After Hitler occupied Czechoslovakia and declared the region
the Slovak Republic, the Jewish persecution policy
was adopted by the Tiso regime.
On the eve of 1942
Tony!
Tony, are you at home?
Tony! Where are you?
Did you take the trough to Mrs. Firic?
Do you know how many tons of ships the British sunk today?
What?
Or were British ships sunk?
And did she pay you?
Well, I told her: "Mrs. Firic,
you can be sure that a trough made by me is waterproof."
And the money?
Is that all?
- She gave me a pair of pigeons. - What a bargain!
Do you think I can pay my bill at the grocer's with the pigeons?
Put your tools away!
Are you asleep, or what? Are you listening?
Tony! What are you gawking at over there?
I'm putting the tools away.
Did you see the lovely structure going up on the square?
The height of it! And so many people around it.
The whole town talks of nothing else.
Even little Tibie is working at the site,
I even saw old lame Frank there, even Dzurilla, and Kamenicky.
That's nonsense... you don't understand anything.
I don't understand?
Didn't I tell you: they are building the monument
without even Mr. Brtko's help? And there it is!
The hell they are! I wonder where they got the money from.
The money? Just go and see for yourself!
I'll go when I feel like going.
Of course, you know best.
You are too stuck-up to go and see your own brother-in-law.
Tell Mark, others are fighting at the front.
Let me help. You'll make lots of money.
- We could live well. - To hell with Mark!
You'd be sick to use the Fascist greeting, what?
I am not a parrot.
You think your arm would go numb if you raised it in greeting?
At your service, madam!
Everybody else is smarter than you!
- Shut up! - What?
The workshop!
It's a waste of time talking to you! As if you were deaf...
Essenc! Come on!
Where are you going now?
Dress myself to look real smart, for my beloved, my sweetheart
To hell with her... she keeps ordering me about.
Go to town - go! Go to the workshop - go!
Nothing but go, go, go!
Look who's here! Run away, Essenc, no!
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Amen
Hello, Mr. Blumenfeld!
Good day to you!
Essenc! Where's your master?
Hey, Tony! Now what's wrong? Are you cross with me?
- I'm in a hurry. - You're always in a hurry!
Come... I want to have a word with you!
That wooden monument won't run away!
You know what I mean.
It's a dirty job... I have only one arm and one soul -
but I advise you, most sincerely,
keep your hands off that dirty business! Fascist politics.
Geza, I left my money at home.
Essenc! Beg nicely!
Well, that's nice! Here.
Slowly! Slowly! Over to the right!
Welcome, Brtko!
Hey, boss! Did you come to give us a hand?
You can do your work alone!
Have you come to inspect the work, Tony?
Just a little... good afternoon, Mr. Kuchar!
And what do you think of our wooden "Tower of Babylon?"
Nice job! You won't find another one like it.
By tomorrow, we'll be able to stretch our hands out
and touch the stars!
You are joking, Mr. Kuchar!
I am not... I don't want to risk my pension.
There's nothing new under the sun, my friend.
There were Pharaohs - and pyramids before.
- Who? - Pharaohs!
But it's all ashes now... and only shame is left.
These are serious things, Mr. Kuchar.
Yes, very serious, very.
Take 50 cubic meters of wood at 1500 crowns
that is three times five.
Yes, but people get good wages!
Don't you?... You are a skilled carpenter, aren't you?
Yes... but I have a nagging wife.
Remember, Mr. Kuchar, when I made that gate for you?
What I need right now are some good materials.
His Excellency is coming! Have you been waiting for him, Tony?
I'd better go now!
What are you running away for? Wait.
Are you scared of your own brother-in-law?
He can go to the devil - my own brother-in-law.
Hold on! If you wait long enough, you may see the day!
Look how fat he's grown.
All those pig-slaughters and the good wine!
He's as fat as a bishop! Never mind a bishop?
An archbishop! The local god.
To me he is the same as ever. A good-for-nothing loafer -
the big shot commander!
If I had a brother-in-law like him,
I'd get a cushy job myself.
Well, smile at him! Smile, will you?
Well - what is it?
Laudatur!
Essenc!
We are going!
What have I ever done to deserve such a husband?
Move off, you beast - you are as bad as your master!
Shut up!
Good evening!
What - cat got your tongue?
Rosie!
Here you are, Tony! Some medicine for you! Catch!
Oh, God!
Just look at him!
Help! Help! The deluge! Save your souls!
Now look what he's done... just like a baby.
So what? Splashing about like a child, splashing.
You do have funny ideas, Mark!
Forgive this mess - I'll clean it up right away.
Don't stand like a statue in the puddle!
Let's have a rag and a broom, hurry up! A rag!
I don't want you to do that!
I told him not to soak his feet in the kitchen but in the yard
but he just won't listen.
Here! And wipe it well! Rosie, my dear.
All this work is our fault.
Of course not! That's nothing.
I always said to Tony: Watch out, blood is thicker than water.
What's all the fuss about! Look what I've got! Look!
You've never seen so much food in your life.
Like in the delicatessen's shop window!
But that's nothing, Evelyn.
Mark came home from the office and said:
Hurry up, Rosie, we're going out to visit people.
I said, visit whom? Tony and Evelyn, he said.
We can't put it off any longer.
Of course he didn't have to ask me twice!
Hell and damnation, we forgot the caviar at home!
Rum!
Hurry up, Tony, get the glasses! From the sideboard!
We shouldn't have come without the caviar!
What a thing to do! We shouldn't have!
Let me see your hat. Did you buy it
at the Modiste's on main street? So beautiful!
Hey, look! It's a fire!
Christ! Water... get water, quickly!
Tony, don't just dance around!
Bravo, Tony, bravo... you'll make a fine fireman!
Well, my dears... Our time has come at last!
We've got good times, plenty of food and drink,
thank God, and our freedom too.
Let's live in peace and unity, as befits an honorable and
decent family! Let's drink to that!
Isn't he sweet?
Well said, Mark!
Long live our wives!
Well, Tony? Shall we drink another glass?
Pour it out and let's drink to your carpenter Patron Saint!
There's an old saying that two glasses help you sing,
three help you to embrace and five help you to quarrel.
Let's forget it, Tony! What's past is past,
let's drown it in rum, Slivovitz or Terkelitz...
Whatever you want!
And we'll be happier than we ever were! Cheers!
Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!
Tony, do we have to beg you on our knees?
Aren't you drinking, Tony?
Drink it up, or you'll make me cross...
I am all right... I even feel like drinking.
What did you say that old saying was... with the... glasses?
I can't even remember.
- Three glasses help you what? - To sing.
Yes... well, let's drink the way our fathers did before us.
