Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 4, Episode 26 - The Martyr - full transcript
Premier Anton Rojek, the anti-Western head of an East Bloc state, plans to hold a "youth congress," hoping to get the young people of his country to endorse his repressive regime. The IMF's plan to prevent this involves the talents of folk singer Roxy, as well as having Paris pose as the missing son of the country's late President, Eduard Malik, whom many young people there still idolize.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
TO COUNTERACT HEAVY PRESSURE
FROM THEIR COUNTRY'S
YOUNG PEOPLE,
PREMIER ANTON ROJEK AND HIS
SPECIAL ADVISOR JOSEF CZERNY
HAVE SUMMONED
A SPECIAL CONGRESS
OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED
YOUTH ORGANIZATION.
ITS PURPOSE -- TO ENDORSE
ROJEK'S REPRESSIVE REGIME.
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD
YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO STOP THE STUDENT CONGRESS
FROM BEING USED
AS A RUBBER STAMP,
AND TO EXPOSE ROJEK AND CZERNY
BEFORE THE YOUNG PEOPLE
AND THE WORLD.
AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY
MEMBER OF YOUR I.M. FORCE
BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ SIZZLING ]
LOOK AT THEM.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.
YET, AS DANGEROUS
AS DYNAMITE.
THEY MAKE ME UNEASY,
CZERNY.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED
YOU TO CALL A CONGRESS.
WE NEED THEM, PREMIER ROJEK.
YOU MUST USE THEM.
THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
I HAVE INFORMANTS DOWN THERE,
MY OWN MEN, NOT YOURS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TELL ME?
THESE YOUNGSTERS WORSHIP
THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK.
MALIK, A BOURGEOIS,
DEMOCRATIC PIG!
DEAD BEFORE MOST OF THEM
WERE BORN.
HIS WIFE,
IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
AND YET, HE IS THE HERO,
NOT ME.
AN EXAGGERATION, PREMIER.
DON'T CONTRADICT ME,
CZERNY.
THERE IS
AN EDWARD MALIK CULT.
THEN WE MUST ERADICATE IT.
GOOD, CZERNY. GOOD.
LET ME WARN YOU --
IF THE MALIK CULT
SURVIVES THIS CONGRESS,
YOU WILL NOT.
IS THIS THE ROOM
WHERE PETER MALIK DIED?
YES, RIGHT HERE.
POOR, LITTLE FELLOW.
HE SURVIVED HIS FATHER'S MURDER
BY ONLY THREE WEEKS.
EDWARD MALIK HELD HIS HAND
AS HE BREATHED HIS LAST.
AN AMAZING LITTLE
INSTRUMENT, MR. PHELPS,
BUT I DO NOT IMAGINE
THAT IT HAS MUCH RANGE.
NO, IT DOESN'T.
BARNEY WILL BE TALKING TO ME
FROM LESS THAN 100 FEET AWAY.
MADAME MALIK IS AT THE
QUEEN SOPHIA MENTAL HOSPITAL
ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
SHE'S QUITE WELL,
AND SHE FEEDS THE PIGEONS
EVERY DAY AT 11:00.
WHEN I COUNT TO THREE,
YOU AWAKEN.
ONE...TWO...THREE.
I DON'T REMEMBER A THING.
AM I UNDER?
YES.
NO MATTER WHAT SO-CALLED
TRUTH DRUG THEY USE ON YOU,
YOU'LL RESPOND
ONLY TO BARNEY'S VOICE,
AND YOU'LL SAY ONLY
WHAT BARNEY TELLS YOU TO SAY.
MM-HMM. GOOD.
[ RINGS ]
MR. VACLAV?
YES?
MY NAME'S HARKNESS.
I'M LOOKING FOR A COPY
OF FORMER PRESIDENT
EDWARD MALIK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
EDWARD MALIK'S BOOK HAS BEEN
BANNED FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
EVER SINCE THE PRESENT
GOVERNMENT CAME INTO POWER.
ALL OF HIS BOOKS
ARE BANNED.
YES, I KNOW THAT,
BUT I WAS TOLD
YOU MIGHT HAVE A COPY FOR...
SPECIAL FRIENDS?
YOU ARE AN AMERICAN?
MM-HMM.
THEN YOU WERE SENT
BY ELLSWORTH.
MARKUM.
OH, YES, MARKUM IS OUR
CONTROL NOW, ISN'T HE?
I HAD FORGOTTEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE
LITTLE TESTS FOR ME
OR CAN WE GET DOWN
TO BUSINESS?
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
HIS NAME IS PETER MUELLER.
HE LIVES IN SWITZERLAND.
HE'S IN CORINTHIA
FOR THE STUDENTS' CONGRESS.
HOW IS THIS OF INTEREST
TO ME?
YOUR ORDERS
ARE TO KIDNAP HIM.
HE HAS TO BE OUT
OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.
WHY?
THAT'S OF NO CONCERN TO YOU.
CAN YOU MAKE
THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS?
I SUGGEST YOU RETURN
AT 7:00 THIS EVENING.
I'LL BE HERE.
ONE MORE THING,
THIS MESSAGE MUST BE GOTTEN
TO MADAME MALIK
AT QUEEN SOPHIA HOSPITAL.
MADAME MALIK?
CAN YOUR PEOPLE HANDLE IT?
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU AT 7:00.
"YOUR SON PETER IS ALIVE.
"HE HAS NO IDEA
OF HIS TRUE IDENTITY.
"WE'RE TAKING
APPROPRIATE STEPS.
LONG LIVE THE MEMORY
OF EDWARD MALIK."
PETER MUELLER IS PETER MALIK
AND ALIVE?!
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
HE GOT IT
FROM AN AMERICAN SPY
WHO GAVE IT TO HIM
FOR DELIVERY TO MADAME MALIK.
I TOOK IT
TO THE CRYPTOGRAPH SECTION,
HAD IT DECODED, AND BROUGHT IT
DIRECTLY TO HIS EXCELLENCY.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
ALL OUR RECORDS INDICATE
THAT PETER MALIK DIED
WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS TRYING
TO ESCAPE THE COUNTRY
SOME 20 YEARS AGO.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVED.
NEVER!
IF PETER MALIK IS ALIVE,
IT COULD PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT
AROUND WHICH
THE STUDENTS COULD RALLY.
YET...IN THAT CASE,
WHY WOULD THE AMERICANS
WANT TO KIDNAP HIM?
PERHAPS THEY'RE BEING
DECEIVED ABOUT MUELLER.
TRYING TO DECEIVE US.
LET US ARREST MUELLER
FOR QUESTIONING.
NO!
EVEN IF HE IS PETER MALIK,
WHAT COULD HE TELL US?
ACCORDING TO THIS,
HE HAS NO IDEA
OF HIS REAL IDENTITY.
WE WILL MAKE NO OVERT MOVE
FOR THE MOMENT.
JUST SEE THAT MUELLER
IS AT THE RECEPTION
FOR THE FOREIGN STUDENTS
THIS EVENING.
YES, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
HAVE THE ORIGINAL OF THAT
SMUGGLED TO MADAME MALIK,
AND SEE
WHAT HER REACTION IS.
AND WHAT DO WE DO
ABOUT THE AMERICAN?
MR. HARKNESS?
MR. HARKNESS
IS ANOTHER MATTER.
[ BELL RINGS ]
VACLAV?
VACLAV?
VACLAV WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO KEEP HIS APPOINTMENT
WITH YOU, MR. HARKNESS.
ARREST HIM.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
DELIGHTFUL.
OH, EXCUSE ME.
HELLO, I'M PREMIER ROJEK.
YES, I'M PETER MUELLER,
DELEGATE FROM SWITZERLAND.
MUELLER! OH, YES,
I'M DELIGHTED TO MEET SOMEONE
FROM A TRULY NEUTRAL
COUNTRY, MR. MUELLER.
AND I AM HONORED
TO MEET YOU, SIR.
