Original subtitles

- And word from town? - All well.

VETERAN MURDERED

This is an administrative decision placing Jan Kaplica in Bereza.

Take him away.

The jail's the other way.

Mr Kaplica... such are our orders.

They say it's worse than three years of prison.

Aren't you cheerful?

We've just dealt with a certain bandit.

You know where to find me. I can help you.

Buddy has no saying in this no more anymore.

Times change.

Now, I agrees or not agrees to everything.

What would you do in my place?

He killed my father.

I would get revenge.

Maybe we could finish some other time?

Jerusalem isn't far.

WARSAW

We'll get a large apartment.

Ten or twelve rooms.

With an annex for the servants.

Why twelve rooms?

For the kids.

We will have...

a dozen kids.

And I'm supposed to nurse all those brats?

No.

We won't be nursing them. We'll be spoiling them.

A dozen little Szapiros.

Just boys.

What's happening?

- It's over. - Meaning?

She miscarried.

She was pregnant?

You know...

She'll never have children.

There's some sort of malformation. Please, believe me!

Szapiro, Szapiro!

Didn't expect you so soon.

The fight?

As always.

Those twelve rooms aren't for me.

They're for someone else.

There is no one else.

I want you!

Let go of me.

Let go!

I'm broken, let me go!

Let go!

Leave me alone.

You'll find someone.

So, she left you or did you leave her?

I don't know.

It just fell apart.

Simply.

You focus on your graduation exams.

I'll be fine.

I have to go to work.

No, you don't, Moryc.

You can count on me.

I don't want your money anymore.

Don't be offended, but no.

Good evening.

May I?

Do you often accost strange men?

Just the cute ones.

Was the guy you slapped ugly?

A friend from University. Too pushy.

- Is miss a student? - Yes, I am.

Of philosophy.

- And what do you do in life? - Come and sit with us.

Once wasn't enough? You want some from me too?

What?

Get back to your books before I stop being nice.

Well, well.

You always wave a gun around?

I'm not imposing.

Why not?

Please, stay.

A lady from a good home likes dangerous men?

Cute men.

It's better not to sad drink. Especially alone.

Who says I'm sad?

I do.

And I'm always right.

Will you walk me home?

And later?

Maybe we'll meet again.

THE KING OF WARSAW

BASED ON A NOVEL BY SZCZEPAN TWARDOCH

We haven't got any money.

It's not about money.

What's it about?

What do you want?

What does he want?

Go on.

WARSAW

Buddy is no more.

Now is Doctor Radziwiłek!

I is.

Did I announce somewhere that payment not needed?

Did I announce payment not needed?

No.

And you pay?

Bastard.

Twenty Polish zloty, you have?

- I don't. - You have or don't have?

I don't.

- Mr Jakub knows what to do. - I'll have it tomorrow.

But is tomorrow today?

Is not.

Today is today.

- Mr Jakub. - No!

- I pray to God! - There is no God!

I is.

Mr Jakub.

No, no!

Now, you go.

You go there and tell

that Mr Jakub is waiting and money has to be here!

Get to work.

What's the difference?

Buddy, Radziwiłek...

or Mussolini himself.

As long as they pay.

I won't be that Judas's lackey.

If Radziwiłek's money stinks to you,

at least help Mr Szapiro.

- To make things as before. - Right...

Unless you have a way of supporting us.

Do you?

You don't, maybe Face does?

And this is great. Just great.

Just great!

I'll kill you!

No!

Mr Kaplica!

You're a socialist.

When will we have true freedom?

- Shut your snout. - Żwirski says when the Jews are gone!

Shut the hell up!

We have true freedom in here!

With all the communists, Ukrainians, Jews,

Poles, thieves, journalists, all equal.

- This is the future! - Quiet!

Poland has not yet perished!

- Poland has not yet perished! - Shut your trap, scum!

What the foreign force has taken from us We shall with sabre retrieve

So much as fart loudly, and it's the hole!

The Doctor sent me.

Why?

As of today, I deliver what is due.

I didn't invite you.

- Maybe I left Buddy first... - You betrayed him, fucker.

Fine.

But you're here, just like me.

Well?

Let's drink, Mr Jakub.

The Doctor won't hurt us.

So, mister young bandit?

Let's drink, as befits true criminals.

Get Buddy out of Bereza.

He's your friend.

You owe him that.

Not everything's doable.

- You have to. - Don't tell me what to do, snot!

Very nice, nice indeed!

