"Come, Mark." "That shall protect you from tribulations." " Is that all?" " AII." "And the cow?" "Heaven forbid!" "We would suffer hell." "I can give my cow to anybody!" "Moreover, it's for Mark, not for you." "Nicolas, come!" "And fetch some hay!" "What's the matter?" "I am scared." "We do not steal." "We worked for it." "Sit down!" "Hold tight!" "Don't cry, we are leaving for our home." "Urban..." "Running away?" "And no word to your father." "What a family!" "I shall give you nothing!" "Not a straw!" "We do not want anything but to leave in peace and to begin anew." "Go!" "You came with a basket and leave on a wagon." "You have stolen enough." "And you took my son too!" "Without this brat, everything could have been different!" "We didn't need a bride who delivered right after the wedding." "Ugh!" "Bitch!" "Bitch!" "Did you get enough?" "The Slovak Film Institute presents" "Based on the novel by Frantisek Hecko" "RED WINE part one" "Screenplay by:" "Script Editor:" "Production Designers:" "Make-up Artist:" "Costume Designer:" "Edited by:" "Sound:" "Associate Producers:" "Music:" "Conductor:" "Featuring:" "Whoa!" "Christine, Mark!" "Our house." "Are you going to welcome them?" "All in good time." "Gee up!" "Executive Producer" "Director of Photography" "Directed by" "Made by Slovak Film Production Bratislava" " Koliba" "Leaving for Vlcindol then!" "What a choice!" "And you knew it!" "They must have been at the notary!" "They have been!" "Signed everything and paid." "What money?" "They had some, and borrowed the rest." "In the bank?" "Don't worry, your son will go far in the world." "The bank will ruin him!" "He still has his father." "You and my husband have the same name." "He is good, he works hard." "We own a small vineyard." "Take care of him and give us health and strength." "Avert everything bad from us." "Mummy is here!" "Let us show Mark the vineyards." "I'm scared." "We love each other, don't we?" "Are you in?" "Some guests are here." "Sorry to have burst in on you." "He is our mayor." "Stop misleading me!" "There is much to do here." "Look, there is a hole." "Not only there..." "Well, in the name of God..." "I mean..." "local authorities, welcome!" "I am Babinsky." "Filomena, his wife." "You have a young wife!" "Oh no, I belong to this devil." "Devil?" "Without me, you would have been left on the shelf." "Stop boasting," " These ones have courage." " Why?" "Not anybody dares to come to Vlcindol." "To your courage!" "And something to eat from the Apostle Paul." "Where are the glasses?" "I'll bring some bread." " Dontsin." " I don't." "That's my name." "I see." "Habdza." "Welcome." "I have neither sausages nor wine, so here's some hay for your cow." "And for my small horse." "Slivnicky, junior." " Habdza." " Shall I bring something?" "Bread." "There'll be a baptism." "Why not?" "Oliver is a good chap!" "Of course I am!" "Well, welcome to Vlcindol." "Thank you, good people." "To your health." "I had to see you." "It is stronger than my will." "Leave, or I'II scream!" "I have a wife and a child but I cannot forget you." "I can't live without you." "Urban!" "Good morning!" "This cut will last two years." "I must get all the strength and juice out of them." "And then?" "I will throw them away and plant American grafts." "It's expensive." "He came here a short time ago..." " He wants to stun us." " He's got common sense." " Who advised you?" " St. Urban." "Vine is not a bean." "And debt is not a ladybird to fly away." "Egon, come here!" "Catch him!" "What did you do?" "Don't stay in my way!" "Will you have the dog catch me?" "Pull yourself together!" "What are you talking about?" "About Christine." "Leave them in peace, they love each other." "I thought you had forgotten!" "You are standing by the window long hours, you don't look after the labourers, don't mind our child!" " Stop it!" " I am your wife!" "What a wife!" "I made a bet I would get you!" "You were already engaged with Oliver." "Such is my wife!" "I fell among rose bushes." "Let us leave this place." "Let's sell everything and go away." "We cannot be better anywhere else." " Dear committee members!" " Let's listen!" " I wish everybody good health!" " Thank you." "Vintage is here." "We begin in a week's time." " Too late!" " You shut up!" "Accepted." "Cheers!" "Teacher, come here!" "Dontsin, serve yourself!" "He will, don't worry!" "Not from yours." "If it's free, you don't hesitate, do you?" "I wouldn't drink yours, witches wash their feet in it." "How dares the municipal servant to?" "Let everybody drink!" " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "What crop do you expect?" "Oliver..." " Quite good." " Worse than last year." "Silvester has good sorts." "You too." "How they play into each other's hands!" "Anyway, Urban Habdza's crop will be the best!" " Idiot!" " Bastard!" "Did you hear?" "For Pancucha, Habdza is a bastard!" "And you a scamp poking your nose into any shit." "You say Habdza is an idiot?" "You are a rascal!" "Say it again!" "Bloody rascal!" "Where are you going, councillor?" "Stay here, hell's bells!" "That is enough!" "To your places, all!" "And you two next to me!" "You, and you!" " I'll take you to court!" " That's the only stuff you do!" " Not a word more!" " Long live the vintage!" "It's bigger than when I was expecting Mark." "It is a girl." "Have you chosen a name yet?" "Magdalene." "You are so sure." "I am in fear." "The vintage is here." "We shall ask somebody to help out." "Are you sorry you left you parents because of me?" "Christine!" "Everything is too complicated." "Nothing but injustice and revenge." "No forgetting or forgiving." "You are thinking of the past all the time." "...And of your relation to Silvester." "Do you think Oliver will forget and forgive?" "Would you?" "No." "What for?" "The world has done us much injustice, mainly to you." "One must stand up to them or they eat you up alive." "Avoid Silvester at least." "Drink!" "Can't you?" "Your bowels are torn." "Wrong!" "How can you teach children?" "I beg your pardon." "Will you take him home?" "You must see everything." "You're a good fellow, Oliver." "You can both hit and forgive." "You abandoned me because of this scoundrel, dear Eva." "Now I'll show you whom you married." "Nicolas!" "I ran away from home." "What?" "Come in!" " I am in a hurry." " Where to?" "To Vienna but I haven't got money." "Wow, my brother shows courage!" "I won't be his servant any longer, nor go on waiting for my heritage." "The amount of work was not why I left." "I left because our folks hated