1. A film by Theo AngelopoulosCopy !req
2. The play you are about to see
in five actsCopy !req
3. is Spyridon Peresiades'
immortal idyllCopy !req
4. "Golfo the Shepherdess",Copy !req
5. with a superb cast
of famous actors,Copy !req
6. both seasoned players
and others who are young.Copy !req
7. The love of Golfo,Copy !req
8. tragic and profound,Copy !req
9. deep in your heart
will resound.Copy !req
10. In the fall of l952
we returned to Aegion.Copy !req
11. A few veterans,
but mostly younger actors.Copy !req
12. We were tired.Copy !req
13. We hadn't slept for two days.Copy !req
14. LONG LIVE MARSHAL PAPAGOS!Copy !req
15. If we don't want to see
our streetsCopy !req
16. If we don't want
another Red December...Copy !req
17. We must all rally
around the Marshal.Copy !req
18. With your vote you can make
this coming Sunday,Copy !req
19. the l6th of November 1952,
a historic day.Copy !req
20. A day of victory for
the national forces.Copy !req
21. This is why you must vote
for Papagos.Copy !req
22. By voting for him you vote for
the only national candidate.Copy !req
23. For the man who led our
army to victory...Copy !req
24. against the communist
rebels in l947-49.Copy !req
25. A vote for the Marshal
is a vote for peace,Copy !req
26. prosperity, law and order.Copy !req
27. Tomorrow afternoon...Copy !req
28. The Minister of Propaganda
of the Third Reich, Goebbels,Copy !req
29. accompanied by loanis Metaxas,
our National Leader,Copy !req
30. will pass through our townCopy !req
31. on his way to ancient Olympia.Copy !req
32. The National Youth
OrganizationCopy !req
33. invites everybody
to welcome him,Copy !req
34. suitably and respectably
dressed for the occasion."Copy !req
35. IoanninaCopy !req
36. Lefkada, Xanthi...Copy !req
37. Leave it, father.
I'll do it.Copy !req
38. Write down the dates too.Copy !req
39. You will come back.Copy !req
40. No matter how many years go by,
you will come back,Copy !req
41. full of remorse,
to ask forgiveness.Copy !req
42. One night in shame
you will come back.Copy !req
43. It won't come out!Copy !req
44. Why is everyone happy
and smiling, father?Copy !req
45. Why don't you get
your little bastard.Copy !req
46. Dammit!Copy !req
47. Why is the sun so bright today?Copy !req
48. Because on a golden day
like this, my childCopy !req
49. the black tears stopped,Copy !req
50. old wounds were healed.Copy !req
51. The wheat grew tall.Copy !req
52. And the stones turned into
flowers and golden streams.Copy !req
53. Left turn!
Forward march!Copy !req
54. Why? Didn't you like it?Copy !req
55. You will come back.Copy !req
56. No matter how many years go by,
you will come back,Copy !req
57. full of remorse,
to ask forgiveness.Copy !req
58. Broken-hearted,
you will come back.Copy !req
59. Why is everyone happy
and smiling, father?Copy !req
60. Why is the sun so bright today?Copy !req
61. Why is the day so clear?Copy !req
62. Because on a golden day
like this, my childCopy !req
63. the black tears stopped,Copy !req
64. old wounds were healed.Copy !req
65. The wheat grew tallCopy !req
66. and the stones turned into
flowers and golden streams.Copy !req
67. You, this way.
In room 15, the others in l7!Copy !req
68. The day has come and in the
dawn the morning star has set.Copy !req
69. The peaks are drenched in
sunlight and nightingales sing.Copy !req
70. Partridges bathe in the streamsCopy !req
71. but the proudest partridge
of them all,Copy !req
72. the beautiful Golfo,
has not appeared.Copy !req
73. But here she comes!Copy !req
74. Good day to you, Tassos.Copy !req
75. Welcome beautiful partridge
for whom my eyes languished.Copy !req
76. Good day to you, Golfo.Copy !req
77. They might be watching!Copy !req
78. No one can see us
save the birds of the forest.Copy !req
79. And the birds?Copy !req
80. Not like that... scared... the
way your mother would say it.Copy !req
81. No one can see usCopy !req
82. save the birds of the forest
and the surrounding peaks.Copy !req
83. And the birds?Copy !req
84. From the beginning, comrade.Copy !req
85. - Good morning.
- Good morning.Copy !req
86. Hello, mother.Copy !req
87. Don't look at me.
I look awful in the morning.Copy !req
88. I'm on a 48-hour pass.Copy !req
89. We leave for the border
in a couple of days.Copy !req
90. At least you don't hate me
like your sisters.Copy !req
91. Still the same obsession!Copy !req
92. I knew you'd come.Copy !req
93. - Again?
