Not at all.
They are the same.
Nothing's wrong with the body.
It's normal...
and everything normal is beautiful.
You have a terrific sense of the female body.
These provocative poses.
You'd be a topnotch fashion photographer.
You ought to get a model,
make a portfolio for agencies.
I'll introduce you to the editor of our garden section.
Yeah, sure.
They always need shots of cactuses and roses.
Cactuses?
No.
You're too kind, really,
but I'd rather be a waitress or stay home.
But will you be fulfilled sitting at home?
[Growling]
Arf arf!
What am I going to do,
take pictures of naked women?
Why does everybody want to see pictures of naked women?
Are they that interesting?
Hmm?
Blah!
See you later.
Are you working this afternoon?
Yes, I'll be back late. Will you be all right?
Yes, I suppose so.
Good.
Come with me to Amsterdam in two days.
I've seen Amsterdam.
You have?
A friend of mine sent me
a post card from there.
It's taped up over my toilet.
Haven't you noticed?
Tell me, Franz...
why do you always take me to another city?
Why won't you make love to me in Geneva?
I told you.
Tell me again.
Because I couldn't go to bed with my wife.
You couldn't go from one bed to another?
That's right.
Why?
I feel it would be humiliating to my wife,
to me, and to you.
It might seem ridiculous,
but that's the way it is.
I have to go.
Um-hmm.
Say you'll come with me.
I'll come with you.
It's good to see you.
How are you?
Fine.
I'm fine.
Did Tereza come with you?
Of course.
Good. How is she?
She's...so-so. She's ok.
She's looking for a job.
Good. I'd like to see her sometime.
Of course. What about you?
Fine.
I'm fine.
Good.
I met another man.
Uh-huh.
He's the best man I've ever met.
Ha ha ha! Oh.
He's bright, handsome, good...
And he's crazy about me.
Good.
And he's married.
Good.
There's only one thing.
He doesn't like my hat.
Your hat.
Your hat makes me want to cry, Sabina.
Ha ha ha!
So...
I'll call you.
I'll see you soon.
Ha ha ha ha!
Oh...
Ah...
[Camera Shutter Clicks]
Naked women.
[Ring]
Yes?
Oh, it's you!
Yes.
What?
Some woman said that I should do some...
some nude shots.
Nude shots?
Yeah, nude shots.
For that,
we'd better have a drink first.
Take a glass.
[Gulping]
How is Tomas?
Fine.
Haven't you seen him?
No.
[Click...Click... Click...]
Look at me.
Look up.
[Thunder]
[Rain Pattering]
[Camera Clicking]
Take off your clothes.
What?
Now it's my turn.
I don't like to be naked.
I...
Take off your clothes.
Wait.
Ah! Oh!
Ha...
Ah!
Ha ha ha...
Ah!
No! No!
[Click]
Look at me, Tereza.
[Breathing Deeply]
Ha ha ha ha...
Ha ha ha ha!
[Door Opens]
Ah!
Ha ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Tereza, meet Franz.
Ah!
She's a friend from Prague,
another crazy chick.
Ha ha!
She's modeling for me.
Or I am for her, or something.
I've left her.
What?
I've left my wife.
What did she say?
"Don't forget your tuxedo."
She even helped me pack.
We're still friends, I think.
I have to go home to get some more things--
my books, my tuxedo...
and I want to make sure she's all right.
We didn't argue.
I know you agree.
We have to live in a glass house with no secrets.
We couldn't live in lies anymore.
We have to live in truth.
Sabina, would you mind
if I stayed here for a while?
If it's no imposition.
Until I get my bearings.
If it's all right, I'll...
I'll come back tomorrow...
and, uh...
Oh...
Oh, God.
Ha ha ha...
Ha ha...
Good-bye, Tereza.
See you again, I'm sure.
Listen, Tereza...
I want you to leave now.
I have things I must do.
Sabina?
Maybe I should have stayed.
Stop running.
Stop leaving.
Franz was such a good man.
So...
what are you going to do now?
Leave.
Ha ha ha ha...
Ah, Sabina.
I don't know.
I'll go to...
Paris, maybe.
Or to America.
Come to me.
You want to see America?
Hmm?
Sometime.
Maybe I'm seeing you for the last time.
Maybe.
Karenin.
[Whistles]
[Tereza's Voice] "Tomas, I know
I'm supposed to help you, but I can't.
Instead of being your support,
I'm your weight.
