Rutenberg Page #4

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This is what you are photographing?

This?

You are giving

ammunition to my enemies.

Mr. Rutenberg,

please, I request

that he who deals with electricity

should do so,

and let me deal with my art.

- Your art? - Hillel!

No matter how you look at it,

it won't be less than 40 thousand.

Okay,

we'll raise the money in London.

Sure. They'll be very pleased,

very pleased.

Yesterday we promised them

profit shares,

today we are asking

for more money.

Pinhas, we'll have to ask

the Zionist authorities.

I don't want to deal with them.

You don't want to deal with them?

They don't want to deal with you.

Thank you. - Pinhas...

- It is 40 thousand pounds, Pinhas.

Forty thousand. - Kirshner and Damari

are waiting outside.

They want to speak with you. - What?

What do they want from me now?

I am not in the mood

for the workers' union. I'm sorry.

Avraham, do me a favor,

go and speak with them.

They want to speak with you.

- Avraham!

You should get some rest,

Pinhas.

What will happen?

Things will be all right.

I will think of something.

I almost forgot.

For me?

From London.

I thought you'd be pleased.

I am pleased.

I'm thrilled.

Pinhas, the workers are unsettled.

- Unsettled.

That is not good.

- I am settled.

We have been building for 4 years

and all was ruined in one night.

Becky...

Becky, wait.

Speak to them, Pinhas,

you have to speak to them.

You saw them this morning,

speak to them.

Yes, what do you want?

This isn't a time for union business

Mr. Rutenberg, we...

- Know that you are very busy now,

But...

- I am. - We have been talking.

We feel guilty

about what happened.

You are not to blame

for what happened.

No, no, that's not it...

- It is not a matter of blame.

We want to help you

get the things back on track.

So we thought that...

- No, we decided.

We have spoken with the workers

and we will all work for free

until the station is rebuilt.

The only thing we need

is food

for us and our families.

The can pay us the rest

when you are able.

There is no need...

I will raise the funds

we need to complete the plant.

Tell them that I am

very appreciative.

I phoned Leonard.

He will arrive

with the first bus from Haifa.

I need him there.

- And Savirski needs him here.

Come, Nehemia, Gershon.

Lifshitz, come here!

Gentlemen...

What's happening? - All will be well.

We went to see the old man,

and he promised that everything

would go back to the way it was.

And you believe him? - He said so.

Rutenberg gave his word.

I told you,

we should not believe that man.

We can't sit around

doing nothing.

We must do something.

- Shut your mouth.

Shut up... - Let him be.

You know Meir. Let it go.

You are such a fool, Damari.

Not the union or the Jewish Agency.

- Them and anyone who can help.

Absolutely not.

If we turn to them now

they will want to turn me

into a national enterprise.

We are a national enterprise.

- It is my national enterprise!

Yours?

Ours. Run my way.

What way is that...

What are you talking about, Pinhas?

Mina, please get

Haim Arlozorov for me.

I want one thing to be very clear,

tell him that.

This is your doing.

Tell him that, I want no part of it.

I understand.

What did I tell you?

When you close doors, Pinhas,

you close them tightly.

It is good that you came,

he needs you.

He asked to see you.

- Is that a good sign?

Mr. Rutenberg, good thing you came.

We need more sand.

It's all right. - We don't have

enough sand to plug the...

Savirski, it's all right.

We don't need more. - Don't need more

We plugged the breach, the water is

flowing. Everything is under control.

When you are well, we'll talk

and prepare new plans.

Very good. New plans.

Pinhas...

It is all in the details,

that is what you always said.

Remember? In London.

The details...

- Are the most important things.

The most important things...

Hello, Mr. Rutenberg.

Calm down, Leonard.

- No, I will not calm down!

Why do we always

treat him with kid gloves?

The funeral will be tomorrow at noon

at Kvutzat Kinneret. - At Kinneret?

Why at Kinneret? - Because we have

no appropriate place.

What do you mean?

This is the appropriate place. Here.

Here, where he worked

and toiled and dreamed. Here.

Why does he want to bury him

at Kinneret?

So as not to be reminded

of the mistakes he made?

Enough, Leonard.

- I did not even get to say goodbye.

And why does he always

want me to remain in Haifa?

Leonard, it was a flood,

it could not have been predicted.

He could not have known

that disaster would strike, right?

Why do you want

me to remain in Haifa?

Don't run away, answer me!

Why do you always

want me to remain in Haifa?

Leonard is right. We will

bury him here, in Naharaim.

Cheers. - Cheers!

Meir, what are you writing?

About the way

in which a megalomaniac dreamer

leads a bunch of mindless fools

toward disaster.

Who are you calling a dreamer?

- Is it my factory?

It is the Jewish people's factory.

And what has happened?

The man has become

a millionaire thanks to us.

What is it with you, Meir?

- I'll tell you what's bothering him.

You want to be like him.

That is what is bothering you.

But you never will be

because all you can do is talk.

David, you are full of it...

- I don't want you discussing him.

Sit down, sit down.

Pour me some of that.

Come on,

I won't rat you out to the directors.

What about you, Meir?

Won't you join us?

As long as the generator is running

we can continue working.

Very good, Meir.

Let him be an example to you.

Cheers! - Cheers!

To Savirski! - To Savirski!

Meir, Meir, Meir...

- Meir, put the phone down.

The directors should know

what craziness is going on here.

And I am going to phone...

- Over my dead body! Let it go.

He is right.

- Over your dead body?

If he continues to insist

that is precisely what will happen.

Listen to me... - Let go of him!

- Listen to me, shut up!

The old man will decide whom

and when to phone, do you hear?

The old man? He is busy

drinking vodkas one after the other,

and none of you have the guts

to say the emperor has no clothes!

Meir, calm down!

- The emperor has no clothes!

Then General Foch

sent a telegram

to the High Command.

"I am surrounded by the enemy,

my flanks have collapsed,

my rearguard is exposed,

I am going to attack."

Going to attack.

Has anyone seen Mr. Rutenberg?

Hillel? Meir?

You are blind.

Are you all blind?

Pinhas...

It does not appear

to be his heart.

He has been drinking.

I have seen

Pinhas when he drinks.

It is not the drink.

- Avraham, what are you doing?

Do you want to put

ideas in his head?

He said it is not my heart.

- I said it is probably not the heart

I will come by tomorrow morning

to take blood for testing.

In the meantime, take this.

- What is it?

A pill,

so that you will get some sleep.

Doctor, for me sleep is a luxury

that I cannot allow myself.

What is this? - It is

my letter of resignation, Pinhas.

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