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Last Words
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Camera, sound, and editing
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Contribution
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Written, directed, and produced by Werner Herzog
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They tell me to say no;
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but I don't even say that.
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That is my last word.
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him... (speak up, jerk).
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him...
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him...
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him...
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him...
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Ever since they brought him here...
he doesn't leave his house all day.
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All day.
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In the evening he comes to my bar,
sits down and plays the Lyra.
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He sings along, but doesn't talk...
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He doesn't talk, not at all.
He just plays and doesn't talk...
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He is the best Lyra player in Crete.
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He plays his Lyra, but he doesn't talk...
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I don't say anything...
I don't say anything, I don't talk.
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I don't say anything... I don't talk...
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No, I don't say anything,
absolutely nothing I say.
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Frankly, I don't understand
what was wrong with him...
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The fact is, he must have been eating
cactus, tomatoes, thistles...
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and lizards, as well, for sure.
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Although almost nothing of these
lizards was found...
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still when the police officers came to fetch him,
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they found a lot of heads chopped off...
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therefore they knew,
that he must have been eating lizards.
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I picked him up with the boat...
sure he's been eating lizards...
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I picked him up with the boat...
sure he's been eating lizards...
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I picked him up with the boat...
sure he's been eating lizards...
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Strange, just how he managed
to remain all alone on that island there.
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Venetians, Saracens,
and Turkish went off
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and when the lepers were brought away,
only he remained on that island.
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When the last lepers were gone,
his relatives had him placed under disability...
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and had him taken away with force.
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They sent the police officers
to have him fetched...
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It was difficult but eventually
they brought him over to us...
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to a proper life.
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On Spinalonga all the houses used to be
half-ruined already back then
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Even the hospital
never worked properly.
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The only thing still in working order on Spinalonga
was an old electricity generator...
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they built a hospital but
there wasn't even constant water...
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but just cisterns.
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Simply no organisation.
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Everybody just came here to die.
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And everybody knew they would die in here.
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At this moment,
as I stand before this camera...
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this old man might already be dead.
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There's a lot of stories like this one.
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Good day, how are you?
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Good day, how are you?
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Good day, how are you?
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Good day, how are you?
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(Speak up, jerk)
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We were supposed to say it again.
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We fetched him from over there,
We saved him.
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When the last Turkish fled from the island...
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he jumped off a cliff into the sea
following the others.
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On that rock
he left a foot print.
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And our people built a shrine
and a chapel in that place.
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When the last Turkish fled from the island...
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he jumped off a cliff into the sea
following the others.
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On that rock
he left a foot print.
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And our people built a shrine
and a chapel in that place.
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When the last Turkish fled from the island...
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he jumped off a cliff into the sea
following the others.
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On that rock
he left a foot print.
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And our people built a shrine
and a chapel in that place.
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When they came to fetch the old man with force...
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he said:
What could you possibly do to me...
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when I have an entire fleet behind me?
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Yet his ships
were only carved into the rock.
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Such bullshit!
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Somehow he wasn't quite alright in his head.
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There is no other explanation.
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He used to be all alone, anyway.
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As a physician
I have a lot of experience with that.
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For example there used to be this leper...
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he had no legs anymore
beginning from here...
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and a woman who had no arms anymore.
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They kept carrying each other around.
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Out of pure necessity
they were leading a marriage.
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Yet I do have to confirm to you,
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that lepers have a distinct sex life.
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One by one the man was losing his fingers, too.
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Eventually he only had two left.
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His last word was: I'm losing these, too
... then he died.
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I don't say anything...
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Absolutely nothing. What am I supposed to tell you?
I just don't want to.
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I don't say anything...
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I don't say anything... nothing at all.
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I just don't talk.
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No, I don't say anything...
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I'm telling you once more:
that is my last word.
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I don't talk, that is my last word.
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I don't say anything...
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That is my last word.
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