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Jakub, it will be difficult.

Bailiff, please, let me stay here for a while, until the weather gets better.

Of course, mother, you can sit here.

Run to unlock all locks and unbind all knots,

that will surely help.

Noonday witch...

lt was a nionday witch.

Nobody else.

For Christ's sake, look at her.

lt's a girl. And she has such a big head...

- Wild child! - Wild! Child of a noonday witch!

She planted us the child!

Jakub...

Name her after me.

Barbara.

Bar...

Bar... is my child, my...

Come.

Look how the surface closed upon her.

- Come. - I won't go further.

No way. Get drowned for Bara in Ugly Lake?

So why did we go here, you scaredy-cat?

Vojta, don't be crazy, don't go.

Vojta, what are you doing? Are you crazy? Give over!

Don't shout, I don't want to hurt you.

Then let me go! What do yiu want?

Don't you know, Bara?

Don't you know, Bara?

- Help! - You see, that's because you won't budge.

You run like a fool and almost crush a firefly.

Wait, you'll regret this!

- I'll show you. - Vojta...

Come here, come, come...

- Praise to our Lord Jesus Christ. - Praise to our Lord Jesus Christ.

- Bless you. - Father...

- What's on your mind? - l've come to tell on Bara.

Our Vojta was drowning in Ugly Lake.

- And Bara was implicated in it! - Bara?

- Who else would dare amongst drowned bodies?

- So, what is it about? - All our boys are going crazy because of her.

And Vojta too. l don't even know, what exactly happened.

When he came home all wet, l painted his back properly,

but I couldn't get a word out of him. - She wanted to drown him,

as she drowned Vasek Skala. - And Venca Macek.

- But you cannot talk like that. - Just ask his unhappy mum.

- This is all nonsense, neighbors. - The lake is not bewitched. .

- . . and Bara doesn't want to drown anyone. - Boys like her,

well, there's nothing weird about that. - Like her... Ha!

Like... lf she didn't seduce them, they'd leave her alone.

- Right. - Enough, women.

ln short, Father, something must be done with Bara.

It does the village no good. - There, she's a witch.

And with Miss Eliska.

- Noble sir... - What?

- Look, what l caught. - Something for your collection, uncle.

- No way! Really, Phosphaenus hemipterus.

A beautiful specimen. And precious in our region.

- Where did you find it? - Last night by Ugly Lake.

- By Ugly Lake? Well, thank you, girl.

We will talk about this Ugly Lake.

At home, at the rectory. Come.

l don't want to take away from you what is good and natural.

l advise you well, adapt to people a little.

Even if you don't mean to, you provoke them all the time.

They like you so little,

but still watch you. You know it yourself.

- Noble sir, how much I think about it,

but in the end still don't know, what l should do.

- For example, don't go swimming in Ugly Lake.

- Why? There it's so beautiful and silent, when the Moon is shining.

- Stop it, elsewhere it's also beautiful.

The horses have bolted!

Holy Mary, it's the Bailiff.

Bara!

Gee, she is string.

- Go. - Let it be and go home!

And she is a witch.

- Welcome, Bailiff. I started to worry about you.

Giod afternoon, Reverend.

No worries, my coachman was with the hussars.

Compliments, Miss Eliska.

Comp... But...

- lt was she who stopped the horses. - So?

Giod, bravo.

C'est un grande charmant.

- Rever... - Come, Bailiff,

lunch is ready. - Lunch?

Oh, colossal, lunch!

- Magnifique, that tasted wonderful. - That's good.

- Madame Pepinka, l pay tribute to your cooking. Quelle delicatesse.

We have such classy food only in our castle.

- Eliska helped me with the cooking. - But Auntie...

You shouldn't be ashamed that you can cook, should you?

You know what the aunt from Prague says:

Eliska, when l die, you will be rich.

You need do nothing,

but must understand everything, so no one fools you.

Sacrebleu, Miss Eliska, you have a remarkable aunt.

Not only rich, but also generous.

And richness and generosity don't go along.

- Your aunt is therefore a precious woman. - She is.

