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FOUR TANK MEN AND A DOG

A SWAP

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Those Kriegsmarine ships again.

They`d like to destroy what`s left of Gdansk.

You will get rid of them.

- Will you? - No.

Be quiet!

Stop shouting!

- Who is next? - I am.

Come in. Let him through.

We`ve found 1 20 people of different nationalities.

The SS was after them, they are starving.

This is for bread and transport.

This is where they are to be taken to.

Yes, sir!

That`s why you won`t get anything from the magazines.

The tables have turned, now the civilians are in charge.

You`ve come to free them, the town has to live.

You`re right.

You`ll get a receipt for flour and a tugboat.

Go up the Vistula but I want half of what you bring back.

- Deal? -Yes.

A moment!

Send boats to catch some fish.

- What are you doing here? - I came to you.

What is it?

I wanted to know where you will go from here.

The brigade`s staying here and the better tanks go to Berlin.

Is Russet staying?

They have a new engine, but the crew`s not complete.

What about Janek`s dad?

We need him here.

Hammer it well.

Is it ready, Mr. Czeresniak?

Looks like it.

Take it.

Catch!

You need help, dad?

Come on!

I`ll manage.

It will do.

At least it won`t rain on us.

- How many mines? - Four.

Your field should be clean by sunset.

Lunch time!

- Give me the third spoon. - I don`t have more.

- Have you got a spoon? - Yes.

What`s a soldier without a spoon?

My mother gave it to me when I was going to fight.

- Bread? - I have my own.

We`ve finished the roof, ensign.

I saw it from the distance and came to celebrate with you.

On Sunday I`ll christen it with some holy water.

I`ve brought some that`s not so holy.

- Mom, glasses! - Come here, woman.

You got land, you`ve built a house. You`re starting to live again.

I just hope it`ll last.

I have no plough and nothing to sow.

If the countess returns she`ll not only take our land...

Unless you keep quiet.

Shut up! You`re not with partisans.

Stop being such a wise guy.

Can`t I have a sip?

Not as long as I`m around.

You`re a strange man. You`ve got a lot, but that`s not enough.

Everybody gets land.

And I`ve earned the wood.

- I got a whole battalion out... - I heard.

Let`s drink so the house keeps standing.

- When is Tomasz joining the army? - He`s not.

We`re old, and he`s our only supporter. He works in the field.

Aren`t you ashamed that a kid`s clearing your field, while he`s sitting at home?

You wanted to finish with the field today.

- You`ll have a drink later. - Alright.

Later I`ll stop by the quarters.

We have to start ploughing. Let`s go and try.

MINES

Pull.

Keep pulling.

Tomasz, wait. Stop.

Move back...

And go!

- Mr. Czeresniak! - Wait.

What is it?

It`s evening.

So it is.

That`s it for today.

Take that off.

This one will be good. More suited for a person.

This used to be good. Plug the hole.

Why are you so quiet, ensign?

I`m reading.

Be quiet, Tomek.

Usually you read out loud.

Spring sowing, we`re on the threshold...

Be quiet!

The new agricultural reform.

Gdansk is Polish again.

On March 30th, at 1 0 pm, 20 salutes were fired in Moscow

in honour of the Second Byelorussian Front Army

and the First ``Heroes of Westerplatte`` Armoured Brigade.

My people are already in Gdansk.

My crew!

-The colonel says to me... - You`ve already told that story.

You deserved more than some generals.

He never gave you a medal.

He gave me a receipt for the wood.

You can`t build a house out of medals.

I told you: be quiet!

It has a bullet hole, I`ll patch it up.

Listen...

I`m not selfish.

I had two, now there`s only one left.

The sowing has to be done, you can`t live on patriotism alone!

-There`s work to be done! - I`m not arguing with you.

Let`s get some sleep. We have to start early tomorrow.

Listen...

Tomek, get up.

- What is it? - Get up.

It`s not morning yet.

- You`re going to the army. - I went and they didn`t want me.

I said all you told me to say.

- What are you doing? - Preparing some food for the road.

What happened?

My husband`s gone crazy, he`s sending Tomek to the army.

- Where? - Gdansk, to the armoured brigade.

How will I find it?

Go along the Vistula.

You know what?

We`ll take shortcuts.

Stop!

Where are you going?

There.

Go back.

Good morning!

Our cow ran away. Have you seen it?

It was black and white, do you understand?

A run away cow. There it is.

Thank you.

Stop, come back, you can`t go there.

Your cow is over there.

Jokers, won`t let a man rest.

We can`t pull the plough ourselves.

We need a horse.

A man won`t manage.

It took us a whole afternoon to plough three ridges.

The bells haven`t rung yet and you`re already eating.

Do they have machine guns with a field-glass?

They have more than just tanks. They have planes and horses.

- What do they need horses for? - Maybe if an engine breaks down.

Or maybe they carry the food.

I hope they have field-glasses.

Maybe we`ll buy some bread and leave the crackers for later?

God bless you.

Give us a loaf.

