >> The files are all up to date. 1530 01:21:22,677 --> 01:21:24,212 What else is there to say? 1531 01:21:24,245 --> 01:21:26,247 >> That it's been a pleasure working with you. 1532 01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:27,549 [laughing] 1533 01:21:32,086 --> 01:21:34,122 >> Oh, I almost forgot. 1534 01:21:34,155 --> 01:21:35,657 I put all my personal belongings 1535 01:21:35,690 --> 01:21:37,492 in one of our vans to have them taken home. 1536 01:21:37,525 --> 01:21:38,993 >> Well, I'll get you a driver. >> No need, Boris. 1537 01:21:39,027 --> 01:21:41,897 I'll take care of it. You'll have the van back in the garage by tomorrow 1538 01:21:44,332 --> 01:21:45,667 Good luck with your new life. 1539 01:21:45,700 --> 01:21:48,169 >> You too, Max. With everything you set out to do. 1540 01:21:48,202 --> 01:21:50,405 >> Yeah. >> I hope one day we'll get to -- 1541 01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:54,175 [sighs] 1542 01:21:57,345 --> 01:21:58,513 [gun clicks] 1543 01:22:00,448 --> 01:22:02,417 [dramatic music] 1544 01:22:02,450 --> 01:22:03,919 [car engine revving] 1545 01:22:06,020 --> 01:22:07,055 [tires screeching] 1546 01:22:08,723 --> 01:22:10,692 [gunshots] 1547 01:22:10,725 --> 01:22:12,660 >> Good day, comrades. 1548 01:22:12,693 --> 01:22:15,196 Don't be alarmed, we're shooting a film. 1549 01:22:18,332 --> 01:22:19,367 It's very simple. Let me explain. 1550 01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:20,601 We pretend to rob you. 1551 01:22:20,635 --> 01:22:22,403 >> Get out of the car slowly, with your hands in the air. 1552 01:22:22,436 --> 01:22:23,904 Just like you've seen in the movies. 1553 01:22:23,938 --> 01:22:26,174 >> Come on! Come on! come on! >> But we have to deliver -- [gun firing] 1554 01:22:26,207 --> 01:22:27,408 >> Where's your weapon? >> We're not armed. 1555 01:22:27,441 --> 01:22:28,609 >> I don't believe it. 1556 01:22:28,642 --> 01:22:31,179 Those morons let you transport money without any weapons? 1557 01:22:31,212 --> 01:22:33,348 >> You, put the money in the van. 1558 01:22:35,216 --> 01:22:36,952 The money in the van. 1559 01:22:39,186 --> 01:22:43,057 Come on, come on. Come on, guys, show some enthusiasm. 1560 01:22:43,090 --> 01:22:45,193 You're being filmed. 1561 01:22:45,226 --> 01:22:46,294 You'd think it was their money! 1562 01:22:46,327 --> 01:22:48,730 >> I don't know what put them in such a bad mood. 1563 01:22:48,763 --> 01:22:50,598 What's your name? >> Viorel. 1564 01:22:50,631 --> 01:22:51,733 >> What's wrong, Viorel? 1565 01:22:51,766 --> 01:22:53,234 Aren't you excited to be in a movie? 1566 01:22:53,267 --> 01:22:54,669 >> Maybe he doesn't like his part? 1567 01:22:54,702 --> 01:22:56,337 >> Well he should have said. 1568 01:22:56,370 --> 01:23:01,175 You know what, Viorel. You can have mine! 1569 01:23:01,208 --> 01:23:03,544 What about him? Maybe he wants to change his part. Ask him. 1570 01:23:03,577 --> 01:23:06,014 >> With pleasure. 1571 01:23:06,047 --> 01:23:07,515 [instrumental music] 1572 01:23:18,526 --> 01:23:21,129 [grunting] 1573 01:23:21,162 --> 01:23:24,098 >> Take the money, spare our lives. 