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DIFFICULT YEARS
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A CIVILISED POPULATION'S
BEST QUALITY
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IS THE ABILITY TO LAUGH AT ITS FAULTS
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This is Sicily.
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This noble, ancient land
under a sky flooded with light
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that has such a severe,
melancholy appearance.
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These are its towns,
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which have grown
over the centuries
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with none of the cold geometry
of a rational metropolis.
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They are warm with life,
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like plants
that have coiled around a volcano,
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or sprung up on the hill
where the first seed was sown.
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The people who live in these towns,
full of steps and courtyards,
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full of windows,
terraces and balconies,
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have drawn from their 1000 years of
experiences, misfortunes and efforts,
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that profound, elemental genius
known as common sense.
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The most humble men
in these squares
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are virtually unknown
and they don't enjoy people's regards,
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but they lovingly preserve
a sense of justice and truth
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and suffer greatly
when this is harmed
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or attacked.
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One of these,
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a poor clerk,
who lived in those difficult times,
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is the protagonist of this story.
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His name was Aldo Piscitello,
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and he lived in this house.
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Walking around with no shoes on!
Then you complain your teeth hurt.
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You traitor!
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Thank goodness.
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And you watch where you're going.
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- Me first!
- No me!
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- No, I'm first.
- No!
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HINDEMBURG IS DEAD. HITLER BECOMES
REICH CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT.
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- Guess who's dead. Cavaliere Percolla.
- Which Percolla?
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- The one they called "Fatso".
- Poor man. Let me see.
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Yesterday 2nd August 1934 at 4pm,
comforted by his religion,
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Cavaliere Domenico Percolla
passed away. Poor man.
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- Granddad, it's busy.
- The kids are in there.
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Oh, she's finally done it!
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Well, what are you waiting for?
Get up. You can't stay in bed all day.
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It's your fault, you stay up so late.
You go to bed in the small hours.
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- It's not true!
- Yes it is.
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If only you were reading school books.
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Instead of all that stupid stuff. How
will you become a teacher like that?
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What will you teach the kids?
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"Pisanello, the Perfumed Death".
What a load of nonsense!
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- Come on. Get up.
- Who's eaten all the egg?
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You scoundrel! At your age!
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What's the matter?
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He ate all the egg I made for Elena.
He's worse than those two.
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- What will I give the poor girl now?
- I'm going to the office.
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Yes, you wash your hands of it
and I have to put up with everyone!
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Mr Piscitello! There's a postcard
from your son from Perugia.
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He says he's on manoeuvres,
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it's baking hot
but he's fine and says hello to all.
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Thank you.
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- Aren't you going to read it?
- You've just read it for me.
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- Good morning, Nicola.
- Good morning.
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Staying in bed in the morning
burns this one's backside!
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- Mr Piscitello...
- Do you think I am a machine?
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- Be patient.
- What do you mean, patient?
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I'll call you when it's ready!
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- Piscitello!
- What's the matter?
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The Podest� wants you.
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- Me?
- Yes, you. Right away.
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- Where you going?
- Come back tomorrow.
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- Tomorrow?
- We can't wait!
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I'm not moving from here!
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Come on, hurry up.
The Podest� is waiting.
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18 carriages have been stuck
in Messina for a week, understand?
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Don't give me the usual excuses.
The Prince's go through, don't they?
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The truth is that you're a gang
of "mafiosi"! They were going bad?
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What about my oranges?
Do you think they're made of stone?
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I'll report your anti-patriotic
behaviour to Rome, you bunch of swines!
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Ah, Piscitello. You, too.
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- You've been causing trouble.
- Me, Baron?
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Precisely! You're not a member
of the Fascist party, are you?
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Me? No, Baron.
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And you're looking at me like that?
I have to sack you because of it.
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Oh, dear God!
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Don't act like that. I have to follow
orders as precisely as possible,
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because there's a lot
of moral corruption here.
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Of course, I'm very sorry
that you, my old clerk...
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For 21 years, sir.
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...and my tenant...
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I was born in your building.
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I know. Basically,
you have to join the Fascist party.
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But sir,
the membership lists are closed.
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What do you mean "closed"?
There's always a way.
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Talk to the party secretary
in some village. Explain your situation.
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Say that... But do I really
have to tell you what to do?
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I understand, but I...
I've never been involved in politics.
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You're right...
But if I could, I wouldn't...
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You know there are ex-ministers
who would give their right arm
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to be a member of the party!
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Do you despise the Fascist Party?
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Sir, the Duce is God and I, with all
due respect, am a piece of shit,
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but I've never been
involved in politics.
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Bye, Piscitello, see you tomorrow.
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Then you'll tell me if you prefer
to keep your job or find another one.
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So what do you want to do? Join up.
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We'll tell Cavaliere Annibale,
leader of the party in Pedara.
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He's a friend and a bit of a relative.
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- He'll help you.
- Rosa, I'm not a Fascist.
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- Well, become one!
- Become one, become one...
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Why do I have to become a Fascist?
What do they want with me?
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Dad, you don't half go on!
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- Where's he going?
- Who knows.
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- When the British Ambassador...
- Piscitello!
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- Good evening.
- Come in. Sit down.
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- Sorry, I need to talk to the chemist.
- Is someone at home not well?
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- No, they're all fine.
- Come round the back.
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- Please, excuse me.
- Carry on.
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- I don't want to...
- Piscitello? He wouldn't hurt a fly.
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The British Ambassador sees that
two people have thrown themselves
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out of the window on Mussolini's order.
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"Holy Mary Mother of God" he says,
"who's this Big Cheese?"
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- Sir, could you come here a moment.
- Excuse me. What is it?
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Then they call a young man.
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"Ah, this one's not old like
the others", thinks the Ambassador,
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"He's still got to sew his wild oats,
he won't be too happy about dying. "
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"Young man", says Mussolini, "see that
window? Take a running jump out of it!"
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The young man prepares to jump,
but the Ambassador grabs him.
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"Hey! Do you know what will happen if
you jump out of that window?", he says.
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"You'll lose your life!"
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The young man replies:
"And you call this living?"
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And he throws himself out. Stone dead!
It's a good one, isn't it?
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- Mascari, come here a moment please.
- Yes. Excuse me a moment.
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- Of course.
- What's going on?
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- Something private. Lawyers' business.
- God protect me from lawyers,
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- and I'll avoid the doctors!
- Doctor, you come too.
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But why all these secrets?
Why are they acting like that?
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- Come here, you two come as well.
- What's going on?
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Things... things... come here.
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Who is it?
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Ah, Mr Sebastiano Caputo.
To what do we owe the pleasure?
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I was just passing. I hoped
I could find someone to chat with.
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I'm sorry I can't help you.
I'm completely alone,
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and I've got
a complicated prescription to make up.
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Well, if that's how it is...
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- I won't disturb you further.
- Oh, please. You never disturb me.
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- Damned spy!
- We should kill him like a rat.
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With a stick, so that
we don't dirty our shoes.
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He's gone. Maria,
come down here a moment.
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So what should I do?
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It's hard to say, dear Piscitello.
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This is a question
that goes beyond an individual case.
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It's something rooted in history.
Do you agree?
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I couldn't have put it better myself.
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"A problem that is rooted in history. "
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In any case, how can we advise you?
The ideal would be to resist, to fight.
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Only when individuals join,
can we achieve collective strength
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to bring down a dictatorship. But we'd
need the combined strength of the people
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- and unfortunately...
- I understand what the lawyer's saying,
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but it's not our fault that this
joint action hasn't happened.
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I'm not insinuating anything.
You're too touchy.
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Dear lawyer, I can repeat your
speeches at the '21 elections by heart,
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when you couldn't speak badly enough
of the church and its ministers.
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I wanted to attack its unworthy
representatives, not the institution.
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Gentlemen! Forget the past. What's the
point in talking about past mistakes?
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Excuse me, we're not here to discuss
responsibility, we're here to clarify...
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Don't say clarify! It's a word
that only causes disaster,
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It's by clarifying
that we've ended up in this darkness.
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Darkness? It's more
like the Middle Ages!
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Excuse me,
what do you think I should do?
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Right. Listen, you have to decide.
You and you alone, understand?
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- Yes, ok, but I...
- Do what you're able, dear friend...
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Follow your heart.
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- Of course, the ideal thing would be...
- But how can a man in his situation...
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- Want some advice? You decide!
- Yes, that's it.
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I should decide? Oh, I see.
I understand. Thank you very much.
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- Yes, but dialectics...
- Oh, don't start!
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- Good evening, Mr Piscitello.
- Good evening Maria.
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I got a letter
from Giovanni in Perugia.
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Yes? Me too. A postcard.
My son must have more to say to you.
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- Good evening.
- Mr Piscitello!
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- Are you worried about something?
- Oh, it's nothing. Good evening.
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You don't love me! If you did you'd
come out on the landing for 5 minutes.
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Two minutes? One?
You don't love me.
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I love love itself.
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- Love is perdition and exaltation.
- Yes, but come out for a second.
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Your mouth is hungry.
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- You have the eyes of a demon.
- Just a second!
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Solitude must clasp
my thighs like a cilice.
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What's all this cilice?
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You don't understand.
No one understands me.
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Oh, it's my dad!
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- No, it's the judge on the 2nd floor.
- No, no, it's my dad!
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- Oh, see you tomorrow night.
- Bye!
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- Good evening, Mr Piscitello.
- Good evening, little baron.
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- What time is it?
- Time to stop!
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If I catch you acting stupid with
the baron's son one more time,
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I'll tear you in half
like this rubbishy novel!
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- Well, have you decided?
- I don't want to talk about Mussolini!
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- The trains run on time now.
- They can do what they want!
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- There's order...
- Who's saying there isn't?
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Do you remember when the Communists
booed you because you had sweets...
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- They belonged to the Baron.
- I like what he does for young people.
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- Well, really I...
- The youth are all crazy for Mussolini.
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People who are far better
than you or I say Fascism is great!
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But I never said anything different!
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- Listen... goodnight!
- Goodnight.
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Do you know what Don Calogero said?
That il Duce was sent by Providence.
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Do you want to defy Providence itself?
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- What is it?
- But...
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But what?
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How much money the party
secretary in Pedara will want?
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Let me take care of that.
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Who knows what his wife said
to the party secretary in Pedara,
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but one week later Aldo Piscitello
was wearing the Fascist party badge-
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- Good morning, Mr Piscitello!
- Good morning. Is there any post?
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- Sorry, but there's no post today.
- What is it?
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Oh, nothing. I'm sorry,
I didn't know that you too...
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Yeah, me too.
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With the same dedication he showed
in his job as a clerk for 20 years,
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Piscitello fulfilled
his duties as a party member-
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He wore his black shirt when told to,
and attended area meetings-
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He carried the heavy banner
of the 23rd March group in parades-
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And despite his dodgy heart, he
never failed to take part in training-
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On Saturday evening he returned
home exhausted, with aching feet-
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Give the Roman salute!
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Dad, dad!
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I'll be back right away.
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- Why's dad dressed like that?
- He joined the Fascist party.
225
00:21:19,149 --> 00:21:23,859
- What's so strange? Didn't you know?
- No, I didn't.
226
00:21:24,909 --> 00:21:27,298
- Rosina!
- What is it?
227
00:21:30,229 --> 00:21:33,665
- What's the matter?
- I can't get these damned boots off.
228
00:21:33,869 --> 00:21:36,622
- It's all your fault.
- All this over a pair of boots!
229
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:39,218
- Pull.
- I am pulling!
230
00:21:45,789 --> 00:21:47,586
- What do you want?
- Who's he?
231
00:21:47,789 --> 00:21:50,940
- Giovanni.
- Giovanni! Who's Giovanni?
232
00:21:51,509 --> 00:21:57,027
Granddad, Giovanni.
My brother. Your son's son!
233
00:21:57,229 --> 00:21:58,298
- My son?
- Uff!
234
00:22:02,909 --> 00:22:07,027
Let me look at you Giovanni.
Is it me or do you look thinner?
235
00:22:07,229 --> 00:22:10,824
No, I'm just a bit tired.
The manoeuvres are very hard.
236
00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:14,863
Ah, yes, of course.
Sit down here next to me.
237
00:22:19,269 --> 00:22:21,385
I've so much to say to you...
238
00:22:23,669 --> 00:22:29,247
When things happen, I always think:
"I must tell Giovanni when he returns. "
239
00:22:31,509 --> 00:22:35,787
And now,
I can't remember anything. Never mind.
