Polskie drogi (1976–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Misja specjalna - full transcript
POLISH ROAD
Episode 1
SEPTEMBER 1939
- "Wisła", come in.
- So what?
Give ME.
"Wisła", come in. "Vistula"!
- Keep trying.
- Yes, SIR.
Cadet Niwiński is reporting
his return from reconnaissance.
I have brought a prisoner of war.
Thank you.
Lieutenant, question
him and take care of him.
Yes, sir.
It's good that you are here.
Meet me, gentlemen.
Gozdalski.
Niwiński.
Mr. Cadet, take a few men
and escort Director Gozdalski
the shortest way to Krzemieniec.
I thought, sir,
that as a soldier I'll
be more needed here.
This is a special mission,
Mr. Cadet.
It has to come to the end.
Execute.
Yes.
Thank you, sir.
Haven't seen if Kuraś
is back? Haven't seen.
Sit down.
Haven't seen Kuras
somewhere? I haven't.
Chicken, wake up. Holy shit!
I thought they killed you.
Me? What for? Wake up.
People must be gathered.
We're leaving soon.
Load the bags on the wagon.
That's right. What bags?
They are at the Captain's.
Move up.
Mr. Director,
get out of the car.
Cadet, please come
with me in a different tone.
I was to be provided with
safe and comfortable conditions.
Yes. I remember about this.
Please tell the soldiers that
it is for getting
me there safely
a serious cash
discount awaits them.
These are soldiers,
not paid carriers.
I know. But my mission
is of a special nature.
Besides, it might have an impact
on your promotion, Mr. Cadet.
Please don't talk to me like that.
Oh! The director is in shit.
We'll have a good trip.
Corporal, get the people together.
Here we go.
That's right.
Saddle the horses. Pull up the girths.
With twos, the meeting is behind me.
Attention, attention! It is coming.
"Wedel" chocolate
and two aspirin pills.
427.3.
Attention! A house is
burning at 28, Wilcza Street.
A house is on fire in 1, Zielna Street.
Compatriots,
the 14th day of the war has passed.
On the entire front, Polish soldiers
put up resistance
unparalleled in history
the overwhelming forces of the invader.
Helu's crew is defending themselves.
Warsaw is defending itself.
On Pilica and Narew, enemy
armoured units had to turn back.
We will win!
- How are you?
- Three killed, five wounded.
All on Third Platoon.
- Do they know about us?
- For sure. These planes...
Exactly.
Maybe spies, saboteurs?
A lot of German
colonists live here.
- They were displacing them.
- Some yes, others no.
- Are you still scared?
- It's good that you are here.
- Hear anything?
- Only in German, Major.
- What are they saying?
- But I don't understand German.
- It was better to study at school.
- I'm sorry.
Finally, Lieutenant.
So what? Report.
This southern section of the
road controlled by the Germans.
Lots of armoured cars.
I counted 60 tanks myself.
- I also saw...
- What else did you see? Speak.
Columns of POWs.
- Ours?
- Ours.
- A lot of?
- When I left,
they were still on their way.
Mozanek, ask lieutenant
Bojanowski here.
Yes.
That's all?
On the way I met a strange
squad of mounted shooters.
They convoyed a car with a civilian.
The bags are sealed on the cart.
The cadet doesn't know what's in them.
The civilian refuses to speak. He
threatens the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- I brought them here.
- The woman had no trouble.
That cadet's papers.
His name is Niwiński.
They're okay, but...
- Call them?
- Later. We will always make it.
Reporting on orders, Major.
- Is it possible, Major?
- Please.
We won't find the regiment any more.
Honour and duty command us to
make our way towards Warsaw.
- Several hundred kilometres
against the tide?
- We wander, not fight.
We know that Warsaw is fighting.
Every rifle is needed there.
I agree with
Lieutenant Zawistowski.
Half the people
will be killed by the
time we get to Warsaw
to save our honour.
This is war. The Lord is a reservist.
The Lord is here to save
the head. We - to win.
I'm fed up with these reserved
team antagonisms and I'm fed up
with these honourable deaths.
War is won with living soldiers,
not dead bodies.
What will the major order?
Lord - sleep. The horses
unhook and go to the stables.
Hide all the equipment so
that there is no sign of the army.
This aviator is
getting on my nerves.
We wait this day out
and set off for the night.
And order the sergeant
to call that cadet.
Or not. First this civilian from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Thank you gentlemen.
A wholesome wonder!
They are all healthy.
Man only loses his nerves.
Leave my wife alone at home
and play with matches while haying
- it works out for one thing.
That lieutenant who stopped us
supposedly still at the housekeeper.
A husband at war.
Is there justice?
What do you regret him? Maybe
tomorrow he will get a wooden cross.
Get married first,
we'll talk later.
I will become a shoemaker
after the war. The best job.
You are at home, you
have an eye on everything.
If necessary, this and a hammer
at hand. Our ensign is starting for it.
Better to think about
the quarters! Be quiet.
Are we going to sleep in the stables?
The entire manor house
is crowded with the army.
Excuse me, lady here? What?
Do you know Aniu from the mill,
old Heimann's daughter?
I've only been here for a
month at the manor.
Got it.
And only this one has
to be? No other fits?
Lord, cadet!
Cadet Niwiński?
Yes, I'm listening.
The major is asking you
to come over. I'm coming.
Faster, faster!
Get out of here! He's going to
kill us because of all of you!
God! I'm sick of this
war! Let it all end!
Where is Major Korwin located?
That door.
What are you carrying?
A special package by
order of the president.
I can't say any more.
On whose recommendation?
Cadet Niwiński. Not now.
This is the cadet I was talking about.
Please come in.
Horse Rifleman Platoon
Leader checking in.
I have an order
escort the director
to Kremenets.
Krzemieniec is the end
of Poland. I know that.
The director is complaining
about you, mister cadet.
Nevertheless, you will continue
to convoy Mr. Gozdalski.
Yes, sir. Mr. Major...
Thank you for now.
You will be living in
a school in the village.
I would prefer in the
mill. I have friends there.
As you want. You will
leave at dusk. Yes, sir.
As for the director... He
bored me to death here.
But it does seem to be
carrying something important.
Do you know these sites?
I know very well, Major.
We will break through at night.
If you see a chance
to save yourself on
your own, I do not
put up any obstacles.
I would prefer, of course,
if possible, to stay with Mr. Major.
How nice am I?
I got a job that just
tells me to run away.
You are not alone.
I have a son your age.
What's your name?
Władysław.
Boy, at dusk to the mill
and wait for further orders.
What's the matter with you?
Can I help you?
Thread. I'm just choked.
Would you please pass
me a glass of water?
Of course.
Here you are.
Lord, cadet!
Do you have an order to
Kremenets? Yes, unfortunately.
The Lord is complaining,
and it makes me happy.
If your path led
through Buczacz...
I have a request.
Hello, Lieutenant.
My wife is there, with relatives.
Just ask about Lewicki.
He's a chemist.
Do not accuse me
of pettiness, but...
Either I am already the father
or I will be at any moment.
Congratulations.
Unfortunately, there
were complications.
I don't need to explain to you
what's happening to me here.
I can't help much for my wife.
But a signet ring, a watch...
She will be able to cash it.
Won't you say no?
No, of course. What
if I don't get there?
I am even more so, my friend.
I'll prepare a letter.
Wait a minute, Lieutenant.
Don't you think
Major is bad?
Everyone can see it, but not him.
A doctor needs to be brought in.
He's a stubborn man. Don't want.
I'll prepare a letter.
We have quarters in the mill. Sit down.
Is this mill far?
Behind the village
We won't be able to pass
until dusk. Still sniffing.
