:01:02
Every so often the little girl
reaches out dazedly...
:01:06
for the boy's hand.
:01:09
As they approach the river,
the mass of humanity stops abruptly
:01:13
as though someone
on the opposite bank...
:01:16
shouted to them.
:01:18
Hey! Who are you?
:01:21
Where are you from?
:01:26
We're Greeks.
:01:29
Refugees from Odessa...
:01:34
The boats brought us out
in Thessaloniki.
:01:37
We were quarantined
for one month in the port...
:01:39
eating out of cans...
:01:42
Then the authorities
separated us.
:01:45
They told us to go east.
:01:49
You'll come to an ancient
column and a river...
:01:53
From the column to the river
the land is yours.
:02:03
The Bolshevik revolution
was spreading everywhere...
:02:06
The Red Cavalry galloped...
:02:09
the foreigners were fleeing...
:02:12
The city's Greek community emptied.
:02:14
We were the last ones left.
:02:16
The Consul shouted:
:02:18
Don't you realise
you're in danger?
:02:22
And as though reliving a nightmare
the man begins to describe
:02:27
the flight of the Greeks
from Odessa...
:02:30
when on Saint Stefan's Day,
the Red Army entered the city.
:02:35
As they left on the last ship,
they could still hear...
:02:40
cries of desperation,
names in the wind, gunfire.
:02:44
Then the man said:
:02:48
''A cloud of smoke rose...
:02:52
and the beloved city
disappeared. ''
:02:56
The little girl still searched
for the boy's hand.