"TOMCAT UNDER THE HELMET" "Starring:" "Screenplay:" "Directed by:" "Where is the captain, noble Buzhan?" " Over there." "What is it?" " Captain, sir, this guy was right, partisans are all around us, and they want that we surrender." "What?" "They want us to surrender?" " Yes, they want that." "And how many of those ragamuffins is there?" "10, 20?" "Captain, sir, there's about thousand of those ragamuffins." " How many?" "There's two thousand of them." "Get on your post!" "Move?" " Where to?" " Shut up, and walk!" "Stop!" "Undress." " Why should I undress?" "Kill me like this!" " Undress!" "When the forefather was creating this magic world, he first created everything that was needed for war." "army, artillery, gunpowder, bayonet, boots, gun barrel, drum, explosion, epidemic." "fanfare, front, grenade, hunger, courage, scoundrel, injection, invalid, cry, mate." "And because they have everything needed, men have started wars right away." "For rivers and ponds, for overpopulation and saturation, for justice and injustice, for checking scientific accomplishments, for anything!" "Since creation of this world, not a day came by that someone didn't lose his head in the name of something." "Fighting wars all the time, people realized many things about war itself..." "Briga is coming." " What did you say?" "Political delegate." " God bless him." "Kapara!" " What is it?" " Come here!" "What's going on." " Let's use this breather and get over this trouble." "What trouble?" " Order is to gather information, and there's no discussion." "Call the fighters." "First squad, over here." "Martin, you stay on your post." "He'll probably ask you what did we have for lunch." "Wide stroke of our fight, has brought in our orders people of different apprehensions." "Each of you, tell me, why did you come to partisans and why are you fighting?" " Sit down." "Comrades, now be careful what are you going to say, honestly." "And don't try to hide your past, or try to wriggle, because I'm reading your souls!" "I know you from the start!" "Will you talk about Captain Buzhan?" " What did you think?" "I'll say your name, and you politician, listen good." "Student, begin." "Wait, Kapara." "You're a corporal." "You start." "I was a lumberjack, I could tell a lot about myself..." "We know." " But that's not important." "I was born in Bosnia, and I'm here because of fight for freedom, but that's not important." "In the first fight, our brigade commandant, he was a squad commandant then, this Blagoje Kuslec and me, we capture a group of Home Guard soldiers." "But that's not important." "You weren't in brigade." "That's not important." "Right, important is, comrades, that we fight for the freedom together, and I'll even sign that we are going to win." "Comrades, I'm a student, I was never interested for politics," "One day, on the street, two guys come, they take out a gun and, 'hands up'." "Half an hour later they were beating me in the police." "'What's your name?" "'" "'Josip', I said, because that's my name." "An agent is asking me 'Djuka?" "' 'Not Djuka, Josip.' I explained, so they hit me and hit me." " Get to the point Student." "When I woke up, I saw a guy who's laughing and saying:" "'This is not Djuka, this is someone else.'" "One kicked me in the but and said:" "'Get lost, why are you getting involved?" "'" "I was on the street for a while, conscious." "More conscious then any committee member." " You exaggerate now, Student." "Student, aware of classes, built by the police." "Fight for freedom brought me here." "I was reading your pamphlets." "There's occupation, there's fascism, and to be honest, there's my wife too." "I don't get along with her." "She swang and axe on me three times already." "Enough!" " Enough!" "Let's not waste time." "Who's next?" "Coachman, are you ready?" " I am." " Go ahead then." "A year ago, ustashas has burned my village." "I told my father: 'They burn my house," "I burn their country.' And I left." "I'm fighting for freedom from occupation." "Like we're telling everybody." "I'm fighting for communism victory, too." "We don't tell that to everyone." "And that's it!" "Coachman, burning the country, politically he's turning to the left." "Did you hear Coachman?" "Only forward from now on, no turning!" "Understand?" "Yes." "Boys, aviation is coming." " Commissar, tell them to find shelter." "Who gathered you like this..." "If others are like you, then..." "Martin is not." "He's a chauffeur, a party member, and old..." " Alright, alright." "I'll take other information later." " Why are you here?" "To your post!" "On your post, come on, quickly!" "Briga, stay with us." "Fun is starting now." "I have plenty of that fun." "What do you think, Martin?" "An American or a Kraut?" "What is it?" "I came here to die." " What are you saying?" "I dreamt last night that I'm driving a truck, and suddenly I'm in a grave." "And you're next to