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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,270 --> 00:00:03,710 On August 16, 1958 a few minutes after 10 am, two armed men 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 3 00:00:03,910 --> 00:00:06,990 broke into the Hungarian Embassy in Bern. 4 00:00:07,470 --> 00:00:10,270 Certain details of the incident are still unclear. 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 6 00:00:10,870 --> 00:00:13,510 Our film portrays a possible chain of events 7 00:00:13,710 --> 00:00:15,750 based on existing State Security archive files. 8 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:17,830 Maybe it happened differently. 9 00:00:18,030 --> 00:00:21,030 Maybe it happened exactly like this. 10 00:00:25,270 --> 00:00:28,310 presents 11 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:32,310 A film by 12 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:41,710 BERN, SWITZERLAND 13 00:00:42,070 --> 00:00:46,350 AUGUST 16, 1958 14 00:02:18,950 --> 00:02:22,070 45... 69... 1... 15 00:02:23,190 --> 00:02:25,950 13... 13... 2... 16 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:51,590 Production Designer 17 00:02:53,190 --> 00:02:55,350 Music by 18 00:02:59,350 --> 00:03:01,470 Edited by 19 00:03:03,310 --> 00:03:05,430 Director of Photography 20 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:09,990 Screenplay by 21 00:03:12,630 --> 00:03:14,910 Produced by 22 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:17,590 EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY 23 00:03:18,070 --> 00:03:20,390 Directed by 24 00:03:26,870 --> 00:03:28,870 THE AMBASSADOR TO BERN 25 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:31,910 HUNGARIAN EMBASSY, BERN 26 00:03:32,070 --> 00:03:35,870 1ST FLOOR - PRESS OFFICE 27 00:03:38,350 --> 00:03:40,150 Did you hear? 28 00:03:41,150 --> 00:03:41,870 No. 29 00:03:42,350 --> 00:03:44,510 Headquarters decide about Koroknai today. 30 00:03:45,230 --> 00:03:46,830 Who said that? 31 00:03:46,990 --> 00:03:48,150 RadĂł. 32 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:51,550 What do you think? 33 00:03:53,870 --> 00:03:56,070 I think they’ll fire him. 34 00:04:01,870 --> 00:04:03,870 This is a war. 35 00:04:05,150 --> 00:04:08,390 We are waging a war for the souls of the immigrants. 36 00:04:09,230 --> 00:04:11,790 1ST FLOOR - CONFERENCE ROOM 37 00:04:12,190 --> 00:04:16,590 We, a handful of us, with our modest devices to enlighten... 38 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:19,270 while Switzerland, with the power of politicians and industrialists... 39 00:04:20,230 --> 00:04:23,430 is telling lies and provoking... 40 00:04:24,270 --> 00:04:26,470 using dirty tricks. 41 00:04:43,070 --> 00:04:44,790 The attachĂ© would like to know 42 00:04:44,990 --> 00:04:49,310 how many immigrants have returned to Hungary. 43 00:04:49,510 --> 00:04:50,750 A lot. 44 00:04:51,590 --> 00:04:54,590 1,000 - 1,200. And there’II be more. 45 00:04:55,670 --> 00:04:58,950 Because every Hungarian is important to us. 46 00:04:59,150 --> 00:05:02,790 We will fight for them one by one if need be. 47 00:05:08,030 --> 00:05:11,510 GROUND FLOOR - ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 48 00:05:14,190 --> 00:05:17,830 Are there any criminal proceedings against you in Hungary? 49 00:05:18,030 --> 00:05:18,750 No. 50 00:05:18,950 --> 00:05:21,590 We left with all the others. 51 00:05:21,790 --> 00:05:23,630 When the borders were open. 52 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:28,470 - We’re homesick. - They look down on us. 53 00:05:29,110 --> 00:05:33,230 A Hungarian can only be a laborer or an alcoholic here. 54 00:05:40,510 --> 00:05:42,950 You are free to return to Hungary. 55 00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:46,110 But the moment you reach Hungary, 56 00:05:46,630 --> 00:05:49,870 you will be arrested for illegally crossing the border. 57 00:05:54,630 --> 00:05:57,070 The punishment is 3-6 months in prison. 58 00:05:59,390 --> 00:06:01,630 Do you wish to proceed? 59 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:03,910 Yes. 60 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:08,710 You need to fill these forms in. 61 00:06:14,870 --> 00:06:17,110 ATTIC - RADIO ROOM 62 00:06:30,870 --> 00:06:34,430 AttachĂ© Lai congratulates you on your excellent achievements. 63 00:06:34,590 --> 00:06:38,470 And I congratulate AttachĂ© Lai on his appointment. 64 00:06:39,150 --> 00:06:41,070 I welcome him to Bern... 65 00:06:42,150 --> 00:06:45,230 and I hope he will support the Hungarian cause just as strongly... 66 00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:48,430 as his predecessor AttachĂ© Feng. 67 00:06:51,790 --> 00:06:56,350 I trust that his great country will help our small country at the UN... 68 00:06:56,550 --> 00:07:00,630 so that the Hungarian question may be resolved as quickly as possible. 69 00:07:01,270 --> 00:07:03,790 Cheers! 70 00:07:08,150 --> 00:07:09,430 Thank you. 71 00:07:39,550 --> 00:07:41,750 Did you go to the concert? 72 00:07:42,390 --> 00:07:45,350 Jerry Lee! He played at the Wankdorf last night. 73 00:07:45,550 --> 00:07:47,070 It was super! 74 00:07:49,070 --> 00:07:51,750 We don’t like the Wankdorf. 75 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:54,510 It’s a Hungarian thing. 76 00:07:58,710 --> 00:07:59,670 The Wankdorf? 77 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:03,030 The World Cup final was there, 4 years ago. 3:2. 78 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:07,270 Goddamn Germans. 79 00:08:21,910 --> 00:08:24,070 Where do you think you’re going? 80 00:08:28,790 --> 00:08:29,950 To have lunch. 81 00:08:30,150 --> 00:08:31,830 Lunch? 82 00:08:33,670 --> 00:08:35,710 At 10 in the morning? 83 00:08:38,550 --> 00:08:39,950 We’re hungry. 84 00:08:41,550 --> 00:08:43,830 Half of the staff are on holiday. 85 00:08:44,270 --> 00:08:47,670 The other half are either having a lunch break or a cigarette break. 86 00:08:47,870 --> 00:08:49,750 It’s Saturday, Comrade Ambassador. 87 00:08:49,990 --> 00:08:51,790 This is not a salt office. 88 00:08:55,470 --> 00:08:57,150 Did the telegram come? 89 00:08:58,430 --> 00:08:59,470 Not yet. 90 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:05,350 They promised it for today. 91 00:09:05,550 --> 00:09:08,630 They promised. But it didn’t come. 92 00:09:11,710 --> 00:09:13,750 Don’t forget, Comrade Vermes... 