"The inscriptions on the facade:" ""Justice" and "Knovvledge"." " How will you kill me this time?" " I'll out your throat." "Hello?" "Hello, Central Police?" "Why don't they answer?" "Are they asleep?" "There has been a crime." "Yes, there has been a crime." "Temple Street, number 1." "Not Time Street, idiot!" "Temple Street!" "Augusta Terzi." "Apartment 1." " Have you understood?" "Did you make a note'?" " Repeat it." "After you." " After you." " After you." " Hey!" "One moment!" "Congratulations, chief!" "Congratulations, chief." "We've done it at last." "You'll give us some guidance." "We really need a man like you." "The political situation is favorable." "No worries, chief." "Piantone, get me fifteen glasses." "Right away." " What's happening?" " Chief, there has been a homicide." " "Time Street, number 1."" " Temple." ""Mrs. Augusta Terzi."" " When did they phone'?" " Ten or twenty minutes ago." " Ten or twenty minutes'?" " I don't know, they did not specify." "It is essential to be precise." "We have checked streets and names." "And I'm about to leave." "You are giving the suspects a chance to create an alibi." "You'll see, when I am no longer here." ""Agent shoots." Who is he'?" "I don't know him." " He fired by mistake, of course." " That is the most probable version." "Go to Temple Street, go." "Congratulations." "You should be happy!" "Why the sad face?" "Madam, don't worry." "Your son will get off with twenty years all right..." "I've got nothing to do with it." "I am done!" "Lamantia, Lo Cascio, Mangiaracine, Del Re!" "Let's go!" "We're all going!" "Finally you are getting rid of me!" "Let's go." "Panunzio!" "Let's get Doctor Panunzio to open the bottle." " Here you are." " Congratulations, chief!" "You come with me." " Doctor Mangani!" " You will come with me, do you understand?" "Congratulations!" "It will be difficult for me to replace you." "No, come on, What are you saying?" "Now these glasses..." " Where is Doctor Panunzio'?" " He is there." "I am here, chief." "Doctor Panunzio!" "Did Proietti confess yet?" " He insists that it was suicide." " He will confess." "Let's drink!" " Champagne will clear his mind." " But my mind is clear!" "I am innocent!" "She killed herself to frame me!" "Perhaps she lost balance or she felt giddy, I don't know!" " You threw her down." " No, I was asleep... like when you found me!" "And then, I am a violent person." "I would have strangled that bitch!" "Drink, Mr. Innocent." "Drink." "Drink!" "We are all innocent here." "In here the only guilty one... is me!" "Quiet, one moment." "It's not just to flatter a superior, who is also my close friend." "However, no one deserves a promotion more than you." "In these years we have had 102 cases of homicide... and only ten remain unsolved" "I'm sure that at this difficult time, with you in the Political Division... they will become as efficient as the Homicide Division." "I wish for you to have the same success." "I raise my glass... and I toast to your health and to your great career!" " Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Enough of this flattering." " The Carnival is over." "Confirmed." "Number 1, Temple Street." "Confirmed." "Number 1, Temple Street." "Mangani, Panunzio!" "Let's go." "I'll catch up with you." "Hello, do you have any news for me'?" " It's the husband." " Good, very good." " What is it'?" " These are cutouts of newspapers, of crime news." "There is even a photo of yours." "Look" " Where is the body'?" " Over there." " Uncover her." " Have you seen this?" " It's an empty jewel case." " And these?" " 300.000 liras in cash." "What a libertine." "Kinky." "We haven't found any underwear anywhere in the apartment." " Not even a pair of panties." " What a mess!" "They were in bed together, they were making love." " Doctor, any traces of orgasm?" " At first sight, no." "Cover her up." "Pick up that bottle and that glass." "Have the tenants seen anything?" "Or do they know anything?" "We are collecting the names." "Are you feeling ill'?" " Who lives there'?" " A famous surgeon." "An individual above any suspicion." "Who owns the apartment?" "The victim." " Does the husband inherit everything'?" " They've been separated for 3 years." "Arrest him and question him." "Look here." "The victim posed for crime photos." "There is a whole collection of them." "I think this is the work of an amateur, a rather puerile one." "What do you think?" "[Get onto the bed." "Turn, turn around.]" "I'll show you how we found that dead slut." "Yes, like this." "No!" " Come with me now." " Where'?" "A German hostess made love with a Turk during an intercontinental flight." "We found her strangled in the toilet at Fiumicino Airport." "Keep still!" " Now, what do you want to do'?" " Let's do the young aspiring singer!" "Yes." "Parioli, 1967." "The young pop star was found raped orally, and covered by tiny scratches." "Covered by disks of sacred polyphonic music, it was an erotic-mystical crime." "The murderer, an ex seminarist, was found a few minutes later... happily listening to the victim's voice on a juke-box." " He was no seminarist, he was an organist." " Don't move." "Shall we do the one with the young revolutionary student?" "Yes, the young revolutionary student girl in Trento." "She was suffocated... by a professor of Sociology, with 10.000 lira bills." "And raped when she was dead." "Keep still!" " Spread out your legs, don't move." " Pig." " That's it!" " Doesn't it excite you to find them like that?" "Yes, there was one thing that really excited me once." "Listen." "An appliance." " What sort of appliance?" " No, I'm ashamed to say." "Let me through." " Chief." " What is it'?" " In my opinion he is an idiot." " Who?" " The murderer." " Why is he an idiot?" "Not only an idiot, but also superficial and conceited." "He takes the jewels to pretend a robbery, but leaves the 300.000 lira in the drawer." "He then washes and gets dressed, using the victim's French soap." " And so'?" " He put on his shoes and walks in the blood... leaving footprints everywhere." "For us these are important clues." "But I'd say he's an idiot." "Wouldn't you'?" "He's an idiot." "Let's hope she was killed by the husband, so you'll get it over with