1 00:00:18,666 --> 00:00:21,332 A Polish Film Institute Co-financed Production. 2 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:25,457 POLISH FILM INSTITUTE 3 00:00:38,583 --> 00:00:42,915 This story is not based on anyone's biography. 4 00:00:50,833 --> 00:00:53,624 MAZOVIA WARSAW FILM COMMISSION 5 00:01:29,583 --> 00:01:31,874 WARSAW, 1953 6 00:01:45,875 --> 00:01:48,332 PROPELLER presents 7 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:53,665 starring. 8 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:09,665 MISTER T 9 00:03:25,458 --> 00:03:27,790 The Secret Police have called me in. 10 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:29,749 Can I leave it here? 11 00:04:03,791 --> 00:04:06,790 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 12 00:04:46,541 --> 00:04:49,415 The Devil showed up in Warsaw today. 13 00:04:50,750 --> 00:04:54,457 He said he was a substitute, but never said for whom. 14 00:04:55,750 --> 00:04:59,499 All applications and requests should be filed with him: 15 00:05:00,083 --> 00:05:03,582 That's what he claimed with a cheerful smile. 16 00:05:04,666 --> 00:05:08,582 We formed a long queue, each with their own painful issue. 17 00:05:08,791 --> 00:05:10,582 We were full of hope. 18 00:05:11,166 --> 00:05:16,457 Anyone could touch our heart and face with one warm glance. 19 00:05:17,791 --> 00:05:21,624 None of us suspected what we were waiting for. 20 00:05:23,458 --> 00:05:26,374 ONE MONTH EARLIER 21 00:05:32,083 --> 00:05:37,624 "THE BALL OF MODEL WORKERS IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE WHOLE NATION" 22 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:46,832 And now it's time for the highlight of the evening. 23 00:05:48,375 --> 00:05:49,707 Please welcome 24 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:53,499 the true hero of our times. 25 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:56,332 The living legend. 26 00:05:57,041 --> 00:05:59,874 The First Secretary of the Central Committee 27 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:02,915 of the Polish United Workers' Party: 28 00:06:03,125 --> 00:06:05,249 Comrade Bolesław Bierut! 29 00:06:09,416 --> 00:06:12,332 BO-LEK! BO-LEK! 30 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,540 Citizens and comrades! 31 00:06:27,125 --> 00:06:29,040 Model workers from towns and villages! 32 00:06:29,250 --> 00:06:32,540 Creators and builders of the Polish People's Republic! 33 00:06:32,708 --> 00:06:38,624 I warmly welcome all of you to the first carnival party this year. 34 00:06:38,791 --> 00:06:42,124 It is a new socialist tradition to exchange greetings today, 35 00:06:42,375 --> 00:06:47,582 and not on New Year's Day, an imperialistic holiday. 36 00:06:47,750 --> 00:06:50,082 I wish you all the best 37 00:06:50,250 --> 00:06:53,582 as we direct our thoughts and feelings to Poland, 38 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:57,790 the Homeland and Mother of us all, 39 00:06:58,041 --> 00:07:04,582 the recipient of our constant effort and everyday arduous work. 40 00:07:11,375 --> 00:07:13,749 BO-LEK! BO-LEK! 41 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:35,374 I don't want favours from the authorities or crumbs from their vulgar table. 42 00:09:35,833 --> 00:09:37,624 I prefer my trembling at dawn 43 00:09:37,791 --> 00:09:40,957 and my meagre lunch I'm not sure I can afford. 44 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,332 This diary is my final battle, 45 00:09:45,083 --> 00:09:47,457 but I'm not going to throw stones. 46 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:51,915 I'm trying to survive, sleep, and stand by. 47 00:09:52,916 --> 00:09:54,957 I might succeed... 48 00:10:19,625 --> 00:10:21,457 Go to bed, come on! 49 00:10:28,333 --> 00:10:31,832 - I bought some paper. - We'll talk tomorrow. 50 00:10:33,708 --> 00:10:39,040 - Would you lend me your typewriter? - I said I would. Go to sleep! 51 00:10:39,833 --> 00:10:41,624 But paper matters most. 52 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:44,582 What can I write without paper? 53 00:10:45,041 --> 00:10:46,374 Bloody nothing. 54 00:10:53,041 --> 00:10:54,665 And I must be like you. 55 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:58,290 - Are your ambitions really so low? - Low? 56 00:11:00,875 --> 00:11:02,749 A journalist who's famous. 57 00:11:03,583 --> 00:11:05,249 And unemployed. 58 00:11:06,125 --> 00:11:07,374 Fuck that. 59 00:11:26,458 --> 00:11:28,499 Open up! Militia! 60 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:34,790 Open up! 61 00:11:35,166 --> 00:11:36,374 Good morning! 62 00:11:38,041 --> 00:11:39,082 Good morning... 63 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:50,207 I missed you. 64 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,124 Anything else? 65 00:11:54,833 --> 00:11:56,124 It's terribly cold. 66 00:11:57,416 --> 00:11:59,290 I'm free until noon. 67 00:12:03,250 --> 00:12:04,874 What are you writing? 68 00:12:41,916 --> 00:12:44,040 A narrator. 69 00:12:45,041 --> 00:12:46,415 What is that? 70 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:50,832 The voice that delivers information in a literary work. 71 00:12:51,333 --> 00:12:53,082 In novels or poems? 72 00:12:53,791 --> 00:12:55,082 Poems. 73 00:13:00,208 --> 00:13:02,582 Christ, the way you look at me... 74 00:13:03,125 --> 00:13:04,207 Focus! 75 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:06,707 I know it! In novels, there's a narrator. 76 00:13:06,875 --> 00:13:09,249 In poems, there's a persona. 77 00:13:11,083 --> 00:13:12,999 I have to write an essay on Positivism. 78 00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:14,457 Then write it. 79 00:13:15,666 --> 00:13:18,040 Will you dictate it for me or shall I get an F? 80 00:13:18,208 --> 00:13:19,915 Forget it. 81 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:26,457 "Manchuria". 82 00:13:26,916 --> 00:13:29,499 Is this a good title for an epic poem? 83 00:13:29,666 --> 00:13:31,874 It's perfect, Tadzio. 84 00:13:36,041 --> 00:13:38,165 "HOUSE OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS" 85 00:13:39,666 --> 00:13:43,124 - How's it going, Reporter Filak? - I bought some typing paper. 86 00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:46,290 - You told me. - From before the war. That thick! 87 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:49,665 - You think you might lend me...? - Do I have a choice? 88 00:13:49,833 --> 00:13:53,290 For a few days. I'll practise my fingers before I buy my own. 89 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:56,082 The march of progress. 90 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:59,124 A fountain pen? It's no fucking school! 91 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:00,874 I'm going to lunch. 92 00:14:02,083 --> 00:14:03,665 Enjoy your meal! 93 00:14:07,041 --> 00:14:08,207 "Manchuria". 94 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,832 Is this a good title for an epic poem? 95 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,790 Not bad. 96 00:14:37,583 --> 00:14:40,374 "READ BOOKS FROM THE USSR!" 97 00:15:31,916 --> 00:15:34,874 Has any of my fellow colleagues lost one zloty? 98 00:15:46,541 --> 00:15:50,457 - What can I get you? - I'll have the usual. The Chef's set. 99 00:15:51,125 --> 00:15:53,040 Tomato soup and dumplings. 100 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:55,790 Perfect. And what is the price of this feast? 