"1971 Thessaloniki Festival Awards for Best Film, Best screenplay, Best Actor" "The film was shot in the summer of 1971, one year before the uprising of the Law School and 2 yrs before the Polytechnic School one..." "The 3 millions of poeple who swarmed into the cinemas for more than 3 years had a chance to laugh but also protest against the dictatorship." "Hunger and Violence in all countries and at all times had the same face" "WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR THANASIS" "This is London, this is London broadcasting the latest war news." "Eastern Front." "A hard battle involving military vehicles is taking place southeast of Perkovo." "Soviet troops have disembarked at Crimea in an effort of reducing the pressure against Sevastopol." "Libyan Front." "English troops have attacked the battlefront of Sallumm-Bardia..." "English navy units bombarded German and Italian covoys headed for Bardia." "Dear Greeks..." "We know you're hungry and suffering..." " You do?" "Try to organzie soup kitchen meals everywhere." " What with?" "Try to hang on to life and it won't be long before happy days arrive." "We promise you that." "Now turn it off before we get into trouble." " Careful, don't burn it along with the firewood." " Not a bad idea!" "They should come here and see what Occupation means before they speak." "Hello Thanasis!" "It's all written there." "Take your pick." "Collards boiled, collards stewed collards with oil, collards without oil." "That's funny!" "When I'm hungry I get some imaginary smells." "But this one insists as if it's real." "Meat stew!" "Meat stew?" "How could it be?" "It's just onions for tonight." " Why didn't you tell me?" "If it's for tonight why should I tantalize you in vain?" "Mother of God, what a fragrance!" "If I had a loaf of bread I'd sit here and just eat it with this sweet smell!" " Hello, Thodoros!" " Hello, boys!" "I'll send the matey away and be back." "You all set, Thanasis?" " They're here for the onions?" " No, those are for tonight." "You will keep a portion for me, eh?" "A big one for that bally sister of mine." "All right, now farewell!" "On your way!" "How about that rabbit, Thodoros?" "Is it ready?" "Not only ready but... just marvellous!" " Bring it on, then!" " Right away." "But boys...please." "If a customer shows up, we'll tell them that the rabbit was yours and you asked me to cook it." " We have to account for it?" "No, but..." "I'm in a delicate situation here." "Hey, you!" "No, let me..." "Oops!" " What is it?" " I forgot the pot!" " Hi, uncle." " Whaddaya know!" "Not only they ate the gruel, they also took the pot!" "What pot?" "Froso!" "Froso!" " So what's up, doc?" " Stop kidding me, uncle!" "Why, aren't you studying to be a doctor?" "Hey, what's the matter?" "Hi, Apostolis." "I'm off to Thodoros' to get collards." "How would you like them, boiled stewed, with or without oil?" "Drop me a pot and my jacket." " Will you eat with us, Apostolis?" " I've eaten, aunt." " What did you eat?" " Come on, uncle, what indeed?" "I got it." "Then come tonight and I'll supper you." "Onion stew!" "Thodoros' Tavern" "Signs of meat!" "Meat stew!" "You're crazy or what?" "I will slaughter you and stew you with onions!" "Thanasis, stop!" "Let me explain!" "Explain what, Antichrist?" "Those men brought me a rabbit and I cooked it." "A rabbit?" "Did you just say "rabbit"?" "A rabbit, yes." "It wasn't mine, could I've given you any?" "Mother of God, a rabbit!" "Perhaps there's a bit left?" "No, don't answer me, I'll see for myself." "Here, officer!" "It is here!" "Uh-oh!" "It's him!" "Arrest him, officer!" "Who, me?" "This one, officer!" "This one!" "Aaah, for a moment I thought..." "Good morning, Mrs Cleopatra!" "You knew my Bibikos, Mr Thanasis, didn't you?" "But yes, you mean your Angora cat!" "What happened to it?" "Some tramps kidnapped him and brought him to this man!" "Hey, madam!" "I have no idea about this!" " Have you cooked any meat recently?" " I cooked a rabbit today." "He cooked my cat!" "Cat?" "I didn't see any cats." " Has the meat been eaten?" " Yes." "They even ate his bones, those villains!" "Uh-oh, I feel sick!" " Where are the bones?" " In the kitchen." "Let's go." "Excuse me, officer." "What will you do with his bones?" "Examine them and see what animal it was." "As I said, officer, it was a Vitina rabbit." " An Angora cat, you villain!" " Calm down, madam." "Let's go..." "I swear, Miss Froso!" "I didn't slaughter the animal." "It was given to me slaughtered." " How much do I owe