Dekalog (1989) s01e03 Episode Script

Who is it? The Santa Klaus Merry Christmas Oh, sorry.
I didn't recognize you And you must be Krysia, right? Well, Krysia, this is for you A small gift And you're Antos, aren't you? There's something for you, too Yes and this is for Basia Why, thank you Yes, let me see now Here's something for mummy Isn't it nice! Thank you Thank you Do you really think we'll go? We'll try Thank you She's in her room Is she feeling bad? Merry Christmas, Aunt Ewa? My dear Ewa My you done your homework? Yes, Aunt The maths, too? Yes, Aunt I was always very good at maths I thought you'd come with what's-his-name, er, Edward Yes Merry Christams once more The kids will never forget this Chirstman the Santa klaus and the midnight mass Oh yes, it's been as before Yes? What? I don't know It seems someone's trying to steal our car I'll be back soon Where's my home? Where's my home It seems you forgot to wish me merry Christmas once again What do you want? It's the Christmas Eve Tell me.
What do you want? Edward's missing What? He's gone Ewa Went out in the morning and never came back we've got the find him It's the Christmas Eve I'm sorry Ewa All right.
I'll go with you What have you told your wife? That someone was trying to steal the car Let me have the keys Join me behind the corner It's been stolen Somebody's seen it in Wislostrada street You call the police and I'll try to catch a taxi Is it worth your while? The car earns our living doesn't it? We attended the midnight mass No, I didn't I saw you there Ah, all right, let's forget it I've checked everywhere with friends, with the police Where to? Where would you go if your wife disappeared? I don't know.
To the hospital the emergency department The emergency service's in Banacha street tonight Do you have emergency service tonight, Doctor? Not today.
Yesterday I've made a mistake What about today? Which hospital has? Whom are you trying to find? A husband Your husband, sir? No.
Mine That you, Jurek? Hello.
Do you happen to have a patient.
His name? Garus By the name of Garus How old is he? Thiryt-eight Yes, Garus.
Thirty-eight No, there's a female here looking for her husband When was he brought to you? When did he leave home? At noon It doesn't seem to be him he left home at noon.
Yeah They have a casualty No legs, no papers But taht was before eleven THe Praga hospital Shall I put the light off? No, thanks.
I'm on duty It's his car And his scarf I'll leave it here He might be cold when he's back He can hardly be back if he has no legs anymore You'd better leave a sandwich for him, too.
He might be hungry when he's back Go on, it's very funny Gladly Why don't we go to bed together you and me? In a hotel And then you could call him to tell him the number fo our room I I didn't call him You wanted to be through with me and to go home And to be left in peace I didn't call him He told me.
You didn't say who was calling, I admit Ewa I didn't call him.
Believe me I'm not Nothing to choose between all of you O.
K.
, forget it Take me to the praga hospital, please The fellow with his legs cut off Ewa.
There there, Ewa No, let me have a look It's isn't him I'd like ti to be him or you Many a time I imagined both of you run over by a truck the face squashed by the tires I once saw you in my dream your neck was broken I could see your tongue protruding I just looked at you and laughed I wonder who's had a spite aganist this one here who's going to be glad It's the police So what? You're driving a stolen car Did you call them? Hold on Hey, Andrzej this is that stolen car They're following us Got any papers? Yes Then yu'd better slow down Drive slowly Get out of the car Put out hands on the roof All right This your car, Mister? This car's been reported stolen We've only just found it Abandoned in Wislostrada street had a drink? I haven't had the time Like driving fast, eh? You're lucky it's the Christman Eve tonight He was right.
I was driving too fast You could have wrecked the car and killed me and yourself Shall we have another try? Do you want it? Fasten the belts Got enough? We were to go home All right Your car isn't here Are you getting out? He couldn't have left the car before noon Why? It was snowing in the afternnon But the car had no snow on it You know, I mean that snow cap It started snowing at five pm Well, I don't know I say, what if he's at home? We shouldn't go in together Wait here If he isn't there I'll come out to the balcony If I don't come out in five minutes drive home Ewa In case he's there, good-bye Bye Hallo Emergency service There's been an accident A man has fainted Yes? He's lying at the bus stop May I have the address, please? It's at the corner of Fulawsha and Walbrzyska streets The City way Perhaps he's drunk? No.
