To Kill a Priest Page #3

---

Is it god's will that you use his church

to advance your petty personal ambitions?

I've never done that.

Is it god's will that you destroy

the church of Poland?

What do you want to do?

Hit me?

Please go.

This work you have undertaken

is unbalancing you.

And this is why I'm ordering

you to Rome, to study.

His holy father has expressed his joy

that you will be by his side.

Is that the compromise you've agreed?

They'll release me and

you send me out of the country?

If you refuse to go,

I'll send you to a rural parish

and you won't be allowed

to give any sermons.

You have no right to risk your life.

God gave it to you.

It is a great sin.

He who gives himself, saves himself.

He who protects himself, loses himself.

Who do you think you are?!

A new Jesus Christ with dreams of martyrdom?!

Are you trying to prove yourself

better than anyone else?

- Hello.

- Hello.

Pope's dead. - What?

- They poisoned him.

You're joking?

They must have thrown something

through the window.

- You mean the dog Pope is dead?

- Yes.

Oh, sh*t...

He's going to be cold.

He doesn't feel anything anymore.

- Go away.

- Just want to watch.

Dad, don't...

Get the hell out of here!

- Why don't they want to play with me?

- Who, them?

Not just them. At school, no one wants

to play with me, or talk to me. Why?

Why?!

It's because of you.

What's because of me?

What's because of me?

Look at me when I talk to you!

What's because of me?

What's because of me?!

Everything.

You really think I'm so bad?

What do you want me to do?

- I want to make a cross for him.

- You don't put crosses on dogs.

The guys at school put crosses on the walls.

They say that they should be everywhere.

A cross for Pope? It sounds like

a story for the catholic weekly.

- I don't think it's so funny.

- You don't?

My son puts a cross on his dog's grave

because his school friends think

that crucifixes should be everywhere.

They won't play with him,

because of who his father is.

- That's the world you left us.

- We?

Yes, you. You could have

cleaned it all up under Stalin.

We did. With guns.

We eliminated the scum.

Now all you have to do

is get rid of a few priests.

You should have hung them all

when you had the chance.

The class struggle isn't over yet.

Read some Lenin!

What f***ing right do you have

to tell me about Lenin?

Stefan, how could you?

Why?

Why is he so offended?

Why doesn't he try to explain

to his grandson and his daughter-in-law

why they can't stop being afraid.

This is terror, you understand?

They're drawing gallows on our front door.

Calm down, father's sick.

Well, he wasn't sick

when I was in summer camp

and the village boys were stoning us

and calling us Commies.

I've still got the scars.

See?

See that?

See it?

Long life, long life, long life to our dear dad!

Once again, once again:

Long life to our dear dad!

- Long life to our dear dad!

- What is this?

It's your birthday.

And what am I supposed to do

with this, hang myself?

I told you we shouldn't do it.

Halina? You shouldn't.

He's your husband.

He hasn't been my husband for a long time.

Bastard!

We must get Alek out of here.

The bishop was right.

They won't touch him.

All of Poland knows him.

He's there.

- You should stay inside.

- Have you seen the dog?

He'll be back.

I don't hate them anymore.

They can beat me, kill me...

And I sincerely can pray for them.

Do you understand?

I'm free.

I'm really free.

Get out!

I can't...

You don't knock anymore?

- What is it?

- It's my resignation.

I just promoted you.

You're the youngest department

head in the ministry.

- You make good money.

- I get paid for doing nothing.

I spy, I video tape, I wire tap,

I drive around his apartment in circles...

It's just a game.

We catch the organizers, and then

they're all set free in a general amnesty.

You read the official communique?

You think an article in the newspaper

is going to scare them?

They're going to burn this

in the church while the

entire congregation

stands up and applauds.

You know, maybe...

Well, maybe...

Maybe I could go and take a sh*t

in front of an altar.

But the goddamned politicians

will probably ask me to clean it up!

I thought our job was to try to silence

these sons of b*tches!

We are working on that.

Will you stop that?!

We have a plan to...

How to blow up a church?

How to blow up a plane with a bishop on it?

How to throw a priest off a train?

To see if they can fly.

A**hole.

All our plans've become top secret, they're

locked up somewhere, I've got a safe for them.

Please comrade, just accept my resignation.

- I'll think about it.

- Thank you.

- Your men still trailing that priest?

- Yes, you want us to tighten security?

Tell them if he leaves the city,

they're not to follow him.

Why?

Take these with you.

We fear pain.

We fear being deprived of liberty.

We fear for our lives.

We overcame fear when we accepted

suffering in the name of higher values.

In the name of truth.

And when we overcome our fears,

then we're truly free.

Christ told his disciples,

"Don't be afraid of those who kill the body."

"They can do nothing to you."

Christ.

It's a historical fact that Christ

never existed, you know.

His mother never, ahem, never did it.

If he hadn't existed,

they wouldn't have had to kill him.

All we need is one machine gun

right there, and then...

That would be too easy.

Look, I understand your frustration.

I think I can help.

Do you play Bridge?

Yes.

My place, Saturday evening.

- Slow it down.

- Why?

Just do it.

Out!

What did you think of

the official communique?

Excellent, for once.

You think that we can't stop

the counter-revolution with a pen?

I think what we need is action.

Would you like it?

It's exactly what I need.

Low reds are still stronger than high blacks.

You play very well.

I like your style.

Thank you.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

- Good evening.

- Good night.

- How's the puppy doing?

- He's dead. - No!

It must have been terrible for your daughter.

For my son it was.

He likes you. You can handle it

any way you want.

This is going to be the beginning

of a new life for you.

- How far can I go?

- We trust you.

- He's got a weak heart?

- His heart is his problem.

It's here...

Apartment 38, third floor.

A militia captain lives across the hall.

Couldn't they hide somewhere else?

- They're less likely to be detected.

- Well...

I'll be here...

- Oh, I'm sorry...

- You frightened me.

I'm sorry...

Thank you.

- Which floor?

- Third.

I'm going to the fourth.

Who is this?

I've brought... I've brought you

the medicine you ordered from doctor Borek.

It's confirmed. He's giving

a ceremony, in Kutno, tomorrow.

- Are we going to follow him there?

- Of course.

What's the plan?

The bosses have finally realized

that the counter-revolution

can't be stopped with a pen.

Have we got clearance?

- Did you get the uniforms?

- Yes, I got them on the free market.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes