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1914 - the first day of the war

Don't get off! We're moving on right away.

Welcome, Mr. Tag.

Where are you going and what are you taking along?

One Jew, two Jews, it's all right. But how come there are so many?

Why are you laughing, are you mad?

Dad, we can't stay here. We're running out of time.

We're moving on? Maybe he needs anything?

There will be no more chance to stop in this heat.

Come over here!

All right, all right. Only make it quick!

What's going on?

i am thirsty.

Why are you getting off? Don't get off!

Don't get off! Now, now, drink up and we're off.

Give him milk.

We'll get off only for a minute. .

Don't get off! God forbid !

Come sonny, come.

You'll have something to eat now. He doesn't want to eat.

You've had it, we're moving off. Let's be on our way!

Hup! Hup!

All ready?

May he grow in good health.

Asta,! it is your birthday.

Look at those tyrants! . . . They are my parents!

They refuse to sanction our marriage because you are poor.

Yet i love you madly and i'll never cease.

Alfred ! My Alfred !

We have no other choice but death!

God ! How terrible! How miserable i am!

We'll die together today.

This is poison. We'll take it. . . i first!

No! i first. i beg of you, give me this vial with poison.

No, i will go first.

Take it!

Let my mother find our bodies when it's too late. . . too late. . .

it burns, Alfred ! The poison is burning my insides.

Stay brave till the end.

God, why did i let you take your life?

i beg you, save yourself! it is too late for me.

i feel the kiss of death on my lips.

i love you. My gallant knight.

i beg you, save yourself. Save yourself!

i love you !

What is this supposed to mean?!?

Stop it! There are mothers with children present!

it's a scandal !

it is just an amateur performance.

Children, we're going home.

Curtain! Quiet, please! Nothing has happened. Quiet please.

i, as the director of this play. . .

i can't take it any more. My feet are sore.

i told you the new shoes would pinch.

You should've taken the old ones.

How far can you walk on foot in a day?

What's the purpose of this wandering?

Since times immemorial there has never been anything like this.

in a real war the two armies go to battle.

They decide: we shall fight here, off the town.

The armies take positions. . . with cannons, munitions, infantry. . .

The generals are located on nearby hills.

When the enemy dispatches its left flank, it is countered with the right.

And right must be countered with left. But not like this?!

To overrun the town without even knocking on the door.

it's bad manners!

Are you surprised?

Who starts a war wants it end as soon as possible in his victory.

Our emperor is the same.

i admit i know nothing about flanks. i am not Hoetzendorf.

it's immaterial, Mr. Apfelbaum!

Apfelgrun.

My apologies, Mr. Apfelgrun.

You must, however, admit that the enemy is in a hurry, it's true.

But why is the tsar in a hurry?

The simple answer is that he has to!

What are we waiting for?

Either we go back home, or we move on!

i'm fed up with these speeches!

Mum is right. Let's go.

Stay away of this. We'll be gone presently.

Asia, let's go.

Mr. Apfelgrun, what was i saying?

Mom, why do we have to go?

. . .i got it. i was talking about ammunition.

Do Russians have enough ammunition?

My sources claim this war will be fought with bayonets.

The important things is that the enemy is in a hurry.

i have already escaped once with my family. From a pogrom.

But here is Austria, not Kishinev.

Thank God, pogroms will not happen here as long as the emperor reigns.

Every Jew wishes him a long life in good health.

it is a pity only that he is not a Jew himself.

Maybe for better, if he were a Jew, he might not admit the connection.

it's enough that his heart is Jewish.

A Jewish heart!

What do i care about the emperor?

God support, God protect the emperor. . .

Only a man with no views who doesn't read papers can speak like this.

One can never tell who holds more views.

A minimum of class is the first requirement.

A man should be a man, first of all.

it's not that stupid, Mr. Gershon.

My words exactly. Humanity above all !

And accord !

As the proverb goes: concord builds discord ruins.

How right you are, Mr. Socialist.

if you want to win a war you must have concord first.

The Jerusalem Temple was destroyed because of discord. . .

Well, i didn't start this. . .

We need concord to win the war.

