THE BRUTE
It'll be good 'n warm today, Uncle Pista!
It'll be warm for sure.
Well now, the Szeps have started early.
Yesterday afternoon.
They hurry not to miss anything.
They do? But what could they miss?
Only they know.
Hallo, comrade!
Where is the village house here?
Just go straight this way,
And on the third corner make a left.
Thank you.
But you won't find anyone there at this hour!
Don't you worry about that!
We can wait.
Good morning!
You woke up early!
But only because I was sent.
To the young master, Master Pista.
That one's still asleep.
I know, but... I have a letter with me.
And I was ordered to wake him up.
Here it is...
Pista, come, bring a sheep, because we made a bet on you.
And bring a bottle of palinka as well, the one made from last...
from last year's wine press residue.
But hurry up, will you!
Who could have sent this one?
From here, from the Szucss.
They've been carrying on all night long, and...
you never know what they'll come up with.
'Cos... at midnight, too...
they lowered each other down into the well,
to cool down a bit, 'cos... 'cos they're hotheaded!
So that's exactly what they did, don't ya know, one after an other, and...
when.
You're so pretty, you are!
What's your name?
Zsuzsi. What's that have to do with you?
I'm just asking.
And why are you being so familiar?
You should rather just do what you were sent here for.
All right, all right! I didn't know you're so proud.
But, how am I supposed to wake Pista?
At least you could help me with this!
Just make some noise at the window, there, at the corner!
That's his room.
Are you sure?
Nothing could be more sure, than that being for sure!
Because that's where he tried to drag me yesterday!
By all means, just knock on the window! He'll shout plenty when he hears it!
Then you'll get what you deserve!
What do YOU think I deserve?
Did I hurt your feelings perhaps?
If only you'd tried harder.
Is that why you're mad at me?
Look...
I might not be such a big farmer, or a rich man...
But if...
Somebody'd try to hurt you,
What would you do then?
Well...
Then you'd see that...
I'm also a somebody.
I'm from a farmstead, not from around here.
Me and my father are spending the night because
the woman really wanted us to finish the garden.
But we're heading off for another job soon.
Soon we're going to work the fields, at Vettud.
And that's a long way from here.
So, God bless you then!
God bless you!
What is it?
A letter!
If its a letter just eat it!
I would eat it, but then how are you going to read it?
God should read it, not me!
Go to hell!
But... there's a message as well!
What?
To tell you that they're placing bets on you that if you can jump over the fence...
you can have Poloske.
Poloske, easy boy!
You Goddamn Mother!!
Come, help me, will you!
Come now!
Get up!! Uncle Pista! Take it!
Hold it!
I'm here, hold on!!
Wait! Ho!
Well, Sandor! Pista is jumping!
Sandor!
Where is he?
He was still here a minute ago!
He's in a good place, mate!
Listening to your sister in the kitchen!
Call him out!
Stop already!! God curse your mother!
Why? We're having fun, are we not? As long as we can...
Because the collective farm will surely take over,
and then everyone eats from the same tin plate, like the coal miners.
Even the women will be shared!
Sandor!
What?
Pista is already on the Poloske!
Half of it belongs to him already!
All right! Tell him I'm coming.
Go away, will you!
Stop it! I already told you!!
Don't you worry, mate! We're all going to drop dead!
But the collective farm is coming. With it's
shared tin plate, like the coal miners.
Shut your mouth!
All right, all right. I just... know what I know.
I'm jumping now, Ferke!
I won't wait any longer!
But Sandor'll be here soon!
I'm jumping! Look!
Wait!
Almost as if you've grown wings, Pista!
May the plague strike us all!!!
This ain't no horse! This is Satan himself!
May God bring havoc on all its spawn...
So, how many sheep do I have already? Three?
This one can't even jump!
Can't jump?
Poloske?
I'll jump over the gate with your big ram on my shoulders!
Didn't you hear me?
Stop that damn noise!!
You're going to drop dead, too. Don't you worry!
The collective farm will finish you off as well!
With their shared tin-plate...
- like the coal-miners... - Shut up!
Hey, Ferke! What's the weight of this ram?
86 kg.
Take it, brother!
This is REAL palinka!
So, Ferke! Do you still keep the bet?
I'll jump over the gate with the ram on my shoulders!
But before that, I'll gulp down this whole bottle of palinka in one go!
After that I keep your ram!
Deal?
What if you fall off?
If I fall off...
or drop the ram...
Poloske is yours!
This one's gone crazy!
Deal!
Bind its legs! Take it over there!
Come on, Pista!
You!
