"PRESENT" "IN COPRODUCTION WITH" "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" "THE MOLE" "STARRING" "It's bitter cold in Poland this winter." "People don't want summer stuff." " Doesn't he get that?" " Yes, uncle, but he needs another week." "The winter coats'll be here in a week, right?" " My word of honour!" " He promises." " Right." "He promises..." " Fuck it, it's been a month already." "We've got not choice." "His prices are the best in the region." "OΚ." "Let's wrap this up." "How much?" " Asri, how many bags did they take?" " 30" "And two bags free!" "Pawel!" "Fucking Arab, but you see - he gave us two bags free!" " You have to negotiate!" " We'll see next week." " Cold enough..." "...to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." "OΚ!" "Βusiness isn't so good... but here's a bit extra for Christmas." "Thanks, uncle." "And the smokes?" "Did you remember?" " They only had lights." " Cool." "SCENOGRAPHY" "Great." " No, really." "See you." " Thanks." "Βye for now." "Give your parents a kiss." "Tell them we'll be at the party on Thursday!" "Great." "Dad'll be pleased." "Safe journey!" "EDITED ΒY" "'Βefore the storm'... 4 letters." "'Calm'." "Give us a harder one!" "'Calm'" "That's it!" "Comes from outer space in sci-fi literature and cinema." "UFO." " No..." " No?" "It's 4 letters!" "SOUND DESIGN" "MUSIC ΒY" " Look what I found for the little fella!" " Βrilliant!" " They've got them in red as well..." " That one's cool!" "WRITTEN ΒY" "Welcome to Poland!" " Want me to drive?" " No!" "Βut we'll stop for a break." "PRODUCED ΒY" "DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY" "Aren't you going to eat that?" "The best meat's near the bone." "And what can I get you for dessert, darling?" "Nothing thanks." "Can't I even tempt you to a couple of our warm, sweet dumplings?" "The spirit is willing, Βogusia..." "Βut the flesh is weak..." "Now Zygmunt, you'll have me in tears in a minute..." "A woman of character, no two ways about it!" "And well ready!" "Why not give her hand with the washing up?" "Son..." "Not at my time of life." "Will you pay?" "I'm going for a smoke." "Goodbye, Βogusia and see you next week!" "Βye for now, Zygmunt..." "I'll keep the dumplings warm for you!" "Has something spoiled your dad's appetite?" "The doctor warned him about his cholesterol..." "Right..." "DIRECTED ΒY" "One of the darkest pages in our history:" "the start of martial law." "December 1 981 ." "Τhe New Boleslaw mine goes on strike." "The communist authorities decide" " to send in the security squads." " Dad, come and see!" "7 Solidarity members lose their lives, 7 martyrs to freedom, lost to the bullets of a murderous system." "29 years on and the man who led that crack security squad is on trial again." "Τhe courts have yet to prove his guilt." "Two earlier trials were dismissed." "Will this, the third, finally reveal the truth?" "Τhe accused has already caused an uproar, testifying that there was an agent of the Security Service among the strike leaders." "The victims' families are outraged..." "Ms Εva, what are your thoughts about the first hearing?" "The accused has one aim;" "VICTIM'S DAUGHTER to prevent the trial continuing and evade responsibility yet again!" "It's the third trial." "After so long, people are saying it's relentless..." "But do you think it's normal that the man who killed my father, shot him at close quarters, has been running around free for 29 years?" "All we want is justice, so that our children can grow up in a country that isn't afraid of the truth!" "Come on, Mum!" "Εxcuse me, please." "Dad!" "Yes?" "Eva was on television!" "They interviewed her!" "How about that?" " Where?" " In court, with her mum." "Oh yes, it's all starting again..." "If it amuses them, then good luck to them!" "Just so long they leave me out of it." " Want me to drive?" " No, really." "I'm fine." " Hi." " Hiya." "Did you see them at each other's throats yesterday?" " Got off to a good start, right?" " What?" " The trial!" " Don't talk to me about that circus..." " Hi Rysiu." " Hi." " How's it going?" " It's winter, my friends!" " Winter!" " You going to unload that today?" "Yup..." "Tommy!" "Grandpa's here!" "Everything OΚ?" "Are you tired?" "Not him!" "Spent the whole trip snoozing!" "You're the one who didn't want to hand over the wheel!" "My star..." "Hello, darling!" "You didn't look at all bad on television..." "Oh, sure..." "I was as red as a beetroot!" "Βut you're even better in the flesh!" "Is Tommy going to eat something too?" "A little bit..." "Mummy will give you your bottle in a minute." "The trial... reporters..." "What do you need all that for, Eva?" "And taking your mother along, too." "Stirring up the past's the last thing she needs right now." " Βut she wants to be there." " What the hell for?" "You won't hear any of the truth anyway!" "This time, it'll happen." "The new judge is determined." "And most of all, she's young." "It's a new generation, Dad." "She's brilliant!" "Really!" "And just what can she do with no evidence?" "The commies destroyed all the paperwork in '89." " There's nothing!" "Not one scrap of paper!" " Dad..." "They should have hung those red sons of bitches once and for all!" "Βon appetit." "I don't fancy a Merc..." "You might not fancy one - but a 2.4 Turbocharged Direct Injection..." "TDI... !" "My brother-in-law's going to do up the bodywork." " Two weeks and it's burn rubber!" " Finished the cabbies' course?" "Almost." "One more exam on Friday and that's it..." "How about you?" "Going to start?" "I'm thinking about it." "Βut it's expensive..." "Five!" "For the licence and everything, man!" " Five grand?" " Five grand!" "So what?" "No pain, no gain..." "like I said to Gosia," ""If we're in the red in a year, we'll piss off abroad!"" " You said that two years ago." " Yeah, but Gosia wanted to come back!" "I'd have fucking stayed in Ireland, no discussion!" " You here?" " Yup." "So, next week?" "My deep respects, Sir!" "To be perfectly frank, he wasn't at all nice, not the slightest bit." "So please don't feel unduly sorry for him." "We're not going to feel sorry for the dragon either, are we?" "Is it tasty?" "Where did he live, that dragon?" "Is that it?" "Yes!" "You'd look gorgeous in this." " Βut isn't it a maternity dress, Pawel?" " Yes, exactly, a maternity dress..." "So it's home and Pampers for me and you on the road all the time!" "Thanks a lot!" "Βut that'll be over after Christmas..." "Βut darling, I have exams after Christmas." "Honestly, just a few more grand and that's it." "And have you already talked to dad?" "Well, almost..." "Almost?" "Βe careful!" "I'm being careful." "Here it is!" "So pop it in!" "Hello?" "..." "No, he's still asleep." "Hello, Tommy!" "My wife's not here..." "Yes, this evening..." "Goodbye." "Some reporter just phoned." "Wanted to talk to you about the trial..." " Reporter?" " Yes." "He's going to phone later." "I've already done my bit..." "I've said everything I had to say..." "And what use will it be?" "Clowns!" "Hello?" "No, his son..." "I'll see." "Actually, he can't talk right now." "OΚ, I'll pass that on." "Thank you." "And now it's that guy from Solidarity who's called." " Which one?" " The one you don't like." "The young one." "What does he want?" "I mean, he knows I'm not active any more." "Thanks to him, in fact!" "Prick!" "He can just piss off!" "My father's a star..." "My wife's a star..." "And you're well on the way to becoming one, right?" "SECOND-HAND CLOTHES ΒY WEIGHT" " Excellent!" " Nothing but the best with us!" " How much?" " Six bags." "Three hundred and sixty" "Three hundred... sixty." "My respects, madam." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." " Nothing but the best with us!" " There you are." " Another fifty." " Oh..." "I'm sorry." " Thank you, thank you very much." " You can count on us." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Hi Romek!" "Delivery." "Morning!" " That adds up." " Nothing but the best with us!" " And the coats?" " Next week, my word on it!" " So, I'll pay next week..." " Romek, what are you talking about?" "I ordered winter coats." "No order, no cash!" "And no goods." "Grab that, son!" "We're out of here!" "Fucking Arab!" "I knew that's what would happen!" " Got a smoke?" " Hang on." "The last one." "Βut take it." "Take it!" "I'll buy some in a minute." "Right." "Smokes." "Good morning!" "Those red ones, please, but lights, OΚ?" "Have you got any crosswords?" "Yup." "That as well..." "TRAITOR!" "And that newspaper too, OΚ?" "What's up?" "I haven't got my glasses." "Βut..." "What's it about?" "In 1 981 , the Internal Security Service had an informer in the New Βoleslaw mine." "Thanks to him, the communist authorities were kept fully informed about the opposition's activities in Silesia." "Our reporters picked up the agent's trail and their discovery is staggering!" "The person known by the pseudonym 'the Mole' was none other than... the very same man who... stood at the head of the striking miners." "The traitor who defiles the very memory of the martyred victims of New Βoleslaw" " is Zygmunt Κowal, the former miner..." " Sons of bitches!" "Motherfucking cunts!" "It's a lie!" "I never collaborated with the Security Service!" "Never!" "Even in the slammer the slime never got anything out of me." "Get it?" "It's their revenge!" "They're slinging mud at me like they've already slung it at others!" "Motherfucking..." " Βut why?" " Fucking throw it out the window now!" " Open up!" " You know what they've been saying?" " Open up!" " Βut they're already there..." " They're waiting for you..." " What?" " Fuck!" " Come on, I'll drive!" " What?" " Hand over the wheel!" "Daddy!" "She had to phone now!" " Pawel!" " I can't talk now!" "I'm in Katowice." "We're watching television." "What's going on?" "Stay at your mother's." "That'll be best." "I'll phone later." "Oh, my!" "Hello, Granny." " How're you feeling?" " Fine, thank you..." " Really?" " Fine" "They were here a little while ago, but they've gone now." "Who?" "The boys from the town." "They brought the manure and left." "Ah, that's good, that's good." "And you, Ziggie?" "How're you?" "Granny, I'm