Love Gets a Room (2021) - full transcript
A group of actors perform in the heart of the Warsaw Ghetto, in a life or death context on a run-down stage.
Wait. Stop.
To the Femina theater, quickly.
2 zloty.
-Are you crazy? 80 grosz.
-1 1/2.
- 80 grosz.
- 1 zloty.
Don't hold me up. I'm late.
Go, go, go, go.
Hey, do you have any gloves?
Do you have any gloves?
Wait. Stop.
You kidding?
We have to get out of here.
No, I'm not kidding.
Stop or I'll jump.
Run.
They're not looking for women.
Is that leather?
It looks like leather.
I'm cold.
You should turn it in.
Someone will report it.
They'll kill you.
Give it to me.
I'll turn it in for you.
If they kill me,
I won't be cold anymore.
Back up. Don't move.
Stay quiet.
Are you crazy?
Stay quiet. Don't move, okay?
I have nothing.
Let me go.
Hide. Hide. Hide, everyone.
Wherever you are, please hide.
Checkpoint?
Checkpoint.
Shit.
You, my dear friend,
you're going to remove your cap.
Please, be so kind.
Come, come, come, come.
Come here. Stop.
You know what to do.
And you, please.
You.
And you.
Funny, huh?
Very funny.
You need to smile at least.
Much better. Yes.
Give me a smile.
I want to see a smile.
It's funny.
Yes, beautiful smiles.
All right.
Listen to this.
Yosef goes to see the rabbi
and says, "Rabbi,
I have a problem.
I like two women --
my wife and another one.
Can I be with both
at the same time?"
The rabbi says no.
"Thank you, rabbi.
Very wise."
Now, after a few days,
Yosef goes back
to the synagogue,
and now he's very angry.
He says, "Rabbi,
I asked for your advice,
and your answer was clear,
but I just found out
that you live with
two women yourself.
How do you explain that?"
And the old man answers,
"I didn't ask the rabbi."
I've got another one.
-What's the 11th commandment?
-Beats me.
Thou shalt choose thy
grandparents carefully.
Yeah, I wish I had.
You're late,
Stefcia. Where were you?
I better not tell you.
One of us might be
working for the Gestapo.
Ah, giving classes, huh?
They give me soup.
I don't think you should
get too attached
-to those children, Stefcia.
-They give me soup.
- You're late.
- There was a hunt
and a checkpoint.
Well, at least you showed up.
Patryk isn't here yet.
Where is he?
Nobody knows.
It's a sell-out crowd, girls.
Well,
that's the good part
about movie theaters
being closed, isn't it?
Well, I like movies.
Are we in spring?
Yes, in spring.
Not now, Sarah.
Here,
put talc on those hands
and cover them up, dear.
Sarah, you should read this.
Niusia.
I don't want to see
those things in here.
You need to change
your boyfriend.
He's no good for you.
You'll get us all into trouble.
It's time for everyone
to know the truth.
Oh, the truth.
The truth is clear enough.
Are you crazy?
No, you're the one that's crazy.
Finally good for something.
Well, ladies,
two minutes to curtain.
Today they will take their hands
out of their coats and clap.
Let's go.
Oh, great.
Jozek broke something again.
-Is he drunk?
-He's gonna stink when we kiss.
Edmund has bad breath too.
No, he doesn't.
I guess love not only
makes you blind.
Well, if I remember correctly,
eating makes your breath
smell better.
What?
What are we laughing about?
About you, Edmund,
and about love.
Ah, love is my specialty, Ada.
My bounty is as boundless
as the sea.
My love is deep.
For the more I give it to thee,
the more I have,
-for both are infinite.
-Okay.
Um, firstly,
that's Juliet's line, you Romeo.
Secondly,
that's the wrong Juliet.
I was about to say that.
What am I thinking,
Stefcia?
My bounty is as boundless
as the sea.
My love is deep.
For the more I give to thee,
the more I have
for both are infinite.
You're such an idiot.
How are you doing, Sarah?
Do you have a fever?
-No.
-Okay.
Don't you dare do that on stage.
Don't you dare speak
to my sister like that.
Go back to the dressing room,
Sarah, and sit by the heater.
All right? Go on.
Romeo and Juliet were fools.
Sorry?
Who wants to die for love?
We have to go on stage.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You've got talc on your face.
Go.
If that kid ruins
the performance,
I'll give her
a special talking to.
That's enough, you two.
Honestly.
You have to play
a happy couple in a second.
God. Where the hell is Patryk?
Who will raise the curtain?
Have Jozek do it.
God, people will leave
before it's over
-to get home before the curfew.
-I'll handle it.
With your hands?
Not with my feet,
that's for sure.
They will clap today, I promise.
Just wait till close.
We'll see.
Edmund, you're hanging
Grandma upside-down.
She looks a lot better this way.
Oh, come on.
Give me the hammer.
Ada, we can put your grandmother
behind the bust of Chopin.
The old lady will be glad
to have a man around.
That is not Chopin.
That is Julius Caesar.
After a night on the town.
Patryk is finally here.
Where was he?
How should I know?
You are hammering
nails in the wall?
Better than in the windows,
my dear landlady.
No hammering or the walls
will crumble.
They'll crumble anyway.
What should I do
with Grandma then?
Ada, we can put your
grandmother under the bed.
Oh!
Then use her as a tray
when we have visitors.
-Edmund!
-Ada!
-No visitors.
-Excuse me?
No visitors.
Maybe you're
not afraid of typhoid.
Maybe you've been vaccinated.
But I can't afford to.
You play violin?
I use it to hunt rats.
Of course I play violin.
In that case,
I have to tell you right away
that kind of thing
is not permitted here.
I already have one of those
characters in the building.
That guy from the Femina theater
lives next door.
He's always plinking away on
the piano morning till night.
At least he played
a melody, but no.
Ah, you see?
Pure cacophony.
You know there were two
whole families in there before
and they made less noise?
Well, I only play
beautiful melodies.
Do you have a favorite tune?
I'd be glad to play it for you.
We only boil water once a day.
No doing laundry
or the floor will get wet.
Don't spend longer than
two minutes on the toilet.
And no tossing paper in there
either, or it'll back up.
-Better not use any paper.
-I love what you wrote.
Better not
use the toilet at all.
Don't break Napoleon.
He belonged to my husband.
It's definitely Chopin.
We have to talk.
We're on in a second.
- Now.
- Okay. There we go.
Okay...
We're leaving
the ghetto.
What?
We're leaving
the ghetto, you and me, tonight.
What do you mean,
you and me? What about Edmund?
I don't have money for him.
I bribed two SS guards.
They won't shoot us.
What,
because they're SS?
We'll go to my village.
I know people.
They'll hide us in a barn
somewhere.
I'm with Edmund,
Patryk.
I don't
want to marry you.
I'm trying to save your life.
Where did
you get the money?
Don't ask.
Tonight.
What are you doing?
You're on next.
Tonight after the show.
I always had more than one
suitor when I was young too.
I married the one that gave me
his grandmother's wedding ring.
Wrong choice.
...coming and going,
things start to disappear.
We need to be careful.
Mundy, did you put
the note on the door?
Of course, Ada, with our name
and "ring five times."
-Five times?
-Sure.
I already learned it by heart.
One ring, Finklestein.
Two rings,
the Goldberg family.
Three rings,
the piano player.
Four rings, the dentist.
What's his name?
I just can't stand dentists.
And five times, us.
Oh.
One.
Two.
-Three.
-That's the piano player.
Oh, we'll make it real
cozy here in our little room.
♪ It doesn't matter ♪
♪ If it's too big or small ♪
♪ If you can see upsides all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home with
all you need ♪
♪ Only for us, for me and you ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ No matter what ♪
-♪ Laundry in the hall ♪
-♪ A hat on the wall ♪
♪ Soap bowl and brooms ♪
♪ Sure have enough ♪
♪ A place for us to lie ♪
♪ I'm so happy, I could cry ♪
♪ It doesn't matter ♪
I won't leave Edmund.
♪ You can see out at all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home
with all you need ♪
Then you'll die here.
♪ ...you and me ♪
Oh!
Please excuse me.
I was assigned this room
by the housing office.
Uh, but we live here.
I'm very sorry.
If I'd known
the room was occupied,
I never would have agreed
to the assignment.
We don't agree either.
I'm a new assignment, though.
I spent all my money on bribes.
Ada, we can't kick him out
on the street.
He'll freeze
or be beaten to death
or the other way around.
A lone bachelor
won't take up a lot of room.
Well, as if there were
a lot of room to take up.
Patryk, will you hold
this box, please?
I've got the iron
and the dominoes
and my hat and the cactus.
You sure you're not
somewhere in there too?
A lone bachelor?
Stefcia?
Mundy, what are you doing here?
I live here.
Ada, allow me to
introduce Stefcia.
We performed together
last year at Greenspan's.
She's a beautiful singer.
I'm sure.
Pleased to meet you.
The pleasure's all mine.
Do you live here, too?
Too?
Edmund, I thought you talked
to the housing office.
I was going
to do it tomorrow.
Tomorrow, tomorrow,
just not today.
That's what
the smart people say.
Wisdom is a different way.
Couldn't you get us a vacant
room, my darling Patryk?
The housing office thought
that this one was free.
Officials who think?
Now, that's a contradiction.
This is definitely
my husband's fault.
Why do I even need a husband if
I have to do everything myself?
That is right. How long
have you been married, anyway?
Since this morning.
How about you?
-Since yesterday.
-Twice as long.
-I know.
-Congratulations.
How many marriages
last that much?
May I make a suggestion,
Stefcia?
I have one too.
The four of us
could live here together.
-That's my suggestion too.
-Let's go talk to the landlady.
Let's go.
What is wrong with you?
I'm fine.
Fine, thanks for asking.
No, you missed your cue twice.
Pull yourself together.
Didn't do it on my own yet.
Show me a happy woman
and I'll show you the eighth
wonder of the world.
Ada.
What?
What would you be willing to do
to leave the ghetto?
Well, that's easy if
you don't mind being dead.
What would you be willing to do?
Anything.
You?
Let's go, girls.
We're not on holiday.
Let's just
let the women handle it.
The landlady agrees.
Isn't that right, Mrs. Landlady?
-We'll split the room two ways.
-Excellent.
But you'll have to pay
the same rent as they do.
But it's only one room.
You don't play violin, do you?
No, I work for
the Jewish Council.
In that case, I'll need
the rent up front.
You'll be very happy here.
We just need another bed.
-Oh, Edmund!
-Ada!
What are you doing? My God.
I hope your God listens
better than mine.
You have your shoes
on the bedspread.
Should I take it off?
Oh, there's a cigarette
butt on the floor.
What's it doing there?
I kicked it under the bed.
- Edmund!
- Ada!
I'll put it on our side
of the room.
That way, there --
there won't be any fighting.
You know what? This is a shame.
We should all be
honeymooning right now,
not locked in behind a wall,
no room of our own.
Not even a toilet.
Well, even if we had the money,
where would we go?
We're not even allowed
to ride the tram.
The ghetto is no place
for love stories.
We just have
the horse-drawn bus.
It doesn't go far,
but it's slow.
He's right.
We'll go on our honeymoon.
♪ The toilet's on the street ♪
♪ It's crowded and it stinks ♪
♪ Just have to wait until ♪
♪ The horse decides
to stop and drink ♪
♪ After an hour,
whistles, screams ♪
♪ Hit a little bump
as that must fear ♪
♪ Every heart leaps
in everyone who hears ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow ♪
♪ Everyone gets shaken ♪
♪ Everyone's awake then ♪
♪ Hold on and don't talk ♪
♪ It would be faster
just to walk ♪
♪ Run, little horsey,
don't slow down ♪
♪ Jozek on rickshaws
in a showdown ♪
♪ Now, everybody,
don't make a fuss ♪
♪ Let's hear it
for the omnibus ♪
And now the return trip.
