Summer Solstice (Letnie przesilenie)

Dedicated to my grandmother who told me this story

Southwestern Poland

OUR LAST SUMMER

Stop it!

Is there anything to eat? -Not yet. Take a piece of bread.

Romek, come here!

A kiss. -Mom... -A kiss...

Will you travel by locomotive? -Yes, maybe even to Warsaw.

Will they let you? -Of course. -You're lying.

You'll see. -They don't let fools like you drive.

Mrs. Kuleshova!

Where is Kuleshova?

Kuleshova...

You know what, Stefan? Hitler is what he is, but...

For freeing us from the Jews he deserves a monument, right?

Urbaniak! Check the rods!

Urbaniak! Hammer!

Hey! Are the wheels greased?

They are greased!

Shut off the steam!

You'd better play with something else.

What are you doing here? I didn’t hear a word.

Hey, you! Go to 333 and get the wagons! Hurry up!

Alright, alright, Mr. Gruber. -Come on, come on, hurry.

Alright, Mr. Gruber.

333!

The disinfection ramp. You'll see it, Romek.

Alright. -Add coal!

Lord God, we thank you for these gifts

that by your grace we have on this table today

thanks to Christ our Lord. Amen.

Give me a little more.

Rut Eveler left her husband.

Let her wait for me. I’m coming next week.

Well, gentlemen... You have three minutes.

Miss, pick up the crumbs from the table. If you hurry, you'll be on time.

Enjoy your meal.

Where? On the table!

Oh, no... I got my uniform dirty. -Come here.

Clumsy German... -Where?

Good morning, Terezka. -Good morning.

You always have to watch your uniform.

All done. -Thank you.

Girl...

Hurry to the formation!

Guys, enough slacking off.

Today, a new commander is arriving.

The new commander will probably want to thoroughly inspect our checkpoint.

So don't go far. After the patrol, everyone back. Clear?

Understood! -Good.

Guido and Odi go to sector 333, from the bridge to the disinfection ramp.

Make sure everything is in order. -Understood!

Alright then. Get to work! Go!

Hubsch! Has the sun gone to your head?

What are you doing outside? -What are you doing in my office?

Who let you in?

A pack of cigarettes 20, a lighter 15...

A fountain pen 10...

A pack of cigarettes 20 marks? You must be joking?

Come on, Odi, let him be. -No, no, no... Wait a minute.

Show me the fountain pen. Come on!

This is a "Pelikan."

I'll take it. -20 marks.

You said 10. -This one is 20!

Don't mess with us, friend. You said 10 marks.

Well...

Then nothing. -Listen, a new commander arrives today.

It's in your interest that he gets something decent, not some junk.

You’re getting a new commander. -What a skinflint.

You better shut up, you sack of shit.

:13:12,083 What are you doing there? Get out of there!

Let's go! He stole a suitcase! Guido, let's go!

Hey, stop! Stop!

Guido! Right!

Hey!

I'll kill him!

Did you see him?

Disappear! Disappear!

Hey!

The suitcase.

You son of a bitch!

And... -Let's go!

Did you see that Pole with Hubsch's suitcase?

Looks like Hubsch isn't having a lucky day today.

Is this how you repay me for my kindness?

Thank your mother that I took you in. Without her, you'd starve to death.

Wasn't my father a locomotive driver? Should I thank you for that too?

Shut up!

It would've been better if they killed you like they killed him. -He's in England. -Do you want to go there too?

He got scared of Hitler and ran away.

Who knows if he’s still alive.

Kulesh used to drive even to Warsaw. So what?

And he's a hero? One disappeared, and the other hid Jews in the basement.

If they'd caught you, I'd be in trouble too.

I don't want to drive on this damned route forever.

Good? -Good, very good.

Fill it to the top.

Franka! Franka!

Bring some compote for the gentlemen officers!

A nice little chick, isn't she?

Run!

Urbaniak!

Loosen the screws a bit on the left coupling.

What are you looking at, idiot?

Let me tell you something: I'll tear your head off if you tell anyone about this.

What did you drink? -Nothing, Chief. I'm working.

Kulesh is forbidden to drive. He is unreliable.

You're taking too many liberties. -That's not true.

You’re not the first one to try to benefit from this. -Are you threatening me?

That's not a threat, it’s a warning. -Besides, we have no other assistant.

Or maybe you want that idiot from Olesjaki? Enough, we won't argue anymore.

Goodbye!

Baumgartner, set the table in this line!

And get those underwear out of here. What does this look like?

Guido, take the wood to the garden and start the fire.

She is the most beautiful girl in Poland...

Hurry up! Not like that...

You won’t be able to light a fire with wet branches. Bring dry ones.

Have you ever started a fire like this? -I don't know.

If you're that stupid, then don't do it.

Then light it yourself. -Alright. Get out of here!

The American army has begun...

Are you mad at me?

Are you going to the river today? -Why?

There will be a dance. You could go with me.

And why should I go with you?

We could be a couple.

Too bad. I have something for you.

Candy? -No, not candy.

Then what?

Will you come with me?

And what will you give me?

It depends.

I think I’ve earned a kiss.

Kiss yourself.

What are you doing? Give me the ball!

What are you doing? -Not to him!

Man, what are you doing? -Guys! -Yeah! -Folker, pass!

Come on, shoot! -Yeah! Yeah! -Yeah!

Horst, you’re the man!

Boys, he’s here.

Over here! Over here! Line up.

Come on, people...

Hausman! Hurry up, hurry up!

Come on, clumsy.

Everyone in line!

Straighten up! Attention!

Lieutenant, the gendarmerie unit from station 1 is assembled as ordered.

At ease! Dismissed.

I hope you had a good journey.

I’ll show you where the soldiers are quartered.

Good morning, mother.

Hello.

A new blouse?

We should treat ourselves to new things, shouldn’t we?

I’m going to a dance. Maybe I’ll sell some of our sweets there.

Why are you silent?

Oh, nothing. - Whose is this?

I don’t know.

No one's?

God... And you say nothing?

Put it on the table.

Maybe luck has finally smiled on us.

Hold it...

What is this trash?

What are you doing? This is mine. - Nothing is yours. What is yours?

I work from dawn to dusk to keep us alive.

I won’t allow you to put us in danger.

Mother, and you don’t put us in danger?

The blouse you’re wearing was taken from a corpse.

You think I don’t know where Leon brings all these things from?

How dare you! How dare you!

Ungrateful!

Are you going to the dance?

I don’t feel like it. - As you wish.

Franka! Wait.

I have something for you.

What? - You’ll see.

In a Polish town, there lived a girl.

She was so beautiful.

I asked her to dance.

And from her wreath

fell a beautiful red rose.

I picked it up, gave it to her, and asked for a kiss.

“No, no...” she replied, “I don’t kiss.”

Beautiful. - Bravo!

Very beautiful.

Please, gentlemen, may I have your attention? I would like to thank our new commander

and present him with a small gift on behalf of all of us.

I hope that with this... Thank you, gentlemen.

I hope that with this pen I will sign many more commendations.

Have a pleasant evening. - Long live our lieutenant! Long live!

Long live, long live, long live...

I hope you like your new post.

We don’t have many problems here.

Our units have dealt with the Jews here so thoroughly that they’re breathing through their backsides.

It’s peaceful now. There are no partisans here either.

What happened to my predecessor? What was his name? Gai... Gai...

Gaisen. - What happened to Gaisen?

Yes... Unfortunately, he had an accident.