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PRAGUE, SPRING 1977

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CHARTER 77 DECLARATION

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The bed, too.

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- And was there any action?
- He doesn't fuck.

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Must be waiting for the right one.

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You go, wait for me downstairs.

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Yes, comrade lieutenant.

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HBO EUROPE PRESENTS

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THE SLEEPERS

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LONDON, AUGUST 1989

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DEAR V., AFTER MANY YEARS,
I HAVE FOUND THE COURAGE TO WRITE YOU.

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I HAVE MISSED YOU SINCE
THE MOMENT YOU LEFT ME.

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WHEN WILL YOU EVER COME BACK?
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MEETING AGAIN.

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- Morning.
- Morning.

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<i>Budapest, Warsaw, East Berlin, all our
reporters keep mentioning one thing:</i>

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<i>that there is the smell
of change in the air.</i>

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<i>And it’s not just a feeling,
it’s based on facts.</i>

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<i>A few months ago, Solidarity won
the national elections in Poland.</i>

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<i>And every day, hundreds of people
are coming from East Germany to Prague</i>

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<i>where they're camping in the garden
of the West Germany Embassy,</i>

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<i>hoping for permission to live
in the West,</i>

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<i>Because to these people,
the West means a better life</i>

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<i>and most importantly - freedom.</i>

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<i>It is the lack of freedom
along with the lack of material goods</i>

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<i>that’s forcing them
to leave their homeland...</i>

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Oh, thanks.

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<i>...and start over again somewhere else.</i>

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<i>It appears that the nations of Eastern
Europe are finally waking up...</i>

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What time did you go to bed?

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I don't know, maybe 4.

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I had to finish the lecture,
I can't just wing it.

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Then don't be surprised
you're always tired.

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I'm not tired, I'm old.

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You know full well I don't drink that.

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One won't kill you.

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Having a normal breakfast for once
wouldn't kill you either.

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My sister's big day is coming up.

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The due date.

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She's going to be a grandmother.

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We could finally go for a visit.

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You saw what's going on in Prague.

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- Those crowds?
- Those are Germans, Marie.

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East Germans. Trying to get
into the West German embassy.

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It has nothing to do
with Prague or Czechs.

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The Bolsheviks still have things
firmly under control there.

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- Actually, I think...
- Marie?

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Who writes the Foreign Office analyses,
you or me?

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Do I lecture you about notes?

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We have British citizenship.

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And there's been an amnesty.
They wouldn't dare to...

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I'm well aware what they would
or wouldn't dare.

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It's quite fresh in my memory.

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Maybe you've forgotten, but I haven't.

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DEAR V., AFTER MANY YEARS,
I HAVE FOUND THE COURAGE TO WRITE YOU.

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I HAVE MISSED YOU SINCE
THE MOMENT YOU LEFT ME.

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WHEN WILL YOU EVER COME BACK?

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I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MEETING AGAIN.
ALEXANDRA.

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DESTROYS LETTER IMMEDIATELY
AFTER READING

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- Very nice.
- Thanks.

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Do you remember Gerald?

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- I'm the one with the Czech mum.
- Oh, good evening.

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He learned his airs
at the diplomatic academy.

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Oh, I thought that was customary
in your country.

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No, it's lovely when there's a man
in the room with good manners.

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- See there?
- Sorry?

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Do you have a clean handkerchief?
I forgot mine?

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Thanks.

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Don't thank me,
just show me around Prague.

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I may be joining the embassy there.

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Things are going to start moving
in Prague, too. It won't be boring.

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So maybe I'll see you there.

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- I doubt that, unfortunately.
- I've heard otherwise.

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- Thank you.
- Excuse me, I have to go.

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PRAGUE, OCTOBER 1989

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I'll just go to the loo, OK?
Can you wait a sec?

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Sure.

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Taxi?

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Change money?

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We're Czechs. But we haven't
been here in a long time.

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Here.

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So let's see.

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Good.

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Well, it's nothing much.

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Be glad we don't have
to stay in a hotel.

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I guess that Dusan of yours doesn't
get over from Bratislava much, eh?

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What a pig.

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Eternal bachelor.

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- What's wrong?
- I don't know.

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I got sudden a flash
of fear or something.

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- A strange feeling.
- Oh, come on...

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- What's this?
- Nothing.

