The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) - full transcript
A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent.
Narrator:
IN THE BEGINNING,
THERE WAS CHAOS
AND ETERNAL NIGHT.
AND A VOICE SAID,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT."
AND THE DARK WAS
SEPARATED FROM THE LIGHT.
THERE WAS CREATED
THE WATERS
AND THE LAND.
AND THEY WERE MADE--
THE SUN TO RULE THE DAY
AND THE MOON
TO RULE THE NIGHT
AND THE STARS TO GIVE LIGHT
TO THE DARKNESS.
THE EARTH WAS MADE TO BEAR
GROWING GREEN THINGS AND FRUIT.
THE ANIMALS WERE CREATED,
AND THEY WERE FRUITFUL
AND MULTIPLIED.
AND THEN THERE CAME...
MAN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT
AYE!
[ALL SHOUTING]
WHERE'S THE BOY?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
YOU KNOW THE LAW.
AYE.
BUT YOU WENT
BEYOND THE RIVER.
WELL, ONLY A LITTLE WAY.
THINGS ARE THERE.
ELK ANIMALS
WITH THEIR SHOULDERS
AS HIGH AS MY HEAD.
SMALL CREATURES ALL AROUND.
IT'S FORBIDDEN.
WHY?
THE LAW.
THE LAW HOLDS US FROM THE
MOUNTAINS BEYOND THE PLAIN.
THE LAW HOLDS US
FROM THE THINGS
THAT SWIM IN THE RIVER,
THE CREATURES
THAT FILL THE FOREST,
THE FRUITS
OF THE GROWING TREES.
WHAT KIND OF LAW?
THE LAW
THAT'S GIVEN AND GOOD.
IN THE PLAIN, WE SICKEN AND DIE,
RED AND DRIED OUT.
AND THERE.
WHY DO WE HUNT IN A PLACE
WHERE THERE ARE DEAD TREES
AND ONLY A FEW ANIMALS
TO GIVE THE FIRE
WHEN THERE'S PLENTY THERE?
THAT PLACE
IS FORBIDDEN ABOVE ALL.
PROMISES A LOT
BUT GIVES ONLY A PLACE TO DIE.
THERE ARE SHADOWS THERE
DEEP AND COLD
AND DIRT THAT EATS MEN
AND ANIMALS FAR MORE
TERRIBLE THAN YOU'VE SEEN
AND OTHER THINGS.
YOU SAW THEM.
AND YOU WERE THERE
BEYOND THE RIVER.
AYE. ONCE. ONLY ONCE.
I WONDERED AS YOU DO.
AND BECAUSE I DID,
I TELL YOU TO LISTEN
TO THE LAW AND HOLD TO IT.
THIS OTHER THING.
IT IS CALLED BY A NAME.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH.
WHAT IS IT LIKE?
IT'S TIME TO RETURN.
WHEN IT'S DARK, WE'LL MAKE
THE SYMBOLS FOR THE HUNT.
HE WILL NEVER REACH
THE RIGHTS OF MANHOOD.
WHA--
COME.
WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
WHY DO YOU KEEP
SUCH A SMALL FIRE?
IT'S THE FIRST
OF THE 3 GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
WHY SHOULD YOU
SIT HERE AND TEND IT
WHEN IT IS ALL AROUND
AT EVERY COOK FIRE,
WHEN IT CAN BE MADE
FROM THE FIRE ROCK?
IT'S THE FIRST
OF THE 3 GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
WHAT GOOD IS IT TO WORSHIP
A THING THAT TURNS?
IT IS THE SECOND
OF THE GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
DO YOU QUESTION THE KEEPERS
OF THE GIFTS OFTEN?
NO.
I KNOW WHY YOU DO.
I DID ONCE MYSELF.
WHY TEND TO SMALL FIRE?
WHY SPIN A WHEEL
THAT HAS LITTLE USE?
AND MORE THAN THAT,
WHY BUILD
IN ORDER TO BREAK?
YES.
WHY DOES HE?
WHY DO YOU
BUILD AND BREAK?
IT'S THE THIRD GIFT TO MAN
AND THE FIRST GREAT LESSON.
HE ALWAYS SAYS
THE SAME.
THEY ALL DO.
IT IS THE WORD OF THE LAW.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
IT WILL TAKE A BRAVE,
STRONG MAN TO KNOW THAT.
NOTHING CAN BE LEARNED
IN THIS PLACE.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE
TO TEACH YOU.
BEFORE THE HUNT,
2 MAKERS OF SYMBOLS
THERE WILL BE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS ARE
THE DREAMS OF THE PEOPLE,
ARE THE TELLERS
TO GOD OF THE PEOPLE,
ARE THE TESTS
OF THE PEOPLE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
ARE THE EVIL
AND THE DEATH
AND THE DARKNESS
AND THE MASTERS
OF FIRE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
ARE THE LIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
AND THE GLORY AND THE LIFE.
LET THE SYMBOLS BE MADE.
HOW LONG HAVE WE
BEEN SYMBOL MAKERS?
WE HAVE FACED 5 TIMES
OUR OWN LIFE
IN THE BURIAL CAIRNS.
WHY ARE WE
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
OUT OF ALL THE CLAN?
WE HAVE THE GIFT
TO SEE VISIONS
AND THE SKILL
IN WHICH TO PICTURE THEM.
IT IS BEST THAT
SUCH SKILL SERVE THE LAW.
DO THE SYMBOLS REALLY BRING
THE ANIMALS INTO OUR HANDS
SO THAT WE CAN KILL THEM?
YOU ASK MANY THINGS LATELY.
I WONDER.
DO YOU ASK THEM
OF ANY OF THE CLAN BUT ME?
THEY TELL ME NOTHING.
I TELL YOU THIS.
IT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE LAW
TO QUESTION THE SIGNS
AND GIFTS AND MYSTERIES
OF THE GODS.
ONE THING.
THIS, UH, THING THAT
GIVES DEATH WITH ITS TOUCH.
YOU SAW IT?
NO.
THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW
IT'S SO TERRIBLE?
I WAS SHOWN ITS LOOK BY
THE SYMBOL MAKER BEFORE ME.
SHOW ME.
IT IS BIGGER THAN A MAN
BUT NOT SO BIG
AS THE GREAT ANIMALS.
IT HAS A SKIN
NO THROWING SPEAR
OR DART CAN PIERCE.
AND ITS CLAWS
ARE LIKE THOSE
OF THE GREAT
SWAMP CREATURES.
THEY HOLD AND MOVE
LIKE A MAN'S.
OUT THERE
BEYOND THE RIVER,
IT RULES ALL THINGS.
ALL THINGS FEAR IT.
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO US
TO KEEP US SAFE.
IT IS HARD NOT TO QUESTION,
BUT UNLESS WE LIVE
BY THE WORD AND THE LAW,
DEATH WILL COME TO US.
WONDER NO MORE.
I WONDER STILL.
THE SYMBOLS ARE MADE.
WHEN THE FIRE COMES
BACK TO THE SKY,
THE MEN OF YEARS
WILL MAKE THE FIRST HUNT.
[RATTLING]
[GROWLING]
[YELLING]
THE HUNTERS RETURN.
THE GRAY LEAVES.
[GROANS]
ANOTHER HURT IN THE HUNT.
THIS TIME YOUR OWN BLOOD.
ONE BRAVE MAN
COULD GET MEAT ENOUGH
TO KEEP THE FIRES HOT
FOR MANY DAYS OF THE SUN.
THE LAW FORBIDS
GOING BEYOND THE RIVER.
AH, THE LAW'S STRANGE,
HARD TO KNOW ABOUT.
IT IS THE WORD
THAT DEATH WILL BE GIVEN
TO THE ONE WHO GOES THERE.
AYE. WE'RE ALL AFRAID.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT IS BEYOND
THE BURNING PLAIN?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
FARTHER. PERHAPS BEYOND
THE GREAT, GREEN FOREST.
IF MY LEGS COULD BEAR ME,
I'D FIND OUT.
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY
OF HE WHO WOULD
QUESTION THE LAW?
HE MUST BE PUNISHED.
HOW?
ALL WILL KEEP
THEIR VOICES FROM HIM
FOR A TIME
ACCORDING TO THE YEARS.
