[Dogs Barking, People Yelling, Indistinct]
[Speaking In German]
[Barking Continues]
[Yelling In German]
[Speaking German]
No! No!
No!
[Woman] No!
[Screaming Fades]
[Panting] Yadwiga?
**[Klezmer]
**[Continues]
Yadwiga?
- Yadwiga? - Good morning.
- What time is it? - It's 10:00.
I do shopping. I iron your shirt and underwear.
I clean kitchen floor and bathroom.
I had my breakfast, but I'm ready to eat again with you.
Would you like perhaps tea?
Oh, no, no. Herman, you cannot go with barefoot.
I get your slippers. I polish them.
- Polish them? Who polishes slippers? - They were all dried up.
Ay-yi-yi-yi, Yadzia. This is America.
Huh? Huh?
You're not the family servant anymore.
Lfill your bathtub now.
** [Humming]
I buy you a soap. Perfume soap. Smell.
Three for a dime.
Come.
I wash you.
* Oh, if we were to have a boy *
* Praise the Lord on high *
* In what would we cradle our joy *
* Praise the Lord on high *
* In the street belo-o-ow *
* There is a tub of snow **
- What time does the train leave? - What?
At, uh, 2:00.
- Where's the city? - Philadelphia?
In America. Where should it be?
Why don't you sell books here? There are so many people.
People come to Coney Island for popcorn, not books.
- What kind of books are they? - Books on how to build bridges...
how to lose weight, how to run the government.
Books of songs, stories, plays, the life of Hitler.
They write books about such swine?
They write about all kinds of swine.
Tonight I'll be having supper in Philadelphia.
Who you eat with?
- Alone? - [Speaking Yiddish]
Talk so I can understand you.
Matzi, Pitzele! Pitzele! [Laughing]
Hey, Pitzele!
The neighbor with the white hair said I could earn $25 a week in a factory.
You want to go to work?
You have to know how to read and write.
So you take the course. I will enroll you.
Herman! [Scoffs]
Herman! The old woman says you must know the alphabet first.
- I will teach you. - When? You are never at home.
Such a sweet girl, that Yadwiga.
[Man] vito Marcantonio to run for mayor! Read all about it!
Marcantonio to run for mayor here!
- Yes, sir? Five cents. - Forverts.
[Grunts]
[Thinking: Dogs Barking, People Shouting]
[Barking, Woman Screaming]
[Shouting, Indistinct]
[Voices Stop]
You're supposed to report first thing in the morning.
Where's my speech for Atlantic City?
If I had to depend on you, I'd be an unemployed rabbi.
I got six convalescent homes to worry about, not to mention apartments...
in Borough Park, Williamsburg.
I'm sick and tired of you living in a house without a telephone.
Oy, such a greenhorn.
I know, I know. You live with an old tailor who saved your life in Poland...
and he desperately needs your rent money to live.
A sob story. Let me see this.
Now you're starting to write. This is great. Great.
What's with the scribbling here? Where's the rest of it?
If you can't finish it, tell me. I'll get somebody else.
I'll talk into a Dictaphone myself. I'll have Mrs. Regal type it.
E-Everything will be ready today. I promise that.
I hope so. Meanwhile, I'll hold on to this.
Now, once and for all, your address.
- Where do you live? Under Yankee Stadium? - [Both Laughing]
I'm beginning to believe that you got a wife...
- and you're hiding her from me. - I wish I had the wife.
If you want one, you could have one.
I picked out a fine woman for you. You wouldn't even meet her.
What are you afraid of? You wait long enough, you'll marry a shiksa.
The subject for my next speech... "Mixed marriages: The plague of theJews."
Now... are you going to finish this?
And are you going to give me your address?
Because if you don't, I'm gonna have to fire you.
This town is lousy with bookworms. Everyone wants to be a ghostwriter.
L...
Thirty-nine eighteen Pelham Drive.
- In-In the Bronx. - What's the name of the old tailor?
- Pracz. - Tell him to put in a phone and send the bill...
- No, no. You can't do that. - Why?
- You can't install one without his consent. - Why should he care?
The ringing frightens him. It reminds him of Auschwitz.
- There are other refugees, and they have telephones. - Well, l-l...
It'll be good for him. Put it in your room. In case he gets sick...
he could call a doctor, maybe get help.
Lunatics. Crazy people. That's why Hitlers rise up.
Look, I wanted us to be friends.
But there's something about you that makes it very difficult.
I could help you a great deal, but you close up like a clam.
Uh, maybe. Maybe I am no longer a part of this world.
Cliches. Empty words.
I know hundreds of concentration camp survivors...
some of them practically on the way to the oven, but they're doing fine.
They drive cars, they do business and they have telephones.
Maybe that's my problem. I was hiding in a barn.
Look, I don't want to force my friendship on you.
But I'm calling today and having them install a telephone.
Sno-cones! Get your sno-cones!
Five-cent sno-cones!
Sno-cones! Get your sno-cones!
Five-cent sno-cones! [Fading]
- [Coughing] Ohh. - My mother.
Oh, Herman. Herman.
You know...
I've got in the habit of sitting down and falling right off to sleep.
- Did I sleep long? - She walks around the house as quiet as a mouse.
There are real mice here. I can't tell the difference anymore.
You're starting again. What is burning?
- Masha, I smell something is burning. - Nothing is burning, Mama.
She blames me for everything that happens.
That's right. The whole world is-is sane...
- and it's only your mother that's crazy. - Don't put words in my mouth.
You listen to how she's carrying on?
She always has to say something contrary.
She's just like her father.
May he rest in peace in the Garden of Eden.
- [Coughing] - Masha? Masha?
Water. [Coughs]
It's her fault, you know. It's all her fault. She wouldn't let me die.
I thought she was dead too. And then one day, she finds me.
The next day, she's already talking back to me.
Then she marries this man, this Leon Tortshiner.
Oy. Is that a charlatan!
You know, my daughter, she can read the most difficult books.
When it comes to people, she doesn't know her hands from her feet.
Now look. She's left sitting here, a deserted wife.
If I want to get married, I won't wait for a divorce.
Oh... [Sniffs] What is happening with that stove?
Masha, I smell there's something burning here! Look at this! Oh, my God!
There isn't a drop of water left in this pot!
If God could allow theJews of Europe to be killed...
what reason is there to believe...
he would prevent the extermination ofJews in America?
God doesn't care.
- Right, Herman? - Who knows?
Will you leave Herman alone? First you burn the meat...
and now you're bothering and pestering him with these questions.
Maybe suffering is an attribute of God.
Mama baked some cookies. I'll bring you some.
- No. First he has to eat the compote. - What's the difference what he...
- Stop it. Stop fighting. What... - It all gets mixed up.
