Original subtitles

- Must be the carburettor. - Shall we push?

- It'll move, it's got an engine! - Damn! An American car, but...

- We'll be late! - Ready!

Did you charge it? Run, Grazynka, get it, get in!

Run to grandma! Mania, take the baby!

Move a bit, go on!

Our folks.

Open it! Get out of the car!

That taxi!

- To hell with this car! - Quick, get out!

Dad! Take a shortcut!

Right, that's the best way!

Come here!

- Roll up your trousers, it's wet there! - Go on, I'll catch up.

- Careful, not to ruin your suit. - Don't worry.

- Maybe we should run? - What a mess we got into

- with this taxi. - Where? It's late!

- That must be him! - Kazmierz, your trousers!

Let's get closer.

Jasko!

Heavens, I missed you!

Where is Mania? Did you recognise her? He did!

- Mania! - She's worn out a bit.

Now Witia, go on!

He was born a year after you emigrated.

And that's my grandson!

Another Pawlak!

- Pawlak! - Yes!

Cute kid.

- That's Pawel, he's been baptised here! - Yes.

A student.

- I'm his godfather. - Right.

Thank you, Uncle, for agreeing to be my Ania's godfather.

Thank you!

Come on, kids, say hello to your Uncle!

Is that Ania's mother?

Where's she from?

Whose daughter?

Our neighbour's - I see.

So, Mania, shall we take our guest home?

- We will. - Let's go then!

And you, boys, pick up all the luggage.

- See that nothing gets lost! - Our taxi broke down.

An American car and it broke down. Stopped on the road.

We couldn't drive here!

Here's the taxi! See, how late it is?

Did you fix it? Can we get in?

- Is it far? - Not really.

Then we can walk.

Your feet may hurt...

Let see what you exchanged our Kruzewniki for.

Mania, get all the kids into the car,

and Jasiek and I will walk.

- No, I go first! - Get in!

Whom do you resemble?

The Pawlaks, of course!

Listen, Jasko, I have something to tell you!

Wait, he must be hungry!

Mania…

- On this occasion… - Are you hungry?

I fancy a pumpkin soup.

A milk soup!

We've got no pumpkin!

Ask the Kokeszkis if they have a pumpkin left.

Go on, run!

I see. A long way from here to our Kruzewniki.

Do you know who that is? That's your godfather!

Why is she so big?

She was waiting eight months for her baptism and for you.

- Her name is Ania? - Yeah.

You are Ania, and I'm John!

John, John, John…

- It's Jasko in Polish. - Yes.

Listen to me and forgive us.

Because for us, you're not John…

- Just plain Jasko. - Yes.

I have a lot to tell you.

So, I'll begin with the most important words…

For heaven's sake! Here you are at last!

Kazmierz.

You swore Dad you'd come back to your homeland.

Please, sit down.

Come, Grazynka.

So, you came back home from your world travels!

A brick home, with a cellar,

not a thatched one like at Kruzewniki.

- With a sensible tiled roof… - I see.

…as fire-control demands.

My postcards!

- I worked here during the war. - Nice.

That's where I live.

And where I'll die.

See, that's the only thing left from back home!

Do you recognise it? It belonged to Dad!

Have you got a hand mill?

Where would I get it from?

Listen to what I've got to say.

I'm 60, I'm an old man.

I've come to say goodbye.

Jasko! What are you saying? You'll live to be a hundred!

I want some earth from you.

But the one from Kruzewniki, that mother brought in a bag.

To have it scattered on my grave in Detroit.

We must live and die here, we belong here!

And this land and this house are as much yours as they're mine!

I miss our land there.

Do you remember Grandpa's pear trees?

But do you know this land here?

What do you know about it?

You had to get a ship's passage because of the land there,

and emigrate to America!

I had to do it because of the Karguls!

But Jasek, that was long time ago!

So what? I'll never forgive Kargul!

He wasn't all that bad.

Do you remember,

how our Dad found Kargul's cow in our field?

May you suffer for the harm you caused me!

May you drop dead!

Pawlak!

Come to the fence!

- Why should I? - Come.

Just as I do.

Did you see this?

You've got it all wrong!

It wasn't him,

but it was our dad who did it to his stallion!

Even God turned his face away from Kargul.

No, not God, surely!

Jasko!

Three fingers!

Thank you, God, for using my hand to punish Kargul.

