"THE LOST TALISMAN screenplay by music by" "starring" "cinematography by directed by" "You have my leave to speak!" "The most renowned AnatoIian war lord, begIer bey, reports to your illustrious Majestry!" "The Emperor Ferdinánd who most impudently claims that he is the Hungarians's rightful king has forced our army to retreat from Vienna." "János ZápoIya, whom we regard as the rightful king of Hungary, still possesses the fortress of buda." "May he live long in its possession!" "We shall have great need of him." "May the peasant plough his field and sow in peace!" "And in the countryside what of that?" "There is peace, order and tranquility." "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Star!" "Got you at last, you old vagabond!" "Run, Éva!" "Gergõ!" "Gergõ!" "Gergõ where are you?" "Éva" "where are you?" "It's time for supper, dammit." "You shouldn't swear, front of father Marton, my sweet." " I'm used to it." " Yes, well, I'm not!" "Dammit." "I will say it hundred times, if I have to." "Dammit." " We let them together before..." " That kid, dammit." "And you, too." "Why didn't you tell me?" "They left early in the morning, they must be home soon." "Now, I believe they will come." "If the Turks let them." "They are in the nearby again." "Stop talking." "Get the horses." "Mr. Cecey, stay here and send someone after us if they arrive." "1350 little Éva!" "Why haven't we heard something." "little Éva, my darling child!" "And why hasn't my husband come back yet?" "Try to be calm, dear." "You must trust in God." "besides, both of them are armed." "hopeless to go on searching." "We have no clear tracks and few torches." "We'II began again at dawn." " Oh!" "My dear husband" " Don't talk to me!" "Don't say a word!" "I won't hear anything tonight." "Come on, Éva." "This looks safe." "We'II sleep here." "They've escaped!" "They've escaped!" "Hey!" "They've stolen my horse!" "You'II soon find another horse!" "You fool!" "The talisman was hidden away under my saddle" "The ring belonging to my father." "It was a sacred talisman and it's been stolen" "A little infidel brat stole it!" "This was under the saddle blanket" "A talisman ring with five star" " Then young Gergõ can have it." " And all this gold here?" "That stays." "You must know where those two little brats have gone." "Who are their parents?" "Tie them to the trees The infidel swine!" "Wait a moment, Iet's try to get this clear." "First there was the Tuck with one eye And then?" "The one with the lash, that's two" "And the one with the moustache, thats, three." " So there were about fifteen of them?" " That's right." " Come on Éva, it's bed-time." " I want to stay with Gergõ." "No." "Go to bed, Éva." "Now, Gergõ the men rode away" "Do you know in which direction?" " Yes!" "but only from horseback." " naturally." " Who who?" " I will tell you." "A hungarian father and a hungarian mother." "Run!" "Quick!" "little Éva?" "sleeps like a top." "Dobó should have come back..." "Once he starts fighting..." "Why did he take that bronemissza kid?" "Don't worry." "He is tough as iron." "Peasant." "When you are a grown man, you've got to be courageous as you were today," "Gergõ bornemissza." "And I'II have a lovely wife." "And have you made your choice already?" " Not me, she has." " Who is he?" "little Éva." "well, until then I'm sending you to báIint Török at Szigetvár for your education!" "You'II be one of his pages." " Are you glad?" " Yes, very glad." "Don't be too glad about it, my boy." "It's going to mean ten years!" "And at the end of it, you'II be fit to handle this sword." "It's yours." "Why should I have to do this?" "Why me, GergeIy?" "Who am I?" "báIint Török, baron of Hungary, Chief of the Hungarian forces." "And the infant King summoned by our sublime sultan, who will lead them into his snare." "It's Friar György's mind..." "I cannot make head or taiI of it." "Though the sultan likes him." "Friar György is your adherent." "With the permission of Your Majesty we asked for his advice." "They didn't bother to ask me." "Effendi tell me, where is that mighty army of janissaries going?" "For a stroll!" "My valiant men at arms would Iike to see the wonderful fortress of buda from the inside!" "A little stroll at dusk" "simply that!" "A stroll in honour of the late Hungarian king." "And all hail to the living king!" "The young heir to the throne is waited by the sublime Padisah." "Like serfs." "They treat us like serfs." "I cannot even sit on my horse." "Sir, Iet's leave this place, and let báIint Török handle it." "The most excellent Padisah craves to have audience with you alone, my Lord." "We would honour him by appearing before him in proper apparel." "Perhaps there has been no violence." "He will negotiate with you on friendly terms, my Lord." "See that the gifts are ready." "To make him worthy to visit his Majesty, the sultan Pure gold!" " And the Queen?" " She's afraid." "I Iove you Éva." "I know." "Éva Cecey," "Anna Petri, the Iadies-in-waiting to Queen IsabeIIa." "Pray receive from my hands the King of your country who has had the graciousness to raise his eyes and look upon the sultan." " Where is my father?" " And my master?" "With AIIah's grace, he will be able to enjoy for years the hospitality of our