Christine." "Think it over!" "Stop preaching, I have made up my mind." "Shall I put him into your bed?" "Don't mock me and stop bringing back old memories!" "All right, I am off." "Oliver, forgive me." "You are punished enough." "Do you like it, Mark?" "The first basket." "The saint answered your prayers." "Grandma is coming!" "What a weight!" " What will you say?" " Thank you." "Good morning!" "Your assistants are here." " Were you allowed to leave?" " We decided ourselves!" "What an event!" "We must start picking, I feel rain in my joints." "And why do you work with such a big belly?" "Go home!" "There is much to do here!" "Not for you." "I shall do it!" "As if the earth swallowed him." "Where is the girl?" "Don't ask." "Come down, Christine is in labour!" "Go and take the basket!" "Something else?" "Look after Mark, he gets under our feet." "Go!" "Mark, come here!" "You look like a little devil!" "Why is Mummy crying so much?" "She has pain in her belly." "I don't cry when my belly aches." "You are a man." "What do men do?" "They take care of the farm." "Go find the geese!" "A baby girl?" "Father." "Welcome, Father." "Never mind the whip." "Well, satisfied?" "More so than at your place." " Where is the brat?" " Mark?" "He fled like a labourer from work." "Where is he?" "In Vienna." "And not coming back." "Come in, Father." "Christine... you know." "Let us forget the old sins." "Please!" "What about your conscience?" "You were my favourite child." "I wanted better than well for you." "But you have chosen her." "When the beggar couldn't be a landlady, you spit in your parents' faces and went where she wanted." "And what about my conscience?" "It weeps for my son and calls down curses on the hated woman!" "The beggar is a human being!" "Everything we have, was bought with her money!" " Let me go!" " Something else!" "Your children run away from you, what conscience is it then?" "If it weeps, it's because you lost the labourer, not the son!" "You can keep the girl here too!" "I can live without such children!" "I can!" "Who allowed you to do it?" "Go away!" "To graze in my vineyard!" "I'll kill you!" "Daddy!" "Help!" "My leg!" "Did he hurt you?" "You mangled my son!" "I'll kill you!" "Just you wait, you scamp!" " What happened?" " He fell down from the fence." "No!" "Mr. Pancucha beat me!" "Stop crying, you have a new baby sister!" "I don't want a sister!" "Little Magdalene." "What life are you born into?" "Urban, where are you going?" "To the vineyard." "You'd better avoid Pancucha!" "You say I crippled your son!" "?" "Nobody but a beast like you harms children, as you have none!" "Are you threatening to kill me?" "You are a swine and a boozer!" "Did you hear it?" "Every word of it!" "The swine and the boozer will cost you dear!" "I will bring you to justice!" "Silvester, you are my witness!" "You got me, swines!" "Good-bye, Vlcindol, we are going to America!" "Some leave, some come." "Many leave." "We live hard lives." "You at least want something out of it." "You can't found a vineyard keeper's honour on crossbred vine!" "Honour is a nice thing but what to do if the work doesn't succeed?" "You are in huge debts." "I want something too." "We'll set up a vineyard co-operative." "I'd like to thank you for your help." "You can prepare something for us, it's the last one!" "How can I repay you?" "Enjoy it in good health!" "I can't!" "It is but cider." "Taste our first crop." " You too, Grandma!" " And me?" "Does your leg still hurt?" "Look!" "Jump!" "Good!" "You are a man." "Here." "A letter from Vienna!" "From Nicolas!" "After my arrival I had some bad days." "Luckily, I'm among Czechs." "Oh, he is among Czechs." "I am an assistant waiter." "Well, that's it..." "I earn well..." "He will open a pub there." "Thanks for your help." "My regards to Grandma from Nicolas." "What a nice gathering." "All good Habdzas." "I am no Habdza!" "But you are a decent man!" "To your health..." "We forgot somebody!" "Whom?" "Cheers..." "Oh, my clumsy hands!" "On the contrary, golden!" "I did it on purpose, it brings luck." "It is here at last!" "New wine has fermented!" "Let us thank God for His blessing, the sun for rising, St. Urban for guarding..." "Silvester for fucking around!" "That's an insult of character!" "You have no character!" "That will be settled by court!" "Let us praise the wind for blowing, earth for producing, rains for watering..." "Silvester for..." "You have enough!" "Home!" "It's none of your business!" "Home, you devil!" "Dear citizens, enjoy yourselves!" "Follow her!" "Who crossed our path?" "Silvester!" "Let's go!" "You shouldn't have said it in public!" "Nobody will order me around!" "Every woman deserves it from time to time, but don't punish her because she's the one in your bed, and not Eve!" "Your business is to see who Ann sleeps with!" "You promised we would go dancing." "Of course, dancing..." "In Pest, at our wedding." "From Silvester." "As sweet as you!" "700, 800, 20, 40, 50." "You see?" "And you wanted to leave." "I'll pay to the cellar-man, and the interest next week, a hundred for Slivnicky, to Oliver for transport..." "Come in!" " Good afternoon!" " God bless you!" "Here... they think of you." "Thank you." "Good-bye." "That's an order to go to court." "...therefore they are guilty of criminal offence of libel." "They are given a suspended sentence of 14 days." "It expires in a year's time." "The court costs shall be paid by the accused equally." "We'd better leave!" "Look at him, ragamuffin!" "He kicked me!" "Who is the ragamuffin?" "He who asks!" "Help, he wants to kill me!" "What is it!" "?" "You cripple my kid, and then sue me?" "I'll show you!" "That's it!" "You'll ruin everything!" "Give him what he deserves!" "You'll pay for this!" "You have never come so tipsy." "I hear you broke Pancucha's ribs and he is in hospital." "Why do you say nothing?" "Everything is disgusting and nasty." "Why do you hurt yourself?" "Don't we love each other?" "I thought we could achieve everything with honest work." "But honesty has no value." "It is a dirty trick they got me into." "I shall not surrender!" "I cannot!" "Come in!" "Annie!" "It is still light!" "I cannot wait any longer." "We must get married." "I am expecting." "Is it mine?" "No!" "I was... careful, understand?" "Look for another father!" "Much wine was poured in this cellar, many people were here, but I am happy to see you more than anyone else." "Well, the first step is made." "Our vineyard co-op will show the whole world..." "At last!" "We can hardly wait for you." "So, there