1 00:01:51,265 --> 00:01:53,318 I do not wish to comment on the work... 2 00:01:53,649 --> 00:01:57,545 If it does not speak for itself, it is a failure. 3 00:01:58,150 --> 00:02:02,366 I wanted to tell a story that could easily be understood by anyone. 4 00:02:01,831 --> 00:02:05,291 A story so simple even a child could understand it. 5 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:08,516 The truth was too strange to tell any other way. 6 00:02:11,924 --> 00:02:14,047 I was not born for an age like this. 7 00:02:14,048 --> 00:02:15,048 I'm in. 8 00:02:16,955 --> 00:02:19,373 The world is being invaded by monsters... 9 00:02:19,374 --> 00:02:21,491 but I suppose you don't want to hear about that. 10 00:02:22,349 --> 00:02:24,424 I could be writing romantic novels... 11 00:02:24,668 --> 00:02:28,204 novels people actually want to read, and maybe in a different age I would. 12 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:32,865 But if I tell the story of the monsters through talking farm animals... 13 00:02:32,866 --> 00:02:35,965 maybe then you will listen, then you will understand. 14 00:02:35,966 --> 00:02:41,255 The future is at stake so, please read carefully, between the lines. 15 00:02:48,528 --> 00:02:53,393 Mr. Chairman, from Manor Farm, had locked the hen houses for the night, 16 00:02:56,923 --> 00:02:59,268 Hitler and Goebbels are both there... 17 00:02:59,269 --> 00:03:01,912 next thing you know, we're strapped onto Hitler�s plane... 18 00:03:01,913 --> 00:03:06,643 to Richtoffen. The fastest and most powerful plane in all of Germany. 19 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:09,613 On the flight, Goebbels is reading the papers, 20 00:03:09,976 --> 00:03:14,767 while Hitler, ah.. Hitler... 21 00:03:14,804 --> 00:03:17,825 studies a map of Europe, 22 00:03:17,826 --> 00:03:19,333 and I couldn't help but think... 23 00:03:19,334 --> 00:03:24,737 if this plane should crash, the whole history of Europe would be changed. 24 00:03:29,994 --> 00:03:33,206 Well... thank you young man for that... 25 00:03:36,254 --> 00:03:39,590 But the Germans have their own unrest to worry about. 26 00:03:39,591 --> 00:03:41,592 The Reichstag file is not unrest... 27 00:03:41,593 --> 00:03:43,702 It was a tactic. 28 00:03:43,703 --> 00:03:48,709 The Nazis now have an excuse to end all opposition. 29 00:03:48,710 --> 00:03:50,479 But how can you be so certain? 30 00:03:50,883 --> 00:03:52,371 Goebbels told me. 31 00:03:52,372 --> 00:03:57,573 War begins in the minds of men. 32 00:03:57,574 --> 00:04:01,438 Goebbels believes the Reich will be here for a thousand years, 33 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:05,778 which means that they will most certainly expand to the east into Poland. 34 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:09,778 The next great war gentlemen, has already begun. 35 00:04:09,779 --> 00:04:12,079 Herr Hitler will soon learn, 36 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,221 that there's a great deal of difference between holding a rally... 37 00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:18,980 and running a country. 38 00:04:18,981 --> 00:04:26,414 I see Mr. Jones, has told you we are at war. 39 00:04:30,492 --> 00:04:33,539 Sorry to interrupt, ah, there's a call from Moscow. 40 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:34,536 Who is it? 41 00:04:34,537 --> 00:04:36,812 It's for Mr. Jones. 42 00:04:38,808 --> 00:04:40,884 If you'll excuse me a moment gentlemen. 43 00:05:02,259 --> 00:05:03,777 Do you know who it was? 44 00:05:05,422 --> 00:05:07,561 They were speaking Russian. 45 00:05:36,188 --> 00:05:37,785 You must go home. 46 00:05:38,734 --> 00:05:40,603 If you have a home, don't you? 47 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:42,164 This is my home. 48 00:05:47,766 --> 00:05:51,073 I never got to make my main strategic point, which is... 49 00:05:51,073 --> 00:05:54,575 to resist Hitler, we will need an alliance with Stalin. 50 00:05:54,428 --> 00:05:57,342 A man who performs miracles. 51 00:06:00,009 --> 00:06:02,432 Miss Stevenson, do you know how much the Rouble is worth? 52 00:06:02,674 --> 00:06:03,837 Not very much. 53 00:06:03,838 --> 00:06:05,768 Global economic collapse. 54 00:06:05,769 --> 00:06:08,280 Meanwhile the Soviets are having a spending spree. 55 00:06:08,741 --> 00:06:09,908 How? 56 00:06:17,828 --> 00:06:21,011 What's the matter? Why have you poured me a cup of Tea? 57 00:06:23,572 --> 00:06:24,988 I was wrong. 58 00:06:26,022 --> 00:06:27,861 About your position. 59 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:31,406 The cuts are deeper than expected. There's... 60 00:06:31,407 --> 00:06:33,486 simply no money. 61 00:06:36,010 --> 00:06:37,233 I'm so sorry. 62 00:06:44,345 --> 00:06:46,681 He's waiting to see you before you go. 63 00:07:21,965 --> 00:07:23,939 My boy... 64 00:07:28,435 --> 00:07:31,085 This depression, the casualties... 65 00:07:31,236 --> 00:07:32,980 It's like another great war. 66 00:07:34,171 --> 00:07:35,775 Goodbye sir. 67 00:07:37,322 --> 00:07:38,921 It was an honour to serve you. 68 00:07:38,922 --> 00:07:43,002 I couldn't have asked for a more brilliant foreign advisor. 69 00:07:43,003 --> 00:07:44,186 Sir, you... 70 00:07:44,187 --> 00:07:48,728 you are surrounded by men with decades of experience. But... 71 00:07:48,729 --> 00:07:54,018 it is me you need sir. I'm the only one who tells you the truth. 72 00:07:54,019 --> 00:07:59,262 No-one else seems to understand the gravity of the situation, sir. 73 00:07:59,263 --> 00:08:03,716 I took the liberty of writing you a letter of recommendation. 74 00:08:10,634 --> 00:08:11,976 Thank you sir. 75 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:16,267 Ah, this is for you. 76 00:08:16,268 --> 00:08:18,193 It's not finished, yet. 77 00:08:18,194 --> 00:08:20,911 It's my report on the Soviet question. 78 00:08:20,912 --> 00:08:22,516 And what's your answer? 79 00:08:22,517 --> 00:08:26,085 I don't have one. Stalin isn't returning my calls. 80 00:08:28,348 --> 00:08:31,184 You could still send me to Moscow. 81 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:34,414 Ask him where the money is coming from. 82 00:08:34,975 --> 00:08:39,246 But what happens after... your conversation with Stalin? 83 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:43,920 Ah, I will go back to Wales. 84 00:08:45,284 --> 00:08:48,282 Teach in my father's school in Barry... 85 00:08:48,283 --> 00:08:50,587 get married and settle down. 86 00:08:52,419 --> 00:08:57,791 And then, one day after a long and comfortable life... 87 00:08:57,792 --> 00:08:59,678 I will wake up screaming. 88 00:09:00,477 --> 00:09:03,108 I've woken up screaming in Barry myself. 89 00:09:13,413 --> 00:09:17,481 I'm sure you've woken up most people with your screaming in Barry. 90 00:09:54,266 --> 00:09:55,873 Everything takes time Mr. Jones. 91 00:09:56,248 --> 00:09:59,253 Why are you in such a hurry to visit Moscow? 92 00:09:59,594 --> 00:10:02,963 I... I hear Moscow is beautiful this time of year. 93 00:10:02,964 --> 00:10:05,048 Yes, much. 94 00:10:06,633 --> 00:10:08,458 And, you want a press card? 95 00:10:12,556 --> 00:10:13,552 What's this? 96 00:10:13,553 --> 00:10:14,664 My article. 97 00:10:14,665 --> 00:10:17,037 We really need a, a letter from an editor.... 