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Yes...

It could have happened this way...

At least I have imagined it this way

when I learned about death of Ewa Salm,

�The Princess�...

� So, you learned about it by chance?

� Yes, but...

but it was inevitable

I'd have learned about it sooner or later

� It must have happened during your illness

� Indeed, I was in hospital at the time

I was taken care of

so that only good news were reaching me

probably that's why I was so depressed

When I was going to see the professor

I felt he would bring in a verdict, very harsh one

All my life up to now suddenly seemed so short

meaningless... as if it never existed

I was blaming myself that

I was so careless about myself

about my time, my strength

that I lived in such a rush

that I didn't manage to ask myself

a few simple questions:

Who am I?

What do I live for?

Why do I exist?

I will remember the conversation with the professor

word by word, until I am alive

I told him right at the beginning to

not conceal anything

that I prefer harsh truth to fine lies

� Perfect! I like it so, too

Listen to this

this is your heart

If you want to live longer

You must stop working in your profession

and no more smoking

� Live longer?

That means � how long?

That's hard to estimate

A year?

3 years?

� If you survive 2 years

your chances for living longer increase

� I am 45 years old

� Condition of your heart doesn't match

your actual age

In fact, you are 85 years old.

� Dear captain Siwy

I remember you from Rzeszow, in 1946

You were gray-haired already then

Despite your young age

you worked more than a bank accountant

needs for his pension.

We, as employees of the State

must believe in medical diagnosis.

But you, Siwy � don't believe in it.

We wish you happiness.

I recalled that farewell party

not to slobber over cordiality of

my former colleagues

But because I cannot forget the feeling

that I had all the time that

the circumstances were quite unreal to me,

not concerning myself.

I was convinced that something

was about to happen:

that I would experience a sort of shock

that would affect my entire life

I consider myself a rationalist

though I don't disregard the intuitive thinking.

I must have felt it in my bones

that I turned down Turski's offer

� he's my friend �

to give me a lift.

Even though I didn't feel good,

ever worse...

[Tragedy in the Rookery]

Brukowa street...

a relict of the past, well preserved

became again the tragedy's audience

Communique of Police station in Warszawa-Praga South:

late afternoon, on Saturday

Apolonia M., resident of 4 Brukowa street

has accidentally noticed something strange

at the window on other side of the courtyard

...then, I saw a woman on the sill

she was lying there for a moment

around 5 seconds, and then rolled down

on that moulding...

...and fell down.

� I have heard a noise and a scream somewhere up there

� I was screaming, I was in shock, it was terrible!

� so I run to her...

she wanted to say something... � What did she say?

� She was still alive...

I don't know... she wanted to say something

but she could not

so I asked that somebody calls emergency

� It was me! I called!

I ran to the phone in the street... and made a call!

� She arrived unconscious, I transfused her immidiately

but blood analysis read

over 3 promille of alcohol in her blood.

She died after 5 minutes of operation.

� She stayed with her mother, apartment 15

Apparently she worked in some office

� In an architectural office, in Czackiego street.

She was a typist! � But she was out every evening

and came back in the morning.

Always in a different car, sometimes in a cab

I could notice it it since I am an insomniac.

� My wife has once seen her coming back at 7 am.

and in a moment she was running to catch the bus.

� She was never late at work

Couple of times I've met her in night-clubs

I don't go out very often myself

But every time I was out, I have seen her somewhere

Please, have a seat.

So, she must have been going out all the time

Later, I made a remark

that this kind of lifestyle...

I was given a tempting proposition

I rejected it though

despite she was a very attractive girl

Ewa's lifestyle resulted in an inclination

to drink too much

Apparently, the apartment on 5th floor

from which Ewa S. fell out

was a known rookery

Vodka was being sold there, but also

it was a place to drink up

� Ewa used to go there

but she never stayed long

She never drank there, just

bought vodka to bring it home

It was the first time that she stayed longer

� Did she know those people?

Did she have any closer ties with them?

� Why did she stay there?

� Why did she stay there this time?

� So you know nothing?

You don't have any suspicions?

No.

I haven't seen her here

There were no women in here

only men

� But she fell out of this window here

� But I don't remember her

� And you?

� I don't remember her neither I can't remember everybody.

I also drank a little then, it was my name-day

� And you didn't see her?

� I know she came here, but

I don't know what for and when she left

� Did you sell her any alcohol?

� I don't sell any alcohol!

It was a party for friends

I don't recall taking any money from her

I don't remember anything!

Only... at some point when everybody was sleeping...

Somebody arrived and was looking for some vodka

he drank leftovers from the glass

� Was it Ewa?

� No, it was a man

But I can't remember who was it or even if I knew him

� Was that man with her? Or he came later?

