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guilty of conspiracy against the state.
The court sentences the accused
Yeah.
Orvitz Orodel, Razvan is found
guilty of conspiracy against the state
criminal acts of terror
The accused
Feldiman Ristea, Yorgu
is found guilty
of criminal acts of terror
armed robbery of public funds.
The court sentences the accused
I see the accused
are not requesting an appeal
and declare that these sentences
are definitive and irrevocable!
I'm afraid it's a little
early for celebration.
Your job is far from being over.
The comrades from the ministry
have decided..
Oh, thank you, my dear,
you can go now.
Have decided that the trial
will actually be only one scene
in a rather more elaborate film.
You mean it won't be
on the newsreel?
No.
These sleepless nights
are killing me.
I take all kinds of pills,
no effect at all.
Now then, our mission is to make
an educational feature,
In fact, it will be a detailed
reconstruction of the events
that took place last year,
the robbery, the investigation
and the arrests, I'm giving
each of you a file
that contains all the elements.
What the hell are we doing
in this shithole?
Maestro...
I want to get drunk
in a classy joint
with musicians and ice buckets.
Maestro, I have something
to tell you.
But it must stay
strictly between us two.
What?
Speak up, I can't hear you!
I was here when it happened!
I was a waiter in this canteen.
Congratulations. So what?
So it was nothing like
First of all, the gang
made it look like a shoot.
A film shoot, you see?
And no one got hurt.
There were lots of people
while they loaded the money
into a police van.
The woman fired a machine gun.
I mean, you could have sworn
it was a movie.
What did you say your name was?
Cretin? Clown? You really
haven't got a clue, have you?
This is Bucharest, boy. Romania.
We're neighbors of the great
fraternal people.
We don't have hold-ups
like they do in America.
We don't play Dillinger.
Over here, first we arrest
the comrades
who make trouble
and then we assign them a crime.
There never was a hold-up.
I have no idea
what you did or didn't see.
But if I were you,
I'd forget I saw anything.
Careful with the lights.
That's good. Faster please.
Maestro, these comrades
are extras.
Pedestrians, passersby.
We'll put them
wherever you want.
But they're dressed too much
alike, don't you think?
Nah. Well, never mind.
- Good morning.
- Morning, sir.
Get me a strong coffee
and some Aspirin.
- My head is pounding.
- Yes, sir!
Don't salute when you're not
in uniform, you idiot.
And find me the officer
in charge of security.
Have you been in a film
before, comrade lieutenant?
No, comrade captain,
this is the first time.
I see.
The area is completely secured.
All exits are covered.
Listen to me very carefully.
I don't want
any unpleasant surprises
or there will be hell to pay.
Oh, here they come.
10, 9, 8
7, 6, 5
4, 3, 2, 1.
Happy New Year 1959!
Happy New Year, Boris,
you part-timer!
Happy New Year, comrade colonel!
Here he comes.
Is he coming this way?
I think he's heading
for the orchestra.
No, no. Wait. He's turning.
Are you sure?
Happy New Year and
best wishes, comrade minister.
- Happy New Year.
- Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
Come with me. We need to talk.
Do you really want to do this?
Do what? I don't know
what you mean.
Don't play dumb with me.
She's here.
Crying on my shoulder,
poor child.
Max, we all have
our differences.
You know, we argue today,
we make up tomorrow.
Life moves on with the onward
march of communism, hmm?
So why don't
you two make up and give me
a couple of kids?
'Cause you know what?
a perfect uncle.
Ilya, she's unbearable.
Well, as if I didn't know that.
Yes, she's difficult.
Yes, she's impulsive, yes.
Well, she's my sister, dammit!
But she loves you,
I know she does.
Look, Max, I'm not saying this
as Minister of the Interior
or even as
your brother-in-law...
Can I just say...
Forget about
this divorce business.
So, please. Yeah, I beg you.
I'd even get down on my knees
but that might be
taken the wrong way.
Go to her, ask her to dance.
- Make peace, will you?
- Listen, believe me...
Table. Sonia. Dance. Please.
Let's dance.
- Minister's orders?
- Don't start, Sonia, please.
Let's be friends.
You're such a spineless
weakling. What did he say?
He said, "Long live peace
between nations."
Oh, yeah! He nailed you
with two words, didn't he?
And I bet I know
which ones. Job security.
I thought we declared
a ceasefire.
Why did you come here?
I want to party.
I want to have fun
with my husband.
- Well..
- Max Radoiu, formerly Rosenthal.
Amateur cop,
professional Jew-boy.
Tell me, Rosenthal,
how many Jew-boys
do you think
I've had in my life?
Oh, I have no idea.
But I could tell you a thing
Oh, yeah?
Want to turn the other cheek?
Hmm?
Happy New Year.
I'll be right back.
- Pascu? Costin?
- Yes, sir!
Take this person to
Tell the duty officer I order
him to place her under arrest.
Tell him to put in his report she
attacked a uniformed police officer.
Go now, go.
Oh, oh, alright. Easy, boys.
What are you trying to prove?
One phone call from me, she'll
be out of there in no time.
I know.
But you'll have
to make that call.
Happy New Year, comrade colonel!
Dumi! Your turn.
Really?
Oh, I don't know. They... they
invented a cure for cancer?
I've got a better one.
- Wishful thinking.
- Oh, no! We don't want war.
We're fighting for peace!
Well, that'll be a long fight.
What about you, my little dove?
What do you think is gonna
change the world in 1959?
Nylon tights come to Romania?
Here's one. The Americans
withdraw from Europe.
West Germany is annexed
by East Germany.
Or vice versa?
- Dream on.
- Marilyn Monroe gets divorced.
She divorces more often
than she marries. No.
Gentlemen, I'm afraid your thinking
is a little too earthbound.
How about 1959,
the first man in space?
Good, good, good.
Max, my friend, that's
very sweet of you.
another 10 years at least
before there's
a tovarich in space.
Why?
a b*tch in orbit.
- Of course, Laika,
the four-legged wet-nosed
heroine of the Soviet people.
Sure, now, they sent
her there alright.
Problem is, Max,
she's still up there.
Problem is we haven't worked out how
to get the damn capsule back to Earth.
But surely they can find some crackpot
to volunteer his life for science?
Wouldn't you volunteer,
if they asked?
Imagine it, the big news of 1959
Dumi Auerbach,
the first Jew deported
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