1 00:00:53,888 --> 00:00:59,643 THE CONFESSION 2 00:00:59,727 --> 00:01:05,566 Based on the report of Lise and Artur London 3 00:03:41,513 --> 00:03:44,516 - Did they come back? - No. No. 4 00:04:10,708 --> 00:04:15,045 - Is it one of your cars? - It's not my Service. 5 00:04:15,629 --> 00:04:18,715 I don't deal with important figures. 6 00:04:18,799 --> 00:04:21,967 You're being followed, I'm sure. 7 00:04:22,885 --> 00:04:26,847 It must be his Service. There must be an explanation. 8 00:04:26,889 --> 00:04:30,810 No one can say that they are being careful. 9 00:04:31,477 --> 00:04:34,522 Why are you doing this? What do you want? 10 00:04:34,557 --> 00:04:36,857 Let's start again. 11 00:04:36,941 --> 00:04:38,859 - Since when? - Three days ago. 12 00:04:39,819 --> 00:04:42,822 - He is sure? - Here they are. 13 00:04:44,156 --> 00:04:46,158 Good. Let's see. 14 00:04:58,837 --> 00:05:00,964 What makes you think that Is it a Security car? 15 00:05:01,214 --> 00:05:04,134 If not, you should take measures to protect myself. 16 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:08,805 I have rights. Here, the license plates of the cars that followed me. 17 00:05:11,056 --> 00:05:14,143 Find Pavel. 18 00:05:14,226 --> 00:05:19,523 You forgot your comrades. If they They point to me, they point to you. 19 00:05:19,606 --> 00:05:23,401 And to every other veteran from Spain. I'm sick of it. 20 00:05:23,568 --> 00:05:25,618 Why don't you face me with Noel Field? 21 00:05:25,653 --> 00:05:29,490 I know very well that he is imprisoned in Hungary. 22 00:05:29,907 --> 00:05:31,868 Yes! 23 00:05:44,881 --> 00:05:50,219 Who is behind this? They are after the veterans. 24 00:05:50,303 --> 00:05:52,722 Those who were to France or London. 25 00:05:52,805 --> 00:05:54,639 ...during the occupation. 26 00:05:55,056 --> 00:05:57,476 You think you'll escape Why is it Security? 27 00:06:00,103 --> 00:06:03,774 Loebl, Pavlik, Feigl too held high positions. 28 00:06:03,982 --> 00:06:08,445 And they're all in prison. The Deputy Minister of Security... 29 00:06:08,487 --> 00:06:10,613 ...is at the Faculty of Party, as an apprentice. 30 00:06:10,654 --> 00:06:16,911 Otto lost his job. Today it's me. And tomorrow? 31 00:06:20,081 --> 00:06:22,083 Whose turn will it be next? 32 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,211 Are those Security cars? 33 00:06:26,878 --> 00:06:30,632 You don't know what's going on your work. Control orders. 34 00:06:30,799 --> 00:06:33,635 If they come from where I I think this can be dangerous. 35 00:06:34,844 --> 00:06:36,846 - Aren't they warned? - Better this way. 36 00:06:36,888 --> 00:06:40,600 Why not? It affects them. 37 00:06:43,144 --> 00:06:47,232 - Did you come together? - No. It was a coincidence - Really? 38 00:06:47,398 --> 00:06:50,235 When we are watching veterans there are no coincidences. 39 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:55,156 - It looks like a meeting of the brigades. - "Watch"... 40 00:06:55,323 --> 00:06:58,930 There are problems. But no one is watching me. 41 00:06:58,965 --> 00:07:02,538 You lost your job. Thrown into prison. 42 00:07:02,621 --> 00:07:05,207 I, at the Party College, They taught me dialectics. 43 00:07:05,374 --> 00:07:08,000 The positive and the negative. O deepening of the struggles... 44 00:07:08,042 --> 00:07:10,253 ...of classes, like the socialism is built. 45 00:07:10,628 --> 00:07:16,008 The Vice Minister is being followed, and the head of Security knows nothing about this. 46 00:07:16,259 --> 00:07:18,553 The shoemaker's son He always goes barefoot. 47 00:07:20,471 --> 00:07:23,641 Resign, leave your work, do your self-criticism. 48 00:07:23,683 --> 00:07:27,437 They didn't accept my resignation and they cut me off from everything. 49 00:07:27,645 --> 00:07:31,440 - Enter this for the Department Heads meeting. - But... 50 00:07:31,523 --> 00:07:33,859 ... the meeting was this morning. 51 00:07:35,986 --> 00:07:39,072 What does this mean? 52 00:07:39,114 --> 00:07:44,202 - The Minister said it was not necessary his coming - They believed in him. 53 00:07:44,369 --> 00:07:50,000 Gérard, I don't believe in anything anymore. I worry about where we will end up. 54 00:07:50,584 --> 00:07:55,172 The Party decides and clarifies the misunderstandings. It's obvious. 55 00:07:55,964 --> 00:07:59,176 - Unless it comes from above. - I thought it was about Field. 56 00:07:59,342 --> 00:08:03,304 The Secretariat told me that no It's about you. Bederich said:... 57 00:08:03,345 --> 00:08:07,140 The Field Case is closed. The Secretary General... 58 00:08:07,182 --> 00:08:10,477 The meeting is useless. 59 00:08:12,187 --> 00:08:15,982 But Gérard insists. It's important to him. 60 00:08:22,072 --> 00:08:25,116 He has a lot of work. He will call you. 61 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:27,368 How is it for the Party, everything becomes clear. 62 00:08:28,161 --> 00:08:31,789 Do you know how Security works. It's a serious situation. 63 00:08:31,955 --> 00:08:37,753 But you have friends there. You He is in charge of Security. 64 00:08:38,962 --> 00:08:44,259 He has problems too. He I knew Noel Field too. 65 00:08:45,052 --> 00:08:47,513 We will have our own processes. 66 00:08:47,638 --> 00:08:51,433 - No, the circumstances are different. - They're the same. 67 00:08:52,142 --> 00:08:57,231 We will find the spies and the traitors in our country. 68 00:08:57,356 --> 00:09:00,526 You spoke to my successor? The new Minister. 69 00:09:01,527 --> 00:09:03,528 That's what he thinks. 70 00:09:03,986 --> 00:09:06,196 His background is terrible. 71 00:09:06,405 --> 00:09:08,532 This matter is not over. 72 00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:12,077 There are ramifications all over part: Poland, Germany... 73 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:18,333 You should see it. 74 00:09:18,375 --> 00:09:19,751 Come. They won't believe that we met... 75 00:09:19,786 --> 00:09:22,254 ...to remember Spain. 76 00:09:26,091 --> 00:09:27,926 We already feel guilty, don't we? 77 00:09:29,678 --> 00:09:30,679 Don't forget. 78 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:40,938 They are still waiting. I will ask the minister to see you. 79 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:51,365 I'm with Gérard, he wants to talk with you. He is very worried. 80 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:56,370 Tell him to come tomorrow. Since that deal with Field has been falling apart. 81 00:09:56,454 --> 00:10:00,666 Many comrades were with Field during the occupation. 82 00:10:00,875 --> 00:10:03,919 - The Party knows. - We couldn't see the enemy. 83 00:10:04,043 --> 00:10:07,463 Betrayal and death do part of the Revolution. 84 00:10:07,546 --> 00:10:09,506 We know that. 85 00:10:10,299 --> 00:10:13,343 Now it's our turn to prove betrayal and death... 86 00:10:13,427 --> 00:10:16,764 ...so that the Revolution continues. This That's what's important: that it continues. 87 00:10:18,724 --> 00:10:21,643 Even if we have to die. 88 00:10:21,810 --> 00:10:24,855 Go see him tomorrow. 89 00:10:27,441 --> 00:10:32,071 - What else is there to do there? - Nothing. Trust the Party. 90 00:10:38,534 --> 00:10:40,870 Who is it? 91 00:10:40,953 --> 00:10:44,665 Are you French? Logo They will soon hang your husband. 92 00:10:44,707 --> 00:10:45,875 What is it? 93 00:10:47,126 --> 00:10:49,170 Nothing. Wrong number. 94 00:12:10,831 --> 00:12:13,166 Who are you? What do you want? 95 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,419 Leave me alone! Leave me alone! 96 00:13:42,043 --> 00:13:44,170 The handcuffs. 97 00:13:53,721 --> 00:13:55,347 I want to see the member in charge of the Party. 98 00:13:55,382 --> 00:13:57,182 Shut up. You can't ask for anything. 99 00:13:59,475 --> 00:14:02,645 - Who are you? I demand to see... - Shut up! 100 00:14:03,855 --> 00:14:06,858 Take it off. 101 00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:44,436 View. 102 00:15:11,628 --> 00:15:14,547 Bills, loose papers... 103 00:15:15,673 --> 00:15:17,467 Pen... 104 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:24,098 Watch, keys... 105 00:15:25,224 --> 00:15:27,935 Alliance... 106 00:15:30,479 --> 00:15:32,481 Wallet... 107 00:15:32,981 --> 00:15:37,528 -350 crowns... -350... 108 00:15:39,947 --> 00:15:44,910 - Party Card. - Cards... 109 00:15:45,536 --> 00:15:47,538 Family photos. 110 00:15:52,376 --> 00:15:55,044 Here is the Frenchwoman. 111 00:15:55,086 --> 00:15:58,338 - Tell my family. - She'll think you ran away. 112 00:16:04,970 --> 00:16:07,848 Darex Bonds. 113 00:16:08,974 --> 00:16:12,310 This is worth 1200 crowns. 114 00:16:12,352 --> 00:16:15,355 Important businesses, such as foreign diplomats... 115 00:16:15,522 --> 00:16:19,609 ...while we sacrifice ourselves to build socialism... 116 00:16:19,651 --> 00:16:23,071 ...you lived like a bourgeois. 117 00:16:28,451 --> 00:16:30,870 Leave it! 118 00:16:32,079 --> 00:16:35,416 Its number is 3225. 119 00:16:35,458 --> 00:16:37,376 Don't forget. 120 00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:22,252 Walk! 121 00:17:28,716 --> 00:17:33,805 You are not allowed to sit! You are not allowed to stand still! Walk! 122 00:17:48,027 --> 00:17:49,737 Walk! 123 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:03,040 Walk! 124 00:18:10,673 --> 00:18:12,591 The Party is always right. 125 00:18:12,675 --> 00:18:16,095 There is a misunderstanding. Everything will be clarified. You must... 126 00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:19,306 ...submit to the rules to prove your good faith. 127 00:18:30,818 --> 00:18:33,403 Stop walking, and we will go break your face! 128 00:18:48,168 --> 00:18:49,669 Walk! 129 00:18:58,719 --> 00:19:00,095 Walk! 130 00:19:11,981 --> 00:19:13,983 The soup. 131 00:19:18,363 --> 00:19:20,573 He has no right to that. 132 00:19:22,533 --> 00:19:24,869 Walk! 133 00:19:30,416 --> 00:19:33,002 Have you seen Gérard today? 134 00:19:33,336 --> 00:19:35,504 Oh, he didn't come? 135 00:19:55,398 --> 00:19:57,692 Have you seen Gérard today? 136 00:19:59,902 --> 00:20:01,278 Oh, he didn't come? 137 00:20:02,029 --> 00:20:03,364 Is Ossik there? 138 00:20:03,406 --> 00:20:06,741 Thanks. Pardon me. 139 00:20:10,370 --> 00:20:13,415 - This is a search. - What is this about? 140 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:19,462 What is it about? Not there. It's where the children sleep. 141 00:20:19,546 --> 00:20:20,553 What's the point of that? 142 00:20:20,588 --> 00:20:25,009 - We have orders to search. - Search? 143 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:27,637 I have a direct line with the Central Committee. 144 00:20:27,721 --> 00:20:32,517 I will call the Secretary General. Let's see what he says. 145 00:20:42,067 --> 00:20:44,903 - Do you have a warrant? - We don't need one. 146 00:20:45,112 --> 00:20:47,406 We already told you: we have orders to search. 147 00:20:47,573 --> 00:20:51,284 I tell you: I will not leave you. 148 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:12,179 Mom, go to bed. 149 00:21:16,058 --> 00:21:18,226 Stay, madam. 150 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:38,872 He is my oldest son. 151 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:43,542 He was born in prison, in France, in La Roquette 152 00:21:44,001 --> 00:21:46,858 - A prison in Paris - Why were you arrested? 153 00:21:46,893 --> 00:21:49,715 Because in 42 the Germans arrested the communists. 154 00:21:50,548 --> 00:21:55,553 I was sentenced to death. Don't me They killed her because she was pregnant. 155 00:21:55,678 --> 00:21:58,765 - How long did you spend in prison? - I was deported to Ravensbrück. 156 00:21:59,557 --> 00:22:03,186 My son is the youngest French political prisoner. 157 00:22:04,354 --> 00:22:06,648 My husband was sent to Mathausen. 158 00:22:07,065 --> 00:22:09,693 NN. Night and fog. Have you ever heard of this? 159 00:22:14,571 --> 00:22:17,950 Those are photos of my husband in the Spanish Civil War and... 160 00:22:17,991 --> 00:22:20,577 ...France, during the Resistance. 161 00:22:23,330 --> 00:22:25,499 Please, my daughter is here. Put that away. 162 00:22:25,958 --> 00:22:28,043 Hey my dear. 163 00:22:29,294 --> 00:22:32,798 - Where's Dad? - He'll be back soon. These are friends from the Ministry. 164 00:22:33,674 --> 00:22:36,427 - Did you have fun? Was dinner good? - Yes. 165 00:22:37,636 --> 00:22:43,142 Go to bed. It's late. Go see how the boys are sleeping. 166 00:22:47,395 --> 00:22:49,438 Do you want coffee? 167 00:22:49,479 --> 00:22:51,732 Here they are. 168 00:23:07,664 --> 00:23:10,333 Magazine. 169 00:23:13,628 --> 00:23:16,088 You guys act like Nazis. I didn't see the mandate. 170 00:23:44,116 --> 00:23:47,202 They work like always. Without a word. 171 00:23:58,754 --> 00:24:03,050 - I want to speak to the minister. - At five in the morning? 172 00:24:06,303 --> 00:24:09,723 After school we go to the minister. 173 00:24:17,523 --> 00:24:20,733 Nothing important. They just They took letters, photos, papers... 174 00:24:21,943 --> 00:24:25,905 Fifteen years married. Souvenirs from Spain... 175 00:24:26,072 --> 00:24:28,700 Letters written in prison... 176 00:24:28,741 --> 00:24:31,786 Gérard doesn't keep official documents at home. 177 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:36,457 We will resolve this. You have a direct line. You can call me. 178 00:24:47,759 --> 00:24:51,679 Last night he had an appointment with the Dr Dymer. With your lung problems... 179 00:24:51,846 --> 00:24:55,349 - ... problems... - Of course. He will see a doctor. 180 00:24:55,474 --> 00:25:00,938 He's in isolation, like I said. For you and your family, nothing changes. 181 00:25:01,313 --> 00:25:03,607 The driver and the ministry car... 182 00:25:03,691 --> 00:25:06,402 ...are still at your disposal. 183 00:25:18,372 --> 00:25:22,208 - Have you seen the minister? - Yes. Gérard is not in prison... 184 00:25:22,292 --> 00:25:26,379 ...it's just isolated with some comrades to clarify... 185 00:25:26,546 --> 00:25:30,050 ...some problems. They need your help. 186 00:25:30,550 --> 00:25:34,304 Serious matters and Party confidential information. 187 00:25:34,346 --> 00:25:36,765 It's better for them if they leave it speak. I was afraid it would be worse. 