fast!" " And so'?" " Naked!" " Was she raped?" " No, she made love first, willingly." "Then she was killed." "There are no signs of violence in the house." "Write." "There is an atmosphere of sex, of morbid, abnormal pleasure." "And blood." "Get down." "I'm driving." "Listen, people say she had a beautiful body, right'?" "She had the velvety skin of a courtesan of this capital of the Lower Empire." "Tell your left wing readers that there was no underwear in the house." " Fetishism'?" " No, she simply didn't wear them." " Excellent!" "I'll make that the headline." " Listen, Patani, do me a favor." " Insist on the husband." " All right." "Superintendent!" "Don't you know me'?" "Am I speaking to the chief of the Homicide Division?" "Oh no, you don't know me." "You have never seen me." "Have you ever seen me with policemen, me'?" "Who am I'?" "I could be a thief." "A maniac, a murderer." "One of the thirty murderers who roam free in the city." "What's my name?" "Find out for yourself, you're so clever." "People photograph you, you give interviews." "Talking of that, try to lose some weight." "Superintendent, help!" "Help!" "Somebody is getting into my house I can hear his footsteps." "For months I've been receiving threats, letters and anonymous phone calls." "It's someone who wants to possess me, to rape me..." "There he is!" "He's not wearing pants!" "What horror!" "I am alone and naked." "I'll be raped and killed, it's my destiny." "Help!" "You are always dressed in black, always in mourning." "Don't kid yourself, physically you do not interest me." "You are too ordinary, and you have too much hair." "One can guess you sweat a lot." "I bet you smell like shoe polish, right'?" "Like all cops, admit it." "A police officer is full of secrets, like a priest." "It's your mind that excites me, I'm a great admirer of the cops." "I long to be an informer." "I would do anything to be interrogated by you." "Ask that to that whore of a sister of yours!" "Who is it'?" "Police." "Who else could it be'?" "Only a thief or a cop." " Who has been here'?" " A man..." "Who are you?" "What do you want'?" "Why did you phone me'?" "Let's get this clear, I don't spend money on women." "How charming!" "You should have called the Vice Squad, not the Homicide Division." " Who do you think I am?" " What do you want'?" "Just some fun." "How did you meet all these millionaires?" "Always on the phone, right'?" "I must say, you are a good cop!" "But there's a mistake here." "In '66, I was alone." "Like a dog." "On your feet!" "Toruzzo, how are you'?" "How are you'?" "Gentlemen, I hope you appreciate the occasion." "We are all gathered here..." "American style!" "I'll tell you right away that we're too few for the work that needs to be done." " That's right!" " We need many more people." "Sit down." "From today on, I take over the leadership of the Political Division." "You all know that til yesterday I was dealing with murders, with success." "It's not by chance that they chose me... at this moment, to lead the Political Division." "It is because civil and political crimes... are by now nearly indistinguishable." "Remember this well" "Within each criminal may be hiding a subversive individual... and within each subversive individual may be hiding a criminal." "In the city under our control... subversives and criminals have already woven their invisible threads... which is our duty to cut!" "What is the difference between a gang that attacks a bank... and organized, legalized and institutionalized subversion?" "None." "The two actions have the same objective... though carried out by different means, ... that is, the reversal of the social order." "6.000 known prostitutes, an increase of 20% in strikes and.." "Occupations of private and public buildings, 2.000 known brothels." "In one year, 30 demonstrations with attacks on State property." "And 200 cases of rape in one year." "50.000 middle school students marching in the streets of this city." "An increase of 30% in armed robbery and attacks on banks." "10.000 more subversives on police records and 600 registered homosexuals." "70 groups of subversive youths gathering outside parliamentary jurisdiction." "50% increase in fraudulent bankruptcies and invalid bills of exchange." "Innumerable political magazines that incite to revolt!" "The use of freedom is a constant threat to the traditional powers... and the recognized authorities." "The use of freedom, which tends to make a judge of every citizen... and prevents us from freely fulfilling our sacrosanct duties!" "We defend the law... which we want to be unchangeable and carved in time!" "People are not mature enough, the city is sick." "It's for others to nurse and educate." "It is our duty to suppress!" "Suppression is our vaccine!" "Suppression is civilization!" " Well done!" " Compliments, chief!" "Bravo, chief!" "Do not applaud me, I don't know.." "Humbly, humbly let's get to work." "Well done!" "Here are the Communists, the Partisans, Trotskyists, Maoists and Anarchists." " And the government parties'?" " Over here." "Here are the Catholic parties, over here the Social Democrats... up to the Right Wing opposition." "With progress, all this will be destroyed... and it will be put together in two little rooms." "Over here please." "Hey, Canes, come here." "I'd like to see the files of my colleagues from the Homicide Squad." " Just a joke." " Of course." "For 2 weeks we have transmitted all the information in the archives to here." "This is true progress." " Let's try it out." " All right." "Let's imagine that the Terzi murder has a political motive." " What is the exact address?" " 1, Temple Street." "In the city center." "Let's ask the regulator if, in Temple Street... there are any socially and politically dangerous individuals." " What do I do now?" " Like this." "Wow!" "What's happening?" "The revolution from America has arrived!" "In Temple Street 1 lives an old friend or ours... reported to be socially and politically dangerous." "Antonio Pace." "Born in Ravenna on March 24th, 1946." "Student of chemistry." "Member of the student's union." "Subversive, fanatical, dangerous." " Is he under telephone surveillance'?" " Certainly, doctor." "Since May 