"Come in, since you're here." "What do you want me to say after so many days?" "I don't mind you haven't brought me any roses." "I'll serve some tea." "After all, we can't just talk in the door." "The rim of your hat conceals your face." "Why are you just standing there, making me ask you twice?" "A GOODBYE Sentimental comedy" "Your hands are trembling," "You could at least smile." "There's no point in standing there, come in..." "Did you know, there's fire in the stove, and our cat broke a mirror the other day?" "And that your dog, for days on end, waited for you here, by the door, just as sad as me." "It's such a shock, and I feel so strange." "Turn off the light overhead, and put the chain on the door." "And sit down in your old chair." "Your newspaper might still be there somewhere." "Go ahead and smoke, cigarettes don't bother me." "I'll bring you some tea in a bit." "And meanwhile, you can pet your dog..." "Thank you very much." "Good timing, it won't leave for another 5 min." "Are you also getting off at the next station?" "I am." "Vienna..." "Prague, Budapest..." "And now... frog-filled meadows." "We're almost there." "Thank you." "May I walk you home?" "I'll get a cab." "But the nearest taxi stand is near the market." " I know." " So let me walk you to the market." " Good morning, Mr. Antoni" " Good morning." "We'll see if it's good or not." " Where should I hang this?" " Closer this way." " Over here?" " Right here." "Once again, I'm here." "I breathe the air of this town," "I have its taste in my mouth, different from any other in the world." "It's as if I were flipping through a childhood book, and knew by heart the pictures on the next page." "But this doesn't take away from its charm." "On the contrary:" "It makes me feel safe;" "and reassures me that everything is as it should be;" "that nothing strange  can happen." "This image has never dissolved in the climates of unfamiliar cities, foreign lands, strange landscapes." "Thank you." "It was very kind of you." "Is it here?" "Yes." "Precisely here." "Are you going to stay a while?" "Probably a few days." "Whom did you come to see?" "It's my grandfather's house." "I came for the funeral." "That's the old man who lives...." " ... who used to live in this house?" "Yes." "That was my grandfather." "Goodbye." "Oh, it's you!" "Thank God you came." "Please, come in." "You should have called ahead." "Somebody would have picked you up." "I managed by myself." "Is grandfather in that room?" "No..." "Yesterday, they took the coffin to the chapel." "We couldn't wait any longer on account of the heat." "What about the wreaths?" "They were brought in today." "Master got so many flowers!" "But... that one... is the most beautiful." "They're going to carry the casket." "Who?" "The veterans!" "Why don't you go to your room?" "I'll get the breakfast ready." "I'd just like some coffee." "Miss!" "Breakfast is ready." "Thank you." "Did grandfather die suddenly?" "He had his first attack 10 days ago." "Why didn't you inform me right away?" "Master wouldn't let me." "He said he was feeling fine." "Well, I thought right away that we should call the priest." "Although old master would go to the church only on big holidays." " And?" " The parson came, and master said to me:" ""Victoria, light the candles."" "And I knew right then, that it was for the dying." "Did my last letter arrive in time?" "It did!" "The letter came the following day." "And master died at night." " Who took care of it?" " Everybody." "But mostly, the countess's son." "The one from the state farm." "Was there enough money?" "Master had put aside money for the funeral." "Do you have black stockings and a veil?" "I had time to buy stockings, but the veil..." "I knew right away that you wouldn't have a veil." "Surely, someone from the family is going to come?" "You're not planning to follow the casket all by yourself?" "Counselor Rennert asked that you call him as soon as you arrive." "Very well." "Why don't you get some rest?" "There's nothing you can do for the old master, anyway..." "He's already facing God's tribunal." "Hi." "Where did you get that bike?" "At the club." "Are you looking for someone?" "No." "Ferdinand!" "We're waiting." "I'm on my way." "I'd like to say a few words." "Ladies and gentlemen, and above all, dear Magdalena, the house of our friend Antoni, may he rest in peace, has