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00:00:00The year is 1914. Europe is divided into two imperialist groups.
00:00:27One is led by highly-intelligent Germans, who want to rule not only Europe, but the whole world.
00:00:34Great Britain, France and Russia oppose this aspiration, and they have created an alliance called Entente.
00:00:41Stanik and his wife, Róża, live in a mine settlement.
00:00:49Stanik brought with him from Bielowiec to the city his father's dreams of Poland.
00:00:53He supports it and develops it. In this spirit, he raises his children.
00:01:00Tomasz, the eldest son, has already served in the army and works as a foreman in the same mine as his father.
00:01:09He married Paulina.
00:01:13Jerzy, the second son, was appointed to the army after graduating from high school. He graduates from an officer's school.
00:01:20The youngest, Henryk, also attends high school, where the majority are young people from German families.
00:01:32Teresa married Robert Vanot, a miner from the same mine, where her father and brother work.
00:01:40Elżbieta married Erwin Łachutka, a smith from Koksów.
00:01:47Antoni still lives in Sosnowiec.
00:01:52His son, Mieczysław, also lives here.
00:01:57He was happy to return from the Russo-Japanese war to his wife Danusia and son Michał.
00:03:17Comrades, from now on you belong to the reserve corps of our undefeated army.
00:03:24The officer's dignity is due to observing this proud maxim.
00:03:31The honor of the fatherland, glory and deeds of the Polish people,
00:03:37we, the soldiers, consider to be sacred.
00:03:42With great pleasure, I awarded the nomination to Lieutenant-Colonel Jerzy Pasternik,
00:03:48who, with his attitude, vigilance and ambition,
00:03:54earned the highest praise.
00:03:58I congratulate you once again. Thank you, gentlemen.
00:04:05We're going to Eldorado.
00:04:08Without me.
00:04:10Wait, you don't have to be polite anymore.
00:04:14You're welcome.
00:04:16You're welcome.
00:04:18You're welcome.
00:04:20You're welcome.
00:04:22You're welcome.
00:04:24You're welcome.
00:04:25Wait, you don't have to be polite anymore.
00:04:29You're already an officer.
00:04:32Tomorrow you're leaving Berlin for your gloomy Upper Silesia.
00:04:38You can even hurt one of these old farts.
00:04:42You'll duel and you'll kill the old man honorably.
00:04:47Gerhard, I can't.
00:04:49I understand.
00:04:50You wanted to be the first.
00:04:53You needed it for something.
00:04:56But now?
00:04:58Do you want to know?
00:05:01I just can't afford Eldorado.
00:05:04Who's talking about money here?
00:05:07The old man sent me some money.
00:05:10I invite you to a farewell dinner.
00:05:13Who knows when we'll meet again?
00:05:20Cheers!
00:05:37Comrades!
00:05:39Silence!
00:05:41Let's drink to our friendship!
00:05:51Gentlemen!
00:05:53This is the treasure of our table.
00:05:56Miss Lieselotta, the most beautiful lady in Berlin.
00:06:00Whoever has a different opinion will duel with me.
00:06:04Maybe you, lieutenant.
00:06:07You're a suspect of theft.
00:06:10I give you the right to choose a weapon.
00:06:13Cognac or rum?
00:06:15Rum!
00:06:17Rum!
00:06:19Lieselotta, serve the wine.
00:06:43Don't be stupid.
00:06:45Don't you want to duel?
00:06:48Where's your honor?
00:06:50My shoe!
00:06:52Pick it up.
00:06:55Calm down, Gerd.
00:06:57You drank too much.
00:06:59Not for you.
00:07:01Pick it up or I'll kick you out.
00:07:15Get out of here!
00:07:16Shut up!
00:07:18Shut up!
00:07:47No!
00:07:49Father!
00:07:51Do you know what August Kubitsa did?
00:07:54Let's catch Kubitsa.
00:07:59And how's it going?
00:08:01How's it going with Latin?
00:08:04Caesar.
00:08:06The Gallic Wars.
00:08:08The whole Gallia is divided into three parts.
00:08:13And so on.
00:08:14How's it going in Svandra?
00:08:17In Latin.
00:08:19Of course.
00:08:21The prince is alive in Latin.
00:08:24He's fine.
00:08:26How was it?
00:08:28The whole family went.
00:08:30And you?
00:08:32How's it going in Berlin?
00:08:34It's a big city.
00:08:36I know that.
00:08:39Now there's an officer.
00:08:41You have to find a decent job.
00:08:44And get married.
00:08:48When will you go to work?
00:08:51Back to the post office.
00:08:53That's what they think.
00:08:55A good job.
00:08:57In the post office, in the railway, in the magistrate.
00:09:00Good jobs for the educated.
00:09:02George, come here.
00:09:05Sit down.
00:09:07What do you mean?
00:09:08What do you mean?
00:09:10Have you forgotten how to talk to your mother?
00:09:13I'm sorry.
00:09:15But I've been talking to her in German for so long.
00:09:18It's high time, brother,
00:09:20that you started talking in our language.
00:09:23And I wouldn't put him in an honorable position.
00:09:26An officer is an officer,
00:09:28and a father should have an honorable position.
00:09:30Well, brothers, sit down next to me.
00:09:32I don't want to bother you.
00:09:34Here you are.
00:09:36We have to do something with him.
00:09:39He'll get married.
00:09:41He'll marry a woman.
00:09:43That's how it is.
00:09:45Few people will please such an educated man.
00:09:48Why shouldn't she please him?
00:09:51As long as she can clean up,
00:09:53do the dishes,
00:09:55she'll do it.
00:09:57I wonder
00:09:59when our officer will be with you.
00:10:01Or with me.
00:10:03We have two rooms and a kitchen.
