QB VII (1974): Season 1, Episode 1 - Part One & Two - full transcript

[Narrator] THIS IS THE STORY
OF THE LIVES OF TWO MEN,

WHO FOUGHT EACH OTHER IN ONE
OF THE MOST FASCINATING TRIALS...

IN MODERN HISTORY.

THE TRIAL TOOK
PLACE IN QB VII...

QUEEN'S BENCH
COURTROOM, NUMBER SEVEN...

OF THE ROYAL COURTS
OF JUSTICE IN LONDON.

THERE, SIR ADAM KELNO, A
REFUGEE EUROPEAN DOCTOR...

AND CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR,

BROUGHT SUIT FOR LIBEL
AGAINST ABRAHAM CADY...

WORLD WAR II ACE...

AND WORLD-FAMOUS
AMERICAN NOVELIST.



FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, THEY LIVED
THEIR LIVES UNAWARE OF EACH OTHER,

UNTIL THEY CAME INTO
EXPLOSIVE CONTACT IN OUR TIME...

IN THESE MEDIEVAL
COURT BUILDINGS.

IN THE LIVES OF THESE TWO MEN,

IN THEIR CONFLICTS,
IN THIS TRAGEDY...

IS THE HEART OF A STORY
OF A GENERATION THAT,

IN THE UNFORGETTABLE
PHRASE OF THOSE TIMES,

HAD A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY.

[People Clamoring]

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

QB VII. WHAT?

IT'S THE COURTROOM...
QUEEN'S BENCH SEVEN.

[Reporters Clamoring]

[Reporters Clamoring]



SIR ADAM, IS IT TRUE
THAT POLISH WITNESSES...

WHO WERE IN PRISON WITH YOU
AT JADWIGA CONCENTRATION CAMP...

WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THE STATEMENTS MADE
ABOUT YOU BY ABRAHAM CADY IN HIS NOVEL?

I AM DEEPLY SORRY THAT, UH,

I AM THE CAUSE OF THEIR HAVING TO
RELIVE THE HORROR OF THAT TIME, YES.

WELL, IF ABRAHAM CADY WOULD MAKE SOME
SORT OF FINANCIAL OFFER OUTSIDE OF COURT,

WOULD YOU STOP PURSUING
YOUR CASE AGAINST HIM?

[Chuckles] MR. CADY'S
DESCRIPTIONS...

OF MY MEDICAL PRACTICES AS
A PRISONER OF THE GERMANS...

ARE TOTALLY FALSE AND LIBELOUS.

I HOPE TO SECURE A PUBLIC
APOLOGY HERE IN AN OPEN COURT.

ABE, BE CAREFUL.

OF WHAT?

DR. CADY? MR. CADY,
HAVE YOU ANY INTENTION...

OF APOLOGIZING TO MR. ADAM FOR YOUR
ATTACKS ON HIS TREATMENTS OF JEWS?

NONE!

THIS IS ONE JEW YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO CASTRATE, KELNO.

YOU HAVE NO DIGNITY, MR. CADY.

[Narrator] AS THE RUSSIANS DROVE
ADOLF HITLER'S ARMIES OUT OF POLAND...

TOWARDS THEIR ULTIMATE
DESTRUCTION IN BERLIN,

THEY LIBERATED FROM THE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS...

THOSE PITIFUL SCARECROWS
OF HUMAN BEINGS...

WHO HAD NOT YET BEEN
MURDERED BY THE NAZIS.

ONE OF THESE WAS DR. ADAM KELNO.

[Coughing]

I'M KELNO. [Coughs]

DR. ADAM KELNO. [Coughs]

I'M POLISH.

HEY, NURSE. YES?

EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.
COULD YOU TELL ME...

WHERE ARE ALL THESE
PEOPLE COMING FROM?

OH, CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

I'M A DOCTOR. I HEAR
YOU'RE SHORT OF DOCTORS.

NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU'RE NOT
WELL ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO REST.

HEY, LISTEN. I NEED TO WORK.

LISTEN, I'M A DOCTOR.
THAT'S MY LIFE.

PRESSURE'S GOING
DOWN. WELL, MORE OXYGEN!

IT'S NOT HOLDING HERE.

KEEP GOING. COME
ON, MORE ADRENALINE.

OKAY.

STETHOSCOPE.

CLEARER.

[Sobbing]

ADAM?

HMM.

ADAM, COME ON NOW.
DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

[Mumbles] GO AWAY.

THIS IS NO GOOD.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
WIPE OUT JADWIGA THIS WAY.

YOU WANT ME TO FACE IT?

YOU WANT ME TO... REMEMBER IT?

TO GET OVER IT?

I KNOW IT ISN'T...

DO YOU KNOW... DO YOU
KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE...

TO PATCH UP,

TO REPAIR SICK, BROKEN PEOPLE,

KNOWING THAT THE GERMANS
ARE GOING TO BUTCHER THEM...

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
WELL ENOUGH TO WORK?

NO.

TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS
WHEN THEY OCCUPY,

FIGHT THE GERMANS
WHEN THEY OCCUPY,

AND THEN TO FIGHT
THE POLISH COMMUNISTS.

[Yells] WHY DO THEY
OCCUPY AT ALL?

NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE,

BUT I KNOW IT HAPPENED.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU MUST
FORGET NOW IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE.

OH, ADAM, I WANT
YOU TO GET BETTER.

WHY, WHAT'S THE USE? WHAT
DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

I CARE FOR YOU.

[Laughs]

OH, WHAT IS THERE TO CARE FOR?

YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN ENGLAND.

WELL, THE WAR IS
NEARLY OVER NOW.

YOU COULD GO BACK. YOU
COULD OPEN UP A PRACTICE.

THEY'LL BE NEEDING
DOCTORS, YOU KNOW.

YOU REALLY DO CARE
FOR ME, DON'T YOU?

YES, I DO CARE.

YOU DO UNDERSTAND
THAT I CANNOT GIVE YOU...

I CAN'T GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU WANT TO GIVE ME.

WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN WITH A
WOMAN FOR FIVE YEARS.

I DON'T THINK I'D KNOW HOW...

HOW...

ADAM.

[Mumbles]

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING BAD WILL EVER
HAPPEN TO YOU AGAIN.

YOU WON'T HAVE TO TAKE A
STEP. WE'LL LIFT YOU INTO IT.

I TELL YOU I'LL FALL DOWN.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO FALL?

BECAUSE THE BONE ISN'T ATTACHED.

DON'T BE SILLY NOW. COME ALONG.
UP, COME. YOU'LL BE QUITE ALL RIGHT.

NURSE, HAND ME
HIS PLATES, PLEASE.

YES. [Groaning]

GOOD MORNING, MR. EVANS.

GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.

TELL ME SOMETHING.
WHO DID YOUR OPERATION?

YOU DID.

I DID.

THANK YOU. WELL, NOW,

IF YOUR LEG WASN'T ATTACHED,

I'D KNOW ABOUT IT, WOULDN'T I?

WELL, PERHAPS YOU
WOULDN'T TELL ME.

NO. WELL, LOOK NOW. LET'S SEE.

THANK YOU.

NOW, THIS IS AN X-RAY
PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR LEG.

YOUR NAME ON TOP.

NOW THAT IS YOUR LEG.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT
DO YOU SEE THERE?

YOU MEAN THAT WHITE LINE?

YES, IT IS A BOLT. IT
IS A PIN. I PUT IT THERE.

IT HOLDS YOUR LEG IN ITS SOCKET.

THEN I SEWED THE
MUSCLES BACK AROUND IT.

RIGHT?

NOW IT IS PART OF YOU.

IT WORKS JUST
LIKE THE OTHER LEG.

YES, IT DOES.

NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE
GONNA STAND YOU UP, PUT YOU ON YOUR FEET.

YOU'LL HOLD ON TO
THIS BAR. [Mumbles]

YES, AND THEN YOU'LL
TAKE A STEP. I CAN'T.

OF COURSE YOU
CAN. DON'T BE A BABY.

I'VE GOT YOU. THAT'S
RIGHT. GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

SHE'S GOT YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW YOU WALK. LET HIM WALK.

HOLD ON.

ARE YOU STANDING ON YOUR LEG?

YES.

IS IT FALLING OFF?

NOT YET. GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, NOW TAKE A
STEP FORWARD, PLEASE.

COME ON. I'M WAITING.

GOOD. ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

HI, DARLING. HELLO.

HELLO.

WHO ARE YOU?

I'M INSPECTOR HENDERSON.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I HAVE A WARRANT
FOR YOUR ARREST.

IT'S MY DUTY TO CAUTION YOU THAT
YOU'RE NOT OBLIGED TO SAY ANYTHING.

BUT ANYTHING YOU DO SAY WILL BE TAKEN DOWN
IN WRITING AND MAY BE GIVEN AS EVIDENCE.

MY ARREST? WHAT FOR?

YOU ARE TO BE DETAINED IN
CUSTODY PENDING A HEARING...

FOR EXTRADITION BY
THE POLISH GOVERNMENT.

WHY? WHAT'S WRONG?

THE POLISH GOVERNMENT ALLEGED
THAT YOU ARE A WAR CRIMINAL...

FOR HAVING COMMITTED ATROCITIES
AT JADWIGA CONCENTRATION CAMP.

- THAT'S INSANE!
- I MUST ASK YOU
TO COME WITH US.

ADAM. IT'S OKAY. DON'T WORRY.

DON'T WORRY. DON'T WORRY. SHH.

[Cell Door Closes]

DR. KELNO? YES.

YOU MUST ME MY
LAWYER, MR. TUCKERMAN.

IN ENGLAND, SOLICITOR
IS THE PHRASE, DR. KELNO.

MAY I INTRODUCE YOUR
BARRISTER, MR. ROBERT HIGHSMITH.

HOW DO YOU DO? HELLO.

I PREPARE THE CASE,
AND YOUR BARRISTER...

DOES THE ACTUAL
PRESENTING OF IT IN THE COURT.

I MUST SAY I'M OVERWHELMED AT
YOUR REPRESENTING ME. THANK YOU.

I MUST ALSO TELL YOU THAT I'M
SOMEWHAT APPREHENSIVE OF YOUR FEE.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT IT WILL BE?

MEMBERS OF THE ANTICOMMUNIST POLISH
COMMUNITY IN LONDON ARE PAYING THAT FEE.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE FROM THERE.

THEY KNOW YOU NOW
IF THEY DIDN'T BEFORE.

YOU MUST REALIZE THAT
YOU'D BE FREE ON BAIL...

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

YOU HAVE HEARD THE
CHARGES AGAINST YOU?

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ME.

I THINK YOU SHOULD
KNOW THE FACTS.

THIS, DR. KELNO, IS
FROM A DOCUMENT...

PREPARED BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
AND SENT TO THE HOME OFFICE.

AND THE RELEVANT PART IS THAT...

IS "THAT THE SAID
DR. ADAM KELNO,

"AS A PRISONER DOCTOR IN
JADWIGA CONCENTRATION CAMP,

"REMOVED HEALTHY OVARIES AND AMPUTATED
HEALTHY TESTICLES OF JEWISH PRISONERS...

IN COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN
STERILIZATION EXPERIMENTS."

THAT IS MONSTROUS.

DID YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH
A DR. TESSLER AT JADWIGA?

NO, NOT REALLY.
HE'S A COMMUNIST.

THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR
HIM AS A KEY WITNESS.

YES. I CAN IMAGINE HE WOULD
SAY ANYTHING THEY TELL HIM TO.

FORTUNATELY, THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND

HIM, SO YOU MAY NOT
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM.

I WON'T WORRY IN ANY CASE.

YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE
THING IS SO INCREDIBLE.

I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN
TO COPE WITH IT.

I'M AFRAID YOU'LL
HAVE TO COPE WITH IT.

YOU MUST REALIZE THE POLISH
GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO EXTRADITE YOU.

POLISH GOVERNMENT?
THE COMMUNISTS.

THEY ARE THE POLISH
GOVERNMENT TODAY, AFTER ALL.

YOU DO UNDERSTAND
THIS, MR. HIGHSMITH,

YOU DO SEE THAT THE
COMMUNISTS WILL TELL ANY LIE,

ANY LIE AT ALL...

TO DISCREDIT ANTICOMMUNIST
POLISH PATRIOTS...

TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE COLLABORATED
WITH THE GERMANS DURING THE WAR.

FOR THAT REASON, WE CAN HOPE, UNLESS
THERE ARE SURPRISES WE HAVEN'T ANTICIPATED,

THAT A BRITISH COURT WOULD
NOT HAND YOU OVER TO THEM.

THERE WILL BE NO
SURPRISES, BELIEVE ME.

NEVERTHELESS, WE MUST
BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.

ABOVE ALL, DURING
THE PROCEEDINGS,

DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY BY
YOUR POLITICAL ANIMOSITIES.

OH, PLEASE, SIR, PLEASE.

I MEAN, YOU CANNOT EXPECT ME TO
REACT TO THIS INCREDIBLE CONSPIRACY...

IN THE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

NO, BUT I SUGGEST THAT
THERE'S A POSTURE IN COURT.

I WILL TRY TO HAVE YOUR CASE
SETTLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD-BYE. GOOD-BYE.

