"In solidarity with Gdañsk shipyard workers, the largest factories in Poland are striking against the commies." "The whole world is watching." "31 AUGUST 1980 WROC£AW" "Professor!" "Your keys." "Thanks." "Hope the damn elevator is working for a change." "Rushing for the news?" "Kasia, Andrzej, hi!" "Let's go, Antek!" "Piotrek, left a bit!" "Higher!" "Higher..." "Now leave it!" "On 31 st August at 5 pm, Mieczys³aw Jagielski and Lech Wa³êsa signed a landmark agreement between the Strike Committee and the People's Republic of Poland at the Occ." "Health and Safety Hall of the Gdañsk Shipyards." "Our efforts have paid off!" "We finally have self-governing, independent trade unions in Poland." "We've got the right to strike!" "80 million" " This is Józek." " Wow." "Hi." "We did it!" "Do you copy?" "Go ahead." "Get back to Base." "Roger that, on our way." "Fuck that!" "WROC£AW STATE PHlLHARMONlC ORCHESTRA" "Let me help." "Here you go." "Thank you." " l'm Staszek." " Anka." "Better let you go then." "Gentlemen!" "For you from all of us:" "Dvorak's symphony From the New World." "POLAND is FAMOUS ACROSS THE GLOBE, BECAUSE OUR POPE resides in ROME" "We could collapse the bridge!" " Resonance disaster!" " Screw the bridge!" "We have Solidarity!" " Józek!" " Tomasz!" "To the tram depot?" "Hop in!" "You seen Staszek?" " Where?" " ln this crowd?" "WROC£AW, 15 MONTHS LATER" "Little fishes on the bridge..." "Go drown, ass fucked belly-ups!" "Payday is coming." "Water and steel..." "People!" "Up close, so they can be identified." " Hardly any like that." " A chopper." "What for?" "Crap!" "Turn that off." "We can see the scale of the public order disturbance." "What a discovery, Colum-fucking-bus!" "Give me the bridge shots." "The one that started the shouting and the one talking to him." "This one." "And this one." "Now the ones from the depot." "Him." "Him." "And this piece of horse's ass." " Now, I want their current addresses..." " Comrade Captain, we have their addresses." "Zubek, current ones!" "Not the last year ones, and not the official ones from the registration office." "The real ones." "And more..." "Addresses of their wives, lovers, relatives and friends." "Next, a photographer, 24/7." "At their Regional Headquarters, and their printing office." "And one more at the black brothers." " You mean..." " Yes?" "And by the "black brothers" you mean..." "The Curia, you cur!" "Where the Archbishop keeps his holy ass." "Let our spy photographer at the Archbishop's enlighten us and show us the way of Truth." "You are a man of many talents, Captain Sobczak." "You'd be a hit everywhere." "Congratulations!" "Excuse me." "Your Commander is waiting." "You wusses!" "Who told you to get up!" "?" "You all pissing your pants, just because he's from Warsaw!" "Fucking counter-intelligence!" "Constant monitoring of the points." "Glue your balls to your cameras." "You shit in bags, and piss in bottles." "And I get the photo series." "I, and I alone." "Let the troopers sort their own shit out." "One last time, you in or not?" " Out of tea." " Fuck the tea." " Some action at last." " Better to burst in flames than simmer for ages." "Either you have balls or not." "Same with tea." " This'll be something!" " A life's work!" "Or a meaningless stunt." "Like in that legend of our cavalry against German tanks." "That's probably Anka." "She said she'd come by." "Some friends have a pram for us." "Almost there." "Come on in." "A break in saving our nation?" " Your coat." " No, thanks. I'm not staying." "Staœ, we're running late." " How are you?" " Fine." " And the baby?" " Great." "He already knows:" ""Mummy, Daddy, Lech Wa³êsa"." " Quiet!" " Just cats..." "My neighbour has three." "They piss all over." " Poison the furballs!" " That jerk never lets them out." ""l prefer cats to dogs", he says." ""Because, dogs have betrayed us working with the Militia"." "What a fucker!" "Tiny, use your muscles!" "And you..." "Paintswastikas, red stars on gallows," ""Soviets go home" and..." "What the hell!" "?" "We're from Field Unit Poligon." "This is all approved!" " But not with us." " By Solidarity in Wroc³aw." "And who do we have here?" "Well, well, well." "The Militia." "Let's see his id." "Fuck you!" "Sit, boy!" "Good dog!" "Closer to the snout." "Good morning." "What are you doing?" "They messed the shot." "These are the men who caught those hooligans." "You're heroes." "My congratulations." "Personally, I thank you and your trade union" "Please, tell the Soviet viewers what happened." "I promise you a special report in our "Wriemia News" tonight." "From its first day, our Solidarity is fighting for the truth." "Waging war on lies." "We want the Moscow viewers to know who defiles the graves of Soviet soldiers." "This is the work of the Militia." "Of the Secret Service agents, ordered by their top dogs to blame it on us." "Solidarity, that is." " W³adek, this needs signing." " No. lt can wait." "I'll see you guys later on." " W³adek, give me a sec." " l must go, really." "Our students want to strike." "I have to stop them." "W³adek." "OK, one minute." "That cemetery operation showed the commies we can fight back." "We're not willing to turn the other cheek." "So?" "Now they'd love to show us who's the boss." "They won't poke us." "They'll hit us hard." "W³adek, the union must defend itself." "How?" "I have an idea, but..." "Józek, the commies will consider it a declaration of war." "It's coming