generous sultan!" "Am I?" "What shall become of me?" "Her Majesty, the widowed Queen of Hungary, can withdraw to TransyIvania, because buda fortress fell without bloodshed into the hands of the sublime sultan and into the Hands of the Ottoman Empire." "Our mecifuI sultan grants your Majesty safe conduct and passage, and is pleased to reiterate his greetings to the young king." "beIeive me, Madame, it was the best solution." "We are packing up, Éva." "A keepsake of my poor husband." "At least the dress in which he married me." "We buried him wearing that." "Here is something." "AII that remains of a great King." "Éva" "You can speak together." "You will come with us to TransyIvania?" "You promised that the mouth of hell couldn't" "No!" "please, understand me." "I couldn't hide behind the skirts of the Queen!" "I've got work to do." "Wait for me, Éva." "When you come, darling, I'II be waiting." "I am engaged to you, even without a ring." "This is a man's ring." "Wear it always for my sake." "Now at Ieast we have exchanged rings." "What is there left for us to do?" "What do you think, GergeIy?" "We shall ask for help, your Majesty." "We'II go to the Emperor." "Have we, Hungarians another remedy than begging?" "Why do we always have to ask somebody?" "We must." "Are you saying Friar György?" "Friar György." "Interesting." "Interesting." "So a Hungarian bishop, a monk passed buda into the hand of the Turks." " impossible." " holy Father," " we are victims of an intrigue." " That's the excuse of every clumsy soldier." "báIint Török, Chief of the Hungarian forces, vanishes in the tent of the sultan, the Turkish army walks into buda," "and the Hungarian Army does nothing." "What is this?" "A man or a woman?" "Which area can be still defended by Fredinand Hapsburg?" "If we have the support of your holy Father..." "Stay like this." "In this posture." "If we have the support of your holy Father, we can successfully defend Upper Hungary and Transdanubia." "What if I turn to the light?" "Like this." "WouIdn't my profile be more effective?" "We can count on TransyIvania, too." "The widowed Queen retired there after the occupation of buda." "The widowed Queen?" "What widowed Queen?" "Make it colourful." "Very colourful." "could you take it, gentlemen." "That's all left in the cellar from the tools of my Mr. Cecey." "Nothing else." "Everything was taken." " by the Turk?" " No, by the German." "It is sad that the Cecey house is so empty." "It isn't empty." "I am still here." "AII right, we will give it to him on the way." "On the way?" " We release him." " From istanbul?" "It's hopeless." " Honour needs it." " For those who have it." "Not everyone has lost his bravery." "Not everyone wears italian silk." "Are you talking to me?" "No, I am talking to the crow on that tree." "Jancsi!" "Stop!" " Hit." " Go on!" "Another hit." "Have you calmed down?" "We did not need to." "but some fight never does any harm." " istanbul?" " istanbul." "Stick a fork into that calf." "Is the Iamb ready yet?" "The lamb is but the capon will need more time." "She likes her She likes her lot." "Likes her?" "Likes who?" "The queen is very fond of Éva Cecey." "She give her away herself." "If that capon is all nice and soft inside, then it'II be ready to be eaten." " You said Éva Cecey?" " We are preparing for a betrothal." " Who's getting married?" " well, I think I'd better go" " and look at that capon." " Why can't that man give a straight answer when he's asked a straight question?" " I'II answer for him." " Did you say Éva Cecey?" "Yes!" "She's marrying Lieutenant Furjes this very day, Sir." " It can't be true, my father!" " I am not your father." "It can't be true!" "well, it is true." "My daughter will be given away by her Majesty the Queen herself, to a husband befitting her station." "Do you mean you're selling your daughter to the highest bidder?" "shall I bid for her?" "Get out of here!" "You should be satisfied that I took you out of the mud." "She's my daughter." " She is engaged to me!" " She doesn't know even your name now." "You didn't go near her for one whole year!" "The door is over there!" "I can tell you that Ádám Furjes will have a job to tame you." "He's already won half the battle since I'm marrying him on your order." "Yes, that is what I wish." "It's time you married." "You mustn't wait another year." "It would be best if you stayed." "We'II stay as well." "well, get hold of some men and we'II steal away the bride this evening." "No." "She will make her escape from the castle on her own, if she loves me!" "She swore to love me forever." "Hey boy!" "would you Iike to earn a gold piece?" "I'd rather earn two, Sir!" "Take this ring up to the Lady Éva Cecey." " Do you know the Lady Éva?" " Put your trust in me, Sir." "It is good." "You merit the bridal veil." "Arise now and dress." "When the bride has given the answer yes, they will ring all the church bells." "The church bells are never going to ring out!" "She may not have had your ring." "That butcher boy could have stolen it." "She is taking a very long time." "Dear husband, you had better go and see!" "Éva!" "Éva!" "Éva!" "Éva!" "My daughter has been kidnapped!" "Ring all the bells!" "My daughter's abducted." "Let us go, my friends." "There