"THE DEER HUNT" "Starring" "Written and directed by FADIL HADZHICH" "Yes?" "Yes. 7, 8, 2, 4..." "Yes." "Get out." "Where are you taking him?" " To custody in Osijek." "Is he a heavy category?" " He's bound to get 10 years." "Luckily, more educated than you will judge me." "Your job is to take me to the toilet when I ask." "Hard labor will calm you down." "It's still better than leaving with that whore." "Chief, give me a cigarette." "He stabbed a woman to death." "She barely survived." "When I get out, she'll get the knife." "All women are whores." "That's their God-given nature." "Now she's to blame you hooked up with another one and wanted to get rid of her?" "Were you maybe an eye-witness?" "What are you staring at me?" "It's not like I killed your father." "Come on, pick up the cigarette for me." "You have a foul mouth." "It'll get you killed." "Get going." "I'll be with you right away." "Do you have vacant rooms?" " Yes." "Have you been waiting long?" " No." "Your ID, please." " I only have passport." "A foreign one?" " Yes." " Will do." "OK." "How long are you staying?" "I'll see." "Room 18, second floor." "Wait..." " OK." "I'll carry your luggage." "We have no elevator, I broke my back carrying suitcases." "And all that for 80 grand a month." " Please, I can do it myself." "It will help me wake up." "This way, please." "Where did you get this coat?" " In Sydney." " How much was it?" "4 pounds." " There's clothes to buy here as well now, you only need the money..." "I earn 80 grand a month." "That's about $60, right?" " Yes." "Does anyone in Australia work for that kind of money?" "I'm trying to get a job in Zagreb now." "If it pans out, I'm out of the backwoods." "Any turd acts like a boss here." "When did you leave from here?" "Factories to workers!" "Where can I deposit foreign currency?" "At the third counter, please." " Thank you." "What currency are you depositing?" " Dollars." "Please fill out this form." "You are a local national?" " Yes." "But I have foreign documents." "You were born here?" "Yes." "What should I put in the form?" "Let me fill it out for you." " Thank you." "How much are you depositing?" " $47,000." "$47,000?" "Yes." "Origin of the money?" "Savings from earnings." "Profession?" " Well..." "There were various professions..." "Put farmer." "I had a small chicken farm." "That would be all." "Do you have a check or cash?" "A check." "Here you are." "Quiet, please." "After four days of holidays, people have a hard time getting back to work." "Wait a minute, please." "Have a seat." " Thank you." "Hello." " Good day." "How are you?" " Fine." "And you?" "Here's flowers for you." " Thank you, you shouldn't have." "Here are the checks." " Just a moment, please." "Please sign." "Here you are." " Thank you." "I'm a good game for thieves now." " Take care." "Did you read about a cashier who was attacked in Zagreb?" " Let them just try." "I'm carrying a piece." " Good for you." "Hello." " Hello." "Excuse me." "Do you recognize me?" "No." "You used to play for Slavija before the war, right?" " No." "You're Mirko Cecuk, right?" " Not yet." "Then I apologize." " It's nothing." "I was hit on the head, so I don't remember anyone." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "This happens a lot to me." "Imagine, I didn't recognize my own wife and sister on a train." "I almost hit on my own family." "That's called bad luck." " Good-bye." " Good-bye." "Excuse me..." " Yes?" " What's the name of that gentleman?" "Oto Svarc, he's a cashier at Trikotaza." "Thank you." " You're welcome." "I apologize, the foreign currency takes a bit of time." "Now we're done." " OK." " This is your passport, here you are." "And this is your bank book." "You can withdraw as much and whenever you want." "The interest rate is 7,5 %." " OK." "Are you staying for good?" " Yes." "I'd be happy to." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." " Thank you." "POLICE" "Good day." "I need the police chief." " The police chief?" "Second floor, comrade." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "Hello." " Hello." " I would like to see the chief." "Your name?" " Ivan Susnjar." "Please wait a minute." " OK." "You can go in." " Thank you." "Hello." " Hello." "Please..." "Have a seat." "Would you like a coffee?" "Yes, please." "Here you are." "You've come from Australia?" " How do you know?" "The bank called." "Just don't be surprised." "Since the branch office has been here, no private entrepreneur has ever deposited so much money." "Until noon, the whole town will know about it." "And the police should know first." "Is that all you know about me?" " For now." "Excuse me." "Yes?" "What does the hospital say?" "Has the husband been informed?" "Yes." "As soon as she regains consciousness, get her statement." "Bye." "Poisoning." "She took 20 sleeping pills after a fight with her husband." "In five days they'll have a happy marriage again." "Anyway..." "Let's hear your story." "Please." "Well..." "I left from here two days after the Partisans liberated the city." "I think it was on May 6, 1945." "I was 18 at the time." "And I was 12." "I only remember a large picture of Stalin on the government building." "It was almost 10 meters tall." "And the mustaches were 2 m tall." "Everything else is vague." "Yes." "It's been