"Gas!" "Come with me!" "What are you doing?" "Only pigs sit in theaters." "Then I'm a pig?" "No!" "You idiot!" "They were going to show my favorite film with Pola Negri." "ONLY PIGS SIT IN THEATERS" "understand?" "But I will!" "Alek!" "or I'll put one in your back!" "I'm just a police officer." "I'm only following orders." "say the Lord's Prayer." "I have a family." "Kneel and start praying!" "who art in heaven... lie down." "Lie there and don't move a muscle." "and a broken nose." "Apparently people go to the movies to be gassed." "we're just scaring the public?" "yes." "the mission was a success." "and ours are up." "Bravo. and Pawe³ and I would've gotten a bullet each." "We're supposed to protect ourselves with this?" "Small Sabotage is not an armed action." "but the Krauts can shoot at us." "You want to do some shooting? that I played tag with the Germans?" "You'll say that the Grey Ranks without shooting on the streets." "I used to write them too." "Rudy." "too?" "Of course." "Very bold." "You disarmed the Germans." "Orsza." "That's against the rules." "Czuwaj." "Jacek Tabynski will die in Auschwitz because he tore down a stupid poster." "And a police officer caught him. just because we're not allowed to carry guns. he would've blown off his own foot." "Did the Commander send you after me?" "I know you have your doubts." "I had mine too." "I have something for you." "A prize." "For your collection." "He won't try anything?" "No worries." "A man of the people." "What's this boy doing here?" "A friend." "You were supposed to be alone." "He's got money." "Cash first." "That's all I have." "What is this?" "Are you making an ass of me?" "I promise." "Go buy yourself some firecrackers for Easter." "That's the kind of Pole you are?" "What?" "You want to shoot?" "Do you?" "At who?" "Maybe at me?" "You little shits don't know anything." "Come back when you've got money." "without him." "Get the hell out of here." "Now." "Piss off!" "I'm becoming potato-faced." "I won't touch another potato." "I'll invite you both over for lobster." "Yeah?" "So when will that be?" "I need money." "For what?" "I can't say." "That's for the darkest hour." "the darkest it could be." "Don't let him take it." "Mama wanted me to have it on my wedding day." "You're getting married?" "Dad!" "Calm down." "If you don't tell me what it's for" "That's for Hania." "As a wedding gift." "And I'm taking the rest." "Are you crazy?" "We made our donation to the army back in '39." "And we gave them enough." "it's never enough." "Can I give you a lift?" "That's right!" "faster!" "my love..." "What size electrical charge is needed in a solution composed of two moles of iron fluoride and two and a half moles of copper chloride?" "Yes?" "Professor." "Where is Germany?" "I know that one." "On every front." "That's enough for today." "That pal of Hitler's is going to wake up tied to a bench in the park without his pants." "Rudy." "Let me see." "let me see! nine millimeters." "It ejects too easily." "or weak ammunition." "Get it out of the house." "Please." "Let me get a look at that." "Try ejecting the clip." "Now put it back." "And it's ready?" "We'll practice." "Is that your mother?" "She's dead." "a year ago in Palniery." "Mine had a stroke. and then maybe I'll let you dance with me." "Or maybe you can forget about that." "Bet I can get it on the first try?" "For what?" "Fine." "a patrol's coming." "Then help!" "let's go!" "What are you doing here?" "Let go of me!" "Spying?" "No way!" "I can sell it to you." "What?" "twenty cents a head." "I'll take four." "I'm not made for the Scouts." "But I think you're a jerk." "It's better to stay quiet and survive." "That's what the Krauts do to us." "Your turn." "These chickens look a bit underfed." "Dad." "Janek?" "Dad." "Thank you." "So I guess that means I'm not cooking anymore." "Turn it off." "Dad." "idiot." "Understand?" "All of you." "Poles want freedom for two cents and two drops of blood." "again with this Pil³sudski." "It's his birthday." "before the food gets cold." "Please." "too." "Now you." "You take better care of it than your canteen." "It's not getting much use." "And when they send us to camp?" "maybe." "Goodbye." "Goodbye!" "The girl from the shop?" "Taken." "What does she know?" "That we're storing some blotting paper." "She'll be surprised when we buy