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... overwhelming every obstacle, ..

... prepare to welcome the arrival of the liberators. ")

The liberators.

I don't understand how to call them liberators ..

... with those faces.

Bastards are.

Negroes, yellows, redskins, an army of bastards.

Three months after landing they are still there.

IS IS will remain.

On the water's edge.

In horizontal position.

("Sabotage and rebellion, this is the watchword.

Italians, rebel against the established authorities, ..

... take over the barracks, ..

... of the police stations, ..

... of the town halls. ")

Oh, comrades, there is also talk of town halls.

I do not care.

Sure, we all don't care.

- Who doesn't care? - The anti-fascists.

There are no anti-fascists in this country, comrade.

Otherwise, by obeying the Duce, we would have cleaned up the corners.

There is only a few nooks and crannies that are not exactly clean.

Cappelaro.

No.

The fault is ours.

It is you who have related to him.

It is you who have granted him your daughter's hand.

Not to him, comrade, to his son.

It is quite different.

And the sins of the fathers, as the Duce says, ..

... never fall on the children.

You have prevented me from closing his tavern.

Yes, because white or red wine is not political.

As the Duce said.

No, Trilussa.

You also left him in charge of the municipal gang.

Of course, because even music is not political.

Oh no, for Diana!

That scoundrel Cappelaro is exaggerating.

If he thinks he can take the initiative ..

... is very wrong.

- Virgili, my tricolor scarf. - Immediately.

- Pope. - Go to your seat.

Our Attilio is good, always calm, peaceful.

Not even cannon fire moves him.

But, after all, Beethoven was also deaf, wasn't he?

The important thing in music is to hear only the times.

- And you feel the times. - Eh.

What are you going to do, Mario?

Who is dedicated to music and who to politics.

I have been running my own band for twenty years.

You direct your own.

Would you like to imply that we are bandits?

Calm down, comrade. What do banders have to do with bandits?

No misunderstandings, Attilio.

I want to know if those cannon shots you heard ..

Oh, I'm telling you, did you hear them or the American guns?

Here we are not discussing neither politics nor high strategy.

The cannons are about strategy.

Now you can answer me.

- Did you hear the American guns or not? - Ssh.

You come.

("Shut up, the enemy listens to you.")

But what an enemy and enemy, in case you are the enemy here.

Ah, so you respect the regulations?

You even gave me a fine ..

... because I didn't put up that sign.

Forget it.

Was it those cannon shots that suggested the music to you?

Which music?

Don't be silly. That American motif, we know it.

Excuse me, dear. But music is an art.

If you listen to it well you don't think about politics.

The proof is Beethoven, the great German musician.

He is the one who invented the boom boom boom boom.

Ssh, the London Radio signal.

- Do you know him too? - it? But how...

Well, just to hear the lies they tell.

But that reason I heard when we entered ..

... you never played it before the cannon fire, huh?

It is a question of inspiration.

Yes, music is a matter of time.

And atmosphere.

It's right. I too had an inspiration.

I feel the time has come to hand over the power ..

... to the citizen most worthy to replace me, ..

... in such a musical moment, to you.

< No.

At a time like this, you keep the scarf, dear.

But how, for the good of the country I'm ready to deprive myself ...

You are dropping your breeches, you do not have faith in victory.

This is treason, we'll make you pay.

We are finally among friends.

Why don't you want this scarf?

Because you together with your Duce ..

... you have been patient for twenty years, that's enough.

I, on the other hand, have been patient for twenty years, ..

... we might as well be patient for a few more hours. - Yup.

Come on, Attilio, let's try to reason.

Let's try to forget the political differences, ..

... this ideological wall that separates us.

Those walls are there that separate us.

They are the ones that disgust me.

... they can always be canceled, right?

But not the houses.

Look what you have done with this little town ..

... with your fascist good taste.

Of the square houses, ..

... boxes without a shred of imagination.

Nothing, here they are.

- Those are yes and no barracks. - What a barracks.

I have rebuilt, embellished, civilized.

So civilized.

Keep your scarf and go put the last stone.

- No. - Let me go.

Come here. Think of our boys.

To my Aurora who could go up to the altar tomorrow as an orphan

Virgili is right, you're just dropping your breeches.

But what breeches and breeches.

I think about the family. To mine and yours.

Because, between us, the scarf would remain in the family.

You understand, all as before. It does not change anything.

No, I instead want you to change everything.

Sure, via the writings, via the posters.

The municipal councilors must also go.

Naturally, via the Municipal Council.

And of course there will also be the wedding of our boys.

The marriage? What do you mean?

If you pass me the scarf I'll be the one to marry them, right?

It is true. I hadn't thought of that.

Eh, he hadn't thought of that.

I repeat that you can keep the scarf.

I can wait. I do the pleasure to you.

Why, I'm giving you the Town Hall. I do not claim thanks ...

Ah, I would like to see! Would you also like thanks?

He took the scarf.

But wait. One more detail.

Gliel'ha ridata.

Ah no, I'd rather hang myself!

As you like, I didn't ask you for anything.

No? And the bottom of the oak forest, the Tre Croci vineyard ..

... and the pasture behind the cemetery?

Sure, you don't ask, blackmail.

See, dear. Things have changed.

And

Before he was the son of an innkeeper who married the daughter of the Podestà

Now he is the son of the Mayor who marries the daughter of a ...

Well, let's let it go.

Only if we save the balance will everything remain the same.

And you said it yourself, it all stays in the family, ..

