1. THE CASSANDRA CATCopy !req
2. StarringCopy !req
3. Story / Screenplay
Additional dialogueCopy !req
4. MusicCopy !req
5. Editor / SoundCopy !req
6. Set Design / Costume Design
Make-upCopy !req
7. Director of PhotographyCopy !req
8. DirectorCopy !req
9. Once upon a time...Copy !req
10. This really happened.Copy !req
11. To watch the hustle
and bustle of lifeCopy !req
12. is always fun and entertaining
for someone who likes people.Copy !req
13. Yet one has to watch
from a certain distance.Copy !req
14. Though not too high,
like astronauts.Copy !req
15. In their state of weightlessness,Copy !req
16. they hardly have time to notice
what's really going on.Copy !req
17. But from a humble tower
above a humble town,Copy !req
18. one can observeCopy !req
19. both tragediesCopy !req
20. and trilogies.Copy !req
21. So, let's see what's
happening today in town.Copy !req
22. Here, we should see five prams.
Oh, there's six already!Copy !req
23. We keep multiplying,
it's unstoppable.Copy !req
24. Nothing to be done about it.Copy !req
25. Here, there are tourists
from the cooperative farms.Copy !req
26. They like to come during harvest timeCopy !req
27. to admire our Renaissance facadesCopy !req
28. and bad-mouth our good beer.Copy !req
29. This is our traffic specialist.
Watch him carefully.Copy !req
30. See how he sets up an accident.Copy !req
31. Thankfully, no one pays
any attention to him.Copy !req
32. Ah, Franta the Plank.Copy !req
33. Or Franta the Pipe. Depending on what
he's tinkering with at the time.Copy !req
34. Zuzanka draws all day long.
The little one tries hard too.Copy !req
35. Jindfiska,Copy !req
36. can you hear me?
Why are you painting in blue?Copy !req
37. That's the only colour I have, uncle!Copy !req
38. Well, why not? Even Picasso
had his blue period.Copy !req
39. The hopping gossip.Copy !req
40. She's hopping like this
to see into people's windows.Copy !req
41. This is what she'd like to see.
These two aren't married, you know.Copy !req
42. She'd very much like them
to be, though. It's her flat!Copy !req
43. The innkeepers seem to
be celebrating something.Copy !req
44. It can't be very important,
they're only small glasses.Copy !req
45. Unless it's a county auditorCopy !req
46. or the regional officer, maybe?Copy !req
47. No, they'd still have bigger glasses...Copy !req
48. And here comes little Joska
with his dad, Janek.Copy !req
49. Janek pretends to have arthritis,
but really he's just thirsty.Copy !req
50. Franta's transporting bricks now?Copy !req
51. And they're still auditing over there.Copy !req
52. Well I never! Janek is working.
But isn't he sick?Copy !req
53. No! He's fallen over.
He's fine, as usual.Copy !req
54. Marjanka will help him.
She's a good woman.Copy !req
55. She's the mother of the little girl
with the blue chalk.Copy !req
56. I don't recall now whether
she's a widow or a single mother...Copy !req
57. Does it matter?Copy !req
58. Let's not dwell on formalities.Copy !req
59. That's our Janek.
Jackass!Copy !req
60. And this one too.
Robert, poor guy.Copy !req
61. I don't understand
what he sees in her.Copy !req
62. If you didn't, just say so.Copy !req
63. There's still time.Copy !req
64. I was right, they're from the county.
They have a black Tatra 603.Copy !req
65. Everything's in order,
the accounting, the drinks...Copy !req
66. And this one's for the driver.Copy !req
67. The show is over.Copy !req
68. As soon as he gets home, he'll recover
and be able to go to the pub.Copy !req
69. Franta again?
What's that around his neck?Copy !req
70. Some outlandish foreign medal from abroad?Copy !req
71. Hi!Copy !req
72. If he doesn't slow down,
he'll work himself to death.Copy !req
73. I can't watch this.
First it looked like an operetta,Copy !req
74. but if he doesn't come to his senses,
it'll turn into a tragedy.Copy !req
75. Will you always love me?
Until we die?Copy !req
76. - I have to go home for breakfast...
- Don't!Copy !req
77. - Marvellous!
- What a shot, right, my dear?Copy !req
78. - Murderer.
