1 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:15,599 The entire world has heard about 2 00:00:15,724 --> 00:00:18,185 the dramatic episodes of the French Resistance. 3 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:20,229 No one knows better than you 4 00:00:20,354 --> 00:00:24,233 the importance of this heroic period in the history of the French nation. 5 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:27,903 The story that we are about to tell will teach you nothing. 6 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:29,905 That, we know. 7 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,074 We tell it, because it is true. 8 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:34,326 And because it shows that, across the seas, 9 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:36,537 in the farthest reaches of the French Empire 10 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:38,372 we are one and the same. 11 00:00:40,457 --> 00:00:44,545 MADAGASCAN ADVENTURE 12 00:00:46,338 --> 00:00:49,466 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock 13 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:54,555 Produced at Welwyn Studios, England 14 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,016 with the collaboration of French-speaking writers 15 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:01,270 artists and technicians working in Great Britain. 16 00:01:01,937 --> 00:01:03,897 London, 1944. 17 00:01:04,022 --> 00:01:06,024 A handful of actors in London, 18 00:01:06,149 --> 00:01:08,694 were asked by the French military authorities 19 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:11,280 to form a theatre company and perform shows 20 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:14,032 for soldiers and civilians but also for the many English 21 00:01:14,157 --> 00:01:16,076 who know and love France. 22 00:01:16,201 --> 00:01:18,245 One of the company's actors was, until the war, 23 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:20,122 a lawyer in Madagascar. 24 00:01:20,247 --> 00:01:24,668 It is the 28th June 1940. Listen to his story... 25 00:01:41,059 --> 00:01:43,312 - What's the problem, old boy? - I don't understand a thing, that's all. 26 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:44,438 What don't you understand? 27 00:01:44,563 --> 00:01:46,481 This character they've given me in their new play. 28 00:01:46,607 --> 00:01:49,026 I feel like I'm feeling my way in the dark, I can't find anything. 29 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:51,236 - Let me tell you, your acting is wonderful. - Yes? 30 00:01:51,361 --> 00:01:53,947 - But you're playing a different role. - Thanks for nothing. 31 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:56,575 Think of someone and base your character on them. 32 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:59,328 Ah, if only you'd known my old friend Michel! 33 00:01:59,453 --> 00:02:02,164 - Michel Simon? - It's not a Michel Simon role. 34 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:04,041 I wasn't talking about Michel Simon, 35 00:02:04,166 --> 00:02:07,628 I was referring to Jean Michel, Head of the Police in Madagascar. 36 00:02:07,753 --> 00:02:09,421 But my character is not a policeman, 37 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:11,715 quite the opposite, he's a big time gangster. 38 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,052 And secondly, I don't know Madagascar or your friend Michel. 39 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:17,721 Even so, you can still base your character on him. 40 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:19,431 It's funny because you look like him. 41 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:21,391 The first time that I saw you, I said to myself, 42 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:23,268 "Fancy that! He's the spitting image of Michel." 43 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:27,022 It would be easy, very easy to get the two of you confused. 44 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:30,275 And you'd agree, had you been in court with me 45 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,195 in Antananarivo in April 1940. 46 00:02:33,695 --> 00:02:36,365 I declare that my client is innocent. 47 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:41,078 An importer of his standing has no reason to breach the customs laws. 48 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:44,831 The rolls of silk that were intended for him 49 00:02:44,956 --> 00:02:48,251 disappeared from the Tamatave custom house shop! 50 00:02:48,377 --> 00:02:52,130 But I assure you that my client did not steal them. 51 00:02:52,255 --> 00:02:54,841 Who else but him would have had an interest 52 00:02:54,966 --> 00:02:56,385 in making them disappear? 53 00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:59,179 Those who had an interest in their being misplaced. 54 00:02:59,304 --> 00:03:00,305 Who then? 55 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:03,308 These gentlemen from the Police Directorate, for instance. 56 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:08,438 Whom I formally accuse of plotting, conniving, and scheming this entire scam. 57 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:11,900 This is a complete fiction, stay tuned to find out what happens in the next episode. 58 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:16,571 The worst detective novels are always written by pseudo-detectives. 59 00:03:17,114 --> 00:03:19,783 Kindly refrain from entering into any controversial debate with the witness! 60 00:03:19,908 --> 00:03:21,868 Your questions must be addressed through me. 61 00:03:21,993 --> 00:03:27,999 In that case, I accuse, firstly, The Police Services 62 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:31,128 of conspiring to share amongst themselves the 20% incentive 63 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:32,796 officially paid to those 64 00:03:32,921 --> 00:03:36,299 who inform the authorities about a violation of customs laws. 65 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:40,053 The public prosecutor has requested a fine of 200,000 francs 66 00:03:40,178 --> 00:03:42,931 which, along with the tax and charges, 67 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:46,268 comes to over 650,000 francs to pay. 68 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,061 The gentlemen of the Police Directorate 69 00:03:48,186 --> 00:03:51,898 would therefore be collecting over 100,000 francs 70 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:53,608 including the Head of Police himself. 