me, burying me alive." "I know the rest, I'll die." " So you want both of us to die?" "Listen, Martin." " We fought together, we'll die together." "What's that had to with me?" " Whenever I saw your crooked nose, death was near." "So should I cut it off?" "Son of a bitch!" "Kapara, are we alive?" " We are, just... get away from me!" "What's with you Ilija?" "Don't act stupid." "Are we communist?" "Should we worry about dreams too?" "If you don't leave now, I'll kill you like a dog!" "Get lost!" "Don't you know about jokes?" " When it comes to life, I don't!" "I'll kill you!" "Get lost!" " You're crazy." "Kapara!" "Comrade commandant he's over there." "Are you alive mate?" " I am, commandant." "I was afraid that I'll find you in pieces." "Lightning won't struck in hollow tree." " Kapara, since you're not dead, take your troop and establish a connection with third battalion." "Where's that?" " Is that the way to talk to the commandant?" " Wait." "From the post where you were this morning, you had to see the battalion when it was moving." "Do you see those huts on the left?" "On the left, where are you looking?" " Ah, huts, I see it." "Look, you'll go behind these huts on the left, then you'll see a hamlet that will be on your right." "go forward, then left." "And here, you'll see two fields that are joining on the left." "On that on the right, should be or battalion." "Why is it there?" "Why do you care?" "Repeat the mission." "Comrade commandant, I'll take my squad, then I'll go up, and then down so that all huts and gullies are on my left side, and all the villages on the right side, until I find a third battalion" "and bring it to the village Strmce, because half and hour from now nothing will remain here." " You understand it perfectly." "Don't get killed, mate." " Comrade commandant, there's the third battalion." "When you're going, look for that paratrooper." "Did you see where he fell." " He sees nothing, comrade commandant." "He's lying here and wasting time." " I saw that one." "Find him and bring him to the headquarters." "You're my Tomcat." "Who shall I send, if not you?" "Boys, you heard the mission." "Student!" " Yes?" "You're bragging about speaking English." "Now we'll check that." "Are you ready?" " We are!" " Assembly area?" " Stevica, tell them." "Comrade corporal, assembly area will be... in heaven or in brigade, it depends who gets where." "Very god, Stevica!" "Let's go." "Repica, you have good sight." "Look good, he must've fallen somewhere here." "Comrade corporal, he has fallen more to the right." " What are you saying, he has fallen to the left." " Not left nor right, in the center!" "Hey, Student, he's here." "Tell him on English to come out." "Don't kill me." "I didn't see anyone!" "Only the bombs." "He was flying so low that he almost took me with him." "And that's why you hide?" "Everything was collapsing around me." "I don't know how I jumped out of the cart and how I stayed alive." "Look what happened." "Damn bomb." " Where were you going?" "On Green carrot." " In this hour?" "What devil is sending you there?" "Not the devil, the reverend." "St. Florian is without an arm." "And we have to paint the whole altar." "I'm the bell ringer." "Help him boys." "And you turn these saints and your cart and get out of here while you're still alive." "Take this." " Repica!" "You go in front, we'll follow you." " Yes, sir!" "There he is!" "Back, get back!" "Get over here!" "Repica, keep watch, the rest of you take cover." "Student!" "Tell him he's surrounded by partisans and that he stay calm." "Shout:" "Tito, Tito!" " Why should I shout we better get him down." "What will he think of us?" " You do as I said, he can thing anything he wants." " He's an ally soldier, he'll get a stroke and die!" "If he didn't die on 3000 meters, he won't die here either." "He can rest and look our little partisan country." "Now I get it." "He will be bait for the fascist deer's" "And this morning he was flying like an eagle." "That's life..." "Does anyone have gasoline?" " Kapsula!" "Kapsula, I'll take the tank." "Student and Stevica get up!" "You three on the right." "Martin, protect the paratrooper." "Prepare the bomb." " Alright." "Welcome!" "Hard but safe partisan land!" "What is he saying?" " He's saying thanks." "You thank him too." " Good bait, Kapara." "Chief?" " Yes, chief." " Hello chief?" " Chief to you too." "Boys, mission is completed." "Paratrooper, next to me," "Germans in front of me, stomach empty." "straight to the kitchen!" "Continue." "It was not easy." "Germans, tanks, artillery" " I knew that you're the only man who can find him." "You're my old Tomcat." "Be careful, from now on you're responsible for him!" " I can't do that." "What's that?" "You're bailing out again?" " Why don't you take him?" "I won't do it and that's it!" "And how could I?" "I don't know American." "Alright, feed him and bring him here." "You get