So, are you getting married, you, alley-cat?
If you didn't ask for my hand!
I would have married you though!
For me one wife was enough for a lifetime!
And like this you'll do just fine...
The wife of another!
Drunkard!
Well, we did drink a bit... That's for sure!
So, Sandor! Here's the sheep!
Well, Pista! Grab it!
Heyyyup!!
Poloske! Here!
All right, you!
So! Where's the palinka?
Palinka!
You, Ferke!
How much did they offer you for this ram?
And you didn't take it?
I didn't! And I still wouldn't take it!
Do you know what I'll do with it, if I win it from you?
You'll sell it!
Not at all...
I'll eat it in a porkolt-stew...
And then I'll send you back its skin!
Well, Poloske! Now, you can do it!
Good morning, Master Ulveczky!
God bless you, Uncle Karoly!
So, you came?
Well... just as we agreed upon.
Your daughter?
My daughter.
Well, come, little girl!
To drink some blood!
I don't drink blood...
How did you have the heart to slaughter this wonder-ram?
What else could I do with it?
I'm no shepherd!
And anyway, what else could I put in your paprikas-stew?
Come on!
- So? - I can't stomach that...
Well then, it can also go into the paprikas-stew!
Take it, little girl!
Here's the knife, Uncle Karoly!
You can start preparing it!
But do it so that it'll be enough
for the three of us tomorrow as well!
I'll lay down a bit. To sleep.
He's such a brute of a man!
Not at all! He's just...
lonely.
Lonely! It's less than six months that his wife died giving birth to a stillborn.
And now, he's like this.
And...
Who takes care of him?
Surely you'll drink from this one, Uncle Karoly?
From this one, I will! Thank you very much!
And how are you called?
Zsuzsi.
Zsuzsi is the only name I never made love to before!
But I've had all the other names!
Well, this ought to hold you until midday!
And when you're finished, just wake me up!
What about the vineyard, Master Ulveczky?
Because if I'm just butchering, cutting and cooking here, then...
who'll do the weeding?
That'll be taken care of too!
We always come to an agreement! Don't you worry!
You'll always have your piece of bread here!
So, go on! Keep working!
My dear father!
- What? - Come! The paprikas-stew is ready!
Let it cook longer!
Won't you wake up the master?
Well... I could try to wake him up, but he'll just keep on sleeping into the night!
It needs some more paprika, but there isn't any.
Look for it in the kitchen, they surely have some there!
This still needs another fifteen minutes!
And you?
I'm cooking...
The food is almost done, I just came in for some paprika!
That's good!
Put a lot of it in the food!
And... can you cook?
You'll find out soon, whether you like it or not!
How about baking bread?
I've baked bread for 3 years now.
Then you know other things too!
What other things?
'Cos if somebody has already baked bread...
that means, she's been tried out before!
Leave me alone!
Put this down!
Let me go!
- I'm not like that!! - We'll soon find out!
Let me go or I'll scream!
Scream! Don't jump, hey!
Or I'll give you a slap!
That's what I need! A slapping!!
Do you?
Zsuzsi!
Zsuzska!
Somebody's coming!
He'll be here in a moment.
Won't it be a problem, this thing?
He would never let no harm come to me...
Zsuzska!
Come here!
Did you buy it for me?
Who else?
Thank you! Thank you!
And then...
Did you not bring a mirror as well so that I could have a look at it?
The eyes of Poloske are not good enough mirrors for you perhaps?
Here! Look!
How nice!
How beautiful!
When you smile...
you're prettier than six city girls put together!
What are you doing?
I can't have enough of you!
No! Not now!
Because of your father?
I'll make sure he can't see us!
I used to have a nice lover once,
But she was the kind,
that when we couldn't see each other for a day,
she was sick for four days after.
If we couldn't see each other for a day,
she was sick for four days after.
That was very nice, you hear me?
I've never heard anyone sing it so beautifully!
Weren't you sleeping?
I was...
But your singing woke me up.
You, little singing bird!
You!
Sing it once more!
This will be my favourite song from this day on!
Well then..
Now, I'll be singing it for you!
He asked me on the fifth day,
What's wrong with you?
My heart by love
is bound.
My heart by love
is bound.
So we're done for now, Uncle Karoly!
You don't have to come again starting tomorrow!
According to my calculations, this week's wage plus what I still owe you,
is seventy-five forints.
Is that OK?
Yes, but we're given transport two times this week.
And I think you forgot to add that to your calculations!
There is such thing as friendship in this world, Uncle Karoly!
And I would have gone that way in any case. A little detour means nothing.
