1 00:01:39,707 --> 00:01:40,957 Stop! 2 00:01:41,499 --> 00:01:42,832 Here! 3 00:01:44,916 --> 00:01:47,082 This is the boss. Let's go! 4 00:02:28,082 --> 00:02:30,374 Shit! Let's get out of here. 5 00:02:39,874 --> 00:02:40,916 Stop there. 6 00:06:22,082 --> 00:06:26,767 There's no doubt. It was anarchists who placed the bomb. 7 00:06:26,791 --> 00:06:29,683 This is their "signature", gentlemen. 8 00:06:29,707 --> 00:06:35,100 Minister, you must know that it's easier to falsify a flyer than to place a bomb. 9 00:06:35,124 --> 00:06:38,124 After all, you are still alive Mr. Palmer. 10 00:06:38,957 --> 00:06:40,392 Sorry to disappoint you. 11 00:06:40,416 --> 00:06:42,600 Are not all these deportations illegal? 12 00:06:42,624 --> 00:06:44,374 25,000 already got deported... 13 00:06:47,624 --> 00:06:50,124 Do you mean that the anarchist bombs 14 00:06:50,416 --> 00:06:53,725 against Morgan, Rockefeller and me are legal? 15 00:06:53,749 --> 00:06:55,600 The objective of their attacks 16 00:06:55,624 --> 00:06:57,600 is to terrify the unions, 17 00:06:57,624 --> 00:07:00,041 the true enemies of capitalism. 18 00:07:00,457 --> 00:07:02,517 You are poisoned by the red propaganda. 19 00:07:02,541 --> 00:07:05,308 Your department is accused to infiltrate the unions. 20 00:07:05,332 --> 00:07:07,225 Hundreds of spies and specialized provokers, 21 00:07:07,249 --> 00:07:08,999 a full special espionage unit. 22 00:07:09,332 --> 00:07:11,499 Also you are poisoned by the red propaganda! 23 00:07:18,082 --> 00:07:20,041 The Bishop of New York says: 24 00:07:20,457 --> 00:07:23,225 The country is imprisoned by the panic and the hysteria. 25 00:07:23,249 --> 00:07:25,874 Another infamous part of the history of the United States. 26 00:07:26,291 --> 00:07:28,225 Is the Catholic Church 27 00:07:28,249 --> 00:07:29,558 also poisoned by the red propaganda? 28 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:31,749 The bishop takes care of souls, 29 00:07:32,082 --> 00:07:34,166 I take care of my country. 30 00:07:34,874 --> 00:07:38,916 In Boston, the Secretary of State declared: 31 00:07:39,457 --> 00:07:41,392 "If we could... 32 00:07:41,416 --> 00:07:43,624 we would deport them and shoot them." 33 00:07:43,916 --> 00:07:46,124 - Do you agree? - Well, I wouldn't shoot them. 34 00:07:48,832 --> 00:07:50,952 Why don't you say anything to us about Andrea Salcedo? 35 00:07:52,666 --> 00:07:54,166 Like what? 36 00:07:54,457 --> 00:07:56,374 How he mysteriously fell 37 00:07:56,707 --> 00:07:58,467 from the 14th floor of the Police Department. 38 00:07:58,666 --> 00:08:00,124 You are an anarchist! 39 00:08:01,999 --> 00:08:05,332 The Minister of Labor is in opposition to the deportations. 40 00:08:05,624 --> 00:08:07,541 Is he perhaps also a red rebel? 41 00:08:07,832 --> 00:08:09,767 Soon we will know who is 42 00:08:09,791 --> 00:08:11,582 the leader of the reds in our country. 43 00:08:11,874 --> 00:08:14,082 Are you accusing the Minister of Labor? 44 00:08:14,624 --> 00:08:16,707 I am not accusing anyone. 45 00:08:17,624 --> 00:08:19,916 A few good quotes for the special edition... 46 00:08:23,832 --> 00:08:27,308 - Who is it? - My name is Boda, Mrs. Johnson. 47 00:08:27,332 --> 00:08:29,666 - I'm here to get my car. - One moment. 48 00:08:32,874 --> 00:08:33,916 What's up? 49 00:08:34,249 --> 00:08:36,791 It's the Italian, Mr. Boda, he's not alone. 50 00:08:42,207 --> 00:08:43,624 Call the police. 51 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:46,017 Tell them that they are here. 52 00:08:46,041 --> 00:08:47,499 I'll do that. 53 00:09:04,999 --> 00:09:06,666 He's on the phone. 54 00:09:07,291 --> 00:09:08,957 He's on the phone! 55 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,416 We shouldn't stay. 56 00:09:10,957 --> 00:09:13,933 Sorry, we have to leave immediately. 57 00:09:13,957 --> 00:09:16,791 No problem, I will help you tomorrow. 58 00:10:11,832 --> 00:10:13,416 Stop it! 59 00:10:14,374 --> 00:10:16,124 You're under arrest! 60 00:10:21,874 --> 00:10:25,082 A Colt 32. Found in the pocket of Nicola Sacco. 61 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:28,499 32 bullets of various brands. 62 00:10:29,374 --> 00:10:32,041 One Harrington and Richardson, caliber 38, 63 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,666 fully loaded. 64 00:10:34,957 --> 00:10:38,207 Found in the pockets of the other fellow, Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 65 00:10:39,791 --> 00:10:41,666 They deny illegal arms possession. 66 00:10:42,499 --> 00:10:44,582 So what do you say? 67 00:10:47,124 --> 00:10:51,916 Mr. Sacco, would you have the kindness to respond? 68 00:10:57,332 --> 00:11:01,249 - We don't have permission to carry arms. - I don't know how to express myself. 69 00:11:01,582 --> 00:11:03,332 Italians, right? 70 00:11:04,291 --> 00:11:05,957 U.S. citizens? 71 00:11:12,749 --> 00:11:13,749 Anarchists. 72 00:11:22,332 --> 00:11:27,041 You know, Mr. Sacco, you have nothing to fear. 73 00:11:28,207 --> 00:11:31,957 - You understand me? - More or less. 74 00:11:32,457 --> 00:11:35,291 You said that you don't speak our language too well, 75 00:11:36,124 --> 00:11:39,874 but we will make everything to help you. 76 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,624 Do you understand me now? 77 00:11:42,374 --> 00:11:44,207 Yes, everything. 78 00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:49,541 Tell me, Mr. Sacco, why do you walk around armed? 79 00:11:50,374 --> 00:11:53,892 - And with all this ammunition? - These are difficult times. 80 00:11:53,916 --> 00:11:56,933 Doesn't it strike you, Mr. Sacco, that in these difficult times 81 00:11:56,957 --> 00:11:59,541 not even a night watchman could go armed at night 82 00:11:59,957 --> 00:12:02,874 without permission to carry arms? 83 00:12:03,499 --> 00:12:07,999 - What did you do in Bridgewater? - I accompanied Vanzetti. 84 00:12:08,541 --> 00:12:10,624 - He went to look for a friend. - What friend? 85 00:12:12,582 --> 00:12:14,582 - Poppy. - Poppy? 86 00:12:16,666 --> 00:12:18,725 Poppy, I know him only by that name. 87 00:12:18,749 --> 00:12:21,041 An where did you meet this Poppy? 88 00:12:24,249 --> 00:12:26,017 In the drugstore, like always. 89 00:12:26,041 --> 00:12:29,249 And when meeting this Poppy at the drugstore, 90 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:33,124 why did you come armed? 91 00:12:37,832 --> 00:12:44,082 Well, I wanted to see Poppy to request him to help a friend. 92 00:12:44,374 --> 00:12:47,874 I believe he wanted to sell him fish. 93 00:12:51,707 --> 00:12:53,791 That was a good one, Mr. Sacco. 94 00:12:55,249 --> 00:12:58,041 "I believe he wanted to sell him fish." 95 00:13:00,541 --> 00:13:02,749 And what type of fish? 96 00:13:03,874 --> 00:13:07,332 Hammerfish? Swordfish? Or flatfish? 97 00:13:07,624 --> 00:13:09,207 Bartolomeo sells fish. 98 00:13:14,707 --> 00:13:17,624 And what do you sell, Mr. Sacco? 99 00:13:19,291 --> 00:13:20,874 Lies? 100 00:13:22,624 --> 00:13:24,957 I'm a shoe factory worker. 101 00:13:25,374 --> 00:13:28,207 Who were the other three on the tram? 102 00:13:30,499 --> 00:13:31,541 I don't know them. 103 00:13:31,832 --> 00:13:35,291 They were friends of Vanzetti, I don't know them. 104 00:13:36,832 --> 00:13:41,749 One of them is called Mike Boda. 105 00:13:42,499 --> 00:13:44,249 Does that name mean anything to you? 106 00:13:45,082 --> 00:13:46,225 No. 107 00:13:46,249 --> 00:13:49,308 So you go out armed at night, looking for Poppy, 108 00:13:49,332 --> 00:13:51,092 and ended up at the house of Simon Johnson... 109 00:13:51,124 --> 00:13:52,604 ...and then with three guys on a tram. 110 00:13:52,791 --> 00:13:54,433 Three guys who you say you don't know. 111 00:13:54,457 --> 00:13:56,308 I don't understand politics. 112 00:13:56,332 --> 00:13:58,416 - Union man? - No. 113 00:13:58,832 --> 00:14:00,416 Then you are an anarchist. 114 00:14:02,291 --> 00:14:03,374 No. 115 00:14:03,499 --> 00:14:07,916 Do you by any chance know... Andrea Salcedo? 116 00:14:08,416 --> 00:14:09,582 No. 117 00:14:48,249 --> 00:14:51,041 Today, Wednesday the 5th of May, 1920, 118 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,124 we have interrogated two suspects... 119 00:14:54,541 --> 00:14:56,624 ...many contradictions... 120 00:14:57,332 --> 00:15:01,499 Nicola Sacco, a shoe factory worker. 121 00:15:03,707 --> 00:15:04,832 Wait. 122 00:15:06,749 --> 00:15:09,642 The assault on the shoe factory on South Braintree... 123 00:15:09,666 --> 00:15:13,291 ...wasn't there shots fired from a Colt 32? 124 00:15:21,749 --> 00:15:22,874 Hello? 125 00:15:36,957 --> 00:15:40,541 Nicola Sacco or Nick Sacco. 126 00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:42,916 Nicola. 127 00:15:53,541 --> 00:15:54,874 Quiet. 128 00:15:55,416 --> 00:15:59,017 It's been confirmed. Sacco did not attend his work on the 15 of April. 129 00:15:59,041 --> 00:16:00,100 And the other case? 130 00:16:00,124 --> 00:16:03,041 Nothing. No proof that the anarchist movement 131 00:16:03,332 --> 00:16:05,707 have received any larger sums of money until now. 132 00:16:09,041 --> 00:16:10,207 The hats. 133 00:16:10,957 --> 00:16:12,499 Put the hats on. 134 00:16:19,749 --> 00:16:20,999 Hats off. 135 00:16:22,832 --> 00:16:24,183 Very well. 136 00:16:24,207 --> 00:16:27,249 Now pretend you're holding a gun. 137 00:16:30,916 --> 00:16:32,082 The right arm! 138 00:16:51,416 --> 00:16:53,332 More lifelike, please. 139 00:16:54,332 --> 00:16:55,832 Come on! 140 00:17:06,957 --> 00:17:08,499 They aimed upwards! 141 00:17:11,666 --> 00:17:13,499 - What...? - Quiet. 142 00:17:15,749 --> 00:17:16,957 Don't move! 143 00:17:50,832 --> 00:17:52,166 Turn against the wall. 144 00:17:55,332 --> 00:17:57,291 They want to scare to us. 145 00:17:57,832 --> 00:18:00,332 Now turn to the right. 146 00:18:13,374 --> 00:18:16,374 You are lying, systematically. 147 00:18:16,707 --> 00:18:18,541 Are you always lying? 148 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:21,166 I'm not lying. 149 00:18:21,457 --> 00:18:24,791 You were armed, right, Mr. Vanzetti? 150 00:18:25,749 --> 00:18:28,707 You're an idiot and a liar. 151 00:18:29,249 --> 00:18:31,832 - Always lying. - I'm not lying, I insist. 152 00:18:34,124 --> 00:18:35,666 Are you an anarchist? 153 00:18:43,416 --> 00:18:44,874 You understand me? 154 00:18:45,582 --> 00:18:47,582 - Are you an anarchist? - No! 155 00:18:47,999 --> 00:18:49,541 A communist? 156 00:18:51,499 --> 00:18:55,999 Mr. Vanzetti, don't make have to repeat all my questions. - No. 157 00:18:56,332 --> 00:18:58,416 - A socialist? - No. 158 00:18:58,707 --> 00:19:00,874 Answer with "No, sir". 159 00:19:03,499 --> 00:19:04,517 No, sir. 160 00:19:04,541 --> 00:19:07,457 - Union man? - No, sir. 161 00:19:08,499 --> 00:19:10,707 Member of the mafia? 162 00:19:11,332 --> 00:19:12,499 No, sir. 163 00:19:13,332 --> 00:19:16,166 Where were you on the night of the 2nd of January? 164 00:19:16,791 --> 00:19:18,249 Don't remember? 165 00:19:18,874 --> 00:19:22,082 You're a liar, Mr. Vanzetti, a charming liar. 166 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:28,749 Do you recognize him? 167 00:19:35,624 --> 00:19:38,332 Do you remember that day? 168 00:19:41,041 --> 00:19:43,749 - Which day was it? - The 2nd of January. 169 00:19:44,291 --> 00:19:45,624 This year? 170 00:19:46,749 --> 00:19:48,207 This year? 171 00:19:48,749 --> 00:19:49,874 This year. 172 00:19:50,832 --> 00:19:56,082 And the 15th of April this year, where were you at 3 pm? 173 00:19:57,666 --> 00:19:59,749 You want this question also repeated to you? 174 00:20:01,291 --> 00:20:02,749 I'm trying to help you. 175 00:20:03,999 --> 00:20:06,499 Today is Thursday 6th of May, 176 00:20:06,832 --> 00:20:09,207 three weeks since the 15th of April. 177 00:20:10,832 --> 00:20:11,832 Simple, right? 178 00:20:12,082 --> 00:20:14,457 Where were you on 179 00:20:14,791 --> 00:20:18,624 the 15th of April at 3 pm? 180 00:20:20,707 --> 00:20:22,207 I was selling fish. 181 00:20:23,832 --> 00:20:25,832 What's so funny about selling fish? 182 00:20:27,082 --> 00:20:28,517 Where? 183 00:20:28,541 --> 00:20:30,183 In Plymouth as usual. 184 00:20:30,207 --> 00:20:32,350 You were not in Plymouth the night of the 2nd of January, 185 00:20:32,374 --> 00:20:34,041 nor the other night. 186 00:20:36,707 --> 00:20:39,749 And if I showed you another photo, Mr. Vanzetti, 187 00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:43,767 a photo taken at 3 pm on the 15th of April, 188 00:20:43,791 --> 00:20:45,666 this year, 1920, 189 00:20:46,166 --> 00:20:48,791 showing you in South Braintree... 190 00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:51,166 South Braintree? 191 00:20:52,666 --> 00:20:55,558 As the District Attorney 192 00:20:55,582 --> 00:20:57,182 for the cities of Norfolk and Plymouth... 193 00:20:57,332 --> 00:20:59,058 I formally accuse Bartolomeo Vanzetti 194 00:20:59,082 --> 00:21:00,975 for double homicide and robbery... 195 00:21:00,999 --> 00:21:02,666 ...together with Nicola Sacco 196 00:21:02,957 --> 00:21:04,499 ...and other unknown men. 197 00:21:04,832 --> 00:21:09,332 These crimes were committed on the 15th of April at 3 pm, 198 00:21:09,832 --> 00:21:12,249 on Pearl Street, South Braintree, 199 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:15,558 in front of the Slater and Morris shoe factory 200 00:21:15,582 --> 00:21:19,642 where a bloody assault occurred in which 201 00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:22,225 Frederick Parmenter, the company's cashier, 202 00:21:22,249 --> 00:21:24,249 and a guard, Alessandro Berardelli, were shot dead. 203 00:21:24,541 --> 00:21:28,707 I don't believe you mean this seriously. 