All language subtitles for A Revolta de Jó (1984)

JOB'S REVOLT

Written by Imre Gy�ngy�ssy
Barna Kabay and Katalin Pet�nyi

Leading players

Sets:

Sound:

Editor:

- See that fat one, R�za?
- Fat ones are always lazy.

Music by Zolt�n Jeney

Consultants:.

Director of Photography
G�bor Szab�

Directed by
Imre Gy�ngy�ssy and Barna Kabay

Which will you choose?

That one, perhaps.

What do you say
to these boys?

I recommend these
Mr. Job

I'm risking
my post as it is.

What about this
little blond boy?

He came to the orphanage last year,
he's the market-place saddler's son.

His parents were consumptives

They're a sickly bunch,

and we're offering
two fine calves, Mr. Lawyer.

Don't be too choosy, madam

As it is, I'll have to backdate
the adoption papers five years,

to 1938.

This child wasn't born then.

Jews can't adopt children
these days.

Especially not Christians,
Mr. Lawyer

That's just what I want:.

a Christian, to whom
I can leave everything.

Take me, please!

Show me that one

He bites like a fox.
Lord save us from the likes of him.

- Don't interfere, R�za
- He's a good one, Mr Job

He's a bit wild, but he was
in a sheep-pen that burnt down

No wonder he's unruly

But he's got
a way with animals

He's pale

So we've bought him;

the lawyer will make out
the papers

I must have his
certificate of baptism, too

Keep still, keep still.

Let me go.

He's a wild one, very wild.

We'll transfer
the calves to you

We'll drink to it
at the Corona restaurant

If any harm comes to him,
you'll be responsible

Where are you taking me?

I won't go!

Hey you, hey!

Quite an offspring.
You chose well, Job

You don't choose offspring;
the Lord gives them

Come on, then
if you haven't a master

This is our day
of proliferation

I've had enough.

It's either the dog,
or the child, or me

The child;
the dog comes with him

You must be deranged,
this is a little wild animal.

l saw it when we bought him

The Lord transplanted a spark of life
from the calves to him

to give us a sign,
so we would recognize him

The old cow would have done;

they'd have exchanged him for her

What? For those
withered udders?

If her spark had been
transplanted,

he'd be sitting quietly

Hear that? She wants
to out do the Lord

A sheep would have done

Why not say
he's worth only a goose?

Come on, jump. Hup!

Go on your own feet.

Listen, hey!

My goodness,

Oh Damn it.

Off you go among the sheep

First you pray hallel,
then you do this

When the Lord gives a child,
he gives worry, too

If anyone asks
whose son you are

say you belong to Uncle Job
who bought you for two fine calves

And say at once:.
"I'm not a Jew"

- You teach him that?
- Yes.

Bring the crook. Quickly.

Help him from the right.
From the right.

Leave it to the dog

Stop. Stop.
For Christ's sake!

They are running towards
the mud flats.

From the right.

Stop. Stop you.
Damn it.

We won't get home
by the Sabbath

Llka, where is Jani?

Aunt R�za, he wanted
to touch my breast

Only look at it

Godless creature.

If you touch the girl again,
I'll send you away

A child to be born each day;
your body knows that well R�za

- Hey stop!
- Let me go!

Jani, run after him!
Catch him!

What's up?
Is it water you want, crazy kid?

Leave me alone.

You're soaking wet.

Jani's wet too.

Lack�, from now on you and
your dog will live with us

It'll be a good place,
you'll see

This is the house

This is mama and I'm papa

Some milk
I'm sure you're hungry

Don't want it!

That's a pity, Lack�,
the milk's gone

Don't cry,
I don't like it

You and your dog
will be better in the stable;

you'll try the house later.

I won't go.

Why?

I'm afraid.

Don't be afraid.

It's the Sabbath and
we have to light candles for God

Who's that?

That's come on

God is shut into
the Jewish temple on Saturday,

because that's the Sabbath

How heavy you are

On Sunday he's
in the Protestant church

because it's the Lord's supper

- But don't tell anyone.
- Why not?

Let's feed her

We'll let him free later

- All right, who?
- God, of course, hey.

All right, but why?

If you like,
I'll eat this flower

If you like, I'll eat one, too

I'll eat this ant, too

Mama R�za will be cross
if you eat ants

Spices, hardware, salt
everything on one stall, ladies!

Our entire life was
a struggle for an heir.

