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with the regalia.

Regalia?

The crown, scepter, orb,

spurs and the ring.

And then

Janko of Czarnkow,

Deputy Chancellor of the Treasury,

who represented the opposition

detesting the Angevins,

resolved to place a Piast

on the throne. A Pole!

Just like our party.

The opposition backed Wladyslaw

the White of Great Poland.

But they needed what?

The crown?

Very good.

Without the insignia the coronation

and coup d'etat were doomed.

And they basked in the Balaton sun.

By the Danube.

In Visegrad.

So what did Janko do?

Why not call him simply Jan?

Our forefathers used that form.

You mind?

Sounds gay.

Medieval Poland was the only country

in Europe free of pederasty.

Janko came up with a brilliant idea:

the funeral insignia.

- Placed in the tomb?

- The funeral insignia

were a replica

of the coronation insignia

or the other way round.

Cracow, the Royal Crypt,

November 20, 1370

Both sets were made

at the same time, looked identical

and could be used interchangeably.

But they were buried with the king.

Exactly.

What a stench!

The ring and the spurs!

Sorry.

The lid.

Anybody there?

Open up!

The night guard! Open up

in the name of the king!

You know what to do?

Open the door!

Disobedience will be punished.

Open in the name of the king!

To sum it up, the plot failed...

May I ask you to stop smoking?

Quit, you mean?

In this room.

Or I won't go on.

The stolen insignia were never found.

Probably the monk who took them

fled Poland and died

with his secret undisclosed.

- The crown's secure?

- Yes.

I need some time

to lead them astray.

- You want to get caught?

- I'll surrender to the guards.

You take cover, come back

later to get the crown

and give it over to our men

in Great Poland.

Consider it done.

Run. They're after me.

I'm dying...

Thus nobody ever knew

where the regalia were hidden.

Excuse me.

- Kitty?

- I have tickets for "Machia".

What's that?

A play about Machiavelli.

Comedy?

No. But they say it's cool. 9 PM.

I won't make it.

Take your jailbird instead.

Her name's Viki.

That's right, Viki.

Okay, if you won't...

Stop it!

Dime! You f***ing thief!

You're not at the theater?

What are you doing?!

Hey!

DIGNITY AND PRIDE

Justyna!

Are you Justyna?

- Where's Cas?

- Meditating.

I thought about what you said.

I even checked the legal basis.

I'm meditating on the Passion.

What the f*** is your problem?

There's something poignant

about the crucifix.

Well, yes.

But if the Romans

hadn't crucified people,

if He had died on the stake,

not on the cross,

what symbol would we have?

The urn?

True.

Not much of a logo.

Anyways... I've checked

with the legal office.

Under the new constitution

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