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00:00Strangers in the night, exchanging glances, wandering in the night, what were the chances
00:24that we'd be sharing love before the night was through?
00:35Something in your eyes was so exciting, something in your smile was so inviting,
00:46something in my heart told me I must have you.
00:57Strangers in the night, two lonely people, we were strangers in the night,
01:07up to the moment when we said our first hello.
01:13But believe me now, love was just a glimmer.
01:17You produce more tractors now than before the war, don't you?
01:25Yes.
01:26You said that now we produce more tractors than before the war.
01:31Before the war, we didn't produce tractors in Poland at all.
01:35Before the war in Poland.
01:38What in Poland?
01:40In Poland, Mr. Kowalski.
01:42John Kowalski, Miss...
01:45Mary.
01:46Oh, Mary, Maryska, beautiful.
01:53What?
01:54You must go.
01:56Oh, yes, I'm sorry.
02:04Thank you.
02:08John Kowalski?
02:09Yes, baby.
02:10John Kowalski?
02:12Yes.
02:13Yes, Mr. Zatrzyman.
02:16I am American?
02:18Yes.
02:19Let me introduce you.
02:24It turned out so right.
02:27For strangers in the night.
02:34Hello.
02:39Hello.
02:42Yes.
02:46Little did we know.
02:49Little did we know.
02:51Love was just a glance away.
02:55A warm embrace...
03:01Morning.
03:02Good morning.
03:05It's your sixth time in Poland?
03:08Yes.
03:10Do you speak Polish?
03:12Yes.
03:13I mean, I speak...
03:15I speak Polish very well.
03:18As you can see from my passport, it's my sixth time here.
03:23I was just...
03:24We can talk freely.
03:26Yes.
03:27Mr. Kowalski, is that right?
03:29I was just at your Orbeez bar.
03:34Your girls.
03:36Very good.
03:37I like your girls.
03:39Mr. Kowalski, will you write down your testimony?
03:41Yes.
03:42John Kowalski, born on the 18th of January, 1935.
03:47Chicago?
03:48Yes, that's right.
03:50And at your bar, I was drinking Polish vodka.
03:56Very good.
03:58When one man came up to me...
04:02He wasn't wearing a uniform, just a regular one.
04:06He asked me for my passport and brought me here.
04:09I don't know why.
04:10I'll explain.
04:11I don't know why at all.
04:12I'm an American citizen.
04:14I think no one has the right...
04:16We'll explain in a moment.
04:19Interpol, through your embassy and our MSZ,
04:25has reported that John Kowalski,
04:29born on the 18th of January, 1935 in Chicago,
04:34is suspected of breaking into a jewelry store
04:38and stealing $150,000 worth of jewelry.
04:45That's a mistake.
04:49You must have mistaken me for some other American.
04:53I haven't done anything wrong.
04:55There's no way you've made a mistake.
04:57The date of birth is correct.
05:00The name is correct.
05:03Unless you have a copy.
05:05Maybe.
05:06No, no, no.
05:07That's impossible.
05:08I'm telling you.
05:09It must be someone else.
05:10An American.
05:12We've just been notified.
05:14We have to hand you over to the American authorities.
05:18If there are any mistakes, you'll explain them to each other.
05:21By the way, as you probably know,
05:23you'll face up to five years in prison.
05:27I'm sorry, but that's the end of our participation in this case.
05:32When will you release me?
05:36In a few days.
05:37There's also a possibility that they'll come for you.
05:42Ah, they'll come.
05:44Okay.
05:47You see, mister,
05:49when it comes to us,
05:52no one can help you.
05:54You're sitting far away from the world
05:57and you can't even organize your defense.
06:00You can't even put a witness on your mind.
06:04And you, mister,
06:07you pay the penalty and you start acting.
06:10You laugh, you talk,
06:12and you get out of the case clean.
06:15I had a brother in Poland.
06:17I didn't expect that right after my arrival
06:20they'd do anything to me.
06:23Mister, mister,
06:25I've been sitting here for the fourth time.
06:28You've probably never sat before, have you?
06:31I can see that.
06:34Because whether you sit here or there,
06:37there's always a common ground, isn't there?
06:40And with you, mister, you can't get along.
06:43In the States, I didn't push my brother.
06:46Of course, of course, mister.
06:49But you know what they have, don't you?
06:52And you know how you sit in the sink, don't you?
06:55In those movies I've seen.
06:57Do you understand?
06:59Do you understand me?
07:01Mister, you have terrible conditions from the net.
07:04Beatings, poisoning, rats, hunger strikes.
07:08And mister, you don't have to eat.
07:11Because...
07:13because your friends from the cell will finish you off.
07:19Conditions from the net are similar everywhere.
07:23Mister, you know best how it is here.
07:30It's a little better in the Polish prison.
07:33Mister, if I can help you with anything,
07:37ask your father for us.
07:40That's all.
08:06That's all, mister Chowalski?
08:09Bad luck is a mistake.
08:12And...
08:13and...
08:14and the similarity of names.
08:17You've already mentioned mistakes.