But I'm sad that you sent Zsuzska home already!
I was thinking we could eat something together, with the help of some good wine!
Well, that's the thing! I would like to ask something about that exactly!
Let's hear it, Uncle Karoly!
What did you do with that girl, Master Ulveczky?
What did I do?
You know very well, what I'm thinking about!
Well, I do know, for that matter!
But is there some problem?
Nobody understands her, she just withers away, and...
'Cos she has no mother either, so her sister talked to her the other day,
And she said she will jump into the well!
Ah! Foolish talk!
Just send her to me tomorrow!
Why doesn't she talk to me, that silly girl!
I'm the one to set things right!
Not her sister!
Zsuzsi!
Wait up a bit!
I hardly recognized you!
But then I saw that it's really you.
It's me. Who else could it be?
Because I could never...
I could never be this happy if I saw somebody other than you!
Well, then it's a good thing that it's really me!
It is good, indeed!
And so, what do you do these days?
I'm already a member of the cooperative.
For two months already!
I know. I heard about it.
Zsuzsi!
I love you, Zsuzsi!
And I'm not just anybody in the coop either!
I could even get married!
They would even give me a house!
They lowered the bar...
But the train is nowhere to be seen!
Could you love me, Zsuzsi?
Wait, Zsuzsi! I'll come with you!
- No! Don't come with me now! - Why?
People could see us!
Can I visit you tomorrow evening?
And then whoever wants can see us!
I've been thinking about you since spring!
You're always on my mind!
Ever since we met there, at the well...
Because I love you so much,
that even taking a breath hurts!
If you're not around.
Do you believe me?
I do.
Don't. I'll just...
go now.
Well, if you must...
then just go.
I must.
God bless you!
So, tell me! How far along are you?
Come on! Say something! Have you gone numb?
It's not that!
It isn't?
No.
Well then...
What was your father talking about?
Only he knows what he was talking about.
All he told me is to come out here... because you called for me...
I thought, you wanted to tell me something!
Something like...
that you love me.
But really love me, after all.
And, that perhaps...
That was then!
In the summer. And now it's autumn already!
But don't be sad about that!
You were a good lover, I won't let you starve!
I've never hurt any of my past lovers ever!
I'll give you a calf!
Uncle Sandor!
I stacked the hay, uncle Sandor, just as you asked me!
Have a look at it to see, if it's done right!
All right! Wait! I'm coming!
Janika! What are you doing?
Oh, my God!
Just look at your clothes!
What will your father say when he sees you like that?
Come, you little good-for-nothing, come!
Aren't you ashamed of yourself, being such a big boy?
You just stay next to Uncle Laci, will you!
Just look at him, how messy he is!
Come now. Are you really such a bad child?
I don't understand this!
It should have been here already!
- And It's still nowhere to be seen!! - Why do you keep jumping around?
If you could wait for five months, surely you can bear another minute!
That's the point!
Why does the train have be late today, of all days?
Come on! Such an impatient young woman!
Well, I wouldn't like to be Jani's skin today, that's for sure!
Come on! Leave me alone!
Two abominable old men!
What if something's happened to him?
What? He's returning from the Economy school, not from the battlefield!
Well, here it is! Come, Janika!
Can you hear it?
Now where did that kid go now?
Paja! Paja!
Zsuzska!
There's your father! Look! Jani!
You should yell as well! Come on!
Janika!
Hoppa!
So you came to meet me, Zsuzsika?
How could we not come to meet you?
He's grown! This child has grown!
It's so good to be at home again!
So, Jani! Did you bring some knowledge with you?
Uncle Laci!
Uncle Pista! Are you here as well?
- Welcome, my son! - God bless you!
Leave it! I'll carry it!
Welcome, comrade Gal!
- God bless you! - I see, you're in good health!
There' the kid! Were you chasing some skirt again?
We must hurry, if the train was already late, at least we must be on time!
This kid is completely crazy! Honestly!
Hey, Paja! Stop playing around! You're shaking the soul out of us!
Did you bring some bubble gum from Pest, Uncle Jani?
Shut up! Get back down, you fool!
Do you want to climb a tree with this truck?
Did Kaja get tired of the horses?
Hell, no! He loved them very much, horses were everything for him...
but as soon as the new truck arrived he just went mad to become its driver.
So I sent him to a driving course!
Curse your father! Hey!
I'll slap him so hard as soon as he stops!
Take him, Jani! I can't hold him anymore! All right!
Where is he going in such a hurry?
We're visiting the homesteads these days!
Registering the new entrants!
We have two or three new ones every day.
