"This is the river." "It would be just like all the rivers of the world, a little smaller or wider if not for one little detail." "It is a borderline river." "We're on this side, on the other one it's them." "So we're only aware of this one side and everything here would seem to be tranquil if not for these shades." "This secret life that creeps in these reeds and murky waters of the forbidden zone." "It all, however, seems to be tranquil here." "Occasionally, one may snipe at some signboard." "Just to momentarily break the silence which at times strains itself into insufferable anguish." "This Side of the River" "Are you sure this is the place?" "We put'em over there, behind those heaps." " The old man's worn us out." " He's doing it on purpose." "He knows the swamp inside out, that's why he went ahead." "He's trying to lose us, no doubt." "We shouldn't have let him." "If he finds the passage he'll get away." "You stick with him." "I'll make a short cut and surprise him." "He's lost his mind and will kill us, too!" "The swamp is full of whirlpools!" "It seems so unreal!" "Less than 200 metres." "Yes, gentlemen!" "Yes, ladies!" "Less than 200 metres." "On this side, it's us!" "Our uniform, a bright khaki." "Bandoleers, canteens and helmets are of American type." "The latest fashion!" "Rifles MF No 1." "On the other side, it's them!" "The others..." " Corporal!" " Orders, Sir!" " Shut up!" "Yes, Sir!" "Sergeant!" "The others have done a great job!" "More than 2.000 cannons along the river!" "Bull..." "Who saw them?" "Did anyone?" "All under the earth!" "I bet right now, as we're talking, they are watching us through their binculars!" "The mark's on the tree." "We'll start right away." "We won't wait till dark." "In broad daylight?" "Broad daylight." "Markos!" "You hear?" "Yes, a thunder..." "No, it's something else." "More like voices." "From the swamp." "An animal must be sinking." "I'm scared." "Show some strength..." "We should have considered this earlier." "Nothing we can do now." "They'll reach us any moment now." "Were you crying again?" "Were you?" "No..." "If only we could get to the river..." "Tassos!" "Markos!" "Help!" "Tassos!" "Help!" "They've walked through here!" "These prints are theirs." "They won't escape us!" "Courage, father!" "We'll catch up with'em!" "They're headed for the river!" "Are they coming?" "Yes, they're here." "Will they find us?" "I don't know." "It's father!" "Always ahead of them all." "In all his years." "He's lighting a cigarette." "He smokes too much." "And coughs all night long." "Mother's pestering him about cutting down on it." "But he won't." "Are they leaving?" "They'll be back." "They know the river's swollen and we can't get through it." "Had we found the passage we'd be on the other bank by now." "I wonder how that is." "They may lose us and when it gets dark we'll leave this place." "They came out just like going hunting." "They'll wander all around till they lay their hands on us." "What will they do with us?" "I don't know." "Are you scared?" "No." "I'm not scared." "Once they were talking about someone who was to die." "Is it like falling asleep little by little?" "Yes..." "I don't know." "They say so." "Hey!" "Where are you off to?" "What are you doing here?" "Get your bloody buffalos away and leave me alone!" "Buffalos won't leave." "They'll sit here and rest." "I'll rest with them." "You must be mad, it seems to me." "Aren't you hot with that overcoat?" "No!" "Then what will you wear in the winter?" "The very same one." "In that case, it falls a little short on you." "I'll have it lengthened for you a bit." " That's how I like it, short." "But this is long." "Yes!" "It's short and long!" "And you're the major's daughter and whoever finds you gets 500!" "And now I've got it in my pocket and I'll buy any overcoat I fancy and shoes too!" "You're crying in vain." "Such stuff won't get to me." "You pampered ones are all alike." "All washy!" "Washy I'm not!" "Judas!" "Why Judas?" "For 5 lousy pennies you become a traitor!" "That's not 5 lousy pennies." "It is 5 hundred." "Nonsense... 