anyhow." "And we won't start the fight." "Trust me." "I'm your chief accountant." "I know." "MA with distinctions." "Ministry Scholarship." "I know." "Give me a day or two." "That's them." "Evening." "A comment on camera?" "As long as television lies, no interviews." "Piotruœ, they're French." "Mr. Chevall is working on a movie about Solidarity." "He heard about your operation." "Any comment?" "What's going on?" "French television." "You caught those agents at the cemetery." "They're your peers." "Why are they the Militia and you" " Solidarity?" "You went to the same schools, read the same books." "Maybe they never listened to Radio Luxemburg?" "They did." "And they watched the same films." "There was no choice." "Then why?" "Either from fear or cynicism, but always to get to the top." "Make life easier." "Some have it easy in Poland?" "Come! "Wriemia" is on." "Let's go." "Let me help you." "See OK?" "Good evening." "Poland." "The relentless attack of anti-socialist forces, on socialist Poland and her allies continues." "In Wroc³aw, the graves of Soviet soldiers." "were defilad again." "How evil is it to paint swastikas.." "on the graves of young heroes who died fighting the Nazies?" "This hideous act was perpetrated by Solidarity." "Bastards!" "Look at their stupid grins." "How proud they are!" "Shoot them all!" "Defiling Soviet heros who died..." "You lying bitch!" "to liberate Poland." "Shoot them!" "There's no other..." "Maks." " Have it dressed." " lt's fine." "Water will do." " Let me help." " Thanks." "Are you Polish?" "No, French." "Where did you learn Polish?" "I'm from a French-Polish family." "We all live in France now." "And I come here to work." "You were also there." "Why didn't you give an interview?" "Józek is a better speaker." "You said it in three words:" ""Shoot 'em all"." "soviet provocation" " Comrade Major." " Comrade." "Where to?" "The Commander." "Come with me." "Comrade Commander, an important order from Warsaw." "Come in." "To be opened on code word "Synchronization."" "Thank you." "You are helpless, but aren't we all?" "Read newspapers." "Their "People's Tribune" won't do." "French Minister:" ""Poles, pull yourself together."" "Germans: "Yalta gave Europe 35 years of peace." "Let's not risk it now."" "Europe doesn't want radical changes." "They agree on us improving our socialism, provided it pleases Moscow!" "Exactly the reason to confront them with a general strike!" "Fight while we still have the will!" "Before people put faith in smart ass politicians like you." "Fight!" "Piotruœ?" "People are queuing to buy bread and milk." "Not luxuries." "They are tired and stressed." "They're weak and don't see any hope." "They do!" " Listen." " Only you don't see it." " Good morning." " Morning." "The Siberia Survivors Association is one floor up." "And The Home Gardeners Club." "Have you heard about "Synchronization"?" "Your turn." "Relax." "Sobczak, fucked in the ass with a piece of glass, won't control them all." "They're not plotting 24/7 either." ""Synchronization" means zero communication, no telephones, censored letters." "Travelling only with a permit issued by the Militia." "Hundreds of checkpoints within our own country." "How do you know?" "Just do." "If war is coming, we better get us some guns." "When you're ready for a serious talk, you'll find me praying every evening at St Mary's on Piasek." "And you, Mr. Staszek, tell your friends at the printer's to make sure your invoices add up." "Today!" "Same with the paint." "During a control, one roll too many is enough.." "to have your shop closed and printers arrested." "Good bye." "How does he know my name?" "And about our print shop?" "A secret agent?" "Smile, guys!" "It's for our newsletter." "Just make sure it looks nice." "No worries." " l say we warn Bogdan, just in case." " l agree." "All adds up." "Same here." "Pants." "I am all thumbs." "To waste paint like that!" "Out of here." "I'll take the van." "Go without me." "printing office" " Need a ride?" " No, I am almost there." "We insist." "Let go!" "What are you doing here?" "I never hear from you so I used my contacts." "They said you came here for check-ups." " Father!" " Just joking." "So how are you?" " Everything OK?" " You will be a grandpa, like it or not." "Let me give you both, um three, a ride." "I have a Party meeting, but it's in an hour." "No need, Dad." "We've got a bus." "Bus?" "Our drivers go as they please." "Besides they're all on strike and in your condition..." "Anka, he's right." "You heard, Comrade?" "Solidarity defiled the Soviet cemetery again?" " Apparently hundreds of graves." " lt was a provocation." "Right!" " But whose?" " You're the ones provoking the Soviets." "And because of your stunts we will all lose the little freedom we have." "You want another GDR here?" "Our Party comrades don't like the East German paradise?" "Could you pull over, please?" "Thanks, daddy, but we must go shopping." " Bye now." " Take care, sweetie." "He is a good father, though." "A Party secretary?" "!" "You could be nicer to him." "We do owe him something." "Like what?" "We did not wait to get an apartment." "Tomorrow it could be car and above all protection." " What protection?" " Staszek..." "You can go on fighting the commies, because you know he'd pull some strings before the Militia beats you up for trying to topple the system." "Son of a bitch." "Man!" "What the hell?" "You're covering up the