Do I have it all here?
There must be no mistake today.
It is your toughest exam.
- Jasiu. - Yes, sir?
Pictures of the poorest houses, Buildings falling apart, ruins, all large scale.
Large, large.
- OK. - So also houses which no longer exists.
All right. It must impress.
- JaworzyÒski, what about the water? - Chosen, Mr President.
OK. Jasiu, at what time did you wake up today?
Half past four a.m., Mr President.
I hope I wonít make you wake up so early ever again.
- What list is this? - Guests at the meeting.
Cross out this one and that one. I donít want to see them here.
Have you seen it already, Mr President?
What is it?
And who wrote it?
Make sure people from this newspaper are not in the hall.
- Jasiu. - Yes, sir?
- People outside? - Theyíll come.
Theyíll come on their own anyway, there is no need to arrange anything.
- They want it anyway. - Do you think I donít know it?
Weíre doing it for them and they want it.
Yes, sir.
And you must organize them to come and say that they want it.
This is our job. There is nothing to laugh about.
Quickly, rows of four.
Quickly, quickly.
Come on, quickly.
The group is ready, quickly. Kuf, open the gate, please.
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director/camera
<i>Golden ring, golden ring</i>
<i>for luck.</i>
<i>With a blue stone,</i>
Naturally, this is the direction we must take.
<i>Golden ring, the only one that the organ-grinder had.</i>
Shall we go to town?
Letís get in.
THE SCAR
We know that five provinces have competed for the factory.
We know that there were many committees.
And we know that the decision had to be made quickly.
I will show you some pictures. Jasiu.
- I will show you pictures. - Here you are.
You can see in what condition people live here. Pass it further.
They badly need a place to work.
Our province has been repeatedly neglected when
industrial investments were funded.
This is our chance, our greatest chance and we must not waste it.
Well, opinions vary.
Today I received a newspaper
with an article which does not fully support the location
we selected.
And we have to take public opinion into account after all.
Have you read the article?
No, no, but now that you mentioned public opinion,
please, take a look what the public opinion has to say.
Do come here, comrade, please.
Maybe the Ministry of Forestry will see it as well.
And all those talking about birds and romantic groves.
All these people want to work in the new factory.
They must work.
Look at them and look at the pictures.
Excuse me, is it my coffee?
Yes, yes, I think so.
Congratulation, comrade president, it was very well done
with the window. Naturally, weíll build here
and sooner than you think.
Tell me, comrade, is the director already known?
Have any decisions been made on the matter?
Excuse me.
Allow me, comrade - Mr Lech.
- I think weíve met before. - Yes, yes, naturally.
- So do you know... - We are making arrangements with someone
from the region - a talented man, he has been quite successful in similar posts elsewhere.
- An involved man. - Well...
And who is this going to be?
- Hi. - Good morning.
- How did they play? - You know it best, director,
- how well they can play. - So what was the result?
Total failure.
No, the director wonít be here today.
Goodbye.
This is your ticket to Warsaw. Youíre flying right now.
There was a call.
- What do we take? - Nothing, they only need you.
- When am I coming back? - They didnít say.
- You didnít ask? - I did.
Stefan!
- Hi! What are you doing here? - Hi.
- Have you changed the department? - No, Iím still in the same place.
Listen, have you gotten used to Silesia?
They said it was going to rain and itís sunny instead.
Oh, it did rain a little...
Listen, I have an important deal for you.
- Do you? - You must have noticed
- I am always the one to do it. - Youíre always the same.
You know, somehow.
Listen, and hold on fast.
I have news for you.
- I am all ears. - Youíll be the director in Olecko.
- Will I? - Exactly.
Come, the conference has already begun.
The plane was a little late, get in.
Be quiet! Down! Calm down!
- Why has Ewa come? - Well, itís just for a few days.
She needs a rest.
Sheís not feeling well.
Abortion.
Our little daughter...
Stefan, listen... Why did you go to Warsaw?
Itís Olecko.
Iím not going there. I donít want to go back there.
No one will remember what happened 20 years ago.
Donít worry, they do. Iím not going back there.
I will fix it, everything. Weíll fix it together.
Listen, if you made a mistake once...
- No! - Itís bad.
- No, no, no. - If there are people who
- still remember... - I did the right thing.
What will you do with the dog?
Iíll take it.
- Who set you up? - Director, you know,
itís just an order.
I have to write an article and that is why I came here,
but I must tell you itís big.
Well, large.
Well, you know, what Iíd like...
It would be to make the interview in a slightly different manner...
Iíd like us to have a chat.
- Youíre welcome. - Iíd like you just to tell me
about the problems that you face here.
- Honestly. - Honestly?
It always looks fine in plans
but the reality can bite.
Youíre recording it all, arenít you?
Maybe we should do it in a slightly different manner.
OK, stop it.
- And what is your opinion? - Stop.
No retakes here, gentlemen.
You must be very well prepared for the interview.
- Do you know the region? - My uncle lives here, you know.
- Professor Michta, maybe you know him. - I do, naturally.
OK, so may we start?
Great.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are on a huge construction site
of a new factory. Mere months ago
it used to be a forest, today there are machines everywhere.
Bulldozers, machine saws...
Let me introduce the director of this factory,
Mr Stefan Bednarz. What is the most important
for you in this site, director?
You see, this is a great opportunity for the region.
Olecko is a beautiful historic town with wise people,
but it has been forgotten recently, off the beaten track.
Look, Tolo, look there.
There, at the trees, half a year ago
there was a foresterís lodge there.
The forest must be 200 years old.
The costs of civilisation, dear sir.