101 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:59,290 You always ask, but it's always the same: Seven zlotys. 102 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:02,124 I always hope it will be cheaper one day. 103 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:04,790 He complains they won't publish him. 104 00:16:04,958 --> 00:16:07,290 As if there was anything to publish. 105 00:16:07,791 --> 00:16:12,540 He only cares about parties and women. He leaves literature to us. 106 00:16:13,083 --> 00:16:14,540 I can't blame him. 107 00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:18,624 Now I'd bet on shagging too. But in the past, on poetry! 108 00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:23,249 May I join our leading reactionary? 109 00:16:24,333 --> 00:16:25,582 How are things, Kazio? 110 00:16:25,791 --> 00:16:27,290 Quite busy. 111 00:16:28,083 --> 00:16:31,874 I'm having a new book published. Another one will be turned into a film. 112 00:16:32,083 --> 00:16:34,582 I'm going to the Cannes Festival. 113 00:16:34,708 --> 00:16:35,957 And how are you? 114 00:16:37,166 --> 00:16:39,915 A new scarf? I'm sure it's French. 115 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:43,040 No. The 1940 Kriegsmarine. 116 00:16:44,416 --> 00:16:45,416 Ah. 117 00:16:46,541 --> 00:16:48,915 - I have an offer for you. - Well? 118 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:50,790 Come to my place tonight. 119 00:16:51,666 --> 00:16:53,874 You'll meet a few ladies in nylon. 120 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:56,374 We'll have a drink. 121 00:17:00,666 --> 00:17:02,915 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 122 00:18:09,125 --> 00:18:11,124 Define a noun. 123 00:18:16,416 --> 00:18:17,790 Go on! You know it! 124 00:18:17,958 --> 00:18:20,915 Kasia, what is a noun? 125 00:18:21,208 --> 00:18:23,957 The teacher wants to see what you know. 126 00:18:31,708 --> 00:18:35,040 Dad took a long time to explain to you what a noun is. 127 00:18:43,541 --> 00:18:44,874 A noun is... 128 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,707 She knows that! 129 00:18:48,916 --> 00:18:52,832 - Tell me or you won't get dinner! - Honey, don't get upset. 130 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,124 Dad has a heart condition. 131 00:18:55,916 --> 00:18:57,790 A noun is...? 132 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:06,207 She's an idiot at school and she can't even speak! 133 00:19:06,291 --> 00:19:08,665 She can! She's simply upset. 134 00:19:08,833 --> 00:19:11,374 It always happens with a new teacher. 135 00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:13,915 Kasia, say anything. 136 00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:16,832 The teacher should hear you can speak at all. 137 00:19:16,958 --> 00:19:20,332 If you don't speak, he won't teach you. 138 00:19:24,583 --> 00:19:27,665 I'm very sorry, but I won't take this job. 139 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:29,750 However, 140 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:33,707 may I possibly use your bathroom to wash my socks? 141 00:19:36,291 --> 00:19:39,832 Dear colleagues, let me remind you that the term "substance" 142 00:19:39,958 --> 00:19:44,082 has been used to define many concepts of the Absolute Being. 143 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:45,707 According to Parmenides, 144 00:19:45,875 --> 00:19:47,624 the Being is primordial, 145 00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:52,124 unchanging, complete, and indivisible. 146 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:59,124 While Spinoza adds it's eternal and supremely perfect. 147 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:00,915 Bollocks! 148 00:20:01,416 --> 00:20:06,582 The term "substance" has long lost its original meaning. 149 00:20:06,791 --> 00:20:10,040 Not to fucking mention its attributes. 150 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,374 Are you sure they're fine? 151 00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:14,957 More than fine. 152 00:20:15,416 --> 00:20:19,082 The morning shift is always taken by retired philosophy professors, 153 00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:21,374 while the night one by doctors. 154 00:20:21,583 --> 00:20:25,540 If you want to hear about the kidneys or the prostate, 155 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,540 come back after 10 p.m. 156 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,624 Your lines are brilliant. 157 00:20:36,291 --> 00:20:37,874 They might get published. 158 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,457 The Czytelnik Publishing House has a new director. 159 00:20:40,625 --> 00:20:42,082 New meaning better? 160 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:46,374 A lady comrade with two MA degrees, who loves motor sports. 161 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,457 I guess I stand a chance, don't I? 162 00:20:48,583 --> 00:20:51,874 With your ear for rhythm? You always do. 163 00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,540 Just keep believing. 164 00:20:56,250 --> 00:20:58,749 How's your writing for the drawer going on? 165 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:04,874 - I've got a certain idea. - That's good. 166 00:21:06,083 --> 00:21:07,207 I'm not so sure. 167 00:21:07,541 --> 00:21:10,165 It's revolutionary and long. 168 00:21:11,083 --> 00:21:12,582 Even 500 pages. 169 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,499 Perfect bedtime reading. 170 00:21:17,833 --> 00:21:19,290 More like toilet reading. 171 00:21:19,458 --> 00:21:23,165 Zbigniew, can you lend me a fifty for flowers? 172 00:21:25,375 --> 00:21:28,290 I got a C for Positivism, but I could've got an A! 173 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,957 - If you had written it for me. - Boots! 174 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:36,457 - Why aren't you at school? - Too cold. 175 00:21:37,416 --> 00:21:40,749 Did you write the overdue essay on Słowacki? 176 00:21:41,916 --> 00:21:42,957 A long time ago. 177 00:21:43,666 --> 00:21:44,832 Show me. 178 00:21:45,291 --> 00:21:47,207 I don't have my notebook on me. 179 00:21:47,416 --> 00:21:52,665 - But I spent all night on that crap. - So you must remember it perfectly. 180 00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:55,457 Tell me. 181 00:21:56,583 --> 00:22:00,124 You think I learnt it by heart? Are you mad? 182 00:22:06,250 --> 00:22:07,374 Get out. 183 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:58,249 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 184 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,207 Good evening. 185 00:23:35,583 --> 00:23:37,874 Mister T is punctual as usual. 186 00:23:41,291 --> 00:23:44,915 You shouldn't have gone to all this expensive trouble. 187 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:19,124 The second issue published yesterday. 188 00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:29,332 Sensational news, trivia... That's what I like. 189 00:24:30,125 --> 00:24:33,249 Not overly educational. Bravo, Kazio! 190 00:24:36,916 --> 00:24:39,124 How did you manage to publish it? 191 00:24:41,875 --> 00:24:44,790 The communists have realized they can't be boring 192 00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:46,624 when talking to young people. 