08:19I think you should explain them to each other.
08:22When do I have to explain them to you?
08:24I'm Chowalski, that's true.
08:26But I'm Chowalski Jan.
08:28I don't understand.
08:30Jan and John, it doesn't matter.
08:32No, captain, it doesn't matter.
08:34I'm Polish Chowalski, not American.
08:36It's a mistake.
08:38Something's wrong, mister Chowalski.
08:40First you said you were an American,
08:42and now you want to be Polish Chowalski?
08:45Maybe it's a brother you have for me?
08:48I never had a brother.
08:50I've always been the only Polish Chowalski.
08:53Besides, I speak perfect Polish.
08:56You should be convinced.
08:57You also use English.
08:59Nonsense, I only know a few words.
09:01I'm sorry, man, girl.
09:03And I repeat it over and over.
09:05I speak well only in Polish.
09:07I'm sorry.
09:09It's the sixth time in Poland.
09:11You should learn to speak in our language.
09:15If you wanted to be Polish Chowalski,
09:17you could understand that.
09:19If you wanted to be Polish Chowalski,
09:21you could understand that.
09:23But it's a fact.
09:25Your passport is in the office.
09:28There's an American car in front of the station.
09:31There's an American car in front of the station.
09:34Your likeness?
09:36It's all clear to me.
09:38Captain, I'll explain everything.
09:43In 1955, I had a job in Poznań.
09:49I met a man, the owner of a glasshouse.
09:52We worked together.
09:56We did...
09:58Never mind.
09:59I'll say the same as you, Captain.
10:01It's a fact.
10:03In 1955, I couldn't have been in Los Angeles,
10:06if I had been in Poznań.
10:08This man can testify.
10:10He made a mistake.
10:13I was in Poznań.
10:16He didn't recognize me.
10:18We met by chance at the market square.
10:22I bumped into a bald man
10:24who asked if I was Jan Chowalski.
10:27I said, I'm sorry.
10:29He said, I'm not sorry.
10:31I recognized you.
10:33I defended myself.
10:35I said, you're not an American.
10:37You're a thief.
10:39We were surrounded by a crowd of thugs.
10:41He said, give me the money for the glasshouse.
10:45I said, I'm sorry.
10:47I looked around.
10:49I saw a policeman.
10:51He pressed himself against the crowd.
10:53I said, I'm sorry.
10:55He took me for his friend.
10:58The policeman asked me
11:00if the car next to me
11:02was my car.
11:04I nodded.
11:06The policeman told me
11:09to park in a different place.
11:12I got in.
11:14I was looking for the keys.
11:16The policeman said
11:18the keys were in the parking lot.
11:20He told me to be careful
11:22because the car could get lost.
11:24He asked me for my passport.
11:26And?
11:28It was in a coat
11:30in the back seat of the car.
11:33The passport was named John Chowalski.
11:36I was confused.
11:38Next to me was the owner of the glasshouse.
11:41He was watching me.
11:43I couldn't get out of the car.
11:45The police officer
11:47saluted the car.
11:49I left the car
11:51and came to Warsaw.
11:53Everything would have ended
11:55if I hadn't come
11:57to the pub
11:59you took me from.
12:01But please don't be surprised.
12:04Captain,
12:06the wallet,
12:08even the gold was ours.
12:10Until recently it was yours.
12:12And now I say ours
12:14because I'm just like you.
12:16Captain,
12:18I have to find
12:20the owner of the glasshouse.
12:22He'll say I'm innocent
12:24and that I traded in the country.
12:26He'll say I'm Polish
12:28because I'm from Powiśle.
12:30Are you writing your testimony?
12:32Yes.
12:34Mr. Kowalski,
12:36I wonder
12:38about the strange coincidence
12:40in your testimony.
12:42You meet a man
12:44you allegedly never robbed
12:46and who calls you a thief.
12:48You try to avoid the police
12:50and pretend to be a foreigner.
12:52You find a car,
12:54a passport
12:56and a wallet
12:58stuffed with gold.
13:00There's too much coincidence.
13:04I'll try to explain everything
13:06to avoid any mistakes.
13:10Don't worry,
13:12Mr. Kowalski.
13:15Strings.
13:18No.
13:20A belt.
13:26A tie.
13:32What else do you have?
13:34Nothing.
13:40So,
13:42you're not a foreigner anymore, are you?
13:46I've never been one.
13:48Yes, you have.
13:50Yesterday you said,
13:52I'm American.
13:54Yesterday I was forced to be American
13:56but I've always been Polish.
13:58Do you understand?
14:00Yes, I do.
14:02Tomorrow you'll probably be Turkish.
14:06I have a correct Polish accent.
14:08Sir,
14:10I've been working here for a few years
14:12and nothing can surprise me.
14:18A witness, please.
14:26Mr. Kowalski,
14:28take a good look at the witness
14:30and tell me
14:32if it was him you robbed in 1955.
14:34Actually,
14:36I didn't rob anyone.
14:38I acted honestly
14:40but I had to leave.
