Zmiennicy (1986–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Safari - full transcript
ALTERNATES
One life's not enough to handle
the abundance of the burden.
Episode V
SAFARI
Who'll replace you for a while?
Lessen daily problems file?
A trustworthy alternate,
him and you, hand in hand.
World's spinning, time's flowing,
life's passing.
And the voice that keeps repeating:
Radio Taxi, please hold on.
We shall wait, we'll hang on,
we shall get to where we're told.
Frankly speaking,
everything's got its price.
If you're not equal to a task,
your alternate's the one to ask.
The right man that takes things easy
though spare part's often missing.
Dear faithful alternate's like
a spare wheel when you need it.
We know well those bends and junctions
we respect our memories.
Radio Taxi, hold on.
We will do with understanding
being also understood.
Our life's being reeled,
spinning like fast like a car's wheel.
Speed it up and scud along
your alternate'll keep the pace.
Spinning round the serpentines,
moving on or underground.
Radio Taxi please hold on.
We shall wait.
There has to be something... There
has to be something round the bend.
The guard is holding the keys.
Zawisza, you deluded me.
Trust Zawisza as you trust
a scout. Enemy, wake up.
Now, we must be off.
Stop.
We must repeat.
What's the matter?
Wojciech, dear,
you should've said:
trust me as you trust
a skirmisher, not a scout.
That's what they called
paratroopers in those days.
- I know that.
- I know.
- Everybody in position.
- Silence.
Ready?
Camera.
Successors of Grunwald 27.
The guard is holding the keys.
Zawisza, you deluded me.
Trust Zawisza as you trust
a skirmisher. Enemy, wake up.
Now, fivesome, off we go.
Stop.
- What's the matter?
- Why did you say "fivesome"?
Well, it's like old Polish,
besides, it has no meaning.
On the contrary.
It's got a great meaning.
Camera, in position.
We'll repeat.
Twosome is two people, fivesome
is five and you run away alone.
Silence. Camera.
Prop-man, the cup.
What is it?
Camera.
Boss, the cups that are used
to break on people's heads are gone.
- Bring some new ones.
- They're made of ice.
Molds with water will
freeze in an hour.
We'll have a break.
Excuse me, sir. Tonight at seven
I appear live on Cracow TV.
I have a train in an hour.
You promised I'd be free then.
Yes, I remember.
Can't Basia take
a paper-mache club and hit him?
The scene when she steals the cup
has already been shot.
Then she hold it in her hand
all the time.
She can hit him with a glass cup.
We don't need it any more.
No way. I'm getting married
in two days.
Don't be afraid. It'll be
slightly cut and break easily.
After the wedding, not before.
Can't a stuntman replace him?
They're ready to do anything.
We can't get a stuntman
earlier than tomorrow.
I always say you're paid for
waiting, not for work when filming.
I'll have some coffee and think.
Have a break.
Baby, take it off.
Are you wearing my togs?
Cool down. You've got
lots of shirts.
You don't wear them all at once.
Can't you lend me one?
I can't. Do I wear you dresses?
- You probably will.
- Sure, I'll do it for you.
Buy yourself some, they're nicer.
Stop playing the fool. You know
I give mother nearly all the money.
I haven't any dough.
Where shall I get it from?
I drive the van.
That'll settle it.
I'll tell you, but it's only
between you and me.
I'm through with the van.
No big deal.
A packet of bubble gum.
You'll get it.
- A cinema ticket for an American film.
- A cherry cake.
- Yes, with whipped cream.
- You'll get it.
The shirt should be washed
and ironed in a couple of days.
Nothing of the sort.
It's out of the question.
I don't give a damn.
I must go.
- Wojciech, dear...
- Whose is this?
Help yourself, please.
Don't bother your head about it.
We'll think of something right away.
Karski, the film company.
Good afternoon, Bozenka.
One ticket to Cracow
for the 3 p.m. flight today.
Don't fall off your chair now.
In the name of... Rawicz.
Spell it, because I don't
understand anything.
R for Roman, A for Adam,
W for Wlad, I for Irene.
I can't discuss it
on the phone.
I'll settle everything when I come
to the airport. Yes, thank you.
You've heard that I do
the impossible while you wait.
Wojciech, dear, you'll be
in Cracow at four.
That particular taxi is
for you only...
- ...to take you to the airport.
- What is it? Is she deaf?
No, she fell off her chair.
Jacek, from now on your car is
at the disposal of Mr. Rawicz only.
No matter what happened he must be
at the airport before 3 p.m.
But I arranged to meet
the alternate driver at 3 p.m.
He'll wait until you return
from the airport. You'll be free.
Help me.
Help me carry it
to the balcony.