5 hundred's 5 hundred." "Hey, child!" "Hey you!" "Don't you hear?" "Don't you hear, boy?" "Yes I hear, I'm not deaf." "What is it?" " Been here long?" " Yes, why?" " Did anyone pass through here?" " What does anyone mean?" "A little girl." "Has any little girl passed through here?" "What kind of a little girl?" "Young or old?" "A little girl, silly!" "Don't you know what that is?" "Young or old?" "What are you asking?" "A little girl I said." "The major's daughter!" "Too bad for them they let her go!" "Nothing can be done now!" "What do you mean by that?" "I mean her mother should be more attentive." " She has no mother!" " Is she dead?" "No, she had enough of this place and she got away!" " What are you telling the boy?" "He knows not of such things." " He better learn!" "He'll soon have such trouble himself." "Don't be afraid, they've gone!" "Where are you hiding?" "Come on out!" "They're gone!" "Come out, don't be afraid!" "Hey, psst!" "What's become of you?" "They're gone, I say." "Don't be afraid!" "I'm being released from duty on the 29th." "And today it is... the 21st... no... the 20ieth." "9 more days to go and then you'll miss me!" "They found them." "We have 400 mines to plant." "We won't wait till it gets dark." "We'll start at once." "Sergeant!" "Take Petropoulos with you and go ahead." "Seperately." "The 4 of you are staying." "The guys across are watching us." "Do what it takes so that they think we're inactive." "That we're just passing idlers." " What did he say we're to do?" " Play footsie." "Alright now, do as much noise as you can." "No one walks farther than 50 metres from the car." "Which means: 'Bye River!" "We won't have a swim, then?" "For the last three days I've been dreaming of this bloody river!" "Get in it and let the water up to here!" "Splash in there like a duckling!" "Forget about the river." "At noon you're to fill in for the others." "Move it, Corporal!" "Come on, we'll do the bee rhyme." "They'll take us for girl scouts." ""Round goes the little bee with her little tiny bees..."" "Cut the bee crap!" "In 9 days you'll miss me alright." "Nine more days!" "Nine days!" "Then it's goodbye all!" "Maria!" "We went the wrong way and almost got lost in the swamp." "That's why we look like savages." "We're good folks actually." "I'm fond of jokes myself!" "We were looking for that passage." "It's here they put the reeds for fish, right?" "Her father does." "Why are you asking?" " We're friends of his." " Where is he now?" "Away." "He'll be back tonight." "He has a boat, is that right?" "We're friends of his." "You needn't be scared, I said." "Now, go and get us some water." "They're like wild animals." "Must be the same age as my girl." "I can't wait to get across." "Get it over with." " What are you worried about?" "Here it is!" "Right in here." "Real heavy too..." "The Saint's golden cross." "Priests sure know about good stuff!" "They know all about ornaments." "You're taking it out on priests again?" "What have they done to you?" "They've done enough already!" "That's more than two okas." "Maybe 2 1/2 or ever more!" "I once heard the abbot say that it costs over 2.000 pounds!" "2.000 pounds!" "And to think they had it in a box, wasted useless..." "When my own girl... still walks around shoeless." "Cut the priest talk, you hypocrite!" "You just went for the gold and snatched it!" "No, I swear it!" "I only did it for my girl!" "Save us the whining!" "I hate it." "And see that we leave here soon!" "He who steals, steals!" "He's talking silly." "He likes jokes too, but he goes too far sometimes." "You're wrong!" "I don't like'em at all, not even yours!" "You got no brains and you talk too much..." "What are they to you?" "That old man, nothing." "The other one's my brother." "You don't look alike." "Yeah, he took after my mother." "Fair-haired." "How come you got yourselves at the swamp?" "No one goes through there." "Too many have vanished." "We lost our way." "That's a lie." "When's the boat due?" "I really don't know." "He's fishing in the reeds so that patrols won't find him." "Patrols pass this way?" "They do." " Do patrols pass this way too?" " Of course they do." "We give them water too." "They