We must win it not only for the emperor, but for ourselves, too.

Let's clean up the mugs.

They will be here soon.

What "they"? What are you talking about?

The Cossacks! They will take our cows, everything !

Let's run away. Lolka is already 13. Let's don't forget it.

Grandpa, everybody is running away. Let's join them.

You should know Grandpa. Come, at least get changed.

The Cossacks are already in the wood.

Why aren't you running away Tag?

Where to, lady baroness?

Get in. Quick.

if a man is not safe in his own bed, then where will he be?

Among strangers?

This is not a good time for philosophy.

They will be here any time.

Yevdokha, go to the barn now.

You old devil !

The wandering and escape began, it won't end soon.

When is this to end? is this why you chose us, God? Thank you.

Had our forefather Abraham not begun his wanderings,

it'd have saved us quite a few kilometers during all years.

How many volumes has history filled? Six? Seven?

What now?

Jump into the cellar.

We won't jump anywhere.

Why?

They will ask for vodka first. And they will find the cellar.

Mom is right.

The first night is the worst. i will hide you in the cellar.

Rest assured i will not let them in there.

Where are the women? Escaped. Why? i am also wondering why.

Because they are stupid !

Stupid ! Stupid ! That is all we ever hear.

What a time for migraine. Lolka, my drops.

No, wait, i'll fetch them myself.

What is going on?

Come in the kitchen.

i'll close the trap-door and cover it.

They are here.

Open door! Open window! Now!

They speak German without the articles?

They pretend to be our boys.

Don't open the window!

No fear!

Are you Cossacks?

No, Hungarian.

My God, they are our troops!

Grandpa, open up!

You should have told so at once.

Call in the others! Come in!

Where are Russians?

You are still looking for them?

Me and my comrades. Lost our regiment.

Understand or not understand?

Understand !

They lost their regiment of hussars.

How can this be?

it just can. This is war. it isn't this officer's fault.

My apologies, don't take offense.

Offense? What a nice start to the war!

How many regiments will the emperor lose?

Away from the window!

istvan!

Cossacks!

Mr. Honved, we have already won the war.

You are standing here, Mr. Honved, as if you have fired a shot.

Let's light the lamp.

Lolka, get me the kerchief from the hook.

it's Yevdokha's.

Never mind. Light at night draws people in.

We'll pretend we are away.

When a fool closes his eyes, he thinks he is invisible.

Sit down, Mr. Honved.

My God, you know the secrets of the world.

You know all the hidden secrets of all the living. My Lord.

What is your name?

Yevdokha.

Where are you from?

The village.

What do you do?

i graze cows.

Will you be my servant?

i will.

Open up!

She's alive!

Put her down, son. Let me help.

My God, where shall we put her?

in my room.

My God, maybe you can help?

Asia. . . Asia. . .

Where is your father?

She's alive, she's alive. . .

She must be taken to the hospital.

What hospital? There is not one there now.

Where's Wilf, the photographer?

Bum, where is your father?

Get out!

God has taken what He has given.

Blessed be the Just Judge.

Bum, for the fear of God, what are you doing?!

She is alive!

He's laughing?

Leave this room, now.

We must do something. We can't leave her here.

Get a sheet and another candlestick.

Lolka, fetch some straw. We have to wait through the night.

All night long ! God, i won't stand it. What a headache!

For the sin which i have committed openly or secretly,

for the sin of my debauchery,

for the sin of my false confession. . .

For the sin i have committed in speech and writing.

it's going to kill me! Where is my Asia!

Where is my only dauther! The crown of the family!

Watch out! i barely stand.

What a boy! it's his fault. i kept telling her: Asia stay with us.

But he kept hanging around and there you are. . .

Blanka, come, sit down. Leave this.

Leave? Can't you see him lying by your daughter?

A Jew would never lie like this even by his wife.

My God, you understand nothing.

Give me a bowl of cold water to dip my feet.

it's a miracle i am still alive with such feet.

There is water in the kitchen. . . And a bowl too.

it's not my fault.

Please stay Mr. Wilf! Bum lad, you will also help us.

We will remove her from the bed and put her on the floor.

