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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01, 000--> 00:00:04, 074 Υπότιτλους κατεβάσει από www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:55, 040--> 00:00:57, 031 ΔΆΣΟΣ ΘΕΏΝ 3 00:00:57, 880--> 00:01:01, 873 ΚΆΠΟΤΕ ΓΝΩΣΤΉ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΔΙΑΚΟΣΜΗΤΙΚΌ ΣΤΥΛ ΜΠΑΡΌΚ 4 00:01:01, 920--> 00:01:05, 913 Σύμφωνα με τα κίνητρα του Balys Sruoga ΜΥΘΙΣΤΌΡΗΜΑ «ΔΆΣΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΏΝ» 5 00:01:05, 960--> 00:01:08, 076 ΣΤΗ ΜΈΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΟ 20ΟΥ ΑΙΏΝΑ ΣΤΗ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΊΑ 6 00:01:08, 120--> 00:01:10, 873 ΘΑ ΜΠΟΡΟΎΣΕ ΝΑ ΕΠΑΊΡΕΤΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΣΤΡΑΤΏΝΕΣ. 7 00:01:11, 880--> 00:01:13, 950 ΝΑ ΚΑΤΑΛΆΒΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΉ ΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΣΗ 8 00:01:14, 080--> 00:01:17, 038 ΕΝΌΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΌΠΕΔΟΥ ΣΥΓΚΈΝΤΡΩΣΗΣ ΚΆΤΟΙΚΟΣ 9 00:01:18, 960--> 00:01:21, 997 ΘΑ ΠΡΈΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΑΛΛΆΞΟΥΜΕ ΟΛΌΚΛΗΡΟ ΣΚΕΠΤΙΚΌ ΜΑΣ. 10 00:01:24, 000--> 00:01:26, 070 ΠΡΏΤΑ ΑΠΌ ΜΠΆΝΙΟΥ, ΧΡΕΙΆΖΕΤΑΙ Η ΚΟΙΝΉ ΤΩΝ 11 00:01:26, 880--> 00:01:28, 996 ΝΑ ΣΤΑΛΕΊ ΣΤΙΣ ΑΠΕΡΙΌΡΙΣΤΕΣ ΔΙΑΚΟΠΈΣ. 12 00:01:29, 080--> 00:01:30, 957 ΤΟΥΛΆΧΙΣΤΟΝ ΓΙΑ ΈΝΑ ΔΙΆΣΤΗΜΑ 13 00:01:31, 000--> 00:01:32, 911 ΜΥΑΛΌ ΜΑΣ ΘΑ ΠΡΈΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΑΝΤΙΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΘΕΊ 14 00:01:32, 960--> 00:01:36, 953 ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΌΓΟΝΑ ΈΝΣΤΙΚΤΑ πείνα, αυτοσυντήρησης. 15 00:01:39, 120--> 00:01:41, 873 Πρέπει να γίνει μια σαφής διαχωριστική γραμμή 16 00:01:42, 960--> 00:01:44, 951 μεταξύ ενός άνδρα και ένα θηρίο, 17 00:01:45, 040--> 00:01:47, 076 μεταξύ ζωής και θανάτου. 18 00:02:27, 960--> 00:02:29, 916 Μητέρα του Θεού! 19 00:03:05, 880--> 00:03:07, 029 Τι κάνεις εδώ; 20 00:03:11, 080--> 00:03:13, 913 Τι κάνεις εδώ, Σερ! 21 00:03:13, 960--> 00:03:14, 995 Μαρία! 22 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,916 Maria, who's that man? 23 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,877 Maria! 24 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:24,876 What's going on? 25 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,876 Who, sir, would you be? 26 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,069 Who would you be, sir? 27 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,871 Take your documents, Professor. 28 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,069 You're coming with us. 29 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,076 - What documents? - A passport. 30 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,031 It's a misunderstanding. 31 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,035 I'll be right back. 32 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,913 I'll make herring with hot potatoes for dinner. 33 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,995 Okay. 34 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,871 I'll be right back. 35 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,072 What have you been doing for the past two weeks, Professor? 36 00:04:16, 880--> 00:04:19, 030 -Τις τελευταίες δύο εβδομάδες, θ... - κάθονται. 37 00:04:19, 880--> 00:04:21, 871 Έχω ήδη πολύ απασχολημένος, 38 00:04:21, 920--> 00:04:23, 956 Έχω μετάφραση ενός παιχνιδιού σε στίχο... 39 00:04:24, 000--> 00:04:25, 035 Παρακαλώ καθίστε. 40 00:04:25, 080--> 00:04:27, 913 ... σε στίχο, στο Ίαμβος, για το θέατρο. 41 00:04:28, 040--> 00:04:30, 076 Έχω επίσης γράψει μια μελέτη 42 00:04:30, 880--> 00:04:33, 075 την αναγέννηση της Φλωρεντίας. 43 00:04:33, 120--> 00:04:35, 918 Μπορείτε να δώσετε διαλέξεις στο Πανεπιστήμιο. 44 00:04:35, 960--> 00:04:37, 951 ΘΑ ΠΡΈΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΈΧΕΤΕ ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΉΣΕΙ ΥΠΉΡΧΑΝ 45 00:04:38, 000--> 00:04:40, 992 ΌΛΟ ΚΑΙ ΛΙΓΌΤΕΡΟ ΟΙ ΜΑΘΗΤΈΣ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΌ ΤΈΛΟΣ ΔΕΝ ΑΦΉΝΕΙ ΚΑΝΈΝΑΣ. 46 00:04:41, 040--> 00:04:42, 951 ΤΙ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΑΥΤΆ ΠΟΥ ΛΕΣ; 47 00:04:43, 000--> 00:04:45, 958 ΧΘΕΣ ΈΔΩΣΑ ΜΙΑ ΔΙΆΛΕΞΗ ΣΤΟ Ο ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΌΣ ΡΟΜΑΝΤΙΣΜΌΣ 48 00:04:46, 000--> 00:04:49, 037 -ΚΑΙ ΥΠΉΡΞΑΝ ΑΡΚΕΤΟΊ ΜΑΘΗΤΈΣ. -ΑΡΚΕΤΆ? -ΝΑΙ, ΑΡΚΕΤΆ! 49 00:04:51, 000--> 00:04:53, 878 ΊΔΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΛΕΤΤΟΝΏΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΘΟΝΏΝ ΑΠΆΝΤΗΣΕ 50 00:04:53, 920--> 00:04:55, 911 ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΌΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΜΑΣ ΝΑ ΚΙΝΗΤΟΠΟΙΉΣΕΙ. 51 00:04:56, 040--> 00:04:57, 996 ΑΛΛΆ ΑΥΤΉ Η ΧΏΡΑ? 52 00:04:58, 880--> 00:05:00, 996 ΓΎΡΙΣΕ ΔΎΟ ΑΝΆΠΗΡΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΕΛΌΣ 53 00:05:01, 040--> 00:05:02, 996 ΣΤΟ ΓΡΑΦΕΊΟ ΠΡΟΣΛΉΨΕΩΝ. 54 00:05:03, 040--> 00:05:04, 951 ΤΙ ΘΈΑΤΡΟ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΑΥΤΌ? 55 00:05:05, 120--> 00:05:07, 873 ΕΊΣΤΕ ΔΗΜΟΦΙΛΕΊΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΎ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΘΗΤΏΝ. 56 00:05:07, 920--> 00:05:10, 070 ΔΕΝ ΈΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ ΓΙΑΤΊ ΕΠΙΡΡΟΉ ΣΑΣ. 57 00:05:10, 880--> 00:05:12, 916 ΔΕΝ ΕΊΜΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΦΙΛΉΣ ΣΤΗ ΧΏΡΑ ΜΟΥ. 58 00:05:13, 040--> 00:05:14, 996 ΔΕΝ ΔΙΑΒΆΖΩ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΊΔΕΣ, 59 00:05:15, 880--> 00:05:18, 872 ΔΕΝ ΕΝΔΙΑΦΈΡΟΜΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΉ, ΕΊΜΑΙ ΑΠΛΆ ΈΝΑΣ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΉΣ. 60 00:05:18, 920--> 00:05:21, 070 ΑΝ ΘΈΛΕΤΕ ΓΡΆΨΤΕ ΚΆΤΩ ΕΙΔΙΚΌ ΕΊΜΑΙ ΠΟΙΗΤΉΣ ΚΑΘΏΣ ΚΑΙ. 61 00:05:21, 120--> 00:05:23, 998 -ΝΑΙ, ΈΝΑΣ ΠΟΙΗΤΉΣ. -ΠΟΙΗΤΉΣ ΜΠΟΡΕΊ ΕΠΊΣΗΣ ΝΑ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΊΝΔΥΝΟ. 62 00:05:24, 040--> 00:05:25, 996 ΠΏΣ ΜΠΟΡΕΊ ΝΑ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΕΠΙΚΊΝΔΥΝΟ? 63 00:05:26, 880--> 00:05:27, 949 ΠΏΣ? 64 00:05:29, 960--> 00:05:32, 030 ΜΠΟΡΕΊΤΕ ΝΑ ΔΏΣΕΤΕ ΔΙΑΛΈΞΕΙΣ. 65 00:05:33, 040--> 00:05:37, 955 Ειρωνικά σας σχόλια, κρύος παρατηρήσεις σας. 66 00:05:39, 080--> 00:05:41, 878 Αυτό που ξέρετε πώς να το κάνουμε. 67 00:05:48, 880--> 00:05:50, 916 Ό, τι συνέβη τόσο γρήγορα. 68 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,872 A trip in a crammed train to Tilsit, 69 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,110 a drive by truck from Tilsit to Gdansk. 70 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,952 Swamp, forest and then 71 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,877 in front of our eyes 72 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,878 a sign on the gates of the concentration camp: 73 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,992 "Everyone gets what one deserves". 74 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,077 Attention! Caps on! Caps off! 75 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,871 Attention! 76 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:26,989 Fresh air. 77 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,991 A resort. 78 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,874 - What do you mean a resort? - A seaside resort, pine trees. 79 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,916 Hello, Lithuanians. 80 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,950 We knew you're coming. 81 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,956 We've been waiting. 82 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,036 And earlier on, we've been waiting 83 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,071 for the Lithuanian sausage. 84 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:27,995 Pork fat. 85 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,917 You'll put your suitcases and coats into the cart. 86 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,997 Golden teeth, watches, rings, 87 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,996 all gold 88 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,878 you must give to the Reich. 89 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,911 Have a watch? 90 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,911 Have a watch? 91 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,076 Get in line, you morons. 92 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,108 Faster. 93 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,110 How many of you stinking pigs are there? 94 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:07,949 A watch? 95 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,070 One. Two. Three. 96 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,990 I said stand still. 97 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,877 Asshole. 98 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,912 I'm here to see Commissar Hinkst. 99 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,070 I was at the educational administration. 100 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,996 I was told my husband should be here. 101 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,951 Madame, I can't help you. 102 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,951 Please. 103 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,951 I don't know if he's alive. 104 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,957 When they took the Professor, 105 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,877 they said not for long. 106 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,035 It's been two weeks. 107 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,951 You are the Professor's wife? 108 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:05,989 Yes. 109 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,873 I was his student. 110 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,991 He's safe and sound. 111 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:13,989 Can I see him? 112 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,033 Unfortunately, the Professor is not in Lithuania. They took him away. 113 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,957 Took him away? Where? 114 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,992 I don't know. The Gestapo doesn't give answers. 115 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,951 Forgive me, Madame. 116 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,911 Christ... 117 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:51,917 Sir... 118 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,918 Please look, officer, how they've dressed me. 119 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,877 See? 120 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,868 Sir, sir officer, sir officer... 121 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,029 Look... 122 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,957 Be kind, could you find anything better? 123 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,958 Christ, just look how they've dressed me, huh? 124 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,877 Could you find anything? 125 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,036 You think this is a store? It's a concentration camp, 126 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,071 you fucking dead meat! Mouth! 127 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,956 Do you have golden teeth? 128 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,990 Of what use are you to the Third Reich? 129 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,029 What can you do? 130 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,876 I can write poems. 131 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,991 I can write plays. 132 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,069 I can type. 133 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,997 I could teach theatre history in the camp, 134 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,996 lecture on Stansilavky method... 135 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,952 Shut up, piece of shit. 136 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:53,989 Mouth! 137 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,070 You don't have golden teeth either? 138 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:00,995 What can you do? 139 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,996 I can build a house. 140 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,991 I can make good beer. 141 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,990 - I can make schnapps. - Schnapps? 142 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,958 The entire neighbourhood knows Tadas' schnapps. 143 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,877 Schnapps good. 144 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,989 Yes, good. 145 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,956 You have syphilis? 146 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,911 Mouth! 147 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,873 Eh, sure you have syphilis. 148 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,957 What can you do? 149 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,911 I can herd cows. 150 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,076 That means nothing. Son of a bitch. 151 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,916 Andrzej Germinski. Polish. 152 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,959 A former boxer. A former officer of the Polish Army. 153 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,990 Arranged boxing matches in the camp. 154 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,991 Andrzej had an exemplary fist 155 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,874 while the teeth of the prisoners weren't that strong. 156 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,072 Bruno Monschtet. A German from Gdansk. 157 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,958 Head of the camp's political division. 158 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,996 A bookkeeper by profession. 159 00:12:08, 040--> 00:12:09, 917 Αποφασίζοντας δεκανέας. 