never have any with'em." "All right, all right." "Thanks, that's fine." "I say we change our plan." "They must have found out in the monastery and come after us." "We won't wait for the boat." "We'll find the passage and walk across." "No one ever did at this time of year." "We won't even get halfway and the stream will swallow us." "Let's split." "Each one hides himself until the whole thing's forgotten." "In ten days' time we'll meet on the other side." "And who's taking the cross?" "I am." "I know the area well and I'll manage to slip away easy." "The three of us together will have a hard time hiding ourselves." "I don't trust you." "A man who stole a cross off a church is capable of anything." "You stole too!" "Your brother took the cross from the box and opened the monastery gate." "We'll wait for the boat a while or we'll try to swim across." "Whoever's lucky enough to reach the bank will be fine." "He who fails..." "I'm old and fat." "I won't make it by swimming." "You stay behind." "I'll take the cross." "I'll keep your share for you and you can join us later." "When you're telling jokes..." "you're like a child." "I'm not telling jokes." "Bring her here!" "You're thieves!" "Scoundrels!" "You stole the cross from the monastery!" "And you want to get to the other side!" "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Not thieves." "Don't call us that." "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Nothing but thieves!" "When I was a boy I used to go to church." "Every Sunday!" " Stop whining!" "It was your idea to steal the cross." "Too late for any regrets now." "Ours is a great sin." "A great sin!" "If it was something else I wouldn't mind it that much." "But the cross..." "Just drop all that." "You'd better not think about it." "Wait till we get across, then you'll have time to think." "How shall we do that?" "The river cannot be crossed." "You never know." "We may make it." "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "If you intend to leave me behind, forget it." "He's right." "The river cannot be crossed." "We'll only be wasted." "I don't trust him." "As soon as he finds the chance we'll run away with the cross." "You're like the other ones, too." "Just like them." "You shouldn't have talked to me like that." "Is that loaded?" "It is." "If I tell you to hand it over to me you won't do it." "We decided upon fair shares." "The three of us." "The idea was mine." "You only helped along." "Fair enough." "Now we don't trust one another." "That's it." "Now we'll all have it." "We'll stay here." "We'll wait for the boat." "And after we get across... we'll do some fair sharing." "If we get across..." "For the time being, it's fine up there." "Nobody can tamper with it." "Watching it hanging like that..." "You think the cross is up there because I hung it there." "But I'm telling you that it is the cross that's got us down here and does as it likes with us." "You're scared again." "Now it's too late." "You can't even regret it." "We're sinners, that's a fact." "Big deal." "A drowned man fears not water." " We're sinners, it's a fact." " If there's a God we won't be spared." "There is a God!" "And he watches and forgives!" "Then let him forgives us ants, too." "He's only lost one cross out of many." "He won't even notice it's missing." " Be patient, they'll soon leave." " I can't bear it." "C'mon, untie me!" " I mustn't." " It hurts, I'm telling you." "You think seeing you doesn't hurt me?" "Don't move, you'll make it worse!" "I'm telling you, it hurts!" "I can't take it anymore!" " They'll see us." " Go on, do it." "You're saying crazy things." "We're in their sight." "Even if we get away now, we'll never manage to get back." "When one has money the whole world is one's homeland." "Those girls were cheerful before we got here." "Now they got it bad." "The younger one's restless." "The way she moves, the ropes must be painful." "If we untie her she'll run away again." "He was giving you the look, that one!" "Who was?" "That guy, the tall one." "The weather's changing for the worse." "If like last year the river overflows during summertime, that'll be it." "The