TRY TO BE PATIENT,
DR. KELNO. YES, I CAN DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THE
HELL OF JADWIGA, I CAN DO ANYTHING.

GOOD-BYE.

IGOR ZAMINSKI, COMRADE.

INTELLIGENCE SECTION
OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

THANK YOU.

WELL, NOW, TELL ME,

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

HOW WELL DID YOU
KNOW DR. ADAM KELNO...

WHEN YOU WERE IN PRISON
WITH HIM AT JADWIGA?

I STAYED AWAY FROM HIM.

HE WAS AN ANTICOMMUNIST.

THE WORD IS "TRAITOR," COMRADE.

WE ARE A STATE NOW.

ANTICOMMUNISM IS TREASON.

OF COURSE.

THE PARTY WANTS TO ESTABLISH
THAT TRAITORS LIKE KELNO...

COLLABORATED WITH THE GERMANS.

THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED
TO BRING THEM BACK TO POLAND...

TO STAND TRIAL AS WAR CRIMINALS.

KELNO IS MY ASSIGNMENT.

AND, UH, YOU WANT ME
TO TESTIFY AGAINST KELNO?

NO. THE BRITISH COURTS WOULD
SCARCELY LET US EXTRADITE KELNO...

ON THE WORD OF A LOYAL
COMMUNIST LIKE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

HOW WELL DID YOU KNOW
DR. MARK TESSLER AT JADWIGA?

WELL, WE THREE
OPERATED TOGETHER,

BUT, UH, I KNEW TESSLER
AS LITTLE AS I KNEW KELNO.

I UNDERSTAND HE ALSO ESCAPED
FROM POLAND TO THE WEST.

- ESCAPED?
- WELL.

YOU SEE, WITHOUT TESSLER,
THE BRITISH COURTS...

WILL INSIST UPON HEARING TESTIMONY FROM
JEWS THAT KELNO STERILIZED AND CASTRATED.

WE ARE HOPING YOU
CAN LEAD US TO THEM.

WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW.

THE GERMANS WERE USING
JEWS AS GUINEA PIGS...

TO FIND A PRACTICAL WAY
OF MASS STERILIZATION...

OF WHAT THEY CALL
"THE DEGENERATE RACES."

THEY HARDLY KEEP
RECORDS OF THAT.

I SEEM TO REMEMBER...

IN THE TRANSCRIPT OF
THE INTERROGATION...

THAT PRECEDED YOUR
ADMISSION TO THE PARTY,

YOU REFERRED SEVERAL
TIMES TO A MEDICAL LOG...

KEPT BY AN ORDERLY.

INDEED, YOU SPECIFICALLY
INSISTED THAT IT WOULD PROVE...

THAT YOU HAD NEVER TAKEN PART IN
THESE EXPERIMENTAL OPERATIONS...

OR COLLABORATED
WITH THE GERMANS.

IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS, EH,

AN ORDERLY THAT KEPT A LOG.

UM... SOBOTNIK. SOBOTNIK.

YES, UM, I REMEMBER TOO THAT HE
WAS HALF JEWISH, WHICH WAS ODD.

NORMALLY, THEY ONLY KEPT THE
JEWISH DOCTORS AND NURSES ALIVE.

IF HE WAS HALF JEWISH,
HE'D HAVE A GREAT REASON...

TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT
KELNO WAS DOING TO HIS PEOPLE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM?

NO.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO ENGLAND?

ONCE, BEFORE THE WAR.

WHY?

I HAVE TO GO THERE
FOR THE TRIAL.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A
GOOD LONDON BOOTMAKER?

NO.

I'M AFRAID NOT.

I COULD NOT AFFORD
BENCH-MADE BOOTS.

THANK YOU.

[Typewriter Clacking]

UH, I'D LIKE YOU TO DO
ME A FAVOR. YES, DOCTOR.

THERE IS AN ENGINEER NAMED...

EGON SOBOTNIK.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE
THIS NOTE TO HIM FOR ME.

[No Audible Dialogue]

COMRADE SOBOTNIK? YES?

MY NAME IS ZAMINSKI. I'D LIKE
TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU.

WHAT ABOUT? ABOUT JADWIGA.

AH. I WAS QUESTIONED WHEN I
JOINED THE PARTY, COMRADE.

THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT JADWIGA.

YES, I'VE READ YOUR FILE. IT'S A PITY YOU
COULDN'T TURN OVER YOUR SURGICAL LOG...

TO THE RUSSIANS WHEN
THEY LIBERATED THE CAMP.

THE GERMANS BURNED IT.

YOU SERVED UNDER DR. LOTAKI,
KELNO AND TESSLER, CORRECT?

YES. IN YOUR FILE,

YOU ARE QUOTED AS STATING
THAT ALL THREE WERE KIND MEN...

AND DID WHAT THEY COULD
FOR THE OTHER PRISONERS.

YES, BUT AT THE TIME
I WAS QUESTIONED,

I DIDN'T KNOW DR. KELNO
HAD DEFECTED TO THE WEST.

AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT HIM NOW?

OH, HE'S GUILTY. OF WHAT?

OF, UH,

WHATEVER YOU'RE
CHARGING HIM WITH.

YOU KNOW, SOBOTNIK,
YOU'RE A LITTLE DISGUSTING.

WHERE IS DR. TESSLER?

UM, HOW SHOULD I KNOW?

A JEW. YOU HAVE ZIONIST
CONTACTS? I'M HALF JEW.

THEN YOU HAVE HALF AS
MANY ZIONIST CONTACTS.

[Chuckles] WHY
SHOULD I HAVE ANY?

BECAUSE JEWS ALWAYS
HAVE TO HEDGE THEIR BETS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A COUNTRY
WILL TURN AGAINST YOU, DO YOU?

I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE
IN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.

WE ARE FLATTERED.

NOW, WE NEED TO KNOW THE NAMES
OF JEWS EXPERIMENTED UPON BY KELNO.

YES, UM,

BUT I TOLD YOU ALL THE
RECORDS WERE BURNED.

YOUR MEMORY WASN'T.

A MAN... NAMED, UH...

UH, ELI JANOS, YES.

ELI JANOS. HE WAS
CASTRATED BY HIM.

- WHO ELSE?
- THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF. I SWEAR.

WHERE IS HE? AND DON'T
SAY YOU DON'T KNOW.

HE'S ON THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS,

WAITING TO GET INTO PALESTINE.

YOU ARE SURE?

MY SISTER IS THERE. SHE
WROTE ME A WEEK AGO.

WRITE DOWN BOTH THEIR NAMES.

IS THAT ALL? FOR THE MOMENT.

COMRADE SOBOTNIK,
YOU'RE A SURVIVOR.

COMRADE ZAMINSKI,

I'M A JEW.

SPEAKING FOR HIS
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT,

AS I HAVE BEEN EMPOWERED
TO DO IN THIS CASE,

I MUST SAY THAT WHILE WE ARE BOUND TO
ADHERE TO OUR TREATY OF EXTRADITION...

WITH THE POLISH
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC,

WE ARE AWARE THAT SAFE
REFUGE GIVEN TO POLITICAL EXILES...

IS PART OF BRITISH TRADITION.

WE MUST MAKE MORALLY CERTAIN
THERE IS SUBSTANCE TO THE CHARGES...

BROUGHT AGAINST DR. KELNO BY
AMBASSADOR KRANZ'S GOVERNMENT...

BEFORE WE VIOLATE
THAT TRADITION.

MR. BANNIESTER.

I SHOULD LIKE DR. RONALD
FLETCHER CALLED.

CALL DR. FLETCHER, PLEASE.

DR. FLETCHER, HAVE YOU
EXAMINED A MAN NAMED ELI JANOS?

- I HAVE, SIR.
- AND WHAT DID YOU FIND?

THE POOR DEVIL'S A EUNUCH.

I OBJECT. I DON'T THINK THAT SORT
OF EDITORIAL COMMENT IS WARRANTED.

HE IS A POOR DEVIL.

I SHOULD LIKE THE MAGISTRATE
TO INFORM MY OPPONENT...

I WILL INFORM BOTH OF YOU...

THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO CONDUCT
THESE PAINFUL PROCEEDINGS INFORMALLY.

CONTENTIOUSNESS AMONG COUNSEL,
HOWEVER STIMULATING TO THE PRESS,

WILL BE RESTRAINED BY THE COURT.

WHAT DID YOU FIND
CLINICALLY, DOCTOR?

THE TESTICLES HAD BEEN
EXCISED FROM THE SCROTAL CANAL.

[Judge] BRING IN MR. ELI JANOS.

ESCORT DR. KELNO
FROM THE COURT, PLEASE.

[Man] MR. ELI JANOS.

MR. JANOS,

WE UNDERSTAND THE SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR BEING HERE...

AND WISH TO SPARE YOU AS
MUCH OF THIS ORDEAL AS POSSIBLE.

NOW, WILL YOU TELL US WHAT PRECEDED YOUR
SURGERY AT JADWIGA CONCENTRATION CAMP?

I WAS WORKING IN ONE OF THE
CONCENTRATION CAMP FACTORIES,

MAKING GERMAN UNIFORMS.

I HAD TWO MONTHS LEFT WHEN I
WAS TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL BARRACKS.

- TWO MONTHS LEFT FOR WHAT?
- TWO MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE.

THE GERMANS HAD IT CALCULATED
THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT...

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE,

IT WAS WORTH FEEDING YOU ON A
MINIMAL BASIS FOR SEVEN MONTHS...

TO GET THE MOST WORK OUT OF YOU.

AFTER THAT, YOU WERE USUALLY
SO WEAK... TOO WEAK TO WORK...

THEY MURDERED YOU
IN THE GAS CHAMBER.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
THESE PRISONERS WERE JEWS?

SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE
TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL BARRACKS?

TWO ORDERLIES HELD ME DOWN...

WHILE THIS DOCTOR
PUT A NEEDLE IN MY SPINE.

WERE YOU GIVEN A LOCAL
ANESTHETIC FIRST? NO.

WAS IT PAINFUL?

IT WAS PAINFUL.

DO YOU KNOW THE
DOCTOR'S NAME? KELNO.

HAD YOU EVER SEEN
THE DOCTOR BEFORE?

NO. HOW DID YOU
KNOW IT WAS DR. KELNO?

HE HATED JEWS AND
COLLABORATED WITH THE GERMANS.

MR. HIGHSMITH IS ASKING FOR
MORE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.

THEN YOU DO NOT
KNOW IT WAS DR. KELNO.

WHILE THE ORDERLIES
WERE HOLDING ME DOWN,

HE HIT ME ACROSS THE MOUTH
AND SAID, "STOP FIGHTING, JEW."

THE ONLY DOCTOR AT JADWIGA WHO COULD DO
THIS WAS ADAM KELNO, AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT.

I OBJECT. THIS IS NOT EVIDENCE.

I ADMIT THIS IS NOT EVIDENCE, BUT THIS
IS NOT A TRIAL IN THE ORDINARY SENSE.

IT IS AN EXTRADITION HEARING.

THERE IS NO JURY, GENTLEMEN.

PLEASE CONTINUE.

DO YOU KNOW WHY
THEY WERE DOING THIS?

I FOUND OUT LATER THEY
WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY...

OF STERILIZING CONQUERED PEOPLE
AS FAST AND CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE.

THEY WERE EXPERIMENTING
WITH X RAYS...

AND CHEMICALS AND CASTRATION.

WITH ME, THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT
HOW FAST THE OPERATION COULD BE DONE.

ONE OF THE ORDERLIES
TIMED IT WITH A STOPWATCH.

NOW YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN...

YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE
MAN WHO OPERATED ON YOU.

[Janos] I WAS
CONSCIOUS ALL THE TIME.

HE SHOWED ME THE TESTICLES
AFTER HE REMOVED THEM...

AND SAID, "HAVE
A LAST LOOK, JEW."

- ARE THERE
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
- NO, SIR.

I AM AT THIS POINT TAKING
A MOST UNUSUAL LIBERTY...

WITH THE APPROVAL OF COUNSEL.

WILL THE BAILIFF PLEASE
BRING THE MEN IN?

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT AN
IDENTIFICATION PARADE IS, MR. JANOS?

[Janos] IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED.

[Judge] ONE OF THESE
MEN IS DR. KELNO.

YOU ARE TO IDENTIFY HIM.

NOW, MR. JANOS, CAN
YOU IDENTIFY DR. KELNO?

I DO NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM.

I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE...

- I'D LIKE DR. KELNO
TO STAND ALONE.
- THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.

THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE
FOR A KIND AND HONORABLE MAN...

WHO HAS ALREADY SUFFERED
AGONIES BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION...

AT THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS.

NOW, WE, THE ENGLISH,
SUPPOSEDLY HIS FRIENDS,

HAVE IMPUGNED HIS REPUTATION
AND CRUELLY IMPRISONED HIM.

ONCE AND FOR ALL,
THERE MUST BE NO DOUBT.

JUSTICE MUST BE DONE
TO THIS BLAMELESS MAN.

DISMISS THE OTHERS.

THIS IS NOT THE MAN
WHO CASTRATED ME.