Officer cadet, hot soup.
No thank you.
I already know who is in charge of us.
Who is it? Major Korwin.
Big Spen, still
from the Legions.
He has a head for war! And gives
the soldiers life, which is important.
Please rest. I don't think
we'll be sleeping tonight.
Lieutenant, who stopped us,
alone one would like to win the war.
You wouldn't?
My father-in-law all over town
played chess on everyone.
But he wouldn't have won against Alekhin.
Momentary failures
happen in every war.
It has not been like this
yet. The worst is behind us.
As long as everyone did it,
what belongs to them.
Lord, cadet!
You supposedly know this area?
Yes, I know
You will leave immediately.
The major ordered that...
It's bad with the major. That's
why you're going to the village now.
Maybe you can find a doctor.
I'm afraid of gangrene.
This leg?
Yes.
I brought this to your attention
to Lieutenant Bojanowski.
Bojanowski gives birth himself
and has many other problems.
Is there only this one
way to the village?
There is one more, next to the mill,
the edge of the forest, but longer.
That's why I was looking for you.
The Germans cannot notice you
if we are to get out of here at night.
Are you ready I'll take
the horses out of the stable.
You'll be off in five minutes.
Check-in at 19:00. Will you make it?
Yes, sir.
Good day.
How good it is, Mr. Heimann?
Do you know me
It's been a nice few
years since that holiday.
Władek. Jesus Maria!
We want to stay with you.
Come home.
I see soldiers and
thought: not good.
And this is our Władek.
Cadet, is this German?
Settlers. This family has been in
Poland for almost a hundred years.
I know them well.
I don't understand anything.
Be calm, Kuraś.
Let them join.
That's right.
Follow me!
Ewelina, come on, come on!
The guests have arrived!
Władzia.
Władzia!
But a peasant is made of you!
And a soldier.
And my husband didn't recognise me.
My husband is stupid.
Come to home. Come on!
From horses! Horse
shooter Iwaniek insures.
Where?
I'm going home. I live here.
Can you smoke?
Thank you. I just finished.
So what? Can I?
Okay, go mister.
Your health.
Janek!
Hello. Good morning.
Hello.
Are you ready mother? Mhm.
We've changed, huh?
Mhm. Everything has changed.
What about Aniu?
She's not here.
But what? She left? Did she get married?
No, she just isn't there.
Will you eat with us?
No thank you. They are waiting for me.
Where is the basket, mother?
In the hall.
John, wait, I wanted to talk to you.
What are you going to do next?
It's war.
You see what's going on.
It will be soon.
I can see it.
Authority, stay here.
Let the people go. Let them come back.
There is a lot of work in the cottage.
Some clothes will be found.
We'll say that you are our relative.
This is desertion.
Do you know what does it mean?
I know what it
means to save a life.
The war is not over.
It can be different.
Different indeed. You
have to believe in something.
Only what?
I know.
You know? I know too.
The French and the English will
honour the guarantee to our authorities.
People say the authorities are far away.
People talk a lot and needlessly.
It's time for me. The boys are waiting.
What boys?
Colleagues. We look after the
cattle in the woods.
It's safer there.
Will you be there tonight when I get back?
I'll be sure. Let's talk.
Kuraś, Iwaniek, Waligórski -
pull up the girths and on the horse!
Władek, you haven't eaten anything!
I'll be back soon.
Out of horses! Hiding yourself!
I sent for the doctor. He
is dressing the burned.
He will come as soon as he bandages.
We have suffered a lot
during the last bombing.
I also ordered the cart to be harnessed.
Linden tea. Very good.
Unfortunately, I do not have sugar.
I have sugar.
Sorry, have you been teaching
here for a long time? Recently.
Or maybe you know Aniu Heimannówna?
The one from the mill? I know.
What's going on with her?
I haven't seen her for a long time.
But in exchange for a cigarette.
Sorry, I don't. Here you go.
People start exchanging things.
Gasoline for transport,
tobacco for sugar.
We are slowly entering
the era of barter trade.
A fair point.
Barter trade flourishes
in the age of every war.
Money loses its value, things,
objects become important, or
rather the lack of them.
What awaits us will
take us even further.
What are you teaching here?
I haven't had anything yet.
The manager has
assigned me the bills.
Mr. Mrowiński used
to teach in Warsaw.
My father is also a teacher.
Yes? Very nice.
Sorry to ask you that,
but my husband was mobilised.
I am very anxious.
- When will this end, gentlemen?
- Pretty soon.
Yes. The French will
move and relieve our fronts.
England is a maritime power.
Cut off Berlin
communication with the world.
Sounds like a lecture. Perhaps you
will take a seat behind the cathedral?
We were unprepared.
So now we are bearing
the consequences.
One thing is for sure.
It was impossible to avoid that.
Yes, there was a way.
What? Give away Gdańsk?
No. You had to
choose other allies.
There are none more
powerful than those we have.
Yet the marshal said:
the most important thing
to be in good company.
Company may be good,
only distant.
Do you know any more?
Yes. But it's too late.
Czechs hate us for Zaolzie,
Lithuanians for Kaunas.
We didn't have to be part of it.
It was enough to
agree to the march of
the Russians to save
the Czechs and us.
I understand why you were sent to the
countryside to teach children the bills.
Three days ago in front of my eyes
two scouts were killed who
were defending the bridge.
Luckily weren't your students.
Perhaps they gave their lives for you.
What could you teach them?
Betrayals?
It's a big word.
Just right. How old are you?
Why aren't you in the army?
The chiefs didn't want to.
Now they might even want to,
but where should I look for them?
In Romania?
Maybe brighter? Even brighter?
Even the kids here
know they've run away.
That's a slander!
It's true!
They left you to your fate,
and you call me a traitor?
I'm so sorry. All our
hope is in gentlemen.
Suddenly, such an affront.
They sent it to me just before
the beginning of the year.
I was surprised myself. Straight from
Warsaw, and here is such a promotion.
He was supposedly in
a crime fiction. Sorry.
Doctor Maculewicz. What is it
about? We have an injured
man. Suspicion of gangrene.
Please. Where's the sick?
Outside.
How is that? Should I
make a remote diagnosis?
I don't understand.
You will come with us.
Gentlemen, I'm here
with my wife and daughter.
I do not refuse to help, but
please bring the sick person here.
Everyone left a wife somewhere.
You are not the first and not the last.
Enough of these discussions!
The cart has been waiting for an hour.
- They caught spies in the village.
- Spies?
Take the doctor to court.
And we'll see what happened there.
No hands! I strongly protest!
Thank you for the wagon.
We will send the horses
back upon arrival.
Hang!
You had to take cover.
After all, I am not a spy!
- Hang it!
- No!
Get out! Come on!
Get out!
What's happening here?
We caught two spies.
They signalled the planes.
People! Father was shaving in the meadow.
It's not true!
Quiet!
And they had plans. Because of them!
You see what happened.
The old man should be
shot and the woman hanged!
Please understand!
No! No! No!
People, she's going to ask him!
He'll promise and ask for what he needs!
Cadet, beat the spies.
No!
These people's documents.
Please.
Please.
And this is a verdict
written in the commune.
Excuse me, with whom do
I have a circumstance?
Stand to attention
and stop swaying!
Special squad field gendarmerie.
You can't see because you're drunk!
Spies should be questioned
then shot, not hanged!
You don't know, mate,
international law?
Should I list the
personalities of this type?
No. Take the suspects out.
Yes.
I acknowledge receipt of convicts.
First they have to sing everything.
You have no gendarmerie insignia.
We are secret during the war.
So that a ram like you
couldn't recognise us!
People! Be calm.
