(Thunder)
(Six) Where am I?
(Two) In the village.
(Six) What do you want?
(Two) Information.
(Six) Whose side are you on?
(Two) That would be telling.
(Two) We want information...
(Two) Information...
(Two) Information.
(Six) You won't get it.
(Two) By hook or by crook... ...we will.
(Six) Who are you?
(Two) The new Number Two.
(Six) Who is Number One?
(Two) You are Number Six.
(Six) I am not a number. I am a free man!
(Number Two laughs)
(Beeping)
- What do you want? - Number Six?
- I said, what do you want? - You are Number Six?
That is the number of this place.
Call from Number Two.
Good morning, good morning. Any complaints?
Yes. I'd like to mind my own business.
So do we. You fancy a chat?
The mountain can come to Mohammed.
(Two) Mohammed?
Everest, I presume?
I've never had a head for heights!
How's Number One?
At the summit.
Play it according to Hoyle?
All cards on the table.
- They rely on that. - Hmm.
Um, whose move?
Yours only.
Confide and we concede.
Breakfast?
Oh, Number 58.
Allow me to introduce you to Number Six.
Don't be shy, my dear.
Keep up your strength.
She may be a mere Number 58,
but she used to work in Records.
She has a great variety of information, haven't you, my dear?
Annenukat ta'enen zabot, hm?
Ohna. Mija ista juksa boto.
Zabot. Vee.
Wonderful gift.
Photographic memory, you know.
She's done well.
I don't think she'll do this for long.
- Nicely done. - International cuisine. The best.
- French? - International.
Toast?
(PA) Good morning! Congratulations on yet another day!
It will be fine and dry, some cloud perhaps, but dry.
- Enjoy yourselves. - Marmalade?
Thank you.
What a piece of luck. We start our election campaign today.
A showery outlook is very depressing, don't you think?
Elections?
In this place?!
Of course. We make our choice every 12 months.
Every citizens has a choice. Are you going to run?
- Like blazes, the first chance I get. - I meant run for office.
Whose?
Mine, for instance.
You have a delicate sense of humour.
Naturally. Humour is the very essence of a democratic society.
(Fanfare on radio)
(Marching music)
(Cheering)
(All) Number Two, Number Two... !
It looks like a unanimous majority.
That's what been worrying me. Very bad for morale.
Some of these good people don't seem to appreciate the value of free elections.
They think it's a game.
- Everyone votes for a dictator. - Not at all.
Just [indistinct].
Frankly, dear fellow, YOU are just the sort of candidate we need.
(Crowd) Number Two! Number Two!
What happens if I run against you?
I might as well, while I'm waiting.
- Delightful. - What physically happens if I win?
You're the boss.
Number One's the boss.
Join me.
If you win, Number One will no longer be a mystery to you,
if you know what I mean.
Anyway, I'll introduce you properly.
You can see how you feel
after assessing the madding crowd.
(Chanting stops)
(Cheering)
(Marching band plays)
(Crowd) Number Two, Number Two!
(Crowd stops)
Good people of our community...
(Crowd) Rah! Rah! Rah!
(Crowd stops) There's recently a lack of opposition
in the matter of free elections.
This is not good for our community,
and reflects an acceptance of things as they are.
We know what we must do.
What must we do?
Progress! Progress! Progress! Progress!
Exactly. We are however fortunate in having with us a recent recruit,
whose outlook is particularly militant and individualistic.
Rah, Rah!
Let us hope that he will not deny his duty to the community
by refusing to take up the challenge.
Good people, it is my pleasure to present to you
the one and only Number Six!
Rah!
I am not a number.
I am a person.
At some time, all of you held positions of a secret nature
and had knowledge that was invaluable to an enemy.
Like me, you are here to have that knowledge protected...
or extracted. - That's the stuff to give them!
Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment
and will die here like rotten cabbages.
Keep going. They love it.
The rest of you have gone over to the side of our keepers.
Which is which?
How many of each?
Who's standing beside you now?
I intend to discover who are the prisoners and who the warders.
I shall be running for office in this election.
Good people, let us applaud a citizen of character.
May the better man win, and a big hand for Number Six!
(Band plays and crowd cheers)
Be seeing you.
Bita dee naist gorovisch, dit.