truth!" "You kidding me?" "I get paid for this." "You buy the whole load, then I stop." " And this is the result." " l informed the authorities.." " Comrade Commander." " Sobczak!" "You dickhead!" "You want a strike across the whole region?" "The order was to provoke..." "You'd love to napalm everybody, right?" "The times of your minor surgery are over." "Back to good old methods." "Provoke them to fight and finish them off." "Just like you did after wwii." "And now?" "Asses glued to your seats in your fancy offices." "The Captain thinks all it takes is arrest Wa³êsa, Frasyniuk and others, drive tanks into factories and shipyards." "And done!" "But a day or two later some students start printing flyers again and it starts over." ""Underground Poland" is written on the wall again." "An "Jaruzelski" " Traitor" on the other." "And us?" "Chasing every activist like mad dogs?" "!" "The underground movement needs to be structured." "And we should provide that structure." "It is on." "And in the right time we leak the list and bingo!" "Once and for all!" "That's why captain Sobczak's contacts with Solidarity must be verified." "There is a double agent there." "The cemetery, the print shop." "Way too many mistakes." "Get major Bagiñski the list of our agents within Solidarity." "And this?" "Big deal?" "Take him to a state hospital." "Anonymous assault victim found at the road side." "He's not here." "I knew he was a psycho the moment you mentioned him." " Let's wait." " What for?" "Let's go outside." "Please excuse my caution." "I had to see if your tail was wagging." "We're still a legal union operating within the law." "Think about your printer." "The law will be broken, agreements breached." "The reds will hit." "with all their might." "Barricades won't hold, nor Molotov cocktails help." "There'll be blood shed." "They'll win the battle." " So?" " We must continue underground." "Underground?" "!" "Better and better." "You need equipment, offices, paper, people, means of communication." "Right away." "Now please, excuse me." "They are here?" "Look ahead." "Yes." " So they bought it." " ¯egota, no scouting around." "You've become jumpy, Kmicic." "I think, they believe." "Let's hope they'll act." "Blessed..." "Blessed." "Where's your father?" " Overslept." " Still sleeping?" "How long's he been drunk?" "Three days now." "But our brother Dzidek has an eye on him." "Bring him in tomorrow, no matter how drunk." "Father, one moment." "Morning." "Need spare parts for your Wartburg, Father?" "No, thanks." "The man you drove home yesterday..." "We, Solidarity, need to know who he is." "I don't remember." "Can we trust him?" "Father, I know it sounds absurd, but with no intelligence unit.." "we can't verify him and we must take..." "a very important decision." "Once there was a big drought.." "where some Jews lived." "The Jews went to their Rabbi saying:" ""Make a miracle, Rabbi.." "make it rain or we'll die."" "Rabbi said: "No faith." "No miracle."" ""Why do you say we have no faith?" "We came to you!"" ""lf you believed, you'd have brought your umbrellas."" "Enough?" "In France there's a fund." "Supporting free unions all over the world." "I have friends there." "Great people." "No questions asked." "Away." "Put it away." "Hi." "Hi." "You holding up, Boguœ?" "You bet." "What for?" "I am writing it down to publish the truth." "And embarrass the Militia, so they think twice." "Have a better idea?" "Start acting like men." "Like how?" "Hi all." "Hi." "Piotrek, Staszek, let's go." "Boguœ, hang in there." "Hang in there." " See you, Maks." " See you." "Bye." "To fight the Militia, yes." "To print leaflets, yes." "They can lock me up or beat me up, but not this!" " Why not?" " Money is dirty." "And I want a clean fight." "Show me one person who has money and is clean?" "What about the fathers who'll get fired because they are on strike?" " What about our National Committee?" " lt's none of their business." "I mean our members' funds paid in our region." "Ok, guys." "Let's move it." "Our regional funds, but I bet we'll be bailing the whole Poland with it." "How much is there?" "Eighty million." "God Almighty!" "Eighty million." "Even more." "That's a lot!" "Ten million Solidarity members." "That's eight zlotys per member." "A treasure." "And how to divide it?" "Get in." "STATE PETROL COMPANY" "Are you suggesting we leave it for the commies?" "First thing they'll do, when it all starts... is freeze our accounts." "Right, Piotrek?" "We don't need it all at once." "Maybe five or ten for starters..." "Józek's right." "We can't wait like lambs to be slaughtered." "It's our money and the union's duty is to protect it." "Our property." "Right on." "Now, let's fill her up." "All the way." "I have brand new coupons." "OUT OF FUEL TRY TOMORROW" "Winter is here, and if we fail in stopping the growing anarchy, many won't see spring..." " Sir." " Yes?" "The reserve money has been counted." "Great!" "Reports, please." "There you are." "Keep sending the money to the cash desks." "The reports go to the Regional and Central Headquarters." "Copy for us." "I remind you that all withdrawals above 50 thousand are to be reported immediately." "Withdrawal." "All of it?" " Closing the account?" " That's right." " 4356 zlotys." " Thank you." "W³adek told us to take the money." "You convinced him." "I counted on that." "Our only chance is to withdraw it all and disappear." "Good God, like criminals