ammo." "I wonder?" "No worries." "Not in wartime." "Let's go back." "Come on." "I've got my Kennkarte!" "Doesn't matter." "Get them!" "Stop!" "That boy was from my building." "He caught pigeons." "He was barely fourteen." "Who will avenge him?" "Us?" "you." "What if that fat pig murdered your mother?" "I don't know." "we didn't start this war." "Monia?" "What happened?" "I went to the movies." "Melodrama?" "gas." "Should've listened to those older and wiser." "You think this is funny?" "I look awful." "You look like Pola Negri." "If she was cutting onions." "Why did I even bother- wait!" "Janek" "The sun's in my eyes." "But I don't want to sit in the dark." "that's mint." "and stop complaining." "Can you fix the poultice?" "It's the only occasion." "I told you that" "Good evening." "I was just leaving." "Good evening." "There's no rush!" "We'll make some delicious coffee." "This one?" "that one!" "we'll go to another store." "Hey." "What are you doing here?" "Filling in for a friend." "Zoœka." "I heard that you guys need money- for an important shopping list." "and we can help." "Hala. that I don't know what you're talking about." "What've you got?" "From?" "The cemetery." "I went to dig up some worms for fishing." "of course." "But I did the digging!" "With my shovel." "It doesn't matter if it was your shovel or not!" "Rudy." "Three minutes late." "It's not a big deal. but you're busy being romantic." "We don't have time for it." "Pity." "It might lower your blood pressure." "Boys." "The Polish legion was disbanded in September." "They buried their guns so the Krauts wouldn't get them." "children." "Play time is over." "Now we wait for the Home Army's orders." "I got it." "The Director." "this is Zoœka." "Rudy." "My friend and the troop's second command." "French piece of crap." "uses weak ammunition. and absolutely worthless in street fighting." "This is useless crap." "Unless you want to ship out to the front?" "Orsza says there's more than a thousand of you." "300 in four troops." "Excellent." "The weapons stay here for now." "Clean them and keep them hidden." "And wait." "This is your responsibility." "sir." "At ease." "We haven't reached a decision on what to do with your ranks next." "keep doing what you've been doing." "Is that clear?" "Rudy." "that's fifty-eight boys." "You said you had over a hundred?" "Fifty-eight stuck around and carried out Small Sabotage." "The rest sort of... disappeared into the cracks." "They ran home to mommy and daddy." "Altogether... 241." "Not enough." "Heniek?" "I'll rally them." "Just give me some time." "Heniek." "The war is just beginning!" "All of you think the Home Army and the underground are in favor of the upper class." "People like you were the first to run away in '39." "My father told me all about it." "you socialist." "Shit." "My mother will hang me!" "Why don't you have glasses like other people?" "What other people?" "The normal ones!" "gentlemen." "In total- 345." "300." "How are we going to look now?" "Like those who are still fighting." "Better 300 than" "I know. secret meetings." "The Home Army won't take such an undisciplined bunch." "troop leaders." "That will be all." "Czuwaj." "How many bullseyes?" "All three!" "Two in the gut and one in the balls." "Pawe³." "Fix your stance." "Positions." "Are you alright?" "Yes." "Who was it?" "It went off by itself." "I'm sorry." "Take your positions." "get ready." "Can we go home?" "everyone has to hit the target." "Go straighten it." "Are you serious?" "go straighten it." "boys." "It's about me." "you'll be okay." "I've never killed anyone." "I don't think I can." "So you're going to let them shoot you first?" "I don't know." "after talking to a Jesuit- not the words of a Jesuit." "You'll hide it better under a long coat." "Alright." "But only for now." "Don't get my jacket dirty." "We shouldn't be going to the B³onski's house." "What if it's staked out?" "There's no one there. and anything with worth." "And when they come back?" "you don't come back after hiding Jews." "I don't want to." "it's got your initials." "Or Jerry Buffalo." "Jan Bytnar." "Jerry Buffalo." "Jan Bytnar." "Jerry Buffalo!" "I'll be waiting for you." "you can't come through here." "How much is left?" "Calm down." "Just a little longer." "We're taking that too." "Hurry." "Hide this!" "Thieves!" "You should be