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[ Cantor Singing In Hebrew ]

[ Cantor Continues ]

I have tickets for us. I paid $1 0 for these tickets.

Please, Herman. It's important for me. Our neighbors will be there.

- Everyone will see us. Please. - I will not go to synagogue once a year...

like these assimilated hypocrites who call themselves Jews!

The neighbors say you have mistress! [ Gasps ]

Herman. You've hit me on Yom Kippur?

The holiest day of the year?

I saved your life.

I took the last bite of food out of my mouth...

and gave it to you in the hayloft.

I carry out your shit. [ Sobs ]

[ Whispering ] I'm sorry, Yadzia. Yadzia, Yadzia, Yadzia.

[ Sobbing Continues ]

Forgive me. You go. You go to the synagogue.

You go. You pray for me, ja?

Go.

[ Sobbing Continues ]

[ Cantor Singing In Hebrew ]

[ Continues ]

-[ Cantor ] - [ Sobbing ]

Hello, children.

[ Ends ]

[ Woman Chattering Happily ]

- Tortshiner? - Broder? Come in, please.

I have every reason to be your enemy, Broder.

But I tell you right off I'm here for your sake.

- Have some cheesecake. - No, thank you.

You can afford it! I have to watch my weight.

So I take the, uh-- I take the compote.

- Huh? Some tea? - Yeah. I-I take tea.

- Two teas, please? -[ Man ] Okay.

Masha tells me that you are something of a-a writer.

But I am a scientist, and I believe, before one acts...

one must have all the facts.

Oh, yeah? So what are the facts, Mr. Tortshiner?

The facts are that your Masha bought her divorce from me...

at a price no honest woman would pay...

even if her life depended on it.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

This is on me.

Normally, I would have no reason to take an interest in you.

- But I happened to strike up an acquaintance... - [ Register Ringing ]

with your employer.

Thank you. Rabbi Lembeck.

He told me you suffered a great deal during the war.

Huh?

What price did she pay, Mr. Tortshiner?

[ Grunts ]

Drink your tea.

It's getting cold.

Did you know your Masha was the lover of a Red Army deserter?

Who smuggled gold from Bessarabia?

I won't deny it.

I am still in love with her. She drives men crazy.

Anyway, things went bad for us, and we had been apart for almost two years.

When she calls and says she wants to see me.

So she comes over all dressed up.

Fit to kill, as they say.

I had already heard all about you.

But she-she told me the whole story, as if it happened only yesterday.

How she had fallen in love, she had gotten pregnant, she wants a divorce, blah blah.

She sat down in front of me and crossed her legs.

Like an actress posing for a photograph.

Huh? I said to her...

''You behaved like a prostitute when you were with me, now pay the price. ''

She hardly protested. ''We are still man and wife,'' she said.

[ Laughs Bitterly ] I guess it's permitted.

To this day, I don't know why I did it. Vanity, perhaps.

Anyway, I met Rabbi Lembeck, he told me all about you...

and I realized she had caught you in her net as she had me.

Perhaps she's attracted to intellectuals.

-[ Swallowing ] -[ Slamming Glass ]

[ Chair Scraping ]

- I won't marry her. - I can't say I blame you.

You can't tell with Masha. [ Scoffs ]

She's just the type to have a bastard, and then where would you be?

Thank you very much, Mr. Tortshiner.

Broder!

Broder!

Broder, one last thing.

Every female sits in her own net, like a spider waiting for a fly.

If you don't run away, they'll suck the last drop of life out of you.

Thank you. Again.

''And these are the duties that the wife performs for the husband:

-[ Phone Ringing ] - ''She grinds, bakes, washes, cooks...

-[ Rings ] - ''nurses the child, makes the bed and spins wool.

''Rabbi Eliezer says, 'Even if she brought him a house full of servants...

he should force her to spin wool, because idleness, it leads to insanity.'''

- [ Spitting ] -[ Phone Ringing ]

- Why don't you answer the telephone? - I will never answer...

- the phone again on a holiday. -[ Ringing ]

And if you want to become Jewish, you don't iron on Shemini Atzeret.

