Guilty of Treason (1950)

Berry Kroeger: Hungarian State Police Col. Timar

Quotes 

• Soviet Comissar Belov : We must destroy everything about him. His reputation. Suppose... suppose we told the world he was anti-Semitic?

  Hungarian State Police Col. Timar : But everyone in Hungary knows that the cardinal is not anti-Semitic.

  Hungarian Secret Police Col. Gabriel Peter [i.e. Peter Gabor] : He protected the Jews against the Nazis, even hid them in his own cellar.

  Soviet Comissar Belov : But the world outside does not know about that.

• Hungarian State Police Col. Timar : How many times have you been confined to jail?

  Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty : Three. First, in 1919 as a young priest, I opposed the administration of Bela Kun the dictator.

  Hungarian Secret Police Col. Gabriel Peter [i.e. Peter Gabor] : You will refrain from referring to the name of Bela Kun, the Trotskyite!

  Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty : In 1944, as a bishop, I spoke out against the cruelties of the Nazi occupation. I found myself again confined to prison. Today, as a cardinal, I find myself in prison once more.

• Hungarian State Police Col. Timar : Why are you against the Jews?

  Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty : I am *NOT* against the Jews. I have suffered with them. I have worked with them. I regard them as my brothers.