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A communal flat...

Yeah...

Aloe, valerian...

However, the location is superb!

Of course, we'll need to air it out well before we show it to anyone,

but it's not too bad.

OK, I'll call you once I'm done here.

OK, bye!

That tea set – we're taking it with us!

I'm so sorry, I didn't know anyone was here.

I'm from the estate agent.

It's well sound-proofed.

A family with three kids used to live behind that wall,

and we never heard a thing.

Great!

Our girls used to play with those kids.

Children were really creative back then.

– Thank you.

– I'll be quick. I won't get in your way.

– No problem, it's fine!

I remember one Victory Day,

our girls made a newspaper on the wall

when they were really little.

The neighbours now are fine.

They're tidy.

Lithuanians.

Right, Ellie?

– You're such a babbler.

Imagine in those days, before we moved to the capital, we never saw such houses.

All sorts of ornaments round the ceiling...

(in Russian) – Hello. I'm from the Evacuation Office.

– Please, come in.

– Some tea or coffee?

– Coffee?

– Sure, you're my last guest here.

I'll be right back, make yourself at home.

Eleonora!

Please, sit down.

Thank you, but I should be going.

Ellie, coffee!

– Sit down, please.

– Thanks very much, but...

– Just a coffee. You're our last guest here.

– OK.

For Eleonora's 60th birthday, we had maybe 20 guests here. In this very flat!

Ellie!

Thank you.

How many sugars?

None, thanks.

It's probably some new trend now.

My daughters don't take sugar either...

Nor do my grand-daughters...

But Eleonora – ever since we met, she's taken three.

And it's me who got diabetes.

The irony of life.

The world was brighter back then...

Friendlier, somehow.

People talked to each other.

Ellie!

People were closer to one another.

Ina and Gražina.

Our Lithuanian lasses. Here they are at a folk ensemble concert.

Our beautiful girls.

They grew up in this flat.

It was also here that I met Eleonora.

– In this flat? – Yes...

Imagine, post-war Vilnius: ruins everywhere, no one spoke Lithuanian.

Only Poles and Russians around...

(in Russian) – How many sugars?

– Three.

Ellie jokes that on the same day, she fell in love with this flat and with me.

– Both at first sight.

– Right, Ellie?

– Come on, it's boring.

– No, no, I'm listening.

Your husband is such a romantic...

And now we've been together more than 60 years!

Old love never rusts, as they say.

My joints, however, are all rusty.

(in Russian) – I'm taking all this with me.

– You know the rules?

– Of course. No more than 1000 rubles.

– Yes. You also can't take precious metals, works of art, weapons, furniture, photographs.

And the parties we would have here!

Right here in this flat!

We'd invite people over...

– How much did you pay for this painting?

– 4500 rubles.

– Right. It's beautiful.

Let's round the price up.

(in Polish) OK?

– It's a shame I can't take it with me.

– That's what the compensation is for.

You could buy a more beautiful one in Poland.

I don't think I could find a more beautiful one.

(in Russian) - Edward Polanski?

– Who are you?

– Eleonora Klimaite. I'm from the Evacuation Office.

We're processing Mr. Polanski's documents. He's leaving for Warsaw.

– Thank you. We will take over from here.

I'll never forget the first time I saw my Ellie.

I knew straight away – she's my girl!

Right, Elle?

Thank you very much for the coffee.

– Finished already?

– Yes, I'd better be going.

Thank you, 'bye.

Goodbye. – Goodbye.

Maybe a cookie for the way?

No, thank you.

Careful, mind the step.

I'll see you out.