AND IF THE LAW'S BROKEN
SO THAT EVIL COMES
TO THE CLAN?
DEATH.
AYE.
DOWN HIM! DOWN HIM!
DOWN! DOWN HIM!
DOWN!
[LAUGHING]
THE MEAT OF THE THIRD
BEAST WON'T LAST LONG.
A NEW HUNT WILL GO
UNTO THE FOREST
AND BEAR TREES
WHERE ONLY KILLING
THINGS ROAM.
ONLY A FEW STEPS
BEYOND THE RIVER,
THERE IS MEAT APLENTY,
WAITING TO BE KILLED.
A SINKING EARTH IS OUT THERE.
WELL, THEN WE WILL TEST THE
STEP AHEAD WITH THE SPEAR.
THE PLACE SMOKES AND FIRE
BURSTS FROM THE ROCKS.
ANIMALS AS BIG AS CAVES
WILL BE ON THE RIVER.
THEY ARE SO BIG,
AND WE ARE SO SMALL.
THEY WON'T SEE US.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH A TOUCH IS THERE.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
HAS ANYONE
OF THE CLAN SEEN IT?
THE GRAY BEARD
TELLS OF THE GOD.
A LONG AGO
WHEN HE COULD REACH
NO HIGHER THAN MY KNEE.
ARE WE TO BE MADE AFRAID
BY AN OLD ONE'S BABY DREAM?
THE LAW...
IS OLD.
BUT AGE IS NOT
ALWAYS TRUTH.
HOW MANY
WILL GO WITH ME?
NOT EVEN THE HUNTERS OF YEARS
WILL GO AFTER THE DARK.
AT THE FIRST LIGHT THEN.
ARE ALL THE MEN GATHERED?
ALL THE FOOLS.
I WILL BE HERE TO PLACE
YOUR BODIES IN THE CAIRNS
IF THE CLAN CAN FIND
WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU.
GET AWAY.
THERE'S MEAT HERE.
KILL AND GO BACK.
NO. I CAME TO FIND THE TRUTH
OR LIE OF THE OLD STORIES.
THE ANCIENT LAW.
WE CAME TO HUNT,
NOT TO DESTROY THE WORD.
I CAME TO GIVE
THIS EARTH TO THE CLAN.
[GROWLING]
THE GREAT ANIMALS.
OR THE GOD.
[WHISTLING]
[SNARLING]
HO!
HO!
HELP! THE SINKING EARTH!
HELP!
HELP!
YOU'VE GIVEN ONE
OF THE CLAN TO THE EARTH.
THEY'VE RETURNED!
THEY'RE BACK!
THE BLOOD IS CLEAN.
THE SYMBOL MAKER WAKES.
HE ASKS AFTER HIS SON.
THE BOY. BRING HIM TO ME.
BRING HIM.
HE IS NOT HERE.
WHERE THEN?
BEYOND THE RIVER.
WHEN?
A TIME AGO.
HOW LONG HAS HE GONE?
2 RISINGS OF THE SUN.
WHO KNOWS OF THIS?
ALL THE CLAN.
HE TOOK OTHERS WITH HIM.
YOUR SON HAS
BROKEN THE LAW.
HE IS BEYOND THE RIVER.
YOUR BLOOD WILL BRING
THE DEATH TO VISIT US
AS IT WAS TOLD
IN TIMES PAST.
BOY.
TELL ME.
YOUR SON LED US
TO GO BEYOND THE RIVER.
WE SAW TERRIBLE THINGS.
GREAT BEASTS FIGHTING.
ONE OF US WAS TAKEN
BY THE EARTH.
WHICH ONE?
THE FAIR-HAIRED BOY.
AND MY SON?
WE LEFT HIM THERE.
LEFT HIM?
HE DIDN'T FOLLOW US BACK.
HE'S DEAD.
BUT THE EVIL
WILL COME ALL THE SAME.
HE'S BROUGHT IT
DOWN UPON US.
NO. I WILL FIND HIM,
BRING HIM BACK.
WHEN I AM STRONG.
AT THE SUN'S
THIRD RISING.
[THUD]
[BARKING]
[YELPS]
WE LIVE BY THE WORD.
WE DIE WITHOUT IT.
IT IS TOLD
THAT THE BREAKER OF THE LAW
MUST BE PUT TO DEATH.
THIS YOUNG ONE
BROKE THE LAW
AND THE EVIL GODS
WILL COME DOWN TO KILL,
AS IN TIMES PAST.
THE ELDER KEEPER
OF THE LAW
KNOWS THIS IS TRUTH.
THE SON
OF THE SYMBOL MAKER...
MUST DIE.
[SHOUTING]
HEY!
EACH OF US HAS WANDERED
AFTER THE TRUTH.
THE WORD TELLS US
THAT THE LAW IS TRUTH.
THIS ONE HAS BROKEN THE LAW.
BUT STILL THE GODS
HAVE NOT COME
AS IT'S TOLD THEY WILL COME.
[MURMURING]
EVIL IS NEAR US.
THE CLAN WILL BE NO MORE.
I SAY ONLY TO WAIT
UNTIL IT DOES COME.
AND I SAY IT MUST
BE KEPT FROM THE PEOPLE
BY ANOTHER DEATH.
THE WORD OF THE LAW
IS TRUTH.
LET THE GUILTY ONE BE AS DEAD
UNTIL MANHOOD.
[SHOUTING]
NO! NO!
IT SHALL BE AS
THE SYMBOL MAKER SAYS.
ENOUGH!
[WHISTLING]
STAY.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
TO GIVE VOICE TO ME OR I TO YOU.
LISTEN.
LISTEN TO THIS VOICE THEN.
THAT VOICE I'VE
HEARD AT NIGHT
IN THE LIFE OF DREAMS.
I CAME TO FIND IT
BEYOND THE RIVER.
IT IS NOT A BAD PLACE
THAT GIVES THE VOICE OF DREAMS.
THERE ARE STRANGE THINGS.
SO I WONDER...
HOW MANY STRANGE
THINGS THERE ARE
BEYOND THE RIVER.
EVEN BEYOND THE GREEN PLACE.
NO. IF YOU BREAK
THE LAW AGAIN,
THE PEOPLE
WILL GIVE YOU DEATH.
I SHOULDN'T
GIVE YOU MY VOICE
UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN
AFTER THE RITES OF MANHOOD.
WONDER NO MORE.
I WILL ALWAYS WONDER.
Man: LOOK. IT COMES
FROM THE PLAIN.
GET THE WOMEN IN THE CAVE.
BRING THE WEAPONS.
WHAT IS IT?
SOME THING.
SOME BEAST FROM BEYOND
THE BURNING PLAIN.
AND THE WORD SAYS
NOTHING CAN LIVE THERE...
OR BEYOND.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT KIND OF BEAST IS THIS?
STRANGE.
IT'S EVIL.
SEE, THE EVIL COMES.
BUT NOT FROM
THE PLACE I'VE BEEN.
WHAT IS THIS THING THEN?
THE ANCIENT TALES
TELL OF SUCH THINGS.
WHAT THINGS?
BEASTS WITH SUCH A SHAPE.
MAN AND CREATURE.
IT HAS HIDE ALL OVER EXCEPT
ARMS AND LEGS IN THE MIDDLE.
I SAY IT IS EVIL.
KILL IT. KILL.
LOOK. IT MOVES.
IT IS NO ONE BEAST,
BUT A MAN ON TOP AN ANIMAL.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
NO MAN CAN STAY A BEAST.
IT IS THERE BEFORE YOU.
I SAY KILL IT BEFORE
IT BRINGS SICKNESS AND DEATH.
BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE.
THERE ARE MEN LIKE
THE MEN OF THE CLAN
BEYOND THE BURNING PLAIN.
IT IS NOT LIKE US.
IT IS SOME ANIMAL.
SEE THE HAIR IT WEARS.
SPEAK WITH THIS MAN.
DON'T KILL HIM.
KILL HIM.
IT CAME TO KILL THE CLAN,
TO BRING PESTILENCE AND DEATH.
KILL THE BEAST.
KILL! KILL! KILL!
KILL!
STAND AWAY.
NO.
THERE IS MUCH
TO LEARN FROM THIS MAN.
HEAR HIM. LEARN.
HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP OUR
EYES TURNED FROM THE TRUTH?