[ GUITAR PLAYS ]
I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE
THIS FIRST SONG
TO ONE OF THE TRULY BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE, PREMIER ANTON ROJEK.
[ APPLAUSE ]
* COME GATHER 'ROUND, PEOPLE,
WHEREVER YOU ROAM *
* AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS
AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN *
* AND ACCEPT IT THAT SOON
* YOU'LL BE DRENCHED
TO THE BONE... *
IF YOU DON'T MIND
MY SAYING SO, EXCELLENCY,
THE GIRL'S SONG
IS WELL DEDICATED.
I CONSIDER YOU THE WORLD'S
GREATEST LIVING STATESMAN.
OF COURSE I DON'T MIND YOU
SAYING SO, MR. MUELLER.
I ONLY WISH THERE WERE MORE
YOUNG MEN LIKE YOU IN THE WEST.
SIR, THERE ARE MORE OF US
THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
REALLY?
TELL ME, MR. MUELLER,
HAVE YOU EVER VISITED
CORINTHIA BEFORE?
NO, SIR...
BUT IT WAS STRANGE.
WHEN THE TRAIN
CROSSED THE BORDER,
I HAD THE FEELING THAT...
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
I FELT LIKE
AN EXPATRIATE COMING HOME.
* ...THAT YOUR SONS
AND YOUR DAUGHTERS *
* ARE BEYOND YOUR COMMAND
* YOUR OLD ROAD
IS RAPIDLY FADIN' *
* PLEASE GET OUT OF THE NEW ONE
IF YOU CAN'T LEND A HAND *
* FOR THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* COME WRITERS AND CRITICS
WHO PROPHESIZE WITH YOUR PENS *
FROM WHAT YOU SAY,
MR. MUELLER,
YOU'RE APPARENTLY
A VERY DEDICATED STUDENT
OF CORINTHIAN HISTORY.
OH, YES, SIR.
I ASSUME
YOU'VE READ THE WORKS
OF THE LATE EDWARD MALIK?
YES, SIR.
IN MY OPINION,
THE MAN'S OWN BOOKS
INDICT HIM AS AN ENEMY
OF THE PROLETARIAT
AND A PUPPET, OR WORSE,
OF WESTERN IMPERIALISM.
EXCUSE ME,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
MAY I SPEAK TO YOU
PRIVATELY?
CERTAINLY, CZERNY.
EXCUSE ME.
* ...THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* COME ON,
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN *
* PLEASE HEED THE CALL
* DON'T YOU STAND
IN THE DOORWAY *
* AND DON'T BLOCK UP THE HALL
* FOR HE WHO GETS HURT
* WILL BE HE
WHO HAS STALLED *
* THERE'S A BATTLE OUTSIDE
AND IT'S RAGIN' *
* IT'LL SOON SHAKE YOUR WINDOWS
AND RATTLE YOUR WALLS *
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE LINE, IT IS DRAWN
* THE CURSE, IT IS CAST
* AND THE SLOW ONE
RIGHT NOW *
* WILL LATER BE FAST
* AS THE PRESENT RIGHT NOW
* WILL LATER BE PAST
* YES, THE ORDER
IS RAPIDLY FADIN' *
* AND I'M TELLING YOU,
THE FIRST ONE RIGHT NOW *
* WILL LATER BE LAST
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NOW, HERE'S A LITTLE SONG
ABOUT THE KIND OF WORLD
WE ALL WANT.
A WORLD AT PEACE, IN WHICH
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE IS FREE.
PEACE AND FREEDOM.
YOU AMERICANS
ARE ALWAYS SINGING
ABOUT PEACE AND FREEDOM.
BUT THAT'S ALL
YOU EVER DO ABOUT IT.
SAY, BABY,
WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?
YOU NEVER WORK FOR IT.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE A BUNCH
OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
YOU THINK
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JUST SING A SONG ABOUT IT.
MAN, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST COOL IT?
-WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP?
-YOU LISTEN TO ME.
IF YOU WANT PEACE,
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.
YOU WANT FREEDOM, YOU HAVE
TO HELP THE OPPRESSED MASSES.
YOU AND YOUR STUPID SONGS.
YOU ALL MAKE ME SICK.
MAN, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
HERE, SPLIT, YOU DIG?
DON'T SHOVE ME.
WAIT A MINUTE!
PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T FIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.
I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
I PROTEST AGAINST
BEING HELD LIKE THIS!
I DEMAND THAT I BE ALLOWED
TO CONTACT MY EMBASSY!
ALL IN GOOD TIME,
MR. HARKNESS.
ALL IN GOOD TIME.
NOW...DO YOU
OR DO YOU NOT KNOW
A YOUNG MAN
NAMED PETER MUELLER?
PETER MUELLER. I DO NOT.
DID YOU NOT GO TO THE BOOKSHOP
OF ONE FLORIAN VACLAV
THIS AFTERNOON
AND ASK HIM
TO KIDNAP MUELLER
AND GET HIM OUT
OF THE COUNTRY?
NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T.
IS PETER MUELLER
ACTUALLY PETER MALIK,
THE SON
OF THE LATE EDWARD MALIK?
PETER MALIK, EDWARD MALIK!
WHAT IS THIS?!
YOU TELL ME, MR. HARKNESS.
WELL, TELL YOU WHAT?
THERE'S NOTHING TO TELL.
THIS IS ALL CRAZY.
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD,
CZERNY.
PERHAPS YOU BETTER
LET ME HANDLE THIS.
NOW, PERHAPS,
YOU CAN SEE THE WISDOM
OF BEING COMPLETELY CANDID
WITH US, MR. HARKNESS.
HE MADE TROUBLE
AT THE RECEPTION UPSTAIRS.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, MAN,
I DIDN'T MAKE THE TROUBLE.
PUT HIM IN THE HOLDING ROOM
UNTIL HE COOLS OFF.
YES, SIR.
EMPTY YOUR POCKETS.
YOU WILL LEAVE THE BOOK.
HAVE A HEART, MAN.
I GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING
TO PASS THE TIME.
LET ME SEE IT.
PREMIER ROJEK'S "THEORY
OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION."
HE MAY KEEP IT.
YES, SIR.
I WOULD SUGGEST
YOU READ THE CHAPTER
ON THE SELF-DISCIPLINE
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY CADRE.
I'LL DO THAT.
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
OH, THIS IS FUNKY, MAN.
REAL FUNKY.
[ LAUGHING ]
YOU, PERSONALLY,
SMUGGLED PETER MALIK
OUT OF CORINTHIA?
YES. AFTER THE DEATH
OF PRESIDENT MALIK,
MADAME MALIK KNEW
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE SHE WAS CAPTURED,
AND SHE ASKED ME
TO GET THE BOY TO SAFETY.
BUT THE MESSAGE
YOU ASKED VACLAV
TO DELIVER TO MADAME MALIK
IMPLIES THAT SHE DID NOT
KNOW HER SON WAS ALIVE.
I LEFT IT THAT WAY
FOR HIS OWN PROTECTION.
HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY A FAMILY
NAMED MUELLER IN ZURICH.
I KEPT AN EYE ON HIM
OVER THE YEARS,
BUT I NEVER REALLY HAD
ANY PERSONAL CONTACT WITH HIM.
I GUESS THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
BECAUSE HE GREW UP TO BE
AN ADMIRER
OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA?
HA, IT'S IRONIC,
ISN'T IT?
TRAGIC, I'D SAY.
THAT WILL BE ALL,
MR. HARKNESS,
FOR THE MOMENT.
MOST COOPERATIVE AGENT.
MOST COOPERATIVE ENEMY.
HE'S TRYING
TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE.
PREMIER ROJEK, WE HAVE
A MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT
YOU WANTED DONE.
WE CAN DESTROY
THE EDWARD MALIK CULT.
HOW?
WE USE PETER MALIK
TO DENOUNCE EDWARD MALIK.
YOU SAW THE YOUNG MAN.
YOU KNOW HOW HE FEELS.
YOU'RE TOO EAGER, CZERNY.
