To Kill a Priest

Hey! You in there.

You want to know the truth?

Open your eyes.

Hand them some leaflets.

They should know the truth.

Yeah, leaflets. Throw them some leaflets.

My father said it won't last long.

He said we'll take care of them.

Now sit down!

Help!

Help!

They're after Solidarity!

It's the... It's the militia!

They're arresting Solidarity!

They're... They're...

Come back here, come back. They're after...

Get off the streets. Solidarity!

Get away! Get undercover!

Look out, there they are!

Get away!

- Halt, or we'll fire! - Get inside!

Go for your lives!

With such hysteria, they're gonna shoot us.

- Help! - Get him!

Open the door! Open the door! Break it down.

Is he dead? Had to be.

Murderers! All right, get back.

Come on get back. Nothing to see here.

Get back. Get back to your homes.

All right, all right, we're coming.

Get in there!

Don't hit her! Take it away.

Stop! Stop! No cars in the street.

What's happening? This is a state of war.

Get off me!

Get off, bastards!

Leave me alone!

You bastards!

Block the exits.

They're getting out the back.

Come on.

Get out. You're under arrest.

You hit me with some of that and I'll have your ass.

Get them in the truck and leave the guards here.

Yes, sir. Good job.

Good night, sir.

Ready to go.

Take me home.

Stefan? Yes.

Goddamn, I'm freezing.

Come here.

What is this?

What are you doing awake?

I don't want to miss the morning cartoons.

Do you know what this is for?

Mum's afraid.

Of what?

That they'll come. Who?

The Solidarity people.

Well, no one's going to come.

And you can sleep late in the morning

because there won't be any cartoons on TV.

Why?

They'll have something more important to talk about.

Come on, left jab, right cross.

That's it, come on. Right cross.

Good, good, keep coming. Keep coming, come on.

That's good. Good, good, more.

That's it. Left jab, right cross.

Good, come on, come on.

That's it, come on. Keep going.

Give me more of a swing.

And remember your legs.

Josef.

Josef. Show him how to keep up his guard?

Good. Come on, come on.

Good. Go on.

What the hell are you doing?

What's this, what's this?

Watch your legs. Keep up your guard.

Keep up your guard.

That's it?

I'm really sorry, Father.

I didn't even recognize you.

That's okay.

We met during the strike.

Are you Anna's husband?

She didn't want to get married in church.

She's been arrested.

When? The first night.

She drove right into a militia raid

with a bunch of Christmas trees.

Well, what are you doing here?

I wanted to see what it was like to be punched in the face.

So now you know.

Good morning, sir. Good morning.

I want you in the office, please.

Let's go. Feliks, please join us.

Yeah!

I caught you!

Stop talking about your boyfriends. We've got a job to do.

St. Martin's Church.

You live nearby? Do they know you over there?

No.

They're collecting medical supplies and clothes

for the people who've been... arrested.

Maybe you should bring a sweater or an old jacket, something to give away.

Can I have a car? Why?

You want to impress your mother-in-law again?

Wizytki Church.

A lot of young students there.

How do you know?

Well, I checked it out. I thought you might give me this one.

Did you go there with your Solidarity friends?

That you could get involved with these people...

I heard there were a lot of pretty boys in Solidarity, you know.

St. Sebastian's Church.

This one...

I take care of myself.

That's the one with the young priest, Father Alek.

Hey, hey, Feliks, he's a good looking man.

Enough, enough, enough, enough, that's it.

Right.

On the night of December 12th,

the government imposed a state of war.

They arrested thousands of people.

Some died,

others are in hiding, hunted like common criminals.

A government by brute force is not a government.

It is tyranny,

a deception

and a blasphemy.

They have forced silence upon us,

but that silence is going to speak

for our brothers and sisters in prison.

That silence is going to speak for our sense of decency.

That silence is going to speak for our freedom of speech.

Let us pray.

Holy Mother of the imprisoned.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the deceived.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the betrayed.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the captured at night.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the miners who were shot.

Pray for us.

Mother of suffering Poland.

Mother of independent Poland.

Mother of ever-faithful Poland.

Pray for us.

Pray for us.

Pray for us.

How's the video?

Drove me mad yesterday, but today, it works like a charm.

Good.

I hate crowds.

The body of Christ.

The body of Christ. Amen.

I want you to baptize me.

Did they beat you?

Anna!

The body of Christ.

- The body of Christ. - Amen.

These demonstrations always start in a church and end in a church.

The government imposed a state of war.

What exactly is your function, Captain?

I head the fourth department.

We're responsible for monitoring

religious activities, Comrade Colonel.

Yes, well, I've just talked to the Minster.

He is not entirely happy with your efforts.

These priests are inciting thousands of people to rebellion.

What do you do about it, Captain?

Nothing, Captain.

Nothing.

They have forced silence upon us...

Is that you?

Yes.

Let us pray.

Holy Mother of the imprisoned.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the betrayed.

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of the captured at night.

Pray for us.

Mother of suffering Poland.

Mother of independent Poland.

Mother of ever-faithful Poland.

Pray for us.

Pray for us. Pray for us.

I had to. I was in the midst of...

You have to pray, cross yourself, you know.

Show me how you cross yourself.

Come on.

In the name of the Father. In the name of the Father.

Right hand. Right hand.

Even if you're left handed?

Yes.