is nothing more to keep us here." "I never want to set eyes on her again." " Greetings, noble gentlemen." " Greetings, shepherd." "This slope is too much for the horses." "We had better lead them." "Come on, Jancsi." "Stand and deliver your money or your lives!" " It's Éva!" " Éva!" "well, Jancsi, I think the horses need some food." "You're right!" "GergeIy bornemissza will you take Éva Cecey, the fugitive" "Iady-in-waiting to Queen IsabeIIa, as your wife?" "I will!" "will you swear faithfulness until death?" "I'II swear it." "Come, Éva, we'II spend the night here in safety." "Remember that other time?" "No." "Never mind." "Come here!" "We won't harm you." "I hope you know how to write because you'II have to, now." "I'm from the monastery at CsiksomIyó." "I've copied many a manuscript." "None of your tales, monk." "In the summertime, we take turns to come out here to give a little spiritual comfort to the peasants." "well, you're in time to give some comfort now." "Éva, GergeIy." "Where are you?" "We've found a priest here to marry you both." "well, am I still needed?" "Come back here!" "Since you're here, you can marry them." "You'II have to hurry up." "because of a talisman?" "while I had it on me, no sword or bullet could hurt me, and now it's out of my possession, I never cease getting wounded." "It was stolen and good fortune has forsaken me since then." "An so you will remain a dervish." "until I find that magic talisman again," "I'II do penance for 1001 days." "I travel the road between Pécs and Mecca, weeping and praying and telling my beads, and calling on the sacred name of allah." "allah!" "Go with allah, Effendi." "I'II be glad when we find báIint Török." "I'm sick of it." "Today you're my prisonner, but tomorrow I'II have to be yours." " Speak lower, they may hear you." " No." "They're too busy praying." "well, get ready to start." "Sir!" "Wake up!" "Good business is possible." "Here are some Hungarians disguised." "They pretend to be prisoners." "Give me some of your men to go after them." "Isn't someone watching us there?" " A one-eyed Turk." " Is every Turk one-eyed for you?" "Let's go." " Jancsi, jump off!" " Why?" "They are really following us." "Just like I told you." "The pistols!" "Come on!" "bullets for these?" "We have no more use of the horses among the rocks." "Drive them away." "Take the weapons and the gold off." "quickly!" "No!" "Does anyone speak Hungarian here?" "Lead us to the voivode." "To the voivode." "Where is he?" "Look here!" "Look!" "What language do you speak?" "In the one I am spoken to." "We are in need of a guide." "We're Hungarians, making for istanbul." "I regret that I cannot offer to let you have a guide." "However, we're willing to shelter you for the night." "Are you Hungarians?" "I am Hungarian." "How did you get so far away from home?" "Just like the other Hungarians." "In that case, why don't you come with us?" "Take your ease!" " would you Iike to eat, wanderers?" " To eat and drink" "Are you coming wiht us?" "To roam around the country." "I'd fall in with even the devil!" "Here is something on account." "You know, your face looks familiar." "Not surprising, everyone mistakes me for King Ferdinand." "A handsome boy" "A boy?" "That's a girl!" " I am the only man here!" " Me too!" "I must take my leave according to our custom." "You see, we Gypsies, spend all our lives wandering." "And wanderers have no cemeteries." "Those who go away are no more." "And so we pay to them the Iast honor as we would to the dead." "well, here we are at last in istanbul." "This is where my father is being held prisoner." "My poor master, for a year and a half." "For 514 days." "514 days." "Isn't it 1028?" "You have never read as much as here." "You have recourse to do it." "If there are books printed in Hungarian." "This bible was printed on the expense of Tamás Nádasdy." "I also have a fable book from home." "Written by Gábor Pesty." "How many times did I wish to see the sea." "And now, here it is." "What to do next?" "Look, here's the governor of the prison, take a closer look at him." "Come." "We will start it tomorrow, as we planned." "I will get the dresses in the town." " He has a stupid face." " Not stupid." "I would say cunning." "Tomorrow morning we will see." "honorable veil bey, my gracious Lord, pardon us." " We are italian minstreIs, Sir." " You know my name?" "Everyone knows the noble veil bey." "And what do those who know him, want from him?" "We have brought you a wonderful gift, and we're asking a favor." "Not here." "Come along a little farther off." "We are italian minstreIs." "We were fishing last night by the fortress We are poor wanderers and we have to fish at night only, last night we made a miraculous catch." "As we lifted the net, we saw something shining a magnificer golden dish!" " A golden dish?" " Yes, look at it." "Did you ever behold such a beautiful dish?" "Mas AIIah!" "So we were wondering what we should do with it." "sell it they'd think we were robbers!" "And who knows what misfortune that might have let us into?" "And what was the good of keeping it when we have nothing to eat?" "Why did you decide to bring it to me?" "Oh, my Lord, that's just what we're trying to explain!" "while we were wandering, we