Thank you.

A round for me.

To health ours and yours!

Why are you here?

To tell you to call that whore.

Which one?

That Polish one who came to my place saying she could help Buddy.

Do it, everything is falling apart.

Your whole criminal kingdom.

Maybe we all deserve to go down.

You love Warsaw so much.

And it loves me.

Call her, meet up.

It's our only chance to...

get Buddy out of Bereza.

Respects to Mrs Szapiro.

Hello?

Szapiro.

This evening.

This evening what?

Let's meet.

It's what you want.

Where we met for the first time.

At 8 o'clock.

No.

At 8:30.

Rendezvous?

Business.

With a woman?

I know you too well.

It's about Buddy. Maybe we can free him.

Really?

Where are you off to at this hour?

Piss off.

I resent such language.

Then listen to this:

I'm off to be a whore, daddy.

Dad!

She upset me.

You look nice.

- Good evening, Mr Szapiro. - Where is she?

The lady is waiting.

- Thank you, Szczepan. - At your service.

Just look at these Warsaw nouveaux riches.

And their provincial mugs.

That's why you're a perfect fit here.

May I take your order?

Your most expensive dish and a bottle of your best champagne.

He's paying.

At your service.

You don't like me.

I don't like the Ziembińskis.

And Poles, in general.

Kaplica is a Pole.

He's an old freedom fighter.

Different story.

You're a bit like Kmicic.

Who?

Haven't you read The Trilogy?

That Sienkiewicz of yours wrote it?

No way you haven't read Sienkiewicz.

I didn't go to Polish schools.

Enough of this.

Tell me about Kaplica.

I know how to get him out.

But tell me, what for?

You could take his place.

Have this city for yourself.

I may be a thug,

but I know what I owe and to whom.

Loyalty?

Wonderful.

So?

My father convinced the governor to send Kaplica to Bereza.

They play tennis together.

So, he could convince the governor to free him.

Get on with it!

Enough.

Nothing's free, I understand.

Let's get onto first-name terms.

Let's have a good time.

Let's keep it official.

Take me where the likes of you go for fun.

You think that you know it all

Be careful, as you might fall

Today is the day My heart it is you stole

And now I'm on your leash like a dog

Madame Potocki, do you know her?

She's a special kind of whore for rich perverts.

Just catch Mr Ziembiński in the act, and he's yours.

Why don't you get him yourself?

I want you to do it.

You must love your daddy a lot!

Though all the signs now Are showing that

Some serious danger is what you've met

With me around you will not be sad

Because it's you that I want so bad

Well? Another round?

The other ones will not turn my head

They can keep saying that I am mad

Because it's you that I want so bad

What did he do to you?

Your father?

To me, nothing. He didn't get the chance.

So?

He beat my mother.

And then apologised.

Then he beat her again, and then he no longer apologised.

She hit him back once.

She slapped him.

So, he pushed her down the stairs.

Right in front of me.

There was no investigation. Unfortunate accident. He fixed it all.

And he sent me to a boarding school in Switzerland.

Should I kill him?

No.

Let him live.

I want Andrzej to know who his father really is.

- Your brother would gladly kill me. - No.

- He's a fascist. - No.

- I know. - Come on!

Because of father. He screwed him up.

I know that I can get him out of that awful uniform.

So? Do we have a deal?

Out of the trench!

Baton.

This here Kaplica,

a Warsaw gangster and filthy communist, is not digging!

- Do you hear me? - We hear you, commander, sir!

- Do you know why, you pieces of shit? - We do not!

Because he shits on you!

Like all communists, he only looks out for himself!

That's why you will all be rewarded!

One hundred up-downs!

Now!

Down! Up!

Down!

No, Mr Kaplica. You can't overexert yourself.

Let's see how good a socialist you are.

Up!

Down!

Up!

Get that guy!

Down!

Up!

This guy!

Down!

Up!

Down!

Leave them alone, fucker!

After all, he stands up for the oppressed.

Beautiful gesture.

Get him.

Down!

Up!

Down.

Up!

Down!

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women...

He's upset. Come back tomorrow.

I'm not asking for your permission to enter.

You have to help me, Pantaleon. I know how to free Buddy.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women...

Just the two of us are left.

Stop rattling off those prayers!

Hail Mary, full of grace...

Pantaleon! Come with me!

...the fruit of thy womb Jesus!

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of...

I'm going to kill you!

Go ahead, kill me!

Kill me! Kill us!