Will you two stop quarreling? If you two can't live together peacefully...
how can there ever be peace on the Earth?
The last two people on Earth, they would kill each other.
How can you understand God?
- You shouldn't argue with her so much. - She infuriates me.
She's more devoted to material things than any atheist.
First she tells me to marry Leon Tortshiner...
because he brings her little cakes.
Later, she finds fault with him. God knows why.
What difference was it to me who I marry?
After all I'd been through, what would it matter?
Speaking of marriage, how is your little peasant?
Did you tell her you were on a book-selling trip again?
- Tonight, I'm in Philadelphia. - And what happens if she finds out about us?
- She'll never find out about us. - There's always the possibility.
She will never separate us.
If you can spend so much time with an illiterate goose...
perhaps you don't need anything better.
And what sense is there in doing the dirty work for that swindler of a rabbi?
- At least become a rabbi. Swindle in your own name. - I can't do that.
- Here's the compote. It's delicious. - Thanks.
The truth is, you're still hiding in that hayloft.
Yep. That's the truth.
This is very good. This is... This is very good.
[Train Rumbling By]
[Rumbling Rises In Intensity]
[Train Wheels Screeching]
[Panting]
[Moaning]
I don't believe your peasant is really as cold as you say she is.
- Well, don't believe it. - What about your first wife?
Did you love her?
- Tamara is dead. - Suppose I were to die? Or commit suicide?
How long would you remember me?
How long would you wait before finding another?
Just this once...
be honest.
How long would you wait?
I would never have anyone again.
- Is that the truth? - Yes, you devil.
The whole truth.
[Both Laughing]
- [Laughing] - Suppose... Suppose that there were no men left on the Earth.
- Mm-hmm. - Would you do it with a woman?
Sure. Why not? Would you do it with a man?
- No. Absolutely not. Out of the question. - Why?
- Why? No. - You know why?
- Because then I wouldn't find my other half. - [Laughs]
But an animal... [Moaning]
- [Both Laughing] - You get me a nice sheep or a goat...
- Mmm! That's another story, you know. - [Laughing]
- You ever do it with a guard? - Never.
Not that they weren't interested.
Of course, there was this lieutenant at Dachau.
No. Never.
Never, never.
It's time to go to work, Herman.
- Before work comes pleasure. - I have to go.
I have to go.
[Mumbles]
[Both Laughing]
** [Humming]
Yadzia? Let's take a holiday.
[Applauding]
[Speaking Polish]
[Replies In Polish] Want one pink one.
[Bell Rings]
- [Man] All right, we got a balloon going up. - [Chattering]
- [Talking, Indistinct] - [Shouting, Indistinct]
[Herman] Hit the hole! Hit the hole!
- [Bell Ringing] - Yeah! I won! I won!
We have a winner! We have a winner! Mister, you have a winner!
All right! We got a winner!
[Screaming]
[Laughing, Screaming]
[Chattering]
I'm so happy. So lucky.
God himself has sent you to me.
[Siren Blaring]
- [People Screaming] - Herman, please.
I want to become a Jew. I want to have your child.
[Barking]
- [Laughing] - They drag animals here from all over the world...
- and put them in cages. - My cage was not this comfortable.
Yeah.
- I have to call Yadwiga. - Call her.
- Don't be angry. - Call her.
But if you love me, you'll take me to the Catskills for my vacation...
just like you promised.
I promise.
L-I must stay here in Baltimore another day.
[Animal Roars]
Uh, in a bookstore.
- I'm in a bookstore. - [Animals Growling]
- Uh, what? - [Bird Chirping]
It's, uh, it's a jungle book store.
That's right... No. Oh, sure. There are jungles in Baltimore.
[Roars]
I know that, sweetheart. L-I know.
- L-I miss you too. - [Roars]
I will. Listen. I will... I will... I will call you tomorrow.
I promise you. That's right. Bye-bye. [Kissing]
Y-Y-You... Say hello to the birds for me. Yeah, bye-bye.
"Yadzia."
Come home with me and I'll show you something your Yadzia would blush at.
- [Roaring] - [Roaring]
Would you still want me...
- if we both died young... - Oh, Masha.
And were buried in the same plot and I came to you...
- in your grave? - [Moans]
Would you still want me?
Always. Always, Masha.
[Groans]
Herman?
- Herman, wake up. - Mm.
Herman, Masha says she's gonna meet you in the cafeteria at 12:00.
And, uh... they're looking for you in the newspaper.
See?
Nowadays, when someone is looked for in the newspaper...
it's no small matter.
[Talking, Indistinct]
[Baby Crying]
Come in, Mr. Broder.
A miracle from heaven, Broder. A miracle.
Call her in.
Your wife has returned.
Hello, Herman.
I didn't know that you were alive.
That's something you never knew.
[Door Closes]
- Our children? - Dead.
Sit. Sit down.
Th-Th-They told me that you were killed by a-a-a...
- a firing squad. - They shot two bullets into me.
One is still here in my body.
It's as if you've... you've risen from the dead.
We were dumped in an open pit, hundreds of us.
They thought we were all dead.
But I crawled over some corpses and escaped at night.
It was raining or the Nazis would have seen me.
Then I fled to Russia.
I lived in the woods, for years.
How was it my uncle didn't know where you were?
We had to put an advertisement in the paper.
L-I don't have my own apartment. I live with someone else.
What do you do? Where do you live?
I didn't know that you were alive.
- I think... - Who's the lucky woman who has taken my place, Herman?
She isn'tJewish. She, uh...
She's the daughter of the Pole in whose house I lived during... during the war.
A peasant? Who is she?
She was our servant.
You knew her. Uh... Yadwiga.
Yadwiga? You married her?
[Chuckles]
Forgive me.
Wasn't she a little simple-minded?
I remember she didn't know how to put on a pair of shoes.
Your brother used to tell me how she used to put the left shoe on the right foot.
Tamara.
- She saved my life. - Was there no better way to repay her?
[Chuckles]
Sorry. I shouldn't ask.
Do you have any children by her?
Children? No.
Well, it wouldn't shock me if you did.
I assumed you crawled into bed with her even when you were with me.
That's nonsense. I never crawled into bed with her with anyone.
- Oh, really? - No.
We never really did have a marriage. All we did was argue.
What was I supposed to do? One minute, you were a Trotskyite...
You never had any respect for me, for my ideas.
That's not true. You know that.
Why don't you have any children by her?
Why are you looking at me like that? You married her.
Well, maybe for one minute there I thought... I says... I said...
well, maybe-maybe you have changed.
- But I see you haven't changed. You're still the same. - No.
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. - No, I'm not the same.
No, I'm not the same. I'm dead.
They put nylon stockings on me, dyed my hair, polished my fingernails. God help me.
But I'm dead. So I bear no grudges against anyone.
