1 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:40,997 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,479 Eda! 3 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,395 Mum, just a few more minutes. 4 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,076 Prague - September 1945. 5 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,988 The Nazis have been defeated. The Communists haven't yet taken over. 6 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,512 Put your hat on properly! 7 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,076 Don't lose it! 8 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,034 Let me look at you. Straight there, then home. 9 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,391 Give me some. 10 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,716 Screenplay 11 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,235 Starring 12 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,950 Sound 13 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,629 Music 14 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,994 Edited by 15 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,678 Production 16 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,832 Director of Photography 17 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,916 Directed by 18 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,278 - That'd be something! - What? 19 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,672 If I could play like that I could earn money in pubs. 20 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,916 Mum and Dad'll probably buy me a full-size violin now. 21 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,109 Violins just screetch but an accordion... 22 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,397 - A litre of beer. - I'll be right back. 23 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,758 - Hi, Dad. - Hi, mate! 24 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,719 Want some? Here. 25 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,274 - Daddy, come home! - I can't leave yet. 26 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,437 Tell Mum the cards are going Dad's way 27 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,872 and if he stopped now he'd ruin the family! 28 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,797 - Trump! - Come and get it! 29 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,830 Here you are! 30 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,074 My husband's back from the tram tracks! 31 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,954 - Can't you clear away? - In a minute! 32 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,396 Look at the time! 33 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,512 I can't enjoy my dinner unless I've finished what I'm doing! 34 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:53,714 You take her, Eda. The dinner's been ready for ages! 35 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,472 She'll settle down if you push her over the bump. 36 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,198 Come and hold the light for me. 37 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,554 You're so clumsy! 38 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,753 It's a temporary connection. 39 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,155 Hold this red resistor up to this wire... here... 40 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,235 What's the matter with you? 41 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,834 Don't hit him on the head. He'll become stupid. 42 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,474 Become? He already is! 43 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,589 Chroust said how could you put matches in the cockets, 44 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,110 - call yourself an electrician? - You telling me what to do? 45 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:52,554 Tell Chroust we wanted it painted straight. 46 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,399 Not croked. 47 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,235 You call that straight? 48 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,316 Every day I have to look at it. His sloppy work! 49 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,509 Don't step on the couch in your slippers! 50 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,113 Hold it. 51 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:28,993 If this doesn't work, I don't know what will. 52 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,035 Turn that down! 53 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,434 Come and help me clear away. 54 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,711 - What was wrong? - Stupid resistor! 55 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,308 How did you work out what was wrong? 56 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,078 It's my job. 57 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:02,636 Good that you understand these things. 58 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,878 Wash your hands. 59 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,511 Both of you. 60 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,234 Open your mouth. 61 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,315 It's good for your bones, blood, the lot. 62 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,111 You're as thin as a beanpole. 63 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,071 Bon appetit! 64 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,830 Look at the way you're sitting! 65 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,756 Hook them over your shoulders. 66 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,072 You're a growing boy. You've got to sit up straight! 67 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,830 You know how Mr Chroust walks. 68 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,269 Chroust! An eyample? 69 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,391 Has the bearing of a soldier. 70 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,274 He sticks his chest out like a pigeon. 71 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,271 Is Mr Chroust a Labourist? 72 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,996 - Mr Chroust's an idiot. - But a Labourist too. 73 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:15,517 You can have clever Labourist, like Mr Ludvik... 74 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:21,070 Every political party has clever and stupid members. 75 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,158 Which party has the most idiots? 76 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,748 Eat up, it'll get cold. 77 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,510 You can't talk to kids about this sort of thing. 78 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,632 Now he'll tell Chroust that he's an idiot. 79 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,910 At least he'd know at last. 80 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,880 If there are male and female flowers on a plant... 81 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,634 Please don't whistle like that! 82 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,072 Eyamples of which are the birch, hazel and cucumber. 83 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:03,358 I can't cane you. You don't care about your results. 84 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,636 You won't see reason. 85 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,309 You can stand on your heads for all I care. 86 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,758 It's your fault what becomes of you. I just do my job. 87 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,509 There are many flowers with male and female partners. 88 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,070 She's only wearing that smock. 89 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,350 - Who? - What's that? 90 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,751 She's not wearing knickers. 91 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,318 She doesn't wear anything underneath when it's hot. 92 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,232 She must have some shorts on! 93 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,955 Women don't wear shorts. 94 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,477 He must know. He's repeated her class. 95 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,719 It shows when she sits down. 96 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,877 But you have to get up close. 97 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,836 They fly from flower to flower. In cemeteries, gardens... 98 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,112 This is how they fertilise the trees. 99 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,275 That's much better. 100 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,514 That's how you're meant to behave. 101 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:24,076 This is how you'll learn about nature and its mysteries. 102 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,868 Only bumble-bees can get into some flowers 103 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,754 because of their long proboscis. 104 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:41,395 In chesnut tree flowers you'll only see bumble-bees. 105 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,758 Sometimes the trees attract ordinary bees, 106 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:52,149 but they soon realise their proboscis is too short. 107 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,510 Bumble-bees also like clover. 108 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,231 - She is wearing some. - So tell me their colour! 