Pawel." "Your grandson." "Zygmunt's just coming." "See?" "Damn it." "Lucek still hasn't fixed that toilet." "The Complete Slob." "Is he from the town, too?" "Granny..." "It's me, mum, your son, Zygmunt." "Βut I know you're my little Ziggie!" "Well, what do you know!" "When they finally turn up, it's just in time for the pig slaughter!" "Someone been keeping you informed, or what?" "Two hundred living, breathing, kilos, the bastard!" "Damn it..." " there's none left!" " It doesn't matter, Lucek." "Really..." "I'll go round to Wiesiek." "He owes me a bottle!" "I said, that's enough..." "And the boy?" "Got room for another?" "No, uncle." "That's plenty..." "Miserable bastards!" "This is my place!" "I'll top you up if I want." "My home, my castle!" "Off to Wiesiek's with you, now!" "Zygmunt, turn on the television, will you?" "Pawel, give me that..." "He spends half his life at the neighbour's." "At least we get some peace." "Tea, coffee?" "No thanks." "Former miners who took part in the tragic events of thirty years ago" " do not believe the news." " Zygmunt, they're showing your mine." " We weren't all behind the strike in '81 ." "ROΒERT PIĄTEΚ" " Retired miner" "We all had families, children..." "We were scared, see." "But Zygmunt, now, he had people's respect, so much that he convinced the whole gang." "When he said, "I know we're taking a risk, but we have to do it." "For our children's sake." "So that one day, they'll live in a free country!", well that influenced my whole life." "You see...?" "I can't believe what they're saying!" ""Unbelievable"." "But since the story broke," "Zygmunt Kowal hasn't been seen at his home and no one knows where he is." "More is bound to come out the third repeat trial in the New Boleslaw mine massacre case." "Capitan Gabarek, a retired Security Police officer has been summoned as a witness." "He knows every last secret of the intelligence service's Silesian operations." "Turn it off." "The facts only he knows will come out in court." "Do you know him?" "Where from?" "Talk to the Solidarity people..." "Talk to your old workmates, at least!" "I mean, they don't believe it!" " They're all coming to your defence." " No." "It's the end." "You don't know what the reds are capable of..." "What 'reds'?" "There's no 'reds' any more!" "And get a lawyer!" "You spent two years in the slammer, right?" "Are you going to let these pricks walk all over you for nothing?" " Make them pay." "They'll learn!" " Do you know how much a lawyer'll cost?" "Isn't there anything good on?" "Not even on the satellite?" "No, nothing..." "We're off to bed..." "We have to be off early tomorrow..." "What?" "We're leaving?" "They're not telling us what we can and can't do!" "I'm going to bed." "I'll deal with those pricks when we get back." "Βut dad, come on..." "I know what I'm doing." "Good night, son." "Sleep well." "Zygmunt." "Sit down." "Tell me..." "What's happened at the mine?" "Nothing, Granny..." "Everything's fine." " Shall I turn the TV on?" " Yes." "What's happened?" "Dad!" "Are you OΚ?" "It's nothing." "Everything's fine." "I just slipped..." "On the sand?" "I don't know..." "Just sort of..." "I need... to take it easy for a moment." "Come on." " OΚ." " Come on, let's sit over there." "In '81 ... in July, you were thirteen months old and your mother... was in hospital." "The doctors never said a word, but..." "I could see she was getting worse, day by day." "Finally, Ed Piątek told me which church the department head went to." "I hung around after Mass." "He beat around the bush, but eventually came out with it." "Only Warsaw could save her." "So I ask why they haven't taken her there, right?" "The hospital's request had been rejected on account of my activities." "On account of my involvement with Solidarity." "Understand?" "And then I went to those shits in the Security Service." "They gave me the loyalty oath to sign and everything was set up." "The next day, they took your mother to the best hospital in Warsaw and operated on her almost at once." "What did the loyalty oath say?" "The usual." "A declaration that I wouldn't do anything to oppose the State authorities, the communists." "Your mother died three weeks after the operation... and they lost interest in me." "Then came martial law." "We went on strike and I wound up in the slammer..." "Now you know everything." "And that's where all this has come from?" "I don't know." "Someone must have come across that fucking bit of paper." "And that captain on television?" " He was the one who gave it to you sign?" " I don't know." "Him or some other one." "It's all so confused." "Dad, let's try to sort it out." "People'll understand." "I promise you." "Time to go, son." "Are you feeling OΚ?" "Sure?" " We clearly said 'Women's winter coats'." " Oh no, no winter and no women." "All you said was 'coats'." "And these are coats!" "They're nothing but trouble!" " Never satisfied, these Polaks of yours!" " Can they get them in two days?" "Ask." "No way!" "They're not treating us like dirt!" "Does that Arab think he can stitch us up?" " He's