188 00:25:38,224 --> 00:25:40,643 If you need something, count on me. 189 00:25:40,727 --> 00:25:42,604 He said nothing changes. 190 00:25:47,649 --> 00:25:52,654 Madame, I will take care of you. This is your car. 191 00:26:13,966 --> 00:26:15,885 Listen! 192 00:26:19,555 --> 00:26:20,980 What is your complaint? 193 00:26:21,015 --> 00:26:23,559 I want to see a Party official. 194 00:26:23,726 --> 00:26:26,395 - Identify yourself - The Vice Minister... 195 00:26:26,770 --> 00:26:29,815 You are nothing! What's your number? 196 00:26:31,566 --> 00:26:32,317 Your number! 197 00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,447 You are number 3225. I won't repeat it again. 198 00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:39,825 Walk! 199 00:27:31,498 --> 00:27:32,041 Put this on! 200 00:28:00,609 --> 00:28:02,569 Don't stand still. Walk! 201 00:29:16,473 --> 00:29:18,851 You are here for confess. Confess everything. 202 00:29:18,892 --> 00:29:22,396 What? Who are you? 203 00:29:22,438 --> 00:29:25,482 First of February. Confess your crimes! Confess who you are! 204 00:29:25,607 --> 00:29:28,152 - Deputy Minister of Affairs Exteriors. - You are nothing. 205 00:29:28,193 --> 00:29:30,446 You are just a number. Your number? 206 00:29:32,239 --> 00:29:37,744 - Your number! -3225. Objective questions. What am I accused of? 207 00:29:37,827 --> 00:29:41,580 You know very well; better than anyone. What is your name? 208 00:29:41,788 --> 00:29:45,125 - The Party knows... - Don't talk about the Party. 209 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:50,630 Never. You are here to confess. Confess. 210 00:29:50,839 --> 00:29:52,341 - Bring me the person responsible... - Confess! - Just ask... 211 00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:56,261 - ...questions! -Confess! - I want to see the person in charge. 212 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,764 I'll make him confess! 213 00:29:58,930 --> 00:30:01,767 In the beginning, we tried to help the Party, we tried to understand... 214 00:30:01,975 --> 00:30:08,230 ...why are you there, what was done. You are free... 215 00:30:08,397 --> 00:30:12,485 ...for self-criticism, to admit harmful mistakes... 216 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:15,696 ...to the Party. Years of struggle and discipline and our education... 217 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:18,199 ...led us to believe that the Party is never wrong. 218 00:30:18,282 --> 00:30:22,161 - That the USSR is always right. - That we are not alone here. 219 00:30:22,286 --> 00:30:25,539 - We have counselors. - Many times we proudly said... 220 00:30:25,581 --> 00:30:28,042 ...that it was better to fail... 221 00:30:28,209 --> 00:30:31,462 ...within the Party that be right outside of it. 222 00:30:31,504 --> 00:30:33,714 Confess your crimes! Confess everything! 223 00:30:33,756 --> 00:30:37,592 But, confess what!? Ask precise questions! 224 00:31:13,543 --> 00:31:16,504 Eat! 225 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,183 Enough. Walk! 226 00:31:36,482 --> 00:31:40,234 Enough. Standing! Walk! 227 00:31:51,287 --> 00:31:53,497 Walk! 228 00:31:58,961 --> 00:32:00,713 Standing! 229 00:32:04,008 --> 00:32:08,387 Don't behave like the enemy. Obey! 230 00:32:10,014 --> 00:32:12,682 Walk! 231 00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:46,589 Please... There are two in the morning or in the afternoon? 232 00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:58,893 You are here for a very serious reason. 233 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:04,607 The Party ordered his arrest. We must interrogate him. 234 00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:09,028 Concerns espionage international and treason... 235 00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:12,031 ...against the Union Soviet and our country. 236 00:33:12,198 --> 00:33:15,867 Your duty is to help establish the truth. 237 00:33:16,076 --> 00:33:20,622 You are not alone. 238 00:33:20,789 --> 00:33:24,376 There are several other highs officers involved. 239 00:33:24,835 --> 00:33:29,548 You can get away with it. You were a member of the Party for a long time. 240 00:33:31,383 --> 00:33:35,387 I appeal to you to help the Soviet Union and the Party. 241 00:33:35,554 --> 00:33:37,888 Have something to say? 242 00:33:38,055 --> 00:33:42,768 All I want is to clarify this is all for the Party. 243 00:33:42,852 --> 00:33:45,855 I am willing to answer anything. 244 00:33:46,105 --> 00:33:49,774 Very good. Let's go begin the interrogation. 245 00:33:50,984 --> 00:33:54,696 Tuesday, 4th February... I declare... 246 00:33:55,488 --> 00:33:58,783 Where and when did you start yours? contacts with American services... 247 00:33:58,867 --> 00:34:03,330 ...led by Allan Dulles? How did Noel Field recruit you? 248 00:34:03,496 --> 00:34:05,790 You collaborated with others American spies besides Field? 249 00:34:06,666 --> 00:34:12,672 - Never! None! - Shut up and answer! 250 00:34:14,132 --> 00:34:17,635 Many heads go roll! We have evidence. 251 00:34:18,302 --> 00:34:21,805 We will use methods you never even dreamed of! 252 00:34:22,014 --> 00:34:25,309 You will confess! Your luck depends on you! 253 00:34:25,684 --> 00:34:29,855 Or do you confess to save yourself... 254 00:34:30,022 --> 00:34:33,859 ...or remain an enemy of Soviet Union and the Party... 255 00:34:33,942 --> 00:34:37,654 ...until his death. Answer the question! 256 00:34:47,455 --> 00:34:49,539 Enough! Hands on the plate! 257 00:34:54,753 --> 00:34:55,796 Enough! 258 00:35:01,426 --> 00:35:03,512 Keep walking. 259 00:35:53,976 --> 00:35:56,061 You can sleep now. 260 00:36:13,370 --> 00:36:15,456 On your back, straight position. 261 00:36:17,124 --> 00:36:18,667 Straight arms. 262 00:36:24,422 --> 00:36:26,507 Standing! 263 00:36:27,759 --> 00:36:28,801 You can sleep! 264 00:36:32,430 --> 00:36:33,472 Standing! 265 00:36:37,017 --> 00:36:38,977 Standing! 266 00:36:39,019 --> 00:36:41,313 Registration number! 267 00:36:44,107 --> 00:36:45,901 Registration number! 268 00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:49,112 You can sleep. 269 00:37:00,206 --> 00:37:02,333 Registration number! 270 00:37:04,585 --> 00:37:07,046 Standing! Standing! 271 00:37:23,896 --> 00:37:25,982 Registration number! 272 00:37:35,572 --> 00:37:39,368 Obey orders, sir! 273 00:38:00,346 --> 00:38:02,432 You and your dirty race are all equal. The gas chambers... 274 00:38:02,473 --> 00:38:04,357 ...never finished their work. 275 00:38:04,392 --> 00:38:08,229 You talk like that when Do you use the Party symbol? 276 00:38:08,396 --> 00:38:13,359 A traitor wants to give me sermons? You look for the Party... 277 00:38:13,526 --> 00:38:16,237 ...but he repels him. You got kicked out! 278 00:38:16,446 --> 00:38:19,532 You lie. Can't be. It's against the rules. 279 00:38:19,699 --> 00:38:21,534 The statutes are very clear. 280 00:38:21,617 --> 00:38:25,121 What a bourgeois conception of Party democracy. 281 00:38:25,413 --> 00:38:28,624 The Central Committee can do whatever you want. 282 00:38:29,834 --> 00:38:33,294 Your wallets: yours, Valés's... 283 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,880 ...and Zadovsky, head of Security. 284 00:38:37,089 --> 00:38:40,551 We know about your activities criminals in Spain and France. 285 00:38:40,635 --> 00:38:45,598 Thanks to the counselors. You were expelled from the Party. And we will find... 286 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,642 - ...the missing wallets. - You are not the Committee. 287 00:38:47,683 --> 00:38:50,311 No. We are above him. 288 00:38:51,437 --> 00:38:54,940 We must find the traitors, including those on the Committee. 289 00:38:57,193 --> 00:38:59,236 We embody the power of the proletariat. 290 00:39:00,863 --> 00:39:04,407 The friends you defend are here, and they are talking. 291 00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:10,288 You will do like them. Will answer questions. 292 00:39:11,498 --> 00:39:15,335 Like Zadovzky, who confessed everything. 293 00:39:16,461 --> 00:39:18,470 He was head of Security. 294 00:39:18,505 --> 00:39:20,882 He knew he could save himself if he confessed. 295 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,722 Zadovsky? Confess? 296 00:39:30,808 --> 00:39:33,685 Confess what? 297 00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:39,816 You went on a clandestine meeting the day before he was arrested. 298 00:39:39,983 --> 00:39:42,860 - What decisions were made? - Did you organize the meeting? 299 00:39:43,569 --> 00:39:45,697 You were the leader of the Trotskyist group of the International Brigades. 300 00:39:45,822 --> 00:39:48,992 You knew you had been unmasked. What decisions did you make? 301 00:39:49,117 --> 00:39:51,995 In Spain you got rid of his Trotskyist ideas. 302 00:39:52,996 --> 00:39:56,124 How did you organize your work? Your sabotage work? 303 00:39:56,624 --> 00:40:00,628 You met with Rajk in Spain, did he put him in contact with spies? 304 00:40:01,379 --> 00:40:05,215 Rajk was discovered, tried and executed in Hungary. 305 00:40:05,507 --> 00:40:08,802 - This will happen to you. - What was the nature of your relationship? with Rwal and Winkler? 306 00:40:09,011 --> 00:40:12,556 Why did you protect Dapchevitch in Spain? 307 00:40:12,806 --> 00:40:17,394 The others confessed. If you will only save if you do the same. 308 00:40:17,436 --> 00:40:19,187 And if you are faster and go further than them. 309 00:40:19,222 --> 00:40:21,940 Admit that you were the only one responsible. 310 00:40:22,399 --> 00:40:24,818 Here we get rid of the herbs weeds. We harvest them. 311 00:40:25,736 --> 00:40:28,904 Did you meet Rajk in Spain? 312 00:40:29,822 --> 00:40:32,575 Did he put you in touch with the spies? 313 00:40:34,243 --> 00:40:37,704 Bartons was also at Spain. What do you know about him? 314 00:40:37,746 --> 00:40:41,291 - I know he deserted. - Jares was part of his unit. Do you remember? 315 00:40:43,084 --> 00:40:47,547 Here is a report pointing out his Trotskyist tendencies. 316 00:40:47,922 --> 00:40:51,551 Like all your contacts, here and abroad. 317 00:40:51,718 --> 00:40:54,971 They were from the Party French and Italian Communist. 318 00:40:55,096 --> 00:40:57,474 Where does this report come from? 319 00:40:57,557 --> 00:40:59,858 You must understand... We know everything. 320 00:40:59,893 --> 00:41:03,396 With the experience and help of our Soviet comrades... 321 00:41:04,064 --> 00:41:07,192 ...we discovered the core spy you lead. 322 00:41:10,235 --> 00:41:13,072 Zadovsky confessed everything He described... 323 00:41:13,113 --> 00:41:15,616 ...criminal activities of his Trotskyist group. 324 00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:18,577 This is false. Zadovsky I couldn't have said that. 325 00:41:19,620 --> 00:41:24,708 And that? Isn't that your signature? Everything signed. Is it or isn't it? 326 00:41:30,338 --> 00:41:34,258 - It can't be. It can't be. In Marseille? - Yes, maybe. 327 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:38,221 "My activities for the American service in Marseilles..." 328 00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:41,348 Don't know your signature? 329 00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:52,150 Zadovsky and others they kicked his leg. 330 00:41:52,275 --> 00:41:54,528 You didn't know what you were getting yourself into. 331 00:41:57,030 --> 00:42:00,158 To prove your good faith, tell me what you know. 332 00:42:01,368 --> 00:42:05,747 - Your confessions will help the Party. - I'm not a spy. 333 00:42:06,665 --> 00:42:09,334 You have a great vision subjective of things. 334 00:42:12,712 --> 00:42:16,299 Zadovsky, arrested shortly after you confessed immediately. 335 00:42:16,382 --> 00:42:19,969 And he's still confessing. You know it's the only way out. 336 00:42:20,052 --> 00:42:25,433 But this is all false. The Party French and the Resistance... 337 00:42:25,516 --> 00:42:28,852 ...has official documents. Check my activities. 338 00:42:29,060 --> 00:42:32,355 They are nothing compared to these confessions. And the others... 339 00:42:32,397 --> 00:42:35,275 ...they are confessing; the same story. 340 00:42:35,483 --> 00:42:37,360 Believe me. Here everyone confesses. 341 00:42:38,778 --> 00:42:41,448 You are the leader. You can't escape. 342 00:42:41,948 --> 00:42:45,951 Think about your family. O what could happen to them. 343 00:42:45,993 --> 00:42:51,957 Listen: "I spied for the USA to overthrow your regime... 344 00:42:53,375 --> 00:42:56,712 In this activity I was led by..." 345 00:42:57,546 --> 00:43:00,799 Look. Your name. In writing. 346 00:43:01,884 --> 00:43:05,804 What can you do against this? Are you thirsty? 347 00:43:09,099 --> 00:43:12,478 He accuses himself of major crimes, under his direction. 348 00:43:13,145 --> 00:43:15,271 Who will they believe in court? 349 00:43:15,396 --> 00:43:19,942 You, who deny everything, or he, who is accused? 350 00:43:21,486 --> 00:43:25,197 - And he hasn't finished talking yet. - It's not true. 351 00:43:25,364 --> 00:43:28,825 What matters is to confess. Why would Zadovsky... 352 00:43:28,992 --> 00:43:32,913 ...confess things that could cost your head? For... 353 00:43:32,955 --> 00:43:36,166 ...save your life. He knows that there is only one option: confessing. 354 00:43:36,208 --> 00:43:39,753 I want to help the Party. But I have nothing to confess. 355 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,422 I don't allow him to mention the Party! 356 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,969 And don't talk to him like that. He doesn't He is a comrade but a traitor. Go. 357 00:43:48,177 --> 00:43:52,473 The Party abandoned me; friends, comrades. 358 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,977 Nobody doubts me guilt. I reacted the same way... 359 00:43:56,477 --> 00:44:01,023 …during the Rajk trials. What Wouldn't a communist be appalled? 360 00:44:01,148 --> 00:44:05,528 How can we even conceive that a Party who considers himself uniquely infallible, 361 00:44:05,563 --> 00:44:08,197 ...can force innocent people to confess? 362 00:44:10,574 --> 00:44:13,369 We will do everything to reveal your betrayal of the Party and the people. 