... including the scarf.

You are the one who asked me to accept it.

If you are not convinced we are waiting for the Americans.

Oh sorry.

- Don't think I'm giving up out of fear. - Ninth.

If I suffer your blackmail it is to save the wedding ..

... of our two boys.

Remember it well, just for this.

- He gave it back. - We are safe. - Thank god.

Aurora, if you knew how many sacrifices she has to make ..

... a father for his daughter.

Yes, he can even drop his breeches.

Do you see there was no reason to worry?

You who always told me "my father is a fascist".

It has changed color and is already better.

Don't take advantage of it.

So we're safe now.

We did like the King with Badoglio.

- Bravo, comrade. That is, Mr. Mario. - Well.

But what if the Americans don't come?

We take back the power. We gave it to him, didn't we?

And to the new municipal councilors.

In Sermonti, in De Bellis, in Gordini.

Oh, good Mario. You come.

- Drink with us, cheers. - Mm.

Well, what is it? What are you thinking about?

I think only of Crippa, that is a fascist who believes in it.

I wonder what it will do.

You too were a fascist who believed in it.

What did you do?

I have always made reservations, if Crippa moves we are lost.

In this moment if I were in his place ..

... I would turn around, ..

... because if he stays here it is he who is lost.

- Health. - To your.

You cannot leave with him.

Go away, please, if he finds us here we're lost.

I swear I'll find a way to get rid of it.

I would have found it already.

You know I hate him, but he's still my husband.

Look out, someone is coming.

Virgil.

- Win! - Win!

Under your orders, Comrade Crippa.

Why are you here?

Duty, comrade.

Turkish things happen in town.

Here you can hear the American anthems.

- They are already arrived? - What arrived?

God forbid.

It's the municipal gang.

Cappelaro in the head who plays the American anthems.

But it gets even worse.

The Podestà has dropped his breeches.

He took off his scarf and now he will be off ..

... even the shirt. - Is he crazy?

- And how does he spin naked? - But no!

He gave the scarf to that defeatist of the host.

Desertion!

This is beautiful and good desertion!

While here one faces the enemy.

Here we need exemplary punishment.

This is why I ran to you.

But what is that?

- Are you leaving?

Yes, exemplary, healthy punishment.

Caro Virgili, ..

... you arrived just as I was thinking about this.

Here we need a squadron.

Like in the good times.

- In the good old days. - Mm.

Do you remember, Virgili, the good times?

Those of the truncheon.

- Castor oil. - The march on Rome.

The Pontine Marshes.

The Empire.

Gold to the Fatherland.

Wait up.

Take this suitcase over there.

We'll go to your aunt another day.

Disappear.

First of all the cause.

I'm going to Littoria.

I get a nice squadron and bring it here.

- Will you allow some advice, comrade? - Go ahead.

The squadraccia is better to request it by phone.

But there is the case that they do not have a means of transport.

With my car I go and come back with them.

But in moments like these your presence here ..

... is categorical.

It is better to send your car with only the driver.

Bravo.

Your advice is very useful.

- Thanks. - But my name is Littoria.

You won't be able to do it anyway.

I've been trying to get online since this morning.

Littoria is online.

What I'm sorry about is that you won't be the one to marry them.

Thank you that I will be able to attend the ceremony.

It could have been even worse.

But what if it's a false alarm? What if they didn't come this time either?

Ssh, God forbid.

This is Radio Londra talking to you.

Italian friends, good evening. We bring you the latest news.

If these disturb it means that things are bad.

Let's hope.

- Let's hope what? - Let them come.

Ah, at this point are we? You, my wife ...

Then let's hope they don't arrive.

Well done, then what good was it ..

... humiliate them in front of the whole country?

Do you want to decide then? What can we hope for?

We must not hope, we must believe.

- But in what? - In what?

- In tomorrow. - Yes And tomorrow?

Insidious questions.

On the Front of Anzio the valiant Germanic comrades.

... have victoriously ..

... rejected an attack by Anglo-American troops ..

... forcing them to retreat towards the coast.

The enemy, en route, has abandoned the field ..

... huge quantities of war material.

You got a pretty good deal.

You had never been involved in politics for twenty years.

Couldn't you keep quiet until the end?

No, just on the eve of your son's wedding ..

... go get yourself in these messes.

I did it for our son's sake.

Because if they take the father-in-law and shoot him ..

... when is marriage done?

But in order to save Mario's life, you go and risk yours.

Attilio, I'm so afraid. I have a hunch.

- Oh! - Do you have it too?

Yes, I have a feeling ..

... that I will forget the marriage formula.

Yet I studied it well by heart.

Second.

Resent it a little.

So. Ah.

Mr. Gianni Cappelaro.

Do you want to take for legitimate wife ..

... Miss Vinicio Aurora?

Here present.

Ah, here present.

Yes, dad.

< No.

Eh?

He has to say "yes", without "dad".

- Right now you are not the father, you are the Mayor. - Ah.

Did you understand?

- Yes, dad. - There.

Sorry, yes.

Indeed, it is better that you answer "Yes, Mr. Mayor".

It's cuter, it sounds better. No?

Yes, Mr. Mayor.

There.

So okay?

For me a "yes" is enough, let's not interrupt anymore.

It was you who started it.

- And then, as Mayor, I can interrupt. - That is fine. - Oh!

And you, Miss Vinicio Aurora, ..

... Mr. Cappelaro Giovanni, present here?

Yes, Mr. Mayor.