71 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,360 That's quite enough. What do you take us for? 72 00:03:55,944 --> 00:03:58,113 For dangerous people who have transformed Madagascar 73 00:03:58,238 --> 00:03:59,740 into a fiefdom of exploitation. 74 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:01,283 Your Honour, I object! 75 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:03,243 Mr Clarus, careful what you say! 76 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:06,538 Your Honour, would you ask the witness, Michel, 77 00:04:06,663 --> 00:04:10,041 whether, in addition to the financial interest he has in this affair, 78 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:13,879 he has a more direct and personal interest? 79 00:04:14,004 --> 00:04:16,381 Here we go again, fanciful ramblings! 80 00:04:16,506 --> 00:04:17,799 Oh really! 81 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:21,470 I ask the court clerk to please take note of the following question. 82 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:25,182 What was it that Michel attempted to do to my client's wife? 83 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:26,767 Your Honour, I object! 84 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:29,186 If you continue with these personal attacks against the witness, 85 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:30,896 I shall prevent you from speaking. 86 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:33,774 I shall take measures against such an accusation 87 00:04:33,899 --> 00:04:35,108 to defend my honour! 88 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:37,360 Honour? Come on now! 89 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:39,237 Nothing would prevent me from telling you straight 90 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:41,364 that you are a gangster, Michel. 91 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:42,866 Gentlemen, this is intolerable! 92 00:04:42,991 --> 00:04:45,368 The court shall enforce all the necessary sanctions. 93 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:46,912 Hearing adjourned. 94 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:49,790 See you soon, Michel, see you soon. 95 00:04:49,915 --> 00:04:52,167 You'll pay for this, watch out. 96 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:55,003 Yes, until the next installment, 97 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,464 see you soon, Michel. 98 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:02,260 Yes, I'm beginning to see this chap now: a fat, vicious rascal. 99 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:05,931 No, you're on the wrong track, imagine more of a harmless dandy 100 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:08,099 A dandy, ah, that's different then. 101 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:10,811 Why didn't you expose Michel's schemes, didn't you have any proof? 102 00:05:10,936 --> 00:05:12,103 No proof, my dear boy! 103 00:05:12,229 --> 00:05:14,981 I had more than enough proof to get him, and I would have done... 104 00:05:15,106 --> 00:05:17,234 but for a small announcement on the radio! 105 00:05:17,359 --> 00:05:21,530 ...to ask if they are ready to join me in finding, 106 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:25,450 between soldiers, after the struggle and for honour, 107 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:28,286 the means of ending hostilities. 108 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,665 Armistice, come on! It's treachery, more like. 109 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:35,126 Good god, a Marshal of France, Pétain, the hero of Verdun. 110 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:38,463 Will the veterans of Madagascar accept this surrender? 111 00:05:38,588 --> 00:05:40,382 Never! Never! 112 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:44,219 My friends! 113 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:47,013 - We must take immediate action. - Yes, it's over to you, Mr Clarus. 114 00:05:47,138 --> 00:05:48,640 If you lead the movement, we'll follow you. 115 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:50,934 We have to contact the other divisions on the island. 116 00:05:51,059 --> 00:05:54,229 - Tananarive, Tamatave, Majonka. - We have to keep up the struggle. 117 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:57,774 - England is not yet lost. - And we're not lost either! 118 00:05:57,899 --> 00:06:01,152 - Mass uprising! - Let's defend the island! 119 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:03,780 One moment, my friends. 120 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:06,867 We must remain calm, keep our heads, eh? 121 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:10,829 First, we must put ourselves at the disposal of the military authorities. 122 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:14,207 The lady, these gentlemen and myself 123 00:06:14,332 --> 00:06:16,376 are part of a single council 124 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:20,213 that brings together all the veteran groups who were formally rivals. 125 00:06:20,338 --> 00:06:21,882 We have over 5,000 members 126 00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:24,593 who wish to place themselves at your service, General. 127 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,888 Thank you for your Sacred Union. What are your intentions? 128 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:29,681 - To continue the war! - At England's side! 129 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:32,559 - To keep Madagascar French! - Despite the collapse of the Metropole. 130 00:06:32,684 --> 00:06:35,812 To help our allies, one day, drive the Krauts out of France. 131 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:39,566 Our first task is to organise the defence of the island 132 00:06:39,691 --> 00:06:41,568 against any attempts at an invasion. 133 00:06:42,694 --> 00:06:45,488 If Japan enters the war soon, 134 00:06:45,614 --> 00:06:50,035 our military base in Diego Suarez will appear very attractive to them. 135 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,871 Allow me, General, but without wishing to appear pessimistic, 136 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:54,831 we'll need arms to defend ourselves: 137 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:57,208 cannons, planes, tanks, submarines. 