Pepinka, now clear the table

and l'll show the Governor what fine things l've added to my collection

since his last visit.

But before that, after a good coffee some fine snuff.

Help yourself, l've got a little bit from the Count himself.

Thank you. Excellent.

- That's very nice of you. - Don't mention it.

- And l will show you something that even the Count doesn't have.

Come and look.

Here l'll show you some new flowers, that l've found in our area.

For example this. Potentilla canescens.

l've written an essay about it. lt will be a nice book one day.

Geographical work. You would not believe,

how many new species l've found here.

- Really? - I will be the first,

who will systematically treat the flora of our region.

You see? This is Gratiila officinalis.

- Nice, isn't it? - Really, a beautiful flower.

- Come again tomorrow. - ln the morning? - Before noon.

- Will you come with me to pick cherries?

Go on ahead, l'll come later.

l have to ask Auntie first. You know, because of Mr. Slama.

Yeah, I'll tell you something.

When she was swimming in the lake, the water suddenly closed over her.

- l don't believe you. - You should go there, scaredy-cat.

- What do you think? Firstly let myself get pulled into the lake

and back home spanked in the evening.

Bara will pay costly for that.

And if. Boys, she's such a girl,

ni other can compete with her.

lf you saw her swimming by Three Crosses...

- Three Crosses? These are fairy-tales.

No one dares to swim there. - Bara? She can do anything.

- What happened next? - Well, what should be next?

She got out of the water... - Was she wearing anything?

- No, nothing. - Absolutely nothing?

- Can't you hear? l ran after her, the others were afraid.

- But Josifek, don't be crazy, l won't go anywhere. - Barunka...

Barunka, I want to tell you something. Wait.

- Leave me. - Leave her be and go on your way.

- Bara is not for such an altar boy. - Vojta, what are you saying?

l tell you, leave her.

- Let me be and look after your brown horse.

You think l am afraid of you, because you're from Reeve's Grange?

- Go home, or I'll help you on your way! - Vojta!

- I'll show you! - Just try it!

What are you doing?

Yiu hear me, stop it!

- I'll show you! - You fools, what are you doing?

You see.

Now shake hands and patch it up. Will you, or not?

- For God's sake! Here you are once more with Josifek,

l'll show you, messing with his head!

And you, go, we'll talk about it at home.

When you see Betka here ir Miss Eliska,

you din't even notice them,

but this poor one's enchanted you?

Auntie, please, no, no. l don't even want to see him.

- He looks at me strangely. - Don't talk like that, Eliska.

The bailiff likes you. Such a man and you're not nice to him.

You don't talk to him, not even a little.

You know l want ti go with Bara,

to pick cherries. And the bailiff will be here until evening.

lt's beautiful weather outside. l don't even know what to say to him.

Auntie, please, let me go. - What can l do?

At least say ''goodbye''. lt's polite. - Auntie, you're so kind.

I'll do what you want me to. - I know, I know.

- Also a rarity. Georgina variabilis.

- Variabi... - Known as Dahlia.

They brought it recently from Mexico to Europe. - Uncle!

l'll go with Bara to pick cherries, if you... - Pepinka allowed it?

- Yes. - Then everything is alright.

- Goodbye, Mr. Slama. - Goodbye, Miss Eliska.

- A girl like the wind. - Youth, so restless and unreasonable.

l'm only worried if Bara is the right company for Miss Eliska.

- Why do you think so? - Well, how shall I put it...

She doesn't have good manners.

She's a daughter of a municipal shepherd.

And then there are those stories about her.

- When Eliska is with Bara, there's no need to worry about her.

- Well, I don't know, I don't know. Would you like some snuff?

Thank you.

Bara! Bara!

Bara...

- What are you doing up there? - Picking cherries.

- Take a basket, l'll throw them down. - Bara, come down.

Come on up, Eliska.

You'll climb down when l show you what l've got from Hynek.

- What? A letter? - Only a letter.

But he sent me his picture, look!

Shiw me. Eliska!

Wait, l'll catch you!

Show me.

You see how you are. You say that you like me, but won't show me your Hynek,

Don't be angry now.