1574 01:23:24,131 --> 01:23:26,634 >> Can we stop the clowning and go home? 1575 01:23:26,667 --> 01:23:29,237 >> Why, I'm just having some fun. 1576 01:23:29,270 --> 01:23:32,306 Since when do we have a real cameraman? 1577 01:23:32,339 --> 01:23:34,409 >> You bastard! 1578 01:23:37,144 --> 01:23:39,113 [gunshots] 1579 01:23:39,146 --> 01:23:41,115 >> Please. I beg you. 1580 01:23:41,148 --> 01:23:44,619 >> Don't worry! We're just making a film! 1581 01:23:44,652 --> 01:23:46,754 >> Down, now! >> Let's go. 1582 01:23:46,787 --> 01:23:48,289 Thanks. Here. 1583 01:23:52,326 --> 01:23:55,329 Ta-dah. Come on, Viorel. Forward march. 1584 01:23:55,362 --> 01:23:56,798 You've played your parts very well. 1585 01:23:56,831 --> 01:23:58,566 Now get over to the police van. 1586 01:24:02,670 --> 01:24:04,172 [car engine revving] 1587 01:24:06,407 --> 01:24:08,576 [tires screeching] 1588 01:24:08,609 --> 01:24:13,247 Not that you were very talkative, but still. 1589 01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:16,184 [engine revving] 1590 01:24:22,523 --> 01:24:24,759 [jeep engine revving] 1591 01:24:24,792 --> 01:24:26,428 [crowd clapping] 1592 01:24:29,897 --> 01:24:33,267 >> Right. Left. Right. 1593 01:24:33,300 --> 01:24:35,837 >> No, I want to come with you and split the money. 1594 01:24:35,870 --> 01:24:37,438 >> Out of the question. 1595 01:24:37,471 --> 01:24:39,373 You stay here, rehearse for the big parade 1596 01:24:39,406 --> 01:24:42,810 and don't come back until it's over. 1597 01:24:42,843 --> 01:24:44,178 [car engine revving] 1598 01:24:44,211 --> 01:24:46,347 >> Left. Right. 1599 01:24:50,751 --> 01:24:53,121 >> Thank you, both 1600 01:24:53,154 --> 01:24:57,391 for taking part in a masterpiece of socialist cinema. 1601 01:24:57,424 --> 01:25:01,462 You are free to go. Go! 1602 01:25:01,495 --> 01:25:03,164 [Max laughing] 1603 01:25:13,507 --> 01:25:14,542 [grunting] 1604 01:25:16,644 --> 01:25:17,846 [car engine revving] 1605 01:25:28,722 --> 01:25:29,824 [grunting] 1606 01:25:29,857 --> 01:25:32,527 >> You traitor! You liar. 1607 01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:35,897 You bastard, you lied to me! >> Stop it. Stop, stop! 1608 01:25:35,930 --> 01:25:38,466 >> You lied to me. >> It wasn't me. 1609 01:25:38,499 --> 01:25:41,136 It wasn't me. I swear. Stop. 1610 01:25:41,969 --> 01:25:44,572 Be good. Listen. 1611 01:25:44,605 --> 01:25:46,374 I did not lie to you. 1612 01:25:46,407 --> 01:25:48,242 I locked him in the house when I left this morning. 1613 01:25:48,275 --> 01:25:49,644 He must have broken a window. 1614 01:25:49,677 --> 01:25:52,480 I swear to you, he came here by himself. 1615 01:25:52,513 --> 01:25:54,649 Alice, don't worry for a second about Mirel. 1616 01:25:54,682 --> 01:25:57,652 Even if we're all arrested tomorrow, nothing's gonna happen to him. 1617 01:25:57,685 --> 01:25:59,387 I'll have false papers made for him. 1618 01:25:59,420 --> 01:26:00,755 His address will be secret. 1619 01:26:00,788 --> 01:26:01,923 You and I will be the only two people 1620 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:03,525 who'll know anything about him. 1621 01:26:05,292 --> 01:26:06,928 [Alice crying] 1622 01:26:06,961 --> 01:26:08,296 Why are you crying? 