160 00:12:11, 000--> 00:12:13, 036 Για μένα, ένα νέο κατάδικος, συμβούλεψε να βάλει 161 00:12:13, 080--> 00:12:14, 957 η συνείδησή μου σε σειρά: 162 00:12:15, 080--> 00:12:17, 036 για να απαλλαγούμε από το παρελθόν της πνευματικής μου 163 00:12:17, 080--> 00:12:19, 071 και να αρχίσει τη ζωή ενός εγκληματία. 164 00:12:19, 880--> 00:12:21, 996 -Γιατί συνελήφθησαν σας; -Δεν ξέρω. 165 00:12:22, 040--> 00:12:24, 873 Δεν ξέρω γιατί συνελήφθη. 166 00:12:29, 040--> 00:12:30, 951 Είμαστε εδώ για πολύ καιρό; 167 00:12:31, 880--> 00:12:33, 108 Μέχρι το τέλος του πολέμου. 168 00:12:45, 040--> 00:12:48, 077 Τι? Θέλετε να κάνετε ρωτήσω κάτι; 169 00:12:49, 920--> 00:12:51, 911 Αυτό είναι το διαβατήριό σας. 170 00:12:52, 040--> 00:12:55, 874 Ενδέχεται να χάσετε το κεφάλι σας αλλά ποτέ αυτό τον αριθμό. 171 00:12:56, 080--> 00:12:59, 038 Κόκκινο τρίγωνο. «Schutzahft - politisch». 172 00:12:59, 080--> 00:13:00, 991 «Schutzahft - politisch»; 173 00:13:01, 080--> 00:13:05, 073 Προειδοποίηση σύλληψης της πολιτικής ασφάλειας. 174 00:13:07, 000--> 00:13:09, 878 Είστε στο στρατόπεδο για τη δική σας ασφάλεια. 175 00:13:09, 920--> 00:13:12, 070 -Δική μας ασφάλεια; -Ναι, για την ασφάλειά σας. 176 00:13:12, 120--> 00:13:14, 031 Είστε τέτοιου είδους εγκληματίες 177 00:13:14, 080--> 00:13:17, 072 που αν ήταν ελεύθερη, δίκαιη Λιθουανοί, την κοινωνία, 178 00:13:17, 880--> 00:13:20, 030 εξοργισμένοι από τη συμπεριφορά σας θα δάκρυ σας σε κομμάτια. 179 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,991 The German government, worried... 180 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,873 - about your welfare, put you. - We... into the camp. 181 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:25,989 We're the intelligentsia. 182 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,996 You want to protect us from the society? 183 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,996 How? To protect us from the society? 184 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,951 No, no, no, for such criminals 185 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,072 there's another paragraph - a warning arrest - 186 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,916 so they wouldn't commit more crimes. 187 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,077 Those are criminals, thieves and murders. 188 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,070 They wear green triangles. 189 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,950 We protect the society from them. 190 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,958 And we protect political ones from the society. 191 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,912 There must be order. Understand? 192 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,956 Photographer of the camp. 193 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,110 Commandant Hoppe's nephew Friedrich Lege. 194 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,874 He dedicated himself to Stutthof town's widows 195 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,953 and grass-widows, not only in photographic matters. 196 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,037 For kleptomaniac tendencies he was reduced to a sergeant. 197 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,992 Only because of the uncle he was sent from the marine 198 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,918 to the concentration camp for rehabilitation. 199 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,072 Concentration camp is a complex mill of the Reaper. 200 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,871 In the camp you have to be both 201 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,876 a psychologist and prophet. 202 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,878 In the camp no one ever tells you what to do, 203 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,036 you have to understand it yourself. 204 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,878 A stick helps to understand. 205 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,959 Your worst enemy in the camp is not the SS, not a Capo, 206 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,912 not the lice. Not even a crematorium. 207 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,070 Your worst enemy is yourself. 208 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,032 If for an instant you give in to your lower instincts, 209 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,069 forget who you are, 210 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,037 and who you are supposed to be, you're dead. 211 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,029 Get up! 212 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,951 Crawl! 213 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:24,075 Get up! 214 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:25,995 Crawl! 215 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:33,112 Ah, lawyers, advocates, prosecutors, 216 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,916 your rule is over, eh? 217 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,030 Now you're in my hands. 218 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,876 You shaved asses. 219 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,958 I assign punishments here. 220 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,030 Your new life will begin here, huh? 221 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,036 Wacek Kazlowski. Polish. 222 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,951 Amateur executor. 223 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,996 A celebrity of the camp. 224 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,958 Did away with several dozen prisoners. 225 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,912 The old prisoners told that Kazlowski 226 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,032 killed his own brother in the camp. 227 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,998 Everyone had to go through Kazlowski's hell. 228 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,918 It was like quarantine of the newcomers. 229 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,076 The ones who didn't go to Abraham during 230 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,029 these first few months 231 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,992 could consider themselves to be experienced prisoners. 232 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,958 The Poles hung Wacek after the war. 233 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,917 Who wants to eat? 234 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,031 Who wants to eat? 235 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,075 You're the Professor? 236 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,916 Franz Bloy. From Cologne. 237 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,916 A thief. The green triangle. 238 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,871 Do you want to eat? 239 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,876 I have cutlets, want some? 240 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,110 - Want some cutlets? - I do. - Come. 241 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,075 Come, I'll give you some. 242 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:10,989 Hurry, hurry. 243 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,075 Wait here. 244 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,951 Waiting for cutlets, aren't you? 245 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,075 Shit! Shit! Shit! 246 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,996 Franciszek Rozinski. Polish. 247 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,956 Son of the Zakopane mountains. 248 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,871 He was a musician before the war, 249 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,035 played the pipe. 250 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,038 He got into the camp because of a misunderstanding. 251 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,074 Before the war he was shy, gentle, 252 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,074 wouldn't hurt a fly. 253 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,871 In the camp he became famous for 254 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,876 sadism and alcoholism. 255 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,998 Franz Bloy. A German from Cologne. 256 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,037 Kind hearted and gifted with various talents. 257 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,037 A tailor by profession, thief by vocation. 258 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,076 Ah, the Professor! 259 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,951 Well, did you eat the cutlets? 260 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,957 Were they good? 261 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,879 Shit, I didn't eat any cutlets. 262 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,877 Didn't give any? 263 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,956 That's how, but I told them to. 264 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,036 So the gutters ate them, huh? 265 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,036 Can't trust anyone. 266 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,036 Come to me tomorrow, 267 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,878 - I'll give you some myself. - Tomorrow is tomorrow. 268 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,912 We have to live till tomorrow or see it in a dream. 269 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,997 Listen, what kind of creatures are biting us, huh? 270 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,958 Pediculus humanus vestimenti. 271 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,951 Bed bugs, you book rat. 272 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,070 But they bite just like the pubic lice. 273 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,996 Once I brought pubic lice from the city. 274 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,075 Tirus pubis. 275 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:24,915 What? 276 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,951 The pubic lice. Tirus pubis. 277 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,913 Ah, Lithuanians! 278 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,036 Caps off, caps on. 279 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,877 Good day. 280 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,916 Look who's come to visit us. 281 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,757 Good day. 282 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:18,875 Good day. 283 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,753 Here you go, we're trying bit by bit, 284 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,756 will they permit it or not... 285 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,917 - Good day. - Good day, it's nice to see you. 286 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,958 Well, what do you think, Professor? 287 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,877 I think you stand wrong at "attention", you see. 288 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,752 Have you ever seen a samovar, a kettle? 289 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,870 Attention! 290 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,957 Caps off! 291 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,759 Caps on! 292 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:01,757 March! 293 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,951 You see, the common sense rules 294 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,833 do not exist in the concentration camp. 295 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,758 Everything that we've learned in life 296 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,912 has to be tossed away, has to be erased. 297 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,959 Common sense is replaced by the instincts of starvation, 298 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,873 cold, physical pain, 299 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,751 self-preservation. 300 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,752 The most important thing in the camp is to adjust. 301 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,837 To adjust, to adjust, to adjust! A human dies. 302 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,796 A beast is born. 303 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,753 A beast. Who doesn't understand this, 304 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,756 does not last long in the camp, 305 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,872 goes up in smoke through the chimney of the crematorium. 306 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,952 You can kill a man in the camp. 307 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,838 There will be no questions, no responsibility, 308 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,916 no court, no consideration. 309 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,838 You can kill a man for your pleasure. 310 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,791 Most importantly, you see, 311 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,798 the fear of death disappears. 312 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:30,955 The fear of cold, 313 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,988 the fear of physical pain remains. 314 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:34,909 But not of death. 315 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,997 You today, me tomorrow, what's the difference? 316 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,877 Everything goes away, everything goes by. 317 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,918 Yes, but somewhere deep in the subconscious 318 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,996 there is a whisper that 319 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,799 it's better that you today and me tomorrow. 