ashamed!" "please move away." "Three Krauts headed this way!" "Hide!" "hurry!" "Cover!" "Pawe³!" "Look..." "The jacket..." "I got a hole in it." "Alek's gonna kill me." "don't tell him." "I can patch it..." "Pawe³..." "End of the action." "Retreat." "leave him!" "he's dead!" "take the suitcases!" "come on." "we're leaving!" "The action was atrociously planned." "and unnecessary." "And Pawe³'s death rests solely on your failure." "We just- we need money for better weapons." "I don't give a shit." "You're not soldiers." "I believe in them." "They just need to be taught discipline." "take care of the valuables." "You will start training." "You'll get your guns after you take the oath." "Is that clear?" "Speak up." "sir." "I suggest revoking Zoœka's leadership." "There's no Group Storm without Zoœka." "You'll be starting next week." "I can do it myself." "Why are you so stubborn?" "Because I've got the common sense that you lack!" "Good morning." "Yeah?" "Then tell me what Pawe³ died for." "A free country?" "Or a few silver spoons?" "Fall in at the front." "Attention." "To the oath." "To the oath!" "the Republic of Poland." "boys!" "the Republic of Poland." "even to the sacrifice of my life." "so help me God." "young man." "You know German?" "this one comes with us." "You know the law of the General Government." "It wouldn't take much to hang you. that we are brutal here." "But it doesn't have to be that way." "We are policemen." "We know our trade." "But we have superiors to answer to... smart." "You speak German." "A friend left those things with me." "See?" "All it takes is cooperation." "Name and address of your friend?" "We played football together." "Football player?" "Goalkeeper." "Zdis³aw Parulski from Radom." "I don't know where he lives." "footballer." "If you answer them correctly... then you will walk out of here today." "As a free man. under the codename "Stefan"." "Correct?" "What is the Grey Ranks?" "Second question." "What is the structure of your organization?" "What?" "Last question." "How can we contact your friends?" "Names?" "This is your last chance." "I think you've been given the wrong information. before the war." "we disbanded." "not a leader." "my little scout." "Lange." "Don't kill him." "I think I'll make potato pancakes." "Dad doesn't like pancakes!" "So?" "He'll like them today." "I'd rather make soup." "You can peel the potatos..." "Good morning!" "What's his problem?" "Drunk again?" "they're not there!" "They took Janek and my father." "My mother and I were in the countryside." "Did something happen?" "Rudy's been arrested." "Oh God." "Rudy has fallen ill." "Is it true?" "Yes." "Someone gave him up?" "I don't know!" "My father will move in with our grandparents." "You can stay with me." "With us." "Stefan?" "Where are you going in such a hurry? and you want to go home?" "Stefan!" "Hubert." "take it!" "S³on!" "Are you crazy?" "hurry!" "I bring them chocolates." "How will you find Rudy?" "The Gestapo interrogates inside the offices." "And everyone wants my chocolates." "exactly." "German punctuality." "Then they transfer prisoners to the Pawiak." "In what?" "I saw them loading up the transport trucks." "How many guards?" "Four." "Maybe five SS officers." "How do you know they won't keep him at Szucha?" "I'll find out." "They have a hospital at the Pawiak." "That's where they bring those that are still breathing." "come on!" "please hurry." "This doesn't look like jewellry." "Mr. Pakaur." "We're almost finished here!" "We're going to rescue him." "Today." "You want to launch an attack against the Szucha?" "The Gestapo drives prisoners to and from the Pawiak." "We'll find out the time." "Zoœka." "They don't even rescue government delegates." "this is Rudy." "A lot of people will die." "The Germans will punish civilians." "I will present a plan of action." "In two hours." "I won't relay this to the Director." "anyway." "Then find a way to contact him. that we're saving Rudy." "You'll do nothing without orders." "This is an army." "You don't have the authority to make this decision." "we start from the beginning." "Good afternoon. from the Security Police of the Third Reich." "And that is Oberscharführer Schulz." "Hubert Schulz." "And now you." "My name is Janek Bytnar." "go on." "I do not know why I am here." "from the top." "Good afternoon. from