- Nor am I dependent on anyone. - No. But with...
I just hope you're not playing the same tricks on your wife...
- I am not... - that you played on me.
I don't know where you're living, Broder, but you may stay with us.
Uncle, he has another wife.
There was an eyewitness who-who said that... They testified that she...
- You don't have to run away, Herman. - L...
I'm not going to trap you into anything.
- That's what we read in the newspapers. - Yeah.
- Why didn't you tell us? - Well, I didn't want to trouble you, that's all.
All right, so it's not so terrible.
You didn't know she was alive, so you weren't living illegally with a woman.
And I'm sure that you will, as soon as possible...
- I'll do... wh-whatever... - What do you want to do, Herman?
- You want to divorce me? - No. No.
- Oh, what should I do, move in with your new wife? - Uh... no.
Look, I, uh...
I don't know. L...
Look, l-I have to run. L-l... I'm sorry. I would like to stay.
But it's, uh... I have a pressing business engagement down at...
I'm late. Uh... I'm-I'm-I'm writing a book for-for a rabbi.
It's, uh... l-I think you would be interested in it.
It's, uh, it's very complicated, and it's, uh...
[Sighs] But l-l-I have to go now. You'll have to excuse me.
L... I'm sure... What I'll do, I will call you.
It's, uh... I will... I will be in touch with you.
[Door Opens]
- [Door Closes] - Why did he get into the bathroom?
You were with a relative, huh?
- I didn't even know he was alive. - What's his name?
Feivl. Feivl Lemberger.
- A Talmudic scholar in his sixties. - You think I'm an idiot?
I know who it is. It's that old girlfriend of yours, Eva Kracover.
- She's been after you since Warsaw. - Masha, Masha, Masha.
- Masha, great game. - Thanks, Benny. Two teas, Bernie.
It is Eva. She missed you so badly, she put a notice in the personals.
You were so afraid I'd see the name and number, you tore it out of my mother's paper.
- How do you know that? - My mother called me, that's how I know.
But I got another one. I'm going to call right now and find out the truth.
- You want to call? You go ahead, call. - Yes!
I will give you the nickel. You call. I'm bored to death with your ugly accusations.
- All the time, it's the same thing... - Don't let her push you around.
- I'll call when I feel like it. - If you have no faith in me...
- then the whole relationship is senseless. - It's senseless, all right.
[Man] That's right. Go on, you tell him.
You have your shiksa and you have me, but some bitch from Europe shows up...
and you leave to run off to meet her.
A whore like that probably has syphilis too.
- I haven't seen Eva in years! - I don't know why I stay with you.
You're a pathological liar and a bastard besides!
Russians. They're hot-blooded.
Masha. Masha.
Tamara, my dead wife, risen from the grave.
Polished her nails, come to New York. That's the truth.
You know, Herman, compared to you, Leon Tortshiner was an honest man.
And after all this, I was gonna tell you...
I can take my vacation now.
- Starting when? - We can leave Sunday morning.
Oh, boy. Listen. L-I don't know. I don't know, Masha.
This is... This is not a good time for me. It's a very bad time.
You did it deliberately. All year you promised to take me to the country...
- It's still a promise. I will... - and at the last minute...
- you change your mind! - What are you hitting me for?
I'll go myself.
I don't need you. I'll pack a suitcase and go wherever my eyes lead me.
Don't threaten me. I will take you to the country. Masha...
[Sighs]
**[Swing]
*A certain maid I know is so afraid her beau *
* Will never ask her Will she name the day *
*He calls on her each night And when she dims the light *
*It's ten to one that you will hear her say *
* Oh, Joseph, Joseph Won't you make your mind up *
* Oh, Joseph Make your mind up *
*It's time I knew just how I stand with you **
[Tamara] My uncle keeps nagging me to come to a decision.
He says you should divorce the other one. If not, you should divorce me.
I can't get a Jewish divorce from Yadwiga. We weren't married underJewish law.
Are you at least faithful to her or do you have six others?
[Mumbling] Tamara, you know...
You might as well tell me everything. It's pointless to hide now.
Ja, ja. I have a mistress.
I thought so. What can you talk about with Yadwiga. Who is she?
She's from over there. From the camps.
Twenty cents grapes, please.
- Well, I see nothing has changed with you. - Ja, ja, ja.
- Thank you. - This sweetheart of yours...
does she accept this arrangement?
She has no choice. Her husband won't divorce her. She's in love with me.
Are you in love with her?
I can't live without her.
Well, well, well.
To hear such words from you.
Is she beautiful? Intelligent? Charming?
- All three. - How do you manage it?
Do you rush from one to the other?
I do the the best I can.
It's not so easy.
What sort of person is your mistress?
A little crazy, but tremendously interesting.
- Children? - No. And she doesn't want any.
You're lying, Herman.
If a woman loves a man, she wants to have his child. She wants to be his wife too.
And not have him run off with another woman.
- Does she know about me? - She read the notice in the paper.
She could call here at any time.
What shall I say if she calls? That I'm your sister?
I told her that you were alive. She didn't believe me.
Then I told her a cousin of mine showed up. A...
A man called Feivl Lemberger.
Shall I tell her that I am Feivl Lemberger?
[Moans]
Go. Go have Sabbath with your wife.
[Laughing]
[Speaking Hebrew]
- Good Shabbes. - Good Shabbes.
Was good?
It was good.
- [Sighs] - Herman!
- You're breaking God's commandment. - [Scoffs]
There is no God, do you hear?
And if there were, I would defy him.
[Speaking Polish]
Besides, if there were a God, he wouldn't care about lighting the lights on the Sabbath.
Yadzia, tomorrow, I'm... I must go to Pittsburgh. It's a long trip.
Have you slept with her yet?
- Who? - Feivl Lemberger.
[Sighs] Not yet.
Who is she? You might as well tell me the truth.
I told you the truth. Tamara's alive. She's here.
Tamara is dead and rotting in the earth. Feivl is one of your sweethearts.
I swear on the bones of my parents. It isn't my sweetheart.
- Then tell me who she is. - I told you. I to...
- Who is she? - It's a relative of mine, huh?
A broken woman who has lost her children.
- Why did you say Feivl Lemberger? - Why? Why did I say Feivl?
Because I know you. I know how suspicious you are.
If I just mentioned a woman, what... Let me ask you a question.
Do you really think that Reb Abraham Nissen Yaroslaver...
would put a notice in the paper for a sweetheart of mine?
They're pious people. Masha, I've had it up to here.
You don't believe me, you call them yourself. You find out for yourself.
- Well, maybe this time you're innocent. - Ah, maybe. Ja, ja, ja.
- No. Not so easy to make up. - You'll never believe what I've been through these last days.
You little idiot, you.
I love you, you know.
[Chattering]
Where are the Nazis?