always been an integral part of our town." "It constituted, in a way, one of its traditions." "Therefore I believe I am expressing the desire not only of the present company, but also of all citizens, when I say that we would be extremely happy..." "Oh, my dear, careful!" "...if you kept the house and settled here." "What do you say, Magdalena?" "Grandfather's house evokes many memories... my childhood..." "But you are aware that my life is in the theater." "I couldn't settle here for good." "But I'd like to come here on vacation, for holidays, in short, to hold on to the house." "If you're not going to live here, I doubt that you'll manage to keep a single room." "Unless... you register a fake tenant." "It really is a pity that your profession compels you to live in the capital." "You could just as well" " perform here..." " But what would I live on?" "One must be realistic about these matters." "I would advise you to sell everything." "I wouldn't want strangers to live in this house." "If one of you would agree to move into" "Grandfather's apartment..." "Perhaps my son could find a position in town." "What do you think about that, Żbik?" "I would be glad to be of service, but I doubt I could find a job here." "Besides, I can't imagine living in a city." "There's a garden..." " You could..." " I don't know what I could, there's nothing I can do." "You could breed minks." "Nowadays, everyone does that." "It's against the law to breed minks in the city." "Bees, perhaps." "See, Żbik, you could be a beekeeper." "It's time for us to leave." "Don't get up, dear, you must be tired." " Goodbye." " Our train leaves in forty minutes." "We will get going, as well." " Thank you, Teresa, for coming." " How could I have not?" "You know very well what this house meant to me." "I can't imagine it gone." "This was a Noah's ark for the whole family." "For your grandfather, I'll put an obituary in the paper." "He deserves an article, not an obituary." " You're not coming, counselor?" " Not yet." "You're tired?" "Yes, I'm tired." "In that case, I'll be saying goodbye." "I had expected you to call me as soon as you arrived." "It was getting late." "If I could be of any service..." "Yes, I know." "Thank you." "If you'd like to see me, just give me a call." "I'm at your disposal." "I'll call." "Why don't we meet tomorrow?" "We could dine together." "Very well." " "Under the Rose"?" " Yes. "Under the Rose"." "So, how did you like her?" "Quite." "It's, of course, not what I had in mind for you before the war." "But in our present situation..." "But I don't intend to get married." "Wouldn't you like to have a home?" " These are losing positions." " What do you mean?" "Don't you understand, mother, that today this house is an anachronism?" "If Magdalena leaves, and you refuse to take part" " our campaign..." " I refuse." "I would like to thank you for everything." "Victoria told me that you took care of funeral arrangements all by yourself." "I'm glad to have been of some use." " I feel completely useless here." " Useless?" "Today the world belongs to people free of psychological and traditionalist baggage." "We'll be saying goodbye, dear." " If Żbik could help you in any way..." " I appreciate." "At your service." "I must have a word with you." " Yes?" " I've found an excellent tenant for you." "He's a dentist." "I thought it best to keep this until after the funeral, to avoid upsetting you, but the shoemaker from Ogrodowa Street already filed his request with the housing office." "And they want to set up a shoemaker's shop here." "No, the workshop would stay back there, and this would just be their residence." "They came to me asking to let them in to measure the surface area." "But I didn't let them in." "That's why I didn't go to the funeral, to keep them from barging in." "Thank you, Victoria." "You won't be able to keep the apartment, anyway." "In my opinion, if the shoemaker should take it behind your back, it's better to give it to the dentist, you can come to an agreement, and he'd like to buy the furniture..." "I'd like to keep at least one room for myself." "Tomala's here." "Who?" "Józef." "Master's former orderly." "He's waiting in the library." "Should I serve coffee or tea?" "I'd prefer coffee." "God be with you." "Master had a beautiful funeral." "Thank you for coming, Mr. Tomala." "How not to come?" "After all, old master