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BASED ON A TRUE STORY

EPISODE 1

SHOE FACTORY

Can I walk you home?

Why did you lie that you slept at your mother's?

Why did you say that?

You know you've got no alibi for the night of the murder.

Think of something else!

Or admit it! You were seen at the scene. Understand?

-I told my sister. -What? You told me what?

-That I killed her. -It's not true, Ákos! Stop lying!

-I swear it's a lie! Don't believe him! -I'm not lying.

I'm not.

Boss!

Don't move!

Face each other!

Turn around!

Say it to her face.

I told you last night: I killed her.

You didn't say a word that night!

I told you. Look into her eyes!

Repeat it!

I told you that I killed that bitch! I told you!

No! No!

No! No!

Don't admit it if you didn't do it! You hear me?

Don't feel forced to admit it. Understand?

I understand, but...

Say something! Finish the story!

How is your father?

What did the doctor say?

He's slowly getting better.

When are you gonna move in with me?

I'm sorry, but it's off.

But you said...

I don't want to and that's final.

But you said otherwise!

You promised!

I got a divorce so we could raise my kid!

Ákos, I never agreed to that.

You misunderstood.

Misunderstood?

Why did you lie?

You hear me?

-I just thought that... -What?!

I felt sorry for you.

Sorry for me?

Were you at his place?!

What makes you think that?

Here...

...in this exact spot.

I lay on top of her.

And she groaned: "Oh, dear God!"

Over and over.

And afterwards?

Marika, please.

Look. It's not my fault that...

...the whore usually doing this had to choose today to call in sick.

I tore her clothes off...

Don't believe it, Mother...

...I ripped her bra off...

To have intercourse, I pulled her panties off. Like this!

The material was soft.

It could have been silk. It got me excited.

It got hard.

And it stayed rock hard...

right up until...

I had trouble getting in.

And I groped her breast.

Marika, you can stand up now.

Well done, Marika.

I think I wiped off the blood with her dress.

Man, you said you wiped it with a newspaper!

Is that what I said?

This is what happened, Comrade Judge.

The defendant admitted,

that after committing a murder of passion,

he washed the front of his overalls at home,

that were stained with Erzsébet Patai's blood.

Then he tried to get the rest of the blood out with acetone.

Then he went to bed and slept until five am.

News of the murder spread quickly in the factory.

Witnesses say that the defendant reacted to the news... indifferently.

I'd like to request

for the neighbor and driver be re-examined.

Comrade Judge, we've already questioned them.

Why the request?

There are contradictions

related to where and when they saw my client that night.

They were examined under oath.

I know. But, Comrade Judge...

Don't waste any more of my time!

Request denied!

This is about my brother's life!

You have to interview them 100 times if need be!

In the name of the People's Republic!

Ákos Réti, accused of murder and necrophilia,

taking all circumstances into account,

is hereby sentenced to death by hanging!

Understood and acknowledge the verdict?

Yes...

and regret...

...what I did.

Louder!

I regret what I did.

Get him out!

Ákos!

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Why did you pull me up, sir?

-I don't like drowned corpses! -I still felt fine!

-This isn't a game! -I enjoy it!

Defend yourself, you shit!

Hit me!

I told you to hit me or I'll mop the floor with your head!

Hit me! You pussy!

With women it's easier, huh?

Come off it! He's too soft to give a woman a good fucking!

Stop, what are you doing?

Let me go, stop it!

No, don't do it!

Hey!

Clear off, the lot of you!

Hey! That's enough!

I said that's enough!

Comrade Szirmai, congratulations! Thank you, sir!

Congratulations, Szirmai!

Thank you.

We would like to see you working for us soon.

Do not spend too much time in the nightlife of Pest.

I'm watching you!

Thank you, sir!

I'll try to repay your trust...

...and I won't dive any deeper than 24 meters, I promise.

Thanks.

Move on!

Get in!

Ákos Réti is found guilty of all the charges.

But due to alleviating circumstances and no previous charges,

the former sentence of death by hanging

will now be commuted to life imprisonment.

25 years... I'd rather die!

SEVEN YEARS LATER

You'll be able to do it in a couple of months.

Just watch and learn! This is a dangerous place.

You'll work on the conveyer belt the first week.

Then you'll get a machine like this one.

Ági, watch that your hand doesn’t get under a needle.

I'd give you something much thicker!

Get back to work!

That was mild for this place!

Much worse things have happened here.

You know...

...her brother killed a girl from the factory.

Just because she refused him.

Thank you. I can take care of myself.

She is the new girl...

Stop it!

-Hello, Ibolya! -Hello!

-Gimme a ride? -Sure, hop on the back!

Don't!

That hurts, stop it!

No... that hurts! Stop!

This is not good. Adjust the machine.

Do you know where Ibolya is? No.

She didn't show up... It's not like her... Did she say anything?

Not to me.

You don't know about Ibolya either?

There's a rope on her wrist...

