Original subtitles

The Slovak Film Institute presents

Young botanist, Caspar, from Babindol

Cast:

CELEBRATION IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN

Stephen Domcek, you old dog, we can't find you in the fog.

Pierre. French, madam.

Caspar and Catherine

Oh my! Oh, my Lord!

VISITORS

Then the knight and his horse caved in and, red wine,

supposedly, the knight's blood, issued from the ground.

Pilgrims would come from afar to the miraculous spring.

Some of joy, some of sorrow.

Some liked it, built houses here and began growing vine.

The Count Ambrozy had a fountain built there,

late Baroque... 1780.

When all people here are just, wine shall issue again.

Now, we offer our services

to our visitors...

Please come to the fountain now.

Mr. Kovaé

Daughters

Chairman, Mr. Rybar, Moses, The Bespectacled

The Priest

Frankie,

and others

Here, Frankie, and Mary, the innkeeper,

were the prettiest girls in the village.

Don't believe him.

How many times I have told her:

You should bear children.

They could be my delight in my old age.

Yet, she... no use to mention.

I say, look at Mary, the innkeeper.

When she was 18, she was to get married to Domcek, Stephen.

Then she had a child every year.

Once even twins. All of them are girls.

Yet, no marriage.

Domdéek always ran away from the altar.

Did he?

He didn't want to get married.

He is tempted by devil. Both this year and last year.

A restless spirit. Try some from our cellar.

I like it too. Freedom...

Look at this.

Did you mean... something like this?

You could find various things up in the attic.

You know, one thinks all the time

he is free if he is not tied down

and can wander wherever he likes.

But then it changes and he thinks

that freedom means to have a plot of his own land.

Having a home where he can come back anytime.

Why have you come here? You, who know all the world?

I have come to do something... comme un panache de jet ea...

Where do you want to build the jet of water?

Come on! He can't mean a real fountain.

It is but a parable, isn't it?

My brother has been doing it since our young years.

He hears something in Latin, and takes it literally.

Come here, Alenka! Hand it to Irene!

Look out, there are hothouses there!

My bees have flown away.

Bon jour, madame. Glad to see you again.

- Who are you? - Pierre. A Frenchman, madam.

What's up? Back to work, girls!

Green suits you better than white.

Why did you stop? Let's go!

Margarita!

THE STRAY BAND

Caspar!

- We can't get out. - Mi! What do you want here?

I have locked us up.

- Open then! - I haven't got the key.

Where is it?

How did it get there?

For Christ sake! Hide!

Down, damn it...

Hey, Catherine!

She locked us up! The key is on the roof!

Can you hear me?

Do you understand?

Damn you!

The key is on the roof!

Stop it!

How can I love such a one!?

I was even sorry for him. I am so stupid!

Find it, Katty!

You must climb up there!

What do you need schooling for?

My orchids are more beautiful!

Catherine, where are you going?

Leave! Do you understand?

I don't want to see you again!

Never ever!

Let me go! I want to get out!

I wanna go out!

Stop crying!

Let me go! I want to get out!

Well, what's up?

I was closed in the hothouse with Caspar.

- What? - I was locked up with Caspar.

Here!

You go let yourself be locked up again, stupid nitwit!

Are you seducing my daughter?

Shame on you!

It's none of your business!

Leave him alone!

What wrong has he done to you?

He hasn't done anything bad. They all attacked him!

Everybody takes liberties with him!

- You shut up! - What do you mean, shut up?!

- Shut up! - I shall not.

If I am silent I shall stay a spinster like you!

If you don't stop, I'll..

What will you do?

Kovag, are you here?

You rascal. This woman is an angel!

That's because I am a weak woman. You know nothing.

To be quiet and wait till Steve goes to the cellar. Every year.

The French can fly. He will teach us to too.

You rascal! ll am sick and tired of you.

You all are crazy about the Frenchman!

Admit he courts you!

What do you know? I shall have no time anymore. I don't want!

- You are a jerk! - Be quiet!

Oh dear, people, try to be sensible!

You will fall down dead one day.

The stupid girl, she climbs onto the roof,

goes mad, and falls down breaking her neck.