and I used to be like brothers." "I remember one time we thought it was all over." "Old master was a lieutenant back then, and he had a horse..." "And I would have been left behind." "But he shouts:" ""Jozef!"" ""Grab the horse by the tail!"" "So I did, and in this manner we galloped to our troops." "I mean, back then it was the German trenches." "Yes, I know." "My grandfather told me the story." "And we were both in the insurrection." "You are single now?" "Yes, single." "And the house... you've inherited it?" "There are no other heirs?" "Correct." "I'm the only direct descendant." "Because I, to be quite honest, came to ask you..." "Yes?" "I'm listening." "Perhaps you could rent a room to my daughter?" "She used to be your mother's maid." "She would like to give her children an education." "She has a brave little boy." "And her husband, too, has to commute to work." "I would be glad to help but" "I'm afraid that the whole first floor will be taken." "Does the housing office have to know that one of the rooms is yours?" "But they are four." "Would a single room be enough?" "It would..." "I suppose it would..." "You know what it's like in the countryside." "They have two rooms:" "one to sleep in, and the other is to receive guests." "I have to think about it." "Please forgive me for coming here like this, but today the housing situation is so difficult." "I left behind my prosperous and difficult youth for my own pleasure and to spite fools." "Summer has passed amidst sultry kisses, and to be quite frank," "I'm sick of everything." "Clad in purple and overflowing with gold, autumn tempts me not, nor does faded graces' charm." "As, under her lipstick and powder, an old harlot whom as a young...." " Good morning." " Good morning." "You've made some compote?" "Yes, auntie." "Why did he take off when he saw me?" "Your water's boiling." "Don't you get any ideas about him." "After all, he is a former count." "He's not going to marry you." "If it went that far, you can't tell who'd be turning down whom." "In any case," "I'm not going to the university just to get married into a state farm." "The countess wants him to marry" "Magdalena." "How do you know?" "I've spent thirty years in this house." "But he doesn't like her." "Besides..." "What besides?" "What time should I be back for dinner?" "For dinner?" "Why do you sound so surprised?" "Please, go right ahead, the kitchen will be all yours in an hour." "You can make your dinner then." "What's the matter?" "I am not your cook." "I ran the household for the old master." "I didn't agree to work for you." "And besides," "I'm not Victoria to you." "I didn't mean to offend you, Mrs. Budkowa." "We've known each other for thirty years." "Precisely." "And that's why you're plotting behind my back." "What do you mean?" "I have found you decent tenants, and you're inviting farmhands into the house." "They'll be bringing in mud, and ruin the hardwood floors." "I thought this was my house." "The house used to belong to the old master." "And your domicile is in Warsaw." "But Tomala's daughter used to work at your side as a maid." "You must forget that there ever used to be masters and servants in this house." "How much did Mr. Tomala pay you?" "Anyway, the housing office will never agree to this." "If the housing office doesn't agree, then there's nothing to talk about." "I don't see the point." "Doesn't see the point!" "In any case, I'm a tenant same as the countess, end of story." "Pass the breadcrumbs." "Yep." "Auntie is an ordinary tenant." "The kitchen will be free in an hour." " Good morning." "Do you remember me?" "Of course I do." " May I?" " Go ahead." "I didn't expect to find you here." "Really?" "You see anything interesting there?" "I think it's that lawyer from Kaliska Street who was at the funeral with you." " Yes, it's my cousin." " Cousin?" "Why so surprised?" "Such an old cousin..." "Wouldn't you like to go for a walk?" "For a walk?" "With you?" "Yes, with me." "And where would you like to go?" "We could get out of the city..." "Except today they're racing cars." "This year our speedway drivers are the best, they competed abroad," " and won second prize." " I had no idea." "I mean, I had no idea they went abroad." "And are you a speedway driver, by any chance?" "No, I'm a diver." "A diver?" "Yes, a sky-diver." "Why don't we go to the airport, then?" " Where?" " To