Only I guess they didn't have much. They were poor
but we are rich and get richer!
Bottoms up!
I keep blowing my whistle... dad has a right to squeeze mum.
I keep blowing my whistle...
I'll squeeze you too when we are wed
Rosie, my dear, how are we ever going to pay you back?
Sit down, stop showing off!
Stop showing off!
Wait! Now I'm going to tell you.
Why don't you leave him? Let him talk, he's charming!
Come on, Tony, say it, don't mind her!
We are a free country now. You can speak!
I won't if you order me to!
Stop it, Tony!
But my dear Tony, say what you've got to say,
that's what we are here for! You have the floor! Speak!
I have the floor - whether you want to or not, you know?
It's true, you've pleased us with so many presents.
You've no reason to complain!
Only... what I'd like to know... you devil, my benefactor
who will reimburse me for my inheritance?
That's what I've been waiting for!
Yes, that's what I had on my mind.
Who's going to make up for the garden?
Silence! Who bribed the lawyer?
Who paid the notary to ignore the register?
Just tell me that if you are so clever! Just tell me that!
And when I came to see you and said: Commander,
wouldn't there be a job for me on that Babylon tower of yours
now called "a monument", what did you tell me?
What... what... did you... tell me?
Just answer me! What did you tell me then!
You showed me the door, threw me out like a dog,
that's what you've done, just like a dog!
That's enough! Quiet!
Listen, you...
in the name of your carpenter Patron Saint, damn him -
do you realize where I could have been today if you, too,
had joined the Fascist Guard? Listen, you!
Because of you they are calling me an alibist. You...
you... you Ali Baba!
To hell with that garden of yours, do you understand?
To hell with your farm! Today things are different!
You martyred carpenter!
I'll show you the kind of brother-in-law you've got!
Look! Take it! You'll soon know who I am! Here, you coward!
Take it and read it aloud!
Aloud, so that everyone can hear you!... Read it!
Court-Order: According to #1 ordinance No. 31, 40
the Jewish business, namely the textile shop of the widow
H. Lautmann, Hlinka Square 69, is taken over
for temporary administration. The administrator
of this business until further notice is Antony Brtko.
What do you say now?
You'll take over Lautmann's Jewish shop - for good!
Na Straz.
Na Straz! Yesterday, poor, tomorrow, rich!
You can throw your carpenter's tools out the window.
I knew it... I swear I did.
Rosie, Rosie, my dear, I knew it.
You see now?
Tony! My dear brother-in-law... ...my dear.
I have a good looking girl... she keeps a market-stall
selling potatoes on Main Street
No, no, not potatoes! We'll sell better products.
Why are you looking so sad? We'll drink up and that's that!
Give me a kiss, sweetie!
I have a good looking girl...
Wait, Tony! Here, have one of these!
Take one! Do you like the case? Take it! Take it!
I'm not in the habit to owe anything, understand?
Let me see! Look, this is the way... it opens.
Leave him alone! He'll learn to be a proper gentleman!
Take it, Tony, it's yours!
Do you have any more salad?
For you? Always, Mark!
Tony, don't you lose it!
You'll see - I'll make a classy gentleman of him yet!
Let me tell you, my boy, if one pulled to the left
and the other to the right, things would be in a mess.
That's a fact!
Well, as I've been telling you:
have you ever seen a cock that didn't crow at dawn?
That goes for us too, my friend!
Let's get going while the going's good.
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!
You dope, are you drunk? Now you've woken up the whole yard!
Now remember what I tell you... we are one family, understand?
And if we don't get rich now, as God and the Führer want us to,
we'll never do it! That's serving our country! Remember that!
I don't believe it... it shines! It actually shines!
It shines.
It's a flash-light, so why shouldn't it shine?
It has to shine, a flash-light...
A flash-light.
That's nice, hum?
Three!
Five! You won't last.
Five! Five! We'll see who lasts longer.
Tony, Tony, don't be mad!
Six!
Seven!
No, this is the sixth!
No, this is the sixth.
Leave me alone, will you? I counted them... six... seven!
And eight!
Eight! Here you are!
Don't, don't drink! Eight... nine!
Let him be... Wait! The last one! Now the last one.
And...
Ten! This is the tenth!
Bravo!
He's a real man!
I swear, I'd have never believed you can do it!
A czardas!
I am just as good as you are.
I am just as good as you, good as you... my girl.
Come on, Tony, dance! Climb on the stool.
You'll fall off!
I want to speak!
Oh, be quiet!
Quiet, Quiet!
The Führer is speaking:
Excellent! Go on, Tony!
Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
He's sick.
Didn't I tell everyone he's a coward and not a man?
Just watch him! He'll be sick all over the kitchen!
Tony! Tony! He can't take it.
Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
Let's go home.
Get up, Tony, get up!
Get up, my dear... it's late already.
I saw a white butterfly in my dream.
A white butterfly.
A white butterfly... a white flag... love thy neighbor.
Here is a clean handkerchief, if you need it.
I ironed your Sunday shirt.
Get up, Tony! It's morning already,
and you should have been in the shop already!
Look how I polished your shoes! What a lovely day!
Here's your cigarette-case.
The Court order concerning the Jewish shop
is in your right-hand pocket. Don't lose it!
You have to look clean and tidy!
God grant us a good morning, neighbors!
Good morning!
The guests stayed late, what?
Yes, very late.
You didn't get much sleep.
Yes.
Go to hell! You, too!
Don't trust anybody, Tony! You've got to put out a sign:
We don't sell on credit - if you've no money, don't buy.
Don't forget!
Essenc! Come - you'll stay at home!
Here I am... a rich man before I realize it.
Beliansky is a rich man too... Vincenc!
This doesn't look as high as I thought it was yesterday.
Good morning!
What is it you need, young man?
- Safety pins? - What? No, no.
Well, what? We've got everything.
This? As you wish.
No, no... thank you!
You don't have to worry, young man.
You don't suffer from rheumatism yet... I can't sleep from pain.
My hands are like ice... like ants crawling all over them.
The doctor says: gout! No, I say, doctor, that isn't gout,
it's my years... the old age.
Did you know Mr. Sekerak?
Not the ice-cream vendor, but his brother -
the one who worked in Laborec, in the forest
the gout twisted his hands... he is a sick man now.
The poor lady... who did you say it was?
Not a lady... Sekerak, the carter...
poor man ate fish all his life.
I mean on Sundays - week days they had porridge or potatoes.
On Sabbath, a fish is the best thing.
I don't know.
It's easy to make: you need trout, an onion, carrots.
Mrs. Lautmann, I didn't come for recipes...
I... for heaven's sake, where did I put it?
Here! Read it! I was afraid I had lost it.
Please, forgive me... I don't see well enough to read.