320 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,797 I realize that a camp on the stage 321 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,758 and a camp in reality are two different things. 322 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,916 On the stage you need to find some artistic 323 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,952 form to unify the whole performance. 324 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,872 But please, refuse all these "Heil Hitler", 325 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,910 these exaggerated moans. 326 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,871 A stick. 327 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,955 It is the most important tool in the camp. 328 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,830 Use the stick wherever it lands. 329 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,756 Wherever it lands, you see. 330 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,791 Turn off the light! 331 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,956 That's why I think there should be 332 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,871 no props in the play. 333 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,831 ...no property. 334 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,957 Property on the stage is like a live mouse 335 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,798 in the teeth of a painted cat. 336 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,752 Let's reject it, let's not eviscerate the subject, 337 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,792 let's refuse all these clichés. Let in some fresh air. 338 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,994 What were you? 339 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,837 Who, me? 340 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,799 A professor. A professor at Munich University. 341 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:05,915 I was a poet. 342 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,839 Now, as you see, I'm uprooting a stump. 343 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:13,949 Uprooting a stump. 344 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,836 Want an easier job? 345 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,955 Who, me? 346 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,830 Martin. A criminal by profession. 347 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,878 Sweat out like this and you won't last a week. 348 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:41,955 And remember, 349 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,954 moving is what matters in the camp. 350 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,830 Take branches from here and bring there. 351 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,916 Take branches from there and bring here. 352 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,918 The same tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow. 353 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,836 Forest of the Gods. 354 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,911 That's how people called this place from the ancient times. 355 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,831 Once upon a time, 356 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,871 Gods live in this forest, 357 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,876 not of the German origin 358 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,831 but Lithuanian Gods, 359 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,792 descendants of Perkunas, Patrimpas. 360 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,992 Forest of the Gods, a little known recess 361 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,955 near the Baltic Sea. 362 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,798 After the war between Poland and Germany, 363 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,752 in the fall of 1939, 364 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,872 the SS men moved into the swamps 365 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,832 together with several hundred ragged prisoners in stripes. 366 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,793 Most of them were Poles from Gdansk 367 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:37,994 doomed to death. 368 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:39,994 Felling of the forest began, 369 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:41,909 uprooting of the stumps, 370 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,951 flattening of the surface. 371 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,957 Forest of the Gods turned into a concentration camp. 372 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,918 The highest authority in "Forest of the Gods" 373 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,871 was held by Rudolf Hoppe, 374 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,833 Commandant of the Stutthof camp. 375 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,797 He was a typical head of the German family. 376 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,758 Maybe at home he wasn't 377 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,836 a bad daddy at all. 378 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,756 The Commandant was very proud 379 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,837 of his extraordinary position and his SS uniform. 380 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,791 The prisoners nicknamed him 381 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,956 Graf von Stutthof because of his pride. 382 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,797 Commandant Hoppe wasn't a thug after all. 383 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,956 He never hit prisoners himself. 384 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,919 I'd like to have this sakura's branch for a gift. 385 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,916 How beautiful... 386 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:21,876 Let me call you 387 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,838 sakura's branch. 388 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,797 The highest priest accused them, 389 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,837 "We forbid you..." 390 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,758 Jehovah's Witnesses, researches of the Bible. 391 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,917 A German sect refusing to join the army. 392 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,990 This was also a crime. 393 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,748 The representative of Jehovah's Witnesses in women barracks 394 00:28:58,800 --> 00:28:59,949 was Frau Belenke. 395 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,955 A woman of great energy, very brave. 396 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,796 Commandant Hoppe was less hard 397 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,876 on the German prisoners 398 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,950 Frau Belenke was well aware of that. 399 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,829 Frau Belenke, you're in the prime of your life. 400 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,876 But you're here in the camp. 401 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,876 You are free, 402 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,956 just put a signature. 403 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:31,949 Think of your home. 404 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,955 A woman should bring up her kids. 405 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:36,949 Just sign 406 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,838 that you refuse this 407 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,876 Jehovah's Witnesses nonsense. 408 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,911 And off you go. 409 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,910 You Nazis, what right do you have to put 410 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,918 innocent people into concentration camps? 411 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,838 You should be the ones to go up in smoke 412 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,950 through the crematorium chimney. 413 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,751 I'll wait for the day 414 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,871 when you Nazis all get shot. 415 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,916 I'll leave the camp myself. 416 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,996 Without any signature. 417 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,911 Out of here, you old witch! 418 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:23,875 Out! 419 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:37,909 Nazi pigs. 420 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,839 Fugitives were one of the greatest misfortunes for the whole camp. 421 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,957 Both the SS and prisoners despised them. 422 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,831 There were reasons for that. 423 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,751 The whole camp had to stand still 424 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:55,949 till a fugitive was found, 425 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,910 beaten, bloody, ripped by dogs. 426 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:03,799 One would be returned to the camp, dead or alive. 427 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,758 The prisoners stand for long hours. 428 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,958 What names could a crowd of thousand prisoners 429 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,751 call such a fugitive? 430 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,796 The entire surrounding of the camp 431 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,752 was full of police and the SS agents. 432 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,788 It wasn't a bright idea to run away from the camp. 433 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,910 And yet people did. 434 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,750 The Ukrainian Stepan was an incomparable fugitive. 435 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,831 A circus acrobat from Lvov. 436 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,831 Three times escaped, 437 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,950 three times was caught. 438 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,916 For one such a loser 439 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,838 thousands of people had to suffer. 440 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:38,875 So then... 441 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,793 How did you climb over the fence? 442 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,757 With rubber shoes. 443 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,791 Yes, like that, but 444 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,796 what about electricity? 445 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,910 Of course, you wore galoshes. 446 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,916 And your hands? 447 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,831 I wrapped them in rubber 448 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,876 and climbed over. 449 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,748 And the guards? Didn't they see you? 450 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,756 Where were the guards? 451 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,798 Maybe in a women barrack? 452 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,792 Good... very good. 453 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,958 So that's our fences now? Shit! 454 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,878 So that's our guard! Shit! 455 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,876 Do you want to the front?! 456 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,797 Do you?! 457 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,951 A cigarette? Do you smoke? 458 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,752 Good boy. Why shouldn't you run? 459 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:00,955 Especially 460 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:02,875 if these idiots 461 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:07,830 don't guard you. So run. 462 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,792 Yes! Good. Run, run. 463 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,912 Walter Sauer. A German. 464 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:25,909 According to his documents, 465 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,794 he was sentenced seventeen times for children torture. 466 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,752 He ended up in the camp for an innocent thing, 467 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,756 for hopeless alcoholism. 468 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,879 After an attempt on Hitler strange audience turned up in the camp. 469 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,753 All of them were nice specimens. 470 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,956 One better than the other. 471 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,950 Psychopathologists of most interest. 472 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,799 Oskar Belanau, owner of several hotels in Munich, 473 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,796 a member of the Nazi party. 474 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,950 He stole the whole truck of meat. 475 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,756 He didn't work in the camp, 476 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,870 was busy organizing things to eat. 477 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,752 Rainer Nietzsche, a garden architecture. 