363 00:44:13,995 --> 00:44:17,706 Zadovsky knew about the contacts with the American spy. 364 00:44:17,914 --> 00:44:21,251 He hid it because you knew of his contacts with the Gestapo. 365 00:44:21,418 --> 00:44:26,672 Your friend Valés confessed... 366 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,674 ...have collaborated with the British police. 367 00:44:28,799 --> 00:44:32,720 You are a Jew, but you did not die in a concentration camp. 368 00:44:32,803 --> 00:44:36,515 - Why? - Because you collaborated with the Gestapo. 369 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:41,854 The spy Dulles got the list from Gestapo. That's how you were recruited. 370 00:44:55,366 --> 00:44:58,036 Walk. 371 00:45:03,750 --> 00:45:08,379 Every day we make a report on conduct and cooperation... 372 00:45:08,504 --> 00:45:11,507 ...of the prisoners. 373 00:45:25,561 --> 00:45:29,065 - Number 3225. Present. - Higher! 374 00:45:29,815 --> 00:45:33,736 Number 3225. Present. 375 00:45:54,756 --> 00:45:57,801 What did you do? Why are you here? 376 00:45:57,926 --> 00:46:03,139 I don't know. They don't let me sleep. 377 00:46:04,474 --> 00:46:09,104 I'm innocent. 378 00:46:09,688 --> 00:46:12,023 Wait. 379 00:46:14,567 --> 00:46:19,114 They gave orders to their respect. You are a special case. 380 00:46:30,248 --> 00:46:33,376 Don't tell anyone or they will punish me. 381 00:46:37,505 --> 00:46:40,133 I want to see a Party official. 382 00:46:40,258 --> 00:46:42,635 Confess to a crime. 383 00:46:42,802 --> 00:46:46,306 I didn't sleep, eat or drink for ten days. 384 00:46:47,307 --> 00:46:51,060 Let an officer make me questions and I will answer. 385 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:56,023 You didn't even sleep Did you eat? I'll check that out. 386 00:46:56,315 --> 00:46:58,483 The guards do what they want. 387 00:47:00,736 --> 00:47:03,453 Ready. Holdos is here. Your group is complete. 388 00:47:03,488 --> 00:47:05,699 All veterans of Spain. Here, as in Hungary... 389 00:47:05,741 --> 00:47:10,704 ...Poland and Germany. This concerns to all International Brigades. 390 00:47:21,130 --> 00:47:24,050 Those are the questions they did to Rajk at his trial. 391 00:47:24,508 --> 00:47:26,760 It seems you studied your judgment. 392 00:47:26,926 --> 00:47:30,680 Every Rajk Confession discovered more things. 393 00:47:32,098 --> 00:47:36,853 But you used your knowledge to hide better. 394 00:47:36,978 --> 00:47:40,482 We will do like the Hungarians who liquidated Rajk. 395 00:47:41,691 --> 00:47:46,112 This is the resolution that proposes sentencing... 396 00:47:46,237 --> 00:47:49,866 ...of the spy and traitor Laszio Rajk, unmasked... 397 00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:52,661 ...for our comrades Hungarians. Who... 398 00:47:52,869 --> 00:47:57,374 ... you agree, raise your hand. 399 00:47:59,875 --> 00:48:02,711 There are many veterans of Spain in this trial. 400 00:48:02,878 --> 00:48:05,714 - Not all of us were good in Spain. - I hope the tree... 401 00:48:05,756 --> 00:48:07,674 ...don't hide the woods. 402 00:48:07,709 --> 00:48:09,593 Good. Let's continue. 403 00:48:10,844 --> 00:48:13,305 "In my work I made some mistakes... 404 00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:16,350 ...through carelessness. 405 00:48:16,976 --> 00:48:25,275 I made contacts with Kohnova, Vesela, Pavlik and Feigl... 406 00:48:25,441 --> 00:48:28,194 ...all convicted of connections with spy Field" 407 00:48:28,361 --> 00:48:35,033 Vesela was not convicted. committed trial during suicide. 408 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:39,204 Well, not Vesela. "I accepted, for my clandestine work... 409 00:48:39,246 --> 00:48:42,457 ...the money American imperialists.” 410 00:48:45,627 --> 00:48:48,171 That's all. Subscribe. 411 00:48:50,090 --> 00:48:57,139 Isn't it better this way? Now you can sleep. 412 00:49:19,117 --> 00:49:21,244 I was unconscious. I deny what I said. 413 00:49:21,286 --> 00:49:26,249 - That was ripped away from me - What? - Yes, physically. 414 00:49:26,291 --> 00:49:27,834 Do you think that was a confession? 415 00:49:27,869 --> 00:49:30,754 It's not even a self-criticism. 416 00:49:31,379 --> 00:49:35,341 I'll see how you end up signing. Let's start again. 417 00:49:35,966 --> 00:49:41,847 You will talk! Otherwise, We will put an end to this matter! 418 00:49:45,142 --> 00:49:47,853 Let's go. First tell your life. Walk. 419 00:49:50,481 --> 00:49:54,193 Walk! 420 00:49:55,611 --> 00:49:58,447 Tell me your life. From the beginning. 421 00:49:59,865 --> 00:50:02,117 When were you born? 422 00:50:04,410 --> 00:50:10,041 - When were you born?! - February 11, 1915, in Ostrava. 423 00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:16,005 - My father was a railway worker. - Why did they call him Gérard? 424 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,007 It was my last name French Resistance. 425 00:50:19,508 --> 00:50:21,593 Resistance in a foreign country? 426 00:50:21,677 --> 00:50:24,763 You are a Jew and a communist. The Gestapo caught him... 427 00:50:24,846 --> 00:50:31,019 ...and you escaped. How suspicious. Continue. 428 00:50:31,103 --> 00:50:35,774 My son was born in prison. Your name is Gerard because his mother... 429 00:50:35,809 --> 00:50:38,901 ... I didn't know if we we would meet again. 430 00:50:40,236 --> 00:50:44,282 Don't try to move me. Keep going! 431 00:50:46,742 --> 00:50:51,455 My father was the fifth of eight children of a Moravian railway worker... 432 00:50:52,123 --> 00:50:55,960 ...in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then we moved to Sweden. 433 00:50:56,085 --> 00:50:59,130 And at the end of the century we moved to the USA. 434 00:51:00,339 --> 00:51:03,009 He soon learned English. 435 00:51:04,677 --> 00:51:10,390 He recited Whitman poems, pages of Paine or Jefferson. 436 00:51:12,851 --> 00:51:16,687 In New York he met my mother, another immigrant. 437 00:51:17,187 --> 00:51:23,068 They returned to their country together. He carried stretchers during the war. 438 00:51:23,235 --> 00:51:25,904 In contact with Russian prisoners... 439 00:51:26,071 --> 00:51:28,407 ...met Bolshevik elements. 440 00:51:29,491 --> 00:51:33,245 He was the first to tell me about Rosa Luxemburg. 441 00:51:34,663 --> 00:51:39,834 About the Spartacists, Lenin, the Canton Commune. 442 00:51:39,959 --> 00:51:44,672 It made me read Heinrich Heine. 443 00:51:46,215 --> 00:51:50,345 Showed me the way to the Communist Youth. 444 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:57,977 In 1930 we wanted to explode the city hall of Ostrava. 445 00:51:58,102 --> 00:52:02,315 Did you do this or not? 446 00:52:02,941 --> 00:52:05,610 Last night you said something else for my colleague. 447 00:52:05,693 --> 00:52:10,239 No. There were fifteen of us. We we just attract attention. 448 00:52:10,697 --> 00:52:12,539 We dreamed of blowing it up. 449 00:52:12,574 --> 00:52:15,701 Did they dream? This morning you told me something else. 450 00:52:16,410 --> 00:52:21,040 Three versions: one in the morning, another in the afternoon, and yet another in the evening. 451 00:52:21,874 --> 00:52:28,297 Start again, let's see if not will have a fourth. I'm listening. 452 00:52:30,967 --> 00:52:33,094 I was born in Ostrava on February eleventh... 453 00:52:34,220 --> 00:52:37,056 You said your friend Wagner disappeared in Moscow in... 454 00:52:37,098 --> 00:52:39,475 ...1935, before his trip to to Spain. The other day you said... 455 00:52:39,517 --> 00:52:45,522 ...who knew nothing about him. Which version should I believe? Again. 456 00:52:47,732 --> 00:52:51,611 I met Wagner in Moscow. He was coming back from China... 457 00:52:51,646 --> 00:52:55,532 No! From the beginning. When were you born? 458 00:52:55,991 --> 00:53:01,538 Carry on, carry on... Your father made him read Heinrich Heine? 459 00:53:02,330 --> 00:53:05,000 What else? 460 00:53:05,166 --> 00:53:06,960 Heinrich Heine. 461 00:53:07,460 --> 00:53:10,839 My father showed me the way for Communist Youth. 462 00:53:12,674 --> 00:53:14,757 The Sacco-Vanzetti case interested him. 463 00:53:15,508 --> 00:53:17,969 I marched with him through the streets of Ostrava. 464 00:53:21,014 --> 00:53:24,392 I respected courage Bakunin physics... 465 00:53:24,892 --> 00:53:27,312 ...and I was considerate of Kropotkin. 466 00:53:29,439 --> 00:53:31,941 I knew all of his work. 467 00:53:32,525 --> 00:53:35,445 But I didn't share of basic ideology... 468 00:53:35,528 --> 00:53:37,488 ...of anarchists. 469 00:53:38,740 --> 00:53:43,786 Former member of the fraction socialist, he was one of... 470 00:53:43,828 --> 00:53:46,997 ... founders of the Party City communist. 471 00:53:48,123 --> 00:53:52,127 Boycotted by good society and the Jewish community... 472 00:53:54,421 --> 00:53:58,175 ...who considered him a traitor for being an atheist... 473 00:54:00,427 --> 00:54:04,139 ...and be a member of anti-religious organizations... 474 00:54:04,306 --> 00:54:07,851 ...it was difficult for him get a job. 475 00:54:07,976 --> 00:54:10,020 Nor did his family help him. 476 00:54:10,062 --> 00:54:15,149 Separated from his uncle Sigmund, who taught him. 477 00:54:16,275 --> 00:54:20,695 I saw my father for the last time in the summer of 1935, in Moscow. 478 00:54:22,530 --> 00:54:25,867 He was very old. I was organizing... 479 00:54:26,201 --> 00:54:31,665 ...a trip here... with some people... 480 00:54:34,417 --> 00:54:36,711 ...who were with him. 481 00:54:36,878 --> 00:54:38,880 He wanted to meet my wife. 482 00:54:40,298 --> 00:54:42,676 He was interested in everything. 483 00:54:42,842 --> 00:54:45,345 Sometimes he asked me questions... 484 00:54:45,387 --> 00:54:47,597 ...which I was unable to answer. 485 00:54:50,683 --> 00:54:53,602 I didn't know how to answer them. 486 00:54:54,979 --> 00:54:58,107 He didn't like everything about Moscow. 487 00:54:58,232 --> 00:55:02,695 He couldn't understand some things. 488 00:55:04,321 --> 00:55:07,741 But he had realized his dream:... 489 00:55:07,908 --> 00:55:12,412 ...to see Red Square and Lenin in his mausoleum, 490 00:55:13,997 --> 00:55:18,585 When I left, he was sad. 491 00:55:18,835 --> 00:55:22,004 He asked me when we would see each other again. 492 00:55:23,964 --> 00:55:27,050 I never saw him again. 493 00:55:27,134 --> 00:55:29,261 Neither he nor mine mother, nor my brother Jean. 494 00:55:30,470 --> 00:55:35,767 Neither does my sister Juliette. They all died in the fields. 495 00:55:40,731 --> 00:55:44,067 We are in a 4x5 room. 496 00:55:45,277 --> 00:55:52,074 A green gray closet and a typewriter. 497 00:55:52,241 --> 00:56:00,291 An empty beer mug and a cup of coffee... bread... 498 00:56:00,541 --> 00:56:04,253 Dirty traitor! Outside! 499 00:56:04,754 --> 00:56:08,925 Let's talk later. Let's go. End it. 500 00:56:53,926 --> 00:56:57,679 Bastard... Trotskyist bandit... 501 00:56:57,929 --> 00:57:02,058 You started your dirty work in Moscow. 502 00:57:02,225 --> 00:57:05,061 Let's go. 503 00:57:14,570 --> 00:57:17,114 They will hang me. 504 00:57:17,197 --> 00:57:19,199 Speak up or we'll finish you off! 505 00:57:19,992 --> 00:57:23,829 They will disappear with me, like Wagner in Moscow. 506 00:57:23,870 --> 00:57:26,789 They took my wallet Party. They call me a Trotskyist. 507 00:57:26,824 --> 00:57:29,709 They will say I committed suicide for having a lot of regret. 508 00:57:29,750 --> 00:57:33,254 He committed suicide. No could face his crimes. 509 00:58:01,489 --> 00:58:05,201 You are lucky. But he will end up hanging. 510 00:58:05,702 --> 00:58:08,537 And our people will take revenge. 511 00:58:08,704 --> 00:58:11,874 If the orders come from who I think; can be dangerous. 512 00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,503 The comrades want it I live for the trial. 513 00:58:18,130 --> 00:58:21,008 I gave the counselors Soviet security... 514 00:58:21,175 --> 00:58:24,219 ...status and benefits of diplomatic positions. 515 00:58:24,511 --> 00:58:26,513 They are police officers. Not diplomats. 516 00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:30,558 We make good use of their experience in Moscow. 517 00:58:31,768 --> 00:58:34,687 The presence of counselors it feels natural to us. 518 00:58:34,771 --> 00:58:38,149 This came from the beginning of technical and economic help... 519 00:58:38,316 --> 00:58:40,944 ...from the USSR to socialist countries. 520 00:58:40,985 --> 00:58:43,321 The process will take place in August. You have 5 months to confess. 521 00:58:43,404 --> 00:58:49,410 In Moscow Radek had 3 months. How You can see, we made a good margin. 522 00:58:49,494 --> 00:58:53,373 Comrades are disappearing. It's going to be a big trial. 523 00:58:53,456 --> 00:58:58,419 Confess soon or I will judge you with 20 witnesses, to hang him. 524 00:58:58,544 --> 00:58:59,844 They made me write my biography. 525 00:58:59,879 --> 00:59:04,007 They saw a difference in a small detail that I had forgotten. 526 00:59:08,344 --> 00:59:12,098 Confess that you are a Trotskyist! Confess! 527 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:16,769 In Moscow, in 1936, I made contacts... 528 00:59:16,936 --> 00:59:19,230 ...with Trotskyist spies. 529 00:59:19,272 --> 00:59:22,024 You went to Spain to that they wouldn't discover it. 530 00:59:22,900 --> 00:59:26,195 Wagner was part of the Comintern for years. 531 00:59:26,279 --> 00:59:30,199 - He came to see me at the hotel on Gorky Street. - That's why I forgot. 532 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:32,083 ...they looked at my biographies. 533 00:59:32,118 --> 00:59:35,453 They took my documents, man card, my work, the hotel... 534 00:59:35,579 --> 00:59:42,085 It can't be. Stalin cannot be aware of this. It cannot. 535 00:59:56,266 --> 00:59:58,852 There you go, boss. he began to confess. 536 00:59:59,227 --> 01:00:00,402 Look at your statements. 537 01:00:00,437 --> 01:00:03,899 ...impressive. He started. 538 01:00:04,064 --> 01:00:06,003 One sentence obsessed me:... 539 01:00:06,038 --> 01:00:07,907 "The individual becomes guilty... 540 01:00:07,942 --> 01:00:11,070 "...not for what he is, but for what he believes he is." 541 01:00:11,696 --> 01:00:14,324 See, what a beautiful statement. 542 01:00:14,490 --> 01:00:16,409 "That's what I have to say regarding the activities... 