Before the Jury (1931)

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

- That's fine for me, thanks.
- Yes.

Yes? You want something else?

Corradi! Corradi!
Please, that piano.

Oh, excuse me, madam.

- In fact, you play quite badly.
- Oh, God. I do what I can.

- You must promise...

- You want some tea?
- Yes, thank you. Give me the tea.

I can't tolerate that man anymore.

What did he ever say to you?

Nothing. That's the reason,
understand? Nothing.

Then why did you get offended?

- He didn't even return my greeting.
- He probably didn't see you.

Oh, sure. I reached
my hand out to him twice.

He turned his back on me twice.

1 even wrote to him.
He didn't answer.

What do you want to do?

I want to ask him the reason
for this behavior.

Calm down. Don't give in
to your usual impulsiveness.

Oh, sure. You think

that a person can so easily
provoke a gentleman?

- Where are you going?
- I'm going to talk to him.

Do you believe in judiciary errors?

Madam, I'm a journalist
or something more humble.

- Oh, Cramoli. Falsely modest.
- No.

Well, journalist...
a searcher of small facts.

- A philosopher of chronicle news.
- Well, yes.

We can say a searcher
for shadows of big facts.

- How nice.
-What is it?

- Where is it? - The farm
women returning from the harvest.

- Very nice!
- It's pleasant.

- They sing well.
- Nice.

- It's touching.
- Be quiet! Touching!

- It recalls a music by Corelli, right?
- Yes, right.

- Really.
- It's true.

Yes. They are chants born
from the land, like flowers.

- They sing well.
- They sing very well.

- The melody is simple.
- Quite.

- They come every evening.
- Really?

- Every evening.
- Oh, every evening?

- Carlo!
- Leda!

- What is it? What's wrong?
- Carlo!

Leda!

- Down there!
- What can it be?

- In the park
- Leda.

- Someone sh*t!
- Who? What?

- Where?
- Down there, in the clearing

-Who?
- I'll go see.

I don't know.
I heard a cry,

- I heard a long cry.
- Madam, calm down.

- Are you sure?
- Calm down.

- Calmly tell what happened.
- Yes.

- While I was there in the clearing...
- Well? Yes?

Suddenly I heard a sh*t fired.

- But Leda... it's not possible.
- And then a cry of pain.

Marcello!

Mr. Calandri!

He was k*lled on the spot.

They must have hit his heart.
I was there in the nursery.

I heard a sh*t and a cry.

- Then the sound of someone running off.
- What was he doing here?

How do I know?

Or maybe I know.

Know what?

No, nothing.

Do you know anything?

No. I don't know anything.

The body must not be touched.
Run to the villa.

Tell them to call the police.

Alright.

Will you leave me your g*n?

Why?

Why do you want to believe
it's something tragic, Leda?

1 looked everywhere around here.
I didn't see anyone.

- Call Giovanni at least.
- I did, dear. I didn't find him.

So, will you leave me your g*n?

Are you afraid?

No.

- It doesn't have the safety lock.
- never put it.

Of course. It's better.

Carlo! I saw a man
talking to Giovanni.

- It's certainly him.
- Where did you see him?

Near the gate.
He was far off. I called him,

but he started running.
- Here he is. Giovanni! Here he is!

Come here, Giovanni.
Did you hear a cry?

-A cry?
- Yes, a cry.

I think so,
but I'm not so sure.

Corradi saw you talking
to a man near the gate.

- Who was he?
- A homeless.

I told him to leave
because he looked suspicious.

- Why did he run away?
- I don't know, sir.

But I think he's a very timid person.

- Excuse me. - Oh, here's Marcello.
We'll finally know something.

-And so?
- The journalist said to call the police.

- The police? Why?
- There, close to the nursery...

there's a dead man.

- A dead man?
- Yes, Excellency.

- Who is he?
- Mr. Calandri.

- The heart?
- Yes, Mr. Judge.

- At close range?
-No.

