There were five of us
Hello, my name is Petr Bajza. I start the 4th grade after the summer.
This is my brother Lado.
He is a teaching assistant in Teplice where he helps in a German class.
My best friends are: Antonin Bejval, Cenek Jirak,
Edo Kemlink and Pepek Zilvar from the workhouse.
We boys, as we walk together through life, experience all kinds of adventures.
Part two Guardian angel
You've done well to get them to all fit in there.
I thought it was going to be too big a load.
I almost overslept and missed breakfast. Let's go.
One moment! What do you think you're doing?
Have you forgotten what you did yesterday?
You're grounded.
- Or have you forgotten? - I remember.
No motorcycle trip. You'll be at home for the holidays.
Dad.
You'll practice your violin. And the barn and yard need cleaning.
Drive slowly so I don't have to worry about you.
Don't worry about me.
I'll go carefully.
I'll be home no later than noon.
Without the motorbike I would be nothing.
Take care.
- What did you say? - Look after yourself!
- Which is better: too much or too many? - Are you writing a letter to home?
Yes. I'm writing that I've arrived, and I have too much work. Or too many?
Feel free to write both. That way you can say it both ways.
Oh, show me.
- That is beautiful. - He didn't help me at all.
And I asked him.
This is St John, I don't have this one.
- Do you want it? - Yes.
But you have to clean the yard for me.
- Where are you going? You're grounded! - I'll just be a minute, to see Tonda.
- Get washed first. - Sure.
This is how the Parisian mob cheered when the monarch was taken to his exection.
Those are the novelties.
Piece of junk! Oranges all over the fields, bike kaput.
The mistress has gone to church.
What happened to you?
Suddenly, out of nowhere, I was driving through potatoes.
This will sting a little.
- Does it hurt? - It hurts, but I can take it.
You're a stud.
Did it hurt?
How's the leg?
Trousers down.
Yes? Can you help me?
Just as well it's not broken.
Your husband's had an accident. He was dragged back by cow.
Vendo! Vendo!
No Vendo!
What happened to you?
The machine betrayed me, I don't know why.
Because it is constantly drilled, bashed and scraped.
It just as well you didn't take the boy.
It's a great machine, but it has its quirks.
Should I call the doctor?
It's not needed as the gentleman has no internal pain.
He happens to be very brave.
Christine, go to lunch.
There will be quiet!
I said, there will be quiet!
Will you stop with this racket!
- I didn't know you were here. - Yeah, I know.
Christine, the stick!
I'm doing what you told me to, I'm practicing.
Please don't beat him.
Give me the stick.
Who's the invalid, me or you?
You will never be a good violinist!
No matter how much you practice!
Don't listen to him.
Practice something else.
It goes on there.
Quietly.
And now I am good, I have no complaints.
Always reading, I was educated.
Good day.
A kilo of coarse flour.
A kilo of coarse flour, Mr Bajza.
Can I be of service?
Hi. A kilo of coarse flour.
There you are. Anything else?
Whole bean coffee, if it is fresh.
Certainly.
The coffee has just been delivered
by boat from Brazil.
We also have fresh oranges and tangerines from India.
First class goods.
And where is your son?
You mean Cendu?
Helping to sew slippers at home.
His punishment.
You brought out this wickedness.
And your bill...
That comes to ten crowns and fifty cents.
Only daddy can give credit.
Good day. Is something wrong?
Do you need some help?
No, everything's fine.
- You have a very handy boy. - He is so driven.
- What about the oranges? - Maybe next time.
- But I've already charged you. - He will be good for business.
- Goodbye. - Come again.
Have a good day.
You scream like a baboon.
So there you have it! A bag of grain and a sack of coarse flour.
We hope that you will pay in cash.
Just yesterday I took all the cash to the credit union.
Mummy, do you have 200 crowns?
You see, no, she it not even at home.
- What do we do? - I don't know.
So, let's take the flour.
You know what? Just sign for it.
Vendelin Bajza, all correct.
- That's it. - Till next time, Mr Bajza.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
I outsmarted them, no? Perhaps they think the money is being printed.
You've got to get a better education than me. Otherwise I'll pull your ears off.
Yes, father.
I felt like a slave on a plantation.
But I was hoping that deliverance would come. And it came.
Hi there, Hippo!
One bottle of Sidol, honey, a kilo of sugar, hurry, hurry.
Madam, we have fresh oranges from Morocco.
And all sorts of exotic products, the best quality, direct from India!
Well, sweetie.
4 bars of plain chocolate and hazelnut sweets.
Sweets as a reward.
Sweetie!