204 00:21:29,166 --> 00:21:30,374 Take him away. 205 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:32,791 What are you doing? 206 00:21:33,207 --> 00:21:34,749 - Take him away. - What are you doing? 207 00:21:35,624 --> 00:21:37,166 How can you? 208 00:21:37,499 --> 00:21:38,808 Damn you! 209 00:21:38,832 --> 00:21:40,916 Bastard! Damn you! 210 00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:46,457 Let go of me! 211 00:21:46,749 --> 00:21:49,767 - Bartolomeo! - Nicola, Nicola! 212 00:21:49,791 --> 00:21:51,041 Homicide! 213 00:21:51,332 --> 00:21:52,791 Homicide, Nicola! 214 00:21:53,207 --> 00:21:54,850 Homicide, Nicola! 215 00:21:54,874 --> 00:21:57,558 - Bartolomeo! Bartolomeo! - Homicide, Nicola! 216 00:21:57,582 --> 00:22:00,332 Let me out of here! 217 00:22:40,707 --> 00:22:45,582 Remember your promise, don't make this political. 218 00:22:46,082 --> 00:22:47,933 Have faith in us, madam. 219 00:22:47,957 --> 00:22:51,267 Moore has defended many striking workers. 220 00:22:51,291 --> 00:22:52,999 He is the lawyer all unions have trust in. 221 00:22:53,207 --> 00:22:54,874 He knows what to do. 222 00:22:55,999 --> 00:22:58,183 Just stay calm, Mrs. Sacco. 223 00:22:58,207 --> 00:23:00,267 The District Attorney agrees to 224 00:23:00,291 --> 00:23:03,374 no politics... That is, in the courtroom... 225 00:23:04,332 --> 00:23:05,582 But outside... 226 00:25:15,207 --> 00:25:16,291 Court in session! 227 00:25:43,249 --> 00:25:44,749 Read the indictment. 228 00:25:45,874 --> 00:25:48,541 Here you all! 229 00:25:49,166 --> 00:25:51,416 The state and commonwealth of Massachusetts 230 00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:55,541 versus Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, both present, 231 00:25:55,957 --> 00:26:00,541 arrested in the afternoon on the 5th of April, 1920, in Brockton, 232 00:26:01,374 --> 00:26:05,541 formally charged for double homicide and robbery. 233 00:26:05,832 --> 00:26:08,666 On Pearl Street, South Braintree. 234 00:26:13,749 --> 00:26:15,541 The shooting started here. 235 00:26:16,999 --> 00:26:18,582 Mr. Bostock... 236 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:21,499 You were closest to the scene. 237 00:26:22,207 --> 00:26:23,457 At what distance... 238 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,874 ...were you when Parmenter and Berardelli went down? 239 00:26:26,957 --> 00:26:31,416 I would say about five or six yards. 240 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:36,808 So you saw both bandits when they shot? 241 00:26:36,832 --> 00:26:37,874 Yes. 242 00:26:39,541 --> 00:26:41,957 Would you recognize both the accused 243 00:26:42,249 --> 00:26:44,124 or at least one of them? 244 00:26:46,291 --> 00:26:49,124 One of the bandits who was shooting in South Braintree? 245 00:26:51,416 --> 00:26:53,791 I'm not sure. 246 00:26:54,582 --> 00:26:57,808 When the shooting started, Mr. Spencer, you were on the first floor of the factory. 247 00:26:57,832 --> 00:26:59,142 What did you see? 248 00:26:59,166 --> 00:27:01,249 I saw the guard Berardelli lying on the ground... 249 00:27:01,582 --> 00:27:03,124 A man was shooting at him. 250 00:27:03,416 --> 00:27:05,749 - This man, what did he look like? - He had dark, 251 00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:08,124 wavy hair, cut short in the back. 252 00:27:08,749 --> 00:27:11,249 What was your distance to that man? 253 00:27:11,582 --> 00:27:12,582 About 4 or 5 yards. 254 00:27:12,916 --> 00:27:14,999 - Is that man in this room? - Yes. 255 00:27:15,624 --> 00:27:16,749 Can you point him out? 256 00:27:19,166 --> 00:27:20,499 It's him! 257 00:27:21,999 --> 00:27:23,666 Do you know his name? 258 00:27:24,999 --> 00:27:26,166 The one without moustache. 259 00:27:27,291 --> 00:27:28,791 Say his name. 260 00:27:29,624 --> 00:27:32,457 - Nicola Sacco. - Who? Me? 261 00:27:32,749 --> 00:27:34,291 What are you saying!? 262 00:27:35,457 --> 00:27:37,124 Nothing has changed, stay calm. 263 00:27:38,374 --> 00:27:40,457 - The man driving the car? - Blonde, pale. 264 00:27:40,957 --> 00:27:43,291 Thin, blonde, pale, weak. 265 00:27:43,791 --> 00:27:47,207 Dark skin, black moustache. 266 00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:48,791 I'm not in any doubt, 267 00:27:49,207 --> 00:27:51,207 it was that man, Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 268 00:27:51,624 --> 00:27:53,582 The train was coming. 269 00:27:54,124 --> 00:27:56,916 The crossing barriers were down. 270 00:27:57,207 --> 00:27:58,850 The car came towards me. 271 00:27:58,874 --> 00:28:02,725 He aimed at me and said: Put up the barriers! 272 00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:06,350 - And another thing... - Yes, what? 273 00:28:06,374 --> 00:28:08,291 He called me a son of a bitch. 274 00:28:11,832 --> 00:28:13,832 Only one small circumstance. 275 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:16,332 Vanzetti doesn't know how to drive. 276 00:28:17,666 --> 00:28:21,332 Perhaps the man with the moustache... 277 00:28:21,749 --> 00:28:24,999 ...sat down in the car later... 278 00:28:25,291 --> 00:28:28,499 And when you were confronted with a gun... 279 00:28:28,832 --> 00:28:31,124 - you became confused... - Objection. 280 00:28:31,291 --> 00:28:32,291 Objection sustained. 281 00:28:32,457 --> 00:28:34,041 I will reformulate the question. 282 00:28:34,124 --> 00:28:36,517 Are you sure that the man with a moustache, 283 00:28:36,541 --> 00:28:39,207 identified as Vanzetti, was the driver? 284 00:28:40,041 --> 00:28:42,281 - Well, not absolutely, but... - But you are sure that... 285 00:28:42,541 --> 00:28:44,475 the face you remember is the face of the defendant? 286 00:28:44,499 --> 00:28:45,749 Yes, sir. 287 00:28:46,041 --> 00:28:47,582 In conclusion, Mr. Goodridge... 288 00:28:49,374 --> 00:28:52,082 You heard the first shots when you were playing billiards. 289 00:28:53,957 --> 00:28:57,791 First you went to the window but didn't see anything, 290 00:28:58,874 --> 00:29:01,416 then you heard more shooting and went outside. 291 00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:05,457 At what did distance did you see the dark car? 292 00:29:06,416 --> 00:29:08,142 More or less 6 yards. 293 00:29:08,166 --> 00:29:09,207 And what more did you see? 294 00:29:10,332 --> 00:29:13,249 I saw a dark-haired man 295 00:29:13,999 --> 00:29:16,166 who aimed at me with a pistol. 296 00:29:16,916 --> 00:29:19,082 - Would you recognize him? - Yes. 297 00:29:19,832 --> 00:29:21,916 It's him, the man to the left. 298 00:29:23,999 --> 00:29:26,416 - Are you sure? - Completely. 299 00:29:28,916 --> 00:29:31,999 Isn't there a pending trial in this court against the witness? 300 00:29:32,332 --> 00:29:34,082 Then his testimony has no validity. 301 00:29:34,416 --> 00:29:35,999 Dr. Moore! 302 00:29:36,707 --> 00:29:39,499 When addressing a judge, please rise! 303 00:29:40,874 --> 00:29:42,707 Understood, Dr. Moore? 304 00:29:47,791 --> 00:29:50,267 You know or should know 305 00:29:50,291 --> 00:29:53,600 that the criminal records only mean something 306 00:29:53,624 --> 00:29:57,457 after pronouncing the sentence. Cancel the question about the car. 307 00:29:58,624 --> 00:30:01,017 I ran towards the window, 308 00:30:01,041 --> 00:30:02,291 the one facing Pearl Street. 309 00:30:05,207 --> 00:30:07,457 I saw a dark car on the street, 310 00:30:08,124 --> 00:30:09,666 driving very fast. 311 00:30:10,374 --> 00:30:12,767 I want to ask what distance it was. 312 00:30:12,791 --> 00:30:14,124 Go on. 313 00:30:15,499 --> 00:30:17,166 - You understand the question? - Yes, sir. 314 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:23,558 Let's say... around 20 yards, and it can be verified. 315 00:30:23,582 --> 00:30:24,683 Please continue. 316 00:30:24,707 --> 00:30:28,666 I saw a bandit, the man over there... 317 00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:30,207 Objection! 318 00:30:32,749 --> 00:30:34,582 Very well, objection sustained. 319 00:30:35,957 --> 00:30:38,166 The witness should only rely on facts. 320 00:30:38,457 --> 00:30:39,916 - May I speak? - Sure. 321 00:30:40,416 --> 00:30:46,791 Well, I would say his face had some noticeable characteristics. 322 00:30:47,416 --> 00:30:51,916 Fine features, high forehead, no beard. 323 00:30:52,207 --> 00:30:54,999 Swept back hair style... 324 00:30:55,957 --> 00:31:01,249 his hair about 2 inches in length. 325 00:31:02,416 --> 00:31:05,975 I noticed that his left hand... 326 00:31:05,999 --> 00:31:08,475 he held the gun in his right hand, of course, 327 00:31:08,499 --> 00:31:12,666 but the left hand was holding the arm support of the front seat. 328 00:31:13,707 --> 00:31:17,874 I remember it well, it was a firm hand 329 00:31:18,499 --> 00:31:22,249 - which gave an impression of strength... - Do you also recall the dimple on his chin? 330 00:31:22,791 --> 00:31:24,041 Mr. Moore! 331 00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:27,517 How long did this extraordinary vision go on? 332 00:31:27,541 --> 00:31:31,624 Objection. The defense asks the witness to guess, not to rely on facts. 333 00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:33,791 Objection sustained. 334 00:31:36,124 --> 00:31:39,207 However, the prosecution should ask the witness this question. 335 00:31:40,791 --> 00:31:42,374 Answer the question. 336 00:31:44,332 --> 00:31:46,666 I don't know exactly... 337 00:31:47,916 --> 00:31:49,499 ...perhaps one second. 338 00:31:50,207 --> 00:31:52,267 And tell us, Miss Splaine, 339 00:31:52,291 --> 00:31:55,499 who is this bandit that you have described in such detail? 340 00:31:55,832 --> 00:31:57,082 I already told you. 341 00:31:58,541 --> 00:32:01,249 Nicola Sacco, without a doubt. 342 00:34:10,541 --> 00:34:11,791 One moment, sir. 343 00:34:12,707 --> 00:34:14,058 Thanks. 344 00:34:14,082 --> 00:34:16,142 The car was found in the woods, 345 00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:17,832 not far away from here. 346 00:34:18,874 --> 00:34:22,124 Marie Splaine stood in the window on the second floor. 347 00:34:22,832 --> 00:34:23,874 There, Goodridge. 348 00:34:24,791 --> 00:34:27,291 Spencer and other witnesses in those windows. 349 00:34:28,957 --> 00:34:31,166 Levangie at the railroad crossing. 350 00:34:32,707 --> 00:34:35,249 Those bullets were shot at Bostock. 351 00:34:35,791 --> 00:34:37,874 Who tried to help the cashier. 352 00:34:40,082 --> 00:34:41,916 That's all, gentlemen. 353 00:34:42,874 --> 00:34:47,558 Miss Splaine, do you know that this case 354 00:34:47,582 --> 00:34:49,933 is resting on your testimony? 355 00:34:49,957 --> 00:34:51,832 - Objection! - Objection sustained. 356 00:34:52,874 --> 00:34:56,416 You said you were about 20 yards from the car? 357 00:34:56,916 --> 00:34:58,142 Yes. 358 00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:00,642 In your opinion, what was the speed of the car? 359 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:03,082 - Objection! - Objection sustained. 360 00:35:06,082 --> 00:35:07,874 Miss Splaine... 361 00:35:11,416 --> 00:35:13,499 Take a look at that man, 362 00:35:13,832 --> 00:35:16,957 the first on the second row to the right... 363 00:35:17,291 --> 00:35:19,291 Can you tell me the color of his tie? 364 00:35:24,999 --> 00:35:26,124 No, sir. 365 00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:30,517 - I do not see well at that distance. - How far would you say it is? 366 00:35:30,541 --> 00:35:33,207 - Objection! - I'd say it's less than 15 meters! 367 00:35:33,624 --> 00:35:35,624 Do you want us to believe... 368 00:35:35,957 --> 00:35:37,475 Young lady, tell us the truth... 369 00:35:37,499 --> 00:35:39,683 there's no shame in using eyeglasses. 370 00:35:39,707 --> 00:35:42,291 It's true that when I'm at work... 371 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:45,541 I use eyeglasses all the time. 372 00:35:46,457 --> 00:35:49,892 I forgot to say that, how stupid of me. 373 00:35:49,916 --> 00:35:53,541 So you're saying there is no doubt that the man who was shooting was Sacco? 374 00:35:53,957 --> 00:35:56,249 I have no doubts, no. 375 00:35:56,916 --> 00:36:00,457 - No doubts? - No, I already said that. 376 00:36:01,082 --> 00:36:02,666 No? 377 00:36:02,957 --> 00:36:06,374 Nevertheless, at the police station... 378 00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:10,225 you identified another man on a photo, and you said: 379 00:36:10,249 --> 00:36:13,058 "This is the first one that I recognize." 380 00:36:13,082 --> 00:36:14,322 Why have you changed your mind? 381 00:36:16,291 --> 00:36:17,749 Answer the question. 382 00:36:21,082 --> 00:36:23,892 I was confused. 383 00:36:23,916 --> 00:36:27,124 When indicating the photo, or when indicating Nicola Sacco? 384 00:36:28,374 --> 00:36:30,166 I didn't say it was him... 385 00:36:30,582 --> 00:36:34,392 I just said that Mr. Sacco looks like the man that I saw in front of the factory. 386 00:36:34,416 --> 00:36:36,058 But what did you really see? 387 00:36:36,082 --> 00:36:37,416 Objection. 388 00:36:37,749 --> 00:36:40,600 The defense is frightening the witness. 389 00:36:40,624 --> 00:36:42,457 Objection sustained. 