I came here to shoot some extra material. Ten kilometres away from here there is...
Only sand and wasteland.
10 kilometres away is another province.
This one was insufficiently invested, the other did fine, you see.
Oh Jesus, where are we going?
I believe that we have heard here important opinions.
The fears you have voiced are really unfounded.
You must have some trust in us and some patience.
Everything is born here in hard labour and haste, itís true,
but the activities are needed and right.
- Mr President... - You speak so well
but why do you talk with us only today?
Why didnít you organise an open contest for the development of the town?
We wonít destroy the foundations of the factory, itíll be built.
But do tell us what you intend to do for the town.
Will you build the whole town?
Will Mr Architect design more new quarters?
Thank you for this kind of modernity, we prefer the old museum.
At this moment we only see individual people getting hurt.
Go to the garden plots, please.
the whole blooming quarter... of gardens has been destroyed.
Bulldozers destroy houses which people built
thinking about their old age,
about rest in their own gardens,
under their own trees. It is all being destroyed right now.
I see but listen, citizens, we are building in places with
- appropriate pipe network. - What pipes do you mean?
500m of an old water pipe which is too narrow anyway?
There used to be little houses which you bulldozed into little pieces
in a few days...
Itís strange, dear citizens, that among these voices
there is some self-interest, itís veiled but itís still self-interest.
There is no broader view of the matter.
A social view on the development of our town.
Just some old habits which hinder the development.
Mr President, you offend us!
- Ladies and gentlemen, calm down! - Quiet, please!
- Quiet, please! - What is it?!
Itís a meeting, a discussion.
- Please, no cat-calls! - We had in mind a business-like discussion
- not a protest rally. Please. - Mr President, citizens,
having listened to the debate so far
I must say that I am surprised and disappointed.
I mean, ladies and gentlemen, the forests extending for
several thousand hectares.
Now we witness the destruction
brought about in our region by an uncompleted factory.
In several villages there is serious shortage of water in wells.
Several drilled wells on the grounds of the factory
caused a decrease of the level of ground-water.
What will happen next?
Park somewhere here.
Why did it come to Olecko of all places? Why to us?
It was not the questionable achievement of Mr President.
No, it was the job of somebody else who is absent today.
I mean director Bednarz. Director Bednarz is not just
a manager, an engineer technocrat.
He is a man of a different dimension, a true humanist.
He wants this town to start blooming again,
but he fails to consider one thing:
how long will he stay here? We know what the average tenure
of a factory director is.
How can he know who will replace him?
It may be a dull technocrat, a philistine director
who will destroy everything that Bednarz manages to achieve,
close down the theatre, shut down everything that may begin here.
From the very beginning of our meeting Iíve been watching the face of Mr President,
the face of a self-contented man, a self-righteous man,
a man certain that everything he does is good and beautiful,
everything for the happiness of others.
Iíd like to address Mr President.
Does anything that the society of this town has to say
matter in any way to Mr President?
So what? Yes, director Lech is with me,
but he is very busy at the moment. Leave me alone,
deal with it on your own.
So what will it be, Stasiu? I know there was some bad blood
between the two of you, some... fights maybe.
Well, it might have been so but it was long time ago,
20 years ago and I really donít care,
it's your personal matter.
How am I to explain, man?
You know very well. How am I to explain such things?
Stasiu, let me be frank: I need you to work with Bednarz,
I need it badly.
<i>Every morning by the silver Seine he sells lilacs.</i>
<i>Flowers, May flowers, Like a breath of spring.</i>
Is it you?
- Excuse me? - You?
Faster, faster, faster.
- Good morning, director. - Good morning.
Mr President guessed it right, didnít he?
He told us to wash the stairs and the whole house.
You should not walk on crap.
How do I look?
You used to live here once.
Memories, right? Will you go upstairs?
No, I had no such plans.
Get my assistant. Tell him to find me at the construction site.
Director.
You called me, director,
what is it about?
Listen, young people are coming here, sociologists...
- Yes. - Talented, tested.
Let them do whatever they want: interviews, polls,
you know, the change of the character of a small town
- into an industrial centre. - I see.
Let them write their theses, doctorates,
just arrange one thing, I need information about the public feeling.
- A bit of an exchange, right? - You got it all wrong.
The public feeling in town, not denunciations. Figures, tendencies.
- Youíll arrange a dinner with them. - Yes, sir.
- Is it all, director? - High salaries.
Come up with something.
They have to act quickly and wisely.
And what are you doing here?! Why in this direction?!
At me?! At my home?!
You wonít enter! Iím talking to you!
You can drive over me! Iím talking to you, come on,
drive over me! The house and me!
Come on!
No, I wonít let you in here.
I wonít let you.
Stop! Stop the work! Stop right now!
- I wonít let you! - Come down, please.
Calm down, you see, Iíve stopped the work.
I wonít let you! Iím telling you!
- Director, journalists. - Itís already stopped.
Journalists, director.
- Have you shot it? - No, today I am here as a private person.
- Good morning. - Good morning. Thank God.
Disperse, ladies and gentlemen! Disperse!
In the future I want to be the first to know about such situations.
- Or not to know about them at all. - I do want to be the first to know.
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, Mr President! Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Ah, welcome, director! Youíre here at last!
Welcome.
Youíre among friends, as you can see. You know Jasiu.
Mr Lech, department of communication. District architect.
Farming, comrade attorney. And here everything, let me tell you,
- is first class. - I see.
Upstairs we have some rooms.
And here, let me show you, something beautiful.
What a bathroom! Oh, Iím sorry,
keep on washing, donít bother.
I ordered beautiful shiny tiles.