1623 01:26:10,831 --> 01:26:12,700 That's what I didn't want. 1624 01:26:12,733 --> 01:26:15,369 I didn't.. >> What didn't you want? 1625 01:26:15,402 --> 01:26:16,804 What do you mean? Tell me! 1626 01:26:16,837 --> 01:26:19,907 >> That's what I didn't want for Mirel. 1627 01:26:19,940 --> 01:26:21,742 I didn't want to have him -- 1628 01:26:21,775 --> 01:26:26,681 I didn't want for him to have to hide all his life. 1629 01:26:26,714 --> 01:26:28,516 [crying] 1630 01:26:36,924 --> 01:26:39,961 The police investigation started the next day. 1631 01:26:39,994 --> 01:26:42,563 Newspapers never printed a word 1632 01:26:42,596 --> 01:26:44,465 but people were whispering all over town. 1633 01:26:44,498 --> 01:26:47,969 We -- we became Romanian Robin Hoods. 1634 01:26:48,002 --> 01:26:50,771 And after about two weeks 1635 01:26:50,804 --> 01:26:53,341 the Minister of the Interior ordered the secret police 1636 01:26:53,374 --> 01:26:55,543 to take over the case. 1637 01:26:55,576 --> 01:26:57,011 Overnight, we were -- we were upgraded 1638 01:26:57,044 --> 01:27:01,849 from ordinary brigands to enemies of the people. 1639 01:27:01,882 --> 01:27:04,252 It became a political case. 1640 01:27:04,285 --> 01:27:08,456 Meanwhile, we ate at the Athénée Palace every night 1641 01:27:08,489 --> 01:27:11,559 we bought lots of clothes 1642 01:27:11,592 --> 01:27:14,328 the high life. 1643 01:27:14,361 --> 01:27:17,298 >> So how did they find you? 1644 01:27:17,331 --> 01:27:19,867 >> Yorgu. >> No, he turned you in? 1645 01:27:19,900 --> 01:27:21,936 >> Not really. 1646 01:27:21,969 --> 01:27:24,438 It all started with a phone conversation 1647 01:27:24,471 --> 01:27:26,474 he had with another teacher. 1648 01:27:26,507 --> 01:27:29,510 They were discussing a couple of pupils in his class 1649 01:27:29,543 --> 01:27:31,579 who were being persecuted because their parents 1650 01:27:31,612 --> 01:27:32,747 were former land-owners. 1651 01:27:32,780 --> 01:27:34,715 >> Yes, but I have to say 1652 01:27:34,748 --> 01:27:36,350 and I hope you won't judge me for this. 1653 01:27:36,383 --> 01:27:40,354 They're all hard-working, highly intelligent students. 1654 01:27:40,387 --> 01:27:41,856 No really. 1655 01:27:41,889 --> 01:27:45,059 You wouldn't believe the treasures they have hiding up there 1656 01:27:45,092 --> 01:27:48,429 >> The treasures they have hiding up there. 1657 01:27:48,462 --> 01:27:50,765 That's the sentence that sent us away. 1658 01:27:50,798 --> 01:27:53,301 >> My neighbor, Comrade Ristea 1659 01:27:53,334 --> 01:27:56,037 has a treasure hidden up in his attic. 1660 01:27:56,070 --> 01:27:57,538 Probably gold. 1661 01:27:59,373 --> 01:28:00,475 [door bangs] 1662 01:28:06,714 --> 01:28:08,983 >> The fun was over. 1663 01:28:09,016 --> 01:28:12,386 During the next 24 hours the Communist Secret Police 1664 01:28:12,419 --> 01:28:15,523 made up for a whole month of inefficiency. 1665 01:28:15,556 --> 01:28:20,295 >> Who was the brilliant leader of the Great October Revolution? 1666 01:28:24,832 --> 01:28:27,468 >> Last door. Class 3. 1667 01:28:27,501 --> 01:28:30,504 >> A certain, Vladimir Ilyich? 1668 01:28:30,537 --> 01:28:32,373 Ring any bells? 1669 01:28:32,406 --> 01:28:36,077 [door opens] 1670 01:28:36,110 --> 01:28:38,813 >> Be seated. 