planning a robbery." "But it's ours, from our account." "Union money." "Nothing else!" "They've no right to freeze it!" "Socialism does not respect private property." "The "People's Republic" does as it pleases and confiscates it." "You realize, this would be the end of fun and games." "They'll be furious." "The Soviets won't like it either." "Nor in the GDR." "The fucking executives of the Lower Silesian Region" "The agents say they're up to something, you neutered chicken!" "Buying, selling..." "Butwhat?" "But you flightless cocks don't know what." "This shit's heavy." "From now on maximum surveillance." "Around the clock." "Three shifts." "Double teams." "On each of those pricks." "is that clear?" "Up already?" "The early bird catches the worm." "Or fish in mayo." "Back to bed!" "Buy your breakfast later." "You won't be getting any of this." "You've been crying?" "Since you ate the last sprat." "What is it, Anka?" "I had a dream." "Russians invaded us." "They put Piotrek, Józek and you against the wall." " lt's just a dream." " You're smart and sensitive." "And I love it, but if they get you, they'll break you." "Because of your sensitivity." "They won't." "If you get caught now, dad won't help you." "I won't break." "Just a stupid woman, right?" "Hysterical?" "It comes from staying home all alone like a bored puppy." "Take me to hospital in the morning." "At least I'll have company." "I can't." "Fine." "In the evening?" "Two to Legnica." "They got on a bus." "It's leaving 7:10 a.m." "Where to?" "To Legnica and then to Boles³awiec and Wêgliniec." "Follow them?" "On the highway, you retard?" "So they see you?" "There's plenty of Militia in Legnica." "They'll take over from there." "Follow them only to the city limits." "Discretely." "The first stop is in Œroda." "Maybe we should follow them there." "They've got suitcases." "They're going to Legnica." "Probably on some business to the Soviet base." "Œroda?" "What for, morons?" "Off and out." "Those Soviets are real cunts, by the way." "Knowing how things are, they're selling their AK-47, just like that!" "Ask them to stop it and quit drinking." " By the way..." " No I was thinking soda and a cheese roll." "I'll go fetch it." "Hungry?" "I ate. I have a home." "We're supposed to be onto them." "Get away?" "On that bus?" "I'll buy you some candy for your nerves." "Could you please stop?" "My friend forgot his wallet." "We have to go back." "There's a bus stop over here." "Not any more." "And the bay?" "This isn't a taxi." "What a jerk!" "It's good we had plan B." "And that one about a frog?" "It's about Sobczak." "God calls the animals and says:" "Smart to the left, beautiful to the right." "The frog stays in the middle and says:" "Can't split in fuckin' half, can I?" "Go ahead." "Do you see the bus?" "Well, most of the time." "Nothing out of the ordinary?" "No, otherwise we would react." "Shit!" "They're not on the bus, you idiots!" "They must have got off in Œroda, as I told you." "They didn't get off in Œroda." "You lost them still in Wroc³aw!" "The bus driver saw them get in a green Fiat 1 25p." "Plate number:" "WRE 6642." "There're three of them now." "Find the bastards!" "And if you don't, I will have you butt plugged!" "I'm frigging out!" "Sobczak, fucked in the ass with a piece of glass..." "Skarbiñski." "Kowalski." "Not so fast." "You on the list?" "We have an appointment." " Services for Social Enterprises?" " Right." "Zakrzewski." "Why are you knocking on that door?" "We open at nine." "But we're private banking clients." "We can come at eight." "If you say so." "Mr. Kazimierz." "Let me help you." "Thank you." "I was lucky to buy a bicycle." "A perfect Christmas gift." "Thank you." "Cash desk number two." "Thank you." "A moment, please." "Here." "Are you sure about the zeros?" "Yes." "Seven of them." "Seven?" "So you're withdrawing..." "Eighty million." "I see." " One moment, please." " Of course." "Do you want to withdraw money?" " Yes.." " Could I see your ids?" "The signatures are correct." "The title as well." "Thank you very much." "Everything is correct." "Proceed." "Of course." "Excuse me." "Duty calls." "Sir, a word, please." "There is one issue I would like to clarify... I can't talk right now." "I'm extremely busy." "You were supposed to hold him for at least half an hour." "I know." "The evidently anti-socialist elements which have penetrated into the healthy core of the workers' union..." "keep trying to continue their anti-socialist activities." "What's more, they're trying to export it." "It is perfectly clear in their infamous message to the workers of Central and Eastern Europe..." "Two suitcases only?" "They should do." "It is less than a half..." "Maybe Tomek has some extra bag in the trunk?" "That's all we have." "It's OK." "The lady kindly let us borrow her bicycle bag." "Good bye." "Our thanks." "We're already late and it's a long way." "Staszek will wait." "Good we made it." "Gentlemen, we have eighty million!" "Calm down." "May those cynical political players finally understand the wisdom of the old saying:" ""Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind."" "May they have no doubt about it." "We will protect socialism in Poland as independence." "Mrs. Ola, with the Regional Headquarters, please. lt's urgent." "I see shit!" "But at least it's like Sobczak wanted." "We are invisible." "You wish!" "To all patrols!" "Apprehend green Fiat 125p." "Plate