AT TWO INNS'

I can be born again as Moses and save the world.

"Who shall throw the stone?" - Qur Lord said.

I did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfil it.

Do you want to tell me something?

Have you been to Venice? You haven't!

Your furthest journey was to the nearby fair.

Veronese, what an artist he was!

Master of all masters!

I need to talk to you, Chairman.

- What's going on? - Here!

Anybody can perform miracles here.

As long as he dares and tries.

- A guide, you say? - A guide for the Slovaks.

A guide.

For goodness sake... And what about Caspar?

- He is getting married. - Are you the master of ceremony?

You will see.

All right.

It's a deal! You are on!

Frenchman!

Here he is! Are you here?

Follow me!

My friends, you wanderers!

What a band, aren't they?

We were waiting at Vozokany, but you got off at Babindol.

We've searched the country for you and here you are, sitting in the inn.

What's the use of a band without a first violinist?

You're my guests. It's my home.

- Home? - That's it. I've got a business.

It means...

Don't worry. You'll have enough to eat and drink.

- And what about Vienna? - Oh, Vienna...

You said, we would play at the Prater Amusement Park.

Don't worry!

E flat... This is Vienna!

Here, the Prater Park. As long as you wish!

ON MARGARITA, TIGHTROPE WALKERS AND A ROOM AT THE CHURCH

Though I fed the cows they still haven't got enough.

Oh my. Our daughter died,

our son went to the army, you do all the things yourself.

KOVAC IS A CUCKOLD

Yes, I am a poor wretch. I must chop wood myself...

hide the gun from bailiffs.

The roof is damaged, poor me!

Here! One, two, three...

As you would not give in, bailiffs are here to punish you!

Janosik, they are beating up your father!

I came from the town of Levoca.

Janosik, they are beating up your father!

You killed my father!?

Here! I'll pay you back now! God damn you!

- The one with the straw hat? - What hat?

Well, the Frenchman.

He comes to our place.

With a grey beard? The one who reads newspapers?

He and his brother play the violin.

Not a drop from the heavens, what bad luck.

He has some business with Caspar now.

Such a beer drinker, damn it!

Something about your Catherine.

Is she pregnant?

- Something what concerns her. - And what about Mary?

She washes his shirts and underpants.

Bloody bastard!

To hell with him!

Well then... So...

We will have a house with a red roof, hens

and a pig, if you want.

Potatoes, irises and naughty children after you,

of course, if I will feel like it.

The world is big.

Our Babindol is only like a...

fly's footprint.

Although, I know it is not bad to have a house.

Can you imagine how many houses there are in the world?

And where do they all stand?

What can we know about what our fate prepared for us?

My little boy...

The yellow house, the red roof, the dovecot, irises, potatoes,

the pig, good children, geranium in the window,

potted plants, nettles, shade under the walnut tree

and Catherine, if you want.

I was looking for you. I couldn't find you.

That is what I wanted.

Alois wrote, he would come back in a month.

That is good news!

I have made a decision.

I didn't want to tell him while he was in the army.

Margarita...

Why are you looking for a living among the dead?

AT TWO INNS'

Dear madam... Mary!

You know I am not the best one...

yet I come with all sincerity

to ask for your daughter's hand,

and to be with her...

Enough of that!

What do I look like? Tell me!

Enough is enough!

How many days has he been in the vineyard? Say!

Dear Mary...

Dear Mary, dear Mary...!

Maco, calm down, please...

Shame on you! I am the laughing stock of the whole village!

I, Maco Kovag! A new inscription everyday!

Kovaé is a cuckold!

One day with yellow paint, the next day with red...

I do nothing but paint it

over and over, damn it!

I won't stand it any more!

- Maco! - What?

You would like to have the Frenchman!

Blast it!

Even you!

Who belongs to you, when Domdek leaves?

All those years?!

I, Maco Kovag! Everybody knows it.

You prefer anybody else who comes here!

Look, what you have done with it!

Bugger off!

Out! Both!

Now!

It is written: Be at peace among yourselves

and listen to the Son of Man.

