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.
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
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
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...
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
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.
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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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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