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Film Production Company Film Groups.

Film Group "Profile" presents.

The Dancing Hawk based on the story by Julian Kawalec.

I was born

on October 1st, 1914.

I lived

for 60 years.

Then one day, being alive

became very important to me.

But not because I had climbed,

so high.

Rather...

[hen]

Heeeeeen

[h]eeeen

hhheeeennnnn.

Mrs. Toporny, why isn't Micha attending school?

He still has to go to school!

Micha, come...

Come, son.

Your father is dying.

Micha!

Micha!

Micha.

Your mother is dying.

Now look at you, what a housewife you are!

Where did you get that soap?

Where did... that soap?

Where did you get that soap?!

Where did you get that soap?!

They make it from human bodies!

They make it from human fat!

Jesus Christ, let me go!

It's started!

Go get the midwife!

Shhh, now.

They're coming!

Get under the blankets.

Hide the baby!

Why did you stop coming?

What for?

I'm afraid.

I'm afraid. I have a kid.

There's war.

They laugh at me.

I'm too old!

What am I to do with books?

Want me to kill the landowner with them, or what?

You stupid dolt.

You idiot!

You stupid dolt!

What?

A farmhand is all you'll ever be!

Will you come?

What for...?

Will you come?

I'll come.

So? What are you waiting for?

Lend me a spade.

Lend me a spade.

It's mine!

That is... mine.

Mine!

LAND REGISTRY

Colleagues.

The semester is nearly over.

The exam results are poor.

It's been suggested we stop playing bridge. After all...

After all, it's a bourgeois game, that's what it is!

The second point.

Tyc was responsible for the rural aid programme.

During potato digging, our group beat the record.

But now we know, that the baskets had fake bottoms.

That's immoral.

But I think that

Tyc wanted to show we can beat records.

It was done with good intentions for propaganda, but he bungled it.

And now, our colleague Toporny will speak.

I've prepared a speech about Stalin's plan for subjugating nature.

I'd like to ask you a question.

Why did you omit some facts in your questionnaire?

When it comes to Micha Toporny, his life story is clear as a bell.

But I want to know.

Why did you lie in your questionnaire?

Why didn't you say what you've been doing since 1938?

When? In '38?

Since 1938...

What didn't I say?

Where were you in 1938, 1939?

Where was I?

I was fighting at war!

Then why didn't you say so?

Why do you lie to us?

We had to defend the country...

Why did you hide it?

We had to defend...

Well, yes.

Toporny wants us to believe he defended his village

while in reality, he was defending the old system!

This is an interrogation!

You scumbag!

You're forgetting you were bitten by lice too!

And now you're acting like a louse too!

- You hear that? He's insulting me! - You scumbag!

You won't scare me.

He insulted me!

You won't scare me like the rest! I'm not afraid of you

like others who do your homework for you!

But I will have better marks! Just to... to bring you down!

You sissies...

Educate.

Yourself.

Educate Others.

- It's about time someone told her that. - It's great she heard that.

It may surprise you, but I believe in this.

- Jurek, you wanted me to wake you. - Get up.

You have 10 minutes to answer each question.

Take your time, so you do not lower your marks with a careless mistake.

I studied for months, so 10 minutes won't make a difference.

Carry on, then.

Micha Toporny, a leading student.

Until recently, a small-scale farmer from the Rzeszów region.

We're building a new order, with new people.

People like him can achieve anything,

as obstacles are no longer there.

Micha Toporny has just passed his last exam with honours.

You finished your studies in great style.

Do you know what the professor said about you?

I'm sorry, but did you hear him say it?

I saw him talking to you

long after the exam,

He shook hands with you,

And he had a strange smile.

He smiles at everyone like that...

At my dad's party he said that in a year

he'll need someone trustworthy at the Union.

I understand.

That's why the Union gave me the scholarship so fast.

I don't think so.

You've got strong hands, Micha.

May I?

I think I've drunk too much.

What are you doing here?

Go to bed.

Come!

- Come... - Go to bed, leave me alone.

Come...

- Do you hear me? Come on! - Are you crazy or what?

Calm down!

- Come! - Leave me alone!

What the...

Go to bed!

You're crazy... My little darling.

What happened to your leg?

Honey... I've had enough of this life!

With whom?

What sort of life is this?

What is this? It's a hovel, a cave!

Micha!

- What? - Stop!

Look at yourself! You slob!