Justice will be done anyway.
Is this gendarmerie from the manor?
And where from? From heaven?
Get me the wagon quickly.
Go to school with them, Cadet?
Yes. Go to school for now.
Come out.
He's a great scholar, sir.
I saw him in the PAT chronicle.
A real finger of God that you
were there at the last minute.
Did you see him in the cinema too?
It's professor Zygadlewicz.
A terrible thing
would indeed happen.
I'm an Egyptologist, sir.
This is my daughter Justyna, and
also an assistant
in my department.
Relax, sir.
You can check it all out.
From whom does the father expect
goodwill? From the gendarme?
The policeman took the copies
of the hieroglyphs for a code.
- Perhaps you would like to...?
- Don't let your father ask!
I'll explain to you.
Not necessary.
When will this
nightmare story end?
You can see that
these are hieroglyphs.
They look quite mysterious,
but they are hieroglyphs.
Professor Jan Zygadlewicz?
Yes.
Here you go.
I want to explain to you...
No need. You are free.
Please? Everything is fine.
Hear Daddy? Everything's all right.
This gentleman knew
who we were from
the beginning, but let
me humiliate myself.
This gentleman saved our lives.
Please forgive my daughter.
You cannot count on
the debtors' gratitude.
That's what my father said.
Sorry, Miss, but I had to
react like this in the village.
I still don't understand
how it could have happened.
Take the inscriptions for a code!
That's when I was
shaving by the stream...
You don't need to explain anything.
You are free.
Not very much, Cadet.
These people also find it hard to
be surprised. Psychosis prevails.
Now you understand
why did I have to hit you?
I had no other choice.
Sorry.
The car is ready. Close the door!
Interrogation is in progress.
Thank you, Justyna.
If it weren't for you Cadet,
I don't know what would have been.
More like a corporal. It is his merit.
Don't brag about the
day before sunset.
We still have to get out of here.
I will come back to you
later. We'll talk. That's right.
Cadet.
What's the matter?
You deserve something
for this release.
Pretty girl.
What's that on your mind?
Sew this pocket on you.
That's right.
Major, the situation
is very serious.
What will you say? And I thought
we were already approaching Berlin.
- When did it happen?
- More than a week ago.
A shard struck me. He screeched.
It looked harmless.
Not dangerous?
A shard with earth, with silicon.
It happens very fast.
Gangrene?
Gas gangrene.
Soon it will cover the entire limb.
You can't stop it somehow?
What? Maybe in a hundred years
someone will come up with
something against anaerobes.
For now, it's just a surgeon.
- Can you do it?
- Scythe, sickle? In these conditions?
- And in the countryside?
- Where? At the blacksmith?
I have some tools.
But I'm not a surgeon.
It's war, doctor.
I see. In that case, it should
be done as soon as possible.
- If you agree.
- I agree, but not now.
After the briefing, please, sir.
In an hour the fever
will be very high.
I have adjusted your dressing for now.
Thank you, doctor.
This Cadet
disappeared with his men.
- Weird because he looked honest.
- I had a plan with him.
- Yes?
- I wanted to introduce him to you.
Listen.
Apparently he knew every path here.
I thought he would be
the first to go last night.
The Germans will take care of
him and we will go elsewhere.
He had no chance of survival with you.
Such a task is certain death.
But it's a good plan.
Who will fake a puncture now?
Do you have a new candidate for death?
Should I decide about it?
- There's no need to. I'll go myself.
- We'll see.
It's good that you are.
I am ordering a check-in at 19:00.
And the leg, Major?
What did the doctor say?
Nothing serious. Farrier.
He didn't even have ichthyol ointment.
Who brought him here?
Cadet Niwiński on my orders.
Do you see She was lost.
I remind you about the briefing.
Yes, sir.
Ask that cadet too.
Help you?
Are you here to collect
a tribute of gratitude?
No. Good.
My father reproaches me for you.
We are staying close here.
The first time I was hit in the face.
Unfortunately I had to.
Thank you indeed.
Captain Rogalski
calls you to briefing.
Actually. Thank you. I'm coming.
We're leaving soon.
I want to thank your corporal.
It's only because of his cold
blood that I live. I'll pass
it to him. He'll be glad.
Goodbye, Mrs. Justyna.
Goodbye.
Good day.
Maybe here, Professor?
Can you? Please.
You won't need me any more.
Thank you for everything.
You're welcome.
TRZASKI RADIO
Mrs. Maria, we have new guests.
Professor Zygadlewicz.
- I'm very pleased.
- My daughter is also here.
Where will I put you?
I think these people are crazy.
Are they taking this major or not?
They want me to save his leg
and they'll deliver him to an autopsy.
Captain Miszczyk.
- You are the owner?
- Yes.
- Do you have a car, petrol?
- No. From where?
Quick to the tree
with that car of yours!
- Who's in charge?
- Here you are.
Take care of this car!
Yes!
Under the trees!
Go ahead. Go!
- Yes!
- Yes!
Captain Tadeusz Miszczyk
obediently reported.
Major Korwin. Sit down.
Are you in charge here?
For now yes. And what's going on?
How did you get here?
I got stuck in the woods at dawn. Gas.
Around noon, I managed
to confiscate the horses.
I am an employee of the Main
Inspectorate of the Armed Forces.
I am carrying documents that
cannot fall into enemy hands.
I would like to join you.
The Lord has a fleet. It is
about one armoured cartridge.
- Wait a minute. Have you been
from Warsaw for a long time?
- The fifth day of travel.
If you want to
take your cassette
back to Warsaw,
I cordially invite you.
- We're still going there today.
- This is nonsense.
Not the first in this war.
I thought you were going
to the point of concentration.
Have you heard of something like this?
I am failing to establish
communication.
- So I ask for a van and security.
- Out of the question.
We're encircled.
We have a fight at night.
I will not deal with
your papers, which
will be worth nothing
in an hour or two.
I could take my
request as an order.
You are forcing me to do so now.
I am carrying personal files
with photos and addresses of
all members of the defence of the
Main Inspectorate of the Armed Forces.
In the hand of the enemy, they
become death
sentences for these people
scattered all over Germany.
Moreover, I am taking confidential...
Major!
Yes, sir. Colonel. I'll keep
it until dark, and then...
What is he saying?
It was so.
What happened?
- Air raid, Major.
- To the ward.
How do you feel?
Okay.
Are you okay?
Thread. I fell as it flew by.
What's with him?
Which of the gentlemen are from Warsaw?
I, sir.
Give back to his wife. She will have
something to put on the bedside table.
What are you standing there?
Can't you see what happened?
- There was an order, "flyer, take cover."
- And rightly so.
At least one who
takes orders seriously.
Please here. Carefully. Carefully.
You brought it unnecessarily.
Dead.
And it will come in handy.
Can he be buried here somewhere?
Yes. In the park.
There, under the junipers.
I am a painter.
I am happy to paint a sign.
What to write?
Tadeusz Miszczyk
born in Otwock in 1908.
Write that he died tragically?
You've seen it.
On white or on black?
No. In the field of glory.
Glory?
They found a misfire in the woods.
Probably one of the bombs.
Need to detonate.
People can walk over there.
I would bury it and set
a trap for the Germans.
No. It's not in
Polish such a war.
In German.
Your corporal was the first to
understand what this war was about.
What's this?
This captain's cassette.
He died during the raid.
What to do with this?
Its driver says
it's very important.
Yes indeed.
Captain Miszczyk told me about it.
Take care of it.
- And what else?
- There are losses.
The doctor is also dead.
Give me a cigarette.
Yes...
To die in bed in war
is complete idiocy.
You take command.
Decide at your own discretion.
