"( Thunder booming )" "( Thunder booming )" "( Thunder booming )" "[Captioning sponsored by ae home video]" "Prisoner:" "Where am I?" "Man:" "In the village." "What do you want?" "Information." "Whose side are you on?" "That would be telling." "We want information." "Information information..." "You won't get it." "( Bubbling )" "By hook or by crook we will." "Who are you?" "The new number two." "Who is number one?" "You are number six." "I am not a number, I am a free man!" "( Number two laughs fiendishly )" "( Fanfare playing )" "Woman ( Over loudspeaker ):" "Good morning, good morning, good morning and what a lovely day it is." "Rise and shine, rise and shine!" "Before our program of early-morning music here are two announcements." "The long-range weather forecast is that the fine spell will continue for at least another month." "Your local council... and remember it is your local council democratically elected by you... have decided to organize a great new competition." "Can you paint?" "Can you draw?" "Can you model in Clay?" "If you can, then your day is just six weeks today." "More about this later, but now, music." "He can make even the act of putting on his dressing gown appear as a gesture of defiance." "There are methods we haven't used yet, of course." "I want him with a whole heart, body and soul." "( Lively music playing )" "He'll crack." "Perhaps... one tiny piece at a time." "I don't want a man of fragments!" "( Music still playing )" "Fascinating." "He doesn't even bend a little." "That's why he'll break." "He only needs one small thing." "If he will answer one simple question, the rest will follow:" "Why did he resign?" "Control room." "Supervisor." "Have you picked up the helicopter yet?" "I think it's just in range." "( Radar beeping )" "Yes." "She's on the radar now." "Do you want to make radio contact?" "No." "But tell me when it's due." "I want to meet it." "Old man:" "Your move, young man." "Yes." "Oh, know what I think I'll do?" "Resign." "No, that announcement this morning:" "Exhibition of arts and crafts." "Oh, these aren't all they might be, you know?" "I think I'll make a chess set." "Used to be quite a handyman once." "Are you entering?" "No." "You're a fool, number six." "That's my opinion." "Really?" "You'll be here for as long as you live." "However long that is." "Might as well try to settle down." "No point in being uncooperative." "Was there ever a time when you were not cooperative?" "No point in fighting battles you can't win." "You're here of your own free will?" "Oh, impudent, too, huh?" "Wish I'd had you in my regiment for a few months." "Which regiment was that?" "Which army?" "( Rotors whirring )" "Good morning, general." "The general seems a little sour." "Mate in seven moves." "Oh." "How many do you know?" "A few more." "We must play sometime." "( Siren blaring )" "Certainly we must, by post." "Laughing )" "I must add "sense of humor" to your file." "They tend to leave out things like that... very important." "Number six:" "What crime did she commit?" "Nervous tension... that's all." "She's come here to recuperate." "How much are you charging her?" "Laughing )" "I really must bring your file up to date." "Number two:" "Sit down, my dear chap." "File number six, section 42 subsection six, paragraph three add:" "Sense of humor, strong and unimpaired." "Thank you." "That will be all." "( Inhales deeply )" "I can never remember." "One lump or two?" "It's in the file." "Yes, as a matter of fact, yes." "But it would save time if you just answered." "Running out of time?" "( Clicks tongue )" ""Does not take sugar."" "Giggles )" "Frightened of putting on weight?" "No." "Nor of being reduced." "Oh, that's excellent." "I am glad you're here." "You really are a model." "But I don't run on clockwork." "You will, my dear chap." "You will." "Do you think so?" "Do you still think you can escape, number six?" "I'm going to do better than that." "Oh?" "Going to escape and come back." "Come back?" "Escape, come back wipe this place off the face of the earth... obliterate it and you with it." "Oh!" "Subsection six, paragraph four, add:" "On the other hand, persecution complex amounting to mania." "Paranoid delusions of grandeur." "Don't worry, number six." "You'll be cured." "I'll see to it." "No more nightmares." "If you have so much as a bad dream you will come whimpering to tell it to me." "Whimpering." "Watch, just watch." "Why?" "She's your new neighbor, that's all." "I thought you might be