"THE SHADOW" "SCREENPLAY" "DIRECTED BY" "DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY" "MUSIC" "SRARRING" "You moron!" "How are you driving?" "!" " It's all your fault!" " Let me give you a kiss!" "Only one!" "On the shoulder!" "Wait!" " I'll handle you once you pull up!" " I'm not going to!" "Aren't you?" "Stop it, Stefan!" "One kiss and you may drive!" "I know that one kiss of yours!" "Not now." "He'll see it!" "Look!" "What's he doing?" "He's going to jump!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "What are you doing!" "Hey, man!" "What are you doing?" "Don't jump!" "Don't do it, man!" "Jesus Christ!" "Jesus Christ!" "What's with his face?" "What's with his face, Stefan?" "He's still alive!" "We need to take him to a hospital!" "But how?" "Go to that house!" "He probably wanted to get there!" "That's why he jumped out!" "Mother!" "Have you been expecting anyone?" "No." "I'm all alone." "But..." " Could you come with me!" " No, really." "Someone to see me?" "To see me?" "That's all we know." "It's a deserted place there." "Only that one house." "I don't think he had a reason to hurry." "Yes, right." "Maybe you're right." "We'll see." "Maybe we'll find out something." "Not from him,for sure." "How come?" "Didn't you manage...?" "You think I can work miracles?" "The wholeface messed up." "That man had no head, you understand?" "He had nothing more?" "Officer!" "I took these off in front of people." "Dr. Knyszyn was a witness." "I'm not the one of those, who..." "What about his papers, wallet...?" "A wallet, all right!" "He didn't even have a jacket!" "What do you mean?" "He had a shirt, trousers, a coat, shoes... but no jacket." "Nonsense." "Such a coat and no jacket?" "Maybe, comrade, he took his jacket off, so that it didn't get rumpled." "Than he woke up and saw he missed his stop, and jumped out!" "And his jacket was left on the train!" "Even if it did, someone surely took it." "It's a shame." "Even the devil himself won't solve this case now." "You're talking nonsense." "You'll see." "It's all invain!" "And you won't learn anything from him any more." "Why would I need him?" "Even a hair has its shadow, not to mention a man." "Find the shadow, and you'll find the man." "Not always." "What do you mean?" "I'm just saying you not always do." "Are you saying I'm wrong?" "Well, you're right, but it's not a universal rule." "Those dead sometimes become really tough cases." "In medicine, yes, but not in our business." "Give me some time, and I'll solve each ofthem." "I'd offer you one ofthem only..." "Thirteen years after the situation, and it's still unclear." "It wasn't handled by a professional." "I haven't always been a doctor." "It's not that, doctor." "For these cases you need a professional with a hunch." "Well, in my case, no matter how great your hunch is, you wouldn't help either." "We might see..." "Were you inWarsaw during the occupation?" "No." "So do not say such things!" "Because that mysterious story happened right then." "Because that mysterious story happened right then." "In 1943." "At that time, my People's Guard unit had their secret base in a small workshop in the Praga District." "It was a convenient place, because it was off the street, and we could get together at any time without anybody paying attention." "Who could tell the difference between us and ordinary customers?" "We kept everything in that workshop:" "weapons, leaflets, instructions..." "We were planning operations." "In a nutshell, the place was perfect and safe." "The owner was a Mr. Biskupik." "Mr. Biskupik, have you no shame?" "!" "It was to bereadyfor yesterday!" "I had a flu." "You've been fixing those valves for 4 days!" "I have no heating." "It's so cold, that your buggers are freezing!" " It's spring now." " But a cold one." " I can warm you up!" " I am warm anyway." "What about those valves?" "They're ready." "Get on the stool and reachfor the shelf." "They're in the box." "If anybody comes in ..." "Good morning." "About the payment, I'll get back to you..." " I'm