(Crowd) Six! Six! Six!
Don't get het up, my dear fellow.
She will not go away and she doesn't even speak English.
Precisely.
Knowing your, shall we say, prejudices,
I though you rather not have another regular.
She's new here and quite delightful charming, don't you think?
What's the procedure?
That's more like it.
The transport, with the lady driver,
will be at your disposal for the election period.
And anything else should you desire, within reason.
Next?
You'll be expected to attend the dissolution of the outgoing council,
in half an hour's time, in chambers of the town hall.
Thanks very much.
Yes, you take me, take me... to the town hall.
- Ereta paz na! - No, no. The town hall.
- Ah, paz na. - That's all right, thank you.
I'll...I'll walk. It's all right.
- Nota meyroota? - Ya, that's it.
Veta mesya.
Dav hey xirini.
Hayovgaka!
- Congratulations. - Come again?
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Number 113
and this is my photographic colleague...
...number 113B. - Smile.
We contribute to the local newspaper, The Tally Ho, you know.
- Drive on. - This is red hot stuff, you know.
Haven't had a candidate of your calibre for ages.
- Congratulations. - How are you gonna handle your campaign?
No comment.
"Intends to fight for freedom..."
...at all costs." - Smile!"
- How about your Internal policy? - No comment.
"Will tighten up on Village security."
- Smile! - How about your external policy?
- No comment. - "Our exports will operate
in every corner of the globe."
How do you feel about life and death?
Mind your own business.
"No comment."
Thanks a lot. Be seeing you.
Calling Number Six, calling Number Six!
Read all about it! Read all about it!
Get your election edition now!
Read all about it!
Get your election edition now!
(Roaring)
(Number Two on PA) This assembly is called to order.
Calling Number Six, calling Number Six.
(Bangs gavel)
Not that way.
Nor that.
Straight ahead. Now.
Good show.
Come ahead, my dear fellow.
You are formally welcomed to this gathering
as a prospective opposition candidate.
Kindly approach the centre dais.
Play the game.
According to Hoyle?
According to the laws of a democratic society.
These are designed for the protection of the citizens.
You're a civilised man and would not, I'm sure,
deny the right of proper procedure.
Kindly approach the centre dais.
The final resolution of this outgoing council
is a vote of thanks to Number Six.
Carried unanimously,
There is no further business at this time.
- Any questions? - Certainly.
Where did you get these bunch of tailor's dummies?
They [indistinct].
Do you wish to question?
- I do. - Proceed.
Who do you represent?
Who elected you?
To what place or country do you owe allegiance?
Whose side are you on?
Mustn't get too personal, my dear fellow.
(Bleep)
Any further questions?
This... farce.
This 20th century Bastille that pretends to be a pocket democracy!
Why don't you put us all into solitary confinement to get what you're after
and have done with it?
That's enough! I call this meeting to order!
Look at them. Brainwashed imbeciles!
Can you laugh? Can you cry? Can you think?
Is this, is this what they did to you?
Is this how they tried to broke you
till they got what they were after?
In your head must still be the remnant of a brain.
In your heart, must still be the desire to be a human being again.
(Throbbing)
This is a most serious breach of etiquette.
I imagined your desire to stand for election was genuine.
Personally, I'm prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt.
I believe that you were carried away by an excessive enthusiasm.
Nevertheless, the rules demand that you should undergo the test.
All those in favour? Carried unanimously.
(Number Two banging gavel)
They told me you were coming. Do you take sugar?
In case you are feeling ???,
please let me assure you that I could be a friend.
- A friend? - Yes indeed.
You know they are watching. I know it.
It does not prove that you or I are sympathetic.
But the community has to live. So must you.
Come, have some tea, and we'll talk.
- How many lumps? - No lumps.
You don't take sugar? Good.
That shows discipline for a start.
Of course I knew it anyway.
- What's that? - From your records.
We have everything.
You gave up sugar four years and three months ago on medical advice.
- That shows you're afraid. - Of what?
- You're afraid of death. - I'm afraid of nothing!
You are afraid of yourself.
You are aware of that.
Good, you're honest. That is of use here.
Honesty attracts confidence.
And confidences are the core of our business.
See how honest I'm being with you.
Very good technique. Where did you get him?