[Murmuring]

I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THE
POLISH GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED...

TO ESTABLISH A CASE FOR THE
EXTRADITION OF DR. ADAM KELNO...

TO THE SATISFACTION
OF THIS COURT.

I THEREFORE DISMISS
THE CASE PENDING AGAINST

DR. KELNO AND RELEASE
HIM FROM CUSTODY.

COURT IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH, THANK YOU. COME,
PLEASE. COME ALONG.

HOW COULD YOU PEOPLE
MAKE THIS KIND OF MISTAKE?

I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE DELIBERATELY
MISLED BY TWO PARTY MEMBERS.

WHO ARE THEY? DR. LOTAKI...

AND HIS ORDERLY, SOBOTNIK.

THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT
JANOS COULDN'T IDENTIFY KELNO.

HOW WOULD THEY KNOW THAT?

BECAUSE THEY COLLABORATED. BECAUSE IT WAS
DR. LOTAKI WHO CONDUCTED THIS EXPERIMENT.

AND BECAUSE THEY WANT ALL EVIDENCE OF
THE OPERATIONS DISCREDITED AND EXPUNGED.

WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT THEM NOW?

WHAT WILL I DO? YOUR SUPERIORS.

NOTHING, COMRADE.

THE PARTY REALISTICALLY
IS ONLY CONCERNED...

WITH THE WARTIME ACTIVITIES
OF ANTICOMMUNISTS LIKE KELNO.

WHERE IS A GOOD BOOTMAKER?

I BEG YOUR PARDON?
FOR MEN'S BOOTS.

MAXWELL'S ON DOVER STREET.

THANK YOU.

WELL, ARE YOU SATISFIED NOW?

PUBLICLY.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I HAVE A SENSE OF
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

WELL, HAVE ALL YOU WANT.
THE MATTER IS CLOSED.

ADAM.

HELLO. I WASN'T TIRED.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T HAD TROUBLE
SLEEPING SINCE THE WAR.

WHAT ARE THESE FOR?

[Sighs] THEY'RE BOAT SCHEDULES.

YOU'RE NOT PLANNING
ON A VACATION, ARE YOU?

HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M NOT?

OH, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
TOO WELL, ADAM KELNO.

I HAVEN'T COMPLETED
MY PLANS YET.

ADAM, I AM HAVING YOUR BABY.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO TELL ME.

WE'RE GOING AWAY.

WE'RE WHAT? WE'RE GOING AWAY.

[Chuckles]

WHY? YOUR... YOUR
CAREER IS HERE. WHAT...

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO AWAY?

YOU WERE IN COURT WITH ME. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE COURT
RULED IN YOUR FAVOR.

THE COMMUNISTS
HAVE LOST ONE ROUND.

THEY'LL NEVER GIVE UP.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

SOONER OR LATER, THEY WILL
GET HOLD OF ME AND TRY ME.

THEY WOULDN'T HOUND AN
INNOCENT MAN. NOT HERE.

ANGELA, WHAT DO YOU THINK POLISH PEOPLE
LIKE MYSELF WERE DOING ALL THOSE YEARS...

WHEN THE NAZIS HAD US
IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS,

LIKE AUSCHWITZ,
TREBLINKA AND JADWIGA?

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE WERE DOING?
WE WERE FIGHTING THE COMMUNISTS.

TO THE DEATH... FOR
POLAND... AND WE LOST.

WE LOST.

AND YOUR COUNTRY,
FOR INSTANCE, FRANCE,

AND THIS COUNTRY, ENGLAND,
THEY RECOGNIZED THEM.

SO, NOW... WE ARE POLISH EXILES.

- BUT YOU ARE SAFE HERE.
- LOOK, I TELL YOU,
THEY WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

WE ARE GOING WHERE
IT IS SAFE... FAR AWAY.

I JUST JOINED THE BRITISH COLONIAL
SERVICE AS A MEDICAL OFFICER.

TO SERVE WHERE, ADAM? KUWAIT.

WHERE'S ON GOD'S
EARTH IS KUWAIT?

I'LL SHOW YOU. IT'S HERE.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

IT IS A SHEIKDOM. A
BRITISH PROTECTORATE.

THEY'RE DRILLING FOR
OIL RIGHT OFF KUWAIT.

[Baby Crying]

OH, MY GOD. ALL THIS WASTELAND.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE GOING
TO DO WHEN... IF WE GET THERE?

[Baby Crying]

I'M GOING TO LOOK AFTER THE
WORKERS WHO RUN THE PUMPING STATION,

AND YOU'RE GOING TO
LOOK AFTER STEPHAN.

- HEY, DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
- YES. YES.

TELL ME, HOW FAR IS IT TO
THE... TO THE PUMPING STATION?

- YES, MISTER, YES.
- HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.

[Stephan Continues Crying]

WELL, IT'S PROBABLY...
PROBABLY THREE HOURS AWAY.

THERE! THERE! STOP!

THAT MUST BE MY CLINIC.

[Chickens Clucking]

HELLO. PLEASE.

I'M DR. KELNO.

AND I'M MAINA, DOCTOR.

TELL ME, WHO WAS
THE LAST DOCTOR HERE?

JUST ME. JUST ME.

I'LL GET MY FAMILY SETTLED IN
FIRST, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK.

[Speaking Arabic]

MY GOD.

[Narrator] AFTER YEARS
OF DEDICATED DRUDGERY,

ADAM KELNO BROUGHT
THE MEDICAL STANDARDS...

OF HIS TINY CLINIC IN KUWAIT
INTO THE 20th CENTURY.

[Dog Barking]

ADAM, WHY ARE YOU GOING?

LOOK, ANGELA.

I'M A DOCTOR. YES?

SO, I NEED NEW
KINDS OF PATIENTS.

HE UNDERSTANDS. I MEAN,
NOMADIC ARAB TRIBES.

THE BEDOUIN.

DESERT INSTEAD OF CITY.
THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE, ANYWAY.

- CAN'T I COME WITH YOU?
- OH, SURE YOU CAN.

YOU WANT TO BE A
DOCTOR, DON'T YOU?

ADAM, YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS
ABOUT TAKING HIM WITH YOU.

- IT'S A MARVELOUS EXPERIENCE
FOR HIM.
- ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I MEAN, IT'S BAD ENOUGH
THAT YOU'RE GOING.

[Chuckles]

LOOK, I'M BORED. I'M BORED.

I'M BORED WITH CLEAN,
ORDERLY CLINICS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU
WANTED. COMMON DISEASES.

THAT'S THE JOB YOU TOOK.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE...

WITH DIETARY DEFICIENCIES
WE'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF,

WITH HEREDITARY DISEASES
THAT CAN BE CHALLENGED.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NEVER SEEN A DOCTOR IN THEIR LIVES.

NOW YOU KNOW THIS IS
WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

YOU TOLD ME THAT
YOU WANTED A CHANCE...

AT A QUIET, NORMAL,
ORDERLY LIFE.

YOU FINALLY GOT IT. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU OF ALL
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH TROUBLE...

AND CHALLENGE FOR
A LIFETIME. ANGELA.

YOU SAID, WHEN WE
CAME OUT HERE 3,000 MILES,

THAT YOU WANTED TO
BE ANONYMOUS. YES.

YOU WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE
COMMUNISTS WHO WERE OUT TO KILL YOU.

LOOK, WHAT HAS THAT
GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

THEY BLOODY WELL KNOW
WHERE TO FIND YOU IF YOU

BECOME THE ALBERT
SCHWEITZER OF THE DESERT.

HEY, HEY, HEY, STEWART. HEY, LISTEN.
I'LL WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR IT, HEY?

MAKE YOU VERY
IMPORTANT AT SCHOOL.

YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN.

OH, ADAM, YOU REALLY
ARE AN IMPOSSIBLE MAN.

[Chuckles] YOU HEAR WHAT
SHE SAYS ABOUT YOUR FATHER?

THAT I'M IMPOSSIBLE.
IS THAT RIGHT?

OKAY. I MUST GO.

LOOK AFTER
EVERYTHING, WON'T YOU?

BYE.

LISTEN. I'LL BE THREE, FOUR,
MAYBE FIVE DAYS. THAT'S ALL.

GOOD-BYE NOW. I'M NOT GOING?

NO, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU LOOK AFTER
YOUR MOTHER, OKAY?

WE'LL GO OUT IN
MAYBE TEN DAYS TIME.

ANOTHER TIME. ALL RIGHT.

TAKE CARE OF
EVERYTHING. BE CAREFUL.

[Grunting]

HELLO!

I'M DR. KELNO.

I HAVE A LETTER FROM
THE OFFICE OF THE EMIR.

SHEIK HASSAN AL LADA.

PLEASE FOLLOW US.

[Chattering]

SHEIK HASSAN?

MY NAME IS DR. KELNO.

HERE IS THE LETTER
FROM THE EMIR.

HMM. THIS IS MY SON, JABIR.

HELLO.

YOU MAY GO, JABIR.

RETURN AND TELL ME
WHEN SHE BEGINS THE PAINS.

I SHARE MY FATHER'S GOOD FORTUNE
IN MEETING YOU AT LAST, DOCTOR.

THANK YOU.

YOUR WIFE, SHE IS HAVING
A BABY, SHEIK HASSAN?

TWO OF MY WIVES, THE
SECOND AND THE THIRD.

IT NEVER STOPS.

DO YOU HAVE MIDWIVES HERE?

WOMEN TO HELP?
[Chuckles] OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

TELL ME, IS IT EVER
UNSUCCESSFUL?

MANY DIE IN CHILDBIRTH.

IT IS PROBABLY WHY ALLAH
ORDERED US TO HAVE MANY.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
BABIES, THE NEWBORN BABIES?

THEY DIE TOO.

BUT OUR FAMILY HAS STAYED AT THE
SAME NUMBERS FOR SIX GENERATIONS.

- WE SEE TO THAT.
- YOU KNOW, YOUR SON...

I'M SORRY. WHAT
WAS HIS NAME? JABIR.

JABIR. JABIR.

HE SEEMS VERY WELL SPOKEN.

HOW OLD IS HE? TWENTY-FOUR.

HE HAS NOT BEEN BLESSED.

THIS LETTER SAYS YOU HAVE
A... SOME BUSINESS TO SUGGEST.

WELL, YES, NOT EXACTLY
BUSINESS AS SUCH.

YOU KNOW, IT EXPLAINS THAT
I HAVE BEEN HERE IN KUWAIT...

AS A PHYSICIAN TO THE OIL WORKERS
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

YES, WE HAVE HEARD THAT, WITH VERY LITTLE
TO WORK WITH, YOU HAVE DONE WONDERS.

THANK YOU. WE
WISH NOW TO BRING...

TREATMENT AND MEDICINE
AND DOCTORS TO THE DESERT.

PLEASE. EXCUSE ME.

SHEIK HASSAN...

PLEASE, ALL I ASK...

IS THAT I CAN BRING MODERN
MEDICINE TO YOU AND TO YOUR PEOPLE...

TO MAKE LIFE MUCH
EASIER FOR YOU.

UM,

YOU SEE, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW HOW
MANY CHILDREN YOU LOSE FROM DIPHTHERIA...

OR WHAT YOU CALL
THE THROAT DISEASE.

THAT IS ALLAH'S
BUSINESS, NOT OURS.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
ALLAH AND TO YOUR PEOPLE,

I ASK YOU WHETHER IN YOUR HEART
YOU COMPLETELY BELIEVE THAT.

THE RICHES FROM OIL AND
ALL THAT HAS COME WITH IT...

WILL MAKE INFIDELS OUT OF
THIS NATION IN ONE GENERATION.

NO, BUT, YOU SEE, YOU DON'T...

NO, THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU.

NO, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.
HE DOESN'T HEAR. HE'S DEAF.

[Kelno] SINCE BIRTH?

NO, IT CAME SLOWLY UPON HIM.

YOU WILL STAY THE
NIGHT WITH US, I HOPE.

YES, PLEASE. I WOULD
BE DELIGHTED. OF COURSE.

[Dog Howling]

[Dog Barking, Howling]

OKAY.

THERE. THERE.
THAT'S IT. COME ON.

[Chattering]

[Kelno] AHMED.

MY WIFE HAD A CHILD LAST NIGHT,

AND SHE IS WELL THIS MORNING.

SHE WAS LUCKY.

MY MEN TELL ME YOU THOUGHT
SHE WOULD NOT BE WELL.

I COULD HAVE MADE IT
MUCH EASIER FOR HER.

YOU KNOW, YOU PUZZLE ME. WHAT
DO YOU REALLY WANT FROM US?

WELL, THERE'S ENOUGH SUFFERING IN
THE WORLD WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED,

AND THE DOCTOR WANTS TO
TREAT THAT WHICH CAN BE. HMM.

MY WIFE, SHE'S A NURSE. PLEASE,
WOULD YOU LET ME BRING HER HERE...

TO STAND BY ME AS I
TREAT YOUR WOMEN?

BUT I CANNOT SEE HOW
THIS CAN PROFIT YOU.

IT IS MY PROFESSION.

BUT MY PROFESSION IS TO BE A
TRADER, AND I DO NOT GIVE THINGS AWAY.