390 00:36:45,707 --> 00:36:49,350 Very well, you may leave the stand, but not the court, 391 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:51,124 I'm not done with you. 392 00:36:55,707 --> 00:36:58,933 You were at the scene, together with Mr. Pelser? - Yes, sir. 393 00:36:58,957 --> 00:37:01,124 Please tell us what you saw. 394 00:37:01,874 --> 00:37:03,832 The shooting started... 395 00:37:04,124 --> 00:37:06,332 Pelser threw himself to the floor, so did I. 396 00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,683 We were lying next to each other. 397 00:37:08,707 --> 00:37:10,999 Only later did I get to the window. 398 00:37:12,791 --> 00:37:15,166 I did in fact not see the men... 399 00:37:15,624 --> 00:37:17,304 I only saw the number on the license plate. 400 00:37:17,499 --> 00:37:18,957 Thank you, Mr. McCallum. 401 00:37:19,832 --> 00:37:22,249 You, Mr. Wade you work at the gas station. 402 00:37:22,957 --> 00:37:24,041 That's here. 403 00:37:24,832 --> 00:37:26,207 On your way home 404 00:37:26,457 --> 00:37:28,582 you passed less than eight yards from 405 00:37:28,916 --> 00:37:31,749 the car of the attackers... that was stopped here. 406 00:37:34,624 --> 00:37:36,124 You said: 407 00:37:36,832 --> 00:37:41,999 This is very serious but the man looked like Sacco... 408 00:37:44,291 --> 00:37:47,707 Can you confirm that under oath? 409 00:37:49,082 --> 00:37:50,082 I... 410 00:37:51,874 --> 00:37:52,999 I'm not sure... 411 00:37:53,416 --> 00:37:55,207 Finally an honest man. 412 00:37:56,457 --> 00:37:58,874 And why are you not sure? 413 00:38:02,624 --> 00:38:06,207 The truth is, that some time afterwards... 414 00:38:07,874 --> 00:38:10,225 I saw another man at a barber-shop 415 00:38:10,249 --> 00:38:13,683 who also looked like the man who killed Berardelli. 416 00:38:13,707 --> 00:38:15,041 Thank you, Mr. Wade. 417 00:38:20,957 --> 00:38:23,374 As you all know. 418 00:38:29,416 --> 00:38:32,124 The gentleman here is the only person 419 00:38:32,541 --> 00:38:36,142 who've said that the man who was driving the car had black moustaches, 420 00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:39,517 and that this man is Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 421 00:38:39,541 --> 00:38:42,308 All the others say that the driver 422 00:38:42,332 --> 00:38:44,249 was blond or thin. 423 00:38:44,874 --> 00:38:45,999 Then... 424 00:38:46,332 --> 00:38:49,308 the prosecution suggests you're saying 425 00:38:49,332 --> 00:38:53,416 that Vanzetti could have been the man that was seated behind the driver. 426 00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:57,558 You saw a man leaning out of the car, but you didn't recognize him, right? 427 00:38:57,582 --> 00:38:58,749 That's right, sir. 428 00:38:59,124 --> 00:39:01,207 - You were here, right? - Yes, sir. 429 00:39:01,291 --> 00:39:03,041 That is wrong, totally wrong! 430 00:39:03,666 --> 00:39:05,767 You said that you lowered the barriers, 431 00:39:05,791 --> 00:39:10,475 which means you were here, to the right, and not next to the driver. 432 00:39:10,499 --> 00:39:12,975 After lowering the barriers, 433 00:39:12,999 --> 00:39:15,916 - he could have crossed the street. - Thank you, Mr. Katzman... 434 00:39:16,332 --> 00:39:18,541 We still need to hear it from the witness. 435 00:39:20,624 --> 00:39:22,558 - Yes, like that. - Like what? 436 00:39:22,582 --> 00:39:23,892 Like Mr. Katzmann said. 437 00:39:23,916 --> 00:39:26,517 So you lowered the barriers and crossed the street 438 00:39:26,541 --> 00:39:28,624 and when the car came, 439 00:39:28,957 --> 00:39:30,058 you were there? 440 00:39:30,082 --> 00:39:31,124 - Yes. - Yes? 441 00:39:31,541 --> 00:39:35,707 Too bad for Mr. Levangie, and the prosecution, 442 00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:37,850 that there are many witnesses, 443 00:39:37,874 --> 00:39:39,666 workers and neighbors, 444 00:39:40,374 --> 00:39:42,582 who give contradictory testimonies. 445 00:39:42,999 --> 00:39:45,767 Did Mr. Levangie stand near the sentry box? - Yes. 446 00:39:45,791 --> 00:39:48,332 On the left hand side? 447 00:39:48,957 --> 00:39:51,166 Yes, sir. 448 00:39:51,582 --> 00:39:54,058 I accuse Mr. Michael Levangie 449 00:39:54,082 --> 00:39:55,332 of giving false testimony. 450 00:39:56,499 --> 00:39:58,249 Session suspended. 451 00:40:02,749 --> 00:40:05,249 Seems like all is going well. 452 00:40:06,749 --> 00:40:08,999 If we were just thieves it could go well. 453 00:40:09,749 --> 00:40:12,041 But we are anarchists, that's not allowed. 454 00:40:15,499 --> 00:40:16,624 Just watch them. 455 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,058 This trial must be going wrong for you too. 456 00:40:20,082 --> 00:40:21,082 What are you doing!? 457 00:40:21,624 --> 00:40:24,832 We work with the committee, but without means. 458 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:32,082 - The defense is our hope. - Who, Moore? 459 00:40:33,541 --> 00:40:35,249 The comrade Moore? 460 00:40:36,082 --> 00:40:38,874 He just looks for another legal victory. 461 00:40:40,916 --> 00:40:42,332 He's just playing lawyer. 462 00:40:52,957 --> 00:40:54,374 It has to be done, and quickly! 463 00:40:54,749 --> 00:40:56,999 Levangie has completely turned the trial. 464 00:40:57,374 --> 00:40:59,600 The jury will have to listen to Bostock 465 00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:01,124 and the other witnesses again... 466 00:41:01,291 --> 00:41:03,249 - Enrico, all well? - Good work, Mr. Moore. 467 00:41:04,416 --> 00:41:07,207 It's necessary to give him a lesson. 468 00:41:10,666 --> 00:41:12,416 Let's enter. 469 00:41:22,124 --> 00:41:23,374 This court... 470 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:27,707 in rejecting the incrimination of Mr. Michael Levangie... 471 00:41:28,457 --> 00:41:30,624 it condemns 472 00:41:31,791 --> 00:41:34,291 the terrorist methods used by the defense 473 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:35,999 when interrogating the witnesses. 474 00:41:44,416 --> 00:41:47,142 They are making it a political process. 475 00:41:47,166 --> 00:41:48,999 We have responsibilities 476 00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:50,999 that we should comply to. 477 00:41:51,874 --> 00:41:53,416 We can't keep up with all witnesses 478 00:41:53,874 --> 00:41:55,374 changing their minds. 479 00:41:57,499 --> 00:41:59,791 Attention, people waiting. 480 00:42:16,957 --> 00:42:19,166 Please make room. 481 00:42:25,541 --> 00:42:29,707 Don't worry, Nicola, everything will be fine. 482 00:42:29,957 --> 00:42:32,416 I have much faith. 483 00:42:34,416 --> 00:42:36,207 Step back! 484 00:42:36,832 --> 00:42:38,767 We need to pass! 485 00:42:38,791 --> 00:42:40,457 Dante! 486 00:42:42,207 --> 00:42:43,374 Dante! 487 00:42:44,749 --> 00:42:46,499 Dante! 488 00:42:47,124 --> 00:42:49,624 Dante answer me! Where are you? 489 00:42:49,916 --> 00:42:51,082 Dante! 490 00:42:52,332 --> 00:42:53,666 Dante. 491 00:43:03,624 --> 00:43:05,683 What are you doing? What do you want? 492 00:43:05,707 --> 00:43:08,291 Come with us. 493 00:43:23,207 --> 00:43:24,374 Coward. 494 00:43:26,541 --> 00:43:29,791 This will learn to change your testimony. 495 00:43:37,999 --> 00:43:40,183 If they prohibit alcohol... 496 00:43:40,207 --> 00:43:42,457 they would also have to prohibit 497 00:43:44,291 --> 00:43:45,541 French people... 498 00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:48,041 The Irish... 499 00:43:50,541 --> 00:43:51,999 English... 500 00:43:54,082 --> 00:43:59,082 Quite many Italians. The Greek and Polish too. 501 00:43:59,916 --> 00:44:02,332 - That's Boston. - You forgot the Germans. 502 00:44:02,624 --> 00:44:05,457 Do you mean D.A. Katzman, Mrs. Evans? 503 00:44:05,499 --> 00:44:07,374 Here are your Germans, madam. 504 00:44:10,416 --> 00:44:11,749 And Judge Thayer! 505 00:44:12,207 --> 00:44:15,249 And finally, a few drops of Angostura. 506 00:44:16,291 --> 00:44:18,850 The majesty of justice... 507 00:44:18,874 --> 00:44:21,791 The concept of justice is rather bitter. 508 00:44:22,082 --> 00:44:24,624 You don't believe in the innocence of those two, do you? 509 00:44:25,041 --> 00:44:29,207 I don't know. All I know is that this is an ordinary trial. 510 00:44:29,957 --> 00:44:34,457 Until recently, two anarchists like Sacco and Vanzetti, would have been deported. 511 00:44:34,541 --> 00:44:36,832 But now they might end up in the electric chair. 512 00:44:37,291 --> 00:44:39,600 It's an ordinary trial. 513 00:44:39,624 --> 00:44:42,957 And after the attacks of Mr. Palmer, 514 00:44:43,291 --> 00:44:45,582 the American democracy will be pleased. 515 00:44:46,832 --> 00:44:48,707 Mr. Thompson, 516 00:44:49,207 --> 00:44:51,291 the most famous lawyer in Boston, 517 00:44:51,749 --> 00:44:53,582 saying this is an ordinary trial? 518 00:44:53,916 --> 00:44:54,916 A new cocktail? 519 00:44:54,957 --> 00:44:56,874 Perfectly "Legal", Mr. Katzman, 520 00:44:57,041 --> 00:44:59,207 without one drop of alcohol. 521 00:44:59,874 --> 00:45:02,374 I'll call it "Sidecar". 522 00:45:02,999 --> 00:45:04,166 Why? 523 00:45:04,457 --> 00:45:07,791 Perhaps everything started with a motorbike? A Sidecar? 524 00:45:08,916 --> 00:45:11,767 Are you speaking about the trial against Sacco and Vanzetti? 525 00:45:11,791 --> 00:45:13,791 Yes, a trial out of the ordinary. 526 00:45:14,499 --> 00:45:17,124 It begins with a Sidecar and ends up 527 00:45:17,416 --> 00:45:18,791 with witnesses being beaten up. 528 00:45:19,291 --> 00:45:23,225 Do you remember the man who worked in the gas station? 529 00:45:23,249 --> 00:45:25,541 What are you insinuating, Mr. Rennie? 530 00:45:26,791 --> 00:45:27,957 Excuse me. 531 00:45:31,457 --> 00:45:34,249 The deportations were criticized and unpopular. 532 00:45:34,791 --> 00:45:38,541 - However, an ordinary trial... - A trial against two anarchists. 533 00:45:38,957 --> 00:45:41,350 Is it a crime to be an anarchist? 534 00:45:41,374 --> 00:45:43,854 - Anarchists and immigrants. - This is a country of immigrants. 535 00:45:44,374 --> 00:45:47,832 How long have you been in America, Mr. Katzman? 536 00:45:48,374 --> 00:45:51,707 I'm convinced that Sacco and Vanzetti have robbed and assassinated, 537 00:45:51,999 --> 00:45:53,892 and I will prove it. 538 00:45:53,916 --> 00:45:56,916 The sentence will soon have some political meaning. 539 00:46:18,999 --> 00:46:22,142 Captain Proctor, could you explain to us the results 540 00:46:22,166 --> 00:46:24,541 of the ballistic investigations. 541 00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:28,499 This is a Colt 32 that belongs to Mr. Sacco. 542 00:46:28,916 --> 00:46:33,499 This is a Harrington and Richardson 38 that belongs to Mr. Vanzetti. 543 00:46:34,332 --> 00:46:37,374 The bullets are recognized by the caliber 544 00:46:37,707 --> 00:46:40,541 but also from when they were fired... 545 00:46:41,041 --> 00:46:43,600 They rotate from left to right, 546 00:46:43,624 --> 00:46:46,517 or from right to left, 547 00:46:46,541 --> 00:46:48,541 leaving grooves in the bullet. 548 00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:53,308 But the only type of American pistol 549 00:46:53,332 --> 00:46:56,041 that rotates from the left 550 00:46:56,374 --> 00:46:58,041 is a Colt 32. 551 00:47:00,291 --> 00:47:03,457 Thank you, Captain, please be seated. 552 00:47:04,374 --> 00:47:07,600 3 of the 4 bullets from the body of Berardelli... 553 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:08,874 have right rotation. 554 00:47:09,166 --> 00:47:12,475 The same for the two bullets taken from the body of Parmenter. 555 00:47:12,499 --> 00:47:14,999 But the fourth bullet, 556 00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:16,374 the lethal bullet, 557 00:47:16,666 --> 00:47:18,499 has left rotation. 558 00:47:18,916 --> 00:47:21,499 It was fired by a Colt 32. 559 00:47:21,832 --> 00:47:24,624 Captain, after the ballistic tests, can you tell us 560 00:47:24,916 --> 00:47:28,666 if this bullet was shot by the Colt of Mr. Sacco? 561 00:47:29,749 --> 00:47:31,058 In my opinion, 562 00:47:31,082 --> 00:47:33,892 it was probably shot by that pistol. 563 00:47:33,916 --> 00:47:35,850 Sacco was not in South Braintree that day! 564 00:47:35,874 --> 00:47:38,249 He couldn't have been in South Braintree on the 15 of April. 565 00:47:38,666 --> 00:47:41,916 Because that day he had requested a day off from the factory 566 00:47:42,249 --> 00:47:44,207 for serious personal reasons. 567 00:48:13,207 --> 00:48:14,457 Dear son... 568 00:48:14,791 --> 00:48:18,541 I understand that the death of your mother has caused you much sorrow. 569 00:48:19,457 --> 00:48:21,977 She expressed how much she wanted to see you again before dying. 570 00:48:23,124 --> 00:48:24,874 Don't forget to meet up... 571 00:48:25,624 --> 00:48:28,124 "You do not know what it means to have a son live so far away, 572 00:48:28,707 --> 00:48:30,374 and for so many years." 573 00:48:31,874 --> 00:48:33,832 "I hope we meet again." 574 00:48:34,874 --> 00:48:36,624 "Longing to hold you close." 575 00:49:03,499 --> 00:49:05,041 Mr. Consul, one moment please. 576 00:49:19,999 --> 00:49:23,499 - Do you have any other documents? - This is all I have. 577 00:49:25,666 --> 00:49:28,791 I had never before been presented with any such photographs, 578 00:49:29,124 --> 00:49:30,207 so big, I mean. 579 00:49:31,082 --> 00:49:34,707 It was around 2 pm, I think. 580 00:49:35,249 --> 00:49:37,207 On the 15th of April. 581 00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:40,433 I remember because I looked at the wall calendar 582 00:49:40,457 --> 00:49:42,874 hanging on the wall in the office. 