You don't see well enough? Well.
I have been appointed Aryan manager of your shop.
Excuse me?
Your shop.
Oh, you want buttons! We've got them.
We've got cotton buttons, steel buttons, big ones,
small ones for shirt... A nice selection.
Listen, Mrs. Lautmann! I'll try to explain.
You are Jewish, right? Well, and I am an Aryan.
The Jewish shops are all gone! That's the law.
Now only Aryans can keep shops.
That's what they call "Aryanization". Understand?
I don't.
You don't understand.
Yes, here it is, all in black and white.
I am your Aryan... and you are my Jewess. Do you understand?
You are the rent-collector! Or are you the bailiff?
No, I am not... I am your Aryan!
Just as I thought... such a solid man.
Do forgive me, young man. I don't hear well.
What's your name, young man?
Brtko. Tony Brtko.
Krtko?
No, Mrs. Lautmann... not Krtko - B... B...
Krtko... an interesting name... I know... I know.
My Heinrich.
My beloved dead husband, used to say: Rosalie, Rosalie.
I'd rather you starved but the taxes have to be paid!
The old bills are in the pantry.
A shop-keeper must think of his honor first, right?
Well, am I right, Mr. Krtko... am I right?
This is what I brought from the Waldes' Factory.
Here! And this is... wait... am I right?
Am I right?
Yes... you are right... you are right.
Good day!
Oh, Imro! Imro!
Brtko! What are you doing here? Buying buttons for Evelyn?
Imro - I've been waiting for you since morning.
Don't be angry... I've brought you a fish for Sabbath.
A fish you've never had before!
You'll have enough to invite even Brtko.
Mr. Brtko has been waiting quite long already.
I thought he was a bailiff from the court in Brno.
Brtko the bailiff?
You are all dressed up, that's why the poor old soul thought...
Well... I'll come another time.
Wait, Tony, wait!
Yes.
Don't worry... there's nothing to worry about.
Everything's all right... Look, Rosalie, make us a cup of tea.
- Tea? - Tea!
Tea... yes... It won't take a minute.
A nice cup of tea... the way you always do.
We'll join you in a second.
Well...
Well? What?
Well, I say.
I swear to God I didn't do anything to get it.
You didn't do anything;
and yet, you've been appointed manager of her shop?
If I didn't take it, someone else would.
Fool!
Now that's enough! Don't be rude! I am no fool.
If I tell you I've got the decree.
Look, Tony, if I hadn't known you all your life
I'd say you are a gangster!
But you are only an old fool they've cheated.
- Who? - Your own brother-in-law!
Why would he cheat me?
Just watch closely! Watch...
Don't you know that they've already divided
all the good Jewish shops among themselves!?
You've been cheated, friend! Kolkocky threw a bone to you -
a bone sucked dry and cleaned before!
You think she was living on the profits from the shop?
She lives on the alms the Jews collect for her.
Well, look.
See for yourself!
I see it... I get it now, Mr. Kuchar.
Wait! Tony, where are you going?
Home, Mr. Kuchar... I don't give a damn about all this.
Actually, I am quite pleased.
I'll go up to the town-hall
and tell them what they can do with their decree
trying to cheat decent people.
You are just like a little boy.
What will you, tell them? That Kolkocky cheated you
that this is no gold mine but a broken down, dilapidated hole?
They'll show you the door!
No one is going to make a fool of me!
Let them try their tricks on others.
Look Tony, I'd much rather you took over the shop
than another stupid lout. We can reach an agreement.
Mrs. Lautmann hasn't died of starvation yet
and you won't regret it either.
What am I supposed to do?
You? Nothing.
We can arrange things to work both ways.
You never know when you will need it.
I could have been looking down from that picture
and old Lautmann could have been standing here with you.
I still remember the day in the trenches
bullets whistling past my head.
One of us had to stick his head out.
Lautmann did - and I am here.
A bullet hit him in the head.
My mother always bought buttons from Mrs. Lautmann.
Oh, tea! Tea, tea, tea!
Thank you. No one makes such good tea as you do, Rosalie!
Jasmine tea.
Tony, come and sit down.
Sit down, make yourself at home, sit down.
Do you know who this gentleman is, Rosalie? You don't?
That's the one I told you about - Lilly's cousin
I've told you often enough.
He said he'd come to help you with the store.
For a month or two... maybe even longer -
Yes, Lilly's cousin. Don't you remember?
Is that him?
But Mr. Kuchar, what are you talking about?
I am the "Arisator", not some "help".
Don't interfere. I know what I'm doing!
She doesn't know anything about the "Arisation".
Maybe she doesn't even know there's a war.
What did the young man say?
But what are you going to do, Mr. Kuchar?
He said he will come, but tomorrow
and as often as you need him.
Sure! May God bless you for being so good.
I am not as alone as I often think.
What's the young man's name?
His name is Tony! Tony!
You'll be like my own son, Tony!
Oh, oh! I forgot to get the vinegar for your fish!
See, Tony? Everything can be arranged.
Tony, have you ever heard the German saying
"To live and let live?" " To feed the wolf and keep the sheep?"
Andrew took over Weinstein's saw-mill who still works there.
I am going to see him now and tell him:
Mr. Weinstein, that's why you've got to raise your taxes
to save the widow Lautmann.
And what if he doesn't pay?
If Weinstein won't, I'll go to Hartmann, see?
They still have money. Or I'll go and see Lowy, Roth.
- Do you know Katz? - The barber?
Yes.
Yes... well... it's nothing...
What have I been saying?
About the barber.
Yes... look Katz the barber is the cashier.
You'll get your "wages" from him every week.
Wages?
Don't you understand? You are the Aryan administrator
of Mrs. Lautmann's shop, aren't you?
Thus, you become an employee of the Jewish Community!
Do you understand? With a regular monthly wage.
You don't say.
Don't I? You'll do that. You'll get it, let's see
six or seven hundred Crowns a month.
You never make that much in your own trade.
Yes, Mr. Kuchar... Did you know Cutka,
the one that stuck his hand
into the circular saw?
It's a hard job... taking over a Jewish shop.
Tell me... what did she say?
The old lady was surprised, then said she doesn't care
whether the shop is managed by Tom, Dick or Harry.
So she doesn't care whether it's me or someone else.
And I said: "You have nothing to worry about, Mrs. Lautmann."
"I am not going to eat you."
And she said: "I've been dreaming of you.
"You are a nice Arisator." She'd been dreaming of me.
The old woman! She can help me in the beginning,
work as my assistant.
Don't let her cheat you!
Why would she? I told her, I said: "Mrs. Lautmann, watch it!
"I won't stand for any... trick or such."
And the keys? Did she give you the keys?