Could you indicate
the place the sh*t came from?

It's not easy.

But a shell leaps to the right
of the person sh**ting.

Just a moment, Mr. Judge.

This way, Mr. Judge.

- You're sure it was fired from here?
- Very sure.

You can move the corpse.

- Easy.
- Pick him up there.

- Excuse me.
-Come in.

- Thieves broke into the Calandri home.
- What are you saying?

Cramoli just called me.

- Thieves? When?
- Last night.

Where is Cramoli?

He's down at Calandri's home
assisting the police investigation.

We must come out
with a special edition!

- Call the proto right away!
- I"ll go right now.

- Very clear.
- Yes, it rained last night.

Right.

A strong foot. And injured.

- Oh, Cramoli, you...
- Good morning.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- Look, the left foot was placed slightly.
- Right.

It's evident.

Let's go visit the studio.

- This way, Chief.
- Yes.

- Nothing was touched.
- Oh, right.

No, no. The usual thief
who robs in the city

while the owners have fun
in the country. A Summer theft.

- I's not connected to the m*rder?
- Of course not!

The m*rder has a precise motive.
Jealousy.

- Maybe.
- Maybe?

- I guarantee it.
-Yes, yes.

- You don't think I'm an expert?
- Of course you are!

-You come here.
-Me?

Didn't you notice anything strange?
No noise last night? Nothing?

- Nothing of the kind?
-Me? No.

- You are a sound sleeper.
- Yes, quite.

Tell me, were these ashes
in the fireplace here?

I can't say. I know nothing, dear sir.
I'm a doorman.

- What?
- Nothing.- There are some ashes here.

- Oh, alright. Write.
-Yes.

Two drawers of the desk
have been opened

without any trace of breaking in.

- Poor thing!
- Yes, he was very rich.

- Yes, a bank manager.
- Calandri, did you know him?

- I wonder who k*lled him.
- It is a real mystery.

- What an ugly face!
- He's unpleasant looking.

Let's go.

- He has that kind of face.
- Absolutely.

He must be put on trial.

Radio Eco del mondo.

Radio Eco del mondo.

Radio Eco del mondo.

A mysterious theft took place
in Mr. Calandri's villa,

right after his m*rder.

Police investigation established
that the thief

was in possession of the key
to the service door.

It has been confirmed that a desk
was opened without breaking in.

And that certain documents
were taken.

The villa's doorman states
that also missing

is the photograph of a woman
from the mantelpiece.

We have been informed that,
considering the public's emotion

for this mysterious crime,
the trial will be held immediately.

His Excellency, Mr. President.

Preliminary investigation
for the trial has been brief.

The evidence seemed so serious,

that after only 20 days following
the fact,

the accused has been brought
before you.

A more ample investigation
will be conducted now, in front of you,

and you will judge.

The defendant must rise.

You are accused of having k*lled,
with a g*nsh*t,

Mr. Adolfo Calandri,
manager of the International Bank.

I am innocent.

And yet you threatened him
with death.

I just told him that other men's
women must be respected.

And you didn't add,
"You're in danger of death"?

You don't want to answer?

It is your right.

- Excellency, yes. I said it.
- Why?

Because other men's women
must be respected.

Why do you speak about
women to be respected?

I'll tell you. My sister-in-law was
working one day in a corner of the park.

Behind the woods.
She was singing...

- Good morning.
- Good morning, Mr. Calandri.

- Always cheerful, huh?
- We do what we can.

Come on.

So you admit having a reason
for being jealous.

- I suspected.
- Why worry about your sister-in-law?

- Some say you decided to watch her.
- It's not true.

You will agree that your
sister-in-law is lovely and...

a bit easy.

That's why I watched her.

My brother has been in America
for four years.

Is this w*apon yours?

It's mine.

The w*apon has a flaw that permits
only who is an expert

to put it in a sh**ting position.

1 always carry it in a sh**ting position.

- It's strange.
- 1 go around at night in the woods.

Alright.