1968." "Of course it is authorized." "A real criminal face!" "I'll send him to prison." "Chief, please come in." "Goodbye." " Reverend..." " Son, it's better not to." " Hello." " Hello." " Do you want a cigar?" " Yes, thanks." "Please sit down." "Well, are you satisfied?" "Well..." "In 1917, in Caporetto, General Cadorna had the responsibility." "This coalition of Center Left this year, might become another Caporetto... for the ruling party." "There is a lot of tension in the country." "I would be more comfortable if I had more men at my disposal." "I need a hundred more men, and funds to pay the informers better." "I'll mention it to the Minister." " I'd like..." " Let's hear it." " I'd like so much..." " Go on." " Listen." " Yes." "I would like you to rent 3 apartments in a decent quiet area like Prati... for my confidants." "I want to build up a more confidential relationship with them." "Agreed." "But mind you, officially I don't know anything about it." "My division has prepared another list of 630 persons... to be put under telephone surveillance." "Now, I don't know if you think I should ask for some authorization to do this..." "Yes, sure." " Anything else?" " Ah, yes." " That lady who was killed 3 days ago..." " Who?" "The Terzi woman?" "Exactly, Augusta Terzi." "Beautiful woman, I saw the photos." "I knew her." "Yes, you know, I had an affair with her" "How was she'?" "Well, how was she'?" "Oh... well..." "Anyway, I wanted to ask you if you think it would be best... to tell the investigators this fact." "I don't know." "What do you think?" "Goodbye." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Goodbye." "I don't know..." "You know..." "In my opinion, it was the husband." "Goodbye." "Bring in Panunzio." "Good morning, chief." "I've brought you a souvenir photo, of the glorious Homicide Squad." "Sit down." "I know, my cousin is a communist." "Trade Union secretary, but what can I do about that?" "He never comes to my home, And besides, I never see him." "Or rather, to be frank I do see him, but only once a year... at Christmas." "Chief, in two years I'll retire." "Don't have me transferred." "I have two son who are still studying, I must look after them in every way." "How are investigations going on the Terzi murder'?" "We're on to a good lead." "Under the victim's nails, the laboratory has found a silk thread... that seems to have been torn from a tie." " But wasn't the killer naked?" " Yes." "So in your opinion he was naked and wearing a tie'?" "That's true, nobody had thought of it." "Panunzio!" "Panunzio!" "Are you questioning the husband?" "Yes, chief." "They have been questioning him since last night." " Fingerprints?" " None of interest." " Chief, there are only yours." " Mine'?" " My imprints?" " Yes, on a handle." "Panunzio!" "And on a cup of coffee, Chief." "You obviously must have felt sleepy." "These imprints were in the shower." "All are went there... even Doctor Mangani." "Remember?" "Your imprints were also in the kitchen." "Well, the kitchen, we all went in there, too." "You probably were distracted, and took something without noticing..." "And then on the phone, where is it'?" "Yes, on the phone." "But doubtless you had to make a call that evening:" "I remember you making a call!" "And on a glass too, here, on a liqueur glass." "But you felt ill that evening, Chief, remember'?" "And you had a glass of Fernet." "I poured it out myself, remember'?" "I even noted it down in my notebook." "Are you feeling ill, Chief?" "Right, Sir, or Madam, whichever you are, will you tell us... when did you begin your homosexual practices?" "Before or after the separation from Augusta Terzi'?" " Why did your wife kick you out?" " Because he gave everything away..." " he used the money for other men." " It is not so simple, you can't put it... on that level..." "I was fond of her..." "He's cooked." "Two or three more questions in my own away and he'll break for sure." "Artist, hippie, fag!" "Are you going to talk?" "I'd advise you to!" "we know everything about you." "It's quite clear!" "You're a fag, she was beautiful... and you killed her." " It is not true!" " Calm yourself." " I want my lawyer!" " We are not in America." "As soon as the law changes, we'll send you one, right'?" "You're an artist, a sensitive person." "Try to help us." "He'll tell us everything now, bit by bit." "Let's start again from the beginning." "The sunday your wife was murdered, at what time did you return from Fregene'?" " I told you." " Tell us again." "At 4." "Then I took the car and left for Rome." "There was a snarl up: a whole lot of people." "Thousands!" "It was fantastic!" "I know, it seems incredible." " He really is a fag!" " Even traffic jams are becoming an alibi now!" "I told you all I know!" "About her and everyone else." "You haven't said everything." "Or at least not spontaneously." "You used your poor wife to get on in the world!" "If a fellow student of yours hadn't told us, you would never have admitted it!" "I'll wake you up, you'll see!" "Interrogate me." "Let's do something, don't sleep." " Leave me alone." " I like it when you interrogate me." "You are so suspicious, just like my father." "Come on, interrogate me!" "OK, to begin with get off that bed." "Get off that bed." "Kneel down and sit straight!" "I understand." "Silence is always frightening." "Stay straight!" "Now try to imagine that you're going through a terrible time... cruel questions, lies, threats, everything!" "Try to remember things in your life that you've forgotten." "Try to remember the most shameful things in your life." "And think that I can get to know everything about you, because... the State puts everything at my disposal so that I can strip a man of everything." " Keep straight!" " Jerk." "I want to make you believe I know everything about you... and in so doing bring to the surface your guilt complex." "I am fed up." "Interrogate me, ask me some questions." " You want me to ask you questions?" " Yes." "Then talk, talk, talk!" "Tell me all the most shameful things." "Speak!" "Only if you confess everything, your weaknesses and little hidden secrets..." " then you can have my forgiveness and protection." " I see." "It's like what you do