1 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:22,249 Taken from the book "TheAvengers of Tragic Patagonia" by Osvaldo Bayer. 2 00:00:22,691 --> 00:00:27,591 For narrative reasons some of the facts, names, and ranks have been altered. 3 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:32,362 Buenos Aires, January, 1923 4 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:54,277 REBELLION IN PATAGONIA 5 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:49,879 Son of a bitch! 6 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,500 Rيo Gallegos, 3 years before 7 00:06:16,576 --> 00:06:19,576 Things have to be said without mincing words, comrades. 8 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:23,146 Hotel owners are all a bunch of exploiters. 9 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:26,184 Yes! Despicable exploiters! 10 00:06:26,185 --> 00:06:29,185 The waiters and kitchen staff of Hotel Argentino... 11 00:06:29,355 --> 00:06:32,355 work from 6 in the morning through to midnight. 12 00:06:32,992 --> 00:06:35,992 And for that they pay us a miserable 80 pesos! 13 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:41,066 And anyone who dares to look askance at it is fired... 14 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,568 and isn't able to get work in any other hotel. 15 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:46,304 There are two alternatives, comrades: 16 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:49,141 Either die of hunger or kowtow to them. 17 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:51,209 We have to fuel the fire comrades! 18 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:54,210 There's no chance of winning here. I demand that the Federation... 19 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,348 call a strike in the hotels. 20 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:59,349 Because otherwise we'll do justice with our own hands... 21 00:06:59,385 --> 00:07:02,385 and not an exploiter will be left with a head in all of Rيo Gallegos. 22 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:05,555 Starting with my boss, the bloodsucker Carballeira. 23 00:07:06,392 --> 00:07:09,392 One moment, comrades! Wait a moment. 24 00:07:10,296 --> 00:07:13,198 Permission to speak. Go on. 25 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,199 You're right, but we must be disciplined. 26 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:20,670 If hotels have to be burnt we'll burn them 27 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:23,675 but it must be by a majority resolution. 28 00:07:23,676 --> 00:07:26,478 Because there are two fundamental words that shouldn't be forgotten... 29 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:29,479 in union anarchy: Discipline and Organization. 30 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,452 Comrade Graٌa. 31 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:39,456 Comrades the time has come for plain speaking. 32 00:07:41,994 --> 00:07:44,994 The issues about... 33 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:48,097 organization and discipline you've been listening to 34 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:53,536 leave out human values. 35 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,808 Speak plainly then. 36 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:59,544 OK but say once and for all. 37 00:07:59,545 --> 00:08:02,545 Do you agree with the hotel strike? Yes or no? 38 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:04,649 Comrade Secretary General 39 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,918 you're restricting me in my turn to speak. 40 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:09,919 You're right comrade. But be concrete please. 41 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:13,523 I'm being asked for definitions here 42 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:16,626 but I'm replying that before a strike... 43 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:20,797 it's preferable to know where the individual's going. 44 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:25,535 What the revolution is for. 45 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:29,105 Well said Kropotkin that revolutions... 46 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:32,809 Comrade Graٌa, we'll discuss that in the ideology lessons. 47 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:36,579 Right now we're dealing with the hotel staff strike. 48 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:39,017 Begging your pardon. 49 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:42,018 Comrade Danielewski reports now. 50 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:47,524 Comrades, I have to denounce the Hotel Espaٌa... 51 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:52,929 which pays Chilean workers halfwages... 52 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:57,367 just for being Chilean. 53 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:00,603 We cab drivers... 54 00:09:00,673 --> 00:09:03,673 inform the Federation of our solidarity... 55 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:07,877 with the strike by not driving a single passenger... 56 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:11,550 to the hotels! Not one! 57 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:14,551 - Strike! - Yes, Strike! 58 00:09:15,087 --> 00:09:16,354 I want to tell you that I've come from Puerto Santa Cruz... 59 00:09:16,355 --> 00:09:19,355 I want to tell you that I've come from Puerto Santa Cruz... 60 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:23,426 to bring you the solidarity of the stevedores 61 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:26,963 - ... waiters and wagoners. - Well done comrade! 62 00:09:27,099 --> 00:09:30,099 And to inform you that if you declare a strike 63 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:34,037 we will also stop work in the hotels of Puerto Santa Cruz. 64 00:09:35,441 --> 00:09:38,441 Long live the comrades of Santa Cruz! Hurrah! 65 00:09:38,644 --> 00:09:41,644 - Long live anarchy! - Hurrah! 66 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:48,320 Comrades... Comrades... 67 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:51,189 Comrades 68 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:54,190 Patagonian exploiters... 69 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:57,927 value men less than mules or packhorses 70 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:04,033 since today one worker is replaced by another... 71 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:07,706 without any cost. 72 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:10,442 - Well said. - Very well said. 73 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:13,443 We're workers from all parts ofthe world. 74 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:17,349 Isn't that so German? 75 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,417 Eh, Poles? 76 00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:22,418 And you Chilean comrades. 77 00:10:22,655 --> 00:10:25,655 And we are here united by solidarity. 78 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:31,427 Today that solidarity is called: 79 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:36,299 Support forthe comrades hotel workers. 80 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:41,373 I ask then... 81 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:44,374 for us to vote for the strike for an indeterminate time 82 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:50,313 until we win. 83 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:26,616 I would say, my friend, what we need now... 84 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:29,621 is a bit of organization. 85 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:32,622 Nearly all the landowners are with us. 86 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:36,159 That's good. I'm glad.. For if the workers unite... 87 00:11:36,228 --> 00:11:39,064 No, no, no. A thrust is needed. 88 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:41,266 Someone directing. 89 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:44,267 Who directs and knows how to defend our interests. 90 00:11:45,004 --> 00:11:46,805 What do you think, my friend? 91 00:11:46,806 --> 00:11:49,806 We need a manager for our organization. 92 00:11:51,343 --> 00:11:53,545 Finding one in Rيo Gallegos will be hard. 93 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,546 No, no. We've already found him. 94 00:11:57,049 --> 00:11:59,284 And he's very near. 95 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:02,285 Here, at this table. 96 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:12,495 You, Méndez Garzَn. 97 00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:16,165 But, sirs, are you forgetting that I'm the Governor of the territory? 98 00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:20,536 What would they say in BuenosAires? Imagine, 99 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:23,675 Governor of Santa Cruz and Manager ofthe Rural Society. 100 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:26,010 Don't you think there's an incompatibility? 101 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:27,545 Do you think so? 102 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:30,546 From both jobs you will have a better perspective. 103 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,350 What's more, think of your future. 104 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:37,453 Public office is very unstable. 105 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:41,457 You're a Conservative, the National Government is Radical. 106 00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:45,962 Gentlemen, I would like to thank you for your presence in my house. 107 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:50,967 Thank you, Carballeira, we are in solidarity with the only hotel... 108 00:12:52,705 --> 00:12:55,073 - ... which managed to scorn the strike. - Thank you. 109 00:12:55,074 --> 00:12:56,741 And how did you achieve it? 110 00:12:56,742 --> 00:12:59,742 Well, quite simply, with people of goodwill, 111 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:02,413 with responsible workers. 112 00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:04,716 Out! Out! Scabs! Blacklegs! 113 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:07,717 I'll kick your arse! 114 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:10,622 Look what you've done! Look! 115 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,024 - Look at that pan! - Get out! 116 00:13:13,025 --> 00:13:15,627 - Out! - Let me be, comrade. 117 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,628 - I have seven kids. - That's nonsense. 118 00:13:18,664 --> 00:13:21,065 Leave everything, we'll help you. 119 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:24,066 Come on! Be off! Out! 120 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,728 See, German, 121 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:53,729 that's what I'm lacking. 122 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:56,634 A woman. 123 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:59,635 A companion. 