14:44Do you know the witness?
14:46Of course.
14:48A few days ago we met in Poznań.
14:50Do you remember me?
14:52I'm Janek Kowalski.
14:54I worked with you a few years ago.
14:56We had a long time together.
14:58I had to leave.
15:00We didn't meet again.
15:02Stanisław, right?
15:04Stanisław, I remember.
15:06You don't say anything.
15:08Why don't you say anything?
15:10I see this citizen
15:12for the first time in my life.
15:14And I have a good memory.
15:16Are you absolutely sure?
15:18Absolutely.
15:20I was in Poznań in 1955.
15:22I don't deny that.
15:24So you don't know me.
15:26I don't know you.
15:28Maybe you were in Poznań
15:30but I've never met you.
15:32Never?
15:34And a few days ago in Poznań?
15:36A few days ago I wasn't in Poznań.
15:38I understand you, Mr. Stanisław.
15:40I'm not Stanisław.
15:42At least for you.
15:44I understand you perfectly.
15:46You have a grudge against me
15:48for a long time ago
15:50that I left,
15:52that the glasshouse caught fire.
15:54I should have a grudge against you?
15:56What grudge?
15:58I shouldn't have done that.
16:02Mr. Captain,
16:04I want to confess
16:06that in 1955
16:08I took 80,000 zlotys
16:10from this citizen.
16:12I'm ready to pay the corresponding fine.
16:14We'll note the confession.
16:16Does the witness confirm
16:18the truth of John Kowalski's testimony?
16:20I see this citizen
16:22for the first time in my life.
16:24I'm surprised to hear all this.
16:26It's impossible.
16:28Tell me, sir.
16:30Tell me it's me, Stasiu.
16:32You have to remember
16:34you were shouting in Poznań
16:36that I had stolen you.
16:38I packed this damn Ford
16:40and this whole stupid thing.
16:44Stasiu,
16:46tell them you know me.
16:48They want to send me to Sing Sing.
16:52I don't know you.
16:54You don't know me?
16:56You think you do?
16:58You rotten merchant.
17:02Enough, Mr. Kowalski.
17:04We thank the witness.
17:10Do you believe
17:12this channel?
17:14Why shouldn't I?
17:16The witness just confirmed
17:18my conception.
17:20No one here knows you.
17:22From my testimony
17:24it's clear
17:26that this man
17:28wants to take revenge.
17:30No one here knows you.
17:32Yes, you're known,
17:34but only to yourself.
17:36Chicago.
17:38Chicago.
17:4212th of May, 1958.
17:44An attack on a security agent.
17:48A cut in the head.
17:50He was robbed of $650.
17:54A rich man.
17:56But you lowered the fines.
17:58In 1955, $150,000.
18:00In 1958, $650.
18:04I don't understand.
18:06You lowered the fines.
18:08And the sentence was increased.
18:10An attack on a security agent.
18:12As far as I know,
18:14in that case...
18:16Me and Jędka?
18:18Jędka is a mistake.
18:20A terrible mistake.
18:22You want to frame me.
18:24I had nothing to do
18:26with John Kowalski's case.
18:28Leave me alone
18:30and deal with the right witness.
18:32You make serious accusations
18:34against an honest man,
18:36and the real bandit
18:38got away.
18:40Look for him.
18:42How do you know he's 20?
18:44I guess so.
18:46He should know best.
18:48That's what he'll get.
18:50I'll play
18:52cards with you.
18:56I know what I did
18:58in 1958.
19:00During my alleged
19:02attack on Jędka,
19:04I was dressed in a uniform
19:06of a police lieutenant,
19:08similar to yours.
19:10I also know
19:12what punishment I could get
19:14for 5 years.
19:16But not 20.
19:18You judge Mr. Kowalski harshly.
19:20No one gets 5 years
19:22in a false uniform.
19:24In theory,
19:26you were in Chicago
19:28for many more years.
19:30In prison.
19:32I decided to talk to you
19:34honestly.
19:36Do you smoke?
19:38No, I don't.
19:40You smoked yesterday.
19:42One...
19:44Anything else to say?
19:46A lot.
19:48You make it difficult
19:50to check your insinuations.
19:52I'd like you to listen to me.
19:54What could I get 5 years in a country for?
19:56I don't understand.
19:58For
20:00sticking up
20:02for an M.O. officer?
20:04That's what they say.
20:06For trying
20:08to go abroad illegally?
20:10That's something.
20:12Would you like to prove it?
20:14There is
20:16a fishing boat
20:18called Boziomka Szyper.
20:20This boat agreed
20:22to take me to Sweden for 50,000.
20:2450,000 is a bit expensive, don't you think?
20:26Wasn't Orbis cheaper?
20:28Maybe cheaper, but
20:30I had no other choice.
20:32I was in a bit of trouble.
20:34He was looking for me.
20:36Who was looking for you?
20:38Good.
20:40Good, Captain.
20:42I'll tell you everything honestly, but...
20:44You see,
20:46I know I'm sleeping right now.
20:48I have no other choice.