♪ Toilet on Panska Street ♪
♪ It stinks even more ♪
♪ After the pit stop ♪
♪ The engine's slower ♪
♪ After an hour,
whistle, screams ♪
♪ Shoving, biting, pushing ♪
♪ Every heart leaps
in everyone who's rushing ♪
♪ And it's so crowded ♪
♪ The Jewish police start
their head crushing ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow ♪
I haven't had such a great
trip for a long time.
Damn it, Edmund.
What if there were informers
in the audience?
So what?
Do you want the Germans
to shut down the theater?
The SS doesn't care if we
make fun of collaborators, Ada.
Patryk, can you please tell him
not to change the play?
Let him.
Let him?
Let him.
Did you see the faces
of the Jewish police?
-They did not see that coming.
-Edmund.
The way they looked at me,
the audience,
did you see their faces?
I mean, I killed it.
You know, we need to
close the act better.
You need another line to end
on a higher note, you know?
We need to talk to Patryk. They
were this close to applauding.
-Edmund.
-Stefcia.
Patryk wants to escape
tonight after the show.
-Tonight?
-He bribed someone.
Who? He -- He can't do that.
Can he do that? With what money?
He wants me to go with him.
What?
-How long have you known?
-I told him I won't go.
I want to be here with you.
-But do you want to go with him?
-No.
-Do you want to stay here?
-No. I want to be with you.
-Do you want me to go?
-No.
I want...
I don't know what I want.
-Edmund.
-Later, later.
Can you maybe go any slower?
Get out of here.
Is it really so smart to drink
before you go on, Jozek?
I don't call it wise.
Want some?
It's the real stuff.
She okay?
Take her a while.
Hey, Niusia.
Quit playing
resistance fighter, okay?
I'm serious. Not all of us
are in a hurry to die.
♪ ...never find a decent man ♪
You need
to stand up straight.
Don't think about the audience.
Sing for yourself.
Try it.
♪ It won't be long ♪
♪ Till winter's come ♪
♪ And then a year gone ♪
♪ His name forever gone ♪
That was great.
Stefcia.
Yes?
Why don't you marry Edmund?
We're not allowed
to get married.
Nobody can.
Some people do.
How do you know that?
You didn't know.
Some people
do things, yeah,
without anybody finding out,
but your brother and I
don't need to.
Stefcia?
What?
You were with Patryk
before, right?
You done there again?
Yes.
I was with Patryk
a long time ago.
Before.
Did you love him?
He took care of me
when my father was killed.
He was there for me.
You think I'll find
someone like that?
Like Patryk?
I know someone who should have
been on stage two minutes ago.
Damn it.
Shit.
Shit, shit.
- You're late, Stefcia.
- No shit.
They've rearranged the scene.
It's like watching a shipwreck.
Ada's gonna rip my head off.
Stefcia! Stefcia,
if you were here --
Can I be of any help?
I don't know where Stefcia
left the, uh, urinal.
There are some things
a man must do himself.
Maybe you could
try the bathroom.
I was just there. It's occupied.
But I guess I'll try again.
It's been
two months, Edmund,
and it's always the same.
I clean, you make it dirty.
I clean, you make it dirty.
Again, where is
your second sock?
I don't even know
where first sock is.
Here's the first.
Are you gonna be like this
the whole time?
Think I'm happy about staying,
that I want to die here?
It's going to be stuffed
in your mouth, that's for sure.
Damn it, the bathroom
is still occupied.
Does anybody know?
Where Stefcia is?
That girl disappears as soon
as you turn your back on her.
Don't touch that!
Calm down, Edmund.
Darling.
I think I'll try again.
If he won't let you go,
then maybe --
Maybe what?
Maybe he doesn't
really love you.
I would love to.
I would love to.
And what makes you so sure
he won't let me?
At least
I don't spend
all day and night cleaning, Ada.
Occupied, occupied, occupied.
All the ghetto could
be burning down, Ada,
and you would still
be sweeping up the ashes.
You know what? You're right.
I'm leaving.
Can nobody stand
being in this room?
I need fresh air.
And I need to go too!
He's really fast
for a public servant.
Does anyone care
about this play?
Go and rest a little.
You're back on after the duet.
Oh, God. Wake up, Patryk.
That train left
a long time ago.
Write your next song for
someone who cares about you.
Otherwise, write it for me.
I dreamed about you today.
About me?
It was such an odd dream.
We were both driving down
an alley in a rickshaw.
It was dark everywhere.
So creepy.
And behind us,
a headlight appeared
like a locomotive.
Puff, puff, puff,
chasing as quickly
as if the train
wanted to swallow us up
and take us to nowhere.
And then I remember thinking,
"It must be past the curfew
and we shouldn't
be outside anymore."
Suddenly I was so scared.
And the locomotive
kept getting faster,
puff, puff, puff, and
the headlights blinded me.
Puff, puff, puff, and I wanted
to scream and scream.
-But then --
-Then?
I would have been
scared to death
if you hadn't been there for me.
Do you remember that?
I sung that every night.
I remember everything.
Everything?
The nice part.
♪ All I ever dreamed ♪
♪ Is useless when life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever reached
is fruitless ♪
♪ When I'm not ♪
♪ Beside you ♪
♪ All I ever hungered
to tell you fate ♪
♪ If you don't care ♪
♪ All I ever conquered
is meaningless ♪
♪ If you're not there ♪
♪ I do not need
the sun any nearer ♪
♪ I do not crave the moon ♪
♪ I do not long
for summer rain ♪
♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed is
useless when life is ♪
They make a good couple,
don't they?
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever feared
means nothing ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ With you ♪
What memories.
Yes. What memories.
How's Patryk?
Great. How's Ada?
Great.
I -- I need some fresh air.
Stefcia, wait. Stefcia.
Stefcia.
-Where are you going?
-Out.
Can you be a tiny bit
more precise?
Away.
That really
was quite a bit.
Come on.
You're leaving with Patryk.
End of discussion.
-That's my decision.
-We're not gonna argue, Stefcia.
-If you don't go, I will.
-Look.
We can all escape.
No, we can't.
I don't know how
Patryk got the money,
but I don't have it,
and you don't either.
-And we can't get it. Okay?
-Yes. Yes, we can.
No, we can't, Stefcia.
We're not smugglers
or Judenrat crooks.
-We're actors.
-We can ask Patryk.
- But a drunkard will.
- No, no.
You say, "Two people
from different faiths
will never get along
when two drunkards..."
I'll find a way. Go.
Okay.
How are you doing, Sarah?
You look like you've
been eaten and spat out.
Anyone would think
that the audience
was throwing
rotten tomatoes at you.
But are they?
What did you hear?
Hear?
Um, not much.
How much is that?
I heard
that you need money.
You, uh --
You don't like soup anymore?
You could always turn
Niusia in to the Germans.
But then maybe, who knows,
maybe they'll throw you in jail
and they'll close the theater.
So maybe...
Maybe there's another way.
You're very pretty, Stefcia.
And you're an actress.
So...
You wouldn't have to
walk the streets.
You could turn tricks
at the Polonia.
You wouldn't get
1,000 zlotys, but...
...you could have a good life.
Well, a better one.
You could eat.
And so could they.
That little girl
wouldn't have to starve.
Neither would he.
Neither would you.
I'd really like
to help you, Stefcia.
What are you waiting for?
You've got an audience
to entertain.
Music, not a tune.
The play's a hit.
They may even --
I know. I know.
...coming and going,
things start disappearing.
Can't trust anyone
in the ghetto.
I mean, just think,
someone hangs up their hat
in the lobby,
who knows if they've
been at the bazaar
and picked up some bug.
Do you want coal or
electricity to cook?
We don't have electricity.
We don't have any coal either.
Please be quiet.
I don't want any parties.
That was not a party.
Mr. Finklestein
lives next door.
He has a job. He needs peace.
Wrong ambition
for a Jew.
Not another word.
Silence, silence, silence.
Don't worry.
It's not tuberculosis.
She shouldn't smoke,
but she can afford to, you know.
This pays for her cigarettes.
I can pay you more.
Anybody home?
- I'm here.
- Oh.
What are you doing on that side?
Ada invited
me to breakfast.
Fake tea with no sugar,
applesauce without apples
made with real radishes.
-And why did she invite you?
-Because you weren't here.
Otherwise, she would have
invited you.
That woman's worth a fortune.
No, much less.
She's so organized.
She had a couple of friends
over as well, and --
Come in.
Oh. Apollo, help me.
Excuse me.
My name is Zylberman.
Oh, I'm sorry,
we can't have visitors.
Visitors? Visitor I'm not.
I'm head of the
House Committee, huh?
Mwah.
Ah. Ah, my dear lady.
We are putting on
a party on Saturday.
Now, there's going to be
dance music and a raffle.
Wonderful prizes.
And I was wondering
if I could ask you
to do us the honor
of performing for us.
- I'd love to.
- She'd love to.
Wonderful!
Now, the thing is, you see,
it's like this.
Feinminster,
he lives in number three.
He is the richest tenant
in the house,
and he pays most of the budget
of the House Committee.
-And is that bad?
-No, bad it's not.
But he's got a daughter,
and she sings.
What does she sing?
She don't sing normal.
She sings
What you call it?
Corotolura. Cholera?
No, God forbid, not cholera.
Do you mean coloratura?
Culturalura, that's it.
So I was wondering if you
could give a little listen
to this girl,
and then you tell me
and I'll tell the committee,
is she qualified to sing?
-I'd be glad to.
-She'd be glad to.
You don't have to repeat
everything I say.
-I'm trying to help.
-Don't be angry.
-I'm not angry.
-Oh, yes, you are.
-You're angry at me.
-I'm not angry at all.
Well, I can tell you're angry.
-I'm not angry, damn it.
-You're angry.
Well, now I am angry!
I can't take any more of this!
He can be
very sensitive sometimes.
Yeah, I noticed.
Now, uh, getting back
to our "maluctacarul"...
The girl. Yeah.
The girl. Maybe she's good.
Maybe she is. But maybe...
Maybe she's
Well, she mistakes
a lung for a liver.
Excuse me. I can express myself
better in Yiddish.
No, no.
Speak Yiddish all you want.
I understand everything.
-Really?
-I can even speak it.
Maestro.
♪ If you really understand it ♪
♪ Then I must be very candid ♪
♪ If you would allow me to say ♪
♪ All these things
the Yiddish way ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds fabulous,
just a few words ♪
♪ There's another case
that I've heard ♪
♪ Just imagine
you go to town hall ♪
♪ How do you get them
to answer your call? ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds
fabulous, but what do you do ♪
♪ When your Romeo's
beside you? ♪
♪ The moon's shining
and turning your head ♪
♪ What do you say
to get him into bed? ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds fabulous,
now I can tell ♪
♪ How your Yiddish is inviting ♪
♪ Now I'm afraid I must go,
I must leave ♪
♪ I bid you farewell
and wish you a good eve ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
Ow!
You can sing Yiddish?
Jozek?
-Do I know you?
-I know you.
There isn't a bar in the ghetto
I haven't sung in.
And Patryk,
he isn't here?
You can't know him.
He doesn't drink.
We work together
at the council.
We even had breakfast
together today here
with Ada
and my girlfriend, Niusia.
-You know Niusia?
-You know Niusia?
There aren't many of us
in the ghetto.
There are less every day.
So Niusia and I had a fight.
I want to get married,
but she said I have to be sober
before I proposition her.
Hmm. In this world.
And do you love her?
Who knows?
Who looks for true love anymore?
Yeah.
Want some?
It's very inspiring.
If we don't starve to death,
we'll kill them with grief.
You will end each act
on a sad note.
They will never clap this way.
We end on a romantic note
as planned.
You take humor too seriously.