I swear by all that's sacred to me,

not to forget the way home and to come back for some earth

so that our bones can rest in peace.

And please God, strike the Kargul tribe and his land...

Strike the Kargul tribe and his land...

with all the plagues of Egypt.

Only make no mistake and spare us, the Pawlaks,

only make no mistake and spare us, the Pawlaks,

Kargul's neighbours,

Kargul's neighbours, this experience,

because we respect our boundaries.

We have the right to protect our land,

because you created it and ordained it for us.

Now this is our land.

Our neighbour and I started a new Poland here.

- Is he from our parts? - Yes.

Here they all are!

- She is a native to here. - Just like me!

Listen, Jasko, about Noah's Ark

that rolled on the rails through this flood.

It jerked, whistled and moved on.

We travelled for one day and stopped for two.

A week has seven days. A month has four weeks.

And there are 48 wagons to a train.

A man!

Where?

A man? No, it's just some local.

Dad, will we manage to get off the train before there's more of us?

You're a bloody twat!

May we get off before we run out of the fodder for the mare!

Where will we get holy water to save the baby from heathenry?

You eat it!

It must have strength to work.

How will Kacper find me in Heaven now,

if the sky is different here?

Anyhow, here is a Heaven for us!

Because we won't have that rascal Kargul next door!

For this alone, the war is won for us.

Dad! Our people are here!

Our people?

- That's just cattle! - I'm telling you, it's theirs!

You are off your head!

- See that black and white one? - Well, a cow is a cow!

I know that cow, Dad!

There is no such cow in the whole world, only in Kruzewniki!

It's Moochka! Kargul's cow! The Karguls are here!

Bandits!

We found our place!

- Why is it moving? Shout! - Stop!

- Go on, shout! - We'll uncouple here!

Why such long faces?

If our people live here, it's a place for us to live.

Our people? Kargul is our worst enemy!

Yes, an enemy! But a homey one!

My... our enemy! We've nourished him with our blood.

Couldn't we stop somewhere else?

Mania, don't get upset!

Do we have to look for a new enemy

when we found an old one?

It wouldn't be fair!

Yeah, yeah.

Well, we arrived.

Come on, Grandma, you first.

- My God… - Now, all of this is yours!

Why this house? There're better ones in the village.

I don't need a better one.

I want my own.

Mother, give me that earth.

Mum, we are home!

What kind of home is that? There is not even a stove.

You can bake in it. But how can you sleep on it?

Did you see the Karguls?

Dad! Where are we?

A globe, see!

The Earth!

Have a good look Grandpa... And tell me, where do we...

find vodka here.

I am a reliable person, my word is worth more than money.

Saszka, come on!

- Here goes our money… - We'll make a better one!

What's up with you? Get on the roof and put up the flag!

All right?

Higher! To the very top!

What do you see there?

- It's like on a ship! - Has he gone barmy?

Where is the sea here?

Nothing in sight. And quiet like in a desert.

Where have we come to? Maybe that's not Poland?

What? Rubbish!

Am I to have my baby here?

Come to the fence, Kargul!

What for?

Come. Do as I'm doing.

Well, I did. What now?

Now, take your cap off, as I did.

What for?

For the occasion,

that our migration of nations is at an end.

And that the war was needed to find peace.

Now, cry.

Cry, Wladek, don't be ashamed. Nobody's watching.

And everyone is crying anyhow.

- Wladek! - Kazimierz!

You little one!

My dear!

Why aren't you crying?

Is this the last time we're making up? I'd rather watch!

That's for luck!

You embraced Kargul?!

- I did. - The one whom I then...

The one who is welcoming you now.

How are you?

Impossible!

Is that how you remember Dad's oath?

Give her to me.

Take her!

- Kazmierz! - Wait!

What are you, nuts?

Do you want to bruise your own brother, the godfather?

Let go, or somebody's head will roll!

Go away!

Why are you butting in when brothers greet each other?

Didn't you have enough? We can give you more!

I've been waiting 40 years for you!

- Yours is there! - Here is ours!

I didn't get my brother back to lose him again because of you!

Don't you start again, Pawlak! You've already started it once!

- I started it! - And I'll finish it!

Who asked you to take a house next door to us?

And what devil told you to steal three fingers of our land

back in Kruzewniki?

Pick on your woman not on me!

Hold me, or I'll kill that mutt!

Jasko! Where are you going? Wait!

John, wait!