- What is it?
- Autumn vitamins.
There's a campaign in the museum.
The wholesale of potatoes and apples.
The potatoes are already
in our neighbor?s cellar.
She found some room there,
she's a dear.
We'll store the apples
on the balcony till spring.
- They'll rot away till that time.
- We'll eat those with spots first.
- We'll eat half-rotten apples.
- But for half-price.
- They'll all get rotten in the end.
- C'mon, we can make apple pies.
Stop talking all the time.
You'd better look at yourself.
You know what you look like?
You don't look like a woman.
Nobody will look at you.
Change those rags.
- I can't, I must go to work.
- At this time?
It's afternoon shift.
We got extra order for Mongolia.
You work like a nigger.
They take advantage of you.
They started
to respect me at last.
Anyway, from tomorrow on
you must wear a dress.
Otherwise we'll give
these pants to Romek.
He'll be only too glad
to have them.
Bye, mum.
Damn, the water's leaked through.
Never mind. Directing
is an art of resignation.
We'll use both takes.
We'll use the actors' original
lines and in between...
...the hand of Welislaw
hitting the knight.
We won't need Mr. Rawicz.
It'll even have higher
artistic value.
To the airport.
What's the matter?
Why do you stop?
Mr. Rawicz is going to Okecie.
Drop me at the station afterwards.
Your signature.
You haven't any moustache
in the photo.
- Is it all right now?
- That's better. Follow me, please.
Sir, we've got the guy.
Mr. Rawicz, in person.
I'm glad to see you.
- My daughter dreams of the autograph.
- That's why I brought him.
For Dominiczka.
Thank you.
- Your shirt's pulled out.
- Thank you.
- Can I...
- Of course, through the back.
I read you, over.
Sierra Tango Alfa,
it's the control tower, over.
You've lost
the undercarriage wheel.
Be ready for emergency
landing in Okecie.
Dump the fuel first.
The fire brigade
and ambulances will stand by.
I read you, I'll fly
to the regular place.
Well, there's an hour
or so to wait, Maniek.
Quiet.
Which of you will tell us
what advantages the forest gives?
- Malecha first, perhaps.
- The forest gives fresh air.
Yes, very good.
Who else? Mirewicz, perhaps.
- Sawdust to produce chipboards.
- For the construction industry.
- We get recyclable materials.
- Tell us what you have in mind.
I mean recycling paper,
bottles, rags, tin.
- Yes, what else?
- And the population growth.
My elder brother lives in bad
housing conditions and comes here...
Enough. Children,
let's move on.
Dad, it's circling.
Ania, put out the fire.
Sylwek, the fire.
98 octanes.
Attention, children,
you'll write a composition.
The subject is
the treasures of our skies.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we're not flying to Cracow,
because there's fog
over the airport.
We'll soon land in Warsaw.
There's no reason to panic,
but you can say your prayers.
Don't tell us lies, miss.
We've been hijacked.
We must remain calm,
ladies and gentlemen.
- Don't put up resistance.
- Excuse me.
If that's a fact, would
it make any difference,
if we go to Copenhagen?
I swear there are no hijackers.
There's a security guard on board.
Ladies and gentlemen, I repeat,
please, fasten your belts
and open your prayer books.
Well, suppose there's a passenger
who refuses to pay and has a knife.
You can defend yourself
this way. Have a try.
Are you mad? It's not
the way to attack.
Once again.
- You will remember?
- I will.
This way you'll be all right.
- What do you smell of?
- It's aftershave lotion. Imported.
- For rubles.
- A bit too heavy for me.
- What do I smell of?
- It's good, too.
It's called "Brute".
- What's happening?
- Nothing now, but there will be.
Sierra Tango Alfa,
your undercarriage is in order.
You can continue
your flight to Cracow.
There's no fuel.
I have to land.
It must be a wheel
of some other plane.
- The one from Gdansk, perhaps?
- Maybe.
Attention, today's flight to
Cracow is rescheduled for tomorrow.
We inform passengers there's
a train to Cracow in 18 minutes.
The difference in the price
will be refunded by LOT in Warsaw
the moment train and stamped
plane tickets are presented.
We wish you a safe journey.
I'll be right back, turn on
the meter. I'll get my luggage.
All right, no problem.
Passengers, remember.
Fly by LOT.
Tadzio, dear,
it's an emergency.
My flight to Cracow has been
cancelled, help me.
We'll provide an excuse
for you and a room in a hotel.
- What about the spectacle in Cracow?
- Have you heard it, sir?
Production manager speaking.
Hello, dear Mr. Rawicz.
Don't worry, really. We'll pay
compensation for cancelling.
It's only 1 million.
I'll be done for. They won't
let me get away with it.