193 00:24:47,583 --> 00:24:49,749 We just need to find a compromise 194 00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:54,624 between what young people want and what we want them to want. 195 00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:56,874 You can earn a lot of money. 196 00:24:57,375 --> 00:24:58,707 There are bright prospects 197 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:01,207 for talented people who speak foreign languages. 198 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:05,832 Even little rebels... A guy like you can't waste his talent. 199 00:25:06,416 --> 00:25:08,749 You think I am? 200 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:12,499 You're not realising your full potential. 201 00:25:13,416 --> 00:25:16,457 In this country, everyone has to screw up. 202 00:25:17,416 --> 00:25:20,582 To varying degrees. That's life. 203 00:25:24,541 --> 00:25:26,040 "Looking for the Kon-Tiki God." 204 00:25:27,041 --> 00:25:28,915 Here, I'd put... 205 00:25:46,583 --> 00:25:49,582 Here, I'd put a photo of a woman, 206 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,415 Black or Asian, wearing very few clothes. 207 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:57,665 Or even completely naked. 208 00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:02,457 A pioneering idea. 209 00:26:09,208 --> 00:26:11,249 Young people will appreciate 210 00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:14,874 internationalism with a human face and arse. 211 00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:22,374 Hello! 212 00:26:28,125 --> 00:26:31,832 - What's wrong? - My private students are dropping out. 213 00:26:33,583 --> 00:26:35,832 A watch is just a watch, but... 214 00:26:36,458 --> 00:26:38,915 I wouldn't say no to your pen. 215 00:26:39,458 --> 00:26:41,790 My pen is not for sale. Not yet. 216 00:26:42,125 --> 00:26:45,374 Watches are hard to sell now. I won't buy it. 217 00:26:55,833 --> 00:26:56,915 Please... 218 00:27:07,958 --> 00:27:10,124 - Two hundred. - Fine. 219 00:27:11,541 --> 00:27:14,082 It will be fine when I get your pen. 220 00:27:16,625 --> 00:27:19,374 How about a typewriter? 221 00:27:21,875 --> 00:27:23,165 I'm scared. 222 00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:26,374 Even though I pretend I'm not. 223 00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:29,415 I'm a master at keeping up the pretence 224 00:27:29,541 --> 00:27:31,499 so that I can live in this system. 225 00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:37,082 I have no achievements or prospects. I feel like an anonymous castaway. 226 00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:42,249 I miss real writing, but all I can afford is these scribbles. 227 00:27:43,791 --> 00:27:44,957 And I'm ashamed 228 00:27:45,541 --> 00:27:49,374 to be waiting for success, like a light on the horizon. 229 00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:03,040 It's fucking freezing in here! 230 00:29:03,125 --> 00:29:05,540 The heating turns on at 5 p.m. How's Kraków? 231 00:29:05,708 --> 00:29:07,457 The heating turns on at 5 a.m. 232 00:29:07,625 --> 00:29:10,582 We've got both: Socialism and tile stoves. 233 00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:13,082 But you guys have only socialism and deep shit, 234 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:16,124 in which you have started to settle down. 235 00:29:20,916 --> 00:29:23,832 - Gherkins. - Thank your wife for me. 236 00:29:24,083 --> 00:29:28,832 - How's the "Tygodnik Powszechny" team? - Poorly. They're starving. 237 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:31,040 But they're looking into the future, 238 00:29:31,333 --> 00:29:36,332 preserving the idea of secular Catholicism for Varsovians like you. 239 00:29:36,791 --> 00:29:39,874 Dear Stefan, is there a future at all? 240 00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:44,249 We are not analysing the political situation 241 00:29:44,375 --> 00:29:46,082 with unauthorised people. 242 00:29:46,666 --> 00:29:49,582 But you're planning to publish some banned books. 243 00:29:49,791 --> 00:29:53,082 Yes, like "Winnie-the-Pooh". 244 00:29:54,291 --> 00:29:58,207 So perhaps I might stand a chance of publishing my Kraków essays? 245 00:29:59,916 --> 00:30:03,582 You know, maybe they were good a while ago... 246 00:30:04,666 --> 00:30:07,749 But now we aim at lighter literature. 247 00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:11,624 This is what the Politburo and society expect. 248 00:30:11,833 --> 00:30:15,540 - I'll have a perfect book for you. - Will you indeed? 249 00:30:15,708 --> 00:30:18,374 A crime action novel about fighting terrorists 250 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:20,874 in Warsaw rising from the ruins. 251 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:25,332 Terrorists? 252 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,957 In the Polish People's Republic? 253 00:30:29,833 --> 00:30:32,082 It's your fevered imagination talking. 254 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:33,458 Is that bad? 255 00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:36,207 This is not a relevant subject. 256 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:47,582 And what do they do? 257 00:30:48,458 --> 00:30:49,874 Those terrorists? 258 00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:52,374 They plan to seize power. 259 00:30:53,666 --> 00:30:55,874 - In our country? - And they prepare an attack. 260 00:30:55,958 --> 00:30:57,957 They want to blow up the Palace. 261 00:30:59,833 --> 00:31:00,833 The Palace? 262 00:31:01,666 --> 00:31:02,666 What Palace? 263 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:17,957 You are mad. 264 00:31:19,125 --> 00:31:21,957 - Not at all. - You want to blow up... 265 00:31:22,916 --> 00:31:24,124 our Palace? 266 00:31:25,708 --> 00:31:26,790 Yes! 267 00:31:38,791 --> 00:31:40,999 Do you have any idea... 268 00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:43,624 what Comrade Bierut will think about it? 269 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:45,707 He might like it. 270 00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:47,625 No! 271 00:31:48,625 --> 00:31:50,124 No... 272 00:32:44,958 --> 00:32:46,915 For the real aim of literature 273 00:32:47,041 --> 00:32:51,207 is to present great undertakings of Socialism, 274 00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:53,665 portraits of Party leaders, 275 00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:56,332 and heroic model workers. 276 00:32:57,458 --> 00:32:58,874 As the name suggests, 277 00:32:59,041 --> 00:33:03,124 socialist realism reflects reality... 278 00:33:06,041 --> 00:33:09,249 and shows people as they really are: 279 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,957 Beautiful and happy. 280 00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:15,374 And the world that surrounds them is also... 281 00:33:16,041 --> 00:33:17,707 Beautiful! 282 00:33:17,916 --> 00:33:22,540 Beautiful, with no wars, conflicts, suffering or sadness. 283 00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:24,249 Oi, Iruś, Iruś... 284 00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:28,832 Where do you get so much saliva from? 285 00:34:29,291 --> 00:34:30,291 You know... 286 00:34:30,666 --> 00:34:32,540 I do, I do... 287 00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:43,332 There's something that bothers me, honey. 