98 00:10:17,038 --> 00:10:20,488 a three page description of what you will write about Russia, 99 00:10:20,595 --> 00:10:24,571 copies of all the articles you have written and the address of your publisher. 100 00:10:24,572 --> 00:10:28,039 I don't have an editor or a publisher. I'm a stringer. 101 00:10:28,507 --> 00:10:29,786 Freelance. 102 00:10:28,507 --> 00:10:30,977 Who will be paying for your keep? 103 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:32,335 Myself. 104 00:10:36,928 --> 00:10:40,323 You are not a Journalist. You want to be a Journalist. 105 00:10:42,782 --> 00:10:45,404 Ah.. 106 00:10:45,686 --> 00:10:49,587 I... have interviewed Hitler... 107 00:10:50,418 --> 00:10:53,170 I plan to interview Stalin. 108 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:56,612 You're funny Mr. Jones. 109 00:11:14,833 --> 00:11:18,937 Moscow 71795. 110 00:11:18,938 --> 00:11:22,664 Moscow 71795. 111 00:12:12,155 --> 00:12:13,285 Mr.Klebb? 112 00:12:13,852 --> 00:12:15,438 Yes? - Telephone please. 113 00:12:15,439 --> 00:12:17,195 OK. Sorry. 114 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:24,709 Paul! This is Gareth Jones. In London. 115 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,787 Listen, I'm on my way to Moscow. 116 00:12:26,788 --> 00:12:29,018 Gareth, I've been trying to reach you. 117 00:12:29,019 --> 00:12:30,211 So you're coming here? 118 00:12:30,212 --> 00:12:34,791 Paul I need your help again, this time arranging an interview with Stalin. 119 00:12:34,792 --> 00:12:36,163 Please, tell me you know a way. 120 00:12:36,164 --> 00:12:38,784 Go to Walter Duranty at the New York Times. 121 00:12:38,785 --> 00:12:40,117 He has influence I'm... 122 00:12:40,118 --> 00:12:43,217 Here, I am now persona non grata. 123 00:12:44,999 --> 00:12:48,686 Listen, I really need to talk to you, I found something big. 124 00:12:48,687 --> 00:12:50,278 You can crack the story wide open. 125 00:12:50,279 --> 00:12:52,157 It's worse than we thought before. 126 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:54,672 Paul? 127 00:12:55,897 --> 00:12:57,784 Paul? 128 00:13:20,525 --> 00:13:22,969 Your Visa application has been approved. 129 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:27,248 And, we have made arrangements for you to be boarded at the Metroplataz. 130 00:13:27,249 --> 00:13:28,889 The Metropol. 131 00:13:29,568 --> 00:13:37,544 I was going to find an old hotel near the train station but this is much more preferable. 132 00:13:37,545 --> 00:13:40,962 You register with the British Embassy when you arrive. 133 00:13:40,963 --> 00:13:43,666 And then you register with the Soviet State Office. 134 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:47,101 Failure to register forfeits your Visa. 135 00:13:47,102 --> 00:13:49,231 Is it understood Mr. Jones? 136 00:13:57,503 --> 00:14:01,908 I would love to see more of your beautiful country other than just Moscow. 137 00:14:02,293 --> 00:14:05,339 Right after you interview Stalin. 138 00:14:06,155 --> 00:14:08,936 Good luck Mr. Jones. 139 00:15:01,733 --> 00:15:06,257 New building. There was a lovely room here. 140 00:15:06,258 --> 00:15:09,839 The Soviets have built more in five years than our government can manage in ten. 141 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,289 You ought to visit factories... British engineers here... 142 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:17,028 there's Vickers, you should talk to him. 143 00:15:17,029 --> 00:15:18,423 I'll do that. 144 00:15:17,656 --> 00:15:21,167 Where are they hosting you? In the Metropol? - Yes. 145 00:15:21,207 --> 00:15:22,965 How are things in London? 146 00:15:23,849 --> 00:15:27,041 Lloyd George and MacDonald solve the economic crises yet? 147 00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:30,597 They have their best minds on the case. 148 00:15:30,598 --> 00:15:34,577 Ah ha... and their best minds got us into this mess. Huh? 149 00:15:37,327 --> 00:15:41,655 What have you heard from the Kremlin about Hitler? 150 00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:46,376 Did Lloyd George tell you to ask me that? 151 00:15:46,377 --> 00:15:48,950 Hmm? Hitler make him nervous? 152 00:15:49,655 --> 00:15:50,690 I'm afraid not. 153 00:15:54,015 --> 00:15:57,041 Forgive me, we're putting the papers 154 00:16:01,065 --> 00:16:02,870 I read your article. 155 00:16:04,306 --> 00:16:07,320 You think Hitler really believes the things he said? 156 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:10,731 Lots of people say that he's deranged. 157 00:16:10,995 --> 00:16:12,855 What is deranged? 158 00:16:12,856 --> 00:16:15,252 In a deranged world, hmm? 159 00:16:15,253 --> 00:16:18,927 There's talk in London we're headed to war. 160 00:16:19,268 --> 00:16:21,596 Britain can't support another war. 161 00:16:21,696 --> 00:16:23,252 Can the Soviets? 162 00:16:23,670 --> 00:16:27,920 British engineers, new factories. How is Stalin paying for it all? 163 00:16:27,921 --> 00:16:29,716 Money I suppose. 164 00:16:31,109 --> 00:16:33,468 They've not paid for it in Roubles. 165 00:16:33,469 --> 00:16:34,185 Mr. Duranty. 166 00:16:34,186 --> 00:16:37,206 You know how rich this country is. How vast. 167 00:16:37,912 --> 00:16:41,231 Out of nothing but wheat fields. 168 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:43,283 Grain is Stalin�s gold. 169 00:16:45,909 --> 00:16:48,319 That's a lot of grain. 170 00:16:48,863 --> 00:16:51,221 In a five year plan, that's more than double in their output. 171 00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,926 Why are you really here, Mr. Jones? 172 00:17:13,108 --> 00:17:17,727 I need your help arranging an interview with Stalin. 173 00:17:19,315 --> 00:17:20,209 Mmm. 174 00:17:21,658 --> 00:17:23,725 Are you 27, 28? 175 00:17:24,128 --> 00:17:25,565 Does it matter? 176 00:17:25,566 --> 00:17:29,964 Have you become so accustomed to weekends in the country with Lloyd George that... 177 00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:33,249 you think you can take tea with just any head of state? 178 00:17:34,829 --> 00:17:38,633 I have no expectations. I just have questions. 179 00:17:39,251 --> 00:17:41,961 The numbers just don't add up. The Kremlin is broke, so... 180 00:17:41,962 --> 00:17:45,520 how are the Soviets suddenly on a spending spree? Who is providing the finance? 181 00:17:47,412 --> 00:17:52,070 Forgive me. The fact that I have more questions than answers for you makes me nervous. 182 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,059 hmm. 183 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,698 Who got you on the plane with Hitler? 184 00:18:01,597 --> 00:18:03,112 I had help. 185 00:18:04,568 --> 00:18:05,966 From a journalist. 186 00:18:17,767 --> 00:18:20,992 It was Paul Klebb who helped me get on Hitler's plane. 187 00:18:20,993 --> 00:18:23,618 He tipped me off where he would be and when. 188 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:32,310 Actually I... I have to go, ahh... 189 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:35,697 He's staying in the Metropol I'm... hoping to catch him this evening. 