- Lo, Attilio Cappelaro, Mayor of Ardea ... - Again!

Nothing. Go ahead.

Lo, Attilio Cappelaro, Mayor of Ardea ...

Repeat it one more time. Do you think we have not understood?

Look, dude, I've been silent for twenty years.

Do you want to shut up for twenty minutes?

- Continues. - Continues? It is a word.

What was I saying when you interrupted me?

"Lo, Attilio Cappelaro, Mayor of Ardea ..."

You're very kind, I thought you didn't remember.

Good.

Lo, Attilio Cappelaro, Mayor of Ardea ..

... I declare to you ..

...husband and wife.

What did you think? That I would turn a blind eye?

Which?

For cowards and traitors.

... I know only one end. The wall!

What are you doing?

They ordered me to cancel.

And I order you to rewrite.

- I'm sorry I can not. - You can not?

Do you know what you are? A defeatist.

No, an illiterate, I always have been.

I will be able to find the real responsible ..

... of this shameful story.

How did this transfer of power happen?

Say it was you with an act of force.

Tell him it was you with an act of weakness.

Don't you understand that if you save me I will be able to save you later.

But you later, that one shoots right away.

As a priest I must tell you that you do not have the right ..

... to interrupt a wedding ceremony, ..

... preventing two spouses from entering the church ..

... to bless their union.

You are wrong, Don Fausto.

- These two are not married. - Like, "they're not married"?

Sure we're married.

Show me the certificate.

There he is.

Signature of the Mayor Attilio Cappelaro.

I am Attilio Cappelaro, the Mayor.

Here we have only one Podestà.

Mario Vinicio, present.

Look what I'm doing with your certificate.

You should be ashamed of standing here and marrying ..

... while the country needs all its children ..

... to repel the invader. - But he's not of age yet.

Good for love, good for the homeland.

If instead of thinking about love ..

... we thought more about fighting ..

... we would have already won the war. - Tell me how old you are.

- Winds. - Not at all, he's only nineteen.

We still miss it before we reach our twenties.

You are lucky, boy.

You will immediately reach Littoria's barracks.

Gargiulo.

Order.

You will accompany him to the bus ..

... which stops at the crossroads with the national team.

Come on, run home and get your stuff.

And without wasting a minute, go!

No, dad, take it easy.

Tomorrow a fascist team will arrive to help me ..

... to restore order and discipline.

To begin with, you are all doomed ..

... to a collective fine of ten thousand lire.

The leader of the rebellion will be transferred to Littoria, ..

... where he will be immediately tried for high treason!

And if we can't find the culprit ..

... it will mean that we will have two.

Goodbye, my boy, this is terrible.

Come on, dad. Be strong.

I'm strong, Gianni.

But strength now only serves to keep us from crying.

Well, I'm going to feed the chickens.

What a temper.

A true Roman, but one of the ancient ones.

My women, on the other hand, shut up at home crying.

Instead your wife, the mother, not a tear.

What dignity, what firmness. As an example for all of us.

Can we do something for you?

Nothing, now I close the shop, there is nothing else to do.

But we have to see each other, decide something.

What do you want to decide?

So much life for me now ...

If you really want ..

... come to me tonight.

Now leave me alone.

I beg you.

Gianni, you can go out, they're gone.

Ah.

- And now let's have a drink. - Yup

Laura, bring us that bottle of bubbly.

Here she is.

< Brava.

- Ah. - Thanks.

Hop!

Upon your return.

- Here it is. Bubbly wine. - Good.

- Where is Joseph? - Down in the cellar.

- What are you doing in the cellar? - Mah.

Let's get him up, shall we?

Joseph, come on up.

- Comfy my cellar, huh? - Yes, Gianni showed it to me.

I didn't know anything about the underground passage.

Nobody knows. But why didn't you come home?

The whole village ..

... he knows that I accompanied him to the bus. - Yup.

I can't be back anytime soon.

You don't have to show me around.

- Time to come and go. - Ah. - And then I'll tell you.

I'm better off in the cellar than outside.

You are a friend, Giuseppe.

The day that you will be Mayor for a little longer ..

... you will have to promote Giuseppe to Corporal.

Of course, for me he is already Corporal.

But before you put on the chevrons ..

... you have to wait a few days.

Consulates, you will have arrears.

Yes, but now we have to toast. Laura, give him a glass.

- Health. - Here.

You will feel that wine.

Salute.

- Good, huh? It is luxury stuff. - Good.

Emotions make me hungry.

- Then let's go eat. - No.

No? - No, this is not possible.

- Because? - Don't even think about it.

It is too dangerous to eat here.

You are at the front, do you understand?

So, salami, cheese.

And you can't even sleep here.

Maybe you can come at ten every night.

When the inn closes.

A bottle of wine, bread.

But during the day you have to break into the woods ..

... until the Americans arrive.

Yes, of course. The sweet.

Look, dad.

< Eh?

Sorry, but the wedding cake is eaten by two.

Yes, that's right.

- So, two pieces, huh? - Yes.

Hop!

One.

And two, done.

To be.

Say hello to the bride, but be careful that nobody sees you.

- Calm. - Go.

Until we meet again. Hello Joseph.

And now let's eat.

I want to hope you eat with us.

I would not want to disturb.

No, you don't bother at all.

Just leave before the others arrive. Let's go up.

What worries me most is the matter of high treason

Indeed, high treason?

So I, Attilio Cappelaro, here in Ardea ..