- The keys? - Yes.
- I will get them tomorrow. - What?
She'll give me the keys tomorrow! She won't eat them!
You left her the keys?
I have to go slow... I'd scare her... she is rather old.
Is she? Wait, Tony!... Look what I've bought for you!
What is it?
In this you'll make notes of everything in the shop,
what's lying, what's standing,
and remember, she doesn't keep her wealth in the shop,
but hidden under the floor.
Good day!
- Excuse me! - That's all right.
Good day! I'll be with you in a minute... Good day!
Good day.
Mrs. Lautmann! Mrs. Lautmann!
You have to knock harder - she is quite deaf!
She needs her ears cleaned.
- Good day, Mrs. Andric. - Good day!
Mrs. Lautmann!
Oh, it's Krtko? What are you doing here?
My name is Brtko! Tony!
Don't mind me... come in, nice of you to have come!
Mrs. Lautmann... we have to open the shop!
I am sorry I haven't tidied up. I didn't know you were coming.
Did you have breakfast? I overslept.
I said to myself: "it's Sabbath today, there's plenty of time."
Mrs. Lautmann,
people are wondering why we haven't opened the shop yet.
It's almost Eight... Bim... Bim... Eight! It's late!
Do tell me - did you have breakfast?
I did... I did.
Do sit down!
Mrs. Lautmann... we can't go on this way.
We have to open up!
The key! The lock! The shutters!
We want to sell buttons, don't we?
No, my boy - it's Sabbath today. I never open on Sabbath.
Never sell buttons.
Sabbath or not - business is business!
No, no... do sit down, do!
No, I won't! Listen, you!
Where are you going!
That isn't the right door! The toilet is in the yard!
Do you have the key? Tony! Tony! Krtko!
I'll be right back!
Have you seen Mr. Kuchar?
He's next door!
Mr. Kuchar! Mr. Kuchar!
What is it, Tony?
The old lady is being difficult. No one told me about Sabbath.
What?
She refuses to open the shop. She says it's Sabbath.
Oh, Sabbath! Sabbath!
Sit down, Tony, sit down. Sabbath... sa...
I'll fix this. Well... Aladar!
God bless...
CLOSED FOR INVENTORY
That is my Rosie... and Clara.
Yes... they are in America.
About three years after the war -
my brother Josl came on a visit.
They call him Joe now... he is a rich man, very rich.
He has a factory - makes soda-water.
So he said to me: "Heinrich did not come back from the war.
"You'll have a hard time."
Rosie was 16 at the time... and Clara... Look!
Very nice.
Yes, Mrs. Lautmann,
but this chair is badly in need of a carpenter.
I think everything is broken here.
My Rosie is gone... My Clara is gone.
My Heinrich is dead. Joe doesn't write...
This is nice furniture... decent stuff
but no longer fashionable.
It needs smoothing down,
new polish, paint, glazing.
It could be as good as new!
Why am I keeping these suits, I ask you? What's the use?
Do you know what I'll do, Mrs. Lautmann?
I'll bring my tools on Monday and start working!
We'll have things ship-shape soon.
The bed will look like new.
I promise, dear Mrs. Lautmann!
Look, a dog - that's all I needed!
Essenc! What are you doing here?
Throw him out!
Don't worry... it's my dog.
Don't be afraid, Mrs. Lautmann... he doesn't bite.
I see! Is he yours? I opened the gate and
he slipped between my legs! Slipped straight in.
Mrs. Lautmann, come here. I'll tell you something!
Don't be afraid - he'll even shake, if you'd like.
They are selling white beans.
I am going to the market on Monday, I could get some for you.
I've got the shopping list ready.
Is that all?
I'll come in later to make a fire.
It can't be helped - you have to go!
And you stay there! You are not to come in!
I've sent him away, as you are afraid of him.
She helps me on Sabbath-days. A very nice lady -
a good soul.
Look... Henrich didn't have a chance to wear it out.
The best English cloth... Take it! Try it on!
Jesus - Mrs. Lautmann!
Wear it, wear it - what am I going to do with it?
I think it will be a good fit.
Mr. Lautmann must have had the same figure as I.
Am I right, Mrs. Lautmann?
A hat marked "Huckel" - elegant and practical
for Sundays or any other day. Look how well it suits you!
As if Fischmann the tailor had sewn that suit for you!
Here - take it!
And look at yourself in the mirror! Look! Well?
I look like Charlie Chaplin.
Good day!
Who's that?
Good day!
- I kiss your hand, ladies! - Hello, Marian!
Meet my sister - introduce yourself.
- My brother-in-law. - Pleased to meet you.
- Marian, weren't you a tailor? - I was.
You can help us choose.
Mark, we'll catch up with you in a minute! Let's go.
Don't stand there gossiping.
And don't you go to the pub!
Good day!
My most sincere greetings, gentlemen!
God bless you, Mr. Andric!
Listen, you... come here! Come here.
Can you tell us where you got that hat?
That hat... wasn't given to me.
I bought it from Kuchar -
the poor man has to sell his things.
He's broke. It cost nothing. Nice hat, isn't it?
I'll have him arrested!
I'm going to clean this town of all Jew-lovers!
Jew-lovers?
Yes, he is a dirty Jew-lover, your Mr. Kuchar.
I know all about him! We're keeping an eye on him!
I'll give you an advice. Don't be too close with him!
A Jew-lover is worse than a regular Jew,
since he isn't a Jew himself but helps Jews.
That's interesting.
Interesting? You bloody fool! It's downright dangerous!
What's that there?
Listen to me, my friend - that Jewish sign must disappear
from our main street, understand?
Citizens, hear this public announcement:
All owners of dogs, whether Alsatians, German Shepherds,
St. Bernards, or any other breed must pay a dog-tax
within ten days.
Those who disobey this order will be punished!
Their dogs will be put away without further notice.
- How much? - 30 Haliers apiece.
That's much too expensive.
Things are getting dearer every day.
Well, how much?
Wait a minute, I am in a hurry.
I was first.
And the princess said to the shepherd
"Don't go back to your sheep. Come with me to the castle."
Uncle, what is glue made of?
Of horses' hooves.
Of horses' hooves?
As I told you.
Uncle... and what's that you are putting on now?
Shellac, my boy.
Is it? And what is shellac made of, uncle?
From bird droppings.
Erika!
What is it?
Where's mother?
In town.
Hello, Danko! I see you are busy?
I am. Well, are you back from work or going to work?
Is that old stuff worth the trouble?
I like to put things together.
Selling buttons isn't a man's job.
Tony!
Has someone been calling me? I have to.
Uncle, your cigarette.
You finish it.
What do you need it for?
- For a swathing-band. - A swathing-band?
