Jesenik 9:20.
Lipova Lazné station 9:24.
Lipova Lazné 9:30.
Bily)? Potok 9:38.
Ramzova 9:50.
Ostružna 9:54.
Branna 10:05.
Nové Losiny 10:12.
Jindrichov na Moravé 10:18.
Potilučnik 10:24.
Hanušovice 10:44.
Bohdikov 10:52.
Komnatka 10:56.
Ruda nad Moravou 11:01.
Bartonov 11:05.
Bohutin 11:09.
Bludov Lazné 11:13.
Bludov 11:20.
THE JESENiKY MOUNTAINS, SEPTEMBER 1989
Šumperk 11:27.
STATE BORDER Do not cross!
Freeze!
Alarm!
Don't move!
Get him!
People would come here mostly from up north.
En-armed with hoes, saws, axes
and a lot of strength which was needed here.
They'd never come here alone because this place swallows loners.
The Mute was alone. He came back to take a revenge.
Train 46583 left Bily Potok at 9:42. Nebel. Over and out.
...followed by the forecast for today, 24th of September 1989.
Sunny over most of Czechoslovakia, with temperatures from 15 to 18°C.
Where have you been all night?
Hello, Alois.
Looks like rain.
I don't know.
- What's up? -You were supposed to start your shift two hours ago.
Who gives a fuck? I had to see my father.
Wachek here. There might be some delay.
I've got the American cigs.
From Poland, but very cheap.
Fucking trains! Take it or leave it!
Who gives a fuck.
Bring that box over here!
- The pork will be in the next delivery. -And the vodka?
It's all on its way.
Leave the booze here. The tins go in the back.
- Shut it, Vasill - Dad!
Have you seen fireworks last night?
No, why?
Some freak crossed the border.
What's that got to do with me?
Jesenik 9:20.
Lipova Lazné station 9:24.
Lipova Lazné 9:30.
Bily)? Potok 9:38.
Ramzova 9:50.
It's pissing down out there.
'Who's that guy? - Who?
- The one hanging around outside. - I didn't see anyone.
I've got to make a call.
It's business.
What are you doing here?
Have you got a ticket?
Hi guys.
- Your I.D. card! - Do you hear me?
- Get up! - Do you want a hand?
Ow! That was a fuck up, you asshole!
Stop in
- Let's move! - That must be him!
Bastard!
I've got a good nose for criminals!
What's wrong with people these days?
They really laid into him.
Or I laid into him, more like.
I'd have liked to see that.
I knocked him down with one punch.
Shut it, Vasill
Who's me guy?
They don't know. He keeps his mouth shut.
You don't know how to ask nicely, do you?
We always knew how to ask nicely.
Get in the trains!
Alois!
BilLY POTOK, JUNE 1945
Move it!
Fast! There's still some space up front.
Dorothe.
Don't be a fool. Stay here with me. You don't have to leave.
- No. I can't. - Yes, you can.
- You just have to say the word. - I don't want to. -Dorothe!
- What are you doing here, Alois? - Where are you going?
Don't be afraid. Everything will be fine.
What did I tell you, son?
- Goodbye, Dorothe. - Goodbye, Mr Nebel. Bye, Alois.
Jesenik 9:20.
Lipova Lazné station 9:24.
Lipova Lazné 9:30.
Bily)? Potok 9:38.
Ramzova 9:50.
Ostružna 9:54.
Branna 10:05.
Weissbach.
Ramsau.
Spornhau.
Goldenstein.
Hannsdorf.
Lauterbach. Heinrichstahl.
Hohenstadt. Olmutz. Freiwaldau-Grafenberg.
Nieder Lindewiese. Prerau. Hohenstein. Olmutz.
Schwarzbach. Oderberg. Goldenstein...
Alois...
Alois?
What are you doing here?
You can't stay here.
It's too late.
Dorothe, what happened to you?
Nothing. Nothing...
Everything will be fine.
Let's go.
Don't worry, Alois. It's going to be fine.
Mr Nebel, we want to help you.
But if you don't want to be helped,
there's nothing we can do.
A sort of fog comes over me sometimes.
Fog?
Great. A fog...
- Want another? - No, I'm driving.
- Has that guy spoken yet? - Not a word.
...gathered around the Berlin Wall after the SED Party announced
that East-German citizens will be allowed to travel to West Germany.
Before midnight all border crossings in Berlin were opened...
- What about our Alois? How's it looking? -Not good.
- So, you'll keep him for a while? - Don't worry.
Thanks.
Bye .
Wake up!