NOW, IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME,
DOCTOR, I SENSE THAT SOMEWHERE...

YOU MUST HAVE FALLEN FROM GOD'S
GRACE TO WANT TO GIVE OF YOURSELF...

THIS DESPERATELY TO STRANGERS.

WELL, IF YOU WILL
FORGIVE ME, SHEIK HASSAN, I

DO NOT THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE...

BETWEEN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROPHET
MUHAMMED AND THAT OF JESUS CHRIST.

NO.

[Laughs]

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WITH YOUR WIFE TO HELP, YES.

WOULD IT BE NECESSARY FOR YOU...

TO ACTUALLY SEE THE...

THE PRIVATE PARTS OF OUR WOMEN?

UH, NOT IF YOU MAKE IT A CONDITION OF
MY BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN HERE, NO.

WELL, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I CARE, IN A VERY UN-EASTERN
WAY, FOR MY THIRD WIFE.

AND WHEN SHE COMES TO HER TERM,

I WOULD LIKE TO BE CERTAIN
THAT I DO NOT LOSE HER.

SO, IF YOUR WIFE WILL
ATTEND HER LABOR,

I WILL GIVE HER PERMISSION
TO EXAMINE OUR WOMEN.

THANK YOU.

[Gunfire]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HUNTED.

OH, YES,

BUT NOT ONLY FOR THE FOOD,

BUT ALSO FOR THE QUALITY OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MAN AND DEATH.

VERY SOPHISTICATED.

[Chuckles] FOR A
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE.

NO, I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.

YES, BUT YOU THINK THAT.

[Gunshot]

[Camel Grunts]

HASSAN, I WANT TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT SURVIVING DIPHTHERIA.

TO STOP THE CHILD FROM CATCHING
THE DISEASE, YOU GIVE IT TO HIM.

YES, ENOUGH TO PROTECT HIM...

FROM A FATAL ATTACK, YES.

AND THE POISON YOU PUT INTO HIM,

HE GIVES THROUGH HIS
BLOOD TO HIS CHILDREN.

NO, NO, NO, NO, THERE IS NO
MEDICAL EVIDENCE OF THAT.

ONCE WE HAD LOCUSTS,

AND THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CAME
AND KILLED THE LOCUSTS WITH A SPRAY.

AND THE SHEEP LOST THEIR
WOOL AND DIED FROM THE SPRAY.

ALLAH KEEPS CAREFUL
BOOKS, DOCTOR.

ALL I WANT IS TO CURE YOUR
CHILDREN OF DIPHTHERIA NOW.

EVEN IF YOU COULD WITHOUT
FUTURE HARM, I CANNOT PERMIT IT.

- WHY NOT? TELL ME.
- IT WOULD BUILD A DEPENDENCE
ON YOUR WORLD...

THAT WOULD EAT AT US.

[Camel Grunts]

[Gunfire Continues]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY SON?

YOU MEAN JABIR? YES.

LISTEN, LET ME ASK
YOU SOMETHING.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS...

SOFTNESS IN ANY
OTHERS OF YOUR LINE,

OR HAVE YOU HEARD OF
IT IN OTHER GENERATIONS?

WELL, THERE WAS ONE IN
MY GRANDFATHER'S TIME,

BUT VERY DISTANT FROM MY BLOOD.

I DON'T THINK IT
IS IN THE FAMILY.

IT MIGHT STILL BE CURABLE.

I-I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN
ABOUT THIS TO ANYBODY,

BUT HE CANNOT HAVE A SON.

THE SHAME WILL DESTROY HIM.

YES, I AGREE. IT IS
AWFUL FOR A MAN.

YOU USED THE WORD "CURABLE."

DO YOU THINK ANYTHING
CAN BE DONE FOR HIM?

HE LACKS A MALE SEX HORMONE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
UM, A MALE SEX HORMONE...

WHICH IS CALLED TESTOSTERONE.

I'M SAYING IT COULD
BE SUPPLIED TO HIM.

AND IT WOULD GIVE HIM THE
STRENGTH TO PROVIDE A CHILD.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, BUT IT COULD, YES.

HMM.

AND... HOW WOULD
IT BE GIVEN TO HIM?

BY INOCULATION.

WOULD YOU BE PREPARED
TO DO THIS FOR US?

WE... COULD PAY VERY LITTLE.

IT WOULD COST YOU NOTHING. IT
WOULD BE MY PRIVILEGE. PLEASE.

WELL, THANK YOU, BUT NOBODY
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS.

ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.

VERY WELL, THEN.

IF AFTER YOU HAVE
COMPLETED YOUR WORK,

HE CAN PRODUCE A
GRANDCHILD FOR ME,

I GIVE YOU MY WORD THAT YOU MAY INOCULATE
MY PEOPLE AGAINST THE THROAT DISEASE.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

HELLO.

HELLO, DARLING.

HELLO. CAN I HELP?

YES, UNLESS YOU SAY
"GOOD MORNING" FIRST.

- GOOD MORNING.
- THAT'S A GOOD BOY.

SPLINT.

PUT THE BANDAGE.

DO YOU WANT TO
DO IT? OH, YES, I DO.

YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX A
BANDAGE, DON'T YOU? YES.

DON'T MAKE IT LOOK TOO EASY NOW.

YOU'LL NEVER BE A
DOCTOR THAT WAY.

HE MAY AS WELL START NOW.

YOU THINK HE REALLY
WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR?

YES. WELL, I WANT HIM TO BE.

WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS
THE TESTOSTERONE?

I'M AFRAID IT IS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE AFRAID?

WELL, HOW MUCH
CAN YOU GIVE JABIR?

MORE THAN HE'S GOT.

THE HORMONE THAT'S PRESENT
IN HIM, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S
NOT GENETIC AND INCURABLE?

BECAUSE... I KNOW.

IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, I HAVE PROBABLY
DONE MORE OF THIS KIND OF WORK...

THAN ANY OTHER DOCTOR
IN THE WORLD, THAT'S WHY.

IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP.

YES, IN JADWIGA.

I KNOW HOW IT IS FOR PEOPLE
TO SUFFER AND BE DEPRIVED...

WHEN MODERN
MEDICINE CAN HELP THEM.

WELL, I WON'T DISPUTE
YOU MEDICALLY,

BUT ON THE PRACTICAL
POINT OF VIEW,

YOU ARE BASING ALL YOUR
HOPES OF HELPING THOSE PEOPLE...

ON YOUR ABILITY TO CURE JABIR.

AND WHAT IF YOU FAIL?

THEN, MY DARLING, THIS WOULD
HAVE PROVED YOUR POINT...

THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE INVOLVED
MYSELF IN THE DESERT WITH THESE ARABS.

BUT SINCE YOU HAVE, I WANT IT TO
WORK OUT FOR YOU, FOR ALL OF US.

IT WILL. IT WILL. BELIEVE
ME. JABIR WILL HAVE A CHILD.

[Knocks] YES.

MR. CLINTON-MEEK IS HERE. WHO?

HE'S THE NEW COLONIAL
OFFICER. HE SAID HE WAS COMING.

SEND HIM IN, PLEASE.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?

WELL, I SUPPOSE HE WANTS
TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

HE DID SAY HE WANTED
TO DISCUSS YOUR ARTICLE.

"DIETARY DEFICIENCY
IN DESERT NOMADS."

HE PROBABLY WANTS
TO CONGRATULATE ME.

SOMEHOW, I DON'T THINK SO.

HOW DO YOU DO? I'M MRS. KELNO.

THIS IS MY HUSBAND, DR. KELNO.

MR. CLINTON-MEEK.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?

I'VE DONE VERY WELL UP TILL
NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, MY WIFE TELLS
ME YOU HAVE THOUGHTS...

ABOUT MY PAPER IN
THE MEDICAL JOURNAL.

I HAVE ONE THOUGHT. YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE PUBLISHED IT.

OH, WHY NOT?

DR. KELNO, THE RULING
FAMILIES OF KUWAIT...

MAKE MILLIONS OF POUNDS
A YEAR OUT OF BRITISH OIL.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL LOOK IF
YOU WRITE THAT, WITH ALL THIS MONEY,

THE DESERT ARABS STILL
HAVEN'T GOT ENOUGH TO EAT?

WELL, IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT
IS NOT A QUESTION OF ENOUGH.

IT IS THAT THEY EAT
THE WRONG FOODS.

TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY "HOW WILL IT LOOK"? TO WHOM?

TO THE COLONIAL OFFICE.
TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC.

LOOK, THESE PEOPLE'S DIETARY
DEFICIENCIES ARE VOLUNTARY.

I'M NOT ACCUSING
ANYONE OF STARVING THEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY.

THE FACT REMAINS, YOU SUCCEEDED IN
EMBARRASSING THE COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION...

AND THE KUWAIT GOVERNMENT.

YOU MAY EASILY SUCCEED IN ROUSING THESE
UNFORTUNATE ARABS TO A RESTLESSNESS.

THAT WOULD MEAN A
REDUCTION... PLEASE!

A RESTLESSNESS WHICH MIGHT
BE EXPLOITED BY THE RUSSIANS,

WHO WOULD DEARLY LOVE
TO DEPRIVE US OF OUR OIL.

I'M SORRY, BUT POLITICS HAVE NOTHING
AT ALL TO DO WITH MEDICAL SCIENCE.

I'M NOT PREPARED TO
ARGUE WITH YOU ABOUT IT.

- BUT I AM.
- I'M AFRAID I'M NOT.

WHAT IS IT YOU WANT
DR. KELNO TO DO?

STAY OUT OF THE
DESERT. IS THAT AN ORDER?

LET'S SAY IT'S A VERY WELL
THOUGHT-OUT SUGGESTION.

THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE
DOESN'T NEED TO ORDER.

I SEE.

YOUR WIFE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE
SITUATION. PERHAPS YOU'LL LISTEN TO HER.

GOOD DAY.

GOOD DAY.

WELL, WHAT DID YOU
EXPECT ME TO SAY TO HIM?

YOU CAME HERE TO
FIND A PLACE TO BE SAFE.

IT ISN'T MUCH, BUT WE HAVE IT.

LOOK, I'M TRYING TO HELP
THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE!

I'M TRYING TO BRING THEM
INTO THE 20th CENTURY.

WHAT IS A DOCTOR SUPPOSED TO DO?

I HAVE MET A LOT OF
DOCTORS IN MY TIME,

BUT I'VE NEVER MET ONE WHO
HAD TO TAKE THE BURDEN...

OF ALL THE SICK PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD ON HIS BACK.

YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO TRY TO GET AWAY
FROM YOURSELF, INTO SOME KIND OF WORK.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING...

YOU NEVER SEEM
TO ENJOY YOURSELF.

OH, ADAM.

ADAM. ADAM, I LOVE YOU.

DO YOU KNOW THAT?
I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP.

YES, I KNOW. I'M
SORRY. I LOVE YOU TOO.

DO YOU? YES.

AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU.

I'M SORRY. I...

[Gunshots]

[Yelling]

♪♪

THIS PLEASES ME.

IT PLEASES ME VERY MUCH, DOCTOR.

KALIL.

THIS IS DR. KELNO. KALIL'S THE
FATHER OF SAHURA, THE BRIDE.

HELLO, DOCTOR. HOW DO YOU DO?

GOOD. THANK YOU. SIT DOWN.

I HOPE WHEN JABIR RAISES HER VEIL
FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE WILL BE PLEASED.

HE SHOULD HAVE HAD A REAL
BEAUTY TO HELP AROUSE HIS LOVE.

SAHURA MAKES UP IN INNOCENCE
WHAT SHE LACKS IN BEAUTY.

HOW CAN THEY SAY
THAT IN FRONT OF HER?

SHE'S SUPPOSED HEAR, SEE
NOTHING ON WEDDING DAY.

OH!

TO SHARE THE JOY OF YOUR
HOST IS A PRIVILEGE, DOCTOR.

YEAH. WELL, I'M JUST CONCERNED.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED
ME BEFORE YOU PERMITTED THE MARRIAGE.

THE SHEIK DOESN'T
CONSULT ON FAMILY MATTERS.

I KNOW. I DIDN'T
MEAN IT THAT WAY.

THANK YOU.

NO, I'M TALKING MEDICALLY.

YOU KNOW, HE MAY NOT BE
PREPARED FOR MARRIAGE YET.

BUT HE'S GROWING A BEARD.

[Chuckles]

THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN TO SAY
THAT HE CAN PRODUCE A CHILD, YOU KNOW.

NOT NECESSARILY.

I PRAYED FOR IT.

AND IF YOU EXPECT TO USE US TO FIGHT
THE THROAT DISEASE, YOU PRAY TOO.

[Cheering, Gunfire]

OH. THANK YOU.

CHOKRAN.

NICE. VERY NICE.

THEY DON'T EVEN OFFER HER ANY.

BECAUSE SHE EATS
BIG MEAL AFTER...

SHE'S WITH HUSBAND, AND, UH,

NOW SHE EATS NOTHING.

OH, I SEE.

WELCOME, MOTHER OF MY
DAUGHTER, HUSBAND-TO-BE.

IT IS TIME.

THE GROOM'S MOTHER
IS... WELL, GOOD-BYE.

IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME FOR YOU,
MY SON, TO SIGN THE CONTRACT.

[Cheering, Yipping, Gunshots]

♪♪

GO TO YOUR BRIDE, MY SON.

IT'S A BOY, ADAM.

I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED, MY SON.

[Clamoring]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. KELNO.

WE ARE VERY INDEBTED TO
YOU. WELL DONE, DOCTOR.

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR
YOU TO SEE. COME WITH ME.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR WIFE PLANNED THIS. SHE
HAD NO MORE DOUBT THAN I HAD...

THAT I WOULD HAVE A GRANDCHILD.

OF COURSE. NATURALLY. THANK YOU.

HAVE YOU REFRIGERATED
IT? NATURALLY.

AS IT SHOULD BE, ON
DRY ICE. GOOD. GOOD.

RIGHT. STEPHAN, DO YOU WANT
TO PREPARE THE AMPOULES?

YES, DAD. GOOD. YOU KNOW
HOW TO DO IT, DON'T YOU?

ONE DAY, HE'LL BE A GOOD
DOCTOR, HUH? [Chuckles]

GIVE ME YOUR ARM.

DO THEM PROPERLY NOW, ALL RIGHT?

TAKE CARE.

OKAY. NEXT.

♪♪ [Band: "God Save The Queen"]

♪♪ [Ends] THE
QUEEN, GOD BLESS HER.

MAY HER BIRTHDAYS BE CELEBRATED
IN PEACE THROUGHOUT HER REIGN.

[All] THE QUEEN, GOD BLESS HER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU MAY SMOKE.

[Champagne Corks Popping]

CHEER UP, ADAM. IT ONLY
HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR.

OH, THEY MAKE ME TIRED.

THE GOOD OL' BRITISH
EMPIRE AND ALL THAT.

"THEY" MUST BE
"US" SURELY BY NOW.

OH, YES.

[Tapping Glass]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE AN
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE,

WHICH GIVE ME GREAT
PLEASURE AND SURPRISE.

THE QUEEN'S 1959 BIRTHDAY LIST HAS
JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM LONDON.

AND THE COLONIAL OFFICE
HAS INFORMED ME THAT...

AMONG THOSE CHOSEN FOR
THE HONOR TO THE EMPIRE...

IS DR. ADAM KELNO.

ADAM!

HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE
ORDER OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR.

ADAM. ADAM! [Laughing]

SIR ADAM, SPEECH, SPEECH.

[Tapping Table]

UM... [Clears Throat]

WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL. UM...

NOW I DON'T KNOW... I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS HONOR HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME...

FOR MY WORK WITH
THE DESERT ARABS,

MY NUTRITIONAL RESEARCH,
OR OF MY PERSEVERANCE...

IN SIMPLY GETTING THE JOB DONE.

[Chuckles] WHATEVER,

I AM AWED AND
DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE...

THAT THE NATION
WHICH HAS GIVEN ME...

REFUGE AND OPPORTUNITY...

HAS SO RECOGNIZED ME.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU
ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR
LITTLE PARTY FOR THE MOMENT.

IF ANYBODY CARES TO DANCE,
THE MUSIC WILL PLAY FOR YOU.

AND, AS YOU KNOW,
THE BAR IS NOW OPEN.

SURE. DON'T GO TOO FAR
NOW. HAVE A GOOD TIME.

DON'T GET LOST. DON'T
BREAK ANYTHING. [Chuckles]

OH, ADAM.

DO YOU REALIZE WE
CAN GO HOME NOW?

BECAUSE OF THIS?

EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO, NOTHING
ANYONE WOULD DARE DO TO SIR ADAM KELNO.

ANGELA. BUT THEY COULDN'T.

THEY NEVER COULD.

YOU NEVER REALLY
HAD ANYTHING TO FEAR.

ANGELA, DON'T. OH, ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

BUT THE COMMUNISTS AREN'T
BOTHERING POLISH EXILES ANYMORE.

THEY'RE FAR TOO BUSY
SURVIVING THEMSELVES.

TO YOU. CHEERS. TO US.

OH, IT'LL BE WONDERFUL.

YOU CAN OPEN UP A
PRACTICE IN LONDON,

AN EXCLUSIVE
PRACTICE IN MAYFAIR.

HOW WOULD THAT BE?

YOU DESERVE SUCCESS AND COMFORT.

[Sighs] WE BOTH
DESERVE IT, I THINK.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

YES.

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I COULD HAVE MY OWN CLINIC.

OF COURSE.

A CLINIC IN MAYFAIR.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

THE EAST END.

THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE OR...

ADAM, BUT THAT'S THE SLUM.

OH, MY GOD. HAVEN'T
WE SUFFERED ENOUGH?

SUFFERED FOR WHAT? COME ON.

ADAM, MY CONGRATULATIONS.
OH, THANK YOU.

LADY KELNO. THANK YOU.

OKAY, CHEER UP.
WE'RE GOING HOME.

MR. CADY'S DESCRIPTION
OF MY MEDICAL PRACTICE...

AS A PRISONER OF THE GERMANS
ARE TOTALLY FALSE AND LIBELOUS.

THIS IS ONE JEW YOU'RE
NOT GONNA CASTRATE, KELNO.

[Narrator] WHILE DR. ADAM
KELNO WAS ESCAPING...

FROM THE COMMUNIST
CONQUERORS OF POLAND,

YOUNG AMERICAN
WRITER, ABRAHAM CADY,

AS A VOLUNTEER IN
THE BRITISH AIR FORCE,

WAS DOING BATTLE WITH THE
WOULD-BE NAZI CONQUERORS...

OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

[Gunfire]

[Explosion]

JUST LIKE THAT?

[Typewriter Clacking]

"THAT'S RIGHT," SHE REPLIED.

SHE SAYS THAT?
THAT'S RIGHT. SHE DOES.

DO YOU THINK A WOMAN WOULD
ASK A MAN TO DO A THING LIKE THAT?

SHE'S JUST A CHARACTER. SAMANTHA, I
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING...

- BUT WHY DON'T I JUST
SHUT UP AND TYPE?
- EXACTLY.

- MAY I ASK A QUESTION, ABE?
- NO.

SOMETHING I REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND ABOUT WRITERS.

ARE YOU WRITING THIS
SERIOUSLY OR JUST FOR MONEY?

EVERYTHING I DO FOR
MONEY IS SERIOUS.

WHAT I MEAN IS, DO YOU
BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE WRITING?

WELL, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

I'M NOT WRITING THE
GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL.

- I COULDN'T.
- I THINK YOU COULD.

[Laughs]

THIS COMES FROM YOUR MANY YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE AS A LITERARY CRITIC, RIGHT?

I KNOW YOU CAN WRITE SERIOUSLY.

WELL, I COULDN'T AFFORD
ALL MY VARIOUS VICES.

[Footsteps]

YES?

THANK YOU.

MAIL FROM THE
STATES. PHILADELPHIA.

AH, MY FATHER.
READ IT, WILL YOU?

"DEAR ABE, THANK GOD YOU
WERE PROMOTED TO AN OFFICE...

AND OUT OF THE AIRPLANE."

WELL, I DIDN'T WRITE
HIM ABOUT THE CRASH.

HE'D DECIDE I WAS
PERMANENTLY BLINDED.

HE'D DO SUCH A
SCENE IN THE SHUL.

- ABE.
- YOU DON'T KNOW JEWISH FATHERS.

[Chuckles] SOUNDS MORE LIKE
YOUR MOTHER WOULD HAVE.

THAT'S THE THING
ABOUT JEWISH FATHERS.

THE MOTHER NIBBLES AWAY
AT THEM ALL HER LIFETIME,

AND WHEN SHE DIES, HER SOUL
ENTERS HIS BODY AND FINISHES THE JOB.

HONESTLY.

COME ON. READ ME SOME MORE.

THIS GIRL, DOES SHE
COME FROM A GOOD FAMILY?

THOSE ENGLISH JEWS CAN BE VERY
STUCK-UP." HE THINKS I'M JEWISH?

SO, LET HIM THINK. I
COULDN'T TELL HIM...

YOUR FATHER WAS A LORD
AND ON TOP OF THAT A GENTILE.

WOULD IT REALLY MATTER TO HIM?

THERE'S AN OLD YIDDISH
STORY ABOUT THAT:

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. HE'D
JUST HAVE A SMALL STROKE, THAT'S ALL.

"BE SURE YOU LET THEM KNOW YOUR
FATHER ISN'T JUST AN ORDINARY BAKER.

"TELL THEM WE HAVE THE BEST
JEWISH BAKERY IN PHILADELPHIA.

WELL, WHEN I WAS GROWING
UP, WE WERE VERY POOR.

"TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. DON'T
GO OUT IN THE FOG TOO MUCH.

[Laughs] "IT'S BAD
FOR THE SINUSES.

"YOUR MOTHER, SHE...
SHE SHOULD REST IN PEACE,

"WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
YOU STOPPED FLYING.

LOVE, PAPA."

IT'S A SWEET LETTER, ABE.

YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I CAN'T IMAGINE FEELING THAT
WAY ABOUT ONE'S PARENTS.

WHO IS IT?

IT'S ME. I WORKED LATE.

COME IN.

YOU WEREN'T ASLEEP, WERE YOU?

SIT HERE, WILL YOU?

DAMN BANDAGES.

THEY'LL BE OFF SOON.

WELL, ONE GOOD THING, I'LL BE ABLE
TO SEE WHEN I GO TO THE BATHROOM.

[Both Chuckle]

I'M PRETTY COARSE, RIGHT?

REALLY, YOU'RE OUTRAGEOUS.

YEAH.

ARE YOU AFRAID WHAT IT'LL BE
LIKE WHEN THE BANDAGES COME OFF?

AND THINGS ARE...

LESS ON PRECEDENT?

WHETHER WE'LL FEEL THE SAME WAY
AGAIN, AND SO FORTH AND SO FORTH?

AND SO FORTH.

[Sighs] I SUPPOSE
I'M A LITTLE AFRAID.

WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
KIND OF A PRIZE YOU ARE...

MONEY, TITLE.

[Laughs] NOT EVERYONE
IS AS SECURE AS YOU ARE.

PEOPLE WHO LOVE EACH
OTHER WANT TO BE TOGETHER.

PRIZES GET WON.

I WAS ALWAYS...

TAUGHT TO TAKE MY GLOVES OFF...

WITH A LADY.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS?

IS THAT REALLY
TRUE? IS THAT ALL?

WELL, I CAN'T BE EXACTLY AGILE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER, DARLING.

SAMANTHA.

WHAT?

CLOSE THE DOOR.

YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE
LIFETIME TO BE A GREAT LOVER.

I KNOW. I KNOW. I HAVE
TO GET OVER THE FEELING...

THAT SOMEONE IS
SCORING ME ALL THE TIME.

YOU'RE JUST A BIG
FOOL, AREN'T YOU?

AFRAID SO.

[Telephone Rings]

[Ring] YES?

- MR. SHAWCROSS?
- YES.

SHAWCROSS, THE
PUBLISHER? YES, YES.

THIS IS SERGEANT FLORY,
MERIBON POLICE STATION, HERE.

DO YOU KNOW A YANK, SIR,
NAME OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT CADY?

SAYS HE'S A WRITER.

WHAT'S HE DONE NOW?

HE'S OUT OF UNIFORM.
CLAIMS YOU PUBLISH HIS STUFF.

YOU CALL ME AT... 2:00 A.M...

TO TELL ME THAT
HE'S OUT OF UNIFORM?

HE'S NAKED, SIR.

WE FOUND HIM SWIMMING IN THE
FOUNTAIN IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.

BRING THE IDIOT TO ME, SERGEANT.

[Laughing] COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING...

IN A RAF UNIFORM, THOSE BUMS.

I SAID, "I'D GLADLY
TRANSFER TO THE AMERICAN

AIR FORCE, BUT I LIKE
THIS UNIFORM BETTER."

PROBABLY WHY I ENLISTED
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

STOP TALKING AND
DRINK YOUR COFFEE.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

THESE ARE PATRONIZING
REVIEWS, DAVID.

YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM TO YOU?

I'VE READ THEM. WHAT'S
ALL THIS DRINKING?

WELL, THE WAR'S OVER.

THE BANDAGES ARE OFF,
AND I DON'T LIKE WHAT I SEE.

ABOUT TO BE DISCHARGED,

ANXIOUS, ET CETERA.

WHY HAVE YOU AND THIS
SAMANTHA BROKEN UP?

OH, WELL, THAT'S
A VICIOUS CIRCLE.

SHE'S AFRAID THAT WHEN I
SEE HER, I WON'T LIKE HER.

AND I'M AFRAID THAT IF I SEE
HER, MAYBE I WON'T LIKE HER.

IT'S A STANDOFF.

YOU'VE BEEN WITH
HER, HAVEN'T YOU?

KNOWING YOU.

WHOEVER STARTED THE RUMOR
THAT THE BRITISH ARE RETICENT?

EVERYTHING WAS AS IT SHOULD BE.

IMPECCABLE.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT ACTUALLY
SEEING HER WOULD BE ANY MORE?

OR LESS?

