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Next to go is Karol Kremer.

Flying forward one-and-a-half somersault, pike.

Nine, nine-point-five...

Nine, nine-point-five, nine.

- Good work today. - Nice dive, champ.

Karol, we need to drink to this.

I'm filled with emotion!

Let's go, champ!

We're about to start our spine-tingling show!

The wall of death, the wall of thrills!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin!

This phenomenal presentation of a man dicing with death!

A wall six meters high.

and the astronaut of the motorcycle demonstrating his superhuman skills!

It's the wall of thrills!

We ask for absolute silence and no smoking.

Ladies and gentlemen, let the show begin!

He'll fall.

Now ladies and gentlemen, the highlight of our show,

the riskiest ride, the hardest ride!

Riding in complete darkness, with a blindfold over his eyes!

We warn those of a nervous disposition to look away now.

Like an astronaut in the dark, he beats gravity!

The master of acrobatics! Zygmunt Jaświłko!

- Hi, Mom. - Hey.

How was it?

I've never seen anything like it.

He obviously wasn't scared.

He was right on the edge. An Indiana 850 motor.

Incredible.

Do you want some tea?

Renata...

Renata, let me in.

Renata...

City police have set up a taskforce with the code-name "Red Spider".

Its purpose is to catch a dangerous serial killer...

They call them crazy daredevils,

those who climb to the top of mountains by taking the hardest and riskiest routes.

ANOTHER CHILD BRUTALLY MURDERED

What if those so-called lunatics and daredevils are regular people

who simply experience reality more intensely than the rest of us?

Maybe they're not so special.

Maybe they just look for excitement where others would not.

11-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED

WOMAN KILLED WITH A CROWBAR

Fourteen Polish alpinists have undertaken another expedition to the Caucasus.

Let's listen to one of them, maybe we'll understand more.

One morning, we gathered by the north face of the mountain.

It was 4277 meters high

and its north face was more than 1200 meters high.

Citizens, be careful! This is a police warning!

Be on your guard.

Be cautious after dark!

Don't become a victim!

Citizens, be careful! This is a police warning!

...a smelter named after Lenin...

Dad.

Karol?

Built by Soviet and Polish engineers...

I have a patient in a minute.

- Doctor? - Mrs. Helena. What's wrong?

Please, be careful.

VETERINARY CLINIC

Please, after you.

Good evening, Dad.

In Warsaw, thousands of fans await their idols.

Mick Jagger.

The lucky ones, those who got tickets, couldn't hear much anyway.

This isn't music for listening to anyway. It's music to live to.

Do you like it?

What?

Nothing.

Mother has dinner ready for you.

Karol, there you are. Come on.

I've got something for you. It's on the table.

There was some doubt, but after he killed that boy, we were sure.

You'll never believe what he used.

A regular hammer, from a store.

Interesting, right?

You should come and watch the autopsy.

That's where you'll see real anatomy.

- When are the med school exams? - In June.

Your father will take care of it.

I'll bring you something extra.

Karol?

Are you Karol?

Are you going to the city?

- Do you want me to walk you, ma'am? - My name is Danka.

I'm a photographer with a newspaper.

I'm doing a feature on sport.

They say you're the best.

The best, but only in Cracow, not beyond.

How about going for a beer?

My mom doesn't like it when I'm late.

The body of a 12-year-old boy has been found. He is the killer's eleventh victim.

Jacky!

When going out in public, children should be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Wait.

Eat. Eat, Jacky.

- Thank you. Goodbye. - Goodbye.

- See you in a week. - Thank you.

Who's next, please?

- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.

First time, isn't it? What's the dog's name?

- Jack. - Jack.

Hey Jack.

Please, take a seat.

First, we'll register the dog.

- Where does the dog live? - Sarego 20.

Sarego 20. The old town...

- Apartment number? - Eight.

Breed...

Put the dog over there, please.

So, what's been the matter with him?

He's been moody recently, and has no energy.

On the blanket...

Show me your belly. Show me.

It's hard.

He must have eaten something.

Jacky... We can fix this.

Please, sit down.

- With the dog? - Yes.

Here is the medication.

Ten drops, twice a day with meals, for 12 days.

I'll write that down for you.

Don't worry. He should be feeling better by this evening.

There are the instructions.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

- Are we expecting anyone? - No.

Good evening. I'm Staniak, the vet.

- Good evening. - Has the dog already had the drops?

- Have you already given them to him? - Not yet.

That's good. I'm sorry, but I gave you the wrong drug.

- May I? - But of course.

- I'll make some tea. - Go.

These are the correct ones.

It was my mistake. I'm sorry.

I'll write down how to administer them.

It's a rare breed in Poland. How did you get him?

A friend who emigrated to the West left him.

They often have problems with their ears.

What does your son do, if I may ask?

He's a diver, in a military club.

My wife and I want him to become a doctor.

Again, my apologies. I've been very busy recently.

Please don't worry about it.