- Show it to the judges.
- Excuse me, Excellency, is it unloaded?

Please! Please!

This is a place of sadness.
1 demand total silence.

We are looking for
a truth that isn't easy.

Take it.

Have you recently fired some sh*ts?

The truth, Marcello, the truth.

I didn't sh**t, Excellency.

And how do you explain
that one cartridge was empty,

and that the b*llet which k*lled
is perfectly suited to the loader?

How do I know?

- Are you continuing to deny?
- I am innocent.

- Alright.

Then let's listen to the witnesses.

Call Mrs. Leda Astorri.

Mrs. Leda Astorri.
Is it you? Please come.

Good-day.

Carlo Linossi, a witness
in the Marcello Barra case.

- Go ahead.
- Thank you.

Will you tell us, madam,
what you know about the fact?

Excellency, I think that
Marcello Barra is innocent.

You must expose the facts
and not give judgement.

Is it true you'd been in the park
with Mr. Calandri

shortly before he was k*lled?
-Yes, sir.

I wanted some air
and Mr. Calandri accompanied me.

Later, I returned to my guests.
But he preferred remaining in the park.

- He didn't tell you the reason?
- No, sir.

- He must have been hot.
-That is too easy.

Please, don't interrupt.

So, Mr. Calandri remained.
And you?

I headed home.

Shortly after, along the road,
I heard a sh*t and a cry.

And you didn't turn around to look?

No, sir. I was terrified.

- You didn't think the cry was Calandri's?
- Actually...

- I thought it.
- Why didn't you say it when you got home?

| was exhausted from running
and from fright.

And, after the cry,
did you hear anyone running away?

No, Mr. President.

Had you noticed the presence
of a stranger in the park?

- I was told later.
- But it wasn't possible to find him.

- Right. In fact.
- He didn't wait.

Silence!

I don't think I have
any more questions.

Please, madam, you may be seated.

Excellency, will you have
the witness, Carlo Linossi, come?

He is the doorman
of Mr. Calandri's home.

Alright.
Have the witness come.

The jury members must remember

that the same night
in which Calandri was k*lled,

a thief broke into
his city apartment.

And after having rummaged
through the drawers of a big desk,

he left, taking away the photograph
of a woman, on the mantelpiece.

- Members of the jury, Excellency. I...
- Please.

Silence!

- First take your oath.
- Yes, Excellency.

- I swear to tell the truth.
- Nothing but the truth?

That's for sure.

Repeat.
Nothing but the truth.

Nothing but the truth.
I don't know anything, Excellency.

- Wait to be asked that.
-Yes.

Attorney!

Which question must you ask?

This one. If Mr. Calandri was
used to receiving women?

How do I know?
I am a doorman.

Of course they came.

And did they all come through
the main entrance,

or even from the small service door?
- Even from the small door.

- Who had the key?
-Me. Here it is.

- Were there others? Give it to me.
- Yes, Excellency.

Another one that my poor master
always kept in his pocket.

- Alright. Sit down.
- Yes, Excellency.

Excellency, I'd like
the witness to be shown

the key that was found
in Calandri's garden

the evening of the theft.

Do you recognize it?

Yes, it is the one
my master had. Yes.

And so, what does the defender
want to deduct from all this?

I want to deduct this.

The theft was carried out
by who already had the key,

or by who took it
from Calandri's body.

And that the thief
couldn't have been Barra,

since he was already under arrest.

And I repeat, sir,
that Barra is accused of m*rder.

- And not theft.
- We're looking for facts right now.

Take them to the attorney general.

Giulio. Giulio.
What is it, Giulio?

Nothing.
Nothing, dear

- You have any other questions?
- Yes Excellency, and I state right away

that there is no insinuation
in my question.

Has the witness ever seen Mrs. Astorri?

Madam, could you kindly come closer?

Come. Please come, madam.

Excellency.

It's her! The lady in the photograph
that was stolen.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

Did you ever have the occasion,

to give a photograph to Mr. Calandri?