You fool, you were to stay in the barn,

until I finished my welcome!

And like that we've messed things up and the devil deals the cards!

John!

Jasiek, wait!

I don't want anything from you!

But...

Only that earth from the bag!

It's a real mix up with you! It's as if you'd forgotten Polish!

Listen to what I have to say to you!

And when you understand, say what you have to say.

Real Kruzewniki milk. Moochka's.

God bless, Anielka! Come to our place!

What are you staring at?

- At your dancing attempts. - Look at the teacher!

I could teach you, but I don't feel like it.

I can do it without your help!

- I've seen it! - Will you marry her?

Are you looking for company in the well?

Yeah. For a dance partner.

Watch out, they may hear you and come for you.

Who?

The drowned men.

Girls shouldn't look into wells.

The drowned men may fancy them and that's the end.

You look 3 years older at close range.

So do you!

Kazmierz!

- Witia, have you seen your father? - No! He must be in the fields!

- You'll bloom like a rose… - You know, Wladek.

We travelled so far to find each other again, now

that must be fate.

I never had no real grudge against you.

And Jasiek was young when he slashed me with that scythe.

He was silly!

Our folks were dumb from poverty and ignorance.

- Now, there is an end to it! - The end.

- There are no boundaries. - Right.

Here, all the land around is yours!

Take as much as you want!

No one is going to measure it with a spoon!

Your woman is going to have a baby soon.

Moochka gives enough milk for us and for you.

I'll give you as much as you need!

You're farming without a horse and I still have the mare

from Kruzewniki.

I'll help you until you get your own horse!

Kazmierz!

Wladek!

Here's to us!

Hey, you! Hey, plague on you!

May you suffer for the harm you caused me!

Go back to your field!

Your brother, Jasiek, already tried to kill me once.

And now you're having a go at it?

I am and I will,

because nothing is sacred for you!

What is so sacred here, you daft man?

Dad, watch out!

A boundary line is a sacred thing!

- Mines! - Dad!

- Dad, mines! - Mines!

- Go on, lead the way. - You go first.

It's your field! Show us the way!

I let my guests go first.

He thinks I'll be scared!

Remember, a boundary line is a sacred thing!

Remember that or I'll teach you a lesson with the scythe.

Where do you see a boundary line here?

Here, all the land is yours up to the sky.

If you want it, take it.

Here, no one is going to measure the land by fingers,

like we did in Kruzewniki.

I took what suited me and won't allow anyone to touch it!

What times! Fool goes first!

What? Wait!

I have a scythe!

Now your stupid head will roll!

The stupider one will roll off!

Meaning whose?

Yours!

You rotten goose egg!

- Stop it! - Dad!

May your foot never step on our land!

And yours on ours!

That's what I swore to my dad.

And that will be for ever and ever!

- Amen. - Go on.

Witia! Come here!

Look here!

- The land needs cultivating. - But how?

It's stuffed with mines like a duck with apples.

Yeah. Uncultivated land grows wild.

Give me the can with petrol.

Run for it!

Down!

Jesus!

Germans! Germans!

- Get ready! - Hurry up, Jadzka!

- But where? - To Pawlak's cellar!

- Have you gone mad? - It's better to get killed together!

We've only lived here for just five days and it's started again!

Come on!

Quick!

See, Witia, how Kargul's Moochka saved us from death!

Must be 15, 16, 17... Now you count, Witia.

Our schooling was too poor, Dad.

Witia, to the barn!

Dad! Here!

Mum, to the cellar!

- They are surrounding us from all sides! - Yeah, but who?

- Another occupation! - Occupation!

The boys must be throwing bangers for Easter.

That's how I cleared our fields of mines.

And what's that?

Men! Können Sie schießen?

- He's asking if we can shoot. - What for?

Hands up first! You'll ask questions afterwards.

Nein, nein, take what I'm giving you!

We must defend ourselves, right? After all, we are Poles!

- Who are you? - Antoni Wieczorek.

Where from? From here! I was born here.

- He's a local. - What's the danger?

Germans! I'm telling you, I'm Wieczorek!

- Schulmeister. - A school janitor.

Soldiers! Dad, soldiers!

- Soldiers are coming! - What soldiers?

- Ours. - Polish?

- Who are they attacking? - Us, Dad.

What the hell for?

They've heard our mines and think that it's the Werewolf's attack.

You started the 3rd war when the 2nd has only just ended.

