1 00:01:57,534 --> 00:02:00,036 There are more than yesterday. 2 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:30,733 He will be saying prayers in the garden. Just follow the others. 3 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:48,144 Brother, Bapu is already late for prayers. 4 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,940 Oh, God! 5 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:47,453 The object of this massive tribute... 6 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:49,705 ...died as he had always lived: 7 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:52,291 A private man without wealth... 8 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:53,918 ...without property... 9 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:56,629 ...without official title or office. 10 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,131 Mahatma Gandhi... 11 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:01,175 ...was not the commander of armies... 12 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:03,970 ...nor a ruler of vast lands. 13 00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:07,181 He could not boast any scientific achievement... 14 00:05:07,391 --> 00:05:09,141 ...or artistic gift. 15 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:10,601 Yet men... 16 00:05:10,936 --> 00:05:15,564 ...governments, dignitaries from all over the world... 17 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:17,733 ...have joined hands today to pay homage... 18 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:20,569 ...to this little brown man in the loincloth... 19 00:05:20,779 --> 00:05:23,656 ...who led his country to freedom. 20 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,867 In the words of General George C. Marshall... 21 00:05:27,744 --> 00:05:30,162 ...the American secretary of state: 22 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,582 "Mahatma Gandhi has become the spokesman... 23 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:36,711 ...for the conscience of all mankind. 24 00:05:37,254 --> 00:05:38,504 He was a man... 25 00:05:38,714 --> 00:05:40,214 ...who made humility... 26 00:05:40,799 --> 00:05:42,049 ...and simple truth... 27 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:45,302 ...more powerful than empires." 28 00:05:45,554 --> 00:05:47,471 And Albert Einstein added: 29 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:52,351 "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this... 30 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:54,729 ...ever in flesh and blood... 31 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,773 ...walked upon this earth." 32 00:06:41,359 --> 00:06:42,818 Tell me... 33 00:06:42,986 --> 00:06:44,862 ...do you think about hell? 34 00:06:45,989 --> 00:06:48,032 No, neither do I. 35 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,326 But this man here... 36 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:53,954 ...is a Christian, and he's written that in order to believe-- 37 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,251 Excuse me, sir. 38 00:06:59,461 --> 00:07:01,921 How long have you been in South Africa? 39 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:05,925 -A week. -l don't know how you got a ticket. 40 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:08,969 Just what are you doing in this car, coolie? 41 00:07:09,805 --> 00:07:12,014 Why, l have a ticket. 42 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:14,517 A first-class ticket. 43 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:18,354 -How did you get it? -l sent for it in the post. 44 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:19,855 I'm an attorney. I didn't-- 45 00:07:20,065 --> 00:07:22,358 There are no colored attorneys in South Africa. 46 00:07:22,526 --> 00:07:23,692 Sit where you belong! 47 00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:26,070 -l'll take your luggage back, sir. -No. 48 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:28,197 Just a moment, please. 49 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:30,157 You see? 50 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:33,869 Mohandas K. Gandhi, attorney at law. 51 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:37,206 I'm going to conduct a case for an lndian trading firm. 52 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:42,128 Didn't you hear me? There are no colored attorneys in South Africa. 53 00:07:42,379 --> 00:07:44,713 I was called to the bar in London... 54 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:48,175 ...and enrolled at the High Court of Chancery. 55 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,302 I am, therefore, an attorney. 56 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:53,055 And since l am, in your eyes, colored... 57 00:07:53,223 --> 00:07:55,391 ...l think we can deduce there is at least... 58 00:07:55,559 --> 00:07:57,726 ...one colored attorney in South Africa. 59 00:07:58,728 --> 00:08:00,813 Smart bloody Kaffir! 60 00:08:01,064 --> 00:08:02,106 Throw him out. 61 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:04,692 Just move your black ass back to third class... 62 00:08:04,901 --> 00:08:07,319 ...or l'll have you thrown off at the next station. 63 00:08:07,571 --> 00:08:09,321 But l always go first class! 64 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:20,893 But you're a rich man. Why put up with it? 65 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:23,520 Yes, l am rich. But l am lndian. 66 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:26,065 I do not expect to travel first class. 67 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,734 -ln England, I was a poor student. -That was England. 68 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,569 This is part of England's Empire. 69 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:35,532 Mr. Gandhi, you look at Mr. Khan and you see a successful Muslim trader. 70 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:38,577 Most South Africans see him simply as an Indian. 71 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:42,539 And the vast majority of Indians, mostly Hindus, like yourself... 72 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:45,709 ...were brought here to work mines and harvest crops. 73 00:09:45,961 --> 00:09:48,420 Most Europeans don't want them doing anything else. 74 00:09:48,672 --> 00:09:52,508 -But that is very unchristian-- -Mr. Gandhi, in this country... 75 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:56,553 ...lndians are not allowed to walk along the pavement with a Christian. 76 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:02,559 You mean, you employ Mr. Baker as your attorney... 77 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:04,937 ...but you can't walk down the street with him? 78 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,313 Well, l can. 79 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:09,775 But l risk being kicked into the gutter by someone... 80 00:10:09,985 --> 00:10:12,611 ...less holy than Mr. Baker. 81 00:10:22,706 --> 00:10:24,581 Well, then it must be fought. 82 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:27,167 We are children of God like everyone else. 83 00:10:27,377 --> 00:10:28,669 Allah be praised! 84 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,380 And what battalions will you call upon? 85 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:37,303 I will write to the press... 86 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:39,763 ...here and in England. 87 00:10:40,223 --> 00:10:41,348 I will use the courts. 88 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:44,018 You'll cause a lot of trouble. Our position is-- 89 00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:46,812 We are members of the Empire. 90 00:10:48,189 --> 00:10:51,025 And we come from an ancient civilization. 91 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:54,862 Why should we not walk on the pavements like other men? 92 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:59,158 I rather like the idea of an Indian barrister in South Africa. 93 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:03,454 I'm sure our community could keep you in work for some time... 94 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:06,415 ...even if you caused a good deal of trouble. 95 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:11,420 Especially if you caused a good deal of trouble. 96 00:11:30,982 --> 00:11:33,984 There's the English reporter. I told you he'd come. 97 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:39,448 You also said your article would draw a thousand people. 98 00:11:41,910 --> 00:11:45,329 At least some of the Hindus brought their wives. 99 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:49,166 No, I asked my wife to organize that. 100 00:11:50,585 --> 00:11:52,127 Some of them are leaving. 101 00:12:01,304 --> 00:12:02,846 "Ladies and gentlemen... 102 00:12:03,098 --> 00:12:07,267 ...we have asked you to gather here to help us proclaim our right... 103 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:10,646 ...to be treated as equal citizens of the Empire. 104 00:12:11,272 --> 00:12:12,940 We do not seek conflict. 105 00:12:13,691 --> 00:12:17,152 We know the strength of the forces arrayed against us... 106 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:22,241 ...know that because of them, we can only use peaceful means. 107 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:25,786 But we are determined that justice will be done. 108 00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:31,166 The symbol of our status is embodied in this pass... 109 00:12:31,376 --> 00:12:33,710 ...which we must carry at all times... 110 00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:36,797 ...but which no European even has to have. 111 00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:39,883 The first step towards changing our status... 112 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:43,262 ...is to eliminate this difference between us." 113 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,522 Now? 114 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:02,114 You write brilliantly, but you have much to learn about handling men. 115 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:06,660 "We do not want to ignite... 116 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:10,289 ...the fear or hatred of anyone. 117 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:12,249 But we ask you... 118 00:13:13,084 --> 00:13:15,711 ...Hindu, Muslim and Sikh... 119 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,755 ...to help us light up the sky... 120 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,301 ...and the minds of the British authorities... 121 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:25,679 ...with our defiance of this injustice." 122 00:13:27,849 --> 00:13:31,894 We will now burn the passes of our committee and its supporters. 123 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:36,273 We ask you to put your passes on the fire-- 124 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:37,816 You bloody dog! 125 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,365 Those passes... 126 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:47,493 ...are government property! 127 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:51,997 And l will arrest the first man who tries to burn one! 128 00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:04,885 Take him away. 129 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:27,991 You little... 130 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:29,618 ...Sammy... 131 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:31,203 ...bastard! 132 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:35,624 Now! Are there any more? 133 00:14:35,959 --> 00:14:39,044 If you want this kind of trouble, you can have it. 134 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:07,197 Let me go! 135 00:15:26,301 --> 00:15:27,426 Stop. 136 00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:48,989 The London papers have arrived from the Cape. 137 00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:52,159 The worstwas the Daily Mail. They said the burning of passes... 138 00:15:52,368 --> 00:15:55,495 -Ask Mr. Herzog to see me. -...was the most significant act... 139 00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:58,957 ...in colonial affairs since the Declaration of Independence. 140 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:01,460 They'll find we're better prepared this time. 141 00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:04,838 Mr. Gandhi will find he's on a long hiding to nothing. 142 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,426 "A High Court judge confirmed that Mr. Gandhi... 143 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:13,055 ...would've been within his rights to prosecute for assault... 144 00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:16,391 ...since neither he nor Mr. Khan resisted arrest." 145 00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,352 I told you about English law. 146 00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:21,521 As l told you about English policemen. 147 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,815 Yes? 148 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:27,736 We're very pleased to have you back, Papa. 149 00:16:28,112 --> 00:16:30,238 And l am glad to be back. 150 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:32,282 Come. 151 00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:34,868 Mind your face. 152 00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:44,628 Tomorrow l'll tell you about my days in a police hospital. 153 00:16:46,214 --> 00:16:47,255 Come, come. 154 00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:56,390 Just like proper English gentlemen. I'm proud of them. 155 00:16:56,641 --> 00:16:59,893 They're boys and they're lndian. 156 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:05,732 Will you take this off? It pinches every time l speak. 157 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,448 I've got it. 158 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:23,458 You'd be Gandhi. 159 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:26,545 I thought you'd be bigger. 160 00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:30,257 -l'm sorry. -No, that's all right. 161 00:17:31,426 --> 00:17:33,385 My name is Charlie Andrews, sir. 162 00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:34,886 I've come from lndia. 163 00:17:36,639 --> 00:17:38,682 I've read a great deal about you. 164 00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:40,851 Some of it good, l hope. 165 00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:44,312 Would you care to walk? 166 00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:48,400 -You're a clergyman? -Yes. 167 00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:50,527 I met some remarkable people in India. 168 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:53,780 And when I read what you were doing, I wanted to help. 169 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:55,907 -Does that surprise you? -Not anymore. 170 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,909 At first, I was amazed... 171 00:17:58,327 --> 00:18:00,829 ...but when you're fighting in a just cause... 172 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:05,375 ...people seem to pop up, like you, right out of the pavement. 173 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,503 Even when it's dangerous or.... 174 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:13,216 Hey, look what's coming! 175 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:16,636 A white shepherd leading a brown Sammy! 176 00:18:17,972 --> 00:18:21,266 -Perhaps we should.... -Doesn't the New Testament say: 177 00:18:21,476 --> 00:18:24,936 "If your enemy strikes you on the right cheek, offer him the left"? 178 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,939 The phrase was used metaphorically. I don't think our Lord-- 179 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:31,818 I'm not so sure. I have thought about it a great deal. 180 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:34,070 I suspect he meant you must show courage... 181 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:37,407 ...be willing to take a blow, several blows, to show... 182 00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:40,285 ...you won't strike back, nor will you be turned aside. 183 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:44,414 And when you do that, it calls on something in human nature... 184 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:48,251 ...that makes his hatred for you decrease and his respect increase. 185 00:18:48,503 --> 00:18:51,797 I think Christ grasped that, and l have seen it work. 186 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:53,340 Good morning. 187 00:18:53,508 --> 00:18:55,842 Get off the pavement, you bloody coon. 188 00:18:56,093 --> 00:18:57,385 -Yeah, get off. -Kaffir! 189 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:01,807 -Colin, what you doing? -Nothing. 190 00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:03,892 Come out where l can see you! 191 00:19:08,231 --> 00:19:10,148 I said, what you doing? 192 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:13,401 We were just trying to clean up the neighborhood. 193 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:16,988 You're late for work. I thought you'd gone 1 0 minutes ago. 194 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:18,990 Get on! 195 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:27,123 You'll find there's room for us all. 196 00:19:35,049 --> 00:19:37,509 -That was lucky. -l thought you were a man of God. 197 00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:39,886 I am, but l'm not so egotistical as to think... 