124 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:03,906 Of bourgeois upbringing, as Graٌa would say. 125 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:10,479 But you won't deny that a good pair... 126 00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:15,687 A woman! 127 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,688 To love. To love her well. 128 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:22,825 Damn it, how nice! 129 00:14:23,562 --> 00:14:26,562 One thing, or the other. 130 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:30,034 Come on, old man, 131 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:32,103 Because I had one, I know what I'm saying. 132 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:35,104 Because I had one, I know what I'm saying. 133 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:40,712 First it was ideas... 134 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:43,713 and love. 135 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:47,583 Then when the kids came... 136 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:51,687 and jail. 137 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:55,493 Look what I gave her, poor thing. 138 00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:58,229 My times in jail... 139 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:01,230 and the kids going hungry. 140 00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:05,167 - Did you leave them in Germany? - Yes. 141 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:09,171 With the promise to bring them over soon to enjoy the freedom 142 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:13,376 of justice! 143 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,448 You certainly chose well. 144 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:20,449 Even in the uttermost corner there's egoism, exploitation. 145 00:15:21,553 --> 00:15:24,553 You thought you were coming to paradise? 146 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:28,257 Look, I'll join you in the fight until we win 147 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:32,762 and then, go to live with my own ones in earthly paradise, 148 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,235 far away from men. 149 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:39,537 And where's that? 150 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:42,538 Listen, I'm only telling it to you. 151 00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:47,176 Among forests and mountains, 152 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:51,681 by Lago Argentino. 153 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:01,893 - Blood sucker! - Criminal! 154 00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:04,796 - Bastard! - Exploiter! 155 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:07,797 Comrades, make way! 156 00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:13,235 - Bloodsucker, slave-driver. - Exploiter. 157 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:18,341 Gentlemen... Gentlemen, I'm here on the advice of the Judge... 158 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:23,214 to settle this dispute. 159 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:27,852 A legitimate weapon of the workers. 160 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:30,853 - Yes, yes, apologize. - Not to us. 161 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:33,424 The ones you should apologize to are the workers... 162 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:35,293 you fired. 163 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:37,295 The comrades. 164 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:40,296 What's more, they must be paid the wages owing up to today. 165 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,900 And deposit in the Workers' Society 1,500 pesos as a fine, sir. 166 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:50,272 1,500? 167 00:16:50,976 --> 00:16:52,343 As a fine? 168 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:55,146 Yes. For legal damages. 169 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:58,147 For the cost of organizing the boycott against you' 170 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:01,183 printing of flyers and moral damages. 171 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:08,924 The staff wages. 172 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:11,961 - Good! - Well done' comrade! 173 00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:48,030 - 1,500 pesos! - Bravo! 174 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:53,803 - Good! - Bravo! 175 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:03,546 children of the people chaln oppress you 176 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:08,417 and that Injustlce cannot contlnue. 177 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:12,655 If your existence Is a world of troubles, 178 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,359 I'd sooner die than slavery. 179 00:18:18,664 --> 00:18:21,664 Those bourgeois, so selfish, 180 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:26,135 who thus despise Humanity. 181 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:30,506 They shall be swept away by anarchists 182 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:35,044 to the strident shout of freedom. 183 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:40,049 Red flag, suffer no more, 184 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:44,487 exploitation must succumb. 185 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:48,724 Rise up, loyal people, 186 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:53,062 to the shout of social revolution. 187 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:59,034 Dignity, Is not to be asked, 188 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:03,272 only unity can demand It. 189 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:07,743 Our shields you shall not smash. 190 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:12,014 clumsy bourgeois, get back! Get back! 191 00:19:22,261 --> 00:19:25,261 Comrades. Comrades 192 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:28,831 Comrades, with this money... 193 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:33,469 we'll be able to buy one of the most-prized weapons... 194 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:36,407 of unionist anarchy. 195 00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:39,408 - A printing press! - Very good! 196 00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:43,979 A printing press to clarify things for our rural comrades... 197 00:19:47,886 --> 00:19:50,886 and so that the ignominy of exploitation is ended. 198 00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:55,660 Comrades. 199 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:58,661 don't think that ranch owners will be convinced by words. 200 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:03,367 We know it, comrade. 201 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:06,368 We know that the landowners are very strong and powerful. 202 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:10,039 But we also know that we have the fundamental weapon... 203 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:13,010 to overcome them. The strike! 204 00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:16,011 - Long live the strike! - Hurrah! 205 00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:19,217 Silence, comrades. 206 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:21,752 Comrades, 207 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:24,753 to carry to the final victory... 208 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,391 the black banner of anarchy... 209 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:30,361 and the red of unionism, 210 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:33,362 we must start from the bottom. 211 00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:36,865 Comrades, we must affiliate all the rural workers... 212 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:43,407 to our federation. 213 00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:46,408 Here. 214 00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:55,653 Look, Mr. Soto, 215 00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:58,623 I don't understand anything of politics, but I do try to... 216 00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:00,725 help the rural workers. You can count on me. 217 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:03,327 I expected no less. 218 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:06,328 You know that I earn my pesos with my fleet of wagons. 219 00:21:06,665 --> 00:21:09,665 But I've always been on the side of the underlings. 220 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:12,768 More than once I've been thrashed for demanding fair wages. 221 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:16,607 That isn't forgotten. 222 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:19,608 And when one has to fight, I fight. 223 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:22,713 That's why I'm called "Facَn Grande". 224 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:25,182 You are a very well-respected man. 225 00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:28,152 That's why we're asking you to go affiliating the rural workers for us. 226 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:31,153 Certainly. Leave it to me. 227 00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:23,806 Look friends, do you know what this is? 228 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:27,876 Here the abuses of the bad bosses are denounced. 229 00:22:30,248 --> 00:22:33,117 And you know what you have to do, 230 00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:35,252 join the federation... 231 00:22:35,253 --> 00:22:38,253 and support the workers' society which defends you. 232 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:42,560 Yes, man, which defends you. 233 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:45,561 From the bosses and from the police too. 234 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:49,832 And from that bastard of a governor we have. 235 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,304 Come on, we mustn't be afraid. 236 00:22:56,608 --> 00:22:59,443 In this city we have a nest of rats. 237 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:02,413 Rats who want to destroy nationality, 238 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,382 nationhood, ownership. 239 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,383 But my friend, don't be scared by those crazy anarchists. 240 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:10,419 They're nothing more than a bunch of mouthy simpleton Spanish immigrants. 241 00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:13,756 Simpletons? The Russian Revolution was made by simpletons like them. 242 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:19,962 Remember, Lenin himself has to get rid of 20 thousand anarchists. 243 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:24,867 Go on. 244 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,975 Imagine, sir, if Lenin had killed them all, 245 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:33,976 what would we have to do? 246 00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:37,346 Read. Read the terms carefully. 