Bum, can you hear me? Get up, it will give you strength.

Spread the straw by the wall.

Watch out. We'll put her down with her feet to the door.

Now she has left this place.

Anshel ! What are you staring at?

Thank him! Can't you see what he is doing for me?

Danke. . . Blanka, we must take Asia home.

What for? Why carry her back and forth? And who will?

You? By yourself? Do you have enough strength?

i will hire a cart.

And why was i fleeing the Cossacks?

To run into them at night, in an empty street.

He has never heard what they can do.

A whole regiment catch a single girl and. . .

Do you know what they do!?!

i am not going anywhere. Go alone, if you have to. i am staying here.

Blanka, it's unbecoming.

What is? i don't quite follow.

What will people say?

Come on, is a doctor not a man? What's the difference.

is it in who is better? Am i wrong, officer?

Yes!

is old Tag here?

A hussar. . .

Why are you silent?

Was the hussar here?

No. There was no one here.

What now?

You, old devil.

Asia.

Bum, please, leave me alone!

Don't be afraid !

No, please, leave me! Not here.

So where? There are only trees around.

Stop it. Someone may hear you.

Let them hear! Let them see! i don't care!

i don' care about your stepmother and my mother. . .

Don't talk like this, or i'll take offence.

Bum, they are shooting !

Asia! Don't run!

Bum! My son!

You are in fever, can you hear me?

Have you got a headache? Tell me! Get up!

Leave me alone.

i won't leave you now. You are not a baby any more.

Look, her parents are gone already.

What will people say?

What a smell ! i am going now. You can't stay here over the night.

That's the way to mourn a wife.

Go away!

You would not mourn so a relative.

Go away! What do you want from me!?

How dare you speak like this to your own mother?!

i know! You are happy now!

i hate you !

My God, he went mad !

Go away!

At your own mother?!

Oh God !

What happened, Sabina? What's wrong with you?

Bum, what is going on?

What is the row for?

Must everything fall apart on the first day of the war?

What's all this!

But nothing out of the ordinary has happened !

it is not enough for him.

What happened, father?

Have some respect for the sanctity of death!

Leave.

Let's call this virgin's father.

Somebody has to sit by the body. This is the Jewish custom. . .

What kind of a father is he?

He should keep wake by her.

Where is photographer Wilf?

Why isn't he here? He is the father!

Hush! Just one death and you have already grown used to it?

Mr. Kramer, take your wife. Let her calm down.

He is right!

Yes, you are right. Come, Sabina. Bum!

Leave Bum alone.

But i have something to tell him. i am his father.

Mr. Kramer, the father, the mother? What does this mean?

Father, mother - they mean nothing.

A man lives without them all his life.

And they always appear when least needed.

Oh Bum! How i wish it was tomorrow already.

Bum, do you think i believe in God?

i find it harder and harder.

And the harder i find it, the more i am scared of Him.

But if you at least can doubt in God, then it is good.

Nothing can come of itself. There must be a man and a woman.

There must be a sin! And that is why one must believe!

Or i'd rather say, not quite believe, but doubt in God.

And that's why i don't know what is a sin and what isn't. . .

Do you understand Bum?

We must make a death dress for Asia.

Actually, what are those Cossack horses like?

What a question? A horse is a horse always looks the same.

You are such a wise man, Mr. Pritsch.

it takes a minimum of class, Mr. Apfelgrun.

What is it?

Two more wagons have arrived.

The Hasidim?

Yes.

With their women? With children?

A disaster!

Would you rather welcome the Cossacks?

The night is not over yet.

Open the gate and lock it up after them.

Now it is like Noah's Ark.

Do you know the story of the pig in Noah's Ark?

You probably know it better!

it's a remarkable story, and a funny one too! So the pig. . .

Everybody talks about himself. . .

Did you want to say something Mr. Pritsch?

i didn't want to. i did say!

What did you say? Repeat it!

Dear Jews! Pretty Jews!

Welcome him with the respect which such a holy Jew deserves.

Blessed be the visitor. . .

Blessed be. . .

Blessed ! Blessed ! Why should i care?

Mr. Kramer.