478 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,753 He loved to say that he got into the camp 479 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,791 because of intimate relations with the Polish girls. 480 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,798 It was rather cocaine than the Polish girls. 481 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,798 Then this perverted crooked looking citizen 482 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:21,909 was brought in. 483 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,838 His documents said neither this nor that, 484 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,917 some indefinite relations with a cow. 485 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,837 At the beginning prostitutes 486 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,758 were described as the elements avoiding work. 487 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,836 They protested against saying they 488 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,791 weren't avoiding work. 489 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,796 They were working, all the time! 490 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,877 Later on the Commandant listed the prostitutes in a political group. 491 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,832 They were given the right to wear red triangle. 492 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,839 Women with children also got here, some still breast feeding. 493 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,950 An infant is also a human, so the infants 494 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,955 were given red triangles of the political criminals. 495 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,788 Prisoners were killed slowly in "Forest of the Gods". 496 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,917 Hard labour drained out their health. 497 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,792 Several dozen prisoners managed to survive 498 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,910 from the very first day of the camp. 499 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,996 Those were extraordinary people, 500 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,990 people of great physical strength and will, 501 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,796 protected by the very destiny. 502 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,910 Through the hard work, cruelty, 503 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:28,954 and desire to live they managed 504 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,751 to get into the authorities. 505 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,916 So the true power of the camp was 506 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,838 in the hands of the prisoners. 507 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,837 Hey, shitheads! 508 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,997 Take the corpses from the block to the hospital! 509 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,797 One, two, three... 510 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,792 Franciszek! Franciszek! 511 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:18,795 What? 512 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,798 Why did you give me the papers to sign that nine died today? 513 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,798 There's only eight! Can't you count, you pig? 514 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,798 Eight? I counted nine myself. 515 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,752 You go ahead and count how many are there. 516 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,918 Listen, if you don't find the ninth corpse, beware, I'll put you in its place. 517 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,950 Now where are you hanging about, shithead? 518 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,830 Where's your place, huh? 519 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,838 Sir Straffurer, Sir Straffurer... 520 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,871 What are you saying there? 521 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,797 My stomach aches. 522 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,876 What are you saying there, fuck face? 523 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,758 Where's your place? 524 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,798 Lie down, I tell you! Lie down! 525 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,955 Well? What did I tell you? 526 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,916 How many? Nine. 527 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,829 Nine. 528 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,916 Professor, I wake up in the morning 529 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,952 and I see that my foot is in Andrzej's mouth. 530 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,916 I try to pull it out but it's fast in his teeth. 531 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,838 I pull it out and I see that he's dead. 532 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,759 Could it be I suffocated the poor thing with my foot? 533 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,916 See how things happen. 534 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,796 Well that's some poetry, huh? 535 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,916 Well that's some poetry, huh? 536 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,838 Momento tu more, momento tu more... 537 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,356 Rainer Kliauge. A German. 538 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:53,313 Capo of the belt weaving workshop. Slimy character. 539 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,318 The prisoners called him Fraulein Capo. 540 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,318 Before the war he sang, danced in an operetta 541 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,316 and was considered for a man. 542 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,272 Before the Easter he caught the spotted typhus 543 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,198 and gave his sole to the Lord God. 544 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,309 Fraulein Capo, 545 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,198 would it be possible to smoke? 546 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,193 Where do you think you are, 547 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,196 in a resort, you book rat? 548 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:33,312 A resort? What are you staring at, huh? 549 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,157 Does it hurt? 550 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,231 - Does it hurt? - It does. 551 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,316 Aha. It does... 552 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,231 Attention! 553 00:42:57,240 --> 00:43:01,233 - This one? - A professor from Munich University. 554 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:03,231 You! 555 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,276 Into the office! 556 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,196 Change his clothes. 557 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:23,273 Martin Fott. A German from Düsseldorf, Capo. 558 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,158 Got into the camp for a murder. 559 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:30,193 The prisoners called him Capo the Benefactor. Too bad he hanged himself. 560 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,231 - Do you have golden teeth? - No. 561 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,157 Open your mouth. 562 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,316 It's good you don't. 563 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:41,239 After I record your teeth in the book of registration, 564 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,317 you'll have to look after them, property of the German Treasury. 565 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,352 - Do you have golden teeth? - Ne. - Open your mouth. 566 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,311 It's good you don't. 567 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,272 After I record your teeth in the book of registration, 568 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:58,154 you'll have to look after them, property of the German Treasury. 569 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,350 What the fuck are you doing in the camp if you're ill? 570 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,196 - Surname? Nationality? - Ukrainian. 571 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,152 - What's your nationality, swine? - Orthodox. 572 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,196 Your nationality, not religion! 573 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,151 - Russian. - Repeat. 574 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,269 Russian! 575 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,158 Good boy! So then say you're a Russian. 576 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,316 Where was your Ukraine before the war, asshole? 577 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,196 There is no Ukraine and there won't be! 578 00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:22,389 Poland! 579 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,271 So, shithead, 580 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,354 how do you know 581 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,270 there is meat in the soup? 582 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:36,194 There has to be meat in the soup, Herr Commandant. 583 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,318 So you refuse to eat the soup? 584 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,151 I do, Herr Commandant. 585 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,278 I can't eat meat because of my religion. 586 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,191 Okay... 587 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,238 I was told you read English books 588 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,271 in the camp, correct? 589 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,158 Yes, Herr Commandant, I do. 590 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,310 So you think England will win this war 591 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,238 and you tell this to everyone? 592 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,158 Yes, Herr Commandant. 593 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:18,273 I'm convinced the Germans have already lost the war. 594 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:23,349 Out! 595 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,191 Shithead! 596 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:27,355 Out! 597 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:33,349 Pigs! 598 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,153 Mr. Germinski! Mr. Germinski! 599 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,310 Mr. Germinski, the banker of Liubek 600 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,318 went to Abraham but he's still on the list. 601 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,310 - What should I do? - Cross him out. 602 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,356 Why did you beat that Ukrainian? 603 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,309 Give me the soap. 604 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:29,158 You asked him to tell the truth and he did. 605 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:30,315 Why to beat him? 606 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,237 Do you know, Mr. Professor, 607 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:36,273 what these Ukrainians did to us, Polish soldiers, when the war started? 608 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,356 They shot at us from the ambush. 609 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,158 Not this one. He's too stupid. 610 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,231 Can't tell a gun from cannon. 611 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,236 And why then do you beat the Poles? 612 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:52,238 It's necessary to beat them. I do good beating them. 613 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,271 I teach them life. Most importantly, 614 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:59,155 beat them while they're well. If you don't, they'll weaken and die. 615 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,350 Your theory is very gloomy, Mr. Germinski. 616 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,279 So what, no one beat you Lithuanians at the beginning? 617 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,153 How many of you will be left after a year? 618 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:10,270 In the best case maybe five. 619 00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,356 You know, Mr. Professor, 620 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,196 from the whole group of Polish prisoners 621 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,152 I came to camp with I am the sole survivor. 622 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,191 Do you understand what that means? 623 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,277 Son of a whore, you're so naive, Professor. 624 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,318 You learn from books but not from life. 625 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,272 It's not people' fault, it's the system. 626 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,356 The Germans created the system. 