198 00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:41,972 ...he plans his day around my dilemmas. 199 00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:48,311 You could call it a communal farm, l suppose. 200 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:51,022 But you've all come to the same conclusions. 201 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,775 Our Gita, the Muslim's Koran, your Bible. 202 00:19:53,985 --> 00:19:57,195 It's always the simple things that catch your breath. 203 00:19:57,655 --> 00:19:59,781 "Love thy neighbor as thyself." 204 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:01,950 Not always practiced... 205 00:20:02,159 --> 00:20:05,537 ...but it's something we Hindus could learn a lot from. 206 00:20:05,788 --> 00:20:08,456 That's the kind of thing you'll be seeking on this farm? 207 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,125 Well, we shall try. 208 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:12,210 Bad news, I'm afraid. 209 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:15,130 They're going to change the pass laws. 210 00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:23,388 It's taken time, but it needed to be done fairly. 211 00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:27,350 We didn't want to create an injustice simply because Mr. Gandhi... 212 00:20:27,518 --> 00:20:29,811 ...was abusing our existing legislation. 213 00:20:30,146 --> 00:20:32,606 Just one moment, sir, please. 214 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:36,776 I beg your pardon. 215 00:20:38,613 --> 00:20:39,905 But on a short trip... 216 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:44,034 ...l wouldn't spend too much time on the Indian question, Mr. Walker. 217 00:20:44,327 --> 00:20:46,036 It's a tiny factor in South Africa. 218 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,665 Well, it is news at the moment. 219 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:53,668 I plan to report on the condition of the mines here... 220 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,503 -...as well as the economy. -Good. 221 00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:58,381 But l would like to meet this Mr. Gand-eye. 222 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,842 -Gandhi. -Gandhi. 223 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:04,512 Of course. We Westerners have a weakness... 224 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:07,599 ...for these spiritually inclined men of lndia. 225 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,727 But as an old lawyer, let me warn you. 226 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:13,897 Mr. Gandhi is as shrewd a man as you will ever meet... 227 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,775 ...however otherworldly he may seem. 228 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:19,903 But l'm sure you're enough of a reporter to see that. 229 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,906 I hope so. Thank you for your time, sir. 230 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,996 So it's not spiritualism or nationalism. 231 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:34,417 We're not resisting anything but the idea that people can't live together. 232 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:35,835 You see? 233 00:21:36,712 --> 00:21:38,421 Hindus, Muslims... 234 00:21:38,673 --> 00:21:40,548 ...Sikhs, Jews... 235 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:42,425 ...even Christians. 236 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:45,053 Mr. Walker of the New York Times. 237 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:46,304 How you doing? 238 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:51,059 Without a paper, a journal of some kind... 239 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:53,144 ...you cannot unite a community. 240 00:21:53,396 --> 00:21:56,481 You belong to a very important profession. 241 00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:02,529 And what do you think an important professional should write... 242 00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:06,282 ...about your response to General Smuts' newest legislation? 243 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:08,284 I don't know. 244 00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:10,829 I'm still searching for a response. 245 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,872 You will respect the law? 246 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:18,461 There are unjust laws as there are unjust men. 247 00:22:19,088 --> 00:22:21,881 You're a small minority to take on the South African government... 248 00:22:22,091 --> 00:22:27,303 -...not to mention the British Empire. -lf you are a minority of one... 249 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,931 ...the truth is the truth. 250 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,059 Herman Kallenbach... 251 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:36,271 ...our chief carpenter, also our chief benefactor. 252 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,189 Vince Walker, New York Times. 253 00:22:38,441 --> 00:22:40,358 This is quite a place you've got here. 254 00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:43,570 And you call it an ashram? 255 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,698 That's right. The word only means "community." 256 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:50,201 But it could stand for "village" or "the world." 257 00:22:50,453 --> 00:22:52,704 You're an ambitious man, Mr. Gandhi. 258 00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:54,622 I hope not. 259 00:22:57,501 --> 00:23:01,463 I hear that you also prepare the meals and clean the toilets. 260 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,424 -ls that part of the experiment? -Ba! 261 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,179 We will need another place set for Mr. Walker's driver. 262 00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:11,598 I will tell Tara. 263 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:17,312 Yes, it's one way to learn that each man's labor... 264 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:19,272 ...is as important as another's. 265 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:21,691 While you're doing it, cleaning the toilet... 266 00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:24,152 ...seems far more important than the law. 267 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,362 Please, come and join us. 268 00:23:26,614 --> 00:23:29,365 You'll need something before your journey back. 269 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,786 -Would you excuse me, please? -Yeah, sure. 270 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,255 What is it? 271 00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:47,967 Sora was sent to tell me l must... 272 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:50,428 ...rake and cover the latrine. 273 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:53,848 That's right. Everyone takes their turn. 274 00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:55,642 It is the work of untouchables! 275 00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:58,603 In this place, there are no untouchables... 276 00:23:58,813 --> 00:24:00,730 ...and no work is beneath any of us. 277 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:02,690 I'm your wife! 278 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:04,651 All the more reason. 279 00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:08,947 As you command. 280 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:15,286 The others may follow you, but you forget... 281 00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:17,956 ...l knew you when you were a boy. 282 00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:19,749 It's not me. 283 00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:22,460 It's the principle. 284 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:26,381 And you will do it with joy or not do it at all. 285 00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:29,300 Not at all then. 286 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,348 All right then, go. You don't belong here! 287 00:24:35,558 --> 00:24:39,394 Go and leave the ashram altogether. We don't want you! 288 00:24:40,229 --> 00:24:41,354 Have you no shame? 289 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:43,022 I'm your wife! 290 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,453 Where do you expect me to go? 291 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,207 What's the matter with me? 292 00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:10,466 You're human. 293 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,345 Only human. 294 00:25:16,807 --> 00:25:18,933 And it's even harder for those of us... 295 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:22,896 ...who do not even want to be as good as you do. 296 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,401 I apologize. 297 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:37,118 I must get back to that reporter. 298 00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:40,413 And l must... 299 00:25:41,248 --> 00:25:44,626 ...rake and cover the latrine. 300 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:12,904 I want to welcome you all. 301 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:16,115 Every one of you. 302 00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:19,702 We have no secrets. 303 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:29,837 Let us begin by being clear... 304 00:26:30,047 --> 00:26:32,799 ...about General Smuts' new law. 305 00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:36,928 All Indians must now be fingerprinted... 306 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:38,179 ...like criminals. 307 00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:40,098 Men and women. 308 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:44,352 No marriage other than a Christian marriage is considered valid. 309 00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:46,104 Under this act... 310 00:26:46,563 --> 00:26:49,107 ...our wives and mothers are whores. 311 00:26:49,858 --> 00:26:52,986 And every man here is a bastard. 312 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,909 He has become quite good at this. 313 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,706 And a policeman... 314 00:27:05,541 --> 00:27:08,209 ...passing an Indian dwelling-- 315 00:27:08,419 --> 00:27:10,295 I will not call them homes. 316 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:14,465 --may enter and demand the card of any lndian woman whose dwelling it is. 317 00:27:14,675 --> 00:27:16,676 Goddamn them! 318 00:27:18,095 --> 00:27:19,262 Understand... 319 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:23,224 ...he does not have to stand at the door. 320 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:25,852 He may enter. 321 00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:27,395 I will not allow it! 322 00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:30,398 I swear to Allah. 323 00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:35,111 I'll kill the man who offers that insult to my home and my wife... 324 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:38,031 ...and let them hang me! 325 00:27:41,827 --> 00:27:46,164 I say talk means nothing! 326 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:50,960 Kill a few officials before they disgrace one lndian woman. 327 00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:54,797 Then they might think twice about such laws. 328 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:59,052 In that cause, I would be willing to die! 329 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,229 I praise such courage. 330 00:28:10,439 --> 00:28:13,232 I need such courage... 331 00:28:13,442 --> 00:28:16,736 ...because, in this cause, I too am prepared to die. 332 00:28:16,987 --> 00:28:18,446 But, my friend... 333 00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:23,826 ...there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. 334 00:28:24,953 --> 00:28:26,662 Whatever they do to us... 335 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,873 ...we will attack no one... 336 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:31,042 ...kill no one. 337 00:28:31,293 --> 00:28:35,129 But we will not give our fingerprints, not one of us. 338 00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:40,093 They will imprison us. They will fine us. They will seize our possessions. 339 00:28:40,803 --> 00:28:43,596 But they cannot take away our self-respect... 340 00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:45,348 ...if we do not give it to them. 341 00:28:45,516 --> 00:28:47,558 Have you been to prison? 342 00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:51,020 They beat us and torture us. I say-- 343 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,315 I am asking you to fight. 344 00:28:55,192 --> 00:28:59,195 To fight against their anger, not to provoke it. 345 00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:04,325 We will not strike a blow. 346 00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:07,495 But we will receive them. 347 00:29:07,704 --> 00:29:09,205 And through our pain... 348 00:29:09,790 --> 00:29:12,834 ...we will make them see their injustice. 349 00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:14,710 And it will hurt... 350 00:29:15,295 --> 00:29:17,338 ...as all fighting hurts. 351 00:29:18,966 --> 00:29:20,842 But we cannot lose. 352 00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:23,177 We cannot. 353 00:29:25,222 --> 00:29:27,432 They may torture my body... 354 00:29:28,142 --> 00:29:30,309 ...break my bones... 355 00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:33,729 ...even kill me. Then... 356 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,816 ...they will have my dead body... 357 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,361 ...not my obedience. 358 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:03,259 We are Hindu and Muslim... 359 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,846 ...children of God, each one of us. 360 00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:11,851 Let us take a solemn oath in his name... 361 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,687 ...that, come what may... 362 00:30:15,898 --> 00:30:19,233 ...we will not submit to this law. 363 00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:04,946 God save our gracious King 364 00:31:05,155 --> 00:31:10,284 God save our noble King 365 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:14,539 God save our King 366 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:18,102 These men are contracted laborers. 367 00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:19,687 They belong in the mines. 368 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:22,356 You put their comrades in jail. 369 00:32:22,566 --> 00:32:23,941 When you free them... 370 00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:25,943 ...they will go back to work. 371 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,195 I've warned you. 372 00:32:28,989 --> 00:32:30,489 We've warned each other. 373 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,418 I don't think that's very good. 374 00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:29,674 Steady, steady. 375 00:33:29,925 --> 00:33:31,050 Stop! 376 00:33:42,145 --> 00:33:44,939 At the canter, charge! 377 00:33:47,818 --> 00:33:50,069 We should lie down. Down! 378 00:33:51,571 --> 00:33:54,073 The horses won't trample on us. Lie down! 379 00:34:33,113 --> 00:34:36,365 Follow me! Follow me! 380 00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:58,262 Now what the hell do we do? 381 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,556 Let them march. 382 00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:06,854 In our own sweet time, in our own sweet way... 383 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:08,856 ...we'll get them. 384 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:17,239 -One law! -One king! 385 00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:26,081 Some of you may be rejoicing that Mr. Gandhi has been put into prison. 386 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:31,003 But l would ask you, assembled here in this house of God... 387 00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:35,174 ...to recognize that we are witnessing something new... 388 00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:38,636 ...something so unexpected, so unusual... 389 00:35:38,887 --> 00:35:41,639 ...that it is not surprising the government is at a loss. 390 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:45,768 What Mr. Gandhi has forced us to do... 391 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:48,646 ...is ask questions about ourselves. 392 00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:54,068 As Christians, those are difficult questions to answer. 393 00:35:55,779 --> 00:36:00,741 How do we treat men who defy an unjust law... 394 00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:03,702 ...who will not fight... 395 00:36:04,412 --> 00:36:06,539 ...but will not comply? 396 00:36:07,207 --> 00:36:10,084 As Christians, or as people who have not heard the word-- 397 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:26,475 They're sparing no one, l see. 398 00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:30,688 No, you were the surprise. 