are six of us." "The best in Vlcindol." "Yet, don't be haughty!" "Better doesn't always mean good." "Urban Habdza is a better vine grower, he introduces novelties." "He is worse because he beat Pancucha." "But..." "Oliver is better in readiness to help." "And worse because he's ever itching for a fight!" "One is responsible for oneself!" "And now also for our co-op!" "If the authorities will not ban it." "For selling flour, salt or paraffin oil?" "For delivery of vitriol, sprinklers, insect poison?" "For mutual help?" "Let the co-op distil slivovitz!" "We'll build a distillery!" "A Co-op Hall would be better." "Wise words!" "Where shall we get money?" "We'll collect, 50 crowns a member." " Benefits?" " You'll see in a year." "Vendel, you will be our treasurer and Urban will record and check everything!" "Vlcindol will advance faster!" "Father!" "Fast!" "Open!" "Ann, open!" "I don't want to see anybody!" "What is bothering you, daughter?" "You'd better ask who it was!" "What happened?" "I have already brought the action!" "That does not matter now." "All but the two of us are co-op members." "That would be some work for you, teacher." "I will be pleased." "Slivnicky has caused public outrage." "He dulls people's minds and pumps them for money." "You shut up!" "It is enough to describe it and send to the authorities." "Perhaps his Ann doesn't keep you from doing it." "Hereby I open the first meeting in the Co-operative Hall!" "From these sheets you will see how we managed." "First, a sad piece of news." "Urban and Oliver got one month." "Thirty-one houses participated." "With 226 shares, having value of 11,300 crowns." "But building costs reached 20,000." " What did we need it for?" " To increase shares!" "Will our families graze?" "We don't want to increase shares!" "Shall we borrow from Silvester?" "The Economic Bank will give us a loan." "We could've done so individually!" "Bloody associations!" "Listen to me!" "Be quiet!" "Heaven forbid we lose faith in this!" "From the first moment, we know there are more problems here!" "Not only frost, hail, but annoyance and treachery as well," "Pancucha and Silvester, who..." "a waste of words!" "Will you marry my sister or not?" "No!" "I found this at the teacher's place." "Is he alive?" "He will be fit in a month." "Let the servant get the horses, the authorities know what to do!" "Magdalene has been running a fever for two days." "Get a wagon and a doctor!" "What do you want?" "Daddy, please, I need a horse and the wagon." "Our baby girl will die!" "I don't know you." "Please, if you have a heart!" "Leave." "Stop!" "I'll help you!" "Sit down!" "Here, the whip!" "Don't spare the horses, a human life is at stake!" "High time." "Pus would have choked her." "Next time do not hesitate." "We don't have more." "Give a demijohn of the red wine, and that's it!" "I am used to such payment." "Such dirty tricks!" "The bank revoked the credit!" "Read!" "If you don't pay within 14 days, we shall put it up for auction." " How much is it?" " Twenty-three hundred." "I swear somebody has a hand in it." "Why did the bank revoke it to Urban and Oliver only?" "And on the same day!" "They are young, good vine-growers." "It's a guarantee!" "We all have problems but if we don't help them, that's our end!" "Neither I nor our co-operative has money." "The bank wouldn't risk it with the co-operative." "Let our co-op guarantee!" "You heard it." "To the Co-operative Hall everybody!" "They want to take Slivnicky!" "Disperse!" "There is a denouncement saying we steal from people!" "Don't worry, it'll be all cleared!" " And what about the auction?" " It hasn't been cancelled yet." "Be quiet!" "Urban and Oliver needn't worry!" "The auction mustn't be held!" "If necessary, I'll go and see the minister!" "The lords are here!" "The auction will be held!" " Shall we go?" " To see our own funeral?" "In the name of the law, all leave!" "I want to get in!" "Show you got money first!" "Here." "I'll slap you!" "Needn't these ones prove their identity?" "Do your duty!" "Did you hear?" "Even God is angry." "Slivnicky is coming!" "Here it is!" "The auction is cancelled!" "The bank representative can confirm it." "The auction is postponed." "Our bank has given us..." "credit for half a year." "My God, where is the man?" "Stones are falling down!" "That's the end of our crops and hopes." "St. Urban, vine-growers' patron, I pray to you!" "Stop it!" " Our Father who art in..." " He is too high!" " Give us this day our daily bread." " The bread is in hell!" "I have sad news." "Our heir to the throne, Francis Ferdinand and his wife are dead." "They were assassinated in Sarajevo by our enemies." "A war broke out!" "I announce that mobilisation is ordered." "The men born between the years 1881 - 1896 must register in the closest barracks within 48 hours!" "It couldn't be worse!" " What's going to be with us?" " Don't we love each other?" "Nothing?" "You can hope at least, but these fell in battle." "Peaches for sale!" " Buy some, madam!" " How much?" "Twopence a kilo." "Try them." "Nice." "I change money and come back." "Selling tax!" "I haven't earned yet, wait a while, please." "Did you hear?" "Or I detain you!" "Just a moment!" "Halt!" "Rochus, my brother, what are you doing here?" " Help me, please!" " I beg your pardon." "You deny you know me!" "?" "What a brother!" "You slob!" "Rascal!" "Don't make scenes, woman, and pay!" "Do you bother an honest woman because of a few pennies?" "I can lend you change." "Here, two kilos!" "Apples and peaches for sale!" " The scales are wrong!" " Why should they be?" " They do not weight correctly." " That is not true!" "I can see it!" "People, she cheats!" "What is going on this time?" "She rips off honest people!" "I bought two kilos..." "Be so kind." "One kilo eighty." "False scales will cost you dear!" "You are false!" "Shut up!" "Take the baskets!" "It is barely enough to buy flour." "Daddy is here!" "My dear Christine!" "Welcome, Father." "You could've written." "This can't be Mark!" "Where is this boy from?" "You have grown tall!" " Kiss your Dad!" " After I shave." "Come and see what I brought you from the Russian front." "A little too big but it suits him." "Turn, right turn, quick march!" "You should stay for good." "What a soldier, isn't he?" "For long?" "Only nine days." "Thank you, Mark." "You'll soon have an assistant." "His chest is like a chick's but he will be a proper man!" "And I am left among women." "You know, Ann has a daughter." "And is your Francis out of prison yet?" "From prison