In January 1863,
in Poland that didn't exist on any map of Europe
for over a 100 years.
an insurrection against Russia has broken out.
Against 30 thousand insurgents
the Tsar has sent 300 thousand soldiers.
I was one of them.
Stand up straight before a superior officer. Attention!
My fault, sir
It's my fault that we went off somewhere.
Shut up! Stepan, give the horse water.
This isn't a game, it's war.
Captain Dobrovolsky,
commander of the 3 rd Noworosyjsk Regiment cavalry squadron,
your Excellency
Your duty is to do away with Colonel Markovsky's gang
North of Opatov
I understand. Permission for march out
You've got to wait
I've no guide nor cover
Forgive me, your Excellence but 200 fully armed dragoons
don't need cover
You'll wait for Lieutenant Zuryn
I'm ready to lead the squadron myself.
Being a Pele I know this country well
The hell with it.
Here we're fighting for every tree every fence,
for every damn Jewish shop.
Zuryn will lead the squadron
You're dismissed
Yes, sir
Who's that Zuryn, who's to lead us like the blind
Zuryn, Yegor Wukich
Dobrovolsky, Jan Stanislawovitch
Nice to meet you
I've heard you know my country better than I do
Well, I know it a bit
I imagined that this war
would be something like the manocuvres,
only with the use of live ammunition,
bayonettes and swords.
That sometimes we'd have a light or a battle
resulting in the pogrom of the rebels
And that in a couple of weeks
we'd return home in triumph
Look! Over there!
And here come our patrols
Send out two men
Niemchuk, Yemyelyanov! Forward!
Aah, well done. A true dragoon
What's your name?
My name? They call me Symcha
Symcha. And your surname?
I'm from here, I work at the cobbler's, Leybus.
Everybody knows me here
Oh! I know. The name's Feinduft
What a smell! Does anyone wish to smell him?
So where were you going?
I'll tell you, My master sent me to Strupice,
because the administrator there ordered those boots.
So I tried them on
What does he need new boots for?
Tell the truth, if you don't want to be lashed.
Do you have a verbal order, or a letter?
I don't quite understand what you're talking about, your Excellency
Search him
And his boots
Your Excellency, sir, these aren't my boots.
I took them from my master,
he'll kill me
Nothing there, sir
They're not yours! They're Niemchuk's prey
Well done, Niemchuk! Here this is for you
Thank you, sir
I'll drink your health,
but I don't need the boots
Take them and look after them well
Enough of playing with this filthy Jew!
Yes, Captain!
There are two, sir
Which one?
This one!
Well, your name?
My name's... I'm the one who's penniless
Bloody Jew. Listen you're standing in front of a court
If you won't give straight answers,
we have something special that'll make
your ass black and blue for a year
I'm Leyba, a cobbler
Were you the one to send this boy with the boots to the administrator?
The administrator is somewhere in Silesia.
He had to run away because Mr. Markovsky wanted him hanged
for lashing a peasant
You're clever Jew, and you well know what I'm asking you about
And you're going to tell us who ordered saddled horses
to be kept in readiness,
and who informed the rebels about our troops movements
Horses?
First the people from the Committee and then the National Gendarmerie
The gendarmes didn't just order us about,
they beat us up terribly
But you knew that our troops were coming
when you sent Symcha with the boots?
Well, I had so much work that I didn't even leave the house
And what about Symcha?
But of course, I sent him out myself, for water, for wax,
but he's so slow that you could expect death to come sooner
than him coming back
It occurs you've really sent him for death this time!
Why use such terrible words?
Cossack! Take him away! This bloody Jew!
And now you.
Everything points to you being
in the service of the rebels organisation,
and that you tried to inform their leaders about our troops movements.
For that there's only one punishment hanging!
You must be joking, General! Hang me? How?!
By the neck!
But, why?! It's impossible!
Well, you'll see about that shortly
Guilty of spying or not?
All Jews are either spies or traitors, string them all up
Quite true
What do you do with traitors? You hang them
Lieutenant Zuryn
It's not that simple
Rebels terrories this town
Feinduft might have ratted out of fear
If he really served Polish reberl
we should turn him over to the Investigation Commission in Radom
I agree with Lieutenant Zuryn
Baron, you have no right to vote
Please write:
the verdict passed three against one
Yemetyanov, wait
What's your last wish?