190 00:18:35,698 --> 00:18:37,862 This is good. More of this. 191 00:18:43,096 --> 00:18:44,917 She's my star. 192 00:18:46,366 --> 00:18:47,871 I depend on her. 193 00:18:59,427 --> 00:19:01,067 Paul Klebb is dead. 194 00:19:03,241 --> 00:19:05,448 A robbery three days ago. 195 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:07,504 You didn't know? 196 00:19:11,346 --> 00:19:12,502 No. 197 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:14,436 Hmm. 198 00:19:19,498 --> 00:19:20,842 Did you know him well? 199 00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:25,065 We met in Berlin ah... 200 00:19:25,066 --> 00:19:28,619 He was a friend. 201 00:19:32,231 --> 00:19:33,939 Where did it.. where did it happen? 202 00:19:35,159 --> 00:19:37,342 Outside the Metropol. 203 00:19:40,531 --> 00:19:44,256 Having some people over this evening. Journalists mostly. Care to join? 204 00:19:47,539 --> 00:19:51,240 Ahh.. yes, yes of course. 205 00:19:53,448 --> 00:19:54,876 Ahh thank you. 206 00:21:04,017 --> 00:21:05,246 Welcome. 207 00:21:06,610 --> 00:21:07,875 Mr. Jones? 208 00:21:15,261 --> 00:21:17,401 You are staying tonight. 209 00:21:17,752 --> 00:21:20,654 Ahh.. no, I'm here for one week. 210 00:21:21,276 --> 00:21:22,794 I was told tonight. 211 00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:28,851 My, my Visa is for one week, ah.. It says so on the stamp. 212 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:31,860 We're full that many nights. 213 00:21:32,059 --> 00:21:34,741 Metropol is holding a conference. 214 00:21:37,708 --> 00:21:41,564 Ah.. do you know another hotel nearby? 215 00:21:41,799 --> 00:21:46,611 I'm afraid you're only authorised to stay here. Only for tonight. 216 00:21:50,173 --> 00:21:52,924 Ah.. right then. Tonight. 217 00:22:20,741 --> 00:22:22,866 Hey, what's going down here? 218 00:22:25,033 --> 00:22:27,449 Oh, the hotel is on high alert. 219 00:22:28,324 --> 00:22:29,783 There was a robbery. 220 00:22:30,116 --> 00:22:33,116 Cushny's very worried. There's top security round here. 221 00:22:34,408 --> 00:22:35,699 Where you from? 222 00:22:35,949 --> 00:22:36,991 Wales. 223 00:22:37,283 --> 00:22:38,783 Are you here for the Western Mail? 224 00:22:39,033 --> 00:22:40,491 Stringer. 225 00:22:40,949 --> 00:22:42,991 Eugene Lyons, United Press. 226 00:22:43,241 --> 00:22:44,324 Yes, I know. 227 00:22:44,491 --> 00:22:45,533 Gareth Jones. 228 00:22:45,699 --> 00:22:49,741 I enjoyed your articles on the construction of the electrical grid. 229 00:22:49,949 --> 00:22:52,449 You must know Metro Vickers finest... 230 00:22:52,783 --> 00:22:56,991 - L.C. Thornton, John Cushny - How do you do. - Hello. 231 00:22:57,408 --> 00:23:01,241 Is Metro Vickers holding a conference in the hotel this week? 232 00:23:01,824 --> 00:23:02,908 No. 233 00:23:03,199 --> 00:23:04,616 Who gave you that idea? 234 00:23:04,824 --> 00:23:07,492 Come on, I look like I could use a drink! 235 00:23:07,784 --> 00:23:11,825 Why do you look so familiar? Doesn't he look familiar, Lyons. 236 00:23:12,450 --> 00:23:15,034 You're that Welsh chappie that interviewed Hitler! 237 00:23:15,284 --> 00:23:17,450 You're definitely coming with us. 238 00:23:17,617 --> 00:23:22,159 Everybody comes to Duranty's, the best party's in Moscow. 239 00:23:29,919 --> 00:23:32,996 Oh hey, I see you guys have got started without us... 240 00:23:32,997 --> 00:23:35,078 the party's already in full swing. 241 00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:11,492 He told me he was persona non grata with the regime. Do you know why? 242 00:24:14,325 --> 00:24:16,450 Did you know what he was working on? 243 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:19,200 There's not much else to do here is there? 244 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:21,950 When you're not allowed to leave Moscow. 245 00:24:22,117 --> 00:24:25,575 And what kind of reporting can you do confines you? 246 00:24:26,575 --> 00:24:30,409 Wait... journalists are confined to Moscow? 247 00:24:30,575 --> 00:24:32,325 For protection? 248 00:24:33,409 --> 00:24:35,034 Yeah, that's right! 249 00:24:35,492 --> 00:24:38,493 What are they... are they paranoid about spies? 250 00:24:39,535 --> 00:24:43,785 Have you ever read Edgar Alan Poe's The Mask of the Red Death? 251 00:24:47,410 --> 00:24:51,118 The Mask of the Red Death. Have you read it? - No. 252 00:24:51,535 --> 00:24:54,035 Get a copy before they ban it. 253 00:24:56,201 --> 00:24:57,910 Do you know... 254 00:24:58,826 --> 00:25:01,535 Do you know where the money is coming from? 255 00:25:01,868 --> 00:25:05,493 Duranty said grain is Stalin's gold. 256 00:25:05,701 --> 00:25:09,701 Grain is Stalin's gold? Duranty actually said that? 257 00:25:10,701 --> 00:25:12,743 That's a hell of a line! 258 00:25:12,993 --> 00:25:17,410 Ask him why he never bothered to use it in print. Muggeridge, Barnes, come over here! 259 00:25:17,576 --> 00:25:19,993 Lloyd George wants an interview! 260 00:25:20,243 --> 00:25:21,451 Malcolm Muggeridge. 261 00:25:21,618 --> 00:25:23,243 - Let's dance! - Gareth Jones. 262 00:25:31,410 --> 00:25:33,701 Have you met Bonnie? 263 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:38,201 So you inject it yourself? 264 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:40,785 Just like a nurse would? 265 00:25:41,410 --> 00:25:43,493 You wanna try some? 266 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,368 What's it like? 267 00:25:49,410 --> 00:25:50,993 It's like... 268 00:25:53,910 --> 00:25:55,785 being in the arms of God. 269 00:25:58,826 --> 00:26:01,535 "The Light Whose Name is Splendour.� 270 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,576 What'd you say, honey? 271 00:26:03,826 --> 00:26:05,535 Oh, it's ah... 272 00:26:05,826 --> 00:26:08,035 It's an old Welsh poem. 273 00:26:08,244 --> 00:26:10,077 "Battle of the Trees�. 274 00:26:10,286 --> 00:26:11,494 Yes! 275 00:26:12,952 --> 00:26:14,786 It's like poetry! 276 00:26:20,744 --> 00:26:24,369 - Are you sure? - No, no, I'm... thank you. 277 00:26:26,661 --> 00:26:28,286 Why don't you give it to me then. 278 00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:29,911 - O no, ah... - You won't hurt me. 279 00:26:29,994 --> 00:26:34,202 - You just have to be gentle. - O no, that's quite alright. 280 00:27:59,995 --> 00:28:01,787 Leaving so soon? 281 00:28:05,787 --> 00:28:07,370 Mr. Duranty... 282 00:28:08,745 --> 00:28:10,245 Mr. Jones... 283 00:28:11,412 --> 00:28:13,620 Did you enjoy yourself? 284 00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:20,495 I can honestly say that I've, never seen anything quite like it. 285 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,203 Is Bonnie alright, not quite to your taste? 286 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,453 Pardon me? 287 00:28:26,620 --> 00:28:30,787 Perhaps, perhaps you would prefer... her? 288 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:35,328 I came... 289 00:28:36,078 --> 00:28:37,912 Sorry, thank you. 290 00:28:39,578 --> 00:28:42,245 I came here to work, Mr. Duranty. 291 00:28:44,328 --> 00:28:46,120 There's nothing to be ashamed of. 292 00:28:47,745 --> 00:28:50,453 You can do whatever you like here. 293 00:28:54,495 --> 00:29:00,828 It's ah... curious, that the Kremlin confines journalists to Moscow. 294 00:29:02,578 --> 00:29:04,078 Thank you. 295 00:29:06,203 --> 00:29:07,620 You don't drink. 296 00:29:07,870 --> 00:29:10,454 You don't appreciate the gorgeous girls at my party, 297 00:29:10,954 --> 00:29:15,246 You are rather dull, Mr. Jones. 298 00:29:17,871 --> 00:29:20,496 There are other things in life, I suppose. 