meadows will be ruined." "Not a grain will remain standing." "Why would you care now?" "You've given up the croft." "It wasn't enough for you." "Land is land." "I feel for it." "I've stuggled with soil for 50 years." "50 years..." "And now you've become a thief." "A thief..." "I don't like this word." "How did he ever get involved with them?" "Surely you fancy the tall one." "That's why you speak so." "I don't fancy him." "I just spoke my mind." "What makes you think he's better than the other ones?" "I don't know... but I'm sure..." "It's as if I've seen him before." "Many times." "When you first suggested we stole the cross I was taken aback." "I was worried sick for 3 weeks thinking about it." "Couldn't sleep a wink." "Not because it's a cross." "Might as well be dirt." "Then I got used to the idea." "Once it enters your mind..." "Now I'm content watching it hanging over there like a..." " Quiet!" "A cross is a cross." "A holy item!" "They way they loaded it with gems and baubles, it won't look like a cross..." " Quiet, I say!" " No doubt it looks like a latern." "I said shut it!" "You got no respect!" "You scorn just about anything!" "Yes, everything!" " The whole world?" " The whole world!" " God doesn't scare you?" " No, not me!" "Neither God nor anyone else!" "You're a madman and will drag me down with you too!" "A cross is a cross!" "Even from within the sack it can do as it likes with us." "Just as it likes!" "We now do as we like with it, as I like!" "I can cut it to bits, throw it in the river, spit on it, insult it!" " Don't!" "Please stop all that!" "That's it." "It's all over." "No more of this." "None of us will be spared." "I'm going back." "You're no Christian men." "You're beasts." "He cursed on sactities as if they were jugs in his house..." "You can keep everything for you." "I'm going back!" "The cross is all yours!" "He fooled us!" "He took it with him." "He's headed for the swamp!" "[nursery rhyme again]" " Shame on you, idiots!" " We made such asses of ourselves..." "For motherland!" "It's all for motherland!" "She deserves as much!" "Only nine days left!" "I have another 13 months to go." "I got time for a nap, then..." "If anybody's across they must be thinking we're nutcases." " No one's there, I can bet on it." " Don't, you'll lose it." "I'm going pee-pee. 50 metres." "Only as much as allowed." "The gun shall not leave you not even for a minute." "Wasn't a sergeant shot in the river the other day?" "They must have mistaken him for a coot." "Otherwise why shoot him?" "The trick is you must be fast enough to shoot first Or they got you." "Nine more days..." "Then it's train for 2 days." "Then straight to 4 Botsaris Street." "Hello, Roula..." "I've been released." "Soldier Kazakidis Emmanuel, father's name Nikolaos, enlisted in 1956." "Mine planter." "I have the honor to ask for your hand." "Who can I talk to about my sorrow the sorrow in my heart who can I talk to about my sorrow the sorrow in my heart..." "Thirsty are the meadows for water and the mountains for snow the slave thirsts for freedom and I thirst for love... alas... alas I am in love with you alas alas don't speak harshly of me..." "Move faster!" "Let's finish this today!" "What's going on over there?" "I saw it!" "I did!" "A river that can blow your mind!" "By God I'm telling you, you feast your eyes on it and can't get enough!" "You dip yourself in it and die splashing!" "We're fine." "I'm going down to the water." "They'll be back." "We can't escape them." "There's a name written up there." "Must be the soldier's who was on guard here." "Alone?" "Alone." "I can't read it." "It has faded away." "Is that a problem?" "Why would you need it?" "Your eyebrows are joined right here." "You got joint eyebrows." "Didn't you know?" "I don't remember." "I don't remember, either." "I'd forgotten that your hair edges are fairer." "And that you have a tiny mark there." "Let's die here." "That's all I want." "Haven't you regretted?" "I want to tell you something." "Let's follow the trench." "Come closer." "It may lead us out some 200 metres away." "A bit more..." "Hold me." "Tell me." "Lean over." "I