- This is a holiday! [ Ringing ]

- You write on the Shabbat, not I. - I won't be writing...

- on the Sabbath anymore. -[ Ringing ]

If you don't want to become like the Nazis, then we must beJews.

- When will I becomeJewish? - I'll talk to the rabbi.

I'll teach you the prayers.

Will we have a child?

If God wills it, we'll have one.

[ Exhales ]

[ Mumbling In Hebrew ]

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Continues ]

[ Rings ]

[ Rings ]

[ Rings ]

-[ Rings ] -[ Lifts Receiver ]

- Hello? - Are you still alive?

- What's happened to you? - What happened to me is that...

I found out you are a despicable creature.

Th-Tha-That's what happened to me, you slut. I curse the day that I met you.

- My God, what have I done? - What-- You've paid for your divorce with prostitution.

Who told you this? Leon?

- Yeah, he spoke the truth. - The truth is, he asked me.

I spat in his face.

If I'm lying, may I not live to wake up in the morning.

May I never have rest in my grave. Bring us face to face!

You had a lover here in America?

If I had a lover here in America, may I get cancer.

If Leon made it up, may the curse fall on him.

If he's telling the truth...

may the child in my womb die.

Stop it. Stop that. Stop it.

Stop it. You're swearing like a fishwife.

I don't want to live anymore. [ Weeping ]

[ Cantor Singing In Hebrew ]

[ Continues Singing, ''Song Of Songs'' ]

[ Ends ]

- [ Chattering ] - Herman!

I'm pregnant!

Eh, that's wonderful.

- [ Happy Chattering ] - [ Chuckling ]

- I'm so happy for you. - Mazel tov!

[ Herman ] Thank you. I'm a very lucky man.

[ Singing Along To Phonograph ] Talk about a moon

Floating in the sky

Looking like a lily on a lake

Talk about a bird Learning how to fly

Making-- What's the matter with you?

Either you're with your peasant or you're working.

- We're married now, remember? - Ooh! Ach!

And soon we'll have a child. Mm-mm.

Come on, Yeshiva boy. Let's show your mother-in-law how we dance.

I am not his mother-in-law! He's not my son-in-law!

- This is all craziness! - Why do you do this to me? Why do I have to live with you?

It's your fault we have to legalize our love with this bourgeois institution.

Shut up, the both of you.

The Talmud is such a great book. It doesn't explain what a man should do with two wives.

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Ringing ]

[ Rings ]

-Ja, hello? - Herman.

Come quick. Please, come!

What-- What? Talk to me.

Herman, Masha's sick. Come quick.

- Who just phoned? Your mistress? -[ Bangs Down Receiver ]

- Leave me alone. - Your breakfast is ready.

Your breakfast is getting cold!

I can't have breakfast. I have to go.

- Where, to your mistress? - Yes, to my mistress!

- To my mistress, yes! - You made me pregnant, and you go running to a whore?

- You're not selling books. Liar! - Go back into the kitchen.

- or I'll throw you out of here. - You have a lover!

- You have a mistress! You spend nights with her! - Uh-huh.

You dog! You liar! There is no jungle in Baltimore!

You hear it? There is no jungle in the stupid Baltimore!

[ Cursing In Polish ]

[ Train Rumbling ]

[ Knocking On Door ]

- Herman. - She's okay? - Her husband?

- Yes. - Mr. Broder, who told you your wife was pregnant?

- Did the doctor examine her? - I-I don't know.

In this country when a woman is pregnant, she's under the continual care of a doctor.

Your wife had a hemorrhage, but there was no baby.

- The whole pregnancy was... up here. - [ Weeping ]

I thought she was in her sixth month!

And then suddenly-- Suddenly she's screaming.

She's having cramps, and then there's blood gushing everywhere.

- She's o-- She's okay? - Oh, my life.

She'll sleep, at least until tonight...

and I'll drop by tomorrow morning.

On my way to the hospital.

She's perfectly normal inside.

You'll be a grandmother a year from now.