directly to the front." "I wish he were home." "We may be a family." "If Josephine is like you, I agree." " And what about our co-op?" " We are still alive." "The new teacher helps us." "But we have nothing to sell." "All goes from hand to mouth." "And your debts?" "While we're here, we'll cover them." "Come, Mark." "Why so suddenly?" "Where is the fire?" "Don't you know?" "And other firemen are called to put out the imperial throne." "Ljoin too, that is why I called you." "I thought you were over fifty." "Nonsense!" "He is healthier than I!" "The reason why motherland calls me." "Choose a new mayor!" "There are two deputies." "I and Slivnicky." "I don't know..." "Let's ask the notary for advice." "I have already done so." "He recommends Slivnicky." "Why him?" "You would like to stick your ass on the mayor's stool, though, as you say, you are not healthy enough." "I did not say that!" "I spoke to the district officer." "Do you know what he said?" "That asses like Pancucha's have weak valves." "I don't believe that!" "You can sue him!" "He does not allow a skunk to be a mayor where there is good wine!" "I shall see for myself!" "Stop yelling!" "I agree with the proposal." "I wonder if Slivnicky..." "I know why Silvester agrees." "He wants to add me some trouble." "I am not afraid of that in these hard times, anyway." "Well, let's drink now!" "Good health!" "When will this one go to put out the fire?" "He has already put it out." "With a barrel of wine." "Welcome!" "Our new teacher." " Mokus." " Habdza." " Is my son doing progress?" " He doesn't study." "But he is the cleverest." "He'll make a good accountant or manager." "Thanks." "To your health!" "Crowing again?" "Get out, witch!" " Come to bed!" " With you?" "I drank nettle tea." "You've been drinking it for twenty years." "In vain!" "Because you are barren!" "Filomena has a Serbian prisoner in her house." "Oliver died in battle." "Has she received a letter?" "A soldier told her." "He might be a prisoner of war." "I am in the rear at the moment." "Don't worry and take no man to the house." "Women don't take men to..." "They need them to work!" "First to work, then..." "I already have my man." "Daddy!" "Don't leave us!" "Look after Magdalene." "Brother-in-law!" "On leave?" "Rochus!" "You have grown bigger!" "And sillier!" "I was enlisted yesterday, stupid soldiers are not accepted!" " Is my sister angry?" " She is!" "Well, I must pacify her." "Dear ladies, come here!" "You can placate your husbands and win your lovers' hearts with apples from Paradise." "No man in the world shall resist such apples." "Buy some, you won't regret it!" " How much are they?" " Penny a piece." "Oh, the false scales!" "Let me see!" "Go to the municipal council!" "What's up?" "Let him be!" "You won't be arrested because of such a beast!" "Not even your own mother will recognise you!" "Forgive me, sister, and forget!" "Come back..." "I will give you a ride!" "Go!" "You would have a nice life with me." "Did you bet on a bottle like then, when you were single?" "I always loved you." "I'll walk, let me be!" "I won't!" "You are mine." "Nobody can save you from me!" "Help, please!" "You must be mine!" "Let me go!" "What is your village called?" "Smederevo." "Have you got children?" "What are their names?" "Boys only!" "And here, all girls." "Say your prayers and go to bed." "Uncle must sleep too." "I want to eat!" "You can eat tomorrow!" "Good night!" "To bed, I said!" "And say good night!" "Good night!" "The cellar is damp and cold." "Sleep here." "You will miss it, but after the requisition you will have neither the cow nor the money." "I won't allow it!" "She is mine!" "Don't stand in my way, I am busy!" "There is hunger here." "No flour, sugar, paraffin oil, salt." "The co-op goes broke, you are in debt." " You will get much money." " How much?" "A hundred." "It is ninety-eight." " I lent your mother two guldens." " Only one." "And the interest?" "Why are you against my being the mayor?" "You go and do something to yourself..." "Buzz off, or I'll set Eva on you!" "Now I got you!" "All I need to do is talk to Eva, or Urban, when he comes back!" "What do you know?" "I saw Christine in your wagon." "Now she is expecting." "I see it is good I came." "I wish you never left!" "I'm weak, I'm over eighty." "Eat, my dear." "She doesn't want anything, she's got fever." "I barely drag myself too." "There is still time, the girl must be saved." "I hope it is not diphteria and I..." "Goodness gracious, you must go to bed!" "Are you not scared to jump from such a height?" "Where is your father?" "Why do you not attend school?" "We already learn how to multiply." "Open, drunkard!" " What's the matter?" " Doctor for the Habdzas!" "I don't care!" "Christine needs him!" "Leave me alone!" "I thought you'd get off your butt when her time comes, but you don't have a conscience, bastard!" "Now you can drink!" "Open!" "When I grow up I'll make it up to you." "You are so good..." "You don't know me..." "Fetch water, soap, and a towel!" "Women stay, men out!" " What is it?" " Premature birth." " And the girl?" " Diphteria." "They are run into the ground!" "I'll show you!" "You mustn't go there!" "The doctor said!" " Go to hell!" " Doctor!" "I won't let you in!" "Away, brat!" "How dared you?" "Get out!" "She is my wife and they are my horses!" "Life is at stake here!" "Let them all bite the dust!" "Good heavens, what a night!" "Have a drink, doctor." "What would we do without you?" "He deserves some too." "Missus has got it bad, she fainted." "I am a villain." "Although you changed, we had seen some nice days, I am not angry." "I see you have pangs of conscience, that is good." "The matter with Christine was but a delusion." "Oh God, you women!" "Don't be angry with Christine." "Where are my children?" "Magdalene is sleeping, Mark is at school." "Show me the baby." "The baby is dead." "No!" "I want to see him or her!" "You can't, my dear." "It lies in the ground already." "END OF PART ONE" "The Slovak Film Institute presents" "Based on the novel by Frantisek Hecko" "RED WINE part two" "You can't catch me!" "I will!" "I got you!" "I must do business now, all right?" "Grandpa, Susy is going to do business!" "A hundred kilos of blue vitriol..." "Will that be enough?" "Grandpa, will that be enough?" "It must be." "We haven't money for more." "Will you have some?" "No, I have no appetite." "Are you ill?" "I wish that would be the reason." "Shit!" "Francis!" "My only son!" "Slivnicky feels very ill." "Do you smell the mayor's stool?" "Help me, you