with little children." "Well everyone tends to get like a child, especially in front of high authority." "So, in front of me, as I represent power..." "Keep straight!" "The law... keep straight!" "The law." "All laws, known and unknown." "The accused becomes like a child, become I the father." "The unassailable model." "My face becomes that of God, Of human conscience." "It's a set up to enable one to reach the deepest, secret feelings." "Don't be frightened, take this." "I'm explaining this to you but what do you think'?" "This is the basis on which our constituted authority is built." "University professors..." "Party leaders, tax solicitors, station masters." "Look, I'll show you how we found the Mandrione whore." "In the end we policemen get more and more like the criminals... in the way of speaking, in our habits." "Sometimes even in our actions." "You're like a child, more so than any other man I've known." "You shouldn't have said that... that I am a child." "You shouldn't have said that, understood?" "The others are children, ok?" " Stop telling us stories about the snarl ups!" " No, no wait a second." "We're going to leave you alone to think things over." "So you think about to what you must say, and what you must do." "Let's go, let's go." " Mangani, you're yelling too much." " I have learned that from you." " He is always interfering." " You're right, Doctor." "He is hindering our investigations." "Damn it!" "Have some coffee." " You have furnished the Moroni house." " Yes." "I heard about it." "Some interesting arrangements." "Liberty style, right'?" "Mr. Terzi, when was the last time you visited the poor woman, Augusta'?" "Three days before her death." "She blackmailed me, you know?" "I've often received anonymous phone calls from a man." " It was him." " Who?" "My wife's lover." "They planned it." "It was him who phoned me." "He had a voice..." "like someone used to giving orders." " Why did they blackmail you?" " They enjoyed making me suffer..." "They wanted to humiliate me." "What form did these threats take'?" "He phoned me once, telling me that he would have me put on the police files... as a transvestite!" "I think he must have been an important man." "Perhaps a military man..." "I don't know." "An official." "Augusta liked powerful men." " What is the name of this man?" " I don't know." "If I knew it, I would not be here" "I think he is the murderer." "I have a feeling he is." " So you have forgotten his name?" " No, I never knew it." "Don't worry, all's for the best." "Thank you." "Well?" "I'd say he's innocent!" "I'd say he's innocent." ""At 4 pm, on Sunday 24th August..."" "I killed Mrs. Augusta Terzi."" "with cold premeditation."" " Premeditation." ""There's only one mitigating factor." "The victim systematically teased me."" "Teased me." " "I have left clues, everywhere..."" " Clues." " "Not to mislead the investigations..."" " Not to mislead the investigations!" " " But to prove..."" " To prove..." "Not to mislead the investigations!" " " But to prove..."" " To prove." "To prove!" " To prove." " "To prove."" " To prove." " "That I am..."" "That I am above suspicion!" "However..." "However!" "However..." "When you have succeeded in having an innocent man found guilty... your... your being above suspicion... is not proven." "1,2 kilograms." "900 liras." "But is this parcel really for the police headquarters?" "The address is there, can't you see'?" "Hello?" "I would like to speak to Patani of the Press Department" " Just a moment." "Yes, Press Department?" " Hello, Patani'?" " Who's speaking?" " I can't tell you my name." " Your telephone is being bugged." " Is this a joke?" "A parcel has arrived at the Homicide Division... containing the jewels of Augusta Terzi, a shoe of the assassin... and a razor blade." " That rules out the husband completely." " Hey, pointless to disguise your voice..." "I recognized you immediately, you know!" "In 1948 we cleaned up 2000 slogans upholding Stalin... 50 for Lenin and 1.000 for Togliatti." " 30 for Mashall Tito." " 300 for Mussolini." " 411 to the Man in the Street." "But in 1956, the pro Stalins go down to 100." " An enormous drop." " And Togliatti'?" "Unchanged." "In 1958 one hundred for Kruschov, 50 for Mao Tse Tung... and there were even 500 down with Stalins." "Obviously, according to orders these weren't cleaned off." "Last year the Mao supporters hit 3000." "Ho Chi Min 10.000... 1.000 for Che Guevara and 11 for Marcuse, pro and against." " A new trend!" "Some slogans supporting a certain Sade." " The Marquis!" "This year we're expecting 10.000 Mao slogans, 500 for Trotsky... about 10 for Amendola and perhaps 500-600 for Stalin..." "What are they doing there'?" "Go and check up on them." "See if they've got a pass and where they're going." "The young people!" "The young people... who write on walls!" "Young students, young workers who roam around at night!" "They speak of revolution on the phone, in the universities and in the factories!" "Tons of red paint to insult us." "I know what is needed!" "A lot more than a team of vvhite washers to paint out... this subversive, anti-authoritarian wave of rebellion." " That Pace has gone to the Homicide Division." " Who is he talking to'?" "To Mangani." "Our young colleagues must go back to school." "They must get into the universities, the factories, and grow their beards... and their hair." "Let them wear greasy overalls." "We must know everything, we must take control of everything." "Even using our children if necessary." "Good morning." ""I can guarantee that Mao doesn't want the war."" " Good morning, chief." " The tape recording of Pace's phone call." "Immediately." "New developments on the Terzi case." "I will tell you..." " Good morning, chief." " Good morning." "Chief, your signature please." "Thank you." ""Antonio, I've been looking for you all day." "Where have you been?"" " "At the police station." "Political Division."" " "Are they starting it all over again?"" ""No, the Homicide Division." "Because of that woman killed in my building."" " "They've brought you into it?"" " "No, they asked me if I knew anything."" " "So what did you tell them?" - "Nothing of course."" " "Not even that you slept with