I don't remember

� Welcome � Good afternoon

I've heard that you were ill, inspector

I called a few times

And then I heard that you leave the Headquarters...

� I am on a pension

My heart was born in the year 1883

I have read your report...

I know that you don't like to be praised...

Did you actually go there?

Did you talk to people?

� Yes, I went to Brukowa to look at the house

and I received a police report � 15 pages

I made it 4 for myself

� Did you know her?

� Ewa S.?

� Yes. Ewa Salm.

� Everybody knew Ewa

she was a person to know...

I fooled a picture then from police photographer

I wanted to publish it

Not bad, is it?

but the editor declined

Now, I would ask you a question

if you don't mind

Did you know her?

� Yes

I knew her

� He asked this question and

when I answered I recalled that case again

All those people who

passed through my office back then

I didn't yet consider the case to be extraoridinary

I had many similar cases, and this one

began in quite a trivial way

� Please, sit down

Your personal data, please

� Jerzy Palko, born on 5th August 1925 in Przeworsk

address: Warsaw, 6/8 Dolna street, apartment 11

� What number?

� 6/8, apartment 11

� Tell me in detail the course of yesterday's accident

� Yesterday, on Friday 29th

around 6:55 pm. I packed the takings

to take it to the post-office...

� How much was it?

� 385,500

it was much more than on a usual day

� How was the money packed?

� And then I noticed that

I was not holding the briefcase any more

I've heard a patter

as if somebody were running away

I've turned around

and saw some guy's back

he was running away so fast

I saw some passers-by trying to chase him

and some others standing and screaming

"Robber!", "Help!", "Police!"

and something else, but I can't remember...

and later, I don't know how

I found myself in Wedel shop...

I'd like to rectify here

"I noticed that I was not holding

the briefcase anymore"

I can remember first I felt a sudden pain

in my left hand

so I did't feel to drop the briefcase with money

I didn't realize what happened

probably because of the aftershock

and so I didn't feel the pain

only after I was back home

I saw I couldn't move my hand any more

I went to the emergency then

� The fracture was probably caused

by a stroke of a hard and long implement

across the top of the palm

� Could feeling of pain be possibly

dimmed by the aftershock for two hours?

� It's possible but very unlikely

� Could Palko possibly fracture his hand himself,

after the robbery?

� This we cannot rule out

� I heard something drops down

and I've seen it was the briefcase

I wanted to tell that man that

he dropped his briefcase

next thing I remember

was a man escaping, dressed in nylon rain-coat

� What color was that coat?

� Green... brownish green

� Did you see the face of the escaping man?

� No

I didn't see him from the front

he started running in opposite direction

� Please, tell me which sample of nylon

is most resembling that man's coat

� Number 3

� Number 3

or 4

� So, which number?

� Rather 4

� Did you see the face of the escaping man?

� Yes I did

he was a young fellow...

I mean, a man of age 24

maybe 27

tall, dark-haired

he wore sunglasses

quite large ones, with heavy frame

� Thank you, you can go

� Thanks. Come, come

� Wait

why did you bring the dog?

� I have nobody to leave it with

� Did they let you in here like this?

� He doesn't bite... Come, come

� Please tell me your personal data

� Wasowski Robert, 15 Targowa street

� What number?

� 15 Targowa street

29 years old, driver

transportation company number 4

� Please repeat your testimony

� I have parked my van

when I came with the stuff

following the regulations, before the crossing

I took the keys out

� Robbery! � Catch him!

� Franek! Catch him!

� He escapes to the yard!

� The chased man had navy-blue socks,

navy-blue pants

and the man I saw in the yard had such

his jacket had golden buttons

they were shining like...

... like railway-man's

I wanted to tell him I was chasing somebody

and ask him to help me

so maybe he goes out to the street

� Stop!

Stop, you thief!

� We have the expert's report

the evidence of coat examination

color: brownish-green, identical with sample number 4

contents of left pocket:

0,2 g of tobacco dust with a mix of other substances

contents of right pocket:

piece of a fingernail, a staple, paper shreds

remains of an ampule

and some unidentified crumbs

That's it

� He chose most common clothes:

a nylon rain-coat

I'm sure he doesn't wear it every day

� Maybe he borrowed it or stole it...

and he was going to ditch it in the yard

� So maybe navy-blue jacket with golden buttons is his usual outfit

� We should check our files, who dresses up like that

� It's not so simple

golden buttons are now in fashion

meanwhile, we gave announcement in the press

about a found rain-coat

maybe this gives some results

� What about the briefcase?

� No... I didn't notice any briefase then

he must have hidden it, or passed it to somebody

� It seems unlikely that he manages

to put money in his pockets

in a matter of seconds

standing in the middle of courtyard

� I believe he prepared the hide

when planning the robbery, and later

took the briefcase away

or his accomplice did it

� Somebody willing to follow me on my route

would have handy conditions to do that

on my way to the post-office,

I pass one tram stop

then I have to reach the crossing

only then I pass to other side of the street

� Beside the staff, who else had known the route?