Russians are experienced, they'll finish it on the double.

Yeah, but how many times can you be liberated!

Why are you upset? You had time to get used to it.

Hush!

Why are you staring at her like old women at a bishop?

- Those mines weren't a good idea! - Don't try to outsmart me!

You have to look hard if you don't want to forget.

- Why do you want to remember? - And if we die here?

My words should be a command to you until your death.

This is Kargul's daughter and you should hate the whole tribe!

When I look like this, I strengthen the hatred in me.

Mania, Mania! What are we to do?

- Let's surrender! - Good idea, but how?

How am I to know? I've never done it in my life!

I have no experience in it. Mum, where are you going?

Soldiers are coming; I must get the chickens.

Take this and wave it!

Do you have a doctor handy there?

We need a doctor.

- For a wounded? - No, for a woman!

What the hell!

Whoa, Baska.

Hello, anybody there?

Open up!

Let go!

Go to hell! Be gone with you!

Baska, whoa!

It must be a pharmacy.

What's that?

Hands up!

- I thought it was a German. - Hands up or I'll shoot!

- Are you crazy? - Hitch it to my cart!

I'll take the horse, but I'll spare your life.

We must help each other, right?

Where are you from?

- From beyond the Bug River. - That's lucky!

Lucky, but for whom?

Well, Pops, I couldn't keep a Warsaw man at gun point.

Are we any worse?

- We suffered more during the war. - And we travelled more.

I was in a concentration camp.

- For smuggling. - Yes, but grenades.

And I didn't do obligatory deliveries to Germans.

I punched a German once!

We've been through two pacifications.

I ran away from forced lab our.

To steal from me. Fire! Do it!

No, Pops, no. You are not my enemy,

only your horse is my friend; I need it.

- Is that so? Hands up! - It's not loaded.

Isn't it?

But this one is!

You, people from beyond the River Bug suffered, too.

The army took my horse and I must take an expert to the village.

An expert? Who is he?

A miller, to get the regional mill working.

And they've sent a vet, so I've taken him.

- He'll be useful when he sobers up. - A vet?

Man, you're a godsend.

I've been looking for a clever hand to help with childbirth

since the dawn; My woman is in need.

Take the can with moonshine and trade it for a horse with the army.

We are kind people! Whoa!

And now hitch it to my cart. We must help each other.

He's gone.

Dad!

- Dad, he's here! - Yes, I know.

Not him! It's a boy!

- A boy? - Yeah!

Couldn't he wait a bit?

Why did I trouble a serious expert?

Mother was bad,

but Mrs. Kargul took care of her. She delivered the baby.

So, now we are as many as the Karguls.

Unharness the mare and take her to the barn.

- Doctor? - No! I brought him for Marynia.

- He'll take care of us. - I brought him.

- But in my cart! - He's a vet.

My name is Kokeszko.

And if you, Miss, wish to be a miller's wife,

I'll propose.

And I keep my word.

You are not a vet?

I'm a miller!

And I've given 10 litres of moonshine for you!

Never buy anything when you're drunk.

Was I drunk?

What's the difference?

Where to?

Let's be friends.

Mania, where is the can?

- It's where you put it! - The priest is coming.

Check on the cupboard outside.

Here you are!

Wieczorek's wife is not here.

She'll come.

She knows there's no christening without a godmother.

Cry, it's good for you.

Witia?

Come here.

Closer.

I did.

Breath out.

Like that.

What are you skulking about for?

Dad, could we take that record player from...

- From Kargul? - Christening needs music.

You can have organs for your son's christening,

but that will have to do for my celebration. Cover the barrel.

- Who the devil is that? - Gelobt sei Jesus Christus!

Praise the Lord.

He smelt a German and is yelling!

Takes after his grandpa!

Follow me, Father.

- Where's you woman? - She's not coming.

Her teeth are playing up, she can't talk.

Kazmierz, what now?

There's no christening without a godmother!

Mr Pawlak!

There'll be a godmother and christening. You'll see!

- He went to get Jadzka! - What?

Kargul's daughter to be a godmother to my son?

Come on! We're all equal before God.

Better this one than none.

What am I to do now?

Don't make a fuss!

Shall we send the Reverend away?

Excuse me, Father...

Here's you godmother! Not bad?

In my parts they would prefer her to Wieczorek's wife;

not to frighten the baby.

Kazmierz, don't get upset!

What do you ask of God's Church?