240
00:22:36,309 --> 00:22:37,981
How are things at the Council?
241
00:22:38,669 --> 00:22:42,548
Well, not bad. I'll tell you later.
242
00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:46,059
But let's talk about you.
243
00:22:46,709 --> 00:22:49,098
Will you stay here with us?
244
00:22:49,309 --> 00:22:53,746
Or are you like those who go looking
for who knows what on the Continent?
245
00:22:53,949 --> 00:22:58,067
If I find a job I'll stay here,
in this old place full of heat
246
00:22:58,269 --> 00:23:04,060
and mosquitoes. But I prefer them
to the fog of Parma or Milan.
247
00:23:04,429 --> 00:23:07,626
And you're here. So are my friends.
248
00:23:08,989 --> 00:23:10,388
These old roofs...
249
00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:12,341
And she's here.
250
00:23:15,949 --> 00:23:17,701
Have you seen her often?
251
00:23:18,869 --> 00:23:24,148
I don't go to the chemist's often.
I need to tell you about how...
252
00:23:26,589 --> 00:23:27,908
...how I signed up.
253
00:23:32,189 --> 00:23:33,224
There's no need, dad.
254
00:23:33,429 --> 00:23:35,818
- I'm going out.
- Where are you going?
255
00:23:36,029 --> 00:23:39,101
- To the rehearsals for "Norma".
- You're a singer now?
256
00:23:39,309 --> 00:23:40,708
Don't be silly, dad.
257
00:23:40,909 --> 00:23:46,063
It's Bellini's 100th anniversary.
The students have got walk-on parts.
258
00:23:46,269 --> 00:23:48,544
Go to bed, or I'll give you "Norma"!
259
00:23:49,309 --> 00:23:52,346
- To bed! Or I'll give you a...
- Let her go dad.
260
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:57,942
You've no idea. This idiot's been
making eyes at the Baron's son.
261
00:23:58,149 --> 00:24:00,822
And your mother,
who's getting more and more stupid,
262
00:24:01,029 --> 00:24:06,228
thinks: "well, why not?
There's no harm, you never know. "
263
00:24:06,429 --> 00:24:12,425
So? What's so strange? What if
Elena became a baroness one day?
264
00:24:12,629 --> 00:24:13,698
Listen to her!
265
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:19,541
You don't see that times have changed.
Social differences have been abolished.
266
00:24:19,749 --> 00:24:24,300
- Yeah, you'll believe anything.
- Calm down, dad.
267
00:24:24,509 --> 00:24:29,864
No sir! I may dress like an undertaker
outside, but I'm still the boss here.
268
00:24:31,349 --> 00:24:36,548
There's nothing new in this house,
and no one goes out without my say so!
269
00:24:36,749 --> 00:24:39,980
Good evening madam,
we've come to take Elena to rehearsals.
270
00:24:40,189 --> 00:24:44,865
How kind! We were waiting for you.
She's the party representative.
271
00:24:45,189 --> 00:24:48,306
- Good evening to you all!
- Good evening.
272
00:25:16,029 --> 00:25:19,339
- Sublime!
- Bellini's worth ten of Verdi!
273
00:25:23,389 --> 00:25:25,380
Oh, look who's back!
274
00:25:25,589 --> 00:25:29,901
- Good evening.
- Our dear Giovanni. Come in. Sit down.
275
00:25:32,349 --> 00:25:34,783
- This is Piscitello's son.
- Ah! Piscitello...
276
00:25:34,989 --> 00:25:37,025
He's at university with my niece.
277
00:25:37,989 --> 00:25:39,217
He's just finished
his military service.
278
00:25:39,429 --> 00:25:41,465
- Are you in the Engineers?
- Yes.
279
00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:47,619
Great! Wonderful soldiers. They fought
bravely on the Isonzo and the Piave.
280
00:25:49,829 --> 00:25:52,138
How is it going in the army?
281
00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:55,865
- Please, tell us.
- I play a very minor role.
282
00:25:56,069 --> 00:25:58,264
- I really couldn't say.
- You can say what you want here.
283
00:25:58,709 --> 00:25:59,744
What's there to say?
284
00:25:59,949 --> 00:26:04,067
How are relations between
the army and the Fascist militia?
285
00:26:04,389 --> 00:26:06,266
Right, how is it?
286
00:26:06,469 --> 00:26:09,029
I've never had anything
to do with those in the militia.
287
00:26:09,229 --> 00:26:11,299
Great! "Those in the militia"!
288
00:26:13,829 --> 00:26:15,865
I've never heard anything about them.
289
00:26:16,069 --> 00:26:19,141
So is it true there's a complete
breakdown in relations?
290
00:26:19,349 --> 00:26:22,022
They hate them. The soldiers
refuse to salute them.
291
00:26:22,229 --> 00:26:24,663
- Is that true?
- There's continual conflict.
292
00:26:24,869 --> 00:26:28,748
- The situation's getting worse.
- I don't think so.
293
00:26:28,949 --> 00:26:33,386
Ah, as an officer you're very wise
to reserve judgement.
294
00:26:34,629 --> 00:26:35,948
Good evening, Giovanni.
295
00:26:39,749 --> 00:26:41,228
Miss Maria!
296
00:26:44,149 --> 00:26:46,504
- How could you?
- I wanted to surprise you.
297
00:26:46,709 --> 00:26:48,904
- When did you get back?
- This evening.
298
00:26:51,789 --> 00:26:52,858
My love.
299
00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:55,902
18 months. How long they were.
300
00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:58,377
But now they're over.
301
00:26:59,269 --> 00:27:01,624
Yes, they're over.
302
00:27:01,829 --> 00:27:05,338
Chaste goddess,
303
00:27:08,709 --> 00:27:12,418
Chaste goddess, who bathe... -
304
00:27:15,669 --> 00:27:18,661
Ah, those were the days.
305
00:27:18,869 --> 00:27:22,623
Italy was a land of flowers,
of music and song.
306
00:27:23,709 --> 00:27:28,863
It was all kindness,
courtesy and respect for others.
307
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,218
But now, today...
308
00:27:38,549 --> 00:27:43,122
Enfold the earth in that sweet peace,
309
00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:54,102
Enfold the earth in that sweet peace,
310
00:28:07,029 --> 00:28:12,629
which, through Thee, reigns in heaven-
311
00:28:38,709 --> 00:28:44,227
Which, through Thee,
312
00:28:45,469 --> 00:28:50,784
reigns in heaven-
313
00:29:06,469 --> 00:29:12,067
When God, in his dark anger,
Shall demand the Romans' blood,
314
00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:21,260
"The Romans' blood"?
What kind of an opera is this?
315
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:27,260
I don't know. I thought that
this was a work in praise of Rome.
316
00:29:27,749 --> 00:29:30,309
If only we knew what this is about.
317
00:29:31,309 --> 00:29:34,938
- Don't you know this work?
- No, I'm not from here.
318
00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:40,124
Perhaps the Podest�... Podest�,
do you know the story of this work?
319
00:29:41,429 --> 00:29:45,502
To tell you the truth, I never know
what's going on in operas.
320
00:29:47,509 --> 00:29:53,300
And first to fall before our wrath
shall be the Proconsul of Rome-
321
00:29:54,389 --> 00:29:58,985
They've got it in for Rome!
Has the Censor seen this opera?
322
00:29:59,189 --> 00:30:00,383
I don't know.
323
00:30:05,829 --> 00:30:11,347
Ah! Bring back to me
the beauty of our first love.
324
00:30:13,949 --> 00:30:19,346
Then, against the world itself
I shall be your defence.
325
00:30:24,309 --> 00:30:28,382
- Hey, where's your badge?
- I forgot it.
326
00:30:28,589 --> 00:30:30,022
- Go get it!
- Now?
327
00:30:30,229 --> 00:30:31,457
Right away.
328
00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:37,145
And in that love I shall find again
life, fatherland and heaven itself!
329
00:30:44,269 --> 00:30:47,227
- Piscitello, Piscitello!
- Who is it? Ah, Podest�.
330
00:30:47,429 --> 00:30:52,025
Find the theatre director. Tell him to
bring the libretto for "Norma". Hurry!
331
00:30:52,229 --> 00:30:54,618
Yes, but where is he?
I don't even know...
332
00:30:55,109 --> 00:30:57,464
On the stage. Go, hurry!
333
00:31:04,229 --> 00:31:07,380
- Excuse me, where's the director?
- There he is.
334
00:31:10,829 --> 00:31:12,262
Where are you going?
335
00:31:12,469 --> 00:31:14,585
- The director?
- That's me.
336
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,064
The Podest� wants the libretto.
337
00:31:17,269 --> 00:31:20,022
- Why?
- I don't know. But he seems angry.
338
00:31:30,709 --> 00:31:33,621
This libretto must have been written
by an anti-Fascist.
339
00:31:33,829 --> 00:31:36,866
- It was written 100 years ago!
- I don't care.
340
00:31:37,069 --> 00:31:39,663
- We have to change everything.
- But how?
341
00:31:39,869 --> 00:31:45,660
Like this. Give me a pen! Cut out
everything that attacks Rome.
342
00:31:46,189 --> 00:31:47,986
Oh, this is madness!
343
00:31:48,189 --> 00:31:52,546
"On a mortal page, I read
the name of proud Rome. "
344
00:31:54,469 --> 00:31:58,667
I always said that intellectuals
were dirty Fascist haters.
345
00:32:15,989 --> 00:32:17,661
- Did you get the badge?
- No.
346
00:32:49,109 --> 00:32:51,145
WE WILL MARCH FORWARDS
347
00:33:02,629 --> 00:33:05,701
BELIEVE, OBEY AND FIGHT
348
00:33:13,869 --> 00:33:17,384
There is great expectation
amongst the crowds-
349
00:33:17,789 --> 00:33:20,542
Thanks to its great leader,
350
00:33:20,789 --> 00:33:26,467
Italy is about to enter an era
of greatness never seen in its history.
351
00:33:27,669 --> 00:33:32,185
The windows are opening-
A cry goes up-
352
00:33:32,909 --> 00:33:35,104
There! It's him!
353
00:33:52,429 --> 00:33:56,627
A sight for sore eyes,
a white shirt. Are they in there?
354
00:33:56,829 --> 00:33:58,308
- Yes.
- Excuse me.
355
00:33:59,869 --> 00:34:03,657
What a thing to see! What a thing.
356
00:34:04,749 --> 00:34:06,785
Close that door there!
357
00:34:10,389 --> 00:34:12,778
- Lots of people in the square?
- Uh-huh.
358
00:34:13,229 --> 00:34:15,948
The Baron has offered me a job
in his factory.
359
00:34:16,589 --> 00:34:17,783
He had a vacancy.
360
00:34:18,229 --> 00:34:19,344
Is it a good job?
361
00:34:19,549 --> 00:34:23,542
Yes, it's very interesting.
And the wages aren't bad.
362
00:34:23,989 --> 00:34:28,346
- No need to worry about our future.
- Our future...
363
00:34:28,549 --> 00:34:31,939
- What is he saying?
- Who cares?
364
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:36,620
- Who cares up to a certain point.
- Exactly. Up to a certain point.
365
00:34:37,069 --> 00:34:40,220
- I'll go and listen.
- I'll play.
366
00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:48,584
I can explain.
367
00:34:48,789 --> 00:34:51,826
Looks like
there's not much to explain.
368
00:34:53,029 --> 00:34:54,781
A chair, a chair.
369
00:34:59,869 --> 00:35:00,904
Get a chair!
370
00:35:01,269 --> 00:35:06,059
Close that door first of all.
No chairs. Put her on the floor.
371
00:35:07,309 --> 00:35:09,300
- What happened?
- She was crushed.
372
00:35:09,509 --> 00:35:11,739
She wanted to listen.
She loves the Duce.
373
00:35:11,949 --> 00:35:13,098
Oh, really?
374
00:35:14,669 --> 00:35:17,137
There's no need.
I'll take care of it.
375
00:35:20,909 --> 00:35:22,137
Duce!
376
00:35:24,629 --> 00:35:25,744
Uncle!
377
00:35:27,669 --> 00:35:28,818
What are you doing?
378
00:35:45,789 --> 00:35:51,102
- What's going on? Aren't we eating?
- I'm going, I'm going!
379
00:35:51,309 --> 00:35:56,667
Cooking on a day like this!