00:10:06You and him in one room,
00:10:08and Heinel in the other.
00:10:10And he'll sleep with Heinel.
00:10:13Why not?
00:10:15Everyone in your house had a third room.
00:10:17We didn't have an officer in our house.
00:10:21Heinel is learning.
00:10:23It's not a bad thing.
00:10:25He has to be calm.
00:10:27So we both
00:10:29go to the cellar
00:10:31in our room
00:10:33and everyone will be quiet.
00:10:35We don't have to go to the cellar.
00:10:37We have a big kitchen.
00:10:39If we put a bed there
00:10:41and make a curtain,
00:10:43Heinel will have his own corner.
00:10:45He's learning in the evening,
00:10:47so he'll be hungry for a long time.
00:10:49And you won't be here.
00:10:51When?
00:10:53When there's no one in the kitchen,
00:10:55he'll be calm.
00:10:57I agree with you
00:10:58that you can't give advice.
00:11:28Another one.
00:11:45Another recommended letter.
00:11:47Well.
00:12:28What happened, Mr. Pasternik?
00:12:29What's going on, Mr. Pasternik?
00:12:56I'm missing 50 marks.
00:12:59Are you out of your mind?
00:13:01I've checked it a few times.
00:13:05You must report this to your superior.
00:13:08I'm missing 50 marks.
00:13:29Do you agree with this?
00:13:31I agree with the accuracy of the calculation.
00:13:34I disagree with the error.
00:13:36I don't know what happened.
00:13:38I don't know what's going on.
00:13:48Please come with me.
00:13:58Sometimes I look at you when I pass by the hall.
00:14:01It looks to me as if you were absent.
00:14:05Don't you like this job?
00:14:10Why should I like it?
00:14:13You've lost a lot of money today.
00:14:19That's true.
00:14:21We'll give you a discount.
00:14:26You see, working at the post office is not only an honor.
00:14:30It's also a responsibility.
00:14:34As an officer, you realize your responsibility.
00:14:39We trusted you.
00:14:42We promoted you to the level of an assistant.
00:14:46After a few years of hard work, you can become an inspector.
00:14:50And then you can achieve a lot in life.
00:14:53You have a bright future ahead of you.
00:15:00Yes, that's her.
00:15:02Who is she?
00:15:04A letter from Leipzig.
00:15:06To Leipzig.
00:15:20It's him.
00:15:22The music library in Leipzig. I remember the address.
00:15:25I'm also interested in music.
00:15:27There's a transmitter.
00:15:29Are you sure it's about this person?
00:15:32Of course.
00:15:36I don't want to have anything to do with it.
00:15:54Good evening.
00:15:56Could I talk to Mrs. Wellinger?
00:15:59One moment, please.
00:16:03Who was that?
00:16:05A man is asking about Mrs. Irma.
00:16:17Good evening.
00:16:19My name is Jerzy Pasternik.
00:16:22I was an assistant.
00:16:24Could I talk to Mrs. Wellinger?
00:16:29At this time?
00:16:30For me, it's a very important matter.
00:16:34Oh, yes.
00:16:36Please come in.
00:16:43Please wait here.
00:16:56Jerzy Pasternik, mail assistant.
00:16:59Do you remember me?
00:17:03You?
00:17:05No, I don't remember you.
00:17:07Today you gave me a letter and a money transfer.
00:17:12I don't know if it's from you.
00:17:16To the music library.
00:17:20Since when does this post censor mail?
00:17:22Didn't you notice that I gave you too much change?
00:17:26About 50 marks.
00:17:28Something like that.
00:17:30You don't know what you're saying.
00:17:33Maybe you didn't notice it at all.
00:17:36Please leave.
00:17:38Let's explain it calmly.
00:17:40Out!
00:17:42What's going on here?
00:17:44This man accuses me of embezzling some money.
00:17:48This is insolence.
00:17:49I'm not accusing you of anything.
00:17:51I just wanted to explain something.
00:17:53Secondly, it's not some money, it's mine.
00:18:07Jerzy, long time no see.
00:18:10How are you?
00:18:14Come to the monopole, we'll talk.
00:18:16I'm naked.
00:18:17Who's asking about money? I'm asking.
00:18:20I'm hearing this question for the second time in a short time.
00:18:24Don't philosophize.
00:18:26If it weren't for your embezzlement, I wouldn't have passed my exams.
00:18:29And if I didn't pass my exams, I wouldn't be happy.
00:18:31You see, they didn't take me into the army.
00:18:33I have Plathus, and I owe it to you.
00:18:35What, Plathus?
00:18:37You see, since then.
00:18:40Dear Walter,
00:18:42what's the point of being a reserve officer?
00:18:44What's the point of being a reserve officer?
00:18:47When I came back to the same family apartment,
00:18:50where I have to sleep on a haystack,
00:18:52and go to the yard to the toilet.
00:18:55And because I'm an officer,
00:18:57I was promoted to an assistant at the post office.
00:19:00I have a chance to become an inspector after a few years.
00:19:06And after a few years, a super-inspector.
00:19:10And when my teeth start to fall out,
00:19:12maybe I'll get a job at the post office,
00:19:15in Kochłowice or in Dąbrówka.
00:19:20You're so stupid, Jörg.
00:19:24And you were so smart in school.
00:19:31Why didn't you get a job in Berlin?
00:19:34Or why didn't you become a professional officer?
00:19:39But it's not too late.
00:19:42You're talented, ambitious.
00:19:46Get out of this hole while you still can.
00:19:52Man,
00:19:54poverty is not God's will.
00:19:58It's a grave sin.
00:20:06Irma, you should have listened to him to the end.
00:20:10Father, I was supposed to listen to these idiots?
00:20:13That I'm a thief?
00:20:15Did you check if the money was correct?
00:20:18No. So what?