have a right to vote." "I don't care about you!" "Short time ago you did!" "When beating Urban for Christine, Oliver for Eva, or playing dirty tricks on Slivnicky because of the co-op!" "Was I good for you then?" "You were pretty good." "I don't need you now!" "I want peace and quiet!" "To make the best of what you piled up!" "We know such queer characters!" "They disrupt order, and when they have enough, they want peace!" "I will make sure you join the army!" "They need such..." "rightful ones!" "Home!" "On leave, my son?" "A week only?" "We must tell him about that." "I took a fancy to your granddaughter and daughter." "I shall look after them." "I'll marry the teacher." "Can you hear me, Daddy?" "Let me be, I am expecting." "I'll have a child!" "A son!" "I wish the war were over!" "When Dad is back, the teacher will recommend me for further studies." "We have had no news about him for months." "He may be wounded or..." "Don't worry, we would've been informed!" "Mark, sit down." "Do you visit the Bolebruchs' house?" "When Lucy invites me." "Her mother is ill too but doesn't speak." "People say she is like a lost soul." "Registration!" "We have neither pigs nor geese, there is nothing to register!" "Let us see..." "Are you crazy?" "It is my duty!" "Show respect, I am the mayor!" "Asshole, what do you want to register here?" " I forbid you!" " You!" "Let's go, it's a waste of time!" "Just go in!" "Here is grain!" "Come here!" "They are just small ears we gathered." "That is allowed, come down!" "It is not possible to gather so much grain, it must be stolen!" "You brat, I could have got killed!" "Oh no, mayor..." "Your father will be back before it is healed." "God bless you, Filomena!" "You have no cow, goat or pig, but this!" "Oliver writes from captivity." "He is alive!" "Christ Almighty, he will kill me!" "He won't, he will have a son." "He left one there, and find one here." "He will kill me!" "My ear is healed now but Dad has not come back yet." "But it is larger!" "And sticks out!" "Does my ear really stick out?" "Don't worry, you will get married." "He'll marry me!" "Look how much I grew!" "Mummy will bake some cakes..." "How?" "The last flour." "We must go and ask grandfather." "He knows we are starving!" " We must humble ourselves." " Never!" "You are all the same, the Habdzas!" "I'd rather be a beggar." "That's the same." "God bless you!" "Welcome!" "Go to your room!" "You have come, mylady." "Let's leave!" "I have been proved right." "Have some!" "First ask for it!" "Why do you vex him?" "It is me who is vexed!" "I had brought up sons but they turned away." "They only come when things go wrong." "They went away leaving their father to work alone." "You were also the reason!" "You left and now don't want to die there!" "Please, if you want me to beg..." "Please!" "I don't want to hear it from you!" "I don't ask for myself." "I swear I shall not touch anything!" "It will be for your grandchildren!" "I will give you nothing." "A little grout what you give your pigs at least!" "Mummy, let's leave!" "I myself shall bring them." "The Habdzas!" "A Christmas greeting!" "From Urban?" "I would like to have your wings." "You even lost your shawl." "Jesus Christ, Grandma!" "Poor wretch, she came here to die." "This was the strongest hand in the world." "St. Urban, thank you also for this." "Somebody died." "Who died?" "The bells will toll for me too." "The war went to hell!" "The war is over!" " And Filomena?" " She'll surely come." "And Urban?" "Please, did you see?" "Christine, don't you know me?" "Rochus, my brother!" "Did you see?" "Neither saw nor heard of him." "Haven't you grown!" "Do you chase girls now?" "Soldiers, line up in threes!" "Dear believers in Christ!" "You are coming back to your families and the Church!" "I hope your first steps will lead to the pub!" "Music!" "Soldiers!" "I am the mayor!" "Behave like decent people and Christians do!" "We have no king but God!" "Soon there are new authorities here!" "It makes no difference whether we'll be in Hungary or Austria." "What matters is..." "Listen to the commander!" "Your mayor is an asshole!" "We do care where we shall belong!" "Long live the Czechoslovak Republic!" "Those who suffered in the war most, listen!" "All of this is yours!" "But order is needed!" "You deserve to drink and eat enough!" "You two fetch drinks!" "You two something to eat!" "You kill a cow, the women will cook goulash!" "Nicolas, this is your place!" "Enjoy the meal, lieutenant!" "Catch!" "Enjoy!" "You loot, I see!" "The seventh commandment says, you shall not steal!" "And the fifth one, you shall not murder!" "And you still sent us to murder!" "I don't know you but him, the son of the decent man Michael Habdza." "And he is stealing!" "I am not!" "The rich steal!" "We only take what was gathered by dishonest means." "I warn you, don't get carried away by freedom." "Not all who feel to be free..." "SEVEN YEARS LATER" "Mummy!" "My dear child!" "You are so thin..." "Sit down, lunch is ready!" " Sit down." " And the others?" "Father is in the vineyard, Magdalene in the village." "Everybody works but I am so weak." "How long will you stay?" "For Easter holiday." "District Board?" "He's a mayor now." "What novelties!" "To plant vine in mud!" "Our fathers would roll over in their graves!" "We should wait till it dries a bit." "By the end of the week, everything must be in the ground." "Shall five thousand grafts come to nothing?" "Urban, you are our misfortune." "Why don't you come up with novelties which cost nothing." "You are not helping the co-op this way." "Your vineyard is good, you can play a co-op member and a socialist." "Do I play?" "And is it only my co-operative?" "I didn't mean it." "I envy you." "Not the office." "Your belief and domestic bliss." "Your wife is honest but mine..." "Forget it if you want to live with her." "If I could kill her." " Lunch!" " Men, lunch!" "Do you remember?" "I found you here hurt." "But he didn't pay me for all the evil." "The mayor must be high-minded." "The mayor..." " Mummy does not like it." " No wonder." "She is alone all the time." "What's worse, she is in poor health." "Do you say it so simply?" "The doctor must be called!" "She doesn't want to." "It costs too much she says." "Money does not matter!" "Are you not going home?" "I would like to show you something." "I am just closing." "Welcome." "We didn't come to drink." "Come to our place." "Uncle, are you out of the native heath for ever?" "He knows nothing about farming and Father is there to give orders." "I