"THE CHARIOTEER" "Go tell these words unto the king:" "The Daedalan palace has collapsed." "Appolo no longer has a shelter... nor laurel fit for the priestess... nor the babbling Castalian spring... and the talking waters are extinct." "1941 GREECE DURING II." "WORLD WAR" "We can take him in the morning." "Hasn't he got any papers?" "Give us your name you bastard!" " Mr. Galanis, may I speak to you?" " Hold on, Mr. Teacher." "I've filled a petition which has not been granted..." "Though I am unjustly imprisoned." "Shut up!" "I live amidst criminals, thieves, Communists..." "Even though I am a man of the spirit... entitled to decent quarters..." "with your permission, of course." "My social position demands this." "Tell us your name, you mother-fucker!" "No, you mother-fucker." "Jawohl..." "Herr Commandant!" "I'm not German, you asshole!" "I'm Greek." " Mr. Galanis, Phanouris is dead." " So, what name will I report?" " Marlene Dietrich!" " To hell with you!" "Pick up the dead man." "Just listen to my voice." "I'm utterly hoarse." "Your duty is to take me to decent quarters." "You're not one of the moneybags Mr. Teacher." "Will somebody tell me where I am?" "In Paradise." "The Pirgos jail." "What day of the month is it?" "The 10th... or 11th... or 12th of December 1941." "Lads... is there a bite to eat?" "This, for 5000." " I've got the blanket too." " Why don't you stop?" "Throw them!" "Throw those dice." "You fart of the Devil!" "Saint Dionysis, perform your miracle... before the Waders barge in." "Cut you out!" "Double sixes." "I've got double sixes!" " I said, cut you out!" " Did I say you didn't?" "Play again." "No, fuck it all, no!" "Fuck all the corpses!" "Fuck the Archbishop himself!" "And all the saints all year round!" "No!" "Pipe down there!" "You shit!" "Fuck your mother's cunt, you bastard!" "I'm gonna smash it." "Hit it there on the stone, not on the brick." "I'm gonna smash it." "Out of tune, you bungler!" "Zarakoulias!" "Get a move on!" "On tiptoe!" "Kronis!" " What's up, Mr. Vassatos?" " Fatigue-duty." "Get up!" "You'll toss some sacks into the Chief's quarters." " You there!" " Not me." "What did you say?" "Zarakoulias!" "Get a move on to the storeroom!" " I'll fix you, you bastard." " You'll shit on my balls!" "A crust of bread." "Thieves..." "Blackmarketeers." "Maria's blown in from town..." "She brought the potty pot..." "The little pusher's here!" "What are you gawking at?" " He's going for a little dip." " Shut up, you stool-pigeon." "Ahoy lads, can you hear me?" "Ahoy lads..." "I can see some light through the crack." "Lads!" "I've had my dose... and I'm retreating to the interior, for sleep." "Have a nice night, brave boy... even if you are a Commie," "you shit." "Shut up, you rogue." "Will you shut up?" "Will you let us get some sleep, you creep." "Guards, keep a vigilant watch!" "Pipe down!" " What a whorehouse!" " The Luxury Wing is calling!" "Guards!" "Captain of the Mess..." "did we wake you up, fatty?" "Goddamn it, you assholes." "Ignorant nits..." "Guards!" "Guards..." "Keep a vigilant watch!" "Guards..." "Guards..." "Guards..." "Hurry up... hurry!" "Guards!" "Open up, alarm!" "You're duty-bound, by Law, to unlock the door." "Alarm!" "Open up!" "Sentry!" "I'm the Governor." "Shoot to kill." "Frenchie, British potato-heads!" "Spaghetti Italian wopheads!" "Slimey grimey Turkheads!" "And brave Greek valiant bridgeheads!" "Moussolini you silly chicken, we'll give you a fine licking' our flag in Rome, will wave upon your home..." "To the 'black-hole', you son of a bitch." "Guards..." "Keep a vigilant watch!" "Down to the 'black-hole'!" "To the 'black-hole'..." "To the Greek Red Cross..." "You'll be on the lookout, so the letter can get off." "Makarezos!" "The Prison Governor is stealing the food you're sending us." "Mahairas!" " Colonel Mahairas." " Right away." "Come, my sweetie-pie..." "You're here, my pet." "You're here, goddamn you." "Yes, and I've got news!" "My little sugarplum..." "You live at home with your brother, eh?" "Never fear, sweetiepie!" "Stay with him