interested." "The new number eight." "What happened to the old one?" "Oh, he vacated the premises." "You noticed, surely." "Did he escape?" "( Laughs )" "There was no funeral." "That's not always possible." "You need a body." "Oh, look, she's getting up." "It's quite like old times isn't it, number six?" "Do you remember your first day?" "( Sighs )" "Thank God I'm home." "An exact replica of her own room, of course." "Of course." "Laughing )" "Number eight, please." "( Phone beeping )" "( Weakly ):" "Hello?" "Number two:" "Good morning." "Quite recovered?" "No ill effects from the journey, I trust." "( Voice quavering ):" "Who is it?" "Where am I?" "There's nothing to be afraid of, my dear." "Come and have lunch with me." "Number two, the green dome." "( Clicks off )" "Oh, hello?" "A most pleasant addition." "Number eight:" "Hello?" "I'm sure you'll agree." "Hello!" "I trust you'll be neighborly." "I'll do a deal with you, number six." "You tell me one thing and I'll release you." "Why did you resign?" "Release me?" "From the village?" "Mm-hmm." "That's really all we want to know." "And that's not much to ask, is it?" "( Knocking )" "If you insist on staying here" "I do hope you'll attempt to settle down." "Try to take part in community life... this exhibition that's coming up for example." "Wait a minute." "Just... there." ""At the age of 15, top of his class in woodwork."" "That's the sort of thing I mean." "Join m!" "I'll make you a handle for this door." "Laughing )" "You'll be back!" "Whimpering." "Woman ( Over loudspeaker ):" "Good morning again." "Further news of the exhibition of arts and crafts." "Your finance committee have decided on the prizes to be awarded." "There will be five prizes according to age groups but the exhibit judged to be the best of any group will receive a special prize of 2,000 free work units." "Number eight:" "Excuse me." "I will repeat that: 2,000..." "Could you please me where number two..." "The green dome is?" "Oh, yes, certainly." "Across the square, across the street, up the steps." "You can't miss it." "I know it sounds crazy, but..." "What?" "I don't know where I am." "In the village." "Both:" "Lovely day." "Day." "That sounds like a salute." "It is." "Could you take me over there, please?" "To the green dome?" "Yes, certainly." "Across the square across the street, up the steps." "You can't miss it." "Can you get a car here?" "Taxis..." "local service only." "Where will they take you?" "Anywhere you like as long as you arrive back here in the end." "That's why they're called local." "Who are these people?" "Why are they here?" "Why are you?" "Here you are... the green dome." "Who's number two?" "Who's number one?" "( Gasps )" "Oh, I'm frightened." "Good-bye." "I've done nothing wrong..." "I've committed no crime." "All I did was resign." "No use telling me." "Number six:" "Good evening." "So..." "long lunch?" "Yes." "Nightcap?" "Nightcap?" "Drink." "There's one good thing about this place." "At least it's cheap." "Genuine nonalcoholic whiskey, 24 work units." "Or would you prefer genuine nonalcoholic vodka?" "16 work units." "I hope there's nothing significant in that." "Yes, I would prefer it, mister..." "Uh, sorry, no name." "I am number six." "And you are number eight." "I didn't think it would be like this." "You, um..." "You Russian?" "Estonian." "Russian." "We don't think so." "You speak very good English." "It was my job." "From which you resigned." "Number two is a very charming man." "Yes." "I would expect his assistant to be the same." "Do you mean me?" "What about you, number eight?" "I'm no number eight, or number anything else." "My name is Nadia rokovsky." "And I've been interrogated enough for one day." "Good night." "Be seeing you." "( People talking and playing )" "( Gulls calling )" "( Feet shuffling )" "May I join you?" "You're, uh, good neighbors, I hope?" "There are some people who talk and some people who don't." "Which means that there are some people who leave this place and some who do not leave." "You are obviously staying." "Has it ever occurred to you that you're just as much a prisoner as I am?" "( Guffawing ):" "My dear chap, of course..." "I know too much." "We're both lifers." "I am definitely an optimist." "That's why it doesn't matter who number one is." "It doesn't matter which side runs the village." "It's run by one side or the other." "Oh, certainly." "But both sides are becoming identical." "What, in fact, has been created?" "An international community." "A