about..." " It's okay." "Any time day or night." "I'm getting out." " Today, we're having..." " I don't need to know." "I never ask questions." "The less you know, the better you sleep." " Goodbye." " Hello!" "Good morning." "Get it fixed." "I don't know about it." "Leave it, though." "Maybe we'll do some business." "I'm not disturbing you any more." "You!" "What do you bring to a repair workshop?" "!" "He's not an electrician!" "Who's going to believe you?" "C'mon." "If you want, next time I'll bring a steam engine." "Just have a look." "Great vacuum cleaner." "I stole it from some German woman." "I'll sell it to Biskupik." "Some cash won't do any harm." "You just stop talking!" "Good you're here!" "We need to hurry!" "I'm not sure if it's worth the fuss." "Don't nag!" "They'll bring the money in an hour." "Damn it!" "I understand taking risk for a real cause!" "Tell me to rescue someone from jail, I won't even blink." " Butfor money?" " They won'tfall from the sky!" "We need technology and weapons!" "Besides, the Guard is getting bigger." "You know that." "Yes, but we're still doing itfor money." "Everything will go smoothly." "The street is quiet." "Patrols arefar away." "I checked myself." "What about the sentinels?" "What do you want?" "It's an occupation." "Cybulka also has a gun." "You're trembling over thatVolksdeutsch!" "He's easy to handle." "Piece of cake." "Watch that you don't shoot your kneecups." "I've seen more impressive guns!" "If you want I'll do Cybulka myself" " and grab the money." " Revolver!" "Don't talk so much!" "You haven't been in action yet." " Have you checked it?" "Yep." " Won't it stuck?" " Nope." "Wait." "Youforgot again!" "Gosh, you've got somefood." "Gimme a bite!" "Not now." "You always go into action on an empty stomach." " Wise guy!" "Physician!" " Mr. Knyszyn!" "Tell your men not to go out into the square." "It's surrounded." "A round up!" "Okay, Mr. Biskupik." "Let's go!" "Quick!" "You owe me 25 more!" " Come on Monday!" "Give me at least 1 0!" "Until the collectors arrive, we shan't pay you anything!" "If you've comefor money, you're wasting your time." "The old man's not here." "Is Mr. Cybulka here?" "What's that, mister?" "!" "Hands on your neck!" "Count the money!" "We have to write her a receipt." "Write the amount in words, too!" "Mirek!" "I missed it!" "You were right!" "Now it's gonna do me bad!" "I didn't understand." "Who took us aback?" "Gestapo?" "Criminal police?" "And how come they were so unyielding?" "Why did they fight till they dropped?" "I'm sure there are more of them." "They surrounded the house?" "But why's no one shooting?" "!" "They're hiding." "I won't getfar with Revolver." "What can I do?" "This silence!" "This horrible silence!" "I don't know how, but all of a sudden Biskupik turned up!" "One might think the whole case was closed then." "Just one more tragic action." "Yes, but only seemingly." "It was all so strange." "If they were the police, why only three of them came?" "Why didn't they call for the gendarmerie?" "Why?" "It was the darkest of all cases I had to do with during the occupation." "And only some time later, when the People's Army was created," "I was put in command of a strong unit, made up of our communists, and RPPS comrades." "Made up of our communists, and RPPS comrades." "Our first briefing was to take place in one of the houses inWola district." "What's your business here?" "I'm here to pick up the laundry." "Are you from Kazimierz Square?" " Number 7." " Go inside." "Everyone's here.We may start." "Let me introduce Colonel to you." "Comrade Kruczek." "Comrade Lewandowski." "Comrade Fehler." "Comrade Kowal." "And you?" "!" "What are you doing here?" "You want to bust someone again?" "!" "How did you get in here, scumbag?" "!" "This time you won't leave here alive!" " What's the matter?" "!" " Stay away!" "Try to lie now!" "Maybe it wasn't you, who shot at my boys at Cybulka's?" "!" "Maybe it wasn't you, who shot my two comrades?" "!" "Speak, shitface!" "Ah, yes!" "This is how you want