the Security Police of the Third Reich." "And that is Oberscharführer Hubert Schulz." "Your turn. and I do not know why I am here." "I do not know why I am here!" "I almost forgot." "A friend of yours gave us your name." "Heniek." "I don't know any Henieks." "Are you certain?" "Sir!" "He's a good boy." "but not right away." "Then when?" "Later." "After they've cleaned out their safehouses?" "You think we're idiots?" "This is Stefan?" "Your leader?" "They already know everything." "So?" "but he knows you." "isn't it?" "Stefan." "Say hello to Heniek." "Or I'll blow out his brains." "One..." "Two..." "Heniek." "You see." "Heniek has told us many things." "He doesn't like pain." "We've got many of your little scouts here." "What happens to them is up to you." "or a labor camp in Germany?" "Stefan." "How many of you are there?" "now! and slows down in front of the Arsenal." "then with Stens." "We kill the SS guards and every German on the street." "Is that clear?" "And no hesitations." "Of course." "Good." "I will lead the attack." "Anoda will lead." "Maciek." "S³on." "Alek." "A big group in the middle of town." "Poorly armed." "So give us better weapons." "And transport for Rudy?" "A rickshaw." "Unless Jeremy manages to find a car." "Why the Arsenal?" "Not too close to the Ghetto?" "They'll have reinforcements within a few minutes." "Precisely because of timing." "Weso³y has to leave Szucha and make the call." "The truck only drives for half an hour." "That's all we have to take our positions." "When?" "Today." "You won't be ready in time." "it has to be today!" "Orsza!" "You lead the whole action." "my friendship with Rudy..." "This is the way it's going to be." "You're right." "A doctor cannot operate on family." "And we do nothing without orders." "We wait for the Director's decision. from the jeweller's." "And?" "Nothing." "Stefan..." "I think I'm becoming a little angry wtih you." "You're all dirty." "Has he complained about sanitary conditions?" "Not in writing." "Let me clean you up." "Who is your commander?" "Jacek Zawadzki!" "Address?" "Twenty-three..." "I knew you were a smart boy." "You want to smoke?" "Go ahead." "Scouts don't smoke." "This leader of his died in Auschwitz two years ago." "Where to?" "sir?" "I'm from Wedel!" "Papers!" "I bring chocolates!" "Kennkarte!" "Should I open it?" "Go in! The Grey Ranks codename "Stefan"." "with small breasts." "I'd even prefer our Hilde out there." "But the guards at the Pawiak aren't so picky." "They've got a weakness for delicate Polish girls." "Does your sister have a boyfriend?" "She's probably had several since yesterday." "His arrest allows us to... for shit's sake!" "Enter!" "And your mother?" "How long will she last in a concentration camp?" "One month?" "Three?" "Good morning." "Good morning!" "Come in." "What will you regale us with today?" "I'm not partial to pistachios." "Do you have anything else?" "Please try this one!" "With pleasure!" "I'll take two boxes." "Maybe these?" "Let's try them." "And?" "They look lovely!" "Too heavy." "Too heavy?" "Let's look at a different one." "These are beautiful!" "These are the best ones we have." "those are beautiful!" "Excellent choice!" "I don't like them." "none of these." "Maybe these?" "How about these?" "Wait." "Thank you." "How about we try the first necklace again?" "The first one?" "the one you tried before." "darling." "They look so lovely on you." "Do you like them?" "They look stunning." "We'll take them." "Of course!" "Two thousand." "Officer." "Let's go!" "chocolates!" "Look at these ones!" "Compliments of the store." "Enjoy the chocolates! I didn't tell them." "I made him up." "Get back!" "Get into positions." "Okay." "Why are you standing here like mannequins?" "Read some newspapers." "Hide your gun!" "S³on." "Are you serious?" "Zoœka's coming." "Everything alright?" "I arrived late on purpose- by fifteen minutes or so." "I was wearing the blue dress!" "Important call." "Didn't you see I wasn't finished?" "That'll be sixteen z³oty." "I'd also like some gauze." "Not the linen!" "Rudy's on his way." "Understood." "The Director has not replied." "Call it off." "That's an order!" "Do you hear me?" "Zoœka!" "Tell them that he's not in the truck." "What's wrong?" "Rudy's not in the truck." "What?" "The plan is off." "I've been told that your mother and sister are