It is not about me.
It's about them.
Where did you get the money?
Go and get changed.
- Where, Patryk?
- What does it matter?
Maybe there's more.
Did you steal it?
From who?
Who, Patryk?
Grósze.
Grósze the dentist?
No, Grósze the gnome.
Yes, the dentist.
He yanks out your
gold teeth for peanuts
and he makes ten times more
selling them to the Germans.
-He's scum.
-Does he know you robbed him?
Forget it, Stefcia.
Does he know?
I hit him.
You hit him.
I hit him.
Did you hurt him?
I don't know.
He fell against the...
Don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know.
Calm down. Calm down.
It's okay. It's okay.
Nothing will happen
to you, okay?
No, I think he might...
Does anyone know?
Okay.
Everything will be fine.
Everything will be perfect.
Stefcia, where are you going?
Fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
-Shit.
-Sorry.
It's me.
Didn't mean to frighten you.
You okay?
Come here.
So...
There you go.
What have we done?
What have we done to what?
Live like this.
What would you do for me?
Anything. You know that.
Would you do something bad?
Would you steal for me?
Would you kill?
What would you do
to not lose me?
What would you be willing to do?
I'm not gonna stop you, Stefcia.
Okay? You're not
gonna die here.
-You must leave with Patryk.
-No, no.
You have to. You know you do.
No.
-Stefcia.
-No.
-Come on.
-No.
Stefcia!
Follow me.
Stefcia.
I want the money.
You crazy? What are
you talking about?
I want the money.
You stole it. Give it to me.
You need to calm down, Stefcia.
We can't talk right now.
I'll report you.
-You stole it.
-I stole it for you.
There's nothing
between us, Patryk.
I'm with Edmund.
And if you really loved me --
-You've lost your mind.
-If you really loved me --
Stefcia!
Stefcia.
Trouble in paradise?
Oh, shut up.
You're crushing me.
No, it's okay.
It's just for a second, okay?
Sorry. Sorry, sweetie.
Okay. You can paint.
Do you like spying on people?
Who doesn't?
I don't.
I've loved a lot of men.
Believe me,
there's always another.
Go with Patryk.
I don't love him.
What matters here
is being loved, child,
not loving.
Shit.
♪ ...if it's too big or small ♪
♪ If you can see out at all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home
with all you need ♪
♪ Only for us, for me and you,
for you and me ♪
Finally
just the two of us.
Shit.
Look at
the love birds.
And they look so formal
this morning.
Oh, no, no, no.
Patryk isn't my lover.
Let's have
a drink or five.
-Vodka!
-Vodka!
Moonshine.
Who is your lovebird, then?
Uh, I'm her lovebird.
-Niusia?
-Stefcia?
-You know what, I thought the --
-You shouldn't say
the glass is half empty,
but drink it.
-Cheers!
-Cheers.
-Excuse me.
-Ah, our beloved landlady.
Please come have a drink.
-Oh, but I can't --
-This way.
Won't let us
make any noise, right?
Oh, well, if you insist.
I just wanted to tell you
that I'll be having
a little celebration soon, too.
-Ah.
-Oh, what's the occasion?
Who cares? Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
Well, ladies and gents -- Oh.
I'm getting married again.
Aww, let's drink
to the lucky fellow.
-Cheers.
-Cheers!
And who's he?
Uh, Mr. Finklestein.
From next door? A working man.
-Who needs quiet.
-Peace and quiet.
Well, let's go disturb
Mr. Finklestein's peace.
Come on, Niusia.
Come on, Jozek.
Come on, Mrs. Landlady.
Let's go make some good noise!
Watch out, Mrs. Landlady.
You'll bump into a bust.
I never liked Napoleon anyway.
That's Jewish Council President
Czerniaków.
Mundy, why do you look
so sad all of a sudden?
Because.
Because your voice
is so beautiful.
-My voice?
-It robs my life of sense.
This place robs
your life of sense.
Oh, no, no, enough moaning.
You're all wrong.
You see...
♪ Life is pretty
but doesn't make sense ♪
♪ It's just that way,
bear it and grin ♪
♪ You must understand it ♪
♪ And not take offense ♪
♪ Sobriety's the worst of sins ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy ♪
♪ Will give me my bliss ♪
♪ And give me a kiss ♪
What are you doing? Kiss him.
You really want
me to that badly?
♪ When it's cold outside
and the blizzard, it blows ♪
♪ And the coat you wear
is raggedy thin ♪
♪ Don't you worry much ♪
♪ It's white as the snow ♪
♪ Sobriety's the worst of sins ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy ♪
♪ Will give me my bliss ♪
♪ And give me a kiss ♪
Stefcia.
Uh, Stefcia, why would...you...
This is...
♪ And if typhoid grabs you,
it's not such a thing ♪
♪ It's just the way that life ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy will -- ♪
♪ And give... ♪
Why did you lower the curtain?
Is it the German
who works for the dentist?
Is he looking for you?
-I don't know.
-You don't know what?
Did you put Stefcia in danger,
you son of a bitch?
-What the fuck is going on here?
-Stop it!
I said stop it!
Go.
Alright, you need to go
into hiding right away.
Alright?
Then I'll look for you --
-You need to calm down.
-What? What?
No, we can't stop the show.
The German will think
something's wrong.
-Is something not wrong?
-We don't know why he's here.
Niusia, this is what you get us
with your resistance friends.
He could be
here for anyone.
To find out what I wrote.
For Niusia. For you, Irena.
We all have something
to keep quiet.
He's in Hashomer Hatzair.
What the fuck
are you saying, Niusia?
That's -- That's not true.
Radical bastards.
We got to turn them both in.
They saw you -- the printers.
You're lying.
Niusia, are you sure?
I don't know.
I know nothing about politics.
I'm not even a Zionist.
Tell them, Stefcia.
-Tell them --
-Edmund.
Germans like
spending time with us
as much as we like
spending time with them.
Now, come on.
You tell me right now.
What is he doing here?
He's alone.
So what?
Maybe he's not here
for -- for anyone.
Maybe he's just here
to see the play.
Stefcia's right.
I mean, they don't come alone
when they come
looking for you.
Right?
Right?
I have to get out of here.
No, no, no! He'll suspect.
Stefcia's right.
Look,
we need to stay calm.
No one will be arrested today.
It's the end
of the intermission.
It's not the fucking
intermission.
Raise the curtain.
Jozek --
Raise the curtain.
Ah, excuse me for disturbing you
at this late hour.
Did you bring the girl?
Stefcia isn't home.
No, that's not why I came.
The girl may be tomorrow.
What's it about?
Oh, it's about -- Oh.
-Hello.
-Hi.
It's about...
...donations.
This is a big house we live in,
and most of the tenants
escape with
their
With the butter-side down?
Mm-hmm, that's why
we have the house committee.
It's our duty to help the poor.
- Of course, sure.
- Sure.
Wherever I go,
the only thing that people
ever want to tell me is
- The wheel is broken.
- Yes.
What's happening?
But I'd never
name names. Never.
Nothing.
But Dr. Rautmann,
who lives upstairs,
eh, he'll never understand.
There's people escaping.
Their heart avek.
They've lost heart.
Well, we don't belong to
those tightwads.
We'll pay our membership fee
regularly.
-And happily.
-We will.
Oh, good.
Say, excuse me,
did you say membership fee?
-Yes, why?
-No, no, it's fee...s.
- You pay two fees?
- Yeah.
Two? What do you mean, two?
There's 22.
-22?!
-22?!
Yes.
♪ For the fund of
the community ♪
♪ For our comfort
and our unity ♪
♪ For mother, child,
and the nation ♪
♪ For the sick,
a small donation ♪
♪ For the beneficial
health drive ♪
♪ And for keeping us alive ♪
♪ For the animals,
for libations ♪
♪ For religious celebrations ♪
♪ For the singers, for the boys,
for the actors ♪
♪ For the poorly benefactors ♪
He's just here to enjoy himself.
I always hated that stupid song.
♪ ...traveling ♪
♪ When it's divvied
for the best ♪
♪ The police will get the rest ♪
Come on, faster!
Ha, ha!
♪ For the fund of
our community ♪
♪ For our comfort
and our unity ♪
♪ For mother, child,
and the nation ♪
♪ For the sick,
a small donation ♪
♪ For the beneficial
health drive ♪
♪ And for keeping us alive ♪
♪ For the animals,
for libations ♪
It is a stupid song.
Very pretty, Sarah.
Everything will be fine.
I want it to be perfect.
Sometimes when you relax
a little, it comes out better.
Is that true?
No.
Come here. Come on.
Hey. You love your brother
a lot, don't you?
-Yes. And you.
-But him more.
And you want
what's best for him, right?
-I don't know.
-What's more important to you,
to be with me
or with your brother?
To take care of him?
I don't know.
Come on.
Intermission. The Germans
seem to be getting bored.
I don't like it.
What he wants --
What he wants doesn't matter.
Or what anyone else wants.
We need to talk. Outside.
We can't stay in
the dressing room?
No.
Wait.
What was that?
It's far away. Go.
-Too cold for Sarah.
-I know.
I'm sorry.
Do you want to
say goodbye to us?
Sarah, you must tell him
what you said to me before --
What you said to me before, that
you'd rather be with Edmund.
-Stefcia, please --
-Tell him that you love him,
-that you won't let him --
-Stefcia!
God. Right. Go back inside,
Sarah, yeah?
-Can I rehearse?
-Yeah.
Tell Ada to help you, alright?
Go on.
What are you playing at,
Stefcia?
I'm not playing.
You know, you don't
need to do this.
You know that, don't you?
You don't need to be angry
to leave.
It'll make me angry.
Why is it so easy
for you to give me up?
-What?
-Why aren't you fighting for me?
Why aren't you trying to
stop me from leaving?
Why is it so easy
for you to let me go?
Because I don't want you to die.
We're all going to die.
We're already dead.
They starve us to death,
drive us crazy.
They give us hope
and then take it away.
-We can --
-We can't do anything, Edmund.
What can you do?
Except look at me
with that face, like...
"I don't understand you,
Stefcia.
I love you so much,
I'm willing to give you up"?
Bullshit.
Loving someone means
doing anything you have to,
anything necessary.
What do you want?
What do you want?
-I want you to live.
-I want to live!
With you!
What do you want me to do,
Stefcia?
What can I do?
Do you want to --
to steal Patryk's
money from him?
And leave Sarah here
alone to die?
She's going to die anyway!
Then we'll do it together.
I...
Wha...
Why don't you just go already?
Just -- Just leave.
- Here. It's cold.
- Yeah.
Not a single Jew
without their coat.
Irena said she would've brought
it to you herself, but, um,
well, then she couldn't
eavesdrop on you, hmm?
-How does she do it?
-May the invisible survive.
Yeah.
-Yeah.
-This --
They say it makes you go blind,
but, sadly, no.
Do you believe in
life after death, Stefcia?
I'd settle for
there being one before.
What do you think?
I know there's...
I'm a convert.
Three generations.
Doesn't matter.
To them, I'm a Jew.
Mazel tov.
Here.
Do you ever wonder
what you'd be doing right now
if there was no war?
Never.
Yeah, me neither.
You have...
I don't have anyone, Stefcia.
I know.
I felt so bad for you.
Yeah, I know.
She was a --
She was a good person.
We both know she wasn't.
It's good enough for me.
That's how I like her.
Oh. Or liked her.
It's good to -- to love someone.
Yeah.
To love or be loved --
it's the eternal question.
Which is better?
It's not like you have a choice.
Plato, Aristotle. Last act.
If it's okay for you,
if you're not too busy,
I am sure the German
will appreciate the gesture.
Let's go get 'em.
Whew!
Stefcia.