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women...

We can do this ourselves.

Right?

We have to.

Wladysław Bełza. What will become of me?

At times, when I let my mind roam free, I think of what will become of me.

You can't...

...always hold on to mom.

You can't always hold on to mom,

As everyone has something to become.

So, maybe a brave lancer I will be, Or in a quiet village...

Hand.

Or in a quiet village a modest priest.

Maybe...

Maybe I'll take a route no fainter, And follow Matejko, our master painter.

Then, maybe I'll see it, friend...

To take care of father's land!

But whichever route I choose to go,

I will always be a good Pole!

Sit.

You fail.

Good day, madam professor!

Is it good?

Is it good?

It is!

Stop!

You keep watch.

But I want in on the real deal with you.

I won't stand around here like a fool.

I've mastered everything.

Can you whistle?

Then do what I tell you, and stay put!

Good day, I'm from the Warsaw Board of Education.

- Can I see some credentials? - Of course.

Jerzy Ziembiński.

Visits you once a week.

I'd like to talk to him here.

The prosecutor does not see people here.

Go to his office.

I want to talk to him here.

He's an influential man.

I'll be finished in both fields of my expertise.

I represent someone more influential.

Buddy Kaplica.

I know when Ziembiński comes. Don't lock the door.

I want to surprise him.

I'm counting on your discretion.

At 6 a. m. we seize the radio station and cut off communications.

At 6:10, we enter flats and offices, and eliminate our targets.

Distinguished individuals will have the option of suicide.

It should be all over by a quarter past six.

Next, Colonel Koc's troops secure key points in Warsaw and other cities,

and Śmigły becomes our's third chief of state,

after Kościuszko and Piłsudski!

When he returns from Bucharest.

He's not with us, to avoid suspicion.

Fantastic!

Thank you very much.

Pass on the orders.

What will happen to us?

Me and my men?

Archpatriots, the elite of our nation's elite.

The new chief of state will be very grateful.

And specifically?

I need something specific.

What do you have in mind?

I'm thinking that at 6:16,

there will be many vacant posts in government structures.

Of course. You have my word.

And the new chief of state's.

That's right!

What did he say?

Everything we wanted to hear.

He's lying.

Everyone lies.

Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Go.

Needs to be amputated.

Give me ether.

Ether!

Cut it.

Hold him.

Then the dwarf took off like lightning,

zip-zap.

Everyone he touched, fell to the ground, and dared not to move.

The king became afraid.

He begged for mercy, and to save his life,

he gave to the soldier his kingdom

as well as his daughter for a wife.

The end.

One more.

I'm not sleepy. Another one.

Very well.

The Goose Girl.

Hello?

Is Mr Shapiro there?

Who is speaking?

It's about a mutual acquaintance. Is Jakub there?

I can't tell if I don't know who's calling.

Anna Ziembińska.

You are that Ziembiński's mother, wife, or...?

Sister.

Jakub can't stop praising you.

My mother thinks he doesn't deserve me.

I see that all he said was true.

I like you.

It would be nice to meet you.

Wonderful.

In that case, I'll put him on.

I have to go.

You don't. You want to.

You're staying.

Stay!

How do you know that? You weren't there.

How do you know that?

He took you boxing?

To shootings? Demonstrations? Everywhere, yes?

He took care of me.

He did that after he killed your father?

He took you home?

Let you sleep on the couch?

And whatever you didn't see, he told you about it?

That's rubbish, man.

Tell him.

Tell him the truth.

About what?

What do you want?

Tell him!

What's your name?

Your name?

Moyshe Bernsztajn, I told you.

Moyshe Bernsztajn is dead.

Fuck!

Louder or you won't wake up the boys!

This is the only home I have, madam.

Back to bed!

Say something.

What?

Whatever you want.

Just remember, it will remain forever and ever, amen.

Just talk about, I don't know,

your day with us.

Good day, madam and sir!

Murderer! People! Murderer!

To Naum!

SOBENSKI'S SNACK BAR

I'd do the same if someone killed my father.

My father was innocent.

Get it?

Innocent.

You're nobody.

You and your family will never be safe again.

For fuck's sake, stop it!

You all are my enemies! Your sons are my enemies!

Give it a rest or you'll regret it!

Really? No problem.

They will all die because of you!

You will all die!

Nothing will remain of you!

No trace of the great, haughty Szapiro!

Tell me what you remembered!

Come on.

My name is...

Jakub Szapiro.

We should go there.