1 00:00:13,333 --> 00:00:14,750 They are laughing at us. 2 00:00:17,375 --> 00:00:18,375 I know. 3 00:00:21,292 --> 00:00:22,625 But I really... 4 00:00:24,792 --> 00:00:26,583 I really don't know why. 5 00:00:27,292 --> 00:00:29,667 It's too late for that. A bit too late. 6 00:00:34,875 --> 00:00:36,750 I've read codes of honour. 7 00:00:38,375 --> 00:00:40,542 That is how aristocrats behave. 8 00:00:43,083 --> 00:00:44,917 That is how they behave. 9 00:00:45,708 --> 00:00:47,292 The aristocrats. 10 00:01:37,083 --> 00:01:40,000 Whoa. 11 00:01:43,542 --> 00:01:44,417 Whoa. 12 00:02:00,625 --> 00:02:03,375 Long live Baron Krzeszowski! 13 00:02:12,417 --> 00:02:13,417 Here. 14 00:02:23,417 --> 00:02:25,958 -It sharpens the senses. -Bloody well right. 15 00:02:30,792 --> 00:02:33,750 I am sorry, Mr Wokulski. Luck is against you today. 16 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:10,750 THE DOLL 17 00:04:11,667 --> 00:04:14,292 Teeth. My teeth! 18 00:04:14,792 --> 00:04:17,167 Medic, come quickly! 19 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:21,125 -My teeth! -What? 20 00:04:24,708 --> 00:04:26,621 Mr Wokulski hit the lock. 21 00:04:26,625 --> 00:04:29,750 Teeth. He hit my teeth! 22 00:04:30,833 --> 00:04:32,000 Teeth... 23 00:04:32,958 --> 00:04:34,621 The lock wounded the baron! 24 00:04:34,625 --> 00:04:36,329 -The lock. -He hit the lock. 25 00:04:36,333 --> 00:04:39,371 He aimed at the lock to wound him. Just a scratch! 26 00:04:39,375 --> 00:04:40,871 -You aimed at the lock? -No. 27 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:42,704 The lock wounded the baron. 28 00:04:42,708 --> 00:04:45,246 -Bloody hell. -Let's go home. 29 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:50,000 Chopin! The Chopin of the gun. Good man! Didn't I tell you? 30 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:52,917 Good man! 31 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,246 A man shoots. Cocaine carries the bullet, one might say. 32 00:05:03,250 --> 00:05:06,871 If only Napoleon had given cocaine to his troops, 33 00:05:06,875 --> 00:05:09,875 everyone in Moscow would be speaking French today. 34 00:05:11,083 --> 00:05:14,792 So, today is a day of indulgence. 35 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:18,621 First, the powder to focus. 36 00:05:18,625 --> 00:05:21,871 Now, one shot of vodka to relax, 37 00:05:21,875 --> 00:05:25,958 and the rest to celebrate the triumph of the Vistula Victory. 38 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:29,038 Fuck. 39 00:05:29,042 --> 00:05:33,542 My nerves were so... 40 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:37,208 shot. 41 00:06:47,625 --> 00:06:52,704 First of all, I'm so glad you survived that shooting. 42 00:06:52,708 --> 00:06:54,375 Thank you. So am I. 43 00:06:55,792 --> 00:06:57,292 Would you like a drink? 44 00:06:58,292 --> 00:06:59,625 Perhaps a little one. 45 00:07:15,708 --> 00:07:17,583 To calm the nerves. 46 00:07:32,583 --> 00:07:33,875 Mr Wokulski. 47 00:08:06,458 --> 00:08:07,708 I don't understand. 48 00:08:08,917 --> 00:08:10,417 What don't you understand? 49 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:17,083 If you're willing to mortgage the house, why won't you simply sell it to me? 50 00:08:17,667 --> 00:08:18,746 Why the auction? 51 00:08:18,750 --> 00:08:21,496 When you have a daughter, you'll understand. 52 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,625 I cannot admit to Bela that I'm selling the tenement house. 53 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,038 At auctions, the identity of the winner can be kept confidential, 54 00:08:38,042 --> 00:08:40,038 should the buyer so desire. 55 00:08:40,042 --> 00:08:43,663 She could not bear to know that I am meeting you in secret 56 00:08:43,667 --> 00:08:45,954 and you're buying our house. 57 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:48,833 Do you remember what happened with the silver set? 58 00:08:49,417 --> 00:08:50,750 A ploy. 59 00:08:51,250 --> 00:08:53,746 We'll handle it with a ploy. 60 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:55,288 You and I. 61 00:08:55,292 --> 00:08:56,458 Together. 62 00:09:24,375 --> 00:09:28,042 Quiet. 63 00:09:34,792 --> 00:09:35,833 Very well. 64 00:09:37,375 --> 00:09:38,583 Excellent. 65 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:40,792 I mean it. 66 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:45,496 The auction is looking promising! 67 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:46,542 Oh yes! 68 00:09:48,917 --> 00:09:49,792 Oh. 69 00:09:52,542 --> 00:09:56,292 Countess Zasławska's jubilee is coming up. 70 00:09:56,917 --> 00:10:00,167 Bela and I are going to visit her tomorrow 71 00:10:00,833 --> 00:10:02,333 at Zasławek. 72 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:05,167 Please come, 73 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:07,625 at our invitation. 