Not the words of the mighty are the spring of joy and peace

but the Word of God.

Blessed are the poor in spirit...

Be not sad as it falls to Thy lot

that the Son of Man, in his thirty years of age,

reveals the first miracle in order to serve joy.

- Good morning. - Morning...

- Good morning. - Morning...

Oh my, you're so lucky!

Are you nuts?

Your happiness from the town is coming back.

Look at him! Welcome, Steve.

How are you, Mary?

How are you getting on?

You do look pretty!

Even your shirt is clean...

You are cleanly, that's right.

- But what...? - You can even starch.

She had nothing to do so I said...

It would be fine if the shirt was clean too.

She had nothing to do...

Frankie, you say.

Frankie, did you say?

All right, Frankie!

I'll show you Frankie!

I'll show you the shirt! I'll show you cleanliness!

Skirt-chaser! Shame on you! In front of your children!

We have a guest.

But you brought in muck on your shoes.

Dear parents!

Dear father, dear mother...

I come with all sincerity

to ask for your daughter, Catherine.

Is it this one?

No, it is not she.

Her hair is this long.

And here, she is a little narrower,

and with thinner legs,

but not too thin... when she is barefoot.

Mi, come here!

Come here!

How many times have I told you both!

Remember, as you are my daughter:

You shall see neither a soldier nor a civilian!

You still have time!

As for you, Katty, I told you to get married.

You see? That's it!

Doméek! Welcome, Steve.

Is my duvet not a little short for you?

A longer one would be better.

Stop it!

Stop it, boys!

Leave us alone! It was he who quarrelled!

Did I begin to quarrel?

Here, old man, put it on.

Good afternoon to you all!

Kovac is a cuckold

DAEDALUS AND HIS KIN

Sail, Mary, under the calm sky and on rough waves!

I am launching you. May the good Lord have mercy

on those who are on the rough sea now.

Fanfare!

Our dear visitors!

You are taking part in the first cruise in our botanical garden.

WELCOME

Dear visitors, we are of Daedalus' Kin.

Man can fly by own power!

History will show we are right.

The goose is a stupid bird, isn't it?

Why should not man make it with the wings

if the bird can use them to fly half the globe?

Itis very simple.

I have tested the technique.

We must trust, forget the physical laws and not to worry.

BABINDOL WINE RUBIN

One, two, three...

Un, deux, trois... moment.

Well... that's it!

Look at you!

Pierre, look at him!

Well, with the bag... and money... I don't care!

- Who is to be the first one? - Me!

Well then.

Moses, he does know the ropes!

He does yoga in the evenings.

You can jump! One, two, three!

I didn't fly, you say?!

But not to such a distance as me!

But not to such a distance as me!

He came with us.

Pierre is one of us!

Pierre is with us...

Be reasonable!

Be reasonable. Dear gentlemen...

Vincie, dear son, where are you?

Will you let them beat your father?

I am here, Dad. Coming...

Vincie!

Enough, friends, come here!

I have a perfect idea!

Do you know why I am here?

To Kiss you.

I will feed you, you will sound!

Sound, play!

Follow me!

Silent, I am here secretly.

We shall fix a barrel to it.

Yes, and we'll perform a miracle.

Yes, indeed. A jet of wine!

I'll pull it with a hose.

Through the tank, the engine on and, with a pump up to the sky!

Mi!

Mi, can you hear me?

What's... did I forget?

- Is it you, Steve? - Yes, that's me.

All right then.

Barrels should have been coated with pitch today.

I was not there. I was not called to come, either.

Well... I am sober.

I am not.

Listen, Peter.

What about the Frenchman's miracle?

I don't know.

He knows something.

He talks nonsense. Everybody has something.

Do you really love her?

Mary? She has 8 children with me.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... and Alenka.

With Kovac not a single one!

Pudding-head.

What nonsense does the French talk?

He says if you believe in something, it will come true.

Don't talk nonsense.

Do I talk nonsense? Ask him!

Let's say, if I said that the sun is shining now?

Come on! Do you believe that?

No, I just do... I wonder.

I shall say it.

Now, the sun is going to rise.