quite a long time." "You're a fugitive?" "Something like that." "I was arrested as soon as the Partisans came." "The armed man who dragged me out of the house still lives here." "What's his name?" " Josip." "Jozha Vikulich." "He's retired now." " And owns a private inn." "Yes." "Why did he arrest you?" "For collaboration with occupying forces." "I was labeled as Ustasha even though" "I was just a paper-pusher at the local government." "I'd only been working at the land-registry for three months." "Had I not escaped, I would have probably been shot." "Why did you actually need me?" "I need you for two reasons." "Firstly, I want to be registered as a fugitive and politically accused." "And secondly?" " Secondly..." "I want to request an amnesty under the law passed couple of years ago." "That's all?" "Also, I'd like a private advice from you, since you're probably a communist, right?" "Yes." "Please advise me, how can I reclaim my house, confiscated after my flight, in which my mother used to live?" "Communists don't deal with these things." "We have regular courts for that." " Yes." "I know." "But an experienced communist could tell me what's the best way to avoid kicking up too much political dust with such claim." "Who lives in your house now?" " Lf my information is correct, it's the man who arrested me back then." "Joza Vikulic?" "Has the house been made over to his name or does he pay rent?" "I don't know that." "By the amnesty law, you're a free man, legally protected as all other citizens." "Unless..." " Unless I'm found to be a war criminal." "Yes." "The amnesty doesn't apply to war criminals." "That's why I came to you, so that you can look into it and protect me from possible suspicions and innuendos." "I wouldn't want to have to run away once more." "Even though that would be much more difficult now." "What do you mean?" " Well..." "The police is surely better organized now." "And you're less busy than right after the war." "Thanks for the compliment." "We'll try to justify your confidence." "Tell me, what will you do here?" "You have so much money that you can open three cafes." "Well..." "I don't know." "First I'll settle this situation with the house." "Yes." "Do you have living relatives?" "A sister in a local monastery." "One question, out of pure police curiosity." " Yes?" "Why did you go to the bank first thing in the morning?" "Because of possible complications I still expect." "The money in the bank is somewhat safer than at the police." "Will you finish soon?" "Mr. Susnjar, we'll start working on your case right away." " OK." "This is Andrija Rabar." "A colleague that will work on it." "Ivan Susnjar." " Nice to meet you." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "You're looking for someone?" "Is Mr. Vikulic at home?" "I don't think so." "Ask for him at the inn." " Thank you." "Have you heard the one about the Pope?" "I'll tell you next time." "It's very blunt." "It could get you 10 years in prison." " Bye." " Bye." "Hello." " Hello." "Please..." "Have a seat, please." "Please." "Would you like a shave?" "A shave." " Sure." "Do you remember me?" "I do, but for the life of me, I can't remember from where." "Try to imagine me 25 years younger." "You remember." " Susnjar from the local government." "Why are you so scared?" "When did you arrive?" " This morning, from Australia." "You already thought I was dead, right?" "What do you plan to do now?" "I bet you lined your pockets well there." "Yes, I've saved some money." "What brings most profit here?" "Will they give you a trade license?" " Who?" "Well... the local government." " You mean, the police?" "Yes." "They might label you as Ustasha." "You should know too well I wasn't in Ustasha, but a paper-pusher at the local government." "Right?" "There were all kinds of rumors in town." "You know what the people are like." "Who's the best lawyer in town?" "Depends on what you need him for." "For political affairs." "Leo Janjic is for that." "He used to work at the DA's office." "It wasn't worth it so he opened his law office." "Whenever it's slippery political thing, everybody hires him." "And is Joza Vikulic still in the Communist Party?" "You ask a lot of questions." "Right after the was he was a big shot." "He's demobilized now, a retiree." "He owns an inn." "Did you get married?" " No." "Now they'll run after you." "You've become a foreign currency dower." "That's it." "Finished." "How much?" "Five dinars." "Here." " Thank you." "You still think I'm a ghost?" "Come." "That yellow house is the lawyer's." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Very good." "I understand and I think there should be no problems with it." "You like your coffee sweeter?" "Feel free, I drink bitter." "Our laws are getting more and more tolerant." "But they have to be enforced." "The revolution has won." "It can afford to turn the blind eye on some people." "I'm not asking for that." "I know, I'm speaking in general terms." "As far as I'm concerned, your case is quite clear." "An 18-years-old young man flees from the country and the only fault is that he has a rotten Ustasha apple on his genealogical tree." "That's no reason to cut the whole tree." "Especially since your uncle has been long gone." "When should I contact you again?" " You're staying at the hotel here?" " Yes." "I'll call when I need you." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "Papuk inn Owner Joza Vikulic" "Where's your boss?" " In Monte Carlo." "Wait a minute." "See how Mare's looking at you since you grew Spanish mustache?" "Don't joke, I'm in a hurry." " Hold it, wait a minute." "Heard what happened last night?" " You're scheming something again?" "I swear!" "If you don't believe me, ask Mara." "Wife of Dr. Stojsic poisoned herself." " Gynecologist?" " Yes." "She's at the hospital, they're pumping out her stomach." "When was it?" " Early this morning." "She doesn't have it easy when her husband has to inspect every female privates." "And sometimes he stays inside a bit longer than necessary." "She snapped, took 20 pills and..." "Well, my barber, if I was in that business, I'd never get married, but I'd help husbands with their marital obligations." "Because your marriage is like bed and breakfast paid in advance." "I'd be more "a la carte" to your lady." "I'm just afraid you're serving tainted meat." "The barber screwed you over." "Give me a wine brandy." "OK..." "Excuse me just a moment." "Where's she from, Zeljo?" " Banja Luka, they say." "But she mostly sings around Vojvodina and Slavonia." "When she goes into sevdah, the glasses break by themselves." "They say she even sang on the radio." "Fuck it, I believe it." "That station from Donja Bukovica?" " Joking aside, she knows her job." "The moment I see a singer, I know how good she is." "If she's like a tail-less dog and brushes guests with her ass, then her ass is her profession, and singing is more like a cover so that you don't figure out she's a whore." "No grabbing with this one." "Jure tried it yesterday." "She slapped him twice so hard that he still doesn't know his name." "Look at her posture." "Like a swan." "Beautiful." "Since she's been here, we're full." "Aren't you maybe in love, Zeljo?" "If needed, I can fall in love too." "But you can't trick her that easily." "I think she's one of those women that take what they want and you can't force them to anything." "Waiter?" " Yes, yes..." "Would you like to have a dinner?" " What's on the menu?" "Cabbage rolls is the only ready-to-serve meal." " I'll have that." "Anything to drink?" "A glass of red wine and some water." "So, watered wine." " Yes." "Here you are." "Cabbage rolls..." " That's the owner?" " Yes." "You're not from these parts?" "You're a traveling salesman, huh?" "Are they fresh?" "Of course, but cabbage rolls are better after a few days." "Yes, but not months." " Don't say that, sir." "You have to know that the whole municipality eats here, the president and everybody else, engineers, doctors, whoever." "Creme de la creme, as they say." "See that one over there?" "He's the head doctor of the hospital." "He slaughtered more people than all the fascists during the war." "Every other patient dies on his operating table." "But those who survive have to pay up." "And then?" " He can tell it like it is to anyone, no one can oppose him." "Not even the people from the Committee." "As you never know when you'll end up under his knife, right?" "And is your boss in the Committee?" " Like hell he is." "Now he's playing a different game." "The politics doesn't pay anymore." "Now you can be those from 1941, so what?" "Nothing." "That's water under the bridge." "That's why my boss switched over to private entrepreneurs." "We make more money here per day than what the president of the local government makes in a month." "I know it because I charge people." "Can you ask your boss to come over to my table?" "I knew right away that you're a traveling salesman." "What do you sell?" "Wine brandy or wine?" " Poison." " Poison?" "You mean, liqueur?" "I'll call him right away." "Right away!" "Sing something cheerful, the boss is angry." "Do you know that one," "I like you, that's my will, because you're the best in bed." "Get away, you rascal." "Waiter, the bill!" " Right away!" "Good evening." "You asked for me?" "I'm Ivan Susnjar." "Please have a seat." "That's you?" " Yes." "The singer knows who has the deepest wallet here." "You mean, you?" "She's eyeing your $47,000 in the bank." "I can toil all my life and wash glasses after you and I still couldn't save half of that sum." "Who gave you this info so quickly?" "Small town, everybody knows everything." "Not only how much money people have, but also some other things." "What other things?" " Well..." "I heard you've filed charges against me with a lawyer." "That you want your nationalized house back, right?" " Right." "Why didn't you claim it right after the war?" "I had more important things to do." "Such as?" " I was saving my own life." "From whom?" "From individuals that thought they were the state and the law so they took the law in their own hands." "What can you do?" "We didn't need laws for Ustasha killers and traitors." "The bullet was enough." "And now the laws are enforced, right?" "Yes." "By the current law, I'm asking for my house in which you live now." "You can also ask for fascism to come back to power, which would be normal from a tried-and-true fascist." "The only question is who'd listen to you." "So, you won't leave the house?" "Emigrants throwing me out on the street, that's just what I need." "You won't live to