perfect blueprint for world order." "When the sides facing each other realize they're looking into a mirror they will see that this is the pattern for the future." "The whole earth, as the village is." "That is my hope, ' what's yours?" "I'd like to be the first man on the moon." "Laughing )" "Well, must go." "Delightful chat..." "thank you, number six." "Number two:" "International swimmer." "At the age of 17" "( amazed):" "Olympic bronze medalist." "Control room." "Number two." "Tell me, what visual range do you have out to sea?" "Do you mean direct TV transmission?" "Yes." "Two Miles." "After that, we're on radar." "Thank you." "Control room is now ready for you." "Oh, thank you..." "I'll be right there." "She'll be out of range soon." "She's kept in training, I must say." "Oh, well, orange alert." "( Machine humming at high pitch )" "Don't touch her, please." "We'll take care of her." "Meet me at the hospital right away, number six." "Be right there." "( Birds chirping )" "Man:" "What was the purpose of your swimming?" "Were you attempting suicide?" "( Door opening )" "Number two:" "Ah, number six." "How good of you to come." "I wonder if you could help me." "How?" "You probably got to know number eight better than anybody while she's been here." "Come with me." "Look." "Did you think you could escape?" "Won't say a word." "I really don't want to be hard on her." "She's not important." "I'm surprised they sent her here." "What was the purpose of your swim?" "Were you attempting suicide?" "Have you noticed any suicidal tendencies?" "What are you doing to her?" "Nothing, as you can see." "Oh, there's an alternating current in the floor." "Four seconds on, four seconds off." "It takes just three seconds to get to the door." "If she times it correctly she can leave whenever she likes." "Tell us... what was in your mind?" "She's caught on to that at last." "( Buzzing )" "What was in your mind?" "One..." "Two..." "You see, if she has any confidence one... two... three..." "In her own timing she's got no problem." "It's self-inflicted." "What was in your mind?" "What were you thinking?" "Tell us." "What was in your mind?" "What was the purpose of your swim?" "What was in your mind?" "Were you attempting suicide?" "Suicide?" "Suicide?" "What was in your mind?" "One... two..." "Three... four." "I believe she's going to do it." "Yes." "That's better." "Mind?" "Mind?" "No, switch off... switch off!" "Kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me!" "( Number eight sobbing )" "Well, well." "We'll just have to try something else." "( Continues sobbing )" "You sure you can't help me?" "I really find this most distasteful." "Let her go." "Looks like a suicidal tendency, doesn't it?" "But one must be sure." "Let her go!" "Is that an order number six?" "All right." "You wanted a deal." "I'll make a deal with you." "Let her go and I'll collaborate." "You'll what?" "Isn't that what you want?" "So obvious a weakness?" "In you?" "Why not?" "For which you'll collaborate?" "Don't get too excited." "I'll tell you nothing." "I'll join in, try to settle down." "I'll even carve something for the exhibition." "If I turn her over to you you'll do some woodwork for me." "Is that your deal?" "Best you'll get." "( Laughs ):" "You really are the limit, number six." "File number six." "Section III-z, subsection six." "New paragraph five." "Overweening sense of self-importance." "While here, his egomania has, if anything, increased." "Well?" "All right, she's all yours." "Be seeing you." "( Whistling tune )" "Yes, good morning, you're early." "I'll do those for you." "Ah." "One egg or two?" "Two, I think." "One egg or two?" "Here you are." "That's so nice." "Be seeing you." "Things couldn't be going better." "I think I'll pay them a call." "( Recorded march playing )" "Good morning to you both." "Settling down, I hope." "Thank you." "No swimming today, eh?" "Mmm, no." "Off to the woods." "Naughty, naughty." "To carve for the exhibition." "I've decided to do a series of abstracts." "You're not using any offensive weapons, I hope." "You know the ruling about axes, saws, chisels that sort of thing." "They may fall into the wrong hands." "Yes, abstract art is basically primitive." "I've..." "I've made my own tools." "Tip top!" "Doing as the caveman did, eh, number six?" "I may even invent fire." "( Laughs )" "( Gasps )" "They can see us, but they can't hear us." "You can talk freely." "Can I?" "You still think it's a trap." "I don't know." "Were you