247 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:40,549 They don't acknowledge nationhood, frontiers, or anything. 248 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:45,154 Now they're preparing a tribute to a man who was executed in Spain. 249 00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:49,291 Now that's a provocation. I will not permit excess. 250 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:53,562 Take care, Governor, I'm warning you that I'll report... 251 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:56,333 any breach of the Law. 252 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:58,335 Your Honor, 253 00:23:58,336 --> 00:24:01,336 don't think you'll intimidate me with your relationship with Yrigoyen. 254 00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,908 I too have my friends, 255 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:06,909 and in more powerful places than the Presidential Palace. 256 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:33,068 Sir, excuse me but you may not go in. 257 00:24:33,205 --> 00:24:35,539 Do you know what you're doing? 258 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,309 You are lacking respect for my position as Judge! 259 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,744 But, sir, it's an order from the governor. 260 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:43,013 What governor! Bullshit! 261 00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:46,014 Tell that gentleman to go and govern the Rural Society. 262 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:50,419 Gentlemen, I'm here in person to advise you of the court's ruling: 263 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:56,227 The ceremony is permitted, 264 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,863 because it does not break any constitutional... 265 00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:01,864 or legal regulations of the Republic. 266 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:32,229 Inspector, arrest them all. 267 00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:35,230 And confiscate the Unionist leaflets, newspapers and books. 268 00:25:37,769 --> 00:25:40,769 Come on! Get a move on! 269 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:44,206 The party's over! 270 00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:50,812 Those of us who were not caught have decided to go to a general strike. 271 00:25:54,819 --> 00:25:57,819 Clearly, we have to paralyze the ports. 272 00:25:58,189 --> 00:26:01,189 And the countryside. 273 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:03,527 Hello. 274 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:06,528 Comrade Soto has told us we should turn to you. 275 00:26:15,106 --> 00:26:18,106 That's right. 276 00:26:19,811 --> 00:26:22,811 You three, go to Clark's descent. 277 00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:27,115 You two to make for La Esperanza. 278 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:30,786 And us? 279 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:34,056 Over by El Cifre. 280 00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:58,513 For the strike. 281 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:01,285 - Good afternoon. - Good afternoon. 282 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,654 Please, gentlemen. 283 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:06,655 Gentlemen, it is essential that urgent measures are taken. 284 00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:11,028 Nearly all the estancias in the territory... 285 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:13,397 are paralyzed by the strike. 286 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:16,398 It can't be that for the sake of those foreign anarchists... 287 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:20,371 we are all in danger of ruin. 288 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:23,372 Excuse me, gentlemen. A telegram from Buenos Aires, Mr. Governor. 289 00:27:24,242 --> 00:27:26,076 Excuse me, gentlemen. - Yes. 290 00:27:26,077 --> 00:27:29,077 Traders sort out their problems and then sell more, 291 00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:32,948 whereas for us the shearing is held up, 292 00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:35,352 - and the price of wool drops. - Precisely. 293 00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:37,321 Gentlemen, 294 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,322 President Yrigoyen orders the immediate release of the detained 295 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:43,494 and the opening ofthe Workers' Society. 296 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:46,495 These Radicals don't know what they're doing. 297 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:49,698 They think that by being lenient they'll stop them. 298 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:52,803 They're dreamers! 299 00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,804 We've been set free thanks to the rural worker comrades. 300 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:01,777 Now we must fight for them. 301 00:28:02,313 --> 00:28:05,313 We must achieve the first rural workers' agreement. 302 00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:09,951 So they don't carry on living like animals! 303 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,954 ...and it will be presented to the owners. 304 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:15,592 I'll read it to you. 305 00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:18,028 "List of conditions: 306 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,964 First. Bunks are abolished. 307 00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:23,965 Second. In each house for workers... 308 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:27,269 there shall be a washbasin to... to... 309 00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:30,674 ...to wash themselves. 310 00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:33,675 Third. Lighting shall be provided by the owner. 311 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:38,413 One packet of candles per month for each worker. 312 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:43,051 Fourth. Each estancia shall have a first aid kit... 313 00:28:44,422 --> 00:28:47,422 with instructions in Spanish and not in English. 314 00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:51,259 Fifth. Minimum wage for sheep hands, horse hands, and herdsmen, 315 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:56,665 100 pesos. It's fair, not what's paid at present. 316 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,737 Sixth. To encourage the increase of the population... 317 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,907 preference will be given to workers with families and with children. 318 00:29:07,378 --> 00:29:10,378 Not as at present where only single men are contracted. 319 00:29:11,816 --> 00:29:14,816 Seventh. Landowners must recognize... 320 00:29:15,553 --> 00:29:18,553 as the only organization representing the workers... 321 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,990 the General Workers' Federation of Rيo Gallegos, 322 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:26,196 a member ofthe FORA." 323 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:29,197 That's all. 324 00:29:32,737 --> 00:29:35,737 Mr. Manager, sir, we'd like you to reply to the gentlemen. 325 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:41,610 The Rural Society will not enter into dealings with an organization... 326 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:45,247 led by foreigners. On no account. 327 00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:49,918 Neither will we discuss the running of our estancias. 328 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:53,722 That is our business and ours alone. 329 00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:56,260 So, 330 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:59,261 the rural strike will continue as far as its ultimate consequences. 331 00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:04,199 Let's go. 332 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:17,078 Firstly, gentlemen, we want to put your minds at rest. 333 00:30:18,516 --> 00:30:21,516 Although we are far away, our interests are here. 334 00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:25,455 And in Chile, of course. 335 00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:28,456 We are in full agreement with you. 336 00:30:28,726 --> 00:30:31,726 In Buenos Aires we have undertaken extremely important dealings. 337 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:35,730 And I say extremely important because there is, as intermediary... 338 00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:38,335 the President of the Republic. 339 00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:41,336 On the other hand there are the Armour and Swift meat exporters. 340 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,741 Putting pressure on through North American Embassy? 341 00:30:44,742 --> 00:30:46,577 Exactly. 342 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:49,578 Waiter, please. 343 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:55,250 But, gentlemen, the most urgent problem is that we have to start... 344 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:58,188 with the shearing and the workers are still on strike. 345 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:01,189 My dear friend, don't forget that we have a few little sheep. 346 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:08,196 In Buenos Aires the Association of Free Workers has been constituted, 347 00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:13,802 and they're sending us the first batch of a hundred collaborators. 348 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,268 Strike-breakers! 349 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:47,269 - Scabs! Blacklegs! - Let's go! 350 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:20,337 No. Don't shoot to kill, man. 351 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:23,338 Self defense. 352 00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:34,883 We got them scared! 353 00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:45,093 Inspector Michelli, you are to take 10 gendarmes out there... 354 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:48,263 and brlng me those crlmlnals underarrest. 355 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,175 The gendarmes! 356 00:32:58,176 --> 00:33:01,176 They'll shit themselves! 357 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:18,526 Shoot damn you! 358 00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:53,497 So you're one of those who beats rural workers, are you? 359 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:55,665 For which land owner do you work? 360 00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:58,666 They've killed Graciلn! Michelli, the son of a bitch! 361 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,138 And he fled. 362 00:34:01,139 --> 00:34:04,139 You're not going to escape so easily. 