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Warsaw, beloved Warsaw

I see you in my dreams

With your joyful people

And beautiful streets

You call me with longing

With your songs and words

Oh, how I would like to see you again today

Oh, my dreamed of Warsaw

Oh, how I would like to see you again today

Oh, my dreamed of Warsaw

Thanks for the song, my boy

Thanks for your heart and song

Do you like it?

INTERROGATION

Wake up, Tonia, or we'll be late for the rehearsal

Guess, my sweetie, what there is inside my soul

Caress your pussycat who's a bit of this and a bit of that

Partly sweet, partly mean, partly slave, partly queen

Guess, my sweetie, what there is inside my soul

And if you guess right, I'll say yes

Yes, yes

Oh, yes

Yes

Guess, my sweetie, what there is inside my soul

Caress your sweet one's head She's a little good and a little bad

I'm mysterious, exotic or a strange kind of bird

Guess, my sweetie, what there is inside my soul

And if you guess I'll say yes

Yes!

Yes, yes, yes

Yes

34TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT OCTOBER

- What's the matter, Tonia? - Nothing

- Where's my beard? - What a dump!

Tonia!

Where is my beard?

My God, it's cold here

Get dressed, Tonia. Let's go straight home

I'm not going home. Do you understand?

Get dressed. Put something on

- Get away from me, please! - What happened?

Go back to feeling Junia up

Junia? What are you on about?

- I saw - Get dressed!

I'm not going anywhere. I saw what you were up to with Junia

But darling, she's your best friend

You were being too friendly by half

I saw the play you were making for her

I'll go home on my own

Go, then. I don't need your lousy coat

This is ridiculous

Tonia. Goodbye

Excuse me

This is for you

Me and my friend are big fans of yours

Could we possibly invite you for a drink?

Come and meet Tonia

We'd really like it if you came with us

What do you say?

The Trumanillo Circus

Shall we take a taxi?

- Kaz, I'm going, OK? See you - See you at tomorrow's rehearsal?

- Who's he? - My friend, Kaz Olcha

Drink, girl. Drink!

Please, I can't drink any more

- Cheers! - I can't drink any more!

Oh, God. I'm drunk

Do you know my husband? Tell me. Listen to me!

Listen to me! Do you know my husband?

- Yes, I know him - My husband is the best guy ever

But let's drink

- Here's to my husband! - To your husband

Let's have a smoke

Ada, you're misbehaving Ada, you must be raving

It can't be like this Hard luck

Thanks for taking me out, boys!

Really

Cos if it weren't for you I would have cried all evening

You see, we had an argument. But what for?

My husband will be worried with me coming home late

The name of my street is Widok. Will you remember, Widok 6?

Quickly

Hey!

- Quickly! - We're going

6 Widok Street

Here we are

Come on

Why did you drink so much?

See you, boys

Name and surname?

Surname?

Leave me

Undress her!

Excuse me. Have you seen a red handbag? It's leather with a white strap

They take all handbags

Get up or you'll be in for it from the head of cell

But... Oh, God, what time is it?

Excuse me

Line up straight there. Hurry up

Is there a phone somewhere that I can use?

- My husband doesn't know I'm here - Calm down!

I'm an artiste. I have to perform in the theatre this evening

I've got a performance. If I'm late...

Cell reporting. Occupants - 31. Present - 31

Excuse me

Be quiet

- Hey, listen. Be quiet - Let go

Listen. My name is Antonina Dziwisz. Tell someone to come and talk to me

Tell someone to come and talk to me. Do you hear?

Be quiet or I'll bite you

Stupid woman

Be quiet

Letter 'D'

No

No

They're letting me out. Wake up

Letter 'D'!

Karmelicka Street, what number? 12, second floor

OK, don't worry. I'll talk to them. Bye

They're letting me out. Antonina Dziwisz

Bye!

Don't you know you can't say your surname aloud?

Sorry

Stay there

Good morning

Reporting Antonina Dziwisz

I'm very pleased that you wanted to...

There's a stool there

You see, I'm really glad that you summoned me

I've already asked the guards several times for...

...someone to take me to an officer or to somebody

- Name and surname? - Antonina Dziwisz

Born 1st April, 1926 in Lwow

Daughter of Jadwiga and Stanislaw, yes?