He's sober.
We have his papers His name? Edward Garus Born in 1949 Your name, please? Anna Tatarkiewicz Thank you I'm sending the ambulance over He isn't there Like I told you He isn't Why don't you take off your coat? I'd rather not.
I'm freezing Want some tea? Yeah I didn't phone Edward that night three years ago I didn't.
It's nonsense to say I did That was important to me You were important If you really want to know I I loved you And I wanted to change everything When we were getting dressed and he was standing there with his back to us You didn't even look at me once I took you by the hand But you tore yourself away Then he said, Now that we're both dressed you can choose You can stay or go And added he was going And you followed him without a word Yes.
It was like that Yeah Edward made still another condition I could follow him if I would never meet you again Yes And you said I have no intention to see him And then I answered, all right That's how it happened Give me your hand The poor boy whom nobody loved or understood You're right It was all my fault But you seem to have landed well don't you? You're the same as before aren't you? You went at it hammer and tongs to straighten things You're a good husband and father you provide well for your family And you never forget to collect the laundry Let me go I'll be glad to Your hands stink of petrol Did you ever think what happened after we left that hotel? How I was feeling? What I felt when we watched some love story on TV and he looked at me all the time instead of the screen? I never made love to him since that night Do you hear? What are you doing? Nothing special washing my hands It's the Christmas Eve I'm sorry I lied to you I do sleep with him, quite normally This to to us To us It's him At the wrong moment again How about the second verse? This is all we know Special night rates Thank you.
Merry Christmas Thank you.
Best wishes Has he grown a beard? I mean, Edward? No, not at all We're breaking the wafer as if forgetting what we're really doing here Let's go Where to? The emergency service or the railway station Yes, the railway station Just a second longer, O.
K.
? Is this the emergency service? Could you tell me if a Mr.
Garus Edward Garus has been brought to you? Born 1949 Ah, I see.
And do you receive notifications from all over Warsaw A notification? Where was it? And? Thank you very much I phoned the emergency service there's been a notification A notification? Yes.
Somebody reported him lying in Pulawska street When the ambulance arrived he wasn't there anymore What do you mean? He wasn't there, that's all They say it's usually like that with drunks They told me to check at the sobering-up station Where's my home? Where's my home? Where it is? Let me see, Garus Garus A Jew? No We had a Garus once, back in 1979 He was a Jew Do you have cards with particulars of all your patients? Yes.
Perhpas he's one of those who's been brought in today Better have a look at them Ah, they've gone to sleep Just look at them dancing What about this one? Or that one? Stop it! Stop it, will you! Can't you see they're cold? You deserve to be put in there you bum Just try.
Come on, try it! Let's dance.
Come on! It doesn't make any sense to go on looking I'm going home Where shall I take you? I wrecked your car And ruined your Christman Eve Not at all.
It was very nice Come with me to the railway station, please Are you on duty at the TV sets? Yes I keep falling asleep That's why I'm skating We're looking for Has there been an accident perhaps No Do you remember a man wearing a short sheepskin coat? A jacket actually? He comes here quite often Never goes anywhere I don't know Who's this man? Edward And the woman? His wife And these are his children He's living in Cracow For nearly three years now For three years? Nearly, I lied a lot tonight But why? I don't know Do you know a game You say to yourself If the person who appears from behind the corner is a man I'll be lucky If it's a woman, it means bad luck I know it I played that game tonight I said to myself If I manage to spend the whole night with you till seven in the morning no motter how What then? Then everything is going to be all right What if you failed? I've made preparations.
I live alone It's it's so very hard to be alone on a night like this People just Yeah, they lock themselves in curtain the windows Exactly.
Going to the midnight mass tonight, I saw a boy He slipped away from the hospital till wearing his pyjamas What happened to him? They got him I know it wasn't you who phoned that night Be seeing you They're all asleep, aren't they? The car's been found I know, I phoned during the night Was it Ewa? Yes Are you going to spend the evening away from home like before No No, I'm not The End Thank you for watching