GET ME THE FILE
ON PETER MALIK.
FILE ON PETER MALIK.
THIS IS ALL THERE IS?
YOUR EXCELLENCY, THE BOY
WAS ONLY FIVE WHEN HE WAS...
WHEN HE DISAPPEARED.
NO FINGERPRINTS.
A DENTAL CHART!
A LOT OF GOOD THIS WILL DO
AFTER 20 YEARS.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
PLEASE, PLEASE,
DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY
GO BY.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WILL IDOLIZE PETER MALIK.
PETER MALIK IDOLIZES YOU.
LET HIM
ADDRESS THE CONGRESS.
LET HIM DENOUNCE
HIS FATHER...
I MUST BE SURE
THIS IS NOT A TRICK!
TRICK? I WILL STAKE
MY REPUTATION --
YOU ARE STAKING
YOUR LIFE, CZERNY.
PROFESSOR KADAR.
YES, PROFESSOR KADAR.
HE'S HELPED ME WITH PROBLEMS
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
[ RINGING ]
HELLO?
SPEAKING, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
SO, I MUST KNOW
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
WHETHER OR NOT HARKNESS
IS TELLING THE TRUTH
ABOUT MUELLER.
CAN YOU DO IT FOR ME,
PROFESSOR?
YES. OF COURSE,
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
BY USING ONE OF THESE
SO-CALLED TRUTH DRUGS --
THIOPENTAL, SCOPOLAMINE,
SODIUM DIONISYL.
IF YOU WILL HAVE THE MAN
IN MY OFFICE IN 10 MINUTES,
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
I WILL BE READY.
YOU'RE SURE EARLY WITH THAT.
THEY SENT YOU SOME FOOD.
MAN, GET THAT SLOP
OUT OF HERE.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK
AT IT.
TODAY'S YOUTH --
MY WIFE IS RIGHT.
YOU'RE ALL MAD.
NOW, MR. HARKNESS,
I WANT YOU TO COUNT BACKWARDS
FROM 100
UNTIL I TELL YOU TO STOP.
100...99...98...97...96...
95...94...93...92...
[ Drowsily ]
91...90...
YOU MAY STOP COUNTING NOW.
WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
THOMAS C. HARKNESS.
THOMAS C. HARKNESS.
AND YOUR OCCUPATION?
MY PASSPORT IDENTIFIES ME
AS A FREELANCE
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT.
MY PASSPORT IDENTIFIES ME
AS A FREELANCE
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT.
BUT IT IS ONLY MY COVER.
BUT THAT IS ONLY MY COVER
AS AN AGENT FOR THE AMERICAN
COUNTERESPIONAGE AGENCY.
AND AS AN ESPIONAGE AGENT,
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
THE NAME PETER MUELLER?
YES.
AND WHO IS PETER MUELLER?
PETER MUELLER
IS MERELY A PSEUDONYM.
FOR PETER MALIK,
SON...OF EDWARD
AND MARIA MALIK.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS
TO BE TRUE?
AND AFTER I GOT PETER
OUT OF CORINTHIA...
I TOOK HIM TO ZURICH.
I LEFT HIM IN THE CARE...
OF SOME FRIENDS NAMED MUELLER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME,
MR. HARKNESS?
YOU DIDN'T TOUCH IT.
HEY, MAN,
GET OUT OF HERE.
THAT'S GOOD FOOD.
PRISONERS DON'T USUALLY GET
SUCH GOOD FOOD.
I ASK YOU AGAIN,
MR. HARKNESS,
WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET
PETER MUELLER
OUT OF CORINTHIA?
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
YOU SEE, MAN,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'VE STILL GOT TWO DAYS LEFT
ON A HUNGER STRIKE
I STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO.
EATING JUST AIN'T MY THING
RIGHT NOW.
WHY DOESN'T HE ANSWER?
I DON'T KNOW.
TRY AGAIN.
EXCELLENCY,
IT MIGHT BE BETTER
IF WE POSTPONE
THE QUESTIONING...
NO!
ANSWER ME, MR. HARKNESS!
WHY DID YOU WANT
TO GET PETER MUELLER OUT
OF THIS COUNTRY?
I HAD TO BECAUSE
I DIDN'T WANT ROJEK
TO FIND OUT
HE WAS REALLY PETER MALIK.
I HAD TO.
I DIDN'T WANT ROJEK
TO FIND OUT
HE WAS REALLY PETER MALIK
AND USE HIM
FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES.
PETER MUELLER
IS MERELY A PSEUDONYM
FOR PETER MALIK,
SON OF EDWARD AND MARIA MALIK.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO SUSPICION
THAT YOU'RE THE SON
OF EDWARD MALIK?
WE REALIZE THIS WOULD COME
AS A GREAT SHOCK TO YOU.
WE FELT IT WAS OUR DUTY
TO INFORM YOU.
WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ME?
DO TO YOU?
YOU HATED MY FATHER,
AND WITH GOOD REASON.
BUT WITH FAR LESS PASSION
THAN YOU
JUDGING FROM SOME
OF THE THINGS
YOU'VE SAID ABOUT HIM.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS BEFORE
YOU KNEW HE WAS YOUR FATHER.
THAT FACT THAT EDWARD MALIK
WAS MY FATHER
DOES NOT CHANGE
MY POLITICAL OPINION OF HIM.
AND YOUR MOTHER,
WHAT ABOUT HER?
SHE'S STILL ALIVE,
YOU KNOW.
YES, AND IN MY OPINION,
SHE'S EXACTLY
WHERE SHE BELONGS --
IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.
I KNOW MY HISTORY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
MARIA MALIK DID HER SHARE
IN DELUDING THE PEOPLE
INTO ACCEPTING
THE PHILOSOPHY
OF A DECADENT
WESTERN DEMOCRACY.
YOUR EXCELLENCY...
CZERNY, PLEASE.
SIT DOWN,
MY YOUNG FRIEND.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
A BIG BOOK, ISN'T IT?
YOUR PREMIER
IS A BIG CAT, MAN.
LET'S SPLIT.
AND SO, TO MANY MISGUIDED
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY,
YOUR FATHER WAS A MARTYR.
MANY...YES, PERHAPS EVEN
MOST OF THE STUDENTS
FEEL THAT WAY.
THEY'RE FOOLS.
IGNORE THEM.
THE SITUATION'S
BEYOND THE POINT
WHERE IT CAN BE IGNORED.
THEN SOMEBODY SHOULD
TELL THEM THE TRUTH
ABOUT EDWARD MALIK.
YOU ARE THAT PERSON.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HIS EXCELLENCY
WOULD LIKE YOU
TO SPEAK AT THE CLOSING RALLY
OF THE CONGRESS TOMORROW.
OH, NO.
[ Laughing ]
OH, NO. I COULDN'T.
WHY NOT?
WELL...
I'M FLATTERED,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I'M HONORED,
BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.
YOU WILL SAY
WHAT YOU BELIEVE --
ABOUT YOUR FATHER,
ABOUT PREMIER ROJEK,
AND ABOUT THE POLICIES
OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA.
WELL...
YOU WOULD BE DOING THE CAUSE
IN WHICH WE BOTH BELIEVE
A GREAT SERVICE.
IN THAT CASE, I'LL DO IT,
BUT I WILL NEED HELP
IN PREPARING SUCH A SPEECH.
CZERNY WILL GIVE YOU
ALL THE HELP YOU WANT.
PREPARE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT MR. MALIK WILL ADDRESS
THE RALLY TOMORROW.
RELEASE IT IN MY NAME
TO THE PRESS, RADIO,
AND TELEVISION.
YES, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
THE ELECTRIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT PETER MALIK IS ALIVE
AND WILL SPEAK AT THE RALLY
TOMORROW
WAS MADE BY THE OFFICE
OF PREMIER ROJEK TODAY.
YOUNG PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
HAVE REACTED WITH ENTHUSIASM --
[ BUZZES ]
HELLO?
