1. withCopy !req
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Story byCopy !req
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6. Art DirectorCopy !req
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11. The Lord is my shepherd.Copy !req
12. I'll not want.Copy !req
13. He makes me down to lieCopy !req
14. in green pastures.Copy !req
15. And leads me...Copy !req
16. the quiet...Copy !req
17. waters by.Copy !req
18. You pig! Grow up, can't you?Copy !req
19. Coffee anyone?Copy !req
20. - Franta?
- No, I must dash.Copy !req
21. Another job?
You must be rolling in it.Copy !req
22. Can you lend me a hundred
till Monday? You'll get it back.Copy !req
23. I know. Or I wouldn't lend it.Copy !req
24. Thanks.Copy !req
25. At last!Copy !req
26. Your car is ideal. So practical.Copy !req
27. Get yourself a Trabant.Copy !req
28. You simply can't keep up.
I'm sorry, but you can't.Copy !req
29. There are plenty of lesser
cellists who can play at funerals.Copy !req
30. How much is a Trabant?Copy !req
31. - New or second-hand?
- Second-hand.Copy !req
32. You'd need a hatch-back.
Twenty, twenty-five thousand.Copy !req
33. Slow down.Copy !req
34. They looked better from behind.Copy !req
35. That's why I didn't look round.Copy !req
36. Bills, bills!Copy !req
37. Vultures, the lot of you.Copy !req
38. Helenka. It's me, Louka.Copy !req
39. I suddenly felt so lonely
so guess who I thought of?Copy !req
40. You, of course.Copy !req
41. Would you be scared to spend
a night in my 'tower'?Copy !req
42. To the theatre?Copy !req
43. No, I'm not cross. How could I be?Copy !req
44. Run along then. 'Bye.Copy !req
45. Zuzi? It's me, Louka.Copy !req
46. Zuzi, I suddenly felt so lonely
so guess who I thought of?Copy !req
47. Oh, he's home?Copy !req
48. Right. 'Bye.Copy !req
49. SOCIALISM - OUR SECURITY.Copy !req
50. Czechoslovak socialism is now more
democratic but unchanged in essence.Copy !req
51. Economically inefficient, it has
no regard for human dignity.Copy !req
52. It's on the point of collapse.Copy !req
53. Twenty thousand...Copy !req
54. for Trabant needing repair.
Daylight robbery!Copy !req
55. This is Radio Free Europe.Copy !req
56. Good morning.Copy !req
57. The lettering needs restoring,
doesn't it?Copy !req
58. - It's the rain
- I could put it right.Copy !req
59. I restore headstones.Copy !req
60. And it's cheap. A gold letter costs
five crowns. Silver costs three.Copy !req
61. I recommend gold.
The silver wouldn't stand out.Copy !req
62. How much would you charge?Copy !req
63. There aren't many letters.Copy !req
64. Thirty-six letters. That would be
one hundred and eighty crowns.Copy !req
65. Why is it so expensive?Copy !req
66. Because you have to use...Copy !req
67. real gold dust.Copy !req
68. Pity there are two T's in his name.
You'd have saved five crowns.Copy !req
69. Franta!Copy !req
70. You won't recognize
the grave next time, Mrs Horáčková.Copy !req
71. All in gold.Copy !req
72. He makes me lie downCopy !req
73. in green pastures.Copy !req
74. And leads me...Copy !req
75. the quiet waters by.Copy !req
76. Do you know how long
I've waited for this?Copy !req
77. Two years. Ever since
that usherette's funeral.Copy !req
78. - It's awful
- All that time!Copy !req
79. No, awful that we measure time
in funerals - like funeral directors.Copy !req
80. You were never married, do you?Copy !req
81. My late father always said...Copy !req
82. If you want a musical career,
don't marry.Copy !req
83. Stay single.Copy !req
84. Celibate, no kissing.Copy !req
85. Do you always get hiccups?Copy !req
86. Yes, always afterwards.Copy !req
87. When it's... that good.Copy !req
88. Try this.Copy !req
89. Bite your little finger.Copy !req
90. It puts pressure on
the hiccup points.Copy !req
91. Or try lifting your left leg
at the same time as your right arm...Copy !req
92. so the blood drains out.Copy !req
93. First time I heard that.
What's that noise?Copy !req
94. It's the pigeons.Copy !req
95. Sharpening their beaks
on the window sill.Copy !req
96. I must have got it wrong
Lift up your left leg.Copy !req
97. That's my right leg.Copy !req
98. The other way about then.Copy !req
99. Why did they chuck you
out of the Philharmonic?Copy !req
100. I don't feel like talking about it.Copy !req
101. Then don't.Copy !req
102. Guess what? It works.Copy !req
103. I told you it would.Copy !req
104. Why are they
sharpening their beaks?Copy !req
105. That's easily explained.Copy !req
106. So they're sharp.Copy !req
107. You are an idiot!Copy !req
108. - Hi, comrade
- God bless you too.Copy !req
109. I've loads of orders for you.
Three in gold, two in silver.Copy !req
110. Here you are.Copy !req
111. It's all written down.Copy !req
112. Mr Broz, a grave-digger like you
brings joy to the whole cemetery.Copy !req
113. You're doing it so well.Copy !req
114. I'm trying not to smudge it.Copy !req
115. Mr. Louka, tell us
about the concert in America.Copy !req
116. - Which one?
- The one at the hall.Copy !req
117. - I already told you about it.
- But Ladik hasn't heard it yet.Copy !req
118. We played "My Country" in New York.Copy !req
119. - By Dvorak.
- By Smetana.Copy !req
120. Carnegie Hall was packed.Copy !req
121. We didn't get much of a welcome.Copy !req
122. We were tired after our trip,
but we got a second wind.Copy !req
123. Which races were there?Copy !req
124. Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans...Copy !req
125. I wondered what
this one big black fellowCopy !req
126. could get out of songs
about places he didn't know.Copy !req
127. Now listen.Copy !req
128. When we finished playing
you could hear a pin drop.Copy !req
129. - Then all hell broke loose.
