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That IS my camera.

Were these photographs

taken by that camera?

Yes, those are mine. I took those

yesterday afternoon. The light was good.

Contax is an expensive make. How much

did you pay for it? 5,000 francs.

A lot of money

for a teacher of languages.

Photography is an

expensive hobby.

I saved to buy that camera, just

as I saved for this holiday.

It's the first one I've had in five

years. Calm down. I have my rights.

Your rights as what?

A stateless citizen?

A doctor without a practice?

A teacher of languages?

Perhaps as an amateur photographer?

Why pretend any longer, Vadassy?

I've got nothing

to pretend about.

You took these photographs?

I've said so.

Good. We will examine them together.

JUDGE:
On the desk, here.

Take a look.

Lizards...lizards...

lizards...nothing but lizards.

Lizards...liz...

Come on, Vadassy,

don't trouble to look surprised.

Curious lizards, eh, Vadassy?

I don't understand.

You know that is an excellent photograph

of the new fortifications

outside of Toulon.

I suppose you'll say

you've never been to Toulon.

Yes, I spent two hours

in Toulon yesterday.

But I left my camera in my

bag at the station. Strange.

But I was only there

a couple of hours.

Peter Vadassy,

you are charged with espionage,

with taking photographs calculated to

endanger the safety of the French Republic.

What's the charge? Espionage. That's why

the chief of naval intelligence is here.

Exactly. That's the way it goes.

That's the way it goes, my friend.

Sit down.

Cigarette?

Thank you.

Why did you admit taking

those photographs?

I took all except the first ten.

How do you explain that?

The spool must've been changed. By

whom? I haven't the faintest idea.

My camera never left my suitcase

until I photographed the lizards.

Do you recognise this? Of course.

Examine it closely.

Do you find anything curious about it?

It's exactly as I left it at the hotel.

Then why does your insurance policy

give the the serial number as F2372?

But this isn't MY camera!

This is Z44738.

Why were my photographs

on that negative?

The Toulon exposures were made before

you photographed your stupid lizards.

The cameras were changed.

Then why do you keep me here?

You were in possession of photographs

calculated to endanger France.

You face a long term of

imprisonment, deportation

and your naturalisation

papers will not be granted.

France will lose an

undistinguished citizen

and the Third Reich will gain one.

This is grossly unjust.

You know I am innocent. Possibly.

Vadassy, there are ten guests

at the hotel and Madame Koche.

The guilty one has your camera -

a Contax identical to that.

It is impossible for us to arrest

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