- Faith. - Faith!

Accipe sign um crucis tam in fronte quam in corde.

Accipe lampadem ardentem et irreprehensibilis

custodi Baptismum tuum, serva Dei man data.

Vade in pace, et Dominus sit tecum.

- Jadzka, go home! - Mr Kargul!

- What do you want? - There was no marriage yet,

- but we are parents already. - So what?

We should announce my engagement to Miss Jadzka.

What?

- Dad, let's go home. - Engagement!

Jadzka!

Where to?

Mr Trophy!

My dad bought you, so stay away from the Karguls!

- Jadzka! - Where to?

We live in a democracy

and you refuse freedom to a man?

Yes!

Jadzka!

Jadzka…

When the war broke out, I took an oath

not to marry. Do you understand?

To die and leave a widow? Never. I don't like having debts.

- What of it? - Well, the war is over.

You know what, Mr Kokeszko?

It's better to stay an honest man!

But with a woman, Miss Jadzka.

A couple is a godly number.

That's what people think in my parts.

Witia, where's the sheepskin?

Now our grandma will sleep like a queen!

Now I can believe that we're home.

If only we didn't have that electricity, I would be happy.

- Please, Mum! - What?

What a dirty thief!

Dad bought him for the commune with his own spirit,

and he wants to make him his private son-in-law.

Would they give her to a stranger? He's not from our parts.

He's not, but he wears trousers,

and Kargul wants one more pair in his family.

Is it yours?

You chucked it out and we can use it.

We? Who's “we”?

It's obvious that one stove's not enough for two families.

- Witia! - What two families?

Go back to your work!

Are you starting a new life with looting?

In a democracy nobody owns anything!

You rascal!

Men, look at that!

Do you recognise it?

- It's an egg. - Yes!

- A chicken egg. - I found it by the roadside.

Have you never seen an egg?

Not in a long time, because I ate all the chickens.

Well, take it then.

Yeah, take it.

- Thank you. - It's all right.

Why are you giving away my egg?

How do you know that it wasn't my chicken that laid it?

Because I wouldn't touch your egg!

- Yeah? - Yeah!

And I wouldn't touch yours!

- I'll give you 5 eggs for this one. - Lick it off the wall!

My brother Jasko took the scourge of God in his hands against you.

Don't remind me of the scythe because I have a rifle now!

- So do I! - You squirt!

Squirt?!

You just wait!

A sickle will do for you now! You...

There!

Are you crazy, man? Where will I get pots like that nowadays?

New shirts!

Wake up!

Who the devil is that!

They're looting the mill, we need you! Come!

Call Kargul!

With the rifle!

- Is Pawlak coming? - Yeah, two Pawlaks!

- Am I to go alone? - I'm coming with you, aren't?

- Where is Kokeszko? - Hurry up!

- Maybe from the other side... - Hurry up, but quiet!

Go first.

Order your woman about not me!

I'm not stupid. You go first!

Quiet, or they'll hear us!

Hey, leave it!

- You agreed. - Let go!

We must help each other, right? The widow is waiting.

Goods for goods. First show her to me.

You can depend on me.

I wouldn't buy a pig in a poke.

Ms Marysia, this is...

Hands up!

- Higher! - Christ!

- Where are you from? - From the neighbouring village.

And you?

Looters! Come to steal our property!

We cannot live without flour!

- Quiet, woman! - He brought us here.

You horse thief! I have bought him from you already once!

That was a vet! Now I'm selling a miller; He allowed it.

I'm a weak person.

They led me into temptation, me with a widow,

because they need a miller.

But I'll stay with your Jadzka till my dying days.

I'd rather die than stay with someone like that.

It's too late. Everybody against the wall!

Against the wall!

- Me too, your son-in-law? - Go on!

Why are you picking on my son-in-law?

Is he yours? Who captured him?

Halt!

Takes one to know one. You're all looters!

What, looters?!

Wait, now I'll get you!

Have you lost your mind?! They've run away!

What? Where?

- Hey, you! Halt! - Halt!

So, we held the mill.

You brought them here, you rascal.

You just tell me what you like;

there are plenty of widows and I need a miller for the village.

Well?

Jesus Christ!

And what?

All right!

Did you get him?

He ran away!

God listened to us, Kargul's got mice as well,

even more than us.

He got what he deserves, but why us?

Kargul doesn't worry about mice.

He applied and got a horse from UNRRA.