am not so sure." "Your grandfather has asthma." "But we can't do it in the old way." "How then?" "You'd better speak about your school achievements." "Cheers!" "I offer, so drink!" "And Mummy?" "I don't drink." "To your health then!" "To your health!" "Bottoms up!" "You are eighteen soon and you will be a vine-grower too." "I taste must in the silvan sort." "Yes, I forgot to fill up the barrel." "Do study, we need educated people." "Who needs them?" "You can manage the co-op!" "Or your party?" "It won among poor people only." " In wealthier villages..." " The Agrarian Party wins." "We know, you needn't patronise." "I didn't think of that at all." "You say it can't be done in the old way." "You are right." "But I wonder if the progressives will stop using the socialist whip when their pockets and cellars are full." "When they have little property, soon they will chase big wealth." "They will forget those who helped them." "I am afraid of this too." "But I help as long as I can." "I shall not allow that such..." "Is this why you called me?" "He wants you all!" "The last will!" "You thought I had died." "What does that mean?" "Nicolas, I see you gritting your teeth." "And you, Urban, taking offence." "My body is weak but my mind is strong." "Where is Christine?" "She was always scared of you." "People should always be scared of somebody." "Mark, did you greet your grandfather?" "Good evening, Grandfather." "It's been the first time my first grandson greeted me." "Will you tell us what the matter is?" "When I die, the notary will tell you." "This is not the reason we are here." "Fine, you are by my death bed at least." "Forgive me if I have ever hurt you." "Forgive." "That's all!" "One word!" "Will my dying be easier?" "It's the last time I see my prodigal sons." "Since you didn't remain here with all my property..." "In memory of Michael Habdza!" "Josephine and I decided to get married." "Such a big estate without a man..." "Notary, read!" "My soul belongs to God and to His judgement which is just." "The property will be divided as follows:" "A half will be given to my eldest grandson, Mark." "After his grandmother dies." "My sons will be given one eighth each." "My daughter who hasn't run away, will have one fourth." "This is Michael Habdza's last will confirmed with signatures." "Where have you been?" " There!" " Who with?" "You must have seen." "You know I care about you very much!" "He will turn your head, scoundrel!" "No, he is very shy!" "So why did he run after you?" "It's Easter!" "I don't want to see you with him again!" "Their family brings us bad luck." "Your mother died because of..." "What's wrong with you?" "Send her away!" "You want to marry her, and what about me?" "You will have a baby but I shall never call her a mother!" "Will you stop?" "My mummy was good." "She saved Mark's mummy's life." "Mark's mummy is also good." "She calls me:" "My little bird!" "Where have you been?" "Who will work instead of you?" "I saw the mayor to the town." "What a mayor!" "He is making up the devil knows what." "He should be here!" "He wants to build a road." "We have not finished one stuff yet!" "I don't care about such societies!" "He also wants electric power in the village." "He will wear us out!" "Electricity is a good thing." "Without me!" "I don't work!" "We work like slaves for nothing." "When we divided the lands, you were not against it." "The legionnaires got more, and now they want to give orders!" "Did I get more?" "Or Babinsky?" "And you forgot that Urban took no land, he wanted us to get more." "I'm not working until after the elections..." "I'll see then." " Is that what he said?" " Yes." "So there will be no road, no power." "We shall live in mud and darkness!" "So what, if we are stupid." "But that's not the reason why we are here." "The elections are held in two weeks." "We, legionnaires - socialists should propose our own candidate." "We know each other well, so propose." " Babinsky." " I cannot be proposed." "Why not?" "I became your member without any reason." "Without... reason?" "Simply as a patriot." "I don't care about politics." "You are younger and reliable." "I'll tell you everything but..." "Let's hear what news Rochus brought from the District Council." "What happened to good old customs?" "It's a shame to sit here like hermits." "We suffered both before and after the war!" "Wine!" "If I understand well..." "Dean thought that..." "Party of the Christian Manners, alike our Agrarian one, must use any means so that this god-fearing nation..." "Not only that, my son." "Every decent man adorns himself with a cross and a four-leaf clover." "A heathen only can choose the socialist whip." "We know each other from the front." "The battles opened our eyes, we shall follow through!" "The Republic is ours!" "We told you the plain truth but yours is idle talk." "You are behind the times!" "What was good yesterday is overcome today." "People turn their backs on you!" "Urban, you are blind!" "And what about you?" "I can tell you, dear brother-in-law!" "No force, please!" "Our clover man is here!" "Tomorrow he may come with a cross!" "Traitor!" "We must keep up with the times." "I wanted to recommend also you." "What do you want with me?" "If you want to remain mayor..." "I don't." "Do you know why?" "I am not blind but you are, with wealth!" "You can't get any sense out of one stuffed with food!" "You keep people in poverty just so they obey you!" "Go to hell with your politics!" "I shall leave it to people like you." "There is something else that bothers me." "You almost succeeded in turning people into beggars." "Vlcindol is in debt because of you." "You'll pay for it!" "You all will pay for it!" "Come on!" "Let it be!" "Stop tearing it, go to hell!" "We shall win in any case!" "You have struggled hard, and what's the use of it?" "I must go to the elections." "Make a decision at last." "Grandmother told me that it was you whom I could thank for everything good in my life." "But with me it is but disaster." "Debts, illnesses, nothing good." "That is not true." "And Mark completes his studies next year." "Then you will not see him again." "And Magdalene will get married." "Don't we love each other?" "There will be nine local representatives." "The Party of the Christian Manners of Silvester Bolebruch has four." "The Agrarian Party of Vendelin Babinsky another four." "The socialist legionnaires will be represented by Oliver Ejhledjefka." "Let's vote for the mayor now." "Write your proposals." "Legibly, please." "Will you look