299 00:29:21,579 --> 00:29:22,996 Such as? 300 00:29:25,028 --> 00:29:26,249 Well, ah... 301 00:29:27,246 --> 00:29:33,746 I'm standing opposite a completely naked Pulitzer Prize Winner. My life can.. can't be the boring can it! 302 00:29:36,621 --> 00:29:38,996 Come here. I'm gonna show you.. 303 00:29:41,663 --> 00:29:43,288 My son... 304 00:29:45,953 --> 00:29:48,246 refuses to learn English, 305 00:29:50,828 --> 00:29:52,538 proud Russian. 306 00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:58,913 Alright... 307 00:29:59,454 --> 00:30:03,079 Goodnight, Mr. Jones, get home safely. 308 00:30:06,121 --> 00:30:08,329 Goodnight, Mr. Duranty. 309 00:30:19,913 --> 00:30:21,121 Hey. 310 00:30:21,829 --> 00:30:23,538 Were you at Duranty's? 311 00:30:23,871 --> 00:30:25,079 Yes. 312 00:30:26,454 --> 00:30:32,079 Do you mind running this upstairs and leaving this on his desk? It's like the opium den up there isn't it. 313 00:30:35,078 --> 00:30:36,371 Hey! 314 00:30:37,038 --> 00:30:39,454 His office is third door to the left. 315 00:30:41,664 --> 00:30:45,455 - I couldn't help myself. I took a quick look at your article. - Did you...? 316 00:30:45,705 --> 00:30:47,372 - But... - Shh... 317 00:30:54,997 --> 00:30:56,497 Who is that? 318 00:30:57,164 --> 00:30:59,289 That's my 'big brother'. 319 00:31:02,122 --> 00:31:04,455 I thought it was well written. 320 00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:06,122 Thank you. 321 00:31:07,872 --> 00:31:12,164 I'm interested in your reporting on Stalin�s new tanks and plane factories. 322 00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:16,372 It's the Americans. Duranty's trying to lure them here. 323 00:31:16,789 --> 00:31:19,164 So Duranty's playing peacemaker? 324 00:31:19,414 --> 00:31:22,747 The Revolution won't succeed without foreign investment. 325 00:31:23,039 --> 00:31:26,122 - The British Government is here. - That's not enough. 326 00:31:26,289 --> 00:31:28,414 The Americans need to see they can make money here. 327 00:31:28,789 --> 00:31:31,872 Washington's boycott will finally be over. 328 00:31:32,622 --> 00:31:36,080 And the Revolution will be well on its way again. 329 00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:39,247 What other choice do we have? 330 00:31:39,872 --> 00:31:43,205 I just didn't think that Duranty had an agenda. 331 00:31:43,705 --> 00:31:47,872 Or that he was advising the President of the United States. 332 00:31:54,414 --> 00:31:56,580 Did you know, Paul Klebb? 333 00:32:00,247 --> 00:32:02,205 Everyone knew Paul. 334 00:32:02,497 --> 00:32:05,747 Do you happen to know what he was working on? 335 00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:15,331 Here's my door, goodnight. 336 00:32:15,581 --> 00:32:16,623 Ada! 337 00:32:16,831 --> 00:32:17,998 It's my first night. 338 00:32:18,331 --> 00:32:20,955 Care to join me in a bowl of borscht? 339 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:21,874 No. 340 00:32:24,123 --> 00:32:25,665 Good luck in Moscow. 341 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,081 Good morning. 342 00:32:45,623 --> 00:32:47,373 May I come in? 343 00:32:47,831 --> 00:32:49,623 I'm on deadline. 344 00:32:50,415 --> 00:32:52,623 What are you working on? 345 00:32:53,081 --> 00:32:54,956 I'm researching a story on 346 00:32:55,165 --> 00:32:58,373 agricultural output collectivisation of former agrarian systems. 347 00:32:58,540 --> 00:32:59,748 That sounds fascinating! 348 00:33:00,331 --> 00:33:02,415 What are your sources? 349 00:33:15,373 --> 00:33:17,331 I don't have much time for... 350 00:33:17,748 --> 00:33:19,290 Is there something I can help you with? 351 00:33:21,873 --> 00:33:24,373 My sources tell me you're foreign affairs advisor to Lloyd George. 352 00:33:24,498 --> 00:33:26,415 - Is that not the case anymore? - I am. 353 00:33:28,748 --> 00:33:30,040 You've been checking up on me! 354 00:33:30,123 --> 00:33:33,080 Look. I really need to get back to my work. I've got a thing about deadlines! 355 00:33:33,205 --> 00:33:34,790 What do you want? 356 00:33:35,915 --> 00:33:38,706 The story no-one is talking about. 357 00:33:39,456 --> 00:33:42,456 I can see for myself numbers, they don't add up.. 358 00:33:42,748 --> 00:33:44,832 There is a story here. 359 00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:47,916 I think, Paul was on to it. 360 00:34:06,832 --> 00:34:08,999 Don't say anything, just listen. 361 00:34:16,041 --> 00:34:19,832 Paul was working on a story that, he was afraid to talk about. 362 00:34:20,457 --> 00:34:22,707 I spoke to Paul the day he was murdered. 363 00:34:22,957 --> 00:34:25,624 He sounded like he needed to talk. 364 00:34:25,999 --> 00:34:28,249 Do you have any idea what? 365 00:34:29,874 --> 00:34:31,832 He was so stubborn. 366 00:34:32,999 --> 00:34:34,832 Paul, the Apostle. 367 00:34:37,707 --> 00:34:38,916 I saw him. 368 00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:41,416 Before Bert sent him packing. 369 00:34:42,999 --> 00:34:45,291 (And then he got a bullet in him.) 370 00:34:46,916 --> 00:34:49,749 And you don't think it was a robbery. 371 00:34:51,624 --> 00:34:53,291 What was Paul working on? 372 00:34:55,416 --> 00:34:58,416 Come on tell me? What was Paul working on? 373 00:35:02,499 --> 00:35:04,082 The Ukraine. 374 00:35:06,499 --> 00:35:08,207 Stalin's Gold... 375 00:35:12,832 --> 00:35:15,917 And journalists aren't allowed in Ukraine. 376 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:22,583 That's where he was headed the day he was shot. 377 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:37,000 You're not Paul. 378 00:35:37,875 --> 00:35:39,667 Go home, Gareth. 379 00:36:51,043 --> 00:36:55,751 Mr. Jones, my former foreign advisor... 380 00:37:28,543 --> 00:37:32,168 - Can I use your typewriter? - Why? 381 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:34,793 I left mine at home. 382 00:37:55,084 --> 00:37:56,626 You write poetry? 383 00:37:57,293 --> 00:38:01,834 - Do you always go where you're not wanted? - Read me one of your poems! 384 00:38:04,084 --> 00:38:06,376 My mother used to read me poetry. 385 00:38:06,543 --> 00:38:08,501 Welsh poems mostly. 386 00:38:09,876 --> 00:38:12,459 "I know the light whose name is splendour, 387 00:38:12,626 --> 00:38:18,044 and the number of the ruling lights, that scatter rays of fire high above the deep.� 388 00:38:19,919 --> 00:38:22,460 It's ah.. "Battle of the Trees�. 389 00:38:25,294 --> 00:38:26,294 You've got five minutes. 390 00:38:26,460 --> 00:38:27,710 I only need one. 391 00:38:36,169 --> 00:38:41,294 Mr. Jones, my valued, foreign advisor... 392 00:39:12,044 --> 00:39:15,002 I am going to Ukraine. 393 00:39:36,335 --> 00:39:38,169 - Eat! Eat! - Thank you. 394 00:39:38,335 --> 00:39:40,794 - Caviar? - No, thank you. 395 00:39:41,085 --> 00:39:43,419 - Wine? - I don't drink. 396 00:39:45,419 --> 00:39:47,961 Thank you for seeing me at such short notice. 397 00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:53,253 Nonsense! Lloyd George's foreign advisor is Moscow�s honour to receive you! 398 00:39:53,795 --> 00:39:55,086 But... 399 00:39:55,545 --> 00:39:58,878 it is very odd, if you don't mind me saying so, 400 00:39:59,461 --> 00:40:02,545 that you have requested a press visa, 401 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,336 not a diplomatic one. 402 00:40:04,628 --> 00:40:08,545 Why would Lloyd George's foreign advisor come to Moscow as a journalist? 