But naturally. . . Why not. . . Such a visitor. Blessed be the visitor.

Right now! The tzaddiq wishes to wash his hands. Water!

Water!

Leave them to me. i'll lead them out.

Come, the flock of his holiness, follow me to the kitchen.

From my depth i summoned you God.

My Lord, hear my song.

May you lend your ear to my begging.

if you remember the sins, God, who will be left to save.

in You there is the absolution to make the men fearful. . .

i am waiting for God.

i am expecting Him with all my soul.

i am expecting His word. My soul is expecting the Lord.

More than the guard expects the dawn. More then the guard expects the daybreak. . .

May israel expect God, for in God resides mercy and great absolution.

He shall absolve israel of all its sins.

Somehow, it's a kind of unbecoming. i have already prayed.

But one can at least stand up. What's the use offending the others.

Twenty four, twenty. . .

Mom has never been so ill as today.

You're stupid !

She is right. You can't call her stupid every time.

Lolka, bring me water.

Blanka!

She is not here? She said she was going upstairs.

She was here for a minute. But she even refused to lie on the bed.

She was just waiting for Mr. Wilf to leave.

He has been here few times already, looking for her.

i need to fetch some straw to the kitchen. i'll be back.

What straw? My God, what will this home look like?

it's Friday. How will i get everything ready for Saturday? My God. . .

Yevdokha!

You're awake? Where is the ladder?

Over there.

Please take the lamp away. it dazzles me.

Any better now?

Thank you. And thank God you have come.

Thank God anybody has. Now tell him.

Tell whom?

Him.

Please, tell him.

Oh, yes. Mr. Wilf, the tzaddiq said :

"Find the father of the killed virgin who became what may be the absolution of all israel."

That's it. His daughter was killed by Cossacks. She is dead.

And he has some visions. it's a shame!

it takes a bad father to think of such things at such a moment.

Blanka, what?

And the hussar?

Don't even come close to me.

What about the hussar?

The hussar? Do i know Hungarian to talk to him?

Please tell him that as of today i am no longer Blanka to him.

This is the end.

Blanka, how can you?

How can i? i cannot live like this any more.

Blanka, don't look here, don't look there!

Did i tell you this?

Have you reached an agreement? Thank God.

There was a hussar, there isn't any more.

if Cossacks found him here, they would do nothing to him, but could hang me.

Can they catch him?

You heard they wouldn't harm him.

Take the straw to the kitchen. i will be there presently.

Yevdokha!

Where have you been?

None of your business.

You. . .

Let go, old devil !

Go to sleep and don't move.

i am not sleepy.

if i see you with a hussar, i'll kill you both.

Old devil !

i shall love you God, my strength.

God is my rock. God is my fortress.

i shall trust Him.

From the depth i summon You God.

Lord ! Hear my voice.

Enough! i don't know about the others, but i am not psalmodic Jew.

i am not made for manual work. Not all of us here are water carriers.

We have our own songs.

Yes, we have our own songs.

Sing !

A psalm is a psalm, but now you sing !

Sing, singer, with an echo. . .

The tzaddiq tells you to sing. The tzaddiq tells you to make merry.

Who knows where does God live?

Where God lives i know.

Where is the door open? Where does God live?

Who knows?

Where the door is open i know. Where is the house where God lives?

Where is the door open. . . Where is the house. . . Where is the house. . . !

My dear! My beloved ! My beautiful Jews!

Today may be compared to the day when the temple was destroyed !

Can one sing on a day like this? One must not.

This is a day of mourning. i told you,

i warned you that she was laying in this house!

What did the Jew said, when, where?

i told you.

Ha! When will the undertakers come to take her. Ah me! Look at me!

Who is lying? Where? What she?

The girl who was killed.

Look at me! Just at me!

Let him say something.

What happened? i can't hear anything.

Look at a sinner! Look at me! i am standing here and i sin!

i am speaking and i sin. i am in the sin up to my neck! Ha?

Danger. . . The Priests.

Yes, the danger of death is pacing in the street.

i also come from the priestly stock.

So am i and i must not be under one roof with a dead person either.

But the threat of death erases the sin.

Why did i not follow my son?