YES, THIS IS
PREMIER ROJEK'S OFFICE.
WELL, WHO'S CALLING?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
ONE MOMENT.
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
YES?
IT IS SOME COUNTRY DOCTOR.
HE WON'T GIVE HIS NAME.
HE INSISTS
ON SPEAKING TO YOU.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
HE SAYS HE JUST HEARD
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT PETER MALIK
OVER THE RADIO.
SO?
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD SPEAK
TO HIM, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I ASKED YOU,
WHAT DID HE WANT?
HE SAYS HE HAS PROOF
THAT PETER MALIK IS DEAD.
WHAT?!
HE SAYS HE HELPED BURY
YOUNG MALIK 20 YEARS AGO.
HE CAN SHOW US THE GRAVE.
OPEN IT.
YOU SWEAR THESE ARE
THE REMAINS OF PETER MALIK?
I DO.
HIS MOTHER BROUGHT HIM TO ME.
THE CHILD HAD PNEUMONIA.
THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO FOR HIM.
AFTER HIS DEATH,
HIS MOTHER TOOK THE BODY
TO FRIENDS OF HERS HERE
IN THE VILLAGE.
I WATCHED
AS THEY BURIED HIM HERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT IT?
WHAT INTEREST
COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE HAD
IN THE DEATH
OF A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY?
MADAME MALIK WAS CAPTURED
BY YOUR MEN ONLY HOURS LATER.
I PUT THE WHOLE INCIDENT
OUT OF MY MIND
UNTIL I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ON THE RADIO.
HAVE THE COFFIN TAKEN
TO THE CAPITAL.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I'VE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
NOR WILL YOU EVER AGAIN.
BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT HARKNESS WAS LYING!
NO?! THEN READ THIS --
THE EXAMINATION OF THE TEETH
OF THE DEAD CHILD
EXACTLY MATCH THOSE ON
PETER MALIK'S DENTAL CHART.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
IF YOU WANT ME TO INTERROGATE
HARKNESS AGAIN...
NO! GET OUT!
GET OUT!!
YOU REALIZE WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
DON'T YOU, CZERNY?
WE HAVE ACCEPTED
AN IMPOSTUROUS PETER MALIK
AND INVITED HIM TO SPEAK
TO THE RALLY TOMORROW.
HE WAS TO DENOUNCE
HIS FATHER.
INSTEAD, HE WILL DENOUNCE ME
AND EULOGIZE EDWARD MALIK.
PERHAPS WE CAN RETRACT
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT PETER MALIK IS GOING
TO ADDRESS THE RALLY.
IMPOSSIBLE, I TELL YOU.
WE WILL BE LAUGHED OUT
OF THE COUNTRY.
NO. NO, HE MUST BE
PERMITTED TO SPEAK.
YOUR EXCELLENCY!
I'VE LISTENED TO YOU ENOUGH,
NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME.
WE WILL USE
THIS YOUNG MALIK
AS HE MEANT TO USE US.
I WANT MARIA MALIK BROUGHT
TO THE CONGRESS.
I WANT HER THERE TOMORROW
WHEN HER SON SPEAKS.
BUT YOUR EXCELLENCY.
NOW, HEAR ME OUT.
WHEN THE IMPOSTER
STARTS TO DENOUNCE ME,
MADAME MALIK WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT HE IS REALLY HER SON.
SHE WILL SWEAR TO IT
BEFORE THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THEN, CZERNY,
THEN, I WILL USE THIS AND THE
SKULL OF THE REAL PETER MALIK
TO DISCREDIT HER AS A LIAR
AND HER SON AS AN IMPOSTER.
AND THE AMERICAN AGENT --
I WANT HIM THERE, TOO.
WE'LL EXPOSE ALL THREE
AT ONCE.
THEN, LET US SEE...
IF THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK
SURVIVES THAT.
[ BUZZES ]
YES?
HAVE HER COME IN.
YOUR MOTHER.
MY MOTHER?
WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?
IN SPITE OF YOUR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES, I THOUGHT...
[ DOOR OPENS ]
MADAME MALIK.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
MR. ROJEK,
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU WOULD SPARE ME
YOUR HYPOCRISY.
YOU DO ME AN INJUSTICE.
I BROUGHT YOU HERE
AS A KINDNESS.
THIS IS PETER, YOUR SON.
PETER?
YES.
YES, IT COULD BE.
MADAME MALIK,
WE'LL TALK LATER.
SHALL WE GO?
WHY HAVE I BEEN
BROUGHT HERE?
YOU WILL SEE, MR. HARKNESS.
OH, AND DO NOT TRY TO RUN.
THE GUARDS ARE ALL ARMED,
AND THEY HAVE ORDERS
TO SHOOT TO KILL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ WHISTLING AND CHEERING ]
DELEGATES OF THE CORINTHIAN
STUDENTS' CONGRESS,
YOUTH OF THE WORLD,
MY FRIENDS, COMRADES,
AND COUNTRYMEN,
FRATERNAL LEADERS --
TWENTY YEARS AGO, DURING
THE STRUGGLE OF A PEOPLE
AGAINST A CORRUPT
SO-CALLED DEMOCRACY,
A BOY OF 5 YEARS OLD
WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DIED...
BUT HE DID NOT DIE.
PETER MALIK DID NOT DIE.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD BY NOW,
HE SURVIVED THOSE DARK DAYS.
HE GREW. HE BECAME STRONG.
HE STUDIED. HE READ.
AND NOW, AFTER 20 YEARS,
THIS YOUNG MAN HAS COME HOME.
AND I SAY WELCOME.
WELCOME, PETER MALIK!
IN THE HOURS SINCE
I LEARNED MY TRUE IDENTITY,
I THOUGHT A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT MY FATHER --
A MAN OF WHOM I KNEW NOTHING
EXCEPT WHAT I READ
IN HISTORY BOOKS.
AS I THOUGHT OF EDWARD MALIK,
WHOM I UNDOUBTEDLY LOVED
AS A CHILD,
I THOUGHT OF THE WORDS SPOKEN
BY MARK ANTONY OF JULIUS CAESAR,
AND IN MY MIND, I PARAPHRASED
THOSE WORDS TO READ...
HE WAS MY FATHER,
FAITHFUL AND KIND TO ME.
AND I ASKED MYSELF
HOW I COULD SPEAK OUT
AGAINST SUCH A MAN.
AND I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION
WITH THE WORDS SPOKEN BY ANOTHER
MAN THAT DAY IN ANCIENT ROME.
IT IS NOT
THAT I LOVE MY FATHER LESS,
BUT THAT I LOVE THE PEOPLE MORE.
MY FRIENDS, I COME TO BURY
THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK
AND TO PRAISE THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF PREMIER ANTON ROJEK
AND THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA.
NO!
NO!
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.
IT'S A TRICK.
THIS YOUNG MAN IS A FRAUD,
AN IMPOSTER.
ANTON ROJEK SENT HIM HERE
TO DUPE YOU.
STOP HER!
HE IS NOT MY SON.
AS GOD IS MY WITNESS,
MY SON IS DEAD. DEAD!
GET HER OUT OF HERE!
DEAD!
[ BOOING ]
[ SHOUTING ]
WE WANT MARIA!
WE WANT MARIA!
[ Chanting ]
WE WANT MARIA!
COMRADES, SILENCE!
SILENCE!!!
[ YELLING AND BOOING ]
[ Chanting ]
WE WANT MARIA!
LISTEN TO ME!
[ BOOING ]
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
WHERE ARE WE?
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU'RE FREE NOW.
FREE?
YES.
YOU MEN, WAIT.
GET BACK UPSTAIRS.
THE PREMIER WILL NEED
YOUR PROTECTION.
[ CHANTING AND BOOING ]
PLEASE, LISTEN TO ME!
* FOR HE WHO GETS HURT
WILL BE HE WHO HAS STALLED *
* THERE'S A BATTLE OUTSIDE
AND IT'S RAGIN' *
* IT'LL SOON SHAKE YOUR WINDOWS
AND RATTLE YOUR WALLS *
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
PLAYS ]
GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.
