1 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,762 Budapest, 1960's 2 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,041 Good morning! 3 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,641 Good morning! 4 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,650 I'd like to ask your help. 5 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,208 My husband and I live just opposite, we moved here a few days ago. 6 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,842 Our former flat was smaller, so I could take care of it myself. 7 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,409 But now I would just like to write. 8 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,406 - What do you write? - Novels. 9 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,251 Up till now I taught. 10 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,442 Well, if you can find someone to give me references to what sort people you are 11 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,250 I might consider it. 12 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,167 I'm busy right now. 13 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,121 I don't do washing for anyone, you know. 14 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,723 Good day! I could start work for you tomorrow. 15 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,687 Excellent! Come in! 16 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,481 Tibor! 17 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,329 Emerenc Szeredés. 18 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,244 Pleased to meet you. Szabados. 19 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,288 - You're from Hajduség too, aren't you? - How did you know that? 20 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,326 Your ass. My father spoke like that. 21 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,761 Yes, well I'm from the Great Plains, from Csabadul. 22 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,691 I'm from the Great Plains too. 23 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,248 And how much would you like for your services, Emerenc? 24 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,802 Well, I tell you at the end of the week, when I know how much work there is to do. 25 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,321 I will go now. 26 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,210 I wish the master good evening! 27 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,640 - Master? - Master. 28 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,565 ...when she wandered around the house, nervous and without appetite... 29 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,128 they avoided her so as not to disturb her. 30 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,490 - What's she doing at this time of night? - She brought the carpet back. 31 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,722 - Now? - When she has the time. 32 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,331 But now she's washing up! 33 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,126 - She probably saw the dishes from supper. - You see! 34 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,086 - Oh, you want me to be ashamed of myself? - At the least! 35 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,445 Oh, the windows! 36 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,407 What's wrong with her? 37 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,485 She's terrified of the storm. There's probably a reason. 38 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,521 Emerenc! 39 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,167 Could you hurry, please, because I must go and I want to ask you to do something for me. 40 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,771 Don't you go disturbing me after hours, I'm not paid for that! 41 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,048 I wanted to ask you whether you could accept a parcel for me 42 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,440 because I must go to the police station. 43 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,206 Ever since we've lived here - about 20 years now 44 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,721 Emerenc has never let anyone into her home. 45 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,561 She guards her cat inside. We hear meowing occasionally. 46 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,207 But who knows what else she's got to guard beside the cat. 47 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,720 She even receives her own relatives and her colonel friend on the porch 48 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:54,728 Yes 49 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,889 winter and summer. 50 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:58,851 Please sit down, wait here. 51 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,882 Those, who are waiting for address registration, please, proceed to window no. 3. 52 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,850 - We haven't met yet, madam. Báthorffy. - Szabados. 53 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:12,810 Please, come into my office. 54 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,045 Are you getting along with Emerenc? 55 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,048 Yes. 56 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,047 She's not an easy person. 57 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:27,970 She has her whims. 58 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,884 None of us is easy. 59 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,122 When I was just a Lieutenant, we opened a special file on Emerenc 60 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,802 because we got so many letters about her. 61 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,161 Killing Jews and robbing them. What she actually did makes very little difference. 62 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,405 One said she was an American agent, secretly trying to over through the peoples democracy 63 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,406 details included awful accusations against her. 64 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,921 One said she is hiding treasures 65 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,171 You don't have to be afraid of Emerenc. 66 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,050 At first I was very scared of her. 67 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,484 Only Emrenc is not scared of anyone. 68 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,371 She's weathered a few storms. 69 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,444 Emerenc would have done anything for her first cat. 70 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,246 And that tomcat was a great hunter! 71 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,764 A pigeon breeder - a very decent man by the way - used to live here... 72 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,087 Decent? 73 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,329 He hung that cat by a wire from Emerenc's door handle. 74 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,090 I saw it myself. 75 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,921 Because the cat killed his pigeons one by one. 76 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,690 That's not true. 77 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,367 ...Her nights were never undisturbed... 78 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:39,490 ...but in summer she often did not sleep at all. 79 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,529 She could not bear the heat. 80 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,486 Her husband, mother-in-law and the servants took it for granted... 81 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,481 ...they let her sleep in the daytime as long as she wanted and whenever she felt like it... 82 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,160 Hello, darling! 83 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,571 ...And when she wandered around the house, nervous... 84 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,570 What a lovely music. 85 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,562 Do you know what I'd like, just once? 86 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:43,731 Silence 87 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,765 They give piano lessons even on Sundays. 88 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,804 I've brought back your dish, thank you for the wonderful feast. 89 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:52,809 Dish? That's not mine. 90 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,566 I have never seen that dish before. Have you ever seen that dish, Polett? 91 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,040 - I - Have you? 92 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,650 - I - Have you? 93 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,087 I haven't. 94 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,046 Dear Emma, since my last letter I found some help to keep the new flat clean. 95 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,760 She keeps magnificent tidiness at our place. 96 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,123 But I often don't understand her reactions, 97 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,330 and sometimes she evokes answers from me which surprise me. 98 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,807 - Hello, Darling! - Hello, Darling! 99 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,048 Doesn't Emerenc come here any more? 100 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,524 Never on white days 101 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,569 She says we have a roof over our heads 102 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,451 so we should sit it out till she has time for us again and she'll make up for it. 103 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,561 And a bit of bending does me no harm. 104 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,525 Aren't you feeling well? 105 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,082 I think I've got a temperature again. 106 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,483 Cover me, sweetheart! 107 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,521 I haven't told you how much I love you today. 108 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,206 How much? 109 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,371 Not for eternity. 110 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,369 - How long then? - Just as long as I live. 111 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,407 Oh, thank you! 112 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,207 Don't you dare try to tip me! 113 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:38,801 Where are you off to? 114 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,890 To church. Wouldn't you like to come? 115 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,689 I'm not a fine lady to get all dolled up go trotting off to church. 116 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,321 Sol have no need of the church, or the priest. 117 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,569 I saw how God works during the war. 118 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,042 I've nothing against the carpenter Joseph and his son, they were working people. 