-But why? -I don't know yet.

I'm ordering a post-mortem.

I'm gonna take a look around...

Did you say they only reported her missing three days later?

It looks like she wasn't important to anyone.

We found this further up the river, but...

But what?

Gáspár got his hands all over it.

I swear I'll get that idiot sacked!

She was pregnant.

In around the fourth month.

I don't remember a ring.

They don't need a ring nowadays!

Was she dead or alive before the water?

If she was alive, she'd have drowned after a couple of breaths.

The water did that...

But they look like fish bites.

Her bones are intact, so she wasn't brutally injured.

-Then could it have been suicide? -Possibly.

It would be good if you were right.

I could start my new job at county headquarters sooner.

They promoted you already? So soon?

-I deserve it, don't I? -Sure, you deserve it.

Congratulations!

I didn't say until it was certain.

The only question is who's gonna boss me about now...

A student of mine. He's talented... at that, too.

Then we can close it as suicide.

Isn't it a bit odd that she killed herself in the nude?

I want you to file for retrial.

Do we have any new evidence I don't know about?

None of the witnesses will change their confessions for you.

They would be sentenced for false testimony.

Too many years have passed anyway.

-Then I'll hire a new lawyer. -Be my guest, Rita, please!

But they will have to go to prosecutor Katona as well, to see the files.

Katona is also the one to authorize the retrial.

But he wanted to see my brother executed.

Right... and it's his call. That's the law.

-Can I walk with you? -Not today.

Okay then!

-Isn't András coming for you? -He's too busy...

Hold it tight.

Stronger.

Come on!

-Where did they find her? -There, by my colleague.

Hey, you there! What are you doing?

You're trampling on evidence!

-Move! -We meant to help...

Fuck the lot of you!

-I need to question her! -Absolutely impossible!

Her head was struck with a blunt instrument, possibly hammer.

I think she was raped.

That's why I need to question her urgently.

Impossible! She needs surgery!

That's why the bastard'll get away. Fuck!

By the time they get her ready to be questioned...

Juhász, bring that camera over here!

Maybe the bastard came on a motorbike...

Hey! Hey, you! What are you doing here?

This is a closed crime scene!

I'm the new supervising prosecutor, Zoltán Szirmai.

I want to be at all witness interviews.

All of them? Even I'm not at all of them.

Maybe you won't, but I will be.

-Why do you want to be there? -More eyes see more.

You?

I'm a colleague, but I'll come back later.

Wait, wait!

Come in, I'm done.

Is there a lover...

...a fiancé... or enemy, or something?

I don't know any...

Here...

it'll help, believe me...

It helps... for you.

Here...

Well? I told you...

Will she make it?

Put the flowers down.

Was she raped?

No...

She hasn't even got bruises...

-That would be at least a clue. -Jesus, the things you say!

Well, only...

...the things that happened.

She'll wake up, right?

Who am I to know?

I do not know her past, let alone her future...

...but she better wake up.

Here's to her recovery.

Now... I am sure she'll wake up.

The doctor said the girl was hit by a medium sized hammer.

At least the motorcycle's tracks are clean.

I'm ordering a media blackout.

No TVs, journalists... no information for the First Secretary either.

-They would just bother us! -Yeah...

The less they know, the safer we are...

...even from ourselves.

I wouldn't make fun of that.

Just so you know... Your friend, Prosecutor Katona was my teacher.

-He wanted me to be his successor. -Good call.

-He expects results from you too. -Sure. I know.

These are all the same!

Look closer. They are conjoined twins! Dizygotic.

Might as well be this one.

These pictures are not sharp enough. I need sharper blow-ups!

Then the negatives need to be sent to the city.

They've even sent word from Party HQ.

What an honor!

-You wouldn't have such a big mouth there! -Not there.

How come no one in this town has seen or heard anything?

This little town is deaf and blind,

but you were sent down here to bring light, only it still hasn't arrived.

-I don't appreciate your jokes. -It's not a joke.

It should be your job to catch him!

And put a guard on the girl's door!

Just say a word.

Tell me who hurt you.

You can do it.

Don't hold back.

You can talk, it's just the two of us.

Hey! Hello! Hey!

God bless you, sweetheart! No, sorry, the Party.

Don't be scared.

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Stay with me! You hear me? Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Doctor! Someone!

Doctor!

Anyone!

You hear me? Can you hear me, sweetheart? Hey! Blink at least!

Don't doze off!

Hey, what are you doing?!

I brought her back.

Did you hear the attacker's voice?

No.

What color was his hair?

Lighter... blond...

His build?

Like you, only... shorter...

Strong boned.

And his mouth...

How was his mouth?

Nice.

His eyes?

Big and round.

What color?

No idea.

But... he wore a hat... a black beret.

How well you remember!

Unfortunately, not well enough.

I know him! I'm calling the police!

Next time we should use a boat.

What are you doing?

We'll meet up later.

Hey, you! Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Hands down!

Grab his hands!