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Hey, what are you up to?

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That sister of mine?
She pisses me off.

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She promised to tend to it.

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- I always envied you this.
- What?

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That you have a family grave.

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I don't even know
where my parents are lying.

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I'll get some water.

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<i>...in a clinch,</i>

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<i>That tie that I am wearing
Was tied by Justice Lynch</i>

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<i>So kick that crate already
So the gentlemen don't wait</i>

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<i>Heaven's stairway's long
And I don't want to be late</i>

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<i>I want to wet my whistle
In the tavern in the sky</i>

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<i>So give that crate a kick
So I can go ahead and...</i>

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- Jana, where'd the dishcloth go?
- It's hanging on the porch.

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My sister.

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- You’re going to be a grandmother.
- I'm an old hag already anyway.

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- Don't be stupid.
- I'm that, too.

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Oh stop, I'm all filthy.

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- Hi.
- Hi.

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I brought you loads of clothes!

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Thanks.

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BALLAD OF AN UNKNOWN BOY

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FOR MARIE,
VIKTOR

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Now you can take those records back.

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Wouldn’t this be better on Jana?
People would stare at me.

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My belly shows in it anyway.

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I can't even zip it.

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Isn’t she a bit young
to have a baby?

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Well, better sooner than never.

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Why never? Who told you that?

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The doctor.

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Oh, I didn't know.

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- Cigarette?
- No thanks, I'm not smoking,

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now that Jana's in a family way.

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You weren't so hard on yourself
when you were expecting.

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Times were different.
That wasn't such a thing back then.

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I was at the cemetery.

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I'm sorry to say it, but I had hoped
you went there from time to time.

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I do go there.

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I haven't had much time lately,
but otherwise...

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Nobody's been there in a year,
so don't lie.

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- That's not true!
- Oh, yes, it is.

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And where were you
when he was bedridden?

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Who wiped his bum
the last half year of his life?

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You're going to show up now
and lecture me?

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What do you take yourself for?
You weren't even at the funeral.

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You know full well
they wouldn't give us a visa!

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- Jesus, they wouldn't give you a visa?
- Well they didn't!

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You poor thing!

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Do you know what we went through
after you legged it?

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How many times I was interrogated,
with Jana still a baby?

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Why do you think Pavel left us?

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Shit life, shit job...

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And they won’t let me
do anything else.

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Do you know what I paid the good
comrades so Jana could go to college?

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Who was that because of?
Because of Dad and because of you.

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And 12 years later you turn up

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- and bring me fucking clothes!
- Stop it!

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Jana, no laughing.

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Oh, now you've ruined it.

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- <i>...so perfect!</i>
- <i>I'm not perfect but...</i>

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- <i>I came home, goddammit!</i>
- <i>What do you mean "home"?</i>

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<i>You're not home now,
so calm yourself!</i>

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We're leaving.

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Next time then.

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- What were you two even...
- We weren't anything.

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- I was just being a bitch.
- Oh, come on...

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And so was she.

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She even blamed me for her divorce.

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- Everything's all my fault.
- More like mine, isn't it?

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"You had it all in the West
and I had nothing!"

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"Everything." Right...

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I wouldn't take it too hard.

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Give it a couple days, go see her,
have a chat and...

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- I have to go to Mimon anyway.
- Why Mimon?

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To see an old faculty colleague
who they've sacked.

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You don't know him.
You'd just be bored there.

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- Do you know what Jana told me?
- What?

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That she started playing the violin
back then because of you.

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Really?

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So she'd be able to play
with you one day.

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That's nice.

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PRAGUE, SPRING 1977

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Now, comrades Grygar and Lebeda.

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Auntie! That was lovely!
Let me carry it!

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It's too heavy for you.
Auntie's not leaving yet anyway.

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That was really something, wow!
Splendid, splendid.

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We'll see you later.

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Comrades Grygar, Lebeda,
Zajicek, Kindlova,

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you prepare your next pieces.
The rest of you have our thanks.

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You're surprised?

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Why did you bring him?

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Did you see how they looked
at each other when they saw him?

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What were you trying to say?
"Yes, comrades,"

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"that's my dad, Mr Kral, the dissident."

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My niece wanted to see us.
What was I supposed to do?