I've had enough!

It's no life with you!

But... I'm your wife!

What wife?!

Go away.

What am I supposed to be with you? A simpleton?

I want to advance in life!

- Stop! - Get away from me.

I'm leaving! I'm taking the kid with me.

Housewife! Good grief.

Micha, please...

Tell them you're from a big farm,

And act like a country gentleman.

You know... Nice house, lots of cows, horses, machinery...

Daddy's right.

It's not about them. We want to protect you.

You seem to be a good man.

You see

except for the last few years of my life.

I spent my youth horse-riding.

Sophie...

Sophie, bring the candles.

Do you know this joke about two old beggars?

The two were standing by the inn

hungry as hell

so they went inside,

and ordered lots of food and drink.

But the inn-keeper was suspicious of them...

Once they'd had a good blowout

and had to foot the bill,

it turned out they didn't have any money

so the inn-keeper took them for two lousy beggars and threw them out.

What's your name?

Jurek Toporny.

My little darling.

You hungry?

Sleep, my dear, sleep.

What will you grow up to be?

You know, it all has to be done by the book.

Yes,

and adhere to top-down recommendations.

My instructions are always for the good of the people and the country.

What didn't you understand?!

Send more excavators!

Good morning, come on in!

Please, sit down.

Hello, Kinol.

How are things in the village?

There's this thing...

Oh I know,

about the forest.

But you see, it's not up to me, it's the administration.

Well, it turns out it was me. I signed the request to cut down the trees.

But you see,

I had recommendations from above.

It's about the development of our institution, of mechanization,

about expanding our transportation

for our own good and the present reality.

It's a pity to cut down such fine trees.

That's a fine joke...

But yes, I have all the lists ready.

But you've cancelled the meeting.

The forest has to be cut down.

What? No, the decision has already been made.

The forest has to be cut down!

These are really old, beautiful trees.

You should help your own people.

My own what?!

Don't you remember our conversation?

What about it?

Villages need protection and help,

and people like you

should be helping.

And that's what I'm doing,

I'm building them industry!

But not by force!

You taught me to work for the country, not just my own folks!

Don't talk to me like we're at a rally.

I taught you to have a heart.

Well, don't I?

I'm a visionary!

I want to give them work,

electricity, bathrooms,

so their children can go to universities!

Stop!

You're doing to them what you did to your wife!

Calm down.

What you did to your son!

Calm down!

He's at boarding school!

Like an orphan!

Like a homeless orphan!

You scoundrel!

Calm down! I'm here because I've got work to do!

It's all in the books.

You got kids?

I have three.

And you must cut the trees?

You see, that's just my job.

I cut down trees. Cheers!

By morning, it all needs to be cleared off.

Well, it's time I got down to work.

Dear colleagues.

I'm responsible

for the fact that

your friend died...

COMRADES!

He was beheaded

by a man from my village.

But I couldn't foresee

that a man could become such a beast

such a man

a beast

with an axe

beheaded another man.

What for?

Who'll be a father to his children?

All I wanted was

was...

Would any of you

in my situation

have acted differently?

My dearest,

your father would always tell me where he was going,

and that Micha of yours...

Mother, stop, or I'll go mad.

Mother, please...

Alright, I'll say nothing,

but only because of the child.

There's Jurek.

A child has to have a role model.

Forms or conventions are unimportant when they function,

but Micha has no notion of them.

He doesn't know how to tell you about his problems,

how to confide in someone...

So what's your social status in all of this?

I can't stand seeing you suffer.

Micha has no idea of your needs.

He's ignoring you.

Don't say that.

What did you do to him?

Hunting him down like an animal...

What for?

What is it to you?

You don't know anything.

That man...

That man is from my village!

How is it that...

Hello?

It's Toporny.

It's already late.

I need to go...

Don't go yet.

I'll make some tea.

Good.

Good morning, Mrs. Toporny!

So, we managed to get Stan into boarding school?

You son-of-a-...

It's all because of you! It's because of you!

Here you are, at last!

Wiesia!

He is what he is...

But he's the leader of the dance.

Micha.

We're doing it for you.

You need to attend the Union ball.

Otherwise they'll really think

that you're responsible for those deaths.

I'm telling you

because... you're going through a lot.

They just want to take advantage of your weakness.

Dear

son.

Dear

dad.

Dear

dad.

Dear son...

Dear mum...

As you see, these are very beautiful carnations.