- I dreamt about it.Copy !req
94. No, this was something
different.Copy !req
95. We were in a garden.
It was summer.Copy !req
96. You were three or
four years old.Copy !req
97. The air was fragrant.
Someone was singing.Copy !req
98. No, it was Mr. Kokinos playing
the violin. Remember him?Copy !req
99. Then, I don't know
what happened.Copy !req
100. You ran to me.
Hid between my legs.Copy !req
101. I held you tightCopy !req
102. until you started to sink
inside meCopy !req
103. and disappeared.Copy !req
104. I got up then.Copy !req
105. Mr. Kokinos was still playing
the violin.Copy !req
106. But I could feel you inside me.Copy !req
107. Good day to you, Tassos.Copy !req
108. Welcome, beautiful partridge,
for whom my eyes pined.Copy !req
109. Good day to you, Golfo.Copy !req
110. Orestes! Orestes!Copy !req
111. Orestes!Copy !req
112. How are you, father?Copy !req
113. I am rotting!Copy !req
114. The daisy told me
that you don't love me.Copy !req
115. That you no longer adore me.Copy !req
116. You cannot melt away
my sadness,Copy !req
117. however sweet your caresses...Copy !req
118. And then...Copy !req
119. I saw another angel
descend from Heaven...Copy !req
120. having great power.Copy !req
121. And the earth was illumined
with his glory.Copy !req
122. And he cried out
in a mighty voice saying:Copy !req
123. Babylon! Babylon the great
has fallen!Copy !req
124. When are you leaving?Copy !req
125. Tomorrow morning...Copy !req
126. for the border,
from what they say.Copy !req
127. Then we'll soon be
at war here, too.Copy !req
128. One night I crossed the river!Copy !req
129. There can be no doubt for
any Marxist, that a revolutionCopy !req
130. is impossible without
revolutionary conditions.Copy !req
131. What are the characteristics
of revolutionary conditions?Copy !req
132. When a crisis breaks out
in the ruling classesCopy !req
133. creating cracks in their policy
through which the discontentCopy !req
134. and indignation of the
oppressed classes emerge.Copy !req
135. When the misery
and sufferingCopy !req
136. of the oppressed classes
take a more acute form.Copy !req
137. When as a consequence of
the above mentioned conditionsCopy !req
138. there is a great increase in
the activity of the massesCopy !req
139. who in times of peace quietly
allow themselves to be robbedCopy !req
140. but in revolutionary times
are forced by circumstancesCopy !req
141. and the crisis in the ruling
classesCopy !req
142. towards independent
historical action.Copy !req
143. We must explain to
all governments:Copy !req
144. We know you are the armed force
against the proletariat.Copy !req
145. We will march against you,Copy !req
146. in peace, whenever possible,Copy !req
147. with guns when I becomes
unavoidable.Copy !req
148. Feasts! Bread! Gallows!Copy !req
149. Tell me, girls...Copy !req
150. How are you doing?
Where are you going?Copy !req
151. Here comes Golfo
and there's Tassos, too.Copy !req
152. Come in and see them.Copy !req
153. Outside don't wait,Copy !req
154. the play is great!Copy !req
155. Don't debate,
it's already eight!Copy !req
156. Tell me, you guys...Copy !req
157. How are you doing?
Where are you going?Copy !req
158. Here comes Golfo
and there's Tassos too.Copy !req
159. Come in and see them.Copy !req
160. The day has come and in the
dawn the morning star has set.Copy !req
161. The peaks are drenched in
sunlight and nightingales sing.Copy !req
162. Partridges bathe in the streamsCopy !req
163. but the proudest partridge
of them all,Copy !req
164. the beautiful Golfo,
has not appeared.Copy !req
165. But here she comes!Copy !req
166. Good day to you, Tassos.Copy !req
167. Welcome beautiful partridge,Copy !req
168. for whom my eyes pined.Copy !req
169. They might be watching!Copy !req
170. No one can see us save the
birds of the forestCopy !req
171. and the surrounding peaks.Copy !req
172. And the birds?Copy !req
173. What is it?
What's wrong, Golfo?Copy !req
174. How can we be together when you