Departure immediately after the briefing.
And remember: complete silence.
- What about the wounded?
- You must take it. I am staying.
- But...
- It's an order.
- Major...
- Good luck.
Thank you.
The decision to break
through today remains in place.
- Please prepare your map cases.
- Yes.
Do you gentlemen? Okay.
Take the road to the south-east
of the village of Poryte.
Further along the forest path
to the river. Do you gentlemen?
- Yes.
- Here's the bridge.
We have to keep it and
keep it for at least 15 minutes.
The carriages with the wounded must pass.
- It's a suicide. The Germans are there.
- And where are they not?
- But over the bridge?
- The bridge.
There are few Germans
on its southern side.
Rather, they expect us
to go through the marshes.
- And we will confirm them.
- I hope so.
Please don't stop.
I will not leave the
wounded to the enemy.
This is their only chance.
We strike at 4:30.
If we grind efficiently,
there should be no big losses.
Just jump over the bridge.
Everything must not be
longer than 10 minutes.
Because they will crush us later.
Departure - 20:00.
- That's all. There are questions?
- There is one thing I don't understand.
- It is not towards Warsaw.
- No.
At the last briefing,
the major was not yet decided...
But now I'm in charge.
It's an order.
- Did you understand him well?
- Yes.
That's good.
I remind you that our duty,
from which no
one has released
us, is to join our unit.
We must use all means.
- I chose one of them.
- Namely?
Fight.
Passive waiting will do nothing here.
The Germans know we're here.
They just don't know what
we can do. They will see it.
That would be all.
Now please explain the task and its
purpose to the platoon commanders.
Departure - 20:00.
Well thank you.
Mr. Cadet, I would like to ask
you to stay a moment longer.
Captain Miszczyk's cassette
- to a well or a liquid manure.
Soldiers can't see it.
Do it yourself.
It is quite important,
but we will not bear it.
The Lord asked the major to
be assigned to our battalion.
I asked, but major...
He did not agree. I know. Secret mission.
Do you know this area well?
I used to come here on vacation.
I will not change the major's decision,
but I have an important task for you.
Do you see this lake?
I thought about it...
I did too.
I won't cross the whole battalion.
I have no boats, no pontoons. Nothing.
It will be easier for you.
What if...?
Please don't interrupt me.
You have to cross
over with your men
and open fire on the
Germans at 04:15.
Get their attention to you.
Just for a few minutes.
That's enough for us.
Then you decide for yourself.
I see. What about this civilian?
I do not know. It's not my business.
Do whatever you want with him.
But if you fail me,
I will pull me out
of the ground and
bring me to trial.
Did you understand me?
The war is not over yet.
This is Captain Miszczyk's gun.
It will be useful to you.
Company! Attention!
Mr Cadet!
Good luck.
I don't say "goodbye"
so as not to confuse me.
A battalion, at my command!
Ruff!
Battalion, look to the right!
Company commanders, apply for the report!
Shoulder a weapon!
Right turn!
Direction: follow me!
What's going on there?
The guys found the boat.
Boat?
Oh. Just sit down and go.
Fuck, tell people
what awaits them.
Then put your guard up.
Yes.
Let them check
well and tar the boat.
And let them find the oars.
I'll be home.
Yes, sir. Cadet.
It's good to see you.
Unfortunately, we have to part.
I was given an assignment which
excludes your presence with us.
The Lord does not understand
how important my mission is.
I've been calm so far,
but it's getting worse.
To save your package,
you must go by boat yourself.
I can't.
I'll give you two people.
Now get some sleep.
Your sentry will wake you up.
Is this an idea of Major Corvinus?
No, mine.
I was escorted by a second lieutenant,
then you, and now...
And now the senior shooter.
Good luck.
Thank you very much. Great milk.
Władek.
Yes?
Your soldiers were preparing the boat?
I just wanted to say
that we're taking her.
It will be difficult for us to return it.
Did you tell Johann?
Let me tell you.
No, Władek. How's that?
I don't really understand.
Johann here now the host.
I'm already old.
He didn't allow anything to be given.
Are you afraid of your own son?
This is already his mill.
Registered in the registry.
He did not allow it and it must be so.
Then tell me that
I am requisitioning her.
I'm sorry,
that I have to do this to you.
Unfortunately, you have to.
The boat is not important,
but Johann forbade it.
Is Cadet Niwiński here?
You can?
Wards are set. All right.
Where could we go to sleep?
Upstairs. Where always.
I will show.
I'd like to say goodbye to you.
We're leaving at night.
I don't want to wake up.
Thank you so much for everything.
Goodbye.
Władek, write that you are
requisitioning. "Receipt" and so on.
How's that? Are you serious?
There must be order. Write, Władek.
Take the light with you.
Thank you very much.
Would you like some milk?
No thank you. I'll go to sleep now.
O my rosemary, develop.
O my rosemary, keep growing.
I will go to the girl, I will
go to the only one, I will ask.
I will go to the girl, I will
go to the only one, I will ask.
And when he answers me:
"I don't love you", and when he
answers me: "I don't love you",
lancers recruit,
shooters march, I'll enlist.
Uhlans are recruiting, shooters
are marching, I will enlist.
They'll give me a chestnut horse.
They will give me
a chestnut horse
and a sharp sabre
and a sharp sabre
to my side.
And a sharp sabre
and a sharp sabre...
Cadet, can you ask something?
We checked the boat, we pitched
it. Even the second oar was found.
- Just sit down and swim.
- Nobody would notice us.
I carried ducks
not once or twice.
There, over the water,
help for us, Cadet.
- Why go unsteady?
- What for, Mr Cadet?
Because that's the order.
We have to break through.
This must be a must.
Aniu!
What happened to you?
Be quiet, your parents will hear you.
They said you were gone.
Wait for me at the bridge.
Good.
I didn't know how
to let you know I was.
Janek told me that
... I heard everything.
You are not the first
unit to pass this way.
Janek forbade me to leave the house.
I'm not surprised.
You know? Something bad
has happened recently with Janek.
I noticed it too.
I don't know why.
Maybe he felt like the owner,
the host?
No, that's not it. It disappears for the
whole night. You probably fell in love.
Even Daddy's afraid of him.
Recently he had been
arguing with him all night.
I do not know. I do not understand this.
Aniu, don't worry about it.
Stop! Who is going?
Custom.
What? Don't you recognise it?
A!h
Good morning.
Good morning.
Will you smoke?
I'd love to.
Just be careful!
What? It's time?
Time.
Cover me!
Kuraś, insure the road to the woods.
This is.
Did you hear? Perform.
And call that civilian.
Command.
He's dead, Mr Cadet.
Gather people. Please report the status.
We have something else to do here.
And this special mission?
Bring these bags.
Yes.
Four killed, two wounded.
I'll be with you soon.
Yes, Cadet.
Open them.
Command!
God bless you...
Mr. Cadet, money!
Not yet in circulation.
New issue.
How much is it worth?
As much as by weight
and maybe even less.
They must have been carrying
it so that... What if, cadet?
To destroy.
How's that? Destroy?
That's good! God bless you!
You don't know it, Kuraś.
Maybe I don't know, Cadet.
But so many of our
boys died just for
to destroy it?
Iwaniek was so excited about
his wife. No more than you.
But I'm alive, Mr Cadet.
We did not succeed in this war.
It's not over yet.
If you...
What's this?
Ours started.
They probably took that
shoot-out for entering a fight.
Burn it all and attach it quickly.
We're going to them.
Kuraś, follow me.
It looks like it's over,
Cadet.
Waters...
Have they passed?
They passed.
You poor bastard?
I didn't make it.
I have to go.