into my eyes now?" "Are you also in the clover party without any reason?" " No!" " Traitor!" "You can't see past the tip of your nose!" "Don't touch me!" "Do you want Silvester or Pancucha to be at the helm?" "The world hasn't changed, just the people -they have claws, not fingers." "The result of the first scrutiny:" "Bolebruch four votes, Babinsky four votes." "I give my vote to Babinsky." "Still you didn't win!" "You did, with your unfaithful wife." "Are you here?" "Did they throw you out?" "Give me some." "Are you the new mayor?" "Pour me a drink!" "No!" "My poor boy..." "Lord, have mercy on us..." "The boy is ill, don't come closer!" "Keep out of my sight, you and your bastard!" "You mustn't..." "Kill me but leave the boy in peace!" "Don't beat Mummy!" "Our co-op is like an ill man." "One day it has a sore back, then a stomach ache, or a fever." "It must be taken care of all the time." "The co-op and the pub are the main trustees." "All the money is spent to save the co-op." "I ask why and how much longer?" "I suggest dividing the sources, and get rid of everything unhealthy!" "Let's vote then!" "Who is for the division?" "Wait, slow down!" "I want to hear a detailed report!" "You heard what was necessary." "And everybody will be given half a litre of wine free tonight." "You want to close our mouths!" "They buy you for half a litre of wine!" "I want to say something!" "You were not told the whole truth!" "The co-operative owes one thousand to wholesalers and you who buy on credit, another one hundred and fifty thousand!" "Everything we have is at stake..." "Can you hear his socialist whipping?" "I shall whip!" "Do you know what they want to do?" "Change the co-operative into a business!" "Say when you put up your sign on the shop!" "Don't listen!" "Our family quarrels don't belong here!" "There is a threat of liquidation!" "Whom do you represent?" "The few black sheep?" "What right have you got?" "Unlike you, I was not a turncoat after the elections!" "If you were not my brother you would see..." "Well, Urban, what now?" "The late Slivnicky would pull our ears." "That is what we deserve!" "He might cry with us." "I'll work in the co-operative storehouse in the town." "Haven't you had enough?" "If your brother deceived you here, what can you expect there?" "Landowners and bankers!" "What do you expect from them?" "The idea is good." "But people!" "Look, the teacher is removed from the co-op." "I shall not whimper like him or get drunk like you!" "I know why you drink but you are hopeless." "The co-op gospel won't help." "We have never talked together, Father." "You have never called me father." "That does not matter!" "I remember when I addressed my father by this name." "At that time we already did not understand each other." "Well, what have you got on your mind?" "The cellar is unkempt." "The one at school must look better." "But it is not so bad." "It is bad at home!" "Why do you commit yourself to public posts?" "They will ruin you!" "Shall I be like your uncles Nicolas and Rochus?" "Or do you worry I'll leave you less than Grandpa?" "Lo and behold, heir!" "Moreover, you chase a rich bride." "Wait, you didn't..." "Come back!" "You are right, we've never talked." "I thought we understood each other." "I was always busy, you know." "Only you can offend me because I respect you." "But I am unhappy because I can't help you." "I cost you much money and troubles." "It is terrible to be sorry for you, mother, sister..." "You don't deserve trouble." "...7... 8... 9..." "Where are you leading me?" "10... 11... 12... 13." "This is our place!" "Why this?" "I fell in love with you right here when I was thirteen." "Why are you laughing?" "It was then when the teacher asked us to sit together." " And you bit my hand." " 'Cause you looked at Vera." "My Lucy!" "It is useless, though." "Your father will never allow..." "You don't know me." "I must have what I want!" "Even if our families were against it!" " Come, my daughter!" " I won't!" " What?" " I won't go!" "Enough!" "I shall drag you in by force!" "There is only one similar chance in life!" " I don't want him!" " He is well off, has a car..." "I don't care even if he had an air-plane!" "A confidential clerk at the steam mills!" "Don't let him go!" "Introduce yourself." "I am pleased to meet you." "Where is Father?" "Probably founding a new party." "What is Lucy like?" "I know you love each other." "She will fight for her love." "She is like her father." "She resembles him." "I hope she has a kind heart like her mother." "The Legionnaire's!" "What a thief!" "Urban saw it coming but you mocked him!" "I was not allowed to leave." "They won't let me see you again!" "Go home then!" "They can see you and punish you!" "Coming from work?" "What happened?" "I don't know if I should kill somebody or hang myself." "Where are you going?" "I'll tell you later, I can't go home now." "Mummy would die if she knew." "Good afternoon." "Is he in?" " Yes, he is." " Will you give me some water?" "What happened?" "The co-op storehouse ended badly." "And me too." "So unfair!" "Thanks, Ann." "Ended badly?" "Auditors found that two million..." "stolen!" "All the clerks and the director are responsible." "They were detained by the police." "A bloody article in the law says that we, the co-op officials, are responsible!" "Two million?" "No, that would kill me." "Quarter of a million..." "The amount you gave the poor on credit." "How many of you are in the management?" "Six." "Almost forty-two thousand each." "Instalments, or seizure?" "It's up to the court." "It will oblige the bank, not us." "At worst, you will sell the Habdza farm." "I am the heir." "That is not enough." "The auction will swallow up our house, the vineyards, and your heritage." "The new and the old Habdza property will be lost." "Have you heard?" "Will there be an auction?" "I am afraid so." "Will you lend us some?" "This is for my special guests." "Have some." "Will you lend us money?" "I don't lend, I buy." "I can buy out your heritage and there will be no sue." "This is the place where we were always helped." "Advise my father, he will do what you say." "I am not sure." "He is in a pitiable state." "He has renounced the world." "Read it if you have time." "Workers of the world unite!" "All right, go..." "Live in peace." "Remember how we managed during the war." "How we sold peaches." "You will be all right again." "Next year, after I do my A levels." "God, why must I suffer so much?" "I must be going!" "Good-bye!" "There is money under the pillow, Magdalene