number:" "WRE 6642." "The suspects robbed a bank." "There are three of them." "They may be armed!" "So it's become serious." "Go!" " But where to?" " Shit!" "I don't know." "Anywhere!" " Sir, it was me who called!" " Fuck off!" "Make way!" "How much did they take?" " As much as the check read." " No shit, how much?" "!" "Eighty million." "Fuck!" "You're late." "What happened?" "The withdrawal took longer than we thought." "Hurry up, guys." "Put it in the back!" "We are lucky after all!" "Let's get the fucker, but don't scare him away." "You were told "discreetly", you idiot!" "So they could escape again, you moron!" "Step on it!" "Turn here, now!" "Brake!" "Fuck!" "Empty!" " They said there were three of them." " That's right." "There're only two!" "Where the fuck is the third one?" "!" "Good apples!" "God bless you." " God bless you." " To the Archbishop. lt's urgent." " Pull over to the side." " To the right?" " Gapa, what's going on?" " Nothing new." " Any activity?" " None. lt's a slow parking lot." "Only one woman." " Shit, go check it out!" "Now!" " l am going!" "What the fuck!" "It's the Union's." "Straight from the bank." "That's the only way we can do as the Old Man told us." "We want to leave it here." "Let's go to the Archbishop." "But that means you're exposed!" "You must disappear today." "Before the evening at the latest!" " lt's not that bad!" " He's right!" "I have already found us a hideaway." "You can't stay together!" "We have to find a place for you!" "OK, but not tonight." "I have to go back home." " What?" "!" " l promised my wife!" "I must get home." "God bless you." "Welcome, fruit farmers!" "I saw the apples and pears you brought." "Delicious!" "God bless you for that great treat." "We'll have tea." "Please, take a sit!" "I always say it is impossible to underestimate how strong and good the nature is." "We just have to learn how to live in peace with it." "And to listen to its voice." "Please, gentlemen, sit!" "Make yourselves comfortable!" "Sister Euzebia will bring us tea." "She is an expert brewer..." "Doctor, I really don't have time." "There is nothing wrong with me." "Soon there will be." "Just don't get scared too much." "No visitors are allowed in here." "They robbed a bank." "There were casualties, so be extremely watchful." "I'll let you out as soon as they're gone." "The shifts change every six hours." "Do it!" "He left the flowers with his neighbour." "Turned off the taps and told me he's changing his life and he'll be back when he's done." " What with?" " l don't know." "One careful son of the bitch." "Search the apartment." "Ania!" "I'm in the hospital." "Everything's fine." "Sleep long instead of babysitting a crying woman." "Bring me some things." "You did inform us but only after they left, because you did it in collusion with them bastards!" "What would I have told you 30 years ago?" ""l will hit you so fucking hard you that you'll piss you pants, you fucking thief!"" "Sobczak!" "Come on!" "You're talking to the director of a national bank!" "Even if it is your game, don't go too far." "I'm sorry, Comrade, we're all angry here." "On the other hand, he's right about the old procedures." "Do you know how the money will be spent?" "On buying weapons." "They'll turn this city into Solidarity Festung Breslau." "Young Polish blood will be shed." "Our young people, fooled by politicasters, will get killed in an uneven fight." "And you?" "!" "You've worked all your life for Poland." "Your country, regardless of the system." "You've been honest." "And now what?" "!" "Right before retirement." "Don't say anything." "Go home and think it over." "We'll keep in touch." "Son of a bitch!" "I'd rip his balls off." "Exactly!" "And we will, Sobczak." "We will..." "But first we'll use him." "We'll turn all those activists into embezzlers and womanizers who sold workers' blood and drink champagne in Vienna's casinos." "Am I right, Comrade Major?" "Just make sure we do better than at the cemetery." "Right." "And now to 80 million." "They're always one step ahead of us." "And I asked Captain Sobczak to provide my Department with the list of agents from Wroc³aw Solidarity." "We must check if there are any moles there." "Moles?" "!" "Monster moles!" "Sobczak!" "Get the list of your agents to Major Bagiñski." "Did you mention a controlled purchase of guns by the Union extremists?" "I just wanted to scare him even more." "Solidarity Festung Breslau, young blood will be shed..." "Solidarity guys can't be such idiots." "Staœ, distract him with something." "Need a ride?" "No, thanks, I have a spare." "I can manage on my own." "Well, you don't have four spare tires, Staszek." "Plus, you want to keep your hands clean." "There is enough room for us all." "Maks!" " Where am I?" " Maks!" "Closer..." "Keeplooking!" "Stop playing around." "I don't have time for this!" "No foreplay this time?" "Congratulations!" "Are you sure?" "Don't be silly." "I'm not pregnant." "You did convince them." "They did it like real men." "With balls." " What balls?" " Don't pretend." "It's the talk of the city." "Solidarity robbed a bank." "Now my dollars are nothing." "With 80 million you can buy a tank!" "And a thousand AK-47 rifles!" "When did you do it?" "We are inseparable." "Do they say who did it specifically?" "Surely Józek!" "He's your chief accountant." "We must celebrate." "I bought some goodies." "I'll cook dinner for you and the boys." "You're not happy?" "I