1671 01:28:38,846 --> 01:28:41,849 Are you Ristea Yorgu, born Feldiman? 1672 01:28:44,918 --> 01:28:48,723 >> Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, born Ulianov? 1673 01:29:03,604 --> 01:29:04,906 [police car engine revving] 1674 01:29:22,089 --> 01:29:23,391 [lift door slams] 1675 01:29:26,894 --> 01:29:28,696 [lift motor whirring] 1676 01:29:36,437 --> 01:29:37,405 >> Hey. 1677 01:29:50,651 --> 01:29:54,188 >> Today we celebrate a historic day. 1678 01:29:54,221 --> 01:29:57,057 To learn more about this awe-inspiring victory 1679 01:29:57,090 --> 01:29:59,627 for the communist heroes of the Soviet Union 1680 01:29:59,660 --> 01:30:03,197 we turn now to our expert in astro-physics and space missions 1681 01:30:03,230 --> 01:30:05,966 Comrade Dumitru Dorneanu. 1682 01:30:05,999 --> 01:30:08,903 >> Believe it or not, it happened on September 14th. 1683 01:30:08,936 --> 01:30:11,706 The day, the Lunik 2 satellite, landed on the moon. 1684 01:30:18,579 --> 01:30:20,415 Max had won his bet. 1685 01:30:30,557 --> 01:30:32,627 [piano music] 1686 01:30:43,203 --> 01:30:45,440 [indistinct muttering] 1687 01:30:48,242 --> 01:30:50,578 [Alice groaning] 1688 01:30:52,513 --> 01:30:54,882 Um...yes, um.. 1689 01:30:55,849 --> 01:30:58,186 [groaning intensifies] 1690 01:31:05,058 --> 01:31:06,928 [feathers flapping] 1691 01:31:14,034 --> 01:31:16,571 [metal clanking] 1692 01:31:23,744 --> 01:31:24,779 [snoring] 1693 01:31:27,114 --> 01:31:29,116 [pen scribbling] 1694 01:31:36,256 --> 01:31:39,260 >> Good morning. What are you doing? 1695 01:31:40,727 --> 01:31:42,596 >> These are instructions for you. 1696 01:31:42,629 --> 01:31:45,566 Don't read them today. Wait until the filming is over. 1697 01:31:45,599 --> 01:31:50,871 And...if it seems complicated, then you can discuss it with Mr. Zilber. 1698 01:31:50,904 --> 01:31:53,607 I'm sure he'll help you. 1699 01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:55,075 Come on, wake up. 1700 01:31:55,108 --> 01:31:57,645 We had a lovely night. But now it's back to work. 1701 01:31:58,345 --> 01:31:59,514 [sighing] 1702 01:32:07,754 --> 01:32:09,924 Shall we go? 1703 01:32:09,957 --> 01:32:13,961 Martyrs' Square, please. And hurry. We're already late. 1704 01:32:13,994 --> 01:32:16,163 [children screaming] 1705 01:32:20,767 --> 01:32:24,572 >> There they are. 1706 01:32:24,605 --> 01:32:26,740 [tires screeching] 1707 01:32:26,773 --> 01:32:28,743 [door slamming] 1708 01:32:34,815 --> 01:32:35,950 [door slamming] 1709 01:32:41,655 --> 01:32:43,758 Come, I want to talk to you. 1710 01:32:47,694 --> 01:32:49,630 Sit down. 1711 01:32:55,035 --> 01:32:58,672 Now, I want you to write something very simple. 1712 01:32:58,705 --> 01:32:59,707 The address. 1713 01:33:04,711 --> 01:33:06,647 [pen scribbling] 1714 01:33:12,686 --> 01:33:14,088 What's this? 1715 01:33:14,121 --> 01:33:17,091 >> It's my address. I mean, Mr. Zilber's. 1716 01:33:17,124 --> 01:33:18,225 >> You're trying to play smart with me? 1717 01:33:18,259 --> 01:33:20,127 >> Why would I? You know that's where we spent the night. 1718 01:33:20,160 --> 01:33:21,295 Your men were on watch the whole time. 1719 01:33:21,328 --> 01:33:24,198 >> I want you to give me the other address. 1720 01:33:24,231 --> 01:33:25,199 >> I don't know any other address. 