543 01:00:16,618 --> 01:00:19,120 ...from the group of Trotskyists of the Veterans Brigade". 544 01:00:19,495 --> 01:00:23,750 From there we can start the work. It's your friend Tonda. 545 01:00:23,785 --> 01:00:27,086 The Party decides, that clears up any errors. 546 01:00:28,254 --> 01:00:30,882 Trotskyist group! Your friend knew! 547 01:00:32,216 --> 01:00:34,385 More than three weeks without eating or sleeping. 548 01:00:34,719 --> 01:00:37,242 He's talking. He confesses everything. 549 01:00:37,277 --> 01:00:39,765 - He didn't sign it. - This is a copy! 550 01:00:41,266 --> 01:00:44,770 How did our Friends, we have to get... 551 01:00:44,937 --> 01:00:47,272 ...the definition of one: "Trotskyist Spy Organization": 552 01:00:47,397 --> 01:00:50,317 That's what we should sign. 553 01:00:51,610 --> 01:00:54,821 You will also sign showing that you are the leader. 554 01:00:57,115 --> 01:00:59,117 Party comrades they will not be in favor of this. 555 01:00:59,201 --> 01:01:02,246 What would you do when thousands are disappearing? 556 01:01:03,955 --> 01:01:06,123 you are delusional. 557 01:01:10,961 --> 01:01:13,129 What would you do in my place? 558 01:01:13,421 --> 01:01:16,299 - Confess! - Confess what? That I'm a spy? 559 01:01:19,594 --> 01:01:21,763 What would you do in my place, Gérard? 560 01:01:26,434 --> 01:01:29,104 Leave it. He's exhausted. 561 01:01:29,145 --> 01:01:31,481 Stalin taught that man It is the most precious capital. 562 01:01:33,441 --> 01:01:35,902 If he drowns, take him out of the water. 563 01:01:41,490 --> 01:01:44,535 Eat. 564 01:01:56,130 --> 01:02:01,010 Listen to what Smola says: "Leave him. We will continue soon.” 565 01:02:01,093 --> 01:02:05,430 They let me fall to the floor and I saw a wonderful vision. 566 01:02:05,597 --> 01:02:08,182 I'm in Monte Carlo, where I've never been... 567 01:02:08,308 --> 01:02:11,101 ...on a very beautiful beach. 568 01:02:20,110 --> 01:02:22,654 the first thing I did When I went to France... 569 01:02:22,689 --> 01:02:25,866 ...went to see this beach. 570 01:02:26,325 --> 01:02:29,912 And the doctors prescribed me to do this; the weather is good for my lungs. 571 01:02:30,037 --> 01:02:32,581 - You have to speak, Gerard. - From what? 572 01:02:32,998 --> 01:02:36,627 - All of it. You have to let them know. - For whom? 573 01:02:36,919 --> 01:02:39,004 Write a book. I know editors. 574 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:42,882 - Write to whom? - For us. 575 01:02:43,174 --> 01:02:46,177 Communists do not understand these truths. 576 01:02:47,386 --> 01:02:51,057 They will say you have to wash your dirty clothes at home, which I... 577 01:02:51,265 --> 01:02:54,727 ...I'm playing the game enemy. They will then say... 578 01:02:54,894 --> 01:02:57,980 ...which was smoke without fire. What that was not the spirit of the Party. 579 01:03:00,233 --> 01:03:02,032 It's too early, objectively. 580 01:03:02,067 --> 01:03:05,654 Still, you should write this book. 581 01:03:05,820 --> 01:03:06,411 The people at this trial... 582 01:03:06,446 --> 01:03:09,741 ...are still in power. No would admit any testimony. 583 01:03:10,116 --> 01:03:12,285 - Publish here, in France. - No. First it has to be there. 584 01:03:13,327 --> 01:03:16,497 The book has to emerge if there is a need. 585 01:03:16,664 --> 01:03:21,377 - Shall we keep quiet? - Jean, I don't owe anyone anything. 586 01:03:21,543 --> 01:03:24,588 - It's an immediate problem. - Precisely. And who... 587 01:03:24,630 --> 01:03:26,715 ...will speak for the dead? 588 01:03:27,424 --> 01:03:32,137 And for us? Who spoke for us in 1952? You? 589 01:03:33,222 --> 01:03:36,392 Do you remember what you said during trials? 590 01:03:36,559 --> 01:03:40,694 We were mad dogs, cosmopolitan spies... 591 01:03:40,729 --> 01:03:42,856 ...Trotskyist bandits. Of all my activities in France... 592 01:03:42,898 --> 01:03:48,361 ...the Party knew. But no one said nothing. What did you do? 593 01:03:49,070 --> 01:03:51,864 - Nothing. - Why? - They would kick me out. 594 01:03:51,948 --> 01:03:55,660 Yes of course. But do you think were they guilty or not? 595 01:03:56,160 --> 01:03:57,710 There wasn't enough information. 596 01:03:57,745 --> 01:04:00,956 Did you know that in 20th Congress, in 1956 597 01:04:02,249 --> 01:04:06,253 Have you read the bourgeois press and saw that the judgments... 598 01:04:06,378 --> 01:04:12,634 ...were a hoax. But you lived in the world... 599 01:04:12,676 --> 01:04:17,847 ...History adds nothing to that, away from the details, the mechanism... 600 01:04:17,882 --> 01:04:19,807 ...from this hell. But your existence was well known. 601 01:04:19,891 --> 01:04:23,359 A Senator wrote in time: "The trials... 602 01:04:23,394 --> 01:04:26,480 ...of Prague remind us that the Hell has its own particular logic." 603 01:04:26,564 --> 01:04:30,318 The same person justified the war in Indochina. 604 01:04:30,359 --> 01:04:33,863 And that of Algeria, which caused a million deaths. 605 01:04:34,030 --> 01:04:37,116 Well, that all explains "the how". And "why"? 606 01:04:37,825 --> 01:04:41,579 Stalin eliminated the the best, the brightest. 607 01:04:41,954 --> 01:04:46,292 Stalin, who was not alone, he was a seminarian. 608 01:04:48,168 --> 01:04:50,670 The public confession, the humiliation of sinners... 609 01:04:51,463 --> 01:04:54,341 Furthermore, it was infallible. 610 01:04:57,010 --> 01:05:00,262 In 1949, the Cold War. Popular democracies... 611 01:05:00,346 --> 01:05:02,723 ...are not solid. This comes from victory of the Soviet army... 612 01:05:02,890 --> 01:05:05,392 ...not the Revolutions. 613 01:05:05,893 --> 01:05:09,605 There are serious problems economic and social. Stalin... 614 01:05:09,688 --> 01:05:11,899 ...distrust the powers independent socialists. 615 01:05:11,941 --> 01:05:14,777 He distrusts Tito, who refuses to imitate the Soviet model. 616 01:05:15,319 --> 01:05:18,072 Tito is declared an imperialist agent. 617 01:05:18,239 --> 01:05:21,157 Titoista is synonymous with spy. 618 01:05:23,618 --> 01:05:26,621 The same was done with the word "Trotskyist". 619 01:05:27,205 --> 01:05:31,459 - And? - After Rajk's trial in Hungary... 620 01:05:31,668 --> 01:05:34,629 ...the Party agreed to receive Soviet advisors. 621 01:05:34,671 --> 01:05:37,006 This is considered a shows confidence. 622 01:05:37,131 --> 01:05:41,219 They are a group of specific work, under... 623 01:05:41,261 --> 01:05:43,346 ...the direction of our comrade counselors. 624 01:05:43,513 --> 01:05:47,267 We respond only to them, to the President of the Republic... 625 01:05:47,350 --> 01:05:50,228 ...and the General Secretary of the Party. 626 01:05:50,395 --> 01:05:54,982 No special instance of the Party can control your activities. 627 01:05:55,107 --> 01:05:59,068 After a month I was transferred again. It was at the end... 628 01:05:59,151 --> 01:06:02,196 ...from February. No, these cars were newer. 629 01:06:03,239 --> 01:06:07,868 In 1951 it was Tatraplan with rear wings. 630 01:06:20,965 --> 01:06:24,593 See me in a prison normal gave me hope. 631 01:06:24,718 --> 01:06:27,095 You can sleep. 632 01:07:03,671 --> 01:07:08,426 If you saw yourself I would actually be scared. 633 01:07:08,676 --> 01:07:13,056 Today is March 6th. He refused collaborating in the last 35 days. 634 01:07:14,349 --> 01:07:17,936 The Party knows about it of your negative attitude. 635 01:07:21,731 --> 01:07:23,448 Let's start from the beginning. 636 01:07:23,483 --> 01:07:27,069 - I will respond with the condition... - What condition? 637 01:07:27,110 --> 01:07:30,322 It's your neck that's on the line! You has only one responsibility:... 638 01:07:30,364 --> 01:07:32,699 ...Confess everything! 639 01:07:35,118 --> 01:07:39,790 Take it. Prepare it for interrogation. 640 01:07:52,719 --> 01:07:55,222 You can sleep for 4 hours. 641 01:07:55,888 --> 01:07:59,808 Undress. Stand at attention! 642 01:08:08,316 --> 01:08:12,821 You must admit your guilt. As a member of the Party... 643 01:08:12,946 --> 01:08:15,073 ...you must submit to trial. 644 01:08:15,657 --> 01:08:17,993 If I'm a spy Trotskyist, why appeal... 645 01:08:18,034 --> 01:08:21,433 ...for my feelings of a disciplined communist? 646 01:08:21,468 --> 01:08:24,833 And if I'm a good communist, What am I doing here? 647 01:08:27,168 --> 01:08:30,129 My commander. The phone. 648 01:08:31,297 --> 01:08:33,632 Watch him. 649 01:08:39,638 --> 01:08:42,391 Is he the one in the hallway? 650 01:08:43,809 --> 01:08:47,813 - He must be exhausted. - It's hard, but he saved himself. 651 01:08:49,023 --> 01:08:52,651 And what will happen to me? 652 01:08:52,818 --> 01:08:56,487 You will work for 4 or 5 years in a farm, to forget everything. 653 01:09:00,449 --> 01:09:04,578 Zadovsky was executed in 1954 after the rest. 654 01:09:07,789 --> 01:09:10,209 We received a letter from your wife. 655 01:09:12,294 --> 01:09:17,507 "It's not easy to maintain a family, of course..." 656 01:09:18,425 --> 01:09:21,553 "...but I will survive with the help of the Party" 657 01:09:23,555 --> 01:09:26,683 She took action right... She repudiated him. 658 01:09:28,644 --> 01:09:31,772 Are you surprised? It's not the first time. 659 01:09:32,855 --> 01:09:38,361 One of his friends confessed who was her lover. 660 01:09:38,402 --> 01:09:39,111 Rascal! 661 01:09:46,619 --> 01:09:48,704 It's all here! 662 01:09:48,739 --> 01:09:49,205 Imbecile! 663 01:09:49,830 --> 01:09:54,000 A good number of your Trotskyist friends. 664 01:09:54,209 --> 01:09:56,294 I know she's French... But him! 665 01:09:56,419 --> 01:09:59,548 They were seen in his office. 666 01:10:02,259 --> 01:10:05,386 She was leaning on his shoulder. 667 01:10:07,888 --> 01:10:12,024 "In this case, you Did you have sex with her?" 668 01:10:12,059 --> 01:10:15,708 Answer: "I had no relations, We were just good friends" 669 01:10:15,743 --> 01:10:19,358 Question: "She was just resting on your shoulder?" 670 01:10:19,393 --> 01:10:21,443 Answer: "Yes" 671 01:10:22,486 --> 01:10:26,657 "According to the dictionary, That means intimacy" 672 01:10:27,575 --> 01:10:32,788 Answer: "Okay, so we were having relations." He confessed that she was his lover. 673 01:10:33,414 --> 01:10:36,541 Who dreamed all this? 674 01:10:36,666 --> 01:10:37,709 Got it right! 675 01:10:37,917 --> 01:10:40,003 What matters is that... 676 01:10:40,086 --> 01:10:43,214 ...she repudiated him and if placed at the service of the Party 677 01:10:43,756 --> 01:10:45,842 - New information? - Like every day. 678 01:10:46,009 --> 01:10:48,970 We have to speed up. Send me information about Gérard. 679 01:10:57,477 --> 01:11:00,439 What's up? What is happening to my husband? 680 01:11:00,606 --> 01:11:02,524 You wrote many letters. 681 01:11:03,567 --> 01:11:07,069 Comrades cannot pass their lives by reading their letters. 682 01:11:08,321 --> 01:11:12,992 The secretary asked that I saw you. What do you want? 683 01:11:13,117 --> 01:11:16,078 Find out what's wrong with him. It's been two months. 684 01:11:18,456 --> 01:11:21,000 It seems like he is very committed. 685 01:11:21,292 --> 01:11:23,711 All this concerns him. 686 01:11:23,794 --> 01:11:26,214 Was he arrested or not? 687 01:11:26,505 --> 01:11:28,591 If he was, I have the right to know, and why. 688 01:11:28,674 --> 01:11:31,677 - I am your wife and a member of the Party. - He was not found guilty. 689 01:11:34,472 --> 01:11:37,767 But there are some dark spots that must be clarified. 690 01:11:37,808 --> 01:11:41,978 Your life is transparent. I have taken part of this for the last 16 years. 691 01:11:42,020 --> 01:11:45,315 You know nothing. One day something is discovered and things get complicated. 692 01:11:45,482 --> 01:11:48,485 - That's not the case with Gérard. - You say that because you love him. 693 01:11:48,610 --> 01:11:52,071 There are always traitors, provocateurs, police... 694 01:11:52,238 --> 01:11:56,116 in labor movements. Their wives never discover them. 695 01:11:58,702 --> 01:12:00,788 In 1941 in his party... 696 01:12:00,871 --> 01:12:05,876 ...they had to downgrade the your organization secretary. 697 01:12:07,253 --> 01:12:09,213 - are you talking about Gitton? - Gitton. 698 01:12:10,296 --> 01:12:14,008 He was an informant for police for years. 699 01:12:14,050 --> 01:12:17,428 The organization's secretary... 700 01:12:18,555 --> 01:12:23,101 He wasn't behaving strangely lately? 701 01:12:24,310 --> 01:12:27,862 He didn't leave her, did he come back late? 702 01:12:27,897 --> 01:12:29,983 The Party arrested him for your private life? 703 01:12:30,018 --> 01:12:32,861 To teach him morals? 704 01:12:32,944 --> 01:12:36,155 You said he didn't was found guilty. 705 01:12:36,447 --> 01:12:40,785 You should go back to France with his family. 706 01:12:40,952 --> 01:12:44,454 And even? It should be the first to condemn him? 707 01:12:44,663 --> 01:12:49,959 Why would you do that? Let him talk to me. 708 01:12:49,994 --> 01:12:52,295 Your life will not be easy here. 709 01:12:53,629 --> 01:12:59,218 It is my duty to inform you of that you should leave the radio. 710 01:12:59,302 --> 01:13:02,638 Why? The management appointed me... 711 01:13:02,805 --> 01:13:04,730 ...the best journalist in French programs. 712 01:13:04,765 --> 01:13:07,977 It doesn't matter. You can't work more in official services. 713 01:13:08,686 --> 01:13:12,690 - You can go to the factory. - Is this punishment? 714 01:13:13,899 --> 01:13:17,402 An irritating appreciation working class,... 715 01:13:17,569 --> 01:13:20,530 - ... with her in power. - It's not me who decides. 716 01:13:20,697 --> 01:13:24,201 In the Soviet Union this is how these things are resolved. 717 01:13:24,451 --> 01:13:28,955 Mom, they are taking the things though. I couldn't stop them. 718 01:13:30,582 --> 01:13:32,626 What are they doing? 719 01:13:34,461 --> 01:13:37,088 Dad, your newspaper. 720 01:13:37,797 --> 01:13:41,009 - What does that mean? - orders from the Minister. 721 01:13:41,092 --> 01:13:45,304 - You must vacate the house. Another will be given to you. - Where? 722 01:13:46,222 --> 01:13:48,599 It's here. 723 01:13:55,730 --> 01:14:00,610 It could be worse. Can put your children here. 724 01:14:02,820 --> 01:14:07,283 - Who is this lady? - A friend. 725 01:14:08,076 --> 01:14:11,871 Your sister is with Dad. Let's work together. 