399 00:36:30,981 --> 00:36:32,940 It has been all over the prison. 400 00:36:33,108 --> 00:36:35,609 We thought they'd be too afraid of the English press. 401 00:36:35,777 --> 00:36:37,486 So did l. 402 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:49,915 I don't know who they've left out there to do the work. 403 00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:54,461 -Have they touched the women? -My wife publicly defied the law. 404 00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:56,839 They've arrested her and four others. 405 00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:58,966 It split the government. 406 00:36:59,175 --> 00:37:01,677 Well, that's one victory. 407 00:37:01,887 --> 00:37:05,431 If we hold firm, it won't be the last. 408 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:06,724 Don't worry. 409 00:37:06,975 --> 00:37:09,768 I've never seen men so determined. 410 00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:12,313 You have given them a way to fight. 411 00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:18,569 Gandhi! 412 00:37:19,279 --> 00:37:20,613 I want Gandhi! 413 00:37:20,864 --> 00:37:22,781 Which Sammy is it? 414 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:05,532 Mr. Gandhi. 415 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,620 I thought we might have a little talk. 416 00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:12,748 Thank you, Daniels. 417 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,003 Will you have a glass of sherry? 418 00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,172 Thank you, no. 419 00:38:20,548 --> 00:38:23,676 -Perhaps some tea? -l dined at the prison. 420 00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:30,933 Please, do come and sit down. 421 00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:45,823 Mr. Gandhi. 422 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:50,536 I've more or less decided to ask the House to repeal the act... 423 00:38:50,745 --> 00:38:53,247 ...that you have taken such exception to. 424 00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:58,043 Well, if you asked, General Smuts, I'm sure it will be done. 425 00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:00,546 It's not quite that simple. 426 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:02,840 Somehow, I expected not. 427 00:39:03,091 --> 00:39:05,843 I thought of calling for a royal commission... 428 00:39:06,094 --> 00:39:08,262 ...to investigate the new legislation. 429 00:39:09,097 --> 00:39:12,516 I think I could guarantee they would recommend the act be repealed. 430 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,727 I congratulate them. 431 00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:16,520 But they might also recommend... 432 00:39:17,564 --> 00:39:21,066 ...that all future lndian immigration be severely restricted... 433 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:23,485 ...even stopped. 434 00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:35,998 Immigration was not an issue on which we fought. 435 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:39,543 It would be wrong of us to make it one, now that we.... 436 00:39:41,171 --> 00:39:43,630 We are in a position of advantage. 437 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,099 I'm ordering the release of all prisoners within the next 24 hours. 438 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,936 You yourself are free as from this moment. 439 00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:08,030 Assuming we are in agreement. 440 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:10,449 Yes, yes. 441 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:15,245 It's just that in these clothes, I would prefer to go by taxi. 442 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:16,622 All right. Fine. 443 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:20,459 I'm afraid I have no money. 444 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:24,213 Neither have l. 445 00:40:25,632 --> 00:40:27,716 I'm awfully sorry. 446 00:40:28,134 --> 00:40:29,176 Daniels... 447 00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:32,513 ...will you lend Mr. Gandhi a shilling for a taxi? 448 00:40:33,389 --> 00:40:34,807 I beg your pardon, sir? 449 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:37,935 How far will you be going, Gandhi? 450 00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:42,731 Now that this is settled, l'd thought seriously of going back to lndia. 451 00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:46,819 But a shilling will do splendidly for the moment. 452 00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:56,453 Thank you. 453 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,336 I'm obliged, Mr. Daniels... 454 00:41:04,587 --> 00:41:07,172 ...but l can find my own way out. 455 00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:28,652 Guard of honor! 456 00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:30,696 Attention! 457 00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:46,253 Present arms! 458 00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:54,469 -My God, he loves it! -l'm sure he hates it. 459 00:41:54,929 --> 00:41:57,931 Generals' reputations are being made in France today... 460 00:41:58,141 --> 00:41:59,808 ...fighting on the Western front. 461 00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:04,021 Not as military governors in lndia. 462 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,733 What the devil's going on back there? 463 00:42:07,901 --> 00:42:10,777 Must be that lndian who made all that fuss in Africa. 464 00:42:11,029 --> 00:42:12,946 My cabin boy told me he was onboard. 465 00:42:14,282 --> 00:42:15,532 There he is. 466 00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:20,370 God, he's dressed like a coolie! 467 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:22,164 I thought he was a lawyer. 468 00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:25,959 Mr. Gandhi, have you refused to wear European clothes? 469 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:27,794 No, I haven't refused. 470 00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:31,131 I simply wanted to dress the way my comrades in prison dress. 471 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,091 Will you support the war effort? 472 00:42:33,301 --> 00:42:38,138 If l wish to enjoy the benefits and protection of the British Empire... 473 00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:41,892 ...it would be wrong of me not to help in its defense. 474 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:44,353 Now that you're back in lndia, what will you do? 475 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:45,854 I don't know. 476 00:42:46,105 --> 00:42:47,856 -l don't know. -One more question. 477 00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:51,818 As an lndian woman, how could you accept the indignity of prison? 478 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:55,072 My dignity comes from following my husband. 479 00:42:55,323 --> 00:42:56,615 Thank you very much. 480 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,250 Just a few words, then we'll get you to civilization. 481 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:07,626 May I? 482 00:43:19,097 --> 00:43:20,847 I'm glad to be home... 483 00:43:26,396 --> 00:43:28,313 ...and l thank you for your greeting. 484 00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:48,458 I'll follow with your wife. 485 00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:50,419 Don't worry. Everything's arranged. 486 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:57,050 -Who's that young man? -That's young Nehru. 487 00:43:57,218 --> 00:44:00,053 He's got his father's intellect, his mother's good looks... 488 00:44:00,221 --> 00:44:01,596 ...and the devil's own charm. 489 00:44:01,848 --> 00:44:05,392 If they don't ruin him at Cambridge-- Wave, wave! 490 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:07,561 --he might amount to something. 491 00:44:13,067 --> 00:44:17,904 I must say, when l first saw you as a bumbling lawyer here in Bombay... 492 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:20,615 ...l never thought l'd greet you as a national hero. 493 00:44:20,783 --> 00:44:22,534 I'm hardly that, Mr. Patel. 494 00:44:22,827 --> 00:44:24,411 Yes, you are! 495 00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:27,539 It's been 200 years since an Indian cocked a snook... 496 00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:30,042 ...at the British Empire and got away with it. 497 00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:34,963 And stop calling me Mr. Patel. You're not a junior clerk anymore. 498 00:44:59,822 --> 00:45:04,034 The new military governor of the Northwest Province was on that ship. 499 00:45:04,327 --> 00:45:06,536 Too bad you came back third class. 500 00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:08,205 He might have been impressed... 501 00:45:08,456 --> 00:45:11,917 ...by a successful barrister who'd outmaneuvered General Smuts. 502 00:45:13,461 --> 00:45:14,878 Yes, l'm sure. 503 00:45:25,807 --> 00:45:28,350 Are you involved too, Mrs. Nehru? 504 00:45:29,102 --> 00:45:32,813 No. I leave practical matters to my husband... 505 00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,357 ...and revolution to my son. 506 00:45:35,650 --> 00:45:39,319 Mr. Gandhi, l'd like you to meet Mr. Jinnah, our joint host... 507 00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:41,863 ...member of congress and leader of the Muslim League. 508 00:45:42,031 --> 00:45:43,365 How do you do? 509 00:45:43,616 --> 00:45:45,742 And Mr. Prakash, who, l fear... 510 00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:49,287 ...is awaiting trial for sedition and inducement to murder. 511 00:45:50,331 --> 00:45:52,916 I have not actually pulled the trigger, Mr. Gandhi. 512 00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:54,376 I have simply written... 513 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:57,921 ...if an Englishman kills an Indian for disobeying his law... 514 00:45:58,172 --> 00:46:00,424 ...it is an lndian's duty to kill an Englishman... 515 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:02,968 ...for enforcing his law in a land that is not his. 516 00:46:03,344 --> 00:46:06,763 It's a clever argument. lt may not produce the end you desire. 517 00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:11,351 We hope you'll join us in our struggle for home rule, Mr. Gandhi. 518 00:46:11,561 --> 00:46:15,605 Excuse me. May l, Mohan? There's someone I'd like him to meet. 519 00:46:15,857 --> 00:46:16,898 Excuse me. 520 00:46:19,193 --> 00:46:20,735 Sorry to rush you. 521 00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:24,656 He told the press he'd support the British in the war. 522 00:46:24,866 --> 00:46:26,575 That's nonviolence for you. 523 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:29,744 You know, Mohan... 524 00:46:29,912 --> 00:46:32,080 ...now l have a confession to make. 525 00:46:32,540 --> 00:46:35,041 I didn't decide to come to South Africa. 526 00:46:35,251 --> 00:46:37,252 Professor Gokhale sent me. 527 00:46:39,005 --> 00:46:41,381 We are trying to make a nation, Gandhi. 528 00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:44,301 But the British keep trying to break us up... 529 00:46:44,594 --> 00:46:48,263 ...into religions, principalities, provinces. 530 00:46:49,098 --> 00:46:51,600 What you were writing in South Africa... 531 00:46:51,893 --> 00:46:53,351 ...that's what we need here. 532 00:46:53,603 --> 00:46:55,812 I have so much to learn about India. 533 00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:59,983 And l have to begin my practice again. One needs money to run a journal. 534 00:47:00,234 --> 00:47:03,570 Nonsense. Go on, Charlie. This is lndian talk. 535 00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:06,740 We want none of you imperialists here. 536 00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:10,744 All right, l'll go and write my report to the viceroy. 537 00:47:11,078 --> 00:47:13,413 You go and find a pretty Hindu woman... 538 00:47:13,706 --> 00:47:15,540 ...and convert her to Christianity. 539 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,543 That's as much mischief as you're allowed. 540 00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:22,672 Come, let's find a quiet corner. 541 00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:26,635 Now, you forget about your practice. 542 00:47:26,969 --> 00:47:28,929 You have other things to do. 543 00:47:29,889 --> 00:47:33,350 India has many men with too much wealth. 544 00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:37,729 And it's their privilege to nourish the effort of the few... 545 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:41,816 ...who can raise lndia from servitude and apathy. 546 00:47:42,276 --> 00:47:43,735 I'll see to it. 547 00:47:44,070 --> 00:47:45,529 You begin your journal. 548 00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:47,030 I have little to say. 549 00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:49,115 Come, let's sit down. 550 00:47:49,367 --> 00:47:51,368 India is an alien country to me. 551 00:47:51,744 --> 00:47:52,994 Change that. 552 00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:56,456 Go and find lndia. 553 00:47:56,707 --> 00:47:58,083 Not what you see here... 554 00:47:58,292 --> 00:48:00,877 ...but the real India. 555 00:48:01,462 --> 00:48:03,964 You'll see what needs to be said... 556 00:48:04,632 --> 00:48:06,967 ...what we need to hear. 557 00:48:13,432 --> 00:48:15,850 When I saw you in that tunic, l knew. 558 00:48:17,979 --> 00:48:20,772 I knew l could die in peace. 559 00:48:22,191 --> 00:48:24,985 Make India proud of herself. 560 00:51:51,984 --> 00:51:54,444 Charlie, please. You're both being foolish. 561 00:51:54,653 --> 00:51:57,739 But the air is lovely. Anyway, there's no room in there. 562 00:51:57,990 --> 00:52:00,492 Please! Come in. 563 00:52:01,118 --> 00:52:02,494 No violence, please. 564 00:52:02,745 --> 00:52:06,039 Let me hang on with two hands or l will fall. 565 00:52:06,290 --> 00:52:07,582 Englishman, sahib! 566 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,709 Come, there is room up here! 567 00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:15,381 Put your foot on the window. Come! 568 00:52:22,223 --> 00:52:25,517 -What are you doing? -l'm going nearer to God. 569 00:52:28,020 --> 00:52:29,479 Charlie! Be careful! 570 00:52:29,939 --> 00:52:31,898 Let go. Let go! 571 00:52:32,942 --> 00:52:34,442 -Let go! -Oh, dear! 572 00:52:47,248 --> 00:52:49,123 Hello. 573 00:52:50,292 --> 00:52:53,086 You see? It is most comfortable. 574 00:52:53,337 --> 00:52:54,712 Sahib? 575 00:52:55,923 --> 00:52:56,965 Are you a Christian? 576 00:52:57,842 --> 00:52:59,425 Yes, l'm a Christian. 577 00:52:59,677 --> 00:53:01,219 I know a Christian. 578 00:53:01,971 --> 00:53:03,888 She drinks blood. 579 00:53:05,099 --> 00:53:07,141 Blood of Christ. Every Sunday. 580 00:53:11,689 --> 00:53:13,523 Charlie! 581 00:53:17,111 --> 00:53:19,112 It's all right, sahib. It's very safe. 582 00:53:19,905 --> 00:53:21,197 Bend! 583 00:53:24,743 --> 00:53:28,663 Pray to God, sahib. Now is when it is best to be Hindu. 584 00:53:29,540 --> 00:53:31,624 I agree with Jinnah. 585 00:53:32,126 --> 00:53:35,837 Now that the Americans are in, the war will be over soon. 586 00:53:36,088 --> 00:53:38,506 The Germans are worn out as it is. 587 00:53:39,008 --> 00:53:41,050 And our first act should be... 588 00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:44,345 ...to convene a congress party convention... 589 00:53:44,847 --> 00:53:47,056 ...and demand independence. 590 00:53:47,308 --> 00:53:50,476 And we will speak with one voice, united. 591 00:53:52,354 --> 00:53:53,855 And we should invite Gandhi. 592 00:53:54,106 --> 00:53:55,857 What the devil's happened to him? 593 00:53:56,442 --> 00:53:58,234 He's discovering lndia. 594 00:53:58,444 --> 00:54:01,195 Which is better than making trouble where it matters. 595 00:54:01,447 --> 00:54:04,407 Invite him, let him say his piece about South Africa... 596 00:54:04,658 --> 00:54:06,826 ...then let him slip into oblivion. 597 00:54:37,024 --> 00:54:38,191 Insurgents. 598 00:54:38,484 --> 00:54:40,109 They've derailed a troop train. 599 00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:43,529 Keep clear! Come on. 600 00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:51,913 They've killed an English soldier. 601 00:54:59,713 --> 00:55:02,590 We were asked for toleration. 602 00:55:03,092 --> 00:55:05,885 We were asked for patience. 603 00:55:06,220 --> 00:55:08,054 Some of us gave it... 604 00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:10,431 ...and some did not. 605 00:55:10,641 --> 00:55:14,310 Well, their war is over. 606 00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:17,730 And those of us who supported it... 607 00:55:17,982 --> 00:55:20,483 ...and those of us who refused... 608 00:55:20,734 --> 00:55:24,070 ...must forget our differences. 609 00:55:24,571 --> 00:55:27,615 And there can be no excuses... 610 00:55:27,825 --> 00:55:30,118 ...from the British now. 611 00:55:30,369 --> 00:55:32,245 India wants... 612 00:55:32,454 --> 00:55:33,871 ...home rule. 613 00:55:34,123 --> 00:55:35,206 India... 614 00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:37,458 ...demands home rule! 615 00:55:53,934 --> 00:55:55,643 Congratulations. 616 00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,740 And let no one question... 617 00:56:08,949 --> 00:56:10,950 ...that Mr. Jinnah speaks... 618 00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:13,369 ...not just for the Muslims... 619 00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:14,662 ...but for all lndia! 