We sell everything. We've got everything, ladies.
Seven, eight, nine, ten... twelve. Exactly twelve.
How much does this cost?
How much... wait a minute... how much is it?
10 Haliers.
10 Haliers, that is one crown and twenty.
- Give me eight. - Yes? Six... eight.
- What about these buttons? - Of course.
We have so many. We could pave the town with them!
You can put them on the whole family's clothing.
Do we have such buttons?
- What? - Do we?
- We do... we do. - We do!
But where do we have them? Well, where?
Where? Right here! Go away.
Do you have cross-stitch patterns?
With proverbs? Of course! We have some.
I'll get them... I'll get them right away.
Do we have cross-stitch patterns?
Of course, we do...
Do we have cross-stitch patterns?
Do we have any? Cross-stitch patterns?
- Where? - Up there.
I'll get them for you right away.
You can do your cross-stitch till your fingers hurt!
Whoever trusts in God need not fear evil!
We have that saying too.
Tony, Tony... not there... here!
Do you have them or don't you?
Tony! Tony! Down there!
Come later, Evelyn! You see how busy I am!
Don't bother... it's nothing.
You slow poke, at the bottom.
Mrs. Lautmann... what kind of work is this?
Don't stand there like Lot's wife! Serve the customers!
Come later, Evelyn!
This is like a circus!
You clumsy fool!
Now you've spilled all the buttons
scared the customer away... Run after the lady!
Oh, what worries I have... Oh, what worries I have.
Tony!
I cooked cauliflower.
Nice, fresh cauliflower... Lovely!
Here! For your good work.
So you don't have to go about with empty pockets.
What about that woman with the cross-stitch patterns?
If she'd asked for a Persian carpet,
we'd have sold her some elastic for pants?
Well, the soup's excellent, Mrs. Lautmann.
What did you put in - vinegar or...
oh, you can't hear me.
Uncle, what else are you going to do?
I'll continue - but after the shop closes.
Are you going to be my assistant?
I will.
You will? Well, sit down, Mr. Assistant!
We'll take the wardrobes next... and the cupboard
and the shelves in the shop. There's lots of work left.
A shop must be nice and tidy. Whoever comes...
A sweet girl sits on the porch, tumba, tumba, tumba-la
sewing on a white dress... tumba, tumba, tumbala
My Heinrich used to love this song...
Tumba, tumba, tumba-la
The soup... Mrs. Lautmann... the soup is excellent!
I can't hear you. Come here!
No. That's enough.
My Heinrich often said: Rosalie, your dumplings...
- Want some more? - That's enough.
Your dumplings, Rosalie, he'd say,
are as sweet as heavenly manna.
He enjoyed them because he was hungry.
Uncle! are you sure that shellac is made
from bird droppings?
Of course I am. What else?
Because you are hungry, that's why you enjoy it.
On the porch sits a sweet girl, tumba, tumba, tumba-la
John, will you be done soon?
Wait, it won't take a minute.
Fools! You can all go to hell! A town crier is a town-crier,
a public servant... and you go and put up brass tubes,
tin loudspeakers... robbing a poor man of his daily bread!
Those tin loudspeakers can never replace me.
What's the trouble, Piti Batchi?
You haven't got a voice like this.
Haven't I? Haven't I? We'll see
The Cavalry, the Cavalry, puts roses in your cheeks
The fools! What a circus!
They started with that Tower of Babel - and here we are!
Do you hear? Tin loud-speakers.
I want to see what happens when we get heavy snow-falls
and their wires are all covered up. What will they do?
Where's your Arisator, Mr. Katz?
Where? You can guess.
Do you want a massage or shall I wash your hair?
A massage, a massage.
Piti Batchi, I won't have time to attend to you today.
I'll wait... I have plenty of time.
Good day. Well, here I am.
Welcome, Mr. Brtko!
He won't have time to attend to you today, dear neighbor.
It's Wednesday, isn't it, Mr. Kuchar?
Of course it's Wednesday, it's been Wednesday all day.
Imagine that! Do sit down, Mr. Brtko.
Piti Batchi will only want his whiskers shortened, right?
Do sit down!
Talking of Wednesday...
Old Mr. Cohen used to come in on his flat feet
with a fistful of lilies of the valley.
You do remember him, Imro, don't you?
He was a stickler for details.
As soon as the lilies of the valley were in bloom,
old Cohen came to have his head shaved.
As soon as I saw him
I knew Spring was here. The poor man!
He suffered from a nervous tick later on - it went like this.
What's so funny?
You should shave him and his nervous tick!
Piti Batchi... couldn't you come back tomorrow morning?
It would be better.
Tomorrow? Why should I? I was here before Brtko.
That's true... but Mr. Brtko made an appointment,
isn't that right, Mr. Brtko?
Did he? I bet... stop trying to fool me, I know everything.
Listen, Piti Batchi... it isn't always good to know everything.
On the contrary! The less you know the better.
I know you'd like to get rid of me.
But Piti Batchi, what got into you?
Piti Batchi is cross because the loud-speakers
are doing him out of his business.
You think I am not onto your escapades?
I know everything, I tell you! I'll report you! And you!
I'll report the whole lot of you! And I'll get paid for it.
Well... we are in a mess.
You don't have to be scared of me, gentlemen.
What's in it for me if I report you?
Goodbye, gentlemen.
Damn you.
We are in a fine mess.
His bark is worse than his bite, don't worry.
But Brtko - you are a stupid fool!
Whom can one trust if not your next-door neighbors?
Mr. Blau - the treasurer of the Jewish Organization
will explain the rest... Mr. Blau!
I don't think we need an introduction.
We don't, Mr. Blau.
You know me... Blau... secretary of the Funeral Home.
I wanted to thank you, Mr. Brtko, for accepting our terms.
We want to do everything we can.
We understand that your position is not an enviable one.
Mr. Brtko happens to be a very good man...
He knows our organization's financial difficulties.
We have voted on paying you a certain sum
not as a gift... but a regular income.
Do trust us as we trust you, because it was the Lord's will
to choose you as benefactor of the old widow Lautmann.
Don't harm her... please.
Why would Mr. Brtko harm her?
It's just like I told you at the meeting - our -
our dear neighbor, old Mrs. Lautmann,
whom God has seen fit to let live
till the admirable age of 78 years,
has found the most just and honorable "Arisator"
in this country -
a man who will not only be her helper
but assist her in every way,
if the Lord should choose to set her place on fire,
Brtko would help to put it out.
Every laborer is worthy of his wage - am I right?
Our dear Lord hasn't found an Arisator yet who'd be
satisfied only with honor as his reward... That's the trouble.
This is no time for joking. Our hearts are heavy with sorrow.
In this hour of our misfortune.