288 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:45,250 Yes? 289 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:51,249 I've learnt someone wants to blow up the Palace. 290 00:34:54,041 --> 00:34:55,207 The royal one? 291 00:34:58,125 --> 00:34:59,125 No. 292 00:35:01,208 --> 00:35:02,707 This one. 293 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,790 Darling, what the fuck are you talking about? 294 00:35:44,791 --> 00:35:46,415 I wasn't... 295 00:35:47,791 --> 00:35:49,457 alert enough. 296 00:35:49,958 --> 00:35:53,957 As a result, my article on an alleged decrease 297 00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:57,249 in the pig and cattle population... 298 00:35:57,791 --> 00:35:59,915 contained judgement. 299 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:01,624 Louder, please! 300 00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:05,540 Contained false judgement, 301 00:36:05,708 --> 00:36:09,915 which betrays the proper principles of the Party 302 00:36:10,083 --> 00:36:12,415 and challenges its authority. 303 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:16,624 In consequence, it delays... 304 00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:20,707 our march to the bright future. 305 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:25,707 I can't find any excuse for myself. 306 00:36:28,833 --> 00:36:30,665 And I ask you, Comrades... 307 00:36:31,083 --> 00:36:33,457 for the heaviest punishment. 308 00:36:41,291 --> 00:36:43,832 And you, Comrade Filak? 309 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,165 What would you like to say? 310 00:36:49,083 --> 00:36:51,332 Go on, don't be shy! 311 00:36:52,208 --> 00:36:54,582 Why do you want to be a journalist? 312 00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:01,707 I'd like my dad... 313 00:37:03,666 --> 00:37:05,290 to be proud of me. 314 00:37:09,166 --> 00:37:10,166 Well... 315 00:37:12,041 --> 00:37:13,624 That's fine. Sit down. 316 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:16,874 Let me remind you that the political decision-makers 317 00:37:17,041 --> 00:37:19,957 have announced a novel competition. 318 00:37:20,333 --> 00:37:24,415 The first prize is a Warszawa passenger car. 319 00:37:24,625 --> 00:37:29,790 Non-drivers can win a holiday in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. 320 00:37:31,208 --> 00:37:35,415 You can obviously get additional points for the peasant or worker background. 321 00:37:35,625 --> 00:37:39,790 Therefore, Comrades, try hard! Golden Sands are waiting. 322 00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:42,124 Hooligans are everywhere. 323 00:37:42,666 --> 00:37:45,915 Even old women get raped and pestered. 324 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,874 And our Militia, where are they?! 325 00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:51,540 At a Health and Safety training. 326 00:37:52,125 --> 00:37:54,249 Why don't you write about it? 327 00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:57,499 I haven't been writing for a year! 328 00:37:57,958 --> 00:37:59,124 Really? 329 00:37:59,291 --> 00:38:02,624 And even if I did, they wouldn't run it anyway. 330 00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:04,915 Bad times... 331 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,499 How's your daughter? 332 00:38:07,666 --> 00:38:09,707 When are you going to be a grandpa? 333 00:38:09,875 --> 00:38:11,665 At the beginning of April. 334 00:38:11,833 --> 00:38:14,499 You should also settle down. 335 00:38:14,666 --> 00:38:16,207 Start a family. 336 00:38:16,416 --> 00:38:18,957 Adopt a dog at least. 337 00:38:19,666 --> 00:38:21,665 Great idea, Mr Zygmunt! 338 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:24,915 A dog! This is exactly what I need. 339 00:38:25,083 --> 00:38:27,832 - Thank you for the washbasin. - You're welcome. 340 00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:29,375 And? 341 00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:31,249 It sucks. 342 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:33,749 I spent all day on this. 343 00:38:33,875 --> 00:38:37,749 You have to catch the readers' attention with the first paragraph. 344 00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:41,415 Seduce them, lure them with foreplay. 345 00:38:42,125 --> 00:38:43,415 With what? 346 00:38:44,791 --> 00:38:47,040 This is a totally incredible story. 347 00:38:47,208 --> 00:38:50,290 If I hadn't been standing behind that door, 348 00:38:51,250 --> 00:38:53,165 I wouldn't have believed it myself... 349 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:55,540 This is the opening paragraph. You see? 350 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,790 Don't lay all your cards on the table at once. 351 00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:00,915 Why the door? 352 00:39:03,958 --> 00:39:05,249 I don't know. 353 00:39:05,791 --> 00:39:10,457 But it sounds promising, while a promise is an essential element 354 00:39:10,625 --> 00:39:14,124 of the affair between the reader and the writer. 355 00:39:14,541 --> 00:39:16,332 There's no better pocketknife! 356 00:39:16,541 --> 00:39:19,540 It's so easy: Take his life! Only a fiver! 357 00:39:20,041 --> 00:39:22,749 How come you've got nothing to write about? 358 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:24,749 The subjects are there for the asking. 359 00:39:24,916 --> 00:39:27,707 - Like toothbrushes? - Precisely. 360 00:39:27,958 --> 00:39:31,165 About the communist system persecuting our teeth. 361 00:39:31,791 --> 00:39:33,165 Let's look at the facts. 362 00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:37,499 The only type of toothbrush produced in Poland hurts your gums. 363 00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:41,999 So, to brush your teeth according to the self-preservation instinct, 364 00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:44,540 you have to buy toothbrushes from shady sellers. 365 00:39:44,666 --> 00:39:47,582 Where do they get this stuff? It's smuggled. 366 00:39:47,708 --> 00:39:52,040 People risk spending years in jail to bring a bit of nylon into Poland. 367 00:39:52,208 --> 00:39:54,707 And they want us to pay... how much? 368 00:39:55,333 --> 00:39:58,582 Eighty apiece, my fellow countrymen. 369 00:39:58,833 --> 00:40:02,749 If you buy three, I can give you a helmet from Monte Cassino. 370 00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:04,499 See? 371 00:40:05,041 --> 00:40:08,957 That equals ten lunches in a factory canteen. 372 00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:11,374 - Are you sure it's a good subject? - Isn't it? 373 00:40:11,583 --> 00:40:15,124 From a toothbrush to the system, to the human nature. 374 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:17,749 A good metaphor always helps you gain popularity. 375 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:19,707 - Where? - In the West. 376 00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:24,124 They like such figures of speech. You just need to learn languages. 377 00:40:24,458 --> 00:40:26,415 But I suck even at Polish. 378 00:40:27,041 --> 00:40:29,207 Read more poetry. 379 00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:46,208 Boots! 380 00:40:49,333 --> 00:40:50,957 How's school? 