sent here because you discovered the whereabouts of the village?" "Don't tell them that." "You know where it is, don't you?" "All I know is there's no escape." "Not even by sea." "You've tried it." "I was a fool." "I couldn't swim so far." "How far?" "To where?" "( Sighs ):" "It's no good." "Isn't it?" "If I knew where I was sailing from" "I could calculate where I was sailing to." "Sail?" "By boat." "Where are you going?" "I must think." "Keep to the paths." "I say!" "I say!" "What is it?" "It's, uh, not finished yet." "Doesn't make sense without the whole group." "There'll be three pieces." "Entries must be in two weeks tomorrow." "I'll be ready." "Ax, stone chisels... even these are outside the pale of the law, you know technically speaking." "Yes, I'm, uh..." "I'm sure you can wink a blind surveillance eye, can't you?" "My dear number six, I wouldn't dream of interfering." "I can't tell you how delighted I am." "Need a lift to the village?" "Uh, no, thanks, I think I'll carry on while there's enough light..." "a little bit more." "Oh, well." "Be seeing you." "And you." "( Chuckles )" "( Quietly ):" "Not for long." "Woman:" "Hello and good evening." "Curfew time." "Sleep tight." "15 minutes from now to curfew." "Meanwhile, allow us to lull you away with... ( Guitar playing quiet ballad )" "( Doorbell buzzes )" "( Music continues )" "Is it safe to talk?" "Speak softly." "( Guitar music continues )" "Curfew in five minutes... ( Whispers ):" "Tell me." "To curfew the minutes are five." "( Music continues )" "The language of love." "I do know where the village is." "How do you know?" "I work for the government." "Oh." "( Whispers ):" "Which... which government?" "Well, it doesn't matter but I saw a secret file on the village... by accident, and for a few seconds only." "Did you, um... have access to other secret information?" "Yes." "Where are we, Nadia?" "Lithuania." "Curfew time:" "One minute..." "Lithuania." "60 seconds." "( Music continues )" "On the baltic." "That means making for west Germany, Denmark." "That's 300 Miles at least." "Oh, no, it doesn't mean that." "Why not?" "Even nearer, in Poland... danzig." "Will you take me with you?" "Will I be safe?" "I can't answer for the British authorities for either of us." "Can you answer for you?" "I give you my personal guarantee for whatever that's worth." "30 Miles, that's all." "Huh?" "Yes, that's how far we are from the Polish border." "Hmm." "Beyond, on the coast there's a little village:" "Braniewo, fisher people." "They resist them." "There's a little group." "I know them." "I have a contact man." "They'll do anything for us once we get there." "Is that where you were making for?" "Oh, do you really know what I want?" "To hear the chimes of big bill." "And now it's here..." "Big Ben." "( Bell chiming )" "It's curfew." "I'll never call you anything else." "Chiming as usual." "Good night, Nadia." "Good night, big Ben." "Big bill." "Good night." "Be seeing you." "( Bell chiming )" "( Band loudly playing celebration march )" "Good afternoon to you both." "Will you excuse me, number eight?" "Number six, I've just come from the exhibition..." "Pardon?" "The awards committee are intrigued with your abstracts but they're a little mystified." "Could you give them a word?" "Yes, certainly, with pleasure." "Yes, I'll be right back." "Excuse us." "( Jazz music playing )" "Number two:" "Remarkably high standard, don't you agree?" "Highly original." "Ah, general, excellent." "I've seen your stuff, number six." "I didn't like it." "Bound to say so." "Oh, sorry to hear that." "Is this your chess set?" "Oh, it's nothing, nothing." "It's very good." "Yes, I quite like the king, I must confess." "The king?" "( Chuckles ):" "Yes, yes." "First class." "I'm glad to see you're settling down, by the way." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "And here he is, our very own Epstein." "Can I help you?" "We're not quite sure what it means." "It means what it is." "Brilliant: "It means what it is."" "Brilliant!" "Oh, no." "You mustn't let me influence you, ' you are the awards committee." "What puzzled me, number six, was the fact that you'd given the group a title:" "Escape." "This piece..." "What does it represent to you?" "A church door?" "Right first time." "I think I see what he's getting at." "Yes, this other piece here about the same general line somewhat more abstract, as you'll notice representing freedom or a barrier depending how you look at it." "The barrier's down, the door