583 00:49:43,707 --> 00:49:47,874 Yes, it was at 2 pm or perhaps a little later. 584 00:49:48,374 --> 00:49:51,832 I recall that day also because I closed 585 00:49:52,166 --> 00:49:54,850 the consulate half an hour later. 586 00:49:54,874 --> 00:49:57,582 With so many people visiting the consulate, 587 00:49:57,916 --> 00:50:03,183 you said you're receiving between 150 and 200 visitors every day, 588 00:50:03,207 --> 00:50:05,291 - ...that's correct, right? - Uhu. 589 00:50:05,707 --> 00:50:08,832 You must have an incredible memory... 590 00:50:09,249 --> 00:50:11,416 That day, how was the defendant dressed? 591 00:50:11,749 --> 00:50:13,808 I don't remember that, only the peculiar photograph. 592 00:50:13,832 --> 00:50:16,308 Let's talk about another peculiar date... 593 00:50:16,332 --> 00:50:22,558 the 17, 19, 21, 24 or 29th of April. 594 00:50:22,582 --> 00:50:24,666 - Listen... - Choose any date, 595 00:50:25,707 --> 00:50:29,249 2nd of May, or the 3rd or 4th, or the 6th. 596 00:50:29,582 --> 00:50:32,462 Yes, I remember another peculiar thing that happened on the 1st of May... 597 00:50:33,249 --> 00:50:34,624 but last year. 598 00:50:35,957 --> 00:50:38,124 When the consulate was full of immigrants 599 00:50:38,457 --> 00:50:39,624 that requested protection 600 00:50:39,916 --> 00:50:41,374 from Attorney General Palmer. 601 00:50:41,791 --> 00:50:43,457 Those are true facts! 602 00:50:45,541 --> 00:50:48,041 Mr. Adrower, just answer the questions. 603 00:50:49,499 --> 00:50:52,624 Mr. Palmer is the Attorney General of the United States... 604 00:50:53,374 --> 00:50:56,100 and you are the representative of a foreign country. 605 00:50:56,124 --> 00:50:58,624 You should pay respect to... and... 606 00:51:00,041 --> 00:51:01,124 answer the questions. 607 00:51:02,416 --> 00:51:05,124 So you don't remember any other peculiar events 608 00:51:05,416 --> 00:51:08,749 at the Italian consulate, except the one involving Mr. Sacco? 609 00:51:10,332 --> 00:51:13,707 Yes, sure, if you prefer it that way, Mr. Katzman. 610 00:51:16,541 --> 00:51:17,874 Mr. Kelly... 611 00:51:19,124 --> 00:51:21,291 Have a good look at this cap, 612 00:51:21,624 --> 00:51:23,499 including the inside. 613 00:51:25,374 --> 00:51:26,832 Do you notice something? 614 00:51:28,499 --> 00:51:30,166 Yes, the lining is broken. 615 00:51:30,457 --> 00:51:33,082 Didn't you say that Sacco 616 00:51:34,207 --> 00:51:36,541 used to hang his cap on a nail? 617 00:51:36,832 --> 00:51:37,832 Yes, but not... 618 00:51:38,082 --> 00:51:39,957 Is this the cap of Mr. Sacco? 619 00:51:44,207 --> 00:51:46,600 - It seems too small. - If it would be larger though, 620 00:51:46,624 --> 00:51:49,017 - it would be Mr. Sacco's, right? - Objection! 621 00:51:49,041 --> 00:51:50,457 Well, Mr. Sacco... 622 00:51:50,791 --> 00:51:52,874 can you put it on? 623 00:51:53,416 --> 00:51:54,499 No. 624 00:51:54,791 --> 00:51:58,416 What do you mean? You must put it on. 625 00:51:59,499 --> 00:52:01,225 I'm no clown. 626 00:52:01,249 --> 00:52:05,207 Mr. Sacco, nobody disrespects you, but you must put on the cap. 627 00:52:13,124 --> 00:52:15,082 No, properly. 628 00:52:18,957 --> 00:52:20,749 No, properly, I said. 629 00:52:21,332 --> 00:52:24,249 Enough! 630 00:52:33,249 --> 00:52:34,249 On the 15th of April, 631 00:52:34,582 --> 00:52:37,457 I was in Plymouth, like every morning. 632 00:53:00,249 --> 00:53:03,582 Bart! You want a cup of coffee? 633 00:53:04,124 --> 00:53:06,832 I already had one, thanks, actually two. 634 00:53:17,041 --> 00:53:18,291 Fish! 635 00:53:19,332 --> 00:53:21,749 Big, tasty and fresh! 636 00:53:25,999 --> 00:53:27,041 Fish! 637 00:53:28,041 --> 00:53:30,291 Looks good, seems fresh. 638 00:53:30,957 --> 00:53:31,957 Smell. 639 00:53:35,624 --> 00:53:37,916 - Would that be all? - Yes. 640 00:53:46,374 --> 00:53:49,707 How do you remember the time being 12.30? 641 00:53:58,207 --> 00:53:59,683 I am a craftsman... 642 00:53:59,707 --> 00:54:02,683 and I leave my workplace at 12.30, at the sound of the siren. 643 00:54:02,707 --> 00:54:05,267 And why do you remember it was the 15th of April? 644 00:54:05,291 --> 00:54:06,957 ...and not the 13th, or 14th? 645 00:54:11,916 --> 00:54:13,499 I don't remember it that way, 646 00:54:13,707 --> 00:54:15,582 but because I buy fresh fish every Thursday. 647 00:54:15,957 --> 00:54:17,749 It doesn't stay fresh more than a week. 648 00:54:18,041 --> 00:54:21,225 Could it be another week, the 8th or 22nd of April? 649 00:54:21,249 --> 00:54:22,308 Listen... 650 00:54:22,332 --> 00:54:24,808 Could it be another week, the 8th or 22nd of April? 651 00:54:24,832 --> 00:54:26,225 What are you saying? 652 00:54:26,249 --> 00:54:28,791 On April 8 I was operated for my appendix. Look here. 653 00:54:29,207 --> 00:54:30,291 Thank you. 654 00:54:31,291 --> 00:54:32,791 And I had only one. 655 00:54:33,374 --> 00:54:36,291 He said: I was operated for my appendix on the following day, and... 656 00:54:37,957 --> 00:54:40,291 - And what...? - He says it was his only appendix. 657 00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:49,183 Mrs. Brini, have you known Mr. Vanzetti for a long time? 658 00:54:49,207 --> 00:54:51,600 Ever since I arrived in Plymouth four years ago. 659 00:54:51,624 --> 00:54:54,124 - He lives in your house? - Yes. 660 00:54:54,541 --> 00:54:58,291 - Do you like lodging him? - Yes. 661 00:54:59,041 --> 00:55:02,249 Do your husband like it? 662 00:55:02,541 --> 00:55:04,624 Objection! 663 00:55:05,041 --> 00:55:07,666 With the permission of the defense... 664 00:55:09,332 --> 00:55:10,624 In case of necessity... 665 00:55:10,916 --> 00:55:12,916 would you make a sacrifice to save a friend? 666 00:55:13,374 --> 00:55:14,694 Especially if he's Italian, right? 667 00:55:14,999 --> 00:55:17,475 - Objection! - What's wrong? 668 00:55:17,499 --> 00:55:19,666 Mr. Katzmann, omit the last part of the question. 669 00:55:20,416 --> 00:55:22,707 Omit "Especially if he's Italian.” 670 00:55:27,291 --> 00:55:29,082 Would you do anything for a friend? 671 00:55:29,374 --> 00:55:31,666 - Of course. - Answer yes or no. 672 00:55:32,166 --> 00:55:35,058 You remember where you were on the 15th of April, 673 00:55:35,082 --> 00:55:36,975 because you bought a dress... 674 00:55:36,999 --> 00:55:38,725 ...quite peculiar, no? 675 00:55:38,749 --> 00:55:42,291 People like me do not buy dresses every day. 676 00:55:42,832 --> 00:55:45,183 - We talked about it also. - You talked about it? 677 00:55:45,207 --> 00:55:47,488 - We reconstructed everything. - Reconstructed? With whom? 678 00:55:47,916 --> 00:55:50,832 With my husband and the neighbors. 679 00:55:51,791 --> 00:55:53,582 Also with the man with appendicitis? 680 00:55:53,874 --> 00:55:55,642 Of course. 681 00:55:55,666 --> 00:55:58,374 Thank you, Mrs. Brini. 682 00:56:01,082 --> 00:56:04,832 The ballistic tests established that at least one bullet, 683 00:56:05,874 --> 00:56:07,957 the one that killed Berardelli, 684 00:56:08,291 --> 00:56:11,082 came from the pistol of Mr. Sacco. 685 00:56:12,041 --> 00:56:13,791 With such evidence, 686 00:56:14,416 --> 00:56:16,291 scientific and indisputable, 687 00:56:16,707 --> 00:56:20,957 all the tentatives of finding an alibi for the defendant collapse like 688 00:56:21,249 --> 00:56:22,041 a house of cards. 689 00:56:22,124 --> 00:56:23,975 Tens of witnesses have declared... 690 00:56:23,999 --> 00:56:25,374 But what kind of witnesses? 691 00:56:25,874 --> 00:56:28,291 A row of pitiful people... 692 00:56:29,207 --> 00:56:31,291 from the underbelly of our society. 693 00:56:32,124 --> 00:56:34,041 Ragged! 694 00:56:36,249 --> 00:56:39,249 They hate us! 695 00:56:43,207 --> 00:56:44,582 Silence! 696 00:56:45,582 --> 00:56:47,499 The prosecution... 697 00:56:47,916 --> 00:56:50,832 The prosecution has shown that the defendants were present 698 00:56:51,124 --> 00:56:53,749 at the violent robbery in South Braintree on the 15th of April. 699 00:56:54,166 --> 00:56:55,558 I don't want to offend anyone, 700 00:56:55,582 --> 00:56:58,082 but the Italian witnesses are not trustworthy. 701 00:56:58,499 --> 00:56:59,874 Mr. Katzmann, 702 00:57:00,166 --> 00:57:01,808 moderate your language. 703 00:57:01,832 --> 00:57:05,058 - Moderate? This is racism! - Racism! 704 00:57:05,082 --> 00:57:07,363 Do you want to end up on the defendants' bench, Mr. Moore? 705 00:57:07,666 --> 00:57:10,499 The defendants' bench is the most untainted place in this room. 706 00:57:10,999 --> 00:57:12,374 Mr. Moore! 707 00:57:13,332 --> 00:57:15,850 We confront reality, 708 00:57:15,874 --> 00:57:18,517 we examine it well... 709 00:57:18,541 --> 00:57:20,332 We are uncivilized! 710 00:57:20,624 --> 00:57:23,666 Italians, Greeks, Poles, Puerto Ricans, Chileans. 711 00:57:23,957 --> 00:57:25,332 It takes efforts and pain 712 00:57:25,624 --> 00:57:27,291 trying to settle 713 00:57:27,624 --> 00:57:29,916 in a superior society 714 00:57:30,457 --> 00:57:33,642 trying to assimilate to our way of life and thought. 715 00:57:33,666 --> 00:57:34,916 This is racism! 716 00:57:35,207 --> 00:57:36,707 Members of the jury... 717 00:57:37,124 --> 00:57:40,017 The defense talks of racism, 718 00:57:40,041 --> 00:57:42,957 it opposes testimonies from honorable American citizens, 719 00:57:43,374 --> 00:57:45,749 in favor of irresponsible and scrupulous witnesses, 720 00:57:46,041 --> 00:57:48,350 a bunch of poor immigrants, 721 00:57:48,374 --> 00:57:50,124 people who do not know anything 722 00:57:50,624 --> 00:57:52,600 about our national principles, 723 00:57:52,624 --> 00:57:55,308 about the grand ideals of our democracy, 724 00:57:55,332 --> 00:57:59,124 and the justice that reigns in our country. 725 00:57:59,416 --> 00:58:02,249 People who don't speak our language. 726 00:58:02,749 --> 00:58:04,541 Racism! Racism! 727 00:58:04,832 --> 00:58:07,666 These are the same ideas of the fanatics in the Ku Klux Klan. 728 00:58:07,999 --> 00:58:10,082 They poison America. Ku Klux Klan! 729 00:58:10,666 --> 00:58:12,558 One more word, Mr. Moore, 730 00:58:12,582 --> 00:58:15,249 and I'll charge you for contempt in court. 731 00:58:16,082 --> 00:58:18,832 Continue, Mr. Katzmann. 732 00:58:19,249 --> 00:58:21,183 They represent the greatest danger 733 00:58:21,207 --> 00:58:23,499 to our free institutions. 734 00:58:23,832 --> 00:58:25,582 We must be perceptive, certainly, 735 00:58:25,999 --> 00:58:28,058 but not until the point of... 736 00:58:28,082 --> 00:58:32,249 Racism! Racism! Ku Klux Klan! 737 00:58:32,666 --> 00:58:36,808 The Californian lawyer, the indescribable Mr. Moore, 738 00:58:36,832 --> 00:58:39,041 mention the Ku Klux Klan. 739 00:58:39,457 --> 00:58:41,541 Does he know that bonds also exist 740 00:58:41,874 --> 00:58:43,600 between the immigrants? 741 00:58:43,624 --> 00:58:46,124 That there are deviant blood ceremonies among Italians, 742 00:58:46,457 --> 00:58:48,124 where the blood of the teacher 743 00:58:48,457 --> 00:58:52,624 is mixed with the blood of the disciple... that's perverted! 744 00:58:52,916 --> 00:58:55,124 Barbarians! Barbarians! 745 00:58:56,124 --> 00:58:57,374 Thank you, Mr. Thompson, 746 00:58:57,707 --> 00:58:59,166 for coming to the defense committee, 747 00:58:59,457 --> 00:59:01,642 but I don't agree with you. 748 00:59:01,666 --> 00:59:03,183 The objective of the court, 749 00:59:03,207 --> 00:59:04,767 whatever the cost, 750 00:59:04,791 --> 00:59:06,517 is to reach a just sentence. 751 00:59:06,541 --> 00:59:07,791 I'm not so sure about that. 752 00:59:08,124 --> 00:59:10,392 Whatever the cost, they want to reach 753 00:59:10,416 --> 00:59:12,058 a political sentence. 754 00:59:12,082 --> 00:59:13,402 That's the reason of the justice. 755 00:59:13,624 --> 00:59:15,124 Such premise does not lead 756 00:59:15,416 --> 00:59:17,707 to any acquittal. 757 00:59:18,041 --> 00:59:21,416 Why do you think that they would be acquitted? 758 00:59:21,832 --> 00:59:23,058 I believe in justice. 759 00:59:23,082 --> 00:59:25,666 But Mr. Thompson, everything is so obvious. 760 00:59:26,999 --> 00:59:30,041 I asked myself the same as Mr. Moore... 761 00:59:30,457 --> 00:59:32,832 Speak out, forget formalities. 762 00:59:33,249 --> 00:59:35,308 We are all convinced 763 00:59:35,332 --> 00:59:37,666 that Sacco and Vanzetti are innocent. 764 00:59:38,582 --> 00:59:39,749 They are. 765 00:59:40,666 --> 00:59:42,808 But then where are those truly guilty? 766 00:59:42,832 --> 00:59:44,749 We will know in time! 767 00:59:45,249 --> 00:59:46,975 I just wanted to say... 768 00:59:46,999 --> 00:59:49,499 Have they done something to find them? 769 00:59:49,832 --> 00:59:51,142 To find them? 770 00:59:51,166 --> 00:59:53,999 Why not ask the police, or Thayer, or Fuller! 771 00:59:55,457 --> 00:59:58,082 This way you aren't of much help. 772 00:59:59,082 --> 01:00:00,433 You don't seem to believe 773 01:00:00,457 --> 01:00:03,541 that the police, the judge, or the governor 774 01:00:03,832 --> 01:00:04,768 are in agreement 775 01:00:04,792 --> 01:00:07,041 of a sentence, to whatever the cost. 776 01:00:07,374 --> 01:00:08,774 Do you mean you were convinced that 777 01:00:08,957 --> 01:00:11,332 they don't wanted to mix the trial with politics? 778 01:00:12,291 --> 01:00:13,624 That is right. 779 01:00:14,249 --> 01:00:15,916 I made that mistake. 780 01:00:17,041 --> 01:00:18,832 I ask the court 781 01:00:19,124 --> 01:00:21,457 to interrogate the defendant Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 782 01:00:39,791 --> 01:00:42,683 When did you arrive in the United States, Mr. Vanzetti? 