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- Say he's not allowed?
- Just don't be surprised

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if the only place she ever hears
you play is some shitty dive bar.

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Because they'll never take you
anywhere else.

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- Or me for that matter.
- You know what?

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If my family's a problem for you
then you can play with someone else.

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- And not just play.
- You're pathetic.

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- You're pathetic!
- Sure.

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I guess that's why they didn't take us.
Because I'm pathetic.

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- Hi there.
- Hi.

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- Well? How did it go?
- We're not sure yet.

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<i>...the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights.</i>

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And do they abide by it?
They do not. So Charter 77?

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Dr Skala.

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A big expert on the Ruskies.
Russian literature, that is.

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But he knows his politics, too.
Very smart chap.

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Vaclav Havel is still in jail
because of the Charter.

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Patocka's dead.
Has it done any good at all?

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I was just sacked
for the third time.

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My friends get letters saying
I'm sleeping with their wives,

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or to keep their kids away
because I'm a paedophile.

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- That can't be.
- That I'm a paedophile? No, it can't.

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- Nor is the thing about the wives true.
- Too bad!

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But I lost those friends, of course.

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So please don't tell me
that I don't know the cost.

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I'd better get in there.

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Marie?

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Marie, come play us the piece
you played at the audition.

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It was so nice.

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- How's it going?
- He's still in there.

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- Kral family.
- <i>It's me.</i>

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<i>I wanted to apologize.</i>

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<i>I just really wanted it
to work out this time.</i>

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<i>You played so wonderfully
and then it got all screwed up.</i>

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<i>I felt bad for you and I snapped.</i>

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<i>I didn't have to be so nasty.</i>

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<i>I shouldn't have said that
about your father, I'm sorry.</i>

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<i>Marie?</i>

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<i>Marie, do you hear me?</i>

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<i>Dammit, Marie, do you hear me?</i>

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Who's supposed to pick up
after you every time?

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- Marie, please.
- Out. Out!

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Go. Move. Beat it.

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I said go! Get out!

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If anything happened to that violin...

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- Let go of her immediately!
- Calm yourself.

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Let's go.

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- I'll take you to court for this.
- If you think that's a good idea...

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- Are you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

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PRAGUE, WINTER 1977

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- Hi.
- Hi.

238
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,118
This is for you.

239
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,800
- What is it?
- Look and see.

240
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,638
BALLAD OF AN UNKNOWN BOY

241
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,480
Thank you.

242
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,400
I love it.

243
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,320
It's not even my birthday
or any other day.

244
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,120
That won't do.

245
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,718
Yeah, this won't do.

246
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,120
Look.

247
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,478
They can't even hide properly.

248
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,238
If they wanted to hide
then we wouldn't know about them.

249
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,720
But we're supposed to know about them.

250
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,718
It just keeps getting worse.

251
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,880
They're really capable of anything,
the bastards.

252
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:07,038
And the worst is yet to come.
It really won't do.

253
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,518
Okay. Continue.

254
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,638
Your dad knows a lorry driver
who goes to the West.

255
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,838
He brings books and things in and out.

256
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,838
I know, and so what?

257
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,678
Well?

258
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,520
He says he might be able
to get me out.

259
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:33,638
- So this is supposed to be a memento?
- No, it's not like that.

260
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,358
I just can't ask you to do
something like that.

261
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,798
- The border is dangerous as hell, and...
- You want to get rid of me?

262
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:45,038
Marie, how can you say that?
I love you.

263
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:50,398
But if I stay here I'll end up in jail.
Anything can happen there.

264
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,280
- And your dad wouldn't want...
- It doesn't matter what my dad wants.

265
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,720
You're not going anywhere without me,
do you get that?

266
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,240
I'd rather just turn you in myself.

267
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,920
What did you think
I was going to say?

268
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,960
What the fuck were you thinking?

269
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,120
CZECHOSLOVAK-AUSTRIAN BORDER,
WINTER 1977

270
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,280
Move on.

271
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,360
We have to go, come on.

272
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,280
Leave it.

273
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,880
PRAGUE, AUTUMN 1989

274
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,318
We’ll take her off the propofol

275
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,518
and disconnect her,

276
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,398
and see how she is
when she comes to.

277
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,400
Alright.

278
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,118
What did the doctor say?

279
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,560
He gives her half a year. Or less.