381 00:40:53,916 --> 00:40:56,415 It's the big freeze, classes have been called off. 382 00:40:57,208 --> 00:41:00,040 Again? But we're having a thaw. 383 00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:03,832 But the night's cold stays in the walls. 384 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:08,082 - Are you joking? - I swear the school's closed. 385 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,207 So you should have gone home to study. 386 00:41:11,416 --> 00:41:13,415 But I already know everything. 387 00:41:13,625 --> 00:41:16,332 Do you? When did Marcel Proust live? 388 00:41:22,291 --> 00:41:25,165 - You're leaving. - It's pointless. 389 00:41:25,916 --> 00:41:28,790 That's not how I imagined lessons with a famous author. 390 00:41:28,916 --> 00:41:32,790 - It's your problem. - I thought my problems were yours. 391 00:41:35,875 --> 00:41:37,999 - Let go of me! - You have to learn, girl! 392 00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:42,415 That's why you come here! Other things happen along the way. 393 00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:43,832 Don't shout. 394 00:41:45,791 --> 00:41:49,415 That's not how you speak to a student. Any student. 395 00:41:49,833 --> 00:41:53,999 Especially a student who's fallen in love with her teacher. 396 00:41:59,041 --> 00:42:00,499 What's going on? 397 00:42:04,041 --> 00:42:05,874 I'm late. 398 00:43:15,166 --> 00:43:17,707 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 399 00:43:47,833 --> 00:43:49,999 Who said you could sit down? 400 00:44:13,541 --> 00:44:15,374 Now you can sit down. 401 00:44:21,708 --> 00:44:26,332 Filak, who got you a room in the House of Writers? 402 00:44:27,333 --> 00:44:28,333 A room... 403 00:44:30,875 --> 00:44:32,499 A room... 404 00:44:34,625 --> 00:44:38,207 The key. For fuck's sake, I forgot or lost it. 405 00:44:38,958 --> 00:44:42,624 - I apologise. - Who got you the key to that dump? 406 00:44:45,041 --> 00:44:46,041 You did, Comrade. 407 00:44:46,291 --> 00:44:49,957 Do you know what you should be and do to settle in Warsaw? 408 00:44:50,125 --> 00:44:52,624 - I do. - You don't know shit. 409 00:44:53,541 --> 00:44:56,374 How about your job at "The Tourist"? 410 00:44:58,291 --> 00:44:59,540 It was also you, Comrade. 411 00:44:59,958 --> 00:45:02,540 So, did I make a bad choice for you? 412 00:45:03,250 --> 00:45:05,124 Or maybe you prefer "Kultura Paryska"? 413 00:45:05,333 --> 00:45:07,290 - No. No... - See? 414 00:45:07,833 --> 00:45:11,832 No one reads this "Tourist" crap, but the money keeps coming in. 415 00:45:12,708 --> 00:45:15,624 Is it appropriate in a socialist state? 416 00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:20,707 Is it or is it fucking not?! 417 00:45:20,958 --> 00:45:22,332 I guess not. 418 00:45:22,541 --> 00:45:25,790 Then why are you trying to fuck me like a cheap whore? 419 00:45:25,916 --> 00:45:28,374 Why don't I know everything about your neighbour? 420 00:45:28,541 --> 00:45:30,624 What he eats and how often he shits? 421 00:45:30,791 --> 00:45:33,540 Comrade, I'd have to follow him everywhere. 422 00:45:33,708 --> 00:45:36,874 To the loo, the Writers' Club, the SPATiF Club... 423 00:45:37,416 --> 00:45:39,707 That would make him suspicious. 424 00:45:39,875 --> 00:45:42,040 We have our people at SPATiF. 425 00:45:42,333 --> 00:45:44,957 Focus on the wardrobe and your ear. 426 00:45:46,166 --> 00:45:48,665 I give you one month. 427 00:45:49,375 --> 00:45:51,749 If you don't bring me specifics, 428 00:45:52,458 --> 00:45:55,915 I'll find a prospective owner of the key 429 00:45:56,208 --> 00:45:57,832 that you've lost. 430 00:45:58,166 --> 00:46:01,332 And you'll go back to your shithole. 431 00:46:02,541 --> 00:46:04,540 Or you won't. 432 00:46:07,833 --> 00:46:11,332 You'll go even further. I'll make it happen. 433 00:46:15,208 --> 00:46:19,207 The little bitch that comes to his place, does he shag her? 434 00:46:19,583 --> 00:46:22,415 Nah... He teaches her for her finals. 435 00:46:24,583 --> 00:46:29,457 Hasn't it crossed your mind he recruits all these girls as spies? 436 00:46:47,166 --> 00:46:48,166 "Manchuria". 437 00:46:48,416 --> 00:46:50,624 Is this a good title for an epic poem? 438 00:46:50,916 --> 00:46:52,749 It's perfect, Tadzio. 439 00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:55,832 Get over here, mister! 440 00:46:56,166 --> 00:46:59,040 - "QUIET HOURS: 10 p.m. - 6 a.m." 441 00:46:59,208 --> 00:47:00,208 Hello. 442 00:47:00,291 --> 00:47:02,832 The administrators ask if you're writing anything. 443 00:47:03,250 --> 00:47:05,374 - It's not their business. - On the contrary. 444 00:47:05,541 --> 00:47:08,415 This hotel is only for those who write. 445 00:47:10,250 --> 00:47:12,957 - I pay the rent. - No need to. 446 00:47:13,166 --> 00:47:16,290 All you need is write. The administrators will accept it. 447 00:47:16,791 --> 00:47:18,415 But to pay and not write... 448 00:47:18,625 --> 00:47:21,915 They think it's a fucking disgrace. So do I. 449 00:47:22,791 --> 00:47:24,582 Are you being serious? 450 00:47:25,750 --> 00:47:28,790 I'm just warning you. You can do what you want. 451 00:47:29,250 --> 00:47:33,415 People did get evicted for being bums... 452 00:47:56,708 --> 00:47:59,957 Filak, no more beating around the fucking bush. 453 00:48:05,083 --> 00:48:08,374 I'll tell you what your buddy, Mister T is planning. 454 00:48:08,625 --> 00:48:10,374 Go to the window. 455 00:48:22,625 --> 00:48:24,415 Peek under the roller blind. 456 00:48:28,833 --> 00:48:30,290 What do you see? 457 00:48:35,916 --> 00:48:38,915 - The world... - Meaning? 458 00:48:40,166 --> 00:48:43,207 Buildings... Streets, people... 459 00:48:43,708 --> 00:48:45,290 Right. 460 00:48:46,708 --> 00:48:48,915 And in the distance? 461 00:48:50,500 --> 00:48:53,249 - More buildings... - Focus, will you?! 462 00:49:04,375 --> 00:49:06,665 The Palace... Can you see it? 463 00:49:07,333 --> 00:49:09,874 - The gift from the Soviet nation. - I can see it. 464 00:49:10,083 --> 00:49:11,083 Right. 465 00:49:11,458 --> 00:49:15,249 Then how is Mister T linked to this magnificent gift? 466 00:49:18,250 --> 00:49:20,624 Maybe he'd like to... 467 00:49:27,541 --> 00:49:29,915 He'd like to... 468 00:49:32,458 --> 00:49:34,707 He'd like to live there. 469 00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:53,874 The Editor-in-Chief is a demanding Commie, 470 00:49:54,291 --> 00:49:56,499 but he lets us be. 471 00:49:59,750 --> 00:50:02,749 So, you're gonna write something. 472 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:05,540 Some catchy action so that people like it. 473 00:50:05,875 --> 00:50:08,040 And "The Tourist" belongs to us! 474 00:50:09,958 --> 00:50:13,249 So you write your name and I write about mountains? 475 00:50:13,541 --> 00:50:15,749 Mountains or... 476 00:50:18,916 --> 00:50:22,957 And we split the money fifty-fifty. Gotta pay the bills, right? 477 00:50:23,083 --> 00:50:25,707 Especially now, with a child on the way. 478 00:50:31,458 --> 00:50:33,374 You were talking loudly... 479 00:50:33,583 --> 00:50:35,915 I heard you through the... wall. 480 00:50:37,541 --> 00:50:39,915 Can you hear other things too? 481 00:50:40,708 --> 00:50:41,749 No. 482 00:51:09,375 --> 00:51:11,874 "LENIN IN PORONIN" 483 00:51:16,166 --> 00:51:20,874 "On the sightseeing trail of the great revolutionaries." 484 00:51:43,958 --> 00:51:46,582 You didn't even hear me come in. 485 00:52:03,541 --> 00:52:04,874 Look at me. 486 00:52:12,416 --> 00:52:13,707 You know... 487 00:52:14,958 --> 00:52:17,207 It was a false alarm. 488 00:52:19,125 --> 00:52:21,249 You don't have to worry. 