20:50But I think
20:52this case should convince you
20:54about my innocence,
20:56or rather about my guilt,
20:58but here in Poland.
21:00I'm listening to you, Lieutenant.
21:02All you have to do is wish
21:04that it wasn't another waste of time.
21:06A friend was looking for me.
21:08I just stole him.
21:10But maybe I'll start from the beginning.
21:12In 1958...
21:18Of course, I lowered the flights.
21:20Sometimes I put
21:22the uniform
21:24of a police lieutenant.
21:26I made a raid for a few media.
21:28I visited some dealers.
21:30Somehow I tied the end to the end.
21:32But over time,
21:34I learned
21:36how much
21:38the uniform
21:40was full of
21:42false officers.
21:46Once,
21:48quite accidentally,
21:50I avoided an accident.
21:52But let's get back to the point.
21:54I used to be interested in boxing.
21:56I trained a little
21:58for my own needs.
22:00We became friends
22:02and after a few years
22:04we met.
22:06He graduated as a me-boxer.
22:08I graduated
22:10as a lieutenant.
22:12For the last time
22:14I managed to get
22:16into the uniform
22:18of the world champion
22:20in cash opening.
22:26You snored,
22:28you scoundrel.
22:30I was talking in my sleep
22:32and I spent the night in jail.
22:34You snored, you scoundrel.
22:38I was talking in my sleep
22:40and I spent the night in jail.
22:42Am I right, lieutenant?
22:44Let's go, Pchełka. Get dressed.
22:46Take the toiletries with you.
22:48They will be useful for a few years.
22:52I just left, lieutenant.
22:54I have a family.
22:56A child.
22:58Do you want to say goodbye?
23:00Yes, lieutenant.
23:02A boy, a wife.
23:04Do you want to say goodbye to your child?
23:06Yes, I would like to.
23:08Go to the village.
23:10Say goodbye to your wife and children
23:12and report to the police station in the morning.
23:14Thank you, lieutenant.
23:16See, Pchełka?
23:18The boy thanked the captain
23:20on his knees
23:22and reported to the police station
23:24in the morning.
23:26We shared the money
23:28but the boxer hid his wallet
23:30in the cellar.
23:32Until the matter calmed down,
23:34he said,
23:36I suspected him.
23:38In the cellar,
23:40he hit two bricks against the wall.
23:42Will the boxer come here
23:44and testify?
23:46I'd rather he didn't come.
23:48I took the money.
23:50How do you want to confirm your guilt?
23:52Szyper will confirm.
23:54When I found out that the boxer was looking for me,
23:56I went to the coast
23:58and there I met Szyper.
24:00I still see him as a swine.
24:02To Sweden, I say.
24:04He looked at me, then spit
24:06and said,
24:08for how much?
24:10I say I can give 20,000
24:12and he says 50,000
24:14Before he realized
24:16that I had some money,
24:18we exchanged
24:20the rest of the money.
24:22I exchanged 100,000 for dollars.
24:24In the evening,
24:26I went to the beach.
24:28Szyper took out his hand
24:30and told me to enter
24:32the wooden safe.
24:34He said,
24:36I went in.
24:38After a while,
24:40he knocked
24:42and said,
24:44there is a shore.
24:46A Swedish shore.
24:48You have to swim
24:50200 meters.
24:52Goodbye.
24:54I jumped into the water,
24:56swam
24:58and got to the nearest
25:00Swedish house.
25:02Hey, hey!
25:04What do you want?
25:06Do you speak Polish?
25:08Yes.
25:10Do you speak Polish, my friend?
25:12What are you doing here?
25:14Daddy, look,
25:16it's a madman.
25:18He's asking if Poles live
25:20under the roof.
25:32Szyper Łobuz
25:34made a turn
25:36along the bay
25:38and blew me away
25:40two kilometers away.
25:42And one more thing,
25:44so that there are no doubts,
25:46I had to live somewhere.
25:48Didn't you notice?
25:50Assuming you're Polish, yes,
25:52but in your passport.
25:54Don't worry about the passport.
25:56I live in Powiśle.
25:58I rent an apartment.
26:00I live in the city.
26:02You have an apartment?
26:04I'm not registered, but I live there.
26:06It's the easiest way to check.
26:08Why didn't you tell me?
26:10I'm not registered there.
26:12Besides, I'm rarely at home.
26:14I'm a permanent delegate.
26:16What's your job?
26:18I've been telling you for two days.
26:20Where are you registered?
26:22Nowhere.
26:24It's fiction. I'm unknown there.
26:26Who's going to confirm your identity?
26:28Szyper.
26:34Lieutenant,
26:36if I knew it was going to end like this...
26:38What?
26:40I'd rather take this cement to Wisla.
26:42All right.
26:44Cement to Wisla?
26:46Do you want to poison Wisla too?
26:48That's just what I said.
26:50I took a few bags of cement.
26:52I'm a driver.
26:54You're a family man.
26:56I'm a friend of yours.
26:58The cement was bought by a patron.
27:00He's building a garage.