138 00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:59,419 Where will we find these things? 139 00:06:59,544 --> 00:07:04,341 I say that we must rally all those with the desire to fight. 140 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:07,302 Don't you worry, they'll find the means. 141 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,429 - England will help us. - South Africa too. 142 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:10,972 In the name of helping us, 143 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:14,225 they'll send troops over, occupy the big island and keep it. 144 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:15,810 Re-read your history books. 145 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:18,730 England already stole India and Canada from us 146 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:22,776 South Africa has always wanted Madagascar and its wealth, 147 00:07:22,901 --> 00:07:25,320 its minerals, and other riches. Let's be realistic. 148 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:28,490 Your British friends could easily one day become your masters. 149 00:07:29,658 --> 00:07:32,118 Yes, let's be realistic. 150 00:07:32,243 --> 00:07:36,247 Listen carefully, my friends. I say, my friends. 151 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:37,874 You'll all admit, I'm sure, 152 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:41,419 that here in Madagascar, we have just three options: 153 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:43,421 to be slaves to the Krauts, 154 00:07:43,546 --> 00:07:45,632 to endure the Japanese yoke, 155 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:48,093 or to bow down to the English. 156 00:07:48,218 --> 00:07:49,803 I prefer the last option. 157 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:50,929 - Oh yes! - Absolutely! 158 00:07:51,054 --> 00:07:53,848 - He's right! Yes! - Well said! Well said! 159 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:55,058 We're all agreed. 160 00:07:55,183 --> 00:07:58,770 General, this is not the time for personal improvisation. 161 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:01,481 We have a leader in France, Maréchal Pétain. 162 00:08:01,606 --> 00:08:03,984 You should obey him and await his orders. 163 00:08:04,109 --> 00:08:07,320 Indeed, it must be thought through. 164 00:08:10,115 --> 00:08:12,283 You see, my friends 165 00:08:12,409 --> 00:08:14,411 if I do nothing 166 00:08:14,536 --> 00:08:16,746 I go against my conscience, 167 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:19,874 and if I act according to your wishes 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,376 I am a rebel. 169 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,044 Exactly, a rebel. 170 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:26,006 Don't forget, that above you stands a Governor. 171 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,008 Would you have him imprisoned, by any chance? 172 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:31,344 Oh! Slow down. 173 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:37,726 We must be sure to see things clearly. 174 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:40,145 The General was basically a decent fellow, 175 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:41,813 though he wasn't the brightest. 176 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:44,274 Why didn't you escape on the first boat out of there? 177 00:08:44,399 --> 00:08:46,484 Impossible because Michel would have suspected it, wouldn't he? 178 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:48,862 He must have suspended all exit permits off the island though. 179 00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:51,197 Of course, the boat service had already ceased. 180 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:52,699 But we were organised, 181 00:08:52,824 --> 00:08:56,536 we managed our modest affairs without fuss, 182 00:08:56,661 --> 00:08:59,247 without noise and oh so quietly. 183 00:09:11,634 --> 00:09:14,012 So why did you stay? Out of affection for Michel? 184 00:09:14,137 --> 00:09:16,347 I stayed on the orders of the Resistance. 185 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:19,601 My friends needed me to organise new departures. 186 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:22,896 As a respected lawyer, it made things much easier. 187 00:09:23,021 --> 00:09:25,148 But Michel was no fool, didn't he suspect anything? 188 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:27,692 Of course, but I was no fool either. 189 00:09:27,817 --> 00:09:31,071 First, let me tell you, I became a bigger Vichy supporter 190 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:34,407 than all Vichy supporters put together. Oh! A complete turnaround! 191 00:09:34,532 --> 00:09:38,161 Not even Michel could tell what I was. 192 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:40,789 - And the Governor? - Like two peas in a pod! 193 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:45,335 Naturally, we both deplored all the escapes that were taking place. 194 00:09:46,211 --> 00:09:49,672 We've also received a new decree. 195 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:53,134 Another one! Decrees, orders, and more orders, 196 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,720 our heads will explode. 197 00:09:55,845 --> 00:10:00,350 All French nationals are banned from leaving French territory, 198 00:10:00,475 --> 00:10:02,727 be it Metropolitan or colonial, 199 00:10:02,852 --> 00:10:05,772 to serve in a foreign army. 200 00:10:05,897 --> 00:10:07,899 The German army, for instance. 201 00:10:08,024 --> 00:10:11,027 To leave French territories, I ask you. 202 00:10:11,152 --> 00:10:14,114 What chance is there of leaving Madagascar, for example. 203 00:10:14,239 --> 00:10:15,824 An island, surrounded by water, 204 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:19,285 no boat service left, no external communication... 205 00:10:19,410 --> 00:10:22,413 You'd have to grow wings to escape. 206 00:10:22,539 --> 00:10:23,998 On to other things, Clarus. 207 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:27,669 I know the influence you have on the natives and the veterans. 208 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:32,924 Well, use this influence as an aid to public health. 209 00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:36,010 We absolutely must fight, by any means necessary, 210 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:39,055 the devious propaganda the Gaullists have begun. 