You can almost smell...

Unbelievable!

What miracle are these?

I'm afraid I've made a mess.

I wanted to congratulate you.

- On what occasion? - Your nomination.

Happiness in fighting

and winning the fight

is the happiness of

primordial, primitive people.

The best way is to drift.

Mr. Engineer...

That's nonsense.

Eve hing I have, I owe it to strong will and hard work.

It's not worth it...

It's not worth to fight and conquer.

The conquests may not last.

Don't go yet.

We'll serve tea in a while...

Please, it isn't late yet.

You boor!

You lout!

You nobody!

You won't replace brains with the strength of your dirty paws!

The one who strikes, looses...

He loses before he even strikes.

Mrs. Basia, where are they from?

I'll let you know.

Mrs. Basia, where are they from?

They speak...

English and French.

Close that door!

I'll let you know.

Mrs. Basia, where are they from?

They speak...

English and French.

What's wrong? Aren't you well?

They are here...

Close that door!

I'll let you know.

Mrs. Basia, where are they from?

They speak...

English and French.

What's wrong? Aren't you well?

What can I do now?

And was it the main director

who ordered me, as his deputy, to take care of the delegation?

Mrs. Basia, leave us alone for a moment.

Mr. Engineer.

I've reached a moment in my life when.

I don't have to be ashamed

that I was born poor,

that I ran barefoot on manure.

I don't care any more.

Maybe that's why I realise I have shortcomings.

I know that

you had French... English nannies.

So if you could

take care of that delegation.

Of course.

It's a Canadian delegation.

You know...

My nannies only taught me good manners.

I don't have your knowledge,

and of course.

I'll translate, but

the words, technical data will be yours.

I'm happy that there are situations where I can be

of use.

You know,

there comes a moment

in life when

I don't have to be ashamed of where I come from.

That I ran barefoot on manure.

I have some deficiencies, compared to you.

Of course.

It's a Canadian delegation.

I wanted to ask

if you could take care of that delegation?

I don't have your knowledge.

I'll translate, but

the technical data is yours.

I'm aware that.

I have some limitations.

I was born poor.

Still.

I'm happy that...

You know...

My whole life, I thought that

equality and

justice were two different things.

I never would have thought

that I could be,

for someone... in life...

What's that scent?

What's that scent?

What perfume do you wear?

How can you throw bread into the toilet?

Where you shit...

What sort of a housewife are you?

Do you even know what bread means to me?

What bread is to people in the villages?

What sort of morality do you have?

Wait a minute...

You do know that the nomination

for my deputy, you got

without my support,

because the ministry liked your decision to cut down the trees.

And since then...

Since then, you've been waiting for me to slip up.

You're ready and only await

the director's chair!

And now, you're impatient and you stir things up.

Zygmunt, I don't understand...

Hello?

The General Director speaking...

Just a moment, switch me over...

Juzio? It's me.

Is this the Institute?

It's me!

How come...?

It's me, Micha Toporny!

We studied together!

Do you remember the meeting?

Yes!

It was 1950!

Listen!

Micha...

That imported excavator keeps breaking down.

The plan is falling apart.

You see, Zygmunt...

For years you've been rejecting all motions from the Institute,

but we could have had a whole series of our own prototypes by now.

I won't work so they can get rewarded.

I have a plan to execute!

And it's falling apart!

Without the excavator, we have no production.

I'm going there.

Just a moment.

Call

in an hour...

Bring me the Institute's documentation, then.

Production is falling apart!

And you want to control some drivel from two years back?!

Are you... accusing me of my past decisions

impacting today's plan?

How's it gonna be, Zygmunt?

Do you want me to go there?

Yes.

Tell them how things are.

Where did you get those reports from?

From weeks, months, years ago?

The machine's working, it's a minor defect.

You're a manager, not a do-it-yourself man!

You're not a repairman!

You should deal with more important matters!

Be interested in more important matters!

And what are those important matters?

Micha

I'll call you if I need you.

You called. What is it?

I'm sorry, let's postpone it.

I have a meeting now... an assembly.

I'll call you...

There's a ministry representative...

They think highly of you

- I hope I'm not overrated... - What?

It's the General Director.

But when?

Get me Director Toporny, please.

Hi, Jo.

I know.

You were right.

Listen, a year ago I sent you the blueprints. Still got them?

Even if the frame stands a few shifts, it'll break anyway.