Yes, well, these are our plans.
- This quarter is badly located. - Oh, crap.
- Mr President. - Excuse me.
Look, it eats cigarettes, who could have thought.
Mr President! Mr President,
take a look!
Youíve done it wrong.
But youíve paid for it all.
But itís you who approves of the plans and strikes deals with the building company,
while we get the beating. People donít want to let the machines in.
- They protest. - I got cigarettes!
OK, OK, go now.
The whole issue is just a few small private houses.
Private... Their own. Youíve made a mistake.
It might have been a mistake but it doesnít change a thing.
If we donít build there, we must change plans.
Getting the paperwork will take a year. And you must have apartments
for 3000 people in six months.
Otherwise you canít start.
- I will start. - How?
- You promised people apartments. - Mr President.
Iíll explain, buy buses, theyíll commute.
To how many places can we drive or build roads?
Lech! Mr Lech is the head of the department of communication.
Staszek, tell us what the roads are like in the region
- after the rain. - As it is right now
55% are impassable.
- Here you are, director. - Here you are.
Thank you.
Director, letís not talk about such matters.
Letís have a drink. Director...
- Shall we get on first-name terms? - Well, OK.
- I am Bolek. - Stefan.
What are they doing with that deer?
You ate my cigs! You donít know Jasiu.
But you will!
Letís have a drink with Mr Lech.
We know each other very well.
- Cigs, I said! - Scoundrel.
Take it away, right now! Leave it!
Why donít you want Lech?
Well... why? To your health.
And where is to mine?
Here.
Itís here.
Gentlemen, where are you going? Here, here.
This way.
- Ah, good morning. - Good morning.
As I can see youíre working your way up.
- Good morning. - Excuse me.
- Come in, please. - Straight up, straight.
So this is your kitchen. Letís move on.
Here is your bathroom, and this may be your bedroom.
This, letís say, your wifeís room.
And this will be your study.
If you want it, let me just say something.
Weíll put the door here and join two adjacent flats.
- And what have you got there? - Two more small rooms.
- Well, OK. - Come on.
- Have you got the keys? - I do.
- This is a tiny place. - Itíll do for me.
- I just want to ask you a favour. - Yes?
Could you get me roller-blinds?
I will make a darkroom in the other room.
No problem, we have a lot of them at school.
- Iíll get them to send you some. - Great.
What scruffs.
Iíll get someone to clean it up for you later on.
- So what will it be? - Iíll take this one.
- So shall we go? - Go on your own, Iíll stay.
Iím home, after all.
- So goodbye. - Bye.
- Good morning. - Good morning, director.
- How are things? - We manage somehow, minister.
I heard that you objected to Stasio Lech.
The town supports him, we donít mind.
He is a chemist. Why are you so stubborn?
And why canít I choose my deputy?
Why does everybody meddle?
The town supports him, they want to force him on me but they donít want him themselves.
Two coffees, please. Why use such words?
I donít have to tell you about trust but tactics...
I didnít know Iíd have to teach you that.
Iíve just had a call that public opinion took rather badly
your recent interview on TV.
Allegedly, they want neither a highway across the park nor new houses
instead of the old ones.
- Public opinion... - Why make your life harder?
Ah, director, letís get back to the matter -
Lechís presence in the factory is not a concession, it is wisdom.
Anyway, donít we have more important issues?
Precisely, we do.
Coffee for you, minister, here you are.
- Tea for you, here you are. - Ah, thank you.
The phone you tried to call is available now.
Shall I put you through?
- Thank you, not now. - Why not?
Please, make this call.
Excuse me.
Hello, Ewa? This is your father speaking.
Listen, can we meet?
Are you free today? At six p.m.
In the Kameralna cafe.
You know when Bolek became the head of the Culture department,
he gave the job to Heniek right away.
Then Heniek was immediately promoted and later on...
- What Heniek, who are you talking about? - Heniek, fat, bald.
A little similar to me but but fatter and shorter.
- Good evening, daddy. - Good evening.
Are you OK? Itís not easy to call you, Ewunia.
Well, donít call me at that number, daddy, I was there... only by chance.
- Oh... - Write down my new number.
- And a new phone. - 44,
- 44, - 84,
- 84, - 73.
- 73. - Yes.
- How is the dog doing? - OK.
This is your fourth phone number.
One canít live like this, Ewunia. One must know what one wants.
And how is one supposed to live? Like you?
New job, people, home every five years.
I donít know, you left mom alone in Silesia.
And itís OK, isnít it?
- Mom wouldnít go with me. - No.
You donít understand her, daddy.
She just would not. Anyway, you canít remember those days.
We didnít leave for fun.
Mom was in charge of the organisation in the junior highschool.
They sacked a teacher called Lech.
Parcelled out several large private farms.
Many such things.
We left in 1956. How long has it been?
And mom keeps on thinking about it.
You should understand her.
- Have you gotten her a job? - I can do it any time now.
In the same school.
You can... You can arrange anything.
Maybe mom has had enough of it? Because I certainly have.
I wasted two years at the academy, trying to prove I really had talent.
- That it wasnít you who got me there. - Have a drink.
- Itís stuffy here. - Indeed.
You mean I do it all wrong.
No.
And if I left you high and dry it would have been better?
Maybe mom is better off alone.
- ZiÍtulski. - ZiÍtulski, and the first name?
- JÛzef. - Education?
- 7, 8. - Address?
Wichula Street.
- Are you applying for an apartment? - I am.
Do you want an apartment?
Next, please.
Donít push. Please, donít push.
Weíll take all of you. Work more efficiently.
How many technicians have you got?