00:20:20I was treated like a thief,
00:20:22and you're angry with me.
00:20:24Let's leave it.
00:20:26More noise than it's worth.
00:20:28People will say that Wellinger's daughter
00:20:31took 50 marks for herself.
00:20:33They'll beat me up like a rag.
00:20:35After all, we're here to destroy the model of German morality.
00:20:39The Germans are watching us all the time.
00:20:50I have to tell you one thing.
00:20:53He's not exactly the model of a postman,
00:20:56but he's an extremely solid and honest man.
00:21:00He worked in this office before the army.
00:21:03He returned as a reserve lieutenant.
00:21:06An officer is a man of honour.
00:21:14Yes, sir?
00:21:16The postman, director Wellinger.
00:21:20The director spoke to you personally.
00:21:26It's a short story.
00:21:29I can't not believe you.
00:21:31I'll give you back the 50 marks.
00:21:35I don't remember borrowing anything from you.
00:21:39Mr. Pasternik, you should apologize to the director.
00:21:43Me?
00:21:45The master should apologize to me.
00:21:48He gives me money like a beggar.
00:21:52Thank you. You can go.
00:21:57I'm very sorry, sir.
00:21:59You can see for yourself that you're not fit to be a postman.
00:22:04I'll fire him.
00:22:07Please don't do that.
00:22:16As a director of this post,
00:22:19I can't tolerate such behaviour towards our interests.
00:22:24As an officer, your senior colleague,
00:22:27I express my appreciation for your dignified attitude.
00:22:36You bravely defended our officer's honour.
00:22:40I wish you and yourself the same.
00:22:45I'll do my best, sir.
00:22:57Hello, Bertie.
00:23:00We're rehearsing today.
00:23:03Will you be there?
00:23:28Mr. Colleague, our union of reservists organizes a spring ball every year.
00:23:34I invite you on behalf of the board.
00:23:37Please.
00:23:39It's a great honour for me, but..
00:23:42No buts. You have to be there.
00:23:45You're the only officer in our office.
00:23:49The entire local elite participates in the ball.
00:23:52You have to show up. It always pays off.
00:23:57No water, horses, no water
00:24:01Our most beloved home
00:24:05Oh, say hello to her, how are you?
00:24:09Is she healthy, like me?
00:24:23Once again, from the letter to the house.
00:24:27In the letter to the house
00:24:32You fell into the water
00:24:37I wouldn't have thought, I wouldn't have thought
00:24:42That you'd be as beautiful as me
00:24:47Well, that was great.
00:24:51That's all for today.
00:24:54We'll see you in a week.
00:25:03So, Jörg, did you come to sing with us?
00:25:07But we're done for today.
00:25:10This time, no. I have a different matter for you.
00:25:13It's urgent. You weren't at home, so I came here.
00:25:16Tomas, you have to go.
00:25:19I don't have a visitation dress yet.
00:25:22I have to go to a meeting.
00:25:26Lend it to me.
00:25:31You can't destroy it without that one evening.
00:25:35Jörg, you used to sing with us in the choir.
00:25:40That was a long time ago.
00:25:43But what does it have to do with a dress?
00:25:46You see, it has.
00:25:52I'll lend you my wedding dress.
00:25:55But promise me that you'll come to the choir rehearsal.
00:25:59Yes?
00:26:01I'll tell you one thing.
00:26:04Danke schön.
00:26:09Have you made up your mind?
00:26:12Not yet.
00:26:14But I think I'll make it.
00:26:17You always tell him off when he speaks German.
00:26:19He was in the army. They didn't speak our language.
00:26:23He has to learn our language.
00:26:26I don't know if he wants to.
00:26:41Maybe it doesn't fit again.
00:26:44Please check it.
00:26:49For you.
00:26:53A badge for the letter.
00:27:11You don't have to get so worked up.
00:27:15What's in the family, is in the family.
00:27:18One can put a stone in the water.
00:27:25Come on.
00:27:27Try it on.
00:27:31It's a bit too small for me.
00:27:33Come on.
00:27:43Danke.
00:27:45I'll pay you.
00:28:03Kółko.
00:28:10To the left, please.
00:28:13Your seat is with me for now.
00:28:21It wasn't me who put you on my left hand.
00:28:24Fate has given me you.
00:28:27I'll give you to another partner.
00:28:30As soon as possible.
00:28:33Hurry up, please.
00:28:48Cheers.
00:28:49Cheers.
00:28:58The ladies are choosing.
00:29:20May I ask you something?
00:29:44You hesitated.
00:29:46Yes.
00:29:48I've never danced with someone who threw me out of the house.
00:29:56I'm not used to admitting my guilt.
00:30:00Besides, you gave me too much then.
00:30:04I'm not used to talking about business at the ball.
00:30:08Will you take her to her seat?
00:30:10In a moment.
00:30:12I wanted to explain to you that I often arrange various things for my father at the post office.
00:30:19And I have to use this office because there is no other one nearby.
00:30:24My God, and I thought you came there especially for me.
00:30:28The boss is happy about that.
00:30:31Please take me away.
00:30:33In a moment.
00:30:34I also have to explain something to you.
00:30:41What?
00:31:00Our Irma is having a great time.
00:31:05More than a daughter, I look at this postman.
00:31:08I like him.
00:31:10Honourable.
00:31:13But sometimes the postmen make a good impression.
00:31:39Mr. Poroshenko.
00:31:50Would you like to sit with us for a moment?
00:31:54It has nothing to do with it.
00:31:56You understand.
00:31:58It's a great honour for me.
00:32:00Would you like to drink?
00:32:06Are you sleeping again?
00:32:09I feel like it.
00:32:11But this time it's about your parents.
00:32:30I love you.
00:33:01Good morning.
00:33:02Good morning, mother.
