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guilty of conspiracy against the state.

The court sentences the accused

to death by firing squad.

Yeah.

Orvitz Orodel, Razvan is found

guilty of conspiracy against the state

criminal acts of terror

to death by firing squad.

The accused

Feldiman Ristea, Yorgu

is found guilty

of criminal acts of terror

armed robbery of public funds.

The court sentences the accused

to death by firing squad!

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,

a rather special one.

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

what Comrade Holban says.

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

and we just stood around here

like idiots enjoying the show

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?

What world are you living in?

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!

May it bring health and..

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?

I think I could make

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

or two about Christian girls.

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

the nearest police station.

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.

They start World War III.

- 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.

But I'm afraid it's gonna be

another 10 years at least

before there's

a tovarich in space.

Why?

The Russians already have

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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