211 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,016 Oh, I know that it's growing more and more, 212 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:46,479 Governor, count on me. You're a good judge of men. 213 00:10:46,604 --> 00:10:51,484 Allow me to tell you that you are also an expert in cigars. 214 00:10:51,609 --> 00:10:54,487 This one is excellent. Thank you. 215 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:57,365 Gentlemen. 216 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,624 He doesn't seem to be a bad guy. 217 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:18,761 Excuse me, Governor, but I am not of the same opinion. 218 00:11:18,887 --> 00:11:22,307 No, no, no. That Clarus is a good guy, a good guy. 219 00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:25,268 So, Mr Guyot, what's the news? 220 00:11:25,393 --> 00:11:27,395 Another Gaullist escape: 221 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,983 19 officers and non-commissioned officers of the main armourer. 222 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:34,944 Five civilians, two women and a little girl of nine. 223 00:11:35,069 --> 00:11:37,947 They left Diego on a 40-ton sailboat 224 00:11:38,072 --> 00:11:41,701 that was owned by the captain who led the expedition 225 00:11:41,826 --> 00:11:44,913 along with Mr Gabard and Mr Emela. 226 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:47,290 That's it, I was sure of it. 227 00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:49,000 He knows everything, I tell you. 228 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,878 He knows everything about the Resistance, 229 00:11:52,003 --> 00:11:53,713 even if he's not its leader. 230 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:55,298 Have Clarus followed. 231 00:11:55,423 --> 00:11:57,759 I want to know his each and every move. 232 00:11:57,884 --> 00:11:59,844 I need evidence, at all costs. 233 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,222 I have my own opinion. 234 00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:05,016 Yes, but no accusations without proof, Michel. 235 00:12:05,141 --> 00:12:07,936 Personal animosity is of no interest to me. 236 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:12,190 The day you bring me proof, I'll listen, not before. 237 00:12:12,315 --> 00:12:13,816 Well, you'll get them. 238 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:17,278 Just one piece of evidence and I'll have him court martialled. 239 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:18,821 But listen to me carefully, 240 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:22,867 the evidence must be irrefutable. Irrefutable! Understood? 241 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:28,748 Fear not. You'll get your proof, and soon. 242 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:30,875 Ouch, it's getting complicated. 243 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,753 But despite that you continued even with this informer on your heels? 244 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:36,130 Nothing so easy, nothing so simple. 245 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:41,886 Caution, discipline, secrecy, absolute secrecy. 246 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:44,013 Good evening Louis, forgive our lateness 247 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:46,391 but there's something new and a change to our plans. 248 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:48,393 Good evening everyone. 249 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:52,272 Five of you were to be ready to leave on Sunday night. 250 00:12:52,397 --> 00:12:55,066 - Jules. - My group is ready, right away. 251 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:58,945 Perfect, you'll leave this very night and not Sunday. 252 00:12:59,070 --> 00:13:01,572 Michel is becoming increasingly suspicious. 253 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:03,783 He's even wary of his friend Guillaume. 254 00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:06,828 That beats everything! The hunter hunted. 255 00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:11,916 So, departure. Embarkation at 2am in the morning. 256 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:15,003 - I'm leaving with them. - That's what we all want. 257 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:17,880 But, Armand, the work that you do here is vital. 258 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:20,758 Keeping watch over the goods dispatched on ships, 259 00:13:20,883 --> 00:13:22,927 you call that a job of vital importance? 260 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:25,263 The British Admiralty is of that opinion, 261 00:13:25,388 --> 00:13:27,932 your reports go out first in our secret broadcasts 262 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,434 to our friends on the outside. 263 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,644 Your job as a pointer allows you 264 00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:34,605 to nose around everywhere without suspicion. 265 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:37,442 I understand, I'll stay. 266 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:39,235 So, my friends, let's be clear, 267 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,196 under no circumstances are you to move from here. 268 00:13:42,322 --> 00:13:43,573 We'll organise your luggage, 269 00:13:43,698 --> 00:13:46,034 a guide will come and get you from here at... 270 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,744 At exactly midnight. 271 00:13:47,869 --> 00:13:49,120 Understood? Is that clear? 272 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:50,705 You are not to move. 273 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:53,207 They think we're at the cinema. Goodnight, gentlemen. 274 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,419 Good evening Clarus. Guillaud, thank you for all you have done. 275 00:13:56,544 --> 00:13:58,963 I'll lie low a while. 276 00:13:59,088 --> 00:14:00,798 Goodbye Jules. 277 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:02,508 Goodbye Pierre. 278 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,010 Georges. 279 00:14:04,135 --> 00:14:05,136 Yes? 280 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:09,349 Ah, you are very lucky to be leaving, I envy you. 281 00:14:09,474 --> 00:14:11,142 Mr Clarus. 282 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,648 I'd like to say goodbye to someone. My fiancée. 