1721 01:33:25,232 --> 01:33:27,401 Believe me! If I did, I would give it to you. 1722 01:33:27,434 --> 01:33:31,872 >> Virgil, my friend. You see...how tired I am? 1723 01:33:31,905 --> 01:33:35,709 Do you know how many sleepless nights, I have been having, hmm? 1724 01:33:35,742 --> 01:33:39,380 Last night was the fourth. Why are you doing this to me? 1725 01:33:39,413 --> 01:33:41,382 >> I'm sorry, I -- >> Listen! 1726 01:33:41,415 --> 01:33:45,119 I'm in no hurry. I'll give you the whole day to think about it. 1727 01:33:45,152 --> 01:33:48,188 But if you don't comply, you'll be taken in for questioning.. 1728 01:33:48,221 --> 01:33:50,424 ...by other officers with other methods. 1729 01:33:50,457 --> 01:33:55,863 You will end up giving the address just to someone else. 1730 01:33:55,896 --> 01:33:58,265 And that would be very sad for me. 1731 01:33:58,298 --> 01:34:01,669 Think of all the time and effort, I've put in to this. 1732 01:34:01,702 --> 01:34:04,805 The young Bercovich is a key element. 1733 01:34:04,838 --> 01:34:08,742 A secret I've told to no one but you. 1734 01:34:08,775 --> 01:34:13,047 Why let any old fool take the credit for all my work, mm? 1735 01:34:17,184 --> 01:34:19,687 Meanwhile, the sun won't wait. 1736 01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:22,056 Your assistant will have to work the camera today. 1737 01:34:27,227 --> 01:34:29,096 >> And...action! 1738 01:34:31,031 --> 01:34:32,967 [instrumental music] 1739 01:34:37,771 --> 01:34:39,707 [music continues] 1740 01:34:49,116 --> 01:34:50,851 >> On with you. 1741 01:34:54,788 --> 01:34:56,724 [music continues] 1742 01:34:59,092 --> 01:35:01,462 >> Stop! Stop everything. 1743 01:35:01,495 --> 01:35:04,198 >> Get their guns. Get their guns. 1744 01:35:04,231 --> 01:35:06,100 >> Give me the guns! 1745 01:35:06,133 --> 01:35:08,836 >> Prisoners back in the van. >> Get away. Move! 1746 01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:15,375 >> Who's our man in charge of this operation? 1747 01:35:15,408 --> 01:35:17,144 >> Lt. Col. Holban, sir. 1748 01:35:17,177 --> 01:35:18,946 >> Where is he? Find him! 1749 01:35:23,416 --> 01:35:26,320 >> Comrade Holban, sir! Wake up! 1750 01:35:26,353 --> 01:35:28,189 The Comrade Minister is here! 1751 01:35:33,326 --> 01:35:37,097 >> Find me somewhere quiet we can talk. 1752 01:35:37,130 --> 01:35:38,966 Hey, you! Get us some coffee! 1753 01:35:38,999 --> 01:35:41,201 Did I interrupt your nap, comrade? 1754 01:35:41,234 --> 01:35:42,970 >> I beg your pardon. The exhaustion.. 1755 01:35:43,003 --> 01:35:45,539 >> As you're exhausted, we can offer you an extended holiday! 1756 01:35:45,572 --> 01:35:48,876 There's no room in my Ministry for exhaustion. 1757 01:35:48,909 --> 01:35:51,979 I suppose, you were asleep yesterday as well, when a prisoner got away.. 1758 01:35:52,012 --> 01:35:55,849 ...with a gun in broad daylight! I've got the report right here. 1759 01:35:55,882 --> 01:35:57,818 I've never known anything like it. 1760 01:35:57,851 --> 01:36:00,120 >> Yes, sir, comrade, but we have recaptured the fugitive. 1761 01:36:00,153 --> 01:36:02,322 >> After she strolled around the city all night! 