If you want to take a risk,
take a taxi and go.
Firstly, the driver
has to make out a bill.
Secondly, the waybill
must be stamped in Cracow.
Thirdly, it must be a taxi
from a state-owned company.
Thank you, good-bye.
To Cracow, at top speed.
It's my taxi, my hat,
my briefcase and the meter's on.
- I'll take you to the station.
- This car is at my disposal.
Don't try to get in by force.
I beg you, get out.
This is the company car,
the driver will confirm it.
You're breaking my leg.
Please, leave the car.
Please, don't create conflicts
on the air base grounds.
Please, show me your papers.
- Have a safe trip, Mr. Rawicz.
- Thank you, good-bye.
Zygmunt.
It's four.
First we have to get fuel
and take coupons for the petrol.
It's out of the question.
We have to watch the clock.
We must be in Cracow at seven.
It's physically impossible.
It's three hundred km.
Everything is physically possible.
It's 294 km, but we can't do
without petrol.
Think of something. I'll cover
the cost of the black market fuel.
If we make it for the spectacle,
I'll give you ten thousand extra.
On your way back you may take
a passenger and you'd be O.K.
- It's 1313 reporting.
- Base, over.
- A passenger to Cracow. It's urgent.
- Your message is recorded.
Stamp the check list in Cracow.
- Have a safe trip.
- Good-bye.
I'm sorry, Marian,
I'll drive myself.
It's a rough game,
a race against time.
Safari
You'll drive on the way back.
We should've taken that fat guy,
he'd have paid five thousand, too.
You should've taken a planeload.
No accidental passengers now.
Shall we have a race?
A kamikaze, damn it.
Decide, idiot,
which way to go.
- Going home?
- To work, pal, to work.
It's the dust from the cement plant.
You can shovel cement off the road.
Couldn't you take another road?
It's so stuffy you can die.
Goodness.
Catch it.
- Can't you do it faster?
- I'm trying.
Go.
- A packet of Caro, please.
- I have only Marlboro today.
How's that?
Marlboro paid in zlotys?
That's the Polish currency
for the time being.
Can I have a carton?
No, four cartons.
Quick, madam, quick.
- Four.
- Thank you.
- Marlboro will also sell.
- It's a risk. I prefer Polish ones.
I have no choice.
I take whatever they have.
I'll open the barrier.
- Why did you slow down?
- There is often a radar patrol here.
Good afternoon, traffic control.
Leave the vehicle, please.
What's the problem, officer?
You spread propaganda
and you're not at home, in Warsaw.
It was done here, in your area.
It's your cement dust.
Other cars with the local
registration numbers look the same.
The car should be clean
and without inscriptions.
Wash them off, there's
a well 50 m away.
- Do something.
- All right, I'll try again.
Sir, let us go.
I'm driving a famous actor.
Oh, that's... Englert, isn't it?
- No... Yes...
- Off you go.
Watch out, others know
little about actors.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
He warned us of other patrols.
He's a good sort.
try to understand.
The superphosphate is on the way.
Here is the telex.
I can't sprinkle the field
with a telex. A week's already gone.
We get commission only
on the services we provide.
We get very low wages.
In short...
We're taking off.
No way.
I'll be on the waiting list
for the next six months!
I know you'll make
a serious offer.
We'll be satisfied
if you just sign the report
that we did the job today.
There'll be a bonus for amortization
and the economical use of petrol.
I won't risk my neck for you.
- We're leaving then.
- Wait a moment.
You'll make five flights
and spray water.
I can sign the report then.
And another thing.
No water over the fields.
There's been so much rain lately
that potatoes started rotting.
Nature plays strange tricks.
The rain is falling
only on our car.
The road in front of us
is as dry as dust.
Behind us as well.
It's not quality
but quantity.
It's almost a downpour.
It's over now.
It'll puzzle me
till the end of my life.
Why do you stick your head out?
Haven't you ever seen the rain?
- The car must be spotlessly clean.
- They say as clean as a whistle.
It's a miracle I made it.
It's deadly.
Damn, it fell off the platform
again. The road's bumpy.
Fellows, help us load
that damn thing onto the truck.
Are you crazy, man? Looking for
a sucker? Get yourself a crane.
It's inflatable. Rubber.
Get moving, boy.
Help them.
The point is
we shouldn't run empty.
You get a fine
if there's no cargo.
This block is nothing.
My brother-in-law took an elephant
he got to a zoo, as theirs was dead.
- Rubber one, too?
- No, Canadian.
- A flat tire?
- Give me a spare wheel.
Jacek, look.
We're done for.
Jacek, look.
Boss, be a good man, give us a wheel
to change. We'll be back in 3 hours.