the airport..." "Where you go skydiving." "Where do you go skydiving?" "At an airport." "But only in the summer, because I'm still in school." " Where's that airport?" " Here." "Chemistry..." " ... synthetics...." " What do you mean here?" "We have an airport in town?" "Not quite in town." "But who cares where." "Important thing, it's there." "But it's authorized personnel only." "Well, then, the case is closed." "We could go somewhere else." "You must be bored during summer break." "A little bit." "The last days of the last summer break." "But you get a break every year." "Yes, but next year it will be called something else." " Vacation leave." " Not as pretty..." "Why?" "Just different." ""I left behind my lofty and exalted youth, it's time to enter manhood."" "I'm due at a plant in a few days." "There's a plant around here?" "Synthetics plant." "Hence the chaos in the city." " Not chaos, just excitement." " Excuse me." "What was that about?" "These are my friends." "Young astronauts from the technical college." "So you're also interested in astronautics?" "Not exactly." "We lack science materials." "For now, we're just getting ready for tomorrow's holiday." "What holiday?" "A holiday with dancing and fireworks." "Will you come?" "As long as it's not for authorized personnel only." "I don't understand what's keeping Magdalena so long." "Has mother really invited her for coffee?" "Perhaps I haven't." "But I thought, and it should be self-evident, that she would dine at home." "Instead, she went out at noon, and vanished into thin air." " And Antoni is no longer here." " Because he died." "But where could she have gone?" "She won't be in a hurry to get back." "It seems she had plans for supper." "With Counselor Oskar Rennert." "But he's a relative, isn't he?" "Well, you can say that." "Three times removed." "He's been her admirer since she was this big." "Or this." "Do you think that" "Magdalena could pick him?" "I can't imagine she would want to marry anyone from around here." " Besides...." " What besides?" "She's too independent." "Rennert is one of the most talented attorneys." "That's true, but Magdalena would rather marry a lion tamer, or a sky-diver, than a small-town lawyer." "In a word, she's a romantic." "Darling, see if she's back." "I'll get some cigarettes on the way." "And please tell Victoria that when Magdalena gets back to tell her we are waiting for her." "Dear sir..." "Dear sir..." "Please hurry back." "But of course!" "And so our fourth bridge partner is gone." "Gone." "Maybe we could play roulette?" "I always get a good hand in bridge, but in gambling..." " I always lose." " Pick a card." "You're the bank." "When I went to Nice in 1935," "I won 10,000 franks." "And what did you bet on?" "Do you remember?" "On red." "Four times in a row on red, doubling my game each time." "And I started with 500F." "Here you go." "That would make eight thousand." " And not ten." " Really?" " Let it be eight, then." " Let's play." "I'd like four cards half a cent each." "Try the cue ball from the center." "Or you could shoot five." "Oh, well." "But that happens only once in a hundred years." "Already six." "We've been talking for nearly two hours." "I don't even know what we were talking about." "You've explained to me the rules of hitchhiking." "And you told me about your first vacation." "But now I really must be going." "Miss!" "I'm paying for the coffee." "Thank you." "It really makes no sense." "Yes." "You're right." "You don't want to meet with me." "Not that I don't want to." "But I think it's completely unnecessary." "Please, don't walk me home." "Counselor is awaiting you." "I tried calling you, but there was no answer." " Who is that?" " A famous actor." "I'm not familiar." "Please, this way." "Is there an airport around here?" "Never heard of it." "What made you think of an airport?" "Commercial flights?" "What are you meditating on?" "Victoria has some plans of her own." "I had never thought that she, too, could turn against me." "I had always believed it would suffice to come here, and time would stand still." "If I didn't know you, I would never believe that you, too, belong in this town." "Besides, I can imagine how ridiculous this hole must seem to you after all these years." "For me, this is the only place on earth where everything is happening for real." "594 00:41:15,970 -- 