Yes

Damn drawer

Excuse me

It's always getting stuck

Above all, I'd like to know...

...if my husband's been informed. You see, I haven't done anything

You've definitely got me mixed up with someone else

You know how it is. You don't know who to look for...

...what the surname is or who it is

Yeah, so tell me now about yourself

But about what specifically?

Everything

Well, I don't think you want to hear me talk about the boys I kissed at school

Why not? Go on, talk

But about what?

About kissing at school

Look, maybe you could really tell me what's going on

I haven't done anything. I'd really like to help you but...

I don't know. I've been kept here for so long

No one wants to talk with me. No one has explained anything...

This really is a waste of time

Don't worry. There's plenty of time

Don't you believe that I haven't done anything?

- Sorry - It's OK

One thing at a time. Just like confession in church

He had red hair and a big nose

- You're interested in that? - Yes

Who?

- The one I kissed - Did you kiss him or did he kiss you?

What does it matter?

- When did you lose your virginity? - A long time ago

Why do you need to know? What has it got to do with me being arrested?

- Who was it? - Who? Oh, that one. An insurgent

- Is he alive? - No

He died from that poisoned homemade vodka which the Germans left

- Did he rape you? - Why would he have raped me?

I wanted it as much as he did

You like those kind of things, don't you?

And you don't?

Listen. Have you been to our baths?

We can give you a bath that you'll never forget

I don't understand why I have to talk. Those are my private matters

No, they're not. You're here to answer questions

For every question I ask I want a clear truthful answer!

OK. Let's go. The surnames of all the men you've slept with

I don't remember surnames

During the uprising and after the war nobody used their surname

- That man in the Rising? - I can't remember

His codename was "Boar"

- That's all I remember - Continue

Later we were taken to Pruszkow. I lived in an attic in a house there

A boy lived there but I don't remember his name

Lysiak or something. I don't remember

One time I went up to the attic

He reared pigeons. He was taking eggs from the nest

And I came in and...

Yes, go on

Well, can't you imagine?

Later, after you left Pruszkow

Later in Lodz there was one. He was called Tarassini

Well, his real surname was Gorka

- And everyone called him... - Next

And then there was my husband, Konstanty Dziwisz

- Did you cheat on him? - No

- What's it to you anyway? - I'm asking

I don't mind telling you everything. I just need to know why

Do you know Witold Lemanski?

Yes

- Did you sleep with him? - No

He says otherwise

- Well, if you know better... - Did you buy currency from him?

No

At your house we found ten golden 20 dollar coins

Well, if you've locked me up because of that money...

...it doesn't make sense. I never had anything to do with that money

- I only know him by sight - Have you been to his house?

- I was there once - What did you do there?

We drank coffee. He invited me for coffee

And after you drank that mint liqueur and ate doughnuts...

...what happened then? Who started to undress who?

Who told you about those doughnuts?

- And do you know Major Olcha? - Yes

Well?

I don't know. Fairly well, I suppose

He organised performances for our group at army bases

And I knew him as well as everyone else from the group

- Your friends didn't go to bed with him - Neither did I

Here I have a statement from Corporal Sokolowko...

...claiming that he discovered you and the Major...

...in compromising circumstances on the 15th of July, 1950

Do you want me to read it?

It was just that once

- Major, are you finishing up here? - Yes

Sign this

- Can I take her out - I said yes!

If I catch you lying again I'll shoot you in the face...

...so that you'll remember it for the rest of your life

I'm not signing anything

- What? Why won't you sign? - I'm not signing anything

But this is a confession

Lieutenant. Once again from the start. Her whole history

Are you going to let me out?

If it was up to me I'd put you up against the wall...

...and shoot you in the back of the head

- Where are you taking me? - To a better cell

You won't be there long

Upstairs

Hi

What's your name? I'm Tonia

Mira Szejnert

Listen. What's outside this window?

- A hospital - What are you in for?

- And you? - Me?

For kissing boys at school

How long have you been here?

One and a half years

What do they get up to in that hospital? Murder?

Good morning

Cell reporting. Occupants - 2. Present - 2

Any requests?