- How many technicians? - Two.
- And you? - Five.
- Five. How many technicians? Seven? - Two.
Nine.
- And you, how many? - Twelve.
Twelve, and what elementary and incomplete secondary education?
- 49. - 49.
- And incomplete elementary? - 211.
211, OK. Iíll make a call from here.
Youíre welcome.
Yes. Director?
Itís quite OK, we have here as follows -
these are numbers for the moment: 32 technicians,
210 with elementary education... Oh dear, just a moment, director.
What have you done? Calm down!
Weíll take you all anyway. Donít push, move aside.
Is anybody hurt?
Donít start your work breaking windows, my dear.
Move aside.
As I was saying, director, 210 people with elementary education
and so far 680 with incomplete elementary education.
But there is a lot of people here so there will be more, yes.
Oh, here.
Yes, yes, from the other side.
- Yes. - What is it?
Ah, youíre starting, arenít you? At four?
Certainly, but will it be for sure? OK, Iíll let him know right now.
- All right, all right. - Director...
- Yes, thank you. - Director,
Weíre staring DRW-4 at 4 and...
- Hello, Bednarz speaking. - Come here, please.
- Oh here, this document... - Shall I sign it?
- OK, Iíll pass it to him. - OK.
No, no, I told you not to...
Excuse me? OK, OK, yes. All right, bye.
- Who signed it? - Director of transportation.
- What is his name? - Lech, Staszek Lech.
Call the HR.
Miss Hania.
Miss Hania, could you call Piramowicz?
- Piramowicz? OK. - Miss Hania, get some tea
- for me, please. - And for me as well, Miss Hania.
- Will you be back, engineer? - Yes, yes.
- Miss Lodzia... - Check the diffusion pumps.
What is it? Yes?
And the frequency?
Please, come in.
Donít be afraid, you come in. Closer.
Check the pumps. Come on, engineer, well...
Just a moment.
Why donít I know anything about the new director of transportation?
- How long has he worked here? - A month already.
- A protÈgÈ of the National Council. - Yes, yes.
He used to work for their Communication Department.
Yes, yes, yes, frequency.
Why havenít you told me about it?
We need someone, director, who can pull strings
- in the Communication Department. - Why havenít you told me anything?
Director, the engagement was signed
- by the technical director. - Yes!
I said - check the diffusion pumps!
You know that I sign all the engagements myself!
Youíre fired!
Director, you also sign the bonuses for sociologists,
even though they are not employed in production.
Donít exaggerate.
- Youíre fired. Please. - Hello.
Yes.
What was that about bonuses for the sociologists?
What? But we donít pay out any bonuses.
- We do, we do. - We do?
Yes.
Hello? Just a moment.
- The French, the French. - Who is it? Germans?
<i>Itís a pity the day is gone, wind chases clouds across the sky.</i>
- Hello? - I got Katowice for you.
- I said it would be quick. - Thank you.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Yes, yes, hello. - Itís me, Stefan.
I know itís you.
Excuse me but people are telling great jokes here.
What happened? Itís kind of late, isnít it?
- Calm down, itís my husband on the phone. - Itís past four.
So what happened?
Well, if I had been asleep already, would you have something to tell me?
Weíre opening the factory tomorrow, I thought that... you might drop by.
- What are you doing? - Now? Celebrating my birthday.
And many other things - I started to learn English.
I am finishing fixing the apartment. How is the dog doing?
Itís asleep. Listen... All the best.
Thank you. Stefan. Stefan!
- What is it? - Ewa intends to visit you.
She called today to wish me a happy birthday.
- She is to come, she has some fiancÈ a photographer or something. - She does...?
- I couldnít get it straight. - Itís good news.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
A very pleasant celebration, isnít it?
Well, I have to get 20 minutes of material monthly
to earn my salary, so...
- Director... - What is it?
- Weíre waiting. - Iím coming.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
The is the head of my computer division.
Arenít you afraid he will know more than you?
- I certainly am. - So you see.
- Champagne for the senses, man. - Listen, itís...
- I have to attract people somehow. - Come on...
Please, excuse the glass, Miss Ewa, but your father asked me
to bring you some champagne.
- Thank you very much. - Maybe you can join us there for a moment?
No, maybe later.
- Weíll be waiting. - Thank you.
Excuse me, director, maybe you can get me some job.
Nobody wants me anywhere.
I can still remember when you were just this tall. Well, maybe that tall.
- Your name is Ewa, isnít it? - Ewa.
We were chopping wood in the forest, I chopped for a colleague
- and he asked me... - Get in touch with HR.
- Heíll arrange everything. - Oh, no, everybody tells me
- to contact you. - Tell him I sent you.
- Tell that... - Youíve grown to be a beautiful girl.
Donít get mad at me.
Iím not mad at you at all.
Letís drink to director Bednarzís health! Guys, let me tell you, drink with me!
Sergeant, please take away this drunk.
- Which one? - He stands next to the bar.
Throw him out at once. People, do something.
One should be human.
If anybody wants to work, let him work.
Just a moment, what is it? What is going on?
Iím not going anywhere!
- Look. - One must not treat
a citizen like this. Why? What was it for, I ask?
You had the hill lit up as well?
- To make it all look even nicer. - Itís the cemetery, Ewunia.
Tell me, daddy, are you happy with all this?
When they call you: the Great Bednarz.
- Do you feel happy? - Itís my job.
Itís not a job. Your job is to build.
But why canít you deal with the simplest human issues?
- You speak like your mother. - Leave me alone, dad.
You harmed that man, well, that Lech.
And why? Why canít you admit it?
Itís bullshit. Why?