119 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,121 The son got upset with the lies of the politicians 120 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,606 and when it became unpleasant for the leaders, 121 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,643 they got him mixed up in something so that they could execute him. 122 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,842 The mother I feel the most sorry for. 123 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,850 Well, then, good-bye. 124 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,843 It's easy to be godly when you got someone else doing the work for you at home. 125 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,046 Look at this! 126 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,203 - What is it? - Take a look! 127 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,288 - Where did you get it? - I bought it. 128 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,571 - So the girl's book's been published? - Aham. 129 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,328 Ask her to sign it for me, please! 130 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,084 Are you upset because they wrote bad things about you in the paper? 131 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,930 How do you know that? 132 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,889 Well, it's your fault for choosing such a rotten profession 133 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,163 where any idiot can pour dirty water over you. 134 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,243 You should take care of the master instead! 135 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,806 He's ill. 136 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,166 His lungs are sick. 137 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,491 How do you know? 138 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:02,491 I just know. 139 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,407 We're hoping to remove the lung tumor in one piece. 140 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,087 Drink! 141 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:18,648 Drink! 142 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,804 - No! No! - Drink! Drink! 143 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,366 Now, don't spend the night worrying, because there's nothing to worry about. 144 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,409 I can always feel the death coming. 145 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,162 Besides, the dogs haven't given a signal, and no glass cracked either. 146 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,530 'Course you don't have to believe me 147 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,041 you can turn to the heavens, if you like, I'll go and get your Bible. 148 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,607 - You don't have to talk to me. - I'm going back to the hospital! 149 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,404 No, you're not. You're not. 150 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,489 - Let me leave - You are not! 151 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,087 You are not going back to the hospital! 152 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,241 I'm scared 153 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:09,963 My father was consumptive. 154 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,525 He was a cabinetmaker and a carpenter too. 155 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,564 But he died before I was three. 156 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,048 My mother couldn't cope alone, so she married the first assistant. 157 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,046 Only he was one of the first men to be called up, and he was killed almost immediately. 158 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,043 So I had to leave school and I cooked for everyone by the time I was 9 159 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,282 and I looked after the twins. 160 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,286 After my stepfather died my mother decided that she loved him as well, 161 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,289 so now she had two men to mourn. 162 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,731 One day after she hit me I decided to run away. 163 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,167 And I wanted to take the twins with me 164 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,124 but we didn't get very far 165 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,800 because the twins decided they wanted some water. 166 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,403 So I ran to the well with a tin cup which I wore round my neck on a string. 167 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,248 I just got there when the storm broke. 168 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,485 Never in my life have I seen a storm break so fast. 169 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,926 The sky didn't turn black like it did at other times, but it was purple 170 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,248 as if someone had made a fire up in the clouds. 171 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:08,930 The thunder split my ears. 172 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,288 I started running back, because I couldn't see the twins 173 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,847 but instead I saw that the lightning had struck the tree above them. 174 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,764 Everything was smoking. 175 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,850 I was just standing there bewildered, wondering where the twins had gone 176 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,890 because those two black stumps couldn't be my sisters. 177 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,890 So I yelled so loud that it could be heard at our house. 178 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,880 My mother ran out barefoot in her shirt, she fell upon me, she beat me all over. 179 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,048 She didn't know what she was doing. 180 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:37,127 And then she saw the children. Then she tore away from me in the rain 181 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,127 her hair was dragging along the ground behind her as it came loose. 182 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,408 She ran like an arrow, and she screamed. 183 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,847 Birds screech like that sometimes. 184 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,363 I saw her jump into the well 185 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,125 but I couldn't move. 186 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,085 If I'd run for help right then, they could have saved her. 187 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,561 But I just stood there, wondering what my mother was doing for so long 188 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,285 at the bottom of the well. 189 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,285 Afterwards my grandfather came for me, 190 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,642 a young couple came from Budapest looking for a maid, 191 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:04,807 ...and he gave me to them. 192 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,571 They took me away right after the funeral. 193 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,650 Do you know what I'm saving up for? 194 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,130 A crypt. 195 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,528 As big as the Taj Mahal. 196 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,364 In every window there will be a different coloured glass 197 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:26,251 and on every shelf there'll be a coffin, my father's, my mother's, mine, the twins'. 198 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,645 Do you believe me? 199 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:31,925 I believe you. 200 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,764 Were you worried that I'd go? 201 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,286 No. 202 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,086 Emerenc said that no glass had cracked and the dogs didn't howl, so nothing would happen 203 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,370 Don't let there be storm! That brings the reaper. 204 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:53,248 Don't let there be a storm Storm, lightning, a well. 205 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,402 How are the intellectuals today? 206 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,048 Oh, thank you. We're much better! 207 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,242 - You see, hm? - We are very well! 208 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:03,327 Great! 209 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,441 Welcome home, Master. 210 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:17,647 Good Morning. 211 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,807 I wish the Master a speedy recovery! 212 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:22,367 Thank you. 213 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,170 Are you admiring my tureen? 214 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,046 One of my employers, Mrs Grossmann gave it to me 215 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,124 in the time of the anti-Jewish Laws, in 1944. 216 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,642 That woman had the most beautiful china and glass. 217 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,044 The chalice I brought the other day, that was hers as well. 218 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,089 That's for the Master. 219 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,207 Thank you! 220 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,208 What strange stuffs Emerenc brings. 221 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,522 It's the Grossmanns' inheritance. 222 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,564 Maybe she didn't know where they were being taken. 223 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,646 - It seems I was lucky during the war. - Lucky? 224 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,250 I mean, I was among decent people and I knew everything. 225 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,291 What did you know? 226 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,766 I knew who the wagons were transporting, and for what purpose. 227 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,684 And you call that lucky? 228 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,485 Is that the right word? 229 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,843 It may not be the right word. 230 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:42,883 It isn't. 231 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:44,804 And all we've got are words. 