"They say only those will go far in the future who won't accept promises, who only believe facts, who'll only judge by the results." "That's true." "But so what?" "The man who owned this horse said he had six living brothers but he still missed the seventh who was dead." "This power plant or this new town" "were once promises." "Now they are reality." "So why do I always think about things which ought to be or are gone forever?" "Can one forget those faces?" "You've to answer history." "But history should answer to man." "And so should we all." "THE THROWN UP STONE" "Starring" "Music" "Sound" "Produced by MAFILM Studios Budapest" "Photographed and directed by Sandor Sara" "Janos!" "They phoned." "The train can't stop." "What about me?" "I was wounded by the Whites at Tzaritzin." "I was groaning in the mud." "Pavel, if you're my friend shoot me." "He cut the bullet out of my body with his pocket knife." "Now I've come to meet him." "I must obey orders." "That was 30 years ago." "What's 2 minutes to that train?" "They both served under Budonny in the Red Army." "And politically, too." "They phoned." "It's all right." "Pavel!" "Pavel!" " Janos!" " Pavel!" "@Photography of the railway is forbidden." "I'm sorry I didn't apply to the film school like you." "When were you accepted?" "I got the message the day before yesterday." "I'm worried." "I'm not working class." "Stop wailing." "You must have faith." "It's easy for you to say." "Faith!" "We have every reason to have it." "Mother!" "Why don't you feed those dragons?" "They've taken your father away." "Who?" "Where to?" "He's been taken away." "I don't know." "Because of the train." "First they said it would stop." "Then 500 people gathered at the station with a band and signs..." "Then they said it wouldn't stop." "Those at the top have short memories." "You ought to know that, Balazs." "Did you find out anything, Uncle Andras?" "The county council won't talk straight either." "They kept asking:" "What if every railwayman stopped trains?" "It only stopped for 2 minutes." "What shall I tell mother?" "The investigation will take a few months." "Then we'll know." "What investigation?" "Don't stare." "Go away." "Here we are, Father." "I can see that." "I didn't dare tell him." "He hasn't been accepted after all." "Already yesterday..." "He's always been a good friend." "Your grandfather took him to the railway." "He'd give you a job at the railway in spite of what happened to your father." "Give up your dreams." "You'll break that window." "Leave off about the railway." "Damn it." "It's Sunday." "You should know." "Your mother has her cross to bear, too." " What about me?" " You are still young." "And you're old." "I did four grades." "Your father did eight." "You did twelve." "I know that." "You've no father now." "I'm too old to keep you." " Going far?" " To the dam." "That's a bit further away." "Can you climb up?" "I'll take you." "Surveying something?" "A water power station." "There'll be a huge lake here." "And the land?" "It'll be underwater." "But you'll get compensation." "I have land here." "Vineyards and orchards." "There'll be grapes this year." "The dam-keeper lives over there." "The house with the red roof." "Good-bye." " Hello." " Hello." "Who are you?" "I was sent from Budapest." "As a rod-man or a pack-animal?" " What's your name?" " Balazs Pasztor." "I'm llias." "Balazs Pasztor." "Chief engineer Gonczy." "They praise you in this letter." "Excellent school-finals, politically reliable." "That's important." "And you want to work, too." "You could've gone to university." "Yes." "Our job here is confidential." "Top secret, in fact." "Vigilance is as important as the work itself." "You'll begin as rod-man." "But after some experience you will survey on your own." "I do my best to back up gifted working-class people..." "I will teach you." "Come." "No good." "The pits are too deep." " Shall we change?" " No." "Can we go?" "Yes, we are ready." "Enjoy your meal." "Thank you." "My wife." " Irini." " Balazs." "She only speaks Greek." "But very, very well." " Ready?" " Ready." " Stand up." " Mind your language." "One more vine-stock cut and I'll kill you." "Where are you going?" "Damn it." "Do you want to end up in prison?" "With me?" "All right, go." "But watch out." "I wasn't a partisan leader, but you weren't partisans, either." "Go on." "Go on." "Go on." "In his last statement the accused said:" "As regards the acts constituting the charge I have, in the Peoples Court, made a full confession." "To this I have nothing to add." "I wish, however, to make the following remarks:" "To avoid any misunderstandings, before I'm sentenced" "I must point out that I did and committed everything upon free reflection, of my own free will." "On most points I agree with the prosecution and state herewith that whatever the sentence will be" "I shall regard it a