From the Civil Service. He adapted immediately.
(Bleeping)
Number Two here.
Sorry, but things got out of hand.
I'm aware that he's valuable to us,
but I couldn't risk the entire project failing apart.
Certainly I'll be more careful.
But he's a very stubborn customer.
Yes, right away.
Certainly I'll warn them not to damage the tissue.
Yes? Oh, yes, indeed.
First stage only.
Oh, absolutely.
Clearly understood.
(Electronic humming)
This is merely the truth test,
and there's no need to be alarmed.
Why did you wish to run for electoral office?
(Beeping)
That is a lie, but won't be held against you.
Everything you think here is in the strictest confidence.
(Bleeping)
That's better.
Why did you run for office?
(Bleeping)
Come, come.
You thought if you won and took over our village,
that you would be able to control an organised breakout, correct?
(Bleeping)
Good. But this was a mistake, wasn't it?
(Beeping)
You're not being honest.
You are on the side of the people, aren't you?
(Beeping)
You mustn't think only of yourself.
You have a responsibility.
(Beeping)
(Bleeping)
(Vibrating)
Central Area.
Have Number Six's transport standing by.
Good, good. Simply splendid.
- Thanks for the tea. - Any time.
- You're voting for me of course? - Naturally.
Be seeing you.
Be seeing you!
(Crowd cheering and band playing)
What do you think of your chances now?
- Amfeata! - What are your chances?
I have every confidence.
Our Number Two has said he considers you a worthy opponent.
It's very kind of him to say so.
I'll do my best to give him a run for his money.
The community can rest assure that their interests are very much my own,
and that anything I can do to maintain the security of the citizens
will be my primary objective.
Be seeing you.
That was the lunchtime news on this election day.
It looks as though it's going to be neck and neck.
Stand by for our next bulletin, on the hour, every hour.
Although you've only been here a short time, my dear,
there's only one thing to learn and it can be learned very quickly.
Obey the rules, and we will take good care of you.
Try it.
Hm? Dai tozno.
- Be seeing you. - Intoich bozna.
- TRY IT! - Intoich bozna.
Lai...
eezit...
zona.
Ah!
Lai eezit zona.
Lai eezit zona... Lai eezit zona.
Lai eezit zona...
Lai eezit zona.
Lai eezit zona. Lai eezit zona.
Lai eezit zona.
(Crowd) Six! Six! Six! Six!
Don't do anything rash. Give him time.
You're doing so well, now you're being simply foolish.
It won't get you anywhere, you know.
Go back before it's too late.
Southern Perimeter alert!
Now approaching.
Contact imminent.
(Siren)
(Roaring)
The community can rest assure that their interests are very much my own,
and that anything I can do to maintain the security of the citizens
will be my primary objective.
Be seeing you.
Be seeing you...
(Siren)
(Two) You are just the sort of candidate we need.
I am not a number.
I am a person.
(Crowd) Six! Six! Six!
The final resolution of this outgoing council
is a vote of thanks for Number Six.
(Six) I am not a number. I am a free man!
(Beeping)
There are those who come in here
and deny that we can supply every conceivable civilised amenity
within our boundaries.
You can enjoy yourselves, and you will.
You can partake of the most hazardous sports and you will.
The price is cheap.
All you have to do in exchange...
is give us...
...information.
You are then eligible for promotion
to other and perhaps more attractive spheres.
Where do you desire to go?
What has been your dream? I can supply it!
Winter, spring, summer or fall can all be yours at any time!
Apply to me...
and it will be easier and better.
(All) Six! Six! Six! Six!
There are those who come here with a fresh face.
With an enthusiasm that cannot be denied.
Beware.
Be careful. Their promises ring richly in your ears.
Our friend Number Six has a splendid record.
He has adapted himself admirably to our procedure.
But he has no experience whatsoever
of the manipulation of such a community as ours.
Beware.
Has he got the administrative ability to implement his policies?
Can you trust him?
Place your trust in the old regime,
the policies are divine, the future certain.
The old regime forever.
And the old Number Two forever.
Confession by coercion, is that what you want?
Vote for him and you'll have it.
Or stand firm upon this electoral platform
and speak a word without fear.
The word is freedom.
They say six of one and half, a dozen of the other.
Not here.