I never heard Cavour speak,
380
00:35:56,869 --> 00:35:59,622
but it would take plenty of him
to make one Mussolini.
381
00:35:59,829 --> 00:36:03,663
What was that phrase
about destiny turning the wheel?
382
00:36:03,869 --> 00:36:06,429
Ah, it was lovely. Wonderful!
383
00:36:06,629 --> 00:36:09,541
D'Annunzio never came up
with a phrase like that.
384
00:36:09,749 --> 00:36:14,903
D'Annunzio's a great poet, but
he's not so multi-talented as Mussolini.
385
00:36:15,109 --> 00:36:17,304
Not so multi-talented as him!
386
00:36:18,909 --> 00:36:20,900
Mum! I've got some great news!
387
00:36:21,109 --> 00:36:23,100
- About Ethiopia?
- Not that. Dad?
388
00:36:23,309 --> 00:36:24,981
He's getting changed.
389
00:36:29,789 --> 00:36:31,347
What's going on?
390
00:36:34,629 --> 00:36:38,781
- Hang on, I'll help you.
- Call your mum. It's her fault.
391
00:36:39,269 --> 00:36:41,544
Let me do it,
I'm used to it. Pull!
392
00:36:42,469 --> 00:36:45,905
Guess what?
Today I got engaged to Maria.
393
00:36:47,189 --> 00:36:50,261
- It's here, it's here!
- What is it?
394
00:36:50,869 --> 00:36:53,508
- The postcard's here.
- Have they called you up?
395
00:36:53,709 --> 00:36:55,301
I wish! It's for him.
396
00:36:57,749 --> 00:36:59,467
- For me?
- Unfortunately yes.
397
00:36:59,669 --> 00:37:02,058
I hoped it was for me, but...
398
00:37:08,429 --> 00:37:13,549
- What have you got to do with it?
- What have I got to do with it?
399
00:37:28,629 --> 00:37:34,004
Full of Fascist spirit, Italian ships
prepare to depart for East Africa.
400
00:37:47,149 --> 00:37:51,381
Sorry I couldn't come earlier, dear.
I had the party secretary to lunch.
401
00:37:54,429 --> 00:37:58,104
Germany rises once more
under the leadership of the Fuhrer.
402
00:37:58,949 --> 00:38:03,022
A great military parade
with 300,000 Germans-
403
00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:25,307
I heard you've asked
to leave as a volunteer.
404
00:38:25,509 --> 00:38:27,943
What a scene my parents caused!
405
00:38:28,629 --> 00:38:31,666
My father found out
and told my mother.
406
00:38:31,869 --> 00:38:34,827
- So you're not going?
- Unfortunately not.
407
00:38:36,749 --> 00:38:41,698
The British Lion can't stop
the advance of Mussolini's new army,
408
00:38:41,909 --> 00:38:47,222
who having crossed the Suez Canal,
disembark in fought-over Africa.
409
00:38:47,429 --> 00:38:50,580
- My brother said it's very hot there.
- Where?
410
00:38:50,789 --> 00:38:53,383
- In Massawa.
- He's so lucky!
411
00:38:59,989 --> 00:39:04,744
A Belgian strategist says the war
in Ethiopia will last six years.
412
00:39:05,349 --> 00:39:06,862
- Six years!
- Yes.
413
00:39:07,069 --> 00:39:08,741
Perhaps he's wrong.
414
00:39:08,949 --> 00:39:13,977
Don't you know that Belgian military
strategists are the best in the world?
415
00:39:14,629 --> 00:39:17,223
- Why?
- Because they're the best in the world.
416
00:39:17,429 --> 00:39:20,148
I've got some great news!
417
00:39:20,469 --> 00:39:22,221
- What is it?
- Tell us!
418
00:39:22,429 --> 00:39:24,499
- They've had it!
- Out with it!
419
00:39:24,709 --> 00:39:30,625
- They've substituted De Bono.
- So the Belgian strategist was right!
420
00:39:30,829 --> 00:39:33,901
- Who've they substituted him with?
- With Badoglio.
421
00:39:36,189 --> 00:39:39,147
- They say he's good.
- Yes, he's great.
422
00:39:39,349 --> 00:39:45,219
But what can you do? They're
compromised. Soon the rains will come,
423
00:39:45,429 --> 00:39:47,897
and then a big typhoon...
424
00:39:48,869 --> 00:39:52,498
My dear Piscitello,
I understand your worries.
425
00:39:52,709 --> 00:39:57,783
They are those of thousands
of fathers, wives and children.
426
00:39:58,749 --> 00:40:04,028
But we didn't send your son there.
You know who it was, don't you?
427
00:40:09,669 --> 00:40:11,068
How like Giovanni you are.
428
00:40:13,669 --> 00:40:14,704
How?
429
00:40:14,909 --> 00:40:19,460
Just like him. You don't want
to bother others with your problems.
430
00:40:24,349 --> 00:40:27,659
Come here, Mr Piscitello.
431
00:40:28,829 --> 00:40:30,308
Sit here next to me.
432
00:40:30,509 --> 00:40:36,166
Listen, I know you often think
we're cynics, that we're know-alls...
433
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:42,544
- No, no...
- No, that's how it is. It's natural.
434
00:40:42,869 --> 00:40:48,341
They talk about our great nation,
our place in the sun,
435
00:40:48,549 --> 00:40:51,427
about proletarian Italy and empire.
436
00:40:51,629 --> 00:40:56,860
But we speak the language of reason
and condemn military aggression.
437
00:40:58,869 --> 00:41:03,067
It's obvious that
what we say is less attractive.
438
00:41:03,269 --> 00:41:08,381
But I realise that sir. What
I'm saying is, wouldn't it be better
439
00:41:10,189 --> 00:41:14,865
not to whisper it as if we were at
confession, but to shout it out loud,
440
00:41:15,069 --> 00:41:16,787
even if we end up in prison?
441
00:41:16,989 --> 00:41:21,187
Of course, it would be
the ideal thing, but...
442
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:25,459
- Here we go, look... Sanctions!
- Let me see!
443
00:41:26,669 --> 00:41:32,044
"The Geneva Council has decided
to apply economic sanctions to Italy. "
444
00:41:32,949 --> 00:41:36,783
The Italian representative
protested strongly. That's it!
445
00:41:36,989 --> 00:41:38,786
- What?
- The war's over!
446
00:41:39,109 --> 00:41:41,862
- Why?
- Because to wage war you need canons,
447
00:41:42,069 --> 00:41:45,539
to make canons you need steel
and we haven't got any!
448
00:41:47,909 --> 00:41:52,699
Britain will close the Suez Canal and
the U.S. Won't send any more petrol.
449
00:41:52,909 --> 00:41:57,585
It's over and,
God willing, so is Fascism.
450
00:41:57,909 --> 00:42:00,548
That's why we don't go and shout?
451
00:42:00,749 --> 00:42:03,502
- I understand.
- It's so simple.
452
00:42:03,709 --> 00:42:08,764
If we listen to the voice of reason
this should cheer us up.
453
00:42:10,549 --> 00:42:13,461
Italy will manage with a broken nail,
454
00:42:13,669 --> 00:42:19,665
but if Africa had been a success, who
knows where we'd be with that maniac!
455
00:42:19,869 --> 00:42:21,666
A broken nail.
456
00:42:23,549 --> 00:42:28,100
I hope this nail
isn't my son, or anyone else's.
457
00:42:41,029 --> 00:42:42,542
- What a day?
- Wonderful.
458
00:43:33,869 --> 00:43:36,303
- Anyone there?
- What do you want?
459
00:43:36,509 --> 00:43:38,864
I have a prescription
for this medicine.
460
00:43:39,229 --> 00:43:41,663
- They don't have it in my village.
- Which one?
461
00:43:41,869 --> 00:43:45,908
- It's eme... It cures amoeba.
- Emetine.
462
00:43:46,109 --> 00:43:50,625
- The doctor says it works.
- So they say.
463
00:43:51,069 --> 00:43:56,701
- How do you take it?
- One injection every two days.
464
00:43:57,309 --> 00:44:00,619
- Thank you. I kiss your hand.
- I kiss your hand.
465
00:44:05,349 --> 00:44:09,388
The moon is in the sky
and you shine on the earth.
466
00:44:10,229 --> 00:44:14,700
You are a woman of rare beauty
who shines like a lantern,
467
00:44:14,989 --> 00:44:18,220
over a boat at night on the sea.
468
00:44:18,549 --> 00:44:22,178
Inside your breast
the nightingale dwells.
469
00:44:22,669 --> 00:44:25,661
An angel laughs through your mouth.
470
00:44:25,949 --> 00:44:31,387
Beauty, created for eternal life,
you make dried-up trees flower again.
471
00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:35,377
Ah, great, well said, lawyer!
472
00:44:37,949 --> 00:44:41,259
- Go on, dad.
- I'd like to say,
473
00:44:41,749 --> 00:44:45,105
that today my heart is beating fast,
474
00:44:45,709 --> 00:44:49,258
as fast as when I was sixty,
475
00:44:49,869 --> 00:44:51,905
and I felt like a young lad.
476
00:44:53,949 --> 00:44:59,342
It's beating hard for this dear
couple, who I wish all the best.
477
00:45:01,389 --> 00:45:02,981
They wrote it for me!
478
00:45:07,189 --> 00:45:12,206
Now, with the fianc�e's permission,
I'll kiss his girlfriend.
479
00:45:20,549 --> 00:45:22,267
No, it's the other one!
480
00:45:23,389 --> 00:45:27,223
- Congratulations!
- There's a great view from the window.
481
00:45:27,429 --> 00:45:30,865
- Really? Let's go and have a look.
- Ah, how wonderful!
482
00:45:31,269 --> 00:45:34,261
I've come to wish
the couple all the best.
483
00:45:34,589 --> 00:45:35,908
Thank you, Baron.
484
00:45:36,309 --> 00:45:40,746
And I'm happy to say that tomorrow
Giovanni will be a part of my factory.
485
00:45:40,949 --> 00:45:42,462
Yours is the nicest present.
486
00:45:42,669 --> 00:45:44,978
We have to work, dear Giovanni.
487
00:45:45,189 --> 00:45:47,862
We have to industrialise this island
488
00:45:48,069 --> 00:45:51,857
that the Duce has called
"the heart of the Empire. "
489
00:45:53,989 --> 00:45:58,346
I'm sorry I have to leave,
but I have to see the party secretary.
490
00:45:58,549 --> 00:46:02,906
I wish you all the happiness,
you're both good and attractive.
491
00:46:03,109 --> 00:46:06,067
- When are you getting married?
- In two months.
492
00:46:06,269 --> 00:46:09,341
- Come here, just a second.
- Oh, good God...
493
00:46:10,149 --> 00:46:13,744
And this will be their bedroom,
lovely isn't it?
494
00:46:13,949 --> 00:46:17,498
Yes, but sleeping in one room
all your life with a woman
495
00:46:17,709 --> 00:46:19,586
gives me a sense of oppression.
496
00:46:19,789 --> 00:46:24,021
- You didn't feel like that once!
- But now I'm convinced, you're right.
497
00:46:24,589 --> 00:46:27,820
Solitude must grasp
our thighs like a cilice.
498
00:46:28,709 --> 00:46:31,860
The truth is
you don't love me anymore.
499
00:46:32,069 --> 00:46:35,698
- Careful. You're loud!
- What does it matter now?
500
00:46:35,909 --> 00:46:40,858
- What are you talking about?
- Do you still love me?
501
00:46:42,949 --> 00:46:46,498
Yes, I love you. I love you.
502
00:46:48,829 --> 00:46:51,980
This year has been exceptionally good.
503
00:46:52,189 --> 00:46:54,305
- The only problem is transport.
- Do you export a lot?
504
00:46:54,509 --> 00:46:57,421
We're reacquiring
markets that we had lost.
505
00:46:57,629 --> 00:47:01,781
When there were sanctions,
the Spanish took over.
506
00:47:01,989 --> 00:47:07,183
They've got other things to worry about
now. Things are getting serious there.
507
00:47:09,349 --> 00:47:15,185
- What, you send oranges to Spain?
- These are a special type of orange.
508
00:47:15,669 --> 00:47:18,308
They don't grow there.
My dear, come,
509
00:47:18,509 --> 00:47:21,581
I want to show you
our chemical plant.
510
00:47:25,389 --> 00:47:31,225
You'll find it a bit untidy.
Your predecessor wasn't very competent.