What kind of world is this without Nazis?
A backward country, this America.
- **[Radio] - * It's very clear *
- * Our love is here to stay * - * Our love is here to stay *
- * Not for a year * - *Not for a year *
- * Forever and a day * - *Forever and a day *
- * And the radio * - *And the radio *
- * And the telephone * - *And the telephone *
- * And the movies that we know * - *And the movies that we know *
- * May just be passing fancies * - *May just be passing fancies *
- * And in... * That lady can sing, huh? - *And in time may go *
* Time may go *
- *But, oh, my dear * - * But, oh, my dear *
- * Our love is here to stay * - * Our love is here to stay *
- * Together we're * - Come on, Yeshiva boy, let's see what you can do.
- * Goin'a long * - * Together * [Laughs]
- * Going a long long way * - * The Rockies may tumble *
- * Gibraltar may tumble * - * In time the Rockies may crumble *
- * Gibraltar may tumble * - *But our love is here to stay *
* But our love is here *
* To stay *
** [Humming]
Yadzia, I'm in Pittsburgh.
No, Pitt... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
That's right, that's right. No, I'm working as fast as I can.
No, I promise not to stay away too long.
You miss her.
You can hardly wait to go back with her again.
She's all alone. She's helpless.
What about me?
- This is my vacation. - Of course, of course.
We're here one night and you go running to the phone to call your peasant.
You lied to her, and you will lie to me.
I don't ever want to see you again. Ever!
- [Applause] - [Man, Indistinct]
[Thinking: Man Speaking German]
- [Thinking: Dogs Barking] - No. No.
- [Man Speaking, Dogs Barking, Continues] - No. No!
[Herman] No!
No! No! No!
[Voices Louder, Woman Screaming]
- [Voices Fading] - [Sobbing]
- This is not the way. - [Chuckling]
What is the way?
Where was I five years ago this time?
Still among the dead.
- ** [Rumba] - [Man] Okay. What we're doing here is the rumba.
We're doing the box step. Everybody follow me.
And left and back. It's left, front and side.
And back and one and two and back and three.
- [Yells] - Everybody dance. Everybody do the rumba.
That's it. Left and right.
Down slow. Now back up.
Up. Down one more time. Down. Good.
[Chattering]
Did you see A Double Life? Oh, what an actor that Ronald Colman is.
Such a voice. Such a fine nose.
Give meJohn Garfield. Now there's an actor.
Not to mention he's Jewish.
- I heard that Ronald Colman's alsoJewish. - Ohh.
I had a relative named Broder. A third cousin, from Lemberg.
Or was it Tarnow?
- [Man On P.A.] Lunch is served in five minutes. - I think it was Drohobycz.
- Lunch. Excuse me. - Oh, Lunch. Lunch.
[Man On P.A.] Please, no bathing suits in the dining room.
- I repeat, please... - Herman. What are you doing here?
What am I doing here?
What are you doing here?
I'm coming here, uh, always. I always come here.
- Ah. - To write. I'm writing here.
- Ah. Must be a good place for that. - Oh. Yeah, yeah.
- This is our second visit here. - Excellent kosher food.
- Why don't you join us for lunch? - Oh, no, l...
- It's the boiled beef today. - No. That wouldn't be possible. I'm sorry.
Is your wife here?
Oh, that? That. Uh...
Oh, of course not. What would she be doing here?
I'm coming here... I come here to work.
Work, work, work. You know, deadlines.
It, uh... I don't have to tell you. You know about, uh...
I'll... Dinner. Maybe we'll have dinner together.
If you'll be here, we'll have dinner.
- Uh, I'm-I'm sure it was Drohobycz. - It could be.
He will never come for dinner.
[Man's Voice] Philip Bronstein, your mother wants you in the bungalow now!
Anybody who lost a set of keys on the beach...
they're in the office.
The keys are in the office.
Sadie Reuben is looking for a canasta party.
Anybody interested, contact her at bungalow number 17.
Whoever took the paddles for Ping-Pong...
and didn't return them, please do so to the office immediately.
Remember, folks, tonight at 8:30 in the casino...
- Excuse me. - We'll have dancing to the Mitch Felson Trio.
- Masha. - Herman, what are you doing? I'm so hungry.
- Let's go for a ride. - They're having the boiled beef today.
- Yeah, I heard. I'm not hungry. Come on. - I'm starving.
It should be cooler on the lake.
Come on. Come on. Get in. Get in. Come. Come.
Get in. Get in. Get into the boat. Come on.
Row. Row. Row, Masha, row.
Masha, row, row, row. Row the boat. Row!
[Man On P.A.] ...you got a long-distance call from your husband.
It's been seven weeks since I've had my visitor. I'm never late.
- You'll go. You'll see a doctor. - They can't tell so soon.
I'll wait another week. An abortion in America costs $500.
And it's dangerous too.
A woman in the cafeteria got blood poisoning and that was the end of her.
What an ugly way to die.
And what would my mother do if anything happened to me?
- I'm sure you would let her starve. - [Sighs] Masha, Masha.
Don't get melodramatic.
You don't even know if you're pregnant yet.
- Herman? - Hm?
I'm afraid of an operation.
- Herman? - Don't worry. It'll be all right.
Perhaps Leon will divorce me. I'll speak frankly to him.
- If he won't divorce me, the child will bear his name. - I can't divorce Yadwiga.
You can't? When the King of England wanted to marry the woman he loved...
he gave up his throne, and you can't get rid of a stupid peasant?
- You know a divorce would kill Yadwiga. - I know nothing of the sort.
- You married her in a civil ceremony. - Oh, Masha.
- Marry me in a Jewish ceremony. - Oh, I can't.
- I don't need their gentile papers. - Oh, Masha.
- I can't... I can't do that. - Why?
Why? Why? It would be bigamy, that's why.
- It would be worse. It would be polygamy. - No one will ever know.
- Yeah, so... - As long as there's no marriage certificate...
- no one can prove that we're man and wife. - That-that...
Let me finish.
If you won't agree, you can leave this minute.
I'll find a doctor who will perform the operation.
- But don't you ever show your face to me again. - Oy, Masha, Masha.
I'll give you one minute to answer.
[Flushes]
- You're asking me... - One minute.
You're asking me to break the law. I would be afraid of every policeman.
- You're afraid anyhow. - That's right. That's right.
- Answer me! - I told you, yes! Yes!
Yes!
But our baby would be a bastard anyway, according to theJewish law.
It was conceived before the divorce.
Jewish law and all the other laws...
mean as much to me as last year's frost.
I'm only doing it for my mother.
I've wanted your child since the day we met.
** [Humming]
[Knock On Door]
[Knocking]
** [Resumes Humming]
- Herman. - I'm marrying again.
A third wife? Who?
Masha.
