"FILMEXPORT HOME VIDEO Presents" "SLINGBOY" "Based on the Book by Film Adaptation by" "Director of Photography" "Music by" "Film Symphony Orchestra Conducted by" "Art Director / Assistant" "Sound Editor / Film Editor" "Assistant Director Director's Assistants" "Camera Assistants" "Make Up Artist Assistant" "Costume Designer Costumes by" "Sound Editor's Assistant Film Editor's Assistant" "Consultant / Set Designer" "Chief Lighting Technician" "Associate Producers Production Assistant" "Produced by" "In Lead Roles" "Cast" "Directed by" "Made by" "Creative Group" "Come on!" "Step on it!" "Here!" "Let's get going." "Get up!" "You've been baptised by fire, soldier." "You behaved like a true soldier." "No lagging behind, Sodoma, step on it." "We'd better not badger on them here." "Hello, fellas. I bring reinforcement." "Corporal Krupka, Frantisek Bures is joining your outfit." "He's enlisted as a private-apprentice." "Assigned to light duty, understood?" "Yes, sir." " Private Bures, why don't you have a look around." " Yes, sir." "The Russians brought him." "They found him in a concentration camp." "There were many kids there." "This one is Czech and so they sent him to us." "What's your name, eh?" " Frantisek Bures." "Pleased to meet you." "You should introduce yourselves, so that he knows what a bunch we are." "They call me Valda Heller, kid." "I'm Gallo Imrich." "Sa-Samonil." "I'm washer Pekarek, also know as Joe the cook." "Welcome to our outfit." "Come on!" "Frankie..." "What would you say to a bit of water?" "To take a bath, you see?" " Well..." "You ought to wash off that dirt." "Let me help you." " I'll do it myself." "They've really dressed you up." "You could be a scarecrow..." "Get on!" "Don't be scared." "Hello, soldier." "Have a good time here and don't forget to call on me." "What have you got there?" "Pah!" "Feed him well and keep him busy so that he doesn't have time to remember." "Not a word about the camp!" " Of course." " Let's get going." "is it good?" "Well?" " It is." "It's feels good, eh?" " Yes, Corporal." "Aren't you hungry?" " l am, sir." "You'll get something to eat after you're finished." "And how come you know I'm a corporal?" " The first lieutenant told me." "A lance-corporal has one button, a corporal has two, a sergeant has three..." " Alright." "Why are you jumping out all the time?" "When a soldier speaks with an officer, he should stand at attention." "You know what, Frankie?" "Why don't you call us all "uncle", eh?" "Yes, Corporal..." "Uncle." "We're here now." "And the border is not far off, right here, behind the Dukla pass." "If we get through, we're home, fellas." "That's just it - if." "So far, we're down on our luck." "The Fritzes laid mines everywhere." "Destructing everything, even the mines." "Frankie, Frankie." "Good evening." " Good evening." " Shh!" "Come, come." "This would make a gro-grown man cry." "But how am I to make shoes for him if I can't have a look at his feet?" "Do you want to wake him up now?" " Are you out of your mind?" "I'll come at another time." "You're a fine fellow, grandpa." " l know." "I swarm up two hills to get here, in spite of having enough work for an army." "A damn good company you are indeed!" "Good night." "Good night." " Night." " Night." "Give it to me, Frankie." "Thanks." "Here, Uncle." "She fell into a creek, water splashing around." "Tastes good, eh?" "It's delicious, thank you." "Wait, Frankie, I've got something for you." "That's one." "Thank you." " Come here, Frankie." "Can you carry it all?" " l can." "We're strong men, aren't we?" " We are." "Dismissed." " Thank you." "I smell a game of draughts!" " Good day, fellas." "Golly!" "Frankie!" "A fine mess you've made!" "Go, they're waiting for you." "I'll clean it up." "Sixteen." "Bend your arm." "Take it out of your pocket." "37, 57..." "You'll be spick and span." "A dasher, eh?" "We'll make the coat a little longer." "About this long. ls that alright?" " Yeah." "Very well, I'm done." "Thank you." "Come here." "Take off your boots and put your feet on this paper." "Stop fidgeting, damn it!" "It tickles." "What will you do when I make your shoes?" "How about learning the cobbler's trade?" "They call us names, but where would they be without us!" "I'd like to join the