Captain Corelli's Mandolin Page #4

to be rude.

Uno momento.

Don't stay up too late.

Antonio!

It's Turkish.

From the Great War.

We should explode it.

The explosive must have decayed.

It's been floating

for about twenty years.

We could have put on

a good show.

We are going...

to explode the bomb.

It will be

a fantastic explosion...

...and when the time comes...

...nobody must come down

to the beach.

You must watch

from where you are.

Capitano!

You must be one of the most

stupid people I've ever met.

You wanted to show off, so

you nearly get us all killed.

I can see your lips moving, but I

can't hear a word you're saying.

It should pass...

in a day or two.

Your father says

it will pass in a day or two.

Does he?

Is that what

the great doctor says?

What are you saying?

Are you saying how beautiful life is

since the Italians arrived?

All my life I've been waiting.

I don't know

how I survived before you came.

Are you saying how much

you missed having me around?

I miss you so much,

I can't sleep at night.

The other night

when you were dancing...

...the way you were moving...

...the turn of your head.

I thought

I could watch you forever.

You think you can come here...

...and turn my whole world

upside down?

Iodine.

Bandages.

Dressings.

This is all I have.

I can't give you any morphine.

And we need

all the quinine we have.

12,000 of our men on the mainland

are sick with malaria.

Supplies

are not getting through.

Nobody knows why, nobody

knows what is happening...

...and I'm going to eat.

You know,

when I met Pelagia's mother...

...she was betrothed

to somebody else.

He nearly killed me.

I had to leave the island.

I had to lie low for a while.

She wants to train

to be a doctor, you know?

You think

she'd make a good doctor?

I think she'd make

a very good doctor.

Another thing.

This is a very ancient land...

...and we have had nothing but earthquakes

and slaughter for 2,000 years.

We've had massacres

at Sami and Fiskardo...

...and God knows where else.

There will be more.

It's only a question of time.

So don't make any plans.

Bravo!

After the war,

I'll leave it with you.

You're very sweet.

The Allies have landed

in Italy.

We can all go home then.

I can't believe it.

You really want this war

to be over?

What is wrong

with you Italians?

We don't have your advantages,

Gunther.

Advantages?

The advantage of thinking that

other races are inferior to yours.

It's a question of science.

You can't alter a scientific fact.

I don't care about science.

It's morality that counts.

What is your morality?

If I were to see a man

being set upon by others...

...I would think

that man was my brother.

That is my morality.

I would make myself

believe it's personal.

For me, too,

the war is personal.

I lost both my grandfathers

in the Great War.

A war that you started.

And my father's brother...

two of my mother's brothers.

I grew up in a country

where it was hard to survive.

We were hungry all the time.

All we ever knew about

was defeat. But now...

Sometimes it is better to lose...

...than to have so much

blood on your hands.

It's a beautiful night

and everything is peaceful...

...and we should think

about falling in love.

That's beautiful.

What is it?

It's "Pelagia's Song."

I wrote you that song

because I love you.

I don't care

if the world knows it.

I couldn't care less if I never

pick up the mandolin again.

When I was playing, it felt like

my hands were lumps of wood.

It felt as if every note

was sour...

...stale.

And then I realised...

...it's useless.

It's hopeless.

It can't begin to express

the way I feel about you.

Next time you see him,

tell him I have got his mandolin.

He left it in the square.

Four more boys from the village

have left to join Mandras.

Constantine's boys.

Kostas's brother,

what's his name?

George.

He's only fifteen.

He always worshipped Mandras.

Do you love him?

We are engaged to be married.

I am not talking about Mandras.

When you fall in love...

...it is a temporary madness.

It erupts like an earthquake,

and then it subsides.

And when it subsides,

you have to make a decision.

You have to work out whether your roots

have become so entwined together...

...that it is inconceivable

that you should ever part.

Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness.

It is not excitement.

It's not the desire to mate

every second of the day.

It is not lying awake at night imagining

that he is kissing every part of your body.

No.

Don't blush.

I'm telling you some truths.

That is just being in love...

...which any of us

can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself

is what is left over...

...when being in love

has burned away.

Doesn't sound very exciting,

does it?

But it is.

Do you think that you...

...could begin to imagine that that is how

you will come to feel with Captain Corelli?

Pelagia...

You must act honourably...

...with respect

to Mandras and his mother.

And...

...pray for the liberation

of the island...

...because then everything...

...becomes possible.

Drosoula.

All night I've been thinking

about Mandras.

About me and Mandras.

Thinking about how long

we've been apart.

When did you arrive?

Where is your ring?

My fingers got too thin.

I thought I would lose it.

Where will you stay?

I want to ask you something.

We need to see

the Italian captain.

I want you to ask him

to meet with us.

As soon as you can.

In Germany, the port of Hamburg suffered

a second day of continuous air raids...

...from nearly 800 British aircraft

leaving much of the city in ruin.

While, in Italy,

Rome has finally fallen...

...to the Allied advance after

weeks of fierce fighting...

...and a huge bombing campaign

on the capital.

Allied commandos are closely watching

the Mediterranean countries...

...occupied by German

and Italian forces.

It's not yet clear what the German

attitude to an Italian withdrawal might be...

...but Germany will assume sole

command of many strategic territories.

Hitler is expected to send

massive reinforcements...

...through the Balkans

and into Greece...

...as the Nazis struggle to maintain

supply routes to northern Africa.

Mandras is back.

He wants to see you.

It's over!

It's all over!

- Mussolini has fallen!

- Finito!

We're going home!

Finito! Finito!

Colonel Barge and I have agreed

the date for the surrender...

...of our heavy weapons

and machine guns:..

...the fifteenth of September.

That's in five days time.

Why should we

lay down our arms?

They were our allies.

Why should they be

dictating terms to us?

We have surrendered.

Mussolini has surrendered to

the British and the Americans...

...not to the Germans.

Colonel Barge

and I have agreed.

If we surrender our arms...

...do we have confirmation that they

will not use force against us?

I have a personal undertaking from

Colonel Barge and his officers...

...that our troops

will be allowed safe passage.

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