363 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,577 That's how to give it to all these dogs. 364 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:10,578 Not like that, comrade, he was injured. 365 00:34:10,681 --> 00:34:13,681 Go and heal him, if you can. 366 00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:17,352 This is going from bad to worse, five gendarmes dead. 367 00:34:19,557 --> 00:34:22,557 You have to go and see what's happening. 368 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:26,561 While the judge tells us one thing, the governor says another. 369 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:32,233 Santa Cruz is a bag full of cats! 370 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:37,572 The problem is serious. There are many interests at stake. 371 00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:43,445 There's even pressure from abroad. 372 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:46,817 I understand, Minister, but, 373 00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:49,818 I'd like to have more precise orders. 374 00:34:51,656 --> 00:34:54,558 You spoke with the President. 375 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,559 Yes, but he limited himself to saying: 376 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,664 "Go, Lieutenant Colonel and do your duty. " 377 00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:03,166 Not a word more, my friend, 378 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:06,167 go and do your duty. 379 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:21,042 Minister, sir, I must tell Your Excellency 380 00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:25,213 that I've found here that those responsible... 381 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:29,184 for the chaotic situation In the territory of Santa Cruz... 382 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:33,888 are the authorities themselves. 383 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:39,394 And that the police can be classified... 384 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:45,133 is appalling. 385 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,038 The rural worker is exploited in the most primitive manner. 386 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:57,445 He is paid with checks or vouchers, which he has to exchange... 387 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:02,584 in the shops or stores ofthe same companies that employ them. 388 00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:09,190 Without exaggerating, I must say... 389 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:13,294 that after having worked for a year, 390 00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:16,364 he leaves as poor as when he started. 391 00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:21,269 This, Minister, is one of the origins of the strikes... 392 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:27,342 of a revolutionary nature, 393 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:29,679 and the cause of hatred towards society. 394 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,649 - Does it seem reasonable, Soto? - Yes, sir, 395 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:35,650 but we can't make any decision... 396 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,720 until Facَn Grande returns from El Deseado. 397 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:40,924 Tomorrow, no? 398 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,925 What we cannot accept, sir, is handing over our weapons. 399 00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,633 But why not, Schultz? Tell me why. 400 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:52,634 How can we be expected to hand in our weapons? It's preposterous! 401 00:37:54,305 --> 00:37:57,305 But most of them have been stolen from the estancias. 402 00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:01,009 Confiscated, Your Honor. Confiscated. 403 00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:04,846 I think it's enough that we hand over the hostages... 404 00:38:06,984 --> 00:38:08,685 and call off the strike. 405 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:11,288 Appreciate the importance, gentlemen. 406 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:14,289 It would be the first agreement for rural workers in Patagonia. 407 00:38:16,827 --> 00:38:19,827 Sir, we will abide by our comrades' decision. 408 00:38:21,432 --> 00:38:24,432 The assembly is soverelgn. 409 00:38:39,216 --> 00:38:42,185 45 days of strike, we've won, 410 00:38:42,186 --> 00:38:45,186 and now they want to exchange our weapons for a piece of paper. 411 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,271 Florentino Cuello. 412 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:10,745 You're not going to tell me, sir, that these are all the weapons? 413 00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:13,216 Don't you worry, Lieutenant Colonel 414 00:39:13,217 --> 00:39:16,217 Sixty-eight and El Toscano, they'll go shooting guanaco in the mountains. 415 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,188 They're not good honest working folk. 416 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:28,696 Alright, friends, the party's over. 417 00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:33,067 Now you have the agreement you wanted, 418 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:36,204 now, get to work. 419 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:08,236 - Traitors! - Madam! 420 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:11,339 Colonel... 421 00:40:13,377 --> 00:40:16,377 I beg you, Lieutenant Colonel, sirs, accept our apologies and... 422 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:19,582 forgive the lady. 423 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:22,085 The thing is we're all very hurt... 424 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,587 by the outcome of your negotiations. 425 00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:27,588 You've handed over the triumph to the bandits. 426 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:30,093 You don't know what you're saying, Mr. Novas. 427 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:33,094 You must understand, those of us who work, who live here, 428 00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:36,631 - ... we have the authority to speak. - That's not disputed! 429 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:39,469 Maybe not yourself, but the others, 430 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,470 those from Buenos Aires, who don't know the provinces, 431 00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:46,407 why don't they come and struggle here, in June, with 30 degrees below zero... 432 00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:49,512 and 2 meters of snow? 433 00:40:49,513 --> 00:40:52,513 I beg you to calm down, remember there are also landowners... 434 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:55,583 who live in London and don't know Patagonia even on the map. 435 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,920 Understand this, Lieutenant Colonel, they've killed gendarmes, 436 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:02,423 they've set fire to estancias and you reward them giving them an agreement. 437 00:41:03,594 --> 00:41:06,463 - You leave and this will explode. - No. 438 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,498 If the landowners fulfill their part of the agreement, 439 00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:11,201 peace will be definite. 440 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:14,103 In any case, gentlemen, I've done no more than 441 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:17,104 carry out the orders ofthe President. 442 00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:21,742 Good night. 443 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:38,326 No, comrade, no alcohol in here. 444 00:41:38,462 --> 00:41:40,463 - It's just to counteract the fat. - I beg you. 445 00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:43,366 Alcohol only serves to turn people brutish. 446 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:46,367 It's a weapon of the bourgeoisie. 447 00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:48,905 Have a cup of tea. 448 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:51,906 You must be kidding, friend. To hell with gringo habits. 449 00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:55,710 Eating mutton with a cup of tea?! 450 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:59,180 Comrades, the bourgeois reaction has begun. 451 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:03,184 That bloodsucker Fernلndez has thrown me out ofthe store 452 00:42:03,787 --> 00:42:05,755 for being an agitator. 453 00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:08,756 And they've left these comrade waiters of the café "La Armonيa" without jobs. 454 00:42:19,069 --> 00:42:22,038 I assume responsibility 455 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:25,039 for declaring as from now the boycott of Fernلndez... 456 00:42:25,576 --> 00:42:28,576 and "La Armonيa": 457 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:39,487 - Ready to go? - Yes, sir. 458 00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:43,991 Look. 459 00:42:51,368 --> 00:42:54,368 - Friend. Old Felix, that's all we needed. 460 00:42:58,309 --> 00:43:00,677 I've been replaced as Governor. 461 00:43:00,678 --> 00:43:02,312 But that's absurd! 462 00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:05,313 And, Commander Zavala's reports. 463 00:43:10,554 --> 00:43:13,554 There you have it, that's the peacemaking he's left us. 464 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:16,993 This will never be sorted out. 465 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:18,895 Yes it will, 466 00:43:18,896 --> 00:43:21,598 in BuenosAires. 467 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:24,100 Look here, Felix, as soon as the new Governor arrives, 468 00:43:24,101 --> 00:43:27,101 I'm going to the capital. 469 00:43:39,083 --> 00:43:42,083 Where are you going with parcels and lists? 470 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:46,621 That I see you in such a hurry. 471 00:43:48,025 --> 00:43:51,025 To the congress of the anarchists... 472 00:43:52,496 --> 00:43:55,496 to speak and be understood. 473 00:43:56,900 --> 00:43:59,900 Explain, one moment, if you will, 474 00:44:01,538 --> 00:44:04,538 anarchlst, what does it mean? 475 00:44:06,143 --> 00:44:09,143 The immense common front of workers, 476 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:13,648 who claim the right to live. 477 00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:18,119 The worker who toils and sweats, 478 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:22,790 tell me, how come he can be badly off? 479 00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:27,228 Because the mule which eats straw, 480 00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:31,866 carries the grain for another animal. 481 00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:36,270 It's strange, but I don't understand, 482 00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:40,975 what does your new allusion mean? 483 00:44:42,713 --> 00:44:45,713 That the same thing is happenlng... 