tank corps." " Blast it!" "A tankist, eh?" "You're right, Frankie." "We're just a bunch of limping lame ducks." "You'll be a slingboy, eh?" " What?" ""Swingboy" is derived from the word "to swing"." "Like when you swing your arms like this when doing the laundry." "Look here, stop talking claptrap." "Besides, you don't even have an idea what it means." "Look, Frankie." "Boys had slingshots as far back as in the times of the Hussites." "Slingshots, I say." "Loaded with pebbles." "And when the crusaders were approaching the knights were pelted with a shower of stones until their heads split apart." "And those lads were called slingboys." "And don't do any mischief when you strut in the shoes I make for you!" "Alright?" "You slingboy." " l won't, thank you." "Have it ready the day after tomorrow." "Am I a baker or what?" "Your shoes and uniform will be ready in five days, Frankie." "Grandpa Maralik didn't want to but we persuaded him." "Very funny, fellas!" "Go to hell!" "Why us?" "You're barking up the wrong tree." "You should... hush!" "Come here, Frankie!" "Do you know how the cartridges got into the fire by chance?" "I wanted to have a look at them." "They fell into the fire." "I want to learn to shoot and not to run around with soap all day!" "Do you think you're not helping our soldiers this way?" "Do you know what a great feeling it is to change into clean clothes?" "Tell me, what animals are the most loyal in the whole world?" "Dogs." " Dogs?" "In the army, it always were and always will be louses." "And we are making sure they don't eat our men alive, kid." "Too much talk." "You'll be good, you rascal and that's that!" "I'm no rascal!" "I'm a primate!" "A what?" " A primate?" "I've never heard of such rank." "The first lieutenant said that I'll be a primate-apprentice." "You misunderstood, boy." "You're enlisted as a private-apprentice." "And a private-apprentice means a soldier pupil, understand?" "My dear boy... I need you to get over the hill to our tanks." "I can't get to them, the road is under fire." "You're Corporal Krupka from the laundry, aren't you?" "It's no good." "You'd get lost with your eyesight." "And we have to engage the tanks immediately." "Damn it!" "Who is this?" " Private-Apprentice Bures, sir." "I'll go there if you tell me the way." " I'm responsible for him, Major." "If something happens to him..." " Nothing will happen to me, honest." "Tell Uncle, to let me go, sir." " And will you remember the way?" "Yes, sir." " Come here then." "Look." "This is that hill over there." "There's a wood some 200 metres behind it." "You'll walk around it to a creek and then walk along the creek until you see a big pile of rocks." "Our tanks are there." "You'll give this to Captain Sojka." "Here!" "Now repeat it." "I'll follow the map and give the letter to Captain Sojka." "Excellent." "And then you'll go back according to the map." "And then I'll go back according to the map, sir." "Private Bures, do as you are ordered!" "Why it's a kid!" "Let me have a look." " Running around like a trapper." "And he's good at it." "Well I'll be damned!" "Hey, soldier!" "Where are you going?" "Private Bures." "Slingboy, sir." "I'm looking for Captain Sojka." " Really?" "You'll find him in the third tank on the right." "Do you see it?" "Yes, sir." "We're really like the Hussites." "The army is swarming with women." "And now they come with slingboys." "What a silly idea!" " There's nothing I could do." "Major Kubes told me..." " He told you, eh?" "They'll suspend you and put you in jail with that major of yours." "What if the boy steps on a mine?" " There are none in that sector." "None, eh?" " It's enough if the kid loses its way." "Cut it out, or I'll break the damned cuckoo clock into pieces!" "You should've seen him how he ran across the field." "He wouldn't run that fast for soap." "The boy thinks that everything is a game." "What will we do with him?" " What will we do with him?" "He's here!" "Private Bures." "I've fulfilled my assignment, sir." "Stand up!" "Well done." "Let's do some crawling now, eh?" "Here." "Put that butt down!" "You must stick to the ground." "Like there." "No dodging!" "That's enough." "It's better than washing shirts, Uncle." "S!" " Dit-dit-dit." "A?" " Dit-dah." "P?" " Dit-dah-dah-dit." "Can