74 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,125 Would Miss Izabela approve? 75 00:10:15,292 --> 00:10:19,833 I would like to write a critical exposé on the idiotic tradition of duels. 76 00:10:20,542 --> 00:10:23,454 Men shoot at each other like chickens, and women... 77 00:10:23,458 --> 00:10:25,833 Mr Harnaś will write about the duel. 78 00:10:28,958 --> 00:10:30,292 Opposing views, then. 79 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:36,329 Mr So-and-so and my womanly common sense. 80 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:38,204 The owner doesn't want 81 00:10:38,208 --> 00:10:40,083 a woman's common sense. 82 00:10:41,917 --> 00:10:44,375 In fact, it seems The Ivy is going to change. 83 00:10:45,542 --> 00:10:47,625 The owner doesn't want women in The Ivy. 84 00:10:49,917 --> 00:10:51,750 But it's a women's magazine. 85 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:54,917 Indeed. 86 00:10:55,542 --> 00:10:59,038 -But it must be written by men. -The content will be simpler. 87 00:10:59,042 --> 00:11:00,708 Not so radical. 88 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,125 Women don't read women, it seems. 89 00:11:08,125 --> 00:11:09,208 I do. 90 00:11:19,208 --> 00:11:20,958 We have to do something. 91 00:11:22,125 --> 00:11:23,208 Convince him. 92 00:11:23,708 --> 00:11:25,579 Find a way. 93 00:11:25,583 --> 00:11:26,667 There is a way. 94 00:11:28,167 --> 00:11:29,792 It requires a lot of money. 95 00:11:30,750 --> 00:11:31,917 How much is a lot? 96 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,333 A great deal. 97 00:11:35,542 --> 00:11:37,829 You are not expected to buy anything. 98 00:11:37,833 --> 00:11:42,329 You are expected to bid, which is by no means the same as buying. 99 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:46,413 You are expected to drive up the price until they call out, 100 00:11:46,417 --> 00:11:48,750 "One hundred and fifty thousand!" 101 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,292 One hundred and fifty thousand. 102 00:12:00,292 --> 00:12:01,542 For a tenement house. 103 00:12:03,708 --> 00:12:04,708 One property. 104 00:12:07,458 --> 00:12:08,458 How much? 105 00:12:09,708 --> 00:12:13,496 Just as I said. One hundred and fifty thousand. 106 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:17,000 How much will you pay me to bid for you? 107 00:12:22,458 --> 00:12:24,288 I think I'll request a mass. 108 00:12:24,292 --> 00:12:27,333 A funeral mass. For our finances. 109 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,746 It's a fucking disaster. We'll be bankrupt. 110 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:33,454 You spend too much. This marriage is too costly. 111 00:12:33,458 --> 00:12:35,746 I'll buy the house, then spend no more. 112 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:38,417 Indeed, you will not since we'll be penniless. 113 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:48,000 Łęcki will use the money I pay him for the tenement house 114 00:12:48,792 --> 00:12:50,954 to invest in our business. 115 00:12:50,958 --> 00:12:53,958 He pays his debts, and our capital returns to us. 116 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:58,708 And we'll have a tenement house... 117 00:13:00,625 --> 00:13:02,208 that you can manage. 118 00:13:04,542 --> 00:13:05,833 That's using your head. 119 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:07,375 Stach. 120 00:13:07,958 --> 00:13:11,375 It's not your head at work. You're thinking with the other. 121 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:14,704 How long will you keep me in the dark? 122 00:13:14,708 --> 00:13:17,204 -About what? -How is Wokulski feeling? 123 00:13:17,208 --> 00:13:21,371 Does he not hate me for that duel? Well? Is he coming to Zasławek? 124 00:13:21,375 --> 00:13:23,500 I'll tell you everything on the way. 125 00:13:31,042 --> 00:13:34,750 -Why is Florentyna not coming? -We need a break from one another. 126 00:13:58,083 --> 00:13:59,583 I didn't order vodka. 127 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:02,958 You could use it. 128 00:14:03,458 --> 00:14:05,000 I didn't ask you to join me. 129 00:14:06,292 --> 00:14:09,792 I see that duel has given you the airs of a count, Romeo. 130 00:14:13,042 --> 00:14:14,208 Piss off. 131 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,333 Ten thousand roubles. 132 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:20,288 Ten thousand what? 133 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:21,750 The sum you will pay me. 134 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,458 And I won't reveal that you paid Marianna for spying. 