I won't live that long.

[ Door Closes ]

I wanted so much to have a grandchild.

If only somebody to name for the murdered Jews.

Go in. [ Gasping ]

Go in a moment. Go in.

-Ja, okay. I go see Masha. - I am all right.

Yeah, go see Masha.

How do you feel?

I have no feelings left.

[ Softly ] Masha, Masha.

[ Humming ]

- The stew is finished. - So am I.

Financially, physically, spiritually.

I made your favorite. Barley stew.

- Come and eat. -[ Knocking On Door ]

- [ Howling, Crying ] Oh, God! - What happened?

- God! Don't go! It's a ghost! A ghost! - Yadwiga, what is--

- [ Screaming ] - I didn't think she would recognize me.

Yadzia! Yadzia! Stop shaking, stop shaking!

Foolish peasant, she's alive! She's alive!

Calm down, Yadwiga. I'm not dead. I haven't come to haunt you.

What's wrong with you?

- You could frighten her to death! - I thought I was so changed, my own mother wouldn't know.

Then, you could phone, ja? You could-- You could phone!

- Okay, here it is. Sit down. - Oh, God!

- Sit, sit, sit. - Oh, God! What will happen now?

- [ Screaming ] - What do you do this for? What do you do?

And I am pregnant! [ Sobbing, Moaning ]

Don't think I'm here to disturb the happy couple.

I learned how to drink in Russia.

When I have a glassful, I become a little curious.

After all, we still have something in common.

- Both of you knew me when I was alive. - [ Hysterical Screaming ]

Why do you do this? Why do you do this to her?

- You know she's pregnant. - I'm not dead! I'm not dead.

I'm not alive and I'm not dead.

The truth is, I have no claim on him.

He probably always loved you.

I'm-I'm sure he slept with you before me.

Oh, no. I was an innocent girl.

- I came to him a virgin. - Oh! Congratulations.

Men love virgins. If every man had his way...

every woman would lie down a prostitute and get up a virgin.

[ Sobbing ]

Well, I see I'm an uninvited guest. I better go.

No, Mistress Tamara.

Forgive me. As God is my witness...

if I had known you were alive, I would have kept away from him.

[ Sobs ] Sit down, Mistress Tamara.

I get you tea.

Don't worry. She won't divorce you.

If she does, you can always go to the other one.

If she throws you out too, you can come to me.

- [ Crying Quietly ] - Yadzia, don't worry. Nothing's going to happen.

Calm down, Yadwiga. I won't come again.

No, Mistress Tamara. You stay here.

This is your husband and your home.

- You suffered long enough. - But I don't want him.

I wouldn't live with him even if you were to go away.

Where will you go? Here there is a home for you.

I'd be the servant again. That's God's will.

No, Yadwiga, you have a good heart, but I can't accept such a sacrifice.

A slit throat cannot be sewn together again.

Wait, wait, wait. Don't, d-don't, uh, d-d-don't go.

Look, since Yadwiga knows, we can all be friends. Ja?

No, it's good. This way I'll have fewer lies to tell.

-[ Knocking At Door ] - [ Screaming, Babbling Hysterically ]

[ Knocking ]

Mr. Broder, is your wife at home?

She's in the, uh, in the toilet.

A dear soul. This is Mr. Pesheles, from Sea Gate.

I told him you sell books and you write.

He's very interested in books.

Look, Mrs. Schreier, I'm terribly sorry.

- This is a very bad time for me. - It will only take a few minutes.

- Mr. Pesheles is a rich man. - Oh!

President of the biggest home for the aged in New York.

- He's on the board of three hospitals. - Mrs. Schreier, please.

I don't need publicity. If I need a publicity agent, I'll hire one.

Well, uh, come in.

[ Door Closing ]

- [ Clears Throat ] - And, uh, thi-this is a friend of mine.

She's, uh, she's from Europe. She's just here a few weeks.

But you're not like a greenhorn at all. You look like an American.

And gorgeous! You know what?

Let's all go down to your place.

I'll send out for some bagels and lox and maybe even some cognac.