Come on, Mr Fog! You'll be late again.
Good morning. Sit down.
So Mr Nebel...
Sit down. How are you feeling?
Are you still spending as much time on the toilet?
No.
Quiet!
That probably means you're getting better.
Are you finding the work therapy helpful?
- Yes. - Is he cooperating?
He tries.
- Is he sleeping? - On and off.
Then give him another rohypnol.
The Jesenik train.
Hello, Mr Nebel.
Captain Kwiatkowski. Secret police.
The director wants to see you.
Come back! Freeze!
Shit!
- He doesn't speak. - He must have said something.
You were seen talking to each other.
He doesn't speak.
He's mute.
What do you mean, mute?
We'll loosen his tongue! And yours too!
He won't say anything.
Mr Nebel, try to remember.
OK. Send in the next one.
You may go.
Hi, guys.
I heard he escaped.
Got him yet?
No.
Shit...
We found this in his stuff.
Do you recognize anyone?
No.
Let's get started.
I have to release Nebel.
Fine. I've already moved him out.
No one ever escaped us.
They found a photograph.
And if they tried, they got what they deserved. Our way.
It was an old photo.
You and Nebel's dad were in it.
Did you say anything?
No. Why?
Stolichnaya too.
And tins, pork.
Of course.
How many do you want?
Take them or leave them.
Bye .
You look fit as a fiddle, Alois.
Don't look at me like that.
They had to give the job to someone with experience.
The decision was made over my head.
They don't let us have a say. You know that.
Don't worry, I kept all your things for you.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
Nobody does these days. It's a new era, you know.
You should go and ask at the Prague headquarters.
Bily)? Potok?
But this is a matter for the regional office in Olomouc.
- They sent me here. - Yeah? Which idiot sent you here?
I was ill, but I'm better now. So I wanted to ask...
And what do you think that has to do with us here? Mr...
Nebel. Alois Nebel.
This is the Prague Main Station!
Can you help me?
Mr Nebel, there's nothing I can do about this.
We have more important problems, in case you hadn't noticed.
You have to come some other time.
Maybe after Christmas.
Prague Evening Post! Borders open for travel!
Prague Evening Post! Vaclav Havel runs for president!
Prague Evening Post! A man killed his mother with an axe!
What are you doing here? That's my seat.
- I'm sorry. I didn't know that. - Hold on.
I'm a railway man too.
Well, I used to be.
To the railway.
Kvéta !
Kvéta dear! ls our little ladybug here?
- Did you learn that in prison? - No, in the kindergarten.
- But you never learnt to pay! - My friend here is treating me today
Friend, you say?
- Is that enough? - Yes.
Kvéta is like a mother to us.
But you've got to look after yourself and be clean-shaven.
Then she'll give you everything you need.
Clear off, you whore!
- Keep your hair on, you cow. - Buzz off!
I won't have anyone turning this place into a brothel.
- Those eyes of yours, I'd fall into them straight away. -Get lost.
- So you're a railway man? - Yes.
In that case, you don't have to pay next time.
- You're not from round here? - No.
- Where are you from? - Bily Potok.
- Have you had breakfast? - Not yet. -Hold on.
Have one.
Thank you.
Your collar.
It's still tucked in.
Look, she gave you a bun.
A poppy-seed bun! She likes you!
Hey, baby!
- What'll you have? - Vermouth.
Maruna, vermouth!
To cheer us up.
- Is this seat free? - Of course.
- So you haven't left yet? - Not yet.
Where exactly are you from?
- The Jeseniky Mountains. - I used to go to the spa there.
It's beautiful there.
And what are you doing here?
There's something I have to sort out.
- Spectacles. - Sorry?
It's named after the front windows. They look like glasses.
In our mountains there are more Bardots. After the actress.
Because the front of the engine has these big...
Breasts?
You know, my husband never told me about any of this.
They all have names.
Are you staying over Christmas?
My little darlings!
Put the peas in the basket and the rice in the sack.
You're so good!
How'd you know I like carnations?
I didn't.
Snowdrops are my favourite.
In the spring.
- I haven't had Christmas carp in years. -Neither have I.
- I usually do schnitzel. - Sure.
I find Christmas very moving.
I always preferred to work over Christmas.
Since my husband died, I also prefer to stay here.
And you? You're also alone?
Yes.
I have...
...a cat.
Santa left something for you here.
A Pinocchio train.
M131.
Shake it.
Shake more.
Shall we dance?
Are you reading timetables?
It relaxes me.
But it's the same thing over and over, isn't it?
That's the point.