I thought she already had a husband.
She's divorcing him. She's pregnant.
Well, congratulations. You're going to be a father again.
- I'm going crazy. That's the truth. - Were you always like this?
Or did the war do it? I can't remember what kind of person you used to be.
I can't believe you've come to me under these circumstances.
Tamara, please. My head is exploding.
Come in. I'll get you something to eat.
[Door Closes]
[Both Sigh]
- You remember my cousin Isaac? - Ja, ja.
Yeah? Well, he married Helen Edela.
They met again in the camp.
- Helen Ede... - Helen Edela.
- The one that... This was this big. - You remember?
- Oh, my God. Where-Where are they now? - In Tel Aviv. They hate it.
[Laughing]
[Mumbling, Sighs]
I don't want to go home, Tamara.
What do you want to do? Stay here among the dead?
I can't face Yadwiga yet.
[Rustling, Banging]
I have a sleeping pill if you want one.
If I were lying with you, then I would sleep.
Come into my bed.
You won't believe me...
but sometimes our little David and Sarah come to me at night.
They talk till morning.
But when I wake up, I don't remember anything.
I believe you.
Tamara, I want to...
I want to ask you something.
Don't-Don't be mad at me.
- [Sighs] - What?
During all those, uh, all those years, uh...
you never had a single man?
Suppose I did.
I'm just curious. You can be perfectly honest with me.
- Then why are you shaking? - [Chuckles Nervously] I'm not shaking.
Yes. There was someone.
- Yeah? - In Russia. Everything happened there.
So, uh, who was it?
[Chuckles] A man. Not a woman.
One. Several of them.
Look, you told me this much. You might as well tell me everything.
Three.
Three? Three men?
I didn't know you were alive. I assumed if you were, you'd be doing the same thing.
那你就是个荡妇
我没告诉过你吗
- Herman - 怎么了
Herman 醒醒
- Herman - 嗯
没有人
一个男人也没有
没有三个男人
半个男人也没有
- 你说谎 - 没有
在那里
女人献身给几乎不认识的男人
但是每当有人试图靠近我
我们孩子的脸总是在我眼前
噢 老天 噢 老天
噢 老天 Herman
噢 老天
我烤了新年专用的白面包
我做了我应该要做的鲤鱼头
然后他打电话说他不能到
他必须卖... 大英百科全书
大英百科全书是什么
现在他又说他必须去印第安纳 印第安纳是什么地方
你应该要问 赡养费是什么
- 你需要一个律师 - Yadwiga
我们的票已经有了 我花了十美元买这些票
求你了 Herman 这对我很重要 我们的邻里都会在那
- 每个人都会看到我们 求你了 - 我不会一年去一次教会堂
像这些同化的伪君子还自称犹太人
邻里人说你有情妇
Herman 你在赎罪日打我
一年中最神圣的一天
我救了你的命
在干草棚我从嘴里挖出最后一口食物
然后给你吃
我帮你倒屎
对不起 Yadzia Yadzia Yadzia Yadzia
原谅我 你去吧 你去教会堂
你去 你为我祈祷
去吧
哈罗 孩子们
- Tortshiner - Broder 请进
Broder 我完全可以是你的敌人
但我现在就告诉你 我来是为了你好
- 来点奶酪蛋糕 - 不 谢谢
你可以完全不用顾忌 我得小心我的体重
所以我就 我就来点果盘
- 喝点茶吗 - 嗯 我喝茶
- 请来两杯茶 - 好的
Masha告诉我你算是个作家
但我是个科学家 我相信 一个人行动前
必须了解所有的事实
是吗 Tortshiner先生 事实是什么
事实是你的Masha花代价买我跟她离婚
任何诚实的女人都不会这么做的
即使她的生命全指望这
不 不 不
我请
正常呢 我对你是不会有兴趣的
但我恰巧认识了
你的雇主
谢谢 Lembeck拉比
他告诉我在战争中你吃了很多苦
Tortshiner先生 她花了什么代价
喝你的茶
要凉了
你知道你的Masha是红军逃兵的爱人吗
从比萨拉比亚走私金子
我可不否认
我还爱着她 她让男人为她疯狂
总之 我们之间感情变了 我们分开差不多快两年了
她打电话说想见我
她精心打扮过来了
如他们说的 光彩夺目
关于你的一切我已经听说了
但她告诉我全盘故事 就好像昨天刚发生的
她怎么坠入爱河 怀孕了 她想要离婚 什么什么的
她坐在我面前 交叉着腿
像女演员为拍照摆姿势
我对她说...
跟我在一起 你像个妓女 现在付出你的代价
她没怎么反对 她说 我们还是夫妻
我猜这是可以容许的
直至今日 我不知道我为什么那么做 也许是虚荣心
总之 我遇到Lembeck拉比 他告诉你的一切
我意识到她把你困在她的网中如同我一样
也许她吸引知识分子
- 我不会娶她 - 我只能说不怪你
你不能告诉Masha
她就是生私生子的份 你要去哪里
非常感谢 Tortshiner先生
Broder
Broder 最后一件事
每个女人都坐在她自己的网里 像蜘蛛一样等着她的苍蝇
要是你不逃 她们会榨干你最后一滴精气
再次感谢
这些是妻子为丈夫尽的义务
她磨粉 烤面包 洗衣 做饭...
抚养孩子 整理床铺 织羊毛
Eliezer拉比说 即使她带来了满屋的仆人
他应该迫使她织羊毛 因为闲散会导致疯狂
- 你为何不接电话 - 我绝不..
- 在节日接电话了
如果你想成为犹太人 不要在圣会节熨衣
这是节日
- 你在安息日写东西 不是我 - 我不会再在安息日
写了
如果你不要成为纳粹 那我们必须是犹太人
- 我什么时候才能成为犹太人 - 我会跟拉比谈
我会教你祷告文
我们会有小孩吗
要是这是上帝的旨意的话 我们会有的
- 你好 - 你还活着吗
- 发生什么事了 - 就是...