What?

He's getting it tomorrow.

What a scrounger!

He chased our Jasko away to America,

and now has the cheek to take a horse from them?

Hope he gets a nasty one!

We can't go on without a cat.

Go to the market tomorrow and don't come back without a horse.

I mean a cat.

And we've got an end at the very beginning.

How could you, dear God, make such a mistake?

Saint Joseph, Saint Anthony, all saints in real colours!

Handmade!

Buy it, sir!

No.

Wait!

Want to swap? 10 ladies' dresses and court shoes.

I need a cat.

A cat? Maybe a tiger?

It's written here: “Don't touch”!

Antiques!

Clocks, antlers, porcelain!

It's like new.

- Don't you have a silver one? - It doesn't moult.

I'd rather have a silver fox.

Cats from Central Poland.

- Is it from Siberia? - Well, ask it.

Take it.

Hey, you!

Show me these cats.

- Can't I choose? - Choose?

You'll be choosing at elections! Here, take what's there!

- German cats. - No way! From Central Poland.

A good hunter?

He'll kill fifty mice in half a day.

- Do you live far? - I have a bike.

But you have no cats; A cat must cost.

I'll give you two sacks of wheat. One is worth 500 zloty.

All right.

I'll take this and the bike.

What? The bike as well?

The bike is German, and the cat is from Central Poland.

- Okay, take it. - Well, you see!

Whoa!

UNRRA knows it's the Wild West here and sends wild horses.

You can't get one like that to work.

Once you break it in you can plough ice with it.

- That's right, isn't it? - Plough, my arse!

Dad!

Curse on you!

Dad, be careful!

Let the robe go Kargul, let it go!

Why this crazy horse?

A quiet one would still be better than Pawlak's mare.

Are you telling me how do handle it? If you're so clever, do it yourself.

I will!

You'll see, I will. In my way.

Hey, what's with you?

Citizen, leave the rope alone!

Use your head when handling a horse!

He must've had a merry-go-round before the war!

Stop!

Hide!

You fool! You clumsy mug!

- Shoot him! - He may be still alive.

I mean the stallion!

- Stop! Witia don't! - I'll catch it!

Where to?

Stay!

Shall I stop him?

Hold it.

He'll get a walloping and will back up!

Witia!

Jesus!

Stop!

What a son of a gun!

Whoa!

He'll get himself killed!

- He'll pay for the horse! - He'll break his neck!

Kazmierz, Witia is riding!

It can't be! Riding a cat?

Hello, there!

Mr Pawlak!

If it weren't for Witia,

we'd get the worst gelding from UNRRA.

Dismount.

You left on your bike and returned on somebody's horse?

That stallion is just right for our mare.

I'll give you stallion!

What are you gaping at? Paint it!

Can't I look at the horse?

Should the Pawlaks be worse than the Karguls?

Everything on the other side of the fence is your enemy.

- The cat too? - Yes.

Where's the cat? Pussy... pussy...

Give back the cat or I'll kill you!

Do I keep your cat on a string?

It came on its own.

Yeah, after you put out twenty plates of milk.

Why not? My milk and my plates.

Witia, hold me back or I'll get him! You thief!

Give me the brush!

- Why are you staring? - It doesn't rhyme.

Hello there! What did you paint there?

Is that what you believe?

Are you against the regained territories? And for a Senate?

Man, have you gone mad?

I'm not for the Senate, but I'm against Kargul.

- Is this your mark of a Pole? - It's Pawlak's mark!

So, we work here like bees and ants to unite the nation and what do you do?

- A diversion? You want the Germans here? - The cat is mine!

Is the nation to remain split because of your cat?

All right.

I'll requisition that cat!

Don't do that. Don't turn me against the people's democracy,

because I don't have time for that. I have land to cultivate.

You talk as if you'd have a receipt for that cat.

And if I get that cat from Kargul, then what?

- I won't give it back! - You won't give it to me?

Let the authorities judge, that's what they're there for.

But I was... This cat came from Central Poland,

and I paid two sacks of wheat for it.

Not to mention the bike!

All right. Let the cat choose who it prefers.

It prefers milk.

- You have two cows and I have a rifle. - So do I.

- Wait till I get you, you fool! - Quiet, citizens!

Pioneers! I'll give you a just solution.

Listen, citizens.

Kargul will give you a sack of wheat and a bicycle wheel.

- But I... - Wait!