There`s no bread.

Give us some bread.

There isn`t any.

There was some in the morning.

You can have half a loaf.

The whole loaf.

-That`s not enough. -That`s the price.

God bless.

Give us your money or else.

Tomek, unbutton your coat.

Throw your knifes on the ground.

Move back.

On the ground!

It would be better if they didn`t return to town too soon.

Get up.

I said: get up!

Next.

That one was the worst, let`s go.

Let`s go.

Twenty five, twenty six...

Sir...

Sergeant...

-Thirty! -Thirty? How come?

It was twenty nine. Who are you kidding?

You have an eye for things, lieutenant.

Can`t you tell apart ranks, I`m not a lieutenant.

But you will be with a brain like that.

- What do you want? -Take us with you.

I can`t.

What`s going on?

I told you to be careful. Pick it all up.

I can`t, it`s army transport.

I can see you`re not transporting guns but flour.

How do you know?

I can see.

Bread flour.

Seeing doesn`t prove anything.

Maybe I`m taking my son to join the army.

The recruiting board takes care of that.

But I`m going to Gdansk. To the armoured brigade.

- Dad took part in the fighting. - Leave me alone!

I led the relief for Baranow, near Studzianki.

I was in a tank, number 1 02.

Russet.

Nobody was a red-head.

The lieutenant`s name was Olgierd.

He`s dead.

I`m going to be part of that crew.

What are you staring at? Come quickly.

Help them, Tomek.

Give it to me.

One more.

Take it.

Is it fine?

Is it alright?

- You think that`s straight? - A little higher.

Alright!

Higher.

A little bit more.

Just right.

- It isn`t straight. - It has to be my way.

Be as good at having fun as you are with a gun.

A true poet.

Be as good at having fun as you are with a gun.

Let`s have a break.

We`re a long way from that, but we must have a bit of fun.

We`ll be dancing like never before.

- Look... -The Nazi eagle.

Bring that sign the lieutenant didn`t let us hang up.

He won`t get it off from there.

How`s this?

What does it say?

-Tell me before I fall down. - What is it?

That?

It`s top secret.

- Yo`re some poet. - Are we supposed to be all alone?

- What do you want? - Give us one girl.

Doesn`t anybody want me?

You`ll find a girl that will want you.

It`s hard to believe what dad said.

One cannon, a few machine guns, and they held out for a week.

It was very important then.

To have the whole world hear the shots from Westerplatte.

Have you seen my little boy, Marek?

No, we didn`t see anybody.

He went out a year ago and never came back, he was only 6.

Marek!

Marek!

Let`s promise we`ll always be together.

It won`t be that easy.

But that`s how it will be.

No.

Lower, still lower.

What`s up?

A trophy?

80 base sounds. But you only can play a pipe.

Not necessarily.

Let him try.

That`s my boy playing.

Your son.

A mine on course!

God damn!

Boathook, fast!

It`s scary to think what would happen if we ran into it.

Someone will.

They were shooting from the tug boat to detonate it,

- but it`s not that easy to hit. - Hold this, dad.

What are you doing?

Everybody down!

Tomek!

Good shot.

We had one like that in our brigade.

Where did you get the gun? Give me that gun.

I`ll look for it when I get the chance.

Why did you have to be so eager?

What for?

Have your guns ready when we reach the shore.

God bless you.

- You`re not lying? - God, no.

There are rafts here, get ready to get off.

Hurry, Tomek.

How long before we reach the shore?

Has that navigator gone mad, does he want to sink the boat?

Don`t shoot.

Get up, Tomek.

Hurry.

Hurry up.

You should have let it go.

Let the mine float. At least we`d have a place to sleep.

Sit still or we`ll fall over.

I have to move or this bar will rearrange my behind.

What`s so funny?

- That`s what you get for laughing. - Your hair was getting in my nose.

They`ll kill us and take away our bicycle too.

Take it off!

Stay calm.

Just stay calm.

They`re nicely cut, only the colour`s ugly.

We have to get these eagles off or we won`t get far.

-Tomek, throw down the guns. - We could use them.

- I`m telling you leave them. - Why?

Put your hands up!

Faster.

- We have to tell them we`re Polish. - Never!

They kill Poles that served the Germans.

Go to hell!

Faster, faster!

Catch!

Join us!

Hello West, where have you been?

Russian ships patrol the bay, so I`ve sent fishermen.

- Are there fish? - Not many, Commander, but...

Stop calling me commander.

-Tadeusz. - Stanistaw.

Give me beer for the colonel.

Your boat with the flour will be here soon.The bakery`s waiting.

I could kneed the dough, but we won`t be staying long.

- Russet`s going to the front. - Gustlik, you can kneed.

I`m just here for a few days and then off to the front.

To army headquarters.

Janek has to be released from the army and sent to school.

Look.

What is it?

Colonel, may I speak to lieutenant Kos?

Once a soldier, always a soldier.

You`re going to be released from the army.

What did I do?

You`ll go to school, you won`t have to ask why.

To school? But we went to report!