783 01:00:42,707 --> 01:00:45,332 Thirteen years ago, in 1908. 784 01:00:46,166 --> 01:00:47,832 Were you an anarchist already then? 785 01:00:49,416 --> 01:00:52,207 - Not completely. - Please explain. 786 01:00:53,457 --> 01:00:55,749 When I saw how bad things were in my country. 787 01:00:56,791 --> 01:00:58,582 I thought things here would be different. 788 01:00:59,916 --> 01:01:02,624 Is that why you became an anarchist here? 789 01:01:03,874 --> 01:01:06,916 Let's say that I finished my radicalizing here, 790 01:01:09,291 --> 01:01:11,975 as I began working in a factory, 13 years old, 791 01:01:11,999 --> 01:01:13,874 to support myself. 792 01:01:14,499 --> 01:01:17,624 And you ended up being an anarchist? 793 01:01:18,874 --> 01:01:20,249 I am still an anarchist... 794 01:01:21,791 --> 01:01:23,332 Everyone here is. 795 01:01:23,666 --> 01:01:26,100 I don't understand the reason of this farce. 796 01:01:26,124 --> 01:01:27,666 Mr. Vanzetti... 797 01:01:28,499 --> 01:01:31,600 Why did you lie to the police officers in Brocton 798 01:01:31,624 --> 01:01:33,374 the night you were arrested? 799 01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:36,832 I was scared. 800 01:01:37,541 --> 01:01:39,207 Scared of what? 801 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:41,392 Mr. Moore... 802 01:01:41,416 --> 01:01:44,624 I'll tell you what I and Nicola was doing that night. 803 01:01:45,791 --> 01:01:47,933 We were returning propaganda material 804 01:01:47,957 --> 01:01:50,791 to the houses of comrades, in order to hide it. 805 01:01:52,874 --> 01:01:55,291 For that reason we needed Boda's car. 806 01:01:57,791 --> 01:02:01,683 We knew also... that another one of those big "razzias" 807 01:02:01,707 --> 01:02:03,499 against foreigners was being prepared. 808 01:02:04,957 --> 01:02:06,457 And two days earlier... 809 01:02:07,166 --> 01:02:08,749 the body of... 810 01:02:10,207 --> 01:02:11,332 one of our comrades... 811 01:02:13,416 --> 01:02:15,082 was found... 812 01:02:17,582 --> 01:02:18,749 at dawn. 813 01:02:21,041 --> 01:02:22,416 Mr. Vanzetti. 814 01:02:22,707 --> 01:02:24,475 And I'm saying his name: 815 01:02:24,499 --> 01:02:25,832 Andrea Salcedo! 816 01:02:27,082 --> 01:02:29,791 Andrea Salcedo, our comrade! 817 01:02:30,082 --> 01:02:32,082 He was found dead after falling from the 14th floor 818 01:02:32,166 --> 01:02:34,791 of the building of the New York City Police Department! 819 01:02:36,582 --> 01:02:38,541 Bravo, Vanzetti. 820 01:02:39,791 --> 01:02:41,041 We were scared. 821 01:02:42,166 --> 01:02:44,249 And that's why you were armed, I suppose. 822 01:02:46,249 --> 01:02:48,082 Have you ever fired a gun, Mr. Vanzetti? 823 01:02:50,832 --> 01:02:54,999 No, I've never fired a gun in my life. I don't even know how to point a gun. 824 01:02:56,832 --> 01:02:58,600 Or how to drive a car. 825 01:02:58,624 --> 01:02:59,975 Please... 826 01:02:59,999 --> 01:03:04,041 tell to the court why you were armed. 827 01:03:05,707 --> 01:03:08,832 We had really thought of throwing them away. 828 01:03:09,166 --> 01:03:10,916 We had brought all the bullets 829 01:03:11,249 --> 01:03:12,529 that we had kept in our drawers. 830 01:03:12,666 --> 01:03:16,124 Mr. Sacco, did you need weapons that night 831 01:03:16,416 --> 01:03:18,058 like one of those guards would do? 832 01:03:18,082 --> 01:03:21,350 We did, but we wanted to throw them anyway, it was too dangerous. 833 01:03:21,374 --> 01:03:24,475 Why didn't you apply for a firearms license? 834 01:03:24,499 --> 01:03:26,017 It's not easy in this country 835 01:03:26,041 --> 01:03:28,541 for an anarchist to get permission to carry arms. 836 01:03:29,082 --> 01:03:31,582 Like in any country, Mr. Sacco. 837 01:03:32,541 --> 01:03:33,666 Yes. 838 01:03:35,207 --> 01:03:36,707 In any country. 839 01:03:36,999 --> 01:03:39,499 You don't love this country, do you? 840 01:03:39,791 --> 01:03:42,392 Why do you say that? I love this country. 841 01:03:42,416 --> 01:03:45,749 Did you also love it in May of 1917? 842 01:03:46,874 --> 01:03:48,249 That is not so easy to explain... 843 01:03:48,666 --> 01:03:51,558 You didn't understand the question? You need the interpreter? 844 01:03:51,582 --> 01:03:53,874 No, it's not necessary, I understood. 845 01:03:54,207 --> 01:03:56,374 Then answer with a yes, or a no. 846 01:03:57,124 --> 01:03:58,124 Yes. 847 01:03:58,374 --> 01:04:00,041 You say you loved this country... 848 01:04:00,332 --> 01:04:02,416 but when you needed to serve it as a soldier 849 01:04:02,707 --> 01:04:03,975 you ran away to Mexico? 850 01:04:03,999 --> 01:04:06,183 - Let me explain... - Answer yes or no. 851 01:04:06,207 --> 01:04:08,267 Did you run away to Mexico to avoid serving 852 01:04:08,291 --> 01:04:11,892 - the country that you love? - But I'm a worker. 853 01:04:11,916 --> 01:04:15,582 Did you run away to Mexico in May, 191?? 854 01:04:17,041 --> 01:04:18,082 Yes, I did. 855 01:04:19,832 --> 01:04:21,082 Finally! 856 01:04:22,249 --> 01:04:24,642 It's difficult to get an answer from this gentleman. 857 01:04:24,666 --> 01:04:28,416 - Why did you run away? - Because I'm an anarchist worker! 858 01:04:28,707 --> 01:04:29,808 Which means...? 859 01:04:29,832 --> 01:04:31,082 It means that the anarchists 860 01:04:31,416 --> 01:04:32,999 believe in a world without borders. 861 01:04:33,291 --> 01:04:34,517 I understand. 862 01:04:34,541 --> 01:04:36,207 We are objectors of conscience. 863 01:04:38,207 --> 01:04:40,249 Do you love the government of the United States? 864 01:04:43,249 --> 01:04:45,392 I do not love the government of the United States. 865 01:04:45,416 --> 01:04:47,475 Is that why we see bombs against ministers 866 01:04:47,499 --> 01:04:49,666 and bankers of the state? 867 01:04:51,332 --> 01:04:55,416 I've never put any bombs, or shot any shots. 868 01:04:56,457 --> 01:05:00,082 You never put any bombs. You don't believe in bombs then? 869 01:05:01,332 --> 01:05:03,249 I believe in anarchism. 870 01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:08,166 But what type of anarchism is it that you want to create? 871 01:05:08,457 --> 01:05:11,624 - Could you explain that to the court? - Anarchism means freedom. 872 01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:14,707 The abolition of societies divided by classes. 873 01:05:15,374 --> 01:05:16,916 Respect for the other. 874 01:05:17,207 --> 01:05:19,124 - Enough! - To me, these are the things 875 01:05:19,416 --> 01:05:20,517 that matter in life. 876 01:05:20,541 --> 01:05:23,291 I try to live my life following these ideals. 877 01:05:25,249 --> 01:05:27,874 Here are the arguments of the prosecution! 878 01:05:28,166 --> 01:05:30,541 Workers who fight against their bosses. 879 01:05:30,957 --> 01:05:33,457 Only to shorten unacceptable work hours, 880 01:05:33,791 --> 01:05:37,874 of 16, 17, 18 hours per day, and to ask for better wages. 881 01:05:38,791 --> 01:05:41,374 This is the true meaning of this trial. 882 01:05:41,707 --> 01:05:43,558 To cause harm to workers and to the unions, 883 01:05:43,582 --> 01:05:45,225 through an infamous campaign 884 01:05:45,249 --> 01:05:47,249 against foreigners. 885 01:05:48,082 --> 01:05:49,749 Counselor, I demand silence! 886 01:05:51,416 --> 01:05:53,176 It wouldn't have been allowed for a defendant 887 01:05:53,416 --> 01:05:55,166 to distribute documents to the jury. 888 01:05:58,916 --> 01:06:01,749 I give you a serious reprimand. 889 01:06:02,249 --> 01:06:03,832 Take those photographs back. 890 01:06:04,999 --> 01:06:05,999 Very good! 891 01:06:07,499 --> 01:06:08,916 Bravo! 892 01:06:09,582 --> 01:06:11,124 Silence! 893 01:06:11,957 --> 01:06:14,166 Otherwise I will expel you. 894 01:06:18,207 --> 01:06:20,392 So you hand out anarchist leaflets, 895 01:06:20,416 --> 01:06:21,808 but know nothing about bombs. 896 01:06:21,832 --> 01:06:24,457 And speak of love for your neighbor, but walks around armed. 897 01:06:25,166 --> 01:06:29,374 You love this country but when you are asked to serve it you run away to Mexico. 898 01:06:29,707 --> 01:06:33,874 Why didn't you stay in Mexico? It's a free country. 899 01:06:34,791 --> 01:06:38,541 I didn't do well there, I couldn't find work in my trade. 900 01:06:39,916 --> 01:06:41,767 After all sacrifices I made to learn my trade, 901 01:06:41,791 --> 01:06:44,058 I wouldn't go to Mexico to work with anything. 902 01:06:44,082 --> 01:06:46,975 So your relation with the United States is just a work relation, 903 01:06:46,999 --> 01:06:48,642 measured by how much money you get. 904 01:06:48,666 --> 01:06:52,183 Mr. Sacco, this is the love you have for our country, isn't it? 905 01:06:52,207 --> 01:06:53,933 Measured in dollars and cents. 906 01:06:53,957 --> 01:06:57,291 - Objection! - Objection overruled. 907 01:06:57,624 --> 01:07:01,457 The defense have introduced these kind of arguments. Please continue. 908 01:07:02,207 --> 01:07:05,041 - May I speak? - Request granted. 909 01:07:07,207 --> 01:07:09,707 You speak of dollars and cents, sir. 910 01:07:10,082 --> 01:07:12,017 Lets speak about millions of dollars. 911 01:07:12,041 --> 01:07:15,058 If you speak of an industry manager or the head of a bank 912 01:07:15,082 --> 01:07:17,017 who donates money to a university everybody says: 913 01:07:17,041 --> 01:07:18,892 What a great man he is! 914 01:07:18,916 --> 01:07:21,808 But I have worked 13 years in this free country, 915 01:07:21,832 --> 01:07:23,832 doing what I've been told to. 916 01:07:24,249 --> 01:07:25,791 I have worked like a slave 917 01:07:26,207 --> 01:07:28,683 and still I don't own anything, 918 01:07:28,707 --> 01:07:30,166 not a single dollar. 919 01:07:31,332 --> 01:07:33,808 In here, all you here is: "Passport, passport!" 920 01:07:33,832 --> 01:07:37,142 But when I went to the consulate to organize my journey back, 921 01:07:37,166 --> 01:07:38,558 to be repatriated... 922 01:07:38,582 --> 01:07:40,342 I didn't even have money to pay for the trip! 923 01:07:40,791 --> 01:07:44,832 After thirteen years I would return to my homeland with nothing. 924 01:07:45,249 --> 01:07:46,624 Like when I started. 925 01:07:47,457 --> 01:07:48,707 Sit down. 926 01:07:52,291 --> 01:07:54,457 This is why I became an anarchist, 927 01:07:54,791 --> 01:07:56,666 I just wanted to live a decent life... 928 01:07:57,207 --> 01:07:59,374 that our children would get education, 929 01:07:59,707 --> 01:08:01,433 a good start. 930 01:08:01,457 --> 01:08:03,957 White, blacks that's not important. 931 01:08:05,124 --> 01:08:07,183 However, the capitalist class 932 01:08:07,207 --> 01:08:09,142 who just accumulate money in the banks 933 01:08:09,166 --> 01:08:12,499 and command young people to go to war, to death... 934 01:08:13,541 --> 01:08:16,041 We don't want that. We don't accept it. 935 01:08:16,874 --> 01:08:18,457 We don't accept the war. 936 01:08:18,749 --> 01:08:21,666 What right does a man have to kill another man? 937 01:08:22,707 --> 01:08:24,457 I work with German friends 938 01:08:25,291 --> 01:08:28,124 who treat me like a brother. Why should I kill them? 939 01:08:31,041 --> 01:08:35,041 Morgan and Rockefeller are not the great men of this country, sir. 940 01:08:36,832 --> 01:08:38,666 I have seen better people than them. 941 01:08:39,332 --> 01:08:41,499 Some are in the jail, 942 01:08:42,541 --> 01:08:43,999 like Eugenio Debs, 943 01:08:44,332 --> 01:08:46,291 a great man of this country. 944 01:08:46,999 --> 01:08:49,332 He is also imprisoned 945 01:08:49,916 --> 01:08:51,291 because he is socialist. 946 01:08:53,082 --> 01:08:56,999 They are great people who make this country progress. 947 01:08:57,832 --> 01:09:00,166 I love this country because of them. 948 01:09:01,916 --> 01:09:04,624 I don't have more to say. 949 01:09:07,749 --> 01:09:10,582 Thanks to the court for its kind tolerance, 950 01:09:11,416 --> 01:09:14,332 and for listening to what one of the defendants 951 01:09:14,832 --> 01:09:17,166 have to say about our institutions. 952 01:09:18,207 --> 01:09:20,374 Remember what you have heard 953 01:09:21,041 --> 01:09:23,291 and what has been documented. 954 01:09:23,624 --> 01:09:28,291 This is just a small part of the red and anarchist activity against our country. 955 01:09:29,374 --> 01:09:32,791 At this point I want to ask you to remember and reenact, 956 01:09:33,291 --> 01:09:35,499 in all its aspects, 957 01:09:35,791 --> 01:09:38,291 the purpose of the assault in South Braintree. 958 01:09:39,666 --> 01:09:41,207 The verdict can be only one. 959 01:09:43,207 --> 01:09:47,707 I have nothing more to say. Thank you. 960 01:10:09,166 --> 01:10:10,725 For you it's more or less the same, isn't it? 961 01:10:10,749 --> 01:10:12,475 Sure, my wife has been feeling lonely 962 01:10:12,499 --> 01:10:14,892 all the time I have been here. 963 01:10:14,916 --> 01:10:18,582 - Sheriff, we are finished. - Already? 964 01:10:19,291 --> 01:10:22,058 That was fast, it's just five o'clock. 965 01:10:22,082 --> 01:10:26,166 You have only used less than two hours. A bit hasty perhaps. - Hasty? 966 01:10:26,999 --> 01:10:28,666 Yes, perhaps you're right. 967 01:10:29,082 --> 01:10:30,416 Did you say five o'clock? 968 01:10:30,749 --> 01:10:33,332 Then we can have another meal, courtesy of the state. 969 01:10:38,374 --> 01:10:39,541 Come! 970 01:10:40,041 --> 01:10:42,124 Come, they are here! 971 01:10:56,207 --> 01:10:57,457 Attention. 