just sentence..." "The accused was sentenced to death." "Dear listeners, on Kossuth radio tonight at 8.15 a recording of the trial will be broadcast..." "Good night." "Good night." "Ilias, have you ever killed anyone?" "I have." "In the revolution." "Could you kill me?" "You?" "I'd send you to a dancing-school." "And that man?" "He was a traitor." "He betrayed you and me, too." "Are you certain?" "He admitted it." "Suppose they forced him?" "Impossible." " But suppose they did." " Who?" "You're a happy person." "Is your father alive?" "Yes." "So is mine." "You said he was dead." "I lied." "He stopped a train for 2 minutes." "He was arrested, he was questioned," "he had to confess... but what?" "So did I." "But what?" "I wasn't admitted to university." "Nor to the Film College." "I'm the enemy." "To get this job I had to say he was dead." "You're getting confused." "That man betrayed everybody." "The workers, the peasants..." "You must know how many people died for proletarian dictatorship." "Those who are against it must die." "There are proletarians and enemies, you said." "What is my father?" "A railwayman, isn't he?" "But an enemy or a proletarian?" "A proletarian." "So you see." "And yet he was arrested." "The working peasants sent comrade Rakosi the first harvest of wheat." "Budapest workers celebrate the arrival of the 60 wagons of wheat." "Co-op members visited our great teacher, Comrade Rakosi, and gave the fresh loaf to the man they love best." "The man our people is forever indebted to." "The Hungarian delegation of peasants returned from the Soviet Union." "After a short celebration they travelled on to Budapest." "In the capital 200 delegates were given a solemn reception." "The spokesman of the individual farmers said, impressed by the results of Soviet agriculture they all joined farmers' cooperatives." "You shouldn't leave it at that." "What's all that about your father?" "Your future is at stake, too." "Don't you understand?" "I don't know." "Hold that, please." "A little to the right." "Right." "Boys, tone it down." " Like it?" " Yes." "It's just a lighting exercise." "Good morning, Comrade Professor." "Good morning." "Carry on with it." "Why aren't you working, comrade?" "I'm just a visitor." "Didn't we accept you?" "I don't think so." "Funny, your face is familiar." "Stay if you are interested." "Comrades!" "Attention, please." "We have here a complaint against comrade llias Christos." "Comrade Gonczy claims that comrade llias Christos beat him." " Is that right?" " Yes." "What induced you to that act of violence?" "Why did you beat him up?" "I do everything openly." "He chopped down 200 vine stocks." "I threw only two at him." "Comrade, this is serious matter." "We condemn your misdemeanor but we also condemn those who have no consideration for people." "I'll proceed to the agenda." "We've been entrusted with a great task." "One and a half million Hungarians live on isolated farms without electricity, culture or civilization." "It will be our honourable job to set up socialist small-farm centres, which will bring sweeping changes." "That's the school." "That's the shop." "It's open twice a week." "And that's Andras Jeles's bar." " Are you really going to build that centre?" " Yes." " Got the money for it?" " Yes." " From the state?" " Yes." "And there's the postman." "He comes on Mondays." "Or Tuesday, at the latest." " Good morning." " Good morning." "I'd willingly work for you." "This is no life, believe me." " Hello." " Hello." "Gyorgy Mosolygo, secretary of the farm." " Who?" " Mosolygo." "Comrades, I'll show you your lodgings." "The comrade?" "My wife." "We didn't expect her." "Still, I hope you'll manage." "Hello." "Here you are." "It's not a hotel." "Good." "What do the Greeks put in it?" "Fig leaves?" "Don't understand..." "I don't..." "You don't, why don't you?" "Make it nice and hard." "Listen." "If that farm centre is such a good thing would you live here?" "As your parson, yes." "Right?" "Aren't you after our land?" "Before the war, when they built the railway, they also said we'd profit by it..." "I'm not going to give up my land." "Who would want your land?" "Who wanted that man's land?" "The one they chased on horseback?" "Young man, tell your friend, things aren't quite as you think." "Last week twenty strangers walked into a nearby farm." "They went to the farm." "They said to the peasant:" "Everything will be wonderful." "Machines." "Blooming agriculture." "All you have to do it to sign this paper." "I won't." "Don't hurry, they said." "Take this alarm clock." "Go out." "Come back when it rings." "After a quarter of an hour he goes back." "Well?" "You still don't want to?" "No." "Then take your clock again." "It'll ring again and think it over." "This time he got 10 minutes." "Have you changed your mind?" "Can a peasant give up his land?" "Then 5 minutes." "Then 