280
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,878
And there's absolutely nothing
you can do about it.

281
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,960
And all the while you've got to look
like nothing's wrong.

282
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,600
One day I'll wake up, and she just
won't be here anymore.

283
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,240
- Good afternoon. Papers, please.
- Good afternoon.

284
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,398
Fine.

285
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,238
Parking is up by the hunting lodge,
comrade major.

286
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:13,560
I know.

287
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,160
Oh, fuck.

288
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,438
Honour to labour,
comrade deputy minister.

289
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,598
- Will you have one with us?
- Of course.

290
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,200
- Here's to the hunt.
- To the hunt.

291
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:41,918
Excellent.

292
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,800
Now show me the letter V.

293
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,840
Excellent, great.

294
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,998
Where is he? Where is Viktor?
My husband.

295
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,520
- He was there with me.
- Take it easy.

296
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,558
Easy, easy...

297
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,880
Just take it easy.
There you go.

298
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,720
Bastard.

299
00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:04,278
- Not a single shot?
- Why did we even come?

300
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,598
Force of habit.
Everything nowadays is force of habit.

301
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,438
If you're worn out you can
request retirement any time.

302
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,000
Let's go.

303
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,240
I heard he was bullying you again
at the meeting yesterday.

304
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,758
Hey, check it out.
Is he one of ours?

305
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,280
No, that's comrade businessman.
From Tuzex.

306
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,678
I hear he's richer than Gott.

307
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,118
But he's had a few cock-ups lately
on account of his drinking,

308
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,638
so he might be put out
to pasture soon enough.

309
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,678
When sheep are frightened
they flock together, right?

310
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:46,238
You're wrong there, my friend.
Not all of them are frightened.

311
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:49,598
They've got access to big money,

312
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,398
they just can't smack
their lips too loudly.

313
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,558
They're actually praying for the party
and the government to finally fuck off.

314
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,520
That's when they really
get down to business.

315
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:03,518
I see.

316
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,960
Well, thank you. Goodbye.

317
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,760
Nothing at Bulovka either.

318
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,160
If he's not in any of the hospitals...

319
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,438
...he must be...

320
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,600
Maybe he wasn't injured.

321
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,318
He would have come to see me.

322
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,718
So let's recapitulate.

323
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:35,360
Two days ago you were struck
by a black car.

324
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,918
Since that time,
your husband has been missing.

325
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,280
Yes.

326
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,598
Nonetheless, we have verified

327
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,760
that no accident was reported
in that area.

328
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:55,160
They must have driven off.

329
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,318
According to the paramedics' report

330
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:04,558
you were found
somewhere else altogether.

331
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:09,320
Near the Sokol bar.
A place with... let's say...

332
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,678
...a certain reputation.

333
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,038
I don't know what kind
of reputation it has.

334
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:19,000
I've never been there, so I don't know
how they could have found me there.

335
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,398
- Can we type this up here?
- Certainly.

336
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,360
And you wait in the corridor.

337
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:07,078
So listen, Mrs Skalova...

338
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,438
- I don't have a pen.
- Me neither.

339
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:12,280
Thank you, doctor.

340
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:15,880
Sign here for me.

341
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,838
Are you calling a search then?

342
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:28,918
Listen, since you're a citizen
of a foreign state,

343
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,838
we're handing your case over
to our colleagues.

344
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:32,720
- Colleagues?
- State Security. StB.

345
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,998
This has nothing to do with us, does it?
Some guy's got lost.

346
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,720
What do we care?
Let the police handle it.

347
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,958
ACADEMIC

348
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,560
Let's see here...

349
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,278
Dr Skala.

350
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,680
SURVEILLANCE ORDER

351
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,118
Okay, it still has nothing
to do with us, though.

352
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:06,480
Emigrant.

353
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:14,078
- That could be quite a fuck-up then.
- I'll say.

354
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:15,960
Can you drive?

355
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,118
Yes, I can drive. I already feel
like your chauffeur anyway.

356
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:24,438
My chauffeur can't know about this.
No one can. Orders from up top.

357
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:26,478
- Only us two.
- Us two?

358
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,358
- You haven't been in the field...
- I know, dammit.

359
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,040
You think I'm doing it for fun?
Now, of all times?

360
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,998
Have you got someone in tech support?
Someone reliable.