484 00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:50,017 to the worker with his output. 485 00:44:51,522 --> 00:44:54,522 That the same thing is happening... 486 00:44:56,126 --> 00:44:59,126 to the worker with his output. 487 00:45:00,397 --> 00:45:03,397 That the same thing is happening... 488 00:45:04,968 --> 00:45:07,968 to the worker with his output. 489 00:45:43,474 --> 00:45:46,474 And, Mr. Méndez, when will you be traveling? 490 00:45:46,810 --> 00:45:49,810 Next week, on the "Asturiano". 491 00:45:50,147 --> 00:45:53,147 Bring the food. 492 00:45:54,718 --> 00:45:57,718 Bring the food! 493 00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:05,159 Serve the table! 494 00:46:10,734 --> 00:46:13,734 Gentlemen, the food is ready, 495 00:46:14,138 --> 00:46:17,138 but not one of us is going to lift a finger. 496 00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:20,141 There is someone seated here who has been boycotted for exploiting, 497 00:46:20,644 --> 00:46:23,644 and you will not be served until that bloodsucker Fernلndez... 498 00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:26,749 - ... leaves. - But, what are you saying? 499 00:46:26,750 --> 00:46:29,750 - But this is outrageous. - There was more! 500 00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:33,954 - Sit down. - You, take a hand in the matter. 501 00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:36,626 This is an insult to the nation... 502 00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,661 and to the ladies present here. 503 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:41,662 Nothing. Nothing! You can stamp with rage, we aren't lifting a finger. 504 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:45,366 Either the bloodsucker goes or we don't serve! 505 00:46:50,674 --> 00:46:53,674 Gentlemen! Gentlemen, calm down! 506 00:46:54,711 --> 00:46:57,711 What's the problem? We'll serve ourselves. 507 00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:48,696 - How's it going, comrade? - Good to see you. 508 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:53,302 Well, and how are things going at Paso Ibaٌez? 509 00:47:53,303 --> 00:47:56,005 Very bad, Mr. Font, sir. Very bad. 510 00:47:56,006 --> 00:47:59,006 They're forcing us to get nasty. 511 00:48:00,110 --> 00:48:02,111 It's the same in Las Heras. 512 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:04,580 They're saying the same everywhere: "Forgive us, Mr. Font, 513 00:48:04,581 --> 00:48:06,983 but we can't pay the raise. " 514 00:48:06,984 --> 00:48:09,984 It's the order from Buenos Aires, from Gallegos, from La Mercantil. 515 00:48:11,688 --> 00:48:13,890 - I don't know what. - Damn it, 516 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:16,259 they've tricked us with the piece of paper. 517 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:17,660 That's how it is. 518 00:48:17,661 --> 00:48:19,962 For the moment, in Puerto Santa Cruz... 519 00:48:19,963 --> 00:48:22,963 it's been decided to stop the shearing of the eyes. 520 00:48:26,536 --> 00:48:29,305 Comrades, 521 00:48:29,306 --> 00:48:32,306 I'm deeply grateful to you... 522 00:48:32,709 --> 00:48:35,709 for the post of General Secretary of the Federation, 523 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,480 with which you have just honored me. 524 00:48:41,551 --> 00:48:44,551 With the roads now passable, the news is beginning to arrive. 525 00:48:48,292 --> 00:48:51,292 The landowners are not fulfilling the agreement. 526 00:48:55,399 --> 00:48:57,233 Comrades have to go round the countryside... 527 00:48:57,234 --> 00:48:59,402 and warn the rural workers... 528 00:48:59,403 --> 00:49:02,171 so that next summer they flnd us ready and wllllng... 529 00:49:02,172 --> 00:49:05,172 to face a flght that cannot be put off any longer. 530 00:49:08,378 --> 00:49:11,378 - And, German? - Everything's ready. 531 00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:14,682 - Let's go. - Let's go. 532 00:49:44,648 --> 00:49:47,149 A few minutes of your patience. 533 00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:48,951 There is some news. 534 00:49:48,952 --> 00:49:51,952 The Chilean Embassy is very concerned about this matter. 535 00:49:52,689 --> 00:49:55,689 Another favorable fact. The English representative... 536 00:49:57,094 --> 00:49:59,929 warned the Chancery that another strike... 537 00:49:59,930 --> 00:50:02,565 would damage British interests. 538 00:50:02,566 --> 00:50:04,934 Very good, we're not alone. 539 00:50:04,935 --> 00:50:07,935 What's more, he hinted that in the Falklands, 540 00:50:08,205 --> 00:50:11,205 there are two warships ready for any emergency. 541 00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:15,509 These Radicals are beginning to have problems. Port stoppages, 542 00:50:17,314 --> 00:50:20,314 strikes in La Forestal, internal conflicts in the party, 543 00:50:21,318 --> 00:50:24,220 and as an added extra, the coming presidential elections. 544 00:50:24,221 --> 00:50:27,221 I don't think the government wants to complicate things with a new conflict. 545 00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:31,025 Gentlemen, you may go in. 546 00:51:03,827 --> 00:51:08,662 Stop! 547 00:51:32,789 --> 00:51:35,789 Comrades, in Gallegos they've unmasked. 548 00:51:36,793 --> 00:51:39,695 Politicians and exploiters all mixed up in it. 549 00:51:39,696 --> 00:51:41,397 They've started stirring it up. 550 00:51:41,398 --> 00:51:44,398 - Any arrested? - Arrested? 551 00:51:44,768 --> 00:51:47,768 All of them! 552 00:51:56,446 --> 00:51:59,446 Comrades, take as delegated the order for a general strike... 553 00:52:01,785 --> 00:52:04,785 to each of the estancias where you work. 554 00:52:05,088 --> 00:52:07,923 We'll respond to the owners' provocation... 555 00:52:07,924 --> 00:52:10,893 with the orders of the organized workers. 556 00:52:10,894 --> 00:52:13,095 Strike! 557 00:52:13,096 --> 00:52:16,096 And form one single great column of protest. 558 00:52:17,567 --> 00:52:20,567 All the columns of strikers must meet at Lago Argentino. 559 00:52:23,106 --> 00:52:26,106 OK, mister, you're facing the Red Council, which will make... 560 00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:29,345 the Socialist Revolution in Patagonia. 561 00:52:29,346 --> 00:52:32,346 El Toscano, yours truly, my comrade, No. 68, from Ushuaia, 562 00:52:34,618 --> 00:52:37,618 Frank Cross, cowboy from Arizona, 563 00:52:38,121 --> 00:52:41,121 José Barrيa, Chilean, but not Chilote [as an insult], 564 00:52:41,591 --> 00:52:44,591 and Zacarيas Caro, Patagonian by adoption. 565 00:52:48,899 --> 00:52:51,899 OK, mister, go handing over all the weapons you have, 566 00:52:53,170 --> 00:52:56,170 money, jewels... 567 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,680 The Red Council greets the striking comrades. 568 00:53:40,884 --> 00:53:43,619 Go on! 569 00:53:43,620 --> 00:53:46,620 You're nothing but bandits! 570 00:53:47,724 --> 00:53:50,724 Scant favor you're doing to the workers' cause. 571 00:53:52,596 --> 00:53:55,596 The strike has been called to free the detained comrades. 572 00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:00,200 And for the landowners to comply with the agreement. 573 00:54:00,503 --> 00:54:01,904 And that's all! 574 00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:04,807 Alright. But stirring things. 575 00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:07,808 Any gendarme that's found... 576 00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:10,844 And all the cash to buy weapons. 577 00:54:11,681 --> 00:54:14,681 Join us! 578 00:54:15,252 --> 00:54:18,252 Not one of you lot has anything to do with the strike. 579 00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:22,055 This is a genuine workers' movement! 580 00:54:25,829 --> 00:54:28,430 When the strike ends the Workers' Federation... 581 00:54:28,431 --> 00:54:31,431 will pay you for the damages and the provisions. 582 00:54:32,369 --> 00:54:35,369 Now you have to come with us as a hostage. 583 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:43,312 They'll wipe out the lot of you Let's go. 584 00:54:43,313 --> 00:54:46,313 The situation, Lieutenant Colonel, is much more serious... 585 00:54:47,217 --> 00:54:49,385 than you realized. 586 00:54:49,386 --> 00:54:52,321 The territory is overrun by bandits. 587 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:55,322 They kill land owners, rape their women. 588 00:54:55,425 --> 00:54:58,425 They say they're going to raise the red flag in the Plaza de Mayo. 589 00:55:01,431 --> 00:55:04,431 The President has decided that you... 590 00:55:05,168 --> 00:55:08,168 shall command the troops once again. 591 00:55:08,838 --> 00:55:11,838 Zavala, you well know the high esteem in which President Yrigoyen holds you. 592 00:55:15,845 --> 00:55:18,845 Your responsibility now is greater. 593 00:55:19,316 --> 00:55:22,316 We run the risk of losing the Patagonia. 594 00:55:23,653 --> 00:55:26,653 Think of Chile. 595 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:33,226 Lieutenant Colonel, we have to finish once and for all... 596 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:37,164 with these anarchists. 597 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:43,170 Take them to the room. 598 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:46,075 Lieutenant Colonel, sir, I'm going to settle the troops. 599 00:55:46,076 --> 00:55:49,076 Go on then. 600 00:55:50,613 --> 00:55:53,613 You arrive and I leave. I've been called to Buenos Aires. 601 00:55:54,217 --> 00:55:56,418 - Indeed! - No problem. 602 00:55:56,419 --> 00:55:59,419 - You'll get it all sorted. - Yes, definitively. 603 00:56:01,057 --> 00:56:03,492 See here, the workers trust you. 604 00:56:03,493 --> 00:56:05,594 The workers have let me down. 605 00:56:05,595 --> 00:56:08,595 Farewell, sir, have a good trip. 606 00:56:12,135 --> 00:56:15,135 The Spaniard Outerello is at Puerto Santa Cruz and Paso Ibلٌez. 607 00:56:18,308 --> 00:56:21,308 In the north, José Font, alias Facَn Grande, 608 00:56:23,146 --> 00:56:26,146 in control of the Puerto Deseado to Las Heras railway line. 609 00:56:28,351 --> 00:56:31,351 In the foothills of the Andes, the leader Soto. 610 00:56:33,289 --> 00:56:36,289 And somewhere about, 611 00:56:36,526 --> 00:56:39,526 the famous Red Council. 612 00:56:41,865 --> 00:56:44,865 Lieutenant Arrieta, take a truck, fifteen soldiers, 613 00:56:46,136 --> 00:56:49,136 go out in search of the Red Council and on a mission to harass... 614 00:56:49,606 --> 00:56:51,373 the Spaniard Soto. 615 00:56:51,374 --> 00:56:54,374 Captain Arzeno, the big group will begin operations... 616 00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:57,379 clearing up the center and north of the area. 617 00:56:57,380 --> 00:56:59,281 Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel, sir? 618 00:56:59,282 --> 00:57:01,917 According to the information gathered, each column of strikers... 619 00:57:01,918 --> 00:57:04,286 is four or five times bigger than our troops. 620 00:57:04,287 --> 00:57:07,287 Captain Arzeno, we can't make an academic war here. 621 00:57:08,091 --> 00:57:10,325 The orders we have are perfectly clear, 622 00:57:10,326 --> 00:57:13,326 to utterly destroy the uprising. 623 00:57:16,933 --> 00:57:18,901 Death sentence 624 00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:21,737 Anyone who resists will be executed. 