109 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,954 Pink ones, like my Mum's. 110 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,955 Yes, pink clover is a feast for bumble-bees. 111 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,475 He had the same name as you? 112 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:32,868 Yeah. 113 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,799 Ugh! 114 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,598 What was he like? 115 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,315 I don't know. He died before I was born. 116 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,834 They said he was a good boy. 117 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,793 When he died, Mum took sleeping pills 118 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,754 because she didn't want to live any more. 119 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,190 But they pumped out her stomach and saved her. 120 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,675 Must've been horrible. 121 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,429 Yeah. 122 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,993 What happened to your brother? 123 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,352 He stood on a rusty nail and his foot got infected. 124 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,717 That's why they're so careful with me. 125 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,591 They don't want anything to happen to me. 126 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,990 I'm not surprised, but why give you the same name? 127 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:31,153 I'm a replacement. 128 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,715 You're a substitute. 129 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,034 School announcement. 130 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:06,394 We've acquired some tickets for a performance of "The Idiot". 131 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:13,353 Any parents who want to see "The Idiot", come and see me. 132 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,836 Our Principal's an idiot! 133 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,270 Silence! Be quiet! 134 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,916 Fakir, magician and juggler Raji Tamil 135 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,517 will perform for us today... 136 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,950 I now ask the audience to give me a word. 137 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:16,834 Cretin! 138 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,872 Toilet! 139 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,794 You're a disgrace! 140 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,875 The fakir will think you don't know any other words! 141 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,831 Whore! 142 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,478 I can write it. 143 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,716 My feet can write any word 144 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,150 but they prefer to write more beautiful words. 145 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,793 Say "spring". 146 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,912 Spring! 147 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,076 That's a very beautiful word. 148 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:11,196 Here are three hoops. They're joined together. 149 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:17,919 Try to pull them apart, check they've no joints... 150 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,397 There's no trickery 151 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,558 Now, give me the hoops and I'll show you some magic. 152 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,755 Give the hoops back so our guest can continue. 153 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,271 Give them back right now! 154 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,148 - We don't have them! - They're not here! 155 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:52,197 If I get them back, you'll see magic not on the programme. 156 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,320 I'll swallow fire! 157 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,473 Quiet! 158 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:10,115 If you don't give back the hoops when I count to three 159 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,118 not only will Mr Mrazek... 160 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,038 Raji Tamil is my name... 161 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,035 ...not only will the fakir not swallow fire, 162 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:26,274 but you'll go back to your classes and continue lessons. 163 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,239 One... 164 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,599 two... 165 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,751 three... 166 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,312 End of the performance, back to your classes! 167 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,319 I'll search you all myself, you wretches! 168 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:02,470 Whoever has it will get a "C" for behaviour! 169 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,749 Because it's theft! 170 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,236 Shame for the whole school! 171 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,309 I've never eyperienced this before in my life! 172 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,679 Were those your only hoops? No reserves? 173 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,632 Cretins! 174 00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:30,829 They've disappeared into the ground! 175 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,716 Want to see something? 176 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,192 Blimey! 177 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,949 But the head said it was stealing. 178 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,395 It was a good laugh, eh? 179 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,632 Hi, Mum! 180 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,199 Hi! 181 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,272 Nice bike. 182 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,274 - It's my Dad's. - But he doesn't use it. 183 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:41,558 He does when he's late for work. 184 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,275 We'll have to dismantle it, specially the mud-guards. 185 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,195 Dad might be angry. 186 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,791 He'll be glad we made a light half-racing bike out of it. 187 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,994 They've problems again, haven't they? 188 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:05,072 - And don't come back! - I won't come back. 189 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,357 All those men I turned down! 190 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,393 Voracek, Frantik from the butcher's, 191 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,194 I was a virgin then! 192 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,757 - Look where I ended up! - My heart's packing up! 193 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,390 Nice people, eh? Happens every day. 194 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,671 You don't have neighbours like that, do you? 195 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,958 No. 196 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,598 - Why do they fight like that? - He can't please her. 197 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,870 What do you mean? 198 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,912 I don't know. 199 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,073 Help me pour this away. 200 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,797 Just you see, he'll be wearing black again. 201 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,312 Ready again? 202 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,511 You heard it? 203 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,033 My heart's packing up. 204 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,150 - Where's he going? - To his coffin. 205 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:28,075 I'll have a heart attack any minute. 206 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,395 It has to be. 207 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,911 You must enjoy yelling at each other. 208 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,270 Think I enjoy it? 209 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,957 Ask her if she likes it! 210 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,552 Tormenting a person to death! 211 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,476 When she starts shouting, he shaves and dresses in black 212 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,912 so she won't have to do anything when he is dead. 213 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,831 Just in case you want to hang yourself! 214 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,912 See that? 215 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,196 I don't know what Dad's going to say. 216 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,916 Looks good. See what I've got for you. 217 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,597 You'll think it's brill! 218 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,557 You'll kill that baby! 219 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,839 So it works! Now you can look after the baby 220 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,394 - while you ride your bike. - Yeah! 221 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,198 Watch out! 222 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,719 We all know that "Prague" begins with a capital "P". 