403 00:40:11,128 --> 00:40:12,128 What, what's this? 404 00:40:12,295 --> 00:40:15,586 A letter of introduction from my employer, Lloyd George. 405 00:40:17,753 --> 00:40:21,586 Relations between our two countries has finally normalized. 406 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:24,753 We have our best engineers here, Metro Vickers helping you power your factories. 407 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,253 I hope I can speak freely, friend to friend. 408 00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:28,670 Sure. 409 00:40:32,045 --> 00:40:34,711 It was Lloyd George who arranged that interview with Hitler, 410 00:40:34,878 --> 00:40:37,753 and it confirmed our worse fears. 411 00:40:38,273 --> 00:40:44,503 I ah.. I came as a journalist so as not to attract attention from the Germans. 412 00:40:45,378 --> 00:40:53,545 There is... concern in London that... the Soviet Union would not be able to defend itself should Hitler attack. 413 00:40:53,795 --> 00:40:55,045 Attack? 414 00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:58,670 You read the same papers we do. You have your agents in Germany. 415 00:40:58,836 --> 00:41:01,795 They're all hearing the same thing, are they not? 416 00:41:02,003 --> 00:41:05,670 If we are to contain Hitler, we must open two fronts. 417 00:41:07,253 --> 00:41:09,295 Can you hold the Eastern Front? 418 00:41:12,878 --> 00:41:14,378 Mr. Jones... 419 00:41:15,003 --> 00:41:17,586 Metro Vickers may be qualified to build up our factories, 420 00:41:17,753 --> 00:41:22,129 but they are nothing compared to the engineers, Soviet engineers. 421 00:41:22,754 --> 00:41:26,879 We have building new planes and tanks in Kharkov. 422 00:41:27,046 --> 00:41:29,004 - Stalin... - In Ukraine? 423 00:41:29,504 --> 00:41:31,087 - What? - In Ukraine? 424 00:41:31,254 --> 00:41:33,462 Yes, Yes, in Ukraine. 425 00:41:38,212 --> 00:41:39,587 In fact! 426 00:41:41,504 --> 00:41:46,754 Mr. Jones, why don't you see for yourself! I would be happy to arrange a trip for you, 427 00:41:47,379 --> 00:41:53,296 to see just how prepared we are.. for an attack from the Germans! 428 00:41:53,879 --> 00:41:55,629 or the British. 429 00:41:57,962 --> 00:42:00,171 Paul gave me this before he left. 430 00:42:00,337 --> 00:42:02,837 All the information is there, where he was going. 431 00:42:04,254 --> 00:42:06,587 Wanted me to have it in case he never made it back. 432 00:42:38,254 --> 00:42:40,004 Want some tea? 433 00:42:47,504 --> 00:42:49,630 How goes the agenda now? 434 00:42:52,547 --> 00:42:54,713 I don't have an agenda. 435 00:42:55,547 --> 00:42:58,213 Unless you call truth, an agenda. 436 00:42:58,463 --> 00:43:00,505 Yes, but whose truth? 437 00:43:01,588 --> 00:43:06,213 - The truth. There is only one kind. - You're so naive. 438 00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:11,588 Journalism is the noblest profession, you follow the facts, wherever it leads. 439 00:43:12,088 --> 00:43:13,338 You don't take sides. 440 00:43:16,130 --> 00:43:18,130 My father is in the Foreign Service. 441 00:43:18,297 --> 00:43:22,505 I grew up mostly in Berlin. There's no place like it, the freedom of art and music and culture 442 00:43:22,672 --> 00:43:27,505 and Nazis destroying everything. So quickly. And I'm afraid for... 443 00:43:29,713 --> 00:43:30,838 I'm... 444 00:43:31,088 --> 00:43:32,672 I'm afraid for my friends.. 445 00:43:33,463 --> 00:43:36,713 They're arresting everyone in the Communist Party. We have to succeed. We don't have a choice. 446 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,880 You sound like you work for Stalin. 447 00:43:39,047 --> 00:43:42,880 I don't work for Stalin. I believe in a movement that's bigger than one person. 448 00:43:43,213 --> 00:43:45,255 What if you're wrong? 449 00:43:46,213 --> 00:43:48,880 That's just not another option, is it? 450 00:43:49,922 --> 00:43:53,797 Look there are cycles of history just like thee are cycles of nature. 451 00:43:54,130 --> 00:43:58,047 There's been nothing but war and depression, and now... is a chance to rebuild... 452 00:43:58,213 --> 00:44:02,630 their fight for the future, a future for the people, the weak, the workers - and that's what the Soviets are doing. 453 00:44:02,797 --> 00:44:07,297 Do you believe in the state that put four bullets in your friend's back? 454 00:44:07,672 --> 00:44:08,922 No... 455 00:44:09,463 --> 00:44:12,755 I believe that this movement is bigger than any of us. 456 00:44:12,922 --> 00:44:16,838 Paul Klebb was a human sacrifice... Do you hear yourself? 457 00:44:44,631 --> 00:44:45,839 Tea? 458 00:44:53,006 --> 00:44:55,506 I'll go make us some more tea. 459 00:45:03,631 --> 00:45:07,381 The most magnificent musical instrument ever invented. 460 00:45:07,589 --> 00:45:09,173 It's so odd. 461 00:45:11,839 --> 00:45:15,048 - Oh, wait... - That's it... 462 00:45:15,756 --> 00:45:18,548 - And that's the song? - Yes, that's the song, yeah. 463 00:45:18,714 --> 00:45:21,298 The only song I can play. 464 00:45:22,214 --> 00:45:25,381 My mother didn't bring much back but this is what she.... 465 00:45:25,548 --> 00:45:27,631 Did she teach English in Ukraine? 466 00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:31,339 - Stalino? - It was Hughesovka back then. 467 00:45:32,506 --> 00:45:33,881 In fact... 468 00:45:34,714 --> 00:45:37,631 Klebb's map takes me, to where she once lived. 469 00:45:37,798 --> 00:45:40,464 My mother died when I was eleven. 470 00:45:43,006 --> 00:45:44,631 In her sleep. 471 00:45:46,298 --> 00:45:48,631 I think she killed herself. 472 00:45:52,257 --> 00:45:56,632 - If you met my father, you'd understand why. - Your father still stationed in Berlin? 473 00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,132 That town. 474 00:45:59,632 --> 00:46:01,840 That's where I met Paul. 475 00:46:06,590 --> 00:46:08,507 Come with me, Ada. 476 00:46:08,965 --> 00:46:11,382 Come and see where my mother lived. 477 00:46:11,632 --> 00:46:14,424 And find the fondness in your heart. 478 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:44,050 Ada... 479 00:47:48,050 --> 00:47:49,425 No, don't go. 480 00:47:58,050 --> 00:47:59,591 No, just go. 481 00:48:02,175 --> 00:48:03,175 Go now. 482 00:48:57,801 --> 00:48:59,634 We're in Ukraine. 483 00:49:03,134 --> 00:49:04,384 Oh yeah. 484 00:49:05,176 --> 00:49:07,092 How did you know that? 485 00:49:08,259 --> 00:49:11,009 My mother spent some time here 486 00:51:14,010 --> 00:51:16,510 I ah... I just, ah... 487 00:53:06,344 --> 00:53:09,803 There, comrade is the answer to all our problems. 488 00:53:10,011 --> 00:53:13,469 It is summed up in a single word... man. 489 00:53:16,553 --> 00:53:19,303 Man is the only real enemy we have. 490 00:53:20,386 --> 00:53:22,553 Remove man from the scene, 491 00:53:22,803 --> 00:53:27,012 and the root cause of hunger, and rule of work is abolished forever. 492 01:20:38,238 --> 01:20:40,738 Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer 493 01:20:40,903 --> 01:20:43,572 without making the animals themselves any richer - 494 01:20:45,654 --> 01:20:49,072 except of course... the pigs and dogs. 495 01:20:50,279 --> 01:20:51,904 All animals are equal, 496 01:20:54,654 --> 01:20:57,779 but some animals are more equal than others. 497 01:22:06,529 --> 01:22:07,904 - Six engineers. - Six? 498 01:22:24,739 --> 01:22:27,990 Are you aware that London might see this as an act of war? 499 01:22:28,405 --> 01:22:30,655 - What about Washington! - We don't want any questions. 