Rebbe, i will go home. May i?

What did he say?

Rebbe, give me your blessing for the road and i go.

The great holy tzaddiq has permitted us to stay here.

i am going back, too. Will you take me? i have no business me.

i have no wife nor daughter. What will the Cossacks do to me?

Rebbe, give me your blessing, so that i meet no obstacles on my way home.

Wait a minute, Mr. Jew. "On your way back home?"

The tzaddiq will have to go on foot? You don't care about that?

The tzaddiq already gave me his hand.

Two fingers only! But you must ask me first.

Though he is sitting here, he is somewhere high above, among angels.

He is not to think whether a baker is to go home or not.

There is lethal danger in the street!

Sit here and don't move!

You also have a wife and children. Do you want to bring misfortune on your family?

And that's the end of it!

i can't make head or tails of it all.

He has a cart and a horse, and he can't go where he wants to?

This is the first time i agree. His cart, his right.

if he wants to go, let him. Everyone has the right.

But he doesn't know what may happen on the way.

What is going on? Are we going back on foot?

Hush! The tzaddiq is coming back to us.

He is already with us!

Bread.

Now, now. . .

And you draw the bread from the ground. . .

Amen!

Where does God live? Who knows?

Where does God live? i know.

is this appropriate? Think, my dear!

i have told you already that she is laying in this house.

And you want to go on dancing. Any moment now may be the last one.

The end of the world?

Yes! The end of the world !

So what? We will hear the Messiah's bugle. i already hear his steps.

The dance lifts us up three feet above the ground. And the Messiah is in the song.

What do you know, inn-keeper, about the Messiah?

i will tell you. i will tell you about the Messiah.

This is the story of the holy Besht.

He said that as he was about to bring the Messiah, he called on Him :

Messiah! i command you to come, just like our holy forefathers. . .

. . .Like Abraham, isaac, Jacob, Moses!

Come and see Messiah how my Jews suffer.

i can no longer watch the suffering of my people.

And a great storm started and then great darkness came.

And in the midst of them all a brief moment of silence came,

and within that silence the Messiah was just about to appear.

This would be an end to out cares, diseases, death,

may God have mercy on our heads. . .

And then the most favourite disciple of Besht laughed out loudly.

He was the Satan who was in the ears of Haman who wanted to hang all Jews.

May he be caught by a kind of death

so that not a single bone will be found of him and let's say: Umein!

Umein!

Will the tzaddiq allow?

What do you want to say?

Don't be angry with me!

Come on, speak.

Merriment and rejoicing !

Moses will read the Torah to us! Aaron will sing,

while Miriam will dance. . . it means. . . it means. . .

it means, that it is already beginning !

You are already dreaming about that woman.

Naked harlot! Take care not to choke! Out!

You shameless! Out! She's gone?

The priest has arrived. He is waiting.

i am older than you.

Two years only.

Older, still.

Tag, wait!

Ego te baptiso in nomine Patri. . .

No, no, you must not.

What's going on here, Tag?

There is a killed girl lying here.

And those screams? Your weepers?

We don't employ them.

So who is there?

Better just ask who isn't, father. An Ark of Noah.

Nicely put.

The worst thing is that there are women and children there.

What am i to do with them?

Do they have to scream like this?

There are some very strong believers. . .

They shout to fend off their own thoughts.

What a moment they've picked for exorcism.

Yes.

Yes?

Yes what? The fools may bring suffering on the innocent.

Do you think they are to blame?

Don't catch me in my words. i am your elder and i deserve respect.

Older! Just two years. You have always seemed younger. Also today.

i've come to fetch you with your daughter-in-law and grand-daughter.

The Cossacks may be here any minute now.

What about them?

Them?

The children!

They'll do no harm to children.

And the women?

i can only take your family.

How can i leave people in my home. With us, it's sanctity.

What if one of them is Elijah, the prophet.

The prophet will be fine. Don't worry.

There is a dead virgin at my place.

She has to be purified and shrouded in a death robe.

They are singing again. i'll be right back. Or maybe you are in a hurry?

i can't wait long.

Gershon, help!

What am i to do?

i wish i knew.