283 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:19,776 It's close by, just for a moment. 284 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,071 No, it's impossible. 285 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:28,326 Go. Be quick. 286 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:34,540 Ha! Sentimental fool that I was. 287 00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:37,668 Dear Pierre would never know that his farewell kisses 288 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:41,047 were to change the entire course of our adventure. 289 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:44,258 Oh darling, at last. I thought you'd never come. 290 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:48,888 - What's wrong? - I almost didn't come. I shouldn't have. 291 00:14:49,013 --> 00:14:50,765 But I had to see you, so Clarus... 292 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,809 Clarus? What are you saying? 293 00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:54,894 Yvonne, darling. Listen to me. 294 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,355 You know that some are escaping the island 295 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,690 to join the allied forces. 296 00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:02,110 Well, Clarus is in charge of this movement 297 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:04,237 and me... I didn't tell you before 298 00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:06,406 because I didn't want to upset you... 299 00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:08,908 Pierrot. 300 00:15:09,033 --> 00:15:12,578 Yes, darling. I'm going too. I have to. 301 00:15:12,703 --> 00:15:16,874 But our wedding, it's all arranged! You won't be back within a month! 302 00:15:18,709 --> 00:15:20,837 Possibly years. 303 00:15:22,213 --> 00:15:23,798 Pierrot, think it over. 304 00:15:24,632 --> 00:15:26,801 Think what it would mean for us! 305 00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:31,347 All our happiness, all our lives. 306 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:34,892 You can't do this to me. 307 00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:37,061 You're not allowed. 308 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:40,523 Yvonne, darling. I love you, you know that. 309 00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:44,152 Our love is my life, but we're not free. 310 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:49,740 A country lives by the value and soul of its men and of its women, Yvonne. 311 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,826 And you'll be brave, I know. 312 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:55,163 That's why I love you. And I have faith in you. 313 00:15:56,747 --> 00:15:59,876 I have to go now. They're waiting for me. 314 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:02,545 No, I'll not let you! No, you can't! 315 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:05,965 I'm not leaving you, nothing can separate us. 316 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:10,052 I'll return and we'll have joy, happiness, peace. 317 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,265 Kiss me, Yvonne! Say goodbye. 318 00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:18,686 Goodbye. 319 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:00,937 Hello? 320 00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:03,523 Hello, Mademoiselle? 321 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:07,235 The Police. 322 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,278 The Police Directorate. 323 00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:12,573 Two hours after this telephone call, 324 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:14,700 I found myself in a cell. 325 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:17,495 I spent 35 days in solitary confinement. 326 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:21,499 The 36th day, bored of playing with my little mouse, 327 00:17:21,624 --> 00:17:23,918 and having caught all the flies, 328 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,087 counted all the cockroaches... 329 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:31,008 - Ah, it's Mr Pannis. - Yes, it's me. Hello, dear sir. 330 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:32,385 My dear colleague. 331 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:35,721 If only you knew how grateful I am. 332 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:38,891 You're my first contact with the outside world. 333 00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:43,020 Dear sir, the entire colony is sorry to learn of your arrest. 334 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:45,648 - All the lawyers too. - All of them? I doubt that! 335 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:48,025 You've always been good to me 336 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:50,778 and I felt it my duty to offer you my services. 337 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,321 That's very kind of you. 338 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:55,950 Oh, I must admit, the idea of defending a cause célèbre... 339 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,076 Naturally. 340 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:59,453 What exactly have you been accused of? 341 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:03,666 I have no idea. I've not even been questioned. 342 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:05,084 What are they saying in town? 343 00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:08,129 Resistance, I think, conspiracy to escape too. 344 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:11,173 Really, and you'd be willing to defend me 345 00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:13,467 despite the seriousness of the charges? 346 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,885 That's very kind of you. 347 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:16,721 They organised a court martial. 348 00:18:16,846 --> 00:18:20,057 The first in Madagascar, it's very serious. 349 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:22,602 Michel must have sworn to get me this time. 350 00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,270 He won't get us, believe me. 351 00:18:24,395 --> 00:18:26,981 I say us, I mean, if I defend you. 352 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,735 Do you think we have a chance against Michel? 