- Applause.Copy !req
130. We were in shock.
It was like an avalanche.Copy !req
131. While we were bowing
I could see the black man clapping.Copy !req
132. Tears were streaming down his face.Copy !req
133. Music exceeds race and nationality.Copy !req
134. I was beside myself.Copy !req
135. And I'm finished.Copy !req
136. Don't touch it!Copy !req
137. You only owe me 37,600 now.Copy !req
138. I'm doing my best
but I really need a car.Copy !req
139. We could sort out the car problem.Copy !req
140. Yes, but how would I pay?Copy !req
141. Exactly my point.
I've a wonderful job for you.Copy !req
142. 30,000 for a day's work
Straight into your pocket.Copy !req
143. Daddy, Andy has a tick.Copy !req
144. Do you have a pet at home?Copy !req
145. No, no pets.Copy !req
146. Do you have a baby?Copy !req
147. Nor a baby.Copy !req
148. What do you have?Copy !req
149. Go out and play
I'll deal with the tick.Copy !req
150. I won't beat about the bush.
It's a question of marriage.Copy !req
151. I have this old 'aunt'.Copy !req
152. I'm not marrying
Least of all an old aunt.Copy !req
153. - She's Russian
- Worse still.Copy !req
154. It's not the aunt, it's her niece.Copy !req
155. Not even a niece.Copy !req
156. Just a fake marriage.Copy !req
157. No, I'm against marriage
in any shape or form.Copy !req
158. Cheers, cheers!Copy !req
159. She's visiting her aunt...Copy !req
160. and needs our papers
to avoid being sent back.Copy !req
161. Sounds fishy. It's not for me.Copy !req
162. In six months you get a divorce.Copy !req
163. - Is Andy here?
- He has a tick.Copy !req
164. I thought I'd lost you.Copy !req
165. We're talking business.Copy !req
166. - You know what I think
- Leave us alone.Copy !req
167. A fake wedding, Mr Louka.
Just pretending! For 40 grand.Copy !req
168. It was 30 before.Copy !req
169. She'd willingly pay you 40.Copy !req
170. You could buy a car
and still repay me 20,000.Copy !req
171. It's better
than renovating headstones.Copy !req
172. Graves, graves.Copy !req
173. A heck of a job.Copy !req
174. You've lots of pets.Copy !req
175. A grave-digger has to have
living things around him.Copy !req
176. Her name is Nadezda.
It's just a business deal.Copy !req
177. I can't, Mr Broz.
It's not for me.Copy !req
178. Franta, stop that.Copy !req
179. Come to see your mother,
have you?Copy !req
180. Yes, how are you?Copy !req
181. - Hi Fanda!
- Hi! - Surprised?Copy !req
182. They're finished already.Copy !req
183. - Know the name of this building?
- Nope.Copy !req
184. - Coconut.
- Coconut?Copy !req
185. Meaning "Communist church".Copy !req
186. - Hi. - Hi.
- Geeze...Copy !req
187. Frankie!Copy !req
188. Go home and practise.
Today was too awful!Copy !req
189. I thought you might come.
Guess what I've made for lunch.Copy !req
190. Potato dumplings.Copy !req
191. I was in the chemist's.
I said "I'll make him dumplings".Copy !req
192. That's great.Copy !req
193. Vic has written.
Look in the cupboard.Copy !req
194. It arrived yesterday.
He sent beautiful photographs.Copy !req
195. Yet you didn't even send a postcard.Copy !req
196. The Philharmonic was in Belgium.
Were you there?Copy !req
197. I heard about it on the radio.
You can't even drop your mom a line.Copy !req
198. There wasn't enough time.Copy !req
199. The Belgians dragged us around
from pillar to post.Copy !req
200. Read it aloud.Copy !req
201. Maybe later.Copy !req
202. Sometimes I think you don't like
your brother. What did he do to you?Copy !req
203. What he did was leave.Copy !req
204. And you hold that against him?
He went with nothing...Copy !req
205. and now he has a good business.Copy !req
206. And I have bugger all.Copy !req
207. You're a virtuoso player,
you'll have money again one day.Copy !req
208. Here you are. There's lots more.Copy !req
209. Mr Holecek says
we need new guttering.Copy !req
210. - New guttering?