� The manager

� Who else?

� Well, I guess nobody

� Maybe somebody resigned recently?

� Yes, we discharged few people � Did you?

Their names

� Melania Roch, widowed

� Address?

� 12 Niegolewskiego street

� You resigned from a job in a retail enterprise

� Retail job doesn't suit me

� Why is that?

� I don't like to deal with money, with clients

� You resigned from the post of department's manager

with a salary 2,500

And you took the job for a 1000

� Yes, but I didn't do any bad

� You didn't answer my question

� That's why I resigned: to avoid such interrogation

� You failed, so please tell me

� It's something they call "B.P."

� What's that?

� "Palko's Bank" � I don't get it...

� It's a sort of credit institution

an usurious one, lending money to people

� To who?

� Shop managers, private gardeners

� But what did you have in common with it?

� Against my will,

I was forced to provide capital

� In what way?

� When a client was buying a TV, a washer

or a stereo, and paying cash

I was obliged to let the manager know about it

then he arrived with ID

which he borrowed from somebody for money

as far as I know, for 100

we opened a deferred-payment account for that ID

and Palko took the cash

he paid back in installments

and with remainder he operated in his "bank"

I could not sleep at night

in fear of an audit

Palko played it down, he laughed at me

and said that we feared for money

but any bandit can have 300,000 with ease

since that much takings Palko carried to the post-office

and he feared a robbery since he didn't have any security

� I admit I have said that

it wasn't very wise

I find suspicious that she didn't

care for the job any more, after that conversation

� The investigation must be led in two directions

first: who of Palko bank's borrowers had been arrested

been put the screws on by the Finance Department

escaped, etc. causing

crisis and insolvency of the bank

second: with who could Palko collaborate

to organize fictional robbery

since the briefcase could be empty

� You told me that Palko

was afraid of a robbery

Did you tell that to anybody else?

� I can't remember

I was taking about it

when I was at Lesniakiewicz's place

I work as houskeeper there

sometimes I stay to watch TV till late

so we chatter about this or that

� Who was there at the time?

� Mr. Lesniakiewicz, Mrs. Lesniakiewicz

young Lesniakiewicz

and the daughter, Aga

� Who are they?

� Mr. Lesniakiewicz is a doctor

Mrs. Lesniakiewicz is unemployed

� Who is the young man?

� He is Mr. Lesniakiewicz's stepson

handsome guy

� Does anybody in the house have

a nylon rain-coat? Green one

or maybe brownish-green...

� Why yes

I have seen a coat like that on a hanger

� Does anybody smoke a pipe there?

� Yes, the doctor

� How did they react to your story?

� As far as I remember

Mr. Lesniakiewicz was outraged

and Leszek was just laughing

� Didn't he ask you where that shop was?

� Nooo

� Didn't he ask you about your former job?

� I guess not... we don't talk much

� Does he study? Or works somewhere?

� He doesn't look like somebody who works

although he's rarely at home

� Do you know any of his friends?

Maybe a girlfriend of his?

� He's married

and he's going to divorce

� His wife doesn't stay at Lesniakiewicz's?

� No, no... They never talk about her

� But she used to stay there?

� Nooo, I don't know...

they somehow avoid to talk about it

� What that stepson's name?

� Kerner

Lechoslaw Kerner

� Stand in place

� Which one?

Turn around

� You think I don't recognize you, you fool?

you left this coat with me...

He thought I were attracted with his rags

second one from right

� Second one from the right, turn around!

Your name

� But you know me anyway

Lechoslaw Kerner

You're not gonna prove anything this time

� We have court register excerpt:

Lechoslaw Kerner, a student

convicted of attempted manslaughter

of his stepfather, dr Lesniakiewicz

caused by jealousy about his wife, Mariola Kerner

Sentenced for 5 years in prison

� Paroled for good time

� What did you do since the release till today?

� Nothing

� What did you do? � I was depending on my stepfather

he gives me pocket money

� How much is it?

� Initially 1000, and now 1200 every month

In order to get rid of his remorse

he'd need to pay me 2000 � I don't get it

� But you know what I served for...

� Tell me what did you do on Friday 29th

� I woke up, I rubbed my eyes

� Provide timing, possibly exact

� I woke up around 10 am. around 10:01 am. I rubbed my eyes.

Am I testifying properly now?

� I am asking questions

and you answer

� I had two eggs for breakfast

then I went to the bathroom

and slowly put "Kaola" cream on my face

then, with "Gillette" razor

I started systematically shaving hair from my left cheek

Am I testifying properly?