see that." "Would you like to have something to drink, boss?" " Go away." "OK." "Let me ask you, how come you're not in prison as a suspect who fled from the people's court?" " From your court, not the people's." "I'll have to check who's protecting suspects in this town." "It's being checked already." "Upon my request." "Were cabbage rolls good?" " Very good." "Excellent." "If she knew how much money you had in the bank, she'd grab you like a boa." "But..." "I have to tell you, she's one of the more decent ones." "She won't go with just about anybody." "Not even the boss dipped it into her." "Thank you very much." " You're welcome." "What did he ask you?" " Nothing, he's asking about the singer." "Just stick to that returned emigrant." "He can buy half the town." "And I'll just wait my turn, huh, Seka?" "What's his profession?" "Fascist, says the boss." "Don't be afraid." "It's me." "If you want to come in for a coffee, please..." "My family is still up." "Have a seat." "How come you've come back?" "I had to." "Abroad I'm a guest forever." "They count my time and my food." "You're not afraid?" "No, because I'm innocent." "You know that well." "Did you have problems after the war?" "No." "You're confined in here on your free will?" "You treated wounded soldiers like all the other girls." "Everyone had to follow orders, there was a general mobilization." "Half of those girls that worked like you live a normal life in the town." "Why should only we pay the price?" "Because our uncle was an Ustasha officer?" "Is that it?" "Don't yell in here." "I came back to settle the score." "I'll either be hanged or free." "Nothing can stop me." "Don't do anything evil." "God asks us to forgive." "God..." "God knows best all my anguish." "If only these hands could tell what they had to endure and do in foreign lands, everyone would know I've already served the hardest sentence I could get." "Life in foreign land isn't exactly prosperous." "So if you want to survive, you have to clearly understand that you're just a servant asking for a job." "First three years I worked in a quarry, 10 hours a day in temperature of +40 C." "I held out because I hoped I'd return home some day." "That hope saved me, it gave me strength." "And now what?" "Now I should run back again?" "If I have to die like a dog, I'll die here." "Do you need anything?" "Now I have enough money." "Thank you." "I have everything here." "I'm putting up a gravestone for mother now." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "No reason." "I have to go." "Drop by sometime." "I will." "I swear on Holy Mary, you won't believe me." "Where are you from, Zeljo?" " Sinj." "What trouble brought you here to Slavonia?" "Yugoslav "draught"." "I worked everywhere." "In Frankfurt, Munich, I lived like a god." "If you made it that good, you wouldn't have returned from Germany." "Here you make 150,000, right?" "You make 100,000 more from tips." "Then you steal 150,000 more from the boss." "That's good 400,000 for you." "And you eat for free." "I steal 150,000?" "Fuck anyone who steals just 1 dinar from my boss." "He was a policeman for ten years." "Like, he doesn't see or hear, but he knows what you think." "He gets angry when people meddle with these things." "Because he didn't leave the police force on his free will, they demobilized him due to lack of education." "Luckily, you don't need an education for this raking up money." "And government pension is still coming..." " Zeljo!" "Huh?" " An aperitif Americano." " Aperitivo Americano." "What will you have?" "Two imported beers, a plate of prosciutto." "The boss is paying." "My God, did he adopt you?" " Cut the crap and bring it over here, fast!" "Two imported beers, prosciutto." "Would you like two marinated imported pheasants at boss' expense?" "Listen, if you hook me up with the singer for tonight, there's 2000 in it for you." "You hook me up with her and there's 5000 in it for you." "Even though I'm more handsome than you and could get me turn before you." "More handsome?" "With that calf's head of yours and short mustache?" "What can I tell you, Zdravko." "She likes young veal better than old pork." "This waiter trash has become too big for his britches." "That's that gold mine from Australia?" "Yes." "I'd recommend bean broth with ribs." "See, the doctor is having that today." "And what he eats is the best." "OK, bring me the bean broth and 0,2L of wine." " Bean broth, 0,2L..." "Now hurry up, the boss can't wait to hear what we talked about." "Hello, Ustasha." "The doctor says he hasn't eaten this good bean broth even in Nis." "And he worked there for five years." "Nis is to beans what Paris is to women's things." "Enjoy." " Thank you." "Cut-throat..." "Watch your back." "Enjoy." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Yes?" "I'd like to pay." " Pay?" " Yes." "It wasn't good?" " It's OK, I'm not hungry." "How much is it?" "It's... 2800." "So, what do I tell the singer?" " Tell her whatever you want." "You don't find her interesting as a person?" " No, I don't." "He'll leave." "We should say good-bye, right?" "Watch where you're going." "What did you say about my mother?" "I didn't say anything." "What did you say about my mother, you Ustasha?" "What do you want from me?" "What?" "I barely touched him and he cursed my mother!" "You trash!" " Leave me alone!" "Don't interfere." "You think this is the Ustasha regime so you can do what you like?" "Watch your back!" "Enough!" "Enough!" "This is the first fight in my establishment." "Someone will pay for it." "Zeljo, put the table back up, quickly!" "Pick up the glass." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Hurry up!" "Those two provoked him, I saw it." "Shut up and do what you're paid to do." "Let me go." "Why are you putting on airs, as if you were made of gold?" "Go to your place." "Where's the police?" "They're at the bar all day long, but never when you need them." " Yes." "Good morning, Mr. Barber!" "My sincere condolences!" "It's not easy to support a club that falls waist-deep into shit every other week." "But not everything's lost." "God willing, you'll be first, counting from the bottom." "Then you'll go to the second league, for a change of air." " Cut the crap!" "Excuse me, I didn't see you, Mr. Cvetko." "4:0, at home." "I'd bet my head that the result was rigged." "Last three matches were sold on the black market in advance, right?" "But how can you prove it?" "It's done in private." "Do you know that Jocic guy?" "Former back of the national team, he's a coach now." "I was with him one time." "And he said, Zeljo," "I could win every game if only our club had the money." "He said, three rich directors in the management are worth more than three Peles." "Isn't that right, Mr. Barber?" "Wine and soda!" "Coming up!" "How are you, Mr. Cvetko?" " Wine and soda for Mr. Barber." "Have you heard the one about the monkey and the waiter?" "Want to screw me over, Mr. Barber, huh?" "Know what they say?" "If a fool screws you over, you're screwed twice." "You could come over so that I cut your tongue short." "For free." "Gladly, Mr. Barber." "Just remember, don't mess with the waiters." "Because you'll never know if the waiter spat in your wine and soda or not." "Good-bye, Mr. Cvetko." " Good-bye." "My respects, Mr. Barber." "Hello." " Hello." "Please, come in." "So, Mr. Janjic, tell him everything." "I've told him hundred times worse things, but his skin is thick as rhino's." "When can I come over?" " On Monday." "Monday?" "Wait, I wanted to tell you something." "I'll remember it by Monday." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Please, come in." "Katica, please, re-type this and add Appeal to Supreme Court on death sentence to Zvonko Stanisic, sentenced for triple murder in a state of mental incompetence." "All right." "I've heard there was a fight." "Do you smoke?" "Vikulic's people provoked me." "You should have avoided that." "Things will be more difficult now." "Excuse me." "Katica, delete the section with statement from his wife." "She's such a bad liar that you can tell it from afar." "Did you go to the police?" "I'm waiting for their call." "That's what they said." "Go to the police right away." "I think that would be good." "Is there any reason for it?" "It seems as though things are getting a bit complicated." "I thought it would all be easy." "Now I'm afraid there would be a lot of wrangling." "Katica, please plead the Article 177 in the appeal statement." "That's just a formality." "He won't be executed anyway." "Sir, we have a very sentimental judiciary." "For a triple murder, one gets 20 years, does maybe 12..." "Look at this case, for example." "In England he'd hang without any discussion." "He killed his daughter-in-law, son, father..." "His wife narrowly escaped the massacre." "Group killings are in fashion now." "It's like having group sex to them." "Let's get back to my case." "The only thing I can advise is to avoid further incidents." "This last time wasn't very wise." "So if someone attacks me with an ax tomorrow, I have to let them kill me." "I didn't say that." " But that's what it comes down to, Mr. Janjic." "It's all tightly connected." "But don't forget, I'm not afraid because I've never been an Ustasha." "Not for one day." "And your late father knew it well, and he was in town all four years." "Unfortunately, he's passed away." "What do you mean by that?" "We need live witnesses." "And I'm afraid we won't find them easily." "How should I refer to the accused?" " What?" " As a comrade or a mister?" "You could get 3 months in jail for some of your questions." "Without inquiry!" "Am I bothering you here?" "You're starting to lose temper, and that is not good." " My temper is just fine." "But you've completely changed from the last time we'd met." "At least from my perspective." "Listen, first of all, I'm ill..." "Anyway, if this doesn't suit you, please leave my office without a fee!" "You want to say that you've already been paid for this case?" "Here you are." " Mr..." " Good-bye." "Watch out!" "There's a man over there!" "Where did he come out of?" "What are you looking for here?" "You could have lost your head." "How did you enter the hunting area?" "I'm looking for you." "Who are you?" " Ivan Susnjar." "Ivan Susnjar?" " Yes." "What do you want from me?" "Don't you recognize me, Kosta?" "Susnjar from the local government?" " Yes." "When did you arrive?" " A few days ago." "Are you free?" "I need you about something." "Wait until we collect the game." "I have guests on the hunting-ground." "I'll be right back." "I'd never