489 00:52:24,791 --> 00:52:25,791 So? 490 00:52:26,916 --> 00:52:29,665 As a reward, can I go to the Press Ball? 491 00:52:30,916 --> 00:52:34,290 First, I want to see your end-of-term report. 492 00:52:34,958 --> 00:52:37,249 Can't we arrange it differently? 493 00:52:40,041 --> 00:52:41,415 No. 494 00:52:42,583 --> 00:52:45,499 And who creates the world in a novel? 495 00:52:46,041 --> 00:52:47,165 The narrator. 496 00:52:47,291 --> 00:52:48,874 What kind of narrator? 497 00:52:49,291 --> 00:52:51,624 Omniscient like God. 498 00:52:54,291 --> 00:52:55,957 Come on, I know it. 499 00:52:56,541 --> 00:53:01,874 The first-person narrator belongs to this world and is the protagonist. 500 00:53:03,208 --> 00:53:06,124 - Am I making any progress? - Hardly any. 501 00:53:06,458 --> 00:53:08,332 Don't be so grumpy. 502 00:53:09,166 --> 00:53:13,374 You're underestimating me. I'm your destiny. 503 00:53:13,791 --> 00:53:16,790 Don't use words you don't understand. 504 00:53:17,583 --> 00:53:21,749 You once said it yourself right before the orgasm. 505 00:53:41,250 --> 00:53:43,249 Your hands are terribly dirty. 506 00:53:43,791 --> 00:53:46,082 What do you expect after eight classes? 507 00:53:46,250 --> 00:53:49,207 Wash yourself. The tap's already working. 508 00:53:49,791 --> 00:53:53,540 You want to remake me like Pygmalion remakes Gonorrhoea. 509 00:53:54,041 --> 00:53:56,040 Galatea. 510 00:53:56,375 --> 00:54:00,249 You don't care about my feelings. You're an arrogant pervert. 511 00:54:00,500 --> 00:54:02,207 And an old freak! 512 00:54:04,041 --> 00:54:05,207 Oh? 513 00:55:13,458 --> 00:55:15,499 I don't understand you, mate. 514 00:55:16,458 --> 00:55:18,957 You're sculpting a wonderful woman. 515 00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:20,957 But not for yourself. 516 00:55:24,500 --> 00:55:26,457 You have to write more. 517 00:55:26,833 --> 00:55:30,499 It will increase your economic status and recognition. 518 00:55:30,666 --> 00:55:32,499 That's my dream. 519 00:55:32,791 --> 00:55:33,832 You see? 520 00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:38,165 They don't publish me, so I keep staring at the ceiling. 521 00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:41,082 It's also a sort of pleasure though. 522 00:55:43,125 --> 00:55:47,957 If I didn't know you, I'd think you were a classic agitator. 523 00:55:49,666 --> 00:55:50,999 I beg your pardon? 524 00:55:51,833 --> 00:55:54,124 You know I'm joking. 525 00:55:55,208 --> 00:55:57,290 They're going to break me one day. 526 00:55:57,458 --> 00:56:01,790 Not with beating, but with speaking, soft and warm like rotting. 527 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:05,290 God, if You exist, set me free from my need 528 00:56:05,458 --> 00:56:10,290 for privileges and luxuries or take me without delay. 529 00:56:11,458 --> 00:56:13,374 Now, please welcome... 530 00:56:14,541 --> 00:56:17,540 The guardian spirit of Polish literature 531 00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:20,332 and its first reviewer. 532 00:56:20,958 --> 00:56:23,707 An exceptionally sensitive 533 00:56:24,375 --> 00:56:26,124 and diligent reader, 534 00:56:26,958 --> 00:56:29,499 who can notice the mistakes 535 00:56:30,666 --> 00:56:32,665 that theoretically don't exist. 536 00:56:32,916 --> 00:56:35,540 An admirer of innovation in poetry 537 00:56:36,083 --> 00:56:38,749 and tradition in prose. 538 00:56:40,833 --> 00:56:42,707 Dear Journalists! 539 00:56:43,166 --> 00:56:44,540 Honourable Artists! 540 00:56:45,083 --> 00:56:48,749 Experts on the phrase, rhymes and adjectives! 541 00:56:49,250 --> 00:56:50,749 Please welcome 542 00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:54,374 the First Secretary of the Central Committee 543 00:56:54,541 --> 00:56:57,207 of the Polish United Workers' Party: 544 00:56:57,791 --> 00:56:59,999 Comrade Bolesław Bierut! 545 00:57:00,583 --> 00:57:05,207 "POLISH JOURNALISTS SUPPORT THE PEASANT AND WORKER GOVERNMENT" 546 00:57:18,583 --> 00:57:21,249 Artists and journalists, writers and poets 547 00:57:21,375 --> 00:57:24,499 should forge an alliance with the working class. 548 00:57:24,958 --> 00:57:26,790 This is our current goal. 549 00:57:26,958 --> 00:57:30,082 Therefore write, Comrades! Write! 550 00:57:30,541 --> 00:57:34,999 The Polish People's Republic needs your imagination. 551 00:57:35,500 --> 00:57:38,790 Write the novel of the century, better than anything else so far. 552 00:57:38,875 --> 00:57:43,040 The worker and peasant government wishes you good luck. 553 00:57:43,166 --> 00:57:45,415 Go and join the letters, 554 00:57:45,875 --> 00:57:49,332 while we build bridges, roads and factories. 555 00:57:49,833 --> 00:57:56,624 Our socialist realism will bloom only if we toil together. 556 00:58:11,166 --> 00:58:15,332 I want to drink so fucking badly, but I can't. 557 00:58:18,791 --> 00:58:20,290 I beg your pardon? 558 00:58:21,375 --> 00:58:22,832 The doctor's orders. 559 00:58:25,166 --> 00:58:26,874 Fucking cirrhosis. 560 00:58:27,083 --> 00:58:28,124 It's hereditary. 561 00:58:30,958 --> 00:58:32,624 But this... 562 00:58:33,083 --> 00:58:36,082 No prick will take it away from me. 563 00:59:03,625 --> 00:59:05,040 It kicks arse, doesn't it? 564 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:07,165 Bloody weed... 565 00:59:07,916 --> 00:59:09,124 it is strong. 566 00:59:09,333 --> 00:59:12,499 I got it from the First Secretary of Uzbekistan. 567 00:59:12,708 --> 00:59:16,415 They plant it as part of their national tradition. 568 00:59:21,375 --> 00:59:23,249 So I've been thinking... 569 00:59:24,375 --> 00:59:27,499 Maybe I should issue a decree to do the same. 570 00:59:30,750 --> 00:59:34,999 To seed the area around Warsaw with weed. 571 00:59:35,208 --> 00:59:38,207 That would secure you a place in history. 572 00:59:38,333 --> 00:59:42,082 Instead of one fucking thousand schools for one thousand years of our state. 573 00:59:42,250 --> 00:59:45,749 - Why not link these two? - Yes! 574 00:59:46,583 --> 00:59:48,082 For Poland. 575 00:59:49,833 --> 00:59:52,332 For our beloved homeland. 576 00:59:54,958 --> 00:59:58,040 Everyone thinks I hate it. 577 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,415 I'm not everyone. 578 01:00:03,458 --> 01:00:05,207 Well said. 579 01:00:07,416 --> 01:00:09,874 I'll keep it in mind, Comrade. 580 01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:17,540 And now fuck off. I want to take a piss. 581 01:00:26,083 --> 01:00:29,749 Is that what you call writing at night?! Bravo! 582 01:00:30,125 --> 01:00:32,790 Fucking intellectuals! 583 01:00:33,083 --> 01:00:36,124 Parasites! And whoremongers! 584 01:00:37,333 --> 01:00:38,333 Psst! 585 01:00:38,708 --> 01:00:40,207 Psst! Psst! 586 01:00:43,083 --> 01:00:47,249 They came and asked the neighbours about you. 587 01:00:48,125 --> 01:00:51,874 - Who did? - They didn't say their names. 588 01:00:52,625 --> 01:00:55,124 You must get yourself a dog. 589 01:00:55,750 --> 01:00:57,415 You must! 590 01:01:50,083 --> 01:01:52,290 You want to know what freedom is? 591 01:01:52,458 --> 01:01:53,582 Freedom. 592 01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:57,499 The sun disappeared behind the horizon as the sky turned bronze. 593 01:03:58,458 --> 01:04:00,457 Lenin finished talking. 594 01:04:05,750 --> 01:04:10,082 The room was filled with silence as deep as if everyone had died. 595 01:04:10,625 --> 01:04:13,749 Yet, Piotr knew it wasn't death that caught up with them, 596 01:04:13,916 --> 01:04:15,832 but pangs of conscience. 