suddenly remembered that one of our benefactors, báIint Török, is being held prisoner here." "He's a Hungarian nobleman, and we thought that perhaps you'd allow us to sing to him!" " So that's why you brought it to me?" " exactly!" "Wait a moment." "Jussuf!" "bring the old Hungarian into the garden." "There will soon be an escape." "A turban is not always Turk." "...here is freedom." "...you can trust us." "From Hungary it was a Iong way." "You will be out of this place." "italian sounds like this." "My Lord, please forgive me, an unlucky creature that dares address your Grace." "I am a dervish, I have travelled thorougout the world." "I should like to warn your Honor about those minstreIs." "Mistrust them, they will blackmail you." "beware of these men, my Lord!" "baIckmaiI?" "Nonsense!" "I ask you only if yesterday you were given a fine gold plate?" "I do not know your name." "My name is one hundred thousand crowns." "In my opinion, it is a name with a ring to it!" "Provided the name is not false!" "You may soon see for yourself." "Your name however is that of a poor man." "Everything here belongs to the sultan although I've no doubt you're a valiant warrior." "That, I admit." "In this enormous fortress, you're also a prisoner." "It is up to you to choose a better life for yourself." "And where is the better life you suggest?" "It's right here in the fortress!" "There are also a wealthy Hungarian baron here, called báIint Török." "bring him down to the beach tomorrow." "but let there be nobody else with you!" "In this purse are five hundred ducats" " In advance!" " How may I be sure you may be trusted?" "Just look at this talisman a present from a great Lord." "It brings me luck and guarantees success in my enterprises." "Five hundred ducats." "And the rest?" "You will get it." "only if báIint Török is not with you, my good friends are liable to become very angry." "I will bring him." "Five hundred ducats" "You are right, he can't be an honorable man." "A golden dish." "I have never seen a precious dish as that." "A Hungarian?" "No, a Turk." "His talisman is Turkish." "talisman?" "That is right." "A ring with a Iarge green stone and a yellow half moon with five stars on it." "What?" "A ring with a green stone and a yellow half moon on it?" " What's the matter?" " And five stars?" "What is the matter with you?" "A yellow half moon?" "On a green stone and five diamond stars!" "You hear?" "Five diamond stars!" "Five stars!" "Have you gone mad?" "I've thought of a scheme, noble bey." "Just assist me and all I posses is yours!" "I don't understand." "Why are you so happy?" " I have been blackmailed." " but save you." " Was he alone?" " He was." " In yellow turban?" " In yellow turban." "Listen to me." "I have a great plan." "They want báIint Török." "Give him to them." "Here he is!" "He's brought him." "They murdered him!" "They murdered GergeIy!" " They murdered him!" " GergeIy was dead but he's risen again." "I paid a poor beggar to wear my clothes." "Father oh, father" "Where's that one-eyed dervish?" "I saw him just a second ago!" "It wasn't veil bey!" "The dervish did it." "The boat!" "There they are!" "Éva!" "Watch out, Jancsi!" "They'II never come back." " Never!" " That's right." "but they are alive." "You see, MikIós." "I'd Iike to find some suitable clothes to wear at Padua University." "This ought to do." "but there may be lots of holes in the pockets because GergeIy puts all sorts of rubbush into them." "Éva!" "There's somebody who wants to speak to you." "About a very urgent matter!" "Maybe a message from GergeIy." "Madam, I am your most respectful servant." "Tamás baIogh from RévfaIu." "I'm in town for a short while to make some purchases and I thought of availing myself of the opportunity to admire your wonderful jewel." "I have no jewels to sell." "The goldsmith's shop is down the street." "I've come to the right place." "AII over the country, people know about GergeIy bornemissza's remarkable Turkish talisman." "May I Iook at it?" "I am a great admirer of the jeweller's art." "My husband does have a Turkish ring, but he won't show it to anyone." "I'm told that the ring has a magic power." "Now that you mention it, it is rather an interesting ring." "In that case, I suppose it has special features." "Since you're talking, I'II take little Jancsi out for a walk." "Yes, but don't be gone long, MikIós." "well now, would you mind if I took a look at that ring?" "Very sorry, Mister baIogh, but you can't see it." "You see my husband always takes it with him!" "Than I shall wait until he returns." "You would wait in vain!" "He left for the fortress at Eger on his Majesty's orders." "The fortress of Eger?" "And he has the ring on him?" "He always carries it on him." "Good day, Mister baIogh." "Good day to you Mistress." "Look, honeycomb candy!" "buy me some!" "One penny." "Here." "Sweetmeats?" "Just wait, my young friend, I'II buy you some, too." "I'm getting so forgetful in my time of Iife!" "I must have left my purse at your place." "would you mind going back and bringing it to me?" "Isn't this your purse?" "I told you I was absent-minded!" "There are so many things to see." "Let's take a look around." "Save us Lord, protect us from our enemies." "Jancsi!" "Stay