- Me, a murderer? Fool!Copy !req
79. Why? What's the point?
Storks are protected.Copy !req
80. I know, Marjanka,
but I have a special permit.Copy !req
81. Wait till you see it stuffed!Copy !req
82. She knows I don't do it
for my own benefit.Copy !req
83. Who can tell me what
our town is famous for?Copy !req
84. For our museum of taxidermy!Copy !req
85. Comrade teacher, what would
our town be without its stuffed animals?Copy !req
86. We wouldn't have such
a collection of curiosities.Copy !req
87. You should understandCopy !req
88. that a stuffed animal is
the best teaching aid there is.Copy !req
89. Teaching with corpses!
I'm not talking about you.Copy !req
90. No living animal is as much aliveCopy !req
91. as a formerly living one
that's been stuffed.Copy !req
92. You're still murderers.Copy !req
93. They dislike outstretched wings.
Thankfully, we don't have them.Copy !req
94. Listen, Mr Oliva, hold on
to your bag and speak for yourself.Copy !req
95. No one but yourself, understood?Copy !req
96. That'll take some doing.Copy !req
97. Come on, move along!Copy !req
98. Back to work!Copy !req
99. Just a minute, I'm running late.Copy !req
100. Don't worry, you'll get some, too.Copy !req
101. - This line needs repainting.
- Of course, I'll see to it.Copy !req
102. Comrade, clean this.Copy !req
103. Oh, I will. We'll get her
all shiny like our Mafenka...Copy !req
104. Olda!Copy !req
105. - Why can't you...
- Please.Copy !req
106. Just go!Copy !req
107. That boy of mine is so stupid.Copy !req
108. Nonsense, your boy is very bright.Copy !req
109. - He just needs some care.
- That's not always easyCopy !req
110. when you're a widower.Copy !req
111. Even with Robert as his teacher,
what's more...Copy !req
112. Listen, Robert, calling your
superior a murderer in publicCopy !req
113. is hardly constructive criticism.Copy !req
114. - Isn't it?
- Well...Copy !req
115. You know, I still hope to bring
you to the right path.Copy !req
116. For there's only one right path, just
as there's only one truth, right?Copy !req
117. Especially if it's your truth.Copy !req
118. My truth? What do you mean?
We all have our own version of the truth.Copy !req
119. What sort of idea is this,
young man? Caution!Copy !req
120. Excuse me, comrade headmaster.Copy !req
121. To the right, please, comrade teacher.Copy !req
122. - Excuse me?
- I said 'to the right'.Copy !req
123. Ah, to the right.Copy !req
124. We always say that the most
beautiful thing in the world is what?Copy !req
125. - Jéska?
- Friendship.Copy !req
126. And what else?Copy !req
127. Honesty.Copy !req
128. Yes, and what else, Olda?Copy !req
129. - Not to cower to anyone.
- Not to cower to anyone, right.Copy !req
130. Together, all of this means
being a good citizen of our town.Copy !req
131. Right.Copy !req
132. Now, each of you will
write down or drawCopy !req
133. what he or she likes or dislikes
about our townCopy !req
134. and what you'd like to be even better.Copy !req
135. Go on, get working!Copy !req
136. I know you see me,
but what am supposed to do?Copy !req
137. I needed money for the car
and then for petrol,Copy !req
138. and for mummy too.Copy !req
139. If I treat the customer well,Copy !req
140. but don't give to the state
what's expected, I'll go to jail.Copy !req
141. If I give the state what it wants
and steal from the tourists...Copy !req
142. I go to jail, too.Copy !req
143. They teach us in schoolCopy !req
144. that the most beautiful things in the
world are friendship and honesty.Copy !req
145. But some people never tell the truth...Copy !req
146. I don't like my daddy
but I won't write that downCopy !req
147. because he'll beat me.Copy !req
148. The question does not correspond
to our expectations.Copy !req
149. As such, it is necessary to be strictCopy !req
150. about the moral aspect of the matter...Copy !req
151. The moral aspect of the matter...Copy !req
152. Did you get that?Copy !req
153. Because the matter...Copy !req
154. of our expectations...
Come in!Copy !req
155. Is not on par...Copy !req
156. Always so hardworking, Julinka.Copy !req
157. Karel, close your eyes.Copy !req
158. Ruza, don't be silly.Copy !req
159. Oh, that's wonderful! Excellent!Copy !req
160. That is absolutely perfect!Copy !req
161. You are an artist, comrade headmaster.Copy !req
162. This comrade helped me, too.Copy !req
163. No, I only did the technical stuff,Copy !req
164. the artistic part,
that's all our headmaster.Copy !req
165. Each according to his ability.
Please, fly around.Copy !req
166. - Fly, so that the illusion is perfect.