223 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,154 Be careful when you're writing the adjective. 224 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,110 It's the same with other towns. 225 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,875 Who's going to write it on the board? Eda! 226 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,039 Do stop whistling! 227 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,349 Good. Sit down. 228 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,912 One more time and you're off to Vrsovice. 229 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,198 They'll sort you out there! 230 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,112 I want to go to Vrsovice. 231 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,472 I think we overslept! 232 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,631 You think or you know? 233 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,753 We didn't set the alarm clock properly. 234 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,630 Half past siy instead of siy. 235 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,998 We didn't? You mean you didn't! 236 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:18,432 - Sorry, I got it wrong! - You can't do anything! 237 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,839 Don't be angry with me! You'll get there on time... 238 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,475 ...if you take your bike. 239 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,752 You can eat some strudel and an apple on the way. 240 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:36,439 Riding, strudel in one hand, apple in the other! 241 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,672 So don't go far. It looks like rain. 242 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,676 What a lovely baby! 243 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,198 You like it with so much goose fat? 244 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,279 We didn't have it during the war but now we do. 245 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,554 It's home-made, my sister made it. 246 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,638 - I'm off. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 247 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,512 - You know who died? - No. 248 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,757 - Mrs Klecankova. - I didn't know her. 249 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,955 Yes you did. The skinny one. 250 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:47,353 And young. She wasn't even fifty. 251 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,835 Well, goodbye, then. 252 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,512 Feed it out... a bit more... 253 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,988 Hold it there... 254 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,679 Hi. 255 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,158 - What are you doing? - Can't you see? 256 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,199 - Are they live? - No, dead. 257 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,232 - Isn't it dangerous? - Yeah. 258 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,716 Ever chewed gum? Got any left? 259 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,869 - I've only got half left. - Give him some. 260 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,713 It's American, but don't swallow it, just chew it. 261 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,997 - Thanks. - Give me some, too. 262 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,031 Shove off. 263 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,677 You bums! 264 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,199 Get that pram away from here! 265 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,598 - How high will it go? - 1000 metres. 266 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:24,919 Shit! 267 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:34,315 Out of the way! 268 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,238 Don't touch it! 269 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,676 Wait till I catch you, you little sods! 270 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,557 It needed a longer pipe or a different fuel. 271 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,033 - What's up with him? - What's the matter? 272 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,998 I swallowed the gum. 273 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,628 It won't hurt you. 274 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,038 - But there's no more left! - We'll get some more. 275 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,438 Look! 276 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,512 'Bye! 277 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:43,114 It's Dad. He took the bicycle that's why he's home earlier. 278 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,675 Where are my mud-guards? 279 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,470 Where are they? 280 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,235 You rascal! 281 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,553 Not with that! 282 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,350 If you cripple him... 283 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,071 Don't hide behind a woman, you coward! 284 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,912 On all fronts. 285 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,351 - Even the Germans? - Dad said on all fronts. 286 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,438 How could Germans sing "Roll out the barrels" 287 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,630 when they can't speak the language. 288 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,318 The Americans and the Russians sang it as they marched. 289 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,919 And the Japanese? 290 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,519 I don't know. 291 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,119 And the partisans? 292 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,869 How could they sing in hiding, stupid? 293 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,595 Who threw that? 294 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,876 See what I mean? 295 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,116 Miss Mayova won't be teaching due to a prolonged illness, 296 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:20,837 so she won't be coming back soon, maybe never. 297 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,875 Your new teacher will be Mr. Hnizdo. 298 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,673 Let's welcome him. I know that 299 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:36,191 his eyperience with the anti-Nazi resistance 300 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:41,753 will help him to handle you... where is Rosenheim? 301 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,919 He's not here! 302 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:52,917 ...and soften up those "heroes" among you. 303 00:31:53,080 --> 00:32:00,589 The reputation of the class is shattered. 304 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,598 Shattered. 305 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,195 I wish you much success. 306 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,272 My name is Igor Hnizdo. 307 00:32:55,440 --> 00:33:00,355 Some idiot whistled. So I threw a stone at him. 308 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,391 - What is your name, boy? - Rosenheim. 309 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,233 You know you're late? 310 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,314 Not that late. 311 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,909 Four and half minutes. Hold out your hand. 312 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,431 Now the other one. 313 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,439 Two for arriving late and two for whistling outside. 314 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,437 It wasn't me! 315 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,875 And two for lying. 316 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,953 You're not allowed to hit us. 317 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:41,712 Correct. Corporal punishment at school is forbidden. 318 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,593 With one eyception. 319 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,315 This class. 320 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,999 A class that drives its teacher into an asylum must be beaten. 321 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,391 Ministry of Education issued a decree. 322 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:02,588 For your interest it's decree no. 284/ C/1945. 323 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,952 I'll beat you with this medieval instrument if you behave 324 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,430 as if in the Middle Ages. 325 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,632 It's for your own good. 326 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,548 You'll thank me each time and we'll shake hands 327 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:26,196 to show our friendship hasn't suffered. 328 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,076 Let's demonstrate with these boys who aren't listening. 329 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,679 Thank you. 330 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,273 Thank you. 331 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,479 Teachers are sent here as a punishment. 332 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:54,589 In this part police used to patrol only on horses... 333 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,760 ...and always in pairs. 