726 01:14:12,038 --> 01:14:14,874 Is your brother in prison with Dad? 727 01:14:17,125 --> 01:14:20,212 - Who told you that? - Everyone says it at school. 728 01:14:32,057 --> 01:14:36,270 - Are you Londonova? - Yes. Do you know my husband? 729 01:14:36,436 --> 01:14:39,731 I heard about him. Some comrades are with him. 730 01:14:39,773 --> 01:14:46,530 I'm looking for work. With urgency. I don't know how to do anything. 731 01:14:46,613 --> 01:14:48,697 it doesn't matter. We will teach you. And you? 732 01:14:48,780 --> 01:14:51,533 I found a place in Autorenova. 733 01:14:51,616 --> 01:14:54,119 Good. Next door right. You will be neighbors. 734 01:14:55,996 --> 01:14:59,332 If you want you can start at the end of the month. 735 01:14:59,749 --> 01:15:02,502 I would love. Thanks. 736 01:15:02,669 --> 01:15:05,881 - We would like to stay together. - If it were possible. 737 01:15:06,089 --> 01:15:08,466 I'll see what we can do. 738 01:15:22,062 --> 01:15:24,732 Come. Let's go! 739 01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:31,113 - They left because of me. - No, no... 740 01:15:31,447 --> 01:15:36,285 Yes, they were... I'm used to it. 741 01:15:36,452 --> 01:15:39,712 Did you see? They arrested the General Secretary of the Party. 742 01:15:39,747 --> 01:15:43,209 I wonder when they will stop. I wrote to them about Gérard. 743 01:15:45,002 --> 01:15:48,171 - He never saw the letter. - Now it's over. 744 01:15:48,379 --> 01:15:50,215 With his arrest, everything will become clear. 745 01:15:50,298 --> 01:15:54,468 - What did your newspaper say? - That he is responsible for the prisons. 746 01:15:54,635 --> 01:15:57,930 Including Gérard's. 747 01:15:58,055 --> 01:16:00,933 To hide your nefarious economic policy... 748 01:16:01,016 --> 01:16:04,770 ...he put him on a purge those who were against. 749 01:16:05,979 --> 01:16:10,609 I know them... If you I knew how they persecuted me... 750 01:16:11,109 --> 01:16:14,404 You will see. Gérard will be free soon. 751 01:16:15,239 --> 01:16:17,616 He was the chief editor of the Party newspaper. 752 01:16:17,783 --> 01:16:21,787 Weeks later, it was arrested, confessed and was... 753 01:16:21,954 --> 01:16:26,457 ...was one of 14 accused of conspiracy against the State, 754 01:16:26,666 --> 01:16:28,876 ...convicted and executed. 755 01:16:31,963 --> 01:16:34,549 Here it is. 756 01:16:38,177 --> 01:16:41,264 I hope this pleases you a lot. 757 01:16:51,773 --> 01:16:54,525 Sit down. 758 01:16:55,109 --> 01:16:58,237 Sit down, sit down. 759 01:17:02,491 --> 01:17:06,120 In 6 months you exhausted 12 inquisitors... 760 01:17:07,413 --> 01:17:09,790 ... and ended up irritating the commander. 761 01:17:09,874 --> 01:17:11,959 But don't worry. It doesn't matter. 762 01:17:12,042 --> 01:17:14,879 Let's start from the beginning. 763 01:17:15,754 --> 01:17:26,014 We have many more men, and the most importantly, a lot of time. 764 01:17:26,222 --> 01:17:29,601 Everything needed for you to confess everything. 765 01:17:29,684 --> 01:17:31,769 A year or more if necessary. 766 01:17:31,978 --> 01:17:36,316 I have 5 months to do it confess. I'm in no rush. 767 01:17:36,608 --> 01:17:40,695 You can't imagine the joke I have for you. 768 01:17:46,033 --> 01:17:49,786 Put it on. 769 01:17:57,460 --> 01:18:00,463 Standing. 770 01:18:04,842 --> 01:18:07,261 Walk. 771 01:18:09,514 --> 01:18:11,849 Walk. 772 01:18:15,186 --> 01:18:19,023 I later learned that Kohoutek, under the old regime and during... 773 01:18:19,065 --> 01:18:20,358 ...the Nazi occupation, was a police commissioner,... 774 01:18:20,393 --> 01:18:24,362 ...in charge of anti-communist repression. 775 01:18:25,613 --> 01:18:30,283 "I made contact with Noel Field in Genoa in 1947". 776 01:18:30,951 --> 01:18:35,121 - Sign, please. - The Party knows. I wrote a report. 777 01:18:36,081 --> 01:18:40,043 Get it over with. Subscribe. 778 01:18:42,254 --> 01:18:44,255 The Party knows this very well. 779 01:18:46,340 --> 01:18:49,767 "Through these contacts..." 780 01:18:49,802 --> 01:18:54,765 "...Noel Field paid me the sum of..." 781 01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:56,190 How much was it? 782 01:18:56,225 --> 01:19:01,569 Not "through these contacts" but "during these contacts" 783 01:19:01,604 --> 01:19:05,692 It was paid for hygiene expenses. The Party knew and authorized this. 784 01:19:05,727 --> 01:19:09,487 Who said anything else? How much did you earn? 785 01:19:10,947 --> 01:19:13,074 I can't remember... It was five years ago. 786 01:19:14,075 --> 01:19:18,496 I caught tuberculosis concentration camp. 787 01:19:21,166 --> 01:19:25,879 The Party knew about the Field health for deportees. 788 01:19:40,684 --> 01:19:41,976 Continue. 789 01:19:55,323 --> 01:19:57,999 How much did Field give you? 790 01:19:58,034 --> 01:20:01,871 300 Swiss francs? More? Less? 791 01:20:01,996 --> 01:20:03,830 - More. - How much? 792 01:20:05,624 --> 01:20:07,382 Double or more. 793 01:20:07,417 --> 01:20:09,961 Facing the wall. Did you say 800 francs? 794 01:20:11,087 --> 01:20:15,926 Now we are reaching facts. It's what I want. 795 01:20:15,961 --> 01:20:18,226 "In 1947..." 796 01:20:18,261 --> 01:20:19,436 Come closer. 797 01:20:19,471 --> 01:20:23,558 "Noel Field paid me the sum..." 798 01:20:23,593 --> 01:20:27,646 "... from 800 Swiss francs." 799 01:20:30,106 --> 01:20:32,484 Sign, please. 800 01:20:34,402 --> 01:20:36,946 - But the Party knows... - Continue. 801 01:20:40,324 --> 01:20:46,496 Szony, sentenced to death at trial from Rajk, received only 300 francs. 802 01:20:47,121 --> 01:20:49,666 - But mine... - ... went to health expenses. 803 01:20:50,834 --> 01:20:53,002 Nobody is saying anything else. 804 01:20:55,296 --> 01:20:58,091 "In 1947, in Sweden..." 805 01:20:58,132 --> 01:21:00,218 "...I contacted a American spy, Noel Field" 806 01:21:01,594 --> 01:21:02,637 Sign here. 807 01:21:02,679 --> 01:21:07,057 No, in 1947 I didn't know that Field was a spy. 808 01:21:07,092 --> 01:21:10,978 Is Noel Field an American spy? 809 01:21:12,271 --> 01:21:16,984 Rajk's trial did not determine that Field was an American spy? 810 01:21:18,277 --> 01:21:23,615 This resolution voted by the Party condemns traitor Rajk. 811 01:21:23,650 --> 01:21:25,993 Did you sign this resolution? 812 01:21:27,744 --> 01:21:30,289 - So you can cover yourself... - No! 813 01:21:30,581 --> 01:21:37,212 Rajk's trial did not determine that Field was a spy in 1947? 814 01:21:37,421 --> 01:21:41,173 Yes, but in 1947, no we knew he was a spy. 815 01:21:41,208 --> 01:21:44,926 Let's say in 1947 Did you make contact with... 816 01:21:44,961 --> 01:21:49,306 ...a spy unmasked in 1949? 817 01:21:51,141 --> 01:21:53,393 Say it then. 818 01:21:55,187 --> 01:21:58,029 "In 1947, in Sweden... 819 01:21:58,064 --> 01:22:01,651 "... I contacted the American spy, Noel Field" 820 01:22:01,818 --> 01:22:06,907 Yes, but in 1947 I couldn't have known that he would be unmasked in 1949. 821 01:22:06,990 --> 01:22:10,618 No one could see in 1947 that Field was a spy. 822 01:22:25,633 --> 01:22:27,510 Well... 823 01:22:28,093 --> 01:22:33,098 Let's consider each fact objectively. 824 01:22:33,432 --> 01:22:35,809 Then we will consider the subjective aspect. 825 01:22:37,895 --> 01:22:43,482 Noel Field was a spy American. You made contact with him. 826 01:22:43,524 --> 01:22:45,526 I did it because... 827 01:22:45,651 --> 01:22:48,445 - What kind of contact did you make? - I did it because... 828 01:22:48,480 --> 01:22:52,533 Espionage... Espionage contacts. 829 01:22:52,741 --> 01:22:55,160 - Not really. - Admit it. 830 01:22:55,369 --> 01:22:59,373 No, he was sick and had no money, as soon as I got in touch... 831 01:22:59,408 --> 01:23:01,875 ... with Field Health Services. 832 01:23:01,910 --> 01:23:04,294 I'm not a social worker. 833 01:23:11,051 --> 01:23:14,053 How did you establish your contacts? spying with Field? 834 01:23:14,178 --> 01:23:17,230 I wasn't spying. 835 01:23:17,265 --> 01:23:19,892 You signed these statements. 836 01:23:19,976 --> 01:23:22,193 "In 1947, in Sweden... 837 01:23:22,228 --> 01:23:25,571 "... I contacted the American spy, Noel Field" 838 01:23:25,606 --> 01:23:31,154 "In 1947, Noel Field paid me the sum of 800 Swiss francs". 839 01:23:32,738 --> 01:23:34,615 Consider the facts. 840 01:23:36,492 --> 01:23:39,452 Why would an American spy pay for a job by a communist officer? 841 01:23:39,786 --> 01:23:44,498 We are just enumerating the facts, I repeat:... 842 01:23:44,540 --> 01:23:46,876 The subjective aspects... 843 01:23:48,961 --> 01:23:52,882 ... will be resolved later. 844 01:23:52,923 --> 01:23:55,092 Ready. 845 01:23:55,134 --> 01:24:00,848 "In 1947 I made contact with Noel Field. As he was a spy..." 846 01:24:01,348 --> 01:24:03,559 I synthesized it the way more favorable for you. 847 01:24:04,643 --> 01:24:07,313 "and I was in contact with him, I'm... 848 01:24:07,354 --> 01:24:10,316 ...objectively guilty by espionage contacts. 849 01:24:10,441 --> 01:24:13,444 At that moment, Field gave 800 Swiss francs". 850 01:24:13,861 --> 01:24:19,199 Ready. If you are going to sign... I removed the subjective assessments. 851 01:24:21,159 --> 01:24:24,037 Excuse me. 852 01:24:32,587 --> 01:24:35,757 Here too. For the translation. 853 01:24:42,179 --> 01:24:44,973 For the advice of comrades. 854 01:24:45,140 --> 01:24:47,934 Oh, I almost forgot... 855 01:24:51,103 --> 01:24:54,565 There's a letter from your wife to you. 856 01:24:57,860 --> 01:25:00,196 Then you can get some sleep. 857 01:25:07,286 --> 01:25:09,330 Straight position. 858 01:25:26,847 --> 01:25:31,101 Sit down. The boss forgot to ask you to sign this. 859 01:25:31,143 --> 01:25:34,437 "Given that veterans of Brigades recognize that they are... 860 01:25:34,479 --> 01:25:40,234 ...Trotskyists and traitors, be responsible for them... 861 01:25:40,276 --> 01:25:44,321 ...put me on the same level, objectively." Subscribe. 862 01:25:44,405 --> 01:25:46,949 Later you can write to your family. 863 01:25:52,954 --> 01:25:55,790 "In Communist Youth I had already worked... 864 01:25:55,915 --> 01:25:59,961 ...under the direction of Smirkovsky... 865 01:26:00,128 --> 01:26:04,757 ... whose Trotskyist past... 866 01:26:04,924 --> 01:26:07,468 ... is well known." 867 01:26:07,594 --> 01:26:11,514 - I never said that. - You didn't work with Smirkovsky? 868 01:26:11,556 --> 01:26:14,225 Yes, but I never said that he was a Trotskyist. 869 01:26:14,809 --> 01:26:17,604 He said it himself. 870 01:26:20,064 --> 01:26:23,859 - Do you know your signature? - No. 871 01:26:23,901 --> 01:26:27,237 Here it is. This just reaffirms his confession. 872 01:26:34,494 --> 01:26:36,871 We are convinced that he was a Trotskyist... 873 01:26:37,079 --> 01:26:40,458 - ...before going to Spain. - Where did you get this? 874 01:26:40,750 --> 01:26:47,215 Enter. In 1936, you gave shelter for Wagner, a Trotskyist... 875 01:26:47,256 --> 01:26:53,054 ... expelled from the Party, at your hotel in Moscow. 876 01:26:53,095 --> 01:26:56,973 Did you distrust the Moscow processes. 877 01:26:57,599 --> 01:27:03,438 I have to include something in these questions. Come closer. 878 01:27:05,690 --> 01:27:09,486 "In Moscow, I lived in a hotel full of Trotskyists". 879 01:27:09,653 --> 01:27:12,155 How happy they will be President of the Republic... 880 01:27:12,322 --> 01:27:15,075 ... and the Secretary General. 881 01:27:15,283 --> 01:27:17,953 They lived in the same hotel. 882 01:27:18,370 --> 01:27:23,333 Precisely. The former Secretary Party General... 883 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:25,709 ...it's here. 884 01:27:27,336 --> 01:27:33,383 Don't feed false hopes. That It's not an excuse. On the contrary. Proof... 885 01:27:33,424 --> 01:27:35,760 ...who put him in important posts... 886 01:27:35,844 --> 01:27:39,514 ...to take power in the name of American imperialists. 887 01:27:39,639 --> 01:27:42,392 - Are you the one who says that? - No, he will say. 888 01:27:43,434 --> 01:27:47,397 And you will confirm. You've already started saying. 889 01:27:47,647 --> 01:27:49,899 I will never sign any of this. 890 01:27:50,733 --> 01:27:54,654 Yes, you will. Like everyone else. 891 01:27:57,614 --> 01:28:01,034 Do you think the Party arrested the Secretary in a hurry? 892 01:28:04,204 --> 01:28:06,748 The secretary wrote to the British Zilliacus. Your... 893 01:28:06,874 --> 01:28:11,086 ...letters passed through the suitcase diplomatically, through... 894 01:28:11,253 --> 01:28:13,470 ...your services. How many cards? 895 01:28:13,505 --> 01:28:16,049 - Zilliacus is from the peace movement. - He was an agent... 896 01:28:16,084 --> 01:28:18,218 ...of the Intelligence Service. 897 01:28:18,552 --> 01:28:22,764 Add: "I declare received and sent..." 898 01:28:23,056 --> 01:28:27,019 - How many cards? Four, five? - No, two. 899 01:28:28,227 --> 01:28:30,354 Five. 900 01:28:34,107 --> 01:28:36,693 I will translate. You sign later. 901 01:28:49,122 --> 01:28:51,500 Put it on. 902 01:28:51,708 --> 01:28:53,251 And walk. Walk! 903 01:28:56,588 --> 01:28:59,840 Translated. You can put it. Here it is. 904 01:29:04,720 --> 01:29:07,389 Then you can sleep. 905 01:29:07,973 --> 01:29:12,186 - Wait. It's not the same. - It's a copy. 906 01:29:14,647 --> 01:29:17,733 - No, it's not. - Yes, you are tired. 907 01:29:17,900 --> 01:29:20,402 - No, it's not a copy. - Yes, that is. 908 01:29:20,778 --> 01:29:22,738 You can sleep. 909 01:29:26,867 --> 01:29:31,578 According to the statements that you signed, and to the testimonies that... 910 01:29:31,745 --> 01:29:34,998 ...you gave the Clandestine Committee Central for the Gestapo... 911 01:29:35,082 --> 01:29:39,211 ... you provoked indirectly Fucik's execution. 912 01:29:39,253 --> 01:29:43,298 Testimonials? What is this dirty game? 913 01:29:47,928 --> 01:29:51,390 "I organized Klecan's return looking for your documents." 914 01:29:52,933 --> 01:29:55,144 You said Klecan was in his Trotskyist group and... 915 01:29:55,853 --> 01:29:58,230 ...recognizes on its own your responsibility for them. 916 01:29:59,439 --> 01:30:01,567 - I followed instructions... - Sit down. 917 01:30:02,067 --> 01:30:06,404 I followed instructions. Klecan was in France. We took it... 918 01:30:06,439 --> 01:30:09,740 from prison and we gave him false documents... 