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Synopsis: Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bok who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the "ritual murder" of a Gentile child in Kiev. We witness the unrelenting detail of the peasant-handyman's life in prison and see him gain in dignity as the efforts to humiliate him and make him confess fail.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): John Frankenheimer
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
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Year:
1968
132 min
183 Views


That is certain.

I know you and I

we come from different backgrounds.

What could make you doubt

opportunities

a lasting relationship.

Even if you have the desire

at heart.

I've been cool.

Yes, I see. Thank you.

I thought ...

it would be fair

put you at ease.

I love you, Yakov?

Just a little.

I'm sorry, Zinaida,

I do not like you.

But you do not lose anything.

I am ignorant, indecisive

and my uncertain future ...

Yakov Ivanovich

please.

For heaven's sake,

stop being so serious.

Kiss Me.

I defy you.

I know my leg is ugly.

But my face ...

sometimes is nice.

Often, I see

that men notice me.

Even young.

Want to see my room?

Forgive me ...

to put it bluntly.

If you are innocent,

it is better not continue.

Only mark of respect.

In addition,

we must think of your father.

He would notice.

He has never seen.

Will you prepare

my room is right there.

With a Russian!

This is ridiculous.

If I told him that I was Jewish,

she scream

like a hunted animal.

I can not do that.

It is impossible.

On the other hand,

times are tough.

Undressing in a goy in

one of the most anti-Semitic

must be sick!

Too bad!

I am a man, after all.

Moreover,

this would make him an insult.

I wonder

if it's worth the risk.

At your age!

As if it would be

new!

Surely not!

For me, it has no interest.

On the other hand,

recklessness is already done.

Why sneak into an orchard

without fruit fly?

But there is also this job.

A little courage!

Plow and the harvest will be good.

My God, a cookie!

Have you ever loved?

Sincerely?

Sincerely loved?

You are impure!

This is wrong, I assure you.

Forgive me.

I did not know your indisposition.

So do I.

It has just begun.

Do not go.

I could not know.

Excuse me.

There that can ...

I do not.

No, do not go.

I beg you.

Forgive me, Proshko.

Really, I'm sorry.

Here are the outputs

you controlled.

your account.

We'll talk later.

It's my job foreman

to cover all papers

by the police.

Give yours.

It is kind of you,

but Nikolai Maximovich

has already taken action.

You know what?

You do not speak

as a worker,

but as a boss.

I bet 100 rubles

you're a snitch.

You count 68

Stop there!

Stop, you hear?

Do not come back!

The bricks are worth money.

Watch them.

It is intelligent answer.

Dologushev!

You called me?

Twice!

You run

like a pig hurt.

Only a pig would see.

"All these points ...

"Enter human

natural man ...

"We can not abdicate

even his own consent. "

"Even his own consent ...

"We can not abdicate those rights."

A great man.

A great thought.

You do not become scientist

copying the ideas of another.

Who goes there?

What has happened?

I arrived in Minsk

to visit my brother,

in the ghetto.

I lost my way.

Boys have stoned me.

I dragged far.

By helping you,

I compromise myself.

You will leave tomorrow

after the departure of carters.

There is a tram

just down the street.

It goes straight to the ghetto.

I'll give you to eat.

Thank you ...

but I can not accept.

Would you mind

give me some water?

Passover.

I'm Colonel Bodyansky,

head of the secret police of Kiev.

On behalf of Tsar Nicolas II,

I arrest you.

I am Boris Bibikov,

judge,

Log.

Yakov Bok Shepsovitch.

Jewish, of course.

I should not have to hide,

I agree.

I've always admitted.

I just determine the reason

of your imprisonment

and the duration of your stay.

For this, I must collect

information about you.

Where is your family?

Suffice to say that I do not.

I lost my parents young.

Are you going to the grave,

the Jewish Day of Atonement?

Anymore.

They are dead.

- Married with children?

- No children.

We tried, unsuccessfully,

so I gave up.

And to be honest ...

she was not faithful to me.

She left me for another.

If it was not part

I would have stayed in the village.

At this precise moment,

I would prepare supper.

It could have been worse.

On reflection,

I was not there all bad.

Do you know the expression

"A historic need?"

I have not received education.

Maybe.

But you speak correctly,

not as a villager.

Explain that to me.

I tried to teach me,

but I was hurt.

I brought three books in Kiev

including a grammar book

and pronunciation.

Your Business

also concealed

selected texts of Spinoza.

You found my tools?

These tools, this is my life.

Of all the philosophers

of this world,

why Spinoza?

Because he was Jewish?

Not at all.

I unfortunately accepted

this book as payment.

I unfortunately accepted

this book as payment.

When I started to read it,

I could not get rid of.

What do you think

of his philosophy?

It is hard for a single man ...

I ask you

because I also read Spinoza.

He meant

life is life.

There is no need to think about death.

It goes further than that.

He taught us

as free men

must preserve

the freedom of others.

Am I right?

If you say so.

My philosophy of life

has nothing to do with politics.

What is your philosophy

of life?

Can improve things.

Making policy!

Politics

it is for the rich.

Everything would be better

if there was more work.

Besides the goodwill.

I would like to see a lawyer.

A cigarette?

They are Turkish.

If you were to give

in your own words,

a description of yourself,

what would you say?

I am myself.

I am no longer young,

but not yet old.

I am ready to take me away,

but quiet most of the time.

At times ...

I sometimes show me shy.

I am not a coward.

I may lack education,

but I'm not

completely stupid.

In two words to summarize,

I am a man,

it is certainly not much

but it's better than nothing.

You talk to a lawyer.

We must investigate.

Then we will develop

an indictment.

At this time,

you will see a lawyer.

Do you understand?

Fill out this questionnaire.

And sign.

I'll let the candle

I must hurry.

My little boy has asthma.

What concerns my wife.

Me too, actually.

It's sad.

I was also asthma.

I wish I could relieve.

Accommodate adults in

better than children.

Keeper!

Whatever happens to you,

cheer.

The law will protect you.

Unless you're guilty.

Guilty of what?

Sexual abuse

against Miss Nikolaevna.

This is false, Zinaida.

I've not attacked.

Silence!

Sit down!

He knows he's lying.

He lunged at me with an air

lewd and without clothes.

When I screamed for him to escape,

he fled.

So you tried to rape her?

It was not an attempted rape.

She invited me in her room.

I should not have.

But I am a man.

What harm has he?

She was lying

and pushed the sheet

for me to join.

This is false. He lies!

Then?

Some things are better

not be repeated.

What has happened

when you joined?

The truth is that ...

The truth ...

As always,

no one knows afterthought.

The truth is that ...

She asked

if I ever loved.

At this time, a change

occurred in me.

I realized

I liked that.

At the thought of love lost

I panicked.

I ran as fast

as possible, that's all.

These are lies.

I got him

any proposal.

He did anybody else.

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Dalton Trumbo

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist who scripted many award-winning films including Roman Holiday, Exodus, Spartacus, and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of communist influences in the motion picture industry. He, along with the other members of the Hollywood Ten and hundreds of other industry professionals, was subsequently blacklisted by that industry. His talents as one of the top screenwriters allowed him to continue working clandestinely, producing work under other authors' names or pseudonyms. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards: for Roman Holiday (1953), which was given to a front writer, and for The Brave One (1956) which was awarded to a pseudonym of Trumbo's. When he was given public screen credit for both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960, this marked the beginning of the end of the Hollywood Blacklist for Trumbo and other screenwriters. He finally was given full credit by the Writers' Guild for all his achievements, the work of which encompassed six decades of screenwriting. more…

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