625 00:57:21,738 --> 00:57:23,772 Without batting an eyelid! 626 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:26,773 We have to stain the Patagonia with blood. 627 00:57:26,910 --> 00:57:29,910 May no one feel weak... 628 00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:33,079 and may everyone fulfill his duty. 629 00:57:34,584 --> 00:57:37,584 Any questions? 630 00:57:38,054 --> 00:57:40,489 Good. 631 00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:42,524 Lieutenant Colonel, sir, 632 00:57:42,525 --> 00:57:45,525 The gentlemen Matthews and Saunders have asked to accompany us. 633 00:57:45,728 --> 00:57:48,297 They could act as guides. 634 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:51,298 That's fine. 635 00:57:51,534 --> 00:57:53,769 Very good sir. 636 00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:56,770 Only this way can this land continue being Argentina. 637 00:57:58,041 --> 00:58:01,041 Thank you. Good afternoon. 638 00:58:02,879 --> 00:58:05,879 Lieutenant Colonel, sir. 639 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:18,760 A very hard campaign awaits us. 640 00:58:18,761 --> 00:58:21,761 May I give the troops some time off? 641 00:58:21,764 --> 00:58:23,966 Only until 10 p. m. 642 00:58:23,967 --> 00:58:26,967 Tomorrow we rise at 5 a. m. 643 00:59:04,173 --> 00:59:07,173 Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel, sir. 644 00:59:11,748 --> 00:59:14,748 Mayer, take time off. 645 00:59:15,184 --> 00:59:18,153 I'm told there are very pretty girls here. 646 00:59:18,154 --> 00:59:21,154 Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel, sir. 647 00:59:21,257 --> 00:59:24,257 - Mayer. - Sir. 648 00:59:24,294 --> 00:59:26,595 Are you of German descent or...? 649 00:59:26,596 --> 00:59:28,530 German, Lieutenant Colonel, sir. 650 00:59:28,531 --> 00:59:31,531 A good race, Mayer. Good race. 651 00:59:32,302 --> 00:59:35,302 - Viel Vergnugen. - Danke schِn, Herr Obertsleutnant. 652 01:00:05,535 --> 01:00:07,135 Kneel down. 653 01:00:07,136 --> 01:00:10,136 Kneel down! 654 01:00:12,575 --> 01:00:14,476 Order fire. 655 01:00:14,477 --> 01:00:16,778 - Aim! - Aim! 656 01:00:16,779 --> 01:00:19,779 - Fire! - Fire! 657 01:00:25,588 --> 01:00:28,588 The army! Soldiers! 658 01:00:38,668 --> 01:00:41,668 Don't shoot! Don't shoot, it's Zavala! 659 01:00:42,238 --> 01:00:45,238 Bring a sheet. 660 01:00:49,579 --> 01:00:52,579 Flag to discuss peace terms. 661 01:00:53,850 --> 01:00:56,850 Order a cease fire. 662 01:01:29,485 --> 01:01:31,153 We want to tell you... 663 01:01:31,154 --> 01:01:34,154 Take your hat off when you speak to me, eh? 664 01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:40,026 We don't want to have a confrontation with the army. 665 01:01:40,530 --> 01:01:43,331 All we are asking is that our detained comrades are freed... 666 01:01:43,332 --> 01:01:44,933 and the rural agreement obeyed. 667 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:47,169 I am here in person so that there can be no doubt... 668 01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:49,337 regarding my position, 669 01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:51,840 unconditional surrender... 670 01:01:51,841 --> 01:01:54,841 or the death penalty for all who resist. 671 01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:01,183 We were hoping you had come to see that the agreement was obeyed... 672 01:02:01,184 --> 01:02:03,685 - ... which you yourself signed. - and you lot didn't obey. 673 01:02:03,686 --> 01:02:06,521 - The landowners... - The owners and all of you lot. 674 01:02:06,522 --> 01:02:09,391 All! Look, don't talk to me about agreements. 675 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:12,392 This is all that matters. 676 01:02:15,364 --> 01:02:18,364 Good. With regard to your demand, 677 01:02:19,068 --> 01:02:22,068 we must consult with the ranch delegates. 678 01:02:23,606 --> 01:02:26,606 Wait a moment. 679 01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:31,446 Sirs, we are at war. 680 01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:33,248 We must act swiftly. 681 01:02:33,249 --> 01:02:36,249 We have to rescue the hostages and save the blood of our soldiers. 682 01:02:39,055 --> 01:02:42,055 And if when these criminals come we receive them with gunfire? 683 01:02:42,692 --> 01:02:45,692 The leaders dead, the Chilean scum will surrender immediately. 684 01:02:47,530 --> 01:02:50,530 If you give the order, Lieutenant Colonel, sir... 685 01:02:50,967 --> 01:02:53,967 But Colonel... What are you doing? 686 01:02:54,003 --> 01:02:56,938 They'll kill us all. 687 01:02:56,939 --> 01:02:59,939 There are many strikers out there. 688 01:03:00,610 --> 01:03:03,610 And I... 689 01:03:04,046 --> 01:03:06,681 I have a family, 690 01:03:06,682 --> 01:03:08,483 three children. 691 01:03:08,484 --> 01:03:11,484 I have six children. 692 01:03:16,559 --> 01:03:19,027 Do you realize, Captain? 693 01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:22,028 Civilians can't be brought in to deal with these things. 694 01:03:23,332 --> 01:03:26,332 It has been decided... 695 01:03:26,636 --> 01:03:29,337 It has been decided to call an assembly. 696 01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:31,740 As from now, we will free the hostages... 697 01:03:31,741 --> 01:03:34,042 to show them that we have nothing against you lot... 698 01:03:34,043 --> 01:03:36,812 and the only thing we ask is justice. 699 01:03:36,813 --> 01:03:39,714 I said unconditional surrender. 700 01:03:39,715 --> 01:03:42,715 You have 2 hours to decide. 701 01:03:45,054 --> 01:03:48,054 And remember, my hand will not tremble. 702 01:04:02,305 --> 01:04:05,305 They won't surrender, 703 01:04:05,508 --> 01:04:08,508 all the worse for them. 704 01:04:20,089 --> 01:04:21,623 And so? 705 01:04:21,624 --> 01:04:24,624 The surrender will be accepted only when freedom is given... 706 01:04:25,795 --> 01:04:28,795 to the strikers and you assure us of fulfillment... 707 01:04:29,031 --> 01:04:31,666 of the rural agreement. 708 01:04:31,667 --> 01:04:33,768 Who is he? 709 01:04:33,769 --> 01:04:35,837 The owner of La Barrancosa. 710 01:04:35,838 --> 01:04:37,305 Why did you kill him? 711 01:04:37,306 --> 01:04:40,306 - It was the soldiers. - You are the murderers, 712 01:04:40,376 --> 01:04:43,376 because you provoked this situation. Captain, four shots. 713 01:04:45,681 --> 01:04:48,149 What, Lieutenant Colonel, sir? 714 01:04:48,150 --> 01:04:51,150 Fire him four shots! 715 01:04:51,921 --> 01:04:54,022 - Come on... - Sergeant! 716 01:04:54,023 --> 01:04:56,725 Come on, Commander, don't joke. 717 01:04:56,726 --> 01:04:59,227 You four, seize him. 718 01:04:59,228 --> 01:05:01,663 You lot, seize the rest. 719 01:05:01,664 --> 01:05:04,065 No! No, no! Let me go! 720 01:05:04,066 --> 01:05:06,835 Zavala! Zavala! No! Please! 721 01:05:06,836 --> 01:05:09,836 Zavala, no, please! Let me go! Let me go! Zavala! 722 01:05:10,273 --> 01:05:13,273 Zavala, please! 723 01:05:17,079 --> 01:05:19,014 - Zavala, please! - Aim! 724 01:05:19,015 --> 01:05:22,015 - Fire! - Zavala, please! No! 725 01:05:33,729 --> 01:05:36,729 "Lieutenant Colonel Zavala disembarked at Gallegos on his way to Deseado. " 726 01:05:38,567 --> 01:05:40,602 Just as well. 727 01:05:40,603 --> 01:05:43,603 The Commander is a guarantee. 728 01:05:49,312 --> 01:05:52,312 - Hurrah for the strike, damn it! - Hurrah! 729 01:05:52,915 --> 01:05:54,683 Down with the exploiters! 730 01:05:54,684 --> 01:05:57,684 Stop this all of you! 731 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:02,422 I didn't know there were so many thieves amongst you! 732 01:06:03,993 --> 01:06:05,694 Drop everything and get out! 733 01:06:05,695 --> 01:06:08,463 Come on, friend... 734 01:06:08,464 --> 01:06:11,333 Get out, I said! 735 01:06:11,334 --> 01:06:14,334 Alcohol is our worst enemy. 736 01:06:15,338 --> 01:06:18,338 Damn them, they're like priests. 737 01:06:36,625 --> 01:06:39,625 Here you have him Facَn, quite tame. 738 01:06:41,263 --> 01:06:43,999 Do you remember when he put you in the stocks? 739 01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:46,835 Goddamn son of a bitch! 740 01:06:46,836 --> 01:06:49,836 I can still feel the lashes you gave me. 741 01:06:50,072 --> 01:06:53,072 No, leave him! He's alone and unarmed. 742 01:06:53,709 --> 01:06:56,709 Remove his badges, he doesn't deserve them, for bad police. 743 01:07:01,183 --> 01:07:04,183 And now let him go. 744 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:07,854 It's not the done thing to kick a man when he's down. 745 01:07:42,925 --> 01:07:45,925 Look out! They're gendarmes. 746 01:07:46,996 --> 01:07:49,996 Ready! 747 01:07:50,066 --> 01:07:53,066 It's not the police, it's the army. 748 01:07:53,235 --> 01:07:55,770 Lower your weapons! 749 01:07:55,771 --> 01:07:58,771 Take aim. 750 01:07:58,774 --> 01:08:01,774 Fire! 751 01:08:14,857 --> 01:08:17,358 Withdraw! 752 01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:20,359 All back to the camp! 753 01:08:49,058 --> 01:08:52,058 Mr. friend Martense, how's business? 754 01:08:52,228 --> 01:08:55,228 So-so. With passengers? 755 01:08:57,233 --> 01:09:00,233 No, I'm with my comrade, on Federation business. 756 01:09:01,737 --> 01:09:04,737 Get out of here! Right now! 757 01:09:05,007 --> 01:09:07,609 They're shooting all the Federates! 758 01:09:07,610 --> 01:09:10,378 - But who's shooting? - Well who do you think? 759 01:09:10,379 --> 01:09:13,379 Your beloved Zavala. 760 01:09:14,083 --> 01:09:16,684 But where? Who? 761 01:09:16,685 --> 01:09:19,685 Who? Well Ramَn's already taken care of. 762 01:09:21,323 --> 01:09:24,323 - Outerello? - The same. As you hear it. 763 01:09:25,194 --> 01:09:28,096 And in Caٌadَn Leَn, he's left them scattered. 764 01:09:28,097 --> 01:09:30,532 About a hundred are left dead. 765 01:09:30,533 --> 01:09:33,533 Indeed, they make you dig your grave, they can't be bothered even with that. 766 01:09:35,471 --> 01:09:38,471 And when the ground is hard they make a pile of you, 767 01:09:39,675 --> 01:09:42,675 they sprinkle it with petrol and then set light to it. 768 01:09:46,215 --> 01:09:49,215 Dead when attempting to flee: 13. 769 01:09:50,219 --> 01:09:53,219 Dead when attempting to flee: 13. 770 01:09:58,093 --> 01:10:01,093 Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel, sir? 771 01:10:02,698 --> 01:10:05,698 I need to tell you something. 772 01:10:06,468 --> 01:10:09,468 Isn't it too much punishment for what these men have done? 773 01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:20,680 Do you think I enjoy shooting? 774 01:10:23,686 --> 01:10:26,686 There's not other remedy here. 775 01:10:27,223 --> 01:10:30,223 There are too few of us to dominate them. 776 01:10:31,794 --> 01:10:34,794 In this empty wilderness, the only way is being hard handed. 777 01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:40,201 Last night we took 400 prisoners. 778 01:10:40,202 --> 01:10:43,202 Do you think we're able to keep watch day and night over so many rebels? 779 01:10:44,106 --> 01:10:47,106 We're running the risk now of losing Patagonia. 780 01:10:47,810 --> 01:10:50,810 Think of Chile, Captain. Think of Chile. 781 01:12:29,878 --> 01:12:32,878 They must be scabs, blacklegs. We'll stop them. 782 01:12:32,881 --> 01:12:35,881 Come on! 783 01:12:41,023 --> 01:12:44,023 It's Facَn Grande, that's all. 784 01:12:44,193 --> 01:12:45,827 Get ready. 785 01:12:45,828 --> 01:12:47,962 Ready! 786 01:12:47,963 --> 01:12:50,331 - Get ready. - Ready! 787 01:12:50,332 --> 01:12:52,433 Ready! 788 01:12:52,434 --> 01:12:55,434 Quickly! 