Sorry.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Oh, the situation's fatal ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ It's fatal
and far from normal ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ I live with her ♪
♪ But I love you ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ The way it is
just makes me blue ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ I love you,
but I like him, too ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ He's the one I'm married to ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ So should I stay
or should I go? ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ What can we do? ♪
♪ As quid pro quo ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ Should I go?
Should I stay? ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ It's barbaric either way ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Now I am rea... ♪
-♪ Now I am rea... ♪
-♪ ...lly in a bind ♪
-♪ ...lly in a bind ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ I am about ♪
-♪ I am about ♪
-♪ To lose my mind ♪
-♪ To lose my mind ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ An answer will be in need of ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ Why's it so hard to love? ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Now I have much ♪
-♪ Now I have much ♪
-♪ To ponder on ♪
-♪ To ponder on ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ Too many doubts ♪
-♪ Too many doubts ♪
-♪ Before you're gone ♪
-♪ Before you're gone ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
There's something...
There's something
I have to do, Stefcia.
I have to do this.
-I can't live without you.
-And I can't live without you.
-You must leave Patryk.
-And you should leave Ada.
I can't stop thinking about you.
I can't control my thoughts.
But...
But...
Come on.
Keep going.
- But we can't.
- We can't.
-We'd be horrible people.
-We'd be barbarians.
What a terrible thing that
we can't do terrible things.
-Maybe I should go.
-Yes. Maybe you should.
Hello.
Hello.
This is, uh, Sarah.
This is Sarah,
who I told you about.
- Pleased to meet you.
- Hi, Sarah.
Miss Sarah,
would you be so kind
to sing a little song
for this lady?
- I'd rather not.
- Please,
I would like that very much.
Really.
♪ The tree will bloom,
the tree will bloom ♪
♪ The bird will sing
just like it can ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Never finds a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ It won't be long
till winter comes ♪
♪ And then a year is done ♪
♪ And who knows, whoever knows ♪
♪ If May's forever gone ♪
So, how do you like it?
It's very pretty.
Would you like
to say thank you?
We won't take up
much more of your time.
Stefcia?
I don't know what I want.
Stefcia?
- Do you want to stay here?
- No.
Yes.
I would love to get married.
I want to be with you.
- Do you really love me?
- Stefcia.
I know what to do.
- I'm sorry, I have to go.
- Stefcia, wait.
-Jozek wants to read us --
-Yeah, yep, I know, yep, yes.
- Stefcia!
- I'll be right back.
♪ She's gone ♪
Are you crazy?
You know I am.
♪ Gone, gone,
gone, gone, gone ♪
- Can I go now?
- Yes, let's --
No, no, no, no, no,
not so fast.
Stay here. This way,
you can keep me company.
Let's hear what Jozek --
Maybe -- Maybe we can...
Wait here.
Edmund, come with me.
I need you.
I can't. Jozek is reading us
a letter from Ada.
"So, I'm afraid our relationship
has become impossible.
I have to leave you."
There, you heard it.
She's leaving you.
Now get moving.
-But --
-Sing!
- Stefcia!
- Sing, sing!
Sing!
♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪
♪ She's gone, she's gone ♪
♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪
Listen to me, both of you.
-Stefcia --
-Shut up!
I've loved you a lot.
Not anymore. I was wrong.
-I love you. I always have.
-But --
-Quiet. I've been thinking.
-When?
All along. You'd do anything
for me, Edmund.
I've seen it, I know,
and I'm touched, but he --
he would do things that
are wrong, and that counts, too.
-No, I n--
-It's okay, Patryk, it's a fact.
I already told you
that I love you.
-You don't love me.
-If I say I love you,
I love you, and you love me
more than he does.
But you love him more than me.
Because I was wrong about him.
It's nothing personal.
What are you doing here?
The big finale's coming up.
Tell Niusia to take my place.
Niusia will not take your place.
She said that the German's
looking for her.
Then you do it.
No, it's not my scene.
For the love of God, Ada!
Improvise!
There is nothing
you can do to make
what's happening here any worse.
There's no time to pack.
You need to go right --
I'm not going anywhere, Stefcia.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm staying here in the ghetto.
I'm not leaving with this fool
who you also happen to love.
I don't love him. I love you.
I can't leave Sarah here.
Of course not.
That's why you're
taking her with you.
-What are you saying?
-What?
Just think about it, Patryk.
Forget about me.
Forget about Edmund.
Don't you see it?
No, I don't quite understand.
Let Edmund and Sarah go.
Sarah hasn't lived yet.
-Edmund has.
-She's going to need him.
And I'll stay here
at your side.
But we have so much
to give people.
To make them laugh.
You will write,
I'll be your performer.
We can make them forget
their pain for a short while.
And who knows?
Maybe we'll survive all this.
Maybe the Russians come
and free us, maybe.
Yeah, we can live
a long life together.
Even have kids.
Do you want kids?
I want to live.
You're just making me think that
we could be together, right?
Yes.
You're a good actress.
I know.
You love Edmund
more than your own life.
I do.
And I love you more than mine.
Let's do it.
I don't have a say in this?
No.
Jozek will have to
play your part.
His character
will be eliminated,
and you'll have to
sing Sarah's song.
-Ada won't like that.
-No, she won't.
You sure about this?
Of course not.
Finale?
Finale. Come on.
Finale.
Listen! Listen, everyone.
I have a solution. We have to be
honest with each other.
Ada has to stay with Patryk.
I don't mind. You'll enjoy her
more than I will.
There's nothing more to discuss.
It's decided.
And you, Edmund,
if you love me...
-Yes, I do.
-I love you, too.
And you two, Niusia and Jozek,
together, as well!
If this idiot
could lay off the bottle.
Otherwise, you --
Halt!
Halt!
Thank you very much.
Thank you all.
I'm so sorry to interrupt
in the best moment.
But doesn't it always seems like
we always get interrupt
in the best moment?
Ah, not again. Ha!
That's the bad thing
when you start shooting.
You know when to start, but --
There.
I would like
a word with you, miss.
No, no, no, no, no.
Not you. No.
You look a bit ill to me.
Are you feeling alright?
You sure?
I'm so glad.
Miss -- you.
If you don't mind
me calling you "miss."
Are you married?
-I was.
-She was, she says.
Marriages don't last very long
nowadays, do they?
Do they?
No.
So true.
Ma'am, I'm addressing you
because you look like
an intelligent person,
someone other people
will listen to.
I'm addressing you,
persuaded that by doing so,
the rest of you will
pay attention to me.
It's silly, isn't it?
Very prudent.
I wouldn't say anything
in your shoes, either.
I mean, who knows
what I want to hear?
But I'm not in
your shoes now, am I?
Or yours or yours...or yours.
I'm in my own.
Today, I would like you and I,
dear friends,
to understand each other
a little better.
I understand that
you need to entertain yourself,
like doing Jewish things,
like dance and prayers,
little plays.
I like to laugh, too.
I really do.
Ja!
Ja.
Ja!
Funny.
I've come here tonight...
Are you
in the resistance, Edmund?
Not anymore.
Not anymore,
and he can't possibly know.
I swear to God,
if anything happens to --
Silence! Silence! Silence!
Please!
I'm sorry, but it's just that,
otherwise, I get lost.
I'm a reasonable man.
I understand, for example,
that you read.
I mean, who doesn't
like to read?
Well, I don't, but who cares?
And, of course,
if there isn't much to read,
you need to print things.
Like children's stories
or newspaper,
which is likely forbidden
in that funny language of yours.
And --
which is perfectly fine --
an occasional leaflet.
I'm not angry,
don't get me wrong.
I mean, who am I
to judge anyone?
I wouldn't think of it, but --
Not again.
I better be more careful, right?
Otherwise,
I would run out of bullets.
Although...there are
always more bullets.
And those little
leaflets aren't,
I was saying, handwritten.
And there aren't
five or six of them.
I mean, who would
make five leaflets?
Well, five Jews, you would say,
but are there only five of you?
Perhaps one day.
We mustn't be impatient.
And therefore, you'd need a
printer for the little leaflets.
And if I hear
that you have a printer,
I start getting nervous.
And if I happen to find it,
I-I get a bit more nervous
and I start asking questions.
Nervous.
And that's when I come here,
and my -- my finger
gets away from me.
Boom!
No.
Because I'm nervous.
And you might say this rifle
has something loose,
and that's not good.
So...
I leave it here,
and I'll take out this pistol,
which is more solid
and -- and reliable.
It only fires when I want it to.
Because I don't care about
the little leaflets,
but I do care about the
printers. You know why?
Because with a printer,
you can print leaflets,
disgusting propaganda,
or safe conducts,
and I can't allow anyone
to print safe conducts
that break this harmony
that we achieved.
Your people. My people.
You understand.
Don't you, ma'am?
You're smarter
than your husband.
So...
now that I've made my position
clear to all of you...
You're making a mistake.
Please.
I haven't done anything.
No, of course not.
Funny.
I think we understand
each other now.
A fantastic show.
I'm so glad I came.
Please continue.
What the fuck happened here?
What did you do?
What did you do?
I didn't know him.
There are more resistance groups
than Jews.
Can't trust anyone anymore.
What do we do now?
Nothing.
Let's -- Let's finish the play.
What?
She said,
"Let's finish the play."
What are you talking about?
We can't go on.
-They just --
-This is what we are!
What we have left.
If Irena says that
we finish the play,
then we finish the play!
- Let's do it.
- Come on.
We're actors.
This is what we do.
Let's do it.
On with the show.
Sit down, everybody!
We can finish before the curfew.
We can still have that.
Sit your fucking arses down!
Come on!
And you better clap this time,
Goddamn it!
Come on!
Patryk loves Ada.
And I love you.
So why the drama?
Get a divorce and marry me.
It's not like
we're Catholic anyway.
Whoo! Ha!
You really
don't mind, Ada?
Oh, if you don't mind
that I love Patryk.
Kiss me. Kiss me, my love.
Kiss me, Patryk.
Know what? If Niusia and I
get married tomorrow,
six of us will have to
live in this room together.
Oh, I'll get another
room divider.
But you'll have to pay
the same as they do.
That's very generous of
you, dear landlady.
Oh, my -- my love.
But Jozek and I
can't go on a honeymoon.
Don't be glum, Niusia.
When there's nothing
you can do...
You can still love each other!
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is without you ♪
You have to go now.
You can't reach the wall
before curfew, okay?
-I won't leave you.
-I know. You have to go.
Goodbye, sweetheart.
Remember what I taught you.
Stand up straight.
-You're leaving?
-No, no, I'm not leaving.
You just -- You stay alive and
you take care of your brother.
Okay?
I love you.
I love you.
♪ All I ever hungered
is meaningless ♪
If you don't leave right now,
I swear, I'll leave with Jozek.
Franciszkanska Street 21.
-Over the wall or underneath?
-Over.
Leave through the passage
in the basement.
Go.
Wait.
Did that belong
to your grandmother?
Surely someone's grandmother.
If there's any way,
I'm gonna come back.
Hurry, now. Hurry.
Bye.
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ ...or summer rain ♪
♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever feared
means nothing ♪
♪ When life is with you ♪
♪ With you ♪
They're cl--
They're clapping.
They're clapping.
Raise the curtain.
Come on.
Raise the curtain!
What's wrong?
Nothing's wrong.
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
I don't even know what happened,
but we'll make them
clap tomorrow, too.
Say that again.
♪ The tree will grow,
the tree will grow ♪
♪ The bird will sing
just like it can ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Never finds a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ It won't be long
till winter comes ♪
♪ And then a year is done ♪
♪ And who knows, whoever knows ♪
♪ If May's forever gone ♪
To the Femina theater, quickly.
2 zloty.
-Are you crazy? 80 grosz.
-1 1/2.
- 80 grosz.
- 1 zloty.
Don't hold me up. I'm late.
Go, go, go, go.
Hey, do you have any gloves?
Do you have any gloves?
Wait. Stop.