- No - Not today, thank you

Good morning

Good morning

Good morning

- Good morning - Praise Jesus

Is that cupboard free?

You can put it in mine

- And is that bunk free? - No, but you can stay here

- What's your name? I'm Tonia - Honorata

Wow. Where did you get that from?

From home. The farm

Help yourselves

Here you are. You want some?

- What's wrong with you? - I'm not hungry

Here you are. Would you like some?

And some bread. Here you are

Eat. You have to eat well

If you eat well, you can get through anything

Don't worry about me. I have a one-way ticket anyway

What are you talking about? What did you do?

The party official came to survey our land for collectivisation

They wanted to take my land! I took an axe to him

Well, would you hand over the land which your father...

...and your father's father worked on? I had to chop him up into pieces

How do you know that?

From the newspaper

General Tatar and Kirchmayer, for life

Colonels Utnik and Nowicki, 15 years and Roman, 12 years

Illustrious people, all of them

- What's that? - It's wheat

How could Gomulka let such a thing happen?

I gather he's in jail too. So is the defence minister. It was a spying network

Unbelievable

What are you doing? Nothing is going to grow there, is it?

Where does the path lead to?

Which way do you take?

I'll never meet the someone who I love

Who I have been waiting for

Across the peaceful river...

Letter 'D'

Letter 'D'!

For you

Please don't take me to be interrogated. I'm so terribly tired

Don't be stupid. Go

No, go. Otherwise we'll all be in trouble

To which political organisations did you belong before, during and after the war?

I didn't belong to any organisation

Rubbish! You must have belonged to the pre-war Girl Scouts

No, I didn't belong to the movement. It never interested me

Your first lover was a soldier in the National Army

Yes, he was but that's better than being a Nazi, isn't it?

I'll tell you. Evidently, you were drawn to the forces of reaction

To the underground forces of the social right that's fighting communism

You're from a Proletariat family so where is your class consciousness?

- Could I have a cigarette please? - No

You only think about your own arse

Stuff your face and get laid. That's your moral attitude to life

When others were working away for the fatherland you were just a parasite

But I've been working ever since I was 16

You call waving your arse about working?

What planet are you on?

What system do we have?

What is people's power?

What country do you live in?

- Name, surname, date of birth - Antonina Dziwisz, 1st April, 19...

Sit up straight. How was it with Olcha?

- How was it with Olcha? - I've told you

- That's not enough - I don't know any more

Tell me everything in detail and you will be allowed to go back to your cell

It was hot. Our group was performing...

- Sit up straight, head up - It was hot

We had accommodation in tents

And I was hot so I went out. I saw the light of a cigarette

So I went over to smoke a cigarette

Kazimierz Olcha was there and he asked me to go swimming

We didn't have costumes so we swam naked, but it was completely dark

- Later we found ourselves in a lorry - Before you said you were on the grass

And later our costumes...

- On the grass or in a car? - I said it was in a car

You keep changing your story. Did you fall in love with him?

No

When did you decide to have intercourse, in the car or before?

Why are you prying into my private business?

- Is your husband bad in bed? - Leave him out of this

Why? For money? Did he pay you in dollars?

- Where did he get dollars from? - We found dollars. I don't know

Sit up! Head up!

Why did Olcha pay you dollars? For sex or something else?

I am innocent. Why can't I get any letters? Why can't I get a pencil?

I want to write to my husband. Why haven't I received any parcels?

Here!

Sign

Did they kill her?

She won't die that quickly

She's OK

She hasn't broken anything. She's just fainted

Lift her head up

Up we get. Good. You need to sit

- Look. The last piece, with garlic - Leave her, she can't eat now

She has to eat so she has some strength

Open your eyes. Sit up. OK?

Do you feel OK?

Letter 'S'

Hold it together

Did you sign anything?

What do you mean?

Everyone signs

Yeah, I know. But I'm innocent

It doesn't matter. Guilty or not, you have to sign

But I haven't done anything wrong

But no one gets out without pleading guilty

It's simply impossible

But I can get out because I'm here by mistake

What do you mean by mistake?