93 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:18,590 I am still the ambassador. 94 00:09:22,990 --> 00:09:24,190 For now. 95 00:09:36,590 --> 00:09:38,190 Did you bring something to cover your face? 96 00:09:38,390 --> 00:09:40,870 - What? - To cover your face. 97 00:09:41,950 --> 00:09:43,270 Sure. 98 00:09:48,510 --> 00:09:50,510 They don’t suit you. 99 00:09:56,510 --> 00:09:58,350 Is this any better? 100 00:10:32,470 --> 00:10:33,630 That rotten bastard! 101 00:10:33,790 --> 00:10:35,550 1ST FLOOR - AMBASSADOR’S APARTMENT 102 00:10:35,710 --> 00:10:38,990 - Which rotten bastard? - Vermes. He’s hiding something. 103 00:10:39,630 --> 00:10:42,150 Why? Did headquarters send the telegram? 104 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:43,790 He says they didn’t. 105 00:10:44,790 --> 00:10:46,590 Why would he deny it? 106 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:49,270 Why? To win time. 107 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:54,270 It’s not enough for him to get rid of me, he wants to be the new ambassador. 108 00:10:55,070 --> 00:10:56,630 What are you going to do? 109 00:10:56,870 --> 00:10:58,550 I don’t know. 110 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:02,790 I’II wait. 111 00:11:05,030 --> 00:11:06,550 You’II wait. 112 00:11:07,950 --> 00:11:10,990 What do you think I should do? 113 00:11:11,190 --> 00:11:12,390 Strike back? 114 00:11:12,750 --> 00:11:14,590 God forbid, Misi. 115 00:11:14,790 --> 00:11:18,230 You’re a diplomat, you can’t play the hero. 116 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:20,910 Hero? 117 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,550 You want a hero, Edina? 118 00:11:25,070 --> 00:11:27,190 You want me to confront them? 119 00:11:27,910 --> 00:11:30,750 Well, watch this... 120 00:11:48,390 --> 00:11:50,190 What are you looking for? 121 00:11:57,310 --> 00:11:58,790 The key to the safe. 122 00:11:59,790 --> 00:12:01,590 I secretly copied it. 123 00:12:01,830 --> 00:12:04,190 Why? Are you going to break into the safe? 124 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:08,150 If I read the telegram, I can make a move. I can win some time. 125 00:12:08,350 --> 00:12:11,710 I can say I have new proof. 126 00:12:12,990 --> 00:12:14,110 And? 127 00:12:15,230 --> 00:12:16,630 Do you? 128 00:12:18,430 --> 00:12:19,710 I won’t let them get me. 129 00:12:19,910 --> 00:12:23,270 Good. I’ve ordered the new curtains. 130 00:12:23,470 --> 00:12:24,110 What? 131 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:27,470 I’ve ordered the new curtains. I’m going to collect them now. 132 00:12:29,550 --> 00:12:30,790 Right. 133 00:12:38,030 --> 00:12:40,070 That must be my taxi. 134 00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:53,550 Just a minute. 135 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:21,830 Can I help you? 136 00:13:21,990 --> 00:13:23,590 We want to go home. 137 00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:51,110 - Good morning, madam. - Good morning, Comrade Gottman. 138 00:14:15,710 --> 00:14:17,510 You’ll need to wait a bit... 139 00:14:17,670 --> 00:14:18,950 Hands up! 140 00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:22,030 Stand up! 141 00:14:23,150 --> 00:14:24,470 Jesus Christ... 142 00:14:25,950 --> 00:14:27,430 What was that? 143 00:14:30,510 --> 00:14:32,070 Come on, get out! 144 00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:36,350 Move it! 145 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:40,750 - We’re Hungarians. - Don’t hurt us, please. 146 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:41,830 We’ve got two kids. 147 00:14:41,990 --> 00:14:43,710 Against the wall, with your hands up! 148 00:14:43,870 --> 00:14:45,310 Where’s the safe? 149 00:14:45,630 --> 00:14:47,070 What do you want? 150 00:14:48,990 --> 00:14:51,270 - Where’s the safe? - In the attic. 151 00:14:51,470 --> 00:14:53,470 - Who’s got the key? - Not me. 152 00:14:54,910 --> 00:14:57,270 - Who’s got the key? - Comrade Vermes. 153 00:14:59,110 --> 00:15:00,750 Who are you? 154 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:07,670 Move! Come on! 155 00:15:10,430 --> 00:15:11,750 Stop! 156 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:17,630 Gate key. 157 00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:29,230 Go! 158 00:15:39,630 --> 00:15:41,190 Lock the door. 159 00:15:45,910 --> 00:15:47,310 Leave the key in it. 160 00:16:00,070 --> 00:16:01,870 - Bandits! - Go in! 161 00:16:02,070 --> 00:16:03,870 Go in! 162 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,270 I can’t... 163 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:14,870 Get in. 164 00:16:23,990 --> 00:16:25,510 I’II look. 165 00:16:40,190 --> 00:16:41,230 What? 166 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:43,430 How do we get out? 167 00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:21,830 It’s another country. Over the border. 168 00:17:21,990 --> 00:17:24,950 - What happened? - Two bandits with guns! 169 00:17:25,150 --> 00:17:27,030 Two intruders! They’re armed! 170 00:17:27,230 --> 00:17:30,150 - Call the police! - You are the police! 171 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:33,430 - He can’t go in... - Call the police! 172 00:17:59,150 --> 00:18:00,550 Bern Police. 173 00:18:00,750 --> 00:18:02,750 This is the Hungarian Embassy. 174 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:05,110 We have two intruders! 175 00:18:08,750 --> 00:18:10,270 Don’t move! 176 00:18:13,270 --> 00:18:16,510 They’re shooting at us! We need urgent help! 177 00:18:21,190 --> 00:18:22,150 What’s going on downstairs? 178 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:23,510 Bandits, Comrade Ambassador! 179 00:18:23,710 --> 00:18:24,990 Lock yourself in! 180 00:18:33,110 --> 00:18:34,390 Help me! 181 00:19:19,670 --> 00:19:23,470 Help! Help! Help! 182 00:19:55,670 --> 00:19:57,710 Is there anyone in there? 183 00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:25,070 Hands up! 184 00:20:30,390 --> 00:20:31,630 Name? 185 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:33,270 MihĂĄly Koroknai. 186 00:20:33,430 --> 00:20:35,430 - Rank? - Ambassador. 187 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,350 UNGARHILFE CENTRE 188 00:20:47,630 --> 00:20:50,430 Switzerland welcomes Hungarian refugees. 