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in captivity. Don't you want to

wait till he returns? It's no good.

He'll be released and

no one will welcome him.

Name?

Cracow,

December 24, 1 939

Where's Ewa?

Outside, looking

for the first star.

She wanted to look from here,

but it's the blackout...

Where's the plate for

an unexpected guest?

I put it over here

a moment ago.

This one is for the General.

Good.

Sir, I report that the first

star has been sighted.

Thank you.

Gentlemen...

I have no doubts

that in a year's time

we'll reminisce about our

present plight with a smile.

None of us thought that

the service prepared us

only for immediate victories. Defeat

is also part of the soldier's lot...

...and captivity,

but also a return home

to resume fighting.

You don't lay down your arms before

an enemy but before yourself.

So it's only up to you if you

remain soldiers or losers.

A few words to those,

who, not career officers,

share our lot

and are the majority here,

as I see scientists, teachers,

lawyers...

I even see a painter.

You must endure,

because there won't be a free

Poland without you.

The aim for us, ordinary

soldiers, is to put Poland

again on the map of Europe.

Yet you'll have to make

that Poland come true in Europe.

I wish you as well as myself

to return home safe and sound.

To meet our nearest and dearest

as soon as possible.

God is born on earth,

powers tremble,

Lord bereft of

heav'nly splendor.

Lustrous flames fade,

fires dissemble,

Infinite unending Wonder!

Scorned yet clothed

in radiant glory,

Mortal though

He is Lord Jesus,

Thus the Word

became the flesh,

Dwelling without end

among us.

I wonder if they'll let us go.

You can stay here as long

as necessary.

Tadek will sure stay with

his uncle and aunt in Miechowo,

while Kazimierz is in Starobielsk...

I've brought a samovar.

This is good medicine.

It will help.

Thank you.

Mrs. Anna,

come to me for

a moment, please.

Go. I'll watch over Nika.

Please.

The tea must've gotten cold.

Unfortunately, it has.

Listen to me, Anna.

Please don't get me wrong.

I have your lot and that

of your sister at heart.

We talked about it, Captain.

That's absolutely impossible.

Yes, but the situation

has changed.

You were afraid I'd seize the

opportunity if you said yes.

Soon I'm off to

the Finnish front.

It's not the way there like they say.

I've misgivings that I won't come back.

You cannot know about that.

Nobody can.

Maybe so.

As it happens,

we know what

we cannot know.

If you marry me, then without

any consequences between us,

as I'm leaving before long.

If I'm killed, you as the wife

of a Red Army officer

will find it easier to save

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