353 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:34,530 What proof could Michel have against you? 354 00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:36,490 That's exactly what I was wondering. 355 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:40,620 No doubt you were clever enough to burn any compromising documents. 356 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:44,123 Dear Pannis, my documents were not compromising. 357 00:18:44,248 --> 00:18:47,668 All the better. Give me all the details of your story. 358 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:52,965 The tiniest of details - I need to know the pitfalls so as to avoid them. 359 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:54,592 Of course. 360 00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:59,472 No doubt, you must have letters and telegrams. 361 00:19:00,723 --> 00:19:04,644 Telegrams? I sent many. 362 00:19:04,769 --> 00:19:06,604 In our profession, indeed. 363 00:19:06,729 --> 00:19:08,356 It might be used against you, 364 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,858 by claiming, for instance, that they have a double meaning. 365 00:19:11,442 --> 00:19:13,819 Michel is capable of anything. 366 00:19:13,944 --> 00:19:17,448 You will need all the details. 367 00:19:17,573 --> 00:19:20,159 I only have my memory to help me in here. 368 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:22,912 When would you need all these details by? 369 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:26,624 As soon as possible. I brought you everything you need. 370 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,170 Here. 371 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,758 Excuse me. I don't have anything to write with. 372 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:39,303 You'll have it by tomorrow morning. 373 00:19:39,428 --> 00:19:41,347 I'll work straight through. 374 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:44,183 Perfect. 375 00:19:44,308 --> 00:19:46,310 Goodbye, kind sir. 376 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:48,813 Goodbye, dear colleague. 377 00:19:53,484 --> 00:19:57,154 Dirty scoundrel, rotten sneak. 378 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:59,073 Turncoat! 379 00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:05,746 I would have thought Michel was too intelligent 380 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,790 to think you'd have fallen for the trap. 381 00:20:07,915 --> 00:20:10,376 For, I understand him very well now, the chap. 382 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,963 I see him, very clearly. 383 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,383 I too saw him very clearly. 384 00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:22,638 What I saw clearly was that my Michel was very troubled. 385 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:26,058 First telegram: "Your sister Wilbur". 386 00:20:26,183 --> 00:20:27,601 Clearly! 387 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:30,187 "The chestnuts will ripen on the 35th April." 388 00:20:30,312 --> 00:20:32,898 - There are no chestnuts in Madagascar. - There's no 35th April either. 389 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,525 Is that all you've found? 390 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:38,070 Sir, I did 10 years at the ministry in Paris, I know my job. 391 00:20:38,195 --> 00:20:39,697 It shows. 392 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:42,533 - May I suggest an explanation. - An explanatory explanation? 393 00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:44,827 The telegrams are on two levels. 394 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:46,162 Once we've deciphered them, 395 00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:48,914 we have to uncover the meaning, providing we find the code. 396 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:53,252 My role is restricted to the first level, sir. 397 00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:55,463 Basically, we still need to find the code. 398 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,965 Pablo, I suspected this a long time ago. Do you have the information I wanted? 399 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:00,843 Yes, on your orders, I checked all the bookshops in Tananarive. 400 00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:03,387 Impossible to find a copy of Les Fables de La Fontaine. 401 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:04,597 Yes, they've all disappeared. 402 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:08,184 They were sold suddenly three months ago. No one knows why. 403 00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:11,812 They couldn't tell me who to, but mainly to children and natives. 404 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,355 But someone sent them. 405 00:21:13,481 --> 00:21:17,943 But I get exactly the same information from each and every town in the colony. 406 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:19,737 This time I think I've got them. 407 00:21:19,862 --> 00:21:21,572 The key is in La Fontaine. 408 00:21:21,697 --> 00:21:24,742 That was quite risky sending all those coded telegrams. 409 00:21:24,867 --> 00:21:29,538 Oh yes, I admit I was more of an amateur conspirator back then. 410 00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:31,373 I'd never make such mistakes now. 411 00:21:31,499 --> 00:21:33,667 I can just see that toad Michel at the court martial, 412 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,545 laughing, triumphant, gloating at his success. 413 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:41,967 No, his attitude was rather different - more, let's see, how should I say... 414 00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:45,054 So, gentlemen, you have the 132 decoded telegrams, 415 00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:46,931 either sent or received by the accused. 416 00:21:47,056 --> 00:21:52,812 And these telegrams prove, irrefutably, that Clarus was one of the organisers, 417 00:21:52,937 --> 00:21:54,814 if not the head of the Resistance. 418 00:21:54,939 --> 00:22:01,028 Therefore, I would like to request capital punishment against Clarus. 