我发现了你是个可鄙的人
你就是个荡妇 我诅咒遇见你的那一天
- 我的天 我究竟做了什么 - 什么 你用卖淫来买你的离婚
谁告诉你的 Leon吗
- 是 他说了实话 - 事实是 是他问我
我在他脸上吐口水
要是我说谎 就让我明天早上不能醒来
让我在我的坟墓里不能安息 把他叫来我们对质
你在美国有情人吗
要是我在美国有情人 就让我得癌症
要是Leon捏造的话 让诅咒应在他身上
要是他说的是实话
让我的孩子死在我子宫
住口 别说了 住口
住口 你像个粗野女人发誓
我不要活了
Herman
我怀孕了
太棒了
- 我真替你开心 - 恭喜
谢谢 我是个非常幸运的人
* Talk about a moon *
* Floating in the sky *
* Looking like a lily on a lake *
* Talk about a bird Learning how to fly *
* Making... * 你怎么了
要么就是跟你的村姑在一起 要么就是工作
- 我们结婚了 记得不 - 噢 啊
很快我们就有小孩了
来吧 小伙子 我们给你岳母秀秀我们的舞蹈
我不是他的岳母 他不是我的女婿
- 这简直是疯了 - 你为什么要这么对我 我为什么非得跟你一起住
我们必须用资产阶级制度让我们的爱合法化是你的错
闭嘴 你们两个
犹太法典是多么了不起的书 它却没解释有两个老婆的男人要怎么办
- 你好 - Herman
快来 请过来
怎么了 怎么了 跟我说
Herman Masha病了 快点来
- 谁打的 你情妇
- 别烦我 - 你的早餐好了
你的早餐要变凉了
我不能吃早餐了 我得走了
- 去哪里 去你的情妇那吗 - 是的 去我情妇那
- 去我情妇那 是的 - 你让我怀孕了 你跑去找淫妇
- 你不是卖书 骗子 - 回到厨房去
- 否则我把你丢出去 - 你有情妇
- 你有情妇 你晚上跟她睡
你混蛋 你这骗子 巴尔的摩没有丛林
听到了吗 傻巴尔的摩没有丛林
- Herman - 她还好吗 - 她丈夫吗
- 是的 - Broder先生 谁告诉你妻子怀孕了
- 医生检查过吗 - 我不知道
在这个国家 女人怀孕了 她要医生的持续照顾
你妻子大出血 但没有小孩
- 整个怀孕... 就到这里为止
我以为她都六个月了
突然间 突然间她大叫
她腹部绞痛 接着就是血到处流
- 她还...她还好吗 - 噢 我的天
她会睡的 至少今晚之前
明天早上在去我医院的路上
我会过来看一下
她里面非常正常
你一年后就可以成为外婆了
我活不了那么久
我好想有个外孙
要是有人可以以被杀害的犹太人命名就好了
进去
马上进去 进去
- 好 我去看Masha - 我没事
去看Masha
你感觉如何
我已没有任何感觉
Masha Masha
- 炖汤已经弄好了 - 我也完了
财政上 身体上 精神上
我做了你最喜欢的 大麦炖汤
来吃吧
- 噢 老天 - 发生什么事了
- 老天 别走 是鬼魂 是鬼魂 - Yadwiga 怎么
我以为她认不出我
Yadzia Yadzia 不要抖 不要抖
傻村姑 她活着 她活着
冷静点 Yadwiga 我没死 我不是来缠你的
你到底怎么回事
- 你会把她吓死的 - 我以为我变化这么大 我老母都认不出
你可以先打电话 你可以... 你可以先打电话
- 好了 来 坐下 - 噢 老天
- 坐 坐 坐 - 噢 老天 现在要怎么办
为什么要这么做 你要做什么
我还怀孕了
不要以为我来是为了妨碍你们这对鸳鸯
我在俄国学会喝酒的
一杯下肚后 我变得有点好奇
毕竟 我们还是有共同点
我活着的时候你们俩都认识我
为什么要这么做 为什么你要这么对她
- 你知道她怀孕了 - 我没死 我没死
我没活着 也没死
事实是 他不是我的
他也许一直爱的是你
我确定在我之前他就睡过你
噢 不 我是个天真的人
- 跟他之前我还是处子之身 - 噢 恭喜
男人喜欢处子 要是每个男人都能如愿
每个女人躺下是妓女 起来又是处子
我明白我是不受欢迎的 我最好还是走
不 Tamara夫人
原谅我 我郑重发誓
要是我知道你还活着 我会远离他的
请坐 Tamara夫人
我给你倒茶
别担心 她不会跟你离婚的
要是她要离 你还可以去另一个人那
要是她也扫你出门 你可以来找我
Yadzia 别担心 不会有事的
冷静 Yadwiga 我不会再来的
不 Tamara夫人 你留在这里
这是你的丈夫 这里是你家
- 你受的苦也够久了 - 但我不想要他
就算你要离开 我也不会跟他一起住
你要去哪里 这里就是你家
我还是当佣人 这是上帝的旨意
不 Yadwiga 你的心肠真好 但我不能接受如此的牺牲
割裂的喉咙是无法再缝好的
等等 等等 不要 不要走
听着 既然Yadwiga知道 我们可以做朋友吧
这样好 这样子我可以少说点谎
Broder先生 你妻子在家吗
她在 在卫生间
真是可人儿 这是Pesheles先生 来自Sea Gate
我告诉他你卖书也写书
他对书很感兴趣
听着 Schreier女士 我非常抱歉
- 我现在有点不方便 - 只会耽误你几分钟的时间
- Pesheles是个有钱人 - 噢
纽约最大老人养老院的主席
- 他是三家医院的董事成员 - Schreier女士 拜托
我不需要宣传 要是我需要宣传代理 我会请的
请进
这位是我的朋友
她 她来自欧洲 她只是来这几周
但你看起来一点都不像新来的 看起来像美国人
很美 这样如何
我们去你那儿
我派人去买一些百吉饼 熏鲑鱼 也许再来点法国白兰地
我们可以好好聊聊
你说你写的是哪种书
失陪一下 请稍等
你好
Broder? 这是Lembeck拉比
你确实有电话 但不是在布鲁克林的Bronx
游憩场二号是靠近科尼岛的某个地方
嗯 我朋友搬家了
Broder 我没你想像得那么傻
我知道所有的事 完全知道
你娶了个女人叫Masha 你甚至都不告诉我 我还可以恭喜你
听着 打电话给你是因为我要马上见到你
关于犹太神秘哲学的文章你犯了一些严重的错误 这有损你我的威望
要是我们可以立即改正 他们可以等到明日印刷
告诉我你的地址
我不 我不住在这里 我住在Bronx
又是Bronx Bronx的哪里
老实说 我搞不清你
听着 我会全部解释给你听
我 我暂时住在这里 只是这样
暂时 你到底怎么回事 也许你有两个妻子
两个 也许三个
不管怎样 告诉我你的地址 我一个小时内到
别紧张 我不会偷你的妻子 不管你有多少个
杰罗姆大道4470
我会给你再买一个 你应该活很久
整好 整好
- 现在我恐怕得走了 - 我也得走了
噢 看来你们不打算接受我的邀请
- 是的 - 也许下回吧
- 嗯 - 来 Schreier女士
对了 我没听清你的名字
- Tamara - 小姐还是太太
随你高兴
Tamara什么 你肯定有姓的
- Tamara Broder - Broder
- 也是姓Broder - 堂兄妹
世界真小
真美好呀 对吧
代我向你妻子问好 现在波兰乡下人要变成犹太人
确实是少见
- 晚安 - 晚安
- 别离开我 Tamara夫人 - 我得走了 Yadwiga
你不能走
拉比在等着 我现在要不走 要是我不去见他
他会炒了我 我们会饿死的
我会回来的 Yadwiga
[Neighbor's Baby Crying]
It's a lie! A whore is waiting for him, not a rabbi!