... I'd be guilty of high treason, huh? But don't make me laugh.

This is not the time, there are more serious things than these antics.

And is the bandaged team arriving tomorrow a joke?

If the fascists decide to come here ..

... it means they are not needed on the front line.

And if they are not needed on the front line, it means that the Americans ..

... yes they stopped again.

Do you believe that types of fascists like Crippa and Virgili ..

... go to the front line? But do me the favor!

No, they send us other people's children.

My Gianni.

I understand the pain for your son.

But there were fascists and fascists.

The stupid fools.

You are the idiots and Crippa ...

With Crippa before tomorrow we have to go and talk.

I can't, but I mean, anyone ...

It is useless.

Crippa instead of the heart has an automatic calculator.

It has been sucking our blood for twenty years.

We could try to bribe him.

But no, he is a loan shark, but also a fanatic.

He will not be bribed.

Money won't make him change his mind, on the contrary.

Give him a snap tonight.

It would change everything.

- Miracles exist. - Perhaps.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Don't worry, I'm not stealing your dirty money.

Yet it is for my dirty money that you married me.

When we got married I only knew about misery.

And you managed to make me regret it.

But good.

You too begin to raise the crest.

You are all becoming brave in this country.

But beware, Crippa is still standing.

I had dreamed of our honeymoon different.

But it doesn't matter, it's beautiful even so.

With you it would be nice anywhere.

And then here they are avoided ..

... all the unnecessary strains of the honeymoon.

What's up?

I think about today, when you left.

I was afraid of never seeing you again.

If you only knew how much I hated that Crippa.

I would have been able to kill him.

I really have to go now.

Because?

It's not safe for you to stop around here.

Why isn't it prudent?

We broadcast the hourly signal of 11 pm.

Minus five, four, three, two, one.

We have broadcast the hourly signal of 11 pm.

See you tomorrow night, love, dream of me.

If I can sleep.

Good morning, Mr. Crippa.

Mr. Crippa.

Mr. Crippa.

Ah!

They killed Mr. Crippa!

They killed Mr. Crippa!

They killed Mr. Crippa!

Pray for us.

Pray for us.

- Why are you looking at me like that? - Who's looking at you! - You...

You look at me, and I don't like that look.

It is an accusatory look.

Listen. Perhaps you, he confesses, had no intention of killing him.

- So you thought about it? - it?

Do you accuse me?

And you accuse me, right?

Confess, you've lost your mind ...

Mind that if you continue, I really lose my mind.

Trust me, I'm here to help you.

Here, I could say that tonight I came to your house ..

... and that you were there.

Well, sure, that would be a great alibi for you.

Per me?

And

I'm not a bastard like you.

I don't want to know where you've been tonight.

- I'll say you came to me. - For real?

But I really came to you.

And you, dear, you weren't home.

And it's easy to guess where you've been.

I'm the one who guessed it.

No, I'm the one who ...

- How can you think that I ... - But you can think that I ...

Okay, let's not talk about it anymore.

- Closed question. - Closed.

Have you seen Virgili?

Do you think he's a guy who quits?

# To arms! Alarms!

# At arms we are fascists ..

# ..terror of the Communists.

# And we of the Fascio ..

# ..we are the components, ..

# ..the cause will support ..

# ..till death..

# ..and we will always fight ..

# .. strong strong ...

Camerata Virgili, to order.

Bring us immediately to the Crippa dormitory.

- Yes, the martyr calls for revenge. - What do you say? Explain yourself.

- They killed our Crippa, comrades. - Go.

Who did it?

On behalf of the Duce and the Fascio ..

... we have come to offer our condolences.

- Your condolences? - Yup

But what is it, a joke?

Come, follow me.

I tell you he was here, on his deathbed.

So what kind of bad jokes are these?

As for you, this does not seem to me ..

... the way to enter someone else's house.

As soon as I report it to my husband ...

Sorry, ma'am. There was an error.

Forgive the inconvenience. As soon as you see your husband ..

... tell him we are waiting for him in the Town Hall. my respects.

They made the body disappear, it must be like that.

It cannot be otherwise, they are all against me.

Look, you made me look like a dog with the lady.

But if you continue with this story ..

... I swear to you that in this cursed country ..

... a corpse will be found. And it will be yours.

We will see it.

They are gone.

Now, however, you need to tell me the whole truth.

But I've already told you, Silvana, I swear I didn't kill him.

- But then who did it? - I don't know, it's hard to tell.

But why did you hide the body?

Because I know those well.

If they found him here without knowing who the culprit is ..

... they would have put the country to fire and sword. They are capable of anything.

But you are thus compromised and you can no longer ...

Don't worry, at least right now ..

... I'm sure I can count on the help of the whole country ..

... and on yours above all.

Good morning.

Hey you, gravedigger.

Is this how you do your job?

Excellency, my job is as a municipal sweeper, but ...

Precisely.

- Do you know what the Duce said? - No.

He said that the homeland uses it ..

... even guarding a garbage can.

- Gas. - Thing?

- You said "garbage". - The same, always bin is.

What did this do?

Excellency, I am paid by the Town Hall, ..

... but if the Americans are brought in, what can I do?

They get dirty and you clean.

Because that's where the filth of the Americans ends up.

Ah!

What are you looking for?

- A corpse. - Go to the cemetery.

Are you here looking for it? But look.

Strange that comrade Crippa makes you wait so long.

- Do you know where he went? - He went for a ride.

Sure, in the countryside. It is his habit.