ready too." "It'll be busy night." "Concentration of strong enemy forces is preventing our division penetration trough Zagreb." "That's why Green carrot must fall." "Courier, take this to the division headquarters." "Comrade Lazo..." "Stef?" "What is it, Stef?" "What happened?" "Evil!" "Evil happened reverend." "I lost my horse!" "You lost your horse?" "Did the partisans take him?" "Bombs!" "Bombs killed him!" " The Virgin Mary!" "I could've died!" " My poor horse!" "I was under bombs like St. Florian under the ice." "Stef!" "What will we do without a horse?" " What..." "Chef!" "What took you, Kapara?" "Is now time to come?" "I was hunting Krauts and paratroopers." " Now try to hunt something to eat." " What do you mean?" "Look, pots are empty." "Enough!" "Comrade commandant!" "You'll come to me to shave you..." " So what?" "Comrade commandant, how can it be that we have nothing to eat?" "So what?" "Manage somehow." " How long will I manage?" "God damn it!" "You're always protesting!" "Am I now allowed to ask?" " Enough!" "We'll talk." "Comrade corporal, does priest have something?" "Come on." "Death to fascism!" " Praise the Jesus and Mary." "What do you want?" "This is a parochial." " We know, we know." "To be honest, we came to eat." "I'm a poor Zagorje priest, we ate the stuff we had, we have nothing more." "Nothing." "This man is an American." " An American?" "Yes, he fell from the sky." "It would be a disgrace if he starves." "Hm, what's the word..." "They don't know your taste." "Yugoslav a-la-carte, specialty." "We can feed one man." "But the whole army..." "Food and place for one." "But only for today." "Alright priest, have it your way." "Student!" "Take paratrooper here to eat, then get to the headquarters." "Nothing, from this cheapskate we couldn't get the Holy Communion." "No way, house is full of sausages and meat!" " llija, should we requisition it?" "Requisition it." "What can you do, priest?" "War is war." "Stef, there's plenty of them." "What do they want from our reverend?" "What ever they want, it's not good." "Lord, deliver us from plague, war and soldiers!" "Lord, from every army." "Does the whole squad has to wait for you?" "Where were you until now?" "I was managing, comrade commandant." " Drop that, sit down Kapara." "Honorable task, to break the bunkers, to take and demolish Green carrot, was given to us." "Who else will they give it!" " Any problem with that, Kapara?" "No, someone has to do it." " Shut up!" "Don't interrupt me again." "Disposition of our brigade:" "second battalion in backup, third one in the park is attacking the castle of count..." "Count..." "I don't know his name." "The main tasks of the mission:" "take over the bunkers, break the wire, take the church and post office." "That task was given to our squad." " To first troop of the first platoon." "Who is that?" " Me." "I asked where will ambulance be?" " God damn it!" "Why are you interfering with everything?" "How can you interrupt your commandant?" "Do you understand?" "Where was I?" " Signs." "Yes, signs of recognition." "Zagreb - shutter." "Find your guides and assembly." "Kapara, you stay here." "Listen to me, Kapara." "I won't allow anyone to break down my discipline." "I'm not saving myself, but I won't save comrades either." "Do you understand?" " Commandant, please..." " God damn it!" "Remember what will I say to you now." "I'm the commandant here, and there's no other God besides me!" "I don't care who's favorite are you, but if you disobey me" "I'll send you to be a stableman." "Listen Lazo, if you don't like that commandant is sending me to missions without asking you, you discuss that with him." "While you're under my command you'll do what I say!" "Get out!" "Listen!" "Don't forget a guide." "Let's check here." "What is it?" "What happened?" " My husband died." "Don't cry woman, you don't cry for one man in war." "There are others alive." "Was he ill for a long time?" " Sudden death, he had a stroke!" "Look at him!" "It's you!" "Tell me, why did you die?" " You have to die sometimes..." "Get up!" " Oh my God!" "God is good, he's good!" "What's wrong with him?" " What do you mean, he woke up from death." "That's not so easy." "So, so..." "Look at you." "We helped you." "We picked up the cart, saving your altar, and you..." " Leave him, it's not his fault, that's all priests' business." " Out your shoes on!" "Do you know where is Green carrot?" " He was taking St. Florijan there." " Yes." "I will show you." "Comrade corporal, will this man lead us?" "Why?" "A dead man can be our guide too." "Come on." "Comrades, charge!" "Stop!" "Hold your fire!" " What's wrong with you?" "I'll die of shame, Martin." "One lousy bunker and we're licking dirt in front of it!" " When you chose a dead man for out guide.!" "He was taking us everywhere, and now?" " We're late." "Let's wait for morning, Ilija." " So that commandant asks 'Who's