We're taking a groom
to the wedding.
I haven't got any own wheels.
These belong to the customers.
The customers' property
is a sacred thing.
I don't want to
be in the clink.
The groom wants to share
a carton of Marlboro with you.
It's a gift for
his father-in-law.
Half a carton?
Put me through to the prosecutor.
Is it you, sir? Good afternoon.
I'd like to inform you that
the wheels will be ready tomorrow.
The cord needs patching up.
- Take those.
- Thank you very much.
This road is an experiment.
It's made of reinforced slabs.
The steel rods stick out. I advise
driving on the left, the English way.
Aren't you lucky to be
near that experimental section?
Do you know how much it costs me?
- There's petrol for 10 km only.
- How many km to Cracow?
- 75.
- I'm not asking you. How many?
77.
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
I buy petrol. For zlotys.
Tourists from the West
must have coupons.
I pay double.
Two hundred a liter.
There are regulations
we can't break.
Three hundred?
- Did he take it?
- He didn't take the risk.
They don't trust strangers.
Perhaps they're right.
But you, it's another matter.
Poles are kind-hearted to mothers.
They're chivalrous towards ladies.
Good afternoon. Dear sir,
give me 10 l of petrol.
You see, I'm taking
a sick child to hospital.
I've run out of petrol.
- Your coupons, please.
- I forgot. I was in a hurry.
I left them at home. I'll repay you.
I have some cottage cheese.
Don't cry, baby, he's a good man.
He'll sell us the petrol.
Unfortunately, madam,
I have to account for every liter.
Maybe one of the drivers will lend
you some from a jerry can?
- Can you give me his name?
- I don't know any driver.
I advise you to do it away from
the station, it's illegal.
- He didn't take it.
- No? What a scoundrel.
We'll get him.
I promised my son-in-law
a petro station and I'll keep it.
Fill the tank and a jerry can.
I'm afraid, Reverend,
I must refuse. I have no right.
A regulation is like
the eleventh commandment.
It was a near miss.
Damn, people are not helpful.
They'd crash but wouldn't stop.
That one didn't make it.
Please, don't smoke.
Now go to Stradom, then along
Krakowska and then to Wolnica.
Then again along Krakowska
and we'll be in Krzemionki.
- What's the time?
- It's nineteen to eight.
Oh, goodness.
A traffic jam.
It'll take half an hour.
- What's happened?
- Nothing, there's a tram on fire.
- Like in Warsaw.
- There's the same model everywhere.
- Do you want a pretzel?
- Get one for me.
Let's go.
- You punk.
- Let's go, it's 22nd today.
- Go!
- It was 21st yesterday, so what?
It's the season time change.
It's not a quarter to eight, but...
Go, what are you up to?
People from Warsaw think
they can do what they want.
The waybill.
The waybill, as usual.
- The cigarettes, sir.
- Take them to my dressing room.
- What have you done?
- What is it?
Some beetroot soup
got into the mold.
There was beetroot soup
in the canteen today.
Let's shoot this scene, anyway.
Directing is the art of mobilization.
No colors.
A red cup.
Of course.
Prop man, get distilled water.
Well, let's kill the time.
An armchair is a good idea.
It's eight p.m. of winter time.
In a moment we'll broadcast a speech
of the trade minister from Bangkok
delivered on the occasion
of signing the agreement.
In the meantime
we'll listen to an aria
performed by a famous
tenor from Thailand.
I knew they wouldn't make it.
I can do the impossible
but miracle don't happen every day.
One million will have
to be paid.
Will that have any
influence on the bonus?
No. I'll take it out of some other
pocket... A little qui pro quo.
There should be a theatre spectacle
on now, from Cracow.
I'm used to the fact that trains
are late, road signs misinform you,
but I can't stand this
as a sick person.
- Bloody mess.
- You don't know the reason.
For some time we've been
negotiation for the purchase
of rubber on favorable
credit conditions with Thailand.
They put forward extra demands,
which are crucial to their prestige.
Now that they have a communications
satellite, they demanded live coverage.
It's not really a problem.
Rubber? I can understand that.
- At least we'll have tires.
- I wouldn't count on that, really.
We buy rubber on credit and sell
in Singapore for foreign currency.
- For half price.
- We need it to pay off the interest.
We're poor, but honest.
Bangkok must be a great place.
It would be better to be healthy
there than sick here.
Have a good look, Wiesio.
There are more neon lights here
in one street than all over Warsaw.
And they're all in working order.
True, more than in Warsaw
and they all work.
I mean those brothels
with neon lights above them.
And we can't even afford a banana.
We've done our job, old boy.
Let's leave it.
Something must be done for people.
Such things won't be allowed.