with us in times of danger, now and forever." "Save us from the pagan hordes!" "Jancsi!" "be our defender." "Give us courage, be our weapon and our right hand, now and forever." "Jancsi!" "Save us from the Turkish menace." "Let our souls be strong with they strenght!" "I am to blame." "I alone am to blame." "He'II go to Eger fortress because I told him the ring was there." "Isn't it there?" "It's here." "I was afraid to show it to him." "Now I must go to Eger." "I've got to." "I'II go with you." "I'm from Eger and I know every secret way into the fortress." "And we'II get in, no matter how near the Turks are." "Over there, you!" "Is there a blacksmith amoung you?" "blacksmith, carpenters, butchers!" "Move over this way!" "Come on, hurry!" "Hurry!" "You others, over here!" " How many more do you have?" " I have around fifty men." " Arm them." " Yes, Sir!" " Are there many women here?" " Quite a number, Sir!" "Don't worry, they are going to make themselves very useful." "Good, then for a start, you go to the kitchen!" "Very well, Sir." "Come on ladies!" "You three, go up there;" "and you others, stay here!" " Issue arms to everyone, János." " Right away, Commander!" "allright then, jump to it!" "Commander Dobó!" "Did the reconnaeissance party get back yet?" "We lost contact with twenty of the men." "We simply couldnt't find them." "Ahmed's army's marching toward the valley of the MamseI." "We are 1535!" "The men from the six provinces of North Hungary have swords." "The Kassa men have muskets." "The royal Contingent also have haIbards." "slaughter cattIes?" "We have about 1500." "This is also a good weapon." "I can chop that few hundred Turks with it." "Now, blacksmiths!" "How long can we use the swords?" "These are good for even a year." "Do you want to brood over your weapons for a year?" "If I have to." " And if you don't?" "Than I'd go home soon." "Five children and my wife are waiting for me." "Stop!" "How do you hold that sword?" "You cannot cut a withy like this, not even a Turkish head." "Where is your shield?" "We don't need that." "It just hinders us in moving." "but you can well use it on the walls." "Practice more." "halt!" "These twenty men will now act as Turks." "Me too?" " Gunpowder?" " Sufficient!" "And where are those devilish bombs of yours, Master GergeIy?" "I'II put some extra into these bombs!" "oily tow, mixed with little pieces of copper!" "Pieces of iron and pieces of brimstone." "A very crafty device!" "It explodes three times." "The Turks have got nothing like this." "It'II slaughter them." "shall we hail them with a salve, Commander?" "No, my friend." "I think it's the duty of the guests to say good morning." "It reached us what we were waiting for." "Don't worry." "The bishop of Eger have promised to pray for us." "And we have 1535 of us, soldiers, and some others" "That makes 100 short of 2000." "I am counting on the help of the king." "It will arrive." "Do you really believe it?" "The king knows well:" "if Eger faIIs, he can put his crown into the chamber." "If Eger faIIs, neither MiskoIc nor Kassa can stand." "The Turks shake down the smaller castles like they do with walnuts." "The walls are strong." "I trust in people, not in walls." "And in the royal army." "There is our delegate who tells everything to Ferdinand." "will he tell what a mess here is?" "Two days ago it was clean as a paste-board." "I have only a pair of hands." "If the gate was not closed, I would leave." "God, I would really leave." "This Mrs. baIogh is worse than the Turks." "Your Majesty," "István Dobó, Commander of Eger, is in desperate straits and asks for reinforcement." "Let me tell you something:" "His Majesty has already sent reinforcement." "He ordered Lieutenant bornemissza to go there with 150 men." "Moreover, he believes that it's the Hungarian nobility's duty to defend Hungary." "They are rich enough to take care of their country." "May I ask you, to remind His Majesty, Ferdinand Hapsburg, that, among others, he is the king of Hungary." "To István Dobó, Commander of the Eger Fortress!" "Greetings!" "I, the Pasah Ahmed of anatolia," "Supreme Commander of the powerful and invincible sultan, announce by voice and letter that the mighty sultan has sent his armies into Hungary." "No force on Earth can resist his might." "by order of the resplendent sultan, I exhort you not to have the audacity to resist him, but to lay down your arms, and throw open the gates of Eger!" "If you do my sultan's will, no harm will befall you;" "you will even benefit from the magnanimity of the Padisah and rejoice in as much liberty as under your former kings!" "This I swear upon my sacred oath!" "but if you resist the noble sultan, you will bring down upon yourselves, on your wives and your children, his almighty wrath." "You will all die!" "The written word!" "The sultan's written word." "He either bargaining or threatening." "We Hungarians are not afraid of empty threats, so there is no reason to read it." "We shall never bargain with him, so there is again no reason to read it!" "Our country is not for sale at any price." "SzoInok has fallen to the Turks, and Temesvár, too." "This fortress is therefore, Hungary!" "before we take our oath, another word." "Those who are frightened