messing around that bunker, is that Kapara, my Tomcat?" "' I'll rather die!" "Cover me with fire!" "What's wrong with you?" "Get back, back!" "Charge!" "They are running away!" " What's wrong with them?" "Did the Turks join the army?" "Ah, never mind." "Now!" "Drop your gun!" "Move!" "Surrender!" " Should I throw a bomb?" " Don't shoot, it's us!" "Stop!" "Hands up!" " Who's your officer?" "I am." " Who?" " Me!" "Are you really a navy?" " War navy." "Sailors, don't run." "You heard that we're fighting for freedom and better life." "We know that!" " Who said that knows?" "Damn sailors, who am I speaking to?" "And how dare you interrupt my speech?" "Did you say that?" " I did, forgive me." "What should I forgive?" "When you say something, stand behind your words." "Kapsula, stay with the navy, others, charge on the post office." "This is the post office, we were guarding it." " Where?" " This building." "Way to go llija!" "Where are people now to see how Tomcat, with one move, wipes down a bunker and post office, imprisons war navy and makes a speech!" "Is it done, Tomcat?" " It's done, comrade commandant." "How was it?" " They were throwing bombs shooting on us with machine guns, but when I ordered charge, it was no choice: go or die!" "How many dead?" " None." " How's that?" "Gang didn't set up sights and we already grabbed them." "Who was shooting on you and throwing bombs?" " They did." "Tomcat, you said they were running like rabbits." " They did, but they were fighting like lions." " Look out!" "How could Jovica fail?" "What was he doing all night?" "How did I destroy in one charge the bunker, the post office, the navy ..." " Look." "That's a real fortress." " We'll have to attack it." " To attack that?" "That will be hard, you know?" " Kapara, get some rest." "What do you want gentleman?" "I mean, comrade partisans." "Come here." "Do you play music every day?" " No, just on weekends." "Do you have singers?" " We have a female singer." "What's her name?" " Lenka." "That's the one." "Where is she live?" " Up there, on the first floor." "Room?" " Three." "But she's sick." "She's not seeing anyone today." "I know, I know." "I'm a doctor, I have to examine her." " Fine, do it." " Student, call me if we move." "I'll be in a room three." "I have a reception." "I'll kick it again." "Please, don't touch national property." "Kapara!" "You're sleeping are you?" "Look at the way you look!" "You're not shaved." "You're wasting time and the commandant is looking for you." "Where were you?" " Comrade commandant, I was on the first floor." "And what were you doing there?" " The singer Lenka..." "She heard I was a hair dresser, so she wanted a cut." " God damn it!" "We'll talk later." "Go to your squad." "On your post, everyone!" "And you, go to see commandant on the tower." "Let's go boys." "Hello comrades." " What's the situation, comrade commandant?" "Difficult." " Should we repeat the attack?" "It would be too expensive." " Should we withdraw?" "Not yet." "As soon Kapara arrives, send him up there." "I'm here, comrade commandant." " Sit down, Kapara." "I know you're tired." " You didn't call me here to sit down." "I didn't." "I want to hear your advice, and your opinion." "What do you think?" "But be honest." "Should we make another attack?" " On the castle?" " Yes." "I would..." " I know, you'd charge." "But that's not possible." "Yes, comrade commandant, that's not possible." "But there's no alternative." "Castle must be taken." "It must?" " Look, the division is moving forward, if we don't kill them now, they'll kill us on our way back." "Do we have to go back here?" " And wounded men?" "If the castle doesn't fall, we can't evacuate them." "We'll take them out, there are other roads." "So we should put them to torture?" "Is that it?" "You don't know what to do?" "You see?" "It's not easy to give orders." "Look again." "Now go down." "Put yourself ahead of the bomb squad and evaluate situation." "Charge on the castle, or three missiles." "Signal to retreat." "Long live Kapara!" " Ilija, luck is really glued to you." "Listen Barber, will you shave me too?" "I'm shaving only commandants and Kapara, starting today." "What should I shave on you?" "Let him Coachman, I'd never sit on his chair." "You're beautiful even without shaving." "Quiet boys, I can't work while is racket." " Silence!" "Squad, in line." "You're dismissed for two hours, then get to the show." "Student, note the absent." "Alright." " Get out." "Come on, barber." "Do you want Cologne, Coty, cream, massage, washing your head?" "Don't touch the helmet." "I said hundred of times that I won't take it off until end of the war." " Cylinder can stay." "Nothing will stay." "Shave everything." " As you wish." "I was shaving one guy in Koprivnica..." "What is it?" "Now you'll talk about ustasha camp again?" " That's because of the bet." "What bet?" "Kapara, I'm off to the