Seven gravestones
in the cemetery

This woman gave birth seven times
and we had seven funerals.

It's enough

You say that to the Almighty?
We have nothing more to discuss.

Enough, indeed.
We have nothing to wait for

Mendele

why did the Lord leave
my seven children to Egypt?

Let me go.

l don't hear what you are saying,
you're blasphemous.

Don't be sly, Job

Have I complained?
We raised chickens, sheep, geese

But l'd like to raise at least
one man for the Lord

l won't die before then;
but maybe we're too late

The angel of death has descended
upon the people of Israel

A worse slavery waiting for us
than in Babylon, rabbi

Don't interrupt, R�za

The Polish peddler said

Hitler brought more danger
than young Daniel faced.

We have no time left

if the Creator asks me
if I have fulfilled myself,

will you answer?

I'll say
He gave me no offspring,

so I got one to fulfill myself

But you got a goy child

And if he's the Messiah?

Jew or goy,
any boy can be the Messiah

You could have bought one
of Braun's fifteen children

All boys

All cross-eyed.
The Lord gave them to Braun

But he gave me calves,
so I bought a little man with them

Yes. Uncircumcised.

What's a little foreskin
mater to the Creator?

He'll circumcise him
if he wishes

If Israel survives

I can't die without knowing
a descendant will survive me

Given by Your will,
by Your will taken away

Eternal one, why was
I not allowed to raise them?

How did my lambs sin?

Preserve him for all eternity

Who are you speaking of?

Supplement his life
with their lives

Let him survive us
on the merits

of those little saints, Lord

Are you talking about
the calves?

May your life-giving
sparks enable him

to grow to the starry sky

Ennoble the abject,
tame the wild

Be my companion, Lord

Dorka!

Where's the boy?

He goes into the reeds;
Ilka and I bring him back

He's like a wild fox
so I lock him in here!

Well, he was here

You wretched donkey!

You were with the dead
you wouldn't interrupt your pr'ayer.

I spoke to you

You are calling in vain;
he's lost

He goes into the reeds;
Ilka and I bring him back

For two calves.
You should have been damned instead

I'll deduct the boy from your ages,
you can be sure

He could be drowned

Go out if the marsh
R�za, dear

Ours was a reckless joy.
Premature

Lack�!

Go home, R�za! The little fellow's
been eaten by catfish.

Now you bewail your offspring,
before, it was the calves.

Lack�!

That's it:.
the descendant of the calves

You're a conceited, spendthrift,
silly peasant

Feather- brained
skinflint woman

If I were the Creator
l'd plague your sheep!.

Don't touch me. l'd rather
drop dead. You drop dead, too

Be happy.
One of the calves had a cataract

That's some consolation.
Why didn't you tell me before?

Lack�!

Old cheat
we've got our deserts

You want to meddle in everything

Even the Almighty
hasn't patience enough for you,

jabbering old woman

Let us look at the Torah
of our Moses

on the day of reconciliation

If you have wronged
each other, forgive

The Lord will forgive you,

because forgiveness is necessary.

Now the teaching

When, on Mount Sinai

the Almighty gave
Moses the Commandments

He said another supreme
Commandment was for Moses

to care for himself

And I say that we are surely
responsible for the cataclysm

Every man, you and me
we are all responsible.

Woe to anyone who fans
dissension into peril

You are the Lord's
sole companion

The eye of the world
is upon you, as in a mirror

"Your loving mother.
Your brother sends his regards"

- No write for your grandchild
- I don't know any letters

Then draw a rosemary or a tulip

You write their letters
for nothing

and you even buy the stamps

Terike, your husband is fallen.
Where will you write?

Where is he now, Uncle Job?
Nowhere?

No, he's in the next world

- Write there, ten
- Come to the shop tomorrow

Have I any hope?
l'd do anything for him

Then there is hope

My man's so sickly,
he's bound to perish at the front.

Write that

Ladies, has no one got good news?

- Have you a license to do this?
- I'm only writing letters

Why should I have a license for that?

Stop, you

Don't be afraid of them.
You've nothing to fear

- I want to go home
- He wants to go home

We'll be home before long

"Let's hit the Jews with a stick"

"One rabbi, two rabbis
the chief rabbi was bumped' off."

Leave us in peace.

We have a right to be
in this county at this fair

"Long live Sz�lasi and Hitler
Let's hit the Jews with a stick..."