Yes, I want to say my last words,
but they're not only mine,
they are the words of all people
who want the Russians to stop persecuting the Poles,
who want everyone
to practice their religion freely whatever it might be,
that no- one should be sent to Siberia, or hung,
for the way they think.
Thousands of our people were killed
but finally victory will be ours
Is that all? Have you ended your speech?
Take him away!
Captain, it's against the law
Lieutenant Zuryn!
Captain, stop the execution.
We could get information out of him. He is useless dead.
We've no right to hang him now
He admitted being a rebel
and the Radom Commission should interrogate him.
Lieutenant Zuryn, I make decisions here! That'll be all!
On patrol!
First platoon, attention!
What are you staring at, you scums, you scoundrels!
On your horses!
Yes sir!
You'll stay here
Yes, sir
Here take them
Why are you giving the boots away?
They'll be getting in my way
when I'm on patrol, sir
In that case give them back to Lieutenant Zuryn
Yes, sir
Ah, here you are
Have you sent the patrol to Suchedniov?
I have
Did you post the feeler?
Of course
Well done!
And where's Yemyelyanov?
What do you mean, where?
He went with you
He was to give you back the Jew's boots
I have seen neither Yemyelyanov nor the boots
I sent him to you over an hour ago
An hour ago?
He must have run away
How do you like our Captain's crazy doings?
Why crazy?
He lashes the peasants who were against the rebels,
that means he's punishing the ones who support us
Lieutenant, Lieutenant, please save us!
Leave him!
You're out of luck, bailiff
The rebels beat you because you're helping us,
and we beat you, just in case!
Pailleur's wounded
Fyodor Maximovich, take over command!
Me?!
No, Suvarov! Damn you!
Take over and attack!
Squadron, Attack!
Squadron, Attack! Charge!
Turn back, turn back!
Kovalenko's killed, sir
Are you wounded, sir?
The hood of one of our boys
And here's a rifle
Farewell
Come here,
you'll have a bath!
Aren't you tired of running away?
Come here.
A wonderful horse. Buy it?
Well bred, just like you,
I don't want much for it
What'll we do with the prisoners, sir?
Fuck them!
Yes,sir
Saddle Krysa
How much?
You don't seem to be yourself today
Fyodor Maximovitch, what's up?
I don't want my soldiers taking part in police actions.
So in your opinion, who am I?
Tell me, Jan Stanislavovitch,
don't you have any doubts?
A traitor? I'm no traitor!
Let's speak Polish.
I swore to the Tsar, who's also king of Poland, and that's that
But not all Poles think that way
as they're impatient
Slowly Yeremin,
everything could have worked out slowly,
but they didn't want to wait. So now there's nothing!
End of all their dreams; end of progress!
I take progress as a decrease of suffering on Earth
Baron Yeremin reads the "Kalakol",
which means he's a socialist
I wonder what the general says to that,
as the Baron's father?!
Herzen means as little to me as Bismarck
Of course. On patrol now! That's an order!
Have you seen any Poles?
And a lot of them, too
Where?
Even in my village.
I see at least a couple of them every day
You know well that I'm only interested in armed men
Have you seen any today?
Yes, I have, in the forest, over there
Were they rebels?
It was dark, so I couldn't tell
Follow me
Who were you shooting at?
Four horsemen, sir. When they saw us they started running away.
Timofegev got one of them
On your horse!
Hey soldier, come here!
Ah, it's you sir
What are you doing here?
Were those your people shooting?
Yes, cause yours started running away
He who killed the Cossack will get a 100 lashes
Fyodor Maximovitch, what are you doing here anyway?
You were supposed to be in Bodzentyn
I followed the rebels unit
What unit?
A woman near forest said she saw horsemen
They were my Cossacks, and she knew that
Don't ever ask the locals about anything
They'll always lie
I'm a soldier, not a policeman
Very well then, that hunt doesn't concern you
Go to the inn, wait for further orders
and for the rest of the squadron
Is there anything to eat?
Only what you can see
Is that all?