189 00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:53,110 In return, there are two simple rules to obey. 190 00:20:53,270 --> 00:20:56,030 First is employment. All refugees must find work. 191 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,630 The other is that you have to move on. 192 00:20:58,830 --> 00:21:01,110 You cannot settle in Switzerland. 193 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,230 Until you find work, 194 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:06,670 we’II give you accommodation, free meals, and second-hand clothes. 195 00:21:06,870 --> 00:21:09,990 We’ll look after the children, we have our own nursery. 196 00:21:10,150 --> 00:21:11,830 Hajni, listen to this! 197 00:21:12,030 --> 00:21:15,670 Two armed men have broken into the Hungarian Embassy... 198 00:21:16,070 --> 00:21:19,070 shortly after 10 am, and they started shooting. 199 00:21:19,310 --> 00:21:22,590 We do not know if there are any casualties. 200 00:21:22,790 --> 00:21:24,790 Who would do something that stupid? 201 00:21:26,510 --> 00:21:28,990 Hajni! Where are you going? Hajni! 202 00:21:57,870 --> 00:21:59,550 Get me a phone. 203 00:22:00,590 --> 00:22:03,030 Connect me with the Home Affairs. 204 00:22:20,190 --> 00:22:21,750 What do you want? 205 00:22:22,670 --> 00:22:24,310 The key. 206 00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:30,510 There’s no money in there. 207 00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:43,150 What’s the combination? 208 00:22:44,390 --> 00:22:47,750 - Only Comrade Vermes knows. - Who’s Comrade Vermes? 209 00:22:47,910 --> 00:22:50,430 - The trade attachĂ©. - He’s the ÁVÓ officer. 210 00:22:50,590 --> 00:22:54,430 That’s the protocol. The safe is the competence of the trade attachĂ©. 211 00:22:54,750 --> 00:22:57,030 He won’t even tell me the combination. 212 00:23:19,590 --> 00:23:20,830 Inspector Lambert. 213 00:23:21,030 --> 00:23:23,350 I forbid any intervention! 214 00:23:23,710 --> 00:23:24,630 But, Minister... 215 00:23:24,790 --> 00:23:28,630 Without the ambassador’s approval the embassy enjoys political immunity. 216 00:23:28,830 --> 00:23:32,630 Intervention would breach a whole load of international conventions. 217 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:36,350 Shall we just stand here and watch them shooting? 218 00:23:36,510 --> 00:23:40,230 Until further instruction stay on the street and maintain order. 219 00:23:40,750 --> 00:23:43,590 Understood. Thank you, Minister. 220 00:24:14,910 --> 00:24:16,430 Hungarian Embassy. 221 00:24:17,550 --> 00:24:21,270 Yes, I confirm, but I can't provide anymore information. 222 00:24:26,790 --> 00:24:27,910 Thank you. 223 00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:29,310 Hungarian Embassy. 224 00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:31,870 This is Inspector Lambert from the Bern Police. 225 00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:33,390 Please do something! 226 00:24:34,110 --> 00:24:35,590 Who’s speaking? 227 00:24:36,030 --> 00:24:38,390 Ágnes MĂĄrton, embassy staff. 228 00:24:38,590 --> 00:24:40,990 Please stay calm. 229 00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:44,510 We’re across the street in the cafĂ©. 230 00:24:44,710 --> 00:24:47,830 We will intervene if necessary. 231 00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:50,350 It’s necessary! They’re shooting at us! 232 00:24:50,550 --> 00:24:51,790 Is anyone injured? 233 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:55,150 Gottman perhaps... the embassy secretary. 234 00:24:55,870 --> 00:24:58,430 But we’re barricaded in. We can’t see a thing. 235 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,190 Where are the intruders? 236 00:25:00,390 --> 00:25:03,150 We haven’t heard them for a while. 237 00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:07,990 How many external lines do you have? 238 00:25:08,190 --> 00:25:10,670 Two. Both in the office. 239 00:25:10,870 --> 00:25:13,830 And there is one in the ambassador’s apartment. 240 00:25:14,030 --> 00:25:16,950 Keep one line free at all times. 241 00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:20,150 We’II communicate on that. Understand? 242 00:25:20,350 --> 00:25:21,710 Yes. 243 00:25:21,910 --> 00:25:24,070 Please stay calm. 244 00:25:24,270 --> 00:25:26,230 We’re making the necessary preparations, 245 00:25:26,390 --> 00:25:28,270 and we will intervene soon. 246 00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:38,190 I need to talk to the police. 247 00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:40,190 Are you crazy? What for? 248 00:25:40,350 --> 00:25:41,190 Hajni! 249 00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:43,950 I know those two guys in there. 250 00:25:48,430 --> 00:25:50,550 How did you get in? 251 00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:00,310 No one searched you? 252 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,910 And Gottman? 253 00:26:12,150 --> 00:26:15,070 He should only see one person at a time. 254 00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:18,910 I don’t believe this. 255 00:26:19,070 --> 00:26:22,710 We told them we were Hungarians. 256 00:26:22,910 --> 00:26:24,590 And that we have two kids... 257 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:28,590 And we have two children. 258 00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:30,310 And... 259 00:26:31,630 --> 00:26:35,630 And then the younger one told us to go. 260 00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:40,270 And then the younger one told them to go. 261 00:26:40,470 --> 00:26:43,590 This lady says she knows the intruders. 262 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:46,990 Hajnalka Dorozsmai, I’m an interpreter at Ungarhilfe. 263 00:26:47,190 --> 00:26:49,830 An organisation that helps Hungarian refugees. 264 00:26:50,030 --> 00:26:52,430 Inspector Lambert. 265 00:26:54,510 --> 00:26:56,150 Is this them? 266 00:27:02,110 --> 00:27:03,110 Yes. 267 00:27:03,310 --> 00:27:05,190 Yes, it was them. 268 00:27:06,990 --> 00:27:09,070 Who are these men? 269 00:27:13,070 --> 00:27:15,270 They’re freedom fighters. 270 00:27:15,910 --> 00:27:18,270 Tibor BĂĄnos and Ábel TakĂĄcs. 271 00:27:18,830 --> 00:27:22,030 They fought in Budapest in 1956. 272 00:27:22,950 --> 00:27:25,630 And now they're fighting in Bern. 273 00:27:26,030 --> 00:27:30,950 The freedom fight continues for them today. 