We understand. My husband is also a doctor.

Really? What specialization?

He is the head of the radiology department at the railway hospital.

Diagnostics is an important job.

A man has to help save what lives he can.

Here's the tea.

Thank you.

- Pastry? - No, thank you. I don't eat pastries.

What do you think about what's going on in the city?

About the killer? I think his fate is sealed.

I won't bother you any further. Again, my apologies.

- Thank you. Goodnight. - Goodnight.

I'll see the gentleman out.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Coach?

Three minutes.

Where's Karol?

He's not here.

Hurry up.

Good morning. It's Staniak, the vet.

Could I speak with your son? Thank you.

You have to bring the dog in for a check-up.

Tomorrow evening.

My regards to your parents.

The Olympic collection?

Why are you walking around the house like this?

Take an aspirin and sweat it out.

You're not going to training?

I don't feel very well.

Don't stand out in the cold. Come on, I'll make some food.

- It will be fine here. - Yes, yes.

If you could turn him to this side. Yes, good. Okay.

- Do you want the beret in the frame? - Yes, of course.

Okay, ready... and let's go.

After I say "action", wait a second. No longer.

- Are you ready? - Yes.

- Okay. Camera. - Rolling.

Action!

For the first time in the history of criminology,

a sculpture of the suspected killer has been made.

As we have been told, this is a world first.

If anyone sees or meets a person who looks similar to this,

they are asked to call the police emergency number in Cracow.

33239. I repeat, 33239.

Let's all be cautious. Don't become a victim.

Come on, Jack. Come on.

Come on.

Come here.

Show me your belly...

He's all right.

There's no sense in prolonging this, is there?

I just want to know how you're gonna do it.

You'll hit me on the back of the head, won't you?

That's the way you'll do it, isn't it?

Come on.

There you go.

November 12th, last year,

police found the unidentified body of a boy.

The cause of death was a blow to the head.

Was that you?

What do you do with the tools?

I throw them in the lake. In the old quarry.

- Lutek, I left my keys at work. - They're over there.

- Where? - In the pocket of the raincoat.

You still have patients at this time?

- This is Karol. - Good evening.

My husband told me he'd met you.

You should invite the young man to dinner.

- Fine. - So, invite him.

- Tomorrow? - With pleasure.

I'm off then.

Close the door.

- So, you swim? - I dive, dive into water.

- Do you have any siblings? - No, no, I don't.

We don't have any children ourselves.

When you're childless, people treat you like you've committed a crime.

- We did want... - Move the apples.

- This was taken in the mountains? - Yes.

It's my husband posing with his grandma and a stuffed bear.

She was so scared of it. Come and eat something.

- Come on, Karol, sit down. - Please do.

I guess I did a good job. The bake looks really good.

Do you have to tell everyone about us not having children?

What's the point?

- I'll clear up after our guest. - Leave it. I'll do it.

- I'll do it. - I said leave it.

Good morning. Where's the photo editor's office?

- Who are you looking for? - Danka, the photographer.

- End of the hall and to the right. - Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hey, Danka.

- Are you still doing that feature? - Wait.

Can you take a look? I can make them bigger.

- Are you still doing it? - I am.

- Maybe you could photograph me. - Wait.

One moment.

Do you want to or not?

- Fine. - Do you have the photos for me?

I'm sorry, here.

So, I'm off.

Let me.

Your father never learnt how to do it either.

Don't you want to know who I'm going out with?

Have fun.

- Did you take the number? - I did.

Welcome, good evening.

Table number 22. Follow me, please.

Please, ma'am, here's you seat.

Thank you.

Please, sir. Here's yours.

Would you like anything to drink?

Maybe... a lemonade?

- Lemonade. - Excellent, of course.

Good evening.

There you are.

For you, sir.

Have a good evening.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. After our transatlantic voyage

from the Bahamas to Finland,

we are here to play for you tonight! Let's show some fire!

No sitting down, no hesitating! Let's have fun!

All couples must dance!

Two shots.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen, a song that is evergreen.

Thank you.

Don't look at me ever again With that gaze

Don't tell me That you love me ever again

Don't you poison those words With bitterness ever again

Let's go back inside.

Show me.

I don't have any tissues.

You took a blow... Show me.

It hurts...

Wait.

A glove.

A pocket knife.

Do you always take something from them?

How do you know it's the right person?

Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't.

Do you like it?

Take it.

Karol?

- Are you in there? - Yes, Dad?

The operation is tomorrow, remember?

Yes, I know.

You'll come and watch.

Fuck, go, go, go!

Open up!

- Get in, bitch! - Go!

What the fuck are you staring at?

I'm selling it. You want to buy?

- A Russian Zorka camera, really? - Yeah.

Stay there, it's a good spot.

To the left.

Good. Look straight ahead.

Now look at me. Don't laugh.

Come with me to Wrocław.

I have a commission to shoot an exhibition.

Szapocznikow, she makes casts of the human body.