I'm going to have an operation tomorrow.
They're going to remove that bullet from my hip.
You know, sometimes, in the middle of the night...
I hear my father talking to me.
"What have you accomplished?" He asks.
"You make yourself, everyone else miserable.
They're ashamed of you here in heaven."
Think of me once in a while, Herman.
Forgive me.
**[Swing]
[Masha Laughing]
[Knocking]
- Mazel tov, bridegroom! - Don't stand at the door!
It's your home. I'm your wife. Everything here is yours.
What a catch, Broder!
Next week, you're coming to my house.
- [Laughing] - **[Swing Continues]
- You sure I picked the right dress? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Maybe I should have taken the red one.
- [Groaning] - Do you know, Herman? The red one looked very nice too.
- It looks fine. - Well, maybe I made the right choice.
** [Whistles]
**[violin]
Eileen, they've arrived!
- Ohh. - [Chuckles]
Is that a beauty? He nabbed the prettiest woman in America.
- Hello. - Look at that face.
- My husband's told me so much about you. - He has?
- I'm really glad that you came to our party. - Yeah!
Won't you come in? Come and have some drinks and hors d'oeuvres...
and make yourself at home?
Good. Good. Oh, excuse me! I'll be back soon.
[Chattering]
Oh. Could I offer you an hors d'oeuvre, sir?
Take a napkin.
Excuse me.
[Muttering]
[Speaking Foreign Language]
Pesheles. Nathan Pesheles.
I came to your apartment a week ago.
Oh! I'm sorr... [Chuckles]
I'm sorry, it's so confusing, that l...
I didn't know that you knew Rabbi Lembeck. But who doesn't?
- Where's your wife? - I've lost her.
- She's here somewhere. L... - Come.
Let's find her together. Mrs. Schreier's told me so much about her.
A Polish girl that converts, I'm dying to meet.
Herman! [Chuckling]
This is Yasha Kotik. You remember, the actor I told you about...
who was with me in the camps.
- This is Herman. - So, you're Masha's husband. Congratulations.
Tell me, how do you do that? I was searching for her through half the world...
- and you marry her, just like that. - [Masha Laughing]
And who is this debonair gentleman?
W-What? [Stammering] This is Mr. Pesheles.
- I met Mr. Broder in Coney Island. - Coney Island?
I played there once. A whole audience full of old woman, and all deaf.
- [Laughing] - I played every spot in the Yiddish theater...
from Miami to the Warsaw Ghetto.
- And even a hungry audience is better than a deaf one. - [Laughing Continues]
And, uh, where do you live? Also Coney Island?
What's all this talk about Coney Island?
Well, I, uh, I went to visit Mr. Broder there.
I thought the woman who converted was his wife.
Turns out, he has a pretty little one right here.
You refugees certainly know how to live.
We Americans are only allowed one at a time.
- And then, guess what? Guess what? - It's not what you think.
I go to the hospital last week to visit a friend with a prostate problem.
And I meet that other pretty woman who is also at your house.
She was having a bullet removed from her hip.
She was probably delirious, but she said she was also your wife.
What was that name? T-Tam... Tamara!
- That's right, Tamara Broder. - Tamara? I thought she was dead.
- I tell you, my dead wife is living in America. - She was old and ugly.
- But that's what all men tell their wives! - Well, here we are.
You all know each other. My friend Mr. Pesheles knows everyone.
And everyone knows him.
Masha, you're the most beautiful woman at the party.
And my friend Herman here, hid her.
- He's hiding more than one. - You think so?
With me, he always played the innocent lamb.
- I was beginning to believe he was a eunuch. - I wish I was such a eunuch.
- [Pesheles Chuckles] - Excuse me, Rabbi. I'll be right back.
- Where are you running? - Once and for all, how many wives do you have?
- Let go of me. - How many? Three?
Ten. Ten. I have to vo... I have to vomit.
- Where's the bathroom? - Down the hall.
Thank you.
Whoops... Ooh!
Herman! This is the last time I'm going to talk to you.
And I want to tell you, you're the worst fraud I've known in my life!
- **[violin] - If you hear that I'm dead...
- don't come to my funeral. [Sniffling]
[Nazi Screaming In German]
[Dogs Barking, Woman Screaming]
[Barking, Screaming Continue]
- Where are your wives? - [Sighs Deeply]
They're both not speaking to me.
- [Waiter] Coffee or tea? - I am such a mess.
Masha, she knows everything. Yadwiga's suspicious. Everything is hopeless.
Coffee or tea? We close in a half-hour.
Get him a glass of tea and a nice piece of cheesecake.
No cake. No cake. Eh, I have a... have a stomach ache.
I want to say something to you. And don't be angry with me.
You're a lost man, Herman.
One of those people who can't make decisions for themselves.
Here in America, they have... something what is called a manager.
- Thank you. - Let me be your manager.
You put yourself entirely in my hands.
I'll take care of all of your needs, but you must do exactly what I ask you to do.
Why should you do this, Tamara?
Really, Tamara, this is just your way of giving me a few dollars?
No. I can see things have become too much for you.
What do you look like now? What are you, an angel?
Who knows what angels are?
[Stubbing Out Cigarette]
And first, you must go back to Yadwiga.
Then, I'll find you a new job. You can work for my uncle.
- That's nice. - It's good. I mean, it's good.
Hello, Matzi. Hello, Pitzi.
Sit, sit, sit.
Happy Passover. [Sighs]
Here we are, one big, happy family.
[Phone Ringing]
[Rings]
Hello?
If you don't speak to me, I'm going to hang up.
[Masha] Wait. I'm in Coney Island.
Beach Hotel.
- Room five. - [Line Disconnects, Dial Tone Buzzes]
[Hangs Up Phone]
**[Saxophone: "Mona Lisa"]
Thanks, Kevin.
- Room five, please. - Down the hall to your right.
That way?
I have missed you so much.
Rabbi Lembeck has a convalescent home in Florida.
He offered me a job for a hundred a week.
- What about your mother? - The rabbi will take care of her too.
He'll put her in one of his homes in New Jersey.
He's crazy about me. He would have left his wife for me if I wanted him to.
But I couldn't touch him.
If you don't like Florida, he also has a home in California.
You can work for him too.
- He's as good as an angel from heaven. - I can't leave Yadwiga.
She's pregnant. She could go into labor any day.
- And after she gives birth, you'll have other excuses. - Oh, Masha.