THE MARK IS ON YOU DEEP.
EVIL SEEKS EVIL.
EVIL PROTECTS EVIL.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING AGAINST
THE LAW OR THE WORD HERE.
THIS IS A BRAVE MAN
WHO HAS DARED TO SEEK OUT
OTHERS OF HIS KIND.
STAND AWAY, BOY.
I WILL NOT.
TAKE HIM. KILL HIM.
PEACE.
[GRUNTS]
YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES
TO THE TRUTH.
HE CRIED "PEACE."
MY EYES WERE OPENED.
BUT YOUR DEATH
WOULD'VE DONE NO GOOD.
HE MAY HAVE HAD ANSWERS.
PERHAPS THE TRUTH
OF THE LAW.
A LAW IS TRUTH
TO ITSELF.
WE MUST FIND A NEW LAW.
WILL WE?
WE'LL TRY.
THE WORD HAS GUIDED US
FOR A LONG TIME.
ONLY TIME CAN CHANGE IT.
MAKE A CAIRN TO LAY
THIS MAN TO REST.
A CAIRN FOR AN EVIL THING?
MAKE A CAIRN.
THIS DAY
A MAN WAS KILLED.
IT LOOKED LIKE A MAN.
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW
WHAT IT WAS?
EVIL GODS
TAKE STRANGE SHAPES.
THEY DO NOT DIE BLEEDING.
IT WAS A MAN.
OUT OF THE BURNING PLAIN.
BUT THAT PLACE
IS FORBIDDEN BY THE LAW.
SO ANY CREATURE CROSSING IT
MUST BE FORBIDDEN, TOO.
WE MEET HERE
TO CHANGE THE LAW.
THE WORD
OF OUR FATHER'S CHANGED?
THAT IS
A DANGEROUS THOUGHT.
IT WAS DANGEROUS
FOR THE MAN
WHO CROSSED
FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
ARE WE TO BE BLIND
TO THE TRUTH
SUNG BY HIS COMING?
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAIN,
THERE ARE OTHER CLANS,
OTHER PEOPLE.
LET THEM STAY THERE
AND WE HERE.
NO. WE MUST TRY
TO FIND THEM.
THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM OUR FATHERS
TO GIVE THEM,
THINGS THAT THEY
HAVE LEARNED TO GIVE US.
EVIL TALK.
STAY.
THERE IS LITTLE
ENOUGH FOOD HERE.
HOW CAN ENOUGH BE
GATHERED TO CARRY AWAY?
IN THE FOREST
BEYOND THE RIVER.
YOU WOULD BREAK
THE LAW TWICE.
AYE. A HUNDRED
TIMES.
THE LAW WAS JUST.
THE WORD WAS GOOD.
IT SHOWED THE WAY
FOR THE CLAN.
BUT THIS MAN'S COMING
HAS CHANGED THE LAW.
NO.
AND ANYONE WHO SPEAKS SO SHOULD
HOLD NO POWER AS SYMBOL MAKER.
I CLAIM THAT POWER
FOR MYSELF.
ISN'T THIS THE WAY?
IT IS SAID
THAT WHEN A MAN OF POWER
IN THE CLAN BREAKS THE LAW,
HIS CHALLENGER
TAKES HIS PLACE.
WE HAVE HEARD IT ALL.
THE SYMBOL MAKER HAS
BROKEN WITH HIS FAITH
BY HIS OWN WORDS.
WOULD YOU ROUSE THE CLAN
TO KILL ME, TOO?
IF IT IS NOT
THAT THE LAW IS WRONG,
I WILL GIVE
MY POWER TO HIM.
THE LAW HAS BEEN SHAKEN
BY THIS COMING THIS DAY.
BUT THE WORD MUST STILL
FORBID THE CROSSING
OF THE BURNING PLAIN.
OUR FATHERS OF YEARS
HAVE LIVED IN THE SHELTER
OF THE GREAT ROCK.
IT IS ENOUGH THAT WE
SHOULD DO THE SAME.
BUT THE MAN...
THE WORD OF THE LAW
HAS BEEN SPOKEN.
THEY WANT TO BE SAFE.
SAFE?
SAFE TO LIVE AND DIE
IN A SINGLE PLACE.
YOU?
I FOUGHT.
I AM NO MORE
THE SYMBOL MAKER.
BUT I'LL STAY TO THE LAW,
AND YOU MUST, TOO.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
THE CLAN CAN BE KEPT.
SOON THE NIGHT GLOW WILL SET
IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE SKY,
AND YOU WILL COME TO MANHOOD
AND HEAR SILENCE NO MORE.
YOU ARE GIVING ME
YOUR VOICE.
THIS ONCE.
A GREATER EVIL THAN YOURS
WAS DONE THIS DAY.
THE SUN HAS PASSED
THROUGH THE SKY
TO MARK A TIME OF YEARS.
ONE OF THE CLAN
HAS COME TO MANHOOD.
[RATTLING]
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE WORD?
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE WORD?
AYE.
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE LAW?
AYE.
ONE OF THE CLAN
HAS COME TO MANHOOD.
COME. SEE THE SYMBOLS
LEFT BY THE GODS.
THIS WAS A MESSAGE
FROM GOD.
IT CAME IN FIRE
AND MADE A GREAT WOUND
UPON THE EARTH.
TO TOUCH THE THINGS OF
THE GODS CAN GIVE YOU DEATH.
WELL, HAS NO ONE
EVER TOUCHED THEM?
IT'S THE WORD OF THE LAW.
YOU'VE SEEN THE GOD SYMBOLS.
GO AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AS
A MAN OF YEARS IN THE CLAN.
YOU GAVE THE PROPER
ANSWERS TO THE RITUAL.
BUT I FELT YOU
WEREN'T SPEAKING TRUE.
YOU WON'T GIVE UP
YOUR DREAMS, WILL YOU?
YOU TOOK THE PLACE
OF MY FATHER.
YOU WANT ME AWAY, TOO?
I HOPE YOU HOLD
TO THE LAW.
BUT A BRAVE MAN'S DREAMS
ARE HARD THINGS TO FIGHT.
WHENEVER WE GO INTO THE CAVE
OF SYMBOLS TO MAKE A RITUAL,
STAY BEFORE MY EYES.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A MAN
WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE
THE LEADER OF A SMALL CLAN.
I WANT TO LEAD NO ONE.
I WANT TO GO ON
TO BROADER PLACES.
TWO SUCH MEN WILL COME
TO FIGHT ONE DAY.
AND ONE OF US WILL BE DEAD
BY THE OTHER'S HAND.
IT CAME TO ME THAT WE MIGHT
MAKE A PLACE OF OUR OWN.
HIGHER ON THE CAVE ROCK,
YOU COULD DIG OUT A SPACE.
IT WOULD BE
A GOOD THING.
AYE.
WE COULD MAKE A PLACE
TO LIE DOWN ON,
A SPACE ABOVE THE FLOOR
SO THE COLD COULDN'T
REACH US AS WE SLEPT.
AYE.
WHEN WILL YOU START?
NO.
BEYOND THE RIVER,
THERE ARE WARM SKINS
OF SO MANY ANIMALS
THAT A SLEEPING PLACE
COULD BE MADE OF THEM.
AND THERE ARE GROWING THINGS
THERE THAT ARE SOFT TO LIE ON.
AND THE PLACE SMELLS
OF WIND AND FRESH THINGS.
WE MUST STAY HERE.
SO MAKE A SLEEPING PLACE
FOR US ON THE HIGH PATH.
WHAT DOES HE DO?
HE MAKES A SLEEPING PLACE
FOR HIM AND HIS WOMAN.
WHY? THE OLD CAVES
ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL.
THERE IS NO WORD
OF LAW AGAINST IT.
FOOL.
AYE.
YOU KEPT ME AT THIS
SLEEPING PLACE
A LONG, LONG TIME.
AYE.
BUT I WONDER STILL.
SOMEONE MUST BREAK THE LAW,
MUST FIND THE TRUTH
FOR ALL AND FOREVER.
NO.
OF ALL THE THINGS
THE CLAN FEARS--
THE GOD THAT BRINGS DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH--THE MOST,
I'LL FIND IT AND KILL IT.
GIVE ME SOME FOOD.
NOW.
DO AS I SAY.