511
00:47:31,429 --> 00:47:35,422
Luckily though he's been nominated
Undersecretary for Justice.
512
00:47:35,629 --> 00:47:39,463
- Undersecretary?
- He's the party secretary's nephew.
513
00:47:39,669 --> 00:47:43,548
- Oh, I see.
- All the best with your work.
514
00:47:43,749 --> 00:47:46,547
We'll be seeing
each other often here.
515
00:47:46,749 --> 00:47:52,187
And if you need anything,
ask engineer Fieschi.
516
00:47:52,389 --> 00:47:55,267
He's in charge of everything in here.
517
00:47:55,469 --> 00:47:58,427
- Goodbye.
- Thank you, Baron.
518
00:48:03,029 --> 00:48:06,066
You bunch of idiots!
I don't believe it.
519
00:48:06,429 --> 00:48:10,547
What have you done?
Get out of here!
520
00:48:10,749 --> 00:48:13,661
Look what they've done!
521
00:48:20,189 --> 00:48:21,508
Take note.
522
00:48:22,269 --> 00:48:28,139
Lieutenant Giovanni Piscitello,
son of Aldo.
523
00:48:29,189 --> 00:48:30,668
Destination: Unknown.
524
00:48:30,869 --> 00:48:33,667
Wait, I'll turn the light on.
525
00:48:35,349 --> 00:48:36,543
It's lovely.
526
00:48:38,269 --> 00:48:40,385
I'd prepared everything.
527
00:48:41,269 --> 00:48:46,104
I'd have moved to the second floor
so as not to disturb them. But...
528
00:48:46,949 --> 00:48:50,305
But now a red card,
with "destination unknown".
529
00:48:50,509 --> 00:48:54,218
They use a man like a puppet
and send him to the devil.
530
00:48:54,429 --> 00:48:58,468
To other countries, to cause death.
531
00:48:58,669 --> 00:49:02,025
Not Giovanni.
He's in the anti-aircraft division.
532
00:49:02,229 --> 00:49:05,221
Try and look cheerful,
for the girl's sake.
533
00:49:05,429 --> 00:49:07,226
- What does she say?
- Nothing.
534
00:49:07,429 --> 00:49:12,503
She doesn't say a word.
She'salways calm, serene.
535
00:49:13,589 --> 00:49:16,626
But the light's on
in her room until late.
536
00:49:17,829 --> 00:49:20,059
- She writes to him.
- Right.
537
00:49:20,269 --> 00:49:22,908
Cursed be the day that...
538
00:49:24,189 --> 00:49:27,340
- Good chinaroot.
- It's that spy.
539
00:49:31,349 --> 00:49:35,865
And as I was saying, I went on
holiday and it cured me completely.
540
00:49:36,069 --> 00:49:37,661
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
541
00:49:37,869 --> 00:49:43,626
I was just passing and I stopped by
for a chat with your niece.
542
00:49:43,829 --> 00:49:46,821
Give us two glasses
of chinaroot too, Maria.
543
00:49:47,589 --> 00:49:49,307
We kiss you hand, doctor!
544
00:49:49,629 --> 00:49:53,258
- Who are they?
- Your tenant in Pedara, Rocco's sons.
545
00:49:53,469 --> 00:49:55,221
Now I remember.
546
00:49:56,189 --> 00:49:59,784
- What are you doing here?
- We came to see you.
547
00:49:59,989 --> 00:50:05,666
Our father said: " If you go through
Modica, say goodbye to the chemist.
548
00:50:05,869 --> 00:50:09,498
- "He won't let you go empty handed. "
- Where are you going?
549
00:50:09,709 --> 00:50:14,180
Far away, sir.
We're going to war. In Spain.
550
00:50:16,389 --> 00:50:18,619
- Have you been called up?
- No sir.
551
00:50:18,989 --> 00:50:20,342
We're volunteering.
552
00:50:20,549 --> 00:50:23,017
Volunteering? Why?
553
00:50:27,029 --> 00:50:28,303
Well, sir.
554
00:50:28,989 --> 00:50:31,549
You'll do anything
if you're hungry.
555
00:50:32,109 --> 00:50:36,864
There's no work
and the land doesn't produce enough
556
00:50:37,389 --> 00:50:40,142
to feed the animals.
557
00:50:40,349 --> 00:50:46,026
Once, we could go to America, like
my uncle, but where do you go today?
558
00:50:46,229 --> 00:50:50,427
In Spain they give us
40 lire a day plus food,
559
00:50:50,749 --> 00:50:55,698
and, God willing, we'll come home
alive with a bit of money.
560
00:50:55,909 --> 00:50:58,104
If not, it's His will.
561
00:51:03,229 --> 00:51:04,787
Good evening.
562
00:51:13,309 --> 00:51:14,822
Here, give it to them.
563
00:51:16,789 --> 00:51:19,223
Thank you. We kiss your hand.
564
00:51:36,509 --> 00:51:39,899
Riccardo! Riccardo!
565
00:51:40,629 --> 00:51:42,460
- What's up?
- I was waiting for you.
566
00:51:42,669 --> 00:51:45,308
- You promised...
- There was a meeting.
567
00:51:45,509 --> 00:51:47,022
What is it?
568
00:51:47,989 --> 00:51:49,308
I'm so unhappy.
569
00:51:49,669 --> 00:51:51,500
- Why?
- You don't love me anymore.
570
00:51:51,829 --> 00:51:53,262
Oh, what silliness.
571
00:51:53,709 --> 00:51:57,304
- You don't love me.
- Of course I still love you.
572
00:51:57,509 --> 00:52:01,502
You see, a man
can't spend all day making eyes.
573
00:52:01,709 --> 00:52:04,064
- I'm very worried at the moment.
- Why?
574
00:52:04,429 --> 00:52:06,659
- I want to become a pilot.
- A pilot?
575
00:52:06,869 --> 00:52:10,066
Yes, and go to Spain
to fight, like your brother,
576
00:52:10,269 --> 00:52:12,146
but my mother will die
if I start flying.
577
00:52:12,509 --> 00:52:14,227
Me too, I'd die too.
578
00:52:14,549 --> 00:52:16,301
Don't start as well.
579
00:52:16,749 --> 00:52:19,183
What will happen
if you leave me alone?
580
00:52:19,389 --> 00:52:21,857
- Your father!
- No, it's the judge.
581
00:52:22,069 --> 00:52:23,627
No, it's your father!
582
00:52:23,829 --> 00:52:26,901
- See you tomorrow evening.
- Yes, bye.
583
00:52:29,269 --> 00:52:31,658
Today at 3pm there was a meeting... -
584
00:52:31,869 --> 00:52:35,623
- Get up you, I have to make the bed.
- Every day the same thing!
585
00:52:35,829 --> 00:52:40,266
- There's no peace in this house.
- Shut up you two!
586
00:52:40,589 --> 00:52:45,743
The bombardiers have performed
a brilliant raid on Valencia-
587
00:52:45,949 --> 00:52:50,101
A large number of highly explosive
devices were dropped on the port
588
00:52:50,309 --> 00:52:53,904
- and on the industrial area-
- Good! Great!
589
00:52:54,349 --> 00:52:56,988
This is the end of our programme-
590
00:53:01,029 --> 00:53:05,580
And you call yourself a Christian?
You make the sign of the cross,
591
00:53:07,109 --> 00:53:11,660
but you're happy if they bomb children
and women who are better than you!
592
00:53:11,869 --> 00:53:13,541
What's important is we win.
593
00:53:13,749 --> 00:53:18,777
I'm sure you're not even happy
that Italy's winning.
594
00:53:18,989 --> 00:53:22,299
Italy? This isn't Italy.
It's a band of adventurers.
595
00:53:22,509 --> 00:53:23,544
Defeatist!
596
00:53:24,229 --> 00:53:26,026
What's this thing?
597
00:53:28,189 --> 00:53:31,306
It's the Fascist squad uniform
with the March on Rome scarf.
598
00:53:31,509 --> 00:53:32,908
- And whose is it?
- Yours.
599
00:53:33,109 --> 00:53:35,225
Me, a squad member?
600
00:53:35,429 --> 00:53:39,263
Don't you know? There's
a 2,000 lire prize for squad members.
601
00:53:39,469 --> 00:53:41,505
And what's that got to do with me?
602
00:53:41,709 --> 00:53:45,304
You've been a member
of the Pedara party since March 1921.
603
00:53:45,509 --> 00:53:50,424
Wait a minute? Why is the Pedara
Party secretary organising this?
604
00:53:50,789 --> 00:53:53,257
- Why is he doing this?
- Why?
605
00:53:53,509 --> 00:53:56,262
Because he's taken pity
on a family in difficulty.
606
00:53:56,469 --> 00:54:00,940
You give that man the party card
and the 2,000 lire back.
607
00:54:01,429 --> 00:54:03,306
- The 2,000 lire?
- What did you do with it?
608
00:54:03,509 --> 00:54:08,025
I spent it on you, your children,
your father and on me!
609
00:54:08,229 --> 00:54:12,984
Yes, I bought myself the first pair
of new shoes in three years.
610
00:54:25,749 --> 00:54:27,626
END OF PART ONE
611
00:54:30,629 --> 00:54:32,824
PART TWO
612
00:54:34,709 --> 00:54:36,267
27TH SEPTEMBER 1938
613
00:54:36,469 --> 00:54:39,905
THE SUDETENLAND
BECOMES PART OF THE THIRD REICH
614
00:54:41,589 --> 00:54:44,501
What do you think Lieutenant sir,
will there be a war?
615
00:54:47,509 --> 00:54:51,468
What do you want me to say?
Let's hope not.
616
00:56:02,829 --> 00:56:04,103
Sit down.
617
00:56:05,509 --> 00:56:09,138
- Where were you injured?
- In Guadalajara, in Spain.
618
00:56:09,789 --> 00:56:15,705
- In Guadalajara. What was your job?
- A tailor. I only need one leg.
619
00:56:44,589 --> 00:56:46,068
Oranges!
620
00:56:51,789 --> 00:56:54,098
- Giovanni!
- Maria!
621
00:56:57,589 --> 00:56:59,147
You haven't changed a bit.
622
00:56:59,349 --> 00:57:01,226
- You have, though.
- For the worse?
623
00:57:01,429 --> 00:57:05,468
- No, you're just more serious.
- The war makes you more serious.
624
00:57:05,669 --> 00:57:08,979
- What are you doing here?
- I left as soon as I got your telegram.
625
00:57:09,189 --> 00:57:14,104
I didn't want to wait in Modica. I've
been sitting here since this morning.
626
00:57:14,469 --> 00:57:15,822
Special edition!
627
00:57:18,789 --> 00:57:22,941
The Duce in Munich!
Meeting in Munich!
628
00:57:23,389 --> 00:57:25,619
Special edition!
629
00:57:25,949 --> 00:57:29,021
The Duce arbiter of world peace!
630
00:57:30,029 --> 00:57:34,864
They declare war and he wants peace,
but when there's peace he wants war.
631
00:57:35,069 --> 00:57:37,060
THE DUCE HOPES FOR A NEW EUROPE
632
00:57:37,269 --> 00:57:40,659
MUSSOLINI, HITLER, CHAMBERLAIN
AND DALADIER MEET IN MUNICH
633
00:57:40,869 --> 00:57:44,703
- Let's hope they come to an agreement.
- Let's hope so.
634
00:57:45,909 --> 00:57:50,221
- Was it terrible there?
- Pretty bad.
635
00:57:50,429 --> 00:57:53,182
You never wrote about
what you were doing.
636
00:57:53,389 --> 00:57:56,301
War is the same everywhere.
637
00:57:56,509 --> 00:58:00,263
And when you come back there's
only one thing you want to do: Forget.
638
00:58:02,189 --> 00:58:05,306
- Is everyone well at home?
- Yes, they're all fine.
639
00:58:05,509 --> 00:58:08,740
Elena got her diploma.
Nen� and Pep� have gone.
640
00:58:08,949 --> 00:58:11,986
- Gone?
- Yes, to Rome.
641
00:58:12,189 --> 00:58:16,421
- To the Farnesina Academy.
- Nobody told me.
642
00:58:18,989 --> 00:58:21,549
What an idea, the Farnesina Academy!
643
00:58:23,509 --> 00:58:28,583
Perhaps it's more important
to learn gymnastics than get a degree.
644
00:58:28,789 --> 00:58:32,179
- Is your uncle ok?
- Not bad. He has liver problems.