- Yes.Copy !req
211. The gutters have rusted through.Copy !req
212. He said 2,000 would cover it
Materials and labour.Copy !req
213. I can't afford it.
This house has cleaned me out.Copy !req
214. I've had to sell my car. I'm in debt.Copy !req
215. Where am I to find the money?Copy !req
216. Don't talk like that.Copy !req
217. Frankie, the house is yours
now you've bought Vic out.Copy !req
218. But for that, we'd have lost it
to the state, when Vic emigrated.Copy !req
219. Would you want me to live
with strangers?Copy !req
220. We'll finish our coffee,
then we'll play. Okay?Copy !req
221. We haven't played together in ages.Copy !req
222. See you tonight!Copy !req
223. Just don't fall!Copy !req
224. Still playing for corpses, Franta?Copy !req
225. What about you? Still playing
for gall-bladder patients?Copy !req
226. Yes. Come see us.
The music at the spa is more cheerful.Copy !req
227. Bye! I'm hurrying to catch the bus.
Goodbye, Mrs Loukova.Copy !req
228. You, maestro,
are going to play at the colonade.Copy !req
229. What's this about corpses?Copy !req
230. That's what we call
a concert audience...Copy !req
231. when it's dead
and doesn't respond.Copy !req
232. It was blocked here. Otherwise
the gutters are in fairly good shape.Copy !req
233. Except for the odd spot.Copy !req
234. Well, I'll be blowed!Copy !req
235. How did this get here?Copy !req
236. It's not very valuable, Frankie.Copy !req
237. Just a piece of costume jewelry.Copy !req
238. That's not entirely certain.
How did it get there?Copy !req
239. Where did you get it?Copy !req
240. I found it.Copy !req
241. And what do you think it's worth?Copy !req
242. You tell me.Copy !req
243. I could give you five
or maybe ten crowns for it.Copy !req
244. A couple are walking along
your street.Copy !req
245. She says "You and this trinket
can both go to hell!".Copy !req
246. And she tosses it into the air.
That's how I see it.Copy !req
247. Mr Broz, I think I agree.Copy !req
248. Of course.
There's no other explanation.Copy !req
249. I mean this bogus marriage.
I might agree to it.Copy !req
250. You can talk to Nadezda in German.Copy !req
251. She translates
from Russian into German.Copy !req
252. I'm afraid I speak neither.Copy !req
253. Oh, you Czechs,
the story of your life!Copy !req
254. First you're allergic to Germans
and then it's Russians.Copy !req
255. It's not that.
I've no head for languages.Copy !req
256. Anyway, who cares
how they talk together?Copy !req
257. Every Czech knows some Russian.Copy !req
258. Every Czech speak a bit Russian.Copy !req
259. Except me.Copy !req
260. Except him?Copy !req
261. They won't suspect.
What's important...Copy !req
262. is for Maestro Louka to know there
are no tricks. Divorce in six months.Copy !req
263. A fake wedding, that's all.
No hidden agenda.Copy !req
264. Nadezda has a little boy.
And she's very young.Copy !req
265. You could be her father.
What would she do with you?Copy !req
266. Tamara, tell him
it has to be a real wedding.Copy !req
267. We want a real wedding.Copy !req
268. There must be a reception...Copy !req
269. and a wedding night.
Everything like a normal wedding.Copy !req
270. A wedding night?Copy !req
271. The first night you'll sleep
together. But in different rooms.Copy !req
272. To avoid suspicion -
in case you're followed.Copy !req
273. A deposit.Copy !req
274. Have you any idea how much
it costs to fix Russian officials?Copy !req
275. You don't want to know.Copy !req
276. Franta, I'm amazed.Copy !req
277. Good luck.Copy !req
278. She's a beauty, a real beauty!Copy !req
279. Must you be everywhere?Copy !req
280. - Hi, Eman. Louka here.
- They're blowing their horns...Copy !req
281. Keep this to yourself.
Huh? This is a fun place.Copy !req
282. - There was a girl who loved him...
- Please be quiet.Copy !req
283. Don't tell anyone
what you saw at Vysehrad, Eman.Copy !req
284. I don't want anyone
to know about the wedding.Copy !req
285. - Don't sing so loud.
- It's either all or nothing.Copy !req
286. Keep it under wraps.Copy !req
287. Who'd you tell?Copy !req
288. You're an idiot, Eman.Copy !req
289. And with his finger on the triggerCopy !req
290. he looks into the bushes...Copy !req
291. Friends.Copy !req
292. Druzya.Copy !req
293. I like my wife, Nadezda,
very much.Copy !req
294. I like my wife very much.Copy !req
295. I've decided...Copy !req
296. that Nadezda my wife and I...Copy !req
297. shall enjoy a truly beautiful...Copy !req
298. real wedding night.Copy !req
299. - What did he say?
- A joke.Copy !req
300. It would be a great pity
if a Czech man denied...Copy !req
301. his Russian wife
her unde... undeni...Copy !req
302. undeniable right.Copy !req
303. - Wait, where are you going?
- Frantisek, you drink a lot.Copy !req
304. Yes, we drank a lot...Copy !req
305. Fabulous, Mr Louka, but have a seat.Copy !req
306. Because we drank so much,
I now ask that the guestsCopy !req
307. such as Broz,
return to their own homesCopy !req
308. and leave the couple alone.Copy !req
309. Come, Nadyezda.Copy !req
310. We should all keep in mind
that a wedding night...Copy !req
311. You only get one wedding night.Copy !req
312. I'd like Nadyezda Ivanovna
to remember Prague for a long time.Copy !req
313. And I promise tonight I'll be as hot-
blooded as any Russian Don Juan.Copy !req
314. Idiot!Copy !req
315. I'll be...Copy !req
316. a real Cassanova!Copy !req
317. Mr Louka, they don't understand
your jokes. They're terrified.Copy !req
318. Very proper.Copy !req
319. Every bride should be terrified
on her wedding night.Copy !req
320. The baby's coming.
The contractions have started.Copy !req
321. Go home. Look after the children.Copy !req
322. I have to go.Copy !req
323. Nadezda!Copy !req
324. Wife!Copy !req
325. New, isn't it?Copy !req
326. Not quite.Copy !req
327. No? It looks pretty new to me.Copy !req
328. No rust anywhere.Copy !req
329. These cars never rust.Copy !req
330. Then it was a good buy.Copy !req
331. Look at all those Russians!
They're like locusts.Copy !req
332. Would you believe it? Lots of Czechs
do business with them.Copy !req
333. It's certainly cheaper - diesel,
petrol, coal.Copy !req
334. But collaborating like that!
Fine patriots, they are.Copy !req
335. When the Russians invaded...Copy !req
336. people said they wouldn't even
give them stale bread or water.Copy !req
337. And look at them now.Copy !req
338. Just as well
you didn't live to see it.Copy !req
339. I've brought you coffee and chocolate.Copy !req
340. Did you give a concert abroad?
Where? I missed that.Copy !req
341. In... In Switzerland.Copy !req
342. The Swiss have always
had the best chocolate.Copy !req
343. Like a lift?Copy !req
344. Is this your dowry?Copy !req
345. I see people can't keep
their mouths shut.Copy !req
346. It's a nice car.Copy !req
347. You're better off
in more ways than one.Copy !req
348. - Look, this marriage...
- I'm not interested.Copy !req
349. I live alone
Nothing has changed.Copy !req
350. I'm such an idiot, I nearly
divorced because of you.Copy !req
351. Klara, let's go to my place.Copy !req
352. Stop, I'd like to get out.Copy !req
353. I want to get out.Copy !req
354. I've done all your washing
and ironing.Copy !req
355. Great.Copy !req
356. We're supposed to
decorate the windows.Copy !req
357. Another anniversary?
I can't keep up with them.Copy !req
358. They're judging again
for the best-decorated building.Copy !req
359. My windows are too high
for them to see.Copy !req
360. Don't you believe it.
They watch us like hawks.Copy !req
361. I darned two pairs of socks for you.
Should've seen the holes.Copy !req
362. Put up one Russian flag
and one of ours...Copy !req
363. so they leave me in peace.Copy !req
364. That's 70 crowns. I'll add it
to the 200 you already owe me.Copy !req
365. You can have it right now.Copy !req
366. Right now?Copy !req
367. I've no change.Copy !req
368. Keep it.Copy !req
369. How do you do?Copy !req
370. Mr Stocklasa sent me.Copy !req
371. He did, did he?
Hold this.Copy !req
372. And what was
Mr Stoklasa's message?Copy !req
373. He wanted you to look me over.Copy !req
374. That is, he wanted you to
hear me play.Copy !req
375. - You're putting flags up?