You can order scrambled eggs, sir
O.K.
Scrambled eggs
Mr Zolzinsky, Viczek, come out
Mister Zolzinsky, please give me half a pound of salt,
half a pound of herrings, a head of sugar
Salt, quickly
Cinammon, cloves, and vanilla. A measure of each
And three flasks of vodka and a flask of arak
What do you want?
There's something the matter with your horse, Vizgun
What's happened?
He keeps bolting, rolling and whimpering.
He's a skittish horse. Totally crazy
Have a look yourself, sir
People are laughing. He's squealing like a pig
Leave it you fool
Krisa, clean him so he's ready at any time
And don't ever bother me with such nonsense again, understand?
Sorry, sir. It's my fault
Where are those ladies?
What ladies?
The ones who were doing shopping just now
They're not from here
And where did they go?
I didn't notice, sir
Don't you know?
What, us?! No, they're not locals
Go to Bodzentyn and check if they're there
Yes, sir
Stand still, stand still!
Are you all right, sir?
Can you get up?
The whole uniform torn pieces
I'll catch him and kill him, Sonofabitch go to Opatov,
bring me my parade uniform
Yes, sir
What happened?
There's been an accident
You have to give me some clothes until they bring me a uniform
I'll get you something,
but are you going to wait here in the inn, lieutenant?
Why not?
This way please
Lead the horse to the stable
Here, that's my stepson's but it fits you
Is he dead?
He went off to the forest. Who knows what happened to him
The insurrection is over
Who said that?
And how the hell do you know about that, Voytek?
The Committee and the Russian Tsar said that the uprising was over,
and that everyone should go back to their work
And whoever doesn't...
whoever incites the nation to revolt, will be taken first to Opatov,
then to Radom - to stand trial
So many people killed so much destruction done, such a waste.
And are things going to be just like before?!
And the land given us by the Committee,
will they take it away again?
Don't worry Kula. They won't take your land,
it's going to be just like the Warsaw Committee decided
The Emperor himself confirmed it
So there won't be any more serfdom
And there'll be Poland, too
That all depends on the Emperor
Don't believe strangers, men
Didn't the first Emperor promise a lot?
And what? He went off to St Petersburg,
and turned his ass at us!
There's no justice nor mercy
for losers.
Don't you dare say anything bad about the Tsar
or else I'll take you to Opatov!
You bastard,
you son of a bitch
Look at you,
you're the worst traitor as you serve the Russians
You want to betray a Christian nation as Judas did!
I was born a peasant to serve others.
Then serve, your dirty scoundrel, but serve a good master!
The great General Belgrade!
Do you know what Generals I served under?!
Don't get so upset Blazej
Everyone respects you
Why don't you get yourself a drink?
Oh my God! It's Franek Bala
Where did you appear from, you poor thing?!
They took you into the forest and said you were dead and gone
Speak! They took you?! You served them?
They forced me
Where?
In our Opatov Regiment
Under Markovsky
Have a drink and tell us about it
First they took me to the scytherbearers regiment,
then the Uhlans,
and when my horse was killed I joined the riflemen's regiment,
as a non commissioned officer
And you were in battles?
We were fighting all the time.
At the beginning there were about 200 of us,
then we were only 15
Three days ago the colonel disbanded our unit,
I made my way through the forest and here I am
Didn't you come across any Cossacks?
They hunted me like a beast
And I had to shoot one of them
Oh my God, you killed him yourself?
And what do you think?
He was after me with a sword, so what could I do?
I pulled him into the bushes
All I took was some bread and pig's fat from him,
as all I've eaten for 3 days were some berrles
Listen Franek, if you were with the Poles,
shooting at the Russians - then I must take you to Opatov
To Opatov? What for?
Because it's an order
Every rebel as to be taken to Opatov
Then the Cossacks will take you to court in Radom
You want to hand me over to the Russians?
They'll torture me to death!
Those are the orders
There's nothing you can do about it come of your own free will,
so I won't have to tell you up, come on
Fuck off
You won't go?
I'm not going.
You won't go?!
What a brave guy!
Get away from me, or I'll kill you
Grab him lads, hold him!
What's going on in here
They've caught a bandit, Governor
Oh, our Franek!