They've got me mixed up with someone else. They'll realise

But the authorities never make mistakes

I'd advise admitting to everything while you've still got time

Otherwise they can vaporise you

Just like they vaporised Colonel Wara who refused to confess

And they told his family he'd had a heart attack

But I've got nothing to confess to

So you'll have to think of something you did wrong

But why should I have to lie?

Why should I make something up? Why do they need a false confession?

You must understand that it's not your business

The authorities know what they're doing

There's a fierce class battle going on

The enemy could be lurking where you'd least expect

We have to be on our guard

Any weapon that advances victory is acceptable

Every one. You have to understand that

But I'm sitting in prison, totally innocent

Why should I care about all that?

Listen, it won't always be like that

In five, ten years when we overcome our enemies...

...our methods will change. Then it'll be completely different

Wouldn't you like your children to live in a different, just and safe world?

But this can't be done without martyrs. It just can't

And would you agree to be such a martyr and sit in prison, innocent?

I'm an American spy

A real spy?

But not subjectively

All my life I've always been a communist

I am an objective spy

I was found out and I confessed immediately

I don't understand what that means

It was like this. Comrades from the Central Committee...

...asked me to take a certain American around Poland

He pretended to be a communist but later it turns out...

...that he was working for his intelligence and I showed him everything

All our new projects - steelworks, mines, airports...

He passed the information on to Washington and I helped him to do it

But you didn't do it on purpose. You didn't know

That's what I mean. Subjectively I'm not a spy

But objectively I did the work of a spy

And I have to suffer the punishment for that

Konstanty!

I think it's high time you had a wash

Jesus, stop splashing that water. Remember you're not alone in this cell

Wash

Please wash yourself. Comb your hair

You know they just want you to behave like an animal and not like a human

Get away from me!

You're behaving like they want you to

My God! My God!

A year ago I did exactly the same

Get away from me! I told you!

You've wasted all that water

Yeah! So he goes, "You're better off selling everything...

"...the land, the cows, the horses and we'll go to Brazil

"We'll set up home there, have kids there...

"...because here those bastards will take everything off you"

I'd love to go to Brazil

One guy was in France and he didn't like the food there at all

Why?

There was no brown bread just white stuff for breakfast. Who'd eat that?

I'd like some white bread rolls

I said, "Do you think I'd leave the land...

"...my father and his father worked on their whole lives?

"I'm not so stupid as to let them steal it from me." He got furious

He went to the barn. Got drunk and didn't get up for two days

Listen

Have I told you about when we went with Kaz Olcha to Ostroda for a show?

- No - Well, I'll tell you

One day, suddenly, they gave us an order to go to Ostroda for a show

Kaz Olcha, Junia, our wardrobe person...

...and of course this is after a performance - we got so drunk

Totally wasted. Junia is tripping over her own legs

There's this field. Kaz Olcha is smashed

There are tanks, cars and cannons there

So Junia, totally pissed, says that she wants to get into a tank

She wanted to get into the tank so I wanted to as well

We'd never been in a tank so I get into this tank

Don't sit there on the bunk

So... where was I?

So I get into this tank and what do you want to do? Shoot, don't you?

I was so drunk so I go, "OK let's shoot as we're in a tank. Why not?"

So Kaz goes, "Let's load it", and he shows us how to load it

I didn't know you have to pull a lever or something

And so we fire a shot - it shakes the whole training ground

We look up. An alarm has been raised - whistles, sirens, soldiers start running...

...and getting into some lorries. Others are getting dressed

They must have thought some war was breaking out

Eventually we stagger out and take a look

It turns out the round was live and it hit the communal lavatory

Shit was splattered everywhere

Soldiers were running all over the place splattered in shit

And getting into those lorries

Of course, Junia and I stank so badly for two weeks...

...that we couldn't go on stage

Have you got a cigarette?

I would like to make an amendment to my previous confession

All right

I said I slept with those men just for the hell of it but that's not true

All of those men meant a lot to me

When I was giving those details I forgot about the most important thing

- About love? - Feelings

Well, apart from the pigeon bloke because I just felt sorry for him

- You're up to something again - No, really

So you're saying that apart from the pigeon bloke...

...there was a bond with all those you slept with

- They all meant a lot to you, right? - Yes

Can you tell me how much Olcha meant to you?