627 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:33,311 We execute it. 628 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:36,354 Try uniting the prisoners 629 00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,312 and you won't be able to talk to them. 630 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,236 Everybody is hungry in here. 631 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:46,159 I broke the bones of one slimeball, you know why? 632 00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:49,357 Because he ripped out the liver of a recently dead man 633 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,311 and stodged it raw! 634 00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,236 Now you tell me, Mr. Professor, 635 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,396 was that prisoner born a cannibal? 636 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,358 No, he was born like a normal person, 637 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,350 had a father, mother, a motherland. 638 00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:12,312 The camp turned him into a cannibal, understand? 639 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,397 When you go up in smoke through the crematorium chimney, 640 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,152 maybe then you'll understand that I was telling the truth! 641 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,191 Book rat, get the fuck out of here! 642 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:23,276 Son of a bitch, fucking hell! 643 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:25,390 Piece of shit! You fucking swine... 644 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,319 Arno Pliac. A German sergeant. 645 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:18,276 Head of the camp's post office. 646 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,278 Before the war in Gdansk he scraped horse manure 647 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,357 with an iron stick from the tracks of a trolley-car. 648 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,197 The most pedantic creature in the whole camp. 649 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:55,349 "Only devil knows 650 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,277 how long I'll be cooped up in the camp". 651 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:02,389 No! 652 00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:07,237 You can't use devil's name in a letter. 653 00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,311 In a letter you can write, 654 00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:16,397 "I received the letter and a package well." 655 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,197 "Thank you very much, please send more". 656 00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,158 "I'm safe and sound". 657 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,236 "I feel great, kisses to all". 658 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,157 Sir Statführer, 659 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:31,188 but then I shouldn't bother writing at all, you see. 660 00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:36,189 You'll rubber-stamp papers like that, we'll sign and everything will be fine. 661 00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:45,157 Out! 662 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:24,195 "It's a terribly boring business to sit behind the rusty wires". 663 00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:29,313 How dare you write "behind the rusty wires"? 664 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,352 Don't you see anything else in the camp? 665 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,192 Don't you see the birches growing? 666 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,355 I told you what to write, you are well. 667 00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,151 Sir Statführer, 668 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,159 how can I write I'm well when I'm truly sick? 669 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:52,356 - Look at my... - Out. 670 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:56,279 Sir, take pity, be merciful, 671 00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,271 send this letter. 672 00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:01,278 Look, we'll fix everything, look, here, 673 00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:05,357 I'm crossing out this sentence, right? 674 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:10,272 And this one. 675 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:14,312 Here, send this letter, sir Statführer. 676 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,278 And in the next one I'll definitely write 677 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,232 that our electric wire shines like silver, 678 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,352 that, as you say, there are three birches, 679 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:28,159 two stumps, and two mushrooms. 680 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,153 Send this letter and in the next one 681 00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,158 I will definitely write that I'm well according 682 00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,270 to all the existing rules of the camp. 683 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,198 Be so kind, send this letter. 684 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,191 Out. 685 00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,390 Thrash him so that water boils in his ass. 686 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,157 How many? 687 00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:20,355 Thirty. 688 00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:46,158 Mr. Professor, you're a wise man, 689 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,191 help me get rid of my doubts. 690 00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,151 What doubts? 691 00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:55,232 Is my surname, Klawan, truly Germanic? 692 00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:02,279 Are there no Jewish letters in it? 693 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,237 Klawan. 694 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,196 Now I could be wrong. 695 00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,152 According to the theory of racism, 696 00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:26,318 all names ending in "an" are Mongolian. 697 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,311 What do you mean? 698 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:36,352 Kaftan, sarafan, hooligan, sultan, moron. 699 00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:40,193 That's Mongolian names and nouns. 700 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:42,310 But Professor, what you've just named 701 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,316 are the names of things 702 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:48,148 while my surname is a person's last name. Klawan. 703 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,156 But there are plenty of last names. 704 00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,158 For example, Kazakhstan, Yerevan, 705 00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:57,153 Afganistan, Gengis Khan. All Mongolian. 706 00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:07,279 Professor, my last name is purely Germanic. 707 00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:11,357 Inflection "an" is a pure inflection of Germanic language. 708 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,192 German, Norman, Japan. 709 00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:20,279 So the Japanese also belong to the Northern Germanic race? 710 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,191 Of course! How else the Führer 711 00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,310 could make a union with them? 712 00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:29,355 Okay then. 713 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:34,199 If the Japanese are Germanic, 714 00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:37,357 then in your case the theory of racism doesn't apply. 715 00:55:41,240 --> 00:55:44,357 So, in other words, my last name is Germanic. 716 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,390 Yes. Klawan. 717 00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,151 Yes, Klawan. 718 00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:56,231 Thank you, Professor. 719 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,237 Peter Klawan. Sergeant. 720 00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,151 A total idiot. 721 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,236 Was born and grew up in Estonia. 722 00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:14,350 Served some German baron. 723 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,350 Klawan's heart was wide as the sea. 724 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,278 All kind of garbage could fit in. 725 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,234 In the camp he became interested in his family tree. 726 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,191 He never really realised 727 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:29,198 whether he's Estonian, Mongolian or German. 728 00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:33,354 Oh fuck. 729 00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,269 Wacek! 730 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:46,230 Shit. Come here. 731 00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:47,349 You swine. 732 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,191 Come here. 733 00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:00,197 Fuck yourself. 734 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,278 We'll hang Wacek Kazlowski after the war. 735 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:09,157 Mr. Professor. 736 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,231 The numbers of two people 737 00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:14,316 need to be changed in the book. 738 00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,271 You won't be scared, will you? 739 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,271 August Zagorski. 740 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:23,232 A Pole from Gdansk, used to be a barber. 741 00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,272 One of the leaders of the Polish underground in the camp. 742 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,356 Very honest and respectable man. 743 00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,191 Registration book of the prisoners, 744 00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,198 piece of shit, not a book! None of the ends meet! 745 00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:39,355 What's that?! 746 00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:47,394 - Wife? - Yes. 747 00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:55,191 This is my family. 748 00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:59,157 A son? 749 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,191 A daughter. 750 00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,311 Prisoners are not allowed to have photographs. 751 00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:17,349 Zagorski, twenty five, 752 00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:20,276 so that water boils in his ass. 753 00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,191 Fucking hell! 754 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:36,156 Hang both! 755 00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,196 What do you think, Professor? 756 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:46,152 You see, that phrase has to be said very... 757 00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:51,273 ...very indifferently, very simply. You hang every day. 758 00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:56,232 By the way, you are similar to... 759 00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:01,276 ...to Corporal Traugot Mayer. 760 00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:06,279 He had right here, under his lashes, two letters SS. 761 00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:11,272 In other words, I won't sell my beliefs. 762 00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:16,238 My play is a creative presumption. 763 00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,352 Alas, everything works differently in life. 764 00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:26,159 You won't be neither hanged nor killed on the stage. 765 00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,276 What I've gone through, believe me, 766 00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:32,356 I remember perfectly. 767 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:37,277 And what I've written is imperfect. 768 00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,198 The dialogues are too long, 769 00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,310 they lose their strength. 770 00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:50,357 Remarks. They have to be shortened. I don't know. 771 00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:53,151 I don't know. 772 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,558 Excuse me, can I help? 773 01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:30,434 Friend, what's the matter? Stand up, you'll freeze. 774 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,556 You don't feel well? 775 01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:43,556 Let go, let me go... 776 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,436 What did I spit out? 777 01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:13,549 What? 778 01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:16,433 - Maybe it's your tongue. - What? 779 01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:22,516 My tongue is okay. 780 01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:25,516 Maybe teeth? 