And then we'll all have a nice chat.

Now, what kind of books did you say you wrote?

[ Phone Ringing ]

-[ Ringing ] - Would you excuse me, please, for one second.

[ Rings ]

Hello?

Broder? This is Rabbi Lembeck.

So you do have a phone, huh? [ Chuckles ] But not the Bronx, Brooklyn.

''Esplanade-2'' is somewhere near Coney Island.

Yeah, well, my friend moved.

I'm not as big a fool as you think I am, Broder.

I know everything. Absolutely everything.

You married some woman named Masha. You wouldn't even tell me so I can congratulate you.

Listen, I'm calling you because I gotta see you right away.

You made several serious errors in the cabala article. It does neither of us any credit.

If we can make the corrections immediately, they'll hold the presses until tomorrow.

So, give me your address.

I don't-- I don't live here. I live in the Bronx.

Again with the Bronx. Where in the Bronx?

Honestly, I can't figure you out.

Look, look, I will explain everything to you.

I-- It's a-- I live here temporarily, that's all.

Temporarily? What's the matter with you? Maybe you have two wives.

Two, m-maybe three.

Well, whatever the case, give me your address. I'll be there in an hour.

And don't be nervous, I won't steal your wife, no matter how many you have.

[ Chuckling, Stammering ]

Uh, 4-4-7-0 Jerome Avenue.

[ Man On Television ] I'll buy you another one, you should live so long!

Fix it. Fix it!

- Uh, I'm afraid that I must go now. - I must go too.

Oh, hey. Well, it looks as though you're not going to accept my invitation.

- No. [ Chuckles ] - Some other time, perhaps.

- Yeah. - Come, Mrs. Schreier.

By the way, I-- I didn't get your name.

- Uh, Tamara. - Miss or missus?

Whatever you like.

Well, Tamara what? Surely you have a last name.

- Tamara Broder. - Broder?

- Also Broder? - Cousins.

[ Chuckles ] Small world.

- [ Chuckles ] - Extraordinary times, huh?

My regards to your wife. These days, a Polish peasant who converts toJudaism...

is quite a phenomenon.

- Good night. - Good night.

- Don't leave me, Mistress Tamara. - I have to go, Yadwiga.

You are not going!

The rabbi is waiting. If I don't go now, if I don't meet him...

he will fire me-- we would starve to death.

- [ Heavy Gasps ] - I be back, Yadwiga.

[ Neighbor's Baby Crying ]

It's a lie! A whore is waiting for him, not a rabbi!

I'm going to have an operation tomorrow.

They're going to remove that bullet from my hip.

You know, sometimes, in the middle of the night...

I hear my father talking to me.

''What have you accomplished?'' he asks.

''You make yourself, everyone else miserable.

They're ashamed of you here in heaven.''

Think of me once in a while, Herman.

Forgive me.

[ Swing ]

[ Masha Laughing ]

[ Knocking ]

- Mazel tov, bridegroom! - Don't stand at the door!

It's your home. I'm your wife. Everything here is yours.

What a catch, Broder!

Next week, you're coming to my house.

- [ Laughing ] -[ Swing Continues ]

- You sure I picked the right dress? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Maybe I should have taken the red one.

- [ Groaning ] - Do you know, Herman? The red one looked very nice too.

- It looks fine. - Well, maybe I made the right choice.

[ Whistles ]

[ Violin ]

Eileen, they've arrived!

- Ohh. - [ Chuckles ]

Is that a beauty? He nabbed the prettiest woman in America.

- Hello. - Look at that face.

- My husband's told me so much about you. - He has?

- I'm really glad that you came to our party. - Yeah!

Won't you come in? Come and have some drinks and hors d'oeuvres...

and make yourself at home?

Good. Good. Oh, excuse me! I'll be back soon.

[ Chattering ]

Oh. Could I offer you an hors d'oeuvre, sir?

Take a napkin.

Excuse me.

[ Muttering ]

[ Speaking Foreign Language ]

Pesheles. Nathan Pesheles.