to twist it!" "Comrades!" "It's a provocateur!" "A Gestapo agent!" "Me?" "!" "You scum!" "Let go!" " Get his gun!" " Hold him!" "He shot my men!" "And made me a cripple!" "Let go!" "They know me!" "I haven't been in the party since yesterday!" "Comrades!" "Knyszyn is our man!" "He went to Cybulka on our orders!" "And we sent Luszczak!" "We know about the raid on Cybulka's!" "It was prepared by our comrade, a bit out of his own initiative, but..." "There is noroomfor suspicions here!" "How come?" "Comrades!" "It means you went to do the same rat we did?" "!" "The same." "And you also thought we were Gestapo men?" "!" "But who decided on the time?" "!" "Only Blondie could tell." "But you yourself..." "Damn it!" "No, no, no!" "No, no!" "Think about it!" "Warsaw is a huge city!" "And it's full of German businesses!" "Cybulka had been running his store for 2 years!" "Is it possible that on the same day, same time...?" "!" " Up to a minute." " So what?" "!" "What do you mean what?" "!" "Someone set us up!" "And it wasn't that simple..." "Because if we had known about one another..." "Someone took advantage of thefact, we were in different communist organizations!" "Someone, who wasrelated to you and to us!" "Someone, who calculated coldly that none of us would yield!" "But who was it?" "!" "Four people dead, one crippledfor life." "And that someone..." "With our own hands!" "You neverfound out?" "Maybe Mirek could have helped?" "Maybe Revolver?" "Blondie, maybe?" "But they're all dead." "Yes, you're right." "But it's not a universal rule." "So mine's on top, officer." "When a man is gone, his secrets are gone, too." "So there's nothing more we can do?" "Maybe he had some relatives, and they know nothing about it!" "None of your business." " So we can go now?" " We'll summon you if we need anything." "What about him?" "Pack it!" "A coat, a shirt, a tie, trousers, shoes..." "Hey, buddy!" "Your ticket?" "We have no extra ticket inspectors here." " Maybe in the other one?" " No." "Why are you scared?" "You're a dealer?" "Show me!" "Maybe I'll buy something?" " What do you want from me?" "!" " Relax." " Show me your ticket!" " What is it?" "No ticket." "And thisjacket here!" "Show me." "Where did you buy it?" "On the train." "Come.We'll talk inside." "I wasjoking, sir." "Ifound it on the train and..." "I just wanted to give it to you." "Maybe its owner will lookfor it." "So you take it, and I'll go." " Where did you find it?" " On the train!" "Someone got out and must haveforgotten about it." " Got out where?" " In Jaworowo." "In Jaworowo?" "Interesting." "An express train doesn't stop in Jaworowo." "So maybe he jumped out." "Without a jacket?" "Out of an express train?" "Why was he in such a hurry?" "And... where's the wallet?" "I don't know." " Gentlemen, but..." "Tell us the truth!" "Hey, sugar, put me through to Jaworowo." "Comrade Karpowski!" "We have it!" "The information about thefaceless man!" "We've got his jacket!" " What's his name?" " Whose?" " Thatfaceless man's name?" " How can I know?" "No papers?" "No wallet or papers!" "A boy with the jacket has been arrested." " Where?" " At the Brzezina station." "Brzezina?" "The train from Brzezina is due in 2 hours." "Two more here; so we'd have to wait for the boy till the evening." "Comrade captain, why wait till the evening?" "It's on our way." "Twenty extra minutes and we'll find out right away." "Actually..." " it's your case..." "Yes, but, comrade..." "You know what?" "I'll give you a lift to Brzezina, you'll pick up the boy, and you'll get back on the six o'clock train." "And we'll get to know something, too." " Agreed?" " Naturally." " I'll put that body snatcher in place!" " Who?" "Doctor Knyszyn's paramedic." "He said it was all in vain!" "I'll make him take it back now!" "And generally..." "I wish we were around, when this thing happened, that dr Knyszyn told us about." "This shooting,remember?" "We would have cracked that, too, wouldn't we?" "Interesting." "I was thinking about his story, and I remembered something." "I