So this is yiur Hynek.

He writes about how he misses me. And that he loves me.

Loves you?

And the more l hate this Slama.

- I don't like him either. - You too, right?

He's dull, pretentious. And the way he walks.

He spoils every Sunday for me. And he wants to spoil my whole life.

- What? - lmagine, he thinks of me as his wife.

Maybe they've agreed on it with my aunt.

She's on fire. Praising Slama, how good he is and wealthy.

How we'd be such a noble couple... and so on and on.

But l don't want him. l really don't. l'd rather finish it all.

Rather... - Eliska, what?

Yes, l'd rather jump in the water.

- Right into Ugly Lake. - Oh my goodness, that would be silly.

Have you ever heard about a hind or finch

or any other of God's creatures that would kill itself?

So what am l supposed to do?

When l imagine that Slama kissing me. Ugh...

But when Hynek kisses me... - ls it beautiful?

- Has no one ever kissed you? - Only my dad.

- And once Pepinka on New Year's Eve. - But no...

lt has to be someine you love.

Like Hynek loves me.

But he can't marry me yet. He's studying.

And Auntie Tetinka doesn't want to hear of him.

Be happy that you don't have to be unhappy.

Do you think l will ever be so beautifully unhappy?

Uncle Jakub, Uncle Jakub!

- What is it, Frantik? - The Reeve sends a message,

you have to go to Mare Mountain for the old herbalist.

The cow feels sick, she lay down on her side. You have to hurry.

Who's going to watch over the herd?

lt's getting late, l'll rush them home soon.

Stay here, father. lf the Reeve thinks

the old herbalist will help the cow, l'll go there.

lt's me, Bara.

Come in.

You have to go to the Reeve. They have a sick cow.

Yeah, tell them l'll go there.

But tomorrow after lunch.

lt's late today and l have to go in the morning to the gamekeeper's lodge.

- What if the cow dies meanwhile? - Good girl, you know...

man is prominent.

But you know what? Take my liniment to ma at the gamekeeper's lodge

and l will go to the Reeve's first thing in the morning.

- l'll gladly go to the gamekeeper's lodge. - Even now.

lt's not far from here. Only through the forest. So wait, girl,

l'll prepare the spice.

Hyoscyamus niger and Melilotus officinalis.

These cure aching legs.

How is it you know it so well?

- l'm in forests and meadows all the time.

l bring all kinds of flowers to the Reverend.

He puts it all in such big book.

Well, the Reverend...

l put a curse in you rheumatism,

ossuary to the deep forest, to the high, holly oak,

to the wood standing and lying,

there toss and turn

and let go of the new gamekeeper's mum.

What are you laughing at, you tigress?

You di such magic tricks.

This cure would help the old lady without such things.

You don't understand, you godless girl.

Here you are.

Tell the old lady to make a hot compress for her achy leg

and tell her to say six times the Lord's Prayer. lt will help.

You are a good girl, you helped me.

- What's your name? - Bara.

Nice name. So, Bara, go to bed.

l don't know, old lady, l should rather go home.

Such a silly idea,

it's night and the journey is long.

Don't worry. My son won't be back from his rounds until morning

and you will be long gone by then.

Go, make up your bed.

- There's the light. - OK, then l'll stay here.

Good night and if you need anything, call me.

Good night. And sweet dreams.

l, midwife by God, will help as I can,

and what l cannot do, God will do.

Lord of the ages,

strange are his mercies,

l give you water for flatulence

for being bewitched...

lf you are attacked by something in water,

ir from the wind,

or by fright,

or...

whoever bewitches you

by their eyes, either green or blue,

black, or red,

man or woman, boy or young lady,

stable boy or girl.

Help me God the Father, God the Son,

and God the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Cow, get up!

Get up, cow!

Will she stand up?

- Oh God, she's dead! - What?!

Someone is disturbing my words.

Someone who controls evil powers.

- Didn't you..? - Me?!

l think so, who else could it be than Wild Bara!

- That's not true! - Let her be. Bara didn't do anything!

Damned boy!