It's unlikely they'll find the right parameters,

and such a frame crack destroys the plan?

I think it does...

The General Director wants you.

So the frame cracked...

Zygmunt.

I'll go there.

Well, go then.

How could this happen?

Yes?

Toporny speaking.

Yes.

It's unimaginable.

I can't understand how...

Listen... We have to meet.

Yes.

Toporny speaking.

Yes.

Micha Toporny speaking.

It's unimaginable

that this could happen.

And still... It happened.

Of course, of course it had to happen.

Yes.

Is it the mine? Toporny speaking.

So it cracked?

Will that halt production?

What?

It won't?

And what are the results of the visual inspection?

What?

The crack isn't that serious, and...?

Production can go forward?

That's great news!

But if the machine is working

how can you be sure it won't get serious?

Stop production!

I think it's serious!

I'll come right away!

The General Director wants to see you.

How come? He was supposed to be at the Ministry.

Good then.

Tell him I'll come when I get back from the Institute.

I'm going to the Institute.

In the morning, eve hing could have been prevented. I wanted to go there.

But you were supposed to be there by then.

"Supposed" to be there? I wanted to be there!

You ordered me to wait for some important instructions!

Something unbelievably important

on some unbelievably important matter!

Even more important than the breakdown of the most expensive machine

imported from abroad for huge money!

We got the expert report...

What "expert report"? Whose?

A report that said it was

a minor damage.

But whose report?

The Institute called and warned me

that if it's serious enough,

then the excavator could be completely destroyed

and the production plan could fall apart,

for a quarter, six months, or even a whole year!

Micha...

What?! We can call the Institute now!

It's Witczak who deals with this.

No, not now, Director Toporny.

Your arguments about coordinating the case convinced me.

But we have to rely on experts in this matter.

I always used the General Director's argumentation as my own.

Meanwhile the plan has collapsed and it's a catastrophe!

Therefore, we'll base our decision on

scientific and objective

analysis.

Comrade Toporny, is Stanis aw Toporny your son?

He took part in student riots.

Or did you not have an impact

on his upbringing?

Unfortunately,

he never really

lived with me.

Yes, that's my elder son.

Wiesia!

I was nominated general director!

Attention!

The express train from Moscow to Paris

via Warsaw and Berlin

departs from track 3 on platform 4.

Wiesia! Look...

Where were you?

Running the streets again?! I'll put you off that idea!

Dad! I want to stay with you.

What are you talking about? You should be studying!

I don't want to go with her.

- I don't want to stay at grandpas' either. - What?

I want to live with you.

Dad...

You knew about that Zatorski, right?

He's taking her abroad.

It doesn't matter.

Is that you?

Your older son

is here with me.

Invite me.

To the table.

Make room for me.

Among you.

Reminisce.

Difficult years.

Openly say.

What badly hurts.

Maybe there'll be a traveller among you.

There'll be a traveller among you.

There'll be a traveller among you.

Will tell you

of colourful countries.

Exotic countries.

How many times.

Will we stand up.

With celebratory toasts.

Whenever the table shakes.

With funny sayings.

We'll sing together.

Dear old songs.

And then we'll sit back in our easy chairs.

And then we'll sit back in our easy chairs.

Settled comfortably in our armchairs.

We'll listen.

To piano passages.

Passages.

Invite me.

To the table.

I didn't give them equal chances.

Stas is too small for his age.

Jurek is younger

and taller.

Attention.

The passenger train from Elblag

is delayed by approximately 55 minutes.

Attention.

The express train from Stupsk

is delayed by approximately 126 minutes.

Attention.

The express train from Szczecin

is delayed by approximately 176 minutes

this means that the general director,

instead of supervising eve hing personally...

The express train from Gdansk

is delayed by approximately 293 minutes.

I think that we need to

change the style of management.

Train delays may be subject to change.

Just like that.

Thank you, Gentlemen.

You see, I've already put my foot wrong

and someone will profit from this,

because that's how things are.

Can't do anything about it.

Time flies

and when I trip,

nobody will wait for me

to regain strength and energy.

They'll immediately want

to fill the void after my strength and energy.

They'll do it fast,

and that's how it should be.

That's how it should be.

No, old champ. Too boring.

I'm telling you, it's a great thing.

What's so wonderful about it?

For example, we dig and dig, and we find traces of people

who lived here before.

For example, in this remote village where I was born,

Probably early Slavs...