her?"" " Jerk." ""Shut up, they're listening to us."" "In fact, I want to speak to the officer on duty listening at this moment."" ""Comrade Officer that is illegally spying on the birth of the Italian revolution..."" "you too are being exploited, you're a son of the people..."" ""Come and join with us or, at least, ask for a raise!"" "Turn it off." "Wait, chief." "The ideas are abominable, except that last sentence." "After 30 years of service here, we still get only 140.000 liras a month." " So what?" " If I didn't help myself with some culture..." " How'?" " I sell books by installments, Chief" "'What have I got to do with hire purchase books?" "I will report this!" "Chief." " "Yes, press Department?" - "Hello Patani?"" " "Who's speaking?" - "I can't tell you my name."" " "Your phone is being bugged." - "Is this a joke?"" " "A parcel has arrived at the Homicide Division..."" "containing the jewels of Augusta Terzi..."" " Listen, what do you think of this?" "Shoe of the assassin and a razor blade"" " One is Patani." " Yes, but the other one?" "Have you got this parcel?" "Yes, and what's more the news of it was published an hour before." "Therefore it can't be the husband, because we've got him here." "It could be an accomplice of the husband." "I think the woman's husband is completely innocent, and should be released." "I'm responsible for this case, and the husband stays in custody." "Very well, we'll keep him in prison" "You can't you understand?" "The husband is innocent." "It'd be best for us to hold on to him, until the public opinion has forgotten." "You're a bureaucrat." "You're scared of public opinion." "Calm down, don't worry." "He's like the old Bourbons!" "Typical old time upholder of the Sicilian Kingdom." "Always wanting to impress." "That's getting obsolete as an old pair of knickers, it'll disappear." "Don't worry." "What do you want'?" "Look here!" "'What am I going to tell him this time?" " To whom?" " To Mangani." "About what?" "He wants to know if I know the person who phoned me." "He asked about the parcel containing the jewels." " Why are you asking me about it'?" " But it was you who called me." "Be rational." "How could I have, the parcel hadn't arrived yet in our headquarters." "But you phoned me!" "You don't have to go around saying that I call you." "I don't call you!" "I'm favoring you, and therefore you should be careful." "This machine makes good coffee." "Unfortunately I can't drink coffee." "Have a cappuccino." " Take this machine away!" "Nistict, get to work!" "And you, go away!" "Hello." "Chief, I need your advice." "What happened to you'?" "Come with me." " Here, if we don't help each other." " Chief, a phonogram." "What's this?" "In this city not only whores are killed... but also the order and the social equilibrium." "In 24 hours there were 3 house occupations, students and teachers." "Italians teachers in 6 months have been on strike for 81 million hours." " Do you have a price?" " No." " Chief, do you think that Terzi's husband is innocent?" " Certainly." "There's only one way to demonstrate his innocence: that is, finding... the owner of the blue tie." " Yes, it's necessary to find him." "Your blue tie, the one you were wearing the evening of the crime..." " where did you buy it'?" " From "Cenci", by the Pantheon." "Cenci sold 2 of those ties." "One to you, who are not involved, and the other... he said that he sold it to a lady." " Augusta Terzi." "So it's the victim who gave the tie to her murderer." "The victim gave the tie to her murderer, yes." "I would exclude that she has given it to the husband." "It seems logical to me, exclude it." "L..." "What can I do for you'?" "What can I do to favor you'?" "Do you want my blue tie'?" "You can go to my house." "Ask the cleaning lady, she'll give it to you." "You will find her in the mornings." " Do you have a cachet?" " Can I really go to your house?" "Yes." "Do you understand, these people?" "Three occupations in 24 hours." "Students, barricades and teachers." "Teachers!" " Can I leave?" " When stuff like this comes in... you know what?" "I prefer homicide." " Of course." "Thank you, chief." "So if I need it, I can really go to your home for the tie'?" "How disgusting!" "Take off that undershirt, your mother will never know about it." "And those short black socks, like a priest, a seminarist... a sacristan." "Do you have a lighter, more cheerful suit?" " No." " People avoid those who dress like you." "It is clear that you are a cop, you stink of barracks and archives, ..." "Of security chambers." "At least priests smell of incense." "They should give you a free deodorant." "Don't you think?" "I would kill you with my hands." "What courage!" "You lead the investigations." " Could I ask you for a favor?" " Sure." "You should go in there and buy all the blue ties, you see, those on display." " Excuse me, why don't you go yourself?" " They'd believe I was a competitor... and would take advantage of it." " They must cost a lot, over 60.000 liras!" "Yes, that's OK." "'Why do you want all the blue ties'?" "I am the a theater manager, I'm producing a show." "The title of the show is "50 blue ties for 50 big babes"." " Well done!" " I'll wait over there." " Where'?" " Under the colonnade." "But..." " Hurry up!" " Yes." "This is the change, 4.000 liras." "You know what happened?" "They thought I was a cop and gave me a discount." "They even called me "marshal"!" "Here are the ties." "All 25 of them." " What's you;-job?" "What'?" " What's your job?" " I?" " Well, I am a plumber." " A plumber!" " I work when I want!" " Who do you vote for'?" "What?" "Why do you care'?" " Tell me who you vote for!" " That's none of your business!" "I'll take only one tie, you keep the other 24." "Why?" "You have to give me an explanation, mister!" "I'll explain it now." "You have to take these 24 ties to the police headquarters." "Go to the Homicide Division." "I am not a theater manager." "I am a... murderer." " What?" " A murderer." "A murderer." "You read the news, right'?" "Do you remember the lady who was killed in Temple Street?" "I killed her." "What are you talking about?" "You look like a decent person." " You're making fun of me." " No, I'm not playing