run from the eagle's shadow.Copy !req
175. I was terrified.Copy !req
176. I thought it was the shadow
of a man.Copy !req
177. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
178. Only God is here to see usCopy !req
179. and surely it is His wishCopy !req
180. that we love each other
faithfully and honourably.Copy !req
181. Look around you Golfo at
the clouds around usCopy !req
182. which like a mist, like a
blanket thrown from heavenCopy !req
183. shield us from malicious gossipCopy !req
184. and indiscreet eyes.Copy !req
185. You are my only thought,
my only dream...Copy !req
186. And truly I pray for youCopy !req
187. and light a candle
to the Virgin Mary.Copy !req
188. You will come back.Copy !req
189. No matter how many years go by,
you will come back,Copy !req
190. full of remorse,
to ask forgiveness.Copy !req
191. One night in shame
you will come back.Copy !req
192. When you realize
you were mistaken,Copy !req
193. broken-hearted
you will come back.Copy !req
194. In the meantime the Turks
occupied Karahissar.Copy !req
195. It was August 1922.Copy !req
196. The front was breaking up.Copy !req
197. Our soldiers arrived,
threw down their arms.Copy !req
198. The Greek Army no longer
existed. Disaster had struck.Copy !req
199. I managed to board
an Italian ship,Copy !req
200. swimming all the way
from Aghia Triada.Copy !req
201. Thank God there were
the Italians.Copy !req
202. They had designs
on Asia Minor tooCopy !req
203. but they were more human,Copy !req
204. Ioading their ships with
refugeesCopy !req
205. and bringing them to
Greek soil.Copy !req
206. While the French, the Americans
and especially the BritishCopy !req
207. who helped cause the war as
it served their own interestsCopy !req
208. showed the worst conduct.Copy !req
209. I boarded that shipCopy !req
210. with nothing on but my pants.Copy !req
211. Finally, we arrived
in Keratsini.Copy !req
212. I was so hungry.Copy !req
213. I longed for spaghetti
cooked in oil.Copy !req
214. I kept saying to myself:Copy !req
215. I wish I had something to eat!Copy !req
216. I jumped into the sea.
The others jumped too.Copy !req
217. When I got ashore
I saw an old shepherd.Copy !req
218. He gave me an old shirt
to wear.Copy !req
219. I set out for Piraeus with
a man from Chios.Copy !req
220. We reached a country tavern
where they were cooking beans.Copy !req
221. There was a couple inside.Copy !req
222. I asked for some water.Copy !req
223. "Where are you from?"
they asked.Copy !req
224. "We are the first refugees
from Asia Minor," I replied.Copy !req
225. "Sit down," said the couple.
"Give them something to eat."Copy !req
226. We ate a whole portion
of beans.Copy !req
227. They also treated us
to some retsina wine.Copy !req
228. It turned out that they
were royalists.Copy !req
229. "Don't worry," they said, "one
day we'll get our lands back."Copy !req
230. And some nonsense about
the last king of Byzantium.Copy !req
231. I said: "I've eaten, I thank
you, goodbye!" And we left.Copy !req
232. I was furious.Copy !req
233. We spent the night
in a church in Piraeus.Copy !req
234. All the refugees
had gathered there.Copy !req
235. I slept in a pushcart.Copy !req
236. In the morning
I told my companion from Chios:Copy !req
237. "We'll go find work."Copy !req
238. "Where?" he said.Copy !req
239. "Wherever we see a smoke
stack, we'll go."Copy !req
240. We finally saw one.Copy !req
241. I was barefoot.Copy !req
242. I asked the guard
at the factory:Copy !req
243. "Excuse me, we are refugees.
Are there any jobs for us?"Copy !req
244. "Come in," he said.Copy !req
245. They gave us 2 drachmas a day
and a place to sleep.Copy !req
246. It was better than nothing!Copy !req
247. In the meantime I wonderedCopy !req
248. what had happened to my family.Copy !req
249. I saw an old neighbour.Copy !req
250. How are you?Copy !req
251. He was the brother of
Vassilis, the actor.Copy !req
252. "Your oldest brother was lost,"