597 01:04:16,458 --> 01:04:20,749 These pangs of conscience were offered like bread or amber 598 01:04:20,958 --> 01:04:25,582 by this wonderful, modest man, whom they were watching now. 599 01:04:27,333 --> 01:04:31,624 Lenin's simple words finally broke the silence: 600 01:04:32,833 --> 01:04:36,624 Turn on the lights, I want to see you. 601 01:04:37,916 --> 01:04:42,915 Someone reached for the lamp and soon the room looked as usual. 602 01:04:44,625 --> 01:04:47,415 Piotr knew, however, that it was only an illusion 603 01:04:47,583 --> 01:04:51,582 and since this moment on, nothing would ever be the same. 604 01:04:55,375 --> 01:04:57,749 Vladimir Ilyich stared at the window. 605 01:04:58,666 --> 01:05:00,749 The sky over Poronin had already darkened, 606 01:05:00,875 --> 01:05:04,207 while women in neighbouring huts prepared supper. 607 01:05:06,125 --> 01:05:10,332 The world of highlanders was changing for the better. 608 01:05:21,166 --> 01:05:22,166 Wonderful. 609 01:05:33,416 --> 01:05:36,707 "THE YOUNG JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION IS THE PARTY'S AVANT-GARDE" 610 01:05:36,875 --> 01:05:38,457 Wonderful, Comrade. 611 01:05:39,541 --> 01:05:41,457 You have a great talent. 612 01:05:43,333 --> 01:05:45,124 Don't waste it. 613 01:06:30,750 --> 01:06:32,457 Comrade! 614 01:06:34,833 --> 01:06:36,249 Come here, please. 615 01:06:40,791 --> 01:06:44,707 We're looking for Mr Kozera. He ordered a wall map from us. 616 01:06:45,625 --> 01:06:46,790 Beautiful! 617 01:06:47,250 --> 01:06:48,832 That's exactly what I wanted. 618 01:06:48,958 --> 01:06:52,207 It's big. The best paper from Czechoslovakia. 619 01:06:52,541 --> 01:06:54,165 Louder, please! 620 01:06:54,666 --> 01:06:56,749 A huge map! You can see everything! 621 01:06:56,875 --> 01:06:58,582 It's beautiful! 622 01:06:58,750 --> 01:07:01,624 - Pity it shows the Soviet Union. - There are no other maps. 623 01:07:01,791 --> 01:07:03,374 - But there will be! - No! 624 01:07:03,500 --> 01:07:06,082 You will start to print them. Bravo! 625 01:07:06,208 --> 01:07:08,415 Look at our young Poles! 626 01:07:08,541 --> 01:07:11,249 They will print everything. Everything! 627 01:07:11,375 --> 01:07:13,582 There will never be other maps! Never! 628 01:07:13,708 --> 01:07:15,457 All right! 629 01:07:15,833 --> 01:07:20,332 All you need is a dog. Every young person should have one. 630 01:07:20,500 --> 01:07:22,749 - What dog? - This big. 631 01:07:23,125 --> 01:07:26,540 A dog is a man's best friend. 632 01:07:26,958 --> 01:07:29,540 It will never leave him. Never! 633 01:07:29,750 --> 01:07:32,082 They brought a summons when you were out. 634 01:07:32,541 --> 01:07:35,082 "SUMMONS The Secret Police." 635 01:08:06,583 --> 01:08:08,832 The Secret Police have called me in. 636 01:08:09,291 --> 01:08:10,790 Can I leave it here? 637 01:08:32,791 --> 01:08:35,332 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 638 01:08:50,333 --> 01:08:52,332 Do you have a family? 639 01:08:52,458 --> 01:08:53,458 No. 640 01:08:55,291 --> 01:08:58,040 - A job? - Not a permanent one. 641 01:08:58,208 --> 01:09:01,415 There you go. Now we've got a problem. 642 01:09:01,583 --> 01:09:04,499 Idling, meeting whores... 643 01:09:05,625 --> 01:09:06,707 That's a pity. 644 01:09:07,125 --> 01:09:10,415 I prefer meeting whores to intellectuals. 645 01:09:10,833 --> 01:09:13,790 I understand your approach. 646 01:09:13,875 --> 01:09:16,457 So, maybe you've heard something interesting? 647 01:09:18,625 --> 01:09:19,625 Meaning? 648 01:09:20,375 --> 01:09:23,040 Like, there's something big going on... 649 01:09:27,291 --> 01:09:28,624 What exactly? 650 01:09:32,541 --> 01:09:36,332 My adult age, the age of defeat, has begun to exhaust me. 651 01:09:36,666 --> 01:09:39,874 I'd rather lose it like teeth and go senile in peace. 652 01:09:40,166 --> 01:09:44,457 Yet, it's impossible... Male urges won't leave me alone. 653 01:09:45,416 --> 01:09:48,374 Between two evils, I don't know which is worse: 654 01:09:48,666 --> 01:09:50,707 An unproductive erection 655 01:09:51,625 --> 01:09:54,790 or the communist system outside the window. 656 01:09:55,041 --> 01:09:57,415 Secret Police, open up! 657 01:10:03,666 --> 01:10:05,665 Secret Police, open up! 658 01:10:19,375 --> 01:10:21,707 It wouldn't hurt to air this pigsty. 659 01:10:21,875 --> 01:10:24,165 There's a problem... 660 01:10:24,666 --> 01:10:26,082 The window... 661 01:10:26,666 --> 01:10:28,374 is broken. Totally. 662 01:10:31,583 --> 01:10:34,040 That hack writer from Room 20... 663 01:10:36,166 --> 01:10:38,040 Did you see him leave? 664 01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:44,124 Did he take anything with him? 665 01:10:44,333 --> 01:10:45,333 No. 666 01:10:46,958 --> 01:10:48,832 Maybe he left something? 667 01:10:49,666 --> 01:10:51,165 Papers? 668 01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:55,582 Papers? 669 01:10:56,125 --> 01:10:58,915 Blueprints. Architectural plans. 670 01:11:00,583 --> 01:11:02,374 Photographs perhaps? 671 01:11:02,916 --> 01:11:04,665 He didn't leave anything. 672 01:11:10,291 --> 01:11:12,374 Who's his closest friend here? 673 01:11:17,375 --> 01:11:19,374 Nobody. 674 01:11:20,208 --> 01:11:21,707 He's a poser. 675 01:11:21,958 --> 01:11:24,040 Pretending to be better than he really is. 676 01:11:24,250 --> 01:11:26,790 A lousy drinker. No one likes him. 677 01:12:03,791 --> 01:12:05,582 I'll read you something. 678 01:12:13,208 --> 01:12:15,915 Over the green line of the meadow, 679 01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:19,707 the sky spread its wings like a kite, 680 01:12:20,208 --> 01:12:22,915 while the wind swept through the land 681 01:12:23,166 --> 01:12:25,790 as if it had been the beginning of love 682 01:12:26,250 --> 01:12:28,582 and not an autumn gale. 683 01:12:32,125 --> 01:12:33,624 And what do you think? 684 01:12:37,958 --> 01:12:38,958 Beautiful. 685 01:12:42,458 --> 01:12:43,458 Really? 686 01:14:41,250 --> 01:14:44,165 I hoped you'd say something interesting. 687 01:14:44,833 --> 01:14:46,332 And what did I get? 688 01:14:49,666 --> 01:14:51,082 No specifics. 689 01:14:54,500 --> 01:14:57,790 That's not how I imagined a meeting with an artist. 690 01:15:02,833 --> 01:15:05,624 And you think we don't know. 691 01:15:06,041 --> 01:15:07,374 We do. 692 01:15:09,333 --> 01:15:11,332 We know everything. 693 01:15:17,416 --> 01:15:20,165 We know you listen to Western radio stations. 694 01:15:20,458 --> 01:15:24,165 We know you go to illegal concerts of reactionary music. 695 01:15:26,916 --> 01:15:30,582 And we know you have a scarf of the Nazi Kriegsmarine. 696 01:15:30,750 --> 01:15:32,207 We know everything. 697 01:15:32,916 --> 01:15:37,415 I use the scarf to clean my shoes and jazz is the music of the oppressed. 698 01:15:37,583 --> 01:15:39,165 The oppressed from America. 699 01:15:39,333 --> 01:15:43,082 Exactly, it's played by black musicians, descendants of slaves... 700 01:15:43,833 --> 01:15:44,833 Whatever. 701 01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:47,957 Does it mean you don't fucking like the system?! 702 01:15:50,041 --> 01:15:51,582 There's a law against it. 703 01:15:53,333 --> 01:15:57,499 How did you like the gherkins Kisielewski brought you from Kraków? 704 01:16:01,458 --> 01:16:03,040 The walls have ears. 705 01:16:16,333 --> 01:16:18,624 That's why you won't deceive us. 706 01:16:19,666 --> 01:16:20,999 You won't. 707 01:16:22,833 --> 01:16:24,082 We know. 708 01:16:26,708 --> 01:16:27,708 What? 709 01:16:28,291 --> 01:16:29,832 That you're scheming. 