In the Shadow Page #4

- I don't want to.

- Mrs. Brov will take you. -Dad.

I'm not going to discuss it.

Lay down.

And sleep.

You don't like us

anymore, do you?

What are you saying?

Tom!

There is no one I love more

than you and your mum. No one.

Then why do I have

to go to grandma's?

Because mama is in the hospital

and I have a lot of work.

Are you going to fight again?

Remember when we read about the giant

squid that no one could defeat?

There's a monster like

that I have to fight now.

Even though it can't be killed?

If we keep fighting it all the time,

it's going to get tired and weak.

And maybe one day

somebody will defeat it.

Who?

Somebody.

Maybe you.

Good night.

I'm sorry about your wife.

What did they promise you

to get you to lie tomorrow?

This is my wife,

and my daughter.

In 1944 she left with the child for

Bavaria to live with her mother.

At the end of the war I was

captured by the Russians,

and they sent me to Siberia.

You have no idea what it's

like, 8 years' imprisonment.

I only know my

daughter from photos.

And now I will see them.

You want me to believe that?

You can believe

whatever you want.

You knew all the time that I found

the bullet in the post office.

You could have turned me in.

- Yes, I could have.

- Why didn't you?

Sometimes, things are

not the way they look.

Here is the name of the

the post office murderer.

You are going to

testify in court.

You can read it in as evidence.

You'll save the lives

of five innocent Jews.

No one can save them now.

- We both know that.

- This is the evidence.

Do you think they're

going to let you go?

They will.

They'll swap me.

What do you think will

happen if I read this out?

Will it change anything?

There is no justice, captain.

- I'm going to call the prosecutor.

- Don't do it.

They will ruin you, just

the way they've ruined me.

Think of Tom. What

about his future?

What good is a

father who's afraid?

And what good is a

father who's dead?

If it were up to me, I'd send

you back to Siberia. Not home.

Don't forget.

Everything that

happens in this court

is delayed one minute

before being broadcast.

- Do you understand that?

- Of course.

Where the counter-revolutionary group

"The Community" is about to be tried.

This group has committed

armed robberies and sabotage

in our country in order to support

Zionist terrorists and US agressors.

In the name of the people and the state,

the members of this group will be tried:

Abraham Hbner, Otto Bektajn,

Eli Lintok,

Karel Rikl, Ester Kleinov

and Emanuel Kirsch.

Their confessions are conclusive proof

that, with the money of our workers,

they wanted to support the unjust fight

of Zionist separatists in Palestine.

My function and conscience

force me to demand

the most severe punishment for

them all:
The Death Penalty!

Did someone just come in here?

There's always someone

coming in here.

I will now call the representative

of the police to the stand.

Comrade Major, what can you

tell us about this case?

For a year, I have worked intensively

on uncovering and apprehending

a Europe-wide criminal gang of Zionists

supporting terrorism in the Near East.

One trail led me to Bohemia.

I was able to uncover a group of

subversives organising armed robberies.

The group belongs to an international

network organised from the USA.

The defendants have confessed.

In my opinion, they are guilty.

Is there anything you would

like to add, Comrade Major?

No. Thank you.

The accused will rise.

Do you plead guilty to the

crimes you have been accused of?

Guilty.

Guilty.

- Guilty.

- Guilty.

- Guilty.

- Guilty.

Guilty.

The court will now adjourn

for deliberation.

At ten o'clock tomorrow,

the verdict will be read.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

Excuse me, I'm sorry.

What? -Comrade Captain

Hakl is waiting for you.

Excuse me for a moment.

Jarda.

What are you doing here?

I'm at work. Does

that surprise you?

No, not at all.

I'm glad to see you again.

I know the name of the

post office murderer.

Janata.

Janata never even shot an airgun.

Why would he do that?

For money. He was hired by

the Jewish Community Centre.

They've all confessed.

And it's over now.

No. Janata was hired by somebody else.

Janata is a victim.

Just like Kirsch. And

just like all the others.

Do you have any evidence?

The bullet from the post office

and a ballistics report.

The name of the owner of

the gun is also there.

And the names of everyone

who took part in this.

What do you want

to do with it now?

Arrest the murderer.

I am arresting you on

legitimate suspicion of murder.

You're the best I ever

had in this department.

I'll give this to the

state prosecutor.

Who do you think sent

those guys this morning?

- Did you send them to hurt Jitka too?

- I had to. It was your fault.

Where is that bullet?

When they order you to kill

your mother, will you do it?

- Where is that bullet?

- Will you throw her off a bridge too?

Don't you realise this is exactly

what they want us to do?

Where's that f***ing bullet,

you son of a b*tch?

Now it's safe.

Yes?

The swap has been made.

Sooner or later a murder will

be nothing but a murder again.

Call the prosecutor immediately.

We have to stop the trial.

You are going to have to explain

this to Moscow, Comrade Colonel.

Mommy...

He gave me an order.

Monetary Reform! No Need For Panic!

Plenty Of New Bank Notes!

Bread Now Cheaper For Everyone!

Dynamo Prague Beats

Spartak Stalingrad 3:0!

Now they've done it! Those

bastards have gone and done it!

It's a disgrace! Those Bolshevik

thieves stole it all!

- Get it! Take his bag!

- Give it to me.

- Stop crying.

- They took my bag.

Tom?

Tom?

This film is dedicated to the victims

of the 1950s Communist Show Trials

and to all the unknown heroes who

have fought against injustice.

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