27:02You already have a defender.
27:04He's well informed about your case.
27:06Mr. Kowalski,
27:08your cases don't stand out.
27:10Right, mister?
27:12What mister?
27:22He's Szyper,
27:24DART 24,
27:26Poziomka.
27:28Poziomka.
27:30I'm Szyper Malinka,
27:3216 years old.
27:34Is that the man you were talking about?
27:36Mr. Kowalski?
27:38That's how we know each other.
27:40Of course you remember our meeting
27:42in 1958.
27:44I wanted to buy
27:46fish from you.
27:48A lot of fish.
27:50Do you remember
27:52when I visited you
27:54on board Malinka?
27:56A lot of people buy fish from me,
27:58so maybe I sold some to you too.
28:00I don't remember.
28:02In 1958,
28:04you say?
28:06Maybe you were on Malinka.
28:08I don't deny it,
28:10but I can't confirm it.
28:12I know you can't remember.
28:16I don't feel sorry for you
28:18for this joke.
28:20You were sailing with me
28:22for a few hours
28:24in the bay of Darów.
28:26I have no complaints.
28:28In 1958,
28:30I wanted to convict
28:32this man of a crime,
28:34but without success.
28:36The whole blame is on me.
28:38Mr. Szyper knows it perfectly well.
28:40I'd like you to understand me.
28:42Mr. Szyper,
28:44the captain claims
28:46that I was in the United States,
28:48in Chicago.
28:50But I couldn't have been there.
28:52Mr. Szyper, we've met before.
28:54You remember.
28:56Of course, you must remember.
28:58I don't understand anything.
29:00Maybe I was a bit vague.
29:02Do you remember me
29:04from the old days?
29:06From what years?
29:08From the old days,
29:101958.
29:12I was sailing to Sweden with you.
29:14The son of an old Roman
29:16was sailing with me,
29:18but only in the bay.
29:20I was also sailing with you,
29:22of course, only in the bay,
29:24but I wanted to go to Sweden.
29:26And you didn't agree to such a course
29:28and you were right.
29:30Why get into a collision with the law?
29:32I was sitting in a box, do you remember?
29:34In a box?
29:36In boxes, I only keep advice.
29:38Maybe you were sitting in a barrel.
29:40In a barrel.
29:42Of course, in a barrel.
29:44I must have been mistaken.
29:46Yes, yes, you're right.
29:48It was a barrel, I remember.
29:50You were sitting in a barrel,
29:52but probably not in my place.
29:54Maybe in another barrel,
29:56because I only keep advice in my boxes.
29:58But you know me,
30:00Mr. Szyper.
30:02You know me.
30:04You?
30:08I don't know you, no.
30:10But you saw me a few years ago.
30:12You?
30:14Maybe I saw you somewhere.
30:16So many people are sailing
30:18along the coast.
30:20But I can't confirm it.
30:22I don't remember.
30:24You don't remember?
30:26I know why you don't remember.
30:28You, Szyper.
30:30Do you remember my money?
30:32Fifty thousand?
30:34You're afraid.
30:36You don't want to admit it.
30:38It's not about the money.
30:40I have problems.
30:42Everyone has their problems.
30:46I don't understand it.
30:48I'd like you to nod your head.
30:50To help me.
30:52Why should I nod when I don't know?
30:54That's what I think.
30:56You don't know.
30:58To Sweden.
31:00It's happening, you said.
31:02I don't regret your fraud,
31:04but why don't you remember?
31:06What did you take from me?
31:08Tell me!
31:10I only take money for fish.
31:12And for fifty thousand,
31:14I've never sold fish to anyone.
31:16So I couldn't take anything from you either.
31:18You couldn't.
31:20You...
31:22Szyper!
31:24That's enough.
31:30Thank you, Mr. Szyper.
31:36Mr. Szyper.
31:48We were at the addresses.
31:50The owner claims
31:52he didn't rent a room to anyone.
31:54But in Powiśle,
31:56he did stay there for a few days.
31:58John Kowalski.
32:00He says he's moving
32:02and can't find a hotel.
32:06I see.
32:08That's what I thought.
32:12You can't send someone
32:14from the country for twenty years.
32:16You can't do that.
32:18I stole a friend.
32:20I could get five years for that.
32:22Well, seven at most,
32:24and two for Poznań.
32:26Ten here, not twenty there.
32:28You've made a list of witnesses
32:30against me,
32:32and I'm asking you
32:34to move Szyper out of Warsaw.
32:36It's impossible.
32:38You don't appreciate us, Mr. Kowalski.
32:40Do you drink coffee?
32:42I appreciate it.
32:44Don't feed me with coffee.
32:46I want to sit here for ten years.
32:48Unfortunately, everything changes
32:50when you sit there.
32:52I know. It's even cheaper for you.
32:54You don't have to feed me.
32:56Twenty years there,
32:58like forty here.
33:00I'm afraid a little more.
33:02What's your name?
33:04I'll remind you.
33:06I'll remind you.
33:12San Francisco.
33:14January 3, 1963.