he told me.Copy !req
253. "Your father, mother and
the kid got off at Mytilene."Copy !req
254. I searched heaven and earth
to find them.Copy !req
255. But I never did.Copy !req
256. Black is the night on
the mountains,Copy !req
257. On the cliffs, the snow
is falling.Copy !req
258. In the wilderness,
in the darkness...Copy !req
259. on the hills, on the rocks,
on the paths...Copy !req
260. The Greek draws his sword!Copy !req
261. At 5:30 this morning,
28th October, 1940.Copy !req
262. the Italian Armed Forces
attacked our frontiersCopy !req
263. along the Greek-Albanian
border.Copy !req
264. Our forces are defending
the land of our fathers!Copy !req
265. Our show tonight
is dedicated...Copy !req
266. to this first army communiqueCopy !req
267. and to victory.Copy !req
268. The day has come and in the
dawn the morning star has set.Copy !req
269. The peaks are drenched in
sunlight and nightingales sing.Copy !req
270. Partridges bathe in the streamsCopy !req
271. but the proudest of them all,Copy !req
272. the beautiful Golfo,
has not appeared.Copy !req
273. But here she comes.Copy !req
274. Good day to you, Tassos.Copy !req
275. Welcome, beautiful partridge,
for whom my eyes pined.Copy !req
276. They might be watching.Copy !req
277. No one can see us save
the birds of the forestCopy !req
278. and the surrounding peaks.Copy !req
279. And the birds?Copy !req
280. What is it?
What's wrong, Golfo?Copy !req
281. How can we be together when you
run from the eagle's shadow.Copy !req
282. I was terrified.Copy !req
283. I thought it was the shadow
of a man.Copy !req
284. Don't be afraid.Copy !req
285. Only God is here to see us
and surely it is His wishCopy !req
286. that we love each other
faithfully and honourably.Copy !req
287. The daisy told me that
you don't love me...Copy !req
288. that you no longer adore me.Copy !req
289. I did it!Copy !req
290. At first they didn't want
to take me.Copy !req
291. I said: "Take me even
as an auxiliary."Copy !req
292. In the end they took me.Copy !req
293. Undress.Copy !req
294. Are you coming?Copy !req
295. Come, my love,
come today,Copy !req
296. where everything in life
is fleeting.Copy !req
297. Come and place a kiss
on my hair.Copy !req
298. If we don't want to see
our streetsCopy !req
299. smeared once again with the
hammer and sickle.Copy !req
300. If we don't want another
Red December...Copy !req
301. We must all rally around
the Marshal.Copy !req
302. With your vote you'll make
this coming Sunday,Copy !req
303. the l6th of November, 1952,
a historic day.Copy !req
304. A day of victory
for the national forces.Copy !req
305. This is why you must vote
for Papagos.Copy !req
306. A vote for the MarshalCopy !req
307. is a vote for the only
national candidate.Copy !req
308. For the man who led our
army to victory...Copy !req
309. against the communist
rebels in 1947-49.Copy !req
310. His victory will mean peace,
prosperity, law and order.Copy !req
311. Is this where you said the
Englishman was hiding?Copy !req
312. You!Copy !req
313. I was terrified.Copy !req
314. I thought it was the
shadow of a man.Copy !req
315. You made me drunk,
you made me mad.Copy !req
316. I lost my head.
I don't know what to say.Copy !req
317. Oh, God! They'll kill
each other!Copy !req
318. You can drop dead. Come what
may he will be mine.Copy !req
319. And I'll scratch your eyes out,
you and that witch.Copy !req
320. Take this bread
and cheese, child.Copy !req
321. I'll go and tend my sheep.Copy !req
322. Are you still standing,
you ingrate!Copy !req
323. Kneel and ask forgiveness
from that angel!Copy !req
324. The play you are about to see
in five actsCopy !req
325. is Spyridon Peresiades'
immortal idyllCopy !req
326. "Golfo, the Shepherdess",
with a superb cast...Copy !req
327. It looks like the Englishman
managed to escape at night.Copy !req
328. We have information he was
hiding on stage last night,Copy !req
329. disguised as a woman.Copy !req
330. His son is with the partisans.Copy !req
331. Informer!Copy !req
332. Bitch!Copy !req
333. I came from beyond the sea,
from lonia. And you?Copy !req
334. Fire!Copy !req
335. I can feel your daughter
watching us like a dog.Copy !req
336. Why don't you send her away?Copy !req
337. Anyone who doesn't like it
can leave!Copy !req
338. I escaped from prison
with six others.Copy !req
339. When the front collapsed, they
handed us over to the Nazis.Copy !req
340. The resistance movement
is growing, Electra...Copy !req
341. I got a message from Orestes.Copy !req
342. I'm leaving for the mountains
to find him.Copy !req
343. How many ships have flounderedCopy !req
344. in your eyes blue as the sea.Copy !req
345. Ships whose only purpose
was to dockCopy !req
346. in love's harbour.Copy !req
347. In your mischievous blue eyes,
my wildest dreams,Copy !req
348. my sweetest dreams
were swallowed up,Copy !req
349. like ships in the darkness
of the night,Copy !req
350. hurling against the rocks
of your heart.Copy !req
351. Never before in my lifeCopy !req
352. have I ever seen such eyes,Copy !req
353. so blue, so large, so bright.Copy !req
354. Tell me, you girls...Copy !req
355. Where are we going?Copy !req
356. What are we eating?Copy !req
357. How I love the girls...Copy !req
358. a bit of thigh,
a bit of breast...Copy !req
359. Don't debate.Copy !req
360. Tonight at eightCopy !req
361. come to the cafe...