Often it goes far and doesn't even come back.

Then he knows that I am here.

- Of course. He is here. Never home. - Of course.

Good. Who erased the Duce's writings?

It was Crippa.

Crippa? Impossible!

Of course, he must have had his good reasons.

Who knows?

The reason told me.

He told me those writings were old.

And who has found new ones. Beautiful.

Sure, that's a good idea.

But I don't understand why he made us come here to do nothing.

I don't know its secrets.

But I meant that Crippa feared a descent ..

... of paratroopers. - Here in the country? - Yes, in Ardea.

But they are talk.

I couldn't speak in front of him. He is a talker.

But that's the truth. Crippa has intercepted some messages ..

...on the radio. And tonight the Americans should ..

... drop paratroopers.

On the phone he spoke of anti-fascists.

In parachute, perhaps. Only in this way do they arrive.

In Ardea there are none.

In the event that the paratroopers are launched, ..

... we will make our little Stalingrad here in the country.

Already. He talked about you and said he would make you come ..

... a handful of men, of heroes, doomed to death.

... we don't have enough weapons for the fight.

And I can't take this responsibility.

Now I remember where Crippa went.

He went to look for pitchforks, hatchets and scythes for the indefinite defense.

But I have to leave immediately. I have to go back to the office.

Aren't you waiting for comrade Crippa?

Impossible. Orders are orders, they are not discussed.

Before leaving, let's have another glass.

- I'd love that. - Here it is. To you.

- Health. - To victory.

And when the Americans arrive.

Come?

Of course. Don't you wait for them to receive them as they deserve?

Come, no?

They don't scare me.

But are you sure they don't scare you?

Take it easy or end up as Virgili.

Virgil? Because?

He sticks to the flask in the morning and stops only to sleep in the evening.

That's why he talks nonsense all day.

It went wrong for me.

Then it means you don't trust me.

Don't you know that husband and wife have to tell each other everything?

Listen to me, for now you better not know.

Whoever killed Crippa did well.

What do you care who did it?

- Do you really care? - Yup

Alright then!

It was your father.

But it doesn't matter to me.

Even if your father killed, I still love you.

Indeed more.

I love you.

I do not believe you. You are a coward.

To defend your father, you accuse mine.

What does my father have to do with it?

I saw yours last night sneaking out.

Where do you want him to go?

And I saw yours.

- Lier! - You are a liar!

Ah, is that so? You agreed to accuse my father.

Take back what you said!

The? I don't withdraw anything.

You know what? I am happy that our marriage ..

... has not yet been blessed in church.

Stop it, give me a kiss.

Comrades, greetings to the Duce.

Bravo, Attilio. After 20 years I managed to get you done ..

... a Roman half salute. - Yes, but you pay me!

Instead you should thank me.

I saved your life and freed you from those three fascists ..

... with a small movement of the arm.

I'll do it for you with a little flick of the arm.

Hey! I found it!

Let's get it over with! We can't waste time ..

... at times like these. - But then you do not care too?

- I found the body of the ward. - Thing?

We send an urgent announcement.

Black shirts, wherever you are, introduce yourself ..

... i "immediately to the nearest barracks.

With your untamed hearts, with your bright faith ..

... you will have to bar ...

- Did you find Crippa's body? - Yup.

All right, then we find the killer of our dormitory.

Good idea of ​​yours to put it in the van.

It was nice yours to put it in the garbage.

Perhaps in there he would have been better confused.

They thought they hid it well.

But it takes more to fool Virgili.

But that's absurd! Yet it was here!

He was here no more than a quarter of an hour ago.

Are we done with this farce?

Don't be angry, if the body isn't there we can't leave.

Yes, we have to look for it. And whoever seeks, finds.

And what are these?

Can you see this smoked lens?

They are Crippa's glasses.

Good boy! This is starting to be a good track.

We will begin the investigation immediately.

- Calmly. - Calmly.

Until we find ..

Let me be clear.

What do you know about Crippa's disappearance?

What do I know? It wasn't one I was dating.

Why did you say "was"?

Because?

That's right, because you didn't say "is

It is also said: he was a fascist, and instead he is.

Do not joke. You said "was" because he died.

And you are aware of it.

I assure you I don't know anything about it.

As it is true that my son is fighting at the front.

It's useless, you won't convince me.

Maybe you are the killer.

I assure you it's not me.

- So who did it? - I do not know.

But have you found the body?

Let's not be funny!

I tell you that Crippa is dead. Do you want to talk now?

And

So come on, what do you know?

What you said.

There is nothing left.

They killed him and took everything away. Who can it be?

Just someone who knew the villa.

Gaspar.

Do you also think about the same person?

And who else?

How do you explain the disappearance of the dormitory?

My son, the ways of Providence ..

... are inscrutable. - Okay!

Do you know what the priest told me?

That the ways of Providence are inscrutable.

What have you done? Have you arrested him?

It's ten o'clock, I have to close.

You know, the regulation ...

And who cares? Here we do the regulation.

Then let's do this.

I give you this beautiful bottle, and you go and drain it ..

... in your little room in the town hall. - I'm in it.

Bravo.

And you don't move?

It depends on you.

I get it.

Here it is.

Bravo.

That can make you dream.

Good night.

You come.

What a bad day!

You have a face that I don't like. Did something happen?

I had a fight with Aurora.

Get off to a good start. Are you sure it's not your fault?

I know you. Are you an only child. Your mother gave them to you ..