around." "You are in trouble." "Why?" "I haven't done anything." "Be quiet!" "I'll tell you why." "Anyone who comes in contact with a murderer is in trouble." "Go to the headquarters, Homicide Division and describe me well." "Describe details like time, place and how we met." "Please, look closely at me." "Describe me in detail." "It's rare to be this close to the face of a murderer." "Look me over, try to remember how my hair is combed." "See if I have a mustache, how I am dressed..." "Please give me the time to go home and say bye to my wife and my son." " Go to the headquarters!" " Stop it!" "Don't be a clown, it is your duty as a good citizen!" " Listen." " Go!" " Go to the headquarters!" " Listen to me." "Mister!" " Go to the headquarters!" " Come back here." "Go on through the red light, who cares about the law'?" "What are you trying to make me do'?" "Do it, go through the red light!" "Do you want me to go through the red light?" "Yes, you can do whatever you want!" "Let's go!" "I'm going!" "I'm going!" "Did you see that?" "Now you'll show the cop your nice little ID." "Show him you're important man, frighten him." " Bully him." " License and registration." " I'm on duty." " I'm sorry, chief." "You can commit any crime you want to." "No!" "Good!" "Just like that girl they decapitated near Castel Gandolfo." "Carnal violence underwater!" "Could you murder me on the beach without getting caught?" "How could a cop get away with murder on a crowded beach?" "The parking attendant saw me, the ticket salesman." "The beach-attendants." "And the people in the adjoining cabana." "I'd say the parking attendant is the more dangerous." "A parking attendant reporting a big shot like you'?" "Impossible." "Leave an affidavit, before anyone would accuse you of a crime!" "Don't push me to do anything illegal, it's too easy for me." "Come on, plan a good crime." "I'd out off your head and hide it... no, I'd throw it in the sea." "Your body would be found at sunset, in the cabana, by a beach boy." "The official from Latina would examine you the next day... in advanced state of decomposition." "What are you...!" "Bitch!" ""The poisoning of water and air continues."" ""The sea is a extremely polluted."" ""300 coastal towns..."" "Augusta!" ""There are no plans to solve the situation."" "Augusta, stop your games." "Come out." ""Water is polluted..."" "by hydrocarbons from oil" "Augusta, let's go." "There should be a demolition order on these huts." "Augusta!" "Walk on the felt, Mister." "This morning the young Neapolitan who works with you came here." " Who?" "Biglia'?" " Yes." " What did he want'?" " He was looking for a tie." " I didn't give it to him." " How could you'?" "I'm wearing it!" "Then you must have two." "Yesterday I saw the other, stuffed in your shoe." "He even wanted to see your shoes." "I understood at once that he was a snoop, he asked a lot of questions." " What did he want to know?" " He asked if you met women here." " Then?" " If you have ever been engaged." " And then what?" " What you do on Sundays." " Get out of here, I have to work." " I haven't finished yet here." "Finish later." " Good morning!" " How are you doing, dealers in murder'?" "Fine life at the Political Division, right chief!" "Good morning." "To save time, I've brought my tie myself." "What is it'?" "What's he done'?" " Murder." " I would do it again!" "He's murdered his boss." "Could you come a second?" "There's this guy..." "What's happening this morning'?" "Can you explain?" "Nothing, he is probably just a compulsive liar." "You see, there's this man who wants to ask you a few questions." "Who is he'?" " Well?" " Excuse me, sir." "Perhaps..." "I must have made a mistake." "On what matter?" " I got you mixed up with somebody else." " With whom?" "At first he thought he recognized you." "He says that this morning he met a strange man who gave him money... to buy all those ties." "Then he told him that he was the murderer of Augusta Terzi." " Let him talk!" " Thank you." "That's just what happened" "You see, I met this guy." "He told me to go to police headquarters." " Who was he'?" " I don't know, perhaps he was crazy." "Maybe one of those theater managers..." "Variety shows... or the movies, maybe." "Anyway, I fell for it." "He did warn me that I'd get in trouble." " What's your job'?" " I..." " I am in hydraulics." " He's a plumber." " I'm in hydraulics." " "In hydraulics", a plumber." " Well, people say also plumber..." " Just say that you're a plumber!" " Correct, sir." "I'm a plumber." " What did you say?" " As you said, I'm a plumber." " You don't have to worry." " Are you sure'?" "Thank you." " Don't worry." "You are a citizen." "And we respect our citizens." "Thank you, doctor." "Mangani." "Come with me, please." "Yes." "I'll settle with you later, you plumber!" "This was a mockery of all dignified procedure!" " Get back inside." " Mangani, I'll fire you!" " Be careful!" " No!" "Return to your offices!" "Doctor, it is my fault." "I was confused, I did not look closely." " Take him away away." " That man had a different suit." " Listen." " Don't touch me!" "I'll hold them both..." "Terzi's husband and this idiot." " Do you agree?" " Do what you want." "I will do what I have to." "You lousy plumber, you better tell me the truth now!" "You are involved in this and I will find out!" "I took a cappuccino but it was too sweet." "You're nuts, you should take half bitter half sweet coffee, that's how it's done!" "Nistict, I'll put you back on the beat in Navona Square, if you're not careful." "Get rid of this machine!" "Don't let anyone in." " Sir, are you alone?" " Yes." "Have you perhaps authorized inquiries on me in connection with the Terzi case'?" "I will ask for a detailed report to the men on the case." "You and I can have a talk over it tonight at dinner." "This is not good enough!" "I want the whole Homicide Squad to be questioned!" "There's a pile of dynamite here in my office about to blow up any moment." "Everyone's public and private life must be checked up on!" " Very well, but at your own risk" " Sure!" "I need to take out three tapes for the Political Division." "I can't give anything out by order of the Superintendent." " When did you