I came to your apartment a week ago.

Oh! I'm sorr-- [ Chuckles ]

I'm sorry, it's so confusing, that I--

I didn't know that you knew Rabbi Lembeck. But who doesn't?

- Where's your wife? - I've lost her.

- She's here somewhere. I-- - Come.

Let's find her together. Mrs. Schreier's told me so much about her.

A Polish girl that converts, I'm dying to meet.

Herman! [ Chuckling ]

This is Yasha Kotik. You remember, the actor I told you about...

who was with me in the camps.

- This is Herman. - So, you're Masha's husband. Congratulations.

Tell me, how do you do that? I was searching for her through half the world...

- and you marry her,just like that. - [ Masha Laughing ]

And who is this debonair gentleman?

W-What? [ Stammering ] This is Mr. Pesheles.

- I met Mr. Broder in Coney Island. - Coney Island?

I played there once. A whole audience full of old woman, and all deaf.

- [ Laughing ] - I played every spot in the Yiddish theater...

from Miami to the Warsaw Ghetto.

- And even a hungry audience is better than a deaf one. - [ Laughing Continues ]

And, uh, where do you live? Also Coney Island?

What's all this talk about Coney Island?

Well, I, uh, I went to visit Mr. Broder there.

I thought the woman who converted was his wife.

Turns out, he has a pretty little one right here.

You refugees certainly know how to live.

We Americans are only allowed one at a time.

- And then, guess what? Guess what? - It's not what you think.

I go to the hospital last week to visit a friend with a prostate problem.

And I meet that other pretty woman who is also at your house.

She was having a bullet removed from her hip.

She was probably delirious, but she said she was also your wife.

What was that name? T-Tam-- Tamara!

- That's right, Tamara Broder. - Tamara? I thought she was dead.

- I tell you, my dead wife is living in America. - She was old and ugly.

- But that's what all men tell their wives! - Well, here we are.

You all know each other. My friend Mr. Pesheles knows everyone.

And everyone knows him.

Masha, you're the most beautiful woman at the party.

And my friend Herman here, hid her.

- He's hiding more than one. - You think so?

With me, he always played the innocent lamb.

- I was beginning to believe he was a eunuch. - I wish I was such a eunuch.

-[ Pesheles Chuckles ] - Excuse me, Rabbi. I'll be right back.

- Where are you running? - Once and for all, how many wives do you have?

- Let go of me. - How many? Three?

Ten. Ten. I have to vo-- I have to vomit.

- Where's the bathroom? - Down the hall.

Thank you.

Whoops-- Ooh!

Herman! This is the last time I'm going to talk to you.

And I want to tell you, you're the worst fraud I've known in my life!

-[ Violin ] - If you hear that I'm dead...

- don't come to my funeral. [ Sniffling ]

[ Nazi Screaming In German ]

[ Dogs Barking, Woman Screaming ]

[ Barking, Screaming Continue ]

- Where are your wives? - [ Sighs Deeply ]

They're both not speaking to me.

-[ Waiter ] Coffee or tea? - I am such a mess.

Masha, she knows everything. Yadwiga's suspicious. Everything is hopeless.

Coffee or tea? We close in a half-hour.

Get him a glass of tea and a nice piece of cheesecake.

No cake. No cake. Eh, I have a-- have a stomach ache.

I want to say something to you. And don't be angry with me.

You're a lost man, Herman.

One of those people who can't make decisions for themselves.

Here in America, they have... something what is called a manager.

- Thank you. - Let me be your manager.

You put yourself entirely in my hands.

I'll take care of all of your needs, but you must do exactly what I ask you to do.

Why should you do this, Tamara?

Really, Tamara, this is just your way of giving me a few dollars?

No. I can see things have become too much for you.

What do you look like now? What are you, an angel?

Who knows what angels are?

[ Stubbing Out Cigarette ]

And first, you must go back to Yadwiga.

Then, I'll find you a new job. You can work for my uncle.

- That's nice. - It's good. I mean, it's good.

Hello, Matzi. Hello, Pitzi.