645
00:58:32,389 --> 00:58:34,539
- And his friends?
- They're still there.
646
00:58:34,749 --> 00:58:38,537
They say the same thing,
that everything's getting worse.
647
00:58:38,749 --> 00:58:40,865
It's hard to say anything different.
648
00:58:41,069 --> 00:58:43,537
But you can't spend
your life complaining.
649
00:58:43,749 --> 00:58:49,142
We don't live long
and we have to take life as it comes,
650
00:58:49,589 --> 00:58:51,500
whether it's good or bad.
651
00:58:55,149 --> 00:59:00,718
I wasted such a lot of time saying
"yessir" to generals and corporals.
652
00:59:02,629 --> 00:59:08,340
I've had enough.
I want to think of us now. Just us.
653
00:59:14,949 --> 00:59:19,022
The family is a living temple!
654
00:59:19,709 --> 00:59:23,179
Woe betide he who profanes it.
655
00:59:24,349 --> 00:59:29,469
You two are lucky enough
to create it in a prosperous,
656
00:59:29,949 --> 00:59:33,419
happy Italy,
the arbiter of world peace.
657
00:59:34,349 --> 00:59:36,021
And in this peace,
658
00:59:36,229 --> 00:59:40,347
which will be long,
fruitful and holy,
659
00:59:40,989 --> 00:59:45,619
with God's blessing and help,
660
00:59:46,549 --> 00:59:48,619
you will do your holy duty.
661
00:59:49,229 --> 00:59:54,718
15th March 1939, German troops
occupy Bohemia and Moravia-
662
00:59:55,629 --> 00:59:59,065
On 29th March, Madrid surrenders-
663
00:59:59,669 --> 01:00:04,424
On 1 st September,
German tanks invade Poland-
664
01:00:04,869 --> 01:00:10,739
On 3rd September, the UK
and France declare war on Germany-
665
01:00:13,389 --> 01:00:16,984
On 20th September,
Italy declares non-aggression-
666
01:00:17,629 --> 01:00:23,287
On 27 th, Warsaw surrenders,
after heroic, but fruitless resistance-
667
01:00:38,989 --> 01:00:44,619
On 9th April 1940, at dawn, Nazi troops
invade Denmark and Norway-
668
01:00:45,429 --> 01:00:50,549
On 10th, they are in Holland,
Belgium and Luxemburg-
669
01:00:51,189 --> 01:00:55,979
The Maginot Line is outflanked-
Holland surrenders after 5 days-
670
01:00:56,469 --> 01:00:58,061
Belgium after 18 days-
671
01:00:58,709 --> 01:01:03,260
On 30th May, the British expeditionary
force manages to escape destruction,
672
01:01:03,469 --> 01:01:05,346
and retreat across the Channel.
673
01:01:07,429 --> 01:01:10,102
The French army suffers heavy losses.
674
01:01:10,669 --> 01:01:14,708
On 10th June German tanks
are in sight of the Eiffel Tower.
675
01:01:20,789 --> 01:01:22,222
And the same day...
676
01:01:32,149 --> 01:01:35,380
- What will he say, sir?
- Something very prudent.
677
01:01:35,589 --> 01:01:38,149
He doesn't want a strong Germany.
He's not stupid.
678
01:01:38,349 --> 01:01:41,944
- So it won't be a war speech.
- No, on the contrary.
679
01:01:44,549 --> 01:01:46,062
Combatants,
680
01:01:46,549 --> 01:01:48,028
soldiers,
681
01:01:48,509 --> 01:01:50,500
sailors and aviators!
682
01:01:51,789 --> 01:01:53,268
An hour
683
01:01:54,309 --> 01:01:56,140
appointed by destiny
684
01:01:57,789 --> 01:01:59,427
has struck
685
01:02:00,029 --> 01:02:02,099
in the heavens of our fatherland-
686
01:02:02,709 --> 01:02:03,824
Sir...
687
01:02:05,189 --> 01:02:08,340
The hour of irrevocable decisions-
688
01:02:09,509 --> 01:02:12,626
The declaration of war
689
01:02:13,029 --> 01:02:15,384
has already been delivered
690
01:02:15,589 --> 01:02:19,184
to the ambassadors
of Great Britain and France.
691
01:02:19,629 --> 01:02:21,540
We go to war
692
01:02:22,509 --> 01:02:27,923
against the plutocratic,
reactionary democracies of the West.
693
01:02:30,789 --> 01:02:32,586
People of Italy!
694
01:02:33,549 --> 01:02:34,948
Rush to take up arms!
695
01:02:36,189 --> 01:02:38,259
And show
696
01:02:39,269 --> 01:02:40,987
your tenacity,
697
01:02:41,829 --> 01:02:43,945
your courage,
698
01:02:44,829 --> 01:02:46,581
your valour!
699
01:02:53,869 --> 01:02:57,578
France... France, our sister.
700
01:03:55,389 --> 01:03:56,947
Cowards!
701
01:03:59,149 --> 01:04:01,299
I haven't come to arrest you.
702
01:04:01,509 --> 01:04:04,387
- Go away!
- What is it?
703
01:04:04,589 --> 01:04:07,865
- Lt. Colonel Giovanni Piscitello?
- That's my son.
704
01:04:08,069 --> 01:04:10,344
Then I'll leave this with you.
705
01:04:11,149 --> 01:04:13,868
ROYAL ITALIAN ARMY
706
01:04:26,389 --> 01:04:28,823
- How's it going?
- Same as usual.
707
01:04:29,029 --> 01:04:32,305
What great victories!
We are conquering the world!
708
01:04:32,509 --> 01:04:34,739
It's only
a matter of days for France.
709
01:04:34,949 --> 01:04:38,737
Do you know when the US
have promised them help? In 1943!
710
01:04:38,949 --> 01:04:43,306
The party's secretary told me. 1943!
711
01:04:48,789 --> 01:04:51,144
What can we do?
We have be patient.
712
01:04:51,349 --> 01:04:53,419
I'm about to lose my patience!
713
01:04:53,629 --> 01:04:55,585
- Someone could hear.
- Let them go to hell.
714
01:04:55,789 --> 01:04:58,098
You tell him to be careful.
715
01:05:00,629 --> 01:05:05,419
- God protect you.
- Try not to annoy dad.
716
01:05:08,389 --> 01:05:09,504
Maria.
717
01:05:11,389 --> 01:05:14,062
I'm really
leaving you alone this time.
718
01:05:14,989 --> 01:05:18,061
- Your uncle's not even here.
- Don't worry.
719
01:05:18,269 --> 01:05:21,386
You'll be back soon
and so will my uncle.
720
01:05:26,869 --> 01:05:28,143
Goodbye, my dear!
721
01:05:28,349 --> 01:05:30,943
Careful, careful. Goodbye.
722
01:05:31,149 --> 01:05:33,299
- Goodbye, Giovanni.
- Goodbye.
723
01:05:34,269 --> 01:05:36,658
Giovanni! Goodbye!
724
01:06:08,509 --> 01:06:09,862
And didn't it make you ashamed?
725
01:06:10,069 --> 01:06:14,540
Didn't it make you want to vomit,
being so closely related
726
01:06:14,749 --> 01:06:17,946
to such a dirty, anti-Fascist traitor?
727
01:06:18,589 --> 01:06:20,147
But I don't understand.
728
01:06:20,349 --> 01:06:24,137
You don't? Who married her? My son?
729
01:06:24,349 --> 01:06:27,421
The niece of that
disgusting chemist, Platania!
730
01:06:27,629 --> 01:06:30,063
But the girl has a heart of gold.
731
01:06:30,269 --> 01:06:32,624
I don't give a...
732
01:06:32,829 --> 01:06:37,778
A girl brought up in that nest
of vipers marries your son,
733
01:06:37,989 --> 01:06:40,708
a brave soldier
of the Fascist Fatherland.
734
01:06:40,909 --> 01:06:44,026
Look, the chemist is an old hothead...
735
01:06:44,229 --> 01:06:47,426
You want to defend
that disgusting creature!
736
01:06:47,629 --> 01:06:51,463
Don't you hope he's dragged
in front of a special tribunal?
737
01:06:51,669 --> 01:06:56,663
This is what he wanted! This is what
our enemies told him to do,
738
01:06:56,869 --> 01:07:00,657
to create a scandal
in this proud Fascist town,
739
01:07:00,869 --> 01:07:04,942
of which I'm party secretary!
But he can forget it, by God!
740
01:07:05,149 --> 01:07:08,380
We'll send him into political
confinement, like any other scoundrel.
741
01:07:08,589 --> 01:07:13,709
Well said, secretary. He should go into
confinement. Prison would be too good.
742
01:07:14,869 --> 01:07:16,541
Secretary, the radio!
743
01:07:17,029 --> 01:07:21,181
Today, 18th June,
France asks for an Armistice-
744
01:07:21,869 --> 01:07:24,258
The treaty will be signed
in the Compi�gne Forest,
745
01:07:24,469 --> 01:07:27,541
in a railway carriage
where Marechal Foche
746
01:07:27,749 --> 01:07:30,309
signed the treaty
of 11 th November 1918-
747
01:07:46,429 --> 01:07:49,023
- Good evening.
- Come in, sir.
748
01:07:49,229 --> 01:07:51,868
We were passing
and we thought we'd pop in.
749
01:07:52,069 --> 01:07:54,219
- Oh, Piscitello!
- Good evening.
750
01:07:54,429 --> 01:07:56,579
- How's it going?
- Good evening.
751
01:07:56,789 --> 01:08:00,099
The usual rhubarb cordial for you,
and a chinaroot for the lawyer?
752
01:08:00,309 --> 01:08:01,503
Thank you.
753
01:08:01,709 --> 01:08:07,102
I was just saying to my father-in-law,
"why don't uncle's friends come round"?
754
01:08:07,309 --> 01:08:12,861
Oh, you know, we didn't want to...
we didn't want to "disturb" you.
755
01:08:13,429 --> 01:08:16,148
Unfortunately we live
in calamitous times.
756
01:08:16,349 --> 01:08:18,180
You can come whenever you want.
757
01:08:18,389 --> 01:08:22,018
Uncle will be happy
to know you still meet.
758
01:08:22,229 --> 01:08:24,265
Have you had another letter
from your uncle?
759
01:08:24,469 --> 01:08:28,098
Yes, the other day. He's in Lipari.
He's says he's not bad.
760
01:08:28,309 --> 01:08:32,507
- Any news from your husband?
- We got a letter today... Thanks.
761
01:08:33,629 --> 01:08:39,184
He couldn't make it to the French
front. He hopes to come home soon.
762
01:08:40,189 --> 01:08:41,907
The war is almost over, right?
763
01:08:44,549 --> 01:08:49,418
- Don't you think so, sir?
- I... I've no idea.
764
01:08:50,709 --> 01:08:52,347
And you, sir?
765
01:08:54,709 --> 01:08:56,267
I've no idea, madam.
766
01:08:59,669 --> 01:09:01,102
And you?
767
01:09:06,229 --> 01:09:08,618
- Madam Maria Piscitello?
- That's me.
768
01:09:08,829 --> 01:09:11,627
- I need to speak to you.
- Come in.
769
01:09:13,229 --> 01:09:16,585
- What's going on?
- Calm down, don't worry.
770
01:09:18,589 --> 01:09:20,500
- Giovanni is in Naples!
- Is he coming home?
771
01:09:26,469 --> 01:09:28,858
He's setting sail for North Africa.
772
01:09:30,709 --> 01:09:35,146
- He's been through it all, my son!
- Calm down.
773
01:09:35,349 --> 01:09:38,625
I'm going to Naples. I need
to get there before midday,
774
01:09:38,829 --> 01:09:40,899
otherwise I won't see him.
775
01:09:45,629 --> 01:09:47,620
He's setting sail tomorrow evening.
776
01:09:49,549 --> 01:09:51,380
I'll come with you.
777
01:10:28,349 --> 01:10:30,260
- Stop!
- When is the boat leaving?
778
01:10:30,469 --> 01:10:32,664
The boat was hit in Villa.
779
01:10:46,949 --> 01:10:52,839
"He", capital letter,
"combines the military skill
780
01:10:54,469 --> 01:10:59,020
"of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon. "
781
01:10:59,229 --> 01:11:03,541
Our troops have withdrawn
to new positions on the Greek front-
782
01:11:03,749 --> 01:11:09,665
On the 5th and 6 th February, there
was a bitter battle in South Benghazi,
783
01:11:09,869 --> 01:11:15,299
during which both we and the enemy
suffered serious losses-
784
01:11:16,349 --> 01:11:20,467
On the evening of the 6 th,
the enemy occupied Benghazi-
785
01:11:26,549 --> 01:11:28,744
- Have you heard the news?