334 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,269 I chose to come to this appalling school because 335 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,188 I used to volunteer for the front line. 336 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,113 I never feared the Nazis, 337 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,955 so I should be able to cope with you. 338 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,469 It's a 635 calibre. A small weapon. 339 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,594 War criminals are still at large. 340 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,594 Not all scores... 341 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,316 ...are settled. 342 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,594 Where're you off to? 343 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,678 I'm bringing Dad his dinner. 344 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,799 Your boy's here, OK? 345 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,952 - They're transformers. - I know. 346 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,231 That's you. 347 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,271 What d'you mean? 348 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,908 They call you "the Transformer". 349 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,350 Everyone has a nickname here. Look. 350 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,994 When we're doing repairs, I use this rod 351 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,830 to test the transformer. 352 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:10,110 If it doesn't spark, I know there's no current 353 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:13,915 and I can touch it with my bare hands. 354 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,953 Then I can let the repairmen near it. 355 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,556 Aren't you afraid? 356 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:26,589 Yes, I could get burnt to a cinder. 357 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:31,510 If I touch it and don't turn black, it's OK. 358 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:37,755 - Has anyone ever got burnt? - Yes, Mr Hlavaty, Mr Hejplik... 359 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,033 What've you brought me, Camil? 360 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,476 Nothing for you. And I'm not called Camil. 361 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,637 That's not very nice of you! 362 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,238 Not nice at all, Camil! 363 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,438 Just in time today. 364 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,632 Get ready, here we go... 365 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,319 Now! 366 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,919 It's all lit up! 367 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,948 He's started off well, inspector. 368 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,396 He has them well-disciplined. 369 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,279 - Leave him in the boys' class. - Yes. 370 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:56,518 Is it true he taught music in a girls' school? 371 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,312 Yes. 372 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,435 So he was sent here as punishment? 373 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,597 Leave him in the boys' class. 374 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,431 Eycuse me. 375 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,548 What are you doing here? 376 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:29,029 I'm watching the game. 377 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,957 Sorry. 378 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,598 My husband's a tram driver. 379 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,158 Really? 380 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,389 It's 3:3! 381 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,357 Eycellent. Who scored? 382 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,959 Dusicka. 383 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,350 Eycellent! 384 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,075 He couldn't suddenly come home? 385 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,159 It would create a real traffic jam. 386 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:31,632 He has to work according to the timetable. 387 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,388 I have real coffee. 388 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,799 You've such a long hair! 389 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,199 Long hair - little brain, eh? 390 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,669 It's not a penalty if your hand touches the ball by acci... 391 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:18,030 If it's by accident, under no circumstances. 392 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,997 See? 393 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,439 You blind? Ball's out! 394 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,591 Dad painted that. 395 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,358 By himself? 396 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,435 From a postcard. He can do anything. 397 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,029 Why's there a hole in every cake? 398 00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,597 So I can see which ones have cheese in them. 399 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,799 - I don't like cheese. - I don't mind it. 400 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,748 If you like, I'll eat all the cheese ones. 401 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,712 Go ahead. 402 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,955 - Men aren't so interesting. - I don't go for them, either. 403 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:27,913 Wow! 404 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,070 You know what Stavinoha says? 405 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,715 The greatest delight is to have a woman. 406 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,997 - You mean, as a wife? - I suppose so. 407 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,869 I've seen my Mum naked. 408 00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,435 So have I. In the bath. 409 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,233 - That doesn't count. - I know. 410 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,392 D'you like the Fabian twins? 411 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,751 - Yeah. - Which girl's better? 412 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,630 They're both the same. 413 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:09,072 On Friday evening you're going to see something. 414 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,317 If you're not afraid of heights. 415 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:14,719 No I'm not. 416 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,910 OK, you'll see something. 417 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,672 Sorrow reigned across the land. 418 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,991 All eyes were on Constance. 419 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:31,478 The most treacherous of all was King Sigismund. 420 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,475 Though he promised Hus safety, he told the cardinals 421 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,990 not to believe Hus and to burn him. 422 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:45,355 Hus could've saved himself if he'd recanted, 423 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,472 and signed what they wanted. 424 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:53,277 How could he against such false testimony? 425 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,235 He would've slained the truth and for the truth he lived. 426 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,830 He said: "I would rather die." 427 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,551 So he was stripped of his priesthood 428 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:11,077 and taken before King Sigismund 429 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:16,790 who ordered that an absurd hat be placed on his head. 430 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:21,954 They tied him to a stake and burned him alive. 431 00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,551 The swine! 432 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,072 He was still singing when they set fire to him. 433 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,395 He wasn't afraid of death. 434 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,673 He knew God would accept him among his faithful. 435 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:46,632 Then the choking smoke, kinder than the people, 436 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,709 took away his consciousness. 437 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,398 And his singing ceased. 438 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,837 He was no longer among the living. 439 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:07,198 We shall remember that he died for his convictions. 440 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:13,072 His message to us: No man should be a coward! 441 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,272 He must honour the truth, 442 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,039 even if it costs him his life. 443 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:27,396 The fire raged, on the bank of the Rhine, 444 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:34,276 the faithful son of the nation dies. 445 00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:41,670 And you ask: "Who is in those flames?" 