Don't worry about it. It happens.
- What a handy boy. - That's why I have him in the store.
Otherwise, I would have to do everything myself. Is there anything else?
Would you be Oto's friend and protector?
Do you mean him?
You know, Oto's a fine boy, but some children are just wicked.
Really?
I'll lend you a book by Verna, I have them all.
About that, then...
My boy would be happy to, especially if yours is such a nice guy.
Normally I would transport your goods home, but my motorcycle isn't running.
- What make is it? - Harley Davidson.
Made in the USA.
But it's not working.
- Our chauffeur will take a look at it. - Yes?
Tasty?
- Don't make a mess. - Carefully.
With compliments, madam.
Hippo!
Do you see that? How much better than that are our good men?
- Petr, are you coming swimming tonight? - Yes?
You're not going anywhere! Go get washed up.
- But... - Christine can help you.
- Good day, Mr Bajza. - Good day.
Take this to the confectioners. And no getting into mischief!
You go slowly and with dignity, heels together and the toes apart.
And greet everyone you meet.
- Good day. - Good day.
- Just leave it, Petr. - I'll leave you.
- The fire was your stupid idea. - Like your ideas are always brilliant.
Halt!
Good day.
No good.
The son of the wholesaler, and with dirty ears. Go wash!
Please, I can't now, I'm on an errand.
But when I finish, I'll scrub both ear canals.
That is the pride of the nation!
- Good day. - Ah, Master Bajza.
So how's business? How can I help you?
I've brought everything you ordered. Vanilla, chocolate, cocoa... Everything.
Excellent.
Hello.
Yesterday we had cherries. We had a contest to see who could eat the most.
- Oto won. - I'm not surprised
But then he got diarrhoea and smelled awful.
Ah, that is why they're afraid to let him go out alone.
But that had to smell something rotten.
Take this.
Merci!
You can have as many almonds as you like, but you have to talk to me.
I think I can manage that.
You're still here?
- You're waiting for the basket? - No, the money.
Sure.
There's not enough, that is a problem.
If I knew where it went, I'd only just counted it.
- Evo, did my mum take any money? - I don't know.
Where has the money gone, I wonder.
- Ah, my lad. - Hello, Uncle.
- What did you have for lunch? - Let me think.
- I've had a brilliant idea, Mum. - Don't tell me, Vendeline.
A stable temperature, the best storage place.
I wouldn't have thought of that.
Come and help me. Did he pay?
He had to go to the credit unions, but they had already closed.
- People today. - Be careful not to overload it.
Don't tell me what to do!
- What are you doing? - This is called dragon loop.
It's a really strong knot. And it won't come loose.
And Uncle Vareka asked me what we had for lunch.
- And what did you tell him? - Potatoes in their skins.
Good, they will be envious of even our potato skins.
I told him that I like to eat the skins.
Lower. Lower.
I'll give you a dragon loop!
Just wait till I get hold of you!
No, not this!
Leave him be!
The boy can not help it!
Because of those oranges you mistreat your child!
Darling, come to me.
I wonder when all these debtors will pay?
The same in liabilities, Mummy.
You'll deal with it somehow, you always do.
That was then, today is a different time.
- Mum, you're just like the Fajst. - Mr Fajst to you.
Ugh, it stinks.
Remember, Petr, we're merchants, and we have to be polite.
And be on your best behaviour. Understand?
Be sure to kiss Mrs industrialist's hand when you say thanks.
Even for a bag of peanuts.
You'll be Oto's friend, and you'll be polite. Got that?
- Greet them nicely. - Goodbye.
I bought a factory three turns ago, and now it has a value of 13 million.
I'm rich, Mum. Your throw.
- Are you buying the castle? - No, I'm saving.
- You're screwing up. - Be nice, Oto.
When your neck's on the line, family comes first.
Nobody else will help you with debts.
6, and then a 3. Now watch this.
Borrowing 10 million from the bank.
To buy track, a railway station and kiosk.
- Right. - Your throw.
Now tickets are expensive.
Excellent, my lad. Buy the hotel. And watch the money come rolling in.
Don't help him, Mum.
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I win the game. - No way that was a 5, it was a 3.
- Are you saying Oto is cheating? - I have eyes.
- Typical peasant. A poor loser. - Be polite, Oto.
That is bad, you haven't paid your taxes. Do you have any money?
- I don't. - Seizure of assets, such is business.
- You're going to jail. - Great, daddy will be pleased.
- I have to go home. - But why?
Wait, what about the book?
- Can I go with Petr? - No, you have your French lesson now.