274 00:27:31,990 --> 00:27:34,670 - What are you doing with the radio? - Too much talk. 275 00:27:34,830 --> 00:27:37,670 Of course it’s too much! You’re just ruining my life. 276 00:27:39,230 --> 00:27:41,270 - The radio? - It’s working. 277 00:27:41,470 --> 00:27:43,230 - Munich? - Got it. 278 00:27:43,390 --> 00:27:45,150 We’ve got 20 minutes left. 279 00:27:47,310 --> 00:27:48,950 Is it going to work? 280 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,870 All the safes have the same weak point. 281 00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:54,910 A good locksmith can open any of them. 282 00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:07,350 A safe? 283 00:28:07,550 --> 00:28:10,350 Yes, they mentioned a safe. 284 00:28:10,670 --> 00:28:13,710 She says they were looking for a safe. 285 00:28:20,150 --> 00:28:25,670 Inspector... they won’t get hurt, will they? 286 00:28:30,150 --> 00:28:32,910 If they don’t do anything stupid, they won’t. 287 00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:40,830 This is the police! 288 00:28:41,390 --> 00:28:45,470 Come out with your hands up and you won’t be harmed. 289 00:28:48,230 --> 00:28:50,550 I repeat: this is the police! 290 00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:52,030 Can you hear this? 291 00:28:52,190 --> 00:28:57,030 Come out with your hands up and you won’t be harmed. 292 00:28:57,990 --> 00:29:01,510 The Swiss Police guarantees no harm will come to any of you. 293 00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:19,390 Filthy traitors! You’re going to die! 294 00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:23,150 We work at the embassy. 295 00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:25,430 Who was that? 296 00:29:25,790 --> 00:29:28,230 That was Comrade Vermes. 297 00:29:37,030 --> 00:29:38,550 We want to go in. 298 00:29:38,750 --> 00:29:41,470 We are Comrade RadĂł and Comrade Vermes. 299 00:29:41,670 --> 00:29:44,150 Trade Department. 300 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:49,150 Inspector Lambert. Bern Police. 301 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:52,830 We're trying to negotiate with the intruders. 302 00:29:59,830 --> 00:30:03,390 There’s a telephone in the Ambassador’s apartment. 303 00:30:05,230 --> 00:30:11,870 I’II call you in 2 minutes, and we’II try to find a peaceful solution. 304 00:30:17,110 --> 00:30:19,990 I think you should talk to them. 305 00:30:21,270 --> 00:30:22,630 Ábel? 306 00:30:27,070 --> 00:30:29,510 I’d prefer to talk to Comrade Vermes. 307 00:30:30,390 --> 00:30:32,270 I’d offer him a deal. 308 00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:37,350 The ambassador’s life in exchange for the combination to the safe. 309 00:30:40,670 --> 00:30:42,550 He won’t take it. I know him. 310 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:45,750 - You’ll convince him. - He doesn’t give a shit if I live or die. 311 00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:47,230 BĂĄnos... 312 00:30:56,390 --> 00:30:58,590 You want to kill that man? 313 00:31:00,070 --> 00:31:01,430 Are you chickening out? 314 00:31:03,190 --> 00:31:04,710 Just thinking. 315 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:08,510 We’ve killed before, it’s not a pleasant feeling. 316 00:31:08,670 --> 00:31:12,630 But if we kill this man, we have to be ready to die. 317 00:31:14,230 --> 00:31:15,790 I’m ready. 318 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:19,070 And you? 319 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:25,670 We swore. We swore to Imre Nagy that we’d fight 320 00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:28,390 for the freedom of Hungary to the last drop of blood. 321 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:30,350 If we have to die today, we’ll die today. 322 00:31:30,550 --> 00:31:32,310 Who says we have to die today? 323 00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:33,950 If I’d been shot on Corvin Lane, 324 00:31:34,110 --> 00:31:35,510 I wouldn’t have made it to the Mecsek Hills. 325 00:31:35,670 --> 00:31:38,590 If I hadn’t survived the Mecsek, I wouldn’t be here today, you get it? 326 00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:39,870 You are chickening out. 327 00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:43,070 All I’m saying is that we should leave ourselves a way out. 328 00:31:45,190 --> 00:31:46,910 I’m going to talk to Vermes. 329 00:32:10,710 --> 00:32:12,550 You’re a good kid. 330 00:32:13,630 --> 00:32:15,910 I didn’t mean to, but I heard. 331 00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:19,870 I can tell. 332 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:22,910 You’re different. 333 00:32:26,350 --> 00:32:28,030 Compared to what? 334 00:32:28,190 --> 00:32:31,070 Compared to BĂĄnos. 335 00:32:32,590 --> 00:32:34,310 Compared to him, I am. 336 00:32:48,990 --> 00:32:53,110 I went to high school for 2 years before they kicked me out. 337 00:32:57,990 --> 00:33:00,310 A year later, my kid brother was kicked out, too. 338 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:04,950 "Anti-establishment behaviour." 339 00:33:10,630 --> 00:33:12,550 My father was fired from the print works. 340 00:33:12,710 --> 00:33:15,670 He wasn’t a member of the Party. He raised his voice, they locked him up. 341 00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:17,990 2 months in prison. 342 00:33:21,150 --> 00:33:23,750 The TakĂĄcs family screw themselves! 343 00:33:24,590 --> 00:33:28,510 No need to intern us, no need to line up against the wall. 344 00:33:28,670 --> 00:33:32,150 A small tap on our back, we collapse on our own. 345 00:33:34,670 --> 00:33:36,310 BĂĄnos lived in Üllo. 346 00:33:37,190 --> 00:33:39,550 The Russkies raped his mother in ’45. 347 00:33:39,870 --> 00:33:43,390 His father tried to protect her, he was nearly beaten to death. 348 00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:46,710 All this witnessed by an 8-year-old BĂĄnos. 349 00:33:52,310 --> 00:33:54,390 All I’m saying is... 350 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:58,710 that I’ll happily shoot you in the head if I have to... 351 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:01,550 but BĂĄnos will also smash your face to pieces... 352 00:34:01,710 --> 00:34:03,910 before he screws your wife. 353 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:07,510 That’s the difference between us. 354 00:34:18,030 --> 00:34:20,470 Inspector Lambert, Bern Police. 