show." "Kapara, I made a bet in fried turkey, that I will during first shave" "I'll kill one ustasha." "He was sitting just like you're sitting now, looking in the mirror, and his hand was on the gun all the time." "I'm shaving him, I come to the vain, and HOP!" "Enough, barber." "Put that down." "I'm not shaving like that." "Blood, vein, ustasha..." "That' doesn't sound good." " Don't be afraid." "I'm a master of my craft." " I saw your mastery this morning, with Lenka" "You're chasing women, and others shave me without soap." " What can I do, soldier is like a dog, he has only what he grabs on his way." "Kapara, you're shaving." "Death to fascism, comrade commissar." " Move, we're all leaving." "Our battalion is in scouting, and you Kapara, with your squad go in the front." " Comrade commissar, do I always have to..." " What can I do?" "It's not easy to be famous, Kapara." "Barber, gather the squad." " Alright." "Oh Lord, if you're somewhere, stop pouring on us." "You won't extinguish this war with rain." "I'm walking for so long and I'm more and more tired, and more and more sleepy." "And when the snooze gets off me, I get scared." "Enemy is lurking somewhere in the dark." "If I could only become a fish or a bird, just not human." " Stop!" "Who's going?" " Death!" "This is for you." "Pretty woman." " You can't tell what are they like." "Woman is like a cloth." "If you want to try it, you have to crumple it." "What's your singer like?" "Did she really believe that you're a doctor?" "It's not on his forehead if he's a doctor or a barber." "She didn't defend?" " I wasn't attacking her." "I won her with my heart." "What did she tell you?" " Nothing." "Ah yes, she said: 'I didn't know that ambulance in your brigade is organized so well." "You're the third doctor that came to see me today." "Bitch!" "She must've made that up." " Why should she?" "Three men from whole brigade." "That's not too much." "Martin, I'm like a calf" " Barber, stop embarrassing the brigade." "And if that fool didn't shout 'stop' I'd land on his gun." "We messed them up good, despite the dark." "Leave it, they'll do it to us tomorrow." " Why are you not eating?" "Do you want some onion?" "Why don't you take this off?" "We swore that until the end of the war, he won't take his helm and I won't shave my mustache." "And it saved his life once already." "It struck me here, look." "Are you hurt?" " That was a long time ago, but if I didn't have it, I'd die." " Krauts didn't invent that pot for nothing." " Why don't you all wear it then?" "Where can we find so many of it?" " Who'd wear it?" "It's too heavy." "Comrade Kapara, I'm tired." "I'd like to sleep." "Comrade, now when you fed us this nicely, tell us where we could sleep for a while?" "There's no room for everyone here." "But there's plenty of space on the hay." "You hear, Stevica, get to the hay and sleep." " I'm going too, Kapara." "Me too." " We're all going." "Here, so you won't be awake by the roosters, it shines at night." "Thank you." "Why are you waiting for?" "You think that all women are like Lenka?" "Women are like sunflower, they're turning for someone all the time." "If you're not besides them, they'll turn around for someone else." "Shame on you." "You think that all the women are sluts because you're a scum." "Get out!" "What's wrong with you?" "I didn't tell you anything bad." "Don't get angry." "You know what I'm like." "You're staying?" " I'm on duty in the squad." "Now we're alone, her and me." "Now what?" "Were you scared when the shooting started?" "I thought you're sleeping." " No, I'm on duty in the squad." "Is it true that you shot first?" " Well, it happened." "You conquered the kitchen too!" " Not just me, the whole squad." "Ridiculous." "What will you do with a kitchen?" "That's field kitchen, for army." "When fascism is going down, the biggest trophy is to capture their pot." "This partisan life is so sad." "First time in two years I have an opportunity." "She's probably waiting for me to tell her something, but what?" "I don't know, and I don't dare." "I have to begin somehow." "What time is it?" "1:30." "It's a long night." "Do you live alone?" " Alone?" "No, I'm married." "I have a husband." "Where's your husband?" " There, he's hiding." "As soon its starts shooting, he gets scared and runs in the vineyard." "So you're left alone this night?" " I'm always alone." "I'm so clumsy and stupid." "There's no us of me." "Maybe it would be best to leave." "Where are you going?" " On the hay, to get some sleep." " Sit down, sit down." "I'll prepare a bed here." "You have to take off your clothes and your shoes." "When you entered the door, all wet and muddy," "I was frightened." "You're wearing that helmet so I thought you're some hero." "But you're... shy and fearful like a child." "That's why I like you." "You're handsome." "And pretty." "Kapara, quickly to the headquarters, commandant is