My best cow! You know what you did?

What do you want? l didn't do anything.

You really think a cow dies when you look at it?

Or that you can stop death by burning roots.

lf you'd given Stracena a good compress, she'd be OK.

But you believe in magic, like it ever helped anyone in the village.

Everyone of you says every time: ''lt's Bara's fault. ''

- But Straka is your fault, Reeve. - l'll break you - No, you won't.

- Who'll do all your hard work? - You impertinent brat!

You don't mind me being as wild as you say, so long as I carry your loads!

Look at her! How bold of her!

- Go away, don't let me see you again! - Chase her away!

l'll drive yiu away!

You witch!

Never come back!

Don't feel so sad, Bara.

You shouldn't cry over such a brute.

- He's not worth it. - If it was only him,

but everyone treats me like he does.

Am l really worse than everyone else?

Noble lord, am l as bad and evil as they say?

You are different, girl, that is the truth.

You are good and most importantly you know how things are.

lt is written in the Bible:

Life and death are in the power of language.

Hideous acts are lying lips to the Lord.

But he likes those who carry out the truth.

Noble lord, you always comfort me.

Not me, Bara, God's words do.

You see, girl, everything is fine now.

- Don't take it so to heart. - You know what?

You'll come with us to the dance,

so they can see we are holding together,

No, Eliska, l won't go ti the dance.

What would l do there?

- Why aren't you at the hall? - I won't go there, father.

- What would l do there? - Come on, don't be afraid.

Are we not people too? Come on, don't worry.

Loik at that impudent girl.

- Wait. - What are you looking at now?

I see.

Please, l have to...

That was a thirst. I never drink, but this time,

it tasted fine, Your Honor. - No wonder, after such a dance.

Auntie, Bara! So she came after all.

Sit down, Eliska, it's not polite to leave the table like this.

You can see Bara later. - Be glad you can dance so nicely.

Oh, Your Honor, l'm not familiar with dancing.

I know.

- Where to? - Well, where?

To dance. - With Bara, right?

Back to your place, there are enough girls.

Do not embarrass me! Here is Marjanka.

- Don't you dare go after her. - You be quiet,

you want to talk... l can see everything.

Stay here. And don't argue with me!

Don't be sad, Bara. Take no notice of them.

You see him, he cannot go to this wild girl,

so he'd rather not dance at all. - Stubborn mule.

Either you dance, or you'll go home!

Then l will dance.

Bara, come to the round. - Come, come try it.

How dare you, you defiant lad.

You won't shame me being with such girl.

Run home! - Where did you put your wit, Vlckova?

Aren't you ashamed? Come, come home.

Where to, Bara?

Why are you running?

Musicians, solo!

l ask for a dance, Bara.

I...

l cannot dance.

Please, don't be angry with me.

Musicians, play a polka!

Great God, Saint Jan, we beg you humbly

tell me where l'll marry.

You see, Bara, you will marry here.

And you, Eliska, far from here. lf l believed in this nonsense,

it would mean in Prague. - lf only you were right.

But Auntie was angry,

She said l'm ungrateful, she only wants my happiness. And whatever.

- And the noble lord? - That's probably for the first time

he didn't agree with Auntie. Otherwise what she says is law.

She could even change the hour of church service, if it suited her.

You know what? You write to your aunt in Prague for help.

You said she likes Hynek.

She is rich and Pepinka loves money.

She trusts the judgment of your Prague aunt. What do you think?

That's a good idea, Bara! You always give me good advice!

But what if the response comes too late?

Slama will come courting me on Saturday. What then?

You say Slama was really scared?

Yes, you should have seen him!

Rely on me, l'll think of something.

Oh, Bara, if you could really do magic.

But l really can! lf you want, l can bring the devil!

Devil!

Show yourself!

Devil! Devil!

Bara!

Don't run!

You called me, Bara? - I called the devil!

What is your wish? - None, I have to go.

You really scared her. - Don't go anywhere, Bara.

You're not afraid of the devil. - No.

Come with me to Devil's Mountain. Today is a nice day.