1762 01:36:02,355 --> 01:36:04,958 >> If you will allow me to inform you of a new element 1763 01:36:04,991 --> 01:36:06,092 that has come to light in the investigation -- 1764 01:36:06,126 --> 01:36:08,862 >> What investigation! This case has already been tried! 1765 01:36:08,895 --> 01:36:11,131 We're talking gross negligence in the line of duty! 1766 01:36:11,164 --> 01:36:15,402 >> Please, sir -- >> Shut your fat-little-mouth. 1767 01:36:16,536 --> 01:36:18,372 I want to hear you shut up! 1768 01:36:21,007 --> 01:36:23,210 Where's the coffee? 1769 01:36:23,243 --> 01:36:25,412 >> Excuse me, sir, I'm not actually a waiter. 1770 01:36:25,445 --> 01:36:27,881 >> What are you then? 1771 01:36:27,914 --> 01:36:30,384 >> I'm in charge of the camera. 1772 01:36:30,417 --> 01:36:32,086 >> So go and take care of your camera. 1773 01:36:37,924 --> 01:36:40,360 Now, you pack your bags tonight. 1774 01:36:40,393 --> 01:36:42,162 You're exhausted. 1775 01:36:42,195 --> 01:36:44,364 So we're sending you off to get some rest. 1776 01:36:44,397 --> 01:36:47,868 In a work camp. In the mountains. 1777 01:36:47,901 --> 01:36:50,270 Lots of fresh air. 1778 01:36:50,303 --> 01:36:52,072 [footsteps departing] 1779 01:36:54,274 --> 01:36:55,375 >> Prisoner Radoiu. 1780 01:36:55,408 --> 01:36:57,077 Get out. 1781 01:36:58,211 --> 01:37:00,181 [birds chirping] 1782 01:37:05,485 --> 01:37:08,589 >> I want you to know, all of this was my idea. 1783 01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:09,923 >> What? 1784 01:37:09,956 --> 01:37:12,492 >> All of this. The film. The shooting. 1785 01:37:12,525 --> 01:37:15,529 >> Well, good for you. I've always loved movies. 1786 01:37:15,562 --> 01:37:17,631 >> All that will be left of you.. 1787 01:37:17,664 --> 01:37:20,100 ...will be the image of a traitor and criminal 1788 01:37:20,133 --> 01:37:22,202 captured by the men in my command. 1789 01:37:22,235 --> 01:37:25,939 A hundred years from now, people will see this film and they'll say.. 1790 01:37:25,972 --> 01:37:28,942 ...it can't have been easy to build socialism in the early days. 1791 01:37:28,975 --> 01:37:31,478 Luckily, there were men like me around to do it. 1792 01:37:31,511 --> 01:37:32,580 [pretending to cough] 1793 01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:35,215 >> How's Sonia? 1794 01:37:35,248 --> 01:37:37,217 >> You don't worry about her. 1795 01:37:37,250 --> 01:37:40,254 She's fine. >> Com-uh, Mr. Minister.. 1796 01:37:40,287 --> 01:37:42,256 >> Oh. They've taught you how to address me properly. 1797 01:37:42,289 --> 01:37:45,125 Well, a convict is no comrade of mine. 1798 01:37:45,158 --> 01:37:47,961 >> I've got a proposition. Concerns the entire group. 1799 01:37:47,994 --> 01:37:50,497 Instead of executing us with bullets.. 1800 01:37:50,530 --> 01:37:53,267 ...why not send us into space in a Soviet satellite? 1801 01:37:54,935 --> 01:37:57,638 Then we could be of use to science. Everyone would win. 1802 01:37:57,671 --> 01:37:59,973 >> Is this some kind of joke? >> No, no, no. 1803 01:38:00,006 --> 01:38:02,376 I'm deadly serious. Why sacrifice dogs? 1804 01:38:02,409 --> 01:38:04,111 It would be much smarter to send humans 1805 01:38:04,144 --> 01:38:05,913 because they can send back observations 1806 01:38:05,946 --> 01:38:08,382 and records of everything they see before they die. 1807 01:38:08,415 --> 01:38:13,387 Imagine. We could have a man in space before the Americans! 