00:41:17,314 But here nothing special ever happens." "Or used not to happen... until you came." "Do you know what your arrival means to me?" "You can't imagine what thoughts come to my mind when I look at you." "I'm afraid." "I'm afraid I'll stay here for ever with, as my only prospects, a window facing the court;" "the same table at the restaurant;" "the same streets heading always in the same direction;" "and the yearly trip to Krynica." "I look at this town with horror, with its 30,000 inhabitants, with its plant, its cinema" "I never go to, and with people whose faces and affairs I know by heart." "I'd like to tell you something." "Tell me." "That the most reasonable thing for us to do would be to get married." "You're tipsy." "I've always loved you." "More than anyone else in the family." "I'd like to talk to you about it." "Come tomorrow at five." "Why not today?" "Today I'm tired." "Where are you off to in such a hurry?" "Home." "If you mean that former cavalryman," "I must tell you that he's flirting with your cook's niece." "Let go." "All seven cardinal sins are written all over your face." "You also have changed." "Take care." "What is this?" " A Sunday." " What Sunday?" "You've ordered it." "Put it over there." "As, under her lipstick and powder, an old harlot whom, as a young boy, I once fell for..." "I've already heard it this morning." "And what happened next?" "...I am ready, when on a cool night a faded maple leaf knocks at my window..." "It's a stupid poem." " Why?" " How can a leaf knock at a window?" "Ah, Remember, it was autumn." " I don't remember." " How come?" "Everyone's playing it." " What do you mean playing?" " You've never heard it?" ""...an aged doorman"" ""gave me the key with a smile."" "A propos the key..." "Miss Iwonka, will you give me the key to the front door?" " I'll go fetch some cigarettes." " I won't." "You might lose it." "I'd better hide it below the window." " That could even be pretty." " What?" "If we could sing that poem of yours." "Go ahead, give me the first line." "...I am ready, when on a cool night" "It's getting late." "Let me go!" " What are you doing here?" " Playing." " What?" "!" " Brahms." "I also get stuck on this passage." "But please don't be mad at me." "If..." "If you wish, I can play something else." "May I?" "I've heard it recently." "It went like this..." "I even gave it a title." "Ballad about" "About what?" "About an evening visitor." "Ah, yes." "Yes, how could I have forgotten." "Ballad about an evening visitor." "You live in this museum?" " You don't like it?" " No." "I like it, I just didn't know one could live in something like this." "In any case, I've never seen a house like this." "Sorry..." "I have:" "in a movie." " "The wings of love"" " How did you get in?" "The wings of love carried me over the wall." "For love ignores stone boundaries, and whatever it desires... it dares to attain." "That's new." "I see I have the pleasure of talking to Romeo now." "Of course." "That's what she said." "But she said it so beautifully, close to tears." "Oh, Romeo, my Romeo." "There was an English color film like that." "And he answered:" ""I take thee at thy word:" "Call me but love."" "Have you seen that movie, too, by any chance?" " You have excellent memory." " I do." "I remember a few more similar lines." ""Oh, golden sun!" "Wait a minute..." "Oh, golden sun..." ""Beloved trees!" "And you, oh, stream, who over the rocks, roll your glassy swells with a grievous moan..."" "Glassy?" "That's not as pretty." "It's very spacious here." "I've never had a room to myself." " Is this where you sleep?" " It is." "What are these candles for?" "No, no, no...." "Don't say, I already know." "One day, I'd like to become" " a famous inventor or a scholar..." " To have your own room?" "That, too." "How much money does one need to go to Warsaw, rent a hotel room, and take a woman dancing to the most expensive club?" "How should I know?" "Then she invites him over to her place..." "Of course, they're riding in a carriage, because she is the wife of an old duke." "They must watch out for the old servant, even though he's deaf as a post." "Then... he climbs through the window," "and she's already waiting for him... dressed in lace, her hair... let loose..." "And he doesn't know what to say." "He's flustered, and stares in the mirror." " Je vous aime." " I love you." ""I