You can have today for yourself, but from tomorrow you'll come with us, too!
Good. Of course! And then?
A reporter will be waiting for us tomorrow at 11!
- He wants to come with us! - LOOK OUT!!
A man is worth more with his head than without!
- So, a reporter? - That's right!
From the radio, brother!
And the reason why Paja is in such a hurry now, is 'cause
he also wants to talk into the tape recorder!
And he wants to pick up Mari Busko beforehand,
to make sure she'll hear it too!
Dear listeners! We're giving a broadcast from the courtyard of the farm
of Sandor Ulveczky, one of the most excellent farmers of the area.
He is the 100th new member of the New Life Agricultural Cooperative.
The hero of the day stands here, beside us,
with the well-respected president of the cooperative,
May I ask for your name?
- Biro. - What? I don't understand. - How should I say it then?? Laszlo Biro!!
So, comrade Biro and the committee...,
have already made an inventory of the household items,
the plow, the harrow, the carriage, the hoewheel,
Wheelhoe! You dunderhead!
Pardon me, comrade Biro, I stand corrected.
Of course, I meant hoewheel, pardon, wheelhoe.
I meant wheelhoe as well.
So, let us ask you now,
Comrade Ullveczky, why did you decide to join the cooperative?
What is it?
So, why did you join, Master Ullveczky?
Well, only because I always considered the good...
to be better than the not-so-good.
Hm, that was a very short, but witty answer.
So, would you like to add some more details, perhaps, Master Ulveczky?
What the hell more could I possibly say?
They convinced me, and then I joined!
Why are you nagging me?
Ask the others about something else instead!
Come on! Let's go to the animals!
Let's not waste our time!
The cow is a Swiss purebreed.
It's guaranteed to give 18-19 liters a day!
It already gave birth to two calfs.
- Talk to him now! - All right! My thoughts exactly!
Comrade!
I am the truck driver of the cooperative.
I would be glad to talk to you about the new workers' brigade!
Or anything else!
I'm busy at the moment, my friend! I'm behind in the reporting!
This horse is only 6 years old. It'll be...
an excellent stallion for another 8 years!
If you look around, you can see the quality of colts that are in the area!
There is no horse...
like this in the whole county!
So!
How much do you figure he's worth, István?
Ten thousand forints.
Good enough?
- Ten thousand?? - Well...
Let's make it twelve thousand!
We can't give more for it, Sandor.
Even this price is above the allowed limit.
For the other one...
The Raro...
I accept seven thousand without a word.
That's just a horse.
A good one, to be honest. First class. Excellent.
But that's just a horse.
But the Poloske,
is priceless.
And if I must...
I'll just give it in for free!
- No way! - That... is not allowed, Sandor!
For free, I'm telling you!
This horse
is not just my horse.
But my dog, too.
My friend.
If I were given money for it, I wouldn't feel like it's mine anymore.
Is that right, Poloske?
Hey, don't you hang around his neck!
- Why not? Who says I shouldn't? - Nobody!
But then he'll just touch the little mouse under your skirt!
I'm not sure she'll let him do that! She didn't let you do it either!
Uncle Sandor! She's likely seen something like it before!
I'll catch her soon enough and we'll see what happens then!
You can try!
Well, if I can try, then I will!
Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
Erzsi! Wait a bit!
You, Anti! Come here, will you!
- Is that woman in the milking-brigade? - Which one?
The one with the can! She's talking to the other with the dotted scarf!
Ah, that one? Yes, she is there, too. A cow-girl.
If I remember well, her husband is called Gal, or something, right?
Yes, yes! Janos Gal!
Well then, like I said! Tomorrow morning at five, on the dot!
And tell it to Dani Pap that I'll take away first 5, and then 10 work units
from all those who are missing from work without a good reason!
This goes for everybody! Good night!
- What got into that one all of a sudden? - He's a real slavedriver!
That's for sure!
They think they know it all!!
And what did comrade Biro tell you about Poloske? Eh?
To give him two bags of oats every day!
So why do you give him chaff then? Eh?
Because I can't stand him!
He kicks the stable to pieces!
Do you know how to deal with horses at all?
Or are you just a little girl playing the piano?
You'll regret this! Do you hear me?
Shut your mouth!
It's your responsibility to give this horse
its share every day!
Because it is a stallion for breeding!
And if the smallest harm should come to
him... better you should jump into the well!
I even told Bela, when could we build the new room for the house if not now?
Well, we have the money,
so we should start now.
And the child is due in the autumn as well!
- It doesn't even show on you! - It doesn't?