232 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,606 So what should the word be? 233 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:52,760 I don't know. 234 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,489 Perhaps the Grossmanns left these things with Emerenc for safe keeping. 235 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,570 Or she thought, like so many others 236 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,684 that if she didn't take them away someone else would. 237 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,206 Maybe the handyman's suspicions are justified. 238 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,330 Perhaps there are valuables behind the locked door, 239 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,487 confiscated treasures belonging to people taken away. 240 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,290 Things that shouldn't be put on show. 241 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,771 How obscene - the Grossmanns in the gas chamber, without even a grave 242 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,770 while she is saving up for a Taj Mahal! 243 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,124 She keeps a captive animal as a cover. 244 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,050 Not a bad idea. 245 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,489 Are you writing a novel? 246 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,803 Didn't the master like it? 247 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,049 It was too much for him. 248 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,971 Oh poor little puppy, come here! 249 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,404 Let me warm you up. 250 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,040 Give me your scarf! Let's cover him. 251 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,041 Give me your scarf! 252 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,720 Emerenc, look! 253 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,129 You are home You will have a good place, don't worry! 254 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,645 That's great! 255 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,410 You don't feel cold any more. 256 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,365 - Good evening! - Good evening! 257 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,642 Emerenc, come straight away! 258 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,644 We've got a burst pipe! I've already phoned the plumber. 259 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,286 Hurry and turn off the mains. 260 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,287 I hope he likes the 18th century. 261 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,768 We're lucky dogs only chew everything for the first two years. 262 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:21,762 A few months later 263 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,402 You can jump up at your mistress, you can sleep beside her on the sofa. 264 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,927 Your mistress allows that because she loves you. 265 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:37,091 The master is quiet, like water, you never know what's at the bottom of water. 266 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,288 You mustn't annoy the master because hell get rid of you 267 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:40,970 Come! You should hear this. 268 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,645 But this is a good place for you. 269 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,046 Sit, sit Viola! 270 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,530 - Sit! - Viola? But he's a boy! 271 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,404 Sit. If you don't sit you won't get any sugar. Sit. 272 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:53,327 I told you to sit! 273 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,642 The vet said it was forbidden to give the dog sugar. 274 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:56,921 The vet's an idiot! 275 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,891 Sit, Viola, sit. You'll get a treat. Sit. Sit. Sit. 276 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,606 Lay down! 277 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,490 Can I take him for the day? He can guard the house while I'm out. 278 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,125 Aren't you worried about your cat? 279 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:11,242 Why should I be? 280 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,602 I will teach him he has to like other animals, not hurt them. 281 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,885 Viola! Come with me! Come with your mistress. 282 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,726 Let's leave Emerenc in peace! Behave yourself! Viola! 283 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:24,365 It's Magda now, come on, come on, you'll get a sugar lump! 284 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:29,687 Come here! 285 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,288 Let's leave Emerenc in peace. 286 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:33,891 It's Magda now, not Emerence. 287 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:34,922 Behave yourself! 288 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,330 Viola, come back! 289 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,367 Who do you think you are? 290 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,090 Charging over here and making a row. 291 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,248 Go back home! I'll see you later on tonight. 292 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:03,922 Sit! 293 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:05,727 You scamp! 294 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:07,966 apologize! 295 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,601 Don't worry about him, he will have lunch with me today. 296 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,251 Go home, your leg's bleeding. I'll see you later! 297 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,091 May I ask you something? 298 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,208 Go ahead. 299 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:13,403 Sit! 300 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,045 Emerenc, wouldn't you like to keep the dog? 301 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,964 We only wanted to give him shelter anyway. 302 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,807 Well, I'd have got a dog long time ago, but I'm only allowed one animal in my flat. 303 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,651 But if you're offended that Viola likes me, well I can solve that out. 304 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,763 It is possible to alienate an animal. 305 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,088 Now, what I what I wanted 306 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,720 to say was, I'm expecting a guest in a few days time. 307 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,480 Would you allow me to meet with my guest here, in your home? 308 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,210 You want to receive a guest here? 309 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,165 All you have to do is make my guest believe that I live here with you. 310 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,489 We'll be gone before the master gets home. It's Wednesday, at 4 o'clock. 311 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,966 Just say yes! 312 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,810 If this is a secret dinner, why are you lugging your stuff down the street? 313 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,525 You can use our plates. 314 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,046 Take out anything you like from the sideboard, use my mother's silver cutlery! 315 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,761 Or do you think I am too mean to lend them to you? 316 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,047 Thank you. 317 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,851 I never forget a gesture be it good or bad. 318 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,851 But this dinner service is very important to me 319 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,448 to make my guest remember. 320 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,405 I just don't want the person in question to know I've no family around me 321 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,206 and I have no wish to explain why I don't open my door. 322 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,046 Can I have this? 323 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,924 It was made for my mother's figure. 324 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:50,201 I wouldn't be alone. 325 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,802 Why are you alone? Why do you lock everyone out of your flat? 326 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,170 Keep your nose out of my business! 327 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,882 I don't harm anyone by living like I do. 328 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,291 I don't like it when you preach. 329 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,562 If you give something to me, give it without a lecture or don't give it at all. 330 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:13,767 Fine. 331 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,730 If anybody calls, I'll be back in the evening. 332 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:06,966 Hello. 333 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:10,681 Yes. 334 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,330 Good. I'll tell her. 335 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,570 You ungrateful, bitch! 336 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,321 Drop dead! 337 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:38,808 Drop dead! 338 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,123 Ungrateful! 339 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,882 Disloyal! 340 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,165 Lousy capitalist! 341 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:51,647 Eat! 342 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,050 Get off, Viola! 343 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,047 My mother's Murano! What's going on here, Emerenc? 344 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:03,401 Are you out of your mind? 345 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:04,887 Viola! 346 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:06,042 Get off! 347 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,244 Ungrateful! Disloyal! 348 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,330 You rotten liar! 349 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,329 Lousy capitalist! 350 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,966 You... you can't come with business reason. 351 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,807 You can't fly to Europe... the visit cancelled. 