WELL, IT'S THE MALE
ANIMAL. THIS ONE, ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT, DAVID,
YOU DO KNOW ME.

I HAVE TO CONTROL SITUATIONS.

I PANIC IF I DON'T.

HELL, I CAN'T FLY IF ANYONE
ELSE IS ON THE FLIGHT DECK.

I DON'T CONTROL THIS.

THINK YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF
TOGETHER BY LUNCHTIME?

I DOUBT IT.

PITY.

THERE'S AN ABSOLUTELY SMASHING GIRL
FROM THE BBC BEEN ASKING TO INTERVIEW YOU.

OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED
BY YOUR WORK.

SEEMS TO THINK YOUR STUFF
FAIRLY REEKS WITH MASCULINITY.

WELL, I LIKE THAT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ME A LOT.

I'VE ASKED HER TO
LUNCH AT MY CLUB.

MAYBE YOU CAN REEK A LITTLE
AND GET BACK ON THE FLIGHT DECK.

[Laughs] WELL, I'LL TRY, DAVID.

HERE'S YOUR BIRD.

CYNTHIA GREEN, ABE.

HOW DO YOU DO?

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF
ORDERING YOU A MARTINI.

WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE
SINGULAR EFFICACY OF THOSE THINGS.

SEEM TO WORK ON EVERYBODY
EXCEPT BOOK REVIEWERS. RIGHT, DAVID?

[Laughs]

CINDY WAS VERY TAKEN BY
THE SHEER PERSONAL VIGOR...

THAT POKES THROUGH
IN YOUR WRITING.

OH, YOU WERE?

WELL, THAT'S HOPEFUL.

WELL, HERE'S TO
VIGOR, AND SO FORTH.

AND SO FORTH.

DAVID, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU.

[Chuckles]

SAMANTHA.

WELL.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO MARRY ME,

UNLESS YOU PREFERRED
ME BLIND AND HELPLESS.

DON'T TEST ME.

[Ship's Horn Blows]

ELIZABETH, YOU WERE A YEAR
YOUNGER WHEN WE MARRIED.

WELL, SHE'S... SHE'S
SO VULNERABLE.

IF EVER I'VE SEEN A CHILD LESS
VULNERABLE, IT'S SAMANTHA.

BUT GOING TO THE STATES...

TO CALIFORNIA, TO LOS ANGELES.

[Ship's Horn Blows]

GOOD-BYE, DARLING! GOOD-BYE!

TAKE CARE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE...

MY FATHER AND YOUR FOLKS MEET.

I'M SURE MY FATHER THINKS
ENGLISH LAWS REALLY DON'T EXIST.

I WONDER WHAT HE'LL SAY WHEN HE
FINDS OUT WE MARRIED IN A CHURCH.

I DON'T CARE WHAT HE SAYS.

I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO GO
THROUGH A JEWISH CEREMONY IF YOU LIKE.

I WOULD NOT LIKE. I DON'T
BELIEVE IN THE JEWISH THING.

OR THE CHRISTIAN THING OR THE
MOSLEM THING OR THE BUDDHIST THING.

YOU DISAPPROVE?

WELL, YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.

WHY? BECAUSE...

BECAUSE YOU'LL FEEL
EMPTY IF YOU DON'T.

I BELIEVE IN MYSELF,
AND I BELIEVE IN MONEY.

AND I BELIEVE IN
MUMS EXTRA DRY 1939.

I WONDER IF YOU'LL
ALWAYS BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

DO WHAT?

PASS EVERYTHING OFF WITH
SOME KIND OF A FLIP REMARK.

ARE WE ABOUT TO
HAVE OUR FIRST FIGHT?

NO.

ALL RIGHT, THEN
SOMETHING PRACTICAL.

WHAT'S THAT? WILL I
LIKE BEVERLY HILLS?

YOU'LL HATE IT,
BUT FOR $200,000...

FOR THE FILM RIGHTS
TO THE SQUADRON...

AND FOR $5,000 A WEEK WHILE
I'M WRITING THE SCREENPLAY,

YOU'LL GET USED TO IT.

HELLO, MR. CADY.

MAYBE IT SHOULD BE
DAD OR EVEN MORRIS.

IT WAS A CALM TRIP ON THE BOATS?

VERY SMOOTH. THANK YOU.

GOOD FOOD ON THE
TRAIN FROM NEW YORK?

OH, YES, IT WAS FINE.

ABE. PAPA.

YOU LIKE CALIFORNIA?

WE DON'T KNOW YET, PAPA.
LET HER CATCH HER BREATH.

A NEW PERSON FROM
A DIFFERENT FAITH.

HE WHO COMES INTO THE FAMILY,
THEY SHOULD BE WELCOMED.

IT'S LOVELY, MR. CADY.

I WANT YOU SHOULD
SEE THE POOL FIRST.

TRAVELING ALL THE WAY HERE
WHEN YOU'RE HAVING YOUR FIRST BABY,

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT EASY.

WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

YOU LOSE SOMEONE,
YOU GAIN SOMEONE.

A WIFE LOST, A DAUGHTER GAINED.

MAYBE A GRANDDAUGHTER.
IT'S A CYCLE.

[Abe] WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY
YOUR FATHER'S ESTATE, BUT...

IT'S, UH... IT'S REMARKABLE.

SURE IS. ABOUT AS
CALIFORNIA AS YOU CAN GET.

[Morris] HUH? IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
WANTED I SHOULD HAVE RENTED FOR YOU?

IT'S FINE, PAPA.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.

SOMETIMES I CAN FALL
ASLEEP IN THE POOL ON A TIRE.

A WHITEWALL, NATURALLY.
OH, ABE, STOP IT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

ABE, A PERSON GETS TIRED.

I'LL LOOK AFTER THE LUGGAGE.

MAYBE WE COULD ALL
TAKE A DIP BEFORE DINNER.

GOOD.

LET'S GO INSIDE. I'M DYING
TO SEE THE NURSERY.

NURSERY? THE BABY'S ROOM.

THEY DO HAVE ROOMS
OF THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW.

SURE. WELL, HE COULD
HAVE A WING ALL TO HIMSELF.

OR SHE CAN. [Sighs]

SATISFIED, HUH?

I THINK I'M STILL IN A
STATE OF SHOCK FROM

THE TRIP. IT'S BEEN AN
EXHAUSTING FEW WEEKS.

WELL, YOU'LL GET USED TO
HOW PEOPLE LIVE AROUND HERE.

OH, I'M SURE I WILL.

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN BUILT
AND DELIVERED ALL OF A PIECE.

THAT'S TRUE. YOU
RENT IT BY THE MONTH,

ALONG WITH A BUTLER, A
POOL MAN AND A GARDENER.

I SUPPOSE WHAT STRIKES ME...

AND I'M THINKING OF ENGLAND,
SO IT'S FOOLISH, I KNOW...

BUT WHAT STRIKES ME IS THAT
IT ALL SEEMS SO TEMPORARY.

IT IS TEMPORARY. IT'LL
LAST JUST AS LONG...

AS THE HEAD OF THE
STUDIO LIKES WHAT I WRITE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY, ABE.

WE'LL WORK AT IT.

[Narrator] IN THE TWO DECADES
ADAM KELNO STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE...

FIRST IN KUWAIT AND
THEN IN LONDON'S SLUMS...

ABE CADY EARNED FAME AND FORTUNE
AS A WRITER OF MOTION PICTURES.

HIS SON, BEN, WAS
BORN AND GREW UP.

HIS FATHER, MORRIS, GREW OLD.

AND SAMANTHA BECAME
MORE WIFE AND MOTHER...

AND, IN HER HUSBAND'S
EYES, LESS WOMAN.

ABE, LIKE ADAM KELNO, BECAME
SUCCESSFUL AND RESTLESS.

[Chattering]

WHAT'S WITH THE
FUN HAT, KID, HUH?

WE HAD A MINYAN
FOR SEYMOUR LEVY,

THE GENTLEMAN
WHO DIED LAST WEEK.

DID HE SUCKER YOU INTO THIS?

I DIDN'T MIND.

[Sighs] ISRAEL AGAIN.

I WAS SHOWING BEN WHERE
I'M GOING TO LIVE IN TEL AVIV.

DOING A LITTLE BRAINWASHING
ON THE SIDE, RIGHT?

CAN I HELP IT HE HAS A
GRANDFATHER THAT'S SUBVERSIVE?

ABE. YEAH.

HOW MANY MOVIES YOU WROTE?

I DON'T KNOW. SIX OR SEVEN.

AND TWO ACADEMY
AWARDS, YES? RIGHT.

AND NOT ONE WORD
ABOUT YOUR OWN PEOPLE.

GUNTHER, WHERE ARE YOU?

HERE WE ARE, HERR CADY.

HOPE NOBODY EVER TELLS THAT KRAUT THE WAR'S
OVER, AND HE'S NOT A PRISONER ANYMORE.

WE'LL HAVE TO START PAYING HIM.

THE WAR IS OVER, ABE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS MAYBE THEY
WOULDN'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH...

THE WAR IN THE MOVIES ANYMORE.

WELL, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR
MINYANS, I'LL DO THE WRITING.

I'M NOT TRYING TO
TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

WELL, THEN DON'T.

YOU WANT I SHOULDN'T HAVE
MINYANS HERE ANYMORE?

WHATEVER GAVE YOU THAT IDEA?

PAPA, TO YOU, I WILL
CONFIDE A SECRET.

[Laughs] YOU'VE GOT
ME TALKING THAT WAY.

THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE
AROUND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE JEWS.

I MEAN, BEFORE GOD TAKES A
BREATH, HE DOESN'T ASK HIMSELF,

"IS THIS GOOD OR
BAD FOR THE JEWS?"

SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN
SEEM JEWISH TO ME ANYMORE.

MARRIED TO A GENTILE WOMAN FOR 20
YEARS. MY SON WAS RAISED LIKE A GENTILE.

NOT BECAUSE OF SAMANTHA.
DON'T BLAME IT ON HER.

WHY DON'T WE JUST COOL THIS?

WHO CARES WHAT HE IS?

AT LEAST HE SHOULD KNOW WHAT
THEY DID TO HIS FATHER'S PEOPLE...

AND NOBODY LIFTED A FINGER.

CONCENTRATION
CAMPS WERE LONG AGO.

WHY SHOULD WE LAY
IT ON HIS GENERATION?

BETTER WE FORGET ABOUT IT.

FORGET ABOUT IT, IT
WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN.

PAPA, BE JEWISH. BE AS
JEWISH AS YOU WANNA BE.

BUT DON'T MAKE IT A
CROSS YOU HAVE TO BEAR!

[Laughs]

NOW THAT'S A MIXED
METAPHOR IF I EVER...

CAN'T YOU BE MORE CAREFUL?

I'M SORRY, MRS. CRAIG. MEA
CULPA. MEA MAXIMA CULPA.

WHAT'S THE POINT, BEN? I GOT A WOMAN
WHO'S HUNG UP ON GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.

ABE, SAMANTHA WORKS
HARD TO KEEP THE HOUSE NICE.

YEAH, SO DO I.

MM, LET'S TAKE A DRIVE
TO THE BEACH IN THE JAG.

IT'S 6:30. WE'LL BE
HAVING DINNER SOON.

AFTER DINNER THEN. ABE, IT'S A
SCHOOL DAY. BEN HAS TO STUDY.

WE CAN GO AFTER DINNER.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, MOM?

WE'LL SEE. GO ON,
BEN. WE'LL SEE WHAT?

IF HE WASHES HIS HANDS?

IF HIS MANNERS ARE IMPECCABLE?

IF HE'S RESPECTFUL? I'M NOT
GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT IT.

THEN, AND ONLY THEN HE CAN TAKE A
DRIVE WITH HIS FATHER, AS A REWARD.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME
DISCIPLINE IN A BOY'S LIFE,

EVEN IF THERE ISN'T ANY
IN THE ADULTS AROUND HIM.

MY THIRD EAR TELLS ME THAT'S ONE OF
THOSE RATIONALIZATIONS YOU'RE ADDICTED TO.

TO WHICH YOU'RE
ADDICTED... FOR A WRITER.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

FAMILY QUARREL, I
SHOULDN'T INTERFERE.

YOU INTERFERED ENOUGH WITH BEN.

HE GETS ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT
JOINING THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE FROM YOU.

THIS FROM A BOY WHO COULDN'T
WAIT FOR PEARL HARBOR.

HE SHOULD RUN AWAY AT 20
YEARS OLD TO FLY WITH ENGLISHMEN.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
YOU WANT A MARTINI?

I'M SERIOUS, ABE. YOU CAN'T BE
SERIOUS AND DRINK A MARTINI?

THE ANGLO-SAXON PURITAN ETHIC.

YOU'RE SO BLOODY LITERATE.

[Sighs] IF I WEREN'T,

I'D HAVE TO TURN TO CRIME
TO SUPPORT THIS FAMILY.

OKAY. [Slams Glass On Table]

YOU HAVE MY FULL, EVEN
ENRAPTURED, ATTENTION.

THIS ISN'T FUNNY!

OH, MAYBE IT IS.

WHO IS MARY SMITH?

MARY SMITH IS
THE DISTAFF SIDE...