you?" " Nothing." "Neither did I feed any friends with it." "I served it to some Piraeus men who collaborate with the Germans." "You gave it to the enemy collaborators?" "Good!" "You did the right thing." "Me?" "Well, I'll be..." "I've never been to a court." "You'll be to one now and you'll them as I said." " That I saw the rabbit?" " Exactly." " Dead or alive?" "Stop being silly." "Thodoros is someone we know." " So was the cat." " I'm serious about this!" "I'm serious about my conscience!" "I stained my stomach already." " Blame it on your gluttony." " You call hunger gluttony?" "We need Thodoros." "We're in dire straits!" "Besides, the man only cooked it for some Piraeus men, Germans' quislings." "Do you know what this means?" "What?" "National resistance." "It does?" "In that case we can give him a stew medal." "Quiet!" "Your Honor!" "Sit, madam!" "Please, sit!" "Where did you find him?" "He'll destroy us." "He was the one available so I brought him!" "The coroner, Your Honor, is quite certain that the viand was feline." "We refute the report on the grounds of scientific work." "Behold, Your Honor!" "General Anatomy of Mammals." "It is written here that to distinguish between rabit and cat is hardly possible." "Because..." " Your Honor!" " Please, madam, sit!" "Because the rabbit and the cat only differ as to the zygomatic bones of the scull." "I'm therefore asking..." "Does the report mention any zygomatic bones?" "No, no such details." "Then it is unsubstantial." "Does your Honor know that a canine aka a dog only differs as to the number of ribs from capra aka a goat?" "Counsel..." "With all this hunger of ours can you leave goats out of this?" "The witness will answer me." " Yes, Your Honor!" " Did you have any of the viand?" " Viand, no!" "I only licked a few bones!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" " Don't bang so fiercly, Your Honor!" " Are you reprimanding me?" "No but your raisins bounce off." "Leave my raisins alone." "Tell me now..." "What animal did the defendant cook?" "Excuse me?" " What did the defendant cook?" "Oh, yes!" "Heeem..." "That one." "A rabbit." "He's crossed his fingers, Your Honor!" "Sit down, woman!" "So, a rabbit!" "You saw it before he cooked it?" " Sure I did!" " You saw it with your own eyes?" "Yes, with my own eyes." "Of what bread was it?" "An Angora one!" " I protest, Your Honor!" " Do not!" "A slip of the tongue and truth comes out." "Anything more to add, defendant?" "I am innocent, Your Honor!" "Yeah, all right..." "The defendant is guilty." "He's sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment." "Also the witness, for perjury, is sentenced to 20 day's jail time." " Me?" " Indulgently." "Now we'll have a 20-minute break." "Witness!" "Tell me..." "The cat..." "What does it taste like?" "Same as a rabbit, Your Honor." "As long as you're not aware of it!" "Is that a fact?" "I protest, gentlemen." "I protest because we never treated them so brutally, not even in Albania." "Pal..." "Better protest a little more quietly." "You're using up our air." " Using up your air?" " Yes, why?" "You see any windows in here?" "Now fancy us, rationing the air too!" "We already are, my friend." "We'll only breathe free when the occupiers leave." " A long way to go, is it?" " That's why we have to fight." "All right, stop those lively talks." "We're out of oxygen, I can feel it." " Is this a submarine or what?" " Eeeh, cut it out!" "What is he?" " A sailor." " A sailor?" "He took part in a sabotage in Piraeus." "He and Ivan sank an Italian ship." " Who is Ivan?" " Never heard of him?" " No, has he been caught?" " Dunno." " And what did you do?" " Writing on the University walls." "Down with the conquerors!" "Long live freedom!" "You're an undergraduate?" " And what will they do to you?" " Search me!" "Execute us, perhaps, so we may also be martyrs for the nation." "You?" "What are you?" "A perjurer." "Hey, pal..." "Are you a criminal offender?" "You want me to speak or drop you a letter?" "Oh, he's witty too!" " And why were you brought in an Italian lockup?" " How should I know?" "An Italian lorry brought me here from the transfer police station." "They mistook him for someone else." "For whom?" "Did they call out your name?" "Sure they did!" "They said "Thanasis" and I said "Present"." "Just "Thanasis"?" "No other Thanasis was present?" "How would I know?" "There's no saving you either, poor sod." " No saving what?" " Stop it now." " No, wait a minute..." " Stop, I said!" "Ivan!" " This is Ivan?" " That's