� Do it as you wish

� I left the bathroom

then I went to my room

there I put my clothes on

� What shirt did you choose?

� Beige, with stripes

� More precisely, what were the stripes like?

� I was sure it was precise...

� So you can't answer this question?

� I can't or I won't

� Then, continue with day's description

� I have met a friend, in Bristol, at 11:30

we were friends at the university

I mean when I was still studying there

� What was the matter of the conversation?

� We talked about my chances

to come back to university

about girls

then we had 2 shots each

then I went home for lunch

after lunch I went to the theater

� What theatre was that?

� "Dramatyczny" theatre

� What time did the performance start?

� At 7 pm.

� What was the play's title?

� I can't remember

� It would be good if you recalled

the plot of the play you don't remember either?

� This I remember, I can tell you

� Did you go alone?

� Yes, alone.

I was supposed to be with Ewa Salm

but she didn't come

you can check, 4 Brukowa street

apartment 15

� May I?

� Yes, please.

Did you intend to go to the theater

with Lechoslaw Kerner, on 29th?

� Yes. But I didn't.

� Why so?

� Am I supposed to say truth?

� What do you think?

� Simply, I could not put it together and go out

And when I was ready, it was too late

� How did Kerner react to your absence?

� He doesn't make scenes, he's indifferent

� Please, characterize Kerner

� One can't say much about him, he's strange

I'd say, hermetically closed

� Do you know him for long?

� I met him a year ago, in Bristol

he said: Copernicus is my relative

he can fix you enrollment in astronomy department

He used to tell such stories all the time

� Didn't Kerner tell you recently

that he expected to get a lot of cash?

� No.

� When did he invite you for a show?

� 2 or 3 days before that

� Did you often go to the theatre together?

� No, it was the first time

� Well, first time...

� Listen, don't walk through your part!

Act as during normal performance!

the same tempo, right?

Please.

� It happened right then...

� I heard some noise then, some shouting

I turned around and everybody

was looking up, at the balcony

but I decided to continue, and soon it was again quiet

� We were told during interlude

that some candies have been dropped down

� Just from here!

from this spot

� I've found one more

� How much can timing differ, depending on the tempo?

� Up to this moment... 30�40 seconds, not more

� So the incident with candies

must have happened around 7:06 pm.

The same time as the robbery

� It's a very tough candy

� Didn't anything focus your attention

except what happened on the scene?

� You mean candies! Of course I remember!

They were dropped from the balcony!

some have even bounced off heads!

� Good afternoon

� Bill, please!

...

... easily at the university...

...let's go

� Allright! bring her in!

Start new interrogation protocol

"Ewa Salm"

alias "the Princess"

today's date

11:50 am.

� Please, sit down

� Will you notice that I came here myself?

� Of course

� Will I be held responsible for

concealing some facts until now?

� Not, if you tell truth this time

� I was in the theater that day

but not sitting next to Kerner.

I was on the balcony... He wanted me to be there

He made me memorize couple of lines

from the first act

And when they said proper sentence

I dropped candies from the balcony, it was me

Here

� Did you see Kerner already?

He was released yesterday

� You know I did, you were following us

� What? You noticed that?

� No, but Kerner talked about it all the time

� Did he pay you your share?

� There was no "share" discussed

� I don't know what to think of it

but Kerner said he didn't rob anybody

He even went home

to get 700 from his stepfather

At least he says so

� He said he was given it

� Yes

He said if his mother and stepfather

didn't make him a criminal

he'd never be accused of a robbery

� Does "cocoa" mean "money" in your conversations?

� "Cocoa" is a cocoa... Kerner was telling me in the bar

about his first time drinking cocoa

that his mother didn't put sugar

that it was so disgusting, so he started to hate it

and he coudn't get it that somebody liked it

Same with his life

nobody put sugar in it

that's why it's so ugly

� What's the meaning of "Pulawy"?

� You know this...

... it's this place

� And "calm studies"?

� Calm studies...

Kerner wanted to finish his studies

� Did Kerner mention the name Palko?

� No.

� Or, that he knows a shop manager?

� No, never.

� Don't you care about Kerner?

� I do. But I'm scared ...

And I don't want to be

held responsible for those candies

� What is his attitude towards you?

� I can't answer this

� Only one person entered,

an elderly woman. Nobody was leaving.

� Police

� Get in, please

� Is it your coat?

� Yes.

� Do you smoke pipe?

� Yes, I do

� Which tobacco?

� Diverse, mostly Dutch, Amphora

� Did you ever crush a glass ample in the pocket?

� Yes, it happened

I think it was Phenaclis... due to negligency

� When did the coat get lost?

� I didn't even notice its absence

or maybe I lost it somewhere, it doesn't matter

� So, did you find any cash?

� No, just some change...

