IN DARKNESS - Script.fdx - Sony Pictures Classics

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Through a clearing: naked women, different ages and sizes,
run, pursued by German soldiers and a few Ukrainian
militiamen SHOUTING ORDERS in GERMAN and UKRAINIAN.
The group are chased into a thicket, where they suddenly
stop. Utter silence with the exception of a dog’s YELP.
A BARRAGE and light of gunfire.
EXT. STREET - LATER
SOLDIER (O.S.)
(in German)
Check to see if any are breathing.
At a manhole, Socha and Szczepek are in WORK CLOTHES: cloth
caps, heavy work coveralls and waist-high rubber boots, held
by braces over their shoulders. Szczepek stands lookout,
clutching the sack. Both look around them warily.
Out of a leg pocket, Socha pulls a metal rod ending with a
hook. He CLICKS it into the manhole cover, and with a quick
JERK, raises it.
It CLANGS to the cobbled pavement. They scurry down with
practised ease.
INT. CHAMBER - MOMENTS LATER
In a small area off to the side, Socha removes some bricks.
He takes out a sack and inserts the just stolen loot into it,
before returning the sack to its hiding place.
INT. SOCHA’S APARTMENT - LATER
A large room with three chairs and two beds, one a child’s,
the other a double. Faded, peeling wallpaper.
Attempts at luxury: An elaborate crucifix. An ornate pillow
and a flamboyant doll.
A ratty easy chair and dresser and, off to the side, a tiny
kitchen with a table. On the table is a large wash tub, with
scrubbing board, the equipment of a washerwoman.
Socha tiptoes in. STEFCIA, a small, delicate girl of 9, on
the child’s bed, coughs.
On the double bed, Wanda, early thirties, SWITCHES ON the
lamp and groans at the bedside clock.
WANDA
Where were you?
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