419 00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:04,657 Does the defence have anything to say? 420 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:07,326 The court should note my client's honesty, 421 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:10,329 for he says, yes, I sent the telegrams, 422 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:12,540 yes, I knew about the escape 423 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:15,918 but I defy anybody to prove that in the last three months, 424 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:19,338 he took part in the Resistance movement. 425 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:22,716 Here then, is the crucial point the prosecution must prove. 426 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,761 Otherwise, you should acquit my client, or, at the very least, 427 00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:28,472 allow for extenuating circumstances. 428 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:37,982 The Court Martial gives Paul Clarus the death penalty. 429 00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:44,154 He is to be executed 24 hours after the ruling. 430 00:22:53,247 --> 00:22:54,832 So, you were killed. 431 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:57,501 Luckily I was a Verdun war veteran. 432 00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,795 Apparently, Maréchal Pétain himself sent a cable 433 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,130 to have my sentence reduced. 434 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:03,382 Pétain, such sweet irony. Take note, angel Gabriel. 435 00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:05,301 Yes, they gave me five years forced labour. 436 00:23:05,426 --> 00:23:06,760 And what of the Resistance? 437 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:09,763 - I was still in touch with the Resistance. - Really? 438 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:15,102 Yes, even from my small cell, with my alarm clock pressed to my ear. 439 00:23:23,527 --> 00:23:27,114 Michel never found out about the alarm clock. 440 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,366 My little alarm clock! 441 00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:32,411 You were just a radio transmitter but I liked you very much. 442 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:34,622 Your murmurs were sweeter than any lover's. 443 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:36,707 Tell me, did Michel lose interest in you? 444 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:40,628 Oh no. It took him nine months to come up with something. 445 00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:43,923 Take the handcuffs off. 446 00:23:51,347 --> 00:23:53,599 That'll be fine, leave us. Come closer, Clarus. 447 00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:01,357 See the trust I'm showing you. 448 00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:04,902 It may well be the last time we meet, Clarus. 449 00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:08,405 I'd like us to talk, man to man. 450 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,701 Come on, a glass of rum. 451 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,453 It won't hurt. 452 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:18,332 I have bad news for you. 453 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:22,878 You're leaving. To the labour camp. Trans-Saharan railway. 454 00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:27,383 It's deeply regrettable, Clarus. 455 00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:29,385 A man such as yourself, 456 00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:31,512 to lose everything in this whole business. 457 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,932 Tilting at windmills. 458 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:38,018 To end up in a forced labour camp when you could have... 459 00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:42,648 Well, I feel pity, not for you, but to those closest to you, 460 00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:45,651 all those you care about, and that you've sacrificed. 461 00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:50,656 It doesn't matter to me if you don't believe me, 462 00:24:50,781 --> 00:24:53,033 but I'd like to give you one last chance. 463 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,828 I can prevent your departure. 464 00:24:55,953 --> 00:25:00,290 To keep you in Madagascar, make your five years more bearable, 465 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:04,545 let you see your family more often and give you regular news of them. 466 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:08,173 Go on, drink. 467 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:12,302 So, the cards are on the table, old boy. 468 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:14,972 I can cancel your departure, if... 469 00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:17,725 naturally, there's an "if"... 470 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,687 If you tell me where your secret transmitter is, 471 00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:24,565 the operator's name, and the code used. 472 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:28,861 So, are you going to spill the beans? 473 00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:30,654 Will you come clean? 474 00:25:30,779 --> 00:25:32,698 Go on, drink, it sobers you up. 475 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:36,410 The condemned man's last drink. 476 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:40,247 To your health, rotten old hypocrite, crook. 477 00:25:42,499 --> 00:25:45,127 A little overdramatic, my character would never react in such a way. 478 00:25:45,252 --> 00:25:46,754 Your character? What are you talking about? 479 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:48,088 I'm speaking of my role, my guy. 480 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,673 Ha! He's pinched your Michel from you! 481 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,134 If you want any news of him, I'll know who to go to. 482 00:25:52,259 --> 00:25:56,013 So your only hope was for the Resistance to break you out. 483 00:25:56,138 --> 00:25:58,557 And all the boats transporting smuggled goods. 484 00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:02,311 And for the one in a million chance that the British Navy intercepts your convoy. 485 00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:03,771 One in a million chance. 486 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,856 Come and take a look! 487 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:08,776 On the gangway! 