receive the order?" " I can't tell you." "Was it a written order or by telephone?" "Chief, don't insist." "Tell me, what does it matter to you if I take three tapes for two hours?" "Chief, it matters!" "I would lose my job." " Career matters to all of us." " To me, too." "Try to understand." "Just do my favor, OK?" "A favor." " To the aerator, Chief!" " The noise is coming from there!" " Where was it'?" " By the aerator!" "Please, only policemen on duty." "The rest go back." "Even you, go away." " Chief, it is here." "Come." " Carefully, carefully." " Stay calm!" " It's here." "This is serious." "Make way." " Don't touch anything." " Don't touch." "This time they have gone too far." "Careful!" "They're coming." "That's enough, it's unbelievable." "I've just heard: there have been two other explosions at 6:30 pm... one at the American Express and the other at the Low Courts." "Please, let us through" "The explosion happened here." "In my opinion, we must act decisively." "We know them all, every one of them." "We must show that we're determined!" " Enough with the tolerance!" " It's clear what we have to do." "Yes." " Make way, make way." "Please, let us through" "Servants of the Masters!" "Mao!" "Ho Chi Minh!" " Power is in the hands of the working class!" "Mao!" "Ho Chi Minh!" "Mao!" "Ho Chi Minh!" " Power to the working class!" "Mao!" "Ho Chi Minh!" "Death to the masters!" "Anarchy!" "anarchy!" " Sir." " What do you want'?" "Go away!" " Come on, move!" " Go!" "Get inside!" "Have all the records checked." "For now, don't talk to the press." " Do we have informers among them'?" " Yes, five." "What do you want'?" "What do you want'?" "You looked at me." "I'?" "I am nearly blind." "Mind your own business!" "Hello?" "Yes, lam alone." "I'm in a hurry, tell me." "I am alone." "Alone!" "What's this?" "A scene of jealousy over the phone?" "Then put a bug on my telephone or have me followed." "Put a television camera under my sheets." "You have 500 men at your command, one of them can surely follow me." "So you'll always know who I'm with and what I'm doing." ""I think the time has come to end our relationship."" "Augusta, this farewell letter would fit well in a serial novel." "I'm leaving it here between your legs!" "What are you doing?" "Running away?" "Augusta, I am not jealous." "You can do whatever you want." "Sleep with whoever you want, I don't care." "But I want to know about them." "Augusta, you can't do this to me." "I am a respectable person!" "Augusta, I represent the power!" "You should kiss the ground I walk on, you bitch!" "Who is this Pace?" "Bitch!" "If you really want to know, he's a friend of mine, who lives upstairs." "He is young, handsome and even revolutionary." " Revolutionary!" "I'll beat you!" " Don't touch me, moron." "You are not in your headquarters now, you're in my house." "Go away!" "I am not one of those wrecks you arrest." "You make love like a kid, and that's just what you are, a baby!" " Stop shouting." " Perhaps you still pee in bed." "You are nobody!" "You are sexually incompetent." " Do you understand?" " Don't beat me!" " You're an incompetent!" " Don't touch me." " You're a kid!" " Don't touch me." "Sit down." " Beautiful sunset!" " We've been on our feet for 16 hours." "You may return to your barracks soon." " Chief, we are tired." " Hold this." "Doctor, they have the same names as thirty years ago." "Revolution is like syphilis, it's in the blood." " Good evening, chief." " Good evening." "We can't stand them any more." "Murderers, Fascists!" "Russian slaves, that's what you are, of Russian imperialism!" "Stalinists!" "Fascists!" "Stalinists!" "Not even in prison they agree." "In 2 hours, they broke up into 4 groups." "Fortunately, they are divided, otherwise it would be difficult for us." "I want to question Antonio Pace." "But first, the one next to him who's yelling so much, with a mustache." "Servants of the Masters!" "Up!" "Don't lean on your hands." "The weigh of the body should be on your knees." "You're not a horse, walking on four legs!" "You're a democratic citizen, you're not a horse." "You're not a horse." "So, would you rather drink another liter of saltwater... or stay on your knees?" "You decide." "If you decide to get up, you must drink it all" "You have to drink it all" "All." "Nothing." "Then kneel again." "You would have done better not to drink." "In ten minutes you could be out of here, drinking fresh and pure water." "Clear, sweet and fresh water!" right student?" "I don't want to send you to trial." "We are not torturers, or the SS." "We are the police of a democratic country." "We're happy when we can prevent a citizen from getting a hard sentence." "You are just a boy, why should I want to ruin you'?" "Stay upright!" "You can be Marxist, Situationist..." "Mao, Lin-Piao." "You can read the little red book, you can do just as you please." "You're not a horse, you're a democratic citizen." "I must respect you." "But the terrorist explosions... the threats and the bombs... what the hell do they have to do with democracy?" "If you tell me who put the bomb at headquarters and at American Express... you'll be acting like a democratic citizen." "Do you understand?" "I know you didn't do it." "But I'm sure you know the name of the person who did it." "Give me some water." "We do not ask you to rat on your friends." "We want you to act as a democratic citizen." "Because you see, let's talk like progressive people..." "What is democracy?" "Let's say it!" "It's the ante-room for Socialism!" "I, for example, vote socialist." "Don't be afraid." "I am your confessor, they all have spoken to me." "Nothing will happen to you, I am a tomb." "This whole building is a great tomb." "Will you tell the truth." "Will you tell the truth!" "Say his name!" "It was Pace who put the bomb there the day he came to headquarters!" " Yes." " He prepared the bombs?" "Yes." "Mattone, bring in Antonio Pace." "This one is through." "Get up." "You are free." "If you need something, phone me." "I didn't want to!" "Canes, Mattone, leave us alone." "Go drink some coffee." "Leave me alone with this Communist." "Your comrade gave you away!" "In prison you won't get a doctorate, at the most you end up a bank