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5 6 7 CONTINUED: (2) Wanda lifts her nightgown, and turns her back to him. WANDA (cont’d) Can you see it? SOCHA I can’t see a thing. WANDA Well, it itches terribly. Scratch me, Poldek... Socha gently scratches her back. Wanda moans with delight and slips out of her nightgown. He turns her over, as they start to make love. EXT. GHETTO STREET - DAY A German soldier FILMS, as a Ukrainian militiaman TEARS off the blouse of a middle-aged Jewish woman. She tries to cover her nakedness, while he HITS her with a stick. A civilian DRAGS another, older woman by her hair along the pavement. Others are beaten with whips and rifles. A young man, running away, is SHOT dead. A group of Jews - including women and old men - surrounded by onlookers kneel on the paving and brush the cobblestones with toothbrushes. JACOB BERESTYCKI, 30, with a beard and side curls, dances on a barrel to the amusement of other Ukrainians while other Jews dance. A GERMAN SOLDIER SNAPS at Berestycki’s feet with a whip. GERMAN SOLDIER (in German) Dance, monkey, dance! The German soldier, fed up with the entertainment, grabs Berestycki off the barrel, and wielding a large knife starts to cut Berestycki’s curls and beard. And then, impatient, PULLS the rest of the beard off, as blood gushes from the torn flesh. Berestycki SCREAMS in pain. EXT. JEWISH GHETTO - DAY "IN DARKNESS" SCRIPT 5. PAULINA CHIGER, late 30’s, running at full speed. She wears a white armlet with a Star of David, above the right elbow. Behind her, we see German and Ukrainian soldiers throwing children onto trucks. Their mothers try to get their children back, wailing.
7 8 9 10 11 12 CONTINUED: Rapid GUNFIRE fills the air, amidst screams of children and BARKED ORDERS in GERMAN and UKRAINIAN. On the periphery of the frame, soldiers grab children to the anguished CRIES of their mothers. INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS Paulina runs. We are only conscious of the action around her: women TEARING into rooms looking for their children as GUNFIRE continues outside. Heavy BOOTS climbing stairs. VARIOUS WOMEN’S VOICES Channah! Shmuel! Answer me, Chava! Jozef, where are you! INT. CHIGER’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS Paulina BURSTS into the room - empty. She checks the hiding place in the cupboard. Nothing. She runs out. INT. STAIRCASE - CONTINUOUS Paulina runs up the steps of an old apartment building in the ghetto, avoiding a wailing woman cradling her murdered child. INT. BASEMENT WORKSHOP - CONTINUOUS IGNACY CHIGER, 40’s, is supervising other, equally emaciated workers, manufacturing ropes. Eight Jews work at a table. The ropes are hanging from the ceiling. Paulina BURSTS in and all look up. PAULINA Ignacy! The children! Chiger grabs his wife and opens the cover of a big stove. Paulina starts to weep, as her children's little arms reach out. She hugs them. INT. ROOM - NIGHT "IN DARKNESS" SCRIPT 6. YANEK GROSSMAN, late 30’s, sleeps beside his older wife SARA. Rachela, sleeps nearby. On a floor straw mattress lies CHAJA, early 20’s. One or two others share the cramped room. Yanek rises from his bed and lies next to Chaja. He fondles her, but she SMACKS his hand away. He tries again and again she pushes him away.
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99 100 EXT. FOOD STALL - DAY Socha
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