Life is very heavy to me,
and it is so light to you."
"I can't bear this lightness, this freedom.
I'm not strong enough.
In Prague,
I only needed you for love.
In Switzerland,
I was dependent on you for everything.
What would happen if you abandoned me?
I'm weak.
I'm going back to the country of the weak.
Good-bye."
"I'm sorry, but I've taken Karenin."
[Knock On Door]
And your camera.
Ha ha ha!
Ah, cognac?
Ha ha ha!
[Pounds On Hood]
[Helicopter]
[Trumpets Play Dolefully]
[Knock On Door]
[Whimpering]
Are you all right?
Yes, fine.
And Karenin?
Fine, too.
What are you going to do here?
I'll find something.
Oh, Tomas.
Tomas.
Oh...
Oh!
Oh...
I really don't like to do this.
I shouldn't have to do this.
You remember the article you wrote about King Oedipus?
How communist leaders should have put out their eyes?
Yes, I'd almost forgotten.
Well, they haven't.
They've prepared this little letter...
sort of retraction.
Say you got it wrong,
you really didn't understand...
You sign. That's all.
Don't misunderstand.
They're not asking for a public declaration.
They're just prudent bureaucrats.
They've given me their word.
They won't publish anything.
I need you, Tomas.
I hope I can keep you.
You're not a writer, savior of the country.
You're a doctor. A scientist.
This article's so terribly important to you?
It couldn't be less important.
Hi, Tomas.
Hi.
Tomas.
Hello, Jiri!
It's nice to see you back.
How are you?
Thanks, fine.
So...are you going to sign the...thing?
What thing?
Mmm...your, um...
retraction.
What do you know about my retraction?
Have you read it?
No.
But you know how things work.
Who told you I had agreed to go along with it?
See you.
Ha ha ha ha...
I suppose a lot of them
have signed these letters.
They're kept on file.
They know they can be published at any moment,
so they keep quiet, see?
They can't say anything anymore.
They accept everything.
Cowardice slowly becomes a rule of life.
Yes, I have the feeling
that everyone would be very happy to see me sign.
Everyone... everyone but me.
So...what can I do for you?
There is nothing you can do for me, Doctor.
I represent the Ministry of the Interior.
Everybody at the Ministry regrets seeing you here.
You are one of our best brain specialists.
Just between us--
maybe I shouldn't say it--
we don't all agree with the drastic tactics
that are removing our top specialists from their posts.
One can only be sorry about all this.
May I?
Please.
You had a very good position in Geneva,
and you came back to our country.
We very much appreciate your having returned,
but your place is at the operating table.
I couldn't agree more.
Everybody agrees.
Then... tell me, Doctor...
do you really think
that communists should pluck out their own eyes?
You, who have healed so many people?
That wasn't what I meant.
But that's how everyone understood it.
And we can only regret it.
How can you let people think
that you, a doctor,
want to deprive human beings of their right to see?
Maybe someone inspired this article?
No, no one.
Did you know the publishers?
No.
You never spoke?
Once, they asked me over to discuss the article.
Who was it you talked to?
One of the editors.
What was his name?
I don't remember.
I've no idea.
What did he look like?
I can't remember.
Tell me the truth, Doctor.
He was tall...
with...short, blond hair.
A little stooped, hmm?
Perhaps.
And how did he react?
What did he say exactly?
He asked me to make some changes.
So...
you might have been manipulated, Doctor.
Used.
Whether you meant to or not,
your article contributed to
the anti-communist hysteria.
Nobody requires a doctor to understand politics.
Of course, we can't allow a politically suspicious man
to operate on brains.
We have here another declaration.
I would advise you to sign.
"This temporary error...
due to bad influences from so-called intellectuals...
doesn't in any way put in doubt
my faithfulness to the Communist party
or my admiration for the Soviet Union."
Of course, Doctor, it's only a proposition,
a first draft.
If there is something you want to change...
after all, it's your statement.
Just a paper to keep in their files.
It's nothing.
Just in case someone reproaches them
for letting you work here.
Good evening, Excellency.
Why do they call him Excellency?
He was an ambassador in Vienna...before.
Oh.
Give me a cognac.
Ah. Ha.
Are you 18?
Yes.
May I see your identification card?
Haaa.
Ugh! Drunk.
Give me a drink.
All right.
You have beautiful legs!
I watched you in the street.
Ugh.
Ow!
Stay here. I want to look at you.
I love you!