robber." "Antonio Pace, born in Ravenna in 1946." "Ex chemistry student" "Anarchic individualist." "Sentenced to three months of prison in 1968... for resisting the police." "What are you yelling for'?" "Do you know who I am?" "You're the lover of the lady who was killed downstairs." " By whom and when?" " In my opinion you killed her..." "Sunday the 24th of August." " At what time?" "I my opinion you killed her between 5 and 7 pm." "At that time I saw you at the gate." " If you are so sure, accuse me." " You'd like that." " Accuse me!" " Here you are and here you stay!" " A criminal directing the repression is perfect." " Accuse me!" " It's perfect." " You have to accuse me!" " I have made a mistake, but I want to pay." " It is perfect!" " Don't shout!" " Do your job." "You have to accuse me because I am a person..." "Open up!" "Let's get going!" "I'll call you, I've got you trapped, yea?" "What are you doing'?" "Come here, don't be a child." "Be reasonable." "I want out, let me go." "He has not done anything, let him go." "The student!" "Do you understand?" ""I've got you trapped." Do you understand?" "How are you'?" "Silence." "Are you here for the Botta crime, too?" " No, lam here for the Terzi crime." " Beautiful woman, killed with a razor." "Shut up." " Good morning, chief." " How are you'?" "I am fine." "Pallottella." " I am here." " It is your turn" " No." "I'll go." "Pallottella, come!" "Close the door." "Come forward, Pallottella." "You little jerk, come forward." "Enter, son of a bitch." "You small clerk, little cop." "You'll never fully understand the meaning of my gestures and of my sacrifice." "I want to affirm the concept of authority in its purest form." " You incompetent!" " What have I done'?" "I deliver you the murderer of Augusta Terzi." "Thank you." "From this moment I am at your disposal." "If you want to interrogate me, I will be at home." "My god!" " These things happen." " I have made a mistake." " This morning you'll be back home." " Sure." " My god!" " Please, this way." "Where'?" "From now on you may recognize me." "No, I don't know you." "I don't know anyone!" "Help!" "I don't know anyone!" "What have you done'?" "Have you not thought about us'?" "We are your colleagues." "Do your duty." "Article 247." ""Cases where house custody can be ordered."" ""When the circumstances..."" "and the moral character of the arrested allows it..."" "the Public Prosecutor..."" "or the judge may declare that instead of jail time..."" "the arrested shall stay temporarily under house arrest..."" "within his own home."" "Chief, they are all here." "Come." "Gentlemen, Your Excellency." "Your Excellency." "I am sorry to have troubled so many important people." "Eat." "Dear colleague, where were you from 3 to 7 pm... on the day of the murder of Augusta Terzi'?" "Excellency, gentlemen." "I was there." "I killed her." " Can you prove that you were in her house?" " I have bad news for you." "There was a witness to my presence." "The subversive student Pace... saw me while entering the building." "Not true, the student Antonio Pace has an alibi." "He was out of Rome that afternoon." "I have questioned him for hours." "Excellency, the bloody footprints... found in Augusta Terzi's home... they belong to my left shoe." "My friend, there are a lot of shoes of the same size... and of the same kind." "I have an identical pair." "Me too." "In the apartment, I have left my fingerprints everywhere." "Even on the faucets of the shower." "Because, Gentlemen, Excellency, after the murder I washed myself." "That's strange." "On faucets, glasses and handles there were none of your imprints." "However, the blue thread under the victim's nail belongs to my tie." " Then give us that tie." " I destroyed it." " Why?" " In that moment I didn't know... whether I should confess the crime... or use my little power to cover up the evidence." "A dissociation, a neurosis." "A disease contracted during permanent and prolonged use of power." "It's an occupational hazard, common to people who hold the reins... of our little society." " I'm doing well." " Enough with the psychology!" "You need proof to demonstrate your guilt." "Not just words, proof." "Well, the 25 blue ties were bought on my orders by that poor fool we arrested." " No, he didn't recognize you." " He denied it because he was afraid." "When he understood that I was a police officer..." "Don't make judgments, insulting deductions, on our behalf, the colleagues and the institutions." " Let's get to the heart of it," " What's your motive'?" " She was making fun of me!" "She was making fun of me and of my authority!" " Even of you, gentlemen!" " That's not a motive that can be proved." "Excuse me, Excellency." "Gentlemen, excuse me." "This is a private matter." "Come." "Excellency, a little discretion." "Each day in her company my incompetence as a human being emerged more and more." "That's absurd, unlikely, science fiction!" " Then I have killed her because of jealousy!" " You didn't know her." "Prove it." "She was not your lover, nobody has seen you two together." "You are right, gentlemen." "One moment." "I'll go get the proof of my guilt." "I'll return quickly." "You've killed a useless person." "Someone else would have killed me, I was destined to die like that." "Do what they say." "Think of your colleagues." "Think of your career." "This photo shows that the victim has been photographed in this apartment." "Check the furniture and the floor!" "Here the victims is in one of her erotic moments... which is sensationally combined with old crimes..." "What a disgrace!" "I confirm my version of the facts!" "He is an immature person." "I told you he had no guts..." "and now look how he's ended up." " I will write a full account!" " Cheers!" " I'll do what you want." " Well!" "Well done, son." "Do you have anything to say?" " I... confess my innocence." " Well done!" "Sign here." "Good, be calm." "Gentlemen, colleagues." "Let's not forget that there is enemy at large, who knows all the facts..." "He'll use them not only against me, but against all of us." "Against authorities and against God!" "That is an open case." "Translated by Croix." "Released by Scharphedin Specially for KG and TIK."