355 00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:23,750 Tibor BĂĄnos. Give me Vermes. 356 00:34:24,390 --> 00:34:25,630 Vermes? 357 00:34:33,790 --> 00:34:35,710 Stay calm. 358 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:40,910 Vermes. 359 00:34:41,110 --> 00:34:44,150 Tell me the combination or the ambassador dies. 360 00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:46,110 You’ve got 10 minutes. 361 00:34:58,750 --> 00:35:00,470 Are you insane? 362 00:35:00,870 --> 00:35:03,950 We don’t negotiate with bandits. 363 00:35:06,510 --> 00:35:08,350 But what did he say? 364 00:35:19,310 --> 00:35:21,510 You have to help. 365 00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:23,590 I understand you boys. 366 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:28,310 You don’t need to understand, you need to think. 367 00:35:28,950 --> 00:35:31,830 You’II die in 5 minutes because you don’t know the combination. 368 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:33,870 I’d start thinking if I were you. 369 00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:17,710 9 minutes. 370 00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:20,910 Tibor, it’s me. 371 00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:25,670 Hajni. 372 00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:30,070 You said you wouldn’t do it. 373 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:34,230 What are you doing here? 374 00:36:35,270 --> 00:36:37,630 You’re all over the news. 375 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,150 Did you have to do this? 376 00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:45,150 They killed Imre Nagy. 377 00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:52,190 What’s Imre Nagy got to do with us? 378 00:36:53,230 --> 00:36:55,030 With the two of us? 379 00:36:57,070 --> 00:36:58,870 If this was all about the two of us, 380 00:36:59,030 --> 00:37:01,910 I would’ve proposed to you 2 weeks ago on that bridge in Holligen. 381 00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:04,870 You would've said yes. 382 00:37:05,630 --> 00:37:08,270 We’d buy a house in Ittigen or Bolligen. 383 00:37:10,110 --> 00:37:12,030 We’d have three kids. 384 00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:16,390 Florian, Mathias and Adrian. 385 00:37:20,030 --> 00:37:22,350 Okay, I don’t fancy the name Adrian either. 386 00:37:29,110 --> 00:37:31,070 You’re such a fool. 387 00:37:34,190 --> 00:37:35,950 It’ll be over soon. 388 00:37:40,230 --> 00:37:42,190 Will I see you again? 389 00:37:49,670 --> 00:37:51,470 Say something. 390 00:37:55,830 --> 00:37:57,310 You will. 391 00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:24,190 I don’t trust the Swiss. 392 00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:25,990 Imperialists. 393 00:38:27,990 --> 00:38:30,910 We have to get this thing sorted in the embassy on our own. 394 00:38:31,390 --> 00:38:32,670 Are you in? 395 00:38:35,590 --> 00:38:36,830 I’m in. 396 00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:49,430 I’m listening. 397 00:38:50,630 --> 00:38:52,550 I can only guess. 398 00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:55,270 Then take a good guess. 399 00:38:56,870 --> 00:38:59,790 We’ve waited enough. We’re going in. 400 00:39:00,390 --> 00:39:02,310 I can’t allow that. 401 00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:06,670 We’re sovereign citizens of a sovereign country. 402 00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:09,830 You can’t stop us. 403 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:15,430 The Great October Socialist Revolution. 404 00:39:15,710 --> 00:39:17,430 17-10-25. 405 00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:40,150 According to the Gregorian calendar? 406 00:39:41,270 --> 00:39:43,150 17-11-07. 407 00:39:50,710 --> 00:39:52,110 They broke the key off. 408 00:39:52,310 --> 00:39:54,470 - The bastards! - We’ll take the back door. 409 00:39:54,790 --> 00:39:58,910 The declaration of the Republic of Councils. 19-03-21. 410 00:40:06,950 --> 00:40:10,270 The liberation of Hungary. 45-04-04. 411 00:40:20,190 --> 00:40:21,670 Vermes’ birthday? 412 00:40:21,830 --> 00:40:23,510 No idea. 413 00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:34,390 They went for the safe. 414 00:40:34,590 --> 00:40:36,390 56-10-23. 415 00:40:42,430 --> 00:40:44,350 They’re here for the codebook. 416 00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:51,150 The codebook? 417 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:54,470 What if they get hold of it? 418 00:40:55,070 --> 00:40:56,790 They can’t have it. 419 00:40:57,230 --> 00:40:58,830 What happens if they do? 420 00:40:59,030 --> 00:41:02,950 If they have it, Comrade Gottman, we’re all finished. 421 00:41:07,390 --> 00:41:09,110 Comrade Vince! 422 00:41:11,150 --> 00:41:12,870 It’s all right, it’s me. 423 00:41:14,990 --> 00:41:17,070 49-08-20. 424 00:41:20,950 --> 00:41:22,590 53-03-05. 425 00:41:30,230 --> 00:41:32,230 54-07-04. 426 00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:36,110 Watch out! 427 00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:43,510 We’re going in! 428 00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:50,550 Stop shooting, you morons! 429 00:41:50,910 --> 00:41:52,350 You stay here. 430 00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:08,710 Are you there, Comrade Vermes? 431 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:13,750 I’m here. 432 00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:15,590 I’II count to 3. 433 00:42:15,830 --> 00:42:20,310 You either tell me the combination, or the ambassador dies. 434 00:42:30,070 --> 00:42:31,470 One... 435 00:42:35,430 --> 00:42:36,950 Vermes! 436 00:42:46,830 --> 00:42:48,310 Two... 437 00:42:50,110 --> 00:42:53,030 Vermes, tell them the code! That’s an order! 438 00:42:53,230 --> 00:42:57,350 I’m sorry, Comrade Ambassador, but you can no longer give orders. 439 00:42:59,230 --> 00:43:01,230 The telegram came this morning. 440 00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:06,150 You’ve been fired, and I’m the senior officer. 441 00:43:18,150 --> 00:43:20,070 This is the last chance! 442 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:27,750 Three! 443 00:43:27,950 --> 00:43:29,790 30-12-16! 444 00:43:29,950 --> 00:43:31,990 30-12-16! 