calling you." "Will you come back?" "You're alive, my old Tomcat!" " You called me, comrade commandant." "Yes, sit down." "You're great, Ilija." "You did a good work tonight." "You called me just for that?" " Yes Ilija, you're not pleased?" "I'm sleepy." " So am I." "But there's one big bite. 12 enemy anti-aircraft cannons." "The whole Home Guard division wants to join us." "Let them, God damn them!" "Who's stopping them?" "That's not so simple." "They have conditions." "For 12 cannons you should give them everything they want." "Don't be cheap with ranks, medals or..." " Someone has to meet them." "How?" "In enemy hands?" " Yes." "But the problem is to find a man." "He has to be skilled, cunning, brave, agile, clever." " I know." " Who?" "Division commandant, no one else." " And what about division?" "You send a commissar then." "You know what they say:" "'Commandant is the father, and commissar is a squad mother.'" "If father can't, mother should go." "We were thinking long, struggling, who to send," "You shouldn't have struggle." "You could've chose me right away." "Bravo, llija." "How did you know." " Someone has to be in front, someone in the back..." "War is war." "When do I leave?" " Right now, courier is waiting." "Here's your authority." "That's the task I was talking about once." "Hello?" " A big enemy forces have been spotted." "Division is going early in the morning, and your brigade is covering them." "Never mind the Kapara, he can leave tomorrow night." "Bye." "Kapara, it's good that I ran into you." " What happened?" "Go replace Tamburica on the watch." " I can't, I haven't slept for four nights." "I have to get some rest too." "Come on, you'll rest when you die." "It's little Stevica's turn." "Stevica?" " He's tired and wet." "Come on Kapara, replace him." "Alright.." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "When one doesn't sleep for four nights, what's one more?" "Where did you get that?" " My mother sent it to me, courier has arrived." "Division commandant, go away!" "Battalion attention!" "Salute on the right!" "Stop!" "Dig in!" " First platoon, here." "That woman was asking about you." "She sent you socks." "What woman?" " We spent the night there, Janja." "How do you know her name is Janja?" " I know, she waited you all night." "I don't know what she sees in you." "I prefer one of her in the platoon, then 10 corporals like you." "Thing's aren't good for me, Martin." " What is it?" "You're ranting." "Division headquarters is sending me to death." "If you have a chance, visit that woman again, Janja, tell her that I didn't forget about her." "And that I didn't return..." "You were sent to death so many times, and you always survived." "I don't know about now." " Ilija, I have to tell you something." "I had a dream last night..." " My crooked nose." "No, on the contrary." "I was dreaming the two of us cutting pumpkins and feeding the pigs." "That's the dream!" "You'll come back alive." "Kapara!" "Ilija!" "Gang!" "Stop!" "Don't run away!" " Kapara is dead!" " Who?" "Kapara!" " Get back damn it!" "Will you leave dead comrade for the enemy?" "What is it?" "Where are we?" "I'll kill you!" "Damn it!" "Hold him, tie him up!" "He's a beast!" "He slept trough the battle." "I put him on watch." "I wanted to kill him, but I control myself." "He'll get his!" "When the shooting stopped, I noticed, there's no Stevica." "He died because he was saving dead body of this living thief!" "What will I say to his mother?" " You didn't find Stevica." "We searched the whole forest." " Maybe he's lost." "Repica is wounded, Stevica is dead, one carbine is lost." "And all because of this outlaw." "Who wouldn't be so arrogant if he wasn't protected by everyone." "My Ilija this, my Kapara that." "Now you can all see." "And if we continue like this, where's the end?" "Fighters are dying on their posts and he's sleeping!" "If you ask me..." "But if he has to go on trial, here he is." "He's still Kapara." "We don't have two of them." "we'll inform the brigade headquarters." "Kapara, your fame ended sadly." "What are you looking?" "You won't see Stevica anyway." "Take some beans, because fried pheasants don't fly across Zagorje." "Eat, Ilija." "If you go on trial hungry or full, it's the same." "If they shoot you, at least you'll be full." " Enough." "Do you remember the time when you captured me?" "You gave me a water bottle and said:" "'Drink, everything will be fine.'" "Now I'm telling that to you." "Drink, Kapara." "And everything will be fine." "Don't worry Ilija, it's all arranged, it's not your fault." "Fatigue won over your body." "We'll all testify what happened." "No need Martin, I don't want to." "If it's meant to be for me to be shoot by my comrades, let it be!" "Everyone leave, except Kapara." "Death to fascism comrade commandant." " I'm commanding fighters, not sleepers." "Why are you staring at me?" "What did you