once heard about that craftsman, too." "What craftsman?" "!" "Cybulka was a tradesman, not a craftsman." "No, I mean that guy from the workshop." "The one I knew, was also called Biskupik." "Yes, Biskupik..." "Well, but it was a more difficult case than that with Cybulka." "But you cracked it, didn't you?" "For your information, I didn't." " I haven't cracked it till today." " How come?" "I was young." "It was in the East, in 1 946." "Then I was confident, just like you, that I'd crack it." "All in vain, as the paramedic said." "Yes, yes..." "Now we're going peacefully and safely..." "We keepforgetting bad things quickly." "And then the times were bad." "I think it was in July." "Maybe the beginning of August." "For a month we'd been tracking a band led by Dwarf." "A funny nick." "Not Giant or something, but humbly:" "Dwarf." "He wasted most of our men in the area." "Only those survived, who made it to town, or those, who joined the communist party secretly." "We couldn't get him." "We'd just liquidated the band of his partner, Pump." "None of Pumps men got away." "We lost several comrades in that raid." "And finally, we had a day of repose." "Take afw men and cut them off!" "Comrade Lieutenant, the sawmill's on fire!" "Dwarf again!" "Bug off!" " Please, allow me, Lieutenant!" "Turn back!" "Did you understand that?" "What're you looking at!" "You want to paint my portrait?" "!" "Go!" "What do you want with him?" "Why are you yelling at everyone?" "All you're thinking about are stupid things!" "But there's no other way." "Dwarf doesn't even let us bury our men any more!" "Dwarf?" "!" " Dwarf all the time!" " So let me go... as a Pump's survivor." "I know everything about him." "We busted an entire gang." "I'll make friends with the kulaks, and they'll lead me to Dwarf." "No way!" "Antoni, I'm asking you!" "You know, what Dwarf does to such guys, when he sniffs them out?" "Who cares!" "I can't stand thatrascal any more!" "You're wasting your breath!" " Antoni!" "Get it out of your head!" "How many of ours today..." "And you want me to send you to a slaughterhouse?" "So yourefuse?" "Iforbid!" "What?" "!" "Who are you?" "Andrusikiewicz." "What's your business here?" "What have the soldiers taken from you?" "A hen, a pig?" "We'll pay!" "Don't worry!" "It'd be hard to take anything from me." "So, what do you want?" "I... want to join the party." "Join what?" "!" "Your party..." "Just another lunatic..." "What do you all want with me today?" "!" "Dwarf's just waiting for guys like you, get it?" "!" "Look at them!" "They were also in the party!" "Count them!" "Dwarf already has the gravesready for guys like you!" "What do you say?" "Aren't you scared?" "I can't go on like this." "I'mfed up with poverty." "I'd like to build with you..." "The richness..." "Jasiczka!" "Awaiting your orders!" "Take this loon away!" "Take him to the party!" "Quickly,for he's in a hurry!" "Take care of him." "Will you let me go now?" "Go, damn it!" "Lieutenant!" "What?" "!" "Let me go with Karpowski, as a volunteer, to the gang." "Why are youfooling around?" "Tell me, Antoni, what the hell did this guy have such pocketsfor?" "Stopfooling around!" "You've already made a pact with Jasiczka, huh?" "You've already made a pact with Jasiczka, huh?" "Will you let him go?" "Madmen!" "What am I to do with you?" "Some arsenal did that Pump have!" "Handy grenades." "Easy to unlock." "Will you take them?" "Well, I won't bust any bunkers..." "I'll get corns from them." "Stop!" "Why?" "Nothing." "My shoelace is untied." "You're scared, aren't you?" " Aren't you?" "See, we can still turn back." "If you enter the village, it's like sticking your fingers in a threshing machine." "God knows, if you'll get back." "Let's go." "There's someone in there." "Move, shaggy boy!" "Wake up your woman, peasant!" "Can't you see?" "!" "The Polish army has come for a visit!" "Light the fire!" "Let her make breakfast!" "It'd be nice to have a chat." "Is Zalepiany here?" "Well?" "!" " May I answer?" " Go ahead!" "Yes,sir!" " Upper, or