recognize you." " I recognized your voice before your face." "I'll be back soon." "You shocked me so much that I forgot to shake your hand." "You look good." " And where have you been all these years?" "In Australia." " I've heard you were somewhere abroad." "You left illegally, right?" " Yes." "What's that you needed me about?" "Don't be afraid." "That's my guests shooting at some empty bottles." "Hunters from Zagreb come for some fresh air." "And I fix does for them." "If it's bigger shots, I fix them a deer." "With the size of their antlers depending of their position in town." "Come on..." "Tell me." "I want you to confirm only one thing:" "That I wasn't in Ustasha during the war." "Leave the rest up to me." "OK." "I can do that when they ask." "Unless..." " What?" "You have doubts about me." "Let's talk openly now." "If I knew you hooked up with those gangsters over there," "I'd send you straight back where you came from." "And if you're not that kind," "I'll do... whatever I can." "I know the chief of police personally." "He's still uncorrupted." "He sometimes comes to hunt." "When he kills a sparrow, I make a doe fall down." "That's how it is." "Power is power." "Thank you." "There's no need to thank me." "He's a good friend of ours, but he's still suspicious by nature." "By the time you prove you're not a bear, your skin is at the market." "A deer." " No." "There are few deer here." "All of them moved to town apartments." "As trophies." "You too look like a beast on a hit list." "A deer with war antlers." "From war times." "Your sight gets sharper in the woods so you easily tell fox from wolf." "That's why I trust you." "How did they dress you up?" "As if you just came out of the movie!" "Listen, don't worry, I'll come and arrange everything tomorrow." "I'm going over to my people so that the pheasants don't burn through." "Bye." " Thank you." "Yes?" " Are you sleeping, Ustasha?" "Write a will, fool." "It's a shame to leave all that money to the bank." "Here's your dinner, Mr. Susnjar." "Did you notice that blond plump cook?" "I'm more important than the manager to her." "She likes pleasures with men and I'm kind-hearted so I make myself available whenever she's desperate." "When I go to Zagreb, I'll freshen up and score some classy women." "I've had enough of these country-girls smelling of stew." "Here you are." "Pork chop a la carte, Zrinski wine brandy..." "You're in a bad mood?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I'm a bit tired." " Then enjoy your meal and good night." "Here you are." "Dollar!" "They say that dollar is in crisis." "I want to be in such crisis forever." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "You're gloomy?" "If one of those ruffians said something to you, just tell me." "Or maybe you fell in love, huh?" "Why are you laughing?" "No reason." "You find it funny that a singer in a bar could really fall in love?" "I didn't mean it like that." "Look, I like you, not for a day or two, but long term." "How much is that with you?" "You don't trust me, huh?" "Why, tell me." "I can tell by your eyes that you're lying." "My late father told me I had scheming eyes." "And women always see me through." "I can't look deep into their eyes so that they believe me right away." "Want me to tell him if you're too embarrassed?" "Don't be crazy." "Eh, Seka..." "That's how it is in life." "I should know best." "One time I courted a short brunette." "Know what she told me?" "She said, Zeljo, I've lost virginity three times to love schemes like yours." "What a nice comfort." "Good night." "Good night." "I'm sorry, I turned the music off, otherwise I wouldn't get a wink of sleep." "You did well." "I fell asleep." "Would you like to have something to drink?" "Where are you going?" "To close the door." "Do you mind sharing a glass with me?" "I heard you sing." "You're a very good singer." "You're the only one in the room that didn't applaud." "I was in a bad mood." " I know." "You were rude even with me." "You're quite self assured." "Less than it seems." "Why are you looking at me so sternly?" "You must have been handsome as a young man." "Quite." "But somewhat clumsy in love." "I always used to blush in front of the girls." "You're blushing now too." "Please, leave me by myself." "Who is it?" "The manager." "Who is it?" "What is it?" "I need one of your guests." " Which one?" " Susnjar." "Room 18." "All right." " Will you be arresting him?" "If so, I can rent his room." "I just have to bring him in." "Full name?" " Ivan Susnjar." "Father's name?" "Jakov." "Year of birth?" "1927." "When did you flee from the country?" "May 6, 1945." "Were you a member of emigrant terrorist organizations abroad?" "No." "Were you a member of a political organization here during the war?" " No." "Who can attest that you weren't a member of the Ustasha movement?" "Kosta Jakic, a Partisan." "He's a game warden now." "Then..." "Ivica Miskovic, a barber." "I would suggest the two of them." "It'd be best if you asked around town yourself." "There are many people that lived here during the war." "Have a coffee." " No, thank you." "We've asked some people already." "But they responded in a way that is not to your advantage." "Don't put this on the record." "What did they say about me?" " That you were an organized