352 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,480 And youll let me know when you can come. 353 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,168 I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done this. 354 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,442 Oh, come on, that's going too far! 355 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,445 Will you please get rid of the mess in my mother's room? 356 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,441 Thank you. 357 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,206 I want to take Viola for a walk in the forest. 358 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,921 I want to apologize for my behaviour. 359 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,170 This never happened to me before. And it never will again. 360 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,563 Serves you right. Why the hell do you have to take everything so seriously? 361 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,526 Get the food out of the fridge and take it back to her 362 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,043 I'm not going to eat the leftovers. I'm not Viola. 363 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,368 Emerenc, I'm afraid I can't keep the festive feast. 364 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,643 It's here on the porch table, come out and get it whenever you are ready. 365 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:06,807 Is the master ill? 366 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,206 No, he's not. 367 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,084 I'd like to come in. 368 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,290 I'm hungry. Have you got any food left? 369 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,361 Good night. 370 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:44,965 I'll never forget this... 371 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,281 Thank you for your love and care, The food I eat, the clothes I wear, 372 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,684 Thank you, father, for bringing me up, Thank you, mother, for filling my cup. 373 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,842 Mistress, happy birthday from your servant, To your wishes always observent, 374 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,529 And here I bring you many a present, To make you house both sweet and pleasant. 375 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,326 Thank you! 376 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:55,847 Come! 377 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,206 Whats the point of living, to wake up in your own home 378 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,523 to find a blasted garden dwarf standing on the carpet, 379 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,569 a riding boot in front of one's books, 380 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,762 and the bookshelf full of all sorts of junk! 381 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,650 This is how Emerenc tries to express her affection. 382 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,370 Affection? 383 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,285 This is crazy! 384 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,887 Have a nice day. 385 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,844 All men are idiots 386 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:48,927 Viola! 387 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:50,967 Stop it! 388 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,889 Viola, give it to me! Give it to me! 389 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,482 Where did you put the little China dog? 390 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,927 I hid it from view because it's dreadful. 391 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,089 Are you some sort of a slave? 392 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,128 I know the master doesn't like dogs, 393 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,051 but is that mean that you can't put up with a nice little china one? 394 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,368 Is this ugly shell any better? 395 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,164 I'll smash this one of these days. 396 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:51,527 Emerenc... 397 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,250 could you please take the little statue back to the attic? 398 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,766 It's tasteless. 399 00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,041 Kitsch. 400 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,087 What's kitsch? 401 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,049 Kitsch, kitsch is something fake, false. 402 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:03,730 What is fake about this little dog? 403 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,849 Hasn't he got everything legs, ears, a tail? 404 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,084 Why are you lying to me? 405 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,442 If you don't want anything from me, just say so. 406 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,290 I know you're frightened of the master, 407 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,366 but don't hide your fear by pretending that this is a kitsch. 408 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,682 Are you out of your mind? Who keeps umbrellas in a boot? 409 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,368 You're a blind, idiotic coward. 410 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,523 Don't know why I like you. 411 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,166 Maybe when you get older you find some courage and your taste will improve. 412 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,409 My aunt has asked me to tell you to look for someone else to help, she is resigning. 413 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,649 She doesn't understand a word of this modern world. 414 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,369 Were not going to beg her to come back. 415 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,042 I offended her because I wasn't prepared to let her turn my home into a flea market. 416 00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,447 The only trouble is, sir, that when she looks for a present for you 417 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,244 she is thinking of two children. 418 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,290 Whatever comes of this, please don't bear a grudge 419 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,608 because there are few such good and upright people on this earth. 420 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,087 What? You mean she considers us children? 421 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,489 Now, you can't talk to her, maybe later. Goodbye! 422 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,529 Well, we've fixed that alright. 423 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:20,571 You're happy about this? 424 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,281 We'll get along fine without her crazy whims. 425 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,566 Are you put out because she's become fond of me? 426 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,730 Have you gone insane too? 427 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,529 Polett, how would you like to work for us? 428 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,809 Two or three times a week would be enough. Just some cleaning... 429 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,490 washing, ironing, perhaps cooking too. 430 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,491 What about Emerenc? 431 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,450 Emerenc doesn't want to work for us. 432 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,607 You can ask her. 433 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,047 I certainly won't, God forbid! 434 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,602 You're the apple of her eye. She only calls you the girl.. 435 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:54,289 If Emerenc would ask me, that would be different. I'm sorry. 436 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,204 I can't accept. I can't take her place. 437 00:40:58,240 --> 00:40:59,127 I see. 438 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,483 Parlez-moi en Frances, quelquefois... Un peu... 439 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,967 We should resolve the issue with the china dog. 440 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:24,282 It could be on this place when she's here and than put it away again. 441 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,165 It's too much for you to do the housework. You can't write. 442 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,562 We'll have to apologize. 443 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,166 Come on out, Emerenc, I want to talk to you. 444 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,207 Have you come to apologize? 445 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,526 No... 446 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:59,244 Our tastes differ, but that doesn't matter, and we didn't want to hurt you. 447 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,771 Won't you come back? 448 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,322 Will you give a home to a china dog? 449 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,082 Yes. 450 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:10,965 Where will you put it? 451 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:12,851 Wherever you want. 452 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:10,960 Please, Madam! 453 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,090 Polett has killed herself. 454 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,202 What? 455 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:17,731 I've just found her... 456 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,924 She hung herself from the walnut tree in the garden. 457 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,361 She pulled a cap over her head. 458 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:26,406 Have you come about Polett? 459 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,641 I found her at dawn when the dog gave the signal. 460 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,489 We didn't talk about the cap, 461 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,321 but we agreed on what dress she should wear when she's buried. 462 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,649 I gave her a black petticoat, because she didn't have one of her own. 463 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,247 I couldn't find her shoes. Did you find her shoes? 464 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,889 You knew what Polett was about to do? 465 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,447 One thing we did agree on was that she shouldn't take poison. 466 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,849 Can't rely on poison. Anyway it hurts. 