It's Six for Two, and Two for nothing...
And Six for free for all, for free for all. Vote! Vote!
(All) Six! Six! Six! Six! Six!
You seem to be doing pretty well.
(Six) Far be it for me to carp.
And what do you do in your spare time?
(Two) I cannot afford spare time.
Did you hear that?
He's working to his limit.
Can't afford spare time!
We're all entitled to spare time!
Leisure is our right!
(Crowd) Six for Two! Six for Two!
Six for Two! Six for Two!
(Two) In your spare time,
if you get it, what will you do?
Less work...
...and more play! - (All) Six! Six! Six! Six!
(Upbeat band music plays)
Sir, non-alcoholic gin, whisky, vodka.
Looks the same, tastes the same.
- But you can't get a bit tiddly. - No alcohol here, sir.
You better vote for me.
- You and only you. - Go away.
Gin, whisky, vodka. Looks the same and tastes the same.
GET OUT!
You're spying on me, aren't you?
Get me a drink.
Kaka si traka ka mookni.
- Alcoholic drink. - Kaka si tracka si mookni, nasda.
A drink!
Vote for Six! Vote for Six!
Vote for me.
- E vata. - Vote for Six.
E vata.
I'm for you.
Let me be.
Never let me go.
Never let me go...
(Six) Vote for me...
Hen droichtna. E vata.
Droitcha. Droitcha.
Spying on me, aren't you?
Loortcha.
Vote for me.
I'm for you.
Let me be...
and let me... be.
- Large or small, sir? - That's it.
I'll have a double.
With or without water, sir?
Without.
Please take a seat, I'll be right with you.
A little drop now and again keeps the nerves steady.
(Six) You're scared, aren't you?
Frankly, yes.
- Of what? - It may seem improbable to you,
but I'm wondering what's going to happen to you.
Don't worry, there's no surveillance here.
This is the therapy zone.
Clever, aren't they?
Clever, aren't you?!
They are.
Damn clever.
Think of it.
Who want to be an alcoholic,
you can be one here in perfect privacy.
So long as you rejoin the flock in good time.
- You don't approve? - Of the Village?
Yes.
To hell with the Village.
Cheers.
- See him? - Yeah.
Cheers.
He's a brilliant scientist.
Just does that for a hobby.
Come with me.
I'll show you something.
(Two) We leave him here in peace.
He brews his brew, plays with his chalk.
We come down once a week, photograph the stuff,
clean it up for him, so that he can start on another lot.
Clever as hell. Cheers.
- Vote for me... - Vote for me...
And I'll be... - I'll be ever so comfortee...
Ever so...
(Man) Quicker than usual.
I warned you not to make it too strong.
We mustn't damage the tissue.
You needn't worry. There will be no remembrances.
The portions are exact to take him right through the election.
(Crowd) Six for Two! Six for Two!
I don't think we shall need a recount.
Sorry. Sorry.
Don't mention it.
(All) We want Number Two! We want Number Two... !
Looks as if they want Number Two.
Well, I haven't cast my vote.
Come with me.
I'll show you the ropes.
We want Number Two! Number Two! Number Two! Number Two!
(Fanfare)
No point going into detail.
Anything you want to know, press a button.
You're the boss.
Well, I'll be on my way.
Thanks for everything.
- Lai eezit zona. - Lai eezit zona.
Aka bo'itsa, boita.
Ahh!
Kikato!
Oh!
(Phone beeping) - Vane tusti. Tusti!
- Anything I can do for you? - Just checking.
- Be seeing you. - And you.
Boita.
Boita. Boita!
Boita.
Boita. Boita!
(Beeping)
Tic tic.
Tic-tic.
Tic tic.
This is our chance!
This is our chance, take it now.
I have command. I will immobilise all electronic controls.
Listen to me, you are free to go!
You are free to go!
Free to go! Free to go!
You are free to go! You are free, free.
Free to go! You are free to go!
I am in command, obey me and be free!
You are free to go!
You are free to go, You are free to go!
Free to go!
Will you never learn?
This is only the beginning.
We have many ways and means,
but we don't wish to damage you permanently.
Are you ready to talk?
On my way. Everything go according to plan?
Don't worry. All will be satisfactory in the end.
Give my regards to the homeland.
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