you guess what I'm telepgraphing, Uncle?" "Dit-dah-dah-dit, dit-dah-dit, dit-dah, dah-dit-dah-dit, dit." "Sling..." "Slingboy!" " Correct, slingboy." "Put the gun to your cheek, Frankie, and place it firmly against your shoulder, else it would kick you back." "Like this." "You see?" " Yes." "Then you'll find the bead." "It must be in this groove, it's called a sight." "Now, you'll aim, hold your breath..." "This is no gun, Uncle." "Krupka!" "Are you testing a new bleaching method or venting your fighting spirit?" "It's so foggy we can hardly drive through." "We didn't know either, sir." "Blindworm doesn't want to tell you, but it was our Frankie testing the smoke cartridges." " Where is he?" "He cleared off like a bomb, sir." "He abandoned his position under the veil of the smoke and left us in the lurch." "He'll pay for that, rascal." " Well, I wonder!" "Stop!" "Stop." "Get down, Private Bures!" "Quick!" "Private Bures, Major." "What are you doing here?" "I'm practicing, sir." "And what about the smoke?" " Uncle Blindworm told me..." " Who?" "Corporal Krupka told me that I should learn everything in practice." "So I wanted to see how a smoke screen looks in practice." "Why didn't you tell anyone?" " They wouldn't allow me." "I learn about military service only from books." "I know everything about shooting, but if I wanted to try it out, they'd give me a fine beating." "All I do is count shirts and fetch soap." " l believe it's tough, my boy." "Though everybody must come up the hard way." "Hang on and I'll arrange the shooting." "Agreed?" "Agreed, sir." " Very well." "And wash your neck, dirty hussy." "A soldier cares about his exterior!" "Oh no, leave it there." "There, there and there." "You didn't even get a look-in." "When I get going, I'm like a tornado." "Did you see that, Grandpa?" "Indeed you are a tornado." " You could've..." "No, you couldn't." " What's the score, eh?" "You're still winning." "By sixteen." "But I'll beat you, just you wait." " You'll beat him!" "Frankie, fellas." "He'll be struck all of a heap." "Fellas!" "Where were you, rascal?" "I beg to report I've been learning to crawl, sir." "I went scouting and was caught under fire." "I repeated it about..." "Gosh!" "Come here, Private Bures!" "If all the soldiers behaved like you, Frankie, the army would soon turn into a circus." "From now on you won't leave the laundry and we'll put away the uniform." "So what!" "Besides, I told the major everything." "That I want to get out of here!" "That I'm a soldier!" "What have we done to you, Your Highness?" "There's nothing I can learn here." "I have a stick instead of a weapon!" "Instead of a gun." "A pig-headed fe-fellow." " A one of a kind." "Slyboots." "The 534 dimensión is ours." "We are standing at the gates of Czechoslovakia." "Now we will move forward." " We'll be home in no time." "The tank brigade units have reached dimensión 534!" "Don't you think we ought to..." " Drink it down." "Fetch the bigger bottle." "It's by the window." "Frankie!" "Did you hear, Fra-Frankie?" "What's the matter with you?" "Let me see." "Genuine front-line 50% gin." " It's got 40%." "Higher ranks get first." " Blindworm!" "Blindworm!" " What?" "Cheers!" " An elixir of life." "Frankie!" "Slingboy!" "Let's serve this gentleman." "Here you are." " No." "Come on." "Samonil found out that you didn't count the shirts at all." "You made it up, didn't you?" "We can't rely on you, you cheat." "We don't want a soldier like you." "What would be-become of us?" "Nothing would be-become of you!" "Just rags." " Be off!" "Have a drink." "You've offended a man, who is better than you can ever imagine!" "And a real hero." "A shell blew up right in front of him during one attack." "It buried him." "That's why he stutters." "He had to join the laundry unit." "And you make fun of a soldier like him as some scallywag." "You should be ashamed of yourself!" "Lance-Corporal Samonil." "Uncle." "You're not cheating again, are you?" "Don't be angry at me, Uncle." "It's alright." "Go now." "Did you see that?" "Look!" " l can see the tanks." "Fine machines." " No." "Not the tanks!" "Over there!" "Do you see him?" "By order of First Lieutenant Zlonicky your training will be conducted by Staff Sergeant