972 01:10:57,791 --> 01:11:01,100 It looks like armed Italians have come from New York 973 01:11:01,124 --> 01:11:02,850 to liberate the convicts. 974 01:11:02,874 --> 01:11:03,916 Keep your eyes open. 975 01:11:04,457 --> 01:11:05,457 Press. 976 01:11:10,166 --> 01:11:13,082 Today they check everyone. They suspect something. 977 01:11:13,374 --> 01:11:15,791 - Do you know why? - They must be scared. 978 01:11:23,124 --> 01:11:25,308 The time has come. Don't worry. 979 01:11:25,332 --> 01:11:27,999 They are 5 hours delayed, that is a good signal. 980 01:11:39,166 --> 01:11:40,332 Court in session! 981 01:11:58,832 --> 01:12:00,183 Mr. Chairman. 982 01:12:00,207 --> 01:12:03,041 - Have you reached a verdict? - Yes. 983 01:12:05,541 --> 01:12:06,707 Nicola Sacco! 984 01:12:10,166 --> 01:12:11,707 Bartolomeo Vanzetti! 985 01:12:15,374 --> 01:12:16,683 Mr. Chairman, 986 01:12:16,707 --> 01:12:19,707 raise your right hand and turn to the defendants. 987 01:12:21,082 --> 01:12:23,791 Defendants, listen to the chairman of the jury. 988 01:12:24,957 --> 01:12:26,499 Mr. Chairman, 989 01:12:26,832 --> 01:12:30,541 Do you declare the defendants guilty or not guilty? 990 01:12:31,207 --> 01:12:32,308 Guilty. 991 01:12:32,332 --> 01:12:34,517 - Guilty of murder? - Murder. 992 01:12:34,541 --> 01:12:36,791 - In the first degree? - In the first degree. 993 01:12:37,624 --> 01:12:39,808 Do the jury declare under oath 994 01:12:39,832 --> 01:12:42,113 that the defendants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 995 01:12:42,207 --> 01:12:46,416 are guilty of murder in first degree? 996 01:12:46,832 --> 01:12:47,684 Yes. 997 01:12:47,708 --> 01:12:50,832 - Is that your verdict? - That's our verdict. 998 01:12:51,332 --> 01:12:53,499 Is that the verdict of all members? 999 01:12:54,749 --> 01:12:56,416 Yes. 1000 01:12:56,749 --> 01:12:58,124 Yes. 1001 01:12:58,416 --> 01:12:59,666 Yes. 1002 01:13:00,499 --> 01:13:02,558 Yes. 1003 01:13:02,582 --> 01:13:04,457 That's our verdict. 1004 01:13:05,582 --> 01:13:09,100 Nico! They want to kill you! 1005 01:13:09,124 --> 01:13:12,791 I don't understand this sentence. It's absurd. 1006 01:13:13,082 --> 01:13:15,291 It is an absurd sentence. 1007 01:13:16,249 --> 01:13:17,916 Vanzetti, this is a conspiracy. 1008 01:13:18,832 --> 01:13:21,624 Sacco, it's clearly a conspiracy. 1009 01:13:21,957 --> 01:13:24,267 We will appeal. 1010 01:13:24,291 --> 01:13:25,226 Shut up! 1011 01:13:25,250 --> 01:13:26,767 We must. It's a conspiracy. 1012 01:13:26,791 --> 01:13:28,642 You and your politics. 1013 01:13:28,666 --> 01:13:31,017 We won't go to the electric chair. 1014 01:13:31,041 --> 01:13:35,207 Enough committees. I don't want to be a political martyr. I want to live. 1015 01:13:35,666 --> 01:13:37,207 To live! 1016 01:13:38,874 --> 01:13:41,291 I also want to live, but in another world. 1017 01:15:06,791 --> 01:15:08,624 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1018 01:15:10,957 --> 01:15:13,207 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1019 01:15:33,582 --> 01:15:35,249 No! 1020 01:15:38,582 --> 01:15:40,791 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1021 01:15:57,832 --> 01:15:59,332 Nick and Bart, talk to us. 1022 01:16:00,874 --> 01:16:02,541 Nick and Bart, talk to us. 1023 01:16:05,332 --> 01:16:07,124 We are two unfortunates. 1024 01:16:10,332 --> 01:16:11,541 We have been deceived. 1025 01:16:15,291 --> 01:16:17,291 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1026 01:16:58,041 --> 01:16:59,916 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1027 01:17:01,666 --> 01:17:02,707 Look at this. 1028 01:17:03,249 --> 01:17:05,541 We will insist that the verdict is discharged, 1029 01:17:06,082 --> 01:17:09,082 - a very important filing. - Perfect, make a copy of this. 1030 01:17:09,874 --> 01:17:13,225 First of all we must locate 1031 01:17:13,249 --> 01:17:17,267 Mary Splaine, Goodridge and Pelser, the key witnesses of the prosecution. 1032 01:17:17,291 --> 01:17:21,457 The police is attacking the protesters. Everybody, come! 1033 01:17:39,207 --> 01:17:41,291 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1034 01:17:49,207 --> 01:17:50,707 Clear! Clear! 1035 01:17:50,957 --> 01:17:52,582 Sergeant, this is abuse! 1036 01:18:09,624 --> 01:18:11,082 Are you wounded? 1037 01:18:13,291 --> 01:18:14,874 The strong arm of the law. 1038 01:18:15,999 --> 01:18:17,666 Where do you want to go? 1039 01:18:18,291 --> 01:18:19,957 To the Defense Committee? 1040 01:18:26,957 --> 01:18:30,332 Rennie, I don't want to see my name in the newspapers. 1041 01:18:31,041 --> 01:18:33,832 When it comes me, you can be calm. 1042 01:18:34,249 --> 01:18:35,749 Which means? 1043 01:18:36,582 --> 01:18:39,707 Somebody doesn't like what I write. 1044 01:18:41,332 --> 01:18:43,332 - They refused it? - Uhu. 1045 01:18:52,582 --> 01:18:54,850 From now, Moore will be aided by Thompson, 1046 01:18:54,874 --> 01:18:56,433 he is a great lawyer. 1047 01:18:56,457 --> 01:18:57,916 They are preparing an appeal. 1048 01:18:58,249 --> 01:19:00,332 I'm sure you will soon be released. 1049 01:19:00,916 --> 01:19:05,082 You are too far away, Rosa, I want you near me. 1050 01:19:06,582 --> 01:19:07,916 Come closer. 1051 01:19:13,082 --> 01:19:17,041 I could not live without you. I'm not able. 1052 01:19:17,749 --> 01:19:21,416 - Do you remember the night when... - Nicola, you will soon be released. 1053 01:19:21,791 --> 01:19:23,475 I'm thinking of you all the time. 1054 01:19:23,499 --> 01:19:26,058 Most Americans are taking our side. 1055 01:19:26,082 --> 01:19:28,166 Your speech really impressed everyone. 1056 01:19:28,457 --> 01:19:31,350 They speak about you on the radio, in the newspapers too. 1057 01:19:31,374 --> 01:19:34,124 People are working... printing flyers with your picture. 1058 01:19:34,416 --> 01:19:36,683 - There are manifestations... - No! 1059 01:19:36,707 --> 01:19:37,874 What's wrong, Nicola? 1060 01:19:39,291 --> 01:19:42,225 It's Moore who's asked you to say that, isn't it? 1061 01:19:42,249 --> 01:19:43,707 What are you saying? 1062 01:19:48,374 --> 01:19:49,416 Rosa... 1063 01:19:51,207 --> 01:19:53,291 We were going to return to Italy... 1064 01:19:54,666 --> 01:19:55,916 And now this... 1065 01:19:57,582 --> 01:19:58,832 Why? 1066 01:19:59,541 --> 01:20:02,666 - Can you tell me why? - No, Nicola, nobody can. 1067 01:20:07,082 --> 01:20:09,957 Dante... 1068 01:20:10,416 --> 01:20:14,249 Come here. Come to your father. 1069 01:20:16,332 --> 01:20:19,041 What's wrong? Are you ashamed of me? 1070 01:20:19,874 --> 01:20:21,666 Are you ashamed of your father? 1071 01:20:22,166 --> 01:20:24,725 Because they say that I'm a thief and a killer? 1072 01:20:24,749 --> 01:20:27,666 Get out of here. Go now! Now! 1073 01:20:27,999 --> 01:20:32,207 Get out. They should all die. 1074 01:20:35,624 --> 01:20:38,374 Freedom for Nick and Bart. 1075 01:21:29,207 --> 01:21:33,374 No! They call me an assassin and a thief! 1076 01:21:33,916 --> 01:21:36,183 They say that I'm an assassin. 1077 01:21:36,207 --> 01:21:39,249 An assassin and a thief! 1078 01:21:41,416 --> 01:21:44,225 They say that I'm an assassin and a thief! 1079 01:21:44,249 --> 01:21:48,166 Thief, thief, thief... 1080 01:22:14,707 --> 01:22:16,249 Assassin and thief. 1081 01:24:02,624 --> 01:24:05,933 I know that your name isn't Goodridge at all... 1082 01:24:05,957 --> 01:24:07,541 you're also a bigamist... 1083 01:24:07,832 --> 01:24:10,517 and has been accused of swindle. 1084 01:24:10,541 --> 01:24:11,767 Or am I wrong? 1085 01:24:11,791 --> 01:24:14,767 Forgot everything during the interrogation, that's for sure! 1086 01:24:14,791 --> 01:24:16,558 And now, what happens? 1087 01:24:16,582 --> 01:24:21,166 What do you get in return for your false testimony? 1088 01:24:21,582 --> 01:24:25,749 You've been promised impunity, isn't that so? 1089 01:24:26,624 --> 01:24:27,957 I... 1090 01:24:29,541 --> 01:24:31,541 ...couldn't stand it anymore. 1091 01:24:37,624 --> 01:24:41,791 You live in hiding, Pelser, like an animal. 1092 01:24:42,207 --> 01:24:45,082 No friends around, only policemen. 1093 01:24:45,582 --> 01:24:47,166 Why is that? 1094 01:24:50,999 --> 01:24:52,582 Are they forcing you? 1095 01:24:55,582 --> 01:24:56,600 Yes. 1096 01:24:56,624 --> 01:25:00,374 We have read the withdrawal statements, obtained by Mr. Moore... 1097 01:25:02,332 --> 01:25:04,225 of the prosecution's witnesses 1098 01:25:04,249 --> 01:25:06,499 Mr. Pelser and Mr. Goodridge. 1099 01:25:07,249 --> 01:25:11,416 Pity that the Mr. Pelser and Mr. Goodridge 1100 01:25:12,249 --> 01:25:15,166 also sent these declarations to the court, 1101 01:25:16,541 --> 01:25:18,916 where they blame Mr. Moore for 1102 01:25:19,332 --> 01:25:21,082 putting strong pressure on them. 1103 01:25:21,416 --> 01:25:25,957 Mr. Moore, your conduct is unprofessional. 1104 01:25:26,374 --> 01:25:29,850 The withdrawals are the results of intimidation. 1105 01:25:29,874 --> 01:25:31,874 Therefore your appeal, as presented here, 1106 01:25:32,207 --> 01:25:33,600 is rejected. 1107 01:25:33,624 --> 01:25:36,017 You cannot speak of my professional conduct, sir, 1108 01:25:36,041 --> 01:25:40,183 because during all this trial the court has used every occasion... 1109 01:25:40,207 --> 01:25:43,517 to show its preconceived ideas... 1110 01:25:43,541 --> 01:25:45,832 and its racist hatred of the defendants. 1111 01:25:47,082 --> 01:25:48,624 And to you, Mr. Katzmann, 1112 01:25:49,166 --> 01:25:51,100 who uses scum like Pelser and Goodridge... 1113 01:25:51,124 --> 01:25:52,916 Be careful of what you say, Mr. Moore. 1114 01:25:54,582 --> 01:25:57,791 Only courtesy for this court prevents me from indicting you. 1115 01:26:00,207 --> 01:26:01,457 The court is suspended. 1116 01:26:17,124 --> 01:26:19,183 Mr. Feliciani said you will withdraw. 1117 01:26:19,207 --> 01:26:20,582 I'm thankful to you. 1118 01:26:21,082 --> 01:26:24,207 There were difficult moments and we didn't always understand. 1119 01:26:24,749 --> 01:26:27,666 But you are a good and honest man... 1120 01:26:28,041 --> 01:26:29,416 and I'm very thankful to you. 1121 01:26:30,666 --> 01:26:35,249 Thompson will do better than I have. He is more capable. 1122 01:26:36,374 --> 01:26:38,166 If I'd continue... 1123 01:26:39,332 --> 01:26:41,707 it would all be the same. 1124 01:26:46,082 --> 01:26:47,933 Are you leaving immediately? 1125 01:26:47,957 --> 01:26:53,541 I have everything here. This... and this. 1126 01:26:53,832 --> 01:26:56,957 - Please send us your articles. - Good bye, counselor. 1127 01:26:58,291 --> 01:27:00,707 - I'm sorry. - Good bye. 1128 01:27:02,041 --> 01:27:03,416 Good bye. 1129 01:27:05,374 --> 01:27:08,832 - Have a good trip, counselor. - I'm very sorry. 1130 01:28:14,332 --> 01:28:18,499 I know who attacked the shoe factory... I was there... 1131 01:28:19,332 --> 01:28:22,666 - What's your name? - Celestino Madeiros. 1132 01:28:25,707 --> 01:28:27,041 It's the truth. 1133 01:28:28,791 --> 01:28:32,041 We were five guys in the Buick that committed the robbery. 1134 01:28:32,749 --> 01:28:34,832 We changed car in a forest, 1135 01:28:35,582 --> 01:28:39,624 and arrived in South Braintree around noon. 1136 01:28:40,874 --> 01:28:44,767 - Then we began to drink. - Where did you know each other from? 1137 01:28:44,791 --> 01:28:47,166 I worked for some time with Barney 1138 01:28:47,707 --> 01:28:50,332 at the Bluebird Inn. 1139 01:28:51,666 --> 01:28:55,124 It's in Providence, five miles across the Massachusetts border. 1140 01:28:56,999 --> 01:28:58,416 A very comfortable place... 1141 01:28:58,749 --> 01:29:01,142 to rest in between one work and another. 1142 01:29:01,166 --> 01:29:03,666 - So you met the others there? - Yes. 1143 01:29:04,041 --> 01:29:05,916 Are they from Providence? 1144 01:29:06,749 --> 01:29:07,999 What are their names? 1145 01:29:08,332 --> 01:29:11,249 No, I won't say that. I'm not an informer. 1146 01:29:13,124 --> 01:29:15,416 Tell us everything or tell us nothing. 1147 01:29:16,332 --> 01:29:18,124 I'm not a snitch. 1148 01:29:18,749 --> 01:29:21,249 So what makes you want to speak out now? 1149 01:29:21,582 --> 01:29:24,892 I saw Sacco... that was painful. 1150 01:29:24,916 --> 01:29:26,975 You have been sentenced to the electric chair... 1151 01:29:26,999 --> 01:29:29,392 - for robbery and homicide? - Yes. 1152 01:29:29,416 --> 01:29:31,791 And now you're hoping for a delay...? 1153 01:29:32,207 --> 01:29:34,207 What's the benefit of that? 1154 01:29:35,874 --> 01:29:38,767 There are witnesses, maybe someone saw you shooting. 1155 01:29:38,791 --> 01:29:42,874 I didn't shoot anything in South Braintree, I was drunk. 1156 01:29:43,874 --> 01:29:47,100 I was scared and stayed in the back seat of the car... 1157 01:29:47,124 --> 01:29:48,791 I didn't move a finger. 1158 01:29:53,874 --> 01:29:55,874 They fooled me, okay? 1159 01:29:56,374 --> 01:29:59,416 Back in the forest, when changing car, 1160 01:29:59,749 --> 01:30:03,791 they fled with the loot and I never saw them again. 1161 01:30:04,207 --> 01:30:05,916 Where did you say you worked? 1162 01:30:29,457 --> 01:30:33,624 - Excuse me, does Barney live here? - May! 1163 01:30:35,791 --> 01:30:38,499 - I'm looking for Barney. - He's not here. 1164 01:30:39,374 --> 01:30:40,916 Is this his house? 1165 01:30:41,832 --> 01:30:45,166 It used to be. Now it's a shanty. 1166 01:30:46,207 --> 01:30:47,957 Do you know Celestino Madeiros? 1167 01:30:50,041 --> 01:30:51,041 And who are you? 1168 01:30:51,916 --> 01:30:53,124 I'm a lawyer. 