"Krystyna Janda" "Aleksander Bardini" "Krzysztof Kieslowski" "Good morning" "Good morning" "Is this perhaps yours, sir?" "Fell out of somebody's wondow" "No..." "May I..." "Oh, sorry" "what anything from me?" "Yes" "What is it?" "I live in the upper floor I hope you remember me" "Yes." "You ran my dog over two years ago" "My name is Dorota Geller My husband's a patient of yours" "It's possible I don't remember all the names" "You wanted to ask me about his health?" "Yes" "I inform the families on Wednesdays 3 to 5 pm." "Come to the hospital" "But Wednesday's only the day after tomorrow" "Yes." "It's Monday today" "I'm sorry I didn't run you over instead of your dog" "Come on in, Barbara" "Good morning, Doctor" "Barbara..." "There's something wrong, Barbara..." "Dorota?" "Are you there, Dorota?" "Why don't you answer the phone?" "Then perhaps you're out This is Abka speaking" "I'm going away for a week with the class" "I'll let you know when I'm back Bye" "This is Janek Wierzbicki" "I must talk to you" "Could I perhaps drop in tonight?" "Well, what was it?" "Not the cold, you know" "He's teething" "He cried all night" "Only went to sleep at dawn" "I spent the night at his bed She didn't sleep, either" "She was worried about the two of us getting no sleep" "Well, father came into the room in the morning" "All dressed, he was, and laughing he opened his mouth and showed us a hole where a tooth had been" "He extract that tooth himself" "Well, I told him the little one had just out his first tooth the little one had just out his first tooth and he just laughed and said "True enough"" "Yeah, that's how it is, Barbara" "I tie my scarf" "The kid's sleeping peacefully" "I can see the man through a half-open door" "Father holds his grandaughter on his knees" "She's laughing and trying his tooth on" "And then that lady comes to meet me in the hall" "Tall, up-right her eyes are black-ringed for lack of sleep for lack of sleep" "She says, "I don't like it" "Too many teeth here" "Better take care"" "Well, I answer, "Go get some sleep Father's staying home today"" "She nods and says, "O. K."" "Well, the next episode coming to you next week" "Excuse me, madam" "Yes?" "A hare fell out somebody's window" "The caretaker was asking Was it perhaps yours?" "No" "I can see you this afternoon if it's really urgent" "Mrs. Geller?" "Money order Your husband's sick benefit" "May I see your identification card, please?" "I only have a passport" "That will do" "Here you are" "Do you know the time?" "It's past ten" "Thank you" "Good morning" "Good morning" "Good morning..." "Which room is Mr. Geller in?" "Geller..." "The one we've operated on?" "Yes Room 12" "Twelve, I see I'd like to see his records" "Yes, sir" "Just leave it here" "Perhaps he'll feel like eating it later" "Has he had anything today?" "Not much" "May I help you?" "I have an appointment with the ward head" "No families received today" "But he told me to come My name's geller" "A lady to see you, Doctor Mrs. Geller" "Is it afternoon already?" "Ten past twelve" "The doctor will see you" "Sit down, please" "Can I smoke?" "I don't smoke." "But if you have to..." "The diagnosis the treatment, the operation... rather belated, all of that" "What do you mean?" "Things are in a bad way" "Will he live?" "I don't know" "But I've got to know" "You've got to know it, too" "No." "The only thing I've got to do is treat your husband as best I can" "And I know just one thing that I don't know" "Give me the district clinic, please" "Yes, the district clinic" "Sall I give you a lift?" "No, thank you, I always walk" "Your soup's in the fridge" "I repotted your cactus Please don't touch it" "I checked ont he ads." "Will tell you about them when I come on Wednesday" "Barbara" "Just a moment" "I took the other staircase" "Smoke if you like..." "How do you cope with bathing?" "I warm potfuls of water on the stove" "Look here, Madam I really don't know" "You see..." "I..." "We're very happy together my husband and I" "I love him very much" "I saw you together several times You seemed happy" "Please try to understand me" "We know nothing about causes very little about effects and next to nothing about prognosis" "They tell patients the Truth in America" "So they do They usually prove right" "Provided the prognosis was pessimistic" "It's different with optimistic forecasts" "I don't care" "I can stand a pessimistic prognosis" "Please tell me:" "Is he going to die?" "I have to know." "I want to do everything I can for him" "There's nothing you can do Just wait" "If you let me talk just a minute longer" "I'll tell you about my problem" "Go on" "You see, I couldn't get pregnant before" "I'm rpegnant now, three months gone" "The father is another man not my husband" "I know I won't ever have children again if I have an abortion now" "I know it" "But if my husband is to live I can't have that baby" "The man I've told you about is a very close friend" "I don't know what to do Do you understand?" "Do you know it's possible to love two men at one?" "It is..." "Do you understand?" "He has little chance to get better about several per cent" "The odds that he's going to live that is just to vegetate, are, say fifteen per cent." "That's what you can find in scitific books" "But I've seen too many people in my life who ought to have died but lived on and too many other who died for no reason." "I can't pass the sentence" "You see, one of them that is, my husband..." "ade me feel safe and comfortable" "The other one..." "Well, it's wrong