To the Creator

the Deputy Town Clerk is but a flea,
biting and jumping

Come away, he's doing wrong

- He's a bad man?
- No, but he's done a bad thing

But if they're stuck together,
you need cold water

Even so, they're obeying
God's command

Where is God?

In the acts of love
in the pastures.

He gives light,
like glow-worms

- Is He in a frog, too?
- Yes, they croak nicely.

We'll go to the river
and listen, shall we?

What are you doing?
Are you mad?

I'm seeking God

You're seeking God
and I'm seeking Ilka

But Ilka can be seen

She certainly can

I'm in great suffering.
Very great.

Are you ill?

Who's here?

God, perhaps?

- No, I see Ilka
- But she's not there

I see her there.
If I look up, I see her there

But there isn't a cloud

like a human face

I've a sort of illness

where the front of my chest hurts
like the bones are bursting out

Any cough?

No

Then it's not consumption, luckily

That Ilka
is the sort of girl-like

well, like other girls but

but even so
the sun does not reach her

She accidentally
dropped her brother

in the well
while drawing water

That's why she
likes children so

I could cry out
and be happy if it hurts

That's how the illness is.
I've gone quite crazy

You're just like the ram

if the ewe stands still
he has to cover her

Maybe

Why not make Ilka a child?

You're a lad, now. Jani
you know how to do it,

it's not difficult
just copy the cock or th!e stallion

Look

Can't you see
he's just playing?

I brought this dance
back from the front

What's that?

The front? A hunt.

People shoot each other,
but not out of anger

Because the officers think
they should. Like this, see?

Dorka

See, Dorka
God is in this dance, too

This is prayer, too

That's why he can't talk
while she's doing it. Like papa

Papa, I'll go off with Dorka
while the flock is resting

Go home to Mama;

there'll be trouble
if you roam about, you know

Where are you taking that?

You'll see.
It's a big surprise

Papa will be pleased with you

You were lucky

Look, there's a big one

Watch out

You'll drop them by the end...

Papa will be pleased with you

Don't jump away

I expect they're after
the Polish deserter

A water-sprite?

No, a runaway soldier.
The vicar takes him food

So does your father.
Mama said so

Dorka, we should be ashamed.
Those rotten dogs

Have you seen a man around here?

A man? Never

Me? I haven't either.

I must go and pee

I've been to Vienna
and looked at the cracked oven

There sits an old woman
dressed in black

Leave me

Who's that?

Maybe it's the front

Don't be afraid

If you like I can eat a flower,
an ant, even a wasp

The circus has arrived.
Come all of you.

You'll see a miracle
this evening at Mr. Berger's inn.

The circus is here!
Come on Berger's inn this evening

Five corn-cobs
or five eggs for adults

three corn-cobs or
two eggs for children

Come and see a miracle

Illusion and cinema

Which is the boy?

They're both boys
or both girls

No, the tallest is the boy

Illusion and cinema
in Berger's inn

Come and see a miracle

Illusion and cinema

"The Frozen Child"

At Mr. Berger's inn

Will they freeze
a child at the inn?

They won't freeze anyone

Good evening

Sir, madam, this is
the very best place

Where's our place?

We brought ten extra cobs,
for a good place

Naturally.
We were waiting for you

We were waiting for you

- For us?
- Naturally. The cinema is for everybody.

The marvel will soon begin

- Where's the frozen child?
- Wait and see

Light! Why has gone dark?

Keep still,
or we'll be in trouble

I'm going blind

Is that shooting
for light, too?

Don't look back

It's a sort of motor-bike

Is this the illusion?

Quiet

Hey you, this is the illusion?

It certainly is

They cut off his head,
like the Polish deserter in the reeds

Is this the other world, or what?

Fear not, art isn't
dangerous for good people

only for bad people

Look at that!
Snow in summer!

Is it snowing in the bar

My honored public,
it's unseemly to laugh

You can see quite clearly

Everyone has sufferings.
Everyone, my honored public

The orphan embraces
his mother's gravestone

Where is he hiding?

Show something funny.
Let's have a laugh

Fear not
this is only an illusion

The frozen child

How stupid.

They make people cry
and even have to pay for it

This is panic-mongering!
Incitement!

Silence!

Lights on!

This is only cinema

Are you Jews,
by any chance?

This is panic-mongering

Prison's the place
for impostors like you

I forgot all about you

Let papa have some fun;
he missed the evening illusion

Llka

Dorka

They'll suffocate

He'll stifle that girl

If you can't do it,
why try?