33:16An attack on a bank
33:18with firearms.
33:20One of the guards was killed,
33:22the other was shot.
33:24Suspects Rex Niven and John Kowalski.
33:26Detained Rex Niven confessed
33:28that he shot Kowalski.
33:30Who confessed?
33:32Rex Niven.
33:34A partner.
33:36It happens.
33:38I don't know any Rex Niven.
33:40He knows you.
33:42He's the only one who should
33:44remember you well.
33:46That's all, Mr. Kowalski.
33:48Lieutenant, I think
33:50we can consider John Kowalski's interrogation
33:52over.
33:54Call the sergeant.
33:56We have to hand him over to the American authorities.
33:58Wait a minute, Major.
34:00Captain.
34:02Wait a minute, Captain.
34:04You must be mistaken.
34:06There is only one sentence for killing a guard.
34:08You know that.
34:10Sending me to execution is murder.
34:12Murder with penance.
34:14I found an American passport
34:16in a coat that was in the car.
34:18I'm similar to the American
34:20in the passport.
34:22I thought I'd cut myself in his skin
34:24for a few days.
34:26In Poznań, if I knew
34:28I wouldn't confess, I'd kill myself.
34:30We have to end the interrogation.
34:32But please, give me one last chance.
34:34I was in Poland in 1963.
34:36I have a witness.
34:38Mr. Kowalski, you know what the witness confessed.
34:40They don't remember me,
34:42but I have another witness.
34:44He will testify my confession,
34:46because I want to testify.
34:48It seems to me that everything has already been explained.
34:50No, no, Captain, not everything.
34:52In 1963 I committed a crime.
34:54But in Poland
34:56I'm a Polish criminal.
34:58It's an old song.
35:00You believe it.
35:02You have to remember
35:04this unsolved case.
35:06In 1963...
35:08Captain,
35:10a woman wants to see you
35:12about Mr. Kowalski.
35:14She says she has to,
35:16and that she will explain everything.
35:18Bring her in.
35:20Yes, sir.
35:22Thank you.
35:28I finally found you.
35:34I...
35:36I don't know this lady.
35:38Stop joking.
35:40I was so worried.
35:42At first I thought you left without me,
35:44that you didn't keep your word.
35:46I asked around.
35:48Only Antoś, you know,
35:50saw your photo and explained everything to me.
35:52I went with the photo and searched.
35:54But when Antoś told me
35:56you were locked up, I sighed.
35:58What's your name? Do you know Mr. Kowalski?
36:00Wanda.
36:02Do I know him?
36:04Nobody knows him better than me.
36:06Do you know this woman?
36:12No.
36:14What are you talking about?
36:16Please explain everything.
36:18We were supposed to be honest.
36:20Besides, you finally have someone who claims to know you.
36:22Maybe I'll explain everything.
36:24Your explanations won't affect the case.
36:26How long have you known John Kowalski?
36:30He moved in with me two weeks ago.
36:32How long have you known him?
36:34I said two weeks.
36:36Did you know him and move in with him right away?
36:38He had problems with the hotel.
36:40He didn't have a place.
36:42And you immediately found a place, right?
36:48I have a big apartment.
36:50I'm lonely.
36:52I thought that
36:54he could stay with me
36:56for a few days before he leaves Poland.
36:58What leave?
37:00Would anything change?
37:02Would it change?
37:04We were supposed to go to the States together.
37:08What else?
37:10Mr. Captain, I don't understand
37:12what's going on here.
37:14Why is he locked up?
37:16He's only being held up for a while.
37:18He's leaving for the States in a few days.
37:20He's leaving?
37:22We were supposed to go together.
37:24Please explain what you were supposed to do together.
37:26Mr. Major.
37:28Mr. Captain.
37:30Mr. Captain showed up
37:32and was waiting for a message from the States.
37:34He was supposed to get it a few days later.
37:36And I was giving him everything at that time.
37:40John told me about the States.
37:42He told me how it was there.
37:44He's an American.
37:46I'm right, aren't I?
37:48Yes.
37:50John Kowalski.
37:52He's an American.
37:56Please go on.
37:58What can I say?
38:00He told me about Chicago,
38:02Los Angeles, San Francisco.
38:04He said he was going to decide
38:06about certain things in the States.
38:08And now he's leaving alone.
38:10Not completely alone.
38:12I won't let him go with anyone.
38:14We'll go together.
38:16You can't go together.
38:18Thank you for your explanation.
38:22Goodbye.
38:24This is immoral!
38:26One should speak and the other should act.
38:28I won't go, but he won't go either.
38:36He saved his comments.
38:38There are more women like that.
38:42And all the ladies will say the same.
38:44I think it was a waste of time.
38:50And in a private way.
38:52Was he really going to take her with him?
38:58As usual.
39:00And you show me
39:02this filth here.
39:04I'm afraid.
39:08How do you sell this?
39:10The clients take care of it themselves.
39:14And did you have
39:16a permit for street sales?
39:22Jędrek Biały
39:24is my witness.
39:26He's a good boy, intelligent,
39:28a great partner.