am happy." "I'll call them." "Where do you keep Józek's number?" "Hi." "Well, hi." "As they say:" "Better late than never." "That's right." "Or When in fear, God is dear." "That's what they say." " Maria, you know - l know." "You have fought for free Poland, and now what?" "Did they give you a leave?" "An evening off?" "Or they discharged you from the service for the Country?" "Józek, there was no time for one stupid phone call?" " You wouldn't believe..." " You're right, I wouldn't." "Come on in." "For you." "You know that the pregnancy is endangered?" "And the hospital is lousy." "You know what it means?" "For your wife, for your child." "Anything can happen." "Anything." "I don't know what we can do." "I don't know if anything." "Unless you help us." "You can." "Who's helping you?" " God." " Best support." "A reason to celebrate." "Who's helping you?" "And His son, Jesus Christ." "You can't win with me, you prick!" "You know right now I can take out and finish you." "You piece of shit!" "A drunk unionist was run over by a car." "Or I can keep you here until your wife's funeral." "Yes, a medical mistake while making transfusion, wrong blood type." "It happens, doesn't it?" "I can fix anything." "You can easily prevent it, answering two questions." "First, who among my lot is helping you?" "Second, where did you hide the money and how will you get to it?" "What money?" "Do you recognize them?" "Those two withdrew 80 million from the bank." "The third one is you." "Fine." "We have time." "One more shot." "80 million." "That's what we're talking about." " Where did you hide it?" " ln the ass." "Out!" "Leave the bottle." "Am I not being nice to you?" "I have two more pictures of a little Fiat." "In one them, it's leaving the Bishop's Palace with two eights on its plate." "In the other, you are erasing it and two threes are left." "One last time." "We have hided it..." "In two asses." "And tomorrow your head will be full of pain and one thought:" "What did I tell them?" "What did they force me to do?" "Hysteria is growing and you run to check if the money is safe." "And to your friends to warn them." "That's it." "Sit." "To the kitchen!" "Excuse me." "Where am I?" "You don't know?" "!" "My son-in-law found you in the ditch by the road yesterday." "At night. "Let's take him home or else some car will hit him."" "Off you go." "I'm going, I'm going." "He's just left." "We know that one of those "lords" - the Board's accountant - is at the moment having fun in Vienna in the most expensive restaurants, spending the Union's money in casinos." "The Lower Silesia workers' membership contributions!" "The scale of the fraud is so huge that paragraph 201 of the Criminal Code applies here." "It provides for imprisonment for at least five years or death penalty." "That ultimate penalty has been applied for instance in the infamous "meat scandal." Well, we shouldn't be surprised." "80 million was stolen..." " l came to see Józef." " There is nobody here but me." "Don't be afraid." "I got your address from Józef." "But really, I am alone and..." "It's OK. I know him." "Archbishop will take your confession tomorrow." "Of course." "What's wrong?" "Don't you realize that there is an arrest warrant on Józek and his face was shown on TV." "And what about you?" "Are you going to stay in the Bishop's Palace now?" "I don't want you to go anywhere." "I want you to stay here!" " You must help me." "We must..." " Let's go in the church." "Listen!" "I've been exposed." "Now we must check if Anka is safe." "I hope it's not too late." "We've already thought of that, but now I must take you out of here, because you are not alone." "I brought two." "One of them must fit." "Why didn't Staszek give you my clothes?" "You didn't see him, did you?" "How do you know he's safe?" "A visitor told me." "Ania, I am confused." "They say Solidarity robbed a bank." "Staszek disappeared." "I was not let to your apartment." "I really don't know anything anymore." "Mom, there is no need to go paranoid." "But that older guy who came from him said I shouldn't worry, that everything was OK, and that it's only you who had to disappear." "Mom, it's begun." "And then he went into that church, and he..." " Never went out." " Exactly!" "Then, it's a miracle?" "!" "And the word became flesh and disappeared in deep shit." "And then of course you checked everywhere and you didn't find him." "1 2 morons can't watch one drunk and beaten chicken shit." "He just disappeared into thin air!" "In a church!" "How can I find the 80 million with a bunch of dumbasses like you!" "How?" "Look at you:" "stupid, deaf and blind!" "You got here photos of all those who turned up in the Region since that famous Soviet cemetery operation." "I want you to check each and every one of them." "They must have somebody who knows the contacts!" "Everything has been fucked up since that day!" " God bless!" " Come in, please." "I'm sorry I asked you to come here, but this is urgent." "On the other hand, I feel awkward talking about such issues." "You see, our congregants say it's not reasonable to keep" "Polish zloty and it should be changed into dollars as soon as possible." "The effects of inflation are then not so horrible." "But I need Mr. Frasyniuk and you to agree to such an operation." "One more thing." "You shouldn't stay in one place too long." "Do you understand?" "This is not only about your safety." "This way, Comrade