� Take him into custody, I'll come soon

� All right

� And take this with you

� What's that supposed to mean?

I'll not let my stepson get involved in any robbery!

I'll move heaven and earth so that he's released

and you apologize for that to us all

� I plead not guilty

all evidence is probably real

but it won't change the fact

that I didn't do it

� In that case...

... please...

� In that case how'd you explain

the incident with candies in the theatre?

your presence in that courtyard, the coat...

and your escape?

� I didn't escape!

I have only retreated into the courtyard

because of commotion in the street

and I run from that man

because he just looked scary

� So, despite hard evidence

you won't plead guilty

and disclose where's the cash hidden?

� I've never had that cash

so I coudn't have hidden it

� But, you understand

that the court won't like your attitude

� I've got no choice

I can't have a different attitude

because I haven't done it

� The court accedes to the defence request

and gives the floor to the defendant

in order to give addtitional statement

� I recall my former testimony

I confess myself guilty.

Yes, Your Honour, I am guilty.

On October 29th, about 7 pm. at Pulawska street

I committed a robbery of the shop manager

All circumstances of how the robbery was arranged

and how the alibi was organized, are true

The briefcase with cash was

thrown on the canopy of the tram stop

I have chosen that spot earlier

When that man run after me

I didn't carry the briefcase anymore

I took it later

I will now explain my calculation:

I won't disclose where the cash is hidden

If I did, I'd get 8 years

But this way, I'll get 2 years more

and the money is well secured

I chose a good place

But only that much can I say about it

that it is good

And you, sirs, go look for it...

� In the presence of given testimony

the court decided to hear again the witness Ewa Salm

� Your Honour... This lady

is an accomplice of the robbery

and should be sitting here, in the bar!

and not be charming us with her fine complexion!

She should get a bit pale now!

Like the defendant Kerner did!

I reckon the files be returned in custody

And include Ewa Salm in indictment act

� Your Honour, this gentleman is right

� I object to defence request

Until the first arrest of Kerner

Ewa Salm was unaware of her complicity

and could only be held responsible

for delay in acknowledging the authorities

which is of minimal importance

given her later attitude

� The court is going to deliberate now

� He's fanning my feeling of guilt

for that affair with Mariola

But I'm sure he's innocent

If his mother and I weren't at the trial

he'd never plead guilty. He said it for us...

He was only talking to us two!

He didn't care for the court, the consequences

If you considered this...

� Well, let's suppose you're right

how can you prove it?

I don't believe in this hidden money either

I think he did it on Palko's request

but how to find a link between them?

Melania Roch?

No, she was excluded...

By the way, she can't get over

that she finished Kerner

She must have been very loyal to the house

Shouldn't you let her come back?

� No.

� I forgot to tell you that I talked to Ewa Salm

It was a long and dramatic conversation

� Maybe you don't know the article 148 of penal code

it suggests punishment for pressuring witnesses

for persuading them to change testimony

� But sections 2 and 3 give a chance...

� But only to convict's relatives

� His mother took part in the conversation

� Neverless I'd suggest you not to see Ewa Salm

It isn't very safe

� You know what was later...

hospital... farewell to the job

the news about Princess' death

So you know the background

of what you're interested in

If you want to know the continuation

We have to go back to the point

when I visited that reporter in his office

I left his office and wondered what to do

I was anxious, I had a feeling of guilt

related to Kerner's case

Maybe I considered only too obvious course of events

Maybe the ending was too simple

to be possibly true

I realized that I felt sort of sympathy for Kerner

Or maybe it was just compassion

� Good afternoon

� Good afternoon

� I am not policeman anymore, it's a private visit

� Come in... But I'd prefer that you wait for my husband

� Of course

� All that wouldn't happen

without that Melania Roch!

We let her get too close!

If only she sat in the kitchen and kept quiet...!

Please, sit down

� Thank you

� Siwy is here!

� I know... You had a heart attack

Of course, you came because of Leszek... � Yes

� Please, sit down

� How can I help you?

� I want to talk

� I can spend 100,000 to fix it

Maybe we have to bribe somebody,

pay for a testimony, produce a document...

Or you can keep it, I don't care

� Did you say that, too, to Ewa Salm?

� If this has to be a new case against me...

then even before you leave...

� So you think it was a murder...

� What do you want? you don't even work there anymore!

� If anybody can help your stepson

It's probably only me

� So you finished him, aware that he wasn't guilty!

You are scum!

� Here...

� So, what is it?

� Let's assume I am scum

But I had remorse

� That's what I can't believe...

� If I took the money you'd feel better?

� Yes, it's a conditional reflex: to pay...