620 00:56:21,712 --> 00:56:23,087 And now... 621 00:56:23,297 --> 00:56:25,631 ...l'm going to introduce to you... 622 00:56:25,841 --> 00:56:27,800 ...a man whose writings... 623 00:56:28,052 --> 00:56:30,136 ...we are all becoming familiar with. 624 00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:34,474 A man who stood in high esteem with our own beloved Gokhale. 625 00:56:34,725 --> 00:56:37,393 A man whose accomplishments in South Africa... 626 00:56:37,561 --> 00:56:39,145 ...will always be remembered. 627 00:56:39,438 --> 00:56:41,439 Mr. Mohandas Gandhi! 628 00:56:43,609 --> 00:56:45,693 Your journal has made great impact. 629 00:56:45,903 --> 00:56:48,237 I'm flattered by Mr. Patel. 630 00:56:48,489 --> 00:56:51,532 I would be even more flattered if what he said were true. 631 00:56:51,784 --> 00:56:52,992 But it is true. 632 00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:55,620 I read it. Often! 633 00:57:07,549 --> 00:57:11,052 Since I returned from South Africa... 634 00:57:13,097 --> 00:57:15,973 ...l've traveled over much of India. 635 00:57:16,725 --> 00:57:20,728 And l know that l could travel for many more years... 636 00:57:21,021 --> 00:57:24,190 ...and still only see a small part of her. 637 00:57:24,900 --> 00:57:27,068 And yet, l already know... 638 00:57:27,361 --> 00:57:29,195 ...that what we say here... 639 00:57:29,446 --> 00:57:33,241 ...means nothing to the masses of our country. 640 00:57:33,867 --> 00:57:37,411 Here, we make speeches for each other... 641 00:57:38,163 --> 00:57:42,208 ...and those English liberal magazines that may grant us a few lines. 642 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:46,879 But the people of lndia... 643 00:57:47,131 --> 00:57:48,422 ...are... 644 00:57:49,133 --> 00:57:50,424 ...untouched. 645 00:57:51,385 --> 00:57:54,554 Their politics are confined to bread... 646 00:57:54,888 --> 00:57:56,222 ...and salt. 647 00:57:56,682 --> 00:57:58,850 Illiterate they may be, but they're not blind. 648 00:57:59,101 --> 00:58:02,353 They see no reason to give their loyalty to rich and powerful men... 649 00:58:02,646 --> 00:58:05,731 ...who simply want to take over the role of the British... 650 00:58:05,941 --> 00:58:07,775 ...in the name of freedom. 651 00:58:09,486 --> 00:58:12,321 This congress tells the world... 652 00:58:12,531 --> 00:58:14,699 ...it represents lndia. 653 00:58:15,784 --> 00:58:17,076 My brothers... 654 00:58:17,536 --> 00:58:18,619 ...lndia... 655 00:58:18,829 --> 00:58:22,331 ...is 700,000 villages... 656 00:58:23,750 --> 00:58:26,377 ...not a few hundred lawyers in Delhi... 657 00:58:26,545 --> 00:58:28,129 ...and Bombay. 658 00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:31,549 Until we stand in the fields... 659 00:58:31,758 --> 00:58:35,678 ...with the millions that toil each day under the hot sun... 660 00:58:36,555 --> 00:58:39,724 ...we will not represent India. 661 00:58:39,933 --> 00:58:43,644 Nor will we ever be able to challenge the British... 662 00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:45,938 ...as one nation. 663 00:59:03,207 --> 00:59:04,790 Have you read his magazine? 664 00:59:05,417 --> 00:59:06,542 No. 665 00:59:07,294 --> 00:59:08,878 But l think I'm going to. 666 00:59:13,467 --> 00:59:14,926 Pull over. 667 00:59:15,135 --> 00:59:16,719 This can't be the way. 668 00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:20,640 Yes, l'm sure this is the direction lndia is taking. 669 00:59:21,850 --> 00:59:24,644 To think I almost got excited by Mr. Jinnah... 670 00:59:24,853 --> 00:59:26,938 ...when all this was awaiting me. 671 00:59:46,166 --> 00:59:47,917 We're looking for Mr. Gandhi. 672 00:59:51,004 --> 00:59:53,547 -You'll find him under that tree. -Thank you. 673 00:59:54,633 --> 00:59:57,009 I'm anxious to meet this new force. 674 00:59:57,469 --> 01:00:00,638 I try to live like an Indian, as you see. 675 01:00:00,889 --> 01:00:02,932 It's stupid, of course. 676 01:00:03,183 --> 01:00:04,725 Because in our country... 677 01:00:04,935 --> 01:00:07,478 ...it is the British who decide how an lndian lives... 678 01:00:08,355 --> 01:00:10,606 ...what he may buy, what he may sell. 679 01:00:10,816 --> 01:00:12,608 And from their luxury... 680 01:00:12,859 --> 01:00:16,612 ...in the midst of our terrible poverty... 681 01:00:17,531 --> 01:00:21,158 ...they instruct us on what is justice, what is sedition. 682 01:00:21,410 --> 01:00:25,413 So it's only natural that our best young minds... 683 01:00:25,664 --> 01:00:28,499 ...assume an air of Eastern dignity... 684 01:00:28,750 --> 01:00:30,418 ...while greedily assimilating... 685 01:00:30,627 --> 01:00:34,463 ...every Western weakness as quickly as they can acquire it. 686 01:00:37,801 --> 01:00:39,510 If we have home rule... 687 01:00:40,262 --> 01:00:41,345 ...that'll change. 688 01:00:45,475 --> 01:00:47,351 Would you, please? 689 01:00:48,437 --> 01:00:51,063 Why should the British grant us home rule? 690 01:00:53,025 --> 01:00:55,609 We must take the peelings to the goats. 691 01:00:56,194 --> 01:01:00,614 We only make wild speeches or perform even wilder acts of terrorism. 692 01:01:00,949 --> 01:01:02,616 We've bred an army of anarchists... 693 01:01:02,784 --> 01:01:06,078 ...but not one group that can fight the British anywhere. 694 01:01:06,330 --> 01:01:08,205 Hello! Hello! 695 01:01:08,415 --> 01:01:10,291 But l thought you were against fighting. 696 01:01:10,542 --> 01:01:13,711 Now just spread it around. 697 01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,463 There you are. 698 01:01:15,839 --> 01:01:19,508 They like the new peelings mixed in with the rotting ones. 699 01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:24,805 Where there's injustice, I always believed in fighting. 700 01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:29,393 The question is, do you fight to change things or to punish? 701 01:01:29,603 --> 01:01:33,439 I've found we're all such sinners, we should leave punishment to God. 702 01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:36,317 And if we really want to change things... 703 01:01:36,943 --> 01:01:39,070 ...there are better ways of doing it... 704 01:01:39,321 --> 01:01:42,698 ...than derailing trains or slashing someone with a sword. 705 01:01:42,908 --> 01:01:44,658 The fire is ready. 706 01:01:45,827 --> 01:01:47,912 You see, even here... 707 01:01:49,122 --> 01:01:50,915 ...we live under tyranny. 708 01:01:57,464 --> 01:02:00,216 What did l tell you? Look at him! 709 01:02:00,926 --> 01:02:03,344 I can see the British shaking now. 710 01:02:20,904 --> 01:02:22,655 Hello! 711 01:02:22,906 --> 01:02:25,741 I'm looking for Mr. Gandhi. 712 01:02:27,911 --> 01:02:31,414 I've been trying to speak to you for a long time. 713 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:35,334 Our crops. 714 01:02:35,585 --> 01:02:37,336 We cannot sell them. 715 01:02:38,672 --> 01:02:40,047 We have no money. 716 01:02:40,549 --> 01:02:43,384 But the landlords still demand the same rent. 717 01:02:44,970 --> 01:02:47,430 We have nothing left. 718 01:03:30,557 --> 01:03:33,309 Mr. Taylor, sir. Up here! 719 01:03:45,614 --> 01:03:46,906 Jesus! 720 01:03:48,074 --> 01:03:49,909 What the hell is going on? 721 01:03:50,619 --> 01:03:52,286 I don't know, sir. 722 01:03:57,292 --> 01:03:58,751 The agent got a telegram. 723 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:02,713 And it just said, "He is coming," and gave the time of the train. 724 01:04:08,512 --> 01:04:10,846 Who the hell is "he"? 725 01:04:12,057 --> 01:04:13,098 I don't know, sir. 726 01:04:37,374 --> 01:04:39,250 Out of the way. Come on, you! 727 01:04:44,214 --> 01:04:48,300 -Who the devil are you? -My name is Mohandas K. Gandhi. 728 01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:50,344 Whoever you are, we don't want you here. 729 01:04:51,054 --> 01:04:53,597 I suggest you get back on that train before it leaves. 730 01:04:54,266 --> 01:04:55,724 They seem to want me. 731 01:04:55,976 --> 01:04:57,017 Now, look here. 732 01:04:57,227 --> 01:04:59,270 I'll put you under arrest if you'd prefer. 733 01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:01,397 On what charge? 734 01:05:05,777 --> 01:05:07,361 I don't want any trouble. 735 01:05:07,571 --> 01:05:12,199 I'm an lndian traveling in my own country. I see no reason for trouble. 736 01:05:14,828 --> 01:05:16,954 Well, there had better not be. 737 01:05:21,334 --> 01:05:23,210 Make way for the officer. 738 01:05:42,647 --> 01:05:44,273 For years... 739 01:05:44,816 --> 01:05:47,026 ...the landlords have ordered us... 740 01:05:47,235 --> 01:05:48,569 ...to grow indigo... 741 01:05:49,279 --> 01:05:50,779 ...for dyeing cloth. 742 01:05:51,656 --> 01:05:55,534 Always, they took part of the crop as rent. 743 01:05:56,536 --> 01:05:57,620 But now... 744 01:05:58,204 --> 01:06:02,249 ...everyone buys their cloth from England. 745 01:06:02,459 --> 01:06:03,667 So no one wants... 746 01:06:04,252 --> 01:06:06,378 ...our indigo. 747 01:06:06,963 --> 01:06:08,047 The landlords... 748 01:06:08,381 --> 01:06:11,133 ...say we must pay our rent... 749 01:06:11,384 --> 01:06:12,801 ...in cash. 750 01:06:14,763 --> 01:06:16,180 What we could... 751 01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:18,265 ...we sold. 752 01:06:18,516 --> 01:06:21,310 The police have taken the rest. 753 01:06:22,145 --> 01:06:23,312 There is... 754 01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:25,564 ...no food. 755 01:06:26,650 --> 01:06:28,692 I understand. 756 01:06:31,154 --> 01:06:32,529 The landlords are British? 757 01:06:43,041 --> 01:06:44,958 What we can do, we will try to do. 758 01:07:05,188 --> 01:07:06,605 Shukla... 759 01:07:06,773 --> 01:07:08,941 ...is all Champaran like this? 760 01:07:09,609 --> 01:07:11,068 Yes, Bapu. 761 01:07:11,403 --> 01:07:13,070 The whole region. 762 01:07:13,571 --> 01:07:15,948 Hundreds. Thousands. 763 01:07:18,618 --> 01:07:20,953 Some landlords have tried to help. 764 01:07:21,454 --> 01:07:23,330 But what can they do? 765 01:07:38,221 --> 01:07:41,014 -Are you Mr. M.K. Gandhi? -Yes. 766 01:07:41,224 --> 01:07:43,267 I'm sorry, you're under arrest. 767 01:07:44,144 --> 01:07:45,519 I'm not sorry at all. 768 01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:58,365 Who did you say would be buying the drinks? 769 01:08:01,786 --> 01:08:03,287 Oh, no! 770 01:08:09,627 --> 01:08:13,380 Wouldn't you know, that's the best innings I've had since Oxford. 771 01:08:13,673 --> 01:08:16,508 -lndia's full of grief, old man. -l've got no idea. 772 01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:20,345 All I know is there's a riot or something at Motihari in Champaran. 773 01:08:20,513 --> 01:08:22,055 The whole company's ordered out. 774 01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:41,658 I would like to see the prisoner. 775 01:08:53,713 --> 01:08:55,297 On the left, sir. 776 01:09:03,515 --> 01:09:06,809 -Charlie. -Shades of South Africa. 777 01:09:07,060 --> 01:09:08,143 Not quite. 778 01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:10,103 They're only holding me... 779 01:09:10,313 --> 01:09:12,439 ...until the magistrate's hearing. 780 01:09:12,690 --> 01:09:14,691 Then it will be prison. 781 01:09:17,403 --> 01:09:19,112 Did they take your clothes? 782 01:09:20,740 --> 01:09:22,407 These are my clothes now. 783 01:09:24,369 --> 01:09:27,496 You always had a puritanical streak, Mohan. 784 01:09:28,248 --> 01:09:30,082 If l want to be one with them... 785 01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:32,042 ...l have to live like them. 786 01:09:32,252 --> 01:09:33,585 Yes, l think you do. 787 01:09:34,712 --> 01:09:36,880 But thank God we all don't. 788 01:09:37,131 --> 01:09:39,091 My puritanism runs in a different way. 789 01:09:39,342 --> 01:09:41,301 I'm far too modest for such a display. 790 01:09:47,684 --> 01:09:50,769 Couldn't I be let in with the prisoner? I am a clergyman. 791 01:10:04,409 --> 01:10:05,909 They're calling you "Bapu." 792 01:10:06,202 --> 01:10:07,828 I thought it meant "father." 793 01:10:08,496 --> 01:10:09,955 It does. 794 01:10:10,957 --> 01:10:13,000 We must be getting old, Charlie. 795 01:10:16,087 --> 01:10:17,546 What do you want me to do? 796 01:10:21,092 --> 01:10:22,801 I think that you can help us most... 797 01:10:23,011 --> 01:10:26,430 ...by taking that assignment you've been offered in Fiji. 798 01:10:29,642 --> 01:10:31,518 I have to be sure-- 799 01:10:32,145 --> 01:10:34,187 They have to be sure that what we do... 800 01:10:34,397 --> 01:10:37,649 ...can be done by Indians alone. 801 01:10:49,454 --> 01:10:51,038 But you know the strategy. 802 01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:54,541 The world is full of people who will despise what's happening here. 803 01:10:54,834 --> 01:10:56,501 It is their strength that we need. 804 01:10:56,711 --> 01:10:58,086 Before you go... 805 01:10:59,005 --> 01:11:02,299 ...you could start us in the right direction. 806 01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:13,894 I must leave from Calcutta... 807 01:11:15,021 --> 01:11:16,688 ...and soon. 808 01:11:19,442 --> 01:11:21,109 Say goodbye to Ba for me. 809 01:11:26,115 --> 01:11:27,199 Well, l.... 810 01:11:28,868 --> 01:11:31,328 There are no goodbyes for us, Charlie. 811 01:11:32,372 --> 01:11:35,457 Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart. 812 01:11:56,604 --> 01:11:59,856 -l'm going to clear the courtroom. -l'm not sure we'd be able to. 813 01:12:00,024 --> 01:12:02,401 It is a first hearing. It's supposed to be public. 814 01:12:02,652 --> 01:12:04,444 And he's a lawyer. 815 01:12:05,613 --> 01:12:07,489 I don't know where they found the nerve. 816 01:12:07,657 --> 01:12:10,659 I don't either, but the troops won't be here till tomorrow. 817 01:12:10,994 --> 01:12:13,328 How did the press get here before the military? 818 01:12:13,621 --> 01:12:16,456 That English clergyman sent a number of telegrams yesterday. 819 01:12:16,624 --> 01:12:19,876 I understand one of them even went to the viceroy. 820 01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:35,183 You have been ordered out of the province... 821 01:12:35,435 --> 01:12:37,978 ...on the grounds of disturbing the peace. 822 01:12:44,694 --> 01:12:46,778 With respect, l refuse to go. 823 01:12:49,657 --> 01:12:52,034 Do you want to go to jail? 824 01:12:52,285 --> 01:12:53,493 As you wish. 825 01:12:58,916 --> 01:12:59,958 All right. 826 01:13:01,127 --> 01:13:02,878 I will release you on bail... 827 01:13:03,129 --> 01:13:07,007 ...of 1 00 rupees until I reach a sentence. 828 01:13:09,927 --> 01:13:12,137 I refuse to pay 1 00 rupees. 829 01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:24,483 Then l will grant release on bail... 830 01:13:24,734 --> 01:13:28,487 ...without payment until I reach a decision. 831 01:13:54,764 --> 01:13:55,889 Gandhiji! Gandhiji! 832 01:14:02,438 --> 01:14:03,688 We are from Bihar. 833 01:14:04,232 --> 01:14:06,441 We received a cable from an old friend... 834 01:14:06,651 --> 01:14:08,360 ...who was at Cambridge with us. 835 01:14:08,569 --> 01:14:09,903 His name is Nehru. 836 01:14:10,154 --> 01:14:12,197 -l believe you know him. -lndeed. 837 01:14:12,490 --> 01:14:15,867 He tells us you need help, and we have come to give it. 838 01:14:17,912 --> 01:14:22,499 I want to document coldly, rationally, what is being done here. 839 01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:24,084 It may take months. 840 01:14:24,335 --> 01:14:25,877 We have no pressing engagements. 841 01:14:26,129 --> 01:14:28,755 You will have to live with the peasants. 842 01:14:29,340 --> 01:14:31,049 There will be risks. 843 01:14:50,027 --> 01:14:52,028 I don't know what this country's coming to. 844 01:14:52,196 --> 01:14:53,321 But good God, man! 845 01:14:53,489 --> 01:14:57,242 You yourself raised the rent simply to finance a hunting expedition. 846 01:14:58,411 --> 01:15:01,788 And some of these others: beatings, illegal seizures... 847 01:15:02,039 --> 01:15:04,082 ...demanding services without pay. 848 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:06,668 Even refusing them water. 849 01:15:07,211 --> 01:15:08,628 In lndia! 850 01:15:08,796 --> 01:15:11,631 Nobody knows what it is to try to get these people to work. 851 01:15:11,799 --> 01:15:13,925 You've made this half-naked whatever-he-is... 852 01:15:14,093 --> 01:15:16,469 ...into an international hero. 853 01:15:16,679 --> 01:15:20,765 "One lone man, marching dusty roads, armed only with honesty... 854 01:15:21,017 --> 01:15:24,477 ...and a bamboo staff, doing battle with the British Empire." 855 01:15:24,729 --> 01:15:27,981 At home, children are writing essays about him. 856 01:15:29,734 --> 01:15:32,360 What do they want? 857 01:15:32,612 --> 01:15:33,820 Gareth! 858 01:15:35,239 --> 01:15:36,531 Yes, sir. 859 01:15:36,782 --> 01:15:38,950 There's a rebate on rents paid. 860 01:15:39,452 --> 01:15:41,953 They're to be free to grow crops of their own choice. 861 01:15:42,371 --> 01:15:46,541 And a commission, part lndian, to hear grievances. 862 01:15:49,921 --> 01:15:52,923 That would satisfy him? 863 01:15:53,424 --> 01:15:54,925 And His Majesty's government. 864 01:15:55,801 --> 01:15:58,345 It only needs your signature for the landlords. 865 01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:09,898 It'll be worth it to see the back of him. 866 01:16:13,402 --> 01:16:14,903 Thank you, sir. 867 01:16:16,155 --> 01:16:18,990 -We're too damned liberal. -Perhaps. 868 01:16:20,034 --> 01:16:24,079 At least this has made the government see some sense about what men... 869 01:16:24,330 --> 01:16:27,916 ...like Mr. Gandhi should be allowed, and what they should be denied. 870 01:16:42,848 --> 01:16:44,724 Where is Mr. Gandhi? 871 01:16:45,434 --> 01:16:47,769 He said he preferred to walk, sir. 872 01:16:48,020 --> 01:16:51,815 I followed him most of the way. He's just turned the corner. 873 01:16:52,316 --> 01:16:54,317 He came third class. 874 01:16:55,194 --> 01:16:57,862 God, give me patience. 875 01:17:02,827 --> 01:17:04,661 My house is honored. 876 01:17:04,912 --> 01:17:06,454 The honor is ours. 877 01:17:06,664 --> 01:17:09,374 I'd like you to meet Dr. Kallenbach, an old friend. 