with a wonderful play.Copy !req
362. Such lips and eyes.Copy !req
363. Such firm young bodiesCopy !req
364. you'll never hope to find
anywhere.Copy !req
365. Everyone outside!Copy !req
366. Me, comrade!Copy !req
367. It's the partisans!Copy !req
368. Turn off the lights!Copy !req
369. They're gone!
They're gone!Copy !req
370. Now is the time to forge
the public order...Copy !req
371. and our democratic liberties!Copy !req
372. Countrymen, let us uniteCopy !req
373. with the national army
and our alliesCopy !req
374. for the liberation of Greece,Copy !req
375. under the leadershipCopy !req
376. of a government of
National Unity.Copy !req
377. And now happy at last,Copy !req
378. free from fascism!Copy !req
379. We can all go home, brothers,
together, all together,Copy !req
380. now that the occupation
is over.Copy !req
381. Enslaved people,
tortured people,Copy !req
382. the wind of freedom is
blowing. Onward!Copy !req
383. And all together let us cry:
Onward, brothers!Copy !req
384. ONWARD!Copy !req
385. BROTHERS!Copy !req
386. Partisans, soldiers of
the People's Army!Copy !req
387. Break the bonds of slavery!Copy !req
388. The bell of freedom is ringing!Copy !req
389. Let all the slaves rise up!Copy !req
390. THE BELL OF FREEDOM IS RINGING!Copy !req
391. LET ALL THE SLAVES RISE UP!Copy !req
392. Comrades, let's rise
and take to the streets.Copy !req
393. Men and women,
with guns in hand.Copy !req
394. Faithful always
to the red flag.Copy !req
395. United with the party
which summons you.Copy !req
396. Tear down the foundations
of palaces and thrones...Copy !req
397. heavy chains, emblems and laws.Copy !req
398. Shame to the worker,
shame to the slaveCopy !req
399. who doesn't drown such
a life in blood.Copy !req
400. Till when the foreign boot?
Onward, revolutionaries!Copy !req
401. Halt!Copy !req
402. Tell me, oh MuseCopy !req
403. of the much troubled hero...Copy !req
404. No sign of Golfo as yet.Copy !req
405. Perhaps some misfortune
has befallen her.Copy !req
406. Tassos, my son!Copy !req
407. Forgive us, father.Copy !req
408. Golfo poisoned herselfCopy !req
409. and I stabbed myself.Copy !req
410. A single grave I beg you digCopy !req
411. and bury us there together,
in each others arms.Copy !req
412. My children!
Tassos! Golfo!Copy !req
413. Dead!Copy !req
414. The world kept them apart.Copy !req
415. But here they lie
united in the grave.Copy !req
416. Would you believe that
she refused to be my wife?Copy !req
417. Me, the nephew of the richest
of shepherds,Copy !req
418. grandson of the proudest family
in the region?Copy !req
419. Golfo, know that
Kitsos is deadly serious.Copy !req
420. If you love anotherCopy !req
421. your fate will be black
and bitter.Copy !req
422. Dogs will devour you and
vultures your lover!Copy !req
423. My Golfo never insulted anyone.Copy !req
424. What are you saying?
You're telling me these lies?Copy !req
425. She insulted me to my face
and you're defending her.Copy !req
426. I met her on the street,Copy !req
427. I said good day and she,
drunk with rage,Copy !req
428. hurled insults at me.Copy !req
429. I couldn't catch her
for she ran away.Copy !req
430. Or else I would have brought
her back to you dead.Copy !req
431. Don't pay attention to
what women say!Copy !req
432. They have the brain of a bird.Copy !req
433. Miserable creatures!Copy !req
434. Forget Kitsos.Copy !req
435. I, who am his uncle
tell you plainly:Copy !req
436. I will never consent
to Kitsos...Copy !req
437. marrying Tassos' mistress!Copy !req
438. You talk too much, shepherd.Copy !req
439. Wait and see!Copy !req
440. Take it easy, Master Zissis.Copy !req
441. Get lost!Copy !req
442. For God's sake!Copy !req
443. Leave me alone!Copy !req
444. My God, they'll kill
each other!Copy !req
445. No!Copy !req
446. The daisy told me
that you don't love me,Copy !req
447. that you no longer adore me.Copy !req
448. You cannot melt away
my sadness,Copy !req
449. however sweet your caresses.Copy !req
450. In vain, you look into my eyes.Copy !req
451. I don't believe you any more,
I tell you!Copy !req
452. The daisy told me that
you don't love meCopy !req
453. and so I weep in despair.Copy !req
454. No! No! No!Copy !req
455. Who else was with him?Copy !req
456. Where is he now?Copy !req
457. In the mountains!Copy !req
458. Who else was with him?Copy !req
459. In the mountains!
In the mountains!Copy !req
460. In the mountains!Copy !req
461. After the Germans left
the country,Copy !req
462. in the fall of 1944,
in October,Copy !req
463. the British, under General
Scobie, entered AthensCopy !req
464. and the first government of
National Unity was formed.Copy !req
465. There were demonstrations,
enthusiasm.Copy !req
466. Because we all believed
in the liberation,Copy !req
467. because we had all given
of our best.Copy !req
468. We even believed in
alliances and the allies.Copy !req
469. So after the disagreement
and Scobie's ultimatumCopy !req
470. to have the People's Army
disbanded,Copy !req
471. after the resignation of
the communist ministers,Copy !req
472. and when we saw the Nazi
collaborators,Copy !req
473. free and armed again
by Scobie,Copy !req
474. we felt betrayed.Copy !req
475. They told us to take part
in the demonstration,Copy !req
476. but in fact the people took
to the streets spontaneously.Copy !req
477. But the British had planned it.Copy !req
478. They wanted an armed
confrontation.Copy !req
479. But we didn't know it.Copy !req
480. The people took to the
streets carrying flags,Copy !req
481. full of emotion, shouting.Copy !req