But he'll surely start kicking next month!
Singing bird!
That's what you are still!
The same as when you were singing for me!
Hey, you used to sing this song so nicely,
I used to have a nice lover once,
But she was the kind,
You got prettier and much more womanly since I last saw you, Zsuzska!
Do you still have the scarf I gave you?
'Cos if you do, then I know that you also think about me still!
You don't even answer me? You!
Hey, Tino! Go!
You're not answering me?
You!
Leave me alone! You pig! You bastard!
Leave me alone! Get away from here!
Let me go!
Get away from here!
I have a husband, did you forget that? And a child too!
So, you better be careful!
So you became quite a cat with claws?
Comrade Gal!
What is it, Uncle Pali?
A letter from the County Council!
Just give it to me!
Zsuzsika!
Are you still in here?
Yes, I am still.
You could go to the town tomorrow to sign the order.
I talked to them on the phone.
They'll deliver it next week.
This is for the agronomist comrade, Uncle Pali!
So don't give it to me!
Aren't you happy, Zsuzsi?
I was thinking that maybe you could even buy the little bicycle for Janika!
But come home with the 3:30 train!
The truck will be at the station to pick you up!
- Is that good? - Good.
What's wrong with you?
Come here!
Why should I?
Why should you? 'Cos I'm asking you!
Come here!
Let me be!
I have no time for such games now!
And I'm not alone either!
Why? Who else in in there?
Comrade Ullveczky!
Good day!
God bless you, brother!
You probably doesn't even recognize me anymore!
Why wouldn't I?
Jani!
Jani Gal! That's who you are, aren't you?
So you do remember me, after all!
How could I not? From the Szucss!
That's where I saw you!
That's right! When you jumped over the fence!
That was a big event!
Well...
I am the older,
So, put 'er there, brother!
I'm happy that you also joined us Uncle Sandor!
God grant you, Sandor!
- You, Pista! - What?
Do you still have your zither?
I do.
Zsuzsi Monoki goes there, do you see her?
Mrs. Gal?
Mrs. Gal? To hell with it!
She's still Zsuzsi Monoki to me!
We'll play her song under her window tonight, eh?
I don't like these kind of things, Sandor!
- Only trouble comes of it! - Trouble?
How could it become a trouble if you keep your mouth shut?
Are you afraid of these dirty scum perhaps?
Why should I be afraid of them?
I feel good among them!
So why should I be afraid then?
But I don't want no funny business! And I advise you the same!
What's wrong with you, Zsuzsi?
Nothing's wrong with me.
Don't tell me that there's nothing!
I know you! I can see that something is troubling you!
How could I not be troubled when you talk to him as if...
as if you were honoured by the fact that he joined us!
Who is this Ulveczky?...that one must talk to him like that?
Come on, hey! Is that the problem?
Why are you quarelling now?
Do you think I don't know who he was, and what he was before?
But now he is here! Among us! And if he is here, then...
I hate him! I despise him!
He just comes here, joins us, and then starts to talk familiar with me!
That bothers you?
Why shouldn't I feel offended by that? That he treats me as his servant still?
And are you not offended by that at all? What can offend you if not this?
Zsuzsika!
What's wrong with you?
You've never been so hateful and bitter before!
Hey, leave me be!
Not everybody can be like you!
I used to have a nice lover once,
But she was the kind,
that if we haven't seen each other for a day,
She came home for a week some time ago, and I saw she had underwear and a camisole...
all made of nylon!
Pink nylon! Blue nylon!
Well, if this life was good enough for my father, my grandfather,
and my great-grandfather, then why does my son not like it anymore?
God bless you, Sandor!
God bless you!
She was there, at the wagon-factory! She even told my daughter,
'Leave that state cooperative behind!'
'Come there! You might even learn a trade there!'
That's not for women or young girls!
- Well, another one! - I trump your ten!
They are looking for everything these days!
Yes, the signpost's been hanging...
on the gate of the factory, but there are not too many applicants.
For example he was suckling my milk for 8 months...
He just didn't want to stop!
That's good, if you had enough milk!
I had so much, that I couldn't give him more on the doctor's orders...,
because I grew so thin, just skin and bones due to the breast feeding,
and the milk was still just coming from my breasts!
And it hurt so much, and got so swollen they were as hard as rocks!
If something touched them I almost screamed!
But you could still stand your husband's touch, right?
Even he didn't see them!
God bless you, Zsuzsika!
God bless you all! So, can you make a little space for me as well?
Wow, what a heat wave we have today!
That we have.
A real heat wave.