- No... - Just a second

For example, what would you be prepared to do for him?

I've told you everything. Now I want to know why I was arrested

OK

Do you know what the highest form of punishment is?

- I know - Are you sure?

Death

So let's say you had a choice - Olcha or a bullet in the head

- What would you choose? - I'd prefer to live

So, Olcha doesn't really mean that much to you then does he?

You must understand that if you help us we'll also help you

We can, for example, appeal for leniency when sentencing

But sentencing for what?

You have to tell us everything about Olcha

Who he met with, what you talked about, down to the tiniest detail

But I only talked to him about my personal affairs

If I'm to talk about my private matters they won't be private any more

You've already said how you slept with one guy after another

One ought to be consistent

But everything I've said can't hurt anyone, at worst, me

How do you know that what you said could hurt Olcha?

Well, I don't know how you'll use it

I promise you that whatever you say will stay between us

- Your husband won't find out either - Leave my husband out of this

OK, I'll be honest with you

But I also want you to be honest, OK?

OK, I've wavered a bit, but how do I know you're telling the truth?

I give you my word that I'll tell you the whole truth

Well, all right then

- I have your word? - You have my word

But I warn you that this is a matter of public interest

Olcha has been unmasked by the security services

He's charged with the most serious of crimes

Betrayal of his country. Spying for Western countries - sabotage

- Kaz? - Oh, yes

But that's impossible

- You'd think so - But that really is impossible

He was arrested with all his accomplices

Right! How did the plot begin?

But I'm telling you, there was no plot

We are dealing with a plot when three people are talking in a room

When a fourth person comes in they go quiet so those three are part of a plot

But nobody went quiet when I entered a room

You too were part of a plot. The same one as Olcha

What plot? We were just a group of friends

We met up, drank vodka, told jokes. Don't you have friends like that?

Anyway, if you'd known Kaz you would understand that...

...he was just a cheerful, lovely guy who loved life, drinking vodka, girls

And above all he's my friend

You call someone who betrays their country a friend?

- I believe him more than you - That's why you should be shot!

That's not everything. You took part in the destruction of army buildings

What buildings?

Have you forgotten about the incident at the training ground in Ostroda?

- Who told you about that? - Do you admit to that or not?

Was it Witkowska?

I was just telling a story in the cell

I just made it up - a funny story to cheer things up a bit

We have cast iron evidence

OK. So shit flew everywhere

That's what happened. But what's that got...

A communal lavatory is as important to the army as a rifle

You weakened the defensive power of our fatherland

You were working in favour of Western imperialism

We were drunk. I didn't know what was going on. Haven't you ever been drunk?

If you sign a confession that you were working under Olcha's orders...

...you could save your neck

But it was my idea to shoot

"Major Olcha passed an agent to me from the Embassy..."

- I didn't say that - But it's true. I didn't dream it up

I want to read my previous confession

You've already signed it

I'm not signing this

You know yourself that it's not true

Not true?

Great. I haven't been able to go to the hairdresser's here

I'll give you a cold perm

So is it true or not?

Maybe it's true?

- Yes - Clearly. Yes or no

Yes!

Sign this

- It doesn't write - Scribble here

It doesn't write

Dip it in this. Here, write

Damn, write!

It doesn't write. The nib is broken

For fuck's sake! Write, you fucking slut!

BOLLOCKS

Warden! To the baths!

No. Let me go please. You're hurting me

No!

I'm frightened

Faster

Leave her

Listen. They've taken the peasant woman

You have to wash, don't you? Wash and comb your hair

Not to be like an animal, you hear that? And you've got to eat a lot

You have to eat because then you can take anything and you have got to sign

You've got to sign and make up crimes. The more crimes the better

Then our children will live in such a wonderful happy world

And to every question there must be a clear, honest answer

No!

They'll smack us in the teeth so hard that we'll never come round

Class consciousness is awakening in me

Do you understand that? I was stupid enough to shoot at army installations

Shooting's too good for people like me

And you've got to belong to all the organisations going

Quiet!

You'll keep ratting on us, won't you?

Yeah, go on, take it out on me. Go on. I'm used to it

Communists are always the guilty ones

Go on

What happened?