Ohhh!
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Madame.
You have no right to serve alcohol to minors.
That was lemonade.
Do you think I did not see
what else you put into his lemonade?
What are you talking about?
I've been watching you for some time now.
Then be grateful you're watching a beauty,
and keep your mouth shut.
You stay out of this.
What business is it of yours?
And what business is it of yours, my friend?
Well...
Thanks.
Don't mention it.
That man comes here all the time.
He's...
He's terribly unpleasant.
Promise me you won't think about him anymore.
I promise.
I like hearing you make me promises.
What is a beautiful girl like you
doing in this terrible part of Prague?
What are you doing here?
I'm living here. I'm an engineer.
I just stopped here by chance.
I live very near here.
[Tapping]
You're a doctor, aren't you?
Yes.
May I see you for a moment?
I have windows to do.
Oh, don't worry about it.
Come.
Come in.
Don't worry about the window.
I'll tell them all the work has been done.
A glass of wine?
Thank you. That would be very nice.
Sit down.
I've heard so much about you.
When I saw you, I said to myself,
"What a coincidence.
He's the one who can help me."
Of course, I'll pay for the consultation.
I've had a pain in my back
for a few months,
and I would like to get
your opinion about it.
Take off your clothes.
Everything?
Everything.
It's, uh...
here.
[Sniffing]
[Sobbing]
What's the matter?
Tell me what's wrong.
What's wrong?
You forgot to wash your hair.
What are you talking about, Tereza?
Your hair smells of a--
What?
Of another woman's sex!
I thought you had come back here for me.
I did come back here for you, Tereza.
Then why do you keep seeing other women?
I don't know what to say to you.
I know, I know.
You've explained it a thousand times.
A thousand times.
There is love and there is sex,
and sex is entertainment, like football.
I know it's light.
I wish I could believe you, but...
How can someone make love without being in love?
I just don't know.
Let me try.
Oh, no.
You'd reject me if I tried.
I wish I could be like you...
insensitive...
strong...
Strong.
[Voices Arguing In Czech]
Oh, hello.
I just tried--
Come in.
It's a very simple place.
I hope you don't mind.
No, not at all.
All these books are yours?
Yes.
What do you want to drink?
Anything.
Wine?
No. Coffee?
Ok. I'll go fix some.
Shall I take your coat?
Yes.
Sit down.
Thank you.
I'm very glad you came here.
I didn't want to come here.
Of course not.
[Creaking]
There is somebody here,
behind that curtain.
You're being silly.
Draw aside the curtain.
I told you-- you're being silly.
So why don't you draw aside the curtain, please?
Look. Nothing.
And over here.
I can feel that you want it.
What are you looking at?
But be careful.
It was very well set up--
a young, provocative drunkard,
then the other one,
the one who attacked you.
Then the third one, who gained your confidence
just because he took your side.
The engineer?
The so-called engineer.
Why do you look afraid?
You have nothing to be afraid of.
But I went to see him,
at his place,
with my dog and a friend.
He offered us some...some coffee.
How do you know it was his place?
They have a lot of places they can use.
Pretty cheap place for an engineer.
You know what they do
with foreign diplomats?
A beautiful girl,
an apartment,
a hidden camera.
Then they blackmail the poor man.
And he does what he is told to do.
That's Vienna in '61.
That's me there,
just behind Kennedy and Khruschev.
I'm in the back. You can hardly see me.
Are you sure he was from the police?
I'm not sure of anything.
Anybody can be from the police.
[Laughter]
Maybe your engineer is a real engineer.
Ah!
Who knows?
They know.
And now they have what they wanted.
Now you are afraid.
[Crying Softly]
Tomas.
I don't want to stay here.
I want to go away,
to leave.
To leave?
Again?
We left here once.
We were in Switzerland. Then we left Switzerland.
Now you want to leave again. Why?
I don't understand.
Prague has grown so ugly.
[Crying]
No.
I know there's another reason.
[Footsteps]
Oh...
Please tell me.
I want to leave.
They've taken our passports.
There's nowhere we can go.
We can't go anywhere.
Maybe we can.
[Humming]
Ha ha ha!
[Snorts]
Mephisto is big now. Huh? Look, look.
Look, Karenin.
Mephisto's here.
Ah!
Phooey.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
[Cow Mooing]
Karenin prefers Mephisto to dogs.
She thinks other dogs are silly.
[Snort]
Ha ha...
Do you know why I love Mephisto?