- I've disturbed your talks, haven't I? - That you haven't.
We were just chatting.
On the other hand, it suits you well that you put on a bit of weight, Zsuzska!
Your seem more relaxed lately.
At least your husband will have something to grab on to again!
Menfolk like if there is something to grab! Am I right?
That's not so important!
She must have fire in her, though! That's the main thing!
I knew a girl once,
she was just like a little dove,
tame and meek,
but as soon as I embraced her
it was as though fire was burning me!
It still hurts even today...,
every time I think of her!
Some men are like this, others are like that.
It's going to rain.
- Oh, my God, what a downpour! - This is not just a downpour!
It's ice.
That's what it is!
You see, Zsuzska!
God crossed our paths again.
Sandor!
If you ever loved me even a tiny bit, then let me go now!
I don't want to...
Don't be afraid, you, song-bird!
You little wet sparrow, you!
Don't you worry, as long as I'm around!
Enough with all this splashing! Come along now.
Zsuzsika!
Do you know how long it takes a man to do a multiplication problem?
- I don't know. - Fifteen to twenty seconds.
And here it says that the electronic calculator
can perform 1500-2000 multiplications in a second!!
Isn't that a miracle?
Yes. A miracle.
Come here, my little saint.
You must be sleepy by now.
Jani!
Come out a little! I'd like to tell you something.
Can't you tell me here?
I don't want Janika to wake up.
He won't wake up once he falls asleep.
So?
Sit down there for a moment, and don't look at me now!
Because what I'm about to tell you now is very hard.
They say,
people only dream about somebody,
if they really love him.
Have you ever heard this?
Well... Tell me!
So...
I was your wife for a year and a half...,
and still I never dreamt about you, not once.
Only after Janika was born...,
and then you were sent to the town for a long time.
That was when I dreamt about you for the first time.
That's how I found out that it was you that I loved then.
And until then?
Until then.
This afternoon I was kissed by Ulveczky.
Ulveczky?
He used to be my lover.
The only one I had before you.
I never talked to you about this.
And I was happy that you never asked.
Did you love him? - I kissed his hand when he hit me. That's how much I loved him.
I had goosebumps on my back when he touched me.
My blood was engulfed in flames, that's how much I loved him.
And when he grew tired of me...,
he threw me away like a rag.
It will be four years in the autumn.
That afternoon,
when you came after me at the barrier, that's when he kicked me out.
He wanted to give me a calf, because I was a good lover, he said.
This was my secret.
Now you know everything.
If you want, just say it,
and I'll leave from here without a word.
And...
this afternoon...
did you also want him...
to kiss you?
Why are you asking me? Why are you torturing me?
Did you want it or not?
I didn't want it.
But I had no strength to...
Play it Toni, as good as you can!
- Can you hold on, Panni? - Until tomorrow, if need be, Sandor!
Then you're my kind of dancer!
The shepherd dogs may bark...
- Why are you looking at him so much? - Just to remember this...
What?
If I ever see you dancing like that with anyone else, I'll break your back!
Why did you stop, Toni?
We're just getting started!
Every so often we need to rest a little!
To rest? We'll rest in our coffins!
Come on! Come on!
The shepherd dogs may bark, they might even bite!
But don't you worry, my little angel! I won't let you down!
What a mad wild-bull he is!
Always has been! - But he knows how to work too, if he wants to!
He can really push his people! That's what's best about him! - Who?
- Jani! - Ah, him.
He...
That he knows...
Can I have your next dance, Zsuzska?
I won't dance anymore today.
Damn it!
And with others you will?
- Except for me? - Not with others either...
But especially not with you.
Sandor, you!
Come here, will you!
Well, how was that wager with that ram, you remember?
That was a long time ago!
Pista knows.
And truth to be told!
- You were also there, brother Jani! - That's right, Uncle Sandor!
That's when I got to like you so much.
You gave me that good palinka!
I haven't drunk any better since!
But now, I would drink again!
'Cos I am very thirsty, indeed!
Come on, hey! Ho!
- Take a breath at least! - You'll drown, Sandor!
That's really something!
I wish that God gives you a long life!
Well, you can drink just as much as you could back then, Sandor!
We have some palinka as well, if that's what anybody would like!
Why put that here! Wasn't it enough already?
Whether it was enough or not, my brother,
was always up to me, and nobody else...
Let those drink, who can hold it, right?
As I can see it, you would be happy to build that fence still, is that right?
Not at all, Uncle Laci!
And that's for sure!
'Cos I am not the man I used to be either...
I am not. Curse this wretched world!
But I can still do a thing or two!