One, two, three, four, five! Tony!
Monday was market-day, today it wasn't.
You did not make as much on Monday as you did today.
- What? - What?
Nothing.
But I am telling you - today was no market
and your sales are bigger than on Monday.
Oh, Evelyn... it's the Lord's will and doing!
But it's not going to be that way every day.
Sometimes, you have the goods and no customers;
other times, you have customers but no goods.
This is just like Christmas!
You shouldn't have spent so much, Tony!
I am an Arisator as good as any other!
- Wait! Close your eyes! - What?
Don't ask and close your eyes!
What a lovely smell! Let me see!
Rosie has exactly the same!
Let me see, Tony!
Watch me! What do you say now? Watch it work!
Stop it, you will waste all the perfume!
I'll buy you some more - a full gallon if you want to.
I don't care how much it costs.
How lovely! See...?
And you've only been in the business a few days.
Imagine how rich we'll get if you keep it up for a year -
two years, three years -
ten years. We can buy a new house... fields.
No, we'll get a fur coat - one for me and one for you!
Just imagine how rich old Mrs. Lautmann must be.
All this gold and jewels!
And what does she need it for? Yes... that will do.
What's the matter, Tony, aren't you happy?
What? I am... but I still have something to do.
Essenc... come on, Essenc!
Tony! I made our bed in the front room today.
Tony!
I'm coming.
That's enough! Hold it - hold it! Now pull!
Ho-rup! Ho-rup! Ho-rup! Halt! Halt!
Let go! Over... over... over... Enough! Enough! Halt!
Hey, Mr. Neighbor!
Hello, Mr. Andric! Going home? Going home?
Come here. I've got something to tell you.
Well, what is it? What is this?
Why are you so serious? Did something happen?
Something terrible is going to happen... I know it.
You don't say... What is it?
Last night I delivered a whole train of cattle-trucks.
The Fascist Guards helped me. The station is full of them.
They've come to take the Jews.
I guess people are only talking.
I don't know... I just don't like it.
The whole town is talking about it.
Danko! Danko! Danko!
He isn't here!
Good day, Mr. Andric! Have you seen my boy Danko?
I haven't... I just came back from work, Mrs. Elias.
He was here with Erika. They've gone off to play.
He's always running off.
I'll have to tie him to the kitchen table, Mr. Brtko.
Would you be kind enough to tell him.
If he returns, tell him the key is under the mat.
- I'll be back soon. - All right. I'll tell him.
I think you ought to warn the old lady.
Mrs. Lautmann!
Mrs. Lautmann... Mrs. Laut...
For God's sake! The silly old hag!
Haven't you seen the old lady?
What would she be doing outside?
A nice goose... how much is it?
80 crowns, ma'am.
Eighty? That's too much.
What are you doing outside, Mrs. Lautmann?
I'm buying a goose, a nice little goose.
You should have told me. I could've bought it for you.
What do you think of the goose?
It's nice... very nice.
Nice!... It's for Sabbath... and the rest of the week.
The legs and wings make a nice soup,
the neck stuffed with meat makes Shoulet.
How much will you pay?
Well... Kuchar and Brtko will be licking their lips.
Mrs. Lautmann! Mrs. Lautmann!
Tony! You've left the shop?
They are going to steal our wares!
I've been looking for you. You left without telling me.
Andric has been looking for you.
You've left the customers? They'll steal our goods!
What were you thinking of?
For God's sake, listen to me, or something terrible may happen.
Andric just came to tell me... He told me that...
Do I know what you're talking about?
Get back to the shop! Get back to the shop!
Right away! I'll be right back!
What? What? You...!
A nice help I've got... He'll make us all unhappy!
To leave the shop unattended...
Serves him right - he shouldn't stick his nose into politics!
You don't know a thing about it, so give it a rest!
Poor Imro!
People have been talking.
They met in the church yard.
But no one knows anything!
Stop talking nonsense. Why don't you go and say
they used to dance a Czardas?
I don't feel sorry for him.
But what has he done?
They are wasting their time looking for him.
He surely got away this time!
Brtko used to be a friend of his- he can tell you!
Me? I was just as much a friend of his as you were.
Don't let anyone in!
Yes, sir!
Go away, all of you! This isn't a circus or a fair!
Have you seen Kuchar?
Come in and listen to what Belko has come to tell us.
Shut the door behind you!
Hello, Tony!
He brought me a written order - from the Commander's office.
I asked him which commander. There's one on every corner.
All right, so what is it you have?
And he said: "Mr. Balko -
your band will turn up in full dress uniforms on Saturday!"
"Why?" I said - and he said to me:
"You'll be playing for the Jews to cheer up their departure!"
He wanted a band... my band... The bastard!
He's made a mistake, our Marian!
He'll never get my band, never! I swear to God - never!
Nowadays, everything's possible, Mr. Brtko... everything.
You don't believe me? Read this.
Pay attention... your dear brother-in-law wrote me.
For 40 years I've shaved people here... cut their hair.
40 years... a ton of hair.
A barn full of hair. And now?
I've been marked like a piece of cattle...
branded, blackened.
My property has been requisitioned,
all according to the law, of course.
And in the end, this.
Piti Batchi was mad to have lost his job.
I wish I was in his place. Now he has another.
He takes the call-up cards to every Jew.
But I didn't tip him for bringing mine.
I... I don't get it.
You are a clever man, Mr. Katz. What's happening?
I am not clever - and this hasn't been sudden.
I don't know... I don't understand.
But I'm sure of one thing:
when the laws go against innocent people -
that's the end! The end of those who passed them.
And you... Mr. Katz? Are you really going?
Mr. Brtko, tell me I'm packing for a Sunday picnic.
Haven't you seen the armed guards in town and everywhere?
What else do you want?
Do you want me to form a battalion with old Mr. Blau -
Mrs. Lautmann and myself and attack the Fascist Guards?
Would you join us, Mr. Brtko?
I... I have to be going.
I only thought that next Wednesday...
just like this week.
Yes, my friend,
this is the end of our sweet little business arrangement!
But, of course... one never knows.
People have been saying we'll be back in the autumn!
In autumn... I bet.
Well - goodbye then, Mr. Katz.
Goodbye, Brtko.
We have to hope that our dear Lord will send you
crowds of customers... to make up for your loss.
Watch yourself, Mr. Brtko! Well, didn't I predict that?
We are Slovaks born and bred,
none of us will come empty handed out of this.
Fight to the death, fight hard -
till Slovaks rule their own country.
Left - one, two!
Fight to the death, fight hard - until Slovaks rule in Slovakia.
...and the Prophet took off his robe.
My assistant will love his Sabbath dinner...
and the Prophet took off his robe.
