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Warsaw Radio. I was a technician. I saw you almost every day. |
Sorry, I don't remember. |
Doesn't matter. You've nothing to worry about. I'll visit often. |
You don't want to worry about that. My grandfather was jilted by his girl friend when he got jaundice. In my opinion, jaundice is not very serious. Drink up. |
Why didn't you come sooner? It's been over two weeks. |
Thank God Wladek! You're wounded. |
It's a little cut, nothing. |
I've been worried sick. |
Pack, darling, get your things, pack. |
Where are we going? |
Out of Warsaw. |
Out of Warsaw. Where? |
And what do you think you'll do while you're setting up a new line of defence? Wander round lugging your suitcases? |
Pack, Wladek, there's no time. |
I'm not going anywhere. |
No, no, no, I'm staying put. If I'm going to die, I prefer to die at home. |
God forbid! |
I'm sorry, I did my best, I thought the certificates would save us all. |
Stop it, Wladek. |
How long have you been here? |
Since last night. I was pleased to see you. |
They're going to start the final resettlement now. We know what it means. We sent someone out. Zygmunt. A good man. His orders were to follow the trains out of Warsaw. He got to Sokolow. A local railwayman told him the tracks are divided, one branch leading to Treblinka. He said every day freight trains carrying people from Warsaw forked to Treblinka and returned empty. No transports of food are ever seen on that line. And civilians are forbidden to approach the Treblinka station. They're exterminating us. Won't take them long. We're sixty thousand left. Out of half a million. Mostly young people. And this time we're going to fight. We're in good shape. We're organised. We're prepared. |
If you need help... |
Have a favour to ask. I want to get out of here. |
It's easy to get out, it's how you survive on the other side that's hard. |
I know. But last summer, I worked for a day in Zelazna Brama Square. I saw someone I knew. A singer. Her husband's an actor. They're old friends. I've written their names down. And their address. If they're still there. Janina Godlewska and Andrzej Bogucki. Good people. Majorek, you go into the town every day. Would you try and make contact? Ask them if they'd help me get out of here? |
I tried your friends. They're not at that address any more. But. |
You made contact? |
Be ready to leave in two days' time. Same place as last night. |
Puppydog, what d'you mean, you forgot? |
What d'you think I mean, Kitten? I forgot, that's what I mean. |
You know what? You treat me like dirt! |
I treat you like dirt because you are dirt. |
Pig! |
Cow! |
Pig! |
Bitch! |
Dirty pig! |
You're a dirty pig! |
Takes one to know one! Pig! |
If I play like an angel, why don't you listen? |
I was listening, Kitten. |
Liar, you fell asleep. Pig! |
Jurek? Wladek Szpilman. |
Wladek! How are you? |
Fine, we're fine, thank you, and you? |
Fine, we're fine in the circumstances. But I can guess what you've called about. There's nothing we can do; they won't reopen the station |
Yes, I know, but Jurek, Jurek... |
...not even music, nothing, no radios for the Poles. But I'm sure you'll find work, Wladek, a pianist like you. |
Maybe, maybe not, but, Jurek, don't be offended, I didn't call to discuss my future career. |
Ah, here. Today's news from the other side. |
You're amazing, Jehuda. |
No, I'm a socialist. I have brothers everywhere. They bring me news and food. We care about our fellow human beings. Workers of the world unite. |
So, what's the news? |
The Germans are advancing on Kharkhov. |
I don't know why I come here every evening, it's always such bad news. |
Bad news, you crazy? You have no world view, Wladek, that's your trouble. The news couldn't be better. The moment Hitler invaded Russia, I knew we'd be all right. Remember Napoleon. Same business. The Germans will freeze to death, please God. |
Jehuda, give me something to do. |
You're an artist, Wladek, you keep people's spirits up. You do enough. |
But I want to help, I want to. |
You're too well known, Wladek. And you know what? You musicians don't make good conspirators. You're too...too musical. |
There are notices going up. The city's to be cleansed of undesirables. |
There are always notices going up. |
Five hundred. You know how many people on average read one copy? Twenty. That makes ten thousand readers. These will start the uprising. Majorek hides them in his underpants. And leaves them in toilets. |
Toilets? |
I thought you'd be off on tour, playing London, Paris, New York? |
Not this week. |
I have to say you look terrible. What's the trouble? |
You've heard the rumours they're going to resettle us in the East? |
Rumours, rumours, you take it all too much to heart, Wladek. |
I've been trying to get a certificate of employment for my father. I've managed to get certificates for me and the rest of the family but I need one more for my father. I've been trying all the firms, the shops... |
Why didn't you come to me? |
I didn't know you were in the certificate business. |
I'm not, but Majorek is. |
Can you help? I've no money... |
Please, don't insult us. Can you do something for him? |
No one thought they'd hold out so long. |
should never have come out. I should've stayed there, fought with them. |
Wladek, stop that. It's over now. Just be proud it happened. My God, did they put up a fight. |
Yes, so did the Germans. |
They're in shock. They didn't expect it. Nobody expected it. Jews fighting back? Who'd have thought? |
Yes, but what good did it do? |
What good? Wladek, I'm surprised at you. They died with dignity, that's what good it did. And you know something else? Now the Poles will rise. We're ready. We'll fight, too. You'll see. |
They bombed us, we're off the air. |
Warsaw's not the only radio station. |
Mama, that was a great dinner. |
It certainly was. |
No, no. Listen, I've been thinking |
That makes a change. |
You know what we do? We use psychology. |
We use what? |
We leave the money and the watch on the table. And we cover it like this. In full view. The Germans will search high and low, I promise you, they'll never notice it. |
Of course they'll notice it. But look This is a good place for something. |
A good place for what? He's insane! |
Just shut up. |
But...they won't get all of us... we'll...it's too small...there's four hundred thousand of us in Warsaw! |
No. Three hundred and sixty thousand, so it'll be easy. |
You sell anything? |
Just one. Dostoevsky. The Idiot. Three zlotys. |
That's better than yesterday. |
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