Collection.
What's next, Mr. Cadet?
Episode 1
SEPTEMBER 1939
- "Wisła", come in.
- So what?
Give ME.
"Wisła", come in. "Vistula"!
- Keep trying.
- Yes, SIR.
Cadet Niwiński is reporting
his return from reconnaissance.
I have brought a prisoner of war.
Thank you.
Lieutenant, question
him and take care of him.
Yes, sir.
It's good that you are here.
Meet me, gentlemen.
Gozdalski.
Niwiński.
Mr. Cadet, take a few men
and escort Director Gozdalski
the shortest way to Krzemieniec.
I thought, sir,
that as a soldier I'll
be more needed here.
This is a special mission,
Mr. Cadet.
It has to come to the end.
Execute.
Yes.
Thank you, sir.
Haven't seen if Kuraś
is back? Haven't seen.
Sit down.
Haven't seen Kuras
somewhere? I haven't.
Chicken, wake up. Holy shit!
I thought they killed you.
Me? What for? Wake up.
People must be gathered.
We're leaving soon.
Load the bags on the wagon.
That's right. What bags?
They are at the Captain's.
Move up.
Mr. Director,
get out of the car.
Cadet, please come
with me in a different tone.
I was to be provided with
safe and comfortable conditions.
Yes. I remember about this.
Please tell the soldiers that
it is for getting
me there safely
a serious cash
discount awaits them.
These are soldiers,
not paid carriers.
I know. But my mission
is of a special nature.
Besides, it might have an impact
on your promotion, Mr. Cadet.
Please don't talk to me like that.
Oh! The director is in shit.
We'll have a good trip.
Corporal, get the people together.
Here we go.
That's right.
Saddle the horses. Pull up the girths.
With twos, the meeting is behind me.
Attention, attention! It is coming.
"Wedel" chocolate
and two aspirin pills.
427.3.
Attention! A house is
burning at 28, Wilcza Street.
A house is on fire in 1, Zielna Street.
Compatriots,
the 14th day of the war has passed.
On the entire front, Polish soldiers
put up resistance
unparalleled in history
the overwhelming forces of the invader.
Helu's crew is defending themselves.
Warsaw is defending itself.
On Pilica and Narew, enemy
armoured units had to turn back.
We will win!
- How are you?
- Three killed, five wounded.
All on Third Platoon.
- Do they know about us?
- For sure. These planes...
Exactly.
Maybe spies, saboteurs?
A lot of German
colonists live here.
- They were displacing them.
- Some yes, others no.
- Are you still scared?
- It's good that you are here.
- Hear anything?
- Only in German, Major.
- What are they saying?
- But I don't understand German.
- It was better to study at school.
- I'm sorry.
Finally, Lieutenant.
So what? Report.
This southern section of the
road controlled by the Germans.
Lots of armoured cars.
I counted 60 tanks myself.
- I also saw...
- What else did you see? Speak.
Columns of POWs.
- Ours?
- Ours.
- A lot of?
- When I left,
they were still on their way.
Mozanek, ask lieutenant
Bojanowski here.
Yes.
That's all?
On the way I met a strange
squad of mounted shooters.
They convoyed a car with a civilian.
The bags are sealed on the cart.
The cadet doesn't know what's in them.
The civilian refuses to speak. He
threatens the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- I brought them here.
- The woman had no trouble.
That cadet's papers.
His name is Niwiński.
They're okay, but...
- Call them?
- Later. We will always make it.
Reporting on orders, Major.
- Is it possible, Major?
- Please.
We won't find the regiment any more.
Honour and duty command us to
make our way towards Warsaw.
- Several hundred kilometres
against the tide?
- We wander, not fight.
We know that Warsaw is fighting.
Every rifle is needed there.
I agree with
Lieutenant Zawistowski.
Half the people
will be killed by the
time we get to Warsaw
to save our honour.
This is war. The Lord is a reservist.
The Lord is here to save
the head. We - to win.
I'm fed up with these reserved
team antagonisms and I'm fed up
with these honourable deaths.
War is won with living soldiers,
not dead bodies.
What will the major order?
Lord - sleep. The horses
unhook and go to the stables.
Hide all the equipment so
that there is no sign of the army.
This aviator is
getting on my nerves.
We wait this day out
and set off for the night.
And order the sergeant
to call that cadet.
Or not. First this civilian from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Thank you gentlemen.
A wholesome wonder!
They are all healthy.
Man only loses his nerves.
Leave my wife alone at home
and play with matches while haying
- it works out for one thing.
That lieutenant who stopped us
supposedly still at the housekeeper.
A husband at war.
Is there justice?
What do you regret him? Maybe
tomorrow he will get a wooden cross.
Get married first,
we'll talk later.
I will become a shoemaker
after the war. The best job.
You are at home, you
have an eye on everything.
If necessary, this and a hammer
at hand. Our ensign is starting for it.
Better to think about
the quarters! Be quiet.
Are we going to sleep in the stables?
The entire manor house
is crowded with the army.
Excuse me, lady here? What?
Do you know Aniu from the mill,
old Heimann's daughter?
I've only been here for a
month at the manor.
Got it.
And only this one has
to be? No other fits?
Lord, cadet!
Cadet Niwiński?
Yes, I'm listening.
The major is asking you
to come over. I'm coming.
Faster, faster!
Get out of here! He's going to
kill us because of all of you!
God! I'm sick of this
war! Let it all end!
Where is Major Korwin located?
That door.
What are you carrying?
A special package by
order of the president.
I can't say any more.
On whose recommendation?
Cadet Niwiński. Not now.
This is the cadet I was talking about.
Please come in.
Horse Rifleman Platoon
Leader checking in.
I have an order
escort the director
to Kremenets.
Krzemieniec is the end
of Poland. I know that.
The director is complaining
about you, mister cadet.
Nevertheless, you will continue
to convoy Mr. Gozdalski.
Yes, sir. Mr. Major...
Thank you for now.
You will be living in
a school in the village.
I would prefer in the
mill. I have friends there.
As you want. You will
leave at dusk. Yes, sir.
As for the director... He
bored me to death here.
But it does seem to be
carrying something important.
Do you know these sites?
I know very well, Major.
We will break through at night.
If you see a chance
to save yourself on
your own, I do not
put up any obstacles.
I would prefer, of course,
if possible, to stay with Mr. Major.
How nice am I?
I got a job that just
tells me to run away.
You are not alone.
I have a son your age.
What's your name?
Władysław.
Boy, at dusk to the mill
and wait for further orders.
What's the matter with you?
Can I help you?
Thread. I'm just choked.
Would you please pass
me a glass of water?
Of course.
Here you are.
Lord, cadet!
Do you have an order to
Kremenets? Yes, unfortunately.
The Lord is complaining,
and it makes me happy.
If your path led
through Buczacz...
I have a request.
Hello, Lieutenant.
My wife is there, with relatives.
Just ask about Lewicki.
He's a chemist.
Do not accuse me
of pettiness, but...
Either I am already the father
or I will be at any moment.
Congratulations.
Unfortunately, there
were complications.
I don't need to explain to you
what's happening to me here.
I can't help much for my wife.
But a signet ring, a watch...
She will be able to cash it.
Won't you say no?
No, of course. What
if I don't get there?
I am even more so, my friend.
I'll prepare a letter.
Wait a minute, Lieutenant.
Don't you think
Major is bad?
Everyone can see it, but not him.
A doctor needs to be brought in.
He's a stubborn man. Don't want.
I'll prepare a letter.
We have quarters in the mill. Sit down.
Is this mill far?
Behind the village
We won't be able to pass
until dusk. Still sniffing.
Officer cadet, hot soup.