- You mean like this?Copy !req
167. It's as if it were alive!Copy !req
168. Children, today we will
draw from reality.Copy !req
169. Comrade Oliva here
will serve as our model.Copy !req
170. If you wanted,Copy !req
171. I could tell you some stories.Copy !req
172. About how you fell in love?Copy !req
173. About your time as a sailor
and how you were shipwrecked?Copy !req
174. So, about love...Copy !req
175. and peril. Why not?Copy !req
176. These are the two things that make
an ordinary person a hero.Copy !req
177. At the time,
I dreamt of being a hero.Copy !req
178. I was young and handsome, then.Copy !req
179. Now I'm not young
anymore, just handsome.Copy !req
180. Why didn't you laugh, Helenka?Copy !req
181. Because you are handsome, uncle.Copy !req
182. Thank you, Helenka.Copy !req
183. But don't call me uncle.Copy !req
184. I was second helmsmanCopy !req
185. on a Greek ship.Copy !req
186. We set sail on a beautiful day,
everything was fine.Copy !req
187. But when we passed
the Cape of No-Hope...Copy !req
188. As it was called back then -
today it's the Cape of Good Hope,Copy !req
189. because everything's better now.Copy !req
190. As we were passing the Cape,
a storm appeared.Copy !req
191. A terrible thunderstorm, raging
for three days and three nights!Copy !req
192. The storm did all it could.Copy !req
193. The ship did all it could, too,
as did I... only the captain did nothing.Copy !req
194. We hit a reef
and we were shipwrecked.Copy !req
195. Off course...Copy !req
196. I woke the next morning on a sandy
beach, not knowing how I got there.Copy !req
197. No one around,
just crates and wreckage.Copy !req
198. Not far from there,
I saw a little town.Copy !req
199. So I set off and when I arrived,Copy !req
200. there was no one in the streets,
no one in the houses,Copy !req
201. no one in the gardens,
not a soul anywhere.Copy !req
202. Just the sound of music,
coming from afar,Copy !req
203. as if carried by the wind.Copy !req
204. A magical melody,Copy !req
205. like a magic flute...Copy !req
206. Can't you hear it?Copy !req
207. So I followed the music.Copy !req
208. It led meCopy !req
209. to a small square.Copy !req
210. All the people from town
were gathered there,Copy !req
211. listening to a conjurer
playing a magic flute.Copy !req
212. There was a girl there with him...Copy !req
213. more beautiful than any girl
I had ever seen.Copy !req
214. And believe me,
I'd done a lot of looking...Copy !req
215. Her name was Diana.Copy !req
216. She danced and sang
most beautifullyCopy !req
217. and there was a cat at her feet.Copy !req
218. This cat had something
no other cat in the world has:Copy !req
219. tiny eyeglasses!Copy !req
220. Unbelievable, uncle... Mr Oliva!Copy !req
221. I still have them.Copy !req
222. Here they are.Copy !req
223. I won't give them to you.
No, no. Go back to your seats!Copy !req
224. These glasses are
my only memory of Diana.Copy !req
225. To me, she was like
all the wonders of the worldCopy !req
226. and all the secrets of the seas
made flesh. So what happened to me?Copy !req
227. - You fell in love with her.
- And how!Copy !req
228. I followed them from town
to town, from city to city.Copy !req
229. I performed with them,
I did everything.Copy !req
230. There was only one thing
I was forbidden to do.Copy !req
231. To take off the cat's glasses.Copy !req
232. And why?Copy !req
233. Oh, I asked the same thing.Copy !req
234. But they would never tell me.Copy !req
235. Goodness, you're a fine artist, my girl.Copy !req
236. You don't see that very often.Copy !req
237. You know, you could join a circusCopy !req
238. as a speed painter.Copy !req
239. Now, where was I?Copy !req
240. They wouldn't ever tell me...Copy !req
241. Then one hot day, Diana fell asleep
beneath a blossoming mulberry bush.Copy !req
242. As you know, whoever sleeps
under a mulberry bushCopy !req
243. has to speak the truth,
even if they're sleeping.Copy !req
244. That's an old Arabian sayingCopy !req
245. or, you know, the Near East...Copy !req
246. So when Diana fell asleep
under that mulberry bush,Copy !req
247. I asked her:Copy !req
248. "Diana under the blossoming
mulberry bush,Copy !req
249. "why can't I remove
the cat's glasses?"Copy !req
250. And Diana, sleeping under the
blossoming mulberry, answered:Copy !req
251. "Because if the cat were to look
without his glasses, under his gaze,Copy !req
252. "everyone will change colour
according to their nature and deeds.”Copy !req
253. People probably wouldn't like that.Copy !req
254. Stupid as I was,
I waited for the next showCopy !req
255. and when it was at its climax... whoosh!Copy !req
256. I took off the cat's glasses.Copy !req
257. And it was just as Diana said.Copy !req
258. People started changing colour
according to their natures and deeds.Copy !req
259. - Some turned violet...
- Who?Copy !req
260. Liars and hypocrites!Copy !req
261. The unfaithful turned yellow.Copy !req
262. Exactly! Like sulphur,
an egg yolk or a canary bird.Copy !req
263. - Serves them right.