Sit, sit, sit.

Happy Passover. [ Sighs ]

Here we are, one big, happy family.

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Rings ]

Hello?

If you don't speak to me, I'm going to hang up.

[ Masha ] Wait. I'm in Coney Island.

Beach Hotel.

- Room five. - [ Line Disconnects, Dial Tone Buzzes ]

[ Hangs Up Phone ]

[ Saxophone: ''Mona Lisa'']

Thanks, Kevin.

- Room five, please. - Down the hall to your right.

That way?

I have missed you so much.

Rabbi Lembeck has a convalescent home in Florida.

He offered me a job for a hundred a week.

- What about your mother? - The rabbi will take care of her too.

He'll put her in one of his homes in New Jersey.

He's crazy about me. He would have left his wife for me if I wanted him to.

But I couldn't touch him.

If you don't like Florida, he also has a home in California.

You can work for him too.

- He's as good as an angel from heaven. - I can't leave Yadwiga.

She's pregnant. She could go into labor any day.

- And after she gives birth, you'll have other excuses. - Oh, Masha.

I've made up my mind. Tomorrow I'm flying to California...

- and you will never hear from me again. - Please, Masha, no.

- Or have you come back to Tamara? - No.

But she's also an angel.

Introduce her to the rabbi.

Maybe the two angels will make a new God.

We're both devils.

[ Sighing, Gasping ]

[ Crowd Chattering ]

If you go with her, you're digging your own grave.

Maybe I would be better off dead.

But I don't have the guts to kill myself.

What about Yadwiga? What about the baby?

God blesses you with a child, you spit in its face.

This kind of talk is useless.

[ Gasping ] I can't live without Masha.

You want three women, but you always go to the one who calls you the loudest...

and who is sickest!

She's not your lover, she's your enemy!

Shh. Look. I will send money for the baby. I promise.

Every month, I send money for the baby.

I must go. It's the end for me, Tamara.

Go on, Herman. Go.

I'll take care of things with the rabbi.

- Can I help you? - Yes. I'm looking for a nice menorah.

I think I prefer this one, but...

gimme a second.

[ Bell Rings On Door ]

[ Train Wheels Screeching ]

They even took the light bulbs.

When did it happen?

This morning, last night, who knows?

Why wasn't I cremated like all the otherJews?

- Did you call the police? - [ Chuckles Bitterly ]

What can the police do?

They're thieves themselves.

[ Screaming, Crying ]

Look at this! [ Weeping ]

Look at this! Look at this!

[ Screaming Hysterically ]

Well, it's a sign.

It's time to leave.

- I told my mother. I told my mother. - Yes?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What did she say? - The same old words.

I'll be sorry. You would leave me and all the rest.

Now, we must decide where we want to go.

California or Florida?

We can go by train or bus. The bus is cheaper, but it takes you a week...

to get to California, and you will get there more dead than alive.

- I think we should-- -[ Commotion ]

-[ Woman Sobbing, Coughing ] - Mother. Come.

- What happened? - Call a doctor!

- What happened? What? - I started my cab. She passed out in my cab.

Come, come, come. Come, come.

- She's okay. Get water. - [ Coughing ]

- Masha, where's Masha? - [ Herman ] Masha!

She's killed herself, the bitch!Just for spite!

- [ Kissing ] Mama. - Oh, Masha--

- Here, Mama. - Here. Here.

Ja.

Get the doctor. Get the doctor!

- Mama, you'll be fine. I'm here, Mama. Okay. - [ Moans ]

I'm here, Mama.

[ Woman ] Oh, my God. What happened?

-[ Man ] Okay, let's go. - All right, let's step back here, all right?

[ Engine Revving ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Siren Fading Into Distance ]

[ Masha ] Stop here, please.

I bought a bulb.

- How's your mother? - I have no mother.

And I have no money for a funeral.

Her last words were, ''Where is Herman?''

Maybe your mother's better off.

She doesn't have to make any more decisions. [ Grunts ]

That's the one advantage to being dead.

[ Sighs ]

Herman.