- No way. I'm too old for all that.Copy !req
376. Like a drink?Copy !req
377. Yes, please.Copy !req
378. I play the viola
but I want to play the cello.Copy !req
379. - Why...
- Do that?Copy !req
380. I like the size.Copy !req
381. You prefer big instruments, do you?Copy !req
382. Play something, then.Copy !req
383. You've long fingers. That's good.Copy !req
384. I feel nervous with you there.Copy !req
385. Squeeze more with your knees.Copy !req
386. Shall I play?Copy !req
387. Like that?Copy !req
388. Louka?Copy !req
389. Which friend?Copy !req
390. This minute?Copy !req
391. Who are you?Copy !req
392. Blanka.Copy !req
393. We must make it some other time.Copy !req
394. That's a pity.Copy !req
395. I know.Copy !req
396. Come to the Green Tree.Copy !req
397. Come to the Green Tree!Copy !req
398. Can I sit or do we move again?Copy !req
399. It's all right here.Copy !req
400. Are you a spy?
Is grave-digging a hobby?Copy !req
401. Mr Louka, we're in deep shit.Copy !req
402. Nadezda has emigrated.Copy !req
403. Where to?Copy !req
404. Germany.Copy !req
405. West Germany?Copy !req
406. She went as an interpreter
and stayed on.Copy !req
407. She's got a bloke.
A married businessman.Copy !req
408. She's nuts about him. But I thought
she'd have him visit her here.Copy !req
409. - Why not go straight there?
- From Russia to West Germany?Copy !req
410. They're not allowed. Russians
can come here but can't go there.Copy !req
411. So how come she got there?Copy !req
412. Because she has Czech papers,
thanks to you.Copy !req
413. She left her son here,
so she was allowed to go.Copy !req
414. Why did she go, if he's married?Copy !req
415. That's her problem, Mr Louka.Copy !req
416. But the cops are bound to get
curious about you.Copy !req
417. I knew it was idiotic.
I felt it in my bones.Copy !req
418. I'm sorry.
But you'll be all right, you'll see.Copy !req
419. The boy will stay with the aunt.Copy !req
420. When should I expect them?Copy !req
421. - Who?