- And most importantly, Jindriska,Copy !req
264. those in love went red -
like field poppies.Copy !req
265. But what about
ordinary, normal people?Copy !req
266. Ordinary people are always
the most complicated.Copy !req
267. They didn't change at all.Copy !req
268. But there was quite a commotion.Copy !req
269. The violet and grey people
didn't want others to know they were bad,Copy !req
270. so they did a terrible thing
and killed the cat.Copy !req
271. And Diana?Copy !req
272. Diana disappeared.Copy !req
273. All that's left are the glasses.Copy !req
274. When spring returns,
It will be paradiseCopy !req
275. The whole wide plains
Will be green again!Copy !req
276. The sun will shine,
The wind will softly blow,Copy !req
277. The brook will babble,
Free from winter's freeze.Copy !req
278. Sweet scented fields,
And trees will blossom...Copy !req
279. Oh, I see you.
It's you two again.Copy !req
280. At some point in their life
Everyone reaches the seaCopy !req
281. Let those who are artists
Never lose hope...Copy !req
282. What are you doing to my school?Copy !req
283. Are you crazy?Copy !req
284. - What's that vagrant doing there?
- Comrade Oliva?Copy !req
285. - It's an art class and he's the model.
- I see that. And behaving like a clown!Copy !req
286. He's stirring the children's imagination.Copy !req
287. Imagination is unscientific.
Facts. Nothing else exists for me.Copy !req
288. It doesn't exist. Ever!Copy !req
289. Mourek!Copy !req
290. Kitty, kitty!Copy !req
291. - Kitty!
- Don't be silly.Copy !req
292. Kitty!
Here, pussy cat...Copy !req
293. Does it hurt?Copy !req
294. Come.Copy !req
295. Kitty!Copy !req
296. Mourek!Copy !req
297. Sit down.Copy !req
298. Thank you.Copy !req
299. It's not hot, is it?Copy !req
300. - Does it hurt?
- No.Copy !req
301. You are the most beautiful
girl I've ever seen.Copy !req
302. At least I think so.Copy !req
303. - He hit his head.
- That happens.Copy !req
304. - An accident.
- I'm happy...Copy !req
305. - That I bumped my head?
- No, to meet you.Copy !req
306. Me too. You look
like our castellan.Copy !req
307. - Who?
- Our castle keeper.Copy !req
308. Or rather, he looks like you,
talks like you. His name is Oliva.Copy !req
309. Oliva, Oliva...
Do we know an Oliva?Copy !req
310. Clever guy?Copy !req
311. - Just like you.
- And handsome, right?Copy !req
312. You should know, if you're a magician.Copy !req
313. I know nothing. I only know
what I want to know.Copy !req
314. - Would you want to know everything?
- Well, if I were a magician...Copy !req
315. What about a cup of black coffee?
Refreshing, no?Copy !req
316. We have costumes for all people.Copy !req
317. Whoever you like.
Who would you like to see? Napoleon?Copy !req
318. - You can get that anywhere.
- Genghis Khan?Copy !req
319. No.Copy !req
320. Columbus, then?Copy !req
321. I'd prefer something...
less military, more ordinary.Copy !req
322. - Like what?
- Like me.Copy !req
323. This?Copy !req
324. Here you are.Copy !req
325. Our costumes are
like the finity and infinityCopy !req
326. of the universe.Copy !req
327. Which universe would you prefer,
finite or infinite?Copy !req
328. What do you think?Copy !req
329. I think...Copy !req
330. that a cup of coffee would be
most welcome, what do you say?Copy !req
331. I've seated them perfectly.Copy !req
332. But with Robert,
it'll still be difficult.Copy !req
333. Go on, take one!Copy !req
334. Robert can be so pigheaded!Copy !req
335. And yet a such a coward
at the same time.Copy !req
336. This is so relevant.Copy !req
337. That was a good one.Copy !req
338. That was so stupid.Copy !req
339. If we're not supposed to
make head or tail of it, it can't beCopy !req
340. about anything specific,
or aimed at anyone.Copy !req
341. Merely typical.
A bunch of petty insults.Copy !req
342. My good man, I think we
are in the same boat.Copy !req
343. Yellow is the colour
of infidelity.Copy !req
344. A grey rose.
How strange.Copy !req
345. Careful, madam. Grey is the colour
for pilferers and thieves.Copy !req
346. Purple is for hypocrites,
snitches, careerists and liars.Copy !req
347. Red is for true love.Copy !req
348. The red rose is for lovers!Copy !req
349. The Middle Ages,
that's the only way.Copy !req
350. You're still recognisable, sir.Copy !req
351. Don't worry,Copy !req
352. we'll find Mourek.Copy !req
353. What about you?Copy !req
354. Are you alright?Copy !req
355. The cat ran away.Copy !req
356. - That's life.
- I'll kill it! I'll kill it!Copy !req
357. Waiting for me, doggie?Copy !req
358. - What's the matter?
- Ruda!Copy !req
359. Quiet!Copy !req
360. Mourek!Copy !req
361. Mourek!Copy !req
362. What is this?
A symposium of doubles?Copy !req
363. Or is it a collision
of matter and antimatter?Copy !req
364. I would advise against that,Copy !req
365. as we'd be annihilated and it might
create a third, unknown force.Copy !req
366. The known forces are bad enough...Copy !req
367. Mr Oliva, please, have you
seen the cat, Mourek, around here?Copy !req
368. To lie or not to lie, that is the
question... even in this darkness.Copy !req
369. - I did see him.