In return, the cat will stay three days with Kargul and three days with you,

and it will chase my mice on Sundays and holidays. That's it.

Couldn't you catch your mice yourself?

- The cat is mine, understand? - I've passed a judgement!

Witia, give me the spanner.

Look, everything has been nibbled on.

Pests!

- What day is it today? - Friday.

- Friday. - Call the cat, today it is with us!

Kazmierz! The cat was captured, they keep it on a string!

I won't have him breaking the contract and forcing the cat to collaborate!

- Jadzka! - Stop it!

- Don't shoot! - Dad, run away!

That's me! No, it's not me!

To hell with you! Witia!

- A war again? - Over the cat!

- There's nothing left of our cat. - Put the lock away, it fell out.

This is the fourth war in my life, including two world ones.

But it's getting better.

Kargul started it with the scythe and I'll finish it with powder.

Witia!

Can't you stop staring at her?

I told you a hundred times that you're to hate the Kargul tribe.

She'll be of age soon.

She's not for you.

But Dad, if I look at her really hard and then dream of her at night,

I hate her so much...

that it scares me!

- Go on, get started. - What?

From the other side.

Pawlak!

They say that if you can get your head through it, you'll manage the rest.

I pushed hard!

You could do with a gate, Pawlak. Shame on you!

Here, sign this.

Kokeszko needs two witnesses;

that he's a bachelor and an eligible person that

can get married.

Thank God, I won't have to worry about that Jadzka anymore.

- Dad, Kargul! - Where?

Here. He signed it, too.

Have you lost your mind, Pawlak?

Sign it, be a sport.

Remember, because of you the girl won't be a mother,

and the village will lose a miller. Is that a good citizen?

Don't tell me what's a good citizen. I've lost my cat because of you!

- What's a cat? - Yes, the cat!

- And two sacks of wheat. - Not to mention the bike.

But you found a treasure, didn't you?

- A treasure? - Yeah!

You found a treasure and kept silent about it.

He told you that. See for yourself, it's useless.

Well, you couldn't have one run on kerosene,

but here you could thresh our and the neighbours' wheat in a day.

Grab the flail and thresh or you'll get a threshing yourself!

Well, yes.

If you were to find a driving belt you could ease off and go for a beer,

because the work would be done in no time!

- There is a driving belt! - Where?

- At the Kargul's. - At the Kargul's?

Work!

There is one! So, will you start the engine?

They invented those stupid machines because they had weak hands.

As you wish.

Pawlak.

Sign the paper.

I don't have time, I told you!

It's a summons to appear in court.

- Are you crazy? - Here.

Monday, 10 a.m., room number 5D!

- D? - It's about the cat.

The cat was mine and it died by my hand.

But Kargul gave you a sack of wheat; not to mention the bike wheel.

That's what he accuses you of.

This will be the first case about property

in my commune.

Jadzka! Get dinner ready and take the cows out.

- All right. - Hurry up.

After the court I'll get a ring.

It will be with a red stone.

Did you water it? Give me the whip.

Don't fool around, there's a lot of threshing to be done.

Here, take it.

Mum!

Court or no court, but justice must be on our side.

Take more!

Ok.

- Take care of the baby. - May God be with you.

See, how it runs? It's fast! Not like with the flail!

Your dad will give you a hiding when he finds out about the belt.

- I'm not afraid of my old man. - Nor am I of mine.

Your wheat needs threshing as well.

But when?

What do you mean when? When they go for the appeal!

Jadzka!

Shall I help you?

No! I'll manage!

- If you want, I'll help you! - No need!

I'll help you then!

Right!

- See, Mania, what a good guy. - Yeah.

He did more than I told him.

It's winnowed! Did he get the devil to help him or what?

Jadzka!

Witia!

I'll be dammed.

Kargul, come here!

- What? - Hush! Look.

- You taught you son well! - And you your daughter!

Watch out, you fool!

You scum! Humping in the barn!

I'll give you a walloping you'll remember!

- You! - Dad!

- Leave her! - Right!

We'll have to marry her off to Kokeszko, even though he's a stranger.

Don't be a fool!

You'll do this bloody Kazmierz a favour!

And that after he won in the court!

- I'll have to; This once. - When is the wedding?

Quiet!

Mum, why do I have to travel so far

when there is a great stallion next door?

Don't argue.

Next door is your enemy, not a stallion!