You kidding?
We have to get out of here.
No, I'm not kidding.
Stop or I'll jump.
Run.
They're not looking for women.
Is that leather?
It looks like leather.
I'm cold.
You should turn it in.
Someone will report it.
They'll kill you.
Give it to me.
I'll turn it in for you.
If they kill me,
I won't be cold anymore.
Back up. Don't move.
Stay quiet.
Are you crazy?
Stay quiet. Don't move, okay?
I have nothing.
Let me go.
Hide. Hide. Hide, everyone.
Wherever you are, please hide.
Checkpoint?
Checkpoint.
Shit.
You, my dear friend,
you're going to remove your cap.
Please, be so kind.
Come, come, come, come.
Come here. Stop.
You know what to do.
And you, please.
You.
And you.
Funny, huh?
Very funny.
You need to smile at least.
Much better. Yes.
Give me a smile.
I want to see a smile.
It's funny.
Yes, beautiful smiles.
All right.
Listen to this.
Yosef goes to see the rabbi
and says, "Rabbi,
I have a problem.
I like two women --
my wife and another one.
Can I be with both
at the same time?"
The rabbi says no.
"Thank you, rabbi.
Very wise."
Now, after a few days,
Yosef goes back
to the synagogue,
and now he's very angry.
He says, "Rabbi,
I asked for your advice,
and your answer was clear,
but I just found out
that you live with
two women yourself.
How do you explain that?"
And the old man answers,
"I didn't ask the rabbi."
I've got another one.
-What's the 11th commandment?
-Beats me.
Thou shalt choose thy
grandparents carefully.
Yeah, I wish I had.
You're late,
Stefcia. Where were you?
I better not tell you.
One of us might be
working for the Gestapo.
Ah, giving classes, huh?
They give me soup.
I don't think you should
get too attached
-to those children, Stefcia.
-They give me soup.
- You're late.
- There was a hunt
and a checkpoint.
Well, at least you showed up.
Patryk isn't here yet.
Where is he?
Nobody knows.
It's a sell-out crowd, girls.
Well,
that's the good part
about movie theaters
being closed, isn't it?
Well, I like movies.
Are we in spring?
Yes, in spring.
Not now, Sarah.
Here,
put talc on those hands
and cover them up, dear.
Sarah, you should read this.
Niusia.
I don't want to see
those things in here.
You need to change
your boyfriend.
He's no good for you.
You'll get us all into trouble.
It's time for everyone
to know the truth.
Oh, the truth.
The truth is clear enough.
Are you crazy?
No, you're the one that's crazy.
Finally good for something.
Well, ladies,
two minutes to curtain.
Today they will take their hands
out of their coats and clap.
Let's go.
Oh, great.
Jozek broke something again.
-Is he drunk?
-He's gonna stink when we kiss.
Edmund has bad breath too.
No, he doesn't.
I guess love not only
makes you blind.
Well, if I remember correctly,
eating makes your breath
smell better.
What?
What are we laughing about?
About you, Edmund,
and about love.
Ah, love is my specialty, Ada.
My bounty is as boundless
as the sea.
My love is deep.
For the more I give it to thee,
the more I have,
-for both are infinite.
-Okay.
Um, firstly,
that's Juliet's line, you Romeo.
Secondly,
that's the wrong Juliet.
I was about to say that.
What am I thinking,
Stefcia?
My bounty is as boundless
as the sea.
My love is deep.
For the more I give to thee,
the more I have
for both are infinite.
You're such an idiot.
How are you doing, Sarah?
Do you have a fever?
-No.
-Okay.
Don't you dare do that on stage.
Don't you dare speak
to my sister like that.
Go back to the dressing room,
Sarah, and sit by the heater.
All right? Go on.
Romeo and Juliet were fools.
Sorry?
Who wants to die for love?
We have to go on stage.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You've got talc on your face.
Go.
If that kid ruins
the performance,
I'll give her
a special talking to.
That's enough, you two.
Honestly.
You have to play
a happy couple in a second.
God. Where the hell is Patryk?
Who will raise the curtain?
Have Jozek do it.
God, people will leave
before it's over
-to get home before the curfew.
-I'll handle it.
With your hands?
Not with my feet,
that's for sure.
They will clap today, I promise.
Just wait till close.
We'll see.
Edmund, you're hanging
Grandma upside-down.
She looks a lot better this way.
Oh, come on.
Give me the hammer.
Ada, we can put your grandmother
behind the bust of Chopin.
The old lady will be glad
to have a man around.
That is not Chopin.
That is Julius Caesar.
After a night on the town.
Patryk is finally here.
Where was he?
How should I know?
You are hammering
nails in the wall?
Better than in the windows,
my dear landlady.
No hammering or the walls
will crumble.
They'll crumble anyway.
What should I do
with Grandma then?
Ada, we can put your
grandmother under the bed.
Oh!
Then use her as a tray
when we have visitors.
-Edmund!
-Ada!
-No visitors.
-Excuse me?
No visitors.
Maybe you're
not afraid of typhoid.
Maybe you've been vaccinated.
But I can't afford to.
You play violin?
I use it to hunt rats.
Of course I play violin.
In that case,
I have to tell you right away
that kind of thing
is not permitted here.
I already have one of those
characters in the building.
That guy from the Femina theater
lives next door.
He's always plinking away on
the piano morning till night.
At least he played
a melody, but no.
Ah, you see?
Pure cacophony.
You know there were two
whole families in there before
and they made less noise?
Well, I only play
beautiful melodies.
Do you have a favorite tune?
I'd be glad to play it for you.
We only boil water once a day.
No doing laundry
or the floor will get wet.
Don't spend longer than
two minutes on the toilet.
And no tossing paper in there
either, or it'll back up.
-Better not use any paper.
-I love what you wrote.
Better not
use the toilet at all.
Don't break Napoleon.
He belonged to my husband.
It's definitely Chopin.
We have to talk.
We're on in a second.
- Now.
- Okay. There we go.
Okay...
We're leaving
the ghetto.
What?
We're leaving
the ghetto, you and me, tonight.
What do you mean,
you and me? What about Edmund?
I don't have money for him.
I bribed two SS guards.
They won't shoot us.
What,
because they're SS?
We'll go to my village.
I know people.
They'll hide us in a barn
somewhere.
I'm with Edmund,
Patryk.
I don't
want to marry you.
I'm trying to save your life.
Where did
you get the money?
Don't ask.
Tonight.
What are you doing?
You're on next.
Tonight after the show.
I always had more than one
suitor when I was young too.
I married the one that gave me
his grandmother's wedding ring.
Wrong choice.
...coming and going,
things start to disappear.
We need to be careful.
Mundy, did you put
the note on the door?
Of course, Ada, with our name
and "ring five times."
-Five times?
-Sure.
I already learned it by heart.
One ring, Finklestein.
Two rings,
the Goldberg family.
Three rings,
the piano player.
Four rings, the dentist.
What's his name?
I just can't stand dentists.
And five times, us.
Oh.
One.
Two.
-Three.
-That's the piano player.
Oh, we'll make it real
cozy here in our little room.
♪ It doesn't matter ♪
♪ If it's too big or small ♪
♪ If you can see upsides all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home with
all you need ♪
♪ Only for us, for me and you ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ No matter what ♪
-♪ Laundry in the hall ♪
-♪ A hat on the wall ♪
♪ Soap bowl and brooms ♪
♪ Sure have enough ♪
♪ A place for us to lie ♪
♪ I'm so happy, I could cry ♪
♪ It doesn't matter ♪
I won't leave Edmund.
♪ You can see out at all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home
with all you need ♪
Then you'll die here.
♪ ...you and me ♪
Oh!
Please excuse me.
I was assigned this room
by the housing office.
Uh, but we live here.
I'm very sorry.
If I'd known
the room was occupied,
I never would have agreed
to the assignment.
We don't agree either.
I'm a new assignment, though.
I spent all my money on bribes.
Ada, we can't kick him out
on the street.
He'll freeze
or be beaten to death
or the other way around.
A lone bachelor
won't take up a lot of room.
Well, as if there were
a lot of room to take up.
Patryk, will you hold
this box, please?
I've got the iron
and the dominoes
and my hat and the cactus.
You sure you're not
somewhere in there too?
A lone bachelor?
Stefcia?
Mundy, what are you doing here?
I live here.
Ada, allow me to
introduce Stefcia.
We performed together
last year at Greenspan's.
She's a beautiful singer.
I'm sure.
Pleased to meet you.
The pleasure's all mine.
Do you live here, too?
Too?
Edmund, I thought you talked
to the housing office.
I was going
to do it tomorrow.
Tomorrow, tomorrow,
just not today.
That's what
the smart people say.
Wisdom is a different way.
Couldn't you get us a vacant
room, my darling Patryk?
The housing office thought
that this one was free.
Officials who think?
Now, that's a contradiction.
This is definitely
my husband's fault.
Why do I even need a husband if
I have to do everything myself?
That is right. How long
have you been married, anyway?
Since this morning.
How about you?
-Since yesterday.
-Twice as long.
-I know.
-Congratulations.
How many marriages
last that much?
May I make a suggestion,
Stefcia?
I have one too.
The four of us
could live here together.
-That's my suggestion too.
-Let's go talk to the landlady.
Let's go.
What is wrong with you?
I'm fine.
Fine, thanks for asking.
No, you missed your cue twice.
Pull yourself together.
Didn't do it on my own yet.
Show me a happy woman
and I'll show you the eighth
wonder of the world.
Ada.
What?
What would you be willing to do
to leave the ghetto?
Well, that's easy if
you don't mind being dead.
What would you be willing to do?
Anything.
You?
Let's go, girls.
We're not on holiday.
Let's just
let the women handle it.
The landlady agrees.
Isn't that right, Mrs. Landlady?
-We'll split the room two ways.
-Excellent.
But you'll have to pay
the same rent as they do.
But it's only one room.
You don't play violin, do you?
No, I work for
the Jewish Council.
In that case, I'll need
the rent up front.
You'll be very happy here.
We just need another bed.
-Oh, Edmund!
-Ada!
What are you doing? My God.
I hope your God listens
better than mine.
You have your shoes
on the bedspread.
Should I take it off?
Oh, there's a cigarette
butt on the floor.
What's it doing there?
I kicked it under the bed.
- Edmund!
- Ada!
I'll put it on our side
of the room.
That way, there --
there won't be any fighting.
You know what? This is a shame.
We should all be
honeymooning right now,
not locked in behind a wall,
no room of our own.
Not even a toilet.
Well, even if we had the money,
where would we go?
We're not even allowed
to ride the tram.
The ghetto is no place
for love stories.
We just have
the horse-drawn bus.
It doesn't go far,
but it's slow.
He's right.
We'll go on our honeymoon.
♪ The toilet's on the street ♪
♪ It's crowded and it stinks ♪
♪ Just have to wait until ♪
♪ The horse decides
to stop and drink ♪
♪ After an hour,
whistles, screams ♪
♪ Hit a little bump
as that must fear ♪
♪ Every heart leaps
in everyone who hears ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow ♪
♪ Everyone gets shaken ♪
♪ Everyone's awake then ♪
♪ Hold on and don't talk ♪
♪ It would be faster
just to walk ♪
♪ Run, little horsey,
don't slow down ♪
♪ Jozek on rickshaws
in a showdown ♪
♪ Now, everybody,
don't make a fuss ♪
♪ Let's hear it
for the omnibus ♪
And now the return trip.
♪ Toilet on Panska Street ♪
♪ It stinks even more ♪
♪ After the pit stop ♪
♪ The engine's slower ♪
♪ After an hour,
whistle, screams ♪
♪ Shoving, biting, pushing ♪
♪ Every heart leaps
in everyone who's rushing ♪
♪ And it's so crowded ♪
♪ The Jewish police start
their head crushing ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow, wow ♪
♪ Wow ♪
I haven't had such a great
trip for a long time.