Captain." "God bless you." "Welcome, fruit farmers!" "I saw the apples and pears that you brought." "They look delicious." "God bless you for that great treat." "What's this?" "They keep talking about fucking pears as if it were some code." "Maybe it's about that Solidarity eighty million?" "Please, take a sit." "I always say..." "At the Archbishop's?" "... thatit is impossible to underestimate how strong and good the nature is." "He's too smart to be so stupid." "Anyway, the reports say fruit farmers did visit them." "Pears in winter." "A moronic code or what?" "Erase the tapes and reuse them." "See you!" "So my dear friends, our Lord Jesus Christ drove out the peddlers from the temple to separate the profane from the sacred." "But we can't be like the foolish virgins either." "Let's not forget about the oil as without it our lamps will surely die when the bridegroom comes." "End of the ideological part." "Now Wiesio will give you some technical details." "Listen up!" "Let me put it as straight as a Mongolian hair!" "We suck up all the bucks from the market..." " Comrade Captain, we got him!" " Later, I need to take a leak!" "That's him!" "It must be him." "Well, at first we also thought it was an old fart, didn't we?" "Siberia survivor, allotment owner, whatever." "It turned out that this is Markuæ Tadeusz, a special force paratrooper from the WW ll." "Trained by British intelligence." "In 1942 dropped in Poland, a KED YW soldier." "KED YW was Home Army counter-intelligence." "I know what KED YW was." "Right." "Some serious operations." "He got a Virtuti Militari, and something else from the Brits for transfer of the shot down pilots." "Well, we sentenced him to death." "He spent 6 years in a death cell." "Released in 1956 and then he disappeared." "It turned out only now that the son of the bitch hid here in Lower Silesia." " Sit on him and don't let go." " Yes!" "Check that Lower Silesia period and everyone who contacts him now." "And I want to see all the shit we got on him:" "arrests, interrogations, trial, jail, everything!" "Now!" "The director of Pewex shop with goods for dollars only called and said he would like to meet you at his place." " lt's urgent!" " l can't fucking split in half, can I?" "Dollar coupons, US dollars..." " Dollars." " l pay three fifty." "is he buying or selling?" "Buying." "And lots of it." " Since when?" " Two days." "You smoke?" "No, I just wanted to warn you." "Something's wrong." "I am under surveillance.." "Go behind me." "Take first left, 3 Mozart St." "To Dr. Czajka." "Say you come from Kmicic." "You come in only if you are absolutely certain nobody follows you." "I walk calmly. I'll distract them." "Stop the bus!" "Open the door!" "Shit!" "Follow him!" "Shit!" "Woman!" "Excuse me." "Old man, don't sleep or somebody will mug you." "Thank you for coming, Comrade Major." "Such a nice invitation:" "you sent a car for me." "You keep surprising me." "You know, Comrade, we argue, we chase each other, but we do play on the same team, right?" "You want me to identify the body?" "Whose?" "You tell us." "You recognize him?" "lmpossible." "Take a good look!" "The files say you know him." "I know it was a long time ago, but... I want you to know it wasn't us." "A heart attack." "He survived the war, prison, and now a stupid heart attack..." "Such a brave man!" "A hero!" "Why did you bring me here?" "You wanted that list of our snitches in Solidarity." "And now we found it in the apartment of the deceased." "Risky, but I understand." "You had to convince them he was credible." "Show them he was so valuable." "But it could be understood the wrong way." "I have a proposal." "All I care about is money." "The 80 million." "I know where they hid it, but I need you to confirm that." "I must be absolutely sure of that." "I can't make a fool of myself again, right?" "You tell me and then... I'll put the envelope at the bottom of the safe." "And if you don't, the patrol is waiting." "Consider this and say goodbye to your friend." "I'll somehow manage without you, but you won't make it without me." "You have as much time as it takes for a smoke." "I gave up smoking." "I'll smoke!" "The patrol is there. I'll be here." "You go with them or with me." "Tadeusz Markuæ." "War codename:" "Kmicic." "Arrested at the end of 1949." "Two years later we put Bagiñski to his cell." "He was a corporal then." "He was supposed to act like a reactionary underground soldier, win his trust and get as much information as possible." "It took about a year until Markuæ was put on trial." "Everything indicates that it was Markuæ who recruited Bagiñski." "It's hard to believe." "Obviously, Bagiñski denies spying and taking money for that." "When asked about his motivation, he says:" "You won't understand it." "When I pushed him, he told me:" "He explained to me what it really means to be a Polish officer." "He denies spying, because he's afraid of death sentence." "That's quite obvious." "What does he mean when he says:" "Settlement by force would mean the end of communism in Poland." "What?" "Meaningless blabber." "You know what I think about when I hear such threats?" "My family." "Especially my daughter." "is she safe?" "Did you bring it, Father?" "One hundred and fifty thousand." "Five is missing." "One dollar is 3,55 zlotys." "We're pumping in too much Polish cash." "And too fast." "God bless." "Oh, what's the story?" "Are you a money-changer now?" "!" "The