Sunshine Page #13

Is this a joke?

Comrade General,

I'm obliged to report...

that the evidence

turned out to be unfounded.

I am convinced that

Andor Knorr is innocent...

of the charges of Zionism

and of conspiracy to overthrow...

the People's Republic.

I believe that

we have been set up.

Watch out, Sors,

or you'll be next.

Captain Rosner!

- Comrade General?

- You're taking over the Knorr case.

I want you to interrogate Sors

about his relationship to Knorr!

- As a suspect?

- As a witness... to begin with.

You're lucky I was involved so

directly in your spectacular rise.

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- Leave before it's too late.

- That's why you called?

I love you, Carole.

I'm begging you to come with me.

Where? Into the bushes to f***

with my skirt over my head?

I was wrong

about you.

I was wrong to love you.

I thought you were different.

I need someone safe, someone calm

and strong, not neurotic like you.

Do you think you're in danger

because of me?

So... it's over?

Yes.

So how do you want

to end it?

It's not that complicated.

Stand up, walk out the door

and close it behind you.

You're a cold b*tch.

You only love a man

if he feeds your ambition.

That's the truth.

You want truth?

Fine.

I'm pregnant, and I don't know

who the father is.

- Your husband?

- Either him or you.

What are you going to do?

I'm taking care of it.

There's a man under the window.

I think I've seen him before.

Go to hell.

I left your grandfather once.

I fell in love with another man.

Your grandfather and I

hadn't been getting along.

He wasn't the sort of person

I hoped he'd be.

The other man was...

passionate, a wonderful lover.

That is important, darling.

He gave me an old medallion

engraved with:
"I love you."

When your grandfather got in trouble

with the Communists, I came back.

You must try to find joy

in your life.

Do you realize how delicious

this coffee is with warm milk?

[Ivan] In the spring,

Joseph Stalin died...

and a struggle for power began

in the Communist Party.

Soviet Communists exposed Stalin's

horrendous crimes and victims.

Men like Andor Knorr

were now acclaimed as heroes.

Comrade General was arrested,

but nothing really changed.

One gang replaced another, and the

Communist dictatorship continued.

Because I'd worked under Knorr,

I was asked to identify his body.

I learned that Knorr

had been beaten so badly,

he had died

from internal bleeding.

I'm sorry to bother you. My name is

Sommer. Andor's widow is my sister.

Andor talked

about you fondly...

and about your father,

the Olympic champion.

Would you mind saying

a few words at the funeral?

As you know, he was an atheist.

I can't ask a rabbi.

Honor guard,

prepare to fire the salute.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Shoulder arms.

Honor guard,

left turn.

Quick march.

Left.

- Excuse me.

- [Officer] Left. Left.

Left.

Left. Left.

Andor Knorr... one of your murderers

has come to your grave...

to say good-bye to you.

I was your first interrogator,

someone who you trained

to defend the cause without mercy.

We believed we were going to make

the world a better place for people,

but, instead,

we made it so much worse.

As servants of power-hungry

criminals, we became criminals.

Our politicians lied to the people

by saying they were doing good.

The people lied to the politicians

by saying that they believed them.

I'm not just saying

good-bye to you.

I'm also saying

good-bye to myself.

I stood by and watched my father

be... tortured and executed,

and I did nothing.

Then I watched them

do the same thing to you,

and I did nothing.

I make a promise,

here at your graveside,

to do everything to punish those

who have turned ideals into crimes.

Just after the war, I found a framed

quotation on my father's desk.

It said:
"We are afraid

to see clearly...

and of being seen clearly."

At the time, I couldn't

understand what it meant,

but now

I understand perfectly...

because this is precisely

what happened to us.

Andor Knorr...

my friend...

good-bye.

Why are you crying?

Are you in mourning?

[Rosner]

I'm warning you.

You said things we tolerate from no one,

not even if times have changed.

- F*** you.

- Do you know who you're talking to?

- Who's that?

- Another incident like this,

- and you'll be off the force.

- Say the word. I'm happy to quit.

Do you know the difference

between a worker and a Jew?

If a worker doesn't like something,

he leaves without saying good-bye.

AJew says good-bye,

but he stays.

Rosner,

go f*** yourself.

I quit the police force

right away.

I knew I had to work

against the regime.

Exposing their crimes would help me

to cope with my crippling guilt.

[Demonstrators Chanting]

[Continue Chanting]

Never again Communism!

[Ivan]

Confusion grew to chaos.

People took up arms against

the Soviet Army. Revolution erupted.

There were ten days

of initial euphoria,

during which time

freedom seemed attainable.

But then Russian tanks

appeared in Budapest.

People took to the streets and

fought against the Soviet intruders.

[Speaker] Shall we

be slaves or men set free?

That is the question.

Answer me.

By all the gods of Hungary,

we hereby swear...

that we, the yoke of slavery,

no more shall wear!

Friends!

Friends,

Communism is crumbling.

They may roll their tanks

over us and their kind of terror,

but Communist dictatorship

has been defeated!

We are together today.

The judge and the accused,

together.

This revolution is not about

politics, it's about morality!

Let us show them our strength!

The whole world is watching us!

We must have no fear!

Come on! Show them!

Come on.

Come on!

Come on!

Ultimately, the resistance

was futile. The revolution failed.

[Valerie]

Wait!

[Toilet Flushing]

Nice to have you back.

[Ivan] A film of my speech

was used against me in court.

I was sentenced

to five years in prison.

If you feel you've done the right

thing, you can endure anything.

Are you sure of that,

Nana?

I have seen the collapse

of government after government,

and they all think

they can last a thousand years.

Each new one always declares

the last one criminal and corrupt...

and always promises a future

of justice and freedom.

No political discussion allowed.

Your time is up.

My darling,

you are not in prison.

They are in prison.

[Guard]

Stand up, please.

[Ivan]

I was released three years later.

My watch is missing.

- What are you looking for?

- My pocket watch is not in here.

- If you put it in, it's in there.

- No, it isn't.

There's no watch in here.

Look, it's gone.

- Then it was never in there.

- What do you mean? I put it in.

- It was in there.

- Are you saying we stole your watch?

I'm saying the watch I inherited

from my great-grandfather is gone.

I put it in this sack.

It's not in there now.

Would you please go into the back

and see if it's fallen out?

Nutcase.

Nothing there.

I'm not leaving

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