Damn it, Edmund.
What if there were informers
in the audience?
So what?
Do you want the Germans
to shut down the theater?
The SS doesn't care if we
make fun of collaborators, Ada.
Patryk, can you please tell him
not to change the play?
Let him.
Let him?
Let him.
Did you see the faces
of the Jewish police?
-They did not see that coming.
-Edmund.
The way they looked at me,
the audience,
did you see their faces?
I mean, I killed it.
You know, we need to
close the act better.
You need another line to end
on a higher note, you know?
We need to talk to Patryk. They
were this close to applauding.
-Edmund.
-Stefcia.
Patryk wants to escape
tonight after the show.
-Tonight?
-He bribed someone.
Who? He -- He can't do that.
Can he do that? With what money?
He wants me to go with him.
What?
-How long have you known?
-I told him I won't go.
I want to be here with you.
-But do you want to go with him?
-No.
-Do you want to stay here?
-No. I want to be with you.
-Do you want me to go?
-No.
I want...
I don't know what I want.
-Edmund.
-Later, later.
Can you maybe go any slower?
Get out of here.
Is it really so smart to drink
before you go on, Jozek?
I don't call it wise.
Want some?
It's the real stuff.
She okay?
Take her a while.
Hey, Niusia.
Quit playing
resistance fighter, okay?
I'm serious. Not all of us
are in a hurry to die.
♪ ...never find a decent man ♪
You need
to stand up straight.
Don't think about the audience.
Sing for yourself.
Try it.
♪ It won't be long ♪
♪ Till winter's come ♪
♪ And then a year gone ♪
♪ His name forever gone ♪
That was great.
Stefcia.
Yes?
Why don't you marry Edmund?
We're not allowed
to get married.
Nobody can.
Some people do.
How do you know that?
You didn't know.
Some people
do things, yeah,
without anybody finding out,
but your brother and I
don't need to.
Stefcia?
What?
You were with Patryk
before, right?
You done there again?
Yes.
I was with Patryk
a long time ago.
Before.
Did you love him?
He took care of me
when my father was killed.
He was there for me.
You think I'll find
someone like that?
Like Patryk?
I know someone who should have
been on stage two minutes ago.
Damn it.
Shit.
Shit, shit.
- You're late, Stefcia.
- No shit.
They've rearranged the scene.
It's like watching a shipwreck.
Ada's gonna rip my head off.
Stefcia! Stefcia,
if you were here --
Can I be of any help?
I don't know where Stefcia
left the, uh, urinal.
There are some things
a man must do himself.
Maybe you could
try the bathroom.
I was just there. It's occupied.
But I guess I'll try again.
It's been
two months, Edmund,
and it's always the same.
I clean, you make it dirty.
I clean, you make it dirty.
Again, where is
your second sock?
I don't even know
where first sock is.
Here's the first.
Are you gonna be like this
the whole time?
Think I'm happy about staying,
that I want to die here?
It's going to be stuffed
in your mouth, that's for sure.
Damn it, the bathroom
is still occupied.
Does anybody know?
Where Stefcia is?
That girl disappears as soon
as you turn your back on her.
Don't touch that!
Calm down, Edmund.
Darling.
I think I'll try again.
If he won't let you go,
then maybe --
Maybe what?
Maybe he doesn't
really love you.
I would love to.
I would love to.
And what makes you so sure
he won't let me?
At least
I don't spend
all day and night cleaning, Ada.
Occupied, occupied, occupied.
All the ghetto could
be burning down, Ada,
and you would still
be sweeping up the ashes.
You know what? You're right.
I'm leaving.
Can nobody stand
being in this room?
I need fresh air.
And I need to go too!
He's really fast
for a public servant.
Does anyone care
about this play?
Go and rest a little.
You're back on after the duet.
Oh, God. Wake up, Patryk.
That train left
a long time ago.
Write your next song for
someone who cares about you.
Otherwise, write it for me.
I dreamed about you today.
About me?
It was such an odd dream.
We were both driving down
an alley in a rickshaw.
It was dark everywhere.
So creepy.
And behind us,
a headlight appeared
like a locomotive.
Puff, puff, puff,
chasing as quickly
as if the train
wanted to swallow us up
and take us to nowhere.
And then I remember thinking,
"It must be past the curfew
and we shouldn't
be outside anymore."
Suddenly I was so scared.
And the locomotive
kept getting faster,
puff, puff, puff, and
the headlights blinded me.
Puff, puff, puff, and I wanted
to scream and scream.
-But then --
-Then?
I would have been
scared to death
if you hadn't been there for me.
Do you remember that?
I sung that every night.
I remember everything.
Everything?
The nice part.
♪ All I ever dreamed ♪
♪ Is useless when life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever reached
is fruitless ♪
♪ When I'm not ♪
♪ Beside you ♪
♪ All I ever hungered
to tell you fate ♪
♪ If you don't care ♪
♪ All I ever conquered
is meaningless ♪
♪ If you're not there ♪
♪ I do not need
the sun any nearer ♪
♪ I do not crave the moon ♪
♪ I do not long
for summer rain ♪
♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed is
useless when life is ♪
They make a good couple,
don't they?
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever feared
means nothing ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ With you ♪
What memories.
Yes. What memories.
How's Patryk?
Great. How's Ada?
Great.
I -- I need some fresh air.
Stefcia, wait. Stefcia.
Stefcia.
-Where are you going?
-Out.
Can you be a tiny bit
more precise?
Away.
That really
was quite a bit.
Come on.
You're leaving with Patryk.
End of discussion.
-That's my decision.
-We're not gonna argue, Stefcia.
-If you don't go, I will.
-Look.
We can all escape.
No, we can't.
I don't know how
Patryk got the money,
but I don't have it,
and you don't either.
-And we can't get it. Okay?
-Yes. Yes, we can.
No, we can't, Stefcia.
We're not smugglers
or Judenrat crooks.
-We're actors.
-We can ask Patryk.
- But a drunkard will.
- No, no.
You say, "Two people
from different faiths
will never get along
when two drunkards..."
I'll find a way. Go.
Okay.
How are you doing, Sarah?
You look like you've
been eaten and spat out.
Anyone would think
that the audience
was throwing
rotten tomatoes at you.
But are they?
What did you hear?
Hear?
Um, not much.
How much is that?
I heard
that you need money.
You, uh --
You don't like soup anymore?
You could always turn
Niusia in to the Germans.
But then maybe, who knows,
maybe they'll throw you in jail
and they'll close the theater.
So maybe...
Maybe there's another way.
You're very pretty, Stefcia.
And you're an actress.
So...
You wouldn't have to
walk the streets.
You could turn tricks
at the Polonia.
You wouldn't get
1,000 zlotys, but...
...you could have a good life.
Well, a better one.
You could eat.
And so could they.
That little girl
wouldn't have to starve.
Neither would he.
Neither would you.
I'd really like
to help you, Stefcia.
What are you waiting for?
You've got an audience
to entertain.
Music, not a tune.
The play's a hit.
They may even --
I know. I know.
...coming and going,
things start disappearing.
Can't trust anyone
in the ghetto.
I mean, just think,
someone hangs up their hat
in the lobby,
who knows if they've
been at the bazaar
and picked up some bug.
Do you want coal or
electricity to cook?
We don't have electricity.
We don't have any coal either.
Please be quiet.
I don't want any parties.
That was not a party.
Mr. Finklestein
lives next door.
He has a job. He needs peace.
Wrong ambition
for a Jew.
Not another word.
Silence, silence, silence.
Don't worry.
It's not tuberculosis.
She shouldn't smoke,
but she can afford to, you know.
This pays for her cigarettes.
I can pay you more.
Anybody home?
- I'm here.
- Oh.
What are you doing on that side?
Ada invited
me to breakfast.
Fake tea with no sugar,
applesauce without apples
made with real radishes.
-And why did she invite you?
-Because you weren't here.
Otherwise, she would have
invited you.
That woman's worth a fortune.
No, much less.
She's so organized.
She had a couple of friends
over as well, and --
Come in.
Oh. Apollo, help me.
Excuse me.
My name is Zylberman.
Oh, I'm sorry,
we can't have visitors.
Visitors? Visitor I'm not.
I'm head of the
House Committee, huh?
Mwah.
Ah. Ah, my dear lady.
We are putting on
a party on Saturday.
Now, there's going to be
dance music and a raffle.
Wonderful prizes.
And I was wondering
if I could ask you
to do us the honor
of performing for us.
- I'd love to.
- She'd love to.
Wonderful!
Now, the thing is, you see,
it's like this.
Feinminster,
he lives in number three.
He is the richest tenant
in the house,
and he pays most of the budget
of the House Committee.
-And is that bad?
-No, bad it's not.
But he's got a daughter,
and she sings.
What does she sing?
She don't sing normal.
She sings
What you call it?
Corotolura. Cholera?
No, God forbid, not cholera.
Do you mean coloratura?
Culturalura, that's it.
So I was wondering if you
could give a little listen
to this girl,
and then you tell me
and I'll tell the committee,
is she qualified to sing?
-I'd be glad to.
-She'd be glad to.
You don't have to repeat
everything I say.
-I'm trying to help.
-Don't be angry.
-I'm not angry.
-Oh, yes, you are.
-You're angry at me.
-I'm not angry at all.
Well, I can tell you're angry.
-I'm not angry, damn it.
-You're angry.
Well, now I am angry!
I can't take any more of this!
He can be
very sensitive sometimes.
Yeah, I noticed.
Now, uh, getting back
to our "maluctacarul"...
The girl. Yeah.
The girl. Maybe she's good.
Maybe she is. But maybe...
Maybe she's
Well, she mistakes
a lung for a liver.
Excuse me. I can express myself
better in Yiddish.
No, no.
Speak Yiddish all you want.
I understand everything.
-Really?
-I can even speak it.
Maestro.
♪ If you really understand it ♪
♪ Then I must be very candid ♪
♪ If you would allow me to say ♪
♪ All these things
the Yiddish way ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds fabulous,
just a few words ♪
♪ There's another case
that I've heard ♪
♪ Just imagine
you go to town hall ♪
♪ How do you get them
to answer your call? ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds
fabulous, but what do you do ♪
♪ When your Romeo's
beside you? ♪
♪ The moon's shining
and turning your head ♪
♪ What do you say
to get him into bed? ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
♪ That sounds fabulous,
now I can tell ♪
♪ How your Yiddish is inviting ♪
♪ Now I'm afraid I must go,
I must leave ♪
♪ I bid you farewell
and wish you a good eve ♪
♪ Meshuggeneh, mazel tov ♪
Ow!
You can sing Yiddish?
Jozek?
-Do I know you?
-I know you.
There isn't a bar in the ghetto
I haven't sung in.
And Patryk,
he isn't here?
You can't know him.
He doesn't drink.
We work together
at the council.
We even had breakfast
together today here
with Ada
and my girlfriend, Niusia.
-You know Niusia?
-You know Niusia?
There aren't many of us
in the ghetto.
There are less every day.
So Niusia and I had a fight.
I want to get married,
but she said I have to be sober
before I proposition her.
Hmm. In this world.
And do you love her?
Who knows?
Who looks for true love anymore?
Yeah.
Want some?
It's very inspiring.
If we don't starve to death,
we'll kill them with grief.
You will end each act
on a sad note.
They will never clap this way.
We end on a romantic note
as planned.
You take humor too seriously.
It is not about me.
It's about them.
Where did you get the money?
Go and get changed.
- Where, Patryk?
- What does it matter?
Maybe there's more.
Did you steal it?
From who?
Who, Patryk?
Grósze.
Grósze the dentist?
No, Grósze the gnome.
Yes, the dentist.
He yanks out your
gold teeth for peanuts
and he makes ten times more
selling them to the Germans.