878 01:17:09,583 --> 01:17:13,712 He's interested in flowers. l told him he could wander your garden. 879 01:17:14,213 --> 01:17:17,173 I'll send for my gardener. You'll have plenty to discuss. 880 01:17:17,425 --> 01:17:18,925 Thank you. 881 01:17:22,972 --> 01:17:25,515 Gentlemen, the hero of Champaran. 882 01:17:25,766 --> 01:17:28,101 Only the stubborn man of Champaran. 883 01:17:28,352 --> 01:17:30,437 Mr. Patel you know. 884 01:17:30,688 --> 01:17:33,273 Maulana Azad, my colleague and a fellow Muslim... 885 01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:36,318 ...and just recently released from prison. 886 01:17:38,195 --> 01:17:39,571 Mr. Kripalani. 887 01:17:40,698 --> 01:17:43,950 And of course, you know Mr. Nehru. 888 01:17:44,827 --> 01:17:47,078 I'm beginning to know Mr. Nehru. 889 01:17:47,330 --> 01:17:49,414 Please sit down. Do sit down. 890 01:17:49,665 --> 01:17:54,044 Gentlemen, l've asked you to come here through Mr. Jinnah's kindness... 891 01:17:54,253 --> 01:17:57,088 ...because I've had the chance to see the legislation. 892 01:17:57,298 --> 01:17:59,466 And it is exactly as was rumored. 893 01:17:59,884 --> 01:18:03,219 Arrest without warrant, and automatic imprisonment... 894 01:18:03,429 --> 01:18:06,014 ...for possession of materials considered seditious. 895 01:18:06,432 --> 01:18:09,768 And your writings are specifically listed. 896 01:18:10,311 --> 01:18:12,312 So much for helping them in the Great War. 897 01:18:12,521 --> 01:18:16,149 There is only one answer. Direct action on a scale... 898 01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:18,151 ...they can never handle. 899 01:18:19,153 --> 01:18:20,612 I don't think so. 900 01:18:21,072 --> 01:18:24,616 Terrorism would only justify their repression. 901 01:18:25,493 --> 01:18:27,952 And what kind of leaders would it throw up? 902 01:18:29,288 --> 01:18:32,040 Are they men that we'd want at the head of our country? 903 01:18:32,291 --> 01:18:35,335 I too have read Mr. Gandhi's writings... 904 01:18:35,586 --> 01:18:39,214 ...but l'd rather be ruled by an Indian terrorist than an English one. 905 01:18:39,423 --> 01:18:41,800 And l don't intend to submit to that kind of law. 906 01:18:42,009 --> 01:18:44,135 I must say, it seems to me... 907 01:18:44,387 --> 01:18:49,224 ...that it's gone beyond remedies like passive resistance. 908 01:18:50,101 --> 01:18:51,351 If l may... 909 01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:55,063 ...l, for one, have never advocated passive anything. 910 01:18:57,608 --> 01:19:01,069 I'm with Mr. Jinnah. We must never submit to such laws... 911 01:19:01,529 --> 01:19:02,779 ...ever. 912 01:19:03,864 --> 01:19:08,952 And l think our resistance must be active and provocative. 913 01:19:11,205 --> 01:19:12,247 May I? 914 01:19:14,542 --> 01:19:18,253 I want to embarrass all those who wish to treat us as slaves. 915 01:19:19,964 --> 01:19:21,339 Thank you. 916 01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:26,344 All of them. 917 01:19:27,012 --> 01:19:29,264 -Forgive my stupid illustration. -Allow me. 918 01:19:29,515 --> 01:19:31,182 No, please. 919 01:19:31,392 --> 01:19:33,518 But l want to change their minds... 920 01:19:33,727 --> 01:19:37,188 ...not kill them for weaknesses we all possess. 921 01:19:39,984 --> 01:19:42,360 And what resistance would you offer? 922 01:19:43,112 --> 01:19:46,781 The law is due to take effect from April 6. 923 01:19:47,283 --> 01:19:48,950 I want to call upon the nation... 924 01:19:49,201 --> 01:19:52,996 ...to make that a day of prayer and fasting. 925 01:19:53,247 --> 01:19:54,330 A general strike? 926 01:19:55,749 --> 01:19:58,376 I mean a day of prayer and fasting. 927 01:19:58,627 --> 01:20:02,088 Of course, no work could be done. No buses. 928 01:20:03,090 --> 01:20:04,340 No trains. 929 01:20:04,592 --> 01:20:06,009 No factories. 930 01:20:06,260 --> 01:20:07,844 No administration. 931 01:20:09,054 --> 01:20:10,763 The country would stop. 932 01:20:12,224 --> 01:20:14,767 My God, it would terrify them! 933 01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:17,812 350 million people at prayer? 934 01:20:18,522 --> 01:20:21,232 Even the English newspapers would have to report that... 935 01:20:21,609 --> 01:20:23,276 ...and explain why. 936 01:20:23,527 --> 01:20:26,070 -But could we get people to do it? -Why not? 937 01:20:26,989 --> 01:20:29,324 Champaran stirred the whole country. 938 01:20:30,743 --> 01:20:32,452 Thank you. 939 01:20:32,953 --> 01:20:34,871 They're calling you "Mahatma." 940 01:20:35,789 --> 01:20:37,248 "Great Soul." 941 01:20:38,375 --> 01:20:42,462 Fortunately, such news comes very slowly to where l live. 942 01:20:44,965 --> 01:20:47,717 I think if we all worked to publicize it... 943 01:20:47,968 --> 01:20:49,177 ...all of congress... 944 01:20:49,762 --> 01:20:51,513 ...every avenue we know.... 945 01:20:51,847 --> 01:20:56,226 I could get articles printed in most of the papers in Delhi and Bombay. 946 01:21:06,904 --> 01:21:09,989 Only civilians will visit. Don't you think so, Your Highness? 947 01:21:10,199 --> 01:21:13,076 Of course, the army will always be loyal. 948 01:21:13,285 --> 01:21:16,162 I'll have you know, we've got 500 troops. 949 01:21:19,458 --> 01:21:23,253 They'll be damn hungry by morning, I'll tell you that. 950 01:21:28,259 --> 01:21:31,678 Excuse me, Your Excellency. Mr. Kinnoch. 951 01:21:32,388 --> 01:21:34,347 Sir, l'm afraid it's confirmed. 952 01:21:35,432 --> 01:21:36,724 Nothing's working, sir. 953 01:21:36,976 --> 01:21:39,644 The buses, the trains, the markets. 954 01:21:40,020 --> 01:21:42,772 There's not even any ordinary civilian staff here, sir. 955 01:21:43,107 --> 01:21:45,567 Is it simply Delhi and Bombay? 956 01:21:45,818 --> 01:21:49,028 Karachi, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore. It's total. 957 01:21:49,488 --> 01:21:52,282 The army had to take over the telegraph... 958 01:21:53,492 --> 01:21:55,368 ...or we'd be cut off from the world. 959 01:22:01,166 --> 01:22:02,792 I can't believe it. 960 01:22:03,002 --> 01:22:05,712 He's going to sell his own paper tomorrow in Bombay, sir. 961 01:22:05,879 --> 01:22:09,215 They've called for a parade on Victoria Road. 962 01:22:09,842 --> 01:22:11,009 Arrest him. 963 01:22:18,267 --> 01:22:20,685 He's to go to the visitors' room. 964 01:22:38,996 --> 01:22:40,204 Bapu. 965 01:22:41,206 --> 01:22:42,790 You too? 966 01:22:44,126 --> 01:22:47,170 It seems less formal than Mahatma. 967 01:22:55,554 --> 01:22:58,890 Since your arrest, the riots have hardly stopped. 968 01:22:59,558 --> 01:23:01,976 Not big, but they keep breaking out. 969 01:23:02,227 --> 01:23:03,728 I want to stop them. 970 01:23:04,480 --> 01:23:08,650 And Patel and Kripalani, they're never at rest. 971 01:23:09,777 --> 01:23:13,446 But some English civilians have been killed. 972 01:23:16,450 --> 01:23:19,410 And the army is attacking crowds with clubs. 973 01:23:21,330 --> 01:23:22,955 Sometimes worse. 974 01:23:28,837 --> 01:23:30,755 Maybe I'm wrong. 975 01:23:31,465 --> 01:23:33,800 Maybe we're not ready yet. 976 01:23:35,010 --> 01:23:37,428 In South Africa, our numbers were small. 977 01:23:42,726 --> 01:23:45,978 The government's afraid. They don't know what to do. 978 01:23:46,689 --> 01:23:49,315 They're more afraid of terrorism than of you. 979 01:23:49,817 --> 01:23:54,153 The viceroy's agreed to your release if you will speak for nonviolence. 980 01:23:57,116 --> 01:23:59,909 I've never spoken for anything else. 981 01:24:25,811 --> 01:24:27,103 England... 982 01:24:27,438 --> 01:24:29,105 ...is so powerful. 983 01:24:29,982 --> 01:24:31,190 Its army... 984 01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:32,608 ...and its navy... 985 01:24:33,402 --> 01:24:35,403 ...all its modern weapons.... 986 01:24:36,530 --> 01:24:38,656 But when a great power like that... 987 01:24:39,616 --> 01:24:41,701 ...strikes defenseless people... 988 01:24:42,494 --> 01:24:45,371 ...it shows its brutality... 989 01:24:45,622 --> 01:24:46,664 ...its own weakness. 990 01:24:46,915 --> 01:24:49,751 Especially when those people do not strike back. 991 01:25:18,739 --> 01:25:20,907 Fighting back will not work. 992 01:25:21,158 --> 01:25:23,367 And that is why the Mahatma... 993 01:25:24,244 --> 01:25:27,163 ...begs us to take the course of nonviolence. 994 01:25:58,362 --> 01:26:01,113 Back away! Back away! 995 01:26:10,791 --> 01:26:12,375 But if we riot... 996 01:26:13,001 --> 01:26:14,585 ...if we fight back... 997 01:26:16,421 --> 01:26:18,005 ...we become the vandals... 998 01:26:18,257 --> 01:26:19,674 ...and they become the law. 999 01:26:20,759 --> 01:26:25,304 If we bear their blows, they are the vandals. 1000 01:26:26,557 --> 01:26:28,933 God and his law are on our-- 1001 01:26:59,256 --> 01:27:01,799 Front rank, kneel in position! 1002 01:27:05,095 --> 01:27:06,596 We... 1003 01:27:07,014 --> 01:27:09,348 ...must have the courage... 1004 01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:11,809 ...to take their anger. 1005 01:27:25,032 --> 01:27:26,866 Should we issue a warning, sir? 1006 01:27:29,202 --> 01:27:30,995 They've had their warning: 1007 01:27:31,830 --> 01:27:33,497 No meetings. 1008 01:27:37,544 --> 01:27:39,211 Fire! 1009 01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:13,287 Take your time! 1010 01:28:35,018 --> 01:28:36,185 Corporal! 1011 01:28:36,603 --> 01:28:37,979 To your left. 1012 01:29:26,528 --> 01:29:27,987 General Dyer... 1013 01:29:29,156 --> 01:29:31,907 ...is it correct that you ordered your troops to fire... 1014 01:29:32,117 --> 01:29:34,493 ...at the thickest part of the crowd? 1015 01:29:35,078 --> 01:29:36,871 That is so. 1016 01:29:41,752 --> 01:29:44,754 1 51 6 casualties with... 1017 01:29:46,339 --> 01:29:49,884 ...1 650 bullets. 1018 01:29:50,302 --> 01:29:52,136 My intention was to inflict a lesson... 1019 01:29:52,304 --> 01:29:55,264 ...that would have an impact throughout all lndia. 1020 01:30:00,604 --> 01:30:01,729 General... 1021 01:30:03,190 --> 01:30:07,151 ...had you been able to take in the armored car... 1022 01:30:07,778 --> 01:30:10,237 ...would you have opened fire with the machine gun? 1023 01:30:14,701 --> 01:30:16,160 I think, probably, yes. 1024 01:30:19,664 --> 01:30:23,959 General, did you realize there were children and women in the crowd? 1025 01:30:25,337 --> 01:30:26,754 I did. 1026 01:30:27,714 --> 01:30:30,424 But that was irrelevant to the point you were making? 1027 01:30:30,675 --> 01:30:32,301 That is correct. 1028 01:30:38,892 --> 01:30:42,770 Could l ask you what provision you made for the wounded? 1029 01:30:46,691 --> 01:30:49,110 I was ready to help any who applied. 1030 01:30:51,488 --> 01:30:54,240 General, how does a child... 1031 01:30:54,741 --> 01:30:57,284 ...shot with a .303 Lee-Enfield... 1032 01:30:58,120 --> 01:31:00,287 ...apply for help? 1033 01:34:46,222 --> 01:34:49,683 Forgive me, gentlemen, but you must understand... 1034 01:34:50,268 --> 01:34:54,938 ...that His Majesty's government and the British people repudiate... 1035 01:34:55,190 --> 01:34:59,485 ...both the massacre and the philosophy that prompted it. 1036 01:34:59,944 --> 01:35:01,320 Now... 1037 01:35:01,529 --> 01:35:03,530 ...what l would like to do... 1038 01:35:03,948 --> 01:35:08,369 ...is to come to some compromise over the new-- 1039 01:35:08,578 --> 01:35:11,080 If you will excuse me, Your Excellency... 1040 01:35:11,331 --> 01:35:14,500 ...it is our view that matters have gone beyond legislation. 1041 01:35:15,043 --> 01:35:16,835 We think it is time you recognized... 1042 01:35:17,045 --> 01:35:20,130 ...that you are masters in someone else's home. 1043 01:35:22,133 --> 01:35:24,468 Despite the best intentions of the best of you... 1044 01:35:24,636 --> 01:35:28,680 ...you must, in the nature of things, humiliate us to control us. 1045 01:35:29,724 --> 01:35:33,685 General Dyer is but an extreme example of the principle. 1046 01:35:34,729 --> 01:35:36,397 It is time you left. 1047 01:35:40,735 --> 01:35:42,986 With respect, Mr. Gandhi... 1048 01:35:43,279 --> 01:35:45,364 ...without British administration... 1049 01:35:45,573 --> 01:35:47,616 ...this country would be reduced to chaos. 1050 01:35:47,951 --> 01:35:49,243 Mr. Kinnoch... 1051 01:35:51,287 --> 01:35:53,664 ...l beg you to accept that there is no people... 1052 01:35:53,832 --> 01:35:56,250 ...who would not prefer their own bad government... 1053 01:35:56,459 --> 01:35:58,752 ...to the good government of an alien power. 1054 01:35:58,962 --> 01:36:01,755 My dear sir, India is British. 1055 01:36:02,006 --> 01:36:04,299 We're hardly an alien power. 1056 01:36:10,473 --> 01:36:11,557 Mr. Gandhi. 1057 01:36:11,724 --> 01:36:16,687 Even if His Majesty could waive all other considerations... 1058 01:36:16,938 --> 01:36:21,024 ...he has a duty to the millions of his Muslim subjects... 1059 01:36:21,276 --> 01:36:23,360 ...who are a minority in this realm. 1060 01:36:23,611 --> 01:36:26,989 And experience suggests that his troops... 1061 01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:30,826 ...and his administration are essential... 1062 01:36:31,077 --> 01:36:33,620 ...in order to secure the peace. 1063 01:36:34,456 --> 01:36:37,791 All nations contain religious minorities. 1064 01:36:38,001 --> 01:36:41,128 Like other countries, ours will have its problems. 1065 01:36:41,421 --> 01:36:43,088 But they will be ours... 1066 01:36:43,465 --> 01:36:44,631 ...not yours. 1067 01:36:45,800 --> 01:36:47,885 How do you propose to make them yours? 1068 01:36:48,928 --> 01:36:51,472 You don't think we're just going to walk out of lndia. 1069 01:36:52,182 --> 01:36:54,016 Yes. 1070 01:36:54,225 --> 01:36:57,019 In the end, you will walk out... 1071 01:36:57,187 --> 01:37:00,856 ...because 1 00,000 Englishmen simply cannot control... 1072 01:37:01,065 --> 01:37:03,775 ...350 million lndians if those Indians refuse... 1073 01:37:04,027 --> 01:37:05,652 ...to cooperate. 1074 01:37:05,862 --> 01:37:08,322 And that is what we intend to achieve. 1075 01:37:08,573 --> 01:37:12,868 Peaceful, nonviolent noncooperation... 1076 01:37:14,120 --> 01:37:16,788 ...till you yourself see the wisdom of leaving... 1077 01:37:17,540 --> 01:37:18,957 ...Your Excellency. 1078 01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:24,796 I said to him, "You don't expect us just to walk out." 1079 01:37:25,006 --> 01:37:26,882 And he said, "Yes." 1080 01:37:27,258 --> 01:37:29,843 What an extraordinary little man, isn't he? 1081 01:37:30,053 --> 01:37:32,304 "Nonviolence, noncooperation." 1082 01:37:32,472 --> 01:37:35,599 For a moment, I was afraid they were actually gonna do something. 1083 01:37:35,767 --> 01:37:40,312 Yes, but l think it would be wise to be very cautious for a time. 1084 01:37:40,730 --> 01:37:43,357 The Antiterrorist Act will remain on the statutes... 1085 01:37:43,566 --> 01:37:47,027 ...but on no account is Gandhi to be arrested. 1086 01:37:47,570 --> 01:37:49,738 Whatever mischief he causes... 1087 01:37:49,948 --> 01:37:52,991 ...l have no intention of making a martyr of him. 1088 01:37:57,038 --> 01:37:59,873 But now something worse is happening. 1089 01:38:00,083 --> 01:38:02,376 When Gandhiji and I were growing up... 1090 01:38:03,044 --> 01:38:05,879 ...women wove their own cloth. 1091 01:38:06,965 --> 01:38:09,841 But now there are millions who have no work... 1092 01:38:10,593 --> 01:38:15,514 ...because those who can buy all they need from England. 1093 01:38:16,766 --> 01:38:18,976 I say with Gandhiji: 1094 01:38:19,644 --> 01:38:22,729 There is no beauty in the finest cloth... 1095 01:38:22,981 --> 01:38:26,984 ...if it makes hunger and unhappiness. 1096 01:38:58,224 --> 01:39:00,309 My message to you... 1097 01:39:01,185 --> 01:39:04,730 ...is the message l have given to your brothers everywhere. 1098 01:39:05,607 --> 01:39:07,941 To gain independence... 1099 01:39:08,359 --> 01:39:10,319 ...we must prove worthy of it. 1100 01:39:11,696 --> 01:39:16,617 There must be Hindu-Muslim unity always. 1101 01:39:21,998 --> 01:39:23,040 Second: 1102 01:39:24,167 --> 01:39:27,711 No Indian must be treated as the English treat us. 1103 01:39:27,962 --> 01:39:30,339 We must remove untouchability... 1104 01:39:30,548 --> 01:39:33,425 ...from our hearts and from our lives. 1105 01:39:39,015 --> 01:39:40,349 Third: 1106 01:39:41,059 --> 01:39:43,727 We must defy the British. 1107 01:40:00,703 --> 01:40:04,956 Not with violence that will inflame their will... 1108 01:40:06,209 --> 01:40:09,628 ...but with a firmness that will open their eyes. 1109 01:40:10,254 --> 01:40:12,881 English factories make the cloth... 1110 01:40:13,383 --> 01:40:15,592 ...that makes our poverty. 1111 01:40:16,344 --> 01:40:19,346 All those who wish to make the English see... 1112 01:40:19,931 --> 01:40:24,434 ...bring me the cloth from Manchester and Leeds that you wear today... 1113 01:40:24,894 --> 01:40:27,688 ...and we will light a fire that will be seen in Delhi... 1114 01:40:28,981 --> 01:40:30,440 ...and in London. 1115 01:40:30,942 --> 01:40:32,150 And if... 1116 01:40:32,860 --> 01:40:34,319 ...like me... 1117 01:40:35,071 --> 01:40:38,240 ...you are left with only one piece of homespun... 1118 01:40:41,160 --> 01:40:43,370 ...wear it with dignity. 1119 01:41:26,581 --> 01:41:28,582 Thank you very much. 1120 01:41:29,250 --> 01:41:31,293 No, thank you, I can manage. 1121 01:41:33,004 --> 01:41:35,756 Don't destroy my good intentions. I already feel guilty... 1122 01:41:35,923 --> 01:41:39,217 -...about traveling second class. -You've earned a few indulgences. 1123 01:41:39,385 --> 01:41:42,012 Perhaps, but Maulana's made of sterner stuff. 1124 01:41:42,263 --> 01:41:43,889 Our trains met in Bombay. 1125 01:41:44,098 --> 01:41:47,225 And there he is, back in that lot, the model disciple. 1126 01:41:47,477 --> 01:41:49,352 There's another passenger. 1127 01:41:49,645 --> 01:41:53,398 A Miss Slade from London. She's been writing to Gandhiji for years. 1128 01:41:53,691 --> 01:41:56,026 She's the daughter of an English admiral. 1129 01:41:56,527 --> 01:41:59,738 What do you think the daughter of an English admiral... 1130 01:41:59,947 --> 01:42:01,615 ...proposes to do in our ashram? 