Church hooked up with black market money changers?" "I swear all this money is mine..." "Shut up, Wiesio!" "I want to hear the Reverend's confession." "I'll be brief:" "I know the Archbishop has the Solidarity 80 million." "We can prove it." "So either I am calling a cop and you are in big trouble, because of illegal trading of foreign currency by the Roman Catholic Church," "or I get 25% of the finder's reward and forget everything." "That's exactly 20 million." "Let's go." "Sister Celestyna will bring everything we need." "Go, Wiesio!" "Thank you." "Captain, I must admit you surprised me." "I always thought of you as." "How shall I put it?" " A real." " Dog!" "No, not a dog?" "!" "It's OK." "No offence taken." "In fact it is true." "I am a real dog." "But a doberman and not a miniature pinscher." "No, no. I meant... I thought you were a true idealist." "The ideological basis, socialism..." "You thought I believed that?" "Well, you seek to offend me." "Do I really look like a petrified turd to you?" "You must be confusing me with our Commander." "Well, he's dumb." "I mean, really." "Both professionally and privately!" "He's so worried about his little princess of a daughter, but he doesn't even know that most of his subordinates are banging the little whore." "Do you think I don't see that the system is falling apart?" "Everything is upside down." "And Solidarity is not going to fix it." "Nothing will ever change here." "Lord be with you." "This is for the gentleman." "Here you are." "Are you kidding me?" "It's Advent." "And this is Archangel Michael." "The patron saint of police all over the world." "You didn't know?" "What the fuck are you talking about?" "I'm offering you the lifetime business." "I know you are hiding the Solidarity 80 million somewhere here in the basement or the attic." "All I want is only 20 million." "You can buy paper, paint, you can print all your leaflets, with all the shit you want." "For instance "Fuck Jaruzelski"." "I'll protect you for free." "I'll make cases dismissed, documents lost, and I'll turn a blind eye to whatever you do." "What's the problem?" "We had a deal, didn't we?" "I don't understand you, Captain." "What deal?" "What Solidarity money?" "What leaflets?" "Please, mind your French, for sister Celestyna's sake... and not only." "Also because of the tapping that you put in here during the last fire protection inspection." "We didn't take it off as we don't want you to bother again to put it back." "You forgot?" "Mr. Sobczak?" "!" "What a dickhead I am!" "Fuck me!" " Reverend, can I start cleaning up?" " Yes." "Capitan is leaving." "I would forgive you Sobczak a lot in my case, but I won't forgive you what you lied about my daughter." "I'll submit my resignation today." "You don't really think I'm so stupid, do you?" "You want to resign?" "Maybe you think you'll get a nice Militia pension?" "!" "Your father had to work over 30 years for it!" "And you..." "Over my dead body." "You dumbass!" "As soon as you submit your resignation, I'll put you on trial!" "With at least six paragraphs!" "So what now?" "Nurse, take care of Wiktoria for a moment, will you?" "Of course!" "You must sign this application for your immediate hospital discharge at your own risk." "Now?" "Wiktoria is going to have some tests tomorrow morning?" "!" "Don't worry. I won't let you or the child leave the hospital." "You'll be discharged and five minutes later I'll admit you at cardiology." "We'll finish the tests for Wiktoria." "We'll help your lonesome heart and more importantly, you'll disappear." "People say something is going to happen really soon." " What is it?" " "Synchronization"." " Comrade Commander?" " l heard it." "Listen!" "Tanks." "Polish or Soviet?" "Polish." "On the basis of the Decree of the Council of State" " on declaration of martial law..." " Enough!" "Will you take a picture of me again?" " Where is the laundry basket?" " Go find it yourself!" "Where do you keep your dirty clothes?" "!" "Check in the kitchen by the pipes." "Basket with Mount Everest 1980 written on it." " Got it!" " There is a file with dollars in it." "It comes from illegal source." "Write it all down." "Well, well!" "What's so fucking funny?" "!" "How did you know?" "Since when?" "It was nice fucking Security Service, anyway." "Damn!" "Too much paint." "Guys, you have a guest." " Piotrek!" " Staszek!" "Józek!" " You too?" " l work here, you piece of shit!" "Smile, Maks!" "I'll get you!" "winter YOURS, spring OURS" "Solidarity!" "Solidarity!" "Don't read it!" "Destroy it!" "Don't read it!" "Get the batons!" "One, two!" "One, two!" "Hold the line." "Forward!" "One, two!" "One, two!" "Solidarity!" "Solidarity!" "Solidarity!" "I want to be myself, want to be myself, one day!" "Józef Pinior arrested on April 23, 1983, sentenced to 4 years in prison." "Piotr Bednarz arrested on Nov. 7, 1983, sentenced to 4 years in prison." "Stanis³aw Huskowski, arrested March 4 October 1 982." "W³adys³aw Frasyniuk arrested Sept. 5, 1982, sentenced to four 4 years in prison." "Jerzy Aulich, Bank Director, dismissed Jan. 11, 1982" "The 80 million was used to help the victims of persecution that followed the martial law as well as for the continuation of the Union's underground activities." "All the money was accounted for at the 9th Conference of Solidarity in free Poland." "Our film was inspired by real events which took place in Wroc³aw during the years 1981 -1982."