No thank you.
I already know who is in charge of us.
Who is it? Major Korwin.
Big Spen, still
from the Legions.
He has a head for war! And gives
the soldiers life, which is important.
Please rest. I don't think
we'll be sleeping tonight.
Lieutenant, who stopped us,
alone one would like to win the war.
You wouldn't?
My father-in-law all over town
played chess on everyone.
But he wouldn't have won against Alekhin.
Momentary failures
happen in every war.
It has not been like this
yet. The worst is behind us.
As long as everyone did it,
what belongs to them.
Lord, cadet!
You supposedly know this area?
Yes, I know
You will leave immediately.
The major ordered that...
It's bad with the major. That's
why you're going to the village now.
Maybe you can find a doctor.
I'm afraid of gangrene.
This leg?
Yes.
I brought this to your attention
to Lieutenant Bojanowski.
Bojanowski gives birth himself
and has many other problems.
Is there only this one
way to the village?
There is one more, next to the mill,
the edge of the forest, but longer.
That's why I was looking for you.
The Germans cannot notice you
if we are to get out of here at night.
Are you ready I'll take
the horses out of the stable.
You'll be off in five minutes.
Check-in at 19:00. Will you make it?
Yes, sir.
Good day.
How good it is, Mr. Heimann?
Do you know me
It's been a nice few
years since that holiday.
Władek. Jesus Maria!
We want to stay with you.
Come home.
I see soldiers and
thought: not good.
And this is our Władek.
Cadet, is this German?
Settlers. This family has been in
Poland for almost a hundred years.
I know them well.
I don't understand anything.
Be calm, Kuraś.
Let them join.
That's right.
Follow me!
Ewelina, come on, come on!
The guests have arrived!
Władzia.
Władzia!
But a peasant is made of you!
And a soldier.
And my husband didn't recognise me.
My husband is stupid.
Come to home. Come on!
From horses! Horse
shooter Iwaniek insures.
Where?
I'm going home. I live here.
Can you smoke?
Thank you. I just finished.
So what? Can I?
Okay, go mister.
Your health.
Janek!
Hello. Good morning.
Hello.
Are you ready mother? Mhm.
We've changed, huh?
Mhm. Everything has changed.
What about Aniu?
She's not here.
But what? She left? Did she get married?
No, she just isn't there.
Will you eat with us?
No thank you. They are waiting for me.
Where is the basket, mother?
In the hall.
John, wait, I wanted to talk to you.
What are you going to do next?
It's war.
You see what's going on.
It will be soon.
I can see it.
Authority, stay here.
Let the people go. Let them come back.
There is a lot of work in the cottage.
Some clothes will be found.
We'll say that you are our relative.
This is desertion.
Do you know what does it mean?
I know what it
means to save a life.
The war is not over.
It can be different.
Different indeed. You
have to believe in something.
Only what?
I know.
You know? I know too.
The French and the English will
honour the guarantee to our authorities.
People say the authorities are far away.
People talk a lot and needlessly.
It's time for me. The boys are waiting.
What boys?
Colleagues. We look after the
cattle in the woods.
It's safer there.
Will you be there tonight when I get back?
I'll be sure. Let's talk.
Kuraś, Iwaniek, Waligórski -
pull up the girths and on the horse!
Władek, you haven't eaten anything!
I'll be back soon.
Out of horses! Hiding yourself!
I sent for the doctor. He
is dressing the burned.
He will come as soon as he bandages.
We have suffered a lot
during the last bombing.
I also ordered the cart to be harnessed.
Linden tea. Very good.
Unfortunately, I do not have sugar.
I have sugar.
Sorry, have you been teaching
here for a long time? Recently.
Or maybe you know Aniu Heimannówna?
The one from the mill? I know.
What's going on with her?
I haven't seen her for a long time.
But in exchange for a cigarette.
Sorry, I don't. Here you go.
People start exchanging things.
Gasoline for transport,
tobacco for sugar.
We are slowly entering
the era of barter trade.
A fair point.
Barter trade flourishes
in the age of every war.
Money loses its value, things,
objects become important, or
rather the lack of them.
What awaits us will
take us even further.
What are you teaching here?
I haven't had anything yet.
The manager has
assigned me the bills.
Mr. Mrowiński used
to teach in Warsaw.
My father is also a teacher.
Yes? Very nice.
Sorry to ask you that,
but my husband was mobilised.
I am very anxious.
- When will this end, gentlemen?
- Pretty soon.
Yes. The French will
move and relieve our fronts.
England is a maritime power.
Cut off Berlin
communication with the world.
Sounds like a lecture. Perhaps you
will take a seat behind the cathedral?
We were unprepared.
So now we are bearing
the consequences.
One thing is for sure.
It was impossible to avoid that.
Yes, there was a way.
What? Give away Gdańsk?
No. You had to
choose other allies.
There are none more
powerful than those we have.
Yet the marshal said:
the most important thing
to be in good company.
Company may be good,
only distant.
Do you know any more?
Yes. But it's too late.
Czechs hate us for Zaolzie,
Lithuanians for Kaunas.
We didn't have to be part of it.
It was enough to
agree to the march of
the Russians to save
the Czechs and us.
I understand why you were sent to the
countryside to teach children the bills.
Three days ago in front of my eyes
two scouts were killed who
were defending the bridge.
Luckily weren't your students.
Perhaps they gave their lives for you.
What could you teach them?
Betrayals?
It's a big word.
Just right. How old are you?
Why aren't you in the army?
The chiefs didn't want to.
Now they might even want to,
but where should I look for them?
In Romania?
Maybe brighter? Even brighter?
Even the kids here
know they've run away.
That's a slander!
It's true!
They left you to your fate,
and you call me a traitor?
I'm so sorry. All our
hope is in gentlemen.
Suddenly, such an affront.
They sent it to me just before
the beginning of the year.
I was surprised myself. Straight from
Warsaw, and here is such a promotion.
He was supposedly in
a crime fiction. Sorry.
Doctor Maculewicz. What is it
about? We have an injured
man. Suspicion of gangrene.
Please. Where's the sick?
Outside.
How is that? Should I
make a remote diagnosis?
I don't understand.
You will come with us.
Gentlemen, I'm here
with my wife and daughter.
I do not refuse to help, but
please bring the sick person here.
Everyone left a wife somewhere.
You are not the first and not the last.
Enough of these discussions!
The cart has been waiting for an hour.
- They caught spies in the village.
- Spies?
Take the doctor to court.
And we'll see what happened there.
No hands! I strongly protest!
Thank you for the wagon.
We will send the horses
back upon arrival.
Hang!
You had to take cover.
After all, I am not a spy!
- Hang it!
- No!
Get out! Come on!
Get out!
What's happening here?
We caught two spies.
They signalled the planes.
People! Father was shaving in the meadow.
It's not true!
Quiet!
And they had plans. Because of them!
You see what happened.
The old man should be
shot and the woman hanged!
Please understand!
No! No! No!
People, she's going to ask him!
He'll promise and ask for what he needs!
Cadet, beat the spies.
No!
These people's documents.
Please.
Please.
And this is a verdict
written in the commune.
Excuse me, with whom do
I have a circumstance?
Stand to attention
and stop swaying!
Special squad field gendarmerie.
You can't see because you're drunk!
Spies should be questioned
then shot, not hanged!
You don't know, mate,
international law?
Should I list the
personalities of this type?
No. Take the suspects out.
Yes.
I acknowledge receipt of convicts.
First they have to sing everything.
You have no gendarmerie insignia.
We are secret during the war.
So that a ram like you
couldn't recognise us!
People! Be calm.
Justice will be done anyway.