OF THE REGISTRATION
THAT ILLICIT COUPLES USE...

IN MOTEL BOOKS.

SUCH AS JOHN AND MARY SMITH.

IN YOUR WITTY MANNER,

ARE YOU DENYING YOU
KNOW A MARY SMITH?

I AM NOT NOW, NOR HAVE I EVER
BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH MARY SMITH.

WHY DO YOU TREAT
US SO SHAMEFULLY?

MARY SMITH FOLLOWED ME ALL
THE WAY DOWN BEVERLY BOULEVARD,

CRYING HER EYES OUT,

COMPLAINING THAT YOU'VE
BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO HER.

WELL, SHE'S CRAZY.

OH, OF COURSE SHE'S CRAZY.

YOU'VE NEVER TOUCHED ANOTHER WOMAN
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH HER.

THAT'S RIGHT. I HAVEN'T.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
WORD FOR "MALE SLUT" IS,

BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE
BRINGING UP YOUR SON.

AH! HI.

YOUR WIFE'S INSIDE.

CRAZY? WHAT ABOUT
THE PRIVATE LINE?

I ANSWERED IT. IT WAS
YOUR ACTRESS FRIEND.

WHAT DOES SHE WANT? SHE SAID
SHE DOESN'T MIND LOSING HER LINES.

YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE A
FUSS. NOT HER, MY WIFE.

SOMETHING ABOUT A STATION WAGON.

WHAT ABOUT THE STATION WAGON?
I'VE BEEN WAITING TO TAKE IT.

I'M LATE ALREADY. TAKE IT WHERE?

DON'T YOU EVER REMEMBER
ANYTHING AFTER COCKTAIL TIME?

TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR RESPONSES.
YOU SAID THAT YESTERDAY.

I EXPLAINED TO YOU VERY
CLEARLY I HAD TO DRIVE...

TO THE LONG BEACH MUSEUM
FOR THE BRITISH ART SHOW.

YOU HAD TO TAKE THE STATION WAGON
BECAUSE THE JAG NEEDS TO BE LUBED,

BUT I COULD PICK IT UP
AT 3:00, AND IT'S NOW 3:30.

I AM OBVIOUSLY IN A STATE OF
MORTAL SIN. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE?

JUST GIVE ME THE KEYS, ABE.

DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO BRUTAL?

WHY DO WE GO THROUGH THESE
RIDICULOUS LITTLE QUARRELS ALL THE TIME?

THERE'S SO MANY IMPORTANT
THINGS TO QUARREL ABOUT.

IS THERE PETROL IN IT?

THE CAR IS FULL OF GAS.

YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR 18 YEARS NOW.

I'M SORRY I FORGOT
ABOUT THE CAR.

HEY, NOT THAT SORRY.

YOU REALLY ARE A WRETCH, ABE.

LET'S TRY NOT TO FEED
ON EACH OTHER LIKE THIS.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

YOU CAN TAKE THE MG. THANKS.

ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID,
NEVER THE BRIDE.

- TIME WILL COME.
- YES, I KNOW. IT'S CALLED MENOPAUSE.

UNNATURAL. PEOPLE HAVE TO SHARE
EVERYTHING AS A SIGN OF THEIR LOVE.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
CONSTANT SEXUAL INTIMACY, EITHER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT SHEER
DAY-TO-DAY CONFLICT.

AT THE VERY LEAST, IF PEOPLE
HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER,

THEY SHOULD HAVE
SEPARATE APARTMENTS.

BATHROOM, DRESSING
ROOM AND SLEEPING ROOM.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO BE RICH TO
HAVE ANY KIND OF A GOOD SHOT AT MARRIAGE.

RIGHT. AH-HA.
WELL, THEN TELL ME,

WHY DO MORE RICH PEOPLE GET
DIVORCED THAN POOR PEOPLE?

BECAUSE POOR PEOPLE
CAN'T AFFORD DIVORCES.

ISN'T THAT WHY YOU AND
I GET ALONG SO WELL?

BECAUSE WE ONLY SEE
EACH OTHER ONCE A WEEK?

THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE LIVED TOGETHER,
WE WOULDN'T GET ALONG AT ALL.

AH. IF WE LIVED TOGETHER, YOU
WOULDN'T BE SEEING ANYBODY LIKE ME...

AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

[Phone Rings]

HELLO?

OH, YES, MR. HARRICK.
KEN SAID YOU'D CALL.

NO, 9:00 TOMORROW
IS FINE FOR ME.

AND CHASEN'S EVEN BETTER.

OH, WELL, I'LL SEE YOU THEN.

BYE-BYE.

NOW, HOW DO YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU'D DO?

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WITH ONE
MAN LONG ENOUGH TO FIND OUT.

NOBODY ASKED ME.

YOU'D HATE IT IF
ANYONE ASKED YOU.

IF YOU SAY SO.

KNOW WHY?

COULD I STOP YOU
FROM TELLING ME?

'CAUSE YOU FEEL UNWORTH.

YOU FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY
WOULD ACTUALLY WANT YOU FOR YOURSELF.

SO, YOU GO AND SELL YOURSELF TO
PROVE YOU HAVE ANY VALUE AT ALL.

YOU'VE SOLD YOURSELF SO OFTEN...

THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT TO GIVE AWAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU
SHOULD BE SITTING UP,

AND I SHOULD BE
LYING ON THE COUCH.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
CHARGE ME $50 AN HOUR?

WHY NOT? I PROBABLY OWE
YOU MORE THAN THAT ALREADY.

I'VE COME TO A BIG
DECISION ABOUT YOU. YEAH?

YEAH. I'M GOING TO WRITE A BOOK
ABOUT YOU AND CALL IT THE BED.

[Laughs] WELL, DO I GET
A PIECE OF THE ACTION?

WHY? I'LL MAKE YOU THE... WHAT DO
YOU CALL IT... THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR.

YOU GIVE ME ALL
THE CLINICAL DETAILS.

WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING, ABE?

IF EVERYTHING I
WRITE TURNS TO JUNK,

I'M GOING TO BE THE BEST-SELLING
JUNK WRITER THERE IS.

AND THAT'S...

AWFUL.

SHH. IT'S ALL RIGHT,
PAPA, YOU CAN COME OUT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LURK IN THE
DOORWAY CLUCKING YOUR TONGUE AT ME.

I WASN'T CLUCKING. UP
HERE, YOU WERE CLUCKING.

I'M YOUR FATHER.

OH. DON'T YOU
PEOPLE EVER GIVE UP?

WHY ARE ALL JEWS SUCH PARENTS?

LISTEN, ABE,

YOU ARE A "YOU PEOPLE" TOO.

WITHOUT INTERFERING
WITH YOUR BUSINESS,

I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS NO GOOD.

YELLING AT ME, ALL
RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT SAMANTHA IS A WOMAN.

I HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO
ARGUE WITH IN THIS HOUSE.

IT'S A REGULAR CABALA.

IF YOU'RE SUCH A NICE
JEWISH FATHER TO ME,

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TAKE HER SIDE?

BECAUSE YOU'RE WRONG.

BECAUSE YOU WERE BROUGHT UP TO
LOVE GOD AND TO OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS,

AND YOU ARE TURNING OUT TO BE A
BUM AND I WANT YOU SHOULD STOP.

"I WANT YOU SHOULD STOP."

BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY
ALL YOUR LIFE.

CAN'T YOU LEARN TO
SPEAK ENGLISH CORRECTLY?

YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE
THAT THREE TIMES ALREADY?

I'VE A FEELING I'VE
LEFT SOMETHING.

HAD SOME GOOD
THINGS IN THIS HOUSE.

YEP.

WE HAVE... AMONG THE BAD.

I KNOW.

CHANGING YOUR MIND? NO.

I KNOW YOU'D RATHER STAY HERE.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING
TO LONDON FOR ME.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE
THAT. I DON'T DESERVE ANY CREDIT.

JUST GETTING RICH AND SLOWLY
DYING HERE IN HOLLYWOOD.

I HAVE TO LEAVE.

WILL YOU DO ME ONE
FAVOR? WHAT'S THAT?

WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR PAPA TO BOARD HIS
PLANE FOR TEL AVIV AND US TO BOARD OURS,

WILL YOU, UH,

WILL YOU ACCEPT HIS LOVE?

AT LEAST, AT LEAST PRETEND.

YOU NEVER QUIT.

WE RAN DOWN A LONG TIME
AGO, ABE, AND WE KNOW IT.

BUT YOUR FATHER, HE'S
GOING TO LIVE IN ISRAEL.

[Laughs] A PIONEER AT 83.

FACT IS, YOU MAY NEVER
SEE HIM AGAIN IN THIS LIFE.

LONDON IS ONLY FOUR HOURS'
FLYING TIME FROM ISRAEL.

PROBABLY SEE HIM TWICE A MONTH.

ISRAEL WILL BE AT
WAR WITHIN A YEAR.

EVERYBODY SAYS SO. THEN WHAT?

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT JEWISH?

DAD. THE STUDIO CAR IS
HERE. WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

HEY. TAKE SOME
OF THESE BAGS OUT.

C'MON. THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF
TIME FOR THAT AT THE AIRPORT.

ABE, THIS IS THE FIRST
HOUSE SAMANTHA EVER HAD.

AND BEN WAS A BABY HERE.

WELL, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE.

PEOPLE HAVE MIXED-UP FEELINGS. SHE
FEELS ONE THING, SHE FEELS ANOTHER.

NOT EVERYBODY'S
SURE LIKE YOU ARE.

HAVE YOU READ MY
SON-IN-LAW'S NEW BOOK?

THE BED? HMM. I'M AFRAID I HAVE.

YES. THE AMERICANS
HAVE REDISCOVERED SEX.

ABE IS A PIONEER. IN VERY
GOOD COMPANY, I BELIEVE.

MARK TWAIN AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BOTH WROTE PORNOGRAPHY, YOU KNOW.

[Chattering]

DON'T YOU ADORE
SAMANTHA'S DRESS?

IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I JUST
CAN'T BELIEVE SHE GOT IT IN FRANCE.

[Chattering] ♪♪ [Piano]

AS A JOURNALIST, I'M FASCINATED
BY ONE FACET OF YOUR WORK.

YEAH? WHAT'S THAT? IT'S
QUALITY OF UNINVOLVEMENT.

I'VE STUDIED UNINVOLVEMENT.

I SUSPECT MADE POSSIBLE BY
SIMPLISTIC AND UNDEMANDING THEMES.

HEY, THAT'S GOOD.

IF ONE EXAMINES IT, ONE FINDS
OUT THAT YOUR FIRST NOVEL...

WAS ABOUT PEACETIME
FLYING. YEAH.

YOUR SECOND AND THIRD
NOVELS ABOUT WARTIME FLYING,

AND YOUR FOURTH
ABOUT FORNICATION.

PEACETIME FORNICATION. I STILL HAVE
THE ONE ABOUT WARTIME FORNICATION TO DO.

NOW, LISTEN, HONEY, I'M
NOT A VERY PROFOUND MAN.

I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING VERY
HAPPY THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK.

OH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT OF YOU.

I THINK YOU KNOW THERE ARE OBLIGATORY
THEMES FOR A MAN IN YOUR TIME AND PLACE.

NOTHING IS OBLIGATORY
FOR A WRITER.

ISRAEL WILL SOON BE AT
WAR WITH THE ARABS AGAIN.

THERE'S YOUR
CHANCE TO CONNECT...

AND WRITE ABOUT WARTIME
FORNICATION AT THE SAME TIME.

YEAH. I'LL DO THAT.
EXCUSE ME, WILL YOU?

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
A MISER, ARE YOU, DAVID?

MARGARET ALEXANDER,
MY FRIEND, ABE.

HOW DO YOU DO? ALEXANDER.

ALEXANDER. NOW HOW
DO I KNOW THAT NAME?

ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
ALEXANDER WOLCOTT?

OR "ALEXANDER'S
RAGTIME BAND." EXCUSE ME.

BRANDY ALEXANDER?
OH, NOW YOU'RE REACHING.

HOW ABOUT THURSTON ALEXANDER?

OH, OF COURSE, THE
AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE.

UNDER PRESIDENT...

YOUR HUSBAND, GOD FORBID?

MY FATHER. OH.
SCHOLARLY GENTLEMAN.

LOOKED JUST LIKE A SECRETARY
OF STATE OUGHTA LOOK.

WHERE IS HE NOW? ON
ELBA, PLOTTING TO RETURN.

EXCUSE ME.

I HEAR THEY'RE TAKING
A FLAT IN MAYFAIR,

JUST BEHIND SHEPHERD'S MARKET.
THAT SHOULD MAKE CADY HAPPY.

OLD POPS, YOUNG GIRLS
AND NEW MONEY. THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, DAVID, I HAVE
BEEN STARING AT THIS WOMAN...

ACROSS THIS WHOLE,
DREARY COCKTAIL PARTY.

YOU ASKED FOR THIS PARTY, ABE?

WELL, I'M SORRY. I'VE JUST BEEN
ATTACKED BY A FEMALE BARRACUDA...

DISGUISED AS A LITERARY CRITIC.

IT SEEMS I SHOULD WRITE
SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT THE JEWS.