00:33:03Good morning, son.
00:33:04Good morning.
00:33:05Good morning.
00:33:06How is Paulina?
00:33:07At home.
00:33:08She's cooking dinner.
00:33:09We were in the church in the morning.
00:33:12What?
00:33:13You forgot that you're going to dinner tonight?
00:33:15You see, I told you that we're going to Tumek today and you forgot about everything.
00:33:20Oh, Jorgusz.
00:33:22Look.
00:33:24That's why he was so worried.
00:33:27Look.
00:33:29That's why he needed my wedding ring.
00:33:33Oh, my God.
00:33:34Isn't this our wedding ring for him?
00:33:37I'm going to kill him.
00:33:57It's so beautiful here.
00:33:59You know, I haven't been here yet.
00:34:01Irma, I'd like to have a serious talk with you.
00:34:04Oh, it's too beautiful for a serious talk.
00:34:10Who am I to you?
00:34:16Jerzy Pasternik.
00:34:19Only?
00:34:24Isn't that enough?
00:34:27That's all your personality.
00:34:31And I wanted to say that I fell in love with you.
00:34:43And what's next?
00:34:46It depends on you.
00:34:56I love him.
00:35:14I love him.
00:35:15Don't you understand that?
00:35:17No, it's not love.
00:35:18Mom knows that.
00:35:20Don't interrupt me.
00:35:21Let me speak.
00:35:24Okay.
00:35:25In the end, it's all about what I decide.
00:35:28I'm sorry, Irma, but we're not used to this tone.
00:35:35I'm sorry.
00:35:37It can't be love.
00:35:42We know you well.
00:35:44You had many admirers.
00:35:46You gave hope to some,
00:35:48you played with others.
00:35:50They were gentlemen, worthy of respect,
00:35:53with good position,
00:35:54with a good name.
00:35:56Sooner or later, you abandoned them.
00:35:59It will be the same with Mr. Pasternik.
00:36:01No.
00:36:02Jerzy is the only man I want to marry.
00:36:05A postman?
00:36:07Daughter, where are your eyes?
00:36:11What will people say?
00:36:14Will you wait for them to start gossiping about you?
00:36:19Love is not only a feeling.
00:36:21It's also a cultural, environmental bond.
00:36:24It's a religious, patriotic community.
00:36:34You can't see that here.
00:36:36Father, he's the one I've been waiting for.
00:36:40He's ambitious, he's proud.
00:36:43I admire him, I just love him.
00:36:46Maybe we should wait for the feeling to mature.
00:36:50It has already matured.
00:36:52He loves me too.
00:36:54And no one will stop us from getting together.
00:36:57No one.
00:36:59Irma.
00:37:01Yes, no one.
00:37:03I'm ready for anything.
00:37:05I'll leave this house and start working.
00:37:07I'll start working as a laundry.
00:37:09But we'll be together.
00:37:11You're very upset.
00:37:13Let's stop this conversation.
00:37:15I've thought it over.
00:37:19Did you hear that?
00:37:21She's threatening us.
00:37:26It's not a joke.
00:37:33Maybe one day she'll regret it.
00:37:36But now she'll bet on her own.
00:37:39A postman, something like that.
00:37:42And why did you invite him to our table?
00:37:45Because you liked him.
00:37:47Me?
00:37:49You liked him.
00:37:51A postman.
00:37:53God.
00:38:01Who is he?
00:38:03Upper Silesia.
00:38:05Yes.
00:38:07A freshly baked lieutenant.
00:38:10That's something.
00:38:12What kind of family is that?
00:38:13I don't know.
00:38:15A mistake, Manfred.
00:38:17And if he's a political suspect?
00:38:19He looks honest.
00:38:21He looks?
00:38:23Look closer.
00:38:25With an English accent, he's Saint Francis, and they're still fighting.
00:38:28Isn't it better to wait for him to check?
00:38:34It's about Irma.
00:38:36She's seriously interested in him.
00:38:38But it may turn out that a postman is not enough for her.
00:38:41And what if he changes his mind?
00:38:43Irma is not a scoundrel.
00:38:45I don't want to risk it.
00:38:47It's been a while.
00:38:49If it turns out that we don't trust him, we can get rid of him at any moment.
00:38:53You convinced me.
00:38:55First, I'll make him my secretary,
00:38:58so that he knows the mine affairs well from the administration.
00:39:05Thank you, Karol.
00:39:07You're welcome.
00:39:13You can clap, no matter who you're talking to.
00:39:16I'm not going to clap at anyone in my apartment.
00:39:20You can clap,
00:39:22but in your head.
00:39:24You don't steal here
00:39:26to lock yourself up
00:39:28or clap at each other.
00:39:32Who's that?
00:39:35I don't know.
00:39:37Who are you talking about, Father?
00:39:39Don't make a fuss.
00:39:41That Evangelist
00:39:43is my son.
00:39:52You don't work at the post office anymore.
00:39:55You know that, Father.
00:39:57Yes, I know.
00:39:59But there's one thing I don't know, son.
00:40:02How did you get so dirty?
00:40:05At school?
00:40:07In the army?
00:40:10When I sent you to school,
00:40:14there was at least one shepherd.
00:40:17Not an Inopolite,
00:40:19but a wise one.
00:40:22And you're dealing with the Germans.
00:40:26What happened to you?
00:40:29I just got smarter.
00:40:34I'd like
00:40:36you to be a fool.
00:40:38Then don't let Henry take you from school.
00:40:40But don't be a fool.
00:40:42He'll get smarter and stop being a fool.
00:40:45He'll be a workaholic.
00:40:49Maybe I'll do that.
00:40:51I have
00:40:53a lot of respect for you, Father.
00:40:55The fact that you moved out
00:40:57and a lot of other good things.