- The cops.Copy !req
422. I'd say soon.Copy !req
423. Frantisek Louka?Copy !req
424. Yes.Copy !req
425. You're this lad's father?Copy !req
426. We've the old lady he was
staying with, in our ambulance.Copy !req
427. She's had a stroke.
She says you'll take over.Copy !req
428. But I'm nobody.
I'm only his stepfather.Copy !req
429. That's your problem.
Sort it out among yourselves.Copy !req
430. She says he's to stay with you.Copy !req
431. Come on then.Copy !req
432. Don't just stand there.
Come on in.Copy !req
433. Mr Broz, do you know
what's happened?Copy !req
434. You knew? Then come
and fetch him at once.Copy !req
435. This wasn't in the deal.Copy !req
436. We can't solve this on the telephone.Copy !req
437. Pop by tomorrow.Copy !req
438. I can't hear you.Copy !req
439. One night won't kill you.
Give him a bath and put him to bed.Copy !req
440. You have some slippers?Copy !req
441. Something to wear indoors.Copy !req
442. A fine conversation
this is going to be!Copy !req
443. This is all I needed.Copy !req
444. Here they are.Copy !req
445. Slippers. Yours.Copy !req
446. Take your shoes off
and put your slippers on.Copy !req
447. Look, stop snivelling. I'm not
over the moon about this myself.Copy !req
448. Stick it out for one night here and
then it's off to the grave-digger's.Copy !req
449. He got us into this mess.
It's up to him to get us out.Copy !req
450. Look what's here.Copy !req
451. Some crayons and paper.
You can draw.Copy !req
452. Why don't you sit down
and draw something?Copy !req
453. Scribble, scribble!Copy !req
454. Stare out of the window.
What do I care?Copy !req
455. As you're so pig-headed,
take a good look.Copy !req
456. Eat.Copy !req
457. At least drink your tea.Copy !req
458. Tea.Copy !req
459. Russian tea,
what you lot drink non-stop.Copy !req
460. I've put sugar in it.Copy !req
461. Don't pretend you don't understand.Copy !req
462. You must understand something.Copy !req
463. We're both of us Slavs.Copy !req
464. I don't speak Russian,
you don't speak Czech...Copy !req
465. but you must understand the word
'tea'. We have it, you have it.Copy !req
466. We use the same word.Copy !req
467. There you are.Copy !req
468. That's it.Copy !req
469. Today there are 115,000
heavily-armed Soviet soldiers...Copy !req
470. in our country.Copy !req
471. Stop snivelling and sleep.
One night won't kill you.Copy !req
472. Be like that then.Copy !req
473. She was against the wedding.Copy !req
474. Who was?Copy !req
475. Marush, my wife.Copy !req
476. She kept saying
"You'll get him into trouble".Copy !req
477. She was right there.Copy !req
478. I know. So I can't ask her
to take in a fifth child.Copy !req
479. Mr Louka, our place is
a madhouse these days.Copy !req
480. Try to put up with him.Copy !req
481. I'll let you off 2,000.Copy !req
482. Three, 4,000.Copy !req
483. Put yourself in my shoes.
What am I to do with him?Copy !req
484. Can't that woman
with gold teeth take him in?Copy !req
485. Pasha? She's in Leningrad.Copy !req
486. Look, his aunt will be out of
hospital in a fortnight.Copy !req
487. Keep the boy. It's in your interest.Copy !req
488. That's why the aunt left him
with you - for your own sake.Copy !req
489. Looking after your wife's child
makes your marriage look genuine.Copy !req
490. In whose eyes?Copy !req
491. The authorities', when
they come to interrogate you.Copy !req
492. You've been questioned before?Copy !req
493. I was. Once.Copy !req
494. The first cop was a softie.
The second was called Novotny.Copy !req
495. He was sharp as a razor.Copy !req
496. Mark my words, they'll pounce.Copy !req
497. And they'll grind you down,
Mr Louka.Copy !req
498. When my old mother
rocked my cradle...Copy !req
499. she taught me to sing...Copy !req
500. Mr Louka,
you didn't put up the flags.Copy !req
501. You said you'd do it.Copy !req
502. I've been too busy. I'm doing
concerts every day for the workers.Copy !req
503. You're the only one who
didn't do it. All the others did.Copy !req
504. What a nice little boy.
Who are you?Copy !req
505. He's my nephew.Copy !req
506. What's your name?Copy !req
507. He won't talk, he's terribly shy.Copy !req
508. I don't care about the flags but
you're drawing attention to yourself.Copy !req
509. I'm a coward.Copy !req
510. Last year...Copy !req
511. I didn't give a damn
and it was okay.Copy !req
512. But we mustn't upset them
now we're in the shit.Copy !req
513. Ours - yours.Copy !req
514. What was that?Copy !req
515. Ours.Copy !req
516. Yours.Copy !req
517. So you can understand
when you want to.Copy !req
518. The thing is, we put up your flag
because we have to.Copy !req
519. Once we put it up in gratitude.Copy !req
520. But that was before we realised
that you Russians are scoundrels.Copy !req
521. You understand? No, you don't.
You lot take up too much room.Copy !req
522. Wherever you march, you stay.Copy !req
523. But not you,
you'll go back to your aunt.Copy !req
524. The moment she's better, I'll pack
Your chemodan and you'll be off.Copy !req
525. Chemodan.Copy !req
526. That's all the Russian I know
because they stole mine in Moscow.Copy !req
527. You steal suitcases and territory.Copy !req
528. Ours is beautiful.Copy !req
529. What's beautiful about it?
It's just red like your underpants.Copy !req
530. - Ours is beautiful
- No, ours is.Copy !req
531. Oh, you don't know anything.Copy !req
532. Look what I bought you.Copy !req
533. A Russian egg.Copy !req
534. Some Czech hens...Copy !req
535. lay Russian eggs
without knowing it.Copy !req
536. Grandma!Copy !req
537. Hello.
I've come for my lesson.Copy !req
538. - It's a bad day?
- Not at all.Copy !req
539. It's just that I've a 'visitor'.Copy !req
540. He's your little boy?Copy !req
541. - A grandson?
- Of course not.Copy !req
542. I'm babysitting for a colleague.
The boy is Russian.Copy !req
543. Hello.Copy !req
544. - What's your name?
- Kolya.Copy !req
545. Shall I begin?Copy !req
546. We'll put the light on
so you're not scared.Copy !req
547. And here's a steamboat.Copy !req
548. Ours is beautiful.Copy !req
549. So you did put
the flags up after all!Copy !req
550. Nurse, take the child out.Copy !req
551. Am I going to see Grandma?Copy !req
552. She died yesterday.
At seven a.m.Copy !req
553. You're her... what?Copy !req
554. Nothing. Just an acquaintance.Copy !req
555. There was nobody
to take her things.Copy !req
556. Dressing gown,
teeth, spectacles, watch...Copy !req
557. Where's Grandma?Copy !req
558. Grandma is asleep.Copy !req
559. We mustn't wake her.Copy !req
560. Write to the Welfare Office
and have him put into care.Copy !req
561. Say you're his stepfather.
His mother has left...Copy !req
562. and you can't look after him.Copy !req
563. He can't stay here.Copy !req
564. - Look what he's drawn
- A coffin, isn't it?Copy !req
565. It's not a bad drawing.Copy !req
566. Gentlemen, the dead won't wait.Copy !req
567. Are you his dad or his grandad?Copy !req
568. His grandad.Copy !req
569. Fill in these forms
and send them to Comrade Zubata.Copy !req
570. - And when do you think...?
- I can't say.Copy !req
571. I don't understand.
You say the boy is from Yugoslavia.Copy !req
572. His parents let him
come to you just like that?Copy !req
573. So he'd see the Czech countryside.Copy !req
574. And why is he called Kolya?
Isn't that a Russian name?Copy !req
575. Kolya is the same as Nikolai
in Jugoslav.Copy !req
576. Couldn't he spend a few days here?Copy !req
577. Who?Copy !req
578. He's pale.Copy !req
579. He needs fresh air and
he'd be company for you.Copy !req
580. What's the world coming to? Parents
leaving their kids just anywhere.Copy !req
581. People with a career in music
shouldn't have children.Copy !req
582. Like you. It should be
either music or a family.Copy !req
583. How long would it be for?Copy !req
584. You see them? Always driving...Copy !req
585. back and forth.Copy !req
586. Our soldiers.Copy !req
587. No, not yours. They're Russian.Copy !req
588. Look, the king.Copy !req
589. Russians. Russian soldiers.Copy !req
590. What's he saying?Copy !req
591. I don't know. Maybe they
remind him of Yugoslav soldiers.Copy !req
592. Here, Kolya, it's almost ready.Copy !req
593. You lied to me. He's Russian.Copy !req
594. Yes, I lied to you.Copy !req
595. How could you do it?Copy !req
596. Mother, not all Russians are alike.Copy !req
597. We're not at home.Copy !req
598. But he saw me come in.Copy !req
599. May we wash our hands?Copy !req
600. - You want to wash your hands?
- The water's off.Copy !req
601. Water cut off.Copy !req
602. Water off?Copy !req
603. Burst pipe somewhere.Copy !req
604. Never mind. Goodbye.Copy !req
605. It's running.Copy !req
606. The water's not off.Copy !req
607. I'm not having a Russian child here.Copy !req
608. Come along, we'll go and see
uncle Ruzicka. You'll like it there.Copy !req
609. Fancy lying to your own mother.
Vic would never do that.Copy !req
610. First you show no interest in
children and then it's a Russian!Copy !req
611. Come and look.Copy !req
612. - What's happening in Prague?