Uncle, I don't want to marry Mr.Slama. I won't.

- You haven't married him yet. - But Auntie counts on it.

And you won't listen to me. - I do.

But the Bailiff hasn't proposed yet. You're worrying too soon.

Wait and see what he says today. - But everyone knows...

why he's coming here. And l don't want him.

l can't bear to even see him. - You mustn't talk like that.

You are too young and cannot judge people properly.

The bailiff has his faults like every one of us, but on the other hand...

Eliska, hurry, your irin is hot.

You see. There is no time for such talking,

Go to Pepinka - she calls you.

l wonder, girl, you can have the best husband in the district

and you don't want him. How beautiful it will be

when people will say to you: Dear Mrs. Bailiff.

l take care of your future and you are ungrateful.

What future, when l like somebody else.

But all you think about is money

and you don't care about me.

Just because you have never known love.

No, I have.

My first love was a student.

A love unti death.

He went to town and married the daughter of a rich salesman

and left me and his studies.

The most beautiful and my last love was again a student.

He studied medicine. He was handsome and kind.

He wrote poems, too.

When he became a doctor and l did not have money...

he left.

So l was left aline.

Oh, girl, what shall we do with love, when there are no...

- I'm so unhappy. - Unhappy? There's no time for it.

Hurry up, or you won't be ready, when the Bailiff arrives.

Auntie, what do you think, can Bara perform magic?

Po-ten-ti-lla ca-nes-cens.

Potentilla...

canes... cens, cens, cens...

You wouldn't say, Your Honor, that it is growing here.

ta Potencilla... Potentilla canescens.

And Georgina variabilis.

Georgina variabilis, dahlia.

Mon Dieu, Pepinka, your hospitality is remarkable.

Re-mark-able. Parfait.

A propos, l believe Miss Eliska...

Come in.

- Your carriage is ready, Sir. - Bon.

H- help! Help, a ghost!

- Get out! - Well...

Get out!

Help! Help!

Your head's full of nonsense.

- l must do everything myself. - But l... - Don't tell me.

You'll go to the woods in the morning, do you hear?

What is it?

A ghost?

- What are you doing? - People,

a ghost attacked bailiff Slama near the cemetery,

go help him! Don't leave it to me!

- Fetch axes and go! - Go to your dad and bring holy water.

Kneel down, kneel! Y-yes, I kneel.

- Swear... - I p-promise...

- ... never in your life... - ... never in you...

... my life...

- ... you won't marry... - ... I won't marry...

- ... The Reverend's Eliska... - ... The Eliska's reverend...

... The Reverend's Eliska...

... The Reverend's Eliska...

- And now run home! - And now...

- There she is! - What are you afraid of, you hero.

Let's go!

Come on!

Reeve, here is something white.

- There it goes! - Yuck!

- But it's Bara. - Hurry, so she doesn't get away.

Follow her, to the other side!

Help them iut of the water!

Come around. Follow me onto the bridge.

Eliska, you will look beautiful.

- Really, stop this whimpering. - The Bailiff will be here any moment.

You look as if you are going to an execution.

lt would really be my end...

lt's about my life, my happiness! - Eliska...

- I'm not a little child. And I have chosen, you know.

l don't want to see Mr. Slama! Prague Auntie will help me for sure.

- That would not be nice, Eliska. We do not deserve that,

how you talk to us.

- Ah, Bailiff! - Come in!

- Noble sir... - Well, what is it?

Where is the Bailiff? - l... l don't know.

We were attacked by a ghost near the cemetery. lt was terrible.

What? A ghist?

And you ran away. What about the Bailiff?

You left him there, right?

- They are followed by the whole village.

Go there too, you hero. And bring the Bailiff with you.

And don't be afraid of anything. - Please, your Honor.

Again some mischief. Nothing more.

A ghost... - What a mess.

lt will be a disgrace. What if he is hurt.

Poor scared thing.

Open up, Jakub.

- What is it? - Where is Bara?

I don't know, probably at the rectory...

No, she ran right here.

There she is, you see her?

A fine rectory.

- Come down! - You devilish girl!