all the time!" "Cool it baby... cool it!" "Don't worry, I've got my birdy with me." "You've really got it?" "Let me take a peep." "Lift your skirt." "You sex-bomb!" "Christ Almighty!" "Hold on, I gotta go to the toilet!" "Andonis, Andonis sweetie." "General Naldi told me you'll get out of here..." "I've got a house across the way..." "We'll be able to see each other through the window." " Visiting-hours over!" " Stay close to your brother, when you go to Naldi!" "Get inside there..." "Inside!" "Fuck it!" "Swallow it, you creep." "Here's where you die." "My great big beautiful doll!" "I'll get away from here and I'll..." "Lunch break!" "Lunch break!" "Chief..." "Lunch break!" "Mr Galanis..." "I think he's dead." "Tell the boss to phone the Italians." "Do I hear singing?" "Is somebody singing?" "Yes, she's singing." "What stinks like this, fucking hell?" "He got all mucked up in the shitbin." "He stinks." "Hope..." " Where are you?" " Yes, darling." " Hope?" " You know who you are, my darling?" "Don't you know who you are?" "Sweetheart." "Where are you?" "Right here, sweetheart." "Your milk, I've brought you your milk." "Darling... my little darling..." "My very own darling." "Tell me you sweet little name, ever so softly." "My bright star, now you're just coming home." "Zarakoulias, go get yourself fucked." "You're a pothead bitch, to the very bone, you creep." "He's stark raving mad." "Greeks..." "Greeks..." "Greek People..." "Will you keep still?" "It's not yet daybreak." "Greeks..." "You bastards." "You've done me in." "Get a move on." "I bet Galanis is going to get pissed here." "Tapster!" "Zarakoulias!" "Come on, mate!" "Swig it down!" "Deposit it, men." "God Almighty... sun... women..." "You're stoned, you bastards, on a drop of wine." "Get going!" "I'm mucked up, Mr. Galanis." "Pick it up, men." "You son of a bastard." "In the sun, men, in the sun!" "I'm going to bury him." "Mr. Galanis, I'll do the burying." "You just sit there in the sun." "...Dust to dust, ashes, to ashes..." "Hope!" "Hope!" "Guards!" "Keep a vigilant watch!" "Bring the children." "Somebody's sleeping behind the altar." "Made, you're on the other side, lad?" "The German brought reinforcements!" "They've captured our mules!" "How did you get past?" "Out of the way paths." "Get going." "Get up now!" "Stand on your feet, or you'll fall." "Ektoras!" "Take him with you." " Your gun, you ass!" " Come on then." "Get down you fool." "Captain... brave Captain..." "Captain..." "Save us!" "Save us please." "The Germans will burn the village... if you don't let the hostages go." "Please, save us!" "If they burn the village," "I'll kill the hostages." "We're done here." "We're done here." "He's trying to run away." "The knife missed the mark." "What's he saying there?" "Load the corpses." "What's he saying?" " We'll take him to the doctor." " Ask the Captain." "Let's give him his chance." "Go and ask." "Reatreat!" "As far as Ziriki!" "Capitano... nix dotore..." "Nix 'boom-boom'..." "The Germans..." "Hold him still, goddamn it." "Chirst, he's had a heart attack." "This is the blood and the bread!" "Give us a swig!" "It's red as blood." "Lay low, men." "We're on our way to a wedding." "Kostas Koutras murdered two of our lads." "He raped a girl and shaved her head." "Now he's chosen a bride from our province." "The wedding is at 10 o'clock." "Captain's orders:" "capture him alive!" "Get a move on!" "You'll go through the gorge." "You don't know the road." "You'll go that wat, past the monastery." "Your stronghold is on the hill opposite the bride's house." "Holy Mother!" "Satan!" "Satan!" "Let me be!" "Holy Mother!" "Make haste, sister." "Holy Mother..." "Hold her there!" ""I exorcise you, in the name of Our Lord..."" ""Be expelled!"" "Satan!" "Be expelled!" "Help, help, Christian souls!" "Lad... help us good lad..." "don't leave." "Come here, my sweet boy, for the love of God." "Catch her and tie her up." "Daughter, accept the assistance of our God and Christ." "Virtue my child, is not a veil... or a garment to conceal ugliness of