I'm sorry for that

I'll tell you something

When he brought the Princess here

for the first time, he told her

"I have to bring him one woman a day

otherwise he'd never forgive me

But we are friends � murderer and would-be victim"

Kerner was taking revenge on me

� She was born in 1946 in Mazury

her mother, princess Hohenzollern von Salm

didn't escape with German army

fell in love with a colonel

from this affair she was born

� As you know, she was a daughter of a janitor

and a tradeswoman from nearby marketplace.

Very quickly she started to feel at home here

� You mentioned a dramatic conversation

� I wanted to talk already in the court

but she ran away

Later I went to her place

That 100,000 may let some talk, or make others stay quiet

but I need to know who

� Tell the truth to the doctor

what he wants to know...

� But he doesn't know what he wants

� Don't be stupid, it's so much money

you want to dump so much money?

� I don't know what he's talking about!

� Listen...

� Don't talk like this to me!

� You piece of shit!

� What are you doing?!

� I was wrong, she doesn't know anything...

� I realized that Ewa signalled

something important to her mother

Something like 'it's dangerous'

but later they didn't say a word to me

I also asked Mariola, my stepson's ex-wife

to talk to Ewa Salm

They've met...

� Kerner's wife...

maybe I should talk to her?

� So you pictured myself differently?

That I possibly resembled that "Princess"?

That Kerner was more focused...?

No. He always said he liked all women

or, that he disliked all women

I personally think it was a kind of perversion

and it's only one of his many shortcomings

and it's not the worst one

� And which you think was the worst?

� His foulness was worst

He used the doctor, he taxed him

for the marriage with his mother

I fell in love with the doctor

for his kindness, his manhood...

After all it was all my fault

� I don't really know that affair of yours

but I think it was somehow important

� I am not ashamed...

Everything came clear at the court

The doctor claimed I have provoked him

Maybe...

But it wasn't deliberate

It was stronger than me

Already at the wedding party I realized

that I'd prefer to spend the wedding night with him

and not with that stupid kid

I regret I didn't do it straight away

� I am insane!

This has no point!

� Quiet! be quiet...

� Leszek!

Leszek, wait!

What are you doing?!

� No!!!

� He didn't strike a second blow...

he was terrified with blood.

The doctor said "Leszek, forgive me..."

and fell on the floor

Kerner, terrified, ran away and I called emergency

In the court the doctor tried to blame himself

but the judge thought otherwise

Kerner got 5 years

� And Ewa Salm? When did you meet her?

� I knew her face for long, like one knows all of them

when the doctor asked me to talk to her, I agreed

� I can see you took Leszek's favorite table

� I'm sure he came here also with you...

But he didn't need to show me where to go

� You know what?

there's no point in nagging each other

Not any more, really

I came here out of curiosity...

Otherwise I know that doctor wanted you to meet me

And I'll tell you that it's better for you

if you don't let them mix you up in this

You'll suffer a lot, even if you only touch it

Like I did

� Excellent that you put it like this

but I have suffered already...

We are both in the same situation

We both messed Kerner up...

� But Kerner didn't make you sleep with the doctor

But I did scatter candies on his request

He wanted to be a famous robber!

� Are you sure she said

"He wanted..."?

� Yes, I'm sure of it

She said "He wanted to be a famous robber!"

In fact you busted him and locked up

� Excuse me

but a former policeman

who want to contact a criminal...

This is at least suspicious

� To make it more suspicious I'll tell you

that it was me who led Kerner's case

and I locked him up!

� Please, mind your tongue!

At least in prison governor's office...

So...

I can consider your request only

if you write a statement

that you're a relative of the inmate

� Let's write it...

"Friend of the inmate"

� I'm not sure if he wants to come...

� We'll see about that

Hey, Mr. Kerner! Come closer

� This we know long time: Siwy out of business!

� Kerner, The Princess is dead!

� Are you working for the doctor?

Does he pay you salary or just a bonus?

� What did she know? What did you tell her?

� That I really like ... her, you know

� Did you tell her about the robbery?

� Do you know here's she buried...?

� Kerner, did you have accomplices?

� ... so go there on Saturday

she liked Saturdays

When I'm out of here I'll pay you

I'll be rich by then

� Kerner, what did she know?

� Kerner!

� We all know the letter of prison governor

We think that Siwy persuades witnesses

to correct testimony for Kerner's favor

� There's a suspicion...

We know Siwy for over 20 years

The report is full of assumptions and not facts

� This is just initial report!

This can't be denied that Siwy

just after getting retired

started to invert investigation

� I am in the scope, too!

He called me to ask if we

associated the murder of Ewa Salm

with Kerner's case

� You see how far he goes?

� Did he tell you what he knew?

� No

� Ewa Salm's mother said that

days before the murder somebody visited them

offering 100,000 for a hint

But Ewa didn't want to say anything

� She didn't want to say!

not that she didn't know!