Sodoma starting from today." "In your free time." "Does that suit you, soldier?" " Yes, sir." "Thank you." "Private Bures is satisfied, Rudolph." "You may begin." "Private Bures!" "Attention!" "About face!" "To the road forward march!" "A little jaeger I am my gun is too heavy for me..." "Over my shoulder I throw it and to the forest I hurry." "Over my shoulder I throw it..." "Come here." "Let us have a look at you." "The uniform becomes you well." " How are you, Frankie?" "When you come over for a visit, we'll give you pancakes with jam." "You will have time, won't you?" " You like them, you'll see." "I have no time for fun, ma'am." "I'm in training." "It's the war." "Well." "What do we do if we want to shoot?" "We aim." "Press the butt against your shoulder." " l know. I keep repeating this over and over again." "I know it by heart." "Well?" "Let's check the target, shall we?" "Nothing." "Never mind, kid." "Do you want to continue?" "Don't tell the men, in the laundry, sir." "Of course I won't." "You can rely on me." "Why should I tell them anything?" "You have it in for me, man." "You don't even give me time to think." "This is no game." " Well, that's... 805... 791." "Let's have another game, eh?" " Show me." "No, wait." "If I can't play the game, then I don't play." "But when we do play, there's no quibbling." "You're doing the same as before." " Leave him alone!" "How was the shooting, Frankie?" "Good, Uncle." "We were shooting until now." "How many hits did you have?" " Ten, no sixteen." "Out of how many shots?" "I don't know." "Not more than thirty I think." "In that case, you're a hot shot." "What's that?" "Where did you get so dirty?" "Go and wash yourself." " l already did." "Not well enough, kid." "Working like a beaver, all for naught." " Frankie!" "Boom!" "Ouch!" "If we want to shoot, we aim." "Pull the safety-catch." "And press the butt against the shoulder." "Sector B 12." "Heavy fire." "The Raven reported the enemy is at standstill." "No movement." "Yes, I can hear that." "No, I didn't." "Alright." "Yes, sir." "Call the artillery to send a few batches to the other side." "Yes, sir." " Let's hope they'll give over." "Put me through to the 33rd, Vlasta." "Right away." " Kozina?" "Hello." "Listen, the Krauts are bombarding our..." "You know?" "We're surprised too." "No, Vorisek is away for a week now." "Send them a greeting from the cannons in return, will you?" "You'll manage." "Right!" "They keep saying we're moving forward." "And now we're stuck here for God knows how long." "And in the end we'll  retreat." "May-maybe the Fritzes got some reinforcements." "Oh, sure." "And now they're moving straight at us." "They must be running out of underpants." "We've got plenty." "Do you have underpants, please?" "And long johns?" " Wait." "What?" "Oh, I see." "What if there's an alert?" "is everything in order?" "One gun is missing." " Whose gun?" "Yours." "And what if there's an alert, eh?" "Nobody stole it." "Stop making fun, fellas." "Where did you hide it?" "You were the last here, Joe." "Who?" "Me?" "Ask the kid." "Frankie?" "Frankie!" "It looks like I'll have to shoot myself." "To think I told myself that I'd be like a father to him!" "And here you have it!" "I'll teach him a lesson!" " Calm down, Blindworm." "You know what?" "I'll have him here during the day." "He won't monkey around here." "I can guarantee that." "Private Bures in person." "Frankie." "Where the hell were you, you rascal?" "Tell me, where were you?" " Just a moment!" "Leave us alone for a moment, fellas." "Did you hit the target?" "The gun is no good." "Come." "Do you see that spruce?" "And the big cone on the right?" "I do." " Look." "What's up?" "We're shooting with Private Bures here, aren't we?" "Oh my, Vorisek." "What's that?" "Now we know why the Germans were blowing their top." "They couldn't know that our primate is taking over his business, eh?" "Vorisek is our best sniper, you see?" "A sniper?" " A lone gunner." "He burrows at some place and waits." "And when the enemy shows its head, he shoots." "Here's your fodder "sniper", so that you don't starve at the headquarters, eh?" "Thanks, Uncle." "Be good and no gadding about." "The rebel didn't even turn around." "Therefore, two motorised platoons..." "Have