What is it? Mrs. Lautmann?
- Are you out of your mind? - Let me see!
Wanting me to search through official documents...
Someone may see us.
Mrs. Lautmann?
I haven't got her card... maybe they forgot her.
Shall I ask them?
Fool!
What are you going to do? Hide her?
What do you mean, hide her?
Make pickles of her?
If you get something for her promise you'll show it to me.
And not a word to the old lady, do you hear?
March! Get down!
- Get up! - Waste no time on him!
Didn't you hear the orders, you swine?
Move on! Push him down!
I AM A JEW-LOVER
Take him away!
Go home! Go home!
Good Sabbath...
You promised to find out where she keeps the gold.
You don't know anything!
You haven't checked within the walls,
or pulled up the floors! What do you do, all day long?
Why did you take your tools along?
The old hag will take her gold to the grave! And us?
I warned you: do something, make her tell you!
Don't trust her. Make her tell you where she hides her wealth!
Tell me what we are going to do? You clumsy fool!
You! Tony! Tony!
For God's sake, you're out of your mind!
Why are you beating me? You, you hitting me?
You? Me? Tony!
You pig! You swine! You brute!
Leave me alone! I'll keep quiet.
I won't say a word! Tony! Tony! Tony! My dear.
Tony! My Tony!... Tony!
It's easy for one person to disappear.
Maybe we could find a place to hide her in... a barn...
a wine cellar... or in a town where she could hide.
- Ludwig! - Two more?
Wait! Bring the whole bottle!
But we'd have to do it today... tonight, I mean... well?
What? Do what you think is right.
It's a shame to stick your nose into such business.
Let this be a warning to you!
We are going to catch all Jew-Bolshevists, Freemasons,
plutocrats and other riff-raff and have no mercy on them.
The commander said:
we've caught that bird Kuchar already,
now we'll put him into a nice little cage,
to show him off, and later we'll shoot him like a dog -
or hang him! Or both!
- Bravo! - Attention!
Follow me! You'll see something you've never seen!
Music! My favorite tune!
An old lady, an old lady... stepped out on the street.
Hello, Mr. Brtko!
Why are you here all alone?
No one can hide from me.
Kuchar didn't escape either.
Come with us! You'll see something you've never seen yet!
This is my big day!
Everyone has to follow me today -
and those who won't - we'll take along!
Seems we'll have to go too.
Leave me alone!
Come on... it's best if we go too.
Give me a cow, give me a cow, and a white horse
rosemary and lilies have white blossoms
Attention, everybody! One, two, three! Ah!
Quiet! Hush up! I'll have you arrested - you drunks!
Quiet!
Look at this! Look at the monument of our victory!
How beautiful it is! How tall! It's ours!
It's like a picture of a Saint - with a halo... The enemy.
It's up to you to decide what to do with her.
I don't want her on my conscience.
Victory is ours!
We'll get rid of our enemies! Chase all the Jews out of town!
That plague!
We'll hang out a white flag as a sign of our victory!
A white flag as a sign of our victory -
and the monument to shine into the night -
our eternal monument will shine forever!
We are Slovaks born and bred
none of us will come empty handed out of this,
fight to the death, fight hard, till Slovaks rule in Slovakia
Mrs. Lautmann! Mrs. Lautmann!
Oh, dear God! Who is it?
Terrible things are going on.
Mrs. Lautmann... I've come to warn you.
Terrible things... they'll be taking you away tomorrow.
You've been drinking!
I have... I have... but you have to hide!
To hide! Do you hear me? Do you understand?
You must hide... while there is still time!
He's drunk.
Of course I'll hide you... come... go into the shop.
I'll join you!
The trouble I have.
My beloved has written a letter that I should come
to see her to Ruzomberok
my beloved, you are calling me in vain,
I have to stay in the army, I can't go away
Don't turn the lights on!
For God's sake - what are you doing, Mrs. Lautmann?
Is this for me? I don't want... I didn't come to...
Don't you worry...
Such things happen
to the young and to the old.
People have quarreled, people will quarrel again.
That's life... it happens to the best people.
You don't understand! No one chased me away.
It's you I am worried about!
Did I ask you what happened? I didn't
and you don't have to tell me. Nothing! Not a word.
A hard bed, but you can stand it for one night.
You'll go to sleep and tomorrow things will be all right again.
But you must do something! They'll take you away!
Tomorrow, you'll go back to your wife.
You'll make up - people always do.
Good night!
Oh God... What shall I do?
I won't go! Go home... your wife is waiting!
Slovak is my native language, Slovak is my song.
Suddenly everything seems so quiet - doesn't it?
You could have brushed off your hat!
Never mind the hat! Everything is so quiet - don't you think so?
You are dreaming. It was only a bad dream.
Maybe you are right... it must have been a bad dream.
To have a peaceful heart, my boy, that's a gift from God.
You sound like a Prophet, Mrs. Lautmann.
I always liked you, Mrs. Rosalie.
Tony! I am not going to cook today.
We'll go to Grunspan's for some bean-soup.
It was a terrible dream - like a weight on my heart.
We all have our sorrows.
We all know the past - and no one knows the future.
Do you know - I've always feared that wooden structure most...
That tower of Babel - Now, did it stand here or didn't it?
Don't you worry, my boy! Fear was the root of all evil!
Once we are no longer afraid of each other.
Do you hear the bells...?
Are you sure that's the cause of it?
Silence! Silence! In the name of your Jewish God! Quiet!
Stand where you've been told to! Stay where you are!
Wait your turn!
Now listen, Jews! For your own sake -
Hold out your registration cards!
We are going to call your names! In alphabetic order!
Good morning and good Sabbath! Did you sleep well, my boy?
For God's sake - what shall I do with you, Mrs. Lautmann?
No... don't thank me.
Well, go and eat your breakfast.
Just a cup of coffee and a small cake.
Eat, drink... there's plenty of time.
It's Saturday... and then you'll go home.
I'll have to get dressed! Eat your breakfast!
Whoever carries more than the allotted 30 kilos allowed
will lose everything! Attention! Attention!
Whoever is found with fire arms, knives or any sharp instruments
will be punished on the spot - according to the Martial Law!
Do you understand? I repeat:
Whoever is found with fire arms, knives or any sharp instrument
will be punished according to Martial Law - on the spot!
Jesus! We have to open the shop!
Mr. Brtko! For God's sake - haven't you seen my Danko?
What's all this? Get away!
I haven't seen him since yesterday, Mrs. Elias.
Mr. Brtko! Please!
Move along! Get out of here, I tell you!
I've lost my son... If you see him, send him.
- Move it! - Oh God, if we've lost him...
Move it, before I get mad!
Step up and have your luggage weighed!