00:40:59But I can't get along with you.
00:41:01And I think it'll be better
00:41:03if I live there alone.
00:41:06What are you talking about?
00:41:08It's bedtime.
00:41:10Go to bed.
00:41:22My dear officer,
00:41:26I'm sorry, my son.
00:41:29Don't go to bed.
00:41:41Where did you learn to play so well?
00:41:44You don't have a piano at home.
00:41:47At school.
00:41:49And besides,
00:41:51everyone in my family is very musical.
00:41:54You must be very talented.
00:41:56I am,
00:41:58since I managed to persuade you to marry me.
00:42:01I see.
00:42:11I'm getting married.
00:42:13In the name of the Father and the Son.
00:42:16With her?
00:42:18Because if I marry her,
00:42:20I won't be at this wedding.
00:42:24We don't like weddings.
00:42:26It's a different kind of wedding.
00:42:28On the second Sunday of August.
00:42:30Then we're going to Switzerland.
00:42:32I'm not going.
00:42:34I'm not going.
00:42:36I'm not going.
00:42:38I'm not going.
00:42:40I'm not going.
00:42:42Who saw this wedding in August?
00:42:44What are people saying?
00:42:46They don't say what they want.
00:42:48I won't be there.
00:42:50You will be sorry.
00:42:52I'm not going to the Evangelical Church.
00:42:55The wedding will be in Catholic.
00:42:57Irma agreed.
00:42:59But she didn't become a Christian.
00:43:01She will become an Evangelist.
00:43:03Father,
00:43:05Evangelist and Evangelist.
00:43:07And that it is a decent and honest woman
00:43:08doesn't mean anything?
00:43:10No, son.
00:43:12It's a lot.
00:43:14It's a lot.
00:43:16So what?
00:43:18She is not ours.
00:43:20Ours?
00:43:22Ours?
00:43:24What does it mean?
00:43:27Is she supposed to be your Miloka?
00:43:29Are we supposed to stay in these walled walls forever?
00:43:32A thousand of them have left.
00:43:34You have already rejected them.
00:43:36Father,
00:43:39Irma and I will come here to ask you for a wedding.
00:43:42You can think what you want about me,
00:43:44but I would like you to give us a blessing.
00:43:47It's the same everywhere.
00:43:49Among Poles and Germans.
00:43:55A blessing is a blessing.
00:43:58I don't want it.
00:44:02Father respects you very much.
00:44:04He always said that you are the wisest of girls.
00:44:07Please, talk to him.
00:44:09Don't make me do it.
00:44:12You don't hate your father.
00:44:14If something hits you in the head,
00:44:16you won't convince him.
00:44:19If it hits me,
00:44:21it means you are doing it for money.
00:44:24It's not true.
00:44:26It's not in my head.
00:44:28I like Irma.
00:44:30I like Irma.
00:44:32I love her.
00:44:34But you left the post office for a better income.
00:44:37The money earned honestly is not a shame.
00:44:40If something else happens, the opportunity will go further.
00:44:42You and I, Miloka, also have to reach something.
00:44:44We have to take every chance.
00:44:46But how?
00:44:50No, no, Jorguś.
00:44:52Father taught us how to live.
00:44:55And you won't tell me.
00:44:56Because of this gossip,
00:44:58that I'm moving away from my family.
00:45:02It's because of me.
00:45:09Mr. Różyczek,
00:45:11it is written
00:45:13that one shepherd
00:45:15who had a lot of sheep
00:45:17took all of them
00:45:19and went to look for the one
00:45:21that he lost.
00:45:24You remember well, shepherd.
00:45:26And this sheep wants to run away from me.
00:45:29And no one wants to help me
00:45:31to stop her.
00:45:33Who's talking about running away?
00:45:35This sheep stays on the Church's meadow.
00:45:38But if this German woman
00:45:40gets into my family,
00:45:42my family will fall apart
00:45:44and no one will stick her together.
00:45:48If you gave him a good Catholic upbringing,
00:45:51he won't allow it.
00:45:52They were here.
00:45:54They gave an announcement.
00:45:56The wedding will take place
00:45:58on the second Sunday of August.
00:46:00Don't give them this wedding.
00:46:02Tell them that something is wrong
00:46:04with the papers.
00:46:06I can't.
00:46:08They agreed to a Catholic wedding.
00:46:10The children will be baptized
00:46:12and brought up in a Catholic way.
00:46:14And you wouldn't do that
00:46:16in her place?
00:46:18You'd agree to everything.
00:46:19And then he'll do it his way.
00:46:23I thought
00:46:25that you'd help me.
00:46:28Sometimes a man is stupid
00:46:30when he's late for something.
00:46:33But I know one thing.
00:46:37If someone in our family
00:46:39got naughty,
00:46:42it was because
00:46:44of this woman.
00:46:45Everything is in God's hands,
00:46:47my Stanisław.
00:46:49We live in a place
00:46:51where different people live.
00:46:53They cross the borders of the country,
00:46:55the borders of the state
00:46:57and religion.
00:46:59The most important thing
00:47:01is that they live
00:47:03according to God.
00:47:05According to God.
00:47:09And they think
00:47:11that God
00:47:13will help them.
00:47:32Stanisław, you're stupid
00:47:34if you think like that.
00:47:36And what do you care?
00:47:37I don't care.
00:47:41You've been to the priest.
00:47:43If something bad happened,
00:47:45he'd tell you.
00:47:47Róża,
00:47:49don't you understand
00:47:51what's going on here?
00:47:53Our family is in trouble.
00:47:56And what do you think?
00:47:59Your
00:48:01or my birthdays
00:48:03will come
00:48:05and our children
00:48:07will laugh.
00:48:09And what about her?
00:48:11She'll be sitting among us
00:48:13like a pig in the grass.