Youíre so strong. Why donít you have the courage to
come up to him and say: I am sorry, I was wrong?
Do you want to know what happened here 25 years ago?
No, I donít. It only matters to me what happens today, do you get it? Today.
Did you see it? Did you see them throw out the guy you promised job?
- I didnít. - You didnít?
They carried him out of that wonderful celebration.
Tell me, donít you realise that you have no influence on anything here anymore?
It just canít.
Why are we talking about constructions? Letís talk about me.
What do you know about me? You know nothing.
Youíre afraid to know.
Because I... daddy, I rebel against the deals
which force me to do certain things, do you get it?
Do you think that this is the right way to live?
Yes.
And that was how your two unborn children came into the picture, right?
<i>The UN Security Council is to convene soon in New York,</i>
<i>to discuss the volatile situation in Vietnam.</i>
<i>Now news from the country.</i>
<i>The Chemical Factory in Olecko was officially opened today.</i>
<i>This moment crowned four years of the hard labour</i>
<i>of thousands of people and numerous technical equipment.</i>
<i>During the last four years the present factory was one of the greatest</i>
<i>construction sites in our country. Representatives of the state and party</i>
<i>authorities participated in the opening celebrations.</i>
<i>The constructors of the factory and town inhabitants welcomed the guests.</i>
<i>The most distinguished representatives of the factory,</i>
<i> including the director Stefan Bednarz,</i>
<i>the director of the third stage of construction Jan Marcinkowski and the director of</i>
<i>works coordination Jan WÛjcik, received high state orders from</i>
<i>the Minister of Chemical Industry.</i>
<i>The factory was opened by the Minister of Industry and Commerce.</i>
<i>It is estimated that in the first year of operations the factory should</i>
<i>give 214 million zlotys of profit and produce</i>
<i>32 thousand tons of nitric fertilizers</i>
<i>needed by our agriculture.</i>
<i>The guests visited the factory production halls</i>
<i>and they were acquainted with the plans of further expansion.</i>
<i>The hosts presented a number of available social services.</i>
<i>The ceremony was followed by folk festivities</i>
<i>on which we should report in the coming issue of</i>
<i>the weekly social issues magazine.</i>
I havenít seen it yet, when did you get it?
- Yesterday. - What is it...?
- Sonar. - Ah, well.
- And what is this? - Blende visor.
Beautiful.
- Take a look. - Excuse me?
Beautiful horses.
I am trying to listen to your arguments impartially.
I have come to the conclusion that the investment brought
only negative changes to your town which had been perfect formerly.
I must reveal something of a secret to you,
well... anyway, itís not much of a secret, Iíve known this town,
I was... I used to live here, and I know its former problems.
People used to say here:
they are building elsewhere, there are investments elsewhere,
and we have nothing.
Do you really mean that the factory is going to be three times larger
than it is at the moment?
Yes, youíre right, itíll be three times larger.
- So what will it be? - No, you must be joking.
- How are we going to live? - Director, I just wanted for a moment -
ladies and gentlemen, please, letís look out the window.
These are our problems that we have to deal with
and your arguments in this particular place
are to us, excuse the expression, somewhat vapid.
- These are details. - Stop joking, bloody hell!
My colleague expressed himself too drastically, but...
- Where are we supposed to go? - I think you should have a somewhat broader...
- broader view of the whole matter... - Broader? And when a child is sick for three days
and the doctor doesnít come because there is only one clinic
when the number of inhabitants increased tenfold.
- Dear madam... - And the doctor doesnít come for three days
because there are too few doctors, these are vapid arguments?
But you are an authority in this town.
- Excuse me sir... - We may be the authority, dear sir,
in the factory. Unfortunately, we canít be the authority in town.
But why canít you come and see the conditions we live in,
buy something in our shop,
- take... see how children... - Mrs Ma≥gosia, Mrs Ma≥gosia,
the gentleman speaks of social activists.
If you came to the meetings where we take the same place
as you do at the moment, and if you could hear what people tell us,
- I donít know how youíd respond. - You canít solve social problems
by putting on some square
the slogan: ìbook is a friend of manî.
We donít do it, actually.
- Itís not what weíre here for, sir. - We really came here desperate.
Dear madam, maybe I... I get dragged into this mood of yours,
and Iíd like to take a stand in a calm manner
on my own behalf as well as that of the director and the factory.
Ladies and gentlemen, all the issues that you presented here,
and which we have heard, well, so... which, let me repeat
and, please, hear me out, are not a part of our concerns.
Ladies and gentlemen, with such issues you should approach the President of the National Council,
get them to work. We should all try to do it.
I think I will express what we all feel.
In the most general terms we want you to be concerned with it all
as much as... as much as it concerns us.
We live in socialism after all, donít we?
- Itís a heavy argument. - Dear madam, I see no need to
be reminded of such things. I guess we have said enough
and weíll try to draw conclusions,
from what you presented, thank you ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you very much.
So we have gained exactly as much as we expected, havenít we?
- OK, thank you. - Good bye.
- Good bye. - Good bye, thank you.
- Good bye. - Good bye.
Good bye.
Good bye.
Ms Haneczka, please, sit down.
Ms Hania, if such a delegation comes here in the future,
please, do not send it to director Bednarz, will you?
Engineer, but itís not my fault, I do what I am told
- after all, donít I? - Naturally, you do what youíre told,
so Iím telling you now not to let in any more
- any such delegations, OK? - OK.
Please, send them rather to me or to... director Lech.
- But preferably to me. - OK.
Bednarz has too much on his plate, he just doesnít like it.
- OK? - OK, OK.