Maybe you want to go back into service, you oaf!
Just you wait, you Polish warrior,
I'll have the National Decree written on your bare ass,
or I'll blow your head off
Stop! Let him go and stand back!
And what's the matter with you?
Have you gone mad?
In the name of the National Government,
no one dare touch this soldier!
National Government? That's over and done with
Colonal!
Nobody here wants to oppose the National Government's orders
Colonel, Your Excellency.
I have the honour to report that a squadron of dragoons with Cossacks,
came from Opatov yesterday
They've sent out patrols along all roads
I know, but there's nothing we can do about it
Colonel, I've got a horse ready here, save yourself
As long as you are alive, the legend lives. Colonel, please
This way
Can I help you, sir?
We must be on our way!
Stand still, smart one!
Why pick on me, I'm a Russian, too
Really? And what guberniya are you from?
Listen, you mother fuckers! Bastards!
You, watch you tongue!
I'm a dragoon lieutenant
Believe it or not
One more move and you're as good as dead
He says he's a Russian officer, sir
You dogs!
What are you staring at?
Why didn't you report
as you're supposed to?!
Out of stupidity, sir
Stupidity?! Well, off with you!
Go, get out of here!
My sword... The innkeeper knows where I hid it
You bring the lieutenant's sword
and if necessary the innkeeper as well
Yes, sir
Who lives here?
The peasant who bosses this village
Come on, swine!
Do you know who we've arrested, at last?
Colonel Markovsky?
Exactly. He was sitting in the inn, dressed as a beggar
Leave it! Search them!
Welcome. Open up this chest, please
That's all I have saved for my last hour
We're soldiers, we're not afraid of death
Be it. Everything's wasted
Nothing will be wasted
Well, so you also served the army
Under Napoleon, in Smolensk and Moscow,
and I hoped I'd live long enough
to see you trown out of this country for good
We Russians governed your country ineptly,
if only Poles quarrelled less
Poland would have been free a long time ago
Don't you touch this! You Cossack shit!
I'll be taking this to the grave with me. It's from Prince Joseph
Don't worry, we'll all end up there!
The priest will be there and absolution of sins, as well
What happened to you?
And what, your scoundrels. You've found nothing!
Tear down the floor
Your sword, sir. I've cleaned it myself
Don' you think that in this war the truth is on the side of Poles?
They see it their way, and we see it our way
And the revolt should be suppressed,
but in a sensible way
Sensible?
There are two kind of people, clever and stupid
And brain was given to people
so they could get the best of life,
after all, wa've only got one life
According to you sacrifice,
unselfishness,
good and bad people don't exist?
Go to the inn, to the prisoner
There's no officer there,
and one can't rely on the non commissioned officer
Who killed him?
I don't know, to hell with you,
and above all with that old devil Blazej!
Blazej is dead
Attention!
At ease
Out!
All of you!
Yes, sir
Excuse me Colonel, let me introduce myself.
Lieutenant Theodore Yeremin
Colonel, I'm too young to have my own opinion,
but even those who are with the Poles say
that this Uprising had no chance
Listen lad,
you look like a decent young man,
and it seems as you've been brought up well
in spite of being a Russian
That's why I'll answer you.
Imagine that in you old age you were allowed to return to your country
Suddenly an Uprising explodes, or not an uprising,
but a revolt of people in slavery,
people who can take no more oppression from the occupant
Women raped, friends and relatives killed
And you know a place in your garden
where you buried a sword and a rifle
Now tell me, what would you do?
I don't know, Colonel
We are here as an army representing the one
and only rightful king of Poland
Because according to the terms of the Vienna Treaty,
our Tsar is the King of Poland
We're talking as gentlemen, and that precludes mockery
The whole world know that the Polish nation lost its independence
at its own fault,
as the people couldn't govern themselves
In the past this nation kept forgiving the lack of patriotism,
anarchy, and corruption in parliament
If God really punished people for such things,
then Poland wouldn't be the only country to suffer
Not long ago providence gave Italy freedom
Didn't the Italians sin against patriotism? And Prussia?
Before our very eyes they're becoming a power to reckon with.