482. The blow on that Sunday in
December, took us by surprise.Copy !req
483. Many had brought their
children.Copy !req
484. No one expected it.Copy !req
485. The masses filled the squares.
It was indescribable!Copy !req
486. They were on the roof
of the King George Hotel,Copy !req
487. and on the pediments of the
royal palace.Copy !req
488. We could see the barrels
of their guns all around us.Copy !req
489. We were surrounded by police.Copy !req
490. The crowd was shouting.Copy !req
491. Suddenly we heard shots!Copy !req
492. I was in the middle
of the square.Copy !req
493. Someone was hit near the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.Copy !req
494. The people dipped a flag
in his bloodCopy !req
495. and raised it high up
and began shouting:Copy !req
496. FREEDOM! FREEDOM!
NO MORE OCCUPATION!Copy !req
497. And they kept firing at us
from the pediments.Copy !req
498. Suddenly, someone else was hit
in the square.Copy !req
499. We fell to the ground.Copy !req
500. Near me a boy with a bugle.
He was woundedCopy !req
501. but he got up and stood
on the sidewalk shouting:Copy !req
502. "One more time, I want
to cry out, to blow my bugle!Copy !req
503. He fell. They took him away.
I don't remember.Copy !req
504. We regrouped and
marched forward.Copy !req
505. At the corner further down
there was a group of policemen.Copy !req
506. We surrounded and
disarmed them.Copy !req
507. But the others kept firing
at us from the roof.Copy !req
508. We kept marching.Copy !req
509. Britishers and Americans
watched indifferentlyCopy !req
510. from the windows of the
King George hotel.Copy !req
511. We reached Omonia Square.Copy !req
512. There they fired at us
a second time.Copy !req
513. Some were taken to hospital.Copy !req
514. Those less badly wounded
we took with us on stretchersCopy !req
515. made from doors we wrenched
from nearby houses.Copy !req
516. The victims were buried the
next day, December 4th.Copy !req
517. We took to the streets again.Copy !req
518. On the way back we were
attacked againCopy !req
519. by the fascists and the militia
in Omonia Square.Copy !req
520. The only thing I remember:Copy !req
521. The crowd down on their faces
in the square and the barrelsCopy !req
522. of the guns protruding from
the hotel across the square.Copy !req
523. In two days there were 28 dead
and more than 200 wounded.Copy !req
524. That same night the People's
Army respondedCopy !req
525. with attacks on police
stations. Fighting began.Copy !req
526. Barricades.Copy !req
527. The battle of Athens lasted
33 days.Copy !req
528. "Representatives of
the Greek governmentCopy !req
529. and of the Communist
Liberation FrontCopy !req
530. after holding a conference
at VarkkizaCopy !req
531. in order to examine in common
ways and meansCopy !req
532. of ending the civil warCopy !req
533. and reconciling
the Greek people,Copy !req
534. have reached the following
joint agreement.Copy !req
535. Upon signing the ProtocolCopy !req
536. the chairman of the Conference
made the following statement:Copy !req
537. On behalf of the government
and the Greek peopleCopy !req
538. I wish to express
our gratitudeCopy !req
539. to the representatives
of the British empireCopy !req
540. and to General Scobie, chief of
the Expeditionary Forces,Copy !req
541. who by their presence
and sustained interestCopy !req
542. in Greek affairs, have
given usCopy !req
543. the firm and unshakeable
conviction that Great BritainCopy !req
544. is sincerely concerned with
the future of Greece.Copy !req
545. Long live Great Britain!Copy !req
546. Article 1Copy !req
547. The government will ensure,
according to the constitutionCopy !req
548. and established democratic
principles,Copy !req
549. the free expressionCopy !req
550. of the political convictions
of the citizens,Copy !req
551. abolishing of all pre-existing,
repressive laws.Copy !req
552. Article 3Copy !req
553. General amnesty is granted to
all political offencesCopy !req
554. committed between December 3
1944 and the present signing.Copy !req
555. Members of the People's
ArmyCopy !req
556. who fail to surrender their
weapons to the authoritiesCopy !req
557. by March 15, 1945Copy !req
558. are excluded from this decree
of amnesty.Copy !req
559. Article 6Copy !req
560. Upon publication of the
present Agreement,Copy !req
561. armed resistance groupsCopy !req
562. and particularly the forces
of the People's Army,Copy !req
563. are disbanded.Copy !req
564. This procedure and the
surrendering of their armsCopy !req
565. will be carried out according
to the special provisionsCopy !req
566. of the Protocol drafted
by the Technical Committee.Copy !req
567. Article 9
Both delegations agree,Copy !req
568. to invite the great
allied powersCopy !req
569. to send observers in order
to ensureCopy !req
570. the expression of the genuine
will of the people.Copy !req
571. Athens, February 12, 1945"Copy !req
572. One of the most famous
and heroic battlesCopy !req
573. in Greek history, was
the battle of Gravias.Copy !req
574. The Turks were on their way
to attack Amfissa.Copy !req
575. Then Panourgias and othersCopy !req
576. occupied the mountain passes
near Gravias.Copy !req
577. Androutsos told his men
to follow him to the InnCopy !req
578. and asked who among them wanted
to join him in the dance.Copy !req
579. One hundred and eighteen
fighters followed him singing.Copy !req
580. Once they got to the Inn he
shut all the doors and cried:Copy !req
581. Brave soldiers! Our country is
asking us to do our duty!Copy !req
582. What do you want?Copy !req