Ustasha." "Me?" " You." "Who told you that?" "Ivica Miskovic." "The barber." "The witness you proposed." "According to our information, you took part in a massacre lead by your cousin Ignjac Susnjar, well-known Ustasha officer." "Is that true?" "It's not true that I took part in a massacre." "The only truth is that" "Ignjac Susnjar was an Ustasha officer and later shot." "Did he get you a job at the town council?" " Yes." "Did he enroll you in the Ustasha movement?" "That's a lie!" "I was just a paper-pusher." "And your sister?" "She was mobilized like all other girls and she helped at the hospital." "Ustasha hospital." " There was only one hospital in town." "During the Ustasha regime, they treated wounded Ustasha there." "My sister was only 17 at the time." "What does that prove?" " That she was a minor." "And politically unconscious of her acts." "But we have evidence that she was very conscious." "Because she made love to one of the agile officers of the Ustasha secret service." "She treated his wounds inflicted by Partisans with much more care than others." "Maybe because he was a very talented cut-throat?" "Like your uncle." "Could you be less cynical?" "You find it cynical as soon as the Ustasha are mentioned." "No." "It's just the tone of your interrogation." "I apologize." "I'll try and be less cynical and more reasoned." "That handsome swell later fled." "He's somewhere in Argentina now." "Here..." "This is him." "In full fighting trim." "Did you know him?" "Not personally." "But I'd seen him around town." "He appeared at the end of the war." "I don't think he's from these parts." "He didn't come to your house?" " No." "Your sister never told you anything about that relationship?" " No." "Not even when you visited her at the monastery?" "No, but..." " Go on." "I had a feeling she didn't want to tell me something." "Or maybe I'm wrong." "You're not." "I won't bother you with other evidence we have as we closed your sister's file the day she went to the monastery." "Why are you looking at me with such suspicion?" " Professional deformation." "Just one more question for today." "If you're not tired, that is." " Yes?" "Did you have contact with that man in Australia?" "He was often seen outside of Argentina." "Gathering his scattered flock." "No." "Thank you." "That's all for today." "Good-bye." "I'd like to speak to the chief." "He's out of town." "OK." "Thank you." " You're welcome." "Write it down:" "Ivan Susnjar, when asked if he was a member of the Ustasha movement during the war, said..." "Hello." " Hello." "What are you doing so early here?" "Your people dragged me out bed and invited me for breakfast." "What did they offer you with?" " Statements from false witnesses." "I wanted to speak with you, but they said you were out of town." "Yes, I came back last night." "Let's go upstairs." " Thank you." "Did you give all information to the investigator?" " Yes." "Please have a seat." "We received some quite condemning statements against you." "Now we have to investigate your case more thoroughly." "In your interest." " I'm not afraid of that." "Can I be completely frank?" " That's the fastest way to our goal." "I have a feeling that Vikulic is behind all these statements." "And he has a reason to see me removed from here as soon as possible." "The same laws apply for both of you." "Are you sure?" "Police isn't omnipotent these days." "Nor are the deserving individuals." "Even the district attorney can lose a political lawsuit now." "Which was rare right after the war." "Who gave the statement against me?" "The man you fought with at the inn." "I'd never seen him before." "He has no clue what I did during the war." "He signed a statement that he personally saw you in 1944 when some Partisans were executed." " What Partisans?" "Captured Partisans shot by your uncle Ignjac Susnjar, near Rijeka." "I remember that execution." "The whole town was buzzing about it." "But I wasn't in the area and I was opposed to it." "My mother told this to our uncle who got angry and never came to our house again." "I want to answer only for myself and my own sins." "My uncle was an active fascist." "That's why he was executed." "My sister was minor at the time." "Even if she had an affair with that Ustasha officer, which I learned this morning, that's her business." "She chose the monastery imprisonment." "But I want to answer for myself!" "Does the whole family have to be branded if one member was a criminal?" "By what right?" "By what law of the humanity?" "Calm down." "I'm not afraid of the court and the law, but I am afraid of schemes like these and false witnesses." "This is where I want your protection, you know." "I think you're overreacting, Mr. Susnjar." "Vikulic can't do anything to you if you're clean." "But let us investigate all the way through." "I'm a young policeman." "Vikulic has been a communist twice as long as I have." "But no one can convince me that you're a political criminal if you're not." "Sounds quite good." "In theory." "You have doubts about that?" "Do you guarantee my safety in this town?" "You're too much of a pessimist." "This is not the Wild West." "The beast hidden for 25 years reacts to the slightest noise." "Mr. Susnjar, I have a law degree." "I'm aware of all the dumb things my predecessors