him!" " And why is he called Ivan?" "Is he Russian?" " No, Greek." "And what a Greek!" "Hiya, Michalis, old chap!" "Hiya, brave boys!" "Hiya, Ivan!" "How do you do." " What is he?" " A penal code criminal." " How did he end up here?" " Doesn't even know himself!" "All Offices are in chaos!" "They're at a loss with their authority mix-up!" "Here's a proof:" "They've put me back in the same cell." "All right." "No use talking." "The SS will soon be here to interrogate us." "Anyone next door?" " I think not." " You think?" "All right." "We're leaving, no matter what." "Got the guts?" " Why, sure!" " Mihalis?" " You doubt it?" " Excuse me, boys." "How will you leave?" "Stand aside." "It leads next door." "If the door's open we're saved." " What if it's not?" " It will be." "I'll give you a sign." " You coming, pal?" " Where to?" "The cell next door?" "Ivan knows." "He's escaped before." "Come with us and stay out of trouble." "If I go with you I'm in trouble!" "Only 20 days for me." "Just a bit of serving and I'm out." "Why be a fugitive?" " Down you go, pal!" " Down where?" " Down I said, you can't stay here!" " Hey, gentlemen, please!" "Hurry!" "Hurry up!" "Come on!" "No time for me, boys!" "Get away!" "You won't forget your Englishman, Efi honey, will you?" "What'll they do to us?" "Hang us." "Stop it, Vivi!" "You're full of silly jokes!" "Why silly?" "Aren't they accusing us of sabotage?" "We did the wrong thing, anyway." "We're cabaret girls." "So what?" "We're humans, too!" "We don't want Germans and Italians to accompany us." "Isn't it our right?" " Looks like it isn't." " I shouldn't have left Butterfly for Black cat!" "Quite right." "How can a cabaret with this name not be a jinx?" "Get off our backs, Vivi!" "Come on, be quiet!" "What can they do to us?" "All they can do is send us to a hospital for venereal inspection." "What's this?" "Where is Ivan?" "Hey...please...!" "Ah!" "Eggs!" "Foot of mine!" "There he goes again!" "The little man smelled of women and is going crazy." "Stop, Vivi." "Awfully sorry, my mistake!" "Hey, stop!" "Where did you spring up from?" "Where did you come from?" "Oh, I'm a neighbor!" "Didn't I tell you?" "He smelled of women and he went crazy." "No woman." "I smelled of execution." " Execution?" " Yes!" " What are you accusing you of?" "Wish I knew." "Ivan, they said." "No, boys, I tell them." "No Ivan." "Io Thanasis." "They wouldn't listen!" "What did they arrest you for?" " They collected us from the Black Cat." " Cat, you too?" "Same as me!" " What cat?" " A stewed one!" "That's why I have to get going..." " How can you?" " Same way the others did." " What others?" "What's the fratello saying?" " We're off in 10'." " Where to?" " He didn't say." " Why didn't you ask?" " And he would have told her!" "Now what shall we do with the little man?" " What can we do?" " I have an idea." "Only we must hurry." "Each one of you take off one piece of cloth." "Either a blouse or a skirt." "We'll get him out, dressed as a woman." " Are you nuts?" " He'll die in here." " But it's dangerous!" " What is?" "Lend us a hand." "What's wrong, girls?" "I almost suffocated!" "Nothing's wrong." "Undress." "I said undress!" " Me, undress?" " No time for decency, hurry up now!" " But girls..." "You sure are a strange one!" "You wanna leave here, man?" " I sure do!" " Then don't talk and do as you're told!" "What about the bald part?" " Got any scissors?" " Yes, I have." "Cut." " Your hair?" " Yes, my hair!" "SYGROU HOSPITAL" " Where are they taking us?" " For medical inspection." " They'll inspect me?" " We'll see." " But they'll see, too!" " Docs are Greeks." "They'll help us." " And then, back to jail?" " If one's ill, they'll keep her." " If I'm ill, will they keep me, too?" " What might your illness be?" " How should I know?" "I should get going." "We'll make a nice spectacle!" "Don't make a fuss or they'll line us all up for the firing squad." "You may come." "One at a time." "Come in, dear lady." "You, with the headdress." "Well, go then!" "Please, come in!" "Faster, madam, faster!" "Come on!" "I'll go in with him, that'll help him somehow." "I'm so sorry!" " One at a time, I said!" " But she's very ill, doctor!" " What's the matter, Yorgos?" " Nothing, Professor." "Come with me." "Are you registered?" "I'm asking you, are you resistered?" "Why doesn't she speak?" "She's mute!" "Since birth!" "And how did she end up in this profession?" "What does she say?" "Blame it on the war." "Lie down here, please and lift up your skirts." "Please