is open." "You're free, free to go, free to escape... to escape to this..." "The symbol to human aspirations:" "Knowledge, freedom, escape." "Why the crosspiece?" "Why not?" "Good, splendid." "I was really quite worried for a moment." "The only thing I don't understand..." "Yes." "Where is number two?" "( Applause )" "And now... and now the special prize for the over-60 group." "And this goes..." "for her magnificent tapestry... to number 38!" "( Applause )" "Well done, 38." "( Chuckles )" "And now... and now the prize of prizes the special merit award of 2,000 work units for the best work in any of the five groups." "And the committee have awarded it to... number six!" "Speech, my dear chap." "Pardon?" "Speech." "Right, sir." "Um, ladies and gentlemen..." "Uh, fellow citizens um, my work is its own satisfaction." "Spoken like a true artist." "I am, however, deeply honored by this award." "I feel nevertheless that it should have gone not to me but to someone whose work, long life in this village has been an example to us all." "Number 38." "Oh!" "It's not for me to reverse the decision of the committee however, I would like to use these 2,000 work units to buy number 38's work to hang in my own home." "Agreed?" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "( Applause drowns out voices )" "( Band plays festive march )" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "( Music and applause drown out dialogue )" "Thank you very much, sir." "Oh, very good, yes." "Woman:" "Good morning, good morning, good morning!" "And what a lovely day it is again." "Rise and shine, rise and shine!" "First, your weather." "It will be hot and fine all day though the fresh breeze will continue..." "How much further?" "About two Miles." "If your geography's correct, just around the next headland." "Calling number two, calling number two." "There... almost out of range." "30 Miles, eh?" "Better contact post five just in case and then orange alert." "Orange alert." "Orange alert." "That's it!" "See the cave?" "We're catching a crosswind from the rocks." "Look!" "Swim for it." "Swim for it!" "( Gunfire )" "( Gunfire )" "Nadia!" "Ya zhdal tebya... ya dumal chto Ty ne priyedesh'." "Ya tozhe." "Number six:" "Pencil..." "Paper." "U tebya yest bumaga I karandash, pozhaluysta?" "Tebye mozhne pomoch' nas seychas, zhe?" "ID!" "So mnoy, bystro." "Ask him to transmit this to London immediately." "He will not..." "Peredayte k London seychas." "He will not understand it." "It is in code." "It is a delivery note." "Seychas peredayte." "Khorosho." "What route are we taking?" "Kak my yedem tuda?" "Ah, I understand." "By sea, gdansk, danzig, you know by air to Copenhagen by air again to London." "Quick now, please." "His watch... ask him for his watch." "Chasy, davay chasy skoree." "This, this no good." "Seawater... no good, your watch." "Ah." "Oni popali v vodu." "What now?" "Quick now..." "Please!" "Big Ben?" "What?" "I just wanted to hear your voice." "I don't chime." "The chimes should occur in about 12 hours' time." "Big Ben?" "( Groans )" "Yeah?" "I feel a bit sick." "It's all right." "Hold out." "It's only another..." "Three hours at sea." "Big Ben?" "Yeah?" "Have you got a wife in england?" "No." "Don't talk any more." "Big Ben?" "Yes?" "I feel a bit better." "That's great." "That's..." "Marvelous." "Wonderful." "Good night." "( Phone rings )" "Fotheringay here." "Yes?" "Yes, I've seen a copy of the deciphered message." "What time would you say?" "Good." "I daresay I can't wait to see him!" "If that was..." "If that was Copenhagen it's less than..." "less than an hour and a half to go." "Big Ben?" "Yeah?" "Where are we going to land in england?" "I don't know." "If my message was received correctly we'll land in an office that I shall know very well, in London." "Big Ben?" "Yeah?" "Are you engaged to someone?" "I mean, is that the right word:" ""Engaged"?" "Go to sleep." "Man:" "Stone the crows, this one's a weight!" "You two take that side." "Watch it now." "It's supposed to be fragile!" "Good evening, colonel." "Evening, fotheringay." "Well, everything's gone according to schedule." "Our friend will be with us any minute." "Right, get it open." "Colonel." "All right?" "Fotheringay." "Hello, old man." "Allow me to introduce you to Nadia." "How do you do, my dear?" "Right then, perhaps you would leave us to it, old chap." "Well, see you later, I hope." "I certainly hope so, foth er I ngay." "( Big Ben chiming )" "I-is... are we there?" "Shh." "( Bells