- Where?Copy !req
370. I put him in my bag
so that they wouldn't kill him.Copy !req
371. I let him go just now
so he stays with us a bit longer.Copy !req
372. - He's needed here.
- He's needed everywhere.Copy !req
373. Could you show us what
you have in that sack?Copy !req
374. As a magician, you should know.Copy !req
375. Forgive me for being suspicious.Copy !req
376. That's okay, we're used to that here.Copy !req
377. Wicked rumours say that I eat cats.Copy !req
378. But it's horse meat I carry in here.
I like a good goulash.Copy !req
379. - Good night.
- Sweet dreams.Copy !req
380. - You too.
- A double goodnight.Copy !req
381. By the way,
don't you remember me?Copy !req
382. Of course I do.Copy !req
383. You were my alter egoCopy !req
384. and you fell in love with Diana.Copy !req
385. Yes, and how!
How come she doesn't recognise me?Copy !req
386. Youth has a short memory.
Only the old remember.Copy !req
387. How beautiful she was
when she was young.Copy !req
388. What am I saying?
She's still young and beautiful.Copy !req
389. - There's something wrong here.
- Why?Copy !req
390. Youth does not age,
and beauty never fades.Copy !req
391. Good point.Copy !req
392. How long have you been doing this?Copy !req
393. Me? Well...Copy !req
394. For as long as people have needed it.
A little beauty,Copy !req
395. a bit of magic,Copy !req
396. just to add a pinch of spice into
the mundane. And what do you do?Copy !req
397. I try to cultivate
children's imaginations.Copy !req
398. That's a fragile flower,Copy !req
399. it withers just as soon as childhood ends.Copy !req
400. I'd call it a non-resiliant annual.Copy !req
401. My aim is to cultivate
a resistant perennial.Copy !req
402. A little Michurin, are you?Copy !req
403. Well then, we both have
a lot of work to do.Copy !req
404. By the way, a double
goodnight to you.Copy !req
405. A very goodnight!Copy !req
406. - Where did you find Mourek?
- From our home.Copy !req
407. And where is that, your home?Copy !req
408. Anywhere where there are children,
where there is Oliva, you,Copy !req
409. and people like you.Copy !req
410. I met you before, Diana,
a long time ago.Copy !req
411. I was still walking uphill, then.Copy !req
412. When you're young,
it's like climbing a high mountain.Copy !req
413. You keep going upCopy !req
414. but you don't mind because
you feel the breeze blowingCopy !req
415. and above, the sky is so blue
that it makes your heart ache.Copy !req
416. You reach for it but
it's always too far away.Copy !req
417. Back then, when I was still climbing,
I saw you often.Copy !req
418. I don't understand how I didn't
recognise you at once.Copy !req
419. But you're still going up the hill.Copy !req
420. Only when I'm with you...
or with the children.Copy !req
421. I guess that's why
I love teaching so much.Copy !req
422. Mourek!Copy !req
423. Kitty, kitty!Copy !req
424. Mourek!Copy !req
425. Don't leave, Diana.Copy !req
426. I have to.Copy !req
427. There's always
someone waiting for us.Copy !req
428. Find the cat.Copy !req
429. I'll come back for him!Copy !req
430. Attention! Attention!
This is an urgent announcement.Copy !req
431. The specially trained cat
Mourek has run away.Copy !req
432. The missing animal is
fully grown and tabby-coloured.Copy !req
433. As it is a highly-prized,
trained animalCopy !req
434. whoever finds it will be well rewarded.Copy !req
435. Nothing can happen to me, after all.Copy !req
436. But I think some should
be quite worried, right?Copy !req
437. I really couldn't care
less about that cat.Copy !req
438. I don't like cats,
they are known to be deceitful.Copy !req
439. I don't like vagrants, either.Copy !req
440. There's no need to worry
if one's conscience is clear.Copy !req
441. - Aha! Hee-haw, hee-haw.
- Hee-haw!Copy !req
442. What did they say?Copy !req
443. That trained cat's been seenCopy !req
444. in the field near the woods.Copy !req
445. Trained or not,
in the field or in the woods,Copy !req
446. that beast is nothing but vermin.Copy !req
447. We've got hunting permits
that we're not even using...Copy !req
448. I'd love to have a shot myself.Copy !req
449. Your rifle is all clean,
shiny and ready.Copy !req
450. - So... what about this afternoon?
- This afternoon!Copy !req
451. - And the bill?
- I'll take care of it.Copy !req
452. I We Czechs, are fine musiciansCopy !req
453. - Are you alright, sir?