- Same as here.Copy !req
613. There's this soothsayer who predicts
it will all collapse this year.Copy !req
614. They've said that for 40 years.Copy !req
615. He's had this vision.
There were Communists buying...Copy !req
616. rods of gold.Copy !req
617. They were rushing off
in great hordes to Russia.Copy !req
618. But Gorbachev took their rods...Copy !req
619. and used them to flog
their backsides.Copy !req
620. He said "Leave the gold here
and go back home".Copy !req
621. But nobody wanted them
any more.Copy !req
622. The young people and nurses
rebelled against them.Copy !req
623. So they chased them out...Copy !req
624. and set up colonies for them
in Albania...Copy !req
625. like Red Indian reservations.Copy !req
626. What a vision!Copy !req
627. Why did the nurses rebel?Copy !req
628. I've no idea.Copy !req
629. Our people?Copy !req
630. Yes, yours.Copy !req
631. Going to Moscow?Copy !req
632. No, they're here to stay.Copy !req
633. They just go back and forth.Copy !req
634. Do they live here?Copy !req
635. Unfortunately, they do.Copy !req
636. Just like me.Copy !req
637. The shows's off. We had
the Russian kids yesterday...Copy !req
638. but today there's nobody.Copy !req
639. The show's off. Come along.Copy !req
640. How big an audience do you need?Copy !req
641. At least five.
But this is a Russian film.Copy !req
642. 'Angelika' is on tomorrow.Copy !req
643. Give me five tickets.Copy !req
644. Mr Lansky, don't go.
We're doing a performance.Copy !req
645. Hi, Franta.Copy !req
646. Where's my grandma?Copy !req
647. She's asleep.Copy !req
648. Mr Louka, registered letter for you.Copy !req
649. I signed so you wouldn't have to go
to the post office.Copy !req
650. Just fancy!Copy !req
651. Our building came second
in the decorationg competition.Copy !req
652. But for that stupid fellow Pech,
we'd have been first.Copy !req
653. It's from the police.
Probably a parking ticket.Copy !req
654. Now you'll have
to go and see them, I suppose.Copy !req
655. I'm Pokorny.
You'll be Mr Louka.Copy !req
656. - How come...?
- I couldn't leave him.Copy !req
657. But during the interrogation...
Comrade, take care of this child.Copy !req
658. He'll bawl his head off.Copy !req
659. This is most unusual.Copy !req
660. - You've no kids?
- Yes, but I don't take them to work.Copy !req
661. Maybe I could ask Jitka...Copy !req
662. Jitka, look after this boy.
Use Kopecky's office.Copy !req
663. Go and play with auntie.Copy !req
664. He won't go with strangers.Copy !req
665. - How old is he?
- Five.Copy !req
666. He only speaks Russian.
Can't he stay?Copy !req
667. If you've some paper
and a pencil, he'll draw.Copy !req
668. Sit down, Mr Louka.Copy !req
669. You wouldn't have any crayons?
He prefers colours.Copy !req
670. So you decided to marry, Mr Louka?Copy !req
671. Well, well, how surprising.
A confirmed bachelor like you...Copy !req
672. suddenly, at fifty-five!Copy !req
673. Yes, a man can go off the rails
even at my age.Copy !req
674. Well, she's very young and pretty.Copy !req
675. - Love works in strange ways.
- You know how it is.Copy !req
676. Where did you meet?Copy !req
677. - In a restaurant
- Which one?Copy !req
678. It was the Malostranska café.Copy !req
679. She was sitting alone
and there was no other table free.Copy !req
680. - We got talking
- You speak Russian?Copy !req
681. Only a few words.
From school.Copy !req
682. - Your cigarette...
- Want one?Copy !req
683. - No. It fell out
- That's always happening.Copy !req
684. Very nice.Copy !req
685. He draws well. That violin...Copy !req
686. Cello. It has a spike.Copy !req
687. You're right.
A violinist might stab himself.Copy !req
688. My kid doesn't draw as well.Copy !req
689. - What's his name?
- Radek, after my wife.Copy !req
690. - She has a man's name?
- No, it's Radka really.Copy !req
691. How's it going?Copy !req
692. Captain Novotny, Mr Louka.Copy !req
693. My dear man, you seem to have
a bad influence on your family.Copy !req
694. Your brother emigrates,
your wife emigrates...Copy !req
695. You didn't live together
very long, did you?Copy !req
696. Nobody saw her at your place.Copy !req
697. We lived together for a few days...Copy !req
698. but she only spoke Russian
and me Czech.Copy !req
699. Surely you were aware of that
before the wedding?Copy !req
700. Of course. But there were
other problems as well.Copy !req
701. She kept opening the windows.
She was so used to Siberian winters.Copy !req
702. So we decided we'd live apart.Copy !req
703. Okay, you've had your fun.Copy !req
704. Now spit it out. How much
were you paid, you jerk?Copy !req
705. Isn't that a bit familiar?Copy !req
706. I'll be as familiar as I like.Copy !req
707. I call a jailbird anything I choose
And that's what you'll be.Copy !req
708. I asked you a question.Copy !req
709. - Comrade, take this child
- We tried.Copy !req
710. How did you buy a car?Copy !req
711. I saved up and borrowed the rest.Copy !req
712. From whom?Copy !req
713. My colleague Parizek and Mr Broz.Copy !req
714. Did Nadezda Bilyukovova tell you
she planned to emigrate?Copy !req
715. That caught me out.Copy !req
716. And her son,
that caught you out too?Copy !req
717. Absolutely.Copy !req
718. What will you do with him?Copy !req
719. I don't know. Maybe I'll keep him
now he's mine in law.Copy !req
720. Look here, my dear man.Copy !req
721. This marriage was a put-up job.Copy !req
722. Tell your fairy tale about
falling in love to someone else.Copy !req
723. And don't think you'll be playing
with the Philharmonic much longer.Copy !req
724. You'll be lucky to fiddle at
funerals. We'll make sure of that.Copy !req
725. HE DOES FUNERALS ALREADY!Copy !req
726. Why not try to save your skin?Copy !req
727. Tell us who
arranged the weddingCopy !req
728. and how much you've got for it.Copy !req
729. This won't be the last time we meet.Copy !req
730. Go back home,
and have a good think.Copy !req
731. Then maybe you'll come back
and see us before we send for you.Copy !req
732. Well, that's it.Copy !req
733. That's it...Copy !req
734. my dear man.Copy !req
735. Two or three more interrogations
and you'll be speaking Czech.Copy !req
736. - If it isn't Marketa!