Never, Excellency. Never.

Never? It's a photograph of you.
I am not mistaken.

- Nothing was written on it?
- No, but it's her in the photograph.

It must be a resemblance.

Mr. Calandri had no reason

to keep my photograph in his home.

Did Mr. Calandri ever show you
a particular interest?

No, never.

Friendship. Only friendship.

But, I repeat, what does this
have to do with the Barra case?

You see, that photograph was stolen.
Doesn't it seem a bit strange?

Oh, no!

It was in an expensive silver frame.

And thieves have always
taken such valuable objects.

No other useful question?
Attorney?

- Not for the moment. Thank you.
- You may be seated, madam.

You, too. Go on.

Have the witness,
Aroldo Cramoli, come.

Cramoli will certainly have
important revelations.

It seems that he has
some accusation elements.

- Against who?
- Don't know! We'll see.

- This Cramoli is fortunate.
- Lucky him.

Are you Mr. Aroldo Cramoli?
From "L'eco del Mondo™?

Be seated. Do you confirm
what you said? Your deposition?

1 confirm. But I must add
some circumstances I didn't reveal,

because I wanted to do
a personal investigation

that I was not able to complete.

Chancellor, collect everything.
Yes, go ahead.

Allow me, first of all,

to call your attention, Excellency,
to the chain

that was found on
Mr. Calandri's body.

More precisely, hanging on his belt.

- This one?
- Exactly.

Right after the crime,
I noticed a key was attached to it,

and later it disappeared mysteriously

before the investigating judge
intervened.

Later, during the location check,

carried out in Mr. Calandri's villa
after the theft,

| saw the same key inside
one of the drawers of the desk

that was robbed.
- It's very interesting. Go on.

I must also call to your attention

that when Giovanni,
Mr. Astorri's house help,

returned to the city
where he had gone by car,

looking for a doctor
for the lady,

he was limping on his left foot.

The footprints left by the thief

in the garden of Mr. Calandri revealed

a strange coincidence,
that of limping on the left foot.

Interesting. Go on, please.

I will inform you of another
two circumstances.

- Which ones?
- This is the first one.

I was the first
to go to the clearing in the park,

and on the ground near the body
1 found

a cigarette that was still lit
and consumed very little.

Probably Calandri's?

No, Excellency.
Calandri didn't smoke.

- Besides, the cigarette was a Muratti.
-And so?

Well, among Mrs. Astorri's guests,

Muratti cigarettes were only smoked
by Mr. Giulio Alberti.

Miss Dora's fiancé.
I believe, in fact,

that Mr. Alberti left
the living room, very agitated,

before Calandri was k*lled.
- Just a moment.

A note belonging to Mr. Alberti was found

in Mr. Calandri's wallet.

Here it is.

And the second circumstance?

Allow me, Excellency,
to answer you

after you have questioned
Mr. Giulio Alberti

and the house help, Giovanni?
- Alright.

Sit over there for the time being.

- The phone, hurry.
- Right away.

- It's becoming complicated.
- Excellent.

- There is material for 20 articles.
- Hi, Cramoli.

- That's for sure!
- Look for the woman. Always!

- Always! - The press
is kindly asked not to make noise.

Introduce the witness Giulio Alberti.

Mr. Giulio Alberti,
they're calling you for a deposition.

- It's not my turn yet.
- They want you.

- Giulio.
- Please, Dora.

Hello? Yes, L'eco del mondo.
So what's new?

Miss, stop.
So, what is it?

Wait a moment. I'll write it.

Go ahead.

A serious suspicion
on Mrs. Astorri.

Go on. What?
A commissioned m*rder?

Wow! Very interesting!
Go on.

So, did you know Mr. Calandri?

Yes, Excellency. Very ingenious,
a formidable organizer.

But rapacious in everything,
with women, in business.

No pity for anyone.

Actually, that is how
the reports describe him, too.

Did you have the occasion
to write to him

to ask for a meeting?
- Yes, Excellency.