- The smell!Copy !req
454. What a stink!Copy !req
455. Wait!Copy !req
456. Marjanka, my leg's acting up again.Copy !req
457. Are you telling the truth, Janek?Copy !req
458. I swear to God.Copy !req
459. Hi, dad!Copy !req
460. The cat is in town!Copy !req
461. Your jokes used to be
better, Mr Oliva!Copy !req
462. And you used to be less grey.Copy !req
463. - Why are you in such a hurry?
- I'm not in a hurry.Copy !req
464. Oh yes, you are.Copy !req
465. When people are ashamed,
they're always in a hurry.Copy !req
466. Can't you knock?Copy !req
467. Get me Robert.Copy !req
468. You see, that tabby's been
found after all.Copy !req
469. You know what?
Ask Jbska to bring it here...Copy !req
470. I'd like to have a closer look
at that four-legged wizard.Copy !req
471. As you wish.Copy !req
472. Calling Jéska. Jéska and the cat
to the headmaster's office.Copy !req
473. - Will you kee an eye on him?
- Of course I will.Copy !req
474. He can stay with me
until Diana comes for him.Copy !req
475. - He can play with the other cats.
- He'll have a hell of a time.Copy !req
476. Now go and tell the kids
that I will look after Mourek.Copy !req
477. - Go, don't worry.
- I'm coming for that little rascal.Copy !req
478. Wait!
Wait, stop!Copy !req
479. - Wait, we need to talk, young man.
- You betrayed me.Copy !req
480. Yes, let's talk about betrayal.Copy !req
481. You are the one who betrayed
your mission as a teacher.Copy !req
482. - I am a good teacher!
- Sit down.Copy !req
483. You teach the children to rebel
against their fellow citizens.Copy !req
484. That cat was your doing.Copy !req
485. - The cat only shows the truth.
- I refuse to talk about the cat!Copy !req
486. Fine, but tell the caretaker
to give that cat back to me.Copy !req
487. - Do you like teaching?
- Of course, or I wouldn't be here.Copy !req
488. Here's some good advice:
forget about the cat,Copy !req
489. don't think about this or that,
just teach.Copy !req
490. Or else...Copy !req
491. - I know everything, Robert.
- What will I tell the children?Copy !req
492. - They've entrusted that cat to me...
- Being a rebel won't help.Copy !req
493. But I'm not spineless, Julinka.Copy !req
494. Come now, tactics and spinelessness
are two different things.Copy !req
495. Those tactics of yours
turned you purple.Copy !req
496. - That was only for you, Robert.
- Of course.Copy !req
497. You want Mourek and you want to teach...
you need to compromise.Copy !req
498. I'm reaching...Copy !req
499. Oh, stop joking.
A temporary compromise is possible.Copy !req
500. What compromise?Copy !req
501. This. You know how much
the headmaster values it.Copy !req
502. We already did the stork.Copy !req
503. So you'll repeat the lesson, then.
For the greater good.Copy !req
504. It's like a feathered mummy, ugh!Copy !req
505. The cat in exchange for the stork.
I'll handle the rest.Copy !req
506. Julinka.Copy !req
507. Is it true that the cat
is not with you?Copy !req
508. I gave him to Olda's father
for a while, you know?Copy !req
509. - My dad doesn't like him.
- Why would you think that?Copy !req
510. So, who knows what bird this is?Copy !req
511. This bird is a stork,
we already did that.Copy !req
512. We did but it bears repeating.
Jindriska, what do you know about it?Copy !req
513. The stork eats fish
and other animals living in lakes.Copy !req
514. Will we get Mourek back?Copy !req
515. Good day.Copy !req
516. Continue your lesson, comrade.Copy !req
517. I feel like my spine's
beginning to bend.Copy !req
518. The great stork,
a fascinating subject.Copy !req
519. Headmaster, the class would
like to know how you stuff a stork.Copy !req
520. What is he saying?Copy !req
521. Is he serious?Copy !req
522. Dear children,Copy !req
523. the mounting, or as we say,
'taxidermy', of this frog-eaterCopy !req
524. is no easy task.Copy !req
525. It is, if I may say so,
an artistic endeavour...Copy !req
526. Look! The caretaker is carrying
Mourek in a cage.Copy !req
527. He's got a stocking over his head.Copy !req
528. Taxidermy may be fascinating,
but it is no longer necessary.Copy !req
529. We don't need to kill
animals to study them.Copy !req
530. Isn't it better to capture their life
and beauty on film or in a photograph?Copy !req
531. Look at that poor thing
staring blankly at us.Copy !req
532. Imagine Mourek, stuffed
and staring with glass eyes.Copy !req
533. Have you gone insane, Robert?Copy !req
534. You must apologise.Copy !req
535. - Apologise or...
- Or what?Copy !req
536. - Or it's over between us.
- I agree.Copy !req
537. - Agree with what?
- Ending this.Copy !req
538. - But Robert...
- It's better this way...Copy !req
539. we're not compatible.Copy !req
540. That's interesting.Copy !req
541. At first sight it appears to be just
an ordinary cat but in reality...Copy !req
542. - It's a monster.