Were it not some important information,

they would make up some story just to get the money!

I think that instead of following Siwy

we should figure out why he is investigating

� The reason is the 100,000

offered by doctor Lesniakiewicz

I'm sure it was him in Ewa Salm's place!

� The key is the fact that we didn't

find the money yet!

Maybe Ewa Salm intercepted the money?

Maybe she didn't want to give in where it's hidden?

Or maybe she did and somebody took it from her

and killed her!

Or maybe she didn't get share and informed on Kerner

� We didn't yet hear Major Durski's opinion

� Since I am Siwy's former superior officer

and his good friend, I want to stay out of this

And I cannot listen calmly

to cpt. Studniarz's reasoning

� Nooo, stay with us, we'll need you

You'll be here to defend Siwy

Please... Any conclusions?

� Let's not underestimate clues in Siwy's case

Just not interpret them too hastily

like cpt. Studniarz did

� Let's interview everybody he had talked to

and put him under surveillance

� No interviews!

but observation of Siwy will be

useful for many reasons

� I support Major Szelagowski's opinion

� Me too

� We'll not interview anybody yet

I authenticate surveillance of Siwy

but remember, Siwy knows all officers here!

Dismissed

Of course I noticed that I was followed

I felt offended

Not by suspicions of my colleagues

it was their duty after all

I felt underestimated...

They could have made up something smarter

Maybe they want me think that they know

about my private investigation

Maybe they want to support me

against some dangers, yet unknown

I felt alone and weak, for the first time

But I was already caught in the stream of the case

And I had to flow with it...

� How could I ever hit her?

And she's gone now

� You hit her because she

didn't want to say something

Or maybe she's told you later?

when you were alone?

� You'll get nothing from me!

Neither you nor the doctor!

Neither those gentlemen who interviewed me

It's hard without her...

She was so beautiful

She knew English, she had rich boyfriends

It's hard now, but I don't want to die too!

I'll say nothing to nobody, never!

� Tell me at least if anybody visited Eva on that day

Any guests? Or maybe somebody from over there?

From the rookery?

� It's such a disaster and you're asking about guests?

� Where is she buried?

I have talked to Kerner

he asked me to visit her grave

� Poor young Kerner...

She was so sorry about him

� Hey, kid

Wait!

Hey, you... darling!

� Wazzup?

� Hey, boss!

Wake up!

Son of a bitch!

Wake up!

Where's your mother?

� In the prison

� And these gentlemen?

They'll not hurt you?

� No. And I'm last day here anyway

I'm going to the orphanage

� Who is this?

� This is Terrible Leon, that's Senator's Son

That's The Pan, and this lady there...

Krysia, who's good for everyone

Everybody else visits Bojnowskis, in apt. 6

Party is better there

� Have you been here when

the accident with that lady happened?

� No. I go to school. Orphanage has a school, too

� Your mother didn't let you speak, did she?

� She did... She said she prefers to be in prison now

� She's scared... that they do same to her

as they did to Ewa...

� And what did they do to Ewa?

� All my suspicions proved right

Siwy twice visited house at 4 Brukowa Str.

And... Please, try to understand

I can't omit his visit in Police HQ

We know he wasn't after his pension formalities

� Cpt. Studniarz must content himself with

description of Siwy's activities, but I...

I know more

Siwy has done a lot and I'm sure

he'll follow it to the end

He just misses one link

Having been cut off our information sources

he had to make use of my materials

� If I understood it right, our meeting has lost its point

� You, captain, are a newbie here

Siwy is just a suspect for you

and for Szelagowski � somebody who answers his questions

� Colonel, a man with such serious charges

prowls the HQ building,

interviews responsible officers

let alone receives classified dosuments!

� What documents here aren't classified?

� I'd propose the sequence as follows...

First, Ewa Salm's murderer...

And next Siwy.

I was in particularily bad mood on that day

I felt I reached a deadlock

It was like everything I did to that point

was to find out why was I doing it

Maybe there was something subconscious

still to be discovered

Wait... What did she do for 3 hours between

leaving Kerner and showing up at the police station?

What happened before she testified?

Did she just want to think about it, alone?

Or maybe she was seeing somebody

who advised it to her? Or ordered?

But who? Who was it?

So, I am looking for somebody... Somebody else!

� I really appreciate that you came here

because I don't feel very well today

� Thank you

� Nothing

You knew Ewa Salm...

Did you also know her friends?

Maybe some neighbors?

� No...

But wait, I have heard about some

friend of hers, being beaten up at Retman

� How would I find him?

� I've got no clue...

But there's a girl

They call her "Ewa the Second"

She may be a great source of information about the Princess

� Do you know how to reach her?

� Yes, if nothing changed

� We would like to write a story together with my friend

maybe for a film

based on the biography of the Princess

� But guys, nobody will ever publish it, neither film it

It's too obscene for that

And it would not be a vicious critique?