filth." "It is a need like bead and cool water... and like the beating of our heart." "Open the door, my son!" "Who can bear the explosion of beauty?" "Happiness needs bravery." "Beat those drums, you rascals!" "Kostas Kou-Koutras..." "see the shots!" "We're after making merry!" "This is a wedding we're celebrating." "Play loudly... you devil hawks." "Any man caught skulking away, I'll be after killing him." "Who's not dancing here at my wedding?" "Kostas has taken Eleni to be his lawful wife." "Ye vermin!" "Ye Bulgars!" "Ye antichrists... you'll be dying now!" "The lot of you!" "The king himself with his golden crown commands it!" "Ye dogs!" "Kostas Koutras..." "Surrender!" "I was thinking just lambs I'd be slaughtering for this wedding..." "No more blood than the one on the sheets of my pure virgin bride." "The comedy's over, Kostas." "Come!" "Surrender!" "Music!" "When he goes into the house, we close him in." " Where?" " The bride's house, smart ass!" "You'll keep warbling," "till I come out again." "Down into the bog-hole with you, worms!" "I had this in mind." "I'm no thumbsucking ninny!" "You butterboys." "Only six of you?" "By the hundreds you should be coming!" " Did you see the bride?" " Yes." "Chirst, what a gorgeous cunt..." "Not so thight, man!" "If you kill him, you're done here." "Guess what he's doing now." "I'm not Peeping Tom!" "Nonsense." "Hurrah for Stefanos and his clarinette!" "That bastard has courage." "Stop it." "Stop you muddle-headed numskull!" "Here now, me cronies, here's who is Kostas Koutras!" "Here's my bride Eleni's drawers... by the Law of our Land and our forefather's custom." "Me hands, men." "They've destroyed me two hands." "Here they come waltzing in the scoundrels." "Play your clarinette!" "Nikos... kill me!" "You keep playing!" "Nikos take aim and shoot me." "Play that clarinette, you farting fool!" "Those fool bastards must not catch me." "Kill me, man." "Kill me!" "Wife!" "It's myself ordering you." "Take my pistol and kill me." "Mother..." "Mother, of mother, my own dear mother." "I wasn't expecting this, mother." "No!" "Mother, little mother, this end I never expected." "Mother, little mother, I'm howling... can't you hear me?" "Kill me, man!" "Wife!" "They've killed Kostas Koutras." "Anyone caught stealing will be court-martialled." "Guards..." "Keep a vigilant watch!" " Strong!" " Stolen!" "From the convent." "They have everything... wheat, olive oil, wine." "Comrade, this moment I'm dancing." "The first snow is already on us." "The fireplaces need wood and the cold needs food." "She's sitting in there all alone." "Our men suspect her and have put her in quarantine." "And the right'wingers say she killed Kostas Koutras." "I spied on her from the stronghold." "Christ Almighty, what a woman." "I exploded my balls and had a fine time." " Who's there?" " I've got some clothes." " To be washed?" " Yes." " When do you want them?" " Tonight." "I don't have hot water." " Do they know you've brought clothes here?" " No." " You know they quarantined me?" " When shall I come?" "Another day, whenever you want." "I'll come when I can." "And how do they pay you?" "Wheat, olive oil, anything." " Money?" " Worthless money?" "I'll come tomorrow at the same hour." "Come." " Do you recognise me?" " No." "Here's some bread and whatever else I could find." "Tomorrow I'll come and we shall eat." "Attention!" "This is the Greek Partisan Army." "Free Greece is talking to you." "The Germans and local Fascists have launched an attack." "More than 5000 men have entered the gorge." "But they did not get through and they never will!" "Our brave lads have crippled them." "Captain Ektoras burned three tanks, killed 63 Germans... and captured 200 collaborators." "From Ektora's squad, four Partisans were killed." "Honour and glory to the Greek People's dead!" "Long live the Popular Army!" "Long live freedom!" "The food is ready." "I told you I'd come yesterday." "Shall I warm it now?" " Are you wounded?" " No." "There is hot water." " I smell bad..." " The leather... the