- Keep a good eye on that anarchist.Copy !req
543. - And as I ordered...
- Don't worry, everything's ready.Copy !req
544. I could start right away...
I'm thinking, now that we have him,Copy !req
545. so many things can happen to a cat,
like, it could eat something bad...Copy !req
546. Tell Janek and the manager to come
see me in my office at midnight.Copy !req
547. Understood.Copy !req
548. I summoned you all here to discuss
the cat situation.Copy !req
549. It is a very troublesome matter.Copy !req
550. I must warn you that
as a public official,Copy !req
551. I will not try to
influence any of you,Copy !req
552. I am neither for,
nor against, any outcome.Copy !req
553. My only wish is to prevent any
recurrence of those scandalous scenesCopy !req
554. and that no honest citizen
of our town is slandered again.Copy !req
555. - Break its neck in the door!
- Let's remain civilized, my friend.Copy !req
556. No one's going to steal the cat.Copy !req
557. Everything is prepared.Copy !req
558. Please, go on.Copy !req
559. I would rip it to pieces.Copy !req
560. What if someone were to
steal the cat...Copy !req
561. Theoretically.
If you get my meaning.Copy !req
562. Tomorrow morning,
the caretaker goes to the cellarCopy !req
563. and discovers the cage is empty,
the window broken...Copy !req
564. everybody suspects Robert...
and in the meantime, the cat...Copy !req
565. is dead somewhere.Copy !req
566. What do you say?Copy !req
567. I don't make any decisions,
I only supervise the meeting.Copy !req
568. Okay, but someone has to
make the decision, right?Copy !req
569. How low you've
fallen, young manCopy !req
570. Is such a man
fit to teach our children?Copy !req
571. Absolutely not.Copy !req
572. Listen to me, Robert...
you should find another job.Copy !req
573. Or else...Copy !req
574. Let's cover it in glue and
put it in the janitor's bed.Copy !req
575. Let's put a stocking
over the headmaster's head.Copy !req
576. - We trust the cat.
- Let's put the caretaker in a cage.Copy !req
577. We're not stupid.Copy !req
578. We won't give up without a fight.Copy !req
579. Sova, put one
in the playground as well!Copy !req
580. And I'll put one on the high street.Copy !req
581. Pull them all down
and tear them to pieces.Copy !req
582. WE LOVE OUR COMRADE TEACHER
AND OUR CAT MOUREK.Copy !req
583. THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED
AND WE ARE LEAVING.Copy !req
584. Attention, all the third grade pupilsCopy !req
585. are to return immediately
to their homes.Copy !req
586. I repeat.Copy !req
587. All third grade pupilsCopy !req
588. are to return immediately
to their homes.Copy !req
589. If only they knew...Copy !req
590. what I know...Copy !req
591. Attention,Copy !req
592. all third grade pupils are
to go home immediately.Copy !req
593. I repeat...Copy !req
594. Venousek!Copy !req
595. - Children!
- Olda!Copy !req
596. - Veruna!
- Olda!Copy !req
597. Careful!Copy !req
598. - Olda!
- Children!Copy !req
599. Children! Come back!Copy !req
600. Please, follow me, everyone!Copy !req
601. The left ones on the left
and the right ones on the right!Copy !req
602. - Don't scream like that!
- But they won't hear me!Copy !req
603. Go this way, I'll go that way...Copy !req
604. Mother.Copy !req
605. FrantiSek!Copy !req
606. Marenka!Copy !req
607. Dusan!Copy !req
608. Please, Petticek!Copy !req
609. Petfi¢ek!Copy !req
610. Attention!Copy !req
611. All the third grade pupils
are to return immediately...Copy !req
612. As if we don't have enough trouble...Copy !req
613. They've looked everywhere,Copy !req
614. it's as if the children have
vanished into thin air.Copy !req
615. So now, they try to be nice,
caring... in their own way.Copy !req
616. Jbéska, if you don't show
yourself right now,Copy !req
617. don't you dare show your face again!Copy !req
618. Jindfiska, are you there?
The fun is over. Time to come home...Copy !req
619. Or you'll get a good hiding,
do you hear me?Copy !req
620. Please, calm down everybody.
It's just normal childish hi jinks.Copy !req
621. When night falls, they'll get scaredCopy !req
622. and they'll come running home.Copy !req
623. Mother!Copy !req
624. Petficek, what have
we done to you, poor child?Copy !req
625. Mother!Copy !req
626. What tragedy has befallen us?Copy !req
627. - We have the cat to thank for that.
- And Robert!Copy !req
628. No, this is the headmaster's fault!Copy !req
629. - The devil himself for all we know!