may leave the fort at once!" "I had rather a dozen lions than a multitude of timorous jakaIs." "And secondly, there will be no communications with the Turks." "And finally, death to any weak-Iivered dog who talks of surrender!" "Take the oath!" "I swear by God, the eternal Creator, to offer up my soul, heart and body to defend the Fortress of Eger!" "Neither force, nor trickery shall daunt me!" "Neither gold, nor promises shall defer me from my purpose." "I shall fight or perish!" "To this end, help me, almighty God!" "To this and, help me, almighty God!" "Steady men, take over, behind the ramparts!" "Women and children to the casemates!" "Hurry!" "Commander, give us the order to fire the cannons!" " No, save your powder." " Why won't you let us fire back?" " Who are you?" " My name is Adam, the minstrel." " And your arms?" " This is it." "That is why I was wondering why you were not firing our guns at the Turks!" "My dear master, Sebestyén the Scribe, always told me to write the truth and learn the reason from the best authority." "AII right, you may write this in your book." "That we are not firing our guns because it's Sunday today." "How on earth can it be Sunday when it was Monday this morning?" "They are silent." "They either have no cannons or no gunpowder." "Forward!" "Go on!" "walk closer, my little lambs!" "closer." " Are they in range?" " Yes, Commander." "I already said, the Turks aren't used to these things." "well, we'II soon see." "I understand, Commander." "When fighting a mighty force, strategy will sway your course." "Wine, give us more wine!" " Guard!" " Enough!" "János!" "beg to report, Commander." "We're celebrating!" "be just as merry on the walls when the Turks make an attack!" "You may go now!" " Take that sword to the smith tomorrow morning." " Yes, Sir!" "How much money did you make today?" " Quite a tidy sum, Commander!" " How much will it amount to" " before the siege is raised?" " well, I can't say" "If I see a drunken soldier inside the fort," "I won't bother to ask where he got the wine:" "I'II hang you!" " Sárközi!" " Yes, what is it?" "Come with me, if you want to get yourself a horse like mine!" " Where do I have to go?" " Against the Turks." "We'II take them by surprise tonight." "I'm sick of waiting of this inaction!" "I regret, Sir, only I swore on my most solemn catch" "I would not leave the fort for any reason." "No, you swore that you'd defend the Eger fortress." "The others could have sworn that." "only I swore that I' would not leave the fort!" "You no-good gipsy beggar, you good-for nothing!" "Good-for-nothing?" "AII right, Iet's see!" "Wine for me!" "Wine for you, the hanging tree for me." "No!" "Commander, I told him to give me something fine and he gave me what's fine." "Hungarian is not an easy language." "There is what's fine, and there is a drink called wine." "Sound the reveille!" "Sound the reveille!" "Sound the reveille!" "Why the hell do you have to wake me up from my best dream." "I was dreaming about a beautiful girl." " There are 20 men under the walls." " It means an attack." "Open the gates!" "That's my order." "The Turks do not attack with 20 men." "And if they do, welcome them." "Don't shoot." "I am János Török." " Lead me to Commander Dobó!" " Jancsi!" "Do you have now Turkish dress?" "It's not mine, goddamn!" "I am wearing it in order to get through their camp." " We have lost boIyki at MakIár." " boIyki?" "You have lost me?" "I've lost you!" "Tamás boIyki!" "I see you have booties, too." "And a tongue." "He may know something." "Untie him and bring to the Commander." "Jancsi, this needs to be bandaged." " should we sew it?" " Hey, I am not a dress!" "Give him some wine!" "Commander, Lieutenant Török brought in a tongue." "Leave him here, I'II make him talk." "Come here!" "Come here Imre!" "Imre Varsányi!" "What a Turk you are!" "Lieutenant Jancsi's lot will be sold by auction!" "You can start." "A wonderful Arab horse." "really fabulous!" "For a poor two fIorentines!" "We've no need of horses in a besieged fortress!" "Let's see the weapons." "A Damascus steel saber!" "Wait a second." "Let's see first what there is in that chest." "I may want to spend my money on what's inside." " Let's see the treasure of Darius." " I'd Iike to buy a silver cup." " What news from Ferdinand?" " only bad news." "I hardly managed to make myself understood." "For him, this fortress is just mamare." "This fortress represents Hungary!" "If he won't defend it, we'II defend it ourselves." "Here, eat some of this, it's better than piIaf!" "The Truks take the fortress of Eger for a sheep-foId." "They will see how a sheep of Eger can bite." "First day we shot their best cannons." "They still have enough." "I saw it." "I spent four days in their camp before I found János Török's team." "It was not easy to have myself captured alive." "Drink, follower of the rue faith." "allah will forgive you." " Mama, mama!" " What the devil!" "A turkish boy." "His mother must have hidden him there." " StrangIe him!" " No, take your hands off!" "I opened it." "He's mine." "kill the little swine!" "kill him!" "No, don't!" "Don't!" "Take your hands off him!" "silence!" "Stop that, men!" "Leave the boy alone!" "What has he to do with the fighting?" "Take