THERE ARE SUBJECTS OTHER THAN
BEDS AND AIRCRAFT, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. WELL, MAYBE I'M ONLY
COMFORTABLE WITH ONE OR THE OTHER.

UH, HAVE YOU MET MARGARET
ALEXANDER? SAMANTHA.

HOW DO YOU DO? HELLO.

MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU, ABE?

OH, SURE. EXCUSE ME.

I HAVE A SPLITTING
HEADACHE. I'D LIKE TO GO HOME.

WHAT, IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PARTY? I DIDN'T SAY YOU HAD TO GO.

NOBODY WILL MISS
ME, I ASSURE YOU.

NO, NO. I'LL TAKE YOU HOME.

GOOD-BYE.

I'LL CALL YOU, DAVID.

HE'S GOING TO ASK ME FOR YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER, YOU KNOW.

I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH ONE
MARRIED MAN, AND IT WAS A MESS.

SHALL I GIVE IT TO HIM?

THIS IS VERY UNLIKE YOU, DAVID.

WELL, HE ISN'T COPING VERY WELL.

WELL, I DOUBT THIS WOULD HELP.

WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS IS... LOVE.

- SHE LOVES HIM?
- HE NEEDS TO LOVE.

WELL, MAYBE HE...

ONLY WANTS TO FIND
SOMEONE HE CAN TALK TO.

OH, HE'LL TALK.

WILL HE TALK.

ALL RIGHT, I WAS
VAGUELY ANNOYED AT YOU.

PHONING ME WHEN I DECIDED YOU
WEREN'T GOING TO. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT
IT. YOU'RE NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.

BUT YOU MANAGED TO OVERCOME IT.

YOU WERE JUST TOO SMASHING.

AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BOTHER
YOU TOO MUCH THAT I WAS MARRIED.

NOT ENOUGH.

WHERE IS SHE?

AT HER FAMILY'S
ESTATE IN THE COUNTRY...

WITH OUR SON.

I TAKE IT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
ALONG. WELL, NO WORSE THAN USUAL.

RIGHT NOW SHE'S JABBING AT
ME BECAUSE I'M NOT WRITING.

WHY AREN'T YOU? I WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT THAT A WRITER...

YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO THINKS WORK IS ENNOBLING?

DON'T YOU GET BORED?

I'VE NOTHING I WANT TO SAY.

WELL, YOU CERTAINLY SPEND
A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO SAY IT.

ZING. I MEANT IT
SYMPATHETICALLY.

YEAH. WELL, I THOUGHT I COULD GO ON
WRITING JUNK, BUT IT TURNS OUT I CAN'T.

THE BED FINISHED ME.

I LOVE LONDON. EVERY PART OF IT.

IT MAKES ME CRY
WHEN I THINK OF...

THE CHILDREN, LONG GONE,
WHO PLAYED IN THIS PARK.

YEAH, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER
PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK I EVER CRIED.

I CRIED ALMOST EVERY
DAY WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

OH, YEAH? YOU KNOW WHY?

YEAH. MY FATHER.

HE'S A SUPERBLY INTELLIGENT
MAN. VERY GRACEFUL.

HE WIELDED ENORMOUS
POWER, GRACEFULLY.

WELL, YOU KNOW. IT'S IN ALL THE
HISTORY BOOKS. THEN WHY'D YOU CRY?

WELL, HE WANTED ME TO BE AS
STRONG AND BRIGHT AS HE WAS.

I TRIED, FOR HIM,
FOR HIS APPROVAL.

BUT I WAS ALWAYS
AFRAID I'D FAIL.

AND BECAUSE I WAS
AFRAID, OF COURSE, I DID FAIL.

WELL, AT LEAST YOU TRIED.

I DON'T.

I GUESS I'M AFRAID THAT IF
I DO, AND I CAN'T MAKE IT...

I MEAN, IF I CAN REALLY ONLY
WRITE THINGS LIKE THE BED,

I WON'T BE ABLE TO STAND IT.

YOUR PARENTS MUST HAVE
DEMANDED A LOT OF YOU TOO.

[Laughs] THAT'S A BUILT-IN
HAZARD IN A JEWISH FAMILY.

I COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH MY
FATHER AS A KID, AND IT'S WORSE NOW.

HE'S OBSESSED WITH THE NEED FOR UNITY AMONG
THE JEWS AS A WEAK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY HE'S IN ISRAEL NOW.

HE HAS TO IDENTIFY.

SEE, MY FATHER'S KIND
OF THINKING OFFENDS ME.

IT OFFENDS MY SENSE OF
BEING A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THOUGHT
OF AS WEAK AND OPPRESSED.

I DON'T WANT TO BE
THOUGHT OF AS A...

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
THOUGHT OF AS A JEW.

OH, I'M REALLY SORRY. I
SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.

BUT YOU MEANT IT.

BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

YOU KNOW AN ANTI-SEMITE
WHEN YOU SEE ONE.

OH, DON'T, ABE.

IT'S SOMETHING I'VE
HAD TO LIVE WITH...

OR FACE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO FACE IT RIGHT NOW.

THIS AFTERNOON.

ABE... MARRIED, NEUROTIC...

ANTI-SEMITIC AND ALL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FATHER
EXPECTED THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE.

[Dog Barking]

I CALLED YOU ALL NIGHT.

I FINALLY HAD TO DRIVE
IN FROM THE COUNTRY.

YEAH.

YOUR FATHER'S
HAD A HEART ATTACK.

YES, UH, EL AL? WHEN IS
YOUR NEXT FLIGHT TO TEL AVIV?

WELL, I CAN STILL MAKE IT.

ABRAHAM CADY.

YES, I UNDERSTAND.

AT THE ACCOMMODATION
DESK. RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN ALL GONE FOR US
FOR A LONG TIME, HASN'T IT?

THIS ISN'T THE TIME,
SAMANTHA. I THINK IT IS.

YOU'RE TOUGH ENOUGH
AND REMOTE ENOUGH.

YEAH, PROBABLY.

THERE'S JUST NO PLACE TO
GO. I THINK WE SHOULD END IT...

BEFORE WE BEGIN TO HATE EACH
OTHER ANY MORE THAN WE DO.

AND BEFORE IT RUBS OFF
ON OUR SON ANY MORE...

ARE YOU JUMPING ON THIS
BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME IN LAST NIGHT?

YOU HAVEN'T COME HOME ANY
NIGHT FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

THAT'S TRUE.

IS IT SOMEONE YOU
CARE FOR OR IS IT JUST...

I CARE A LOT.

DOES THAT MAKE IT
BETTER OR WORSE?

WORSE.

I'LL DRIVE YOU TO THE AIRPORT.

NO, NO, NO.

I'LL TAKE A CAB.

LET'S NOT TORTURE OURSELVES.

TELL BEN I'LL CALL HIM. TELL
HIM HIS GRANDFATHER'S ILL.

HE KNOWS.

I LOVED YOU AS
MUCH AS I COULD, ABE.

I KNOW.

I WISH I WAS AS SURE I HAD.

YOU'RE HARD TO GIVE TO.

MAYBE ONLY SOMEONE LIKE
YOURSELF WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU.

DON'T.

NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, IS IT?

NO, IT'S NOT.

I'LL... I'LL PRAY
FOR YOUR FATHER.

I'LL CALL YOU WHEN I GET THERE.

AND I'LL PRAY FOR YOU, ABE.

[Chattering] [Car Horns Blowing]

I'M ABRAHAM CADY, THE SON.

[People Chanting]

- WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
- DO YOU SPEAK HEBREW?

I STUDIED IT IN
SCHOOL AS A CHILD.

[Speaking Yiddish]

PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH
DEATH IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S CONSIDERED A GREAT
TRIBUTE TO YOUR FATHER...

FOR THEM TO BE WITH HIM.

HE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY PIOUS.

YES, HE WAS.

WILL HE RECOGNIZE ME?

ACT AS THOUGH HE DOES.
ONE NEVER REALLY KNOWS.

[Praying, Chanting]

THE SON, ABRAHAM. MR. BEN-DAN.

THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH MY FATHER.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE.

A VERY CHARITABLE MAN.

PAPA?

PAPA.

PAPA, IT'S ABE.

IT'S ABE.

[Mumbling]

WHAT IS HE SAYING?

[Mumbling Continues]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM. YIDDISH.

YES, PAPA.

[Mumbling In Yiddish]

HE SAYS, "BE A GOOD
JEW. I LOVE YOU."

[All Speaking In Yiddish]

♪♪ [Yiddish]

SAY THE SHEMA FOR HIM.

HEAR, O ISRAEL...

THE LORD OUR GOD...

THE LORD IS ONE.

IN HEBREW.

[Prays In Yiddish]
[Abe Repeats In Yiddish]

[All Praying In Yiddish]

[Praying Continues]

[Praying Continues]

[Praying Continues]

[Chatter In Yiddish]

MAY THE SOUL OF MAURICE CADY...

COME TO THIS PLACE IN PEACE.

[Praying In Yiddish]

[Praying In Yiddish]

I TRIED TO REACH YOU,

THEN I HEARD YOUR
FATHER HAD DIED.

SO, I FLEW.

- WILL YOU TAKE US
TO YAD VASHEM?
- SURE.

IT'S THE MEMORIAL TO ALL THE JEWS
WHO DIED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

MY FATHER ALWAYS
WANTED ME TO GO THERE.

THEN LET'S GO.

[Abe] STOP AT THE
WAILING WALL, DRIVER.

IT'S A TRADITION HERE TO LEAVE A
PRAYER FOR THE DEAD, MARGARET.

YAD VASHEM, ISRAEL'S MEMORIAL
TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

CORPSES OF VICTIMS IN THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN...

HASTILY COMMITTED TO LIME AND THE
FROZEN EARTH BY THE RETREATING NAZIS.

WHEN THE RUSSIANS OVERRAN THE
MOST DREADED CONCENTRATION CAMPS,

THOSE OF AUSCHWITZ AND JADWIGA,

THE RUSSIANS, NOT INCLINED TO
LONG TRIALS OF WAR CRIMINALS,

DISPOSED OF THEIR NAZI
CAPTORS RATHER DIRECTLY,

BY WESTERN
STANDARDS: FIRING SQUAD.

IN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS,

TWELVE MILLION WERE MURDERED,
SIX MILLION OF THEM JEWISH.

"ARBEIT MACHT FREI" MEANS
"FREEDOM THROUGH WORK,"

A GREETING AT THE
ENTRANCE TO ALL THE CAMPS.

UNDER THIS CRUEL JOKE, THE RESCUED
POURED OUT BY THE THOUSANDS IN 1945,

AS THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN BY
THE MILLIONS DURING THE YEARS BEFORE.

IN BARRACKS ONE THROUGH FIVE AT
JADWIGA, THE NAZIS HAD BEEN CONDUCTING...

SECRET PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS ON PRISONERS
IN THE NAME OF MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT.

HOW FAST AND EFFICIENTLY
CAN A JEW BE CASTRATED...

WITH MINIMUM ANESTHESIA?

HOW LONG CAN AN INFANT
LIVE WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER?

THE EFFECTS OF FORCED MALNUTRITION ON A
FOUR-YEAR-OLD AS OPPOSED TO A TEN-YEAR-OLD?

HOW MANY TIMES CAN A
CHILD'S LEGS BE BROKEN AND SET,

BEFORE THEY CAN NO LONGER HEAL?

WHAT KIND OF WOUNDS AND
LESIONS PRODUCED EXPERIMENTALLY,

ARE IMPERVIOUS TO SKIN GRAFTS?

HOW MANY BLOWS WITH A RIFLE
BUTT CAN THE UNDEVELOPED SKULL...

OF A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD ABSORB BEFORE THERE
IS PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?

IN DOZENS OF NAZI CONCENTRATION
CAMPS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT GERMANY...

AND CONQUERED EUROPE, UNHEATED
BARRACKS WERE BURSTING WITH WOMEN,

CHILDREN AND SICK, OLD MEN ABOUT
TO BE MURDERED IN THE GAS CHAMBERS.

TATTOOED,

NUMBERED FOR EXTINCTION,
HUNDREDS BY THE HOUR.

THE NAZIS, ALWAYS METHODICAL AND
FRUGAL, DEVELOPED A METHOD OF MURDERING...

TWELVE HUNDRED PRISONERS WITH
ONLY FOUR CANNISTERS OF LETHAL GAS.

AT THEIR PEAK, THE GAS
CHAMBERS OF JADWIGA...

WERE DESTROYING 20,000
HUMAN BEINGS A DAY.

MY GOD.

MAKES YOU ASHAMED TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE.

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE
TO WRITE ABOUT NOW.

I'M GOING TO STAY
HERE IN ISRAEL.

I HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE.

I KNOW THAT.

I WANT TO DO THE TESTING
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE...

BY THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL.

I WANT TO TAKE THEM FROM
THE OVENS OF JADWIGA...

TO SINAI AND SUEZ.

I WANT THE READER TO BE THERE...

WHEN THEY HOIST THE STAR
OF DAVID OVER JERUSALEM,

AND REKINDLE THE ETERNAL FLAME.

I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES
ME THE TALENT TO DO IT.