I HEAR YOU IN ALL THINGS
BUT NOT IN THIS.
WHY SHOULD YOU BE THE ONE
TO BREAK THE LAW?
EVERY MAN HOLDS TO
THE OLD LAW AS THE SAFE WAY.
EACH WAITS
FOR ANOTHER TO DARE.
NO ONE WANTS
TO TAKE THE RISKS
THAT A BETTER
LIFE DEMANDS.
EVERY WOMAN POINTS TO A MAN
OTHER THAN HER OWN
TO DO THE DYING.
SO THE AGES PAST,
AND THE CLAN REMAINS
HUDDLED IN THE SAME PLACE.
THERE IS NO MORE TO SAY.
IT IS A TIME TO ACT.
WHERE DID HE GO?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
AYE.
OUR SON HAS GONE.
NO.
I MUST BRING HIM BACK.
IT MEANS DEATH SURELY
TO BREAK THE LAW TWICE.
AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN DEATH...
PUT ASIDE SOME FOOD.
I'LL LEAVE
AFTER A TIME.
GO TO THE GIRL.
DON'T SIT HERE SO.
THE CLAN WILL WONDER.
STOP.
GIRL, WHY DO YOU STAY
IN THE ONE PLACE
LOOKING TO THE RIVER?
IS THERE A WORD AGAINST IT?
WELL, I ONLY ASKED.
HERE! HERE!
HERE. HERE.
HOW MANY TIMES WILL
THE LAW BE BROKEN?
HOW MANY TIMES
WILL A SYMBOL MAKER
GO BEYOND THE RIVER
TO STIR THE EVIL THERE?
EVEN NOW HE CROSSES
THE FORBIDDEN RIVER
TO ENTER THE LAND
OF THE GOD
THAT KILLS
WITH ITS TOUCH.
[MURMURING]
AND NOW HE HAS
MOVED HIS FATHER
TO BREAK THE LAW
AGAIN AS WELL.
I SAY...
TAKE UP
YOUR THROWING STICKS
AND YOUR KNIVES
AND FOLLOW THEIR STEPS
TO THE RIVER
AND KILL THEM ALL
BEFORE WE ALL DIE
FROM THE EVIL
THEY WILL BRING.
[SHOUTING]
GO ON.
GO ON!
ACROSS THE RIVER
AND INTO THE FOREST.
HOW CAN THE WORD BE SERVED
IF WE TOO BREAK THE LAW?
WE SEEK TO AID IT
AND TO KEEP IT.
THERE CAN'T BE
NO WRONG IN THAT.
WHO WILL CARE FOR
THE WOMEN AND THE YOUNG
IF WE MEET EVIL AND DEATH
IN THAT FORBIDDEN PLACE?
THE EVIL WILL COME
TO ALL OF US
UNLESS WE FIND THE YOUNG
SYMBOL MAKER AND HIS FATHER
AND KILL THEM.
HE WHO MOVES FOR THE RIGHT
WILL COME TO NO HARM
IN THAT PLACE.
MOVE BACK SLOWLY.
YOU CAME TO TAKE ME BACK.
AYE. AT FIRST.
BUT NOW I STAY TO HELP
IN YOUR PURPOSE.
MOVE BACK.
NO.
THIS IS THE GOD THEY FEAR.
DEAD, THE CLAN
WILL FEAR IT NO MORE,
AND THE LAW WILL BE GONE
AND A NEW WAY OPENED TO US.
LOOK. IT MOTIONS, AS THE MAN
FROM THE BURNING PLACE.
IT RISES TO ATTACK.
CAST YOUR ARROW. SEE?
SEE.
KILL HIM NOW.
LOOK.
IT IS WELL.
KILL HIM IN THE SIGHT
OF THE GOD
THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH.
HE DOES NOT DESIRE
TO KEEP THE LAW.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
THIS IS NO EVIL THING.
IT WAS NO EVIL THING.
NOT A GOD.
THE WORD TELLS
HE COULD NOT BE GIVEN DEATH.
IT LIES SO STILL.
THE BEASTS ARE DEAD.
NOW YOU TWO MUST DIE.
NO. THE BEASTS ARE DEAD.
THE LAW IS DEAD.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH IS DEAD AS WELL.
THE GOD? DEAD?
IT'S NO GOD.
A MAN.
ANOTHER KIND
OF MAN.
ONE CAME
FROM THE MOUNTAINS,
AND SOME WERE HERE.
HERE'S A SYMBOL.
THIS MUST BE THE WAY
MAN SHOULD GREET MAN.
HIS HANDS
WITHOUT A WEAPON.
WHAT SYMBOLS ARE THESE?
I HAVE NONE
LIKE THESE IN MY MIND.
AND THESE WERE MADE
IN A WAY UNKNOWN TO ME.
ALL OF THIS.
ARE THESE SYMBOLS, TOO?
PERHAPS.
SOMEDAY THEY
MUST BE KNOWN.
IT IS A THING OF WONDER.
SHALL WE TAKE HIM
TO THE CAVE
AND MAKE
A CAIRN FOR HIM?
LEAVE HIM IN THIS PLACE
THAT WAS HIS.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
A NEW LAW IS MADE.
FOOD WILL BE GATHERED.
WHEEL THINGS MADE.
AND THE CLAN WILL SEEK OUT
OTHER MEN IN OTHER PLACES.
WE WILL TAKE
THIS THING OF WONDER.
SOMEWHERE MAN MAY BE ABLE
TO TELL US THE WORDS
OF THE SYMBOLS.
OR ONE OF US MAY
FIND A WAY TO KNOW.
AYE.
SO LET THIS MAN STAY.
HE WILL NOT BE ALONE.
Man: I AND A PARTY
OF 23 OTHERS
WERE ON A SCIENTIFIC
EXPEDITION
WHEN THE BOMBS
BEGAN TO FALL.
THE TERRIBLE POWER
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
WAS UNLEASHED
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
RETALIATION
ADDED TO RETALIATION
UNTIL ALL TRACES
OF MAN'S WORKS
HAD BEEN WIPED FROM
THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
OF THE FEW LIVING THINGS
THAT ESCAPED THE BLAST,
SOME GREW HUGE
BEYOND ALL REASON
AND FORMED AS
THE DINOSAURS OF PREHISTORY,
WHERE IT TOOK ON
NEW SHAPES ALTOGETHER,
MAD IN SHAPE AND PURPOSE.
MY COMRADES AND I,
HALF PROTECTED
BY OUR RADIATION SUITS,
FOUND OURSELVES
GIVEN AN AGE
FAR BEYOND
THE SPAN ALLOWED.
OUT OF ALL THE SPRAWLING
MILLIONS OF THE EARTH,
A HANDFUL ESCAPED UNHARMED
THROUGH FORTUNE OR DESIGN.
AFTER THE HOLOCAUST,
THE WISEST OF THEM
SET DOWN
A LONG LIST OF TABOOS.
THE LAWS ARE IN THE FORM
OF A RELIGION NOW.
IT'S STRANGE TO SEE THEM
LIVING THE LIFE
OF CRO-MAGNON MAN
AND NOT KNOWING WHY.
ON OCCASION, WE TRY
TO CONTACT THEM,
BUT THEY FEARED US.
AND OUR RADIATION KILLED
THOSE WHO CAME TOO CLOSE.
NOW ONLY I'M LEFT,
AND THE RADIATION
HAS WORN AWAY
THESE LONG, LONG YEARS.
NOW A NEW ONE
THINKS AND WONDERS
ABOUT THE TRUTH
OF THE LAW.
PERHAPS MAN WILL DARE
TO TRY AGAIN.
I AM VERY LONELY,
VERY, VERY TIRED.
Narrator: THIS HAPPENED
A LONG TIME AGO.
AND AS YOU KNOW,
MEN DID MEET OTHER MEN.
AND FIRE-SMELTED METAL
MADE EXPLOSIVES.
THE WHEEL TURNED MACHINES
AND MADE GUN BARRELS.
THE TOWERS WERE BUILT
AND FLATTENED.
HOW MANY TIMES
WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?
AND IF IT DOES,
WILL ANY AT ALL
SURVIVE THE NEXT TIME?
OR WILL IT BE THE END?
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT
IN THE BEGINNING,
THERE WAS CHAOS
AND ETERNAL NIGHT.