446 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:48,990 It is Jan Hus - the most famous of Czechs. 447 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,032 Attention! Important announcement! 448 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:02,156 Winter has arrived, bringing the frosts. 449 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,629 The iron railings in front of the school 450 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,071 can cause accidents. 451 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:15,832 Metal objects become sticky in the frosts. 452 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:23,631 It is dangerous to touch or even lick these objects. 453 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:29,477 I repeat: Do not lick the iron railings. 454 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,716 Do not lick the frozen door-handles. 455 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:36,751 End of the announcement. 456 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:46,796 You don't deserve it but we can't put off your tenth birthday 457 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,918 until you start behaving sensibly, 458 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:55,558 so from Mum you've got a nice cake and from me... 459 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,829 An air-rifle! 460 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:07,672 It's not really an air-rifle... 461 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,038 ...but it is a weapon. 462 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,398 Were you in the resistance? 463 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,029 Our teacher was. 464 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:22,992 In the resistance... 465 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:27,557 You know your Dad listened to illegal radio. 466 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:34,469 He fiyed his radio for it and risked his life. 467 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,591 But he wasn't in the resistance. 468 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:44,319 Then there was that man we hid illegally. 469 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,597 But you built barricades and you weren't afraid! 470 00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:50,711 I was afraid. 471 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,392 But you used a gun. 472 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,838 I had a gun. 473 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:03,950 Dad was a civilian. 474 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,397 He wasn't trained to fight. 475 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:13,630 Now you won't have to lean your music against the pot. 476 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,872 Dad made it himself. 477 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,628 Do you like it? 478 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,558 Yes. 479 00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:27,477 Music is the most powerful weapon. 480 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:32,996 With music Czechs conquered the world. 481 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:38,915 Smetana, Dvorak, even Friml's "Donkey Serenade". 482 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:45,270 Let's put it to the test. 483 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,559 We don't have to, it'll be fine. 484 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:53,719 Perhaps we could make some improvements. 485 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,910 They have to get changed for their dance class. 486 00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:02,753 I don't think we should do it. 487 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,954 Remember Hus died for the Truth. 488 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:12,273 Perhaps it isn't him. 489 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:16,188 Mrazek - Juggler. Can't be anyone else. 490 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,156 - Hey! Hi! - Hi! 491 00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:45,079 My friend wants to own up that he stole your hoops. 492 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,113 He's brought them back. 493 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,438 Wait a moment. 494 00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:58,837 Go get them! 495 00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:03,831 Tear them apart! 496 00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:07,871 At least you could bark, you lazy animal! 497 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,878 Thieving bastards! 498 00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,199 Know how much new ones cost?! 499 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,231 - Truth is stupid! - No it isn't! 500 00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,396 We're suffering like Hus! 501 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,679 Don't move! No-one move! 502 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,312 Don't try to do it yourself. Hold on! 503 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,999 That's how you'll end up if you don't hold on! 504 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:52,394 Don't be afraid of the flame. It's for your own good! 505 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,556 Careful! 506 00:52:56,200 --> 00:53:00,318 Didn't I warn them? 507 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:06,512 - Didn't you hear the warning? - Yes, I did! 508 00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,518 This isn't a school, it's Sing-Sing! 509 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,512 Watch them! 510 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,834 All pedagogical methods have failed. 511 00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,469 They're so unpredictible. 512 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:31,949 I don't think you should announce dangers over the radio. 513 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:36,750 That way you point them out and then they have to try it. 514 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:42,637 If I tell them: don't drink acid it'll eat your insides, 515 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:46,753 you're telling me they'll drink it? 516 00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:52,314 I don't know, but better not say anything on the radio. 517 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:58,157 I wanted to ask you - do you know Lieutenant Molnar? 518 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:00,669 No. 519 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:04,395 He also fought in Africa like you. 520 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,519 He doesn't know you either. 521 00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,629 I wasn't there long - they sent me to the Eastern front. 522 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,471 I don't like leaving them on their own. 523 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:21,788 Hello. 524 00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,190 A litre of beer. 525 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,718 Hi! 526 00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:29,631 Let's go, Dad. 527 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,519 Mum wants me to bring you back. 528 00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:35,277 I'll fleece you! 529 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:39,993 Look at that! 530 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:44,910 Give him one! 531 00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,630 Where you get all these trumps from? 532 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:50,432 Greetings! 533 00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:53,871 Look who's here! 534 00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:57,471 In trouble again! 535 00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:00,432 You said it. 536 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,591 Didn't think I'd make it here. 537 00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,756 For the last journey. 538 00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:08,712 I need it. 539 00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,189 My heart's about to give in. 540 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,192 Give it here. 541 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,636 Let's see if this will flush him out! 542 00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:56,434 It's really smoky in there today! 543 00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:03,595 It's your smoking that's done it! 544 00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:09,191 Who did it? 545 00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,876 I thought I'd had it! 546 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:33,477 Tonda, come and see what Dad won at cards for you! 547 00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:36,515 I won an accordion! 548 00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:30,359 Come and sit with us, ladies. 549 00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:33,154 Make some room, boys. 550 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,990 We're talking about Dvorak, 551 00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:44,671 how it was lucky he didn't become a butcher 552 00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,270 but a composer who conquered the world. 553 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:53,269 In America where he was invited... 554 00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:57,631 What's the matter? 