... always all won. And I did the same.

But with your wife you will have to give in. You'll have to apologize.

Even when you are right.

Apologize to your wife even when ..

... you are right is the most beautiful declaration of love.

No, it's not possible.

It is too serious.

It will be serious, very serious.

But luckily it will be easy to get a divorce.

Can you at least tell me what it is?

Before they killed Crippa, I saw Mario coming out ..

... from home secretly. - Yes, I know.

You know? And how do you know it?

I went to his house and he wasn't there.

Did you go out last night too?

And

So it's true, Aurora could see you. He told the truth.

And I also insulted her.

As you can see, if I had been calmer ...

Now go to sleep peacefully, with Aurora everything will settle down.

Maybe it won't be that easy.

What do I do with that corpse now?

What corpse?

Crippa's.

This morning I was near when Virgili found him in the car.

- Yes - And when he called the fascists I took it off.

Wow! You are your father's son.

You saved me and the whole country.

But I thought Aurora agreed ..

.-.- With his parents to save his father ..

... dropping the blame on you. Then I took my revenge.

How?

I hid the body in Mario's house.

Thing? You hid it ...

Maybe it's a good hiding place.

They will never go looking for him there.

But when Mario finds him ...

I would like to see his face!

It suits him, at least he will pay me ...

But why did you change your mind?

That Virgili is a madman, a hallucinator.

What's wrong with you?

That pair of glasses with the black lens. I don't see clearly.

Here it is.

I am sorry I cannot offer you better.

- But for one night ... - Who tells you we'll stay one night?

You seem too eager to see us leave.

I would not like you to hide something from me.

What do you want me to hide from you?

Crippa's body? Maybe under the bed?

We are in no hurry.

Until we find the body, we'll stay here.

That is fine.

Would you mind helping me take off my boots?

- I can't do it alone. - Of course.

Excuse me, you can't sleep here.

Because?

The bed is too hard.

I've been a peasant. I should have offered you my bed.

No, when I'm on a mission I also sleep on the ground.

This too, please.

Now turn off the light. I need to sleep.

- Good night. - Good night.

What are you laughing at?

Nothing, I was thinking of Mario.

Think about it in silence. I want to sleep.

What is up?

It's me. I thought you would have slept better ..

... with a cup of chamomile tea.

And to make me sleep better, do you wake me up?

It is a specialty. With this you will have sweet dreams.

Chamomile!

Don't think you can numb my conscience with chamomile tea

Are you sure the dose of the sleeping pill was strong?

It would be the end if he woke up.

If anything, the danger is another.

I would like to make the corpse disappear under the bed ..

... tomorrow we find another one on top.

Have you heard?

Yes I've heard.

It comes from the cellar.

It will be Gianni. Has something happened to him?

Come on, what do you want happened to him?

Gianni. Gianni, where are you?

Gianni, are you there? Gianni.

Ah!

How did it get in here?

This is a Mario roll.

Mario. Mario.

Mario.

Go out.

Don't scream, wretch.

Do you want to wake up my guest?

- Then get out! - I come. Take it easy.

- Look I ... - Hsh!

- Is there someone there? - No, nobody. What's up?

You also have the courage to ask me later ..

... what did you put Crippa in the cellar?

The? And where do you want me to get it from?

Look, don't be so braggart.

I know very well that Crippa was at your house.

At my home?

Confess, then. It was you.

The? But you are crazy!

So how do you know it was there?

- Let's let it go. - Ah here.

Don't you understand that if we have to hide the body ..

... somewhere, is your home ideal?

Why not at your house?

In my house, no.

Last night I went to Crippa's to talk to him, and I couldn't.

I told you he wouldn't listen to you.

It is not for that. There was not.

And so I couldn't talk to him. That's all.

And you? What have you done?

I did what you did.

It is useless for you to laugh.

I don't laugh at all.

I had gone without conviction.

I was sure it would do no good.

Because?

Who would have imagined that when I arrived I could no longer find him?

In short, it is not one of us who killed him.

And to find out who did it, it is necessary to replace us ..

... to these here.

We must continue to hide the body ..

... until they decide to arrive.

And above all it is necessary that others decide ..

... to come to an agreement once and for all.

What others?

You and me.

Salve.

Then? Did my anonymous letter work?

Formidable! They landed in my cellar, ..

... they went to work like crazy, ..

... and in less than an hour they knocked down ..

... that damn wall.

I've been wanting to tear it down for more than three years.

Now I saw my cellar. It seems double.

But did my little complaint work?

Come and see.

Look.

Hey!

Is Virgili also there?

A real fortune! Passed by here and to find first ..

... the corpse was also placed in it.

The fascists are lazy. But to throw away ...

- If they continue at this rate, do you know what I do tomorrow? - No.

I sow corn. At least something will have helped.

Let me be clear that next time I will not be the one to speak.

But our submachine guns.

If Crippa's body is hidden in a ..

... of your homes, we will find it.

And for not knowing how to read or write ...

Ah, pure him.

He will be tried and executed as responsible.

... of the murder of our comrade.

I don't know anything and I don't want to know anything.

I only know that, as the poet says, whoever made it covers it.

And so the one who hides the body in the house is the killer.

Camerata.

You laugh. But have you forgotten that the body is in your house?

I laugh because it is fortunate that it is in my house.

Either you are deaf or you are crazy. Did you hear what that guy said?

I heard. He said that whoever hides the dead in the house ..

... is the killer. - So?

I found it! I found it!