- Just now, Maria.
786
01:11:28,949 --> 01:11:32,737
What's going on down there? They
all say that Benghazi has fallen.
787
01:11:32,949 --> 01:11:36,544
Yes, they just said the same
thing on the radio, unfortunately.
788
01:11:37,269 --> 01:11:41,148
- They said there were awful battles.
- Don't worry, dear.
789
01:11:42,069 --> 01:11:45,982
It's not like 1915,
when they fought with bayonets.
790
01:11:46,189 --> 01:11:48,100
Now it's all done with tanks.
791
01:11:48,309 --> 01:11:53,622
When an army sees that
the enemy has more tanks, it retreats.
792
01:11:53,949 --> 01:11:57,624
And thanks to a great man,
we all know who he is,
793
01:11:57,829 --> 01:12:02,345
one who combines the military genius
of Caesar, Alexander and Napoleon,
794
01:12:02,549 --> 01:12:06,224
we have no tanks, cannons or guns,
795
01:12:06,429 --> 01:12:09,865
Benghazi will be cleared
without much trouble.
796
01:12:10,069 --> 01:12:14,221
That's enough!
You don't understand a thing.
797
01:12:14,429 --> 01:12:19,457
We'll return to Benghazi
and we'll also enter Alexandria.
798
01:12:19,669 --> 01:12:24,106
The Duce would have done better
than Alexander, Napoleon and Hitler,
799
01:12:24,309 --> 01:12:26,345
if he had better soldiers.
800
01:12:26,549 --> 01:12:29,268
- I'm going!
- Maria, listen...
801
01:12:31,829 --> 01:12:34,059
Do you realise you're an idiot
and that you talk like one?
802
01:12:34,269 --> 01:12:35,861
Why are you calling me an idiot?
803
01:12:36,069 --> 01:12:40,904
Remember your brother is risking
his life? You've offended all of us.
804
01:12:41,109 --> 01:12:43,577
Not your mother. She's such an idiot!
805
01:12:43,789 --> 01:12:48,101
Ah, listen to the family genius!
We're all idiots except him.
806
01:12:57,309 --> 01:13:01,507
- Mussolini thought he'd enter the war
- Sorry, Maria.
807
01:13:01,709 --> 01:13:04,906
Two minutes before it ended,
808
01:13:05,389 --> 01:13:11,146
but he entered it
two minutes after it began-
809
01:13:12,269 --> 01:13:15,067
Italians know this,
810
01:13:15,909 --> 01:13:21,825
because they're a bit
more mature than their children,
811
01:13:22,349 --> 01:13:24,658
who primary school teachers,
812
01:13:24,869 --> 01:13:30,564
trained by that school of stupidity
and ignorance known as the G-I-L-,
813
01:13:33,349 --> 01:13:38,866
tell that Mussolini has the skill of
Alexander, of Caesar and of Napoleon-
814
01:13:40,469 --> 01:13:44,508
Who's this man? Who is this angel?
How does he know all this?
815
01:13:44,709 --> 01:13:49,180
Soon even Sicily
will be invaded by the Germans-
816
01:13:50,189 --> 01:13:55,923
The Sicilians will have the pleasure
of hosting lanky blonde Luftwaffe men,
817
01:13:58,309 --> 01:14:04,067
and they will meet the children of
those defeated in the 1915 war will mix-
818
01:14:11,128 --> 01:14:15,326
It's a wonderful race!
But look how ugly we are.
819
01:14:15,528 --> 01:14:16,961
Try! You'll lick your lips!
820
01:14:17,168 --> 01:14:20,285
- We didn't make much of a show.
- It wasn't our fault.
821
01:14:20,488 --> 01:14:24,276
- We had wooden canons.
- We always said it would happen.
822
01:14:24,488 --> 01:14:27,127
- We're the ones stuck in the middle.
- Exactly!
823
01:14:27,328 --> 01:14:29,842
- Giovanni?
- He's in the bath!
824
01:14:30,048 --> 01:14:31,083
I'm his father!
825
01:14:31,288 --> 01:14:32,801
- Son!
- Dad!
826
01:14:33,528 --> 01:14:36,804
- How are you?
- Fine, fine thanks.
827
01:14:37,008 --> 01:14:38,566
Have you been discharged?
828
01:14:38,768 --> 01:14:40,759
I hope the war ends before
the end of my leave.
829
01:14:40,968 --> 01:14:42,447
- We'll see.
- Your robe.
830
01:14:42,648 --> 01:14:44,798
- Let's go.
- Goodbye. Thank you.
831
01:14:57,008 --> 01:15:01,126
- I'm so hot. I want a swim.
- Better not.
832
01:15:01,328 --> 01:15:04,525
- But the doctor said I can.
- Listen to me, not the doctor.
833
01:15:06,008 --> 01:15:07,805
The first months
are the most dangerous.
834
01:15:08,408 --> 01:15:12,526
You can swim next year.
In fact, we'll go to the mountains.
835
01:15:12,728 --> 01:15:14,366
The sea's not good for little kids.
836
01:15:19,568 --> 01:15:21,365
Did you make a lot of conquests
in Rome?
837
01:15:23,008 --> 01:15:25,568
I can't complain. And you?
838
01:15:26,008 --> 01:15:27,999
I can't complain.
839
01:15:29,408 --> 01:15:33,640
- We were so silly.
- We had the small-town complex.
840
01:15:39,408 --> 01:15:42,241
- What's going on?
- War's broken out with Russia.
841
01:15:44,728 --> 01:15:49,199
Great! Giovanni,
war's broken out with Russia!
842
01:15:49,408 --> 01:15:54,721
- What's going to happen now?
- What'll happen? Russia's so far away.
843
01:16:07,328 --> 01:16:08,602
Where are you going?
844
01:16:08,928 --> 01:16:12,000
Let me go!
I've got to get to the hospital!
845
01:16:12,208 --> 01:16:15,359
My son's in Russia. Let me go!
846
01:16:17,728 --> 01:16:22,961
- Doctor, how's my daughter-in-law?
- Come with me. I saw her a while ago.
847
01:16:23,168 --> 01:16:26,763
The contractions have started.
Everything's going fine.
848
01:16:26,968 --> 01:16:31,837
The world is wonderful tonight.
It's a great time to be born.
849
01:16:32,048 --> 01:16:34,482
They turn the lights off
even in hospital?
850
01:16:34,688 --> 01:16:38,044
You don't seem happy
to be living in this era.
851
01:16:38,688 --> 01:16:42,237
Sit there, don't worry,
I'll go and have a look.
852
01:16:42,448 --> 01:16:43,483
Yes, please.
853
01:16:55,408 --> 01:16:57,876
- Are they ill?
- They've been injured.
854
01:16:58,088 --> 01:17:03,367
Everything's going fine.
But why didn't your wife come?
855
01:17:03,568 --> 01:17:08,847
Know where my wife and daughter are?
At the Fascist Women's rally in Rome.
856
01:17:13,888 --> 01:17:18,245
Reverend, is it a sin
to hope that someone dies?
857
01:17:18,448 --> 01:17:21,804
- Of course!
- Even if it's for a good cause?
858
01:17:22,008 --> 01:17:22,963
Well...
859
01:17:23,168 --> 01:17:24,362
- Piscitello?
- Yes!
860
01:17:24,568 --> 01:17:25,967
Come see your niece.
861
01:17:26,168 --> 01:17:29,683
Let them talk badly about Fascism
in the hospitals,
862
01:17:29,888 --> 01:17:35,281
let them listen to Radio London.
They'll hear some good news!
863
01:17:35,488 --> 01:17:39,401
The Russian army is destroyed.
The British army has no fleet.
864
01:17:39,608 --> 01:17:44,079
- Singapore has fallen.
- But sir, there's too much freedom...
865
01:17:44,288 --> 01:17:49,157
Don't worry. After our victory,
they'll be crushed like worms,
866
01:17:49,368 --> 01:17:52,519
but now we must
concentrate on winning!
867
01:18:10,008 --> 01:18:14,240
It's useless thinking otherwise.
Democracies have lost the war.
868
01:18:14,448 --> 01:18:17,804
- I don't agree.
- But Sevastopol has fallen.
869
01:18:18,008 --> 01:18:21,318
- And Stalingrad hasn't.
- Stalingrad will fall too.
870
01:18:21,528 --> 01:18:26,158
Yes, but what about the industrial
might of the United States?
871
01:18:26,368 --> 01:18:30,156
The ocean between Europe
and the US is full of submarines.
872
01:18:30,368 --> 01:18:36,082
Then there's North Africa. Alexandria
will fall in a matter of hours.
873
01:18:38,448 --> 01:18:44,318
Know something? The Duce wants
to enter the city on his white horse!
874
01:18:44,528 --> 01:18:47,122
- Alexandria won't fall.
- Want to know something else?
875
01:18:47,328 --> 01:18:53,085
He's told all the bell ringers to be
ready, because the day Alexandria falls
876
01:18:53,288 --> 01:18:56,439
the bells will ring out all over Italy.
877
01:19:19,448 --> 01:19:25,124
Radio News- Bulletin 869
from Military Headquarters.
878
01:19:27,368 --> 01:19:30,007
The Headquarters announces
879
01:19:30,848 --> 01:19:36,518
that attempts by the enemy to impede
manoeuvres in the Sirtica region
880
01:19:38,328 --> 01:19:44,027
have failed after fierce battles,
in which we destroyed many vehicles.
881
01:19:46,008 --> 01:19:48,806
- Do you know him?
- No. Never seen him before.
882
01:19:49,528 --> 01:19:52,645
And him? I don't understand
who he's winking at.
883
01:19:53,728 --> 01:19:56,447
- At the one with the glasses.
- Who is he?
884
01:19:56,648 --> 01:20:00,243
- I think it's Salvatore Privitera.
- Yes, it's him.
885
01:20:00,448 --> 01:20:03,565
- Write it down.
- Turi Reitano brother-in-law.
886
01:20:03,768 --> 01:20:05,326
Write that down too.
887
01:20:05,528 --> 01:20:10,761
You like it when things
go badly, eh? Go on, laugh.
888
01:20:11,488 --> 01:20:16,846
Let's see if you laugh tomorrow
when we pack you off to Lipari.
889
01:20:17,608 --> 01:20:19,405
What about Piscitello?
890
01:20:20,128 --> 01:20:22,164
Ah, I don't know.
891
01:20:23,208 --> 01:20:25,199
He's not really laughing.
892
01:20:25,408 --> 01:20:31,198
I know Piscitello very well, sir.
When he laughs, it's always like that.
893
01:20:34,768 --> 01:20:37,726
You'd better keep an eye on him.
894
01:20:38,168 --> 01:20:39,601
- Piscitello!
- What is it?
895
01:20:39,808 --> 01:20:41,878
- The Podest� wants you.
- Me?
896
01:20:42,088 --> 01:20:44,682
Yes, you. Right away.
897
01:20:44,888 --> 01:20:49,723
The Germans know their stuff. Wait
and see what they do in the Spring.
898
01:20:49,928 --> 01:20:54,126
They've retreated
to cut the lines of communication
899
01:20:54,328 --> 01:20:56,796
- and reinforce the front.
- Of course.
900
01:20:57,008 --> 01:20:59,761
Traitor! You were seen
in front of the Bristol Hotel.
901
01:20:59,968 --> 01:21:01,924
- Smiling!
- Shame on you!
902
01:21:02,128 --> 01:21:05,040
- You should be clubbed!
- Defeatist!
903
01:21:05,248 --> 01:21:08,285
- I'll throw you out of the Town Hall
- But what...
904
01:21:08,488 --> 01:21:13,767
You're suspended for a month
with no pay. Get out. Out!
905
01:21:14,808 --> 01:21:18,198
There! That'll teach you
to be a defeatist.
906
01:21:18,408 --> 01:21:23,004
If they could hear you cursing when
the British planes don't come.
907
01:21:23,208 --> 01:21:26,484
They should put you up against a wall.
It'd be a good thing.
908
01:21:26,688 --> 01:21:31,762
With that misery they pay you,
a month won't make much difference.
909
01:21:32,088 --> 01:21:35,637
I sold Giovanni's mattress.