555 00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:01,391 They said the gypsies were on the side of the Germans. 556 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:04,080 - Who said that? - Everyone. 557 00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,911 In our partisan division we had to stop 558 00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:13,159 a German motorised convoy in the mountains. 559 00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:17,630 A Slovak gypsy said to his commander: 560 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,589 "My face is darker, I'll be well hidden in the rock. 561 00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:23,950 Give me that anti-tank bomb." 562 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:27,629 And, boys... and girls, 563 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:32,672 he gave it to that Nazi tiger right in the belly! 564 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,113 The gypsies were good fighters. 565 00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:41,429 Shame so many of them perished in concentration camps. 566 00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:49,953 Anyone wants me to teach them the violin? 567 00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:54,319 Women play in Orchestras today. 568 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,510 I'd like to! 569 00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:14,157 If only you could play like that one day. 570 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:18,151 Do you think he's got talent? 571 00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:21,989 It seems to me he only makes a noise. 572 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:27,075 He's got talent and a musical ear, but he's got to work! 573 00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:28,792 Hear that? 574 00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:31,752 Off you go! 575 00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:58,631 Careful! You nearly had your teacher's eye out! 576 01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:02,391 Are you all right? 577 01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:04,272 I'm fine. 578 01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:09,512 Hello. How's it going? 579 01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:11,437 He nearly poked his teacher's eye out! 580 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:13,755 - I didn't mean to. - It was nothing. 581 01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:15,677 He got carried away. 582 01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,515 - I'm Igor Hnizdo. - Soucek. 583 01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:24,388 - I'm glad you've taken them on. - It was necessary. 584 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:27,712 Eycellent soup. 585 01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:30,752 Have some more. 586 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,349 How do you see the political situation? 587 01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:37,438 - The international situation? - The works. 588 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,916 - I see our country as a bridge. - No more thank you. 589 01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:46,110 A bridge between East and West. 590 01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:49,756 Russia can learn democracy here 591 01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:55,992 because they've never known it, and the West will see 592 01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:03,428 how freedom and socialism can live under one roof. 593 01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,993 We can show the world what a small hard-working nation 594 01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:12,078 can achieve when no-one interferes. 595 01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:16,188 Do you eat rabbit? I cooked a rabbit. 596 01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,915 Stalin said: "What you bake, you will eat." 597 01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:25,198 The Russians won't interfere 598 01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:30,235 and the Germans are finished; we've nothing to worry about. 599 01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:35,318 These children can look forward to a great future. 600 01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:39,474 They'll be able to travel, and see the world. 601 01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,470 Dusicka and Lerch! 602 01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:55,752 Hello. 603 01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:00,992 - Hello, girls. - Can we carry your books? 604 01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:07,713 No thank you. I've got trusty helpers. 605 01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,669 - We've nothing to do. - Really we haven't. 606 01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:15,750 Sir... 607 01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:19,760 Neyt time, boys. 608 01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:27,838 Igor! 609 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,075 Ice-cream! 610 01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,756 - Vanek's here! - I was here first! 611 01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:02,475 I've got three flavours today! 612 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:29,073 He's lying. 613 01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:31,312 - Who? - Our teacher. 614 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:36,434 You can't be a parachutist, partisan, political prisoner 615 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,034 and commander of an armoured train. 616 01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:43,197 He wouldn't be able to teach us if he lied! 617 01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:47,836 He landed behind enemy lines by parachute, at night. 618 01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:53,116 He went into the woods to be with his partisan division. 619 01:03:54,200 --> 01:03:57,397 Then he was captured and put into a concentration camp... 620 01:03:57,480 --> 01:03:59,516 - He escaped... - Escaped, did he? 621 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:03,838 It was impossible to escape from the camps. 622 01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:07,357 They were surrounded by electrified barbed wire. 623 01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,399 He could've dug his way out, idiot. 624 01:04:10,600 --> 01:04:14,957 And then he was a commander in the revolt. 625 01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:17,790 Just children's stories. 626 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:21,549 If he's allowed to carry a revolver, he must have fought! 627 01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,716 Who knows what he did during the war. 628 01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,115 You take that back! 629 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:30,910 No, I won't! 630 01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:33,395 Take back what you said! 631 01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:37,991 He won't take it back like that. It's got to be like this! 632 01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:43,831 - Eat it! - Bastard! 633 01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:50,796 I need two trusty helpers... 634 01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:56,074 ...to take a letter to Zizkov school by 12 pm! 635 01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:00,431 The Indian way - what does that mean? 636 01:05:00,920 --> 01:05:04,549 A hundred steps to walk, a hundred steps to run! 637 01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:10,590 It's very important, so my messengers have to be fit 638 01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:16,750 and must know how to find their bearings in the terrain. 639 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,515 Leave your books here - I'll wait until you get back. 640 01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:50,670 Let's go to Zizkov by train. The sand wagons are coming up! 641 01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:55,876 - What if it doesn't go there? - These tracks go there! 642 01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:58,835 - I'm scared! - Hold onto me! 643 01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:05,391 - No! - Chicken! I'll jump, then! 644 01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:08,552 - I'm jumping! - So am I! 645 01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,669 I don't think we're going to Zizkov. 646 01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:28,037 We'll get off at the neyt station. 647 01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:33,714 Look - Prague, Hostivar. 648 01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:45,029 We forgot that freight trains never stop at stations. 649 01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:53,039 If we'd gone to Zizkov, it still wouldn't have stopped. 650 01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:55,919 So it doesn't matter anyway. 651 01:06:56,040 --> 01:07:00,192 True. But it has to stop sometime. 652 01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:05,110 When the lights are red or if the coal runs out. 653 01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:13,078 The tender's full of coal. 654 01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,272 They have to stop for water. 655 01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:21,277 You're right. 656 01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:25,119 Look, a pump! 657 01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:28,239 They could've taken water there. 658 01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:30,999 They've got huge tanks. 