1808 01:38:13,420 --> 01:38:16,690 >> Now you listen to me, you miserable scum! 1809 01:38:16,723 --> 01:38:19,693 Anyone sent into space is a hero of the people. 1810 01:38:19,726 --> 01:38:21,161 Dogs or no dogs! 1811 01:38:21,194 --> 01:38:23,397 Traitors and saboteurs are not sent into space. 1812 01:38:23,430 --> 01:38:25,232 They are sent before a firing squad 1813 01:38:25,265 --> 01:38:27,567 and their families have to pay for the bullets! 1814 01:38:27,600 --> 01:38:31,071 Now that's enough! Back to the cells! The party's over! 1815 01:38:31,104 --> 01:38:33,173 Everyone back to their cells! 1816 01:38:33,206 --> 01:38:35,375 Since when has a prison become a holiday camp? 1817 01:38:35,408 --> 01:38:38,045 You've got enough stuff to finish the film! 1818 01:38:42,482 --> 01:38:44,451 [doors slamming] 1819 01:38:49,589 --> 01:38:51,525 [instrumental music] 1820 01:38:55,595 --> 01:38:57,531 [engine revving] 1821 01:39:00,400 --> 01:39:02,336 [music continues] 1822 01:39:08,208 --> 01:39:09,643 >> That was fun. 1823 01:39:11,478 --> 01:39:13,480 [music continues] 1824 01:39:20,420 --> 01:39:22,389 >> "Dear Virgil.. 1825 01:39:22,422 --> 01:39:25,492 "...now you know where my child lives. 1826 01:39:25,525 --> 01:39:28,562 "He will be 13 on August, the 26th. 1827 01:39:28,595 --> 01:39:32,466 "In Jewish tradition, that's the day of his Bar Mitzvah.. 1828 01:39:32,499 --> 01:39:36,069 "..a ceremony at the synagogue followed by a party. 1829 01:39:36,102 --> 01:39:40,540 "This is how young boys become accepted as members of the community. 1830 01:39:40,573 --> 01:39:42,509 [indistinct chattering] 1831 01:39:44,677 --> 01:39:46,013 >> Come on, come on. 1832 01:39:47,113 --> 01:39:49,750 Faster. >> Don't touch me. 1833 01:39:51,051 --> 01:39:52,987 [dog barking] 1834 01:39:54,721 --> 01:39:57,758 >> "I would dearly like to find someone trustworthy 1835 01:39:57,791 --> 01:40:00,660 "who could organize this ceremony for Mirel. 1836 01:40:00,693 --> 01:40:05,265 "And I would be so happy if you could do it. With Mr. Zilber's help. 1837 01:40:05,298 --> 01:40:08,769 "I'm asking you to please help me. 1838 01:40:08,802 --> 01:40:11,805 "And I want you to know that you gave me 1839 01:40:11,838 --> 01:40:15,109 the last beautiful night of my life." 1840 01:40:26,386 --> 01:40:28,322 [intense music] 1841 01:40:36,696 --> 01:40:38,665 [chains clanking] 1842 01:40:43,403 --> 01:40:45,339 [instrumental music] 1843 01:41:29,716 --> 01:41:31,085 >> Fire! 1844 01:41:36,189 --> 01:41:38,125 [instrumental music] 1845 01:41:43,496 --> 01:41:45,432 [audience clapping] 1846 01:41:56,376 --> 01:41:58,312 [instrumental music] 1847 01:42:02,782 --> 01:42:03,750 Ready! 1848 01:42:04,884 --> 01:42:05,852 Aim! 1849 01:42:05,885 --> 01:42:06,854 Fire! 1850 01:42:11,257 --> 01:42:13,260 [instrumental music] 1851 01:42:31,211 --> 01:42:32,179 Ready! 1852 01:42:33,813 --> 01:42:34,815 Aim! 1853 01:42:36,282 --> 01:42:37,284 Fire! 1854 01:42:41,387 --> 01:42:43,323 [instrumental music] 1855 01:43:08,881 --> 01:43:09,850 Attention! 1856 01:43:12,919 --> 01:43:13,954 Ready! 