TO COUNTERACT HEAVY PRESSURE
FROM THEIR COUNTRY'S
YOUNG PEOPLE,
PREMIER ANTON ROJEK AND HIS
SPECIAL ADVISOR JOSEF CZERNY
HAVE SUMMONED
A SPECIAL CONGRESS
OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED
YOUTH ORGANIZATION.
ITS PURPOSE -- TO ENDORSE
ROJEK'S REPRESSIVE REGIME.
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD
YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO STOP THE STUDENT CONGRESS
FROM BEING USED
AS A RUBBER STAMP,
AND TO EXPOSE ROJEK AND CZERNY
BEFORE THE YOUNG PEOPLE
AND THE WORLD.
AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY
MEMBER OF YOUR I.M. FORCE
BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
[ SIZZLING ]
LOOK AT THEM.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.
YET, AS DANGEROUS
AS DYNAMITE.
THEY MAKE ME UNEASY,
CZERNY.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED
YOU TO CALL A CONGRESS.
WE NEED THEM, PREMIER ROJEK.
YOU MUST USE THEM.
THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
I HAVE INFORMANTS DOWN THERE,
MY OWN MEN, NOT YOURS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TELL ME?
THESE YOUNGSTERS WORSHIP
THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK.
MALIK, A BOURGEOIS,
DEMOCRATIC PIG!
DEAD BEFORE MOST OF THEM
WERE BORN.
HIS WIFE,
IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
AND YET, HE IS THE HERO,
NOT ME.
AN EXAGGERATION, PREMIER.
DON'T CONTRADICT ME,
CZERNY.
THERE IS
AN EDWARD MALIK CULT.
THEN WE MUST ERADICATE IT.
GOOD, CZERNY. GOOD.
LET ME WARN YOU --
IF THE MALIK CULT
SURVIVES THIS CONGRESS,
YOU WILL NOT.
IS THIS THE ROOM
WHERE PETER MALIK DIED?
YES, RIGHT HERE.
POOR, LITTLE FELLOW.
HE SURVIVED HIS FATHER'S MURDER
BY ONLY THREE WEEKS.
EDWARD MALIK HELD HIS HAND
AS HE BREATHED HIS LAST.
AN AMAZING LITTLE
INSTRUMENT, MR. PHELPS,
BUT I DO NOT IMAGINE
THAT IT HAS MUCH RANGE.
NO, IT DOESN'T.
BARNEY WILL BE TALKING TO ME
FROM LESS THAN 100 FEET AWAY.
MADAME MALIK IS AT THE
QUEEN SOPHIA MENTAL HOSPITAL
ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
SHE'S QUITE WELL,
AND SHE FEEDS THE PIGEONS
EVERY DAY AT 11:00.
WHEN I COUNT TO THREE,
YOU AWAKEN.
ONE...TWO...THREE.
I DON'T REMEMBER A THING.
AM I UNDER?
YES.
NO MATTER WHAT SO-CALLED
TRUTH DRUG THEY USE ON YOU,
YOU'LL RESPOND
ONLY TO BARNEY'S VOICE,
AND YOU'LL SAY ONLY
WHAT BARNEY TELLS YOU TO SAY.
MM-HMM. GOOD.
[ RINGS ]
MR. VACLAV?
YES?
MY NAME'S HARKNESS.
I'M LOOKING FOR A COPY
OF FORMER PRESIDENT
EDWARD MALIK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
EDWARD MALIK'S BOOK HAS BEEN
BANNED FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
EVER SINCE THE PRESENT
GOVERNMENT CAME INTO POWER.
ALL OF HIS BOOKS
ARE BANNED.
YES, I KNOW THAT,
BUT I WAS TOLD
YOU MIGHT HAVE A COPY FOR...
SPECIAL FRIENDS?
YOU ARE AN AMERICAN?
MM-HMM.
THEN YOU WERE SENT
BY ELLSWORTH.
MARKUM.
OH, YES, MARKUM IS OUR
CONTROL NOW, ISN'T HE?
I HAD FORGOTTEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE
LITTLE TESTS FOR ME
OR CAN WE GET DOWN
TO BUSINESS?
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
HIS NAME IS PETER MUELLER.
HE LIVES IN SWITZERLAND.
HE'S IN CORINTHIA
FOR THE STUDENTS' CONGRESS.
HOW IS THIS OF INTEREST
TO ME?
YOUR ORDERS
ARE TO KIDNAP HIM.
HE HAS TO BE OUT
OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.
WHY?
THAT'S OF NO CONCERN TO YOU.
CAN YOU MAKE
THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS?
I SUGGEST YOU RETURN
AT 7:00 THIS EVENING.
I'LL BE HERE.
ONE MORE THING,
THIS MESSAGE MUST BE GOTTEN
TO MADAME MALIK
AT QUEEN SOPHIA HOSPITAL.
MADAME MALIK?
CAN YOUR PEOPLE HANDLE IT?
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU AT 7:00.
"YOUR SON PETER IS ALIVE.
"HE HAS NO IDEA
OF HIS TRUE IDENTITY.
"WE'RE TAKING
APPROPRIATE STEPS.
LONG LIVE THE MEMORY
OF EDWARD MALIK."
PETER MUELLER IS PETER MALIK
AND ALIVE?!
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
HE GOT IT
FROM AN AMERICAN SPY
WHO GAVE IT TO HIM
FOR DELIVERY TO MADAME MALIK.
I TOOK IT
TO THE CRYPTOGRAPH SECTION,
HAD IT DECODED, AND BROUGHT IT
DIRECTLY TO HIS EXCELLENCY.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
ALL OUR RECORDS INDICATE
THAT PETER MALIK DIED
WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS TRYING
TO ESCAPE THE COUNTRY
SOME 20 YEARS AGO.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVED.
NEVER!
IF PETER MALIK IS ALIVE,
IT COULD PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT
AROUND WHICH
THE STUDENTS COULD RALLY.
YET...IN THAT CASE,
WHY WOULD THE AMERICANS
WANT TO KIDNAP HIM?
PERHAPS THEY'RE BEING
DECEIVED ABOUT MUELLER.
TRYING TO DECEIVE US.
LET US ARREST MUELLER
FOR QUESTIONING.
NO!
EVEN IF HE IS PETER MALIK,
WHAT COULD HE TELL US?
ACCORDING TO THIS,
HE HAS NO IDEA
OF HIS REAL IDENTITY.
WE WILL MAKE NO OVERT MOVE
FOR THE MOMENT.
JUST SEE THAT MUELLER
IS AT THE RECEPTION
FOR THE FOREIGN STUDENTS
THIS EVENING.
YES, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
HAVE THE ORIGINAL OF THAT
SMUGGLED TO MADAME MALIK,
AND SEE
WHAT HER REACTION IS.
AND WHAT DO WE DO
ABOUT THE AMERICAN?
MR. HARKNESS?
MR. HARKNESS
IS ANOTHER MATTER.
[ BELL RINGS ]
VACLAV?
VACLAV?
VACLAV WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO KEEP HIS APPOINTMENT
WITH YOU, MR. HARKNESS.
ARREST HIM.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
DELIGHTFUL.
OH, EXCUSE ME.
HELLO, I'M PREMIER ROJEK.
YES, I'M PETER MUELLER,
DELEGATE FROM SWITZERLAND.
MUELLER! OH, YES,
I'M DELIGHTED TO MEET SOMEONE
FROM A TRULY NEUTRAL
COUNTRY, MR. MUELLER.
AND I AM HONORED
TO MEET YOU, SIR.
[ GUITAR PLAYS ]
I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE
THIS FIRST SONG
TO ONE OF THE TRULY BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE, PREMIER ANTON ROJEK.