3." "Then 1." "He's never been seen again." "Just tell your friend." "You mustn't be afraid of the co-operative." "It's a good thing." "But throw the clock at their heads." "We'll make the farm centre." "Come and see..." "Balazs and I... what we're doing." "You won't get clocks." "All right, Greek." "The fork remains there if you told the truth." "Thank you." "I'm going next door." "Is anybody here?" "What happened?" "The dog was barking." "You are tipsy." "Is he really Greek?" "Maybe." "Well, some say he's Japanese." "It's difficult." "Irini says we're strangers here." "Good night." "Good morning." "Good morning." " So you have come." " Good morning." "We've come." "Good morning, uncle Sandor." " Good morning." " Hello." "So you've come after all." "It's good to see you here." "Sandor Farago." "Péter Katonka." "Istvan Széles." "Jozsef Pipa." "Zsigmond Kaszabos." "Péter Verraszto." " Good morning." " Good morning." "An excellent idea, comrade." "Really excellent." "The merit is not only mine." "It's not enough just to do the job." "We must convince them it's for the best." " Good morning, men." " Good morning." "Good morning, men." "So you have come." "Yes." "Get down to work." "Eat it." " We aren't hungry." " You're hungry, too, father." "Here." "Eat it." "Attention!" "Andras Juhos's house will be put to auction." "...8,9,10." "No." "This is my house." " Get out!" " No, I won't allow it!" " I won't allow it!" " I'll call the gendarmes." " Officer, sir!" " Get out!" " I'm not going!" " Andras!" "My God!" "Andras!" "It's not fair." "It's my house." "Won't you greet us, Greek?" "Good morning." "Trying to bolt?" "Is anything wrong?" "Yes!" "They've taken away the men!" "They'll be released if we give up our land." "If they release them at all." "Or they won't be released." " Who's taken them away?" " You ought to know." "It's your doing!" "You talked to them." " They give building sites!" " Farming centre!" "Cinema!" "And they take our land." " Where are they?" " In town." "It's a misunderstanding." "I'll go and settle things." "No, Greek." "You won't run away." "You're going nowhere until they come back." "I'm not." " I'll go and bring justice." " You stay here, Greek." "You'll give us back our land!" "It's your interest." "Why don't you let him go?" "You came here with this Greek." "Shut up, you cad." "Mrs. Beke!" "Wife, friend will stay." "I'll bring justice." " Good morning." " Is the water good?" "You used to ride a bike." "The mud's too deep now." "You took our men." " What are you talking about?" " Now you come with horses." "Keep calm." "Go home." "Harlot!" "Your husband did it." "How much money did you get for it?" "Who sent you?" "Young man, hold your tongue." "You'll pay for it." "Dirty lot." "Accomplices, all of you." "Mrs. Beke." "Plague on you." "The men?" " Aren't they back?" " No." "The comrades said they'd been released." "I don't understand, either." "Our comrades must have overdone it." "Still we agreed upon our policy:" "No coercion, persuasion." " And the policemen?" " What policemen?" "Know what the women are saying?" "That Greek!" "He did it!" "What are you saying?" "Irini!" "I'll sort it out." "Try to calm them." "Why did I leave you behind?" "To stare at Irini?" "Don't be unfair, llias." "He was defending you." "I know." "Call him in." "Come in, Balazs." " Where is llias?" " What happened?" "Eight are back." "They gave up their land." "They want to kill the Greek." "He had the women trampled by horses." " Where are they?" " In the bar." "Where is the Greek?" "Where's the Greek?" "They've all gone." "Now I hand over to Comrade Irini Christos her husband's decoration." "We want to reward Comrade Pasztor's untiring work at the survey." "He'll be granted a scholarship by the party leadership and sent to university with a scholarship." "Irini." "You've no idea how much liquor gets mopped up here all over the county." "When I was admitted to films school in my first term I took a photo." "Seedy porter sleeping on a cart in worn out shoes." "It was unusually good." "'Say, comrade, do you work for LIFE?" "'" "Two rums, please." "If you'd been accepted, if it hadn't been for your father, your films too would drip with optimism." "Peasants crowding into co-ops, etc..." "We're full of bourgeois influence." "And rum." "How about those birds?" "It won't be easy here, either." "What are you after?" "I was sent here." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning." "The engineer will take over from me." "Discipline must not slacken." "You may take home the branches after work." "Thank you." "We may go." "Let me tell you first" "I'm not an engineer, only a technician." "My name is Balazs Pasztor." "We'll work together." "I'd like to get to know you." "I'm Pista." "Gyurka." "I'm Feri." "Pal Kalanyos." "I'm Jozsef." "Uncle Pista." "Jozsef Szivler." "Istvan Jager." "Jozsef Katona." "You go and chop trees, too." "This way, sir." "There's a shortcut." "And you?" "They won't cross the gypsy camp." "We'll quit." "We weren't hired to cut wood." "They are afraid of us." "How long have they been here?" "They were already here when I was born." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning." "What's this?" "A camera." "Take a picture of me!" "Of me, too." "Me, too, mister." "Sir, couldn't you keep your equipment here?" "It's nearer than the village." "All right." "Come to our house." "Your things will be safe here." "I believe you." "Come." "There are no bugs." " Good morning." " Here..." "Take a seat." "See?" "They will be right here." "Better than with the Hungarians." "Or anywhere." "Is that supper?" "Just potatoes." "There's no meat." "We'd like to have pigs." "We first thought of it seven years ago." "But money is scarce." "We'll be very honoured if you eat with us." "Say something in gypsy language." "I can't." "I've forgotten." "This is how we live." "I'll leave here when you go." "I'm 30 but I've never slept in a bed." "Yet I earn my bread just like the Hungarians." "There'll be work for you in this factory." "Balazs." "What kind of man was that Greek?" " He died." " Of what?" "Was he ill?" " He was killed." " By who?" "I don't know." "But you were friends." "Yes." "Did you know that he'd been taken prisoner by the Germans?" "Yes." "Did he spit?" "Well?" "He kept silent." "Aren't you too resolute?" "He hit you." "On November 28, 1949." "There were witnesses." " No?" " Yes." "Out of friendship perhaps?" "Comrade Gonczi warned you about that farm venture." "I don't remember." "Does your granddad still keep bees?" "Where you there when that Greek died?" "No." "My young friend, isn't it odd that a partisan gets killed and you get a scholarship?" "I don't get you." "You applied to the Film College?" "Yes." "You want to make films?" "Yes." "What about?" "About many things." "Tell me, that's why we're here." "It's beside the point." "When did you see Irini last?" " In the autumn." " Do you correspond?" "No." "Did you know that she left Hungary?" "I didn't." "Aren't you surprised?" "Tell me, what was your relationship like?" "I mean was there something between you?" "She was my friend's wife." "She's pretty, isn't she?" "I wonder..." "You're not saying much." "Anything on your mind?" "Be frank with me." "Do you know where my father is?" "Your papers say he's dead." "Isn't that odd?" "It is." "When will you release him?" "My daughter taught me." "Now I can sign my name." " Did you learn the poem?" " Yes." "Let's hear it." "Lullaby." "By Attila Jozsef." "The sky's blue eyes are falling shut, shut, too, the house's many eyes;" "fields sleep beneath their coverlet - so go to sleep now, little Blaise." "Ants rest their heads upon their knees, the drowsy. wasps are in a daze, their business and buzzing cease - so go to sleep now, little Blaise." "The streetcar snares, its rumbling dozes, forgetful of the days, but rings its dream-bell, ding-a-ling - so go to sleep now, little Blaise." "Asleep the jacket on the chair, its torn sleeve dozes where it lies, this day no further will it tear - so go to sleep now, little Blaise." "The whistle snoozes, and the ball, the woods and picnic holidays, the favourite choccle-bar, and all so go to sleep now, little Blaise." "Distance, glass marble of the skies, you will achieve in all your ways, you'll be a giant; close your eyes - and go to sleep now, little Blaise." "Ignac Orsos." "Gyorgy Kalanyos." "Erzsébet Barack." "Vendel Buzas." "What's going on here?" "They say we have lice." "Stop it!" "Stop it, I tell you." "Who asked you here?" "Who sent you?" " Who sent you?" " It's madness." "Let me go." "Are you blind?" "Leave him alone." "Be off." "Give me that camera." "Didn't you understand?" "Give it to them." "Stop!" "Can't you hear me?" "Stop!" "1,2,3, 4, 5." "1,2,3." "What time is it?" "The dance has just finished." "Can you forget those faces?" "They'll make you answer for history." "They'll be right." "Make history answer to man." "You'll be right." "And make yourself answer, too." "They say, only those will go far who won't accept promises, who'll only judge by the results." "What was it the Greek said?" "We are responsible for what we are, for what we were, and for what we could have been." " We're ready for a rehearsal." " Fine." "Rehearsal, please." "Camera back to the start." "Get ready." "Come out of the frame." "Rehearsal." "Silence, please!" "Silence." "Rehearsal." "Action!" "Let's say I'm the Greek." "I've just stepped out of the house." "What's the matter Mrs. Beke?" " Stop, Miki." " Stop!" "The Thrown Up stone." "Dir." "Balazs Pasztor" "I'm sorry I only met him twice." "First when he came to see me." "Then when he died." "Maybe he wasn't right about everything." "But those were hard times." "THE END" "Subrip by mitbrille Karagarga@2014"