We'll show you, haunting.

So many people against one girl. Mom, why don't you let her be?

Shut up and go home. We know what to do.

Jakub, ipen up peacefully.

Jakub, l appeal to you for the last time, open up!

Not until you tell me why you want Bara.

Neighbors, come!

Vojta!

Vojta!

What is it? Oh, our altar boy. What do you want here?

Vojta, lend me a horse.

- Browney? You don't want the cottage too?

lt's really serious.

Bara's in trouble, whole village is chasing her.

Who knows what they'll do.

I'll go to the gamekeeper for help and you go to her.

What are you waiting for? - Go.

What do you want, Reeve?

We've come for your devious daughter, Jakub.

She must be punished for what she did. That crossed every line.

You have no right for that! - We have! Look!

The whole village is behind me. - Ask her!

- No arguments. Drag her out.

What did she do to you? - We proved her guilty.

She dresses like a ghost and runs around the cemetery

and fools the whole village. - Let the authorities punish her.

But not you. I won't give her to you. - You don't have to.

The Reverend would put in a good word for her,

we know better what she's doing.

She doesn't belong amongst us. She's a black sheep.

No fuss with her, she is a noonday witch's child!

l can prove it. And now she's a bewitching, godless girl,

who has no respect and is not afraid of thunderbolts, the devil, not even God.

l will tell you something.

lf she's not afraid of anything, not even haunting the cemetery,

we'll lock her in the mortuary. That's it!

To the mortuary with her!

You wanted to hit the Reeve, you beggar?!

Remember then, we'll find another pastor.

And you - hold him!

Gamekeeper...

Gamekeeper, come quickly, help Bara.

- What's happened? - lt's bad. The whole village is chasing her.

Noble lord, Bara is caught and now they want to lock her in the mortuary.

- The mortuary? - That's not possible.

- Why? What did she do? - She was haunting the cemetery.

She chased off Slama. But now she needs help.

That l did not think of at first, that is just like her.

- She is not called 'wild' for no reason.

Troubled girl.

- But Aunt, they'll do something to Bara!

You have to help her!

She did it for me!

Of course we won't leave her.

- No fuss about her! - Quick, run!

- Who has the key? - Here, here it is.

- Come, you witch! - Hurry!

You can haunt as you wish.

Good night, Bara.

Sleep in the mortuary!

Stay there!

People, what are you doing?

Have you gone mad?!

Go back! Or l will beat you as you deserve!

- But father, be reasonable. - This is my reason, you pagan.

l'll disinherit you, you wild lad!

I say it here in front of everyone, I'll chase you out of my house!

Sleep well, Bara.

- Where is Bara? - They locked her in the mortuary.

Eliska! Eliska!

Dad! Eliska!

Eliska!

- Someone is coming. - No one will extinguish it.

- Where is Bara? - lnside.

- ln the mortuary. - ln the mor...

Bara, Barunka...

l will go alone.

People, have you completely lost your minds?

- You could have committed murder? - lf Bara left us alone,

no one would notice her. - Who did she hurt?

- He is blaspheming. - Yes?

You say that with your mouth full of God's commandments?

Why don't you follow them? Bigots...

Servants full of wrath and lies.

Superstition, jealousy and grudge,

that is your faith, hope and love.

Not Bara, but all of you deserve to be punished.

Punished? For what?

Bara was a misfortune to all the village in any case.

A nice misfortune.

l work as two and for free for you, is that not enough?

You force Vojta to marry Marjanka, even though he doesn't like her.

Not my problem. l never went with him. Not even with Josifek, with anybody.

Vlckova thought Josifek could have Eliska, so she made a witch of me.

And how was it with Venca Macek, when he drowned, everybody knows.

But you said l did it, because l'm not afraid of deep waters.

lt's good the mirtuary burned down.

At least you'll always remember how bad you were.

- I won't be here with you. - We don't hold you here.

l'm interested where you will go. - With me.

Come, Barunka, we have a long journey ahead.

Bara!

- Thank you. - You are welcome, Eliska. Goodbye.

Goodbye, Barunka.

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