They're stuck together

Carnation
they're stuck tog!ether

They're like the dogs
at the fair, it hurts them

Thank God, that worked

Come here, I'll get you

You could have been
stuck like that

I'll tear you to pieces!

You're blaming me,

but the gypsy boy and
the circus man know how to do it

You should have
watched the clock

They'll wake up!

You're stupid.
I'll tell on you

Come back

Oh dear! Get away!
How did they get here?

I separated them
with cold water.

They should be grateful

You did wrong.

I told that you mustn't
extinguish love with water

This cinema or whatever it is
has upset them.

I said it was profane

Cover you

Stop going on like that, R�za!

Don't kill them in the kitchen

I was frightened by the illusion,
thats why I went to Jani

Papa, see how lovely they are.
I brought them all for you

- Look, mama, what lovely frogs I caught!
- Take it away! Take it to papa!

Look papa

You little thief

As for you,
plait your hair, you hussy

Papa, this girl's
four months gone

Hallelujah

We're proliferating

Evey morning the Lord asks
whether I've been Job

working for Him

helping Him to redeem the world

Only a bad shepherd-boy runs;
the dogs do the running

Fly away.
Fly my little dove.

Have you gone mad?

I've seen God. There

Don' be afraid

that's only G�nther,
the Swabian mendicant friar

Praised be, Uncle Job

You scared his boy to death

Poor bird
her wing is broken.

She's nesting up there

Come here

- What are you doing?
- Pulling my donkey?

Why isn't he pulling you?

He pulls me, I pull him,
it's fifty-fifty.

You think that's funny?

We shepherds believe that
God is present in a donkey, too

Saint Francis said that first
you just imitate him

Our shepherd rabbi said it first.
Be off with you

Don't strike
the lambs of God

- I'm in trouble, G�nther
- It will pass

- Only if you help
- I might

I want to give everything
to this goy child

Even things I don't know.
Time is running out for me

I heard of something
in your temples

something like you just said

Something about a lamb in it

The lap of God who takes away
the sins of the world

Teach him that only

There is no more;
that's all there is

All right then.

You'll get as many potatoes
as you and your donkey can carry

That's good, very good.

Look papa

I'll have potatoes
for five years.

- Where's the boy?
- He was here

G�nther is giving
religious instruction

and here you're
handling money

You ought to be ashamed
of this religious instruction

That, too, R�za

You'll pay me later

Lack�, I'm talking to you

Am I paying potatoes for this?
The cock's always here

I'm watching,
even though I shouldn't

Come here, you thief

Sit down. Listen.

Now tell him the lamb thing

Lamb of God who takes away
the sins of the world

have mercy upon us

But where is he?
Tell me, then you can go

- You're the shepherd
- No potatoes for you, then.

I'll teach him knots;
I know at least ten

He'll find them useful
with God's help

True, we were ensnared
in the net of debate

disputing many things

If you pray with work,
the Creator and the boy will understand

Now listen.

Adam and Eve are like two plums

He's eating honey

Blessed be the Lord that
He freed the seed from the earth

the lamb from the ewe
Israel from slavery

Is that you, papa?

Surely papa isn't God?

Don't leave my only boy
in the dark land of Egypt;

be with him when we are gone

Aren't you thirsty, papa?

Be his companion when he is
Left alone again as an orphan

Dorka, papa's either gone mad,
or he's been attacked by love

Dorka, see how well
Jani can do it now

Jani, papa's gone mad

Go away from here at once

He's in the Sukkoth's tent

If you do it so often

you'll have enough kids
to fill an orphanage

Get away

I'll tell mama you ate an ant

Can't you sleep?
Did you have a bad dream, little fellow?

Why do they keep doing it?

The bull and the stallion
do it only once

You've been spying again.

Papa will be cross
with you tomorrow

People are not bulls

Everyone has a different
flower on his plate

The vicar has married
Ilka and Jani now

Llka is Jani's wife
according to the law

Hallelujah! You sent rain
in answer to my prayer,

so raise this little boy

Hallelujah! Just as you sent
the rain this night,

so raise this boy

Papa is in the Sukkoth's tent,
getting soaked with rain

What a good thing we put
the tent by the window this year

Don't you go out in the rain

This boy

Papa

Mine! Hallelujah!

Eat, little scamp.
Sweeten you whole life with honey.