- Don't talk of the devil!Copy !req
630. I know! The caretaker's to blame,
he got drunk and said...Copy !req
631. Yes! This is all my fault!Copy !req
632. I wanted to kill the cat.Copy !req
633. I did terrible things to Robert.Copy !req
634. But most of all, I was a bootlicker!
Pardon me, headmaster...Copy !req
635. It's no surprise. No wonder
my son couldn't love a father like me.Copy !req
636. Olda!Copy !req
637. Come home!
I promise I'll never do it again.Copy !req
638. And what should I say?
I was the biggest crook of all.Copy !req
639. My own child
is disgusted by me.Copy !req
640. When Joska comes back,
I'll become the best of workers!Copy !req
641. They'll use me as an example
at country shows!Copy !req
642. None of us are without blame.Copy !req
643. But we didn't deserve this.Copy !req
644. - The headmaster is to blame.
- This is pointless.Copy !req
645. We must get down on our knees and
beg forgiveness of Robert - and the cat.Copy !req
646. Jesus, Mary and Joseph.Copy !req
647. The terrible things we've done!
Just ask the headmaster.Copy !req
648. Go ahead, ask me. What's more honourable
than a bit of sincere self-criticism?Copy !req
649. You've made mistakes, comrades,
but you are forgiven.Copy !req
650. Now, we all must stick together,
united we need to...Copy !req
651. Wait a minute! What did
the caretaker say about you plotting?Copy !req
652. Come on, Marjanka,
don't drag him through the mud.Copy !req
653. Can't you see he feels guilty enough?
He's liable to say anything.Copy !req
654. Well, let's hear it then.Copy !req
655. Yes, let the caretaker speak!Copy !req
656. If you believe in me, good people,Copy !req
657. then I will speak up!Copy !req
658. I will speak! May God strike me
down if I don't speak the truth!Copy !req
659. So, what about your self-criticism?Copy !req
660. Yes, I admit I made mistakes.
But what were they?Copy !req
661. I'm guilty only of trusting
people blindly.Copy !req
662. You heard it yourself:
a bootlicker, a malingerer, a crook...Copy !req
663. They're simply disgusting.Copy !req
664. Comrades, this is a grave moment.Copy !req
665. You're looking for a culprit,
but you're looking too late.Copy !req
666. How many times did I warn you?Copy !req
667. I tried by hook and by crook, but no.
He was so stubborn.Copy !req
668. He even incited the children
to plaster the town with posters.Copy !req
669. - This is the truth, Marjanka.
- And who went after the cat with a rifle?Copy !req
670. I don't know about the others,
but I was hunting rabbits.Copy !req
671. Oh really? So that's why you were
shooting at every stray cat...Copy !req
672. - I saw it with my own eyes...
- That's enough.Copy !req
673. I think it would be best if you
brought the cat here, don't you think?Copy !req
674. Gladly. I'm happy to be rid of it.
Anyway, it didn't do anything to me.Copy !req
675. - Fetch the cat. Alive.
- I will.Copy !req
676. Nothing.Copy !req
677. They're nowhere to be found.Copy !req
678. Be quiet, madam.Copy !req
679. Let Robert talk through the loudspeaker.Copy !req
680. The children are all crazy about him.Copy !req
681. I propose that they should hear an
appeal by their favourite teacherCopy !req
682. and the most competent of all my
staff, comrade Robert.Copy !req
683. Let bygones be bygones.Copy !req
684. - Dear children...
- And especially my Petfik!Copy !req
685. It's me, your teacher Robert.Copy !req
686. I'm waiting here for you
with your mums and dads.Copy !req
687. If only you could see how sad
they are, and so am I.Copy !req
688. You didn't betray your friend the catCopy !req
689. and I know you're only trying to help me,
and that's very good of you...Copy !req
690. But by staying in hiding,
you're not helping anyone.Copy !req
691. If you come back,
we'll all be together againCopy !req
692. to make sure no one touches a hair
on our clever cat's head.Copy !req
693. Now hurry back so we
can play together againCopy !req
694. and remind each other that the most
beautiful thing in the world is friendship.Copy !req
695. Come, you little devil!Copy !req
696. - Where is Mourek?
- He's here!Copy !req
697. The poor thing, he can't see.Copy !req
698. Take off the stocking. We already
know everyone's true colours anyway.Copy !req
699. Yes, of course. Wait a minute!
You've had your fun with Mourek,Copy !req
700. now we have to take
really good care of him.Copy !req
701. You shameless liar!
I promised him to the kids!Copy !req
702. And they had their fun with him.
Tell me, Olda...Copy !req
703. - You're behaving like children.
- That would be cause to celebrate!Copy !req
704. Come on, Robert!Copy !req
705. Do you hear it?Copy !req
706. A chameleon!
Look, he's a chameleon!Copy !req
707. You've won.Copy !req
708. Are you happy?Copy !req
709. Come with me, Robert.Copy !req
710. Will you?Copy !req
711. Once upon a time...Copy !req
712. It would be nice if
this really happened...Copy !req