AND A VOICE SAID,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT."
AND THE DARK WAS
SEPARATED FROM THE LIGHT.
THERE WAS CREATED
THE WATERS
AND THE LAND.
AND THEY WERE MADE--
THE SUN TO RULE THE DAY
AND THE MOON
TO RULE THE NIGHT
AND THE STARS TO GIVE LIGHT
TO THE DARKNESS.
THE EARTH WAS MADE TO BEAR
GROWING GREEN THINGS AND FRUIT.
THE ANIMALS WERE CREATED,
AND THEY WERE FRUITFUL
AND MULTIPLIED.
AND THEN THERE CAME...
MAN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT
AYE!
[ALL SHOUTING]
WHERE'S THE BOY?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
YOU KNOW THE LAW.
AYE.
BUT YOU WENT
BEYOND THE RIVER.
WELL, ONLY A LITTLE WAY.
THINGS ARE THERE.
ELK ANIMALS
WITH THEIR SHOULDERS
AS HIGH AS MY HEAD.
SMALL CREATURES ALL AROUND.
IT'S FORBIDDEN.
WHY?
THE LAW.
THE LAW HOLDS US FROM THE
MOUNTAINS BEYOND THE PLAIN.
THE LAW HOLDS US
FROM THE THINGS
THAT SWIM IN THE RIVER,
THE CREATURES
THAT FILL THE FOREST,
THE FRUITS
OF THE GROWING TREES.
WHAT KIND OF LAW?
THE LAW
THAT'S GIVEN AND GOOD.
IN THE PLAIN, WE SICKEN AND DIE,
RED AND DRIED OUT.
AND THERE.
WHY DO WE HUNT IN A PLACE
WHERE THERE ARE DEAD TREES
AND ONLY A FEW ANIMALS
TO GIVE THE FIRE
WHEN THERE'S PLENTY THERE?
THAT PLACE
IS FORBIDDEN ABOVE ALL.
PROMISES A LOT
BUT GIVES ONLY A PLACE TO DIE.
THERE ARE SHADOWS THERE
DEEP AND COLD
AND DIRT THAT EATS MEN
AND ANIMALS FAR MORE
TERRIBLE THAN YOU'VE SEEN
AND OTHER THINGS.
YOU SAW THEM.
AND YOU WERE THERE
BEYOND THE RIVER.
AYE. ONCE. ONLY ONCE.
I WONDERED AS YOU DO.
AND BECAUSE I DID,
I TELL YOU TO LISTEN
TO THE LAW AND HOLD TO IT.
THIS OTHER THING.
IT IS CALLED BY A NAME.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH.
WHAT IS IT LIKE?
IT'S TIME TO RETURN.
WHEN IT'S DARK, WE'LL MAKE
THE SYMBOLS FOR THE HUNT.
HE WILL NEVER REACH
THE RIGHTS OF MANHOOD.
WHA--
COME.
WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?
WHY DO YOU KEEP
SUCH A SMALL FIRE?
IT'S THE FIRST
OF THE 3 GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
WHY SHOULD YOU
SIT HERE AND TEND IT
WHEN IT IS ALL AROUND
AT EVERY COOK FIRE,
WHEN IT CAN BE MADE
FROM THE FIRE ROCK?
IT'S THE FIRST
OF THE 3 GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
WHAT GOOD IS IT TO WORSHIP
A THING THAT TURNS?
IT IS THE SECOND
OF THE GREAT GIFTS OF MAN.
DO YOU QUESTION THE KEEPERS
OF THE GIFTS OFTEN?
NO.
I KNOW WHY YOU DO.
I DID ONCE MYSELF.
WHY TEND TO SMALL FIRE?
WHY SPIN A WHEEL
THAT HAS LITTLE USE?
AND MORE THAN THAT,
WHY BUILD
IN ORDER TO BREAK?
YES.
WHY DOES HE?
WHY DO YOU
BUILD AND BREAK?
IT'S THE THIRD GIFT TO MAN
AND THE FIRST GREAT LESSON.
HE ALWAYS SAYS
THE SAME.
THEY ALL DO.
IT IS THE WORD OF THE LAW.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
IT WILL TAKE A BRAVE,
STRONG MAN TO KNOW THAT.
NOTHING CAN BE LEARNED
IN THIS PLACE.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE
TO TEACH YOU.
BEFORE THE HUNT,
2 MAKERS OF SYMBOLS
THERE WILL BE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS ARE
THE DREAMS OF THE PEOPLE,
ARE THE TELLERS
TO GOD OF THE PEOPLE,
ARE THE TESTS
OF THE PEOPLE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
ARE THE EVIL
AND THE DEATH
AND THE DARKNESS
AND THE MASTERS
OF FIRE.
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
ARE THE LIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
AND THE GLORY AND THE LIFE.
LET THE SYMBOLS BE MADE.
HOW LONG HAVE WE
BEEN SYMBOL MAKERS?
WE HAVE FACED 5 TIMES
OUR OWN LIFE
IN THE BURIAL CAIRNS.
WHY ARE WE
THE SYMBOL MAKERS
OUT OF ALL THE CLAN?
WE HAVE THE GIFT
TO SEE VISIONS
AND THE SKILL
IN WHICH TO PICTURE THEM.
IT IS BEST THAT
SUCH SKILL SERVE THE LAW.
DO THE SYMBOLS REALLY BRING
THE ANIMALS INTO OUR HANDS
SO THAT WE CAN KILL THEM?
YOU ASK MANY THINGS LATELY.
I WONDER.
DO YOU ASK THEM
OF ANY OF THE CLAN BUT ME?
THEY TELL ME NOTHING.
I TELL YOU THIS.
IT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE LAW
TO QUESTION THE SIGNS
AND GIFTS AND MYSTERIES
OF THE GODS.
ONE THING.
THIS, UH, THING THAT
GIVES DEATH WITH ITS TOUCH.
YOU SAW IT?
NO.
THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW
IT'S SO TERRIBLE?
I WAS SHOWN ITS LOOK BY
THE SYMBOL MAKER BEFORE ME.
SHOW ME.
IT IS BIGGER THAN A MAN
BUT NOT SO BIG
AS THE GREAT ANIMALS.
IT HAS A SKIN
NO THROWING SPEAR
OR DART CAN PIERCE.
AND ITS CLAWS
ARE LIKE THOSE
OF THE GREAT
SWAMP CREATURES.
THEY HOLD AND MOVE
LIKE A MAN'S.
OUT THERE
BEYOND THE RIVER,
IT RULES ALL THINGS.
ALL THINGS FEAR IT.
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO US
TO KEEP US SAFE.
IT IS HARD NOT TO QUESTION,
BUT UNLESS WE LIVE
BY THE WORD AND THE LAW,
DEATH WILL COME TO US.
WONDER NO MORE.
I WONDER STILL.
THE SYMBOLS ARE MADE.
WHEN THE FIRE COMES
BACK TO THE SKY,
THE MEN OF YEARS
WILL MAKE THE FIRST HUNT.
[RATTLING]
[GROWLING]
[YELLING]
THE HUNTERS RETURN.
THE GRAY LEAVES.
[GROANS]
ANOTHER HURT IN THE HUNT.
THIS TIME YOUR OWN BLOOD.
ONE BRAVE MAN
COULD GET MEAT ENOUGH
TO KEEP THE FIRES HOT
FOR MANY DAYS OF THE SUN.
THE LAW FORBIDS
GOING BEYOND THE RIVER.
AH, THE LAW'S STRANGE,
HARD TO KNOW ABOUT.
IT IS THE WORD
THAT DEATH WILL BE GIVEN
TO THE ONE WHO GOES THERE.
AYE. WE'RE ALL AFRAID.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT IS BEYOND
THE BURNING PLAIN?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
FARTHER. PERHAPS BEYOND
THE GREAT, GREEN FOREST.
IF MY LEGS COULD BEAR ME,
I'D FIND OUT.
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY
OF HE WHO WOULD
QUESTION THE LAW?
HE MUST BE PUNISHED.
HOW?
ALL WILL KEEP
THEIR VOICES FROM HIM
FOR A TIME
ACCORDING TO THE YEARS.
AND IF THE LAW'S BROKEN
SO THAT EVIL COMES
TO THE CLAN?