Calm down

Jesus! What did they do to you?

Calm down

Quiet

- Reporting Antonina Dziwisz - Thank you

Please, sit over there

- Eat - I've just had breakfast

I know what you had for breakfast

I'm not hungry

You're being stupid and you know it

You'll lose strength. What do you gain by that?

You're right

What nice rolls. Are they from the town?

- Why isn't there a knife? - This isn't a restaurant!

I want to talk with you seriously

Every citizen is obliged to help the security services

Think about it. Whose side are you on?

That of the traitor or that of honest people?

That means the fatherland that feeds you!

Why are you protecting him? You said you only love your husband

- Why are there no napkins? - I'm serious

My mum always said talking about serious things when eating...

...isn't good for you - Listen

If you cooperate with us, if you at least show some willing...

...you'll be treated much more leniently

And what do I get? A lollipop?

- I'm serious! - Me too!

I've got a terrible sweet tooth

You'll get permission to go out for letters and parcels from home

- Wouldn't you like that? - And what do you get out of it?

Promotion to Baths Unit Manager?

Don't speak to me so informally. I'm not your friend

You are important, aren't you? You piece of shit

Fascist slut. I've tried to be nice to you

But I'm obviously wasting my time. The Major will teach you a thing or two

It's you who he should teach. You believe in all this. I'm sorry for you

Major, the subject is refusing to comply

Apply a knife or a coin. It really does help

Bring her in

Comrade, reporting Mira Szejnert

Read

- "I, Mira Szejnert..." - That bit

And louder

"Together with Antonina Dziwisz, Major Olcha's lover..."

- Can't your read louder? - "I went to the meeting point...

"...where a liaison officer was waiting for us

"He gave the order to Antonina Dziwisz to collect information...

"...in army bases for the French intelligence authorities"

So?

She says black and you say white

Mira, why did you do that? Did they force you?

Speak, did we force you?

Confess, you won't get a long sentence. Just a few years

They forced you

I had to

- I really had to - Warden, to the baths

What the fuck d'you mean "you had to"? You signed it yourself. Not her

So, are you going to sign?

Don't be stupid. Sign and it's all over and done with. Everything

The authorities aren't going to mollycoddle sluts like you, understand?

Take your clothes off

All of them

And?

You filthy little slut

You think you can wind me up?

If you don't sign I'll shoot you like a dog

I'll count to five

One

Two

Three

Four

Get dressed

You fucking bastards

Fucking bastards

Fucking jerks. Pieces of shit

Pieces of fucking shit

Fucking scum

You yourselves don't believe in all this bullshit

Fucking bastards. Sadist!

I see we have taken the wrong approach with you but you will talk

It's just a question of using the right method

What method can you use to force me to do anything?

- You haven't got the imagination - Silence!

Gestapo. Nazi

If we've taken the wrong tack with you it's only because we're human

Gestapo! Were the Gestapo human too?

You stupid insolent whore. What do you know about the Gestapo?

What do you know about concentration camps?

What do you know about dying in a gas chamber?

I'm tired

You're not going back to the cell until you sign

You can walk around a bit

You'll sign everything sooner or later

You've got no reason to keep on with this

Of course, sooner would be better if you want save your health

You've got nothing to fall back on to give you strength

No great idea

I suppose you think you'll be a hero

No one becomes a hero out of stupidity or by chance...

...but from dedication to a great cause. What idea do you defend?

You want to die. OK, but in whose name?

For whom? A traitor?

Only those guided by a great idea will win

Those who struggle against the tide of history have to die

And no one will remember them

It's as if we were all in a car that's going round a corner

One wrong move and we'll all crash. Understand that

If at this stage when our system is still young and vulnerable

If our enemies can find just one little crack...

...it could have terrible consequences

Try to understand

- Eat - I can't

You can put the dumplings in the oven, can't you?

Yes. Lift your leg higher

Stop singing

Don't bother me with that. It'll be late

Stop singing!

I haven't got time. Yes. See you later

Stop singing

Stop singing or I'll smash this phone on your head

You stupid woman. What are you playing at?

I can bring anyone off the street and they'll admit to everything I want them to

Ada. It can't be like this

Someone's on the phone for you

- What? - The phone upstairs

Stupid woman! What have...?