- Thank you. - Youíre welcome.
Well, an interesting text, what do you intend to do with it?
They promised to publish it
- in the "Polityka" weekly. - With pictures of the authors, right?
Why with pictures of the authors? What do you mean?
You want noise, much ado, and youíre making your careers, arenít you?
You want to make a name for yourselves.
Look, I brought you here to see it all
- from a perspective, from a distance. - Why donít you order better results?
Whatís the problem? Youíve got the money, donít you?
You underestimate me. I donít mean forgeries.
You write about the negative atmosphere in town, unrest.
But when you talk to people, when you ask questions,
donít you forget what goes on here?
And it can be seen from here. Iíd like you to be convinced
but I want to convince you in private, not officially.
Dear sir, weíre just starting we really donít have to do anything yet.
Weíre here because we believe in what you do,
in what you show us. All this research, the polls, the articles
are only meant to show what it all is really like.
Truth and belief, however, are two different things.
Weíre after the truth and a practical conclusion for you may be
to make less mistakes.
- My mistakes? - Well, not yours - in general.
I know you donít mean it this way but it will be read
as a list of my mistakes.
So do you want to publish it?
- We donít have to. - We canít without you,
- you know it very well. - I can pull some strings.
But not now, itís not the right moment.
<i>Weíre beginning our broadcast from the May Day March. The whole town is in the streets.</i>
<i>Some joined the march, others watch it,</i>
<i>our beautiful, colourful May Day March.</i>
<i>Even the weather suits the noble character of</i>
<i> the working class celebrations.</i>
<i>Our scouts are getting ready for their summer holidays,</i>
<i>over 3000 participants are expected to join the action.</i>
<i>Scouts will go to camps:</i>
<i>at the seaside, in the mountains, in the Mazury, and in Warsaw province.</i>
<i>The Polish Scouting Union will also...</i>
Good morning.
Ewa gave birth to a baby.
- When? - Yesterday at midnight.
I took the 1 a.m. train.
So she was pregnant when I saw her last...
- She decided to quit the academy. - Well...
- Go back home for a year. - To you?
Well, yes, home.
Maybe you need money or something else?
Come with me for a moment.
- And then weíll go to eat something. - OK, I havenít slept a wink tonight.
A daughter?
<i>There are over 25.000 pupils.</i>
<i>2000 teachers work here.</i>
<i>9000 children attend 17 elementary schools.</i>
<i>They are taught by 430 teachers while there is about 100 teachers</i>
<i>in 16 kindergarterns. In such a numerous group of teachers...</i>
- What happened? - What is he doing here?
- Who? - Lech.
He works for me.
I want to go now.
- Stay for a moment. - No, not anymore.
In the granulation building plaster is falling off the walls.
- One can stick a finger into cracks in concrete. - Structural beams crack.
We cool the installation down - production stops. We switch it on - tons of saltpetre fall on the roofs.
When it rains, everything gets wet. Gentlemen, we have no choice, we must build
a 300 meter tall chimney.
How much will the area over which the saltpetre spray increase?
- 6, maybe 8 kilometres. - Gigantic.
I remember how years ago we approved of you, comrade Bednarz,
as the director of a great chemical factory.
A strong argument in your favour was your social-economic experience
among the working classes.
Bearing in mind our responsibility to the party we have prepared
a memo which comrades could read before the current meeting.
The memo presents the difficult situation
which arose in the largest factory of our region, the Olecko conglomerate plant.
The propaganda secretary has the floor.
Comrades, the basics of the matter have been presented in the documents
prepared by the committee as well as in the speeches of comrades secretaries.
However, I would like to draw your attention to one issue, namely,
the connection of these matters to the ideological conduct of the factory workers.
The slogan written on the factory wall resulted from
the ignorance of certain people and was a means to the creation of
an even more unhealthy atmosphere in the very factory,
as well as unnecessary rumours in town.
And that showed a lack of efficiency on your part.
The slogan could have been erased much earlier instead of
10 or 11 a.m. You know Olecko after all.
You know it very well. You know that there are actually good people here.
Good people work at the plant. Good people do work.
And still the conflicts only get worse. You failed to create an appropriate atmosphere
even though we know well that you work a lot.
The first secretary of the regional committee in Olecko.
Comrades, we are trying to find out what to do to improve the situation at the factory.
I believe the whole staff should also be asked this question.
Nobody knows better what is the cause then they.
People should be allowed to work and decide, comrade Bednarz.
Very much so.
Our observations prove that for some time, Iíd like to stress it,
for some time director Bednarz does not see people, does not listen to people,
does not trust them.
But if you see it
you should have helped him earlier draw his attention to the fact.
Just a moment.
- Instead of waiting till today. - Maybe before comrade director responds
I may ask a direct question.
It concerns the well known issue of stopping construction works.
Resulting from the lack of educational work
in the factory. You were one of the first there.
You failed to notify this party committee.
You did not notify the regional committee, you made the decision yourself.
You mustnít act like this, director. Let me repeat it: you mustnít act like this.
But one must react, even if the sense of
- injustice is subjective. - I would like to ask, comrade secretary...
Youíre welcome.
Stefan, you must remember, when I was in Olecko, we worked together.
I think that after my departure you took upon yourself
many matters that had been dealt with by many activists from the party and trade unions,
and state administration. You got people used to think
that whenever there was a problem Bednarz could fix it.
Now they donít come to the National Council, they go to see you.
Also in matters which are completely outside your area.
Wait... you have gotten used to it but now you can see the results,
well, you canít manage on your own, man, you wonít, you have to... or youíll flop.