I could ride in here blindfolded on the back of Poloske...
among the dancers.
Well-well...
And I could make him dance around on his hind-legs!
And when Poloske kneels down in front of any girl...
I would keep on dancing with her until the morning!
But I would choose the song as well!
You could bet on this!
- You've gone completely crazy, Sandor! - That's all we need!
Why?
Wouldn't you like that?
That would be like a real circus!
And that kind of thing has no place here!
Do you have a problem with me, brother?
Sandor!
There is no horse that could do that in such a commotion especially not Poloske!
- To hell with it! - The Poloske?
Have you forgotten perhaps the things Poloske can do?
He does everything I ask!
No man or woman has ever been as good to me as that horse!
He'll do it for me!
Jesus-Mary!
He really means to come in with the horse!
There will be some screams in here then!
- Let's follow him! - Wait!
Don't be afraid! He drank a lot, and... I know what he's like! Come, Istvan!
Play!
Father!
Sweet mother is waiting for you!
Tell her to wait a bit longer!
I'm busy with something, but I'll soon return!
What is it, what's wrong, Lacko?
Ahh... Well, that Ulveczky!
Hurry up, father, 'cos my sweet mother...
- Sandor! - Stay back!
Take him!
Toni! This will be the next song!
But play it quietly...,
and with feeling...
I used to have a
nice lover,
but she was the kind!
But she was the kind!
Will you dance with me now, Zsuzska?
I already told you, I won't dance!
Or if I do, with my husband!
You just leave me alone!
Are you having fun, brother? Are you?
God damn your father!
You think, you can do whatever you want? What are you doing? I'll squash you!
Stop it, folks! We shouldn't brawl with a drunkard!
Why not, for God's sake? Should we just stand here like sheep?
Watching him beating others?
- Brawling will not solve anything! - Put that bottle down!
Comrade Ulveczky!
Never have I received anybody into this cooperative with such respect as you.
But if you behave like this...,
don't be surprised if people turn against you!
So, watch yourself, and don't make a scandal!
Enough of this circus!
Go home and sleep it off!
All right, brother,
Jani Gal!
I'm about ready to go home now!
And what do you want now?
You can still go out on the fields even if Ulveczky is not here yet!
Work must go on!
I'll talk to him when he arrives!
And don't you worry, he won't be happy about it!
- He knows how to be bossy! - That's for sure!
But whenever he feels like it, he doesn't come to work!
Like the last time, when the hailstorm came...
You're right, kids, but let's not talk about this now!
On Wednesday's meeting Ulveczky will be the first thing on the agenda!
Then you can say whatever you want, face-to-face, 'cos he'll be there too.
Hallo! Yes!
Go, Elek! Take the horses and go!
Our truck will take care of that!
But this is not a precedent!
I won't make a habit out of it!
All right! God bless you!
Director comrade!
I swear I won't look after that horse Poloske any more!
What! Is there a problem now with his horse as well?
I can't deal with it anymore! Look here! It tore a piece off my shirt again!
I'm lucky it wasn't my arm!
Why should I give oats to such a horse?
Then don't give it any for now then!
Fair enough, but Ulveczky keeps checking whether I do or not!
And the last time I didn't he gave me a few slaps!
What?
He slapped you? And you only mention this to me now?
So people can just slap your face when you're doing your job?
And then you just take it, without complaints,
so that nobody can defend you from that wild animal?
What are you?
Are you a piece of muck?
Or a dishrag? You!
Are you a servant perhaps, who can be beaten up in his own stable??
God curse this Ulveczky!
But let that meeting come, and I'll cut him out as if he were a rotten weed!
But you too, with him!
For being such a cream puff!
Can you not deal with a horse?
It's no wonder it cannot be dealt with, Uncle Laci!
It's been standing in the stable for two weeks feeding his face!
It got some of it's spirit back at yesterday's dance...
He ought to be ridden!
Go, and ride 'im yourself, if you're such a brave fellow!
- I was thrown off twice already! - Enough of this senseless chatter!
How much time do you have still, Paja?
Another 30 minutes until they unload the boxes!
Well, then just go and show this good-for-nothing how it's done!
Poloske is just another horse, not the black devil himself!
I won't hop off him until he's white from froth, Uncle Laci!
You... you!
- Pull it! - No! - It's stuck on something!
Lift it!
Look over there!
Pali Csoma's riding the Poloske!
He's mounted on him nicely!
- He wasn't a bad wrangler either! - Not at all!
He's got the nerve to hit 'im with a cane!
He does it well! The horse will get tired much before Paja!