Lower?" "Lower, sir." "Does Wisnicki live here?" "Yes." "How do I get to his place?" "Along theroad to school." "It's the first house past the school." " Do you knowWzdrega?" " What's this allfor?" "!" "Don't pretend!" "Why are you meandering, whilst you could go straight?" "!" "You know, and I know!" "Just say amen without those prayers!" "You have to judge every month!" "And every time it's the same:" """Do you know Wisnicki?" " I do!" "'"" """Do you knowWzdrega?" " I do!"'" """Did they tell you what you were to write?""" "I am not denying anything!" "I said three times""yes" at the referendum, and I was already triedfor that!" "Ask those Polish military men, who were here!" "You can't punish twice for the same crime!" "I do have a certification!" "Here you are!" "I'll show you!" "I'll show you!" "The judges came before you." "Theyfound out sooner, I reckon." " Who?" "You seefor yourself!" "They gave me no paper, but here is a confirmation." "But who?" "!" "Commander Dwarf's soldiers." """Did you throw the card in with your right hand?""- the commander asked." """Yes, the right one." I said." """So put it on the stump!"" "I'm telling the truth." "I swear to God, I do." "You must see a doctor." "It's rotting.You'll get a gangrene." "Let's go!" "It's getting late." "Sire!" "You're a peasant like myself." "You're hands arerough." "Why do you make the rounds?" "I could in front of Dwarf, but these are our people." "You're getting out of line." "I wish I was as tough as you." "Let's visit Wisnicki now!" "Wisnicki surely didn't grudge us his hooch." "Weak, but with honey." " The animals will get hurt!" "To hell with all his possessions!" "Lousy kulak!" "How long is he going to keep us in here?" "It's the night already!" "You're nervous!" "He gave usfeed, but is in no hurry to talk to us." "He's cautious!" "Maybe they've seen us through?" "Well, brother, they'll do us tonight, then." "Gentlemen!" "Come to supper." "So what about that contact, Mr. Wisnicki?" "None of my business." "I'm bothfor and against." "Who has afarm on his shoulders, doesn't go into politics." "Other people arefor this." "What's all this empty talkfor?" "We're with Pump." "Gentlemen, I told you!" "I couldn't care less about that Pump!" "If you want to be my guests, you're most welcome!" "For me everybody is a brother..." "I've never refused bread or milk!" "You can't just leave us like that!" "I'm lookingfor Dwarf." "Oh, Dwarf!" "Right!" "There's a rumor, a man like that exists." "But where to find him?" "Maybe those, who do business with him, know?" "But he's of no usefor ordinaryfarmers." "But you see, we want to..." " Praise to God, Mr. Wisnicki!" " For ever and ever." "I've come about that mower you bargainedfor." "But, you have visitors." "Maybe some other time, then?" "Visitors, or not - just people." "I don't know them, or ask questions." "I will invite everyone into my house." "I see you're soldiers!" "Which regiment?" "Now everything has changed, and there's no way to know." "In the old days, a lemon band - canaries, naturally." "Infantry - a navy blue one." "I don't know, and why would you?" "The mower is our business!" "And to develop ourfarms, in general!" "How much?" "Like two days ago." "Wait, then." "I'll go to see Wzdrega's." "I won't buy it alone." "Pump's down." "They got him yesterday evening." "We heard the shooting even here." "They have everyone, except the two of us." "How many were there?" "Eighteen." " Where were you coming from?" " From Makow." "Where did they get you?" "By the sawmill." " What was Pump's name?" " Józef." "Who served at the altar in Makow?" "Pump himself, and his deputy Phantom." "I'm just a simple man, can't help you much." "I'm off to the woods." "Do you want to take a risk?" "Maybe we'll meet someone?" "Accidentally, of course, as I'm no politician." "I'm more into trade." "Stop!" "Who's coming?" "From Zalepiany!" "I brought the goods." "Get out!" " Surrender your weapons!" " Why's that?" "When the commander takes you on, you'll get it back." "And this?" "You've been trying