1131 01:42:01,824 --> 01:42:04,868 -Sink us? -From the looks of the luggage, yes. 1132 01:42:05,161 --> 01:42:08,705 She wants to make her home with us. And Gandhiji has agreed. 1133 01:42:08,956 --> 01:42:10,540 Miss Slade! 1134 01:42:11,250 --> 01:42:12,834 You'd be Mr. Kallenbach. 1135 01:42:13,669 --> 01:42:16,296 And you would be Miss Slade? 1136 01:42:16,672 --> 01:42:19,132 I prefer the name Gandhiji has given me: 1137 01:42:19,342 --> 01:42:20,634 Mirabehn. 1138 01:42:26,599 --> 01:42:30,560 Don't pull it so fast. You'll break it again. 1139 01:42:37,318 --> 01:42:40,570 Leave it. Leave it. 1140 01:42:40,863 --> 01:42:42,906 God gave you 1 0 thumbs. 1141 01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:44,324 Eleven. 1142 01:42:48,663 --> 01:42:50,372 Sardar! 1143 01:42:56,462 --> 01:42:58,171 Mirabehn! 1144 01:43:04,762 --> 01:43:06,429 Come, come. 1145 01:43:08,140 --> 01:43:10,392 You will be my daughter. 1146 01:43:12,353 --> 01:43:13,854 But then... 1147 01:43:14,105 --> 01:43:16,189 ...some rioting broke out... 1148 01:43:16,399 --> 01:43:19,234 ...between Hindus and Muslims. 1149 01:43:20,152 --> 01:43:22,696 Violent, terrible. 1150 01:43:24,198 --> 01:43:25,949 Whether it was provoked... 1151 01:43:26,450 --> 01:43:28,326 ...l don't know. 1152 01:43:29,161 --> 01:43:33,081 But it gave them an excuse to impose martial law throughout Bengal. 1153 01:43:34,834 --> 01:43:37,377 Some of the things the military have done.... 1154 01:43:37,753 --> 01:43:39,796 Is the campaign weakening? 1155 01:43:40,089 --> 01:43:43,174 The marches and protests are bigger, if anything. 1156 01:43:43,384 --> 01:43:45,302 But with the censorship here... 1157 01:43:46,053 --> 01:43:49,806 ...they know more in England than we do. 1158 01:43:50,016 --> 01:43:53,351 It saps the courage to think you may be suffering alone. 1159 01:43:54,270 --> 01:43:55,854 They are not alone. 1160 01:43:56,355 --> 01:44:00,567 And martial law only shows how desperate the British are. 1161 01:44:04,864 --> 01:44:07,115 Is that homespun? 1162 01:44:08,618 --> 01:44:12,162 I sent for it from here. I dyed it myself. 1163 01:44:16,334 --> 01:44:19,002 What do the workers in England make of what we're doing? 1164 01:44:19,170 --> 01:44:20,754 It must have produced hardship. 1165 01:44:20,963 --> 01:44:22,339 It has... 1166 01:44:22,590 --> 01:44:25,300 ...but you'd be surprised. They do understand. 1167 01:44:25,509 --> 01:44:26,718 Good. 1168 01:44:29,847 --> 01:44:32,182 Ba will have to teach you to spin too. 1169 01:44:32,433 --> 01:44:34,434 -l'd rather march. -First, spin! 1170 01:44:35,978 --> 01:44:38,396 Let the others march for a time. 1171 01:44:39,315 --> 01:44:41,983 I'll teach you all our foolishness. 1172 01:44:42,234 --> 01:44:43,985 And you must teach me yours. 1173 01:44:52,453 --> 01:44:56,289 We burn British cloth! We burn British cloth! 1174 01:45:03,130 --> 01:45:07,092 Long live Gandhiji! Long live Gandhiji! 1175 01:45:20,773 --> 01:45:24,776 British rule must go! British rule must go! 1176 01:45:31,534 --> 01:45:33,660 I'll stuff it down your damn throat! 1177 01:45:35,413 --> 01:45:36,997 Help us! 1178 01:45:37,373 --> 01:45:39,541 Leave us alone! We're not harming you. 1179 01:45:40,126 --> 01:45:41,918 Go on your way. On your way! 1180 01:45:42,920 --> 01:45:44,587 Come back! 1181 01:45:46,340 --> 01:45:48,383 Help us! Help us! 1182 01:45:51,053 --> 01:45:52,929 Help! Help! 1183 01:47:24,271 --> 01:47:26,689 That's one bit of news they haven't censored. 1184 01:47:30,319 --> 01:47:32,570 Now it's all over the world. 1185 01:47:32,822 --> 01:47:35,740 India's "nonviolence." 1186 01:47:37,827 --> 01:47:39,410 What can we do? 1187 01:47:39,995 --> 01:47:41,704 We must end the campaign. 1188 01:47:45,042 --> 01:47:48,628 After what they did at the massacre? It's only an eye for an eye. 1189 01:47:48,879 --> 01:47:53,466 An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. 1190 01:47:53,968 --> 01:47:56,386 Do you know the sacrifices people have made? 1191 01:47:56,595 --> 01:47:58,972 We'd never get the same commitment again, ever. 1192 01:47:59,181 --> 01:48:02,142 The whole of India is on the move! 1193 01:48:02,351 --> 01:48:04,602 Yes, but in what direction? 1194 01:48:04,895 --> 01:48:08,773 If we obtain our freedom by murder and bloodshed, l want no part of it. 1195 01:48:10,484 --> 01:48:15,071 Bapu, you are the father of the nation. 1196 01:48:15,322 --> 01:48:18,449 Today, l see no ground in that for anything but shame. 1197 01:48:21,620 --> 01:48:24,164 This was one incident. 1198 01:48:24,415 --> 01:48:27,292 Tell that to the families of the policemen who died. 1199 01:48:31,422 --> 01:48:36,467 Bapu, the whole nation is marching. 1200 01:48:36,844 --> 01:48:39,971 They wouldn't stop, even if we asked them to. 1201 01:48:42,474 --> 01:48:44,267 I will ask. 1202 01:48:44,894 --> 01:48:49,355 And l will fast as a penance for my part in arousing such emotions. 1203 01:48:49,565 --> 01:48:52,192 And l will not stop until they stop. 1204 01:48:54,028 --> 01:48:55,111 But.... 1205 01:48:55,529 --> 01:48:58,656 God! You can be sure the British won't censor that. 1206 01:48:58,866 --> 01:49:00,950 They'll put it on every street corner. 1207 01:49:02,161 --> 01:49:06,122 Gandhiji, people are aroused. 1208 01:49:06,332 --> 01:49:08,082 They won't stop! 1209 01:49:09,793 --> 01:49:12,754 If l die, perhaps they will stop. 1210 01:49:52,127 --> 01:49:55,004 I must get ready for morning prayers. 1211 01:49:55,256 --> 01:49:57,257 Mirabehn is here. 1212 01:50:43,846 --> 01:50:46,055 I've brought your drinking water. 1213 01:50:58,861 --> 01:51:02,071 There's a little lemon juice in it. That's all. 1214 01:51:14,877 --> 01:51:17,962 Herman has gone to meet Pandit Nehru. 1215 01:51:18,547 --> 01:51:20,340 There was a telegram. 1216 01:51:20,674 --> 01:51:23,634 Almost everywhere, it has stopped. 1217 01:51:24,053 --> 01:51:25,887 When it is everywhere... 1218 01:51:27,348 --> 01:51:30,016 ...then my prayers will be answered. 1219 01:51:33,979 --> 01:51:36,105 Do you find me stubborn? 1220 01:51:36,940 --> 01:51:38,191 I don't know. 1221 01:51:39,193 --> 01:51:41,319 I know that you are right. 1222 01:51:41,779 --> 01:51:44,238 I don't know that this is right. 1223 01:51:46,825 --> 01:51:48,618 May I turn you? 1224 01:52:02,216 --> 01:52:04,342 When I despair... 1225 01:52:04,843 --> 01:52:08,346 ...l remember that all through history... 1226 01:52:09,223 --> 01:52:13,434 ...the way of truth and love has always won. 1227 01:52:15,396 --> 01:52:18,314 There have been tyrants and murderers... 1228 01:52:18,524 --> 01:52:22,652 ...and, for a time, they can seem invincible. 1229 01:52:22,861 --> 01:52:26,030 But in the end, they always fall. 1230 01:52:27,699 --> 01:52:29,117 Think of it. 1231 01:52:30,702 --> 01:52:32,412 Always. 1232 01:52:34,331 --> 01:52:37,792 Whenever you are in doubt that that is God's way... 1233 01:52:38,001 --> 01:52:40,962 ...the way the world is meant to be... 1234 01:52:41,171 --> 01:52:42,713 ...think of that... 1235 01:52:44,133 --> 01:52:47,427 ...and then try to do it his way. 1236 01:52:50,597 --> 01:52:55,143 And now, could l have another feast of lemon juice? 1237 01:52:59,064 --> 01:53:00,565 Panditji! 1238 01:53:13,454 --> 01:53:14,996 Jinnah... 1239 01:53:15,247 --> 01:53:16,414 ...Patel... 1240 01:53:16,999 --> 01:53:21,127 ...all of congress has called for the end of noncooperation. 1241 01:53:21,378 --> 01:53:25,047 There's not been one demonstration. 1242 01:53:26,049 --> 01:53:30,803 All over lndia, people are praying that you will end the fast. 1243 01:53:31,263 --> 01:53:32,847 They're walking in the streets... 1244 01:53:33,056 --> 01:53:35,808 ...offering garlands to the police... 1245 01:53:37,895 --> 01:53:39,312 ...and British soldiers. 1246 01:53:42,232 --> 01:53:44,567 Perhaps I have overdone it. 1247 01:54:05,797 --> 01:54:08,424 -Good morning, Bapu. -Good morning. 1248 01:54:08,717 --> 01:54:11,969 Don't let him go. If he bumps me, I'm done for. 1249 01:54:12,179 --> 01:54:14,096 Don't worry, l won't let him go. 1250 01:54:42,918 --> 01:54:44,544 I'm sorry, Mr. Gandhi, sir... 1251 01:54:44,753 --> 01:54:46,295 ...but you're under arrest. 1252 01:54:46,630 --> 01:54:48,297 On what charge? 1253 01:54:48,549 --> 01:54:49,924 Sedition. 1254 01:54:50,425 --> 01:54:52,343 You can't be serious. 1255 01:54:52,719 --> 01:54:54,554 This man has just stopped a revolution. 1256 01:54:54,721 --> 01:54:55,888 That's as may be. 1257 01:54:56,098 --> 01:54:58,015 I only know what I am charged to perform. 1258 01:54:58,267 --> 01:54:59,684 I don't believe it! 1259 01:54:59,935 --> 01:55:02,311 Even the British can't be that stupid. 1260 01:55:03,230 --> 01:55:05,022 Help me, please. 1261 01:55:05,190 --> 01:55:08,067 Mira, you must look after Ba. 1262 01:55:12,656 --> 01:55:16,784 If there is one protest, one riot, a disgrace of any kind... 1263 01:55:16,994 --> 01:55:18,411 ...l will fast again. 1264 01:55:18,745 --> 01:55:19,954 Herman. 1265 01:55:20,414 --> 01:55:22,540 I have been on many trips. 1266 01:55:23,125 --> 01:55:24,750 Monda. 1267 01:55:25,043 --> 01:55:27,003 This is just another trip. 1268 01:55:27,879 --> 01:55:29,755 I am at your command. 1269 01:55:35,345 --> 01:55:38,556 I know we are not ready for my kind of independence. 1270 01:55:38,765 --> 01:55:41,934 If l'm sent to jail, perhaps that is the best protest... 1271 01:55:42,144 --> 01:55:44,395 ...our country can make at this time. 1272 01:55:45,397 --> 01:55:50,234 And if it helps lndia, l've never refused His Majesty's hospitality. 1273 01:55:58,410 --> 01:56:00,578 Call the prisoner to the bar. 1274 01:56:46,583 --> 01:56:49,502 "Noncooperation has one aim: 1275 01:56:49,711 --> 01:56:51,921 The overthrow of the government. 1276 01:56:52,214 --> 01:56:54,632 Sedition must become our creed. 1277 01:56:55,217 --> 01:56:57,134 We must give no quarter... 1278 01:56:57,386 --> 01:57:00,262 ...nor can we expect any." 1279 01:57:00,472 --> 01:57:02,723 -Do you deny writing it? -Not at all. 1280 01:57:03,684 --> 01:57:05,601 And l will save the court's time... 1281 01:57:05,811 --> 01:57:08,354 ...my lord, by stating under oath that, to this day... 1282 01:57:08,563 --> 01:57:10,940 ...l believe noncooperation with evil is a duty... 1283 01:57:11,108 --> 01:57:13,401 ...and that British rule of lndia is evil. 1284 01:57:14,444 --> 01:57:17,029 The prosecution rests, my lord. 1285 01:57:21,159 --> 01:57:24,954 I presume you are conducting your own defense, Mr. Gandhi. 1286 01:57:25,122 --> 01:57:27,790 I have no defense, my lord. I am guilty as charged. 1287 01:57:28,375 --> 01:57:30,710 And if you truly believe in your system of law... 1288 01:57:30,961 --> 01:57:35,673 ...you must inflict on me the severest penalty possible. 1289 01:57:46,852 --> 01:57:50,563 It is impossible for me to ignore that you're in a different category... 1290 01:57:50,772 --> 01:57:53,774 ...from any person I have ever tried... 1291 01:57:54,609 --> 01:57:56,694 ...or am likely to try. 1292 01:57:57,195 --> 01:57:59,697 Nevertheless, it is my duty to sentence you... 1293 01:57:59,906 --> 01:58:03,701 ...to six years' imprisonment. 1294 01:58:13,962 --> 01:58:17,965 If, however, His Majesty's government should, at some later date... 1295 01:58:18,717 --> 01:58:21,761 ...see fit to reduce the term... 1296 01:58:24,097 --> 01:58:27,016 ...no one will be better pleased than I. 1297 01:58:54,753 --> 01:58:57,046 Yes, l'm sure that's exactly what they hoped. 1298 01:58:57,339 --> 01:59:00,591 Put him in prison a few years. With luck, he'd be forgotten. 1299 01:59:01,259 --> 01:59:03,344 Maybe they could even subdue him. 1300 01:59:04,221 --> 01:59:06,096 Well, he certainly wasn't forgotten. 1301 01:59:06,264 --> 01:59:09,225 As soon as he got out, he was back tramping the countryside... 1302 01:59:09,392 --> 01:59:12,686 ...preaching nonviolence and demanding a free lndia. 1303 01:59:14,105 --> 01:59:17,066 Everyone knows another showdown's coming. 1304 01:59:18,819 --> 01:59:21,403 How does an American journalist in Central America... 1305 01:59:21,613 --> 01:59:24,365 ...learn that Gandhi was born in Porbandar anyway? 1306 01:59:24,741 --> 01:59:26,575 I've been aware of him for a long time. 1307 01:59:26,785 --> 01:59:28,786 He certainly makes good copy. 1308 01:59:29,120 --> 01:59:33,749 The other day, Winston Churchill called him a half-naked Indian fakir. 1309 01:59:35,460 --> 01:59:36,669 I met him once. 1310 01:59:36,920 --> 01:59:38,587 -What, you mean Gandhi? -Yeah. 1311 01:59:38,839 --> 01:59:41,131 South Africa, a long time ago. 1312 01:59:41,633 --> 01:59:43,551 I wonder if he'll recognize me. 1313 01:59:43,802 --> 01:59:44,844 What was he like? 1314 01:59:45,095 --> 01:59:47,304 He had a full head of hair then. 1315 01:59:47,472 --> 01:59:50,683 We were like college students, trying to figure everything out. 1316 01:59:50,851 --> 01:59:53,686 Well, he must have found some of the answers. 1317 02:00:00,193 --> 02:00:04,029 In every worthy wish of yours, I shall be your helpmate. 1318 02:00:04,281 --> 02:00:06,282 Helpmate. 1319 02:00:07,409 --> 02:00:12,079 Take the fourth step, that we may be ever full ofjoy. 1320 02:00:13,373 --> 02:00:15,833 I will ever live devoted to you... 1321 02:00:16,084 --> 02:00:20,671 ...speaking words of love and praying for your happiness. 1322 02:00:22,007 --> 02:00:24,341 Take the fifth step... 1323 02:00:24,593 --> 02:00:26,343 ...the walking around a fire... 1324 02:00:28,972 --> 02:00:32,057 ...that we may serve the people. 1325 02:00:32,309 --> 02:00:34,977 I will follow close behind you... 1326 02:00:35,186 --> 02:00:37,771 ...and help to serve the people. 1327 02:00:39,482 --> 02:00:41,358 Take the sixth step... 1328 02:00:42,569 --> 02:00:46,113 ...that we may follow our vows in life. 1329 02:00:46,489 --> 02:00:50,910 I will follow you in all our vows and duties. 1330 02:00:52,037 --> 02:00:54,163 Take the seventh step... 1331 02:00:57,042 --> 02:01:00,127 ...that we may ever live as friends. 1332 02:01:02,255 --> 02:01:04,882 You are my best friend... 1333 02:01:06,009 --> 02:01:08,010 ...my highest guru... 1334 02:01:08,929 --> 02:01:11,347 ...and my sovereign lord. 1335 02:01:15,477 --> 02:01:18,479 And then I put a sweetened wheat cake in her mouth. 1336 02:01:18,730 --> 02:01:21,273 And l put a sweetened wheat cake in his mouth. 1337 02:01:21,524 --> 02:01:24,068 And with that, we were pronounced... 1338 02:01:24,361 --> 02:01:25,945 ...man and wife. 1339 02:01:28,198 --> 02:01:30,741 We were both 1 3. 1340 02:01:43,088 --> 02:01:44,713 It's beautiful. 1341 02:01:46,257 --> 02:01:48,217 Even as a boy... 1342 02:01:48,426 --> 02:01:49,927 ...l thought so. 1343 02:01:51,972 --> 02:01:53,472 Thank you. 1344 02:01:54,557 --> 02:01:57,851 Trying to keep up with you is like chasing a jackrabbit. 1345 02:01:59,729 --> 02:02:03,440 You've come because you think something is going to happen. 1346 02:02:05,026 --> 02:02:07,861 -ls it? -Perhaps. 1347 02:02:08,780 --> 02:02:10,739 I've come here to think about it. 1348 02:02:14,536 --> 02:02:16,620 Do you remember much of South Africa? 1349 02:02:16,830 --> 02:02:19,331 Oh, yes. A great deal. 1350 02:02:21,710 --> 02:02:23,585 I've traveled so far... 1351 02:02:24,212 --> 02:02:26,422 ...and thought so much. 1352 02:02:30,635 --> 02:02:34,763 As you can see, my city is a sea city. 1353 02:02:36,099 --> 02:02:38,434 Always full of Hindus... 1354 02:02:38,643 --> 02:02:40,185 ...Muslims... 1355 02:02:40,395 --> 02:02:42,604 ...Sikhs, Jews, Persians. 1356 02:02:45,066 --> 02:02:48,110 My family's sect was the Pranami. 1357 02:02:48,528 --> 02:02:49,820 Hindu, of course. 1358 02:02:50,030 --> 02:02:53,282 But in our temple, the priest used to read... 1359 02:02:53,491 --> 02:02:55,743 ...from the Muslim Koran... 1360 02:02:55,952 --> 02:02:58,787 ...and the Hindu Gita, moving from one to the other... 1361 02:02:58,997 --> 02:03:01,540 ...as if it mattered not which book was read... 1362 02:03:01,750 --> 02:03:03,625 ...as long as God was worshiped. 1363 02:03:07,338 --> 02:03:08,589 When I was a boy... 1364 02:03:09,174 --> 02:03:11,300 ...l used to sing a song in the temple. 1365 02:03:14,804 --> 02:03:19,099 A true disciple Knows another's woes 1366 02:03:19,309 --> 02:03:21,518 As his own 1367 02:03:22,020 --> 02:03:23,228 He bows to all... 1368 02:03:23,438 --> 02:03:25,647 ...and despises none. 1369 02:03:26,941 --> 02:03:28,108 Like all other boys... 1370 02:03:28,318 --> 02:03:29,860 ...l sang the words... 1371 02:03:30,528 --> 02:03:34,615 ...not thinking what they meant or how they might influence me. 1372 02:03:38,203 --> 02:03:40,245 I've traveled so far. 1373 02:03:41,539 --> 02:03:43,999 And all l've done is come back... 1374 02:03:44,793 --> 02:03:46,085 ...home. 1375 02:03:56,304 --> 02:03:58,138 Wait a minute. 1376 02:03:58,681 --> 02:04:01,934 -You know what you're gonna do? -lt would have been uncivil of me... 1377 02:04:02,143 --> 02:04:04,895 ...to let you make such a long trip for nothing. 1378 02:04:07,107 --> 02:04:09,024 -Where are you going? -Come. 1379 02:04:10,860 --> 02:04:13,112 -Where are we going? -Back to the ashram. 1380 02:04:13,363 --> 02:04:15,322 Then to prove to the new viceroy... 1381 02:04:15,573 --> 02:04:18,492 ...that the king's writ no longer runs in lndia. 1382 02:04:18,827 --> 02:04:19,868 Salt? 1383 02:04:20,078 --> 02:04:24,039 Yes, sir. He's going to march to the sea and make salt. 1384 02:04:26,126 --> 02:04:29,503 There's a royal monopoly on the manufacture of salt. 1385 02:04:29,712 --> 02:04:34,258 It's illegal to make it or sell it without a government license. 1386 02:04:34,717 --> 02:04:36,927 All right, he's breaking the law. 1387 02:04:37,178 --> 02:04:40,472 What will that deprive us of? Two rupees of salt tax? 1388 02:04:40,682 --> 02:04:45,394 It's not a serious attack on the revenue. Its primary importance is symbolic. 1389 02:04:45,603 --> 02:04:49,231 -Don't patronize me, Charles. -No, sir, l.... 1390 02:04:52,068 --> 02:04:55,362 In this climate, nothing lives without water or salt. 1391 02:04:55,613 --> 02:04:59,700 Our absolute control of it is a control on the pulse of India. 1392 02:05:00,535 --> 02:05:04,288 And that's the basis of this declaration of independence? 