Hallelujah!

You sent rain in answer
to my prayer, Lord. Hallelujah!

Into the house now.
The little creature will catch cold

I want to stay with father

Don't meddle, R�za

You're getting the little
one catch cold, old man

I'm suffocating, mama

It's all right.

I'll take you into my bed,
my one and only

My darling one,
the doctor will be here soon

Lay him in my bed

We'll lay you in papa's bed.
Come, my treasure

Help me, Ilka

Jani will soon be back
with Doctor Klein.

He'll help the good Lord

Try to drink a little

Doesn't matter. Wipe it up.

Ty a bit, just a little

wipe him, good.

I'll cook onion soup,
it might help

Soon, soon, my dear

I killed him when it rained at Sukkoth's
that's when he caught cold

No, this isn't a cold
it's diphtheria

We can sit shivah, mama

All right, my little fellow,
all right

The second and fifth
died of diphtheria

We'll buy the eight, too

Don't fall into the
sin of despair, Job

Don't take him back, Almighty.
Our time has run out

Just this one
don't take him back

I won't give him.
I won't sacrifice this one

I am not Abraham
I'm just a village shepherd

Send the fiery angel for me,
but I'm not giving him up

He walks all the time

- Doctor Klein is in town
- Phone for an ambulance

There's no phone till morning

Take the boy

Sit down in the chair

Get the petroleum

You'll paint his throat with petroleum?
You'll kill him

Make chamomile tea

Hold his head

He'll suffocate.

The Lord didn't ask Abraham
to sacrifice his son.

And now you're doing it

Dorka

Don't be afraid.
I'm here

- Nasty frog
- It was only a dream

No creatures of
the earth are ugly

Remember the nice frogs
you brought for papa once?

Come in, Mendele. Come in

How are you, Mama R�za?

The Lord has visited me in
old age as he did Hannah,

Samuel's mother

Thanks be to the Creator
I am truly happy.

Welcome, dear guests.

Kati!

I brought an apple cake, Lack�

- Some bean casserole for my neighbor
- Thank you

A fine, clever son.
He'll give you no trouble

Blessed be the Lord

We'll buy this together.

Only you will know where,
not even Jani, or Ilka

Look here

Look, mama

You can buy a whole house
for this gold watch

You'll live in it

with your sons and wife

You can buy knowledge
with the rings

Buy books

Not a word to papa,
you know they make him angry

He says they spoil the eyes

- He loves prayers and sheep
- Can't I tell Dorka?

No one. Be clever
when you are left alone

If you are asked,
don't say a word to anyone

But I don' want to be
on my own

Evey child is left
on his own one day

The parents go away

Where?

Away. Far away

Wait a moment

See this ring with
the beautiful stone?

It was given to grandfather
by the great Kossuth

Because Kossuth was cured
by the rabbi when he was ailing,

you know

- Who do you like best, papa or mama?
- Mama.

You like mama best?

Papa is listening
in the doorway

Why fill the boy with
such nonsense?

And it was my great-grandfather,
not yours,

who got the ring from Kossuth

You see this thimble?
I will have it to you

A cobbler uses it
to sew soles to uppers.

It can bind Adonai to the world

- That's your inheritance
- Go out, R�za

Who do you like best,
your mama or your papa?

Papa

You said different

I like mama best
and papa best

There are three of us

You thief

You're wanted, old man

It's the neighbors

They said you were dead

Did you die?

Maybe. I had diphtheria

I'm not going back to the front.
I must care for them

Sometimes God and man together
are enough, J�nos

The Deputy Town Clerk issues
exemption papers to farmers

Then he shares out the bribe

with the gendarmes
and the chief constable

Take this watch
to the Deputy Town Clerk.

Buy your life

Now away with you,
my children

How lovely they are

They're mine

We'll buy them,
but don't tell anyone

Silly old man,
you rob your only descendant

Go away from here quickly;
this disease is catching

Catching?

Yes, catching, my boy.

Old thief

Papa

In the next world the Redeemer
won't ask if I was Moses

but whether I was Job

He'll ask you whether
you were Lack�

And whether you're
on your own again

I don't want to be on my own.
I told mama

If you are on your own,
cut a willow bough

and hit a milestone till
the evil passes,

till the Redeemer comes

you'll calm down because
you'll have a companion

l don't need one

Men, animals, plants,
all can feel;

only the milestone cannot feel

Beat it until
the willow bough is worn

This will be yours one day.
I'll leave you this knife

When you've grown
wise and you need it,

it will always be with you

I'm afraid, papa

Don't be afraid because
you'll be grown up one day

And don't look back at the cart

or you'll be turned
into a pillar of salt like Lot

What cart?