They're censored.
We should at least try.
One life's not enough to handle
the abundance of the burden.
Episode V
SAFARI
Who'll replace you for a while?
Lessen daily problems file?
A trustworthy alternate,
him and you, hand in hand.
World's spinning, time's flowing,
life's passing.
And the voice that keeps repeating:
Radio Taxi, please hold on.
We shall wait, we'll hang on,
we shall get to where we're told.
Frankly speaking,
everything's got its price.
If you're not equal to a task,
your alternate's the one to ask.
The right man that takes things easy
though spare part's often missing.
Dear faithful alternate's like
a spare wheel when you need it.
We know well those bends and junctions
we respect our memories.
Radio Taxi, hold on.
We will do with understanding
being also understood.
Our life's being reeled,
spinning like fast like a car's wheel.
Speed it up and scud along
your alternate'll keep the pace.
Spinning round the serpentines,
moving on or underground.
Radio Taxi please hold on.
We shall wait.
There has to be something... There
has to be something round the bend.
The guard is holding the keys.
Zawisza, you deluded me.
Trust Zawisza as you trust
a scout. Enemy, wake up.
Now, we must be off.
Stop.
We must repeat.
What's the matter?
Wojciech, dear,
you should've said:
trust me as you trust
a skirmisher, not a scout.
That's what they called
paratroopers in those days.
- I know that.
- I know.
- Everybody in position.
- Silence.
Ready?
Camera.
Successors of Grunwald 27.
The guard is holding the keys.
Zawisza, you deluded me.
Trust Zawisza as you trust
a skirmisher. Enemy, wake up.
Now, fivesome, off we go.
Stop.
- What's the matter?
- Why did you say "fivesome"?
Well, it's like old Polish,
besides, it has no meaning.
On the contrary.
It's got a great meaning.
Camera, in position.
We'll repeat.
Twosome is two people, fivesome
is five and you run away alone.
Silence. Camera.
Prop-man, the cup.
What is it?
Camera.
Boss, the cups that are used
to break on people's heads are gone.
- Bring some new ones.
- They're made of ice.
Molds with water will
freeze in an hour.
We'll have a break.
Excuse me, sir. Tonight at seven
I appear live on Cracow TV.
I have a train in an hour.
You promised I'd be free then.
Yes, I remember.
Can't Basia take
a paper-mache club and hit him?
The scene when she steals the cup
has already been shot.
Then she hold it in her hand
all the time.
She can hit him with a glass cup.
We don't need it any more.
No way. I'm getting married
in two days.
Don't be afraid. It'll be
slightly cut and break easily.
After the wedding, not before.
Can't a stuntman replace him?
They're ready to do anything.
We can't get a stuntman
earlier than tomorrow.
I always say you're paid for
waiting, not for work when filming.
I'll have some coffee and think.
Have a break.
Baby, take it off.
Are you wearing my togs?
Cool down. You've got
lots of shirts.
You don't wear them all at once.
Can't you lend me one?
I can't. Do I wear you dresses?
- You probably will.
- Sure, I'll do it for you.
Buy yourself some, they're nicer.
Stop playing the fool. You know
I give mother nearly all the money.
I haven't any dough.
Where shall I get it from?
I drive the van.
That'll settle it.
I'll tell you, but it's only
between you and me.
I'm through with the van.
No big deal.
A packet of bubble gum.
You'll get it.
- A cinema ticket for an American film.
- A cherry cake.
- Yes, with whipped cream.
- You'll get it.
The shirt should be washed
and ironed in a couple of days.
Nothing of the sort.
It's out of the question.
I don't give a damn.
I must go.
- Wojciech, dear...
- Whose is this?
Help yourself, please.
Don't bother your head about it.
We'll think of something right away.
Karski, the film company.
Good afternoon, Bozenka.
One ticket to Cracow
for the 3 p.m. flight today.
Don't fall off your chair now.
In the name of... Rawicz.
Spell it, because I don't
understand anything.
R for Roman, A for Adam,
W for Wlad, I for Irene.
I can't discuss it
on the phone.
I'll settle everything when I come
to the airport. Yes, thank you.
You've heard that I do
the impossible while you wait.
Wojciech, dear, you'll be
in Cracow at four.
That particular taxi is
for you only...
- ...to take you to the airport.
- What is it? Is she deaf?
No, she fell off her chair.
Jacek, from now on your car is
at the disposal of Mr. Rawicz only.
No matter what happened he must be
at the airport before 3 p.m.
But I arranged to meet
the alternate driver at 3 p.m.
He'll wait until you return
from the airport. You'll be free.
Help me.
Help me carry it
to the balcony.
- What is it?
- Autumn vitamins.