1393 02:05:04,497 --> 02:05:05,747 The day he sets off... 1394 02:05:05,999 --> 02:05:10,002 ...everyone is supposed to raise the flag of "Free lndia." 1395 02:05:10,712 --> 02:05:15,424 And then he walks some 240 miles to the sea and makes salt. 1396 02:05:19,679 --> 02:05:21,722 I say ignore it. 1397 02:05:21,973 --> 02:05:24,433 Let them raise their damned flags. 1398 02:05:24,684 --> 02:05:25,726 Let him make his salt. 1399 02:05:26,853 --> 02:05:29,938 It's only symbolic if we choose to make it so. 1400 02:05:32,317 --> 02:05:33,984 He'll arrive at the sea... 1401 02:05:34,194 --> 02:05:37,321 ...on the anniversary of the Massacre of Amritsar. 1402 02:05:46,456 --> 02:05:48,957 General Edgar is right. lgnore it. 1403 02:05:49,375 --> 02:05:52,211 Mr. Gandhi will find it takes a great deal more... 1404 02:05:52,462 --> 02:05:56,256 ...than a pinch of salt to bring down the British Empire. 1405 02:06:50,520 --> 02:06:53,397 You've done me a great service. 1406 02:06:53,648 --> 02:06:54,856 Not at all, sir. 1407 02:06:55,108 --> 02:06:59,194 It would be uncivil for us to let you make such a long trip for nothing. 1408 02:07:14,085 --> 02:07:15,294 We'll go. 1409 02:07:15,545 --> 02:07:19,131 Long live Gandhiji! Long live Gandhiji! 1410 02:07:41,738 --> 02:07:43,613 Is it over if they arrest you now? 1411 02:07:43,781 --> 02:07:44,948 Not if they arrest me... 1412 02:07:45,199 --> 02:07:47,617 ...or 1 000 or 1 0,000. 1413 02:07:47,869 --> 02:07:51,788 It's not only generals who know how to plan campaigns. 1414 02:07:52,248 --> 02:07:55,250 What if they don't arrest you? What if they don't react at all? 1415 02:07:55,418 --> 02:07:56,752 Something for your notebook: 1416 02:07:57,045 --> 02:08:00,422 The function of a civil resister is to provoke response. 1417 02:08:00,715 --> 02:08:02,424 And we will continue to provoke... 1418 02:08:02,633 --> 02:08:05,969 ...until they respond or they change the law. 1419 02:08:06,220 --> 02:08:09,348 They are not in control. We are. 1420 02:08:09,974 --> 02:08:13,018 That is the strength of civil resistance. 1421 02:08:17,690 --> 02:08:19,066 Vince! 1422 02:08:19,984 --> 02:08:23,612 -What did he say? -He said he's in control. 1423 02:08:45,593 --> 02:08:47,636 Do you intend to walk all the way? 1424 02:08:47,887 --> 02:08:50,180 It's the only way I can get the story. 1425 02:08:50,431 --> 02:08:52,849 Besides, my name is Walker. 1426 02:08:53,476 --> 02:08:55,769 "My name is Walker." 1427 02:09:49,949 --> 02:09:53,994 -My dear Mrs. Nehru! -Bapu. 1428 02:10:47,173 --> 02:10:49,174 Man needs salt... 1429 02:10:49,383 --> 02:10:52,052 ...as he needs air and water. 1430 02:10:52,595 --> 02:10:56,556 This salt comes from the lndian Ocean. 1431 02:10:56,807 --> 02:11:00,685 Let every lndian claim it as his right. 1432 02:11:02,230 --> 02:11:05,106 And so, once more, the man of nonviolence... 1433 02:11:05,358 --> 02:11:08,610 ...has challenged the might of the British Empire. 1434 02:11:23,918 --> 02:11:26,878 They're making it everywhere, sir. Mobs of them. 1435 02:11:27,129 --> 02:11:28,255 Publicly. 1436 02:11:28,506 --> 02:11:31,841 Congress leaders are selling it on the streets of Delhi. 1437 02:11:32,385 --> 02:11:35,428 We're being made fools of, sir, around the world. 1438 02:11:35,680 --> 02:11:37,847 Isn't there any instruction from London? 1439 02:11:38,099 --> 02:11:41,476 We're required to stop it. And stop it we will! 1440 02:11:41,727 --> 02:11:44,145 I don't care if we fill the jails. Stop it! 1441 02:11:45,189 --> 02:11:48,024 Arrest anyone, any rank, except Gandhi. 1442 02:11:49,110 --> 02:11:51,319 We'll cut the strength from under him. 1443 02:11:52,488 --> 02:11:55,824 And then we'll deal with the Mahatma. 1444 02:12:13,342 --> 02:12:15,927 Jump to it! Clear this beach! 1445 02:12:51,422 --> 02:12:54,132 Don't hit back! No violence! 1446 02:13:04,268 --> 02:13:08,563 There must be 1 00,000 under arrest. And it still goes on. 1447 02:13:08,814 --> 02:13:11,900 -Who's leading them? -l don't know. Nehru, Patel... 1448 02:13:12,109 --> 02:13:16,321 ...most congress officials are in jail. And their wives and children. 1449 02:13:16,572 --> 02:13:19,366 We've even arrested Nehru's mother. 1450 02:13:21,702 --> 02:13:23,662 Has there been any violence? 1451 02:13:23,913 --> 02:13:26,748 In Peshawar, the deputy police commissioner... 1452 02:13:26,957 --> 02:13:30,210 ...lost his head and opened fire with a machine gun. 1453 02:13:31,420 --> 02:13:34,422 But he's facing disciplinary court. 1454 02:13:34,632 --> 02:13:36,925 You can't expect things like that not to happen. 1455 02:13:37,093 --> 02:13:41,680 The question was intended to discover if there was any violence on their side. 1456 02:13:44,475 --> 02:13:45,642 No, sir. 1457 02:13:45,893 --> 02:13:47,936 I'm afraid not. 1458 02:13:48,229 --> 02:13:52,107 Perhaps if we arrested Gandhi, it might.... 1459 02:13:55,403 --> 02:13:57,987 He's addressed this letter directly to you, has he? 1460 02:13:58,197 --> 02:13:59,364 Yes, sir, he has. 1461 02:13:59,615 --> 02:14:00,782 The usual thing: 1462 02:14:00,991 --> 02:14:03,201 "India's salt belongs to lndia." 1463 02:14:03,452 --> 02:14:04,536 Then he says flatly... 1464 02:14:04,704 --> 02:14:09,040 ...that he will lead a raid tomorrow on the Dharasana Salt Works. 1465 02:14:10,334 --> 02:14:12,168 Thank him for his letter... 1466 02:14:12,586 --> 02:14:14,421 ...and put him in jail. 1467 02:14:16,340 --> 02:14:17,966 Yes, sir. 1468 02:14:19,719 --> 02:14:21,344 Yes, sir. It'll be my pleasure. 1469 02:14:21,595 --> 02:14:23,847 -And Fields? -Sir? 1470 02:14:24,098 --> 02:14:26,516 Keep that salt works open. 1471 02:14:26,809 --> 02:14:28,601 Yes, sir. 1472 02:14:34,233 --> 02:14:35,275 I'm sorry, sir. 1473 02:14:35,443 --> 02:14:38,903 My orders are to allow regular staff only through these gates. 1474 02:14:39,113 --> 02:14:40,488 Very well. 1475 02:14:42,533 --> 02:14:43,867 --in his name. 1476 02:14:44,076 --> 02:14:48,872 And for his sake, we will not raise a hand. 1477 02:14:49,123 --> 02:14:52,292 Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 1478 02:14:54,545 --> 02:14:56,546 Long live Gandhiji! 1479 02:15:00,384 --> 02:15:02,177 We are ready! 1480 02:15:09,310 --> 02:15:11,394 I want firmness and discipline. 1481 02:15:31,624 --> 02:15:34,501 -All right, take up your positions. -Yes, sir. 1482 02:15:41,425 --> 02:15:43,718 To your mark. Forward! 1483 02:15:54,396 --> 02:15:56,523 Last night at midnight... 1484 02:15:57,316 --> 02:15:58,942 ...they took Gandhiji from us. 1485 02:16:00,444 --> 02:16:02,779 They expect us to lose heart... 1486 02:16:02,988 --> 02:16:04,697 ...or to fight back. 1487 02:16:05,449 --> 02:16:07,617 We will do neither! 1488 02:16:39,024 --> 02:16:40,400 On your guard! 1489 02:16:57,251 --> 02:16:58,793 No, sir. The gate is closed! 1490 02:18:18,040 --> 02:18:19,248 "They walked... 1491 02:18:19,792 --> 02:18:21,834 ...both Hindu and Muslim alike... 1492 02:18:22,836 --> 02:18:24,796 ...with heads held high... 1493 02:18:25,255 --> 02:18:27,131 ...without any hope of escape... 1494 02:18:27,633 --> 02:18:29,425 ...from injury or death. 1495 02:18:29,718 --> 02:18:33,012 It went on and on into the night." 1496 02:18:33,222 --> 02:18:34,263 Stop. 1497 02:18:34,431 --> 02:18:38,685 "Women carried the wounded and broken bodies from the road... 1498 02:18:38,894 --> 02:18:41,396 ...until they dropped from exhaustion." 1499 02:18:41,605 --> 02:18:47,777 Stop. "But still, it went on and on." Stop. 1500 02:18:48,028 --> 02:18:52,740 "Whatever moral ascendancy the West held... 1501 02:18:52,950 --> 02:18:54,826 ...was lost here today. 1502 02:18:55,619 --> 02:18:57,704 lndia is free... 1503 02:18:57,913 --> 02:19:02,792 ...for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give... 1504 02:19:03,002 --> 02:19:08,589 ...and she has neither cringed nor retreated." Stop. 1505 02:20:17,576 --> 02:20:22,163 I am aware that l must have given you much cause for irritation... 1506 02:20:22,372 --> 02:20:23,664 ...Your Excellency. 1507 02:20:23,916 --> 02:20:26,918 I hope it will not stand between us as men. 1508 02:20:31,465 --> 02:20:32,673 Mr. Gandhi... 1509 02:20:33,425 --> 02:20:36,761 ...l am instructed to request your attendance... 1510 02:20:36,970 --> 02:20:39,222 ...at an all-government conference in London... 1511 02:20:40,182 --> 02:20:45,061 ...to discuss the possible independence... 1512 02:20:45,270 --> 02:20:46,729 ...of India. 1513 02:20:57,616 --> 02:20:59,992 Only recently released from prison... 1514 02:21:00,202 --> 02:21:04,163 ...Mahatma Gandhi leaves Bombay on the SS Rajputana... 1515 02:21:04,373 --> 02:21:07,208 ...to attend the conference on lndian independence... 1516 02:21:07,459 --> 02:21:11,712 ...called by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. 1517 02:21:12,840 --> 02:21:15,883 Mr. Gandhi, the sole Indian Congress Party delegate... 1518 02:21:16,093 --> 02:21:18,636 ...is staying at Kingsley Hall in London's East End... 1519 02:21:18,804 --> 02:21:20,471 ...for the duration of the talks. 1520 02:21:20,931 --> 02:21:23,141 He's seen here amongst local cockneys... 1521 02:21:23,350 --> 02:21:25,309 ...who have taken him to their hearts. 1522 02:21:25,561 --> 02:21:27,228 Besides attending the conference... 1523 02:21:27,437 --> 02:21:30,439 ...he has found time to meet political and religious leaders... 1524 02:21:30,607 --> 02:21:32,567 ...like Mr. Lloyd George... 1525 02:21:32,818 --> 02:21:36,028 ...the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Bernard Shaw... 1526 02:21:36,238 --> 02:21:38,114 ...and Charlie Chaplin. 1527 02:21:40,576 --> 02:21:42,952 He journeyed last week from Kingsley Hall... 1528 02:21:43,162 --> 02:21:47,415 ...to accept an invitation to tea from King George and Queen Mary... 1529 02:21:47,624 --> 02:21:51,085 ...at Buckingham Palace before attending the conference. 1530 02:21:51,336 --> 02:21:54,881 And l would emphasize that I think our first duty... 1531 02:21:55,090 --> 02:21:59,302 ...is to recognize that there is not one India... 1532 02:22:00,095 --> 02:22:01,512 ...but several. 1533 02:22:02,264 --> 02:22:04,182 A Hindu lndia... 1534 02:22:04,433 --> 02:22:06,642 ...a Muslim lndia... 1535 02:22:06,852 --> 02:22:09,437 ...and an India of princely states. 1536 02:22:09,688 --> 02:22:12,523 And all these must be respected... 1537 02:22:12,733 --> 02:22:14,317 ...and cared for. 1538 02:22:14,568 --> 02:22:15,943 Not just one. 1539 02:22:41,136 --> 02:22:42,970 Mr. Gandhi, who has been attending... 1540 02:22:43,222 --> 02:22:46,307 ...the London Round Table Conference on lndian lndependence... 1541 02:22:46,516 --> 02:22:49,143 ...journeyed north to visit a cotton mill. 1542 02:22:49,686 --> 02:22:52,146 Although not dressed for the Lancashire climate... 1543 02:22:52,356 --> 02:22:55,233 ...Mr. Gandhi received a warm welcome from mill workers... 1544 02:22:56,151 --> 02:22:57,693 ...before heading back south... 1545 02:22:57,945 --> 02:23:00,529 ...for a final meeting with Mr. MacDonald. 1546 02:23:00,989 --> 02:23:05,826 The prime minister said the talks were both constructive and frank. 1547 02:23:08,914 --> 02:23:11,290 So farewell, Mr. Gandhi. 1548 02:23:11,792 --> 02:23:14,126 And bon voyage! 1549 02:23:16,171 --> 02:23:18,631 So the truth is, after all your travels... 1550 02:23:18,840 --> 02:23:20,508 ...after all your efforts... 1551 02:23:20,759 --> 02:23:24,637 ...they've stopped the campaign and sent you back empty-handed. 1552 02:23:25,055 --> 02:23:28,349 They're only clinging to old dreams... 1553 02:23:28,600 --> 02:23:31,435 ...and trying to split us in the old way. 1554 02:23:32,145 --> 02:23:33,938 But the will has gone. 1555 02:23:34,189 --> 02:23:37,233 Independence will fall like a ripe apple. 1556 02:23:37,442 --> 02:23:40,027 The only question is, when and how. 1557 02:23:40,404 --> 02:23:42,196 Well, l say, when is now! 1558 02:23:44,449 --> 02:23:46,826 And we will determine how. 1559 02:23:47,077 --> 02:23:48,744 Precisely. 1560 02:23:49,162 --> 02:23:51,163 Bapu, she is limping again. 1561 02:23:51,665 --> 02:23:53,082 It's only a sprain. 1562 02:23:53,542 --> 02:23:56,919 Take her to the river. We'll make a mud pack for her. 1563 02:23:58,213 --> 02:24:00,881 Go. l won't be a moment. 1564 02:24:04,469 --> 02:24:06,470 They are preparing for war. 1565 02:24:07,306 --> 02:24:08,597 I will not support it. 1566 02:24:08,807 --> 02:24:12,643 But l do not intend to take advantage of their danger. 1567 02:24:12,894 --> 02:24:15,271 That's when you take advantage. 1568 02:24:15,605 --> 02:24:18,441 That is just another way of hitting back. 1569 02:24:19,568 --> 02:24:21,861 We've come a long way together with the British. 1570 02:24:22,029 --> 02:24:25,031 When they leave, we want to see them off as friends. 1571 02:24:25,282 --> 02:24:30,244 Now, if you'll excuse me, there is something I must attend to. 1572 02:24:36,501 --> 02:24:37,668 Mud packs. 1573 02:24:50,057 --> 02:24:51,974 Mr. Gandhi, sir. 1574 02:24:52,184 --> 02:24:55,853 I've been instructed to inquire as to the subject of your speech tonight. 1575 02:24:56,063 --> 02:24:59,231 The value of goat's milk in daily diet. 1576 02:25:01,276 --> 02:25:04,904 But you can be sure that I will also speak against war. 1577 02:25:05,572 --> 02:25:07,156 Sorry, that can't be permitted. 1578 02:25:07,366 --> 02:25:08,407 Corporal! 1579 02:25:13,372 --> 02:25:14,705 It's all right, Mrs. Gandhi. 1580 02:25:14,873 --> 02:25:18,334 I have orders to return with you and your companion to the ashram. 1581 02:25:19,086 --> 02:25:22,755 If you take my husband, I intend to speak in his place. 1582 02:25:48,323 --> 02:25:50,116 Hold it a second, will you? 1583 02:25:51,701 --> 02:25:54,829 It was the Aga Khan's palace before they turned it into a prison. 1584 02:25:54,996 --> 02:25:57,957 They're holding Gandhi and congress politicians there. 1585 02:25:58,834 --> 02:26:02,336 Pandit Nehru and the others are up at Ahmednagar Fort. 1586 02:26:04,131 --> 02:26:05,798 Not bad for a prison, eh? 1587 02:26:06,007 --> 02:26:08,509 I guess no place is good if you're locked in. 1588 02:26:08,718 --> 02:26:10,761 Your timing's pretty lucky. 1589 02:26:11,012 --> 02:26:12,972 They had him cut off from the press. 1590 02:26:13,181 --> 02:26:16,976 But his personal secretary died, so they let up on restrictions. 1591 02:26:22,107 --> 02:26:25,025 Yes, l have heard of LIFE magazine. 1592 02:26:25,277 --> 02:26:29,238 I've even heard of Margaret Bourke-White. 1593 02:26:29,489 --> 02:26:33,409 But l don't know why either should be interested in an old man... 1594 02:26:33,618 --> 02:26:36,078 ...sitting alone in prison... 1595 02:26:36,329 --> 02:26:39,790 ...while the rest of the world is blowing itself to pieces. 1596 02:26:40,625 --> 02:26:44,336 Well, you're the only man I know who makes his own clothes. 1597 02:26:46,590 --> 02:26:50,468 But for me, that's not much of an accomplishment. 1598 02:26:56,391 --> 02:27:00,311 No, prison is rather agreeable to me. 1599 02:27:00,645 --> 02:27:04,273 And there is no doubt that after the war... 1600 02:27:04,524 --> 02:27:06,692 ...independence will come. 1601 02:27:07,027 --> 02:27:08,152 My only worry... 1602 02:27:08,361 --> 02:27:10,821 ...is what shape it will take. 1603 02:27:11,072 --> 02:27:12,823 -Jinnah has-- -Stop! 1604 02:27:13,366 --> 02:27:16,702 I'm sorry, but-- Could you come forward, please? 1605 02:27:17,370 --> 02:27:19,580 -Come, come. -Just up to the railing. 1606 02:27:19,831 --> 02:27:21,415 Thank you very much. 1607 02:27:22,584 --> 02:27:23,626 Thank you. 1608 02:27:23,835 --> 02:27:25,211 Now, sorry. 1609 02:27:25,420 --> 02:27:27,630 Go on. "What shape it will take...." 1610 02:27:27,839 --> 02:27:29,340 Jinnah has what? 1611 02:27:31,009 --> 02:27:34,637 Jinnah has cooperated with the British. 1612 02:27:34,846 --> 02:27:39,058 It has given him power and the freedom to speak. 1613 02:27:39,309 --> 02:27:41,852 And he's filled the Muslims with fears... 1614 02:27:42,103 --> 02:27:44,271 ...of what will happen to them... 1615 02:27:44,481 --> 02:27:47,441 ...in a country that is predominantly Hindu. 1616 02:27:48,151 --> 02:27:51,070 And that l find hard to bear... 1617 02:27:51,321 --> 02:27:52,988 ...even in prison. 1618 02:27:53,198 --> 02:27:54,907 Mr. Gandhi? 1619 02:28:00,956 --> 02:28:05,543 It's hard for me to see this as a solution to the 20th century's problems. 1620 02:28:06,294 --> 02:28:08,879 I have friends who keep telling me... 1621 02:28:09,089 --> 02:28:13,050 ...how much it costs them to keep me in poverty. 1622 02:28:14,803 --> 02:28:19,473 But l know happiness does not come with things... 1623 02:28:19,724 --> 02:28:21,350 ...even 20th-century things. 1624 02:28:21,601 --> 02:28:26,272 It can come from work and pride in what you do. 1625 02:28:27,274 --> 02:28:30,192 India lives in her villages... 1626 02:28:30,443 --> 02:28:33,320 ...and the terrible poverty there can only be removed... 1627 02:28:33,530 --> 02:28:36,907 ...if their local skills can be revived. 1628 02:28:37,325 --> 02:28:40,327 Poverty is the worst form of violence. 1629 02:28:41,079 --> 02:28:43,497 And a constructive program is the only... 1630 02:28:43,707 --> 02:28:47,001 ...nonviolent solution to lndia's agony. 1631 02:28:47,711 --> 02:28:50,379 It will not necessarily be progress for lndia... 1632 02:28:50,589 --> 02:28:54,883 ...if she simply imports the unhappiness of the West. 1633 02:28:57,512 --> 02:29:01,056 Do you really believe you could use nonviolence against Hitler? 1634 02:29:03,059 --> 02:29:06,312 Not without defeats and great pain. 1635 02:29:07,522 --> 02:29:10,190 But are there no defeats in this war? 1636 02:29:10,900 --> 02:29:12,818 No pain? 1637 02:29:13,612 --> 02:29:15,112 What you cannot do... 1638 02:29:15,363 --> 02:29:18,032 ...is accept injustice from Hitler or anyone. 1639 02:29:18,241 --> 02:29:21,368 You must make the injustice visible. 1640 02:29:21,578 --> 02:29:25,205 Be prepared to die like a soldier to do so. 1641 02:29:28,627 --> 02:29:31,420 Is this what l'm meant to end up with here? 1642 02:29:31,588 --> 02:29:32,713 No. 1643 02:29:32,922 --> 02:29:35,007 That's what you get for distracting me. 1644 02:29:35,216 --> 02:29:37,301 What do you expect when you talk like that? 1645 02:29:37,510 --> 02:29:42,097 I expect you to show as much patience as l am now. 1646 02:29:43,016 --> 02:29:46,310 Turn slowly and pull it gently. 