And Russia, isn't there any anarchy there?
Colonel,
I know too little to have an opinion of my own
I may not live to see it,
but you wait and see what happens when Spring comes
But I doubt you'll eve be victors
You can be sure of this,
times will come when you Russians won't be here,
and Poland will be free
I did what I had to do, and my conscience is clear
You can kill me,
my vacations have begun
I think, Lieutenant, you won't have anything against my praying now
Greetings, gentlemen. Here's the dragoon who fell off his horse
It's the first time I ever saw a fit dragoon fell off a horse
There's nothing, no drink, no punch!
And what my lad! Did you dip your ass in sour milk?
I didn't fall of a horse, I fell off Vizgun, Captain
From Vizgun! And what's Vizgun if not a horse?
A fish, a sardine or something?!
You knew well what was up when you sold him to me
Aren't you satisfied with Vizgun? A pity?
I'll give you my Ajax, and we'll play cards for Vizgun
But there must be punch, champagne, and girls
We've won do you understand Baron? We're heroes
That's our prisoner, Colonel Markovsky
Colonel Markovsky, the legend
We've been looking for you for a whole year
And you dressed up as a shepherd,
that's the first time I see such a uniform on a Colonel
Because you haven't been fighting long enough
I found them! Damn it...
I searched the whole hut and nothing
Then suddenly I looked in the corner, rubbish or what, I thought
I took some straw and found
something like a cigar?
The whole registry, with a triple...
... seal, Polish eagle Lithuanian hunt and Saint Michael
To Colonel Markovsky, commander of all civil and military forces
After our last meeting in Warsaw,
Mr. Czarnecki informs...
Oh, he's been to Warsaw, the thief, scoundrel
This is an interesting correspondence
You're mistaken. This isn't normal correspondence,
this is much more. It is...
What, a noose?!
A noose for that old prick.
And for us, promotion, and the Order of Saint Anna round our necks
Now we're going to take up some of your time Colonel
You know what this is?
This is the correspondence with the National Government
And so what?
Please Colonel, would you be so kind as to tell us
which of the members of the National Government did you meet,
and give us their addresses
In conspiracy, people's names change every hour
Lieutenant, do you have a cigarette?
On the other hand I can give you my word of honour
that I never met anyone who said
that he was a member to the National Government
And Mr. Czarnecki?
There was a Mr. Czarnecki
Yes, but who was this Mr. Czarnecki, Colonel?
I don't remember
Maybe some civil servant
Colonel Markovsky, you'll tell us who Mr. Czarnecki was,
and where you met him
Probably in a bar or a park
So you don't know what Mr. Czarnecki did?
That bastard, wearing glasses and a black tie
Well, I'll tell you
That was the last commander of the insurrection, Traugutt
That's possible, but we didn't kind of talk about that
And it seems to me, Colonel,
that everything you've told us here about an officer's honour
is a pack of lies
I don't remember ever lying
You're a lousy dog.
and we'll treat you like one
Only a dog catcher sees a dog in everyone,
and treats everyone like a dog
You think that an easy death awaits you, Colonel.
But you don't know what's in stake for you
I'm not afraid of death, as I'm a soldier,
though you deny it
For you there's no difference between a soldier and a policeman
We Poles know it only too well. Good bye gentlemen
What is it?
Excuse me, please
I have an invitation for you gentlemen from the Chylice Manor house
Captain,
there's a delegation of the local population
Not a delegation of the locals, but I myself
The overseer of the Chylice Manor, Mr Dworski's estate
What's the problem this time?
No, I want to invite you for dinner
It's half a verst away
And have you got any punch there, Mr Peterslige,
because there are a lot of thirsty snouts here!
Will there be meat?
There'll even be venison,
as one of the peasants caught a deer in a trap
Venision, and pretty women
Unfortunately my wife left me a year ago
I'm sorry to hear that
She was expecting a second child
I sent her to hospital in Cracow
On the way she came upon a cossack patrol.
These are troubled times now.
Rebels, they started to examine her, shake her,
she left me in mourning
I invite you, from the bottom of my heart
Well, if he's inviting, let's go
Tie up the prisoner!
Cossacks, to me!