must only say it in your ear." "No one can hear us." "I can only say it in your ear." "Make me yours." "I want to be yours." "They may get us." "We may die." "I want to be your woman." "You want me to?" "Do you know how?" "From another woman?" "I never thought of another woman." "Then how do you know?" "Your heart is beating wild." "The soldiers were lying." "I know." "I figured them scums out from afar." "And mom didn't run away." "She only left and said she'd be back." "All right." "Why are you crying?" "I'm not crying." "Who said I was?" "I believe you're acting childishly." "Now come on, get out of there." "Come on, get up." "I'll be on my way." "It's you who acts childishly." "Why stare like that?" "Haven't you seen a woman getting dressed before?" "Look the other way!" "I need to change, I'm full of dust." "I'm taking you to your father." "You won't do that!" "I will and I'll get the 500 note." "You won't take me or you would have let the soldiers find me." "They'd get the 500 then." "Now I'll get it." "Go and get dressed." "No." "Not your fault." "It's your father's fault cause he didn't spank you enough." "He does." "That's why I left." "Now get dressed." "I am dressed." "That's a garment?" "C'mon get up!" "I'm taking you home." "Hold this." "What a sight you are!" "You look like a tramp." "I'm no tramp." "I'm a buffalo herder." "You might consider washing yourself every once in a while." "I think your buffalos wouldn't mind that." " I wash when I need washing." "You can all mind your own business." "Not all the time I won't." " Who's all we?" "You, the... fancy ones." "Take this, you'll need it." "Take it!" "Come now, kiss me." "Now after kissing me, you'll leave with me." "I cannot leave." "I'm still too young." " You're not at all young." " I am." "You've seen nothing else that's why you speak so." "Here it is all rocks and water." "And who's going to lead the buffalos to their food?" "Nobody." "Buffalos have to eat." "Would you rather have me or the buffalos?" "Dunno." "Come now, don't do that!" "Hey stop, don't do that!" "What do you use this for?" "Come now, don't be like that!" "I can't stand seeing you cry." "Stop it, I say!" "I don't care about the 500." "You can bring them." "You can fetch them all here!" "I'll sit here and wait for you." "Hey!" "This way!" "They're here, we found them!" "Perhaps if we had a child... he'd have joint eyebrows..." "Like you." "If only they let us live..." "Just that..." "I want it, too." "I never wanted it this much." "You know what your father told me when I went to tell him about us two?" "Go and have your fill of bread first, ... gypsy man!" "Then you can present yourself as a son-in-law to me." "That's what he told me." ""Gypsy-man"!" "He's not really bad, though." "He didn't like it then, when I was born a girl." "He wanted a boy." "And now he doesn't want to lose me." "If only they wanted to listen to us, to understand us... but they don't want to!" "They think they know everything 'cause they're old  rich but they know nothing!" "I'm telling you, they know nothing!" "Nothing, I say, not a thing!" " Don't shout!" " Let'em hear us!" "I want them to hear us!" "I want to shout!" "I want to tell them!" " They'll come and separate us." " Let them come!" "With all their malevolence and their dogs." "Where have we gone wrong?" "Anna, get up and let's leave." "Let's move closer, I can't stand it anymore!" "We can't escape anyway." "Let's go meet them and let'em do what they like with us!" "Anna, get up!" "Look at the tracks!" "They went through here." "We're in their grasp!" "You're playing with us, eh?" "You follow him." "I'll turn up before him!" "This is it!" "The Saint's cross." "Two okas of gold and jewels." "Well worth the trouble!" "Yes." "Well worth the trouble." "More than 2.000 pounds." "That's not much." "Especially if it has to be shared, too." "Nothing's left of it." "You'll get your share." "Some 700." "Forgive me but I can't do otherwise." "I'm taking the lot." "You don't need it that much." "You're young." "You'll have other opportunities." "I'm an old man." "I also have a daughter to wed." " If you take a step I'll