good care of the child." "Who knows where his mother is?" "I hope your papa didn't shoot that cannon!" "Enough of your wailing!" "Your child has vanished?" "I'II give you another to replace him." "Here he is." "Take good care of him." "He's worth more than your life." "but if he's disobedient, beat him soundly!" "That cave doesn't lead anywhere." "We only want to rest in the cool." "We've had a Iong journey." "alright then Take your ease!" "GergeIy bornemissza!" "Lieutenant of the King!" "Listen to me!" "You have a Turkish talisman, and I have a Hungarian boy." "That talisman is mine, this child is yours!" "If you want your son back, come to the market gate!" "Give me my talisman and you will have your boy again!" "Can you hear me?" "GergeIy bornemissza?" "If you don't believe what I'm saying you'II see it's the truth when I throw your son's head over the walls of the fortress!" "Do you hear, GergeIy bornemissza?" "Why do they spend their time shouting foolish words every night?" "Answer me!" "If they don't decide to attack, it will drag on for weeks and weeks." "Even months." "The eighty day!" "Since the beginning of the siege we've been battering the walls." "The damage is at its most here." "Dobó has concentrated his good men there." " The thing to decide is" " Who will lead the storming party?" "The question is, at which point do they least expect the attack to come from?" "I'II tell you which point." "Not one cannon ball has hit here." "Let me see." "On the eve of the crescent moon festival, we'II attack!" "We shall feight a retreat and then" "Everyone to the walls!" "They're attacking on the southern side!" "Lie flat!" "Up!" "It needs time to refill the cannons." "Men, follow me!" "Come on, men, quickly." "Go on!" " The Truks attack under shelter." " Goddamn!" "It's not raining out there." "It's so quiet." "They're not moving!" "They're out of range of our cannons." "The gunners aren't moving either." "What does it mean?" "That they're going to retreat?" "The Grand Vizier Ahmed is a crafty man." "We'II wait." "There will be no song written about us." "For our wives happiness." "An alive husband is better than a dead one." "What a fool I am!" "Turn the cannons to face the old gate." "That's why they were so quiet." "only two cannons." "Whatch the main body, because they may attack from the front!" "This way Hungarians!" "Shoot here!" "Shoot!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "With painful hearts in Hungary can we say the lament what Jeremiah wrote about the Jews." "For our heritage is handed down to the heathen, our home is going to be that of a stranger." "We are dispersed by the heathen Turks, we are hounded out from our homeland." "Commander" "We didn't agree to this!" "spilling the blood of our fellows!" "And bombarding our own fortress?" "The men are beganning to grouse, they want to receive their siege pay." "It's the Iaw of battle." "I know," "Lieutenant Hegedũs." "Varsányi," "Hegedũs has gone away with some men in that direction." "I've been watching him!" "He called me a rotten gipsy." "well, the rotten gipsy has a good pair of eyes!" "Our Lady help us!" "It is our last hope." "That secret passage is either around here, or nowhere." "It's here!" "The holy Virgin heard us!" "You see if we can get through." "They're trying to desert to the turkish side." "We'd better follow them!" "No, not me!" "I swore on oath I wouldn't leave the fortress." "Return to the Commander then, and I'II go after them." "Who is it?" "It's me." " Who is that "me"?" " It's me, Commander!" "Come in." "betrayal!" "Lieutenant Hegedũs found a way to the Turks with ten of his men." "Éva, are you strong enough to go on?" "Just let me get my breath a moment." "We've got to go on!" "At least you can let me help you carry the bag!" "No, the bag is empty." "Except for the talisman." "You are so kind MikIós." "Thank you." "Let's start again." "I have fired at my own men." "One of my lieutenants is a traitor." "Thousands of Turks are attacking the fortress." "will you stand firmly?" "We are all behind you!" "Even to death it necessary!" "We've got to hold on!" "A large force like theirs will soon run out of supplies." " Our gownpowder?" " We've got plenty still." " The men?" " Hegedũs is the only traitor." "Those who took with him were ten in number." "We're one thousand five hundred." "And the Turks?" "Vast as the sea." "We're not afraid of the sea!" "We saw it and we sailed across it." "We conquered it." "Right, Mekcsey?" "Therefore, and upon careful reflection, and in anguish for the men in the fortress," "I've left my soldiers outside to return unarmed with twenty Turkish soldiers to hoist the Padisah's flag at dawn." "Peace be with us!" "István Hegedũs, his Majesty's Lieutenant." " well?" " sublime Highness, they are on their way!" "The ten men are in our hands as hostages." "The Hungarian Lieutenant is in charge of our soldiers." "Here they are!" "but the men with him are Turks, being led in by Hegedũs!" "Then we will capture them alive." "Wait for it." "allright, pull!" "Surround the net, men!" "Want one of them to help you in the kitchen?" "What, a Turk?" "Give them to the dogs!" " There's a Hungarian among them." " May I ask you please, exactly how many you have