you got that?" " l do." "Platoons have been transferred to the 3rd Battalion." "Full stop." "That's all." "Connect me with Falcon." "Falcon?" "Give me No. 10 to the phone." "is that No. 10?" "I'll put you through to No. 3." "Eagle." "Yes." "First Lieutenant!" "Speaking." "I didn't send anyone." "This place is deserted like after an earthquake." "I'll arrange it somehow." "You can rely on me." "They'll get it." "Private Bures!" "You'll take this to our artillery at once." "All my men are gone and I can't send the operator." "Besides, this is a job for a man, understand?" "Sure." "Yes, sir!" "It's not like taking a stroll." "Stay away from the field!" "It's full of mines." "Wires lead from some of them." "Like this." "is that clear?" "Close to the ground." "Be cautious." "Keep to the road and you'll stay out of trouble, understand?" "Yes, sir." " Be off." "What do you want, kid?" " Captain Fojtik." "I come from the headquarters." "Come with me." "Hello, Slingboy." " Hello." "It's the kid from the laundry who wanted to be a sniper." "They call you Slingboy, don't they?" " Yes, sir." "You can tell them that we'll follow the orders." "Why do you keep moving the cannons all the time?" "As soon as we settle somewhere, the Krauts dog us out." "They keep firing at us like..." "You've seen it yourself, haven't you?" "It's the sixth time we moved in 3 days." "How can they find you if you cover up the cannons and they can't see them?" " Somebody informs the Germans." "Who?" "Maybe there are some spies among us." "Aren't you a spy, kid?" "Now head back to the headquarters." "Could you go with me a little further, Uncle?" "Are you scared?" "Allow me to leave, Sergeant." "Stop, Lysana!" "I'm telling you to stop!" "Why are you grazing the cow here?" "At the front?" "I'm not grazing her, she ran away." "I couldn't catch her." "Don't look at the cow when I'm talking to you!" "You've caught her now, so go home!" "I can't because the Germans are there." "My grandpa sent me to the hills with Lysana." "So that they don't take her." " Who?" "The Germans?" "Where are you from?" "What's your name?" "I'm from Porubka." "My name is Mariyka Kalincukova." "You crossed the front-line?" " l don't know." "Lysana kept running and I followed her." "There was no front-line on the road." "Don't tell me you don't know there's a battle going on here." "You're coming with me." "We must beware of spies." "No, I must go to my grandpa." "Come on!" " Lysana!" "I must go to my grandpa." "Come on!" "Stop!" "I don't want to go with you!" " Come on!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" " Where are you going?" "Stop!" "Stop!" " Stop!" "Lysana!" "Where are you going?" "Stop!" "Halt!" "You beast!" "Stop!" "Stop!" " Whoa!" "Where were you in such a hurry with that buffalo, warrior?" "Besides, why aren't you at the headquarters?" "Because it's her cow." "She's suspicious." "She came straight from the Fritzes." " Wait a moment!" "Really?" "is it true?" "Why are you crying?" "We won't harm you." "Come, my dear, let's get you warm." "What a lucky fellow, eh?" "As soon as he gets out, he finds himself a bride." "And with dowry." "Porubka..." "Porubka." " Here it is." "You've walked quite a distance, dear." "And you say the Germans came to your village?" "But how did she get over the front-line?" "There are mines everywhere." "It seems there are gaps in the front-line, Frankie." "I want to go to my grandpa." "I won't stay here." "Wait, Mariyka." "Look, they are shooting everywhere, something could happen to you." "You know what?" "You'll stay with us." "And we'll take you to your village later." "With your cow, alright?" "All we need now is a nursery." "It seems our horned creamery responds to music." "Look at how sensitive she is." "Thanks for the cream." "See you." "What's that you've got?" "A number." " Why?" "From the camp." " From where?" "Don't you know what a concentration camp is?" "There are barracks there, where they lock up people, you see?" "The camp is surrounded by a wire fence and nobody is allowed to leave." "Everybody is hungry and wants to go home." "Why did they put that number on your arm?" "To know who we are." "Instead of a name." "But you are Frankie." "There were many Frankies there." "And what did they want