445 00:43:39,910 --> 00:43:41,990 My wife’s birthday. 446 00:44:37,150 --> 00:44:39,150 That was a close call. 447 00:44:40,950 --> 00:44:45,990 What are you doing here? You can’t enter, this is Hungarian territory! 448 00:44:46,190 --> 00:44:48,630 Where you’re endangering the lives of others. 449 00:44:49,550 --> 00:44:51,510 We’II take over from here. 450 00:44:52,710 --> 00:44:54,550 The show’s over. 451 00:44:56,270 --> 00:44:59,750 If you try to come in, the ambassador dies! 452 00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:13,390 Take them down. 453 00:45:15,230 --> 00:45:16,950 Move! 454 00:45:17,710 --> 00:45:19,070 Come! 455 00:45:21,830 --> 00:45:23,190 Come on! 456 00:45:30,630 --> 00:45:32,230 Did you know? 457 00:45:33,070 --> 00:45:35,830 That they’d order me back? I had a hunch. 458 00:45:35,990 --> 00:45:37,630 Why did they order you back? 459 00:45:38,350 --> 00:45:39,870 Because of ’56. 460 00:45:41,150 --> 00:45:44,710 I threw the ÁVÓ officers out off the embassy on October 30. 461 00:45:45,270 --> 00:45:47,470 Vermes, RadĂł and the others. 462 00:45:47,630 --> 00:45:48,990 Why? 463 00:45:50,350 --> 00:45:52,190 Because Imre Nagy said so. 464 00:45:54,310 --> 00:45:55,990 He just wants to win some time. 465 00:45:56,190 --> 00:45:57,910 I’m telling the truth. Why would I lie? 466 00:45:58,070 --> 00:46:00,030 To save your ass. 467 00:46:02,830 --> 00:46:06,070 Half a sandwich: salami. 468 00:46:08,070 --> 00:46:11,310 430 forints in cash. 469 00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:14,990 The Communist Manifesto, in Hungarian. 470 00:46:18,030 --> 00:46:19,710 And this. 471 00:46:25,150 --> 00:46:26,710 It’s the telegram logbook. 472 00:46:26,910 --> 00:46:30,630 - Isn’t that what we wanted? - It’s worth shit without the codebook. 473 00:46:30,790 --> 00:46:32,110 Damn! 474 00:46:52,510 --> 00:46:55,230 What does a codebook suppose to look like? Small, big, thin, thick? 475 00:46:55,390 --> 00:46:57,590 I don’t know! I don’t know. 476 00:46:57,750 --> 00:46:59,870 It depends on how complicated the codes are. 477 00:47:01,270 --> 00:47:03,230 What do you need the codebook for? 478 00:47:03,430 --> 00:47:06,510 If you steal it, the State Department will change the codes by tomorrow. 479 00:47:06,670 --> 00:47:10,070 The codebook can save lives and expose the guilty. 480 00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:14,750 And how do you plan to take it? 481 00:47:14,950 --> 00:47:18,070 Stuff it into your underpants and walk out the door? 482 00:47:24,190 --> 00:47:27,630 This is Radio Free Europe. Are you there, Ábel? 483 00:47:31,830 --> 00:47:33,350 Yes. This is Ábel. 484 00:47:33,510 --> 00:47:34,550 Success? 485 00:47:34,750 --> 00:47:36,670 We’re checking the safe now. 486 00:47:37,070 --> 00:47:39,870 We’re in the studio. Ready to go on air. 487 00:47:40,070 --> 00:47:41,990 We need one more minute. 488 00:47:42,510 --> 00:47:45,590 Do you want to read the codes out on the Free Europe? 489 00:47:49,710 --> 00:47:51,710 Live on air. 490 00:47:54,590 --> 00:47:58,030 Those traitors in Munich are in on this too, huh? 491 00:47:58,230 --> 00:47:59,230 I can’t believe it. 492 00:47:59,390 --> 00:48:02,030 In a few minutes, Comrade Ambassador, the whole free world... 493 00:48:02,230 --> 00:48:04,870 will know the codes of the Hungarian State Department. 494 00:48:05,630 --> 00:48:08,310 All your dirty secrets will be exposed. 495 00:48:11,550 --> 00:48:13,270 What does the codebook look like? 496 00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:15,150 No idea. 497 00:48:15,470 --> 00:48:18,470 This safe belongs to Home Affairs, I work for the State Department. 498 00:48:27,670 --> 00:48:30,910 If it’s not in the safe, then Vermes has it. 499 00:48:35,270 --> 00:48:38,710 The ambassador’s life in exchange for the codebook! 500 00:48:40,310 --> 00:48:43,070 I’ve got bad news for you. 501 00:48:43,270 --> 00:48:45,990 Vermes has burnt the codebook. 502 00:48:49,470 --> 00:48:51,430 What did he say? 503 00:48:55,390 --> 00:48:57,630 Vermes burnt the codebook. 504 00:49:01,830 --> 00:49:04,430 - Is there only one codebook? - Yes. 505 00:49:04,670 --> 00:49:07,190 You're left with no other option. 506 00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:09,910 You have to give yourselves up. 507 00:49:14,150 --> 00:49:16,190 Now what? 508 00:49:17,990 --> 00:49:19,470 We stay. 509 00:49:20,030 --> 00:49:23,310 And if we have to die, the ambassador dies first. 510 00:49:23,510 --> 00:49:25,430 Have you got the codebook? 511 00:49:29,470 --> 00:49:30,790 No. 512 00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:34,390 I repeat: we don’t have the codebook. 513 00:49:35,430 --> 00:49:38,630 In that case, I have to abort the broadcast. 514 00:49:38,790 --> 00:49:40,310 Give us one more minute. 515 00:49:40,630 --> 00:49:43,390 One minute and we’re out. 516 00:49:44,710 --> 00:49:47,150 You’d better surrender. 517 00:49:47,310 --> 00:49:50,070 Prisons here are like hotels at home. 518 00:49:58,030 --> 00:49:59,470 Now what? 519 00:50:09,110 --> 00:50:16,590 Down with KĂĄdĂĄr! Down with KĂĄdĂĄr! 520 00:50:19,390 --> 00:50:21,910 - Thank you. - You’re welcome. 521 00:50:48,150 --> 00:50:50,350 There’s a change to the programme. 522 00:50:50,590 --> 00:50:52,790 Ambassador MihĂĄly Koroknai is going to speak. 523 00:50:52,990 --> 00:50:54,670 What? The ambassador to Bern? 524 00:50:55,510 --> 00:50:58,830 He’s going to publicly apologise for Imre Nagy’s murder. 525 00:50:59,030 --> 00:51:00,470 Are you insane? 526 00:51:03,750 --> 00:51:05,870 - Why don’t we shoot him? - And then what? 527 00:51:06,070 --> 00:51:09,710 - We’re trying to break out. - Are you determined to die? 528 00:51:10,830 --> 00:51:20,350 KĂĄdĂĄr’s henchman! KĂĄdĂĄr’s henchman! 529 00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:37,190 Down with KĂĄdĂĄr! Down with KĂĄdĂĄr! 530 00:51:49,670 --> 00:51:51,070 KÁDÁR = MURDERER 531 00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:11,710 We’re waiting for the ambassador. 532 00:52:12,670 --> 00:52:14,190 We’re ready. 533 00:52:14,390 --> 00:52:18,310 You’re going live. All the best! 534 00:52:18,590 --> 00:52:19,950 Let’s do it. 535 00:52:31,630 --> 00:52:32,910 What should I say? 536 00:52:33,230 --> 00:52:34,830 Introduce yourself. 537 00:52:36,990 --> 00:52:39,870 I don’t have the permission to make any declaration. 