What have you found?

The dead.

- Under the oak. - Come on, accompany us.

Mario.

Mario, stop. Nothing is done anymore.

And you go, quick.

What happened?

Better to leave. It is Virgili who killed Crippa.

And the proof is in his home. You come.

"Virgil?" - You are

Inside the chest ..

Here it is.

Damn! What is this mess? Can't even sleep?

It is the simplest thing in the world.

A nice complaint and Virgili is settled.

And who should make this complaint? We feel.

What a question! You, for example.

The? And to whom? To Virgili?

No, at midnight. He's the one who took matters into his own hands.

I know it.

But do you know what happens if I go from midnight to report Virgili?

Who beat me, purge me and maybe shoot me for slander.

No, no complaint.

Okay, I'll make this complaint.

I will show you that it is not impossible to make believe ..

... at midnight that one of his comrades got dirty ..

... of murder for the purpose of robbery.

Why shouldn't he believe it?

You, for example, believe it.

The important thing is not that Midnight believes it.

The important thing is that it disappears and takes us out of the way. Do I understand?

No!

- I do not understand. - It's not about making a police report.

But to push them to do the only thing they are capable of.

Meaning what?

Run away with the swag all together.

It is a mistake to despise enemies too much.

It's the best thing.

I understand the embittered soul of a father from whom they snatched ..

... the son, however ...

What's this? Is there anyone?

- Hide. - Where do I put myself?

Excuse me if I go out at this unusual time, dad.

But this is an unexpected event.

I have an intimate dinner tonight.

... a little sparkling wine.

Weren't you at the front?

It seems like no.

I prefer to wait for the front to reach me.

Excuse me if you don't have a war widow daughter.

And I was moved on the day of departure.

Comedian!

Monster!

And that poor daughter of mine who has done nothing but cry!

Also yesterday.

Yesterday she was crying because we had a fight because of you.

- Does Aurora know too? - Sure.

When I go home, I take her in.

And now I leave you to discuss as long as you want.

We have more important things to do.

Hi Dad. Goodbye, father-in-law.

But how? Did you have the courage to deceive me?

Let it go. Let's go back to Midnight.

Let's hear this idea of ​​yours.

You who host the leader of these three stinkers, ..

... Tonight at the table, without seeming to say anything ...

- Good night. - Good night.

Now that we are alone, you want to explain this story to me ..

... gold and jewels?

No, I can not.

Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me.

Precisely. You tell me and I don't believe it.

So our conscience is calm.

Who? Cappelaro?

Attilio? But no!

That's a poor man with his son at the front.

Not that he's a proven fascist like you and me.

Indeed, it can be said that he always pulled it.

When we did the war against the flies, ..

... he kept for flies.

Don't digress. Out the name.

Good this Frascati.

Stop drinking.

It's good, but don't try to make me drink.

I know this wine. If one drinks too much, ..

... it immediately goes to his head and says a lot of nonsense.

Lo, when I drink, I keep my mouth closed.

How do you drink with your mouth closed?

And then even if you closed it, I don't trust it.

You have opened your ears. It is true?

To hear the nonsense you say?

Call it nonsense!

He is rich, the friend. A million to him is nonsense.

But Attilio does not speak. He just drinks and won't talk.

Attilio is silent as a fish.

Like a fish that has learned to swim in Frascati.

A million nonsense.

One million lire. And also some gold.

Do you stop drinking?

Drink drink. And where is this treasure?

Where was it, you mean.

It's very simple.

It was in the safe of the Crippa dormitory.

This Frascati is good.

Now forget about Frascati.

The swag?

Do you want to know where it is?

A flick of the magic wand and it's gone ..

... in a chest.

Couldn't you be clearer?

À home of a comrade who wears glasses.

Its name begins with V.

No, I don't have to drink anymore.

A name that begins with a V. With glasses. It's Virgili.

Yes, it can only be him.

Let's go!

What a pain!

But it's true. This Frascati is really good.

But I do not understand.

Speak out! Do not get smart.

And don't waste our time.

Where did you hide the gold?

I swear I don't know what you're talking about.

What happens? Why are you here?

Perhaps for the same reason that you are there too.

Comrade, call them to order.

I don't understand the reason for this attack.

I do. Let's face it, Virgili.

Where did you hide Crippa's gold?

But which gold?

The one you stole from his house after you killed him.

By now I understand everything.

It was you who killed him.

Yes, it was me.

Crippa was a traitor.

He was about to flee taking away the gold that instead ..

... had to serve the cause.

But what cause? You took him out to steal his gold.

Instead, now we eat the gold.

But now you can tell me.

Who sent you here?

Mario Vinicio.

Attilio Cappelaro.

I could have sworn it.

Those damned came before you ..

... and they fooled all four of us.

Damn!

But this time they won't get away with it.

Money does not. It's damn money.

Already once they made me wrong.

So much effort for nothing.

No, not for nothing.

Even without touching the money I will be able to pay the debt ..

... that I have towards the country.

How many people hated me because I married him.

The loan shark's wife, they said.

Bernazza.

Sermonti. Bills, bills.

Here, now they no longer owe me anything.

If not understanding and pity.

Excuse me if I made you wait.

How come so early? Did something happen?

Crippa's gold and jewels are no longer ..

... in Virgili's chest.

So are you convinced that he had them? I was right then.

Did he also confess where he put them now?

He didn't make them disappear.

And who was it?

It doesn't take a cop's brain to understand ..