789 01:12:58,774 --> 01:13:00,475 Aim! 790 01:13:00,476 --> 01:13:02,343 - Aim! - Aim! 791 01:13:02,344 --> 01:13:03,678 Stop! 792 01:13:03,679 --> 01:13:06,679 - Fire! - Fire! 793 01:13:09,051 --> 01:13:12,754 Attack! 794 01:13:12,755 --> 01:13:15,490 Attack. Come on. 795 01:13:15,491 --> 01:13:18,092 Come on! Come on, forward! 796 01:13:18,093 --> 01:13:21,093 Stand up to them! 797 01:13:21,630 --> 01:13:24,630 - To the ground. - To the ground! 798 01:13:27,403 --> 01:13:30,338 Fire! 799 01:13:30,339 --> 01:13:33,339 Attack! 800 01:13:33,675 --> 01:13:36,675 Keep firing, damn it! 801 01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:51,957 Cover him! Cover him! 802 01:13:59,635 --> 01:14:02,635 Stop! Stop firing! 803 01:14:04,573 --> 01:14:07,573 Damn it. It was Zavala. 804 01:14:08,544 --> 01:14:11,544 We made him back down. 805 01:14:30,899 --> 01:14:33,067 We made a heck of a mistake. 806 01:14:33,068 --> 01:14:35,136 You're going to worry now? 807 01:14:35,137 --> 01:14:38,137 Let's celebrate! 808 01:15:01,163 --> 01:15:03,898 You're already drunk again, friend. 809 01:15:03,899 --> 01:15:05,967 Don't do that to me. 810 01:15:05,968 --> 01:15:08,302 Come, Mr. Font, sir, the telegraph. 811 01:15:08,303 --> 01:15:11,105 Facَn Grande is receiving. 812 01:15:11,106 --> 01:15:13,441 Put this. 813 01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:16,442 Friend José Font, 814 01:15:16,545 --> 01:15:19,545 Edward Matthews offers himself as a mediator. 815 01:15:21,917 --> 01:15:24,917 Please travel to Jaramillo. 816 01:15:26,588 --> 01:15:29,588 Guarantee offered. 817 01:15:30,559 --> 01:15:32,527 Commander Zavala... 818 01:15:32,528 --> 01:15:35,463 ...open to positive solutions. 819 01:15:35,464 --> 01:15:37,932 OK, tell him that I've already set off for there and... 820 01:15:37,933 --> 01:15:40,933 thank the gringo Matthews. 821 01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:21,941 Facَn, give yourself up! 822 01:16:23,145 --> 01:16:25,546 I'm here to discuss peace terms with Commander Zavala. 823 01:16:25,547 --> 01:16:28,547 Who want to talk to me? 824 01:16:35,524 --> 01:16:38,524 Arrest him for murdering Argentine soldiers. 825 01:16:43,565 --> 01:16:46,565 That's treason! 826 01:16:47,536 --> 01:16:50,536 If you're a man I'll fight you with my hands tied! 827 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:54,640 Take him away! 828 01:16:56,078 --> 01:16:59,078 I'm Facَn Grande's second in command. I'm here to make a pact. 829 01:17:00,148 --> 01:17:02,617 Get down. Come on! Get down! 830 01:17:02,618 --> 01:17:04,619 Wait a minute, 831 01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:07,620 I'm the Gaucho Cuello, 832 01:17:08,090 --> 01:17:10,725 delegate of the Fede... 833 01:17:10,726 --> 01:17:13,726 ...of the Workers' Federation. 834 01:17:19,635 --> 01:17:22,635 You take care of the other one. 835 01:17:28,944 --> 01:17:30,778 Take them away. 836 01:17:30,779 --> 01:17:33,779 Come on. Walk! 837 01:17:33,849 --> 01:17:36,849 Come on! 838 01:17:37,386 --> 01:17:40,386 Get up. Get him up. 839 01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:43,724 Come on, walk. 840 01:17:43,725 --> 01:17:46,725 Walk! Come on! 841 01:17:54,436 --> 01:17:57,436 Come on, look sharp. Just there. Just there. 842 01:17:57,472 --> 01:18:00,472 Get ready. 843 01:18:07,549 --> 01:18:09,350 Aim! 844 01:18:09,351 --> 01:18:11,752 You don't kill a gaucho like that! 845 01:18:11,753 --> 01:18:14,753 Fire! 846 01:18:16,491 --> 01:18:19,491 Load. 847 01:19:46,348 --> 01:19:49,348 Come on. 848 01:19:52,220 --> 01:19:55,220 Lieutenant Colonel, sir, we good men have organized ourselves 849 01:19:57,325 --> 01:20:00,325 as a white guard and we're here to offer you our support 850 01:20:02,130 --> 01:20:04,832 That's fine. 851 01:20:04,833 --> 01:20:07,101 You may join the column. 852 01:20:07,102 --> 01:20:10,102 We want to tell you that the Rural Society is to put your name... 853 01:20:11,306 --> 01:20:14,306 forward as military governor of Santa Cruz. 854 01:20:16,611 --> 01:20:19,611 Gentlemen, I'm not guided by any personal ambition. 855 01:20:21,049 --> 01:20:24,049 I'm doing my duty, as I understand I must. 856 01:20:27,389 --> 01:20:29,790 Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel, sir. 857 01:20:29,791 --> 01:20:32,791 The Red Council. 858 01:20:37,666 --> 01:20:40,666 So you lot wanted to implant socialism in Patagonia. 859 01:20:42,437 --> 01:20:44,471 A good catch, Chief. 860 01:20:44,472 --> 01:20:47,174 A photo for the Buenos Aires newspapers. 861 01:20:47,175 --> 01:20:50,175 So the readers find out what these strikers are like. 862 01:20:51,713 --> 01:20:54,713 Let them see the armbands clearly. 863 01:20:56,351 --> 01:20:59,019 That's it. 864 01:20:59,020 --> 01:21:02,020 I think, friend Zavala, that it would be best to leave these alive, 865 01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:06,124 so that public opinion finds out what the Patagonian reds are like. 866 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:09,995 Very good, friend Méndez Garzَn. 867 01:21:11,566 --> 01:21:14,566 We'll place them at the disposal of the Judge. 868 01:21:15,637 --> 01:21:18,637 Ready, now! 869 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:25,544 As I feared. When they attacked us as a mob I understood it all. 870 01:21:27,749 --> 01:21:30,749 Antonio, all that's left to us is to fight, confront them. 871 01:21:32,854 --> 01:21:35,854 Fight? With these men? 872 01:21:36,391 --> 01:21:38,559 Most of them don't even know how to use a weapon. 873 01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:41,395 They must be taught! 874 01:21:41,396 --> 01:21:43,731 Listen, German, 875 01:21:43,732 --> 01:21:46,732 the comrades are already looking at us askance, you know? 876 01:21:46,935 --> 01:21:49,935 They have to be spoken to, prepared. 877 01:21:51,039 --> 01:21:54,039 For two and a half months now we've been out in the countryside. 878 01:21:55,443 --> 01:21:58,245 Sleeping out in the open most of the time. 879 01:21:58,246 --> 01:22:01,246 Eating whatever there is. We don't even have tobacco left 880 01:22:01,750 --> 01:22:04,750 Antonio, that's struggling. You have to be organized. 881 01:22:06,955 --> 01:22:09,823 You Spaniards, you talk a lot... 882 01:22:09,824 --> 01:22:12,824 but you're not organized, no discipline. How many weapons are there? 883 01:22:16,031 --> 01:22:19,031 Some fifty rifles and about a hundred revolvers. 884 01:22:20,268 --> 01:22:22,336 Ammunition? 885 01:22:22,337 --> 01:22:24,271 There'd be ten shots per gun. 886 01:22:24,272 --> 01:22:26,473 Enough to hold out. 887 01:22:26,474 --> 01:22:28,542 And when they're all gone? 888 01:22:28,543 --> 01:22:31,111 We'll fight them with knives. 889 01:22:31,112 --> 01:22:33,747 Take aim. 890 01:22:33,748 --> 01:22:36,083 Lower your weapons! 891 01:22:36,084 --> 01:22:39,053 Unload! 892 01:22:39,054 --> 01:22:42,054 Load. Unload. 893 01:22:42,791 --> 01:22:45,791 Good, comrade, and? What are we waiting for? 894 01:22:46,561 --> 01:22:48,929 Tonight's assembly. 895 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:51,930 No, my people want the assembly right now. 896 01:22:52,867 --> 01:22:55,867 That's no problem. 897 01:22:57,472 --> 01:23:00,107 They're more aroused. 898 01:23:00,108 --> 01:23:03,108 Also, if there's no shearing, we'll be spending a hard winter. 899 01:23:08,550 --> 01:23:11,550 We'll do what the majority decides. 900 01:23:20,128 --> 01:23:23,128 Because, what this is about here, comrades, 901 01:23:23,565 --> 01:23:26,565 is making humanity understand, 902 01:23:26,968 --> 01:23:29,968 that everything can be achieved through reason and freedom. 903 01:23:33,308 --> 01:23:36,308 Anarchist ideas are the only ones... 904 01:23:36,845 --> 01:23:39,845 Shut up, big mouth! 905 01:23:40,348 --> 01:23:43,348 No, comrade. That's against our principles of freedom. 906 01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:48,854 To interrupt a speech is to cut freedom. 907 01:23:49,958 --> 01:23:52,958 These big mouths talk and talk but we have the troops on top of us. 908 01:23:55,764 --> 01:23:58,764 For they must be made to understand, that weapons are products... 909 01:24:01,536 --> 01:24:04,536 of stupidity and irrationality. 910 01:24:05,407 --> 01:24:08,407 Alright, but cut it out, comrade. We're wasting time. 911 01:24:10,578 --> 01:24:13,380 Everyone here knows that Zavala is camped at Rيo Perro. 912 01:24:13,381 --> 01:24:15,015 Right here! 913 01:24:15,016 --> 01:24:17,951 So, we have to decide right now what we're going to do. 914 01:24:17,952 --> 01:24:20,952 Like what are we going to do, comrade? Resist! Resist with the weapons! 915 01:24:23,858 --> 01:24:26,858 Or maybe you don't know that the murderer Zavala has killed Ramَn Outerello... 916 01:24:28,096 --> 01:24:30,864 and dozens of comrades at Caٌadَn Leَn? 917 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:33,500 But where do you get that from? What, did you see it yourself perhaps? 918 01:24:33,501 --> 01:24:36,501 I didn't see it. But the person who told me deserves to be believed. 919 01:24:37,405 --> 01:24:40,374 Ah! You didn't see it, you were told, then! 920 01:24:40,375 --> 01:24:43,177 He wouldn't have seen them, but we did see... 921 01:24:43,178 --> 01:24:46,178 how they attacked us without warning and we lost nine comrades there. 922 01:24:47,515 --> 01:24:50,515 I think we mustn't expect mercy, 923 01:24:51,619 --> 01:24:54,021 neither am I prepared to ask it. 924 01:24:54,022 --> 01:24:57,022 Comrade, you've limited me here with my turn to speak. 925 01:24:58,259 --> 01:25:01,259 No, comrade, stop him. 926 01:25:01,262 --> 01:25:04,262 Now it's up to us to talk to the Chilean rural workers. 927 01:25:06,734 --> 01:25:09,269 We don't want any kind of problems... 928 01:25:09,270 --> 01:25:11,138 with the authorities. 929 01:25:11,139 --> 01:25:14,139 The only thing we do want is to be allowed to work in peace. 930 01:25:14,742 --> 01:25:17,742 That we're treated properly and paid as we deserve. 931 01:25:19,147 --> 01:25:21,315 That's why we think... 932 01:25:21,316 --> 01:25:24,316 that we ought to go and talk with the military to lift this strike. 933 01:25:25,753 --> 01:25:28,753 Comrades. Comrades! 934 01:25:29,958 --> 01:25:32,958 The only way to win is to fight. 935 01:25:34,062 --> 01:25:37,062 Fight to the last man! 936 01:25:37,632 --> 01:25:40,632 Only one possibility is left for us, to resist! 937 01:25:42,003 --> 01:25:44,872 To defend this estancia with trenches... 938 01:25:44,873 --> 01:25:47,873 and turn back those who attack us! 939 01:25:49,444 --> 01:25:52,379 I propose we carry on with out tactics, 940 01:25:52,380 --> 01:25:55,380 occupy ranches and take hostages. 941 01:25:55,750 --> 01:25:58,750 And when the army arrives, disappear. 942 01:25:58,987 --> 01:26:01,722 Hide ourselves in the woods, in the mountain region, 943 01:26:01,723 --> 01:26:04,723 until they have to come to terms with us. 944 01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:07,826 Because without the workers the estancias can't function! 945 01:26:10,064 --> 01:26:13,064 No, comrade, if we split up they'll go catching us one by one. 946 01:26:14,802 --> 01:26:17,802 We must resist all together, here. 947 01:26:18,072 --> 01:26:20,874 But comrade, 948 01:26:20,875 --> 01:26:23,844 if the army can't beat us with 100 armed men... 949 01:26:23,845 --> 01:26:26,813 they'll send 200, or 1,000. 950 01:26:26,814 --> 01:26:29,814 And us? What are we going to fight against Zavala with? Ah? 951 01:26:30,118 --> 01:26:33,118 With our bare hands? No, we have to agree terms, arrive at an arrangement. 