sweat..." " Where are you?" " Here." "Wife..." "I'm ordering you!" "Take the pistol and kill me." "Get up!" "We'll eat." "Get up!" "Cut the bread." "That's enough." "Pour some wine." "Eat, lad." "Drink." "Be well." "Are you going to wash them now?" "They're done." "Clear sky." "It'll be freezing cold." "Where are you going?" "To bring some wood." "Have you locked?" "Can't you hear?" "What' are you doing?" " Who is there?" " Open up." "Are you ordering me?" " I'll break down the door." " Let's see!" " What's all this banging?" " Let me in!" " I want this lass." " Is she yours?" " Who else does she belong to?" "To him who melts with love, nit." "I'll lie on my mother's bed now." "Disappear!" "Gently, you wild one!" "Come..." "When you leave, tell me two days beforehand... and I'll stay awat from home." "1944 LIBERATION DAY" "I'm with child." "Guards, keep a vigilant watch..." " Herakles!" " I know you." " Can you hear?" " Yes." "Can you?" "I know you." "Hero!" "As political instructor, I know you." "You never feel fear." "I do feel fear." "Who never felt fear?" "Kostas Koutras." " You're out of your mind!" " No, I'm afraid." "Comrade, maybe we have the same disease..." "We've strayed from the flock..." "Listen..." "Freedom..." "The dream of the People for a thousand years now." "Freedom." "For us Greeks, freedom means to be able to respect ourselves." "Slavery means everlasting humiliation." "And the objective conditions... and the realistic evaluation of the true situation..." "Comrade, I've never understood what you were talking about..." "The struggle for freedom never triumphs." "Never!" "Because it has no end." "Let's go now and see the celebrations in Athens." "Keep the bitter cup from the People, oh, Lord..." "I look upon the ornate celebration of the wedding, oh Lord... and I have no dress to celebrate." "You who are the Light... save me." "Her hair." "I take her sin upon me." "Forgive me my son." "Forgive me." "Our slavish soul is our greatest danger..." "Murderer!" "Murderers!" "Patriots!" "Patriots!" "The Greek never kill the helpless or suppliants." "The war is over." "He's a deserter." "Traitor..." "Traitor!" "The Greek never kill the helpless." "Your glasses." "I'm going north." "I haven't seen my family for two years." ""Charioteer!"" "Until we meet again, wherever that may be." "Be strong!" " Your glasses!" " Never mind, I've got others." "Your brother is here." "He came with the British troops." "Papa?" "Won't I see him?" "He'll be back later." "Get away." "Hide!" "Motherfucker..." "Go soft on the bloke with the glasses..." "My glasses!" " I'll kill you..." " Vermin!" "Denounce your Party and you're saved." "Give us your name." "General Scobie!" " No, you're a Commie." " Yes, I am!" "That's a good laugh!" "You're a soldier now, you motherfucker." "What are you up to, you bastard..." "Grab the blanket your Faterland offers!" "You wolves!" "1949 'THE WASTELAND'" "Mate..." "The long spun" "walls of the autumnal violins" "pollute my heart," "monotonously long," "all stifling and pale;" "when the hours toll," "I recall olden times and lament;" "I sally forth in the foul wind blowing me hither, thither" "like a withered leaf." "To Carthage then I came burning burning, burning..." "Oh, Lord thou pluckest me out oh, Lord thou pluckest..." "Burning." "THIS IS THE ASSASIN OF THE GREEK PEOPLE:" "CAPTAIN..." "Blind man's Bluff..." "Blind man's Bluff..." "Herakles?" "Blind man's Bluff..." "Blind man's Bluff..." "Identity control!" " Where are you going?" " To my mother's!" "That's a good laugh!" "Your identity card!" " Comrade!" "I don't have one..." " Comrade!" "So you are Communist?" "Me?" "I'm a nationalist." "That's a good laugh!" "Cut out the horseplay, you bastard." "I have the honour to report..." "Someone with no papers." "Probably crazy." "So what?" "Call the locals!" "Gather your men!" "Gather your men!" "Operation Centaur... over." "Are you recieving me, over?" " The wireless says, he's crazy." " Let's catch him and fuck him." "Blood brothers, fear the Lord!" "That's a good laugh!" "Has