Shall I be allowed a priest before I die? There will be no need. I beg of you to let me...
The Prisoner • 1955
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The Cardinal:
Shall I be allowed a priest before I die?
The Interrogator:
There will be no need.
The Cardinal:
I beg of you to let me see a priest.
The Interrogator:
You're not to die.
The Cardinal:
No? I'm to be hanged.
The Interrogator:
The sentence has been commuted.
The Cardinal:
What are they afraid of? Martyrdom? No one could make the world see me as a martyr now.
The Interrogator:
It has been commuted.
The Cardinal:
I've eased my mind with the thought of death. I can't see beyond it.
Shall I be allowed a priest before I die?
The Interrogator:
There will be no need.
The Cardinal:
I beg of you to let me see a priest.
The Interrogator:
You're not to die.
The Cardinal:
No? I'm to be hanged.
The Interrogator:
The sentence has been commuted.
The Cardinal:
What are they afraid of? Martyrdom? No one could make the world see me as a martyr now.
The Interrogator:
It has been commuted.
The Cardinal:
I've eased my mind with the thought of death. I can't see beyond it.
Transcript
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Shall I be allowed a priest before I die
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There'll be no need
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I beg of you let me see a priest
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You're not to die
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No
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I am to be hanged
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Your sentence has been commuted
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What are they afraid of martyrdom
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No one can make the world see me as a martyr now
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It has been commuted
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 108
Timestamp in movie: 01h 23m 34s
Uploaded: 09 November, 2022
Genres: drama
Summary: A Cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a Prince of his church, and a popular hero of this people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war, and afterward his resistance when his country again fell to anot
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Actors
The Cardinal - Alec Guinness
The Interrogator - Jack Hawkins

