throw it in the swamp." " No, don't!" "You gone mad?" "It was only a joke." "Just to scare you." "Make sure it doesn't slip through!" "If it falls in..." "Even an ox can be sucked in down there." "You'll have your share." "Your brother's, too." " Give me the rifle!" "No..." "If I do, you'll cheat me." "Let's walk out of here first." "Every step is a trap in here." " Give me the rifle!" "That's impossible." "If you take the cross from me I'm a dead man." "I'd rather be killed than lose it, I'm beggin' you..." "We'll share it properly..." "In a fair way..." "We have to be fair with one another, right?" "We risked together, what if they caught us?" "Give me the rifle!" "Then I'll think about my next move." "Listen to me." "Don't deprive me of it!" "It's not just for my daughter." "I like gold." "I've dreamt about it all my life." "It's the truth!" "Why are you giving me that look?" "I go crazy just by thinking of it!" "I can't help it." "I could even kill a man for that gold!" "All these years I've felt it being there all alone in the monastery in its glass box..." "and I'd lose my mind..." "Where are you going?" "What's on your mind?" "Don't move an inch!" "Not an inch!" "Not at all!" "I'll shoot these two bullets at you before you do anything." "Don't go any further, please!" "Don't move, I beg you!" "I'll shoot you like a dog!" "No!" "The cross!" "The cross!" "Tassos!" "More than two okas and jewels..." "BEWARE!" "BOUNDARY LINE DANGEROUS ZONE" "THE HYPER-HUMAN" "Their dogs!" "They're that way!" "Come and get us!" "Kill us!" "Or let us go!" "Go!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "What is it?" "What does it say?" "MINES" "What does it say?" "Tell me, what does it say?" "Don't move..." "So, tell me!" "What does it say?" "Mines!" "Mines..." "Where are you going?" "Do you know where you're going?" "To you." "I've killed you a thousand times today." "But this one's no death." "You know what'll happen to you?" "It'll grind you up." "Have you seen wheat under a millstone?" "It's exactly like that." "Last year when that soldier stepped on the mine" "I was there when they put him together." "A pile of bones and flesh... and soil..." "What are you doing?" "Stop!" " No, I'll come to you!" " Don't make another step ahead!" "Not one!" "Look for my footprints and show them to me." "Here's one." "There's one more." "And then?" "Nothing." "Don't move at all!" "Crouch down!" "I'll try to come out." "Crouch down!" "Lower!" "Even lower!" "Lower still!" "More!" "More!" "There!" "I'll walk very slowly." "Please!" "Don't..." "Not yet!" "Every step that you make..." "Anna!" "Yes..." "Will you remember me?" "No..." "I'll run in right away." "I'll run up and down in it, until..." "Yes..." "Why did you rush ahead all the time?" "Let me come near you!" "But you won't even get here!" "I'm shivering." "I'm cold." "My hands are frozen." "Put them like this." "You'll be warm." "I want you to embrace and warm me." "Anna, listen to me." "Go back!" "I won't go anywhere!" "Back where?" "My love, please!" "Leave me alone!" " No, I won't." "What will you do?" " I'll try to come out." "Anna, go back home!" "I'm going nowhere, I'm only staying with you." "Then I can't do it, go, don't torture me any more!" "I'm staying whatever happens." "Since we love each other..." "You call this love?" "Dragging you down here like a sheep?" "Is love like this?" "You love me, too." "I was jealous of you, I didn't love you." "I wanted you out of spite, out of sheer misery." "That's why I took you away!" "Because I couldn't stand the thought of someone else taking you." "Someone better than me." "And that he'd kiss you fondle you, do as he liked with you..." "Your jealousy is love, too!" "Your spite is love, too!" "No, Anna." "I liked it that you loved me." "Me, the "gypsy-man"..." "Tell me again that you love me and go." "Go back home." "Now I want to rest assured, to know up to the last moment that you're alive." "Go away!" "I love you!" "I love you!" "I love you, too." "I'll be back." "I love you!" "I love you!" "I'll come back!" "I love you, too." "Today, I will!" "English subs by never4ever for KG (April 2014)"