I got 12,000 lire.
910
01:21:36,168 --> 01:21:38,477
The Podest� wants to speak to you.
911
01:21:39,768 --> 01:21:41,440
Jesus, what does he want now?
912
01:21:41,768 --> 01:21:47,445
400 lire a month's pension!
I could eat chicken every day!
913
01:21:47,648 --> 01:21:50,958
All they give me
is pasta and chickpeas, Reverend!
914
01:21:51,168 --> 01:21:55,719
- Baron, what an honour.
- Madam, I need to talk to Piscitello.
915
01:21:55,928 --> 01:21:57,202
- Office business?
- Yes.
916
01:21:57,408 --> 01:21:59,080
Please, excuse us.
917
01:21:59,928 --> 01:22:03,841
- Is your father staying here?
- He's deaf even to the canons.
918
01:22:04,168 --> 01:22:08,525
Piscitello, you're so stupid.
Be careful for goodness sake!
919
01:22:08,728 --> 01:22:14,181
You got caught like a child!
But defeat can't be far off.
920
01:22:15,488 --> 01:22:18,241
- Whose?
- Ours, of course!
921
01:22:18,448 --> 01:22:22,327
Do you think the world will be beaten
by a population in big boots,
922
01:22:22,528 --> 01:22:26,043
and a barefoot army? Ah, Piscitello!
923
01:22:26,448 --> 01:22:30,521
If you knew how much I hate
the Town Hall, the Ministry,
924
01:22:30,728 --> 01:22:32,559
Fascism, everything!
925
01:22:32,808 --> 01:22:36,357
If you knew how much
I hate this uniform.
926
01:22:36,568 --> 01:22:39,162
"Why don't you resign", you ask?
927
01:22:39,368 --> 01:22:44,442
We're part of this deception.
We have to see it through until the end.
928
01:22:44,648 --> 01:22:47,560
We're servants
who hate their masters.
929
01:22:47,768 --> 01:22:50,805
We hate
and we serve and that's it!
930
01:22:51,008 --> 01:22:53,681
Don't say a word, Piscitello?
931
01:22:53,888 --> 01:22:56,448
- Not a word to anyone.
- No, on my honour.
932
01:22:56,648 --> 01:23:00,846
But listen, if you get the chance,
933
01:23:01,168 --> 01:23:07,001
I wouldn't mind if you told your
friends at the chemist's what I think.
934
01:23:08,248 --> 01:23:10,637
I wouldn't mind at all, understand?
935
01:23:14,288 --> 01:23:16,085
The voice of London-
936
01:23:16,648 --> 01:23:19,845
God Almighty! What are you doing?
937
01:23:20,048 --> 01:23:23,040
Calm down, madam!
938
01:23:24,848 --> 01:23:29,444
He turned the knob
by mistake. Could happen to anyone.
939
01:23:30,208 --> 01:23:33,757
In two minutes,
we will broadcast a message... -
940
01:23:33,968 --> 01:23:38,678
We should listen to the enemy,
so that we can despise him even more.
941
01:23:39,008 --> 01:23:39,918
Right!
942
01:23:40,128 --> 01:23:45,821
This morning US and British troops
landed in French North Africa-
943
01:23:48,128 --> 01:23:49,447
Oh, dear God!
944
01:23:49,648 --> 01:23:52,720
Don't worry, madam.
It's all nonsense.
945
01:23:52,928 --> 01:23:55,567
- Come on, Piscitello.
- I'll see you out.
946
01:23:57,088 --> 01:23:58,999
You're a disgrace to the family!
947
01:24:00,128 --> 01:24:05,766
We'll be free in a few days. I'll pay
your wages out of my own pocket.
948
01:24:07,168 --> 01:24:10,444
Let me do it! Today is a great day.
949
01:24:11,728 --> 01:24:17,663
Piscitello, don't forget to tell
your friends what I think.
950
01:24:44,168 --> 01:24:48,525
They've reduced us
to wishing the victory of our enemy.
951
01:24:48,728 --> 01:24:53,244
I loved Italy more than myself.
Now I wish we lose the war.
952
01:24:55,528 --> 01:24:59,760
I wore the uniform,
I was worse than a monkey.
953
01:24:59,968 --> 01:25:05,486
But my son and yours mustn't be
monkeys. They must be free men.
954
01:25:16,288 --> 01:25:21,408
THE DUCE'S LAST SPEECH. " ALL CITIZENS
MUST LEAVE THE CITY BEFORE MIDDAY,
955
01:25:21,608 --> 01:25:27,444
"THOSE WITH NO SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS
MUST GO TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
956
01:25:27,648 --> 01:25:33,524
"OR NEARBY VILLAGES. THE AUTHORITIES
WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORT FOR EVACUEES."
957
01:25:59,248 --> 01:26:02,957
- Nen�, Pep�!
- Oh! How are you both?
958
01:26:03,528 --> 01:26:06,679
Dad, look at the state of you!
What are you doing? Crying?
959
01:26:06,888 --> 01:26:09,083
- Nen�, he's crying real tears!
- Hello, dad.
960
01:26:09,608 --> 01:26:11,644
But what are you doing here?
961
01:26:11,848 --> 01:26:14,681
- Don't worry.
- Oh, dear God!
962
01:26:15,088 --> 01:26:20,401
The Party's sent us to Sicily to
celebrate the founding of Fascism.
963
01:26:21,208 --> 01:26:24,325
Ministers have come too
and we have to speak...
964
01:26:24,528 --> 01:26:29,522
What's there to speak about?
Does it look like the right time, this?
965
01:26:29,728 --> 01:26:31,400
Maria, is your husband
still at the front?
966
01:26:31,608 --> 01:26:33,439
- Yes.
- Goodbye!
967
01:26:33,648 --> 01:26:36,526
Come on granddad, hurry.
968
01:26:38,528 --> 01:26:40,678
They didn't even look at you.
969
01:27:08,928 --> 01:27:10,122
Rosina!
970
01:27:11,888 --> 01:27:17,042
You've come at last! Were you waiting
for the house to fall down around you?
971
01:27:17,248 --> 01:27:18,237
It's all destiny!
972
01:27:18,448 --> 01:27:23,806
Don't start with your moralising,
you're all deaf and stupid with it!
973
01:27:24,008 --> 01:27:29,783
Look at your dad! Lucky your grandson
takes after your wife, me and his mum!
974
01:27:32,768 --> 01:27:36,681
- Who's that?
- It's my nephew's son. Turi!
975
01:27:37,248 --> 01:27:41,605
Do you remember Lauria from Trapani?
This is my son-in-law, Aldo Piscitello.
976
01:27:41,808 --> 01:27:47,246
Ah, his father's in America. What
a big lad! Oh, we're growing old.
977
01:27:48,008 --> 01:27:50,442
- Excuse me.
- Sure.
978
01:27:51,648 --> 01:27:53,718
What are you doing in Pedara?
979
01:27:53,928 --> 01:27:55,884
I've been evacuated with my family.
980
01:27:56,088 --> 01:28:00,604
But a clerk should never leave
his desk without my permission.
981
01:28:00,808 --> 01:28:03,527
- Well, I...
- I'll give it to you.
982
01:28:03,728 --> 01:28:08,199
Listen, I don't understand why
your friends treat me so coldly?
983
01:28:08,408 --> 01:28:12,959
- Did you tell them what my views are?
- I haven't had the time, but...
984
01:28:13,928 --> 01:28:15,077
Wonderful!
985
01:28:15,288 --> 01:28:18,997
Turi! Let's have a laugh too?
986
01:28:19,848 --> 01:28:24,046
Only if it is fine for this gentleman
who never says hello.
987
01:28:24,248 --> 01:28:28,560
Podest�, I didn't think
you were saying hello to me.
988
01:28:28,768 --> 01:28:32,522
I'm the least important citizen
of Modica, but you're the most.
989
01:28:32,728 --> 01:28:38,041
Oh, come on, sir.
I'm here to pay tribute to you.
990
01:28:38,248 --> 01:28:41,046
- Oh, well.
- Your hand, though...
991
01:28:42,688 --> 01:28:47,842
- Turi, tell the Podest� your story!
- I wouldn't want to offend him.
992
01:28:48,048 --> 01:28:52,519
We're all friends here.
Come here, party secretary.
993
01:28:52,728 --> 01:28:55,117
When the Americans land in Africa,
994
01:28:55,328 --> 01:28:58,081
Mussolini and the King
are taking a walk.
995
01:28:58,288 --> 01:29:00,438
The King
sings "Lili Marlene" and laughs.
996
01:29:00,648 --> 01:29:06,120
Mussolini says: "Your Majesty,
why do you sing and laugh?"
997
01:29:06,328 --> 01:29:10,241
The king says:
"Don't you know the words?"
998
01:29:10,448 --> 01:29:12,916
"No," says Mussolini. "Then listen. "
999
01:29:13,128 --> 01:29:14,527
At times I wonder
what'll happen to me,
1000
01:29:15,848 --> 01:29:19,238
then I think of you,
and I'm filled with glee!
1001
01:29:26,488 --> 01:29:28,558
- What's going on?
- Planes!
1002
01:29:52,528 --> 01:29:57,363
- Mr Piscitello! Get in.
- Thank you. You're very kind.
1003
01:30:02,608 --> 01:30:06,601
These soldiers were kind enough
to give me a lift.
1004
01:30:07,008 --> 01:30:12,799
- Why do you go to Modica every day?
- I have to sign in at the Town Hall.
1005
01:30:24,048 --> 01:30:25,606
Thank you. Goodbye!
1006
01:30:29,248 --> 01:30:33,844
- Mr Piscitello. I'll see you at 8?
- 8 sharp.
1007
01:30:36,968 --> 01:30:40,597
Did you hear Radio London?
There's no electricity in the village.
1008
01:30:40,808 --> 01:30:43,925
I've got no radio. I've got no home.
1009
01:30:44,728 --> 01:30:46,161
Bombed?
1010
01:30:51,288 --> 01:30:57,061
The situation of the Italian and German
armies in Tunisia is impossible-
1011
01:30:58,808 --> 01:31:03,598
The Germans
are trying to retreat via sea,
1012
01:31:04,008 --> 01:31:07,125
abandoning their Italian allies-
1013
01:31:08,088 --> 01:31:13,640
This is the end of Radio London's
6 th broadcast in Italian-
1014
01:31:15,288 --> 01:31:19,839
Gentlemen, there's no point
in pretending. Things are looking bad.
1015
01:31:20,048 --> 01:31:25,361
If one's been a gentleman, I shouldn't
think there's anything to worry about.
1016
01:31:25,568 --> 01:31:29,800
What do you mean by " nothing
to worry about" and "gentleman"?
1017
01:31:30,008 --> 01:31:33,444
If he hasn't been arrogant,
abused his power or...
1018
01:31:33,648 --> 01:31:39,325
I know how it'll turn out!
They'll say I've been arrogant,
1019
01:31:39,528 --> 01:31:45,400
that I've abused my power, that I've
stolen public money or who knows what.
1020
01:31:46,608 --> 01:31:50,965
But you have done these things!
1021
01:31:51,168 --> 01:31:54,365
Even if I hadn't,
they'd still pretend I had,
1022
01:31:54,688 --> 01:31:58,920
only because I'm the party secretary
and you're the Podest�.
1023
01:31:59,128 --> 01:32:04,760
Hang on a minute. I simply
hold an administrative position,
1024
01:32:04,968 --> 01:32:07,084
not a political office, like yours.
1025
01:32:07,288 --> 01:32:12,806
Don't kid yourself.
Honest or dishonest, good or bad,
1026
01:32:13,008 --> 01:32:16,364
we're all part of the same system,
and you more than others.
1027
01:32:16,808 --> 01:32:20,118
Want to know something,
my dear party secretary?
1028
01:32:20,328 --> 01:32:23,957
I'll be so happy to see you
go to the devil that I'd go too.
1029
01:32:24,168 --> 01:32:26,523
I'll remember what you've said
if things go well.
1030
01:32:26,728 --> 01:32:28,480
But luckily they're going badly...
1031
01:32:29,248 --> 01:32:31,204
You'll come back
to Catania with me, Caputo.
1032
01:32:31,408 --> 01:32:35,640
I'm sorry. Sir, but I've got nothing
to do in Catania.
1033
01:32:37,128 --> 01:32:39,278
We'll be seeing each other again!
1034
01:32:43,648 --> 01:32:46,208
Baron, look.