DEATH.
AYE.
DOWN HIM! DOWN HIM!
DOWN! DOWN HIM!
DOWN!
[LAUGHING]
THE MEAT OF THE THIRD
BEAST WON'T LAST LONG.
A NEW HUNT WILL GO
UNTO THE FOREST
AND BEAR TREES
WHERE ONLY KILLING
THINGS ROAM.
ONLY A FEW STEPS
BEYOND THE RIVER,
THERE IS MEAT APLENTY,
WAITING TO BE KILLED.
A SINKING EARTH IS OUT THERE.
WELL, THEN WE WILL TEST THE
STEP AHEAD WITH THE SPEAR.
THE PLACE SMOKES AND FIRE
BURSTS FROM THE ROCKS.
ANIMALS AS BIG AS CAVES
WILL BE ON THE RIVER.
THEY ARE SO BIG,
AND WE ARE SO SMALL.
THEY WON'T SEE US.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH A TOUCH IS THERE.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
HAS ANYONE
OF THE CLAN SEEN IT?
THE GRAY BEARD
TELLS OF THE GOD.
A LONG AGO
WHEN HE COULD REACH
NO HIGHER THAN MY KNEE.
ARE WE TO BE MADE AFRAID
BY AN OLD ONE'S BABY DREAM?
THE LAW...
IS OLD.
BUT AGE IS NOT
ALWAYS TRUTH.
HOW MANY
WILL GO WITH ME?
NOT EVEN THE HUNTERS OF YEARS
WILL GO AFTER THE DARK.
AT THE FIRST LIGHT THEN.
ARE ALL THE MEN GATHERED?
ALL THE FOOLS.
I WILL BE HERE TO PLACE
YOUR BODIES IN THE CAIRNS
IF THE CLAN CAN FIND
WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU.
GET AWAY.
THERE'S MEAT HERE.
KILL AND GO BACK.
NO. I CAME TO FIND THE TRUTH
OR LIE OF THE OLD STORIES.
THE ANCIENT LAW.
WE CAME TO HUNT,
NOT TO DESTROY THE WORD.
I CAME TO GIVE
THIS EARTH TO THE CLAN.
[GROWLING]
THE GREAT ANIMALS.
OR THE GOD.
[WHISTLING]
[SNARLING]
HO!
HO!
HELP! THE SINKING EARTH!
HELP!
HELP!
YOU'VE GIVEN ONE
OF THE CLAN TO THE EARTH.
THEY'VE RETURNED!
THEY'RE BACK!
THE BLOOD IS CLEAN.
THE SYMBOL MAKER WAKES.
HE ASKS AFTER HIS SON.
THE BOY. BRING HIM TO ME.
BRING HIM.
HE IS NOT HERE.
WHERE THEN?
BEYOND THE RIVER.
WHEN?
A TIME AGO.
HOW LONG HAS HE GONE?
2 RISINGS OF THE SUN.
WHO KNOWS OF THIS?
ALL THE CLAN.
HE TOOK OTHERS WITH HIM.
YOUR SON HAS
BROKEN THE LAW.
HE IS BEYOND THE RIVER.
YOUR BLOOD WILL BRING
THE DEATH TO VISIT US
AS IT WAS TOLD
IN TIMES PAST.
BOY.
TELL ME.
YOUR SON LED US
TO GO BEYOND THE RIVER.
WE SAW TERRIBLE THINGS.
GREAT BEASTS FIGHTING.
ONE OF US WAS TAKEN
BY THE EARTH.
WHICH ONE?
THE FAIR-HAIRED BOY.
AND MY SON?
WE LEFT HIM THERE.
LEFT HIM?
HE DIDN'T FOLLOW US BACK.
HE'S DEAD.
BUT THE EVIL
WILL COME ALL THE SAME.
HE'S BROUGHT IT
DOWN UPON US.
NO. I WILL FIND HIM,
BRING HIM BACK.
WHEN I AM STRONG.
AT THE SUN'S
THIRD RISING.
[THUD]
[BARKING]
[YELPS]
WE LIVE BY THE WORD.
WE DIE WITHOUT IT.
IT IS TOLD
THAT THE BREAKER OF THE LAW
MUST BE PUT TO DEATH.
THIS YOUNG ONE
BROKE THE LAW
AND THE EVIL GODS
WILL COME DOWN TO KILL,
AS IN TIMES PAST.
THE ELDER KEEPER
OF THE LAW
KNOWS THIS IS TRUTH.
THE SON
OF THE SYMBOL MAKER...
MUST DIE.
[SHOUTING]
HEY!
EACH OF US HAS WANDERED
AFTER THE TRUTH.
THE WORD TELLS US
THAT THE LAW IS TRUTH.
THIS ONE HAS BROKEN THE LAW.
BUT STILL THE GODS
HAVE NOT COME
AS IT'S TOLD THEY WILL COME.
[MURMURING]
EVIL IS NEAR US.
THE CLAN WILL BE NO MORE.
I SAY ONLY TO WAIT
UNTIL IT DOES COME.
AND I SAY IT MUST
BE KEPT FROM THE PEOPLE
BY ANOTHER DEATH.
THE WORD OF THE LAW
IS TRUTH.
LET THE GUILTY ONE BE AS DEAD
UNTIL MANHOOD.
[SHOUTING]
NO! NO!
IT SHALL BE AS
THE SYMBOL MAKER SAYS.
ENOUGH!
[WHISTLING]
STAY.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
TO GIVE VOICE TO ME OR I TO YOU.
LISTEN.
LISTEN TO THIS VOICE THEN.
THAT VOICE I'VE
HEARD AT NIGHT
IN THE LIFE OF DREAMS.
I CAME TO FIND IT
BEYOND THE RIVER.
IT IS NOT A BAD PLACE
THAT GIVES THE VOICE OF DREAMS.
THERE ARE STRANGE THINGS.
SO I WONDER...
HOW MANY STRANGE
THINGS THERE ARE
BEYOND THE RIVER.
EVEN BEYOND THE GREEN PLACE.
NO. IF YOU BREAK
THE LAW AGAIN,
THE PEOPLE
WILL GIVE YOU DEATH.
I SHOULDN'T
GIVE YOU MY VOICE
UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN
AFTER THE RITES OF MANHOOD.
WONDER NO MORE.
I WILL ALWAYS WONDER.
Man: LOOK. IT COMES
FROM THE PLAIN.
GET THE WOMEN IN THE CAVE.
BRING THE WEAPONS.
WHAT IS IT?
SOME THING.
SOME BEAST FROM BEYOND
THE BURNING PLAIN.
AND THE WORD SAYS
NOTHING CAN LIVE THERE...
OR BEYOND.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT KIND OF BEAST IS THIS?
STRANGE.
IT'S EVIL.
SEE, THE EVIL COMES.
BUT NOT FROM
THE PLACE I'VE BEEN.
WHAT IS THIS THING THEN?
THE ANCIENT TALES
TELL OF SUCH THINGS.
WHAT THINGS?
BEASTS WITH SUCH A SHAPE.
MAN AND CREATURE.
IT HAS HIDE ALL OVER EXCEPT
ARMS AND LEGS IN THE MIDDLE.
I SAY IT IS EVIL.
KILL IT. KILL.
LOOK. IT MOVES.
IT IS NO ONE BEAST,
BUT A MAN ON TOP AN ANIMAL.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
NO MAN CAN STAY A BEAST.
IT IS THERE BEFORE YOU.
I SAY KILL IT BEFORE
IT BRINGS SICKNESS AND DEATH.
BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE.
THERE ARE MEN LIKE
THE MEN OF THE CLAN
BEYOND THE BURNING PLAIN.
IT IS NOT LIKE US.
IT IS SOME ANIMAL.
SEE THE HAIR IT WEARS.
SPEAK WITH THIS MAN.
DON'T KILL HIM.
KILL HIM.
IT CAME TO KILL THE CLAN,
TO BRING PESTILENCE AND DEATH.
KILL THE BEAST.
KILL! KILL! KILL!
KILL!
STAND AWAY.
NO.
THERE IS MUCH
TO LEARN FROM THIS MAN.
HEAR HIM. LEARN.
HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP OUR
EYES TURNED FROM THE TRUTH?
THE MARK IS ON YOU DEEP.