467 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,890 No, no. Hanging is much easier 468 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,451 It were enough of them in Budapest when the Whites were in power 469 00:43:58,640 --> 00:43:59,801 they did the hanging, 470 00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:02,930 when the Reds came it was their turn, but the hanged people kicked out just the same, 471 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,168 no matter what the colour of the politics. 472 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,680 And you didn't try to stop Polett? 473 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,684 If she had enough of life no one has right to stop her. 474 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,881 You know, she ironed beautifully, 475 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,851 better than any of us. 476 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,646 Emerenc, shouldn't we discuss what you're going to say at the police station? 477 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,042 Don't think I didn't make her write a farewell letter. 478 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,969 I dictated her letter to the police, myself. 479 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,323 I, Polett Came, did take my life of my own accord because of illness, 480 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,166 old age and most of all loneliness. 481 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,204 We weren't enough for her, any of us. 482 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,330 Did you lose your keys? 483 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,929 I want to take Viola for a walk. 484 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:53,047 Alright. 485 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,688 When the time comes, you must tell the vet to give Viola the injection. 486 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:08,130 If you love someone, you must be willing to kill too. 487 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,890 The Lord kills. 488 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:18,890 Don't think I didn't love Polett. 489 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,088 If I didn't, I would have stopped her. 490 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,247 'Cause if I yell at someone, they do what I say. 491 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:27,681 Come! 492 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,208 Emerenc! Emerenc, Imagine! 493 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,722 The librarian from Csabadul has just rung to invite me to meet the local reading public. 494 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:39,968 If I accept will you come with me? 495 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,169 Why did they invite you? 496 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,926 Because of my novels. 497 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,605 Do we have to stay the night? Because that's out of the question. 498 00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:15,570 Aren't you dressed yet? 499 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,843 For heaven's sake, Emerenc! 500 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:20,686 - Well... is that what you're wearing? - Yes 501 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,491 You can't go there like that. 502 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,205 With all that make-up on? 503 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,645 - What will they think of me? - Stop moaning! 504 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,489 Will you let me give you a book? 505 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,089 Will you write in it that you gave it to me? 506 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:44,361 Of course. 507 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:51,046 You know I haven't been to Csabadul since 1944. 508 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,330 My family all upset and... 509 00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,371 I'm not loved there. 510 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:10,651 Please, madam, I can't stand in for Emerenc 511 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,565 because I've been summoned by the district council. 512 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,610 Its about my shop permit. My living. 513 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:17,841 Couldn't you ask for another appointment? 514 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:19,923 - From whom? - Drop dead! 515 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,804 You see, your God doesn't want me to go. 516 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,041 It's a shame. 517 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,481 I'd like to see how you fit in a village. 518 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:40,406 Would you go out to the railway station at Csabadul and walk along the ramp? 519 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,287 But if anyone asks about me, don't chat, alright? I'm fine and healthy. 520 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:04,367 Good morning. 521 00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,044 My uncle wasn't as impetuous as his daughter. 522 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:10,049 He kept everything for himself. 523 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,129 So he died young. 524 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:14,846 Emerenc is here with her little daughter Évike. 525 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,890 This whole time we have not heard any news of her life. 526 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:24,162 When she turned up with her baby, who he knew nothing about, 527 00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,329 we thought he would beat her to a pulp. 528 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,131 If he hadn't been recovering from a stroke, he would've too. 529 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:30,731 Who's this child? 530 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,487 - Évike. - Who's child is it? 531 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:36,407 Mine. 532 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,806 How dare you bring your bastard into the home of your parents? 533 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,651 Who made you pregnant? Who did you roll in the hay with, you slut! 534 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,923 Who's the father? What's the name? 535 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:48,207 Évike. 536 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:49,926 There, yes! 537 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:54,411 In the end, he came to love the child more than his real grandchildren. 538 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,164 He burst into tears when I took her away, and never forgave himself 539 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:02,041 for letting the child be taken from him, when she was so sweet. 540 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:06,523 Just wait till the truth comes out! 541 00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,444 That's Évike Grossmann. 542 00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:22,288 That's the person I was waiting for the other day. 543 00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,201 She lives in America, she sends me money. 544 00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,289 That's what she looked like when I took her home to Csabadul from Pest, 545 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:36,041 only now I don't want to see her face, because she wouldn't come when I asked her to. 546 00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,404 Yet if it wasn't for me, she would have her head smashed against a wall 547 00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:40,965 or been killed in a gas chamber. 548 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,609 Up until then I was respected by everybody. 549 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,690 Well, you can imagine how pleasant it was for me to have to tell my grandfather 550 00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:50,685 that the baby that I'm carrying in my arms is mine 551 00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:55,044 and would you please feed her until after the war because I can't provide for her in Pest. 552 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,084 You remember the Jewish Laws, don't you? 553 00:50:58,240 --> 00:50:59,048 Yes. 554 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,322 The old ones chose to drink yanide, but the young paid to escape, 555 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,971 so they gave her to me, and I took her home to the village. 556 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,650 Don't ask me what reception I got. 557 00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:21,610 Take it. 558 00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:23,330 You're a thief too? 559 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,481 You think because of the war you can get away with everything? 560 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,530 They took very decent care of the child for over a year. 561 00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:32,811 And then the Grossmans came back and I went to fetch her. 562 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,367 Poor things, wanted to start their life again, 563 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,763 but in the end they went abroad. 564 00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,641 And I said goodbye to the little girl for ever. 565 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,604 Did you walk along the ramp? 566 00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:49,286 Yes. 567 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,245 I had this heifer, 568 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:55,161 she was a sandy colour, 569 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,122 I looked after her since she was a calf. 570 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,602 People used to laugh at me, because she followed me everywhere. 571 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,089 But in the end we had to sell her. 572 00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:15,643 No! No! 573 00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:19,048 No! 574 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:24,284 Viola! Viola! 575 00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:37,926 Viola! 576 00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,131 - What happened? - People, the calf jumped off! 577 00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:55,286 Viola! Get up, Viola! 578 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:08,530 I want her to learn never to love anyone 579 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,842 because then no one of hers will ever be beaten to death 580 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:13,162 and she won't jump off from anywhere either. 581 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,049 Go on home now. We have talked enough. 582 00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:18,884 Take Viola home with you. 583 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,088 The heifer was named Viola? 