safe." "Please give me something..." "I can't take it anymore." "I can't!" "You've got till tomorrow to put him on his feet!" "They're stalling." "They're just leading us on." "Who?" "talk to me." "He's not here!" "Why didn't you rescue him?" "Answer me!" "Did your courage fail you?" "Calm down!" "Are you happy here together?" "It's a nice nest." "No one to bother you!" "But think. and what they're doing to him." "He wouldn't have left you like that." "it's okay." "I can take it." "So can you." "Only two drops of blood." "I wish they would take me instead." "I'll suggest it." "son." "You!" "Yes?" "The package is on it's way." "Thank you." "wait!" "Wait!" "Have you lost your mind?" "Rudy's in there with only two guards." "And two more in the cab." "Zoœka!" "damn it!" "Stop!" "Drive away." "Drive away!" "Drive!" "You guys know this one?" "Why do German girls wear black panties?" "Because the law decrees a blackout of recreational spaces." "That's enough." "Damn it!" "boys!" "Rudy is at the Szucha." "We have to wait." "Until when?" "Until they torture him to death?" "no action." "We've done actions without orders before." "all those vandalisms" "We don't have to ask permission!" "Sit." "We are an army." "At the disposition of the Home Army." "Sit!" "Our contact told Rudy that his mother and sister are safe." "So what?" "That's it?" "Smuggle him some cyanide too." "Zoœka." "Disobeying orders will mean a war tribunal." "never hold the Sten by its magazine." "don't touch it either." "the lever." "you'll lose your fingers." "They didn't agree to it?" "They're trying to buy some more time." "But we don't have time." "You know what that means." "Good morning!" "Let him through." "Lange." "Calm down." "We just have to wait." "How long?" "Do you have any better ideas?" "Enter!" "sir officer." "I believe you still owe me." "What?" "For your last purchase?" "I think you hang around here too often." "That is my work." "Your work..." "What do you think of these criminals?" "That shoot us in the back?" "War is not good for the chocolate business." "Scram." "I don't want to see you here again." "Pity." "Get out!" "I'm tired." "But I like you." "You've got character." "There won't be any more beating." "There's no point. and they'll make you good as new." "Listen..." "I've got a deal for you." "You give me one name." "One contact... from Grey Ranks to the Home Army. we won't arrest them right away." "And we'll make your release look like an escape." "we'll take the guy in." "Like someone else snitched- right?" "No one will suspect you." "And you'll be free." "What do you say?" "Our contact..." "Joseph Goebbels. you'll be a hero." "Something important has come up." "Goodbye!" "Get your news here!" "Can I have the blue one?" "don't you think?" "Then maybe that one up there!" "thanks." "We're calling it off!" "They won't listen." "I'm sorry." "Can I use your telephone?" "it's urgent." "Go ahead." "My brother left for the hospital." "What are you doing here?" "Get out of here!" "What happened?" "sir." "This darn car is always stalling." "I think it's a problem with the carburetor." "sir?" "Get in." "He left five minutes ago." "Try it again!" "Goddamn it." "Give them hell." "Try it now." "it's working!" "We're doing it." "I want the green balloon!" "not the red one isn't as pretty." "It should be working now." "Get out of here." "Polish Armed Resistance!" "Drop your weapon!" "Don't kill me!" "throw the bottles!" "sweetheart!" "get out of here!" "bring out the Stens!" "Take cover!" "Don't shoot at the truck!" "Rudy's in there!" "What's happening out there?" "I don't know." "It jammed!" "Take this!" "Buzdygan's hit!" "There's two more behind the truck!" "Zoœka!" "We're out of ammo!" "Are we retreating?" "The Germans will have back-up in minutes!" "Quiet!" "Where's Rudy?" "take this side!" "hold the Sten!" "let's go!" "What about him?" "Be careful!" "I'm over here!" "Be quiet!" "End of the action!" "Boys!" "Not another word." "Heniek!" "boys!" "Lay still." "Tadeusz..." "I didn't think you'd be able to... give me the bandages." "Alek!" "easy." "Water." "just rest." "Where is the doctor?" "My son!" "sweetheart?" "Mama." "I made chicken soup." "It will help you regain your strength." "Not pidgeon soup?" "the doctor's here." "Please excuse us." "His condition is critical." "Janek has to go to a hospital." "You