538 00:52:40,790 --> 00:52:44,190 - I just wanted to clarify that. - Your name? 539 00:52:45,110 --> 00:52:47,670 MihĂĄly Koroknai, Hungarian ambassador to Bern. 540 00:52:47,870 --> 00:52:50,270 Two bandits are holding a gun to my head. 541 00:52:51,750 --> 00:52:54,430 What happened at the embassy in 1956? 542 00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:58,910 Tell us what you wanted to say earlier. 543 00:53:10,430 --> 00:53:11,950 What did Imre Nagy ask you to do? 544 00:53:12,150 --> 00:53:13,910 It wasn’t Imre Nagy, it was the State Department. 545 00:53:14,270 --> 00:53:16,710 What did the State Department ask you to do? 546 00:53:17,350 --> 00:53:20,030 To dismiss the Home Affairs staff from the embassy. 547 00:53:20,230 --> 00:53:21,910 The ÁVÓ officers. 548 00:53:22,590 --> 00:53:24,910 I was ordered to get rid of intelligence operatives. 549 00:53:25,110 --> 00:53:27,430 - It’s Koroknai. - Koroknai? 550 00:53:27,590 --> 00:53:29,990 And? Did you throw them out? 551 00:53:30,190 --> 00:53:32,230 How? What station is it? 552 00:53:32,430 --> 00:53:34,510 I sent them home, it’s not a secret. 553 00:53:34,870 --> 00:53:36,430 Radio Free Europe. 554 00:53:38,550 --> 00:53:40,270 When did this happen? 555 00:53:40,510 --> 00:53:42,030 On October 30. 556 00:53:42,230 --> 00:53:44,230 Did you take the side of the revolution? 557 00:53:44,430 --> 00:53:46,510 I’m a diplomat, I don’t take sides. 558 00:53:46,710 --> 00:53:48,670 I follow orders, that’s all. 559 00:53:49,310 --> 00:53:51,670 For RĂĄkosi and Imre Nagy equally? 560 00:53:51,830 --> 00:53:54,390 I swore on the Hungarian flag. 561 00:53:54,590 --> 00:53:57,150 What happens at the top is not my business. 562 00:53:57,590 --> 00:54:01,110 I’m a professional. I do my job. 563 00:54:01,310 --> 00:54:04,270 Do you consider the revolution to be a professional matter? 564 00:54:04,470 --> 00:54:06,670 Why’s that important? Who cares? 565 00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:09,830 Do you weigh orders up before you carry them out? 566 00:54:10,030 --> 00:54:12,470 Yes, I do, like all normal people. 567 00:54:12,910 --> 00:54:15,470 Did you agree with throwing the ÁVÓ out? 568 00:54:16,910 --> 00:54:17,910 I’II repeat... 569 00:54:18,070 --> 00:54:19,030 MihĂĄly? 570 00:54:19,230 --> 00:54:20,910 I followed an order. 571 00:54:21,470 --> 00:54:23,590 Did you agree or not? 572 00:54:23,790 --> 00:54:27,790 It’s not easy to speak honestly with a gun to my head. 573 00:54:27,950 --> 00:54:29,630 It’s just as hard without a gun. 574 00:54:30,230 --> 00:54:34,150 You don’t want honesty from me, you want a confession. 575 00:54:39,190 --> 00:54:40,470 Relax... 576 00:54:40,670 --> 00:54:42,430 We’re just talking. 577 00:54:45,550 --> 00:54:46,830 Thank you. 578 00:54:47,030 --> 00:54:49,350 I don’t understand what we’re talking about. 579 00:54:56,790 --> 00:54:58,830 - What? Live on air? - Yes. 580 00:54:59,310 --> 00:55:00,990 Goddammit! 581 00:55:06,630 --> 00:55:08,470 We’re just two Hungarians, away from home... 582 00:55:08,670 --> 00:55:11,870 from the two sides of the trenches... finally agreeing on something. 583 00:55:16,950 --> 00:55:18,990 We both hate the ÁVÓ. 584 00:55:19,950 --> 00:55:22,430 Everybody hated the ÁVÓ, didn’t they? 585 00:55:30,350 --> 00:55:34,390 Especially the diplomats. That’s no secret. 586 00:55:36,110 --> 00:55:38,550 They’re Home Affairs, we’re the State Department. 587 00:55:38,950 --> 00:55:41,070 What are they doing in an embassy anyway? 588 00:55:41,710 --> 00:55:44,470 They don’t speak languages, they don’t manage matters. 589 00:55:44,630 --> 00:55:47,150 All they do is spy on our staff. 590 00:55:48,670 --> 00:55:50,590 Snoops, that’s what they are. 591 00:55:55,630 --> 00:55:59,590 When I got the call on October 30 that the new order was to dismiss the ÁVÓ... 592 00:55:59,790 --> 00:56:01,270 what was I supposed to say? 593 00:56:01,470 --> 00:56:02,990 I was happy. 594 00:56:04,510 --> 00:56:07,230 I never thought that communism could end. 595 00:56:07,430 --> 00:56:09,590 Imre Nagy was the greatest communist, wasn’t he? 596 00:56:09,750 --> 00:56:12,910 He was a friend of Gero and RĂĄkosi. What was I supposed to think? 597 00:56:13,110 --> 00:56:15,310 Haven’t you heard about the revolution? 598 00:56:16,510 --> 00:56:18,630 The revolution happened differently for us. 599 00:56:19,390 --> 00:56:20,950 We were far way. 600 00:56:21,150 --> 00:56:25,030 We heard that the crowds were out on the streets, chasing the ÁVÓ away. 601 00:56:25,190 --> 00:56:26,870 And what did you think would happen? 602 00:56:29,990 --> 00:56:33,310 They’d get rid of the ÁVÓ and communism would remain. 603 00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:36,550 A communism without the ÁVÓ. 604 00:56:38,150 --> 00:56:40,190 What else should I have thought? 605 00:56:40,350 --> 00:56:44,030 On October 30, the orders came from the same people... 606 00:56:44,230 --> 00:56:46,030 as before and since. 607 00:56:46,390 --> 00:56:48,350 Then why do they want to fire you? 608 00:56:48,550 --> 00:56:49,990 Good question. 609 00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:53,510 You followed their orders and now they’re getting rid of you? 610 00:56:53,710 --> 00:56:56,910 After a shameless, 18-month procedure, they came up... 611 00:56:57,110 --> 00:57:00,110 with this outrageous and humiliating verdict. 612 00:57:00,310 --> 00:57:02,230 You’ll have me feeling sorry for you. 613 00:57:04,910 --> 00:57:06,750 And Imre Nagy? 614 00:57:09,430 --> 00:57:11,150 What about him? 615 00:57:12,030 --> 00:57:14,190 What do you think of his execution? 616 00:57:17,870 --> 00:57:20,030 I can’t apologise for others. 617 00:57:20,470 --> 00:57:24,590 But what’s your take on it? You fought for the same reason after all, didn’t you? 618 00:57:24,790 --> 00:57:26,190 Not exactly. 619 00:57:26,390 --> 00:57:29,070 You both wanted to get rid of the ÁVÓ. 620 00:57:29,270 --> 00:57:32,950 If you’re outraged by getting unfairly fired for this, 621 00:57:33,390 --> 00:57:35,470 aren’t you a bit upset about Imre Nagy getting executed? 622 00:57:35,670 --> 00:57:37,750 Just because I’m pissed off by it. 623 00:57:37,950 --> 00:57:39,310 It’s not the same. 624 00:57:39,470 --> 00:57:40,830 What’s not the same? 625 00:57:43,030 --> 00:57:45,310 Imre Nagy gave the order, I just carried it out. 626 00:57:45,510 --> 00:57:49,070 You’re just as responsible as the one who gave the order, don’t you think? 627 00:57:49,270 --> 00:57:51,990 On that basis, a whole country could be called to account. 