EVIL SEEKS EVIL.
EVIL PROTECTS EVIL.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING AGAINST
THE LAW OR THE WORD HERE.
THIS IS A BRAVE MAN
WHO HAS DARED TO SEEK OUT
OTHERS OF HIS KIND.
STAND AWAY, BOY.
I WILL NOT.
TAKE HIM. KILL HIM.
PEACE.
[GRUNTS]
YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES
TO THE TRUTH.
HE CRIED "PEACE."
MY EYES WERE OPENED.
BUT YOUR DEATH
WOULD'VE DONE NO GOOD.
HE MAY HAVE HAD ANSWERS.
PERHAPS THE TRUTH
OF THE LAW.
A LAW IS TRUTH
TO ITSELF.
WE MUST FIND A NEW LAW.
WILL WE?
WE'LL TRY.
THE WORD HAS GUIDED US
FOR A LONG TIME.
ONLY TIME CAN CHANGE IT.
MAKE A CAIRN TO LAY
THIS MAN TO REST.
A CAIRN FOR AN EVIL THING?
MAKE A CAIRN.
THIS DAY
A MAN WAS KILLED.
IT LOOKED LIKE A MAN.
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW
WHAT IT WAS?
EVIL GODS
TAKE STRANGE SHAPES.
THEY DO NOT DIE BLEEDING.
IT WAS A MAN.
OUT OF THE BURNING PLAIN.
BUT THAT PLACE
IS FORBIDDEN BY THE LAW.
SO ANY CREATURE CROSSING IT
MUST BE FORBIDDEN, TOO.
WE MEET HERE
TO CHANGE THE LAW.
THE WORD
OF OUR FATHER'S CHANGED?
THAT IS
A DANGEROUS THOUGHT.
IT WAS DANGEROUS
FOR THE MAN
WHO CROSSED
FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
ARE WE TO BE BLIND
TO THE TRUTH
SUNG BY HIS COMING?
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAIN,
THERE ARE OTHER CLANS,
OTHER PEOPLE.
LET THEM STAY THERE
AND WE HERE.
NO. WE MUST TRY
TO FIND THEM.
THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM OUR FATHERS
TO GIVE THEM,
THINGS THAT THEY
HAVE LEARNED TO GIVE US.
EVIL TALK.
STAY.
THERE IS LITTLE
ENOUGH FOOD HERE.
HOW CAN ENOUGH BE
GATHERED TO CARRY AWAY?
IN THE FOREST
BEYOND THE RIVER.
YOU WOULD BREAK
THE LAW TWICE.
AYE. A HUNDRED
TIMES.
THE LAW WAS JUST.
THE WORD WAS GOOD.
IT SHOWED THE WAY
FOR THE CLAN.
BUT THIS MAN'S COMING
HAS CHANGED THE LAW.
NO.
AND ANYONE WHO SPEAKS SO SHOULD
HOLD NO POWER AS SYMBOL MAKER.
I CLAIM THAT POWER
FOR MYSELF.
ISN'T THIS THE WAY?
IT IS SAID
THAT WHEN A MAN OF POWER
IN THE CLAN BREAKS THE LAW,
HIS CHALLENGER
TAKES HIS PLACE.
WE HAVE HEARD IT ALL.
THE SYMBOL MAKER HAS
BROKEN WITH HIS FAITH
BY HIS OWN WORDS.
WOULD YOU ROUSE THE CLAN
TO KILL ME, TOO?
IF IT IS NOT
THAT THE LAW IS WRONG,
I WILL GIVE
MY POWER TO HIM.
THE LAW HAS BEEN SHAKEN
BY THIS COMING THIS DAY.
BUT THE WORD MUST STILL
FORBID THE CROSSING
OF THE BURNING PLAIN.
OUR FATHERS OF YEARS
HAVE LIVED IN THE SHELTER
OF THE GREAT ROCK.
IT IS ENOUGH THAT WE
SHOULD DO THE SAME.
BUT THE MAN...
THE WORD OF THE LAW
HAS BEEN SPOKEN.
THEY WANT TO BE SAFE.
SAFE?
SAFE TO LIVE AND DIE
IN A SINGLE PLACE.
YOU?
I FOUGHT.
I AM NO MORE
THE SYMBOL MAKER.
BUT I'LL STAY TO THE LAW,
AND YOU MUST, TOO.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
THE CLAN CAN BE KEPT.
SOON THE NIGHT GLOW WILL SET
IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE SKY,
AND YOU WILL COME TO MANHOOD
AND HEAR SILENCE NO MORE.
YOU ARE GIVING ME
YOUR VOICE.
THIS ONCE.
A GREATER EVIL THAN YOURS
WAS DONE THIS DAY.
THE SUN HAS PASSED
THROUGH THE SKY
TO MARK A TIME OF YEARS.
ONE OF THE CLAN
HAS COME TO MANHOOD.
[RATTLING]
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE WORD?
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE WORD?
AYE.
WILL YOU HOLD TO THE LAW?
AYE.
ONE OF THE CLAN
HAS COME TO MANHOOD.
COME. SEE THE SYMBOLS
LEFT BY THE GODS.
THIS WAS A MESSAGE
FROM GOD.
IT CAME IN FIRE
AND MADE A GREAT WOUND
UPON THE EARTH.
TO TOUCH THE THINGS OF
THE GODS CAN GIVE YOU DEATH.
WELL, HAS NO ONE
EVER TOUCHED THEM?
IT'S THE WORD OF THE LAW.
YOU'VE SEEN THE GOD SYMBOLS.
GO AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AS
A MAN OF YEARS IN THE CLAN.
YOU GAVE THE PROPER
ANSWERS TO THE RITUAL.
BUT I FELT YOU
WEREN'T SPEAKING TRUE.
YOU WON'T GIVE UP
YOUR DREAMS, WILL YOU?
YOU TOOK THE PLACE
OF MY FATHER.
YOU WANT ME AWAY, TOO?
I HOPE YOU HOLD
TO THE LAW.
BUT A BRAVE MAN'S DREAMS
ARE HARD THINGS TO FIGHT.
WHENEVER WE GO INTO THE CAVE
OF SYMBOLS TO MAKE A RITUAL,
STAY BEFORE MY EYES.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A MAN
WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE
THE LEADER OF A SMALL CLAN.
I WANT TO LEAD NO ONE.
I WANT TO GO ON
TO BROADER PLACES.
TWO SUCH MEN WILL COME
TO FIGHT ONE DAY.
AND ONE OF US WILL BE DEAD
BY THE OTHER'S HAND.
IT CAME TO ME THAT WE MIGHT
MAKE A PLACE OF OUR OWN.
HIGHER ON THE CAVE ROCK,
YOU COULD DIG OUT A SPACE.
IT WOULD BE
A GOOD THING.
AYE.
WE COULD MAKE A PLACE
TO LIE DOWN ON,
A SPACE ABOVE THE FLOOR
SO THE COLD COULDN'T
REACH US AS WE SLEPT.
AYE.
WHEN WILL YOU START?
NO.
BEYOND THE RIVER,
THERE ARE WARM SKINS
OF SO MANY ANIMALS
THAT A SLEEPING PLACE
COULD BE MADE OF THEM.
AND THERE ARE GROWING THINGS
THERE THAT ARE SOFT TO LIE ON.
AND THE PLACE SMELLS
OF WIND AND FRESH THINGS.
WE MUST STAY HERE.
SO MAKE A SLEEPING PLACE
FOR US ON THE HIGH PATH.
WHAT DOES HE DO?
HE MAKES A SLEEPING PLACE
FOR HIM AND HIS WOMAN.
WHY? THE OLD CAVES
ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL.
THERE IS NO WORD
OF LAW AGAINST IT.
FOOL.
AYE.
YOU KEPT ME AT THIS
SLEEPING PLACE
A LONG, LONG TIME.
AYE.
BUT I WONDER STILL.
SOMEONE MUST BREAK THE LAW,
MUST FIND THE TRUTH
FOR ALL AND FOREVER.
NO.
OF ALL THE THINGS
THE CLAN FEARS--
THE GOD THAT BRINGS DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH--THE MOST,
I'LL FIND IT AND KILL IT.
GIVE ME SOME FOOD.
NOW.
DO AS I SAY.