-He's scum.
-Does he know you robbed him?
Forget it, Stefcia.
Does he know?
I hit him.
You hit him.
I hit him.
Did you hurt him?
I don't know.
He fell against the...
Don't know. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know.
Calm down. Calm down.
It's okay. It's okay.
Nothing will happen
to you, okay?
No, I think he might...
Does anyone know?
Okay.
Everything will be fine.
Everything will be perfect.
Stefcia, where are you going?
Fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
-Shit.
-Sorry.
It's me.
Didn't mean to frighten you.
You okay?
Come here.
So...
There you go.
What have we done?
What have we done to what?
Live like this.
What would you do for me?
Anything. You know that.
Would you do something bad?
Would you steal for me?
Would you kill?
What would you do
to not lose me?
What would you be willing to do?
I'm not gonna stop you, Stefcia.
Okay? You're not
gonna die here.
-You must leave with Patryk.
-No, no.
You have to. You know you do.
No.
-Stefcia.
-No.
-Come on.
-No.
Stefcia!
Follow me.
Stefcia.
I want the money.
You crazy? What are
you talking about?
I want the money.
You stole it. Give it to me.
You need to calm down, Stefcia.
We can't talk right now.
I'll report you.
-You stole it.
-I stole it for you.
There's nothing
between us, Patryk.
I'm with Edmund.
And if you really loved me --
-You've lost your mind.
-If you really loved me --
Stefcia!
Stefcia.
Trouble in paradise?
Oh, shut up.
You're crushing me.
No, it's okay.
It's just for a second, okay?
Sorry. Sorry, sweetie.
Okay. You can paint.
Do you like spying on people?
Who doesn't?
I don't.
I've loved a lot of men.
Believe me,
there's always another.
Go with Patryk.
I don't love him.
What matters here
is being loved, child,
not loving.
Shit.
♪ ...if it's too big or small ♪
♪ If you can see out at all ♪
♪ It couldn't any nicer be ♪
♪ A cozy home
with all you need ♪
♪ Only for us, for me and you,
for you and me ♪
Finally
just the two of us.
Shit.
Look at
the love birds.
And they look so formal
this morning.
Oh, no, no, no.
Patryk isn't my lover.
Let's have
a drink or five.
-Vodka!
-Vodka!
Moonshine.
Who is your lovebird, then?
Uh, I'm her lovebird.
-Niusia?
-Stefcia?
-You know what, I thought the --
-You shouldn't say
the glass is half empty,
but drink it.
-Cheers!
-Cheers.
-Excuse me.
-Ah, our beloved landlady.
Please come have a drink.
-Oh, but I can't --
-This way.
Won't let us
make any noise, right?
Oh, well, if you insist.
I just wanted to tell you
that I'll be having
a little celebration soon, too.
-Ah.
-Oh, what's the occasion?
Who cares? Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
Well, ladies and gents -- Oh.
I'm getting married again.
Aww, let's drink
to the lucky fellow.
-Cheers.
-Cheers!
And who's he?
Uh, Mr. Finklestein.
From next door? A working man.
-Who needs quiet.
-Peace and quiet.
Well, let's go disturb
Mr. Finklestein's peace.
Come on, Niusia.
Come on, Jozek.
Come on, Mrs. Landlady.
Let's go make some good noise!
Watch out, Mrs. Landlady.
You'll bump into a bust.
I never liked Napoleon anyway.
That's Jewish Council President
Czerniaków.
Mundy, why do you look
so sad all of a sudden?
Because.
Because your voice
is so beautiful.
-My voice?
-It robs my life of sense.
This place robs
your life of sense.
Oh, no, no, enough moaning.
You're all wrong.
You see...
♪ Life is pretty
but doesn't make sense ♪
♪ It's just that way,
bear it and grin ♪
♪ You must understand it ♪
♪ And not take offense ♪
♪ Sobriety's the worst of sins ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy ♪
♪ Will give me my bliss ♪
♪ And give me a kiss ♪
What are you doing? Kiss him.
You really want
me to that badly?
♪ When it's cold outside
and the blizzard, it blows ♪
♪ And the coat you wear
is raggedy thin ♪
♪ Don't you worry much ♪
♪ It's white as the snow ♪
♪ Sobriety's the worst of sins ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy ♪
♪ Will give me my bliss ♪
♪ And give me a kiss ♪
Stefcia.
Uh, Stefcia, why would...you...
This is...
♪ And if typhoid grabs you,
it's not such a thing ♪
♪ It's just the way that life ♪
♪ Let's drink to that
and drink again ♪
♪ And drink a third and ♪
♪ And what then? ♪
♪ Oh, then Steffy ♪
♪ Yes, dear Steffy will -- ♪
♪ And give... ♪
Why did you lower the curtain?
Is it the German
who works for the dentist?
Is he looking for you?
-I don't know.
-You don't know what?
Did you put Stefcia in danger,
you son of a bitch?
-What the fuck is going on here?
-Stop it!
I said stop it!
Go.
Alright, you need to go
into hiding right away.
Alright?
Then I'll look for you --
-You need to calm down.
-What? What?
No, we can't stop the show.
The German will think
something's wrong.
-Is something not wrong?
-We don't know why he's here.
Niusia, this is what you get us
with your resistance friends.
He could be
here for anyone.
To find out what I wrote.
For Niusia. For you, Irena.
We all have something
to keep quiet.
He's in Hashomer Hatzair.
What the fuck
are you saying, Niusia?
That's -- That's not true.
Radical bastards.
We got to turn them both in.
They saw you -- the printers.
You're lying.
Niusia, are you sure?
I don't know.
I know nothing about politics.
I'm not even a Zionist.
Tell them, Stefcia.
-Tell them --
-Edmund.
Germans like
spending time with us
as much as we like
spending time with them.
Now, come on.
You tell me right now.
What is he doing here?
He's alone.
So what?
Maybe he's not here
for -- for anyone.
Maybe he's just here
to see the play.
Stefcia's right.
I mean, they don't come alone
when they come
looking for you.
Right?
Right?
I have to get out of here.
No, no, no! He'll suspect.
Stefcia's right.
Look,
we need to stay calm.
No one will be arrested today.
It's the end
of the intermission.
It's not the fucking
intermission.
Raise the curtain.
Jozek --
Raise the curtain.
Ah, excuse me for disturbing you
at this late hour.
Did you bring the girl?
Stefcia isn't home.
No, that's not why I came.
The girl may be tomorrow.
What's it about?
Oh, it's about -- Oh.
-Hello.
-Hi.
It's about...
...donations.
This is a big house we live in,
and most of the tenants
escape with
their
With the butter-side down?
Mm-hmm, that's why
we have the house committee.
It's our duty to help the poor.
- Of course, sure.
- Sure.
Wherever I go,
the only thing that people
ever want to tell me is
- The wheel is broken.
- Yes.
What's happening?
But I'd never
name names. Never.
Nothing.
But Dr. Rautmann,
who lives upstairs,
eh, he'll never understand.
There's people escaping.
Their heart avek.
They've lost heart.
Well, we don't belong to
those tightwads.
We'll pay our membership fee
regularly.
-And happily.
-We will.
Oh, good.
Say, excuse me,
did you say membership fee?
-Yes, why?
-No, no, it's fee...s.
- You pay two fees?
- Yeah.
Two? What do you mean, two?
There's 22.
-22?!
-22?!
Yes.
♪ For the fund of
the community ♪
♪ For our comfort
and our unity ♪
♪ For mother, child,
and the nation ♪
♪ For the sick,
a small donation ♪
♪ For the beneficial
health drive ♪
♪ And for keeping us alive ♪
♪ For the animals,
for libations ♪
♪ For religious celebrations ♪
♪ For the singers, for the boys,
for the actors ♪
♪ For the poorly benefactors ♪
He's just here to enjoy himself.
I always hated that stupid song.
♪ ...traveling ♪
♪ When it's divvied
for the best ♪
♪ The police will get the rest ♪
Come on, faster!
Ha, ha!
♪ For the fund of
our community ♪
♪ For our comfort
and our unity ♪
♪ For mother, child,
and the nation ♪
♪ For the sick,
a small donation ♪
♪ For the beneficial
health drive ♪
♪ And for keeping us alive ♪
♪ For the animals,
for libations ♪
It is a stupid song.
Very pretty, Sarah.
Everything will be fine.
I want it to be perfect.
Sometimes when you relax
a little, it comes out better.
Is that true?
No.
Come here. Come on.
Hey. You love your brother
a lot, don't you?
-Yes. And you.
-But him more.
And you want
what's best for him, right?
-I don't know.
-What's more important to you,
to be with me
or with your brother?
To take care of him?
I don't know.
Come on.
Intermission. The Germans
seem to be getting bored.
I don't like it.
What he wants --
What he wants doesn't matter.
Or what anyone else wants.
We need to talk. Outside.
We can't stay in
the dressing room?
No.
Wait.
What was that?
It's far away. Go.
-Too cold for Sarah.
-I know.
I'm sorry.
Do you want to
say goodbye to us?
Sarah, you must tell him
what you said to me before --
What you said to me before, that
you'd rather be with Edmund.
-Stefcia, please --
-Tell him that you love him,
-that you won't let him --
-Stefcia!
God. Right. Go back inside,
Sarah, yeah?
-Can I rehearse?
-Yeah.
Tell Ada to help you, alright?
Go on.
What are you playing at,
Stefcia?
I'm not playing.
You know, you don't
need to do this.
You know that, don't you?
You don't need to be angry
to leave.
It'll make me angry.
Why is it so easy
for you to give me up?
-What?
-Why aren't you fighting for me?
Why aren't you trying to
stop me from leaving?
Why is it so easy
for you to let me go?
Because I don't want you to die.
We're all going to die.
We're already dead.
They starve us to death,
drive us crazy.
They give us hope
and then take it away.
-We can --
-We can't do anything, Edmund.
What can you do?
Except look at me
with that face, like...
"I don't understand you,
Stefcia.
I love you so much,
I'm willing to give you up"?
Bullshit.
Loving someone means
doing anything you have to,
anything necessary.
What do you want?
What do you want?
-I want you to live.
-I want to live!
With you!
What do you want me to do,
Stefcia?
What can I do?
Do you want to --
to steal Patryk's
money from him?
And leave Sarah here
alone to die?
She's going to die anyway!
Then we'll do it together.
I...
Wha...
Why don't you just go already?
Just -- Just leave.
- Here. It's cold.
- Yeah.
Not a single Jew
without their coat.
Irena said she would've brought
it to you herself, but, um,
well, then she couldn't
eavesdrop on you, hmm?
-How does she do it?
-May the invisible survive.
Yeah.
-Yeah.
-This --
They say it makes you go blind,
but, sadly, no.
Do you believe in
life after death, Stefcia?
I'd settle for
there being one before.
What do you think?
I know there's...
I'm a convert.
Three generations.
Doesn't matter.
To them, I'm a Jew.
Mazel tov.
Here.
Do you ever wonder
what you'd be doing right now
if there was no war?
Never.
Yeah, me neither.
You have...
I don't have anyone, Stefcia.
I know.
I felt so bad for you.
Yeah, I know.
She was a --
She was a good person.
We both know she wasn't.
It's good enough for me.
That's how I like her.
Oh. Or liked her.
It's good to -- to love someone.
Yeah.
To love or be loved --
it's the eternal question.
Which is better?
It's not like you have a choice.
Plato, Aristotle. Last act.
If it's okay for you,
if you're not too busy,
I am sure the German
will appreciate the gesture.
Let's go get 'em.
Whew!
Stefcia.
Sorry.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Oh, the situation's fatal ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ It's fatal
and far from normal ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ I live with her ♪
♪ But I love you ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ The way it is
just makes me blue ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ I love you,
but I like him, too ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ He's the one I'm married to ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ So should I stay
or should I go? ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ What can we do? ♪
♪ As quid pro quo ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ Should I go?