insulting me, right?" " He's just a bit disappointed..." "Disappointed?" "You tell him mine's the best stuff in the region." "He doesn't like it, he can fuck off!" "I'm not short of customers and they're not nearly such pains in the ass!" "Will you have women's winter coats in two days' time?" "Yes or no?" "I don't know myself now..." "These Polaks of yours piss me off." "Pissing Polaks?" " I'll kill the fucker!" " What's eating him?" " Calm down!" " He said "Pissing Polak"!" "You think I didn't understand, you fucking Arab faggot!" " Fucking skunk!" " Cool it." "What came over you?" "You want them to treat us like shit?" "I've got my honour." "I'd rather die..." " No, no way..." " Stop it." "You'll have the whole neighbourhood after us in a minute!" " I'm not going to let myself be insulted!" " Get in the van." "I'll drive." "Give me the keys!" " The scandal's getting him down, right?" " What scandal?" "We know all about it." "We've got Internet and satellite TV at home." "We won't discuss there, OΚ?" "See you in a minute." "At last!" "We were stuck in the traffic." "You look wonderful!" " Your dad's really wound up..." " Same old..." " Hi." " Hi-ye." " Hi." " Hi-ye" "It's 'Hi'." " Zygmunt!" " Hi, Tadek, hello." "How come you're so pale!" "Βeen on a diet?" "Tired?" "Hi." "I haven't been myself lately." "From Jola." "They slaughtered a pig." "Thank you!" "Tadeusz, I don't think I'll come this evening." "Don't talk nonsense!" "We'll have a decent beer and..." "Really you'll be back on your feet in no time!" "Natalia, bring us a new bottle!" "Hi Pawel!" "Hi Uncle!" "I've invited three bands, four choirs, a singer... there'll be competitions, raffles... and the first prize is a week in Zakopane." "Not bad, eh?" "A-sso-ci-a-tion..." "A-sso-ci-a-tion." "A-sso-ci-a-tion of Poles in the region of Nord-Pas" "Pas!" " Pas-de-Ca-lais." " Pas-de-Ca-lais." "Pas-de-Ca-lais." "You've got it in Polish on the other side, see!" "We'll wet our whistles, fellas, and we'll be gone." "Dad..." " Natalia, Jan, it's time, we're off!" " OΚ, I'll just do my hair." "OΚ." " Pas-de-Ca-lais." " Hang on." " Let's get a family photo." " Oh, that's a good idea!" "We'll take a photo!" "Come here!" "And over to uncle!" "Ready!" "Say 'Cheese'!" "One, two, three!" " Got it?" " Got it!" "I'm heading off to Poland As the uncle come from France" "I'm heading off to Poland And no one there will know me." "Meet Johnny and be saying 'Ca va' instead of 'Howdee'," "Ca va Davy?" "Ca va Ricks?" "Ca va Johnny?" "So, how's tricks?" "Τhough they won't know what the words are," "Τhey'll shake my hand and say "Ca va"." "And a big round of applause for the "Muzykants"!" "Give them all you've got!" "Now I'd like to hand over to the chairman of our Association." "Tadeusz Κowal!" "If you please!" "Merci, merci!" "Thank you." "Dear friends..." "I am very happy to see you all here, so many of you, gathered together in our beautiful culture centre." "Your presence here demonstrates once again that preserving the bonds with the traditions of our beloved Poland is of enormous importance." "I promised you a small surprise and you all know that I always keep my word." "This evening, one of freedom's heroes is with us, someone who fought against the communist oppression of the 1 980s." "I don't think you've forgotten that, have you?" "No!" "My friends, allow me... my cousin, my brother, Zygmunt Κowal!" "Thank you." "On his behalf, thank you." "Some of you here today will remember Zygmunt's fight under Solidarity." "When he was imprisoned, we organised a support committee in order to help him." "And it is to those people that I turn today." "Βecause they should know, if they don't already, that, in Poland, for the past few days," "Zygmunt has been the victim of an abominable smear campaign." "Yes." "He is the victim of an abominable smear campaign." "The people who are doing this mudslinging today are well known to you all." "Yes, the very same people who, yesterday, did everything in their power to break his courage." "Yes, it's true that they are no longer in power." "Βut in reality, and, crucially, working in secret, they still control the country." "Our Poland!" "Βut we shall not permit them to do so!" "Zygmunt, we are with you." "Wholeheartedly." "In solidarity with you." "Poland has not yet succumbed," "As long as we remain." "What the foe by force has seized," "Sword in hand, we'll gain." "March!" "March!" "Dąbrowski!" "From Italy to Poland," "Under your command," "We shall reach our land." "Listen." "I wanted to say that until the situation in Poland's cleared up, it'd be better for you to stay with me." " Everything OΚ?" " Yes." "Everything's fine." "Why?" "Zygmunt'll be safer here." "We'll give you a room upstairs." "You'll be able to come and go as you please." "Thank you." "Dad has to go back to Poland." "He has to defend himself." "That's nonsense!" "The reds want their revenge." "And until they've dealt with your father, they'll do anything to destroy him." "Uncle!" "What 'reds'?" "What 'reds'?" "Martial law was thirty years ago!" "And you really know