come." "Come and let's get it over with!" "Come, dear madam!" "Come on, silly woman!" "Please doctor, do not insist!" "Beg your pardon?" "I said do not insist!" "You will be surprised!" "Professor!" "Yes, I know, Yorgos." "Please, come with me." "Turn right and then left and leave by the back door." " And the carabinieri?" " We'll deal with that." "Thanks." "Thank you, my good man!" "Hello, Aphrodite!" "Now I'm an Aphrodite, too!" "Hey, is it really you?" "No, it's Aphrodite, goddess of beauty!" "Don't laugh!" "Don't you laugh or I'll take it all out on you!" " How did you end up like this?" " You drove me to it!" " Me?" "Jesus savior!" " Savior?" "Didn't you send me to touch Jesus' Bible?" " So what?" "I don't see your point." " You never see any!" "Is the water hot?" " Yes but why are you dressed like this?" " To save myself from the Italians." "They mistook me for a saboteur." " They did?" " Yes, for a saboteur!" "You brought them?" "Come inside." " Where is he?" " In the bathroom." "Doesn't this need electricity?" "No, batteries." "I'll charge them for you when they're empty." "It's all marked up here." "This is London, this is Kairo." "You'll keep notes of what you hear." "I'll be taking the notes, OK?" "What is it?" "Whom are you talking to?" "I'm not talking to anyone!" " There's one thing more important." " What's this?" "They caught the man who smuggled our paper in the factory every Saturday." "We have to find another one." " Are you crazy?" " He wasn't arrested for that." " So what can I do?" "The organization thinks the best man for this job is uncle Thanasis." "Thanasis?" "What is it again?" "Who's there, won't you tell me?" "No one is!" "Are you hearing voices?" "He's the only one the Germans wouldn't suspect." "He won't accept." "Especially after his adventure today." " What adventure?" " I don't know exactly either." "You must convince him, there's no other way." "Hide these." "8 o'clock, tonight, as agreed." "The Teacher will be there, too." "Surely you understand how important it is if our Press enters a factory that works for the Germans." "Good." "Can I see your brother tonight  tell him whom he'll deliver the docs. to?" "Listen..." "My brother doesn't want to know who'll take and distribute them." "Why not?" "If anything should happen, he may be tortured and be forced to tell on them." "He only wants to be responsible for himself." "So how will it be done?" "The documents will be in the ration pot." "The other man will have to take them out without my brother seeing him." "Agreed." "Will the docs. be there in the pot tomorrow morning?" "They will be." "We don't stand a chance." "We'll all starve to death in the end." "THE LIBERATOR" "Hey, Froso, what's taking you so long?" " Coming!" " Come on, I'll be late." " What, a new pot again?" " The other one's crooked." " Why is it so heavy?" " Heavy?" "You're imagining it." "You may be right." "The thinner a man gets the heavier he finds things." " Easy to open?" " Sure it is." "It is?" " Go now, you'll be late!" " Just a minute." "Quite a tight lid!" "In fact it's better." "You don't run the risk of spilling the gruel." "I'll be off then." "Thanasis Karathanasis, that's his name." "You know him?" " Do I know Thanasis!" " They're in his ration pot." "He must not know you'll take them." " Why's that?" "Dunno, that's the order." "OK?" "OK, 'bye." "Hey, that's the bell!" "I must be seen entering!" "The train passes over that side." "There's a bridge." "There's an outpost by it." "In 10 minutes I'll be there." "If the Italian doesn't let you, wait for me down at the rail tracks." "I have to see you!" "In ten minutes!" "Hold it, Vasilis!" "Good morning!" " Hello, Thanasis." "Not that way!" "Over here!" "Yes, this way." "There, on the bridge." "In 10 minutes I'll be there." "Excuse me!" "Where were you yesterday?" "I was worried." "I was ill, now don't keep me." "There's a reason." "She must be on the rail tracks." "Hey, fratel!" "You guarda that way and I'll guarda over here!" " Thanasis!" " What, Gerasimos?" " A word." " What?" "Say it quickly or they'll get all the ration and leave the dregs for us!" "Put this in your pocket and read it at home." "What is it?" " Now, put it in!" " Here." "Read it carefully." "This is London..." "Strasse to the left, street on the left..." "Left, as we said." "Strasse." "Then to the right." "To the right, eh?" "Then straight ahead!" "Building Commandatur." ""Join the Resistance, everyone!"" "Everyone?" "The Resistance?" "...and now dear Greeks, we're