1169 01:30:55,124 --> 01:30:56,999 Well, you don't look like a policeman. 1170 01:31:01,374 --> 01:31:03,517 Did Madeiros work here 1171 01:31:03,541 --> 01:31:05,957 in April of 19207? 1172 01:31:07,291 --> 01:31:09,499 I don't know, perhaps he was in Mexico. 1173 01:31:10,666 --> 01:31:13,957 No wait, he went there later. He gave me a present... 1174 01:31:14,374 --> 01:31:17,207 on the 1st of May. He was always broke, 1175 01:31:17,541 --> 01:31:21,707 but I remember that day, because he had 2800 dollars. 1176 01:31:22,416 --> 01:31:26,582 He lied, they didn't fool him. 1177 01:31:28,166 --> 01:31:30,666 After the robbery he had 2800 dollars... 1178 01:31:31,624 --> 01:31:34,541 Exactly a fifth of the loot in South Braintree. 1179 01:31:37,999 --> 01:31:40,350 Here they are. 1180 01:31:40,374 --> 01:31:44,832 - Go back to your country! - Bastards! 1181 01:33:36,541 --> 01:33:39,517 Yes, we had a gang here in Providence 1182 01:33:39,541 --> 01:33:40,916 that used to rob cargo trains. 1183 01:33:41,624 --> 01:33:44,041 They were Americans of Italian descent. 1184 01:33:45,207 --> 01:33:48,957 Known as the Morell gang, or Morelli gang. 1185 01:33:50,374 --> 01:33:54,124 Arrested on the 8 of October of 1919. 1186 01:33:54,457 --> 01:33:59,041 Then they were in prison on the 15th of April, right? 1187 01:33:59,666 --> 01:34:00,707 I'll check that out. 1188 01:34:01,624 --> 01:34:04,374 Joe, Fred 1189 01:34:04,791 --> 01:34:07,582 Mancini, Pascuale Morelli. 1190 01:34:08,832 --> 01:34:12,166 Trials in May, 1920. 1191 01:34:15,332 --> 01:34:18,582 No, in April they were out on the street, released waiting trial. 1192 01:34:18,874 --> 01:34:20,474 - Thank you, inspector. - You're welcome. 1193 01:34:23,457 --> 01:34:24,832 Excuse me, inspector. 1194 01:34:25,124 --> 01:34:28,666 Who was the lawyer defending Morelli in May, 1920? 1195 01:34:29,082 --> 01:34:31,999 Don't speak to me about professional ethics 1196 01:34:32,499 --> 01:34:35,666 when defending the Morelli gang of robbers, 1197 01:34:36,249 --> 01:34:40,416 and the boss of it all, Joe. He was bad. 1198 01:34:42,416 --> 01:34:43,999 But anyway... 1199 01:34:44,291 --> 01:34:47,207 they had informants in the industrial areas. 1200 01:34:47,832 --> 01:34:51,249 They made notes about transport trucks, 1201 01:34:51,582 --> 01:34:53,249 what was being loaded, for later use... 1202 01:34:53,582 --> 01:34:55,957 Mr. Geary, which were those factories? 1203 01:34:57,124 --> 01:34:58,624 There were many. 1204 01:34:59,124 --> 01:35:01,291 Everything is in the files. 1205 01:35:02,041 --> 01:35:04,041 "Rice and Hutchins", for example. 1206 01:35:04,874 --> 01:35:07,541 - That's all I remember. - I see. 1207 01:35:08,707 --> 01:35:10,142 In South Braintree. 1208 01:35:10,166 --> 01:35:13,207 Everything is in the archives of the court. 1209 01:35:31,541 --> 01:35:35,291 Counselor! The file of the trial isn't here. 1210 01:35:37,457 --> 01:35:40,832 No indications, sir, no suspicious talking. 1211 01:35:41,457 --> 01:35:42,999 Not even when he was delirious. 1212 01:35:43,666 --> 01:35:46,999 Only two names, always Rosa and Dante. 1213 01:35:49,666 --> 01:35:51,642 No messages from the outside either, 1214 01:35:51,666 --> 01:35:54,374 except for letters controlled by you, sir. 1215 01:35:54,666 --> 01:35:57,291 If you prefer, sir, if you have other instructions... 1216 01:35:57,707 --> 01:35:59,582 I don't have, thank you. 1217 01:36:01,249 --> 01:36:04,582 "I could write that your woman needs you, and your son too, 1218 01:36:05,332 --> 01:36:08,517 but I ask you to recover, for our comrades. 1219 01:36:08,541 --> 01:36:12,416 And when I say comrades, I'm speaking about our innocence. 1220 01:36:12,707 --> 01:36:15,183 The truth, our ideas... 1221 01:36:15,207 --> 01:36:18,666 I'm speaking about our freedom. 1222 01:36:21,082 --> 01:36:22,457 Doctor... 1223 01:36:22,999 --> 01:36:24,041 ...not today. 1224 01:36:25,707 --> 01:36:27,082 Please, not today. 1225 01:36:28,749 --> 01:36:32,249 - I want to improve without. - If you want to improve... 1226 01:36:32,791 --> 01:36:35,166 it means you are getting better, Nicola. 1227 01:36:39,916 --> 01:36:41,707 I am piano salesman. 1228 01:36:42,291 --> 01:36:44,892 What brand of pianos, Morelli? 1229 01:36:44,916 --> 01:36:47,832 Listen, if you're here to cut my hair... 1230 01:36:48,457 --> 01:36:50,957 Have you ever heard of South Braintree? 1231 01:36:51,249 --> 01:36:52,457 - No. - Mr. Morelli, 1232 01:36:52,624 --> 01:36:55,749 do you know a Puerto Rican called Celestine Madeiros? 1233 01:36:56,457 --> 01:36:59,291 I've never known any Puerto Rican. 1234 01:37:00,207 --> 01:37:02,124 And Steve Bentkowski, this Polish guy? 1235 01:37:02,957 --> 01:37:04,350 No Poles either. 1236 01:37:04,374 --> 01:37:06,166 And this man? Bloody Gyp? 1237 01:37:06,457 --> 01:37:07,457 Nobody I know. 1238 01:37:07,541 --> 01:37:09,499 - What? - He's never heard of him. 1239 01:37:09,916 --> 01:37:11,874 And I suppose you don't know Mancini. 1240 01:37:12,207 --> 01:37:15,207 Mancini who? There are so many Mancinis. 1241 01:37:15,624 --> 01:37:17,291 There are also many Morellis... 1242 01:37:17,624 --> 01:37:20,749 but Mancini was in your gang. 1243 01:37:21,207 --> 01:37:25,374 Have you ever heard of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti? 1244 01:37:26,374 --> 01:37:27,707 Sacco... 1245 01:37:28,707 --> 01:37:29,832 Yes... 1246 01:37:30,582 --> 01:37:32,416 I read about it in the newspapers. 1247 01:37:34,249 --> 01:37:36,082 Wasn't he tried tried for robbery. 1248 01:37:36,416 --> 01:37:38,832 Exactly. Do you know where? 1249 01:37:40,916 --> 01:37:43,999 Nicola Sacco. Sacco. 1250 01:37:46,332 --> 01:37:50,166 But if you know Mancini, why don't you ask him? 1251 01:37:50,499 --> 01:37:53,166 These men are Sacco and Vanzetti. 1252 01:37:53,832 --> 01:37:55,249 Have you ever seen them? 1253 01:38:03,207 --> 01:38:04,374 No. 1254 01:38:05,207 --> 01:38:08,457 They don't seem like types who do armed robberies. 1255 01:38:08,957 --> 01:38:12,683 It's hard to judge only by their faces, of course, but... 1256 01:38:12,707 --> 01:38:17,207 they could be radicals and extremists, but they don't seem like robbers to me. 1257 01:38:18,124 --> 01:38:20,207 Do you think these two look alike? 1258 01:38:23,957 --> 01:38:25,291 No, not at all. 1259 01:38:27,707 --> 01:38:30,124 - Did you use a Colt 32? - No. 1260 01:38:31,124 --> 01:38:32,791 A Spanish pistol. A Star. 1261 01:38:33,541 --> 01:38:35,100 During the trial... 1262 01:38:35,124 --> 01:38:37,683 you said about the bullet that killed Berardelli: 1263 01:38:37,707 --> 01:38:39,433 "In my opinion 1264 01:38:39,457 --> 01:38:42,541 it was probably shot by that pistol." 1265 01:38:44,207 --> 01:38:45,433 What does that mean? 1266 01:38:45,457 --> 01:38:48,916 It hoped that Moore would ask me more about that in the court, 1267 01:38:49,332 --> 01:38:51,499 but he didn't. I would have said that... 1268 01:38:51,832 --> 01:38:53,582 it could be several American pistols... 1269 01:38:53,916 --> 01:38:57,332 A Colt 32 can shoot that bullet, 1270 01:38:58,166 --> 01:39:00,332 any Colt 32. 1271 01:39:01,166 --> 01:39:03,582 In other words, not necessarily the one of Sacco? 1272 01:39:03,999 --> 01:39:08,166 There's been no test proving it was Sacco's pistol. 1273 01:39:09,749 --> 01:39:11,499 You must have said that in the court. 1274 01:39:17,666 --> 01:39:19,499 You said several American pistols? 1275 01:39:20,166 --> 01:39:21,166 Yes... 1276 01:39:21,416 --> 01:39:25,475 and an Austrian, the Steyr, 1277 01:39:25,499 --> 01:39:29,374 and a Spanish who can shoot that type of bullet. 1278 01:39:29,957 --> 01:39:31,624 The Spanish Star. 1279 01:39:31,957 --> 01:39:34,124 Here's Mancini's weapon file... 1280 01:39:34,457 --> 01:39:36,874 It's a Spanish make, a Star Automatic, to be precise. 1281 01:39:39,791 --> 01:39:41,332 Can I see this pistol? 1282 01:39:41,624 --> 01:39:45,082 For an old friend? Of course, come with me. 1283 01:39:50,207 --> 01:39:51,874 Only because it's you. 1284 01:39:52,582 --> 01:39:54,374 It never fails. 1285 01:39:55,207 --> 01:39:59,791 The archive-number is 33.410.52. 1286 01:40:00,916 --> 01:40:02,041 But... 1287 01:40:09,916 --> 01:40:11,916 This is Nicola Sacco. 1288 01:40:12,916 --> 01:40:15,541 - Nicola Sacco, without doubt. - Thank you, Mrs. Splaine. 1289 01:40:15,957 --> 01:40:18,457 This is the man who fired on the guard. 1290 01:40:19,166 --> 01:40:20,416 He wore a beret. 1291 01:40:21,791 --> 01:40:25,249 He looks like many other men, but it's him alright. 1292 01:40:25,541 --> 01:40:27,624 - Very good, thank you. - You're welcome. 1293 01:40:36,916 --> 01:40:38,332 Yes, he was one of them. 1294 01:40:41,916 --> 01:40:43,582 He's the man who was driving. 1295 01:40:43,999 --> 01:40:47,874 Unfortunately, Captain Proctor has passed away. 1296 01:40:48,291 --> 01:40:53,082 Therefore I must still rely on his testimony from the trial... 1297 01:40:53,374 --> 01:40:55,433 Why not bring in another expert? 1298 01:40:55,457 --> 01:41:00,350 As the previous test indisputably has proven the guilt of Nicola Sacco, 1299 01:41:00,374 --> 01:41:02,294 all new attempts to reopen the trial are useless. 1300 01:41:02,541 --> 01:41:10,267 As for hearing Celestine Madeiros, who at the moment is on death row, 1301 01:41:10,291 --> 01:41:12,933 I must conclude that it is of no relevance. 1302 01:41:12,957 --> 01:41:17,124 It would be a groundless testimony from an unreliable man. 1303 01:41:17,457 --> 01:41:20,267 To annul the verdict based on this type of evidence 1304 01:41:20,291 --> 01:41:22,457 would seriously undermine truth and justice. 1305 01:41:22,791 --> 01:41:25,350 You are the one that undermines justice. 1306 01:41:25,374 --> 01:41:29,183 No one dares to admit the mysterious disappearance of the Morelli case file, 1307 01:41:29,207 --> 01:41:34,082 that Mancini's weapon has disappeared from the Attorney General's office in New York. 1308 01:41:34,666 --> 01:41:38,541 - What do you want to insinuate? - I don't insinuate, I'm pointing at facts. 1309 01:41:38,832 --> 01:41:40,624 No, you're making accusations. 1310 01:41:41,666 --> 01:41:44,225 You're accusing me and a public office, 1311 01:41:44,249 --> 01:41:47,892 and also ex-minister Palmer, who is now the Magistrate of the United States. 1312 01:41:47,916 --> 01:41:53,124 You accuse everybody of conspiracy to put Sacco and Vanzetti in the electric chair. 1313 01:41:53,416 --> 01:41:55,499 Exactly my point. 1314 01:41:57,832 --> 01:42:01,041 The court hereby rejects 1315 01:42:01,332 --> 01:42:04,499 the request to reopen the trial. 1316 01:42:04,916 --> 01:42:08,249 It is now the hope of the court that nothing will prevent the sentence. 1317 01:42:09,082 --> 01:42:11,707 I'm very thankful to you, Mr. Thayer. 1318 01:42:12,457 --> 01:42:15,017 You have helped me to completely lose the hopes 1319 01:42:15,041 --> 01:42:18,707 I have had for justice and for this nation. 1320 01:42:19,291 --> 01:42:22,457 I will never again put my foot in a courtroom. 1321 01:42:22,874 --> 01:42:25,100 Never more exert a profession 1322 01:42:25,124 --> 01:42:28,350 that forces to me to deal with people like you. 1323 01:42:28,374 --> 01:42:31,499 People for whom I only feel the deepest contempt. 1324 01:43:07,541 --> 01:43:10,017 "Not even a dog deserves to die... 1325 01:43:10,041 --> 01:43:12,933 based on the evidence presented in this trial. 1326 01:43:12,957 --> 01:43:14,624 - Radical? - Conservative. 1327 01:43:15,124 --> 01:43:16,892 The Springfield Republican. 1328 01:43:16,916 --> 01:43:20,041 Very good. It speaks only of the most important matters. 1329 01:43:20,457 --> 01:43:23,767 - What's that? - The petition asking you to intervene. 1330 01:43:23,791 --> 01:43:27,207 Signed by 474,842 people. 1331 01:43:27,624 --> 01:43:29,832 Here are more petitions, 1332 01:43:30,124 --> 01:43:34,291 signed by the universities of Yale, Columbia, Kansas, Ohio... 1333 01:43:34,624 --> 01:43:38,457 - Missouri, Minnesota... - Just tell me the ones missing. 1334 01:43:38,832 --> 01:43:40,082 None, sir. 1335 01:43:41,749 --> 01:43:44,041 - Counselor Thompson, sir. - Let him in. 1336 01:43:45,499 --> 01:43:46,541 Sum it up! 1337 01:43:47,166 --> 01:43:48,207 To this date, 1338 01:43:48,624 --> 01:43:50,499 our office has received more than 1339 01:43:51,249 --> 01:43:53,624 17,000 letters and telegrams. 1340 01:43:54,332 --> 01:43:57,558 I'm requesting that you hire more personnel. 1341 01:43:57,582 --> 01:44:01,249 - To reinforce the secretariat. - Very well, we will speak about that. 1342 01:44:02,791 --> 01:44:04,457 - Adams. - Sir? 1343 01:44:10,707 --> 01:44:12,082 Good morning, Mr. Thompson. 1344 01:44:16,666 --> 01:44:19,041 - Please be seated. - Good morning, Mr. Fuller. 1345 01:44:20,749 --> 01:44:24,082 Governor, I've come to ask you to reopen the trial. 1346 01:44:24,916 --> 01:44:26,850 There are fair reasons to suspect 1347 01:44:26,874 --> 01:44:29,183 bias of prosecutor Katzman... 1348 01:44:29,207 --> 01:44:31,999 - ...and of judge Thayer... - Do you mind to sit down? 1349 01:44:35,124 --> 01:44:37,124 These are very serious accusations. 1350 01:44:37,707 --> 01:44:38,791 A cigar? 1351 01:44:39,916 --> 01:44:44,624 We are very far from the terror climate and persecutions established by Palmer. 1352 01:44:45,041 --> 01:44:48,850 Palmer is now gone... American democratic institutions have been restored... 1353 01:44:48,874 --> 01:44:50,874 - ...then, why...? - Mr. Thompson... 