781 01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,398 Teeth are also fine. 782 01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:34,518 It's better to leave your teeth at home 783 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:36,516 when going to the camp. 784 01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:42,393 Listen, what did I spit out? 785 01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:47,391 Maybe my tonsillitis? 786 01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,597 That's right, tonsillitis. 787 01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:59,512 Good, I won't suffer from tonsillitis. 788 01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,511 Zygfrid Heidel. 789 01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:10,394 A pure Bavarian. Obershtürmbamführer, 790 01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:12,556 the chief doctor of the camp. 791 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:15,433 He was a veterinarian in civilian life. 792 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:18,472 The prisoners called him "Bocian Bawarski", 793 01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:20,431 "Bavarian stork". 794 01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,550 He used to fake death certificates. 795 01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:24,511 He would write "frei Tot", 796 01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:27,438 meaning the prisoner died his own death. 797 01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,438 No, my eye. My eye, kaput. 798 01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:33,517 Caps on. Show your tongue. 799 01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:49,470 What's with the book rat? 800 01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:51,511 Probably pneumonia. 801 01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:53,511 I told him he'd go up in smoke 802 01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:56,518 through the chimney of the crematorium. 803 01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:58,596 God damned fleas. 804 01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:17,393 And take him to the barrack. 805 01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:55,591 Christmas is soon. 806 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:04,516 Tomorrow is Thursday. 807 01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:08,550 The day after tomorrow is Friday. 808 01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:11,436 A letter day. 809 01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,512 My wife stopped writing for some reasons. 810 01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,398 Here, Professor, take the beet. 811 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:25,594 It improves blood. 812 01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:35,518 Tadas Dailide. A brewer from Birzai. 813 01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:38,393 Arrested because of a misunderstanding. 814 01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,396 He made homebrew in the camp 815 01:04:40,440 --> 01:04:41,634 what helped him to survive. 816 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:44,516 After the war he emigrated to America. 817 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:16,398 Son of a whore! 818 01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:23,477 Love was strictly forbidden in the camp. 819 01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:27,472 But what is wired fence to love? 820 01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:30,511 Lovers communicated mostly 821 01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:33,592 through intermediates, the postmen. 822 01:05:35,480 --> 01:05:38,392 The authorities always caught the letters. 823 01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:41,477 Usually they were in Polish or Russian. 824 01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:45,632 Our office had to translate them into German. 825 01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:49,517 We would swear translating those letters. 826 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:54,517 No one else on earth but the camp prisoners 827 01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:57,518 would ever write such stupid letters. 828 01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:15,513 I, Kristina, take you, Krzysztof, for my husband. 829 01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:18,391 I swear to love you forever, 830 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,510 to be faithful and honest in marriage. 831 01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:22,471 I swear to stay with you, 832 01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:25,512 in sadness and joy, in health and sickness, 833 01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:27,516 in wealth and poverty. 834 01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:30,438 Help me God and all the Saints. 835 01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,436 Hang both. 836 01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,436 The priest as well. 837 01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:25,436 To Wacek's health! 838 01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:43,550 "I still remember, Wacek, your face..." 839 01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:49,549 "...your eyes, your lips, your chin..." 840 01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:55,558 "It's been ages since I saw you". 841 01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:58,590 "Maybe it's not much left to wait, 842 01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:01,516 maybe I'll see you soon?" 843 01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:07,519 "I need no one but you, Wacek!" 844 01:09:17,440 --> 01:09:20,432 "When will I see your blue eyes again?" 845 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:25,398 So that's how my wife writes. 846 01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:31,552 Once I was enlisted in the Polish Army. 847 01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:36,391 And wife loved me. 848 01:09:38,480 --> 01:09:41,517 The camp ruined everything. 849 01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:46,596 I lost my health here. 850 01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:52,438 My nerves are completely eaten. 851 01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:55,591 When did you get the letter? 852 01:09:56,560 --> 01:09:58,551 Three years ago. 853 01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:01,516 Three years. 854 01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:03,551 To Wacek's health! 855 01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:22,549 And, Wacek, 856 01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:26,591 my wife wrote to me 857 01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:29,630 that she went to the Gestapo 858 01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:32,396 and asked about me. 859 01:10:34,520 --> 01:10:37,592 And they said I was shot. 860 01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,476 As if I were a criminal. 861 01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:49,431 Poor thing. 862 01:10:49,480 --> 01:10:53,473 Lord, oh Lord, how she's suffered. 863 01:10:57,480 --> 01:11:00,517 The newcomers said that Vilnius has been bombed. 864 01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:05,592 "I need no one but you, Wacek". 865 01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:09,436 If I return to freedom 866 01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:13,630 they'll put me right back into the camp. 867 01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,433 I refused to register as a German. 868 01:11:17,480 --> 01:11:19,436 So my wife, little fool, 869 01:11:19,480 --> 01:11:22,392 went and registered herself. 870 01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:26,596 She was trying to help. 871 01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:33,394 If I return to freedom I'll end up back in the camp 872 01:11:33,480 --> 01:11:36,472 for contamination of the race. 873 01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:41,478 "I need no one but you, Wacek, 874 01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:45,590 no one but you". 875 01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:51,476 To Wacek's health! 876 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:05,591 Thank you very much, thank you. 877 01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:09,517 Let me introduce myself. I am Franz Bloy from Cologne. 878 01:12:10,440 --> 01:12:12,476 A prisoner like you. 879 01:12:15,440 --> 01:12:18,512 This concentration camp was built in 1939 880 01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:22,592 not far from Gdansk, for the Poles to sizzle. 881 01:12:23,480 --> 01:12:25,550 As a part of evacuation plan 882 01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:27,556 on their way to Abraham. 883 01:12:28,480 --> 01:12:30,436 There, a chimney. 884 01:12:32,480 --> 01:12:34,391 That's a crematorium. 885 01:12:34,440 --> 01:12:36,476 This is the chimney through which 886 01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:39,478 sooner or later we'll all go up in smoke. 887 01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,478 If you have golden watches you can give them to me... 888 01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:45,557 - Wacek, don't touch the Lithuanians, understand? - Yes, Mr. Zagorski! 889 01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:47,431 And don't overload them with work. 890 01:12:47,480 --> 01:12:49,550 Give them more soup, they're hungry, do you understand me? 891 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:53,479 - I'm warning you, Wacek. - I know Mr. Zagorski, I know. 892 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:56,516 Fucking hell! 893 01:12:58,400 --> 01:12:59,628 Do you have syphilis? 894 01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,438 Do you have feeble-minded relatives? 895 01:13:05,440 --> 01:13:07,590 Do you have a tendency to a suicide? 896 01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:11,477 Do you smoke? 897 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,391 I do. 898 01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:16,516 Sir, you'll have to cut down. 899 01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:20,512 The cigarette situation is poor in the camp. 900 01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:22,437 Do you drink? 901 01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:24,516 Excuse me, what did you say? 902 01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:28,596 Sir, do you drink vodka? 903 01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:30,628 Do you like drinking? 904 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:32,549 Well yes, a little. 905 01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:34,589 You'll have to quit. 906 01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:38,428 You'll have to lead a sober life in the camp. 907 01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:43,551 Remember three things: 908 01:13:46,480 --> 01:13:48,516 Don't drink water from the well, 909 01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:50,516 you'll get cholera. 910 01:13:50,600 --> 01:13:55,390 Watch your legs, illnesses will start. 911 01:13:55,440 --> 01:13:59,433 And thirdly, don't get your kidneys beaten. 912 01:14:00,480 --> 01:14:02,516 On the whole... 913 01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:06,432 ...it's possible to live in the camp. 914 01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:08,590 Out! Out! Out! 915 01:14:14,480 --> 01:14:15,595 Attention! 916 01:14:21,480 --> 01:14:22,549 Who are they? 917 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,511 Lithuanians. 918 01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:29,473 Lithuanians are our biggest enemies. 919 01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:33,552 We'll find a mine for each of our enemy. 920 01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:37,432 Yes, here and now! 921 01:14:42,480 --> 01:14:44,471 Out! Out! Shit... 922 01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:38,433 Do you have what I've asked for? 923 01:17:39,440 --> 01:17:40,555 No. 924 01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:51,511 Two stamps and an envelope. 925 01:17:53,440 --> 01:17:55,396 We don't have stamps. 926 01:17:56,400 --> 01:17:58,436 We have envelopes. Want some? 927 01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:00,477 Maybe not. 928 01:18:04,440 --> 01:18:06,431 - Franciszek... - Well? 929 01:18:06,480 --> 01:18:09,438 I need a carrot. But... 930 01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:12,391 ...not a frozen carrot. 931 01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:13,595 We don't have carrots. 932 01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:16,516 Want a beet, you old pervert? 933 01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:18,391 Do you? 934 01:18:18,440 --> 01:18:20,510 Then out, go away, get out of here! 935 01:18:21,480 --> 01:18:23,471 - Mr. Superior. - Well? 936 01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:26,512 - I bought tooth powder from you. - So be happy! 937 01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:29,518 - But it's not usable. - What do you mean not usable? 938 01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:31,551 You don't know how to use that's why, go away. 939 01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:34,398 It hardened, turned into a piece of chalk. 940 01:18:34,440 --> 01:18:37,432 - I'm asking you to exchange it. - We change nothing here! 941 01:18:37,480 --> 01:18:38,629 So what I'm supposed to do now? 942 01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:41,391 What do I care! Eat it! 943 01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:43,511 Give back my money. 944 01:18:44,440 --> 01:18:46,590 Listen you, fucking book rat, 945 01:18:47,440 --> 01:18:49,590 It's not a Gdansk market! 946 01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:51,628 It's a camp store! 