919 01:30:09,782 --> 01:30:12,535 - ...so he can come back. - Klecan denounced Fulk and... 920 01:30:12,577 --> 01:30:14,787 ...the Clandestine Committee Central for the Gestapo? 921 01:30:14,829 --> 01:30:17,123 - Klecan didn't speak. - Were you present? 922 01:30:18,708 --> 01:30:21,752 - It was said... - There's no proof, sir. Trotskyist group says... 923 01:30:21,836 --> 01:30:26,966 ...you ordered Klecan so that denounce the Central Committee. 924 01:30:27,008 --> 01:30:29,342 - But Klecan... - Don't argue. We have witnesses. 925 01:30:29,551 --> 01:30:31,803 And the Central Clandestine Committee? 926 01:30:31,970 --> 01:30:36,348 I put it in interrogation from Rejistin, who has already signed. 927 01:30:36,383 --> 01:30:38,267 Well, put that. 928 01:30:40,895 --> 01:30:44,523 "In Spain I had more esteem by anarchist leaders... 929 01:30:44,558 --> 01:30:50,070 - ...that by the Party leaders". - I won't sign that. 930 01:30:50,237 --> 01:30:53,407 In Spain I admired leaders... 931 01:30:53,574 --> 01:30:55,659 ...like La Pasionaria, Durruti. 932 01:31:03,667 --> 01:31:05,169 Walk. 933 01:31:15,053 --> 01:31:17,889 Walk, I said! 934 01:31:18,056 --> 01:31:20,809 We've had this story for days. 935 01:31:20,975 --> 01:31:23,228 I had to delay my trip. 936 01:31:24,979 --> 01:31:28,357 - Given his anarchist activities. - I never had... 937 01:31:28,524 --> 01:31:30,380 - ...anarchist activities. - Yes. 938 01:31:30,415 --> 01:31:32,236 You wanted to blow up city hall. 939 01:31:32,271 --> 01:31:34,495 I was 15. 940 01:31:34,530 --> 01:31:37,490 With age, trends are crystallized. Furthermore,... 941 01:31:37,657 --> 01:31:40,952 It's a formality. The handcuffs. We can't judge him for that. 942 01:31:43,204 --> 01:31:45,832 It's just an administrative question. 943 01:31:46,290 --> 01:31:49,293 The Party can condemn him severely with... 944 01:31:49,335 --> 01:31:51,879 ...little material or softly, with a lot. 945 01:31:53,131 --> 01:31:56,551 All you have to do is submit completely to the Party. 946 01:32:02,014 --> 01:32:06,769 Good. Now I can come in on vacation. Don't ruin it. 947 01:32:08,354 --> 01:32:11,231 "In Albacete, in the barracks Brigade General... 948 01:32:11,314 --> 01:32:15,318 - ...I met the Titoist Dapshevitch." - No. 949 01:32:15,485 --> 01:32:16,743 I'm reading yours older statements. 950 01:32:16,778 --> 01:32:22,617 Not only did I meet Dapchevitch but also Luigi Longo,... 951 01:32:22,659 --> 01:32:25,704 - ...Paglietta, Martí... - Facing the wall! 952 01:32:27,037 --> 01:32:31,667 - We're not there yet. - I never said the word "Titoista" 953 01:32:32,042 --> 01:32:36,046 That's not a word, it's a political qualification that... 954 01:32:36,130 --> 01:32:37,763 ...defines our enemies. 955 01:32:37,798 --> 01:32:41,050 In 1937, in Spain, there was Yugoslav communists... 956 01:32:41,092 --> 01:32:45,805 - ...not titoists. - And you were Vice Minister? You ignore... 957 01:32:45,889 --> 01:32:49,225 ...the basis of dialectics. You must judge the past... 958 01:32:49,309 --> 01:32:52,395 ...in light of the Party's current truths. 959 01:32:54,606 --> 01:32:58,693 Do you know what titoism is? Say it, sir, say it! 960 01:33:00,528 --> 01:33:02,822 I approved the titoism complaint. 961 01:33:03,448 --> 01:33:07,452 Don't talk about your approval! Dapchevitch is a Titoist. 962 01:33:07,494 --> 01:33:09,788 He is a minister of Titus. 963 01:33:12,039 --> 01:33:16,335 Are you waiting for daylight? You You won't sleep until you sign it. 964 01:33:17,669 --> 01:33:20,005 - Good morning. - How was your vacation? 965 01:33:20,714 --> 01:33:25,843 - They did me good. - Great, here we are anyway. 966 01:33:26,093 --> 01:33:29,180 Still working. Without a doubt you are Jewish. 967 01:33:31,265 --> 01:33:33,184 All good? You did good to tell your wife... 968 01:33:33,351 --> 01:33:35,978 ...to return to France. It is the best she can do. 969 01:33:36,062 --> 01:33:39,398 Have you seen her? 970 01:33:39,982 --> 01:33:42,401 Didn't she write to you? 971 01:33:45,529 --> 01:33:47,531 Sit down, sit down. 972 01:33:49,699 --> 01:33:51,827 The Party leadership asked for an interrogation... 973 01:33:51,910 --> 01:33:57,541 ...that synthesizes all of this and reflect your activities. 974 01:33:57,582 --> 01:34:03,171 The counselors prepared the project to save time. 975 01:34:04,381 --> 01:34:06,216 - But... are they going to hang me? - No, no chance. 976 01:34:06,341 --> 01:34:12,180 The interrogation will not to the court. It's internal. 977 01:34:12,931 --> 01:34:15,432 His co-accused have already signed theirs. 978 01:34:15,641 --> 01:34:18,310 - Believe me. are much more serious. - "In 1947,... 979 01:34:18,352 --> 01:34:22,356 ...I contacted Field, a well-known... 980 01:34:22,439 --> 01:34:25,525 ...American agent, in return the information I gave you... 981 01:34:25,692 --> 01:34:31,030 ...he paid me 800 francs Swiss". In exchange for what information? 982 01:34:31,948 --> 01:34:34,165 But this is impossible! 983 01:34:34,200 --> 01:34:36,870 The Party approved the the way it was placed. 984 01:34:36,995 --> 01:34:42,292 Do like him. Show yourself a good communist. 985 01:34:42,333 --> 01:34:45,420 - I will not sign that I am a Trotskyist spy. - You're still a communist. 986 01:34:45,462 --> 01:34:47,796 Therefore, you do not accept your mistakes. 987 01:34:51,467 --> 01:34:55,429 Confessions are the way higher degree of self-criticism. 988 01:34:55,471 --> 01:34:59,391 Self-criticism is the main virtue of the communists. 989 01:35:06,899 --> 01:35:09,568 They ask for corrections. 990 01:35:09,777 --> 01:35:14,865 Your friend Hadju, changed Trotskyist for Zionist. 991 01:35:14,907 --> 01:35:17,576 He's Jewish, not Zionist. 992 01:35:17,743 --> 01:35:21,120 We are in a democracy popular. "Jew" is an insult. 993 01:35:21,162 --> 01:35:25,916 - Let's leave "Zionist". - It's a political qualification. 994 01:35:27,042 --> 01:35:31,004 They forgot about that USSR. They use "Hebrew". 995 01:35:31,379 --> 01:35:34,466 Put "Hebrew". Zionist it's not the same thing. 996 01:35:34,549 --> 01:35:40,722 "Hebrew" doesn't sound good. "Zionist". Those are the orders. 997 01:35:43,099 --> 01:35:46,478 Let's continue. Wait. 998 01:35:47,229 --> 01:35:49,231 This is the indictment record. 999 01:35:49,272 --> 01:35:54,318 Then we will write the defense, dictated by you. 1000 01:35:58,656 --> 01:36:02,243 There was never a defense record. 1001 01:36:04,036 --> 01:36:07,498 After hearing "Trotskyist", "Titoist", "nationalist", "bourgeois"... 1002 01:36:07,581 --> 01:36:10,126 For so long, these words have lost their meaning. sense. If you asked me to write... 1003 01:36:10,167 --> 01:36:14,755 ..."My Trotskyist son Michel It's been a year", I would have signed. 1004 01:36:15,339 --> 01:36:19,093 There was only one way out: suicide. And I tried. Twice. 1005 01:36:19,260 --> 01:36:24,179 And you are still a communist. I can't understand. It's a faith. 1006 01:36:24,930 --> 01:36:27,662 There are believers who don't like the Church. 1007 01:36:27,697 --> 01:36:30,394 Which? There are many. God is already dead. 1008 01:36:30,561 --> 01:36:34,523 - Today we can be communists. - And what happened to Field? 1009 01:36:35,566 --> 01:36:38,026 In 1955 he reappeared in Hungary. 1010 01:36:38,152 --> 01:36:40,028 They freed him and rehabilitated him. 1011 01:36:40,070 --> 01:36:43,365 He's still there. He did not return to the West. 1012 01:36:43,407 --> 01:36:46,285 But what was he? One American agent? Russian? 1013 01:36:46,785 --> 01:36:50,831 - Maybe one day he will write about it. - But why did they choose him? 1014 01:36:51,832 --> 01:36:54,750 Soon after the Civil War Spanish he ran a service... 1015 01:36:54,834 --> 01:36:57,670 ...relief for refugees in Marseille and Genoa. 1016 01:36:58,337 --> 01:37:01,924 He met many communists in Central Europe. He helped them. 1017 01:37:02,175 --> 01:37:08,264 And he was still in contact with Alan Dulles, who ran a network... 1018 01:37:08,347 --> 01:37:10,412 ...of American information in Sweden. This is not simple. 1019 01:37:10,447 --> 01:37:12,477 In the war against Hitler, USSR and USA were allies. 1020 01:37:12,685 --> 01:37:16,439 Then came the Cold War and the I fired Field because... 1021 01:37:16,606 --> 01:37:19,192 ...he knew many communists. 1022 01:37:19,275 --> 01:37:22,569 And the Soviets made it seem that he was an American agent. 1023 01:37:22,652 --> 01:37:26,864 It's your twentieth month of interrogation. 1024 01:37:28,407 --> 01:37:31,744 Know this by heart: questions and answers. 1025 01:37:32,870 --> 01:37:35,581 Here. 1026 01:37:35,623 --> 01:37:38,125 Put on your blindfold. 1027 01:37:38,751 --> 01:37:42,505 Question: "Would you confess to management... 1028 01:37:42,671 --> 01:37:44,882 ...a plot against the State?" 1029 01:37:44,924 --> 01:37:46,515 "Yes, I didn't hide anything. Nothing during the process... 1030 01:37:46,550 --> 01:37:48,344 ...not even before the court. I admit my participation... 1031 01:37:48,379 --> 01:37:51,430 ...at the core of the conspiracy against the State..." 1032 01:37:58,645 --> 01:38:00,730 Say your text when we finish talking. 1033 01:38:00,939 --> 01:38:03,608 Just like we rehearsed. 1034 01:38:09,030 --> 01:38:13,576 - Good. Here it is. -You Know your text. - Take it off. 1035 01:38:14,285 --> 01:38:19,207 He doesn't look well. How many Have you ever sunbathed? 1036 01:38:19,499 --> 01:38:22,709 - Not once in the last 21 months. - What do you mean by never? 1037 01:38:23,585 --> 01:38:26,046 At least this is almost over. 1038 01:38:26,713 --> 01:38:30,049 It wasn't always easy. Wear this. 1039 01:38:30,091 --> 01:38:34,470 Now you will see your leaders and accomplices. Come. 1040 01:38:37,140 --> 01:38:41,644 The Party asked for a report about your behavior. 1041 01:38:45,815 --> 01:38:47,775 Take off the blindfold. 1042 01:38:50,736 --> 01:38:53,489 Sit down. 1043 01:38:53,823 --> 01:38:56,617 I traveled frequently to popular democracies... 1044 01:38:56,784 --> 01:39:00,787 ...and made contact with Domoulka in Poland... 1045 01:39:00,954 --> 01:39:04,166 ...and in Yugoslavia with Tito and his fascists. 1046 01:39:04,207 --> 01:39:07,169 ...in Hungary with Rajk, in Bulgaria with Kosto. 1047 01:39:07,335 --> 01:39:11,131 We ended up getting together, and we all fall into the same trap. 1048 01:39:11,506 --> 01:39:15,135 The Secretary General, who ordered the first arrests... 1049 01:39:15,177 --> 01:39:18,430 ...and the Minister of Security, who prepared the process... 1050 01:39:18,465 --> 01:39:20,146 ...with Soviet advisors. 1051 01:39:20,181 --> 01:39:23,559 I built the core of conspiracy against the State... 1052 01:39:23,809 --> 01:39:25,853 ...with several enemies. 1053 01:39:25,978 --> 01:39:29,064 Later I discovered that the Secretary General had attempted suicide... 1054 01:39:29,148 --> 01:39:31,030 ...attacking the wall. 1055 01:39:31,065 --> 01:39:34,235 To avoid this they padded his cell. 1056 01:39:34,277 --> 01:39:40,492 Once again, alone, he tried to hang himself. 1057 01:39:40,825 --> 01:39:43,578 They broke down the door just in time. 1058 01:39:43,703 --> 01:39:46,915 Your savior has won a medal for your achievement. 1059 01:39:46,956 --> 01:39:48,833 ...men who lived in west before and during... 1060 01:39:48,875 --> 01:39:52,128 ...the war. That's how I introduced it to the General Secretariat... 1061 01:39:52,163 --> 01:39:54,881 ...the bourgeois nationalist Bederich Geminder, in... 1062 01:39:55,089 --> 01:39:59,302 ...Security, J. Pavel and Karel Svab, abroad... 1063 01:39:59,469 --> 01:40:01,471 ...in relation to the Vice Minister... 1064 01:40:01,554 --> 01:40:04,646 Why do this here? No one will know. 1065 01:40:04,681 --> 01:40:07,476 The Party asked for a report about your behavior. 1066 01:40:07,518 --> 01:40:10,646 - If you confess, you will have a trial behind closed doors. - You must... 1067 01:40:10,687 --> 01:40:13,190 ...survive. Will tell the truth. 1068 01:40:16,193 --> 01:40:19,320 You signed all of this. 1069 01:40:20,363 --> 01:40:24,367 I was part of a conspiracy against the State... 1070 01:40:24,450 --> 01:40:26,828 ...directed by General Secretary of the Party. 1071 01:40:27,745 --> 01:40:31,124 I was responsible for a group Trotskyist in the Ministry... 1072 01:40:31,249 --> 01:40:33,708 ...of Foreign Affairs... 1073 01:40:35,001 --> 01:40:39,005 You did well to stick to the text. 1074 01:40:39,214 --> 01:40:42,134 that's what you should do in the public trial. 1075 01:40:44,344 --> 01:40:47,848 The Secretary General wants limit your role in... 1076 01:40:47,889 --> 01:40:50,308 ...ideological direction of the group... 1077 01:40:50,517 --> 01:40:53,145 In Moscow, Bukharin did the same, but it cost him his head. 1078 01:40:53,770 --> 01:40:58,650 Well... Now we have to learn all of this. 1079 01:40:58,775 --> 01:41:01,653 Don't worry. It will be there. 1080 01:41:01,987 --> 01:41:05,489 Requester: "How many spy letters... 1081 01:41:05,614 --> 01:41:07,950 ...did you send it to Zilliacus?" 1082 01:41:08,993 --> 01:41:09,785 Answer... 1083 01:41:10,703 --> 01:41:15,166 ...Two, maybe five... I didn't count them. 1084 01:41:16,125 --> 01:41:19,961 Requester: "Be more precise. Ten letters were mentioned" 1085 01:41:20,295 --> 01:41:21,087 Answer... 1086 01:41:21,463 --> 01:41:23,715 Maybe there were ten. 1087 01:41:30,972 --> 01:41:32,932 Your injection. 1088 01:41:36,686 --> 01:41:38,145 It's calcium. 1089 01:41:39,521 --> 01:41:41,815 I'm going to warm you up, okay? 1090 01:41:42,316 --> 01:41:44,526 You're white as chalk. 1091 01:41:44,561 --> 01:41:46,737 We'll have to fix this. 1092 01:41:46,945 --> 01:41:51,700 Guided by my instinct bourgeois to have a career... 1093 01:41:51,825 --> 01:41:52,743 No. 1094 01:41:54,244 --> 01:41:58,290 Guided by my instinct bourgeois to have a career... 1095 01:41:58,332 --> 01:42:01,293 No. "Selfish." "Bourgeois and selfish". 1096 01:42:03,545 --> 01:42:06,423 "Guided by my instinct bourgeois and selfish... 1097 01:42:06,507 --> 01:42:09,675 ...to have a career and ensure my well-being... 1098 01:42:09,801 --> 01:42:12,804 ...in the West I I became cosmopolitan... 