1354 01:44:51,457 --> 01:44:53,541 I know what you're going to say 1355 01:44:54,082 --> 01:44:57,291 and you know what my answer will be. 1356 01:44:57,957 --> 01:45:00,874 You want to save the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti? 1357 01:45:02,207 --> 01:45:05,249 You know I can't intervene in the decisions of judge Thayer. 1358 01:45:05,666 --> 01:45:07,749 There is only one way. 1359 01:45:10,916 --> 01:45:14,416 Bartolomeo Vanzetti, have you got anything to say 1360 01:45:14,832 --> 01:45:18,416 before the sentence of death will be passed upon you? 1361 01:45:24,666 --> 01:45:26,624 Yes. I want to say that I am innocent. 1362 01:45:27,874 --> 01:45:30,916 In all my life I've never killed or robbed anyone. 1363 01:45:33,416 --> 01:45:35,999 I've never spilled a drop of blood. 1364 01:45:39,541 --> 01:45:43,416 I have fought for a better world. 1365 01:45:45,291 --> 01:45:49,791 I've fought exploitation of human beings. 1366 01:45:52,374 --> 01:45:55,707 That's the reason why I'm standing here now. None else. 1367 01:45:58,457 --> 01:46:02,374 There is something Mr. Katzman said, that keeps ringing in my mind: 1368 01:46:03,332 --> 01:46:06,791 "Mr. Vanzetti came to this prosperous country... 1369 01:46:07,291 --> 01:46:09,166 in order to become rich!" 1370 01:46:14,999 --> 01:46:17,374 It's a phrase that amuses to me. 1371 01:46:18,457 --> 01:46:21,541 I never wanted to become rich. 1372 01:46:21,874 --> 01:46:25,207 That's not the reason why I'm standing here now. 1373 01:46:26,291 --> 01:46:29,916 I'm paying for mistakes made by others. 1374 01:46:31,999 --> 01:46:35,457 I am suffering because I am a radical, 1375 01:46:38,374 --> 01:46:40,999 and indeed I am a radical, 1376 01:46:44,207 --> 01:46:46,499 and because I was an Italian, 1377 01:46:48,582 --> 01:46:51,707 and indeed I am an Italian. 1378 01:46:53,374 --> 01:46:56,082 I am so convinced to be right that 1379 01:46:57,832 --> 01:47:00,558 if you could kill me two times, 1380 01:47:00,582 --> 01:47:03,499 and if I could be reborn two other times, 1381 01:47:04,082 --> 01:47:08,707 I would live again to do exactly the same. 1382 01:47:13,832 --> 01:47:15,207 Nicola Sacco. 1383 01:47:19,874 --> 01:47:22,166 My comrade Nicola! 1384 01:47:24,374 --> 01:47:26,332 Perhaps I'm a better babbler than he is, 1385 01:47:28,124 --> 01:47:30,207 but many times, many times... 1386 01:47:31,624 --> 01:47:35,207 when I hear his voice, when I think about him. 1387 01:47:37,374 --> 01:47:38,707 This man... 1388 01:47:40,082 --> 01:47:42,457 called thief and assassin 1389 01:47:45,791 --> 01:47:47,457 and whom you are going to Kill... 1390 01:47:52,082 --> 01:47:54,707 When your bones, Mr. Thayer, will be dispersed by time, 1391 01:47:55,832 --> 01:47:58,249 and your name and your law 1392 01:48:00,124 --> 01:48:05,124 are nothing but a deem rememoring of a cursed past, 1393 01:48:07,749 --> 01:48:11,666 his name, the name of Nicola Sacco, 1394 01:48:12,832 --> 01:48:14,999 will live in the hearts of the people. 1395 01:48:20,332 --> 01:48:22,207 We are thankful to you. 1396 01:48:24,916 --> 01:48:27,832 Without you, we would be nobody. 1397 01:48:31,541 --> 01:48:33,082 A good shoemaker... 1398 01:48:34,332 --> 01:48:35,874 and a good fish-peddler, sure, 1399 01:48:38,082 --> 01:48:40,707 but never in our full life 1400 01:48:40,999 --> 01:48:42,541 could we hope 1401 01:48:43,666 --> 01:48:45,832 to do so much work 1402 01:48:46,874 --> 01:48:49,582 for tolerance, for justice, 1403 01:48:50,332 --> 01:48:52,707 for man's understanding of man. 1404 01:48:55,082 --> 01:48:57,916 You have given meaning 1405 01:48:59,582 --> 01:49:01,582 to the lives of two poor immigrants. 1406 01:49:02,832 --> 01:49:06,291 Nicola Sacco, have you got anything to say 1407 01:49:06,791 --> 01:49:10,041 before the sentence of death will be passed upon you? 1408 01:49:16,374 --> 01:49:17,457 No. 1409 01:49:21,791 --> 01:49:27,749 On this day, the 9th of April, in the year of our Lord, 1927, 1410 01:49:29,416 --> 01:49:32,207 this court sentence 1411 01:49:33,457 --> 01:49:36,707 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti 1412 01:49:37,124 --> 01:49:40,666 to suffer the punishment of death 1413 01:49:41,082 --> 01:49:43,374 by electrocution of their bodies. 1414 01:49:43,791 --> 01:49:45,582 This is the sentence of the law. 1415 01:50:04,582 --> 01:50:05,916 Why don't you have a look? 1416 01:50:06,666 --> 01:50:08,624 Look out, it's beautiful. 1417 01:50:10,499 --> 01:50:11,957 Look. 1418 01:50:20,832 --> 01:50:23,392 What do you want to see, Bart? 1419 01:50:23,416 --> 01:50:24,874 Have you lost your hope? 1420 01:50:25,416 --> 01:50:27,416 After seven years... 1421 01:50:29,624 --> 01:50:31,582 I want an end to all this. 1422 01:50:59,499 --> 01:51:02,207 We've had discussions in the Committee. 1423 01:51:03,249 --> 01:51:05,124 Did you read the petition written by Thompson 1424 01:51:05,457 --> 01:51:06,874 to Governor Fuller? 1425 01:51:09,249 --> 01:51:12,433 - Yes, I read it. - And what do you think? 1426 01:51:12,457 --> 01:51:13,707 It's good. 1427 01:51:14,541 --> 01:51:16,475 Modify two or three things... 1428 01:51:16,499 --> 01:51:17,874 but it's good. 1429 01:51:19,124 --> 01:51:22,041 - It's good. - Did you sign it? 1430 01:51:24,249 --> 01:51:25,999 Yes, I signed it. 1431 01:51:32,874 --> 01:51:33,999 Virginia! 1432 01:51:36,749 --> 01:51:40,374 - Have you lost your faith? - Nicola did not sign. 1433 01:51:42,999 --> 01:51:44,666 You know how Nicola is. 1434 01:51:46,207 --> 01:51:49,832 He has lost faith. 1435 01:51:53,207 --> 01:51:56,791 I hope that some comrade of the defense committee 1436 01:51:59,707 --> 01:52:01,666 can make him change his mind. 1437 01:52:03,957 --> 01:52:05,291 Virginia. 1438 01:52:06,874 --> 01:52:08,124 Virginia! 1439 01:52:16,791 --> 01:52:18,749 Bartolomeo Vanzetti, sir. 1440 01:52:19,291 --> 01:52:21,041 Come here, Mr. Vanzetti. 1441 01:52:21,374 --> 01:52:24,791 I've been eager to meet you for a long time. I am Governor Fuller. 1442 01:52:25,957 --> 01:52:27,374 Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 1443 01:52:36,707 --> 01:52:39,749 - I want to return to my cell. - Please. 1444 01:52:40,457 --> 01:52:41,999 Have a seat. 1445 01:52:51,166 --> 01:52:54,082 So you are the famous Bartolomeo Vanzetti? 1446 01:52:55,166 --> 01:52:57,832 I've never had the intention to be famous. 1447 01:52:58,666 --> 01:53:00,582 But now you are. 1448 01:53:01,082 --> 01:53:02,933 You have submitted a petition 1449 01:53:02,957 --> 01:53:06,291 in order to obtain my mercy, and to pardon you. 1450 01:53:06,707 --> 01:53:08,582 - Are you sorry? - No. 1451 01:53:08,916 --> 01:53:11,166 It may sound strange, Mr. Vanzetti, 1452 01:53:12,541 --> 01:53:17,291 but I would like to ask for your advice. What would you do in my place? 1453 01:53:20,499 --> 01:53:22,041 You are the authority. 1454 01:53:23,291 --> 01:53:24,541 Let's see. 1455 01:53:25,374 --> 01:53:27,541 You are an anarchist, 1456 01:53:28,791 --> 01:53:30,874 I'm a conservative. 1457 01:53:31,707 --> 01:53:33,350 In addition I am the governor 1458 01:53:33,374 --> 01:53:36,058 of one of the most conservative states in America. 1459 01:53:36,082 --> 01:53:39,517 What makes you think that I would have mercy for you? 1460 01:53:39,541 --> 01:53:41,600 I understand what you mean. 1461 01:53:41,624 --> 01:53:43,433 Why should an anarchist 1462 01:53:43,457 --> 01:53:45,933 believe in the mercy of the bourgeoisie. 1463 01:53:45,957 --> 01:53:49,267 I would like to know... 1464 01:53:49,291 --> 01:53:52,041 how do you regard power relations 1465 01:53:52,332 --> 01:53:54,433 within what you call bourgeoisie. 1466 01:53:54,457 --> 01:53:55,707 Mr. Fuller... 1467 01:53:56,749 --> 01:53:59,142 you're ignoring my case, 1468 01:53:59,166 --> 01:54:01,416 my petition for mercy. 1469 01:54:01,749 --> 01:54:04,308 You are fighting against a system... 1470 01:54:04,332 --> 01:54:06,100 represented by president Coolidge, 1471 01:54:06,124 --> 01:54:07,499 judge Thayer, the governor... 1472 01:54:07,791 --> 01:54:09,225 and every guard of this prison. 1473 01:54:09,249 --> 01:54:11,332 Do you think that this chain, 1474 01:54:11,666 --> 01:54:12,666 this system, 1475 01:54:13,207 --> 01:54:16,517 is so weak 1476 01:54:16,541 --> 01:54:20,082 that an important person, like a governor, 1477 01:54:21,416 --> 01:54:24,975 would grant mercy for an anarchist, 1478 01:54:24,999 --> 01:54:27,166 an enemy of the system? 1479 01:54:28,082 --> 01:54:30,058 So now you admit... 1480 01:54:30,082 --> 01:54:31,808 that we were condemned for being anarchists, 1481 01:54:31,832 --> 01:54:33,475 not for being thieves and assassins. 1482 01:54:33,499 --> 01:54:34,892 Well... 1483 01:54:34,916 --> 01:54:40,957 Suppose you were not an anarchist or a radical, and was accused of homicide, 1484 01:54:41,374 --> 01:54:45,041 do you think you would have got such red-blooded reactions from the world? 1485 01:54:45,332 --> 01:54:47,541 Of course not, Mr. Vanzetti. 1486 01:54:48,041 --> 01:54:51,999 You do not appeal to the authorities like an ordinary citizen, 1487 01:54:52,416 --> 01:54:54,082 but like an anarchist, 1488 01:54:54,707 --> 01:54:56,874 supported by a global movement. 1489 01:54:57,541 --> 01:55:01,999 An act of mercy might cause certain opinions about challenging the system, 1490 01:55:02,707 --> 01:55:05,041 or could be regarded as an act of weakness. 1491 01:55:05,332 --> 01:55:08,041 I only want justice, Mr. Fuller. 1492 01:55:08,666 --> 01:55:11,683 You don't think justice can be part of an authoritarian system. 1493 01:55:11,707 --> 01:55:14,291 What if you were in the power... 1494 01:55:15,124 --> 01:55:16,832 would you grant mercy? 1495 01:55:20,499 --> 01:55:22,332 I don't ask for mercy, I only want justice. 1496 01:55:24,541 --> 01:55:28,683 But you've explained me once again that the system is based on violence, not on justice. 1497 01:55:28,707 --> 01:55:30,791 You, Vanzetti, an anarchist, 1498 01:55:31,332 --> 01:55:32,749 you are talking about violence?! 1499 01:55:34,249 --> 01:55:36,499 I've heard that nonsense for seven years now. 1500 01:55:36,916 --> 01:55:38,082 I already told you. 1501 01:55:38,416 --> 01:55:42,558 This is a society where we are forced to live, and we want to destroy 1502 01:55:42,582 --> 01:55:44,416 any society based on violence. 1503 01:55:46,416 --> 01:55:48,582 To beg to be alive is violent. 1504 01:55:49,749 --> 01:55:51,624 The misery which we are subjects to. 1505 01:55:51,916 --> 01:55:53,475 So many men are violent. 1506 01:55:53,499 --> 01:55:55,916 Money is violent. The war. 1507 01:55:58,541 --> 01:56:00,124 Including the fear to die. 1508 01:56:00,707 --> 01:56:02,791 The fear that we all feel, every day, 1509 01:56:04,874 --> 01:56:06,957 is also violent. 1510 01:56:09,041 --> 01:56:12,082 So, Mr. Fuller, don't simply say to me... 1511 01:56:12,707 --> 01:56:15,416 Bartolomeo Vanzetti, your petition is rejected. 1512 01:56:18,332 --> 01:56:19,683 Excuse me, Governor, 1513 01:56:19,707 --> 01:56:23,624 remember that you have to be at the palace for the reception of Charles Lindbergh. 1514 01:56:23,957 --> 01:56:25,124 Very well. 1515 01:56:27,124 --> 01:56:28,916 I haven't decided yet. 1516 01:56:30,166 --> 01:56:34,207 Before my decision I wanted to speak with you. 1517 01:56:43,957 --> 01:56:46,082 You are a symbol, Mr. Vanzetti, 1518 01:56:47,207 --> 01:56:49,749 but the man behind it is about to be executed. 1519 01:56:50,749 --> 01:56:56,707 What should we save? The man or the symbol? 1520 01:57:06,957 --> 01:57:08,416 Nicola... 1521 01:57:15,166 --> 01:57:18,832 I just want to say that you did good not asking for mercy. 1522 01:57:19,624 --> 01:57:22,249 Assassins, that's all they are. 1523 01:58:57,791 --> 01:58:59,541 "My dear son, 1524 01:59:00,832 --> 01:59:03,082 I have dreamed of you day and night. 1525 01:59:04,416 --> 01:59:06,832 I didn't know if I was alive or dead. 1526 01:59:08,749 --> 01:59:11,166 I would have liked to embrace you and your mother. 1527 01:59:13,874 --> 01:59:17,249 Forgive me, my son, for this unjust death 1528 01:59:17,332 --> 01:59:20,041 which takes your father from your side when you are still so young. 1529 01:59:21,874 --> 01:59:24,499 Today they can burn our bodies, 1530 01:59:25,291 --> 01:59:27,666 but they can't destroy our ideas. 1531 01:59:28,999 --> 01:59:31,082 They are for the youth of the future to come, 1532 01:59:32,124 --> 01:59:33,749 for young people like you. 1533 01:59:35,999 --> 01:59:37,666 Remember, my son... 1534 01:59:38,666 --> 01:59:40,291 The happiness of games, 1535 01:59:41,499 --> 01:59:43,291 don't keep it all for yourself. 1536 01:59:44,666 --> 01:59:47,082 Comfort those in need... 1537 01:59:47,916 --> 01:59:51,124 your neighbor, those who cry, 1538 01:59:51,999 --> 01:59:54,707 the persecuted, the oppressed. 1539 01:59:56,082 --> 01:59:57,957 They are your best friends.” 1540 02:00:15,791 --> 02:00:17,582 Remember, my son... 1541 02:00:18,999 --> 02:00:20,832 The happiness of games, 1542 02:00:21,666 --> 02:00:23,457 don't keep it all for yourself. 1543 02:00:42,332 --> 02:00:44,041 Remember, my son... 1544 02:00:45,166 --> 02:00:46,749 The happiness of games, 1545 02:00:52,666 --> 02:00:55,332 They can't destroy our ideas. 1546 02:00:58,166 --> 02:01:00,082 For the youth of the future to come, 1547 02:01:01,374 --> 02:01:02,791 for young people like you. 1548 02:01:29,166 --> 02:01:31,999 Me too, my love. 1549 02:01:33,041 --> 02:01:34,582 My child. 1550 02:01:35,541 --> 02:01:37,374 Comrades. 1551 02:02:46,749 --> 02:02:50,874 According to the law, I declare you dead.