To ask him the reason
for his behavior.

Excellency, can you raise your voice?
I don't hear very well.

Here is an excellent judge
for the defense.

As long as he's not deaf at heart.

Don't interrupt!

So, you wrote to him

asking the reason for his behavior?

- What behavior?
- He didn't answer my greetings.

- Why?
- I don't know. I wanted to ask him.

- Privately?
- So we could be more free.

Do you smoke Muratti cigarettes?

- What's that have to do with this?
- Answer.

Yes, Excellency.

When you left the living room,
did you go to the clearing in the park

on the evening of the crime?

Answer.
Did you go to the clearing?

I don't understand, Excellency,
what it has to do...

On the ground, right after the crime,

a Muratti was found that
was still lit. Yours.

Yes, Excellency. I went there.

- Before or after the crime?
- While it was taking place.

- I don't know.

- It's your duty to tell the whole truth.
- The truth, Excellency...

When I left the living room that evening,

1 tried to meet Mr. Calandri
in the park

to ask him for an explanation.

And you didn't see who sh*t Calandri?

I couldn't see because the lane's
wall was alongside of me.

1 confess that I lost my head,
and ran away.

You weren't at all curious?
You felt no interest in facing

such a tragic incident?

- I was so shocked...
- You didn't tell anyone anything?

- No, nothing.
- It's strange.

Witness Giulio Alberti,
do not leave the courtroom.

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Be seated.

- It so seems you don't limp anymore.
- I don't understand, Excellency.

Didn't you sprain your left foot
the evening of the crime?

Yes, but it was a slight injury.

And this happened before or after
going to the city?

It happened while getting in the car.

- At Villa Astorri, right?
- Yes, Excellency.

Then tell me how you entered
Mr. Calandri's garden.

Answer.

- With the service door key.
- To do what?

To remove a photograph
that was on the fireplace.

And look in the desk drawers
for a pack of letters

which I later b*rned.

How was the desk opened?

With the key that I removed
from Mr. Calandri's body,

which was hanging on his chain.

You were seen talking

to a man who'd reached the park
from Villa Astorri

the evening of the crime.
Who was he?

Mrs. Astorri's brother.

Did he participate in the crime?

I am not in a position to say that.

- You haven't seen him since then?
- No, Excellency.

Neither Mrs. Astorri nor |
were able to find him again.

He disappeared.

Did you enter Mr. Calandri's home
on your own initiative?

No, Excellency. Mrs. Astorri ordered
me to do so. I know nothing else.

Now is the time to say
the second circumstance.

In the fireplace ashes
in Mr. Calandri's home,

1 found this corner
of a b*rned letter.

Please, Excellency,
show it to Mrs. Leda Astorri.

Please, madam. Come here.

- Did you write this letter?
- Yes.

- I did.

I did it.

The hearing is adjourned to tomorrow.
The attorney general

has requested a location check
at Villa Astorri.

Mud! Mud!

Why did you do it?

Did you need money?
Jewels? Affection?

-No, Carlo, no.
- What did you give in to?

Blackmail.

- It was to save my brother.
- Your brother?

He had used Calandri's name
on a promissory note.

A false signature?

Right.

Calandri had me called.

I went to him, at his villa.

And he received me very cordially.

But then...

Don't worry, madam,
Don't be afraid.

We'll find a way

to arrange this unpleasant
incident.

Your brother will not end up
in trouble.

- I will pay with my jewels, if need be.
- Of course not.

Depriving your beauty
of such a necessary frame.

- Are you a gentleman?
-Yes.

- I am a gentleman, but in love.
- What are you saying?

In love and unfortunate. And I can't
let this chance go by.

It gives me a way to tell you
how deep my feeling is.

- You know I'm an honest woman.
- Oh, ivory tower. I know.

You know I have sacred duties.

There is always a way and time
to find an agreement with God.

Well, what are you asking?

That you come here one day,
whenever you want,

to pick up your brother's
promissory note which I have.