to hide it?" "Give it to me!" "I'm not going to frisk your armpit!" " That's all you have?" "You've checked." " Lead us to Commander Dwarf." " Shut up!" " Ready?" "Yes, sir!" "Move!" "March!" "Adjust!" "Sergeant Grzybon reports his arrival, commander!" "I brought two of Pumps men." "Get in!" "Give them something to eat and drink!" "Some vodka is allowed." "You may serve it here." "Yes, sir!" "How did you get away?" "You were picking up women?" "What are women like in that area?" "Are they worth taking our boys there." "We were on guard then." "Good guards did Pump have!" "They'll let the manhunt through, and split!" "Remember never to put them on guard!" "The manhunt came from a different direction." "We couldn't hear it, anyway." "Too much noise." "Noise!" "It must be noisy, if the entire nation is hungry." "Enough offormalities." "I see you're experienced." "Sit down and we'll talk." "What are you?" "!" "Sleepwalkers?" "!" "Did I say at ease?" "!" "Turn Back!" "Dismissed." "You may sit down." "Now tell me everything step by step." "You may eat at the same time." "Yes, commander!" "I'll start at the beginning, so that you have a clear view on the matter." "It's not that simple." "I couldn't swallow a bite." "It wasn'tforfear." "I'dforgottenfear by then." "It was disgust." "Dwarf thought I was one of his, thought I was a bandit." "Commander!" "Patrols have returned, sir!" " Bring them in!" " Patrols to see Commander!" "Yes, sir!" "Commander!" "Outside the church in Marciszowka..." "He got, what he deserved." "Just imagine that this man played a surgeon." "He cut the district into pieces, fumbling in the nation with his bloody fingers." "What about the village-mayor in Rudnik?" "The scumbag split." "His house was empty." " But we caught the administrator." " And?" "Usual stuff.We punched hisface to the limit and then thirty whips." "Who gave him the right to judge and punish?" "Who?" "Commander!" "That redhead cops been taken care of too." "We nailed him, finally." "We warmed the bastard up in gasoline." "We soaked him in it, then a match, and ..." "Not bad." "Not bad." "You should've seen him jump around!" "Like a flea!" "Like a little flea, Commander." "Like this?" "I envied Jasiczka his talent." "He knew the risk, but played his role wonderfully." "Why those hugs, though?" "He hasn't come here to make friends." "He was on the frontline." "That Pump guy was an idiot!" "An idiot." "Keptjumping and jumped toofar." "Who does such things?" "He did dozens of pikes, andfailed with a stupid small roach on a hook." "He didn't notice he was set up!" "They snitched he was in the sawmill!" "What?" "The securityforces didn't come out of the blue." "The workers framed him." "What workers?" "Ordinary ones." "Just like thatragged Andrusikiewicz." "It's easy to check it now." "He's with the commies openly now, after he sold Pump to the Security." "Not only him; there are others!" "If you wish, Commander..." "Why are you kicking me, buddy?" "Commander should know everything." "Right?" "It's not good when a soldier hides something from his commanding officer." "I'm so dumb!" "Jasiczka was trying to strike a deal with them." "He was selling me and all our comrades!" "If I don't stop him now, he'll get back to the Security Office alone." "He'll tell them I was killed in action, and will remain among my friends as Dwarf's mole." "Where to?" " I need to relieve myself." "You're going nowherefor now." "Stand by the door." "You may continue." "It's nothing important." "I just think the worst fish is the one used as a bite." "Right, dear?" "You put them on a hook and throw into a pond." "I've caught many pikes on such a bite." "Go on!" "I see you understand me, Commander." "Do you agree with me?" "No?" "!" "Just think... once you swallow such a hook, it'sreally hard to spit it out later." "And then, such a fish on a hook..." "Grenades!" "All I've left is the grenades!" "The only way out, but how shall I do it?" "I must unlock them in my pockets right away, and put on the shelf under the table." "Then