1035
01:32:50,768 --> 01:32:52,838
DANGEROUS FASCISTS
1036
01:32:53,048 --> 01:32:57,166
The British will ask me
for information.
1037
01:32:57,368 --> 01:33:01,361
I'm the only one who can do
the job properly.
1038
01:33:01,568 --> 01:33:07,086
- So remember me Caputo, ok?
- Have no fear, Podest�.
1039
01:33:07,568 --> 01:33:12,642
Don't worry. I've always known
you're against Fascism.
1040
01:33:16,288 --> 01:33:17,767
Who is it? Who is it?
1041
01:33:17,968 --> 01:33:19,924
- It's us!
- Open up, dad.
1042
01:33:20,128 --> 01:33:21,447
Who is it?
1043
01:33:21,968 --> 01:33:23,720
Where are you going?
1044
01:33:27,568 --> 01:33:30,128
Nen�! Pep�! But...
1045
01:33:30,688 --> 01:33:33,202
- Hello dad.
- At this time of night!
1046
01:33:33,408 --> 01:33:36,923
Look at you!
Where have you come from?
1047
01:33:37,128 --> 01:33:38,959
We're so tired!
1048
01:33:42,768 --> 01:33:46,238
- Who are these two?
- Get to bed, you!
1049
01:33:46,448 --> 01:33:47,483
What happened?
1050
01:33:48,368 --> 01:33:51,758
The party supervisor
dumped us in Messina!
1051
01:33:51,968 --> 01:33:53,560
We had to walk all the way here.
1052
01:33:53,768 --> 01:33:56,202
- Do you want to eat?
- We just want to sleep.
1053
01:33:56,408 --> 01:33:58,126
Rest now.
1054
01:34:45,368 --> 01:34:49,361
Listen to me. I'm Laur�a's son,
from Trapani,
1055
01:34:49,768 --> 01:34:52,521
but I was born in America.
I'm American.
1056
01:34:52,728 --> 01:34:56,516
- American?
- I landed in Sicily in a submarine.
1057
01:34:57,288 --> 01:35:00,678
I'm doing this
because I'm fighting for freedom.
1058
01:35:00,888 --> 01:35:03,448
I'll do my duty.
1059
01:35:05,168 --> 01:35:07,238
You do yours.
1060
01:35:18,168 --> 01:35:23,401
ANY PERSONS HOUSING PARACHUTISTS
OR ENEMY PRISONERS WILL BE SHOT
1061
01:35:23,608 --> 01:35:28,807
10,000 LIRE REWARD FOR ANY
INFORMATION LEADING TO THEIR CAPTURE
1062
01:35:33,808 --> 01:35:38,962
- Where's your friend, comrade?
- I don't know. He's not here.
1063
01:35:51,608 --> 01:35:53,280
Get in comrade, ja?
1064
01:35:55,288 --> 01:35:58,086
I'm going to sell some flour
and chickpeas in Modica.
1065
01:35:58,288 --> 01:36:01,325
We have to make ends meet!
1066
01:36:12,288 --> 01:36:14,199
- Thank you!
- Goodbye.
1067
01:36:15,968 --> 01:36:18,198
- Is there any post?
- No, no post.
1068
01:36:18,768 --> 01:36:20,918
He hasn't written for three months.
1069
01:36:22,448 --> 01:36:26,202
Goodbye, Piscitello,
and thanks for everything.
1070
01:36:26,408 --> 01:36:28,638
- Where are you going?
- Oh, I'll take care of myself.
1071
01:36:28,848 --> 01:36:33,558
I won't come back to Pedara. I don't
want people to run risks for me.
1072
01:36:33,768 --> 01:36:35,326
How old are you?
1073
01:36:35,888 --> 01:36:36,923
24.
1074
01:36:39,768 --> 01:36:44,888
This is the key to my house.
There's no one there. If you need it.
1075
01:36:58,168 --> 01:37:04,118
At dawn on 13 th July, 13,000 ships
from Africa, Britain and the USA
1076
01:37:04,648 --> 01:37:07,401
drew near the Sicilian coast-
1077
01:37:09,968 --> 01:37:15,201
Under the protection of the airforce,
the troops prepared to land-
1078
01:37:46,608 --> 01:37:51,443
After a few days the Allied troops
had occupied half the island-
1079
01:38:30,328 --> 01:38:32,205
- Who is it?
- Giovanni.
1080
01:38:44,008 --> 01:38:49,036
I'm Giovanni Piscitello.
The porter told me you're from Pedara.
1081
01:38:49,848 --> 01:38:53,523
- How are my family?
- Fine. I'm Turi Laur�a.
1082
01:38:53,728 --> 01:38:56,800
- I'm the son of...
- Excuse me for interrupting.
1083
01:38:57,008 --> 01:38:59,442
- Is my son ok?
- He is my friend!
1084
01:38:59,648 --> 01:39:02,208
- We often talk together.
- Is he already talking?
1085
01:39:02,408 --> 01:39:04,000
He's just started.
1086
01:39:04,968 --> 01:39:07,880
- Where have you come from?
- From Russia.
1087
01:39:09,048 --> 01:39:10,686
How did you get here?
1088
01:39:11,568 --> 01:39:14,799
As best I could.
By train, by truck and on foot.
1089
01:39:16,448 --> 01:39:19,724
- I'm on leave now.
- Eat something.
1090
01:39:27,448 --> 01:39:28,847
Listen!
1091
01:39:30,288 --> 01:39:31,687
Fine business.
1092
01:39:33,808 --> 01:39:37,642
10 years in Africa,
Spain, Albania and Russia.
1093
01:39:38,088 --> 01:39:39,885
All for this great result.
1094
01:39:40,328 --> 01:39:41,841
Have a drink. Come on!
1095
01:39:46,168 --> 01:39:49,365
- So many dead.
- For the wrong reason.
1096
01:39:49,568 --> 01:39:53,243
Many thought
it was the right one, unfortunately.
1097
01:39:57,608 --> 01:40:00,168
- What's the child like?
- He's lovely.
1098
01:40:00,448 --> 01:40:01,597
I've never seen him.
1099
01:40:01,808 --> 01:40:05,721
What a kid he is. He'll poke a finger
in your eye and another in your nose.
1100
01:40:12,768 --> 01:40:14,201
I'll see him tomorrow.
1101
01:40:31,248 --> 01:40:34,877
Excuse me, Captain,
is this the way to Messina?
1102
01:40:35,088 --> 01:40:38,842
- Yes, but it's over 100 kilometres.
- Bloody hell!
1103
01:40:39,048 --> 01:40:40,686
- I'm stopping.
- Yes, have a rest!
1104
01:40:40,888 --> 01:40:45,916
- But the Americans will get you.
- It's either them or the Germans.
1105
01:40:46,128 --> 01:40:48,437
- Where are you going?
- Home! Home!
1106
01:40:52,168 --> 01:40:56,286
- Have you seen any British round here?
- No!
1107
01:40:56,488 --> 01:40:57,841
Ok, let's go.
1108
01:40:58,048 --> 01:41:02,564
You've got your van
and we have to walk!
1109
01:41:02,768 --> 01:41:06,522
- Goodbye lads, and good luck.
- Thanks a lot!
1110
01:41:19,008 --> 01:41:20,043
Where you go?
1111
01:41:31,648 --> 01:41:33,559
You want leave.
1112
01:41:34,768 --> 01:41:35,757
Good.
1113
01:41:36,568 --> 01:41:39,287
War finished, right?
1114
01:42:59,888 --> 01:43:03,005
They've arrested Mussolini!
1115
01:43:03,208 --> 01:43:05,483
Badoglio's in government.
1116
01:43:05,688 --> 01:43:09,158
- It can't be true!
- Yes, Badoglio, Badoglio!
1117
01:43:09,848 --> 01:43:12,078
- What's going on?
- Tell us!
1118
01:43:13,008 --> 01:43:16,364
Is it true? It is! Yes!
1119
01:43:16,568 --> 01:43:18,604
Ah, at last!
1120
01:43:18,808 --> 01:43:20,161
What's going on?
1121
01:43:20,368 --> 01:43:24,327
They've arrested Mussolini.
Badoglio is in government now!
1122
01:43:25,048 --> 01:43:28,040
The war's over.
They said so on the radio!
1123
01:44:08,208 --> 01:44:10,358
The war's over!
1124
01:44:15,808 --> 01:44:17,082
It's finished!
1125
01:44:51,008 --> 01:44:53,806
Cowards, we're all cowards!
1126
01:44:54,008 --> 01:44:58,559
The ones who applauded in the square
and the ones who booed at home.
1127
01:44:58,768 --> 01:45:02,283
We're all scoundrels!
We should have gone to prison,
1128
01:45:02,488 --> 01:45:07,039
as only a few had the courage to do.
But we were afraid of prison.
1129
01:45:07,248 --> 01:45:11,002
Afraid of dying.
And instead we killed our sons.
1130
01:45:12,208 --> 01:45:13,926
Cowards!
1131
01:45:15,448 --> 01:45:19,487
I killed my son!
I killed my son!
1132
01:45:23,488 --> 01:45:26,764
- He's lost his mind.
- He didn't deserve it.
1133
01:45:26,968 --> 01:45:28,003
And right now!
1134
01:45:31,408 --> 01:45:34,047
The Americans are here!
1135
01:45:50,048 --> 01:45:51,163
The Americans!
1136
01:46:02,528 --> 01:46:04,166
- Piscitello?
- What is it?
1137
01:46:04,928 --> 01:46:08,159
The Podest�, I mean,
the mayor wants to see you.
1138
01:46:08,368 --> 01:46:09,483
Me?
1139
01:46:09,928 --> 01:46:13,204
Yes, you. Right away.
1140
01:46:23,168 --> 01:46:25,682
Of course, the list is complete.
1141
01:46:27,568 --> 01:46:31,163
Oh, well done! Here he is.
Sit down, sit down.
1142
01:46:33,408 --> 01:46:35,319
- Who's this?
- Aldo Piscitello.
1143
01:46:36,968 --> 01:46:42,804
You were a party member from
March 1922 and also a squad member.
1144
01:46:43,008 --> 01:46:45,078
A squad member too?
1145
01:46:45,288 --> 01:46:46,926
A squad memeber!
1146
01:46:49,928 --> 01:46:54,956
A squad member.
"A squad member is a Fascist
1147
01:46:55,528 --> 01:47:00,397
"who took part in violence
against political adversaries. "
1148
01:47:01,568 --> 01:47:05,925
Did you hear that?
"Against political adversaries. "
1149
01:47:06,128 --> 01:47:10,007
I will have to dismiss you.
It"s the only thing I can do!
1150
01:47:10,208 --> 01:47:14,247
Because you weren't just a Fascist.
1151
01:47:14,448 --> 01:47:18,726
You were also a squad member.
You know what I mean?
1152
01:47:19,048 --> 01:47:25,044
I don't want to hurt you, but
I've got no choice. What can I do?
1153
01:47:25,368 --> 01:47:27,086
You were a squad member!
1154
01:47:30,288 --> 01:47:33,917
- Why doesn't he answer?
- He wants to say he wasn't a Fascist,
1155
01:47:34,128 --> 01:47:37,564
that he wasn't a squad member,
that he hated the war,
1156
01:47:37,768 --> 01:47:41,238
that he was really happy
the day the Allies arrived.
1157
01:47:41,448 --> 01:47:43,643
God knows what else he wants to say!
1158
01:47:43,848 --> 01:47:49,559
Him too? There's not one who has
the courage to say "I was a Fascist".
1159
01:47:49,768 --> 01:47:55,126
So where are they then? They're all
anti-Fascists. All against the war.
1160
01:47:55,328 --> 01:48:00,277
Everyone wanted the Allies to win.
Everyone helped our parachutists!
1161
01:48:22,408 --> 01:48:27,163
Down there, there's a place
that makes great spaghetti.
1162
01:48:27,968 --> 01:48:31,404
Then if you turn right,
you'll see the cathedral.
1163
01:48:35,168 --> 01:48:36,567
- 2,000!
- No.
1164
01:48:36,768 --> 01:48:38,804
- 2,000.
- It's a Fascist squad uniform.
1165
01:48:41,648 --> 01:48:43,479
And look at all those medals!
1166
01:49:10,888 --> 01:49:15,200
I bought this for 2,000 lire.
Did I pay dearly?
1167
01:49:19,968 --> 01:49:23,802
It cost me a lot more.