Captain, I'll stay with the prisoner
No, Aschman will stay with him
Why?
That's an order
Because you're the only baron among us...
Paramanov, fuck you!
Captain, I want to speak
Please do, Mr Markovsky
But not tied up
Not tied up?
Untle him.
So, have you reconsidered Mr Markovsky?
What's this?
Don't shoot!
I'll kill him like a dog!
he told me he'd give me the address
of the National Government headquarters in Warsaw. This swine!
A stretcher, quick!
Hurry!
Your hat,sir
Fuck the hat!
Allow me, my dear...
Captain Dobrovolsky, paying his respects to you, dear lady...
At your service
Good evening
Lieutenant, baron Yeremin
Pleased to meet you
We've already met
I can't recall it
It's because of you I fell off my horse today
and I almost got killed
I can see you haven't been in the army for long
But you'll get used to it soon
Lieutenant, dinner is served
Put it down here
We'd like to thank you for your hospitality
After what we've been through
we feel here as if we were in heaven
That wine is splendid and your daughter is lovely
Do you know Miss that the Underground has been open in London?
My colleague was just saying...
Don't bother to translate
If someone comes to a foreign country,
he should learn the country's language
We're in Poland
In France I would surely speak French
He's as much a Frenchman as I'm a Russian.
A Frenchman from Vitebsk!
Excuse me. I speak Polish
I read that in London they had opened the first underground railway
Underground railway...
What do you mean, underground?
What kind of invention is that? For moles?
What can one expect of the English
This veal is very good
That's not veal, it's turkey
It'll do
May I ask for some more of the fruit spirit?
That's not fruit spirit, that's wine
Excuse me, gentlemen
And what doctor?
Left leg broken and two ribs as well
and the shoulder's been shot through
So I think he's not fit for transport
So it seems that everything's a mess
We'll go on, eat
I'm a professional officer, just like you
But I serve the Tsar
and we both know what duty and orders mean
But I must also tell you, that I'm a man of honour
and I've always felt, and feel a Pole
I said different things about you in the inn
Forgive me, sometimes one must,
being a Pole they watch me closely in the army
Frankly speaking I would like to set you free,
but I've got to have a reason,
I have to tell them something
If you give me one single name
and address of a member of the National Government in Warsaw
and I'll set you free as seriously wounded officer of the enemy army
And I'll give you my word of honour
that nothing will happen to that man
I'll inform him all about it and the police won't get him
The correspondence with the National Gevernment
took place through secret post centres like the one
you found at old Balzej's
I could give you the authority to collect the correspondence
from the central authorities
What authority?
Yes. You'd only have to dress in civilian clothes, Colonel,
go to a certain place, meet a certain person,
and say the password:
Poland is not dead yet...
Mr. Markovsky, that's no insurance for me
I must have a name and an address
Warsaw, I Plac Zamkowy
Name: Teodor von Berg!
O.K. Markovsky, Teodor von Berg.
he's the Tsar's regent
And you know who are?
You dog, dog of Kerzen and Garribaldi, you filthy scum
I can bet my career
that you'll be playing a different tune tomorrow in Radom!
I exept you bet!
And I give you my word
thay you won't get another bit of information from me
Oh, we'll see about that...
Tomorrow the prisoner is to be transported to Radom,
and you, Baron, are responsible for the ascort!
Yes, sir
King of hearts
What were your hearts?
I had plain cards and an ace
Why didn't you trump
What with?
We would have had a little slam and now we've lost
Calm down
Leave him in peace
He's always asleep
Excuse me
Fuck you!
What's the matter?
Shit's the matter
How did you look after the prisoner?
Doctor, is he alive?
Yes, he's still alive
He drove it deep and it's still there!
What's still there?!
The damned needle, the needle!
What needle, where did it remain?
In his heart!
What do you mean? Then take it out, for Heaven's sake!
Calm down!
What am I to take it out with? My finger nails?!
Will he live?
No, not a chance. It's sure death
A needle! Damn it,
who's given him a needle?
And who won the bet?
Whose honour is on top?!
Get out of here! And you too!
Miss Emilia, Colonel Markovsky has commited suiside
Suiside?!
Someone gave him a needle at night
That's impossible.