INVITATION TO DANCE

Number three is on now!

Murders, a phial with poison, events that happened in history.

A maiden who loved an executioner and this is her story.

It will be a play with dances,

choirs, and a wonderful setting.

We come from afar to wish you a happy star.

To you, master, to your wife, we wish a long happy life.

Enjoy yourselves, drown your sorrow at the carnival tomorrow.

Wine is red, wine is white,

cats with goats, beards with tails, let's dance together,

with the bridegroom and the bride!

There will be Bacchus and other gods,

don't stay at home all nights, go out, to see the star lights.

We shall be at the party too and will drink a glass or two.

You will witness a real miracle!

You will be both the audience and the actors. Come in.

A wedding will take place according to the New Testament.

The bridegroom and the bride invite you to Cana in Galilee.

Cheers!

You are not sleeping?

- I got drunk. - That's all right.

Catherine... I love you.

Come.

Are you crying?

Come on... Katty... don't cry.

Catherine, will you marry me?

- Do you want it? - Yes, I do. Really.

Good heavens!

It rained, do you know?

Didn't you hear it?

When will you come?

At ten in the morning, will you?

Take a white shirt and bring some flowers for my mother.

PALMS FROM BABINDOL

Afternoon! Excuse me, where can I get palms here?

Over there!

Over there!

Excuse me, where could I...?

Palms!

Excuse me!

Hello, boys. What are your names?

L'am Alenka.

Who?

- I am Irene. - No!

Let it be!

- Good afternoon. - Can I help you?

- Have you got beer ? - Sold out.

I am looking for a man to give me some palms.

I have to bring palms from Babindol for the French Embassy.

Yet I see, this is not Babindol.

This is Babel, a madhouse.

Do you know Caspar?

- The botanist? - I do.

- Could you tell him...? - Icouldn't.

Does he come here?

- Is he coming tonight? - What for?

Catherine, I would like to...

You see, the problem was... do you hear?

Listen to me! I couldn't get out.

Steve!

They are here!

It is starting!

THE GREAT PERFOMANCE

Hurrah!

As every year, we pay homage to all the hands

that cultivated the land and grew vine,

to the heaven for rain, and to the land for a good harvest.

If only it were always like this.

In the times of our Saviour,

obedient and God-fearing people

lived in the distant land of Galilee.

They earned their bread in the sweat of their faces.

Children were born, old people died.

They suffered from bad things

and were pleased by good things.

What a patent...!

Bloody patent!

Is everybody here?

- Where is Dom¢ek? - I don't know.

Sirs!

When they ran out of wine,

the mother of Jesus said to Him:

They have no wine!

What does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come!

Whatever He says to you...

...do it!

Then the angel of the Lord said...

It is written...

The Son of Man...

Well... Come on!

CHOIRS

Jesus said to them: Fill vessels with water!

Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast!

Avanti! Wasser und Schlauch! Ein, zwei, drei...

And they filled them up to the brim.

Bring it now!

Bring... where from?

Harder!

When the master of the feast tasted the water that was made wine,

he did not know where it came from.

THE MIRACLE

The servants who had drawn the water knew.

The master of the feast called the bridegroom and he said to him:

Every man at the beginning sets out good wine, and when the guests

are a little drunk, he offers poor wine.

You have kept your good wine all the way till now.

Fire... good... prepare from the other side!

Prepare the extras!

Extras, let's go!

Mr. Svarc!

What's up?

Let's go, friends!

RAIN

It is so beautiful here!

Steve, don't be silly...

Caspar!

I can see you!

Where are you?

Where are you?

Caspar...

Caspar!

Salzburg means Salt Castle!

Come back...

The gift of the Lord.

The gift of the Lord?

It is written, that the Son of Man in his thirty years of age,

revealed the first miracle in order to serve joy.

You see, you can make it.

It wasn't difficult, was it?

So Babindol was again a village of calm and industrious people.

This was the production called

Celebration in the Botanical Garden

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The van is leaving... all right!

Keep in the middle of the road all the time.

Straight on as far as the horizon.

Hold on... keep in the center of the picture till it disappears.

Thank you.

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