Come on, let's go, Anti! The truck must leave on time!
Oh, my God!
The old trough-holes! He's riding him there!
The horse fell on him, I saw it!
Hallo! Hallo! Farming cooperation?
This is Janos Gal speaking from the New Life Co-operative!
Is the truck still there?
It already left? Just now?
- Did he wake up, Margit? - No.
The truck left 3 minutes ago!
It'll take at least 30 minutes to get here.
Eszti! Go and get a straw-bag or some kind of mat...
- so the truck wouldn't shake him too much! - Will they take him to the hospital?
Where else?
Come!
But how on Earth could this happen so suddenly?
I could see...
that he was riding it as if he were born for it!
Poloske!
Poloske, you!
So...
What's the problem, hey?
Let's have a look at it!
The pastern is broken... and the fetlock...
Get away from here!
I told you to go away from here!
Hallo!
I already asked for the ambulance five minutes ago, comrade!
Yes, immediately!
Don't joke with me now! It's a matter of life and death!
All right. I'm waiting.
Hurry... He's in a very bad shape!
- Is the ambulance coming? - I wasn't connected yet!
But now they've said, it'll happen shortly!
Where are you going?
I'll fetch Paja's mother, Jani!
I... went home... yesterday...
And slept it off!
Just as you told me to, Jani Gal!
But what're you going to tell me today?
Where is your big smart brain now?
Hallo! Yes-yes! Ambulance? This is the New Life Co-operative!!
An injured man needs to be taken to the hospital urgently!
Yes, it is urgent!
Listen to me, when I'm talking to you, hey!
- Hallo! Hallo! - Center!
- Give me the Ambulance again quickly! - A bit of patience, please!
Get away from here, right now!
I'm not going to argue with you!
At least not now, do you understand?
There is a dying man in the room...
You beast! Go away from here!
Or we'll take pitchforks to chase you out!
He regained consciousness, Uncle Laci! He wants to talk to you!
By God! What's going on here today?
Hallo!
Get away from here!
Hallo!
I've never had to be sent away twice from no place!
'Cos I understand the meaning of the word!
Hallo, center?
Not a penny is missing from the money
I was given for the other horse and the wagon...
when I joined.
Here it is!
- Hallo! Hallo! Are you still there? - Yes! Yes! I'm here. I'm waiting.
How long do I have wait still?
And we'll settle the matter of Poloske between the two of us!
Hallo! Yes, yes! Ambulance?
Paja! Paja!
Uncle Sandor!
What happened to Paja?
He's going die, just like the Poloske! Or if not, I'll beat him to death myself!
Sandor!
- Let me go! - Don't go crazy, Sandor!
You're running to your doom!
Let me go, by the untrustworthy god of your father!
You, servant of beggars!
Dear mother!
- I'll collect some eggs! - All right! Come!
Come, let's look for them at the bottom of the hay, in the bush, in the hen house.
But be careful, don't break them!
Well, Zsuzska!
Now, we'll find out if you'll dance with me or not!
Pack your clothes, gather your things! Come, I'm taking you with me!
- Have you gone crazy? - I haven't.
It's the world that has.
That's a big enough problem for me.
But I'll set things straight.
You little rag!
So it's Jani Gal, you want?
Is he your man?
Get away from here!
Are you taking sides with Jani Gal?
I can throw him into the lime pit with a single hand if I want to!
I'm madly in love with you, Zsuzska!
My blood is burning even if I just look at you!
But yours, too, I know!
I've had a hundred lovers and..., I remember none...
Except for you...
What did you do? Your shirt is full of blood!
I killed Poloske!
I stabbed him to death like a pig!
'Cos you folks broke its legs!
That's all that's left of him!
Do you see?
So just try to tease me!
Market comedian!
- Let me go! - Never again!
I hate you!
We'll find out about that soon!
There was a lentil on your belly!
When I see it, that's how I'll recognize you!
Just keep kicking! Just keep scratching!
I won't slap you...
- I became a tame man! - Help!
Jani!
Go to the room!
Get away from here!
Get away!
And is it loaded at least..., hey?
Stop!
One more step and I'll shoot you!
Shoot me, Jani Gal!
Shoot me, if you dare!
Shoot me, now!
If you can!
You dare not to kill a man!
Isn't that right?
You're not a man!
But a beast!
Dirty thief!
Well, my brother, Jani Gal!
Say an Amen now!
Because you're about to die!
Zsuzsi!
Janos! Janos!
Janika!
Don't cry, Zsuzsi! Don't cry!
Don't cry, Zsuzsika!
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