I HEAR YOU IN ALL THINGS
BUT NOT IN THIS.
WHY SHOULD YOU BE THE ONE
TO BREAK THE LAW?
EVERY MAN HOLDS TO
THE OLD LAW AS THE SAFE WAY.
EACH WAITS
FOR ANOTHER TO DARE.
NO ONE WANTS
TO TAKE THE RISKS
THAT A BETTER
LIFE DEMANDS.
EVERY WOMAN POINTS TO A MAN
OTHER THAN HER OWN
TO DO THE DYING.
SO THE AGES PAST,
AND THE CLAN REMAINS
HUDDLED IN THE SAME PLACE.
THERE IS NO MORE TO SAY.
IT IS A TIME TO ACT.
WHERE DID HE GO?
BEYOND THE RIVER?
AYE.
OUR SON HAS GONE.
NO.
I MUST BRING HIM BACK.
IT MEANS DEATH SURELY
TO BREAK THE LAW TWICE.
AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN DEATH...
PUT ASIDE SOME FOOD.
I'LL LEAVE
AFTER A TIME.
GO TO THE GIRL.
DON'T SIT HERE SO.
THE CLAN WILL WONDER.
STOP.
GIRL, WHY DO YOU STAY
IN THE ONE PLACE
LOOKING TO THE RIVER?
IS THERE A WORD AGAINST IT?
WELL, I ONLY ASKED.
HERE! HERE!
HERE. HERE.
HOW MANY TIMES WILL
THE LAW BE BROKEN?
HOW MANY TIMES
WILL A SYMBOL MAKER
GO BEYOND THE RIVER
TO STIR THE EVIL THERE?
EVEN NOW HE CROSSES
THE FORBIDDEN RIVER
TO ENTER THE LAND
OF THE GOD
THAT KILLS
WITH ITS TOUCH.
[MURMURING]
AND NOW HE HAS
MOVED HIS FATHER
TO BREAK THE LAW
AGAIN AS WELL.
I SAY...
TAKE UP
YOUR THROWING STICKS
AND YOUR KNIVES
AND FOLLOW THEIR STEPS
TO THE RIVER
AND KILL THEM ALL
BEFORE WE ALL DIE
FROM THE EVIL
THEY WILL BRING.
[SHOUTING]
GO ON.
GO ON!
ACROSS THE RIVER
AND INTO THE FOREST.
HOW CAN THE WORD BE SERVED
IF WE TOO BREAK THE LAW?
WE SEEK TO AID IT
AND TO KEEP IT.
THERE CAN'T BE
NO WRONG IN THAT.
WHO WILL CARE FOR
THE WOMEN AND THE YOUNG
IF WE MEET EVIL AND DEATH
IN THAT FORBIDDEN PLACE?
THE EVIL WILL COME
TO ALL OF US
UNLESS WE FIND THE YOUNG
SYMBOL MAKER AND HIS FATHER
AND KILL THEM.
HE WHO MOVES FOR THE RIGHT
WILL COME TO NO HARM
IN THAT PLACE.
MOVE BACK SLOWLY.
YOU CAME TO TAKE ME BACK.
AYE. AT FIRST.
BUT NOW I STAY TO HELP
IN YOUR PURPOSE.
MOVE BACK.
NO.
THIS IS THE GOD THEY FEAR.
DEAD, THE CLAN
WILL FEAR IT NO MORE,
AND THE LAW WILL BE GONE
AND A NEW WAY OPENED TO US.
LOOK. IT MOTIONS, AS THE MAN
FROM THE BURNING PLACE.
IT RISES TO ATTACK.
CAST YOUR ARROW. SEE?
SEE.
KILL HIM NOW.
LOOK.
IT IS WELL.
KILL HIM IN THE SIGHT
OF THE GOD
THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH.
HE DOES NOT DESIRE
TO KEEP THE LAW.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
THIS IS NO EVIL THING.
IT WAS NO EVIL THING.
NOT A GOD.
THE WORD TELLS
HE COULD NOT BE GIVEN DEATH.
IT LIES SO STILL.
THE BEASTS ARE DEAD.
NOW YOU TWO MUST DIE.
NO. THE BEASTS ARE DEAD.
THE LAW IS DEAD.
THE GOD THAT GIVES DEATH
WITH ITS TOUCH IS DEAD AS WELL.
THE GOD? DEAD?
IT'S NO GOD.
A MAN.
ANOTHER KIND
OF MAN.
ONE CAME
FROM THE MOUNTAINS,
AND SOME WERE HERE.
HERE'S A SYMBOL.
THIS MUST BE THE WAY
MAN SHOULD GREET MAN.
HIS HANDS
WITHOUT A WEAPON.
WHAT SYMBOLS ARE THESE?
I HAVE NONE
LIKE THESE IN MY MIND.
AND THESE WERE MADE
IN A WAY UNKNOWN TO ME.
ALL OF THIS.
ARE THESE SYMBOLS, TOO?
PERHAPS.
SOMEDAY THEY
MUST BE KNOWN.
IT IS A THING OF WONDER.
SHALL WE TAKE HIM
TO THE CAVE
AND MAKE
A CAIRN FOR HIM?
LEAVE HIM IN THIS PLACE
THAT WAS HIS.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
A NEW LAW IS MADE.
FOOD WILL BE GATHERED.
WHEEL THINGS MADE.
AND THE CLAN WILL SEEK OUT
OTHER MEN IN OTHER PLACES.
WE WILL TAKE
THIS THING OF WONDER.
SOMEWHERE MAN MAY BE ABLE
TO TELL US THE WORDS
OF THE SYMBOLS.
OR ONE OF US MAY
FIND A WAY TO KNOW.
AYE.
SO LET THIS MAN STAY.
HE WILL NOT BE ALONE.
Man: I AND A PARTY
OF 23 OTHERS
WERE ON A SCIENTIFIC
EXPEDITION
WHEN THE BOMBS
BEGAN TO FALL.
THE TERRIBLE POWER
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
WAS UNLEASHED
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
RETALIATION
ADDED TO RETALIATION
UNTIL ALL TRACES
OF MAN'S WORKS
HAD BEEN WIPED FROM
THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
OF THE FEW LIVING THINGS
THAT ESCAPED THE BLAST,
SOME GREW HUGE
BEYOND ALL REASON
AND FORMED AS
THE DINOSAURS OF PREHISTORY,
WHERE IT TOOK ON
NEW SHAPES ALTOGETHER,
MAD IN SHAPE AND PURPOSE.
MY COMRADES AND I,
HALF PROTECTED
BY OUR RADIATION SUITS,
FOUND OURSELVES
GIVEN AN AGE
FAR BEYOND
THE SPAN ALLOWED.
OUT OF ALL THE SPRAWLING
MILLIONS OF THE EARTH,
A HANDFUL ESCAPED UNHARMED
THROUGH FORTUNE OR DESIGN.
AFTER THE HOLOCAUST,
THE WISEST OF THEM
SET DOWN
A LONG LIST OF TABOOS.
THE LAWS ARE IN THE FORM
OF A RELIGION NOW.
IT'S STRANGE TO SEE THEM
LIVING THE LIFE
OF CRO-MAGNON MAN
AND NOT KNOWING WHY.
ON OCCASION, WE TRY
TO CONTACT THEM,
BUT THEY FEARED US.
AND OUR RADIATION KILLED
THOSE WHO CAME TOO CLOSE.
NOW ONLY I'M LEFT,
AND THE RADIATION
HAS WORN AWAY
THESE LONG, LONG YEARS.
NOW A NEW ONE
THINKS AND WONDERS
ABOUT THE TRUTH
OF THE LAW.
PERHAPS MAN WILL DARE
TO TRY AGAIN.
I AM VERY LONELY,
VERY, VERY TIRED.
Narrator: THIS HAPPENED
A LONG TIME AGO.
AND AS YOU KNOW,
MEN DID MEET OTHER MEN.
AND FIRE-SMELTED METAL
MADE EXPLOSIVES.
THE WHEEL TURNED MACHINES
AND MADE GUN BARRELS.
THE TOWERS WERE BUILT
AND FLATTENED.
HOW MANY TIMES
WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?
AND IF IT DOES,
WILL ANY AT ALL
SURVIVE THE NEXT TIME?
OR WILL IT BE THE END?
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