500 01:22:30,740 --> 01:22:32,365 What do you mean?! No questions? 501 01:23:21,990 --> 01:23:23,365 Mr. Cushny? 502 01:24:00,491 --> 01:24:02,116 Mr. Jones... 503 01:24:02,741 --> 01:24:07,449 I'm surprised, Lloyd George would risk his foreign advisor. 504 01:24:08,824 --> 01:24:10,366 He didn't. 505 01:24:11,615 --> 01:24:12,824 No? 506 01:24:13,616 --> 01:24:16,615 Are you saying, we should release you? 507 01:24:17,324 --> 01:24:21,031 What about the engineers? Should we release them too? 508 01:24:22,074 --> 01:24:23,824 This is what we'll do: 509 01:24:24,074 --> 01:24:28,574 We will send you back to Lloyd George, but we will keep the other spies. 510 01:24:28,781 --> 01:24:33,574 And when Lloyd George's foreign advisor returns to England and tells the truth 511 01:24:33,781 --> 01:24:35,531 about what he saw, 512 01:24:35,866 --> 01:24:38,074 your engineers will live. 513 01:24:40,781 --> 01:24:42,281 Mr. Jones... 514 01:24:44,491 --> 01:24:47,656 Did you enjoy your trip to the country-side? 515 01:24:57,366 --> 01:24:58,531 Good. 516 01:24:59,699 --> 01:25:02,491 You saw the happy and proud farmers? 517 01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:06,699 The remarkable efficiency of our collective farms? 518 01:25:09,031 --> 01:25:13,199 And any rumours of a famine, are just that, simply rumours. 519 01:25:13,366 --> 01:25:15,116 What are they? 520 01:25:18,782 --> 01:25:20,575 - Rumours. - And...? 521 01:25:24,532 --> 01:25:26,492 There is no famine. 522 01:25:27,200 --> 01:25:28,532 And repeat! 523 01:25:31,157 --> 01:25:33,657 There is no famine. 524 01:25:36,907 --> 01:25:37,907 Good. 525 01:25:39,992 --> 01:25:41,657 As you know... 526 01:25:42,117 --> 01:25:45,950 There are those that would like to see, our revolution fail. 527 01:25:46,075 --> 01:25:47,782 But we won't let that happen. 528 01:25:48,450 --> 01:25:50,407 Will we Mr. Jones? 529 01:25:53,075 --> 01:25:54,950 - No. - I've arranged your passage home. 530 01:25:55,325 --> 01:25:57,492 We have your suitcase here for you. 531 01:26:43,575 --> 01:26:45,075 Mr. Jones... 532 01:26:47,701 --> 01:26:50,783 I'll have you know, I convinced them to let you go. 533 01:26:52,826 --> 01:26:55,826 You don't deserve to be in a prison, for your bravery. 534 01:26:55,993 --> 01:26:58,158 You knew, Mr. Duranty. 535 01:26:58,908 --> 01:27:00,408 You what? 536 01:27:04,493 --> 01:27:06,493 How much is Stalin paying you? 537 01:27:09,451 --> 01:27:12,868 What's keeping you here, lying for them? 538 01:27:14,951 --> 01:27:21,618 You wouldn't know, the first thing about how difficult it is to report for Moscow today, would you? 539 01:27:21,993 --> 01:27:25,576 Of course not, you're just a child. 540 01:27:29,158 --> 01:27:33,826 It is not the job of a journalist to say: "How dare you sir�. 541 01:27:36,033 --> 01:27:41,783 You actually thought, you could interview Stalin and make some kind of difference didn't you? 542 01:27:42,993 --> 01:27:45,201 A souvenir from my trip. 543 01:27:45,993 --> 01:27:50,283 - Tree bark... It's all the people have left to eat. - Alright... 544 01:27:53,076 --> 01:27:54,908 You can put it next to your Pulitzer. 545 01:28:01,243 --> 01:28:03,201 My dear Mr. Jones... 546 01:28:04,408 --> 01:28:07,326 There comes a time in every man's life, 547 01:28:07,618 --> 01:28:10,783 when he must choose a course... greater than himself, 548 01:28:10,908 --> 01:28:14,493 than all his miserable little ambitions put together. 549 01:28:14,826 --> 01:28:16,908 Perhaps someday you will. 550 01:28:17,158 --> 01:28:20,119 It's a shame! You would have made a fine journalist. 551 01:28:47,034 --> 01:28:50,784 Well, I guess now, the censors are gonna be really busy! 552 01:28:51,577 --> 01:28:54,118 Just wait.... a few days. 553 01:28:58,994 --> 01:29:00,202 Ada! 554 01:29:59,703 --> 01:30:01,660 There he is. Jones! 555 01:30:05,995 --> 01:30:09,910 You look great. Good to see you! I want you to meet my newest published author. 556 01:30:10,535 --> 01:30:12,745 - What do I call you now? - Eric Blair. 557 01:30:12,953 --> 01:30:13,870 Gareth Jones. 558 01:30:14,035 --> 01:30:16,910 You won't find Blair on the bookshelf. 559 01:30:17,660 --> 01:30:19,328 You have to look for "Orwell�. 560 01:30:19,495 --> 01:30:20,620 George Orwell. 561 01:30:20,785 --> 01:30:22,578 After the river. 562 01:30:26,328 --> 01:30:27,828 Thank you. 563 01:30:33,660 --> 01:30:36,828 - I think Mr. Jones needs a drink. - He doesn't drink. 564 01:30:39,078 --> 01:30:42,035 I think you're my only client, who doesn't. 565 01:30:42,244 --> 01:30:44,120 Then he might actually get some work done. 566 01:30:44,495 --> 01:30:46,245 One of us must. 567 01:30:47,578 --> 01:30:50,453 - We're not a charity Leonard. - Nonsense! 568 01:30:51,035 --> 01:30:53,828 "Down and Out in Paris and London� will be a sensation. 569 01:30:54,078 --> 01:30:57,285 Leonard tells me, you're working on a book about the Soviet Union. 570 01:30:59,264 --> 01:31:04,120 Oh, I've... I've been using that line for some time I'm afraid. 571 01:31:11,535 --> 01:31:15,870 I... I do have a story... 572 01:31:17,535 --> 01:31:22,161 but if I tell it, six innocent men will die. 573 01:31:22,329 --> 01:31:24,911 - What men? - The British engineers. 574 01:31:28,829 --> 01:31:32,036 But if I write the story, 575 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:35,371 millions of lives may be saved. 576 01:31:36,661 --> 01:31:37,954 I think, ah... 577 01:31:38,496 --> 01:31:40,286 you speak the truth. 578 01:31:40,454 --> 01:31:47,496 Regardless of the consequences it is... your duty and... it is our right to... to hear you. 579 01:31:48,911 --> 01:31:50,161 It's just common sense isn't it? 580 01:31:50,411 --> 01:31:53,204 The six British citizens whom I believe are innocent, 581 01:31:53,371 --> 01:31:55,871 are being held as bargaining chips by Moscow. 582 01:31:56,286 --> 01:31:58,996 If we in the West, fold to this blackmail, 583 01:31:59,246 --> 01:32:03,286 we are, potentially allowing unprecedented catastrophe. 584 01:32:06,579 --> 01:32:10,786 The Soviet Union is not the worker's paradise that was promised. 585 01:32:11,871 --> 01:32:16,204 It is not the 'Great Experiment' you read about in the press. 586 01:32:17,204 --> 01:32:20,871 Stalin has no stunning new achievement. 587 01:32:21,871 --> 01:32:27,454 Unless you consider, killing millions of innocent people an achievement. 588 01:32:28,871 --> 01:32:30,661 Make no mistake. 589 01:32:31,579 --> 01:32:35,746 If we let him get away with this man made famine, 590 01:32:37,079 --> 01:32:39,246 there will be others like him... 591 01:32:43,996 --> 01:32:45,621 Thank you very much. 592 01:33:10,997 --> 01:33:12,705 Quite a story. 593 01:33:16,622 --> 01:33:19,287 Maybe The Soviets are doing the best they can, 594 01:33:20,162 --> 01:33:22,497 making the best decisions they can... 595 01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:25,122 given the circumstances. 596 01:33:26,497 --> 01:33:28,497 What about their free schools? 597 01:33:28,662 --> 01:33:30,662 Free hospitals? 598 01:33:31,787 --> 01:33:33,622 Yes, but at what cost? 599 01:33:36,455 --> 01:33:40,455 A more egalitarian study does exist, it's just not perfect, we.. 600 01:33:40,622 --> 01:33:43,580 We can't expect it to be, experiments take time to gel. 601 01:33:43,747 --> 01:33:45,662 An egalitarian society... 