I refuse.

In that case,
I have no more reason to detain you.

- Is the Chief out there?
- He has arrived.

When I ring, have him enter.

Here is the key to the little door
at the end of the lane.

Whenever you want,
I will be here every day at this hour.

And I will be waiting.

And then?

Go on. I want to know everything.

I didn't go there anymore.

I sent him letters,
begging him to have pity on me.

- On my brother. But he came to the villa.
-Yes.

And he was brutal with me.
He even disgraced me,

shouting to my face
that Alberti was my lover.

That is why he didn't say hello
to him anymore.

So... I wrote to my brother.
I had decided to tell him

that the sacrifice asked me
was impossible.

- So he came.
- Where?

To the park. We were to have
a definitive talk with Calandri.

I went out with him,
as if to go for a walk.

But my brother hadn't arrived yet.

So...

Calandri insulted me
with such v*olence...

And was ruthless with me.

When he began being brutal again...

You k*lled him?

It's necessary, Leda,
that you tell all this to the judges.

- Good-day, gentlemen.
- Good-day.

- Good-day.
- Good-day.

What did Mrs. Astorri say?

She said, "I did it".

It seemed like such a banal trial.

-You're new at this.
-Me?

- He's already confessed.
- Surely not.

- You have a mania for contradictions.
-Who?

There's the special edition, of course.

- The judges may take their places.
- Finally.

You, to your place.

His Excellency, Mr. President.

The hearing has begun.

Have Mrs. Astorri come in.

Please, madam, think carefully
on what you're about to answer.

What did you mean yesterday
by saying, "I did it"?

I did it... I sh*t Calandri.

- Excellency. Excellency.
- The accused has something to say?

No, nothing.

Silence! Silence!
Or I will have you leave the courtroom!

Will you tell us about it, madam?

A brief story, Excellency,
but painful.

- My brother Antonio Bardi made an error.
- What error?

I don't want to be his accuser.

He is weak, but a good person.
A serious error.

Calandri had evidence,

and took advantage of it
to propose deplorable conditions.

Being silent if I would become
his lover.

Do you have evidence of this, madam?

The evidence is in the letters I wrote
begging Calandri.

I had my house help, Giovanni, burn them.

And I made a mistake, maybe.

But in that piece of b*rned letter
that you showed me,

there is still a trace of my plead.

1 asked that if I was to be

a victim of this blackmail,

of this nightmare, till my death.

- Did Mr. Alberti know about all this?
- No, he didn't.

Do you realize the seriousness
of your statements?

Yes, Excellency.
I told the whole truth.

The attorney general has no other
questions to ask?

Mrs. Astorri and Mr. Alberti
are to be put under surveillance.

Meanwhile, Antonio Bardi
is to be found.

Does the attorney general still feel
a location check is necessary?

Yes, Excellency.

Then the hearing will resume
today in the Villa Astorri park.

Where are you all running?
You cannot go inside.

What do you mean?

No, madam. These are the orders.
You cannot go inside.

But the hearing should be public.
Let me by.

Madam, what can I say?
These are the orders.

- It is intolerable!
- Alright...

We are Mrs. Astorri's friends.

Don't insist, madam,
because you cannot enter.

- Let me by, at least.
- There are no preferences.

What? I cancelled commitments
to come here!

Do the conditions of the place
seem identical, Mr. Cramoli?

They have been perfectly
reconstructed.

- The jacket, the g*n.
- In their precise place.

Mr. Alberti, would you show us

where you were
when you heard the sh*t and the cry?

Here, Excellency.

Here. Mr. Calandri was walking
towards the little lane in front.

I remember that he was looking
towards the gamekeeper's house.

And with his left hand

he played around with a chain
from which a key hung.

- At a certain point he turned around...
- Just a moment.

- Like this?
- Like that, Excellency.

It seemed that he'd heard a noise,
maybe my footsteps.

He stopped, let out a cry and fell.

