Safe Conduct story
American journalist Mary Prescott is traveling on a train out of the Iron Curtain when she is befriended by local celebrity Jan Gubak. Mary agrees to carry a luxury watch for Gubak, but during the customs inspection Gubak turns her in to officers for smuggling luxury items. Mary is arrested, but released soon after when the watch is discovered to be fake. Mary learns that Gubak is part of the underground resistance, and the charade was to enable Gubak to smuggle sensitive microfilm out of the country. Gubak gives Mary the microfilm and urges her to write the truth about his country. Directed by: Justus Addiss. Story by: Andrew Solt.
7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| authoritarianism | choice | We saw an idea of the Orwellian conditions behind the Iron Curtain in the 1950s. |
| journalism | major | The American journalist Mary Prescott was returning from a country behind the Iron Curtain where she'd been visiting to do a story on the country's autocratic leader. |
| resistance movement | major | It turned out that Gubak was part of an underground resistance, and Mary help him to smuggle sensitive microfilm out of his oppressive country. |
| what if I were being framed for a crime | major | Mary was framed by Prescott and arrested for trying to smuggle diamonds. |
| infatuation | minor | Mary and Gubak shared a romantic kiss at the end. |
| sacrifice for a loved one | minor | Gubak's original story was that he risked smuggling the watch out in order to save his sister. |
| soccer | minor | The soccer star Gubak proudly described his championship game winning goal to Mary over dinner. |