135 00:14:46,250 --> 00:14:49,167 And that you offered me money for information as well, 136 00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:51,375 which 137 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:53,917 I did not take, out of honour. 138 00:14:56,542 --> 00:14:58,746 Bela might not believe that one. 139 00:14:58,750 --> 00:14:59,750 I refuse. 140 00:15:04,292 --> 00:15:05,417 A pity. 141 00:15:11,667 --> 00:15:12,792 Stop. 142 00:15:18,708 --> 00:15:20,750 Tomorrow, here, at 3 pm. 143 00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:24,208 They are the last roubles you'll get from me. 144 00:15:25,917 --> 00:15:27,125 Understood? 145 00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:35,871 Our mother tongue is so complicated 146 00:16:35,875 --> 00:16:40,163 that our minds have no leisure to dwell upon higher matters. 147 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:43,538 All that, merely to express oneself at all. 148 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:46,750 And that is why our homeland lacks philosophers. 149 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:55,496 I don't believe I told you 150 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:59,500 that Wokulski agreed to join us. 151 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,042 I can stomach anything, 152 00:17:05,875 --> 00:17:08,413 but not that trouser salesman. 153 00:17:08,417 --> 00:17:13,871 He is a salesman, but he's a salesman of the highest intellectual capacity. 154 00:17:13,875 --> 00:17:16,292 Out of the question. 155 00:17:17,125 --> 00:17:18,792 Auntie. 156 00:17:20,167 --> 00:17:21,333 Cheers. 157 00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:23,167 Excuse me. 158 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:27,750 Rest assured, I will convince her. 159 00:17:29,667 --> 00:17:32,542 Wąsowska is the baroness of persuasion. 160 00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:37,704 -At Hopfer's. Tomorrow at three. -I know. You've told me repeatedly. 161 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,125 The envelope. 162 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:45,788 Give Starski the money. It is all counted. 163 00:17:45,792 --> 00:17:47,667 As you wish, Stach. 164 00:17:50,083 --> 00:17:53,538 One more thing. Go to the auction with Szlangbaum. 165 00:17:53,542 --> 00:17:56,500 -He will bid on my behalf. -Then why must I go? 166 00:17:57,250 --> 00:18:00,121 To watch over him. He must bid until he wins. 167 00:18:00,125 --> 00:18:01,917 No one can outbid us. 168 00:18:06,208 --> 00:18:09,583 Send a telegram, as soon as the auction concludes. 169 00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:11,667 Let's go. 170 00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:22,208 Absolutely. 171 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:26,375 I have no intentions towards him. 172 00:18:41,417 --> 00:18:43,250 Drinking bores me. 173 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,083 Morphine, on the other hand... 174 00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:52,667 Or... 175 00:18:54,875 --> 00:18:56,000 What? 176 00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:59,625 Are you certain? 177 00:19:01,083 --> 00:19:02,083 Absolutely. 178 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,042 I have no intentions towards him. 179 00:19:07,250 --> 00:19:10,250 And as your relative, I have a duty 180 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,375 to ensure that you may 181 00:19:13,917 --> 00:19:17,125 prey upon his fortune, 182 00:19:17,625 --> 00:19:19,917 as his wife, for instance. 183 00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:26,250 I will not prey upon anyone. 184 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:30,250 I am guided by ideas 185 00:19:31,917 --> 00:19:33,708 of emancipation. 186 00:19:36,625 --> 00:19:38,292 I'm sorry. 187 00:19:38,792 --> 00:19:41,000 I thought it was typhus. 188 00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:44,083 Sleep. I didn't sleep. 189 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:46,292 Eat. 190 00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:49,208 I didn't eat. 191 00:19:51,250 --> 00:19:53,750 And in my stomach, a feeling so strange. 192 00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:56,833 Feverish. 193 00:20:01,542 --> 00:20:03,958 You've fallen in love, my dear. 194 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:06,542 You've fallen in love. 195 00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:11,875 That complicates matters somewhat. 196 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:54,204 Bang-bang, Mr Wokulski! We absolutely must go hunting together. 