584 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:25,610 Go on. The dog's tired. 585 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:52,927 Good morning! 586 00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:54,406 Good day to you! 587 00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:58,880 Give extra for the collection box it's bound to count double at Easter. 588 00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,890 I would be grateful if at least on Good Friday you could leave me alone! 589 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:04,162 And when you've finished, could you please cook the plum soup. 590 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:05,566 The fruit is out on the kitchen counter. 591 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:07,165 Why don't you try some sweeping? 592 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,806 After all you're off to church to weeps, so you may as well do bit works as well. 593 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:11,650 Because there are two kinds of people in this world: 594 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,729 those who sweep, and those who get others to sweep. 595 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:16,045 Jesus swept. 596 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:28,887 Sometimes she irritates me so much - forgive me Lord - I feel like killing her. 597 00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:32,329 Although she is self-sacrificing and generous. 598 00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:36,680 Her goodness is natural, whereas I was raised to be like that. 599 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:40,371 What I think is faith is perhaps only discipline. 600 00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:45,926 Why does everybody trust her when she does not trust anyone? 601 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,640 Whereas everyone looks at me with suspicion. 602 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,161 Just be more straightforward in the words you use. 603 00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,489 Whether you are asking or giving. To people or to God. 604 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:14,288 I couldn't wait for you, I was so hungry. 605 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,731 Good Friday was the only day my father would fast. 606 00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,760 Even the piano lid was locked so nobody would start playing. 607 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,531 I keep this fast, as you very well know. 608 00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,363 Don't look so triumphant because I haven't even tasted your chicken paprika, 609 00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,040 and I'm not paying for it, because I didn't order it. 610 00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:45,962 It's a fine God you've got if he judges with plum soup. 611 00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,126 My God, if he exists, is everywhere, 612 00:55:49,720 --> 00:55:53,088 he is at the bottom of the well and in Viola's soul too. 613 00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:55,848 Now you listen to me, because I'm about to strike. 614 00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:58,686 The master's not got long to live, you know that yourself. 615 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:01,605 There'll be no fasting in that house - at least I won't be the part of it. 616 00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:04,206 Princess of Plums. Go on, go home. 617 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,926 It's Friday, you've got to read the Bible in German. 618 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:39,561 Now listen. 619 00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,206 I'm going to show you something that no one has ever seen before 620 00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,571 and no one ever will again until I'm in the grave 621 00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:49,960 If you tell anyone, I will curse you. 622 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,443 The Grossmanns' safe? 623 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:17,450 That was pried open back when the Arrow Cross Party was still in power. 624 00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,130 Who's that handsome man? 625 00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:31,805 That's the lawyer's son. 626 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,089 He's different from what I have imagined. 627 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:40,206 He came to me one night. I'm on the run. Hide me! I didn't ask him who was after him. I hid him. 628 00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:41,441 Why did they look for him? 629 00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:43,170 Well, they said he was a communist. 630 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,569 A few years later his communist comrades took him away, 631 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:48,449 accusing him of being a British spy. 632 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:50,449 But then later on he became atop dog. 633 00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,167 He never mentioned me in his biography, though I was certainly part of it. 634 00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,642 It was after he left that I found my tomcat strung up from the door handle. 635 00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:01,050 Well, another one came to replace him, but than that one was poisoned, 636 00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:02,531 I think by the same person. 637 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,963 So than I decided that a cat doesn't have to go out, 638 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:08,527 he can live indoors like a posh Pekinese dog. 639 00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:12,441 Can't, for the life of me, tell you howl manage to have nine. 640 00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:17,567 They're prisoners but they're alive. That's why I never open my door. 641 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,050 Because if the tenants here found out I had to get rid of seven of them 642 00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:22,406 because you're only allowed two. 643 00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:26,084 When I die you must tell the vet to put them all down. 644 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:30,046 Because you can't do more for a person than to stop them suffering. 645 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,570 Suppertime! 646 00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:37,484 We should invite her in! 647 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:42,047 She wouldn't come anyway. The pavement has to be clear. 648 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:53,363 You haven't slept for days because the God forsaken snow keeps on falling. 649 00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:57,564 When you are done with this you have to start over again. 650 00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,286 - But you're ill! - Alright... go home! 651 01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,447 Emerenc, you should be in bed! 652 01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:12,881 Go away. Can't you see I'm busy? 653 01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:15,642 You go home, you look after the Master. 654 01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:21,686 You do the cooking and cleaning while this damned snow keeps falling. 655 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,080 It's nobody's business whether I stay in bed or not! 656 01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,361 I can't stand when they spy on me. 657 01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:36,767 Yes? 658 01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:39,206 Good morning. 659 01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:42,850 Yes, she's here. 660 01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,245 The Minister of Culture. 661 01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,484 Is somebody pulling my leg? 662 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:51,366 Yes... 663 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:53,570 ...yes, it's me. 664 01:00:56,840 --> 01:00:57,887 Thank you. 665 01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:01,889 Thank you very much! 666 01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:07,611 Thank you! 667 01:01:11,360 --> 01:01:14,807 He said he finished my book last night. He likes it very much. 668 01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:18,205 He told me I should ignore the critics. They're only party soldiers. 669 01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,687 He'd like to meet me. What could that mean? 670 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,407 Does he think he's the member of some other party perhaps? 671 01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:26,282 You have to be careful what you say to him. 672 01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:28,647 About what? 673 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,320 Anything, anyone he asks you about. 674 01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:44,291 Sign it here, please! It's come from Parliament. 675 01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:47,811 - Thank you! - You're welcome! 676 01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:14,046 Am I to have a Kossuth Prize wife? 677 01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:16,964 You're allowed to be happy 678 01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:20,488 Very. very happy! 679 01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:36,649 Do you know how long it is since Emerenc last appeared on her porch, madam? 680 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:39,199 At least two weeks. The porch is covered in snow. 681 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:42,044 Something must be done, or the old woman might not make it. 682 01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,289 I'm in a hurry Mr. Brodarics. Let's wait until tomorrow. 683 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,528 I must talk to Emerenc face to face. 684 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:52,131 Why are you sitting here? 685 01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:54,930 I've opened the brandy. 