Darling, wait, you didn't have any cake.
Merci, my lady.
Come on, lend me your bike. I need to follow them.
It's too late to catch up with them.
Good day.
- It's a nice day today, is it not? - Yes.
And they say a dog is a man's best friend.
Did you behave yourself there?
You know, Oto always cheats.
- Yes? - He does.
- You don't have to like it. - Should I have slapped him?
No, just politely point out that you know about it.
Good night.
Mum, why am I not allowed to do anything I want?
Because daddy wants you to grow up to be a proper gentleman.
- Sleep tight. - Good night.
Viktor got up to about 300 metres.
A weak westerly wind blew the balloon over the city.
After half an hour, he saw beneath him a desolate area, and so fired the burner.
The balloon soared and began to pull away from the ground.
- What are you doing? - And here it is, a train crash.
- This is good. - Come on, we have to rescue people.
Here, in the first class compartment, it's the industrialist's son Otakar.
I'm like the emergency services, and I give you artificial respiration.
Quiet! Be quiet!
- Petr, you're acting like a baboon. - Am I the one screaming? It's him.
- Let go, it tickles. - You've got to go to hospital.
You've lost your hand, you're bleeding to death.
Let go of me or I'll tell my mother.
What is it? I thought we were playing.
Oto needs to rest and take his medicine.
Oto, your medicine.
Leave him alone.
- Let go of him. - I don't want it.
What are you doing?
You told me to protect him.
Oto, take your medicine.
- He doesn't seem to want it. - Nasty kid, who cares what you think.
- You can't force your child. - Oto, come on.
Oto, don't be such a pussy.
- What's a pussy? - You are.
Good day.
Your dog steals sausages from the butcher's, Mr Rado.
It must learn discipline.
Are you saying that we don't feed him properly?
You know, I think you'd prefer it if he ate sausages.
- I didn't mean any offence. - None taken.
- Boo! - Did you run away?
- Going to Edo's? What are you doing? - Nothing. I don't want you to come too.
- Good day. Where is Edo? - Eduard went to his grandmother's.
- Thank you. - Say hello to your parents.
- Good day. - Wait!
I'm not waiting.
I've still got to protect you.
I can do what I want.
Watch out, coming through!
- Hello, sir. - Hello.
What idiot did this?
I'm sorry, Doctor.
Thank you, boys.
Hey, Hippo. Where's your guardian angel?
I don't need her.
Gentleman, I've lost my dad. He hasn't shown up for two nights.
- Help me. - Of course, Doctor.
- Is the beer on tap inside? - I think so.
Let's see how much you've got.
- Hello, sir. - Hi.
Rampepurdo rampepurdacka, so this is where you went.
Give me the peroxide.
Not alcohol, the oxide.
Ow!
Relax, it's only the doctor.
- My lad. What did you have for lunch? - Today?
Cerebral soup with dumplings, sliced ham and horseradish.
- And? - Sirloin in cream sauce.
- Right? - With a garnish of cranberries.
And then we had strudel with nuts.
This has really worked out for him.
And dad drank port wine.
You're meant to be watching Oto, not me. I have the evening off.
- And I can do what I want. - And I can be where I want.
That's not going to work.
And certainly not like that
- So you play. - Then it will go completely wrong.
What did I say?
- Where do you think he'll be? - He'll be passed out in Habrove.
- Come with me to Habrove. - I can't, I have to be home soon.
- Come on, we have to go. - Yeah, yeah.
Guys, scram!
Come on!
Who was it?
I can see you!
That was quite exciting. Where do we go now?
Nowhere, go home.
You would leave his dad in a field, legless, to be robbed.
- Out of the way! - I don't know why I bother with you.
But I'm going to save the man.
- Zilvar, give me your coat. - You don't have a home, huh?
If something happens to you, who'll carry you?
What happened to him? Has he shit himself again?
The Habroveys are our greatest enemies.
They are vulgar, and they have no morals.
- My stomach hurts. - Quiet!
Woe betide anyone who enters their territory unaccompanied by his parents.
- I don't have the juice. - Not enough to drink.
Foward march!
It's them!
Hooray!
We have to go before they bring reinforcements.
- What is it? - It's caked blood, wounds from a cannon.
Pull!
I'm coming!
That was exciting, no?
If you hadn't shit yourself, we could have totally defeated them.
Stop arguing and pull.
Careful of the piss.
I'll take his foot.
Hey ho! Hey ho!
This is also exciting, huh?
Ugh, it smells.
Mr Bajza!
You're right on cue.
- Is Oto there? - Just a moment, madam.
- What? - I need your help.