947 01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,470 For fuck's sake, give back my money! 948 01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:56,556 Motherfucker, I'll show you your teeth, 949 01:18:56,600 --> 01:18:58,591 I'll knock your teeth out, asshole! 950 01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:01,473 I'm closing! Everybody out! 951 01:19:01,520 --> 01:19:05,513 I'm open only to the officers, out! Shit! 952 01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:12,630 Yesterday I took my mother to hospital, 953 01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:16,392 so, I'd like to buy her fresh cottage cheese. 954 01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:18,516 But everything is so expensive. 955 01:19:21,400 --> 01:19:23,550 Cut it into pieces, the hell with you. 956 01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:25,591 Otherwise you fool me 957 01:19:25,640 --> 01:19:28,438 and I won't know whose mug to hit. 958 01:19:59,440 --> 01:20:01,476 - Good day, Professor. - Hello. 959 01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:03,397 How are you? 960 01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:06,432 - How is your wife and daughter? - They're away. 961 01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:08,515 For long? 962 01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:10,516 Yes, but they'll come back. 963 01:20:10,560 --> 01:20:14,439 Then buy some dresses. New, pretty. For your daughter. 964 01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:15,595 Maybe I will. 965 01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:18,436 You know what, I'll buy this one. 966 01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,591 And that one. 967 01:20:23,440 --> 01:20:25,396 Yes, yes, editor, yes. 968 01:20:26,440 --> 01:20:29,432 That sentence in red must remain. 969 01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:34,390 What are you saying? A drastic sentence? 970 01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:40,313 But we're not talking about sentimental things here. 971 01:20:43,320 --> 01:20:47,233 It's about a concentration camp. Such was the reality. 972 01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:53,310 No point to bullshit, 973 01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:56,233 no point to throw dust in the eyes. 974 01:20:57,320 --> 01:21:01,393 Yes, dear editor, yes, I'm aware of what I write. 975 01:21:06,360 --> 01:21:09,238 Editor, I can't stand clichés. 976 01:21:09,440 --> 01:21:12,273 What's wrong with that sentence? 977 01:21:13,400 --> 01:21:15,277 What? 978 01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,276 What's wrong with the sentence 979 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:21,233 "They rushed along to Abraham"? 980 01:21:22,440 --> 01:21:24,396 Yes, they were killed! 981 01:21:24,440 --> 01:21:27,238 This is getting disgusting. 982 01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:30,272 You can't poison people with such clichés. 983 01:21:32,240 --> 01:21:35,391 Be kind, my angel, 984 01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:42,439 leave that sentence, it's absolutely innocent. 985 01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:48,272 My style will be ruined if you take it out. 986 01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:56,399 Yes, yes, the Germans appointed a Pole 987 01:21:57,360 --> 01:22:00,432 to be the chief of the barrack, that's correct. 988 01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:06,397 Who? You don't like the pregnant Polish woman? 989 01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:12,232 Well yes, a pregnant Polish woman participated 990 01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:15,238 in the Warsaw revolt and arrived 991 01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:17,271 to the camp in uniform. 992 01:22:20,440 --> 01:22:23,398 But this episode only highlights 993 01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:26,310 the heroism of the Polish nation. 994 01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:29,430 I know you're the editor in charge. 995 01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:36,238 Yes, you have the final word, I know. 996 01:22:38,400 --> 01:22:41,392 I'm tired of defending every sentence. 997 01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:45,272 Cross out the entire chapter, if you want! 998 01:22:45,320 --> 01:22:49,279 But I won't let you cross out separate sentences! Understand? 999 01:22:50,240 --> 01:22:51,434 Fucking asshole. 1000 01:22:52,440 --> 01:22:54,237 Shit. 1001 01:22:54,280 --> 01:22:55,429 Lithuanians! 1002 01:22:57,320 --> 01:22:59,390 We received an order saying 1003 01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:02,231 that from this day on 1004 01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:06,273 all you become prisoners of honour. 1005 01:23:11,280 --> 01:23:13,236 From this moment 1006 01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:15,430 I, Commandant Hoppe, 1007 01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:18,430 am your direct chief. 1008 01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:23,430 You don't have to get your hair cut 1009 01:23:24,240 --> 01:23:25,434 as required in prison. 1010 01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:27,468 If it's still growing! 1011 01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,429 From now on 1012 01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:33,430 work is not obligatory 1013 01:23:35,320 --> 01:23:37,390 but if you wish, you can work. 1014 01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:39,351 As a volunteer. 1015 01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:45,354 You can write letters and receive packages every week. 1016 01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:49,357 But not a word about politics 1017 01:23:50,440 --> 01:23:54,228 nor camp life in your letters. You're still prisoners. 1018 01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:57,431 Even though prisoners of honour, yet prisoners. 1019 01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:02,357 You are free within the territory of the camp. 1020 01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:09,352 Only with my permission you can walk around, 1021 01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:11,311 you can sing, 1022 01:24:12,440 --> 01:24:15,432 you can pray, you can laugh. 1023 01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:19,476 You're even allowed to dance! 1024 01:24:25,240 --> 01:24:31,315 S, steward Vladas. The soul of steward Vladas. 1025 01:24:33,360 --> 01:24:35,271 Maybe cheating? 1026 01:24:35,400 --> 01:24:38,233 We invited Julius Caesar. 1027 01:24:43,240 --> 01:24:44,434 Ask. 1028 01:24:47,320 --> 01:24:50,278 Soul of steward Vladas, 1029 01:24:50,360 --> 01:24:53,318 tell us, when will the war end? 1030 01:24:54,280 --> 01:24:57,272 You'd better ask when we get out of here. 1031 01:24:57,400 --> 01:25:00,312 We'll get out of here when the war ends. 1032 01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:04,395 One... 1033 01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:23,429 ...nine... 1034 01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:30,393 You know, I also had a suit in Vilnius. 1035 01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:33,396 Of good English wool. 1036 01:25:34,360 --> 01:25:36,430 The Jew Levin made it for me. 1037 01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:42,431 I wonder who's wearing it now? 1038 01:25:43,360 --> 01:25:45,271 - Here? - Yes, here. 1039 01:25:53,320 --> 01:25:55,276 Sir, shall we? 1040 01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:05,317 We knew the war was coming to an end. 1041 01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:09,399 The authorities changed their position towards the prisoners. 1042 01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:13,274 The camp had no eye doctor so Commandant Hoppe 1043 01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:17,399 allowed me to go to Gdansk for a specialist to examine. 1044 01:26:25,280 --> 01:26:28,352 The head of Gdansk eye clinics, a professor, 1045 01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:30,471 having found who I was 1046 01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:33,396 examined my eyes for the whole hour. 1047 01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:36,318 Talked friendly as if with a colleague 1048 01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:39,318 and ignored the fact that Germans were waiting 1049 01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:41,430 outside the door for their turn. 1050 01:26:44,320 --> 01:26:46,390 I'd let you walk alone in the town 1051 01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:49,310 but you know, they'll stop you, 1052 01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:51,316 ask for your documents. 1053 01:26:51,480 --> 01:26:54,313 Will suspect you escaped from the camp, 1054 01:26:54,360 --> 01:26:57,318 both you and me would get into trouble. 1055 01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:01,271 Let's better walk together. 1056 01:27:01,320 --> 01:27:03,276 Donate to Hitler. 1057 01:27:07,280 --> 01:27:10,352 Karl Janke, a German from Gdansk. 1058 01:27:10,440 --> 01:27:13,432 Who knows why he ended up in the Gestapo. 1059 01:27:14,320 --> 01:27:17,392 Poor Janke, ended his life in a Siberian camp. 1060 01:27:20,240 --> 01:27:22,276 Could we listen to the radio? 1061 01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:25,316 You know, they often tell news 1062 01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:27,316 from the front on the radio. 1063 01:27:27,360 --> 01:27:29,351 No, no, no, it's politics. 1064 01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:31,311 We fear politics like death. 1065 01:27:31,360 --> 01:27:33,316 You eat, eat. 1066 01:27:33,360 --> 01:27:34,429 Thank you. 1067 01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:37,231 Don't worry, we won't starve. 1068 01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:41,273 - Mother, Gertruda and I will consider your offer. - Professor. 1069 01:27:43,480 --> 01:27:45,436 Father, are you going to eat? 1070 01:27:56,280 --> 01:27:57,474 How is my son-in-law? 1071 01:27:58,240 --> 01:28:00,390 Doesn't harm you too much, does he? 1072 01:28:03,280 --> 01:28:05,396 Karl? A wonderful soldier. 1073 01:28:07,400 --> 01:28:11,393 Are you really a professor from Munich University? 1074 01:28:11,440 --> 01:28:13,317 I was. 1075 01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,430 Ah, you're a convict now. 1076 01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:18,316 That is life. 1077 01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:21,233 To everybody one's own. 1078 01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:07,351 The irony of fate, 1079 01:29:08,240 --> 01:29:10,356 from the letters of my wife I found out 1080 01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:12,436 that when I was at the eye clinics 1081 01:29:13,240 --> 01:29:16,312 she and my daughter came to Gdansk at the same time. 1082 01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:18,351 They wanted to go to Stutthof. 1083 01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:20,391 But the Germans forbade it. 1084 01:29:20,480 --> 01:29:22,436 The roads were blocked. 1085 01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:26,358 We lived hoping the meet again. 1086 01:29:26,440 --> 01:29:30,319 I received her last letter after Christmas. 1087 01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:02,352 What happened, sir corporal? 1088 01:30:04,240 --> 01:30:06,276 Why aren't the prisoners going to work? 1089 01:30:06,320 --> 01:30:08,390 Sunday, a choir, a symphony. 1090 01:30:10,320 --> 01:30:15,269 Is it a seaside resort or a concentration camp? 1091 01:30:15,400 --> 01:30:17,231 It was my idea. 1092 01:30:17,280 --> 01:30:18,429 - Your idea? - Yes. 1093 01:30:19,240 --> 01:30:22,312 I convinced the Commandant 1094 01:30:22,440 --> 01:30:26,433 that at least every second Sunday prisoners need to have a day off. 1095 01:30:27,240 --> 01:30:29,310 They are criminals, yet humans. 1096 01:30:30,360 --> 01:30:32,476 And Commandant perfectly understood me. 1097 01:30:33,240 --> 01:30:35,390 He says, "Wonderful idea, so from now on 1098 01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:39,274 you'll be on duty each Sunday without exception". 1099 01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:41,356 He trusts me, Professor. 1100 01:30:42,400 --> 01:30:45,312 You know, last Christmas 1101 01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:48,273 he gave me a watch, look. 1102 01:30:48,360 --> 01:30:50,237 Pure silver. 1103 01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:52,356 And then I say to him, 1104 01:30:53,320 --> 01:30:57,279 I grew up in a culturally different country, Estonia. 1105 01:30:57,360 --> 01:31:00,432 And, well, I'm against physical punishments. 1106 01:31:01,440 --> 01:31:03,351 Our Commandant 1107 01:31:04,280 --> 01:31:06,430 is a very well educated man, so he says, 1108 01:31:07,360 --> 01:31:10,238 "I'm also against physical punishments". 1109 01:31:10,280 --> 01:31:11,349 Well, but... 1110 01:31:12,320 --> 01:31:14,311 To decorate the gibbet, 1111 01:31:14,360 --> 01:31:16,316 it was also your idea, wasn't it? 1112 01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:20,239 No, this is Commandant's idea. 1113 01:31:20,320 --> 01:31:21,469 You remember, Professor, 1114 01:31:22,240 --> 01:31:23,468 you said to me once... 1115 01:31:24,280 --> 01:31:28,432 "Memento mori" - remember you might be hanged. 1116 01:31:30,480 --> 01:31:34,393 So today we'll perfectly mark this Commandant's idea. 1117 01:31:34,440 --> 01:31:38,399 We've decided to hang a Russian pilot, a woman. 1118 01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:41,316 Right, if it's such a holiday, 1119 01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:44,398 maybe the war is already over? 1120 01:31:45,440 --> 01:31:48,318 Yes. The Germans will end the war. 1121 01:31:48,360 --> 01:31:50,316 What are you talking about? 1122 01:31:50,360 --> 01:31:53,352 The Russians are already by Vysla, sir corporal. 