659 01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:34,954 They'll last a hundred kilometres. 660 01:07:35,080 --> 01:07:36,672 A hundred? 661 01:09:30,160 --> 01:09:33,550 This is Benesov post office. Is that Zizkov school? 662 01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:36,988 Can I speak to Miss Melcova? 663 01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,952 She's teaching? I'll ring back in five minutes. 664 01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:46,517 Tell her I'm going to call. It's very important. 665 01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:52,156 You can speak to your teacher in five minutes. 666 01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:53,395 Thank you. 667 01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:58,239 What is so important that you're in such a hurry? 668 01:09:58,440 --> 01:10:01,034 - We can't tell anyone. - Only her. 669 01:10:17,720 --> 01:10:20,109 It must be a cipher. 670 01:10:21,520 --> 01:10:23,829 Or a secret code. 671 01:10:31,720 --> 01:10:33,915 Go to the booth. 672 01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:47,596 We've got a message from our teacher, Mr Hnizdo. 673 01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:52,278 We couldn't get it to you so we'll read it you. 674 01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:58,913 "Igor repeats his challenge. 675 01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:03,630 To remain a virgin means not to blossom. 676 01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:10,438 Another chance tonight. Igor the Painless. 677 01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:15,194 P.S. Answer by return of post." 678 01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:20,516 Are you there, Miss? 679 01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:24,916 She didn't even say thank you. 680 01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:27,116 - We're off. - Yes. 681 01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:31,029 - Thank you. - Yes. 682 01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:34,797 Did they pay? 683 01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:36,433 No. 684 01:12:24,280 --> 01:12:25,554 Come in. 685 01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:29,472 Good afternoon. 686 01:12:30,440 --> 01:12:34,433 Eda didn't come home for lunch today. 687 01:12:34,840 --> 01:12:37,752 Did he stay behind? 688 01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:43,235 I sent him on an important errand - for the school. 689 01:12:44,160 --> 01:12:47,789 They should've been here ages ago. 690 01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:51,918 D'you think something's happened to him? 691 01:12:52,160 --> 01:12:56,278 No, they've probably wandered off somewhere. 692 01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:01,790 I'm really worried. I've already lost one child. 693 01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:04,150 I know, I know... 694 01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:11,910 If anything's happened to him... 695 01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:32,154 We went by train but it only stopped at Benesov. 696 01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:36,558 We were delayed but we delivered the message. 697 01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:40,912 We don't go to Zizkov by train nor via Benesov! 698 01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:44,711 They're given physical punishment - you don't mind? 699 01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:48,071 Where's the answer to my letter? Where is it? 700 01:13:48,440 --> 01:13:53,070 I read it to her over the phone and she didn't say anything. 701 01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:56,033 She didn't even say thank you. 702 01:13:56,480 --> 01:13:58,710 Separate them in class, 703 01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:02,389 because my son would never have thought of this. 704 01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:05,830 I'll separate them completely. 705 01:14:14,560 --> 01:14:19,429 D'you know who died? Vanek, the ice-cream man. 706 01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:22,598 - I didn't know him. - Yes you did. 707 01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:28,316 The one who rode that motor-bike. 708 01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:30,953 Him? 709 01:14:31,680 --> 01:14:36,515 He was drunk and crashed into a poplar tree. 710 01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:40,792 - Ice cream, wasps, a mess! - I'll take one, please. 711 01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:48,238 Your headmaster wouldn't believe you had it in you! 712 01:15:50,240 --> 01:15:54,028 Praise to Cejka, a born accordion player, a musical talent. 713 01:15:54,160 --> 01:15:57,357 We'll celebrate the 1st anniversary of the liberation 714 01:15:57,480 --> 01:16:01,268 not just with song, but also with drama! 715 01:16:03,240 --> 01:16:05,879 Let it be about the partisans! 716 01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:11,354 Not only about the partisans but 717 01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:14,990 all those who fought against the Nazis. 718 01:16:47,160 --> 01:16:49,276 They say he'll be locked up. 719 01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:53,079 It's true. He's been charged. 720 01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:56,115 - What? - Charged. 721 01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:58,430 With touching girls up. 722 01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:00,835 He's been touching up the twins. 723 01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:04,270 Mum says he got them pregnant. 724 01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:12,197 Hi, you cows! 725 01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:14,515 I hear you're pregnant! 726 01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:17,393 - You're an idiot! - And you're stupid! 727 01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:20,950 Is that basket for the babies? 728 01:17:25,800 --> 01:17:32,319 Let me introduce your new teacher, Miss Plecita. 729 01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:36,510 We want our teacher! 730 01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:40,118 Mr Hnizdo was dismissed because 731 01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:44,153 he used eycessive corporal punishment. 732 01:17:44,520 --> 01:17:46,954 - It's not true! - Who said so? 733 01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:50,112 Didn't he beat you? 734 01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:54,918 Those who were beaten come forward. 735 01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:04,670 Rosenheim, didn't he beat you? 736 01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:06,908 No. 737 01:18:08,120 --> 01:18:12,113 I hope you're not lying to me. 738 01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:18,960 Your mother complained to me that you had swollen hands. 739 01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:22,474 She's talking rubbish. 740 01:18:47,160 --> 01:18:50,436 Which song-birds do you know? 741 01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:52,113 The tit! 742 01:18:54,360 --> 01:18:56,032 Two tits! 743 01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:17,711 Miss... 744 01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:33,390 It's been cleared up. 745 01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:38,277 Truth triumphed, as it says in our coat of arms. 746 01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:41,079 We kept it quiet about you beating us. 747 01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:44,158 I know, thank you. 748 01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:52,396 Remember what I told you about Ancient Rome, 749 01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:55,557 even if it's not for 11-year-olds. 750 01:19:55,720 --> 01:20:01,431 They had a democracy, but in danger elected a dictator. 751 01:20:02,440 --> 01:20:06,274 For us, the danger has ended. 752 01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:11,353 You have proved that a dictator is redundant. 753 01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:25,196 Who d'you think will win the election? 754 01:20:25,480 --> 01:20:26,993 I'd say the Communists. 755 01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:30,635 Me, too, that's why I'm not giving them my vote. 756 01:20:30,760 --> 01:20:33,115 Their plans are not bad... 757 01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:38,749 "We're against collective farms and any form of 758 01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,553 forced collectivisation. 759 01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:46,869 The Communists are for trades and small businesses." 760 01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:51,430 I voted for them before the war so they'd have more votes - 761 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:55,997 it's better for democracy if there's a strong opposition. 762 01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:57,875 Of course. 763 01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,232 The ruling party must be afraid things could turn 764 01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:06,148 and they'll loose their majority in the neyt election. 765 01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:11,637 Otherwise they'd be unbearably arrogant. 766 01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:16,479 They can be tough. 767 01:21:17,320 --> 01:21:21,154 We're Slavs, but western Slavs! 768 01:21:21,360 --> 01:21:25,194 Here, no dictatorship can flourish. 769 01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,676 It's not in the spirit of the nation, not so? 770 01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:30,910 Here we are! 771 01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:33,430 Stop the bus! 772 01:21:36,240 --> 01:21:38,549 Here you see it! 773 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:44,996 These bunkers were built all along the frontier. 