952 01:26:35,790 --> 01:26:38,790 Is it that perhaps we didn't do it in the last strike? 953 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:43,528 Comrades, we can't throw out of the window... 954 01:26:45,066 --> 01:26:48,066 all the sacrifices we've made. 955 01:26:48,770 --> 01:26:51,770 You want us to talk to the army? So be it! 956 01:26:56,844 --> 01:26:59,844 We'll elect two comrades to have an interview with Zavala... 957 01:27:00,048 --> 01:27:03,048 and ask for conditions. 958 01:27:15,730 --> 01:27:17,998 Excuse me, Lieutenant Colonel, sir, 959 01:27:17,999 --> 01:27:20,267 two strikers ask to be received. 960 01:27:20,268 --> 01:27:23,268 Show them in. 961 01:27:26,341 --> 01:27:29,341 Go in. 962 01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:35,914 Excuse us. Apologies for interrupting your meal. 963 01:27:37,218 --> 01:27:38,585 What do you want? 964 01:27:38,586 --> 01:27:41,255 We represent the Workers' Federation. 965 01:27:41,256 --> 01:27:44,256 We've come to talk as equals 966 01:27:44,592 --> 01:27:47,592 about the conditions for an agreement. 967 01:27:47,795 --> 01:27:50,795 As equals. 968 01:27:51,299 --> 01:27:54,299 - What nationality are you? - Spanish. 969 01:27:54,335 --> 01:27:57,335 - And the other? - Polish. 970 01:27:58,840 --> 01:28:01,840 And you two rebelling foreigners want to impose conditions on me? 971 01:28:02,577 --> 01:28:04,811 But, conditions for what? Sons of bitches! 972 01:28:04,812 --> 01:28:07,812 Conditions for what? 973 01:28:12,020 --> 01:28:15,020 Sergeant! 974 01:28:15,790 --> 01:28:18,790 Come out. Come on, come on! 975 01:28:18,993 --> 01:28:21,928 Captain, 976 01:28:21,929 --> 01:28:24,929 go up to the column. A sargeant and a white flag. 977 01:28:25,566 --> 01:28:27,734 Go and ask them for unconditional surrender. 978 01:28:27,735 --> 01:28:30,735 Yes, sir, Lieutenant Colonel. 979 01:28:39,414 --> 01:28:42,414 You've all seen how insolently they behave. 980 01:28:42,684 --> 01:28:45,684 I'm not going to let them raise their heads. 981 01:28:46,254 --> 01:28:49,254 Especially Soto. 982 01:28:49,390 --> 01:28:52,390 That Antonio Soto, who's filled them with those ideas. 983 01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:58,330 And we'll have done with all this for good and all. 984 01:28:59,901 --> 01:29:02,901 Ready. Aim. 985 01:29:03,538 --> 01:29:06,538 Brothers, throw down those guns, embrace the cause... 986 01:29:07,575 --> 01:29:10,575 - ... of the libertarian ideal. - Fire! 987 01:29:37,238 --> 01:29:39,840 Aren't you the leaders of the Workers' Federation? 988 01:29:39,841 --> 01:29:41,575 Yes, sir. 989 01:29:41,576 --> 01:29:44,576 Order from Lieutenant Colonel Zavala. Unconditional surrender. 990 01:29:46,047 --> 01:29:49,047 Hand over of hostages, horses and weapons. 991 01:29:49,717 --> 01:29:52,717 Otherwise we shall not hesitate to proceed. 992 01:29:56,624 --> 01:29:59,624 Didn't Lieutenant Colonel Zavala receive our delegation? 993 01:30:00,061 --> 01:30:02,696 No delegation will be received. 994 01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:05,532 That is the last offer. 995 01:30:05,533 --> 01:30:08,533 We won't decide without consulting the Assembly. 996 01:30:10,138 --> 01:30:13,138 As you like. You have 2 hours. 997 01:30:16,844 --> 01:30:19,844 Don't accept. They'll shoot you all, not a single one will be left alive. 998 01:30:23,818 --> 01:30:26,818 Comrades, don't trust Zavala, don't surrender. 999 01:30:30,691 --> 01:30:33,691 You're laborers, you're workers! 1000 01:30:34,529 --> 01:30:37,529 Comrades, carry on with the strike! 1001 01:30:39,467 --> 01:30:42,467 To triumph definitively so as to form a new society... 1002 01:30:47,442 --> 01:30:50,442 where there are no poor or rich, where there are no weapons, 1003 01:30:55,283 --> 01:30:58,283 where there is happiness and respect for human beings! 1004 01:31:07,161 --> 01:31:10,161 Let's get going. 1005 01:31:15,336 --> 01:31:18,336 ...tire ourselves out like beasts. 1006 01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:21,374 We must make the trenches now. 1007 01:31:21,375 --> 01:31:23,109 Let's return to the camp. 1008 01:31:23,110 --> 01:31:25,612 And I'm saying it plainly and clearly so there's no doubt left: 1009 01:31:25,613 --> 01:31:28,613 The only way to win is with weapons! 1010 01:31:29,817 --> 01:31:32,817 Comrades, I move that we surrender ourselves unconditionally. 1011 01:32:00,715 --> 01:32:03,715 I didn't expect this end. 1012 01:32:04,919 --> 01:32:07,919 I didn't expect it. 1013 01:32:11,058 --> 01:32:14,058 Come on, German, 1014 01:32:14,629 --> 01:32:17,264 there's nothing left to do here. 1015 01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:20,265 No Antonio, I'm staying. 1016 01:32:20,535 --> 01:32:23,535 I respect the decision of the majority. 1017 01:32:23,871 --> 01:32:26,871 But it's suicide! 1018 01:32:27,141 --> 01:32:29,543 They'll shoot you first! 1019 01:32:29,544 --> 01:32:32,312 I've always complied with the decision of my comrades, 1020 01:32:32,313 --> 01:32:35,313 even if they were mistaken. 1021 01:32:36,317 --> 01:32:38,919 Today they've chosen death. 1022 01:32:38,920 --> 01:32:41,555 I too respect it, 1023 01:32:41,556 --> 01:32:44,556 but I'm not meat to be thrown to the dogs. 1024 01:32:46,027 --> 01:32:49,027 If it's to fight, I'll stay, 1025 01:32:49,397 --> 01:32:52,397 but the comrades don't want to fight. 1026 01:32:53,601 --> 01:32:56,269 I do. 1027 01:32:56,270 --> 01:32:59,270 I'll carry on fighting. 1028 01:33:27,034 --> 01:33:30,034 Come on, German, 1029 01:33:30,037 --> 01:33:33,037 very near here is that paradise you were seeking so much. 1030 01:34:56,157 --> 01:34:59,157 Where's Antonio Soto? 1031 01:35:14,709 --> 01:35:17,709 Where's Antonio Soto? Damn it! 1032 01:35:23,384 --> 01:35:26,384 Draw out your gun. 1033 01:35:41,202 --> 01:35:44,202 Where's Antonio Soto? 1034 01:35:49,009 --> 01:35:52,009 Where's Antonio Soto? 1035 01:36:04,592 --> 01:36:07,592 Where's Antonio Soto? 1036 01:36:21,842 --> 01:36:24,842 Where's Antonio Soto? 1037 01:36:26,680 --> 01:36:29,680 Stop, you bastards, 1038 01:36:30,985 --> 01:36:33,985 it's me, Soto! 1039 01:36:40,928 --> 01:36:43,830 Lieutenant Colonel, sir, 1040 01:36:43,831 --> 01:36:46,831 that's the Chilean who proposed the surrender. 1041 01:36:50,704 --> 01:36:53,704 Good. 1042 01:37:27,308 --> 01:37:30,308 This is the German, Shultz. 1043 01:37:30,711 --> 01:37:33,711 So you're the great revolutionary. 1044 01:37:36,584 --> 01:37:39,584 Put him to one side. 1045 01:37:54,368 --> 01:37:57,368 Let's see, the ranch delegates, one step forward! 1046 01:38:02,676 --> 01:38:05,676 One step forward the ranch delegates! 1047 01:38:11,752 --> 01:38:14,752 It seems there are no delegates, eh? 1048 01:38:16,056 --> 01:38:19,056 Did they all die? 1049 01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:23,160 It's OK, they'll appear soon enough. 1050 01:38:26,734 --> 01:38:29,734 Find out about Soto. 1051 01:38:55,996 --> 01:38:58,996 Lieutenant Colonel, sir, maybe not that one. He's the only mechanic in the area, 1052 01:39:00,834 --> 01:39:03,834 we might need him. 1053 01:39:03,938 --> 01:39:06,938 Leave him. 1054 01:39:28,562 --> 01:39:31,562 So you've got new clothes. 1055 01:39:32,766 --> 01:39:35,766 Can you tell me where you got them? 1056 01:39:36,403 --> 01:39:39,403 Captain, undress them and tie them to the fence. 1057 01:39:40,341 --> 01:39:43,341 Let them spend the night naked! 1058 01:39:47,448 --> 01:39:49,649 I now have the report, Lieutenant colonel, sir. 1059 01:39:49,650 --> 01:39:52,251 Soto and three others are fleelng by horse to Chile. 1060 01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:55,154 Send out Lieutenant Arrieta with ten men, 1061 01:39:55,155 --> 01:39:58,155 and bring him back alive or dead. 1062 01:40:18,078 --> 01:40:21,078 - What's your name? - Esperidiَn Gonzلlez, sir. 1063 01:40:21,281 --> 01:40:24,281 Now you go straight to your boss's place... 1064 01:40:24,284 --> 01:40:27,186 And from now on, if he orders you to be a dog, 1065 01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:30,187 you get down on all fours and you bark. 1066 01:40:31,759 --> 01:40:34,759 - Is that understood? - Alright, sir. 1067 01:40:43,203 --> 01:40:46,203 And whoever lets the candle go out I'll blow the lid off his brains! 1068 01:40:47,641 --> 01:40:50,641 OK? 1069 01:41:35,389 --> 01:41:36,889 Yes? 1070 01:41:36,890 --> 01:41:39,890 Aren't you sleeping, Lt. Col. sir? 1071 01:41:44,364 --> 01:41:46,866 The condemned are already in the shearing shed. 1072 01:41:46,867 --> 01:41:49,867 Each with a candle to make it easier to guard them. 1073 01:41:50,104 --> 01:41:53,005 Very good. 1074 01:41:53,006 --> 01:41:55,708 For tomorrow, 1075 01:41:55,709 --> 01:41:57,443 Does the order stand or...? 1076 01:41:57,444 --> 01:42:00,146 Yes, Captain, yes! The order stands! 1077 01:42:00,147 --> 01:42:03,147 Or do you want me to let them all go free? 1078 01:42:11,725 --> 01:42:14,725 It's not about pardoning or punishing here, 1079 01:42:15,963 --> 01:42:18,963 it's about putting an end to these rebels. 1080 01:42:19,533 --> 01:42:22,533 You prefer to kill a hundred leaders rather than some day... 1081 01:42:22,603 --> 01:42:25,603 a thousand innocents dying. 1082 01:42:30,677 --> 01:42:33,677 They may say I was a bloodthirsty military, 1083 01:42:35,015 --> 01:42:38,015 but they'll never say I was a disobedient one. 1084 01:42:49,062 --> 01:42:52,062 - Not in the European war... - Come on. 1085 01:43:50,390 --> 01:43:53,259 Ready. 1086 01:43:53,260 --> 01:43:56,195 Aim. 1087 01:43:56,196 --> 01:43:59,196 Fire! 1088 01:44:05,839 --> 01:44:07,773 Aim. 1089 01:44:07,774 --> 01:44:09,342 Fire! 1090 01:44:09,343 --> 01:44:11,143 Aim. 1091 01:44:11,144 --> 01:44:12,945 Fire! 1092 01:44:12,946 --> 01:44:14,847 Aim. 1093 01:44:14,848 --> 01:44:17,848 Fire! 1094 01:44:18,652 --> 01:44:21,652 Laborers, reduced from 120 to 80 pesos a month. 1095 01:44:22,723 --> 01:44:25,723 Wagon drlvers, from 130 to 90 pesos 1096 01:44:26,059 --> 01:44:29,059 Sheep hands, from 140 to 100 pesos. 1097 01:44:29,196 --> 01:44:32,196 Ranch cooks, from 160 to 120 pesos. 1098 01:44:33,133 --> 01:44:36,133 Herders, per day, from 25 to 12 pesos. 1099 01:44:37,304 --> 01:44:40,304 These wages replace those from the previous agreement... 1100 01:44:41,908 --> 01:44:44,908 which is definitively annulled. 1101 01:44:55,155 --> 01:44:58,155 The memory of your action in Patagonia... 1102 01:44:59,026 --> 01:45:01,994 will remain in the memory of its inhabitants 1103 01:45:01,995 --> 01:45:04,995 as a lesson on what inspired men are capable of... 1104 01:45:06,066 --> 01:45:09,066 in the fulfillment of their duty and in the greatness of the nation. 1105 01:45:10,537 --> 01:45:13,537 Very good! 1106 01:45:15,742 --> 01:45:18,244 Friends. 1107 01:45:18,245 --> 01:45:21,245 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1108 01:45:21,948 --> 01:45:24,948 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1109 01:45:25,319 --> 01:45:28,319 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1110 01:45:30,424 --> 01:45:33,424 And so say all of us! 1111 01:45:34,194 --> 01:45:37,194 And so say all of us! 1112 01:45:37,631 --> 01:45:40,631 And so say all of us! 1113 01:45:41,201 --> 01:45:44,201 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1114 01:45:44,805 --> 01:45:47,805 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1115 01:45:48,508 --> 01:45:51,508 For he's a jolly good fellow! 1116 01:45:54,314 --> 01:45:57,314 And so say all of us! 1117 01:45:59,953 --> 01:46:02,321 Hip-hip! Hurrah!