197 00:20:54,208 --> 00:20:57,788 Bear or wolf hunting. Something with teeth, at any rate. 198 00:20:57,792 --> 00:21:01,663 If your eye for business matches your aim at Krzeszowski's teeth, 199 00:21:01,667 --> 00:21:03,371 we'd gladly trade with you. 200 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:05,871 Mr Wokulski, my friend is dying of jealousy. 201 00:21:05,875 --> 00:21:09,579 -No one was shot on her behalf. -What say you? Is that gallant? 202 00:21:09,583 --> 00:21:10,496 Not gallant. 203 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:12,829 -Mr Wokulski, one question. Oil. -Meaning? 204 00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:14,746 -Yes or no? -I don't understand. 205 00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:17,454 You'll die of boredom here. Luckily, you have me. 206 00:21:17,458 --> 00:21:19,871 The right man to consult on oil and business. 207 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:23,204 I hear the gold rush is over in America. It's all about oil. 208 00:21:23,208 --> 00:21:25,038 You can try your luck in Galicia. 209 00:21:25,042 --> 00:21:29,496 They say the land is oil-bearing. I bought a plot there. I'll be drilling. 210 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:30,413 We'll talk. 211 00:21:30,417 --> 00:21:33,413 That is the future, Mr Wokulski! That is the future. 212 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,538 -Have you not changed your mind? -I hope you don't mean oil. 213 00:21:36,542 --> 00:21:38,913 The auction is tomorrow. Will you back me? 214 00:21:38,917 --> 00:21:40,246 Yes, we already agreed. 215 00:21:40,250 --> 00:21:43,038 And if you could just say one word, just one whisper, 216 00:21:43,042 --> 00:21:45,454 how much cash do you plan to venture? 217 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:48,246 How much profit will you allot to Count Łęcki? 218 00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:52,288 We must also consider the tax. Expenses. 219 00:21:52,292 --> 00:21:54,288 Russians and their taxes! 220 00:21:54,292 --> 00:21:57,496 They want to stifle the enterprise of the nobility! 221 00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,375 Yes. We'll manage! 222 00:22:30,333 --> 00:22:32,417 Stanisław. 223 00:22:34,208 --> 00:22:37,500 Staś, my dear Staś. 224 00:22:38,375 --> 00:22:41,121 I have been waiting for you here, and you, 225 00:22:41,125 --> 00:22:45,042 what were you, so delightfully thinking, hmm? 226 00:22:48,042 --> 00:22:49,333 Miss Izabela, I... 227 00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:51,750 Won't you tell me... 228 00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:54,000 Why are you so... 229 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:57,083 serious? 230 00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:03,167 Oh my! 231 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:05,542 Have you an ache in your ear? 232 00:23:06,292 --> 00:23:07,833 Shall I blow on it? 233 00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:12,538 Please forgive us, Mr Wokulski. 234 00:23:12,542 --> 00:23:15,038 Bela and I shall withdraw for a moment. 235 00:23:15,042 --> 00:23:16,829 For a moment. 236 00:23:16,833 --> 00:23:19,496 But do not run away, Staś. 237 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,038 I shall return. 238 00:23:21,042 --> 00:23:23,500 I shall be back directly! 239 00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:28,000 To the left! 240 00:23:36,208 --> 00:23:37,292 To bed? 241 00:24:01,167 --> 00:24:03,708 Won't Stanisław join me? 242 00:24:05,583 --> 00:24:06,917 Why? 243 00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:09,750 There are moments, 244 00:24:10,250 --> 00:24:11,292 after drinking... 245 00:24:13,708 --> 00:24:16,917 when one must seek one's bed. 246 00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:19,042 Alone. 247 00:24:24,708 --> 00:24:27,042 And how do you like Zasławek? 248 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:33,000 It's dark. I couldn't see everything. It's hard to judge. 249 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:34,833 And Bela? 250 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:40,167 She is your true obsession, is she not? 251 00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:46,375 You're hurting your prospects. 252 00:24:47,625 --> 00:24:49,500 You are trying too hard. 253 00:24:52,042 --> 00:24:54,208 You lack patience 254 00:24:55,125 --> 00:24:56,375 and moderation. 255 00:24:58,458 --> 00:25:00,204 What are you talking about? 256 00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:03,292 I know what I speak of. I am not without experience. 257 00:25:05,667 --> 00:25:08,667 Seduction is an art, Mr Wokulski. 258 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:12,042 And you fail at it miserably. 259 00:25:16,042 --> 00:25:17,792 Should I teach you? 260 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:25,583 Make no pretence. 