Abeles Henrik! Abeles Henrik! Abeles Rosa -
Abeles Rudolph! Abeles Clara - Abeles Clara!
Adam Adolf - Adam Rosa
What have I ever done to deserve this?
Have you gone mad? To open my shop on a Saturday?
Saturday... This is a different kind of Saturday.
Don't come near here!
Don't even poke your nose around the corner or we are finished!
Are you giving me orders... in my own shop?
You... you.
I'm not giving you orders... I want to save you.
You drunkard. Don't come back on Monday!
All right, I won't
I don't want to see you here again!
All right! All right!
You drunkard... you... you!
The following: Akermann Ferdinand
Akermann Ester! Akermann Ester? Well?
Come on, come on.
Altmann Leopold
Altmann Luise
Altmann Jacob Altmann Charlotte
Amsel Salomon Amsel Magda
Baumhaft Arthur.
The old hag... The old hag.
Baumhaft Bella.
Baumhaft Charlotte.
Where did you hide her?
She's there, praying.
Maybe it's for the best.
- Have you heard anything? - No, I've been thinking.
Your brother-in-law might have made an exception
- with your Jewess. - What exception?
Now more than ever, you need good connections.
You are stupid, Piti Batchi.
I'm not. Keep quiet and you'll see.
The storm will blow over.
Don't go away! Stay here!
Don't let anyone see her.
You're lucky to have such a brother-in-law!
Elias Elias... Elias Ludmila... Elias Joseph... Elias Hannah
You don't know my brother-in-law!
Elias Daniel! Elias Daniel!
How can he have disappeared? Go and find him!
...according to paragraph one I appoint Anthony Brtko...
manager of the Jewish shop Lautmann. Na Straz!
Yes. You'll be a rich man by tomorrow.
You can throw your carpenter's tools out the window.
A rich man!
A rich man.
Fool!
He still owes me for the ladder!
The baker too!
Who? I don't know him...
You bastards!
Katz? What has Katz done to you?
For shaving your ungrateful face?
You scoundrels! Dirty, stinking fascist guards!
I swear... I swear Mrs. Lautmann, they are not going to harm you.
I won't let them! I won't let them, do you hear?
God have mercy on us...
Mercy, mercy... Go and see for yourself!
Be quiet and sit on your chair! Quiet! Shut up!
Not a sound. No one will see you, no one will hear you.
I'll take care of everything, do you hear?
It shall be settled before Sabbath...
Everything will be all right.
Damn the fascist guards.
Na Straz! Jews, listen to me!
Our laws are kind... Though you are of different religion,
we are not going to harm you!
But we shall punish everyone who dares to oppose the law!
Jew or not!
Jew lover is worse than Jew. He is no Jew but helps them...
Don't panic, don't be afraid... There is a war
and you are being put to work in labor camps.
Bastard!
You wanted to trap me? Now I know...
Your children will go to school. Everyone will work in his trade.
Old people will be sent to homes. You are going by train...
The camp isn't far... This is the truth...
Look at him! He hasn't closed the shop!
What's going on? Blau... Mrs. Elias...
Mittelmann... children... luggage... shouting...
Where are they going?
Is this the end of the world? I don't understand...
What's happening out there? I do not understand.
Do you hear what I am asking? Why are you staring at me?
Come here! Come!
Guards! Organize departure! Hurry!
Come! Do you hear!
Put the luggage on the trucks! Hurry up, hurry up!
It's either me or her! She has to go!
She has to go.
Start packing Mrs. Lautmann while there is still time!
I'll help... You can take 30 pounds...
30 pounds is a lot... Go and register...
They will send you home! What would they want of you?
They need the young people. Take some food...
Have I gone mad or is he mad? You are drunk since yesterday...
It's Saturday and you opened the shop to spite me!
Now you come and pack my things! You shout at me, you scare me!
What's going on? Tell me, what's going on?
How should I know? Ask them what is going on!
What have I done? I never wished anything bad for anyone!
I'm nothing. I can't hurt anyone!
But you... old maid, you don't understand...
We repeat that you won't be going far, only to labor camps.
We've all got to work, this is the law!
Do you hear? Do you see?
Do you hear?
I don't understand...
That's the law! It can't be helped!
I don't understand...
That's the law. It can't be helped. A kind law...
But I don't understand...
I don't understand either! Don't worry, Mrs. Lautmann -
it won't be bad. You will go and they will check-up
and say: "She is too old!"
You can tell them you are deaf and lame and ill!
Come on. Don't be afraid.
You want to say goodbye to your neighbors?
Do you think they will prepare a special train for you?
What, what?
A transport! Do you think they'll send a special one for you?
What, transport?
Watch. The Jews are being deported. All of them!
Do you think they are going to keep you here?
Mrs. Lautmann, I beg you. In the name of the Almighty...
and your Moses and all the saints...
don't force me to throw you out.
Shall I shout even louder right into your ears or what?
Kuchar! Where is Kuchar?
They've beaten him up terribly... like a dog...
they've called him a Jew-lover. A white Jew.
Do you know what that means?
A Jew...
A Jew... Jews... a pogrom?
- What? - A pogrom.
Mrs. Lautmann, don't run, wait. Mrs. Lautmann, damn you!
Mrs. Lautmann, are you there? Open the door.
If I wanted to, I could... Let me in, open the door!
You won't? I know you're in there!
I know you are not deaf. I know you are only pretending -
you old maid.
You are pretending so you can tell after the war
that I was a cruel manager. An Arisator.
Here you are, you old maid.
You thought that by locking yourself in you'll be safe,
that I couldn't get in. You are wrong.
I know you are not deaf. You are only pretending.
You will go like all the rest. You'll go!
It's not my fault, Mrs. Lautmann. It's either you or me.
I can't help it.
May God forgive you your sins and mine too.
Let's go, let's go!
There - that's where you are going, you old hag.
You must! You must! You must!
Get out immediately!
Go! You must! You must!
I... I... I didn't...
Forgive me.
Forgive me, Mrs. Lautmann.
I didn't want.
I really didn't...
I didn't want.
I only thought...
But you don't have to worry... it's all over now.
I must close the shop!
For God's sake, Mrs. Lautmann, Kolkocky is coming.
- You must hide, quickly! - I have to close the shop!
What's the shop to you - now?
I knew it... hide! Go away, quickly!
Let me go - let me go!
Go away, go away!
You are mad!
For God's sake - go away!
The police!
I don't want them to shoot me!
Save me, save me! Police!
Mrs. Lautmann - you can come out now! It's all right...
Mrs. Lautmann... what happened?
Mrs. Lautmann!
Jesus! Mrs. Lautmann... Mrs... Oh!
Where have you been all day! Danko - come!
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