Don't look back at any cart

Say to yourself, Lord, am l. You are You

Then the Messiah
will come for you

Rotten Jew! Bastard boy!

And he isn't a bastard
Mama R�za bore him in town

Fight back, Lack�!

What's it matter
if someone's a Jew?

Don't let him, Lack�!

- Rotten Jew!
- Yes, I am a Jew!

What have you done,
you rascal?

This boy's father wrote letters
for your mother to send to the front

Get home with you
this very instant.

You too.

You'll get into trouble
at home for this.

That stupid Kov�cs broke
the window with this stone

Do you see?

With this one
do you see, mama?

All right, my sweet

I'm selling
without customers, R�za

I'm writing letters to
our soldiers in the next world

Lie down, or you'll be
kicking out mama and me

The boy's more sense
than you have

Off you go and play, my boy

A keepsake for him

Rejoice, my heart,

the peasant Job has conquered
Israel's murderer

Like our splendid King David

the peasant Job has outwitted
the Philistine dolt Adolf Hitler

Go out and play, my boy

Don't wail, mama

We'll both of us hold him
under the arms

It used to be like this one
the farm in the old days

As long as he doesn't lose
his temper

He's only been like this
once before

and that was out of joy, too

At our wedding

Mazeltov!

The cock is crowing,
soon it will be dawn

A bird walks through the green woods
and the flat meadows

May I have the pleasure of dancing
with the lovely bride?

Don't you swagger about

If only you'd broken the glasses
in our wedding tent

we wouldn't have been blessed
with a child so late

Mazeltov!

Now come on
stamp on it, my little bull

My lace, papa!

We've got a descendant, R�za.
We have denied death

Just one or two more years.
Next year he'll start school

That's all I ask

And to bake his wedding bread,

Nothing's enough for you,
old woman

Taub Eizik, the tsaddik
was a shepherd, just as we are

If he laid his hands on a barren ewe
she received the ram twice

So people who want offspring
make pilgrimages here

from far and wide

How do they make that noise?

It's a rattle.
I'll buy you one

Come, come, keep in line nicely

Brethren a pilgrimage
should be orderly

You of the new faith should
respect the orthodox Hasidim.

Let us be unified at
the grave of the sage,

let us not be quarrelsome

Let us be unified at
the grave of the sage, at least

Bring back my son
from the front, tsaddik!

�ron will write petitions for anyone
with an empty paper.

We'll forward your petitions
to the sage.

For our family, tsaddik

Come on, please.

One at a time, ladies.

Peace

What do you see?

I see a fish with shining scales

and a cock and a shofar.

Can you see, too, papa?

We, too, are shepherds, tsaddik

Just grant us one more year.
Just one.

We'll take the petitions

Grant us a few more years

Hope, like the tips of poplars
at harvest time

is drenched with sun

Look at our son.

I don't want to break
away from him, tsaddik

l can't break away from him

For our family, rabbi.

Don' be silly

That was enough...

You ought to repeating the prayer

We'll drink four times

Elijah the Prophet's glass
will be ready,

in case he should come

And if he doesn't?

Answer papa's questions cleverly,
let him be happy

don't be naughty

If you get stuck
in the prayer,

you won't get a present
this evening

The star has risen.
Blessed be the evening of Seder

so that our offspring can walk
in your furrow, Lord

in eternal Passover towards
the happiness of mankind

Bajre pri hagufen.

Bring the water

Papa

My son

this evening the three of us
are still together

I can't go on lying, mama

Somebody is very anxious
to steal the present

from under your cushion

Very anxious, the little thief

Why are you crying, papa?

Manistanu.

Why is this evening different
from other evenings?

This evening teaches us that

that with our love we supplement

the love
of the world, it's faults

Whisper it, mama

I'll learn it better
by tomorrow, papa!

I'll learn it better
by tomorrow, mama!

Don't torture the boy,

let your tears usefully
water the flowers

Now look for the present

Where have you hidden it, papa?

You little thief.

Mama here's the passover cake.