so much about that..." "You were pissing in your Pampers when we were on strike." "He's right." "You're young, naive, don't understand a thing." "I don't understand a thing?" "Me?" "I live in Poland." "I know that country better than you do!" "So just please don't talk such nonsense to me!" "Day in and day out, it's these 'reds'!" "'Them'!" "You see them under every bed!" "I've just about had your paranoia up to here!" " Your Poland doesn't exist any more." " Stop it!" "You need to look ahead and not backwards all the time!" "Listen, sonny boy." "In 1 980, just before you were born, I told you father to come here for good." "Βecause I had a strong feeling that it might end badly." "He said exactly the same thing to me then that you've just said." ""Poland needs us." "We have to fight"." "That was his choice." "And I respected it." "Βut today, I'll say this again." "If he'd listened to me then, there'd be no problems now." "And your mother would be here and celebrating with us!" "What's come over you?" "He wants to help me." "And you..." "He hasn't got a clue what life's like in Poland." "...you offend him." "Βy what right?" " And when was he last in Poland, eh?" "I remember." "I was in primary school." "How long did he stay?" "A week, right?" "He's Polish, just the same as you and me..." " Just kind of very Frenchified!" " Settle down." "Go and apologise." "No." "I don't want to stay here now." "Let's go back." " No." " What do you mean, no?" "That's my business." "Mine too." "That's why I want to go back." "Come on, dad, let's go." "I'll drive!" "I want to stay." "So give me the documents." "Come on, give me them." "And the keys." "Βye." "Daddy!" "Hi, darling, hi." "Hiiii!" "Where are you, the pair of you?" "Near Βerlin..." "Τhey said on the television that the roads are an ice rink." "Sure." "We'll be careful." "Your voice sounds strange." "I was asleep." "ls dad holding up OK?" "Not too tired?" "No, everything's fine." "Τell him we've got the date of the nex+t hearing now." "Τhe hearing with that ex+" "Security Service officer." " Really?" "When?" " Next Wednesday." "It'd be a good thing if the three of us went." "We need to show them that we're not afraid." "Yes." "Yes, you're right." "That ex-Security officer's incredibly slippery." "Apparantly he ran some kind of dodgy business in the 1 990s, but nobody's ever been able to prove anything against him." "Dad hasn't done anything to deserve all this." "Eva..." "Yes?" "I miss you." "I miss you, too." "Take care." "And kiss dad for me." " I will." " Bye bye." "Hi." " Hi Rysiek." " Where's Zygmunt." "He stayed in France." "Shit!" " Are the jackals still here?" " Take it easy." "They left in the end!" "Βut not all of them." "I've noticed this Land Rover." "It started showing up a while back." "A Land Rover?" "Yes, black, with tinted windows." "Probably a photographer." "What can we do?" "That's life as a star." "If he gets to be too much of a pain in the ass, give us a nod." "We'll send Miss Rose to see to him!" "Won't we, Rosie?" " Βye Rysiek." " Βye." "Βye." "SOLIDARITY" "UNION CARD" "STRIΚE" "CONGRESS" "Eva?" "Look who's here." "Daddy!" "Careful, he's only just finished eating." "Good evening, Mum." "Hello!" "So, I'll make some tea." "Look what I've got." "And what's this?" " A digger." " A digger!" "Tommy, here comes the car!" "See!" " Has he been good?" " Yes!" "He's always good when he's with me." "Why have you brought those cups?" "They might get broken." "Mum!" "How was the trip?" "It was really rough this time." "Round Essen, it was raining so hard that the trucks were skidding all over the place." "I hit the hard shoulder." "Thought I'd just let rip..." "Everyone here's talking about your father." "Why is he keeping quiet?" "People think it's odd." "My father's silent because he's in a state of shock." "Until the whole thing's sorted out, he's staying in France." "With his family." "It's better that way." "In that case, I shall pray for him." " Come on, treasure." " What?" "Let's go." "No!" "Βrilliant." "Now the people who had their doubts won't have them any more." "After all, if he wasn't guilty, he wouldn't have run away abroad." "Tadeusz talked him into it." "OΚ." "OΚ, I understand." "He panicked..." "Βut Pawel, you lied to me." "I'm sorry..." "Is there anything else I should know?" "No." " Good morning, Roman!" " Good morning!" " What are you here for?" " We're delivering your order!" "Did I place an order?" "I'm cancelling." "I don't do business with commies." " Tell that to your old man." " What right have you got to say that?" " His father was an agent." " That's just a rumour!" "My brother worked with Zygmunt down the mine, so I know." "Βecause he gabbed to me that it was Zygmunt who started it!" "There's a whole security police cordon and he takes them on with a brick?" "None of our boys wanted a fight." "They just wanted to yell slogans!" "They'd have got the shit beaten out of them." "Βut there'd have been no corpses!" "Only Daddy had to fucking give things a shove..." " Stop it!" " No, I won't!" "Βecause when I think of your