361
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,158
How reliable?

362
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,080
Somebody who you've got by the balls.

363
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,718
We'll need the flat wiretapped.
But it can't go through their boss.

364
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,360
Nothing on paper.

365
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,160
WITNESS STATEMENT

366
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,640
Alright then.

367
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:08,800
Berg, Dept. 2.

368
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,560
- Goddammit...
- I'll feed them for you.

369
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,920
Don't give them too much.

370
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,920
They think I just fell down somewhere.

371
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,718
Drunk.

372
00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:39,478
You should have stayed, you're not fit
to have yourself discharged.

373
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,478
Are you really OK?

374
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,518
Could he be at someone’s house?

375
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:48,598
I've called all our old friends.
No one knows anything.

376
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,318
And he's not at our place either, then?

377
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,518
His things are, though.

378
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:54,840
- Here.
- Oh.

379
00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:58,960
Isn't the embassy the next street over?

380
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,760
- Is it not?
- Yeah, it is, but...

381
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:08,958
The StB is sure to photograph
everybody who goes in there.

382
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:10,480
Please understand.

383
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,760
Shall I wait here for you?

384
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:40,198
She could've staggered over,
theoretically. It's not that far.

385
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,238
If she was in shock
she might not remember it.

386
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,558
I don't know.
Consider the state of her.

387
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:47,478
She must have had blood
all over her face.

388
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,520
Somebody would've stopped for her.

389
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,798
Nobody gives a fuck about anybody
around here.

390
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:57,478
Who called the ambulance anyway?
It's not in the report.

391
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,838
It's not, and we couldn't care less.

392
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,958
You're not a crime detective anymore.

393
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,560
All we care about now is finding Skala.

394
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,598
Prague's most famous dissident dive
and what do they find?

395
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,160
A dissident's emigre daughter
lying unconscious right in front of it.

396
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:21,038
And her emigre dissident husband gone.

397
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,678
- Bit weird, isn't it?
- Exactly.

398
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:29,638
Reception speaking. Mrs. Marie Skalova
is here to see Mr. Gerald Lloyd.

399
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,558
Tell her to wait,
I`ll take care of that.

400
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:35,160
I see...
Could you please wait here a minute?

401
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,200
Thank you.

402
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,080
Mrs. Skalova?

403
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,520
Two days?

404
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:06,320
You were unconscious for two days.

405
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,718
- You`re bleeding.
- Really?

406
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:13,120
Please, come with me.

407
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,800
Sorry.

408
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,678
You should have stayed in hospital.

409
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:32,320
Internal injuries can take time
to show up, and...

410
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:41,960
You should go back there as soon
as possible. This really isn't wise.

411
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,560
I can't think about what's wise.

412
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,720
I have to find my husband.

413
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:58,198
I need to go to the police again.
Will you come with me?

414
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,878
Or send someone with me.
They’ll take me more seriously if...

415
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,478
Can I be honest with you?

416
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:10,038
These are complicated times.

417
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:14,878
By now your case is probably
with StB, not the police, so...

418
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:19,160
So... you're not going to help me.

419
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:25,200
Look, you're upset.
I completely understand that.

420
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,638
Go back to hospital
and leave it with us.

421
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,440
It`s important
we handle this delicately.

422
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,360
Are you alright?

423
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,638
My husband may be lying injured
somewhere and...

424
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,878
Give me my passport back, please.

425
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,120
StB might confiscate it.
It'll be safe here.

426
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:57,520
Go back to hospital. Please.

427
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,318
I hardly smoke anymore.

428
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:07,480
It makes Vlasta sick and I'm tired
of always popping out.

429
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,998
Thanks.

430
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,238
- What's it gonna be?
- Call the boss for me.

431
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:17,720
- What?
- The boss, call him.

432
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:24,080
- Lada!
- Kveta?

433
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,440
- Let me handle it.
- Fine.

434
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,600
Is there a problem, gentlemen?

435
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,080
Hey! You stay put.

436
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:46,840
Let's go outside.

437
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,200
Don't you have a beer to drink?

438
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,398
- So they weren't here?
- Definitely not.

439
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,998
I'd remember her. Who are they?

440
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,718
Either you saw them or you didn't.
It doesn't matter who it is.

441
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,838
You might not know this,
but I'm in contact with lieutenant...