261 00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:29,958 And do not hurry. 262 00:25:31,875 --> 00:25:35,083 Haste destroys all passion. 263 00:25:36,875 --> 00:25:39,917 And the true art lies in moving slowly. 264 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:46,583 Seduction, Mr Wokulski, is an entire performance. 265 00:25:48,458 --> 00:25:51,458 And you would like to go straight to the applause. 266 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:57,417 Be at ease. 267 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,042 There is much pleasure to be found along the way. 268 00:26:03,917 --> 00:26:05,246 Step 269 00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:06,667 by step. 270 00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:15,125 Do you understand? 271 00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:17,292 Mr Stach! 272 00:26:17,917 --> 00:26:18,954 I think so. 273 00:26:18,958 --> 00:26:20,833 Stanisław! 274 00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:23,875 May I have a word? 275 00:26:32,125 --> 00:26:33,250 Stach. 276 00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:35,250 My dear Staś. 277 00:26:38,458 --> 00:26:40,708 I am so happy! 278 00:26:41,208 --> 00:26:44,583 Here, in my heart. Deep within my heart. 279 00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:47,792 Touch it. Do you feel it? 280 00:26:48,458 --> 00:26:51,833 How it beats with joy? In relief? 281 00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:55,621 That you will take up the tenement house. 282 00:26:55,625 --> 00:26:58,538 That the Łęcki family is saved! 283 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:00,208 I am happy. 284 00:27:02,458 --> 00:27:03,667 I share your joy. 285 00:27:09,667 --> 00:27:11,496 All will be well, Staś, 286 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:14,121 because I was right 287 00:27:14,125 --> 00:27:16,958 to wait until Bela 288 00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:20,667 should encounter... a man like you. 289 00:27:21,333 --> 00:27:22,792 I was right! 290 00:27:23,417 --> 00:27:24,458 Me! 291 00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:29,750 That she ought to wait, and not marry just any fucking bastard. 292 00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:34,792 I am the one who cultivated her discriminating taste. 293 00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:39,500 She was right to listen to her father. 294 00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:42,375 Bela sees it as well. 295 00:27:43,167 --> 00:27:47,000 This moves me profoundly. 296 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:49,667 I am so happy. 297 00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:56,750 I am so happy that our paths have crossed. 298 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,042 Mr Łęcki... 299 00:28:03,042 --> 00:28:06,454 You will do me a great honour, Staś, 300 00:28:06,458 --> 00:28:11,333 and it would be my privilege, if we were to address one another by our first names. 301 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:15,750 A fucking toast to brotherhood! 302 00:28:33,333 --> 00:28:34,375 Tomasz. 303 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,333 Stanisław. 304 00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:11,292 Well, good day to you. 305 00:32:12,792 --> 00:32:14,875 I awoke in excellent spirits today. 306 00:32:16,417 --> 00:32:19,500 Unfortunately, Aunt Wąsowska reminded me of last night. 307 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:24,125 Do you know what comes next? 308 00:32:25,708 --> 00:32:27,917 Both you and I, 309 00:32:28,417 --> 00:32:30,250 at my signal, 310 00:32:30,833 --> 00:32:33,042 shall forget my recent indiscretion. 311 00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:38,500 Now. 312 00:32:45,042 --> 00:32:48,500 I too have, on occasion, said things I later regretted. 313 00:32:49,958 --> 00:32:51,625 And what was it I said? 314 00:32:56,625 --> 00:32:57,792 I cannot recall. 315 00:33:04,167 --> 00:33:05,583 A fine day for a walk. 316 00:33:14,708 --> 00:33:16,208 And without a chaperone. 317 00:33:18,167 --> 00:33:21,333 I speak of The Ivy, about modern women, 318 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,667 and I wonder what you think of me then. 319 00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:28,958 For a man such as myself, 320 00:33:29,458 --> 00:33:33,625 who was brought up the way I was, these are novel and strange things, 321 00:33:34,708 --> 00:33:35,958 and yet, intriguing. 322 00:33:36,917 --> 00:33:39,833 A kind of modern world that's different from mine. 323 00:33:40,333 --> 00:33:41,792 What is so strange? 324 00:33:44,583 --> 00:33:47,413 For example, your desire to purchase The Ivy. 325 00:33:47,417 --> 00:33:49,167 Yes, I know. I have no money. 