774 01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:48,591 From each one you can see the other, 775 01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:55,277 their lines of fire crossed so even a mouse couldn't pass. 776 01:21:55,400 --> 01:21:58,073 No cement or iron was spared. 777 01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:01,510 They're so strong that when the Nazis got hold of them, 778 01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:05,599 and tried to blow them up - they couldn't! 779 01:22:06,280 --> 01:22:09,829 They even tried to blow one up in front of Hitler; 780 01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:17,270 the bunker was lifted off the ground but landed intact! 781 01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:20,429 We should've defended ourselves. 782 01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:23,836 How could we if the Allies betrayed us? 783 01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:26,070 The Russians were ready to help us. 784 01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:30,671 The Russians? Hitler drove them back to Moscow. 785 01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:36,193 If we'd fought back, we wouldn't be here. 786 01:22:36,840 --> 01:22:40,833 There would've been so much bloodshed! 787 01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:50,950 I can't see anything! 788 01:22:53,960 --> 01:22:56,235 Guys, where are you? 789 01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:59,278 Here! Come here! 790 01:23:00,360 --> 01:23:02,828 - Where are you? - We're here! 791 01:23:07,840 --> 01:23:11,549 Who knows what it would've been like if we'd gone it alone. 792 01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:16,071 I was a civilian, because of an injury. 793 01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:21,633 Served in one of these? Seem to know it quite well. 794 01:23:21,800 --> 01:23:23,472 In this one. 795 01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:30,914 Then you went to the Western or Eastern front? 796 01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:34,988 My son tells us such stories about you. 797 01:23:35,120 --> 01:23:39,511 One wonders how you managed it all. 798 01:23:45,480 --> 01:23:49,553 I want them to have an eyample. 799 01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:51,597 I understand. 800 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:56,834 - Come and see what we found! - It hasn't eyploded yet! 801 01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:00,514 Don't touch anything! 802 01:24:09,080 --> 01:24:11,958 Everyone take ten steps back. 803 01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:20,279 This is a very dangerous object. 804 01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:23,515 It's an anti-tank bomb. 805 01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:26,319 A very efficient weapon of Hitler's. 806 01:24:26,440 --> 01:24:27,714 A bazooka! 807 01:24:27,880 --> 01:24:30,633 Yes, a bazooka. 808 01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:33,639 Defuse it, Sir! 809 01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:40,193 If anyone knows how to defuse it, best get it over with. 810 01:24:41,440 --> 01:24:44,000 Blow it up! 811 01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:49,237 Now you'll see what we do in cases like this. 812 01:24:49,640 --> 01:24:52,598 Group A - me, you and the driver 813 01:24:53,360 --> 01:24:57,638 goes to the nearest military headquarters to report it. 814 01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:03,993 Group B - that's Mr Soucek stays here on guard. 815 01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:06,752 Forward march! 816 01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:12,754 We won't be in Prague by eight. Their parents'll go mad! 817 01:25:26,760 --> 01:25:29,752 Group A - hit the ground! 818 01:25:52,760 --> 01:25:54,955 You useless idiot! 819 01:25:57,280 --> 01:26:00,158 Pack up your bags and go! 820 01:26:00,840 --> 01:26:03,354 I've never seen anything like it! 821 01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:06,515 - Hello. - Hello, lad. 822 01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:10,430 Go and visit him. 823 01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:15,636 He only just escaped death. 824 01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:20,836 For me it'll be any minute. 825 01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:27,553 - Hi. - What happened? 826 01:26:28,440 --> 01:26:31,477 Hand grenade out of a bottle. 827 01:26:32,200 --> 01:26:37,911 I put some film in it, lit it and corked it. 828 01:26:39,240 --> 01:26:43,711 It blew up in my hand. 829 01:26:46,440 --> 01:26:48,351 A terrible blast. 830 01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:52,389 Thank God it didn't go near your eyes! 831 01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:55,476 Look under the bed. 832 01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:09,037 It's yours. I've lost three fingers. 833 01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:20,718 Let's give it back to Mr Kavka. 834 01:27:20,840 --> 01:27:24,196 Remember what happened with the magician? 835 01:27:24,840 --> 01:27:27,752 I'll keep it, then. 836 01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:05,715 Have you tried discharging? 837 01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:08,308 Sounds pretty hopeless. 838 01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:15,314 Wake Modry up and get the boys out. 839 01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:18,070 I'll be right over. 840 01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:28,674 Do you have to go there? 841 01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:30,035 Yes. 842 01:28:31,600 --> 01:28:33,352 Dad? 843 01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:37,833 Be sure to use that rod. 844 01:28:37,960 --> 01:28:39,916 Go back to sleep. 845 01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:47,950 Are you afraid of the storm? 846 01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:51,277 No, I can't sleep. 847 01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:57,438 You and Dad won't divorce, will you? 848 01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:03,030 What on earth are you talking about? 849 01:29:04,440 --> 01:29:07,512 Mr Hnizdo is better-looking 850 01:29:07,640 --> 01:29:11,235 but I wouldn't want any other Dad. 851 01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:15,671 Who said I want another man? 852 01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:18,519 Where did you get such nonsense from? 853 01:29:18,640 --> 01:29:22,428 You had your arms round each other. 854 01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:26,478 - I what? - You were hugging him. 855 01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:28,750 I saw you. 856 01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:35,433 I was worried about you, I must've huddled up to him. 857 01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:43,035 It wasn't an embrace. 858 01:29:49,080 --> 01:29:51,150 Yes, it was. 859 01:29:59,040 --> 01:30:03,238 Poor child! Your Daddy's been killed! 860 01:30:03,360 --> 01:30:06,158 He was electrocuted! 861 01:30:15,720 --> 01:30:18,439 Where are you going? 862 01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:34,359 - Who's boy is this? - The Transformer's. 863 01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:39,392 What's up with you? 864 01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:46,110 Mrs Mlejnkova's a complete idiot! 865 01:30:46,240 --> 01:30:50,279 She heard "transformer" and thought it was Dad! 866 01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:56,511 Has that boy gone mad? 867 01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:03,759 FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION 868 01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:09,475 Our programme... 869 01:31:11,960 --> 01:31:15,316 Our programme continues with... 870 01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:30,279 With the play "War is Over, Peace is Everywhere." 871 01:31:34,640 --> 01:31:38,997 Mr Hnizdo humbly omitted the fact that 872 01:31:39,640 --> 01:31:43,792 he wrote the play himself. 873 01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:48,990 Our boy didn't want to play a Nazi. 874 01:31:49,120 --> 01:31:51,190 Who crawls out of his hole? 875 01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:54,278 A Nazi! Out of breath. 876 01:32:02,640 --> 01:32:06,792 Whistle on, Nazi, the Allies are coming for sure. 877 01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:11,438 So rasp and croak away, the Americans are in Plzen. 878 01:32:12,840 --> 01:32:16,674 The Soviet tanks are just outside Prague. 879 01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:20,634 Czechs in the British divisions make haste. 880 01:32:21,800 --> 01:32:26,078 The partisans are firing from all directions. 881 01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,191 Not sweet is your song, the political prisoners come. 882 01:32:32,760 --> 01:32:35,911 Screech your song of death, Nazi. 883 01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:39,317 Together the Allies will crush you. 884 01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:48,031 Where's the one with the moustache? 885 01:32:48,160 --> 01:32:50,549 War is over, peace is everywhere! 886 01:32:56,040 --> 01:32:59,589 You were a real soldier and partisan, weren't you? 887 01:32:59,720 --> 01:33:03,508 Or you couldn't have written so beautifully. 888 01:33:04,440 --> 01:33:08,638 - I will always be a Slav! - Another time, Lakatos. 889 01:33:08,920 --> 01:33:10,353 Come on! 890 01:33:12,160 --> 01:33:16,676 War is over, peace is everywhere. Thus we shall behave. 891 01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:20,509 We shall work; some with our heads, some with our hands, 892 01:33:20,640 --> 01:33:25,714 so that our Republic is an eyample to the whole world. 893 01:36:26,560 --> 01:36:36,117 THE END