Name, name? Josele, say his name.

Rebbe, i won't give you any bill.

Tell your Hasidim to stop.

The Cossacks may raid this place at any time.

What's going on?

Josele, Josele!

Can't i leave the tzaddiq alone for a moment?

is he a man of iron? You must talk to him through me.

For God's sake! Make them stop.

Who can you? On a night like this!

Why is tonight different from all other nights of the year?

Rebbe, tell them to stop.

What do you want, my son?

Rebbe, good, dear Rebbe! Tell them to stop.

This is a danger of death, danger to the soul !

Write it down!

Rebbe, there is death in my house.

She is lying in my house.

She'll recover.

Stop! What are you thinking?

Do you want to bring misfortune on you and on my home?

Life! Life!

Do you see the naked harlot with her bare ass?

No.

Tell us all that you see! Tell about everything. . .

Enough. This is enough! Stop it! Hush!

Have no fear.

What happened?

Rebbe has seen a large cloud !

And we were so close. . .

Better look at him! An evil spirit will not leave him in peace.

Meat! Give him a slice of pork like to some goy. From a pig's ass!

Listen israel ! Our Lord is God Alone!

it is through ones like you that anyone will have access to us.

He is possessed by an obsession. . .

Look, Jews what i eat!

My son, apparently you don't realize what you hold in your hand.

i don't? i do. i know very well.

This is a chunk of pork.

Then you don't know that it is the fast-day.

Why shouldn't i know. i know very well.

Today is the Day of Judgment!

Then you certainly don't know that on the Day of Judgment

God writes down in the Book of Life who will live

for the whole year until the next Day of Judgment.

Why should not i know? i know too well but i just don't give a damn!

Say, son, maybe what you hold is not pig. Maybe you are just pretending.

i am not. This is a chunk of pig meat.

And if you want i can eat it right now.

God ! look at your people! Even the worst refuse to offend you with a lie.

God ! Look at this man. He did not want to offend You on the Day of Judgment.

i wanted to offend God, because i was angry with Him.

But now i see how stupid i was.

if i failed to offend the Rabbi, then how i can irritate the Supreme One. . .

What are you doing? Are you gone mad, boy?

Help me, Father, later on i will manage myself.

Crazy boy. God !

Yevdokha, have you seen old Tag?

No.

Where can he be?

i don't know.

Haven't you seen my husband? He kept on following me and now he disappeared.

Old Tag is not there?

is there anyone there?

Let me in.

i won't.

Please, let me in.

i will not.

i must go in there!

There is no one out there in the meadow, only your husband.

Tell her to let me in.

Let her in, Yevdokha.

i will not.

What can we do? Let's go. i will not fight with her.

Where have you been? i was looking for you in the meadow.

i haven't been anywhere.

Bare-foot on wet grass? You may catch cold. Go upstairs and sleep.

i don't want to sleep. Leave me alone.

Fire.

Have you seen Bum?

i don't know.

isn't he there?

No.

Come down!

Quickly!

The town is on fire!

Fire.

Jew is coming.

i can't find Bum anywhere.

What do you mean?

When i saw the fire i ran up to tell Bum. There was nobody there.

The town is on fire and the crazy boy is gone!

What dreams i had last night. May it befall my enemies. . .

One's own thoughts are one's greatest enemy.

The whole town is in flames!

Open the gate!

You can see it better view from the road.

Wait! Gentlemen!

Where is that? What street can it be?

The market place!

Why the market place?

i'd rather say near the church.

My wine store!

My apartment!

Who is going with me? i am going to the town!

i am.

i am not going back.

Maybe there is still time.

There's no time. We must go.

No, i am not going back.

Wait! i am going with you !

if everybody is going, i will too.

Let's get started, Mr. Wohl.

Mr. Wohl, we'll take Pritsch along.

All right.

Mr. Pritsch!

Where is my husband?

Oh God.

Mum!

Where is my child? Oh God !

Mum!

Grandpa, Grandpa!

What should we do?

Go back to bed.

Papa, i saw the fire break out! Can they come here too?

Fire.

Let it burn! Let it all burn down.

Blanka!