1857 01:43:17,457 --> 01:43:18,425 Aim! 1858 01:43:19,959 --> 01:43:21,895 [instrumental music] 1859 01:43:39,779 --> 01:43:43,250 >> As for me, things turned out differently. 1860 01:43:43,283 --> 01:43:44,551 At the last minute 1861 01:43:44,584 --> 01:43:47,587 my sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. 1862 01:43:47,620 --> 01:43:51,691 My life was spared because a few days before the execution 1863 01:43:51,724 --> 01:43:52,726 it came out that.. 1864 01:43:53,593 --> 01:43:54,928 ...I was pregnant. 1865 01:43:56,996 --> 01:43:58,932 [instrumental music] 1866 01:44:25,658 --> 01:44:26,926 [Jule Styne singing "It's Magic"] 1867 01:44:26,959 --> 01:44:32,299 ♪ You sigh the song begins ♪ 1868 01:44:32,332 --> 01:44:37,504 ♪ You speak and I hear violins ♪ 1869 01:44:38,504 --> 01:44:41,708 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1870 01:44:44,544 --> 01:44:48,548 ♪ The stars desert the skies ♪ 1871 01:44:48,581 --> 01:44:52,719 ♪ And rush to nestle in your eyes ♪ 1872 01:44:53,753 --> 01:44:56,456 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1873 01:44:57,824 --> 01:45:03,530 ♪ Without a golden wand ♪ 1874 01:45:05,598 --> 01:45:10,470 ♪ Or mystic charms ♪ 1875 01:45:13,005 --> 01:45:18,612 ♪ Fantastic things begin ♪ 1876 01:45:19,979 --> 01:45:25,919 ♪ When I am in your arms ♪ 1877 01:45:30,123 --> 01:45:34,060 ♪ When we walk hand in hand ♪ 1878 01:45:34,093 --> 01:45:37,764 ♪ The world becomes a wonderland ♪ 1879 01:45:38,998 --> 01:45:42,336 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1880 01:45:45,738 --> 01:45:49,776 ♪ How else can I explain ♪ 1881 01:45:49,809 --> 01:45:52,979 ♪ Those raindrops when there is no rain ♪ 1882 01:45:54,480 --> 01:45:57,651 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1883 01:45:58,785 --> 01:46:04,491 ♪ Why do I tell myself ♪ 1884 01:46:06,559 --> 01:46:09,829 ♪ These things that happen ♪ 1885 01:46:09,862 --> 01:46:13,633 ♪ Are all really true ♪ 1886 01:46:16,636 --> 01:46:20,140 ♪ When in my heart I know ♪ 1887 01:46:20,173 --> 01:46:25,746 ♪ The magic is my love for you ♪ 1888 01:46:39,158 --> 01:46:42,529 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1889 01:46:54,507 --> 01:46:57,677 ♪ It's magic ♪ 1890 01:46:59,779 --> 01:47:05,585 ♪ Without a golden wand ♪ 1891 01:47:07,053 --> 01:47:12,559 ♪ Or mystic charms ♪ 1892 01:47:14,927 --> 01:47:20,600 ♪ Fantastic things begin ♪ 1893 01:47:22,235 --> 01:47:27,073 ♪ When I am in your arms ♪ 1894 01:48:00,640 --> 01:48:06,546 ♪ Why do I tell myself ♪ 1895 01:48:08,281 --> 01:48:11,718 ♪ These things that happen ♪ 1896 01:48:11,751 --> 01:48:16,022 ♪ Are all really true ♪ 1897 01:48:18,291 --> 01:48:21,928 ♪ When in my heart I know ♪ 1898 01:48:22,929 --> 01:48:26,700 ♪ The magic is my love ♪ 1899 01:48:28,901 --> 01:48:31,771 ♪ For you ♪ 1900 01:48:49,288 --> 01:48:51,224 [instrumental music] 1901 01:50:25,317 --> 01:50:27,287 [instrumental music] 1902 01:50:54,780 --> 01:50:57,751 [music continues] 1903 01:51:18,437 --> 01:51:20,407 [music continues] 1904 01:51:48,467 --> 01:51:51,404 [music continues] 1905 01:51:52,305 --> 01:51:58,535 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/qnz5 Help other users to choose the best subtitles