And here's your father and tells you what to do!

The mare is to be mated or you'll feel the flail on your back.

If you want me to come back with the mare, I need the rifle.

Well said. Mania, give me the rifle!

Get on.

I'll disarm myself but won't begrudge you the rifle.

Watch the lock, it comes off.

I know.

You gave the rifle away. What if the Karguls start a war?

Don't worry.

I still have two grenades in my Sunday suit.

What's up with you?

- Give the horse back, you thief! - Are you crazy?

Where did you hide the stallion?

Was it stolen?

Watch it! I'll get you with a grenade and you'll see it from above.

You'll talk differently when I'll drag you to the police!

That'll be a laugh because you forgot your trousers.

Speak up! Where's the horse!

- What am I, a fortune teller? - No, a horse thief!

Did you hear? Our neighbour's stallion was stolen.

What a pity! It was so nice, and American too!

Jadzka is gone as well. She vanished!

And our Vitia has been away for five days now.

Give me my clothes!

Witia!

Witia!

Witia!

Witia!

Witia!

Well?

And what now?

What is it?

Well! It's daytime already.

So?

Dad will punish me again!

Did he beat you?

No! But he will now!

Don't cry. No one's going to beat you as of today.

You'll stay with me.

How can I go back home now?

Where did you hear him?

Somewhere here!

Jadzka!

Leave the horse, you can't go back home now.

We'll set up our own home.

Where is my coat? Maybe they'll forgive me.

They may or may not, but you'll be all right with me.

There are plenty of empty houses. We'll take one and that's that!

- Pity to shoot the horse. - But not your son.

- Your daughter is there, too! - I have three bullets.

Do you want to play father to my son?

Let go!

Wait, that'll be the end of you!

Jadzka, run!

Take your coat, our fathers are here!

- Will you marry me? - Quick, behind the rocks!

What? What a time to ask!

Witia!

Jadzka! Jadzka!

Where is he?

Witia! Stop!

Stop! Wait!

I'll show you when you get home!

- You wanted a foal? - And you a stallion!

Maybe I should get you a doctor?

I don't need a doctor, but an obedient son.

Listen to what I have to say.

See that the mare foals. Marry Vitia off rich.

And get Pawel used to a gun since he'll be a child,

for as long as Kargul is alive.

Remember.

Come on, Mum...

Mum!

Don't be scared.

Kargul, my mother's end is near.

It will come to us all. Can't be helped.

I didn't come to ask for a philosopher,

but an interpreter,

to help my mother with the last rites.

The priest speaks German only.

She'd sooner expect the devil than me with a candle.

She can't be choosy now.

We will still get a chance to square up!

I'd rather repeat after the priest than listen to you.

Leave that!

And who the hell knows how you'll pay me back for this favour!

One funeral is enough for this week. Let's go!

Kazmierz!

When was your last confession?

Isn't he cheating?

- He says 10 words for one of hers. - How am I to know?

Maybe their speech is very long.

I hope that with this German confession she'll go to purgatory at least.

Maybe God will be merciful.

Dear Jesus and our Lord…

Grant her eternal rest.

Eternal rest grant unto her, o Lord,

and let the perpetual light shine upon her...

I have a widow.

There is a funeral and you talk of earthly life!

Let's pray for the soul of the deceased Eleonora...

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come;

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

- Where's Jadzka? - Don't ask.

We won't go back to you

until it's only your anger that keeps you together!

Come to the fence!

What for?

Come as I'm coming!

And now, do what I'm doing.

I've taken my hat off, but I don't know what for.

For the occasion,

that our silliness is coming to an end!

Well…

That would be a good thing!

Cry, Wladek. Don't be ashamed.

It must be a holiday when a real man is crying.

It must be!

See!

Christ Almighty! People! Something must have happened here.

Militia!

Militia!

And then...

What do you want?

- I thought I'm needed... - Kargul send you here

to make me lose my brother again, right?

Go away, Bajdorf.

Jasko, listen, and then... Jasko!

You forgot Father's oath, so forget me too!

But John, listen to me!

Do you want to make me a godfather to Kargul's kids?

Never!

Damn it!

Quiet, quiet.

Be quiet!

Come.

There is more of us than the Karguls because you're a Pawlak!

Pawlak!

Jasko. Here's your earth.

Earth.

Is it good earth?

It's good earth.

We don't need a better one!

Jasko, for heaven's sake, finally you are here!