710 01:16:31,833 --> 01:16:34,624 You're scheming against the people's state. 711 01:16:34,916 --> 01:16:37,915 But the people's state is like mother and father. 712 01:16:38,125 --> 01:16:41,124 If necessary, it's gonna spank your arse 713 01:16:41,375 --> 01:16:43,915 to point you in the right direction. 714 01:16:45,958 --> 01:16:47,124 Sign it. 715 01:16:49,333 --> 01:16:50,540 What's this? 716 01:16:52,291 --> 01:16:53,957 A statement of commitment. 717 01:16:54,166 --> 01:16:57,165 You commit to keeping this conversation to yourself. 718 01:17:00,291 --> 01:17:02,249 Now fucking sign it. 719 01:17:26,875 --> 01:17:28,374 "Mister T." 720 01:18:04,333 --> 01:18:05,540 You're here. 721 01:18:47,833 --> 01:18:50,832 My parents were happy together. 722 01:18:55,666 --> 01:18:57,957 So could we. 723 01:19:02,833 --> 01:19:05,415 You're taking your finals in a month. 724 01:19:07,333 --> 01:19:09,165 My work will be done. 725 01:19:14,458 --> 01:19:17,165 There's nothing else I can give you. 726 01:19:22,416 --> 01:19:23,915 I know. 727 01:20:09,708 --> 01:20:11,457 I'm giving it back. 728 01:20:34,125 --> 01:20:35,707 Agitator! 729 01:20:44,416 --> 01:20:46,915 A pathetic Don Juan and a cheap informer. 730 01:20:47,166 --> 01:20:48,624 The worst sort. 731 01:23:00,708 --> 01:23:03,624 Can you repeat? I must have misheard. 732 01:23:04,208 --> 01:23:05,749 For the third time? 733 01:23:06,666 --> 01:23:10,207 If you refuse to cooperate, you know what's coming for you? 734 01:23:14,708 --> 01:23:17,790 Those you grassed on will meet you in jail. 735 01:23:18,166 --> 01:23:20,874 And they'll screw you nice and clean. 736 01:23:24,958 --> 01:23:26,415 Fuck that. 737 01:23:30,041 --> 01:23:31,540 Filak, Filak... 738 01:23:33,375 --> 01:23:38,790 I thought you were my bosom friend, while you're treating me like this? 739 01:23:40,291 --> 01:23:42,749 You won't last long behind bars. 740 01:23:45,750 --> 01:23:47,624 You're gonna go to waste... 741 01:23:48,708 --> 01:23:50,540 Why not enjoy your life? 742 01:23:56,750 --> 01:23:59,207 So, you shut up all of a sudden? 743 01:24:06,250 --> 01:24:09,374 I have no gift for writing. 744 01:24:50,041 --> 01:24:51,457 I'm sorry... 745 01:24:53,375 --> 01:24:54,540 Investigation? 746 01:24:55,291 --> 01:24:56,790 Frustration. 747 01:24:59,625 --> 01:25:04,124 They don't print my articles or publish my books. 748 01:25:06,500 --> 01:25:08,749 But they won't stop at that. 749 01:25:10,041 --> 01:25:13,832 Now they're trying find wickedness I'm incapable of. 750 01:25:14,166 --> 01:25:16,915 You know what? You must get married. 751 01:25:17,333 --> 01:25:19,457 Then you'll be able to screw the system. 752 01:25:19,625 --> 01:25:22,624 To focus on your family and long walks. 753 01:25:25,125 --> 01:25:27,499 You think I wouldn't like to? 754 01:25:29,375 --> 01:25:30,540 But to whom? 755 01:25:37,375 --> 01:25:39,874 A liar and a first-rate slob. 756 01:25:41,875 --> 01:25:44,499 I might end up killing her over a dirty sock. 757 01:25:45,666 --> 01:25:47,207 But you love her. 758 01:25:50,500 --> 01:25:52,957 That's why I won't ruin her life. 759 01:26:02,291 --> 01:26:04,374 Would you take a look at my new rhymes? 760 01:26:04,541 --> 01:26:05,624 Sure. 761 01:26:10,500 --> 01:26:12,374 Zbigniew... 762 01:26:14,208 --> 01:26:16,749 Have you heard about "Dolls for Adults"? 763 01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:18,707 Of course. 764 01:26:19,708 --> 01:26:22,832 Every respectable poet has one at home. 765 01:26:23,708 --> 01:26:24,915 You too? 766 01:26:25,833 --> 01:26:27,915 I can't afford it, but I'd like to. 767 01:26:30,083 --> 01:26:31,083 But... 768 01:26:33,833 --> 01:26:37,790 What do you need that doll for? I don't think it's for... 769 01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:41,624 On the contrary, my friend. 770 01:26:45,416 --> 01:26:46,915 On the contrary. 771 01:28:52,458 --> 01:28:55,707 The Devil showed up in Warsaw today. 772 01:28:56,666 --> 01:29:00,374 He said he was a substitute, but never said for whom. 773 01:29:01,041 --> 01:29:04,790 All applications and requests should be filed with him: 774 01:29:05,083 --> 01:29:08,749 That's what he claimed with a cheerful smile. 775 01:29:09,333 --> 01:29:13,165 We formed a long queue, each with their own painful issue. 776 01:29:13,458 --> 01:29:15,457 We were full of hope. 777 01:29:15,666 --> 01:29:20,999 Anyone could touch our heart and face with one warm glance. 778 01:29:22,208 --> 01:29:26,290 None of us suspected what we were waiting for. 779 01:29:49,041 --> 01:29:50,665 I want to say goodbye. 780 01:29:51,708 --> 01:29:53,082 I'm leaving. 781 01:30:19,083 --> 01:30:20,540 Thank you. 782 01:31:15,791 --> 01:31:18,707 "NOWY CZYTELNIK: A publishing house." 783 01:31:23,875 --> 01:31:26,124 It's going to be a crime story and a picture 784 01:31:26,250 --> 01:31:28,040 of life in Warsaw after the war. 785 01:31:28,208 --> 01:31:33,499 A book to read on the train and in bed, with no intellectual content. 786 01:31:37,083 --> 01:31:38,457 I like that. 787 01:31:40,541 --> 01:31:43,749 Apparently, you have first-hand information. 788 01:31:45,166 --> 01:31:47,749 You mean the criminal underworld? 789 01:31:49,500 --> 01:31:52,832 I mean the Secret Police. 790 01:31:55,625 --> 01:32:00,374 Writers look for consultants even among them. 791 01:32:01,500 --> 01:32:05,457 Or in a password-only jazz club. 792 01:32:11,625 --> 01:32:13,957 Please excuse me for a moment. 793 01:38:14,750 --> 01:38:16,165 Have a seat, please. 794 01:38:29,333 --> 01:38:31,874 First Secretary Comrade Bierut 795 01:38:32,750 --> 01:38:37,457 is impressed by a certain contemporary work. 796 01:38:37,875 --> 01:38:42,124 He told me he'd like to ask your advice. 797 01:38:44,250 --> 01:38:45,457 My advice? 798 01:38:45,708 --> 01:38:46,708 Yes. 799 01:38:46,916 --> 01:38:50,124 The First Secretary values your judgement. 800 01:38:51,791 --> 01:38:54,790 - My judgement? - It's a detail. 801 01:38:55,250 --> 01:38:57,124 Quite important though. 802 01:38:57,541 --> 01:39:00,915 Is "Manchuria" a good title for an epic poem? 803 01:39:04,416 --> 01:39:08,874 In my humble opinion, it's absolutely perfect. 804 01:39:10,416 --> 01:39:13,040 Comrade Bierut thinks so too. 805 01:39:14,708 --> 01:39:18,249 We will sign a contract for this little book of yours. 806 01:39:18,708 --> 01:39:21,499 No need to put it off. Let's do it right away. 807 01:39:30,375 --> 01:39:32,749 "DOLLS FOR ADULTS Wałach and Sons." 808 01:39:43,916 --> 01:39:45,790 What's the title? 809 01:39:45,958 --> 01:39:47,374 "The Good One." 810 01:39:49,541 --> 01:39:51,040 No doubt. 811 01:39:51,416 --> 01:39:52,790 So? 812 01:41:13,291 --> 01:41:15,207 In memory of KAZIMIERZ KUTZ 813 01:41:16,416 --> 01:41:18,332 directed by 814 01:41:19,416 --> 01:41:21,332 written by 815 01:41:22,625 --> 01:41:24,540 producer 816 01:41:25,875 --> 01:41:27,749 line producer 817 01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:30,790 director of photography 818 01:41:32,083 --> 01:41:33,957 production designers 819 01:41:35,166 --> 01:41:37,082 editor 820 01:41:38,291 --> 01:41:40,207 costume designer 821 01:41:41,416 --> 01:41:43,332 make-up artist 822 01:41:44,541 --> 01:41:46,457 sound design by 823 01:41:47,625 --> 01:41:49,540 music by 824 01:41:53,833 --> 01:41:55,749 production manager 825 01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:58,160 translated by Magdalena Cedro subtitled by Benno Zerbst