I must get to the other end of the room, and hide behind their backs." "They won't let me go to the door, but if I went to light a cigarette to that candle, it would still be a couple of steps further." "I just must put them on that shelf!" "Now I must unlock them in the pockets." "Pins gone!" "Now there's no turning back;" "the grenades are unlocked!" "I must place them under the table!" "I've three seconds!" "Hands on the table!" "What happened next?" "Next?" "Obviously... the whole district was relieved." "Why aren't we moving?" "Flat tyre." "Change the wheel, then." " But it's your wheel, comrade captain." " Let's get out!" "Maybe I was delusional, but I thought, it would be somehow connected with that craftsman." "The one doctor told us about." "That..." "Biskupik." "Well, Jasiczka came to us with spotless credentials." "We checked, later who endorsed them, but the information was of no use." "It was a district secretary, a trustworthy comrade." "His name was also Biskupik." "Yes..." "Biskupik." "Am Iforcing you?" "Don't say anything, ifyou don't want to." " That's not the point!" " I'm just giving you friendly advice." "Just tell us all you know, and you'llfeel relieved." "No way, sir." "It's worse, than what happened before!" " There's no hopefor me any more!" " Here he goes again!" "Damn hysterical!" "If you sinned, you've got to repent!" "The sooner, the better." "Why carry this burdenfor your whole life?" "They'll lock me up anyway!" "You expected a candy?" " They'll lock him upfor sure!" "They called they were on their way to collect him." "So what?" "Let them come." "He'll do his time and will be free again." "He'll have enough time to make up to Polandfor his evildoings." "It has to be like that, or else you'll waste your life." "You're turning into an animal." "Well, sir." "I wish you knew." "Don't look at me like that!" "I can't stand his bulging eyes!" "Finally, thatrascal managed to possess me." "Hefooled me so much I did everything he demanded!" "He moved me like a puppet!" "I didn't know he'd come up with something like that!" "You've no idea, what's going on there now, and I saw it with my own eyes, as I see you now!" "That's why he told me, not to go to work today." "Let me see him!" "Let go of me!" "My husband's there!" "Mikula!" "Wait, Mikula!" " What happened?" "!" " He was on this shift!" "Mikula!" "Have you gone mad?" "!" "Stop!" "No entry!" "He's calling you!" "Stop him!" "Hey, you!" "Stop!" "Why the hell have you come here?" "!" "Am I on a rescue team, or something?" "!" " What do you want?" "!" " They're after me!" "The militia!" "They must've seen me in the shaft with those people Mr. Stanislaw told me to bring over." "Shut up!" "You want me to frame me, too?" "Get the hell out of here!" " First I must see Mr. Stanislaw!" "You can't!" "Why?" "They're watching you, you say?" "They chased me!" "Be atTekla's place in an hour." "We'll see." " And Mr. Stanislaw?" " He'll be there." " Are you sure?" " In an hour!" "Split now!" "Is it myfault I'm sick?" "A double shot of vodka." "That's why, they won't let me in." "When a man is doomed, he'drather die down there." "Damn, I like guys like you!" "Let's have a drink!" "Only an idler can stay alive!" "I like guys like you!" "Gimme a kiss!" "Get off me!" "You're bombed!" "Hey, stupid snot!" "I can handle twice that much!" "Come, have a drink with us." "Come, since I'm asking!" "The one, who was a work leader rots down there, and drunks keep on surviving!" "You, work leader!" "Work leader!" " Is Mr. Stanislaw in?" " Hush!" "What is it?" "Go away, my golden boy!" "Don't go in there!" "Why?" "What have you done to my brother and Kubas?" "Me to them?" "That's what they said." "Ifeel something bad's coming down!" "I know nothing!" "I never do!" "Nobody tells me anything!" "Neither do you!" "Listen to me!" "Don't go in!" "My brother and Kubas are there!" "Will you let me go?" "!" "Just be careful!" "Stay close to that iron door." "I unlocked it." "Okay." "Promise me, just in case." "I'll be waiting outside