caught?" "They're all there like fish in a net." "Count them for youself." "As for that secret passage, blow it up so that nobody else can come through." " Where are you going, Gypsy?" " To blow it up." "We must be near now." "Here are the observer-drums." "but why aren't these watched?" "That should do it!" "That should stop anybody else from coming through there." "They went down there!" "They wanted to rest, they said." "but they dindn't come out again." "István Hegedũs, you are a traitor to your country and your comrades." "You tried to destroy the people in their fortress." "This is your sentence." "You die!" "Come on!" "There he is!" "After him!" "That's all left in the cellar." "It is more than nothing." "We shoot these away in three days." "These are not for shooting away." "What kind of startegy is in your mind now?" "Commander, I ask you one thing:" "Let me decide what to do with these, since it's not enough for the cannons." "I have some more bombs, but that's all." "AII right, GergeIy." "How many wine-casks do we have?" "Empty?" "only few." " but we have 50 full of wine." " Hey, don't touch my wine!" "Pour the wine into tubs and bring the casks here." "I cannot do that." "Do as you were told and empty those casks." "What the hell of a machine is this?" "The wheel of an old gunpowder-miII." " At least it was once." " What are you using this for?" "I am trying something." "Try everything." "but the worst is yet to come." " Commander, can I now..." " What the hell?" "I'd Iike to read it." "I'm ready with 12 cantos." "GergeIy was working indostrousIy," "He asked for cask-wheeIs hastily." "Covered the spokes with boards..." "I don't know what happened, but this is all that remains of a brave man" "and this Turkish talisman ring here." "So, that Turk was telling the truth the other night." "What night?" "call for Varsányi." "Keep this!" "but don't show yourself." "It might upset our best man we have, at this critical moment." "I certanly don't want to upset anybody." "I just" "I'II do whatever I can for you." "I'd Iike to give you some news about him, but it cannot be." "You've got to trust me." "GergeIy mustn't be told that you are here." "I won't let him know I'm here." "On your oath?" "I swear I'II stay away." "I'm certain that tomorrow the tempest will break upon us!" "And only last night my hen woke me up by crowing!" " It's an evil omen." " It must have been a rooster!" "No, Commander, it was my favorite hen." "If it really is a hen, just put her in the pot for me!" "Mrs. baIogh, remember, what you overheard is a military secret." "Understand?" "And try to find something for this woman to wear." "Come on!" "A woman?" "Why she's as thin as a scarecrow!" "Commander!" "Tonight you've got to get into the Turk's encapment." "You'II take a message." "I want you to go and find that one-eyed dervish man!" "This is what you've got to say:" "that in the fortress we have a turkish boy and we also have a Turkish talisman." "If he calls upon us tonight and has the Hungarian boy with him" "I will give him both in exchange." "tell him he has the word of Dobó István." "I will do my best." "István Dobó!" "Can you hear me?" "Listen, you Hungarians listen to me!" "Hoist the white flag, or tomorrow you will all be dead." "Can you hear me, Dobó István?" "Prepare to meet your Maker!" "Tomorrow you will all die!" "They're praying before the attack only not for us!" "You're all dressed up, Sárközi." "That's a fine collar, GergeIy." "A present from my wife." "From the festive dress you're all wearing," "I imagine you've realized that the crucial moment is upon us." "The Turks have unfurled the black flag." "According to their custom, that means that all of us are going to be massacred." "And if we are to die in the field of battle," "let us meet death like true heroes." "And our glory shall go down in history." "Make ready!" "Steady, men, here comes the goulash!" "I hope it's hot enough!" "The Turks are going to enjoy this." "Come on!" "GergeIy!" "GergeIy!" "I'm coming, GergeIy!" "Take him over to my room at once!" "Go and tell the Commander that Jancsi is dead" "Wine!" "Wine!" "Give wine to the men!" "allright, child leave it alone now!" "Women, women, please stop!" "The commander said he'd have me hanged if I sold any wine." "And if the Commander says something, he'II do it!" "fill up a cup for me, I am getting thirsty." "You have too good time, gypsy." "Others are bleeding outside while you are lazing around here." "You will once put my hands in gold and also the genius of Lieutenant bornemissza!" "Wait!" "Take it!" "I never drink while I'm writing!" "Get that gun in position!" "Hurry, GergeIy!" "Get them fool!" "Thank you Jancsi!" "Now get out of here!" "Youmourdjac!" "Youmourdjac!" "Youmourdjac!" "Where's my son?" "GergeIy!" "Now's the moment, release the wheel!" "Light the wheel!" "Let it run!" "It's a girl" "It's Éva." "GergeIy!" "GergeIy!" " Come!" " Why?" " Don't argue Come!" "Éva Éva!" "I mustn't speak to you, I mustn't even say a word to you" "I swore." "And finally, the Turks went away." "I'm not up to there yet." "GergeIy!" "They're bringing your son!" "Watch out, the Turks are coming!" "Are you even going to wear a dress again?" "Who's coming with me to water the horses?"