"TELEWIZKA POLSKA presents a film in "the DECALOGUE" series" "starring" ""DECALOGUE, ONE"" "screenplay" "11...12... 13... 14.... 15  20... 21..." "I couldn't go on." "Dad!" "Think something up!" "Kermit's fleeing Miss Piggy." "On a sled at 62 k.p.h. , Miss Piggy's chasing him on skis at 87 k.p.h." " Got it?" " How much later did she start?" "Right, 3 minutes." "Give the values." "Dad, I did it!" "She'll catch up with him in 10 minutes 26 seconds." "Hi." "Get in." "Cold?" "If somebody dies abroad would his obituary appear here?" "Might be..." "You pay for them." "If you pay they'll print it." "Why do people die?" "Various reasons." "Heart attacks, cancer..." "Accidents, of old age." "What I mean was, what is death?" "The heart stops pumping blood." "No blood reaches the brain, everything stops, comes to a halt..." "The end." "But what's left?" "What a man has done." "The memory of that, of him." "Memories seem to be important." "You remember somebody hopping strangely... or that he was good." "You remember his face, his smile, that he had a front tooth missing..." "Too early, Pawel." "What do you want from me so early?" "Turned sour?" "Yes." "It says here..." "a mass for the soul of..." "You've never said anything about souls." "It's a way of saying goodbye." "There's no soul." "Auntie says there is." "Some people find it easier to live if they think so." "What about you?" "Me?" "To tell the truth, I don't know." "What are you thinking about?" "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "Except..." "I was very happy this morning when I got that sum right." "When a pigeon ate the crumbs." "But I went shopping and saw a dead dog." "I knelt down and thought:" "what's the use... of working out when Piggy will catch up Kermit?" "What's the use of anything?" "Which dog was it?" "The one with yellow eyes." "He hung around the trash cans." "He was so pitiful, you know?" "Perhaps he's much better off now?" "We' are talking to the school principal." "The milk program?" "We have an arrangement with a dairy." "A glass of milk for each student." "The milk's disgusting." "They pour it down the toilet." "No." "During the breaks the toilets at our school are closed." " What have you got there?" " A guinea-pig." "What for?" "Biology." "But I'm not allowed to take it out." "See what sharp teeth it has?" "Pawel!" "Kust once more!" "Pawel!" "What's for dinner?" "Soup and a main dish, OK?" "I'm hungry." "A TV crew came to school today." "Why?" "Asking about milk." "They made us run." " Did you?" " Sure." "Do you want to go home?" "I'd show you something nice..." "You see?" "Stand next to the door." " Which one?" " The front door." "All right." "Here goes." "It'll shut the door!" "It did." "Now it'll open it." "It did." "Go to the bathroom." "Don't touch anything." "Look at the faucet." "Water." "I've prepared a program." "Mom wrote out her schedule, hour by hour." "I put it in its memory - with a 7-hour time lapse." "It's 27 minutes of four." "Mom - 15:33 hours." "I'm asleep." "She's asleep." "Ask it what she's dreaming." "What are you dreaming?" "It doesn't know." "Do you know?" "I don't think so." "It's very simple." "You." "Of course it's me." "And daddy?" "I don't know." " Do you know what it's doing?" " More or less." "God!" "What's the matter?" "I'm hungry." "Let's go then." "I wish Dad allowed me to use his computer." "It'd know Mom's dreams." "Race you?" "Want a start?" "No, not today." "That was good." " Shall I wash up?" " No, I'll do it." "I want to show you something." "Come here, Pawel!" "It was when you brought me the pencil case?" "Yes." "I got the prints today." "You recognize him?" "I do." "Is he good?" "Yes." "Clever?" "Do you think he knows the purpose of life?" "I think so." "Dad told me it's to make things easier for the people who come after us." " And that we don't always succesed." " Not always." "Dad's right." "Living means the joy of being able to help others." "Of being." "If you do something good, you feel you are needed." "And then there's more light." "There are big and small things." "You liked the noodles and I was happy." "Living... it's a present." "A gift." "Tell me," "Dad's your brother, isn't he?" "You know he is." "You mean, why are we different?" "Your father and I were brought up in a Catholic home." "He noticed much earlier than you that many things can be counted and measured." "He concluded that everything could be." "And he's gone on thinking that." "Perhaps he's not fully convinced but he won't admit it." "His life may seem more rational.... ...but that doesn'n mean there's no God." "Even for your Dad, you understand?" "Not really." "God exists." "It's very easy if you believe." "Do you believe that God exists?" "Yes." "What is he?" "What do you feel now?" "I love you." "Exactly..." "And that's Him." "Checkmate." "Now castle and check with the rook." "That's too easy." "She's won six games." "Even seven." "She'll defend with the queen..." "and she'll be finished." "Check." "I told you she's a routinist." "What next?" "Move the bishop and... mate." "Checkmate." "Congratulations." "Thank you." "Did you talk with your father?" "." " Dad, Auntie's calling." " Well?" "She wants to know if you agree." "I've enrolled him in religion classes." "If he wants to..." "As long as he feels he needs." "I talked to the priest." "There's a new church being built nearby." "The priest's