expect?" "To hug you and give you a medal?" "You slept trough the fight, you badger." "And I was planning to send you for the cannons." "Did you fell asleep on the post just to avoid getting on the trip?" "I wanted to tell brigade that I'm sending you for a reward, but now, you're going on a penalty." "Comrade commandant, enemy is attacking." "Heavy machine gun on the tower." "Where did you come from, Stevica?" "I got trough." " Come on, Stevica!" "Who is it?" "What do you want?" " Is there any army in the village?" "Army?" "No." "They were Germans, partisans, ustashas, Home Guards, bandits, rascals, communists, antichrists, army of all kind!" "They were here and they left." "Now there's no one." "Where could I spend a night?" "Just one night." "There." "On the end of the village." "Left, the last house." "On the hay." "There's a dog, he's barking but he won't bite, he's tied." "Does it have to be on the end of the village?" "Couldn't I..." "In our village, all tramps and bums are sleeping there." "You go wherever you want." "Ah, Moon, you heard." "I became a bum, a beggar." "A man works whole his life and nothing, and makes one mistake, there's no way to fix that." "That's how life works, my Moon." "Thank God." " Good evening." "Who is it?" "It's me." " Who 'me'?" " No one, just a traveler." "Why did you scare me?" " You scared me too." "I'll die of fear one day." " That won't be famous." "If I could only get home." "I don't care about fame." "Funny." "What is funny?" " That you got scared of me." "I'm just a Home Guard, a misery." "What are you doing here?" " I'm lost." "Partisans destroyed you, huh?" " Who else?" "You know what happened last night in the village Duboki Brijeg?" "I was on watch." "Night, raining..." "I'm standing there, when I hear steps." "Pigs?" "Not pigs." "I shout: 'Stop!" "Who's going?" "'" "Death!" "You were shooting me?" "You?" "You're alright, you're still alive." "Where are you going?" " I can't stay with you." "You have nothing to be scared for." "I don't have a rifle anymore." "Come, lie down." "You won't do anything to me, right?" "Good night." "Partisans!" "Shut up, don't shout!" "Ustashas are out there, shut up!" "Be quiet!" " They'll slaughter me." "I gave my gun to partisans three times." "They'll kill me!" " Shut up!" "Shut up, don't move!" "Take the helmet." "We got out!" "Where's your helmet?" " I threw it away!" "What kind of man are you..." " And you?" "What about me?" " You were holding his legs." "What's your name?" " Smokvina, Franjo Smokvina." "I'm Kapara." "Let's go." "Do you have a needle?" " No, why?" "I can't travel without it, someone will think that I'm a legionnaire." "Death to fascism, old man!" "Good afternoon." "You're working?" " So, so, I'm working." " Would you take us across?" "Of course boys, I would, I would." "Say, old man, did you see any partisans going somewhere here?" "Partisans?" "I saw them." "Of course I did, they were like ants." "Where did that partisan ants go?" " They were going..." "They were going on all four sides of the world." "Did you see ustashas?" "I did, sonny, I saw them too." "I saw them just like I'm seeing you." " Where did they go?" "They were going..." "They were going on all four sides of the world too." "Old man, is there any more sides on this world?" "Some fifth?" "Fifth side?" "It could be." "Bye!" " Bye old man, thank you!" "If I had a red star, we'd know where are the partisans." "Old man is clever, when a villager is suspicious, he won't tell you anything." "Come on Franjo, it's on the left." " Wait." "Can't you see that roads are intersect?" " And?" "It's time for us to departure." "You go to your men, and I'm going on south." " So you won't join the partisans?" "No, I can't." "I told you I can't." "My heart is weak, my legs aren't so good..." "Ustashas would capture me in first fight." "Where are you going, then?" " Home." "Tomorrow is my birthday, so I want to be with my family." "It's hard to go trough yourself." " I'll try." "Alright.." "Ilija, if we survive, come to see me after the war." "Come to visit me." " Beware of ustashas you said they'll kill you if they capture you again." " I will." "Bye, Franjo." " Goodbye, llija." "Ilija, are your partisans far away?" "I can't tell you for sure that we'll have a lunch with them, but that we will have dinner and sleep like a man, can guarantee that." "Let's go, Franjo." "I'm feeling safer when I'm going with you." " It's easy for you, Home Guard," "I don't feel so safe." "Why are you still calling me Home Guard?" "Can't you call me friend or comrade?" "Stop!" "Who are you?" "I'm a Home Guard, partisans attacked us" "I lost a riffle and a hat but I stayed alive." "I see that." "And you?" " Don't you recognize signs?" "Legionnaire." " Third hill battalion." "I lost my weapon, just like him." "Take them away." " Move!" "Sit down!" "I know that officer from somewhere?" " Which one?" "The one