... who is the culprit.

That's what I'm saying.

Yes, of crime and robbery.

And it will be Vittoria's Command to judge him.

Congratulations on the brilliant operation.

Well, then get dressed and follow me.

Dove?

From your dear friend Cappelaro.

It is better to avoid rioting over his arrest.

We will have to act with caution.

You will be the one to carry out the arrest.

To do what?

The arrest of Cappelaro.

The? Never!

Gianni!

Gianni!

Gianni!

- Gianni, it's horrible. The fascists are taking them away. - Who?

My dad and your dad. Something must be done.

Yes, of course, something needs to be done.

But soon! There is no time to lose.

Stay calm, crying is useless.

Yes, but look there.

Uh, oh!

What are you doing?

We want bicycle.

No bicycle.

Better than bicycle.

So?

What can I do with stinkers like these here?

I'll pretend to obey. Only then can I save you.

They even made me put on a black shirt.

You have noticed that you are sick.

It took you some time to figure it out. Twenty years.

Stop the usual teasing. This is not the time to fight.

We have the minutes numbered, we need to save what can be saved.

Not least your skin.

My? Add yours too.

They are not too tender with those who do not think so ..

... like them, your dear comrades. And you know it, right?

Sure, and I've realized it lately.

We must hurry. I'm not made of your dough.

I am not a hero.

Luckily you recognize it.

Be quick to do what?

You have to escape! Save you! Reach Gianni!

In the meantime, I'm going out of them. I try to take time.

No, for heaven's sake! Do you want to sacrifice yourself for me?

You don't have to take this risk.

In any case, I risk less than you.

And in any case everyone has their own responsibilities.

Quick, go!

I'm going to do what I can to keep them.

Good luck, Attilio.

Attilio, run away! Go with Gianni!

Otherwise they will kill you.

- It is not possible. - But why?

They would take their revenge on you.

Attilio, you are a hero.

But what hero?

The heroes stand on the monuments in Rome, on the pedestal.

All naked and with helmets on their heads.

Do you see me all naked and with a helmet on my head?

Cute, I would be.

No, I am not a hero.

I repeat it. I am not a hero.

Good morning.

The Germans! Laura, faint, quick.

Pass out, so we can buy some time. Hurry up.

Gianni.

- Dad, this is Fritz, a friend. - Friend Fritz?

Do you know them?

Good boy.

We look for bikes, and he offers automobile.

< Come?

The war is going badly for them.

They decided to go home.

But since they have to commandeer that car out there ..

... it's better that they stay in uniform, don't you think?

Come here I hug you! Save me one more time.

It's touching, isn't it?

- Yes, yes

Yes, so you go out there with the pride of the winners.

Soldiers of the Great Reich.

Claim that beautiful car for great Germany.

- Yes, yes

But these don't have the faces of a requisitioner.

It should be given a nice polish.

Who believes in seeing them like this?

Look. Laura, are you asleep?

No, she passed out.

He always faints when he is no longer needed.

- Mom! - Laura, wake up!

What's that up to?

I don't know, he was putting on his jacket when I left.

He will be saying goodbye to his wife.

People are coming. Just what I didn't want.

That is fine.

There.

Now you are German.

They make a nice effect. Military.

With such an appearance they would also give you the Duce's car ..

... without even saying a word.

Automobile.

No, this way.

Go around the house.

- Yes, yes

Now I can also afford the luxury of being a hero.

That is fine? But I miss the helmet on my head.

It took you some time.

Where do you think you're going to a wedding?

I was born clean and unlike you I will die clean.

With my nice white shirt.

Enough of this chatter now, clear?

- Come on.

Alt!

Alt!

Long live the leader!

Hail Hitler!

First regiment on the way.

Long live the German comrades.

German comrades, requisition the town hall.

That is fine.

Requisition of school, requisition of mail.

Agree.

Requisition horses.

And this car. Immediately.

We have already requisitioned this machine.

One moment. We need to transport these people.

Via!

- Hail Hitler. - Salvation.

For once we must thank the Germans.

No, we have to thank my son.

Because?

No!

What a son-in-law I have!

What funeral faces!

It would take a good funeral march.

By the way, where did Crippa's body go?

It's in the trunk of the Germans' car. Gianni took care of it.

- But no! - Those three warriors don't know, but they have ..

... a travel companion worthy of them.

So, are we not leaving anymore?

I have the impression that the German comrades ..

... they left us on foot. - As usual.

Be careful what you say.

That's not all.

Did you hear what those said?

The rest of the regiment will have to arrive. We will wait.

But I know how to wait. I've waited a long time.

They arrive! They arrive!

They came with trucks, with cannons.

- Seen? - Not yet.

Let's go to meet him. We will explain to him how things are.

We will delete this country from the map.

You're right. Let's go to meet him.

The agreed signal.

It means that Don Fausto has seen the allied avant-gardes.

You could've told them they were Americans, you idiot!

Quick, go get the tools, hurry up.

We are finally there. The Americans arrive.

What do you say welcome in English?

- Welcome. - Come? - Welcome.

Welcome. You have to write it on all the walls.

The Americans arrive.

The Americans?

- For real? - Yes we go!

Freedom has come for us. Jail begins for you.

As the first citizen of Ardea, you must receive them ..

... with this on your belt.

Thanks.

Here they are, they are coming.

Come on with the music!

Welcome! Welcome!

Say hello! I once did the Roman salute.

- Welcome. - Forza.

- Welcome! - Welcome!