don't understand." "it's you who doesn't understand." "Please." "I'll do what I can. and Oberscharführer Schulz. that we're a part of the Home Army." "They thought I was some kind of leader." "Under the codename "Stefan"." "That's enough." "Did you give any names?" "Addresses?" "and they beat him as a reward!" "Zoœka." "Not much longer." "Only names of the dead. who's responsible for the Grey Ranks." "But they don't know... your name or codenames." "sir." "scout master?" "we don't cry." "Like stones..." "Go ahead." "There is hope while there is breath..." "And if need be..." "go straight to death." "Like God-hurled stones... over the ramparts fly." "A bullet would've been heroic..." "Instead of dying like a beaten dog." "Be careful!" "Watch out." "Why did you hide him from me?" "calm down!" "Rudy's asleep from the morphine." "calm down!" "Calm down." "everything is in your hands now." "We'll wait as long as we have to." "stethoscope." "You don't have to wait any longer." "No!" "wake up!" "Janeczku... get up." "this isn't funny!" "I love you..." "I should go." "you'll stay with me." "As my son's leader." "Put on some tea." "Bring out the cookies." "I baked them for Janek's return." "Come." "Sit down." "Look." "This one is my favorite." "With Monia." "Tadzio... Do something with that hair." "are you in there?" "Rudy didn't have to die." "Shoot me first." "Okay?" "Do you know why Heniek's arrest didn't raise an alarm?" "Because he's from Prague." "Not from our company." "We just shrugged off his absence." "the oar..." "That stupid painter lost the war..." "What a lovely voice!" "Louder!" "please!" "the plow..." "The painter's war is over now!" "the oar..." "That stupid painter lost the war..." "Fighting with the boys?" "No." "I fell off a swing." "I'll open it." "I have something for you." "The clip is full." "Eight bullets." "You'll kill them." "Who?" "Those who tortured him." "it isn't that simple. right?" "Alright." "Then I'll kill them." "Give me the gun." "I'll do it." "give it to me." "give it to me." "We could've saved him the first day." "He'd be alive." "Or he wouldn't be." "Like Alek and Buzdygan." "not your's." "And Rudy was killed by indecisiveness." "The Gestapo tortured Jan B³onski to death too." "You didn't want to save him? the troop's second-in-command." "We were all ready to die for him." "What about Hubert?" "You left him after the action." "He's held at the Szucha." "Maybe still alive." "And you'll let us rescue him?" "Or will it take another hundred years for your decision? and too little training." "you simply ran out of courage." "Excuse me?" "Two SS guards held you for ten minutes." "In the middle of town." "You were lucky that a whole battalion didn't show up." "And you wonder why we didn't want to agree?" "sir?" "sir?" "Ask your father what he thinks of this." "What's my father got to do with it?" "Nothing." "Did he know we were planning this? you and the Grey Ranks operate only on the orders of the Home Army." "Exclusively." "Is that clear?" "Private Zoœka?" "of course." "Private Rudy will be awarded the Virtuti Militari." "For glory to the homeland." "What did you say?" "For glory to the homeland." "Hey." "What say did you have in Rudy's rescue?" "give us a moment." "I asked you a question." "I'm responsible for Home Army's supply of explosives." "too." "You asked them to stop the action." "I don't give orders!" "They asked for my opinion." "They feared that the losses would be too great. for so many days." "You forced this action!" "With extortion! you told us to focus on school." "What are you talking about?" "Mama needed us." "She was very lonely." "She had the best care." "You will never make another decision for me." "She had the best care..." "Never." "Papers." "Excuse me?" "Papers!" "Have you lost your mind?" "Papers." "I want your name and service number." "Now!" "What's the operation?" "A border post." "Why?" "A few Germans less." "And two hundred prisoners more." "Orders are orders." "I'm sorry." "Well then." "To victory." "You have to come back." "Understand?" "Why do you still have that piece of crap?" "I got used to it." "the windows." "28 Scouts took part in the "Arsenal Operation"." "Only 8 survived the war." "of youth resistance in German-occupied Europe." "The Grey Ranks were the largest organization" "STONES FOR THE RAMPART"