00:48:15Neither us nor her.
00:48:17And she won't be a translator
00:48:19all the time.
00:48:21Because we won't talk
00:48:23in German.
00:48:27And what about
00:48:29our birthdays?
00:48:32You can't do anything about it.
00:48:34You have to bless them.
00:48:36I'll go to Antek.
00:48:38What for?
00:48:40I'll go.
00:48:47Who should I talk to
00:48:49if not you,
00:48:51my older brother?
00:48:54This can lead to misfortune.
00:48:57Take our Theodor.
00:49:00He's also married
00:49:02and what?
00:49:03They killed him in the woods.
00:49:05On a branch.
00:49:07Maybe the Rabbis hanged him
00:49:09because there was a dog on them.
00:49:11Who knows?
00:49:14Listen,
00:49:16do you think
00:49:18if you don't agree
00:49:21he won't marry her?
00:49:23He will
00:49:25forever.
00:49:27Don't do it, Stanik.
00:49:31You don't remember
00:49:34you were only a year old
00:49:38when our father
00:49:40rebelled against our older brother.
00:49:44Then he took revenge
00:49:46on others.
00:49:48It's hard for me
00:49:50and I came to
00:49:52help them.
00:49:54What can you do, Stanik?
00:49:57Sometimes it seems
00:49:59that
00:50:01only he
00:50:03can give happiness
00:50:05to his child.
00:50:08He chases this happiness
00:50:10and he doesn't know
00:50:12he's doing wrong
00:50:14and it turns
00:50:16into misfortune.
00:50:20The most important thing,
00:50:22Stanik,
00:50:24is to live an honest life.
00:50:26Good morning, grandpa.
00:50:28How are you, Michal?
00:50:30Good morning, Danushka.
00:50:31Good morning, grandpa.
00:50:33Do you know already?
00:50:35What happened?
00:50:37The Austrian heir to the throne,
00:50:39Archduke Ferdinand,
00:50:41was killed in Sarajevo.
00:50:43So was his wife.
00:50:48I hope it's not something bad.
00:50:50What could it be, Danushka?
00:50:53They'll make a funeral
00:50:55like a holiday
00:50:57in Szopinice.
00:50:59The emperors
00:51:01and princesses
00:51:03will eat, drink
00:51:05and get drunk again.
00:51:07Sit down.
00:51:11Why are you dressed like that?
00:51:13I have to look good.
00:51:15I don't want them to think
00:51:17we're a bunch of...
00:51:19Who?
00:51:21Some guys.
00:51:23I'm telling you,
00:51:25you'd better stay out of politics.
00:51:32There's one thing I can tell you.
00:51:40If you want
00:51:43your daughter
00:51:45to be unhappy
00:51:47for the rest of her life,
00:51:49marry him.
00:51:55I'm his father
00:51:57and I know what he's worth.
00:52:02He's been a fraud
00:52:04since he was a child.
00:52:06He cheated on girls.
00:52:09He'll marry
00:52:11and keep cheating on others.
00:52:16He was always where there was profit.
00:52:20For money,
00:52:22he'd sell his soul to the devil.
00:52:27When he needs it,
00:52:29he gives it to the Germans.
00:52:31He speaks good French.
00:52:41He won't marry your daughter,
00:52:43but your money.
00:52:50Secondly,
00:52:55he'll never be German.
00:52:59He's a Pole
00:53:01and he's a traitor.
00:53:04He'll ruin your family.
00:53:12He'll raise children in Poland.
00:53:25And thirdly,
00:53:28he'll beat your daughter.
00:53:31My Lord,
00:53:33that's not all.
00:53:35I think you don't want him
00:53:37to marry our daughter.
00:53:39I didn't say that.
00:53:41Well, then we have to think
00:53:43whether to give our daughter
00:53:45for your son.
00:53:47I had to tell you that.
00:53:49It was my father's duty.
00:54:02Do you really want to think about it?
00:54:05Not at all.
00:54:08But at one point,
00:54:10he was right.
00:54:12About what?
00:54:14At one point,
00:54:16his father was right.
00:54:18This is a Polish nest
00:54:20and only Polish birds
00:54:22can be born in such a nest.
00:54:24You may know birds, Manfred,
00:54:26but not people.
00:54:28He's an ambitious boy.
00:54:29He wants to grow up
00:54:31above his family.
00:54:33I should thank you
00:54:35for recommending him to me.
00:54:37There will be people from him.
00:54:40And I think
00:54:42I asked too quickly
00:54:44for reasons for him.
00:54:46Do you want to withdraw it now?
00:54:48No, my dear.
00:54:50I like this boy.
00:54:52He has an open mind.
00:54:54Polish nest?
00:54:56What does it mean?
00:54:57It's a Polish nest
00:54:59and he doesn't want to stay there.
00:55:01We have to help him
00:55:03get away from his family.
00:55:05There are many ways to do it.
00:55:09Tomorrow, I could, for example,
00:55:11release his father and brother.
00:55:13They will ask him for an intercession.
00:55:15But this time,
00:55:17I refuse.
00:55:19Don't do it yet.
00:55:21What do you mean?
00:55:24I don't know.
00:55:25I'm just worried
00:55:27about what he told me.
00:55:31Thermos must hate us very much.
00:55:37We'll see each other at home, Tomek.
00:55:42Good morning, Dad.
00:55:44Good morning, Tomek.
00:55:46Dad, don't be angry,
00:55:48but I have to see Tomek.
00:55:50Goodbye, boys.
00:55:52Goodbye.
00:55:53Goodbye, Dad.
00:55:55Goodbye, Dad.
00:56:01I'm sure you know
00:56:03you're getting married.
00:56:05Yes, I've heard about it.
00:56:10We don't like weddings.