583. Who are you?Copy !req
584. What do you want?Copy !req
585. People of Greece,Copy !req
586. by order of
British Imperialism,Copy !req
587. on March 31st,Copy !req
588. the most disgraceful parody of
elections will be staged.Copy !req
589. The people are being led
to the polls,Copy !req
590. under the spectre
of terrorism,Copy !req
591. in order to legalise a
monarcho-fascist governmentCopy !req
592. and ensure the return
of the King,Copy !req
593. guarantor of British interestsCopy !req
594. and of foreign and domestic
capitalism.Copy !req
595. The Varkiza Agreement
was a farce.Copy !req
596. Greeks, the only democratic
standCopy !req
597. is to stay away from the polls!Copy !req
598. Say "No" to these rigged
elections!Copy !req
599. Long live the People's Army!Copy !req
600. HAPPY 1946Copy !req
601. For years now we've
been togetherCopy !req
602. and we are a well-matched pair,Copy !req
603. and to spite the wicked worldCopy !req
604. I'll never stop loving you.Copy !req
605. I'll keep on loving you
and don't you worry.Copy !req
606. And I'll build you a little
nest.Copy !req
607. And when the dusk embraces you,Copy !req
608. we'll pair off like two birds.Copy !req
609. If they tell me to leave youCopy !req
610. I would rather the sun
stop shining!Copy !req
611. I'm so used to you
and I love you so!Copy !req
612. Let them talk and
give me a kiss!Copy !req
613. The British cannons
and the new decreeCopy !req
614. have forced the rebels
to run like hares.Copy !req
615. The red bear has fled to
the mountains, oh King.Copy !req
616. British cannons don't scare us,
or Scobie's new decree.Copy !req
617. We've written these letters
in our blood.Copy !req
618. Freedom not Occupation!Copy !req
619. We want to and
we'll do it.Copy !req
620. We'll bring back the King
who'll bring us our freedom!Copy !req
621. Yupie ya ya,
yupie yupie ya...Copy !req
622. We don't want the King.Copy !req
623. We want the people to rule,
power to the people.Copy !req
624. Yupie ya ya,
yupie yupie ya...Copy !req
625. The boys of the militia,Copy !req
626. hand in hand with the
British and the fascists,Copy !req
627. will march on Moscow.Copy !req
628. General Scobie's cock
is all tied up in knots.Copy !req
629. He goes to a chic square,Copy !req
630. to find young boys
waiting there.Copy !req
631. General Scobie's cock is
all tied up in knots.Copy !req
632. And if the knots come undone,Copy !req
633. what will happen to British
policy then, Scobie?Copy !req
634. There'll be more knots,
General Scobie.Copy !req
635. You might have gathered our
weapons with a thousand tricks,Copy !req
636. but you'll never succeed
in bringing back the King.Copy !req
637. The people won't stand
for fascism.Copy !req
638. They will again raise their
heads against British policy.Copy !req
639. Come back, come back to your
ancient nest, our King!Copy !req
640. Your people are asking for you.Copy !req
641. Come back!Copy !req
642. And when you comeCopy !req
643. you won't find any Reds here.Copy !req
644. The nation's guardians
will protect you.Copy !req
645. Come back!Copy !req
646. Orestes hasn't turned in
his weapons.Copy !req
647. His group is still
up in the mountains.Copy !req
648. The war isn't over yet!Copy !req
649. We shall not shed a drop
of Greek blood,Copy !req
650. only the traitorous bloodCopy !req
651. of rebels and communists,Copy !req
652. so that Greece can be saved.Copy !req
653. You will have to choose
between two camps.Copy !req
654. On the one side an assortment
of suspicious personsCopy !req
655. and secret agents
working for Moscow.Copy !req
656. On the other a movement
led by an honest fighter,Copy !req
657. a heroic soldier,
Marshal Papagos!Copy !req
658. When the communists violated
the Varkiza agreementCopy !req
659. and tried to seize power for
the second time, our countryCopy !req
660. was in mortal danger. Two
years of communist rebellionCopy !req
661. caused the death of thousands
of people.Copy !req
662. It was then that we appealed
to the Marshal.Copy !req
663. With the military and moral
backing of the United StatesCopy !req
664. and the support of the king,
he crushed the rebellionCopy !req
665. and saved Greece
for the second time.Copy !req
666. Those communists who were not
killedCopy !req
667. sought refuge behind
the Iron Curtain.Copy !req
668. So peace was restored.
The Marshal returned home,Copy !req
669. having done his duty.Copy !req
670. Today he is asking for
your vote.Copy !req
671. Let the 16th of November 1952
be a day of victoryCopy !req
672. for the national forces,
a victory for the Marshal.Copy !req
673. Did you sign?Copy !req
674. I was caught towards the end
of 1947.Copy !req
675. We were taken to Vourla,Copy !req
676. an old brothel turned
into a prison.Copy !req
677. All the inmates were
political prisoners.Copy !req
678. Then from Vourla to LavrionCopy !req
679. and then to the island
across, Makronissos.Copy !req
680. The military prison of Athens
they called it.Copy !req
681. Besides the rebels,
there were others...Copy !req
682. soldiers, cops, thieves...Copy !req
683. Jehovah's witnesses...
They searched us.Copy !req
684. They took our watches, our
pens... all we had.Copy !req
685. For some the torture began
at once.Copy !req
686. The interrogations stopped
when you signedCopy !req
687. a declaration against
the Communist Party.Copy !req
688. I was to be tortured in the
guardhouse upstairs.Copy !req
689. They told me: Listen, you
won't make it out of this placeCopy !req
690. unless you sign
the declaration.Copy !req