1123 01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,436 No, the Russians won't win the war. 1124 01:31:56,240 --> 01:31:59,391 And so won't the English. Even the Americans. 1125 01:32:00,360 --> 01:32:03,432 Yes, maybe we, the Germans, will lose the war. 1126 01:32:03,480 --> 01:32:06,278 Maybe... Maybe the Russians 1127 01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:08,390 will take over the entire Europe. 1128 01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:11,313 Maybe Europe will be communistic. 1129 01:32:11,360 --> 01:32:13,430 But we, the Germans, her Professor, 1130 01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:18,232 are the nation of talent and we'll rule Europe. 1131 01:32:18,280 --> 01:32:20,430 Maybe via foreign hands, but we will. 1132 01:33:17,280 --> 01:33:19,271 After the war, when a human 1133 01:33:19,400 --> 01:33:21,470 gets out of blood and starvation, 1134 01:33:22,240 --> 01:33:25,312 when he looks around and shakes off the ashes, 1135 01:33:25,440 --> 01:33:29,399 when he feels a wish to be reborn, theatre will help him. 1136 01:33:32,320 --> 01:33:36,359 A human full of blood, dirt and death 1137 01:33:37,480 --> 01:33:42,429 will want to see light in the theatre, poetry and love. 1138 01:33:43,480 --> 01:33:46,358 The new post-war theatre should be 1139 01:33:47,360 --> 01:33:51,399 a theatre of emotions, beauty and love. 1140 01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:58,316 It should portray the truth that we so much long for. 1141 01:34:04,280 --> 01:34:05,349 Okay. 1142 01:34:07,240 --> 01:34:10,312 And here I finish my lecture on the theatre. 1143 01:34:11,280 --> 01:34:15,239 If God wishes and one day we all meet here again 1144 01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:19,273 then I'll tell you about the great German romantic 1145 01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:25,232 Ernest Teodor Amadeus Hoffman. 1146 01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:29,358 It's been a hundred years since his death 1147 01:34:30,280 --> 01:34:32,430 but he remains a mystery up to this day. 1148 01:34:33,320 --> 01:34:35,231 A phenomenon. 1149 01:34:35,320 --> 01:34:37,311 Literature studies... 1150 01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:46,238 Men, let's split up or we get sticks. 1151 01:34:46,360 --> 01:34:48,271 You know, at the end of my life 1152 01:34:48,320 --> 01:34:50,390 I'll probably start going to the theatre. 1153 01:34:54,360 --> 01:34:56,430 How are the rehearsals going? 1154 01:34:59,320 --> 01:35:02,357 - Where are the actors? - Having lunch. - Sorry? 1155 01:35:02,440 --> 01:35:04,396 Lunch break. 1156 01:35:06,360 --> 01:35:08,316 It's cold here. 1157 01:35:09,240 --> 01:35:11,276 I'll ask to bring some firewood. 1158 01:35:11,320 --> 01:35:13,356 You know, my eyes are getting weak. 1159 01:35:13,400 --> 01:35:15,311 Go to a doctor. 1160 01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:20,231 I want to talk to you. 1161 01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:26,392 Tomorrow is a conference of the Writers' Union. 1162 01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:30,477 They will consider the manuscript of "Forest of the Gods". 1163 01:35:31,240 --> 01:35:33,356 They'll consider you, do you understand? 1164 01:35:33,400 --> 01:35:35,436 I don't know if they permit to print it. 1165 01:35:35,480 --> 01:35:37,311 It's not up to me. 1166 01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:39,316 I know it's not up to you. 1167 01:35:39,360 --> 01:35:42,238 They've been considering it for twelve months. 1168 01:35:42,280 --> 01:35:45,431 The editor has latched onto the Polish word "vypirdaliaj". 1169 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:49,232 "Vypirdaliaj" is a common word in the camp, 1170 01:35:49,280 --> 01:35:50,349 just like "scheisse", 1171 01:35:50,400 --> 01:35:53,392 like "kurwamac". "Vypirdaliaj litru samogona", 1172 01:35:53,440 --> 01:35:55,351 "Vszhyski zemby vypirdaliaj". 1173 01:35:55,400 --> 01:35:58,278 You have to understand - it's not the words. 1174 01:35:58,320 --> 01:36:01,312 You have your truth. It's your truth, keep it. 1175 01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:04,272 But you have to admit that an artist's truth 1176 01:36:04,320 --> 01:36:06,311 might be subjective. 1177 01:36:07,320 --> 01:36:11,279 There is another truth. It is categorical. 1178 01:36:12,280 --> 01:36:16,432 It's almost a warning or maybe even a judgment. 1179 01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:22,353 Your friends from Stutthof have been sent to Siberia. 1180 01:36:22,480 --> 01:36:24,391 By mistake. 1181 01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:27,316 You also might be such a mistake. 1182 01:36:27,360 --> 01:36:29,316 Do you understand? 1183 01:36:33,440 --> 01:36:36,238 - Let's talk in the car. - What? 1184 01:36:36,360 --> 01:36:38,430 We'll talk in the car. 1185 01:36:39,400 --> 01:36:41,311 Let's go. 1186 01:38:03,440 --> 01:38:06,352 Friends, during the Great War of Motherland 1187 01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:09,233 the talent of the United Nations' writers 1188 01:38:09,280 --> 01:38:11,236 became a conception weapon 1189 01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:14,272 to defeat fascism that instigates national hatred. 1190 01:38:14,320 --> 01:38:16,311 Friends, I'm amazed at the position 1191 01:38:16,360 --> 01:38:18,351 of the author of "Forest of the Gods". 1192 01:38:18,400 --> 01:38:21,312 He survived the hell of fascism concentration camp 1193 01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:24,432 but not a word is mentioned about the resistance fight 1194 01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:27,356 which, as we all know, went on in there. 1195 01:38:27,400 --> 01:38:29,277 No smoking here. 1196 01:38:29,320 --> 01:38:33,393 It can be claimed that the author cynically mocks the German victims. 1197 01:38:33,440 --> 01:38:35,351 The impression is that 1198 01:38:35,400 --> 01:38:38,358 the very prisoners are guilty for all the sufferings 1199 01:38:38,400 --> 01:38:40,356 but not the fascist butchers. 1200 01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:43,392 The author hides behind the apolitical mask, 1201 01:38:43,440 --> 01:38:46,273 the so called humour of a hangman. 1202 01:38:46,320 --> 01:38:49,357 This book is dangerous, good for nothing, my friends! 1203 01:38:49,400 --> 01:38:53,279 We would do a favour to our enemy if printed! 1204 01:39:18,360 --> 01:39:20,351 Hanged himself... 1205 01:39:22,360 --> 01:39:25,238 Son of a cunt. 1206 01:39:46,440 --> 01:39:48,431 Shoot all the Jews. 1207 01:39:48,520 --> 01:39:52,354 Then kill Russians and Poles, as soon as possible. 1208 01:39:52,480 --> 01:39:55,517 You have twenty four hours to eliminate the camp. 1209 01:39:56,320 --> 01:39:58,311 Yes sir Standarterführer! 1210 01:40:56,360 --> 01:40:59,477 I wonder who comes first, Russians or Americans. 1211 01:41:00,560 --> 01:41:04,519 If the Russians, I have to pin in the red star. 1212 01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:08,312 If the Americans, then red doesn't fit. 1213 01:41:25,440 --> 01:41:27,476 Everything's all right. 1214 01:45:25,440 --> 01:45:27,396 Welcome home. 1215 01:45:31,400 --> 01:45:33,516 I'm sorry, this is a front joke. 1216 01:45:58,480 --> 01:46:01,313 - Who's there? - The neighbour. 1217 01:46:03,480 --> 01:46:05,357 Hello! 1218 01:46:06,440 --> 01:46:10,319 Electricity frequently goes off in this building. 1219 01:46:13,320 --> 01:46:16,392 I want to give you an oil lamp, Professor. 1220 01:46:18,400 --> 01:46:19,549 It could be useful. 1221 01:46:20,320 --> 01:46:22,515 - You probably work a lot. - Thank you. 1222 01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:45,515 Sign. 1223 01:46:49,440 --> 01:46:53,399 I respect all beliefs and disbeliefs. 1224 01:46:54,480 --> 01:46:57,392 I just don't believe in sudden rebaptism. 1225 01:46:57,440 --> 01:47:01,353 Do you know how many change-overs 1226 01:47:01,400 --> 01:47:03,391 I saw in the camp? 1227 01:47:06,520 --> 01:47:09,512 You've announced the crusade to your past. 1228 01:47:10,440 --> 01:47:12,476 Yes, you're the power people. 1229 01:47:13,400 --> 01:47:14,515 I understand. 1230 01:47:15,320 --> 01:47:17,550 You have to agree, fawn upon and no one will touch you. 1231 01:47:18,320 --> 01:47:21,357 Argue, go against and hell knows what might happen. 1232 01:47:21,400 --> 01:47:25,439 But I don't believe all these enthusiastic approvals. 1233 01:47:26,520 --> 01:47:29,432 What's the essence of all these speakers? 1234 01:47:29,480 --> 01:47:32,392 Began with clichés and finished with clichés. 1235 01:47:32,440 --> 01:47:34,431 I believe and let it be! 1236 01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:37,515 A conference of the Writers' Union! 1237 01:47:37,560 --> 01:47:39,516 Not a single creative thought, 1238 01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:43,357 no communication, no creative discussions! 1239 01:47:45,360 --> 01:47:47,430 Creators have always created 1240 01:47:47,480 --> 01:47:50,517 and always destroyed theories from the essence. 1241 01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:53,313 Why am I telling you all this? 1242 01:47:54,480 --> 01:47:56,471 You understand it yourself. 1243 01:47:58,360 --> 01:48:00,476 Every creator creates what he saw, 1244 01:48:00,520 --> 01:48:03,512 how he perceived the world. One's own way! 1245 01:48:05,400 --> 01:48:09,393 "Forest of the Gods", it's such an innocent subject! 1246 01:48:10,480 --> 01:48:12,471 I wrote it in two months. 1247 01:48:14,360 --> 01:48:16,430 The discussion took twelve months! 1248 01:48:16,480 --> 01:48:19,313 Discussion, discussion, discussion! 1249 01:48:20,320 --> 01:48:22,311 And it's not the end yet! 1250 01:48:25,400 --> 01:48:27,436 It's clear for me though. 1251 01:48:29,440 --> 01:48:31,510 I'm starting to hate this piece. 1252 01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:37,319 I don't want to see it, I don't want to hear about it. 1253 01:48:38,400 --> 01:48:40,356 "Forest of the Gods". 1254 01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:42,436 You are all looking for politics 1255 01:48:43,360 --> 01:48:45,510 and get angry when you don't find it. 1256 01:48:46,320 --> 01:48:48,311 I didn't write any. 1257 01:48:49,360 --> 01:48:53,512 If all these people stayed in the camp 1258 01:48:55,360 --> 01:48:56,554 for as long as I'd been, 1259 01:48:57,320 --> 01:49:00,471 with legs swollen, kidneys beaten, 1260 01:49:03,360 --> 01:49:06,477 heads smashed, starving, 1261 01:49:08,400 --> 01:49:10,436 scrambling for a piece of bread, 1262 01:49:10,480 --> 01:49:14,519 they'd understand that a person in a camp no longer thinks of politics. 1263 01:49:15,320 --> 01:49:17,311 The most important thing is to survive. 1264 01:49:17,400 --> 01:49:19,470 To survive, to survive, to survive! 1265 01:49:21,480 --> 01:49:24,358 To write what never was... 1266 01:49:26,440 --> 01:49:28,396 What I never saw, 1267 01:49:29,520 --> 01:49:33,354 to brag about my sufferings. ...I don't want this. 1268 01:49:33,400 --> 01:49:35,470 I don't want to and don't know how. 1269 01:49:35,520 --> 01:49:39,354 When the firewood arrives, give them this note. 1270 01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:47,312 Good people! 1271 01:49:49,320 --> 01:49:51,436 Let this old bison die. 1272 01:49:54,320 --> 01:49:56,356 You're an influential man. 1273 01:49:57,320 --> 01:49:59,356 I should be afraid of you. 1274 01:50:01,320 --> 01:50:04,517 You know what, from this same office 1275 01:50:05,440 --> 01:50:09,319 I was sent to the camp, only by a German officer. 1276 01:50:31,480 --> 01:50:33,357 Who's there? 1277 01:50:34,320 --> 01:50:35,389 Me. 1278 01:50:35,440 --> 01:50:36,509 Who's "me"? 1279 01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:38,469 Me, me. 1280 01:50:40,480 --> 01:50:42,436 Ah, Professor. 1281 01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:46,392 Good day. Came to say goodbye? 1282 01:50:48,360 --> 01:50:51,511 Yes, yes, they closed your camp. 1283 01:50:53,440 --> 01:50:55,396 Completely closed. 1284 01:50:57,400 --> 01:50:59,470 We'll keep performing, but... 1285 01:51:00,480 --> 01:51:02,516 Will perform something. 1286 01:51:06,480 --> 01:51:09,313 Maybe it's good they've closed it. 1287 01:51:11,480 --> 01:51:14,358 Who needs a performance? 1288 01:51:15,480 --> 01:51:19,439 About a live mouse in the teeth of a painted cat? 1289 01:51:22,480 --> 01:51:25,517 I don't know if it's even possible to perform. 1290 01:51:39,480 --> 01:51:41,436 Who is he? 1291 01:51:42,480 --> 01:51:44,516 I know him. 1292 01:51:45,480 --> 01:51:49,314 That's Manfred Freiwald. From Lauenburg. 1293 01:51:50,320 --> 01:51:53,312 A German, the researcher of the Bible. 1294 01:51:54,320 --> 01:51:56,470 Worked in the library of the SS. 1295 01:51:57,400 --> 01:52:00,437 Yes, that's Manferd Freiwald. 1296 01:52:01,400 --> 01:52:03,516 Later transferred to the sawmill. 1297 01:52:07,400 --> 01:52:09,470 Was terribly afraid of death. 1298 01:52:13,320 --> 01:52:15,436 He hid in the hospital when he found out 1299 01:52:15,480 --> 01:52:17,391 he was to be shot. 1300 01:52:17,480 --> 01:52:19,516 He died when he fell off the scaffolding 1301 01:52:20,320 --> 01:52:22,311 while building a boiler. 1302 01:52:22,480 --> 01:52:25,438 No, that's a Russian from the sixth block. 1303 01:52:25,480 --> 01:52:27,436 He wanted to escape. 1304 01:52:29,360 --> 01:52:34,434 He tried to escape in spring, they caught and shot him. 1305 01:52:36,360 --> 01:52:37,475 So that's life. 1306 01:52:37,520 --> 01:52:40,353 So why is he walking here if he was shot? 1307 01:52:40,400 --> 01:52:43,392 Gentlemen, this is Mr. Professor, a Lithuanian. 1308 01:52:43,440 --> 01:52:46,432 A book rat from the administrative office. 1309 01:52:47,320 --> 01:52:50,517 They say he wrote a book about the camp after the war. 1310 01:52:52,480 --> 01:52:55,358 But nobody would print it. 1311 01:52:55,480 --> 01:52:57,436 Too bad. 1312 01:52:58,480 --> 01:53:02,439 The world would have learned funny stuff about us. 1313 01:53:35,480 --> 01:53:38,313 In memory of the writer Balys Sruoga. 1314 01:53:38,360 --> 01:53:40,510 In 1957, ten years after the writer's death, 1315 01:53:41,320 --> 01:53:45,359 the Soviet censorship gave permission to print the novel "Forest of the Gods". 1316 01:53:46,000 --> 01:53:49,103 Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player Πρωτότυπο 00:00:01, 000--> 00:00:04, 074102468