Are you trying to make a fool of me? Nobody called

There was a call. They must have hung up

- What's she doing here? - She's unconscious

She has to be brought round. She won't say anything in this state

We'll have to start from scratch

- Take care of it - Yes, sir!

There... my sweet

See?

See?

I'm scared

Don't be scared

- I'm scared - Don't be scared

- I'm scared. It's a dream - What dream?

I'm scared. It's a dream!

- What dream? - I don't want to wake up! No!

What's the time?

Five

Five in the evening or five in the morning?

Five in the morning

I'll tell the Major that you let me sleep

And he'll replace me with someone who won't let you

Why did you do that?

I don't want to force you to confess

I would like you to freely admit that you are guilty

Guilty of what? Do you believe in all this?

I would like you to understand that...

...for matters of state importance, for general matters...

...sometimes you have to sacrifice individual interest...

...and sometimes even friendship

Maybe you could make such a sacrifice...

...but I really don't know anybody who would do that or talk like this

And Mira Szejnert?

You want to convince me that they're all pigs...

...that if they've betrayed me I should also betray them?

You don't know my friends. You don't know my husband

They're people who don't betray

You're still very naive

After all, there's no such thing as an absolute honesty

In Auschwitz what was honesty for one was utter betrayal for another

People are capable of doing much worse things than you think

Everyone. Without exception

Were you afraid?

Yes. I was then

- I was afraid - I'm also afraid

What of? Death?

No. Loneliness

- Do you believe in God? - I don't know

So in whose name are you enduring all this?

You know, I always did badly at school

As a punishment my parents sent me to work in Warsaw

The whole family in Lwow died but I survived because of my punishment

After the outbreak of the uprising I fell in love with this boy

His codename was "Boar". At least that's what he told me

I was really taken by him

He had shiny officer's boots and a German machine gun

He was terribly attractive

One night I got away from the bakery and went to see him in the barricades...

We went to this flat during a bombing. Rubble was flying everywhere

And it was really wonderful, the very first time

I hurried back feeling guilty that everyone was working...

...and there I was enjoying myself

But when I got back I saw that the bakery was gone

It was just a pile of rubble. Everyone had been killed

And you know what I think?

No matter what, in life you've got to mess around and do things on a whim

Sensibility and obedience are not always rewarded

Perhaps that's the only thing I believe

I want to go back to the cell

Sergeant. Here's to the birthday boy!

Vodka!

- Cigarette? - What my dear? What's the matter?

- Shall we get her clothes off? - Who?

- You know... her - Give it a rest. She stinks

So she stinks. So what? Her tits aren't bad, I've seen them

Morawski

Give the patient a drink

- It's a waste of a shot, Major - So it's a waste. So what?

- Come here and help me - I'm coming

Go on. Drink, little girl

Go on, drink

- Drink - Gentlemen

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday to you...

Now she'll be sick

Don't kill me. I want to live

Let me go. I'm begging you. No!

Leave me

Name, surname. Father's name?

Name, surname, date of birth, father's name?

- Name - Antonina

- Surname? - Dziwisz

- Father's name? - Antonina

- Father's name? - Dziwisz

Date of birth?

Date of birth?

So... are you going to sign or not?

This is your last chance

No

Shoot

Do it

Shoot!

You. Tell him to shoot me! I can't take this any more!

Do it! Please!

These methods are crap

First some stupid breakfast. Now some kind of theatre. What is this?

A brothel or an investigation?

Where's Mira?

They let her out

She's free

Good

I can't take this any more

Let me out of here! Let me out! I'm innocent!

Let me out!

Mummy!

Let me out!

I would like to inform you that I'm taking over your case

Does that make any difference to you?

How do you feel?

Warden? Come here

Tonia. How do you feel?

Are you all right?

I wrote so many letters to you. Couldn't you reply?

What's the matter? Tonia?

You see. It's like this...

For the first few days I didn't know what had happened

I thought you'd died or had some accident...

I thought I was going out of my mind

Then after a couple of days a search started

I was finally summoned by the secret service

One of the officers explained to me

A lieutenant said that you were suspected of espionage

I couldn't believe it. I still don't believe it

But Tonia. He showed me your confession

With your own signature

Tonia how could you? You were Olcha's lover?