There's a campaign in the museum.
The wholesale of potatoes and apples.
The potatoes are already
in our neighbor?s cellar.
She found some room there,
she's a dear.
We'll store the apples
on the balcony till spring.
- They'll rot away till that time.
- We'll eat those with spots first.
- We'll eat half-rotten apples.
- But for half-price.
- They'll all get rotten in the end.
- C'mon, we can make apple pies.
Stop talking all the time.
You'd better look at yourself.
You know what you look like?
You don't look like a woman.
Nobody will look at you.
Change those rags.
- I can't, I must go to work.
- At this time?
It's afternoon shift.
We got extra order for Mongolia.
You work like a nigger.
They take advantage of you.
They started
to respect me at last.
Anyway, from tomorrow on
you must wear a dress.
Otherwise we'll give
these pants to Romek.
He'll be only too glad
to have them.
Bye, mum.
Damn, the water's leaked through.
Never mind. Directing
is an art of resignation.
We'll use both takes.
We'll use the actors' original
lines and in between...
...the hand of Welislaw
hitting the knight.
We won't need Mr. Rawicz.
It'll even have higher
artistic value.
To the airport.
What's the matter?
Why do you stop?
Mr. Rawicz is going to Okecie.
Drop me at the station afterwards.
Your signature.
You haven't any moustache
in the photo.
- Is it all right now?
- That's better. Follow me, please.
Sir, we've got the guy.
Mr. Rawicz, in person.
I'm glad to see you.
- My daughter dreams of the autograph.
- That's why I brought him.
For Dominiczka.
Thank you.
- Your shirt's pulled out.
- Thank you.
- Can I...
- Of course, through the back.
I read you, over.
Sierra Tango Alfa,
it's the control tower, over.
You've lost
the undercarriage wheel.
Be ready for emergency
landing in Okecie.
Dump the fuel first.
The fire brigade
and ambulances will stand by.
I read you, I'll fly
to the regular place.
Well, there's an hour
or so to wait, Maniek.
Quiet.
Which of you will tell us
what advantages the forest gives?
- Malecha first, perhaps.
- The forest gives fresh air.
Yes, very good.
Who else? Mirewicz, perhaps.
- Sawdust to produce chipboards.
- For the construction industry.
- We get recyclable materials.
- Tell us what you have in mind.
I mean recycling paper,
bottles, rags, tin.
- Yes, what else?
- And the population growth.
My elder brother lives in bad
housing conditions and comes here...
Enough. Children,
let's move on.
Dad, it's circling.
Ania, put out the fire.
Sylwek, the fire.
98 octanes.
Attention, children,
you'll write a composition.
The subject is
the treasures of our skies.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we're not flying to Cracow,
because there's fog
over the airport.
We'll soon land in Warsaw.
There's no reason to panic,
but you can say your prayers.
Don't tell us lies, miss.
We've been hijacked.
We must remain calm,
ladies and gentlemen.
- Don't put up resistance.
- Excuse me.
If that's a fact, would
it make any difference,
if we go to Copenhagen?
I swear there are no hijackers.
There's a security guard on board.
Ladies and gentlemen, I repeat,
please, fasten your belts
and open your prayer books.
Well, suppose there's a passenger
who refuses to pay and has a knife.
You can defend yourself
this way. Have a try.
Are you mad? It's not
the way to attack.
Once again.
- You will remember?
- I will.
This way you'll be all right.
- What do you smell of?
- It's aftershave lotion. Imported.
- For rubles.
- A bit too heavy for me.
- What do I smell of?
- It's good, too.
It's called "Brute".
- What's happening?
- Nothing now, but there will be.
Sierra Tango Alfa,
your undercarriage is in order.
You can continue
your flight to Cracow.
There's no fuel.
I have to land.
It must be a wheel
of some other plane.
- The one from Gdansk, perhaps?
- Maybe.
Attention, today's flight to
Cracow is rescheduled for tomorrow.
We inform passengers there's
a train to Cracow in 18 minutes.
The difference in the price
will be refunded by LOT in Warsaw
the moment train and stamped
plane tickets are presented.
We wish you a safe journey.
I'll be right back, turn on
the meter. I'll get my luggage.
All right, no problem.
Passengers, remember.
Fly by LOT.
Tadzio, dear,
it's an emergency.
My flight to Cracow has been
cancelled, help me.
We'll provide an excuse
for you and a room in a hotel.
- What about the spectacle in Cracow?
- Have you heard it, sir?
Production manager speaking.
Hello, dear Mr. Rawicz.
Don't worry, really. We'll pay
compensation for cancelling.
It's only 1 million.
I'll be done for. They won't
let me get away with it.