Because he's very bright,
but at the same time,
he doesn't know anything.
After all, he doesn't know
that life is impossible here now.
Nothing left here.
The church is gone.
No place to drink beer now.
It's good... very good.
[Slurp]
If you two ever change your mind...
it won't be easy to leave.
We'll never leave.
Arf! Arf! Arf!
Moo!
Yah!
Ha ha ha!
Can I help you?
Uh!
Ha ha ha!
Aah!
Ah!
[Mooing]
[Cowbells Ringing]
Look at Karenin.
I don't like the way she's running.
Yes, you're right.
[Whistles]
Karenin, come on.
Come on. Come on, girl.
Come on.
Let's have a look at her.
[Whimpering]
What is that?
It's from the vet.
It's the result of the tests.
What did they say?
Cancer.
Oh, look at that. Look at it.
Oh, it smells so good. Look.
Come on, Karenin.
Look, Tereza loves it, too.
Oh, look at that.
Oh, oh...
Grr.
Mm...mmm...
mmm...
Oh, she's smiling.
Oh, Karenin,
it's so good to see you eat again.
I was forced to love my mother.
But not to love this dog.
You know, Tomas...
maybe...maybe I love her more
than I love you.
Not more.
I mean in a better way.
I'm not jealous of her.
I don't want her to be different.
I don't ask her for anything back.
I don't think we should wait.
[Dog Whimpers]
If we do, she'll have to go through terrible pain.
Yeah.
You should do it yourself.
Yeah.
Look.
She's smiling.
Just hold her and talk to her.
Don't be scared.
Don't be scared, Karenin.
You won't feel any pain there.
It'll be beautiful there.
You'll have cows to chase.
[Dog Whimpers]
And Mephisto will be there.
Mephisto will be there.
Don't be scared.
Aaah!
[Speaking Czech]
Tomas!
Aah...
What happened?
Shoulder.
Now, lie down. Lie down.
Arrrr...
Not this way. Come on!
Turn around.
All right, let go.
Let go!
Hold that arm.
Errr...
You've dislocated your shoulder,
and I'm going to put it back for you.
It's going to hurt.
Yaaah!
You ready?
Aaggghh!
And again.
Oorrrhh!
One more time. Come on.
Ah!
Whew.
Do you feel better?
Your wife is damn beautiful today.
You dumb idiot. Tereza is always pretty.
Yes, I know,
but especially today.
Seeing you in this dress
makes me want to dance with you.
Yes! Let's all go and dance!
Sure, but where?
I know where.
We can go to Milos' Tavern.
It's 40 kilometers away.
I'll drive.
I'll drink.
And we'll take you and Mephisto,
the dancing pig.
[Snorts]
And all the women will faint
when they get an eyeful of those two pigs
walking in together. Ha ha ha!
Yai!
Let's go!
[Thunder]
[Singing In Czech]
[Pianist And Violinist Play Sentimental Journey]
[Pig Squeals]
Ha ha ha ha!
[Yelling In Czech]
Shh!
No pigs allowed.
Ah, come on!
He's wearing a tie!
No. Everyone who comes here must order a drink.
Only one?
Did you hear that, Mephisto?
Ha ha ha ha!
Wine for everybody
and beer for him...
[Snorts]
A large one. Make it a pilsner.
When Mephisto drink wine,
he goes crazy.
Ha ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
[Applause As Song Ends]
There's no girls for me...
except you, Tereza.
[Musicians Play]
Tomas...
No, no, I can't drink.
Ah...
I must not. I'm driving.
Ho ho ho! Driving.
Listen.
Why not spend the night here,
you and Tereza.
You take the truck tomorrow.
Ah.
[Mephisto Squeals]
Hey!
[Speaking Czech]
Ha ha ha!
[Burping]
Ya-ha!
[Seagulls Calling]
Nice.
[Whistling]
Excuse me.
Hey, Sam.
I got a special delivery here for you,
from Europe.
I'll see you, Sabina.
See you.
[Bell Rings In Distance]
What is it?
Bad news?
Some friends died.
They were coming back from spending the night
in some small hotel there,
gone there to dance, and they...
It was raining, and...
the brakes on their truck didn't work.
They were killed instantly.
I was...
I was their closest friend.
Sorry. Damn shame.
Come to our place for dinner tonight,
if you feel up to it.
[Musicians Play Tango]
Tomas...
what are you thinking?
I'm thinking how happy I am.