628 00:57:52,150 --> 00:57:54,110 Would you have executed Imre Nagy? 629 00:57:54,870 --> 00:57:58,030 Let me say it again: I did not give the order. 630 00:57:58,190 --> 00:58:00,670 - But you’d carry it out. - Would you have carried it out? 631 00:58:00,870 --> 00:58:03,310 Would you have executed him if you’d been ordered? 632 00:58:03,510 --> 00:58:06,390 This conversation is over. 633 00:58:06,590 --> 00:58:08,470 Would you have killed Imre Nagy? 634 00:58:10,230 --> 00:58:12,270 - Switch the radio off. - Say yes or no. 635 00:58:12,430 --> 00:58:14,590 Did he deserve to die? Did he deserve the rope? 636 00:58:14,750 --> 00:58:16,830 - Would you have tied it around his neck? - Kick the stool from under his feet? 637 00:58:16,990 --> 00:58:18,230 Watch him fighting for his life? 638 00:58:18,390 --> 00:58:20,870 - If you’d been given the order... - Would you have killed Imre Nagy? 639 00:58:25,630 --> 00:58:28,030 It was a mistake... 640 00:58:28,590 --> 00:58:30,510 to kill Imre Nagy. 641 00:58:32,950 --> 00:58:34,670 Say it again. 642 00:58:37,110 --> 00:58:39,990 It was a mistake to kill Imre Nagy. 643 00:58:43,150 --> 00:58:44,990 A bloody big mistake. 644 00:58:47,950 --> 00:58:49,510 I struggled, 645 00:58:49,670 --> 00:58:51,390 I pleaded, 646 00:58:51,550 --> 00:58:55,270 at headquarters, with the minister, with KĂĄdĂĄr. 647 00:58:55,510 --> 00:58:59,790 I told him it would be a huge mistake to execute Imre Nagy. 648 00:58:59,990 --> 00:59:03,510 "He’s just a tired old man, wouldn’t hurt a fly." 649 00:59:03,870 --> 00:59:06,190 "People will forget him quickly." 650 00:59:06,350 --> 00:59:08,870 KĂĄdĂĄr said: 651 00:59:09,270 --> 00:59:11,750 "We don’t understand you, Comrade Koroknai." 652 00:59:11,990 --> 00:59:14,910 "Imre Nagy is a rat, an enemy of the state." 653 00:59:17,030 --> 00:59:19,510 "He has to die, right away." 654 00:59:19,710 --> 00:59:22,670 I said: "Comrade KĂĄdĂĄr... 655 00:59:23,190 --> 00:59:25,310 what will we achieve by executing him?" 656 00:59:25,510 --> 00:59:28,510 "We’d only make the counter-revolutionaries stronger." 657 00:59:28,710 --> 00:59:30,590 "We’d shake the emigrants up." 658 00:59:32,510 --> 00:59:34,430 "We’d give them something... 659 00:59:35,230 --> 00:59:38,070 one hundred times stronger than a tired old man." 660 00:59:40,830 --> 00:59:43,350 "We’d give them a martyr." 661 01:00:47,150 --> 01:00:48,870 Don’t... 662 01:00:51,870 --> 01:00:52,910 Listen. 663 01:00:57,710 --> 01:01:02,190 "If he sends this message again," 664 01:01:02,670 --> 01:01:07,110 "We all have to join his army." 665 01:01:07,310 --> 01:01:11,990 "Long live the Hungarian freedom!" 666 01:01:12,190 --> 01:01:15,550 "Long live the homeland!" 667 01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:20,310 "Raindrops are falling all around," 668 01:01:20,510 --> 01:01:23,270 "Falling on Lajos Kossuth’s hat." 669 01:01:23,750 --> 01:01:26,430 Leave yourself a way out. 670 01:01:37,870 --> 01:01:39,990 What happened in there? 671 01:02:47,750 --> 01:02:51,630 I demand that you search him immediately. 672 01:03:09,710 --> 01:03:11,430 The other one? 673 01:03:12,230 --> 01:03:13,790 What other one? 674 01:03:17,310 --> 01:03:18,550 Go! 675 01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:05,870 We’re with you! 676 01:04:06,070 --> 01:04:09,030 We’re with you! 677 01:04:55,870 --> 01:04:58,470 Would you really have let them kill me? 678 01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:02,030 I was bluffing. 679 01:05:02,230 --> 01:05:04,710 Where was that goddamn codebook? 680 01:05:08,350 --> 01:05:11,950 You must have figured it out by now, Comrade Ambassador. 681 01:05:14,270 --> 01:05:16,390 Enjoy packing your bags. 682 01:05:45,910 --> 01:05:48,990 41... 61... 6... 683 01:05:50,950 --> 01:05:52,550 29... 04... 684 01:05:52,710 --> 01:05:53,390 29... 04... 685 01:05:53,550 --> 01:05:54,790 58... 60... 1... 686 01:05:54,950 --> 01:05:58,630 98... 64... 6... 687 01:07:02,750 --> 01:07:05,750 You can put the new curtains up, Edina. 688 01:07:06,230 --> 01:07:08,150 We’re staying. 689 01:07:18,910 --> 01:07:20,950 Headquarters sent a telegram. 690 01:07:22,830 --> 01:07:24,830 "Earlier order retracted." 691 01:07:24,990 --> 01:07:27,590 "In light of heroic efforts..." 692 01:07:29,230 --> 01:07:31,830 "the ambassador stays." 693 01:07:33,350 --> 01:07:37,470 I told you. I won’t let them get me. 694 01:08:08,630 --> 01:08:11,510 The codebook was right in front of us all along. 695 01:08:11,870 --> 01:08:13,750 It was in our hands. 696 01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:16,750 We were blind not to realise. 697 01:08:18,390 --> 01:08:20,350 It doesn’t matter anymore. 698 01:08:20,830 --> 01:08:22,990 My best friend is dead. 699 01:08:24,430 --> 01:08:27,710 Maybe it was determined by fate... maybe by him. 700 01:08:29,670 --> 01:08:31,870 BĂĄnos was definitely ready. 701 01:08:32,910 --> 01:08:36,990 He was ready to give his life for freedom. 702 01:08:40,590 --> 01:08:43,830 I know that his death was not in vain. 703 01:10:36,990 --> 01:10:41,470 Tibor BĂĄnos was given a public burial in Bern on August 28, 1958, 704 01:10:41,630 --> 01:10:45,750 despite the protestation of the embassy. 705 01:10:46,470 --> 01:10:49,630 Hundreds of Hungarian immigrants attended. 706 01:10:52,670 --> 01:10:55,670 Ábel TakĂĄcs was released 18 months later. 707 01:10:55,870 --> 01:10:59,950 He gained Swiss citizenship, attended university, and married. 708 01:11:00,430 --> 01:11:03,590 He wasn’t able to attend either his father’s or his mother’s funeral. 709 01:11:03,790 --> 01:11:07,670 He could only return to Hungary in 1989. 710 01:11:10,750 --> 01:11:14,470 MihĂĄly Koroknai and György Vermes were awarded 711 01:11:14,670 --> 01:11:16,710 the Medal of Worker and Peasant Rule 712 01:11:16,910 --> 01:11:19,910 for "exemplary, self-sacrificing and heroic behaviour". 713 01:11:20,070 --> 01:11:22,870 Koroknai’s career went from strength to strength. 714 01:11:23,070 --> 01:11:27,470 He served as ambassador in Prague, Belgrade and finally Moscow. 715 01:11:27,670 --> 01:11:30,950 He retired as deputy prime minister. 716 01:11:32,870 --> 01:11:35,950 Following the political amnesty granted in 1963, 717 01:11:36,150 --> 01:11:39,150 Hungary’s UN mandate was restored. 718 01:11:40,710 --> 01:11:44,470 The "Hungarian Question" was taken off the agenda. 48159

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