Whose side are you on? In what sense?
You've released a rebel.
Then you've helped a prisoner to kill himself.
And all because of this...
Will you hand her over to the cossacks?
How dare you!
Until you met her, you were a real soldier
Do you want to become a traitor because of the broad?
I demand satisfaction!
I could shoot you,
but it wouldn't help.
Yes, yes, I'm in love. You're quite right.
And I no longer want to do anything
that will take away my right to love. You'd better kill me then.
No, lieutenant, it's as simple as that.
You have to go through all that on your own. To the very end.
Will you gentlemen be staying here much longer?
Go to bed, my child, we're leaving at dawn.
It seemed to me that the dragoon couldn't achieve anything,
and now it turns out that it's them
who ended the war in this country.
What does it mean, that the war is over?
Well, that means that the dragoon commander himself caught
the last of the leaders of the Uprising.
And General Bosak?
General Bosak?
He's probably sitting in some Austrian pigsty. Under arrest
That's not true, it's all a pack of lies
No. We're officers of the Emperor, and you dare accuse us of lying?
Yes. I dare so, I dare!
Aren't you ashamed of wearing this uniform, you're a Pole
My God, Emma, what is the meaning of all this!
Get out! This is my house and my country.
General Bosak's men will soon come from the other bank of the Vistula,
and then all Poles will reach for their weapons
and none of you will be left alive!
Please forgive me, gentlemen.
Gentlemen, she's still a child.
Although we have the greatest respect for your father's help
and loyalty,
but we won't tolerate the things you've been shouting,
things you don't even understand.
Please don't force us to arrest you!
Good, arrest me, put me in prison!
Lieutenant, it's your job, isn't it?
When did you last go to confession?
Long ago, a long time ago.
Repeat after me, Colonel, please.
Also I want you to feel sincere regret for having sinned,
not because you'll be punished for that,
but because trough sir we insult God.
If you repeat this prayer, Colonel,
I swear you'll be saved,
please say:
I believe in God - Father Almighty,
cretaor of Heaven and...
Please say it! I believe in God - Father Almighty...
And that's how it should be.
Those that are merciful will be punished.
And what about Yemelyanov?
He was tried by out court for banditism and then shot.
They forced you to join the army.
I went as a volunteer
because a certain girl in Saint Petersburg
paid no attention to me.
Today I can't even remember what she looked like
Now I'm to get the Cross of Saint George
and you'll get 1000 lashes for desertion.
I think I envy you
I told them not to hit you too hard
I don't expect anything good happening to me in this lifetime, sir.
Please tell me Major, how many lashes can a man stand.
It all depends on the man, and on the people beating him
From my experience no one endured more than 380 lashes
Is that so?
Yes, it is
Squadron's ready, sir.
Keep it up, lad
Carry on
He's still alive, you may continue
Put him on the cart, it'll be easier.
Major,
Imagine please, you're walking down a road,
and you see a dead dog lying there.
Someone walking in front of you kick's that dead dog.
What would you think of that person?
That he's a bastard
Why?
If the dog's dead, then one should leave it in peace
O.K. And if that bastard starts hitting the dog?
He must be crazy
They're carting a dead man here our fellow creature,
and a Christian too
and the dragoons are violating the corpse, on my orders
And you, a doctor, calmly watch the offence of both humanity
and death majesty?
Hush, lad, hush
You've drunk too much yesterday
The death of an innocent creature
and that of a human being are two different matters
The majesty of human death doesn't exist
Or else everything would be useless
Lashing is a necessity and life isn't
Immunity and dignity are freedom
And who the hell would have built the Pyramids,
if dignity had been respected?
What would have happened to sacred Russia
and to the gracious Tsar if wo had respected dignity?
Where from would he get his faithful servants,
to oppress other nations
That's why you can't respect the convict's corpse.
So those who respect dignity
and freedom are enemies to both Russian and our Tsar?
That's so!
And that's why let Niemczuk die
Oh! God! Bury that rescal and rebel
And home we go, home...
The coffin of a Polish Colonel
and that of a Russian dragoon were both the same.
They both died due to eternal fight of good and evil.
I was returning home a winner,
but I never felt more defeated.