Days of 36 (Meres tou '36) (Μέρες του '36)

He's running late, Sophianos.

He said afterwards. He'll show up.

Lucas!

What do you want?

Lies. I fired in the air.

D A Y S O F '36 A film by Theo Angelopoulos

The car, Mr. Kriezis.

Guard.

Mr. Kriezis, the M.P., is here.

- So is your brother. - Tell him to go.

George, I have news.

Mr. Kriezis.

Sophianos!

I have a gun. I'm holding Kriezis.

Call the Warden.

That one was in the air. The next one's for Kriezis.

Call the Warden.

Sophianos, what do you want?

Is that you, Warden?

Inform the Ministry, I'm holding Kriezis.

What do you want?

I know I'm gambling with my life.

But my mind is made up.

I'll wait till midnight for an order from the D. A...

to get me out of here.

Otherwise I have four bullets. Two for him, two for me.

Have you gone crazy?

They won't do me in like this.

Three months in here. I've got the picture.

Give me the gun and I'll forget what you said.

Minister!

In laying the foundation stone...

for the new Olympic Stadium...

I assure you that the government...

will always be at the side of your young athletes.

Oh, Mother of the games, gold-wreathed Olympia...

Mistress of truth where by sacrificing, diviners

seek to know...

the will of Zeus of the flashing thunderbolt...

what message he may have...

for men who, in their very heart, strain to win...

magnificence of strength and a breathing-space from toil.

George Sophianos...

Greek-Orthodox... single...

Here we are.

Four years reform school.

Later, I8 months imprisonment for drug pushing.

Since then turned police informer.

Information provided by him...

led to the breaking up of many drug rings.

In the underworld he goes by the name of Valentino.

Charged with the murder of the politician Doxiades...

and is being held in custody awaiting trial.

Hey, Lucas.

I'm sick of hiding.

The lawyer and I have been looking all over for you.

Anestes, I'll talk.

- Lucas also came to see me. - Will he talk?

He asked to meet you at the sea-front behind the factories.

Then he'll go into hiding again until the trial.

Do you think he'll show up?

Don't worry, he'll be there. His mind's made up.

Excuse me.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY CLUB

Mrs. Kriezis is here, Sir.

I telephoned the general. He has already been informed.

He assured me that his government...

would do everything in its power to protect his life.

The general's maneuverings frighten me.

He's up to something.

Come on, calm down. Would you like a glass of water?

How long has it been since you last came to see me.

Remember I889?

The palace ball? Our flight to Kifissia?

What madness!

How did it go? How did it go?

Sophianos was visited basically by two people.

His brother and Mr. Kriezis.

We can rule out Mr. Kriezis, of course...

As for his brother, he is always searched by the guards.

I can't see how Sophianos got the gun.

Why wasn't he held in a cell like all the rest?

I received orders. What was I to do?

Confidentially, I was under pressure from Mr. Kriezis.

Sophianos' brother was holding a briefcase when he went in.

Did you look through it?

It contained some papers. Nothing else.

When he was brought in he kept shouting he was being framed...

with the murder to get him out of the way.

Lately he didn't want to see anyone. He was afraid.

If they don't get me first, he would say...

I have things to say at the trial.

What's going on?

- He was accused for the gun. - When?

Only for a few minutes.

Can you hear me, George?

I'm Mavroides, the lawyer.

George, listen to me. The gun is a trap.

Hand it over for God's sake.

I can't tell you anything else.

Please, understand.

George!

Fool!

I don't see any bruises.

Does anyone know him?

This way.

Hello.

Hello, sit down.

- Any trouble getting here? - I know my way around.