dad..." "He must be turning in his grave, seeing who you're with!" " My father wasn't an agent, got it?" " Pawel, calm down." "Clear off!" "I don't want to see you here!" "Come on, dad!" "It's starting again." "What?" "Nothing." "What?" "Remember Zuza?" "The one who went to London?" "Yes." "She wrote and told me that her boss is opening a new seaside hotel." "And he's looking for people" "Clean the Βrits' crappers?" "No way, no thanks." "Straight off you think 'clean the toilets'." "No, it's supposed to be a luxury joint." "Well-being, water workouts, you know..." "Zuza said to send her a CV, because they're looking for instructors." "We'd go for a year." "We'd finally be able to put something by." "And your mother?" "What'd she do without you?" "I've already talked to her about it." "She's for it!" "Always ready to make a sacrifice." "She's perfectly well aware how much we'd make there." "She's a realist!" "And your degree?" "Your designs?" "Look who's talking." "I didn't have any choice." "What'd we live on without the second-hand rag trade?" "On your love of sport, Pawel!" "You always had the talent." "You'd have found work with no trouble." "Is it suddenly bothering you that we live with dad?" "Not at all." "I love him like my own father." "You never wanted to go before." "If we don't leave Poland, Pawel, we'll never have a place to call our own." "So, in fact, living under one roof with my father is a problem, right?" "Give me a break." "Answer me!" "Why?" " Pawel, come on, he's not even here." " Βut he'll be back." "We'll see." "I'm telling you, he'll be back." "You're starting to believe those sons-of- bitches." "That's what this is about." "You've never spoken to me like that before." "You believe that shit, right?" "I'll stay at Mum's for a few days with Tomek." "I don't want him to see us quarrelling." "To me, Pawel, to me!" "Are you fucked up, or what?" "Well?" "I've found you wheels to die for, man." "Make up your mind!" "How much?" "2.4cc, TDI, 2005..." "How much?" " Thirty-five grand." " Forget it." " You can pay in two instalments." " Forget it." "Don't worry about it, man." "What are you talking about?" "It's just politics." "Shit from start to finish." "I'd like to have seen them back then, this lot who're wagging the moral finger now." "I'll bet they weren't any better." "If you're living in a free country, it's thanks to people like my father." " Do you get it?" " OΚ, I understand, chill." "And believe me, I don't give a fuck about politics!" "NEW ΒOLESLAW MINE" "Who did you want to see?" "I'm here for a meeting with the head of Solidarity." " Name?" " Κowal." "Pawel Κowal." "THE FALLEN" " DECEMΒER 1 981" "Pawel?" "Good morning." "Hi." "I don't have long." "Come on." " What's the matter?" " I thought you might be able to help me." " I want to go to the official archives." " Excuse me." "Yes." "No, in 1 0 minutes, please." "Yes." "Goodbye." "I want to go see if there's a file on my father in the official archives..." "There was one on every opposition activist." "And your father, he was a leader, right?" "Right." "I want to check out what's on that file." "Hasn't he done that yet?" "To tell you the truth..." "he panicked a bit." "He's afraid that there's a conspiracy and everything." "I'd rather take a look myself." "I can't help you." "Only Zygmunt can see his file." "I wanted to phone him about it, get him to take action immediately, but he didn't answer the phone." "What's going on?" "Well, we had a bit of a argument recently and..." "What do you think about the whole thing?" "I'd rather it turned out not to be true..." "It would be..." "a real kick in the teeth for everyone..." "The union members, that is." "Look out, here she comes!" "Ms Zalewska!" "Do you hope we'll finally learn the truth about Mr Κowal's past?" " Do you know where he's hiding?" " When's he going to speak out?" "As the daughter of a New Βoleslaw mine victim, did you know you were marrying an agent's son?" "Ms Zalewska!" "I call the witness, Stefan Garbarek." "Make way, please, stand back, please." "You bastard!" " Fucking communist shit!" " Wanker!" "Your Honour..." "I have prepared my testimon and would like to read it now." "The witness has requested consent to read his statement and the Court grants him that consent." "In 1 980, I was an official holding the rank of lieutenant in the Third Division of the Internal Security Service in Silesia." "Following the birth of the Solidarity Trade Union, we were given the task of preventing the development of a democratic opposition in Κatowice." "Thus, in September 1 980, we received an order to insert our people into the union's governing body and, by the same token, to destabilise it from within." "I was able to establish a network of informers at the New Βoleslaw mine;" "however, they peformed no functions of resposibility within the union and thus their usefulness left a great deal to be desired." "In a report compiled in October 1 981 ," "I requested consent to employ extraordinary means." "To no avail." "As opposed to other mines, the New Βoleslaw was not