326 00:33:52,042 --> 00:33:53,875 That is not what matters most. 327 00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:55,708 And what is? 328 00:33:59,125 --> 00:34:04,417 Would you like to know what I, as, what you and the others call a merchant, 329 00:34:04,917 --> 00:34:08,329 would ask a person who seeks to buy such a business? 330 00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:09,542 Of course. 331 00:34:10,167 --> 00:34:12,958 You wish to buy a magazine, a newspaper. Is that so? 332 00:34:14,208 --> 00:34:16,292 Why? Do you consider me ill-fitted? 333 00:34:17,875 --> 00:34:21,583 What is the price of paper on the open market? Of printing ink? 334 00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:24,708 Of typesetters' labour? Of rent for the premises? 335 00:34:25,208 --> 00:34:27,833 And to reprint from the French press? 336 00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:30,958 I do not know yet. 337 00:34:32,375 --> 00:34:33,833 I can assist with that. 338 00:35:11,625 --> 00:35:13,125 What would you like, sir? 339 00:35:14,208 --> 00:35:15,708 I would like... 340 00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,000 everything. 341 00:35:21,583 --> 00:35:22,829 The auction subject 342 00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:25,204 is the tenement house of Count Tomasz Łęcki. 343 00:35:25,208 --> 00:35:26,871 Three storeys. 344 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,000 Located on Piękna Street. 345 00:35:29,833 --> 00:35:32,625 The starting price is 45,000 roubles. 346 00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:35,667 The bidding is now open. 347 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:37,163 Fifty thousand. 348 00:35:37,167 --> 00:35:39,038 -Fifty. -Fifty-five! 349 00:35:39,042 --> 00:35:40,079 -Fifty-five. -Sixty! 350 00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:41,954 -Sixty thousand roubles. -Sixty-five! 351 00:35:41,958 --> 00:35:43,750 Sixty-five thousand roubles. 352 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:50,371 -Seventy? -Seventy-five! 353 00:35:50,375 --> 00:35:52,496 Seven... Eighty thousand roubles. 354 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,204 Eighty-five! 355 00:35:54,208 --> 00:35:55,538 Eighty-five thousand. 356 00:35:55,542 --> 00:35:58,121 Ninety thousand. 357 00:35:58,125 --> 00:36:00,167 -One hundred. -One hundred roubles. 358 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,204 105. 359 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,417 105,000 roubles. 360 00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:11,079 -Anyone else? -110. 361 00:36:11,083 --> 00:36:14,496 -110,000 roubles. Anyone else? -115. 362 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,750 115,000 roubles. 363 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:18,746 120. 364 00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:20,125 120,000. 365 00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:21,829 Anyone else? 366 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:23,875 120,000 roubles. 367 00:36:24,958 --> 00:36:26,288 125. 368 00:36:26,292 --> 00:36:28,583 125,000 roubles. 369 00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:30,329 130. 370 00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:32,083 130,000 roubles. 371 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,708 135. 372 00:36:40,042 --> 00:36:41,829 135,000... 373 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:44,583 -140! -140,000 roubles. 374 00:36:45,083 --> 00:36:47,583 -It's not worth that much. -Keep bidding. 375 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:52,371 140,000 roubles! Going once. 376 00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:54,288 -It's not worth it. -Keep bidding. 377 00:36:54,292 --> 00:36:55,746 Going twice. 378 00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:57,333 145. 379 00:36:57,917 --> 00:36:59,704 145,000 roubles. 380 00:36:59,708 --> 00:37:01,329 150. 381 00:37:01,333 --> 00:37:03,246 -150,000! -Fuck. 382 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:06,329 150,000 roubles. Going once, going twice... 383 00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:08,621 155. 384 00:37:08,625 --> 00:37:10,625 155,000 roubles! 385 00:37:11,458 --> 00:37:15,246 Going once. 155,000 roubles! 386 00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:16,708 Going twice. 387 00:37:20,167 --> 00:37:22,083 And sold! 388 00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:44,413 Mr. Szlangbaum has acquired the tenement house of Count Tomasz Łęcki. 389 00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:47,579 -He acts for an anonymous buyer. -A wonderful finale. 390 00:37:47,583 --> 00:37:48,417 Order, please. 