earned it." "Take it, we shall manage." "Go now!" "Go together, my children." "Inspection of wine!" " Where shall we begin?" " In the cellar, perhaps." "Not yet." "Here first!" "Where is it hidden?" "We'll find it!" "Did they find anything?" "Shit, at my place they did." "I will get a terrible fine." "The skunk Pancucha found it!" "Leave it in the state you found it!" "I shall kill him sooner or later!" "Help!" "Pull me!" "It's pure rizling sort, isn't it?" "Open the cellar now!" "I would but only to you, not to these bloody rats!" "You should be accompanied by the mayor!" "All right, I'II call the policemen!" "Why not a minister!" "?" "Pancucha found it, you say?" "I know where his wine is hidden." "If he showed his teeth, just crow!" "The lowest quality, mixed with water!" "Three hundred and fifty litres?" "It is allowed." "Ten percent." "Let him pull out some to try!" " Cock-a-doodle-doo!" " What is that?" "Better than the lowest quality." "I shall put in half as wine." "You don't know chalk from cheese!" " Do you think I want to?" " To screw the state!" "I have fought for this state!" "The state robs us, you..." "It's against the law!" "Why are you crowing?" "It does rob us." "Three times!" "First, the tax is twice higher than the price of wine." "Second, we can't sell in small amounts, it supports pub keepers." "Third, through officials and informers it robs us of the little reason we have left in our hard lives." "Cheers, gentlemen!" "This is subversion!" "Socialist!" "This should be reported in the Parliament." "Communist!" "Enough!" "What is going on?" "He will tell you." "But look into his barn first!" "Such rudeness!" "Revenge!" "Don't believe him!" "Mummy!" "Mummy can't breathe!" "Fetch some clothes!" "We go to the hospital!" "No, I want to die here!" "I want to die here!" "Christine!" "Jesus..." "Let God punish you!" "Let all your family die!" "We impose you a fine of ten thousand." "Imposed... imputed... impoverished!" "Made me into a beggar..." "Crowing again?" "Come up!" "Open!" "Ten thousand!" "You will get nothing!" "Neither money nor wine!" "Not a drop!" "I shall give you nothing!" "Simon, come up!" "Not a glass!" "Not a penny!" "Nothing!" "Let her... drink the nettle tea!" "Three with one letter?" "Will you not read it?" "I know what's in it." "Will you have some?" "If there is any left..." "Don't drink so much, that won't help you." "And what about you?" "You should do something." "Thank you for the advice." "Someone else in your shoes would've had made it long ago!" "Drink!" "Do you remember the day when we welcomed you?" "I must tell you..." "It was almost twenty years ago." "And we have achieved nothing!" "We'll leave but shame behind us." "Without you, this hole wouldn't have progressed." "There is public auction at our place, I need money!" "You shouldn't have gone away." "God is punishing you." "I only want what's mine by the law!" "By the law!" "Listen." "Your share is burdened with debt." "You must marry a rich girl." "Lucy." "Then you will pull yourself together." "Here, where you were born." "It's all over." "Why must I deliver bad news?" "You have to move out within ten days." "Where is Father?" " In the cellar." " Who bought it?" "Guess who." "Big Silvester." "Mark, it is not my fault!" "You swines!" "Choke on it, you and your greedy father!" "Sir, Mark Habdza, graduated from the Academy of Economy, my nephew." "You will have much work to do here." "My wife..." "Nice to meet you, madam." "Single?" "Yes, please." " Do you smoke?" " Not yet." "Let the young man speak." "What is your wish?" "None yet." "So young, so sad." "Why?" "We know about your family troubles." "And your father." "Despite that you will be in the senator's services." "You should decide where you belong!" "I assure you that..." "Well, much work is ahead!" "The poor begin to show their teeth." "He will meet your demands." "He was the best student, studied with honours." "Show the testimony." "That is all right!" "I need a firm hand here!" "Go home!" "I haven't seen you for three days!" "The children need you at home." "Two children and one bastard!" "You profit by the misfortunes of others." "Shame on you!" "You are my misfortune!" "Whore!" "I'll show you!" "Whore!" "Don't go away." "Stay here!" "If you want to preach, good-bye!" "If you want to drink, sit down." "You whore..." "Thirty-nine, forty..." "Next, please!" "Too little!" "We were promised one crown more!" "They deceived us again!" "The householder is not at home." "If he promised, he has to keep his word." "I myself will tell him." "They are mistreating us!" "You are honest, you don't even have decent trousers." "Let her open the safe!" "That would be the worst thing to do." "Dear name, beginning with the letter L..." "Louise?" "We have already made a decision." "We will go on a strike." "What would you do?" "I would go on a strike." "That is what we wanted to hear." "But you must do it reasonably." "How to strike reasonably?" "Make them negotiate while you also take care of the cattle." "I've been calling the police since the morning." "Hello!" "The police station!" "He is out again." "Give us advice." "Negotiate, or give in?" "I'll wait to see what the situation is like in other farms." "Tell them to come in." "You will be the public vine master." "Nobody understands vineyards and treesbetter than you do." "We must understand people, not trees." "As my wife did." "Well, the more precious the flower the sooner it withers." "Only weed keeps well." "And payments for daily labourers?" "They are the same in all farms." "I shall not go against the union!" "If not, let us go!" "Wait!" "I will add one crown as I promised." "Now you are talking!" "To work, men!" "On the scrap heap..." "You will have a better master." "Forgive me." "I am going to fetch you some." "Come, my dear, the bridegroom is waiting." "What have you done to me?" "Kneel." "And don't cry!" "These wires are trifles." "Read this one!" "Dear name, beginning with the letter L." "You belong to the prettiest girl in the world." "It is a sin to be angry with her." "Stop her!" "That will be my death!" "That was the best letter I have ever delivered." "It came at the right time." "He is drunk into oblivion!" "The wedding ceremony is ruined!" "Stand up, Lucy ran after Mark!" "Jesus Christ!" "Help!" "Mark, I can be only yours..." "You are better than I thought." "And braver!" "I love you very much." "You can drink, play cards, beat me but don't stop loving me!" "I want to live in your love!" "Lucy, my love!" "Play!" "THE END"