If you want to take a risk,
take a taxi and go.
Firstly, the driver
has to make out a bill.
Secondly, the waybill
must be stamped in Cracow.
Thirdly, it must be a taxi
from a state-owned company.
Thank you, good-bye.
To Cracow, at top speed.
It's my taxi, my hat,
my briefcase and the meter's on.
- I'll take you to the station.
- This car is at my disposal.
Don't try to get in by force.
I beg you, get out.
This is the company car,
the driver will confirm it.
You're breaking my leg.
Please, leave the car.
Please, don't create conflicts
on the air base grounds.
Please, show me your papers.
- Have a safe trip, Mr. Rawicz.
- Thank you, good-bye.
Zygmunt.
It's four.
First we have to get fuel
and take coupons for the petrol.
It's out of the question.
We have to watch the clock.
We must be in Cracow at seven.
It's physically impossible.
It's three hundred km.
Everything is physically possible.
It's 294 km, but we can't do
without petrol.
Think of something. I'll cover
the cost of the black market fuel.
If we make it for the spectacle,
I'll give you ten thousand extra.
On your way back you may take
a passenger and you'd be O.K.
- It's 1313 reporting.
- Base, over.
- A passenger to Cracow. It's urgent.
- Your message is recorded.
Stamp the check list in Cracow.
- Have a safe trip.
- Good-bye.
I'm sorry, Marian,
I'll drive myself.
It's a rough game,
a race against time.
Safari
You'll drive on the way back.
We should've taken that fat guy,
he'd have paid five thousand, too.
You should've taken a planeload.
No accidental passengers now.
Shall we have a race?
A kamikaze, damn it.
Decide, idiot,
which way to go.
- Going home?
- To work, pal, to work.
It's the dust from the cement plant.
You can shovel cement off the road.
Couldn't you take another road?
It's so stuffy you can die.
Goodness.
Catch it.
- Can't you do it faster?
- I'm trying.
Go.
- A packet of Caro, please.
- I have only Marlboro today.
How's that?
Marlboro paid in zlotys?
That's the Polish currency
for the time being.
Can I have a carton?
No, four cartons.
Quick, madam, quick.
- Four.
- Thank you.
- Marlboro will also sell.
- It's a risk. I prefer Polish ones.
I have no choice.
I take whatever they have.
I'll open the barrier.
- Why did you slow down?
- There is often a radar patrol here.
Good afternoon, traffic control.
Leave the vehicle, please.
What's the problem, officer?
You spread propaganda
and you're not at home, in Warsaw.
It was done here, in your area.
It's your cement dust.
Other cars with the local
registration numbers look the same.
The car should be clean
and without inscriptions.
Wash them off, there's
a well 50 m away.
- Do something.
- All right, I'll try again.
Sir, let us go.
I'm driving a famous actor.
Oh, that's... Englert, isn't it?
- No... Yes...
- Off you go.
Watch out, others know
little about actors.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
He warned us of other patrols.
He's a good sort.
try to understand.
The superphosphate is on the way.
Here is the telex.
I can't sprinkle the field
with a telex. A week's already gone.
We get commission only
on the services we provide.
We get very low wages.
In short...
We're taking off.
No way.
I'll be on the waiting list
for the next six months!
I know you'll make
a serious offer.
We'll be satisfied
if you just sign the report
that we did the job today.
There'll be a bonus for amortization
and the economical use of petrol.
I won't risk my neck for you.
- We're leaving then.
- Wait a moment.
You'll make five flights
and spray water.
I can sign the report then.
And another thing.
No water over the fields.
There's been so much rain lately
that potatoes started rotting.
Nature plays strange tricks.
The rain is falling
only on our car.
The road in front of us
is as dry as dust.
Behind us as well.
It's not quality
but quantity.
It's almost a downpour.
It's over now.
It'll puzzle me
till the end of my life.
Why do you stick your head out?
Haven't you ever seen the rain?
- The car must be spotlessly clean.
- They say as clean as a whistle.
It's a miracle I made it.
It's deadly.
Damn, it fell off the platform
again. The road's bumpy.
Fellows, help us load
that damn thing onto the truck.
Are you crazy, man? Looking for
a sucker? Get yourself a crane.
It's inflatable. Rubber.
Get moving, boy.
Help them.
The point is
we shouldn't run empty.
You get a fine
if there's no cargo.
This block is nothing.
My brother-in-law took an elephant
he got to a zoo, as theirs was dead.
- Rubber one, too?
- No, Canadian.
- A flat tire?
- Give me a spare wheel.
Jacek, look.
We're done for.
Jacek, look.
Boss, be a good man, give us a wheel
to change. We'll be back in 3 hours.
We're taking a groom
to the wedding.