� Of course, not

� We've got a lot of materials

we only need your help with some fact-checking

� Do you know any of her old friends from the neighborhood?

� No. I've never met any of them

� Excuse me

� But I never wanted to

� Maybe she told you about somebody... maybe some guy?

� Well, she told me something...

� Excuse me, Mr Siwy, do you recognize me?

� I do, but get lost, pal!

� There were moments she disappeared

later she told me stories about a boyfriend

who used to threaten her when he was drunk

that she was seeing him sometimes

but he was getting worse

� What's his name?

� Bobo, I suppose

� Bobo...

� What does he look like?

� This I don't know

� Do you know the story from Retman?

� Yes I do

� What was that about?

� Somebody invited Princess to his villa in Konstancin it was supposed to be a party

but there were just three guys, they wanted to have fun, you know

she defended herself so they beat her up

she even lost two teeth

so her friends stalked that guy later

and because she complained most because of those lost teeth

so the friends put out all that guy's teeth

they were even checking if any was left inside

but the grinders woulnd't go

that's what she told me

� Do you anything about that guy they beat up?

� He owned the villa

or maybe he just lied?

� He asked me not to call police

but I said if he didn't want me to

to chase the assailant

I have at least to know his identity

� Do you remember his name?

� Yes I do... but show me your papers.

� This is my press-ID, but captain Siwy

from police GHQ will certify for that

� Please sit down

Franek, clean it up!

So, I actually remember

the face of that man who was beating hardest

and probably was a leader

� Excuse me...

� Maybe you'd like to drink something? Coffee, tea?

� No, thanks

� So I remembered him, he stood at the door

and with just with his presence he

terrorized that other man, who was beat up

waiting for him to stop me from making a call

he left when I gave up

when he knew police wouldn't be notified

I've seen him later a few times

� Where?

What is he doing?

� He is a driver of a supply truck

They call him Bobo...

� Bobo...

� I could not hang back any more

I could't risk any longer

I had to make my decision alone

I had put an end to it, myself

To prove what I have meant

I didn't have a gun anymore

I returned it leaving the service

So I secided to send a letter to the headquarters

I described everything I discovered

and all my hypotheses

If I died, they would come after me

I wrote two copies of the letter

I took one of them with me

It was my only weapon

� Yes, please

� Good afternoon

� Good afternoon

� I am waiting for one driver

I don't feel very well maybe you let me sit here

� What's his name?

� If I only knew it...

He wanted me to wait here

� You can wait long time

� But I have to

� Sit down, please

Do you play checkers sometimes?

� Not really

� That's better, I prefer to play with myself

What's that rush for?

� Mr Jozio, I will...!

Good evening, captain

� Good evening, Kwasowski

I came to see you

� We will not chat here, I guess

� Thank you

� It will be best in here

What is it?

� I want to talk about the same thing

Kerner's defense wants a extraoridinary appeal

he questions your testimony

� In what way?

� He claims you stopped the other man than actually took the bag with money

� I get it

What you want me to do now?

� Come with me to the GHQ

and help me explain that case to the end

� Something's wrong...

You don't work there any more...

You still work on the case?

� Because it is MY case...

� Mr Siwy, I'd really like to have nice memories

After I heard about this and that

I even wanted to visit you

Advise not to do that...

� Depends what you heard...

� Many things

� Should I open the gate?

� No son, not yet!

� Another witness in the case was the Princess

You knew her, right?

� So, what do you know?

You know nothing!

� You see, you both with Princess have chated me

She told you about Kerner

and about the plans of robbery

Kerner's idea was great

but he wanted an alibi, pointlessly

I don't know exactly how it was

but I can figure

you must have had an accomplice

who hit Palko, according to the plan

before Kerner managed to do it

so Kerner got frightened and fled

� Stop telling me all this

before you say too much

and I start believing you

� If Kerner succeeded

he'd need to get rid of accomplice, sooner or later

You stole his idea

In consequence you had to kill Princess...

Bobo!

� Get out!

And hands up, Siwy!

� What will you gain with this?

Couple of hours...

� Here, in my left pocket...

This is a copy

I sent the original to the headquarters

� Why?

Why didn you show me this?

You finished me off, Siwy!

What did we fight for?

I didn't want you dead!

You forced me to kill you!

She forced me, too!

I didn't want to kill her neither!

But I had to...

Because I loved her!

I loved her! Do you get it?

� You asked me, what's more?

Then there were the unavoidable consequences

the trial... He pleaded guilty, by the way

of everything

� Well, how about you?

� Me... well...

I have to rest...

Goodbye then

� Goodbye, and thank you very much

� Come again for a visit

[Subs by Blago Tebi]