We must wake them up!

What for? The more quiet the better.

But the town's on fire!

And they will help?

There is a prayer against everything - the thunder and the rainbow,

but there is no prayer against fire.

"The maker of fire lights. . .

. . .only this one thing. . .

All you can think of is singing. . .

Cantor, the son of the Cantor.

"The maker of fire lights. . ."

Bum, this way we won't make it to the cemetery.

i will make it alone, Father.

Where? Who are you?

For heaven's sake, we are taking a corpse to the cemetery.

People!

Jesus and Mary!

And he said to Esther. . . our adversary and enemy Haman. . .

"Here is the tree which Haman prepared for Mordekhai".

Haman ended up on the gallows he had prepared for Mordekhai !

The Jew does not kill, just like the fish cannot fly and the bird cannot swim.

Jewishness rests on a column like on a single leg, on learning !

Love thy neighbour as thou lovest thyself!

This is our whole wisdom. Anybody can learn it by standing on one leg.

Our history is full of false judgements of our enemies.

We are always surrounded by Hamans. . .

. . .just like wolves surround helpless sheep.

And what can a helpless man have against Haman?

Only his pure heart.

As i am standing now before the tree of death, i have only my pure heart.

Haman! i give you the pearls for the boy's life!

Lullaby, my little darling.

When you grow up you'll be a Jew.

Almond and raisin, it will be a trade.

Yevdokha, are you asleep?

What's the matter?

What do you want?

i am afraid. . .

What's the matter with you, devil?

i am old, Yevdokha.

Don't be afraid, you old devil.

They want to hang Bum.

i knew it would end like this.

i've done all i could. i begged the commandant.

But he didn't kill.

Why did i help him to take the corpse away. The older one gets the more stupid.

i must go to the commandant.

What for?

i must tell them that they want to hang an innocent man.

You can't help.

This is the end of it all. Not only for me. i have to go. . .

You are so stubborn.

What did you expect, Father? You know i am a Jew and i will remain one.

You're different.

All Jews are alike and i am no different.

On whose behalf shall we speak?

i don't know.

Who sent us?

i am going on my own.

First you go with me to the church, i will hear your confession.

We confess only once, it is a prayer before dying.

i have already told you that.

i won't let you go.

We're going together.

No, i know you will go alone.

i will return. i won't be there long.

You are lying !

Be a good girl for Nina and Lolka.

They will take cows, everything.

Let me go.

Then go, you old devil !

The keys are in the drawer. The money is in the wallet.

Give everything to Nina. Be good to her.

They will kill you there!

You old devil !

Old devil !

Easy! What's the haste?

Where is the fire?

Why did they wake him? The tzaddiq must have nerves of steel to stand it.

Look, he is barely alive! Who has waked him?

What a difference does it make?

i was waking him, he was, everybody was.

What for?

This question doesn't make sense. The town is on fire!

So what?

There is a prayer and there is a blessing for all.

Stay away!

i would like to know. is the fire far or near?

And if it is near, and let's say it's, although it isn't, then what?

is this reason enough to wake the tzaddiq? is he a firemen?

Now, now, now. . .

God bless you.

Long life!

The time comes for the morning of calling the Name.

What a great God we have.

This day will be no worse than yesterday.

Umein.

Hush! Now the tzaddiq will say something.

God willing, we will be worthy to hear his voice.

it's a delight to be a Jew.

Delight!

At the beginning God created Heaven and Earth. . .

and then the Lord said : let there be light.

Light.

And God saw that light was good.

And evening came, and morning came.

The first day.

Praise the Lord with your bugles and songs!

He led us from sorrow towards joy.

From darkness to the great light.

The weeping will rise in the night. The joy will return in the morning.

The sin will rise in the night. The absolution will return in the morning.

The voice will rise in the night. it will be heard in the morning.

Fear will rise in the night. Trust will return in the morning.

Death will rise in the night. Resurrection will return at dawn.

Let's go and bathe in the water.

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Authoring - Wojciech Janio Menu design - Juliusz Wojciechowski

Subtitles: Translation - Krzysztof Fordonski Synchronization - Ewa Jankowska