The Witness (1969)
Ferenc Kállai: Pelikán József, gátõr
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Pelikán József, gátõr : As of today, the ghost train shall be know as The Socialist Ghost Train. We'll get rid of the skeletons and other old junk. We'll replace them with portraits of our great leaders, especially Comrade Bástya.
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Bástya elvtárs : What's this?
Pelikán József, gátõr : An orange.
Bástya elvtárs : An orange?
Pelikán József, gátõr : The new Hungarian orange. It's slightly yellower, it's slightly sharper, but our own.
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Pelikán József, gátõr : [upon seeing his newly built house] Comrade Virág! No doors? No windows?
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Pelikán József, gátõr : I met Zoltán Dániel in 1942. I didn't yet suspect at that time...
judge : What didn't you suspect?
Pelikán József, gátõr : That I would meet frogmen.
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Pelikán József, gátõr : I feel a bit bad about it, though. Why do we have to make such a fuss over it? We deceived the people after all.
Virág Árpád : Who did we deceieve? Ourselves? We know what it's all about. The researchers? They're happy to have their medals. The masses? They don't eat lemons or oranges, but they're happy to celebrate. The imperialists? We've given them a thorough beating. I wouldn't like to be in their shoes. We proclaimed a slogan: let there be a Hungarian orange! And there it was! We made no empty promises, Pelikán!
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Pelikán József, gátõr : Is it possible that I'm a spy?
Virág Árpád : Everything's possible.
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Gulyás Elemér : Back again?
Pelikán József, gátõr : Shut up. The regime can thrive without me, too.
Gulyás Elemér : Not for long.
Pelikán József, gátõr : Why?
Gulyás Elemér : The Americans are coming.
Pelikán József, gátõr : Truman on a white horse? Don't you know anything new?
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Pelikán József, gátõr : Mercy, I'm a complete idiot.