[ APPLAUSE ]
* COME GATHER 'ROUND, PEOPLE,
WHEREVER YOU ROAM *
* AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS
AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN *
* AND ACCEPT IT THAT SOON
* YOU'LL BE DRENCHED
TO THE BONE... *
IF YOU DON'T MIND
MY SAYING SO, EXCELLENCY,
THE GIRL'S SONG
IS WELL DEDICATED.
I CONSIDER YOU THE WORLD'S
GREATEST LIVING STATESMAN.
OF COURSE I DON'T MIND YOU
SAYING SO, MR. MUELLER.
I ONLY WISH THERE WERE MORE
YOUNG MEN LIKE YOU IN THE WEST.
SIR, THERE ARE MORE OF US
THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
REALLY?
TELL ME, MR. MUELLER,
HAVE YOU EVER VISITED
CORINTHIA BEFORE?
NO, SIR...
BUT IT WAS STRANGE.
WHEN THE TRAIN
CROSSED THE BORDER,
I HAD THE FEELING THAT...
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
I FELT LIKE
AN EXPATRIATE COMING HOME.
* ...THAT YOUR SONS
AND YOUR DAUGHTERS *
* ARE BEYOND YOUR COMMAND
* YOUR OLD ROAD
IS RAPIDLY FADIN' *
* PLEASE GET OUT OF THE NEW ONE
IF YOU CAN'T LEND A HAND *
* FOR THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* COME WRITERS AND CRITICS
WHO PROPHESIZE WITH YOUR PENS *
FROM WHAT YOU SAY,
MR. MUELLER,
YOU'RE APPARENTLY
A VERY DEDICATED STUDENT
OF CORINTHIAN HISTORY.
OH, YES, SIR.
I ASSUME
YOU'VE READ THE WORKS
OF THE LATE EDWARD MALIK?
YES, SIR.
IN MY OPINION,
THE MAN'S OWN BOOKS
INDICT HIM AS AN ENEMY
OF THE PROLETARIAT
AND A PUPPET, OR WORSE,
OF WESTERN IMPERIALISM.
EXCUSE ME,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
MAY I SPEAK TO YOU
PRIVATELY?
CERTAINLY, CZERNY.
EXCUSE ME.
* ...THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* COME ON,
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN *
* PLEASE HEED THE CALL
* DON'T YOU STAND
IN THE DOORWAY *
* AND DON'T BLOCK UP THE HALL
* FOR HE WHO GETS HURT
* WILL BE HE
WHO HAS STALLED *
* THERE'S A BATTLE OUTSIDE
AND IT'S RAGIN' *
* IT'LL SOON SHAKE YOUR WINDOWS
AND RATTLE YOUR WALLS *
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE LINE, IT IS DRAWN
* THE CURSE, IT IS CAST
* AND THE SLOW ONE
RIGHT NOW *
* WILL LATER BE FAST
* AS THE PRESENT RIGHT NOW
* WILL LATER BE PAST
* YES, THE ORDER
IS RAPIDLY FADIN' *
* AND I'M TELLING YOU,
THE FIRST ONE RIGHT NOW *
* WILL LATER BE LAST
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NOW, HERE'S A LITTLE SONG
ABOUT THE KIND OF WORLD
WE ALL WANT.
A WORLD AT PEACE, IN WHICH
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE IS FREE.
PEACE AND FREEDOM.
YOU AMERICANS
ARE ALWAYS SINGING
ABOUT PEACE AND FREEDOM.
BUT THAT'S ALL
YOU EVER DO ABOUT IT.
SAY, BABY,
WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?
YOU NEVER WORK FOR IT.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE A BUNCH
OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
YOU THINK
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JUST SING A SONG ABOUT IT.
MAN, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST COOL IT?
-WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP?
-YOU LISTEN TO ME.
IF YOU WANT PEACE,
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.
YOU WANT FREEDOM, YOU HAVE
TO HELP THE OPPRESSED MASSES.
YOU AND YOUR STUPID SONGS.
YOU ALL MAKE ME SICK.
MAN, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
HERE, SPLIT, YOU DIG?
DON'T SHOVE ME.
WAIT A MINUTE!
PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T FIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.
I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
I PROTEST AGAINST
BEING HELD LIKE THIS!
I DEMAND THAT I BE ALLOWED
TO CONTACT MY EMBASSY!
ALL IN GOOD TIME,
MR. HARKNESS.
ALL IN GOOD TIME.
NOW...DO YOU
OR DO YOU NOT KNOW
A YOUNG MAN
NAMED PETER MUELLER?
PETER MUELLER. I DO NOT.
DID YOU NOT GO TO THE BOOKSHOP
OF ONE FLORIAN VACLAV
THIS AFTERNOON
AND ASK HIM
TO KIDNAP MUELLER
AND GET HIM OUT
OF THE COUNTRY?
NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T.
IS PETER MUELLER
ACTUALLY PETER MALIK,
THE SON
OF THE LATE EDWARD MALIK?
PETER MALIK, EDWARD MALIK!
WHAT IS THIS?!
YOU TELL ME, MR. HARKNESS.
WELL, TELL YOU WHAT?
THERE'S NOTHING TO TELL.
THIS IS ALL CRAZY.
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD,
CZERNY.
PERHAPS YOU BETTER
LET ME HANDLE THIS.
NOW, PERHAPS,
YOU CAN SEE THE WISDOM
OF BEING COMPLETELY CANDID
WITH US, MR. HARKNESS.
HE MADE TROUBLE
AT THE RECEPTION UPSTAIRS.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, MAN,
I DIDN'T MAKE THE TROUBLE.
PUT HIM IN THE HOLDING ROOM
UNTIL HE COOLS OFF.
YES, SIR.
EMPTY YOUR POCKETS.
YOU WILL LEAVE THE BOOK.
HAVE A HEART, MAN.
I GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING
TO PASS THE TIME.
LET ME SEE IT.
PREMIER ROJEK'S "THEORY
OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION."
HE MAY KEEP IT.
YES, SIR.
I WOULD SUGGEST
YOU READ THE CHAPTER
ON THE SELF-DISCIPLINE
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY CADRE.
I'LL DO THAT.
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
OH, THIS IS FUNKY, MAN.
REAL FUNKY.
[ LAUGHING ]
YOU, PERSONALLY,
SMUGGLED PETER MALIK
OUT OF CORINTHIA?
YES. AFTER THE DEATH
OF PRESIDENT MALIK,
MADAME MALIK KNEW
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE SHE WAS CAPTURED,
AND SHE ASKED ME
TO GET THE BOY TO SAFETY.
BUT THE MESSAGE
YOU ASKED VACLAV
TO DELIVER TO MADAME MALIK
IMPLIES THAT SHE DID NOT
KNOW HER SON WAS ALIVE.
I LEFT IT THAT WAY
FOR HIS OWN PROTECTION.
HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY A FAMILY
NAMED MUELLER IN ZURICH.
I KEPT AN EYE ON HIM
OVER THE YEARS,
BUT I NEVER REALLY HAD
ANY PERSONAL CONTACT WITH HIM.
I GUESS THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
BECAUSE HE GREW UP TO BE
AN ADMIRER
OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA?
HA, IT'S IRONIC,
ISN'T IT?
TRAGIC, I'D SAY.
THAT WILL BE ALL,
MR. HARKNESS,
FOR THE MOMENT.
MOST COOPERATIVE AGENT.
MOST COOPERATIVE ENEMY.
HE'S TRYING
TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE.
PREMIER ROJEK, WE HAVE
A MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT
YOU WANTED DONE.
WE CAN DESTROY
THE EDWARD MALIK CULT.
HOW?
WE USE PETER MALIK
TO DENOUNCE EDWARD MALIK.
YOU SAW THE YOUNG MAN.
YOU KNOW HOW HE FEELS.
YOU'RE TOO EAGER, CZERNY.
GET ME THE FILE
ON PETER MALIK.
FILE ON PETER MALIK.
THIS IS ALL THERE IS?
YOUR EXCELLENCY, THE BOY
WAS ONLY FIVE WHEN HE WAS...
WHEN HE DISAPPEARED.