chiming )" "Is that it?" "Shh." "( Bells chiming )" "Yeah..." "That's it." "Perhaps you wouldn't mind waiting in the other room, my dear." "Peters." "It's all right." "Go with them." "See you later." "Well..." "The return of the prodigal son." "I don't see any fatted calf." "Did you expect one?" "No." "Tell me, who's she?" "Nadia rokovsky." "Oh, really?" "And what was her name before she left peckham rye to train for the bolshoi ballet?" "You haven't changed, have you?" "She told me she was an Estonian." "In the village..." "The village?" "She was known as number eight." "Don't you know about the village?" "I'm here to ask the questions, old boy." "That's what number two used to say." "Number two?" "Chairman of the village." "What village?" "Oh, yes, I forgot." "You don't know, do you?" "The village is a place where people turn up... people who have resigned from a certain sort of job have defected or have been extracted." "The specialized knowledge in their heads is of great value to one side or the other." "Are you sure you haven't got a village here?" "Where is this village?" "Lithuania on the baltic, 30 Miles from the Polish border." "How did you find out?" "Nadia told me." "How did she know?" "She used to work for their government." "She came across a secret file." "On how to catch a spy in six lessons?" "I risked my life and hers to come back here, home because I thought it was different." "It is, isn't it..." "Different?" "!" "My dear chap" "I do apologize." "You've had a long journey." "You must be exhausted." "Here, I expect you could do with a decent drink." "Scotch?" "24 work units." "What?" "That's how much it cost in the village." "Ah, yes... the village." "Surely you know about it." "All I know, old boy, is that you resigned from a post of the highest possible secrecy refused to give your reasons and then promptly vanished." "I was kidnapped." "Oh, really?" "How dramatic!" "And then, after a gap of months we suddenly receive a suitably coded message that you're coming back from the other side of the iron curtain!" "You think I've gone over?" "And come back here to carry on the good work." "No." ""No," he says, "no."" "Nyet." "Nyet." "What sort of imbeciles do you think we are?" "( Bells chiming )" "( Big Ben continues chiming )" "All right." "What do you want me to do?" "Quite a lot of things." "But let's start at square one first, shall we?" "First, why did you resign?" "It was a matter of conscience." "Oh, listen, Sonny boy." "( Bell strikes the hour )" "Do you think you're safe in London?" "If they thought it worth kidnapping you it's worth killing you." "I doubt if you'll be alive 24 hours after you leave this building unless you get protection." "Do you want it?" "For the girl as well." "If you come across with the goodies, yes." "Political asylum guaranteed for the girl." "Well, that depends." "It depends, nothing..." "it's guaranteed!" "All right, so long as you keep your part of the bargain." "All right." "Right'- question one:" "Why did you resign?" "( Bell continues striking the hour )" "I resigned..." "Because for a very long time, this..." "Just a minute." "( Horn beeps )" "It's 8:00." "That's right." "The night is young, and there are many questions." "First, why did you resign?" "Big Ben has just struck 8:00." "My watch says 8:00." "So?" "I was given this watch by a man in Poland." "I particularly wanted it to check the time to make sure that the trip... tallied with a journey to London." "Which it presumably did." "Yes, of course." "Would you like to explain to me how a man in Poland came to have a watch showing English time when there's one hour's difference?" "!" "Maybe he was slow." "I'll bet he was." "( Horns beeping )" "( Car horn blaring loudly )" "( Traffic sounds stop abruptly )" "( Traffic sounds start again )" "( Typical village music plays )" "Well done, fotheringay." "Well, you'd better get back to London before any embarrassing questions are asked." "What's my next assignment?" "The colonel will give you your orders when he returns." "Be seeing you." "Woman:" "Good evening, citizens." "Your local council wishes to announce another exciting competition." "The subject this time:" "Sea escapes." "File for six, section 42 subsection one, paragraph one:" "Back to the beginning." "You were right about him." "I told you." "Don't worry." "It was a good idea, and you did your best." "I'll stress it in my report." "( Loud slam echoes )" "[Captioned by the caption center wgbh educational foundation]"