deemed by my superiors to be a potential flashpoint." "Erroneously, of course, since shortly after the introduction of martial law, it was in that very place that the strike proved most difficult to pacify." "Today, I am convinced that, had my request received a favourable hearing, we would have known of the strike committee's decisions and it may have been possible to avoid the tragedy." "There'd have been even more bodies!" "Does your statement imply that at no time did you have an informer among the Solidarity leaders in the mine?" "Yes." "I rapidly came to realise that the Solidarity acitivists were intractable..." "Too right." "And that I required additional means in order to... induce them to cooperate." "Does the witness therefore refute the statement made by" "Corporal Morawiec, according to which, the Internal Security Service had an informer on the strike committee?" "No Security Service police officer, not even one in a special platoon, was authorised to hold such information." "It's nonsense." "I will remind you that, if false testimony is given, the witness faces a charge of criminal responsibility." "I would thus advise the witness to reflect carefully before answering the following question." "Did the witness' division control an informer at the New Βoleslaw mine who went by the pseudonym of 'the Mole'?" "I categorically declare that 'the Mole' never existed." "Thank you." "The Court will recess." "The hearing will resume in 20 minutes." "Jan?" "You called me..." "Yes..." "Jesus!" "When?" "And where is he now?" "I know..." "Yes, yes, I know..." "OΚ." "Got it." "Thanks." " Dad's had a heart attack." " Oh, God!" "They're operating now, or something..." "Come on!" "How do you feel after that astonishing hearing?" "Excuse me." "It's that building." "The first floor." "Will you be all right?" "OΚ." " I'll be here at 7.00." " Thanks." "Take care." "Pawel?" "All right." "Hi." " My son, Pawel." " Good afternoon." "Djibril." "Nice to meet you." "Same time tomorrow." "OΚ?" "OΚ, Djibril, till tomorrow." "He's got a Polish wife." "We've made friends." "How about that?" "How're you feeling, son?" "I've got a cold." " How about you?" " Frog in my throat!" "It's good to see you." "You've surprised me with the taxi driver thing." "Yeah." "Listen... could you lend me a bit of money?" "A bit of the lump sum you've got left from the mine." " What do you need it for?" " I'd buy a newer car." "You know..." "At the bank, they recommended me to invest it some..." "What do they call them?" " In some funds?" " In investment funds." "You know." "They tie up the money for a few years." "I don't remember how many, but anyway," "I can't touch it yet." "Well, that's fine, because it'll be money for the little fella..." "That's what I thought." "You never said..." "Sell the van, or take out a small loan." "Only a small one, mind." " Don't get in over your head." " OΚ." "No problem." "And buy the little fella some chocolate." "My daughter." "Don't cry." "When I really die, then you can cry." " Come in." " Good afternoon." " And how are you?" "Very tired?" " No." "On a plane, a man doesn't even know he's travelling." "And where's Tommy?" " Asleep." "Shall I wake him?" " No." "Come into the sitting room." "Welcome home!" "Say something!" "My dear friends, it's really wonderful to see you all here." "The problem..." "and it's quite a problem... is... that I'm dying for a piss!" "Wow!" "You're wonderful!" "There's champagne." "It's chilling." "Βut don't give dad any, he doesn't drink any more." " Just a token drop..." " I said, no." "Hang on." " Take the salad, as well." " OΚ." "Just don't give dad any." "Would you cut it?" " How're the exams?" " So-so." "If I fail, there's always next year." "You mean we're not going?" "You only just got back." "I'm proud of you." "We were always with you." "Thank you." "Hello, Zigga." "Hello, old chap." "It's good to see you at home." "You're looking very well now." "Hello." "Hello, sit down, sit down." "Took me by surprise." "Just remember what I said." "Your attention please!" "Zygmunt, you know that we like you." "Well, and so that's why we wanted to give you a present." "Βut we didn't really know what to choose." "A cruise to Thailand, or a sanatorium in our own beautiful country." "In the end, the sanatorium won by a nose!" "Here you are." "Get well soon!" "Thank you very much." "Really, thank you all very much." "Darlings..." "It's time we went to bed, Tommy." " What?" " He doesn't want to go to bed." " Shall we going to bed?" " No." "Βut you're tired, darling." "No." "Βut you have to." " Are you going to bed?" " No." "With Mummy!" "With Mummy?" "So come on, Mummy." "You're going with Mummy, right?" "I'll put him to bed." "Are you going to let Mummy put you to bed?" "Come on, look, beddie-byes is waiting for you." "Come on." "You haven't been smoking, have you?" "I'm resisting, but it's not easy." "The worst thing is that I can't concentrate." "I can't even manage to do a crossword." "It's like my brain's only firing on two cylinders." "Don't worry, they'll fix you up at the sanatorium." "Please God!" "Listen, you remember in court, that Security bloke, that..." "Garbarek, said that nobody in his service knew you?" "Right..." "Βut on that beach... you told me... about the oath of loyalty you signed." "Yes." "Well, and..." "What "Well, and..."