488 00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:13,238 They're checking the horizon with their binoculars. 489 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:18,077 Edouard, there's smoke. 490 00:26:18,202 --> 00:26:20,245 There's smoke but there's no fire. 491 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:24,124 No, that's it, our friends have sent my message. 492 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,834 Yeah, yeah. 493 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:28,879 Come and see. Come and see this smoke. 494 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:31,340 Come quickly. Look carefully at it. 495 00:26:31,465 --> 00:26:34,134 You see! It's freedom that's on its way! 496 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,720 I'm sure that they're English boats. 497 00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,348 And the miracle happens. 498 00:26:39,473 --> 00:26:41,892 The life of Paul Clarus, Episode 9. 499 00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:43,852 I persuaded the Allied Authorities 500 00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:46,396 to help me create a radio broadcast in order 501 00:26:46,522 --> 00:26:49,316 to get the Madagascans on their side. 502 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:51,068 Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, 503 00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:54,571 Free Madagascar soon called out to its friends and enemies. 504 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:57,741 You had to speak to the French but also to Madagascans, 505 00:26:57,866 --> 00:27:00,202 Indians, Chinese, in languages they could understand. 506 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:02,454 That must have required a huge number of people. 507 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:12,714 Hello, hello Madagascar! 508 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:17,177 Free Madagascar speaking this evening. 509 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:35,070 Proclaim Madagascar's political and economic autonomy, 510 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:37,698 and support the Allies. 511 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:41,076 Everybody, listen to me carefully, everybody! 512 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:45,455 You too Michel! You hypocritical old ass! 513 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:51,003 Vichy supporter, child of Pétain, and sneaky criminal! 514 00:27:51,128 --> 00:27:54,381 Vichy will let the Japanese take Madagascar over, 515 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:55,757 just like in Indochina. 516 00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:58,677 But not the Allies. 517 00:27:58,802 --> 00:28:01,597 When they arrive, welcome them as liberators, 518 00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:03,348 not as enemies. 519 00:28:03,473 --> 00:28:08,145 Do not fight, despite the orders of the Vichy traitors. 520 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:12,482 Good night and until tomorrow. 521 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,451 The Royal special tribunal has just condemned 522 00:28:22,576 --> 00:28:24,161 ex-convict, Clarus, to death, 523 00:28:24,286 --> 00:28:27,456 for seditious and anti-French propaganda on the radio. 524 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,587 And my predictions came about. 525 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:38,383 On 4th May 1942, the British landed at Diego Suarez. 526 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:41,136 Vichy supporters gave the order to fight. 527 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:44,097 The English occupied the town militarily. 528 00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:46,683 But, two weeks later, 529 00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:50,812 the English General Sturge, formally proclaimed 530 00:28:50,938 --> 00:28:55,275 that the only flag that is to fly over the French town hall, 531 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,861 over the French town of Diego Suarez 532 00:28:57,986 --> 00:29:00,530 is the French flag. 533 00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:04,743 Michel must have understood your warnings, 534 00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:05,994 and fled to a safe place. 535 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:09,790 Old boy, you haven't yet understood Michel's character. 536 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,919 The truth is that as soon as he learnt of the Allied landings... 537 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:18,108 Shamed be he who thinks ill of this. 538 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:20,527 Oh, that's touching, it brings tears to my eyes. 539 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:22,446 Don't tell me the English were taken in by him? 540 00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:24,072 - No! - He was arrested. 541 00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:26,325 It was his turn to be imprisoned! 542 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:28,952 And you claim, dear Clarus, that nature has endowed me 543 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,495 with the necessary attributes 544 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,664 to play the role of the despicable and rotten Michel! 545 00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:37,419 Listen old fool, I tried helping you create the character that you're supposed to play. 546 00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:38,879 And I tell you it's an insult! 547 00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:41,548 An insult from an insignificant and low-grade lawyer. 548 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,217 Monstrous pig! 549 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,887 - Watch your mouth! - Hey, come on chaps! 550 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:48,680 What's going on in here? 551 00:30:48,805 --> 00:30:50,599 We're just rehearsing, just rehearsing. 552 00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:52,768 Isn't that so, old stooge! 553 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:56,480 Yes, yes. 554 00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:58,315 What did she say? 555 00:30:59,608 --> 00:31:02,069 Let's go, it's all over now.