686 01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,048 The men have decided to break the door down. 687 01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:03,040 The doctor will be waiting outside and I'll get her up the stairs to your flat. 688 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:05,886 If you could just get her to open the door a tiny bit! 689 01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:09,444 Just make her turn the key and we'll do the rest. 690 01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:14,530 I don't really like having strangers in the flat, but the old woman needs to be taken care of 691 01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:16,324 and kept in a warm flat. 692 01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:19,682 Bring her round to us. 693 01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:21,491 Good Lord! 694 01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:26,890 You've grown fond of her. If she doesn't get medical attention, that'll be it. 695 01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:34,170 The only way I can save her is if I betray her. 696 01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:47,731 Emerenc 697 01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:51,403 I vow I'm not going to neglect you just because you won't open the door. 698 01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:55,561 Nobody will come in, but you must come out. 699 01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:01,045 You don't even have to go to hospital if you don't want to. 700 01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,811 You can stay with us in my mother's room with Viola. 701 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:06,405 The doctor's ready to see you. 702 01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:11,168 If you don't go away I'll report you all for disturbing my peace! 703 01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:14,486 I've got a right to be on sick leave. 704 01:04:14,680 --> 01:04:19,402 Then just step outside your door for a moment so people will see that you are alive. 705 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:21,568 You know how fond they all are of you. 706 01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:23,324 I'm alive. 707 01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:26,364 Bring me a box. My old cat has died. 708 01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:29,723 You have to bury him. 709 01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:33,404 You can say you're taking away the laundry. 710 01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:36,291 All right. 711 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:48,402 The smell has become awful. 712 01:04:48,600 --> 01:04:52,127 If I didn't know it was impossible I'd think it was a dead body. 713 01:04:52,320 --> 01:04:55,324 During the war I often smelled this ghastly stench. 714 01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:58,885 Could you all move aside? 715 01:04:59,960 --> 01:05:02,884 I've got to stay by the door until I've received a package from Emerenc. 716 01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:04,401 Thank you! 717 01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:10,406 It's me, Emerenc. 718 01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:15,050 Don't come in, just give me the box! 719 01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,090 - Now? - No, wait please. 720 01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:26,282 Alright. 721 01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:35,562 The box was too small. Don't you know how big a cat is? 722 01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:08,450 Could you do something for me? 723 01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:14,282 Could you run across and lock the door to Emerenc's flat for me before anyone goes in. 724 01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:16,565 Don't look inside, 725 01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:20,050 and as soon as she gets here give the key back to her. 726 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:21,605 See you at the Parliament. 727 01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:22,727 Hurry! 728 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:43,046 Excuse me. Can we do a television interview? 729 01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:44,486 Oh, yes, of course. 730 01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:48,043 - You taught me in primary school. - Did I? 731 01:06:48,640 --> 01:06:50,768 Yes. You haven't changed at all. 732 01:06:50,960 --> 01:06:52,724 Well, I started teaching when I was very young. 733 01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:57,851 I could mention the names of all sorts of people, 734 01:06:58,080 --> 01:07:00,970 first of all my family, my parents... 735 01:07:01,160 --> 01:07:04,687 my husband and all those whose story I have written. 736 01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:09,205 But right now the first name that comes to my mind is the name of a woman 737 01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:12,370 who helped with around me so that I could work in peace. 738 01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:19,130 Behind every visible result stands an invisible person without whom there'd be no life-work. 739 01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:21,561 And in my case this person is... 740 01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:23,765 Eremenc Szeredás. 741 01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:44,207 - Congratulations! - Thank you very much! 742 01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:47,321 - Congratulations! - Thank you! 743 01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:04,922 - You didn't come. - I couldn't. 744 01:10:05,440 --> 01:10:06,771 What's the Kossuth Prize like? 745 01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:16,767 Nice! 746 01:10:40,240 --> 01:10:42,846 This is ward 25. But she hasn't arrived yet. 747 01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:44,445 How can that be? Than where is she? 748 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:47,041 I had to send her to be disinfected first, 749 01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:50,767 because she couldn't have been put to bed in the condition we found her. 750 01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:54,131 By the time I got to Emerenc the doctor had managed to catch her arm. 751 01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:57,290 But she couldn't really resist anymore 752 01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:01,323 Later on the doctor told me that she must have had a mild stroke sometime earlier... 753 01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:03,204 she could have been paralyzed for days. 754 01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:11,367 Emerenc! 755 01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,366 I should have suspected something like that ages ago. 756 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:32,727 But nowadays I don't take notice of anything apart from myself. 757 01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:35,647 You received a Kossuth Prize, Magda dear. 758 01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,562 I could have done without that scene. 759 01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:39,926 Which scene? 760 01:11:41,480 --> 01:11:45,724 Emerenc in her own filth, surrounded by rotting meats and putrid soups. 761 01:11:46,520 --> 01:11:51,162 E- me-renc sur-round-ed by rot-ting meats and put-rid soups. 762 01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:53,564 Are you writing a poem? 763 01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:45,051 Suppertime! 764 01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:53,284 Behind every visible result stands an invisible person without whom there'd be no life-work. 765 01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,727 And in my case this person is... 766 01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:57,931 Eremenc Szeredás. 767 01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:06,690 - Congratulations! - Thank you! 768 01:13:07,680 --> 01:13:08,727 Congratulations! 769 01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:15,168 Emerenc was pure and upright, as we all would want to be. 770 01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:17,124 A queen. 771 01:13:17,320 --> 01:13:21,484 And I allowed them to expose her in a single humiliating moment of her life. 772 01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:27,251 Whatever Emerenc says now, that overwhelming stench and filth will discredit. 773 01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:29,727 We wrecked a long life's work. 774 01:13:29,920 --> 01:13:32,924 Maybe Emerenc no longer wishes to persevere, 775 01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:36,408 because we have destroyed the legend of her name. 776 01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:18,169 If I'd stay with her when they opened the door a lot of things wouldn't have happened, 777 01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:20,450 or at least not like this. 778 01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:23,049 What do you plan to do? 779 01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:24,927 Nothing. 780 01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:28,490 If she survives I'll take her to stay with us. 781 01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:32,045 - I'm not going to fail her again. - Don't dramatize things! 782 01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:34,969 I'll keep watch over Emerenc. 783 01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:39,488 I had a car accident 784 01:15:40,760 --> 01:15:42,683 and my daughter was killed. 785 01:15:43,560 --> 01:15:46,040 I wanted to commit suicide. 786 01:15:46,240 --> 01:15:49,642 Emerenc came to see me in hospital for months. 787 01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,526 She brought me back to life. 788 01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:03,406 I told you... 789 01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:18,645 Let's stop this! 790 01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:23,084 If you hate me so much because I didn't let you die, I accept that... 791 01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:26,047 but don't keep covering your head, just tell me openly 792 01:16:36,400 --> 01:16:37,765 I meant well.. 793 01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:41,404 It didn't work out that way, but... 794 01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:44,125 I wanted the best for you. 795 01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:53,167 Emerenc... 796 01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:56,202 had this happened the other way round, would you have let me die? 797 01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:57,850 Of course. 798 01:16:58,120 --> 01:16:59,565 And you'd have no regrets? 799 01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:02,081 No. 800 01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:07,807 But I couldn't have saved you from anything. 801 01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:10,162 Everything would have come to light. The cats, the filth... 802 01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:11,361 So what? 803 01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:13,403 What does a dead person know or see? 804 01:17:14,440 --> 01:17:16,920 You are the one who thinks there's something up there waiting for you, 805 01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:21,091 angels gonna carry up your typewriter, everything's gonna carry on as normal. 806 01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:22,965 Such an idiot! 807 01:17:23,480 --> 01:17:26,802 For the dead nothing matters any more, the dead is zero. 808 01:17:27,080 --> 01:17:28,923 What's the marble crypt for then, Emerenc? 809 01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:31,805 What's the point of gathering your mother, father and the twins? 