We've made it. We'll put him over there.
No rum, no charge.
Let's go into town for a cart.
- Give it to me. - Well, okay.
Saddle up.
- This is your fault. - No, you caused this yourself.
I'm going to get it.
You'll have to pay for the broken window, he saw you.
- Jendo, stop! - When you tell me you love me.
I love you. I'll kill you.
No harm done.
There they are!
- Get out of the way! - Jendo!
Come here!
What is it?
What are you doing here?
They started it, they attacked us.
You liar, you started it.
Who threw that?
Leave him!
I'll call the cops on you.
- What are you doing here? - What's it to you.
- Go home, they're looking for you. - You lie, Rampepurdo Rampepurdacka!
- Do you want a slap? - Leave him, it's only our Petr.
You go home, and you come.
Hello, miss. Watch out for him, he's a philanderer.
He's already got a girl.
Come on.
Next time I'll drown you personally.
I'll drown you personally in piss.
Bajza, just you wait!
Go home.
You'd better watch out for us!
Habroveys are little chickens!
Nice, my lad. There's hope for the motherland.
Good day.
- It's not biting. - What's biting?
- The piston's seized. - Why is it seized.
- Not enough oil. - Not enough, I poured Shell in there.
- I've had enough. Come on! - She's driving me crazy.
- What should I do? - Scrap it.
But it's an American machine, it is quality.
So take it to a workshop, or buy a new one.
Let's go!
This is because of you!
I was upset.
- You promised you would obey me. - I did not, I promised my mum.
Immaculate Mother, pray for us.
Mother of the Creator, pray for us.
Mother of the Saviour, pray for us.
Admirable Mother, pray for us.
Mother of Good Council, pray for us.
Laudable Mother, pray for us.
What happened to you?
- Where are you going? - To Vamberic.
- How did it happen? - He caught his feet in a mill wheel.
- Show me. - Don't touch!
- When was this? - Harvest last year.
Poor thing, look how pale he is.
Catch your foot in the mill wheel, and you will be too.
Thank you very much.
- And are you also lame? - I just walk with him after begging.
This is where I fell after carrying him on my back.
How God works.
Mother of Good Love, pray for us.
Admirable Mother, pray for us.
- How much? - 3 crowns, 25 pennies.
I'm rich, I'll buy a stamp collection.
How so? We did the begging together.
We did not, and so I can do what I want with the money.
It's mine.
Look at those bastards.
God will punish you!
- They were just playing. - They were begging for money.
Your son and the son of the industrialist.
Surely you're not suggesting that industrialists are povery stricken.
God knows who you saw.
You were also seen about recently, and your wife wouldn't like it.
Old Fajst, lard arse.
More than three crowns!
The son of an industrialist with a wooden leg earns more than a disabled veteran.
- How did it happen? - Why me?
- You're his guardian angel. - Again, why me?
So it's true. The son of an industrialist brought to ruin and forced to beg.
It's your fault.
- Oto! Come on. - Wait.
- And then he fell into the manure. - Ugh. Now Petr smells?
Yes. Petr stinks.
- 3 crowns, and 25 pennies. - What's that for?
- For the window. - So it was you?
And just me, I give you my word.
Goodbye.
Petr! Petr!
Dad, it's true.
You know, you shouldn't dice with death.
Hey, swear you won't tell anyone.
You should be ashamed! Going out with a Habrovey.
You stink.
So get up.
What are the bruises from?
Don't turn around.
Mrs industrialist was sure you'd be a good influence on Oto.
You've disappointed me, and Mrs industrialist as well.
But I saved Oto. And if we hadn't had to help the drunk, we'd have beaten them.
And the man with the pushcart? They say he's a womanizer.
I beg you.
- Why do you bother? - Better than crying over the earnings.
You know what I want for Christmas? A wooden leg, like Mr Zilvar's.
Don't you worry about old Zilvar.
Don't worry, you're my little sugarplum.
And you're my mummy-kin.
Mummy?
Do you think Christine will marry him?
That depends on how serious it is between them.
How can you know when it is?
Maybe by holding hands.
Like this.
You know what he said?
If they'd still had cannons in the war, they might have been looking for you.
I'd have at least found a stand-in.
Don't smoke so much.
Are you tired?
It's no good...
The markets are keeping us above water, but that...
- And what is it? - He said I had to scrap it.
But I always gave it oil, you were there when I poured it.
You know, Oto faired worse than me. I was just grounded.
Not a fight that resulted in a broken window, and then begging.
What's the use in being rich if you still have to beg.
Subtitles: Quantum September 2014