You once promised me we would die together.

[ Sighs ] Remember?

Don't you remember?

In September. Labor Day.

- When we were in the Catskills. - Oh. I remember.

Why don't we do it? I have enough sleeping pills for both of us.

- It's a big step. - I have them in my bag.

All we need... [ Takes Deep Breath ]

- is a glass of water. - Well, that we have. That's the one thing they didn't steal.

Well?

[ Whispering ] Oh, Masha.

[ Sighs Profoundly ]

Oh, Masha, Masha.

You know, Tamara's right. I'm a lost man.

I can't decide. I can't decide between women.

I can't decide on anything. I--

Masha?

Masha, I feel--

I feel like--

Ja.Ja. Why not? Ja.

[ Faucet Running ]

- Mashele? - Yes, Herman?

Before we die, I would--

First, I would like to know the truth.

About what?

Have you been faithful to me since we've been together?

[ Scoffs ] Have you been faithful to me?

[ Sniffs ] If you tell the truth, I will too.

- Wait. Wait! - I'll tell the truth.

- I will tell the truth. - I need a cigarette.

Wait.

Let's hear.

Once, with Tamara. That's all.

When?

- [ Laughing ] - After we got back from the Catskills.

I told you I was going with the rabbi to Atlantic City?

- [ Laughing Continues ] - What, you know? What?

Masha?

What is-- What's so funny?

- What? What? - What you did with your wife, I did with my husband.

Tortshiner?

- That cockroach? He told the truth? - Mm-hmm.

- I went to ask for the divorce, and he insisted. - You sw--

- He told me it was the only way I could get it. - You swore to me.

You swore to me on a holy oath.

I swore falsely.

There isn't any point in dying now.

- [ Stammering ] Let's go, Masha. - What are you talking about?

- You promised we'd kill ourselves. - You promised to tell the truth!

- Please wait until after the funeral. - I'm leaving, Masha.

I'm leaving now. Are you coming? We'll find a hotel somewhere.

Yes. I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Herman, I can't leave my mother.

I want a grave next to hers.

I don't want to die among strangers.

- You'll lie next to me. - You are a stranger.

Herman, you're afraid.

Yeah, I'm afraid. Yeah.

I'm afraid of God.

Masha, I must go. I must leave everybody.

As long as you're going to leave me, at least go back to your peasant.

- Don't leave your child. - I have to leave everyone.

[ Chuckles ] Good-bye, Herman.

- I have to go. - Mm-hmm.

[ Opens Door ]

I have--

Good-bye, Herman. Now you go!

Good-bye, Masha.

- Oy! - Did you get the diaper service?

What do you mean, did I get the diaper service? Of course I got the diaper service.

I got the baby carriage. I got the crib with red balls on it.

- I-I got the layette, whatever that is. - [ Breathing Rapidly ]

Who do you think you're talking to, a piker? This is Rabbi Lembeck here.

- Mistress Tamara! - You're gonna be fine, sweetheart.

- Ow, ow. Ow, ow. - I'll be here, Yadwiga. I'll be here.

Mistress Tamara! [ Gasping ]

Have you heard from Herman?

- No. - I hope he doesn't do away with himself like poor Masha.

[ Moaning, Gasping ]

Come.

[ Baby Fussing ]

[ Baby Crying ]

- Shh! -[ Crying Continues ]

- Don't cry. Don't cry. - [ Calming Down ]

That's my baby. Don't cry.

'Cause you're wet. You're wet.

- You're wet. That's right. Shh. - [ Crying Resumes ]

Just a minute!

I know what she wants.

- She wants her apricots. -[ Crying Continues ]

She loves her apricots.

I'm coming!

She was so wet, Mistress Tamara!

[ Laughing ] Ja. We need more diapers.

- I'll order some. - Whoops.

- Yeah. - [ Cooing ]

There! She wants her apricots.

She wants her nice, delicious apricots.

Yes. Oops.

Whoops.

Masha.

Mashele.

Masha, Masha, Masha.

Mashele.

[ Klezmer ]