602 01:33:47,955 --> 01:33:50,662 It's the same system of exploitation that exists here, 603 01:33:51,580 --> 01:33:53,122 only it's worse. 604 01:33:54,580 --> 01:33:56,537 Unimaginably worse. 605 01:33:57,247 --> 01:33:59,455 - I know what I saw. - Of course you do... 606 01:34:01,162 --> 01:34:03,747 Of course you do, but... 607 01:34:04,287 --> 01:34:07,205 But one has to put it in the proper context. 608 01:34:07,455 --> 01:34:08,662 Listen to me. 609 01:34:09,372 --> 01:34:12,162 Stalin is not the man, who you think he is. 610 01:34:18,622 --> 01:34:21,162 Are you saying, there's no hope? 611 01:34:38,373 --> 01:34:41,623 Why didn't the New York Times break the famine story? 612 01:34:41,873 --> 01:34:48,623 Consider the source: Lloyd George's aid comes out with this now in the middle of all this business with the British engineers. 613 01:34:49,373 --> 01:34:51,038 What are you hearing? 614 01:34:51,331 --> 01:34:54,498 It's all over-blown, hysteria. 615 01:34:55,998 --> 01:35:00,748 - What does London want. Another war? - You'll get to the bottom of this? 616 01:35:01,038 --> 01:35:04,038 - Of course. - We need it tomorrow. 617 01:35:31,373 --> 01:35:33,248 Just as that moment, 618 01:35:33,498 --> 01:35:34,956 as though at a signal, 619 01:35:35,248 --> 01:35:37,748 all the sheep burst out, in tremendous bleating, 620 01:35:37,956 --> 01:35:40,956 "Four legs good, two legs better!� 621 01:35:42,123 --> 01:35:45,331 Went on for five minutes without stopping. 622 01:35:45,581 --> 01:35:48,081 By the time the sheep has quieted down, 623 01:35:48,331 --> 01:35:51,498 the chance to utter any protest passed, 624 01:35:52,038 --> 01:35:55,582 for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse... 625 01:35:59,539 --> 01:36:02,414 - Mr. Duranty's waiting for me. 626 01:36:30,789 --> 01:36:35,039 He knows, if you ever decide to leave, they won't let you take them with you. 627 01:36:35,374 --> 01:36:38,207 They'll hold them here. As ransom. 628 01:36:38,414 --> 01:36:41,789 Along with anything else, The Kremlin has on you. 629 01:36:42,749 --> 01:36:45,207 I thought you wanted a raise. 630 01:36:48,874 --> 01:36:53,289 - What will you do when the offers come forward? - There aren't going to be others. 631 01:36:55,207 --> 01:37:01,457 You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. What's being done here, will transform mankind. 632 01:37:02,124 --> 01:37:04,957 Darling, bring that chair, right here. 633 01:37:07,999 --> 01:37:09,039 Come on. 634 01:37:09,207 --> 01:37:13,539 Aren't you the least bit concerned, what they'll do to Mr. Jones? 635 01:37:14,374 --> 01:37:16,082 They start believing him? 636 01:37:16,374 --> 01:37:19,457 Fetch that chair, bring it right over here. Put it right down here. 637 01:37:24,333 --> 01:37:25,915 A bit closer. 638 01:37:37,833 --> 01:37:40,083 In all my time in Moscow... 639 01:37:41,958 --> 01:37:47,708 I have never heard a tale as preposterous as that of Mr. Jones. 640 01:37:49,875 --> 01:37:52,375 Go on, type! 641 01:38:06,833 --> 01:38:11,625 Certainly, conditions are not ideal, in the Soviet Union, 642 01:38:12,083 --> 01:38:14,665 There are still great challenges, 643 01:38:15,708 --> 01:38:20,000 but Stalin continues his march toward modernity. 644 01:38:22,208 --> 01:38:24,250 March towards modernity. 645 01:38:29,915 --> 01:38:31,915 You can protect him. 646 01:38:34,208 --> 01:38:35,665 Right. 647 01:38:37,083 --> 01:38:40,750 An exaggeration, of the now notorious... 648 01:38:41,000 --> 01:38:44,790 Gareth Jones, do not portray... 649 01:38:45,833 --> 01:38:50,083 the real modern Russia where Stalin is admired... 650 01:38:51,375 --> 01:38:53,708 and loved. 651 01:38:58,501 --> 01:38:59,666 Signed: 652 01:38:59,834 --> 01:39:01,376 Ada Brooks. 653 01:39:21,666 --> 01:39:22,959 Yeah. 654 01:39:23,250 --> 01:39:25,584 Your passage to the future. 655 01:39:28,876 --> 01:39:31,916 It's an old friend in New York, it's an editor. 656 01:39:35,501 --> 01:39:38,501 The only monsters they have, are bankers. 657 01:40:11,209 --> 01:40:13,251 You have a choice, Ada? 658 01:40:17,291 --> 01:40:19,084 Think of Paul. 659 01:40:32,292 --> 01:40:36,960 I received an urgent phone call this morning from Mr. Litvinov, 660 01:40:37,127 --> 01:40:39,627 Commissar for Foreign Affairs. 661 01:40:40,085 --> 01:40:45,210 He told me some disturbing things about your unauthorised trip. 662 01:40:46,127 --> 01:40:47,792 I assured Mr. Litvinov, 663 01:40:48,252 --> 01:40:53,252 that you will retract your statement to the press, and clear up this matter immediately. 664 01:40:53,417 --> 01:40:57,710 - Or they will shoot our engineers? - That matter does not concern you. 665 01:40:57,877 --> 01:41:01,210 They are holding them hostage sir. Blackmailing us from speaking out. 666 01:41:01,377 --> 01:41:06,252 - You broke serious laws in a foreign country! - You wanted to know the truth as much as I did! 667 01:41:06,417 --> 01:41:10,252 You were released weeks ago from my employ. You no longer work for me, 668 01:41:10,417 --> 01:41:13,917 or His Majesty's Government. If you had any sense, you would do as I ask! 669 01:41:14,085 --> 01:41:18,877 Have you seen so many wars that the murder of innocent people means nothing to you?? 670 01:41:20,460 --> 01:41:24,085 How can I retract... the empty villages? 671 01:41:24,460 --> 01:41:27,752 The orphaned children plagued by hunger? 672 01:41:27,917 --> 01:41:29,960 We can still do something sir.... 673 01:41:30,210 --> 01:41:31,627 - We can still help. - Mr. Jones. 674 01:41:31,792 --> 01:41:36,210 - We cannot let Stalin get away with this! - What do you expect me to do, exactly!? 675 01:41:36,377 --> 01:41:41,460 Break off all ties, when our economy is already on its knees? 676 01:41:44,085 --> 01:41:46,167 You betrayed my trust, 677 01:41:47,585 --> 01:41:49,877 you betrayed your country. 678 01:41:50,585 --> 01:41:55,917 You will retract your statement publicly. Without delay! 679 01:41:56,961 --> 01:41:59,043 You've gone too far. 680 01:42:07,708 --> 01:42:12,961 I... I will not be silenced sir. 681 01:42:18,586 --> 01:42:20,628 They're saying, you lied.. 682 01:42:20,961 --> 01:42:22,253 They're all saying... 683 01:42:22,461 --> 01:42:25,586 Diplomatic crisis has erupted between the East and the West. 684 01:42:25,753 --> 01:42:29,961 The latest accusation comes from a young man by the name of Gareth Jones. 685 01:42:30,128 --> 01:42:34,878 It should be noted, that Mr. Jones is the foreign advisor to David Lloyd George. 686 01:42:35,043 --> 01:42:39,961 The claim from Lloyd George's secretary, is that a famine plagues The Soviet Union. 687 01:42:40,128 --> 01:42:42,086 I spoke to various experts myself, 688 01:42:42,253 --> 01:42:46,211 and can confirm, the conditions remain difficult during the five year plan... 689 01:42:46,336 --> 01:42:49,127 - My god. -... but my readers will be reassured: 690 01:42:49,378 --> 01:42:52,253 that the famine story, is entirely false. 691 01:42:52,418 --> 01:42:54,086 New York Times. 692 01:42:55,211 --> 01:42:58,418 Duranty debunks our dear Mr. Jones. 693 01:42:58,586 --> 01:43:02,128 It's a shame, he hasn't mentioned he's Lloyd George's Secretary. 694 01:43:36,879 --> 01:43:38,212 Gareth. 695 01:44:06,587 --> 01:44:09,379 You were cleverer than all of us. 696 01:44:09,879 --> 01:44:12,212 Last place I thought you'd end up. 697 01:44:13,294 --> 01:44:15,044 Thought you'd be Prime Minister by now. 698 01:44:15,212 --> 01:44:18,462 We've already had one Welsh Prime Minister this century. 