to do to you there?" "What?" "Kill us." "And would they kill me too?" "Girls  or boys," "it makes no difference to them." "But why?" " They don't like strange kids." "What if I asked them to let me go to my mummy?" "Come and help me, Uncle." "is that all, man?" "If you don't bring anything tomorrow, we'll have nothing to do." "I don't think I will." "The men don't have time to change their clothes." "We fight for every inch of a hill, only to retreat." "The Krauts are sticking to us like leeches." "As if they knew where we were going." "We are recruiting men everywhere." "Even at the headquarters." "Zlonicky is joining the field company." " Oh, sure." "Don't give me that!" "The first lieutenant is a real soldier." "What if they call us up too, fellas?" "So what?" "Clerks, cobblers or chefs have helped us out many times." "So why couldn't you help us out for once?" "Cheerio, washers." "Take care." "I'm going to the headquarters, Blindworm." "To send me to the front." "Why doesn't he want to take me with him?" " Starting over again, eh!" "Do you lack anything?" "I don't like working at the laundry." "I thought I would stay with the first lieutenant." "Look here, about face and head for home!" "You're holding me up." "But I have to talk to him." " You're whining like a ninny." "You call yourself a soldier?" "Head back to the laundry!" "At the double!" "Don't look at me like that!" "Allow me to leave, sir!" " Dismissed." "Yes, First Lieutenant Zlo-Zlonicky." "Thank you." "Doesn't Blindworm want to go with you to the front too?" "You're out of your minds." "Who will wash my shirt?" "But I..." " Sit down." "I was at the front from the beginning." "If they need me..." " Who needs you?" "Who is calling you?" "They remembered me and I'm going." "Leave that to me, will you?" "You won't save the day." "Have some." " No, thank you." "Take them." "Isn't one medal enough for you?" "Or are you sick and tired of your life?" "First lieutenant, a so-soldier like you can do a lot at the fr-front-line." "Thanks for your appreciation." "But your agitating was all I needed." "Prague is behind the corner and I'm to crawl in fox-holes." "I'd sure like to know who envied my chair here." "Damn it!" "Oh, Frankie." "What do you want?" "Hello." "Come." "Why are you crying?" " l want to go home." "Don't tell them where l am!" "Hush!" "Slingboy!" "Do you know where Frankie is?" "Slingboy!" "Frankie!" "Hey, where are you?" "Primate Frantisek!" "Private Bures!" "Frankie!" " Bures!" "Bures isn't here." "Frankie!" "Nothing doing." "Don't look for him." "Keep an eye on him, fellas." "Take care." "Look, our sissy." "Better late than never, eh?" "Come closer, sweetie." "Where were you?" "What do you think you're doing?" "Do you think that everyone will wait for you like for some noble?" "Order or not, you do whatever you like!" "But it will change from now on!" " Don't upbraid him." "I know why he didn't come." "Let's go." "It's not so simple." "Here, take it." "Look." "That's a good girl." "Have you got it?" " Yes, listen." "Dear Grandfather," "Our cow is well and so am I." "I'll come home as soon as the war is over." "Frankie will tell you everything." "Strike out Frankie and put down soldier." "What if the enemy finds it?" "Could I go with you, Frankie?" "No idea!" "I'd catch it badly." "Here." "You'd better tell me how to get to your village." "You have to go along the creek until you get to a clearing with a tall pine tree." "Then you have to walk through the Black Forest where you'll find a shed." "Shepherd Nikolai used to sleep in it." "You'll come across two paths." "Don't take the wide path." "The Czech brigade was detected in the Black Forest area." "Encipher it and send it in the third transmission. ls everything clear?" "Pay attention now." "We'll beset our well-known pass in pairs." "We have to proceed with great caution." "Just a moment, alright?" " Alright." "We have to proceed with great caution, as the enemy recon platoon was active there lately." "You two will go along the creek to the forest crossing." "I'll go with Lieutenant Muller through the sand pit to the Eagle Post." "Yes." " We'll wait here..." "Were you in our village, Frankie?" "Uncle Blindworm was looking for you but I didn't tell him anything." "They