1647 02:29:51,775 --> 02:29:54,568 And that includes the life of women. 1648 02:29:55,236 --> 02:29:58,030 Bapu has always said... 1649 02:29:58,239 --> 02:30:01,075 ...there were two kinds of slavery in lndia: 1650 02:30:01,493 --> 02:30:05,245 One for women, one for the untouchables. 1651 02:30:05,789 --> 02:30:09,083 And he has always fought against both. 1652 02:30:11,795 --> 02:30:15,047 Does it rankle, being separated in this way? 1653 02:30:18,677 --> 02:30:20,928 In Hindu philosophy... 1654 02:30:21,763 --> 02:30:23,222 ...the way to God... 1655 02:30:23,431 --> 02:30:26,183 ...is to free yourself of possessions... 1656 02:30:27,143 --> 02:30:28,560 ...and of passions. 1657 02:30:29,479 --> 02:30:33,857 Bapu has always struggled to find the way to God. 1658 02:30:37,612 --> 02:30:41,782 Do you mean that he gave up married life? 1659 02:30:44,411 --> 02:30:47,121 Four times he tried... 1660 02:30:47,872 --> 02:30:49,331 ...and failed. 1661 02:30:51,084 --> 02:30:53,085 But then he took a solemn vow. 1662 02:30:55,922 --> 02:30:57,131 And he's never broken it? 1663 02:31:00,677 --> 02:31:01,844 Not yet. 1664 02:31:19,779 --> 02:31:23,115 -l've got permission to move her. -l'm very sorry, sir. 1665 02:31:23,324 --> 02:31:26,160 She's had a massive thrombosis. It's a serious heart attack. 1666 02:31:26,411 --> 02:31:27,995 She'll never survive the trip. 1667 02:31:28,204 --> 02:31:31,165 It's better if we just keep her here and hope. 1668 02:32:18,713 --> 02:32:21,548 It's time for my walk. 1669 02:32:23,968 --> 02:32:25,552 I won't be long. 1670 02:34:43,524 --> 02:34:44,650 Guard... 1671 02:34:44,817 --> 02:34:46,860 ...present arms! 1672 02:35:02,710 --> 02:35:06,713 We have come to crown victory with friendship. 1673 02:35:08,841 --> 02:35:11,760 To assist at the birth of an independent lndia... 1674 02:35:11,928 --> 02:35:13,887 ...and to welcome her as an equal member... 1675 02:35:14,055 --> 02:35:16,431 ...in the British Commonwealth of Nations. 1676 02:35:17,725 --> 02:35:20,727 I am here to see that I am the last British viceroy... 1677 02:35:20,937 --> 02:35:24,773 ...ever to have the honor of such a reception. 1678 02:35:37,245 --> 02:35:39,997 I am not concerned about the independence of India. 1679 02:35:40,248 --> 02:35:42,457 I'm concerned about the slavery of Muslims. 1680 02:35:42,709 --> 02:35:44,793 Please, Mr. Jinnah. 1681 02:35:45,044 --> 02:35:47,629 I won't watch the mastery of the British... 1682 02:35:47,839 --> 02:35:50,132 ...replaced by the mastery of the Hindus. 1683 02:35:56,639 --> 02:36:00,684 Muslim and Hindu are the right and left eye of lndia. 1684 02:36:01,269 --> 02:36:04,062 No one will be master, no one slave. 1685 02:36:04,313 --> 02:36:06,606 The world is not made of Mahatma Gandhis. 1686 02:36:06,858 --> 02:36:08,525 I'm talking about the real world. 1687 02:36:08,776 --> 02:36:10,360 -How the-- -The real India has... 1688 02:36:10,611 --> 02:36:14,489 ...Muslims and Hindus in every village and every city. 1689 02:36:15,908 --> 02:36:17,242 How will you separate them? 1690 02:36:17,785 --> 02:36:20,829 Where there is a Muslim majority... 1691 02:36:21,164 --> 02:36:22,956 ...that will be Pakistan. 1692 02:36:23,207 --> 02:36:25,792 The rest is your India. 1693 02:36:26,002 --> 02:36:27,085 My dear Jinnah... 1694 02:36:27,628 --> 02:36:31,548 ...the Muslims are in a majority on two different sides of the country. 1695 02:36:31,799 --> 02:36:35,844 Let us worry about Pakistan. You worry about India. 1696 02:36:36,095 --> 02:36:37,179 Gentlemen... 1697 02:36:37,430 --> 02:36:39,556 ...l think perhaps we should recommence. 1698 02:36:53,821 --> 02:36:57,616 Death to Jinnah! Death to Jinnah! 1699 02:37:25,103 --> 02:37:27,104 Thank God, they've stopped. 1700 02:37:30,566 --> 02:37:32,359 Manu. Abha. 1701 02:37:40,159 --> 02:37:41,701 I'm your granduncle... 1702 02:37:41,953 --> 02:37:45,288 ...but l can still walk either of you into the ground. 1703 02:37:45,498 --> 02:37:47,999 I don't need to be pampered in this way. 1704 02:37:48,209 --> 02:37:50,460 Finish your quota of spinning. 1705 02:38:31,836 --> 02:38:34,838 Bapu. Bapu. 1706 02:38:35,006 --> 02:38:36,756 Bapu, please don't do it. 1707 02:38:36,966 --> 02:38:39,676 What do you want me not to do? 1708 02:38:39,969 --> 02:38:42,012 Not to meet with Mr. Jinnah? 1709 02:38:43,806 --> 02:38:45,807 I am a Muslim... 1710 02:38:46,142 --> 02:38:47,225 ...and a Hindu... 1711 02:38:47,685 --> 02:38:49,769 ...and a Christian and a Jew. 1712 02:38:50,605 --> 02:38:53,064 And so are all of you. 1713 02:38:55,234 --> 02:38:58,028 When you wave those flags and shout... 1714 02:38:58,362 --> 02:39:01,531 ...you send fear into the hearts of your brothers. 1715 02:39:01,741 --> 02:39:03,742 That is not the India l want. 1716 02:39:03,993 --> 02:39:05,076 Stop it! 1717 02:39:05,328 --> 02:39:08,288 For God's sake, stop it. 1718 02:39:25,848 --> 02:39:27,599 If you've finished your prayers... 1719 02:39:27,808 --> 02:39:30,602 ...perhaps we could begin our business. 1720 02:39:34,857 --> 02:39:37,817 My dear Jinnah... 1721 02:39:38,069 --> 02:39:40,946 ...you and l are brothers... 1722 02:39:41,155 --> 02:39:45,367 ...born of the same mother India. If you have fears... 1723 02:39:45,576 --> 02:39:48,662 ...l want to put them at rest. 1724 02:39:48,913 --> 02:39:51,873 Begging the understanding of my friends... 1725 02:39:52,416 --> 02:39:56,002 ...l am asking Panditji to stand down. 1726 02:39:56,462 --> 02:40:00,465 I want you to be the first prime minister of lndia... 1727 02:40:00,675 --> 02:40:03,635 ...to name your entire cabinet... 1728 02:40:03,844 --> 02:40:07,681 ...to make the head of every government department a Muslim. 1729 02:40:23,155 --> 02:40:24,864 Bapu. 1730 02:40:26,325 --> 02:40:28,493 For me and the rest... 1731 02:40:28,744 --> 02:40:30,870 ...if that is what you want... 1732 02:40:31,080 --> 02:40:33,373 ...we will accept it. 1733 02:40:34,542 --> 02:40:36,793 But out there... 1734 02:40:37,545 --> 02:40:39,170 ...already there is rioting... 1735 02:40:39,380 --> 02:40:43,508 ...because Hindus fear you are going to give too much away. 1736 02:40:44,302 --> 02:40:46,386 If you did this... 1737 02:40:47,013 --> 02:40:49,472 ...no one would control it. 1738 02:40:50,057 --> 02:40:51,516 No one. 1739 02:41:07,241 --> 02:41:08,908 It is your choice. 1740 02:41:10,286 --> 02:41:14,456 Do you want an independent lndia and an independent Pakistan... 1741 02:41:14,832 --> 02:41:17,334 ...or do you want civil war? 1742 02:41:54,163 --> 02:41:57,165 Jinnah! Jinnah! Jinnah! 1743 02:44:30,444 --> 02:44:33,947 What you did in Noakhali, Bapu, was a miracle. 1744 02:44:34,365 --> 02:44:35,907 Miracle. 1745 02:44:36,408 --> 02:44:38,701 But millions are on the move... 1746 02:44:38,911 --> 02:44:41,037 ...and no one can count the dead. 1747 02:44:43,290 --> 02:44:47,168 In Calcutta, it's like civil war. 1748 02:44:48,921 --> 02:44:52,549 The Muslims rose and there was a bloodbath. 1749 02:44:53,634 --> 02:44:56,010 Now the Hindus are taking revenge. 1750 02:44:57,429 --> 02:44:58,930 If we can't stop it... 1751 02:44:59,139 --> 02:45:02,225 ...there'll be no hope for the Hindus left in Pakistan. 1752 02:45:03,477 --> 02:45:06,521 An eye for an eye, making the whole world blind. 1753 02:45:08,857 --> 02:45:10,441 Aren't there any troops to spare? 1754 02:45:12,111 --> 02:45:18,283 Nothing. 1755 02:45:22,663 --> 02:45:25,707 The divisions in Bombay and Delhi can hardly keep the peace now. 1756 02:45:25,874 --> 02:45:30,211 And each fresh bit of news creates another wave of madness. 1757 02:45:30,421 --> 02:45:32,755 We could cut all news off. 1758 02:45:33,340 --> 02:45:35,008 Bapu, please, where are you going? 1759 02:45:35,509 --> 02:45:37,010 I don't want to hear more. 1760 02:45:38,470 --> 02:45:40,221 We need your help. 1761 02:45:40,764 --> 02:45:43,182 There is nothing l can give. 1762 02:45:46,228 --> 02:45:47,478 Where are you going? 1763 02:45:50,858 --> 02:45:52,191 Calcutta. 1764 02:46:35,486 --> 02:46:39,572 If l had shunned death or feared it, I would not be here now... 1765 02:46:39,782 --> 02:46:41,824 ...nor would you be concerned for me. 1766 02:46:42,034 --> 02:46:43,993 But, sir, please. 1767 02:46:44,244 --> 02:46:46,663 I don't have the men to protect you... 1768 02:46:46,872 --> 02:46:49,624 ...not in a Muslim house, not this quarter. 1769 02:46:49,833 --> 02:46:52,960 I'm staying with the friend of a friend and-- 1770 02:46:53,170 --> 02:46:57,131 Death to Muslims! Death to Muslims! 1771 02:46:58,634 --> 02:47:00,802 Why are you staying at the home of a Muslim? 1772 02:47:01,053 --> 02:47:02,220 They are murderers! 1773 02:47:02,471 --> 02:47:03,680 They killed my family! 1774 02:47:03,931 --> 02:47:05,890 Get out of Calcutta, Gandhi! 1775 02:47:06,100 --> 02:47:08,893 Death to Muslims! Death to Muslims! 1776 02:47:57,693 --> 02:47:58,860 Prime Minister. 1777 02:48:03,866 --> 02:48:06,743 Why must l read news like this in the paper? 1778 02:48:11,832 --> 02:48:14,417 Inform Sardar Patel. Arrange a plane. 1779 02:48:14,960 --> 02:48:16,127 We will go Friday. 1780 02:48:17,045 --> 02:48:18,129 Four days, sir? 1781 02:48:48,035 --> 02:48:49,702 Bapu. 1782 02:48:51,955 --> 02:48:54,499 Sardar, you have gained weight. 1783 02:48:54,750 --> 02:48:56,959 You must join me in the fast. 1784 02:48:57,169 --> 02:48:59,587 If l fast, I die. 1785 02:49:00,214 --> 02:49:04,383 If you fast, people go to all sorts of trouble... 1786 02:49:04,593 --> 02:49:05,802 ...to keep you alive. 1787 02:49:07,179 --> 02:49:08,805 Bapu, forgive me, I've cheated. 1788 02:49:09,389 --> 02:49:11,516 I could have come earlier... 1789 02:49:11,725 --> 02:49:14,185 ...but your fast has helped. 1790 02:49:14,770 --> 02:49:18,481 These last days, people's minds have begun to turn to this bed... 1791 02:49:18,732 --> 02:49:20,733 ...and away from the atrocities. 1792 02:49:20,943 --> 02:49:22,735 But now... 1793 02:49:22,903 --> 02:49:23,945 ...it is enough. 1794 02:49:26,615 --> 02:49:30,910 All that has happened is that I've grown a little thinner. 1795 02:49:34,581 --> 02:49:38,209 Tomorrow, 5000 Muslim students... 1796 02:49:38,418 --> 02:49:39,627 ...of all ages... 1797 02:49:39,878 --> 02:49:43,589 ...are marching here, in Calcutta, for peace. 1798 02:49:44,299 --> 02:49:47,927 And 5000 Hindu students are marching with them. 1799 02:49:49,012 --> 02:49:50,805 I'm glad. 1800 02:49:51,640 --> 02:49:54,559 But it will not be enough. 1801 02:50:07,865 --> 02:50:13,661 Bapu, you are not so young anymore. 1802 02:50:14,121 --> 02:50:15,663 Don't worry for me. 1803 02:50:17,040 --> 02:50:21,669 I cannot watch the destruction of all that l've lived for. 1804 02:51:30,948 --> 02:51:32,490 Death to Gandhi! 1805 02:51:32,783 --> 02:51:35,076 Who dares say such things?! 1806 02:51:35,452 --> 02:51:36,744 Who?! 1807 02:51:38,038 --> 02:51:40,790 You kill me first! 1808 02:51:41,833 --> 02:51:43,000 Come! 1809 02:51:45,879 --> 02:51:47,296 Where are you?! 1810 02:51:48,215 --> 02:51:49,966 Kill me first! 1811 02:51:52,886 --> 02:51:54,220 Where are you? 1812 02:52:04,690 --> 02:52:08,317 His pulse is very irregular. The kidneys aren't functioning. 1813 02:52:21,248 --> 02:52:23,457 Bapu? 1814 02:52:23,834 --> 02:52:26,585 I have brought Mr. Suhrawardy. 1815 02:52:26,878 --> 02:52:30,756 It was he who called on the Muslims to rise. 1816 02:52:31,049 --> 02:52:32,550 He is now telling them... 1817 02:52:33,093 --> 02:52:35,594 ...to go back to their homes... 1818 02:52:35,846 --> 02:52:37,763 ...to lay down their arms. 1819 02:52:50,235 --> 02:52:52,403 Think what you can do by living... 1820 02:52:52,738 --> 02:52:55,865 ...that you cannot do by dying. 1821 02:53:05,459 --> 02:53:07,835 What do you want? 1822 02:53:11,256 --> 02:53:14,050 That the fighting will stop. 1823 02:53:14,259 --> 02:53:16,802 That you make me believe... 1824 02:53:19,723 --> 02:53:22,558 ...that it will never start again. 1825 02:53:31,902 --> 02:53:33,069 Sometimes... 1826 02:53:33,278 --> 02:53:37,031 ...it is when you are quite without hope... 1827 02:53:37,741 --> 02:53:40,826 ...and in utter darkness... 1828 02:53:41,536 --> 02:53:44,747 ...that God comes to the rescue. 1829 02:53:46,625 --> 02:53:48,042 Gandhiji... 1830 02:53:48,502 --> 02:53:50,086 ...is dying... 1831 02:53:51,963 --> 02:53:54,632 ...because of our madness. 1832 02:53:56,551 --> 02:53:59,136 Put away your revenge. 1833 02:53:59,471 --> 02:54:04,016 What good will come of more killing? 1834 02:54:04,267 --> 02:54:06,602 Have the courage to do... 1835 02:54:06,812 --> 02:54:10,231 ...what you know is right. 1836 02:54:10,732 --> 02:54:12,650 For God's sake... 1837 02:54:13,276 --> 02:54:17,279 ...let us embrace like brothers. 1838 02:54:31,169 --> 02:54:32,962 It's our promise. 1839 02:54:33,713 --> 02:54:34,964 We stop. 1840 02:54:37,634 --> 02:54:39,593 Hindu swords. 1841 02:54:40,929 --> 02:54:42,555 It's a promise. 1842 02:54:45,725 --> 02:54:47,143 Go. 1843 02:54:48,895 --> 02:54:50,312 God be with you. 1844 02:55:03,285 --> 02:55:04,743 Here, eat! 1845 02:55:06,246 --> 02:55:07,705 Eat! 1846 02:55:08,915 --> 02:55:10,457 I'm going to hell... 1847 02:55:10,876 --> 02:55:13,544 ...but not with your death on my soul. 1848 02:55:14,129 --> 02:55:17,464 Only God decides who goes to hell. 1849 02:55:17,841 --> 02:55:19,717 I killed a child. 1850 02:55:21,344 --> 02:55:24,138 I smashed his head against a wall. 1851 02:55:25,891 --> 02:55:27,183 Why? 1852 02:55:29,352 --> 02:55:31,145 They killed my son. 1853 02:55:34,232 --> 02:55:35,608 My boy. 1854 02:55:37,903 --> 02:55:40,154 The Muslims killed my son! 1855 02:55:45,076 --> 02:55:48,787 I know a way out of hell. 1856 02:55:50,123 --> 02:55:52,541 Find a child. 1857 02:55:52,834 --> 02:55:57,838 A child whose mother and father have been killed. 1858 02:55:58,215 --> 02:56:02,635 A little boy about this high... 1859 02:56:04,304 --> 02:56:06,972 ...and raise him as your own. 1860 02:56:10,602 --> 02:56:13,938 Only be sure that he is a Muslim... 1861 02:56:15,732 --> 02:56:18,901 ...and that you raise him as one. 1862 02:56:46,638 --> 02:56:50,307 Go. 1863 02:56:51,810 --> 02:56:53,352 God bless you. 1864 02:57:20,088 --> 02:57:26,010 Bapu? 1865 02:57:27,679 --> 02:57:29,972 There's been no fighting... 1866 02:57:30,598 --> 02:57:31,682 ...anywhere. 1867 02:57:33,018 --> 02:57:34,476 It's stopped. 1868 02:57:35,270 --> 02:57:37,855 The madness has stopped. 1869 02:57:41,943 --> 02:57:43,527 It's foolish... 1870 02:57:43,737 --> 02:57:47,364 ...if it's just to save the life of an old man. 1871 02:57:47,615 --> 02:57:52,619 No. In every temple and mosque... 1872 02:57:52,996 --> 02:57:55,080 ...they have pledged to die... 1873 02:57:55,332 --> 02:57:58,334 ...before they lift a hand against each other. 1874 02:58:00,837 --> 02:58:02,588 It is true, Bapu. 1875 02:58:10,764 --> 02:58:12,556 Everywhere. 1876 02:58:47,217 --> 02:58:49,551 Maulana, my friend... 1877 02:58:51,596 --> 02:58:54,139 ...could I have some orange juice? 1878 02:59:01,022 --> 02:59:02,689 Then you and l... 1879 02:59:02,899 --> 02:59:05,776 ...will take a piece of bread together. 1880 02:59:36,015 --> 02:59:38,225 He will be saying prayers in the garden. 1881 02:59:46,693 --> 02:59:48,527 That is how you eat muli. 1882 02:59:49,404 --> 02:59:52,030 I'm not sure that I want to be remembered that way. 1883 02:59:52,240 --> 02:59:54,366 Don't worry. With luck, you may not be. 1884 02:59:54,576 --> 02:59:58,203 No, he will be remembered for tempting fate. 1885 02:59:59,372 --> 03:00:01,206 Mickey Mouse! 1886 03:00:02,417 --> 03:00:04,418 You're really going to Pakistan? 1887 03:00:09,299 --> 03:00:11,175 You are a stubborn man. 1888 03:00:13,261 --> 03:00:15,220 I'm simply going to prove... 1889 03:00:15,430 --> 03:00:18,015 ...to Hindus here and Muslims there... 1890 03:00:18,266 --> 03:00:21,477 ...that the only devils in the world are those... 1891 03:00:21,728 --> 03:00:24,188 ...running around in our own hearts. 1892 03:00:24,772 --> 03:00:28,233 And that is where all our battles ought to be fought. 1893 03:00:28,443 --> 03:00:30,110 Bapu. 1894 03:00:35,867 --> 03:00:40,662 So, what kind of warrior have you been in that warfare? 1895 03:00:42,290 --> 03:00:44,041 Not a very good one. 1896 03:00:44,250 --> 03:00:46,960 That's why I have so much tolerance... 1897 03:00:47,170 --> 03:00:50,422 ...for the other scoundrels of the world. 1898 03:00:54,844 --> 03:00:56,512 Sardar? 1899 03:00:56,679 --> 03:01:00,182 Ask Panditji to consider what we've discussed. 1900 03:01:06,648 --> 03:01:08,857 -Enough! -One more. 1901 03:01:09,192 --> 03:01:11,902 -You're a temptress! -Just an admirer. 1902 03:01:12,153 --> 03:01:14,279 Nothing's more dangerous... 1903 03:01:14,531 --> 03:01:16,698 ...especially for an old man. 1904 03:01:26,167 --> 03:01:28,377 There's a sadness about him. 1905 03:01:29,921 --> 03:01:31,505 He thinks he's failed. 1906 03:01:31,756 --> 03:01:33,173 Why? 1907 03:01:33,424 --> 03:01:36,885 If anything's proven him right, it's these last months. 1908 03:01:38,596 --> 03:01:41,139 I may be blinded by my love for him... 1909 03:01:41,891 --> 03:01:43,183 ...but l believe... 1910 03:01:43,434 --> 03:01:45,602 ...when we most needed it... 1911 03:01:45,812 --> 03:01:48,981 ...he offered the world a way out of madness. 1912 03:01:51,693 --> 03:01:53,026 But he doesn't see it. 1913 03:01:53,987 --> 03:01:55,904 Neither does the world. 1914 03:02:29,397 --> 03:02:31,565 Brother, Bapu is already late for prayers. 1915 03:02:34,360 --> 03:02:36,153 Oh, God! 1916 03:02:36,946 --> 03:02:38,905 Oh, God. 1917 03:03:17,612 --> 03:03:19,613 When l despair... 1918 03:03:19,906 --> 03:03:21,823 ...I remember... 1919 03:03:22,158 --> 03:03:24,409 ...that all through history... 1920 03:03:24,619 --> 03:03:29,122 ...the way of truth and love has always won. 1921 03:03:30,958 --> 03:03:34,544 There have been tyrants and murderers... 1922 03:03:34,796 --> 03:03:37,839 ...and for a time, they can seem invincible... 1923 03:03:38,049 --> 03:03:41,468 ...but in the end, they always fall. 1924 03:03:43,179 --> 03:03:44,721 Think of it.