699 01:44:18,794 --> 01:44:21,254 Mustn�t be greedy. 700 01:44:22,878 --> 01:44:25,379 I am happy to have you here, I am... 701 01:44:25,754 --> 01:44:29,044 Look I promised the publishers to keep you away from foreign affairs and politics... 702 01:44:29,212 --> 01:44:31,419 But that does leave things like... culture. 703 01:44:31,587 --> 01:44:34,837 Bryn! Gareth Jones, remember him? He's back! The legend returns! 704 01:44:35,004 --> 01:44:36,462 - Hold on, culture? - Yes! 705 01:44:36,629 --> 01:44:40,212 Anything to help people to forget the terrible state we're in. Morning. 706 01:44:40,879 --> 01:44:43,212 I've got you in with me. Hope that's ok? 707 01:44:43,544 --> 01:44:47,004 And we shall be as snug as... Good morning! Good morning! Good morning! 708 01:44:51,462 --> 01:44:55,544 This just in from Moscow: The Soviet Union will release the remaining British Engineers and... 709 01:44:57,212 --> 01:45:00,630 - No, no. - may be able to return home as early as next week. 710 01:45:00,795 --> 01:45:04,255 Kremlin officials in Washington today, have much to celebrate: 711 01:45:04,420 --> 01:45:07,755 After a series of negotiations with the Whitehouse, 712 01:45:07,920 --> 01:45:12,380 the United States has officially recognized The Soviet Union... 713 01:45:16,588 --> 01:45:18,545 - Cheers! - Cheers! 714 01:45:18,795 --> 01:45:23,963 American business leaders have long welcomed this move, as a way to expand trade. 715 01:45:24,130 --> 01:45:28,796 With the man credited for convincing President Roosevelt, is Walter Duranty, 716 01:45:29,170 --> 01:45:32,920 better known to his readers as "Our Man In Moscow". 717 01:45:34,129 --> 01:45:37,213 The creatures outside looked from pig to man, 718 01:45:37,380 --> 01:45:39,295 and from man to pig, 719 01:45:39,463 --> 01:45:41,463 and from pig to man again; 720 01:45:42,670 --> 01:45:46,755 but already, it was impossible to say, which was which. 721 01:46:08,630 --> 01:46:10,088 That's Gareth Jones. 722 01:46:10,255 --> 01:46:11,920 The man whose mad. 723 01:46:21,795 --> 01:46:23,505 Run! Run! 724 01:47:00,256 --> 01:47:01,589 Gareth! 725 01:47:02,671 --> 01:47:04,256 Are you alright? 726 01:47:05,339 --> 01:47:08,796 Those church ladies refusing to talk to you are they? 727 01:47:11,881 --> 01:47:13,296 No rush. 728 01:47:16,506 --> 01:47:19,756 You planning on submitting your article soon? 729 01:47:21,921 --> 01:47:22,921 He's here! 730 01:47:23,671 --> 01:47:25,046 Blimey! 731 01:47:25,296 --> 01:47:26,631 Who's here? 732 01:47:26,881 --> 01:47:28,256 Hearst. 733 01:47:29,671 --> 01:47:31,296 William Randolph Hearst. 734 01:47:31,506 --> 01:47:34,171 He summers near ... St. Donats. 735 01:47:36,089 --> 01:47:38,546 You've been away a long time. 736 01:47:40,171 --> 01:47:41,214 Of course. 737 01:47:42,089 --> 01:47:45,381 Of course! Hearst bought St. Donats. 738 01:47:45,546 --> 01:47:46,671 Where do you think you're going? 739 01:47:46,839 --> 01:47:49,006 - I've got to talk to him. - Not a word! 740 01:47:49,171 --> 01:47:50,464 Gareth! 741 01:47:51,421 --> 01:47:52,506 Gareth wait! 742 01:47:52,756 --> 01:47:54,089 Gareth! 743 01:47:54,756 --> 01:47:56,421 Gareth, wait! 744 01:47:57,381 --> 01:47:59,214 Every summer we try to get an interview with Hearst... 745 01:47:59,381 --> 01:48:02,047 and every summer we get denied. Not this summer. 746 01:48:02,215 --> 01:48:06,132 I'm the assistant editor now! I have to play my cards carefully, do you understand? 747 01:48:08,007 --> 01:48:09,007 Fine. 748 01:48:09,382 --> 01:48:12,090 - I'll interview him. - Are you mad? 749 01:48:13,965 --> 01:48:16,340 I can't have you going to St. Donats. 750 01:48:16,757 --> 01:48:19,340 You've gabled with your career. You're not gambling with mine. 751 01:48:49,715 --> 01:48:50,922 Can I help you? 752 01:48:51,090 --> 01:48:52,757 I work for the Western Mail. 753 01:48:52,882 --> 01:48:54,922 Well, as you can see, we're rather busy. 754 01:48:55,340 --> 01:48:56,757 I just returned from Moscow... 755 01:48:56,922 --> 01:49:00,047 I have a story that will run on the front of Mr. Hearst's newspapers. 756 01:49:00,297 --> 01:49:03,297 I suggest you talk to his newspapers then. 757 01:49:03,840 --> 01:49:06,672 Didn't you say, you write for the Western Mail? 758 01:49:06,922 --> 01:49:10,632 Why would you give your story to Mr. Hearst, a competitor? 759 01:49:10,965 --> 01:49:13,882 Mr. Hearst's papers have more lawyers. 760 01:49:14,672 --> 01:49:16,507 I'm afraid you're trespassing. 761 01:49:16,757 --> 01:49:18,465 I must ask you to leave. 762 01:49:18,672 --> 01:49:21,340 If you'll just give me one minute, I... 763 01:49:22,922 --> 01:49:24,132 Thank you! Thank you! 764 01:49:24,297 --> 01:49:26,047 I have my bike. 765 01:49:59,091 --> 01:50:02,633 - I, I let myself in through the... kitchen.. - Eres! 766 01:50:02,798 --> 01:50:05,923 Mr. Hearst, believe me, I have something you want to hear. 767 01:50:09,048 --> 01:50:10,173 Peter! 768 01:50:10,548 --> 01:50:14,716 I have a story of Pulitzer making a terrible mistake Mr. Hearst. 769 01:50:14,798 --> 01:50:16,048 Let him be! 770 01:50:17,007 --> 01:50:18,298 You have thirty seconds. 771 01:50:18,841 --> 01:50:21,091 I just returned from Moscow. 772 01:50:21,548 --> 01:50:25,132 I took a train south and saw empty village after empty village. 773 01:50:25,257 --> 01:50:29,173 - I have a famine story. - I saw it with my own eyes, Mr. Hearst. 774 01:50:29,716 --> 01:50:36,173 The world has just lost one of its best reporters, a man who I know you tried to hire. 775 01:50:38,383 --> 01:50:40,591 Chased Klebb for years... 776 01:50:42,466 --> 01:50:45,716 - Do you think, they killed him? - You thought so too. 777 01:50:47,298 --> 01:50:48,423 Why did they want Paul dead? 778 01:50:48,716 --> 01:50:54,216 - The same reason they're discrediting me. - You're certain it was the famine story got him killed? 779 01:50:54,633 --> 01:50:58,133 A journalist who worked with him confirmed it. 780 01:51:03,342 --> 01:51:06,384 Well, if I commission an article from you... 781 01:51:07,967 --> 01:51:13,549 it will be your word against Duranty's Pulitzer. 782 01:51:22,217 --> 01:51:23,424 Yes. 783 01:51:27,509 --> 01:51:29,842 Famine in The Soviet Union! 784 01:52:05,134 --> 01:52:08,342 Dear Gareth, I am home, in Berlin... 785 01:52:10,217 --> 01:52:12,717 How quickly things fall apart. 786 01:52:17,092 --> 01:52:23,049 I'm writing for Berliner Tageblatt again, at the moment. Until they shut us down. 787 01:52:23,592 --> 01:52:25,759 I read your article. 788 01:52:26,924 --> 01:52:28,799 You were right: 789 01:52:29,092 --> 01:52:31,424 There is only one truth. 790 01:52:34,175 --> 01:52:36,385 Congratulations, Gareth. 791 01:52:37,093 --> 01:52:39,343 Paul would be so proud. 792 01:52:42,050 --> 01:52:44,175 Wherever you're off to next, 793 01:52:44,593 --> 01:52:47,050 make sure to pack a good bag. 794 01:53:02,218 --> 01:53:03,260 For days at a time, 795 01:53:03,760 --> 01:53:07,175 the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangles. 796 01:53:07,343 --> 01:53:10,550 Starvation seems to stare them in the face. 797 01:53:10,843 --> 01:53:15,300 It was likely necessary to conceal this fact from the outside world. 798 01:53:16,218 --> 01:53:19,010 Emboldened by the collapse of the windmill, 799 01:53:19,175 --> 01:53:24,550 the human beings were inventing fresh lies, about animal farm.