bringing you the news from..." " Why, you scared me silly!" " You have a fire burning?" " What for?" "Want to burn something that's burning me!" "Anyone else here?" " Who would be?" " Here you are!" "Imagine that!" "They're smuggling such things into the factory!" "We're dealing with nutcases here, you realize that?" "So they're all nuts and you're sane, eh?" "Illegal docs. in a factory working for the Germans?" "Now turn the radio off and give me a match." "What is this?" "A radio." "A radio...unsealed?" "Don't touch the radio or we'll have a brawl, OK?" " You gone nuts?" " Yeah like everyone else, as you said." "OK then, put this into your head." "I won't tolerate such things in my house." "Your house?" "Very well." "I'm moving out first thing tomorrow." "Take your hands off me!" "Everyone else has woken up but you won't." "Me, wake up?" "I'll wake up, face the firing squad and sleep for evermore!" "Where are the matches?" "So you don't know anything about this, right?" "Beg your pardon, Sir, but what is this?" "What is it, eh?" "That's what it is!" "I can't help you any, Sir." "I can ask the cleaning women but they can't read." "He's not to tell anything to anyone." "You're not to tell anything to anyone!" " Yes, Sir director." " Now go." "They're all suspects." "But he especially dislikes this one." "Which one?" "Kosmas?" "But that's impossible!" "The previous time one of these was found was Saturday again, wasn't it?" "Yes, Saturday." "What's this, Yorgis?" " Sardines." " Sardines, for us?" "For us, yes, they've decided to cojole us." "If production increases, each one of us will get a sardine every Saturday." "Really?" "Mother of God!" "I haven't had any fish for months!" " What's happening?" " A block, don't you see?" " A block?" "What are they after?" " Some docs." " Docs?" "I knew it..." " Why did they arrest him?" " As a suspect." "Kosmas, a suspect?" "Then I'm a suspect, too." "And now?" "What happens now?" "We must find a way to notify him." "Does he know Kosmas is the man who takes the docs from the pot?" " He knows naught!" " What do you mean?" " I mean he doesn't." "Oh God, trouble!" " Panic won't get us anywhere." "This is Thanasis?" "Yes, that's him." "What does Miss find so funny?" "No, you got the wrong idea." "Can I notify him?" "I'll find a way." "All right, but do it fast." "There's not much time." "And be careful." "Have a nice day." "Who is this young woman?" "Danae." "She used to work in a cabaret." "A cabaret?" "!" "What she did for a living is not important." "What she does for our cause, is." "Isn't it so?" "Mr. Vasilis!" "Mr. Vasilis!" "Oh boy, what a boy!" "Mr. Vasilis..." "Can you send a message to a certain person?" "It's very important." "Boy, oh boy!" "Lentil soup!" "Hey, easy on my foot!" " Sorry, Stamatis, but we got lentil soup today." " So what?" "If you're late you get stones and dirt." "What's happening, Yorgis?" "Haven't they started?" "They're taking their time, who knows why..." " And where's the sardine?" "(The pot!" ")" "This one?" "All right, I'll keep some for you, too!" "Open it..." "Open it." "Open it?" "!" "The runs!" " Come again?" " The runs, tell him!" "Gimme us break, Mrs Paraskevi!" "Let one relieve themselves!" "Like this?" "With your belt tied?" "Yeah, that's a habit of mine!" "The rail tracks!" "Yes, yes!" "Sardines!" "Sardines?" "You dropped these." "Oh, they're not yours?" "All right?" "No, I can carry it a bit more if you want me to." "Further back!" " But you came running!" " Better not talk about it, Stamatis..." "THE LIBERATOR" "For that bally sister of mine." "No, nothing..." "The Liberator!" "Mr Liberis!" "Even its wrapper is edible!" "You go look that way." "You guarda that way, I say." "Thanasis Karathanasis..." "Friend." "Friend." "We must leave, Hans." "They're going to kill us." "Leave, partiren..." "Goodbye, Hans." "The radio!" "Froso!" " The Germans!" " Holy Mother!" " The Germans are coming!" " It's you?" " The radio!" "Where's the radio?" "What are you doing?" " They're coming!" " The radio!" "This is London, this is London..." "Dear Greeks..." "The enemy is receiving the first mighty blows of universal resistance around the globe." "They're now starting to realize that fascism will not come to pass." "Greek patriots..." "Strike the enemy without mercy..." "Strike them everywhere." "The great moment, the moment of liberation is near." "For you, for the peoples of Europe for all nations on earth." "(The national anthem of Greece)" "English subs by never4ever for KG (Oct. 2015)"