The whole crew! Russet has a new engine.

To school? The war`s not over yet.

I order you to dance while the party lasts.

- May I have this dance? - Of course.

Everybody sings!

Dad, what`s with that school?

I won`t be stopping you, son.

And if I were, in this case you`d have the right to disobey.

I have something for you.

-The officer boots. - For me? Great!

They`re mine, from before the war.

Give back my boot.

- Aren`t they too big? -They`re fine.

Give it back.

Your feet got bigger.

Nice boots.

This is for you.

The one that burned was just like this.

Thank you.

The jacket was for Gustlik.

- What`s this for? - A sabre.

Are you crazy?

May I introduce the Borowianki sisters, Ania and Hania.

Nice to meet you.

Come here, Wichura.

- What about the flour? - A whole boat of it.

Two saboteurs came on board and stole a bicycle.

And then there was a mine ahead of us.

It exploded and nearly sank the boat.

When we were approaching Gdansk, the SS attacked us.

We grabbed our weapons and we killed them all.

And we got the flour to the army.

We`re here talking business while the music`s playing.

Would you like to dance?

It`s always my bad luck, Miss Ania.

- I`m Hania. - My heart tells me it`s Ania.

Listen up!

For the tanks we`ve lost we`ll buy at least one.

From the people of Gdansk, Gdynia and the Kashuby.

Give as much as you can.

General, may I have a dance with Marusia?

The ladies ask the gentlemen.

Would you like to dance?

They don`t ask old guys.

This one`s mine.

Easy.

Let`s dance.

- What`s the matter? - I got new boots from my dad.

I gave the scarf to apologize for returning your gloves?

Those gloves were instead of an engagement ring.

Let bygones be bygones, it`s over now.

But when the war`s over she`ll leave and then what?

- My heart always knows. - What?

Soldiers!

As a result of such a good cooperation of our forces

we`ve decided to give an order of international importance.

First of all,

we promote Marusia Ogoniok to the rank of sergeant.

Present!

- And to the rank of sergeant... - I`m going to get the champagne.

The commander of tank 1 02, Janek Kos.

For the country, colonel.

Second of all,

we announce the engagement of the above sergeants.

For the country!

Kiss, kiss, kiss!

Hurrah!

- Would you to dance too? - We`re heading for Berlin.

Say your good byes.

- Janek, what`s wrong? - Nothing.

I love one, but not the other.

It`s difficult to say which one, and it matters.

- Mark one and stop complaining. - Is that how you talk to a friend?

This whole thing is crazy.

The girls are going to the front and we are staying...

Marek!

Keep on working!

Gentlemen, it`s me!

It`s Mr. Czeresniak.

It`s me!

- What is it, Mr. Czeresniak? - Help me!

My son and I, we were taken by mistake...

Stop, what is it?

It was a misunderstanding. This is my son, Tomek.

Stop!

They`re Polish, they`re our friends, let them go.

They`re not prisoners, let him go.

Just a second. Let`s exchange.

You give two, you take two.

Does this look like a kraut?

He looks like a bum.

- I am Czeresniak... - A bum.

This is a kraut, a real swine.

Clever boy.

March!

Be quiet!

Now tell the story, one thing at a time.

It was like this...

Get to work.

Work, faster.

Why are you talking with the krauts? They`re still fighting in Gdansk.

Don`t you recognize Czeresniak?

You`re right.

The clothes don`t make a man. The clothes can be changed.

This is my son - Tomek.

Excuse us...

I brought him here so he`d be in good hands, colonel.

I had two, but one was killed by the Germans,

so he`s my only child.

- You want to join the army? - Father has told me so.

He`s got nice muscles. Like a married sparrow.

The dog`s barking at him. He wouldn`t bark at a good man.

- What can you do? - I can play the accordion.

- He plays the accordion. - I can shoot.

Can you hit a target?

Or just shoot?

- Stop that! - Are you going to hit him?

He can`t be in your crew `cause he`s a better shot than you.

He`s good. A fierce guy.

Here, you might catch a cold.

The Nazis took my mare, my cow, three pigs,

a good axe and four shovels.

- Mr. Czeresniak... - If my son finds...

You think he`ll find and recognize your axe?

It`s big and easy to recognize. But if he finds one like it...

- Will you take... -Tomek.

He plays and shoots. An accurate musician, a musical shooter.

The crew has to be complete. Teach him everything.

-That means we`re taking him. - We`re taking him.

Get on the truck and be ready to leave.

You`re going to the front.

Russet will lead the group to the headquarters.

- An accordion. - It isn`t yours.

Remember what happened the last time you played?

I`ll teach you to play the pipe.

If the horse doesn`t look like mine but will pull a plough,

I could take it...

Why do you need horses where you have tanks?

Excuse me.

Don`t forget to write.

Go!

Wait.

Tomek, the bicycle!

Wait!

What is it?

It`s mine.

I only lent it to you on the boat.

Tomek!

See you!

Subtitles: Master Film Text: Jacek Mikina