1099 01:42:12,929 --> 01:42:17,307 - ... and joined the ranks of the bourgeoisie". - And that. Good. 1100 01:42:17,390 --> 01:42:23,271 No. It's not good for complete. The text is good. 1101 01:42:23,396 --> 01:42:26,900 But no one will believe that You're guilty of talking like that. 1102 01:42:35,909 --> 01:42:39,496 You're lucky I'm here. 1103 01:42:39,663 --> 01:42:44,083 You are not the main one accused. The injection? 1104 01:42:44,125 --> 01:42:47,545 - Yes, there are only five left. - Good. Give him color. 1105 01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:52,758 Take it off. 1106 01:42:55,970 --> 01:42:58,389 Dr. Novak, President of the State Court. 1107 01:42:58,514 --> 01:43:03,769 - Have you ever been convicted? - Yes, twice. 1108 01:43:03,894 --> 01:43:07,815 In the years 1931, 1932. And in Paris in 1942. 1109 01:43:08,482 --> 01:43:13,027 - What are the reasons? - The first, for communist activities. 1110 01:43:13,236 --> 01:43:16,989 The second, for participating in the fight against the Nazis. 1111 01:43:17,072 --> 01:43:21,702 There is no need to write this. Do you have a lawyer? 1112 01:43:21,869 --> 01:43:24,747 - No. And I don't want one. - The law obliges you. 1113 01:43:24,955 --> 01:43:27,166 The State will provide you with one. 1114 01:43:28,792 --> 01:43:30,961 Dr. Ruzick, your lawyer. 1115 01:43:33,297 --> 01:43:38,385 Despite the seriousness of his case, the State takes very good care of you. 1116 01:43:38,510 --> 01:43:43,639 - Spoil yourself. - Makes me fat. Like a goose. 1117 01:43:43,723 --> 01:43:46,476 - What? - You were saying...? Is my case serious? 1118 01:43:46,684 --> 01:43:49,187 There is a risk of capital punishment, which is what you deserve. 1119 01:43:50,396 --> 01:43:52,774 Which is provided for by law. 1120 01:43:52,940 --> 01:43:55,109 You will only receive one milder sentence... 1121 01:43:55,151 --> 01:43:58,571 ...if you admit your guilt and have good behavior. 1122 01:43:59,363 --> 01:44:02,825 "What was your role in the conspiracy?" 1123 01:44:02,867 --> 01:44:05,119 "I recognize that I have established contacts of espionage as a member of... 1124 01:44:05,328 --> 01:44:07,663 a conspiracy by the Secretary General... 1125 01:44:07,914 --> 01:44:14,919 ...with British agent Zilliacus and that I used the correspondence... 1126 01:44:14,960 --> 01:44:18,172 Furthermore, he made contact with the American spy Noel... 1127 01:44:18,214 --> 01:44:20,341 ...Field and gave secret information to him" 1128 01:44:21,467 --> 01:44:23,928 I spoke to the prosecutor. 1129 01:44:24,678 --> 01:44:29,016 - And? - He believes his case be the least serious. 1130 01:44:30,392 --> 01:44:35,481 Fifteen years at most. I already said to you: it's your only chance. 1131 01:44:35,815 --> 01:44:40,277 Behave well. Otherwise, your family will suffer. 1132 01:44:44,073 --> 01:44:46,282 The Minister of Security wanted to see him. 1133 01:44:53,581 --> 01:44:55,625 In the name of the Party and the President of the Republic 1134 01:44:55,667 --> 01:45:01,214 ...I appeal to you to stick to the court minutes. 1135 01:45:01,589 --> 01:45:04,008 I would be making a great favor to the Party. 1136 01:45:04,092 --> 01:45:08,596 The situation is serious. There is a risk of war. 1137 01:45:08,763 --> 01:45:10,807 The Party expects you to Guide by his interests. 1138 01:45:10,932 --> 01:45:14,810 This is what would be taken into account. Don't forget who protects your family. 1139 01:45:15,436 --> 01:45:18,521 She will not suffer consequences of this judgment. 1140 01:45:19,814 --> 01:45:22,984 The night before the trial they They brought me new clothes from home. 1141 01:45:31,033 --> 01:45:33,119 Don't forget the tie. 1142 01:45:35,455 --> 01:45:37,331 - These? - Yes. 1143 01:45:44,839 --> 01:45:47,383 - Will he be released soon? - I don't know, ma'am 1144 01:45:49,926 --> 01:45:51,268 Will he come home? 1145 01:45:51,303 --> 01:45:55,682 They took my brother's things also. Maybe they'll come back tonight. 1146 01:45:55,974 --> 01:45:57,517 Off to school, boys. 1147 01:48:06,432 --> 01:48:09,350 Then we discovered that those in charge... 1148 01:48:09,517 --> 01:48:12,353 ...to get rid of ashes of those executed,... 1149 01:48:12,395 --> 01:48:15,190 ...had their way blocked by snow... 1150 01:48:15,231 --> 01:48:19,277 ...and decided to throw them in roads. The drivers joked. 1151 01:48:22,572 --> 01:48:25,492 First time I take 14 people in my Tatraplan. 1152 01:48:25,658 --> 01:48:28,786 The 3 of us and 11 more in the bag. 1153 01:49:40,312 --> 01:49:44,358 The session is open. I speak to the accused. 1154 01:49:44,442 --> 01:49:48,529 The deadline set by law was respected due to attendance at the session? 1155 01:49:48,571 --> 01:49:49,989 Yes. 1156 01:49:50,740 --> 01:49:54,160 Continue reading of the accusations and... 1157 01:49:54,285 --> 01:49:56,162 ...with the unfolding of debates. Make use of your right... 1158 01:49:56,197 --> 01:50:00,624 ...to express your opinion. I remind you that you can... 1159 01:50:00,791 --> 01:50:06,086 ...defend themselves as they see fit. 1160 01:50:07,087 --> 01:50:10,382 I give the floor to comrade Minister of Justice. 1161 01:50:13,677 --> 01:50:17,681 The investigation of the Minister of Security... 1162 01:50:17,806 --> 01:50:20,392 ...determined that the north imperialist Americans, 1163 01:50:20,976 --> 01:50:26,273 ...ensuring your control of the around the world, right after World War II, 1164 01:50:27,274 --> 01:50:29,693 organized a conspiracy against the peace of the peoples. 1165 01:50:29,860 --> 01:50:33,703 In popular democracies created clandestine centers... 1166 01:50:33,738 --> 01:50:38,826 ...with corrupt elements. I accuse you all are traitors... 1167 01:50:38,993 --> 01:50:41,954 ...Trotskyists, Titoists, Zionists... 1168 01:50:42,080 --> 01:50:44,791 ...nationalist bourgeoisie and enemies of the people... 1169 01:50:44,916 --> 01:50:49,629 ...for creating a nucleus conspiracy in service... 1170 01:50:49,837 --> 01:50:52,006 ...of the imperialists Americans, directed... 1171 01:50:52,173 --> 01:50:53,681 ...by agencies western information... 1172 01:50:53,716 --> 01:50:58,221 ...to separate the people of your alliance and friendship... 1173 01:50:58,346 --> 01:51:01,391 ... with the Soviet Union, to overthrow the regime... 1174 01:51:01,474 --> 01:51:03,684 ...prevent construction of socialism... 1175 01:51:03,893 --> 01:51:06,685 ...and restore capitalism. 1176 01:51:07,937 --> 01:51:12,608 Even though the conspirators and your boss have... 1177 01:51:13,025 --> 01:51:16,529 ...ascended to important positions in the Party and the State... 1178 01:51:17,279 --> 01:51:22,118 ... they did not maneuver, like Titus in Yugoslavia, to take power... 1179 01:51:22,284 --> 01:51:27,039 ...didn't even achieve their goal criminal. Thanks to our loyalty... 1180 01:51:27,164 --> 01:51:32,211 ...towards the Soviet Union, the conspiracy was defeated. 1181 01:51:32,878 --> 01:51:36,215 Therefore, the accused:... 1182 01:51:38,174 --> 01:51:40,218 ...Former Secretary General of Party, of Jewish origin... 1183 01:51:41,386 --> 01:51:44,764 ...former director of Relations Party exteriors... 1184 01:51:45,181 --> 01:51:47,267 ...of Jewish origin... 1185 01:51:47,392 --> 01:51:50,520 ...former director of Economy, of Jewish origin... 1186 01:51:50,603 --> 01:51:54,482 ...Former General Secretary Party Deputy, Czech... 1187 01:51:54,524 --> 01:51:58,368 ...former Minister of Relations Foreign, Slovak... 1188 01:51:58,403 --> 01:52:00,947 ...former Deputy Minister of Defense National, of Jewish origin... 1189 01:52:01,656 --> 01:52:06,952 former Deputy Minister of Security, Czech, of Jewish origin... 1190 01:52:06,994 --> 01:52:11,789 ... the two Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs... 1191 01:52:11,873 --> 01:52:14,959 ...of Jewish origin... 1192 01:52:15,126 --> 01:52:17,503 ... the two Vice Ministers of Foreign Trade. 1193 01:52:17,712 --> 01:52:19,756 ...of Jewish origin... 1194 01:52:19,797 --> 01:52:23,092 former Vice Minister of Finance, of Jewish origin... 1195 01:52:23,134 --> 01:52:28,014 ...Former Secretary of the committee Regional Party, Jew... 1196 01:52:28,097 --> 01:52:31,392 ...former Editor-in-Chief of Party newspaper, Jewish... 1197 01:52:31,476 --> 01:52:34,353 I accuse you all of... 1198 01:52:34,395 --> 01:52:37,940 During the 3 hours of reading of the charges... 1199 01:52:38,107 --> 01:52:40,442 ...absolute silence reigned in the room. 1200 01:52:40,817 --> 01:52:44,863 They're filming us. We will be show in dark rooms. 1201 01:52:47,574 --> 01:52:49,868 Session suspended. 1202 01:53:05,674 --> 01:53:08,636 Stay seated. 1203 01:53:09,720 --> 01:53:12,639 Cigarettes. 1204 01:53:16,142 --> 01:53:17,685 All very well? 1205 01:53:22,982 --> 01:53:25,276 All very well? 1206 01:53:25,860 --> 01:53:27,987 Cigarettes? 1207 01:53:35,912 --> 01:53:37,956 Bring it. 1208 01:53:39,082 --> 01:53:42,626 - It's a political process. We don't need deaths. - Open... 1209 01:53:42,751 --> 01:53:45,212 ...your mouth. They are vitamins. Swallow. 1210 01:53:46,505 --> 01:53:49,758 Do you need anything? 1211 01:53:51,969 --> 01:53:54,972 The President of the Republic wants everything to go well. 1212 01:53:55,013 --> 01:53:57,599 It's up to you. 1213 01:54:23,874 --> 01:54:26,376 - All very well? - Yes. 1214 01:54:29,129 --> 01:54:32,215 I have news. 1215 01:54:33,508 --> 01:54:38,096 There will be no capital punishment. O Party doesn't want heads... 1216 01:54:38,305 --> 01:54:41,141 ...just a trial high-level politician. 1217 01:54:41,308 --> 01:54:45,353 If there are 1 or 2 sentences of death will be a mere formality. 1218 01:54:47,521 --> 01:54:49,690 If anyone tries to deny it in court... 1219 01:54:49,732 --> 01:54:52,735 your microphone will be turned off and nothing more will be heard. 1220 01:54:53,069 --> 01:54:56,697 And let the witnesses come. 1221 01:55:18,092 --> 01:55:20,761 It's mine. 1222 01:55:25,432 --> 01:55:27,226 The session is open. 1223 01:55:30,646 --> 01:55:34,066 We continue with the live broadcast... 1224 01:55:34,108 --> 01:55:37,743 ...of the core judgment conspiracy against the State. 1225 01:55:37,778 --> 01:55:42,324 You will hear the statements of the former Deputy Minister of Security. 1226 01:55:42,359 --> 01:55:44,833 American spy Field... 1227 01:55:44,868 --> 01:55:48,330 ...unmasked by trials from Hungary, declared... 1228 01:55:48,497 --> 01:55:54,502 ...who had created a network of espionage in our country. 1229 01:55:54,537 --> 01:55:57,011 How did you keep this secret? 1230 01:55:57,046 --> 01:56:02,050 How could we not erase your statement, I ordered... 1231 01:56:02,134 --> 01:56:05,345 ...that the investigation proceed normally. 1232 01:56:06,096 --> 01:56:10,100 He told the accused to prepare your defense. 1233 01:56:10,225 --> 01:56:15,355 Here there is a change in the text. Let him know. 1234 01:56:19,860 --> 01:56:23,529 You're next. Repeat your statement. 1235 01:56:23,612 --> 01:56:26,949 - I already know... - Let's go. 1236 01:56:27,158 --> 01:56:30,619 "What led you to work as an enemy of the Republic?" 1237 01:56:31,120 --> 01:56:35,791 I grew up in a bourgeois family, without contact with the working masses... 1238 01:56:35,958 --> 01:56:38,502 - Do you want an interpreter? - No. 1239 01:56:38,627 --> 01:56:42,965 - Do you understand the questions and Do you think you are able to answer? - Yes. 1240 01:56:44,175 --> 01:56:48,637 - What school did you study at? - The German School in Ostrava. 1241 01:56:48,846 --> 01:56:52,188 - What language do you know most? - German. 1242 01:56:52,223 --> 01:56:58,020 - How much do you know? - I haven't spoken in a long time. 1243 01:56:59,229 --> 01:57:02,232 In fact, you don't know well no language. 1244 01:57:02,357 --> 01:57:05,861 A typical cosmopolitan. 1245 01:57:05,903 --> 01:57:07,988 What was your attitude to respect of the working class? 1246 01:57:08,030 --> 01:57:10,783 It was... 1247 01:57:12,826 --> 01:57:16,914 I was insensitive. 1248 01:57:20,084 --> 01:57:22,669 Did you understand the question? 1249 01:57:23,212 --> 01:57:27,757 What was your attitude towards relation to the working class? 1250 01:57:46,067 --> 01:57:48,111 I felt indifference to interests of the working class. 1251 01:57:48,569 --> 01:57:49,278 I've never been... 1252 01:57:52,031 --> 01:57:55,742 I felt indifference to interests of workers. 1253 01:57:56,992 --> 01:57:58,959 I was never connected to the people. 1254 01:57:58,994 --> 01:58:00,788 For me, your interests They were always strangers. 1255 01:58:03,249 --> 01:58:05,126 Are you ready for your turn? 1256 01:58:05,209 --> 01:58:08,254 Remember. It all depends on your attitude. 1257 01:58:08,289 --> 01:58:10,047 I was raised in a bourgeois environment. 1258 01:58:12,425 --> 01:58:14,593 The working masses were always strange to me. 1259 01:58:15,761 --> 01:58:18,055 And I let myself be led by my bourgeois instincts. 1260 01:58:20,391 --> 01:58:21,976 Bourgeois and selfish. 1261 01:58:22,017 --> 01:58:24,186 They guided my career and my personal life. 1262 01:58:24,687 --> 01:58:26,855 The eleven years I spent in the West they changed me. 1263 01:58:27,564 --> 01:58:31,526 In those days I became cosmopolitan and I passed into the bourgeois camp. 1264 01:58:31,818 --> 01:58:39,034 I confess to being guilty of integrating, since 1948 and until the day of my arrest,... 1265 01:58:39,909 --> 01:58:42,203 ...the core of a conspiracy against the State. 1266 01:58:42,662 --> 01:58:46,499 I fully recognize It's my fault for being... 1267 01:58:46,541 --> 01:58:49,669 Listen mama, the man who talks on the radio it's daddy, isn't it? 1268 01:58:50,128 --> 01:58:51,588 No, honey, no. 1269 01:58:55,716 --> 01:58:57,384 Go to bed, too. 1270 01:59:02,055 --> 01:59:04,640 ... and espionage with the English agent, Zilliacus... 1271 01:59:06,893 --> 01:59:11,272 ... and having used the mail for these purposes diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... 1272 01:59:12,690 --> 01:59:19,989 ...also have contact with the agent American spy agent, Noel Field... 1273 01:59:20,573 --> 01:59:23,493 ...who do you send espionage information. 1274 01:59:29,415 --> 01:59:32,125 My wife wrote to President of the Republic to... 1275 01:59:32,209 --> 01:59:36,546 ...express your despair before my confessions. 1276 01:59:38,298 --> 01:59:41,134 We will read the letter from Londonova, wife... 1277 01:59:41,176 --> 01:59:44,429 ...of a tried traitor by a state court,... 