were talking in German." "I was this close to them." "They didn't know I was there." "We'll have a look at them." "Can I come with you, Uncle?" "No!" "You'll stay here." "Let's go." "Here." "Tell me what happened to you?" " Never mind..." "Other times, your tongue runs on wheels, while now it's frozen." "Say something." "Am I some hussy to chinwag all day long?" "Hands up!" "Get up!" "They're back!" "Wake up, Mariyka!" "Did they get away, Uncle?" " From us?" "No idea, kid!" "You should've seen how we put a screw on them." "They were Fritzes, weren't they?" " They sure were and spies too." "They were spies, Mariyka." "What did I tell you?" "How did you take them?" "Did you shoot?" "Did you kill anybody?" "Where are they now?" " Well..." " Pekarek!" "I know, I know." "What did you make us for dinner, little lady?" "Take your blanket, you'll sleep in the loft, Frankie." "You won't sleep with us." "Don't be surprised." "But why?" "It's an order from the headquarters." "Private Bures must be punished by three days imprisonment." "Nothing doing." "An order is an order." "You ran away like a brat." "I'm a soldier, Uncle." "That's why you're punished as a soldier." "This is your post and you're not allowed to leave it." "Do you realize what could have happened to you?" "That nasty lot were no fools, Frankie." "They've figured it out damned well." "They spoke Russian, they checked the situation and signalled our positions by radio." "Who would have thought of that?" " Me, Uncle." "Don't you flaunt." "I know, you did it for Mariyka." "No idea!" "I did it for the cow." "Uncle Samonil brought this for you." "This is from Uncle Gallo." "This is from Uncle Heller." "This is from Uncle Krupka." "And this is from Uncle Pekarek." "Here." "Tell the uncles I thank them all and good night." " Good night." "You're a looker." "You could go on a fashion show for the whole brigade, Slingboy." "Kiddo." " Ready?" "Everybody?" "Corporal Antonin Krupka," "Lance-Corporal Dalibor Samonil," "Private Imrich Gallo," "Private Josef Pekarek," "Private Evald Heller." "After revealing enemy guerrillas, you have decided to take a swift and radical action against the enemy." "Owing to your timely and brave action the members of the guerilla group were taken or destroyed." "This happened at a time when our battalions and the whole brigade were in a very difficult battle position." "The interruption of the guerilla activities as well as the information acquired from the members of the group are of great importance for our continuing combat against the enemy." "As your commanding officer, I hereby express my gratitude and award special citation to you all." "Private-Apprentice Bures revealed the enemy guerilla group, which had strongly inhibited the development of combat operations and resulted in severe casualties and losses to combat arms." "Therefore, on the motion of the artillery regiment commander," "Private Bures is decorated with the Medal of Valour." "Congratulations." "Well, I'll be damned, fellas!" "Look." "Zlonicky." "Well, well." "Just before the end of the war, poor fellow." "I feel sorry for him." "Always spick and span." "A dandy, but a fine soldier." "And how he liked our boy." "Do you remember, Samo?" "Come on!" "We're crying here, while he's taking it easy in some field hospital." "Halt!" "Are you crazy?" "Our battalion crossed the border!" "What?" " We're behind the pass?" "Our flag is there!" "We're home, Frankie!" "Breclav is over there." " Says who?" " l do." "But the sun tells me it's in that direction!" "It could be if it were morning, but it's afternoon." "Understand?" "So it's where?" "Where?" " It's there where it should be." "Whoa!" "Wouldn't you like to come with me, little princess?" "I'd rather go with Frankie." "I'd like to go with you, sir." "Take me with you." "And you'd leave your bride here, eh?" "Take good care of her and sit down, Frankie." "Nothing doing, kid." "You'd better keep an eye on him, else he'll run away." "Let's get going!" "Halt!" "Good Lord!" " Come on, man, you won't cry over such a caboodle now, will you?" "Let's see a smile, old chum." "The game is over." "Gee!" "Well, children, now take the longest step." "Like this." "Welcome home." "You're free." "Come on." "Catch em!" "THE END"