Should I stay? ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ It's barbaric either way ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Now I am rea... ♪
-♪ Now I am rea... ♪
-♪ ...lly in a bind ♪
-♪ ...lly in a bind ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ I am about ♪
-♪ I am about ♪
-♪ To lose my mind ♪
-♪ To lose my mind ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
♪ An answer will be in need of ♪
♪ What shall I do?
What shall I do? ♪
♪ Why's it so hard to love? ♪
♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Now I have much ♪
-♪ Now I have much ♪
-♪ To ponder on ♪
-♪ To ponder on ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ What shall I do? ♪
-♪ Too many doubts ♪
-♪ Too many doubts ♪
-♪ Before you're gone ♪
-♪ Before you're gone ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
-♪ Whatever shall I do? ♪
There's something...
There's something
I have to do, Stefcia.
I have to do this.
-I can't live without you.
-And I can't live without you.
-You must leave Patryk.
-And you should leave Ada.
I can't stop thinking about you.
I can't control my thoughts.
But...
But...
Come on.
Keep going.
- But we can't.
- We can't.
-We'd be horrible people.
-We'd be barbarians.
What a terrible thing that
we can't do terrible things.
-Maybe I should go.
-Yes. Maybe you should.
Hello.
Hello.
This is, uh, Sarah.
This is Sarah,
who I told you about.
- Pleased to meet you.
- Hi, Sarah.
Miss Sarah,
would you be so kind
to sing a little song
for this lady?
- I'd rather not.
- Please,
I would like that very much.
Really.
♪ The tree will bloom,
the tree will bloom ♪
♪ The bird will sing
just like it can ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Never finds a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ It won't be long
till winter comes ♪
♪ And then a year is done ♪
♪ And who knows, whoever knows ♪
♪ If May's forever gone ♪
So, how do you like it?
It's very pretty.
Would you like
to say thank you?
We won't take up
much more of your time.
Stefcia?
I don't know what I want.
Stefcia?
- Do you want to stay here?
- No.
Yes.
I would love to get married.
I want to be with you.
- Do you really love me?
- Stefcia.
I know what to do.
- I'm sorry, I have to go.
- Stefcia, wait.
-Jozek wants to read us --
-Yeah, yep, I know, yep, yes.
- Stefcia!
- I'll be right back.
♪ She's gone ♪
Are you crazy?
You know I am.
♪ Gone, gone,
gone, gone, gone ♪
- Can I go now?
- Yes, let's --
No, no, no, no, no,
not so fast.
Stay here. This way,
you can keep me company.
Let's hear what Jozek --
Maybe -- Maybe we can...
Wait here.
Edmund, come with me.
I need you.
I can't. Jozek is reading us
a letter from Ada.
"So, I'm afraid our relationship
has become impossible.
I have to leave you."
There, you heard it.
She's leaving you.
Now get moving.
-But --
-Sing!
- Stefcia!
- Sing, sing!
Sing!
♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪
♪ She's gone, she's gone ♪
♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪
Listen to me, both of you.
-Stefcia --
-Shut up!
I've loved you a lot.
Not anymore. I was wrong.
-I love you. I always have.
-But --
-Quiet. I've been thinking.
-When?
All along. You'd do anything
for me, Edmund.
I've seen it, I know,
and I'm touched, but he --
he would do things that
are wrong, and that counts, too.
-No, I n--
-It's okay, Patryk, it's a fact.
I already told you
that I love you.
-You don't love me.
-If I say I love you,
I love you, and you love me
more than he does.
But you love him more than me.
Because I was wrong about him.
It's nothing personal.
What are you doing here?
The big finale's coming up.
Tell Niusia to take my place.
Niusia will not take your place.
She said that the German's
looking for her.
Then you do it.
No, it's not my scene.
For the love of God, Ada!
Improvise!
There is nothing
you can do to make
what's happening here any worse.
There's no time to pack.
You need to go right --
I'm not going anywhere, Stefcia.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm staying here in the ghetto.
I'm not leaving with this fool
who you also happen to love.
I don't love him. I love you.
I can't leave Sarah here.
Of course not.
That's why you're
taking her with you.
-What are you saying?
-What?
Just think about it, Patryk.
Forget about me.
Forget about Edmund.
Don't you see it?
No, I don't quite understand.
Let Edmund and Sarah go.
Sarah hasn't lived yet.
-Edmund has.
-She's going to need him.
And I'll stay here
at your side.
But we have so much
to give people.
To make them laugh.
You will write,
I'll be your performer.
We can make them forget
their pain for a short while.
And who knows?
Maybe we'll survive all this.
Maybe the Russians come
and free us, maybe.
Yeah, we can live
a long life together.
Even have kids.
Do you want kids?
I want to live.
You're just making me think that
we could be together, right?
Yes.
You're a good actress.
I know.
You love Edmund
more than your own life.
I do.
And I love you more than mine.
Let's do it.
I don't have a say in this?
No.
Jozek will have to
play your part.
His character
will be eliminated,
and you'll have to
sing Sarah's song.
-Ada won't like that.
-No, she won't.
You sure about this?
Of course not.
Finale?
Finale. Come on.
Finale.
Listen! Listen, everyone.
I have a solution. We have to be
honest with each other.
Ada has to stay with Patryk.
I don't mind. You'll enjoy her
more than I will.
There's nothing more to discuss.
It's decided.
And you, Edmund,
if you love me...
-Yes, I do.
-I love you, too.
And you two, Niusia and Jozek,
together, as well!
If this idiot
could lay off the bottle.
Otherwise, you --
Halt!
Halt!
Thank you very much.
Thank you all.
I'm so sorry to interrupt
in the best moment.
But doesn't it always seems like
we always get interrupt
in the best moment?
Ah, not again. Ha!
That's the bad thing
when you start shooting.
You know when to start, but --
There.
I would like
a word with you, miss.
No, no, no, no, no.
Not you. No.
You look a bit ill to me.
Are you feeling alright?
You sure?
I'm so glad.
Miss -- you.
If you don't mind
me calling you "miss."
Are you married?
-I was.
-She was, she says.
Marriages don't last very long
nowadays, do they?
Do they?
No.
So true.
Ma'am, I'm addressing you
because you look like
an intelligent person,
someone other people
will listen to.
I'm addressing you,
persuaded that by doing so,
the rest of you will
pay attention to me.
It's silly, isn't it?
Very prudent.
I wouldn't say anything
in your shoes, either.
I mean, who knows
what I want to hear?
But I'm not in
your shoes now, am I?
Or yours or yours...or yours.
I'm in my own.
Today, I would like you and I,
dear friends,
to understand each other
a little better.
I understand that
you need to entertain yourself,
like doing Jewish things,
like dance and prayers,
little plays.
I like to laugh, too.
I really do.
Ja!
Ja.
Ja!
Funny.
I've come here tonight...
Are you
in the resistance, Edmund?
Not anymore.
Not anymore,
and he can't possibly know.
I swear to God,
if anything happens to --
Silence! Silence! Silence!
Please!
I'm sorry, but it's just that,
otherwise, I get lost.
I'm a reasonable man.
I understand, for example,
that you read.
I mean, who doesn't
like to read?
Well, I don't, but who cares?
And, of course,
if there isn't much to read,
you need to print things.
Like children's stories
or newspaper,
which is likely forbidden
in that funny language of yours.
And --
which is perfectly fine --
an occasional leaflet.
I'm not angry,
don't get me wrong.
I mean, who am I
to judge anyone?
I wouldn't think of it, but --
Not again.
I better be more careful, right?
Otherwise,
I would run out of bullets.
Although...there are
always more bullets.
And those little
leaflets aren't,
I was saying, handwritten.
And there aren't
five or six of them.
I mean, who would
make five leaflets?
Well, five Jews, you would say,
but are there only five of you?
Perhaps one day.
We mustn't be impatient.
And therefore, you'd need a
printer for the little leaflets.
And if I hear
that you have a printer,
I start getting nervous.
And if I happen to find it,
I-I get a bit more nervous
and I start asking questions.
Nervous.
And that's when I come here,
and my -- my finger
gets away from me.
Boom!
No.
Because I'm nervous.
And you might say this rifle
has something loose,
and that's not good.
So...
I leave it here,
and I'll take out this pistol,
which is more solid
and -- and reliable.
It only fires when I want it to.
Because I don't care about
the little leaflets,
but I do care about the
printers. You know why?
Because with a printer,
you can print leaflets,
disgusting propaganda,
or safe conducts,
and I can't allow anyone
to print safe conducts
that break this harmony
that we achieved.
Your people. My people.
You understand.
Don't you, ma'am?
You're smarter
than your husband.
So...
now that I've made my position
clear to all of you...
You're making a mistake.
Please.
I haven't done anything.
No, of course not.
Funny.
I think we understand
each other now.
A fantastic show.
I'm so glad I came.
Please continue.
What the fuck happened here?
What did you do?
What did you do?
I didn't know him.
There are more resistance groups
than Jews.
Can't trust anyone anymore.
What do we do now?
Nothing.
Let's -- Let's finish the play.
What?
She said,
"Let's finish the play."
What are you talking about?
We can't go on.
-They just --
-This is what we are!
What we have left.
If Irena says that
we finish the play,
then we finish the play!
- Let's do it.
- Come on.
We're actors.
This is what we do.
Let's do it.
On with the show.
Sit down, everybody!
We can finish before the curfew.
We can still have that.
Sit your fucking arses down!
Come on!
And you better clap this time,
Goddamn it!
Come on!
Patryk loves Ada.
And I love you.
So why the drama?
Get a divorce and marry me.
It's not like
we're Catholic anyway.
Whoo! Ha!
You really
don't mind, Ada?
Oh, if you don't mind
that I love Patryk.
Kiss me. Kiss me, my love.
Kiss me, Patryk.
Know what? If Niusia and I
get married tomorrow,
six of us will have to
live in this room together.
Oh, I'll get another
room divider.
But you'll have to pay
the same as they do.
That's very generous of
you, dear landlady.
Oh, my -- my love.
But Jozek and I
can't go on a honeymoon.
Don't be glum, Niusia.
When there's nothing
you can do...
You can still love each other!
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is without you ♪
You have to go now.
You can't reach the wall
before curfew, okay?
-I won't leave you.
-I know. You have to go.
Goodbye, sweetheart.
Remember what I taught you.
Stand up straight.
-You're leaving?
-No, no, I'm not leaving.
You just -- You stay alive and
you take care of your brother.
Okay?
I love you.
I love you.
♪ All I ever hungered
is meaningless ♪
If you don't leave right now,
I swear, I'll leave with Jozek.
Franciszkanska Street 21.
-Over the wall or underneath?
-Over.
Leave through the passage
in the basement.
Go.
Wait.
Did that belong
to your grandmother?
Surely someone's grandmother.
If there's any way,
I'm gonna come back.
Hurry, now. Hurry.
Bye.
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ ...or summer rain ♪
♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ All I ever dreamed
is useless ♪
♪ When life is ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ All I ever feared
means nothing ♪
♪ When life is with you ♪
♪ With you ♪
They're cl--
They're clapping.
They're clapping.
Raise the curtain.
Come on.
Raise the curtain!
What's wrong?
Nothing's wrong.
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
I don't even know what happened,
but we'll make them
clap tomorrow, too.
Say that again.
♪ The tree will grow,
the tree will grow ♪
♪ The bird will sing
just like it can ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Never finds a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ Little birdie, little birdie ♪
♪ Chirping happy on a branch ♪
♪ But the darling
little girlie ♪
♪ Cries and wants a decent man ♪
♪ It won't be long
till winter comes ♪
♪ And then a year is done ♪
♪ And who knows, whoever knows ♪
♪ If May's forever gone ♪