- Thank you, comrade. - Thank you very much.
I have a question for comrade Bednarz.
Comrade director, are the presented conclusions
of members of the present committee clear to you?
Are you able to remove these striking shortcomings and flaws
in close cooperation with the party, trade unions,
and youth organisation?
Yes, I will try to fight the problems which arose and which I myself
believe should be fought. However, I must state here
that I canít change my working style,
form of my work. I canít change my personality just like that.
Become somebody else.
Listen, Jasiu, what is going on?
What?
- Do you know there was the committee meeting? - Thatís what Iím talking about.
- The director got his ears boxed. - Seriously?
- Very much so. - But what was that exactly?
Well, we both know very well what the matter was, donít we?
But there is no change? He stays, doesnít he?
- Naturally, he does. - Ah, listen, was there anything about us?
There was, your name was mentioned as well.
What do they want from me?
- How far is it to the factory? - Some 1500 metres.
Exactly 2300 metres, director.
Thank you.
Itís all to be cut down?
Yes, these trees are dead.
Jasiu, what is the real distance?
- Over 4 kilometres. - Holy Jesus, 4 kilometres.
You see, this is a massive opportunity for the region.
The state invested a lot of money not just in the construction of the plant.
It is estimated that the industry will act as a stimulus to the development of culture.
The plant will give people work and bread while at the same time
beautiful new quarters, swimming pools, tennis courts
will be built, there will even be a theatre.
- Director, and how do you foresee... - Is this a Nagra?
It is.
You see, this is the best tape recorder in the world.
One can change peopleís lives, improve them.
Have you heard what you were saying, director?
I have, so what?
- Iíd like to continue with this programme. - Why donít you make one about Kudelski?
This is an evident achievement. This here is mere grandiosity,
- nothing too interesting. - But these are obvious subjects, director.
And I am a difficult one? What is your thesis: am I good or evil?
Itís not so simple, director. I have a recorded interview with you
from six years ago. Iíd like to see what is going on now, what will happen in the future,
well, continue with it somehow.
- What was the reason for your uncleís death? - He always had some problems with the heart,
so, you know...
Yes... You have to give me some time.
Call me in a week, will you?
Well, OK.
Do you want to listen to your bossí voice?
- One can change peopleís lives. - Yes, I will, no, you have to arrange
- the hotel on your own. - improve them.
- Iím glad it is my job. - Stop fooling around, will you?
Oh, Stefan. It great to see you.
Excuse me but you did not inform us of your arrival, minister.
- Good morning, director, good morning. - Good morning.
- Itís nothing. - Hi.
Mr Lech has already showed us the most important things.
- I am giving up the place right now. - Ah, that is very well so.
This way, minister.
Weíll join you presently, gentlemen.
Well, it looks very well from high above, doesnít it?
It all depends on the people.
As you can see we managed.
Two, three young engineers, more talented than the French.
Allegedly you perpetrated a horrible cleansing here.
- I did. - And what about the forest?
Still smaller. Did you want to tell me something, minister?
I thought it was you.
Iíd like to resign, minister.
- Are we talking in private? - We havenít done everything here.
Neither have I. Of what we wanted.
I think we made a mistake at the very beginning.
I donít want to drag it on, increase it, and I donít want to lie either.
Do you feel responsible?
No, and that is the worst part. Just stupid.
Youíre very hard. I must be strict.
What shall we tell those who invested here their careers, their lives?
And what shall we tell those who wait for the production?
It is exactly what Iíd rather avoid saying.
Donít you care for your own career?
No, I feel tired.
- Do you accept my resignation? - I donít.
You have to complete this task - with heart as you started it.
Gentlemen, in your opinion, why does it happen this way?
Decisions are made at meetings but they donít reach you.
We have learned that truth is not the way to success.
If one tells the truth, one always gets punished,
even if the truth could...
The old saying that virtue fears no criticism
is not always true.
That is why the director knows nothing because nothing reaches him at all.
It goes through some channels and disappears in them and this is the end.
It never reaches him which is why such a director
can't handle it all. It is mostly the problem with
the people who stop it all somehow,
- if they could only be altered. - So it is the matter of making it possible
for the workers to speak but to speak openly,
without beating around the bush.
I think we always speak honestly. Itís just that it doesnít always...
Stop the camera.
- What is it all about? - I want you to switch off the camera.
- And where are you from? - I am from the management, sir.
Would you be so kind as to join us?
- Micha≥. - What is it?
- Youíre from the TV, arenít you? - Indeed.
May I ask for your ID?
Naturally.
Here you are.
Thank you very much.
The matter is, gentlemen, that... you have the directorís approval, donít you?
Naturally, I spoke to director Bednarz and everything is arranged.
- So I donít understand why... - Well, not everything,
the director gave a general approval,
- but the details - Naturally.
you should arrange with me or the department of information.
I have a list of people who can give interviews
and youíll get my approval to talk to them.
And without such an approval, unfortunately,
- you have to end it. - Do you mean to tell me that
- I canít speak to these workers? - Well, you can take it like this.
I will also... if you donít mind, like to listen to this tape
which you have just recorded.
It is the first time ever that
- Iíve experienced such a situation. - I am very sorry, gentlemen,
but unfortunately you have to leave the premises.
OK?
Go back to work, gentlemen.
Wonít you even let us talk, director?
No, no, letís not treat it like this, we'll talk at some other time.
- Director. - What is it?
Director, I had a phone call, that Ga≥ecki, the journalist, you know.
Maybe Iíll write it for you?
No, no, no. A call from Warsaw?
No, from the porterís booth.
Try to break it to him gently that I am here but I donít want to talk to him.