391 00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:53,538 Regarding the debts upon the Łęcki family's tenement house, 392 00:37:53,542 --> 00:37:57,833 will all creditors of Count Tomasz Łęcki please raise their hands. 393 00:38:05,458 --> 00:38:09,000 You shall be paid off before the transaction is completed. 394 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:19,500 I was terrified during the duel. 395 00:38:21,708 --> 00:38:23,375 I did what had to be done. 396 00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:26,417 At least, that is my belief. 397 00:38:28,083 --> 00:38:29,583 Have I embarrassed you? 398 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:32,958 Honestly? 399 00:38:34,125 --> 00:38:36,208 Honest talk is the only kind I value. 400 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:41,167 Had you withdrawn, you would be a laughingstock until Christmas. 401 00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:44,375 But you silenced them. 402 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,667 I knew not if I liked it or felt embarrassed. 403 00:38:49,792 --> 00:38:51,167 What do you think now? 404 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:53,500 Can't you tell? 405 00:39:01,917 --> 00:39:04,167 Since we are asking about one another, 406 00:39:04,792 --> 00:39:06,625 did you come here on business? 407 00:39:07,917 --> 00:39:09,667 I am looking for capital, indeed. 408 00:39:11,042 --> 00:39:12,708 This is a place for parties. 409 00:39:14,042 --> 00:39:16,458 I am glad of it, as it leaves me free 410 00:39:16,958 --> 00:39:18,667 to enjoy your company. 411 00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:23,208 And that is why I came here. 412 00:39:25,167 --> 00:39:26,292 To see you. 413 00:39:33,833 --> 00:39:36,292 I think I suggested it last night, 414 00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:40,375 but what would you say if we used our first names? 415 00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:45,375 You have a beautiful name. It would be a shame to waste it. 416 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,292 I thought men propose such things. 417 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,083 So did I. 418 00:39:55,583 --> 00:39:56,833 So, you understand wit. 419 00:39:59,083 --> 00:40:00,750 Sometimes too late, but yes. 420 00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:05,333 Izabela. 421 00:40:08,417 --> 00:40:09,708 Stanisław. 422 00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:16,208 I must say one thing. 423 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,583 I like you very much. 424 00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:37,250 I know this is not an auction, 425 00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:41,708 but I could outbid that sentiment with one deeper. 426 00:40:44,917 --> 00:40:48,083 -Could you? -But I lack the courage as yet. 427 00:40:49,167 --> 00:40:53,917 I feel as if I am about to faint, allowing myself to address you, miss... 428 00:40:54,417 --> 00:40:55,625 Izabela, 429 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:57,833 like this. 430 00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:03,792 Stanisław. 431 00:41:22,708 --> 00:41:24,542 Come to me at night. 432 00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:34,708 All of Mr Łęcki's debts are paid in full. 433 00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:37,538 How much is remaining? 434 00:42:37,542 --> 00:42:40,125 There is 20,000 yet to be paid. 435 00:42:41,375 --> 00:42:43,913 And the profit? How much profit remains? 436 00:42:43,917 --> 00:42:45,125 As I said. 437 00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:49,042 I don't understand. 438 00:42:49,625 --> 00:42:54,875 The debt has been paid in part. The funds from the auction of the house fell short. 439 00:42:55,542 --> 00:42:58,667 These two gentlemen are yet to be paid. 440 00:43:08,625 --> 00:43:10,125 I had no idea. 441 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,083 Would you like anything else, sir? 442 00:43:22,583 --> 00:43:23,625 I'll pay now. 443 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:56,833 Open! 444 00:44:16,792 --> 00:44:20,583 Excuse me. 445 00:44:21,708 --> 00:44:22,833 May I? 446 00:44:23,958 --> 00:44:26,621 Thank you. Here. 447 00:44:26,625 --> 00:44:29,917 Please write. Be quick. I'll dictate. 448 00:44:30,458 --> 00:44:31,375 Yes? 449 00:44:34,333 --> 00:44:36,583 Ca-ta-stro-phe. 450 00:44:54,292 --> 00:44:55,625 Mr Wokulski went out. 451 00:44:57,583 --> 00:44:59,417 Mr Wokulski is not at home. 452 00:45:00,792 --> 00:45:05,163 So this is how Mr Wokulski satisfies his desire to fuck a countess. 453 00:45:05,167 --> 00:45:06,667 Please leave. 454 00:45:12,833 --> 00:45:14,250 Please leave. 455 00:45:16,417 --> 00:45:18,333 You dare order me about, you whore? 