39:30He writes a bit from his profession.
39:32I had a detailed plan then.
39:34We knew that one of the cashiers
39:36regularly receives money from the bank
39:38200,000 twice a month.
39:40When the cashier
39:42left the bank,
39:44I came up to him and said
39:46in English,
39:48I'm sorry,
39:50I'm looking for a commission shop.
39:52I wanted to sell pears from England.
39:54Two crossroads further is the commission.
39:56OK, but
39:58only if it's a good commission.
40:00Yesterday I sold
40:02two pears.
40:04I was cheated.
40:06I got my money back.
40:08It's definitely
40:10a good commission.
40:12The cashier smiled
40:14and pointed me to the commission.
40:16I thanked him and left.
40:18As soon as I stopped
40:20in front of the shop,
40:22I saw Jędrek Biały
40:24coming up to the cashier.
40:28I'm sorry,
40:30I'm the son of the owner of the shop.
40:32Could you tell me
40:34what the foreigner was asking about?
40:36About the nearest commission,
40:38said the cashier.
40:40I assumed so.
40:42He was at my father's yesterday,
40:44but there was no transaction
40:46because the foreigner doesn't know Polish money
40:48and he's afraid he won't be cheated.
40:50Jędrek took out a banknote.
40:52Let's see if it's fake.
40:54I don't know if you would be so kind
40:56to come up to the foreigner
40:58and tell him about the truth
41:00of the money.
41:02He can testify
41:04about the truth
41:06of the money.
41:08You want to cheat me
41:10and your father too.
41:12You want to pay me with fake money.
41:14The money is real,
41:16said the cashier.
41:18I guarantee it to you.
41:20There was a bargain
41:22between me and Jędrek.
41:24Small bills wrapped in paper
41:26were worth
41:28up to 250,000 zlotys.
41:30Jędrek asked
41:32if the cashier had money
41:34to compare their authenticity.
41:36I didn't believe Jędrek.
41:38The cashier
41:40showed
41:42his money.
41:44Is this your new trick, Mr. Kowalski,
41:46or should I believe
41:48the truth of your testimony?
41:50Mr. Captain,
41:52do you think
41:54this story can be taken out of hand?
41:56I decided to confess
41:58and I want you to check everything.
42:00I want you to believe
42:02in my innocence.
42:04Maybe I am innocent,
42:06but here, in my homeland.
42:10Here you are.
42:12Please sign.
42:20And now believe me.
42:24I will tell you a story
42:26that seems probable.
42:30Can a white witness
42:32confirm the truth?
42:36Jędrek?
42:38Jędrek
42:40will do everything for me.
42:42And?
42:44About the story
42:46with the fake diamonds
42:48you must have heard
42:50in 1963.
42:52I heard a lot of different things.
42:54It was my job.
42:56In New York?
42:58No, in Warsaw.
43:00And I even have a witness.
43:02Your last witness
43:04didn't even want to leave the duty.
43:06I don't know
43:08what happened to him.
43:10Your last witness
43:12didn't even want to leave the duty.
43:14He was engaged.
43:16Everyone promises a wedding
43:18and one day
43:20he disappears without a trace.
43:22I don't offer anything
43:24to any woman.
43:28Andrzej Biały.
43:30That's right.
43:34Jędrek,
43:36you got involved in my case.
43:38They think I'm some American
43:40who's got a job.
43:42Interpol is after him
43:44and I have his passport.
43:46I'm very similar to him.
43:48They're supposed to send me to the airport
43:50but you can save me.
43:52Me?
43:54How can I save you?
43:56Jędrek,
44:00I won't start with you.
44:02What kind of man am I to you?
44:04We've known each other
44:06for many years.
44:08I didn't drink with anyone.
44:10Do you remember
44:12you wanted to sell me a pen?
44:14No, I don't remember.
44:16But I don't deny
44:18that I wanted to sell you
44:20a pen.
44:22But you know me,
44:24Jędrek.
44:26Do I know you?
44:28I should have
44:30if we drank together.
44:32Yes.
44:34When I'm drunk
44:36I forget everything.
44:38Maybe we went to a bar
44:40but I don't remember.
44:42What did they do to you
44:44in that prison?
44:46Do you remember
44:48how I taught you to sign cards?
44:50How we smuggled
44:52dice into the game?
44:54Do you remember the cashier?
44:56Cashier?
44:58Jędrek, I had to
45:00tell you about him.
45:02I know I shouldn't tell you
45:04that it concerns you too
45:06but I'd rather get 10 years
45:08in prison than
45:10to be taken out of prison.
45:12I have to defend myself.
45:14You should have helped me.
45:16I told him about the diamonds
45:18we sold to the cashier.
45:20I had to tell you.
45:22What did she pay me for?
45:24For the cashier.
45:26How many times
45:28do I have to pay her?
45:30For the cashier?
45:32For our diamonds?
45:34I don't know what diamonds you're talking about.
45:36I knocked on my cashier's door
45:38and I got 12 years in prison.