therailway station." "Where's Mr. Stanislaw?" "Are we gonna talk standing?" "Sit down with us." "Are we gonna talk standing?" "Sit down with us." "Sit down." "Mr. Stanislaw will come if it is necessary." "It's necessary now, Mr. Kubas!" "Sit with us." "Have a drink.We'll talk." "Later." "Why later?" "You can always have a drink." "We must talk seriously." "You see, it happened..." "There's just this necessity..." "I mean... it is necessaryfor you to leave." "For some other place." "Maybefor the country?" "You just must get away from here." "Why?" "Now, when they say I set the coalmine on fire?" "!" "Then everyone would say ""he set it on fire andran away""!" "Oh, no!" "No way!" "You can't stay here." "You do understand." " What do I have to do with this all?" "Nothing!" "Just who let those men into a ventilation shaft?" "What do you mean, who?" "You know it was me!" "What do you think those men were doing there?" "Theyjust wanted to see and sketch it, Mr. Kubas!" "That's what Mr. Stanislaw said." "Someone else must have sneaked in and set the fire." "Where did the fire start?" "In the ventilation shaft, right?" " Nonsense!" " Is it really?" "Perhaps they left something that started the fire in there?" "How come?" "Mr. Stanislaw recommended them!" "How long are we gonna chat like that?" "!" "I'm telling you to flee!" "It was them who set the fire." "No one will find them, though, but you'll get caught." "Don't you dare lookfor Mr. Stanislaw." "Now I see." "I know, why you haven't brought Mr. Stanislaw here!" "You're afraid I'll tell him!" "You've done it all!" "You want to murder people!" "Mr. Stanislaw will find out today!" "He'll give you hell!" "Have a drink and start being serious!" "You think he doesn't know?" " Don't you touch him!" "He got me out of a dump, made me a decent man!" "You can say whatever you want, but I don't buy it!" " Shut up!" " I believe him, not you!" "So... you won't leave?" "I won't!" "They'll lock you up!" "You'll go down with me, then!" "Come on!" "You aren't..." "You won't..." " What now?" " We must see Mr. Stanislaw." "Mommy's not here." "Where's granny?" "They're all outside the mine, waitingfor daddy." "Were you pulled up?" "Where's Mr. Stanislaw?" "There was a phone call." "He left not long ago." "Where to?" "Trucks from Zyrardow have brought coal acid." "Trucks from Zyrardow have brought coal acid." "The rescue operation is in full swing." "Rescue teams are about 300 metres from the trapped miners." "Theirfate is still unknown." "The last information is from two hours before." "This was the announcement concerning the accident in the Slomice Coalmine." "Next announcement will be given out around three o'clock." "Listen!" "Mr. Stanislaw is leaving forWarsaw shortly." "How do you know?" " He was in our place." " When?" "Right after you'd run away." "He came by taxi." "Where's he now?" "He just walked away from the cash point." "He was with them?" "!" "I must see him!" "They won't let you in!" "You have no ticket!" "But I must see him!" "Wait!" "Take care ofyourself!" "Mikula?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm here to see you, Mr. Stanislaw." "Wait.We'll go out." " What happened?" " The coalmine's on fire!" "So what?" " It was set on fire by those..." " Who?" "Those you asked to take down." "Are you drunk?" "Tekla's brother and Kubas told me!" "Damn it!" "Kubas told you?" "They told me to run, because the arsonists will never been caught!" "They didn't tell me about it." "Scumbags!" "How come?" "!" "Have you seen them?" "!" "What?" "No!" "How could I?" "!" " And today, Mr. Stanislaw?" "!" " Quiet!" "Don't yell!" "I haven't seen them for a week." "But you visited them today?" "!" "You talked toTekla's brother and Kubas, and later in a cab!" " What are you hiding from me?" "!" " I'll explain it later!" "Now!" "Tell me!" "I need to know everything!" "They're after me, thinking I did it, and you know, it's not true!" "Stop bugging me!" "I won't let you go away!" "You must testify, it wasn't me!" " Let go of me." " No!" "No!" "THE END"