I have the championships.

You'll win some other time.

Will you come?

What if I had killed that boy at the funfair?

What?

What if I had killed that boy at the funfair?

The earlier ones as well?

Could you get rid of my boss? Just a request.

I could hit you on the back of the head.

Or stab me with a knife, or something.

Can you open this?

You would liberate me from a few things.

Come on, I'll make you a coffee.

Come on.

Wait outside.

You haven't done it.

She was the best.

You don't know her.

Please, come inside.

As I said in the ad, it's a Zorka.

I've hardly used it.

It's in very good condition indeed.

Isn't it a waste to sell it?

I could use some cash.

Is it for yourself?

It's good to shoot something on holidays, as a memento.

- You know the price? - Yes.

Excuse me, but I don't have much time.

Are you taking it or not?

I'll have to discuss it with my wife.

I'll let you know tomorrow.

Fine.

Pass it to me!

Come on.

Sit down. I'll make some tea.

Go on.

Hit me.

He's claiming he's the Red Spider.

That he ' the Red Spider. What?

I don't know, 18, 19. A kid.

Send someone from upstairs.

Leave.

Oh, and one coffee.

Surname?

Kremer.

First name?

Karol.

Shall I take his fingerprints later?

I'm the perpetrator.

Thanks to cooperation between the city police,

the Party Committee and the central authority,

a dangerous serial killer has been caught.

He's a 19-year-old member of the Cracow military diving club team, Karol Kremer.

He's coming.

I don't want a crowd on the way back.

- I don't want a circus. - Yes, sir!

Take him inside.

Then she fell.

Then I sat on her...

and hit her, maybe... ten or 15 times.

Let's go to the scene of the crime.

May I begin?

Lieutenant, let's begin.

- Is the camera ready? - Ready.

Begin then.

As I was saying, I did another "dirty job" here.

That's what I called it.

I noticed a boy. A perfect match.

So, I went after him.

He was pissing by the bushes.

No one was around. Perfect.

I approached from behind...

and hit him on the head.

Hammer!

Where is the hammer?

- Who has the hammer? - Me.

Give him the hammer.

Take off his cuffs.

I hit him on the head.

Right here. The best spot.

Then he fell.

When he fell, he turned on to his back.

This is very important, record it precisely.

While he was down...

I hit him twice on the temple, just to be sure.

Then I was sure he was dead.

Anything else?

No. That's enough.

Let's go.

Wait in the car, will you?

Leave us alone.

There's just one thing, Kremer.

Karol, could you sign them?

My friends know I'm dealing with you.

Just a souvenir. What do you say?

Wait.

- Like that? - Like that.

- All of them? - Yes.

Here he comes...

Make way!

- Death penalty. What do you say? - I have no regrets. I'd do it again.

- What do you feel now? - I've already said everything.

Stop!

Wait!

Walk!

Don't stop! Walk, walk!

Enough fresh air, Kremer.

Come on.

Show it to the lieutenant.

It's very clear that it was the same technique.

But you've already caught the perpetrator, haven't you?

Dress it.

Lutek...

What?

Get me the iodine.

- Did you find them? - No.

Impossible.

They have to be here. Look harder.

He said he threw the tools from here.

They have to be here.

Leave us.

Poljot.

Automatic. It's worth two months' salary.

This way...

I've got you... and I've got a watch...

but I've also got intuition.

And I should not have got the watch for you.

Do you have an apartment?

If they find out, they'll take it away.

How old are you, for fuck's sake?

Twenty?

I'm 40 and I fucking want to live.

Don't you?

There's nothing you can do about it now.

Maybe it'd be better to take the watch without complaining.

You won't drag me into this shit!

Guard!

Karol?

Remember how I told you about the Bornholm stamp collection?

Tomorrow, I'm getting the last one.

It's at the philately shop on Szczepanski Square.

We'll have them all.

I've already talked to the guards. They'll let you have them in your cell.

The last one is the prettiest. It's all blue.

I'll go there first thing in the morning.

Then come straight here.

Let's go.

- Where are you going on vacation? - I haven't been given one.

- How about you? - To Golden Sands, in Bulgaria.

My daughters have always wanted to go.

I envy you.

A man has to get some rest.

He's young, isn't he?

Young, very young.

The youngest so far.

He may kick back.

I had one like him a week ago. It took five men.

You last visited about a year ago, right?

Eight months. Arnold.

I remember.

Mrs. Ola!

Where did I put the sentence?

Ah, here.

Shall we go?

Good coffee.

Kremer, a walk.

Let's start and get this over with.

In the name of the Polish People's Republic...

the National Committee, and its attending members...

after recognition of the appeal by citizen Karol Kremer,

who has been given the death sentence,

the National Committee have decided not to grant a pardon.

Signed, with the date.

So, that's it.

Do you want to smoke?

Or write anything?

Proceed with the sentence.

I want the photos on my desk by tomorrow.

Take the boy away.

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