You slept with Wit Lemanski

There were so many others

With such coldness? So easily?

Didn't you stop to think that I'm your husband?

I'll never forgive you

You destroyed our marriage so thoughtlessly

So coldly and cynically

Tonia, I hate you

I hate you. I don't ever want to see you again

That's all I really came here for. To tell you...

...because anyway I can get a civil divorce without your consent

That's all

Tonia, at least say that it wasn't...

That they...

Nothing?

Stand here

A parcel from your husband

Oh, gosh!

Help!

Help!

Murderers!

So she comes over to me and gives me three packets

Three packets... she comes to me with these kinds of things

Look. She's woken up

- Where am I? - In heaven, Princess. Heaven

Am I in prison?

What did you think? Of course you're in prison

- What time is it? - Just after dinner

And it's 1952?

Maybe it is 1952. Why should I care?

I'm here for life anyway

Do you have a mirror?

A mirror? So you can slit your wrists again?

Take all the water from the siphon

Kiss kiss

Legs and tits

Emilia Walesiak

For you from the men's ward

Kisses on your legs

Your tits

Mira?

I thought they let you out

Yes

You're not angry with me, are you?

I don't hold anything against you

No

Mira, what's the matter with you?

Mira?

You don't recognise me, do you?

Dziwisz

Mira

Here, my Princess. Just don't tell anyone I gave it to you

Lullaby, sweet Jesus, lullaby

Lullaby, my baby, precious and dear

Lullaby, sweet Jesus, lullaby

Your mother will cradle you

And wipe away your tear

Letter 'D'

Best wishes

Cell reporting. Occupants - 6. Present - 6

Any requests?

Antonina Dziwisz wishes to see the investigating officer...

...to make an important statement

Name, surname and date of birth

I wanted to tell you something in private

We have to follow protocol with confessions. What is it?

You'll regret this

Leave

What the hell do you think you are doing?

You know fully well I can't be alone with you

So what did you want? You need something?

I'm pregnant

Don't worry

I'll say I was raped in hospital when I was unconscious

Don't worry, I didn't say anything about Olcha...

...and I won't say anything about you

It makes no difference

Olcha was shot a long time ago

You son of a bitch

- Tonia - I want to go back to the cell

Tonia. Listen. We have to talk

Don't touch me

- Comrade, you called for me - Yes. Take her back

- Head of cell, come here - Wait a second!

Wait a moment, will you?

In a minute! Wait a moment! Stay there!

Waligorska

Antonina Dziwisz

Dziwisz! Are you deaf? Move yourself!

And the parcel? The parcel's for me

That's it

- Show me - Yeah, what?

- Haven't you seen it? - Is it a wool sweater?

It's almost new

It was supposed to be old and American. You're making it dirty

It's a bit too big for me

- I'll buy it for 180 - For 180 you can kiss my arse

News! Stalin's dead. Pass it on

Listen!

Stalin's dead

What?

- What's she doing? - It's impossible!

When?

It can't be true!

I told you!

Did you hear that?

Did you hear that or not?

What happened?

Stalin's dead

Shut up!

The toilet's dirty. Clean it

The towels are dirty. Change them

- Surname? - Kalinowska

- First name? - Maria

The child's name?

- The child's name? - Tadeusz

- Surname? - No... no!

You pigs! No!

Child's name?

Malgorzata, but be careful because that child is...

Surname?

Surname?

I said surname?

Please, I'm begging you

Don't take my baby

Listen

You'll be out in three months. The child is in an orphanage

Take her out

I understand

Hello. Operator?

- Hey, be careful - Hey, come on

The child is doing fine in our care. She's developing normally

And her father visits her

A short man... receding a bit?

No. Tall and slim with glasses

I can't recognise her

Malgosia?

Malgosia?

Malgosia? I'm your mummy

Come here. Malgosia?

Malgosia?

Come to me. Malgosia?

Malgosia

I'm your mummy. Do you hear me?

Malgosia?

Hey, come on. Don't cry. She really is your mummy

Please don't cry. Mummy will be sad

Daddy

Daddy

Daddy