NO FINGERPRINTS.
A DENTAL CHART!
A LOT OF GOOD THIS WILL DO
AFTER 20 YEARS.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
PLEASE, PLEASE,
DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY
GO BY.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE
WILL IDOLIZE PETER MALIK.
PETER MALIK IDOLIZES YOU.
LET HIM
ADDRESS THE CONGRESS.
LET HIM DENOUNCE
HIS FATHER...
I MUST BE SURE
THIS IS NOT A TRICK!
TRICK? I WILL STAKE
MY REPUTATION --
YOU ARE STAKING
YOUR LIFE, CZERNY.
PROFESSOR KADAR.
YES, PROFESSOR KADAR.
HE'S HELPED ME WITH PROBLEMS
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
[ RINGING ]
HELLO?
SPEAKING, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
SO, I MUST KNOW
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
WHETHER OR NOT HARKNESS
IS TELLING THE TRUTH
ABOUT MUELLER.
CAN YOU DO IT FOR ME,
PROFESSOR?
YES. OF COURSE,
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
BY USING ONE OF THESE
SO-CALLED TRUTH DRUGS --
THIOPENTAL, SCOPOLAMINE,
SODIUM DIONISYL.
IF YOU WILL HAVE THE MAN
IN MY OFFICE IN 10 MINUTES,
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
I WILL BE READY.
YOU'RE SURE EARLY WITH THAT.
THEY SENT YOU SOME FOOD.
MAN, GET THAT SLOP
OUT OF HERE.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK
AT IT.
TODAY'S YOUTH --
MY WIFE IS RIGHT.
YOU'RE ALL MAD.
NOW, MR. HARKNESS,
I WANT YOU TO COUNT BACKWARDS
FROM 100
UNTIL I TELL YOU TO STOP.
100...99...98...97...96...
95...94...93...92...
[ Drowsily ]
91...90...
YOU MAY STOP COUNTING NOW.
WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
THOMAS C. HARKNESS.
THOMAS C. HARKNESS.
AND YOUR OCCUPATION?
MY PASSPORT IDENTIFIES ME
AS A FREELANCE
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT.
MY PASSPORT IDENTIFIES ME
AS A FREELANCE
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT.
BUT IT IS ONLY MY COVER.
BUT THAT IS ONLY MY COVER
AS AN AGENT FOR THE AMERICAN
COUNTERESPIONAGE AGENCY.
AND AS AN ESPIONAGE AGENT,
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
THE NAME PETER MUELLER?
YES.
AND WHO IS PETER MUELLER?
PETER MUELLER
IS MERELY A PSEUDONYM.
FOR PETER MALIK,
SON...OF EDWARD
AND MARIA MALIK.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS
TO BE TRUE?
AND AFTER I GOT PETER
OUT OF CORINTHIA...
I TOOK HIM TO ZURICH.
I LEFT HIM IN THE CARE...
OF SOME FRIENDS NAMED MUELLER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME,
MR. HARKNESS?
YOU DIDN'T TOUCH IT.
HEY, MAN,
GET OUT OF HERE.
THAT'S GOOD FOOD.
PRISONERS DON'T USUALLY GET
SUCH GOOD FOOD.
I ASK YOU AGAIN,
MR. HARKNESS,
WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET
PETER MUELLER
OUT OF CORINTHIA?
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
YOU SEE, MAN,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'VE STILL GOT TWO DAYS LEFT
ON A HUNGER STRIKE
I STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO.
EATING JUST AIN'T MY THING
RIGHT NOW.
WHY DOESN'T HE ANSWER?
I DON'T KNOW.
TRY AGAIN.
EXCELLENCY,
IT MIGHT BE BETTER
IF WE POSTPONE
THE QUESTIONING...
NO!
ANSWER ME, MR. HARKNESS!
WHY DID YOU WANT
TO GET PETER MUELLER OUT
OF THIS COUNTRY?
I HAD TO BECAUSE
I DIDN'T WANT ROJEK
TO FIND OUT
HE WAS REALLY PETER MALIK.
I HAD TO.
I DIDN'T WANT ROJEK
TO FIND OUT
HE WAS REALLY PETER MALIK
AND USE HIM
FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES.
PETER MUELLER
IS MERELY A PSEUDONYM
FOR PETER MALIK,
SON OF EDWARD AND MARIA MALIK.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO SUSPICION
THAT YOU'RE THE SON
OF EDWARD MALIK?
WE REALIZE THIS WOULD COME
AS A GREAT SHOCK TO YOU.
WE FELT IT WAS OUR DUTY
TO INFORM YOU.
WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ME?
DO TO YOU?
YOU HATED MY FATHER,
AND WITH GOOD REASON.
BUT WITH FAR LESS PASSION
THAN YOU
JUDGING FROM SOME
OF THE THINGS
YOU'VE SAID ABOUT HIM.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS BEFORE
YOU KNEW HE WAS YOUR FATHER.
THAT FACT THAT EDWARD MALIK
WAS MY FATHER
DOES NOT CHANGE
MY POLITICAL OPINION OF HIM.
AND YOUR MOTHER,
WHAT ABOUT HER?
SHE'S STILL ALIVE,
YOU KNOW.
YES, AND IN MY OPINION,
SHE'S EXACTLY
WHERE SHE BELONGS --
IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.
I KNOW MY HISTORY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
MARIA MALIK DID HER SHARE
IN DELUDING THE PEOPLE
INTO ACCEPTING
THE PHILOSOPHY
OF A DECADENT
WESTERN DEMOCRACY.
YOUR EXCELLENCY...
CZERNY, PLEASE.
SIT DOWN,
MY YOUNG FRIEND.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
A BIG BOOK, ISN'T IT?
YOUR PREMIER
IS A BIG CAT, MAN.
LET'S SPLIT.
AND SO, TO MANY MISGUIDED
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY,
YOUR FATHER WAS A MARTYR.
MANY...YES, PERHAPS EVEN
MOST OF THE STUDENTS
FEEL THAT WAY.
THEY'RE FOOLS.
IGNORE THEM.
THE SITUATION'S
BEYOND THE POINT
WHERE IT CAN BE IGNORED.
THEN SOMEBODY SHOULD
TELL THEM THE TRUTH
ABOUT EDWARD MALIK.
YOU ARE THAT PERSON.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HIS EXCELLENCY
WOULD LIKE YOU
TO SPEAK AT THE CLOSING RALLY
OF THE CONGRESS TOMORROW.
OH, NO.
[ Laughing ]
OH, NO. I COULDN'T.
WHY NOT?
WELL...
I'M FLATTERED,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I'M HONORED,
BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.
YOU WILL SAY
WHAT YOU BELIEVE --
ABOUT YOUR FATHER,
ABOUT PREMIER ROJEK,
AND ABOUT THE POLICIES
OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA.
WELL...
YOU WOULD BE DOING THE CAUSE
IN WHICH WE BOTH BELIEVE
A GREAT SERVICE.
IN THAT CASE, I'LL DO IT,
BUT I WILL NEED HELP
IN PREPARING SUCH A SPEECH.
CZERNY WILL GIVE YOU
ALL THE HELP YOU WANT.
PREPARE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT MR. MALIK WILL ADDRESS
THE RALLY TOMORROW.
RELEASE IT IN MY NAME
TO THE PRESS, RADIO,
AND TELEVISION.
YES, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
THE ELECTRIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT PETER MALIK IS ALIVE
AND WILL SPEAK AT THE RALLY
TOMORROW
WAS MADE BY THE OFFICE
OF PREMIER ROJEK TODAY.
YOUNG PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
HAVE REACTED WITH ENTHUSIASM --
[ BUZZES ]
HELLO?
YES, THIS IS
PREMIER ROJEK'S OFFICE.
WELL, WHO'S CALLING?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
ONE MOMENT.
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
YES?
IT IS SOME COUNTRY DOCTOR.
HE WON'T GIVE HIS NAME.