that brought us." "When it's night, we'll try to escape." "If you make a sound, I'll strangle you." "My God..." "Where were you fighting against partisans the last time?" "Captain sir, in the village Duboki Brijeg." "When?" " Two days ago." "I see." "Do you know where are partisans now?" "I don't know." " You don't know?" "And you?" "Do you know?" "Do you hear me?" "Pig!" "Answer me!" "Captain sir, everything is ready for move." "I'll interrogate these two later." "We're going." "What do you want?" " Nothing." "Partisans!" "You'll dream partisans until death." " Where are we?" "Don't worry, we're still on the world." "Franjo, today's your birthday!" "I hope you'll live 100 years." " Come on, you're still joking!" "And yesterday?" "You were whining like a snake on thorns." "Really..." "Why were you crying yesterday?" " Of joy!" "Happy tears were falling when I saw an old friend after so much time." " An old friend?" " Two years ago, he beat me running away from partisans." "This one!" "My God..." "This legionnaire is suspicious." "He's probably a partisan." "We'll have to make him confess" " If he's really a partisan he won't confess." " He will." "Captain sir, here's the prisoner." "What's your name?" "Kapsula Ivan." " You're a legionnaire?" "Soldier of a first platoon of the third battalion of the hill squad!" "Who's your commandant?" " Captain sir, our commandant is Major Beans." " Commandant of the third battalion is Kriznik." "Captain sir, Major Kriznik died eight days ago near Koprivnica." "Where was battalion three days ago?" " Three days ago?" "In the village Green Carrot." " Incorrect." "Moving on." "Why did you want to run?" " I was scared." "Of who?" "Of us?" "Guns pointed at me." "Eyes are big in fear." " I wouldn't be scared of mine." "Captain sir, we're not all the same." " That's true." "Where's your legionnaire mark on your helmet?" "Bullet took it off." "Since when are legionnaires carrying this?" "That's a trophy from my first fight against partisans." "You mean on partisan side?" "I understand." "You're a partisan!" "Why don't you confess?" "I have nothing to confess?" " You'll try to cross me?" "Me?" "You lie the moment you speak!" " I'm a legionnaire." " You're a partisan!" "Captain sir, maybe he's not a partisan." " I'm sure he is." "He just have to confess?" " And what if he's really a legionnaire?" "We'll see." "There's one more thing left." "Call the priest." "You're sentenced to death." "You'll be shot, right away." "Ilija, you were waiting two years for this meeting, and there you go." "Buzhan beat you then." "And now?" "Now he'll shot you." "Praise Jesus and Mary." " Confess him, reverend." "Let's leave, gentlemen." "What is it priest?" "We meet again." "Now you can charge me for those sausages." " I came to save your soul." "Leave my soul alone." " I was called to do my duty." " What duty?" "Why didn't you feed me when I was hungry?" "You didn't know your duty then." "I'll be with your Lord in five minutes, and I'll tell him how cheep servant he has down here." "Don't blaspheme, confess." " To confess?" "Ah, priest, I have troubles from this world." "Look!" "You're wrong." "May Lord be with you." "Reverend, did you do your duty?" " I did my job." "Nothing again." "Well, do you want to be shot with ustashas helmet?" "Or should we put a red star?" "Take off my helmet!" "Give me the star!" "I want to die with it!" "What did I tell you?" "Didn't I tell you he's a partisan?" "Untie him!" "Get the cognac and cigarettes." "Take it, you scared us." "We thought you're a real legionnaire." "Maybe you want some schnapps?" " Come here." "Read it and sign it." "Read it!" "Certificate." "With this is confirmed that the cannon Captain" "Diobizij noble Bužab, 15.09. 1944." "has joined people army." "Handover of men and cannons was made by" "Kapsula Ivan." " Comrade Kapsula, from this moment I give in your command cannons and our lives." "I'm no Kapsula Ivan!" "I'm Ilija Kapara, Corporal from squad brigade." "We fled from Zagreb." "Every minute is precious." "I'm sorry but there's no other way." "Take the command, take the responsibility." "Stand in front of the squad and lead us!" "Yes, stand in front of the squad and lead us." "because his cannons are mission that the commandant gave you." "Your time for vengeance has passed." "What can you do?" "War is war." "Martin, take the over side post, near the road." "Fire when you see my signal." " Yes, sir!" "Follow me!" "Shall I shoot?" " Not yet, let the scouts go." "Don't shoot!" "Don't shoot!" " Martin, that's Kapara's voice!" "Hold fire!" " Don't shoot!" "Ilija!" "How could that happen?" "Someone has to go this way." "War is war." "Helmet..." "I don't need it." "Martin, tell the commandant that his Tomcat has completed the mission." "When the forefather was creating this magic world, he first created everything that was needed for war." "Translated by Inglourious @KG"