It's the knife.
That means I'm big now

Now it will always be with you

So you can cut a willow bough
and say:.

l, Lord, am l.
You are You

Then the Messiah will come
just look for him

Mama. I've got the knife.
Does it really mean I've grown up?

I won't give you up!

They can't take you
away from me!

Mama!

No God and no man has the right
to do that!

They have no right
to this infamy!

They can't take him
away from me!

Tell your son and leave
this day to him as a heritage

You have fulfilled
the laws of Moses.

We can freely leave now.

Where to?

Open the window,
in case Elijah has arrived

He travels by donkey
like G�nther the friar

Catch hold of the donkey's tail

I can see him

So can I

- Can you see him?
- I see him, too

Elijah the Prophet
has visited us.

You have seen
him this evening.

You see, old woman?

You needn't make such disorder;
you'll open the shop, anyway

Watch out, we don't want
to knock anything down!

The vicar promised to help us

Damask bedlinen, we never used it.

Two for you,
the rest for the boy.

It's lovely.

My mother wove these tablecloths.

What nonsense you talk, R�za

- Keep them for feast days.
- Yes.

Mama

What's the matter?

I'm thirsty.

Thirsty?

Here, have a drink.

Have I got diphtheria?

No, it's just a bad dream,
my little fellow.

Take the menorah
to the other house

it should stay with the boy

Don't shake them
or they'll go bad

I'm suffocating

Let's get the boy
out of this chaos

Do as I say

Where are those
toy soldiers going?

Go to sleep

We're just having
a very bad dream.

A very bad dream.

Sleep.

- Will this be all right here?
- Yes.

Where's papa?

Papa isn't here

Where's papa?

Nowhere

Don't be so fidgety

Have I got diphtheria?

No. You'll be living
with us from now on.

Papa bought this house...

...for us.

Don't. You'll kick the baby
from her tummy

I'll bake you some
nice apple cake

And we'll cook some
nice beans, too

Mama?

With goose breast

Where is mama?

- Nowhere.
- Nowhere.

Run after him!

Stop!

Let me alone.

You'll live here now

I'm going home

Where's Dorka?

You?

She's here;
Dorka isn't a Jew

Why not?
She is a Jew

Leave the dog now,
Come On

Oh God!

Run, Dorka!

You can't get to the house

Dorka! Run!

- Stop!
- Leave him to hell.

Come on Dorka

Mama! Hey, mama.

Papa hey.
It's only Dorka and me

It's just us.

You can't come here any more;
you'll live with Jani now

- You aren't a Jew
- But I am

- Go away from here!
- Mama, we've come.

I don't want to see you.

Do you begrudge me
the yellow star?

Ir�nke said
I shouldn't pin one on;

do you think
I don't know?

Mama

Obey, papa, Lack�

Mama

Mama's ill

She asks you not to roam around.
Go home to Jani

To hell with them, Dorka.
We'll go off into the world

and we won't come back
they can mourn us

Come on, Dorka

You've come at the right time officers.
Lots of girls here

Out of our way, girls

You'll get it clean,
we've just bathed in the river

We're ordered
to shoot any deserters.

Stop fooling around girls.
We're on duty.

Dorka, Every man
falls differently

Evey man has a different flower
on his plate

Get into your houses!
Stop staring!

Here 's some milk for the baby

Take it.
Let her drink.

I'll throw you in with them!

- What are you doing to that woman?
- What harm have they done you?

Kati, where are you going?

Lack�!

I've been looking for you everywhere

It's better not to look

Why?

Just

What's this disturbance, vicar?

Who will answer for
what we are witnessing here, eh?

You traitor!

Don't get involved in politics,
for God's sake.

Stop you rotten bunch!

What's happening here?

Into the houses! Disperse!

Into your houses!

You've no business here, vicar!

Get indoors, the lot of you

- God be with you!
- God be with you!

Back to the cart, rotten Jew!

The Almighty will catch up with you.
Woe to you!

Come on hurry. You scum.
Away the carts!

You'll answer for this

Mama!

Papa! Hey,I'm here!

Papa

Why has the cart stopped?

Papa, Dorka and I
came across the river flats

Papa. Mama. Papa

- What are you doing here?
- Mama, it's me

l told you to wait
for the Messiah

What are you loitering
around here for?

Who is this kid?
Do you known him?

No, I don't know him

Get started come on, come on

Mama!

Don't worry, Dorka,
I've got the knife

Messiah, were are you?

Messiah! Hey!

Messiah!

Messiah!