810 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:34,367 If it's so, the weeds in the ditch would be good enough then. 811 01:17:34,440 --> 01:17:36,841 Maybe for you, but not for me, and not for my dead. 812 01:17:37,080 --> 01:17:38,764 One should honour the dead. 813 01:17:40,360 --> 01:17:42,249 What do you know about honour? 814 01:17:42,400 --> 01:17:46,769 You throw me a bone in Parliament, you think I'm gonna follow you around like Viola? 815 01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:52,041 You know how to make statements, but to be there when you're needed, 816 01:17:53,760 --> 01:17:58,209 to hide my misery from the eyes of the world, for that you didn't have time. 817 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:03,168 Go away, make more statements. 818 01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:06,409 You had the nerve to thank me for your prize? 819 01:18:14,720 --> 01:18:17,121 Are you looking after the animals properly? 820 01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:19,482 Did you clear away the rubbish? Did you fix up some kind of door? 821 01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,047 Now I'll tell her that she's only got half a flat, 822 01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:24,965 the door has disappeared, the animals are lost. 823 01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:27,761 No one has put afoot in your home but me. 824 01:18:30,440 --> 01:18:34,650 As the doctor picked you up in her arms, my husband fixed the door. 825 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,241 I went that night and saw to everything. 826 01:18:37,320 --> 01:18:39,641 The scouring proved difficult, but I managed it. 827 01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:42,889 I divided the rubbish up among the bins in the street. 828 01:18:43,080 --> 01:18:47,210 The cats are well, except of course for the one that I buried under the pinetree. 829 01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:50,923 They eat meat because I haven't got time to cook. 830 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:54,604 I must go now, Emerenc, because we haven't had our lunch yet 831 01:18:54,840 --> 01:18:57,047 and I don't want to get caught in the rain. 832 01:18:57,200 --> 01:18:58,611 Magda dear! 833 01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:13,489 With these clumsy fingers? 834 01:19:15,280 --> 01:19:16,611 All alone? 835 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:29,249 What are you crying for? 836 01:19:29,440 --> 01:19:31,681 Why are you crying, hm? 837 01:19:37,880 --> 01:19:40,451 Now I'll definitely come home. I promise. 838 01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:44,804 Take these home for Viola! 839 01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:46,809 He loves chocolate. 840 01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:55,045 Excuse me, please... 841 01:19:56,240 --> 01:19:58,641 Sutu paid me a visit and told me that, should it so happen, 842 01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:03,329 she would be happy to close her stall and take over Emerenc's jobs 843 01:20:03,400 --> 01:20:05,767 - What do you say to that? - What would I say? 844 01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:08,842 Nothing! 845 01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:10,691 It's a disgrace. 846 01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:12,405 So it's a free for-all now? 847 01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:14,409 That's exactly what I thought. 848 01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:17,080 What a nerve! Tibor! Did you hear that? 849 01:20:18,120 --> 01:20:21,044 Look here, he'll refuse Sutu's offer now, 850 01:20:21,200 --> 01:20:22,725 but Emerenc has little strengths left for her job. 851 01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:25,201 Broken pipes, snow, officials... 852 01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:28,489 Emerenc will have to stay with us from now on to make a full recovery 853 01:20:28,720 --> 01:20:30,802 or she will lose her flat too. 854 01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:33,287 God almighty, what will I do with her? 855 01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:36,684 How will I be able to fit a paralyzed patient into our lives? 856 01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,203 When will I have time to take her the bed pan, 857 01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:42,847 do her washing, cook for her and protect her from bedsores? 858 01:20:43,640 --> 01:20:45,961 And what will I do when I have to go away? 859 01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:47,690 And what will you do? 860 01:20:47,840 --> 01:20:50,207 You haven't told her the truth about her condition. 861 01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:51,686 We haven't either. 862 01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:54,368 Truth is not always a cure. " 863 01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:56,729 But now she's got the strength, 864 01:20:56,920 --> 01:20:59,366 and at some time she must face up to what's happened. 865 01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:01,085 She can go home in a few days. 866 01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:02,606 Not yet! 867 01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:05,690 Her flat is just as it was after the fumigation. 868 01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:09,282 You must realize she is under the impression that I sorted everything out, 869 01:21:09,480 --> 01:21:13,087 she wasn't put to shame, she can happily come home, the cats are waiting for her. 870 01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:16,120 Now it's time to tell her the truth. 871 01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:17,924 You can always count on me. 872 01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:22,087 After all I too am just a jumped up peasant girl, like her. 873 01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:23,764 - Have you met the professor? - Yes. 874 01:21:23,960 --> 01:21:26,201 - Where did we meet? - You're the chellist. 875 01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:27,999 I live opposite Mr. Brodarics. 876 01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,685 - Oh yes. - You play beautifully. 877 01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:36,091 Thank you! In fact the Doctor says Emerenc can thank you for her life. 878 01:21:36,280 --> 01:21:37,884 Isn't that right, Doctor? 879 01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:49,760 You won't believe this, but they didn't let me see Emerenc again. 880 01:21:49,960 --> 01:21:51,849 I don't know what happened. 881 01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:18,845 How many cats are left? 882 01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:23,044 None, Emerenc. 883 01:22:24,440 --> 01:22:26,886 We think we found three of them dead. The rest are lost. 884 01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:30,687 Go on looking for them. Because if they're alive they'll be hiding in the garden. 885 01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:32,882 All right. We'll look. 886 01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:37,722 You lied to me when you said you cleaned up my place. 887 01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:41,163 There was nothing to clean, Emerenc. The fumigators did it all. 888 01:22:44,280 --> 01:22:46,931 What sort of people are you? You and the colonel? 889 01:22:47,480 --> 01:22:51,041 The Master is the only decent one; at least never lied to me. 890 01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:58,724 If you'd let me die I would have looked after you even beyond the grave, 891 01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:01,685 but now I can't bear you near me. 892 01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:11,489 You don't know how to love, I thought perhaps you do. 893 01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:14,570 But you don't, you just put people in boxes and you take them out when you need them. 894 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:18,521 This is my friend, this is my old godmother, this is... this is my love, 895 01:23:18,680 --> 01:23:21,286 this is a pressed flower from the Great Plain... 896 01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:25,922 Go away, just leave me in peace! 897 01:23:27,440 --> 01:23:31,445 You thought you could save me for what's coming? You are such an idiot! 898 01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:52,126 Emerenc... 899 01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:56,729 you'd be in a good place with us... 900 01:23:58,320 --> 01:23:59,401 In your house? 901 01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:01,605 Go to hell! 902 01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:04,764 The only sane person in your house is Viola. 903 01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:32,602 Quarter past eight. 904 01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:38,722 Quarter past eight? 905 01:24:41,240 --> 01:24:42,401 Quarter past eight. 906 01:25:38,880 --> 01:25:40,723 The lady was looking for Emerenc. 907 01:25:40,920 --> 01:25:43,207 I thought I'd bring her round to you. 908 01:25:46,080 --> 01:25:46,922 Thank you. 909 01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:50,042 Eva Grossmann 910 01:25:52,920 --> 01:25:53,887 Évike. 911 01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:56,206 Excuse me...? 912 01:25:57,600 --> 01:25:59,602 Évike Grossmann. 913 01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:04,040 Yes... 914 01:26:05,480 --> 01:26:07,687 that's what I was called when I was small. 915 01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:11,442 I can't remember her face. 916 01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:15,411 When she returned me to my parents I was still very young. 917 01:26:16,720 --> 01:26:19,405 I can feel her strong arms, and the way she hugged me. 918 01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:23,283 I even remember her smell 919 01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:25,809 because I liked that very much. 920 01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:28,841 But... 921 01:26:30,280 --> 01:26:32,487 I've completely forgotten her face. 922 01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:37,764 Haven't you got a photo of her? 923 01:26:39,200 --> 01:26:41,282 There used to be a photo of you and Emerenc, 924 01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:43,648 but it was burnt at the time of the fumigation. 925 01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:44,966 Burnt? 926 01:26:47,840 --> 01:26:50,161 How is your life? 927 01:26:50,360 --> 01:26:51,725 Are you happy? 928 01:26:58,160 --> 01:27:00,083 Yes... I am. 929 01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:06,128 You see, you can thank Emerenc for that. 930 01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:09,644 She saved your life and you became happy. 931 01:27:11,560 --> 01:27:14,530 I saved her life and with that I betrayed her. 932 01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:21,404 She loved and saved. I loved and killed her. 933 01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:27,602 How can one make sense of that? 934 01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:09,409 That's Emerenc's grave. 935 01:28:35,080 --> 01:28:37,526 Emerenc, please, forgive me!