I've made up my mind. Tomorrow I'm flying to California...
- and you will never hear from me again. - Please, Masha, no.
- Or have you come back to Tamara? - No.
But she's also an angel.
Introduce her to the rabbi.
Maybe the two angels will make a new God.
We're both devils.
[Sighing, Gasping]
[Crowd Chattering]
If you go with her, you're digging your own grave.
Maybe I would be better off dead.
But I don't have the guts to kill myself.
What about Yadwiga? What about the baby?
God blesses you with a child, you spit in its face.
This kind of talk is useless.
[Gasping] I can't live without Masha.
You want three women, but you always go to the one who calls you the loudest...
and who is sickest!
She's not your lover, she's your enemy!
Shh. Look. I will send money for the baby. I promise.
Every month, I send money for the baby.
I must go. It's the end for me, Tamara.
Go on, Herman. Go.
I'll take care of things with the rabbi.
- Can I help you? - Yes. I'm looking for a nice menorah.
I think I prefer this one, but...
gimme a second.
[Bell Rings On Door]
[Train Wheels Screeching]
They even took the light bulbs.
When did it happen?
This morning, last night, who knows?
Why wasn't I cremated like all the otherJews?
- Did you call the police? - [Chuckles Bitterly]
What can the police do?
They're thieves themselves.
[Screaming, Crying]
Look at this! [Weeping]
Look at this! Look at this!
[Screaming Hysterically]
Well, it's a sign.
It's time to leave.
- I told my mother. I told my mother. - Yes?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What did she say? - The same old words.
I'll be sorry. You would leave me and all the rest.
Now, we must decide where we want to go.
California or Florida?
We can go by train or bus. The bus is cheaper, but it takes you a week...
to get to California, and you will get there more dead than alive.
- I think we should... - [Commotion]
- [Woman Sobbing, Coughing] - Mother. Come.
- What happened? - Call a doctor!
- What happened? What? - I started my cab. She passed out in my cab.
Come, come, come. Come, come.
- She's okay. Get water. - [Coughing]
- Masha, where's Masha? - [Herman] Masha!
She's killed herself, the bitch! Just for spite!
- [Kissing] Mama. - Oh, Masha...
- Here, Mama. - Here. Here.
Ja.
Get the doctor. Get the doctor!
- Mama, you'll be fine. I'm here, Mama. Okay. - [Moans]
I'm here, Mama.
[Woman] Oh, my God. What happened?
- [Man] Okay, let's go. - All right, let's step back here, all right?
[Engine Revving]
[Siren Wailing]
[Siren Fading Into Distance]
[Masha] Stop here, please.
I bought a bulb.
- How's your mother? - I have no mother.
And I have no money for a funeral.
Her last words were, "Where is Herman?"
Maybe your mother's better off.
She doesn't have to make any more decisions. [Grunts]
That's the one advantage to being dead.
[Sighs]
Herman.
You once promised me we would die together.
[Sighs] Remember?
Don't you remember?
In September. Labor Day.
- When we were in the Catskills. - Oh. I remember.
Why don't we do it? I have enough sleeping pills for both of us.
- It's a big step. - I have them in my bag.
All we need... [Takes Deep Breath]
- Is a glass of water. - Well, that we have. That's the one thing they didn't steal.
Well?
[Whispering] Oh, Masha.
[Sighs Profoundly]
Oh, Masha, Masha.
You know, Tamara's right. I'm a lost man.
I can't decide. I can't decide between women.
I can't decide on anything. L...
Masha?
Masha, I feel...
I feel like...
ja. Ja. Why not? Ja.
[Faucet Running]
- Mashele? - Yes, Herman?
Before we die, I would...
First, I would like to know the truth.
About what?
Have you been faithful to me since we've been together?
[Scoffs] Have you been faithful to me?
[Sniffs] If you tell the truth, I will too.
- Wait. Wait! - I'll tell the truth.
- I will tell the truth. - I need a cigarette.
Wait.
Let's hear.
Once, with Tamara. That's all.
When?
- [Laughing] - After we got back from the Catskills.
I told you I was going with the rabbi to Atlantic City?
- [Laughing Continues] - What, you know? What?
Masha?
What is... What's so funny?
- What? What? - What you did with your wife, I did with my husband.
Tortshiner?
- That cockroach? He told the truth? - Mm-hmm.
- I went to ask for the divorce, and he insisted. - You sw...
- He told me it was the only way I could get it. - You swore to me.
You swore to me on a holy oath.
I swore falsely.
There isn't any point in dying now.
- [Stammering] Let's go, Masha. - What are you talking about?
- You promised we'd kill ourselves. - You promised to tell the truth!
- Please wait until after the funeral. - I'm leaving, Masha.
I'm leaving now. Are you coming? We'll find a hotel somewhere.
Yes. I'm coming.
I'm coming.
Herman, I can't leave my mother.
I want a grave next to hers.
I don't want to die among strangers.
- You'll lie next to me. - You are a stranger.
Herman, you're afraid.
Yeah, I'm afraid. Yeah.
I'm afraid of God.
Masha, I must go. I must leave everybody.
As long as you're going to leave me, at least go back to your peasant.
- Don't leave your child. - I have to leave everyone.
[Chuckles] Good-bye, Herman.
- I have to go. - Mm-hmm.
[Opens Door]
I have...
Good-bye, Herman. Now you go!
Good-bye, Masha.
- Oy! - Did you get the diaper service?
What do you mean, did I get the diaper service? Of course I got the diaper service.
I got the baby carriage. I got the crib with red balls on it.
- L-I got the layette, whatever that is. - [Breathing Rapidly]
Who do you think you're talking to, a piker? This is Rabbi Lembeck here.
- Mistress Tamara! - You're gonna be fine, sweetheart.
- Ow, ow. Ow, ow. - I'll be here, Yadwiga. I'll be here.
Mistress Tamara! [Gasping]
Have you heard from Herman?
- No. - I hope he doesn't do away with himself like poor Masha.
[Moaning, Gasping]
Come.
[Baby Fussing]
[Baby Crying]
- Shh! - [Crying Continues]
- Don't cry. Don't cry. - [Calming Down]
That's my baby. Don't cry.
'Cause you're wet. You're wet.
- You're wet. That's right. Shh. - [Crying Resumes]
Just a minute!
I know what she wants.
- She wants her apricots. - [Crying Continues]
She loves her apricots.
I'm coming!
She was so wet, Mistress Tamara!
[Laughing] Ja. We need more diapers.
- I'll order some. - Whoops.
- Yeah. - [Cooing]
There! She wants her apricots.
She wants her nice, delicious apricots.
Yes. Oops.
Whoops.
Masha.
Mashele.
Masha, Masha, Masha.
Mashele.
**[Klezmer]