00:56:13So,
00:56:15you're going to be so poor.
00:56:18It doesn't matter to me.
00:56:21But I'll be honest with you.
00:56:24It's better that there won't be a wedding.
00:56:28Our wedding has to take place.
00:56:31And for the wedding,
00:56:33there will be not only a young couple,
00:56:35but also witnesses.
00:56:37And you want to ask me here for a witness?
00:56:39Here, in this office?
00:56:41No, no, no.
00:56:43We'll come with Irma.
00:56:45As I usually say.
00:56:47But I'm afraid you'll refuse.
00:56:49This is our conversation.
00:56:51You're almost married.
00:56:53You're afraid.
00:57:03Why are you doing this to me?
00:57:06Do you think I'm weak?
00:57:08Sometimes I regret that I don't have what you have.
00:57:11I regret that my father sent me to school.
00:57:14But then I think
00:57:16that here I could help you,
00:57:18my father,
00:57:20you, my brothers-in-law,
00:57:21and our family.
00:57:23All right, all right.
00:57:25If I run out of salt,
00:57:27I'll come to you to borrow some.
00:57:37Strandler, the advisor, called.
00:57:39He wants to see you urgently.
00:57:41He asked for a phone number.
00:57:43This is a telegram from Sosnowiec.
00:57:46Director Rajski mentions
00:57:48an annex to the contract.
00:57:52But we won't be in a hurry.
00:57:54Maybe the price will change.
00:57:57We'll wait.
00:58:03I have a proposition for you.
00:58:06You should go to Rajski.
00:58:09Apologize to him for the slander,
00:58:11assure him that we respect him very much
00:58:13as our client.
00:58:15The point is
00:58:17that he should feel satisfied
00:58:19that someone especially for him
00:58:21came in my name.
00:58:23It costs nothing.
00:58:25I understand.
00:58:27What do you say to that?
00:58:29I'm here to carry out
00:58:31your orders.
00:58:33That sounds a little bit
00:58:35Polish, Mr. Pasternik.
00:58:38At the expense of the trip,
00:58:40I'll give you a discount.
00:58:41Let you stay in the best hotel.
00:58:44Let you represent me well.
00:58:50It was found in the warehouse.
00:58:53What is it?
00:58:55A flyer.
00:58:57It looks like they're not socialists.
00:58:59Sharper accents.
00:59:01Did you read it?
00:59:03It's my duty.
00:59:05I'm sorry,
00:59:07but I have to go.
00:59:08Did you read it?
00:59:10It's my duty.
00:59:12What does it say?
00:59:14They call for solidarity
00:59:16in the face of the conspiracy
00:59:18that the governments
00:59:20ruled by capitalists
00:59:22want to wage war.
00:59:24And so on.
00:59:26An old song.
00:59:29Tones a little bit different,
00:59:31Mr. Director.
00:59:33Calling for the overthrow
00:59:35of the imperial throne.
00:59:36What did you hear so far?
00:59:38You surprise me.
00:59:40Are you interested in politics?
00:59:42Yes, I'm interested.
00:59:44But I don't do it.
00:59:46I just want to be informed.
00:59:48And what do you think about it?
00:59:51In one, they're right.
00:59:54It smells like war.
00:59:57The conditions that Austria has put on Serbia
00:59:59are unacceptable.
01:00:01Russia is behind Serbia,
01:00:03France is behind Russia.
01:00:05I understand
01:00:07that you won't go to Sosnowiec.
01:00:09I'll go,
01:00:11get what I need
01:00:13and submit a report.
01:00:15Leave me this leaflet.
01:00:25What do you want
01:00:27with Anton's address?
01:00:29Do you want to ask him
01:00:31for a wedding?
01:00:32It's too late.
01:00:34We don't like weddings.
01:00:36My mother and I have decided
01:00:38that we will take care
01:00:40of our shepherds.
01:00:42He's going to Sosnowiec.
01:00:44They left a day earlier
01:00:46and he's visiting them.
01:00:48I can't say
01:00:50that I don't like it.
01:00:52It's nice that you want to get to know
01:00:54the family.
01:00:56But on the other hand
01:00:58it would be better
01:01:00if you didn't go there
01:01:02and tell them
01:01:04that they are Poles.
01:01:07Do they work in a Polish farm
01:01:09and pay taxes to the Polish state?
01:01:11No.
01:01:13Let father be at peace with Poland.
01:01:15Where is it?
01:01:17Father,
01:01:19Tomasz, me,
01:01:21we all work for Germany
01:01:23and they work for Russia.
01:01:25That's the truth.
01:01:33You have your address.
01:01:35Give it to me.
01:02:02Please.
01:02:30Please.
01:02:33Good morning.
01:02:36Good morning.
01:02:39Who do you want to see?
01:02:41Mr. Antoni Pasternik.
01:02:45I'm listening.
01:02:48I'm Jerzy,
01:02:50Stanik's son.
01:02:54Welcome,
01:02:56my dear boy.
01:02:59I'm glad
01:03:00to see you.
01:03:04You look
01:03:06so handsome.
01:03:08Michał,
01:03:10let's go inside
01:03:12to see my parents.
01:03:14This is my grandson.
01:03:16Danusia and Mietek live nearby.
01:03:18They'll be here soon.
01:03:20Please,
01:03:22have a seat.
01:03:26I'm so glad that you visited me.
01:03:28Stanik
01:03:30will be here soon.
01:03:32Tomek was here too.
01:03:35So,
01:03:37tell me,
01:03:39what's going on?
01:03:42Are you married?
01:03:45I'm about to get married.
01:03:47So,
01:03:49what are you waiting for?
01:03:52Actually,
01:03:55I have a favor to ask you.
01:03:58I'm listening.
01:04:00I don't want to talk too much.