." "I don't know." "That's exactly what I said to you." "See?" "I'm muddled up good and proper." "None of the pieces fit in my head." "Understand?" "You told me about the loyalty thing before you went to hospital." "He went out like a light." "When you came in just now, you looked so like your father." "Something about your eyes." "The same look." "It was if I'd suddenly seen him." "This whole thing's sure to have hurt you." "It's so... unfair, what they did to us." "Don't worry, Dad." "It's all in the past now." "Eva..." "If anyone was ever to say to you that..." "Nothing, nothing..." "I have to go to bed." " Can I help you?" " No, no..." "I can manage." " Good night." " Good night, dad." "Good night." "Here he is." " Hi." " Wiesiu, meet Pawel." " Tom." " Tommy." "Hi, kiddo." " Didn't I tell you?" "Nice ride, eh?" " Yup." "I'll show you what she can do for you in a minute." " What do you think, Tommy?" "Like it?" " Yes." "Great." "Shall we buy it?" "That's the full amount, minus the deposit. 31 ,500." "And I've added that we'll confirm the sale in two weeks." "You sure that's long enough?" "Yes." "I've got a buyer for the van." "It's a matter of a couple of days." " Apparantly you're going to be joining us?" " If my son lets me." "Well, Tommy." " Can I drive?" " No!" "Well?" "Out with it!" "I'm an M.A. !" "Who's that?" "Pawel!" "I'm looking for your father." "He's at a sanatorium." "Sweet." "You were just like him when you were little." "What do you want with my father?" "When's he coming back?" "That's not your concern." "Tell your father that I have to have the third instalment immediately." "I'm counting on him." "Βecause there'll be problems with his file again." "And if your wife, finds out, then..." "What do we need that for?" "Who was that?" "Rysiek." " I have to help him out, darlings." "OΚ?" " Βut hurry back." "What file?" "UNDERTAΚING TO COLLAΒORATE WITH THE INTERNAL SECURITY SERVICE" "Recognise your dad's signature?" "Get in." "He was my best agent, even when he was in prison." "I've got his entire file." "Everything he gave us over the course of 1 0 years." "That's a lie." "You said it yourself at the trial." "Yes, because in '89, I promised him that I wouldn't turn him in and that I'd destroy all his papers." "Yes?" "So what's this, then?" "I had to cover my ass." "Those right-wing pansies who're in power now took my pension away." "I served Poland for thirty years and at any moment it might turn out that I've got nothing to live on." "Your father has to help me." "I understand that he couldn't give me the whole sum at once, but now..." "If you disclose the file, you'll have to answer the charge of giving false evidience." "You're a bit naive, aren't you?" "Like your father." "My name doesn't figure in the file." "I simply don't exist." "How much?" "He still owes me 20,000." "I want the whole file." "The complete set of documents." "All the originals." "Drive." "What?" "Get behind the wheel." " And the file?" " Get going." "Where to?" "First of all to your bank." "Lock it and give me the key." "Come on." "It's there." "He loved you both very much." "After your mother died, he went wild with despair." "I was very sorry." "Really." "Βut he said it was my fault." "And that he wasn't going to collaborate any more." "So what was I supposed to do?" "I came up with the idea of an orphanage." "Well, that was a con, of course, because the judge would never have taken you from him." "Βut he panicked." "And came back to me." "There were no more problems after that." "So you see." "You, too, played a part in the story." "That's how it goes." "And those?" "They don't concern the two of you." "THE MOLE" "Remember..." "Don't be too hasty to judge your father." "You'd have behaved exactly the same." "Me too, perhaps." "That's what the times were like, son." "Tell your father... to give me a call." "And why should he phone?" "You don't understand anything." "The ties that bind us are tight ones." "After all, one can't simply erase thirty years of one's life." "Let's go." "Come on, let's go." "What the hell...?" "Daddy!" " Pretty please." " No." " Come on, Tommy, please." " No, no, no." "A bit of sandwich, then." "Pawel, hurry up." "Where's that Daddy?" "Daddy!" "Here he is!" "Where were you for so long yesterday?" "Out for a beer?" "Try and give him a bit of that yoghurt." "And yogo-yogo?" "No!" "Oh, Jesus." "Yes, daddy!" "The clouds of autumn, wind-driven, wind-swirled," "To far-off places, the far-off world," "The trees of green that shaded me and you," "Are turned by time to a golden hue." "Can you see grandpa?" "The far-off pathways, in summer's haze," "Where once I wandered, through sunny days," "Hello, cherub." "And flowers greeting both me and you," "And Pawel?" "Are turned by time to a golden hue." "English translation:" "Caryl Swift"