young, Pawel'll like him." "What about tomorrow?" "No." "I'll take him tomorrow." "Bye." " You switched it on." " No, I didn't." "Hey, pal!" "What do you want?" "Switch yourself off." "Suppose he really wanted anything?" "Didn't you ask him:" "Hey, pal!" "What do you want?" "It was a joke, that's all." "It's 9:30, go to sleep." "Are you going out?" "I'll be late." "The light's on." "What's the temperature?" "Minus 14." "Will Mom call us before Christmas?" "I think so." "Sphere l:" "Instigator, instigate, instigation." "Sphere ll:" "Stir up, play up, break up." "Sphere Ill:" "Disrepute, disgrace, discredit, dishonor." "These are association fields." "Instigativism..." "There is no such word in Polish   but we understand it." "It's more difficult if we try to translate it." "It's rarely for a foreign language to be a language of your own an intimate language." "We can know it at the rational level, discuss things in it, have an enormous vocabulary, but..." "And here's the point, how do you get to know what lies hidden behind the words, the syllables?" "How do you discover the whole cultural background?" "Formulate its ties with history, politics, culture and everyday life?" "How do you get to know what makes up the soul of a language, its metasemantics," "its metaphysics even?" "Elliot said that poetry was what could not be translated." "But must he be right?" "Imagine a translator... who has acquired complete knowledge of a word or a language." "One with an unlimited memory which can be tapped into at any moment!" "However, he can be replaced by a mathematical device seemingly capable only of telling one digit from another." "Used in an unconventional way the device has both intelligence and consciousness." "It selects..." "which is an act of choosing." "And perhaps even an act of will." "I believe that a suitably programmed computer can have its own taste esthetic preferences, personality..." "For our next meeting I want you to choose a text and play with it in the way I did with my word." "I hope I'm not asking too much." "Am I?" "That's good." "Goodbye." "Look, after an hour outside." " Will tea freeze, too?" " Yes." "Hey, easy... it's glass." "Put it in the tub." "Let's stay here, see what happens." "It'll melt when it thaws or in the daytime." "Shall we count it?" "Yesterday you said tomorrow." " Here?" " No, here." "Frost holds only at night, for about 10 hours." "We must be precise." "Call the Meteorological Institute and ask them about ground temperatures in the last three days." "Meteorology Institute?" "Could you give me the ground temperatures... of the last three days?" "Yes, in Warsaw." "Thank you." " What's the pressure formula?" " P = Fls." "Temperature?" "Today -11, 14,2 yesterday and 12,5 the day before." "There's been frost for eight days." "And?" "Maximum load - 257 per square cm." "So a guy three times heavier than you can skate there." "Could you give me my Christmas present?" " From Mom and you." " What is it?" "I saw skates, didn't I?" " Where?" " Under the couch." "Can I?" "Depth of pond - 3,5m." "Maximum load 257 per square cm." " Do they fit?" " They're terrific." "Undressed and go to bed." "I'm going out." "You are to be asleep when I get back." "Are you asleep?" "No, I'm watching them shine." " I examined the ice." " I thought you would." "It's all right." "But you must stay at least 15 meters away from where the brook enters." "It doesn't freeze." "O.K." "It's shallow but I don't want you to get soaked." " Where's your elephant?" " He's asleep" "Is Pawel in?" "No." "Why?" "I don't know." "Mom's asking." "Good evening, I'm Ewa Jezierska." "Is Pawel in?" "Marek hasn't back home." "I didn't recognize you." "No, he's not in." "They should be at their English class." "What time is it?" " It's past four." " They'll be right back." "Something's happened." "What?" "I don't know." "I'll go find them." "Piotr!" " My baby!" " Wait!" "Is Pawel here?" " What is it?" " I have flu." "I let them off." "As soon as they came." " Where are they?" " I don't know." "Calm down." "Come in." "She's ill." "They're not there." " The ice broke on the pond." " Impossible." "It did, it did." "Take it easy." "It couldn't have." "Please, go there." "I'll be all right." "Have you seen Pawel?" "Yes, at school." "He told me his dream." " Now, I mean." " No." "He said he'd call me." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten." "Pawel?" "Pawel!" "Irena?" " Did Pawel call you?" " When?" "Now." "Today." "He didn't come to dinner." "He had an English lesson." "He didn't." " So where is he?" " I don't know." "Something wrong?" " No, I spilled the ink." "What?" "The ink bottle broke all of a sudden." "I meant Pawel..." "I don't know." "People say the ice on the pond broke." "He said you'd..." "...calculated it was strong enough." "They say it broke." " I'll look for him." " I'll be right there." "Pawel..." "Pawel..." "Over!" "Pawel..." "It's your father..." "Over!" "Pawel..." "Pawel..." "Mom." "Mom!" "Mommy!" "Kacek!" "Where have you been?" "We've been playing in the old car." "Let's go home!" "Pawel was to call me in the afternoon." "Do you remember me?" "This boy might tell you something." "The little one, Kacek." "Please, wait!" "Pawel was skating on the pond!" "He was skating on the pond!" "On the pond." "cast" "directed by" "director of photography" "music" "Text:" "Monika Czerniewska" "Subtitles:" "RMR s.c."