01:04:02It's against my will.
01:04:05I'm afraid that
01:04:07he won't come to the wedding,
01:04:09that she's not our girl,
01:04:11that she won't die.
01:04:14After all,
01:04:16uncles don't get married either.
01:04:18And I know that people don't have to come from the same street
01:04:22to live well together.
01:04:26We don't have a wedding,
01:04:27and we don't have a wedding hall,
01:04:29especially since the presence of parents at the wedding is necessary.
01:04:33If an uncle wanted to talk to his father,
01:04:36he would appreciate it very much.
01:04:40Well,
01:04:44I can talk to him,
01:04:48I can write to him,
01:04:50so that he doesn't make you sad.
01:04:53But will it change anything?
01:04:54I don't know him.
01:04:57I know him.
01:05:01He has a lot in common with your grandfather.
01:05:06He's stubborn.
01:05:08What happened next, daddy?
01:05:10Well, then there was no water,
01:05:12and that was the end.
01:05:14The fortress fell.
01:05:16We didn't have water around the sea.
01:05:18Funny, isn't it?
01:05:20There are a lot of funny things in the world.
01:05:21We've been separated for a few kilometers,
01:05:23but we don't really know each other.
01:05:25There's a border.
01:05:27It's not that difficult to cross.
01:05:29But there is.
01:05:31A border is a border.
01:05:33Let me tell you something.
01:05:36Borders exist not only between countries.
01:05:39So you wanted to say between people.
01:05:44Between brothers,
01:05:46relatives.
01:05:48I think Mietek said something very important.
01:05:51Borders should be crossed.
01:05:53Not only national ones.
01:05:55People separate from each other.
01:05:57Don't do this, don't go there.
01:05:59Don't say that.
01:06:01You can't live with that.
01:06:04That's right.
01:06:08Well,
01:06:10I've stayed at your place.
01:06:12It's time for me to go.
01:06:14Stay.
01:06:16I know it's more comfortable in the hotel,
01:06:18but it won't be bad here either.
01:06:19Stay, we'll talk.
01:06:21We have time.
01:06:23It's interesting.
01:06:25I'll tell you in secret, Danusia is a great cook.
01:06:27I believe you.
01:06:34Good morning.
01:06:36Good morning.
01:06:38How did you get here?
01:06:40By train, of course.
01:06:42The border has been closed since today.
01:06:44Why?
01:06:46She really doesn't know?
01:06:47The Germans have set up a Russian ultimatum
01:06:49to cancel the mobilization.
01:06:51I don't know anything about it.
01:06:53I arrived yesterday.
01:06:55The situation changes from hour to hour.
01:06:57Did you spend the night here?
01:06:59Yes, in the hotel.
01:07:01You may have trouble
01:07:03going back to Upper Silesia.
01:07:06What do you advise me to do?
01:07:08After all, try.
01:07:11Our conversation on the matter of contact
01:07:13is not over.
01:07:14Unfortunately, we have to postpone it.
01:07:28With the police?
01:07:30Yes.
01:07:32Immediately.
01:07:44Police.
01:07:46Give me the key to Mr. Pasternik's room.
01:07:49Yes, sir.
01:07:51Here is the key.
01:08:14Wait here or downstairs?
01:08:16Here.
01:09:07One hundred two, please.
01:09:09My Lord, they are looking for you.
01:09:11There were three of them.
01:09:12Get out of here, sir, or I'll be in trouble again.
01:09:16And my things?
01:09:17What things? Leave everything and don't let me see you again.
01:09:42Get out of here!
01:10:12Get out of here!
01:10:43Where are you going? Are you leaving us to the Germans?
01:10:47We'll cover the German land with our hats.
01:10:51Why are you running away to the devil?
01:11:12Get out of here!
01:11:42Get out of here!
01:12:12Get out of here!
01:12:42Lieutenant Jerzy Pasternik, I was on duty here when the war surprised me.
01:13:10You can go back. There's no border anymore.
01:13:13You're lucky they didn't intern you.
01:13:16They wanted to. Thank you for the information.
01:13:40Please, get married. Tomorrow morning.
01:13:43Jesus, why so suddenly?
01:13:45I'm going to war. The wedding will also be military.
01:13:48We'll have the wedding after the war.
01:13:50Jörg, my child, give yourself up to this war.
01:13:54Tomek has already left, and now you...
01:13:57What will happen now?
01:14:09Please, come with your mother to the wedding.
01:15:09Mr. Director.
01:15:36One moment.
01:15:37Yes?
01:15:39I came to say goodbye, Mr. Director.
01:15:42I'm leaving in the evening.
01:15:44Yes, yes.
01:15:46Exactly.
01:15:48Half of my crew was taken away.
01:15:50I hope you'll come back soon.
01:15:53The miners are complaining.
01:15:55Coal is just as necessary as cannons.
01:15:59I'm not a miner.
01:16:01It doesn't matter.
01:16:03Just don't get killed.
01:16:04If everything goes on like this,
01:16:07the war will end before you get there.
01:16:34Let's go.
01:17:04Watch out!
01:17:28Watch out!
01:17:34Watch out!
01:17:51Take the bayonet.
01:18:02Forward!
01:18:04Forward!
01:18:34Forward!
01:19:04Forward!
01:19:09Forward!
01:19:12Forward!
01:19:19Forward!
01:19:34Forward!
01:20:04Forward!
01:20:35Mr. Director, we found prisoners.
01:20:38Prisoners? Where?
01:20:40They hid in the cellar.
01:20:42One of them is wounded.
01:20:46Come.
01:21:05Take the wounded.
01:21:07Take everyone to the battalion.
01:21:09Let's go.
01:21:34Let's go.
01:22:05Forward!
01:22:06Forward!
01:23:04To be continued...