45:40You should sit down and defend yourself.
45:42They don't want to put me in prison.
45:44Who doesn't?
45:46I mean, in the States.
45:48They don't trust our cashier.
45:50Do you remember him?
45:52Who?
45:54The one with the diamonds.
45:56I don't remember.
45:58You don't want to admit it
46:00but it's about me.
46:02You can't let the Germans
46:04take the country.
46:06Be a man.
46:08Don't joke.
46:10I hurt you a little
46:12but how much did you get?
46:1412 years.
46:16I'm talking about money.
46:18I gave you a little too little.
46:20You can't fix it now
46:22but get into my position.
46:24Mine isn't the best either.
46:26In a gas chamber
46:28or on an electric chair.
46:30Why me?
46:32You're safe.
46:34You have your own money.
46:36You're wrong.
46:38I have a lot of time to think
46:40and I'll use it for you.
46:42Jędrek!
46:44Tell the major
46:46that together we cheated the cashier.
46:48I dealt with the cashier
46:50but with another cashier,
46:52my cashier.
46:54I don't like rumors.
46:56A passing answer.
46:58I don't remember this Mr. John Kowalski.
47:00Maybe one day
47:02but I don't want to think about it.
47:04Thank you.
47:06You're free to take the prisoner away.
47:10If you ever write
47:12you'll write at the end
47:14that the hero was lost
47:16on an electric chair
47:18in the United States
47:20of North America
47:22as an innocent man.
47:28In the United States of North America
47:30they recently imposed
47:32a death sentence
47:34by 5 to 4 votes.
47:38I'm supposed to return next year.
47:44I'm ready
47:46Mr. Captain.
47:48I have nothing to say.
47:52I am
47:54absolutely sorry
47:56we wasted our time.
47:58I don't think it was a waste of time this time.
48:02In 1963
48:04the cashier's money was indeed embezzled.
48:06The facts you mentioned
48:08were based on the cashier's testimony.
48:12The cashier?
48:16He must remember me.
48:18He must remember me.
48:22He'll recognize me.
48:24That's impossible.
48:26He committed suicide.
48:32Did I contribute to this?
48:34If you explain the whole thing
48:36he'll be able to say
48:38that you contributed indirectly.
48:40And indirectly?
48:44A piece of string.
48:46Mr. Kowalski, it turns out
48:48that you weren't in San Francisco
48:50in 1963.
48:52That for all the crimes
48:54you admitted to
48:56you should answer in Poland.
48:58That's what it turns out.
49:00But how do I explain
49:02the case of the passport
49:04and the letter?
49:08How do I prove
49:10that you were here
49:12and not there?
49:14I have no idea.
49:18But you can do something for yourself.
49:22So you don't feel guilty
49:24for any crimes
49:26in particular,
49:28like San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles...
49:30I don't feel guilty.
49:34And you believe in all the crimes
49:36you committed
49:38here,
49:40which you admitted to?
49:42Yes.
49:44Well.
49:46All right.
49:54But wouldn't it be easier
49:56to go to the United States
49:58and prove your innocence there?
50:00What are you doing?
50:02You're afraid to go.
50:04What's worse, you admit to all the crimes
50:06you committed here.
50:08Why don't you want to go to the United States?
50:10John Kowalski
50:12has to answer for his actions.
50:18Nothing will be hidden from him.
50:20I'm not surprised
50:22that the car, the passport,
50:24everything was done
50:26to get me
50:28there,
50:32to stand before the court
50:34for someone else.
50:36My ideal
50:38was Al Capone,
50:40but now
50:42the times
50:44have changed.
50:46Comrade Captain,
50:48a John Kowalski,
50:50an American,
50:52has reported the theft
50:54of the car and the passport.
51:08May I?
51:10Yes.
51:12Please.
51:18Welcome,
51:20my friend,
51:22my good man.
51:24Take the citizen
51:26John Kowalski
51:28into custody
51:30and you, lieutenant,
51:32send the file to the prosecutor's office.
51:34That's all.
51:36Goodbye,
51:38Mr. Kowalski.
51:44What have you done,
51:46my good man?
51:52You shouldn't have
51:54taken the car,
51:56the passport
51:58and run away
52:00instead of being put
52:02in jail.
52:04You should be put
52:06in an electric chair.
52:08Goodbye, sir.
52:10Goodbye, Mr. Kowalski.
52:24Oh, yes.
52:26Yes. Hello.
52:30Strangers in the night
52:32Exchanging glances
52:34Wandering in the night
52:38What were the chances
52:40We'd be sharing love
52:44Before the night was through
52:52Something in your eyes
52:54Was so exciting
52:58Something in your smile
53:00Was so inviting
53:02Something in my heart
53:06Told me I must have you
53:14Strangers in the night
53:18Two lonely people
53:20We were strangers in the night
53:24Up to the moment
53:26When we said our first hello
53:30But I don't know
53:32Love was just a glance
53:34Away warm
53:36Embracing the dance
53:38Our hand
53:40Ever since that night
53:44We've been together
53:46Lovers at first sight