HE INSISTS
ON SPEAKING TO YOU.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
HE SAYS HE JUST HEARD
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT PETER MALIK
OVER THE RADIO.
SO?
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD SPEAK
TO HIM, YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I ASKED YOU,
WHAT DID HE WANT?
HE SAYS HE HAS PROOF
THAT PETER MALIK IS DEAD.
WHAT?!
HE SAYS HE HELPED BURY
YOUNG MALIK 20 YEARS AGO.
HE CAN SHOW US THE GRAVE.
OPEN IT.
YOU SWEAR THESE ARE
THE REMAINS OF PETER MALIK?
I DO.
HIS MOTHER BROUGHT HIM TO ME.
THE CHILD HAD PNEUMONIA.
THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO FOR HIM.
AFTER HIS DEATH,
HIS MOTHER TOOK THE BODY
TO FRIENDS OF HERS HERE
IN THE VILLAGE.
I WATCHED
AS THEY BURIED HIM HERE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT IT?
WHAT INTEREST
COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE HAD
IN THE DEATH
OF A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY?
MADAME MALIK WAS CAPTURED
BY YOUR MEN ONLY HOURS LATER.
I PUT THE WHOLE INCIDENT
OUT OF MY MIND
UNTIL I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ON THE RADIO.
HAVE THE COFFIN TAKEN
TO THE CAPITAL.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY,
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
I'VE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
NOR WILL YOU EVER AGAIN.
BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT HARKNESS WAS LYING!
NO?! THEN READ THIS --
THE EXAMINATION OF THE TEETH
OF THE DEAD CHILD
EXACTLY MATCH THOSE ON
PETER MALIK'S DENTAL CHART.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
IF YOU WANT ME TO INTERROGATE
HARKNESS AGAIN...
NO! GET OUT!
GET OUT!!
YOU REALIZE WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
DON'T YOU, CZERNY?
WE HAVE ACCEPTED
AN IMPOSTUROUS PETER MALIK
AND INVITED HIM TO SPEAK
TO THE RALLY TOMORROW.
HE WAS TO DENOUNCE
HIS FATHER.
INSTEAD, HE WILL DENOUNCE ME
AND EULOGIZE EDWARD MALIK.
PERHAPS WE CAN RETRACT
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT PETER MALIK IS GOING
TO ADDRESS THE RALLY.
IMPOSSIBLE, I TELL YOU.
WE WILL BE LAUGHED OUT
OF THE COUNTRY.
NO. NO, HE MUST BE
PERMITTED TO SPEAK.
YOUR EXCELLENCY!
I'VE LISTENED TO YOU ENOUGH,
NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME.
WE WILL USE
THIS YOUNG MALIK
AS HE MEANT TO USE US.
I WANT MARIA MALIK BROUGHT
TO THE CONGRESS.
I WANT HER THERE TOMORROW
WHEN HER SON SPEAKS.
BUT YOUR EXCELLENCY.
NOW, HEAR ME OUT.
WHEN THE IMPOSTER
STARTS TO DENOUNCE ME,
MADAME MALIK WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT HE IS REALLY HER SON.
SHE WILL SWEAR TO IT
BEFORE THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THEN, CZERNY,
THEN, I WILL USE THIS AND THE
SKULL OF THE REAL PETER MALIK
TO DISCREDIT HER AS A LIAR
AND HER SON AS AN IMPOSTER.
AND THE AMERICAN AGENT --
I WANT HIM THERE, TOO.
WE'LL EXPOSE ALL THREE
AT ONCE.
THEN, LET US SEE...
IF THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK
SURVIVES THAT.
[ BUZZES ]
YES?
HAVE HER COME IN.
YOUR MOTHER.
MY MOTHER?
WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?
IN SPITE OF YOUR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES, I THOUGHT...
[ DOOR OPENS ]
MADAME MALIK.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
MR. ROJEK,
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU WOULD SPARE ME
YOUR HYPOCRISY.
YOU DO ME AN INJUSTICE.
I BROUGHT YOU HERE
AS A KINDNESS.
THIS IS PETER, YOUR SON.
PETER?
YES.
YES, IT COULD BE.
MADAME MALIK,
WE'LL TALK LATER.
SHALL WE GO?
WHY HAVE I BEEN
BROUGHT HERE?
YOU WILL SEE, MR. HARKNESS.
OH, AND DO NOT TRY TO RUN.
THE GUARDS ARE ALL ARMED,
AND THEY HAVE ORDERS
TO SHOOT TO KILL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ WHISTLING AND CHEERING ]
DELEGATES OF THE CORINTHIAN
STUDENTS' CONGRESS,
YOUTH OF THE WORLD,
MY FRIENDS, COMRADES,
AND COUNTRYMEN,
FRATERNAL LEADERS --
TWENTY YEARS AGO, DURING
THE STRUGGLE OF A PEOPLE
AGAINST A CORRUPT
SO-CALLED DEMOCRACY,
A BOY OF 5 YEARS OLD
WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DIED...
BUT HE DID NOT DIE.
PETER MALIK DID NOT DIE.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD BY NOW,
HE SURVIVED THOSE DARK DAYS.
HE GREW. HE BECAME STRONG.
HE STUDIED. HE READ.
AND NOW, AFTER 20 YEARS,
THIS YOUNG MAN HAS COME HOME.
AND I SAY WELCOME.
WELCOME, PETER MALIK!
IN THE HOURS SINCE
I LEARNED MY TRUE IDENTITY,
I THOUGHT A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT MY FATHER --
A MAN OF WHOM I KNEW NOTHING
EXCEPT WHAT I READ
IN HISTORY BOOKS.
AS I THOUGHT OF EDWARD MALIK,
WHOM I UNDOUBTEDLY LOVED
AS A CHILD,
I THOUGHT OF THE WORDS SPOKEN
BY MARK ANTONY OF JULIUS CAESAR,
AND IN MY MIND, I PARAPHRASED
THOSE WORDS TO READ...
HE WAS MY FATHER,
FAITHFUL AND KIND TO ME.
AND I ASKED MYSELF
HOW I COULD SPEAK OUT
AGAINST SUCH A MAN.
AND I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION
WITH THE WORDS SPOKEN BY ANOTHER
MAN THAT DAY IN ANCIENT ROME.
IT IS NOT
THAT I LOVE MY FATHER LESS,
BUT THAT I LOVE THE PEOPLE MORE.
MY FRIENDS, I COME TO BURY
THE MEMORY OF EDWARD MALIK
AND TO PRAISE THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF PREMIER ANTON ROJEK
AND THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CORINTHIA.
NO!
NO!
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.
IT'S A TRICK.
THIS YOUNG MAN IS A FRAUD,
AN IMPOSTER.
ANTON ROJEK SENT HIM HERE
TO DUPE YOU.
STOP HER!
HE IS NOT MY SON.
AS GOD IS MY WITNESS,
MY SON IS DEAD. DEAD!
GET HER OUT OF HERE!
DEAD!
[ BOOING ]
[ SHOUTING ]
WE WANT MARIA!
WE WANT MARIA!
[ Chanting ]
WE WANT MARIA!
COMRADES, SILENCE!
SILENCE!!!
[ YELLING AND BOOING ]
[ Chanting ]
WE WANT MARIA!
LISTEN TO ME!
[ BOOING ]
[ CHANTING CONTINUES ]
WHERE ARE WE?
WHAT HAPPENED?
YOU'RE FREE NOW.
FREE?
YES.
YOU MEN, WAIT.
GET BACK UPSTAIRS.
THE PREMIER WILL NEED
YOUR PROTECTION.
[ CHANTING AND BOOING ]
PLEASE, LISTEN TO ME!
* FOR HE WHO GETS HURT
WILL BE HE WHO HAS STALLED *
* THERE'S A BATTLE OUTSIDE
AND IT'S RAGIN' *
* IT'LL SOON SHAKE YOUR WINDOWS
AND RATTLE YOUR WALLS *
* YES, THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
* THE TIMES,
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' *
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]