In fact, from my right side,
a sh*t had been fired

without my being able to see
who had sh*t it.

Because I was exactly in this point.

And as you see,
the wall covered me.

Is that when you tossed
your cigarette away?

I don't recall exactly, Excellency.
But I think so.

- Where'd you find the cigarette?
- I'll show you, Excellency.

Precisely here.

And you, Mr. Alberti,
didn't hear anyone running away?

No, Excellency.
There was absolute silence.

- But now that I recall...
- What?

I thought I heard the violent shutting
of a window.

Barra!
You didn't hear that noise?

It must have been the nursery
door that I was energetically closing.

Mrs. Astorri. Please.

- So you spoke to Calandri here?
- Yes, Excellency.

- Where was your brother?
- He'd just moved away

along that lane
that leads directly to the gate.

Is your brother taller than you are?

- Yes, Excellency.
- Alright. So...

you removed the g*n from the holster.

Yes.

Can you show me exactly
what you did?

Please.

Leda. Leda. Oh, Leda.

No, no, no. You didn't k*ll him.
You can't have k*lled.

Why?
Why did you lie, Leda? Why?

No, no, don't do this.
I am here with you.

-No. No.
- So...

Your brother. Isn't that true?

- And you saw him.
- No, I didn't see him.

I had already left.

But he had suffered so much.

He had been thrown away from life.

And that other one,
without any pity, without mercy.

There! There!
No, no. More to the right.

That's it, that's it.
Hurry, hurry, hurry.

For the president.

Alright.

A special delivery letter, Excellency.

Have you calmed down now?
Everything will work out.

Why did you do that?
Why?

Be strong. Be strong.

You can go, Mrs. Astorri.

- Me too?
- You too.

- To our room?
-Yes, miss.

Excellency, my brother
is so gentle.

Believe me. He is incapable...

I know, I know.
Go. Go and don't worry.

Come.

Gentlemen.

Antonio Bardi, Mrs. Astorri's brother,
k*lled himself.

This is what he wrote.

Excellency,
1 write on the verge of death

and I swear that my sister is innocent.

When the sh*t was fired,
she had already left the clearing.

She accuses herself because
she thinks I k*lled him.

I am a loser, a man who has
fallen in mud, but I'm not a m*rder*r.

And death, in which
I will finally find peace,

witnesses this truth.
Antonio Bardi.

Does the attorney general
have any request to make?

1 confirm accusation
against Marcello Barra.

And you, Barra?

- Do you continue to deny?
- Mr. President!

I moved away just now,

and slammed the door of
the nursery many times.

Did anyone hear anything?

No. Nobody.

- Why?
- A few moments ago, Barra lied.

Because evidently,
the noise heard by Mr. Alberti

was that of a window.
Attention! This one.

Yes, now I remember!
There's no doubt! It was that window.

Someone closed it with v*olence,
Just like now.

You.

You closed the window
that night.

And your brother-in-law k*lled.

Isn't that true?

You saw him.

You saw him.

Yes.

I'm not to blame.

Mr. Calandri was below...

and was gesturing something.

He wanted to come to me up here.

Mr. Cramoli, I'm not to blame.
I'm not to blame.

Barra.

Everything accuses you now.

Do you still insist on denying?
Think about it.

It is my duty to tell you
that your confession

can have a positive influence
on the judges.

Radio Eco del mondo.
Radio Eco del mondo.

The Barra trial ended with
the accused sentenced to 20 years.

The gamekeeper, when cornered,
confessed his crime.

He k*lled because he was jealous
of his sister-in-law.

For further details, read
this evening's L'eco del mondo.

L'eco del mondo!
Barra is sentenced to 20 years!

Jealousy crime!

L'eco del mondo!
Special edition!

-L'eco del mondo!
- Special edition!

The gamekeeper has been sentenced!
Jealousy crime!

L'eco del mondo!
Special edition!

L'eco del mondo!
Special edition!

- Special edition!
- Jealousy crime!