- Mischa.Copy !req
737. Of course.Copy !req
738. - And what are you doing?
- I play in a sort of ensemble.Copy !req
739. Jesus, the boy!Copy !req
740. Excuse me.Copy !req
741. A small boy is lost on Line B.
His name is...Copy !req
742. Kolya. He should be taken to
the guard at any station.Copy !req
743. Kolya, don't worry and don't run off.Copy !req
744. Stay in the metro
and we'll find you.Copy !req
745. End of message.Copy !req
746. Kolya!Copy !req
747. What a fright you gave me.Copy !req
748. She was wailing down the telephone.Copy !req
749. - What she said?
- "Kolya, my darling baby".Copy !req
750. When I said her aunt was dead, she
wanted to get on a train right away.Copy !req
751. But I talked the idiot out of it.Copy !req
752. I told her they'd send her
straight to Siberia.Copy !req
753. - And the Red Cross?
- She's applied for the boy.Copy !req
754. And there are international
agreements on mothers and kids.Copy !req
755. She sends you her greetings.Copy !req
756. Charming of her.Copy !req
757. Hello, Grandma.Copy !req
758. It's me, Kolya.Copy !req
759. We went to see you
but you were asleep.Copy !req
760. Please come back, Grandma.Copy !req
761. Come on out.Copy !req
762. Come along.Copy !req
763. Zuzi? It's Louka.Copy !req
764. I suddenly felt so lonely
and guess who I...?Copy !req
765. Can you speak?
He's in the country?Copy !req
766. Lucky you.Copy !req
767. Oh, in the lavatory!
He takes his time, doesn't he?Copy !req
768. Listen, I'm looking after
a Russian kid.Copy !req
769. Russian. Belongs to a violinist from
Leningrad. He can't get to sleep.Copy !req
770. You teach Russian.
Could you read him a story?Copy !req
771. Anything. He's five.Copy !req
772. Go and find something. I'll wait.Copy !req
773. She's a teacher.Copy !req
774. A fairy tale.Copy !req
775. 'The Eagle and the Lamb'.
Fantastic! I'll pass you over.Copy !req
776. Yes, Kolya Bilyukov.Copy !req
777. No, I'm not scared of eagles.Copy !req
778. High on a Caucasian mountain peak
lived an eagle.Copy !req
779. One day he flew so high
he reached a star.Copy !req
780. On that star,
there was a little house.Copy !req
781. In the house, lived an old sheep
and her lamb.Copy !req
782. "I've come to visit you"
said the eagle.Copy !req
783. "I've come to see how you live".Copy !req
784. Lovely.Copy !req
785. Thanks, Zuzi.Copy !req
786. You left them here?Copy !req
787. Black lace ones?Copy !req
788. And you went home without them!Copy !req
789. No, I'd have found them.Copy !req
790. I'd like to see you too, Zuzi,
but I can't right now. I'll call you.Copy !req
791. Bye.Copy !req
792. Hello.Copy !req
793. What's your name?Copy !req
794. My name's Kolya.Copy !req
795. Do you want some bread?Copy !req
796. Go away.Copy !req
797. Stop feeding the pigeons.Copy !req
798. And shut the window.Copy !req
799. Through pastures green...Copy !req
800. He leadeth me...Copy !req
801. the quiet waters by.Copy !req
802. What are you playing?Copy !req
803. I'm doing your job.Copy !req
804. That's enough.Copy !req
805. We're up as high as the birds.Copy !req
806. As high as the birds.Copy !req
807. His mummy isn't at home?Copy !req
808. She's abroad at the moment.Copy !req
809. He must have antibiotics.Copy !req
810. Every four hours.
Set your alarm clock.Copy !req
811. With a quarter aspirin.
You have some?Copy !req
812. Yes.Copy !req
813. There's a danger of meningitis.Copy !req
814. If the fever continues, apply
cold compresses. You can do that?Copy !req
815. Yes, of course.Copy !req
816. - Will your wife be away long?