he got a gun?" "There's something still left inside me..." "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fear!" "Feud!" "Feud!" "Fury!" "Foul murder!" "I got him!" "'Char-i-o-teer'..." "Who are you, poor bastard?" " What about you?" " I'm just a poor bastard." "Do you know him?" "No." ""WE MOURN OUR BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER"" "I searched everywhere for you." "He asked for you and said you should keep... his Byzantine psalm-books." "He wanted you to have his blessing." "Mister!" "Will I be after telling you your fortune?" "Your good luck?" "An angel appeared on my path and slapped me on the back." "Stop running, you bitch!" "And he commanded me to find you." "The wallet!" "I'll pluck out your eyes!" "Cat's got your tongue?" "Stop there!" "Mr. Copper, we were after getting betrothed." "Isn't that what you promised my grandma?" "But he went and pinched my bottom." "Right here, Mr. Copper." "The brute!" "Weren't we after swearing to be engaged?" "Yes." "I'll search for you!" "I'll search for you, you bitch!" "Search what, you pasty-faced ghost!" "You've turned red as a rooster's comb." "You think I'm a hen?" "You're searching for an egg?" "Let's go." "They're going away!" "Don't turn your head..." "Keep trolling along don't be stopping!" "Is it sugary-sweet, you're feeling?" "Don't!" "Pretend you're pawing me." "Is it a fool you be, little nitwit?" "Mother..." "The wallet..." "Give me my wallet!" "Little devil!" "He's after taking off my drawers!" "You've torn them to shreds!" "My dear mother!" "You sneaky devil..." "You were after sowing your seed in my vitals." " I'll kill you, you whore." " It's not a whore I am..." "I'm a thief, my bonny boy." "No whore." "The sun's after beating you down, you marble white little devil..." "A pox on your mother's womb!" "It's a thief I am, boy, not a whore!" "Glory me, my master!" "Fuck me!" "Look where you're going you fool!" "I was just singing, couldn't you hear?" "Hear what, you idiot!" "Get out you scum!" "Why are you cursing?" "He wants to be top-dog, the worm!" "Get out you scum!" "Get lost!" "Officer!" "Arrest this character!" ""Officer!" "Arrest this character!"" "Mate!" " Guess who your're going to see?" " Who?" "Sit down." "Good heavens!" "Pal!" "Whiskey!" "I'd better not..." "It's much too strong for me." "If it were stolen... and red..." "From a convent..." "He who steals will be court-martialed." "Guards, keep a vigilant watch!" "Did you get your diploma?" "No." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Fortunate and blessed..." "he who died... high upon the walls of Troy." "Kostas Koutras." "Do you remember?" "Have you seen her since?" "Did you ever see her again?" "Remember Heracles?" "It seems they've done him in." "How do you make your living?" "Take this money, please." "Take as much as you want." "Blood money." "Drink ye all of it for this is my blood." "Thanks." "What a sellout..." "PRESENT DAY" "When you leave... tell me two days beforehand." "Dear Lord, if only an instant of fire could burn in my breast to let me pray... and shed scalding fears like the rain, even blurred and cold..." "Oh Lord, if only I had so much life inside me... that I could pierce a loving heart with a knife." "Oh Lord, if only I had so much life inside me... that laughing and smiling in the sunlight..." "I could slaughter three doves of thine." "If only I could feed my own fire to warm my body... with a whole spruce-tree of thine, oh Lord." "If I cannot live while hating my rival..." "If I cannot live while loving... what will annihilate me," "how will I be able to face my greatest terror..." "Death?" "Like a mighty fire let me burn before I turn into my own ashes... to give thy living creatures warmth, oh Lord..." "Hope." "Vibrantly alive, like a blackened humming-bird, caught in the talons... of a hawk..." "let me sing life through my own death." "Like a mighty fire let me burn before I turn into my own ashes... to give thy living creatures warmth, oh good Lord." "Love." "Transcription: mitbrille Karagarga@2014"