Well, the trains don't follow any timetables anyway.
...and I will ask Vaclav Havel to take the presidential oath...
Alois, you old dog. I knew you'd come!
- I'm waiting for Kvéta. - You wanna piss me off or what?
Rum for everyone, and a beer for me.
Hi Aloisl
- To freedom! - So, to freedom!
- Aah, Bertie! - For me?
I've got to go. GUYS
Let's play a round of Russian roulette!
Poker faces!
I've been looking for you and you were here all along.
Me too.
Thank you very much, Mr Nebel.
I trusted you. You can keep your flowers.
You're all the same.
Kvéta .
Madam Kvéta.
Jesus, Kvéta! What the fuck's wrong with you?
Four, three, two, one!
Happy New Year!
C'mon, kiss me...
Come here! Fuck the railway man...
Alois!
Dorothe!
- Where are you going? -Don't be afraid. Everything will be fine.
What did I tell you, son?
- Goodbye, Dorothe. - Goodbye, Mr Nebel. Bye, Alois.
Dorothe, you don't have to leave! Stay here with me!
Leave her alone, Wachek! C'mon, we have to go.
- I'm not finished with you. - She's coming with me.
- You Nazi pig! - Goodbye, Wachek.
Stop, you bastard!
- What have you done? - Close the doors. Go!
It's all your fault! You'll get what you deserve!
If you weren't getting paid, I'd never see you down here.
So, I take
three hundred for rent
and a hundred for food.
How's it going up there?
- There are a couple of trees that need cutting down. -I'll see to it.
It's a deal then.
Good bye.
Give us another round, Alois has joined us for a drink!
Someone broke into another house. Old Jurčak told me.
Everyone's just doing what they want these days?
Alois, let's go.
...this increase of crime was caused by the general amnesty
granted by president Vaclav Havel in January.
This Havel must be a real asshole. What is he up to?
You got us into a real mess with those Prague students, Alois!
I'd just take a big stick and shove them all in the river.
- I'd better be going. - Shut up. Give us another round!
Good night.
Thanks.
Alois.
We have to leave.
Away from here.
Don't worry.
We'll be back one day.
Good bye.
Some perfumed letter arrived for you from Prague.
Who were you charming there?
Who gives a fuck.
That's all.
A hundred thousand.
Good.
Son! Where are you going to put this stuff?
Calm down, dad.
People will always drive, eat, and drink.
- We won't be able to sell all this - We'll sell everything.
I'd like to see that.
Have a drink.
To friendship!
- Tasty? - Yes.
The Russian bastards are finally clearing off.
That's Dorothe, she took care of me after my mum died.
She had to leave after the war, like all the Germans.
I'll do it.
We've brought you that food.
I'll give you a hand.
- Small but tidy! - Your father would be proud of you.
If I were a woman, I'd marry you in a second.
Arriving tomorrow 9:23 stop.
Kvéta stop.
Who's Kvéta?
Kvéta's Kvéta.
Well, shit on me!
How about a little drink?
And keep your eyes open.
Bye .
- Where have you been so long? - Give me a break! In this weather?
- Fanda, look out! - Shit!
That was close.
We're fucking stuck!
Tell Wachek to get moving!
You must be Kvéta.
How do you know?
I'm Wachek. Dispatcher.
- Is Mr Nebel here? - Alois? No, he isn't.
But perhaps I could help you instead.
I don't think so.
Would you care for a quick grog? It'd come in handy in this weather.
- How do I get to his house? - I could give you a lift.
If you go on your own, you'd walk over the hill. But in these shoes...
Just a moment.
Wachek. OK, Dad.
Give me a second.
Calm down, dad. I'll be there right away.
I said, I'm on my way!
Was she here?
Yes.
- Then where is she? - I don't know.
I offered to give her a lift.
- Which way did she go? - Over the hill, I guess.
You idiot!
- You have a train stuck up there. - She wouldn't listen.
Wait, I'll give you a lift! I must go to see my dad!
Kvéta !
Oh God! This is too much.
I can't believe this!
Kvéta !
Madam Kvéta!
Bloody hell, where have you been?
It won't be long before everything's under water.
What the hell do you want?
Booze? Money?
So come on, you bastard!
When you've made it this far.
I knew you'd come one day, son.
How's Dorothe?
When this winter is over
white snow will melt away
and reveal a renewed landscape
When this winter is over
ice will break apart
and make rivers overflow its banks
Now the wind
is searching for a crevice
fire-water will be appreciated
Now the wind
is searching for a crevice
water is thicker than blood