love you," he said." "And then?" "He kissed her." "Good morning." "You should go now." "Victoria goes to the six o'clock mass." "Are you religious?" "I don't know." "But I'd like it if something were out there." " Everybody would like it." " But of course, that is no proof." "It isn't." "And if told any of my friends that I've been to such a house, and spent a night here they wouldn't believe me, anyway." "I'm glad that the last night spent in my house was so charming." "May I come tonight?" "I'm leaving tonight." " Will you be back again?" " No." "In a few days, new tenants are moving in." "So the house won't be there anymore?" "That's right." "Strangers are going to live in this room." "This was a goodbye." "I should have known:" "that was the only reason you let me stay." "I'll come to Warsaw." "Come." "You should go." "Yes." "I should." "It's not there." "Wait just a minute." "Thank you." "Quiet." "You're leaving today?" "I am." "What will you do with the chain mail?" " What chain mail?" " The one in the office." "I'll be glad to take care of it." "I'm very glad you'll take care of it." "It will be the jewel of my collection." "Wait." "What's your name?" "Alexander." "Miss!" "The Klemczaks are here." " What Klemczaks?" " The ones I told you about." "They were supposed to come today." "The dentist and his wife." "They came with a court order." "Please allow me to introduce myself:" "Klemczak." "Dental technician." "And this is my wife." "May I see that court order?" "I'm very sorry." "But you are well aware that under no circumstances would you be able" " to keep this house." " Yes, I know." "Besides, we could also purchase the furniture." "Of course, if it's not too expensive." " Since they're so old..." " We'll need to get them polished." "This type of furniture should have matt finish." "But this is just a heap of junk." "Such junk would bring large sums at an antique shop." "Only if you're looking to buy." "But not if you're selling." "But I come from a merchant's family." "We can offer you 10 thousand cash." "You could afford a nice trip." "In any case, they wouldn't fit into an apartment." "Luckily, my husband is a dentist, and is entitled to a waiting room." "Sixteen." "Fifteen." "One... two..." "Three... four..." "So far so good." "It should add up all the way through, right?" "There you go, fifteen." "You got a good price for the furniture." "Now we have cultured tenants." "They won't ruin the house." "Excuse me." "Please kindly wait a minute." "I'll bring your keys." "Thank you for coming." "We agreed that I would." "Beautiful roses." "It's a pity I won't have time to put them in water." "He went to see her last night and stayed until midnight." " Who?" " That count of yours." " Why mine?" " She didn't even clean up the bottles and glasses." "I won't allow" "I won't allow you to see him anymore." "Move over already." "So, you would rather he recited poems to her, and stayed in my room till midnight?" "Anyway, the fact that he drank vermouth doesn't mean anything." "Of course it doesn't mean anything, but you can't trust such old goats," "even if they've gone to the dogs." " Will you come back sometime?" " No." "Perhaps on the anniversary of his death." "Call ahead, I'll book you a hotel." "Are you waiting for something?" "No." "No." "No." "Wrong number." "Do I look nice?" " Yes." " We're going to a dance at the aviators' club." " Olek won first prize." " What Olek?" "Mariolka's brother." "Nowak." "And his name is Olek?" "His name is Alexander, but he goes by Olek." "What does he look like, that Nowak?" "Handsome blond." "Decent, but a bit hot-headed." "Time flies." "I remember how you used to go to dances." "You had a pink organza dress." "I wish you a lot of fun." "We'll miss the train." "And your keys?" "You have my grandfather's keys." "I'm giving those to the Klemczaks." "And yours to Iwona." " Here you go." " Thank you." "Let's get going, Magdalena." " Goodbye." "Have you thought about what I said yesterday?" " You couldn't have been serious." " Absolutely serious." "Our marriage could take place..." " if you stayed here." " That's impossible." "I'd like to have a place on earth that, wherever I'd find myself," "I could miss." "The train leaves in two minutes." "You should get on." "I'll come!" "I'll come to Warsaw..." "Are you waiting for someone?" "Don't cry." "Subtitles: aileverte"