- OK. - You havenít quit smoking, have you?
<i>Anna Maria looks ahead still.</i>
- I knew youíd ultimately find me. - Good afternoon.
Good afternoon. Please, come in.
- After you. - After you.
Do you know that three days ago your man threw me out of the factory?
Ah, indeed. That Jurek. Itís just his style.
Ah, well, yes. You want to go for a walk.
Please, come in for a moment.
I am afraid I must take it for a walk. Excuse me.
Come on, come on, letís go.
Look how it jumps.
Come on, come on.
Go to your cot, right now.
Where did you get this picture, director?
I took it myself.
Go away. Do you like it?
Itís absolutely incredible. This is my uncleís housekeeper.
We used to live there during the war, so it just has to be
me in this picture.
My parents say I had very curly hair, itís a pity itís not visible here.
How is your programme?
- Excuse me? - How is your programme?
My reportage?
Well, you know, I was to call you.
I wanted to have a chat about it but I could not
get through to you during the last three days so...
Are you surprised that you canít get through, that I donít want to talk to you?
I am afraid of people who fight against me because of different views.
- Just like everybody else. - May I lend a hand, director?
Please, do, you can butter the bread.
You see when I was in your office it seemed to me then
that you were not afraid, that you almost agreed,
that you actually wanted to, that was my impression.
We all have our moments of weakness.
Was the film against me, against the method or the idea?
You know, I thought of something more ambiguous.
I didnít want to be just flat, simple reporting.
I wanted a movie about you the way you are, at home, at work,
- as I see you. - Right now?
- In a moment like this as well. - Well...
Take it with you and Iíll bring some more.
- To the room? - Yes, to the room.
Well, so itís to me.
- To me. - Do you think so?
I care mostly for the people, I have an impression that people
do not feel that they are the owners of what is theirs.
They fight against you and lose, lose the sense of ownership, justice.
Everything slips away. You canít change it with new bathrooms.
People may not want others to make their lives better,
they may want things to remain as they are.
You asked me the cause of my uncleís death.
It wasnít his heart. It was being true to an idea that killed him.
He struggled, felt bad,
and one day his heart just failed.
You know... anyway, I am not sure if you know that it was he who wrote:
"Down with the factory".
- Alone, at night. - What?
He went on his own?
- Yes, he took a bucket. - At night?
Yes, he took a bucket, paints, a brush and he wrote it. Sheer lunatic.
Well...
I think that people will gradually learn to perceive what is around them as their own.
It will be their home, their factory, their street, their country, just a different one.
Will it be worse? I donít know.
Will they want to go back to what disappears now?
Surely, one can get use to just anything, director.
Try to tell that to those whose... whose land yields a half of
what it may. Who wait in queues
for every sack of fertilizer I produce here.
They are a majority and that must mean something.
Youíre tired, director.
Weíre all tired.
Listen, all the people you fight for are asleep.
Itís late.
Do you think I do it all against them?
But why is it so?
Why the people from here... the wiser, the better,
I mean the older people, they donít want to participate in these decisions?
They chose this place.
So did your uncle.
Did you participate in these decisions from the very beginning yourself?
I did.
And can you say now that you have a clear conscience?
Not really.
- Have you read it? - Yes, I listened to the communiquÈ.
So what can we change?
Listen, man, if you need any help, you can count on me.
We can only have a clear conscience.
- Are you going to the factory? - I am.
Get in.
Director.
Are there any journalists, reporters on the premises?
There are no journalists but there are film-makers.
But they are making an educational movie about work safety.
- Throw them out right now. - Yes.
Letís go downstairs, secretary, to the people.
Did you want to talk to me? Very well.
Here I am.
Listen, I am not going to hide anything. We all know well what the atmosphere is in the country.
I want you to know that I am with you.
But remember, we must act wisely,
not in a rush.
Yes, itís T4.
Hello? Hello?!
Fucking... technology...
Stefan, by God, why did you leave?
All these ceremonies have their fixed structure.
You know about it well.
The minister has arrived, a number of other important people have arrived.
It has to go its course.
People donít like changes.
But thatís the way it is, right?
People prepared flowers...
When are you moving in here?
Here?
I donít need to move in here, my office is just the same.
- The same furniture. - Each office is the same, isnít it?
I guess so, will you have a drink?
Give me some, it might be better than a pill.
Listen, man...
Iíd like you to understand... itís not because of me,
all of this.
It just happened this way.
Excuse me for interrupting.
I am here just for a second, because, director,
we may not see each other again, I wanted to say goodbye
and thank you for everything.
You see, this gentleman is at least a realist, am I right?
I wish you all...
Well, I hope I didnít waste anything during all these years.
You have a fairly decent point of departure.
- All the best. - Thank you.
Your private books are still here.
- Here you are. - Ah, thank you.
And now on your own.
Walk on your own.
Donít hold on to anything, walk on your own.
Walk on your own.
Come on, walk.
Walk on your own.
On your own, like this.
Walk nicely on your own.
So weíre back on the floor again, arenít we?
Come on, try again.
Oh my, come here.
Try to walk on your own. Good. Now on your own.
Walk now.
You should crouch.
You see, beautifully. You can do it.
Now Iíll let you go, like this. Come, come.
Come to me. You see, you can do it.
Come, Piotruú.
Walk on your own, you have to learn how to walk, donít you?
Itís nothing, come.
Do you see how well youíre doing?
Look away, there is an elephant.
Come back now. Back.
Come to grandpa.
On your own, you see.
Oh, well, itís hard, itís hard.
Itís not that hard at all.
Come, letís go to mommy.
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