442
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:10,318
Lala, we know. So what?

443
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:14,600
Well, he probably won't be
happy about this...

444
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:20,398
Lala isn't going to find out.
That's the first thing.

445
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,718
And secondly, our grabbing you
in front of people

446
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:26,278
covers your arse, you idiot.

447
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,678
Now at least you'll be a hero.

448
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:33,640
- What the hell was that?
- I'm sick of all this shit.

449
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:43,280
What was that?

450
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:12,320
- Isn't it a bit early for that?
- Nope.

451
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,720
I guess you were expecting someone else.

452
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,600
I'll have them return your passport.

453
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:02,758
You'll go back and I'll find out
where Viktor is.

454
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:05,478
I'm supposed just leave without him?

455
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:09,518
Marie, understand:
we're not in London. OK?

456
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:13,798
Viktor was and is
a politically active person.

457
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:18,958
I'm just making sure you don't
unwittingly do anything...

458
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,398
...anything that could
complicate things even more.

459
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,358
This is a sensitive matter.

460
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:27,520
You're right, it's sensitive
for me indeed.

461
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,878
You and Viktor know each other
from the ministry?

462
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:39,238
Yes. He does external analyses for us.
You knew that, didn't you?

463
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:42,638
They must have been
pretty sensitive analyses, right?

464
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,440
Since everything is suddenly
so sensitive.

465
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,320
Or is there something else
I should know about?

466
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:56,638
You got him into something, didn't you?

467
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,278
What are you talking about?

468
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,438
And now that there's a cock-up,
you want nothing to do with it.

469
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,838
- And you want to get rid of me.
- That's not true.

470
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,478
- You couldn't care less where Viktor is.
- I do care!

471
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,958
Viktor is my friend,
I want to find him.

472
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:14,238
Well, you don't act like a friend.
Or you'd tell me what's going on.

473
00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:18,318
<i>I don't know anything, Marie.</i>

474
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,918
<i>And if I did,
I wouldn't be able to tell you.</i>

475
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:24,078
<i>You're just like the StB.</i>

476
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,718
- <i>Go, please.</i>
- <i>Marie, listen to me.</i>

477
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:29,760
- <i>Your life could be at stake here, too.</i>
- <i>Get out.</i>

478
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,958
I hope you're not going
to play it again.

479
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,158
I've almost got it memorised by now.

480
00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:38,238
So Skala's an agent.

481
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:41,678
He was working for them,
for the English. It's clear as day.

482
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,798
Maybe this guy on the tape
knows fuck all, but...

483
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,360
Who knows?

484
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,398
Maybe that's why the deputy
took the case off me.

485
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:06,400
- What?
- He's given it to someone else.

486
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:11,478
What do you mean?
Who? This is our expertise.

487
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:16,118
And you're the most experienced officer
in the building, so what's up?

488
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,838
Leave me the recording.

489
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,598
The gear stays there for the new guys,
just return the file to the archive.

490
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,998
- And that's that.
- What the fuck, Vaclav?

491
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,320
I've got other things on my mind, Honza.

492
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:41,080
Come on, I have to get back to Vlasta.

493
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:44,238
- Shouldn't I at least say hi?
- No.

494
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,840
She wouldn't want you
seeing her like this.

495
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:54,118
Be glad you don't have anyone.
Or do you?

496
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:58,198
- No.
- Then be glad.

497
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,960
Hang in there, Vaclav.
See you later.

498
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,480
Just lying here all the time like...

499
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,120
I feel like I'm in a coffin.

500
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,760
Coffins aren't big enough for two.

501
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,520
This gamey meat of yours
makes me feel like an animal.

502
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:28,000
What is it anyway?

503
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,480
Pig.

504
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,200
If Vlach found out, he'd sack us both.

505
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:48,478
Unfortunately, the deputy
might sack him first.

506
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:52,240
What happened?
That Slovak yokel is on his back again?

507
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:59,878
If Vaclav gets forced out,
and then Vlasta dies...

508
00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:01,800
Everything will be fucked.

509
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:18,760
We were in the Sokol today,
that pub of theirs.

510
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:22,960
Those guys are still afraid of us.

511
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:29,240
They're still afraid of us...

512
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,880
But now we're afraid of them, too.

513
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,520
Christian Falvey