I haven't got any own wheels.
These belong to the customers.
The customers' property
is a sacred thing.
I don't want to
be in the clink.
The groom wants to share
a carton of Marlboro with you.
It's a gift for
his father-in-law.
Half a carton?
Put me through to the prosecutor.
Is it you, sir? Good afternoon.
I'd like to inform you that
the wheels will be ready tomorrow.
The cord needs patching up.
- Take those.
- Thank you very much.
This road is an experiment.
It's made of reinforced slabs.
The steel rods stick out. I advise
driving on the left, the English way.
Aren't you lucky to be
near that experimental section?
Do you know how much it costs me?
- There's petrol for 10 km only.
- How many km to Cracow?
- 75.
- I'm not asking you. How many?
77.
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
I buy petrol. For zlotys.
Tourists from the West
must have coupons.
I pay double.
Two hundred a liter.
There are regulations
we can't break.
Three hundred?
- Did he take it?
- He didn't take the risk.
They don't trust strangers.
Perhaps they're right.
But you, it's another matter.
Poles are kind-hearted to mothers.
They're chivalrous towards ladies.
Good afternoon. Dear sir,
give me 10 l of petrol.
You see, I'm taking
a sick child to hospital.
I've run out of petrol.
- Your coupons, please.
- I forgot. I was in a hurry.
I left them at home. I'll repay you.
I have some cottage cheese.
Don't cry, baby, he's a good man.
He'll sell us the petrol.
Unfortunately, madam,
I have to account for every liter.
Maybe one of the drivers will lend
you some from a jerry can?
- Can you give me his name?
- I don't know any driver.
I advise you to do it away from
the station, it's illegal.
- He didn't take it.
- No? What a scoundrel.
We'll get him.
I promised my son-in-law
a petro station and I'll keep it.
Fill the tank and a jerry can.
I'm afraid, Reverend,
I must refuse. I have no right.
A regulation is like
the eleventh commandment.
It was a near miss.
Damn, people are not helpful.
They'd crash but wouldn't stop.
That one didn't make it.
Please, don't smoke.
Now go to Stradom, then along
Krakowska and then to Wolnica.
Then again along Krakowska
and we'll be in Krzemionki.
- What's the time?
- It's nineteen to eight.
Oh, goodness.
A traffic jam.
It'll take half an hour.
- What's happened?
- Nothing, there's a tram on fire.
- Like in Warsaw.
- There's the same model everywhere.
- Do you want a pretzel?
- Get one for me.
Let's go.
- You punk.
- Let's go, it's 22nd today.
- Go!
- It was 21st yesterday, so what?
It's the season time change.
It's not a quarter to eight, but...
Go, what are you up to?
People from Warsaw think
they can do what they want.
The waybill.
The waybill, as usual.
- The cigarettes, sir.
- Take them to my dressing room.
- What have you done?
- What is it?
Some beetroot soup
got into the mold.
There was beetroot soup
in the canteen today.
Let's shoot this scene, anyway.
Directing is the art of mobilization.
No colors.
A red cup.
Of course.
Prop man, get distilled water.
Well, let's kill the time.
An armchair is a good idea.
It's eight p.m. of winter time.
In a moment we'll broadcast a speech
of the trade minister from Bangkok
delivered on the occasion
of signing the agreement.
In the meantime
we'll listen to an aria
performed by a famous
tenor from Thailand.
I knew they wouldn't make it.
I can do the impossible
but miracle don't happen every day.
One million will have
to be paid.
Will that have any
influence on the bonus?
No. I'll take it out of some other
pocket... A little qui pro quo.
There should be a theatre spectacle
on now, from Cracow.
I'm used to the fact that trains
are late, road signs misinform you,
but I can't stand this
as a sick person.
- Bloody mess.
- You don't know the reason.
For some time we've been
negotiation for the purchase
of rubber on favorable
credit conditions with Thailand.
They put forward extra demands,
which are crucial to their prestige.
Now that they have a communications
satellite, they demanded live coverage.
It's not really a problem.
Rubber? I can understand that.
- At least we'll have tires.
- I wouldn't count on that, really.
We buy rubber on credit and sell
in Singapore for foreign currency.
- For half price.
- We need it to pay off the interest.
We're poor, but honest.
Bangkok must be a great place.
It would be better to be healthy
there than sick here.
Have a good look, Wiesio.
There are more neon lights here
in one street than all over Warsaw.
And they're all in working order.
True, more than in Warsaw
and they all work.
I mean those brothels
with neon lights above them.
And we can't even afford a banana.
We've done our job, old boy.
Let's leave it.
Something must be done for people.
Such things won't be allowed.
They're censored.
We should at least try.