to want too much It's conceit..." "Do you believe in God?" "I have a God that's enough for myself only, I guess" "Your private one?" "Yes" "Then ask your god for absolution" "Janek" "I phoned" "Didn't you listen to the recordings" "Yes." "Yes, I did" "What's the matter?" "We're going away" "When?" "In a week's time..." "To Delhi" "And then we're going on to the first camp, with the Sherpas" "What have you brought with you?" "Andrzej's rucksack" "Why should somebody else bury it" "Isn't it a bit too early for the funeral?" "We'll miss him..." "up there in the mountains" "Take it" "Take it away!" "Dorota he's still member of the club isn't he?" "Yes" "Then his rucksack can be kept in the store" "Yes" "Then let it stay there, damn it!" "At least until he dies" "I'm sorry" "I didn't mean to..." "I know" "My poor girl" "No, no." "Not any more" "This is 31-23-67." "Please leave a brief message after the electronic signal" "Hallo, Dorota" "It's me." "It's afternoon here" "I know it's already dark back hom" "I've just returned from a rehearsal" "Lots of friends but I don't feel good here" "I can't wait to see you" "I'll phone you again tomorrow evening" "Tomorrow night, to you" "I'd like to tell you one more thing but perhaps the recording will soon end" "Everything's fine" "Wonderful" "All right, you can get dressed" "I must get rid of it, Doctor" "Everything goes so well" "All right, if you insist It's the last moment to do it" "Have you ever been my patient?" "No." "This is my first visit" "Let me see..." "the day after tomorrow, one o'clock" "Your name please?" "Dorota Geller" "Dorota." "A pretty name" "It's you, isn't it?" "Yes" "Good morning Good afternoon, Madam" "When have you arrived?" "Yesterday night" "He wanted me to tell you about himself" "Please do" "Well, he rehearses a lot Had one concert already" "He thought you'd be there" "Can't get through to you" "Said to tell you he'd try again tonight" "I know well, that's about all" "Have you got the key to his flat?" "Yes" "He wants you to take the scores with you when you're going to join him" "They're on the piano" "Several sheets in a green cover" "All right" "Ah, that's your coffee" "It's cold already" "Excuse me" "This is the previous segment" "And the one before that" "Just look at them" "This one's a month old" "and this one... just two weeks" "And this is the latest one" "You've always taught us, sir Forget it." "What do you think?" "Answer it, Dorota" "You're there, aren't you?" "You are!" "Can you hear me?" "Dorata?" "Yes" "At last!" "Good morning or is it good evening?" "Good morning, I guess" "Good morning, then" "I tried to get hold of you the last few days" "I know, I'm sorry." "I was out" "Have you got the passport?" "Yes." "But it doesn't matter anymore" "Why?" "How's Andrzej?" "Pretty bad" "But why doesn't it matter?" "What you said about the passport?" "I'm going to have an abortion Tomorrow" "I don't get you" "I'm having an abortion tomorrow" "Do you understand?" "Yes." "I do" "If you do it and Andrzig dies, Dorota." "You will never want me again" "I know" "You'll pay a fortune for this call" "Yes." "We won't be together Do you understand?" "Yes" "I want to be with you" "Remember, I want it very much" "You'll have to ask somebody else to bring you the scores" "All right" "Dorota, I love you" "Just a short story today, Barbara" "I went to work, to the hospital" "A man came to see me" "And said we had to make a transfer to England" "That night." "I phoned hom" "Father answered it and said she was asleep" "He had to speak softly" "I asked about the kids" "They're fine he said" "The girl laughed so much she wetted her panties" "I had to change her clothes" "And the boy woke up ever so hungry" "I fed him" "And then I couldn't hear him anymore just ga-ga-ga..." "He must have put the receiver right up to the kid's mouth" "That was at eleven o'clock" "Soon after twelve I obtained a release and went hom" "But there wasn't any home" "So it was then" "Yes." "It was the, Barbara" "Where our house use to stand there was just a hole in the ground" "It was on that day A few minutes past twelve" "The boss said it was only exceptionally" "Yes" "Andrzej?" "Can you hear me, Andrzej?" "I..." "I love you so much" "Will you please excuse me gentlemen" "We'd like to talk in private" "No, please stay." "It won't take long" "You didn't want to pass a sentence in my husband's case" "But I don't want you to have a clean conscience." "I'm having an abortion in an hour" "Go out!" "Didn't I tell you?" "Please don't do it" "What do you mean?" "Don't do it" "Why not?" "He's going to die" "How do you know?" "Metastasis proceeds quicker and is more dangerous than before" "He hasn't the ghost of a chance" "Can you swear?" "I swear" "And, Madam" "You play with the philharmonic don't you?" "Yes" "I'd like to listen to your performance" "May I?" "Yes, please Come on in" "I'm sorry." "You've been sleeping" "No, just dozing" "Please sit down" "I'd like to thank you" "There's nothing to thank me for" "Nothing really" "You see, we've only just learned once again that it's not the X-ray pictures that we're treating" "I'm coming back from the other side" "Yes" "You know, the world seemed to me to be disintegrating" "Everything grew uglier" "More hideous" "As if somebody did it on purpose" "So that I wouldn't be sorry" "But now..." "Yes?" "Now?" "I can touch the table" "And what's more... you know" "We're going to have a baby" "I'm glad to hear it" "Do you know what it means to have a baby?" "Yes." "I do"