Is this gendarmerie from the manor?
And where from? From heaven?
Get me the wagon quickly.
Go to school with them, Cadet?
Yes. Go to school for now.
Come out.
He's a great scholar, sir.
I saw him in the PAT chronicle.
A real finger of God that you
were there at the last minute.
Did you see him in the cinema too?
It's professor Zygadlewicz.
A terrible thing
would indeed happen.
I'm an Egyptologist, sir.
This is my daughter Justyna, and
also an assistant
in my department.
Relax, sir.
You can check it all out.
From whom does the father expect
goodwill? From the gendarme?
The policeman took the copies
of the hieroglyphs for a code.
- Perhaps you would like to...?
- Don't let your father ask!
I'll explain to you.
Not necessary.
When will this
nightmare story end?
You can see that
these are hieroglyphs.
They look quite mysterious,
but they are hieroglyphs.
Professor Jan Zygadlewicz?
Yes.
Here you go.
I want to explain to you...
No need. You are free.
Please? Everything is fine.
Hear Daddy? Everything's all right.
This gentleman knew
who we were from
the beginning, but let
me humiliate myself.
This gentleman saved our lives.
Please forgive my daughter.
You cannot count on
the debtors' gratitude.
That's what my father said.
Sorry, Miss, but I had to
react like this in the village.
I still don't understand
how it could have happened.
Take the inscriptions for a code!
That's when I was
shaving by the stream...
You don't need to explain anything.
You are free.
Not very much, Cadet.
These people also find it hard to
be surprised. Psychosis prevails.
Now you understand
why did I have to hit you?
I had no other choice.
Sorry.
The car is ready. Close the door!
Interrogation is in progress.
Thank you, Justyna.
If it weren't for you Cadet,
I don't know what would have been.
More like a corporal. It is his merit.
Don't brag about the
day before sunset.
We still have to get out of here.
I will come back to you
later. We'll talk. That's right.
Cadet.
What's the matter?
You deserve something
for this release.
Pretty girl.
What's that on your mind?
Sew this pocket on you.
That's right.
Major, the situation
is very serious.
What will you say? And I thought
we were already approaching Berlin.
- When did it happen?
- More than a week ago.
A shard struck me. He screeched.
It looked harmless.
Not dangerous?
A shard with earth, with silicon.
It happens very fast.
Gangrene?
Gas gangrene.
Soon it will cover the entire limb.
You can't stop it somehow?
What? Maybe in a hundred years
someone will come up with
something against anaerobes.
For now, it's just a surgeon.
- Can you do it?
- Scythe, sickle? In these conditions?
- And in the countryside?
- Where? At the blacksmith?
I have some tools.
But I'm not a surgeon.
It's war, doctor.
I see. In that case, it should
be done as soon as possible.
- If you agree.
- I agree, but not now.
After the briefing, please, sir.
In an hour the fever
will be very high.
I have adjusted your dressing for now.
Thank you, doctor.
This Cadet
disappeared with his men.
- Weird because he looked honest.
- I had a plan with him.
- Yes?
- I wanted to introduce him to you.
Listen.
Apparently he knew every path here.
I thought he would be
the first to go last night.
The Germans will take care of
him and we will go elsewhere.
He had no chance of survival with you.
Such a task is certain death.
But it's a good plan.
Who will fake a puncture now?
Do you have a new candidate for death?
Should I decide about it?
- There's no need to. I'll go myself.
- We'll see.
It's good that you are.
I am ordering a check-in at 19:00.
And the leg, Major?
What did the doctor say?
Nothing serious. Farrier.
He didn't even have ichthyol ointment.
Who brought him here?
Cadet Niwiński on my orders.
Do you see She was lost.
I remind you about the briefing.
Yes, sir.
Ask that cadet too.
Help you?
Are you here to collect
a tribute of gratitude?
No. Good.
My father reproaches me for you.
We are staying close here.
The first time I was hit in the face.
Unfortunately I had to.
Thank you indeed.
Captain Rogalski
calls you to briefing.
Actually. Thank you. I'm coming.
We're leaving soon.
I want to thank your corporal.
It's only because of his cold
blood that I live. I'll pass
it to him. He'll be glad.
Goodbye, Mrs. Justyna.
Goodbye.
Good day.
Maybe here, Professor?
Can you? Please.
You won't need me any more.
Thank you for everything.
You're welcome.
TRZASKI RADIO
Mrs. Maria, we have new guests.
Professor Zygadlewicz.
- I'm very pleased.
- My daughter is also here.
Where will I put you?
I think these people are crazy.
Are they taking this major or not?
They want me to save his leg
and they'll deliver him to an autopsy.
Captain Miszczyk.
- You are the owner?
- Yes.
- Do you have a car, petrol?
- No. From where?
Quick to the tree
with that car of yours!
- Who's in charge?
- Here you are.
Take care of this car!
Yes!
Under the trees!
Go ahead. Go!
- Yes!
- Yes!
Captain Tadeusz Miszczyk
obediently reported.
Major Korwin. Sit down.
Are you in charge here?
For now yes. And what's going on?
How did you get here?
I got stuck in the woods at dawn. Gas.
Around noon, I managed
to confiscate the horses.
I am an employee of the Main
Inspectorate of the Armed Forces.
I am carrying documents that
cannot fall into enemy hands.
I would like to join you.
The Lord has a fleet. It is
about one armoured cartridge.
- Wait a minute. Have you been
from Warsaw for a long time?
- The fifth day of travel.
If you want to
take your cassette
back to Warsaw,
I cordially invite you.
- We're still going there today.
- This is nonsense.
Not the first in this war.
I thought you were going
to the point of concentration.
Have you heard of something like this?
I am failing to establish
communication.
- So I ask for a van and security.
- Out of the question.
We're encircled.
We have a fight at night.
I will not deal with
your papers, which
will be worth nothing
in an hour or two.
I could take my
request as an order.
You are forcing me to do so now.
I am carrying personal files
with photos and addresses of
all members of the defence of the
Main Inspectorate of the Armed Forces.
In the hand of the enemy, they
become death
sentences for these people
scattered all over Germany.
Moreover, I am taking confidential...
Major!
Yes, sir. Colonel. I'll keep
it until dark, and then...
What is he saying?
It was so.
What happened?
- Air raid, Major.
- To the ward.
How do you feel?
Okay.
Are you okay?
Thread. I fell as it flew by.
What's with him?
Which of the gentlemen are from Warsaw?
I, sir.
Give back to his wife. She will have
something to put on the bedside table.
What are you standing there?
Can't you see what happened?
- There was an order, "flyer, take cover."
- And rightly so.
At least one who
takes orders seriously.
Please here. Carefully. Carefully.
You brought it unnecessarily.
Dead.
And it will come in handy.
Can he be buried here somewhere?
Yes. In the park.
There, under the junipers.
I am a painter.
I am happy to paint a sign.
What to write?
Tadeusz Miszczyk
born in Otwock in 1908.
Write that he died tragically?
You've seen it.
On white or on black?
No. In the field of glory.
Glory?
They found a misfire in the woods.
Probably one of the bombs.
Need to detonate.
People can walk over there.
I would bury it and set
a trap for the Germans.
No. It's not in
Polish such a war.
In German.
Your corporal was the first to
understand what this war was about.
What's this?
This captain's cassette.
He died during the raid.
What to do with this?
Its driver says
it's very important.
Yes indeed.
Captain Miszczyk told me about it.
Take care of it.
- And what else?
- There are losses.
The doctor is also dead.
Give me a cigarette.
Yes...
To die in bed in war
is complete idiocy.
You take command.
Decide at your own discretion.
Departure immediately after the briefing.