1278 01:59:44,513 --> 01:59:46,807 ...sent to the President of the Republic. 1279 01:59:47,099 --> 01:59:50,811 To President Gottwald: Logo after my husband's arrest... 1280 01:59:51,269 --> 01:59:54,397 ...with all the things we share in your life, your activity... 1281 01:59:55,481 --> 01:59:58,359 ...I believed he was victim of traitors... 1282 01:59:58,526 --> 02:00:01,695 who hid their activities criminals within the Party. 1283 02:00:02,904 --> 02:00:08,368 After reading the accusations and confessions, 1284 02:00:09,035 --> 02:00:12,914 ...my hopes are gone: my husband was not a victim... 1285 02:00:14,124 --> 02:00:17,293 ...but a traitor to his Party and his country. 1286 02:00:17,335 --> 02:00:20,255 My suffering is great. I'm human. 1287 02:00:20,505 --> 02:00:23,133 But as a communist... 1288 02:00:23,341 --> 02:00:26,469 ...I'm happy, because of the interest of the people and for peace, which... 1289 02:00:26,504 --> 02:00:29,597 ...the conspiratorial core was discovered, I have... 1290 02:00:29,681 --> 02:00:31,683 ...honest people to cry out... 1291 02:00:31,850 --> 02:00:34,852 ...for a fair punishment for those you judge. 1292 02:00:47,614 --> 02:00:49,658 Since I stopped driving I come to the factory early. 1293 02:00:51,910 --> 02:00:56,789 It's my fault. If you I hadn't taken... 1294 02:00:57,749 --> 02:01:00,001 No. I don't come from a working-class background... 1295 02:01:00,043 --> 02:01:03,379 ...and I was in West during the War. 1296 02:01:05,297 --> 02:01:11,428 Listen: I will not rebuke you. I know you're sincere. 1297 02:01:11,595 --> 02:01:13,597 But that letter was a mistake. 1298 02:01:13,680 --> 02:01:18,643 I wrote it to the President, not for the radio. 1299 02:01:19,311 --> 02:01:24,107 - But you heard him. He pleaded guilty. - I heard too much. 1300 02:01:25,317 --> 02:01:27,444 The witnesses, the accusations, confessions... 1301 02:01:27,611 --> 02:01:30,697 It's all fake. They learn everything by heart. 1302 02:01:34,534 --> 02:01:37,703 Why would they make a judgment if that wasn't true? 1303 02:01:38,704 --> 02:01:41,874 - There are precedents... - Precisely. In the debates... 1304 02:01:42,041 --> 02:01:45,586 ...there are outbreaks of antisemitism. It's unacceptable. 1305 02:01:47,838 --> 02:01:51,634 Heroes become traitors. I don't understand. 1306 02:01:51,801 --> 02:01:54,511 I don't agree. I will leave the Party. 1307 02:01:57,013 --> 02:01:58,890 Do you know what could happen? 1308 02:02:01,643 --> 02:02:04,979 Why would a man like him confess? 1309 02:02:05,021 --> 02:02:07,107 He will tell us. 1310 02:02:08,982 --> 02:02:11,902 I hope one day he will tell us. 1311 02:02:14,279 --> 02:02:17,908 When I hear the accusations, I reconsider... 1312 02:02:17,991 --> 02:02:22,413 ...the activities of Reising during the occupation. 1313 02:02:22,496 --> 02:02:27,000 I came to the conclusion that he denounced Julius Fucik... 1314 02:02:27,209 --> 02:02:31,588 ...and the Clandestine Committee Central to the Gestapo. 1315 02:02:31,630 --> 02:02:34,800 The history of the CCC? Forget about it. 1316 02:02:34,842 --> 02:02:37,261 We put it in confession by Reising. He signed. 1317 02:02:37,428 --> 02:02:42,223 I would like to read it to you Fucik's last words. 1318 02:02:44,475 --> 02:02:49,897 "He, who lived for his future and worried about her beauty... 1319 02:02:50,690 --> 02:02:52,858 ...is a figure carved in stone. 1320 02:02:54,067 --> 02:02:57,988 He, who tried, with the dust of past, build a barricade... 1321 02:02:58,155 --> 02:03:01,366 ...against the revolution, It's rotten wood... 1322 02:03:02,075 --> 02:03:04,619 ...even if your shoulders were covered in medals. 1323 02:03:06,246 --> 02:03:10,916 Man, I loved him so much... Take care of yourself!" 1324 02:03:21,677 --> 02:03:24,305 Fucikova's statement, widow of the resistance hero... 1325 02:03:24,388 --> 02:03:26,349 ...left an impression that the Judges will not forget easily... 1326 02:03:26,432 --> 02:03:30,644 Previously, the head of conspiracy declared... 1327 02:03:30,770 --> 02:03:33,981 ..."Our conspiratorial core against the State... 1328 02:03:34,148 --> 02:03:37,568 had hundreds of members - the judges will have their hands full." 1329 02:03:38,778 --> 02:03:41,864 I am going. I will, comrade. Three simple positions can be won... 1330 02:03:42,030 --> 02:03:45,950 ...under the weight of crimes of these three traitorous vampires. 1331 02:03:46,951 --> 02:03:49,120 The citizens could see the chief. 1332 02:03:49,371 --> 02:03:53,791 Your rosy face, your stupid Judas eyebrows. 1333 02:03:53,826 --> 02:03:58,420 The weight of his crimes buried beneath them. 1334 02:03:59,421 --> 02:04:03,092 He's a dead man. For a dog, the death of a dog. 1335 02:04:04,635 --> 02:04:06,720 The session begins. 1336 02:04:07,096 --> 02:04:11,225 In 1939, I established a network espionage in London. 1337 02:04:12,309 --> 02:04:16,729 - With whom? - Emmanuel Troska, American agent. 1338 02:04:16,896 --> 02:04:19,649 I gave you information about of the communist party... 1339 02:04:19,684 --> 02:04:25,113 - ...and his objectives in England. - Continue. 1340 02:04:25,571 --> 02:04:31,244 Furthermore, I confess that I did contact agent Hanz... 1341 02:04:32,370 --> 02:04:36,249 of the Intelligence Service. He called me in December 1944... 1342 02:04:36,499 --> 02:04:41,838 ...for an interview with the Minister of Information... 1343 02:05:03,107 --> 02:05:05,192 ...at the Ministry British Information... 1344 02:05:05,359 --> 02:05:10,865 ...for my subversive action... 1345 02:05:11,032 --> 02:05:13,075 ...in our country... 1346 02:05:24,961 --> 02:05:29,591 ...in my country, once that the country was free. 1347 02:05:47,900 --> 02:05:50,193 Return to your seat! 1348 02:05:52,278 --> 02:05:55,114 The session is suspended. 1349 02:06:28,563 --> 02:06:30,982 You tried to ridicule justice... 1350 02:06:31,066 --> 02:06:33,151 ...following the imperialist game. 1351 02:06:35,904 --> 02:06:37,572 It will cost you your head. 1352 02:06:37,948 --> 02:06:39,825 Traitor! 1353 02:06:41,034 --> 02:06:42,035 Don't let him. 1354 02:06:45,247 --> 02:06:47,498 You put your neck straight with what he did. 1355 02:06:52,377 --> 02:06:53,885 He did it on purpose. It's always been like this. 1356 02:06:53,920 --> 02:06:58,091 Want to make fun of court. This will cost you dearly. 1357 02:07:15,608 --> 02:07:18,153 The session is open. 1358 02:07:18,611 --> 02:07:21,573 Standing. Listen to the sentence. 1359 02:07:25,117 --> 02:07:29,747 The State Court heard from the 20th to 11/27/1952... 1360 02:07:30,080 --> 02:07:33,625 the debates of the criminal case of the conspiratorial core... 1361 02:07:33,959 --> 02:07:38,797 ...against the State. In the name of the Republic, the following... 1362 02:07:38,922 --> 02:07:54,187 ...are sentenced to death... 1363 02:07:55,437 --> 02:07:58,607 In the name of the Republic, the following are doomed... 1364 02:07:58,940 --> 02:08:01,568 ...to life imprisonment... 1365 02:08:01,818 --> 02:08:07,574 ...to life imprisonment... 1366 02:08:08,992 --> 02:08:12,371 I give the accused some time to think. 1367 02:08:12,871 --> 02:08:15,582 You can consult your lawyers and decide... 1368 02:08:15,749 --> 02:08:18,794 ...if they accept your sentences. The court... 1369 02:08:18,877 --> 02:08:23,006 ...reserves this right to specify your point of view. 1370 02:08:23,423 --> 02:08:25,842 The session is suspended. 1371 02:08:57,830 --> 02:09:00,207 Where are our lawyers? 1372 02:09:00,666 --> 02:09:02,793 Where's my lawyer? 1373 02:09:09,466 --> 02:09:16,098 I want to see my lawyer. Call him. 1374 02:09:16,181 --> 02:09:17,725 - Why aren't they here? - Where are they? 1375 02:09:17,760 --> 02:09:22,730 - I'm appealing. - Me too. 1376 02:09:23,814 --> 02:09:27,401 - I'm appealing too. - And me. 1377 02:09:31,738 --> 02:09:33,823 Here are your lawyers. 1378 02:09:36,326 --> 02:09:40,163 There are many resolutions who demand the death penalty. 1379 02:09:40,371 --> 02:09:42,582 The international situation is getting worse. 1380 02:09:42,789 --> 02:09:45,250 There will be world war. 1381 02:09:45,375 --> 02:09:48,378 Eisenhower was elected president. The Party needs you. 1382 02:09:48,754 --> 02:09:55,177 If you appeal, the prosecutor will same. You will all be hanged. 1383 02:09:56,386 --> 02:10:00,098 Petitions from across the country they ask for their deaths. 1384 02:10:00,223 --> 02:10:04,268 If you behave and accept the court's decision... 1385 02:10:04,303 --> 02:10:05,693 ...will be forgiven. 1386 02:10:05,728 --> 02:10:08,898 The Party needs a judgment, not from their heads. 1387 02:10:09,607 --> 02:10:13,527 The session is open. I speak to the accused. 1388 02:10:13,736 --> 02:10:15,571 Do you accept their sentences? 1389 02:10:15,821 --> 02:10:19,617 I accept my sentence and I renounce my right... 1390 02:10:19,784 --> 02:10:20,159 ...to appeal. 1391 02:10:21,077 --> 02:10:25,831 I accept my sentence and I waive my right to appeal. 1392 02:10:28,084 --> 02:10:31,837 I accept my sentence. 1393 02:10:32,212 --> 02:10:33,755 I accept my sentence. 1394 02:10:33,790 --> 02:10:35,298 - I accept. - I accept. 1395 02:10:35,423 --> 02:10:37,613 - I accept. - I accept. 1396 02:10:37,648 --> 02:10:39,803 - I accept. - I accept. 1397 02:10:40,178 --> 02:10:41,561 - I accept. - I accept. 1398 02:10:41,596 --> 02:10:42,179 - I accept. - I accept my sentence. 1399 02:10:42,214 --> 02:10:44,431 I accept my sentence... 1400 02:10:44,556 --> 02:10:46,892 ...and I waive my right to appeal. 1401 02:11:11,124 --> 02:11:15,628 In 1963, criminal rehabilitation it was complete for everyone. 1402 02:11:16,337 --> 02:11:19,048 But there are some not politically rehabilitated. 1403 02:11:19,465 --> 02:11:21,926 Why didn't anyone retract in court before... 1404 02:11:22,010 --> 02:11:25,513 - ...of journalists? - The communists... 1405 02:11:25,638 --> 02:11:27,849 ...wouldn't believe us. Only the enemy... 1406 02:11:27,932 --> 02:11:29,899 ...had claimed victory. 1407 02:11:29,934 --> 02:11:33,855 In 1963 they freed and rehabilitated you? 1408 02:11:34,522 --> 02:11:38,150 They freed me in 1956, but this is more complicated. 1409 02:11:38,525 --> 02:11:41,319 One year after the death of Stalin, they executed Beria,... 1410 02:11:41,527 --> 02:11:44,030 ...Minister of Security of the Soviet Union, and... 1411 02:11:44,238 --> 02:11:47,074 ...some of the chief advisors who organized the trial. 1412 02:11:47,616 --> 02:11:51,620 In 1955 a commission re-examined the procedures. 1413 02:11:51,829 --> 02:11:55,833 Kohoutek and his team were arrested for abuse of power. 1414 02:11:55,875 --> 02:11:58,044 The survivors are still in prison. 1415 02:11:59,045 --> 02:12:02,965 Two years later, they amnesty for Kohoutek... 1416 02:12:03,132 --> 02:12:05,092 ...while many victims of other trials 1417 02:12:05,593 --> 02:12:09,054 ...will still be in prison for another 2 or 3. 1418 02:12:18,605 --> 02:12:21,191 Don't you remember me? 1419 02:12:23,026 --> 02:12:25,737 What happened to us, sir? 1420 02:12:26,154 --> 02:12:30,867 Did you understand something? In 1956, when they released him... 1421 02:12:31,076 --> 02:12:34,996 ...I was trapped. Nobody knows what is true and what is not. 1422 02:12:35,038 --> 02:12:37,624 But those who gave orders are still in power. 1423 02:12:38,832 --> 02:12:43,211 I followed orders. They had microphones to watch me. 1424 02:12:44,420 --> 02:12:46,839 I want to invite you to drink a beer. 1425 02:12:47,215 --> 02:12:49,801 Is your wife okay? 1426 02:12:50,385 --> 02:12:54,931 I heard that after the trial, seeing that you were innocent... 1427 02:12:55,348 --> 02:12:57,433 ...she did a lot for you, here and in France 1428 02:12:58,518 --> 02:13:03,022 And your health? Better? You have to take care of yourself. 1429 02:13:04,232 --> 02:13:06,567 Yes. I got a good job. 1430 02:13:06,985 --> 02:13:09,028 They will never catch me again. 1431 02:13:11,321 --> 02:13:13,490 I'm happy for you, sir. 1432 02:13:16,410 --> 02:13:18,495 APRIL 1968 1433 02:13:19,705 --> 02:13:25,460 Kohoutek's story... Do you want to keep it? 1434 02:13:27,713 --> 02:13:31,299 - What happened to us? You Did you understand any of this? 1435 02:13:40,182 --> 02:13:43,518 AUGUST 20, 1968 1436 02:13:44,769 --> 02:13:46,438 I didn't sleep at all. 1437 02:13:49,733 --> 02:13:53,570 - Are you really going to publish this? - I'm not doing that... 1438 02:13:53,653 --> 02:13:55,864 ...but the Czech Writers' Union it is. They are waiting for... 1439 02:13:56,072 --> 02:13:58,742 - ...manuscripts - The situation is not clear. 1440 02:13:59,034 --> 02:14:01,453 The imperialist forces are uncontrolled. You are at risk... 1441 02:14:01,494 --> 02:14:04,288 - ...to take... - Water for the enemy's mill. 1442 02:14:04,323 --> 02:14:07,083 I know, I know, but You're with me, right? 1443 02:14:09,377 --> 02:14:12,047 I'm not alone. O Party agrees... 1444 02:14:12,213 --> 02:14:14,381 ...and demands the truth, despite the difficulties. 1445 02:14:14,548 --> 02:14:17,301 - I hope we don't regret it. Many will say... - Many things. 1446 02:14:17,468 --> 02:14:21,680 Many will say, "In your place, I wouldn't have confessed." 1447 02:14:21,722 --> 02:14:25,017 They'll ask what I'm doing alive. Let them talk. But... 1448 02:14:25,184 --> 02:14:29,480 ...I'm not alone. I'm with the Party, which means the same thing. 1449 02:14:37,195 --> 02:14:40,448 Conservatives were removed from the direction of... 1450 02:14:40,531 --> 02:14:41,991 ...Czech Communist Party Slovak in early 1968. 1451 02:14:42,026 --> 02:14:46,328 A new era has begun. People said... 1452 02:14:46,495 --> 02:14:48,413 ...after years of silence and passivity... 1453 02:14:48,448 --> 02:14:51,458 ...indifference, malevolence. 1454 02:14:51,917 --> 02:14:53,467 It has been proven:... 1455 02:14:53,502 --> 02:14:55,719 ...socialism is for the freedom of the masses... 1456 02:14:55,754 --> 02:15:01,593 ...what a fish to water. The day I arrived in Prague... 1457 02:15:01,760 --> 02:15:06,348 I had to live through invasion of the country by 600 thousand men... 1458 02:15:06,390 --> 02:15:09,476 ...and 6 thousand tanks from Warsaw Pact armies. 1459 02:16:37,732 --> 02:16:39,859 USSR - FROM YOU CSR - OURS 1460 02:16:52,121 --> 02:16:55,708 WAKE UP, LENIN! BREZHNEV HAS GONE CRAZY! 1461 02:17:06,636 --> 02:17:20,024 WAKE UP, LENIN! THEY GOT CRAZY!