691. I refuse to sign, I said,Copy !req
692. even if you cut me to pieces.Copy !req
693. Two or three hours later they
took me down unharmed.Copy !req
694. We didn't beat you, but act
like you're limpingCopy !req
695. so it will look as if we did.Copy !req
696. About 8 o'clock they took me
to the police station.Copy !req
697. The sergeant turned me upside
down, like a goatCopy !req
698. and beat the daylights
out of me.Copy !req
699. When he got tired the others
started beating and kicking.Copy !req
700. I fainted twice.Copy !req
701. Then they took us outside.Copy !req
702. It was winter, February...Copy !req
703. There were other prisoners.Copy !req
704. They made us stand ten metres
apart from each other.Copy !req
705. Someone was standing guard.Copy !req
706. In the morning
they beat us again.Copy !req
707. Then we were taken to carry
large rocks from the sea.Copy !req
708. We would take them up
the hill and down againCopy !req
709. for no reason.Copy !req
710. One of the tortured prisoners
suffered from tuberculosis.Copy !req
711. He went up the hill but his
chest couldn't make it.Copy !req
712. When he reached the top he
started spitting blood.Copy !req
713. They took him to the hospital.Copy !req
714. They would beat us from
5 to 7 or 8 each evening.Copy !req
715. And at night they would keep us
spread apart from eath otherCopy !req
716. so that we couldn't communicate
when they went to sleep.Copy !req
717. Our feet were so swollen
they burst our shoes.Copy !req
718. I couldn't walk from
the beating.Copy !req
719. A guard with a club in his
hand would yell at me:Copy !req
720. Run, run! How could I run when
I was dragging myself along.Copy !req
721. They tortured me for two weeks.Copy !req
722. As each blow fell and
I groanedCopy !req
723. the others held
their breath.Copy !req
724. Little by little the others
broke down one by one.Copy !req
725. There were only 5 or 6 of us
left who would not sign.Copy !req
726. The put the pressure on us.Copy !req
727. One evening in the twilight
I saw them coming.Copy !req
728. Camp guards and torturers
from the other units,Copy !req
729. like beasts of prey.Copy !req
730. We were outside
on the wet ground.Copy !req
731. They surrounded us.Copy !req
732. This time, I thought, they'll
finish us off for good.Copy !req
733. I turned to the guy
next to me.Copy !req
734. Things don't look good
tonight, Vassilis.Copy !req
735. I couldn't last any longer.Copy !req
736. I dragged myself up and told
them I would sign.Copy !req
737. The sergeant, delighted, asked
me if I wanted a drink.Copy !req
738. I told them I didn't want
anything.Copy !req
739. They took me to a tent
and left me.Copy !req
740. Two hours later
they brought Vassilis in.Copy !req
741. Not dead but crushed.Copy !req
742. He hadn't signed!Copy !req
743. My little lemon tree,Copy !req
744. full of lemons,Copy !req
745. woman of Vissani,Copy !req
746. I still have not recovered
from your kiss.Copy !req
747. My little one,Copy !req
748. how you've grownCopy !req
749. and here you are ripe for
marriage, woman of Vissani.Copy !req
750. Come in!Copy !req
751. One night he crossed
the river!Copy !req
752. The last time I heard
you say thatCopy !req
753. was in the summer of '47,
in the resistance.Copy !req
754. Three years ago.
How are you?Copy !req
755. We heard you got out.Copy !req
756. Orestes is in solitary.
They wouldn't let me see him.Copy !req
757. Are you better now?Copy !req
758. We thought of getting the
company together again,Copy !req
759. going back on the road.Copy !req
760. We'd like you with us
again, like before.Copy !req
761. I'll go over the obstacles.Copy !req
762. The intervention of events,
sounds, realignments,Copy !req
763. the intervention of navies
from the raging open sea,Copy !req
764. the popular speakers,
my breast, the cries...Copy !req
765. the factories...Copy !req
766. October 1917...Copy !req
767. December 1944...Copy !req
768. For all this I have chosen
to remain in ragsCopy !req
769. as the French Revolution
bore me,Copy !req
770. as Mother spain bore me,Copy !req
771. a dark conspirator!Copy !req
772. When sometimes I hear
with my own earsCopy !req
773. strange noises and
distant whispers,Copy !req
774. when I hear trumpets and songs,Copy !req
775. endless speeches, hymns
and noises,Copy !req
776. when I hear speak of liberty,Copy !req
777. of Biblical laws,Copy !req
778. of an ordered life,Copy !req
779. I always fall silent.Copy !req
780. But someday,Copy !req
781. someday, I'll open my mouth.Copy !req
782. The gardens will fill
with waterfalls...Copy !req
783. The same dirtyards
will become arsenals.Copy !req
784. The young, elated, will followCopy !req
785. reciting verses, not hymns,Copy !req
786. and never submitting to
the terrifying power.Copy !req
787. Once again they promise
a weak freedom!Copy !req
788. Come in!Copy !req
789. Are you his sister?Copy !req
790. We didn't have time
to notify you.Copy !req
791. As you know he was condemned
by a military court.Copy !req
792. His sentence has been pending
since November 1949.Copy !req
793. I'm very sorry.Copy !req
794. Good day to you, Tassos.Copy !req
795. Let your lovely hair flyCopy !req
796. in the mad south wind.Copy !req
797. Now that your youth has
blossomed,Copy !req
798. let your lovely hair down.Copy !req
799. I was looking for you.
Aren't you dressed yet?Copy !req
800. - Are you nervous?
- No.Copy !req
801. Orestes!Copy !req
802. In the fall of 1939
we returned to Aegion.Copy !req
803. We were tired.Copy !req
804. We hadn't slept for two days.Copy !req