- Possibly.Copy !req
817. You'll need a note for your employer.Copy !req
818. I guess.Copy !req
819. It will feel a bit cold.Copy !req
820. Hold on, it's going to be all right.Copy !req
821. You'll be all right now.Copy !req
822. Klara, I'm sorry about
calling you out so late.Copy !req
823. That's okay.Copy !req
824. No, really, I mean it.
Good night now.Copy !req
825. No need to say good night.
I'm staying till the morning.Copy !req
826. And what will you say at home?Copy !req
827. That an old flame of mine
had a child.Copy !req
828. And he couldn't cope.Copy !req
829. A magpie or a jay.
They steal shiny things.Copy !req
830. You're right.
Nobody thought of that.Copy !req
831. It's still beautiful,
even if it has no value.Copy !req
832. When I said
we couldn't have children...Copy !req
833. I didn't mean that I can't.
You must have misunderstood.Copy !req
834. When is he supposed to take
his next pill?Copy !req
835. At five. I set the alarm.Copy !req
836. You're less selfish than I thought.Copy !req
837. I never imagined you'd worry like
this about someone else's child.Copy !req
838. Neither did I.Copy !req
839. Weren't you afraid to make
that fake marriage?Copy !req
840. You a dissident, of all people.Copy !req
841. I am not a dissident.Copy !req
842. I've just been punished
for my own stupidity.Copy !req
843. They used to let me go to the West.Copy !req
844. One time, the Party officer said...Copy !req
845. "Your brother has emigrated
but we trust you".Copy !req
846. When I returned,
I had to fill in the usual forms.Copy !req
847. One of the questions was "Did you
meet an emigré?" I wrote yes.Copy !req
848. Then it said "State in detail
what you discussed".Copy !req
849. I wrote "The usual shit,
Comrade Blaha".Copy !req
850. Is that all?Copy !req
851. I guess he felt hurt.Copy !req
852. And I thought you'd done
something heroic!Copy !req
853. Bit of a let-down, isn't it?Copy !req
854. But you did it so nicely.Copy !req
855. I want you to have this.Copy !req
856. Lovely.
And you've stopped drawing coffins.Copy !req
857. Story by telephone.Copy !req
858. You'd like a story?Copy !req
859. Good. Let's call the teacher auntie.Copy !req
860. Could I have the one about
the eagle? I liked that one.Copy !req
861. It was the uncle.
He's no good at stories.Copy !req
862. We'll have to manage alone.Copy !req
863. Once upon a time, there was
a grandpa and a grandma.Copy !req
864. A grandpa and a grandma.Copy !req
865. They had a grandson
who was called Budulinek.Copy !req
866. One day Grandma said
"Budulinek, my dear.Copy !req
867. "We're going to the woods.
You will be here on your own.Copy !req
868. "Don't open the door to
anyone at all".Copy !req
869. Don't open the door.Copy !req
870. That's it. And so they left.Copy !req
871. We had otters once.Copy !req
872. What's otters?Copy !req
873. You keep asking "What's that?".Copy !req
874. It's an animal about this big
with whiskers like me.Copy !req
875. It eats trout.Copy !req
876. What's trout?Copy !req
877. A fish.Copy !req
878. Fish!Copy !req
879. But because the water is
poisoned now by acid rain...Copy !req
880. you won't understand
and nor do I...Copy !req
881. the fish died.Copy !req
882. Fish kaput?Copy !req
883. So the otters died too.Copy !req
884. The otters are kaput too?Copy !req
885. So now you have a River Otter...Copy !req
886. with no otters in it.Copy !req
887. Oh, my God!Copy !req
888. Some East German bloke
is celebrating his birthday.Copy !req
889. What's a birthday?Copy !req
890. That's the day he was born.Copy !req
891. And when am I going to have
a birthday?Copy !req
892. When were you born?Copy !req
893. You're five but when were you born?Copy !req
894. I don't know.Copy !req
895. Then it's a bit difficult,
isn't it?Copy !req
896. 'Night, Dad.Copy !req
897. 'Night.Copy !req
898. Happy birthday...Copy !req
899. The main thing is
you're healthy and happy.Copy !req
900. What's in it?Copy !req
901. Fantastic!Copy !req
902. Why must you live at the top?Copy !req
903. I'm from the Department of
Social Security.Copy !req
904. You sent us an application regarding
this boy some time back.Copy !req
905. We've only just got round to it.Copy !req
906. In the meantime,
we've sorted things out.Copy !req
907. You play at night, don't you?Copy !req
908. No, only during the day now.Copy !req
909. - Where does the boy sleep?
- Over there.Copy !req
910. He doesn't have his own bed?Copy !req
911. No, but there's enough room...Copy !req
912. So it's the boy's birthday?Copy !req
913. Not really. But I don't have
his papers.Copy !req
914. I wrote that application
when I wasn't coping very well.Copy !req
915. The boy is Russian?Copy !req
916. Not now, my dear.Copy !req
917. He understands Czech now.Copy !req
918. His mother went to the West
and shows no interest in the boy.Copy !req
919. That's untrue.
She applied to the Red Cross.Copy !req
920. - Look, Mr Mouka
- Louka.Copy !req
921. Czech nationality by marriage...Copy !req
922. she is still a Russian.Copy !req
923. So the Russian authorities still
have an interest in this child.Copy !req
924. The matter may well be
taken out of our hands.Copy !req
925. They'll probably put him in a home.Copy !req
926. That's my opinion.Copy !req
927. Miss Zubata, that letter of mine...
couldn't it be declared void?Copy !req
928. Why? They'll take care of the boy.Copy !req
929. I'll be back, Mr Mouka.Copy !req
930. Next time, I'll bring someone
from the Russian embassy...Copy !req
931. and they can take over.Copy !req
932. A nice little boy.Copy !req
933. Goodbye for now.Copy !req
934. Chemodan?Copy !req
935. Yes, before Miss Zubata
comes to get us.Copy !req
936. Franta! What'up?Copy !req
937. Can you put us up?Copy !req
938. But of course.Copy !req
939. These springs are a bit ropey...Copy !req
940. but, held down by this blanket,
they should be all right.Copy !req
941. This is Uncle Houdek
but you'll say Goudek, I suppose.Copy !req
942. A great power, yet they
can't say the letter H!Copy !req
943. I'll enjoy hiding you. It'll be
my way of joining the resistance.Copy !req
944. - Will your conductor take me on?
- Definitely.Copy !req
945. Though he'll wonder why you
want to play on a bandstand.Copy !req
946. We'll tell him...
I know, I've a great idea.Copy !req
947. You're convalescing
after a gall-bladder operation.Copy !req
948. We'll have you drinking the waters.Copy !req
949. Illegal activity. Great!Copy !req
950. The police blocked
the central streets...Copy !req
951. so there was no escape.Copy !req
952. Students, when faced
with the riot police...Copy !req
953. sang the national anthemn.
They were savagely attacked...Copy !req
954. Franta, I think the whole thing
has collapsed.Copy !req
955. Just because...Copy !req
956. Shut up!Copy !req
957. Prague's university students call
on everyone to demonstrate.Copy !req
958. It's a pity we joined the resistance
so late. It's boiled over!Copy !req
959. We should be there, Franta.
It's come at last.Copy !req
960. At last. At last!Copy !req
961. Nobody wanted them any more.Copy !req
962. The young people
and the nurses rebelled.Copy !req
963. They chased them out...Copy !req
964. and set up a reservation
for them in Albania.Copy !req
965. What a vision!Copy !req
966. There's your mummy.Copy !req
967. Come along.Copy !req
968. I can't thank you enough.Copy !req
969. Goodbye, Dad.Copy !req
970. Goodbye.Copy !req
971. When will you come and see us?Copy !req
972. Goodbye.Copy !req