And remember: complete silence.
- What about the wounded?
- You must take it. I am staying.
- But...
- It's an order.
- Major...
- Good luck.
Thank you.
The decision to break
through today remains in place.
- Please prepare your map cases.
- Yes.
Do you gentlemen? Okay.
Take the road to the south-east
of the village of Poryte.
Further along the forest path
to the river. Do you gentlemen?
- Yes.
- Here's the bridge.
We have to keep it and
keep it for at least 15 minutes.
The carriages with the wounded must pass.
- It's a suicide. The Germans are there.
- And where are they not?
- But over the bridge?
- The bridge.
There are few Germans
on its southern side.
Rather, they expect us
to go through the marshes.
- And we will confirm them.
- I hope so.
Please don't stop.
I will not leave the
wounded to the enemy.
This is their only chance.
We strike at 4:30.
If we grind efficiently,
there should be no big losses.
Just jump over the bridge.
Everything must not be
longer than 10 minutes.
Because they will crush us later.
Departure - 20:00.
- That's all. There are questions?
- There is one thing I don't understand.
- It is not towards Warsaw.
- No.
At the last briefing,
the major was not yet decided...
But now I'm in charge.
It's an order.
- Did you understand him well?
- Yes.
That's good.
I remind you that our duty,
from which no
one has released
us, is to join our unit.
We must use all means.
- I chose one of them.
- Namely?
Fight.
Passive waiting will do nothing here.
The Germans know we're here.
They just don't know what
we can do. They will see it.
That would be all.
Now please explain the task and its
purpose to the platoon commanders.
Departure - 20:00.
Well thank you.
Mr. Cadet, I would like to ask
you to stay a moment longer.
Captain Miszczyk's cassette
- to a well or a liquid manure.
Soldiers can't see it.
Do it yourself.
It is quite important,
but we will not bear it.
The Lord asked the major to
be assigned to our battalion.
I asked, but major...
He did not agree. I know. Secret mission.
Do you know this area well?
I used to come here on vacation.
I will not change the major's decision,
but I have an important task for you.
Do you see this lake?
I thought about it...
I did too.
I won't cross the whole battalion.
I have no boats, no pontoons. Nothing.
It will be easier for you.
What if...?
Please don't interrupt me.
You have to cross
over with your men
and open fire on the
Germans at 04:15.
Get their attention to you.
Just for a few minutes.
That's enough for us.
Then you decide for yourself.
I see. What about this civilian?
I do not know. It's not my business.
Do whatever you want with him.
But if you fail me,
I will pull me out
of the ground and
bring me to trial.
Did you understand me?
The war is not over yet.
This is Captain Miszczyk's gun.
It will be useful to you.
Company! Attention!
Mr Cadet!
Good luck.
I don't say "goodbye"
so as not to confuse me.
A battalion, at my command!
Ruff!
Battalion, look to the right!
Company commanders, apply for the report!
Shoulder a weapon!
Right turn!
Direction: follow me!
What's going on there?
The guys found the boat.
Boat?
Oh. Just sit down and go.
Fuck, tell people
what awaits them.
Then put your guard up.
Yes.
Let them check
well and tar the boat.
And let them find the oars.
I'll be home.
Yes, sir. Cadet.
It's good to see you.
Unfortunately, we have to part.
I was given an assignment which
excludes your presence with us.
The Lord does not understand
how important my mission is.
I've been calm so far,
but it's getting worse.
To save your package,
you must go by boat yourself.
I can't.
I'll give you two people.
Now get some sleep.
Your sentry will wake you up.
Is this an idea of Major Corvinus?
No, mine.
I was escorted by a second lieutenant,
then you, and now...
And now the senior shooter.
Good luck.
Thank you very much. Great milk.
Władek.
Yes?
Your soldiers were preparing the boat?
I just wanted to say
that we're taking her.
It will be difficult for us to return it.
Did you tell Johann?
Let me tell you.
No, Władek. How's that?
I don't really understand.
Johann here now the host.
I'm already old.
He didn't allow anything to be given.
Are you afraid of your own son?
This is already his mill.
Registered in the registry.
He did not allow it and it must be so.
Then tell me that
I am requisitioning her.
I'm sorry,
that I have to do this to you.
Unfortunately, you have to.
The boat is not important,
but Johann forbade it.
Is Cadet Niwiński here?
You can?
Wards are set. All right.
Where could we go to sleep?
Upstairs. Where always.
I will show.
I'd like to say goodbye to you.
We're leaving at night.
I don't want to wake up.
Thank you so much for everything.
Goodbye.
Władek, write that you are
requisitioning. "Receipt" and so on.
How's that? Are you serious?
There must be order. Write, Władek.
Take the light with you.
Thank you very much.
Would you like some milk?
No thank you. I'll go to sleep now.
O my rosemary, develop.
O my rosemary, keep growing.
I will go to the girl, I will
go to the only one, I will ask.
I will go to the girl, I will
go to the only one, I will ask.
And when he answers me:
"I don't love you", and when he
answers me: "I don't love you",
lancers recruit,
shooters march, I'll enlist.
Uhlans are recruiting, shooters
are marching, I will enlist.
They'll give me a chestnut horse.
They will give me
a chestnut horse
and a sharp sabre
and a sharp sabre
to my side.
And a sharp sabre
and a sharp sabre...
Cadet, can you ask something?
We checked the boat, we pitched
it. Even the second oar was found.
- Just sit down and swim.
- Nobody would notice us.
I carried ducks
not once or twice.
There, over the water,
help for us, Cadet.
- Why go unsteady?
- What for, Mr Cadet?
Because that's the order.
We have to break through.
This must be a must.
Aniu!
What happened to you?
Be quiet, your parents will hear you.
They said you were gone.
Wait for me at the bridge.
Good.
I didn't know how
to let you know I was.
Janek told me that
... I heard everything.
You are not the first
unit to pass this way.
Janek forbade me to leave the house.
I'm not surprised.
You know? Something bad
has happened recently with Janek.
I noticed it too.
I don't know why.
Maybe he felt like the owner,
the host?
No, that's not it. It disappears for the
whole night. You probably fell in love.
Even Daddy's afraid of him.
Recently he had been
arguing with him all night.
I do not know. I do not understand this.
Aniu, don't worry about it.
Stop! Who is going?
Custom.
What? Don't you recognise it?
A!h
Good morning.
Good morning.
Will you smoke?
I'd love to.
Just be careful!
What? It's time?
Time.
Cover me!
Kuraś, insure the road to the woods.
This is.
Did you hear? Perform.
And call that civilian.
Command.
He's dead, Mr Cadet.
Gather people. Please report the status.
We have something else to do here.
And this special mission?
Bring these bags.
Yes.
Four killed, two wounded.
I'll be with you soon.
Yes, Cadet.
Open them.
Command!
God bless you...
Mr. Cadet, money!
Not yet in circulation.
New issue.
How much is it worth?
As much as by weight
and maybe even less.
They must have been carrying
it so that... What if, cadet?
To destroy.
How's that? Destroy?
That's good! God bless you!
You don't know it, Kuraś.
Maybe I don't know, Cadet.
But so many of our
boys died just for
to destroy it?
Iwaniek was so excited about
his wife. No more than you.
But I'm alive, Mr Cadet.
We did not succeed in this war.
It's not over yet.
If you...
What's this?
Ours started.
They probably took that
shoot-out for entering a fight.
Burn it all and attach it quickly.
We're going to them.
Kuraś, follow me.
It looks like it's over,
Cadet.
Waters...
Have they passed?
They passed.
You poor bastard?
I didn't make it.
I have to go.
Collection.
What's next, Mr. Cadet?