did in this room." "Some of them with best intentions, protecting the interests of the revolution." "Please understand, your case is also a small test for me." "On revolutionary morality." "I'll be glad if you don't flunk it." "One more thing." "Has the game warden Kosta Jakic spoken with you?" " Yes." "He spoke nicely about you." "But he joined Partisans a year before the liberation." "So he doesn't know what happened with you later." "He didn't say anything bad about you." "Yes." "I believe that." "Good-bye." " Good-bye." "What is it?" " When did you see me in Ustasha uniform?" " Why do you ask?" "Because you gave such statement to the police." "Your uncle was a well-known Ustasha." "That was my uncle, not me." "That's why he was executed." "And your brother too, so he did 10 years for it!" "Who made you give false statements?" "What do you want from me?" " Who told you to lie?" "Tell me!" "If you touch me, I'm going to the police!" "Tell me who bought you!" " Let me go!" "Yes, please." "Come in, Mr. Madlesic." "We'll talk more later." "Hello." "Hello, comrades." "What can I offer the comrade police with?" "Where's your boss?" "In the kitchen." "I'll get him." "I'll have a brandy." "You?" " The same." "What brings you here?" " Can you spare some time and talk to us?" "One must have time for the police, I know that." "We're in the same line of work." "Police is not in such high regard anymore that everybody has to obey it." "Depends on their attitude." "Please, this way." " Thank you." "What happened, comrades?" "I know that police never comes to visit if there's no need." "This rooster of mine hasn't raped anyone, has he?" "Don't say that, boss." "I can still get it without raping." "Isn't that right, comrade Andrija?" "My file is clean as a whistle, right?" " Beat it." "That Susnjar guy had a fight here?" " Yes." "He was provoking people the other night." "For no reason, he cursed someone's mother." "Had you known him before that?" "Get to the chase." "Let's not beat around the bush." "I think it'd be good if you let him move into his house." "You shouldn't have a problem building a new one now." "That's not my house, but government's." "All the better." "Let him move in." "And since when does our police take such care about former Ustasha?" "We have to prove that he was in Ustasha." "Two witnesses aren't enough?" "They would be enough if we could trust them." "So the police trusts more a political emigrant than law-abiding citizens." "It's been democratized a lot." "One of those law-abiding citizens was your prisoner after the war." " Who?" "The barber." "You want to say that I recruited him?" "Who'd have known I'd have to be accounted for defending the revolution from all kinds of bandits." "I'd like to pay." "It's settled." " No, it isn't." "Would I buy the police with two brandies?" "Take the money if the comrades insist." "Do you want tickets for the Sunday match?" "How much do you pay the players?" "Center-forward earns three times more than you." "But he plays as I tell him to." "Is that an offer?" " No." "You're not made for my team." "You're too rash." "Thanks for the warning." " You're welcome." "And for the tickets." "Good-bye." " Well, good-bye, comrades." "Good-bye, comrades." " Good-bye." "Good evening." "What can I get you?" " Goulash?" "Yes, it's great." "And a glass of wine, right?" "Congratulations!" "Everyone in town is hitting on the singer and only you've got the jackpot." "I knew right away that's she's no ordinary girl." "She has quite a character." "I'll be right back." "Give me goulash, a glass of red wine and some bread." "Hello, boss." " Hello." "Zeljo, I'll have an imported beer, quick." " Right away." "Mara, get him an imported beer." "Is Ustasha paying with dollars?" "Cut the bullshit." "Congratulations!" "I've heard you got the dollar guy." "Shut up, you brute!" "Watch your mouth." "You boor, if I slap you, you won't come out of it for three hours!" "So you want to slap me, huh?" "Marica, honey, give me some matches." "Don't provoke him anymore." "Don't push it." " I won't if he doesn't start first." "I'll come over tomorrow to pick up the pills, doctor." "Is there a pill that can get you go seven times in a row?" " There is, but only Onassis can buy it." "Once a day is enough for the poor." "I do it twice, needed or not!" "Good-bye." "Miss Seka, would you like to have dinner?" " Let me just sing another song." "OK, all right." "Come, sit down." "Let's make up and have a drink." "Let me pass!" "Yes, ma'am." "You piece of trash!" "You want to slap my?" "Let me go!" "Let her go!" "Leave her be!" "Watch out, he's got a knife!" "Let him go!" "Why did you pull out a knife?" "Mara, get the boss from the kitchen!" " Right away." "Who started the fight?" "She slapped me." "You're fired as of today!" "Call the police, quick!" "Let them arrest these people." "If you don't want this man to die, call an ambulance first." "Mara, get a doctor!" "Your brother's life is not in danger anymore." "What's that between the two of you?" "Barricades from the last war, that are still up." "That battle still rages on?" "Yes." "But the morality of the revolution requires that we save all those who haven't dirtied their hands." "And those who want to come back like Ivan Susnjar." "It's morning already." "THE END"