456 00:45:22,875 --> 00:45:23,958 Sit. 457 00:45:41,417 --> 00:45:42,458 Bend over. 458 00:45:43,042 --> 00:45:43,958 Please. 459 00:45:44,708 --> 00:45:46,083 Bend over. 460 00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:22,167 Please tell Mr Wokulski 461 00:47:23,958 --> 00:47:29,833 to deduct five roubles from the 10,000 he promised me. 462 00:49:36,292 --> 00:49:37,871 I am sorry. 463 00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:42,704 But business first, then more business, then problems, and then a catastrophe. 464 00:49:42,708 --> 00:49:44,125 But I am here now. 465 00:49:52,833 --> 00:49:54,542 I have a great deal of work. 466 00:51:06,292 --> 00:51:08,167 Come to me at night. 467 00:51:27,083 --> 00:51:31,542 Mr Wokulski. 468 00:51:35,833 --> 00:51:37,000 A telegram. 469 00:51:44,875 --> 00:51:49,038 Ca-ta-stro-phe. Tenement house bought. 470 00:51:49,042 --> 00:51:53,667 One hundred and fifty-five thousand! 471 00:51:57,375 --> 00:52:00,792 Twenty thousand in debt. 472 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:30,788 Five thousand... Ca-ta-stro-phe... 473 00:52:30,792 --> 00:52:32,083 Mr Wokulski. 474 00:52:32,667 --> 00:52:35,333 The auction is looking promising! Oh yes! 475 00:52:37,625 --> 00:52:39,329 You will invest fuck all. 476 00:52:39,333 --> 00:52:40,417 Fuck all! 477 00:52:40,917 --> 00:52:42,829 Staś, what are you saying? 478 00:52:42,833 --> 00:52:46,704 How many mortgages did you take out? How many promissory notes? 479 00:52:46,708 --> 00:52:49,454 These are horrendous fucking debts, for God's sake! 480 00:52:49,458 --> 00:52:50,500 Come here. 481 00:52:51,833 --> 00:52:54,829 You never said the house was laden with debt. 482 00:52:54,833 --> 00:52:57,121 Debts enough to buy a whole street. 483 00:52:57,125 --> 00:52:59,788 You've paid one loan with another for 20 years! 484 00:52:59,792 --> 00:53:03,496 Everyone does it. We all do it. Why are you shouting? 485 00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:06,417 -We pay them off, there is some left. -Some? 486 00:53:09,542 --> 00:53:12,458 -There must be something left. -There is nothing left! 487 00:53:13,250 --> 00:53:16,875 -Twenty thousand in debt is left! -Stop shouting at me! 488 00:53:17,458 --> 00:53:20,288 Debt is a normal thing. Fuck. For God's sake! 489 00:53:20,292 --> 00:53:22,579 You forget yourself. Mind your tone. 490 00:53:22,583 --> 00:53:23,542 Be warned. 491 00:54:00,042 --> 00:54:01,125 You're expecting him. 492 00:54:04,417 --> 00:54:06,125 Are you jealous? 493 00:54:07,208 --> 00:54:08,458 How absurd. 494 00:54:15,917 --> 00:54:17,250 A feeling like any other. 495 00:54:19,292 --> 00:54:22,329 Must I be jealous of your dowager? 496 00:54:22,333 --> 00:54:24,167 I am concerned for you, Bela. 497 00:54:34,208 --> 00:54:35,708 I'm in love. 498 00:55:00,583 --> 00:55:04,833 Then it may interest you to learn who has engineered your bankruptcy. 499 00:55:07,042 --> 00:55:07,875 My father? 500 00:55:08,833 --> 00:55:09,875 He also. 501 00:56:48,917 --> 00:56:52,167 Did you know Wokulski paid Marianna for information? 502 00:56:57,583 --> 00:56:58,958 Perhaps he was curious. 503 00:57:00,833 --> 00:57:02,708 I accept that as a compliment. 504 00:57:05,208 --> 00:57:07,333 He was interested only to see 505 00:57:07,833 --> 00:57:11,333 how your father received the news when his business burned. 506 00:57:13,625 --> 00:57:15,583 I wonder who gave the order. 507 00:57:17,042 --> 00:57:18,292 How do you know this? 508 00:57:20,667 --> 00:57:22,083 Because he paid me also. 509 00:57:26,167 --> 00:57:27,667 For information. 510 00:57:28,625 --> 00:57:30,000 And for my silence. 511 00:57:34,375 --> 00:57:35,250 Leave. 512 00:57:36,208 --> 00:57:37,875 -I'm sorry, Bela. -Leave. 513 00:57:40,292 --> 00:57:41,458 Leave! 514 00:58:28,750 --> 00:58:29,917 Is it true? 515 00:58:41,125 --> 00:58:42,375 Tell me. Is it true? 516 00:58:45,750 --> 00:58:47,250 I can explain everything. 517 00:58:52,875 --> 00:58:54,708 -Get out! -Izabela. 518 00:58:55,750 --> 00:58:56,792 Out! 519 00:58:57,667 --> 00:58:59,667 Out! 520 00:59:24,667 --> 00:59:25,958 Help! 521 00:59:28,292 --> 00:59:29,667 Fetch a doctor. 522 00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:32,500 Fetch a doctor. 523 00:59:34,042 --> 00:59:37,792 -Help! -Fetch a doctor. 524 00:59:38,458 --> 00:59:39,625 Fetch a doctor. 525 00:59:40,125 --> 00:59:43,375 -Hurry! -Help! 526 00:59:44,667 --> 00:59:46,663 Come along. 527 00:59:46,667 --> 00:59:48,000 Hurry! 528 00:59:51,833 --> 00:59:53,083 Quickly now! 529 00:59:57,625 --> 01:00:00,875 -Fetch a doctor. -No... 530 01:00:03,458 --> 01:00:04,458 No! 531 01:00:12,833 --> 01:00:14,542 Get him into the carriage! 532 01:00:15,042 --> 01:00:20,667 We must find a doctor. Quickly! Get him into the carriage! 533 01:00:21,792 --> 01:00:25,083 We must find a doctor. Quickly! 534 01:05:53,083 --> 01:05:58,083 Subtitle translation by: Mikołaj Kopczak