Karski

I was a gramophone record.

I was no one in the war, I was a gramophone record,

I was a mailbox.

HE WHO DOES NOT CONDEMN IN FACT CONSENTS

-Hello? - Hi, it's Luk. Can you come down?

What time is it?

I don't know.

Are you coming? I'm outside.

What? Where?

I don't know, in some courtyard.

-I don't know where exactly. -Jesus.

Hang on, I'm coming.

-The same side as the station. -Okay, I'm coming.

-You there? - Where?

What's up?

You coming down?

What's happened?

Are you coming down?

But what's-- I can't talk here.

-Are you drunk? - I'm not drunk.

I don't drink.

-You coming down? -It's one…

You're calling me at 1 a.m.? We don't work together anymore.

I noticed.

Fine, no worries.

Jesus.

Hey, what's going on?

Nothing. Hang on, I'll be right back.

Sorry.

I'm sorry. I know it's late.

Can I have some water?

Cool place.

What? It helps me.

There's a youth club for the kids, it's a good life.

I don't know why I'm telling you.

I heard on the radio about your Karski mural.

Yeah.

I'm doing the same.

About murals? On the radio?

I'm making a movie about Karski.

Of course.

It's Karski year.

-You got lucky? -You, too.

-Me? But… -Olga, it doesn't matter.

I've been doing it a few months, I've read everything,

checked all the archives, but I don't know…

The more I know, the less I understand him.

Like me and you.

Why him?

Why Karski?

Why did they choose him?

I don't know, maybe no one else came to mind.

Don't try so hard.

It doesn't have to be Citizen Kane.

Meaning?

Okay. Just make the movie, take the money.

-Maybe you'll get a prize. -Olga…

-Bye. -Wait, I wanted…

Shit, I don't know what to do…

-Can you help me? -Call me tomorrow.

I made a friend at the university. His name was Jerzy Lerski.

He was a famous activist, also a courier, a heroic man.

And this Lerski, he fought for the Jews.

In lectures, the National Democrats pushed them out

and Jews were against the wall in the last row

and they weren't allowed to sit down.

At some point, Lerski stood up and said,

"If you're throwing them out, you'll have to throw me out, too. Try it!"

They kicked his head in, he spent weeks in the hospital.

And I saw it. But I didn't do the same, I was scared.

I stayed away.

I was weak, and I'm not proud of that now.

I was scared they'd ruin my face and I'd be ugly.

I was always good-looking.

I got something on the Invasion of Poland.

We'd been walking for 17 days

on the evening of September 17th.

We reached Ternopil.

Some battalions were nearing

and a voice came through a megaphone

speaking in Polish.

The Polish government has fallen.

The heroic Soviet Army will come to help.

We'll fight the Germans together.

Put down whatever weapons you have.

We don't want any misunderstandings.

We'll fight together.

When…

He didn't fight much.

Not at all.

He didn't kill a single German or save a single Jew.

He says that himself.

They didn't believe his report, and if they believed, they did nothing.

The publisher that released his book today wrote:

"The man who could have changed the world." Could have.

So, what, he wasn't a hero?

He told the world about the Holocaust.

It's not that simple.

Come in.

You do realize we have to broadcast it this year?

Where's the script?

-I quit. -What?

The movie.

Did you forget?

You signed a contract.

The deadline for the movie is November 12th.

Can you just explain what's going on?

It's a simple hero story, the editor will do most of it.

Let him, then.

Hey! Get back to work.

My jacket. Thanks.

You know if you mess this up, you won't get another movie!

I want the script tomorrow.

Can you give me a ride, please?

You're delivering pizzas now?

I want to show you something.

Where?

Nice car.

Rental.

Hey! Lunch break.

Can you help?

Hi.

Guys, food's here.

Margherita… and a mushroom one.

I'll have a slice.

Aśka, come eat.

-Good? -What are you guys doing?

Isn't it obvious?

Why?

'Cause we don't like fascists.

What pizza is it?

Meat-free!

Can I come here with a camera?

Why?

I'm making…

We're making a movie about Karski,

and it'd be really helpful if I could film you guys.

But why?

'Cause we don't like fascists.

Sure.

-So can I bring a camera? -Yes!

You can finally do something for a useful cause.

Don't rush with the cleanup.

And?

If it's in a contemporary context, then it comes with consequences.

-A movie about Karski via them? -Not only via them.

It'll be…

via us, about us.

It's a bit risky.

No, it should be a movie about him.

Of course.

Will you help?

We could do it together.

Just nothing superficial.

Come on.

HE WHO DOES NOT CONDEMN IN FACT CONSENTS

It came out well.

You can see everything well.

-Good start, right? -Yeah.

Hi.

-Hi. -Hi.

-You know each other? -Yes.

What's this?

Our movie.

Go back a bit.

Stop.

We didn't agree on a movie about graffiti artists, okay?

-Hang on, it's a concept… -Wait, chill.

-The script? -It'll…

-Wait! -We're working together.

We said a Jan Karski documentary. There's no more cash.

No worries! Relax.

I work for the cause, not cash.

Excuse me a sec.

Stop that tapping!

-What's this? -Credit her, I'll deal with the rest.

We've got a great idea.

We're mixing past and present, fiction and reality.

We'll film it on green screen, it's half the cost.

Don't go overboard, okay?

You're back. Come on in.

-Cool to be working together again. -Yeah, cool.

Good luck.

-Did you negotiate? -Yes.

More money?

You'll be credited.

Great.

-What are you doing? -Isn't it obvious?

Awful.

You said you'd look after it.

You need green fingers, as my grandma said.

My fad right now is growing tomatoes on the squat balcony.

-You hungry? -No.

What have you got? Something filthy, no, thanks.

I don't eat plastic.

So what do you eat?

I don't know. Vegetables, fruit.

From abandoned allotments.

Rotten.

You know how many tons of food supermarkets throw out?